Greystone Housing Impact Investors LP - Annual Report: 2008 (Form 10-K)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
10-K
x ANNUAL
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
1934
For the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2008
OR
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EXCHANGE
ACT OF 1934
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transition period
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Commission
File Number: 000-24843
AMERICA
FIRST TAX EXEMPT INVESTORS, L.P.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
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47-0810385
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(State
or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
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(I.R.S.
Employer Identification No.)
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1004
Farnam Street, Suite 400
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Omaha, Nebraska
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68102
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(Address
of principal executive offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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(402)
444-1630
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(Registrant's
telephone number, including area
code)
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Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Beneficial
Unit Certificates representing assignments of limited partnership interests
in
America
First Tax Exempt Investors, L.P. (the “BUCs)
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registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
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check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule
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by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the
preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required
to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for
the past 90 days.
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check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation
S-K (§229.405 of the chapter) is not contained herein, and will not be
contained, to the best of the registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or
information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K
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The
aggregate market value of the registrant’s BUCs held by non-affiliates based on
the final sales price of the BUCs on the last business day of the registrant’s
most recently completed second fiscal quarter was $86,493,729.
DOCUMENTS
INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
None
INDEX
PART
I
Business
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1
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Risk
Factors
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8
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Unresolved
Staff Comments
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14
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Properties
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14
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Legal
Proceedings
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15
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Submission
of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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15
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PART
II
Market
for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Security Holder Matters and Issuer
Purchases of Equity Securities
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16
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Selected
Financial Data
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17
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Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations
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19
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Quantitative
and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
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37
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Financial
Statements and Supplementary Data
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40
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Changes
in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial
Disclosure
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72
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Controls
and Procedures
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72
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Other
Information
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74
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PART
III
Directors,
Executive Officers and Corporate Governance
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74
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Executive
Compensation
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75
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Security
Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management
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76
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Certain
Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director
Independence
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77
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Principal
Accountant Fee and Services
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77
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PART
IV
Exhibits
and Financial Statement Schedules
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78
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80
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PART
I
Forward-Looking
Statements
This
report (including, but not limited to, the information contained in
“Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations”) contains forward-looking statements that reflect management's
current beliefs and estimates of future economic circumstances, industry
conditions, America First Tax Exempt Investors, L.P.’s (the “Partnership”)
performance and financial results. All statements, trend analysis and other
information concerning possible or assumed future results of operations of the
Partnership and the investments it has made constitute forward-looking
statements. Beneficial Unit Certificate (“BUC”) holders and others should
understand that these forward-looking statements are subject to numerous risks
and uncertainties, and a number of factors could affect the future results of
the Partnership and could cause those results to differ materially from those
expressed in the forward-looking statements contained herein. These factors
include general economic and business conditions such as the availability and
credit worthiness of prospective tenants, lease rents, operating expenses, the
terms and availability of financing for properties financed by the tax-exempt
mortgage revenue bonds owned by the Partnership, adverse changes in the real
estate markets from governmental or legislative forces, lack of availability and
credit worthiness of counter parties to finance future acquisitions and interest
rate fluctuations and other items discussed under “Risk Factors” in Item 1A of
this report.
Item
1. Business.
The
Partnership was formed on April 2, 1998 under the Delaware Revised Uniform
Limited Partnership Act for the purpose of acquiring, holding, selling and
otherwise dealing with a portfolio of federally tax-exempt mortgage revenue
bonds which have been issued to provide construction and/or permanent financing
of multifamily residential properties. Interest on these bonds is
excludable from gross income for federal income tax purposes. As a
result, most of the income earned by the Partnership is exempt from federal
income taxes. Our general partner is America First Capital Associates
Limited Partnership Two (“AFCA 2”), whose general partner is The Burlington
Capital Group LLC (“Burlington”). Since 1984, Burlington has
specialized in the management of investment funds, many of which were formed to
acquire real estate investments such as tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds,
mortgage securities and multifamily real estate properties.
As of
December 31, 2008, the Partnership owned 17 federally tax-exempt mortgage
revenue bonds which were issued to provide construction and/or permanent
financing of 16 multifamily residential apartments located in the states of
Florida, Indiana, Iowa, South Carolina, Texas, Nebraska, Kentucky, and Minnesota
containing a total of 2,371 rental units, 388 rental units under construction in
Texas and Kansas and a 142-bed student housing facility in
Nebraska. Each of these mortgage revenue bonds provides for the
payment of fixed-rate base interest to the Partnership. Additionally,
nine of the bonds also provide for the payment of contingent interest based upon
net cash flow and net capital appreciation of the underlying real estate
properties. As a result, these mortgage revenue bonds provide the
Partnership with the potential to participate in future increases in the cash
flow generated by the financed properties, either through operations or from
their ultimate sale. Ten of the 16 properties which collateralize the
bonds owned by the Partnership are managed by America First Properties
Management Company, L.L.C. (“Properties Management”), an affiliate of the
Partnership. Management believes that this relationship provides
greater insight and understanding of the underlying property operations and the
properties’ ability to meet debt service requirements.
The
amount of interest income earned by the Partnership from its investment in
tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds is a function of the net operating income
generated by the properties collateralizing the tax-exempt mortgage revenue
bonds. Net operating income from a multifamily residential property
depends on the rental and occupancy rates of the property and the level of
operating expenses. Occupancy rates and rents are directly affected
by the supply of, and demand for, apartments in the market areas in which a
property is located. This, in turn, is affected by several factors
such as local or national economic conditions, the amount of new apartment
construction and interest rates on single-family mortgage loans. In
addition, factors such as government regulation, inflation, real estate and
other taxes, labor problems and natural disasters can affect the economic
operations of a property. Therefore, the return to the Partnership
depends upon the economic performance of the multifamily residential properties
which collateralize the tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds. For this
reason, the Partnership's investments are dependent on the economic performance
of such real estate and may be considered to be in competition with other
income-producing real estate of the same type in the same geographic
areas.
The
Partnership may invest in other types of tax-exempt securities that may or may
not be secured by real estate. These tax-exempt securities must be
rated in one of the four highest rating categories by at least one nationally
recognized securities rating agency and may not represent more than 25% of the
Partnership’s assets at the time of acquisition. The Partnership may
also make taxable mortgage loans secured by multifamily properties which were
financed by tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds that the Partnership
holds. The Partnership generally does not seek to acquire direct
interests in real property as long term or permanent investments. The
Partnership may, however, acquire direct interests in real property in order to
position itself for a future investment in tax-exempt
bonds. Additionally, it may acquire apartment complexes securing its
revenue bonds or taxable mortgage loans through foreclosure in the event of a
default.
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At
December 31, 2008, the Partnership held an interest in eight multifamily
apartment properties (“MF Properties”), containing 796 rental units, of which
four are located in Ohio, two are located in Kentucky, one is located in
Virginia, and one is located in Georgia. The Partnership expects to
ultimately restructure the property ownership through a sale of the MF
Properties and a syndication of Low Income Housing Tax Credits under section 42
of the Code (“LIHTCs”). The Partnership expects to provide the
tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds to the new property owners as part of the
restructuring. Such restructurings will generally be expected to be
initiated within 36 months of the initial investment in MF Properties and will
often coincide with the expiration of the compliance period relating to LIHTCs
previously issued with respect to the MF Property. Current credit
markets and general economic issues have had a significant negative impact on
these types of transactions. At this time very few LIHTC syndication
and tax-exempt bond financing transactions are being completed. These
types of transactions represent a long-term market opportunity for the
Partnership and provide a significant future bond investment pipeline when the
market for LIHTC syndications strengthens. Until such a restructuring
occurs the operations of the properties owned by the limited partnerships are
consolidated with the Partnership. The Partnership will not acquire
LIHTCs in connection with these transactions. All eight of these
properties are managed by Properties Management. Management believes
that this relationship provides greater insight and understanding of the
underlying property operations and the properties’ ability to meet debt service
requirements.
Business
Objectives and Strategy
Overview
The
Partnership was formed for the primary purpose of acquiring, holding, selling
and otherwise dealing with a portfolio of federally tax-exempt mortgage revenue
bonds which have been issued to provide construction and/or permanent financing
of multifamily residential apartments. The Partnership’s business objectives are
to: (i) preserve and protect its capital; (ii) provide regular cash
distributions to BUC holders; and (iii) provide a potential for an enhanced
federally tax-exempt yield as a result of a participation interest in the net
cash flow and net capital appreciation of the underlying real estate properties
financed by the tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds.
We are
pursuing a business strategy of acquiring additional tax-exempt mortgage revenue
bonds on a leveraged basis in order to (i) increase the amount of
tax-exempt interest available for distribution to our BUC holders;
(ii) reduce risk through asset diversification and interest rate hedging;
and (iii) achieve economies of scale. We are pursuing this
growth strategy by investing in additional tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds and
related investments, taking advantage of attractive financing structures
available in the tax-exempt securities market and entering into interest rate
risk management instruments. We may finance the acquisition of
additional tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds through the reinvestment of cash
flow, the issuance of additional BUCs, or securitization financing using our
existing portfolio of tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds. Our
operating policy is to use securitizations or other forms of leverage to
maintain a level of debt financing between 40% and 60% of the total par value of
our mortgage bond portfolio.
In
connection with our growth strategy, we are also assessing opportunities to
reposition our existing portfolio of tax-exempt mortgage revenue
bonds. The principal objective of this repositioning initiative is to
improve the quality and performance of our revenue bond portfolio and,
ultimately, increase the amount of cash available for distribution to our
shareholders. In some cases, we may elect to redeem selected
tax-exempt bonds that are secured by multifamily properties that have
experienced significant appreciation. Through the selective
redemption of the bonds, a sale or refinancing of the underlying property will
be required which, if sufficient sale or refinancing proceeds exist, will
entitle the Partnership to receive payment of contingent interest on its bond
investment. In other cases, we may elect to sell bonds on properties
that are in stagnant or declining markets. The proceeds received from
these transactions would be redeployed into other tax-exempt investments
consistent with our investment objectives. We may also be able to use
a higher-quality investment portfolio to obtain higher leverage to be used to
acquire additional investments.
In
executing our growth strategy, we expect to invest primarily in bonds issued to
provide affordable rental housing, but may also consider bonds issued to finance
student housing projects and housing for senior citizens. The four
basic types of multifamily housing revenue bonds which we may acquire as
investments are as follows:
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Private
activity bonds issued under Section 142(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended (the “Code”);
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Bonds
issued under Section 145 of the Code by not-for-profit entities qualified
under Section 501(c) 3 of the
Code;
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Essential
function bonds issued by a public instrumentality to finance an apartment
property owned by such instrumentality;
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Existing
“80/20 bonds” that were issued under section 103(b)(4)(A) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1954.
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Each of
these bond structures permits the issuance of tax-exempt bonds to finance the
construction or acquisition and rehabilitation of affordable rental
housing. Under applicable Treasury Regulations, any affordable
apartment project financed with tax-exempt bonds must set aside a percentage of
its total rental units for occupancy by tenants whose incomes do not exceed
stated percentages of the median income in the local area. In each
case, the balance of the rental units in the apartment project may be rented at
market rates. With respect to private activity bonds issued under
Section 142(d) of the Code, the owner of the apartment project may elect, at the
time the bonds are issued, whether to set aside a minimum of 20% of the units
for tenants making less than 50% of area median income (as adjusted for
household size) or 40% of the units for tenants making less than 60% of the area
median income (as adjusted for household size). Multifamily housing
bonds that were issued prior to the Tax Reform Act of 1986 (so called “80/20”
bonds) require that 20% of the rental units be set aside for tenants whose
income does not exceed 80% of the area median income, without adjustment for
household size.
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We expect
that many of the private activity housing bonds that we evaluate for acquisition
will be issued in conjunction with the syndication of LIHTCs by the owner of the
financed apartment project. Additionally, to facilitate our
investment strategy of acquiring additional tax-exempt mortgage bonds secured by
MF Properties, we may acquire ownership positions in the MF
Properties. We expect to ultimately restructure such property
ownership through a sale of the MF Properties and a syndication of
LIHTCs.
Investment
Types
Tax-Exempt Mortgage Revenue
Bonds. The Partnership invests in tax-exempt mortgage revenue
bonds that are secured by a first mortgage or deed of trust on multifamily
apartment projects. Each of these bonds bears interest at a fixed
annual base rate. Nine of the 17 bonds owned by the Partnership also
provide for the payment of contingent interest, which is payable out of the net
cash flow and net capital appreciation of the underlying apartment
properties. As a result, the amount of interest earned by the
Partnership from its investment in tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds is a
function of the net operating income generated by the properties collateralizing
the tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds. Net operating income from a
multifamily residential property depends on the rental and occupancy rates of
the property and the level of operating expenses.
Other Tax-Exempt
Securities. The Partnership may invest in other types of
tax-exempt securities that may or may not be secured by real
estate. These tax-exempt securities must be rated in one of the four
highest rating categories by at least one nationally recognized securities
rating agency and may not represent more than 25% of our assets at the time of
acquisition.
Taxable Mortgage
Loans. The Partnership may also make taxable mortgage loans
secured by multifamily properties which are financed by tax-exempt mortgage
revenue bonds that are held by the Partnership.
Other
Investments. While the Partnership generally does not seek to
acquire equity interests in real property as long-term or permanent investments,
it may acquire apartment complexes securing its revenue bonds or taxable
mortgage loans through foreclosure in the event of a default. In
addition, as part of its growth strategy, the Partnership may acquire direct or
indirect interests in apartment complexes on a temporary basis in order to
position itself for a future investment in tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds
issued to finance the acquisition or substantial rehabilitation of such
apartment complexes by a new owner. A new owner would typically seek
to obtain LIHTCs in connection with the issuance of the new tax-exempt bonds,
but if LIHTCs had previously been issued for the property, such a restructuring
could not occur until the expiration of a 15-year compliance period for the
initial LIHTCs. The Partnership may acquire an interest in such
apartment properties prior to the end of the LIHTC compliance
period. After the LIHTC compliance period, the Partnership would
expect to sell such property to a new owner which could syndicate new LIHTCs and
seek tax-exempt bond financing on the property which the Partnership could
acquire. Such restructurings will generally be expected to occur
within 36 months of the acquisition by the Partnership of an interest in a
property. The Partnership will not acquire LIHTCs in connection with
these transactions.
The
Market Opportunity - Current
The
current credit crisis has severely disrupted the financial markets and, in our
view, has also created potential investment opportunities for the
Partnership. For this reason, non-traditional participants in the
multifamily housing debt sector are either reducing their participation in the
market or are being forced to downsize their existing portfolio of
investments. We believe this is creating opportunities to acquire
existing tax-exempt bonds from distressed entities at attractive
yields. We believe that we are well-positioned as a result
of our ability to acquire assets on the secondary market while maintaining the
ability and willingness to also participate in primary market
transactions.
The
current credit crisis is also providing the potential for investments in quality
real estate assets to be acquired from distressed owners and
lenders. Our ability to restructure existing debt together with the
ability to improve the operations of the underlying apartment properties through
our affiliated property management company, America First Property Management
Company, L.L.C., results in a valuable tax-exempt bond investment which is
supported by the valuable collateral and operations of the underlying real
property. We believe the Partnership is well-positioned to
selectively acquire distressed assets, restructure debt and improve operations
thereby creating value to shareholders in the form of a strong tax-exempt bond
investment.
The
Partnership is currently in the contractual due diligence period related to the
acquisition a portfolio of four tax-exempt bonds. The current market
conditions discussed above have presented the opportunity to acquire these
assets at attractive valuations. In addition, the Partnership is
evaluating four other bond or limited partnership interest
acquisitions. While we believe that we will consummate the
acquisitions of the assets, we cannot assure you that we will, because
consummation of the acquisitions remains subject to the completion of our due
diligence and satisfaction of customary closing conditions.
The
Market Opportunity – General
There is
a significant unmet demand for affordable multifamily housing in the United
States. According to recent United States Department of Housing and
Urban Development, or HUD reports, there are approximately 5.5 million
American households in need of quality affordable housing. The types
of revenue bonds in which we invest offer developers of affordable housing a
low-cost source of construction and permanent debt financing for these types of
properties. Investors purchase these bonds because the income paid on
these bonds is exempt from federal income taxation. The National
Council of State Housing Agencies Fact Sheet and HUD have captured some key
scale metrics and opportunities of this market:
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HUD
has provided over 1.0 million lower-income Americans with affordable
rental housing opportunities;
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Housing
Finance Agencies, or HFAs, use multifamily tax-exempt housing bonds to
finance an additional 130,000 apartments each year;
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The
availability of tax-exempt bond financing for affordable multifamily
housing to be owned by private, for-profit developers in each state in
each calendar year is limited by the statewide volume cap distributed as
described in Section 146 of the Code; this private activity bond is
based on state population and indexed to
inflation.
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In
addition to tax-exempt revenue bonds, the federal government promotes affordable
housing through the use of LIHTCs for affordable multifamily rental
housing. Under this program, developers that receive an allocation of
private activity bonds will also receive an allocation of federal LIHTCs as a
method to encourage the development of affordable multifamily
housing. The LIHTCs are used for nearly 90% of the country’s new
affordable rental housing. To receive federal LIHTCs, a property must
either be newly constructed or substantially rehabilitated and, therefore, may
be less likely to become functionally obsolete in the near term than an older
property. There are various requirements in order to be eligible for
federal LIHTCs, including rent and tenant income restrictions. The
National Council of State Housing Agencies Fact Sheet and HUD have captured some
key scale metrics and opportunities of this market:
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LIHTCs
have helped finance approximately two million apartments for low-income
families since Congress created it in 1986 and help finance 130,000 more
apartments each year;
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HUD
has a stated goal to expand affordable rental housing by 1.4 million
units through the LIHTC, CDBG, HOME, HOPWA, and IHBG funds by FY 2011;
and
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Each
state’s annual LIHTC allocation is capped and indexed to
inflation. The Housing Assistance Tax Act of 2008, or the 2008
Housing Act, set the state allocation cap for 2009 at $2.20 times state
population, with a state minimum of $2,325,000. The 2009 state
cap exceeds the amount that would have been in place if an inflation
factor had been applied to the state cap in place prior to enactment of
the 2008 Housing Act. After 2009, the state allocation cap will
revert to amounts reflecting the previous caps adjusted for inflation as
if the provision in the 2008 Housing Act had not been
enacted.
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The 2008
Housing Act simplifies and expands the use of LIHTCs and tax-exempt bond
financing for low-income multifamily housing industry. Additionally,
it exempts newly issued tax-exempt private activity bonds from Alternative
Minimum Tax, or AMT. Previously, these tax-exempt private activity
bonds were AMT preference items for individual tax payers. We believe these
changes are likely to enhance the Partnership’s opportunities for making
investments in accordance with its investment criteria.
The
syndication and sale of LIHTCs along with tax-exempt bond financing is an
attractive plan of finance for developers and owners and a potential source of
new tax-exempt bond investments for the Partnership. Current credit
markets and general economic issues have had a significant negative impact on
these types of transactions. At this time very few LIHTC syndication
and tax-exempt bond financing transactions are being completed. While
these types of transactions represent a long-term market opportunity for the
Partnership, they are not the current investment focus. The current
market opportunities discussed above are significant and are expected to provide
ongoing investment opportunities for the Partnership until such time as the
market for LIHTC syndication transactions increases.
Financing
Arrangements
The
Partnership may finance the acquisition of additional tax-exempt mortgage
revenue bonds through the reinvestment of cash flow, the issuance of additional
BUCs, or securitization financing using our existing portfolio of tax-exempt
mortgage revenue bonds. Our operating policy is to use
securitizations or other forms of leverage to maintain a level of debt financing
between 40% and 60% of the total par value of our mortgage bond
portfolio. The current amount of outstanding debt financing related
to the Partnership’s $141.3 million par value bond investment portfolio is
approximately $76.6 million which represents approximately 54% of the par
value of its mortgage bond portfolio. As of December 31, 2008, $57.0
million of the total outstanding debt related to the Partnership’s bond
portfolio has been allocated to continuing operations $19.6 million has been
allocated to discontinued operations.
The
Partnership’s principal source of debt financing is provided under a tender
option bond program sponsored by Bank of America, N.A., or the
TOB Facility. Under this financing arrangement, the Partnership
placed 11 of its tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds having an aggregate principal
balance of $95.4 million into trusts, or the TOB Trusts, created
between Bank of America and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as
trustee. The TOB Trusts issued senior securities, known as “Floater
Certificates”, to unaffiliated institutional investors and subordinated residual
interest securities, known as “Inverse Certificates”, to the
Partnership. Net proceeds generated from the sale of the Floater
Certificates were applied by the Partnership to the repayment of our previous
tender option bond financing that the Partnership obtained through the Merrill
Lynch “P-Float” program. The holders of the Floater Certificates
issued by each TOB Trust are entitled to receive regular payments of interest
from the TOB Trust at a variable rate which resets periodically and reflects
prevailing short-term tax-exempt rates. Payment of interest on a TOB
Trust’s Floater Certificates is made on designated interest payment dates prior
to any payments of interest on the Inverse Certificates issued by such TOB
Trust. As the holder of Inverse Certificates, the Partnership is
entitled to receive the balance of the interest received by such TOB Trusts on
the tax-exempt bonds held by it remaining available on interest payment dates
after the payment of all interest due on the Floater Certificates issued by the
TOB Trusts and the expenses of the TOB Trusts, including various
fees. Accordingly, the amount of interest paid to the Partnership on
its Inverse Certificates is expected to vary over time, and could be eliminated
altogether, due to fluctuations in the short-term interest rate payable on the
Floater Certificates, expenses and other factors. The Partnership
retains a call option on the Floater Certificates which allows the Partnership
to collapse the TOB Trusts at any time. By retaining this level of
control over the underlying tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds, the Partnership
is able to account for the TOB Facility as secured variable-rate
borrowing.
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Bank of
America serves as liquidity provider to the TOB Trusts and if it is not fully
reimbursed for funds advanced by it to make interest payments on the Floater
Certificates or to redeem Floater Certificates that are tendered under the terms
of the TOB Trust agreement, the Partnership is required to reimburse Bank of
America for any such shortfalls. The Partnership is also obligated to
pay various fees to Bank of America. In order to secure these
obligations, the Partnership is required to pledge cash or certain highly-rated
securities as collateral. As security for the TOB Facility, the
Partnership has pledged all of its Inverse Certificates, five additional
tax-exempt mortgage bonds with an aggregate principal balance of
$45.9 million and certain taxable mortgage loans made by it to the owners
of apartment properties financed with tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds held by
it to secure its obligations under these arrangements. The
Partnership may be required to provide additional collateral during the term of
the TOB Trusts due to variations in interest rates and in the value of the
collateral provided by it and of the tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds held by
the TOB Trusts.
In
connection with the TOB Facility, the Partnership acquired an interest rate cap
derivative from US Bank, N.A. on July 7, 2008. The interest rate cap
derivative has a notional value of $60.0 million and an effective cap rate
before remarketing, credit enhancement, liquidity and trustee fees of 2.5% per
annum. After considering the current TOB facility fees, the interest
rate cap derivative caps $60.0 million of the Partnership’s variable rate debt
under the TOB Facility at an effective rate of 4.15% per annum, thus reducing
the Partnership’s exposure to significant increases in the variable interest
rate paid on the TOB facility.
The TOB
Facility is a one-year agreement with a one-year renewal option held by Bank of
America. Given the initial term of the TOB Facility, all amounts
borrowed under this facility are due on July 3, 2009 unless the TOB facility is
renewed. We are currently negotiating with Bank of America and expect
to renew the TOB Facility. In addition, we are currently negotiating
with other potential lenders to provide a facility similar to the current TOB
Facility, except with a longer term, or another alternative form of
financing.
In
addition to this tender option bond financing, the Partnership has
$30.9 million of mortgage debt related to apartment properties in Ohio,
Kentucky, Virginia and Georgia owned by eight limited partnerships of which
wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Partnership are the 99% limited
partners. Approximately $19.9 million in outstanding debt financing
related to the properties located in Ohio and Kentucky is due in less than one
year, however, the mortgage loan contains three one-year renewal options held by
the Partnership. The Partnership intends to provide appropriate
notification to the lender and renew the mortgage for an additional
year. However, if the current illiquidity in the financial markets
continues or further deteriorates, our ability to renew or refinance our
outstanding TOB facility and mortgage debt financing may be negatively
affected.
The
Partnership intends to issue BUCs from time to time to raise additional equity
capital as needed to fund investment opportunities. In January 2007,
the Partnership filed a Registration Statement on Form S-3 with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) relating to the sale of up to $100.0 million
of its BUCs. The Partnership intends to issue BUCs from time to time
under this Registration Statement to raise additional equity capital as needed
to fund investment opportunities. Raising additional equity capital
for deployment into new investment opportunities is part of our overall growth
strategy outlined above. Pursuant to this Registration Statement, in
April 2007 the Partnership issued, through an underwritten public offering, a
total of 3,675,000 BUCs at a public offering price of $8.06 per
BUC. Net proceeds realized by the Partnership from the issuance of
the additional BUCs were approximately $27.5 million, after payment of an
underwriter’s discount and other offering costs of approximately $2.1
million. The proceeds were used to acquire additional tax-exempt
revenue bonds and other investments meeting the Partnership’s investment
criteria and for general working capital needs. This Registration
Statement remains active with the SEC and is available for the Partnership to
conduct further underwritten public offerings.
In
October 2008, the Partnership filed a Registration Statement on Form S-3 with
the SEC relating to a Rights Offering. Pursuant to this Registration
Statement, the Partnership may issue Rights Certificates to existing BUC
holders. Each Rights Certificate will entitle the holder to purchase
additional BUCs at a price established in the Rights Offering. One
Rights Certificate will be issued for every four BUCs owned at the time of the
offering. The Partnership has not yet determined when, or if, such a
Rights Offering will be conducted.
Recent
Developments
In
February 2009, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Partnership acquired the 99%
limited partnership position in a property known as the Greens of Pine Glen (the
“Greens”) for a total purchase price of $7.2 million, including transaction
expenses. The purchase price was funded through a first mortgage of
$6.5 million and cash on hand of $0.7 million. This represents the
ninth MF Property owned by the Partnership.
In
February 2009, we redeemed our tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds securitized by
Ashley Pointe at Eagle Crest in Evansville, Indiana, Woodbridge Apartments of
Bloomington III in Bloomington, Indiana and Woodbridge Apartments of Louisville
II, in Louisville, Kentucky. The properties financed by these
redeemed mortgage revenue bonds were required to be consolidated into our
financial statements as VIEs under FIN 46R as described below under
“Effects of Adoption of FIN 46R on Financial Reporting”. In order to
properly reflect the transaction under FIN 46R, the Company will record the sale
of the properties as though they were owned by the Company. The
transaction was completed in the first quarter of 2009 for a total purchase
price of $32.0 million resulting in an estimated gain on sale for GAAP reporting
to the Company of approximately $26.0 million. The redemption of the
bonds did not result in a taxable gain to the Partnership. The
Company presented the VIEs as discontinued operations at December 31,
2008. The redeemed bonds were collateral on the Partnership’s TOB
facility. As of the closing date of the redemption, the Company
placed on deposit with Bank of America $23.6 million in cash as replacement
collateral. Such funds on deposit may be used to reduce the amount of
debt outstanding on the TOB facility. See Footnote 7 to the
Consolidated Financial Statements for further discussion.
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On a
stand-alone basis, the Partnership received approximately $30.9 million of net
proceeds from the bond redemption. These proceeds represent the
repayment of the bond par values plus accrued base interest and approximately
$2.3 million of contingent interest. The contingent interest,
recognized in the first quarter of 2009, represents additional earnings to the
Partnership beyond the recurring base interest earned on the bond
portfolio. The contingent interest also represents additional Cash
Available for Distribution to the BUC holders of approximately $1.7 million, or
$0.13 per unit.
In
October 2008, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Partnership acquired the 99%
limited partnership position in a property known as Glynn Place for a total
purchase price of $5.9 million, including transaction expenses. The
purchase price was funded through a first mortgage of $4.5 million and cash on
hand of $1.4 million. This represents the eighth MF Property owned by
the Partnership.
Effects
of Recent Changes in Credit Markets
Recent
economic conditions have been unprecedented and challenging, with significantly
tighter credit conditions and slower growth expected in
2009. Throughout 2008, continued concerns about the systemic impact
of inflation, energy costs, geopolitical issues, the availability and cost of
credit, the U.S., European and other international mortgage markets and
declining residential and commercial real estate markets contributed to
increased market volatility and diminished expectations for the U.S., European
and other economies. In the third quarter, added concerns fueled by the federal
government conservatorship of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation and the
Federal National Mortgage Association, the declared bankruptcy of Lehman
Brothers Holdings Inc., the U.S. government’s loan to American International
Group Inc., as well as other federal government interventions in the U.S. credit
markets and similar events in Europe and other regions led to increased
uncertainty and instability in global capital and credit markets. These
conditions, combined with volatile oil prices, declining business and consumer
confidence and increased unemployment have contributed to global volatility of
unprecedented levels.
As a
result of these conditions, the cost and availability of credit has been, and
may continue to be, adversely affected in all markets in which we operate.
Concern about the stability of the markets generally, and the strength of
counterparties specifically, has led many lenders and institutional investors to
reduce, and in some cases, cease, to provide funding to borrowers. Continued
turbulence in the U.S., European and other international markets and economies
may adversely affect our liquidity and financial condition. If these market and
economic conditions continue, they may limit our ability to replace or renew
maturing liabilities on a timely basis, access the capital markets to meet
liquidity and capital expenditure requirements and may result in adverse effects
on our financial condition and results of operations.
Although
the consequences of these events and their impact on our ability to pursue our
plan to grow through investments in additional tax-exempt bonds secured by first
mortgages on affordable multifamily housing projects are not fully known, we do
not anticipate that our existing assets will be adversely affected in the
long-term. We believe that if there are continued defaults on
subprime single family mortgages and a general contraction of credit available
for single family mortgage loans, additional demand for affordable rental
housing may be created and, as a result, may have a positive economic effect on
apartment properties financed by the tax-exempt bonds held by the
Partnership. We believe the current tightening of credit may also
create opportunities for additional investments consistent with the
Partnership's investment strategy because it may result in fewer parties
competing to acquire tax-exempt bonds issued to finance affordable
housing. There can be no assurance that we will be able to finance
additional acquisitions of tax-exempt bonds through either additional equity or
debt financing.
Management
and Employees
The
Partnership is managed by its general partner, America First Capital Associates
Limited Partnership Two (“AFCA 2”). The Partnership has no employees,
executive officers or directors. Certain services are provided to the
Partnership by employees of Burlington, which is the general partner of AFCA 2,
and the Partnership reimburses Burlington for its allocated share of these
salaries and benefits. The Partnership is not charged, and does not
reimburse Burlington, for the services performed by executive officers of
Burlington.
Competition
The
Partnership competes with private investors, lending institutions, trust funds,
investment partnerships and other entities with objectives similar to the
Partnership for the acquisition of tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds and other
investments. This competition could reduce the availability of
tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds for acquisition and reduce the interest rate
that issuers pay on these bonds.
Because
the Partnership holds tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds secured entirely by
multifamily residential properties and holds an interest in the MF Properties,
the Partnership may be considered to be in competition with other residential
real estate in the same geographic areas. In each city in which the
properties financed by the Partnership’s tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds owned
by the Partnership or MF Properties are located, such properties compete with a
substantial number of other multifamily properties. Multifamily
properties also compete with single-family housing that is either owned or
leased by potential tenants. To compete effectively, the apartment
properties financed or owned by the Partnership must offer quality apartments at
competitive rental rates. In order to maintain occupancy rates and
attract quality tenants, the Partnership’s apartment properties may also offer
rental concessions, such as free rent to new tenants for a stated
period. These apartment properties also compete by offering quality
apartments in attractive locations and that provide tenants with amenities such
as recreational facilities, garages and pleasant landscaping.
Environmental
Matters
The
Partnership believes that each of the MF Properties and the properties
collateralizing its tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds are in compliance, in all
material respects, with federal, state and local regulations regarding hazardous
waste and other environmental matters and is not aware of any environmental
contamination at any of such properties that would require any material capital
expenditure by the underlying properties and therefore the Partnership for the
remediation thereof.
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Tax
Status
The
Partnership is classified as a partnership for federal income tax purposes and
accordingly, it makes no provision for income taxes. The distributive
share of the Partnership’s income, deductions and credits is included in each
BUC holder’s income tax return.
The
Partnership’s subsidiaries are “C” corporations for income tax purposes and file
a separate income tax returns. Therefore, the Partnership is only
subject to income taxes on this investment to the extent it receives dividends
from the subsidiaries.
The VIEs
which are reported on a consolidated basis with the Partnership for GAAP
reporting purposes as described below under “Effect of Adoption of FIN 46R on
Financial Reporting” are separate legal entities who record and report income
taxes based upon their individual legal structure which may include
corporations, limited partnerships and limited liability
companies. The Partnership does not presently believe that the
consolidation of VIEs for reporting under GAAP will impact the Partnership’s tax
status, amounts reported to BUC holders on IRS Form K-1, the Partnership’s
ability to distribute tax-exempt income to BUC holders, the current level of
quarterly distributions or the tax-exempt status of the underlying mortgage
revenue bonds.
Effect
of Adoption of FIN 46R on Financial Reporting
The
Partnership is required to consolidate the assets, liabilities, results of
operations and cash flows of certain entities that meet the definition of a
“variable interest entity” (“VIE”) into the Partnership’s financial statements
under the provisions of FIN 46R. Management has determined that eight
of the entities which own multifamily apartment properties financed by the
Partnership’s tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds are VIEs. Because
management determined that the Partnership is the primary beneficiary of each of
these VIEs pursuant to the terms of each tax-exempt mortgage revenue bond and
the criteria within FIN 46R, the Partnership consolidated the assets,
liabilities and results of operations of these VIEs’ multifamily properties into
the Partnership’s financial statements. Transactions and accounts
between the Partnership and the consolidated VIEs, including the indebtedness
underlying the tax-exempt mortgage bonds secured by the properties owned by the
VIEs, have been eliminated in consolidation. As of December 31, 2008,
five of these consolidated VIEs are included in the results from continuing
operations while three are presented as discontinued operations.
All
financial information in this Form 10-K presented on the basis of Accounting
Principles Generally Accepted in the United States of America (GAAP), is that of
the Partnership and the VIEs on a consolidated basis. We refer to the
Partnership, its wholly owned subsidiaries (each a “Holding Company”), and the
consolidated VIEs throughout this Form 10-K as the “Company”. We
refer to the Partnership and Holding Company, without consolidation of the VIEs,
as the “Partnership.”
General
Information
We are a
Delaware limited partnership. Our general partner is AFCA 2,
whose general partner is Burlington. Since 1984, Burlington has
specialized in the management of investment funds, many of which were formed to
acquire real estate investments such as tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds,
mortgage securities and multifamily real estate
properties. Burlington maintains its principal executive offices at
1004 Farnam Street, Suite 400, Omaha, Nebraska 68102, and its
telephone number is (402) 444-1630.
We do not
have any employees of our own. Employees of Burlington, acting
through our general partner, are responsible for our operations and we reimburse
Burlington for the allocated salaries and benefits of these employees and for
other expenses incurred in running our business operations. In
connection with the operation of the Partnership, our general partner is
entitled to an administrative fee in an amount equal to 0.45% per annum of
principal amount of the revenue bonds, other tax-exempt investments and taxable
mortgage loans held by the Partnership. Nine of the tax-exempt
revenue bonds held by the Partnership provide for the payment of this
administrative fee to the general partner by the owner of the financed
property. When the administrative fee is payable by a property owner,
it is subordinated to the payment of all base interest to the Partnership on the
tax-exempt revenue bond on that property. Our Agreement of Limited
Partnership provides that the administrative fee will be paid directly by the
Partnership with respect to any investments for which the administrative fee is
not payable by the property owner or a third party. In addition, our
Agreement of Limited Partnership provides that the Partnership will pay the
administrative fee to the general partner with respect to any foreclosed
mortgage bonds.
Our
general partner or its affiliates may also earn mortgage placement fees in
connection with the identification and evaluation of additional investments that
we acquire. Any mortgage placement fees will be paid by the owners of
the properties financed by the acquired mortgage revenue bonds out of bond
proceeds. The amount of mortgage placement fees, if any, will be
subject to negotiation between the general partner or its affiliates and such
property owners.
Properties
Management is an affiliate of Burlington that is engaged in the management of
apartment complexes. Properties Management currently manages the
eight MF Properties and ten of the properties whose tax-exempt bonds are held by
the Partnership and earns a fee paid out of property
revenues. Properties Management may also seek to become the manager
of apartment complexes financed by additional mortgage bonds acquired by the
Partnership, subject to negotiation with the owners of such
properties. If the Partnership acquires ownership of any property
through foreclosure of a revenue bond, Properties Management may provide
property management services for such property and, in such case, earn a fee
payable out of property revenues.
Our sole
limited partner is America First Fiduciary Corporation Number Five, a Nebraska
corporation. BUCs represent assignments by the sole limited partner of its
rights and obligations as a limited partner.
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Information
Available on Website
The
Partnership’s annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q,
current reports on Form 8-K and press releases are available free of charge at
www.ataxfund.com as
soon as reasonably practical after they are filed with the SEC. The
information on the website is not incorporated by reference into this Form
10-K.
Item 1A. Risk Factors
The
financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Partnership are
affected by various factors, many of which are beyond the Partnership’s
control. These include the following:
There
are risks associated with our participation in a tender option bond financing
program.
Our
principal source of debt financing is provided under a TOB Facility sponsored by
Bank of America, N.A. In order to obtain this debt financing, we have
securitized many of our tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds through the Bank of
America tender option bond, or TOB, program. The TOB program replaced
our previous financing facility under the Merrill Lynch “P-Float”
program. Under the TOB program, we deposit tax-exempt mortgage
revenue bonds into various trusts which then issue senior Floater Certificates
to institutional investors and a residual interest (known as an Inverse
Certificate) to us. Each trust pays interest on its Floater
Certificates at a variable rate from the interest payments received by it from
its underlying tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds. The Company, as the
holder of Inverse Certificates, is entitled to the amount of interest received
by the each TOB trust after the trust has paid the full amount of interest due
on the Floater Certificates and all of the expenses of the trust, including
various fees to the trustee, remarketing agents and liquidity
providers. Specific risks associated with this program include the
following:
Changes
in short-term interest rates can adversely affect the cost of our tender option
bond financing program and could result in a loss of assets pledged as
collateral for this financing.
Payments
on Inverse Certificates are subordinate to payments on the Floater Certificates
and payment of trust expenses and no party guarantees the payment of any amounts
under the Inverse Certificates. The rate on the Floater Certificates
will reset periodically, usually weekly. As a result, increases in
short-term interest rates could reduce or even eliminate the Company's return on
the Inverse Certificates. A decrease in the value of the bonds held
by a TOB trust may make it necessary to increase the interest rate paid on the
Floater Certificates in order to successfully remarket Floater Certificates
which may be tendered back to the trust by the holders of Floater
Certificates. Any such increase in interest rates on the Floater
Certificates will result in a lower return on the Inverse
Certificates.
In
addition, increases in interest rates generally may reduce the value of the
bonds held by the TOB trusts and the other collateral we have pledged to Bank of
America. As a result, rising interest rates could require us to
pledge additional collateral to the TOB trust’s liquidity
providers. If the Company is not able to provide sufficient
additional collateral, it may have to liquidate one or more TOB trusts and sell
the underlying bonds at unfavorable prices.
Termination
of our tender option bond financing can occur for a number of reasons which
could cause the Company to lose both the mortgage bonds and the other
collateral.
A
TOB trust can terminate for a number of different reasons relating to problems
with the bonds or problems with the TOB trust itself. Problems with
the bonds that could cause the trust to collapse include payment or other
defaults or a determination that the interest on the bonds is
taxable. Problems with a TOB trust include a downgrade in the
investment rating of the Floater Certificates, a ratings downgrade of the
liquidity provider for the TOB trusts, increases in short term interest rates in
excess of the interest paid on the underlying bonds, declines in the value of
the bonds and other collateral pledged to the TOB trust, an inability to
remarket the Floater Certificates or an inability to obtain liquidity for the
trust.
In
order to obtain the TOB Facility, the Company is required to pledge additional
collateral to Bank of America as liquidity provider for the TOB
trusts. A decline in either (i) the value of the bonds held in a TOB
trust or (ii) the other collateral previously pledged by us to a trust’s
liquidity provider may require us to pledge additional collateral to the
liquidity provider. If we fail to do so, the TOB trust may be
terminated.
In
addition, because the Floater Certificates can be tendered back to the trust by
the holders on a weekly basis, the trusts may need to remarket the Floater
Certificates from time to time. If a trust is not able to remarket
its Floater Certificates, its liquidity provider will be required to buy the
Floater Certificates and may collapse the TOB trust and sell the bonds and other
collateral in the TOB Trust to reimburse itself for the price it paid for the
Floater Certificates.
In
each of these cases, the TOB trusts will be collapsed and the bonds held by the
trusts will be sold within days of the event causing the collapse. If
the proceeds from the sale of the bonds is not sufficient to pay the principal
amount of the Floater Certificates with accrued interest and the other expenses
of the TOB trusts, then the collateral pledged to the liquidity provider will
also be sold. As a result, the Company may not only lose its
investment in the Inverse Certificates, but could also lose all or part of the
collateral pledged in connection with one or more TOB trusts.
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If
we are unable to extend or renew our tender option bond financing beyond its
current term, the Company could lose both the mortgage bonds and the other
collateral.
Our
TOB Facility with Bank of America has a one year term and may be renewed for an
additional year at the option of Bank of America. The initial
one-year term expires on July 3, 2009. We are currently negotiating
with Bank of America to renew the TOB Facility, but there can be no assurance
that Bank of America will renew our TOB Facility. In addition, we are
currently negotiating with other potential lenders to provide a facility similar
to the current TOB Facility, except with a longer term, or another alternative
form of financing, but there can be no assurance that we will be able to
refinance or replace our TOB Facility with another lender on satisfactory terms
or at all, particularly in light of the current illiquidity in the financial
markets. If we are able to refinance with another lender, we may
incur additional financing costs and higher interest expense in the
future. If we are unable to renew or replace our TOB Facility with
another lender prior to July 3, 2009, we would be forced to terminate all of the
TOB trusts and liquidate the trust assets under potentially adverse market
conditions. As a result, we could incur a loss of our entire
investment in the Inverse Certificates and the other collateral pledged to Bank
of America. If we refinance with another lender, we may incur additional
financing costs and higher interest expense in the
future. .
An
insolvency or receivership of Bank of America would cause the TOB trusts to
collapse and could impair our ability to recover our collateral.
In
the event Bank of America is determined to be insolvent, it could be placed in
receivership by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. In that
case, the FDIC will assume control over Bank of America and its
operations. In that situation, it is possible that the Company would
not be able to obtain the mortgage bonds and other collateral pledged to the TOB
trusts under our TOB Facility with Bank of America or receive the payments due
from the TOB trusts in a timely fashion. There can be no assurance
that following any such insolvency or receivership the Company would ultimately
receive the collateral pledged to the TOB trusts on demand, as required by the
documents or at all.
The recent downturn in the credit markets has increased the cost of borrowing and has made financing difficult to obtain, each of which may have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and business.
Recent
economic conditions have been unprecedented and challenging, with significantly
tighter credit conditions and slower growth expected in
2009. Throughout 2008, continued concerns about the systemic impact
of inflation, energy costs, geopolitical issues, the availability and cost of
credit, the U.S., European and other international mortgage markets and
declining residential and commercial real estate markets contributed to
increased market volatility and diminished expectations for the U.S., European
and other economies. In the third quarter, added concerns fueled by the federal
government conservatorship of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation and the
Federal National Mortgage Association, the declared bankruptcy of Lehman
Brothers Holdings Inc., the U.S. government’s loan to American International
Group Inc., as well as other federal government interventions in the U.S. credit
markets and similar events in Europe and other regions led to increased
uncertainty and instability in global capital and credit markets. These
conditions, combined with volatile oil prices, declining business and consumer
confidence and increased unemployment have contributed to global volatility of
unprecedented levels.
As a
result of these conditions, the cost and availability of credit has been, and
may continue to be, adversely affected in all markets in which we operate.
Concern about the stability of the markets generally and the strength of
counterparties specifically has led many lenders and institutional investors to
reduce, and in some cases, cease, to provide funding to borrowers. Continued
turbulence in the U.S., European and other international markets and economies
may adversely affect our liquidity and financial condition. If these market and
economic conditions continue, they may limit our ability to replace or renew
maturing liabilities on a timely basis, access the capital markets to meet
liquidity requirements and result in adverse effects on our financial condition
and results of operations.
There
are risks associated with the acquisition of ownership interests in multifamily
housing projects in anticipation of future tax-exempt bond financings of these
projects.
To
facilitate our investment strategy of acquiring additional tax-exempt mortgage
bonds secured by multifamily apartment properties, we may acquire ownership
positions in apartment properties that we expect to ultimately sell in a
syndication of LIHTCs. Our plan is to provide tax-exempt mortgage
financing to the new property owners at the time of the LIHTC syndication after
the expiration of the compliance period relating to LIHTCs previously issued
with respect to the property. During the time we own an interest,
directly or indirectly, in such apartment properties, any net income earned by
us from these properties will not be exempt from federal or state income
taxation. Current credit market and general economic conditions have
had a significant negative effect on the market for LIHTC
syndications. At this time very few LIHTC syndications are being
completed. For this and other reasons, there is no assurance that we
will be able to sell our interests in these properties at the end of the LIHTC
compliance period or that we will not incur a loss upon the sale of these
property interests. In addition, there is no assurance that we will
be able to acquire tax-exempt bonds on these properties even if we are able to
sell our interests in the properties in connection with the syndication of new
LHITCs.
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The
receipt of interest and principal payments on our tax-exempt mortgage revenue
bonds will be affected by the economic results of the underlying multifamily
properties.
Although
our tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds are issued by state or local housing
authorities, they are not obligations of these governmental entities and are not
backed by any taxing authority. Instead, each of these revenue bonds
is backed by a non-recourse loan made to the owner of the underlying apartment
complex and is secured by a first mortgage lien on the
property. Because of the non-recourse nature of the underlying
mortgage loans, the sole source of cash to pay base and contingent interest on
the revenue bond, and to ultimately pay the principal amount of the bond, is the
net cash flow generated by the operation of the financed property and the net
proceeds from the ultimate sale or refinancing of the property. This
makes our investments in these mortgage revenue bonds subject to the kinds of
risks usually associated with direct investments in multifamily real
estate. If a property is unable to sustain net cash flow at a level
necessary to pay its debt service obligations on our tax-exempt mortgage revenue
bond on the property, a default may occur. Net cash flow and net sale
proceeds from a particular property are applied only to debt service payments of
the particular mortgage revenue bond secured by that property and are not
available to satisfy debt service obligations on other mortgage revenue bonds
that we hold. In addition, the value of a property at the time of its
sale or refinancing will be a direct function of its perceived future
profitability. Therefore, the amount of base and contingent interest
that we earn on our mortgage revenue bonds, and whether or not we will receive
the entire principal balance of the bonds as and when due, will depend to a
large degree on the economic results of the underlying apartment
complexes.
The net
cash flow from the operation of a property may be affected by many things, such
as the number of tenants, the rental rates, operating expenses, the cost of
repairs and maintenance, taxes, government regulation, competition from other
apartment complexes, mortgage rates for single-family housing and general and
local economic conditions. In most of the markets in which the
properties financed by our bonds are located, there is significant competition
from other apartment complexes and from single-family housing that is either
owned or leased by potential tenants. Low mortgage interest rates
make single-family housing more accessible to persons who may otherwise rent
apartments.
In the
event of a default on a mortgage revenue bond (or a taxable loan on the same
property), we will have the right to foreclose on the mortgage or deed of trust
securing the property. If we take ownership of the property securing
a defaulted revenue bond or taxable loan, we will be entitled to all net cash
flow generated by the property. However, such amounts will no longer
represent tax-exempt interest to us.
The
value of the properties is the only source of repayment of our tax-exempt
mortgage revenue bonds.
The
principal of most of our tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds does not fully
amortize over their terms. This means that all or some of the balance
of the mortgage loans underlying these bonds will be repaid as a lump-sum
“balloon” payment at the end of the term. The ability of the property
owners to repay the mortgage loans with balloon payments is dependent upon their
ability to sell the properties securing our tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds or
obtain adequate refinancing. The mortgage revenue bonds are not
personal obligations of the property owners, and we rely solely on the value of
the properties securing these bonds for security. Similarly, if a
tax-exempt mortgage revenue bond goes into default, our only recourse is to
foreclose on the underlying multifamily property. If the value of the
underlying property securing the bond is less than the outstanding principal
balance and accrued interest on the bond, we will suffer a loss.
In the
event a property securing a tax-exempt mortgage revenue bond is not sold prior
to the maturity or remarketing of the bond, any contingent interest payable from
the net sale or refinancing proceeds of the underlying property will be
determined on the basis of the appraised value of the underlying
property. Real estate appraisals represent only an estimate of the
value of the property being appraised and are based on subjective
determinations, such as the extent to which the properties used for comparison
purposes are comparable to the property being evaluated and the rate at which a
prospective purchaser would capitalize the cash flow of the property to
determine a purchase price. Accordingly, such appraisals may result
in us realizing less contingent interest from a tax-exempt mortgage revenue bond
than we would have realized had the underlying property been sold.
There
are a number of risks related to the construction of multifamily apartment
properties that may affect the tax-exempt bonds issued to finance these
properties.
Three of
the tax-exempt revenue bonds the Partnership currently holds are secured by
multifamily apartment properties which are still under
construction. The Partnership may acquire additional tax-exempt
revenue bonds issued to finance apartment properties in various stages of
construction. Construction of such properties generally takes
approximately 12 to 18 months. The principal risk associated with
construction lending is the risk that construction of the property will be
substantially delayed or never completed. This may occur for a number
of reasons including (i) insufficient financing to complete the project due
to underestimated construction costs or cost overruns; (ii) failure of
contractors or subcontractors to perform under their agreements,
(iii) inability to obtain governmental approvals; (iv) labor disputes,
and (v) adverse weather and other unpredictable contingencies beyond the control
of the developer. While the Partnership may be able to protect itself
from some of these risks by obtaining construction completion guarantees from
developers, agreements of construction lenders to purchase its bonds if
construction is not completed on time, and/or payment and performance bonds from
contractors, the Partnership may not be able to do so in all cases or such
guarantees or bonds may not fully protect it in the event a property is not
completed. In other cases, the Partnership may decide to forego
certain types of available security if it determines that the security is not
necessary or is too expensive to obtain in relation to the risks
covered. If a property is not completed, or costs more to complete
than anticipated, it may cause the Partnership to receive less than the full
amount of interest owed to it on the tax-exempt bond financing such property or
otherwise result in a default under the mortgage loan that secures its
tax-exempt bond on the property. In such case, the Partnership may be
forced to foreclose on the incomplete property and sell it in order to recover
the principal and accrued interest on its tax-exempt bond and it may suffer a
loss of capital as a result. Alternatively, the Partnership may
decide to finance the remaining construction of the property, in which event it
will need to invest additional funds into the property, either as equity or as a
taxable loan. Any return on this additional investment would not be
tax-exempt. Also, if the Partnership forecloses on a property, it
will no longer receive tax-exempt interest on the bond issued to finance the
property. In addition, the overall return to the Partnership from its
investment in such property is likely to be less than if the construction had
been completed on time or within budget.
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There
are a number of risks related to the lease-up of newly constructed or renovated
properties that may affect the tax-exempt bonds issued to finance these
properties.
Three of
the tax-exempt revenue bonds the Partnership currently invests in are secured by
affordable multifamily apartment properties which are still under
construction. The Partnership may acquire additional tax-exempt
revenue bonds issued to finance properties in various stages of construction or
renovation. As construction or renovation is completed, these
properties will move into the lease-up phase. The lease-up of these
properties may not be completed on schedule or at anticipated rent levels,
resulting in a greater risk that these investments may go into default than
investments secured by mortgages on properties that are stabilized or fully
leased-up. The underlying property may not achieve expected occupancy
or debt service coverage levels. While the Partnership may
require property developers to provide it with a guarantee covering operating
deficits of the property during the lease-up phase, it may not be able to do so
in all cases or such guarantees may not fully protect the Partnership in the
event a property is not leased up to an adequate level of economic occupancy as
anticipated.
There
is additional credit risk when we make a taxable loan on a
property.
Taxable
mortgage loans which we make to owners of the properties which secure mortgage
revenue bonds held by us are non-recourse obligations of the property
owner. As a result, the sole source of principal and interest
payments on these taxable loans is the net cash flow generated by these
properties or the net proceeds from the sale of these properties. The
net cash flow from the operation of a property may be affected by many things as
discussed above. If a property is unable to sustain net cash flow at
a level necessary to pay current debt service obligations on our taxable loan on
such property, a default may occur. In addition, any payment of
principal and interest on a taxable loan on a particular property will be
subordinate to payment of all principal and interest (including contingent
interest) on the mortgage revenue bond secured by the same
property. As a result, there may be a higher risk of default on the
taxable loans than on the mortgage revenue bonds.
The
properties financed by our tax-exempt bonds are not completely insured against
damages from hurricanes and other major storms.
Three of
the multifamily housing properties financed by tax-exempt bonds held by the
Partnership are located in Florida in areas that are prone to damage from
hurricanes and other major storms. Due to the significant losses
incurred by insurance companies on policies written on properties in Florida
damaged by hurricanes, property and casualty insurers in Florida have modified
their approach to underwriting policies. As a result, the owners of
these Florida properties now assume the risk of first loss on a larger
percentage of their property’s value. If any of these properties were
damaged in a hurricane or other major storm, the losses incurred could be
significant and would reduce the cash flow available to pay base or contingent
interest on the Partnership’s tax-exempt bonds collateralized by these
properties. In general, the current insurance policies on these
properties carry a 5% deductible for wind claims on the insurable value of the
properties. The current insurable value of the Florida properties is
approximately $52.4 million.
The
Company may be adversely impacted by economic factors beyond its control and may
incur impairment charges to its investment portfolio.
The
credit and capital markets have continued to deteriorate. If
uncertainties in these markets continue, the markets deteriorate further or the
Company experiences deterioration in the values of its investment portfolio, the
Company may incur impairments to its investment portfolio which could negatively
impact the Company’s financial condition, cash flows, and reported
earnings.
We
may suffer adverse consequences from changing interest rates.
We have
financed the acquisition of some of our assets using variable-rate debt
financing. The interest that we pay on this financing fluctuates with
a specific interest rate index. If the interest rate index increases,
our interest expense will increase. This will reduce the amount of
cash we have available for distribution and may affect the market value of our
BUCs.
An
increase in interest rates could also decrease the value of our tax-exempt
mortgage bonds. A decrease in the value of our tax-exempt mortgage
revenue bonds could cause the debt financing counterparty to demand additional
collateral. If additional collateral is not available, the debt
financing could be terminated and some or all of the bonds collateralizing such
financing may be sold to repay the debt. In that case, we would lose
the net interest income from these bonds. A decrease in the value of
our tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds could also decrease the amount we could
realize on the sale of our investments and would decrease the amount of funds
available for distribution to our BUC holders.
Our
tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds are illiquid assets and their value may
decrease.
The
majority of our assets consist of our tax-exempt mortgage revenue
bonds. These mortgage revenue bonds are relatively illiquid, and
there is no existing trading market for these mortgage revenue
bonds. As a result, there are no market makers, price quotations or
other indications of a developed trading market for these mortgage revenue
bonds. In addition, no rating has been issued on any of the existing
mortgage revenue bonds and we do not expect to obtain ratings on mortgage
revenue bonds we may acquire in the future. Accordingly, any buyer of
these mortgage revenue bonds would need to perform its own due diligence prior
to a purchase. As a result, our ability to sell our tax-exempt
mortgage revenue bonds, and the price we may receive upon their sale, will be
affected by the number of potential buyers, the number of similar securities on
the market at the time and a number of other market conditions. As a
result, such a sale could result in a loss to us.
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Direct
ownership of apartment properties will subject the Company to all of the risks
normally associated with the ownership of commercial real estate.
We may
acquire ownership of apartment complexes financed by our tax-exempt bonds in the
event of a default on such bonds. Additionally, we have acquired
indirect interests in several apartment properties in order to facilitate the
eventual acquisition of tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds on the
properties. In either case, during the time we own an apartment
complex, it will generate taxable income or losses from the operations of such
property rather than tax exempt interest. In addition, we will be
subject to all of the risks normally associated with the operation of commercial
real estate including declines in property value, occupancy and rental rates and
increases in operating expenses. We may also be subject to government
regulations, natural disasters and environmental issues, any of which could have
an adverse affect on our financial results and ability to make distributions to
BUC holders.
We
have assumed certain potential liability relating to recapture of tax credits on
apartment properties.
Subsidiaries
of the Company have acquired limited partner interests in several limited
partnerships that own apartment properties that generated LIHTCs for the
previous partners in these partnerships. In connection with the
acquisition by our subsidiaries of partnership interests in these partnerships,
we have agreed to reimburse the prior partners for any liabilities they incur
due to recapture of these tax credits to the extent the recapture liability is
due to the operation of the properties after our subsidiaries acquired an
interest therein in a manner inconsistent with the laws and regulations relating
to such tax credits.
The
rent restrictions and occupant income limitations imposed on properties financed
by tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds or which generate LIHTCs may limit the
revenues of such properties.
All of
the properties securing our tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds or in which our
subsidiaries hold indirect interests are subject to certain federal, state
and/or local requirements with respect to the permissible income of their
tenants. Since federal subsidies are not generally available on these
properties, rents must be charged on a designated portion of the units at a
level to permit these units to be continuously occupied by low or moderate
income persons or families. As a result, these rents may not be
sufficient to cover all operating costs with respect to these units and debt
service on the applicable tax-exempt mortgage revenue bond. This may
force the property owner to charge rents on the remaining units that are higher
than they would be otherwise and may, therefore, exceed competitive rents which
may adversely affect the occupancy rate of a property securing an investment and
the property owner’s ability to service its debt.
The
properties securing our revenue bonds or in which our subsidiaries hold indirect
interests may be subject to liability for environmental contamination and
thereby increase the risk of default on such bonds.
The owner
or operator of real property may become liable for the costs of removal or
remediation of hazardous substances released on its property. Various
federal, state and local laws often impose such liability without regard to
whether the owner or operator knew of, or was responsible for, the release of
such hazardous substances. We cannot assure you that the properties
that secure our revenue bonds, or in which our subsidiaries hold indirect
interests, will not be contaminated. The costs associated with the
remediation of any such contamination may be significant and may exceed the
value of a property or result in the property owner defaulting on the revenue
bond secured by the property.
We
could be adversely affected if counterparties are unable to fulfill their
obligations under our derivative agreements.
We have
used interest rate swaps and caps to help us mitigate our interest rate
risks. However, these derivative transactions do not fully insulate
us from the interest rate risks to which we are exposed. We cannot
assure you that a liquid secondary market will exist for any instruments
purchased or sold in those transactions, thus, we may be required to maintain a
position until exercise or expiration, which could result in
losses. Moreover, the derivative instruments are required to be
marked to market with the difference recognized in earnings as interest expense
which can result in significant volatility to reported net income over the term
of these instruments. The counterparty to certain of these agreements
has the right to convert them to fixed-rate agreements, and it is possible that
such a conversion could result in our paying more interest than we would under
our variable-rate financing. There is also a risk that a counterparty
to such agreements will be unable to perform its obligations under the
agreement.
Any
future issuances of additional BUCs could cause their market value to
decline.
We have
the authority to issue additional BUCs representing assigned limited partner
interests in the Company, and we plan to issue such BUCs from time to
time. The issuance of additional BUCs could cause dilution of the
existing BUCs and a decrease in the market price of the BUCs.
If
additional BUCs are issued but the Company is unable to invest the additional
equity capital in assets that generate tax-exempt income at levels at least
equivalent to our existing assets, the amount of cash available for distribution
to BUC holders may decline.
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The
Company is not registered under the Investment Company Act.
The
Company is not required to register as an investment company under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”),
because it operates under an exemption therefrom. As a result, none
of the protections of the Investment Company Act (disinterested directors,
custody requirements for securities, and regulation of the relationship between
a fund and its advisor) will be applicable to the Company.
The
Company engages in transactions with related parties.
Each of
the executive officers of Burlington and four of the managers of Burlington hold
equity positions in Burlington. A subsidiary of Burlington acts as
our general partner, manages our investments, performs administrative services
for us and earns certain fees that are either paid by the properties financed by
our tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds or by us. Another subsidiary of
Burlington provides on-site management for many of the multifamily apartment
properties that underlie our tax-exempt bonds or in which our subsidiaries hold
ownership interests and earns fees from the property owners based on the gross
revenues of these properties. The BUC holders of the limited-purpose
corporations which own five of the apartment properties financed with tax-exempt
bonds and taxable loans held by the Company are employees of Burlington who are
not involved in the operation or management of the Company and who are not
executive officers or managers of Burlington. Because of these
relationships, our agreements with Burlington and its subsidiaries are
related-party transactions. By their nature, related-party
transactions may not be considered to have been negotiated at
arm’s-length. These relationships may also cause a conflict of
interest in other situations where we are negotiating with
Burlington.
Tax
Risks
BUC
holders may incur tax liability if any of the interest on our tax-exempt
mortgage revenue bonds is determined to be taxable.
Certain
of our tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds bear interest at rates which include
contingent interest. Payment of the contingent interest depends on
the amount of net cash flow generated by, and net proceeds realized from a sale
of, the property securing the bond. Due to this contingent interest
feature, an issue may arise as to whether the relationship between the property
owner and us is that of debtor and creditor or whether we are engaged in a
partnership or joint venture with the property owner. If the IRS were
to determine that tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds represented an equity
investment in the underlying property, the interest paid to us could be viewed
as a taxable return on such investment and would not qualify as tax-exempt
interest for federal income tax purposes. We have obtained
unqualified legal opinions to the effect that interest on our tax-exempt
mortgage revenue bonds is excludable from gross income for federal income tax
purposes which opinions provide that interest paid to a “substantial user” or
“related person” (each as defined in the Internal Revenue Code) is not exempt
from federal income taxation. However, these legal opinions have no
binding effect on the IRS or the courts, and no assurances can be given that the
conclusions reached will not be contested by the IRS or, if contested, will be
sustained by a court.
In
addition, the tax-exempt status of the interest paid on our tax-exempt mortgage
revenue bonds is subject to compliance by the underlying properties, and the
owners thereof, with the bond documents and covenants required by the
bond-issuing authority and the Internal Revenue Code. Among these
requirements are tenant income restrictions, regulatory agreement compliance,
reporting requirements, use of proceeds restrictions and compliance with rules
pertaining to arbitrage. Each issuer of the revenue bonds, as well as
each of the underlying property owners/borrowers, has covenanted to comply with
procedures and guidelines designed to ensure satisfaction with the continuing
requirements of the Internal Revenue Code. Failure to comply with
these continuing requirements of the Internal Revenue Code may cause the
interest on our bonds to be includable in gross income for federal income tax
purposes retroactively to the date of issuance, regardless of when such
noncompliance occurs.
In
addition, we hold residual interests issued under our TOB financing facility
with Bank of America which entitle us to a share of the tax-exempt interest of
the mortgage revenue bonds held by the underlying TOB trusts. It is
possible that the characterization of the residual interest in these TOB trusts
could be challenged and the income that we receive through these instruments
could be treated as ordinary taxable income includable in our gross income for
federal tax purposes.
The rules
dealing with federal income taxation are constantly under review by persons
involved in the legislative process and by the IRS and the U.S. Treasury
Department. Changes to the tax law, which may have retroactive
application, could adversely affect us and our BUC holders. It cannot
be predicted whether, when, in what forms or with what effective dates the tax
law applicable to us will be changed.
Not
all of the interest income of the Company is exempt from taxation.
We have
made, and may make in the future, taxable mortgage loans to the owners of
properties which are secured by tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds that we
hold. BUC holders will be taxed on their allocable share of this
taxable interest income. In any case that interest earned by the
Company is taxable, a BUC holder’s allocable share of this taxable interest
income will be taxable to the BUC holder regardless of whether an amount of cash
equal to such allocable BUC is actually distributed to the BUC
holder.
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If the Company was determined not to
be a partnership for tax purposes, it will have adverse economic consequences
for the Company and its BUC holders.
We are a
Delaware limited partnership and have chosen to operate as a partnership for
federal income tax purposes. As a partnership, to the extent we
generate taxable income, BUC holders will be individually liable for income tax
on their proportionate share of this taxable income, whether or not we make cash
distributions. The ability of BUC holders to deduct their
proportionate share of the losses and expenses we generate will be limited in
certain cases, and certain transactions may result in the triggering of the
Alternative Minimum Tax for BUC holders who are individuals.
If the
Company is classified as an association taxable as a corporation rather than as
a partnership, we will be taxed on our taxable income, if any, and all
distributions made by us to our BUC holders would constitute ordinary dividend
income taxable to such BUC holders to the extent of our earnings and profits,
which would include tax-exempt income, as well as any taxable income we might
have, and the payment of these dividends would not be deductible by
us. The listing of the Company’s BUCs on the NASDAQ Global Market
causes the Company to be treated as a “publicly traded partnership” under
Section 7704 of the Code. A publicly traded partnership is
generally taxable as a corporation unless 90% or more of its gross income is
“qualifying” income. Qualifying income includes interest, dividends,
real property rents, gain from the sale or other disposition of real property,
gain from the sale or other disposition of capital assets held for the
production of interest or dividends and certain other
items. Substantially all of the Company’s gross income will continue
to be tax-exempt interest income on mortgage bonds. While we believe
that all of this interest income is qualifying income, it is possible that some
or all of our income could be determined not to be qualifying
income. In such a case, if more than 10% of our annual gross income
in any year is not qualifying income, the Company will be taxable as a
corporation rather than a partnership for federal income tax
purposes. We have not received, and do not intend to seek, a ruling
from the Internal Revenue Service regarding our status as a partnership for tax
purposes.
Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments.
None
Item 2. Properties.
Each of
the Partnership’s tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds is collateralized by a
multifamily housing property. The Partnership does not hold title or
any other interest in these properties, other than the first mortgages securing
the bonds.
As a
result of FIN 46R, the Company is required to consolidate certain of the
multifamily residential properties securing its bonds because the owners of
those properties are treated as VIEs for which the Company is the primary
beneficiary. The Company consolidated eight multifamily housing properties owned
by VIEs located in Florida, Indiana, Iowa, South Carolina and Kentucky as of
December 31, 2008. Five of these consolidated VIEs are reported in the
results from continuing operations and three are reported as discontinued
operations. The Partnership does not hold title to the properties
owned by the VIEs.
In
addition to the properties owned by VIEs, the Company reports the financial
results of the MF Properties on a consolidated basis due to the 99% limited
partnership interests held by its subsidiary in the partnerships that own the MF
Properties. The Company consolidated eight MF Properties located in
Ohio, Kentucky, Virginia and Georgia as of December 31, 2008.
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The
following table sets forth certain information for each of the consolidated
properties as of December 31, 2008:
MF
Properties
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Buildings
and Improvements
|
Carrying
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Number
of
Units
|
Average
Square Feet per Unit
|
Value
at
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Property
Name
|
Location
|
Land
|
December
31, 2008
|
||||||||||||||||||
Eagle
Ridge
|
Erlanger,
KY
|
64 | 1,183 | $ | 290,763 | $ | 2,393,762 | $ | 2,684,525 | ||||||||||||
Meadowview
|
Highland
Heights, KY
|
118 | 1,119 | 703,936 | 4,912,777 | 5,616,713 | |||||||||||||||
Crescent
Village
|
Cincinnati,
OH
|
90 | 1,226 | 353,117 | 4,312,152 | 4,665,269 | |||||||||||||||
Willow
Bend
|
Hilliard,
OH
|
92 | 1,221 | 580,130 | 3,006,278 | 3,586,408 | |||||||||||||||
Postwoods
I
|
Reynoldsburg,
OH
|
92 | 1,186 | 572,066 | 3,247,757 | 3,819,823 | |||||||||||||||
Postwoods
II
|
Reynoldsburg,
OH
|
88 | 1,186 | 576,438 | 3,272,331 | 3,848,769 | |||||||||||||||
Churchland
|
Chesapeake,
VA
|
124 | 840 | 1,171,146 | 6,258,835 | 7,429,981 | |||||||||||||||
Glynn
Place
|
Brunswick,
GA
|
128 | 1188 | 743,996 | 4,473,767 | 5,217,763 | |||||||||||||||
36,869,251 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Less
accumulated depreciation (depreciation expense of approximately $1.1
million in 2008)
|
(1,519,845 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
Balance
at December 31, 2008
|
$ | 35,349,406 | |||||||||||||||||||
VIEs
- Continuing Operations
|
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Buildings
and Improvements
|
Carrying
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Number
of
Units
|
Average
Square Feet per Unit
|
Value
at
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Property
Name
|
Location
|
Land
|
December
31, 2008
|
||||||||||||||||||
Ashley
Square
|
Des
Moines, IA
|
144 | 970 | $ | 650,000 | $ | 7,522,190 | $ | 8,172,190 | ||||||||||||
Bent
Tree Apartments
|
Columbia,
SC
|
232 | 989 | 986,000 | 11,391,963 | 12,377,963 | |||||||||||||||
Fairmont
Oaks Apartments
|
Gainsville,
FL
|
178 | 1,139 | 850,400 | 8,162,077 | 9,012,477 | |||||||||||||||
Iona
Lakes Apartments
|
Ft.
Myers, FL
|
350 | 807 | 1,900,000 | 17,034,120 | 18,934,120 | |||||||||||||||
Lake
Forest Apartments
|
Daytona
Beach, FL
|
240 | 1,093 | 1,396,800 | 10,915,732 | 12,312,532 | |||||||||||||||
60,809,282 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Less
accumulated depreciation (depreciation expense of approximately $2.3
million in 2008)
|
(15,979,825 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
Balance
at December 31, 2008
|
44,829,457 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Total
Net Real Estate Asssets at December 31, 2008
|
$ | 80,178,863 |
Item 3. Legal Proceedings.
There are
no material pending legal proceedings to which the Partnership is a party or to
which any of the properties collateralizing the Partnership's tax-exempt
mortgage revenue bonds are subject.
Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security
Holders.
No matter
was submitted during the fourth quarter of the fiscal year ended December 31,
2008 to a vote of the Partnership's security holders.
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PART
II
Item 5. Market for the Registrant’s Common Equity, Related
Security Holder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.
(a) Market
Information. BUCs represent assignments by the sole limited partner of its
rights and obligations as a limited partner. The rights and obligations of BUC
holders are set forth in the Partnership’s Agreement of Limited Partnership.
BUCs of the Partnership trade on the NASDAQ Global Market under the trading
symbol "ATAX". The following table sets forth the high and low sale prices for
the BUCs for each quarterly period from January 1, 2007 through December 31,
2008.
2008
|
High
|
Low
|
|||||
1st
Quarter
|
$ | 7.50 | $ | 5.64 | |||
2nd
Quarter
|
$ | 7.50 | $ | 5.95 | |||
3rd
Quarter
|
$ | 6.95 | $ | 4.23 | |||
4th
Quarter
|
$ | 6.51 | $ | 4.25 | |||
2007
|
High
|
Low
|
|||||
1st
Quarter
|
$ | 8.50 | $ | 7.80 | |||
2nd
Quarter
|
$ | 8.36 | $ | 7.75 | |||
3rd
Quarter
|
$ | 8.16 | $ | 7.00 | |||
4th
Quarter
|
$ | 8.04 | $ | 6.35 |
(b)
BUC Holders. The approximate number of BUC holders on December 31, 2008 was
4,600.
(c)
Distributions. Distributions to BUC holders were made on a quarterly basis
during 2008, 2007, and 2006. Total distributions for the years ended December
31, 2008, 2007, and 2006 were $9,140,000, $6,801,000, and $5,312,000,
respectively. The distributions paid or accrued per BUC during
the fiscal years ended December 31, 2008, 2007, and 2006 were as
follows:
For
the
|
For
the
|
For
the
|
|
Year
Ended
|
Year
Ended
|
Year
Ended
|
|
Dec.
31, 2008
|
Dec.
31, 2007
|
Dec.
31, 2006
|
|
Cash
Distributions
|
$0.5400 | $0.5400 | $0.5400 |
See Item
7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations,” for information regarding the sources of funds that will be used
for cash distributions and for a discussion of factors which may adversely
affect the Partnership's ability to make cash distributions at the same levels
in 2009 and thereafter.
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(d) Sales
of Unregistered Securities. None
(e)
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.
The
following table sets forth the purchase of BUCs made by Burlington during the
fourth quarter of 2008. All purchases were made by Burlington
pursuant to a prearranged trading plan established in accordance with the
guidelines specified by Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934. This trading plan was publicly announced on December 20, 2007
and provided that Burlington may acquire up to $2.0 million of
BUCs. The Partnership made no purchases of BUCs during the period
shown in the table and is not allowed to purchase BUCs under the terms of its
Limited Partnership Agreement.
Issuer
Purchases of Equity Securities
Period
|
(a)
Total
Number of
BUCs
purchased
|
(b)
Average
price paid per BUC
|
(c)
Total
number of BUCs purchased as part of publicly announced plans or
programs
|
(d)
Maximum
number (or approximate dollar value) of BUCs that may yet be purchased
under the plans or programs
|
October 1
through October 30, 2008
|
25,000
|
$5.76
|
25,000
|
$445,000
|
November 5
through November 28, 2008
|
20,000
|
$5.15
|
20,000
|
$345,000
|
December 3
through December 26, 2008
|
20,000
|
$4.95
|
20,000
|
$245,000
|
Total
|
65,000
|
$5.32
|
65,000
|
$245,000
|
Item 6. Selected Financial Data.
Set forth
below is selected financial data for the Company as of and for the years ended
December 31, 2004 through 2008. The information should be read in conjunction
with the Company’s consolidated financial statements and notes thereto filed in
response to Item 8 of this report. As discussed in Note 7, during
2008 certain operations of the Company were determined to be discontinued
operations and, therefore, the selected financial data tables have been adjusted
to reflect the discontinued operations. In addition, please refer to
the discussions in Item 1 and Item 7 regarding the adoption
of FIN 46R and its effects on the presentation of financial data in this report
on Form 10-K.
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For
the
|
For
the
|
For
the
|
For
the
|
For
the
|
||||||||||||||||
Year
Ended
|
Year
Ended
|
Year
Ended
|
Year
Ended
|
Year
Ended
|
||||||||||||||||
Dec.
31, 2008
|
Dec.
31, 2007
|
Dec.
31, 2006
|
Dec.
31, 2005
|
Dec.
31, 2004
|
||||||||||||||||
Property
revenue
|
$ | 13,773,801 | $ | 11,208,209 | $ | 9,266,223 | $ | 9,119,726 | $ | 8,278,578 | ||||||||||
Real
estate operating expenses
|
(8,872,219 | ) | (7,299,257 | ) | (5,945,364 | ) | (5,733,147 | ) | (4,610,774 | ) | ||||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization expense
|
(4,987,417 | ) | (3,611,249 | ) | (1,895,546 | ) | (1,874,146 | ) | (1,952,402 | ) | ||||||||||
Mortgage
revenue bond investment income
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4,230,205 | 3,227,254 | 1,418,289 | 1,061,242 | 923,108 | |||||||||||||||
Other
bond investment income
|
- | - | 4,891 | 73,179 | 321,750 | |||||||||||||||
Other
interest income
|
150,786 | 751,797 | 337,008 | 102,474 | 78,367 | |||||||||||||||
Gain
(loss) on sale of securities
|
(68,218 | ) | - | - | 126,750 | - | ||||||||||||||
Interest
expense
|
(4,106,072 | ) | (2,595,616 | ) | (1,303,760 | ) | (572,340 | ) | (786,638 | ) | ||||||||||
Hurricane
related expenses
|
- | - | - | - | (771,666 | ) | ||||||||||||||
General
and administrative expenses
|
(1,808,459 | ) | (1,577,551 | ) | (1,575,942 | ) | (2,028,366 | ) | (1,484,598 | ) | ||||||||||
Minority
interest
|
9,364 | 13,030 | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||
Income
(loss) from continuing operations
|
(1,678,229 | ) | 116,617 | 305,799 | 275,372 | (4,275 | ) | |||||||||||||
Income
from discontinued operations, (including gain on sale of $11,667,246 and
$18,771,497 in 2006 and 2005, respectively)
|
646,989 | 824,249 | 12,470,936 | 19,289,770 | 317,219 | |||||||||||||||
Income
(loss) before cumulative effect of accounting change
|
(1,031,240 | ) | 940,866 | 12,776,735 | 19,565,142 | 312,944 | ||||||||||||||
Cumulative
effect of accounting change
|
- | - | - | - | (38,023,001 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Net
income (loss)
|
(1,031,240 | ) | 940,866 | 12,776,735 | 19,565,142 | (37,710,057 | ) | |||||||||||||
Less:
general partners' interest in net income
|
64,059 | 99,451 | 1,627,305 | 1,021,216 | 72,436 | |||||||||||||||
Unallocated
income (loss) related to variable interest entities
|
(3,756,894 | ) | (3,452,591 | ) | 3,863,226 | 1,443,519 | (44,953,615 | ) | ||||||||||||
Limited
partners' interest in net income
|
$ | 2,661,595 | $ | 4,294,006 | $ | 7,286,204 | $ | 17,100,407 | $ | 7,171,122 | ||||||||||
Limited
partners' interest in net income per unit (basic and
diluted):
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Income
from continuing operations
|
$ | 0.20 | $ | 0.34 | $ | 0.74 | $ | 0.58 | $ | 0.52 | ||||||||||
Income
from discontinued operations, (including gain on sale of $1.91 per
unit)
|
- | - | - | 1.16 | - | |||||||||||||||
Income
before cumulative effect of accounting change
|
0.20 | 0.34 | 0.74 | 1.74 | 0.52 | |||||||||||||||
Cumulative
effect of accounting change
|
- | - | - | - | 0.21 | |||||||||||||||
Net
income, basic and diluted, per unit
|
$ | 0.20 | $ | 0.34 | $ | 0.74 | $ | 1.74 | $ | 0.73 | ||||||||||
Distributions
paid or accrued per BUC
|
$ | 0.5400 | $ | 0.5400 | $ | 0.5400 | $ | 0.8068 | $ | 0.5400 | ||||||||||
Investments
in tax-exempt mortgage
|
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revenue
bonds, at estimated fair value
|
$ | 44,492,526 | $ | 66,167,116 | $ | 27,103,398 | $ | 17,033,964 | $ | 16,031,985 | ||||||||||
Real
estate assets, net
|
$ | 80,178,863 | $ | 70,246,514 | $ | 47,876,652 | $ | 47,788,007 | $ | 50,134,781 | ||||||||||
Total
assets
|
$ | 157,863,276 | $ | 164,879,008 | $ | 100,200,189 | $ | 111,574,124 | $ | 118,147,479 | ||||||||||
Total
debt-continuing operations
|
$ | 87,890,367 | $ | 72,464,333 | $ | 26,919,333 | $ | 27,139,333 | $ | 43,424,333 | ||||||||||
Total
debt-discontinued operations
|
$ | 19,583,660 | $ | 18,850,667 | $ | 18,850,667 | $ | 18,850,667 | $ | 18,850,667 | ||||||||||
Cash
flows provided by
|
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operating
activities
|
$ | 4,445,215 | $ | 4,227,023 | $ | 5,637,095 | $ | 3,851,827 | $ | 5,128,258 | ||||||||||
Cash
flows provided by (used in)
|
||||||||||||||||||||
investing
activities
|
$ | (16,598,170 | ) | $ | (48,007,185 | ) | $ | 6,396,786 | $ | 23,104,860 | $ | (5,264,436 | ) | |||||||
Cash
flows provided by (used in)
|
||||||||||||||||||||
financing
activities
|
$ | 4,692,149 | $ | 50,125,180 | $ | (6,855,558 | ) | $ | (25,975,424 | ) | $ | (843,588 | ) | |||||||
Cash
Available for Distribution ("CAD")(1)
|
$ | 6,248,920 | $ | 6,062,931 | $ | 7,876,824 | $ | 14,919,367 | $ | 6,086,921 | ||||||||||
Weighted
average number of BUCs
|
||||||||||||||||||||
outstanding,
basic and diluted
|
13,512,928 | 12,491,490 | 9,837,928 | 9,837,928 | 9,837,928 |
(1)
To
calculate CAD, amortization expense related to debt financing costs and bond
reissuance costs, Tier 2 income due to the general partner (as defined in the
Agreement of Limited Partnership), interest rate derivative income or expense
(including adjustments to fair value), provision for loan losses, impairments on
bonds, losses related to VIEs including the cumulative effect of accounting
change, and depreciation and amortization expense on MF Property assets are
added back to the Company’s net income (loss) as computed in accordance with
GAAP. The Company uses CAD as a supplemental measurement of its ability to pay
distributions. The Company believes that CAD provides relevant
information about its operations and is necessary along with net income (loss)
for understanding its operating results.
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Management
utilizes a calculation of Cash Available for Distribution (“CAD”) as a means to
determine the Partnership’s ability to make distributions to BUC
holders. The General Partner believes that CAD provides relevant
information about the Company’s operations and is necessary along with net
income for understanding its operating results. There is no generally
accepted methodology for computing CAD, and the Company’s computation of CAD may
not be comparable to CAD reported by other companies. Although the
Company considers CAD to be a useful measure of its operating performance, CAD
should not be considered as an alternative to net income or net cash flows from
operating activities which are calculated in accordance with GAAP.
The
following sets forth a reconciliation of the Company's net income (loss) as
determined in accordance with GAAP and its CAD for the periods set
forth.
2008
|
2007
|
2006
|
2005
|
2004
|
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Net
income (loss)
|
$ | (1,031,240 | ) | $ | 940,866 | $ | 12,776,735 | $ | 19,565,142 | $ | (37,710,057 | ) | ||||||||
Net
(income) loss related to VIEs and eliminations due to
consolidation
|
3,756,894 | 3,452,591 | (3,863,226 | ) | (1,443,519 | ) | 4,867,444 | |||||||||||||
Cumulative
effect of accounting change
|
- | - | - | - | 38,023,001 | |||||||||||||||
Net
income before impact of VIE consolidation
|
$ | 2,725,654 | $ | 4,393,457 | $ | 8,913,509 | $ | 18,121,623 | $ | 5,180,388 | ||||||||||
Change
in fair value of derivatives and interest rate derivative
amortization
|
721,102 | 249,026 | 210 | (364,969 | ) | 117,916 | ||||||||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization expense (Partnership only)
|
2,840,500 | 1,478,278 | 25,605 | 24,467 | 196,122 | |||||||||||||||
Tier
2 Income distributable to the General Partner (1)
|
(38,336 | ) | (57,830 | ) | (1,062,500 | ) | (3,595,754 | ) | - | |||||||||||
Provision
for loan losses
|
- | - | - | 734,000 | 217,654 | |||||||||||||||
Impairment
on tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds
|
- | - | - | - | 374,841 | |||||||||||||||
CAD
|
$ | 6,248,920 | $ | 6,062,931 | $ | 7,876,824 | $ | 14,919,367 | $ | 6,086,921 | ||||||||||
Weighted
average number of units outstanding,
|
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basic
and diluted
|
13,512,928 | 12,491,490 | 9,837,928 | 9,837,928 | 9,837,928 | |||||||||||||||
Net
income, basic and diluted, per unit
|
$ | 0.20 | $ | 0.34 | $ | 0.74 | $ | 1.74 | $ | 0.52 | ||||||||||
Total
CAD per unit
|
$ | 0.46 | $ | 0.49 | $ | 0.80 | $ | 1.52 | $ | 0.62 | ||||||||||
Distributions
per unit
|
$ | 0.5400 | $ | 0.5400 | $ | 0.5400 | $ | 0.8068 | $ | 0.5400 | ||||||||||
(1)
As described in
Note 3 to the consolidated financial statements, Net Interest Income
representing contingent interest and Net Residual Proceeds representing
contingent (Tier 2 income) will be distributed 75% to the BUC holders and
25% to the General Partner. This adjustment represents the 25% of Tier 2
income due to the General Partner. For 2008, Lake Forest generated
approximately $45,000, Fairmont Oaks generated approximately $54,000, and
Iona Lakes generated approximately $ 54,000 of Tier 2 income. For 2007,
Lake Forest generated approximately $231,000 of Tier 2 income. For 2006,
the Northwoods Lake Apartments provided for $4.25 million of Tier 2
income. For 2005, the Clear Lake sale resulted in approximately $14.4
million of Tier 2 income.
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Item
7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis
of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
General
In this
Management’s Discussion and Analysis, the “Partnership” refers to America First
Tax Exempt Investors, L.P. and Subsidiaries (which own the MF Properties) on a
consolidated basis and the “Company” refers to the consolidated financial
information of the Partnership and certain entities that own multifamily
apartment projects financed with mortgage revenue bonds held by the Partnership
that are treated as “variable interest entities” (“VIEs”). The
Partnership has been determined to be the primary beneficiary of these VIEs and,
although it does not hold an equity position in them, therefore must consolidate
these entities. The consolidated financial statements of the Company include the
accounts of the Partnership, the MF Properties and the VIEs. All significant
transactions and accounts between the Partnership, the MF Properties and the
VIEs have been eliminated in consolidation.
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Critical
Accounting Policies
The
preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP requires management
of the Company to make a number of judgments, assumptions and estimates. The
application of these judgments, assumptions and estimates can affect the amounts
of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses reported by the Company. All of
the Company’s significant accounting policies are described in Note 2 to the
Company’s consolidated financial statements included in Item 8 of this report.
The Company considers the following to be its critical accounting policies
because they involve judgments, assumptions and estimates by management that
significantly affect the financial statements. If these estimates differ
significantly from actual results, the impact on our Consolidated Financial
Statements may be material.
Variable Interest Entities
(“VIEs”)
When the
Partnership invests in a tax-exempt mortgage revenue bond which is
collateralized by the underlying multifamily property, the Partnership will
evaluate the entity which owns the property securing the tax-exempt mortgage
revenue bond to determine if it is a VIE as defined by FASB Financial
Interpretation No. 46R, Consolidation of Variable Interest
Entities (“FIN 46R”). FIN 46R is a complex standard that requires
significant analysis and judgment. If it is determined that the entity is a VIE,
the Partnership will then evaluate if it is the primary beneficiary of such VIE,
by determining whether the Partnership will absorb the majority of the VIE’s
expected losses, receive a majority of the VIE’s residual returns, or both. If
the Partnership determines itself to be the primary beneficiary of the VIE, then
the assets, liabilities and financial results of the related multifamily
property will be consolidated in the Partnership’s financial statements. If
management incorrectly applies the provisions of FIN 46R, the Company might
improperly consolidate, or fail to consolidate, an entity.
Purchase
Accounting
Pursuant
to SFAS No. 141, Business
Combinations, the Company allocates a portion of the total acquisition
cost of a property acquired to leases in existence as of the date of
acquisition. The estimated valuation of in-place leases is calculated by
applying a risk-adjusted discount rate to the projected cash flow deficit at
each property during an assumed lease-up period for these properties. This
allocated cost is amortized over the average remaining term of the leases
(approximately six to twelve months) and is included in the Statement of
Operations under depreciation and amortization expense.
Investments
in Tax-Exempt Mortgage Revenue Bonds and Other Tax-Exempt Bonds
Valuation - As all of the
Company’s investments in tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds are classified as
available-for-sale securities, they are carried on the balance sheet at their
estimated fair values. The Company owns 100% of each of these
bonds. There is no active trading market for the bonds and price
quotes for the bonds are not available. As a result, the Company
bases its estimate of fair value of the tax-exempt bonds using a discounted cash
flow and yield to maturity analyses performed by the management. This
calculation methodology encompasses judgment in its application. If
available, management may also consider price quotes on similar bonds or other
information from external sources, such as pricing services or broker
quotes.
As of
December 31, 2008, all of the Company’s tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds were
valued using management’s discounted cash flow and yield to maturity
analyses. Pricing services, broker quotes and management’s analyses
provide indicative pricing only. Due to the limited market for the
tax-exempt bonds, these estimates of fair value do not necessarily represent
what the Company would actually receive in a sale of the bonds. As of
December 31, 2007, approximately $60.0 million of the Company’s tax-exempt
mortgage revenue bonds were valued using broker quotes and approximately $5.7
million were valued using management’s discounted cash flow
analyses.
The
estimated future cash flow of each revenue bond depends on the operations of the
underlying property and, therefore is subject to a significant amount of
uncertainty in the estimation of future rental receipts, future real estate
operating expenses, and future capital expenditures. Such estimates are affected
by economic factors such as the rental markets and labor markets in which the
property operates, the current capitalization rates for properties in the rental
markets, and tax and insurance expenses. Different conditions or different
assumptions applied to the calculation may provide different
results. The Partnership periodically compares its estimates with
historical results to evaluate the reasonableness and accuracy of its estimates
and adjusts its estimates accordingly.
Effect of classification of
securities on earnings – As the Partnership’s investments in tax-exempt
mortgage revenue bonds are classified as available-for-sale securities, changes
in estimated fair values are recorded as adjustments to accumulated other
comprehensive income, which is a component of partners’ capital, rather than
through earnings. The Partnership does not intend to hold any of its securities
for trading purposes; however, if the Partnership’s available-for-sale
securities were classified as trading securities, there could be substantially
greater volatility in the Partnership’s earnings because changes in estimated
fair values would be reflected in the Partnership’s earnings.
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Review of securities for
other-than-temporary impairment – The Partnership periodically reviews
each of its mortgage revenue bonds for impairment by comparing the estimated
fair value of the revenue bond to its carrying amount. The estimated
fair value of the revenue bond is calculated using a discounted cash flow model
using interest rates for comparable investments. A security is considered
other-than-temporarily impaired if evidence indicates that the cost of the
investment is not recoverable within a reasonable period of time. If an
other-than-temporary impairment exists, the cost basis of the mortgage bond is
written down to its estimated fair value, with the amount of the write-down
accounted for as a realized loss. The Company evaluates whether unrealized
losses are considered to be other-than-temporary based on the duration and
severity of the decline in fair value as well as the Company’s intent and
ability to hold the securities until their value recovers or until
maturity. The
recognition of an other-than-temporary impairment and the potential impairment
analysis are subject to a considerable degree of judgment, the results of which
when applied under different conditions or assumptions could have a material
impact on the financial statements. The credit and capital markets have
continued to deteriorate. If uncertainties in these markets continue,
the markets deteriorate further or the Company experiences deterioration in the
values of its investment portfolio, the Company may incur impairments to its
investment portfolio which could negatively impact the Company’s financial
condition, cash flows, and reported earnings.
Revenue recognition – The
interest income received by the Partnership from its tax-exempt mortgage revenue
bonds is dependent upon the net cash flow of the underlying properties. Base
interest income on fully performing tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds is
recognized as it is earned. Base interest income on tax-exempt mortgage revenue
bonds not fully performing is recognized as it is received. Past due base
interest on tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds, which are or were previously not
fully performing, is recognized as it is earned. The Partnership reinstates the
accrual of base interest once the tax-exempt mortgage revenue bond’s ability to
perform is adequately demonstrated. Contingent interest income, which is only
received by the Partnership if the property financed by a tax-exempt mortgage
revenue bond that contains a contingent interest provision generates excess
available cash flow as set forth in each bond, is recognized when realized or
realizable.
Derivative
Instruments and Hedging Activities
The
Partnership’s investments in interest rate derivative agreements are accounted
for under the provisions of SFAS No. 133, Accounting for Derivative
Instruments and Hedging Activities, (“SFAS No. 133”) as amended and
interpreted. SFAS No. 133 establishes accounting and reporting
standards for derivative financial instruments, including certain derivative
financial instruments embedded in other contracts, and for hedging activity.
SFAS No. 133 requires the Partnership to recognize all derivatives as either
assets or liabilities in its financial statements and record these instruments
at their fair values. In order to achieve hedge accounting treatment, derivative
instruments must be appropriately designated, documented and proven to be
effective as a hedge pursuant to the provisions of SFAS No. 133. The
Partnership did not designate its current derivatives as qualifying hedges under
SFAS No. 133.
The fair
values of the interest rate derivatives at inception are their original cost.
Changes in the fair value of the interest rate derivative agreements are
recognized in earnings as interest expense. The fair value adjustment through
earnings can cause a significant fluctuation in reported net income although it
has no impact on the Partnership’s cash flows. Although the Company utilizes
current price quotes by recognized dealers as a basis for estimating the fair
value of its interest rate derivative agreements, the calculation of the fair
value involves a considerable degree of judgment.
Executive
Summary
Overview
The
Partnership operates for the purpose of acquiring, holding, selling and
otherwise dealing with a portfolio of federally tax-exempt mortgage revenue
bonds which have been issued to provide construction and/or permanent financing
of multifamily residential apartments. Each multifamily property financed with
tax-exempt mortgage bonds held by the Partnership is owned by a separate
entity. The Partnership does not hold an ownership interest in any of
these entities. However, in some cases, these entities are treated as
VIEs and, as a result, the assets, liabilities and financial results of the
properties owned by these entities are consolidated with the
Company. Whether or not treated as a VIE, the owners of the
properties financed by tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds held by the Partnership
have an operating goal to generate increasing amounts of net rental income from
these properties that will allow them to service their debt on the Partnership’s
bonds. In order to achieve this goal, management of these multifamily
apartment properties is focused on: (i) maintaining high economic occupancy
and increasing rental rates through effective leasing, reduced turnover rates
and providing quality maintenance and services to maximize resident
satisfaction; (ii) managing operating expenses and achieving cost
reductions through operating efficiencies and economies of scale generally
inherent in the management of a portfolio of multiple properties; and
(iii) emphasizing regular programs of repairs, maintenance and property
improvements to enhance the competitive advantage and value of the properties in
their respective market areas.
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At
December 31, 2008, the Partnership held 17 tax-exempt mortgage bonds, eight of
which are secured by properties held by VIEs and, therefore, eliminated in
consolidation on the Company’s financial statements. During the
fourth quarter of 2008, three of these VIEs, Ashley Pointe at Eagle Crest in
Evansville, Indiana, Woodbridge Apartment of Bloomington III in Bloomington,
Indiana, and Woodbridge Apartments of Louisville II in Louisville, Kentucky, met
the criteria for discontinued operations under SFAS No. 144,
Accounting for the Impairment
or Disposal of Long-lived Assets (“SFAS No. 144”), and they are
classified as such in the consolidated financial statements for all periods
presented. The Company owned $28.3 million in bonds secured by
the properties. These properties are owned by third party limited
partnerships unaffiliated with the Partnership. During the fourth
quarter of 2008, the Partnership provided written notification to the bond
issuers, bond trustee and the borrowers that it was exercising its rights under
the bond indenture to cause the mandatory redemption of the
bonds. The bonds were redeemed in February 2009. As of
December 31, 2008, the operations of these VIEs have been recorded by the
Company as discontinued operations and the net assets are recorded as held for
sale.
As noted
above, the properties financed by these redeemed mortgage revenue bonds were
required to be consolidated into our financial statements as VIEs under
FIN 46R In order to properly reflect the transaction under
FIN 46R, the Company will record the sale of the properties as though they were
owned by the Company. The transaction was completed in the first
quarter of 2009 for a total purchase price of $32.0 million resulting in an
estimated gain on sale for GAAP reporting to the Company of approximately $26.0
million. The redemption of the bonds did not result in a taxable gain
to the Partnership. See Footnote 7 to the Consolidated Financial
Statements for further discussion. The redeemed bonds were collateral
on the Company’s TOB facility. As of the closing date of the
redemption, the Company placed on deposit with Bank of America $23.6 million in
cash as replacement collateral. Such funds on deposit may be used to
reduce the amount of debt outstanding on the TOB facility.
On a
stand-alone basis, the Partnership received approximately $30.9 million of net
proceeds from the bond redemption. These proceeds represent the
repayment of the bond par values plus accrued base interest and approximately
$2.3 million of contingent interest. The contingent interest,
recognized in the first quarter of 2009, represents additional earnings to the
Partnership beyond the recurring base interest earned on the bond
portfolio. The contingent interest also represents additional Cash
Available for Distribution to the BUC holders of approximately $1.7 million, or
$0.13 per unit.
As of
December 31, 2008 and 2007, the five consolidated VIE multifamily apartment
properties reported in continuing operations contained a total of 1,144 rental
units and three consolidated VIE multifamily apartment properties reported in
discontinued operations contained 620 units. The properties
underlying the nine non-consolidated tax-exempt mortgage bonds contain a total
of 1,137 rental units at December 31, 2008 and 1,286 rental units at December
31, 2007. At December 31, 2006, the Partnership held four non-consolidated
tax-exempt mortgage bonds secured by apartment properties containing a total of
574 rental units.
To
facilitate its investment strategy of acquiring additional tax exempt mortgage
bonds secured by multifamily apartment properties, the Partnership may acquire
ownership positions in apartment properties (“MF Properties”), in order to
ultimately restructure the property ownership through a sale of the MF
Properties and a syndication of low income housing tax credits
(“LIHTCs”). The syndication and sale of LIHTCs along with tax-exempt
bond financing is an attractive plan of finance for developers and
owners. The Partnership expects to provide the tax-exempt mortgage
revenue bonds to the new property owners as part of the
restructuring. Such restructurings will generally be expected
to be initiated within 36 months of the Partnership’s investment in an MF
Property and will often coincide with the expiration of the compliance period
relating to LIHTCs previously issued with respect to the MF
Property. The Partnership will not acquire LIHTCs in connection with
these transactions. As of December 31, 2008, the Partnership’s wholly-owned
subsidiaries held limited partnership interests in eight entities that own MF
Properties containing a total of 796 rental units. Current credit
markets and general economic issues have had a significant negative impact on
these types of transactions. At this time very few LIHTC syndication
and tax-exempt bond financing transactions are being completed. These
types of transactions represent a long-term market opportunity for the Company
and provide a significant future bond investment pipeline when the market for
LIHTC syndications strengthens. Until the Partnership restructures
the property ownership as described above, the MF Properties operating goal is
similar to that of the VIEs as described below.
Ten of
the 16 properties which collateralize the bonds owned by the Partnership and all
of the MF Properties are managed by America First Properties Management Company
(“Properties Management”), an affiliate of the
Partnership. Management believes that this relationship provides
greater insight and understanding of the underlying property operations and
their ability to meet debt service requirements to the
Partnership. The properties not currently managed by Properties
Management are Woodbridge Apartments of Bloomington, Woodbridge Apartments of
Louisville, Bella Vista Apartments, Runnymede Apartments, Bridle Ridge and
Woodlynn Village.
Recent
economic conditions have been unprecedented and challenging, with significantly
tighter credit conditions and slower growth expected in 2009. As a
result of these conditions, the cost and availability of credit has been, and
may continue to be, adversely affected in all markets in which we operate.
Concern about the stability of the markets generally, and the strength of
counterparties specifically, has led many lenders and institutional investors to
reduce, and in some cases, cease, to provide funding to borrowers. If these
market and economic conditions continue, they may limit our ability to replace
or renew maturing liabilities on a timely basis, access the capital markets to
meet liquidity and capital expenditure requirements and may result in adverse
effects on our financial condition and results of operations.
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Although
the consequences of these conditions and their impact on our ability to pursue
our plan to grow through investments in additional tax-exempt bonds secured by
first mortgages on affordable multifamily housing projects are not fully known,
we do not anticipate that our existing assets will be adversely affected in the
long-term. We believe that if there are continued defaults on
subprime single family mortgages and a general contraction of credit available
for single family mortgage loans, additional demand for affordable rental
housing may be created and, as a result, may have a positive economic effect on
apartment properties financed by the tax-exempt bonds held by the
Partnership. We believe the current tightening of credit may also
create opportunities for additional investments consistent with the
Partnership's investment strategy because it may result in fewer parties
competing to acquire tax-exempt bonds issued to finance affordable
housing. There can be no assurance that we will be able to finance
additional acquisitions of tax-exempt bonds through either additional equity or
debt financing.
Discussion
of the Apartment Properties securing the Partnership Bond Holdings and MF
Properties as of December 31, 2008
The
following discussion describes the operations and financial results of the
individual apartment properties financed by the tax-exempt bonds held by the
Partnership and the MF Properties in which it holds an ownership. The
discussion also outlines the bond holdings of the Partnership, discusses the
significant terms of the bonds and identifies those ownership entities which are
consolidated VIEs of the Company.
Number
of
Units
|
Percentage
of Occupied Units
as of December 31,
|
Economic
Occupancy (1)
for
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|
the
period ended December 31,
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Property
Name
|
Location
|
of
Units
|
Occupied
|
2008
|
2007
|
2008
|
2007
|
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Non-Consolidated Properties
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Clarkson
College
|
Omaha,
NE
|
142 | 104 | 73 | % | 83 | % | 71 | % | 80 | % | ||||||||||||||
Bella
Vista Apartments
|
Gainesville,
TX
|
144 | 141 | 98 | % | 92 | % | 94 | % | 72 | % | ||||||||||||||
Woodland
Park (2)
|
Topeka,
KS
|
236 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 0 | % | n/a | |||||||||||||||||
Runnymede
Apartments (3)
|
Austin,
TX
|
252 | 241 | 96 | % | 90 | % | 68 | % | 90 | % | ||||||||||||||
Gardens
of DeCordova (2)
|
Granbury,
TX
|
76 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 0 | % | n/a | |||||||||||||||||
Gardens
of Weatherford (2)
|
Weatherford,
TX
|
76 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 0 | % | n/a | |||||||||||||||||
Bridle
Ridge Apartments (3)
|
Greer,
SC
|
152 | 136 | 89 | % | n/a | 82 | % | n/a | ||||||||||||||||
Woodlynn
Village (3)
|
Maplewood,
MN
|
59 | 54 | 92 | % | n/a | 92 | % | n/a | ||||||||||||||||
1,137 | 676 | 90 | % | 88 | % | 77 | % | 81 | % | ||||||||||||||||
VIEs - Continuing
Operations
|
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Ashley
Square
|
Des
Moines, IA
|
144 | 144 | 100 | % | 96 | % | 88 | % | 81 | % | ||||||||||||||
Bent
Tree Apartments
|
Columbia,
SC
|
232 | 220 | 95 | % | 91 | % | 85 | % | 81 | % | ||||||||||||||
Fairmont
Oaks Apartments
|
Gainsville,
FL
|
178 | 166 | 93 | % | 94 | % | 91 | % | 91 | % | ||||||||||||||
Iona
Lakes Apartments
|
Ft.
Myers, FL
|
350 | 283 | 81 | % | 80 | % | 66 | % | 70 | % | ||||||||||||||
Lake
Forest Apartments
|
Daytona
Beach, FL
|
240 | 220 | 92 | % | 94 | % | 94 | % | 98 | % | ||||||||||||||
1,144 | 1033 | 90 | % | 91 | % | 81 | % | 93 | % | ||||||||||||||||
MF Properties
|
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Eagle
Ridge
|
Erlanger,
KY
|
64 | 54 | 84 | % | 92 | % | 81 | % | 83 | % | ||||||||||||||
Meadowview
|
Highland
Heights, KY
|
118 | 104 | 88 | % | 96 | % | 92 | % | 90 | % | ||||||||||||||
Crescent
Village
|
Cincinnati,
OH
|
90 | 75 | 83 | % | 90 | % | 85 | % | 90 | % | ||||||||||||||
Willow
Bend
|
Columbus
(Hilliard), OH
|
92 | 84 | 91 | % | 98 | % | 89 | % | 93 | % | ||||||||||||||
Postwoods
I
|
Reynoldsburg,
OH
|
92 | 85 | 92 | % | 90 | % | 90 | % | 83 | % | ||||||||||||||
Postwoods
II
|
Reynoldsburg,
OH
|
88 | 85 | 97 | % | 93 | % | 91 | % | 83 | % | ||||||||||||||
Churchland
(3)
|
Chesapeake,
VA
|
124 | 108 | 87 | % | n/a | 84 | % | n/a | ||||||||||||||||
Glynn
Place (3)
|
Brunswick,
GA
|
128 | 109 | 85 | % | n/a | 91 | % | n/a | ||||||||||||||||
796 | 704 | 88 | % | 90 | % | 104 | % | 88 | % | ||||||||||||||||
(1)
Economic
occupancy is presented for the twelve months ended December 31, 2008 and
2007, and is defined as the net rental income received divided by the
maximum amount of rental income to be derived from each
property. This statistic is reflective of rental concessions,
delinquent rents and non-revenue units such as model units and employee
units. Actual occupancy is a point in time measure while economic
occupancy is a measurement over the period presented, therefore, economic
occupancy for a period may exceed the actual occupancy at any point in
time.
|
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(2) These properties are
still under construction as of December 31, 2008, and therefore have no
occupancy data.
|
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(3)
Previous
period occupancy numbers are not available, as this is a new
investment.
|
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Non-Consolidated
Properties
Clarkson College –
Clarkson College is a 142 bed student housing facility located in Omaha,
Nebraska. The tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds owned by the
Partnership were issued under Section 145 of the Code by a not-for-profit entity
qualified under Section 501(c)(3) of the Code. The bonds have an
outstanding principal amount of $6.0 million and have a base interest rate of
6.0% per annum. The bonds also contain a participation interest in
any excess cash flow generated by the underlying property through the potential
payment of contingent interest. The bonds accrue contingent interest
at a rate of 1.25% annually and such contingent interest is payable only if the
underlying property generates excess operating cash flows or realizes excess
cash through capital appreciation and a related sale or refinancing of the
property. To date, the property has not paid any contingent interest
and the Partnership has not recognized any contingent interest income related to
this bond. Because the property is owned by a 501(c)(3)
not-for-profit entity it is not a VIE. Clarkson College’s operations
resulted in net operating income of $432,000 and $499,000 on net revenue of
approximately $623,000 and $695,000 in 2008 and 2007 respectively. As
shown in the table above, occupancy trends are negative as economic occupancy
decreased from 2007 to 2008 driving the decreased net operating
income.
Bella Vista –
Bella Vista Apartments is located in Gainesville, Texas and contains 144
units. The tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds owned by the Partnership
are private activity housing bonds issued in conjunction with the syndication of
LITHCs. The bonds have an outstanding principal amount of $6.8
million and have a base interest rate of 6.15% per annum. The bonds
do not contain participation interests. We have determined that the
company that owns Bella Vista Apartments does not meet the definition of a
VIE. As a result, this property is not consolidated. June
2007 was the first full month of operations at Bella Vista. Bella
Vista’s operations resulted in net operating income of $578,000 and $400,000 on
net revenue of approximately $1.1 million and $793,000 in 2008 and 2007
respectively.
Woodland Park – Woodland Park
Apartments began leasing its 236 units in Topeka, Kansas in November
2008. The Partnership owns the Series A and Series B tax-exempt
mortgage revenue bonds financing this project. A final completion of the project
is expected by May 2009. The developer and principals have guaranteed completion
and stabilization of the project. The general contractor has a
guaranteed maximum price contract and payment and performance bonds are in
place. The Series A bonds have an outstanding principal amount of
$15.1 million and have a base interest rate of 6.0% per annum. The
Series B bonds have an outstanding principal amount of $0.65 million and have a
base interest rate of 8.0% per annum. The bonds do not contain
participation interests. We have determined that the company that
owns Woodland Park Apartments does not meet the definition of a
VIE. As a result, this property is not
consolidated. Woodland Park has realized approximately $3,000 in net
operating losses on revenue of $226,000 since November 2008.
Runnymede Apartments –
Runnymede Apartments is located in Austin, Texas and contains 252 units. The
tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds owned by the Partnership are private activity
housing bonds issued in conjunction with the syndication of
LITHCs. The bonds have an outstanding principal amount of $10.8
million and have a base interest rate of 6.00%. The bonds do not
contain participation interests. We have determined that the company
that owns Runnymede Apartments does not meet the definition of a
VIE. As a result, this property is not consolidated. These
bonds were purchased in October 2007. Runnymede’s 2008 operations
resulted in net operating income of $209,000 on net revenue of approximately
$1.5 million.
Gardens of DeCordova – The
Gardens of DeCordova Apartments is located in Granbury, Texas and began leasing
its 76 units in November 2008. Full construction completion is scheduled for
April 2009. The originally scheduled completion date was August
2008. The developer and principals have guaranteed completion and
stabilization of the project. The general contractor has a guaranteed
maximum price contract and payment and performance bonds are in
place. The project currently has sufficient capitalized interest
reserves to fund debt service beyond the expected date of
completion. The bonds have an outstanding principal amount of $4.9
million and have a base interest rate of 6.0% per annum. The bonds do
not contain participation interests. We have determined that the
company that owns The Gardens of DeCordova Apartments does not meet the
definition of a VIE. As a result, this property is not
consolidated.
Gardens of Weatherford – The
Gardens of Weatherford Apartments is currently under construction in
Weatherford, Texas and will contain 76 units upon completion. The
Partnership owns the tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds financing this project.
The estimated final completion date is December 2009 with some units available
for rent in July 2009. The developer and principals have guaranteed completion
and stabilization of the project. The general contractor has a
guaranteed maximum price contract and payment and performance bonds are in
place. The project currently has sufficient capitalized interest
reserves to fund debt service beyond the expected date of
completion. The bonds have an outstanding principal amount of $4.7
million and have a base interest rate of 6.0% per annum. The bonds do
not contain participation interests. We have determined that the
company that owns The Gardens of Weatherford Apartments does not meet the
definition of a VIE. As a result, this property is not
consolidated.
Bridle Ridge – Bridle Ridge
Apartments is located in Greer, South Carolina and contains 152
units. The tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds owned by the Partnership
are private housing bonds issued in conjunction with the syndication of
LITHCs. The bonds have an outstanding principal amount of $7.9
million and have a base interest rate of 6.0% per annum. The bonds do
not contain participation interests. We have determined that the
company that owns Bridle Ridge Apartments does not meet the definition of a
VIE. As a result, this property is not
consolidated. February 2008 was the first full month of operations at
Bridle Ridge. Bridle Ridge’s operations resulted in net operating
income of $752,000 on net revenue of approximately $1.1 million in
2008.
Woodlynn Village – Woodlynn
Village is located in Maplewood, Minnesota and contains 59 units. The
tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds owned by the Partnership are private housing
bonds issued in conjunction with the syndication of LITHCs. The bonds
have an outstanding principal amount of $4.6 million and have a base interest
rate of 6.0% per annum. The bonds do not contain participation
interests. We have determined that the company that owns Woodlynn
Village does not meet the definition of a VIE. As a result, this
property is not consolidated. March 2008 was the first full month of
operations at Woodlynn Village. Woodlynn Village’s operations
resulted in net operating income of $330,000 on net revenue of approximately
$529,000 in 2008.
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VIEs
– Continuing Operations
Ashley Square
- Ashley Square Apartments is located in Des Moines, Iowa and
contains 144 units. The tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds owned by
the Partnership are traditional “80/20” bonds issued prior to the Tax Reform Act
of 1986. These bonds require that 20% of the rental units be set
aside for tenants whose income does not exceed 80% of the area median income,
without adjustment for household size. The bonds have an outstanding
principal amount of $6.5 million and have a base interest rate of 7.5% per
annum. The bonds also contain a participation interest in any excess
cash flow generated by the underlying property through the potential payment of
contingent interest. The bond accrues contingent interest at a rate
of 3.0% annually and such contingent interest is payable only if the underlying
property generates excess operating cash flows or realizes excess cash through
capital appreciation and a related sale or refinancing of the
property. To date, the property has not paid any contingent interest
and the Partnership has not recognized any contingent interest income related to
this bond. Because of its capital structure and the participation
interests contained in the bond owned by the Partnership this property is a
consolidated VIE. Additionally, the equity ownership of this property
was previously held by individuals or entities affiliated with the general
partner. In December 2008 the equity ownership of this property was
transferred to Ashley Square Housing Cooperative, an Iowa Multiple Housing
Cooperative, for the assumption of all outstanding
liabilities. Ashley Square’s operations resulted in net operating
income of $302,000 and $189,000 on net revenue of approximately $1.2 million and
$1.1 million in 2008 and 2007 respectively. This improvement from
2007 is primarily the result of increased revenue from improved occupancy and a
decrease in real estate taxes and repairs and maintenance.
Bent Tree – Bent Tree
Apartments is located in Columbia, South Carolina and contains 232
units. The tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds owned by the Partnership
are traditional “80/20” bonds issued prior to the Tax Reform Act of
1986. These bonds require that 20% of the rental units be set aside
for tenants whose income does not exceed 80% of the area median income, without
adjustment for household size. The bonds have an outstanding
principal amount of $11.1 million and have a base interest rate of 7.1% per
annum. The bonds also contain a participation interest in any excess
cash flow generated by the underlying property through the potential payment of
contingent interest. The bond accrues contingent interest at a rate
of 1.9% annually and such contingent interest is payable only if the underlying
property generates excess operating cash flows or realizes excess cash through
capital appreciation and a related sale or refinancing of the
property. To date, the property has not paid any contingent interest
and the Partnership has not recognized any contingent interest income related to
this bond. Because of its capital structure and the participation
interests contained in the bond owned by the Partnership this property is a
consolidated VIE. Additionally, the equity ownership of this property
is held by individuals or entities affiliated with the general partner. Bent
Tree’s operations resulted in net operating income of $641,000 and $685,000 on
net revenue of approximately $1.6 million and $1.5 million in 2008 and 2007
respectively. Although there was an increase in net revenue due to
improved occupancy in 2008, net operating income decreased primarily due to an
increase in real estate taxes.
Fairmont Oaks
- Fairmont Oaks Apartments is located in Gainesville, Florida
and contains 178 units. The tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds owned
by the Partnership are traditional “80/20” bonds issued prior to the Tax Reform
Act of 1986. These bonds require that 20% of the rental units be set
aside for tenants whose income does not exceed 80% of the area median income,
without adjustment for household size. The bonds have an outstanding
principal amount of $7.7 million and have a base interest rate of 6.3% per
annum. The bonds also contain a participation interest in any excess
cash flow generated by the underlying property through the potential payment of
contingent interest. The bond accrues contingent interest at a rate
of 2.2% annually and such contingent interest is payable only if the underlying
property generates excess operating cash flows or realizes excess cash through
capital appreciation and a related sale or refinancing of the
property. To date, the Partnership has realized $54,000 in contingent
interest income related to this bond. Because of its capital
structure and the participation interests contained in the bond owned by the
Partnership this property is a consolidated VIE. Additionally, the
equity ownership of this property is held by individuals or entities affiliated
with the general partner. Fairmont Oak’s operations resulted in net
operating income of $750,000 and $808,000 on net revenue of approximately $1.6
million and $1.6 million in 2008 and 2007, respectively. The decrease
in net operating income is a result of increased property insurance
costs.
Iona Lakes - Iona
Lakes Apartments is located in Fort Myers, Florida and contains 350
units. The tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds owned by the Partnership
are traditional “80/20” bonds issued prior to the Tax Reform Act of
1986. These bonds require that 20% of the rental units be set aside
for tenants whose income does not exceed 80% of the area median income, without
adjustment for household size. The bonds have an outstanding
principal amount of $16.2 million and have a base interest rate of 6.9% per
annum. The bonds also contain a participation interest in any excess
cash flow generated by the underlying property through the potential payment of
contingent interest. The bond accrues contingent interest at a rate
of 2.6% annually and such contingent interest is payable only if the underlying
property generates excess operating cash flows or realizes excess cash through
capital appreciation and a related sale or refinancing of the
property. To date, the property has paid $54,000 contingent interest
and the Partnership has recognized $54,000 contingent interest income related to
this bond. Because of its capital structure and the participation
interests contained in the bond owned by the Partnership this property is a
consolidated VIE. Additionally, the equity ownership of this property
is held by individuals or entities affiliated with the general
partner. Iona Lake’s operations resulted in net operating income of
$933,000 million and $1.1 million on net revenue of approximately $2.5 million
and $2.6 million in 2008 and 2007, respectively. The decrease in net
operating income was a result of increased rent concessions and advertising
expenses related to occupancy efforts as well as increased cost of utilities and
property insurance.
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Lake Forest - Lake
Forest Apartments is located in Daytona Beach, Florida and contains 240
units. The tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds owned by the Partnership
are traditional “80/20” bonds issued prior to the Tax Reform Act of
1986. These bonds require that 20% of the rental units be set aside
for tenants whose income does not exceed 80% of the area median income, without
adjustment for household size. The bonds have an outstanding
principal amount of $10.1 million and have a base interest rate of 6.9% per
annum. The bonds also contain a participation interest in any excess
cash flow generated by the underlying property through the potential payment of
contingent interest. The bond accrues contingent interest at a rate
of 1.6% annually and such contingent interest is payable only if the underlying
property generates excess operating cash flows or realizes excess cash through
capital appreciation and a related sale or refinancing of the
property. To date, the Partnership has realized approximately
$276,000 of contingent interest income related to this bond. Because
of its capital structure and the participation interests contained in the bond
owned by the Partnership this property is a consolidated
VIE. Additionally, the equity ownership of this property is held by
individuals or entities affiliated with the general partner. Lake
Forest’s operations resulted in net operating income of $950,000 and $1.1
million on net revenue of approximately $2.1 million and $2.1 million in 2008
and 2007, respectively. The decrease in net operating income was a
result of increased real estate taxes and property insurance costs.
MF
Properties
Eagle Ridge – Eagle Ridge
Townhomes is located in Erlanger, Kentucky and contains 64 units. A
wholly-owned subsidiary of the Partnership acquired a 99% limited partner in the
partnership that owns this property in July 2007. As a result, the
financial statements of this property have been consolidated with those of the
Partnership since that time. The consolidation of Eagle Ridge’s
operations resulted in recognition by the Partnership of net operating income of
$181,000 and $109,000 on net revenue of approximately $455,000 and $230,000 in
2008 and 2007 respectively. The increase from 2007 to 2008 is due
primarily to including a full year of operating results from this property in
2008 compared to six months operating results in 2007. There are no
tax-exempt bonds currently secured by this property.
Meadowview – Meadowview
Apartments is located in Highland Heights, Kentucky and contains 118
units. A wholly-owned subsidiary of the Partnership acquired a 99%
limited partner in the partnership that owns this property in July
2007. As a result, the financial statements of this property have
been consolidated with those of the Partnership since that time. The
consolidation of Meadowview’s operations resulted in recognition by the
Partnership of net operating income of $488,000 and $190,000 on net revenue of
approximately $909,000 and $429,000 in 2008 and 2007 respectively. The
increase from 2007 to 2008 is due primarily to including a full year of
operating results from this property in 2008 compared to six months operating
results in 2007. There are no tax-exempt bonds currently secured by
this property.
Crescent Village – Crescent
Village Townhomes is located in Cincinnati, Ohio and contains 90
units. A wholly-owned subsidiary of the Partnership acquired a 99%
limited partner in the partnership that owns this property in July
2007. As a result, the financial statements of this property have
been consolidated with those of the Partnership since that time. The
consolidation of Crescent Village’s operations resulted in recognition by the
Partnership of net operating income of $340,000 and $190,000 on net revenue of
approximately $731,000 and $386,000 in 2008 and 2007
respectively. The increase from 2007 to 2008 is due primarily to
including a full year of operating results from this property in 2008 compared
to six months operating results in 2007. There are no tax-exempt
bonds currently secured by this property.
Willow Bend – Willow Bend
Townhomes is located in Columbus (Hilliard), Ohio and contains 92
units. A wholly-owned subsidiary of the Partnership acquired a 99%
limited partner in the partnership that owns this property in July
2007. As a result, the financial statements of this property have
been consolidated with those of the Partnership since that time. The
consolidation of Willow Bend’s operations resulted in recognition by the
Partnership of net operating income of $408,000 and $162,000 on net revenue of
approximately $763,000 and $369,000 in 2008 and 2007,
respectively. The increase from 2007 to 2008 is due primarily to
including a full year of operating results from this property in 2008 compared
to six months operating results in 2007. There are no tax-exempt
bonds currently secured by this property.
Postwoods I
– Postwoods Townhomes is located in Reynoldsburg, Ohio and
contains 92 units. A wholly-owned subsidiary of the Partnership
acquired a 99% limited partner in the partnership that owns this property in
July 2007. As a result, the financial statements of this property
have been consolidated with those of the Partnership since that
time. The consolidation of Postwoods I’s operations resulted in the
recognition by the Partnership of net operating income of $408,000 and $160,000
on net revenue of approximately $761,000 and $349,000 in 2008 and 2007,
respectively. The increase from 2007 to 2008 is due primarily to
including a full year of operating results from this property in 2008 compared
to six months operating results in 2007. There are no tax-exempt
bonds currently secured by this property.
Postwoods II – Postwoods
Townhomes is located in Reynoldsburg, Ohio and contains 88
units. A wholly-owned subsidiary of the Partnership acquired a
99% limited partner in the partnership that owns this property in July
2007. As a result, the financial statements of this property have
been consolidated with those of the Partnership since that time. The
consolidation of Postwoods II’s operations resulted in the recognition by the
Partnership of net operating income of $382,000 and $109,000 on net revenue of
approximately $682,000 and $303,000 in 2008 and 2007,
respectively. The increase from 2007 to 2008 is due primarily to
including a full year of operating results from this property in 2008 compared
to six months operating results in 2007. There are no tax-exempt
bonds currently secured by this property.
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Commons at Churchland –
Commons at Churchland is located in Chesapeake, Virginia and contains 124
units. A wholly-owned subsidiary of the Partnership acquired a 99%
limited partner in the partnership that owns this property in August
2008. As a result, the financial statements of this property have
been consolidated with those of the Partnership since that time. The
consolidation of Commons at Churchland’s operations resulted in the recognition
by the Partnership of approximately $158,000 in net operating income on revenue
of $321,000 during 2008.
Glynn Place – Glynn Place
Apartments is located in Brunswick, Georgia and contains 128 units. A
wholly-owned subsidiary of the Partnership acquired a 99% limited partner in the
partnership that owns this property in October 2008. As a
result, the financial statements of this property have been consolidated with
those of the Partnership since that time. The consolidation of Glynn
Place Apartment’s operations resulted in the recognition by the Partnership of
approximately $81,000 of net operating income on revenue of $166,000 during
2008.
Results
of Operations
The
Consolidated Company
The table
below compares the results of operations for the Company for 2008, 2007, and
2006:
For
the
|
For
the
|
For
the
|
||||||||||
Year
Ended
|
Year
Ended
|
Year
Ended
|
||||||||||
Dec.
31, 2008
|
Dec.
31, 2007
|
Dec.
31, 2006
|
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Revenues:
|
||||||||||||
Property
revenues
|
$ | 13,773,801 | $ | 11,208,209 | $ | 9,266,223 | ||||||
Mortgage
revenue bond investment income
|
4,230,205 | 3,227,254 | 1,423,180 | |||||||||
Other
interest income
|
150,786 | 751,797 | 337,008 | |||||||||
Loss
on the sale of securities
|
(68,218 | ) | - | - | ||||||||
Total
Revenues
|
18,086,574 | 15,187,260 | 11,026,411 | |||||||||
Expenses:
|
||||||||||||
Real
estate operating (exclusive of items shown below)
|
8,872,219 | 7,299,257 | 5,945,364 | |||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
4,987,417 | 3,611,249 | 1,895,546 | |||||||||
Interest
|
4,106,072 | 2,595,616 | 1,303,760 | |||||||||
General
and administrative
|
1,808,459 | 1,577,551 | 1,575,942 | |||||||||
Total
Expenses
|
19,774,167 | 15,083,673 | 10,720,612 | |||||||||
Minority
interest in net loss of consolidated subsidiary
|
9,364 | 13,030 | - | |||||||||
Income
from continuing operations
|
(1,678,229 | ) | 116,617 | 305,799 | ||||||||
Income
from discontinued operations, (including gain on sale of $11,667,246 in
2006)
|
646,989 | 824,249 | 12,470,936 | |||||||||
Net
income (loss)
|
$ | (1,031,240 | ) | $ | 940,866 | $ | 12,776,735 |
Year
Ended December 31, 2008 Compared to the Year Ended December 31,
2007
Property
Revenues. Property revenues of the Company consist of those of
the MF Properties as well as the five VIEs treated as continuing operations
during the periods. Property revenues increased approximately $2.6
million for the year ended December 31, 2008 compared to the year ended December
31, 2007. The entire amount of the increase is attributable to the
acquisition of the MF Properties. The six MF Properties in which an
interest was acquired in 2007 reported six months of revenue in 2007 and 12
months of revenue in 2008. Interests in two additional MF Properties,
Commons at Churchland and Glynn Place Apartments, were purchased in the third
and fourth quarters of 2008, respectively, and revenues from these MF Properties
was recorded from those dates. Property revenues for the VIEs were
flat year over year. Annual net rental revenues per unit related to
the MF Properties increased from $7,427 per unit in 2007 to $7,667 in
2008. The annual net rental revenues per unit related to the VIEs
increased from approximately $7,534 in 2007 to approximately $7,664 in 2008,
however, this increase was offset by an occupancy decline of 1% from 2007 to
2008.
Mortgage revenue bond investment
income. Mortgage revenue bond investment income of the Company
consists of the interest income earned only on the mortgage revenue bonds that
were not issued to finance properties owned by VIEs. The $1.0 million
increase in mortgage revenue bond investment income from 2007 to 2008 is
primarily due to income generated by the tax-exempt mortgage bonds acquired
early in 2008 plus a full year of income from bonds acquired during 2007. In
2008, two new bond investments were acquired with a total carrying value of
approximately $12.4 million as of December 31, 2008. Income from
these new investments accounted for $700,000 of the total increase. The
remaining increase of $1.1 million is attributable to a full year of income on
bond investments acquired in 2007 less $800,000 of net revenue lost due to the
sale of two bonds in 2008 which were held for the entire 2007 year.
Other interest
income. Other interest income represents interest earned on
cash and cash equivalents. The decrease is attributable to higher average
balances of cash and cash equivalents in 2007 which resulted from the
issuance of additional BUCs in April 2007. As these funds were
invested in tax-exempt bonds or MF Properties in 2007 and 2008, the Company’s
cash and cash equivalent balances declined.
Loss on sale of securities.
The Chandler Creek and Deerfield bonds were sold in 2008 for par value plus
accrued interest. The loss resulted from the write off of unamortized
deferred financing costs related to the bonds.
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Real estate operating
expenses. Real estate operating expenses increased
approximately $1.6 million during 2008 as compared to 2007. Approximately $1.1
million of the increase is attributable to six of the MF Properties reporting
six months activity in 2007 as compared to twelve months in 2008. In addition
approximately $276,000 was incurred by Churchland and Glynn Place which were
purchased in the third and fourth quarter of 2008, respectively. The
remaining increase was directly related to an increase in the VIE fixed expenses
including real estate taxes, property insurance expenses, professional fees and
utilities.
Depreciation and
amortization. Depreciation and amortization increased
approximately $1.4 million in 2008 compared to 2007. Depreciation is primarily
associated with the apartment properties of the consolidated VIEs and the MF
Properties. Approximately $306,000 of the increase is attributable to six of the
MF Properties reporting six months of activity in 2007 as compared to
twelve months in 2008. The acquisition of Churchland and Glynn Place
added approximately $294,000 of depreciation and amortization. In addition, the
VIEs acquired capitalized assets in 2008 that resulted in an additional $200,000
of depreciation. Additionally, in 2008 the Company entered into a new TOB credit
facility which resulted in approximately $600,000 of additional deferred finance
cost amortization.
Interest
expense. Interest expense increased approximately $1.5 million
during 2008 compared to 2007 due to higher levels of borrowing and fair value
adjustments on our interest rate derivatives. Total outstanding debt from
continuing operations increased from approximately $72.4 million at December 31,
2007 to approximately $87.9 million as of December 31, 2008. Interest
expense on the new debt accounted for approximately $764,000 of the overall
increase. Approximately $472,000 of the remaining increase is attributable to
the effect of marking our interest rate derivatives to fair value. The
remaining difference is due to a full year of interest expense on six of the
eight MF Properties in 2008 versus six months in 2007 and additional interest
expense related to Churchland and Glynn Place which were acquired in the
third and fourth quarters of 2008.
General and administrative
expenses. General and administrative expenses were up
approximately $231,000 in 2008. This increase was realized in professional fees
and administration fees on bonds added to the investment
portfolio.
Year
Ended December 31, 2007 Compared to the Year Ended December 31,
2006
Property
Revenues. Property revenues increased approximately $2.0
million for the year ended December 31, 2007 compared to the same period of
2006. The increase is attributable to the acquisition of six MF Properties in
July 2007 which contributed revenues of approximately $2.1 million in
2007. Annual net rental revenues per unit related to the MF
Properties were, on an annualized basis, $7,427 per unit in
2007. Annual net rental revenues per unit related to the VIE’s
decreased from approximately $7,632 in 2006 to approximately $7,534 in 2007, or
$98 per unit.
Mortgage revenue bond investment
income. The increase in mortgage revenue bond investment
income from 2006 to 2007 is primarily due to income generated by the tax-exempt
mortgage bonds acquired in 2007 plus a full year of income from bonds acquired
during 2006. In 2007, a total of seven new bond investments were
acquired with a total carrying value of approximately $42.0 million as of
December 31, 2007. Income from these new investments accounted for
$1.3 million of the total increase. The remaining increase is
attributable to a full year of income on bond investments acquired in
2006.
Other interest
income. Other interest income represents interest earned on
cash and cash equivalents. The increase is attributable to higher average
balances of cash and cash equivalents during the year which resulted from the
issuance of additional BUCs in April 2007.
Real estate operating
expenses. Real estate operating expenses increased
approximately $1.3 million during 2007 compared to 2006. This increase is
primarily attributable to the purchase of six MF Properties in July of 2007
which had operating expenses of approximately $1.2 million.
Depreciation and
amortization. Depreciation and amortization increased
approximately $1.7 million in 2007 compared to 2006. Depreciation is
primarily associated with the apartment properties of the consolidated VIEs and
the MF Properties. Amortization is primarily associated with in-place
lease assets recorded as part of the purchase accounting for the acquisition of
six MF Properties in July of 2007. Depreciation and amortization
related to these MF Properties accounted for the majority of the increase as
depreciation expense on the MF Properties was approximately $459,000 and
amortization related to the MF Properties was approximately $984,000 in
2007.
Interest
expense. Interest expense increased approximately $1.3 million
during 2007 compared to 2006 due to higher levels of borrowing and the fair
value adjustments on our interest rate derivatives. Total outstanding debt
increased from approximately $26.9 million at December 31, 2006 to approximately
$72.4 million as of December 31, 2007. Interest expense on the new
debt accounted for approximately $1.3 million of the overall increase. The
remaining increase is attributable to marking our interest rate derivatives to
fair value.
General and administrative
expenses. General and administrative expenses were consistent
between 2007 and 2006.
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Discontinued
Operations
The
assets, liabilities and results of operations of Ashley Pointe at Eagle Crest,
Woodbridge Apartments of Bloomington III and Woodbridge Apartments of Louisville
II, consolidated VIEs, are classified as discontinued operations under SFAS
No. 144 – see Note 7 to the consolidated financial
statements. Additionally, the results of operations of Northwoods
Lake Apartments in 2006 are classified as discontinued
operations. The following is a discussion of the transactions which
precipitated the classification as discontinued operations, the transactions’
impact on the consolidated financial statements of the Company and the
transactions’ impact on the Partnership.
During
the fourth quarter of 2008, the Partnership provided written notification to the
bond issuers, bond trustee and the borrowers for Ashley Pointe, Woodbridge
Apartments of Bloomington III and Woodbridge Apartments of Louisville II that it
was exercising its rights under the bond indenture to cause the mandatory
redemption of the bonds. The bonds were redeemed in February
2009. As a result, these VIEs met the criteria for classification as
discontinued operations. In order to properly reflect the transaction
under FIN 46R, the Company intends to record the redemption of the bonds as if
it were a sale of properties owned by the Company. As of December 31,
2008, Ashley Pointe, Woodbridge Apartments of Bloomington III, and Woodbridge
Apartments of Louisville II reported assets of approximately $8.1 million and
liabilities of approximately $23.3 million which are included in assets and
liabilities of discontinued operations, respectively. For the years
ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006 net income from these VIEs of
approximately $647,000, $824,000 and $805,000, respectively, is included in the
income or loss from discontinued operations.
During
2006, Northwoods Lake Apartments in Duluth, Georgia met the criteria as a
discontinued operation under SFAS No. 144. During the third quarter of 2006
the property was sold to an unaffiliated third party. In order to
properly reflect the transaction under FIN 46R, the Company recorded the sale of
the property in 2006 as though the property was owned by the Company. As such,
in 2006, the Company recorded a gain on the sale of the property of
$11.7 million. Excluding the gain on sale, Northwoods
contributed $113,000 of income from discontinued operations during the year
ended December 31, 2006. In conjunction with the property sale, the
Partnership sold its investment in the bonds issued by the property owner at par
value plus accrued interest. Additionally, the property owner
realized approximately $4.3 million in net cash proceeds from the sale of the
property. These funds were used in their entirety to retire existing obligations
of the property owner including accumulated tax exempt contingent interest
earned by the Partnership on the bonds. The sale of the bonds plus
the receipt of accumulated contingent interest in 2006 resulted in total
proceeds to the Partnership of approximately $10.4 million.
The
Partnership
The
Partnership was formed for the primary purpose of acquiring, holding, selling
and otherwise dealing with a portfolio of federally tax-exempt mortgage revenue
bonds which have been issued to provide construction and/or permanent financing
of multifamily residential apartments. The Partnership’s business objectives are
to: (i) preserve and protect its capital; (ii) provide regular cash
distributions to BUC holders; and (iii) provide a potential for an enhanced
federally tax-exempt yield as a result of a participation interest in the net
cash flow and net capital appreciation of the underlying real estate properties
financed by the tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds.
The
Partnership is pursuing a business strategy of acquiring additional tax-exempt
mortgage revenue bonds on a leveraged basis in order to: (i) increase the amount
of tax-exempt interest available for distribution to its BUC holders; (ii)
reduce risk through asset diversification and interest rate hedging; and (iii)
achieve economies of scale. The Partnership seeks to achieve its investment
growth strategy by investing in additional tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds and
related investments, taking advantage of attractive financing structures
available in the tax-exempt securities market and entering into interest rate
risk management instruments.
Each of
the tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds bears tax-exempt interest at a fixed rate
and nine of the bonds provide for the payment of additional contingent interest
that is payable solely from available net cash flow generated by the financed
property. At December 31, 2008, all of the Partnership’s tax-exempt mortgage
revenue bonds were paying their full amount of base interest. The
Partnership has the ability and may restructure the terms of its tax-exempt
mortgage revenue bond to reduce the base interest rate payable on these
bonds. The Partnership remains aware of this potential and continues
to monitor the performance of the multifamily properties collateralizing its
tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds.
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The
Partnership has financed the acquisition of tax-exempt mortgage bonds through
the securitization of certain of its tax-exempt mortgage bonds under the Bank of
America facility. As of December 31, 2008 the Partnership has securitized $76.6
million of its tax-exempt mortgage revenue bond portfolio. This total was
allocated between continuing operations, $57.0 million, and discontinued
operations, $19.6 million. See the discussion of Liquidity and Capital
Resources below for further discussion.
The
Partnership may make taxable loans or acquire direct ownership interests in real
property with the ultimate purpose of acquiring tax-exempt mortgage revenue
bonds secured by the same property. The Partnership may also make
taxable loans to provide capital project funding to a property securing a
tax-exempt mortgage revenue bond already owned by the Partnership. Therefore,
the business purpose of the Partnership making taxable loans or acquiring direct
property ownership interests is not solely to earn taxable income, but rather to
acquire, either immediately or in the future, a tax-exempt mortgage revenue bond
or to improve the condition of a property securing a tax-exempt mortgage revenue
bond.
As of
December 31, 2008, the Partnership’s wholly-owned subsidiaries held limited
partnership interests in eight entities that own MF Properties containing a
total of 796 rental units. As noted above, the Partnership expects to
ultimately restructure the property ownership through a sale of the MF
Properties and a syndication of the associated LIHTCs. The
Partnership expects to provide the tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds to the new
property owners as part of the restructuring. Current credit markets
and general economic issues have had a significant negative impact on these
types of transactions. At this time very few LIHTC syndication and
tax-exempt bond financing transactions are being completed. These
types of transactions represent a long-term market opportunity for the Company
and provide a significant future bond investment pipeline when the market for
LIHTC syndications strengthens. Until such a restructuring occurs the
operations of the properties owned by the limited partnerships are consolidated
with the Partnership.
The
following discussion of the Partnership’s results of operations for the years
ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006 reflects the operations of the
Partnership without the consolidation of the VIEs required by FIN 46R. This
information reflects the information used by management to analyze the
Partnership’s operations and is reflective of the consolidated operations of the
Tax-Exempt Bond Investments segment and the MF Properties segment as presented
in Note 14 to the financial statements.
For
the
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For
the
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the
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Ended
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Ended
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Ended
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31, 2008
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31, 2007
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31, 2006
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Revenues:
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Mortgage
revenue bond investment income
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$ | 10,102,802 | $ | 9,379,859 | $ | 12,188,552 | ||||||
Property
revenues
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4,793,535 | 2,066,487 | - | |||||||||
Other
interest income
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150,786 | 751,797 | 432,796 | |||||||||
Loss
on sale of securities
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(68,218 | ) | - | - | ||||||||
Total
Revenues
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14,978,905 | 12,198,143 | 12,621,348 | |||||||||
Expenses:
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Real
estate operating (exclusive of items shown below)
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2,628,606 | 1,230,694 | - | |||||||||
Interest
expense
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5,097,454 | 3,531,192 | 2,106,292 | |||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization expense
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2,728,096 | 1,478,279 | 25,604 | |||||||||
General
and administrative
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1,808,459 | 1,577,551 | 1,575,942 | |||||||||
Total
Expenses
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12,262,615 | 7,817,716 | 3,707,838 | |||||||||
Minority
interest in net loss of consolidated subsidiary
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9,364 | 13,030 | - | |||||||||
Net
Income
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$ | 2,725,654 | $ | 4,393,457 | $ | 8,913,510 |
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Year
Ended December 31, 2008 Compared to the Year Ended December 31,
2007
Mortgage revenue bond investment
income. Mortgage revenue bond investment income of the
Partnership consists of the interest income earned on the mortgage revenue bonds
actually held by the Partnership during the respective periods without
consideration as to whether the financed properties are owned by
VIEs. Mortgage revenue bond investment income increased approximately
$723,000 in 2008 compared to 2007. The increase is the net effect of
an increase in base bond interest offset by a decrease in realized contingent
interest income. Base interest income on bonds increased
approximately $1.8 million in 2008 associated with the mortgage revenue bonds
acquired late in 2007 and early in 2008 offset by two bonds sold in 2008
resulting in a $1.0 million decrease in base bond interest
income. Contingent interest income recognized in 2008 was
approximately $153,000 compared to approximately $231,000 in 2007, all of which
was a result of the realization of contingent interest associated with the
Partnership’s investment in Lake Forest, Fairmont Oaks and Iona
Lakes. Due to the uncertainty in collections of contingent interest,
the Partnership recognizes this as income only when it is realized.
Property
Revenues. Property revenues of the Partnership consists only
of those of the MF Properties. Property revenues increased
approximately $2.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2008 compared to the
same period of 2007. The six MF Properties in which an interest was
acquired in 2007 reported six months of revenue in 2007 and 12 months of revenue
in 2008. Interests in two additional MF Properties, Commons at
Churchland and Glynn Place Apartments, were purchased in the third and fourth
quarters of 2008, respectively, and revenues from these MF Properties was
recorded from those dates. Annual net rental revenues per unit
related to the MF Properties increased from $7,427 per unit in 2007 to $7,667 in
2008.
Other interest
income. Other interest income represents interest earned on
cash and cash equivalents. The decrease is attributable to higher average
balances of cash and cash equivalents in 2007 which resulted from the
issuance of additional BUCs in April 2007. As these funds were
invested in tax-exempt bonds or MF Properties in 2007 and 2008, the Company’s
cash and cash equivalent balances declined.
Loss on sale of securities.
The Chandler Creek and Deerfield bonds were sold in 2008 for par value plus
accrued interest. The loss resulted from the write off of unamortized
deferred financing costs related to the bonds.
Real estate operating
expenses. Real estate operating expenses increased
approximately $1.4 million during 2008 as compared to
2007. Approximately $1.1 million of the increase is attributable to
six of the MF Properties reporting six months activity in 2007 as compared to
twelve months in 2008. In addition approximately $276,000 was incurred by
Churchland and Glynn Place which were purchased in the third and fourth
quarter of 2008, respectively.
Depreciation and
amortization. Depreciation and amortization increased
approximately $1.2 million in 2008 compared to 2007. Depreciation is
primarily associated with the MF Properties. Approximately $306,000 of the
increase is attributable to six of the MF Properties reporting six months
activity in 2007 as compared to twelve months in 2008. The
acquisition of Churchland and Glynn Place added approximately $294,000 of
depreciation and amortization. Additionally, in 2008 the Company
entered into a new TOB credit facility which resulted in approximately $600,000
of additional deferred finance cost amortization.
Interest
expense. Interest expense increased approximately $1.6 million
during 2008 compared to 2007 due to higher levels of borrowing and fair value
adjustments on our interest rate derivatives. Total outstanding debt increased
from approximately $91.3 million at December 31, 2007 to approximately $107.5
million as of December 31, 2008. Interest expense on the new debt
accounted for approximately $764,000 of the overall increase. Approximately
$472,000 of the remaining increase is attributable to the effect of marking our
interest rate derivatives to fair value. The remaining difference is due
to a full year of interest expense on six of the eight MF Properties in 2008
versus six months in 2007 and additional interest expense related to Churchland
and Glynn Place which were acquired in the third and fourth quarters of
2008.
General and administrative
expenses. General and administrative expenses increased
approximately $231,000 in 2008. This increase was realized in professional fees
and administration fees on bonds added to the investment
portfolio.
Year
Ended December 31, 2007 Compared to the Year Ended December 31,
2006
Mortgage revenue bond investment
income. Mortgage revenue bond investment income decreased
approximately $2.3 million in 2007 compared to 2006. The decrease is
due to decreased collections of contingent interest offset by increased
collections of base interest. Contingent interest income recognized
in 2007 was approximately $231,000 compared to approximately $4.3 million in
2006, all of which was a result of the receipt of previously unrecognized
contingent interest associated with the Partnership’s previous investment in the
Northwoods Lake mortgage revenue bond. Due to the uncertainty in collections of
contingent interest, the Partnership recognizes this as income only when it is
realized. Base interest income on bonds increase approximately $1.8
million in 2007 as interest associated with the mortgage revenue bonds acquired
in 2007 was approximately $1.3 million. A full year of interest
income on bonds acquired in 2006 accounted for the remaining increase in base
interest.
Property
Revenues. Property revenues increased approximately $2.1
million for the year ended December 31, 2007 compared to the same period of
2006. The increase is attributable to the acquisition of the MF Properties which
had 2007 revenue of approximately $2.1 million. Annual net rental
revenues per unit related to the MF Properties were, on an annualized basis,
$7,427 per unit in 2007.
Other interest
income. Other interest income represents interest earned on
the Partnership’s taxable loans and cash and cash equivalents. The
decrease is attributable to a decline in interest received on taxable loans
offset by an increase in income on cash equivalent
investments. Interest on taxable loans decreased approximately
$646,000. The interest on taxable loans is recorded when realized or
realizable. Interest income on cash equivalents increased
approximately $415,000 due to higher levels of cash equivalents during the
year.
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Real estate operating
expenses. Real estate operating expenses increased during 2007
as a direct result of the purchase of the MF Properties which had operating
expenses of approximately $1.2 million.
Depreciation and
amortization. Depreciation and amortization consists primarily
of depreciation and amortization associated with the MF Properties acquired in
2007.
Interest
expense. Interest expense increased approximately $1.4 million
during 2007 compared to 2006 due to higher levels of borrowing and the fair
value adjustments on our interest rate derivatives. Total outstanding debt
increased from approximately $45.8 million at December 31, 2006 to approximately
$91.3 million as of December 31, 2007. Interest expense on the new
debt accounted for approximately $1.3 million of the overall increase. The
remaining increase is attributable to marking our interest rate derivatives to
fair value.
General and administrative
expenses. General and administrative expenses were consistent
between 2007 and 2006.
Liquidity
and Capital Resources
Partnership
Liquidity
Tax-exempt
interest earned on the mortgage revenue bonds, including those financing
properties held by VIEs, represents the Partnership's principal source of cash
flow. The Partnership may also receive cash distributions from equity
interests held in MF Properties. Tax-exempt interest is primarily
comprised of base interest payments received on the Partnership’s tax-exempt
mortgage revenue bonds. Certain of the tax-exempt mortgage revenue
bonds may also generate payments of contingent interest to the Partnership from
time to time when the underlying apartment properties generate excess cash
flow. Since base interest on each of the Partnership’s mortgage
revenue bonds is fixed, the Partnership’s cash receipts tend to be fairly
constant period to period unless the Partnership acquires or disposes of its
investments in tax-exempt bonds. Changes in the economic performance
of the properties financed by tax-exempt bonds with a contingent interest
provision will affect the amount of contingent interest, if any, paid to the
Partnership. The economic performance of a multifamily apartment
property depends on the rental and occupancy rates of the property and on the
level of operating expenses. Occupancy rates and rents are directly
affected by the supply of, and demand for, apartments in the market area in
which a property is located. This, in turn, is affected by several
factors such as local or national economic conditions, the amount of new
apartment construction and the affordability of single-family
homes. In addition, factors such as government regulation (such as
zoning laws), inflation, real estate and other taxes, labor problems and natural
disasters can affect the economic operations of an apartment
property. The primary uses of cash by apartment properties are: (i)
the payment of operating expenses; and (ii) the payment of debt
service. Other sources of cash include debt financing and the sale of
additional BUCs.
The
Company intends to issue BUCs from time to time to raise additional equity
capital as needed to fund investment opportunities. Raising
additional equity capital for deployment into new investment opportunities is
part of our overall growth strategy. We believe that current market conditions
have created significant investment opportunities, and by raising additional
capital, we will seek to aggressively pursue those
opportunities. More specifically, the current credit crisis has
severely disrupted the financial markets and, in our view, has also created
potential investment opportunities for the Company. Non-traditional
participants in the multifamily housing debt sector are either reducing their
participation in the market or are being forced to downsize their existing
portfolio of investments. We believe this is creating opportunities
to acquire existing tax-exempt bonds from distressed entities at attractive
yields. We believe that we are well-positioned as a result of our
ability to acquire assets on the secondary market while maintaining the ability
and willingness to also participate in primary market transactions.
The
current credit crisis is also providing the potential for investments in quality
real estate assets to be acquired from distressed owners and
lenders. Our ability to restructure existing debt together with the
ability to improve the operations of the underlying apartment properties through
our affiliated property management company, America First Property Management
Company, L.L.C., results in a valuable tax-exempt bond investment which is
supported by the valuable collateral and operations of the underlying real
property. We believe the Company is well-positioned to selectively
acquire distressed assets, restructure debt and improve operations thereby
creating value to shareholders in the form of a strong tax-exempt bond
investment.
In
January 2007, the Company filed a Registration Statement on Form S-3 with the
SEC relating to the sale of up to $100.0 million of its
BUCs. Pursuant to this Registration Statement, in April 2007 the
Company issued, through an underwritten public offering, a total of 3,675,000
BUCs at a public offering price of $8.06 per BUC. Net proceeds
realized by the Company from the issuance of the additional BUCs were
approximately $27.5 million, after payment of an underwriter’s discount and
other offering costs of approximately $2.1 million. The proceeds were
used to acquire additional tax-exempt revenue bonds and other investments
meeting the Partnership’s investment criteria, and for general working capital
needs. This Registration Statement remains active with the SEC and is
available for the Company to conduct further underwritten public
offerings.
In
October 2008, the Company filed a Registration Statement on Form S-3 with the
SEC relating to a Rights Offering. Pursuant to this Registration
Statement, the Company may issue Rights Certificates to existing BUC
holders. Each Rights Certificate will entitle the holder to purchase
additional BUCs at a price established in the Rights Offering. One
Rights Certificate will be issued for every four BUCs owned at the time of the
offering. The Company has not yet determined when, or if, such a
Rights Offering will be conducted.
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The
Partnership’s principal uses of cash are the payment of distributions to BUC
holders, interest and principal on debt financing and general and administrative
expenses. The Partnership also uses cash to acquire additional investments.
Distributions to BUC holders may increase or decrease at the determination of
the General Partner. The Partnership is currently paying distributions at the
rate of $0.54 per BUC per year. The General Partner determines the amount of the
distributions based upon the projected future cash flows of the Partnership.
Future distributions to BUC holders will depend upon the amount of base and
contingent interest received on its tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds and cash
received from other investments (including MF Properties), the amount of its
borrowings and the effective interest rate these borrowings, and the amount of
the Partnership’s undistributed cash.
The
Partnership believes that cash provided by its tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds
and other investments will be adequate to meet its projected long-term liquidity
requirements, including the payment of expenses, interest and distributions to
BUC holders. Recently, income from investments has not been
sufficient to fund such expenditures without utilizing cash reserves to
supplement the deficit. See discussion below regarding “Cash
Available for Distribution.”
The
credit and capital markets have continued to deteriorate. If
uncertainties in these markets continue, the markets deteriorate further or the
Company experiences deterioration in the values of its investment portfolio, the
Company may incur impairments to its investment portfolio which could negatively
impact the Company’s financial condition, cash flows, and reported
earnings.
VIE
Liquidity
The VIEs’
primary source of cash is net rental revenues generated by their real estate
investments. Net rental revenues from a multifamily apartment property depend on
the rental and occupancy rates of the property and on the level of operating
expenses. Occupancy rates and rents are directly affected by the supply of, and
demand for, apartments in the market area in which a property is located. This,
in turn, is affected by several factors such as local or national economic
conditions, the amount of new apartment construction and the affordability of
single-family homes. In addition, factors such as government regulation (such as
zoning laws), inflation, real estate and other taxes, labor problems and natural
disasters can affect the economic operations of an apartment
property.
The VIEs’
primary uses of cash are: (i) the payment of operating expenses; and (ii) the
payment of debt service on the VIEs’ bonds and mortgage notes payable which are
held by the Partnership.
Consolidated
Liquidity
On a
consolidated basis, cash provided by operating activities for 2008 increased
approximately $218,000 compared to 2007 and cash provided by operating
activities for 2007 decreased approximately $1.4 million compared to 2006 mainly
due to changes in working capital components. Cash from investing
activities increased approximately $31.4 million in 2008 compared to 2007. In
2008, cash used for investing activities resulted primarily from the purchase of
the MF Properties, the acquisition of additional tax-exempt revenue bonds and an
increase in restricted cash offset by the sale of the Deerfield and Chandler
Creek bonds. Restricted cash increased in 2008 because the Company had to
deposit additional cash collateral on its TOB facility of approximately $10.0
million. Cash from investing activities decreased approximately $54.4 million in
2007 compared to 2006 primarily due to the purchase of the MF Properties and the
acquisition of additional tax-exempt revenue bonds in 2007. In 2008,
cash from financing activities decreased by $45.4 million as compared to 2007 as
a result of lower net borrowings and the fact that no sales of additional BUCs
were completed in 2008 as compared to 2007. Cash from financing
activities increased approximately $57.0 million in 2007 compared to
2006. This is the result of the receipt of proceeds from the mortgage
on the MF Properties, additional issuances of debt in the P-Float program, and
the sale of additional BUCs offset by the payment of liabilities
assumed.
Historically,
our primary leverage vehicle has been the Merrill Lynch P-Float
program. Credit rating downgrades at Merrill Lynch resulted in a
significant increase in Merrill Lynch’s cost of borrowing which, in turn,
resulted in a significantly higher interest rate on the Company’s P-Float
financing. As discussed in Note 8 to the financial statements, on
June 26, 2008, the Company effectively replaced the Merrill Lynch P-Float
program by entering into an agreement for a TOB facility agreement with Bank of
America. The new TOB facility functions in much the same fashion as
the P-Float program. In connection with the TOB facility, tax-exempt
mortgage revenue bonds are placed into trusts which issue senior securities
(known as “Floater Certificates”) to unaffiliated institutional investors and
subordinated residual interest securities (known as “Inverse Certificates”) to
the Company. Net proceeds generated by the sale of the Floater
Certificates are then remitted to the Company and accounted for as secured
borrowings and, in effect, provide variable-rate financing for the acquisition
of tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds and other investments meeting the Company’s
investment criteria and for other purposes. The new TOB facility is a one year
agreement with a one year renewal option held by Bank of America and bears a
variable interest rate at a weekly floating bond rate, the SIFMA floating index,
plus associated remarketing, credit enhancement, liquidity and trustee
fees.
On June
26, 2008, as part of the new TOB facility, Bank of America funded a $65.1
million bridge loan which was used to retire the Merrill Lynch P-float program
debt. On July 3, 2008, the new TOB facility was closed and the
resulting Floater Certificates were sold. The closing of the TOB
facility resulted in debt proceeds of approximately $76.7
million. After repayment of the bridge loan and related fees and
expenses, net proceeds of approximately $10.8 million were remitted to the
Company for investment in additional tax-exempt mortgage bonds and other
investments consistent with its investment policies and for other
purposes. The initial variable interest rate at closing of the TOB
facility was 3.27% calculated as the SIFMA index of 1.62% plus fees of 1.65%.
During 2008 and 2007, the Company’s average effective interest rate on the
P-Float and TOB facility was approximately 4.5% and 4.4%,
respectively.
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In
connection with the acquisition of the MF Properties, the Company has a total of
$30.9 million of mortgage loans outstanding. In the third quarter of
2008 the Churchland acquisition was financed with first and second mortgage
loans totaling approximately $6.5 million, a $5.5 million first mortgage and a
$1.0 million second mortgage. The interest rate on the first mortgage loan is
variable and is calculated as one month LIBOR plus 2.55%. As of the
transaction date, LIBOR was 2.471% and the interest on the mortgage loan was
5.021% per annum. The first mortgage loan matures in September
2013. The interest rate on the second mortgage loan is fixed for the
first 36 months at 6.0% and then switches to LIBOR plus 3.0% for the remaining
term. The second mortgage loan matures in November
2013. The fourth quarter 2008 acquisition of Glynn Place was financed
with a mortgage loan of $4.5 million. The interest rate on the mortgage loan is
variable and is calculated as daily LIBOR plus 2.50%. As of the first payment
date, December 1, 2008, LIBOR was 1.43% and the interest on the mortgage loan
was 3.93% per annum. The mortgage loan matures in November 2011. In
connection with the 2007 acquisition of the six MF Properties located in Ohio
and Kentucky, a mortgage loan of approximately $19.9 million was
obtained. The interest rate on this mortgage loan is variable and is
calculated as one month LIBOR plus 1.55%. The mortgage loan matures
in July 2009. This mortgage loan contains three one-year renewal
options held by the Company. The Company intends to renew the
mortgage for an additional year. As of December 31, 2008, one month
LIBOR was 4.86%.
In the
long term, the General Partner believes that cash provided by the Company’s
tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds and other investments will be adequate to meet
its projected liquidity requirements, including the payment of expenses,
interest and distributions to BUC holders. The Company’s regular
annual distributions are currently equal to $0.54 per BUC, or $0.135 per quarter
per BUC. The General Partner currently expects to maintain the annual
distribution amount of $0.54 per BUC. See discussion below regarding
“Cash Available for Distribution.”
Cash
Available for Distribution
Management
utilizes a calculation of Cash Available for Distribution (“CAD”) as a means to
determine the Partnership’s ability to make distributions to BUC
holders. The General Partner believes that CAD provides relevant
information about its operations and is necessary along with net income for
understanding its operating results. To calculate CAD, amortization
expense related to debt financing costs and bond reissuance costs, Tier 2 income
due to the General Partner as defined in the Agreement of Limited Partnership,
interest rate derivative expense or income (including adjustments to fair
value), provision for loan losses, impairments on bonds, losses related to VIEs
including the cumulative effect of accounting change and depreciation and
amortization expense are added back to the Company’s net income (loss) as
computed in accordance with GAAP. There is no generally accepted
methodology for computing CAD, and the Company’s computation of CAD may not be
comparable to CAD reported by other companies. Although the Company
considers CAD to be a useful measure of its operating performance, CAD should
not be considered as an alternative to net income or net cash flows from
operating activities which are calculated in accordance with GAAP.
The
Partnership’s regular annual distributions are currently equal to $0.54 per
unit. At times recently CAD has not been sufficient to fully fund
such distributions without utilizing cash reserves to supplement the
deficit. While the Partnership currently expects to maintain the
annual distribution amount of $0.54 per BUC, if it is unable generate CAD at
levels in excess of the annual distribution, such distribution amount may need
to be reduced.
The
following tables show the calculation of CAD for the years ended December 31,
2008, 2007 and 2006.
2008
|
2007
|
2006
|
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Net
income (loss)
|
$ | (1,031,240 | ) | $ | 940,866 | $ | 12,776,735 | |||||
Net
(income) loss related to VIEs and eliminations due to
consolidation
|
3,756,894 | 3,452,591 | (3,863,226 | ) | ||||||||
Net
income before impact of VIE consolidation
|
2,725,654 | 4,393,457 | 8,913,509 | |||||||||
Change
in fair value of derivatives and interest rate derivative
amortization
|
721,102 | 249,026 | 210 | |||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization expense (Partnership only)
|
2,840,500 | 1,478,278 | 25,605 | |||||||||
Tier
2 Income distributable to the General Partner (1)
|
(38,336 | ) | (57,830 | ) | (1,062,500 | ) | ||||||
CAD
|
$ | 6,248,920 | $ | 6,062,931 | $ | 7,876,824 | ||||||
Weighted
average number of units outstanding,
|
||||||||||||
basic
and diluted
|
13,512,928 | 12,491,490 | 9,837,928 | |||||||||
Net
income, basic and diluted, per unit
|
$ | 0.20 | $ | 0.34 | $ | 0.74 | ||||||
Total
CAD per unit
|
$ | 0.46 | $ | 0.49 | $ | 0.80 | ||||||
Distributions
per unit
|
$ | 0.5400 | $ | 0.5400 | $ | 0.5400 | ||||||
(1) As described in Note
3 to the consolidated financial statements, Net Interest Income
representing contingent interest and Net Residual Proceeds representing
contingent (Tier 2 income) will be distributed 75% to the BUC holders and
25% to the General Partner. This adjustment represents the 25% of Tier 2
income due to the General Partner. For 2008, Lake Forest generated
approximately $45,000, Fairmont Oaks generated approximately $54,000, and
Iona Lakes generated approximately $54,000 of Tier 2 income. For 2007,
Lake Forest generated approximately $231,000 of Tier 2 income. For 2006,
the Northwoods Lake Apartments provided for $4.25 million of Tier 2
income.
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Off
Balance Sheet Arrangements
As of
December 31, 2008 and 2007, the Partnership invested in tax-exempt mortgage
revenue bonds which are collateralized by multifamily housing
projects. The multifamily housing projects are owned by entities that
are not controlled by the Partnership. The Partnership has no equity
interest in these entities and does not guarantee any obligations of these
entities. Some of the ownership entities are deemed to be VIEs and
are consolidated with the Partnership for financial reporting
purposes. The VIEs that are consolidated with the Partnership do not
have off-balance sheet arrangements.
The
Partnership has financed the acquisition of some of its tax-exempt revenue bonds
using the Bank of America TOB facility. Although this financing
involves placing the mortgage revenue bonds in trust in exchange for an interest
in the trust, the transaction is treated as a leveraged financing and not a sale
of the mortgage revenue bonds. Therefore, the Partnership continues to reflect
the mortgage revenue bonds as assets in its balance sheet and does not have any
off-balance sheet arrangements.
The
Partnership does not engage in trading activities involving non-exchange traded
contracts. As such, the Partnership is not materially exposed to any financing,
liquidity, market, or credit risk that could arise if it had engaged in such
relationships.
The
Partnership does not have any relationships or transactions with persons or
entities that derive benefits from their non-independent relationships with the
Company or its related parties other than what is disclosed in Note 9 to the
Company’s consolidated financial statements.
Contractual
Obligations
The
Partnership has the following contractual obligations as of December 31,
2008:
Payments
due by period
|
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Less
than
|
1-2
|
More
than 2
|
||||||||||||||||
Total
|
1 year
|
years
|
years
|
|||||||||||||||
Debt
financing
|
$ | 76,565,237 | $ | 76,565,237 | $ | - | $ | - | ||||||||||
Mortgages
payable
|
$ | 30,908,790 | $ | 20,045,129 | $ | 4,558,725 | $ | 6,304,936 | ||||||||||
Effective interest rate(s) (1) | - | 4.27 | % | 4.13 | % | 5.49 | % | |||||||||||
Interest (2) | $ | 2,534,941 | $ | 2,000,656 | $ | 188,047 | $ | 346,238 | ||||||||||
(1) Interest rates
shown are the average effective rate as of December 31, 2008 and include
the impact of our interest rate derivatives.
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(2) Interest shown is
estimated based upon current effective interest rates through
maturity.
|
As
discussed in Note 8 to the financial statements, the Company entered into a new
TOB facility in 2008. The new TOB facility is a one-year agreement
with a one-year renewal option held by Bank of America. As of
December 31, 2008, all amounts due under the new TOB facility along with
approximately $20.0 million of mortgage borrowings on MF Properties are due in
less than 12 months. The Company is currently negotiating with Bank
of America and expects to renew the TOB Facility. In addition, The
Company is currently negotiating with other potential lenders to provide either
a facility similar to the current TOB Facility, except with a longer term, or
another alternative form of financing. In addition, approximately
$19.9 million in outstanding mortgage financing related to the MF Properties
located in Ohio and Kentucky is due in less than one year. This
mortgage loan contains three one-year renewal options held by the
Company. The Company intends to renew the mortgage for an additional
year. While the Company expects to be able to renew or refinance
current debt maturities, if the current illiquidity in the financial markets
continues or further deteriorates, the Company’s ability to renew or refinance
its outstanding debt financing may be negatively impacted.
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Inflation
With
respect to the financial results of the Partnership’s investments in tax-exempt
mortgage revenue bonds, substantially all of the resident leases at the
multifamily residential properties, which collateralize the Partnership’s
tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds, allow, at the time of renewal, for
adjustments in the rent payable thereunder, and thus may enable the properties
to seek rent increases. The substantial majority of these leases are for one
year or less. The short-term nature of these leases generally serves to reduce
the risk to the properties of the adverse effects of inflation; however, market
conditions may prevent the properties from increasing rental rates in amounts
sufficient to offset higher operating expenses. Inflation did not have a
significant impact on the Partnership’s financial results for the years
presented in this report.
Recent
Accounting Pronouncements
In
December 2008, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued FASB
Staff Position (“FSP”) FAS 140-4 and FIN 46(R)-8, Disclosures by Public Entities
(Enterprises) about Transfers of Financial Assets and Interests in Variable
Interest Entities. This FSP was issued in advance of the finalization of
other proposed amendments to Statement No. 140 and Interpretation
No. 46R and requires additional disclosures about transfers of financial
assets and about an entity’s involvement with variable interest entities. The
Company was required to adopt this FSP for financial statements issued for
reporting periods ending after December 15, 2008. Adoption of this
FSP affects disclosures only and therefore has no impact on the Company’s
financial condition, results of operations or cash flows. The Company’s
disclosures are included in Note 4 to the consolidated financial
statements.
In
October 2008, the FASB issued FSP FAS No. 157-3, Determining the Fair Value of a
Financial Asset When the Market for That Asset Is Not Active (“FSP FAS
No. 157-3”) clarifies the application of SFAS No. 157, Fair Value Measurements, in a
market that is not active and provides an example to illustrate key
considerations in determining the fair value of a financial asset when the
market for that financial asset is not active. This FSP is effective upon
issuance, and we considered its guidance in determining the fair value of our
tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds.
In May
2008, the FASB issued Statement No. 162, The Hierarchy of Generally Accepted
Accounting Principles (“SFAS No. 162”). SFAS No. 162 identifies the
sources of accounting principles and the framework for selecting the principles
to be used in the preparation of financial statements that are presented in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.
SFAS No. 162 is effective 60 days following the SEC’s approval of the PCAOB
amendments to AU Section 411, “The Meaning of ‘Present fairly in conformity with
generally accepted accounting principles’.” SFAS No. 162 is not
expected to have a material impact on the Company’s financial
statements.
In March
2008, the FASB issued Statement No. 161, Disclosures about Derivative
Instruments and Hedging Activities—an amendment of FASB Statement No. 133
(“SFAS No. 161”). This statement
changes the
existing disclosure requirements in FASB Statement No. 133, Accounting for Derivative
Instruments and Hedging Activities. SFAS
No. 161 requires enhanced disclosures about an entity’s derivative and hedging
activities. The additional disclosures required by the statement will
be required to be included in the Company’s financial statements beginning with
the first quarter of 2009.
In
December 2007, the FASB issued Statement No. 160, Noncontrolling Interests in
Consolidated Financial Statements- an amendment of ARB 51
(“SFAS No. 160”). SFAS No. 160 requires that a
noncontrolling interest in a subsidiary be reported as equity and the amount of
consolidated net income specifically attributable to the noncontrolling interest
be identified in the consolidated financial statements. It also calls for
consistency in the manner of reporting changes in the parent’s ownership
interest and requires fair value measurement of any noncontrolling equity
investment retained in a deconsolidation. SFAS No. 160 is effective
for the Company on January 1, 2009. The Company does not expect the
application of SFAS No. 160 to have a material impact on the
consolidated financial statements.
In
December 2007, the FASB issued Statement No. 141 (revised 2007), Business Combinations
(“SFAS No. 141R”). SFAS No. 141R broadens the
guidance of SFAS No. 141, extending its applicability to all
transactions and other events in which one entity obtains control over one or
more other businesses. It broadens the fair value measurement and recognition of
assets acquired, liabilities assumed, and interests transferred as a result of
business combinations. SFAS No. 141R is effective for the Company on
January 1, 2009. The Company is currently evaluating the impact that
SFAS No. 141R will have on its consolidated financial statements upon
application to future acquisitions.
In
February 2007, the FASB issued Statement No. 159, The Fair Value Option for Financial
Assets and Financial Liabilities – Including an
amendment of FASB No. 115 (“SFAS No. 159”). This statement permits,
but does not require, entities to choose to measure many financial instruments
and certain other items at fair value. SFAS No. 159 was effective for
the Company beginning on January 1, 2008. The Company elected not to
adopt the provisions of SFAS No. 159 with respect to any financial instruments
held by the Company as of or after January 1, 2008.
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Item
7A. Quantitative and Qualitative
Disclosures About Market Risk.
The
Partnership's primary market risk exposures are interest rate risk and credit
risk. The Partnership's exposure to market risks relates primarily to its
investments in tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds and its debt
financing.
The
Company bases the fair value of the tax-exempt bonds, which have a limited
market, on a discounted cash flow or yield to maturity analysis performed by the
General Partner. This calculation methodology encompasses judgment in its
application. If available, the General Partner may also consider
price quotes on similar bonds or other information from external sources, such
as pricing services. As of December 31, 2008, all of the Company’s
tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds were valued using management’s discounted cash
flow and yield to maturity analyses. Pricing services, broker quotes
and management’s analyses provide indicative pricing only. Due to the
limited market for the tax-exempt bonds, these estimates of fair value do not
necessarily represent what the Company would actually receive in a sale of the
bonds.
The
credit and capital markets have continued to deteriorate. If
uncertainties in these markets continue, the markets deteriorate further or the
Company experiences deterioration in the values of its investment portfolio, the
Company may incur impairments to its investment portfolio which could negatively
impact the Company’s financial condition, cash flows, and reported
earnings.
Interest
Rate Risk
Interest
rates are highly sensitive to many factors, including governmental, monetary and
tax policies, domestic and international economic and political considerations
and other factors beyond the Partnership’s control. The nature of the
Partnership’s investment in the tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds and the debt
financing used to finance these investments exposes the Partnership to financial
risk due to fluctuations in market interest rates. The tax-exempt
mortgage revenue bonds bear base interest at fixed rates and may additionally
pay contingent interest which fluctuates based upon the cash flows of the
underlying property. As of December 31, 2008, the weighted average
base rate of the tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds was 4.4%. Accordingly, the
interest income generated by the tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds is generally
fixed, except to the extent the underlying properties generate enough excess
cash flow to pay contingent interest. Each of the bonds matures after
2011.
Conversely,
the interest rate on the Partnership’s floating rate TOB facility fluctuates
based on the SIFMA Index Rate, which resets weekly. Accordingly, the
Partnership’s cost of borrowing will increase as the SIFMA Index Rate
increases. As of December 31, 2008, the Partnership had total debt
financing outstanding on the TOB facility of $76.6 million. The
weighted average effective interest rate for 2008 on the debt indexed to the
SIFMA rate was approximately 4.4%, including all fees. If
the average SIFMA Index Rate, including fees, had increased or decreased by 100
basis points for the year ended December 31, 2008, the interest expense payments
on this variable-rate debt financing would have increased or decreased by
approximately $766,000, respectively. In the event of a significant
unfavorable fluctuation in interest rates, the Partnership may collapse each of
its financing transactions by exercising the call feature of the respective bond
securitization. The SIFMA Index Rate, net of any fees, ranged from 0.85% to
7.96% during the year ended December 31, 2008, while the base rates of the
securitized tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds range from 6.0% to 7.50% as of
December 31, 2008. In the event that the SIFMA Index Rate rises dramatically and
exceeds the base rate of the securitized tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds, the
trust holding the bonds would be collapsed as a result of insufficient interest
from the underlying fixed-rate tax-exempt mortgage bond to service the floating
rate senior interest obligations of the TOB facility. Upon collapse of the
trust, the Company would have to either refinance or sell the tax-exempt
mortgage revenue bonds. A decrease in the net interest income earned through the
structure of the securitizations would decrease cash available for
distributions.
The
interest rate of the mortgage financing on the MF Properties fluctuates based on
the LIBOR. Accordingly, the cost of borrowing on the debt will
increase as the LIBOR increases. As of December 31, 2008, the
outstanding balance of the mortgage financing of the MF Properties was $30.9
million. The weighted average effective interest rate for 2008 on the
debt outstanding as of December 31, 2008 was approximately 4.4%. If
the average LIBOR Rate, including fees, had increased or decreased by 100 basis
points for the year ended December 31, 2008, the interest expense payments on
this variable-rate debt financing would have increased or decreased by
approximately $309,000, respectively.
The
Partnership is managing its interest rate risk on its debt financing by entering
into interest rate cap agreements that cap the amount of interest expense it
could pay on its floating rate debt financing as follows:
Effective
|
Maturity
|
Purchase
|
||||||||
Date
Purchased
|
Notional
Amount
|
Capped
Rate
|
Date
|
Price
|
Counterparty
|
|||||
February
1, 2003
|
$15,000,000
|
2.95%
|
(1)
|
January
1, 2010
|
$608,000
|
Bank
of America
|
||||
June
29, 2007
|
$19,920,000
|
8.30%
|
July
1, 2009
|
$17,500
|
JP
Morgan
|
|||||
July
7, 2008
|
$60,000,000
|
2.50%
|
August
1, 2011
|
$985,000
|
US
Bank
|
|||||
October
29, 2008
|
$4,480,000
|
6.00%
|
November
1, 2011
|
$26,512
|
Bank
of America
|
|||||
(1) The
counterparty has exercised the right to convert the cap into a fixed rate
swap effective February
1, 2008. Under the terms of the swap arrangement, the Partnership pays a
fixed rate of
2.95%.
|
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Using
these interest derivative agreements, the Partnership is able to benefit from a
low interest rate environment, while still remaining protected from a
significant increase in the floating rates. Two of the interest rate derivatives
relate to our TOB facility. Specifically, the $15.0 million notional
value interest rate swap and the $60.0 million notional value interest rate cap,
serve to effectively fix or cap the interest rate on $75.0 million of our $76.6
million outstanding variable rate debt on our TOB facility at December 31,
2008. The $19.9 million notional value and $4.5 million notional
value interest rate caps are based on LIBOR and relate to a portion of our
outstanding variable rate mortgage debt on MF Properties.
The
derivative agreements are required to be marked to fair value with the
difference recognized in earnings as interest expense which can result in
significant volatility to reported net income over the term of the agreements.
The weighted-average effective rate on the debt financing, excluding the effect
of marking the interest rate cap agreements to fair value, was 4.5% for the year
ended December 31, 2008. At times during 2007 and 2008, our effective
interest rates were in excess of our interest rate caps resulting in cash
payments to the Partnership of approximately $76,000 in 2007 and approximately
$117,000 in 2008.
The fair
value of the Partnership’s investments in tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds,
which bear fixed base interest rates, is also directly impacted by changes in
market interest rates. An increase in rates will cause the fair value
of the bonds to decrease. Although changes in the fair value of the
bonds do not impact earnings or cash flow, they affect total partners’ capital
and book value per unit. In addition, if the fair value of the bonds
decreases, the Partnership may need to provide additional collateral for its
debt financing.
Credit
Risk
The
Partnership’s primary credit risk is the risk of default on its portfolio of
tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds and taxable loans collateralized by the
multifamily properties. The tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds are not direct
obligations of the governmental authorities that issued the bonds and are not
guaranteed by such authorities or any insurer or other party. In addition, the
tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds and the associated taxable loans are
non-recourse obligations of the property owner. As a result, the sole source of
principal and interest payments (including both base and contingent interest) on
the tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds and the taxable loans is the net rental
revenues generated by these properties or the net proceeds from the sale of
these properties.
If a
property is unable to sustain net rental revenues at a level necessary to pay
current debt service obligations on the Partnership’s tax-exempt mortgage
revenue bond or taxable loan on such property, a default may occur. A property’s
ability to generate net rental income is subject to a wide variety of factors,
including rental and occupancy rates of the property and the level of operating
expenses. Occupancy rates and rents are directly affected by the supply of, and
demand for, apartments in the market area in which a property is located. This,
in turn, is affected by several factors such as local or national economic
conditions, the amount of new apartment construction and the affordability of
single-family homes. In addition, factors such as government regulation (such as
zoning laws), inflation, real estate and other taxes, labor problems and natural
disasters can affect the economic operations of an apartment
property.
Additionally,
three bonds owned by the Partnership are construction bonds. The
principal risk associated with construction lending is the risk that
construction of the property will be substantially delayed or never
completed. This may occur for a number of reasons including
(i) insufficient financing to complete the project due to underestimated
construction costs or cost overruns; (ii) failure of contractors or
subcontractors to perform under their agreements, (iii) inability to obtain
governmental approvals; (iv) labor disputes, and (v) adverse weather and other
unpredictable contingencies beyond the control of the
developer. If a property is not completed, or costs more to
complete than anticipated, it may cause the Partnership to receive less than the
full amount of interest owed to it on the tax-exempt bond financing such
property or otherwise result in a default under the mortgage loan that secures
its tax-exempt bond on the property. As construction or renovation is
completed, these properties will move into the lease-up phase. The
lease-up of these properties may not be completed on schedule or at anticipated
rent levels, resulting in a greater risk that these investments may go into
default than investments secured by mortgages on properties that are stabilized
or fully leased-up. The underlying property may not achieve expected
occupancy or debt service coverage levels. In order to lower these risks, the
Partnership has required the owners/developers of these projects to enter into
guaranteed maximum price contracts, obtain payment and performance bonds, and
have capitalized interest reserve funds.
Defaults
on its tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds and taxable loans may reduce the amount
of future cash available for distribution to BUC holders. In addition, if a
property’s net rental income declines, it may affect the market value of the
property. If the market value of a property deteriorates, the amount of net
proceeds from the ultimate sale or refinancing of the property may be
insufficient to repay the entire principal balance of the tax-exempt mortgage
revenue bond or taxable loan secured by the property. In the event of
a default on a tax-exempt mortgage revenue bond or taxable loan, the Partnership
will have the right to foreclose on the mortgage or deed of trust securing the
property. If the Partnership takes ownership of the property securing a
defaulted tax-exempt mortgage revenue bond, it will be entitled to all net
rental revenues generated by the property. However, such amounts will no longer
represent tax-exempt interest to the Partnership.
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The
Partnership’s primary method of managing the credit risks associated with its
tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds and taxable loans is to perform a complete due
diligence and underwriting process of the properties securing these mortgage
bonds and loans and to carefully monitor the performance of such property on a
continuous basis.
The
Partnership is also exposed to credit risk with respect to its debt financing. A
significant portion of the Partnership’s debt financing has been obtained using
securitizations issued through the Bank of America TOB facility. In this
program, the senior interests sold are credit enhanced by Bank of America or its
affiliate. The inability of Bank of America or its affiliate to perform under
the program or impairment of the credit enhancement may increase the cost of
borrowing under the TOB facility or may even terminate the transaction and cause
the Partnership to lose the net interest income earned as a result. The
Partnership recognizes the concentration of financing with this institution and
periodically monitors its ability to continue to perform. We are currently
negotiating with other potential lenders to provide a facility similar to the
current TOB Facility, except with a longer term, or another alternative form of
financing. If successful, any new facility will help to mitigate the
current risk.
As the
above information incorporates only those material positions or exposures that
existed as of December 31, 2008, it does not consider those exposures or
positions that could arise after that date. The ultimate economic impact of
these market risks on the Partnership will depend on the exposures that arise
during the period, the Partnership’s risk mitigating strategies at that time and
overall business and economic environment.
Concentration
of Credit Risk
The
Company maintains the majority of its unrestricted cash balances at two
financial institutions. The balances insured by the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation have been temporarily increased to $250,000 at each
institution. At various times, the cash balances may exceed the
$250,000 limit. The Company is also exposed to risk on its short-term
investments in the event of non-performance by counterparties. The
Company does not anticipate any non-performance. This risk is
minimized significantly by the Company’s portfolio being restricted to
investment grade securities.
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Item
8. Financial Statements and
Supplementary Data.
REPORT OF
INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the
Partners of
America
First Tax Exempt Investors, L.P.
We have
audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of America First Tax Exempt
Investors, L.P. and subsidiaries (the "Company") as of December 31, 2008 and
2007, and the related consolidated statements of operations, of partners’
capital and comprehensive income (loss), and of cash flows for each of the three
years in the period ended December 31, 2008. These financial statements
are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is
to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our
audits. We did not audit the financial statements of Woodbridge
Apartments of Louisville II, L.P. and Woodbridge Apartments of Bloomington III,
L.P. (consolidated variable interest entities), which statements, collectively,
reflect total revenues constituting 21% of consolidated total revenues for the
year ended December 31, 2006. Those statements were audited by other
auditors whose reports have been furnished to us, and our opinion, insofar as it
relates to the amounts included for Woodbridge Apartments of Louisville II, L.P.
and Woodbridge Apartments of Bloomington III, L.P. for 2006, is based solely on
the reports of the other auditors.
We
conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that
we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the
financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes
examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in
the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting
principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as
evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that
our audits and the reports of the other auditors provide a reasonable basis for
our opinion.
In our
opinion, based on our audits and the reports of the other auditors, such
consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the
financial position of America First Tax Exempt Investors, L.P. and subsidiaries
as of December 31, 2008 and 2007, and the results of their operations and their
cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2008, in
conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of
America.
As
discussed in Note 5 to the financial statements, the financial statements
include tax-exempt investments valued at $44,493,000 (28% of total assets) and
$66,167,000 (40% of total assets) as of December 31, 2008 and 2007,
respectively, whose fair values have been estimated by management in the absence
of readily determinable fair values. At December 31, 2008,
management’s estimates were based on discounted cash flow or yield to maturity
analyses performed by management. At December 31, 2007, management’s
estimates were based on quotes from external sources, such as brokers, for these
or similar investments, with the exception of one bond, for which management
estimated the fair value as the present value of its expected cash flows using a
discount rate for comparable tax-exempt investments.
We have
also audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting
Oversight Board (United States), the Company's internal control over financial
reporting as of December 31, 2008, based on the criteria established in Internal Control—Integrated
Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the
Treadway Commission and our report dated February 27, 2009 expressed an
unqualified opinion on the Company's internal control over financial
reporting.
/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE
LLP
Omaha,
Nebraska
February
27, 2009
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AMERICA
FIRST TAX EXEMPT INVESTORS, L.P.
CONSOLIDATED
BALANCE SHEETS
December
31,
|
December
31,
|
|||||||
2008
|
2007
|
|||||||
Assets
|
||||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
$ | 7,196,274 | $ | 14,676,668 | ||||
Restricted
cash
|
12,848,614 | 2,573,231 | ||||||
Interest
receivable
|
769,201 | 534,699 | ||||||
Tax-exempt
mortgage revenue bonds, at fair value
|
44,492,526 | 66,167,116 | ||||||
Real
estate assets:
|
||||||||
Land
|
10,774,790 | 8,859,649 | ||||||
Buildings
and improvements
|
86,903,743 | 75,552,309 | ||||||
Real
estate assets before accumulated depreciation
|
97,678,533 | 84,411,958 | ||||||
Accumulated
depreciation
|
(17,499,670 | ) | (14,165,444 | ) | ||||
Net
real estate assets
|
80,178,863 | 70,246,514 | ||||||
Other
assets
|
4,263,937 | 2,284,191 | ||||||
Assets
of discontinued operations
|
8,113,861 | 8,396,589 | ||||||
Total
Assets
|
$ | 157,863,276 | $ | 164,879,008 | ||||
Liabilities
|
||||||||
Accounts
payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities
|
$ | 3,380,666 | $ | 3,328,418 | ||||
Distribution
payable
|
2,432,327 | 2,432,327 | ||||||
Debt
financing
|
56,981,577 | 52,544,333 | ||||||
Mortgages
payable
|
30,908,790 | 19,920,000 | ||||||
Liabilities
of discontinued operations
|
23,264,589 | 22,330,707 | ||||||
Total
Liabilities
|
116,967,949 | 100,555,785 | ||||||
Commitments
and Contingencies (Note 12)
|
||||||||
Minority
interest
|
67,716 | 48,756 | ||||||
Partners'
Capital
|
||||||||
General
partner
|
261,785 | 348,913 | ||||||
Beneficial
Unit Certificate holders
|
93,277,480 | 112,880,314 | ||||||
Unallocated
deficit of variable interest entities
|
(52,711,654 | ) | (48,954,760 | ) | ||||
Total
Partners' Capital
|
40,827,611 | 64,274,467 | ||||||
Total
Liabilities and Partners' Capital
|
$ | 157,863,276 | $ | 164,879,008 | ||||
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of the condensed consolidated
financial statements.
|
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AMERICA
FIRST TAX EXEMPT INVESTORS, L.P.
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
Years
Ended December 31,
|
||||||||||||
2008
|
2007
|
2006
|
||||||||||
Revenues:
|
||||||||||||
Property
revenues
|
$ | 13,773,801 | $ | 11,208,209 | $ | 9,266,223 | ||||||
Mortgage
revenue bond investment income
|
4,230,205 | 3,227,254 | 1,423,180 | |||||||||
Other
interest income
|
150,786 | 751,797 | 337,008 | |||||||||
Loss
on sale of securities
|
(68,218 | ) | - | - | ||||||||
Total
Revenues
|
18,086,574 | 15,187,260 | 11,026,411 | |||||||||
Expenses:
|
||||||||||||
Real
estate operating (exclusive of items shown below)
|
8,872,219 | 7,299,257 | 5,945,364 | |||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
4,987,417 | 3,611,249 | 1,895,546 | |||||||||
Interest
|
4,106,072 | 2,595,616 | 1,303,760 | |||||||||
General
and administrative
|
1,808,459 | 1,577,551 | 1,575,942 | |||||||||
Total
Expenses
|
19,774,167 | 15,083,673 | 10,720,612 | |||||||||
Minority
interest in net loss of consolidated subsidiaries
|
9,364 | 13,030 | - | |||||||||
Income
(loss) from continuing operations
|
(1,678,229 | ) | 116,617 | 305,799 | ||||||||
Income
from discontinued operations, (including gain on sale of $11,667,246 in
2006)
|
646,989 | 824,249 | 12,470,936 | |||||||||
Net
income (loss)
|
$ | (1,031,240 | ) | $ | 940,866 | $ | 12,776,735 | |||||
Limited
partners' interest in net income per unit (basic and
diluted):
|
||||||||||||
Income
from continuing operations
|
$ | 0.20 | $ | 0.34 | $ | 0.74 | ||||||
Income
from discontinued operations
|
- | - | - | |||||||||
Income
before cumulative effect of accounting change
|
0.20 | 0.34 | 0.74 | |||||||||
Cumulative
effect of accounting change
|
- | - | - | |||||||||
Net
income, basic and diluted, per unit
|
$ | 0.20 | $ | 0.34 | $ | 0.74 | ||||||
Weighted
average number of units outstanding,
|
||||||||||||
basic
and diluted
|
13,512,928 | 12,491,490 | 9,837,928 | |||||||||
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial
statements.
|
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AMERICA
FIRST TAX EXEMPT INVESTORS, L.P.
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF PARTNERS' CAPITAL AND
COMPREHENSIVE
INCOME (LOSS)
FOR
THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2008, 2007 AND 2006
Beneficial
Unit Certificate
Holders
|
Unallocated
|
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
deficit
of
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
General
|
variable
interest
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Partner
|
#
of Units
|
Amount
|
entities
|
Total
|
Income
(Loss)
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Balance
at January 1, 2006
|
$ | 178,058 | 9,837,928 | $ | 88,827,327 | $ | (49,365,395 | ) | $ | 39,639,990 | $ | (642,703 | ) | ||||||||||||
Comprehensive
income:
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
income
|
1,627,305 | - | 7,286,204 | 3,863,226 | 12,776,735 | - | |||||||||||||||||||
Unrealized
loss on securities
|
(797 | ) | - | (78,935 | ) | - | (79,732) | (1 | ) | (79,732 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Total
comprehensive income
|
12,697,003 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distributions
paid or accrued
|
(278,504 | ) | - | (5,312,129 | ) | - | (5,590,633) | - | |||||||||||||||||
Balance
at December 31, 2006
|
1,526,062 | 9,837,928 | 90,722,467 | (45,502,169 | ) | 46,746,360 | (722,435 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
Sale
of Beneficial Unit Certificates
|
3,675,000 | 27,495,512 | 27,495,512 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Comprehensive
income:
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
income
|
99,451 | - | 4,294,006 | (3,452,591 | ) | 940,866 | - | ||||||||||||||||||
Unrealized
loss on securities
|
(28,594 | ) | - | (2,830,815 | ) | - | (2,859,409) | (1 | ) | (2,859,409 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Total
comprehensive loss
|
(1,918,543) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distributions
paid or accrued
|
(1,248,006 | ) | - | (6,800,856 | ) | - | (8,048,862) | - | |||||||||||||||||
Balance
at December 31, 2007
|
348,913 | 13,512,928 | 112,880,314 | (48,954,760 | ) | 64,274,467 | (3,581,844 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
Comprehensive
income:
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
income (loss)
|
64,059 | - | 2,661,595 | (3,756,894 | ) | (1,031,240) | - | ||||||||||||||||||
Unrealized
loss on securities
|
(132,760 | ) | - | (13,143,203 | ) | - | (13,275,963) | (1 | ) | (13,275,963 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Total
comprehensive loss
|
(14,307,203) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distributions
paid or accrued
|
(1,842,672 | ) | - | (7,296,981 | ) | - | (9,139,653) | - | |||||||||||||||||
Reclassification
of Tier II income
|
1,824,245 | - | (1,824,245 | ) | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||
Balance
at December 31, 2008
|
$ | 261,785 | 13,512,928 | $ | 93,277,480 | $ | (52,711,654 | ) | $ | 40,827,611 | $ | (16,857,807 | ) | ||||||||||||
(1) No gains were
recognized in net income during the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007
and 2006.
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial
statements.
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AMERICA
FIRST TAX EXEMPT INVESTORS, L.P.
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOW
For
the years ended,
|
|||||||||||||
2008
|
2007
|
2006
|
|||||||||||
Cash
flows from operating activities:
|
|||||||||||||
Net
income (loss)
|
$ | (1,031,240 | ) | $ | 940,866 | $ | 12,776,735 | ||||||
Adjustments
to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating
activities:
|
|||||||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization expense
|
5,579,536 | 4,165,117 | 2,621,203 | ||||||||||
Non-cash
loss on derivatives
|
721,102 | 249,026 | 210 | ||||||||||
Loss
on sale of securities
|
68,218 | - | - | ||||||||||
Minority
interest in net loss of consolidated subsidiary
|
(9,364 | ) | (13,030 | ) | - | ||||||||
Gain
on sale of discontinued operations
|
- | - | (11,667,246 | ) | |||||||||
Changes
in operating assets and liabilities, net of effect of
acquisitions
|
|||||||||||||
Increase in interest receivable | (234,502 | ) | (270,539 | ) | (121,344 | ) | |||||||
(Increase) decrease in other assets | (735,057 | ) | (232,623 | ) | 842,613 | ||||||||
Decrease (increase) in accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities | 86,522 | (611,794 | ) | 1,184,924 | |||||||||
Net
cash provided by operating activities
|
4,445,215 | 4,227,023 | 5,637,095 | ||||||||||
Cash
flows from investing activities:
|
|||||||||||||
Proceeds
from the sale of tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds
|
19,346,363 | 4,800,000 | 19,200,000 | ||||||||||
Proceeds
from sale of discontinued operations
|
- | - | 10,443,223 | ||||||||||
Acquisition
of tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds
|
(12,435,000 | ) | (41,974,000 | ) | (10,190,000 | ) | |||||||
Acquisitions
of other tax-exempt bonds
|
- | - | (12,000,000 | ) | |||||||||
Increase
(decrease) in restricted cash
|
(10,305,284 | ) | (734,618 | ) | 985,068 | ||||||||
Capital
expenditures
|
(638,546 | ) | (929,050 | ) | (2,082,339 | ) | |||||||
Acquisition
of partnerships, net of cash acquired
|
(12,801,328 | ) | (9,220,390 | ) | - | ||||||||
Principal
payments received on tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds
|
81,625 | 50,873 | 40,834 | ||||||||||
Proceeds
from termination of derivatives
|
54,000 | - | - | ||||||||||
Principal
payments received on taxable loans
|
100,000 | - | - | ||||||||||
Net
cash (used) provided from investing activities
|
(16,598,170 | ) | (48,007,185 | ) | 6,396,786 | ||||||||
Cash
flows from financing activities:
|
|||||||||||||
Distributions
paid
|
(9,139,653 | ) | (7,182,913 | ) | (5,365,790 | ) | |||||||
Derivative
settlements
|
63,128 | - | - | ||||||||||
Proceeds
from mortgages payable
|
10,988,790 | 19,920,000 | - | ||||||||||
Increase
(decrease) in liabilities related to restricted cash
|
305,284 | 734,618 | (985,068 | ) | |||||||||
Debt
financing costs paid
|
(1,684,125 | ) | (1,271,266 | ) | - | ||||||||
Repayment
of liabilities assumed
|
- | (15,112,771 | ) | - | |||||||||
Proceeds
from debt financing
|
76,745,237 | 25,900,000 | - | ||||||||||
Principal
payments on debt financing and mortgage payable
|
(71,575,000 | ) | (275,000 | ) | (345,000 | ) | |||||||
Acquisition
of interest rate cap agreements
|
(1,011,512 | ) | (83,000 | ) | (159,700 | ) | |||||||
Sale
of Beneficial Unit Certificates
|
- | 27,495,512 | - | ||||||||||
Net
cash provided (used) by financing activities
|
4,692,149 | 50,125,180 | (6,855,558 | ) | |||||||||
Net
increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
|
(7,460,806 | ) | 6,345,018 | 5,178,323 | |||||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents at beginning of year, including cash and cash
equivalents of discontinued operations of $145,278 and $64,597 and
$506,361, respectively
|
14,821,946 | 8,476,928 | 3,298,605 | ||||||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents at end of year, including cash and cash equivalents
of discontinued operations of $164,866, $145,278, and $64,597,
respectively
|
$ | 7,361,140 | $ | 14,821,946 | $ | 8,476,928 | |||||||
Supplemental
disclosure of cash flow information:
|
|||||||||||||
Cash
paid during the year for interest
|
$ | 5,084,905 | $ | 3,018,436 | $ | 2,480,905 | |||||||
Receivable
from bond foreclosure
|
$ | 1,362,000 | $ | - | $ | - | |||||||
Capital
expenditures financed through accounts payable
|
$ | 43,242 | $ | - | $ | - | |||||||
Liabilites
assumed in the acquisition of partnerships
|
$ | 181,909 | $ | 15,742,740 | $ | - | |||||||
Distributions
declared but not paid
|
$ | 2,432,327 | $ | 2,432,327 | $ | 1,566,378 | |||||||
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of the condensed consolidated
financial statements.
|
44
AMERICA
FIRST TAX EXEMPT INVESTORS, L.P.
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR
THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2008, 2007 AND 2006
1. Organization
America
First Tax Exempt Investors, L.P. (the “Partnership”) was formed on April 2, 1998
under the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act for the purpose of
acquiring, holding, selling and otherwise dealing with a portfolio of federally
tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds which have been issued to provide construction
and/or permanent financing of multifamily residential apartments. Interest on
these bonds is excludable from gross income for federal income tax
purposes. As a result, most of the income earned by the Partnership
is exempt from federal income taxes. Our general partner is America
First Capital Associates Limited Partnership Two (“AFCA 2” or “General
Partner”). The Partnership will terminate on December 31, 2050 unless
terminated earlier under provisions of its Agreement of Limited
Partnership.
Recent
economic conditions have been unprecedented and challenging, with significantly
tighter credit conditions and slower growth expected in 2009. As a
result of these conditions, the cost and availability of credit has been, and
may continue to be, adversely affected in all markets in which we operate.
Concern about the stability of the markets generally, and the strength of
counterparties specifically, has led many lenders and institutional investors to
reduce, and in some cases, cease, to provide funding to borrowers. If these
market and economic conditions continue, they may limit our ability to replace
or renew maturing liabilities on a timely basis, access the capital markets to
meet liquidity and capital expenditure requirements and may result in adverse
effects on our financial condition and results of operations.
Although
the consequences of these conditions and their impact on our ability to pursue
our plan to grow through investments in additional tax-exempt bonds secured by
first mortgages on affordable multifamily housing projects are not fully known,
we do not anticipate that our existing assets will be adversely affected in the
long-term. We believe that if there are continued defaults on
subprime single family mortgages and a general contraction of credit available
for single family mortgage loans, additional demand for affordable rental
housing may be created and, as a result, may have a positive economic effect on
apartment properties financed by the tax-exempt bonds held by the
Partnership. We believe the current tightening of credit may also
create opportunities for additional investments consistent with the
Partnership's investment strategy because it may result in fewer parties
competing to acquire tax-exempt bonds issued to finance affordable
housing. There can be no assurance that we will be able to finance
additional acquisitions of tax-exempt bonds through either additional equity or
debt financing.
2. Summary
of Significant Accounting Policies
Principles
of Consolidation
The
consolidated financial statements of the “Company” reported in this Form 10-K
include the assets and results of operations of the Partnership, the multifamily
apartment properties (the “MF Properties”) owned by various limited partnerships
in which one of the Partnership’s wholly-owned subsidiaries (each a “Holding
Company”) holds a 99% limited partner interest and eight other entities in which
the Partnership does not hold an ownership interest but which own multifamily
apartment properties financed with tax-exempt bonds held by the Partnership and
which are treated as variable interest entities of which the Partnership has
been determined to be the primary beneficiary (the “VIEs”). Three of the VIEs
are presented in the financial statements as Discontinued Operations (see
Footnote 7). Stand alone financial information of the Partnership
reported in this Form 10-K includes only the assets and results of operation of
the Partnership and the MF Properties without the consolidation of the
VIEs. In the Company’s consolidated financial statements, all
transactions and accounts between the Partnership, the MF Properties and the
VIEs have been eliminated in consolidation.
The
General Partner does not believe that the consolidation of the VIEs for
reporting under generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of
America (“GAAP”) impacts the Partnership’s tax status, amounts reported to
Beneficial Unit Certificate (“BUC”) holders on IRS Form K-1, the Partnership’s
ability to distribute tax-exempt income to BUC holders, the current level of
quarterly distributions or the tax-exempt status of the underlying mortgage
revenue bonds.
Purchase
Accounting
Pursuant
to SFAS No. 141, Business
Combinations (“SFAS No. 141”), the Company allocates the total
acquisition cost of a property acquired to the land, building and leases in
existence as of the date of acquisition based on their relative fair
values. The building is valued as if vacant. The estimated valuation
of in-place leases is calculated by applying a risk-adjusted discount rate to
the projected cash flow deficit at each property during an assumed lease-up
period for these properties. This allocated cost is amortized over the average
remaining term of the leases and is included in the statement of operations
under depreciation and amortization expense.
45
Cash
and Cash Equivalents
Cash and
cash equivalents include highly liquid securities and investments in federally
tax-exempt securities with maturities of three months or less when
purchased.
Concentration
of Credit Risk
The
Company maintains the majority of its unrestricted cash balances at two
financial institutions. The balances insured by the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation have been temporarily increased to $250,000 at each
institution. At various times the cash balances may exceed the
$250,000 limit. The Company is also exposed to risk on its short-term
investments in the event of non-performance by counterparties. The
Company does not anticipate any non-performance. This risk is
minimized significantly by the Company’s portfolio being restricted to
investment grade securities.
Restricted
Cash
Restricted
cash, which is legally restricted to use, is comprised of resident security
deposits, required maintenance reserves, escrowed funds, restricted compensating
balance with the Bank of America, and collateral for interest rate derivative
agreements. As of December 31, 2008, the Company must maintain
restricted cash of $203,000 per the related interest rate derivative collateral
agreements and $10.0 million restricted cash due to a requirement of the new
Tender Option Bond (“TOB”) facility. The Company must maintain a cash
account with Bank of America with a minimum balance of $5.0 million plus an
additional $5.0 million collateral related to the periodic credit risk
assessments.
Investment
in Tax-Exempt Mortgage Revenue Bonds and Other Tax-Exempt Bonds
The
Company accounts for its investments in tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds and
other tax-exempt bonds under the provisions of SFAS No. 115, Accounting for Certain Investments
in Debt and Equity Securities (“SFAS No. 115”). SFAS No. 115
requires investments in securities to be classified as one of the following: 1)
held-to-maturity, 2) available-for-sale, or 3) trading securities. All of the
Company’s investments in tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds and other tax-exempt
bonds are classified as available-for-sale. Investments classified as
available-for-sale are reported at estimated fair value with the net unrealized
gains or losses reflected in other comprehensive income. Unrealized gains and
losses do not affect the cash flow of the bonds, distributions to BUC holders,
or the characterization of the tax-exempt interest income of the financial
obligation of the underlying collateral.
As all of
the Company’s investments in tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds are classified as
available-for-sale securities, they are carried on the balance sheet at their
estimated fair values. There is no active trading market for the
bonds and price quotes for the bonds are not available. As a result,
the Company bases its estimate of fair value of the tax-exempt bonds using a
discounted cash flow and yield to maturity analyses performed by management.
This calculation methodology encompasses judgment in its
application. If available, management may also consider price quotes
on similar bonds or other information from external sources, such as pricing
services or broker quotes.
As of
December 31, 2008, all of the Company’s tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds were
valued using management’s discounted cash flow and yield to maturity
analyses. Pricing services, broker quotes and management’s analyses
provide indicative pricing only. Due to the limited market for the
tax-exempt bonds, these estimates of fair value do not necessarily represent
what the Company would actually receive in a sale of the bonds. As of December
31, 2007, approximately $60.0 million of the Company’s tax-exempt mortgage
revenue bonds were valued using broker quotes and approximately $5.7 million
were valued using management’s discounted cash flow analyses. Unrealized
gains or losses on the Company’s tax-exempt bonds are recorded in accumulated
other comprehensive income (loss) to reflect changes in their estimated fair
values resulting from market conditions and fluctuations in the present value of
the expected cash flows from the underlying properties.
The
Company evaluates whether unrealized losses are considered to be
other-than-temporary based on the duration and severity of the decline in fair
value as well as the Company’s intent and ability to hold the securities until
their value recovers or until maturity. The recognition of an
other-than-temporary impairment and the potential impairment analysis are
subject to a considerable degree of judgment, the results of which when applied
under different conditions or assumptions could have a material impact on the
financial statements. The credit and capital markets have continued to
deteriorate. If uncertainties in these markets continue, the markets
deteriorate further or the Company experiences deterioration in the values of
its investment portfolio, the Company may incur impairments to its investment
portfolio which could negatively impact the Company’s financial condition, cash
flows, and reported earnings.
The
Company also periodically evaluates the credit risk exposure associated with the
tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds by reviewing the fair value of the underlying
real estate collateral to determine whether an other-than-temporary impairment
exists. When the Company believes it is probable that all amounts due under the
terms of the tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds, including principal and accrued
interest, will not be collected, an other-than-temporary impairment is recorded.
If an other-than-temporary impairment exists, the cost basis of the respective
bond is written down to its estimated fair value, with the amount of the
write-down accounted for as a realized loss.
The
credit and capital markets have continued to deteriorate. If
uncertainties in these markets continue, the markets deteriorate further or the
Company experiences deterioration in the values of its investment portfolio or
if the Company’s intent to hold certain bonds changes, the Company may incur
impairments to its investment portfolio which could negatively impact the
Company’s financial condition, cash flows, and reported earnings.
46
The
interest income received by the Company from its investment in tax-exempt
mortgage revenue bonds is dependent upon the net cash flow of the underlying
properties. Base interest income on fully-performing tax-exempt mortgage revenue
bonds is recognized as it is earned. Tax-exempt bonds are considered to be
fully-performing if the bond is currently meeting all of its
obligations. Base interest income on tax-exempt mortgage revenue
bonds not fully performing is recognized when realized or realizable. Past due
base interest on tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds, which are or were previously
not fully performing, is recognized when realized or realizable. Contingent
interest income, which is only received by the Company if the properties
financed by the tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds generate excess available cash
flow as set forth in each bond agreement, is recognized when realized or
realizable. The Company reinstates the accrual of base interest once the
tax-exempt mortgage revenue bond’s ability to perform is adequately
demonstrated. As of December 31, 2008 and 2007, the Company’s tax-exempt
mortgage revenue bonds were fully performing as to their base
interest.
Interest
income on other tax-exempt bonds is recognized as earned.
The
Company eliminates all but eight of the tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds and
the associated interest income and interest receivable when it consolidates the
underlying real estate collateral in accordance with FASB Interpretation No.
46(R), Consolidation of
Variable Interest Entities, (“FIN 46R”).
Variable interest entities
(“VIEs”)
When the
Partnership invests in a tax-exempt mortgage revenue bond which is
collateralized by a multifamily property, the Partnership will evaluate the
entity which owns the property financed by the tax-exempt mortgage revenue bond
to determine if it is a VIE as defined by FIN 46R. FIN 46R is a complex standard
that requires significant analysis and judgment. If it is determined that the
entity is a VIE, the Partnership will then evaluate if it is the primary
beneficiary of such VIE, by determining whether the Partnership will absorb the
majority of the VIE’s expected losses, receive a majority of the VIE’s residual
returns, or both. If the Partnership determines itself to be the primary
beneficiary of the VIE, then the assets, liabilities and financial results of
the related multifamily property will be consolidated in the Partnership’s
financial statements. As a result of such consolidation, the tax-exempt or
taxable debt financing provided by the Partnership to such consolidated VIE will
be eliminated as part of the consolidation process. However, the Partnership
will continue to receive interest and principal payments on such debt and these
payments will retain their characterization as either tax-exempt or taxable
interest for income tax reporting purposes. Since the Partnership has no legal
ownership of the VIEs, creditors of the VIEs have no recourse to the
Partnership. In December 2008, the FASB issued FASB Staff Position
No. FAS 140-4 and FIN 46(R)-8, Disclosures by Public Entities
(Enterprises) about Transfers of Financial Assets and Interests in Variable
Interest Entities (“FSP FAS 140-4 and FIN 46(R)-8”). This FSP was issued
in advance of the finalization of other proposed amendments to Statement
No. 140 and Interpretation No. 46R and requires additional disclosures
about transfers of financial assets and about an entity’s involvement with
variable interest entities. The Company was required to adopt this FSP for
financial statements issued for reporting periods ending after December 15,
2008. Adoption of this FSP affects disclosures only and therefore has no
impact on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations or cash
flows. See Note 4 for further discussion.
Investments
in Real Estate
The
Company’s investments in real estate are carried at cost less accumulated
depreciation. Depreciation of real estate is based on the estimated useful life
of the related asset, generally 19-40 years on multifamily residential apartment
buildings and five to fifteen years on capital improvements and is calculated
using the straight-line method. Maintenance and repairs are charged to expense
as incurred, while significant improvements, renovations and replacements are
capitalized.
Management
reviews each property for impairment at least annually and whenever events or
changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value of a property may not
be recoverable. The review of recoverability is based upon comparing the net
book value of each real estate property to the sum of its estimated undiscounted
future cash flows. If impairment exists due to the inability to recover the
carrying value of a property, an impairment loss is recorded to the extent that
the carrying value of the property exceeds its estimated fair value. There were
no impairment losses recognized during the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007
and 2006.
Debt Financing
Historically,
the Company’s long-term debt has been provided by securitization of existing
tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds through the Merrill Lynch P-Float program
which was accounted for as secured borrowings. On June 26, 2008, the
Company effectively replaced the Merrill Lynch P-Float program by entering into
an agreement for a new tender option bond credit facility (“TOB facility”)
agreement with Bank of America. The new TOB facility functions in
much the same fashion as the P-Float program. In connection with the
TOB facility, tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds are placed into trusts which
issue senior securities (known as “Floater Certificates”) to unaffiliated
institutional investors and subordinated residual interest securities (known as
“Inverse Certificates”) to the Company. Net proceeds generated by the
sale of the Floater Certificates are then remitted to the Company and accounted
for as secured borrowings and, in effect, provided variable-rate financing for
the acquisition of additional tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds and other
investments meeting the Company’s investment criteria and for other purposes.
The new TOB facility is a one-year agreement with a one-year renewal option held
by Bank of America and bears a variable interest rate at a weekly floating bond
rate, the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (“SIFMA”)
floating index, plus associated remarketing, credit enhancement, liquidity and
trustee fees. The Partnership accounts for the securitization transactions in
accordance with SFAS No. 140, Accounting for Transfers and
Servicing of Financial Assets and Extinguishments of Liabilities. The
Partnership has determined that control is maintained by the Company over the
transferred assets in these transactions. Therefore, the Company
accounts for these transactions as secured borrowings and not as sales
transactions.
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Deferred
Financing Costs
Debt
financing costs are capitalized and amortized on a straight-line basis over the
stated maturity of the related debt financing agreement, which approximates the
effective interest method. Bond issuance costs are capitalized and amortized on
a straight-line basis over the stated maturity of the related tax-exempt
mortgage revenue bonds, which approximates the effective interest
method. As of December 31, 2008 and 2007, debt financing costs and
bond issuance costs of $2.9 million and $1.1 million, respectively, were
included in other assets. These costs are net of accumulated amortization of
$1.5 million and $0.5 million as of December 31, 2008 and 2007,
respectively.
Income
Taxes
No
provision has been made for income taxes because the BUC holders are required to
report their share of the Partnership's taxable income for federal and state
income tax purposes. Certain of the consolidated VIEs and
wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Partnership are corporations that are subject
to federal and state income taxes. At December 31, 2008 and 2007, the
Company evaluated whether it was more likely than not that any deferred tax
assets would be realized. The Company has recorded a valuation
allowance of approximately $10.4 million and $8.2 million at December 31, 2008
and 2007, respectively, against the deferred tax assets created at these
entities by timing differences because the realization of these future benefits
is not more likely than not.
Revenue
Recognition on Investments in Real Estate
The
Partnership’s VIEs and the MF Properties (see Note 6) are lessors of multifamily
rental units under leases with terms of one year or less. Rental revenue is
recognized, net of rental concessions, on a straight-line method over the
related lease term.
Derivative
Instruments and Hedging Activities
The
Company accounts for its derivative and hedging activities in accordance with
SFAS No. 133, Accounting for
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities (“SFAS No. 133”) as amended
and interpreted. SFAS No. 133 requires the recognition of all derivative
instruments as assets or liabilities in the Company's consolidated balance
sheets and measurement of these instruments at fair value. The accounting
treatment is dependent upon whether or not a derivative instrument is designated
as a hedge and, if so, the type of hedge. The Company’s interest rate
derivative agreements do not have a specific hedge designation under SFAS No.
133, and therefore changes in fair value are recognized in the consolidated
statements of operations as interest expense. The Company is exposed
to loss should a counterparty to its derivative instruments
default. The Company does not anticipate non-performance by any
counterparty. The fair value of the interest rate derivative
agreements is determined based upon current price quotes by recognized
dealers.
Net
Income per BUC
Net
income per BUC has been calculated based on the weighted average number of BUCs
outstanding during each year presented. The Partnership has no dilutive equity
securities and, therefore, basic net income per BUC is the same as diluted net
income per BUC. The following table provides a reconciliation of net
income per BUC holder:
Years
Ended December 31,
|
||||||||||||
2008
|
2007
|
2006
|
||||||||||
Calculation
of limited partners' interest
|
||||||||||||
in
income (loss) from continuing operations:
|
||||||||||||
Income
(loss) from continuing operations
|
$ | (1,678,229 | ) | $ | 116,617 | $ | 305,799 | |||||
Less:
general partners' interest in income
|
64,059 | 99,451 | 1,627,305 | |||||||||
Unallocated
loss related to variable interest entities
|
(4,403,883 | ) | (4,276,840 | ) | (8,607,710 | ) | ||||||
Limited
partners' interest in income from continuing operations
|
$ | 2,661,595 | $ | 4,294,006 | $ | 7,286,204 | ||||||
Calculation
of limited partners' interest
|
||||||||||||
in
income from discontinued operations:
|
||||||||||||
Income
from discontinued operations
|
$ | 646,989 | $ | 824,249 | $ | 12,470,936 | ||||||
Less:
general partner's interest in income
|
- | - | - | |||||||||
Unallocated
income related to variable interest entities
|
646,989 | 824,249 | 12,470,936 | |||||||||
Limited
partners' interest in discontinued operations
|
$ | - | $ | - | $ | - | ||||||
Calculation
of limited partners' interest in net income (loss)
|
||||||||||||
Net
income (loss)
|
$ | (1,031,240 | ) | $ | 940,866 | $ | 12,776,735 | |||||
Less
general partner's interest in net income
|
64,059 | 99,451 | 1,627,305 | |||||||||
Unallocated
income (loss) related to variable interest entities
|
(3,756,894 | ) | (3,452,591 | ) | 3,863,226 | |||||||
Limited
partners' interest in net income
|
$ | 2,661,595 | $ | 4,294,006 | $ | 7,286,204 | ||||||
Weighted
average number of units outstanding,
|
||||||||||||
13,512,928 | 12,491,490 | 9,837,928 | ||||||||||
Limited
partners' interest in net income per BUC (basic and
diluted):
|
||||||||||||
Income
from continuing operations
|
$ | 0.20 | $ | 0.34 | $ | 0.74 | ||||||
Income
from discontinued operations
|
- | - | - | |||||||||
Net
income
|
$ | 0.20 | $ | 0.34 | $ | 0.74 |
Use
of estimates in preparation of consolidated financial statements
The
preparation of the accompanying consolidated 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 consolidated financial statements and the
reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual
results could differ from those estimates.
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3. Partnership
Income, Expenses and Cash Distributions
The
Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Partnership contains provisions for the
distribution of Net Interest Income, Net Residual Proceeds and Liquidation
Proceeds, for the allocation of income or loss from operations and for the
allocation of income and loss arising from a repayment, sale or liquidation of
investments. Income and losses will be allocated to each BUC holder
on a periodic basis, as determined by the General Partner, based on the number
of BUCs held by each BUC holder as of the last day of the period for which such
allocation is to be made. Distributions of Net Interest Income and Net Residual
Proceeds will be made to each BUC holder of record on the last day of each
distribution period based on the number of BUCs held by each BUC holder as of
such date. For purposes of the Agreement of Limited Partnership, cash
distributions, if any, received by the Partnership from the Investment in MF
Properties (see Note 6) will be included in the Partnership’s Interest Income
and cash distributions received by the Partnership from the sale of such
properties will be included in the Partnership Residual Proceeds.
Cash
distributions are currently made on a quarterly basis but may be made on a
monthly or semiannual basis at the election of AFCA 2. On each
distribution date, Net Interest Income is distributed 99% to the BUC holders and
1% to AFCA 2 and Net Residual Proceeds are distributed 100% to BUC holders
except that Net Interest Income and Net Residual Proceeds representing
contingent interest in an amount equal to 0.9% per annum of the principal amount
of the mortgage bonds on a cumulative basis (defined as Net Interest Income
(Tier 2) and Net Residual Proceeds (Tier 2), respectively) are distributed
75% to the BUC holders and 25% to AFCA 2.
The
Agreement of Limited Partnership also allows the General Partner to withhold,
from time to time, Interest Income and Residual Proceeds and to place these
amounts into a reserve to provide funding for working capital or additional
investments. In 2005, the General Partner placed Net Residual
Proceeds representing contingent interest of approximately $10.9 million into
the reserve. If and when the General Partner determines that this
contingent interest is no longer to be held in reserve and is to be distributed,
it is anticipated that it will be distributed as Net Residual Proceeds (Tier 2)
as defined in the Agreement of Limited Partnership. As such, these
funds will be distributed 75% to the BUC holders and 25% to the General
Partner. On June 30, September 30 and December 31, 2008, the General
Partner determined that approximately $2.4 million of the Net Residual Proceeds
previously placed in reserve were no longer to be held in reserve and would be
distributed as Net Residual Proceeds (Tier 2). Accordingly, an entry
has been recorded in the Company’s consolidated financial statements to allocate
such Net Residual Proceeds 75% to the BUC holders and 25% to the General Partner
in preparation for such distribution. As of December 31, 2008,
approximately $2.4 million representing Tier 2 income has not been distributed
and remains in the reserve.
The
unallocated deficit of the VIEs is primarily comprised of the accumulated
historical net losses of the VIEs as of the date of the implementation of FIN
46R. The unallocated deficit of the VIEs and the VIEs net losses
subsequent to that date are not allocated to the General Partner and BUC holders
as such activity is not contemplated by, or addressed in, the Agreement of
Limited Partnership.
4. Variable Interest
Entities
The
Partnership operates for the purpose of acquiring, holding, selling and
otherwise dealing with a portfolio of federally tax-exempt mortgage revenue
bonds which have been issued to provide construction and/or permanent financing
of multifamily residential apartments. Each multifamily property financed with
tax-exempt mortgage bonds held by the Partnership is owned by a separate
entity. The Partnership does not hold an equity ownership interest in
any of these entities; however, the bonds held by the Partnership create a
variable interest in the entities. Under FIN 46R, the Partnership
must make an evaluation of these entities to determine if they meet the
definition of a “variable interest entity” (“VIE”). If the underlying
entity is determined to be a VIE, the Partnership must then determine if it is
the primary beneficiary of each of the VIE pursuant to the terms of each
tax-exempt mortgage revenue bond and the criteria within
FIN 46R. FIN 46R is a complex standard that requires significant
analysis and judgment.
In order
to determine if an entity is a VIE, the Partnership will review an entity’s
capital structure to determine if the owners have sufficient capital at
risk. If the Partnership determines that the owners of the entity do
not have sufficient capital at risk the entity is considered a
VIE. The Partnership will then evaluate whether it is the primary
beneficiary of such VIE by determining whether the Partnership will absorb the
majority of the VIE’s expected losses, receive a majority of the VIE’s residual
returns, or both. The Partnership has determined that eight of the
entities financed by tax-exempt bonds owned by the Partnership at December 31,
2008 are held by VIEs and that the Partnership is the primary beneficiary of
these VIEs. As of December 31, 2008, five of these consolidated VIEs
are included in the results from continuing operations while three are presented
as discontinued operations. The Partnership was determined to be the
primary beneficiary mainly due to its ability to capture excess cash flows from
the underlying property operations in the form of contingent interest on the
bonds. Effectively, the Partnership may absorb the majority of losses
through bond or taxable loan defaults and the majority of residual returns
through the contingent interest on the bonds. Since the Partnership
has no legal ownership of these VIEs, creditors of the VIEs have no recourse to
the Partnership.
The
consolidated financial statements of the Company include the assets, liabilities
and results of operation of the Partnership and the eight
VIEs. Financial information of the Partnership, on a stand-alone
basis, include only the assets, liabilities and results of operation of the
Partnership and the MF Properties without the impact of the consolidation of the
VIEs. In the Company’s consolidated financial statements, all
transactions and accounts between the Partnership, the MF Properties and the
VIEs have been eliminated in consolidation.
The
following tables provide information about the eight VIEs consolidated into the
Partnership’s financial statements under the provisions of FIN 46R, including
information on the tax-exempt bond owned by the Partnership which is eliminated
in consolidation, as of December 31, 2008. In addition to the
tax-exempt bonds detailed below the Partnership has made taxable loans to VIEs
with carrying values of $14.9 million and $12.9 million as of December 31, 2008
and 2007, respectively.
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VIEs –
Continuing Operations
Base
Interest
|
Principal
|
Income
Earned
in
|
||||||||||||
Maturity
|
Outstanding
at
|
|||||||||||||
Property
Name
|
Location
|
Date
|
Rate
|
Dec.
31, 2008
|
2008
|
|||||||||
Ashley
Square
|
Des
Moines, IA
|
12/1/2025
|
7.50 | % | $ | 6,500,000 | $ | 495,625 | ||||||
Bent
Tree Apartments
|
Columbia,
SC
|
12/15/2030
|
7.10 | % | 11,130,000 | 790,230 | ||||||||
Fairmont
Oaks Apartments
|
Gainsville,
FL
|
4/1/2033
|
6.30 | % | 7,715,000 | 484,163 | ||||||||
Iona
Lakes Apartments
|
Ft.
Myers, FL
|
4/1/2030
|
6.90 | % | 16,210,000 | 1,123,320 | ||||||||
Lake
Forest Apartments
|
Daytona
Beach, FL
|
12/1/2011
|
6.90 | % | 10,115,000 | 704,461 | ||||||||
Total
Tax-Exempt Mortgage Bonds
|
$ | 51,670,000 | $ | 3,597,799 |
VIEs –
Discontinued Operations
Base
Interest
|
Principal
|
Income
Earned
in
|
||||||||||||
Maturity
|
Outstanding
at
|
|||||||||||||
Property
Name
|
Location
|
Date
|
Rate
|
Dec.
31, 2008
|
2008
|
|||||||||
Ashley
Pointe
|
Evansville,
IN
|
12/1/2027
|
7.00 | % | $ | 6,700,000 | $ | 476,817 | ||||||
Woodbridge
Apts. Of Bloomington III
|
Bloomington,
IN
|
12/1/2027
|
7.50 | % | 12,600,000 | 960,750 | ||||||||
Woodbridge
Apts. Of Louisville II
|
Louisville,
KY
|
12/1/2027
|
7.50 | % | 8,976,000 | 684,420 | ||||||||
Total
Tax-Exempt Mortgage Bonds
|
$ | 28,276,000 | $ | 2,121,987 |
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The
following tables present the effects of the consolidation of the VIEs on the
Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheet and Statements of Operations.
Consolidating
Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2008 and 2007:
Partnership
as of December 31, 2008
|
VIEs
as of December 31, 2008
|
Consolidation
-Elimination as of December 31, 2008
|
Total
as of December 31, 2008
|
|||||||||||||
Assets
|
||||||||||||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
$ | 7,068,297 | $ | 127,977 | $ | - | $ | 7,196,274 | ||||||||
Restricted
cash
|
10,836,084 | 2,012,530 | - | 12,848,614 | ||||||||||||
Interest
receivable
|
4,249,760 | - | (3,480,559 | ) | 769,201 | |||||||||||
Tax-exempt
mortgage revenue bonds
|
112,991,268 | - | (68,498,742 | ) | 44,492,526 | |||||||||||
Real
estate assets:
|
||||||||||||||||
Land
|
4,991,590 | 5,783,200 | - | 10,774,790 | ||||||||||||
Buildings
and improvements
|
31,877,661 | 55,026,082 | - | 86,903,743 | ||||||||||||
Real
estate assets before accumulated depreciation
|
36,869,251 | 60,809,282 | - | 97,678,533 | ||||||||||||
Accumulated
depreciation
|
(1,519,845 | ) | (15,979,825 | ) | - | (17,499,670 | ) | |||||||||
Net
real estate assets
|
35,349,406 | 44,829,457 | - | 80,178,863 | ||||||||||||
Other
assets
|
16,332,459 | 1,383,674 | (13,452,196 | ) | 4,263,937 | |||||||||||
Assets
of discontinued operations
|
- | 8,113,861 | - | 8,113,861 | ||||||||||||
Total
Assets
|
$ | 186,827,274 | $ | 56,467,499 | $ | (85,431,497 | ) | $ | 157,863,276 | |||||||
Liabilities
|
||||||||||||||||
Accounts
payable, accrued expenses and other
|
$ | 1,571,177 | $ | 31,565,556 | $ | (29,756,067 | ) | $ | 3,380,666 | |||||||
Distribution
payable
|
2,432,327 | - | - | 2,432,327 | ||||||||||||
Debt
financing
|
76,565,237 | (19,583,660 | ) | 56,981,577 | ||||||||||||
Mortgage
payable
|
30,908,790 | 51,670,000 | (51,670,000 | ) | 30,908,790 | |||||||||||
Liabilities
of discontinued operations
|
- | 42,900,305 | (19,635,716 | ) | 23,264,589 | |||||||||||
Total
Liabilities
|
111,477,531 | 126,135,861 | (120,645,443 | ) | 116,967,949 | |||||||||||
Minority
interest
|
67,716 | - | - | 67,716 | ||||||||||||
Partners'
Capital
|
||||||||||||||||
General
Partner
|
261,785 | - | - | 261,785 | ||||||||||||
Beneficial
Unit Certificate holders
|
75,020,242 | - | 18,257,238 | 93,277,480 | ||||||||||||
Unallocated
deficit of variable interest entities
|
- | (69,668,362 | ) | 16,956,708 | (52,711,654 | ) | ||||||||||
Total
Partners' Capital
|
75,282,027 | (69,668,362 | ) | 35,213,946 | 40,827,611 | |||||||||||
Total
Liabilities and Partners' Capital
|
$ | 186,827,274 | $ | 56,467,499 | $ | (85,431,497 | ) | $ | 157,863,276 |
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Partnership
as of December 31, 2007
|
VIEs
as of December 31, 2007
|
Consolidation
-Elimination as of December 31, 2007
|
Total
as of December 31, 2007
|
|||||||||||||
Assets
|
||||||||||||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
$ | 14,577,636 | $ | 99,032 | $ | - | $ | 14,676,668 | ||||||||
Restricted
cash
|
768,121 | 1,805,110 | - | 2,573,231 | ||||||||||||
Interest
receivable
|
2,855,867 | - | (2,321,168 | ) | 534,699 | |||||||||||
Tax-exempt
mortgage revenue bonds
|
146,526,458 | - | (80,359,342 | ) | 66,167,116 | |||||||||||
Real
estate assets:
|
||||||||||||||||
Land
|
3,076,449 | 5,783,200 | - | 8,859,649 | ||||||||||||
Buildings
and improvements
|
21,107,391 | 54,444,918 | - | 75,552,309 | ||||||||||||
Real
estate assets before accumulated depreciation
|
24,183,840 | 60,228,118 | - | 84,411,958 | ||||||||||||
Accumulated
depreciation
|
(459,196 | ) | (13,706,248 | ) | - | (14,165,444 | ) | |||||||||
Net
real estate assets
|
23,724,644 | 46,521,870 | - | 70,246,514 | ||||||||||||
Other
assets
|
13,535,126 | 1,490,498 | (12,741,433 | ) | 2,284,191 | |||||||||||
Assets
of discontinued operations
|
- | 8,396,589 | - | 8,396,589 | ||||||||||||
Total
Assets
|
$ | 201,987,852 | $ | 58,313,099 | $ | (95,421,943 | ) | $ | 164,879,008 | |||||||
Liabilities
and Owners' Equity
|
||||||||||||||||
Accounts
payable, accrued expenses and other
|
$ | 1,684,178 | $ | 27,238,204 | $ | (25,593,964 | ) | $ | 3,328,418 | |||||||
Distribution
Payable
|
2,432,327 | - | - | 2,432,327 | ||||||||||||
Debt
financing
|
71,395,000 | (18,850,667 | ) | 52,544,333 | ||||||||||||
Mortgage
payable
|
19,920,000 | 51,995,000 | (51,995,000 | ) | 19,920,000 | |||||||||||
Liabilities
of discontinued operations
|
- | 41,667,667 | (19,336,960 | ) | 22,330,707 | |||||||||||
Total
Liabilities
|
95,431,505 | 120,900,871 | (115,776,591 | ) | 100,555,785 | |||||||||||
Minority
interest
|
48,756 | - | - | 48,756 | ||||||||||||
Partners'
Capital
|
||||||||||||||||
General
Partner
|
348,913 | - | - | 348,913 | ||||||||||||
Beneficial
Unit Certificate holders
|
106,158,678 | - | 6,721,636 | 112,880,314 | ||||||||||||
Unallocated
deficit of variable interest entities
|
- | (62,587,772 | ) | 13,633,012 | (48,954,760 | ) | ||||||||||
Total
Partners' Capital
|
106,507,591 | (62,587,772 | ) | 20,354,648 | 64,274,467 | |||||||||||
Total
Liabilities and Partners' Capital
|
$ | 201,987,852 | $ | 58,313,099 | $ | (95,421,943 | ) | $ | 164,879,008 |
Consolidating
Statements of Operations for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and
2006:
Partnership
|
VIEs
|
Consolidation-Elimination
|
Total
|
|||||||||||||
For
the
|
For
the
|
For
the
|
For
the
|
|||||||||||||
Year
Ended
|
Year
Ended
|
Year
Ended
|
Year
Ended
|
|||||||||||||
Dec.
31, 2008
|
Dec.
31, 2008
|
Dec.
31, 2008
|
Dec.
31, 2008
|
|||||||||||||
Revenues:
|
||||||||||||||||
Property
revenues
|
$ | 4,793,535 | $ | 8,938,510 | $ | 41,756 | $ | 13,773,801 | ||||||||
Mortgage
revenue bond investment income
|
10,102,802 | - | (5,872,597 | ) | 4,230,205 | |||||||||||
Other
interest income
|
150,786 | - | - | 150,786 | ||||||||||||
Loss
on the sale of securities
|
(68,218 | ) | - | - | (68,218 | ) | ||||||||||
Total
Revenues
|
$ | 14,978,905 | $ | 8,938,510 | $ | (5,830,841 | ) | $ | 18,086,574 | |||||||
Expenses:
|
||||||||||||||||
Real
estate operating (exclusive of items shown below)
|
2,628,606 | 6,243,613 | - | 8,872,219 | ||||||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
2,728,096 | 2,318,580 | (59,259 | ) | 4,987,417 | |||||||||||
Interest
|
5,097,454 | 5,941,543 | (6,932,925 | ) | 4,106,072 | |||||||||||
General
and administrative
|
1,808,459 | - | - | 1,808,459 | ||||||||||||
Total
Expenses
|
$ | 12,262,615 | $ | 14,503,736 | $ | (6,992,184 | ) | $ | 19,774,167 | |||||||
Minority
interest in net loss of consolidated subsidiary
|
9,364 | - | - | 9,364 | ||||||||||||
Income
(loss) from continuing operations
|
2,725,654 | (5,565,226 | ) | 1,161,343 | (1,678,229 | ) | ||||||||||
Income
(loss) from discontinued operations
|
- | (1,515,365 | ) | 2,162,354 | 646,989 | |||||||||||
Net
income (loss)
|
$ | 2,725,654 | $ | (7,080,591 | ) | $ | 3,323,697 | $ | (1,031,240 | ) |
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Partnership
|
VIEs
|
Consolidation-Elimination
|
Total
|
|||||||||||||
For
the
|
For
the
|
For
the
|
For
the
|
|||||||||||||
Year
Ended
|
Year
Ended
|
Year
Ended
|
Year
Ended
|
|||||||||||||
Dec.
31, 2007
|
Dec.
31, 2007
|
Dec.
31, 2007
|
Dec.
31, 2007
|
|||||||||||||
Revenues:
|
||||||||||||||||
Property
revenues
|
$ | 2,066,487 | $ | 8,887,595 | $ | 254,127 | $ | 11,208,209 | ||||||||
Mortgage
revenue bond investment income
|
9,379,859 | - | (6,152,605 | ) | 3,227,254 | |||||||||||
Other
interest income
|
751,797 | - | - | 751,797 | ||||||||||||
Total
Revenues
|
$ | 12,198,143 | $ | 8,887,595 | $ | (5,898,478 | ) | $ | 15,187,260 | |||||||
Expenses:
|
||||||||||||||||
Real
estate operating (exclusive of items shown below)
|
1,230,694 | 6,068,563 | - | 7,299,257 | ||||||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
1,478,279 | 2,205,034 | (72,064 | ) | 3,611,249 | |||||||||||
Interest
|
3,531,192 | 5,738,459 | (6,674,035 | ) | 2,595,616 | |||||||||||
General
and administrative
|
1,577,551 | - | - | 1,577,551 | ||||||||||||
Total
Expenses
|
$ | 7,817,716 | $ | 14,012,056 | $ | (6,746,099 | ) | $ | 15,083,673 | |||||||
Minority
interest in net loss of consolidated subsidiary
|
13,030 | - | - | 13,030 | ||||||||||||
Income
(loss) from continuing operations
|
4,393,457 | (5,124,461 | ) | 847,621 | 116,617 | |||||||||||
Income
(loss) from discontinued operations
|
- | (1,382,605 | ) | 2,206,854 | 824,249 | |||||||||||
Net
income (loss)
|
$ | 4,393,457 | $ | (6,507,066 | ) | $ | 3,054,475 | $ | 940,866 |
Partnership
|
VIEs
|
Consolidation-Elimination
|
Total
|
|||||||||||||
For
the
|
For
the
|
For
the
|
For
the
|
|||||||||||||
Year
Ended
|
Year
Ended
|
Year
Ended
|
Year
Ended
|
|||||||||||||
Dec.
31, 2006
|
Dec.
31, 2006
|
Dec.
31, 2006
|
Dec.
31, 2006
|
|||||||||||||
Revenues:
|
||||||||||||||||
Property
revenues
|
$ | - | $ | 9,266,223 | $ | - | $ | 9,266,223 | ||||||||
Mortgage
revenue bond investment income
|
12,188,552 | - | (10,765,372 | ) | 1,423,180 | |||||||||||
Other
interest income
|
432,796 | - | (95,788 | ) | 337,008 | |||||||||||
Total
Revenues
|
$ | 12,621,348 | $ | 9,266,223 | $ | (10,861,160 | ) | $ | 11,026,411 | |||||||
Expenses:
|
||||||||||||||||
Real
estate operating (exclusive of items shown below)
|
- | 5,945,364 | - | 5,945,364 | ||||||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
25,604 | 1,944,021 | (74,079 | ) | 1,895,546 | |||||||||||
Interest
|
2,106,292 | 5,533,159 | (6,335,691 | ) | 1,303,760 | |||||||||||
General
and administrative
|
1,575,942 | - | - | 1,575,942 | ||||||||||||
Total
Expenses
|
$ | 3,707,838 | $ | 13,422,544 | $ | (6,409,770 | ) | $ | 10,720,612 | |||||||
Income
(loss) from continuing operations
|
8,913,510 | (4,156,321 | ) | (4,451,390 | ) | 305,799 | ||||||||||
Income
(loss) from discontinued operations
|
- | 10,135,010 | 2,335,926 | 12,470,936 | ||||||||||||
Net
income
|
$ | 8,913,510 | $ | 5,978,689 | $ | (2,115,464 | ) | $ | 12,776,735 |
In
February 2009, the tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds secured by assets of the
VIEs presented as discontinued operations were redeemed. In order to
properly reflect the transaction under FIN 46R, the Company will record the
redemption of the bonds as the sale of the properties as though they were owned
by the Company. The transaction was completed in the first quarter of
2009 for a total purchase price of $32.0 million resulting in an estimated gain
on sale for GAAP reporting of approximately $26.0 million. The
redemption of the bonds did not result in a taxable gain to the
Partnership. The redeemed bonds were collateral on the Company’s TOB
facility. As of the closing date of the redemption, the Company
placed on deposit with Bank of America $23.6 million in cash as replacement
collateral. Such funds on deposit may be used to reduce the amount of
debt outstanding on the TOB facility.
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On a
stand-alone basis, the Partnership received approximately $30.9 million of net
proceeds from the bond redemption. These proceeds represent the
repayment of the bond par values plus accrued base interest and approximately
$2.3 million of contingent interest. The contingent interest,
recognized in the first quarter of 2009, represents additional earnings to the
Partnership beyond the recurring base interest earned on the bond
portfolio. The contingent interest also represents additional Cash
Available for Distribution to the BUC holders of approximately $1.7 million, or
$0.13 per unit.
5. Investments
in Tax-Exempt Mortgage Revenue Bonds
The
tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds are issued by various state and local
governments, their agencies and authorities to finance the construction or
rehabilitation of income-producing real estate properties. However, the
tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds do not constitute an obligation of any state
or local government, agency or authority and no state or local government,
agency or authority is liable on them, nor is the taxing power of any state or
local government pledged to the payment of principal or interest on the
tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds. The tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds are
non-recourse obligations of the respective owners of the properties. The sole
source of the funds to pay principal and interest on the tax-exempt mortgage
revenue bonds is the net cash flow or the sale or refinancing proceeds from the
properties. Each tax-exempt mortgage revenue bond, however, is collateralized by
a first mortgage on all real and personal property included in the related
property and an assignment of rents. Each of the tax-exempt mortgage
revenue bonds bears tax-exempt interest at a fixed rate and the Clarkson College
bonds provide for the payment of additional contingent interest that is payable
solely from available net cash flow generated by the financed
property.
The
tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds owned by the Company have been issued to
provide construction and/or permanent financing of multifamily residential
properties. The Company had the following investments in tax-exempt mortgage
revenue bonds as of dates shown:
December
31, 2008
|
||||||||||||||||
Description
of Tax-Exempt
|
Unrealized
|
Unrealized
|
Estimated
|
|||||||||||||
Mortgage
Revenue Bonds
|
Cost
|
Gain
|
Loss
|
Fair
Value
|
||||||||||||
Clarkson
College
|
$ | 6,018,333 | $ | - | $ | (1,241,441 | ) | $ | 4,776,892 | |||||||
Bella
Vista
|
6,785,000 | - | (1,821,433 | ) | 4,963,567 | |||||||||||
Woodland
Park
|
15,715,000 | - | (4,507,533 | ) | 11,207,467 | |||||||||||
Gardens
of DeCordova
|
4,870,000 | - | (1,493,142 | ) | 3,376,858 | |||||||||||
Gardens
of Weatherford
|
4,702,000 | - | (1,566,989 | ) | 3,135,011 | |||||||||||
Runnymede
Apartments
|
10,825,000 | - | (2,902,074 | ) | 7,922,926 | |||||||||||
Bridle
Ridge Apartments
|
7,885,000 | - | (2,047,419 | ) | 5,837,581 | |||||||||||
Woodlynn
Village
|
4,550,000 | - | (1,277,776 | ) | 3,272,224 | |||||||||||
$ | 61,350,333 | $ | - | $ | (16,857,807 | ) | $ | 44,492,526 | ||||||||
December
31, 2007
|
||||||||||||||||
Description
of Tax-Exempt
|
Unrealized
|
Unrealized
|
Estimated
|
|||||||||||||
Mortgage
Revenue Bonds
|
Cost
|
Gain
|
Loss
|
Fair
Value
|
||||||||||||
Chandler
Creek Apartments
|
$ | 11,500,000 | $ | - | $ | (792,350 | ) | $ | 10,707,650 | |||||||
Clarkson
College
|
6,084,960 | - | (396,644 | ) | 5,688,316 | |||||||||||
Bella
Vista
|
6,800,000 | - | (380,800 | ) | 6,419,200 | |||||||||||
Deerfield
Apartments
|
3,390,000 | - | (77,614 | ) | 3,312,386 | |||||||||||
Woodland
Park
|
15,715,000 | - | (658,340 | ) | 15,056,660 | |||||||||||
Prairiebrook
Village
|
5,862,000 | - | (313,317 | ) | 5,548,683 | |||||||||||
Gardens
of DeCordova
|
4,870,000 | - | (408,108 | ) | 4,461,892 | |||||||||||
Gardens
of Weatherford
|
4,702,000 | - | (394,028 | ) | 4,307,972 | |||||||||||
Runnymede
Apartments
|
10,825,000 | - | (160,643 | ) | 10,664,357 | |||||||||||
$ | 69,748,960 | $ | - | $ | (3,581,844 | ) | $ | 66,167,116 |
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Valuation
- As all of the Company’s investments in tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds are
classified as available-for-sale securities, they are carried on the balance
sheet at their estimated fair values. Due to the limited market for
the tax-exempt bonds, these estimates of fair value do not necessarily represent
what the Company would actually receive in a sale of the bonds. There
is no active trading market for the bonds and price quotes for the bonds are not
generally available. As of December 31, 2008, all of the Company’s
tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds were valued using discounted cash flow and
yield to maturity analyses performed by management. Management’s
valuation encompasses judgment in its application. The key assumption
in management’s yield to maturity analysis is the range of effective yields on
the individual bonds. At December 31, 2008, the range of effective
yields on the individual bonds was 8.3% to 9.15%. Additionally, the
Company calculated the sensitivity of the key assumption used in calculating the
fair values of these bonds. Assuming an immediate 10 percent adverse
change in the key assumption, the effective yields on the individual bonds would
increase to a range of 9.13% to 10.07% and would result in additional unrealized
losses on the bond portfolio of approximately $3.9 million. This
sensitivity analysis is hypothetical and is as of a specific point in
time. The results of the sensitivity analysis may not be indicative
of actual changes in fair value and should be used with caution. If
available, the general partner may also consider price quotes on similar bonds
or other information from external sources, such pricing
services. Pricing services, broker quotes and management’s analyses
provide indicative pricing only.
As of
December 31, 2007, management based the fair value of the tax-exempt bonds,
which have a limited market, on quotes from external sources, such as brokers,
for these or similar bonds, with the exception of one bond for which the
management estimated the fair value as the present value of its expected cash
flows using a discount rate for comparable tax-exempt investments. This
calculation methodology encompasses judgment in its application. As
of December 31, 2007, approximately $60.5 million of the Company’s tax-exempt
mortgage revenue bonds were valued using broker quotes and approximately $5.7
million were valued using management’s discounted cash flow
analyses.
Unrealized gains or losses on these
tax-exempt bonds are recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)
to reflect changes in their estimated fair values resulting from market
conditions and fluctuations in the present value of the expected cash
flows from the underlying
properties. As of December
31, 2008, all of the current bond investments except the Bridle Ridge and
Woodlynn Village investments have been in an unrealized loss position for
greater than twelve months. The current unrealized losses on
the bonds are not
considered to be other-than-temporary because the Company has the intent and
ability to hold these securities until their value recovers or until maturity,
if necessary. The unrealized gain or loss will continue to fluctuate each
reporting period based on the market conditions and present value of the
expected cash flow.
In
general, credit and capital markets have deteriorated throughout the
year. The deterioration has negatively impacted the fair value of the
bonds as shown in the tables above. If uncertainties in these markets
continue, the markets deteriorate further or the Company experiences further
deterioration in the values of its investment portfolio, or if the Company’s
intent to hold certain bonds changes, the Company may recognize impairments to
its investment portfolio through earnings which would negatively impact the
Company’s results of operations.
In June
2007, the Company acquired bonds with a combined face value of $5.9 million, the
proceeds of which were to be used to finance the construction of a 72 unit
multifamily apartment complex in Gardner, Kansas known as Prairiebrook
Village. These bonds are in default due to the inability of the
developer to complete construction of the project. As a result, the
bond trustee filed a petition of foreclosure on the mortgage securing the bonds
in May 2008. In October 2008, the Company received approximately $4.5
million from the trustee representing unused bond
proceeds. Completion of foreclosure on the land owned by the project
is expected to occur in the first quarter of 2009. Upon foreclosure,
the Partnership intends to sell the land and to pursue its remedies against the
project developer on its guarantees. Based upon the expected land sale proceeds
of $350,000 to $450,000, the Company expects to receive between $900,000 and
$1.0 million from the owner and developer from such guarantees. Such
guarantees for the expected remaining proceeds are set out in a Guarantee of
Completion, Stabilization, Debt Service Reserve and Recourse Obligations
agreement executed by the owner and developer. The Company has
recorded a receivable of $1.3 million which is included in Other Assets on the
Consolidated Balance Sheet.
In April
2008, the Chandler Creek bonds were sold for $11.5 million plus accrued
interest. In March 2008, the Deerfield bonds were sold for $3.4
million plus accrued interest and the repayment of a $100,000 taxable loan which
had been made by the Partnership to the owner of Deerfield Apartments. The
proceeds from these sales were used for the repayment of debt and for general
working capital needs. A loss of $68,000 realized on the sale of
these bonds resulted from the write off of unamortized deferred financing
costs.
In
February 2008, the Company acquired the Woodlynn Village bonds at par value of
$4.6 million which represented 100% of the bond issuance. The bonds earn
interest at an annual rate of 6.0% with semi-annual interest payments and a
stated maturity date of November 1, 2042. The bonds were issued for the
acquisition and rehabilitation of the Woodlynn Village, a 59 unit multifamily
senior independent living apartment complex located in Maplewood,
Minnesota.
In
January 2008, the Company acquired the Bridle Ridge Apartments bonds at par
value of $7.9 million which represented 100% of the bond issuance. The
bonds earn interest at an annual rate of 6.0% with semi-annual interest payments
and a stated maturity date of January 1, 2043. The bonds were issued for
the acquisition and rehabilitation of the Bridle Ridge Apartments, a 152 unit
multifamily apartment complex located in Greer, South Carolina.
In
October 2007, the Company acquired the Runnymede Apartments bonds at par value
of $10.8 million, which represented 100% of the bond issuance. The
bonds earn interest at an annual rate of 6.0% with semi-annual interest payments
and a stated maturity date of October 1, 2042. The bonds are secured
by a 252 unit multifamily apartment complex in Austin, Texas.
55
In May
2007, the Company acquired the Woodland Park bonds at par value of $15.1 million
Series A and $0.6 million Series B, which together represented 100% of the bond
issuance. The bonds earn interest at an annual rate of 6.0% for
Series A and 8.0% for Series B with semi-annual interest payments and a stated
maturity date of November 1, 2047. The bonds were issued in order to
construct a 236 unit multifamily apartment complex in Topeka,
Kansas. Finished units were available for leasing beginning in
November 2008 with a final completion of the project expected by May
2009.
In May
2007, the Company acquired the Gardens of DeCordova bonds at par value of $4.9
million, which represented 100% of the bond issuance. The bonds earn
interest at an annual rate of 6.0% with semi-annual interest payments and a
stated maturity date of May 1, 2047. The bonds were issued in order
to construct a 76 unit multifamily apartment complex in Granbury, Texas. The
apartment complex became available for leasing in November 2008 with full
completion scheduled in April 2009.
In May
2007, the Company acquired the Gardens of Weatherford bonds at par value of $4.7
million, which represented 100% of the bond issuance. The bonds earn
interest at an annual rate of 6.0% with semi-annual interest payments and a
stated maturity date of May 1, 2047. The bonds were issued in order
to construct a 76 unit multifamily apartment complex in Weatherford,
Texas. The apartment complex is currently under construction with an
estimated completion date of December 2009.
The
Company has determined that the underlying entities that own the Woodlynn
Village Apartments, Bridle Ridge Apartments, Runnymede Apartments, Woodland Park
Apartments, the Gardens of DeCordova Apartments and the Gardens of Weatherford
Apartments which are financed by bonds owned by the Partnership do not meet the
definition of a VIE and accordingly, their financial statements are not required
to be consolidated into the Company’s consolidated financial statements under
FIN 46R.
Descriptions
of the properties collateralizing the tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds and
other tax-exempt bonds and certain terms of such bonds are as
follows:
Base
|
Principal
|
Income
|
|||||||||
Maturity
|
Interest
|
Outstanding
at
|
Earned
in
|
||||||||
Property
Name
|
Location
|
Date
|
Rate
|
Dec.
31, 2008
|
2008
|
||||||
Clarkson
College
|
Omaha,
NE
|
11/1/2035
|
6.00%
|
$
|
6,018,333
|
$
|
363,071
|
||||
Bella
Vista
|
Gainesville,
TX
|
4/1/2046
|
6.15%
|
6,785,000
|
417,508
|
||||||
Gardens
of DeCordova
|
Granbury,
TX
|
5/1/2047
|
6.00%
|
4,870,000
|
293,012
|
||||||
Gardens
of Weatherford
|
Weatherford,
TX
|
5/1/2047
|
6.00%
|
4,702,000
|
282,904
|
||||||
Woodland
Park
|
Topeka,
KS
|
11/1/2047
|
6.00%
|
15,065,000
|
903,900
|
||||||
Woodland
Park
|
Topeka,
KS
|
11/1/2047
|
8.00%
|
650,000
|
52,000
|
||||||
Runnymede
|
Austin,
TX
|
10/1/2042
|
6.00%
|
10,825,000
|
649,500
|
||||||
Bridle
Ridge
|
Greer,
SC
|
1/1/2043
|
6.00%
|
7,885,000
|
461,273
|
||||||
Woodlynn
Village
|
Maplewood,
MN
|
11/1/2042
|
6.00%
|
4,550,000
|
250,250
|
||||||
Total
Tax-Exempt Mortgage Bonds
|
$
|
61,350,333
|
$
|
3,673,418
|
|||||||
Base
|
Principal
|
Income
|
|||||||||
Maturity
|
Interest
|
Outstanding
at
|
Earned
in
|
||||||||
Property
Name
|
Location
|
Date
|
Rate
|
Dec.
31, 2007
|
2007
|
||||||
Chandler
Creek Apartments
|
Round
Rock, TX
|
11/1/2042
|
6.00%
|
(1)
|
$
|
11,500,000
|
$
|
948,741
|
|||
Clarkson
College
|
Omaha,
NE
|
11/1/2035
|
6.00%
|
6,084,960
|
366,521
|
||||||
Bella
Vista
|
Gainesville,
TX
|
4/1/2046
|
6.15%
|
6,800,000
|
418,200
|
||||||
Deerfield
Apartments
|
Blair,
NE
|
11/15/2048
|
6.25%
|
(1)
|
3,300,000
|
210,199
|
|||||
Deerfield
Apartments
|
Blair,
NE
|
11/15/2048
|
8.50%
|
(1)
|
90,000
|
7,183
|
|||||
Gardens
of DeCordova
|
Granbury,
TX
|
5/1/2047
|
6.00%
|
4,870,000
|
187,495
|
||||||
Gardens
of Weatherford
|
Weatherford,
TX
|
5/1/2047
|
6.00%
|
4,702,000
|
181,027
|
||||||
Prairiebrook
Village
|
Gardner,
KS
|
6/1/2047
|
6.00%
|
(2)
|
5,449,000
|
184,387
|
|||||
Prairiebrook
Village
|
Gardner,
KS
|
6/1/2047
|
8.00%
|
(2)
|
413,000
|
15,602
|
|||||
Woodland
Park
|
Topeka,
KS
|
11/1/2047
|
6.00%
|
15,065,000
|
554,528
|
||||||
Woodland
Park
|
Topeka,
KS
|
11/1/2047
|
8.00%
|
650,000
|
21,667
|
||||||
Runnymede
|
Austin,
TX
|
10/1/2042
|
6.00%
|
10,825,000
|
131,704
|
||||||
Total
Tax-Exempt Mortgage Bonds
|
$
|
69,748,960
|
$
|
3,227,254
|
(1) These bonds were sold in
2008. See discussion above.
(2) These bonds are in
default. See discussion above.
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6. Real
Estate Assets
To
facilitate its investment strategy of acquiring additional tax-exempt mortgage
bonds secured by multifamily apartment properties (“MF Properties”), the
Partnership has caused its wholly-owned subsidiaries to acquire 99% limited
partner positions in the eight limited partnerships that own the MF
Properties. The general partners of these partnerships are
unaffiliated parties and their 1% ownership interest in these limited
partnerships is reflected in the Company’s consolidated financial statements as
minority interests. The Partnership expects to ultimately restructure
the property ownership through a sale of the MF Properties and a syndication of
the associated low income housing tax credits (“LIHTCs”). The
Partnership expects to provide the tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds to the new
property owners as part of the restructuring. Such restructurings
will generally be expected to be initiated within 36 months of the initial
investment in MF Properties and will often coincide with the expiration of the
compliance period relating to LIHTCs previously issued with respect to the MF
Property. Current credit markets and general economic issues have had
a significant negative impact on these types of transactions. At this
time very few LIHTC syndication and tax-exempt bond financing transactions are
being completed. Management believes that these types of transactions
represent a long-term market opportunity for the Company and provide a
significant future bond investment pipeline when the market for LIHTC
syndications strengthens. Until such a restructuring occurs the
operations of the properties owned by the limited partnerships are consolidated
with the Partnership. The Partnership will not acquire LIHTCs in
connection with these transactions.
At
December 31, 2008, the Partnership held an interest in eight MF Properties
containing 796 rental units, of which four are located in Ohio, two are located
in Kentucky, one is located in Virginia, and one is located in
Georgia.
The MF
Property located in Georgia, Glynn Place (“Glynn Place”), was acquired on
October 30, 2008 for a $5.4 million purchase price plus transaction expenses of
approximately $500,000. The purchase price was funded through a
mortgage loan of $4.5 million and cash of approximately $1.4
million. The cash portion of the purchase price was funded by cash on
hand.
The MF
Property located in Virginia, The Commons at Churchland (“Churchland”), was
acquired on August 29, 2008 for a $7.5 million purchase price plus transaction
expenses of approximately $400,000. The purchase price was funded
through a first mortgage loan of $5.5 million, a second mortgage loan of $1.0
million and cash of approximately $1.4 million. The cash portion of
the purchase price was funded by cash on hand.
Individually
these acquisitions are not material but in the aggregate they must be disclosed
pursuant to SFAS No. 141. A condensed balance sheet at the date of acquisition
for each of the 2008 acquisitions is included below.
Glynn
Place
|
||||
10/30/08
|
||||
(Date
of acquisition)
|
||||
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
$ | 50,150 | ||
Restricted
cash
|
284,900 | |||
Other
current assets
|
86,083 | |||
In-place
lease assets
|
188,122 | |||
Real
estate assets
|
5,217,763 | |||
Finance
costs
|
224,482 | |||
Total
assets
|
$ | 6,051,500 | ||
Accounts
payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities
|
$ | 117,467 | ||
Mortgage
payable
|
4,480,000 | |||
Stockholders’
equity
|
1,454,033 | |||
Total
liabilities and stockholders' equity
|
$ | 6,051,500 | ||
Churchland
|
||||
8/29/2008
|
||||
(Date
of acquisition)
|
||||
Restricted
cash
|
$ | 39,037 | ||
Other
current assets
|
27,273 | |||
In-place
lease assets
|
180,339 | |||
Real
estate assets
|
7,429,981 | |||
Finance
costs
|
273,447 | |||
Total
assets
|
$ | 7,950,077 | ||
Accounts
payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities
|
$ | 34,049 | ||
Mortgage
payable
|
6,530,800 | |||
Stockholders’
equity
|
1,385,228 | |||
Total
liabilities and stockholders' equity
|
$ | 7,950,077 |
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The table
below shows the pro forma condensed consolidated results of operations of the
Company as if the Churchland and Glynn Place properties had been acquired at the
beginning of the period presented:
For
the Year Ended,
|
For
the Year Ended,
|
|||||||
December
31, 2008
|
December
31, 2007
|
|||||||
Revenues
|
$ | 19,629,527 | $ | 24,226,538 | ||||
Net
loss
|
(1,163,755 | ) | (838,163 | ) | ||||
Net
income allocated to BUC holders
|
2,530,406 | 2,505,145 | ||||||
BUC
holders' interest in net income per unit (basic and
diluted)
|
$ | 0.19 | $ | 0.19 |
The pro
forma financial information represents the historical operating results of the
combined Company with adjustments for purchase accounting and is not necessarily
indicative of the results of operations that would have been achieved if the
acquisition had taken place at the beginning of the period
presented.
The six
MF Properties located in Ohio and Kentucky are known as Eagle Ridge, Crescent
Village, Meadowview, Willow Bend, Postwoods I, and Postwoods II (“Ohio-Kentucky
Partnerships”) were acquired in 2007 in the aggregate for a cash purchase price
of approximately $9.2 million plus assumed debt and other liabilities of
approximately $15.7 million. The cash portion of the purchase price
was funded by cash on hand.
The
Company had the following investments in MF Properties as of December 31, 2008
and 2007:
Buildings
and Improvements
|
Carrying
Value
at December
31, 2008
|
||||||||||||||||
Number
of
Units
|
|||||||||||||||||
Property
Name
|
Location
|
Land
|
|||||||||||||||
Eagle
Ridge
|
Erlanger,
KY
|
64 | $ | 290,763 | $ | 2,393,762 | $ | 2,684,525 | |||||||||
Meadowview
|
Highland
Heights, KY
|
118 | 703,936 | 4,912,777 | 5,616,713 | ||||||||||||
Crescent
Village
|
Cincinnati,
OH
|
90 | 353,117 | 4,312,152 | 4,665,269 | ||||||||||||
Willow
Bend
|
Hilliard,
OH
|
92 | 580,130 | 3,006,278 | 3,586,408 | ||||||||||||
Postwoods
I
|
Reynoldsburg,
OH
|
92 | 572,066 | 3,247,757 | 3,819,823 | ||||||||||||
Postwoods
II
|
Reynoldsburg,
OH
|
88 | 576,438 | 3,272,331 | 3,848,769 | ||||||||||||
Churchland
|
Chesapeake,
VA
|
124 | 1,171,146 | 6,258,835 | 7,429,981 | ||||||||||||
Glynn
Place
|
Brunswick,
GA
|
128 | 743,996 | 4,473,767 | 5,217,763 | ||||||||||||
36,869,251 | |||||||||||||||||
Less
accumulated depreciation (depreciation expense of approximately $1.1
million in 2008)
|
(1,519,845 | ) | |||||||||||||||
Balance
at December 31, 2008
|
$ | 35,349,406 |
Buildings
and Improvements
|
Carrying
Value
at December
31, 2007
|
||||||||||||||||
Number
of
Units
|
|||||||||||||||||
Property
Name
|
Location
|
Land
|
|||||||||||||||
Eagle
Ridge
|
Erlanger,
KY
|
64 | $ | 290,763 | $ | 2,387,242 | $ | 2,678,005 | |||||||||
Meadowview
|
Highland
Heights, KY
|
118 | 703,936 | 4,881,630 | 5,585,566 | ||||||||||||
Crescent
Village
|
Cincinnati,
OH
|
90 | 353,117 | 4,312,153 | 4,665,270 | ||||||||||||
Willow
Bend
|
Hilliard,
OH
|
92 | 580,130 | 3,006,278 | 3,586,408 | ||||||||||||
Postwoods
I
|
Reynoldsburg,
OH
|
92 | 572,065 | 3,247,757 | 3,819,822 | ||||||||||||
Postwoods
II
|
Reynoldsburg,
OH
|
88 | 576,438 | 3,272,331 | 3,848,769 | ||||||||||||
24,183,840 | |||||||||||||||||
Less
accumulated depreciation (depreciation expense of approximately $459,000
in 2007)
|
(459,196 | ) | |||||||||||||||
Balance
at December 31, 2007
|
$ | 23,724,644 |
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In
February 2009, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company acquired the 99% limited
partnership position in a property known as the Greens of Pine Glen (the
“Greens”) for a total purchase price of $7.2 million, including transaction
expenses. The purchase price was funded through a first mortgage of
$6.5 million and cash on hand of $0.7 million. This represents the
ninth MF Property owned by the Company.
In
addition to the MF Properties, the Partnership consolidates the assets,
liabilities and results of operation of the VIEs in accordance with FIN
46R. Although the assets of the VIEs are consolidated, the
Partnership has no ownership interest in the VIEs other than to the extent they
serve as collateral for the tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds owned by the
Partnership. The results of operations of those properties are recorded by
the Company in consolidation but any net income or loss from these properties
does not accrue to the BUC holders or the general partner, but is instead
included in "Unallocated deficit of variable interest entities.”
The
Company consolidated the following properties owned by the VIEs in continuing
operations as of December 31, 2008 and 2007:
Property
Name
|
Location
|
Number
of Units
|
Land
|
Buildings
and Improvements
|
Carrying
Value at December 31, 2008
|
||||||||||||
Ashley
Square
|
Des
Moines, IA
|
144 | $ | 650,000 | $ | 7,522,190 | $ | 8,172,190 | |||||||||
Bent
Tree Apartments
|
Columbia,
SC
|
232 | 986,000 | 11,391,963 | 12,377,963 | ||||||||||||
Fairmont
Oaks Apartments
|
Gainsville,
FL
|
178 | 850,400 | 8,162,077 | 9,012,477 | ||||||||||||
Iona
Lakes Apartments
|
Ft.
Myers, FL
|
350 | 1,900,000 | 17,034,120 | 18,934,120 | ||||||||||||
Lake
Forest Apartments
|
Daytona
Beach, FL
|
240 | 1,396,800 | 10,915,732 | 12,312,532 | ||||||||||||
60,809,282 | |||||||||||||||||
Less
accumulated depreciation (depreciation expense of approximately $2.3
million in 2008)
|
(15,979,825 | ) | |||||||||||||||
Balance
at December 31, 2008
|
$ | 44,829,457 |
Buildings and Improvements |
Carrying
Value
at December
31, 2007
|
||||||||||||||||
Number
of
Units
|
|||||||||||||||||
Property
Name
|
Location
|
Land
|
|||||||||||||||
Ashley
Square
|
Des
Moines, IA
|
144 | $ | 650,000 | $ | 7,353,350 | $ | 8,003,350 | |||||||||
Bent
Tree Apartments
|
Columbia,
SC
|
232 | 986,000 | 11,226,011 | 12,212,011 | ||||||||||||
Fairmont
Oaks Apartments
|
Gainsville,
FL
|
178 | 850,400 | 8,108,627 | 8,959,027 | ||||||||||||
Iona
Lakes Apartments
|
Ft.
Myers, FL
|
350 | 1,900,000 | 17,032,120 | 18,932,120 | ||||||||||||
Lake
Forest Apartments
|
Daytona
Beach, FL
|
240 | 1,396,800 | 10,724,810 | 12,121,610 | ||||||||||||
60,228,119 | |||||||||||||||||
Less
accumulated depreciation (depreciation expense of approximately $2.2
million in 2007)
|
(13,706,248 | ) | |||||||||||||||
Balance
at December 31, 2007
|
$ | 46,521,871 |
7. Discontinued
Operations and Assets Held for Sale
During
the fourth quarter of 2008, Ashley Pointe at Eagle Crest in Evansville, Indiana,
Woodbridge Apartment of Bloomington III in Bloomington, Indiana, and Woodbridge
Apartments of Louisville II in Louisville, Kentucky met the criteria for
discontinued operations under SFAS No. 144, Accounting for the Impairment or
Disposal of Long-lived Assets (“SFAS No. 144”), and they are classified
as such in the consolidated financial statements for all periods
presented. Under SFAS No. 144, an asset is generally
considered to qualify as held for sale when: i) management, having the
authority to approve the action, commits to a plan to sell the asset,
ii) the asset is available for immediate sale in its present condition,
iii) an active program to locate a buyer and other actions required to
complete the plan to sell the asset have been initiated at a price that is
reasonable in relation to its current fair value and iv) the sale of the
asset is probable, and transfer of the asset is expected to qualify for
recognition as a completed sale, within one year. The Company owned
$28.3 million in bonds secured by the properties and under FIN 46R, the
Company was required to consolidate the properties as VIEs due primarily to the
contingent interest feature of the bonds as the properties are owned by third
party limited partners unaffiliated with the Partnership. As of
December 31, 2008, the operations of these VIEs have been recorded by the
Company as discontinued operations and the net assets and liabilities are
recorded as held for sale. There is no material relationship between
the Partnership, the limited partner property owners or any of their respective
affiliates, on the one hand, and the buyer or any of its respective affiliates,
on the other hand.
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As of
December 31, 2008, $19.6 million of the total outstanding debt related to the
Partnership’s bond portfolio has been allocated to discontinued operations.
Interest expense was allocated to discontinued operations based on
the historical effective rate of the Company’s debt financing applied to the
debt financing allocated to discontinued operations. The Company allocated
to discontinued operations interest expense of $991,000, $936,000 and $803,000
for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006,
respectively.
In
February 2009, the tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds secured by the properties
were redeemed. As noted above, the properties financed by these
redeemed mortgage revenue bonds were required to be consolidated into our
financial statements as VIEs under FIN 46R. In order to properly
reflect the transaction under FIN 46R, the Company will record the redemption of
the bonds as a sale of the properties as though they were owned by the
Company. The transaction was completed in the first quarter of 2009
for a total purchase price of $32.0 million resulting in an estimated gain on
sale for GAAP reporting to the Company of approximately $26.0
million. The redemption of the bonds did not result in a taxable gain
to the Partnership. The redeemed bonds were collateral on the
Company’s TOB facility. As of the closing date of the redemption, the
Company placed on deposit with Bank of America $23.6 million as replacement
collateral. Such funds on deposit may be used to reduce the amount of
debt outstanding on the TOB facility.
In 2006,
the Company owned $6.15 million in bonds secured by Northwoods Lake
Apartments in Duluth, Georgia and under FIN 46R, the Company was required to
consolidate the property as a VIE. During the third quarter of 2006,
the property owner sold the property and, therefore, the VIE met the criteria
under SFAS No. 144 as a discontinued operation and was classified as such
in the consolidated results of operations and in the consolidated balance
sheets. In conjunction with the property sale, the Partnership sold
its investment in the Northwoods Lake Apartments bonds. The sale of the bonds
did not result in a taxable gain to the Partnership. In order to
properly reflect the transaction under FIN 46R, the Company recorded the sale of
the property in 2006 as though it was owned by the Company. As such, the Company
recorded a gain on the sale of the property of
$11.7 million. The sale was completed for a total purchase price
of $29.5 million. As part of the purchase price for the property, the buyer
assumed the property owner's obligations under the Northwood Lake Apartment
Multifamily Housing Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2004A (the “Series A Bonds”)
and Series 2004B (the “Series B Bonds”). The Series A Bonds had a principal
outstanding balance of $18.6 million and the Series B Bonds had a principal
outstanding balance of $6.1 million. The Series A Bonds are held by unaffiliated
third parties. There is no material relationship between the Partnership, the
property owner or any of their respective affiliates, on the one hand, and the
buyer or any of its respective affiliates, on the other hand. The
property owner realized approximately $4.3 million in net cash proceeds from the
sale of the property. These funds were used in their entirety to retire existing
obligations of the property owner including accumulated tax-exempt contingent
interest earned by the Partnership on the Series B Bonds. The equity
in the property owner was held by individuals associated with the general
partner of AFCA 2. All net proceeds received by the property owner as a result
of the transaction and any assets remaining with the property owner were used to
settle obligations to the Partnership. The sale of the bonds plus the receipt of
accumulated contingent interest in 2006 resulted in total proceeds to the
Partnership of approximately $10.4 million.
The
following represents the components of the assets and liabilities of
discontinued operations as of December 31, 2008 and December 31,
2007.
Dec.
31, 2008
|
Dec.
31, 2007
|
|||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
$ | 164,861 | $ | 145,278 | ||||
Restricted
cash
|
322,560 | 292,659 | ||||||
Land
|
1,497,355 | 1,497,355 | ||||||
Buildings
and improvements
|
23,696,355 | 23,666,088 | ||||||
Real
estate assets before accumulated depreciation
|
25,193,710 | 25,163,443 | ||||||
Accumulated
depreciation
|
(17,927,345 | ) | (17,378,336 | ) | ||||
Net
real estate assets
|
7,266,365 | 7,785,107 | ||||||
Other
assets
|
360,075 | 173,545 | ||||||
Total
assets from discontinued operations
|
8,113,861 | 8,396,589 | ||||||
Total
liabilities of discontinued operations
|
23,264,589 | 22,330,707 | ||||||
Net
deficits of discontinued operations
|
$ | (15,150,728 | ) | $ | (13,934,118 | ) |
The
following presents the revenues, expenses and income from discontinued
operations excluding gain on sale of $11.7 million in 2006:
Year
Ended December 31,
|
||||||||||||
2008
|
2007
|
2006
|
||||||||||
Rental
Revenues
|
$ | 5,195,761 | $ | 5,071,942 | $ | 7,119,923 | ||||||
Expenses
|
4,548,772 | 4,247,693 | 6,314,981 | |||||||||
Income
from discontinued operations
|
$ | 646,989 | $ | 824,249 | $ | 804,942 |
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8. Debt
Financing and Mortgages Payable
The terms
of the Company’s debt financing are as follows:
Securitized
Tax-Exempt Mortgage Revenue
|
Debt
Financing
|
Original
|
Bond
Collateral
|
Year Collateral
|
Stated
Debt
|
Effective
|
|||||||||||||||
Bond
and Pledged Collateral
|
at
December 31, 2008
|
Debt
Financing
|
Par
Value
|
Acquired
|
Maturity
|
Rate
(1)
|
|||||||||||||||
Runnymede
Apartments
|
$ | 8,479,872 | $ | 8,479,872 | $ | 10,825,000 |
2007
|
July
2009
|
4.00 | % | |||||||||||
Fairmont
Oaks Apartments
|
6,316,135 | 6,341,135 | 7,715,000 |
2003
|
July
2009
|
4.00 | % | ||||||||||||||
Iona
Lakes Apartments
|
13,795,072 | 13,855,072 | 16,210,000 |
2000
|
July
2009
|
4.00 | % | ||||||||||||||
Bella
Vista Apartments
|
5,431,500 | 5,431,500 | 6,785,000 |
2007
|
July
2009
|
4.00 | % | ||||||||||||||
Woodlynn
Village Apartments
|
3,563,879 | 3,563,879 | 4,550,000 |
2008
|
July
2009
|
4.00 | % | ||||||||||||||
Woodland
Park Apartments
|
11,748,440 | 11,748,440 | 15,715,000 |
2007
|
July
2009
|
4.00 | % | ||||||||||||||
Clarkson
College
|
4,753,791 | 4,772,791 | 6,018,333 |
2004
|
July
2009
|
4.00 | % | ||||||||||||||
Gardens
of DeCordova Apartments
|
3,600,665 | 3,600,665 | 4,870,000 |
2007
|
July
2009
|
4.00 | % | ||||||||||||||
Gardens
of Weatherford Apartments
|
3,668,124 | 3,668,124 | 4,702,000 |
2007
|
July
2009
|
4.00 | % | ||||||||||||||
Bridle
Ridge Apartments
|
6,174,665 | 6,174,665 | 7,885,000 |
2008
|
July
2009
|
3.96 | % | ||||||||||||||
Lake
Forest Apartments
|
9,033,094 | 9,109,094 | 10,115,000 |
2001
|
July
2009
|
3.96 | % | ||||||||||||||
Ashley
Square Apartments
|
- | - | 6,500,000 |
1999
|
N/A | N/A | |||||||||||||||
Bent
Tree Apartments
|
- | - | 11,130,000 |
2000
|
N/A | N/A | |||||||||||||||
Ashley
Pointe Apartments
|
- | - | 6,700,000 |
1998
|
N/A | N/A | |||||||||||||||
Woodbridge
- Bloomington Aptmnts
|
- | - | 12,600,000 |
1998
|
N/A | N/A | |||||||||||||||
Woodbridge
- Louisville Aptmnts
|
- | - | 8,976,000 |
1998
|
N/A | N/A | |||||||||||||||
Total
|
76,565,237 | 76,745,237 | 141,296,333 | ||||||||||||||||||
Debt
financing allocated to discontinued operations
|
(19,583,660 | ) | - | (28,276,000 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
Debt
financing - continuing operations
|
$ | 56,981,577 | $ | 76,745,237 | $ | 113,020,333 | |||||||||||||||
(1)
Represents the
average effective interest rate, including fees, for the year ended
December 31, 2008 and excludes the effect of interest rate caps (see Note
10.)
|
Outstanding
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Securitized
Tax-Exempt Mortgage Revenue
|
Debt
Financing
|
Original
|
Bond
Collateral
|
Year
Collateral
|
Stated
Debt
|
Effective
|
|||||||||||||||
Bond
and Pledged Collateral
|
at
December 31, 2007
|
Debt
Financing
|
Par
Value
|
Acquired
|
Maturity
|
Rate
(2)
|
|||||||||||||||
Fairmont
Oaks Apartments
|
$ | 7,775,000 | $ | 8,020,000 | $ | 7,775,000 |
2003
|
April
2008
|
4.61 | % | |||||||||||
Lake
Forest Apartments
|
10,240,000 | 10,590,000 | 10,240,000 |
2001
|
Dec.
2009
|
4.61 | % | ||||||||||||||
Bent
Tree Apartments
|
11,130,000 | 11,130,000 | 11,130,000 |
2000
|
Dec.
2010
|
4.45 | % | ||||||||||||||
Woodbridge
- Bloomington Aptmnts
|
12,600,000 | 12,600,000 | 12,600,000 |
1998
|
Dec.
2010
|
5.26 | % | ||||||||||||||
Iona
Lakes Apartments
|
16,350,000 | 17,155,000 | 16,350,000 |
2000
|
April
2011
|
4.54 | % | ||||||||||||||
Ashley
Square Apartments
|
6,500,000 | 6,500,000 | 6,500,000 |
2007
|
May
2013
|
4.50 | % | ||||||||||||||
Bella
Vista Apartments
|
6,800,000 | 6,800,000 | 6,800,000 |
2007
|
June
2038
|
4.50 | % | ||||||||||||||
Chandler
Creek Apartments
|
- | - | 11,500,000 |
2000
|
N/A | N/A | |||||||||||||||
Clarkson
College
|
- | - | 6,084,958 |
2004
|
N/A | N/A | |||||||||||||||
Deerfield
Apartments
|
- | - | 3,390,000 |
2006
|
N/A | N/A | |||||||||||||||
Gardens
of DeCordova Apartments
|
- | - | 4,870,000 |
2007
|
N/A | N/A | |||||||||||||||
Gardens
of Weatherford Apartments
|
- | - | 4,702,000 |
2007
|
N/A | N/A | |||||||||||||||
Prairiebrook
Village
|
- | - | 5,862,000 |
2007
|
N/A | N/A | |||||||||||||||
Woodland
Park Apartments
|
- | - | 15,715,000 |
2007
|
N/A | N/A | |||||||||||||||
Ashley
Pointe Apartments
|
- | - | 6,700,000 |
1998
|
N/A | N/A | |||||||||||||||
Woodbridge
- Louisville Aptmnts
|
- | - | 8,976,000 |
1998
|
N/A | N/A | |||||||||||||||
Total
|
71,395,000 | 72,795,000 | 139,194,958 | ||||||||||||||||||
Debt
financing allocated to discontinued operations
|
(18,850,667 | ) | - | (28,276,000 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
Debt
financing - continuing operations
|
$ | 52,544,333 | $ | 72,795,000 | $ | 110,918,958 | |||||||||||||||
(2)
Represents the
average effective interest rate, including fees, for the year ended
December 31, 2007 and excludes the effect of interest rate caps (see Note
10.)
|
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Historically,
the Company’s long-term debt has been provided by securitization of existing
tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds through the Merrill Lynch P-Float program
which was accounted for as secured borrowings. On June 26, 2008, the
Company effectively replaced the Merrill Lynch P-Float program by entering into
an agreement for a new tender option bond credit facility (“TOB facility”)
agreement with Bank of America. The new TOB facility functions in
much the same fashion as the P-Float program. In connection with the
TOB facility, tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds are placed into trusts which
issue senior securities (known as “Floater Certificates”) to unaffiliated
institutional investors and subordinated residual interest securities (known as
“Inverse Certificates”) to the Company. Net proceeds generated by the
sale of the Floater Certificates are then remitted to the Company and accounted
for as secured borrowings and, in effect, provided variable-rate financing for
the acquisition of additional tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds and other
investments meeting the Company’s investment criteria and for other purposes.
The new TOB facility is a one-year agreement with a one-year renewal option held
by Bank of America and bears a variable interest rate at a weekly floating bond
rate, the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (“SIFMA”)
floating index, plus associated remarketing, credit enhancement, liquidity and
trustee fees.
On June
26, 2008, as part of the new TOB facility, Bank of America funded a $65.1
million bridge loan which was used to retire the Merrill Lynch P-float program
debt. On July 3, 2008, the new TOB facility was closed and the
resulting Floater Certificates were sold. The closing of the TOB
facility resulted in debt proceeds of approximately $76.7
million. After repayment of the bridge loan and related fees and
expenses, net proceeds of approximately $10.8 million were remitted to the
Company for investment in additional tax-exempt mortgage bonds and other
investments consistent with its investment policies and for other
purposes. In order to secure these obligations, the Partnership is
required to pledge cash or certain highly-rated securities as
collateral. As security for the TOB Facility, the Partnership has
pledged all of its Inverse Certificates, five additional tax-exempt mortgage
bonds with an aggregate principal balance of $45.9 million and certain
taxable mortgage loans made by it to the owners of apartment properties financed
with tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds held by it to secure its obligations
under these arrangements. The Partnership may be required to provide
additional collateral during the term of the TOB Trusts due to variations in
interest rates and in the value of the collateral provided by it and of the
tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds held by the TOB Trusts.
Prior to
June 26, 2008, the Company’s financing was concentrated with Merrill Lynch
through the P-Float program. Credit rating downgrades at
Merrill Lynch resulted in an increase in the Company’s cost of borrowing under
the P-Float program. For year ended December 31, 2008 and 2007, the
Company’s average effective interest rate on the TOB facility and P-Float was
approximately 4.4% and 4.5%, respectively.
Outstanding
|
||||||||||||||
Debt
Financing
|
Original
|
Year
Acquired
|
Stated
Maturity
|
Effective
Rate
(1)
|
||||||||||
MF
Property Mortgage Loans
|
at
December 31, 2008
|
Debt
Financing
|
||||||||||||
Ohio
and Kentucky properties
|
$ | 19,920,000 | $ | 19,920,000 |
2007
|
July
2009
|
4.69 | % | ||||||
Churchland
|
5,513,426 | 5,530,800 |
2008
|
September
2013
|
5.14 | % | ||||||||
Churchland
|
1,000,000 | 1,000,000 |
2008
|
November
2013
|
6.00 | % | ||||||||
Glynn
Place
|
4,475,364 | 4,480,000 |
2008
|
November
2011
|
4.13 | % | ||||||||
Total
Mortgage Payable
|
$ | 30,908,790 | $ | 30,930,800 | ||||||||||
Outstanding
|
||||||||||||||
Debt
Financing
|
Original
|
Year
Acquired
|
Stated
Maturity
|
Effective
Rate
(1)
|
||||||||||
MF
Property Mortgage Loans
|
at
December 31, 2007
|
Debt
Financing
|
||||||||||||
Ohio
and Kentucky properties
|
$ | 19,920,000 | $ | 19,920,000 |
2007
|
July
2009
|
6.98 | % | ||||||
Total
Mortgage Payable
|
$ | 19,920,000 | $ | 19,920,000 | ||||||||||
(1) Represents the
average effective interest rate, including fees, for the year ended
December 31, 2008 and excludes the effect of interest rate caps (see Note
10.)
|
The
acquisition of Churchland was financed with first and second mortgage loans
totaling approximately $6.5 million, a $5.5 million first mortgage and a $1.0
million second mortgage. The interest rate on the first mortgage is variable and
is calculated as one month LIBOR plus 2.55%. As of December 31, 2008,
one month LIBOR was 1.75% and the interest on the mortgage was 4.3% per
annum. The first mortgage matures in September 2013. The
interest rate on the second mortgage loan is fixed for the first 36 months at
6.0% and then switches to LIBOR plus 3.0% for the remaining term. The
second mortgage matures in November 2013. The Company has guaranteed
the payment of certain exceptions from the non-recourse provisions, should they
arise, in connection with these mortgage loans.
The
acquisition of Glynn Place was financed with a mortgage loan of $4.5 million.
The interest rate on the mortgage is variable and is calculated as daily LIBOR
plus 2.50%. As of December 31, 2008, daily LIBOR was 0.46% and the interest on
the mortgage was 2.96% per annum. The mortgage matures in November
2011.
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In
connection with the 2007 acquisition of the six MF Properties located in Ohio
and Kentucky, a mortgage loan of approximately $19.9 million was
obtained. The interest rate on this mortgage is variable and is
calculated as one month LIBOR plus 1.55%. The Company has guaranteed
the payment of certain exceptions from the non-recourse provisions and certain
environmental obligations, should they arise, in connection with the
loan.
The
Company’s aggregate borrowings as of December 31, 2008 contractually mature over
the next five years and thereafter as follows:
2009
|
$ | 96,610,366 | ||
2010
|
125,129 | |||
2011
|
4,433,597 | |||
2012
|
69,497 | |||
2013
|
6,235,439 | |||
Thereafter
|
- | |||
Total
|
$ | 107,474,027 |
The
amounts maturing in 2009 consist of the entire balance of the TOB facility plus
approximately $19.9 million of mortgages payables on MF
Properties. The TOB facility is a one year agreement with a one-year
renewal option held by Bank of America. We are currently negotiating
with Bank of America and expect to renew the TOB Facility. In
addition, we are currently negotiating with other potential lenders to provide
either a facility similar to the current TOB Facility, except with a longer
term, or another alternative form of financing. In addition,
approximately $19.9 million in outstanding mortgage financing related to the MF
Properties located in Ohio and Kentucky is due in less than one
year. This mortgage loan contains three one-year renewal options held
by the Company. The Company intends to provide appropriate
notification to the lender and renew the mortgage for an additional
year. While the Company expects to be able to renew or refinance
current debt maturities, if the current illiquidity in the financial markets
continues or further deteriorates, our ability to renew or refinance our
outstanding debt financing may be negatively affected.
9. Transactions
with Related Parties
Substantially
all of the Company's general and administrative expenses and certain costs
capitalized by the Partnership are paid by AFCA 2 or an affiliate and are
reimbursed by the Partnership. The capitalized costs were incurred in connection
with the acquisition or reissuance of certain tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds
and the debt financing transactions. The amounts of such expenses reimbursed to
AFCA 2 or an affiliate are shown below.
2008
|
2007
|
2006
|
||||||||||
Reimbursable
salaries and benefits
|
$ | 655,156 | $ | 616,058 | $ | 612,836 | ||||||
Costs
capitalized by the Partnership
|
348,454 | 455,613 | - | |||||||||
Other
expenses
|
71,612 | 70,236 | 130,985 | |||||||||
Insurance
|
91,295 | 104,557 | 95,662 | |||||||||
Professional
fees and expenses
|
566,332 | 418,615 | 422,997 | |||||||||
Investor
services and custodial fees
|
42,712 | 38,511 | 47,739 | |||||||||
Consulting
and travel expenses
|
63,211 | 55,426 | 24,207 | |||||||||
$ | 1,838,772 | $ | 1,759,016 | $ | 1,334,426 |
AFCA 2 is
entitled to receive an administrative fee from the Partnership equal to 0.45%
per annum of the outstanding principal balance of any its tax-exempt mortgage
revenue bonds or other tax-exempt investments for which the owner of the
financed property or other third party is not obligated to pay such
administrative fee directly to AFCA 2. For the years ended December 31, 2008,
2007, and 2006, the Partnership paid administrative fees to AFCA 2 of
approximately $314,000, $207,000, and $79,000, respectively. In
addition to the administrative fees paid directly by the Partnership, AFCA 2
receives administrative fees directly from the owners of properties financed by
certain of the tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds held by the
Partnership. These administrative fees also equal 0.45% per annum of
the outstanding principal balance of these tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds and
totaled approximately $319,000, $526,000, and $313,000, in 2008, 2007, and 2006,
respectively. In addition, during 2006 AFCA 2 received payment of
approximately $440,000 of past due administrative fees from the owners of
Northwoods. Although these third party administrative fees are not
Partnership expenses, they have been reflected in the accompanying consolidated
financial statements of the Company as a result of the consolidation of the
VIEs. Such fees are payable by the financed property prior to the
payment of any contingent interest on the tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds
secured by these properties. If the Partnership were to acquire any
of these properties in foreclosure, it would assume the obligation to pay the
administrative fees relating to mortgage revenue bonds on these
properties.
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AFCA 2
earned mortgage placement fees in connection with the acquisition of certain
tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds. These mortgage placement fees were
paid by the owners of the respective property and, accordingly, have not been
reflected in the accompanying consolidated financial statements because these
properties are not considered VIEs. During 2008, AFCA 2 earned acquisition fees
from closing the Bridle Ridge and Woodlynn Village bonds in the amount of
approximately $61,000. During 2007, AFCA 2 earned acquisition fees from closing
the Gardens of Weatherford, Gardens of DeCordova, Woodland Park and Prairiebrook
Village bonds in the amount of approximately $311,000. Similar fees of
approximately $102,000 were earned by AFCA 2 during the year ended December 31,
2006 in connection with the acquisition of the Bella Vista and Deerfield
tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds during 2006.
An
affiliate of AFCA 2, America First Property Management Company, L.L.C.
(“Properties Management”) was retained to provide property management services
for Ashley Square, Northwoods Lake Apartments, Ashley Pointe at Eagle Crest,
Iona Lakes Apartments, Bent Tree Apartments, Lake Forest Apartments, Fairmont
Oaks Apartments, Eagle Ridge, Crescent Village, Meadowview, Willow Bend,
Postwoods I, Postwoods II, Churchland and Glynn Place. The management fees paid
to Properties Management amounted to approximately $591,000 in 2008, $485,000 in
2007, and $514,000 in 2006. For the VIEs, these management fees are not
Partnership expenses but are recorded by each applicable VIE entity and,
accordingly, have been reflected in the accompanying consolidated financial
statements. Such fees are paid out of the revenues generated by the properties
owned by the VIEs prior to the payment of any interest on the tax-exempt
mortgage revenue bonds and taxable loans held by the Partnership on these
properties. For the MF Properties, these management fees are considered real
estate operating expenses.
The
shareholders of the limited-purpose corporations which own four of the apartment
properties financed with tax-exempt bonds and taxable loans held by the Company
are employees of Burlington who are not involved in the operation or management
of the Company and who are not executive officers or managers of
Burlington.
10. Interest
Rate Derivatives
As of
December 31, 2008, the Company has four derivative agreements in order to
mitigate its exposure to increases in interest rates on its variable-rate debt
financing and mortgages payable.
Effective
|
Maturity
|
Purchase
|
||||||||
Date
Purchased
|
Notional
Amount
|
Capped
Rate
|
Date
|
Price
|
Counterparty
|
|||||
February
1, 2003
|
$15,000,000
|
2.95%
|
(1)
|
January
1, 2010
|
$608,000
|
Bank
of America
|
||||
June
29, 2007
|
$19,920,000
|
8.30%
|
July
1, 2009
|
$17,500
|
JP
Morgan
|
|||||
July
7, 2008
|
$60,000,000
|
2.50%
|
August
1, 2011
|
$985,000
|
US
Bank
|
|||||
October
29, 2008
|
$4,480,000
|
6.00%
|
November
1, 2011
|
$26,512
|
Bank
of America
|
|||||
(1) The counterparty has
exercised the right to convert the cap into a fixed rate swap effective
February
1, 2008. Under the terms of the swap arrangement, the Partnership pays a
fixed rate of
2.95%.
|
On
October 29, 2008, the Company purchased and interest rate cap for a $26,512
premium. The derivative has a cap on the daily floating rate index of 6.0%, a
notional amount of $4.5 million and matures on November 1, 2011. This
cap is related to the outstanding mortgage payable related to the Glynn Place
acquisition.
On July
7, 2008, the Company entered into agreements with US Bank to terminate two
interest rate cap derivatives and to acquire a new interest rate cap
derivative. The two terminated interest rate cap derivatives had a
total notional amount of $20.0 million and an effective cap rate before
remarketing, credit enhancement, liquidity and trustee fees of
4.0%. The newly acquired interest rate cap derivative has a notional
amount of $60.0 million and an effective cap rate before remarketing, credit
enhancement, liquidity and trustee fees of 2.5%. This cap is related
to the outstanding TOB facility debt. After considering the current
TOB facility fees, the new interest rate cap derivative caps $60.0 million of
the Company’s variable rate debt at an effective rate of 4.15% thus reducing the
Company’s exposure to significant increases in the SIFMA index. The
Company received payment from US Bank for termination of the two interest rate
cap derivatives totaling $54,000 and paid US Bank $985,000 for the new interest
rate cap derivative.
On
February 1, 2008, Bank of America elected to exercise its option to convert the
$15.0 million interest rate cap to a fixed rate swap at a rate of 2.95%. Under
the terms of the swap, the Company will pay the fixed rate of interest to Bank
of America and will receive a variable rate of interest from same based on the
SIFMA Municipal Swap Index rate. This rate is set weekly and
settlements under the swap agreement will be made monthly based on the original
notional amount. The Company is required to maintain a restricted
compensating balance with the Bank of America based on the present value of the
projected future payments for the duration of the swap
agreement. This swap is related to the outstanding TOB facility
debt. After considering the current TOB facility fees, this swap
effectively fixes the interest rate on $15.0 million of the Company’s variable
rate debt at 4.6%.
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On
November 1, 2007, an interest rate cap with a notional amount of $10.0 million
expired. This interest rate cap was not replaced. On June 29, 2007,
Holding Company purchased an interest rate cap for a $17,500
premium. The derivative has a cap on the floating rate index of 8.3%,
a notional amount of $19.9 million and matures on July 1, 2009.
Interest
rate derivative expense, which is the result of marking the interest rate
derivative agreements to fair value, increased expense $604,000 and $74,000 for
the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007 respectively. These are
free-standing derivatives, so changes in fair value are included in
earnings. These interest rate derivatives are presented on the
balance sheet in Other Assets. The carrying value of these
derivatives was $303,000 and $12,000 as of December 31, 2008 and 2007,
respectively.
11. Fair
Value of Financial Instruments
Effective
January 1, 2008, the Company adopted SFAS No. 157, Fair Value Measurements
(“SFAS No. 157”) which defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring
fair value, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. The adoption
of SFAS No. 157 did not significantly change the method in which the Company
measures fair value, but it requires certain additional disclosures, as set
forth below. The provisions of SFAS No. 157 apply to other accounting
pronouncements that require or permit fair value measurements. SFAS
No. 157:
·
|
Defines
fair value as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or
paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most
advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction
between market participants at the measurement date;
and
|
·
|
Establishes
a three-level hierarchy for fair value measurements based upon the
transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability as of the
measurement date.
|
Inputs
refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing
the asset or liability, including assumptions about risk. To increase
consistency and comparability in fair value measurements and related
disclosures, the fair value hierarchy prioritizes the inputs to valuation
techniques used to measure fair value into three broad levels. The
three-levels of the hierarchy are defined as follows:
·
|
Level
1 inputs are quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical
assets or liabilities.
|
·
|
Level
2 inputs are inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that
are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly
for substantially the full term of the financial
instrument.
|
·
|
Level
3 inputs are unobservable inputs for asset or
liabilities.
|
The
categorization within the valuation hierarchy is based upon the lowest level of
input that is significant to the fair value measurement. In
February 2008, the FASB issued FASB Staff Position No. 157-2, Effective Date of FASB Statement
No. 157, which delayed for one year the applicability of SFAS
No. 157 fair value measurements to certain nonfinancial assets and
liabilities. The impact of SFAS No. 157 on the Company’s nonfinancial assets and
liabilities is not expected to be significant upon adoption.
In
October 2008, the FASB issued FSP FAS No. 157-3, Determining the Fair Value of a
Financial Asset When the Market for That Asset Is Not Active (“FSP FAS
No. 157-3”) clarifies the application of SFAS No. 157, Fair Value Measurements, in a
market that is not active and provides an example to illustrate key
considerations in determining the fair value of a financial asset when the
market for that financial asset is not active. This FSP is effective upon
issuance, and we considered its guidance in determining the fair value of our
tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds.
The
Company has certain financial assets and liabilities that are measured at fair
value and certain financial assets and liabilities that are not measured at fair
value but for which the Company provides estimated fair values under the
provisions of SFAS No. 107, Disclosures about Fair Values of
Financial Instruments. The following is a description of the
valuation methodologies used for the Company’s financial assets and liabilities
measured or disclosed at fair value:
Restricted cash, interest receivable,
and distribution payable: Fair value
approximates the carrying value of such assets and liabilities due to the
short-term nature of the financial instruments.
Investments in Tax-exempt Mortgage
Revenue Bonds. The fair values of the Company’s investments in
tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds have each been based a discounted cash flow
and yield to maturity analyses performed by the general
partner. There is no active trading market for the bonds and price
quotes for the bonds are not available. If available, the general
partner may also consider price quotes on similar bonds or other information
from external sources, such pricing services. The estimates of the
fair values of these bonds, whether estimated by the Company or based on
external sources, are based largely on unobservable inputs the general partner
believes would be used by market participants. Additionally, the
calculation methodology used by the external sources and the Company encompasses
the use of judgment in their application. Given these facts the fair value
measurement of the Company’s investment in tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds is
categorized as a Level 3 input. As of December 31, 2007, the fair
values of the Company’s investments in tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds were
based on broker quotes, which are no longer available to the Company, and on a
discounted cash flow analysis.
Debt financing and Mortgages
payable. The Company’s TOB facility and mortgage loans have
variable interest rates. The fair value of the Company’s outstanding
debt is not significantly different from the carrying value because these
variable interest rates are reset frequently.
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Interest rate
derivatives. The fair values of the interest rate derivatives
are determined based upon current price quotes by recognized dealers using
models whose significant inputs are not observable and therefore are categorized
as a Level 3 input.
Assets and liabilities measured at fair
value on a recurring basis are summarized below:
Fair
Value Measurements at December 31, 2008 Using,
|
||||||||||||||||
Quoted
Prices
|
Significant
Other
Observable Inputs
|
|||||||||||||||
in
Active Markets
|
Significant
|
|||||||||||||||
Assets
|
for
Identical Assets
|
Unobservable
Inputs
|
||||||||||||||
Description
|
at Fair Value
|
(Level 1)
|
(Level 2)
|
(Level 3)
|
||||||||||||
Tax-exempt
Mortgage Revenue Bonds
|
$ | 44,492,526 | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 44,492,526 | ||||||||
Interest
Rate Derivatives
|
302,849 | - | - | 302,849 | ||||||||||||
Total
|
$ | 44,795,375 | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 44,795,375 | ||||||||
For
year ended December 31, 2008
|
||||||||||||||||
Fair
Value Measurements Using Significant
|
||||||||||||||||
Unobservable
Inputs (Level 3)
|
||||||||||||||||
Tax-exempt
Mortgage
|
Interest
Rate Derivatives
|
|||||||||||||||
Revenue Bonds
|
Total
|
|||||||||||||||
Beginning
Balance January 1, 2008
|
$ | 66,167,116 | $ | 12,439 | $ | 66,179,555 | ||||||||||
Total
gains or losses (realized/unrealized)
|
||||||||||||||||
Included
in earnings
|
- | (721,102 | ) | (721,102 | ) | |||||||||||
Included
in other comprehensive income
|
(13,275,963 | ) | - | (13,275,963 | ) | |||||||||||
Purchases,
issuances and settlements
|
(8,398,627 | ) | 1,011,512 | (7,387,115 | ) | |||||||||||
Ending
Balance December 31, 2008
|
$ | 44,492,526 | $ | 302,849 | $ | 44,795,375 | ||||||||||
Total
amount of gains or losses for the period included in earnings attributable
to the change in unrealized gains or losses relating to assets or
liabilities still held as of December 31, 2008
|
$ | - | $ | (721,102 | ) | $ | (721,102 | ) |
12.
Commitments and Contingencies
The
Company is subject to various legal proceedings and claims that arise in the
ordinary course of business. These matters are frequently covered by insurance.
If it has been determined that a loss is probable to occur, the estimated amount
of the loss is accrued in the consolidated financial statements. While the
resolution of these matters cannot be predicted with certainty, management
believes the final outcome of such matters will not have a material adverse
effect on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
Certain
of the MF properties own apartment properties that generated Low Income Housing
Tax Credits under section 42 of the Code (“LIHTCs”) for the previous partners in
these partnerships. In connection with the acquisition of partnership
interests in these partnerships by subsidiaries of the Company, the Company has
agreed to reimburse the prior partners for any liabilities they incur due to
recapture of these tax credits to the extent the recapture liability is due to
the operation of the properties in a manner inconsistent with the laws and
regulations relating to such tax credits after the date of acquisition. No
amount has been accrued for this continent liability because management believes
that the likelihood of any payments being required thereunder is
remote.
13.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In May
2008, the FASB issued Statement No. 162, The Hierarchy of Generally Accepted
Accounting Principles (“SFAS No. 162”). SFAS No. 162 identifies the
sources of accounting principles and the framework for selecting the principles
to be used in the preparation of financial statements that are presented in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.
SFAS No. 162 is effective 60 days following the SEC’s approval of the PCAOB
amendments to AU Section 411, “The Meaning of ‘Present fairly in conformity with
generally accepted accounting principles’.” SFAS No. 162 is not
expected to have a material impact on the Company’s financial
statements.
In March
2008, the FASB issued Statement No. 161, Disclosures about Derivative
Instruments and Hedging Activities—an amendment of FASB Statement No. 133
(“SFAS No. 161”). This statement
changes the
existing disclosure requirements in FASB Statement No. 133, Accounting for Derivative
Instruments and Hedging Activities. SFAS
No. 161 requires enhanced disclosures about an entity’s derivative and hedging
activities. The additional disclosures required by the statement will
be required to be included in the Company’s financial statements beginning with
the first quarter of 2009.
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In
December 2007, the FASB issued Statement No. 160, Noncontrolling Interests in
Consolidated Financial Statements- an amendment of ARB 51
(“SFAS No. 160”). SFAS No. 160 requires that a
noncontrolling interest in a subsidiary be reported as equity and the amount of
consolidated net income specifically attributable to the noncontrolling interest
be identified in the consolidated financial statements. It also calls for
consistency in the manner of reporting changes in the parent’s ownership
interest and requires fair value measurement of any noncontrolling equity
investment retained in a deconsolidation. SFAS No. 160 is effective
for the Company on January 1, 2009. The Company does not expect the
application of SFAS No. 160 to have a material impact on the
consolidated financial statements.
In
December 2007, the FASB issued Statement No. 141 (revised 2007), Business Combinations
(“SFAS No. 141R”). SFAS No. 141R broadens the
guidance of SFAS No. 141, extending its applicability to all
transactions and other events in which one entity obtains control over one or
more other businesses. It broadens the fair value measurement and recognition of
assets acquired, liabilities assumed, and interests transferred as a result of
business combinations. SFAS No. 141R is effective for the Company on
January 1, 2009. The Company is currently evaluating the impact that
SFAS No. 141R will have on its consolidated financial statements upon
application to future acquisitions.
In
February 2007, the FASB issued Statement No. 159, The Fair Value Option for Financial
Assets and Financial Liabilities – Including an
amendment of FASB No. 115 (“SFAS No. 159”). This statement permits,
but does not require, entities to choose to measure many financial instruments
and certain other items at fair value. SFAS No. 159 was effective for
the Company beginning on January 1, 2008. The Company elected not to
adopt the provisions of SFAS No. 159 with respect to any financial instruments
held by the Company as of or after January 1, 2008.
14. Segments
The
Company consists of three reportable segments, Tax-Exempt Bond Investments, MF
Properties, and VIEs. In addition to the three reportable segments,
the Company also separately reports its consolidating and eliminating entries
because it does not allocate certain items to the segments.
Tax-Exempt
Bond Investments Segment
The
Tax-Exempt Bond Investments segment consists of the Company’s portfolio of
federally tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds which have been issued to provide
construction and/or permanent financing of multifamily residential
apartments. Such tax exempt bonds are held as long-term
investments. As of December 31, 2008, the Company held nine
tax-exempt bonds not associated with VIEs and eight tax-exempt bonds associated
with VIEs. The multifamily apartment properties financed by these tax
exempt bonds contain a total of 3,697 rental units.
MF
Properties Segment
The MF
Properties segment consists of indirect equity interests in multifamily
apartment properties which are not currently financed by tax-exempt bonds held
by the Partnership but which the Partnership eventually intends to finance by
such bonds through a restructuring. In connection with any such
restructuring, the Partnership will be required to dispose of any equity
interest held in such MF Properties. The Partnership’s interests in
its current MF Properties are not currently classified as Assets Held for Sale
because the Partnership is not actively marketing them for sale, there is no
definitive purchase agreement in existence and, therefore, no sale is expected
in the next twelve months. During the time the Partnership holds an
interest in a MF Property, any net rental income generated by the MF Properties
in excess of debt service will be available for distribution to the Partnership
in accordance with its interest in the MF Property. Any such cash
distribution will contribute to the Partnership’s Cash Available for
Distribution (“CAD”). As of December 31, 2008, the Company held
interest in eight MF Properties containing a total of 796 rental
units.
The
VIE segment
The VIE
segment consists of multifamily apartment properties which are financed with
tax-exempt bonds held by the Partnership, the assets, liabilities and operating
results of which are consolidated with those of the Partnership as a result of
FIN 46R. The tax-exempt bonds on these VIE properties are eliminated
from the Company’s financial statements as a result of such consolidation,
however, such bonds are held as long-term investments by the Partnership which
continues to be entitled to receive principal and interest payments on such
bonds. The Company does not actually own an equity position in the
VIEs or their underlying properties. As of December 31, 2008, the
Company consolidated eight VIE multifamily apartment properties containing a
total of 1,764 rental units. Five of these VIEs are reported in
continuing operations while three are reported as discontinued
operations.
Management
closely monitors and evaluates the financial reporting associated with and the
operations of the VIEs and the MF Properties and performs such evaluation
separately from the other operations of the Partnership through interaction with
the affiliated property management company which manages the multifamily
apartment properties held by the VIEs and the MF Properties.
Management’s
goals with respect to the properties constituting the Company’s VIE and MF
Properties reportable segments is to generate increasing amounts of net rental
income from these properties that will allow them to (i) make all payments
of base interest, and possibly pay contingent interest, on the properties
included in the Tax-Exempt Bond Investments segment and the VIE segment, and
(ii) distribute net rental income to the Partnership from the MF Properties
segment until such properties can be refinanced with additional tax-exempt
mortgage bonds meeting the Partnership’s investment criteria. In
order to achieve these goals, management of these multifamily apartment
properties is focused on: (i) maintaining high economic occupancy and increasing
rental rates through effective leasing, reduced turnover rates and providing
quality maintenance and services to maximize resident satisfaction; (ii)
managing operating expenses and achieving cost reductions through operating
efficiencies and economies of scale generally inherent in the management of a
portfolio of multiple properties; and (iii) emphasizing regular programs of
repairs, maintenance and property improvements to enhance the competitive
advantage and value of its properties in their respective market
areas.
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The
following table details certain key financial information for the Company’s
reportable segments for the three years ended December 31, 2008:
2008
|
2007
|
2006
|
||||||||||
Total
revenue
|
||||||||||||
Tax-Exempt
Bond Financing
|
$ | 10,185,370 | $ | 10,131,656 | $ | 12,621,348 | ||||||
MF
Properties
|
4,793,535 | 2,066,487 | - | |||||||||
VIEs
|
8,938,510 | 8,887,595 | 9,266,223 | |||||||||
Consolidation/eliminations
|
(5,830,841 | ) | (5,898,478 | ) | (10,861,160 | ) | ||||||
Total
revenue
|
$ | 18,086,574 | $ | 15,187,260 | $ | 11,026,411 | ||||||
Interest
expense
|
||||||||||||
Tax-Exempt
Bond Financing
|
$ | 4,047,282 | $ | 2,835,645 | $ | 2,106,292 | ||||||
MF
Properties
|
1,050,172 | 695,547 | - | |||||||||
VIEs
|
5,941,543 | 5,738,459 | 5,533,159 | |||||||||
Consolidation/eliminations
|
(6,932,925 | ) | (6,674,035 | ) | (6,335,691 | ) | ||||||
Total
interest expense
|
$ | 4,106,072 | $ | 2,595,616 | $ | 1,303,760 | ||||||
Depreciation
expense
|
||||||||||||
Tax-Exempt
Bond Financing
|
$ | - | $ | - | $ | - | ||||||
MF
Properties
|
1,060,649 | 459,196 | - | |||||||||
VIEs
|
2,273,577 | 2,150,006 | 1,899,019 | |||||||||
Consolidation/eliminations
|
- | - | - | |||||||||
Total
depreciation expense
|
$ | 3,334,226 | $ | 2,609,202 | $ | 1,899,019 | ||||||
Income
(loss) from continuing operations
|
||||||||||||
Tax-Exempt
Bond Financing
|
$ | 3,652,641 | $ | 5,683,395 | $ | 8,913,510 | ||||||
MF
Properties
|
(926,987 | ) | (1,289,938 | ) | - | |||||||
VIEs
|
(5,565,226 | ) | (5,124,461 | ) | (4,156,321 | ) | ||||||
Consolidation/eliminations
|
1,161,343 | 847,621 | (4,451,390 | ) | ||||||||
Income
(loss) from continuing operations
|
$ | (1,678,229 | ) | $ | 116,617 | $ | 305,799 | |||||
Net
income (loss)
|
||||||||||||
Tax-Exempt
Bond Financing
|
$ | 3,652,641 | $ | 5,683,395 | $ | 8,913,510 | ||||||
MF
Properties
|
(926,987 | ) | (1,289,938 | ) | - | |||||||
VIEs
|
(7,080,591 | ) | (6,507,066 | ) | 5,978,689 | |||||||
Consolidation/eliminations
|
3,323,697 | 3,054,475 | (2,115,464 | ) | ||||||||
Net
income
|
$ | (1,031,240 | ) | $ | 940,866 | $ | 12,776,735 | |||||
Total
assets
|
||||||||||||
Tax-Exempt
Bond Financing
|
$ | 158,156,573 | $ | 182,498,714 | ||||||||
MF
Properties
|
47,561,345 | 25,774,045 | ||||||||||
VIEs
|
56,467,499 | 58,313,099 | ||||||||||
Consolidation/eliminations
|
(104,322,141 | ) | (101,706,850 | ) | ||||||||
Total
assets
|
$ | 157,863,276 | $ | 164,879,008 | ||||||||
Total
partners' capital
|
||||||||||||
Tax-Exempt
Bond Financing
|
$ | 77,498,951 | $ | 107,735,743 | ||||||||
MF
Properties
|
6,771,635 | 4,875,632 | ||||||||||
VIEs
|
(69,668,362 | ) | (62,587,772 | ) | ||||||||
Consolidation/eliminations
|
26,225,387 | 14,250,864 | ||||||||||
Total
partners' capital
|
$ | 40,827,611 | $ | 64,274,467 |
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15. Summary
of Unaudited Quarterly Results of Operations
2008
|
March
31,
|
June
30,
|
September
30,
|
December
31,
|
||||||||||||
Revenues
|
$ | 4,560,694 | $ | 4,359,835 | $ | 4,497,036 | $ | 4,669,009 | ||||||||
Income
(loss) from continuing operations
|
(287,022 | ) | 97,746 | 37,303 | (1,526,256 | ) | ||||||||||
Income
(loss) from discontinued operations
|
300,424 | 174,471 | 124,626 | 47,468 | ||||||||||||
Net
income (loss)
|
$ | 13,402 | $ | 272,217 | $ | 161,929 | $ | (1,478,788 | ) | |||||||
Income
from continuing operations, per BUC
|
$ | 0.05 | $ | 0.08 | $ | 0.09 | $ | (0.02 | ) | |||||||
Income
from discontinued operations
|
- | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Net
income, basic and diluted, per BUC
|
$ | 0.05 | $ | 0.08 | $ | 0.09 | $ | (0.02 | ) | |||||||
2007
|
March
31,
|
June
30,
|
September
30,
|
December
31,
|
||||||||||||
Revenues
|
$ | 2,933,295 | $ | 3,187,868 | $ | 4,445,492 | $ | 4,620,605 | ||||||||
Income
(loss) from continuing operations
|
526,180 | 406,325 | (149,745 | ) | (666,143 | ) | ||||||||||
Income
(loss) from discontinued operations
|
412,597 | 355,613 | 263,058 | (207,019 | ) | |||||||||||
Net
income (loss)
|
$ | 938,777 | $ | 761,938 | $ | 113,313 | $ | (873,162 | ) | |||||||
Income
from continuing operations, per BUC
|
$ | 0.13 | $ | 0.12 | $ | 0.07 | $ | 0.02 | ||||||||
Income
from discontinued operations
|
- | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Net
income, basic and diluted, per BUC
|
$ | 0.13 | $ | 0.12 | $ | 0.07 | $ | 0.02 |
The
quarterly data presented above has been adjusted for the presentation of
discontinued operations in all periods shown. As a result, the
amounts presented above may vary from those amounts previously reported by the
Company on its quarterly filings on Form 10-Q.
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Report of
Independent Auditors
To the
Partners
Woodbridge
Apartments of Louisville II, L.P.
We have
audited the accompanying statements of profit and loss, changes in partners'
capital (deficit) and cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2006, of
Woodbridge Apartments of Louisville II, L.P., a limited
partnership. These financial statements are the responsibility of the
Partnership's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion
on these financial statements based on our audit.
We
conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in
the United States. Those standards require that we plan and perform
the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements
are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a
test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial
statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting
principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as
evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe
that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our
opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all
material respects, the results of operations and cash flows of Woodbridge
Apartments of Louisville II, L.P. for the year ended December 31, 2006 in
conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United
States.
Our audit
was conducted for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic financial
statements taken as a whole. The accompanying supporting data listed
on the contents page are presented for purposes of additional analysis and are
not a required part of the basic financial statements of the
Partnership. Such data has been subjected to the auditing procedures
applied in our audit of the basic financial statements and, in our opinion, are
fairly stated, in all material respects, in relation to the basic financial
statements taken as a whole.
/s/ Katz,
Sapper & Miller, LLP
Indianapolis,
Indiana
February
2, 2007
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Report of
Independent Auditors
To the
Partners
Woodbridge
Apartments of Bloomington III, L.P.
We have
audited the accompanying statements of profit and loss, changes in partners'
capital (deficit) and cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2006, of
Woodbridge Apartments of Bloomington III, L.P., a limited
partnership. These financial statements are the responsibility of the
Partnership's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion
on these financial statements based on our audit.
We
conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in
the United States. Those standards require that we plan and perform
the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements
are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a
test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial
statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting
principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as
evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe
that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our
opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all
material respects, the results of operations and cash flows of Woodbridge
Apartments of Bloomington III, L.P. for the year ended December 31, 2006 in
conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United
States.
Our audit
was conducted for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic financial
statements taken as a whole. The accompanying supporting data listed
on the contents page are presented for purposes of additional analysis and are
not a required part of the basic financial statements of the
Partnership. Such data has been subjected to the auditing procedures
applied in our audit of the basic financial statements and, in our opinion, are
fairly stated, in all material respects, in relation to the basic financial
statements taken as a whole.
/s/ Katz,
Sapper & Miller, LLP
Indianapolis,
Indiana
February
2, 2007
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Item
9. Changes in and Disagreements With
Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.
Not
applicable
Item 9A. Controls and Procedures.
Evaluation of disclosure controls
and procedures. The Chief Executive Officer and Chief
Financial Officer (consisting of the officers of the Burlington Capital Group
LLC in its capacity as the general partner of the general partner of the
Partnership) have evaluated the effectiveness of the Company's disclosure
controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and
15d-15(e)) as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on that
evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer have
concluded that the Company's current disclosure controls and procedures are
effective.
Management Report On Internal Control
Over Financial Reporting
The
Company’s management (consisting of the officers of the Burlington Capital Group
LLC in its capacity as the general partner of the general partner of the
Partnership) is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal
control over financial reporting as such term is defined in Securities Exchange
Act Rule 13a-15(f). The Company carried out an evaluation under the supervision
and with the participation of the Company’s management, including the Company’s
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer (consisting of the officers
of the Burlington Capital Group LLC in its capacity as the general partner of
the general partner of the Partnership), of the effectiveness of the Company’s
internal control over financial reporting. The Company’s management
used the framework in Internal
Control – Integrated
Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations (COSO) to
perform this evaluation. Based on that evaluation, the Partnership’s
management concluded that the Company’s internal control over financial
reporting was effective as of December 31, 2008.
Management
has excluded from its assessment the internal control over financial reporting
at Woodbridge Apartments of Louisville II, L.P. and Woodbridge Apartments of
Bloomington III, L.P., both consolidated variable interest
entities. These entities were excluded from the assessment as the
Partnership does not own or directly manage these entities and, therefore,
Properties Management does not have the ability to dictate, modify or
effectively assess the internal controls at these entities.
The
effectiveness of the Partnership’s internal control over financial reporting as
of December 31, 2008 has been audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP, an
independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their report, a copy
of which is included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
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REPORT OF
INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the
Partners of
America
First Tax Exempt Investors, L.P.
Omaha,
Nebraska
We have
audited the internal control over financial reporting of America First Tax
Exempt Investors, L.P. and subsidiaries (the "Company") as of December 31, 2008,
based on criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated
Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the
Treadway Commission. The Company's management is responsible for
maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its
assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting,
included in the accompanying Management Report On Internal
Control Over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express
an opinion on the Company's internal control over financial reporting based on
our audit.
As
described in Management Report On Internal Control Over
Financial Reporting, management excluded from its assessment the internal
control over financial reporting at Woodbridge Apartments of Louisville II, L.P.
and Woodbridge Apartments of Bloomington III, L.P. (consolidated variable
interest entities), because the Company does not own or directly manage these
entities, and therefore, does not have the ability to dictate,
modify, or affectively assess the internal controls at these entities.
Accordingly, our audit did not include the internal control over financial
reporting at Woodbridge Apartments of Louisville II, L.P. and Woodbridge
Apartments of Bloomington III, L.P.
We
conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that
we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether
effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all
material respects. Our audit included obtaining an understanding of
internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material
weakness exists, testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness
of internal control based on the assessed risk, and performing such other
procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe
that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
A
company's internal control over financial reporting is a process designed by, or
under the supervision of, the company's principal executive and principal
financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, and effected by the
company's board of directors, management, and other personnel to provide
reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the
preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles. A company's internal control
over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain
to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly
reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2)
provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to
permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are
being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of
the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely
detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company's
assets that could have a material effect on the financial
statements.
Because
of the inherent limitations of internal control over financial reporting,
including the possibility of collusion or improper management override of
controls, material misstatements due to error or fraud may not be prevented or
detected on a timely basis. Also, projections of any evaluation of the
effectiveness of the internal control over financial reporting to future periods
are subject to the risk that the controls may become inadequate because of
changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or
procedures may deteriorate.
In our
opinion, the Company maintained, in all material respects, effective internal
control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2008, based on the criteria
established in Internal
Control — Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring
Organizations of the Treadway Commission.
We have
also audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting
Oversight Board (United States), the consolidated financial statements as of and
for the year ended December 31, 2008, of the Company and our report dated
February 27, 2009, expressed an unqualified opinion on those financial
statements and includes an explanatory paragraph regarding management’s
estimates for investments without readily determinable fair values.
/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE
LLP
Omaha,
Nebraska
February
27, 2009
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Changes in internal controls over
financial reporting. There were no changes in the Company's
internal controls over financial reporting during the Company’s most recent
fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to
materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial
reporting.
Item 9B. Other Information.
None.
PART
III
Item 10.
Directors, Executive Officers
and Corporate Governance.
The
Partnership has no directors or officers of its own. Management of the
Partnership consists of the general partner of the Partnership, America First
Capital Associates Limited Partnership Two ("AFCA 2") and its general partner,
The Burlington Capital Group LLC (formerly America First Companies, L.L.C.)
(“Burlington”).
The
following individuals are the officers and managers of Burlington, and each
serves for a term of one year. BUC holders have no right to nominate
or elect managers of Burlington.
Name
|
Position
Held
|
Position
Held Since
|
||
Michael
B. Yanney
|
Chariman
Emeritus of the Board and Manager
|
2008/1984
|
||
Lisa
Y. Roskens
|
Chairman
of the Board President, Chief Executive Officer and
Manager
|
2008/2001/2000/1999
|
||
Michael
J. Draper
|
Chief
Financial Officer
|
2004
|
||
Mariann
Byerwalter
|
Manager
|
1997
|
||
Dr.
William S. Carter
|
Manager
|
2003
|
||
Patrick
J. Jung
|
Manager
|
2003
|
||
George
H. Krauss
|
Manager
|
2001
|
||
Dr.
Martin A. Massengale
|
Manager
|
1994
|
||
Dr.
Gail Walling Yanney
|
Manager
|
1996
|
||
Clyaton
K. Yeutter
|
Manager
|
2001
|
(1)
Member of the Burlington Audit Committee. The Board of Managers has designated
Mr. Jung as the “audit committee financial expert” as such term is defined in
Item 401(h) of SEC Regulation S-K.
(2)
Determined to be independent under both Section 10A of the Securities Act of
1934 and under the NASDAQ Marketplace rules.
Michael
B. Yanney, 75, Chairman Emeritus, served as the Chairman of the Board of
Burlington and its predecessors from 1984 through 2008. From 1977 until the
organization of Burlington in 1984, Mr. Yanney was principally
engaged in the ownership and management of commercial banks. From 1961 to 1977,
Mr. Yanney was employed by Omaha National Bank and Omaha National Corporation
(now part of U.S. Bank), where he held various positions, including the position
of Executive Vice President and Treasurer of the holding company. Mr. Yanney
also serves as a member of the boards of directors of Level 3 Communications,
Inc., Streck Laboratories, and Magnum Resources, Inc. Mr. Yanney is
the husband of Gail Walling Yanney and the father of Lisa Y.
Roskens.
Lisa Y.
Roskens, 42, is the Chairman of the Board of Burlington, Chief Executive Officer
and President of Burlington. From 1999 to 2000, Ms. Roskens was managing
Director of Twin Compass, LLC. From 1997 to 1999, Ms. Roskens was employed by
Inacom Corporation where she held the position of Director of Business
Development and Director of Field Services Development. From 1995 to 1997, Ms.
Roskens served as Finance Director for the U.S. Senate campaign of Senator
Charles Hagel of Nebraska. From 1992 to 1995, Ms. Roskens was an
attorney with the Kutak Rock LLP law firm in Omaha, Nebraska, specializing in
commercial litigation. Ms. Roskens is the daughter of Michael B.
Yanney and Gail Walling Yanney.
Michael
J. Draper, 43, is Chief Financial Officer of Burlington. From April 2004 to
September 2004, he was the Director of Finance and Accounting for Burlington.
From April 2000 through March 2004, he was employed at Transgenomic, Inc. where
he served as Chief Financial Officer and prior to that as
Controller. Prior to Transgenomic, Mr. Draper was Vice
President of Accounting and Finance for MSI Systems Integrators for over 2 years
and was with Deloitte & Touche LLP for over 8 years.
Mariann
Byerwalter, 48, is Chairman of JDN Corporate Advisory LLC. She was
Vice President of Business Affairs and Chief Financial Officer of Stanford
University from 1996 to 2001. Ms. Byerwalter was Executive Vice
President of America First Eureka Holdings, Inc. ("AFEH") and EurekaBank from
1988 to January 1996. Ms. Byerwalter was Chief Financial Officer and
Chief Operating Officer of AFEH, and Chief Financial Officer of EurekaBank from
1993 to January 1996. She was an officer of BankAmerica Corporation
and its venture capital subsidiary from 1984 to 1987. She served as
Vice President and Executive Assistant to the President of Bank of America and
was a Vice President in the bank's Corporate Planning and Development
Department. She was also on the Stanford Board of Trustees from 1992 to 1996 and
was re-appointed to such in 2002. Ms. Byerwalter currently serves on the board
of directors of LookSmart, Inc., Redwood Trust, Inc., SRI International, the PMI
Group Inc., the Stanford Hospital and Clinics, the Lucile Packard Children’s
Hospital and certain investment companies affiliated with Charles Schwab
Corporation.
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Dr.
William S. Carter, 82, is retired from medical practice. He is a graduate of
Butler University and the Nebraska University College of Medicine. He served his
residency at the University of Missouri and was appointed a diplomat of the
American Board of Otorhinolaryngology. He was in private practice in Omaha,
Nebraska, until 1993. He is currently on the board of directors of Murphy Drug
Co. and is a director of the Happy Hollow Club in Omaha and the Thunderbird Club
in Rancho Mirage, California.
Patrick J. Jung, CPA, 61, currently is
the Chief Operating Officer with Surdell Partners, LLC. Prior to
joining Surdell, Mr. Jung was with KPMG LLP for 30 years. During that period, he
served as a partner for 20 years and as the managing partner of the Nebraska
business unit for the last six years. Mr. Jung also serves on the boards of
directors of Werner Enterprises, Inc, including its audit and compensation
committees, and Supertel Hospitality, Inc, including its audit and nominating
committees.
George H.
Krauss, 67, has been a consultant to Burlington since 1996. Mr. Krauss was also
of counsel to Kutak Rock LLP, a national law firm headquartered in Omaha,
Nebraska until December 2006. Mr. Krauss was associated with Kutak
Rock LLP since 1972 and served as its managing partner from 1983 to
1993. Mr. Krauss also serves on the board of directors of MFA
Mortgage Investments, Inc. and InfoUSA, Inc.. Mr. Krauss is a member of the
compensation committees, corporate governance and nominating committees and
audit committees of both such companies.
Dr.
Martin A. Massengale, 75, is President Emeritus of the University of Nebraska,
Director of the Center for Grassland Studies and a Foundation Distinguished
Professor. Prior to becoming President Emeritus in 1994, he served as Interim
President from 1989 to 1991 and as President until 1994, as Chancellor of the
University of Nebraska Lincoln from 1981 until 1991 and as Vice Chancellor for
Agriculture and Natural Resources from 1976 to 1981. Prior to that time, he was
a professor and associate dean of the College of Agriculture at the University
of Arizona. Dr. Massengale currently serves on the board of managers of AAFL
Enterprises, LLC, including as a member of its executive committee and the
chairman of its communications committee.
Dr. Gail
Walling Yanney, 71, is a retired physician. Dr. Yanney practiced anesthesiology
and was the Executive Director of the Clarkson Foundation until October of 1995.
In addition, she was a director of FirsTier Bank, N.A., Omaha, Nebraska, prior
to its merger with First Bank, N.A. Dr. Yanney is the wife of Michael B. Yanney
and the mother of Lisa Y. Roskens.
Clayton
K. Yeutter, 78, is Senior Advisor – International Trade to Hogan & Hartson,
a Washington D.C. law firm. From 1978 to 1985 he served as the President and
Chief Executive Officer of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Mr. Yeutter served
as U.S. Secretary of Agriculture from 1989 to 1991, and has served in cabinet
and sub-cabinet posts under four U.S. Presidents. Mr. Yeutter currently serves
on the board of directors of Neogen Corp. and American Commercial Lines,
Inc.
Section
16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance
Section
16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 requires the managers and executive
officers of Burlington and persons who own more than 10% of the Partnership's
BUCs to file reports of their ownership of BUCs with the SEC. Such
officers, managers and BUC holders are required by SEC regulation to furnish the
Partnership with copies of all Section 16(a) reports they file. Based
solely upon review of the copies of such reports received by the Partnership and
written representations from each such person who did not file an annual report
with the SEC (Form 5) that no other reports were required, the Partnership
believes that there was compliance for the year ended December 31, 2008 with all
Section 16(a) filing requirements applicable to such executive officers,
managers and beneficial owners of BUCs.
Code
of Ethical Conduct and Code of Conduct
Burlington
has adopted the Code of Ethical Conduct for its senior executive and financial
officers as required by Section 406 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002. As such, this Code of Ethical Conduct covers all executive
officers of Burlington, who perform such duties for the
Partnership. Burlington has also adopted the Code of Conduct
applicable to all directors, officers and employees which is designed to comply
with the listing requirements of the NASDAQ Stock Market. Both the
Code of Ethical Conduct and the Code of Conduct are available on the
Partnership’s website at www.ataxfund.com.
Item 11.
Executive
Compensation.
Neither
the Partnership nor AFCA 2 has any officers. Certain services are
provided to the Partnership by officers of Burlington. However, under
the terms of our Agreement of Limited Partnership, neither AFCA 2 nor Burlington
is allowed to be reimbursed by us for any compensation paid by Burlington to its
officers. As a result, we do not pay compensation of any nature to
the persons who effectively act as our executive
officers. Accordingly, no tabular disclosures regarding executive
compensation, compensation discussion and analysis, compensation committee
report or information regarding compensation committee interlocks is being
provided in this Form 10-K.
The Board
of Managers of Burlington effectively acts as our board of
directors. Although Burlington is not a public company and its
securities are not listed on any stock market or otherwise publicly traded, its
Board of Managers is constituted in a manner that complies with rules of the
Securities and Exchange Commission and the NASDAQ Stock Market related to public
companies with securities listed on the NASDAQ Global Market in order for the
Company and its BUCs to comply with these rules. Among other things,
a majority of the Board of Managers of Burlington consists of managers who meet
the definitions of independence under the rules of the SEC and the NASDAQ Stock
Market. These independent managers are Patrick J. Jung,
Mariann Byerwalter, Martin A. Massengale, Clayton Yeutter, and William S.
Carter. During 2008, we paid Burlington a total of $150,000 in order
to reimburse it for a portion of the fees it pays to these five independent
managers. We did not pay any other compensation of any nature to any
of the managers of Burlington or reimburse Burlington for any other amounts
representing compensation to its Board of Managers.
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The
following table sets forth the total compensation paid to the Managers of
Burlington in fiscal 2008 for their services to the
Partnership.
Manager
Compensation
Name
|
Total
Fees Earned or Paid in Cash ($)
|
Michael
B. Yanney
|
-
|
Lisa
Y. Roskens
|
-
|
Mariann
Byerwalter
|
28,947
|
Dr.
William S. Carter
|
26,316
|
Patrick
J. Jung
|
28,947
|
George
H. Krauss
|
-
|
Dr.
Martin A. Massengale
|
34,211
|
Dr.
Gail Walling Yanney
|
-
|
Clayton
K. Yeutter
|
31,579
|
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial
Owners and Management.
(a) No
person is known by the Partnership to own beneficially more than 5% of the
Partnership's BUCs.
(b) The
Partnership does not have any directors or officers of its
own. Management of the Partnership consists of the general partner of
the Partnership, and its general partner, Burlington. The following
table and notes set forth information with respect to the beneficial ownership
of the Partnership’s BUCs by each of the Managers and executive officers of
Burlington and by such persons as a group. Unless otherwise
indicated, the information is as of December 31, 2008, and is based upon
information furnished to us by such persons. Unless otherwise noted,
all persons listed in the following table have sole voting and investment power
over the BUCs they beneficially own and own such BUCs directly. For
purposes of this table, the term “beneficial owner” means any person who,
directly or indirectly, has or shares the power to vote, or to direct the voting
of, a BUC or the power to dispose, or to direct the disposition of, a BUC or has
the right to acquire BUCs within 60 days.
Name
|
Number
of BUCs Beneficially Owned
|
Percent
of Class
|
Michael
B. Yanney, Chairman Emeritus and Manager of Burlington
|
292,500(1)
|
2%
|
Lisa
Y. Roskens, Chairman, President, Chief Executive Officer and Manager of
Burlington
|
280,000(2)
|
2%
|
Michael
J. Draper, Chief Financial Officer of Burlington
|
2,000
|
*
|
Mariann
Byerwalter, Manager of Burlington
|
-
|
-
|
Dr.
William S. Carter, Manager of Burlington
|
-
|
-
|
Patrick
J. Jung, Manager of Burlington
|
-
|
-
|
George
H. Krauss, Manager of Burlington
|
-
|
-
|
Dr.
Martin A. Massengale, Manager of Burlington
|
-
|
-
|
Dr.
Gail Walling Yanney, Manager of Burlington
|
292,500(3)
|
2%
|
Clayton
K. Yeutter, Manager of Burlington
|
-
|
-
|
All
current executive officers and Managers of Burlington as a group (10
persons)
|
294,500
|
2%
|
______________
* denotes
ownership of less than 1%.
(1) Consists of 12,500 BUCs held
by Mr. Yanney’s spouse, Dr. Gail Walling Yanney, a Manager of Burlington, and
280,000 BUCs held by the Burlington Capital Group LLC . Mr. Yanney
has a beneficial ownership interest in, and is a Manager and Chairman Emeritus
of the Burlington Capital Group, LLC and is deemed to have a pecuniary interest
in the Beneficial Unit Certificates due to his ownership interest in The
Burlington Capital Group, LLC.
(2) Consists
of 280,000 BUCs held by the Burlington Capital Group LLC. Ms. Roskens
has a beneficial ownership interest in, and is a Manager, Chairman, President,
and Chief Executive Officer of the Burlington Capital Group, LLC and is deemed
to have a pecuniary interest in the Beneficial Unit Certificates due to her
ownership interest in The Burlington Capital Group, LLC.
(3)
Consists of 12,500 BUCs held directly and 280,000 BUCs held by the Burlington
Capital Group LLC. Dr. Yanney has a beneficial ownership interest in,
and is a Manager of the Burlington Capital Group, LLC and is deemed to have a
pecuniary interest in the Beneficial Unit Certificates due to her ownership
interest in The Burlington Capital Group, LLC.
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Effective
January 1, 2008, Burlington had made open market purchases of BUCs pursuant to a
prearranged trading plan established in accordance with the guidelines specified
by Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934. Burlington may acquire up to $2.0 million of BUCs through this
trading plan. As of December 31, 2008, Burlington had purchased
280,000 BUCs for a total acquisition cost of approximately $1.8
million. As of February 19, 2009, Burlington had completed the Plan
by purchasing a total of 319,710 BUCs for a total acquisition cost of $2.0
million.
(c) There
are no arrangements known to the Partnership, the operation of which may at any
subsequent date result in a change in control of the Partnership.
(d) The
Partnership does not maintain any equity compensation plans as defined in Item
201(d) of Regulation S-K.
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related
Transactions, and Director Independence.
The
general partner of the Partnership is AFCA 2 and the sole general partner of
AFCA 2 is Burlington.
Except as
described in Note 8 to the Company’s Financial Statements filed in response to
Item 8 of this report, the Partnership is not a party to any transaction or
proposed transaction with AFCA 2, Burlington or with any person who is: (i) a
manager or executive officer of Burlington or any general partner of AFCA 2;
(ii) a nominee for election as a manager of Burlington; (iii) an owner of more
than 5% of the BUCs; or, (iv) a member of the immediate family of any of the
foregoing persons.
Item
14. Principal Accountant Fees and
Services.
The Audit
Committee of Burlington has engaged Deloitte & Touche LLP as the independent
registered public accounting firm for the Company. The Audit Committee regularly
reviews and determines whether any non-audit services provided by Deloitte &
Touche LLP potentially affects their independence with respect to the Company.
The Audit Committee’s policy is to pre-approve all audit and permissible
non-audit services provided by Deloitte & Touche LLP. Pre-approval is
generally provided by the Audit Committee for up to one year, is detailed as to
the particular service or category of services to be rendered, and is generally
subject to a specific budget. The Audit Committee may also pre-approve
additional services or specific engagements on a case-by-case basis. Management
provides annual updates to the Audit Committee regarding the extent of any
services provided in accordance with this pre-approval, as well as the
cumulative fees for all non-audit services incurred to date. During 2008, all
services performed by Deloitte & Touche LLP, with respect to the
Partnership, were pre-approved by the Audit Committee in accordance with this
policy.
The
following table sets forth the aggregate fees billed by Deloitte & Touche
LLP with respect to audit and non-audit services for the Company during the
years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007:
2008
|
2007
|
|||||||
Audit
Fees (1)
|
$ | 343,655 | $ | 336,310 | ||||
Audit-Related
Fees
|
- | - | ||||||
Tax
Fees (2)
|
57,484 | 79,615 | ||||||
All
Other Fees
|
- | - |
(1)
|
Audit
– Includes fees and expenses for professional services rendered for the
audit of the Company’s annual financial statements and internal control
over financial reporting, reviews of the financial statements included in
the Company’s quarterly reports on Form 10-Q during 2008 and 2007, and
services associated with registration statements, periodic reports and
other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission or other
documents issued in connection with securities offerings, such as
consents.
|
(2)
|
Tax
– Includes fees and expenses for the professional services rendered for
the preparation and review of tax returns and for various
consultations.
|
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PART
IV
Item
15. Exhibits and Financial Statement
Schedules. Update
(a) The
following documents are filed as part of this report:
1. Financial
Statements. The following financial statements of the Company are included in
response to Item 8 of this report:
Reports of Independent Registered
Public Accounting Firms.
Consolidated
Balance Sheets of the Company as of December 31, 2008 and 2007.
Consolidated
Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income of the Company for the years
ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006.
Consolidated
Statements of Partners' Capital of the Company for the years ended December 31,
2008, 2007 and 2006.
Consolidated
Statements of Cash Flows of the Company for the years ended December 31, 2008,
2007 and 2006.
Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company.
2. Financial
Statement Schedules. The information required to be set forth in the
financial statement schedules is included in the notes to consolidated financial
statements of the Company filed in response to Item 8 of this
report.
3. Exhibits. The
following exhibits are filed as required by Item 15(a)(3) of this
report. Exhibit numbers refer to the paragraph numbers under Item 601
of Regulation S-K:
3. Articles
of Incorporation and Bylaws of America First Fiduciary Corporation Number Five
(incorporated herein by reference to Registration Statement on Form S-11 (No.
2-99997) filed by America First Tax Exempt Mortgage Fund Limited Partnership on
August 30, 1985).
4(a) Form
of Certificate of Beneficial Unit Certificate (incorporated herein by reference
to Exhibit 4.1 to Registration Statement on Form S-4 (No. 333-50513) filed by
the Partnership on April 17, 1998).
4(b) Agreement
of Limited Partnership of the Partnership (incorporated herein by reference to
the Amended Annual Report on Form 10-K (No. 000-24843), filed by the Partnership
on June 28, 1999).
4(c) Amended
Agreement of Merger, dated June 12, 1998, between the Partnership and America
First Tax Exempt Mortgage Fund Limited Partnership (incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 4.3 to Amendment No. 3 to Registration Statement on Form
S-4 (No. 333-50513) filed by the Partnership on September 14,
1998).
10(a) Series
Trust Agreement for Austin Trust, Series 10000, by and between Bank of America,
National Association, as trustor, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as
trustee and tender agent, dated as of July 3, 2008 (incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 10(c) to Form 10-Q (No. 000-24843) filed by the Company on
August 8, 2008)
10(b) Series
Trust Agreement for Austin Trust, Series 10001, by and between Bank of America,
National Association, as trustor, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as
trustee and tender agent, dated as of July 3, 2008 (incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 10(d) to Form 10-Q (No. 000-24843) filed by the Company on
August 8, 2008)
10(c) Series
Trust Agreement for Austin Trust, Series 10002, by and between Bank of America,
National Association, as trustor, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as
trustee and tender agent, dated as of July 3, 2008 (incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 10(e) to Form 10-Q (No. 000-24843) filed by the Company on
August 8, 2008)
10(d) Series
Trust Agreement for Austin Trust, Series 10003, by and between Bank of America,
National Association, as trustor, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as
trustee and tender agent, dated as of July 3, 2008 (incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 10(f) to Form 10-Q (No. 000-24843) filed by the Company on
August 8, 2008)
10(e) Interest
Rate Cap Transaction Confirmation letter, dated July 7, 2008, between the
Registrant and U.S. Bank, N.A. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
10(g) to Form 10-Q (No. 000-24843) filed by the Company on August 8,
2008)
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23.1 Consent
of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
23.2 Consent
of Katz, Sapper & Miller, LLP
23.3 Consent
of Katz, Sapper & Miller, LLP
24. Powers
of Attorney.
31.1
Certification of CEO pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002.
31.2
Certification of CFO pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002.
32.1
Certification of CEO pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002.
32.2
Certification of CFO pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002
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Pursuant
to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) 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.
|
AMERICA
FIRST TAX EXEMPT INVESTORS, L.P.
|
|
By America
First Capital Associates
|
|
Limited
Partnership Two,
|
|
General
Partner of the Partnership
|
|
By The
Burlington Capital Group LLC,
|
|
General
Partner of
|
|
America
First Capital Associates
|
|
Limited
Partnership Two
|
Date: March 2, 2009 /s/ Lisa Y. Roskens | |
|
Lisa Y.
Roskens
|
|
Chief
Executive Officer
|
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Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, this report has
been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in
the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Date: March 2,
2009 By
/s/ Michael B. Yanney*
Michael B.
Yanney,
Chairman of the
Board and
Manager of
Burlington Capital Group LLC
Date: March 2,
2009 By
/s/ Lisa Y. Roskens
Lisa Y.
Roskens,
President, Chief
Executive Officer and Manager of The Burlington Capital Group LLC
(Principal Executive
Officer)
Date: March 2,
2009 By
/s/ Michael J. Draper
Michael J.
Draper,
Chief
Financial Officer of The Burlington Capital Group LLC
(Principal Financial Officer and
Principal Accounting Officer)
Date March 2,
2009 By
/s/ Mariann Byerwalter*
Mariann
Byerwalter,
Manager of The
Burlington Capital Group LLC
Date: March 2,
2009 By
/s/ William S. Carter*
William S.
Carter,
Manager
of The Burlington Capital Group LLC
Date: March 2,
2009 By
/s/ Patrick J. Jung*
Patrick J.
Jung,
Manager of The
Burlington Capital Group LLC
Date: March 2,
2009 By
/s/ George H. Krauss*
George H.
Krauss,
Manager
of The Burlington Capital Group LLC
Date: March 2,
2009 By
/s/ Martin A. Massengale*
Martin A. Massengale,
Manager of The
Burlington Capital Group LLC
Date: March 2,
2009 By
/s/ Gail Walling Yanney*
Gail Walling Yanney,
Manager of The
Burlington Capital Group LLC
Date: March 2,
2009 By
/s/ Clayton K. Yeutter*
Clayton K.
Yeutter,
Manager of The
Burlington Capital Group LLC
*By
Michael J. Draper,
Attorney-in-Fact
/s/
Michael J. Draper
Michael
J. Draper
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