INNSUITES HOSPITALITY TRUST - Annual Report: 2009 (Form 10-K)
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549
FORM 10-K
ANNUAL
REPORT
PURSUANT
TO SECTIONS 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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ANNUAL
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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For
the fiscal year ended January 31, 2009.
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TRANSITION
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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For
the transition period
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to
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Commission
File No. 1-7062
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InnSuites
Hospitality Trust
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(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
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Ohio
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34-6647590
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(State
or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
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(I.R.S.
Employer Identification Number)
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InnSuites
Hotels Centre, 1615 E. Northern Avenue,
Suite 102,
Phoenix, Arizona
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85020
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(Address
of Principal Executive Offices)
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(ZIP
Code)
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Registrant’s
Telephone Number, including area code: (602)
944-1500
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Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of
Each Class
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Name
of Exchange on Which Registered
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Shares
of Beneficial Interest,
without
par value
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NYSE
Amex
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Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the
Act: None
Indicate
by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in
Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes o No ý
Indicate
by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Act. Yes o No ý
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that
the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject
to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ý No o
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on
its Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and
posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or
such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such
files). Yes o No o
Indicate
by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of
Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the
best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements
incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any
amendment to this Form 10-K. o
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting
company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,”
“accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the
Exchange Act. (Check one):.
Large
Accelerated Filer ¨ Accelerated
Filer ¨ Non-Accelerated
Filer ¨ Smaller
reporting company ý
(Do not
check if a smaller reporting company)
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule
12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes o No ý
Aggregate
market value of Shares of Beneficial Interest held by non-affiliates of the
registrant as of July 31, 2008, based upon the closing sales price of the
registrant’s Shares of Beneficial Interest on that date, as reported on the NYSE
Amex: $3,337,325.
Number of
Shares of Beneficial Interest outstanding as of April 24,
2009: 8,974,204.
Documents
incorporated by reference: Portions of the following documents are
incorporated by reference: Proxy Statement for 2009 Annual Meeting of
Shareholders (portions of which are incorporated by reference into Part III
hereof)
PART I
Item
1. BUSINESS
INTRODUCTION
TO OUR BUSINESS
InnSuites
Hospitality Trust (the “Trust”) is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona and is an
unincorporated Ohio real estate investment trust. The Trust, with its affiliates
RRF Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Partnership”), and
InnSuites Hotels, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“InnSuites Hotels”), owns and
operates five hotels, provides management services for nine hotels, and provides
trademark license services for eleven hotels. On January 31,
2009, the Trust owned a 70.94% sole general partner interest in the Partnership,
which owned four InnSuites® hotels located in Arizona, New Mexico and southern
California. The Trust also owned one InnSuites® hotel located in
Yuma, Arizona (all five InnSuites® hotels are hereinafter referred to as the
“Hotels”). InnSuites Hotels, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Trust,
provides management services for the Hotels and four hotels owned by affiliates
of James F. Wirth, the Trust’s Chairman, President and Chief Executive
Officer. InnSuites Hotels also provides trademark and licensing
services to the Hotels, four hotels owned by affiliates of Mr. Wirth and
one unrelated hotel property. The Trust has 419
employees.
The
Hotels have an aggregate of 843 hotel suites and operate as moderate and
full-service hotels, which apply a value studio and two-room suite operating
philosophy formulated in 1980 by Mr. Wirth. The Trust owns and
operates hotels as studio and two-room suite hotels that offer services such as
free hot breakfast buffets and complimentary afternoon social hours plus
amenities, such as microwave ovens, refrigerators, free high-speed hard wired
and wireless internet access and coffee makers in each studio or two-room
suite.
The Trust
believes that a significant opportunity for revenue growth and profitability
will arise from the skillful management and repositioning of the Trust’s Hotels
or managed hotel properties for both increased occupancy and
rates. The Trust’s primary business objectives are to maximize
returns to its shareholders through increases in asset value and long-term total
returns to shareholders. The Trust seeks to achieve these objectives
through participation in increased revenues from the Hotels as a result of
intensive management and marketing of the InnSuites® hotels brand in the
southwestern region of the United States. At this time, however, the
Trust does not plan to acquire any additional hotels. See
“Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations-Future Positioning” for a more detailed discussion of the Trust’s
strategic plans.
The Trust
has a single class of Shares of Beneficial Interest, without par value, that are
traded on the NYSE Amex under the symbol “IHT.” The Partnership has
two outstanding classes of limited partnership interests, Class A and
Class B, which are identical in all respects. Each Class A
limited partnership unit is convertible, at the option of the Class A
holder, into one newly-issued Share of Beneficial Interest of the Trust and each
Class B limited partnership unit is convertible, upon approval of the Board
of Trustees of the Trust, into one newly-issued Share of Beneficial Interest of
the Trust. The Partnership Agreement of the Partnership subjects both
general and limited partner units to certain restrictions on
transfer.
MANAGEMENT
AND LICENSING CONTRACTS
In
connection with the Trust’s relinquishment of its REIT status in February 2004,
the Trust no longer required the services of a separate management company. The
Trust determined it was in its best interest to buy out the management contracts
and licensing agreements in place with Suite Hospitality Management, Inc. (the
“Management Company”) and directly manage the Hotels through the Trust’s wholly
owned subsidiary, InnSuites Hotels. As a result of this buy out, the
Management Company (which was the Trust’s variable interest entity under
Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Interpretation No. 46R (“FIN
46R”)) was no longer consolidated subsequent to the second quarter of fiscal
year 2005.
Effective
June 8, 2004, InnSuites Hotels acquired the management agreements under
which the Management Company provided management services to the Hotels. In
consideration of the acquisition, the stockholder of the Management Company
received $20,000 and 90,000 Shares of Beneficial Interest of the Trust,
reflecting a transaction value of approximately $159,500 in the aggregate.
Following the acquisition, InnSuites Hotels now self-manages the
Hotels. InnSuites Hotels also manages four hotels owned by affiliates
of Mr. Wirth.
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Under the
management agreements, InnSuites Hotels provides the personnel for the Hotels,
the expenses of which are reimbursed at cost, and manages the hotels’ daily
operations. All such expenses and reimbursements between InnSuites
Hotels and the Partnership have been eliminated in
consolidation. InnSuites Hotels received 2.5% of room revenue from
the Hotels owned by the Partnership and the Trust in exchange for management
services during fiscal years 2009 and 2008. Effective February 1,
2009, the management fees for InnSuites Hotels and the Partnership are set at
2.5% of room revenue and an additional monthly accounting fee of $2,000. These
agreements expire on January 31, 2010. InnSuites Hotels received
2.5% of room revenue from the four hotels owned by affiliates of Mr. Wirth
in exchange for management services during fiscal year 2009 and 2008 and an
additional monthly accounting fee of $2,000. Effective for fiscal 2010, the
management fees for these four hotels will remain at 2.5% of room revenue and a
monthly accounting fee of $2,000. These agreements have no expiration
date and may be cancelled by either party with 90-days written notice or 30-days
written notice in the event the property changes ownership.
InnSuites
Hotels received 1.25% of room revenue from the Hotels owned by the Partnership
and the Trust in exchange for use of the “InnSuites” trademark during fiscal
years 2009 and 2008. Effective February 1, 2010, the trademark
license fees for the Hotels owned by the Partnership and the Trust will remain
at 1.25% of room revenue. The revenue and expenses related to these contracts
have been eliminated in consolidation. These agreements have no
expiration date. InnSuites Hotels received 1.25% of room revenue from
the four hotels owned by affiliates of Mr. Wirth in exchange for use of the
“InnSuites” trademark during fiscal year 2009 and 2008. Effective
February 1, 2010, the fees for hotels owned by affiliates of Mr. Wirth will
remain at 1.25% of room revenue. These agreements have no expiration date and
may be cancelled by either party with 12-months written notice or 90-days
written notice in the event the property changes ownership.
InnSuites Hotels received 0.5% of room revenue from the unrelated hotel in Buena
Park, California in exchange for licensing services during fiscal years 2009 and
2008. This agreement has no expiration date and may be cancelled by
either party with 30-days written notice. InnSuites Hotels received
30% of revenues generated from reservations provided by InnSuites Reservation
Center to the unrelated hotel in Oceanside, California in exchange for licensing
services during fiscal year 2009. This agreement had no expiration
date and could be cancelled by either party with 30-days written notice. This
agreement was cancelled May 1, 2008.
FRANCHISE
AGREEMENTS
InnSuites
Hotels has entered into franchise arrangements with Best Western International
with respect to four of the Hotels. In exchange for use of the Best
Western name, trademark and reservation system, the participating Hotels pay
fees to Best Western International based on reservations received through the
use of the Best Western reservation system and the number of available suites at
the participating Hotels. The agreements with Best Western have no
specific expiration terms and may be cancelled by either party. Best
Western requires that the participating hotels meet certain requirements for
room quality, and the Hotels are subject to removal from its reservation system
if these requirements are not met. The Hotels with third-party
franchise agreements received significant reservations through the Best Western
reservation system. Until February, 2005, InnSuites Hotels also had a
franchise agreement with Holiday Inn relating to its Ontario, California
hotel. InnSuites Hotels terminated this agreement and the property
now holds a franchise agreement with Best Western. The Trust incurred
$297,393 and $304,299 in total fees related to these agreements for the twelve
months ended January 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively.
COMPETITION
IN THE HOTEL INDUSTRY
The hotel
industry is highly competitive. The Trust expects the major challenge
for fiscal year 2010 to be strong competition for group business in the markets
in which it operates, which may affect the Trust’s ability to increase room
rates while maintaining market share. Each of the Hotels experiences
competition primarily from other mid-market hotels located in its immediate
vicinity, but also competes with hotel properties located in other geographic
markets. While none of the Hotels’ competitors dominate any of the
Trust’s geographic markets, some of those competitors have greater marketing and
financial resources than the Trust.
Certain
additional hotel property developments have been announced or have recently been
completed by competitors in a number of the Hotels’ markets, and additional
hotel property developments may be built in the future. Such hotel
developments have had, and could continue to have, an adverse effect on the
revenue of the Hotels in their respective markets.
The Trust
has chosen to focus its hotel investments in the southwest region of the United
States. The Trust has a concentration of assets in the southern
Arizona market. In the markets in which the Trust operates, in
particular, the Yuma, Arizona and Ontario, California markets, supply has
increased. In the Tucson, Arizona market demand has
declined. Either an increase in supply or a decline in demand could
result in increased competition, which could have an adverse effect on the
revenue of the Hotels in their respective markets.
The Trust
may also compete for investment opportunities with other entities that have
greater financial resources. These entities also may generally accept
more risk than the Trust can prudently manage. Competition may
generally reduce the number of suitable future investment opportunities
available to the Trust and increase the bargaining power of owners seeking to
sell their properties.
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REGULATION
The Trust
is subject to numerous federal, state and local government laws and regulations
affecting the hospitality industry, including usage, building and zoning
requirements. A violation of any of those laws and regulations or
increased government regulation could require the Trust to make unplanned
expenditures and result in higher operating costs. In addition, the
Trust’s success in expanding our hotel operations depends upon its ability to
obtain necessary building permits and zoning variances from local
authorities. Compliance with these laws is time intensive and costly
and may reduce the Trust’s revenues and operating income.
Under the
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (the “ADA”), all public accommodations
are required to meet certain federal requirements related to access and use by
disabled persons. In addition to ADA work completed to date, the
Trust may be required to remove access barriers or make unplanned, substantial
modifications to its Hotels to comply with the ADA or to comply with other
changes in governmental rules and regulations, which could reduce the number of
total available rooms, increase operating costs and have a negative impact on
the Trust’s results of operations.
In
addition, our Hotels, like all real property, are subject to governmental
regulations designed to protect the environment. If the Trust fails to
comply with such laws and regulations, it may become subject to significant
liabilities, fines and/or penalties, which could adversely affect its financial
condition and results of operations.
The Trust is also subject to laws
governing our relationship with employees, including minimum or living wage
requirements, overtime, working conditions and work permit requirements.
Additional increases to the state or federal minimum wage rate, employee benefit
costs or other costs associated with employees could increase expenses and
result in lower operating margins.
Lastly,
the Trust collects and maintains information relating to its guests for various
business purposes, including maintaining guest preferences to enhance the
Trust’s customer service and for marketing and promotion
purposes. The collection and use of personal data are governed by
privacy laws and regulations. Compliance with applicable privacy
regulations may increase the Trust’s operating costs and/or adversely impact its
ability to service its guests and market its products, properties and services
to its guests. In addition, non-compliance with applicable privacy regulations
by the Trust (or in some circumstances non-compliance by third parties engaged
by the Trust) could result in fines or restrictions on its use or transfer of
data.
SEASONALITY
OF THE HOTEL BUSINESS
The
Hotels’ operations historically have been seasonal. The three
southern Arizona hotels experience their highest occupancy in the first fiscal
quarter and, to a lesser extent, the fourth fiscal quarter. The
second fiscal quarter tends to be the lowest occupancy period at those three
southern Arizona hotels. This seasonality pattern can be expected to
cause fluctuations in the Trust’s quarterly revenues. The two hotels
located in California and New Mexico historically experience their most
profitable periods during the second and third fiscal quarters (the summer
season), providing some balance to the general seasonality of the Trust’s hotel
business.
The
seasonal nature of the Trust’s business increases its vulnerability to risks
such as labor force shortages and cash flow problems. Further, if an
adverse event such as an actual or threatened terrorist attack, international
conflict, regional economic downturn or poor weather conditions should occur
during the first or fourth fiscal quarters, the adverse impact to the Trust’s
revenues could likely be greater as a result of its southern Arizona seasonal
business.
OTHER
AVAILABLE INFORMATION
We also
make available, free of charge, on our Internet website at
www.innsuitestrust.com, our annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports
on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K and amendments to reports
filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as soon as reasonably practicable after we
file such material with, or furnish it to, the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the “Commission”).
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Item 1A. RISK
FACTORS
Not
required for smaller reporting companies.
Item 1B.
UNRESOLVED STAFF
COMMENTS
Not
required for smaller reporting companies.
Item
2. PROPERTIES
The Trust
maintains its administrative offices at the InnSuites Hotels Centre in Phoenix,
Arizona. On January 31, 2009, the Partnership owned four Hotels
and the Trust owned one Hotel. All of the Hotels are operated as
InnSuites® Hotels, while four are also marketed as Best Western®
Hotels. All of the Hotels operate in the following
locations:
PROPERTY
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NUMBER
OF
SUITES
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YEAR
OF
CONSTRUCTION/
ADDITION
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MOST
RECENT
RENOVATION
(1)
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InnSuites
Hotel and Suites Airport Albuquerque Best Western
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101
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1975/1985
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2004
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InnSuites
Hotel and Suites Tucson, Catalina Foothills Best
Western
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159
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1981/1983
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2005
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InnSuites
Hotels and Suites Yuma Best Western
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166
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1982/1984
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2008
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InnSuites
Hotel and Suites Ontario Airport Best Western
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150
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1990
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2005
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InnSuites
Hotels and Suites Tucson St. Mary’s
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267
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1960/1971
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2006
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Total
suites
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843
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(1) The
Trust defines a renovation as the remodeling of more than 10% of a property’s
available suites.
See
“Item 7 – Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations – General” herein for a discussion of occupancy rates at
the Hotels.
See
Note 6 to the Trust’s Consolidated Financial Statements – “Mortgage Notes
Payable” herein for a discussion of mortgages encumbering the
Hotels.
Item
3. LEGAL
PROCEEDINGS
The Trust
is not a party to, nor are any of its properties subject to, any material
litigation or environmental regulatory proceedings.
Item
4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A
VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS
None.
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PART II
Item 5.
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MARKET
FOR THE TRUST’S SHARES, RELATED SHAREHOLDER MATTERS AND TRUST PURCHASES OF
SHARES
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The
Trust’s Shares of Beneficial Interest are traded on the NYSE Amex under the
symbol “IHT.” On April 24, 2009, the Trust had 8,974,204 shares
outstanding and 459 holders of record.
The
following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, the high and low sales
prices of the Trust’s Shares of Beneficial Interest, as quoted by the NYSE Amex,
as well as dividends declared thereon:
Fiscal
Year 2009
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High
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Low
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Dividends
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First
Quarter
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1.64
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1.01
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—
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Second
Quarter
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1.59
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1.00
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—
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Third
Quarter
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1.65
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1.03
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—
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Fourth
Quarter
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1.40
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0.46
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.01
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Fiscal
Year 2008
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High
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Low
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Dividends
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First
Quarter
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1.64
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1.04
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—
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Second
Quarter
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1.69
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1.00
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—
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Third
Quarter
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1.64
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0.77
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Fourth
Quarter
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1.65
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0.79
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.01
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The Trust
intends to maintain a conservative dividend policy to facilitate the reduction
of debt and internal growth. In fiscal years 2009 and 2008, the Trust
paid dividends of $0.01 per share in the fourth quarter of each
year.
On
January 2, 2001, the Board of Trustees approved a share repurchase program
under Rule 10b-18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, for
the purchase of up to 250,000 limited partnership units in the Partnership
and/or Shares of Beneficial Interest in open market or privately negotiated
transactions. On September 10, 2002, August 18, 2005 and September 10,
2007, the Board of Trustees approved the purchase of up to 350,000 additional
limited partnership units in the Partnership and/or Shares of Beneficial
Interest in open market or privately negotiated
transactions. Additionally, on January 5, 2009, the Board of Trustees
approved the purchase of up to 300,000 additional limited partnership units in
the Partnership and/or Shares of Beneficial Interest in open market or privately
negotiated transactions. Acquired Shares of Beneficial Interest will
be held in treasury and will be available for future acquisitions and financings
and/or for awards granted under the InnSuites Hospitality Trust 1997 Stock
Incentive and Option Plan. During the three months ended
January 31, 2009, the Trust acquired 39,810 Shares of Beneficial Interest
in open market transactions at an average price of $0.90 per share. The Trust
intends to continue repurchasing Shares of Beneficial Interest in compliance
with applicable legal and NYSE Amex requirements. The Trust remains
authorized to repurchase an additional 287,190 limited partnership units and/or
Shares of Beneficial Interest pursuant to the share repurchase program, which
has no expiration date.
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Issuer
Purchases of Equity Securities
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Period
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Total
Number
of
Shares
Purchased
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Average
Price
Paid
per
Share
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Total
Number of Shares
Purchased
as Part of
Publicly
Announced
Plans
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Maximum
Number of
Shares
that May Be Yet
Purchased
Under the
Plans
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November 1
– November 30, 2008
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23,350
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$
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0.80
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23,350
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92,468
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December
1 – December 31, 2008
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3,650
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$
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0.78
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3,650
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88,818
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January
1 – January 31, 2009
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12,810
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$
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1.13
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12,810
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287,190
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Total
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39,810
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39,810
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See
Part III, Item 12 for a description of our equity compensation
plans.
Item
6. SELECTED FINANCIAL
DATA
Not
required for smaller reporting companies.
Item 7.
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MANAGEMENT’S
DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF
OPERATIONS
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OVERVIEW
We are
engaged in the ownership and operation of hotel properties. At January 31,
2009, the InnSuites system included five moderate and full-service hotels with
843 hotel suites. Four of our Hotels are branded through franchise agreements
with Best Western. All five Hotels are trademarked as InnSuites
Hotels. We are also involved in various operations incidental to the operation
of hotels, such as the operation of restaurants and meeting/banquet room
rentals.
Our
operations consist of one reportable segment, hotel ownership, which derives its
revenue from the operation of the Hotels. In addition, we receive
management fees, trademark license fees and reservation fees from four hotels
owned by Mr. Wirth and his affiliates and trademark license fees from one hotel
owned by a non-related third party.
Our
results are significantly affected by occupancy and room rates at the Hotels,
our ability to manage costs, and changes in the number of available suites
caused by acquisition and disposition activities. Results are also
significantly impacted by overall economic conditions and conditions in the
travel industry. Unfavorable changes in these factors could negatively impact
hotel room demand and pricing, which would reduce our profit margins on rented
suites. Additionally, our ability to manage costs could be adversely
impacted by significant increases in operating expenses, resulting in lower
operating margins.
Improved
economic conditions, both generally and specifically in the travel industry, had
a positive impact on our operations in fiscal year 2008 and in most of fiscal
year 2009. We anticipate the negative trend in the travel industry,
which began in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2009, to continue through
fiscal year 2010. Declining overall economic conditions are expected to result
in decreased business and leisure travel and lower room rates, and therefore
lower operating margins. We expect the major challenge for fiscal
year 2010 to be strong competition for group business in the markets in which we
operate, which may affect our ability to increase room rates while maintaining
market share. We believe that we have positioned the hotels to remain
competitive through selective refurbishment and carrying a relatively large
number of two-room suites at each location. While the downturn in the
economy did not significantly affect the hospitality industry during fiscal
year 2009, we believe that we will be prepared for such an event by continuing
to maintain tight costs controls and high labor efficiency throughout fiscal
year 2010.
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HOTEL
PROPERTIES HELD FOR SALE
We reclassified all of our hotel
properties from “held for sale” to “held and used” in the third quarter ended
October 31, 2008. Due to the economic conditions and credit market restraints,
the funds were not available to potential buyers to finance a purchase of one or
more of our hotels. As a result of this reclassification, we recorded $1.9
million in depreciation expense that was previously suspended while the assets
were “held for sale.”
We continue to seek qualified buyers
for our hotels and will continue to migrate our primary business from a hotel
owner to a hospitality service company providing trademark licensing and
management services.
GENERAL
The
following discussion should be read in conjunction with our consolidated
financial statements and notes thereto appearing elsewhere in this Form
10-K.
The
accounting policies that we believe are most critical and involve the most
subjective judgments include our estimates and assumptions of future revenue and
expenditures used to project hotel cash flows. Future cash flows are
used in the valuation calculation of our hotel properties to determine the
recoverability (or impairment) of the carrying amounts in the event management
is required to test the asset for recoverability of its carrying value under
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 144, “Accounting for the
Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets.” If the carrying amount
of an asset exceeds the estimated future cash flows over its estimated remaining
life, the Trust recognizes an impairment expense to reduce the asset’s carrying
value to its fair value. Fair value is determined by either the most
current third-party property appraisal, if available or the present value of
future undiscounted cash flows over the remaining life of the
asset. Our evaluation of future cash flows is based on our historical
experience and other factors, including certain economic conditions and
committed future bookings. See “- Critical Accounting Policies and
Estimates” below.
At
January 31, 2009 and 2008, we owned a 70.94% and 70.66%, respectively,
interest in four of the Hotels through our sole general partner’s interest in
the Partnership and owned a 99.9% interest in one Hotel. We purchased
36,911 and 47,636 Partnership units during the years ended January 31, 2009
and 2008, respectively.
Our
expenses consist primarily of property taxes, insurance, corporate overhead,
interest on mortgage debt, professional fees, depreciation of the Hotels and
hotel operating expenses. Hotel operating expenses consist primarily of payroll,
guest and maintenance supplies, marketing and utilities expenses. Under
the terms of its Partnership Agreement, the Partnership is required to reimburse
us for all such expenses. Accordingly, management believes that a
review of the historical performance of the operations of the Hotels,
particularly with respect to occupancy, which is calculated as rooms sold
divided by total rooms available, average daily rate (“ADR”), calculated as
total room revenue divided by number of rooms sold, and revenue per available
room (“REVPAR”), calculated as total room revenue divided by number of rooms
available, is appropriate for understanding revenue from the
Hotels. Occupancy decreased 8.44% to 62.42% from 70.86% in the prior
year. ADR increased by $3.18 to $80.55 in fiscal year 2009 from
$77.37 in fiscal year 2008, which resulted in a decrease in REVPAR of $4.55 to
$50.28 in fiscal year 2009 from $54.83 in fiscal year 2008.
The
following table shows certain historical financial and other information for the
periods indicated:
For
the Year Ended January 31,
|
|||||
2009
|
2008
|
||||
Occupancy
|
62.42
|
%
|
70.86
|
%
|
|
Average
Daily Rate (ADR)
|
$ 80.55
|
$ 77.37
|
|||
Revenue
Per Available Room (REVPAR)
|
$ 50.28
|
$ 54.83
|
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No
assurance can be given that the trends reflected in this data will continue or
that occupancy, ADR and REVPAR will not increase or decrease as a result of
changes in national or local economic or hospitality industry
conditions.
We enter
into transactions with certain related parties from time to time. For
information relating to such related party transactions see the
following:
• For
a discussion of management and licensing agreements with certain related
parties, see “Item 1 – Business – Management and Licensing
Contracts.”
• For
a discussion of guarantees of our mortgage notes payable by certain related
parties, see Note 6 to our Consolidated Financial Statements – “Mortgage Notes
Payable.”
• For
a discussion of notes and advances payable by us to certain related parties, see
Note 8 to our Consolidated Financial Statements – “Notes and Advances
Payable to Related Parties.”
• For
a discussion of our employment agreement with Mr. Wirth, see Note 13 to our
Consolidated Financial Statements – “Advisory Agreement/Employment
Agreements.”
Results
of Operations of the Trust for the year ended January 31, 2009 compared to
the year ended January 31, 2008.
Overview
A summary
of operating results for the fiscal years ended January 31, 2009 and 2008
is:
2009
|
2008
|
Change
|
%
Change
|
|||||||||
Revenue
|
$
|
20,391,835
|
$
|
22,100,135
|
$
|
(1,708,300
|
)
|
(7.7)
|
%
|
|||
Operating
Income
|
$
|
274,487
|
$
|
2,981,795
|
$
|
(2,707,308
|
)
|
(90.8)
|
%
|
|||
Net
Income (Loss)
|
$
|
(630,526
|
)
|
$
|
1,119,160
|
$
|
(1,749,686
|
)
|
>(100.0)
|
%
|
||
Income
(Loss) Per Share – Basic
|
$
|
(0.07
|
)
|
$
|
0.12
|
$
|
(0.19
|
)
|
>(100.0)
|
%
|
||
Income
(Loss) Per Share – Diluted
|
$
|
(0.07
|
)
|
$
|
0.07
|
$
|
(0.14
|
)
|
>(100.0)
|
%
|
Our
overall results in 2009 were positively affected by the results from increased
rate management efforts and were offset by the recording of $1.9 million of
depreciation on assets reclassified from “held for sale” to “held and used,” as
discussed below.
For the
twelve months ended January 31, 2009, we had total revenue of
$20.4 million compared to $22.1 million for the twelve months ended
January 31, 2008, a decrease of approximately $1.7 million. This
decrease in total revenue is primarily due to lower occupancies at the Hotels,
resulting in decreased room revenues. During 2010, we expect lower occupancy and
revenue levels compared to prior years. Total expenses of $21.6 million for
the twelve months ended January 31, 2009 reflects an increase of
approximately $680,000 compared to total expenses of $20.9 million for the
twelve months ended January 31, 2008. The increase was primarily
due to recording deferred depreciation on assets previously classified as “held
for sale” of $1.9 million in the third quarter of fiscal year 2009.
General
and administrative expenses include overhead charges for management, accounting,
shareholder and legal services. General and administrative expenses
of $3.4 million for the twelve months ended January 31, 2009 was consistent
with the prior year total of $3.3 million.
Total
operating expenses for the twelve months ended January 31, 2009 were
$20.1 million, an increase of approximately $1.0 million, or 5.2%, from
$19.1 million in the twelve months ended January 31,
2008. The increase was primarily due to recording deferred
depreciation on assets “held for sale” of $1.9 million in the third quarter of
fiscal year 2009.
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Total
interest expense for the twelve months ended January 31, 2009 was
$1.5 million compared to $1.8 million in the prior year, a decrease
of $315,000, or 17.3%, due to lower interest rates on variable rate
debt and maintaining lower balances of debt. Interest on mortgage notes payable
for the twelve months ended January 31, 2009 was $1.5 million, a
decrease of $165,000, or 10.2%, from $1.6 million in the twelve months ended
January 31, 2008. The decrease is primarily due to reduced mortgage
balances and a reduced rate on the Tucson St. Mary’s variable rate
note. Interest on notes payable to banks decreased $132,000, or over
81.2%, to $30,000 from $163,000 during the years ended January 31, 2009 and
2008, respectively. The decrease is due to less borrowings on our lines of
credit.
Hotel
property depreciation for the twelve months ended January 31, 2009 was $2.9
million, an increase of approximately $1.9 million from $1.0 million in the
twelve months ended January 31, 2008. The increase was due to the
recording of $1.9 million of deferred depreciation on assets previously
classified as “held for sale” when they were reclassified to “held and used” in
the third quarter of fiscal 2009.
We had a
net loss before minority interest and income taxes of $1.2 million for the
twelve months ended January 31, 2009, compared to net income of $1.2
million in the prior year. After deducting the loss allocated to the
minority interest of $630,519 and taxes of $34,692, we had a net loss
attributable to Shares of Beneficial Interest of approximately $631,000 for
fiscal year 2009. This represented a decrease of approximately $1.7
million in net income (loss) attributable to Shares of Beneficial Interest
comparing the twelve months ended January 31, 2009 and
2008. Basic and diluted net loss per share was $(0.07) and $(0.07),
respectively, for the twelve months ended January 31, 2009, compared to a
basic and diluted net income per share of $0.12 and $0.07, respectively, for
fiscal year 2008. The change since the prior year is
attributable to reclassifying assets as “held for sale” to “held and used” and
recording $1.9 million of depreciation in the third quarter of fiscal
2009.
LIQUIDITY
AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
Overview
Our
principal source of cash to meet our cash requirements, including distributions
to its shareholders, is our share of the Partnership’s cash flow and its direct
ownership of the Yuma, Arizona property. The Partnership’s principal
source of revenue is hotel operations for the four hotel properties it
owns. Our liquidity, including our ability to make distributions to
our shareholders, will depend upon our ability and the Partnership’s ability to
generate sufficient cash flow from hotel operations.
Hotel
operations are significantly affected by occupancy, which decreased from fiscal
year 2008 to 2009, and room rates at the Hotels, which improved over the prior
fiscal year, our ability to manage costs, and changes in the number of available
suites caused by acquisition and disposition activities. Results are
also significantly impacted by overall economic conditions and conditions in the
travel industry. Unfavorable changes in these factors could negatively impact
hotel room demand and pricing, which would reduce our profit margins on rented
suites.
We
anticipate a continuation of the slowing of the overall economic conditions that
occurred late in fiscal 2009, which could result in increased competition for
business and leisure travel and that may not support the higher room rates of
fiscal 2009, and therefore could lower operating margins. Challenges
in fiscal year 2010 are expected to include continued competition for group
business in the markets in which we operate and our ability to increase room
rates while maintaining market share.
Net cash
provided by operating activities totaled $1.2 million and $1.6 million for the
years ended January 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively. The
decrease in fiscal year 2009 compared to fiscal year 2008 was due to the
aggressive reduction of our payables and an increase in prepaid expenses during
the year.
Net cash
used in investing activities totaled $(1.2) million and $(989,000) for the years
ended January 31, 2009, and 2008,
respectively. The increase in 2009 as compared to 2008 was due
to increased spending on capital improvements.
Net cash
provided in financing activities totaled $900,000 for the year ended January 31,
2009 and net cash used in financing activities was $(518,000) for the year ended
January 31, 2008. The increases year to year were primarily due
to mortgage refinance of the Yuma hotel property.
As of
January 31, 2009, we had no commitments for capital expenditures beyond a
4% reserve for refurbishment and replacements that is set aside annually, as
described below.
We
continue to contribute to a Capital Expenditures Fund (the “Fund”) an amount
equal to 4% of the InnSuites Hotels’ revenues from operation of the Hotels. The
Fund is restricted by the mortgage lender for four of our
properties. As of January 31, 2009, $96,262 was held in these
accounts and is reported on our Consolidated Balance Sheet as “Restricted
Cash.” The Fund is intended to be used for capital improvements to
the Hotels and refurbishment and replacement of furniture, fixtures and
equipment. During the twelve months ended January 31, 2009 and
2008, the Hotels spent approximately $1.3 million and $978,000, respectively,
for capital expenditures. We consider the majority of these
improvements to be revenue producing. Therefore, these amounts are
capitalized and depreciated over their estimated useful lives. Depreciation was
suspended on the Hotel’s capitalized assets between August 1, 2007 until August
1, 2008 while the Hotels were classified as “held for sale.” We plan to
spend approximately $527,000 for capital expenditures in fiscal year
2010. The Hotels also spent approximately $1.4 million during
both fiscal years 2009 and 2008 on repairs and maintenance and these amounts
have been charged to expense as incurred.
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We have
minimum debt payments of $852,000 and $1.8 million due during fiscal years
2010 and 2009, respectively. On March 3, 2008, we established an $850,000
revolving line of credit to replace the $750,000 line of credit that matured on
May 18, 2008. The new $850,000 line of credit has no financial covenants, bears
interest at Wall Street Journal prime (3.5% as of January 31, 2009) and matures
on July 15, 2009. As of January 31, 2009,we had not drawn any funds
available under the line of credit. We plan to renew our bank line of
credit when it matures during fiscal year 2010. We had projected that
we may not be able to satisfy our remaining obligations during fiscal year 2010
by using only revenue generated by the Hotels’ operations. Based on
that projection, we refinanced our Yuma hotel property for $4.0 million and used
the proceeds to pay down accounts payable, debt, prepaying worker’s compensation
premiums and holding approximately $1.0 million in reserve.
As of
January 31, 2009, we had mortgage notes payable of $22.0 million outstanding
with respect to the Hotels, $85,776 in secured promissory notes outstanding to
unrelated third parties arising from the Share of Beneficial Interest and
Partnership unit repurchases, and no principal due and payable under notes and
advances payable to Mr. Wirth and his affiliates.
Management
believes that cash on hand and future cash receipts from operations in fiscal
year 2010 will be sufficient to meet the Trust’s obligations as they become due
for the next twelve months.
We may
seek to negotiate additional credit facilities or issue debt
instruments. Any debt incurred or issued by us may be secured or
unsecured, long-term, medium-term or short-term, bear interest at a fixed or
variable rate and be subject to such other terms as we consider
prudent.
FUTURE
POSITIONING
The Board
of Trustees in viewing the hotel industry cycles determined that 2008-2009 may
have been the high point of the current hotel industry cycle and further
determined it was appropriate to classify the five Hotels owned by the Trust as
“Held for Sale.” We began actively seeking buyers for our
properties. We engaged the services of several hotel brokers and
began independently advertising our Hotels for sale. On August 1, 2008, the
Trust reclassified its hotel properties from “held for sale” to “held and used.”
After one year of efforts, we failed to find any qualified buyers for our hotel
properties. As a result of this reclassification, we recorded $1.9 million in
depreciation expense that was previously suspended during the period in which
the assets were classified as “held for sale.” We continue to independently
advertise our Hotels for sale.
Our
long-term strategic plan is to obtain full benefit of our real estate equity and
to migrate our focus from a hotel owner to a hospitality service company by
expanding our trademark license, management, reservation, and advertising
services. This plan is similar to strategies followed by international
diversified hotel industry leaders, which over the last several years have
reduced real estate holdings and concentrated on hospitality services. We began
our long-term corporate strategy when we relinquished our REIT status in January
2004, which had previously prevented us from providing management services to
hotels. In June 2004, we acquired our trademark license and management
agreements and began providing management, trademark and reservations services
to our Hotels. In July 2007, the Board of Trustees voted to list and/or present
for sale all five of our hotel properties.
The table
below lists the hotel properties, their respective carrying and mortgage value
and the estimated sales value for the hotel properties.
Hotel
Property Asset Values as of January 31, 2009
|
||||||||||||
Hotel
Property
|
Book
Value
|
Mortgage
Balance
|
Listed
Sales Price
|
|||||||||
Albuquerque
|
$
|
1,559,243
|
$
|
954,984
|
$
|
6,750,000
|
||||||
Ontario
|
6,684,786
|
7,958,765
|
23,500,000
|
|||||||||
Tucson
Oracle
|
4,822,624
|
3,236,741
|
12,700,000
|
|||||||||
Tucson
City Center
|
8,441,360
|
5,920,075
|
14,400,000
|
|||||||||
Yuma
|
6,242,512
|
4,000,000
|
15,500,000
|
|||||||||
Totals
|
$
|
27,750,525
|
$
|
22,070,565
|
$
|
72,850,000
|
There is
no assurance that the listed sales price for the individual hotel properties
will be realized, however our management believes that these sales prices are
reasonable based on local market conditions and comparable sales. Changes in
market conditions have in part and may in the future result in our changing one
or all of the sales prices.
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We
provide trademark licensing, management, reservation and advertising services to
all the hotel properties listed above and expect to continue the trademark
licensing services, which includes the reservation and advertising services,
and/or continue the management services, which also includes the reservation and
advertising services, after the Hotels are sold. If any or all of these hotel
properties are sold, our future management and/or licensing fees could be
reduced if the purchaser did not continue to retain InnSuites Hotels to provide
those services. In the past, when we have sold hotel properties to unrelated
third parties, we have continued to provide management and/or trademark
licensing services after a sale, although there can be no assurance that we will
be able to successfully do so in the future.
As part
of the Board study for 2008-2009, greater emphasis has been placed on priority
for additional management, trademark and reservations fee income. We have
determined that it is easier to sell management contracts when the trademark
services are also provided. Therefore, the primary emphasis is on trademark and
reservation services. As part of the emphasis on trademark services, we
have developed two trademark packages. The first is the “Traditional InnSuites
Hotels & Suites” regional package and the second is the “InnSuites Boutique
Collection,” which now includes four affiliate hotels managed by us. Sales
and marketing are being handled internally.
SHARE
REPURCHASE PROGRAM
On
January 2, 2001, the Board of Trustees approved a share repurchase program
under Rule 10b-18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, for
the purchase of up to 250,000 limited partnership units in the Partnership
and/or Shares of Beneficial Interest in open market or privately negotiated
transactions. On September 10, 2002, August 18, 2005 and September 10,
2008, the Board of Trustees approved the purchase of up to 350,000 additional
limited partnership units in the Partnership and/or Shares of Beneficial
Interest in open market or privately negotiated
transactions. Additionally, on January 5, 2009, the Board of Trustees
approved the purchase of up to 300,000 additional limited partnership units in
the Partnership and/or Shares of Beneficial Interest in open market or privately
negotiated transactions. Acquired Shares of Beneficial Interest will
be held in treasury and will be available for future acquisitions and financings
and/or for awards granted under the InnSuites Hospitality Trust 1997 Stock
Incentive and Option Plan. During fiscal year 2009, we acquired
184,680 Shares of Beneficial Interest in open market transactions at an average
price of $1.34 per share and 35,162 Shares of Beneficial Interest in
privately-negotiated transactions at an average price of $1.30 per
share. Also, we acquired 36,911 RRF Limited Partnership Units at an
average price of $1.30 per unit. We intend to continue repurchasing Shares of
Beneficial Interest and RRF Limited Partnership Units in compliance with
applicable legal and NYSE Amex requirements.
OFF-BALANCE
SHEET FINANCINGS AND LIABILITIES
Other
than lease commitments, legal contingencies incurred in the normal course of
business and employment contracts for key employees, we do not have any
off-balance sheet financing arrangements or liabilities. We do not
have any majority-owned subsidiaries that are not included in the consolidated
financial statements. See “Item 7 – Management’s Discussion and
Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Accounting Matters”
below for a discussion of new accounting interpretations with respect to
variable interest entities and the impact of such interpretations on
us.
CRITICAL
ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES
We
believe that the policies we follow for the valuation of our hotel properties,
which constitute the majority of our assets, are our most critical
policies. We apply SFAS No. 144, “Accounting for the Impairment
or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets,” to determine when it is necessary to test an
asset for recoverability. On an events and circumstances basis, we
review the carrying value of our hotel properties both “held for use” and “held
for sale.” We will record an impairment loss and reduce the carrying
value of a property when anticipated undiscounted future cash flows and the
current market value of the property do not support its carrying
value. In cases where we do not expect to recover the carrying cost
of hotel properties held for use, we will reduce the carrying value to the fair
value of the hotel, as determined by a current appraisal or other acceptable
valuation methods. In cases where we do not expect to recover the
carrying cost of hotel properties “held for sale,” we will reduce the carrying
value to the sales price less costs to sell. We did not recognize
impairment loss in fiscal years 2009 or 2008. As of January 31,
2009, our management does not believe that the carrying values of any of its
hotel properties are impaired.
ACCOUNTING
MATTERS
In June
2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Interpretation
48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes - an interpretation of
FASB Statement No. 10” (“FIN 48”), which became effective for years
beginning on January 1, 2007. FIN 48 addressed the determination of how
tax benefits claimed or expected to be claimed on a tax return should be
recorded in the financial statements. Under FIN 48, we must recognize the
tax benefit from an uncertain tax position only if it is more likely than not
that the tax position will be sustained on examination by taxing authorities,
based on the technical merits of the position. We are subject to U.S.
federal income taxes as well as numerous state tax jurisdictions. We adopted FIN
48 on February 1, 2008. Our assessments of our tax positions in accordance with
FIN 48 did not result in changes that had a material impact on results of
operations, financial condition or liquidity. It is our policy to
recognize any interest and penalties related to income taxes as tax
expense.
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The tax
years 2005 through 2008 remain open to examination by the federal and state
taxing jurisdictions to which we are subject.
In
September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157, “Fair Value
Measurements.” SFAS No. 157 defines fair value, establishes
a framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosures about fair value
measurements. SFAS No. 157 is effective for fiscal years beginning
after November 15, 2007 and interim periods within those fiscal years. We
adopted SFAS No. 157 on February 1, 2008 and such adoption did
not have a material impact on financial condition, results of operations or
liquidity.
In
February 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 159, “The Fair Value Option for
Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities,” which permits entities to choose to
measure many financial instruments and certain other items at fair value that
are not currently required to be measured at fair value. SFAS No. 159 was
effective for financial assets and liabilities at February 1, 2008 and did not
have an impact on our consolidated financial statements.
In June
2006, the FASB issued Emerging Issues Task Force (“EITF”) Issue No. 06-03, “How
Taxes Collected from Customers and Remitted to Governmental Authorities Should
Be Presented in the Income Statement (That is, Gross Versus Net Presentation),”
which permits entities to present certain taxes assessed by a governmental
authority on either a gross basis (included in revenues and costs) or a net
basis (excluded from revenues). An entity is not required to reevaluate its
existing policies related to taxes assessed by a governmental authority but may
choose to do so. EITF issue No. 06-03 is effective for interim and annual
reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2006. We report our revenue net
of sales taxes and our management plans to continue to report revenue net of
sales tax.
In
December 2007, the FASB issued Statement No. 141(Revised 2007),
Business Combinations (“SFAS 141(R)”) and Statement No. 160, “Accounting
and Reporting of Non-controlling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements,
an amendment of ARB No. 51” (“SFAS 160”). These statements will
significantly change the financial accounting and reporting of business
combination transactions and non-controlling (or minority) interests in
consolidated financial statements. SFAS 141(R) requires companies to: (i)
recognize, with certain exceptions, 100% of the fair values of assets acquired,
liabilities assumed, and non-controlling interests in acquisitions of less than
a 100% controlling interest when the acquisition constitutes a change in control
of the acquired entity; (ii) measure acquirer shares issued in
consideration for a business combination at fair value on the acquisition date;
(iii) recognize contingent consideration arrangements at their
acquisition-date fair values, with subsequent changes in fair value generally
reflected in earnings; (iv) with certain exceptions, recognize
pre-acquisition loss and gain contingencies at their acquisition-date fair
values; (v) capitalize in-process research and development (IPR&D) assets
acquired; (vi) expense, as incurred, acquisition-related transaction costs;
(vii) capitalize acquisition-related restructuring costs only if the
criteria in SFAS 146, “Accounting for Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal
Activities,” are met as of the acquisition date; and (viii) recognize
changes that result from a business combination transaction in an acquirer’s
existing income tax valuation allowances and tax uncertainty accruals as
adjustments to income tax expense. SFAS 141(R) is required to be adopted
concurrently with SFAS 160 and is effective for business combination
transactions for which the acquisition date is on or after the beginning of the
first annual reporting period beginning on or after December 15, 2008.
Early adoption of these statements is prohibited. Our management is presently
evaluating the effect of adopting these statements.
INFLATION
We rely
entirely on the performance of the Hotels and InnSuites Hotels’ ability to
increase revenue to keep pace with inflation. Operators of hotels in
general and InnSuites Hotels in particular can change room rates quickly, but
competitive pressures may limit InnSuites Hotels’ ability to raise rates faster
than inflation.
FORWARD-LOOKING
STATEMENTS
Certain
statements in this Form 10-K, including statements containing the phrases
“believes,” “intends,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “predicts,” “projects,” “will
be,” “should be,” “looking ahead,” “may” or similar words, constitute
“forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the
Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended. The Trust intends that such forward-looking
statements be subject to the safe harbors created by such Acts. These
forward-looking statements include statements regarding our intent, belief or
current expectations, those of our Trustees or our officers in
respect of (i) the declaration or payment of dividends; (ii) the
leasing, management or operation of the Hotels; (iii) the adequacy of
reserves for renovation and refurbishment; (iv) our financing plans;
(v) our position regarding investments, acquisitions, developments,
financings, conflicts of interest and other matters; (vi) our plans and
expectations regarding future sales of hotel properties; and (vii) trends
affecting tour or any Hotel’s financial condition or results of
operations.
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These
forward-looking statements reflect our current views in respect of future events
and financial performance, but are subject to many uncertainties and factors
relating to the operations and business environment of the Hotels that may cause
our actual results to differ materially from any future results expressed or
implied by such forward-looking statements. Examples of such
uncertainties include, but are not limited to:
·
|
local
or national economic and business conditions, including, without
limitation, conditions that may affect public securities markets
generally, the hospitality industry or the markets in which we operate or
will operate;
|
·
|
fluctuations
in hotel occupancy rates;
|
·
|
changes
in room rental rates that may be charged by InnSuites Hotels in response
to market rental rate changes or
otherwise;
|
·
|
seasonality
of our business;
|
·
|
interest
rate fluctuations;
|
·
|
changes
in governmental regulations, including federal income tax laws and
regulations;
|
·
|
competition;
|
·
|
any
changes in our financial condition or operating results due to
acquisitions or dispositions of hotel
properties;
|
·
|
insufficient
resources to pursue our current
strategy;
|
·
|
concentration
of our investments in the InnSuites Hotels®
brand;
|
·
|
loss
of franchise contracts;
|
·
|
real
estate and hospitality market
conditions;
|
·
|
hospitality
industry factors;
|
·
|
our
ability to meet present and future debt service
obligations;
|
·
|
terrorist
attacks or other acts of war;
|
·
|
outbreaks
of communicable diseases;
|
·
|
natural
disasters; and
|
·
|
loss
of key personnel.
|
We do not
undertake any obligation to update publicly or revise any forward-looking
statements whether as a result of new information, future events or
otherwise. Pursuant to Section 21E(b)(2)(E) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the qualifications set forth
hereinabove are inapplicable to any forward-looking statements in this
Form 10-K relating to the operations of the Partnership.
Item
7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE
DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
Not
required for smaller reporting companies.
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Item
8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND
SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
INNSUITES
HOSPITALITY TRUST
LIST OF
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SCHEDULES
The
following consolidated financial statements of InnSuites Hospitality Trust are
included in Item 8:
Report
of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm – January 31, 2009 and
2008
|
15
|
|
Consolidated
Balance Sheets – January 31, 2009 and 2008
|
16
|
|
Consolidated
Statements of Operations – Years Ended January 31, 2009 and
2008
|
17
|
|
Consolidated
Statements of Shareholders’ Equity – Years Ended January 31, 2009 and
2008
|
18
|
|
Consolidated
Statements of Cash Flow – Years Ended January 31, 2009 and
2008
|
19
|
|
Notes
to the Consolidated Financial Statements – January 31, 2009 and
2008
|
20
|
|
The
following financial statement schedules of InnSuites Hospitality Trust are
included in Item 8:
Schedule III
– Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation
|
36
|
|
Schedule IV
- Mortgage Loans on Real Estate
|
39
|
All other
schedules are omitted, as the information is not required or is otherwise
furnished.
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT
REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To
the Shareholders and Board of Trustees of
|
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InnSuites
Hospitality Trust
|
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Phoenix,
Arizona:
|
We have
audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of InnSuites Hospitality
Trust and subsidiaries (the “Trust”) as of January 31, 2009 and 2008 and the
related consolidated statements of operations, shareholders’ equity and cash
flows for the years then ended. These financial statements are the
responsibility of the Trust’s management. Our responsibility is to
express an opinion of these financial statements based on our
audits.
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. The Trust
is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its
internal control over financial reporting. Our audit included
consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for
designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not
for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Trust’s
internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no
such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis,
evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements,
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 provide a reasonable basis
for our opinion.
In our
opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly,
in all material respects, the financial position of InnSuites Hospitality Trust
and subsidiaries as of January 31, 2009 and 2008 and the results of their
operations and their cash flows for the years then ended, in conformity with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of
America.
Our audit
was conducted in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting
Oversight Board (United States) and was made for the purpose of forming an
opinion on the basic consolidated financial statements taken as a
whole. The consolidated supplemental schedules III and IV are
presented for purposes of complying with the Securities and Exchange
Commission’s rules and is not a part of the basic consolidated financial
statements. These schedules have been subjected to the auditing
procedures applied in our audits of the basic consolidated financial statements
and, in our opinion, is fairly stated in all material respects in relation to
the basic consolidated financial statements taken as a whole.
/s/
MOSS ADAMS LLP
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Scottsdale,
Arizona
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April
30, 2009
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15
INNSUITES
HOSPITALITY TRUST AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED
BALANCE SHEETS
JANUARY 31,
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2009
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2008
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|||||||||
ASSETS
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||||||||||
Current
Assets:
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||||||||||
Cash
and Cash Equivalents
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$ | 1,141,520 | $ | 299,698 | ||||||
Restricted
Cash
|
96,262 | 142,495 | ||||||||
Accounts
Receivable, including $32,295 and $194,491 from related parties, net
of Allowance for Doubtful Accounts of $34,000 and $29,000, as of
January 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively
|
510,942 | 663,278 | ||||||||
Prepaid
Expenses and Other Current Assets
|
577,767 | 486,438 | ||||||||
Total
Current Assets
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2,326,491 | 1,591,909 | ||||||||
Hotel
Properties Held for Sale, net
|
— | 29,402,016 | ||||||||
Hotel
Properties Held and Used, net
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27,750,525 | — | ||||||||
Property,
Plant and Equipment, net
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209,896 | 211,958 | ||||||||
Deferred
Finance Costs, Long-Term Portion
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134,905 | 113,618 | ||||||||
Deposits,
Long-Term
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14,987 | 14,987 | ||||||||
TOTAL
ASSETS
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$ | 30,436,804 | $ | 31,334,488 | ||||||
LIABILITIES
AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
|
||||||||||
LIABILITIES
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||||||||||
Current
Liabilities :
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||||||||||
Accounts
Payable and Accrued Expenses
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$ | 1,769,735 | $ | 2,408,087 | ||||||
Notes
Payable to Banks
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— | 750,000 | ||||||||
Current
Portion of Mortgage Notes Payable
|
831,793 | 967,289 | ||||||||
Current
Portion of Other Notes Payable
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20,201 | 74,582 | ||||||||
Current
Portion of Notes Payable to Related Parties
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— | 33,336 | ||||||||
Total
Current Liabilities
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2,621,729 | 4,233,294 | ||||||||
Mortgage
Notes Payable
|
21,238,772 | 18,807,123 | ||||||||
Notes
Payable to Related Parties
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— | 21,297 | ||||||||
Other
Notes Payable
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65,575 | 108,362 | ||||||||
TOTAL
LIABILITIES
|
23,926,076 | 23,170,076 | ||||||||
MINORITY
INTEREST IN PARTNERSHIP
|
127,040 | 761,219 | ||||||||
SHAREHOLDERS’
EQUITY
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||||||||||
Shares
of Beneficial Interest, without par value; unlimited authorization;
9,015,536 and 9,163,378 shares issued and outstanding at
January 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively
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17,184,251 | 18,010,184 | ||||||||
Treasury
Stock, 7,771,212 and 7,623,370 shares held at January 31, 2009 and
2008, respectively
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(10,800,563 | ) |
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(10,606,991 | ) |
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TOTAL
SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
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6,383,688 | 7,403,193 | ||||||||
TOTAL
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
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$ | 30,436,804 | $ | 31,334,488 |
See
accompanying notes to
consolidated
financial statements
16
INNSUITES
HOSPITALITY TRUST AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
YEARS
ENDED JANUARY 31,
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2009
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2008
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|||||||
REVENUE
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||||||||
Room
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$
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15,514,709
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$
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16,870,899
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||||
Food
and Beverage
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1,194,069
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1,226,909
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||||||
Telecommunications
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22,039
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32,875
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||||||
Other
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350,709
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418,567
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||||||
Management
and Trademark Fees, including $397,199 and $395,059 from related parties
for 2009 and 2008, respectively
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410,366
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410,257
|
||||||
Payroll
Reimbursements, including $2,899,943 and $3,140,628 from related parties
for 2009 and 2008, respectively
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2,899,943
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3,140,628
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||||||
TOTAL
REVENUE
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20,391,835
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22,100,135
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||||||
OPERATING
EXPENSES
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||||||||
Room
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4,070,606
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4,420,226
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||||||
Food
and Beverage
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977,756
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1,080,035
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||||||
Telecommunications
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56,430
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72,598
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||||||
General
and Administrative
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3,414,546
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3,339,502
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||||||
Sales
and Marketing
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1,317,123
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1,391,838
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||||||
Repairs
and Maintenance
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1,358,918
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1,389,767
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||||||
Hospitality
|
817,024
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788,877
|
||||||
Utilities
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1,164,154
|
1,269,694
|
||||||
Hotel
Property Depreciation
|
2,913,328
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1,009,978
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||||||
Real
Estate and Personal Property Taxes, Insurance and Ground
Rent
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1,110,950
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1,159,916
|
||||||
Other
|
16,570
|
55,281
|
||||||
Payroll
Costs Related to Management Contracts
|
2,899,943
|
3,140,628
|
||||||
TOTAL
OPERATING EXPENSES
|
20,117,348
|
19,118,340
|
||||||
OPERATING
INCOME
|
274,487
|
2,981,795
|
||||||
Interest
Income
|
2,604
|
1,565
|
||||||
TOTAL
OTHER INCOME
|
2,604
|
1,565
|
||||||
Interest
on Mortgage Notes Payable
|
1,451,882
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1,616,462
|
||||||
Interest
on Notes Payable to Banks
|
30,493
|
162,534
|
||||||
Interest
on Notes Payable and Advances Payable to Related
Parties
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10,313
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25,978
|
||||||
Interest
on Other Notes Payable
|
10,756
|
14,212
|
||||||
TOTAL
INTEREST EXPENSE
|
1,503,444
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1,819,186
|
||||||
INCOME
(LOSS) BEFORE MINORITY INTEREST AND INCOME TAXES
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(1,226,353
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)
|
1,164,174
|
|||||
PLUS
MINORITY INTEREST
|
630,519
|
147,077
|
||||||
Income
Tax Provision
|
(34,692
|
)
|
(192,091
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)
|
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INCOME
(LOSS) ATTRIBUTABLE TO SHARES OF BENEFICIAL INTEREST
|
$
|
(630,526
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)
|
$
|
1,119,160
|
|||
NET
INCOME (LOSS) PER SHARE – Basic
|
$
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(0.07
|
)
|
$
|
0.12
|
|||
WEIGHTED
AVERAGE NUMBER OF SHARES OUTSTANDING – Basic
|
9,069,760
|
9,185,474
|
||||||
NET
INCOME (LOSS) PER SHARE – Diluted
|
$
|
(0.07
|
)
|
$
|
0.07
|
|||
WEIGHTED
AVERAGE NUMBER OF SHARES OUTSTANDING – Diluted
|
9,069,760
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13,111,541
|
||||||
CASH
DIVIDENDS PER SHARE
|
$
|
0.01
|
$
|
0.01
|
See
accompanying notes to
consolidated
financial statements
17
INNSUITES
HOSPITALITY TRUST AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
FOR THE
YEARS ENDED JANUARY 31, 2009 and 2008
BALANCE,
JANUARY 31, 2007
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$
|
6,541,701
|
|||
Net
Income Attributable to Shares of Beneficial Interest
|
1,119,160
|
||||
Dividends
|
(91,657
|
)
|
|||
Purchase
of Treasury Stock
|
(167,937
|
)
|
|||
Shares
of Beneficial Interest issued for Services Received
|
46,080
|
||||
Purchase
of Partnership Units above Carrying Value
|
(42,302
|
)
|
|||
Reallocation
of Minority Interest
|
(1,852
|
)
|
|||
BALANCE,
JANUARY 31, 2008
|
$
|
7,403,193
|
|||
Net
Loss Attributable to Shares of Beneficial Interest
|
(630,526
|
)
|
|||
Dividends
|
(90,537
|
)
|
|||
Purchase
of Treasury Stock
|
(293,710
|
)
|
|||
Shares
of Beneficial Interest issued for Services Received
|
39,240
|
||||
Purchase
of Partnership Units above Carrying Value
|
(40,736
|
)
|
|||
Reallocation
of Minority Interest
|
(3,236
|
)
|
|||
BALANCE,
JANUARY 31, 2009
|
$
|
6,383,688
|
See
accompanying notes to
consolidated
financial statements
18
INNSUITES
HOSPITALITY TRUST AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOW
YEARS
ENDED JANUARY 31,
|
||||||||
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||
CASH
FLOW FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
|
||||||||
Net
Income (Loss) Attributable to Shares of Beneficial
Interest
|
$
|
(630,526
|
) |
$
|
1,119,160
|
|||
Adjustments
to Reconcile Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Shares of Beneficial
Interest to Net Cash Provided by Operating
Activities:
|
||||||||
Stock
Compensation Expense
|
39,240
|
46,080
|
||||||
Provision
for (Recovery of) Uncollectible Receivables
|
30,575
|
(13,045
|
)
|
|||||
Minority
Interest
|
(630,519
|
)
|
(147,077
|
)
|
||||
Hotel
Property Depreciation
|
2,913,328
|
1,009,978
|
||||||
Loss
on Disposal Sale of Hotel Property
|
31,493
|
5,529
|
||||||
Amortization
of Deferred Loan Fees
|
28,541
|
51,692
|
||||||
Changes
in Assets and Liabilities:
|
||||||||
(Increase)
in Prepaid Expenses and Other Assets
|
(78,984
|
)
|
(9,074
|
)
|
||||
Decrease
in Accounts Receivable
|
121,761
|
101,999
|
||||||
(Decrease)
Increase in Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses
|
(637,999
|
)
|
(561,721
|
)
|
||||
NET
CASH PROVIDED BY OPERATING ACTIVITIES
|
1,186,910
|
1,603,521
|
||||||
CASH
FLOW FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
|
||||||||
Cash
Received from Disposition of Hotel Properties
|
1,400
|
3,500
|
||||||
Improvements
and Additions to Hotel Properties
|
(1,292,668
|
)
|
(978,039
|
)
|
||||
Change
in Restricted Cash
|
46,233
|
(14,211
|
)
|
|||||
NET
CASH USED IN INVESTING ACTIVITIES
|
(1,245,035
|
)
|
(988,750
|
)
|
||||
CASH
FLOW FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
|
||||||||
Increase
in Deferred Loan Fees
|
(62,173
|
)
|
—
|
|||||
Principal
Payments on Mortgage Notes Payable
|
(1,703,847
|
)
|
(1,123,139
|
)
|
||||
Net
Proceeds from Refinancings of Mortgage Notes Payable
|
4,000,000
|
15,107
|
||||||
Payments
on Notes Payable to Banks
|
(4,406,003
|
)
|
(5,434,175
|
)
|
||||
Borrowings
on Notes Payable to Banks
|
3,656,003
|
7,434,126
|
||||||
Repurchase
of Partnership Units
|
(494
|
)
|
(1,050
|
)
|
||||
Repurchase
of Treasury Stock
|
(252,201
|
)
|
(167,937
|
)
|
||||
Payment
of Dividends
|
(90,537
|
)
|
(91,657
|
)
|
||||
Payments
on Notes and Advances Payable to Related Parties
|
(878,633
|
)
|
(1,830,084
|
)
|
||||
Borrowings
on Notes and Advances Payable to Related Parties
|
824,000
|
799,000
|
||||||
Payments
on Other Notes Payable
|
(186,168
|
)
|
(117,955
|
)
|
||||
NET
CASH USED IN FINANCING ACTIVITIES
|
899,947
|
(517,764
|
)
|
|||||
NET
INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
|
841,822
|
97,007
|
||||||
CASH
AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT BEGINNING OF YEAR
|
299,698
|
202,691
|
||||||
CASH
AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT END OF YEAR
|
$
|
1,141,520
|
$
|
299,698
|
See Note
16 for Supplemental Cash Flow Disclosures
See
accompanying notes to
consolidated
financial statements
19
INNSUITES
HOSPITALITY TRUST AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
AS OF AND
FOR THE YEARS ENDED JANUARY 31, 2009 and 2008
1. NATURE
OF OPERATIONS AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION
InnSuites
Hospitality Trust (the “Trust”) owns, as of January 31, 2009, directly and
through a partnership interest, five hotels with an aggregate of 843 suites in
Arizona, southern California and New Mexico (the “Hotels”). The
Hotels operate as InnSuites Hotels.
The Trust
is the sole general partner of RRF Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited
partnership (the “Partnership”) and owned 70.94% and 70.66% of the Partnership
as of January 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively. The Trust’s
weighted average ownership for the years ended January 31, 2009 and 2008
was 70.78% and 70.28%, respectively. The Partnership owns four of the
hotel properties and incurs the related expenses. The Trust owns and
operates the Yuma, Arizona hotel property directly, which it acquired from the
Partnership on January 31, 2005.
From
June 8, 2004, InnSuites Hotels has provided hotel management services to
the Hotels, as well as four hotels featuring 544 suites owned by affiliates of
Mr. Wirth. Under the management agreements, InnSuites Hotels provides
the personnel at the hotels, the expenses of which are reimbursed at cost, and
manages the hotels’ daily operations. All such expenses and
reimbursements between InnSuites Hotels and the Partnership have been eliminated
in consolidation. InnSuites Hotels received 2.5% of room revenue from
the Hotels owned by the Partnership and the Trust in exchange for management
services during fiscal years 2009 and 2008. Effective February
1, 2009, the management fees for InnSuites Hotels and the Partnership are set at
2.5% of room revenue and an additional monthly accounting fee of $2,000. These
agreements expire on January 31, 2010. InnSuites Hotels received 2.5% of
room revenue from the four hotels owned by affiliates of Mr. Wirth in
exchange for management services during fiscal year 2009 and 2008 and an
additional monthly accounting fee of $2,000. Effective for fiscal 2010,
the management fees for these four hotels will remain at 2.5% of room revenue
and an additional monthly accounting fee of $2,000. These agreements have no
expiration date and may be cancelled by either party with 90-days written notice
or 30-days written notice in the event the property changes
ownership.
As of
January 31, 2009, InnSuites Hotels owned the “InnSuites” trademark and holds
trademark agreements with the Hotels, as well as four hotels featuring 544
suites owned by affiliates of Mr. Wirth and two unrelated hotel properties
featuring 255 suites. InnSuites hotels received 1.25% of room revenue
from the Hotels owned by the Partnership and the Trust in exchange for use of
the “InnSuites” trademark during fiscal years 2009 and
2008. Effective February 1, 2009, the trademark license fees for the
Hotels owned by the Partnership and the Trust will remain at 1.25% of room
revenue. The revenue and expenses related to these contracts have
been eliminated in consolidation. These agreements have no expiration
date. InnSuites Hotels received 1.25% of room revenue from the four
hotels owned by affiliates of Mr. Wirth in exchange for use of the
“InnSuites” trademark during fiscal years 2009 and 2008. These agreements have
no expiration date and may be cancelled by either party with 12-months written
notice or 90-days written notice in the event the property changes ownership.
InnSuites Hotels received 0.5% of room revenue from the unrelated hotel in Buena
Park, California in exchange for licensing services during fiscal years 2009 and
2008. This agreement has no expiration date and may be cancelled by
either party with 30-days written notice. InnSuites Hotels received 30% of
revenues generated from reservations provided by InnSuites Reservation Center to
the unrelated hotel in Oceanside, California in exchange for licensing services
during fiscal year 2008. This agreement had no expiration date and
could be cancelled by either party with 30-days written notice. This agreement
was cancelled May 1, 2008.
PARTNERSHIP
AGREEMENT
The
Partnership Agreement of the Partnership provides for the issuance of two
classes of limited partnership units, Class A and
Class B. Class A and Class B limited partnership units are
identical in all respects, except that each Class A limited partnership
unit shall be convertible into one newly-issued Share of Beneficial Interest of
the Trust at any time at the option of the particular limited
partner. The Class B limited partnership units may only become
convertible with the approval of the Board of Trustees, in its sole
discretion. As of January 31, 2009 and 2008, 431,598 and
468,509 Class A limited partnership units were issued and outstanding
representing 3.27% and 3.55%, respectively, of the total partnership
units. Additionally, as of January 31, 2009 and 2008, 3,407,938 and
3,407,938, respectively, Class B limited partnership units were outstanding
to Mr. Wirth and his affiliates, in lieu of the issuance of Class A
limited partnership units representing 25.8% as of January 31, 2009 and 2008, of
the total partnership units. If all of the Class A and B limited
partnership units were converted, the limited partners in the Partnership would
receive 3,839,536 Shares of Beneficial Interest of the Trust. As of
January 31, 2009 and 2008, the Trust owns 9,371,981 and 9,335,070 general
partner units in the Partnership, representing 70.94% and 70.66%, respectively,
of the total partnership units. The Trust purchased 36,911 and 47,636
Partnership units during the year ended January 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively,
at an average price of $1.30 and $1.39 per unit, respectively.
20
BASIS OF
PRESENTATION
As sole
general partner of the Partnership, the Trust exercises unilateral control over
the Partnership, and the Trust owns all of the issued and outstanding classes of
shares of InnSuites Hotels. Therefore, the financial statements of the
Partnership and InnSuites Hotels are consolidated with the Trust, and all
significant intercompany transactions and balances have been
eliminated.
RECLASSIFICATIONS
Certain
reclassifications have been made to previously reported figures on the balance
sheet in order to conform to current year presentations.
2. SUMMARY
OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
USE OF
ESTIMATES
The
preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that
affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the 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.
The
Trust’s operations are affected by numerous factors, including the economy,
competition in the hotel industry and the effect of the economy on the travel
and hospitality industries. The Trust cannot predict if any of the
above items will have a significant impact in the future, nor can it predict
what impact, if any, the occurrence of these or other events might have on the
Trust’s operations and cash flows. Significant estimates and
assumptions made by management are used for, but not limited to, the estimated
useful lives of long-lived assets and estimates of future cash flows used to
test a long-lived asset for recoverability, the fair values of the long-lived
assets and the realization of net operating losses.
PROPERTY,
PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, HOTEL PROPERTIES AND HOTEL PROPERTIES HELD FOR
SALE
Property,
plant, and equipment and hotel properties are stated at cost and are depreciated
using the straight-line method over estimated lives ranging from 5 to 40 years
for buildings and improvements and 3 to 10 years for furniture and
equipment. Hotel properties “held for sale” are stated at cost, less
accumulated depreciation as of the date that they were determined to be “held
for sale.” Depreciation expense is suspended on the hotel properties
“held for sale.”
Management
applies SFAS No. 144 “Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived
Assets,” to determine when it is required to test an asset for recoverability of
its carrying value. If the carrying amount of an asset exceeds the
estimated undiscounted future cash flows over its estimated remaining life, the
Trust recognizes an impairment expense to reduce the asset’s carrying value to
its fair value. The estimated future cash flows are based upon, among
other things, assumptions about expected future operating performance, and may
differ from actual cash flows. Long-lived assets evaluated for
impairment are analyzed on a property-specific basis independent of the cash
flows of other groups of assets. If the sum of the projected
undiscounted cash flows (excluding interest) is less than the carrying value of
the assets, the assets will be written down to the estimated fair value in the
period in which the determination is made. The Trust determines the
estimated useful lives of its assets based on the expected future economic
benefit of the asset and its ability to hold such assets. In the
decision-making process to determine fair value of long-lived assets and to test
an asset for impairment, third party property appraisals are used as one of the
indicators (benchmarks) to determine the necessity for testing for
impairment. Other indicators include a drop in the performance of a
long-lived asset, a decline in the hospitality industry and a decline in the
economy. Third party property appraisals are useful because they
consider historical occupancy and average rate levels in determining fair
value. Evaluation of future cash flows is based on historical
experience and other factors, including certain economic conditions and
committed future bookings. Management has determined that no
impairment of long-lived assets exists during fiscal years 2009 and
2008.
Gains and
losses on sales of properties are recognized at the time of sale or deferred to
the extent required by generally accepted accounting principles.
The Trust
will classify a hotel property as “held for sale” in the period (generally not
to exceed one year) in which (1) it has made the decision to actively seek
a buyer of the property and/or (2) a binding agreement to purchase the
property has been signed under which the buyer has committed a significant
amount of refundable cash and no significant financing contingencies exist which
could cause the transaction not to be completed in a timely
manner. If these criteria are met, the Trust will record an
impairment loss if the fair value less the costs to sell is lower than the
carrying amount of the hotel and will cease recording depreciation.
On August
1, 2007, the Trust classified its hotel properties as “held for sale.” On August
1, 2008, the Trust reclassified its hotel properties from “held for sale” to
“held and used.” The Trust, after one year of efforts, failed to find any
qualified buyers for its hotel properties. As a result of this reclassification,
the Trust recorded $1.9 million in depreciation expense in the third quarter
ended October 31, 2008.
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CASH
AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
The Trust
considers all highly liquid short-term investments with original maturities of
three months or less to be cash equivalents. The carrying amount approximates
fair value.
RESTRICTED
CASH
Restricted
cash consists of amounts held in reserve by lenders to fund capital improvements
to the properties.
REVENUE
RECOGNITION
Room,
food and beverage, telecommunications, management and licensing fees, and other
revenue are recognized as earned as services are provided and items are
sold. Payroll reimbursements are recorded as personnel services are
provided and are not netted with the corresponding payroll
expense. Sales taxes collected are excluded from gross
revenue.
RECEIVABLES
AND ALLOWANCE FOR DOUBTFUL ACCOUNTS
Accounts
receivable are carried at original amounts less an estimate made for doubtful
accounts based on a review of outstanding amounts on a quarterly
basis. Management records an allowance for doubtful accounts for 50%
of the balances over 90 days and 100% of the balances over
120 days. Accounts receivables are written off when deemed
uncollectible. Recoveries, if any, of receivables previously written
off are recorded when received. The Trust does not charge interest on
accounts receivable balances.
The amounts charged to the
allowance for doubtful accounts are as follows for the years ended January
31:
|
||||||||||||||||
Balance
at the
|
||||||||||||||||
Beginning
of
|
Charged
to
|
Balance
at the
|
||||||||||||||
Year
|
Year
|
Expense
|
Deductions
|
End
of Year
|
||||||||||||
2008
|
$
|
114,970
|
(13,045)
|
(72,455
|
)
|
$
|
29,470
|
|||||||||
2009
|
$
|
29,470
|
30,575
|
(26,004
|
)
|
$
|
34,041
|
|||||||||
STOCK-BASED
COMPENSATION
Prior to
February 1, 2006, the Trust applied the provisions of Accounting Principles
Board (“APB”) Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees,” and
provided pro forma net income (loss) disclosures for employee stock-based
compensation grants as if the fair-value-based method defined in SFAS No. 123R,
“Share Based Payment,” had been applied. In accordance with APB Opinion No. 25,
stock-based compensation expense was recorded in the statement of operations
over the vesting period only if the current estimated market price on the
underlying stock on the date an option is granted exceeds the exercise price.
The Trust adopted SFAS 123R during fiscal year 2006 using the modified
prospective method.
No stock
options were issued and no compensation related to stock option grants cost was
recognized during the fiscal years ended January 31, 2009 and 2008. During
the second quarter of fiscal year 2006, the Trust accepted the voluntary
surrender of all outstanding stock options. The options were surrendered in
order to reduce costs and simplify the Trust’s reporting and compliance
obligations to the Securities and Exchange Commission and the NYSE Amex. The
Trust made no payments to the holders of the options for their surrender. The
Trust has no obligation, explicit or implied, for the surrender of the options,
including but not limited to the reissuance of options at some time in the
future. As of January 31, 2009, the Trust has no stock options
outstanding.
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During the year ended January
31, 2009, the Trust granted restricted
stock awards of 72,000 Shares to members of the Board of
Trustees with a weighted-average grant date fair value of $0.87. In fiscal
year 2009, 36,000 of these shares with a weighted
average grant date fair value of $1.09 vested over a ten-month period at 10% per
month from March 2008 through December 2008 resulting in stock-based
compensation expense of $39,240. The remaining
36,000 Shares were issued at a price of $0.65
per share to the Trustees for compensation during fiscal year 2010 and will vest
over the 12 month period starting February 2009. The Shares will be fully vested
in January 2010. The Trust will recognize compensation expense during fiscal
year 2010 of $23,400. During the year ended January 31, 2008, the Trust granted restricted
stock awards of 36,000 shares at a weighted-average grant date fair value of
$1.28. All were fully vested in fiscal year 2008 resulting in
stock-based compensation expense of $46,080.
The following table summarizes restricted share activity during fiscal years 2008 and 2009.
Restricted
Shares
|
||||||||
Shares
|
Weighted-Average
Grant Date Fair Value
|
|||||||
Balance
at January 31, 2007
|
—
|
—
|
||||||
Granted
|
36,000
|
$
|
1.28
|
|||||
Vested
|
(36,000
|
)
|
$
|
1.28
|
||||
Forfeited
|
—
|
—
|
||||||
Balance
of unvested awards at January 31, 2008
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
|||||
Granted
|
72,000
|
$
|
0.87
|
|||||
Vested
|
(36,000
|
)
|
$
|
1.09
|
||||
Forfeited
|
—
|
—
|
||||||
Balance
of unvested awards at January 31, 2009
|
36,000
|
0.65
|
INCOME
TAXES
Any
distributions to the Trust’s shareholders are not deductible for purposes of
computing the Trust’s taxable income and the Trust will be subject to income
tax, including any applicable alternative minimum tax, on its taxable income at
regular corporate rates, without offset for distributions of such income to its
shareholders.
The Trust
is subject to federal and state corporate income tax and accounts for deferred
taxes utilizing a liability method whereby deferred tax assets are
recognized for deductible temporary differences and deferred tax
liabilities are recognized for taxable temporary differences. Temporary
differences are the differences between the reported amounts of assets and
liabilities and their tax bases. Deferred tax assets are reduced by a
valuation allowance when it was determined to be more likely than not that some
portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. Deferred
tax assets and liabilities were adjusted for the effects of changes in tax laws
and rates on the date of enactment.
DIVIDENDS
AND DISTRIBUTIONS
In fiscal
years 2009 and 2008, the Trust paid dividends of $0.01 per share in the fourth
quarter of each year. The Trust’s ability to pay dividends is largely
dependent upon the operations of the Hotels.
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MINORITY
INTEREST
The Trust
accounts for minority interest in accordance with Emerging Issues Task Force
(“EITF”) Issue No. 94-2 “Treatment of Minority Interests in Certain Real
Estate Investments” and EITF Issue No. 95-7 “Implementation Issues Related
to the Treatment of Minority Interest in Certain Real Estate Investment
Trusts.”
Minority
interest in the Partnership represents the limited partners’ proportionate share
of the capital and earnings of the Partnership. Income or loss is
allocated to the minority interest based on its weighted average ownership
percentage in the Partnership throughout the period, and capital is allocated
based on its ownership percentage at year-end. Any difference is
recorded as a reallocation of minority interest as a component of shareholders’
equity.
INCOME
(LOSS) PER SHARE
Basic and
diluted income (loss) per Share of Beneficial Interest have been computed based
on the weighted-average number of Shares of Beneficial Interest and potentially
dilutive securities outstanding during the periods.
For the
twelve months ended January 31, 2009 and 2008, there were Class A and
Class B limited partnership units outstanding, which are convertible into
Shares of Beneficial Interest of the Trust. Assuming conversion at
the beginning of each period, the aggregate weighted-average of these Shares of
Beneficial Interest would have been 3,860,815 and 3,926,067 in addition to the
basic shares outstanding for fiscal year 2009 and 2008,
respectively. These Shares of Beneficial Interest issuable upon
conversion of the Class A and Class B limited partnership units were
anti-dilutive during fiscal year 2009. Therefore, they have not been
included in the number of issued and outstanding Shares of Beneficial Interest
used in the calculation of diluted earnings per share for that
year.
As of
January 31, 2009 and 2008, there were no stock options outstanding.
The
following is a reconciliation of basic earnings per share to diluted earnings
per share:
For
the Twelve Months Ended
|
||||||||
January
31, 2009
|
January
31, 2008
|
|||||||
Income
(Loss) attributable to Shares of Beneficial Interest
|
$
|
(630,526
|
)
|
$
|
1,119,160
|
|||
Plus: Income
(Loss) attributable to minority interest unit
holders
|
(147,077
|
)
|
||||||
Income
(Loss) attributable to Shares of Beneficial Interest after unit
conversion
|
$
|
(630,526
|
)
|
$
|
972,083
|
|||
Weighted
average common shares outstanding
|
9,069,760
|
9,185,474
|
||||||
Plus: Weighted
average incremental shares resulting from unit conversion
|
—
|
3,926,067
|
||||||
Weighted
average common shares outstanding after unit
conversion
|
9,069,760
|
13,111,541
|
||||||
Net
Income (Loss) Per Share - Basic
|
$
|
(0.07
|
)
|
$
|
0.12
|
|||
Net
Income (Loss) Per Share - Diluted
|
$
|
(0.07
|
)
|
$
|
0.07
|
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FAIR
VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
For
disclosure purposes, fair value is determined by using available market
information and appropriate valuation methodologies. Due to their
short maturities, cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable and accounts
payable are carried at cost, which reasonably approximates fair
value.
The fair
value of mortgage notes payable, notes payable to banks and notes and advances
payable to related parties is estimated by using the current rates which would
be available for similar loans having the same remaining
maturities. The carrying value of accounts payable and accrued
expenses and other notes payable approximates fair value, due to their
short-term nature. See Note 15 – “Fair Value of Financial
Instruments.”
NEW
ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
In June
2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Interpretation
48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes - an interpretation of
FASB Statement No. 10” (“FIN 48”), which became effective for years
beginning on January 1, 2007. FIN 48 addressed the determination of how
tax benefits claimed or expected to be claimed on a tax return should be
recorded in the financial statements. Under FIN 48, the Trust must
recognize the tax benefit from an uncertain tax position only if it is more
likely than not that the tax position will be sustained on examination by taxing
authorities, based on the technical merits of the position. The Trust is
subject to U.S. federal income taxes as well as numerous state tax
jurisdictions. The Trust adopted FIN 48 on February 1, 2008. The Trust’s
assessments of its tax positions in accordance with FIN 48 did not result in
changes that had a material impact on results of operations, financial condition
or liquidity. It is the Trust’s policy to recognize any interest and
penalties related to income taxes as tax expense.
The tax
years 2005 through 2009 remain open to examination by the federal and state
taxing jurisdictions to which we are subject.
In
September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157, “Fair Value
Measurements.” SFAS No. 157 defines fair value, establishes
a framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosures about fair value
measurements. SFAS No. 157 is effective for fiscal years beginning
after November 15, 2007 and interim periods within those fiscal years. The
Trust adopted SFAS No. 157 on February 1, 2008 and such adoption
did not have a material impact on financial condition, results of operations or
liquidity. The Trust did not elect the option to adjust to reporting at fair
value.
In
February 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 159, “The Fair Value Option for
Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities,” which permits entities to choose to
measure many financial instruments and certain other items at fair value that
are not currently required to be measured at fair value. SFAS No. 159 was
effective for financial assets and liabilities at February 1, 2008 and did not
have an impact on the Trust’s consolidated financial statements.
In June
2006, the FASB issued Emerging Issues Task Force (“EITF”) Issue No. 06-03, “How
Taxes Collected from Customers and Remitted to Governmental Authorities Should
Be Presented in the Income Statement (That is, Gross Versus Net Presentation),”
which permits entities to present certain taxes assessed by a governmental
authority on either a gross basis (included in revenues and costs) or a net
basis (excluded from revenues). An entity is not required to reevaluate its
existing policies related to taxes assessed by a governmental authority but may
choose to do so. EITF issue No. 06-03 is effective for interim and annual
reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2006. The Trust reports its
revenue net of sales taxes and its management plans to continue to report
revenue net of sales tax.
In
December 2007, the FASB issued Statement No. 141(Revised 2007),
Business Combinations (“SFAS 141(R)”) and Statement No. 160, “Accounting
and Reporting of Non-controlling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements,
an amendment of ARB No. 51” (“SFAS 160”). These statements will
significantly change the financial accounting and reporting of business
combination transactions and non-controlling (or minority) interests in
consolidated financial statements. SFAS 141(R) requires companies to: (i)
recognize, with certain exceptions, 100% of the fair values of assets acquired,
liabilities assumed, and non-controlling interests in acquisitions of less than
a 100% controlling interest when the acquisition constitutes a change in control
of the acquired entity; (ii) measure acquirer shares issued in
consideration for a business combination at fair value on the acquisition date;
(iii) recognize contingent consideration arrangements at their
acquisition-date fair values, with subsequent changes in fair value generally
reflected in earnings; (iv) with certain exceptions, recognize
pre-acquisition loss and gain contingencies at their acquisition-date fair
values; (v) capitalize in-process research and development (IPR&D) assets
acquired; (vi) expense, as incurred, acquisition-related transaction costs;
(vii) capitalize acquisition-related restructuring costs only if the
criteria in SFAS 146, “Accounting for Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal
Activities,” are met as of the acquisition date; and (viii) recognize
changes that result from a business combination transaction in an acquirer’s
existing income tax valuation allowances and tax uncertainty accruals as
adjustments to income tax expense. SFAS 141(R) is required to be adopted
concurrently with SFAS 160 and is effective for business combination
transactions for which the acquisition date is on or after the beginning of the
first annual reporting period beginning on or after December 15, 2008.
Early adoption of these statements is prohibited. The Trust’s management is
presently evaluating the effect of adopting these statements.
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SEGMENT
REPORTING
The Trust
views its operations as one operating business segment, a hospitality company
that owns five hotel properties with an aggregate of 843 suites in Arizona,
southern California and New Mexico. The Trust has a concentration of assets in
the southern Arizona market. In the markets in which the Trust
operates, in particular, the Yuma, Arizona and Ontario, California markets,
supply has increased. In the Tucson, Arizona market demand has
declined. Either an increase in supply or a decline in demand could
result in increased competition, which could have an adverse effect on the
revenue of the Hotels in their respective markets.
ADVERTISING
COSTS
Amounts
incurred for advertising costs with third parties are expensed as
incurred. Advertising expense totaled approximately $810,000 and
$860,000 for the years ended January 31, 2009 and 2008,
respectively.
3. PROPERTY,
PLANT, AND EQUIPMENT, HOTEL PROPERTIES
As of January 31 of the respective
years, property, plant and equipment consisted of the following:
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||
Land
|
$
|
7,005
|
$
|
7,005
|
||||
Building
and improvements
|
75,662
|
75,662
|
||||||
Furniture,
fixtures and equipment
|
291,018
|
369,849
|
||||||
Total
property, plant and equipment
|
373,685
|
452,516
|
||||||
Less
accumulated depreciation
|
(163,789
|
)
|
(240,558
|
)
|
||||
Property,
Plant and Equipment, net
|
$
|
209,896
|
$
|
211,958
|
The Trust classified its five
Hotels as “Held for Sale” as of August 1, 2007, which is part of the Trust’s
long-term strategic plan to migrate the focus of the Trust primary business from
a hotel owner to a hospitality service company by expanding its trademark
license, management, reservation and advertising services. On August 1, 2007,
the Trust suspended depreciation of these assets “held for sale.” On August 1,
2008, the Trust reclassified its five Hotels from “Held for Sale” to “Held and
Used.” As a result of this reclassification, the Trust recorded approximately
$1.9 million of depreciation expense in the year ended January 31, 2009 that had
been suspended through August 1, 2008.
As of
January 31, 2009 the Hotels are classified as “Held and Used” and as of
January 31, 2008, the Hotels are classified as “Held for Sale,” consisted of the
following:
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||
Land
|
$
|
2,817,515
|
$
|
2,817,515
|
||||
Building
and improvements
|
33,964,259
|
34,143,848
|
||||||
Furniture,
fixtures and equipment
|
4,516,551
|
7,121,243
|
||||||
Work
in progress
|
3,950
|
—
|
||||||
Total
hotel properties
|
41,302,275
|
44,082,606
|
||||||
Less
accumulated depreciation
|
(13,551,750
|
)
|
(14,680,590
|
)
|
||||
Hotel
properties, net
|
$
|
27,750,525
|
$
|
29,402,016
|
26
The
Hotels were classified as “Held for Sale” from August 1, 2007 until August 1,
2008. During this period, the Hotels were not reported as discontinued
operations in the Trust’s financial statements. Based on the criteria
of EITF Abstract Issue No. 03-13, “Applying the Conditions in Paragraph 42 of
FASB Statement No. 144, Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived
Assets, in Determining Whether to Report Discontinued Operations,” the Trust
concluded it was not necessary to report hotels “held for sale” or “disposed of”
when the Trust maintains significant continuing involvement. Based on
its previous experience in selling hotels, the Trust expects to provide
management and/or trademark services to the hotels after they are sold. The
Trust reasonably expects to obtain management or trademark licensing agreements
because a buyer entering into an agreement with the Trust 1) can avoid the
expense of replacing literature and signage, which can cost as much as $200,000,
2) has access to the Trust’s reservation services for booking reservations
online or by telephone, which are significant market channels, 3) has immediate
advertising services including web sites and printed media, 4) has available an
experienced management service providing all staffing, and 5) has the goodwill
that the Trust has gained over many years of operations that would be lost if a
buyer changed the name of the purchased hotel property. The Trust’s management
believes that it is highly likely, as in the past, that buyers of the type of
hotels we have for sale will be small hotel chains or individual buyers who
would not immediately replace all the services the Trust offers upon purchase of
a property. The Trust’s management believes a management and/or a trademark
service agreement provides the Trust with the ability to significantly influence
the operating and financial policies of the hotel.
4. PREPAID
EXPENSES AND OTHER CURRENT ASSETS
Prepaid expenses and other
current assets are carried at face value and expect to be consumed within one
year. Prepaid expenses and other current assets consisted of the
following:
January
31,
|
|||||||
2009
|
2008
|
||||||
Prepaid
Insurance
|
$
|
188,640
|
$
|
117,413
|
|||
Deferred
Financing Costs, Current Portion
|
39,846
|
27,411
|
|||||
Tax
and Insurance Escrow
|
303,872
|
298,765
|
|||||
Other
Prepaid Expenses and Current Assets
|
45,409
|
42,849
|
|||||
Total
Prepaid Expenses and Current Assets
|
$
|
577,767
|
$
|
486,438
|
5.
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED LIABILITIES
The
carrying value of accounts payable and accrued expenses approximates fair value,
due to their short-term nature. The carrying value of accounts payable and
accrued liabilities was $1.77 million and $2.41 million at January 31, 2009 and
2008 respectively. Accounts payable and accrued liabilities consisted of the
following:
January
31,
|
||||||
2009
|
2008
|
|||||
Accounts
Payable
|
$
|
340,538
|
$
|
715,753
|
||
Accrued
Salaries and Wages
|
360,830
|
458,172
|
||||
Accrued
Vacation
|
205,936
|
219,039
|
||||
Sales
Tax Payable
|
154,971
|
188,214
|
||||
Accrued
Interest Payable
|
88,585
|
79,734
|
||||
Advanced
Customer Deposits
|
147,455
|
79,968
|
||||
Income
Tax Liability
|
61,355
|
62,154
|
||||
Accrued
Property Taxes
|
174,687
|
260,661
|
||||
Accrued
Land Lease
|
101,454
|
113,933
|
||||
Accrued
Other
|
133,924
|
230,459
|
||||
Total
Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities
|
$
|
1,769,735
|
$
|
2,408,087
|
27
6. MORTGAGE
NOTES PAYABLE
At
January 31, 2009, the Trust had mortgage notes payable outstanding with
respect to each of the Hotels. The mortgage notes payable have
various repayment terms and have scheduled maturity dates ranging from May 11,
2011 to May 1, 2016. Weighted average interest rates on the
mortgage notes payable for the years ended January 31, 2009 and 2008
were 7.94% and 8.41%, respectively.
The following table summarized the
Trust’s mortgage notes payable as of January 31:
2009
|
2008
|
||||||
Mortgage
note payable, due in 7.0% interest only monthly payments of $23,333 at
7.0% per year, through December 30, 2013 when principal is due in full,
secured by the Yuma property with a carrying value of $6.2 million at
January 31, 2009.
|
$
|
4,000,000
|
$
|
—
|
|||
Mortgage
note payable, due in monthly installments of $48,738, including interest
at 8% per year, through May 1, 2016, secured by the Tucson Oracle property
with a carrying value of $4.8 million at January 31,
2009.
|
3,236,741
|
3,548,967
|
|||||
Mortgage
note payable, due in monthly installments of $71,141, including interest
at 8.28% per year, through May 11, 2011, secured by the Ontario property
with a carrying value of $6.7 million at January 31,
2009.
|
7,958,765
|
8,134,458
|
|||||
Mortgage
note payable, due in monthly installments of $15,858, including interest
at 8.875% per year, through September 1, 2015, secured by the
Albuquerque property with a carrying value of $1.6 million at
January 31, 2009.
|
954,984
|
1,055,619
|
|||||
Mortgage
note payable, due in monthly installments of $27,010, including interest
at 9.25% per year, through August 1, 2011, secured by the Yuma
property. Note was paid in full by refinancing the property December 30,
2008.
|
—
|
985,368
|
|||||
Mortgage
note payable, due in variable monthly installments ($29,776 as of January
31, 2009) including interest at prime rate (3.25% as of January 31, 2009),
through January 28, 2015, secured by the Tucson St. Mary’s property with a
carrying value of $8.4 million at January 31, 2009.
|
5,920,075
|
6,050,000
|
|||||
Totals
|
$
|
22,070,565
|
$
|
19,774,412
|
Mr. Wirth and certain of his
affiliates have guaranteed 100% of the Tucson St. Mary’s mortgage note payable
of $5,920,075 and 100% of the Tucson St. Mary’s and 50% of the Yuma mortgage
notes payable of $6,542,684 as of January 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively. The
net book value of the properties securing these mortgage notes payable at
January 31, 2009 and 2008 was $8,441,360 and $15,609,819,
respectively. See Note 10 – “Minimum Debt Payments” for scheduled
minimum payments.
On
January 30, 2008 the Trust refinanced the Tucson St. Mary’s property with a
mortgage note of $6,050,000. The mortgage note is due in monthly variable
installments including interest at Wall Street Journal prime rate
through January 28, 2015. The prime rate at January 31, 2009 was 3.25%. The
mortgage note is secured by the Tucson St. Mary’s property. The proceeds from
the mortgage note were used to pay in full the current mortgage note on the
Tucson St. Mary’s property of $4.0 million and to pay in full a $2.0 million
non-revolving line of credit discussed below. See Note 7 - “Notes Payable to
Banks.”
On
December 30, 2008 the Trust refinanced the Yuma property with a mortgage note of
$4,000,000. The mortgage note is due December 30, 2013. The note requires 7%
interest only monthly payments. The proceeds from the mortgage note were used to
pay in full the current mortgage note on the Yuma property of $760,000, pay down
other debt, pay down trade payables, prepay insurance premiums and to establish
reserves for future operating needs.
28
7. NOTES
PAYABLE TO BANKS
On August
18, 2006, the Trust entered into an agreement for an unsecured bank line of
credit. Under the agreement, the Trust could draw $750,000, bearing interest at
prime plus 0.5%, with interest-only payments due monthly. During specified times
over the duration of the line of credit, the Trust must pay the line of credit
down to zero and is unable to borrow against the line of credit for a period of
30 days. The line of credit matured on May 18, 2008 and was paid in
full.
On
February 23, 2007, Tucson Saint Mary’s Suite Hospitality, an entity owned by the
Partnership, established a $2 million non-revolving line of credit. The interest
rate applied to the unpaid principal balance is the prime rate as published by
the Wall Street Journal plus 0.75 percentage points. The line of credit was
secured by the Tucson Saint Mary’s hotel property. The line was paid
in full on January 30, 2008 with proceeds from the refinancing of the Tucson
Saint Mary’s mortgage note.
On March
3, 2008, the Trust established a new $850,000 revolving line of credit to
replace the $750,000 line of credit that matured on May 18, 2008. The new line
of credit is unsecured, has no financial covenants, bears interest at Wall
Street Journal prime rate (3.5% as of January 31, 2009) and matures on July 15,
2009. As of January 31, 2009, the Trust had drawn $0 of the funds
available under the line of credit.
8. NOTES
AND ADVANCES PAYABLE TO RELATED PARTIES
Notes and
advances payable to related parties consist of funds provided by Mr. Wirth,
certain of his affiliates and other related parties to permit the Trust to
repurchase its Shares of Beneficial Interest and additional general partnership
units in the Partnership and to fund working capital and capital improvement
needs. The aggregate amounts outstanding to related parties were
approximately $0 and $55,000 as of January 31, 2009 and 2008,
respectively. The notes and advances payable to related parties are
as follows as of January 31 of the respective years:
2009
|
2008
|
||||||
Note
payable to The Anderson Charitable Remainder Unitrust, an affiliate of
Mason Anderson, former Trustee of the Trust, bearing interest at 7% per
annum, and secured by Shares of Beneficial Interest in the Trust. Due in
monthly principal and interest payments of $1,365 through
November 2009.
|
—
|
28,105
|
|||||
Note
payable to Wayne Anderson, son of Mason Anderson, former Trustee of the
Trust, bearing interest at 7% per annum, and secured by Shares of
Beneficial Interest in the Trust. Due in monthly principal and interest
payments of $574 through June 2009.
|
—
|
9,271
|
|||||
Note
payable to Karen Anderson, daughter of Mason Anderson, former Trustee of
the Trust, bearing interest at 7% per annum, and secured by Shares of
Beneficial Interest in the Trust. Due in monthly principal and interest
payments of $574 through June 2009.
|
—
|
9,268
|
|||||
Note
payable to Kathy Anderson, daughter of Mason Anderson, former Trustee of
the Trust, bearing interest at 7% per annum, and secured by Shares of
Beneficial Interest in the Trust. Due in monthly principal and interest
payments of $495 through June 2009.
|
—
|
7,989
|
|||||
Totals
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
54,633
|
The Trust
paid interest on related party notes to Mr. Wirth and his affiliates in the
amounts of $7,475 and $26,730 for the twelve months ended January 31, 2009
and 2008, respectively. The Trust incurred interest expense on
related party notes to Mr. Wirth and his affiliates in the amounts of
$7,475 and $20,959 for the twelve months ended January 31, 2009 and 2008,
respectively. All related party notes were paid in full as of January 31,
2009.
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9. OTHER
NOTES PAYABLE
As of
January 31, 2009, the Trust had $85,776 in secured promissory notes
outstanding to unrelated third parties arising from the repurchase of 36,911
Class A limited partnership units in the Partnership and the repurchase of
32,262 Shares of Beneficial Interest in privately negotiated
transactions. The promissory notes bear interest at 7% per year and
are due in varying monthly payments through August 2013. The
repurchased Class A limited partnership units and Shares of Beneficial Interest
secure the notes. As of January 31, 2008, the Trust had $182,944
in secured promissory notes outstanding to unrelated third parties arising from
the repurchase of 204,644 Class A limited partnership units in the
Partnership and the repurchase of 90,139 Shares of Beneficial Interest in
privately negotiated transactions.
10. MINIMUM
DEBT PAYMENTS
Scheduled
minimum payments of debt as of January 31, 2009 are as follows in the
respective fiscal years indicated:
FISCAL
YEAR ENDED
|
MORTGAGES
|
OTHER
NOTES PAYABLE
|
TOTAL
|
|||||||
2010
|
$
|
831,793
|
$
|
20,201
|
$
|
851,994
|
||||
2011
|
896,845
|
21,692
|
918,537
|
|||||||
2012
|
8,291,057
|
23,239
|
8,314,296
|
|||||||
2013
|
786,678
|
20,644
|
807,322
|
|||||||
2014
|
4,843,227
|
—
|
4,843,227
|
|||||||
Thereafter
|
6,420,965
|
—
|
6,420,965
|
|||||||
$
|
22,070,565
|
$
|
85,776
|
$
|
22,156,341
|
11. DESCRIPTION
OF CAPITAL STOCK
Holders
of the Trust’s Shares of Beneficial Interest are entitled to receive dividends
when and if declared by the Board of Trustees of the Trust out of funds legally
available therefor. The holders of Shares of Beneficial Interest,
upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding-down of the Trust, are entitled to
share ratably in any assets remaining after payment in full of all liabilities
of the Trust. The Shares of Beneficial Interest possess ordinary
voting rights, each share entitling the holder thereof to one
vote. Holders of Shares of Beneficial Interest do not have cumulative
voting rights in the election of Trustees and do not have preemptive
rights.
On
January 2, 2001, the Board of Trustees approved a share repurchase program
under Rule 10b-18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, for
the purchase of up to 250,000 limited partnership units in the Partnership
and/or Shares of Beneficial Interest in open market or privately negotiated
transactions. On September 10, 2002, August 18, 2005 and September 10,
2008, the Board of Trustees approved the purchase of up to 350,000 additional
limited partnership units in the Partnership and/or Shares of Beneficial
Interest in open market or privately negotiated
transactions. Additionally, on January 5, 2009, the Board of Trustees
approved the purchase of up to 300,000 additional limited partnership units in
the Partnership and/or Shares of Beneficial Interest in open market or privately
negotiated transactions. Acquired Shares of Beneficial Interest will
be held in treasury and will be available for future acquisitions and financings
and/or for awards granted under the InnSuites Hospitality Trust 1997 Stock
Incentive and Option Plan. During fiscal year 2009, the Trust
acquired 184,680 Shares of Beneficial Interest in open market transactions at an
average price of $1.34 per share and 35,162 Shares of Beneficial Interest in
privately-negotiated transactions at an average price of $1.30 per
share. Also, the Trust acquired 36,911 RRF Limited Partnership Units
at an average price of $1.30 per unit. The Trust intends to continue
repurchasing Shares of Beneficial Interest and RRF Limited Partnership Units in
compliance with applicable legal and NYSE Amex requirements.
For the
years ended January 31, 2009 and 2008, the Trust repurchased 219,842
and 122,400 Shares of Beneficial Interest at an average price of $1.34 and
$1.37 per share, respectively. Repurchased Shares of Beneficial
Interest are accounted for as treasury stock in the Trust’s Consolidated
Statements of Shareholders’ Equity.
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12. FEDERAL
INCOME TAXES
The Trust
and subsidiaries have income tax net operating loss carry forwards of
approximately $10.3 million at January 31, 2009. In 2005, the Trust had an
ownership change within the meaning of Internal Revenue Code Section 382.
However, the Trust determined that such ownership change would not have a
material impact on the future use of the net operating
losses.
The Trust
and subsidiaries have no state net operating loss
carryforwards. Federal net operating loss carryforwards are estimated
to expire as follows:
Year
|
Federal
|
||
2012
|
$
|
1,147,858
|
|
2019
|
1,163,799
|
||
2020
|
1,979,025
|
||
2021
|
250,847
|
||
2022
|
1,580,590
|
||
2023
|
1,671,294
|
||
2024
|
2,496,557
|
||
2029
|
15,948
|
||
$
|
10,305,918
|
Total
and net deferred income tax assets at January 31,
|
2009
|
2008
|
||||||
Net
operating loss carryforwards
|
$
|
3,504,000
|
$
|
3,433,000
|
||||
Bad
debt allowance
|
10,000
|
9,000
|
||||||
Accrued
vacation
|
97,000
|
-
|
||||||
Alternative
minimum tax credit
|
61,000
|
61,000
|
||||||
Total
deferred income tax assets
|
3,672,000
|
3,503,000
|
||||||
Deferred
income tax liability associated with book/tax differences in hotel
properties
|
(2,607,000
|
)
|
(2,779,000
|
)
|
||||
Net
deferred income tax asset
|
1,065,000
|
724,000
|
||||||
Valuation
allowance
|
(1,065,000
|
)
|
(724,000
|
)
|
||||
Net
deferred income tax asset
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
Income
taxes for the year ended January 31,
|
2009
|
2008
|
|||||
Current
income tax provision
|
$ |
35,000
|
$ |
192,000
|
|||
Deferred
income tax benefit
|
-
|
-
|
|||||
Net
income tax provision
|
$
|
35,000
|
$
|
192,000
|
31
The
differences between the statutory and effective tax rates are as follows
for the year ended January 31, 2009:
|
|||||||
$ |
(203,000
|
)
|
(34
|
)%
|
|||
State
income taxes
|
(35,000
|
)
|
(6
|
)%
|
|||
Change
in valuation allowance
|
341,000
|
58
|
%
|
||||
True-ups
to prior year return
|
(68,000
|
)
|
(12
|
)%
|
|||
Effective
rate
|
$
|
35,000
|
6
|
%
|
The
differences between the statutory and effective tax rates are as follows
for the year ended January 31, 2008:
|
|||||||
Federal
statutory rates
|
$ |
453,000
|
34
|
%
|
|||
State
income taxes
|
61,000
|
5
|
%
|
||||
Utilization
of federal net operating loss carryforward and related recognition of tax
benefit
|
(503,000
|
)
|
(38
|
)%
|
|||
True-ups
to prior year return
|
155,000
|
11
|
%
|
||||
Permanent
differences and other
|
26,000
|
2
|
%
|
||||
Effective
rate
|
$
|
192,000
|
14
|
%
|
In
accordance with SFAS No. 109 “Accounting for Income Taxes,” the Trust has
established a valuation allowance against its net deferred income tax assets at
January 31, 2009. As defined by the standard, management believes it is more
likely than not that its deferred income tax assets may not be realized due to a
history of losses sustained by the Trust. Realization of a deferred tax asset is
dependent on whether or not there will be sufficient taxable income in future
periods in which operating loss carryforwards can be utilized.
The
valuation allowance increased by approximately $341,000 in the year ended
January 31, 2009, primarily due to a reduction in deferred tax liabilities
associated with hotel properties due to timing differences in depreciation
recognition. The valuation allowance decreased by approximately $503,000 in the
year ended January 31, 2008, primarily due to the utilization of approximately
$864,000 of federal net operating loss carryforwards.
The Trust
had income taxes payable of $61,000 and $62,000 recorded as of January 31, 2009
and 2008, respectively.
In June
2006, the FASB issued FIN 48, which became effective for years beginning on
January 1, 2008. FIN 48 addressed the determination of how tax benefits
claimed or expected to be claimed on a tax return should be recorded in the
financial statements. Under FIN 48, the Trust must recognize the tax
benefit from an uncertain tax position only if it is more likely than not that
the tax position will be sustained on examination by taxing authorities, based
on the technical merits of the position. The Trust is subject to U.S.
federal income taxes as well as numerous state tax jurisdictions. The Trust's
assessments of its tax positions in accordance with FIN 48 did not result in
changes that had a material impact on results of operations, financial condition
or liquidity. While the Trust does not have any interest and
penalties related to income taxes, the Trust's policy is to recognize such
expenses as tax expense.
The tax
years 2005 through 2008 remain open to examination by the federal and state
taxing jurisdictions to which the Trust is subject.
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13. ADVISORY
AGREEMENT/EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS
Mr. Wirth
had an employment agreement with the Trust that expired in
December 2007. The employment agreement provided that
Mr. Wirth received no compensation from the Trust as long as a previously
enforceable advisory agreement was in effect. However, pursuant to
the terms of the employment agreement, since the Advisor (as defined in the
advisory agreement) no longer provided services to the Partnership or the Trust,
Mr. Wirth was to be compensated at an amount up to the same annual basis as
the Advisor would have been compensated under the terms of the advisory
agreement had it remained in effect. Mr. Wirth was being
compensated at a lesser rate of $146,000 for fiscal year 2008. Mr. Wirth
currently does not have an employment agreement with the Trust.
14. OTHER
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
The
Partnership is responsible for all operating expenses incurred by the Trust in
accordance with the Partnership Agreement.
As of
January 31, 2009 and 2008, Mr. Wirth and his affiliates held 3,407,938
Class B limited partnership units, which represented 25.8% of the total
outstanding partnership units. As of January 31, 2009 and 2008,
Mr. Wirth and his affiliates held 5,573,624 and 5,573,624 Shares of
Beneficial Interest in the Trust, respectively, which represented 61.8% and
60.8% of the total issued and outstanding Shares of Beneficial
Interest.
At
January 31, 2009 and 2008, the Trust owned a 70.94% interest and 70.66%
interest, respectively, in the Hotels through its sole general partner’s
interest in the Partnership.
15. FAIR
VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
Effective
January 1, 2008, the Trust adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards
No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements.” SFAS 157 defines fair value, establishes a
framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosures about fair value
measurements. SFAS 157 has been applied prospectively as of the beginning of the
year.
SFAS 157
defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid
to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at
the measurement date. SFAS 157 also establishes a fair value hierarchy that
requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use
of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value. The standard describes three
levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair value:
Level 1 | Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities; |
Level
2
|
Observable
inputs other than Level I prices, such as quoted prices for similar assets
or liabilities; quoted prices in active markets that are not active; or
other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable
market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities;
or
|
Level
3
|
Unobservable
inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are
significant to the fair value of the assets or
liabilities.
|
33
The Trust
has no financial assets or liabilities measured at fair value in the
accompanying balance sheets at January 31, 2009 and 2008. For
footnote disclosure purposes, the fair value of notes payable and long-term debt
was estimated based on the borrowing rates currently available to the Trust for
bank loans with similar terms and maturities.
The
following table presents the estimated fair values of the Trust’s debt
instruments not recognized in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets at
January 31, 2009 and 2008:
2009
|
2008
|
||||||||||||
CARRYING
AMOUNT
|
FAIR
VALUE
|
CARRYING
AMOUNT
|
FAIR
VALUE
|
||||||||||
Mortgage
notes payable
|
$
|
22,070,565
|
$
|
22,585,371
|
$
|
19,774,412
|
$
|
20,898,875
|
|||||
Notes
payable to banks
|
—
|
—
|
750,000
|
750,000
|
|||||||||
Notes
and advances payable to related parties
|
—
|
—
|
54,633
|
57,809
|
|||||||||
Other
notes payable
|
85,776
|
85,776
|
182,944
|
193,198
|
16. SUPPLEMENTAL
CASH FLOW DISCLOSURES
2009
|
2008
|
|||||
Cash
paid for interest
|
$
|
1,466,143
|
$
|
1,783,309
|
||
Cash
paid for income taxes
|
35,911
|
161,749
|
||||
Promissory
notes issued by the Trust to acquire Class A limited partnership
units
|
47,491
|
65,000
|
||||
Promissory
notes issued by the Trust to acquire Shares of Beneficial
Interest
|
41,509
|
—
|
||||
Shares
issued to Trustees and Officers in exchange for
services
|
39,240
|
46,080
|
The Trust
issued 0 and 53,922 Shares of Beneficial Interest during the years ended
January 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively, in exchange for Class A
limited partnership units. The issued Shares of Beneficial Interest
were valued at $0 and $63,870, respectively.
34
17. COMMITMENTS
AND CONTINGENCIES
Two of
the Hotels are subject to non-cancelable ground leases expiring in 2050 and
2033. Total expense associated with the non-cancelable ground leases
for the fiscal years ended January 31, 2009 and 2008 was $202,360 and
$199,154, respectively, plus a variable component based on gross revenues of
each property that totaled approximately $93,000 and $105,000,
respectively.
Future
minimum lease payments under these non-cancelable ground leases are as
follows:
Fiscal
Year Ending
|
||||
2010
|
$
|
202,360
|
||
2011
|
202,360
|
|||
2012
|
202,360
|
|||
2013
|
202,360
|
|||
2014
|
202,360
|
|||
Thereafter
|
5,469,052
|
|||
Total
|
$
|
6,480,852
|
The Trust
is obligated under loan agreements relating to four of its hotels to deposit 4%
of the individual hotel’s room revenue into an escrow account to be used for
capital expenditures. The escrow funds applicable to the four hotel
properties for which a mortgage lender escrow exists are reported on the Trust’s
Consolidated Balance Sheet as “Restricted Cash.”
InnSuites
Hotels has entered into franchise arrangements with Best Western International
for four of the hotel properties. These agreements provide for fees
to be paid by the Hotels based on revenue and reservations received, and contain
no minimum payment provisions.
The
nature of the operations of the Hotels exposes them to risks of claims and
litigation in the normal course of their business. Although the
outcome of these matters cannot be determined, management does not expect that
the ultimate resolution of these matters will have a material adverse effect on
the consolidated financial position, results of operations or liquidity of the
Trust.
The Trust
is involved from time to time in various other claims and legal actions arising
in the ordinary course of business. In the opinion of management, the
ultimate disposition of these matters will not have a material adverse effect on
the Trust’s consolidated financial position, results of operations or
liquidity.
18. STOCK
OPTION PLAN
During
fiscal year 1999, the shareholders of the Trust adopted the 1997 Stock Incentive
and Option Plan (the “Plan”). Pursuant to the Plan, the Compensation
Committee may grant options to the Trustees, officers, other key employees,
consultants, advisors and similar employees of the Trust and certain of its
subsidiaries and affiliates. The number of options that may be
granted in a year is limited to 10% of the total Shares of Beneficial Interest
and limited partnership units in the Partnership (Class A and Class B)
outstanding as of the first day of such year.
Generally,
granted options expire 10 years from the date of grant, are exercisable during
the optionee’s lifetime only by the recipient and are
non-transferable. Unexercised options held by employees of the Trust
generally terminate on the date the individual ceases to be an employee of the
Trust.
There
were no options granted in fiscal year 2009 or 2008, and no options outstanding
as of January 31, 2009. The Plan currently has 1,000,000 options
available to grant.
The Plan
also permits the Trust to award stock appreciation rights, none of which, as of
January 31, 2009, have been issued.
For stock
options granted to non-employees of the Trust, compensation was recognized over
the respective vesting period based upon the fair value of the options as
calculated using the Black-Scholes pricing model. The Trust did
not grant any stock options to non-employees during fiscal years 2009 and
2008. The Trust had equity related compensation expense of $39,240
and $46,080 for the years ended January 31, 2009 and 2008,
respectively.
35
SCHEDULE III
INNSUITES
HOSPITALITY TRUST AND SUBSIDIARY
REAL
ESTATE AND ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION
AS OF
JANUARY 31, 2009
Initial
Cost
to
Tenant
|
Cost
Capitalized
Subsequent
to Acquisition
|
Gross
Amounts at
Which
Carried at
Close
of Period
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Properties
|
Encumbrances
|
Land
|
Building
and
Improvements
|
Land
|
Building
and
Improvements
|
Land
|
Building
and
Improvements
|
|||||||||||||||
InnSuites
Hotel and Suites
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Tucson,
Catalina Foothills Best Western
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Tucson,
Arizona
|
$
|
3,236,741
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
4,220,820
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
2,387,931
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
6,608,751
|
||||||||
InnSuites
Hotels and Suites
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Yuma
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Yuma,
Arizona
|
4,000,000
|
251,649
|
4,983,292
|
53,366
|
2,598,686
|
305,015
|
7,581,978
|
|||||||||||||||
Best
Western
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Airport
Ontario Hotel and Suites
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Ontario,
California
|
7,958,765
|
1,633,064
|
5,450,872
|
—
|
1,540,256
|
1,633,064
|
6,991,128
|
|||||||||||||||
InnSuites
Hotels and Suites
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Tucson
St. Mary’s
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Tucson,
Arizona
|
5,920,075
|
900,000
|
9,166,549
|
(20,564
|
)
|
1,406,429
|
879,436
|
10,572,978
|
||||||||||||||
InnSuites
Hotels and Suites
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Albuquerque
Airport Best Western
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Albuquerque,
New Mexico
|
954,984
|
—
|
1,903,970
|
—
|
305,454
|
—
|
2,209,424
|
|||||||||||||||
InnSuites
Hospitality Trust
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Phoenix,
Arizona
|
—
|
7,005
|
75,662
|
—
|
—
|
7,005
|
75,662
|
|||||||||||||||
$
|
22,070,565
|
$
|
2,791,718
|
$
|
25,801,165
|
$
|
32,802
|
$
|
8,238,756
|
$
|
2,824,520
|
$
|
34,039,921
|
36
Gross
Land
and
Building
|
Accumulated
Depreciation
|
Net
Book
Value
Land
and
Buildings
and
Improvements
|
Date
of
Construction
|
Date
of
Acquisition
|
Depreciation
in
Income
Statement
is
Computed
|
|||||||||||
InnSuites
Hotel and Suites
|
||||||||||||||||
Tucson,
Catalina Foothills Best Western
|
||||||||||||||||
Tucson,
Arizona
|
$
|
6,608,751
|
$
|
2,028,113
|
$
|
4,580,638
|
1981
|
1998
|
5-40
years
|
|||||||
InnSuites
Hotels and Suites
|
||||||||||||||||
Yuma
|
||||||||||||||||
Yuma,
Arizona
|
7,886,993
|
2,132,727
|
5,754,266
|
1982
|
1998
|
5-40
years
|
||||||||||
Best
Western
|
||||||||||||||||
Airport
Ontario Hotel and Suites
|
||||||||||||||||
Ontario,
California
|
8,624,192
|
2,292,916
|
6,331,276
|
1990
|
1998
|
5-40
years
|
||||||||||
InnSuites
Hotels and Suites
|
||||||||||||||||
Tucson
St. Mary’s
|
||||||||||||||||
Tucson,
Arizona
|
11,452,414
|
3,293,145
|
8,159,269
|
1960
|
1998
|
5-40
years
|
||||||||||
InnSuites
Hotels and Suites
|
||||||||||||||||
Albuquerque
Airport Best Western
|
||||||||||||||||
Albuquerque,
New Mexico
|
2,209,424
|
795,215
|
1,414,209
|
1975
|
2000
|
5-40
years
|
||||||||||
InnSuites
Hospitality Trust
|
||||||||||||||||
Phoenix,
Arizona
|
82,667
|
10,891
|
71,776
|
2004
|
2004
|
33
years
|
||||||||||
$
|
36,864,441
|
$
|
10,553,007
|
$
|
26,311,434
|
(See
accompanying independent auditors report.)
37
(A) Aggregate
cost for federal income tax purposes at January 31, 2009 and 2008 are as
follows:
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||
Land
|
$
|
1,856,788
|
$
|
1,856,788
|
||||
Buildings
and improvements
|
19,612,124
|
19,825,174
|
||||||
$
|
21,468,912
|
$
|
21,681,962
|
Reconciliation
of Real Estate:
Balance
at January 31, 2007
|
$
|
36,926,104
|
||
Improvement
to Hotel Properties
|
400,562
|
|||
Disposal
of Property Improvements
|
(282,636
|
)
|
||
Balance
at January 31, 2008
|
$
|
37,044,030
|
||
Improvement
to Hotel Properties
|
543,742
|
|||
Disposal
of Property Improvements
|
(723,331
|
)
|
||
Balance
at January 31, 2009
|
$
|
36,864,441
|
(See
accompanying independent auditors report.)
38
SCHEDULE IV
MORTGAGES
LOANS ON REAL ESTATE
Description
|
Interest
Rate
|
Maturity
Date
|
Periodic
Payment Term
|
Face
Amount of Mortgages
|
1/31/09
Carrying Amount
|
||||||||
Mortgage
Note Secured by Albuquerque, NM property
|
8.875
|
%
|
9/1/2015
|
180
monthly installments
|
$
|
1,575,000
|
$
|
954,984
|
|||||
Mortgage
Note Secured by Ontario, CA property
|
8.280
|
%
|
5/11/2011
|
120
monthly installments, with balloon payment of $7,498,458 due at
maturity
|
9,000,000
|
7,958,765
|
|||||||
Mortgage
Note Secured by Yuma, AZ property
|
7.0
|
%
|
12/30/2013
|
60
monthly installments interest only balloon
$4,000,000
|
4,000,000
|
4,000,000
|
|||||||
Mortgage
Note Secured by Tucson St. Mary’s, AZ property
|
Prime
rate (3.25% as of 1/31/09)
|
1/28/2015
|
83
monthly installments, with balloon payment of $4,688,522 due at
maturity
|
6,050,000
|
5,920,075
|
||||||||
Mortgage
Note Secured by Tucson Oracle, AZ property
|
8.000
|
%
|
5/1/2016
|
180
monthly installments
|
5,100,000
|
3,236,741
|
|||||||
$
|
25,725,000
|
$
|
22,070,565
|
Mortgage
Note Reconciliation
Balance
at January 31, 2007
|
$
|
18,865,651
|
||
Deductions
during period:
|
||||
Net
refinancings
|
2,031,900
|
|||
Principal
payments
|
(1,123,139
|
)
|
||
Balance
at January 31, 2008
|
19,774,412
|
|||
Deductions
during period:
|
||||
Net
refinancings
|
4,000,000
|
|||
Principal
payments
|
(1,703,847
|
)
|
||
Balance
at January 31, 2009
|
$
|
22,070,565
|
(See
accompanying independent auditor’s report)
39
Item
9. CHANGES
IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL
DISCLOSURE.
None.
Item
9A(T). CONTROLS AND
PROCEDURES
Evaluation
of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
We conducted an evaluation under the
supervision and with the participation of our management, including our
principal executive officer and principal financial officer, of the
effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and
procedures. The term "disclosure controls and procedures," as defined in
Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), means controls and other
procedures of a company that are designed to ensure that information required to
be disclosed by the company in the reports it files or submits under the
Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time
periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms. Based upon that
evaluation, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer
concluded that, as of the end of the period covered in this report, our
disclosure controls and procedures were effective to ensure that information
required to be disclosed in reports filed under the Exchange Act is recorded,
processed, summarized and reported within the required time periods and is
accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal
executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate to allow
timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
Our
management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial
officer, does not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures or our
internal controls will prevent all error or fraud. A control system, no matter
how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute,
assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Further, the
design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource
constraints and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their
costs. Due to the inherent limitations in all control systems, no
evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues
and instances of fraud, if any, have been detected.
Management’s
Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
Our
management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal
control over financial reporting as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange
Act. Our management assessed the effectiveness of our internal
control over financial reporting as of January 31, 2009. In making
this assessment, our management used the criteria set forth by the Committee of
Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (“COSO”) in “Internal
Control-Integrated Framework.” A material weakness is a deficiency,
or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting,
such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of a
company’s annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or
detected on a timely basis. We have identified the following material
weakness.
We had an
entity-level material weakness related to certain of our employees who had
incompatible responsibilities within our accounting systems. Management
concluded that we did not maintain effective internal control over financial
reporting as of January 31, 2009, based on the criteria described above, because
we did not have evidence of effective processes to ensure that all journal
entries and reconciliations were properly reviewed.
This
annual report does not include an attestation report of our independent
registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial
reporting. Management’s report was not subject to attestation by our independent
registered public accounting firm pursuant to temporary rules of the Commission
that permit us to provide only management’s report in this annual
report.
Changes
in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
In our
efforts to continuously improve our internal controls, subsequent to the end of
fiscal 2009, management took steps to enhance controls and procedures by hiring
a full-time Controller. This addition will provide both a secondary review
for key analysis and the capacity to allow for the implementation of new
financial reporting internal controls.
Other
than as described above, there was no change in our internal control over
financial reporting during our most recently completed fiscal quarter (the
fourth quarter in the case of this annual report) that has materially affected,
or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over
financial reporting.
40
Item
9B. OTHER
INFORMATION
None.
PART III
Item
10. TRUSTEES, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Information
required by this Item 10 as to our Trustees and Executive Officers is
incorporated herein by reference to the information set forth under the caption
“Election of Trustees—Nominees, Trustees and Executive Officers” in our
definitive proxy statement for our 2009 Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be
held on June 18, 2009 (the “Proxy Statement”), which is expected to be filed
with the Commission pursuant to Regulation 14A of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, within 120 days after the end of the Trust’s
fiscal year.
The
information regarding the Audit Committee of our Board of Trustees and the
information regarding the “audit committee financial expert” are incorporated
herein by reference to the information set forth under the caption “Board
Committees— Audit Committee” in the Proxy Statement.
Information
required by Item 405 of Regulation S-K is incorporated herein by
reference to the information set forth under the caption “Certain Information
Concerning the Trust—Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting
Compliance” in the Proxy Statement.
Code
of Ethics for Senior Financial Officers
We have
adopted a Code of Ethics that applies to our Chief Executive Officer, Chief
Financial Officer and principal accounting officer and persons performing
similar functions. We have posted our Code of Ethics on our website
at www.innsuitestrust.com. We intend to satisfy all Commission and
NYSE Amex disclosure requirements regarding any amendment to, or waiver of, the
Code of Ethics relating to our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer
and principal accounting officer, and persons performing similar functions, by
posting such information on our website. In addition, we have adopted
a Code of Conduct and Ethics that applies to all of our employees, officers and
Trustees. It is also available on our website at
www.innsuitestrust.com.
Item
11. EXECUTIVE
COMPENSATION
The
information required by this Item 11 is incorporated herein by reference to
the information set forth under the caption “Compensation of Trustees and
Executive Officers” in the Proxy Statement.
Item
12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF
CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED SHAREHOLDER
MATTERS
The
information required by this Item 12 is incorporated herein by reference to
the information set forth under the caption “Certain Information Concerning the
Trust—Ownership of Shares” in the Proxy Statement.
41
The
following table provides information about our equity compensation plans (other
than qualified employee benefits plans and plans available to shareholders on a
pro rata basis) as of January 31, 2009:
Equity
Compensation Plan Information
Plan
Category
|
Number
of Securities to
be
Issued Upon Exercise
of
Outstanding Options,
Warrants
and Rights
(a)
|
Weighted
– Average
Exercise
Price of
Outstanding
Options,
Warrants
and Rights
(b)
|
Number
of Securities
Remaining
Available
for Future
Issuance
Under Equity
Compensation
Plans
(Excluding
Securities
Reflected
in Column (a))
(c)
|
|||||
Equity
compensation plans approved by security holders
|
0
|
$
|
N/A
|
1,000,000
|
(1)
|
|||
Equity
compensation plans not approved by security holders
|
None
|
None
|
None
|
______________
(1) We
have 1,000,000 options available for future grants under our 1997 Stock
Incentive and Option Plan.
Item
13. CERTAIN
RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND
TRUSTEE INDEPENDENCE
The
information required by this Item 13 is incorporated herein by reference to
the information set forth under the captions “Certain Transactions,” “Election
of Trustees” and “Board Committees” in the Proxy Statement.
Item
14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES
AND SERVICES
The
information required by this Item 14 is incorporated by reference to the
information set forth under the caption “Certain Information Concerning the
Trust—Audit Fees & Services” in the Proxy Statement.
42
PART IV
Item
15. EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL
STATEMENT SCHEDULES
(a)(1) and
(2) Financial Statements and
Schedules
Financial
Statements/Schedules of InnSuites Hospitality Trust
|
|||
1.
|
Report
of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm – January 31,
2009 and 2008
|
15
|
|
2.
|
Consolidated
Balance Sheets – January 31, 2009 and
2008
|
16
|
|
3.
|
Consolidated
Statements of Operations – Years Ended January 31,
2009 and 2008
|
17
|
|
4.
|
Consolidated
Statements of Shareholders’ Equity – Years Ended
January 31, 2009 and 2008
|
18
|
|
5.
|
Consolidated
Statements of Cash Flows – Years Ended January 31,
2009 and 2008
|
19
|
|
6.
|
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements – Years Ended January 31,
2009 and 2008
|
20
|
|
7.
|
Schedule III
– Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation
|
36
|
|
8.
|
Schedule IV
– Mortgage Loans on Real Estate
|
39
|
(a)(3)
|
Exhibit List
|
Exhibit No.
|
Exhibit
|
|
3.1
|
Second
Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of InnSuites Hospitality Trust
dated June 16, 1998, as further amended on July 12, 1999
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrant’s Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2005 filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 16,
2005).
|
|
10.1
|
First
Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of RRF Limited
Partnership dated January 31, 1998 (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.1 of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on
Form S-2, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
September 8, 1998).
|
|
10.2*
|
Form
of Indemnification Agreement between InnSuites Hospitality Trust and each
Trustee and executive officer (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3
of the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the fiscal year ended
January 31, 2006 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May
12, 2006).
|
|
10.3*
|
InnSuites
Hospitality Trust 1997 Stock Incentive and Option Plan (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4(a) of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on
Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September
19, 2000).
|
|
21
|
Subsidiaries
of the Registrant.
|
|
31.1
|
Certification
of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
|
|
31.2
|
Certification
of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
|
|
32.1
|
Certification
of Chief Executive Officer required by Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
|
|
32.2
|
Certification
of Chief Financial Officer required by Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
|
* Management
contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.
43
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended, the Trust has duly caused this report to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
INNSUITES
HOSPITALITY TRUST
|
||
Dated: April
30, 2009
|
By:
|
/s/ James
F. Wirth
|
James
F. Wirth, Chairman,
President
and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal
Executive Officer)
|
||
Dated: April
30, 2009
|
By:
|
/s/ Anthony
B. Waters
|
Anthony
B. Waters, Chief Financial Officer
(Principal
Financial and Accounting Officer)
|
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, this
report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Trust and
in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Dated: April
30, 2009
|
By:
|
/s/ James
F. Wirth
|
James
F. Wirth, Chairman
President
and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal
Executive Officer)
|
||
Dated: April
30, 2009
|
By:
|
/s/ Anthony
B. Waters
|
Anthony
B. Waters, Chief Financial Officer
(Principal
Financial and Accounting Officer)
|
||
Dated: April
30, 2009
|
By:
|
/s/ Marc
E. Berg
|
Marc
E. Berg, Trustee
|
||
Dated: April
30, 2009
|
By:
|
/s/ Steven
S. Robson
|
Steven
S. Robson, Trustee
|
||
Dated: April
30, 2009
|
By:
|
/s/ Peter
A. Thoma
|
Peter
A. Thoma, Trustee
|
||
Dated: April
30, 2009
|
By:
|
/s/ Larry
Pelegrin
|
Larry
Pelegrin, Trustee
|