INNSUITES HOSPITALITY TRUST - Quarter Report: 2016 October (Form 10-Q)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

QUARTERLY REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED OCTOBER 31, 2016

Commission File Number 1-7062

INNSUITES HOSPITALITY TRUST

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

InnSuites Hotels Centre

1625 E. Northern Avenue, Suite 105

Phoenix, AZ 85020

(Address of principal executive offices)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (602) 944-1500

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (l) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or l5(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 [X] No [  ]

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). [X] Yes [  ] No

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):

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes [  ] No [X]

Number of outstanding Shares of Beneficial Interest, without par value, as of December 14, 2016: 9,678,495.

PART I

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

INNSUITES HOSPITALITY TRUST AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements

INNSUITES HOSPITALITY TRUST AND SUBSIDIARIES

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements

INNSUITES HOSPITALITY TRUST AND SUBSIDIARIES

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements

INNSUITES HOSPITALITY TRUST AND SUBSIDIARIES

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED OCTOBER 31, 2016

See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements

INNSUITES HOSPITALITY TRUST AND SUBSIDIARIES

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements

INNSUITES HOSPITALITY TRUST AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

AS OF OCTOBER 31, 2016 AND JANUARY 31, 2016

AND FOR THE THREE AND NINE MONTHS ENDED OCTOBER 31, 2016 AND 2015

1. NATURE OF OPERATIONS AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION

As of October 31, 2016, InnSuites Hospitality Trust (the “Trust,” “we” or “our”) owns interests directly and through a partnership interest in four hotels with an aggregate of 575 suites in Arizona, southern California and New Mexico (the “Hotels”). The Hotels operate under the trade name “InnSuites Hotels.”

Full service hotels often contain upscale full-service facilities with a large volume of full service accommodations, on-site full service restaurant(s) and a variety of on-site amenities such as swimming pools, a health club, children’s activities, ballrooms and on-site conference facilities. Moderate or limited service hotels are small to medium-sized hotel establishments that offer a limited number of on-site amenities. Most moderate or limited service establishments may still offer full service accommodations but lack leisure amenities such as an on-site restaurant or a swimming pool. We consider our Tucson, Arizona hotel and our hotel located in Albuquerque, New Mexico to be moderate or limited service establishments. All of our other properties are full service hotels.

The Trust is the sole general partner of RRF Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Partnership”), and owned a 72.11% interest in the Partnership as of October 31, 2016 and January 31, 2016, respectively. The Trust’s weighted average ownership for the nine-month period ended October 31, 2016 and 2015 was 72.11%. As of October 31, 2016, the Partnership owned a 51.01% interest in an InnSuites® hotel located in Tucson, Arizona and a 51.33% interest in an InnSuites® hotel located in Ontario, California. The Trust owns a direct 50.24% interest in a Yuma, Arizona hotel property, and a direct 50.91% interest in an InnSuites® hotel located in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Under certain management agreements, InnSuites Hotels Inc. (“InnSuites Hotels”), our subsidiary, manages the Hotels’ daily operations. The Trust also provides the use of the “InnSuites” trademark to the Hotels through wholly-owned InnSuites Hotels. All such expenses and reimbursements between the Trust, InnSuites Hotels and the Partnership have been eliminated in consolidation.

InnDependent Boutique Collection (“IBC Hotels” or “IBC Developments”), a wholly owned subsidiary of InnSuites Hospitality Trust, has a network of approximately 6,500 unrelated hotel properties and provides revenue generating services and cost savings solutions to independent boutique hotels. During the fiscal year ended January 31, 2014, IBC Hotels formed a marketing alliance with the Independent Lodging Industry Association (“ILIA”).

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 Partnership units are identical in all respects, except that each Class A Partnership unit is 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 Partnership units may only become convertible, each into one newly-issued Share of Beneficial Interest of the Trust, with the approval of the Board of Trustees, in its sole discretion. On October 31, 2016 and January 31, 2016, 276,131 Class A Partnership units were issued and outstanding, representing 2.09% of the total Partnership units. Additionally, as of both October 31, 2016 and January 31, 2016, 3,407,938 Class B Partnership units were outstanding to James Wirth, the Trust’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and Mr. Wirth’s affiliates. If all of the Class A and B Partnership units were converted on October 31, 2016, the limited partners in the Partnership would receive 3,684,069 Shares of Beneficial Interest of the Trust. As of October 31, 2016 and January 31, 2016, the Trust owns 9,527,448 general partner units in the Partnership, representing 72.11% of the total Partnership units.

LIQUIDITY

Our principal source of cash to meet our cash requirements, including distributions to our shareholders, is our share of the Partnership’s cash flow, quarterly distributions from the Albuquerque, New Mexico and Yuma, Arizona properties and more recently, sales of non-controlling interests in our Hotels. The Partnership’s principal source of cash flow is quarterly distributions from the Tucson, Arizona and Ontario, California properties. 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 and to service our debt.

As of October 31, 2016, the Trust had a related party Demand/Revolving Line of Credit/Promissory Note with an amount payable of approximately $0. The Demand/Revolving Line of Credit/Promissory Note has a maximum borrowing capacity to $1,000,000, which is available through December 31, 2017. As of December 12, 2016, the outstanding net balance receivable on the Demand/Revolving Line of Credit/Promissory Note was $0.

As of October 31, 2016, the Trust had two available Advances to Affiliate credit facilities each with a maximum borrowing capacity of $500,000 for a total maximum borrowing capacity of $1,000,000. As of October 31, 2016, the Trust had an amount payable of approximately $426,000 on one of the Advances to Affiliates credit facility and an amount receivable of approximately $116,000 on the other Advances to Affiliates credit facility.

Both the Demand/Revolving Line of Credit/Promissory Note and the Advances to Affiliate credit facilities accrues interest at 7.0% per annum and requires interest only payments quarterly.

With approximately $496,000 of cash and cash equivalents as of October 31, 2016 and the availability of a $1,000,000 related party Demand/Revolving Line of Credit/Promissory Note, $1,000,000 Advances to Affiliates credit facilities and the availability of the two unsecured loans of $475,000 provided on December 2, 2016, We believe that we will have enough cash on hand to meet all of our financial obligations as they become due for at least the next year. In addition, our management is analyzing other strategic options available to us, including the refinancing of another property or raising additional funds through additional non-controlling interest sales; however, such transactions may not be available on terms that are favorable to us, or at all.

There can be no assurance that we will be successful in obtaining extensions, refinancing debt or raising additional or replacement funds, or that these funds may be available on terms that are favorable to us. If we are unable to raise additional or replacement funds, we may be required to sell certain of our assets to meet our liquidity needs, which may not be on terms that are favorable. The results for the period ended October 31, 2016 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the entire fiscal year ending January 31, 2017 or any future period.

BASIS OF PRESENTATION

These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). Certain information related to the Trust’s organization, significant accounting policies and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”) has been condensed or omitted. The accounting policies followed in the preparation of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements are consistent with those followed in the Trust’s annual consolidated financial statements for the year ended January 31, 2016, as filed on our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on April 29, 2016. In the opinion of management, these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements contain all material adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, necessary to fairly state our financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented and the presentations and disclosures herein are adequate when read in conjunction with the Trust’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 31, 2016 filed with the SEC on April 29, 2016. The results for the period ended October 31, 2016 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the entire fiscal year ending January 31, 2017 or any future period.

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.

On August 1, 2015, the Trust finalized and committed to a plan to sell all the Hotel properties. As of May 1, 2016, the Trust has listed all the Hotel properties with a local real estate hotel broker, and management believes that each of the assets is being marketed at a price that is reasonable in relation to its current fair value. The Trust believes that the plan to sell these assets will not be withdrawn. Through the Trust’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended July 31, 2016 filed with the SEC on September 14, 2016, the Trust classified all the Hotel properties as Assets Held for Sale. As of October 31, 2016, the Trust has decided to reclassify these assets back into operations as many of these assets have been marketed for sale for more than one year. At this time, the Trust is unable to predict when, and if, any of these Hotel properties will be sold, therefore such sale is no longer considered probable. The Trust continues to list these properties with local real estate hotel brokers and, we believe, that each of the assets is being marketed at a price that is reasonable in relation to its current fair value. There have been no other material changes to our basis of presentation since January 31, 2016.

SEASONALITY OF THE HOTEL BUSINESS

The Hotels’ operations historically have been somewhat seasonal. The two 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 two 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 issues. Further, if an adverse event such as an actual or threatened terrorist attack, international conflict, data breach, 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.

It is too early to determine what the seasonality of the IBC segment is. The Trust does not anticipate much seasonality due to the diversification of the location of the IBC Hotels.

RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING GUIDANCE

Since July 31, 2016, no significant recently issued accounting guidance exists that is material to the Trust. Management continues to monitor and review recently issued accounting guidance upon issuance.

2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

USE OF ESTIMATES

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, 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 include, but are 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 and the fair values of the long-lived assets.

PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT AND HOTEL PROPERTIES

Furniture, fixtures, building improvements and hotel properties are stated at cost and are depreciated using the straight-line method over estimated lives ranging up to 40 years for buildings and 3 to 10 years for furniture and equipment.

Management applies guidance under ASC 360-10-35 to determine when it is required to test an asset for recoverability of its carrying value and whether an impairment exists. Under ASC 360-10-35, the Trust is required to test a long-lived asset for impairment when there is an indicator of impairment. Impairment indicators may include, but are not limited to, a drop in the performance of a long-lived asset, a decline in the hospitality industry or a decline in the economy. If an indicator of potential impairment is present, then an assessment is performed of whether the carrying amount of an asset exceeds its estimated undiscounted future cash flows over its estimated remaining life.

If the estimated undiscounted future cash flows over the asset’s estimated remaining life are greater than the asset’s carrying value, no impairment is recognized; however, if the carrying value of the asset exceeds the estimated undiscounted future cash flows, then the Trust would recognize an impairment expense to the extent the asset’s carrying value exceeds its fair value, if any. 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. 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 existed during the Trust’s fiscal quarters ended October 31, 2016 and 2015.

REVENUE RECOGNITION

Staff Accounting Bulletin (“SAB”) No. 104, “Revenue Recognition” (“SAB No. 104”) summarizes the SEC’s views in applying GAAP to revenue recognition in financial statements. SAB No. 104 establishes the SEC’s view that it is not appropriate to recognize revenue until all of the following criteria are met: persuasive evidence that an arrangement exists; delivery has occurred or services have been rendered; the seller’s price to the buyer is fixed or determinable; and collectability is reasonably assured. Further, SAB No. 104 requires that both title and the risks and rewards of ownership be transferred to the buyer before revenue can be recognized. We believe that our revenue recognition policies as described below are in compliance with SAB No. 104.

Revenues are primarily derived from the following sources and are recognized as services are rendered and when collectability is reasonably assured. Amounts received in advance of revenue recognition are considered deferred liabilities.

Revenues primarily consist of room rentals, food and beverage sales, management and trademark fees and other miscellaneous revenues from our properties. Revenues are recorded when rooms are occupied and when food and beverage sales are delivered. Management and trademark fees from hotels include a monthly accounting fee and a percentage of hotel room revenues for managing the daily operations of the Hotels and the two hotels owned by affiliates of Mr. Wirth. IBC Development revenues are recognized after services are rendered by the IBC member hotel.

We are required to collect certain taxes and fees from customers on behalf of government agencies and remit these back to the applicable governmental agencies on a periodic basis. We have a legal obligation to act as a collection agent. We do not retain these taxes and fees and, therefore, they are not included in revenues. We record a liability when the amounts are collected and relieve the liability when payments are made to the applicable taxing authority or other appropriate governmental agency.

Based on our policy, we recognize revenue when we believe that persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, delivery has occurred or services have been rendered, the seller’s price to the buyer is fixed or determinable and the collectability of our revenues are reasonably assured.

INCOME PER SHARE

Basic and diluted income per Share of Beneficial Interest is computed based on the weighted-average number of Shares of Beneficial Interest and potentially dilutive securities outstanding during the period. Dilutive securities are limited to the Class A and Class B units of the Partnership, which are convertible into 3,684,069 Shares of the Beneficial Interest, as discussed above in Note 1 – “Nature of Operations and Basis of Presentation.”

At the beginning of each nine month period ended October 31, 2016 and 2015, the aggregate weighted-average of these Shares of Beneficial Interest for units of the Partnership would have been 3,684,069 and 3,693,972, respectively. These Shares of Beneficial Interest issuable upon conversion of the Class A and Class B Partnership units were anti-dilutive during the nine month period ended October 31, 2016 and 2015. Therefore, no reconciliation of basic and diluted income per share is presented.

3. STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

TRUSTEE STOCK COMPENSATION

For the nine months ended October 31, 2016, the Trust recognized expenses of $38,880 related to stock-based compensation. The Trust issued 24,000 restricted shares with a total market value of $51,840 in the first fiscal quarter of fiscal year 2017 as compensation to its three outside Trustees for fiscal year 2017. On a monthly basis through January 31, 2017, these shares vest at a rate of approximately 500 shares for each outside Trustee. These purchases were made by the recipients on the open market in May 2016.

The following table summarizes restricted share activity during the nine months ended October 31, 2016:

STOCK OPTIONS

Effective February 5, 2015, the Board of Trustees of the Trust adopted the 2015 Equity Incentive Plan (“2015 Plan”), subject to shareholder approval, under which up to 1,600,000 Shares of Beneficial Interest of the Trust are authorized to be issued pursuant to grant of stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted shares, restricted share units or other awards. The purpose of the 2015 Plan and the awards described below is to promote the interests of the Trust and its shareholders by providing certain employees and members of the Board of Trustees, who are largely responsible for the management and growth of the subsidiary of the Trust, IBC Hotels, with incentives and rewards to encourage them to continue in the service of the Trust.

The Board of Trustees of the Trust approved a Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement (“2015 Plan Agreement”) to be used for all stock option awards. The 2015 Plan Agreement provides the grantee a four-year option to purchase a set number of Shares of Beneficial Interest of the Trust at an exercise price of $3.50 per share, exercisable to the extent the stock options vest and GAAP pre-tax profits of IBC Hotels are greater than or equal to the performance objectives described in the 2015 Plan agreement. For purposes of the 2015 Plan Agreement, a “tranche” is the number of Shares for which the Stock Option has vested on a particular vesting date. The 2015 Plan Agreement has the following vesting schedule:

Stock options will become immediately vested in full if, prior to a vesting date (i) the grantee ceases to be employed by the Trust or its subsidiaries by reason of death or disability or (ii) a change of control occurs while the grantee is employed by the Trust or any of its subsidiaries. Vested tranches become exercisable as set forth below to the extent that the GAAP pre-tax profit of IBC Hotels is greater than or equal to the performance objective for the applicable performance period, as described below.

On February 5, 2015, the Board of Trustees of the Trust granted to Pamela Barnhill, President, Vice Chairperson of the Board of Trustees and Chief Operating Officer of the Trust and IBC Hotels Founder and President, pursuant to the 2015 Plan and 2015 Plan Agreement, an option to purchase of 1,000,000 Shares of Beneficial Interest of the Trust. On April 24, 2015, the Board of Trustees of the Trust granted to James Wirth, Chairman of the Board of Trustees and Chief Executive Officer of the Trust, Marc Berg, Executive Vice President of the Trust and Trustee, and Adam Remis, Chief Financial Officer of the Trust, pursuant to the Trust’s 2015 Plan and 2015 Plan Agreement, each an option to purchase 60,000 Shares of Beneficial Interest of the Trust. On April 24, 2015, the Board of Trustees of the Trust also granted an option to purchase 10,000 Shares of Beneficial Interest of the Trust to each of our Trustees who are expected to continue to serve on the Board of Trustees through the vesting period and also granted to key operational staff options to purchase Shares of Beneficial Interest. The number of options granted to each key operational staff was based on InnSuites employment history and their direct IBC Hotels involvement. A total of 1,434,500 stock options were granted during the first quarter of fiscal year 2016. The options are subject to shareholder approval. Consistent with ASC 718-10-55-10, compensation cost associated with issuance of these options has not been recognized as shareholder approval is not perfunctory. The Board of Trustees of the Trust has decided to terminate the 2015 Plan. Management believes that a new plan needs to be created to act as a financial incentive to the Trusts employees. Effective October 31, 2016, it has been determined that the Shareholders will not approve the 2015 Plan and the proposed grants have been rescinded.

4. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

On December 1, 2014, the Trust entered into a $1,000,000 net maximum Demand/Revolving Line of Credit/Promissory Note with Rare Earth. The Demand/Revolving Line of Credit/Promissory Note bears interest at 7.0% per annum, requires interest payments only quarterly and matures on December 31, 2017. No prepayment penalty exists on the Demand/Revolving Line of Credit/Promissory Note. The balance fluctuates significantly through the period. The Demand/Revolving Line of Credit/Promissory Note has a net maximum borrowing capacity of $1,000,000.

The above Demand/Revolving Line of Credit/Promissory Note or Note Receivable is presented as one line item on the balance sheet and totaled a receivable balance of $0 and $5,671 at October 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

As of October 31, 2016 and January 31, 2016, Mr. Wirth and his affiliates held 3,407,938 Class B Partnership units, which represented 25.80% of the total outstanding Partnership units. As of October 31, 2016 and January 31, 2016, Mr. Wirth and his affiliates held 6,939,429 and 6,175,205, respectively, Shares of Beneficial Interest in the Trust, which represented 74.31% and 70.24%, respectively, of the total issued and outstanding Shares of Beneficial Interest. For the nine months ended October 31, 2016, Mr. Wirth’s affiliates paid the Trust $208,256 for management and licensing fees and $35,464 for reservation fees.

On December 22, 2015, the Trust provided Advances to Affiliates – Related Party each in the amount of $500,000 to Phoenix Northern Resort, LLC and Tempe/Phoenix Airport Resort LLC. Mr. Wirth, individually and through one of his affiliates, owns approximately 32% and 42%, respectively, of Phoenix Northern Resort, LLC and Tempe/Phoenix Airport Resort LLC. Both notes have a due date of June 30, 2017 and accrue interest of 7.0%. During the nine months ended October 31, 2016, the Trust received $18,098 and $14,328 interest income from Phoenix Northern Resort, LLC and Tempe/Phoenix Airport Resort LLC, respectively. As of October 31, 2016 the Advances to Affiliates – Related Party balance was $115,517 from Phoenix Northern Resort, LLC and the Line of Credit – Related Part balance was $426,184 to Tempe Phoenix Airport Resort LLC.

Management and trademark fee revenue from related parties were approximately $208,000 for the nine months ended October 31, 2016 as compared to approximately $171,000 for the nine months ended October 31, 2015.

Besides Pamela Barnhill, Vice Chairperson and President of the Trust and daughter of Mr. Wirth, the Trust’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, the Trust also employs two other immediate family members of Mr. Wirth who provide technology and administrative support services to the Trust, with each receiving a $47,500 yearly salary.

Effective May 1, 2016, we increased our management and trademark fee revenues by charging Mr. Wirth’s hotels 5% of room revenues instead of 3% of room revenues. The accounting fees collected remained constant at $2,000 per month per property. The Trust increased its fees to keep up with market conditions as other management companies have steadily increased their fees. Management and trademark fee revenues were approximately $208,000 for the nine months ended October 31, 2016 as compared to approximately $171,000 for the nine months ended October 31, 2015. For the three months ended October 31, 2016 and October 31, 2015, we had management and trademark fees income of approximately $70,000 and $43,000, respectively. We expect that management and trademark fee revenues will continue to increase during fiscal year 2017 as compared to fiscal year 2016, offset by the loss of the management and trademark fee revenues generated by Mr. Wirth and his affiliated hotel in Fort Worth, Texas, which was managed by the Trust and sold to an independent third party during April 2015.

See Notes 3, 5, 6, 12 and 18 to the Consolidated Financial Statements – “Sale of Ownership Interests in Albuquerque Subsidiary,” “Sale of Ownership Interests in Tucson Hospitality Properties Subsidiary,” “Sale of Ownership Interests in Ontario Hospitality Properties Subsidiary,” “Sale of Ownership Interests in Yuma Hospitality Properties Subsidiary,” “Sale of Ownership Interests in Tucson Saint Mary’s Suite Hospitality,” “Subsequent Events” and “Related Party Transactions,” respectively, in our Form 10-K Annual Report filed with the SEC on April 29, 2016 and below in Note 6 – “Sale of Ownership Interests in Subsidiaries” for further description of the Trust’s related party transactions.

5. NOTES PAYABLE

On July 7, 2015, the Trust’s revolving bank line of credit agreement, with a credit limit of $600,000, was changed to a four-year non-revolving note payable. The non-revolving note payable has a variable interest rate of Wall Street Journal Prime Rate plus a margin of 1% with a floor rate of 5.5%, maturing on July 3, 2019 and monthly payments of $13,978.08. The line is secured by a junior security interest in the Yuma, Arizona property and the Trust’s trade receivables. As of October 31, 2016, the non-revolving note payable balance was approximately $427,000.

On January 8, 2016, in connection with the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of International Vacation Hotels, the Trust entered into a $400,000 business loan with Laurence Holdings Limited, an Ontario, Canada corporation, with a maturity date of February 1, 2019 pursuant to the terms of the Security Agreement and Promissory Note (the “Laurence Holdings Agreement”). The Laurence Holdings Agreement required the funds be used for the purchase of International Vacation Hotels assets. The Laurence Holdings Agreement provides for interest- only payments for the first three months of the term and principal and interest payments for the remaining portion of the loan. The Laurence Holdings Agreement sets an interest rate of 8% per annum with no prepayment penalty. As of October 31, 2016, the business loan balance was approximately $317,000.

On May 3, 2016, the Trust and Yuma Hospitality Properties Limited Partnership (the “Yuma entity”), a subsidiary of the Trust, entered into a $350,000 one-year line of credit with Republic Bank AZ, N.A. (the “Yuma entity Agreement”) that bears interest at the prime rate plus 1.0% per annum. The Yuma entity Agreement includes acceleration provisions upon default. The line of credit is secured by the Deed of Trust in the Yuma, Arizona property. The funds may be used for working capital and the line is guaranteed by James Wirth, the Trust’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Gail Wirth, Mr. Wirth’s spouse, and the Wirth Family Trust dated July 14, 2006. As of October 31, 2016, the line of credit balance was approximately $0.

On September 20, 2016, Albuquerque Suite Hospitality, LLC (the “Albuquerque entity”), a subsidiary of the Trust, entered into a $524,160 business loan, including $20,160 of loan fees which are classified as debt discount and amortized to interest expense over the term of the loan using the effective interest rate method, with American Express Bank, FSB (the “Albuquerque Merchant Agreement”) with a maturity date of September 19, 2017. The Albuquerque Merchant Agreement includes a loan fee of 6% of the original principal balance of the loan with acceleration provisions upon default. The business loan is secured and paid back with 14% of the Albuquerque American Express, VISA, MasterCard and Discover merchant receipts received during the loan period. As of October 31, 2016, the business loan balance was approximately $426,000.

On October 17, 2016, the Yuma entity, a subsidiary of the Trust, entered into a $520,000 business loan, including $20,000 of loan fees which are classified as debt discount and amortized to interest expense over the term of the loan using the effective interest rate method, with American Express Bank, FSB (the “Yuma Merchant Agreement”) with a maturity date of October 16, 2017. The Yuma Merchant Agreement includes a loan fee of 6% of the original principal balance of the loan with acceleration provisions upon default. The business loan is secured and paid back with 22% of the Yuma American Express, VISA, MasterCard and Discover merchant receipts received during the loan period. As of October 31, 2016, the business loan balance was approximately $498,000.

6. SALE OF OWNERSHIP INTERESTS IN SUBSIDIARIES

The Trust has sold non-controlling interests in certain subsidiaries, including Albuquerque Suite Hospitality, LLC (the “Albuquerque entity”), Tucson Hospitality Properties, LP (the “Tucson entity”), Ontario Hospitality Properties, LP (the “Ontario entity”), and Yuma Hospitality Properties, Limited Partnership (the “Yuma entity”), which sales are described in detail in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on April 29, 2016. Generally, interests have sold for $10,000 per unit with a two-unit minimum subscription. The Trust or the Partnership maintains at least 50.1% of the units in each entity and intends to maintain this minimum ownership percentage. Generally, the units in each of the entities are allocated to three classes with differing cumulative discretionary priority distribution rights through a certain time period. Class A units are owned by unrelated third parties and have first priority for distributions. Class B units are owned by the Trust and have second priority for distributions. Class C units are owned by Rare Earth or other affiliates of Mr. Wirth and have the lowest priority for distributions. Priority distributions of $700 per unit per year are cumulative until a certain date; however, after that date, generally Class A unit holders continue to hold a preference on distributions over Class B and Class C unit holders. As of February 1, 2016, the Trust no longer accrues for these distributions as the preference period generally has expired. During the nine months ended October 31, 2016, the priority distributions were paid for the six months ended July 31, 2016 and no priority distributions were accrued for the three months ended October 31, 2016.

During the nine months ended October 31, 2016, there were no Class A, B or C units of the Albuquerque entity sold. As of October 31, 2016 and January 31, 2016, the Trust held a 50.91% ownership interest, or 279 Class B units, in the Albuquerque entity, Mr. Wirth and his affiliates held a 0.18% interest, or 1 Class C unit, and other third parties held a 48.91% interest, or 268 Class A units.

During the nine months ended October 31, 2016, there were three Class A units of the Tucson entity sold at $10,000 per unit, which were sold by Rare Earth. As of October 31, 2016 and January 31, 2016, the Partnership held a 51.01% ownership interest, or 404 Class B units, in the Tucson entity, Mr. Wirth and his affiliates held a 0.38% interest, or 3 Class C units, and other parties held a 48.61% interest, or 385 Class A units.

During the nine months ended October 31, 2016, there were thirty-two Class A units of the Ontario entity sold at $10,000 per unit, of which two were sold by the Partnership and twenty-eight were sold by Rare Earth. As of October 31, 2016, the Partnership held a 51.33% ownership interest, or 496 Class B units, in the Ontario entity, Mr. Wirth and his affiliates held a 0.21% interest through Rare Earth, or 2 Class C units, and other parties held a 48.46% interest, or 468.25 Class A units.

During the nine months ended October 31, 2016, there were 9.5 Class A units of the Yuma entity sold, at $10,000 per unit, of which 5.5 Class C units were sold by the Trust and the remaining units were sold by Rare Earth. As of October 31, 2016, the Trust held a 50.24% ownership interest, or 401.90 Class B units, in the Yuma entity, Mr. Wirth and his affiliates held a 0.51% interest, or 4.10 Class C units, and other parties held a 49.25% interest, or 394 Class A units.

7. STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS, SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES

The Trust paid $569,952 and $608,135 in cash for interest for the nine months ended October 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively, for continuing operations. The Trust paid $2,768 and $71,571 in cash for income taxes for the nine months ended October 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively, for continuing operations.

8. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

The Albuquerque Hotel is subject to a non-cancelable ground lease that expires in 2058. Total expense associated with the non-cancelable ground lease for the nine months ended October 31, 2016 and 2015 was approximately $111,000 and $110,000, respectively.

During 2010, the Trust entered into a five-year office lease for its corporate headquarters. On April 30, 2014, the lease was extended for 36 months and expires in 2017. The Trust recorded approximately $24,000 and $21,000 of general and administrative expense related to the lease during the nine months ended October 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively. The lease included a base rent charge of $31,994 for the first lease year beginning in fiscal year 2014, with annual increases to a final year base rent of $34,120 for lease year ending in fiscal year 2017. The Trust has the option to cancel the lease after each lease year for penalties of four months’ rent after the first year with the penalty decreasing by one month’s rent each successive lease year. It is the Trust’s intention to remain in the office for the duration of the lease period, as extended.

Future minimum lease payments under the non-cancelable ground leases and office lease are as follows:

The Trust is obligated under a loan agreement relating to the Tucson Oracle property 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 Tucson Oracle property for which a mortgage lender escrow exists are not reported on the Trust’s Consolidated Balance Sheet as “Restricted Cash” as the balance was $0 as of October 31, 2016 and January 31, 2016.

InnSuites Hotels has entered into membership agreements with Best Western International, Inc. (“Best Western”) with respect to all 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 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 membership agreements received significant reservations through the Best Western reservation system. Under these arrangements, fees paid for membership fees and reservations were approximately $252,000 and $248,000 for the nine months ended October 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

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 and is covered by insurance, 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.

9. SEGMENT REPORTING

In the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2015, the Trust determined that its reportable segments are the Hotel Operations & Corporate Overhead and IBC Developments segments. Reportable segments are determined based on discrete financial information reviewed by the Trust’s CODM. The Trust organizes and reviews operations based on products and services, and currently there are no operating segments that are aggregated. Consistent with the change in reportable segments, the Trust revised its prior period financial information for the new segment structure. Historical financial information presented in this Form 10-Q reflects this change.

Information relative to the Trust’s reportable segments, for which there is no intersegment revenues, is as follows:

10. DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS

The Trust has recognized the sale of the Tucson St. Mary’s Suite Hospitality LLC (the “Tucson St. Mary’s entity”) as discontinued operations. After the sale of this asset, the Trust incurred some additional minor expenses which are presented below. Discontinued operations in the nine and three months ended October 31, 2016 and October 31, 2015 primarily consists of the Tucson St. Mary’s hotel operational revenues and expenses and does not include the sale proceeds and profit from the sale of our Tucson St. Mary’s hotel. Historical results of the Tucson St. Mary’s hotel has been adjusted for comparability purposes and exclude any corporate general and administrative expenses.

On August 1, 2015, the Trust finalized and committed to a plan to sell all the Hotel properties. As of May 1, 2016, the Trust has listed all the Hotel properties with a local real estate hotel broker, and management believes that each of the assets is being marketed at a price that is reasonable in relation to its current fair value. The Trust believes that the plan to sell these assets will not be withdrawn. Through the Trust’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended July 31, 2016 filed with the SEC on September 14, 2016, the Trust classified all the Hotel properties as Assets Held for Sale. As of October 31, 2016, the Trust has decided to reclassify these assets back into operations as many of these assets have been marketed for sale for more than one year. At this time, the Trust is unable to predict when, and if, any of these Hotel properties will be sold and the Trust no longer deems a sale to be probable. The Trust continues to list these properties with local real estate hotel brokers and, we believe, that each of the assets is being marketed at a price that is reasonable in relation to its current fair value. There have been no other material changes to our basis of presentation since January 31, 2016.

The following financial information presents the consolidated balance sheets of the discontinued operations and assets held for sale as of October 31, 2016 and January 31, 2016, as well as the consolidated statements of operations for the three and nine months ended October 31, 2016 and 2015.

11. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

On December 5, 2016, The Trust and the Partnership together entered into eight unsecured loans for a total of $425,000 with varying principal amounts ranging from $25,000 to $100,000 with H. W. Hayes Trust (“Hayes Loans”). The Trust and the Partnership together also entered into two unsecured on-demand $25,000 loans for a total of $50,000 with Lita M. Sweitzer (“Sweitzer Loans”). The total principal amount of the Hayes Loans and the Sweitzer Loans is $475,000. The Hayes Loans and the Sweitzer Loans are due on June 20, 2019 or on demand, whichever occurs first. The Hayes Loans requires from a 0-120 day notification of the demand to repay the loans prior to June 20, 2019. Both the Hayes Loans and the Sweitzer Loans accrue interest at 7.0% per year on the unpaid balance and interest only payments shall be made monthly and are due on the first of the following month. The Trust and Partnership may pay all or part of these notes without any repayment penalties.

ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

GENERAL

The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and notes thereto appearing elsewhere in this Form 10-Q and our audited consolidated financial statements and notes therein of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2016, filed with the SEC on April 29, 2016.

Our principal source of cash to meet our cash requirements, including distributions to our shareholders, is our share of the Partnership’s cash flow, quarterly distributions from the Albuquerque, New Mexico and Yuma, Arizona properties and more recently, sales of non-controlling interests in our Hotels. The Partnership’s principal source of cash flow is quarterly distributions from the Tucson, Arizona and Ontario, California properties. 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 and to service our debt. In addition, our management is analyzing other strategic options available to us, including the refinancing of another property or raising additional funds through additional non-controlling interest sales; however, such transactions may not be available on terms that are favorable to us, or at all.

In furtherance of our strategic plan, we have significantly expanded InnDependent Boutique Collection (“IBC Hotels”), a wholly owned subsidiary of InnSuites Hospitality Trust, which has a network of approximately 6,500 members representing 170 countries and over 2,000,000 rooms and suites. During the fiscal year ended January 31, 2014, IBC Hotels formed a marketing alliance with the ILIA. We believe this new hotel network provides independent hotel owners a competitive advantage against traditional franchised brands in their markets. The network provides a booking system and loyalty program. IBC Hotels charges a 10% - 20% booking fee, which we believe increases the independent hotel profits. Competitors of IBC Hotels can charge anywhere from a 30% to 50% booking fee. InnDependent InnCentives, IBC’s loyalty program, allows hoteliers to benefit from guests who frequently stay at IBC independent hotels. IBC Hotels is dedicated to providing guests with a unique, non-cookie cutter hotel experience in addition to providing value-added amenities and resort locations to its guests. IBC Hotels has an InnDependent InnCentives travel rewards program that provides a free stay at any worldwide IBC Hotel of the guests’ choice after booking 12 nights on IBC Hotels’ website. In addition, on January 8, 2016, IBC Hotels purchased substantially all of the assets of International Vacation Hotels, a technology company located in Dallas, Texas, which provides reservation services to over 600 independent international hotels. For more information about the acquisition of International Vacation Hotels, see Note 27 of our Consolidated Financial Statements – “Acquisition of International Vacation Hotels” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K Annual Report filed with the SEC on April 29, 2016 for the period ended January 31, 2016.

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES

In our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2016 filed with the SEC on April 29, 2016, we identified the critical accounting policies that affect our more significant estimates and assumptions used in preparing our condensed consolidated financial statements. 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. Those policies include methods used to recognize and measure any identified impairment of our Hotel property assets.

On August 1, 2015, the Trust finalized and committed to a plan to sell all the hotel properties. As of May 1, 2016, the Trust has listed all the Hotel properties with a local real estate hotel broker, and management believes that each of the assets is being marketed at a price that is reasonable in relation to its current fair value. The Trust believes that the plan to sell these assets will not be withdrawn. Through the Trust’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended July 31, 2016 filed with the SEC on September 14, 2016, the Trust classified all the Hotel properties as Assets Held for Sale. As of October 31, 2016, the Trust has decided to reclassify these assets back into operations as many of these assets have been marketed for sale for more than one year. At this time, the Trust is unable to predict when, and if, any of these Hotel properties will be sold. The Trust continues to list these properties with local real estate hotel brokers, and we believe that each of the assets is being marketed at a price that is reasonable in relation to its current fair value. There have been no other material changes to our critical accounting policies and estimates since January 31, 2016.

HOTEL PROPERTIES

Our long-term strategic plan is to obtain the 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, through IBC Hotels, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Trust. As of October 31, 2016, IBC Hotels provided services to approximately 6,500 hotels.

We are planning significant expansion of IBC Hotels during the next couple of fiscal years as we concentrate our sales and marketing efforts towards consumers. We anticipate the IBC Hotels sales and marketing efforts to increase our revenues and decrease our consolidated net loss over the next couple of fiscal years. For each reservation, IBC Hotels receives a 10% - 20% transactional fee plus reimbursement of our credit card processing fees associated with the reservation. We cannot provide any assurance that our plans will be successful or in line with our expectations.

This plan is similar to strategies followed by internationally 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 income tax 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.

We expect to use proceeds from the sale of the Hotels, if any, as needed to support hospitality service operations as cash flow from current operations, primarily the rental of hotel rooms, declines with the sale of the Hotels.

The tables below provide book values, mortgage balances and listed asking price for the Hotels as of October 31, 2016.

The listed asking price is the amount at which we would sell each of the Hotels and is based on the original listed selling price adjusted to reflect recent hotel sales in the Hotels’ areas of operation and current earnings of each of the Hotels. The listed asking price is not based on appraisals of the properties.

We may be unable to realize the listed sales price for the individual Hotel properties or to sell them at all. However, we believe that the listed values are reasonable based on local market conditions and comparable sales. Changes in market conditions have in part resulted, and may in the future result, in our changing one or all of the listed asking prices.

NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES

The following non-GAAP presentations of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”) and funds from operations (“FFO”) are made to assist our investors in evaluating our operating performance.

Adjusted EBITDA is defined as earnings before minority interest, interest expense, amortization of loan costs, interest income, income taxes, depreciation and amortization and non-controlling interests in the Trust. We present Adjusted EBITDA because we believe these measurements (a) more accurately reflect the ongoing performance of our hotel assets and other investments, (b) provide more useful information to investors as indicators of our ability to meet our future debt payment and working capital requirements and (c) provide an overall evaluation of our financial condition. Management uses Adjusted EBITDA to critically evaluate each of the hotels’ financial and operational performance and uses Adjusted EBITDA for trending and comparability analysis. Adjusted EBITDA as calculated by us may not be comparable to Adjusted EBITDA reported by other companies that do not define Adjusted EBITDA exactly as we define the term. Adjusted EBITDA does not represent cash generated from operating activities determined in accordance with GAAP and should not be considered as an alternative to (a) GAAP net income or loss as an indication of our financial performance or (b) GAAP cash flows from operating activities as a measure of our liquidity.

A reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to net loss attributable to controlling interests for the nine and three months ended October 31, 2016 and 2015 follows:

FFO is calculated on the basis defined by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (“NAREIT”), which is net income (loss), computed in accordance with GAAP, excluding gains or losses on sales of properties, asset impairment adjustments, and extraordinary items as defined by GAAP, plus depreciation and amortization of real estate assets, and after adjustments for unconsolidated joint ventures and non-controlling interests in the operating partnership. NAREIT developed FFO as a relative measure of performance of an equity REIT to recognize that income-producing real estate historically has not depreciated on the basis determined by GAAP. The Trust is an unincorporated Ohio real estate investment trust; however, the Trust is not a real estate investment trust for federal taxation purposes. Management uses this measurement to compare itself to REITs with similar depreciable assets. We consider FFO to be an appropriate measure of our ongoing normalized operating performance. We compute FFO in accordance with our interpretation of standards established by NAREIT, which may not be comparable to FFO reported by other companies that either do not define the term in accordance with the current NAREIT definition or interpret the NAREIT definition differently than us. FFO does not represent cash generated from operating activities as determined by GAAP and should not be considered as an alternative to (a) GAAP net income or loss as an indication of our financial performance or (b) GAAP cash flows from operating activities as a measure of our liquidity, nor is it indicative of funds available to satisfy our cash needs, including our ability to make cash distributions. However, to facilitate a clear understanding of our historical operating results, we believe that FFO should be considered along with our net income or loss and cash flows reported in the consolidated financial statements.

A reconciliation of FFO to net loss attributable to controlling interests for the nine and three months ended October 31, 2016 and 2015 follows: