ONE LIBERTY PROPERTIES INC - Quarter Report: 2009 September (Form 10-Q)
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
DC 20549
FORM
10-Q
x Quarterly
Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities
Exchange Act of 1934
For the
quarterly period ended September 30, 2009
OR
¨ Transition
Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities
Exchange Act of 1934
Commission
File Number 001-09279
ONE LIBERTY PROPERTIES,
INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
MARYLAND
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13-3147497
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(State
or other jurisdiction of
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(I.R.S.
employer
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incorporation
or organization)
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identification
number)
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60 Cutter Mill Road, Great Neck, New
York
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11021
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(Address
of principal executive offices)
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(Zip
code)
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(516)
466-3100
(Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code)
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 x No ¨
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on
its corporate website, 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).
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 “small reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange
Act.
Large
accelerated filer ¨
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Accelerated
filer x
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Non-accelerated
filer ¨
(Do not check if a smaller
reporting company)
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Smaller
reporting company ¨
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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
Indicate
the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common
stock, as of the latest practicable date.
As of
November 4, 2009, the registrant had 11,170,073 shares of common stock
outstanding.
Part I –
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item
1. Financial
Statements
ONE
LIBERTY PROPERTIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED
BALANCE SHEETS
(Amounts
in Thousands, Except Per Share Data)
September 30,
2009
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December 31,
2008
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(Unaudited)
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Assets
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Real
estate investments, at cost
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Land
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$ | 88,050 | $ | 88,050 | ||||
Buildings
and improvements
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304,953 | 304,441 | ||||||
393,003 | 392,491 | |||||||
Less
accumulated depreciation
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45,374 | 39,378 | ||||||
347,629 | 353,113 | |||||||
Investment
in unconsolidated joint ventures
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5,900 | 5,857 | ||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents
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10,639 | 10,947 | ||||||
Available-for-sale
securities (including treasury bills of $6,498 in 2009)
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9,212 | 297 | ||||||
Properties
held for sale
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23,732 | 34,343 | ||||||
Assets
related to properties held for sale
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1,824 | 2,129 | ||||||
Unbilled
rent receivable
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10,189 | 9,623 | ||||||
Unamortized
intangible lease assets
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7,358 | 8,018 | ||||||
Escrow,
deposits and other assets and receivables
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2,015 | 2,055 | ||||||
Investment
in BRT Realty Trust at market (related party)
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171 | 111 | ||||||
Unamortized
deferred financing costs
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2,193 | 2,612 | ||||||
Total
assets
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$ | 420,862 | $ | 429,105 | ||||
Liabilities
and Stockholders’ Equity
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Liabilities:
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Mortgages
payable
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$ | 202,293 | $ | 207,553 | ||||
Mortgages
payable-properties held for sale
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9,069 | 17,961 | ||||||
Line
of credit
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27,000 | 27,000 | ||||||
Dividends
payable
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240 | 2,239 | ||||||
Accrued
expenses and other liabilities
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4,118 | 5,143 | ||||||
Unamortized
intangible lease liabilities
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4,928 | 5,234 | ||||||
Total
liabilities
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247,648 | 265,130 | ||||||
Commitments
and contingencies
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- | - | ||||||
Stockholders’
equity:
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Preferred
stock, $1 par value; 12,500 shares authorized; none issued
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- | - | ||||||
Common
stock, $1 par value; 25,000 shares authorized;
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10,629
and 9,962 shares issued and outstanding
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10,629 | 9,962 | ||||||
Paid-in
capital
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143,374 | 138,688 | ||||||
Accumulated
other comprehensive income (loss)
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73 | (239 | ) | |||||
Accumulated
undistributed net income
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19,138 | 15,564 | ||||||
Total
stockholders’ equity
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173,214 | 163,975 | ||||||
Total
liabilities and stockholders’ equity
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$ | 420,862 | $ | 429,105 |
See
accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
2
ONE
LIBERTY PROPERTIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(Amounts
in Thousands, Except Per Share Data)
(Unaudited)
Three
Months Ended
September 30,
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Nine
Months Ended
September 30,
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2009
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2008
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2009
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2008
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Revenues:
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Rental
income
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$ | 9,591 | $ | 8,746 | $ | 29,178 | $ | 25,973 | ||||||||
Lease
termination fee
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- | - | 1,784 | - | ||||||||||||
Total
revenues
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9,591 | 8,746 | 30,962 | 25,973 | ||||||||||||
Operating
expenses:
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Depreciation
and amortization
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2,107 | 1,910 | 6,355 | 5,653 | ||||||||||||
General
and administrative (including $547, $547,
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$1,641
and $1,641, respectively, to related party)
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1,643 | 1,695 | 4,895 | 4,893 | ||||||||||||
Real
estate expenses
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191 | 38 | 531 | 151 | ||||||||||||
Leasehold
rent
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77 | 77 | 231 | 231 | ||||||||||||
Total
operating expenses
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4,018 | 3,720 | 12,012 | 10,928 | ||||||||||||
Operating
income
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5,573 | 5,026 | 18,950 | 15,045 | ||||||||||||
Other
income and expenses:
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Equity
in earnings of unconsolidated joint ventures
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140 | 149 | 449 | 446 | ||||||||||||
Gain
on disposition of real estate of
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unconsolidated
joint venture
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- | - | - | 297 | ||||||||||||
Interest
and other income
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85 | 157 | 292 | 487 | ||||||||||||
Interest:
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Expense
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(3,400 | ) | (3,399 | ) | (10,250 | ) | (10,127 | ) | ||||||||
Amortization
of deferred financing costs
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(183 | ) | (146 | ) | (585 | ) | (438 | ) | ||||||||
Gain
on sale of excess unimproved land
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- | - | - | 1,830 | ||||||||||||
Income
from continuing operations
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2,215 | 1,787 | 8,856 | 7,540 | ||||||||||||
Discontinued
operations:
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Income
from operations
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328 | 681 | 1,012 | 1,705 | ||||||||||||
Impairment
charges on property sold at a loss
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- | - | (229 | ) | (752 | ) | ||||||||||
Gain
on troubled mortgage restructuring, as a
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result
of conveyance to mortgagee
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897 | - | 897 | - | ||||||||||||
Income
from discontinued operations
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1,225 | 681 | 1,680 | 953 | ||||||||||||
Net
income
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$ | 3,440 | $ | 2,468 | $ | 10,536 | $ | 8,493 | ||||||||
Weighted
average number of common shares
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outstanding
– basic and diluted
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11,174 | 11,329 | 11,256 | 11,340 | ||||||||||||
Net
income per common share – basic and diluted:
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Income
from continuing operations
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$ | .20 | $ | .16 | $ | .79 | $ | .67 | ||||||||
Income
from discontinued operations
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.11 | .06 | .15 | .08 | ||||||||||||
Net
income per common share
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$ | .31 | $ | .22 | $ | .94 | $ | .75 | ||||||||
Cash
distribution declared per share of common stock
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$ | .02 | $ | .36 | $ | .06 | $ | 1.08 | ||||||||
Stock
distribution declared per share of common stock
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$ | .20 | $ | - | $ | .60 | $ | - |
See
accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
3
ONE
LIBERTY PROPERTIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
For the
nine month period ended September 30, 2009 (Unaudited)
and the
year ended December 31, 2008
(Amounts
in Thousands)
Common
Stock
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Paid-in
Capital
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Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
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Accumulated
Undistributed
Net Income
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Total
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Balances,
January 1, 2008
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$ | 9,906 | $ | 137,076 | $ | 344 | $ | 23,913 | $ | 171,239 | ||||||||||
Distributions
–
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common
stock ($1.30 per share)
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- | - | - | (13,241 | ) | (13,241 | ) | |||||||||||||
Repurchase
of common stock
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(125 | ) | (1,702 | ) | - | - | (1,827 | ) | ||||||||||||
Shares
issued through
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dividend
reinvestment plan
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158 | 2,449 | - | - | 2,607 | |||||||||||||||
Restricted
stock vesting
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23 | (23 | ) | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||
Compensation
expense –
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restricted
stock
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- | 888 | - | - | 888 | |||||||||||||||
Net
income
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- | - | - | 4,892 | 4,892 | |||||||||||||||
Other
comprehensive loss –
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Net
unrealized loss on
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available-for-sale
securities
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- | - | (583 | ) | - | (583 | ) | |||||||||||||
Comprehensive
income
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- | - | - | - | 4,309 | |||||||||||||||
Balances,
December 31, 2008
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9,962 | 138,688 | (239 | ) | 15,564 | 163,975 | ||||||||||||||
Distributions
–
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common
stock ($.66 per share)
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904 | 5,232 | - | (6,962 | ) | (826 | ) | |||||||||||||
Repurchase
of common stock
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(268 | ) | (1,148 | ) | - | - | (1,416 | ) | ||||||||||||
Restricted
stock vesting
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31 | (31 | ) | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||
Compensation
expense –
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restricted
stock
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- | 633 | - | - | 633 | |||||||||||||||
Net
income
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- | - | - | 10,536 | 10,536 | |||||||||||||||
Other
comprehensive income -
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Net
unrealized gain on
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available-for-sale
securities
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- | - | 290 | - | 290 | |||||||||||||||
Net
unrealized gain on
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derivative
instruments
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- | - | 22 | - | 22 | |||||||||||||||
Comprehensive
income
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- | - | - | - | 10,848 | |||||||||||||||
Balances,
September 30, 2009
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$ | 10,629 | $ | 143,374 | $ | 73 | $ | 19,138 | $ | 173,214 |
See
accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
4
ONE
LIBERTY PROPERTIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Amounts
in Thousands)
(Unaudited)
Nine
Months Ended
September
30,
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2009
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2008
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Cash
flows from operating activities:
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Net
income
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$ | 10,536 | $ | 8,493 | ||||
Adjustments
to reconcile net income to net cash provided
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by
operating activities:
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Gain
on sale of excess unimproved land
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- | (1,830 | ) | |||||
Gain
on troubled mortgage restructuring, as a result of conveyance to
mortgagee
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(897 | ) | - | |||||
Impairment
charges on property sold at a loss
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229 | 752 | ||||||
Increase
in rental income from straight-lining of rent
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(810 | ) | (922 | ) | ||||
Decrease
in rental income resulting from bad debt expense
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475 | 178 | ||||||
Increase
(decrease) in rental income from amortization of
intangibles
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relating
to leases
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31 | (182 | ) | |||||
Amortization
of restricted stock expense
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633 | 670 | ||||||
Equity
in earnings of unconsolidated joint ventures
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(449 | ) | (446 | ) | ||||
Gain
on disposition of real estate of unconsolidated joint
venture
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- | (297 | ) | |||||
Distributions
of earnings from unconsolidated joint ventures
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365 | 414 | ||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
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6,893 | 6,475 | ||||||
Amortization
of financing costs
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653 | 470 | ||||||
Changes
in assets and liabilities:
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(Increase)
decrease in escrow, deposits, other assets and receivables
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(282 | ) | 1,012 | |||||
(Decrease)
increase in accrued expenses and other liabilities
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(428 | ) | 63 | |||||
Net
cash provided by operating activities
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16,949 | 14,850 | ||||||
Cash
flows from investing activities:
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Purchase
of real estate and improvements
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(492 | ) | (59,657 | ) | ||||
Net
proceeds from sale of real estate and excess unimproved
land
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1,764 | 2,977 | ||||||
Investment
in unconsolidated joint ventures
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(7 | ) | (379 | ) | ||||
Distributions
of return of capital from unconsolidated joint ventures
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57 | 1,399 | ||||||
Net
proceeds from sale of available-for-sale securities
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- | 525 | ||||||
Purchase
of available-for-sale securities
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(8,684 | ) | - | |||||
Net
cash used in investing activities
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(7,362 | ) | (55,135 | ) | ||||
Cash
flows from financing activities:
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Proceeds
from bank line of credit
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- | 34,000 | ||||||
Repayment
of mortgages payable
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(8,005 | ) | (5,793 | ) | ||||
Proceeds
from mortgage financings
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2,559 | 3,509 | ||||||
Payment
of financing costs
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(208 | ) | (105 | ) | ||||
Increase
in restricted cash
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- | (70 | ) | |||||
Cash
distributions - common stock
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(2,825 | ) | (10,978 | ) | ||||
Repurchase
of common stock
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(1,416 | ) | (1,564 | ) | ||||
Issuance
of shares through dividend reinvestment plan
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- | 1,998 | ||||||
Net
cash (used in) provided by financing activities
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(9,895 | ) | 20,997 | |||||
Net
decrease in cash and cash equivalents
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(308 | ) | (19,288 | ) | ||||
Cash
and cash equivalents at beginning of period
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10,947 | 25,737 | ||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents at end of period
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$ | 10,639 | $ | 6,449 |
See
accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
5
ONE
LIBERTY PROPERTIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS - (Continued)
(Amounts
in Thousands)
(Unaudited)
Nine
Months Ended
September 30,
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2009
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2008
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Supplemental
disclosures of cash flow information:
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Cash
paid during the period for interest
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$ | 11,654 | $ | 10,992 | ||||
Supplemental
schedule of non-cash investing and financing activities:
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Reclassification
of real estate owned to properties held for sale
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$ | 23,732 | $ | 34,343 | ||||
Reclassification
of assets related to properties held for sale
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1,824 | 2,129 | ||||||
Reclassification
of mortgages payable to mortgages payable-
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properties
held for sale
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9,069 | 17,961 | ||||||
Mortgage
debt extinguished upon conveyance of properties to
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mortgagee
by deeds-in-lieu of foreclosure
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8,706 | - | ||||||
Properties
conveyed to mortgagee
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8,075 | - | ||||||
Liabilities
extinguished upon transfer to mortgagee
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543 | - | ||||||
Common
stock dividend – portion paid in shares of Company’s
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common
stock
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4,103 | - | ||||||
Assumption
of mortgages payable in connection with purchase of
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real
estate
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- | 2,771 | ||||||
Purchase
accounting allocations – intangible lease assets
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- | 4,262 | ||||||
Purchase
accounting allocations – intangible lease liabilities
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- | (451 | ) | |||||
Purchase
accounting allocations – mortgage payable discount
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- | (40 | ) |
See
accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
6
One
Liberty Properties, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements
Note 1 –
Organization and
Background
One
Liberty Properties, Inc. (“OLP”) was incorporated in 1982 in the state of
Maryland. OLP is a self-administered and self-managed real estate
investment trust (“REIT”). OLP acquires, owns and manages a
geographically diversified portfolio of retail, including furniture and office
supply stores, industrial, office, flex, health and fitness and other
properties, a substantial portion of which are under long-term net
leases. As of September 30, 2009, OLP owned 73 properties, two of
which were sold in October 2009 and classified as held for sale, two of which
are vacant, and one of which is a 50% tenancy in common
interest. OLP’s joint ventures owned five properties, one of which is
vacant. The 78 properties are located in 28 states.
Note 2 -
Basis of
Preparation
The
accompanying interim unaudited consolidated financial statements as of September
30, 2009 and 2008 and for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2009 and
2008 reflect all normal recurring adjustments which are, in the opinion of
management, necessary for a fair presentation of the results for such interim
periods. The results of operations for the nine and three months ended September
30, 2009 are not necessarily indicative of the results for the full
year.
On July
1, 2009, OLP adopted the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”)
Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) as the exclusive source of
authoritative U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), to be
applied by non-government entities, except for Securities and Exchange
Commission (“SEC”) rules and interpretive releases, which are also authoritative
GAAP for U.S. registrants. Upon adoption, the FASB ASC superseded all
then existing non-SEC accounting and reporting standards. All other
non-grandfathered, non-SEC accounting literature not included in the FASB ASC
became non-authoritative. The FASB ASC does not change U.S. GAAP, but
is intended to simplify user access to all authoritative U.S. GAAP by providing
all the authoritative literature related to a particular topic in one
place. The Company’s conversion to FASB ASC, which is effective for
financial statements issued for interim and annual periods ending after
September 15, 2009, did not have any effect on the Company’s consolidated
financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.
The
preparation of the financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires
management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in
the financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could
differ from those estimates.
The
consolidated financial statements include the accounts and operations of OLP and
its wholly-owned subsidiaries (collectively, the
“Company”). Material intercompany items and transactions have
been eliminated. The Company accounts for its investments in unconsolidated
joint ventures under the equity method of accounting as the Company (1) is
primarily the managing member, but does not exercise substantial operating
control over these entities and (2) such entities are not variable-interest
entities. These investments are recorded initially at cost, as
investments in unconsolidated joint ventures, and subsequently adjusted for
equity in earnings and cash contributions and distributions.
7
One
Liberty Properties, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements
(Continued)
Note 2 -
Basis of Preparation
(Continued)
Certain
amounts reported in previous consolidated financial statements have been
reclassified in the accompanying consolidated financial statements to conform to
the current year’s presentation, primarily to reclassify the transferred assets
and liabilities of two properties that were sold in October 2009 to properties
held for sale at September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008 and one property that
was sold in March 2009 to properties held for sale at December 31, 2008 and to
reclassify the operations of these three properties to discontinued operations
in all periods presented. In addition, the transferred assets and liabilities of
five properties that were formerly leased to Circuit City Stores, Inc. and
conveyed in July 2009 to the mortgagee by deeds-in-lieu of foreclosure were
reclassified to properties held for sale at December 31, 2008 and the operations
of these properties were reclassified to discontinued operations in all periods
presented.
These
statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial
statements and related notes which are included in the Company's Annual Report
on Form 10-K and Amendment No. 1 on Form 10-K/A for the year ended December 31,
2008.
Note 3 -
Earnings Per Common
Share
For the
nine and three months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, basic earnings per
share was determined by dividing net income for each period by the weighted
average number of shares of common stock outstanding, which includes unvested
restricted stock during each period, plus the common stock issued in connection
with the dividends paid in April, July and October 2009, as discussed in Note
8.
Diluted
earnings per share reflect the potential dilution that could occur if securities
or other contracts exercisable for, or convertible into, common stock were
exercised or converted or resulted in the issuance of common stock that shared
in the earnings of the Company. There were no options to purchase
shares of common stock or other contracts exercisable for, or convertible into,
common stock in the nine and three months ended September 30, 2009 and
2008.
Note 4 -
Investment in
Unconsolidated Joint Ventures
The
Company’s five unconsolidated joint ventures each own and operate one
property. At September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, the Company’s
equity investment in unconsolidated joint ventures totaled $5,900,000, and
$5,857,000, respectively. The Company recognized a gain on sale of real estate
of $297,000 in the nine months ended September 30, 2008 and recorded equity in
earnings of $449,000 and $446,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2009
and 2008, respectively. For the three months ended September 30, 2009
and 2008, the Company recorded equity in earnings of $140,000 and $149,000,
respectively.
On March
25, 2008, one of the Company’s unconsolidated joint ventures sold its only
property, which was vacant, for a consideration of $1,302,000, net of closing
costs. The sale resulted in a gain to the Company of $297,000 (after
giving effect to the Company’s $480,000 share of a direct write down taken by
the joint venture in a prior year).
8
One
Liberty Properties, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements
(Continued)
Note 5 –
Allowance for Doubtful
Accounts
The
Company maintains an allowance for doubtful accounts for estimated losses
resulting from the inability of its tenants to make required rent
payments. If the financial condition of a specific tenant were to
deteriorate, resulting in an impairment of its ability to make payments,
additional allowances may be required. At September 30, 2009 and
December 31, 2008, the balance in allowance for doubtful accounts was $345,000
and $160,000, respectively, recorded as a reduction to accounts receivable. The
Company records bad debt expense as a reduction of rental income. For the nine
and three months ended September 30, 2009, the Company recorded bad debt expense
of $475,000 and $132,000, respectively. Of this amount, $58,000 was recorded as
discontinued operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2009. The
Company recorded bad debt expense of $178,000 for the nine months ended
September 30, 2008, recorded as discontinued operations. There was no bad debt
expense in the three months ended September 30, 2008.
Note 6 –
Lease Termination Fee
Income
In June
2009, the Company received a $1,905,000 lease termination fee from a retail
tenant that had been paying its rent on a current basis, but had vacated the
property in March 2009. Offsetting
this amount is the write off of the entire balance of the unbilled rent
receivable and the intangible lease asset related to this property, aggregating
$121,000. The net amount of $1,784,000 is recorded on the income
statement as “Lease termination fee” income in the nine months ended September
30, 2009. The Company is currently in negotiations to lease this property, which
has a net book value of approximately $4,000,000 at September 30,
2009.
Note 7–
Properties Held for
Sale and Discontinued Operations
Properties Transferred to
Mortgagee
Circuit
City Stores, Inc., a retail tenant which previously leased five properties from
five of our wholly-owned subsidiaries, filed for protection under the Federal
bankruptcy laws in November 2008, rejected leases for two of the properties in
December 2008 and the remaining three properties in March 2009. As of
July 7, 2009, non-recourse mortgages, secured and cross collateralized by the
five former Circuit City properties, had an outstanding balance of $8,706,000.
No payments had been made on these mortgages since December 1, 2008 and a letter
of default was received on March 16, 2009. On July 7, 2009, these
properties were conveyed to the mortgagee by deeds-in-lieu of foreclosure and
OLP and the five wholly-owned subsidiaries which owned the Circuit City
properties were released from all obligations, including principal, interest and
real estate taxes due.
The
carrying value of the portfolio of the properties transferred of $8,075,000, net
of the $5,231,000 of impairment charges taken at December 31, 2008, approximated
their fair value and therefore no additional gain or loss was recorded on these
assets.
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Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements
(Continued)
Note 7 –
Properties Held for
Sale and Discontinued Operations (Continued)
The
conveyance of these properties was accounted for as a troubled debt
restructuring. The Company
had accrued interest expense on these mortgages and real estate tax expense
totaling $297,000 and $246,000, respectively, for the period December
2008 through July 7, 2009. In connection with this conveyance, the Company
wrote off deferred costs and escrows relating to these mortgages totaling
$277,000. The Company recognized a “Gain on troubled mortgage restructuring, as
a result of conveyance to mortgagee” based on the excess of the carrying amount
of the payables over the fair value of the portfolio of properties transferred
in the amount of $897,000 ($.08 per common share).
Sales of
Properties
In
February 2009, the Company entered into a lease termination agreement with a
retail tenant of a Texas property that had been paying its rent on a current
basis, but had vacated the property in 2006. Pursuant to the agreement, the
tenant paid the Company $400,000 as consideration for the lease termination,
which payment was recorded as rental income from discontinued operations in the
nine months ended September 30, 2009. On March 5, 2009, the Company
sold this property to an unrelated party for $1,900,000 and recorded an
impairment charge of $229,000 to recognize the loss. This is in addition to an
impairment charge of $752,000 taken in the three months ended June 30, 2008. The
net book value of this property at December 31, 2008 was $2,072,000 and is
included in properties held for sale on the accompanying consolidated balance
sheet.
In
October 2009, in unrelated transactions, the Company sold two properties for a
total sales price of $31,788,000. The aggregate carrying amount of the two
properties was $23,732,000 and $24,104,000 at September 30, 2009 and December
31, 2008, respectively, and is included in properties held for sale on the
accompanying consolidated balance sheets. The sales resulted in gains totaling
approximately $5,800,000, which will be included in net gain on sale of
discontinued operations in the results of operations for the year and three
months ended December 31, 2009. In connection with the closings, one mortgage,
in the amount of $9,069,000, was assumed by the buyer and is included in
mortgages payable-properties held for sale on the accompanying balance sheets.
The other mortgage, in the amount of $10,477,000, was paid off and the related
interest rate swap agreement was terminated. The Company incurred a $492,000 fee
for terminating the swap.
Properties Held for
Sale
The
following table details the transferred assets related to the eight properties
discussed above that are classified as held for sale (amounts in
thousands):
September 30,
2009
|
December 31,
2008
|
|||||||
Assets
related to properties held for sale:
|
||||||||
Unbilled
rent receivable
|
$ | 1,376 | $ | 1,293 | ||||
Unamortized
intangible lease assets
|
360 | 463 | ||||||
Escrow,
deposits and other receivables
|
- | 129 | ||||||
Unamortized
deferred financing costs
|
88 | 244 | ||||||
$ | 1,824 | $ | 2,129 |
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Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements
(Continued)
Note 7 –
Properties Held for
Sale and Discontinued Operations (Continued)
The
following is a summary of income from discontinued operations (amounts in
thousands):
Three Months
Ended
September 30,
|
Nine Months
Ended
September 30,
|
|||||||||||||||
2009
|
2008
|
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||||||||
Rental
income
|
$ | 794 | $ | 1,204 | $ | 2,904 | $ | 3,415 | ||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
94 | 239 | 538 | 822 | ||||||||||||
Real
estate expenses
|
9 | 5 | 254 | 12 | ||||||||||||
Interest
expense
|
363 | 279 | 1,100 | 876 | ||||||||||||
Total
expenses
|
466 | 523 | 1,892 | 1,710 | ||||||||||||
Income
from operations
|
328 | 681 | 1,012 | 1,705 | ||||||||||||
Impairment
charges on property
|
||||||||||||||||
sold
at a loss
|
- | - | (229 | ) | (752 | ) | ||||||||||
Gain
on troubled mortgage restructuring, as a
|
||||||||||||||||
result
of conveyance to mortgagee
|
897 | - | 897 | - | ||||||||||||
Income
from discontinued operations
|
$ | 1,225 | $ | 681 | $ | 1,680 | $ | 953 |
Note 8 -
Common Stock Dividend
Distributions
On
September 11, 2009, the Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend on the
Company’s common stock of $.22 per share payable in cash and shares of the
Company’s common stock on October 30, 2009 to stockholders of record as of
September 25, 2009. The following table details the distributions paid in 2009
in cash and common stock of the Company.
Payment Date
|
Total Dividend
|
Cash
|
#
Common
Shares
|
Per
Share Value of
Common Stock
|
||||||||||||
October
30, 2009
|
$ | 2,401,000 | $ | 240,000 | 255,000 | $ | 8.45 | |||||||||
July
21, 2009
|
$ | 2,333,000 | $ | 234,000 | 376,000 | $ | 5.58 | |||||||||
April
27, 2009
|
$ | 2,229,000 | $ | 223,000 | 529,000 | $ | 3.79 |
All per
share amounts have been retroactively adjusted to reflect the portion of the
dividend paid by the issuance of stock. The number of common shares issued and
outstanding as presented on the balance sheet at September 30, 2009 would have
been 10,884,000, taking into account the 255,000 shares issued on October 30,
2009.
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Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements
(Continued)
Note 9 -
Comprehensive
Income
Comprehensive
income for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 is as
follows (amounts in thousands):
Three
Months Ended
September 30,
|
Nine
Months Ended
September 30,
|
|||||||||||||||
2009
|
2008
|
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||||||||
Net
income
|
$ | 3,440 | $ | 2,468 | $ | 10,536 | $ | 8,493 | ||||||||
Other
comprehensive income -
|
||||||||||||||||
Net
unrealized gain (loss) on
|
||||||||||||||||
available-for-sale
securities
|
283 | (5 | ) | 290 | (261 | ) | ||||||||||
Net
unrealized (loss) gain on
|
||||||||||||||||
derivative
instruments
|
(201 | ) | - | 22 | - | |||||||||||
Comprehensive
income
|
$ | 3,522 | $ | 2,463 | $ | 10,848 | $ | 8,232 |
Accumulated
other comprehensive income includes an accumulated net unrealized gain on
available-for-sale securities of $83,000, an unrealized loss on
available-for-sale securities in a joint venture of $32,000 and a net unrealized
gain on derivative instruments of $22,000 resulting in a total gain of $73,000
at September 30, 2009. At December 31, 2008, it was comprised solely
of a net accumulated unrealized loss on available-for-sale securities of
$239,000.
Note 10 –
Restricted
Stock
The
Company’s 2009 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Incentive Plan”), approved by the
Company’s stockholders in June 2009, permits the Company to grant stock options,
restricted stock and/or performance-based awards to its employees, officers,
directors and consultants. The maximum number of
shares of the Company’s common stock that may be issued pursuant to the
Incentive Plan is
600,000. The restricted stock grants are recorded based on the market value of
the common stock on the date of the grant and substantially all restricted stock
awards made to date provide for vesting upon the fifth anniversary of the date
of grant and under certain circumstances may vest earlier. For accounting
purposes, the restricted stock is not included in the outstanding shares shown
on the balance sheet until they vest, however dividends are paid on the unvested
shares. The value of such grants is initially deferred, and
amortization of amounts deferred is being charged to general and administrative
expense over the respective vesting periods.
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Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements
(Continued)
Note 10 –
Restricted Stock
(Continued)
Three
Months Ended
September 30,
|
Nine
Months Ended
September 30,
|
|||||||||||||||
2009
|
2008
|
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||||||||
Restricted
share grants
|
- | - | 102,750 | 50,550 | ||||||||||||
Average
per share grant price
|
- | - | $ | 6.09 | $ | 17.50 | ||||||||||
Recorded
as deferred compensation
|
- | - | $ | 626,000 | $ | 885,000 | ||||||||||
Total
charge to operations, all
|
||||||||||||||||
outstanding
restricted grants
|
$ | 221,000 | $ | 225,000 | $ | 633,000 | $ | 670,000 | ||||||||
Non-vested
shares:
|
||||||||||||||||
Non-vested
beginning of period
|
213,625 | 236,275 | 213,625 | 186,300 | ||||||||||||
Grants
|
102,750 | - | 102,750 | 50,550 | ||||||||||||
Vested
during period
|
(30,675 | ) | (22,650 | ) | (30,675 | ) | (22,650 | ) | ||||||||
Forfeitures
|
(50 | ) | - | (50 | ) | (575 | ) | |||||||||
Non-vested
end of period
|
285,650 | 213,625 | 285,650 | 213,625 |
Through
September 30, 2009, a total of 274,950 and 70,825 shares were issued pursuant to
the Company’s 2003 and 2009 Stock Incentive Plans, respectively, of which 50 and
529,175 shares, respectively, remain available for
grant. Approximately $2,170,000 remains as deferred compensation and
will be charged to expense over the remaining respective vesting periods. The
weighted average vesting period is approximately 2.9 years. As of
September 30, 2009, there were no options outstanding under the Incentive
Plans.
Note 11 –
Line of
Credit
The
Company has a $62,500,000 revolving credit facility (“Facility”) with VNB New
York Corp., Bank Leumi USA, Israel Discount Bank of New York and Manufacturers
and Traders Trust Company. The Facility matures on March 31, 2010. The Company
is currently in negotiations for a new facility with its current lending
group. The Company pays interest at the lower of LIBOR plus 2.15% or
the respective bank’s prime rate on funds borrowed (2.4% at September 30, 2009)
and pays an unused facility fee of ¼% per annum. At September 30,
2009, there was $27,000,000 outstanding under the Facility. The Company was in
compliance with all debt covenants at September 30, 2009.
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Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements
(Continued)
Note 12 –
Fair Value of
Financial Instruments
Financial Instruments Not
Measured at Fair Value
The
following methods and assumptions were used to estimate the fair value of each
class of financial instruments for which adjustments to measure at fair value
are not reported:
Cash and
cash equivalents: The carrying amounts reported in the balance sheet
for these instruments approximate their fair values.
Mortgages
payable: At September 30, 2009, the $205,962,000 estimated fair value of the
Company's mortgages payable is less than their carrying value by approximately
$5,400,000, assuming a market interest rate of 7%.
Line of
credit: At September 30, 2009, the $26,711,000 estimated fair value of the
Company's line of credit is less than its carrying value by approximately
$289,000, assuming a market interest rate of 5%.
The fair
value of the Company’s mortgages and line of credit was estimated using other
observable inputs such as available market information and discounted cash flow
analysis based on borrowing rates the Company believes it could obtain with
similar terms and maturities.
Considerable
judgment is necessary to interpret market data and develop estimated fair
value. The use of different market assumptions and/or estimation
methodologies may have a material effect on the estimated fair value
amounts.
Financial Instruments
Measured at Fair Value
The
Company accounts for fair value measurements based on the assumptions that
market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. As a
basis for considering market participant assumptions in fair value measurements,
a fair value hierarchy distinguishes between market participant assumptions
based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity
and the reporting entity’s own assumptions about market participant
assumptions. In accordance with the fair value hierarchy, Level 1
assets/liabilities are valued based on quoted prices for identical instruments
in active markets, Level 2 assets/liabilities are valued based on quoted prices
in active markets for similar instruments, on quoted prices in less active or
inactive markets, or on other “observable” market inputs and Level 3
assets/liabilities are valued based significantly on “unobservable” market
inputs. The Company does not currently own any financial instruments
that are classified as Level 3.
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Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements
(Continued)
Note 12
–Fair Value of
Financial Instruments (Continued)
The fair
values of the Company’s financial instruments were determined using the
following inputs as of September 30, 2009 (amounts in thousands):
Fair
Value Measurements
Using Fair Value Hierarchy
|
||||||||||||||||
Carrying
and
Fair Value
|
Maturity
Date
|
Level 1
|
Level 2
|
|||||||||||||
Financial assets:
|
||||||||||||||||
Available-for-sale
securities:
|
||||||||||||||||
Corporate
debt securities
|
$ | 1,381 |
1/15/2012
|
$ | - | $ | 1,381 | |||||||||
Corporate
debt security
|
961 |
2/15/2037
|
- | 961 | ||||||||||||
Equity
securities
|
543 | - | 543 | - | ||||||||||||
Treasury
bill
|
1,999 |
3/11/2010
|
1,999 | - | ||||||||||||
Treasury
bill
|
4,499 |
10/29/2009
|
4,499 | - | ||||||||||||
Derivative
financial instruments
|
22 | - | - | 22 | ||||||||||||
Financial liabilities:
|
||||||||||||||||
Derivative
financial instruments
|
494 | - | - | 494 |
Available-for-sale
securities
All of
the Company’s marketable securities, including its investment in common shares
of BRT Realty
Trust, are classified as available-for-sale securities and have a total
amortized cost of $9,300,000. At September 30, 2009, unrealized gains
on such securities were $233,000 and unrealized losses were $150,000. The
aggregate net unrealized gain of $83,000 is included in accumulated other
comprehensive income on the balance sheet. Fair values are
approximated on current market quotes from financial sources that track such
securities. All of the available-for-sale securities in an unrealized loss
position are equity securities and amounts are not considered to be other than
temporary impairment because the Company expects to hold these securities until
the values recover.
Derivative financial
instruments and hedging activities
The
Company entered into two interest rate swaps to manage its interest rate risk.
The valuation of the instruments is determined using widely accepted valuation
techniques, including discounted cash flow analysis on the expected cash flows
of the derivatives. This analysis reflects the contractual terms of the
derivatives, including the period to maturity, and uses observable market-based
inputs, including interest rate curves, foreign exchange rates, and implied
volatilities.
Although
the Company has determined that the majority of the inputs used to value its
derivatives fall within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy, the credit
valuation adjustments associated with its derivatives utilize Level 3 inputs,
such as estimates of current credit spreads to evaluate the likelihood of
default by itself and its counterparties. As of September 30, 2009,
the Company assessed the significance of the impact of the credit valuation
adjustments to be
insignificant
to the overall valuation of its derivatives. As a result, the Company
has determined that its derivative valuations are classified in Level 2 of the
fair value hierarchy.
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Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements
(Continued)
Note 12
–Fair
Value of Financial Instruments (Continued)
The
Company’s objectives in using interest rate derivatives are to add stability to
interest expense and to manage its exposure to interest rate movements. To
accomplish these objectives, the Company uses interest rate swaps as part of its
interest rate risk management strategy. Interest rate swaps
designated as cash flow hedges involve the receipt of variable-rate amounts from
a counterparty in exchange for the Company making fixed-rate payments over the
life of the agreements without exchange of the underlying notional
amount.
The
effective portion of changes in the fair value of derivatives designated and
that qualify as cash flow hedges is recorded in accumulated other comprehensive
income and is subsequently reclassified to interest expense as interest payments
are made on the Company’s variable rate debt. The ineffective portion
of the change in fair value of the derivatives is recognized directly in
earnings. During the three months ended September 30, 2009, the Company’s
interest rate swaps did not have hedge ineffectiveness. During the
nine months ended September 30, 2009, the Company recorded a $111,000 gain on
hedge ineffectiveness attributable to the late designation of one of the
Company’s interest rate swaps, which amount was recorded as a reduction of
interest expense. During the nine months ended September 30, 2009, the
Company
accelerated the reclassification of amounts in other comprehensive income to
earnings as a result of the Company’s termination of the loan agreement on one
of the interest rate swaps due to the sale of the mortgaged property in October
2009. The accelerated amount was a gain of $63,000 reclassified out
of other comprehensive income into earnings as a reduction to interest
expense due to missed forecasted transactions.
During
the next 12 months, the Company estimates that on the remaining hedge, an
additional $192,000 will be reclassified as an increase to interest
expense.
As of
September 30, 2009, the Company had one interest rate swap with a notional
amount of $9,895,000 that was designated as a cash flow hedge of interest rate
risk associated with the Company’s existing variable-rate debt and one
undesignated interest rate swap with a notional amount of
$10,477,000. The $10,477,000 swap was de-designated in the current
period as a result of the Company’s termination in October 2009, of the loan
agreement associated with the interest rate swap in connection with the sale of
the collateralized property.
At
December 31, 2008, the Company had one undesignated interest rate swap with a
notional amount of $10,675,000, which was subsequently designated as a cash flow
hedge at April 1, 2009.
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Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements
(Continued)
Note 12
–Fair
Value of Financial Instruments (Continued)
The table
below presents the fair value of the Company’s derivative financial instruments
as well as their classification on the balance sheet as of September 30, 2009
and December 31, 2008:
Tabular Disclosure of Fair
Value of Derivative Instruments
As
of September 30, 2009
|
As
of December 31, 2008
|
|||||||
Balance
Sheet
Location
|
Fair Value
|
Balance
Sheet
Location
|
Fair
Value
|
Derivatives designated as
hedging instruments:
Interest
Rate
|
|||||||||||
Swaps
|
Other
assets
|
$ | 22,000 |
Other
assets
|
$ | - |
Derivatives not designated as hedging
instruments:
Interest
Rate
Swaps
|
Other
liabilities
|
$ | 494,000 |
Other
liabilities
|
$ | 650,000 |
Derivatives
not designated as hedges are not speculative and are used to manage the
Company’s exposure to interest rate movements and other identified risks but do
not meet the strict hedge accounting requirements of FASB ASC. As described
above, the Company currently has one interest rate swap with a notional amount
of $10,477,000 that is not designated for hedge accounting. Changes
in the fair value of derivatives not designated in hedging relationships are
recorded directly in earnings as interest expense and were equal to a loss of
$191,000 and $174,000 for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2009,
respectively.
The table
below presents the effect of the Company’s derivative financial instruments on
the income statement for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2009 (in
thousands):
Derivatives in
Cash Flow
Hedging
Relationships
|
Amount of Gain/ (Loss) in
Other Comprehensive
Income (Effective
Portion)
|
Gain/ (Loss) Reclassified from
Accumulated Other
Comprehensive Income into
Income (Effective Portion)
|
Gain/(Loss) in Income (Ineffective
Portion and Amount Excluded from
Effectiveness Testing)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Three Months
Ended
September
30, 2009
|
Nine Months
Ended
September
30, 2009
|
Location
|
Three
Months
Ended
Sept. 30,
2009
|
Nine
Months
Ended
Sept. 30,
2009
|
Location
|
Three
Months
Ended
Sept. 30,
2009
|
Nine
Months
Ended
Sept. 30,
2009
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Interest Rate
Swaps
|
$ | (195 | ) | $ | (57 | ) |
Interest
expense
|
$ | 7 | $ | (78 | ) |
Interest
expense
|
$ | - | $ | 111 |
The Company did not have any
derivative financial instruments during the nine and three months ended
September 30, 2008.
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Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
(Continued)
Note 12
–Fair
Value of Financial Instruments (Continued)
The
derivative agreements in existence at September 30, 2009 provide that if either
wholly owned subsidiary of the Company which is a party to any such agreement
defaults or is capable of being declared in default on any of its indebtedness,
then a default can be declared on such subsidiary’s derivative obligations. In
addition, the Company (but not any of its subsidiaries) is a credit support
provider and a party to one of the derivative agreements and if there is a
default by the Company on any of its indebtedness, a default can be declared on
the derivative obligations under the agreement to which the Company is a party.
The default under the Circuit City mortgage obligations referred to in Note 7
was not a default under the derivative agreements.
As of
September 30, 2009, the fair value of derivatives in a liability position
related to these agreements was $494,000. As of September 30, 2009, the Company
has not posted any collateral related to these agreements. If the Company
breached any of these provisions it would be required to settle its obligations
under the agreements at their termination value of $590,000.
Note 13 -
New Accounting
Pronouncements
On
January 1, 2009, the Company adopted the updated accounting guidance related to
business combinations and is applying such provisions prospectively to business
combinations that have an acquisition date on or after January 1,
2009. The updated guidance (i) establishes the acquisition-date fair
value as the measurement objective for all assets acquired, liabilities assumed
and any contingent consideration, (ii) requires expensing of most transaction
costs that were previously capitalized and (iii) requires the acquirer to
disclose to investors and other users of the information needed to evaluate and
understand the nature and financial effect of the business combination. The
principal impact of the adoption on the Company’s consolidated financial
statements will be the requirement that the Company expense most of its
transaction costs relating to its acquisition activities.
On
January 1, 2009, the Company adopted the updated accounting guidance related to
disclosures about derivative instruments and hedging activities. The
updated guidance expands the disclosure requirements with the intent to provide
users of financial statements with an enhanced understanding of (i) how and why
an entity uses derivative instruments, (ii) how derivative instruments and
related hedged items are accounted for, and (iii) how derivative instruments and
related hedged items affect an entity’s financial position, financial
performance, and cash flows. In addition, it requires qualitative disclosures
about objectives and strategies for using derivatives, quantitative disclosures
about the fair value of and gains and losses on derivative instruments, and
disclosures about credit-risk-related contingent features in derivative
instruments. As a result of the adoption, the Company has added significant
disclosures to its financial statements. Refer to Note 12 for the Company’s
added disclosures.
On January 1, 2009, the Company adopted the updated accounting guidance
related to determining whether instruments granted in share-based payment
transactions are participating securities. The updated guidance
states that unvested share-based payment awards that contain nonforfeitable
rights to dividends or dividend equivalents (whether paid or unpaid)
are participating securities and shall be included in the computation of
earnings per share. The adoption had no impact on the Company as the
unvested restricted stock awards were previously included in the per share
amounts for both basic and diluted earnings per share.
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Liberty Properties, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
(Continued)
Note 13 -
New Accounting
Pronouncements (Continued)
On April
1, 2009, the Company adopted the updated accounting guidance related to debt and
equity securities. The updated guidance changes existing accounting
requirements for other-than-temporary impairment for debt
securities. The updated guidance also extends new disclosure
requirements for debt and equity securities to interim reporting periods as well
as provides new disclosure requirements. The adoption did not have a
material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial condition, results of
operations, or cash flows. Refer to Note 12 for the Company’s added
disclosures.
On April
1, 2009, the Company adopted the updated accounting guidance related to interim
disclosures about fair value of financial instruments. The prior
guidance required annual disclosures of the fair value of all instruments
(recognized or unrecognized) except for those specifically
excluded, when practical to do so. The updated guidance requires a
publicly traded company to include disclosures about the fair value of its
financial instruments whenever it issues summarized financial information for
interim reporting periods. The updated guidance must be applied
prospectively and does not require disclosures for earlier periods presented for
comparative purposes at initial adoption. As a result of the adoption, the
Company has added the required disclosures to its interim consolidated financial
statements. Refer to Note 12 for the Company’s added
disclosures.
On April
1, 2009, the Company adopted the updated accounting guidance relating to fair
value measurement and disclosure. The updated guidance clarifies the
guidance for fair value measurements when the volume and level of activity for
the asset or liability have significantly decreased and includes guidance on
identifying circumstances that indicate a transaction is not
orderly. The updated guidance must be applied prospectively. The
adoption did not have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial
condition, results of operations, or cash flows.
On April
1, 2009, the Company adopted the updated accounting guidance related to
subsequent events. The updated guidance establishes general standards
of accounting for and disclosure of subsequent events. It renames the
two types of subsequent events as recognized subsequent events or non-recognized
subsequent events and modifies the definition of the evaluation period for
subsequent events as events or transactions that occur after the balance sheet
date, but before the issuance of the financial statements. This will require
entities to disclose the date, through which an entity has evaluated subsequent
events and the basis for that date (the issued date for public
companies). The updated guidance is to be applied prospectively. The
adoption did not have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial
condition, results of operations, or cash flows. Refer to Note 14 for
the Company’s disclosure on subsequent events.
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One
Liberty Properties, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
(Continued)
Note 13 -
New Accounting
Pronouncements (Continued)
The FASB
has issued updated consolidation accounting guidance for determining whether an
entity is a variable interest entity, or VIE, and requires the performance of a
qualitative rather than a quantitative analysis to determine the primary
beneficiary of a VIE. The updated guidance requires an entity to consolidate a
VIE if it has (i) the power to direct the activities that most significantly
impact the entity’s economic performance and (ii) the obligation to absorb
losses of the VIE or the right to receive benefits from the VIE that could be
significant to the VIE. The updated guidance is effective for the first annual
reporting period that begins after November 15, 2009, with early adoption
prohibited. The Company is currently evaluating the effect of the adoption on
its financial statements.
Note 14 –
Subsequent
Events
Subsequent
events have been evaluated through November 6, 2009 (the filing date of this
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q) and except for the sale of two properties in
October 2009, as discussed in Note 7, there are no subsequent events to be
reported in these financial statements.
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Item
2. Management's Discussion And
Analysis Of Financial Condition And Results Of Operations
Forward-Looking
Statements
With the
exception of historical information, this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains
certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended and Section 21E of the Securities Act of
1934, as amended. We intend such forward-looking statements to be covered by the
safe harbor provision for forward-looking statements contained in the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and include this statement for purposes
of complying with these safe harbor provisions. Forward-looking
statements, which are based on certain assumptions and describe our future
plans, strategies and expectations, are generally identifiable by use of the
words "may," "will," “could,” "believe," "expect," "intend," "anticipate,"
"estimate," "project," or similar expressions or variations
thereof. Forward-looking statements should not be relied on since
they involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which are,
in some cases, beyond our control and which could materially affect actual
results, performance or achievements. Investors are cautioned not to
place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements.
Overview
We are a
self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust, or REIT. We
primarily own real estate that we net lease to tenants. As of
September 30, 2009, we owned 73 properties, including two which were sold in
October 2009 and a 50% tenancy in common interest in one property and
participated in five joint ventures which owned a total of five
properties. These 78 properties are located in 28
states.
We have
elected to be taxed as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended. To qualify as a REIT, we must meet a number of organizational and
operational requirements, including a requirement that we distribute currently
at least 90% of ordinary taxable income to our stockholders. We
intend to comply with these requirements and to maintain our REIT
status.
Traditionally,
we have sought to acquire properties throughout the United States that have
locations, demographics and other investment attributes that we believe to be
attractive. To fund acquisitions, we typically use available funds or
funds borrowed under our credit facility and then seek mortgage indebtedness for
the purchased properties on a non-recourse basis, repaying any funds we borrow
under our credit facility. Over the past several quarters,
institutions have significantly curtailed their lending
activities and as a result, it has been challenging to obtain mortgage
indebtedness. Due to the current lack of liquidity in the
market, we have been monitoring our cash needs, our liquidity and the
status of our portfolio to preserve our cash and until the economy stabilizes
and credit becomes more available, we will pursue a conservative acquisition
strategy.
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We are a
party to a credit agreement, as amended, with VNB New York Corp., Bank Leumi,
USA, Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company and Israel Discount Bank of New
York, for a maximum amount of $62.5 million, under which $27 million is
currently outstanding. This credit facility expires on March 31,
2010. We are engaged in negotiations for a new and revised
credit facility with our current lenders, but we cannot be certain that we will
successfully enter into a new credit facility prior to March 31, 2010 and if we
do, that the terms will be satisfactory.
Results of
Operations
Comparison of Nine and Three
Months Ended September 30, 2009 and 2008
Revenues
Rental
income increased by $3.2 million, or 12.3%, to $29.2 million for the nine months
ended September 30, 2009 from $26 million for the nine months ended September
30, 2008. For the three months ended September 30, 2009, rental income increased
by $845,000, or 9.7%, to $9.6 million from $8.7 million for the three months
ended September 30, 2008. The increase in rental income is primarily due to
rental revenues during the nine and three months ended September 30, 2009 of
$3.4 million and $1 million, respectively, earned on twelve properties acquired
during 2008. The increase in rental income was offset by a decrease
in rent received from two tenants adversely affected by the current recession
and by the termination in June 2009 of a property lease, for which we received
the lease termination fee referred to below.
The lease
termination fee income received in the nine months ended September 30, 2009
resulted from a $1,905,000 lease termination payment from a retail tenant that
had been paying its rent on a current basis, but had vacated the property in
March 2009, offset by the write off of the entire balance of the unbilled rent
receivable and intangible lease asset related to this property, aggregating
$121,000. There was no comparable fee income in the nine months ended September
30, 2008.
Operating
Expenses
Depreciation
and amortization expense increased by $702,000, or 12.4%, and $197,000, or
10.3%, to $6.4 million and $2.1 million, respectively, for the nine and three
months ended September 30, 2009. The increase was primarily due to depreciation
and amortization increases of $659,000 and $193,000 for the nine and three
months ended September 30, 2009, respectively, taken on twelve properties
acquired during 2008.
Real
estate expenses increased by $380,000, or 252%, and $153,000, or 403%, to
$531,000 and $191,000 for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2009,
respectively, resulting primarily from real estate taxes and utilities for one
of our vacant properties. In addition, the 2009 periods include real
estate taxes for another property which became subject to a lease with a new
tenant under which we are responsible for the real estate taxes, and an increase
in repairs, maintenance and other operating expenses at various
properties.
Other
Income and Expenses
We
recognized a net gain of $297,000 on the sale by a joint venture of a
vacant property in the nine months ended September 30, 2008. There was
no comparable gain in the nine months ended September 30, 2009.
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Interest
and other income decreased by $195,000, or 40%, and $72,000, or 45.9%, to
$292,000 and $85,000 for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2009,
respectively. We had less cash available for investment in short-term cash
equivalents in both periods, as we applied available cash to the purchase of
nine properties in September 2008. In addition, interest rates earned
on short term cash equivalents have declined significantly. Offsetting the
decrease in interest income was $110,000 of consulting fee income and $37,000
received for granting an easement at one of our properties, both recorded in the
nine months ended September 30, 2009.
Interest
expense increased by $123,000, or 1.2%, to $10.3 million for the nine months
ended September 30, 2009 and remained constant for the three months ended
September 30, 2009 as compared to the three months ended September 30,
2008. The increase results primarily from an increase of $476,000 of
interest expense related to our line of credit as we drew down funds for the
purchase of eight properties in September 2008. Additionally, the
increase was due to interest expense on fixed rate mortgages placed on three
properties between September 2008 and March 2009. These increases were offset in
part from the payoff in full of a loan payable in October 2008, as well as from
monthly principal amortization of mortgages.
Amortization
of deferred financing costs increased by $147,000, or 33.6%, and $37,000, or
25.3%, to $585,000 and $183,000 for the nine and three months ended September
30, 2009, respectively. The increase in the nine month period results
primarily from $118,000 of accelerated amortization of deferred financing costs
relating to a mortgage loan that was refinanced during the quarter ended March
31, 2009. In addition, the nine and three months ended September 30,
2009 includes $37,000 of accelerated amortization of deferred financing costs
relating to a mortgage loan that was repaid in full during the three months
ended September 30, 2009.
During
the nine months ended September 30, 2008, we sold five acres of excess
unimproved land that we acquired as part of the purchase of a flex building in
2000 and recognized a gain of $1.8 million. There was no such gain in
the nine months ended September 30, 2009.
Discontinued
Operations
Income
from operations included in discontinued operations decreased by $693,000, or
40.6%, and $353,000, or 51.8%, to $1,012,000 and $328,000 for the nine and three
months ended September 30, 2009, respectively. Included are the operations of
five properties that were formerly leased to Circuit City Stores, Inc., which
filed for protection under the federal bankruptcy laws in November 2008 and
rejected leases for two of the properties in December 2008 and the remaining
three properties in March 2009. As a result, the Circuit City properties
generated net income in the nine and three months ended September 30, 2008, but
produced losses in the current nine and three month periods. In addition, the
nine months ended September 30, 2009 includes accrued mortgage interest expense
totaling $297,000 for the period December 2008 through July 7, 2009 and accrued
real estate tax expense totaling $246,000 on these five properties. As discussed
below, these properties were conveyed to the mortgagee in July
2009.
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The
decrease in income from operations included in discontinued operations also
resulted from a mortgage and interest rate swap placed on a property in November
2008. This property was sold in October 2009. The interest expense on this
mortgage amounted to $411,000 and $208,000 for the nine and three months ended
September 30, 2009, respectively, and there was no such expense in the prior
nine and three month periods.
Offsetting
these losses are the operations of a property for which we received a $400,000
lease termination payment in March 2009 from a retail tenant that had been
paying its rent on a current basis, but had vacated the property in 2006. In
March 2009, we sold this property and recorded an impairment charge of $229,000
to recognize the loss. This is in addition to an impairment charge of $752,000
taken against this property during the three months ended June 30,
2008.
In July
2009, non-recourse mortgages, secured and cross collateralized by the five
former Circuit City properties, had an outstanding balance of
$8,706,000. No payments had been made on these mortgages since
December 1, 2008 and a letter of default was received on March 16, 2009. In July
2009, these properties were conveyed to the mortgagee by deeds-in-lieu of
foreclosure and OLP and the five wholly-owned subsidiaries which owned the
Circuit City properties were released from all obligations, including principal,
interest and real estate taxes due. The carrying value of the portfolio of the
properties transferred of $8,075,000, net of the $5,231,000 of impairment
charges taken at December 31, 2008, approximated their fair value and therefore
no additional gain or loss was recorded on these assets. In the nine and three
months ended September 30, 2009, we recognized an $897,000 gain based on the
excess of the carrying amount of the payables (mortgage, real estate taxes and
mortgage interest) over the fair value of the portfolio of properties
transferred. The gain also reflects the write off of deferred costs and escrows
relating to these mortgages totaling $277,000.
Liquidity and Capital
Resources
We
require capital to fund our operations. Our capital sources include
income from operating activities, borrowings under our revolving credit facility
and mortgage loans secured by our properties. Our available liquidity
at September
30, 2009 includes approximately $10.6 million of cash and cash
equivalents, $9.2 million of available-for-sale securities (including $6.5
million of treasury bills) and $35.5 million available under our revolving
credit facility (which can be used to pay off existing mortgages, to fund the
acquisition of additional properties or to invest in joint
ventures). With the tightening of liquidity by lending institutions,
it has been difficult to secure mortgage indebtedness and as a result, our
ability to make new property acquisitions or increase liquidity will continue to
be limited until credit, particularly mortgage loans, become more readily
available.
We expect
to meet our short-term liquidity requirements generally through our cash and
cash equivalents and cash provided by operating activities. The most significant
source available to us for a new property acquisition is our revolving credit
facility. All of our requests for draw downs under our credit
facility have been satisfied to date. However, in view of the current
uncertainties in the economy and our limited ability to secure mortgage
indebtedness, we have adopted a conservative acquisition
strategy.
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We expect
to meet our long term liquidity requirements through existing cash and
available-for-sale securities, proceeds from debt, including under a credit
facility, mortgage financings on our properties (including refinances), and if
required, the sale of properties. We believe that the value of our
real estate portfolio is, and will continue to be, sufficient to allow us to
refinance the existing mortgage debt at maturity and repay all indebtedness we
owe under our credit facility. We sold two of our properties in October 2009
which resulted in approximately $11 million of net cash to us. In
addition, in order to increase our cash position, in January 2009, we reduced
our quarterly dividend by 38.8%, to $.22 per share, and in connection with our
most recent quarterly dividends of $.22 per share paid in April, July and
October 2009, took advantage of a recently adopted Internal Revenue Service
Revenue Ruling which allows us to satisfy our REIT dividend requirement relating to taxable income
earned in 2009, by paying our quarterly dividend in cash and shares of
our common stock, provided the cash portion of the dividend is at least 10% of
the aggregate amount.
Our
current credit facility matures on March 31, 2010. The growth of our
business through acquisitions is dependent on securing an extension of our
credit facility or securing a new credit facility. Any decision by
our lenders (or potential lenders) to provide us with financing will depend upon
a number of factors, such as the continuation of the current economic recession,
our compliance with the terms of our existing credit facility, our financial
performance, industry and market trends, the general availability of and rates
applicable to financing transactions, such lenders' resources and policies
concerning the terms under which they make capital commitments and the relative
attractiveness of alternative investment or lending opportunities. We owe $27
million under the facility. We are currently engaged in negotiations with our
current lending group with respect to a new and revised credit facility, but we
cannot be certain that we will successfully consummate a new facility or that
the terms will be satisfactory. Given the current economic and lending
environment we expect that the terms of a new facility will be less favorable
than the terms of the existing facility. If we are not successful in
consummating a new facility by March 31, 2010, the sale of some properties may
be required to repay the debt.
At
September 30, 2009, excluding mortgages payable of our unconsolidated joint
ventures, we had 37 outstanding mortgages payable secured by 54 properties,
aggregating approximately $211 million in principal amount. All of these
mortgages are secured by first liens on individual real estate investments with
an aggregate carrying value of approximately $346 million, before accumulated
depreciation. The mortgages bear interest at fixed rates ranging from 5.44% to
8.8%, and mature between 2009 and 2037. During the period October 1,
2009 through December 31, 2009, $1.7 million of our mortgage debt will mature
and we believe our present and anticipated cash position is sufficient to repay
this mortgage debt.
Credit
Facility
We are a
party to a credit agreement, as amended, with VNB New York Corp., Bank Leumi,
USA, Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company and Israel Discount Bank of New
York which provides for a $62.5 million revolving credit
facility. The credit facility is available to us to pay off existing
mortgages, to fund the acquisition of additional properties or to invest in
joint ventures. The facility matures on March 31,
2010. Borrowings under the facility bear interest at the lower of
LIBOR plus 2.15% or the bank’s prime rate and there is an unused facility fee of
¼% per annum. Net proceeds received from the sale or refinancing of
properties are required to be used to repay amounts outstanding under the
facility if proceeds from the facility were used to purchase or refinance the
property. The facility is guaranteed by our subsidiaries that own
unencumbered properties and is secured by the outstanding stock of subsidiary
entities.
At
September 30, 2009, we had no outstanding contingent commitments, such as
guarantees of indebtedness, or any other contractual cash obligations, other
than mortgage payable debt, interest rate swaps and the amount outstanding under
our line of credit.
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Distribution
Policy
We have
elected to be taxed as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended. To qualify as a REIT, we must meet a number of organizational and
operational requirements, including a requirement that we distribute currently
at least 90% of our ordinary taxable income to our stockholders. It
is our current intention to comply with these requirements and maintain our REIT
status. As a REIT, we generally will not be subject to corporate
federal, state or local income taxes on taxable income we distribute currently
(in accordance with the Internal Revenue Code and applicable regulations) to our
stockholders. If we fail to qualify as a REIT in any taxable year, we will be
subject to federal, state and local income taxes at regular corporate rates and
may not be able to qualify as a REIT for four subsequent tax
years. Even if we qualify as a REIT for federal taxation purposes, we
may be subject to certain state and local taxes on our income and to federal
income and/or excise taxes on our undistributed taxable income (i.e., taxable
income not distributed in the amounts and in the time frames prescribed by the
Internal Revenue Code and applicable regulations thereunder).
The
following table details the distributions paid in 2009 in cash and our common
stock.
Payment Date
|
Total Dividend
|
Cash
|
# Common
Shares
|
Per Share Value of
Common Stock
|
||||||||||||
October
30, 2009
|
$ | 2,401,000 | $ | 240,000 | 255,000 | $ | 8.45 | |||||||||
July
21, 2009
|
$ | 2,333,000 | $ | 234,000 | 376,000 | $ | 5.58 | |||||||||
April
27, 2009
|
$ | 2,229,000 | $ | 223,000 | 529,000 | $ | 3.79 |
Item
3. Quantitative and Qualitative
Disclosures About Market Risk
Our
primary market risk exposure is the effect of changes in interest rates on the
interest cost of draws on our revolving variable rate credit facility and the
effect of changes in the fair value of our interest rate swap
agreements. Interest rates are highly sensitive to many factors,
including governmental monetary and tax policies, domestic and international
economic and political considerations and other factors beyond our
control.
As of
September 30, 2009, we had two interest rate swaps outstanding which had an
aggregate notional value of $20.4 million, one of which was designated as a cash
flow hedge and the other as un-designated. Our designated interest
rate swap agreement is perfectly effective with no
ineffectiveness. Changes in the fair value of the effective portion
of our designated interest rate swap is recorded in other comprehensive income
and is subsequently reclassified to interest expense as we make payments on our
variable debt. Changes in the fair value of the ineffective portion
of our undesignated interest rate swap (attributable to the late designation of
one of the Company’s interest rate swap agreements) are recognized directly in
earnings. As of September 30, 2009, we recorded a $111,000 gain on
hedge ineffectiveness and a $63,000 gain due to accelerated reclassifications of
amounts in other comprehensive income to earnings as a result of the termination
in October 2009, of a loan agreement associated with our undesignated interest
rate swap. The fair value of our interest rate swap agreements are
dependent upon existing market interest rates and swap spreads, which change
over time. If there had been a 100 basis point increase in forward
interest rates, we would have recorded income of approximately $359,000 and if
there had been a 100 basis point decrease in forward interest rates, we would
have recorded an expense of approximately $374,000.
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We
utilize interest rate swaps to limit interest rate risk and are used for hedging
purposes rather than speculation. We do not enter into interest rate
swaps for trading purposes.
In
connection with our long-term mortgage debt, which bears interest at fixed rates
or is subject to an interest rate swap, and accordingly, the effect of changes
in interest rates would not impact the amount of interest expense that we incur
under these mortgages. Our credit facility is a revolving variable
rate facility which is sensitive to interest rates. Under current
market conditions, we do not believe that our risk of material potential losses
in future earnings, fair values and/or cash flows from near-term changes in
market rates that we consider reasonably possible is material.
We
assessed the market risk for our revolving variable rate credit facility and
believe that a 1% increase in interest rates would cause a decrease in annual
net income of $270,000 and a 1% decrease would cause an increase in annual net
income of $270,000 based on the $27 million outstanding on our credit facility
at September 30, 2009.
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Item
4. Controls
and Procedures
As
required under Rules 13a-15 (e) and 15d-15 (e) under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended, we carried out an evaluation under the supervision and with
the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and
Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our
disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934). Based upon that evaluation, the
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our
disclosure controls and procedures as of September 30, 2009 are
effective.
There
were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in
Rule 13a-15(f) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) during the nine and
three months ended September 30, 2009 that materially affected, or are
reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial
reporting.
Part II –
OTHER INFORMATION
Item
2. Unregistered Sales of Equity
Securities and Use of Proceeds
The table
below sets forth the purchases we made of our common stock in the three months
ended September 30, 2009:
Issuer Purchases of Equity
Securities
Period
|
Total Number of
Shares (or Units
Purchased)
|
Average Price
Paid per Share
(or Unit)
|
Total Number of
Shares (or Units)
Purchased as Part of
Publicly Announced
Plans or Programs
|
Maximum Number
(or Approximate
Dollar Value) of
Shares (or Units) that
May Yet Be
Purchased Under the
Plans or Programs
|
|||||||||
July 1, 2009-July 31, 2009
|
117,099 shares (a)
|
$ | 5.97 |
117,099 shares
|
199,504 shares
|
||||||||
August 1, 2009-August 31, 2009
|
- | - | - |
199,504 shares
|
|||||||||
September 1, 2009-September 30, 2009
|
- | - | - |
199,504
shares
|
(a) On
November 6, 2008, we announced that our board of directors authorized a program
for us to repurchase up to 500,000 shares of our common stock in the open market
from time to time, which may continue for up to twelve months. These shares were
purchased pursuant to this program.
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Item
6. Exhibits
Exhibit 31.1
|
Certification
of President and Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. (Filed with this Form
10-Q.)
|
Exhibit 31.2
|
Certification
of Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section
302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. (Filed with this Form
10-Q.)
|
Exhibit 32.1
|
Certification
of President and Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. (Filed with this Form
10-Q.)
|
Exhibit 32.2
|
Certification
of Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section
906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. (Filed with this Form
10-Q.)
|
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ONE
LIBERTY PROPERTIES, INC.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
One
Liberty Properties, Inc.
|
(Registrant)
|
November
6, 2009
|
/s/
Patrick J. Callan, Jr.
|
|
Date
|
Patrick
J. Callan, Jr.
|
|
President
and Chief Executive Officer
|
||
(principal
executive
officer)
|
November
6, 2009
|
/s/
David W. Kalish
|
|
Date
|
David
W. Kalish
|
|
Senior
Vice President and
|
||
Chief
Financial Officer
|
||
(principal
financial
officer)
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