READING INTERNATIONAL INC - Quarter Report: 2009 September (Form 10-Q)
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
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FORM
10-Q
(Mark
One)
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QUARTERLY
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
1934
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For the quarterly period
ended: September 30, 2009
OR
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TRANSITION
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
1934
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For the transition period from
_____________ to ___________
Commission
file number 1-8625
READING
INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(Exact
name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
NEVADA
(State
or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
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95-3885184
(IRS
Employer Identification No.)
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500
Citadel Drive, Suite 300
Commerce, CA
(Address
of principal executive offices)
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90040
(Zip
Code)
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Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code: (213) 235-2240
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 twelve 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 þ No ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the
registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a
non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated filer and large
accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check
one): Large accelerated filer ¨ Accelerated
filer þ Non-accelerated
filer ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the
registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange
Act). Yes ¨ No þ
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 6, 2009, there were 21,129,582
shares of Class A Nonvoting Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share and
1,495,490 shares of Class B Voting Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share
outstanding.
READING INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND
SUBSIDIARIES
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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PART I –
Financial Information
Item 1 – Financial
Statements
Reading
International, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)
(U.S.
dollars in thousands)
September
30,
2009
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December
31,
2008
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ASSETS
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Current
Assets:
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Cash
and cash equivalents
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$ | 19,253 | $ | 30,874 | ||||
Receivables
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6,294 | 7,868 | ||||||
Inventory
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733 | 797 | ||||||
Investment
in marketable securities
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2,516 | 3,100 | ||||||
Restricted
cash
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1,339 | 1,656 | ||||||
Prepaid
and other current assets
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3,810 | 2,324 | ||||||
Total
current assets
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33,945 | 46,619 | ||||||
Property
held for and under development
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77,468 | 69,016 | ||||||
Property
& equipment, net
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203,985 | 173,662 | ||||||
Investments
in unconsolidated joint ventures and entities
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10,879 | 11,643 | ||||||
Investment
in Reading International Trust I
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838 | 1,547 | ||||||
Goodwill
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37,312 | 34,964 | ||||||
Intangible
assets, net
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23,310 | 25,118 | ||||||
Other
assets
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14,498 | 9,301 | ||||||
Total
assets
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$ | 402,235 | $ | 371,870 | ||||
LIABILITIES
AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
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Current
Liabilities:
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Accounts
payable and accrued liabilities
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$ | 12,467 | $ | 13,170 | ||||
Film
rent payable
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4,720 | 7,315 | ||||||
Notes
payable – current portion
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7,934 | 1,347 | ||||||
Taxes
payable
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6,231 | 6,425 | ||||||
Deferred
current revenue
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5,165 | 5,645 | ||||||
Other
current liabilities
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141 | 201 | ||||||
Total
current liabilities
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36,658 | 34,103 | ||||||
Notes
payable – long-term portion
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176,976 | 172,268 | ||||||
Notes
payable to related party – long-term portion
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14,000 | 14,000 | ||||||
Subordinated
debt – trust preferred securities
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27,913 | 51,547 | ||||||
Noncurrent
tax liabilities
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6,729 | 6,347 | ||||||
Deferred
non-current revenue
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595 | 554 | ||||||
Other
liabilities
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26,148 | 23,604 | ||||||
Total
liabilities
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289,019 | 302,423 | ||||||
Commitments
and contingencies (Note 13)
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Stockholders’
equity:
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Class
A Nonvoting Common Stock, par value $0.01, 100,000,000 shares authorized,
35,706,806 issued and 21,129,582 outstanding at September 30, 2009 and
35,564,339 issued and 20,987,115 outstanding at December 31,
2008
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216 | 216 | ||||||
Class
B Voting Common Stock, par value $0.01, 20,000,000 shares authorized and
1,495,490 issued and outstanding at September 30, 2009 and at December 31,
2008
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15 | 15 | ||||||
Nonvoting
Preferred Stock, par value $0.01, 12,000 shares authorized and no
outstanding shares
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-- | -- | ||||||
Additional
paid-in capital
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134,300 | 133,906 | ||||||
Accumulated
deficit
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(59,837 | ) | (69,477 | ) | ||||
Treasury
shares
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(4,306 | ) | (4,306 | ) | ||||
Accumulated
other comprehensive income
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40,954 | 7,276 | ||||||
Total
Reading International, Inc. stockholders’ equity
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111,342 | 67,630 | ||||||
Noncontrolling
interest
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1,874 | 1,817 | ||||||
Total
stockholders’ equity
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113,216 | 69,447 | ||||||
Total
liabilities and stockholders’ equity
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$ | 402,235 | $ | 371,870 |
See
accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial
statements.
Reading International, Inc. and
Subsidiaries
Condensed
Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited)
(U.S.
dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)
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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Revenue
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Cinema
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$ | 52,340 | $ | 54,036 | $ | 146,991 | $ | 138,867 | ||||||||
Real
estate
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3,727 | 3,855 | 10,576 | 12,501 | ||||||||||||
Total
operating revenue
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56,067 | 57,891 | 157,567 | 151,368 | ||||||||||||
Operating
expense
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Cinema
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40,544 | 42,491 | 113,599 | 111,676 | ||||||||||||
Real
estate
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3,137 | 2,493 | 8,770 | 6,903 | ||||||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
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4,001 | 5,101 | 11,169 | 14,511 | ||||||||||||
Loss
on transfer of real estate held for sale to continuing
operations
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-- | -- | 549 | -- | ||||||||||||
General
and administrative
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4,206 | 4,396 | 12,875 | 13,993 | ||||||||||||
Other
operating income
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(2,551 | ) | -- | (2,551 | ) | -- | ||||||||||
Total
operating expense
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49,337 | 54,481 | 144,411 | 147,083 | ||||||||||||
Operating
income
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6,730 | 3,410 | 13,156 | 4,285 | ||||||||||||
Interest
income
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143 | 225 | 880 | 829 | ||||||||||||
Interest
expense
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(3,619 | ) | (4,183 | ) | (11,617 | ) | (10,661 | ) | ||||||||
Gain
on retirement of subordinated debt (trust preferred
securities)
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-- | -- | 10,714 | -- | ||||||||||||
Other
income (loss)
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(24 | ) | (1,009 | ) | (2,740 | ) | 2,033 | |||||||||
Income
(loss) before income tax expense and equity earnings of unconsolidated
joint ventures and entities
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3,230 | (1,557 | ) | 10,393 | (3,514 | ) | ||||||||||
Income
tax expense
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(424 | ) | (689 | ) | (1,422 | ) | (1,513 | ) | ||||||||
Income
(loss) before equity earnings of unconsolidated joint ventures and
entities
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2,806 | (2,246 | ) | 8,971 | (5,027 | ) | ||||||||||
Equity
earnings of unconsolidated joint ventures and entities
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202 | 270 | 861 | 817 | ||||||||||||
Gain
on sale of investments in unconsolidated entities
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268 | -- | 268 | 2,450 | ||||||||||||
Net
income (loss)
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$ | 3,276 | $ | (1,976 | ) | $ | 10,100 | $ | (1,760 | ) | ||||||
Net
income attributable to noncontrolling interest
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(133 | ) | (85 | ) | (460 | ) | (246 | ) | ||||||||
Net
income (loss) attributable to Reading International, Inc. common
shareholders
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$ | 3,143 | $ | (2,061 | ) | $ | 9,640 | $ | (2,006 | ) | ||||||
Basic
and diluted earnings (loss) per share attributable to Reading
International, Inc. common shareholders
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$ | 0.14 | $ | (0.09 | ) | $ | 0.43 | $ | (0.09 | ) | ||||||
Weighted
average number of shares outstanding – basic
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22,594,517 | 22,476,904 | 22,562,309 | 22,476,514 | ||||||||||||
Weighted
average number of shares outstanding – dilutive
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22,662,306 | 22,476,904 | 22,630,097 | 22,476,514 |
See
accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial
statements.
Reading International, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Condensed
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)
(U.S.
dollars in thousands)
Nine
Months Ended
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September
30,
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2009
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2008
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Operating
Activities
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Net
income (loss)
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$ | 10,100 | $ | (1,760 | ) | |||
Adjustments
to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided
by operating activities:
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(Gain)
loss recognized on foreign currency transactions
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2,310 | (446 | ) | |||||
Equity
earnings of unconsolidated joint ventures and entities
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(861 | ) | (817 | ) | ||||
Distributions
of earnings from unconsolidated joint ventures and
entities
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1,036 | 731 | ||||||
Other-than-temporary
loss on marketable securities
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2,093 | 1 | ||||||
Gain
on retirement of subordinated debt (trust preferred
securities)
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(10,714 | ) | -- | |||||
Gain
on option termination
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(1,530 | ) | -- | |||||
Gain
in other operating income
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(2,551 | ) | ||||||
Loss
on transfer of real estate held for sale to continuing
operations
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549 | -- | ||||||
Gain
on sale of investments in unconsolidated entities
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(268 | ) | (2,450 | ) | ||||
Loss
related to impairment of assets
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-- | 1,049 | ||||||
Gain
on insurance
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-- | (910 | ) | |||||
Depreciation
and amortization
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11,169 | 14,511 | ||||||
Amortization
of prior service costs
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213 | 214 | ||||||
Amortization
of above and below market leases
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545 | 638 | ||||||
Amortization
of deferred financing costs
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595 | 513 | ||||||
Amortization
of straight-line rent
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962 | 1,310 | ||||||
Stock
based compensation expense
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394 | 908 | ||||||
Changes
in operating assets and liabilities:
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(Increase)
decrease in receivables
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2,294 | (1,908 | ) | |||||
Increase in
prepaid and other assets
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(1,501 | ) | (220 | ) | ||||
Increase
(decrease) in accounts payable and accrued expenses
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(1,243 | ) | 1,729 | |||||
Increase
(decrease) in film rent payable
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(3,109 | ) | 1,225 | |||||
Increase
in deferred revenues and other liabilities
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64 | 1,534 | ||||||
Net
cash provided by operating activities
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10,547 | 15,852 | ||||||
Investing
activities
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Acquisitions
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-- | (51,746 | ) | |||||
Acquisition
deposit (paid) returned
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(706 | ) | 2,000 | |||||
Purchases
of and additions to property and equipment
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(3,999 | ) | (18,431 | ) | ||||
Change
in restricted cash
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317 | (214 | ) | |||||
Purchase
of marketable securities
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(11,463 | ) | -- | |||||
Investments
in unconsolidated joint ventures and entities
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-- | (381 | ) | |||||
Distributions
of investment in unconsolidated joint ventures and
entities
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2,989 | 214 | ||||||
Option
proceeds
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285 | 1,095 | ||||||
Proceeds
from the sale of an unconsolidated joint venture
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-- | 3,267 | ||||||
Proceeds
from insurance
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-- | 910 | ||||||
Net
cash used in investing activities
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(12,577 | ) | (63,286 | ) | ||||
Financing
activities
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Repayment
of long-term borrowings
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(13,059 | ) | (8,670 | ) | ||||
Proceeds
from borrowings
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1,453 | 66,285 | ||||||
Capitalized
borrowing costs
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-- | (2,498 | ) | |||||
Noncontrolling
interest contributions
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175 | -- | ||||||
Noncontrolling
interest distributions
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(714 | ) | (788 | ) | ||||
Net
cash provided by (used in) financing activities
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(12,145 | ) | 54,329 | |||||
Effect
of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
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2,554 | (2,559 | ) | |||||
Increase
(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
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(11,621 | ) | 4,336 | |||||
Cash
and cash equivalents at beginning of period
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30,874 | 20,783 | ||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents at end of period
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$ | 19,253 | $ | 25,119 | ||||
Supplemental
Disclosures
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Interest paid, net of amounts
capitalized
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$ | 11,009 | $ | 13,547 | ||||
Income taxes paid
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$ | 368 | $ | 221 | ||||
Non-cash
transactions
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Exchange of marketable securities
for Reading International Trust I securities
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$ | (11,463 | ) | $ | -- | |||
Retirement of subordinated debt
(trust preferred securities)
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$ | (23,634 | ) | $ | -- | |||
Retirement of Reading
International Trust I securities
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$ | 11,463 | $ | -- | ||||
Retirement of investment in
Reading International Trust I securities
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$ | 709 | $ | -- | ||||
Note payable due to Seller issued
for acquisition
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$ | -- | $ | 14,750 |
See
accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial
statements.
Reading International, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes
to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)
For
the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2009
Note
1 – Basis of Presentation
Reading International, Inc., a Nevada
corporation (“RDI” and collectively with our consolidated subsidiaries and
corporate predecessors, the “Company,” “Reading” and “we,” “us,” or “our”), was
founded in 1983 as a Delaware corporation and reincorporated in 1999 in
Nevada. Our businesses consist primarily of:
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the
development, ownership and operation of multiplex cinemas in the United
States, Australia, and New Zealand
and
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the
development, ownership, and operation of retail and commercial real estate
in Australia, New Zealand, and the United
States.
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The accompanying unaudited condensed
consolidated financial statements were prepared in accordance with accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“US GAAP”) for
interim reporting and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Rule 10-01 of
Regulation S-X of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for interim
reporting. As such, certain information and disclosures typically
required by US GAAP for complete financial statements have been condensed or
omitted. There have been no material changes in the information
disclosed in the notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements
contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008
(“2008 Annual Report”). Additionally, we filed an amended annual
report on Form 10-K/A on October 20, 2009. The financial information
presented in this quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September
30, 2009 (the “September Report”) should be read in conjunction with our 2008
Annual Report which contains the latest audited financial statements and related
notes. The periods presented in this document are the three (“2009
Quarter”) and nine (“2009 Nine Months”) months ended September 30, 2009 and the
three (“2008 Quarter”) and nine (“2008 Nine Months”) months ended September 30,
2008.
In the opinion of management, all
adjustments of a normal recurring nature considered necessary to present fairly
in all material respects our financial position, results of our operations and
cash flows as of and for the three months and nine months ended September 30,
2009 and 2008 have been made. The results of operations for the three
months and nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 are not necessarily
indicative of the results of operations to be expected for the entire
year. We have evaluated subsequent events for recognition or
disclosure through November 6, 2009, which was the date we filed this Form 10-Q
with the SEC.
Marketable
Securities
We had investments in marketable
securities of $2.5 million and $3.1 million at September 30, 2009 and December
31, 2008, respectively. We account for these investments as available
for sale investments. We assess our investment in marketable
securities for other-than-temporary impairments in accordance with ASC 320-10
for each applicable reporting period. During the nine months ended
September 30, 2009, we recorded other-than-temporary losses of $2.1 million and
during the nine months ended September 30, 2008, we recorded
other-than-temporary losses of $1,000 on certain marketable
securities. Additionally, these investments have a cumulative
unrealized gain of $1.1 included in accumulated other comprehensive income at
September 30, 2009. For both the three months and nine months ended
September 30, 2009 our net unrealized gain on marketable securities was $1.1
million. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008, our
net unrealized loss on marketable securities was $6,000 and $2,000,
respectively.
Other
Income/Loss
For the
three and nine months ended September 30, 2009, we recorded other losses of
$24,000 and $2.7 million, respectively, compared to an other loss of $1.0
million and an other income of $2.0 million for the same periods in
2008. For the three months ended September 30, 2009, the $24,000
other loss included a $250,000 legal settlement gain for our now concluded,
Puerto Rico litigation and a $224,000 provision loss on our Whitehorse Center
litigation. For the nine months ended September 30, 2009, the $2.7
million other loss included a $2.3 million loss on foreign currency
transactions, a $2.0 million other-than-temporary loss on marketable securities,
offset by a $1.5 million gain from fees associated with a terminated
option. For the three months ended September 30, 2008, the other loss
of $1.0 million related primarily to a property impairment expense during the
quarter. For the nine months ended September 30, 2008, the $2.0
million income related to the aforementioned property impairment expense of $1.0
million. This was offset by (i) the Whitehorse Center litigation
settlement receipts totaling $1.1 million, (ii) insurance proceeds of $910,000
related to damage caused by Hurricane George in 1998, (iii) recovered costs of
$385,000 relating to certain setoffs taken by our credit card servicers, and
(iv) a gain on foreign currency transactions of $446,000.
Deferred Leasing
Costs
We
amortize direct costs incurred in connection with obtaining tenants over the
respective term of the lease on a straight-line basis.
Deferred Financing
Costs
We
amortize direct costs incurred in connection with obtaining financing over the
term of the loan using the effective interest method, or the straight-line
method, if the result is not materially different. In addition,
interest on loans with increasing interest rates and scheduled principal
pre-payments, is also recognized using the effective interest
method.
Accounting Pronouncements
Adopted During 2009
SFAS 168 – FASB Accounting
Standards Codification
In June
2009, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued its final Statement
of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 168 – The FASB Accounting Standards
Codification and the Hierarchy of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles a
replacement of FASB Statement No. 162. SFAS No. 168 made the FASB
Accounting Standards Codification (the “Codification”) the single source of U.S.
GAAP used by nongovernmental entities in the preparation of financial
statements, except for rules and interpretive releases of the SEC under
authority of federal securities laws, which are sources of authoritative
accounting guidance for SEC registrants. The Codification is meant to
simplify user access to all authoritative accounting guidance by reorganizing
U.S. GAAP pronouncements. Therefore, we have changed our former
references to U.S. GAAP to be in conformity with the Codification
standards.
ASC 810-10 – Noncontrolling
Interests
Effective
January 1, 2009, the Company adopted the provisions of FASB Accounting Standards
Codification (“ASC”) 810-10, which requires that amounts formerly reported as
minority interests in the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial
statements be reported as noncontrolling interests. These revisions
clarify that noncontrolling interests with redemption provisions outside of the
control of the issuer and noncontrolling interests with redemption provisions
that permit the issuer to settle in either cash or common shares at the option
of the issuer are subject to evaluation under FASB ASC 810-10 to determine the
appropriate balance sheet classification and measurement of
such instruments. This adoption resulted in
modifications
to the reporting of noncontrolling interests in the Unaudited Condensed
Consolidated Financial Statements.
The
adoption of FASB ASC 810-10 had an impact on the presentation and disclosure of
noncontrolling (minority) interests in our condensed consolidated financial
statements. Because of the retrospective presentation and disclosure
requirements of FASB ASC 810-10, the Company will be required to reflect the
change in presentation and disclosure for all periods presented in future
filings.
The
effect of the reclassification of the non-controlling interest on our prior
year’s income statement related to the adoption of FASB ASC 810-10 is a decrease
in the net income and an increase in loss before equity earnings of
unconsolidated joint ventures and entities of $85,000 and $246,000 for the three
months and nine months ended September 30, 2008, respectively.
Non-controlling
interest represents ownership interests not held by Reading International, Inc.
in its underlying consolidated subsidiaries.
FASB ASC 855-10 – Subsequent
Events
Effective
for the second quarter of 2009, the Company adopted the provisions of FASB ASC
855-10 – Subsequent Events (“ASC 855-10”). ASC 855-10 establishes
principles and requirements for evaluating and reporting subsequent events and
distinguishes which subsequent events should be recognized in the financial
statements versus which subsequent events should be disclosed in the financial
statements. ASC 855-10 also requires disclosure of the date through
which subsequent events are evaluated by management (see Note 1 – Basis of
Presentation). The adoption of ASC 855-10 did not have a
material impact on the Company’s financial statements.
FASB ASC 855-10-65 -
Accounting for Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed in a Business Combination
That Arise from Contingencies
In April
2009, the FASB issued FASB ASC 855-10-65 relating to accounting for assets
acquired and liabilities assumed in a business combination that arise from
contingencies (“FASB ASC 855-10-65”). FASB ASC 855-10-65 addresses
application issues on the accounting for contingencies in a business
combination. FASB ASC 855-10-65 is effective for assets or
liabilities arising from contingencies in business combinations acquired on or
after January 1, 2009. The adoption of FASB ASC 855-10-65 did not
have any impact on the Company’s financial statements.
FASB ASC
320-10-65
– Recognition
and Presentation of Other-Than-Temporary Impairments
In April
2009, the FASB issued FASB ASC 320-10-65 relating to the recognition and
presentation of other-than-temporary impairments (“FASB ASC
320-10-65”). FASB ASC 320-10-65 changes the method for determining
whether an other-than-temporary impairment exists for debt securities and the
amount of the impairment to be recorded in earnings, as well as expands and
increases the frequency of existing disclosures about other-than-temporary
impairments for debt and equity securities. FASB ASC 320-10-65 is
effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years,
ending after June 15, 2009. The adoption of FASB ASC 320-10-65 did
not have any impact on the Company’s financial statements.
New Accounting
Pronouncements
FASB ASC 810-10-15 –
Variable Interest Entities
In June
2009, an update was made to FASB ASC 810-10-15 related to variable interest
entities. This update changes the calculation for determining
entities that have a controlling financial interest in a variable interest
entity (“VIE”) from a quantitative based risks and rewards calculation to a
qualitative approach. The qualitative approach identifies which
entities have the power to direct the activities that most significantly affect
the VIE’s economic performance, have the obligation to absorb losses of the VIE,
or have the right to receive benefits from the VIE. The update also
requires ongoing assessments as to whether an entity is the primary beneficiary
of a VIE (previously, reconsideration was only required upon the occurrence of
specific events), modifies the presentation of consolidated VIE assets and
liabilities, and requires additional disclosures about a company’s involvement
in VIEs. This update will be effective for the company beginning
January 1, 2010. Management is currently evaluating the effect that
adoption of this update will have, if any, on our consolidated financial
position and results of operations when it becomes effective in
2010.
Note
2 –Equity and Stock Based Compensation
Equity
Compensation
Landplan Property Partners,
Pty Ltd
As more
fully described in our 2008 Annual Report, we have granted our President of
Landplan Property Partners, Pty Ltd (“LPP”), Mr. Doug Osborne, as incentive
compensation, a subordinated carried interest in certain property trusts, owned
by LPP or its affiliates and formed to acquire and hold LPP’s real property
investments. The estimated value of Mr. Osborne’s incentive interest
of $234,000 at September 30, 2009 is included in the noncontrolling interest in
these property trusts at September 30, 2009 (see Note 14 – Noncontrolling
Interest). During the three and nine months ended September
30, 2009, we expensed $13,000 and $68,000, respectively. During the
three months ended September 30, 2008, we adjusted the expense for these
interests based on the then more current project estimates for our Lake Taupo
and Indooroopilly projects resulting in a reduction of the three months expense
of $165,000 and a nine months ended September 30, 2008 expense of
$74,000. At September 30, 2009, the total unrecognized compensation
expense related to the LPP equity awards was $139,000, which we expect to
recognize over the remaining weighted average period of approximately 22
months. No amounts, however, will be payable unless the properties
held by the property trusts, on a consolidated basis, provide returns on capital
in excess of 11%, compounded annually.
Stock Based
Compensation
As part
of his compensation package, Mr. John Hunter, our Chief Operating Officer, was
granted $100,000 of restricted Class A Non-Voting Common Stock on February 12,
2008. This stock grant has a vesting period of two years and a stock
grant date price of $9.70.
On
February 11, 2009 and 2008, $100,000 and $50,000, respectively, of restricted
Class A Non-Voting Common Stock vested related to prior year
grants. During the nine months ended September 30, 2009, we issued
143,017 of Class A Nonvoting shares to certain executive employees associated
with their prior years’ stock bonuses. For the three and nine months ended
September 30, 2009, we recorded compensation expense of $56,000 and $169,000,
respectively, and, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008, we
recorded compensation expense of $100,000 and $296,000, respectively, related to
the vesting of all our restricted stock grants.
The
following table details the grants and vesting of restricted stock to our
employees (dollars in thousands):
Non-Vested
Restricted Stock
|
Fair
Value at Grant Date
|
|||||||
Outstanding
– December 31, 2008
|
33,621 | $ | 574 | |||||
Vested
|
(10,948 | ) | $ | (100 | ) | |||
Outstanding
– September 30, 2009
|
22,673 | $ | 474 |
Employee/Director Stock
Option Plan
We have a
long-term incentive stock option plan that provides for the grant to eligible
employees and non-employee directors of incentive stock options and
non-qualified stock options to purchase shares of the Company’s Class A
Nonvoting Common Stock.
When the
Company’s tax deduction from an option exercise exceeds the compensation cost
resulting from the option, a tax benefit is created. FASB ASC 718-40
relating to Stock-Based Compensation (“FASB ASC 718-40”), requires that excess
tax benefits related to stock option exercises be reflected as financing cash
inflows instead of operating cash inflows. For the three and nine
months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, there was no impact to the unaudited
condensed consolidated statement of cash flows because there were no recognized
tax benefits from stock option exercises during these periods.
FASB ASC
718-40 requires companies to estimate forfeitures. Based on our
historical experience and the relative market price to strike price of the
options, we do not currently estimate any forfeitures of vested or unvested
options.
In
accordance with FASB ASC 718-40, we estimate the fair value of our options using
the Black-Scholes option-pricing model, which takes into account assumptions
such as the dividend yield, the risk-free interest rate, the expected stock
price volatility, and the expected life of the options. We exclude
the dividend yield from the calculation, as we intend to retain all
earnings. We expense the estimated grant date fair values of options
issued on a straight-line basis over the vesting period.
We
granted 50,000 options during the three and nine months ended September 30,
2009. We granted no options in the three and nine months ended
September 30, 2008. We estimated the fair value of the 2009 granted
options at the date of grant using a Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the
following weighted average assumptions:
2009
|
|||
Stock
option exercise price
|
$4.01 | ||
Risk-free
interest rate
|
3.309% | ||
Expected
dividend yield
|
-- | ||
Expected
option life
|
9.60
yrs
|
||
Expected
volatility
|
33.74% | ||
Weighted
average fair value
|
$1.98 |
Based on
these assumptions and in accordance with the FASB ASC 718-40 modified
prospective method, we recorded $9,000 and $228,000, respectively, in
compensation expense for the total estimated grant date fair value of stock
options that vested during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009,
respectively. We
also
recorded $160,000 and $480,000 in compensation expense for the total estimated
grant date fair value of stock options that vested during the three and nine
months ended September 30, 2008, respectively. At September 30, 2009,
the total unrecognized estimated compensation cost related to non-vested stock
options granted was $110,000, which we expect to recognize over a weighted
average vesting period of 2.65 years. No options were exercised
during the three or nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008; therefore, no
cash was received and no value was realized from the exercise of options during
those periods. During the nine months ended September 30, 2009,
120,625 options vested having a current intrinsic value of $0 for the period, as
all the options were “out-of-the-money” at September 30, 2009. During
the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008, 1,875 and 122,500 options
vested having a current intrinsic value of $0 for the period as all the options
were “out-of-the-money” at September 30, 2008. The intrinsic,
unrealized value of all options outstanding, vested and expected to vest, at
September 30, 2009 was $224,000 of which 100% are currently
exercisable.
All stock
options granted have a contractual life of 10 years at the grant
date. The aggregate total number of shares of Class A Nonvoting
Common Stock and Class B Voting Common Stock authorized for issuance under our
1999 Stock Option Plan is 1,287,150. At the time that options are
exercised, at the discretion of management, we will either issue treasury shares
or make a new issuance of shares to the employee or board
member. Dependent on the grant letter to the employee or board
member, the required service period for option vesting is between zero and four
years.
We had
the following stock options outstanding and exercisable as of September 30, 2009
and December 31, 2008:
Common Stock Options
Outstanding
|
Weighted Average Exercise
Price of Options
Outstanding
|
Common Stock Exercisable
Options
|
Weighted Average
Price of Exercisable
Options
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Class
A
|
Class
B
|
Class
A
|
Class
B
|
Class
A
|
Class
B
|
Class
A
|
Class
B
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Outstanding-
January 1, 2008
|
577,850 | 185,100 | $ | 5.60 | $ | 9.90 | 477,850 | 35,100 | $ | 4.72 | $ | 8.47 | ||||||||||||||||||||
No activity during the
period
|
-- | -- | $ | -- | $ | -- | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Outstanding-
December 31, 2008
|
577,850 | 185,100 | $ | 5.60 | $ | 9.90 | 525,350 | 110,100 | $ | 5.19 | $ | 9.67 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Granted
|
50,000 | -- | $ | 4.01 | $ | -- | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Expired
|
-- | (35,100 | ) | $ | -- | $ | 8.47 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Outstanding-September
30, 2009
|
627,850 | 150,000 | $ | 5.48 | $ | 10.24 | 572,850 | 150,000 | $ | 5.58 | $ | 10.24 |
The
weighted average remaining contractual life of all options outstanding, vested,
and expected to vest at September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008 was
approximately 5.06 and 5.22 years, respectively. The weighted average
remaining contractual life of the exercisable options outstanding at September
30, 2009 and December 31, 2008 was approximately 4.71 and 4.61 years,
respectively.
Note
3 – Business Segments
We organize our operations into two
reportable business segments within the meaning of FASB ASC 280-10 - Segment
Reporting. Our reportable segments are (1) cinema exhibition and
(2) real
estate. The cinema segment is engaged in the development, ownership,
and operation of multiplex cinemas. The real estate segment is
engaged in the development, ownership, and operation of commercial
properties. Incident to our real estate operations we have acquired,
and continue to hold, raw land in urban and suburban centers in Australia and
New Zealand.
The
tables below summarize the results of operations for each of our principal
business segments for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009 and
2008, respectively. Operating expense includes costs
associated
with the day-to-day operations of the cinemas and the management of rental
properties including our live theater assets (dollars in
thousands):
Three
months ended September 30, 2009
|
Cinema
|
Real
Estate
|
Intersegment
Eliminations
|
Total
|
||||||||||||
Revenue
|
$ | 52,340 | $ | 6,349 | $ | (2,622 | ) | $ | 56,067 | |||||||
Operating
expense
|
43,166 | 3,137 | (2,622 | ) | 43,681 | |||||||||||
Depreciation
& amortization
|
2,723 | 1,039 | -- | 3,762 | ||||||||||||
General
& administrative expense
|
608 | 195 | -- | 803 | ||||||||||||
Segment
operating income
|
$ | 5,843 | $ | 1,978 | $ | -- | $ | 7,821 | ||||||||
Three
months ended September 30, 2008
|
Cinema
|
Real
Estate
|
Intersegment
Eliminations
|
Total
|
||||||||||||
Revenue
|
$ | 54,036 | $ | 6,108 | $ | (2,253 | ) | $ | 57,891 | |||||||
Operating
expense
|
44,744 | 2,493 | (2,253 | ) | 44,984 | |||||||||||
Depreciation
& amortization
|
3,848 | 1,090 | -- | 4,938 | ||||||||||||
General
& administrative expense
|
1,106 | 255 | -- | 1,361 | ||||||||||||
Segment
operating income
|
$ | 4,338 | $ | 2,270 | $ | -- | $ | 6,608 |
Reconciliation
to net income attributable to Reading International, Inc.
shareholders:
|
2009
Quarter
|
2008
Quarter
|
||||||
Total
segment operating income
|
$ | 7,821 | $ | 6,608 | ||||
Non-segment:
|
||||||||
Depreciation and amortization
expense
|
239 | 163 | ||||||
General and administrative
expense
|
3,403 | 3,035 | ||||||
Other operating
income
|
(2,551 | ) | -- | |||||
Operating
income
|
6,730 | 3,410 | ||||||
Interest expense,
net
|
(3,476 | ) | (3,958 | ) | ||||
Other loss
|
(24 | ) | (1,009 | ) | ||||
Income tax
expense
|
(424 | ) | (689 | ) | ||||
Equity earnings of
unconsolidated joint ventures and entities
|
202 | 270 | ||||||
Gain on sale of investments in
unconsolidated entities
|
268 | -- | ||||||
Net
income (loss)
|
3,276 | (1,976 | ) | |||||
Net
income attributable to the noncontrolling interest
|
(133 | ) | (85 | ) | ||||
Net
income (loss) attributable to Reading International, Inc. common
shareholders
|
$ | 3,143 | $ | (2,061 | ) |
Nine
months ended September 30, 2009
|
Cinema
|
Real
Estate
|
Intersegment
Eliminations
|
Total
|
||||||||||||
Revenue
|
$ | 146,991 | $ | 17,739 | $ | (7,163 | ) | $ | 157,567 | |||||||
Operating
expense
|
120,762 | 8,770 | (7,163 | ) | 122,369 | |||||||||||
Depreciation
& amortization
|
8,208 | 2,474 | -- | 10,682 | ||||||||||||
Loss
on transfer of real estate held for sale to continuing
operations
|
-- | 549 | -- | 549 | ||||||||||||
General
& administrative expense
|
2,176 | 564 | -- | 2,740 | ||||||||||||
Segment
operating income
|
$ | 15,845 | $ | 5,382 | $ | -- | $ | 21,227 |
Nine
months ended September 30, 2008
|
Cinema
|
Real
Estate
|
Intersegment
Eliminations
|
Total
|
||||||||||||
Revenue
|
$ | 138,867 | $ | 17,870 | $ | (5,369 | ) | $ | 151,368 | |||||||
Operating
expense
|
117,045 | 6,903 | (5,369 | ) | 118,579 | |||||||||||
Depreciation
& amortization
|
10,516 | 3,472 | -- | 13,988 | ||||||||||||
General
& administrative expense
|
3,005 | 853 | -- | 3,858 | ||||||||||||
Segment
operating income
|
$ | 8,301 | $ | 6,642 | $ | -- | $ | 14,943 |
Reconciliation
to net income attributable to Reading International, Inc.
shareholders:
|
2009
Nine Months
|
2008
Nine Months
|
||||||
Total
segment operating income
|
$ | 21,227 | $ | 14,943 | ||||
Non-segment:
|
||||||||
Depreciation and amortization
expense
|
487 | 523 | ||||||
General and administrative
expense
|
10,135 | 10,135 | ||||||
Other operating
income
|
(2,551 | ) | -- | |||||
Operating
income
|
13,156 | 4,285 | ||||||
Interest expense,
net
|
(10,737 | ) | (9,832 | ) | ||||
Gain on retirement of
subordinated debt (trust preferred securities)
|
10,714 | -- | ||||||
Other income
(loss)
|
(2,740 | ) | 2,033 | |||||
Income tax
expense
|
(1,422 | ) | (1,513 | ) | ||||
Equity earnings of
unconsolidated joint ventures and entities
|
861 | 817 | ||||||
Gain on sale of investments in
unconsolidated entities
|
268 | 2,450 | ||||||
Net
income (loss)
|
10,100 | (1,760 | ) | |||||
Net
income attributable to the noncontrolling interest
|
(460 | ) | (246 | ) | ||||
Net
income (loss) attributable to Reading International, Inc. common
shareholders
|
$ | 9,640 | $ | (2,006 | ) |
Note
4 – Operations in Foreign Currency
We have significant assets in Australia
and New Zealand. To the extent possible, we conduct our Australian
and New Zealand operations on a self-funding basis. The carrying
value of our Australian and New Zealand assets and liabilities fluctuate due to
changes in the exchange rates between the US dollar and the functional currency
of Australia (Australian dollar) and New Zealand (New Zealand
dollar). We have no derivative financial instruments to hedge against
the risk of foreign currency exposure.
Presented
in the table below are the currency exchange rates for Australia and New Zealand
as of September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008:
US
Dollar
|
||||||||
September
30, 2009
|
December
31, 2008
|
|||||||
Australian
Dollar
|
$ | 0.8824 | $ | 0.6983 | ||||
New
Zealand Dollar
|
$ | 0.7233 | $ | 0.5815 |
Note
5 – Earnings (Loss) Per Share
Basic earnings (loss) per share is
computed by dividing the net income (loss) attributable to Reading
International, Inc. common shareholders by the weighted average number of common
shares outstanding during the
period. Diluted
earnings (loss) per share is computed by dividing the net income (loss)
attributable to Reading International, Inc. common shareholders by the weighted
average number of common shares outstanding during the period after giving
effect to all potentially dilutive common shares that would have been
outstanding if the dilutive common shares had been issued. Stock
options and non-vested stock awards give rise to potentially dilutive common
shares. In accordance with FASB ASC 260-10 - Earnings Per Share, these shares are
included in the diluted earnings per share calculation under the treasury stock
method. As noted in the table below, due to the small difference
between the basic and diluted weighted average common shares, the basic and the
diluted earnings (loss) per share are the same for the 2009 Quarter, the 2008
Quarter, the 2009 Nine Months, and the 2008 Nine Months. The
following is a calculation of earnings (loss) per share (dollars in thousands,
except share data):
Three
Months Ended
September
30,
|
Nine
Months Ended
September
30,
|
|||||||||||||||
2009
|
2008
|
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||||||||
Net
income attributable to Reading International, Inc. common
shareholders
|
$ | 3,143 | $ | (2,061 | ) | $ | 9,640 | $ | (2,006 | ) | ||||||
Basic
and diluted earnings (loss) per share attributable to Reading
International, Inc. common share holders
|
$ | 0.14 | $ | (0.09 | ) | $ | 0.43 | $ | (0.09 | ) | ||||||
Weighted
average common stock – basic
|
22,594,517 | 22,476,904 | 22,562,309 | 22,476,514 | ||||||||||||
Weighted
average common stock – diluted
|
22,662,306 | 22,476,904 | 22,630,097 | 22,476,514 |
For the three and nine months ended
September 30, 2009, the weighted average common stock – dilutive only included
67,789 of in-the-money stock options. For the three and nine months
ended September 30, 2008, we recorded losses from continuing
operations. As such, we excluded the incremental shares of 53,820
shares of restricted Class A Non-Voting Common Stock and 263,010 of in-the-money
stock options from the computation of diluted loss per share because they were
anti-dilutive in those periods. In addition, 738,052 and 499,940 of
out-of-the-money stock options were excluded from the computation of diluted
earnings (loss) per share for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009
and the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008,
respectively. The total number of shares that could potentially
dilute basic earnings per share is 805,841 and 816,770, as of September 30, 2009
and 2008, respectively.
Note
6 – Property Held For and Under Development and Property and
Equipment
As of September 30, 2009 and December
31, 2008, we owned property held for and under development summarized as follows
(dollars in thousands):
Property
Held For and Under Development
|
September
30,
2009
|
December
31,
2008
|
||||||
Land
|
$ | 44,994 | $ | 37,383 | ||||
Construction-in-progress
(including capitalized interest)
|
32,474 | 31,633 | ||||||
Property
held for and under development
|
$ | 77,468 | $ | 69,016 |
We recorded capitalized interest
related to our properties under development for the three months ended September
30, 2008 of $1.6 million and for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and
2008 of $136,000 and $3.1 million, respectively. We have curtailed
the development activities of our properties under development and are not
currently capitalizing interest expense. Therefore, we did not
capitalize any interest during the three months ended September 30,
2009.
During
the second quarter of 2009, we completed the construction of the building on our
Indooroopilly, Brisbane, Australia property. On July 24, 2009, we
signed a lease with the City of Brisbane to lease our entire
Indooroopilly
building to them for an initial three-year period with two three-year
options. We have now classified this property with a carrying value
of $11.6 million (AUS$13.1 million) as property and equipment.
As of
September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, we owned investments in property and
equipment as follows (dollars in thousands):
Property
and equipment
|
September
30, 2009
|
December
31,
2008
|
||||||
Land
|
$ | 63,980 | $ | 55,865 | ||||
Building
|
121,260 | 90,791 | ||||||
Leasehold
interests
|
33,367 | 32,198 | ||||||
Construction-in-progress
|
1,765 | 487 | ||||||
Fixtures
and equipment
|
82,939 | 67,965 | ||||||
303,311 | 247,306 | |||||||
Less:
accumulated depreciation
|
(99,326 | ) | (73,644 | ) | ||||
Property
and equipment, net
|
$ | 203,985 | $ | 173,662 |
Depreciation expense for property and
equipment was $3.3 million and $4.5 million for the three months ended September
30, 2009 and 2008, respectively, and $9.1 million and $12.6 million for the nine
months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively.
Note
7 – Investments in Unconsolidated Joint Ventures and Entities
Except as
noted below regarding our investment in Malulani Investments, Limited (“MIL”),
investments in unconsolidated joint ventures and entities are accounted for
under the equity method of accounting, and, as of September 30, 2009 and
December 31, 2008, include the following (dollars in thousands):
Interest
|
September
30,
2009
|
December
31,
2008
|
||||||||||
Malulani
Investments, Limited
|
18.4% | $ | -- | $ | 1,800 | |||||||
Rialto
Distribution
|
33.3% | 873 | 896 | |||||||||
Rialto
Cinemas
|
50.0% | 4,608 | 3,763 | |||||||||
205-209
East 57th
Street Associates, LLC
|
25.0% | 358 | 1,216 | |||||||||
Mt.
Gravatt Cinema
|
33.3% | 5,040 | 3,968 | |||||||||
Total
investments
|
$ | 10,879 | $ | 11,643 |
For the
three and nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, we recorded our share
of equity earnings (loss) from our investments in unconsolidated joint ventures
and entities as follows (dollars in thousands):
Three
Months Ended
September
30,
|
Nine
Months Ended
September
30,
|
|||||||||||||||
2009
|
2008
|
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||||||||
Malulani
Investments, Limited
|
$ | -- | $ | -- | $ | -- | $ | -- | ||||||||
Rialto
Distribution
|
(10 | ) | 100 | (161 | ) | 272 | ||||||||||
Rialto
Cinemas
|
2 | 9 | 109 | (5 | ) | |||||||||||
205-209
East 57th
Street Associates, LLC
|
1 | 87 | 305 | 87 | ||||||||||||
Mt.
Gravatt Cinema
|
209 | 222 | 608 | 680 | ||||||||||||
Berkeley
Cinema – Botany
|
-- | (1 | ) | -- | 87 | |||||||||||
Other
investments
|
-- | (147 | ) | -- | (304 | ) | ||||||||||
Total
equity earnings
|
$ | 202 | $ | 270 | $ | 861 | $ | 817 |
Malulani Investments,
Limited
On July 2, 2009, Magoon Acquisition and
Development, LLC (“Magoon LLC”) and we entered into a settlement agreement (the
“Settlement Terms”) with respect to a lawsuit against certain officers and
directors of Malulani Investments, Limited (“MIL”). Under the
Settlement Terms, Magoon LLC and we received $2.5 million in cash, a $6.75
million three-year 6.25% secured promissory note issued by The Malulani Group
(“TMG”), and a ten-year “tail interest” in MIL and TMG in exchange for the
transfer of all ownership interests in MIL and TMG held by both Magoon, LLC and
RDI and for the release of all claims against the defendants in this
matter. The tail interest allows us to participate in certain
distributions made or received by MIL, TMG, and in certain cases, the
shareholders of TMG. The tail interest, however, continues only for a
period of ten years and we cannot assure that we will receive any distributions
from this tail interest.
205-209 East 57th Street
Associates, LLC – Retail Condominium Sale
The remaining retail condominium of our
Place 57 joint venture was sold in February 2009 for approximately $4.0
million. Based on the closing statements of the sale, our share of
the sales proceeds was approximately $900,000 and earnings of $304,000.On April 11, 2009, we received $1.2
million relating to our investment in the Place 57 joint venture representing a
return of substantially all of our initial investment.
Berkeley
Cinemas
On June 6, 2008, we sold the Botany
Downs Cinema to our joint venture partner for $3.3 million (NZ$4.3 million)
resulting in a recognized gain on sale of investment in an unconsolidated entity
of $2.4 million (NZ$3.1 million).
Note
8 – Goodwill and Intangible Assets
In accordance with FASB ASC 350-20-35,
Goodwill - Subsequent
Measurement and Impairment, we perform an annual impairment review of our
goodwill and other intangible assets on a reporting unit basis, or earlier if
changes in circumstances indicate that an asset may be impaired. As
of September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, we had goodwill consisting of the
following (dollars in thousands):
Cinema
|
Real
Estate
|
Total
|
||||||||||
Balance
as of December 31, 2008
|
$ | 29,888 | $ | 5,076 | $ | 34,964 | ||||||
Change
in goodwill due to a purchase price adjustment
|
(226 | ) | -- | (226 | ) | |||||||
Foreign
currency translation adjustment
|
2,424 | 150 | 2,574 | |||||||||
Balance
at September 30, 2009
|
$ | 32,086 | $ | 5,226 | $ | 37,312 |
We have
intangible assets other than goodwill that are subject to amortization, which we
amortize over various periods. We amortize our beneficial leases over
the lease period, the longest of which is 20 years; our trade name using an
accelerated amortization method over its estimated useful life of 50 years; and
our option fee and other intangible assets over 10 years. For the
three months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, amortization expense totaled
$728,000 and $653,000, respectively; and for the nine months ended September 30,
2009 and 2008, amortization expense totaled $2.1 million and $1.9 million,
respectively.
Intangible
assets subject to amortization consist of the following (dollars in
thousands):
As
of September 30, 2009
|
Beneficial
Leases
|
Trade
name
|
Option
Fee
|
Other
Intangible Assets
|
Total
|
|||||||||||||||
Gross
carrying amount
|
$ | 24,070 | $ | 7,220 | $ | 2,773 | $ | 450 | $ | 34,513 | ||||||||||
Less:
Accumulated amortization
|
6,647 | 1,707 | 2,687 | 162 | 11,203 | |||||||||||||||
Total,
net
|
$ | 17,423 | $ | 5,513 | $ | 86 | $ | 288 | $ | 23,310 |
As
of December 31, 2008
|
Beneficial
Leases
|
Trade
name
|
Option
Fee
|
Other
Intangible Assets
|
Total
|
|||||||||||||||
Gross
carrying amount
|
$ | 23,815 | $ | 7,220 | $ | 2,773 | $ | 440 | $ | 34,248 | ||||||||||
Less:
Accumulated amortization
|
5,743 | 678 | 2,616 | 93 | 9,130 | |||||||||||||||
Total,
net
|
$ | 18,072 | $ | 6,542 | $ | 157 | $ | 347 | $ | 25,118 |
Note
9 – Prepaid and Other Assets
Prepaid
and other assets are summarized as follows (dollars in thousands):
September
30,
2009
|
December
31,
2008
|
|||||||
Prepaid
and other current assets
|
||||||||
Prepaid
expenses
|
$ | 1,458 | $ | 518 | ||||
Prepaid taxes
|
1,168 | 546 | ||||||
Deposits
|
957 | 307 | ||||||
Other
|
227 | 953 | ||||||
Total prepaid and other current
assets
|
$ | 3,810 | $ | 2,324 | ||||
Other
non-current assets
|
||||||||
Other non-cinema and non-rental
real estate assets
|
$ | 1,134 | $ | 1,140 | ||||
Long-term restricted
cash
|
265 | 209 | ||||||
Deferred financing costs,
net
|
4,002 | 5,773 | ||||||
Interest rate swap and cap – at
fair value
|
961 | -- | ||||||
Other
receivables
|
6,750 | 1,586 | ||||||
Other
|
1,386 | 593 | ||||||
Total non-current
assets
|
$ | 14,498 | $ | 9,301 |
Note
10 – Income Tax
The provision for income taxes is
different from the amount computed by applying U.S. statutory rates to
consolidated losses before taxes. The significant reason for these
differences is as follows (dollars in thousands):
Three
Months Ended
September
30,
|
Nine
Months Ended
September
30,
|
|||||||||||||||
2009
|
2008
|
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||||||||
Expected
tax provision (benefit)
|
$ | 262 | $ | (481 | ) | $ | 2,885 | $ | (172 | ) | ||||||
Reduction
(increase) in taxes resulting from:
|
||||||||||||||||
Change in valuation allowance,
retirement oftrust
preferred debt
|
-- | -- | (4,012 | ) | -- | |||||||||||
Change in valuation allowance,
other
|
(186 | ) | 774 | 1,277 | 652 | |||||||||||
Foreign income tax
provision
|
116 | 115 | 272 | 229 | ||||||||||||
Foreign withholding tax
provision
|
171 | 180 | 492 | 559 | ||||||||||||
Tax effect of foreign tax rates
on current income
|
(77 | ) | (57 | ) | (151 | ) | (243 | ) | ||||||||
State and local tax
provision
|
11 | 30 | 277 | 106 | ||||||||||||
Reserve for federal tax
litigation
|
127 | 128 | 382 | 382 | ||||||||||||
Actual
tax provision
|
$ | 424 | $ | 689 | $ | 1,422 | $ | 1,513 |
During
the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009, our FASB ASC 740-10-2a liability
increased by $127,000 and $382,000, respectively, reflecting the accrual of
interest for IRS matters under litigation.
At September 30, 2009, future taxable
temporary differences connected with retiring our trust preferred subordinated
debt (see Note 11 - Notes
Payable and Subordinated Debt) are fully offset by future deductible
temporary differences, except for state taxes of approximately $190,000
reflected above.
Note
11 – Notes Payable and Subordinated Debt (Trust Preferred
Securities)
Notes
payable and subordinated debt (trust preferred securities) are summarized as
follows (dollars in thousands):
Name
of Note Payable or Security
|
September
30, 2009
|
December
31, 2008
|
Maturity
Date
|
September
30, 2009
Balance
|
December
31, 2008
Balance
|
|||||||||||||||
Australian
Corporate Credit Facility
|
5.12% | 5.54% |
June
30, 2011
|
$ | 88,681 | $ | 70,179 | |||||||||||||
Australian
Shopping Center Loans
|
-- | -- | 2009-2013 | 882 | 733 | |||||||||||||||
Australian
Construction Loan
|
-- | 6.26% |
July
31, 2009
|
-- | 3,458 | |||||||||||||||
New
Zealand Corporate Credit Facility
|
4.35% | 6.10% |
March
31, 2012
|
10,850 | 8,723 | |||||||||||||||
Trust
Preferred Securities
|
9.22% | 9.22% |
April
30, 2027
|
27,913 | 51,547 | |||||||||||||||
US
Wachovia Loan (formerly Euro-Hypo)
|
6.73% | 6.73% |
July
11, 2012
|
15,000 | 15,000 | |||||||||||||||
US
GE Capital Term Loan
|
6.35% | 6.82% |
February
21, 2013
|
34,325 | 41,000 | |||||||||||||||
US
Liberty Theatres Term Loans
|
6.20% | 6.20% |
April
1, 2013
|
6,895 | 6,990 | |||||||||||||||
US
Nationwide Loan 1
|
7.50 - 8.50% | 6.50 - 7.50% |
February
21, 2013
|
19,666 | 18,857 | |||||||||||||||
US
Nationwide Loan 2
|
8.50% | 8.50% |
February
21, 2011
|
1,657 | 1,559 | |||||||||||||||
US
Sutton Hill Capital Note 1 – Related Party
|
10.34% | 10.34% |
December
31, 2010
|
5,000 | 5,000 | |||||||||||||||
US
Sutton Hill Capital Note 2 – Related Party
|
8.25% | 8.25% |
December
31, 2010
|
9,000 | 9,000 | |||||||||||||||
US
Union Square Theatre Term Loan
|
6.26% | 6.26% |
January
1, 2010
|
6,954 | 7,116 | |||||||||||||||
Total
|
$ | 226,823 | $ | 239,162 |
Australia Construction
Loan
Our
Australian Construction Loan was to effectively mature on September 30,
2009. As such, we used our available cash to pay off the loan on July
31, 2009 in the amount of $6.1 million (AUS$7.3 million).
New Zealand Corporate Credit
Facility
During May 2009, we extended the term
of our New Zealand facility to March 31, 2012 and reduced the available
borrowing amount to $32.5 million (NZ$45.0 million). The drawn
balance of this loan was $10.9 million (NZ$15.0 million) at September 30,
2009. We recorded $33,000 (NZ$45,000) in deferred financing costs
associated with this term extension which we will amortize over the remaining
life of the loan.
Trust Preferred
Securities
During
the first quarter of 2009, we took advantage of the then current market
illiquidity for securities such as our trust preferred securities (“TPS”) to
repurchase $22.9 million in face value of those securities through an exchange
of $11.5 million worth of marketable securities purchased during the period for
the express purpose of executing this exchange transaction with the third party
holder of these TPS. During the nine months ended September 30, 2009,
we amortized $106,000 of discount to interest income. On April 30,
2009, we extinguished $22.9 million of these trust-preferred securities, which
resulted in a gain on retirement of subordinated debt (TPS) of $10.7 million net
of loss on the associated deferred loan costs of $749,000.
Note
12 – Other Liabilities
Other
liabilities are summarized as follows (dollars in thousands):
September
30, 2009
|
December
31, 2008
|
|||||||
Other
liabilities
|
||||||||
Foreign withholding
taxes
|
$ | 5,944 | $ | 5,748 | ||||
Straight-line rent
liability
|
6,267 | 5,022 | ||||||
Option
liability
|
-- | 1,117 | ||||||
Environmental
reserve
|
1,656 | 1,656 | ||||||
Accrued pension
|
3,145 | 2,946 | ||||||
Interest rate swaps – at fair
value
|
1,110 | 1,439 | ||||||
Acquired above market
leases
|
4,203 | 4,612 | ||||||
Other noncurrent
payable
|
2,630 | -- | ||||||
Other
|
1,193 | 1,064 | ||||||
Other
liabilities
|
$ | 26,148 | $ | 23,604 |
Included
in our other liabilities are accrued pension costs of $3.1
million. The benefits of our pension plans are fully vested, and, as
such, no service costs were recognized for the three and nine months ended
September 30, 2009 and 2008. Our pension plans are unfunded;
therefore, the actuarial assumptions do not include an estimate for expected
return on plan assets. For the three and nine months ended September
30, 2009, we recognized $65,000 and $199,000, respectively, of interest cost and
$71,000 and $213,000, respectively, of amortized prior service
cost. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008, we
recognized $63,000 and $289,000, respectively, of interest cost and $71,000 and
$214,000, respectively, of amortized prior service cost.
Note
13 – Commitments and Contingencies
Unconsolidated
Debt
Total
debt of unconsolidated joint ventures and entities was $1.2 million and $785,000
as of September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, respectively. Our
share of unconsolidated debt, based on our ownership percentage, was $397,000
and $261,000 as of September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008,
respectively. This debt is without recourse to us as of September 30,
2009 and December 31, 2008.
Contractual
Commitment
Manukau Land
Purchase
On April
30, 2009, we entered into an agreement to purchase for $3.8 million (NZ$5.2
million) a property adjacent to our Manukau property. An initial
deposit of $175,000 (NZ$258,000) which was paid upon signing of the agreement
and a second deposit of $531,000 (NZ$773,000) was paid in August
2009. The remaining balance is due on the settlement date of March
31, 2010.
Litigation
Malulani Investments
Litigation
In
December 2006, Magoon Acquisition and Development, LLC (“Magoon LLC”) and we
commenced a lawsuit entitled Magoon Acquisition & Development, LLC; a
California limited liability company, Reading International, Inc.; a Nevada
corporation, and James J. Cotter vs. Malulani Investments, Limited, a Hawaii
Corporation, Easton T. Mason; John R. Dwyer, Jr.; Philip Gray; Kenwei Chong
(Civil No. 06-1-2156-12 (GWBC)) against certain officers and directors of MIL
alleging various direct and derivative claims for breach of fiduciary duty and
waste and seeking, among other things, access to various company books and
records (the “MIL Litigation”). As certain of these claims were
brought derivatively, MIL was also named as a defendant in that
litigation.
On July 2, 2009, Magoon LLC and we
entered into a settlement agreement (the “Settlement Terms”) with respect to the
MIL Litigation. Under the Settlement Terms, Magoon LLC and we
received $2.5 million in cash, a $6.75 million three-year 6.25% secured
promissory note issued by The Malulani Group (“TMG”), and a ten-year “tail
interest” in MIL and TMG in exchange for the
transfer of all ownership interests in MIL and TMG held by both Magoon, LLC and
RDI and for the release of all claims against the defendants in this
matter.. The tail interest allows us to participate in certain
distributions made by MIL or TMG, and in certain cases, the distributions
received by shareholders of MIL or TMG. The tail interest, however,
continues only for a period of ten years and we cannot assure that we will in
fact receive any distributions from this tail interest.
Under the
terms of our Amended and Restated Shareholder Agreement with Magoon LLC, we are
entitled to receive, on a priority basis, 100% of any proceeds from any
disposition of the shares in MIL and TMG held by us or Magoon LLC until we
(Reading) have recouped substantially all of our litigation costs and the cost
of our investment in MIL. Accordingly, we were entitled to all of the
cash proceeds of the settlement, plus all distribution with respect to the
promissory note until we have recouped both our litigation costs and the cost of
our investment. Thereafter, Magoon LLC will receive some
distributions under the promissory note and the tail interest (if any) until it
has recouped its investment in MIL and TMG. Thereafter, any
distributions under the tail interest, if any, we will share with Magoon LLC in
accordance with the sharing formula set forth in the Amended and Restated
Shareholder Agreement between ourselves and Magoon LLC.
Accordingly,
we recorded the full receipt of the $2.5 million of cash and the note receivable
of $6.75 million as consideration for the disposition of our investment in MIL
for $2.1 million, the amount due of $2.0 million
on our receivable balance, and the settlement of the MIL litigation for the
remaining proceeds of $5.2 million. We recorded a gain on the
disposition of our investment in MIL of $268,000 as a result of the transfer of
this ownership interest under the terms of the settlement
agreement. In addition, we also recorded a gain of $2.6 million as
other operating income representing the recovery of our previously expensed
litigation costs incurred during the course of this litigation. In
accordance with the terms of the shareholder agreement, we also recorded $2.6
million as the amount payable to Magoon, LLC to be paid out of future cash
distributions of the settlement proceeds.
Note
14 – Noncontrolling Interest
Noncontrolling interest is composed of
the following enterprises:
|
·
|
50%
membership interest in Angelika Film Centers LLC (“AFC LLC”) owned by a
subsidiary of DNA, Inc.;
|
|
·
|
25%
noncontrolling interest in Australia Country Cinemas Pty Ltd (“ACC”) owned
by Panorama Cinemas for the 21st
Century Pty Ltd.;
|
|
·
|
33%
noncontrolling interest in the Elsternwick Joint Venture owned by Champion
Pictures Pty Ltd.;
|
|
·
|
15%
incentive interest in certain property holding trusts established by LPP
or its affiliates (see Note 2); and
|
|
·
|
25%
noncontrolling interest in the Sutton Hill Properties, LLC owned by Sutton
Hill Capital, L.L.C.
|
The
components of noncontrolling interest are as follows (dollars in
thousands):
September
30,
|
December
31,
|
|||||||
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||
AFC
LLC
|
$ | 1,330 | $ | 1,529 | ||||
Australian
Country Cinemas
|
280 | 142 | ||||||
Elsternwick
Unincorporated Joint Venture
|
127 | 114 | ||||||
LPP
Property Trusts
|
234 | 117 | ||||||
Sutton
Hill Properties
|
(97 | ) | (85 | ) | ||||
Noncontrolling interest in
consolidated subsidiaries
|
$ | 1,874 | $ | 1,817 |
Expense
for the
|
Expense
for the
|
|||||||||||||||
Three
Months Ended September 30,
|
Nine
Months Ended September 30,
|
|||||||||||||||
2009
|
2008
|
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||||||||
AFC
LLC
|
$ | 148 | $ | 198 | $ | 451 | $ | 300 | ||||||||
Australian
Country Cinemas
|
33 | 58 | 103 | 116 | ||||||||||||
Elsternwick
Unincorporated Joint Venture
|
9 | 8 | 26 | 27 | ||||||||||||
LLP
Property Trusts
|
13 | (165 | ) | 68 | (74 | ) | ||||||||||
Sutton
Hill Properties
|
(70 | ) | (14 | ) | (188 | ) | (123 | ) | ||||||||
Net
income attributable to noncontrolling interest
|
$ | 133 | $ | 85 | $ | 460 | $ | 246 |
A summary
of the changes in controlling and noncontrolling stockholders’ equity is as
follows (dollars in thousands):
Reading
International, Inc. Stockholders’ Equity
|
Noncontrolling
Stockholders’ Equity
|
Total
Stockholders’ Equity
|
||||||||||
Equity
at – January 1, 2009
|
$ | 67,630 | $ | 1,817 | $ | 69,447 | ||||||
Net
income
|
9,640 | 460 | 10,100 | |||||||||
Increase
in additional paid in capital
|
394 | -- | 394 | |||||||||
Contributions
from noncontrolling stockholders
|
-- | 175 | 175 | |||||||||
Distributions
to noncontrolling stockholders
|
-- | (714 | ) | (714 | ) | |||||||
Accumulated
other comprehensive income
|
33,678 | 136 | 33,814 | |||||||||
Equity
at – September 30, 2009
|
$ | 111,342 | $ | 1,874 | $ | 113,216 |
Reading
International, Inc. Stockholders’ Equity
|
Noncontrolling
Stockholders’ Equity
|
Total
Stockholders’ Equity
|
||||||||||
Equity
at – January 1, 2008
|
$ | 121,362 | $ | 2,835 | $ | 124,197 | ||||||
Net
income
|
(2,006 | ) | 246 | (1,760 | ) | |||||||
Increase
in additional paid in capital
|
907 | -- | 907 | |||||||||
Distributions
to noncontrolling stockholders
|
-- | (788 | ) | (788 | ) | |||||||
Accumulated
other comprehensive income
|
(20,998 | ) | (5 | ) | (21,003 | ) | ||||||
Equity
at – September 30, 2008
|
$ | 99,265 | $ | 2,288 | $ | 101,553 |
Note
15 – Common Stock
Common Stock
Issuance
During
the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009, we issued 44,988 and
143,017, respectively, of Class A Nonvoting shares to certain executive
employees associated with their prior years’ stock bonuses.
Change in Stock
Exchange
On August
4, 2009, we moved our stock listings for both our classes of voting and
nonvoting stock from the AMEX to the NASDAQ exchange. The ticker
symbols for each of the stocks remained the same, namely RDI for the nonvoting
stock and RDIB for the voting stock.
Note
16 – Comprehensive Income (Loss)
U.S. GAAP requires that the effect of
foreign currency translation adjustments and unrealized gains and/or losses on
securities that are available-for-sale (“AFS”) be classified as comprehensive
income (loss). The following table sets forth our comprehensive
income (loss) for the periods indicated (dollars in thousands):
Three
Months Ended
September
30,
|
Nine
Months Ended
September
30,
|
|||||||||||||||
2009
|
2008
|
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||||||||
Net
unrealized gain (loss) on investments
|
||||||||||||||||
Reclassification
of recognized loss on available for sale investments included in net
income
|
$ | -- | $ | -- | $ | 2,093 | $ | 1 | ||||||||
Unrealized gain (loss) on
available for sale investments
|
1,068 | (6 | ) | (1,024 | ) | (3 | ) | |||||||||
Net unrealized gain (loss) on
investments
|
1,068 | (6 | ) | 1,069 | (2 | ) | ||||||||||
Net
income
|
3,276 | (1,976 | ) | 10,100 | (1,760 | ) | ||||||||||
Foreign currency translation gain
(loss)
|
15,008 | (28,018 | ) | 32,532 | (21,215 | ) | ||||||||||
Accrued pension
|
71 | 71 | 213 | 214 | ||||||||||||
Comprehensive
income (loss)
|
19,423 | (29,929 | ) | 43,914 | (22,763 | ) | ||||||||||
Net income attributable to
noncontrolling interest
|
(133 | ) | (85 | ) | (460 | ) | (246 | ) | ||||||||
Comprehensive income attributable
to noncontrolling interest
|
(58 | ) | 40 | (136 | ) | 5 | ||||||||||
Comprehensive
income (loss) attributable to Reading International, Inc.
|
$ | 19,232 | $ | (29,974 | ) | $ | 43,318 | $ | (23,004 | ) |
Note
17 – Derivative Instruments
The
following table sets forth the terms of our interest rate swap derivative
instruments at September 30, 2009:
Type of Instrument
|
Notional Amount
|
Pay Fixed Rate
|
Receive Variable Rate
|
Cap Rate
|
Maturity Date
|
||||||||||||
Interest
rate swap
|
$ | 37,000,000 | 6.6040 | % | 4.9575 | % | N/A |
April
1, 2011
|
|||||||||
Interest
rate swap
|
$ | 48,230,000 | 4.5500 | % | 3.2400 | % | N/A |
December
31, 2011
|
|||||||||
Interest
rate cap
|
$ | 25,970,000 | N/A | N/A | 4.5500 | % |
December
31, 2011
|
In
accordance with FASB ASC 815-10-35, Subsequent Valuation of Derivative
Instruments and Hedging Instruments (“FASB ASC 815-10-35”), we marked our
interest rate swap instruments to market on the consolidated balance sheet
resulting in a decrease in interest expense of $456,000 and $1.2 million during
the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009,
respectively. This resulted in a $601,000 increase and a $215,000
decrease to interest expense during the three and nine months ended September
30, 2008, respectively. At September 30, 2009, we recorded the fair
market value of an interest rate swap and a cap of $961,000 as other long-term
assets and an interest rate swap of $1.1 million as an other long-term
liability. At December 31, 2008, we recorded the fair market value of
our interest rate swaps of $1.4 million as an other long-term
liability. In accordance with FASB ASC 815-10-35, we have not
designated any of our current interest rate swap positions as financial
reporting hedges.
Note
18 – Fair Value of Financial Instruments
We
measure the following items at fair value on a recurring basis subject to the
disclosure requirements of FASB ASC 820-20, Fair Value of Financial
Instruments (dollars in thousands):
Book Value
|
Fair Value
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Financial
Instrument
|
Level
|
September
30, 2009
|
December
31, 2008
|
September
30, 2009
|
December
31, 2008
|
|||||||||||||||
Investment
in marketable securities
|
1 | $ | 2,516 | $ | 141 | $ | 2,516 | $ | 141 | |||||||||||
Investment
in marketable securities in an inactive market
|
2 | $ | -- | $ | 2,959 | $ | -- | $ | 2,959 | |||||||||||
Interest
rate swap & cap assets
|
2 | $ | 961 | $ | -- | $ | 961 | $ | -- | |||||||||||
Interest
rate swap liability
|
2 | $ | 1,110 | $ | 1,439 | $ | 1,110 | $ | 1,439 |
We used
the following methods and assumptions to estimate the fair values of the assets
and liabilities in the table above:
|
·
|
Level
1: Quoted market prices in active markets for identical assets or
liabilities.
|
|
·
|
Level
2: Observable market based inputs or unobservable inputs that are
corroborated by market data.
|
|
·
|
Level
3: Unobservable inputs that are not corroborated by market data (were not
used to value any of our assets).
|
Financial Instruments
Disclosed at Fair Value
The
following table sets forth the carrying value and the fair value of our
financial assets and liabilities at September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008
(dollars in thousands):
Book Value
|
Fair Value
|
|||||||||||||||
Financial
Instrument
|
September
30, 2009
|
December
31, 2008
|
September
30, 2009
|
December
31, 2008
|
||||||||||||
Notes
payable
|
$ | 184,910 | $ | 173,615 | $ | 173,319 | $ | 169,634 | ||||||||
Notes
payable to related party
|
$ | 14,000 | $ | 14,000 | $ | N/A | $ | N/A | ||||||||
Subordinated
debt (trust preferred securities)
|
$ | 27,913 | $ | 51,547 | $ | 21,003 | $ | 39,815 |
The fair value of notes payable to
related party cannot be determined due to the related party nature of the terms
of the notes payable.
We
estimated the fair value of our secured mortgage notes payable, our unsecured
notes payable, trust preferred securities, and other debt instruments by
performing discounted cash flow analyses using an appropriate market discount
rate. We calculated the market discount rate by obtaining period-end
treasury rates for fixed-rate debt, or LIBOR rates for variable-rate debt, for
maturities that correspond to the maturities of our debt, adding appropriate
credit spreads derived from information obtained from third-party financial
institutions. These credit spreads take into account factors such as our credit
standing, the maturity of the debt, whether the debt is secured or unsecured,
and the loan-to-value ratios of the debt.
Note
19 - Transfer of Held for Sale Real Estate to Continuing Operations
On
September 16, 2008, we entered into a sale option agreement to sell our Auburn
property for $28.5 million (AUS$36.0 million). During the period
ended September 30, 2009, we received notice from the buyer that they intended
to withdraw from the option agreement. Because of the termination of
the option agreement, we recorded a gain on option termination of $1.5 million
(AUS$2.0 million). As of December 31, 2008, we classified our Auburn
property as held for sale, and, because of the buyer’s withdrawal from the
option agreement, we transferred this property to continuing operations during
June 2009. As a result of the transfer of the asset from held for
sale to continuing operations, we recorded a loss in the current period of
$549,000 (AUS$685,000) to measure the property at the lower of its carrying
amount adjusted for depreciation and amortization expense that would have been
recognized had the asset been continuously classified as a continuing
operational asset, or its fair value at the date of the decision not to
sell.
The real
estate held for sale assets were reclassified from assets held for sale to real
estate assets and then adjusted for the loss on transfer at September 30, 2009
as follows (in thousands):
December
31,
2008
|
Loss
Adjustment
|
September
30,
2009
|
||||||||||
Assets
|
||||||||||||
Land
|
$ | 7,395 | $ | -- | $ | 7,395 | ||||||
Building
|
13,131 | (286 | ) | 12,845 | ||||||||
Equipment
and fixtures
|
7,364 | (263 | ) | 7,101 | ||||||||
Less:
Accumulated depreciation
|
(7,771 | ) | -- | (7,771 | ) | |||||||
Total
assets held for sale transferred to continuing operations
|
$ | 20,119 | $ | (549 | ) | $ | 19,570 |
Note
20 - Acquisition
Manukau Land
Purchase
On April
30, 2009, we entered into an agreement to purchase for $3.8 million (NZ$5.2
million) a property adjacent to our Manukau property. An initial
deposit of $175,000 (NZ$258,000) which was paid upon signing of the agreement
and a second deposit of $531,000 (NZ$773,000) was paid in August
2009. The remaining balance is due on the settlement date of March
31, 2010.
Item 2 –
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations
We are an internationally diversified
company principally focused on the development, ownership, and operation of
entertainment and real property assets in the United States, Australia, and New
Zealand. Currently, we operate in two business segments:
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cinema
exhibition, through our 59 multiplex cinemas,
and
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real
estate, including real estate development and the rental of retail,
commercial and live theater assets.
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We
believe that these two business segments can complement one another, as we can
use the comparatively consistent cash flows generated by our cinema operations
to fund the front-end cash demands of our real estate development
business.
We manage
our worldwide cinema businesses under various different brands:
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in
the US, under the Reading, Angelika Film Center, Consolidated Amusements,
and City Cinemas brands;
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in
Australia, under the Reading brand;
and
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in
New Zealand, under the Reading and Rialto
brands.
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We believe cinema exhibition to be a
business that will likely continue to generate consistent cash flows in the
years ahead. We base this on our belief that people will continue to
spend some reasonable portion of their entertainment dollar on entertainment
outside of the home and that, when compared to other forms of outside the home
entertainment, movies continue to be a popular and competitively priced
option. In keeping with our business plan of being opportunistic in
adding to our existing cinema portfolio, on February 22, 2008, we acquired 15
cinemas with 181 screens in Hawaii and California (the “Consolidated
Entertainment” acquisition) and we continue to consider the acquisition of
cinema assets currently being offered for sale in Australia, New Zealand, and
the United States. Also, in April 2008 and in August 2008, we opened
two leased cinemas in Rouse Hill and Dandenong, Australia with 9 and 6 screens,
respectively. During the third quarter of 2009, we leased two
existing cinemas in New York City with 3 screens but elected not to renew the
lease of our 5-screen cinema in Market City, Australia. We anticipate
that our cinema operations will continue as our main source of cash flow and
will support our real estate oriented activities.
In short, while we do have operating
company attributes, we see ourselves principally as a hard asset company and
intend to add to shareholder value by building the value of our portfolio of
tangible assets.
In
addition, we may from time to time identify opportunities to expand our existing
businesses and asset base, or to otherwise profit, through the acquisition of
interests in other publicly traded companies, both in the United States and in
the overseas jurisdictions in which we do business. We may also take
positions in private companies in addition to our investments in various private
cinema joint ventures.
At
September 30, 2009, we owned and operated 53 cinemas with 425 screens, had
interests in certain unconsolidated joint ventures and entities that own an
additional 4 cinemas with 32 screens and managed 2 cinemas with 9
screens.
On July 24, 2009, we signed a lease
with the City of Brisbane, Australia to lease our Indooroopilly building to them
for an initial three-year period with two three-year
options. Although we have curtailed our development activities, we
remain opportunistic in our acquisitions of cinema and real estate
assets. Our business plan going forward is to continue the build-out
of our existing development properties and to seek out additional, profitable
real estate development opportunities while continuing to use and judiciously
expand our presence in the cinema
exhibition
by identifying, developing, and acquiring cinema properties when and where
appropriate. In addition, we will continue to investigate potential
synergistic acquisitions that may not readily fall into either of our two
currently identified segments.
We continue to acquire, to dispose of,
or to reposition assets in accordance with our business plan. For a
description of our acquisitions so far in 2009, see Note 20 – Acquisitions to our September
30, 2009 Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
Results
of Operations
At September 30, 2009, we owned and
operated 53 cinemas with 425 screens, had interests in certain unconsolidated
joint ventures and entities that own an additional 4 cinemas with 32 screens and
managed 2 cinemas with 9 screens. In real estate during the period,
we (i) owned and operated four ETRC’s that we developed in Australia and New
Zealand, (ii) owned the fee interests in four developed commercial properties in
Manhattan and Chicago improved with live theaters comprising seven stages and
ancillary retail and commercial space, (iii) owned the fee interests underlying
one of our Manhattan cinemas, and (iv) held for development an additional seven
parcels aggregating approximately 123 acres located principally in urbanized
areas of Australia and New Zealand. Two of these parcels held for
development, Burwood and Moonee Ponds, comprise approximately 54 acres, and are
in areas designated by the provincial government of Victoria, Australia as
either a “major” or “principal activity centre.” We are currently in
the planning phases of their development.
Operating expense includes costs
associated with the day-to-day operations of the cinemas and the management of
rental properties, including our live theater assets. Our
year-to-year results of operation were principally impacted by the
following:
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the
above mentioned acquisition on February 22, 2008 of 15 cinemas with 181
screens in Hawaii and California as part of the Consolidated Entertainment
acquisition; and
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the
fluctuation in the value of the Australian and New Zealand dollars
vis-à-vis the US dollar resulting in a general decrease in results of
operations for our foreign operations for 2009 compared to 2008, despite
the strengthening of the Australian and New Zealand dollars in the third
quarter of 2009.
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The
tables below summarize the results of operations for each of our principal
business segments for the three (“2009 Quarter”) and nine (“2009 Nine Months”)
months ended September 30, 2009 and the three (“2008 Quarter”) and nine (“2008
Nine Months”) months ended September 30, 2008, respectively (dollars in
thousands):
Three
months ended September 30, 2009
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Cinema
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Real
Estate
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Intersegment
Eliminations
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Total
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Revenue
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$ | 52,340 | $ | 6,349 | $ | (2,622 | ) | $ | 56,067 | |||||||
Operating
expense
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43,166 | 3,137 | (2,622 | ) | 43,681 | |||||||||||
Depreciation
& amortization
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2,723 | 1,039 | -- | 3,762 | ||||||||||||
General
& administrative expense
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608 | 195 | -- | 803 | ||||||||||||
Segment
operating income
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$ | 5,843 | $ | 1,978 | $ | -- | $ | 7,821 | ||||||||
Three
months ended September 30, 2008
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Cinema
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Real
Estate
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Intersegment
Eliminations
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Total
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Revenue
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$ | 54,036 | $ | 6,108 | $ | (2,253 | ) | $ | 57,891 | |||||||
Operating
expense
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44,744 | 2,493 | (2,253 | ) | 44,984 | |||||||||||
Depreciation
& amortization
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3,848 | 1,090 | -- | 4,938 | ||||||||||||
General
& administrative expense
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1,106 | 255 | -- | 1,361 | ||||||||||||
Segment
operating income
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$ | 4,338 | $ | 2,270 | $ | -- | $ | 6,608 |
Reconciliation
to net income attributable to Reading International, Inc.
shareholders:
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2009
Quarter
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2008
Quarter
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Total
segment operating income
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$ | 7,821 | $ | 6,608 | ||||
Non-segment:
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Depreciation and amortization
expense
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239 | 163 | ||||||
General and administrative
expense
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3,403 | 3,035 | ||||||
Other operating
income
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(2,551 | ) | -- | |||||
Operating
income
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6,730 | 3,410 | ||||||
Interest expense,
net
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(3,476 | ) | (3,958 | ) | ||||
Other loss
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(24 | ) | (1,009 | ) | ||||
Income tax
expense
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(424 | ) | (689 | ) | ||||
Equity earnings of
unconsolidated joint ventures and entities
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202 | 270 | ||||||
Gain on sale of investments in
unconsolidated entities
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268 | -- | ||||||
Net
income (loss)
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3,276 | (1,976 | ) | |||||
Net
income attributable to the noncontrolling interest
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(133 | ) | (85 | ) | ||||
Net
income (loss) attributable to Reading International, Inc. common
shareholders
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$ | 3,143 | $ | (2,061 | ) |
Nine
months ended September 30, 2009
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Cinema
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Real
Estate
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Intersegment
Eliminations
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Total
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Revenue
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$ | 146,991 | $ | 17,739 | $ | (7,163 | ) | $ | 157,567 | |||||||
Operating
expense
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120,762 | 8,770 | (7,163 | ) | 122,369 | |||||||||||
Depreciation
& amortization
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8,208 | 2,474 | -- | 10,682 | ||||||||||||
Loss
on transfer of real estate held for sale to continuing
operations
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-- | 549 | -- | 549 | ||||||||||||
General
& administrative expense
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2,176 | 564 | -- | 2,740 | ||||||||||||
Segment
operating income
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$ | 15,845 | $ | 5,382 | $ | -- | $ | 21,227 | ||||||||
Nine
months ended September 30, 2008
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Cinema
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Real
Estate
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Intersegment
Eliminations
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Total
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Revenue
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$ | 138,867 | $ | 17,870 | $ | (5,369 | ) | $ | 151,368 | |||||||
Operating
expense
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117,045 | 6,903 | (5,369 | ) | 118,579 | |||||||||||
Depreciation
& amortization
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10,516 | 3,472 | -- | 13,988 | ||||||||||||
General
& administrative expense
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3,005 | 853 | -- | 3,858 | ||||||||||||
Segment
operating income
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$ | 8,301 | $ | 6,642 | $ | -- | $ | 14,943 |
Reconciliation
to net income attributable to Reading International, Inc.
shareholders:
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2009
Nine Months
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2008
Nine Months
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Total
segment operating income
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$ | 21,227 | $ | 14,943 | ||||
Non-segment:
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Depreciation and amortization
expense
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487 | 523 | ||||||
General and administrative
expense
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10,135 | 10,135 | ||||||
Other operating
income
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(2,551 | ) | -- | |||||
Operating
income
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13,156 | 4,285 | ||||||
Interest expense,
net
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(10,737 | ) | (9,832 | ) | ||||
Gain on retirement of
subordinated debt (trust preferred securities)
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10,714 | -- | ||||||
Other income
(loss)
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(2,740 | ) | 2,033 | |||||
Income tax
expense
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(1,422 | ) | (1,513 | ) | ||||
Equity earnings of
unconsolidated joint ventures and entities
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861 | 817 | ||||||
Gain on sale of investments in
unconsolidated entities
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268 | 2,450 | ||||||
Net
income (loss)
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10,100 | (1,760 | ) | |||||
Net
income attributable to the noncontrolling interest
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(460 | ) | (246 | ) | ||||
Net
income (loss) attributable to Reading International, Inc. common
shareholders
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$ | 9,640 | $ | (2,006 | ) |
Cinema
Included
in the cinema segment above is revenue and expense from the operations of 53
cinema complexes with 425 screens during the 2009 Quarter and 52 cinema
complexes with 427 screens during the 2008 Quarter and management fee income
from 2 cinemas with 9 screens in both years. The following tables
detail our cinema segment operating results for the three months ended September
30, 2009 and 2008, respectively (dollars in thousands):
Three
Months Ended September 30, 2009
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United
States
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Australia
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New
Zealand
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Total
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Admissions
revenue
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$ | 18,589 | $ | 14,734 | $ | 3,975 | $ | 37,298 | ||||||||
Concessions
revenue
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6,988 | 4,934 | 1,095 | 13,017 | ||||||||||||
Advertising
and other revenues
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1,264 | 556 | 205 | 2,025 | ||||||||||||
Total
revenues
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26,841 | 20,224 | 5,275 | 52,340 | ||||||||||||
Cinema
costs
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22,461 | 14,552 | 3,837 | 40,850 | ||||||||||||
Concession
costs
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1,105 | 969 | 242 | 2,316 | ||||||||||||
Total
operating expense
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23,566 | 15,521 | 4,079 | 43,166 | ||||||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
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1,643 | 801 | 279 | 2,723 | ||||||||||||
General
& administrative expense
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414 | 195 | (1 | ) | 608 | |||||||||||
Segment
operating income
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$ | 1,218 | $ | 3,707 | $ | 918 | $ | 5,843 |
Three
Months Ended September 30, 2008
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United
States
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Australia
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New
Zealand
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Total
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Admissions
revenue
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$ | 19,035 | $ | 14,679 | $ | 4,231 | $ | 37,945 | ||||||||
Concessions
revenue
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7,382 | 4,846 | 1,190 | 13,418 | ||||||||||||
Advertising
and other revenues
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1,823 | 624 | 226 | 2,673 | ||||||||||||
Total
revenues
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28,240 | 20,149 | 5,647 | 54,036 | ||||||||||||
Cinema
costs
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23,390 | 14,363 | 4,252 | 42,005 | ||||||||||||
Concession
costs
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1,378 | 1,047 | 314 | 2,739 | ||||||||||||
Total
operating expense
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24,768 | 15,410 | 4,566 | 44,744 | ||||||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
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2,702 | 719 | 427 | 3,848 | ||||||||||||
General
& administrative expense
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801 | 301 | 4 | 1,106 | ||||||||||||
Segment
operating income (loss)
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$ | (31 | ) | $ | 3,719 | $ | 650 | $ | 4,338 |
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Cinema
revenue decreased for the 2009 Quarter by $1.7 million or 3.1% compared to
the same period in 2008. The 2009 Quarter decrease was in large
part from our domestic cinema operations, which accounted for $1.4 million
of the decrease related in part to lower admissions for the 2009 Quarter
by comparison to 2008 coupled with a one-time recording of catch up screen
advertising of $693,000 in the 2008 Quarter. We recorded higher
local currency revenues for both our Australia and New Zealand cinema
operations in 2009; however, due to a weaker U.S. dollar in 2008, the
increased local revenues translated to somewhat higher Australian revenues
and lower New Zealand revenues for the 2009 Quarter compared to the 2008
Quarter (see below).
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Operating
expense decreased for the 2009 Quarter by $1.6 million or 3.5% compared to
the same period in 2008. This decrease related in part to the
finalization of purchase accounting for our newly acquired Consolidated
Entertainment cinemas that was effective in the fourth quarter of 2008
resulting in higher straight-line rent and acquired lease costs being
reported in 2008 than in 2009. Additionally, we had decreased
cinema costs from our Australia and New Zealand cinema operations
primarily due to the impact of currency exchange rates (see
below). Overall, our operating expense as a ratio to gross
revenue was approximately the same at 82.8% and 82.5% for the 2008 and
2009 Quarters, respectively.
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Depreciation
and amortization expense decreased for the 2009 Quarter by $1.1 million or
29.2% compared to the same period in 2008 primarily related to currency
exchange rates and the previously mentioned finalization of purchase
accounting for our acquired Consolidated Entertainment
cinemas.
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General
and administrative costs decreased for the 2009 Quarter by $498,000 or
45.0% compared to the same period in 2008 primarily related to cost
cutting measures throughout the
segment.
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For
our statement of operations, Australia and New Zealand quarterly average
exchange rates have decreased by 5.9% and 5.2%, respectively, since the
2008 Quarter, which had an impact on the individual components of our
income statement.
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Because
of the above, cinema segment income increased for the 2009 Quarter by $1.5
million compared to the same period in
2008.
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The
following tables detail our cinema segment operating results for the nine months
ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively (dollars in
thousands):
Nine
Months Ended September 30, 2009
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United
States
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Australia
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New
Zealand
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Total
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Admissions
revenue
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$ | 55,913 | $ | 38,377 | $ | 9,840 | $ | 104,130 | ||||||||
Concessions
revenue
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21,779 | 12,755 | 2,717 | 37,251 | ||||||||||||
Advertising
and other revenues
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3,456 | 1,627 | 527 | 5,610 | ||||||||||||
Total
revenues
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81,148 | 52,759 | 13,084 | 146,991 | ||||||||||||
Cinema
costs
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65,755 | 38,672 | 9,572 | 113,999 | ||||||||||||
Concession
costs
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3,449 | 2,670 | 644 | 6,763 | ||||||||||||
Total
operating expense
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69,204 | 41,342 | 10,216 | 120,762 | ||||||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
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5,410 | 1,960 | 838 | 8,208 | ||||||||||||
General
& administrative expense
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1,648 | 529 | (1 | ) | 2,176 | |||||||||||
Segment
operating income
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$ | 4,886 | $ | 8,928 | $ | 2,031 | $ | 15,845 |
Nine
Months Ended September 30, 2008
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United
States
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Australia
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New
Zealand
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Total
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Admissions
revenue
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$ | 47,279 | $ | 39,181 | $ | 11,836 | $ | 98,296 | ||||||||
Concessions
revenue
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18,315 | 13,027 | 3,423 | 34,765 | ||||||||||||
Advertising
and other revenues
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3,269 | 1,872 | 665 | 5,806 | ||||||||||||
Total
revenues
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68,863 | 54,080 | 15,924 | 138,867 | ||||||||||||
Cinema
costs
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56,685 | 40,578 | 12,401 | 109,664 | ||||||||||||
Concession
costs
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3,620 | 2,875 | 886 | 7,381 | ||||||||||||
Total
operating expense
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60,305 | 43,453 | 13,287 | 117,045 | ||||||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
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6,906 | 2,254 | 1,356 | 10,516 | ||||||||||||
General
& administrative expense
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2,097 | 889 | 19 | 3,005 | ||||||||||||
Segment
operating income (loss)
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$ | (445 | ) | $ | 7,484 | $ | 1,262 | $ | 8,301 |
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Cinema
revenue increased for the 2009 Nine Months by $8.1 million or 5.9%
compared to the same period in 2008. The 2009 Nine Months
increase was primarily a result of $11.3 million of revenue from our newly
acquired Consolidated Entertainment cinemas offset by decreased results
from our Australia and New Zealand operations primarily due to the impact
of currency exchange rates (see below) including $2.8 million from
admissions and $1.4 million from concessions and other
revenues.
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Operating
expense increased for the 2009 Nine Months by $3.7 million or 3.2%
compared to the same period in 2008. This increase followed the
aforementioned changes in revenues which was somewhat offset by the
finalization of purchase accounting for our newly acquired Consolidated
Entertainment cinemas that were effective the fourth quarter of 2008
resulting in higher straight-line rent and acquired lease costs in 2008
than in 2009. Overall, our operating expenses as a ratio to
gross revenue decreased from 84.3% to 82.2% for the 2008 and 2009 Nine
Months, respectively.
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Depreciation
and amortization expense decreased for the 2009 Nine Months by $2.3
million or 21.9% compared to the same period in 2008 related to the same
issues as noted for the quarter
above.
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General
and administrative costs decreased for the 2009 Nine Months by $829,000 or
27.6% compared to the same period in 2008 related to the same issues as
noted for the quarter above.
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For
our statement of operations, Australia and New Zealand quarterly average
exchange rates have decreased by 11.6% and 15.4%, respectively, since
2008, which had an impact on the individual components of our income
statement.
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Because
of the above, cinema segment income increased for the 2009 Nine Months by
$7.5 million compared to the same period in
2008.
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Real
Estate
The
following tables detail our real estate segment operating results for the three
months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively (dollars in
thousands):
Three
Months Ended September 30, 2009
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United
States
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Australia
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New
Zealand
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Total
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Live
theater rental and ancillary income
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$ | 455 | $ | -- | $ | -- | $ | 455 | ||||||||
Property
rental income
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1,662 | 2,681 | 1,551 | 5,894 | ||||||||||||
Total
revenues
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2,117 | 2,681 | 1,551 | 6,349 | ||||||||||||
Live
theater costs
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296 | -- | -- | 296 | ||||||||||||
Property
rental cost
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1,400 | 1,033 | 408 | 2,841 | ||||||||||||
Total
operating expense
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1,696 | 1,033 | 408 | 3,137 | ||||||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
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84 | 584 | 371 | 1,039 | ||||||||||||
Loss
on transfer of real estate held for sale to continuing
operations
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-- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||||||||
General
& administrative expense
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-- | 172 | 23 | 195 | ||||||||||||
Segment
operating income
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$ | 337 | $ | 892 | $ | 749 | $ | 1,978 |
Three
Months Ended September 30, 2008
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United
States
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Australia
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New
Zealand
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Total
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Live
theater rental and ancillary income
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$ | 641 | $ | -- | $ | -- | $ | 641 | ||||||||
Property
rental income
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1,127 | 2,440 | 1,900 | 5,467 | ||||||||||||
Total
revenues
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1,768 | 2,440 | 1,900 | 6,108 | ||||||||||||
Live
theater costs
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376 | -- | -- | 376 | ||||||||||||
Property
rental cost
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832 | 834 | 451 | 2,117 | ||||||||||||
Total
operating expense
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1,208 | 834 | 451 | 2,493 | ||||||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
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90 | 613 | 387 | 1,090 | ||||||||||||
General
& administrative expense
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(1 | ) | 243 | 13 | 255 | |||||||||||
Segment
operating income
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$ | 471 | $ | 750 | $ | 1,049 | $ | 2,270 |
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Real
estate revenue increased for the 2009 Quarter by $241,000 or 3.9% compared
to the same period in 2008. Real estate revenue increased from
our Australia and U.S. properties. In the U.S., the increase
was primarily related to rental revenues from our newly acquired
Consolidated Entertainment cinemas that have ancillary real estate
associated with them and negotiated rent increases on several of our New
York properties. This increase was offset by an $186,000
decrease in
live theater revenue and by decreased real estate revenue from our New
Zealand properties.
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Operating
expense for the real estate segment increased for the 2009 Quarter by
$644,000 or 25.8% compared to the same period in 2008. This
increase in expense in the U.S. was primarily related to our newly
acquired Consolidated Entertainment cinemas that have ancillary real
estate and was coupled with increasing utility and other operating costs
both in our US and Australia
properties.
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Depreciation
expense for the real estate segment decreased by $51,000 or 4.7% for the
2009 Quarter compared to the same period in 2008 primarily due to the
impact of currency exchange rates (see
below).
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General
and administrative costs decreased for the 2009 Quarter by $60,000 or
23.5% compared to the same period in 2008 primarily due cost cutting
measures associated with our Australia operations coupled with the impact
of currency exchange rate decreases (see
below).
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For
our statement of operations, Australia and New Zealand quarterly average
exchange rates have decreased by 5.9% and 5.2%, respectively, since 2008,
which had an impact on the individual components of our income
statement.
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As
a result of the above, real estate segment income decreased for the 2009
Quarter by $292,000 compared to the same period in
2008.
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The
following tables detail our real estate segment operating results for the nine
months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively (dollars in
thousands):
Nine
Months Ended September 30, 2009
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United
States
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Australia
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New
Zealand
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Total
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Live
theater rental and ancillary income
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$ | 1,900 | $ | -- | $ | -- | $ | 1,900 | ||||||||
Property
rental income
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4,641 | 7,022 | 4,176 | 15,839 | ||||||||||||
Total
revenues
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6,541 | 7,022 | 4,176 | 17,739 | ||||||||||||
Live
theater costs
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1,122 | -- | -- | 1,122 | ||||||||||||
Property
rental cost
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3,844 | 2,718 | 1,086 | 7,648 | ||||||||||||
Total
operating expense
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4,966 | 2,718 | 1,086 | 8,770 | ||||||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
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249 | 1,227 | 998 | 2,474 | ||||||||||||
Loss
on transfer of real estate held for sale to continuing
operations
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-- | 549 | -- | 549 | ||||||||||||
General
& administrative expense
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9 | 504 | 51 | 564 | ||||||||||||
Segment
operating income
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$ | 1,317 | $ | 2,024 | $ | 2,041 | $ | 5,382 |
Nine
Months Ended September 30, 2008
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United
States
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Australia
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New
Zealand
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Total
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Live
theater rental and ancillary income
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$ | 2,695 | $ | -- | $ | -- | $ | 2,695 | ||||||||
Property
rental income
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2,051 | 7,461 | 5,663 | 15,175 | ||||||||||||
Total
revenues
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4,746 | 7,461 | 5,663 | 17,870 | ||||||||||||
Live
theater costs
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1,450 | -- | -- | 1,450 | ||||||||||||
Property
rental cost
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1,555 | 2,529 | 1,369 | 5,453 | ||||||||||||
Total
operating expense
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3,005 | 2,529 | 1,369 | 6,903 | ||||||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
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271 | 1,883 | 1,318 | 3,472 | ||||||||||||
General
& administrative expense
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13 | 765 | 75 | 853 | ||||||||||||
Segment
operating income
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$ | 1,457 | $ | 2,284 | $ | 2,901 | $ | 6,642 |
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Real
estate revenue decreased for the 2009 Nine Months by $131,000 or 0.7%
compared to the same period in 2008. Revenues increased in the
U.S. primarily related to rental revenues from our newly acquired
Consolidated Entertainment cinemas that have ancillary real estate
associated with them and negotiated rent increases on several of our New
York properties. This increase was offset by decreased live
theater revenues and real estate revenues from our Australia and New
Zealand properties primarily due to the impact of currency exchange rates
(see below).
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Operating
expense for the real estate segment increased for the 2009 Nine Months by
$1.9 million or 27.0% compared to the same period in 2008. This
increase in expense was primarily related to our newly acquired
Consolidated Entertainment cinemas that have ancillary real estate coupled
with increasing utility and other operating costs primarily in our US
properties. This increase was offset by decreased live theater
costs of $328,000, which corresponds with the aforementioned decrease in
live theater revenues.
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Depreciation
expense for the real estate segment decreased by $998,000 or 28.7% for the
2009 Nine Months compared to the same period in 2008 primarily due to the
impact of currency exchange rates (see
below).
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We
recorded a loss, in effect catch up depreciation, in the 2009 Nine Months
on transfer of real estate held for sale to continuing operations of
$549,000 related to our Auburn
property.
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General
and administrative costs decreased for the 2009 Nine Months by $289,000 or
33.9% compared to the same period in 2008 for the same reasons as the
quarter above.
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For
our statement of operations, Australia and New Zealand quarterly average
exchange rates have decreased by 11.6% and 15.4%, respectively, since
2008, which had an impact on the individual components of our income
statement.
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As
a result of the above, real estate segment income decreased for the 2009
Nine Months by $1.3 million compared to the same period in
2008.
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Corporate
General and administrative expense
includes expenses that are not directly attributable to other operating
segments. General and administrative expense increased by $368,000 in
the 2009 Quarter and remained about the same in 2009 Nine Months compared to
same periods in 2008. The 2009 Quarter and 2009 Nine months were both
affected by increases in legal costs primarily associated with our ongoing tax
litigation case in the U.S. offset by decreases in general and administrative
expense in Australia and New Zealand which effect was muted by the impact of
currency exchange rates.
During
the 2009 Quarter and 2009 Nine Months, we recorded $2.6 million as other
operating income associated with our settlement of the MIL litigation for
the recovery of previously expensed litigation costs.
Net interest expense decreased by
$482,000 for the 2009 Quarter and increased by $905,000 for the 2009 Nine Months
compared to the same periods in 2008. The increase in interest
expense during the 2009 Nine Months was primarily related to our ceasing to
capitalize interest on our development properties, where development has been
substantially curtailed, resulting in an increase in interest expense for 2009
offset by lower interest on our subordinated notes and a net gain on our
mark-to-market of our interest swaps and cap. The 2009 Quarter was
affected by the same factors as the 2009 Nine Months except that the decreased
interest expense from the net gain on our mark-to-market of interest swaps and
cap was recorded primarily during the 2009 Quarter resulting in a net decrease
in interest expense rather than the net increase in interest expense noted for
2009 Nine Months.
During the 2009 Nine Months, we
recorded a $10.7 million gain on retirement of subordinated debt (TPS), net of a
$749,000 loss on deferred financing costs associated with the subordinated
debt.
For the 2009 Quarter and 2009 Nine
Months we recorded other losses of $24,000 and $2.7 million, respectively,
compared to an other loss of $1.0 million and an other income $2.0 million for
the 2008 Quarter and 2008 Nine Months, respectively. For the 2009
Quarter, the $24,000 other loss included a $250,000 legal settlement gain for
our now concluded, Puerto Rico litigation and a $224,000 provision loss on our
Whitehorse Center litigation. For the 2009 Nine Months, the $2.7
million other loss included a $2.2 million loss on foreign currency
transactions, a $2.0 million other-than-temporary loss on marketable securities,
offset by a $1.5 million gain from fees associated with a terminated
option. The 2008 Quarter other loss was primarily related to a $1.0
million property impairment expense. The 2008 Nine Months other
income of $2.0 million was primarily related to the 2008 Quarter’s property
impairment loss; a gain on foreign currency translation of $447,000; $910,000 of
insurance proceeds related to damage caused by Hurricane George in 1998; a
settlement gain on our Whitehorse Center litigation of $1.2 million; and a gain
recovered costs of $385,000 relating
to certain setoffs taken by our credit card servicers.
During
the 2009 Quarter and 2009 Nine Months, we recorded a gain on sale of
unconsolidated entity of $268,000 from the sale of our investment in MIL, and,
during 2008 Nine Months, we recorded a gain on sale of unconsolidated entity of
$2.5 million (NZ$3.2 million), from the sale of our interest in the cinema at
Botany Downs, New Zealand.
Net Income (Loss)
Attributable to Reading International, Inc. Common
Shareholders
During
2009, we recorded net income attributable to Reading International, Inc. common
shareholders of $9.6 million and $3.1 million for the 2009 Nine Months and 2009
Quarter, respectively, compared to a net loss attributable to Reading
International, Inc. common shareholders of $2.0 million and $2.1 million for the
2008 Nine Months and the 2008 Quarter, respectively.
Acquisition
Manukau Land
Purchase
On April
30, 2009, we entered into an agreement to purchase for $3.8 million (NZ$5.2
million) a property adjacent to our Manukau property. An initial
deposit of $175,000 (NZ$258,000) which was paid upon signing of the agreement
and a second deposit of $531,000 (NZ$773,000) was paid in August
2009. The remaining balance is due on the settlement date of March
31, 2010.
Business
Plan, Capital Resources, and Liquidity
Business
Plan
Our
cinema exhibition business plan is to continue to identify, develop, and acquire
cinema properties, where reasonably available, that allow us to leverage our
cinema expertise and technology over a larger operating base. Our
real estate business plan is to continue development of our existing land assets
to be sensitive to opportunities to convert our entertainment assets to higher
and better uses, or, when appropriate, dispose of such
assets. Because we believe that current economic conditions are not
conducive to obtaining the pre-construction leasing commitments necessary to
justify commencement of construction, we currently focus our development efforts
on improving and enhancing land entitlements and negotiating with end users for
build to suit
projects. We will also continue to investigate potential synergistic
acquisitions that may not readily fall into either of our two currently
identified segments.
Contractual
Obligations
The
following table provides information with respect to the maturities and
scheduled principal repayments of our secured debt and lease obligations at
September 30, 2009 (in thousands):
2009
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2010
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2011
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2012
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2013
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Thereafter
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Total
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Debt
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$ | 523 | $ | 7,891 | $ | 93,139 | $ | 26,752 | $ | 56,517 | $ | 88 | $ | 184,910 | ||||||||||||||
Notes
payable to related parties
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-- | 14,000 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 14,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Subordinated
notes (trust preferred securities)
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-- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 27,913 | 27,913 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Pension
liability
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1 | 12 | 17 | 23 | 29 | 3,063 | 3,145 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Lease
obligations
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6,569 | 25,569 | 25,019 | 23,648 | 21,338 | 86,811 | 188,954 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Estimated
interest on debt
|
3,015 | 11,636 | 11,208 | 4,931 | 1,656 | 15,650 | 48,096 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Total
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$ | 10,108 | $ | 59,108 | $ | 129,383 | $ | 55,354 | $ | 79,540 | $ | 133,525 | $ | 467,018 |
We base estimated interest on long-term
debt on the anticipated loan balances for future periods calculated against
current fixed and variable interest rates.
We adopted FASB ASC 740-10-2a, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income
Taxes on January 1, 2007. As of adoption, the total amount of
gross unrecognized tax benefits for uncertain tax positions was $12.5 million
increasing to $14.8 million as of September 30, 2009. We do not
expect a significant tax payment related to these obligations within the next 12
months.
Unconsolidated
Debt
Total
debt of unconsolidated joint ventures and entities was $1.2 million and $785,000
as of September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008. Our share of
unconsolidated debt, based on our ownership percentage, was $397,000 and
$261,000 as of September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008. This debt is
without recourse to Reading as of September 30, 2009 and December 31,
2008.
Off-Balance Sheet
Arrangements
There are
no off-balance sheet transactions, arrangements or obligations (including
contingent obligations) that have, or are reasonably likely to have, a current
or future material effect on our financial condition, changes in the financial
condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital
expenditures, or capital resources.
Currency
Risk
We are subject to currency risk because
we conduct a significant portion of our business in Australia and New
Zealand. Set forth below is a chart indicating the various exchange
rates at certain points in time for the Australian and New Zealand Dollar
vis-à-vis the US Dollar over the past 20 years.
We do not engage in currency hedging
activities. Rather, to the extent possible, we operate our Australian
and New Zealand operations on a self-funding basis. Our policy in
Australia and New Zealand is to match revenues and expenses, whenever possible,
in local currencies. As a result, we have procured in local
currencies the majority of our expenses in Australia and New
Zealand. Due to the developing nature of our operations in Australia
and New Zealand and our historic practice of funding our asset growth through
local borrowings, our revenues are not yet significantly greater than our
operating expenses and interest charges in these countries. As we
continue to progress with our acquisition and development activities in
Australia and New Zealand, the effect of variations in currency values will
likely increase.
Liquidity and Capital
Resources
Our ability to generate sufficient cash
flows from operating activities in order to meet our obligations and commitments
drives our liquidity position. This is further affected by our
ability to obtain adequate, reasonable financing and/or to convert
non-performing or non-strategic assets into cash.
Currently,
our liquidity needs arise mainly from:
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working
capital requirements; and
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·
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debt
servicing requirements.
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At the
present time, we have approximately $4.9 million (AUS$5.5 million) in undrawn
funds under our Australian Corporate Credit Facility. During May
2009, we extended the term of our New Zealand facility to March 31, 2012 and
reduced the available borrowing amount to $32.5 million (NZ$45.0
million). As a result, we currently have undrawn funds of $21.7
million (NZ$30.0 million) available under our line of credit in New
Zealand. Accordingly, we believe that we have sufficient borrowing
capacity under our Australian Corporate Credit Facility and our New Zealand line
of credit to meet our anticipated short-term working capital
requirements.
Our U.S.
Union Square Theatre loan matures on January 1, 2010. We are
currently in discussions to roll over this loan into a new, five-year term loan
or, alternatively, to refinance with a different institutional
lender.
Under our
2000 City Cinemas transaction, we are evaluating our options regarding
purchasing the remaining asset under this rental transaction, the Village East
building, for approximately $5.9 million.
Operating
Activities
Cash
provided by operations was $10.5 million in the 2009 Nine Months compared to
$15.9 million provided by operations in the 2008 Nine Months. The
decrease in cash provided by operations of $5.3 million was due primarily to
$3.5 million of cash used in operating assets and liabilities for 2009 compared
to $2.4 million of cash provided by operating assets and liabilities for
2008. The cash provided by operating assets and liabilities in 2008
was primarily associated with the timing of operational cash receipts compared
to operational cash payments primarily in our acquired U.S.
cinemas.
Investing
Activities
Cash used in investing activities for
the 2009 Nine Months decreased by $50.7 million to $12.6 million from $63.3
million compared to the same period in 2008. The $12.6 million cash
used for the 2009 Nine Months was primarily related to:
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$4.0
million in property enhancements to our existing
properties;
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·
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$706,000
deposit to purchase a property adjacent to our Manukau
property;
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·
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$11.5
million to purchase marketable securities to exchange for our Reading
International Trust I securities;
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offset
by
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·
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$317,000
of change in restricted cash;
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$3.0
million in return of investment of unconsolidated entities;
and
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$285,000
receipt of an option purchase payment for the Auburn
property.
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The $63.3 million cash used for the
2008 Nine Months was primarily related to:
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·
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$49.2
million to purchase the assets of the Consolidated Cinemas
circuit;
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$2.5
million to purchase real estate assets acquired through LPP;
and
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·
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$18.4
million in property enhancements to our existing
properties;
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offset
by
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·
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$2.0
million of deposit returned upon acquisition of the Consolidated Cinema
circuit;
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$1.1
million of sale option proceeds for our Auburn
property;
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·
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$910,000
of proceeds from insurance settlement;
and
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·
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$3.3
million of cash received from the sale of our interest in the Botany Downs
cinema in New Zealand.
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Financing
Activities
Cash used
in financing activities for the 2009 Nine Months was $12.1 million compared to
$54.3 million of cash provided by financing activities for the same period in
2008 resulting in a change of $66.5 million. The $12.1 million in
cash used in the 2009 Nine Months was primarily related to:
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·
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$1.5
million of borrowing on our Australia credit facilities;
and
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·
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$175,000
of noncontrolling interest
contributions;
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offset
by
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·
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$13.1
million of loan repayments including $6.7 million to pay down on our GE
Capital loan and $6.1 million to pay off our Australia Construction Loan;
and
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·
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$714,000
in noncontrolling interest
distributions.
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The $54.3
million in cash provided in the 2008 Nine Months was primarily related
to:
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·
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$48.0
million of net proceeds from our new GE Capital Term Loan used to finance
the Consolidated Entertainment
transaction;
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$6.6
million of net proceeds from our new Liberty Theatres
loan;
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·
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$4.5
million of borrowing on the Nationwide Loans;
and
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·
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$4.7
million of borrowing on our Australia credit
facilities;
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offset
by
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·
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$8.7
million of loan repayments including $8.4 million to pay down on our GE
Capital loan; and
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·
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$788,000
in distributions to minority
interests.
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Summary of Change in
Cash
Our overall cash decreased by $11.6
million since December 31, 2008 primarily as a result of our paydown or payoff
of $13.1 million of bank debt and our purchase of $11.5 million in marketable
securities which we used to exchange for and extinguish $23.6 million of
subordinated debt offset by $10.5 million of cash provided by operating
activities.
Critical Accounting
Policies
The SEC defines critical accounting
policies as those that are, in management’s view, most important to the
portrayal of the company’s financial condition and results of operations and the
most demanding in their calls on judgment. Although accounting for
our core business of cinema and live theater exhibition with a real estate focus
is relatively straightforward, we believe our most critical accounting policies
relate to:
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impairment
of long-lived assets, including goodwill and intangible
assets;
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tax
valuation allowance and obligations;
and
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legal
and environmental obligations.
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We
discuss these critical accounting policies in our 2008 Annual Report and advise
you to refer to that discussion.
Financial Risk
Management
Our
internally developed risk management procedure, seeks to minimize the
potentially negative effects of changes in currency exchange rates and interest
rates on the results of operations. Our primary exposure to
fluctuations in the financial markets is currently due to changes in currency
exchange rates between U.S and Australia and New Zealand, and interest
rates.
As our operational focus continues to
shift to Australia and New Zealand, unrealized foreign currency translation
gains and losses could materially affect our financial position. We
currently manage our currency exposure by creating, whenever possible, natural
hedges in Australia and New Zealand. This involves local country
sourcing of goods and services as well as borrowing in local
currencies.
Our
exposure to interest rate risk arises out of our long-term debt
obligations. Consistent with our internally developed guidelines, we
seek to reduce the negative effects of changes in interest rates by changing the
character of the interest rate on our long-term debt, converting a variable rate
into a fixed rate. Our internal procedures allow us to enter into
derivative contracts on certain borrowing transactions to achieve this
goal. Our Australian credit facilities provide for floating interest
rates but require that not less than a certain percentage of the loans be
swapped into fixed rate obligations using derivative contracts.
In
accordance with FASB ASC 815-10-35, Subsequent Valuation of Derivative
Instruments and Hedging Instruments (“FASB ASC 815-10-35”), we marked our
interest rate swap instruments to market on the consolidated balance sheet,
resulting in a decrease in interest expense of $456,000 and $1.2 million during
the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009, respectively, and a $601,000
increase and a $215,000 decrease to interest expense during the three and nine
months ended September 30, 2008, respectively. At September 30, 2009,
we recorded the fair market value of an interest rate swap and a cap of $961,000
as an other long-term asset and an interest rate swap of $1.1 million as an
other long-term liability. At December 31, 2008, we recorded the fair
market value of our interest rate swaps of $1.4 million as an other long-term
liability. In accordance with FASB ASC 815-10-35, we have not
designated any of our current interest rate swap positions as financial
reporting hedges.
Inflation
We
continually monitor inflation and the effects of changing
prices. Inflation increases the cost of goods and services
used. Competitive conditions in many of our markets restrict our
ability to recover fully the higher costs of acquired goods and services through
price increases. We attempt to mitigate the impact of inflation by
implementing continuous process improvement solutions to enhance productivity
and efficiency and, as a result, lower costs and operating
expenses. In our opinion, we have managed the effects of inflation
appropriately, and, as a result, it has not had a material impact on our
operations and the resulting financial position or liquidity.
Litigation
We are
currently, and are from time to time, involved with claims and lawsuits arising
in the ordinary course of our business. Some examples of the types of
claims are:
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contractual
obligations;
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insurance
claims;
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IRS
claims;
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employment
matters;
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environmental
matters; and
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anti-trust
issues.
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Where we
are the plaintiffs, we expense all legal fees on an on-going basis and make no
provision for any potential settlement amounts until received. In
Australia, the prevailing party is entitled to recover its attorneys fees, which
typically works out to be approximately 60% of the amounts actually spent where
first class legal counsel is engaged at customary rates. Where we are
a plaintiff, we have likewise made no provision for the liability for the
defendant’s attorneys' fees in the event we are determined not to be the
prevailing party.
Where we are the defendants, we accrue
for probable damages, which insurance may not cover, as they become known and
can be reasonably estimated. In our opinion, any claims and
litigation in which we are currently involved are not reasonably likely to have
a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial
position, or liquidity. However, we do not give any assurance as to
the ultimate outcome of such claims and litigation. The resolution of
such claims and litigation could be material to our operating results for any
particular period, depending on the level of income for such
period. Except as noted below regarding Malulani Investments, Limited
(“MIL”), there have been no material changes to our litigation exposure since
our 2008 Annual Report.
Malulani Investments
Litigation
In
December 2006, Magoon LLC and we commenced a lawsuit entitled Magoon Acquisition
& Development, LLC; a California limited liability company, Reading
International, Inc.; a Nevada corporation, and James J. Cotter vs. Malulani
Investments, Limited, a Hawaii Corporation, Easton T. Mason; John R. Dwyer, Jr.;
Philip Gray; Kenwei Chong (Civil No. 06-1-2156-12 (GWBC)) against certain
officers and directors of MIL alleging various direct and derivative claims for
breach of fiduciary duty and waste and seeking, among other things, access to
various company books and records. As certain of these claims were
brought derivatively, MIL was also named as a defendant in that
litigation.
On July 2, 2009, Magoon LLC and we
entered into a settlement agreement (the “Settlement Terms”) with respect to a
lawsuit against certain officers and directors of MIL. Under the
Settlement Terms, Magoon LLC and we received $2.5 million in cash, a $6.75
million three-year 6.25% secured promissory note issued by TMG, and a ten-year
“tail interest” in MIL and TMG in exchange for the
transfer of all ownership interests in MIL and TMG held by both Magoon, LLC and
RDI and for the release of all claims against the defendants in this
matter. The tail interest allows us to participate in certain
distributions made or received by MIL, TMG, and in certain cases, the
shareholders of TMG. The tail interest, however, continues only for a
period of ten years and we cannot assure that we will in fact receive any
distributions from this tail interest.
Accordingly,
we recorded the full receipt of the $2.5 million of cash and the note receivable
of $6.75 million as consideration for the disposition of our investment in MIL
for $2.1 million, the amount due of $2.0 million on our receivable balance, and
the settlement of the MIL litigation for the remaining proceeds of $5.1
million. We recorded a gain on the disposition of our investment in
MIL of $268,000 as a result of the transfer of this ownership interest under the
terms of the settlement agreement. In addition, we also recorded a
gain of $2.6 million as other operating income representing the recovery of our
previously expensed litigation costs incurred during the course of this
litigation. In accordance with the terms of the shareholder
agreement, we also recorded $2.6 million as the amount payable to Magoon, LLC to
be paid out of future cash distributions of the settlement
proceeds.
Forward-Looking
Statements
Our
statements in this interim quarterly report contain a variety of forward-looking
statements as defined by the Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995. Forward-looking statements reflect only our expectations
regarding future events and operating performance and necessarily speak only as
of the date the information was prepared. We cannot guarantee that
our expectation will be realized in whole or in part. You can
recognize these statements by our use of words such as, by way of example,
“may,” “will,” “expect,” “believe,” and “anticipate” or other similar
terminology.
These
forward-looking statements reflect our expectation after having considered a
variety of risks and uncertainties. However, they are necessarily the
product of internal discussion and do not necessarily completely reflect the
views of individual members of our Board of Directors or of our management
team. Individual Board members and individual members of our
management team may have different views as to the risks and uncertainties
involved, and may have different views as to future events or our operating
performance.
Among the
factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those
expressed in or underlying our forward-looking statements are the
following:
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With
respect to our cinema operations:
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The
number and attractiveness to movie goers of the films released in future
periods;
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o
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The
amount of money spent by film distributors to promote their motion
pictures;
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o
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The
licensing fees and terms required by film distributors from motion picture
exhibitors in order to exhibit their
films;
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The
continued willingness of moviegoers to spend money on our concession
items;
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The
comparative attractiveness of motion pictures as a source of entertainment
and willingness and/or ability of consumers (i) to spend their dollars on
entertainment and (ii) to spend their entertainment dollars on movies in
an outside the home environment;
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The
extent to which we encounter competition from other cinema exhibitors,
from other sources of outside of the home entertainment, and from inside
the home entertainment options, such as “home theaters” and competitive
film product distribution technology such as, by way of example, cable,
satellite broadcast, DVD and VHS rentals and sales, and so called “movies
on demand;” and
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The
extent to and the efficiency with which, we are able to integrate
acquisitions of cinema circuits with our existing
operations.
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With
respect to our real estate development and operation
activities:
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o
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The
rental rates and capitalization rates applicable to the markets in which
we operate and the quality of properties that we
own;
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o
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The
extent to which we can obtain on a timely basis the various land use
approvals and entitlements needed to develop our
properties;
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o
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The
risks and uncertainties associated with real estate
development;
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o
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The
availability and cost of labor and
materials;
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Competition
for development sites and tenants;
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Environmental
remediation issues; and
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The
extent to which our cinemas can continue to serve as an anchor tenant who
will, in turn, be influenced by the same factors as will influence
generally the results of our cinema
operations.
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With
respect to our operations generally as an international company involved
in both the development and operation of cinemas and the development and
operation of real estate:
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Our
ongoing access to borrowed funds and capital and the interest that must be
paid on that debt and the returns that must be paid on such
capital;
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The
relative values of the currency used in the countries in which we
operate;
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Changes
in government regulation;
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Our
labor relations and costs of labor (including future government
requirements with respect to pension liabilities, disability insurance and
health coverage, and vacations and
leave);
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Our
exposure from time to time to legal claims and to uninsurable risks such
as those related to our historic railroad operations, including potential
environmental claims and health related claims relating to alleged
exposure to asbestos or other substances now or in the future, recognized
as being possible causes of cancer or other health related
problems;
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Changes
in future effective tax rates and the results of currently ongoing and
future potential audits by taxing authorities having jurisdiction over our
various companies; and
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Changes
in applicable accounting policies and
practices.
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The above
list is not exhaustive, as business is inherently unpredictable, risky, and
subject to influence by numerous factors outside of our control. Such
factors include changes in government regulation or policy, competition,
interest rates, supply, technological innovation, changes in consumer taste and
fancy, weather, and the extent to which consumers in our markets have the
economic ability to spend money on beyond-the-home entertainment.
Given the
variety and unpredictability of the factors that will ultimately influence our
businesses and our results of operation, it naturally follows that no guarantees
can be given that any of our forward-looking statements will ultimately prove to
be correct. Actual results will undoubtedly vary and there is no
guarantee as to how our securities will perform either when considered in
isolation or when compared to other securities or investment
opportunities.
Finally,
please understand that we undertake no obligation to update publicly or to
revise any of our forward-looking statements, whether because of new
information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under
applicable law. Accordingly, you should always note the date to which
our forward-looking statements speak.
Additionally, certain of the
presentations included in this interim quarterly report may contain “non-GAAP
financial measures.” In such case, we will make available in
connection with such statements a reconciliation of this information to our GAAP
financial statements.
Item 3 –
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure about Market Risk
The SEC
requires that registrants include information about potential effects of changes
in currency exchange and interest rates in their filings. Several
alternatives, all with some limitations, have been offered. We base
the following discussion on a sensitivity analysis, which models the effects of
fluctuations in currency exchange rates and interest rates. This
analysis is constrained by several factors, including the
following:
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is based on a single point in time;
and
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It
does not include the effects of other complex market reactions that would
arise from the changes modeled.
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Although
the results of such an analysis may be useful as a benchmark, they should not be
viewed as forecasts.
At
September 30, 2009, approximately 48% and 18% of our assets were invested in
assets denominated in Australian dollars (Reading Australia) and New Zealand
dollars (Reading New Zealand), respectively, including approximately $12.3
million in cash and cash equivalents. At December 31, 2008,
approximately 44% and 18% of our assets were invested in assets denominated in
Australian dollars (Reading Australia) and New Zealand dollars (Reading New
Zealand) including approximately $19.6 million in cash and cash
equivalents.
Our policy in Australia and New Zealand
is to match revenues and expenses, whenever possible, in local
currencies. As a result, we have procured in local currencies a
majority of our expenses in Australia and New Zealand. Due to the
developing nature of our operations in Australia and New Zealand, our revenue is
not yet significantly greater than our operating and interest
expenses. The resulting natural hedge has led to a somewhat
negligible foreign currency effect on our current earnings. Although
foreign currency has had a nominal effect on our current earnings, the effect of
the translation adjustment on our assets and liabilities noted in our other
comprehensive income was an increase of $15.0 million and $32.5 million for the
three and nine months ended September 30, 2009, respectively. As we
continue to progress our acquisition and development activities in Australia and
New Zealand, we cannot assure you that the foreign currency effect on our
earnings will be negligible in the future.
Historically, our policy has been to
borrow in local currencies to finance the development and construction of our
ETRC’s in Australia and New Zealand whenever possible. As a result,
the borrowings in local currencies have provided somewhat of a natural hedge
against the foreign currency exchange exposure. Even so, and as a
result of our issuance of fully subordinated notes (TPS) in 2007, and their
subsequent partial repayment, approximately 46% and 75% of our Australian and
New Zealand assets, respectively, remain subject to such exposure unless we
elect to hedge our foreign currency exchange between the US and Australian and
New Zealand dollars. If the foreign currency rates were to fluctuate
by 10% the resulting change in Australian and New Zealand assets would be $8.7
million and $5.4 million, respectively, and the change in our quarterly net
income would be $408,000 and $134,000, respectively. Presently, we
have no plan to hedge such exposure.
We record unrealized foreign currency
translation gains or losses that could materially affect our financial
position. As of September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, we have
recorded a cumulative unrealized foreign currency translation gain of
approximately $41.2 million and $8.8 million, respectively.
Historically, we maintain most of our
cash and cash equivalent balances in short-term money market instruments with
original maturities of three months or less. Due to the short-term
nature of such investments, a change of 1% in short-term interest rates would
not have a material effect on our financial condition.
While we
have typically used fixed rate financing (secured by first mortgages) in the
U.S., fixed rate financing is typically not available to corporate borrowers in
Australia and New Zealand. The majority of our Australian and New
Zealand bank loans have variable rates. The Australian facility
provides for floating interest rates, but requires that not less than a certain
percentage of the loan be swapped into fixed rate obligations (see Financial Risk Management
above). If we consider the interest rate swaps, a 1% increase
or decrease in short-term interest rates would have resulted in approximately
$505,000 increase or decrease in our 2009 Nine Months Australian and New Zealand
interest expense.
Item 4 –
Controls and Procedures
We
maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that
information required to be disclosed in the Company’s Exchange Act reports, as
amended, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods
specified in the SEC’s rules and forms and that such information is accumulated
and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and
Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow for timely decisions regarding
required disclosure. In designing and evaluating the disclosure
controls and procedures, management recognizes that any controls and procedures,
no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance
of achieving the desired control objectives, and our management is required to
apply its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible
controls and procedures.
Under the
supervision and with the participation of our management, including our
principal executive officer and principal financial officer, we conducted an
evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures, as such term is defined
under Rule 13a-15(e) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Based on this evaluation, our
principal executive officer and our principal financial officer concluded that
our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of the end of the
period covered by this quarterly report.
Changes
in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
No change
in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f)
and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) occurred during the quarter ended
September 30, 2009 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
PART II –
Other Information
Item 1 - Legal
Proceedings
For a
description of legal proceedings, please refer to Item 3 entitled Legal
Proceedings contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2008.
On July
2, 2009, we settled our lawsuit with MIL and certain of its officers, directors,
and affiliates. The terms of that settlement are as described in Note
13 – Commitments and
Contingencies to our September 30, 2009 Condensed Consolidated Financial
Statements.
Item 2 - Unregistered Sales of Equity
Securities and
Use of Proceeds
For a description of grants of stock to
certain executives, see the Stock Based Compensation section under see Note 2 –
Stock-Based and Equity
Compensation, above.
Item 3 - Defaults upon
Senior Securities
Not applicable.
Item 4 - Submission of
Matters to a Vote of Securities Holders
None
Item 5 - Other
Information
Not applicable.
Item 6 -
Exhibits
31.1
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Certification
Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, filed
herewith.
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31.2
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Certification
Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, filed
herewith.
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Certifications
Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, filed
herewith.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to
be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly
authorized.
READING INTERNATIONAL,
INC.
Date:
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November
6, 2009
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By:
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/s/ James J. Cotter
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James
J. Cotter
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Chief
Executive Officer
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Date:
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November
6, 2009
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By:
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/s/ Andrzej Matyczynski
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Andrzej
Matyczynski
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Chief
Financial Officer
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