10-Q 1 frphsepq17.htm FRPH FORM 10Q SEPTEMBER 2017

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM 10-Q

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(Mark One)    

 

[X ]

QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2017

 

or

 

[  ]

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


For the transition period from_________ to _________

 

 Commission File Number: 001-36769

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FRP HOLDINGS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

_____________________

Florida   47-2449198

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

  (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
     

200 W. Forsyth St., 7th Floor,

Jacksonville, FL

  32202
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

904-396-5733

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes  [x]    No  [_]

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

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “non-accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer [_]   Accelerated  filer [x]
     
Non-accelerated filer [_]   Smaller reporting company [_]
     
Emerging growth company [_]    

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  [_] 

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

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.

 

  Class       Outstanding at September 30, 2017  
  Common Stock, $.10 par value per share       10,007,167 shares  
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FRP HOLDINGS, INC.

FORM 10-Q

QUARTER ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2017

 

 

 

CONTENTS

Page No.

 

Preliminary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements     3
           
    Part I.  Financial Information      
           
Item 1.   Financial Statements      
    Consolidated Balance Sheets     4
    Consolidated Statements of Income     5
    Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     6
    Condensed Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements     8
           
Item 2.   Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations     18
           
Item 3.   Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risks     35
           
Item 4.   Controls and Procedures     35
           
    Part II.  Other Information      
           
Item 1A.   Risk Factors     36
           
Item 2.   Purchase of Equity Securities by the Issuer     36
           
Item 6.   Exhibits     36
           
Signatures         37
           
Exhibit 31   Certifications pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002     39
           
Exhibit 32   Certifications pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002     42

 

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Preliminary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements.

 

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, together with other statements and information publicly disseminated by us, contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The words or phrases “anticipate,” “estimate,” ”believe,” “budget,” “continue,” “could,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “seek,” “should,” “will,” “would,” “expect,” “objective,” “projection,” “forecast,” “goal,” “guidance,” “outlook,” “effort,” “target” and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements. Such statements reflect management’s current views with respect to financial results related to future events and are based on assumptions and expectations that may not be realized and are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties, many of which cannot be predicted with accuracy and some of which might not even be anticipated. Future events and actual results, financial or otherwise, may differ, perhaps materially, from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements. Risk factors discussed in Item 1A of this Form 10-Q and other factors that might cause differences, some of which could be material, include, but are not limited to, levels of construction activity in the markets served by our mining properties, demand for flexible warehouse/office facilities in the Baltimore-Washington-Northern Virginia area, our ability to obtain zoning and entitlements necessary for property development, the impact of lending and capital market conditions on our liquidity, our ability to finance projects or repay our debt, general real estate investment and development risks, vacancies in our properties, risks associated with developing and managing properties in partnership with others, competition, our ability to renew leases or re-lease spaces as leases expire, illiquidity of real estate investments, bankruptcy or defaults of tenants, the impact of restrictions imposed by our credit facility, the level and volatility of interest rates, environmental liabilities, inflation risks, cybersecurity risks, as well as other risks listed from time to time in our SEC filings, including but not limited to, our annual and quarterly reports. In addition, if we elect REIT status these risk factors also would include our ability to qualify or to remain qualified as a REIT, our ability to satisfy REIT distribution requirements, the impact of issuing equity, debt or both, and selling assets to satisfy our future distributions required as a REIT or to fund capital expenditures, future growth and expansion initiatives, the impact of the amount and timing of any future distributions, the impact from complying with REIT qualification requirements limiting our flexibility or causing us to forego otherwise attractive opportunities, our lack of experience operating as a REIT, legislative, administrative, regulatory or other actions affecting REITs, including positions taken by the Internal Revenue Service, the possibility that our Board of Directors will unilaterally revoke our REIT election, the possibility that the anticipated benefits of qualifying as a REIT will not be realized, or will not be realized within the expected time period, We have no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statements, other than as imposed by law, as a result of future events or new information. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements.

These forward-looking statements are made as of the date hereof based on management’s current expectations, and the Company does not undertake an obligation to update such statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Additional information regarding these and other risk factors may be found in the Company’s other filings made from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION, ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FRP HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Unaudited) (In thousands, except share data)

    September 30   December 31  
Assets:   2017   2016  
Real estate investments at cost:                
Land   $ 127,744       99,417  
Buildings and improvements     332,694       195,443  
Projects under construction     5,959       11,779  
     Total investments in properties     466,397       306,639  
Less accumulated depreciation and depletion     91,788       82,392  
     Net investments in properties     374,609       224,247  
                 
Real estate held for investment, at cost     7,176       7,176  
Investments in joint ventures     13,345       22,901  
     Net real estate investments     395,130       254,324  
                 
Cash and cash equivalents     2,630       —    
Cash held in escrow     186       —    
Accounts receivable, Net     1,033       710  
Federal and state income taxes receivable     1,852       —    
Unrealized rents     4,299       4,562  
Deferred costs     10,781       6,786  
Other assets     181       178  
Total assets   $ 416,092       266,560  
                 
Liabilities:                
Lines of credit payable   6,440       6,665  
Secured notes payable, current portion     4,674       4,526  
Secured notes payable, less current portion     103,999       29,554  
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities     4,825       3,747  
Environmental remediation liability     2,037       2,037  
Bank overdraft     —         254  
Federal and state income taxes payable     —         887  
Deferred revenue     1,397       1,126  
Deferred income taxes     36,075       16,455  
Deferred compensation     1,485       1,475  
Deferred lease intangible, net     2       9  
Tenant security deposits     940       1,005  
    Total liabilities     161,874       67,740  
                 
Commitments and contingencies (Note 8)                 
                 
Equity:                

Common stock, $.10 par value

25,000,000 shares authorized,

10,007,167 and 9,914,054 shares issued

and outstanding, respectively

    1,001       991  
Capital in excess of par value     55,341       52,647  
Retained earnings     173,652       145,168  
Accumulated other comprehensive income, net     14       14  
     Total shareholders’ equity     230,008       198,820  
Noncontrolling interest MRP     24,210       —    
     Total equity     254,218       198,820  
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity   $ 416,092       266,560  
                   

See accompanying notes.

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FRP HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

(In thousands except per share amounts)

(Unaudited)

 

    THREE MONTHS ENDED   NINE MONTHS ENDED
    SEPTEMBER 30,   SEPTEMBER 30,
    2017   2016   2017   2016
Revenues:                                
     Rental revenue   $ 8,738       6,259       21,243       18,430  
     Mining Royalty and rents     1,763       2,016       5,311       5,805  
     Revenue – reimbursements     1,553       1,501       4,182       4,399  
 Total Revenues     12,054       9,776       30,736       28,634  
                                 
Cost of operations:                                
     Depreciation, depletion and amortization     4,769       2,160       9,030       6,155  
     Operating expenses     1,879       1,146       3,882       3,651  
     Environmental remediation expense     —         —         —         2,000  
     Property taxes     1,401       1,087       3,592       3,357  
     Management company indirect     560       419       1,504       1,340  
     Corporate expenses (Note 4 Related Party)     617       656       2,510       2,348  
Total cost of operations     9,226       5,468       20,518       18,851  
                                 
Total operating profit     2,828       4,308       10,218       9,783  
                                 
Interest income     —         —         —         1  
Interest expense     (1,251 )     (273 )     (1,870 )     (1,080 )
Equity in loss of joint ventures     (12 )     (652 )     (1,589 )     (924 )

Gain on remeasurement of investment in real estate partnership

    60,196       —         60,196       —    
Loss on investment land sold     —         (148     —         (257
                                 
Income before income taxes     61,761       3,235       66,955       7,523  
Provision for income taxes     16,577       1,278       18,615       2,972  
                                 
Net income     45,184       1,957       48,340       4,551  
Income attributable to noncontrolling interest     19,793       —         19,793       —    
Net income attributable to the Company   $ 25,391       1,957       28,547       4,551  
                                 
                                 
Earnings per common share:                                
    Basic   $ 2.54       0.20       2.86       0.46  
    Diluted   $ 2.52       0.20       2.84       0.46  
                                 
Number of shares (in thousands) used in computing:                      
    -basic earnings per common share     10,004       9,865       9,967       9,860  
    -diluted earnings per common share     10,066       9,908       10,035       9,902  
                                                       

 

 

See accompanying notes.

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FRP HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

(In thousands except per share amounts)

(Unaudited)

 

 

    THREE MONTHS ENDED   NINE MONTHS ENDED
    SEPTEMBER 30,   SEPTEMBER 30,
    2017   2016   2017   2016
Comprehensive income   $ 45,184       1,957       48,340       4,551  
Less: comprehensive income attributable to  noncontrolling interests     19,793       —         19,793       —    
Comprehensive income attributable to the  Company   25,391       1,957       28,547       4,551  
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FRP HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2017 AND 2016

(In thousands) (Unaudited)

 

 

    2017       2016  
Cash flows from operating activities:              
 Net income $ 48,340       4,551  
 Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash              
  provided by operating activities:              
   Depreciation, depletion and amortization   9,228       6,329  
   Deferred income taxes   19,620       (1,551
   Equity in loss of joint ventures   1,589       924  
   Gain on remeasurement of investment in real estate partnership   (60,196 )     —   
   Loss on sale of equipment and property   12       238  
   Stock-based compensation   588       506  
   Net changes in operating assets and liabilities:              
     Accounts receivable   (283 )     (418
     Deferred costs and other assets   (1,221 )     (1,066 )
     Accounts payable and accrued liabilities   444       5,141  
     Income taxes payable and receivable   (2,739 )     (1,026
     Other long-term liabilities   (61     34  
Net cash provided by operating activities   15,321       13,662  
               
Cash flows from investing activities:              
 Investments in properties   (12,595 )     (17,015 )
 Investments in joint ventures   (621 )     (715 )
 Proceeds from sale of assets   16       2,147  
 Cash at consolidation of real estate partnership   2,295       —   
 Cash held in escrow   (15 )     1,174  
Net cash used in investing activities   (10,920 )     (14,409 )
               
Cash flows from financing activities:              
 Decrease in bank overdrafts   (254 )     (63 )
 Proceeds from long-term debt   43       —   
 Repayment of long-term debt   (3,367 )     (3,159 )
 Proceeds from borrowing on revolving credit facility   12,845       18,042  
 Payment on revolving credit facility   (13,070 )     (14,163 )
 Debt issue costs   (21 )     (139 )
 Repurchase of company stock   (74 )     (43 )
 Exercise of employee stock options   2,127       272  
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities   (1,771 )     747  
               
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents   2,630        —   
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period   —        —   
Cash and cash equivalents at end of the period $ 2,630        —   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes.

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FRP HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2017

(Unaudited)

 

(1) Description of Business and Basis of Presentation.

 

FRP Holdings, Inc. (“FRP” or the “Company”) is a holding company engaged in the real estate business, namely (i) warehouse/office/residential building ownership, leasing and management, (ii) mining royalty land ownership and leasing and (iii) land acquisition, entitlement and development primarily for future warehouse/office or residential building construction.

 

The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of FRP Holdings, Inc. (the “Company” or “FRP”) inclusive of our operating real estate subsidiaries, FRP Development Corp. (“Development”) and Florida Rock Properties, Inc. (”Properties”). Our investment in the Brooksville joint venture and BC FRP Realty joint venture are accounted for under the equity method of accounting (See Note 11).

 

Effective July 1, 2017 the Company consolidated the assets (at fair value), liabilities and operating results of our Riverfront Investment Partners I, LLC partnership (“Dock 79”) which was previously accounted for under the equity method. The ownership of Dock 79 attributable to our partner MRP Realty is reflected on our consolidated balance sheet as a noncontrolling interest. Such noncontrolling interests are reported on the Consolidated Balance Sheets within equity but separately from shareholders' equity. On the Consolidated Statements of Income, all of the revenues and expenses from Dock 79 are reported in net income, including both the amounts attributable to the Company and the noncontrolling interest. The amounts of consolidated net income attributable to the noncontrolling interest is clearly identified on the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Income.

 

These statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for interim financial information and the instructions to Form 10-Q and do not include all the information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (primarily consisting of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for a fair statement of the results for the interim periods have been included. Operating results for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2017. The accompanying consolidated financial statements and the information included under the heading "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" should be read in conjunction with the Company's consolidated financial statements and related notes included in the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2016.

 

On December 19, 2016, the Company changed its fiscal year end from September 30 to December 31. The quarter ended December 31, 2016 was a transition period.

 

(2) Recently Issued Accounting Standards. In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, “Leases”, which requires lessees to recognize a right-to-use asset and a lease obligation for all leases. Lessees are permitted to make an accounting policy election to not recognize an asset and liability for leases with a term of twelve months or less. Additional qualitative and quantitative disclosures, including significant judgments made by management, will be required. Lessors will account for leases using an approach that is substantially equivalent to existing accounting standards. The new standard will become effective for the Company beginning with the first quarter 2019 and requires a modified retrospective transition approach and includes a number of practical expedients. Early adoption of the standard is permitted. As the Company is primarily a lessor the adoption of this guidance is not expected to have a material impact on its financial statements.

 

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers” which replaces existing revenue recognition standards and significantly expand the disclosure requirements for revenue arrangements. It may be adopted either retrospectively or on a modified retrospective basis to new contracts and existing contracts with

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remaining performance obligations as of the effective date. While lease contracts with customers, which constitute a vast majority of our revenues, are a specific scope exception, certain of our revenue streams may be impacted by the new guidance. The new standard is effective beginning with the first quarter of 2018. The Company currently does not expect the adoption of this guidance to result in a material impact on its financial statements.

 

In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-09, “Compensation—Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting”. The ASU includes multiple provisions intended to simplify various aspects of the accounting for share-based payments. Excess tax benefits for share-based payments are recorded as a reduction of income taxes and reflected in operating cash flows upon the adoption of this ASU. Excess tax benefits were recorded in equity and as financing activity prior to adoption of this ASU. In addition, the guidance allows for a policy election to account for forfeitures as they occur rather than on an estimated basis. The Company adopted this guidance prospectively as of October 1, 2016. As a result of this adoption in the nine months of 2017 we recorded a $14,000 reduction of income tax expense from excess tax benefits on stock option exercises.

 

In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-01, “Business Combinations (Topic 805): Clarifying the Definition of a Business”, to clarify the definition of a business with the objective of adding guidance to assist entities with evaluating whether transactions should be accounted for as acquisitions of assets or businesses. To be considered a business, an acquisition would have to include an input and a substantive process that together significantly contribute to the ability to create outputs. The new guidance provides a framework to evaluate when an input and a substantive process are present. To be a business without outputs, there will now need to be an organized workforce. ASU 2017-01 further states that when substantially all of the fair value of gross assets acquired is concentrated in a single asset (or a group of similar assets), the assets acquired would not represent a business. The Company adopted this guidance prospectively as of July 1, 2017. The Company expects this standard to result in building acquisitions being considered an asset rather than a business. This change will result in acquisition costs being capitalized as part of the asset acquisition, whereas prior treatment has them recognized in earnings in the period incurred.

 

(3) Business Segments. The Company is reporting its financial performance based on four reportable segments, Asset Management, Mining Royalty Lands, Land Development and Construction and RiverFront on the Anacostia, as described below.

 

The Asset Management segment owns, leases and manages warehouse/office buildings located predominately in the Baltimore/Northern Virginia/Washington, DC market area.

 

Our Mining Royalty Lands segment owns several properties comprising approximately 15,000 acres currently under lease for mining rents or royalties (this does not include the 4,280 acres owned in our Brooksville joint venture with Vulcan Materials).  Other than one location in Virginia, all of these properties are located in Florida and Georgia. 

 

Through our Land Development and Construction segment, we own and are continuously monitoring for their “highest and best use” several parcels of land that are in various stages of development.  Our overall strategy in this segment is to convert all of our non-income producing lands into income production through (i) an orderly process of constructing new buildings for us to own and operate or (ii) a sale to, or joint venture with, third parties.

 

In July 2017, Phase I (Dock 79) of the development known as RiverFront on the Anacostia in Washington, D.C., a 300,000 square foot residential apartment building developed by a joint venture between the Company and MRP SE Waterfront Residential, LLC (“MRP”), reached stabilization, meaning 90% of the individual apartments have been leased and are occupied by third party tenants. Upon reaching stabilization, the Company has, for a period of one year, the exclusive right to (i) cause the joint venture to sell the property or (ii) cause the Company’s and MRP’s percentage interests in the joint venture to be adjusted so as to take into account the value of the development at the time of stabilization. The attainment of stabilization also resulted in a change of control for accounting purposes as the veto rights of the minority shareholder lapsed and the Company became the primary beneficiary. As such, beginning July 1, 2017, the Company consolidated the assets (at current fair value), liabilities and operating results of the joint venture as a new segment called RiverFront on the Anacostia.

 

Operating results and certain other financial data for the Company’s business segments are as follows (in thousands):

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    Three Months ended   Nine Months ended
    September 30,   September 30,
    2017   2016   2017   2016
Revenues:                                
 Asset management   $ 7,578       7,323       22,057       21,824  
 Mining royalty lands     1,786       2,037       5,381       5,874  
 Land development and construction     323       416       931       936  
 RiverFront on the Anacostia     2,367       —         2,367       —    
      12,054       9,776       30,736       28,634  
                                 
Operating profit:                                
 Before corporate expenses:                                
  Asset management   $ 3,336       3,245       10,071       9,986  
   Mining royalty lands     1,667       1,915       4,993       5,504  
   Land development and construction     (390 )     (196 )     (1,168 )     (3,359 )
   RiverFront on the Anacostia     (1,168 )     —         (1,168 )     —    
 Corporate expenses:                                
  Allocated to asset management     (350 )     (339 )     (1,424 )     (1,213 )
  Allocated to mining royalty lands     (30 )     (49 )     (124 )     (176 )
  Allocated to land development and construction     (210 )     (268 )     (935 )     (959 )
  Allocated to RiverFront on the Anacostia     (27 )     —         (27 )     —    
      (617 )     (656 )     (2,510 )     (2,348 )
    $ 2,828       4,308       10,218       9,783  
                                 
Interest expense:                                
 Asset management   $ 374       273       993       1,080  
 RiverFront on the Anacostia     877       —         877       —    
    $ 1,251       273       1,870       1,080  
                                 
Depreciation, depletion and amortization:                                
 Asset management   $ 2,090       2,071       6,112       5,891  
 Mining royalty lands     17       24       91       70  
 Land development and construction     98       65       263       194  
 RiverFront on the Anacostia     2,564       —         2,564       —    
    $ 4,769       2,160       9,030       6,155  
Capital expenditures:                                
 Asset management   $ 1,273       10,276       6,061       11,510  
 Mining royalty lands     —         99       —         205  
 Land development and construction     2,852       4,210       6,203       5,300  
 RiverFront on the Anacostia     331       —        331       —   
    $ 4,456       14,585       12,595       17,015  

 

    September 30,   December 31,
Identifiable net assets   2017   2016
                 
Asset management   $ 180,827       169,736  
Mining royalty lands     38,744       39,259  
Land development and construction     44,162       57,126  
RiverFront on the Anacostia     146,718       —   
Cash items     2,630       —   
Unallocated corporate assets     3,011       439  
    $ 416,092       266,560  
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(4) Related Party Transactions. The Company is a party to a Transition Services Agreement which resulted from our January 30, 2015 spin-off of Patriot Transportation Holding, Inc. (Patriot). The Transition Services Agreement sets forth the terms on which Patriot will provide to FRP certain services that were shared prior to the Spin-off, including the services of certain shared executive officers. The boards of the respective companies amended and extended this agreement for one year effective April 1, 2017.

 

The consolidated statements of income reflect charges and/or allocation from Patriot for these services of $352,000 and $362,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, and $1,229,000 and $1,156,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively. Included in the charges above are amounts recognized for corporate executive stock-based compensation expense. These charges are reflected as part of corporate expenses.

 

To determine these allocations between FRP and Patriot as set forth in the Transition Services Agreement, we generally employed the same methodology historically used by the Company pre Spin-off to allocate said expenses and thus we believe that the allocations to FRP are a reasonable approximation of the costs related to FRP’s operations but any such related-party transactions cannot be presumed to be carried out on an arm’s-length basis as the terms were negotiated while Patriot was still a subsidiary of FRP.

 

(5) Long-Term Debt. Long-term debt is summarized as follows (in thousands):

 

    September 30,   December 31,
    2017   2016
Revolving credit (uncollateralized)   $ 6,440       6,665  
5.6% to 7.9% mortgage notes                
  due in installments through 2027     30,792       34,080  
RiverFront construction loan     60,881       —    
RiverFront EB5 secondary financing     17,000       —    
      115,113       40,745  
Less portion due within one year     4,674       4,526  
    $ 110,439       36,219  

 

On January 30, 2015, the Company entered into a five year credit agreement with Wells Fargo with a maximum facility amount of $20 million (the "Credit Agreement"). The Credit Agreement provides a revolving credit facility (the “Revolver”) with a $10 million sublimit available for standby letters of credit. As of September 30, 2017, there was $5,687,000 outstanding on the revolver, $2,266,000 outstanding under letters of credit and $12,047,000 available for borrowing. The letters of credit were issued to guarantee certain obligations to state agencies related to real estate development. Most of the letters of credit are irrevocable for a period of one year and typically are automatically extended for additional one-year periods. The Revolver bears interest at a rate of 1.4% over the selected LIBOR, which may change quarterly based on the Company’s ratio of Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated Total Capital, as defined which excludes FRP RiverFront. A commitment fee of 0.15% per annum is payable quarterly on the unused portion of the commitment. The commitment fee may also change quarterly based upon the ratio described above. The credit agreement contains certain conditions and financial covenants, including a minimum $110 million tangible net worth. As of September 30, 2017, the tangible net worth covenant would have limited our ability to pay dividends or repurchase stock with borrowed funds to a maximum of $77.5 million combined. The Company was in compliance with all covenants as of September 30, 2017.

 

On July 24, 2015 the Company closed on a five year, $20 million secured revolver with First Tennessee Bank with a twenty-four month window to convert up to the full amount of the facility into a ten year term loan. Interest accrues at 1.90% over one month LIBOR plus an annual commitment fee of 0.10%. As of September 30, 2017, there was $753,000 outstanding on the revolver and $19,247,000 available for borrowing. The Company expects to close on a second facility with First Tennessee Bank with a $20 million ten year term loan secured by to-be-determined collateral. The purpose of these loans is to facilitate growth through new construction in the Land Development and Construction segment and/or acquisition of existing, operating buildings to be added to the Asset Management segment.

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Effective July 1, 2017 the Company consolidated the assets (at current fair value), liabilities and operating results of our Riverfront Investment Partners I, LLC partnership (“Dock 79”) which was previously accounted for under the equity method. As such the full amount of our construction loan and secondary financing were recorded in the consolidated financial statements and described below. Both these financing sources are non-recourse to FRP.

 

Effective August 7, 2014, the Dock 79 obtained a commitment for a construction loan from a financial institution in the principal amount of $65,000,000 to fund certain development and construction costs of the Dock 79. The initial maturity date of the loan is the earlier of (i) August 7, 2018, or (ii) the date to which the loan is accelerated pursuant to certain terms as outlined in the agreement. Dock 79 has the option to extend the initial maturity date for one extension period of four years (Extension Term) upon the compliance with and satisfaction of certain conditions as defined in the agreement. The interest rate on the loan through the initial maturity date is based on the 2.35% over one month LIBOR and the interest rate during the Extension Term (if any) until the maturity date will be based on a fixed-interest rate swap or interest rate cap, as applicable, for the applicable LIBOR-based rate on the then applicable market terms. Accrued interest is payable in arrears on the first day of each calendar month and on the maturity date. The outstanding principal balance on all loans shall be due and payable in full on the maturity date. After maturity, accrued interest on all loans shall be payable on demand. The loan is secured by any real and personal property of Dock 79. The agreement contains certain conditions, affirmative financial covenants and negative covenants including the maintenance of a debt service ratio of not less than 1.25 to 1.00 during the Extension Term.

 

Effective August 7, 2014, Dock 79 partnership member EB5 Capital-Jobs Fund 8, L.P. made an initial capital contribution of $17 million in cash into an escrow account with a financial institution all of which have been used for construction. Associated with the $17 million cash contribution, EB5 is entitled to earn an investment return. The investment return requires the Dock 79 to pay interest monthly based on an annual rate of 4.95% for the first 5 years and 8% thereafter, on the balance remaining of the initial capital contributed. Dock 79 is required to repay or redeem EB5's membership interest for a purchase price equal to the sum of the balance of EB5's contribution account, plus any accrued by unpaid investment return sixty months after the initial capital contribution, unless extended for an additional twelve months in accordance with the agreement. Subsequent to the repayment of the investment return, EB5 will no longer be a partner in the Dock 79. Due to the mandatory redemption requirements associated with the EB5 financing arrangement, the related investment is classified as a liability on the balance sheets.

 

During the three months ended September 30, 2017 and September 30, 2016 the Company capitalized interest costs of $210,000 and $382,000, respectively. During the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and September 30, 2016 the Company capitalized interest costs of $812,000 and $864,000, respectively.

 

 

(6) Earnings per Share. The following details the computations of the basic and diluted earnings per common share (in thousands, except per share amounts):

  Three Months ended   Nine Months ended
  September 30,   September 30,
  2017   2016   2017   2016
Weighted average common shares              
 outstanding during the period              
 - shares used for basic              
 earnings per common share   10,004       9,865       9,967       9,860  
                               
Common shares issuable under                              
 share based payment plans                              
 which are potentially dilutive   62       43       68       42  
                               
Common shares used for diluted                              
 earnings per common share   10,066       9,908       10,035       9,902  
                               
Net income attributable to the Company $ 25,391       1,957       28,547       4,551  
                               
Basic earnings per common share:                              
 Basic $ 2.54       0.20       2.86       0.46  
 Diluted $ 2.52       0.20       2.84       0.46  

 

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For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, 13,610 and 22,422 shares attributable to outstanding stock options were excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share because their inclusion would have been anti-dilutive. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, 42,040 and 72,090 shares attributable to outstanding stock options were excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share because their inclusion would have been anti-dilutive.

(7) Stock-Based Compensation Plans. The Company has two Stock Option Plans (the 2006 Stock Incentive Plan and the 2016 Equity Incentive Option Plan) under which options for shares of common stock were granted to directors, officers and key employees. The 2016 plan permits the grant of stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock awards, restricted stock units, or stock awards. The options awarded under the plans have similar characteristics. All stock options are non-qualified and expire ten years from the date of grant. Stock based compensation awarded to directors, officers and employees are exercisable immediately or become exercisable in cumulative installments of 20% or 25% at the end of each year following the date of grant. When stock options are exercised the Company issues new shares after receipt of exercise proceeds and taxes due, if any, from the grantee. The number of common shares available for future issuance was 569,917 at September 30, 2017.

 

The Company utilizes the Black-Scholes valuation model for estimating fair value of stock compensation for options awarded to officers and employees. Each grant is evaluated based upon assumptions at the time of grant. The assumptions were no dividend yield, expected volatility between 35% and 46%, risk-free interest rate of .3% to 4.2% and expected life of 3.0 to 7.0 years.

 

The dividend yield of zero is based on the fact that the Company does not pay cash dividends and has no present intention to pay cash dividends. Expected volatility is estimated based on the Company’s historical experience over a period equivalent to the expected life in years. The risk-free interest rate is based on the U.S. Treasury constant maturity interest rate at the date of grant with a term consistent with the expected life of the options granted. The expected life calculation is based on the observed and expected time to exercise options by the employees.

 

As previously disclosed, Thompson S. Baker II resigned from his position as CEO and from the board of directors on March 13, 2017. In recognition of his outstanding service to the Company, the Board approved the vesting of all of Mr. Baker's outstanding FRP stock options, which expired 90 days following the termination of his employment. The vesting of Mr. Baker’s outstanding FRP options that were issued prior to the spin-off required Patriot to record modification stock compensation expense of $150,000. FRP reimbursed Patriot for this cost under the transition services agreement. The vesting of Mr. Baker’s outstanding FRP options that were issued subsequent to the spin-off required modified stock compensation expense of $41,000.

 

The Company recorded the following stock compensation expense in its consolidated statements of income (in thousands):

    Three Months ended   Nine Months ended  
    September 30,   September 30,  
    2017   2016   2017   2016  
Stock option grants   $ 33       31       143       94  
Annual director stock award     —         —         445       412  
    $ 33       31       588       506  

 

 

A summary of changes in outstanding options is presented below (in thousands, except share and per share amounts):

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      Weighted   Weighted   Weighted
  Number   Average   Average   Average
  Of   Exercise   Remaining   Grant Date
Options Shares   Price   Term (yrs)   Fair Value(000's)
Outstanding at                              
  January 1, 2017   236,385     $ 25.35       6.1     $ 2,440  
    Granted   4,555     $ 37.55             $ 75  
    Modification   —       $ 30.21             $ (137 )
    Exercised   (84,630 )   $ 25.13             $ (783 )
Outstanding at                              
  September 30, 2017   156,310     $ 25.82       5.5     $ 1,595  
Exercisable at                              
  September 30, 2017   114,020     $ 23.83       4.7     $ 1,010  
Vested during                              
  nine months ended                              
  September 30, 2017   26,839                     $ 223  
                                   

 

The aggregate intrinsic value of exercisable in-the-money options was $2,442,000 and the aggregate intrinsic value of outstanding in-the-money options was $3,037,000 based on the market closing price of $45.25 on September 29, 2017 less exercise prices.

 

The unrecognized compensation cost of options granted to FRP employees but not yet vested as of September 30, 2017 was $343,000, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 3.5 years.

 

Gains of $1,474,000 were realized by option holders during the nine months ended September 30, 2017. Patriot realized the tax benefits of $1,365,000 of these gains because these options were exercised by Patriot employees for options granted prior to the spin-off.

 

(8) Contingent Liabilities. Certain of the Company’s subsidiaries are involved in litigation on a number of matters and are subject to certain claims which arise in the normal course of business. The Company has retained certain self-insurance risks with respect to losses for third party liability and property damage. The liability at any point in time depends upon the relative ages and amounts of the individual open claims. In the opinion of management, none of these matters are expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company’s consolidated financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

 

Preliminary testing on the site of the Company's four phase master development known as RiverFront on the Anacostia in Washington, D.C. indicated the presence of contaminated material that will have to be specially handled upon excavation in conjunction with construction. The Company agreed with our joint venture partner to bear the cost of handling the contaminated materials on the first phase of this development up to a cap of $1.871 million. As of September 30, 2016, the excavation and foundation work for Phase 1 were substantially complete and the total remediation expense was $1.833 million. During the quarter ending December 31, 2015, management successfully completed negotiations and entered into a $3,000,000 settlement of environmental claims on all four phases against our former tenant at the Riverfront on the Anacostia property and continues to pursue settlement negotiations with other potentially responsible parties. The Company executed a letter of intent with MRP Realty in May 2016 to develop Phase II of the Riverfront on the Anacostia project and recorded an estimated environmental remediation expense of $2.0 million for the Company’s estimated liability under the proposed agreement. The Company has no obligation to remediate this contamination on Phases III and IV of the development until such time as it makes a commitment to commence construction on each phase. The Company's actual expense to address this issue may be materially higher or lower than the expense previously recorded depending upon the actual costs incurred.

 

(9) Concentrations.  One tenant accounts for 11% of the Company’s consolidated revenues during the quarter ended September 30, 2017.  The mining royalty lands segment has a total of four tenants currently leasing mining locations and one lessee that accounted for 15.4% of the Company’s consolidated revenues during the nine months ended

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September 30, 2017 and $106,769 of accounts receivable at September 30, 2017.  The termination of these lessees’ underlying leases could have a material adverse effect on the Company. The Company places its cash and cash equivalents with First Tennessee Bank.  At times, such amounts may exceed FDIC limits.

 

(10) Fair Value Measurements. Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The fair value hierarchy prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value into three broad levels. Level 1 means the use of quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. Level 2 means the use of values that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data. Level 3 means the use of inputs are those that are unobservable and significant to the overall fair value measurement.

 

As of September 30, 2017 the Company had no assets or liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring or non-recurring basis. Footnote 12 describes a remeasurement to fair value of certain assets at July 1, 2017. At September 30, 2017 and 2016, the carrying amount reported in the consolidated balance sheets for cash and cash equivalents, short-term notes payable and revolving credit approximate their fair value based upon the short-term nature of these items.

 

The fair values of the Company’s other mortgage notes payable were estimated based on current rates available to the Company for debt of the same remaining maturities. At September 30, 2017, the carrying amount and fair value of such other long-term debt was $115,113,000 and $117,827,000, respectively. At December 31, 2016, the carrying amount and fair value of such other long-term debt was $40,745,000 and $43,747,000, respectively.

 

(11) Investments in Joint Ventures (Equity Method).

 

Brooksville. In 2006, the Company entered into a Joint Venture Agreement with Vulcan Materials Company to jointly own and develop approximately 4,300 acres of land near Brooksville, Florida. Under the terms of the joint venture, FRP contributed its fee interest in approximately 3,443 acres formerly leased to Vulcan under a long-term mining lease which had a net book value of $2,548,000. Vulcan is entitled to mine a portion of the property until 2032 and pay royalties to the Company. FRP also contributed $3,018,000 for one-half of the acquisition costs of a 288-acre contiguous parcel. Vulcan contributed 553 acres that it owned as well as its leasehold interest in the 3,443 acres that it leased from FRP and $3,018,000 for one-half of the acquisition costs of the 288-acre contiguous parcel. The joint venture is jointly controlled by Vulcan and FRP. Distributions will be made on a 50-50 basis except for royalties and depletion specifically allocated to the Company. Other income for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 includes a loss of $31,000 representing the Company’s portion of the loss of this joint venture.

 

BC FRP Realty (Windlass Run). During the quarter ending March 2016, we entered into an agreement with a Baltimore development company (St. John Properties, Inc.) to jointly develop the remaining lands of our Windlass Run Business Park. The 50/50 partnership initially calls for FRP to combine its 25 acres (valued at $7,500,000) with St. John Properties’ adjacent 10 acres fronting on a major state highway (valued at $3,239,536) which resulted in an initial cash distribution of $2,130,232 to FRP in May, 2016. Thereafter, the venture will jointly develop the combined properties into a multi-building business park to consist of approximately 329,000 square feet of single story office space.

 

Investments in Joint Ventures (in thousands):

                            The  
                            Company's  
                Total Assets     Net Loss     Share of Net  
          Total     of the     of the     Loss of the  
    Ownership     Investment     Partnership     Partnership     Partnership  
                               
As of September 30, 2017                              
RiverFront Holdings I, LLC (1)   —       —       —       $   (2,019 )   $   (1,558 )
Brooksville Quarry, LLC   50.00 %   $   7,487     $ 14,445     (62 )   (31 )
BC FRP Realty, LLC   50.00 %   5,858     12,298     —      —   
   Total         $ 13,345     $ 26,743     $  (2,081 )   $  (1,589 )
                               
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As of December 31, 2016                              
RiverFront Holdings I, LLC   77.14 %   $10,151     $90,420       $   (1,446 )   $   (1,115 )
Brooksville Quarry, LLC   50.00 %   7,522     14,341     (8 )   (4 )
BC FRP Realty, LLC   50.00 %   5,228     10,784     —      —   
   Total         $  22,901     $ 115,545     $  (1,454 )   $  (1,119 )

 

(1)The Company consolidated this joint venture effective July 1, 2017 (see Footnote 12).

 

Balance Sheet at December 31, 2016 (in thousands):

 

 

  As of December 31, 2016
    Riverfront   Brooksville   BC FRP    
    Holdings I, LLC   Quarry, LLC   Realty, LLC   Total
                 
Cash   $ 1,023     $ 18     $ 21     $ 1,062  
Cash held in escrow     88       —         —         88  
Investments in real estate, net     89,309       14,323       10,763       114,395  
     Total Assets   $ 90,420     $ 14,341     $ 10,784     $ 115,545  
                                 
Other Liabilities   $ 6,348     $ 1     $ 47     $ 6,396  
Long-term Debt     69,042       —        —        69,042  
Capital – FRP     10,151       7,522       5,228       22,901  
Capital - Third Parties     4,879       6,818       5,509       17,206  
     Total Liabilities and Capital   $ 90,420     $ 14,341     $ 10,784     $ 115,545  

 

 

Income statements for the RiverFront Holdings I, LLC, prior to consolidation July 1, 2017 (in thousands):

 

    Three Months Ended   Nine Months Ended
    September 30,   September 30,
    2017   2016   2017   2016
Revenues:                
    Rental Revenue   $ —         —       $ 3,053       127  
    Revenue – Reimbursements     —         127       33       —    
Total Revenues     —         127       3,086       127  
Cost of operations:                                
     Depreciation and amortization     —         228       1,958       325  
     Operating expenses     —         405       1,096       621  
     Property taxes     —         41       459       41  
Total cost of operations     —         674       3,513       987  
Total operating profit     —         (547 )     (427 )     (860 )
Interest expense     —         (280     (1,592 )     (280
Net loss of the Partnership   $ —         (827 )   $ (2,019 )     (1,140 )

 

 

The amount of consolidated accumulated deficit for these joint ventures was $(2,633,000) and $(1,667,000) as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016 respectively.

 

 

(12) Consolidation of RiverFront Investment Partners I, LLC. On March 30, 2012 the Company entered into a Contribution Agreement with MRP SE Waterfront Residential, LLC. (“MRP”) to form a joint venture to develop the first phase only of the four phase master development known as RiverFront on the Anacostia in Washington, D.C. The purpose of the Joint Venture is to develop and own an approximately 300,000 square foot residential apartment

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building (including approximately 18,000 square feet of retail) on approximately 2 acres of the roughly 5.82 acre site. The joint venture, RiverFront Investment Partners I, LLC (“RiverFront I”) was formed in June 2013 as contemplated. The Company contributed land with an agreed to value of $13,500,000 (cost basis of $6,165,000) and contributed cash of $4,866,000 to the Joint Venture for a 77.14% stake in the venture. MRP contributed capital of $5,553,000 to the joint venture including development costs paid prior to formation of the joint venture. The Joint Venture closed on $17,000,000 of EB5 secondary financing and a nonrecourse construction loan for $65,000,000 on August 8, 2014. Both these financing sources are non-recourse to FRP. At the time of these financings, RiverFront Holdings I, LLC. was formed as a parent to RiverFront Investment Partners I, LLC with EB5 as an equity partner in Riverfront Holdings I, LLC. Construction commenced in October 2014, first occupancy was in August 2016. As of September 30, 2017 96.4% of the units were leased. The Company’s equity interest in the joint venture was previously accounted for under the equity method of accounting as MRP acts as the administrative agent of the joint venture and oversees and controls the day to day operations of the project.

 

In July 2017, Phase I (Dock 79) reached stabilization, meaning 90% of the individual apartments have been leased and are occupied by third party tenants. Upon reaching stabilization, the Company has, for a period of one year, the exclusive right to (i) cause the joint venture to sell the property or (ii) cause the Company’s and MRP’s percentage interests in the joint venture to be adjusted so as to take into account the contractual payouts assuming a sale at the value of the development at the time of this “Conversion election”.

 

The attainment of stabilization results in a change of control for accounting purposes as the veto rights of the minority shareholder lapsed and the Company became the primary beneficiary. As such, beginning July 1, 2017, the Company consolidated the assets (at fair value), liabilities and operating results of the joint venture. This consolidation resulted in a gain on remeasurement of investment in real estate partnership of $60,196,000 of which $20,469,000 was attributed to the noncontrolling interest. In accordance with the terms of the Joint Venture agreements, the Company used the fair value amount at date of conversion and calculated an adjusted ownership under the Conversion election. As such for financial reporting purposes effective July 1, 2017 the Company ownership is based upon this substantive profit sharing arrangement and is estimated at 66.0% on a prospective basis.

 

 

 

    As of July 1, 2017
    Riverfront   Gain on Remeasure-        
    Holdings I, LLC   ment     Revised  
                 
Land   $ 7,220     $ 21,107         $ 28,327  
Building and improvements, net     81,773       34,362           116,135  
Value of leases in place     —        4,727           4,727  
Cash     2,295       —             2,295  
Cash held in escrow     171       —             171  
Accounts receivable     40       —             40  
Prepaid expenses     142       —             142  
     Total Assets   $ 91,641     $ 60,196         $ 151,837  
                             
Long-term Debt   $ 78,587     $ —           $ 78,587  
Amortizable debt costs     (852     —             (852
Other liabilities     905       —             905  
Equity – FRP     8,583       39,727            48,310  
Equity - MRP     4,418       20,469            24,887  
     Total Liabilities and Capital   $ 91,641     $ 60,196         $ 151,837  
                                   

 

 

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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL

CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

 

The following discussion includes a non-GAAP financial measure within the meaning of Regulation G promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission to supplement the financial results as reported in accordance with GAAP. The non-GAAP financial measure discussed is net operating income (NOI). The Company uses this metric to analyze its continuing operations and to monitor, assess, and identify meaningful trends in its operating and financial performance. This measure is not, and should not be viewed as, a substitute for GAAP financial measures. Refer to “Non-GAAP Financial Measure” below in this quarterly report for a more detailed discussion, including reconciliations of this non-GAAP financial measure to its most directly comparable GAAP financial measure.

 

Overview - FRP Holdings, Inc. (“FRP” or the “Company”) is a holding company engaged in the real estate business, namely (i) warehouse/office building ownership, leasing and management, (ii) mining royalty land ownership and leasing and (iii) land acquisition, entitlement and development primarily for future warehouse/office or residential building construction.

 

The Company’s operations are influenced by a number of external and internal factors. External factors include levels of economic and industrial activity in the United States and the Southeast, construction activity and costs, aggregates sales by lessees from the Company’s mining properties, interest rates, market conditions in the Baltimore/Northern Virginia/Washington DC area, and our ability to obtain zoning and entitlements necessary for property development. Internal factors include administrative costs and group health claims experience.

 

 

Potential REIT Conversion.

 

Whether through strategic acquisitions, organic growth, joint ventures, or putting our non-income producing land to work, our constant aim is to create and grow shareholder value. To that end, we have for some time explored the possibility of converting this company into a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT), with the idea that this may be a more efficient structure given the nature of our business. In order to have the option to convert to a REIT, the Company has already elected to change from our previous fiscal year (ending September 30), to a fiscal year that follows the calendar year as is required of a REIT. This change went into effect January 1, 2017 and required one-time additional auditing expenses of $120,000 which were reflected in fiscal year 2017. Thus, this past quarter, and every quarter ended September 30 will now be the third quarter of our fiscal year. Finally, consistent with having the option to elect REIT status, we have contributed our mining reserves into a wholly owned subsidiary. Because the parent company still retains control of the land itself, the portion of the mining royalties’ income that is not attributable to the reserves, but instead more closely resembles ground rents, will be retained by the parent company and will qualify as “REIT-able” income. The subsidiary will receive only the income attributable to the reserves it now controls. This structure is intended to assure that we will meet the asset and income tests applicable to REITs. These preliminary steps will not have a material impact on our operations if the Company does not elect REIT status.

 

 

Asset Management Segment.

 

The Asset Management segment owns, leases and manages warehouse/office buildings located predominately in the Baltimore/Northern Virginia/Washington, DC market area.  We focus primarily on owning flexible type facilities that cater to the maximum number of tenant types. As most of our buildings are less than 150,000 square feet, we focus on local and regional vs. national tenants. Hands-on service provided by our in-house construction and property management teams keeps us close to our tenant base. These practices are the cornerstone of our mission to provide the highest quality product and services at competitive rates resulting in tenant satisfaction and ultimately, retention.

 

These assets create revenue and cash flows through tenant rental payments, lease management fees and reimbursements for building operating costs. The major cash outlays incurred in this segment are for operating expenses, real estate taxes, building repairs, lease commissions and other lease closing costs, construction of tenant improvements, capital to

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acquire existing operating buildings and closing costs related thereto and personnel costs of our property management team. Of the 43 buildings we own today, 28 were constructed by the Company through what is now known as our Land Development and Construction segment. Additionally, over the years, we have opportunistically acquired 15 existing operating buildings, typically in connection with a deferred like-kind (Section 1031) exchange opportunity.  Today, this segment consists of 4 million square feet.

 

Management focuses on several factors to measure our success on a comparative basis in this segment. The major factors we focus on are (1) revenue growth, (2) net operating income, (3) growth in occupied square feet, (4) actual occupancy rate, (5) average annual occupied square feet, (6) average annual occupancy rate (defined as the occupied sf at the end of each month during a fiscal year divided by the number of months to date in that fiscal year as a percentage of the average number of square feet in the portfolio over that same time period), (7) growth of our portfolio (in square feet), and (8) tenant retention success rate (as a percentage of total square feet to be renewed).

 

 

Asset Management segment – nine months ended September 30, 2017 September 30, 2016
Revenues $22,057,000 21,824,000
Net Operating Income (Cash Basis) $16,715,000 16,554,000
Occupied square feet 3,637,236 3,486,681
Overall occupancy rate 91.3% 89.9%
Average YTD occupied square feet 3,529,911 3,383,261
Average YTD occupancy rate 89.4% 89.5%
Portfolio square feet 3,983,813 3,880,365
Retention Success rate 81% 64%

 

 

Mining Royalty Lands Segment.

 

Our Mining Royalty Lands segment owns several properties comprising approximately 15,000 acres currently under lease for mining rents or royalties (this does not include the 4,280 acres owned in our Brooksville joint venture with Vulcan Materials).  Other than one location in Virginia, all of these properties are located in Florida and Georgia.  The typical lease in this segment requires the tenant to pay us a royalty based on the number of tons of mined materials sold from our property during a given fiscal year multiplied by a percentage of the average annual sales price per ton sold. As a result of this royalty payment structure, we do not bear the cost risks associated with the mining operations, however, we are subject to the cyclical nature of the construction markets in these States as both volumes and prices tend to fluctuate through those cycles. In certain locations, typically where the reserves on our property have been depleted but the tenant still has a need for the leased land, we collect a fixed annual rental amount. We believe that the number of tons and the price per ton will rise on the aggregates under lease as construction continues to grow in Florida, Georgia, and Virginia which would positively benefit our profitability in this segment.  Our mining properties had estimated remaining reserves of 415 million tons as of September 30, 2016 after a total of 6.9 million tons were consumed in fiscal 2016.

 

The major expenses in this segment are comprised of collection and accounting for royalties, management’s oversight of the mining leases, land entitlement for post-mining uses and property taxes at our non-leased locations and at our Grandin location which, unlike our other leased mining locations, are not paid by the tenant.  As such, our costs in this business are very low as a percentage of revenue, are relatively stable and are not affected by increases in production at our locations. Our current mining tenants include Vulcan Materials, Martin Marietta and Cemex, among others. 

 

Additionally, these locations provide us with excellent opportunities for valuable “second lives” for these assets through proper land planning and entitlement.

 

 

Significant “2nd life” Mining Lands: 

 

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Location Acreage Status
Brooksville, FL 4,280 +/- Development of Regional of Impact and County Land Use and Master Zoning in place for 5,800 residential unit, mixed-use development
Ft. Myers, FL 1,993 +/- Approval in place for 105, 1 acre, waterfront residential lots after mining completed.
Gulf Hammock, FL 1,600 +/- Currently on the market for $4.5 million
Total 7,873 +/-  

 

 

Land Development and Construction Segment.

 

Through our Land Development and Construction segment, we own and are continuously monitoring for their “highest and best use” several parcels of land that are in various stages of development.  Our overall strategy in this segment is to convert all of our non-income producing lands into income production through (i) an orderly process of constructing new warehouse/office buildings for us to own and operate or (ii) a sale to, or joint venture with, third parties.

Revenues in this segment are generated predominately from land sales and interim property rents. The significant cash outlays incurred in this segment are for land acquisition costs, entitlement costs, property taxes, design and permitting, the personnel costs of our in-house management team and horizontal and vertical construction costs.

Since 1990, one of our primary strategies in this segment has been to acquire, entitle and ultimately develop commercial/industrial business parks providing 5–15 building pads which we typically convert into warehouse/office buildings. To date, our management team has converted 28 of these pads into developed buildings that we continue to own and manage through the Asset Management segment. Our typical practice has been to transfer these assets to the Asset Management segment on the earlier to occur of (i) commencement of rental revenue or (ii) issuance of the certificate of occupancy. We have also opportunistically sold several of these pad sites over time to third party “users”. 

 

The remaining pad sites in our inventory today are fully entitled, located in business parks in four different submarkets in the DC/Baltimore/Northern Virginia area, and can support an additional +/- 876,000 sf. of warehouse/office buildings. 

 

Summary of Our Remaining Lot Inventory: 

 

Location Acreage SF +/- Status
Lakeside, MD 20 286,500 Horizontal development completed. Ready for vertical permitting.

Windlass Run

Business Park, MD

17.5

(50%

Interest)

164,500

(50%

Interest)

Company owns a 50% in a joint venture formed in April 2016 with St. John Properties.  The joint venture owns the 35 acres and plans to develop the land into 12 office buildings for a total of 329,000 sq. ft.
Patriot Business Center, Manassas, VA 18 96,047 Building permit process ongoing for the remaining 96,047 s.f.  Includes 12 acres storm water management.
Hollander 95 Business Park, MD 33 328,740 Horizontal development completed. Building permit process ongoing for 94,290 sf.
Total 88.5 875,787  

 

Having sites ready for vertical construction has rewarded us in the past.  It is the main reason why we were able to convert 3 of our finished pads at Patriot Business Park into build-to-suit opportunities in 2012, 2013 and 2014.  We completed construction on a 103,448 square foot building at Patriot Business Park that was put into service in April 2017. We completed construction on a 79,550 square foot spec building at Hollander Business Park that was put into service in the third quarter of fiscal 2016. In April, 2016 we entered into a joint venture agreement to develop 12 office buildings on our remaining lots at Windlass Run and on adjacent frontage property owned by St. John Properties. We will continue to actively monitor these submarkets where we have lots ready for construction and take advantage of the

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opportunities presented to us.

 

In addition to the inventory of finished building lots, we have several other properties that were either spun-off to us from Florida Rock Industries in 1986 or acquired by us from unrelated 3rd parties. These properties, as a result of our “highest and best use” studies, are being prepared for income generation through sale or joint venture with third parties, and in certain cases we are leasing these properties on an interim basis for an income stream while we wait for the development market to mature.

 

Our strategy when selling parcels outright is to attempt to convert the proceeds into income producing real estate for our Asset Management segment through a Section 1031 tax-deferred exchange. An example of this is the Windlass Run 179 acre tract purchased for $5.2 million in 2002. When purchased, the entire parcel was zoned for commercial/industrial uses. Today, some 70 acres of this original tract makes up our Windlass Run Business Park. We successfully rezoned the remaining acreage for medium density residential development and on April 17, 2013, we entered into a contract to sell the residential portion of the property for $19 million. The first phase of the Windlass Run residential land was sold for $8 million and the proceeds were used in a Section 1031 exchange to acquire our Transit Business Park in 2013. Phase 2 was sold in November, 2015 for $11.1 million and we used $9.9 million of the proceeds to acquire the fully leased Port Capital Building.

 

An example of property in this segment being developed through joint venture is Phase I of our RiverFront on the Anacostia project which was contributed to a joint venture with MRP in 2014 to construct a 305 unit apartment building including 18,000 sf of ground floor retail.

 

Significant Investment Lands Inventory:

 

Location Approx. Acreage Status

 

NBV

RiverFront on the Anacostia Phases II-IV 3.7 Phase II final design approval hearings ongoing. $10,468,000
Hampstead Trade Center, MD 118 Residential conceptual design program ongoing. $7,169,000
Square 664E,on the Anacostia River in DC 2 Under lease to Vulcan Materials as a concrete batch plant through 2021 with one 5 year renewal option. $8,343,000
Total 126   $25,980,000

 

RIVERFRONT ON THE ANACOSTIA:

This property consists of 5.8 acres on the Anacostia River and is immediately adjacent to the Washington National’s baseball park in the SE Central Business District of Washington, DC. Once zoned for industrial use and under a ground lease, this property is no longer under lease and has been rezoned for the construction of approximately 1.1M square feet of “mixed-use” development in four phases. In 2014, approximately 2.1 acres (Phase I) of the total 5.8 acres was contributed to a joint venture owned by the Company (77%) and our partner, MRP Realty (23%), and construction commenced in October 2014 on a 305 unit residential apartment building with approximately 18,000 sq. ft. of first floor retail space. Lease up commenced in May 2016 and rent stabilization was achieved in the third quarter of 2017. The attainment of stabilization resulted in a change of control for accounting purposes as the veto rights of the minority shareholder lapsed and the Company became the primary beneficiary. As such, beginning July 1, 2017, the Company consolidated the assets (at fair value), liabilities and operating results of the joint venture and the property was transferred from the Land Development and Construction Segment to a new segment, RiverFront on the Anacostia. Phases II, III and IV are slated for residential, office, and hotel/residential buildings, respectively, all with permitted first floor retail uses. The company and MRP Realty executed a letter of intent in May 2016 and a Contribution Agreement in February 2017 to develop Phase II but the joint venture is not yet formed. In February, the D.C. Zoning Commission voted 5-0 in favor of the Planned Unit Development (PUD) of Phase II of our RiverFront on the Anacostia project. After formal publishing of the record and a 35 day appeal period we anticipate formal approval in the fourth quarter of this calendar year.

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On August 24, 2015, in anticipation of commencing construction of the new Frederick Douglass bridge at a location immediately to the West of the existing bridge, the District of Columbia filed a Declaration of Taking for a total of 7,390 square feet of permanent easement and a 5,022 square foot temporary construction easement on land along the western boundary of the land that will ultimately hold Phase III and IV. Previously, the Company and the District had conceptually agreed to a land swap with no compensation that would have permitted the proposed new bridge, including construction easements, to be on property wholly owned by the District. As a result, the Planned Unit Development was designed and ultimately approved by the Zoning Commission as if the land swap would occur once the District was ready to move forward with the new bridge construction. In September 2016 the Company received $1,115,400 as settlement for the easement. The Company will continue to seek an agreement from the District that the existing bridge easement will terminate when the new bridge has been placed in service and the existing bridge has been removed. The Company’s position is that otherwise Phase IV will be adversely impacted and additional compensation or other relief will be due the Company.

 

HAMPSTEAD TRADE CENTER: We purchased this 118 acre tract in 2005 for $4.3 million in a Section 1031 exchange with plans of developing it as a commercial business park. The “great recession” caused us to reassess our plans for this property. As a result, Management has determined that the prudent course of action is to attempt to rezone the property for residential uses and sell the entire tract to another developer such that we can redeploy this capital into assets with more near-term income producing potential. In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016, the Company received approval from the Town of Hampstead and has rezoned the property for residential use.

SQUARE 664E, WASHINGTON, DC

This property sits on the Anacostia River at the base of South Capitol Street in an area named Buzzard Point, approximately 1 mile down river from our RiverFront on the Anacostia property. The Square 664E property consists of approximately 2 acres and is currently under lease to Vulcan Materials for use as a concrete batch plant. The lease terminates on August 31, 2021 and Vulcan has the option to renew for one additional period of five (5) years. In the quarter ending December 31, 2014, the District of Columbia announced that it had selected Buzzard Point for the future site of the new DC United major league soccer stadium. The selected stadium location is separated from our property by just one small industrial lot. In March 2017 reconstruction of the bulkhead was completed at a cost of $4 million in anticipation of future high rise development.

 

RiverFront on the Anacostia Segment.

 

In 2014, approximately 2.1 acres (Phase I) of the total 5.8 acres was contributed to a joint venture owned by the Company (77%) and our partner, MRP Realty (23%), and construction commenced in October 2014 on a 305 unit residential apartment building with approximately 18,000 sq. ft. of first floor retail space. Lease up commenced in May 2016 and rent stabilization of the residential units of 90% occupied was achieved in the third quarter of 2017. Upon reaching stabilization, the Company has, for a period of one year, the exclusive right to (i) cause the joint venture to sell the property or (ii) cause the Company’s and MRP’s percentage interests in the joint venture to be adjusted so as to take into account the contractual payouts assuming a sale at the value of the development at the time of this “Conversion election”.

 

The attainment of stabilization also results in a change of control for accounting purposes as the veto rights of the minority shareholder lapsed and the Company became the primary beneficiary. As such, beginning July 1, 2017, the Company consolidated the assets (at current fair value based on a third party opinion), liabilities and operating results of the joint venture. This consolidation resulted in a gain on remeasurement of investment in real estate partnership of $60,196,000 of which $20,469,000 was attributed to the noncontrolling interest. The Company used the fair value amount to calculate adjusted ownership under the Conversion election. As such for financial reporting purposes effective July 1, 2017 the Company ownership is based upon this substantive profit sharing arrangement and is estimated at 66.0% on a prospective basis.

 

As of September 30, the residential units were 95.4% occupied and 96.4% leased, while retail units are 80.0% leased with just one space remaining.

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Comparative Results of Operations for the Three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016

 

Consolidated Results

  Three months ended        
(dollars in thousands)  September 30,        
  2017   2016   Change   %
Revenues:                              
  Rental Revenue $ 8,738     $ 6,259     $ 2,479       39.6 %
  Mining Royalty and rents   1,763       2,016       (253     -12.5 %
  Revenue-Reimbursements   1,553       1,501       52       3.5 %
 Total Revenues   12,054       9,776       2,278       23.3 %
                               
Cost of operations:                              
  Depreciation/Depletion/Amortization   4,769       2,160       2,609       120.8 %
  Operating Expenses   1,879       1,146       733       64.0 %
  Property Taxes   1,401       1,087       314       28.9 %
  Mgmt Co Allocation-In   560       419       141       33.7 %
  Corporate Expense   617       656       (39     -5.9 %
Total cost of operations   9,226       5,468       3,758       68.7 %
                               
Total operating profit   2,828       4,308       (1,480     -34.4 %
                               
Interest Expense   (1,251 )     (273 )     (978 )     358.2 %
Equity in loss of joint ventures   (12 )     (652 )     640       -98.2 %

Gain on remeasurement of investment in real estate

partnership

  60,196       —         60,196       0.0 %
Loss on investment land sold   —         (148 )     148       -100.0 %
                               
Income before income taxes   61,761       3,235       58,526       1809.1 %
Provision for income taxes   16,577       1,278       15,299       1197.1 %
                               
Net income   45,184       1,957       43,227       2208.8 %
Gain attributable to noncontrolling interest   19,793       —         19,793       0.0 %
Net income attributable to the Company $ 25,391     $ 1,957     $ 23,434       1197.4 %
                               

 

Net income for the third quarter of 2017 was $25,391,000 or $2.52 per share versus $1,957,000 or $.20 per share in the same period last year. The majority of this uptick in income is the result of a gain on remeasurement of investment of $60.2 million in its Dock 79 real estate partnership, which is included in Income from continuing operations before income taxes. As a result of the stabilization of Dock 79, the Company is now deemed for accounting purposes to have control of the partnership without the transfer of any consideration.  As such the non-taxable gain on remeasurement was calculated based on the difference between the carrying value and the fair value of all the assets and liabilities of the partnership. The gain included $4,727,000 related to the value of leases in place resulting in amortization expense of $1,326,000 for the quarter. The lease value is amortized over the life of the leases, 89% of that value is scheduled to be expensed by June 30, 2018. The gain included $34 million related to the building and improvements which will result in additional deprecation of $220,000 quarterly. The total gain related depreciation and amortization was $1,546,000 which explains the majority of the $1,480,000 reduction in operating profit compared to the same quarter last year. Total revenues were $12,054,000, up 23.3%, versus the same period last year, primarily because of the addition of rental revenues from Dock 79.

 

Asset Management Segment Results

 

Highlights of the Three Months ended September 30, 2017:

 

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  • Total revenue was up $255,000, or 3.5%

 

    Three Months Ended September 30          
(dollars in thousands)   2017   %   2016   %   Change   %  
                           
Rental revenue   $ 6,174       81.5 %   $ 5,977       81.6 %   $ 197       3.3 %
Revenue-reimbursements     1,404       18.5 %     1,346       18.4 %     58       4.3 %
                                                 
Total revenue     7,578       100.0 %     7,323       100.0 %     255       3.5 %
                                                 
Depreciation, depletion and amortization     2,090       27.6 %     2,071       28.3 %     19       .9 %
Operating expenses     1,123       14.8 %     1,102       15.0 %     21       1.9 %
Property taxes     792       10.5 %     729       10.0 %     63       8.6 %
Management company indirect     237       3.1 %     176       2.4 %     61       34.7 %
Corporate expense     350       4.6 %     339       4.6 %     11       3.2 %
                                                 
Cost of operations     4,592       60.6 %     4,417       60.3 %     175       4.0 %
                                                 
Operating profit   $ 2,986       39.4 %   $ 2,906       39.7 %   $ 80       2.8 %
                                                   

 

Total revenues in this segment were $7,578,000, up $255,000 or 3.5%, over the same period last year. Net Operating Income (NOI) in this segment for the third quarter declined slightly to $5,614,000, compared to $5,627,000 in the same period last year. Several factors caused revenue to increase while NOI remained stable. Revenues inclusive of reimbursables and unrealized rents have increased over the same period last year as a result of new buildings and increased occupancy. However, the uptick in reimbursable expenses increased revenue without increasing NOI, and the non-reimbursable expenses did nothing for revenue and adversely affected NOI. Additionally, cash-based NOI as calculated by the Company excludes unrealized rents which are the result of “straight-lining” rental revenue over the life of a lease, i.e. averaging the total rent of the lease over the term. Thus, though revenue as calculated by GAAP may be up because of new leases, cash-based NOI is not as positively affected because the actual rent paid by the tenant in the beginning of a lease is less than the GAAP-based straight-lined rent. We ended the third quarter with total occupied square feet of 3,637,236 versus 3,486,681 at the end of the same period last year, an increase of 4.3% or 150,555 square feet. Our overall occupancy rate was 91.3%.

 

Mining Royalty Lands Segment Results

Highlights of the Three Months ended September 30, 2017:

  • Mining Royalty and rents revenue were down $251,000, or 12.5%.

 

    Three Months Ended September 30
(dollars in thousands)   2017   %   2016   %
                 
Mining Royalty and rents   $ 1,763       98.7 %     2,014       98.9 %
Revenue-reimbursements     23       1.3 %     23       1.1 %
                                 
Total revenue     1,786       100.0 %     2,037       100.0 %
                                 
Depreciation, depletion and amortization     17       .9 %     24       1.2 %
Operating expenses     43       2.4 %     40       2.0 %
Property taxes     59       3.3 %     58       2.8 %
Corporate expense     30       1.7 %     49       2.4 %
                                 
Cost of operations     149       8.3 %     171       8.4 %
                                 
Operating profit   $ 1,637       91.7 %   $ 1,866       91.6 %
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Total revenues in this segment were $1,786,000, a decrease of 12%, versus $2,037,000 in the same period last year.  This drop is primarily due a $127,000 decrease in royalties at our Manassas, Va. quarry, a $47,000 decrease in royalties at our Newberry, Fl. location, a $29,000 decrease in royalties at our Keuka, Fl. location, a $23,000 decrease in royalties at our Tyrone, Ga. quarry, as well as a $41,000 decrease in royalties at our Lake Sand, Fl. location.  Royalties are down in Manassas because of a $107,000 downward adjustment in last year’s royalties that we recorded in September.  Royalties were down in Newberry because of lower volumes than the previous year.  2016 saw a 300,000 ton increase in production at Newberry over the previous year because operational issues in Argos’ cement plants in South Carolina and Alabama caused Newberry to increase production to absorb the volumes of those plants.  Those issues have been fixed and production at Newberry has returned to a level more in line with the growth rate of years prior to 2016.  The dip in royalties at Keuka, like at Newberry, is the result of a return to more normal volumes when compared to the previous year.  In 2016, several golf course construction projects led to increased golf sand production.  Those projects have been completed, and so 2017 golf sand shipments have been reflective of maintenance activities.  Thus Keuka has had lower volumes than the previous year.  Like last quarter, royalties were down in Tyrone compared to last year because of excessive rainfall. Finally, as stated the last several quarters, royalties have fallen off in Lake Sand as a consequence of Vulcan having fully depleted our proven reserves there.  Further capital expenditures would be required by our tenant to change their mining plan at Lake Sand and realize more than three million tons of possible reserves, which we do not anticipate any time soon.   Total operating profit in this segment was $1,637,000, a decrease of $229,000 versus $1,866,000 in the same period last year.

 

Land Development and Construction Segment Results

 

Highlights of the Three Months ended September 30, 2017:

 

  • The Company continues to work with MRP Realty to develop Phase II of the Riverfront on the Anacostia.

 

 

    Three Months ended September 30  
(dollars in thousands)   2017   2016   Change  
               
Rental revenue   $ 207       282       (75  
Royalty and rents     —         2       (2 )  
Revenue-reimbursements     116       132       (16  
                           
Total revenue     323       416       (93  
                           
Depreciation, depletion and amortization     98       65       33    
Operating expenses     52       4       48    
Property taxes     282       300       (18  
Management company indirect     281       243       38    
Corporate expense     210       268       (58  
                           
Cost of operations     923       880       43    
                           
Operating loss   $ (600 )     (464 )     (136 )  

 

The Land Development and Construction segment is responsible for (i) seeking out and identifying opportunistic purchases of income producing warehouse/office buildings, and (ii) developing our non-income producing properties into income production.

 

With respect to ongoing projects:

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·Our new spec building at Patriot Business Center was placed in service this past April and is currently 100% leased and occupied
·In February, the D.C. Zoning Commission voted 5-0 in favor of the Planned Unit Development (PUD) of Phase II of our RiverFront on the Anacostia project. After formal publishing of the record and a 35 day appeal period we anticipate formal approval by the end of the year
·We are fully engaged in the formal process of seeking PUD entitlements for our 118 acre tract in Hampstead, Md
·We made major progress this quarter in our joint venture with St. John Properties on what remained of our Windlass Run Business Park. The JV secured financing on a $17,580,000 construction and development loan and began construction on what will be a multi-building business park consisting of approximately 329,000 square feet of office and retail space.

Equity in loss of joint ventures was $12,000 because of the Brooksville Joint Venture.

 

RiverFront on the Anacostia Segment Results

 

Highlights of the Three Months ended September 30, 2017:

 

  • Beginning July 1, 2017, the Company consolidated the assets (at current fair value), liabilities and operating results of the joint venture and established the RiverFront on the Anacostia segment as its fourth segment. FRP’s share of prior period results are included in the line Equity in loss of joint ventures in the Company’s overall Consolidated Statements of Income.

 

    Three Months Ended September 30
(dollars in thousands)   2017   %   2016   %
                 
Rental revenue   $ 2,357       99.6 %     —        —  %
Revenue-reimbursements     10       .4 %     —        —  %
                                 
Total revenue     2,367       100.0 %     —        —  %
                                 
Depreciation and amortization     2,564       108.3 %     —        —  %
Operating expenses     661       27.9 %     —        —  %
Property taxes     268       11.3 %     —        —  %
Management company indirect     42       1.8 %     —           
Corporate expense     27       1.2 %     —        —  %
                                 
Cost of operations     3,562       150.5 %     —        —  %
                                 
Operating profit   $ (1,195     -50.5 %   $ —        —  %

 

In July 2017, Phase I (Dock 79) of the development known as RiverFront on the Anacostia in Washington, D.C., a 300,000 square foot residential apartment building developed by a joint venture between the Company and MRP, reached stabilization, meaning 90% of the individual apartments have been leased and are occupied by third party tenants. Upon reaching stabilization, the Company has, for a period of one year, the exclusive right to (i) cause the joint venture to sell the property or (ii) cause the Company’s and MRP’s percentage interests in the joint venture to be adjusted so as to take into account the value of the development at the time of stabilization. The attainment of stabilization also resulted in a change of control for accounting purposes as the veto rights of the minority shareholder lapsed and the Company became the primary beneficiary.  As such, beginning July 1, 2017, the Company consolidated the assets (at current fair value), liabilities and operating results of the joint venture and established the RiverFront on the Anacostia segment as its fourth segment.

 

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At the end of September, Dock 79 was 96.4% leased and 95.4% occupied. As the first “generation” of leases came up for renewal this quarter, the renewal rate of 53% is in line with expectations while the average rent increase of 3.89% is stronger than we budgeted.

 

Comparative Results of Operations for the Nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016

 

Consolidated Results

 

  Nine months ended        
(dollars in thousands)  September 30,        
  2017   2016   Change   %
Revenues:                              
  Rental Revenue $ 21,243     $ 18,430     $ 2,813       15.3 %
  Mining Royalty and rents   5,311       5,805       (494     -8.5 %
  Revenue-Reimbursements   4,182       4,399       (217     -4.9 %
 Total Revenues   30,736       28,634       2,102       7.3 %
                               
Cost of operations:                              
  Depreciation/Depletion/Amortization   9,030       6,155       2,875       46.7 %
  Operating Expenses   3,882       3,651       231       6.4 %
  Environmental remediation expense   —         2,000       (2,000 )     -100.0 %
  Property Taxes   3,592       3,357       235       7.0 %
  Mgmt Co Allocation-In   1,504       1,340       164       12.2 %
  Corporate Expense   2,510       2,348       162       6.9 %
Total cost of operations   20,518       18.851       1,667       8.8 %
                               
Total operating profit   10,218       9,783       435       4.4 %
                               
Interest income and other   —         1       (1 )     -100.0 %
Interest Expense   (1,870 )     (1,080 )     (790 )     73.1 %
Equity in loss of joint ventures   (1,589 )     (924 )     (665 )     72.0 %

Gain on remeasurement of investments in real estate

Partnership

  60,196       —         60,196       0.0 %
Loss on investment land sold   —         (257 )     257       -100.0 %
                               
Income before income taxes   66,955       7,523       59,432       790.0 %
Provision for income taxes   18,615       2,972       15,643       526.3 %
                               
Net income   48,340       4,551       43,789       962.2 %
Gain attributable to noncontrolling interest   19,793       —         19,793       0.0 %
Net income attributable to the Company $ 28,547     $ 4,551     $ 23,996       527.3 %
                               

Net income for the first nine months of 2017 was $28,547,000 or $2.84 per share versus $4,551,000 or $.46 per share in the first nine months last year. The majority of this uptick in income is the result of a gain on remeasurement of investment of $60.2 million in its Dock 79 real estate partnership, which is included in Income from continuing operations before income taxes. As a result of the stabilization of Dock 79, the Company is now deemed for accounting purposes to have control of the partnership without the transfer of any consideration.  As such the non-taxable gain on remeasurement was calculated based on the difference between the carrying value and the fair value of all the assets and liabilities of the partnership. This increase in net income when compared to last year was also augmented by a prior year $2,000,000 remediation expense offset by a $665,000 increase this year in equity in loss of joint ventures, primarily as a result of expenses and depreciation during the lease up of Phase I (Dock 79) of RiverFront. Total revenues were $30,736,000, up 7.3%, versus the first nine months last year. Consolidated total operating profit was up 4.4%.

 

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Asset Management Segment Results

 

Highlights of the Nine Months ended September 30, 2017:

 

  • Rental revenue was up $398,000, or 2.2%

 

    Nine Months Ended September 30          
(dollars in thousands)   2017   %   2016   %   Change   %  
                           
Rental revenue   $ 18,285       82.9 %   $ 17,887       82.0 %   $ 398       2.2 %
Revenue-reimbursements     3,772       17.1 %     3,937       18.0 %     (165     -4.2 %
                                                 
Total revenue     22,057       100.0 %     21,824       100.0 %     233       1.1 %
                                                 
Depreciation, depletion and amortization     6,112       27.7 %     5,891       27.0 %     221       3.8 %
Operating expenses     2,941       13.3 %     3,306       15.1 %     (365 )     -11.0 %
Property taxes     2,317       10.5 %     2,059       9.4 %     258       12.5 %
Management company indirect     616       2.8 %     582       2.7 %     34       5.8 %
Corporate expense     1,424       6.5 %     1,213       5.6 %     211       17.4 %
                                                 
Cost of operations     13,410       60.8 %     13,051       59.8 %     359       2.8 %
                                                 
Operating profit   $ 8,647       39.2 %   $ 8,773       40.2 %   $ (126     -1.4 %
                                                   

 

Total revenues in this segment were $22,057,000, up $233,000 or 1.1%, over the first nine months last year. The increase in revenue is due to the addition of new buildings and increased total occupancy. Net Operating Income in this segment for the first nine months of 2017 was $16,715,000, compared to $16,555,000 in the first nine months of 2016, an increase of 1%.

Depreciation and amortization expense increased primarily because of the purchase of the Gilroy Center in Baltimore County in July of 2016 and the completion of a 79,550 square foot warehouse at Hollander Business Park in April 2016 and a 103,448 square foot warehouse at Patriot Business Center in April of 2017.

Corporate expense increased due to a first quarter stock option modification expense of $191,000 and increased internal and external audit expense incurred as a result of the conversion from the previous fiscal year (ending September 30) to one that follows the calendar year.

 

Mining Royalty Lands Segment Results

 

Highlights of the Nine Months ended September 30, 2017:

 

  • Mining Royalty and rents revenue were down $494,000, or 8.5%.

    Nine Months Ended September 30
(dollars in thousands)   2017   %   2016   %
                 
Mining Royalty and rents   $ 5,311       98.7 %     5,805       98.8 %
Revenue-reimbursements     70       1.3 %     69       1.2 %
                                 
Total revenue     5,381       100.0 %     5,874       100.0 %
                                 
Depreciation, depletion and amortization     91       1.7 %     70       1.2 %
Operating expenses     121       2.2 %     124       2.1 %
Property taxes     176       3.3 %     176       3.0 %
Corporate expense     124       2.3 %     176       3.0 %
                                 
Cost of operations     512       9.5 %     546       9.3 %
                                 
Operating profit   $ 4,869       90.5 %   $ 5,328       90.7 %

 

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Total revenues in this segment were $5,381,000, a decrease of 8.4%, versus $5,874,000 in the first nine months last year.  This drop is due to a $260,000 decrease in royalties at our Manassas, Va. location, a $154,000 decrease at our Tyrone, Ga. Location, a $127,000 decrease at our Newberry, Fl. location, a $101,000 decrease at our Keuka, Fl. location, and a $197,000 decrease in royalties at our Lake Sand, Fl. location.  Royalties are down in Manassas because of Vulcan’s mining a portion of the quarry not owned by the Company for two months in our second quarter as well as a $107,000 downward adjustment in last year’s royalties that we recorded in September.  Vulcan has returned to our portion of the quarry and will be mining there the remainder of the year.  Royalties were down in Tyrone compared to last year because of excessive rainfall the past two quarters.  Royalties were down in Newberry because of lower volumes than the previous year.  2016 saw a 300,000 ton increase in production at Newberry over the previous year because operational issues in Argos’ cement plants in South Carolina and Alabama caused Newberry to increase production to absorb the volumes of those plants.  Those issues have been fixed and production at Newberry has returned to a level more in line with the growth rate of years prior to 2016.  The dip in royalties at Keuka, like at Newberry, is the result of a return to more normal volumes when compared to the previous year.  In 2016, several golf course construction projects led to increased golf sand production.  Those projects were completed so as a result, 2017 golf sand shipments have been reflective of maintenance activities and thus Keuka has had lower volumes than the previous year.    As stated previously, royalties have fallen off in Lake Sand as a consequence of Vulcan having fully depleted our proven reserves there.  Further capital expenditures would be required by our tenant to change their mining plan at Lake Sand and realize more than three million tons of possible reserves, which we do not anticipate any time soon.  Total operating profit in this segment was $4,869,000, a decrease of $459,000 versus $5,328,000 in the first nine months last year.

Land Development and Construction Segment Results

 

Highlights of the Nine Months ended September 30, 2017:

 

  • The Company continues to work with MRP Realty to develop Phase II of the Riverfront on the Anacostia.

 

    Nine Months ended September 30  
(dollars in thousands)   2017   2016   Change  
               
Rental revenue   $ 601       543       58    
Revenue-reimbursements     330       393       (63  
                           
Total revenue     931       936       (5  
                           
Depreciation, depletion and amortization     263       194       69    
Operating expenses     159       221       (62  
Environmental remediation expense     —         2,000       (2,000 )  
Property taxes     831       1,122       (291  
Management company indirect     846       758       88    
Corporate expense     935       959       (24  
                           
Cost of operations     3,034       5,254       (2,220  
                           
Operating loss   $ (2,103 )     (4,318 )     2,215    

 

The Land Development and Construction segment is responsible for (i) seeking out and identifying opportunistic

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purchases of income producing warehouse/office buildings, and (ii) developing our non-income producing properties into income production.

 

With respect to ongoing projects:

·During the first quarter, we completed construction of the bulkhead at our 664E property on the Anacostia ahead of schedule and under budget.
·Our new spec building at Patriot Business Center was placed in service this past April and is currently 100% leased and occupied
·In February, the D.C. Zoning Commission voted 5-0 in favor of the Planned Unit Development (PUD) of Phase II of our RiverFront on the Anacostia project. After formal publishing of the record and a 35 day appeal period we anticipate formal approval by the end of the year
·We are fully engaged in the formal process of seeking PUD entitlements for our 118 acre tract in Hampstead, Md
·We made major progress during the third quarter in our joint venture with St. John Properties on what remained of our Windlass Run Business Park. The JV secured financing on a $17,580,000 construction and development loan and began construction on what will be a multi-building business park consisting of approximately 329,000 square feet of office and retail space.

Because of operating losses and depreciation during the lease up of Dock 79, equity in loss of joint ventures was $1,589,000 (including a loss of $31,000 in the Brooksville Joint Venture).

 

RiverFront on the Anacostia Segment Results

 

Highlights of the Nine Months ended September 30, 2017:

 

  • Beginning July 1, 2017, the Company consolidated the assets (at current fair value), liabilities and operating results of the joint venture and established the RiverFront on the Anacostia segment as its fourth segment. FRP’s share of prior period results are included in the line Equity in loss of joint ventures in the Company’s overall Consolidated Statements of Income.

 

    Nine Months Ended September 30
(dollars in thousands)   2017   %   2016   %
                 
Rental revenue   $ 2,357       99.6 %     —        —  %
Revenue-reimbursements     10       .4 %     —        —  %
                                 
Total revenue     2,367       100.0 %     —        —  %
                                 
Depreciation and amortization     2,564       108.3 %     —        —  %
Operating expenses     661       27.9 %     —        —  %
Property taxes     268       11.3 %     —        —  %
Management company indirect     42       1.8 %     —           
Corporate expense     27       1.2 %     —        —  %
                                 
Cost of operations     3,562       150.4 %     —        —  %
                                 
Operating profit   $ (1,195     -50.4 %   $ —        —  %

 

In July 2017, Phase I (Dock 79) of the development known as RiverFront on the Anacostia in Washington, D.C., a 300,000 square foot residential apartment building developed by a joint venture between the Company and MRP, reached stabilization, meaning 90% of the individual apartments have been leased and are occupied by third party tenants. Upon reaching stabilization, the Company has, for a period of one year, the exclusive right to (i) cause the joint

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venture to sell the property or (ii) cause the Company’s and MRP’s percentage interests in the joint venture to be adjusted so as to take into account the value of the development at the time of stabilization. The attainment of stabilization also resulted in a change of control for accounting purposes as the veto rights of the minority shareholder lapsed and the Company became the primary beneficiary.  As such, beginning July 1, 2017, the Company consolidated the assets (at current fair value), liabilities and operating results of the joint venture and established the RiverFront on the Anacostia segment as its fourth segment.

 

At the end of September, Dock 79 was 96.42% leased and 95.4% occupied. As the first “generation” of lease came up for renewal this quarter, the renewal rate of 53% is in line with expectations while the average rent increase of 3.89% is stronger than we budgeted.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources. The growth of the Company’s businesses requires significant cash needs to acquire and develop land or operating buildings and to construct new buildings and tenant improvements. As of September 30, 2017, we had $5,687,000 borrowed under our $20 million Wells Fargo revolver, $2,266,000 outstanding under letters of credit and $12,047,000 available to borrow under the revolver. The Company closed on a $20 million secured revolver with First Tennessee Bank on July 24, 2015 and as of September 30, 2017, we had $753,000 borrowed and $19,247,000 available to borrow under the revolver. First Tennessee has also committed to provide an additional $20 million of secured financing to the Company on a ten year term loan amortizing on a twenty five (25) year basis. We expect to close on this second loan with First Tennessee during 2017.

 

Cash Flows - The following table summarizes our cash flows from operating, investing and financing activities for each of the periods presented (in thousands of dollars):

    Nine months  
    Ended September 30,  
    2017   2016  
Total cash provided by (used for):            
Operating activities $ 15,321     13,662  
Investing activities   (10,920 )   (14,409 )
Financing activities   (1,771   747  
Increase in cash and cash equivalents $ 2,630     —   
             
 Outstanding debt at the beginning of the period $ 40,745     42,099  
 Outstanding debt at the end of the period $ 115,113     37,081  

 

 

Operating Activities - Net cash provided by operating activities increased $1,659,000 to $15,321,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2017. The total of net income plus depreciation, depletion and amortization less gains on sales of property and equipment less gain on remeasurement decreased $13,734,000 versus the same period last year due to the net income in noncontrolling interest offset by the gain on remeasurement of real estate partnership upon consolidation of the assets (at current fair value), liabilities and operating results of the RiverFront joint venture . These changes are described above under “Comparative Results of Operations”. Equity in the loss of joint ventures was $1,589,000 in the first nine months of 2017 primarily as a result of expenses and depreciation during the lease up of Dock 79. Deferred income tax liabilities increased by $19,620,000 primarily due to consolidation of the assets (at current fair value), liabilities and operating results of the RiverFront joint venture. Income tax receivable was $1,852,000 at September 30, 2017 compared to income tax payable of $887,000 at December 31, 2016 resulting in a negative impact to net cash provided by operating activities of $2,739,000 primarily due to the bonus depreciation on Dock 79.

 

Investing Activities - For the nine months ended September 30, 2017, cash required by investing activities decreased $3,489,000 to $10,920,000.

 

Financing Activities – For the nine months ended September 30, 2017, cash required by financing activities was $1,771,000 versus cash provided by financing activities of $747,000 in 2016 primarily due to lower borrowing on the revolver offset by higher exercises of employee stock options.

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Credit Facilities - On January 30, 2015, in connection with the Spin-off, the Company terminated its $55 million credit facility entered with Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. in 2012 and simultaneously entered into a new five year credit agreement with Wells Fargo with a maximum facility amount of $20 million (the "Credit Agreement"). The Credit Agreement provides a revolving credit facility (the “Revolver”) with a $10 million sublimit available for standby letters of credit. At the time of the Spin-off, the Company refinanced $10,483,000 of borrowings then outstanding on the terminated revolver. As of September 30, 2017, there was $5,687,000 outstanding on the revolver and $2,266,000 outstanding under letters of credit and $12,047,000 available for borrowing. The letters of credit were issued to guarantee certain obligations to state agencies related to real estate development. Most of the letters of credit are irrevocable for a period of one year and typically are automatically extended for additional one-year periods. The Revolver bears interest at a rate of 1.4% over the selected LIBOR, which may change quarterly based on the Company’s ratio of Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated Total Capital, as defined. A commitment fee of 0.15% per annum is payable quarterly on the unused portion of the commitment. The commitment fee may also change quarterly based upon the ratio described above. The credit agreement contains certain conditions and financial covenants, including a minimum $110 million tangible net worth. As of September 30, 2017, the tangible net worth covenant would have limited our ability to pay dividends or repurchase stock with borrowed funds to a maximum of $77.5 million combined. The Company was in compliance with all covenants as of September 30, 2017.

 

During the first quarter of fiscal 2015, the Company announced the execution of a commitment from First Tennessee Bank to provide up to $40 million dollars of mortgage backed financing in two separate facilities. On July 24, 2015 the Company closed on a five year, $20 million secured revolver with a twenty-four month window to convert up to the full amount of the facility into a ten year term loan. Interest accrues at 1.90% over one month LIBOR plus an annual commitment fee of 0.10%. As of September 30, 2017, there was $753,000 outstanding on the revolver and $19,247,000 available for borrowing. The second facility is a $20 million ten year term loan secured by to-be-determined collateral. The purpose of these loans is to facilitate growth through new construction in the Land Development and Construction segment and/or acquisition of existing, operating buildings to be added to the Asset Management segment.

 

Cash Requirements – The Board of Directors has authorized Management to repurchase shares of the Company’s common stock from time to time as opportunities arise. During the nine months ended September 30, 2017 the Company repurchased 2,000 shares of stock. As of September 30, 2017, $4,883,000 was authorized for future repurchases of common stock. The Company does not currently pay any cash dividends on common stock.

 

The Company currently expects its 2017 capital expenditures to include approximately $19,165,000 for real estate development and acquisitions, of which $12,595,000 has been expended to date, which will be funded mostly out of cash generation from operations and property sales or partly from borrowings under our credit facilities.

 

REIT Conversion – Due to the pending tax reform proposals now in Congress, we have decided to defer the REIT election decision until 2018. If we elect REIT status, we would be required to distribute to our shareholders an amount equal to at least 90% of our REIT taxable income, determined without regard to the dividends paid deduction and excluding any net capital gains. Since we will not elect REIT status for the 2017 calendar year, we would not expect to commence paying regular distributions until 2019 at the earliest. The amount, timing and frequency of future distributions, however, will be at the sole discretion of our Board of Directors and will be declared based upon various factors, many of which are beyond our control, including, our financial condition and operating cash flows, the amount required to maintain REIT status and reduce any income and excise taxes that we otherwise would be required to pay, limitations on distributions in our existing and future debt instruments, limitations on our ability to fund distributions using cash generated through taxable REIT subsidiaries and other factors that our Board of Directors may deem relevant.

 

We currently operate as a C corporation. A REIT is not permitted to retain earnings and profits (“E&P”) accumulated during the periods when the company or its predecessor was taxed as a C corporation. If we elect REIT status for the year ending December 31, 2018, we would issue a special distribution to our shareholders of accumulated earnings and profits on or prior to December 31, 2018 (the “E&P Distribution”). The E&P Distribution would be taxable to our shareholders. We have not yet determined the amount of our accumulated earnings and profits. We anticipate that the E&P Distribution would be made in the form of 75% FRP common stock and 25% cash, although no decision has been

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made as to the composition of any E&P Distribution. The timing of the planned E&P Distribution, which may or may not occur, may be affected by potential changes in tax law, the completion of various phases of the REIT conversion process and other factors beyond our control.

 

Summary and Outlook. This past quarter was a momentous one across all of our segments. Thanks to the amazing efforts of our Baltimore office, Asset Management increased occupancy from 86.8% at the end of June to our present occupancy of 91.3%, a remarkable 4.5% increase in the span of three months. After twenty years of work by Florida Rock Industries and Vulcan Materials to get our Ft. Myers property fully entitled, Mining Royalties saw the first tons extracted from that quarry. Though production this past quarter was offset by prepaid royalties, going forward, Vulcan’s ability finally to realize the 16,000,000 tons of reserves at this site should positively impact revenue and income as it creates an opportunity to collect more than the minimums from this location. Land Development and Construction got the latest building at Patriot fully leased and occupied way ahead of schedule, secured financing for our joint venture with St. John properties, and began construction on the project as well. The ability of this segment to turn vacant land into income production is essential for the growth of the Company. Finally, and perhaps most importantly, this past quarter saw the stabilization and our subsequent consolidation of Dock 79 as the joint venture achieved occupancy greater than 90%. That this consolidation happened ahead of schedule and with stronger rents than expected or budgeted is a testament to the efforts of our partner and the high quality of the asset.

 

During the remainder of this year, we expect to find permanent financing for Dock 79 and continue pre-development activities for Phase II with the expectation that we will break ground in the last quarter of this year or the first quarter of 2018. Finally, we have for some time been debating the merits of converting this company into a REIT. Given the White House’s stated intention to overhaul our federal tax code, and because a change in the corporate income tax rate would mitigate many of the advantages of becoming a REIT, we are delaying our decision to elect REIT status until it is clear either way whether there will be meaningful change in the corporate income tax rate.

 

 

 

Non-GAAP Financial Measures.

 

To supplement the financial results presented in accordance with GAAP, FRP presents certain non-GAAP financial measures within the meaning of Regulation G promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The non-GAAP financial measure included in this quarterly report is net operating income (NOI). FRP uses this non-GAAP financial measure to analyze its continuing operations and to monitor, assess, and identify meaningful trends in its operating and financial performance. These measures are not, and should not be viewed as, substitutes for GAAP financial measures.

 

Net Operating Income Reconciliation                    
Three months ended 09/30/17 (in thousands)                    
    Asset   Land   RiverFront   Mining   FRP
    Management   Development   Anacostia   Royalties   Holdings
    Segment   Segment   Segment   Segment   Totals
Income from continuing operations     1,581       580       42,040       983       45,184  
Income Tax Allocation     1,031       378       14,526       642       16,577  
Income  from continuing operations  before income taxes     2,612       958       56,566       1,625       61,761  
                                         
Less:                                        
Gain on remeasurement of investment in real estate partnership     —         —         60,196                  
 Equity in Joint Venture     —         1,558       —                    
 Lease intangible rents     1       —         —                    
 Unrealized rents     48       —         50                  
Plus:                                        
 Equity in loss of Joint Venture     —         —         1,558                  
 Interest Expense     374       —         877                  
 Depreciation/Amortization     2,090       98       2,564                  
 Management Co. Indirect     237       281       42                  
 Allocated Corporate Expenses     350       210       27                  
                                         
Net Operating Income (loss)     5,614       (11 )     1,388                  

 

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Net Operating Income Reconciliation
Three months ended 09/30/16 (in thousands)
                           
  Asset     Land     Mining       FRP    
  Management     Development     Royalties       Holdings    
  Segment     Segment     Segment       Totals    
Income (loss) from continuing operations 1,592     (758 )   1,123       1,957    
Income Tax Allocation 1,039     (495 )   734       1,278    
Inc. (loss) from continuing operations  before income taxes 2,631     (1,253 )   1,857       3,235    
                           
Less:                          
 Lease intangible rents 4     —                    
Plus:                          
 Unrealized rents 139     —                    
 Equity in loss of Joint Venture —       642                  
 Loss on investment land sold 1     148                  
 Interest Expense 274     —                    
 Depreciation/Amortization 2,071     65                  
 Management Co. Indirect 176     243                  
 Allocated Corporate Expenses 339     267                  
                           
Net Operating Income 5,627     112                  

 

Net Operating Income Reconciliation                    
Nine months ended 09/30/17 (in thousands)                    
    Asset   Land   RiverFront    Mining   FRP
    Management   Development   Anacostia   Royalties   Holdings
    Segment   Segment   Segment   Segment   Totals
Income (loss) from continuing operations     4,645       (1,280 )     42,040       2,935       48,340  
Income Tax Allocation     3,009       (823 )     14,526       1,903       18,615  
Inc. (loss) from continuing operations  before income taxes     7,654       (2,103 )     56,566       4,838       66,955  
                                         
Less:                                        
Gain on remeasurement of investment in real estate partnership     —         —         60,196                  
 Lease intangible rents     5       —         —                    
 Unrealized rents     79       —         50                  
Plus:                                        
 Unrealized rents     —         —         —                    
 Equity in loss of Joint Venture     —         —         1,558                  
 Interest Expense     993       —         877                  
 Depreciation/Amortization     6,112       263       2,564                  
 Management Co. Indirect     616       846       42                  
 Allocated Corporate Expenses     1,424       935       27                  
                                         
Net Operating Income (loss)     16,715       (59 )     1,388                  

 

Net Operating Income Reconciliation
Nine months ended 09/30/16 (in thousands)
                           
  Asset     Land     Mining       FRP    
  Management     Development     Royalties       Holdings    
  Segment     Segment     Segment       Totals    
Income (loss) from continuing operations 4,654     (3,316 )   3,213       4,551    
Income Tax Allocation 3,038     (2,165 )   2,099       2,972    
Inc. (loss) from continuing operations  before income taxes 7,692     (5,481 )   5,312       7,523    
                           
Less:                          
 Lease intangible rents 13     —                    
 Other income —       1                  
Plus:                          
 Unrealized rents 109     —                    
 Equity in loss of Joint Venture —       893                  
 Loss on investment land sold 1     271                  
 Interest Expense 1,080     —                    
 Depreciation/Amortization 5,891     194                  
 Management Co. Indirect 582     758                  
 Allocated Corporate Expenses 1,213     959                  
                           
Net Operating Income (loss) 16,555     (2,407                

 

 

 

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ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISKS

 

Interest Rate Risk - We are exposed to the impact of interest rate changes through our variable-rate borrowings under Credit Agreements with Wells Fargo and First Tennessee Bank.

 

Under the Wells Fargo Credit Agreement, the applicable spread for borrowings at September 30, 2017 was 1.4% over libor. The applicable spread for such borrowings will be increased in the event that our debt to capitalization ratio as calculated under the Wells Fargo Credit Agreement Facility exceeds a target level.

 

The applicable borrowing spread above libor at September 30, 2017 with First Tennessee Bank was 1.9%.

 

At September 30, 2017 a 1% increase in the current per annum interest rate would result in $56,872 of additional interest expense during the next 12 months under the Wells Fargo Credit Agreement. The foregoing calculation assumes an instantaneous 1% increase in the rates under the Credit Agreement and that the principal amount under the Credit Agreement is the amount outstanding as of September 30, 2017. The calculation, therefore, does not account for the differences in the market rates upon which the interest rates of our indebtedness are based or possible actions, such as prepayment, which we may take in response to any rate increase.

 

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

 

CONCLUSION REGARDING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF DISCLOSURE CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

 

The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the Company’s reports under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), 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 management, including the Company’s Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

 

The Company also maintains a system of internal accounting controls over financial reporting that are designed to provide reasonable assurance to the Company’s management and Board of Directors regarding the preparation and fair presentation of published financial statements.

 

All control systems, no matter how well designed, have inherent limitations. Therefore, even those systems determined to be effective can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives.

 

As of September 30, 2017, the Company, under the supervision and with the participation of the Company's management, including the CEO, CFO and CAO, carried out an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company's disclosure controls and procedures. Based on this evaluation, the Company’s CEO, CFO and CAO concluded that the Company's disclosure controls and procedures are effective in alerting them in a timely manner to material information required to be included in periodic SEC filings.

 

There have been no changes in the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting during our most recent fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

 

 

Item 1A.RISK FACTORS

 

In addition to the other information set forth in this report and the Risks related to our potential REIT election, you should carefully consider the factors discussed in Part I, “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2016, which could materially affect our business, financial condition or future results. The risks described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K are not the only risks facing our Company. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently deem to be immaterial also may materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and/or operating results.

 

 

 

Item 2. PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY THE ISSUER

          (c)    
          Total    
          Number of    
          Shares   (d)
          Purchased   Approximate
  (a)       As Part of   Dollar Value of
  Total   (b)   Publicly   Shares that May
  Number of   Average   Announced   Yet Be Purchased
  Shares   Price Paid   Plans or   Under the Plans
Period Purchased   per Share   Programs   or Programs (1)
  July 1                                
  Through                                
  July 31     —       $ —         —       $ 4,883,000  
                                   
  August 1                                
  Through                                
  August 31     —       $ —         —       $ 4,883,000  
                                   
  September 1                                
  Through                                
  September 30     —       $ —         —      $ 4,883,000  
                                   
  Total     —       $ —         —           

 

(1) On February 4, 2015, the Board of Directors authorized management to expend up to $5,000,000 to repurchase shares of the Company’s common stock from time to time as opportunities arise.

 

 

Item 6. EXHIBITS

 

(a)Exhibits. The response to this item is submitted as a separate Section entitled "Exhibit Index", on page 38.
   
   

 

 

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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.

 

      FRP Holdings, Inc.
         
         
Date:  November 8, 2017   By JOHN D. BAKER II  
      John D. Baker II  
      Chief Executive Officer
      (Principal Executive Officer)
         
         
    By JOHN D. MILTON, JR.  
      John D. Milton, Jr.  
      Executive Vice President, Treasurer,
      Secretary and Chief Financial Officer
      (Principal Financial Officer)
         
         
    By JOHN D. KLOPFENSTEIN  
      John D. Klopfenstein  
      Controller and Chief Accounting
      Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)
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FRP HOLDINGS, INC.

FORM 10-Q FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2017

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

 

(14) Financial Code of Ethical Conduct between the Company, Chief Executive Officers and Financial Managers, adopted December 3, 2014, filed herewith.
(31)(a) Certification of John D. Baker II.
(31)(b) Certification of John D. Milton, Jr.
(31)(c) Certification of John D. Klopfenstein.
(32) Certification of Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, and Chief Accounting Officer under Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
   
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