Related Party Transactions

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2024

Related Party Transactions [Abstract]

Related Party Transactions

8. Related Party Transactions

Our Town Hospitality. Our Town is currently the management company for each of our ten wholly-owned hotels, as well as the manager of our rental programs at the Lyfe Resort & Residences and the Hyde Beach House Resort & Residences. As of June 30, 2024, an affiliate of Andrew M. Sims, our Chairman, an affiliate of David R. Folsom, our President and Chief Executive Officer, and Andrew M. Sims Jr., our Vice President - Operations & Investor Relations, beneficially owned approximately 66.4%, 6.6%, and 15.0%, respectively, of the total outstanding ownership interests of Our Town. Mr. Sims, Mr. Folsom, and Mr. Sims Jr. serve as directors of Our Town. The following is a summary of the transactions between Our Town and us:

Accounts Receivable – At June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, we were due approximately $0 and $0.01 million, respectively, from Our Town.

Accounts Payable – At June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, we owed Our Town approximately $1.0 million and $0.3 million, respectively.

Management Agreements – On September 6, 2019, the Company entered into a master agreement with Our Town related to the management of certain of our hotels, as amended on December 13, 2019 (as amended, the “OTH Master Agreement”). On December 13, 2019, and subsequent dates we entered into a series of individual hotel management agreements for the management of our hotels. The hotel management agreements for each of our ten wholly-owned hotels and the two rental programs are referred to as, individually an “OTH Hotel Management Agreement” and, together the “OTH Hotel Management Agreements”. The term of the OTH Hotel Management Agreements extends through March 31, 2035, and may be extended for two periods of five years each.

As of June 30, 2024, the OTH Master Agreement provided for an adjustment to the fees payable by us under the OTH Hotel Management Agreements in the event the net operating income of Our Town falls below $250,000 for any calendar year beginning on or after January 1, 2021. The OTH Master Agreement expires on March 31, 2035 but shall be extended beyond 2035 for such additional periods as an OTH Hotel Management Agreement remains in effect. The base management fees for each hotel under management with Our Town is 2.50%. For any new individual hotel management agreements, Our Town will receive a base management fee of 2.00% of gross revenues for the first full year from the commencement date through the anniversary date, 2.25% of gross revenues the second full year, and 2.50% of gross revenues for every year thereafter.

Base management fees earned by Our Town for our properties totaled approximately $1.3 million, for each of the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively, and were approximately $2.5 million and $2.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

Each OTH Hotel Management Agreement sets an incentive management fee equal to 10.0% of the amount by which gross operating profit, as defined in the relevant management agreement, for a given year exceeds the budgeted gross operating profit for such year; provided, however, that the incentive management fee payable in respect of any such year shall not exceed 0.25% of the gross revenues of the hotel included in such calculation. Incentive management fees earned for the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, were $(7,175) and $(5,015), respectively, and for the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, were approximately $111,666 and $217,943, respectively.

Each OTH Hotel Management Agreement provides for the payment of a termination fee upon the sale of the hotel equal to the lesser of the management fee paid with respect to the prior twelve months or the management fees paid for the number of months prior to the closing date of the hotel sale equal to the number of months remaining on the current term of the management agreement.

Sublease – On December 13, 2019, we entered into a sublease agreement with Our Town pursuant to which Our Town subleases 2,245 square feet of office space from Sotherly for a period of 5 years, with a 5-year renewal subject to approval by Sotherly, on terms and conditions similar to the terms of the prime lease entered into by Sotherly and the third-party owner of the property. In December 2023, the Company granted Our Town a lease concession in the amount of $143,774 in proportion to the rent concession the Company received under the primary lease. Sublease income from Our Town was $65,117 and $80,070 for the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

Employee Medical Benefits – We purchase employee medical coverage for eligible employees that are employed by Our Town and who work exclusively for our properties and elect to participate in Our Town’s self-insured plan. Gross premiums for employee medical benefits paid by the Company (before offset of employee co-payments) were approximately $1.0 million and $0.9 million for the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively, and for the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, were approximately $1.9 million and $1.4 million, respectively.

Others. We employ Robert E. Kirkland IV, the son-in-law of our Chairman, as our General Counsel. We also employ Andrew M. Sims Jr., the son of our Chairman, as Vice President – Operations & Investor Relations. Total compensation for these two

individuals, including salary and benefits, for the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, were $142,343 and $138,782, respectively and for the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, were $345,431 and $337,445, respectively.