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PLAN OF LIQUIDATION
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2020
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
PLAN OF LIQUIDATION PLAN OF LIQUIDATIONThe Plan of Liquidation authorizes the Company to undertake an orderly liquidation. In an orderly liquidation, the Company will sell all of its remaining properties, pay all of its known liabilities, provide for the payment of its unknown or contingent liabilities, distribute its remaining cash to its stockholders, wind up its operations and dissolve. The Company is authorized to provide for the payment of any unascertained or contingent liabilities and may do so by purchasing insurance, by establishing a reserve fund or in other ways.
The Plan of Liquidation enables the Company to sell any and all of its assets without further approval of its stockholders and provides that the amounts and timing of liquidating distributions will be determined by the Company’s board of directors or, if a liquidating trust is formed, by the trustees of the liquidating trust, in their discretion. Pursuant to applicable REIT rules, liquidating distributions the Company pays pursuant to the Plan of Liquidation will qualify for the dividends paid deduction, provided that they are paid within 24 months of the March 5, 2020 approval of the plan by the Company’s stockholders. However, if the Company cannot sell its properties and pay its debts within such time period, or if the board of directors and the Special Committee determine that it is otherwise advisable to do so, the Company may transfer and assign its remaining assets to a liquidating trust. Upon such transfer and assignment, the Company’s stockholders would receive beneficial interests in the liquidating trust. The liquidating trust would pay or provide for all of the Company’s liabilities and distribute any remaining net proceeds from liquidation to the holders of beneficial interests in the liquidating trust. If the Company is not able to sell its properties and pay its debt within the 24-month period and the remaining assets are not transferred to a liquidating trust, the distributions made during the 24 months may not qualify for the dividends paid deduction and may increase the Company’s tax liability.
The Company’s expectations about the implementation of the Plan of Liquidation and the amount of any additional liquidating distributions that the Company pays to its stockholders and when the Company will pay them are subject to risks and uncertainties and are based on certain estimates and assumptions, one or more of which may prove to be incorrect. As a result, the actual amount of any additional liquidating distributions the Company pays to its stockholders may be more or less than the Company estimates and the liquidating distributions may be paid later than the Company predicts. There are many factors that may affect the amount of liquidating distributions the Company will ultimately pay to its stockholders. If the Company underestimates its existing obligations and liabilities or the amount of taxes, transaction fees and expenses relating to the liquidation and dissolution or if unanticipated or contingent liabilities arise, the amount of liquidating distributions ultimately paid to the Company’s stockholders could be less than estimated. Moreover, the liquidation value will fluctuate over time in response to developments related to individual assets in the Company’s portfolio and the management of those assets, in response to the real estate and finance markets, based on the amount of net proceeds received from the disposition of the remaining assets and due to other factors. In particular, the outbreak of COVID-19, together with the resulting restrictions on travel and quarantines imposed, has had a negative impact on the economy and business activity globally. As of March 31, 2020, tenants in the mining and oil and gas extraction industry represented approximately 17% of the Company’s base rent. Tenants in this sector have been adversely impacted by the reduced demand for oil as a result of the slowdown in economic activity resulting from the pandemic spread of COVID-19 and the collapse in oil prices. In the near term, many of the Company’s tenants will suffer reductions in revenue and, depending upon the duration of quarantines and the corresponding economic slowdown, some of the Company’s tenants have or will seek rent deferrals or become unable to pay their rent. While the Company has considered the impact from COVID-19 in its net assets in liquidation presented on the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Net Assets as of March 31, 2020, the extent to which the Company’s business may be affected by COVID-19 will largely depend on future developments with respect to the continued spread and treatment of the virus, and any long-term impact of this situation, even after an economic rebound, remains unclear. Given the uncertainty and current business disruptions as a result of the outbreak of COVID-19, the Company’s implementation of the Plan of Liquidation may be materially and adversely impacted and this may have a material effect on the ultimate amount and timing of liquidating distributions received by stockholders. Accordingly, it is not possible to precisely predict the timing of any additional liquidating distributions the Company pays to it stockholders or the aggregate amount of liquidating distributions that the Company will ultimately pay to its stockholders. No assurance can be given that any additional liquidating distributions the Company pays to its stockholders will equal or exceed the estimate of net assets in liquidation presented on the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Net Assets as of March 31, 2020.
The Company expects to comply with the requirements necessary to continue to qualify as a REIT through the completion of the liquidation process, or until such time as any remaining assets are transferred into a liquidating trust. The board of directors shall use commercially reasonable efforts to continue to cause the Company to maintain its REIT status; provided, however, that the board of directors may elect to terminate the Company’s status as a REIT if it determines that such termination would be in the best interest of the stockholders.