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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

 

 

x

QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

 

 

o

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 000-53603

 

Apple REIT Nine, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


 

 

 

Virginia

 

26-1379210

(State or other jurisdiction

 

(IRS Employer

of incorporation or organization)

 

Identification No.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

814 East Main Street

 

 

Richmond, Virginia

 

23219

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

(804) 344-8121
(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 o

          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 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes x No o

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

 

 

 

 

Large accelerated filer   o

Accelerated filer   o

Non-accelerated filer    x

           Smaller reporting company    o

 

 

(Do not check if a smaller
reporting company)

 

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

          Number of registrant’s common shares outstanding as of November 1, 2011: 182,029,493


APPLE REIT NINE, INC.
FORM 10-Q
INDEX

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Page
Number

 

 

 

 


PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 1.

Financial Statements (Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Balance Sheets – September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Statements of Operations - Three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010

 

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows – Nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

6

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 2.

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

 

16

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 3.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

 

29

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 4.

Controls and Procedures

 

29

 

 

 

 

 

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 1.

Legal Proceedings

 

30

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item1A.

Risk Factors

 

30

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 2.

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

 

32

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 6.

Exhibits

 

34

 

 

 

 

 

Signatures

 

 

35

This Form 10-Q includes references to certain trademarks or service marks. The Courtyard® by Marriott, Fairfield Inn® by Marriott, Fairfield Inn and Suites® by Marriott, TownePlace Suites® by Marriott, SpringHill Suites® by Marriott, Residence Inn® by Marriott and Marriott® trademarks are the property of Marriott International, Inc. or one of its affiliates. The Hampton Inn®, Hampton Inn and Suites®, Homewood Suites® by Hilton, Embassy Suites Hotels®, Hilton Garden Inn®, Home2 Suites® by Hilton and Hilton trademarks are the property of Hilton Worldwide or one or more of its affiliates. For convenience, the applicable trademark or service mark symbol has been omitted but will be deemed to be included wherever the above referenced terms are used.

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Apple REIT Nine, Inc.
Consolidated Balance Sheets
(in thousands, except share data)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 30,
2011

 

December 31,
2010

 

 

 


 


 

 

 

(unaudited)

 

 

 

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investment in real estate, net of accumulated depreciation of $80,550 and $48,962, respectively

 

$

1,454,865

 

$

1,461,922

 

Real estate held for sale

 

 

157,020

 

 

0

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

 

61,402

 

 

224,108

 

Due from third party managers, net

 

 

13,968

 

 

8,260

 

Straight-line rent receivable

 

 

0

 

 

10,721

 

Other assets, net

 

 

43,126

 

 

40,931

 

 

 



 



 

TOTAL ASSETS

 

$

1,730,381

 

$

1,745,942

 

 

 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notes payable

 

$

124,880

 

$

99,649

 

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

 

 

13,828

 

 

12,254

 

 

 



 



 

TOTAL LIABILITIES

 

 

138,708

 

 

111,903

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred stock, authorized 30,000,000 shares; none issued and outstanding

 

 

0

 

 

0

 

Series A preferred stock, no par value, authorized 400,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding 183,114,246 and 181,272,669 shares, respectively

 

 

0

 

 

0

 

Series B convertible preferred stock, no par value, authorized 480,000 shares; issued and outstanding 480,000 shares, respectively

 

 

48

 

 

48

 

Common stock, no par value, authorized 400,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding 183,114,246 and 181,272,669 shares, respectively

 

 

1,808,981

 

 

1,787,213

 

Distributions greater than net income

 

 

(217,356

)

 

(153,222

)

 

 



 



 

TOTAL SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

 

1,591,673

 

 

1,634,039

 

 

 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

$

1,730,381

 

$

1,745,942

 

 

 



 



 

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

The Company was initially capitalized on November 9, 2007 and commenced operations on July 31, 2008.

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Apple REIT Nine, Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Operations
(Unaudited)
(in thousands, except per share data)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended
September 30,

 

Nine Months Ended
September 30,

 

 

 


 


 

 

 

2011

 

2010

 

2011

 

2010

 

 

 


 


 


 


 

Revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Room revenue

 

$

78,302

 

$

40,028

 

$

221,240

 

$

96,373

 

Other revenue

 

 

7,366

 

 

3,754

 

 

20,858

 

 

9,512

 

 

 



 



 



 



 

Total revenue

 

 

85,668

 

 

43,782

 

 

242,098

 

 

105,885

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating expense

 

 

21,992

 

 

11,845

 

 

61,317

 

 

29,160

 

Hotel administrative expense

 

 

6,500

 

 

3,215

 

 

18,513

 

 

8,107

 

Sales and marketing

 

 

7,086

 

 

3,688

 

 

20,279

 

 

9,165

 

Utilities

 

 

4,105

 

 

2,283

 

 

10,587

 

 

5,251

 

Repair and maintenance

 

 

3,302

 

 

1,819

 

 

9,350

 

 

4,594

 

Franchise fees

 

 

3,461

 

 

1,749

 

 

9,638

 

 

4,120

 

Management fees

 

 

2,935

 

 

1,473

 

 

8,090

 

 

3,420

 

Taxes, insurance and other

 

 

5,204

 

 

2,219

 

 

14,226

 

 

6,637

 

General and administrative

 

 

1,753

 

 

1,425

 

 

5,298

 

 

4,500

 

Acquisition related costs

 

 

75

 

 

4,626

 

 

4,423

 

 

10,126

 

Depreciation expense

 

 

12,311

 

 

7,334

 

 

35,787

 

 

18,725

 

 

 



 



 



 



 

Total expenses

 

 

68,724

 

 

41,676

 

 

197,508

 

 

103,805

 

 

 



 



 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating income

 

 

16,944

 

 

2,106

 

 

44,590

 

 

2,080

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest expense, net

 

 

(1,310

)

 

(263

)

 

(3,043

)

 

(567

)

 

 



 



 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income from continuing operations

 

 

15,634

 

 

1,843

 

 

41,547

 

 

1,513

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income from discontinued operations

 

 

5,128

 

 

4,716

 

 

14,560

 

 

14,145

 

 

 



 



 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

 

$

20,762

 

$

6,559

 

$

56,107

 

$

15,658

 

 

 



 



 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic and diluted net income per common share

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

From continuing operations

 

$

0.08

 

$

0.02

 

$

0.23

 

$

0.02

 

From discontinued operations

 

 

0.03

 

 

0.03

 

 

0.08

 

 

0.11

 

 

 



 



 



 



 

Total basic and diluted net income per common share

 

$

0.11

 

$

0.05

 

$

0.31

 

$

0.13

 

 

 



 



 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average common shares outstanding - basic and diluted

 

 

182,769

 

 

144,264

 

 

182,337

 

 

124,054

 

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

The Company was initially capitalized on November 9, 2007 and commenced operations on July 31, 2008.

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Apple REIT Nine, Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(Unaudited)
(in thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended
September 30,

 

 

 


 

 

 

2011

 

2010

 

 

 


 


 

Cash flows from operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

 

$

56,107

 

$

15,658

 

Adjustments to reconcile net income to cash provided by operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation, including discontinued operations

 

 

37,187

 

 

20,483

 

Amortization of deferred financing costs, fair value adjustments and other non-cash expenses, net

 

 

316

 

 

229

 

Straight-line rental income

 

 

(4,625

)

 

(4,557

)

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Increase in due from third party managers, net

 

 

(5,689

)

 

(4,451

)

Decrease (increase) in other assets, net

 

 

(464

)

 

667

 

Increase in accounts payable and accrued expenses

 

 

3,605

 

 

2,884

 

 

 



 



 

Net cash provided by operating activities

 

 

86,437

 

 

30,913

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flows used in investing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash paid for acquisitions, net

 

 

(129,260

)

 

(376,510

)

Deposits and other disbursements for potential acquisitions, net

 

 

(5,913

)

 

(11,941

)

Capital improvements

 

 

(12,482

)

 

(15,353

)

Decrease (increase) in capital improvement reserves

 

 

(744

)

 

1,764

 

Investment in other assets

 

 

0

 

 

(5,439

)

 

 



 



 

Net cash used in investing activities

 

 

(148,399

)

 

(407,479

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flows from financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net proceeds related to issuance of Units

 

 

44,750

 

 

602,555

 

Redeemptions of Units

 

 

(23,269

)

 

(5,351

)

Distributions paid to common shareholders

 

 

(120,241

)

 

(80,963

)

Payments of notes payable

 

 

(1,574

)

 

(737

)

Deferred financing costs

 

 

(410

)

 

(378

)

 

 



 



 

Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities

 

 

(100,744

)

 

515,126

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

 

 

(162,706

)

 

138,560

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period

 

 

224,108

 

 

272,913

 

 

 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

 

$

61,402

 

$

411,473

 

 

 



 



 

Non-cash transactions:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notes payable assumed in acquisitions

 

$

25,942

 

$

28,769

 

 

 



 



 

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

The Company was initially capitalized on November 9, 2007 and commenced operations on July 31, 2008.

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Apple REIT Nine, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

1. Basis of Presentation

          The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the rules and regulations for reporting on Form 10-Q. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. These unaudited financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements included in its 2010 Annual Report on Form 10-K. Operating results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the twelve month period ending December 31, 2011.

2. General Information and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

     Organization

          Apple REIT Nine, Inc., together with its wholly owned subsidiaries (the “Company”), is a Virginia corporation that has elected to be treated as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) for federal income tax purposes. The Company was formed to invest in income-producing real estate in the United States. Initial capitalization occurred on November 9, 2007, when 10 Units, each Unit consisting of one common share and one Series A preferred share, were purchased by Apple Nine Advisors, Inc. (“A9A”) and 480,000 Series B convertible preferred shares were purchased by Glade M. Knight, the Company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. The Company began operations on July 31, 2008 when it purchased its first hotel. The Company concluded its best-efforts offering in December 2010. The Company’s fiscal year end is December 31. The Company has no foreign operations or assets and beginning with the third quarter 2011 its operating structure includes only one segment. The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries. All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated. As of September 30, 2011, the Company owned 86 hotels located in 27 states with an aggregate of 10,982 rooms.

          As of September 30, 2011 the Company held for sale approximately 406 acres of land and land improvements located on 110 sites in the Ft. Worth, Texas area (acquired in April 2009) that are being leased to Chesapeake Energy Corporation (“Chesapeake”) for the production of natural gas (the “110 parcels”). Chesapeake is a publicly held company that is traded on the New York Stock Exchange. In August 2011, the Company entered into a contract for the potential sale of all 110 parcels for a total purchase price of $198.4 million. The operating results related to the 110 parcels have been included in discontinued operations.

     Significant Accounting Policies

     Use of Estimates

          The preparation of the financial statements in conformity with United States generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

     Earnings Per Common Share

          Basic earnings per common share is computed based upon the weighted average number of shares outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per share is calculated after giving effect to all potential common shares that were dilutive and outstanding for the period. There were no potential common shares

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with a dilutive effect for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 or 2010. As a result, basic and dilutive outstanding shares were the same. Series B convertible preferred shares are not included in earnings per common share calculations until such time that such shares are eligible to be converted to common shares.

3. Real Estate Investments

          The Company acquired nine hotels during the first nine months of 2011. The following table sets forth the location, brand, manager, date acquired, number of rooms and gross purchase price for each hotel. All dollar amounts are in thousands.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

City

 

State

 

Brand

 

Manager

 

Date
Acquired

 

Rooms

 

Gross
Purchase
Price

 















Mount Laurel

 

NJ

 

Homewood Suites

 

Tharaldson

 

1/11/2011

 

118

 

$

15,000

 

West Orange

 

NJ

 

Courtyard

 

Tharaldson

 

1/11/2011

 

131

 

 

21,500

 

Texarkana

 

TX

 

Hampton Inn & Suites

 

InterMountain

 

1/31/2011

 

81

 

 

9,100

 

Fayetteville

 

NC

 

Home2 Suites

 

LBA

 

2/3/2011

 

118

 

 

11,397

 

Manassas

 

VA

 

Residence Inn

 

Tharaldson

 

2/16/2011

 

107

 

 

14,900

 

San Bernardino

 

CA

 

Residence Inn

 

Tharaldson

 

2/16/2011

 

95

 

 

13,600

 

Dallas

 

TX

 

Hilton

 

Hilton

 

5/17/2011

 

224

 

 

42,000

 

Santa Ana

 

CA

 

Courtyard

 

Dimension

 

5/23/2011

 

155

 

 

24,800

 

Lafayette

 

LA

 

SpringHill Suites

 

LBA

 

6/23/2011

 

103

 

 

10,232

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 






Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,132

 

$

162,529

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 






          The purchase price for these properties, net of debt assumed, was funded with cash on hand. The Company assumed approximately $25.9 million of debt during the first nine months of 2011, in connection with the hotels acquired in Texarkana and Dallas, Texas. The Company also used cash on hand to pay approximately $3.9 million in acquisition related costs, including $3.3 million, representing 2% of the gross purchase price for these properties, as a brokerage commission to Apple Suites Realty Group, Inc. (“ASRG”), 100% owned by Glade M. Knight, the Company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and approximately $0.6 million in other acquisition related costs, including title, legal and other related costs. These costs are included in acquisition related costs in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2011.

          The Company leases all of its hotels to its wholly-owned taxable REIT subsidiary (or a subsidiary thereof) under master hotel lease agreements.

          No goodwill was recorded in connection with any of the acquisitions.

          Additionally, during March 2011, the Company completed the construction of a SpringHill Suites hotel located in Alexandria, Virginia which opened for business on March 28, 2011. The hotel contains 155 guest rooms and is managed by Marriott. The total investment in the property is approximately $24.9 million. The Company also incurred approximately $0.5 million in pre-opening costs which is included in acquisition related costs in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2011.

          As of September 30, 2011, the Company owned 86 hotels, located in 27 states, consisting of the following:

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Brand

 

Total by
Brand

 

Number of
Rooms

 

 


 


 


 

 

Hampton Inn

 

 

21

 

 

2,528

 

 

Hilton Garden Inn

 

 

17

 

 

2,364

 

 

Courtyard

 

 

13

 

 

1,689

 

 

Homewood Suites

 

 

7

 

 

735

 

 

Fairfield Inn

 

 

5

 

 

613

 

 

TownePlace Suites

 

 

3

 

 

329

 

 

Residence Inn

 

 

8

 

 

874

 

 

SpringHill Suites

 

 

7

 

 

986

 

 

Marriott

 

 

1

 

 

206

 

 

Embassy Suites

 

 

2

 

 

316

 

 

Home2 Suites

 

 

1

 

 

118

 

 

Hilton

 

 

1

 

 

224

 

 

 

 



 



 

 

 

 

 

86

 

 

10,982

 

 

 

 



 



 

Total Real Estate Investments

          At September 30, 2011 the Company’s investment in real estate consisted of the following (in thousands):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Land

 

$

135,103

 

 

Building and Improvements

 

 

1,294,475

 

 

Furniture, Fixtures and Equipment

 

 

100,590

 

 

Franchise Fees

 

 

4,527

 

 

Construction in Progress

 

 

720

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

1,535,415

 

 

Less Accumulated Depreciation

 

 

(80,550

)

 

 

 



 

 

Investment in real estate, net

 

$

1,454,865

 

 

 

 



 

Potential Acquisitions and Construction Projects

          As of September 30, 2011, the Company had outstanding contracts for the potential purchase of three additional hotels for a total purchase price of $51.2 million. All three hotels are under construction and should be completed within the next 9-12 months, at which time closing is expected. Although the Company is working towards acquiring these hotels, there are many conditions to closing that have not yet been satisfied and there can be no assurance that closings will occur under the outstanding purchase contracts. The Company does not plan to enter into contracts for the acquisition or construction of any additional hotels other than the ones discussed below. The following table summarizes the location, brand, number of rooms, refundable (if the seller does not meet its obligations under the contract) contract deposits paid, and gross purchase price for each of the contracts. All dollar amounts are in thousands.

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Location (a)

 

Brand

 

Rooms

 

Deposits
Paid

 

Gross Purchase
Price

 










 

 

Tucson, AZ

 

TownePlace Suites

 

124

 

$

3,963

 

$

15,852

 (b)

 

El Paso, TX

 

Hilton Garden Inn

 

145

 

 

4,993

 

 

19,974

 (b)

 

Nashville, TN

 

Home2 Suites

 

110

 

 

1,440

 

 

15,400

 

 

 

 

 

 








 

 

 

 

 

 

379

 

$

10,396

 

$

51,226

 

 

 

 

 

 








 


 

 


(a)

The hotels are currently under construction. The table shows the expected number of rooms upon hotel completion and the expected franchise. The Company closed on the Tucson, Arizona hotel in October 2011. Assuming all conditions to closing are met the purchase of the El Paso, Texas and Nashville, Tennessee hotels should close within the next 9-12 months from September 30, 2011.

(b)

If the seller meets all of the conditions to closing, the Company is obligated to specifically perform under the contract. As the properties are under construction, at this time, the seller has not met all of the conditions to closing.

          As there can be no assurance that all conditions to closing will be satisfied, the Company includes deposits paid for hotels under contract in other assets, net in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets, and in deposits and other disbursements for potential acquisitions in the Company’s consolidated statements of cash flows. It is anticipated that the purchase price for the outstanding contracts will be funded with cash on hand if a closing occurs.

          On October 14, 2009, the Company entered into a ground lease for approximately one acre of land located in downtown Richmond, Virginia. The lease terminates on December 31, 2098, subject to the Company’s right to exercise two renewal periods of ten years each. The Company intends to use the land to build a Courtyard and Residence Inn. The lease continues to be subject to various conditions that have not been completed, including but not limited to obtaining various permits, licenses, zoning variances and franchise approvals. If any of these conditions are not met the Company has the right to terminate the lease at any time. Rent payments are not required until the Company decides to begin construction on the hotels. Annual rent under the lease is $300,000 with adjustments throughout the lease term based on the Consumer Price Index. As there are many conditions to beginning construction on the hotels, there are no assurances that the Company will construct the hotels or continue the lease.

          On June 29, 2011, the Company terminated a purchase contract for a hotel located in Jacksonville, North Carolina. The hotel had a purchase price of $7.8 million, and contained 79 guest rooms. In connection with the termination of this contract, the initial deposit of $125,000 was repaid to the Company.

4. Notes Payable

          During the first nine months of 2011, the Company assumed approximately $25.9 million of debt secured by first mortgage notes on the Texarkana, Texas Hampton Inn & Suites and Dallas, Texas Hilton properties. Prior to 2011, the Company assumed approximately $100.3 million in debt in connection with the acquisition of 12 hotel properties. The following table summarizes the hotel location, interest rate, maturity date and the principal amount assumed associated with each note payable outstanding as of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010. All dollar amounts are in thousands.

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Location

 

Brand

 

Interest
Rate (1)

 

Acquisition
Date

 

Maturity
Date

 

Principal
Assumed

 

Outstanding
balance as of
September 30,
2011

 

Outstanding
balance as of
December 31,
2010

 


 


 


 


 


 



 



 



 

Lewisville, TX

 

Hilton Garden Inn

 

0.00

%

10/16/2008

 

12/31/2016

 

$

3,750

 

$

3,750

 

$

3,750

 

Duncanville, TX

 

Hilton Garden Inn

 

5.88

%

10/21/2008

 

5/11/2017

 

 

13,966

 

 

13,408

 

 

13,560

 

Allen, TX

 

Hilton Garden Inn

 

5.37

%

10/31/2008

 

10/11/2015

 

 

10,787

 

 

10,257

 

 

10,401

 

Bristol, VA

 

Courtyard

 

6.59

%

11/7/2008

 

8/1/2016

 

 

9,767

 

 

9,415

 

 

9,514

 

Round Rock, TX

 

Hampton Inn

 

5.95

%

3/6/2009

 

5/1/2016

 

 

4,175

 

 

3,943

 

 

4,017

 

Austin, TX

 

Homewood Suites

 

5.99

%

4/14/2009

 

3/1/2016

 

 

7,556

 

 

7,144

 

 

7,279

 

Austin, TX

 

Hampton Inn

 

5.95

%

4/14/2009

 

3/1/2016

 

 

7,553

 

 

7,139

 

 

7,274

 

Rogers, AR

 

Hampton Inn

 

5.20

%

8/31/2010

 

9/1/2015

 

 

8,337

 

 

8,167

 

 

8,286

 

St. Louis, MO

 

Hampton Inn

 

5.30

%

8/31/2010

 

9/1/2015

 

 

13,915

 

 

13,635

 

 

13,831

 

Kansas City, MO

 

Hampton Inn

 

5.45

%

8/31/2010

 

10/1/2015

 

 

6,517

 

 

6,391

 

 

6,479

 

Philadelphia
(Malvern), PA

 

Courtyard

 

6.50

%

11/30/2010

 

10/1/2032

(2)

 

7,894

 

 

7,754

 

 

7,880

 

Irving, TX

 

Homewood Suites

 

5.83

%

12/29/2010

 

4/11/2017

 

 

6,052

 

 

5,947

 

 

6,041

 

Texarkana, TX

 

Hampton Inn & Suites

 

6.90

%

1/31/2011

 

7/8/2016

 

 

4,954

 

 

4,910

 

 

 

Dallas, TX

 

Hilton

 

6.63

%

5/17/2011

 

6/6/2015

 

 

20,988

 

 

20,820

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

126,211

 

$

122,680

 

$

98,312

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 



 



 


 

 


(1)

These rates are the rates per the loan agreement. At acquisition, the Company adjusted the interest rates on these loans to market rates and is amortizing the adjustments to interest expense over the life of the loan.

(2)

Outstanding principal balance is callable by lender or prepayable by the Company beginning on October 1, 2016, and every five years thereafter until maturity, subject to certain conditions.

          The Company estimates the fair value of its debt by discounting the future cash flows of each instrument at estimated market rates consistent with the maturity of the debt obligation with similar credit terms and credit characteristics. Market rates take into consideration general market conditions and maturity. As of September 30, 2011, the carrying value and estimated fair value of the Company’s debt was $124.9 million and $124.0 million. As of December 31, 2010, the carrying value and estimated fair value of the Company’s debt was $99.6 million and $98.7 million. The carrying value of the Company’s other financial instruments approximates fair value due to the short-term nature of these financial instruments.

5. Related Parties

          The Company has, and is expected to continue to engage in, significant transactions with related parties. These transactions cannot be construed to be at arm’s length and the results of the Company’s operations may be different if these transactions were conducted with non-related parties. The Company’s independent members of the Board of Directors oversee and annually review the Company’s related party relationships (which include the relationships discussed in this section) and are required to approve any significant modifications to the contracts, as well as any new significant related party transactions. During the first nine months of 2011, there were no changes to the contracts discussed in this section and the Board of Directors approved the assignment of the contract discussed below. The Board of Directors is not required to approve each individual transaction that falls under the related party relationships. However, under the direction of the Board of Directors, at least one member of the Company’s senior management team approves each related party transaction.

          The Company has a contract with ASRG, to acquire and dispose of real estate assets for the Company. A fee of 2% of the gross purchase price or gross sale price in addition to certain reimbursable expenses is paid to ASRG for these services. As of September 30, 2011, payments to ASRG for fees under the terms of this contract have totaled approximately $32.4 million since inception. Of this amount, the Company incurred $3.3 million and $8.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010,

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respectively, which is included in acquisition related costs in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations.

          The Company is party to an advisory agreement with A9A, pursuant to which A9A provides management services to the Company. An annual fee ranging from 0.1% to 0.25% of total equity proceeds received by the Company, in addition to certain reimbursable expenses, are payable for these services. Total advisory fees incurred by the Company under the advisory agreement are included in general and administrative expenses and totaled approximately $1.5 million and $1.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

          In addition to the fees payable to ASRG and A9A, the Company reimbursed A9A or ASRG or paid directly to Apple REIT Six, Inc. (“AR6”) on behalf of A9A or ASRG approximately $1.6 million and $1.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010. The expenses reimbursed are approximately $200,000 and $900,000 respectively, for costs reimbursed under the contract with ASRG and approximately $1.4 million and $600,000 respectively of costs reimbursed under the contract with A9A. The costs are included in general and administrative expenses and are for the Company’s proportionate share of the staffing and related costs provided by AR6. The advisors are staffed with personnel of AR6. AR6 provides similar staffing for Apple Six Advisors, Inc. (“A6A”), Apple Seven Advisors, Inc. (“A7A”), Apple Eight Advisors, Inc. (“A8A”), Apple Ten Advisors, Inc. (“A10A”), ASRG and Apple Six Realty Group, Inc. (“A6RG”). A6A, A7A, A8A and A10A provide management services to, respectively, AR6, Apple REIT Seven, Inc., Apple REIT Eight, Inc. and Apple REIT Ten, Inc. A6RG provides brokerage services for AR6. Although there is a potential conflict on time allocation of employees due to the fact that a senior manager, officer or staff member will provide services to more than one company, the Company believes that the executives and staff compensation sharing arrangement allows the companies to share costs yet attract and retain superior executives and staff. The cost sharing structure also allows each entity to maintain a much more cost effective structure than having separate staffing arrangements. Amounts reimbursed to AR6 include both compensation for personnel and “overhead” (office rent, utilities, benefits, office supplies, etc.) utilized by the companies. The staff utilized by the Company receives its direction and management for staffing and compensation from the advisory companies (A6A, A7A, A8A, A9A, A10A, ASRG and A6RG) each of which is wholly owned by Glade M. Knight. Since the employees of AR6 may also perform services for the advisors, individuals, including executive officers, have received and may receive payments directly from the advisors. The allocation of costs from AR6 is made by the management of the several REITs and is reviewed at least annually by the Compensation Committees of the several REITs. In making the allocation, management and the Compensation Committee, consider all relevant facts related to the Company’s level of business activity and the extent to which the Company requires the services of particular personnel of AR6. Such payments are based on the actual costs of the services and are not based on formal record keeping regarding the time these personnel devote to the Company, but are based on a good faith estimate by the employee and/or his or her supervisor of the time devoted by the employee to the Company. As part of this arrangement, the day to day transactions may result in amounts due to or from the noted related parties. To efficiently manage cash disbursements, the individual companies may make payments for any or all of the related companies. The amounts due to or from the related individual companies are reimbursed or collected and are not significant in amount.

          ASRG and A9A are 100% owned by Glade M. Knight, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Mr. Knight is also Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of AR6, Apple REIT Seven, Inc., Apple REIT Eight, Inc. and Apple REIT Ten, Inc. Members of the Company’s Board of Directors are also on the Board of Directors of AR6, Apple REIT Seven, Inc., and Apple REIT Eight, Inc.

          Included in other assets, net on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet is a 24% equity investment in Apple Air Holding, LLC (“Apple Air”). The other members of Apple Air are Apple REIT Six, Inc., Apple REIT Seven, Inc. and Apple REIT Eight, Inc. Through its equity investment the Company has access to Apple Air’s aircraft for acquisition, asset management and renovation purposes. The Company’s equity investment was approximately $2.1 million and $2.2 million as of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010. The Company has recorded its share of income and losses of the entity under the equity method of accounting and adjusted its investment in Apple Air accordingly. For the nine months

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ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, the Company recorded a loss of approximately $145,000 and $343,000 in each period, as its share of the net loss of Apple Air, which primarily relates to the depreciation of the aircraft, and is included in general and administrative expense in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations. Apple Air owned two aircraft during 2010, but reduced its ownership to one aircraft during the first quarter of 2011.

          Due to the significant discount offered by the original lender, in October 2010, the Company purchased a mortgage note with an outstanding balance of approximately $11.3 million for a total purchase price of approximately $10.8 million from an unrelated third party. The note balance net of unamortized discount is included in other assets, net on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet and totaled $11.0 million as of September 30, 2011. The interest rate on this mortgage is a variable rate based on the 3-month LIBOR, and as is currently 5.0%. The note requires monthly payments of principal and interest and matures on February 1, 2012. The borrower on the note is Apple Eight SPE Columbia, Inc., an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Apple REIT Eight, Inc. and the note is secured by a Hilton Garden Inn hotel located in Columbia, South Carolina. Total interest income recorded by the Company for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 was approximately $0.2 million and $0.7 million.

          During the first quarter of 2011, the Company entered into an assignment of contract with ASRG to become the purchaser of a newly constructed Home2 Suites by Hilton located in Fayetteville, North Carolina for a total purchase price of $11.4 million. ASRG entered into the assigned contract on December 11, 2009. There was no consideration paid to ASRG for this assignment, other than the reimbursement of the deposits previously made by ASRG totaling $2,500. There was no profit for ASRG in the assignment. The Company purchased this hotel on February 3, 2011.

          The Company has incurred legal fees associated with the Legal Proceedings and Related Matters discussed below. The Company also incurs other professional fees such as accounting and auditing and reporting. These fees are included in general and administrative expense in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations. To be cost effective, these services received by the Company are shared as applicable across the other Apple REIT Companies (Apple REIT Six, Inc., Apple REIT Seven, Inc., Apple REIT Eight, Inc., and Apple REIT Ten, Inc.). The professionals cannot always specifically identify their fees for one company therefore management allocates these costs across the companies that benefit from the services.

6. Shareholders’ Equity

Unit Redemption Program

          The Company has a Unit Redemption Program to provide limited interim liquidity to its shareholders who have held their Units for at least one year. Shareholders may request redemption of Units for a purchase price equal to 92% of the price paid per Unit if the Units have been owned for less than three years, or 100% of the price paid per Unit if the Units have been owned more than three years. The maximum number of Units that may be redeemed in any given year is five percent of the weighted average number of Units outstanding during the 12-month period immediately prior to the date of redemption. The Company reserves the right to change the purchase price of redemptions, reject any request for redemption, or otherwise amend the terms of, suspend, or terminate the Unit Redemption Program. During the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, the Company redeemed approximately 2.2 million Units and 520,000 Units in the amount of $23.3 million and $5.4 million under the program. Since inception of the program through September 30, 2011, the Company has redeemed 3.2 million Units representing $33.3 million. As contemplated in the program, beginning with the July 2011 redemption, the scheduled redemption date for the third quarter of 2011, the Company redeemed Units on a pro-rata basis. Prior to July 2011, the Company had redeemed 100% of redemption requests. The following is a summary of the 2011 Unit redemptions:

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Redemption
Date

 

Requested Unit
Redemptions

 

Units Redeemed

 

Redemption
Requests Not
Redeemed

 


 


 


 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

January 2011

 

 

318,891

 

 

318,891

 

 

 

April 2011

 

 

378,367

 

 

378,367

 

 

 

July 2011

 

 

3,785,039

 

 

1,549,058

 

 

2,235,981

 

Dividend Reinvestment Plan

          In December 2010, the Company instituted a Dividend Reinvestment Plan for its shareholders. The plan provides a way to increase shareholder investment in the Company by reinvesting dividends to purchase additional Units of the Company. The uses of the proceeds from this plan may include purchasing Units under the Company’s Unit Redemption Program, enhancing properties, satisfying financing obligations and other expenses, increasing working capital, funding various corporate operations, and acquiring hotels. The Company has registered 20.0 million Units for potential issuance under the plan. During the first nine months of 2011, 4.1 million Units were issued under the plan representing approximately $45.0 million. No Units were issued under the plan as of December 31, 2010.

Distributions

          The Company’s annual distribution rate as of September 30, 2011 was $0.88 per common share, payable monthly. For the three months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, the Company made distributions of $0.22 per common share for a total of $40.2 million and $31.4 million. For the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, the Company made distributions of $0.66 per common share for a total of $120.2 million and $81.0 million.

7. Discontinued Operations

          As of September 30, 2011 the Company held for sale approximately 406 acres of land and land improvements located on 110 sites in the Ft. Worth, Texas area that are being leased to Chesapeake for the production of natural gas (the “110 parcels”). Chesapeake is the second-largest independent producer of natural gas in the United States and guarantor of the lease.

          In July 2011, the Company agreed to sell back to Chesapeake one of the 111 sites originally purchased from Chesapeake and release Chesapeake from their associated lease obligation. The sales price for the site was $1.4 million, which approximates the net book value of the site. The Company earned and received rental income for the period held totaling approximately $310,000.

          In August 2011, the Company entered into a contract for the potential sale of its 110 remaining parcels for a total purchase price of $198.4 million. The Company anticipates completing the sale in the fourth quarter of 2011. Although the purchaser is not affiliated with the Company, a partner of the purchaser is also a member of the Board of Directors of Apple REIT Ten, Inc. The 110 parcels have been classified in the consolidated balance sheets as real estate held for sale and are recorded at their carrying amount, totaling approximately $157.0 million. The carrying amount includes real estate net book value totaling $141.8 million and straight-line rent receivable totaling $15.2 million. The 110 parcels was a separate reportable segment and the results of operations for these properties have been classified in the consolidated statements of operations in the line item income from discontinued operations.

          The following table sets forth the components of income from discontinued operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 (in thousands):

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Three Months Ended
September 30,

 

Nine Months Ended
September 30,

 

 

 


 


 

 

 

2011

 

2010

 

2011

 

2010

 

 

 


 


 


 


 

Rental revenue

 

$

5,372

 

$

5,343

 

$

16,057

 

$

15,983

 

Operating expenses

 

 

44

 

 

27

 

 

97

 

 

80

 

Depreciation expense

 

 

200

 

 

600

 

 

1,400

 

 

1,758

 

 

 



 



 



 



 

Income from discontinued operations

 

$

5,128

 

$

4,716

 

$

14,560

 

$

14,145

 

 

 



 



 



 



 

          The lease has an initial term of 40 years from its commencement date of April 2009, with five renewal options of five years each, exercisable by the tenant. Rental payments are fixed and have determinable rent increases during the initial lease term and reset to market during the first year of the renewal period. Rental payments are required to be made monthly in advance. Under the lease, the tenant is responsible for all operating costs associated with the land including, maintenance, insurance, property taxes, environmental, zoning, permitting, etc. and the tenant is required to maintain the land in good condition. The lease is classified as an operating lease and rental income is recognized on a straight line basis over the initial term of the lease. Rental revenue includes $1.5 million of adjustments to record rent on the straight line basis for both the three months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, and $4.6 million of adjustments to record rent on the straight line basis for both the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010.

8. Pro Forma Information (unaudited)

          The following unaudited pro forma information for the three months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 and nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 is presented as if the acquisitions of the Company’s hotels acquired after December 31, 2009, had occurred on the latter of January 1, 2010 or the opening date of the hotel. The pro forma information does not purport to represent what the Company’s results of operations would actually have been if such transactions, in fact, had occurred on these applicable dates, nor does it purport to represent the results of operations for future periods. Amounts are in thousands, except per share data.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended
September 30,

 

Nine Months Ended
September 30,

 

 

 

2011

 

2010

 

2011

 

2010

 

 

 


 


 


 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total revenues

 

$

85,668

 

$

73,120

 

$

248,034

 

$

208,158

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income from continuing operations

 

$

15,634

 

$

9,521

 

$

45,205

 

$

5,879

 

Income from discontinued operations

 

 

5,128

 

 

4,716

 

 

14,560

 

 

14,145

 

 

 



 



 



 



 

Net income

 

$

20,762

 

$

14,237

 

$

59,765

 

$

20,024

 

 

 



 



 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic and diluted net income per common share

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

From continuing operations

 

$

0.08

 

$

0.06

 

$

0.25

 

$

0.02

 

From discontinued operations

 

 

0.03

 

 

0.03

 

 

0.08

 

 

0.11

 

 

 



 



 



 



 

Total basic and diluted net income per common share

 

$

0.11

 

$

0.09

 

$

0.33

 

$

0.13

 

 

 



 



 



 



 

          The pro forma information reflects adjustments for actual revenues and expenses of the 52 hotels acquired during 2010 and 2011 for the respective period prior to acquisition by the Company. Net income has been adjusted as follows: (1) interest income and expense have been adjusted to reflect the reduction in cash and cash equivalents required to fund the acquisitions; (2) interest expense related to prior owners’ debt which was not assumed has been eliminated; (3) depreciation has been adjusted based on the Company’s basis in the hotels; and (4) transaction costs have been adjusted for the acquisition of existing businesses.

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9. Legal Proceedings and Related Matters

          The term the “Apple REIT Companies” means Apple REIT Six, Inc. Apple REIT Seven, Inc., Apple REIT Eight, Inc., the Company and Apple REIT Ten, Inc.

          The Company is currently engaged in three ongoing putative class action lawsuits brought on behalf of purchasers of Units of at least one of the Apple REIT Companies during June 2011. As discussed below, one of the complaints was amended in October 2011.

          On October 10, 2011, the plaintiffs in Kronberg et al. v. David Lerner Associates Inc., et al, Case No. 2:11-cv-03558, filed an amended class action complaint in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, adding new parties and new claims to the action originally filed on June 20, 2011. The new plaintiffs are residents of New York, Connecticut, and Florida alleged to be investors in the Company, Apple REIT Eight, Inc. and Apple REIT Ten, Inc. The new defendants are directors of these companies and Apple Suites Realty Group, Inc., Apple Eight Advisors, Inc., Apple Nine Advisors, Inc., Apple Ten Advisors, Inc., and Apple Fund Management, LLC. The amended complaint adds claims on behalf of subclasses of residents of New Jersey, New York, Connecticut and Florida, in addition to the putative nationwide class, and no longer includes purchasers of Apple REIT Six, Inc. and Apple REIT Seven, Inc. The amended complaint asserts new claims for breach of fiduciary duty and for violation of the securities laws of the states of New Jersey, Connecticut and Florida, and seeks certification of the subclasses, monetary damages including pre- and post-judgment interest, equitable relief and fees and costs. In addition to the allegations contained in the original complaint, the amended complaint alleges that David Lerner Associates, Inc., and the directors breached a fiduciary duty to the shareholders by failing to disclose material information about the prior Apple REIT Companies’ sources of distributions and share valuation, that they aided and abetted one another’s breaches, and that the Apple REIT entities and directors are jointly and severally liable for the acts of David Lerner Associates, Inc. The amended complaint also asserts that plaintiffs are entitled to recover under certain state securities laws.

          The Company believes that any claims against it, its officers and directors and other Apple entities are without merit, and intends to defend against them vigorously. At this time, the Company cannot reasonably predict the outcome of these proceedings or provide a reasonable estimate of the possible loss or range of loss due to these proceedings, if any.

          Also, in May 2011, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) filed a complaint against David Lerner Associates, Inc., related to its sales practices relative to the Units of Apple REIT Ten, Inc. David Lerner Associates, Inc. was also the sole distributor (managing dealer) of the Company. The Company is unaffiliated with David Lerner Associates, Inc.; however, the Company relies upon it for the administration of the Units. The Company intends to cooperate with regulatory or governmental inquiries.

10. Subsequent Events

          In October 2011, the Company declared and paid approximately $13.4 million or $0.073334 per outstanding common share, in distributions to its common shareholders, of which $4.8 million or 437,000 Units were reinvested under the Company’s Dividend Reinvestment Plan.

          In October 2011, under the guidelines of the Company’s Unit Redemption Program, the Company redeemed approximately 1.5 million Units in the amount of $16.0 million. As contemplated in the program, the Company redeemed Units on a pro-rata basis, whereby a percentage of each requested redemption was fulfilled at the discretion of the Company’s Board of Directors. This redemption was approximately 18% of the total 8.4 million requested Units to be redeemed, with approximately 6.9 million requested Units not redeemed.

          On October 6, 2011, the Company closed on the purchase of a TownePlace Suites hotel located in Tucson, Arizona. The gross purchase price for the hotel, which contains a total of 124 guest rooms, was $15.9 million.

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Forward-Looking Statements

          This quarterly report 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. Such statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance, or achievements of the Company to be materially different from future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include, but are not limited to, the ability of the Company to implement its acquisition strategy and operating strategy; the Company’s ability to manage planned growth; changes in economic cycles; the outcome of current and future litigation, regulatory proceedings or inquiries; and competition within the real estate industry. Although the Company believes that the assumptions underlying the forward-looking statements contained herein are reasonable, any of the assumptions could be inaccurate, and therefore there can be no assurance that such statements included in the quarterly report will prove to be accurate. In light of the significant uncertainties inherent in the forward-looking statements included herein, the inclusion of such information should not be regarded as a representation by the Company or any other person that the results or conditions described in such statements or the objectives and plans of the Company will be achieved. In addition, the Company’s qualification as a real estate investment trust involves the application of highly technical and complex provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. Readers should carefully review the Company’s financial statements and the notes thereto, as well as the risk factors described in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Any forward-looking statement that the Company makes speaks only as of the date of this report. The Company undertakes no obligation to publically update or revise any forward-looking statements or cautionary factors, as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise, except as required by law.

Overview

          Apple REIT Nine, Inc., together with its wholly owned subsidiaries (the “Company”), is a Virginia corporation that has elected to be treated as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) for federal income tax purposes. The Company, which has limited operating history, was formed to invest in income-producing real estate in the United States. The Company was initially capitalized November 9, 2007, with its first investor closing on May 14, 2008. The Company completed its best-efforts offering of Units in December 2010. Prior to the Company’s first hotel acquisition on July 31, 2008, the Company had no revenue, exclusive of interest income. As of September 30, 2011, the Company owned 86 hotels (nine purchased and one newly constructed hotel opened during the first nine months of 2011, 43 purchased during 2010, 12 acquired during 2009 and 21 acquired during 2008). Accordingly, the results of operations include only results from the date of ownership of the properties.

          As of September 30, 2011 the Company held for sale approximately 406 acres of land and land improvements located on 110 sites in the Ft. Worth, Texas area (acquired in April 2009) that are being leased to Chesapeake Energy Corporation (“Chesapeake”) for the production of natural gas (the “110 parcels”). In August 2011, the Company entered into a contract for the potential sale of all 110 parcels for a total purchase price of $198.4 million. The Company anticipates completing the sale in the fourth quarter of 2011. The operating results related to the 110 parcels have been included in discontinued operations and are not included in the results of operations summary below.

Hotel Operations

          Although hotel performance can be influenced by many factors including local competition, local and general economic conditions in the United States and the performance of individual managers assigned to each hotel, performance of the hotels as compared to other hotels within their respective local markets, in general, has met the Company’s expectations for the period owned. With the significant decline in economic conditions throughout the United States over the 2008 through 2010 time period, overall performance of the Company’s hotels have not met expectations since acquisition. Although there is no way to predict future general economic conditions, the hotel industry and the Company’s revenues are

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improving and the Company anticipates mid single digit percentage increases for comparable hotels for the remainder of 2011 as compared to 2010 and similar year over year increases in 2012. In evaluating financial condition and operating performance, the most important indicators on which the Company focuses are revenue measurements, such as average occupancy, average daily rate (“ADR”), revenue per available room (“RevPAR”) and market yield which compares an individual hotel’s results to others in its local market, and expenses, such as hotel operating expenses, general and administrative and other expenses described below.

          The following is a summary of the results from continuing operations of the 86 hotels owned as of September 30, 2011 for their respective periods of ownership by the Company:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended September 30,

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

 


 


 

(in thousands, except
statistical data)

 

2011

 

Percent
of
Revenue

 

2010

 

Percent
of
Revenue

 

2011

 

Percent
of
Revenue

 

2010

 

Percent
of
Revenue

 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total revenue

 

$

85,668

 

 

100

%

$

43,782

 

 

100

%

$

242,098

 

 

100

%

$

105,885

 

 

100

%

Hotel operating expenses

 

 

49,381

 

 

58

%

 

26,072

 

 

60

%

 

137,774

 

 

57

%

 

63,817

 

 

60

%

Taxes, insurance and other expense

 

 

5,204

 

 

6

%

 

2,219

 

 

5

%

 

14,226

 

 

6

%

 

6,637

 

 

6

%

General and administrative expense

 

 

1,753

 

 

2

%

 

1,425

 

 

3

%

 

5,298

 

 

2

%

 

4,500

 

 

4

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Acquisition related costs

 

 

75

 

 

 

 

 

4,626

 

 

 

 

 

4,423

 

 

 

 

 

10,126

 

 

 

 

Depreciation

 

 

12,311

 

 

 

 

 

7,334

 

 

 

 

 

35,787

 

 

 

 

 

18,725

 

 

 

 

Interest expense, net

 

 

1,310

 

 

 

 

 

263

 

 

 

 

 

3,043

 

 

 

 

 

567

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of hotels

 

 

86

 

 

 

 

 

54

 

 

 

 

 

86

 

 

 

 

 

54

 

 

 

 

Average Market Yield(1)

 

 

125

 

 

 

 

 

123

 

 

 

 

 

125

 

 

 

 

 

123

 

 

 

 

ADR

 

$

107

 

 

 

 

$

104

 

 

 

 

$

108

 

 

 

 

$

103

 

 

 

 

Occupancy

 

 

72

%

 

 

 

 

70

%

 

 

 

 

71

%

 

 

 

 

67

%

 

 

 

RevPAR

 

$

78

 

 

 

 

$

73

 

 

 

 

$

76

 

 

 

 

$

69

 

 

 

 

Total rooms sold(2)

 

 

726,696

 

 

 

 

 

382,533

 

 

 

 

 

2,048,305

 

 

 

 

 

930,914

 

 

 

 

Total rooms available(3)

 

 

1,003,981

 

 

 

 

 

543,070

 

 

 

 

 

2,881,926

 

 

 

 

 

1,390,288

 

 

 

 


 

 

 


 

(1)

Calculated from data provided by Smith Travel Research, Inc.® Excludes hotels under renovation or opened less than two years during the applicable periods.

 

(2)

Represents the number of room nights sold during the period.

 

(3)

Represents the number of rooms owned by the Company multiplied by the number of nights in the period.

Legal Proceedings and Related Matters

          The term the “Apple REIT Companies” means Apple REIT Six, Inc. Apple REIT Seven, Inc., Apple REIT Eight, Inc., the Company and Apple REIT Ten, Inc.

          The Company is currently engaged in three ongoing putative class action lawsuits brought on behalf of purchasers of Units of at least one of the Apple REIT Companies during June 2011. As discussed below, one of the complaints was amended in October 2011.

          On October 10, 2011, the plaintiffs in Kronberg et al. v. David Lerner Associates Inc., et al, Case No. 2:11-cv-03558, filed an amended class action complaint in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, adding new parties and new claims to the action originally filed on June 20, 2011. The new plaintiffs are residents of New York, Connecticut, and Florida alleged to be investors in the Company, Apple REIT Eight, Inc. and Apple REIT Ten, Inc. The new defendants are directors of these companies and

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Apple Suites Realty Group, Inc., Apple Eight Advisors, Inc., Apple Nine Advisors, Inc., Apple Ten Advisors, Inc., and Apple Fund Management, LLC. The amended complaint adds claims on behalf of subclasses of residents of New Jersey, New York, Connecticut and Florida, in addition to the putative nationwide class, and no longer includes purchasers of Apple REIT Six, Inc. and Apple REIT Seven, Inc. The amended complaint asserts new claims for breach of fiduciary duty and for violation of the securities laws of the states of New Jersey, Connecticut and Florida, and seeks certification of the subclasses, monetary damages including pre- and post-judgment interest, equitable relief and fees and costs. In addition to the allegations contained in the original complaint, the amended complaint alleges that David Lerner Associates, Inc., and the directors breached a fiduciary duty to the shareholders by failing to disclose material information about the prior Apple REIT Companies’ sources of distributions and share valuation, that they aided and abetted one another’s breaches, and that the Apple REIT entities and directors are jointly and severally liable for the acts of David Lerner Associates, Inc. The amended complaint also asserts that plaintiffs are entitled to recover under certain state securities laws.

          The Company believes that any claims against it, its officers and directors and other Apple entities are without merit, and intends to defend against them vigorously. At this time, the Company cannot reasonably predict the outcome of these proceedings or provide a reasonable estimate of the possible loss or range of loss due to these proceedings, if any.

          Also, in May 2011, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) filed a complaint against David Lerner Associates, Inc., related to its sales practices relative to the Units of Apple REIT Ten, Inc. David Lerner Associates, Inc. was also the sole distributor (managing dealer) of the Company. The Company is unaffiliated with David Lerner Associates, Inc.; however, the Company relies upon it for the administration of the Units. The Company intends to cooperate with regulatory or governmental inquiries.

Hotels Owned

          As noted above, the Company commenced operations in July 2008 upon the purchase of its first hotel property. The following table summarizes the location, brand, manager, date acquired, number of rooms and gross purchase price for each of the 86 hotels the Company owned as of September 30, 2011. All dollar amounts are in thousands.

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City

 

State

 

Brand

 

Manager

 

Date Acquired

 

Rooms

 

 

Gross Purchase Price

 















 

Tucson

 

AZ

 

Hilton Garden Inn

 

Western

 

7/31/2008

 

125

 

$

18,375

 

Santa Clarita

 

CA

 

Courtyard

 

Dimension

 

9/24/2008

 

140

 

 

22,700

 

Charlotte

 

NC

 

Homewood Suites

 

McKibbon

 

9/24/2008

 

112

 

 

5,750

 

Allen

 

TX

 

Hampton Inn & Suites

 

Gateway

 

9/26/2008

 

103

 

 

12,500

 

Twinsburg

 

OH

 

Hilton Garden Inn

 

Gateway

 

10/7/2008

 

142

 

 

17,792

 

Lewisville

 

TX

 

Hilton Garden Inn

 

Gateway

 

10/16/2008

 

165

 

 

28,000

 

Duncanville

 

TX

 

Hilton Garden Inn

 

Gateway

 

10/21/2008

 

142

 

 

19,500

 

Santa Clarita

 

CA

 

Hampton Inn

 

Dimension

 

10/29/2008

 

128

 

 

17,129

 

Santa Clarita

 

CA

 

Residence Inn

 

Dimension

 

10/29/2008

 

90

 

 

16,600

 

Santa Clarita

 

CA

 

Fairfield Inn

 

Dimension

 

10/29/2008

 

66

 

 

9,337

 

Beaumont

 

TX

 

Residence Inn

 

Western

 

10/29/2008

 

133

 

 

16,900

 

Pueblo

 

CO

 

Hampton Inn & Suites

 

Dimension

 

10/31/2008

 

81

 

 

8,025

 

Allen

 

TX

 

Hilton Garden Inn

 

Gateway

 

10/31/2008

 

150

 

 

18,500

 

Bristol

 

VA

 

Courtyard

 

LBA

 

11/7/2008

 

175

 

 

18,650

 

Durham

 

NC

 

Homewood Suites

 

McKibbon

 

12/4/2008

 

122

 

 

19,050

 

Hattiesburg

 

MS

 

Residence Inn

 

LBA

 

12/11/2008

 

84

 

 

9,793

 

Jackson

 

TN

 

Courtyard

 

Vista

 

12/16/2008

 

94

 

 

15,200

 

Jackson

 

TN

 

Hampton Inn & Suites

 

Vista

 

12/30/2008

 

83

 

 

12,600

 

Pittsburgh

 

PA

 

Hampton Inn

 

Vista

 

12/31/2008

 

132

 

 

20,458

 

Fort Lauderdale

 

FL

 

Hampton Inn

 

Vista

 

12/31/2008

 

109

 

 

19,290

 

Frisco

 

TX

 

Hilton Garden Inn

 

Western

 

12/31/2008

 

102

 

 

15,050

 

Round Rock

 

TX

 

Hampton Inn

 

Vista

 

3/6/2009

 

93

 

 

11,500

 

Panama City

 

FL

 

Hampton Inn & Suites

 

LBA

 

3/12/2009

 

95

 

 

11,600

 

Austin

 

TX

 

Homewood Suites

 

Vista

 

4/14/2009

 

97

 

 

17,700

 

Austin

 

TX

 

Hampton Inn

 

Vista

 

4/14/2009

 

124

 

 

18,000

 

Dothan

 

AL

 

Hilton Garden Inn

 

LBA

 

6/1/2009

 

104

 

 

11,601

 

Troy

 

AL

 

Courtyard

 

LBA

 

6/18/2009

 

90

 

 

8,696

 

Orlando

 

FL

 

Fairfield Inn & Suites

 

Marriott

 

7/1/2009

 

200

 

 

25,800

 

Orlando

 

FL

 

SpringHill Suites

 

Marriott

 

7/1/2009

 

200

 

 

29,000

 

Clovis

 

CA

 

Hampton Inn & Suites

 

Dimension

 

7/31/2009

 

86

 

 

11,150

 

Rochester

 

MN

 

Hampton Inn & Suites

 

Raymond

 

8/3/2009

 

124

 

 

14,136

 

Johnson City

 

TN

 

Courtyard

 

LBA

 

9/25/2009

 

90

 

 

9,880

 

Baton Rouge

 

LA

 

SpringHill Suites

 

Dimension

 

9/25/2009

 

119

 

 

15,100

 

Houston

 

TX

 

Marriott

 

Western

 

1/8/2010

 

206

 

 

50,750

 

Albany

 

GA

 

Fairfield Inn & Suites

 

LBA

 

1/14/2010

 

87

 

 

7,920

 

Panama City

 

FL

 

TownePlace Suites

 

LBA

 

1/19/2010

 

103

 

 

10,640

 

Clovis

 

CA

 

Homewood Suites

 

Dimension

 

2/2/2010

 

83

 

 

12,435

 

Jacksonville

 

NC

 

TownePlace Suites

 

LBA

 

2/16/2010

 

86

 

 

9,200

 

Miami

 

FL

 

Hampton Inn & Suites

 

Dimension

 

4/9/2010

 

121

 

 

11,900

 

Anchorage

 

AK

 

Embassy Suites

 

Stonebridge

 

4/30/2010

 

169

 

 

42,000

 

Boise

 

ID

 

Hampton Inn & Suites

 

Raymond

 

4/30/2010

 

186

 

 

22,370

 

Rogers

 

AR

 

Homewood Suites

 

Raymond

 

4/30/2010

 

126

 

 

10,900

 

St. Louis

 

MO

 

Hampton Inn & Suites

 

Raymond

 

4/30/2010

 

126

 

 

16,000

 

Oklahoma City

 

OK

 

Hampton Inn & Suites

 

Raymond

 

5/28/2010

 

200

 

 

32,657

 

Ft Worth

 

TX

 

TownePlace Suites

 

Western

 

7/19/2010

 

140

 

 

18,435

 

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City

 

State

 

Brand

 

Manager

 

Date Acquired

 

Rooms

 

 

Gross Purchase
Price

 















 

Lafayette

 

LA

 

Hilton Garden Inn

 

LBA

 

7/30/2010

 

153

 

 

17,261

 

West Monroe

 

LA

 

Hilton Garden Inn

 

InterMountain

 

7/30/2010

 

134

 

 

15,639

 

Silver Spring

 

MD

 

Hilton Garden Inn

 

White

 

7/30/2010

 

107

 

 

17,400

 

Rogers

 

AR

 

Hampton Inn

 

Raymond

 

8/31/2010

 

122

 

 

9,600

 

St. Louis

 

MO

 

Hampton Inn

 

Raymond

 

8/31/2010

 

190

 

 

23,000

 

Kansas City

 

MO

 

Hampton Inn

 

Raymond

 

8/31/2010

 

122

 

 

10,130

 

Alexandria

 

LA

 

Courtyard

 

LBA

 

9/15/2010

 

96

 

 

9,915

 

Grapevine

 

TX

 

Hilton Garden Inn

 

Western

 

9/24/2010

 

110

 

 

17,000

 

Nashville

 

TN

 

Hilton Garden Inn

 

Vista

 

9/30/2010

 

194

 

 

42,667

 

Indianapolis

 

IN

 

SpringHill Suites

 

White

 

11/2/2010

 

130

 

 

12,800

 

Mishawaka

 

IN

 

Residence Inn

 

White

 

11/2/2010

 

106

 

 

13,700

 

Phoenix

 

AZ

 

Courtyard

 

White

 

11/2/2010

 

164

 

 

16,000

 

Phoenix

 

AZ

 

Residence Inn

 

White

 

11/2/2010

 

129

 

 

14,000

 

Mettawa

 

IL

 

Residence Inn

 

White

 

11/2/2010

 

130

 

 

23,500

 

Mettawa

 

IL

 

Hilton Garden Inn

 

White

 

11/2/2010

 

170

 

 

30,500

 

Austin

 

TX

 

Hilton Garden Inn

 

White

 

11/2/2010

 

117

 

 

16,000

 

Novi

 

MI

 

Hilton Garden Inn

 

White

 

11/2/2010

 

148

 

 

16,200

 

Warrenville

 

IL

 

Hilton Garden Inn

 

White

 

11/2/2010

 

135

 

 

22,000

 

Schaumburg

 

IL

 

Hilton Garden Inn

 

White

 

11/2/2010

 

166

 

 

20,500

 

Salt Lake City

 

UT

 

SpringHill Suites

 

White

 

11/2/2010

 

143

 

 

17,500

 

Austin

 

TX

 

Fairfield Inn & Suites

 

White

 

11/2/2010

 

150

 

 

17,750

 

Austin

 

TX

 

Courtyard

 

White

 

11/2/2010

 

145

 

 

20,000

 

Chandler

 

AZ

 

Courtyard

 

White

 

11/2/2010

 

150

 

 

17,000

 

Chandler

 

AZ

 

Fairfield Inn & Suites

 

White

 

11/2/2010

 

110

 

 

12,000

 

Tampa

 

FL

 

Embassy Suites

 

White

 

11/2/2010

 

147

 

 

21,800

 

Andover

 

MA

 

SpringHill Suites

 

Marriott

 

11/5/2010

 

136

 

 

6,500

 

Philadelphia (Collegeville)

 

PA

 

Courtyard

 

White

 

11/15/2010

 

132

 

 

20,000

 

Holly Springs

 

NC

 

Hampton Inn & Suites

 

LBA

 

11/30/2010

 

124

 

 

14,880

 

Philadelphia (Malvern)

 

PA

 

Courtyard

 

White

 

11/30/2010

 

127

 

 

21,000

 

Arlington

 

TX

 

Hampton Inn & Suites

 

Western

 

12/1/2010

 

98

 

 

9,900

 

Irving

 

TX

 

Homewood Suites

 

Western

 

12/29/2010

 

77

 

 

10,250

 

Mount Laurel

 

NJ

 

Homewood Suites

 

Tharaldson

 

1/11/2011

 

118

 

 

15,000

 

West Orange

 

NJ

 

Courtyard

 

Tharaldson

 

1/11/2011

 

131

 

 

21,500

 

Texarkana

 

TX

 

Hampton Inn & Suites

 

InterMountain

 

1/31/2011

 

81

 

 

9,100

 

Fayetteville

 

NC

 

Home2 Suites

 

LBA

 

2/3/2011

 

118

 

 

11,397

 

Manassas

 

VA

 

Residence Inn

 

Tharaldson

 

2/16/2011

 

107

 

 

14,900

 

San Bernardino

 

CA

 

Residence Inn

 

Tharaldson

 

2/16/2011

 

95

 

 

13,600

 

Alexandria

 

VA

 

SpringHill Suites

 

Marriott

 

3/28/2011

 

155

 

 

24,948

 (1)

Dallas

 

TX

 

Hilton

 

Hilton

 

5/17/2011

 

224

 

 

42,000

 

Santa Ana

 

CA

 

Courtyard

 

Dimension

 

5/23/2011

 

155

 

 

24,800

 

Lafayette

 

LA

 

SpringHill Suites

 

LBA

 

6/23/2011

 

103

 

 

10,232

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10,982

 

$

1,494,438

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 


 

 

 


 

(1)

The Company acquired land and began construction for this hotel during 2009. Hotel construction was completed by the Company and the hotel opened for business on March 28, 2011. The gross purchase price includes the acquisition of land and construction costs.

          Of the Company’s 86 hotels owned at September 30, 2011, nine were purchased during the first nine months of 2011. The total gross purchase price for these nine hotels, with a total of 1,132 rooms, was $162.5 million. Also, as noted in the table above, during March 2011, the Company completed the construction of a SpringHill Suites hotel in Alexandria, Virginia which opened for business on March 28, 2011.

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          The purchase price for the properties acquired through September 30, 2011, net of debt assumed, was funded primarily by the Company’s best-efforts offering of Units, completed in December 2010. The Company assumed approximately $122.4 million of debt secured by 13 of its hotel properties and $3.8 million of unsecured debt in connection with one of its hotel properties. The following table summarizes the hotel location, interest rate, maturity date and the principal amount assumed associated with each note payable outstanding as of September 30, 2011. All dollar amounts are in thousands.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Location

 

Brand

 

Interest
Rate (1)

 

Acquisition
Date

 

Maturity
Date

 

Principal
Assumed

 

Outstanding
balance as of
September 30,
2011

 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 

Lewisville, TX

 

Hilton Garden Inn

 

0.00

%

10/16/2008

 

12/31/2016

 

$

3,750

 

$

3,750

 

Duncanville, TX

 

Hilton Garden Inn

 

5.88

%

10/21/2008

 

5/11/2017

 

 

13,966

 

 

13,408

 

Allen, TX

 

Hilton Garden Inn

 

5.37

%

10/31/2008

 

10/11/2015

 

 

10,787

 

 

10,257

 

Bristol, VA

 

Courtyard

 

6.59

%

11/7/2008

 

8/1/2016

 

 

9,767

 

 

9,415

 

Round Rock, TX

 

Hampton Inn

 

5.95

%

3/6/2009

 

5/1/2016

 

 

4,175

 

 

3,943

 

Austin, TX

 

Homewood Suites

 

5.99

%

4/14/2009

 

3/1/2016

 

 

7,556

 

 

7,144

 

Austin, TX

 

Hampton Inn

 

5.95

%

4/14/2009

 

3/1/2016

 

 

7,553

 

 

7,139

 

Rogers, AR

 

Hampton Inn

 

5.20

%

8/31/2010

 

9/1/2015

 

 

8,337

 

 

8,167

 

St. Louis, MO

 

Hampton Inn

 

5.30

%

8/31/2010

 

9/1/2015

 

 

13,915

 

 

13,635

 

Kansas City, MO

 

Hampton Inn

 

5.45

%

8/31/2010

 

10/1/2015

 

 

6,517

 

 

6,391

 

Philadelphia (Malvern), PA

 

Courtyard

 

6.50

%

11/30/2010

 

10/1/2032

 (2)

 

7,894

 

 

7,754

 

Irving, TX

 

Homewood Suites

 

5.83

%

12/29/2010

 

4/11/2017

 

 

6,052

 

 

5,947

 

Texarkana, TX

 

Hampton Inn & Suites

 

6.90

%

1/31/2011

 

7/8/2016

 

 

4,954

 

 

4,910

 

Dallas, TX

 

Hilton

 

6.63

%

5/17/2011

 

6/6/2015

 

 

20,988

 

 

20,820

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

126,211

 

$

122,680

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 



 


 

 

 


 

(1)

These rates are the rates per the loan agreement. At acquisition, the Company adjusted the interest rates on these loans to market rates and is amortizing the adjustments to interest expense over the life of the loan.

(2)

Outstanding principal balance is callable by lender or prepayable by the Company beginning on October 1, 2016, and every five years thereafter until maturity, subject to certain conditions.

          The Company leases all of its hotels to its wholly-owned taxable REIT subsidiary (or a subsidiary thereof) under master hotel lease agreements. The Company also used the proceeds of its best-efforts offering to pay approximately $29.5 million, representing 2% of the gross purchase price for these properties, as a brokerage commission to Apple Suites Realty Group, Inc. (“ASRG”), 100% owned by Glade M. Knight, the Company’s Chairman and Chief Executive.

No goodwill was recorded in connection with any of the acquisitions.

Results of Operations

          During the period from the Company’s initial capitalization on November 9, 2007 to July 30, 2008, the Company owned no properties, had no revenue, exclusive of interest income and was primarily engaged in capital formation activities. The Company began operations on July 31, 2008 when it purchased its first hotel. As of September 30, 2011, the Company owned 86 hotels (of which nine were purchased and one newly constructed hotel opened during 2011) with 10,982 rooms as compared to 54 hotels, with a total of 6,761 rooms as of September 30, 2010. As a result of the acquisition activity during 2010 and 2011, a comparison of operations for 2011 to prior periods is not representative of the results that would have occurred if all properties had been owned for the entire periods presented.

          Hotel performance is impacted by many factors including economic conditions in the United States, as well as each locality. During the period from the second half of 2008 through 2010, the overall

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weakness in the U.S. economy had a considerable negative impact on both consumer and business travel. As a result, revenue in most markets in the United States declined from levels of 2007 and the first half of 2008. However, economic conditions have shown evidence of improvement in 2011. While the Company expects 2011 revenue and operating income for comparable hotels and the industry to improve over 2010 results, it is not expected that revenue and operating income will reach pre-recession levels. The Company’s hotels in general have shown results consistent with industry and brand averages for the period of ownership.

     Revenues

          The Company’s principal source of revenue is hotel revenue consisting of room and other related revenue. For the three months September 30, 2011 and 2010, the Company had hotel revenue of $85.7 million and $43.8 million. For the nine months September 30, 2011 and 2010, the Company had hotel revenue of $242.1 million and $105.9 million. This revenue reflects hotel operations for the 86 hotels owned as of September 30, 2011 for their respective periods of ownership by the Company. For the three months ended September 30, 2011, the hotels achieved combined average occupancy of approximately 72%, ADR of $107 and RevPAR of $78. For the three months ended September 30, 2010, the hotels achieved combined average occupancy of approximately 70%, ADR of $104 and RevPAR of $73. For the nine months ended September 30, 2011, the hotels achieved combined average occupancy of approximately 71%, ADR of $108 and RevPAR of $76. For the nine months ended September 30, 2010, the hotels achieved combined average occupancy of approximately 67%, ADR of $103 and RevPAR of $69. ADR is calculated as room revenue divided by the number of rooms sold, and RevPAR is calculated as occupancy multiplied by ADR.

          Since the beginning of 2010 the Company has experienced an increase in demand as demonstrated by the improvement in average occupancy for its comparable hotels of 5% in the third quarter of 2011 as compared to the same period of 2010 and 7% for the nine months ending September 30, 2011 as compared to the same period in 2010. In addition, also signifying a stabilizing economy, the Company experienced an increase in ADR of 4% for comparable hotels during the third quarter of 2011 as compared to the third quarter of 2010 and 3% for the nine months ending September 30, 2011 as compared to the same period in 2010. With demand and room rate improvement, the Company and industry anticipate percentage revenue growth for the remainder of 2011 in the mid single digits, as compared to 2010, with the trend expected to continue in 2012. While reflecting the impact of post-recessionary levels of single-digit growth in national economic activity, the Company’s hotels also continue to be leaders in their respective markets. The Company’s average Market Yield for the first nine months of 2011 and 2010 was 125 and 123, respectively. The Market Yield is a measure of each hotel’s RevPAR compared to the average in the market, with 100 being the average (the index excludes hotels under renovation or open less than two years) and is provided by Smith Travel Research, Inc.®, an independent company that tracks historical hotel performance in most markets throughout the world. The Company will continue to pursue market opportunities to improve revenue.

          In addition, 12 of the hotels owned as of September 30, 2011 have opened since the beginning of 2010. Generally, newly constructed hotels require 12-24 months to establish themselves in their respective markets. Therefore, revenue is below anticipated or market levels for this period of time.

     Expenses

          Hotel operating expenses relate to the 86 hotels owned as of September 30, 2011 for their respective periods owned and consist of direct room expenses, hotel administrative expense, sales and marketing expense, utilities expense, repair and maintenance expense, franchise fees and management fees. For the three months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, hotel operating expenses totaled $49.4 million or 58% of total revenue and $26.1 million or 60% of total revenue. For the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, hotel operating expenses totaled $137.8 million or 57% of total revenue and $63.8 million or 60% of total revenue. Eight of the 43 hotels acquired in 2010 and four of the ten new hotels in 2011 are newly opened hotels and as a result, hotel operating expenses as a percentage of total revenue for these hotels are higher than is expected once the properties have established themselves within their respective

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markets. In addition, operating expenses were impacted by several hotel renovations, with approximately 9,100 room nights out of service during the first nine months of 2011 due to such renovations. Although operating expenses will increase as revenue increases, the Company will continue to work with its management companies to reduce costs as a percentage of revenue as aggressively as possible while maintaining quality and service levels at each property.

          Taxes, insurance, and other expense for the three months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 totaled $5.2 million or 6% of total revenue and $2.2 million or 5% of total revenue. For the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, taxes, insurance, and other expense totaled $14.2 million or 6% of total revenue and $6.6 million or 6% of total revenue. As discussed above, with the addition of 12 newly opened hotels in the past 21 months, taxes, insurance and other expenses as a percentage of revenue is anticipated to decline as the properties become established in their respective markets.

          General and administrative expense for the three months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 was $1.8 million and $1.4 million. For the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, general and administrative expenses were $5.3 million and $4.5 million. The principal components of general and administrative expense are advisory fees and reimbursable expenses, legal fees, accounting fees, the Company’s share of the loss in its investment in Apple Air Holding, LLC, and reporting expenses. The Company has incurred approximately $800,000 in legal costs in 2011, an increase over prior years due to the legal and related matters discussed above and continued costs related to responding to the Securities and Exchange Commission inquiries, and anticipates it will continue to incur significant legal costs for at least the remainder of 2011.

          Acquisition related costs for the three months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 were $75,000 and $4.6 million, and $4.4 million and $10.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010. The costs include title, legal, accounting, pre-opening and other related costs, as well as the brokerage commission paid to ASRG for the properties acquired or newly opened during the respective period.

          Depreciation expense for the three months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 was $12.3 million and $7.3 million, and $35.8 million and $18.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010. Depreciation expense primarily represents expense of the Company’s 86 hotel buildings and related improvements, and associated personal property (furniture, fixtures, and equipment) for their respective periods owned.

          Interest expense for the three months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 was $1.7 million and $788,000, respectively and is net of approximately $57,000 and $103,000 of interest capitalized associated with renovation and construction projects. Interest expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 was $4.4 million and $1.9 million, respectively and is net of approximately $411,000 and $419,000 of interest capitalized associated with renovation and construction projects. Interest expense primarily arose from debt assumed with the acquisition of 14 of the Company’s hotels (two loans assumption during 2011, five in 2010, three in 2009, and four in 2008). During the three months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, the Company also recognized $406,000 and $525,000 in interest income, and $1.3 million and $1.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, primarily representing interest on excess cash invested in short-term money market instruments and two mortgage notes acquired during the fourth quarter of 2010 which are secured by two hotels.

Discontinued Operations

          As of September 30, 2011 the Company held for sale approximately 406 acres of land and land improvements located on 110 sites in the Ft. Worth, Texas area (acquired in April 2009) that are leased to Chesapeake under a long term lease for the production of natural gas (the “110 parcels”). Chesapeake is the second-largest independent producer of natural gas in the United States and guarantor of the lease. The lease has an initial term of 40 years from its commencement date of April 2009 and remaining annual rent ranging from $15.0 million to $26.7 million with the average annual rent being $21.2 million. Rental payments are fixed and have determinable rent increases during the initial lease term. The lease is classified as an operating lease and rental income is recognized on a straight line basis over the initial term

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of the lease. Under the lease, Chesapeake is responsible for all operating costs of the real estate. Chesapeake Energy Corporation is a publicly held company that is traded on the New York Stock Exchange.

          In July 2011, the Company agreed to sell back to Chesapeake one of the 111 sites originally purchased from Chesapeake and release Chesapeake from their associated lease obligation. The sales price for the site was $1.4 million, which approximates the net book value of the site. The Company earned and received rental income for the period held totaling approximately $310,000.

          In August 2011, the Company entered into a contract for the potential sale of its 110 remaining parcels for a total purchase price of $198.4 million. The Company anticipates completing the sale in the fourth quarter of 2011. Although the purchaser is not affiliated with the Company, a partner of the purchaser is also a member of the Board of Directors of Apple REIT Ten, Inc. The 110 parcels have been classified in the consolidated balance sheets as real estate held for sale and are recorded at their carrying amount, totaling approximately $157.0 million. The carrying amount includes real estate net book value totaling $141.8 million and straight-line rent receivable totaling $15.2 million. The 110 parcels was a separate reportable segment and the results of operations for these properties have been classified in the consolidated statements of operations in the line item income from discontinued operations.

          The following table sets forth the components of income from discontinued operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 (in thousands):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended
September 30,

 

Nine Months Ended
September 30,

 

 

 


 


 

 

 

2011

 

2010

 

2011

 

2010

 

 

 


 


 


 


 

Rental revenue

 

$

5,372

 

$

5,343

 

$

16,057

 

$

15,983

 

Operating expenses

 

 

44

 

 

27

 

 

97

 

 

80

 

Depreciation expense

 

 

200

 

 

600

 

 

1,400

 

 

1,758

 

 

 



 



 



 



 

Income from discontinued operations

 

$

5,128

 

$

4,716

 

$

14,560

 

$

14,145

 

 

 



 



 



 



 

          Rental revenue includes $1.5 million of adjustments to record rent on the straight line basis for both the three months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, and $4.6 million of adjustments to record rent on the straight line basis for both the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

          The Company was initially capitalized on November 9, 2007, with its first investor closing on May 14, 2008. The Company completed its best-efforts offering of Units in December 2010. The Company’s principal source of liquidity is cash on hand and the cash flow generated from properties the Company has or will acquire and any short term investments. In addition, the Company may borrow funds, subject to the approval of the Company’s Board of Directors.

          The Company anticipates that cash flow, and cash on hand, will be adequate to cover its operating expenses and to permit the Company to meet its anticipated liquidity requirements, including debt service, capital improvements, anticipated distributions to shareholders and planned Unit redemptions in 2011. The Company intends to use cash on hand and potentially other financing if needed to complete the planned acquisitions. If the sale of the 110 parcels leased to Chesapeake is completed, the Company will decide at that time how the proceeds will be used.

          To maintain its REIT status the Company is required to distribute at least 90% of its ordinary income. Distributions during the first nine months of 2011 totaled approximately $120.2 million and were paid at a monthly rate of $0.073334 per common share. For the same period the Company’s net cash generated from operations was approximately $86.4 million. During the initial phase of the Company’s operations, the Company may, due to the inherent delay between raising capital and investing that same capital in income producing real estate, have a portion of its distributions funded from offering proceeds. The portion of the distributions funded from offering proceeds is expected to be treated as a return of

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capital for federal income tax purposes. In May 2008, the Company’s Board of Directors established a policy for an annualized distribution rate of $0.88 per common share, payable in monthly distributions. The Company intends to continue paying distributions on a monthly basis, consistent with the annualized distribution rate established by its Board of Directors. The Company’s Board of Directors, upon the recommendation of the Audit Committee, may amend or establish a new annualized distribution rate and may change the timing of when distributions are paid. The Company’s objective in setting a distribution rate is to project a rate that will provide consistency over the life of the Company taking into account acquisitions and capital improvements, ramp up of new properties and varying economic cycles. To meet this objective, the Company may require the use of debt or offering proceeds in addition to cash from operations. Since a portion of distributions has to date been funded with proceeds from the offering of Units, the Company’s ability to maintain its current intended rate of distribution will be based on its ability to fully invest its offering proceeds and thereby increase its cash generated from operations. As there can be no assurance of the Company’s ability to acquire properties that provide income at this level, or that the properties already acquired will provide income at this level, there can be no assurance as to the classification or duration of distributions at the current rate. Proceeds of the offering which are distributed are not available for investment in properties.

          The Company has a Unit Redemption Program to provide limited interim liquidity to its shareholders who have held their Units for at least one year. Shareholders may request redemption of Units for a purchase price equal to 92% of the price paid per Unit if the Units have been owned for less than three years, or 100% of the price paid per Unit if the Units have been owned more than three years. The maximum number of Units that may be redeemed in any given year is five percent of the weighted average number of Units outstanding during the 12-month period immediately prior to the date of redemption. The Company reserves the right to change the purchase price of redemptions, reject any request for redemption, or otherwise amend the terms of, suspend, or terminate the Unit Redemption Program. During the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, the Company redeemed approximately 2.2 million Units and 520,000 Units in the amount of $23.3 million and $5.4 million under the program. Since inception of the program through September 30, 2011, the Company has redeemed 3.2 million Units representing $33.3 million. As contemplated in the program, beginning with the July 2011 redemption, the scheduled redemption date for the third quarter of 2011, the Company redeemed Units on a pro-rata basis. Prior to July 2011, the Company had redeemed 100% of redemption requests. The following is a summary of the 2011 Unit redemptions:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Redemption
Date

 

Requested Unit
Redemptions

 

Units Redeemed

 

Redemption
Requests Not
Redeemed

 


 


 


 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

January 2011

 

 

318,891

 

 

318,891

 

 

 

April 2011

 

 

378,367

 

 

378,367

 

 

 

July 2011

 

 

3,785,039

 

 

1,549,058

 

 

2,235,981

 

          In December 2010, the Company instituted a Dividend Reinvestment Plan for its shareholders. The plan provides a way to increase shareholder investment in the Company by reinvesting dividends to purchase additional Units of the Company. The uses of the proceeds from this plan may include purchasing Units under the Company’s Unit Redemption Program, enhancing properties, satisfying financing obligations and other expenses, increasing working capital, funding various corporate operations, and acquiring hotels. The Company has registered 20.0 million Units for potential issuance under the plan. During the first nine months of 2011, 4.1 million Units were issued under the plan representing approximately $45.0 million. No Units were issued under the plan as of December 31, 2010.

          The Company has on-going capital commitments to fund its capital improvements. The Company is required, under all of the hotel management agreements and certain loan agreements, to make available, for the repair, replacement, refurbishing of furniture, fixtures, and equipment, a percentage of gross revenues provided that such amount may be used for the Company’s capital expenditures with respect to the hotels.

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As of September 30, 2011, the Company held $8.7 million in reserves for capital expenditures. For the first nine months of 2011, the Company spent approximately $8.3 million on capital expenditures and anticipates spending an additional $15.0 million during the next 12 months. Additionally, during March 2011, the Company completed the construction of a SpringHill Suites hotel located in Alexandria, Virginia. Construction costs incurred during the first nine months of 2011 were approximately $4.2 million.

          As of September 30, 2011, the Company had outstanding contracts for the potential purchase of three additional hotels for a total purchase price of $51.2 million. All three hotels are under construction and should be completed within the next 9-12 months, at which time closing is expected. Although the Company is working towards acquiring these hotels, there are many conditions to closing that have not yet been satisfied and there can be no assurance that closings will occur under the outstanding purchase contracts. The Company does not plan to enter into contracts for the acquisition or construction of any additional hotels other than the ones discussed below. The following table summarizes the location, brand, number of rooms, refundable (if the seller does not meet its obligations under the contract) contract deposits paid, and gross purchase price for each of the contracts. All dollar amounts are in thousands.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Location (a)

 

Brand

 

Rooms

 

Deposits
Paid

 

Gross Purchase
Price

 










 

Tucson, AZ

 

TownePlace Suites

 

 

124

 

$

3,963

 

$

15,852

 (b)

El Paso, TX

 

Hilton Garden Inn

 

 

145

 

 

4,993

 

 

19,974

 (b)

Nashville, TN

 

Home2 Suites

 

 

110

 

 

1,440

 

 

15,400

 

 

 

 

 









 

 

 

 

 

 

379

 

$

10,396

 

$

51,226

 

 

 

 

 









 


 

 

 


 

(a)

The hotels are currently under construction. The table shows the expected number of rooms upon hotel completion and the expected franchise. The Company closed on the Tucson, Arizona hotel in October 2011. Assuming all conditions to closing are met the purchase of the El Paso, Texas and Nashville, Tennessee hotels should close within the next 9-12 months from September 30, 2011.

(b)

If the seller meets all of the conditions to closing, the Company is obligated to specifically perform under the contract. As the properties are under construction, at this time, the seller has not met all of the conditions to closing.

          It is anticipated that the purchase price for the outstanding contracts will be funded from cash on hand.

          On October 14, 2009, the Company entered into a ground lease for approximately one acre of land located in downtown Richmond, Virginia. The lease terminates on December 31, 2098, subject to the Company’s right to exercise two renewal periods of ten years each. The Company intends to use the land to build a Courtyard and Residence Inn. The lease continues to be subject to various conditions that have not been completed, including but not limited to obtaining various permits, licenses, zoning variances and franchise approvals. If any of these conditions are not met the Company has the right to terminate the lease at any time. Rent payments are not required until the Company decides to begin construction on the hotels. Annual rent under the lease is $300,000 with adjustments throughout the lease term based on the Consumer Price Index. As there are many conditions to beginning construction on the hotels, there are no assurances that the Company will construct the hotels or continue the lease.

Related Parties

          The Company has, and is expected to continue to engage in, significant transactions with related parties. These transactions cannot be construed to be at arm’s length and the results of the Company’s operations may be different if these transactions were conducted with non-related parties. The Company’s independent members of the Board of Directors oversee and annually review the Company’s related party relationships (which include the relationships discussed in this section) and are required to approve any significant modifications to the contracts, as well as any new significant related party transactions. During the first nine months of 2011, there were no changes to the contracts discussed in this section and the Board of Directors approved the assignment of the contract discussed below. The Board of Directors is not

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required to approve each individual transaction that falls under the related party relationships. However, under the direction of the Board of Directors, at least one member of the Company’s senior management team approves each related party transaction.

          The Company has a contract with ASRG, to acquire and dispose of real estate assets for the Company. A fee of 2% of the gross purchase price or gross sale price in addition to certain reimbursable expenses is paid to ASRG for these services. As of September 30, 2011, payments to ASRG for fees under the terms of this contract have totaled approximately $32.4 million since inception. Of this amount, the Company incurred $3.3 million and $8.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively, which is included in acquisition related costs in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations.

          The Company is party to an advisory agreement with A9A, pursuant to which A9A provides management services to the Company. An annual fee ranging from 0.1% to 0.25% of total equity proceeds received by the Company, in addition to certain reimbursable expenses, are payable for these services. Total advisory fees incurred by the Company under the advisory agreement are included in general and administrative expenses and totaled approximately $1.5 million and $1.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

          In addition to the fees payable to ASRG and A9A, the Company reimbursed A9A or ASRG or paid directly to Apple REIT Six, Inc. (“AR6”) on behalf of A9A or ASRG approximately $1.6 million and $1.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010. The expenses reimbursed are approximately $200,000 and $900,000 respectively, for costs reimbursed under the contract with ASRG and approximately $1.4 million and $600,000 respectively of costs reimbursed under the contract with A9A. The costs are included in general and administrative expenses and are for the Company’s proportionate share of the staffing and related costs provided by AR6. The advisors are staffed with personnel of AR6. AR6 provides similar staffing for Apple Six Advisors, Inc. (“A6A”), Apple Seven Advisors, Inc. (“A7A”), Apple Eight Advisors, Inc. (“A8A”), Apple Ten Advisors, Inc. (“A10A”), ASRG and Apple Six Realty Group, Inc. (“A6RG”). A6A, A7A, A8A and A10A provide management services to, respectively, AR6, Apple REIT Seven, Inc., Apple REIT Eight, Inc. and Apple REIT Ten, Inc. A6RG provides brokerage services for AR6. Although there is a potential conflict on time allocation of employees due to the fact that a senior manager, officer or staff member will provide services to more than one company, the Company believes that the executives and staff compensation sharing arrangement allows the companies to share costs yet attract and retain superior executives and staff. The cost sharing structure also allows each entity to maintain a much more cost effective structure than having separate staffing arrangements. Amounts reimbursed to AR6 include both compensation for personnel and “overhead” (office rent, utilities, benefits, office supplies, etc.) utilized by the companies. The staff utilized by the Company receives its direction and management for staffing and compensation from the advisory companies (A6A, A7A, A8A, A9A, A10A, ASRG and A6RG) each of which is wholly owned by Glade M. Knight. Since the employees of AR6 may also perform services for the advisors, individuals, including executive officers, have received and may receive payments directly from the advisors. The allocation of costs from AR6 is made by the management of the several REITs and is reviewed at least annually by the Compensation Committees of the several REITs. In making the allocation, management and the Compensation Committee, consider all relevant facts related to the Company’s level of business activity and the extent to which the Company requires the services of particular personnel of AR6. Such payments are based on the actual costs of the services and are not based on formal record keeping regarding the time these personnel devote to the Company, but are based on a good faith estimate by the employee and/or his or her supervisor of the time devoted by the employee to the Company. As part of this arrangement, the day to day transactions may result in amounts due to or from the noted related parties. To efficiently manage cash disbursements, the individual companies may make payments for any or all of the related companies. The amounts due to or from the related individual companies are reimbursed or collected and are not significant in amount.

          ASRG and A9A are 100% owned by Glade M. Knight, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Mr. Knight is also Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of AR6, Apple REIT Seven, Inc., Apple REIT Eight, Inc. and Apple REIT Ten, Inc. Members of the Company’s Board of Directors are also

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on the Board of Directors of AR6, Apple REIT Seven, Inc., and Apple REIT Eight, Inc.

          The Company has a 24% equity investment in Apple Air Holding, LLC (“Apple Air”). The other members of Apple Air are Apple REIT Six, Inc., Apple REIT Seven, Inc. and Apple REIT Eight, Inc. Through its equity investment the Company has access to Apple Air’s aircraft for acquisition, asset management and renovation purposes. The Company’s equity investment was approximately $2.1 million and $2.2 million as of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010. The Company has recorded its share of income and losses of the entity under the equity method of accounting and adjusted its investment in Apple Air accordingly. For the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, the Company recorded a loss of approximately $145,000 and $343,000 in each period, as its share of the net loss of Apple Air, which primarily relates to the depreciation of the aircraft, and is included in general and administrative expense in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations. Apple Air owned two aircraft during 2010, but reduced its ownership to one aircraft during the first quarter of 2011.

          Due to the significant discount offered by the original lender, in October 2010, the Company purchased a mortgage note with an outstanding balance of approximately $11.3 million for a total purchase price of approximately $10.8 million from an unrelated third party. The note balance net of unamortized discount is included in other assets, net on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet and totaled $11.0 million as of September 30, 2011. The interest rate on this mortgage is a variable rate based on the 3-month LIBOR, and as is currently 5.0%. The note requires monthly payments of principal and interest and matures on February 1, 2012. The borrower on the note is Apple Eight SPE Columbia, Inc., an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Apple REIT Eight, Inc. and the note is secured by a Hilton Garden Inn hotel located in Columbia, South Carolina. Total interest income recorded by the Company for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 was approximately $0.2 million and $0.7 million.

          During the first quarter of 2011, the Company entered into an assignment of contract with ASRG to become the purchaser of a newly constructed Home2 Suites by Hilton located in Fayetteville, North Carolina for a total purchase price of $11.4 million. ASRG entered into the assigned contract on December 11, 2009. There was no consideration paid to ASRG for this assignment, other than the reimbursement of the deposits previously made by ASRG totaling $2,500. There was no profit for ASRG in the assignment. The Company purchased this hotel on February 3, 2011.

          The Company has incurred legal fees associated with the Legal Proceedings and Related Matters discussed above. The Company also incurs other professional fees such as accounting and auditing and reporting. These fees are included in general and administrative expense in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations. To be cost effective, these services received by the Company are shared as applicable across the other Apple REIT Companies (Apple REIT Six, Inc., Apple REIT Seven, Inc., Apple REIT Eight, Inc., and Apple REIT Ten, Inc.). The professionals cannot always specifically identify their fees for one company therefore management allocates these costs across the companies that benefit from the services.

Impact of Inflation

          Operators of hotels, in general, possess the ability to adjust room rates daily to reflect the effects of inflation. Competitive pressures may, however, limit the operators’ ability to raise room rates. Currently the Company is not experiencing any material impact from inflation.

Business Interruption

          Being in the real estate industry, the Company is exposed to natural disasters on both a local and national scale. Although management believes there is adequate insurance to cover this exposure, there can be no assurance that such events will not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial position or results of operations.

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Seasonality

          The hotel industry historically has been seasonal in nature. Seasonal variations in occupancy at the Company’s hotels may cause quarterly fluctuations in its revenues. To the extent that cash flow from operations is insufficient during any quarter, due to temporary or seasonal fluctuations in revenue, the Company expects to utilize cash on hand or if necessary any available other financing sources to make distributions.

Subsequent Events

          In October 2011, the Company declared and paid approximately $13.4 million or $0.073334 per outstanding common share, in distributions to its common shareholders, of which $4.8 million or 437,000 Units were reinvested under the Company’s Dividend Reinvestment Plan.

          In October 2011, under the guidelines of the Company’s Unit Redemption Program, the Company redeemed approximately 1.5 million Units in the amount of $16.0 million. As contemplated in the program, the Company redeemed Units on a pro-rata basis, whereby a percentage of each requested redemption was fulfilled at the discretion of the Company’s Board of Directors. This redemption was approximately 18% of the total 8.4 million requested Units to be redeemed, with approximately 6.9 million requested Units not redeemed.

          On October 6, 2011, the Company closed on the purchase of a TownePlace Suites hotel located in Tucson, Arizona. The gross purchase price for the hotel, which contains a total of 124 guest rooms, was $15.9 million.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

          The Company does not engage in transactions in derivative financial instruments or derivative commodity instruments. As of September 30, 2011, the Company’s financial instruments were not exposed to significant market risk due to foreign currency exchange risk, commodity price risk or equity price risk. The Company will be exposed to changes in short term money market rates as it invests the proceeds from the sale of Units pending use in acquisitions and renovations. Based on the Company’s cash invested at September 30, 2011, of $61.4 million, every 100 basis points change in interest rates will impact the Company’s annual net income by approximately $614,000, all other factors remaining the same.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

          Senior management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on this evaluation process, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of September 30, 2011. There have been no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the last 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 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

          The term the “Apple REIT Companies” means Apple REIT Six, Inc. Apple REIT Seven, Inc., Apple REIT Eight, Inc., the Company and Apple REIT Ten, Inc.

          The Company is currently engaged in three ongoing putative class action lawsuits brought on behalf of purchasers of Units of at least one of the Apple REIT Companies during June 2011. As discussed below, one of the complaints was amended in October 2011.

          On October 10, 2011, the plaintiffs in Kronberg et al. v. David Lerner Associates Inc., et al, Case No. 2:11-cv-03558, filed an amended class action complaint in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, adding new parties and new claims to the action originally filed on June 20, 2011. The new plaintiffs are residents of New York, Connecticut, and Florida alleged to be investors in the Company, Apple REIT Eight, Inc. and Apple REIT Ten, Inc. The new defendants are directors of these companies and Apple Suites Realty Group, Inc., Apple Eight Advisors, Inc., Apple Nine Advisors, Inc., Apple Ten Advisors, Inc., and Apple Fund Management, LLC. The amended complaint adds claims on behalf of subclasses of residents of New Jersey, New York, Connecticut and Florida, in addition to the putative nationwide class, and no longer includes purchasers of Apple REIT Six, Inc. and Apple REIT Seven, Inc. The amended complaint asserts new claims for breach of fiduciary duty and for violation of the securities laws of the states of New Jersey, Connecticut and Florida, and seeks certification of the subclasses, monetary damages including pre- and post-judgment interest, equitable relief and fees and costs. In addition to the allegations contained in the original complaint, the amended complaint alleges that David Lerner Associates, Inc., and the directors breached a fiduciary duty to the shareholders by failing to disclose material information about the prior Apple REIT Companies’ sources of distributions and share valuation, that they aided and abetted one another’s breaches, and that the Apple REIT entities and directors are jointly and severally liable for the acts of David Lerner Associates, Inc. The amended complaint also asserts that plaintiffs are entitled to recover under certain state securities laws.

          The Company believes that any claims against it, its officers and directors and other Apple entities are without merit, and intends to defend against them vigorously. At this time, the Company cannot reasonably predict the outcome of these proceedings or provide a reasonable estimate of the possible loss or range of loss due to these proceedings, if any.

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

          The Company faces many risks, a number of which are described under “Risk Factors” in Part I of its 2010 Annual Report and below. The risks so described may not be the only risks the Company faces. Additional risks of which the Company is not yet aware, or that currently are not significant, may also impair its operations or financial results. If any of the events or circumstances described in the risk factors contained in the Company’s 2010 Annual Report or described below occurs, the business, financial condition or results of operations of the Company could suffer. The following updates the disclosures from Item 1A. “Risk Factors” previously disclosed in our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and should be read in conjunction with those risk factors.

          The Company is subject to securities class action lawsuits and governmental regulatory oversight, which could have a material adverse effect on the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Company.

          As a result of regulatory inquiries or other regulatory actions, or as a result of being publicly held, the Company may become subject to lawsuits. The Company is currently subject to three securities class action lawsuits and other suits may be filed against the Company in the future. Due to the preliminary status of the lawsuits and uncertainties related to litigation, the Company is unable at this time to evaluate

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the likelihood of either a favorable or unfavorable outcome or to estimate the range of potential exposure. If the outcome is unfavorable, the Company may be required to pay damages and/or change its business practices, any of which could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

          The Company has been and may continue to be subject to regulatory inquiries, which have resulted in and which could continue to result in costs and personnel time commitment to respond. It may also be subject to action by governing regulatory agencies, as a result of its activities, which could result in costs to respond and fines or changes in the Company’s business practices, any of which could have a material adverse effect on the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Company. For more information about the Company’s legal proceedings, see “Legal Proceedings.”

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ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

Use of Proceeds from Offering

          The following tables set forth information concerning the best-efforts offering and the use of proceeds from the offering as of September 30, 2011. All amounts in thousands, except per Unit data:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Units Registered:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9,524

 

Units

 

 

$10.50 per Unit

 

$

100,000

 

 

 

172,727

 

Units

 

 

$11 per Unit

 

 

1,900,000

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 



 

Totals:

 

182,251

 

Units

 

 

 

 

$

2,000,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Units Sold:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9,524

 

Units

 

 

$10.50 per Unit

 

$

100,000

 

 

 

172,727

 

Units

 

 

$11 per Unit

 

 

1,900,000

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 



 

Totals:

 

182,251

 

Units

 

 

 

 

 

2,000,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses of Issuance and Distribution of Units

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.

Underwriting discounts and commission

 

 

200,000

 

 

2.

Expenses of underwriters

 

 

 

 

3.

Direct or indirect payments to directors or officers of the Company or their associates, to ten percent shareholders, or to affiliates of the Company

 

 

 

 

4.

Fees and expenses of third parties

 

 

3,056

 

 

 

 

 



 

Total Expenses of Issuance and Distribution of Common Shares

 

 

203,056

 

 

 

 

 



 

Net Proceeds to the Company

 

$

1,796,944

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

1.

Purchase of real estate (net of debt proceeds and repayment)

 

$

1,493,708

 

 

2.

Deposits and other costs associated with potential real estate acquisitions

 

 

10,576

 

 

3.

Repayment of other indebtedness, including interest expense paid

 

 

15,069

 

 

4.

Investment and working capital

 

 

235,418

 

 

5.

Fees to the following (all affiliates of officers of the Company):

 

 

 

 

 

    a. Apple Nine Advisors, Inc.

 

 

9,789

 

 

    b. Apple Suites Realty Group, Inc.

 

 

32,384

 

 

6.

Fees and expenses of third parties

 

 

 

 

7.

Other

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

Total of Application of Net Proceeds to the Company

 

$

1,796,944

 

 

 

 

 



 

Unit Redemption Program

          Effective in October 2009, the Company’s Board of Directors approved a Unit Redemption Program to provide limited interim liquidity to shareholders who have held their Units for at least one year. Shareholders may request redemption of Units for a purchase price equal to 92% of the price paid per Unit if the Units have been owned for less than three years, or 100% of the price paid per Unit if the Units have been owned more than three years. The maximum number of Units that may be redeemed in any given year is five percent of the weighted average number of Units outstanding during the 12-month period immediately prior to the date of redemption. The Company reserves the right to change the purchase price of redemptions, reject any request for redemption, or otherwise amend the terms of, suspend, or terminate the Unit Redemption Program. During the nine months ended September 30, 2011, the Company redeemed approximately 2.2 million Units in the amount of $23.3 million. Since inception of the program through September 30, 2011, the Company has redeemed 3.2 million Units representing $33.3 million. As

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contemplated in the program, in July 2011, the Company redeemed on a pro-rata basis approximately 41% of the requested Unit redemptions or a total of approximately $16.1 million. Of the total Unit redemptions requested, 2.2 million Units, or $23.2 million were not redeemed. Prior to July 2011, the Company had redeemed 100% of redemption requests. See the Company’s complete consolidated statements of cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 included in the Company’s interim financial statements in Item 1 of this Form 10-Q for a description of the sources and uses of the Company’s cash flows. The following is a summary of redemptions during the third quarter of 2011 (no redemptions occurred in August and September 2011).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities


 

 

(a)

 

(b)

 

(c)

 

(d)

 

 

 


 


 


 



Period

 

Total Number
of Units
Purchased

 

Average Price Paid
per Unit

 

Total Number of
Units Purchased as
Part of Publicly
Announced Plans
or Programs

 

Maximum Number
of Units that May
Yet Be Purchased
Under the Plans or
Programs

 


 


 


 


 



July 2011

 

1,549,058

 

 

$10.40

 

 

3,224,739

 

 

(1)

 

(1) The maximum number of Units that may be redeemed in any 12 month period is limited to up to three percent (5.0%) of the weighted average number of Units outstanding from the beginning of the 12 month period, subject to the Company’s right to change the number of Units to be redeemed.

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ITEM 6. EXHIBITS

 

 

 

Exhibit
Number

 

Description of Documents


 


 

 

 

3.1

 

Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the registrant’s registration statement on Form S-11 (SEC File No. 333-147414) filed November 15, 2007 and effective April 25, 2008)

 

 

 

3.2

 

Bylaws of the Registrant, as amended. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the registrant’s registration statement on Form S-11 (SEC File No. 333-147414) filed November 15, 2007 and effective April 25, 2008)

 

 

 

10.98

 

Purchase and Sale Contract dated as of August 3, 2011 between Apple Nine Ventures Ownership, Inc. and 111 Realty Investors, LP (FILED HEREWITH)

 

 

 

31.1

 

Certification of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (FILED HEREWITH)

 

 

 

31.2

 

Certification of the Company’s Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (FILED HEREWITH)

 

 

 

32.1

 

Certification of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (FILED HEREWITH)

 

 

 

101

 

The following materials from Apple REIT Nine, Inc.’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2011 formated in XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language): (i) the Consolidated Balance Sheets, (ii) the Consolidated Statements of Operations, (iii) the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, and (iv) related notes to these financial statements, tagged as blocks of text (FURNISHED HEREWITH)

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SIGNATURES

          Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) 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.

 

 

 

 

Apple REIT Nine, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/    GLADE M. KNIGHT

 

Date: November 9, 2011

 


 

 

Glade M. Knight,

 

 

Chairman of the Board and

 

 

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

(Principal Executive Officer)

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/    BRYAN PEERY

 

Date: November 9, 2011

 


 

 

Bryan Peery,

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

 

(Principal Financial and Principal Accounting Officer)

 

 

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