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Basis of Presentation
9 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2016
Basis of Presentation  
Basis of Presentation

Note 1 - Basis of Presentation

 

The RMR Group Inc., or RMR Inc., a Maryland corporation, is a holding company and substantially all of its business is conducted by its majority owned subsidiary The RMR Group LLC, or RMR LLC, historically a Delaware limited liability company and, as of June 5, 2015, a Maryland limited liability company. In these financial statements, unless otherwise indicated, “we,” us” and “our” refer to RMR Inc. and its direct and indirect subsidiaries. RMR Inc. serves as the sole managing member of RMR LLC and, in that capacity, operates and controls the business and affairs of RMR LLC. RMR Inc. was incorporated in Maryland on May 28, 2015 in contemplation of the June 5, 2015 transaction described in Note 6, Related Person Transactions, or the Up-C Transaction. Prior to the Up-C Transaction, RMR Inc. had not engaged in any business or other activities, except in connection with its incorporation.

 

The Up-C Transaction and preceding reorganization transactions resulted in a change in the reporting entity for periods prior to June 5, 2015 due to the contribution to RMR LLC of operating entities under common control as described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2015, or our Annual Report. These operating entities were then wholly owned by ABP Trust (formerly known as Reit Management & Research Trust), historically a Massachusetts business trust, and as of January 20, 2016, a Maryland statutory trust, or by Barry M. Portnoy and Adam D. Portnoy, our Founders, who are the beneficial owners of ABP Trust. ABP Trust and its beneficial owners are referred to herein collectively as the Members. The operating entities include RMR Advisors LLC, a Maryland limited liability company which was formerly a Massachusetts corporation named RMR Advisors, Inc., or RMR Advisors, and RMR Intl LLC, a Maryland limited liability company, or RMR Intl. These transactions among entities under common control have been accounted for using the pooling method of accounting as if the operations of RMR Advisors and RMR Intl were consolidated as of the beginning of the earliest period presented in our condensed consolidated financial statements and the ownership structure as of June 5, 2015 had been in existence throughout the periods covered by our condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

RMR Inc. owns 15,007,500 class A membership units of RMR LLC, or Class A Units, and 1,000,000 class B membership units of RMR LLC, or Class B Units. The aggregate RMR LLC membership units RMR Inc. owns represent 51.6% of the economic interest of RMR LLC. We refer to economic interest as the right of a holder of a Class A Unit or Class B Unit to share in distributions made by RMR LLC and, upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of RMR LLC, to share in the assets of RMR LLC after payments to creditors. ABP Trust owns 15,000,000 redeemable Class A Units, representing 48.4% of the economic interest of RMR LLC, which is presented as a noncontrolling interest within the condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

RMR LLC was founded in 1986 to manage public investments in real estate and, as of June 30, 2016, managed a diverse portfolio of publicly owned real estate and real estate related businesses. RMR LLC manages: Government Properties Income Trust, or GOV, a publicly traded real estate investment trust, or REIT, that primarily owns properties that are majority leased to government tenants; Hospitality Properties Trust, or HPT, a publicly traded REIT that primarily owns hotels and travel centers; Select Income REIT, or SIR, a publicly traded REIT that primarily owns properties leased to single tenants throughout the United States and leased lands in Hawaii; and Senior Housing Properties Trust, or SNH, a publicly traded REIT that primarily owns senior living communities and medical office buildings. Hereinafter, GOV, HPT, SIR and SNH are collectively referred to as the Managed REITs. RMR LLC also provides management services to other publicly traded and private businesses, including: Five Star Quality Care, Inc., or Five Star, an operator of senior living communities, many of which are owned by SNH; Sonesta International Hotels Corporation, or Sonesta, a privately owned manager and franchisor of hotels, resorts and cruise ships in the United States, Latin America, the Caribbean and the Middle East, some of whose U.S. hotels are owned by HPT; and TravelCenters of America LLC, or TA, an operator of travel centers along the U.S. Interstate Highway System, many of which are owned by HPT, convenience stores with retail gas stations and restaurants. Hereinafter, Five Star, Sonesta and TA are collectively referred to as the Managed Operators. In addition, RMR LLC also provides management services to certain related private companies, including Affiliates Insurance Company, or AIC, an Indiana insurance company, and ABP Trust and its subsidiaries. During the nine months ended June 30, 2015, RMR LLC provided transition services to Equity Commonwealth, or EQC, a publicly traded REIT that primarily owns office properties.

 

RMR Advisors was founded in 2002. RMR Advisors is the advisor to RMR Real Estate Income Fund, or RIF. RIF is a closed end investment company focused on investing in real estate securities, including REITs and other dividend paying securities, but excluding our Client Companies, as defined below.

 

RMR Intl was founded in 2012 and is the owner of RMR Australia Asset Management Pty Ltd, or RMR Australia, a company founded in 2012 to manage properties owned by EQC located in Australia. RMR Australia holds an Australian financial services license granted by the Australian Securities & Investments Commission.

 

In these financial statements, we refer to the Managed REITs, the Managed Operators, RIF, AIC and ABP Trust as our Client Companies.

 

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements of RMR Inc. are unaudited. Certain information and disclosures required by U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP, for complete financial statements have been condensed or omitted.  We believe the disclosures made are adequate to make the information presented not misleading. However, the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes contained in our Annual Report. In the opinion of our management, all adjustments, which include only normal recurring adjustments considered necessary for a fair presentation, have been included. All intercompany transactions and balances with or among our consolidated subsidiaries have been eliminated. Our operating results for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the full year.

 

Preparation of these financial statements in conformity with GAAP, requires our management to make certain estimates and assumptions that may affect the amounts reported in these financial statements and related notes. The actual results could differ from these estimates.