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Formation and Description of Business
6 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020
Formation and Description of Business [Abstract]  
Formation and Description of Business
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Formation and Description of Business

Formation

Woodbridge Liquidation Trust (Trust) was established (i) for the purpose of collecting, administering, distributing and liquidating the Trust assets for the benefit of the Trust beneficiaries in accordance with the Liquidation Trust Agreement and the First Amended Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Liquidation of Woodbridge Group of Companies, LLC and its Affiliated Debtors dated August 22, 2018, as amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time, (Plan); (ii) to resolve disputed claims asserted against the Debtors, as defined in the Plan; (iii) to litigate and/or settle causes of action (Causes of Action); and (iv) to pay certain allowed claims and statutory fees, as required by the Plan. Woodbridge Group of Companies, LLC and its affiliated debtors are individually referred to herein as a Debtor and collectively as the Debtors. The Trust was formed on February 15, 2019 (Plan Effective Date) as a statutory trust under Delaware law.

On the Plan Effective Date, in accordance with the Plan, (a) the following assets automatically vested in the Trust: (i) an aggregate $5,000,000 in cash from the Debtors for the purpose of funding the Trust’s initial expenses of operation; (ii) certain claims and Causes of Action; (iii) all of the outstanding equity interests of the Wind-Down Entity (as defined below); and (iv) certain other non-real estate related assets, (b) the equity interests of Woodbridge Group of Companies, LLC and Woodbridge Mortgage Investment Fund 1, LLC (together, Remaining Debtors) were cancelled and new equity interests representing all of the newly issued and outstanding equity interests in the Remaining Debtors were issued to the Trust, (c) all of the other Debtors other than the Remaining Debtors were dissolved and (d) the real estate-related assets of the Debtors were automatically vested in the Trust’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Woodbridge Wind-Down Entity LLC (Wind-Down Entity) or one of the Wind-Down Entity’s 43 wholly-owned single member LLCs (Wind-Down Subsidiaries) formed to own the respective real estate assets. The Trust, the Remaining Debtors, the Wind-Down Entity and the Wind-Down Subsidiaries are collectively referred to herein as the Company.

On December 24, 2019, the Trust’s Registration Statement on Form 10 became effective under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Exchange Act). The trading symbol for the Trust’s Class A Liquidation Trust Interests (Class A Interests) is WBQNL. The Trust’s Class A Interests are quoted on the OTC Link ATS, the SEC-registered alternative trading system. The Class A Interests are eligible for the Depository Trust Company’s Direct Registration System (DRS) services.

Description of Business

The Trust is prosecuting various Causes of Action acquired by the Trust pursuant to the Plan and is resolving claims asserted against the Debtors. As of December 31, 2020, the Company is the plaintiff in several pending lawsuits. The Company is unable to estimate the amount of recovery, if any, related to these lawsuits. During the three and six months ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company recorded approximately $585,000 and $1,483,000 and $7,165,000 and $3,666,000, respectively, from the settlement of Causes of Action. The Company has accrued an estimate of the amount of legal costs to be incurred to pursue these litigations, excluding contingent fees. As more fully discussed in Note 2, the Company’s consolidated financial statements do not include any estimate of future net recoveries from litigation and settlement, since the Company cannot reasonably estimate them.

As of December 31, 2020, the Wind-Down Subsidiaries own eight single-family homes, all except one are located in Los Angeles, California. One of the single-family homes is listed for sale. All of the other single-family homes are under construction. The Wind-Down Subsidiaries also own secured loans (performing and non-performing) and other properties located in other states.

The Company is required to liquidate its assets and distribute available cash to the Trust beneficiaries. The liquidation activities are carried out by the Trust, the Wind-Down Entity and the Wind-Down Subsidiaries. The Trust currently operates as one reportable segment comprised primarily of real estate assets held for sale.

Net assets in liquidation represent the remaining estimated aggregate value available to Trust beneficiaries upon liquidation, with no discount for the timing of proceeds (undiscounted).  Due to the unpredictability of real estate market values, the impact of the COVID-19 virus (see below), as well as the uncertainty in the timing of liquidation of the real estate and other assets, net liquidation proceeds, other recoveries and actual liquidation costs may differ materially from the estimated amounts.

The Trust’s expectations about the amount of any additional distributions and when they will be paid are subject to risks and uncertainties and are based on certain estimates and assumptions, one or more of which may prove to be incorrect.  Therefore, the actual amount of any additional distributions may differ materially, perhaps in adverse ways, from the Trust estimates. Furthermore, it is not possible to predict the timing of any additional distributions and any such distributions may not be made within the timing referenced in the consolidated financial statements.

No assurance can be given that total distributions will equal or exceed the estimate of net assets in liquidation presented in the consolidated statements of net assets in liquidation.

As a result of the COVID-19 outbreak, three of the Wind-Down Subsidiaries’ home construction sites were closed for about three months during the summer of 2020. One construction site was closed for about two weeks in late December 2020. The Company continues to observe health and safety guidelines, including allowing its employees to work remotely. The Company will continue to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on its activities, including the cost of construction, the timing of completion of the single-family homes that are under construction, the time needed to market and sell the single-family homes, and the price at which these single-family homes will be sold.

The ultimate impact of the COVID-19 outbreak will depend on many factors, some of which cannot be foreseen, including the duration, severity, and geographic concentrations of the pandemic and any resurgence of the disease; the impact of COVID-19 on the nation’s economy and debt and equity markets and the local economies in the markets in which our real estate assets are located; the development and availability of COVID-19 infection and antibody testing, therapeutic agents and vaccines and the prioritization of such resources among businesses and demographic groups; government financial and regulatory relief efforts that may become available to businesses and individuals; and changes in unemployment rates, consumer confidence and equity markets caused by COVID-19.