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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

 

FORM 10-Q

 

 

 

QUARTERLY REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED OCTOBER 31, 2015

 

Commission File Number 1-7062

 

INNSUITES HOSPITALITY TRUST

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Ohio   34-6647590
(State or other jurisdiction of   (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)   Identification Number)

 

InnSuites Hotels Centre

1625 E. Northern Avenue, Suite 105

Phoenix, AZ 85020

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (602) 944-1500

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (l) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or l5(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 [  ]

 

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 (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). [X] Yes [  ] No

 

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. (Check one):

 

Large accelerated filer [  ] Accelerated filer [  ] Non-accelerated filer [  ] Smaller reporting company [X]
  (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 [  ] No [X]

 

Number of outstanding Shares of Beneficial Interest, without par value, as of December 14, 2015: 9,455,613.

 

 

 

 
 

 

PART I

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

INNSUITES HOSPITALITY TRUST AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

 

   OCTOBER 31, 2015   JANUARY 31, 2015 
   (UNAUDITED)     
ASSETS          
Current Assets:          
Cash and Cash Equivalents  $1,575,410   $147,684 
Accounts Receivable, including $42,760 and $79,366 from related parties and net of Allowance for Doubtful Accounts of $509 and $1,417 as of October 31, 2015 and January 31, 2015, respectively   62,495    117,903 
Advances to Affiliates - Related Party   -    1,236 
Note Receivable - Related Party   24,651    - 
Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets   18,503    30,098 
Current Assets of Discontinued Operations and Assets Held for Sale   1,687,900    836,350 
Total Current Assets   3,368,959    1,133,271 
Hotel Properties, net   4,924,403    5,101,715 
Property, Plant and Equipment, net   132,397    76,092 
Noncurrent assets of Discontinued Operations and Assets Held for Sale   13,815,269    20,716,731 
TOTAL ASSETS  $22,241,028   $27,027,809 
           
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY          
           
LIABILITIES          
Current Liabilities:          
Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses  $742,629   $690,352 
Current Portion of Mortgage Notes Payable, net of Discount of $600 as of October 31, 2015 and January 31, 2015, respectively   128,361    122,605 
Current Portion of Notes Payable to Banks, net of Discount of $0 and $14,700 as of October 31, 2015 and January 31, 2015, respectively   566,335    567,791 
Line of Credit - Related Party   -    262,659 
Current Portion of Other Notes Payable   55,746    469,842 
Current Liabilities of Discontinued Operations and Assets Held for Sale   1,701,835    8,097,352 
Total Current Liabilities   3,194,906    10,210,601 
Mortgage Notes Payable, net of discount of $15,821 and $17,624 as of October 31, 2015 and January 31, 2015, respectively   4,995,027    5,094,597 
Other Notes Payable   15,709    55,827 
Noncurrent Liabilities of Discontinued Operations and Assets Held for Sale   8,461,521    8,701,557 
TOTAL LIABILITIES   16,667,163    24,062,582 
           
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (SEE NOTE 9)          
           
SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY          
Shares of Beneficial Interest, without par value, unlimited authorization; 16,951,319 and 16,845,846 shares issued and 8,698,135 and 8,265,102 shares outstanding at October 31, 2015 and January 31, 2015, respectively   17,012,161    13,812,470 
Treasury Stock, 8,608,711 and 8,580,744 shares held at cost at October 31, 2015 and January 31, 2015, respectively   (12,269,589)   (12,193,491)
TOTAL TRUST SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY   4,742,572    1,618,979 
NON-CONTROLLING INTEREST   831,293    1,346,248 
TOTAL EQUITY   5,573,865    2,965,227 
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY  $22,241,028   $27,027,809 

 

See accompanying notes to unaudited

condensed consolidated financial statements

 

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INNSUITES HOSPITALITY TRUST AND SUBSIDIARIES

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

 

   FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED 
   OCTOBER 31, 
   2015    2014 
   (UNAUDITED)   (UNAUDITED) 
REVENUE          
Room  $2,310,605   $1,772,178 
Food and Beverage   24,580    28,895 
Management and Trademark Fees   171,030    208,967 
Other   182,321    65,425 
TOTAL REVENUE   2,688,536    2,075,465 
           
OPERATING EXPENSES          
Room   668,491    615,879 
Food and Beverage   47,457    59,198 
Telecommunications   10,322    16,273 
General and Administrative   1,655,808    1,619,513 
Sales and Marketing   387,705    378,896 
Repairs and Maintenance   225,451    222,848 
Hospitality   107,273    96,976 
Utilities   149,365    146,340 
Hotel Property Depreciation   377,376    375,911 
Real Estate and Personal Property Taxes, Insurance and Ground Rent   87,100    82,713 
Other   2,505    5,144 
TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES   3,718,853    3,619,691 
OPERATING LOSS   (1,030,317)   (1,544,226)
Interest Income   349    669 
Interest Income on Advances to Affiliates - Related Party   -    3,372 
Interest Income on Note Receivable - Related Party   -    1,850 
TOTAL OTHER INCOME   349    5,891 
Interest on Mortgage Notes Payable   195,747    219,454 
Interest on Notes Payable to Banks   38,674    24,264 
Interest on Other Notes Payable   5,183    16,364 
Interest on Line of Credit - Related Party   13,439    - 
TOTAL INTEREST EXPENSE   253,043    260,082 
CONSOLIDATED NET LOSS BEFORE INCOME TAX PROVISION, DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS, ASSETS HELD FOR SALE AND GAIN ON DISPOSAL OF ASSETS   (1,283,011)   (1,798,417)
Income Tax Provision   (71,571)   (80,000)
CONSOLIDATED NET LOSS FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS   (1,354,582)   (1,878,417)
Discontinued Operations and Assets Held for Sale, Net of Non-Controlling Interest   (230,462)   616,170 
Gain on Disposal of Discontinued Operations   2,351,817    - 
CONSOLIDATED NET INCOME FROM DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS AND ASSETS HELD FOR SALE   2,121,355    616,170 
CONSOLIDATED NET INCOME (LOSS) TOTAL  $766,773   $(1,262,247)
LESS: NET LOSS ATTRIBUTABLE TO NON-CONTROLLING INTEREST  $(55,876)  $(27,501)
NET INCOME (LOSS) ATTRIBUTABLE TO CONTROLLING INTERESTS  $822,649   $(1,234,746)
NET LOSS PER SHARE FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS – BASIC AND DILUTED  $(0.20)  $(0.19)
NET INCOME PER SHARE FROM DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS AND ASSETS HELD FOR SALE – BASIC AND DILUTED  $0.16   $0.01 
WEIGHTED AVERAGE NUMBER OF SHARES OUTSTANDING - BASIC AND DILUTED   8,269,827    8,404,071 

 

See accompanying notes to unaudited

condensed consolidated financial statements

 

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INNSUITES HOSPITALITY TRUST AND SUBSIDIARIES

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

 

   FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED 
   OCTOBER 31, 
   2015    2014 
   (UNAUDITED)   (UNAUDITED) 
REVENUE          
Room  $700,976   $471,969 
Food and Beverage   5,598    11,133 
Management and Trademark Fees   42,886    64,528 
Other   14,084    23,986 
TOTAL REVENUE   763,544    571,616 
           
OPERATING EXPENSES          
Room   201,976    169,251 
Food and Beverage   16,498    16,415 
Telecommunications   2,764    5,169 
General and Administrative   509,575    372,223 
Sales and Marketing   145,247    157,156 
Repairs and Maintenance   72,635    52,397 
Hospitality   28,565    32,216 
Utilities   57,528    56,219 
Hotel Property Depreciation   122,891    122,974 
Real Estate and Personal Property Taxes, Insurance and Ground Rent   28,996    30,994 
Other   846    568 
TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES   1,187,521    1,015,582 
OPERATING LOSS   (423,977)   (443,966)
Interest Income   342    669 
Interest Income on Advances to Affiliates - Related Party   -    2,487 
Interest Income on Note Receivable - Related Party   -    - 
TOTAL OTHER INCOME   342    3,156 
Interest on Mortgage Notes Payable   65,812    74,255 
Interest on Notes Payable to Banks   10,002    7,420 
Interest on Other Notes Payable   1,331    9,130 
Interest on Line of Credit - Related Party   5,349    (5,602)
TOTAL INTEREST EXPENSE   82,494    85,203 
CONSOLIDATED NET LOSS BEFORE INCOME TAX PROVISION, DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS, ASSETS HELD FOR SALE AND GAIN ON DISPOSAL OF ASSETS   (506,129)   (526,013)
Income Tax Provision   -    - 
CONSOLIDATED NET LOSS FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS   (506,129)   (526,013)
Discontinued Operations and Assets Held for Sale, Net of Minority Interest   (508,007)   (145,038)
Gain on Disposal of Discontinued Operations   2,351,817    - 
CONSOLIDATED NET INCOME (LOSS) FROM DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS AND ASSETS HELD FOR SALE   1,843,810    (145,038)
CONSOLIDATED NET INCOME (LOSS)  $1,337,681   $(671,051)
LESS: NET LOSS ATTRIBUTABLE TO NON-CONTROLLING INTEREST  $(39,336)  $(220,886)
NET INCOME (LOSS) ATTRIBUTABLE TO CONTROLLING INTERESTS  $1,377,017   $(450,165)
NET LOSS PER SHARE FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS – BASIC AND DILUTED  $(0.12)  $(0.03)
NET INCOME (LOSS) PER SHARE FROM DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS AND ASSETS HELD FOR SALE – BASIC AND DILUTED  $0.15   $(0.03)
WEIGHTED AVERAGE NUMBER OF SHARES OUTSTANDING - BASIC AND DILUTED   8,260,759    8,429,172 

 

See accompanying notes to unaudited

condensed consolidated financial statements

 

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INNSUITES HOSPITALITY TRUST AND SUBSIDIARIES

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED OCTOBER 31, 2015

 

   Total Equity 
   Shares of Beneficial
Interest
   Treasury Stock   Trust
Shareholders’
   Non-
Controlling
     
   Shares   Amount   Shares   Amount   Equity   Interest   Amount 
Balance, January 31, 2015   8,265,102   $13,812,470    8,580,744   $(12,193,491)  $1,618,979    1,346,248   $2,965,227 
Net Income (Loss)   -    822,649    -    -    822,649    (55,876)   766,773 
Purchase of Treasury Stock   (27,967)   -    27,967    (76,098)   (76,098)   -    (76,098)
Shares of Beneficial Interest Issued for Services Rendered   21,000    44,880    -    -    44,880    -    44,880 
Sale of Stock   440,000    1,100,000    -    -    1,100,000    -    1,100,000 
Sales of Ownership Interests in Subsidiary, net   -    -    -    -    -    1,799,699    1,799,699 
Distribution to Non-Controlling Interests   -    -    -    -    -    (1,026,616)   (1,026,616)
Reallocation of Non-Controlling Interests and Other   -    1,232,162    -    -    1,232,162    (1,232,162)   - 
Balance, October 31, 2015   8,698,135   $17,012,161    8,608,711   $(12,269,589)  $4,742,572   $831,293   $5,573,865 

 

See accompanying notes to unaudited

condensed consolidated financial statements

 

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INNSUITES HOSPITALITY TRUST AND SUBSIDIARIES

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

 

   FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED 
   OCTOBER 31,  
   2015   2014 
   (UNAUDITED)   (UNAUDITED) 
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES          
Consolidated Net Income (Loss)  $766,773   $(1,262,247)
Adjustments to Reconcile Consolidated Net Loss to Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities:          
Stock-Based Compensation   44,880    27,500 
(Recovery of) Provision For Uncollectible Receivables   (8,638)   6,465 
Hotel Property Depreciation   1,036,642    1,332,530 
Amortization of Debt Discounts and Deferred Financing Fees   69,486    86,986 
Gain on Disposal of Assets   (2,351,817)   - 
Changes in Assets and Liabilities:          
Accounts Receivable   303,891    275,200 
Prepaid Expenses and Other Assets   48,983    152,475 
Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses   (310,542)   (164,091)
NET CASH (USED IN) PROVIDED BY OPERATING ACTIVITIES   (400,342)   454,818 
           
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES          
Improvements and Additions to Hotel Properties   (1,317,284)   (1,077,180)
Cash Received From Sale of Hotel Property   4,712,611    - 
Change in Restricted Cash   -    108,748 
Lendings on Advances to Affiliates - Related Party   -    (259,059)
Collections on Advances to Affiliates - Related Party   1,236    188,800 
NET CASH PROVIDED BY (USED IN) INVESTING ACTIVITIES   3,396,563    (1,038,691)
           
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES          
Principal Payments on Mortgage Notes Payable   (507,626)   (7,868,899)
Borrowings on Mortgage Notes Payable   -    5,700,000 
Payments on Notes Payable to Banks   (2,299,648)   (3,294,343)
Borrowings on Notes Payable to Banks   1,591,153    4,197,801 
Payments on Line of Credit - Related Party   (2,475,321)   (1,466,640)
Borrowings on Line of Credit - Related Party   1,933,611    2,614,748 
Lendings on Note Receivable - Related Party   (30,000)   (994,311)
Collections on Note Receivable - Related Party   5,349    915,000 
Payments on Other Notes Payable   (454,215)   (69,696)
Borrowings on Other Notes Payable   -    27,000 
Proceeds from Sale of Non-Controlling Ownership Interest in Subsidiary   1,799,699    1,584,792 
Sale of Stock   1,100,000    - 
Distributions to Non-Controlling Interest Holders   (1,026,616)   (535,045)
Repurchase of Treasury Stock   (76,098)   (176,646)
NET CASH (USED IN) PROVIDED BY FINANCING ACTIVITIES   (439,712)   633,761 
NET INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS   2,556,509    49,888 
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT BEGINNING OF PERIOD   507,686    395,903 
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT END OF PERIOD  $3,064,195   $445,791 

 

See accompanying notes to unaudited

condensed consolidated financial statements

 

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INNSUITES HOSPITALITY TRUST AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

AS OF OCTOBER 31, 2015 AND JANUARY 31, 2015

AND FOR THE THREE AND NINE MONTHS ENDED OCTOBER 31, 2015 AND 2014

 

1. NATURE OF OPERATIONS AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION

 

As of October 31, 2015, InnSuites Hospitality Trust (the “Trust”, “we” or “our”) owns interests directly in and through a partnership interest, four hotels with an aggregate of 576 suites in Arizona, southern California and New Mexico (the “Hotels”). The Hotels operate under the trade name “InnSuites Hotels.”

 

Full service hotels often contain upscale full-service facilities with a large volume of full service accommodations, on-site full service restaurant(s), and a variety of on-site amenities such as swimming pools, a health club, children’s activities, ballrooms and on-site conference facilities. Moderate or limited service hotels are small to medium-sized hotel establishments that offer a limited amount of on-site amenities. Most moderate or limited service establishments may still offer full service accommodations but lack leisure amenities such as an on-site restaurant or a swimming pool. We consider our Tucson, Arizona hotels and our hotel located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to be moderate or limited service establishments. Our other two properties are full service hotels.

 

The Trust is the sole general partner of RRF Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Partnership”), and owned a 72.11% interest in the Partnership as of October 31, 2015 and January 31, 2015. The Trust’s weighted average ownership for the nine month period ended October 31, 2015 and 2014 was 72.11% and 72.06%, respectively. As of October 31, 2015, the Partnership owned a 51.01% interest in an InnSuites® hotel located in Tucson, Arizona, and a 51.65% interest in an InnSuites® hotel located in Ontario, California. As of October 31, 2015, the Trust owned a direct 50.93% interest in a Yuma, Arizona hotel property, and a direct 50.91% interest in an InnSuites® hotel located in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

 

Under certain management agreements, InnSuites Hotels, our subsidiary, manages the Hotels’ daily operations. The Trust also provides the use of the “InnSuites” trademark to the Hotels through wholly-owned InnSuites Hotels. All such expenses and reimbursements between the Trust, InnSuites Hotels and the Partnership have been eliminated in consolidation.

 

InnDependent Boutique Collection (“IBC”, “IBC Hotels” or “IBC Developments”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of InnSuites Hospitality Trust, has a network of approximately 6,500 unrelated hotel properties and provides revenue generating services and cost savings solutions to independent boutique hotels subscribing to the IBC system. During the fiscal year ended January 31, 2014, IBC Hotels formed a marketing alliance with the Independent Lodging Industry Association (“ILIA”).

 

PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT

 

The Partnership Agreement of the Partnership provides for the issuance of two classes of Limited Partnership units, Class A and Class B. Class A and Class B Partnership units are identical in all respects, except that each Class A Partnership unit is convertible into one newly-issued Share of Beneficial Interest of the Trust at any time at the option of the particular limited partner. The Class B Partnership units may only become convertible, each into one newly-issued Share of Beneficial Interest of the Trust, with the approval of the Board of Trustees, in its sole discretion. On October 31, 2015 and January 31, 2015, 276,131 Class A Partnership units were issued and outstanding, representing 2.09% of the total Partnership units, respectively. Additionally, as of both October 31, 2015 and January 31, 2015, 3,407,938 Class B Partnership units were outstanding to James Wirth, the Trust’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and Mr. Wirth’s affiliates. If all of the Class A and B Partnership units were converted on October 31, 2015, the limited partners in the Partnership would receive 3,684,069 Shares of Beneficial Interest of the Trust. As of October 31, 2015 and January 31, 2015, the Trust owns 9,527,448 general partner units in the Partnership, representing 72.11% of the total Partnership units.

 

LIQUIDITY

 

Our principal source of cash to meet our cash requirements, including distributions to our shareholders, is our share of the Partnership’s cash flow, quarterly distributions from the Albuquerque, New Mexico and Yuma, Arizona properties and more recently, sales of non-controlling interests in our Hotels. The Partnership’s principal source of cash flow is quarterly distributions from the Tucson, Arizona property and Ontario, California property. Our liquidity, including our ability to make distributions to our shareholders, will depend upon our ability and the Partnership’s ability to generate sufficient cash flow from hotel operations and sales of non-controlling interests to service our debt.

 

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As of October 31, 2015, the Trust had a related party Demand/Revolving Line of Credit/Promissory Note or Note Receivable with Rare Earth, depending on whether amounts are due to or due from Rare Earth, with an amount receivable of $24,651. The Demand/Revolving Line of Credit/Promissory Note or Note Receivable bears interest at 7.0% per annum and is interest only quarterly. The Demand/Revolving Line of Credit/Promissory Note or Note Receivable has a maximum borrowing capacity to $1,000,000, which is available to December 31, 2017. The highest amount outstanding on the Demand/Revolving Line of Credit/Promissory Note for the quarter ended October 31, 2015 was $637,270.

 

With approximately $3.0 million of cash and cash equivalents as of October 31, 2015, with $1.5 million of additional equity raised on November 30, 2015, and with the continued availability of the $1,000,000 related party Demand/Revolving Line of Credit/Promissory Note, management believes that it will have enough cash on hand to meet all of our financial obligations as they become due for at least the next year.

 

There can be no assurance that we will be successful in obtaining extensions, raising additional or replacement funds, or that these funds may be available on terms that are favorable to us. If we are unable to raise additional or replacement funds, we may be required to sell certain of our assets to meet our liquidity needs, which may not be on terms that are favorable.

 

BASIS OF PRESENTATION

 

These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Certain information related to the Trust’s organization, significant accounting policies and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”) has been condensed or omitted. The accounting policies followed in the preparation of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements are consistent with those followed in the Trust’s annual consolidated financial statements for the year ended January 31, 2015, as filed on Form 10-K. In the opinion of management, these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements contain all material adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, necessary to fairly state our financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented and the presentations and disclosures herein are adequate when read in conjunction with the Trust’s Form 10-K for the year ended January 31, 2015.

 

As sole general partner of the Partnership, the Trust exercises unilateral control over the Partnership, and the Trust owns all of the issued and outstanding classes of shares of InnSuites Hotels. Therefore, the financial statements of the Partnership and InnSuites Hotels are consolidated with the Trust, and all significant intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated.

 

SEASONALITY OF THE HOTEL BUSINESS

 

The Hotels’ operations historically have been somewhat seasonal. The two southern Arizona hotels experience their highest occupancy in the first fiscal quarter and, to a lesser extent, the fourth fiscal quarter. The second fiscal quarter tends to be the lowest occupancy period at those two southern Arizona hotels. This seasonality pattern can be expected to cause fluctuations in the Trust’s quarterly revenues. The two hotels located in California and New Mexico historically experience their most profitable periods during the second and third fiscal quarters (the summer season), providing some balance to the general seasonality of the Trust’s hotel business.

 

The seasonal nature of the Trust’s business increases its vulnerability to risks such as labor force shortages and cash flow issues. Further, if an adverse event such as an actual or threatened terrorist attack, international conflict, data breach, regional economic downturn or poor weather conditions should occur during the first or fourth fiscal quarters, the adverse impact to the Trust’s revenues could likely be greater as a result of its southern Arizona seasonal business.

 

It is too early to determine what the seasonality of the IBC business segment is. The Trust does not anticipate much seasonality due to the diversification of the location of the IBC Hotels.

 

RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING GUIDANCE

 

In August 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2014-15, “Presentation of Financial Statements – Going Concern (Subtopic 205-40) Disclosure of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern” (“ASU 2014-15”). Under GAAP, continuation of a reporting entity as a going concern is presumed as the basis for preparing financial statements unless and until the entity’s liquidation becomes imminent. Preparation of financial statements under this presumption is commonly referred to as the going concern basis of accounting. If and when an entity’s liquidation becomes imminent, financial statements should be prepared under the Liquidation Basis of Accounting. Even if an entity’s liquidation is not imminent, there may be conditions or events that raise substantial doubt about the entity’s ability to continue as a going concern. In those situations, financial statements should continue to be prepared under the going concern basis of accounting, but the amendments in ASU 2014-15 require additional disclosure of information about the relevant conditions and events. The amendments in ASU 2014-15 are effective for annual periods ending after December 15, 2016, and for annual periods and interim periods thereafter. Early application is permitted. The Trust is currently evaluating the potential impact of the adoption of this guidance on its consolidated financial statements, but does not expect there to be a material impact at this time.

 

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In June 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-12, “Accounting for Share-Based Payments When the Terms of an Award Provide That a Performance Target Could Be Achieved after the Requisite Service Period” (“ASU 2014-12”). The amendments in ASU 2014-12 require that a performance target that affects vesting and that could be achieved after the requisite service period be treated as a performance condition. A reporting entity should apply existing guidance in Accounting Standards Codification Topic No. 718, “Compensation—Stock Compensation” (“ASC 718”), as it relates to awards with performance conditions that affect vesting to account for such awards. The amendments in ASU 2014-12 are effective for annual periods and interim periods within those annual periods beginning after December 15, 2015. Early adoption is permitted. Entities may apply the amendments in ASU 2014-12 either: (i) prospectively to all awards granted or modified after the effective date; or (ii) retrospectively to all awards with performance targets that are outstanding as of the beginning of the earliest annual period presented in the financial statements and to all new or modified awards thereafter. The Trust is currently evaluating the potential impact of the adoption of this guidance on its consolidated financial statements, but does not expect there to be a material impact at this time.

 

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606)” (“ASU 2014-09”). The core principle of ASU 2014-09 is that an entity should recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. To achieve that core principle, ASU 2014-09 provides for the following steps: (i) identify the contract(s) with a customer; (ii) identify the performance obligations in the contract; (iii) determine the transaction price; (iv) allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract; and (v) recognize revenue when (or as) the entity satisfies a performance obligation. ASU 2014-09 supersedes the revenue recognition requirements in Accounting Standards Codification Topic No. 605, “Revenue Recognition,” most industry-specific guidance throughout the industry topics of the Accounting Standards Codification, and some cost guidance related to construction-type and production-type contracts. ASU 2014-09 is effective for public entities for annual periods and interim periods within those annual periods beginning after December 15, 2017. Early adoption is permitted for annual periods beginning after December 31, 2016. Companies may use either a full retrospective or a modified retrospective approach to adopt ASU 2014-09. The Trust is currently evaluating the potential impact of the adoption of this guidance on its consolidated financial statements.

 

In February 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-02, “Consolidation (Topic 810): Amendments to the Consolidation Analysis”. This will improve certain areas of consolidation guidance for reporting organizations that are required to evaluate whether to consolidate certain legal entities such as limited partnerships, limited liability corporations, and securitization structures. ASU 2015-02 simplifies and improves GAAP by: eliminating the presumption that a general partner should consolidate a limited partnership, eliminating the indefinite deferral of FASB Statement No. 167, thereby reducing the number of Variable Interest Entity (VIE) consolidation models from four to two (including the limited partnership consolidation model) and clarifying when fees paid to a decision maker should be a factor to include in the consolidation of VIEs. ASU 2015-02 will be effective for periods beginning after December 15, 2015. The Trust is currently evaluating the potential impact of the adoption of this guidance on its consolidated financial statements.

 

In April 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-03, “Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs”. The ASU changes the presentation of debt issuance costs in financial statements. Under the ASU, an entity presents such costs in the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the related debt liability rather than as an asset. Amortization of the costs is reported as interest expense. The ASU specifies that “issue costs shall be reported in the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the face amount of the note” and that “amortization of debt issue costs shall also be reported as interest expense.” According to the ASU’s Basis for Conclusions, debt issuance costs incurred before the associated funding is received (i.e., the debt liability) should be reported on the balance sheet as deferred charges until that debt liability amount is recorded. For public business entities, the guidance in the ASU is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2015. Early adoption is allowed for all entities for financial statements that have not been previously issued. Entities would apply the new guidance retrospectively to all prior periods (i.e., the balance sheet for each period is adjusted). The Trust is currently evaluating the potential impact of the adoption of this guidance on its consolidated financial statements.

 

2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

USE OF ESTIMATES

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

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The Trust’s operations are affected by numerous factors, including the economy, competition in the hotel industry and the effect of the economy on the travel and hospitality industries. The Trust cannot predict if any of the above items will have a significant impact in the future, nor can it predict what impact, if any, the occurrence of these or other events might have on the Trust’s operations and cash flows. Significant estimates and assumptions made by management include, but are not limited to, the estimated useful lives of long-lived assets and estimates of future cash flows used to test a long-lived asset for recoverability and the fair values of the long-lived assets.

 

REVENUE RECOGNITION

 

Staff Accounting Bulletin (“SAB”) No. 104, “Revenue Recognition” summarizes the SEC’s views in applying GAAP to revenue recognition in financial statements. SAB No. 104 establishes the SEC’s view that it is not appropriate to recognize revenue until all of the following criteria are met: persuasive evidence that an arrangement exists; delivery has occurred or services have been rendered; the seller’s price to the buyer is fixed or determinable; and collectability is reasonably assured. Further, SAB No. 104 requires that both title and the risks and rewards of ownership be transferred to the buyer before revenue can be recognized. We believe that our revenue recognition policies as described below are in compliance with SAB No. 104.

 

Revenues are primarily derived from the following sources and are recognized as services are rendered and when collectability is reasonably assured. Amounts received in advance of revenue recognition are considered deferred liabilities.

 

Revenues primarily consist of room rentals, food and beverage sales, management and trademark fees and other miscellaneous revenues from our properties. Revenues are recorded when rooms are occupied and when food and beverage sales are delivered. Management and trademark fees from hotels include a monthly accounting fee and a percentage of hotel room revenues for managing the daily operations of the Hotels and the two hotels owned by affiliates of Mr. Wirth. IBC Development revenues are recognized after services are rendered by the IBC member hotel.

 

We are required to collect certain taxes and fees from customers on behalf of government agencies and remit these back to the applicable governmental agencies on a periodic basis. We have a legal obligation to act as a collection agent. We do not retain these taxes and fees and, therefore, they are not included in revenues. We record a liability when the amounts are collected and relieve the liability when payments are made to the applicable taxing authority or other appropriate governmental agency.

 

Based on our policy, we believe our revenues are recognized when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, delivery has occurred or services have been rendered, the seller’s price to the buyer is fixed or determinable, and the collectability of our revenues are reasonably assured.

 

INCOME PER SHARE

 

Basic and diluted income per Share of Beneficial Interest is computed based on the weighted-average number of Shares of Beneficial Interest and potentially dilutive securities outstanding during the period. Dilutive securities are limited to the Class A and Class B units of the Partnership, which are convertible into 3,684,069 Shares of the Beneficial Interest, as discussed in Note 1.

 

At the beginning of each nine period ended October 31, 2015 and 2014, the aggregate weighted-average of these Shares of Beneficial Interest for units of the Partnership would have been 3,684,069 and 3,693,972, respectively. These Shares of Beneficial Interest issuable upon conversion of the Class A and Class B Partnership units were anti-dilutive during the nine month period ended October 31, 2015 and 2014. Therefore no reconciliation of basic and diluted income per share is presented.

 

SEGMENT REPORTING

 

During the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2015, the Trust determined that its operations are comprised of two reportable segments, a Hotel Operations & Corporate Overhead segment that has ownership interest in four hotel properties with an aggregate of 576 suites in Arizona, southern California and New Mexico, and the IBC Developments segment serving 6,500 unrelated hotel properties. The Trust has a concentration of assets in the southwest United States, and the southern Arizona market. Consistent with the change in reportable segments, the Trust revised its prior period financial information for the new segment structure. Historical financial information presented in this Form 10-Q reflects this change. On an overall basis, the Trust has elected to only put the costs directly attributable to the IBC Developments in that segment. Included in these costs are sales, marketing and technology development costs.

 

IBC Hotels was formed during the fiscal year ended January 31, 2014. Operating results became significant during the fiscal year ended January 31, 2015. IBC Hotels charges a 10% booking fee which, we believe, increases the independent hotel profits. Competitors of IBC Hotels can charge anywhere from a 30% to 50% booking fee. InnDependent InnCentives, IBC’s loyalty program, allows hoteliers to benefit from guests who frequently stay at IBC independent hotels. We are planning significant expansion of IBC Hotels during the next couple of fiscal years as we concentrate our sales and marketing efforts towards consumers, but can provide no assurance that we will be successful.

 

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The Chief Operating Decision Maker (“CODM”), the Trust’s CEO, Mr. Wirth, does not see any value in allocating costs for items not directly attributable to the IBC Developments segment for several reasons. The first is that the Trust’s base business is the Hotel Operations & Corporate Overhead segment, and the majority of the expenses of the Trust would continue even if the Trust was not in the reservation business. If the Trust were to allocate general expenses to the reservation business based on some allocation method (e.g., on sales), it would not improve the value of segment reporting, but it would only serve to make the results of the Hotel Operations & Corporate Overhead segment look better and give investors a false sense of the profitability of the Hotel Operations & Corporate Overhead segment without the IBC Developments segment. The CODM wants to understand the true investment in the reservation business and that result is delivered by allocating only costs directly associated with the IBC Developments segment. By retaining the remainder of costs not associated with the IBC Developments segment in the Hotel Operations & Corporate Overhead segment, the Trust is able to compare the Hotel Operations & Corporate Overhead segment to historical figures where the bulk of the business was only that segment of operations to gauge relative efficiency of the Hotel Operations & Corporate Overhead segment as compared to historical norms.

 

The Trust has chosen to focus its hotel investments in the southwest region of the United States. The CODM does not review assets by geographical region therefore, no income statement or balance sheet information by geographical region is provided.

 

3. STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

 

TRUSTEE STOCK COMPENSATION

 

For the nine months ended October 31, 2015, the Trust recognized expenses of $44,880 related to stock-based compensation. The Trust issued 21,000 restricted shares with a total market value of $57,120 in the first fiscal quarter of fiscal year 2016 as compensation to its four outside Trustees for fiscal year 2016. On a monthly basis through January 31, 2016, these shares vest at a rate of approximately 500 shares for each outside Trustee.

 

The following table summarizes restricted share activity during the nine months ended October 31, 2015:

 

    Restricted Shares 
    Shares    Weighted-Average
Per Share Grant
Date Fair Value
 
Balance at January 31, 2015    -    - 
Granted    21,000   $2.72 
Vested    (16,500)  $2.72 
Forfeited    -    - 
Balance of unvested awards at October 31, 2015    4,500   $2.72 

 

STOCK OPTIONS

 

Effective February 5, 2015, the Board of Trustees of the Trust adopted the 2015 Equity Incentive Plan (“2015 Plan”), subject to shareholder approval, under which up to 1,600,000 Shares of Beneficial Interest of the Trust are authorized to be issued pursuant to grant of stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted shares, restricted share units or other awards. The purpose of the 2015 Plan and the awards described below is to promote the interests of the Trust and its shareholders by providing certain employees and members of the Board of Trustees, who are largely responsible for the management and growth of the subsidiary of the Trust, IBC Hotels, LLC, with incentives and rewards to encourage them to continue in the service of the Trust.

 

The Board of Trustees of the Trust approved a Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement (“2015 Plan Agreement”) to be used for all stock option awards. The 2015 Plan Agreement provides the grantee a four-year option to purchase a set number of Shares of Beneficial Interest of the Trust at an exercise price of $3.50 per share, exercisable to the extent the stock options vest and GAAP pre-tax profits of IBC Hotels, LLC are greater than or equal to the performance objectives described in the 2015 Plan agreement. For purposes of the 2015 Plan Agreement, a “Tranche” is the number of Shares for which the Stock Option has vested on a particular vesting date. The 2015 Plan Agreement has the following vesting schedule:

 

Tranche   Shares for which the Stock
Option is Vested
  Vesting Date
A   1/3   5/17/2016
B   1/3   2nd anniversary of the Date of Grant
C   1/3   3rd anniversary of the Date of Grant

 

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Stock options will become immediately vested in full if, prior to a vesting date (i) the grantee ceases to be employed by the Trust or its subsidiaries by reason of death or disability or (ii) a change of control occurs while the grantee is employed by the Trust or any of its subsidiaries. Vested tranches become exercisable as set forth below to the extent that the GAAP pre-tax profit of IBC Hotels LLC is greater than or equal to the performance objective for the applicable performance period, as described below.

 

Performance Period   Performance Objective   Exercisable
(Fiscal Year Ending)   (GAAP pre-tax profit of IBC Hotels LLC)   Tranche(s)
1/31/2016  $60,000   A
1/31/2017  $200,000   A and B
1/31/2018  $400,000   A, B, and C

 

On February 5, 2015, the Board of Trustees of the Trust granted to Pamela Barnhill, President, Vice Chairperson of the Board of Trustees and Chief Operating Officer of the Trust and IBC Hotels Founder and President, pursuant to the 2015 Plan and 2015 Plan Agreement, an option to purchase of 1,000,000 Shares of Beneficial Interest of the Trust. On April 24, 2015, the Board of Trustees of the Trust granted to James Wirth, Chairman of the Board of Trustees and Chief Executive Officer of the Trust, Marc Berg, Executive Vice President and Trustee and Adam Remis, Chief Financial Officer of the Trust, pursuant to the Trust’s 2015 Plan and 2015 Plan Agreement, each an option of the Trust to purchase 60,000 Shares of Beneficial Interest of the Trust. On April 24, 2015, the Board of Trustees of the Trust also granted to each of our Trustees who are expected to continue to serve on the Board of Trustees through the vesting period, an option to purchase 10,000 Shares of Beneficial Interest of the Trust and also granted to key operational staff options to purchase Shares of Beneficial Interest. The number of options granted to each key operational staff was based on InnSuites employment history and their direct IBC Hotels involvement. A total of 1,434,500 stock options were granted during the first quarter of fiscal year 2016. The options are subject to shareholder approval. Consistent with ASC 718-10-55-10, compensation cost associated with issuance of these options has not been recognized as shareholder approval is not perfunctory.

 

4. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

 

On January 1, 2012, Tucson Hospitality Properties LLP, a subsidiary of the Trust, entered into a $1,000,000 Demand/Revolving Line of Credit/Promissory Note or Note Receivable with Rare Earth Financial, LLC (“Rare Earth”), depending on whether amounts are due to or due from Rare Earth. The Demand/Revolving Line of Credit/Promissory Note or Note Receivable bore interest at 7.0% per annum, was interest only quarterly and was set to mature on January 31, 2015. The Demand/Revolving Line of Credit/Promissory Note or Note Receivable was amended on July 1, 2014 to extend the maturity date to March 31, 2015, and increase the maximum borrowing capacity from $1,000,000 to $1,400,000. The Demand/Revolving Line of Credit/Promissory Note or Note Receivable was further amended on October 27, 2014 to increase the maximum borrowing capacity from $1,400,000 to $2,000,000. As of July 31, 2015, the Demand/Revolving Line of Credit/Promissory Note or Note Receivable has been paid in full and is closed. No prepayment penalty existed on the Demand/Revolving Line of Credit/Promissory Note or Note Receivable.

 

On December 1, 2014, the Trust entered into a $1,000,000 net maximum Demand/Revolving Line of Credit/Promissory Note with Rare Earth. The Demand/Revolving Line of Credit/Promissory Note bears interest at 7.0% per annum, is interest only quarterly and matures on December 31, 2017. No prepayment penalty exists on the Demand/Revolving Line of Credit/Promissory Note. The balance fluctuates significantly through the period. The Demand/Revolving Line of Credit/Promissory Note has a net maximum borrowing capacity of $1,000,000.

 

The above Demand/Revolving Line of Credit/Promissory Note or Note Receivable is presented as one line item on the balance sheet and totaled a receivable of $24,651  and payable of $541,710 at October 31, 2015 and January 31, 2015, respectively.

 

On October 7, 2015, the Trust entered into a certain Securities Purchase Agreement with Rare Earth, Charles E. Strickland and Minda L. Soller and Guy Hayden III for the sale of the aggregate number of 440,000 Shares of Beneficial Interest of the Trust, at a purchase price of $2.50 per Share, for the gross aggregate proceeds of $1,100,000 to the Trust. Pursuant to the Agreement, Rare Earth, whose managing member is James F. Wirth, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Trust, purchased 200,000 Shares of Beneficial Interest of the Trust on the same terms and conditions as the other purchasers. Rare Earth is wholly owned by Mr. Wirth and his family members, including Pamela Barnhill, Vice Chairperson and President of the Trust.

 

As of October 31, 2015 and January 31, 2015, Mr. Wirth and his affiliates held 3,407,938 Class B Partnership units, which represented 25.80% of the total outstanding Partnership units. As of October 31, 2015 and January 31, 2015, Mr. Wirth and his affiliates held 6,153,276 and 6,053,276, respectively, Shares of Beneficial Interest in the Trust, which represented 67.54% and 73.2%, respectively, of the total issued and outstanding Shares of Beneficial Interest . For the nine months ending October 31, 2015 and for the fiscal year ending January 31, 2015, Mr. Wirth’s affiliates paid the Trust $193,360 and $278,210 respectively for management and licensing fees. As of October 31, 2015 and January 31, 2015, Mr. Wirth’s affiliates were owed a net $24,651 and $0 to the Trust which is recorded as a receivable on the Trust’s financial statements.

 

See “Related Party Transactions” footnote in our Form 10-K Annual Report filed on April 30, 2015 with the Securities Exchange Commission and our Note 7 – “Sale of Ownership Interests in Subsidiaries.”

 

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5. NOTES PAYABLE

 

On May 21, 2014, Tucson Hospitality Properties LLP, a subsidiary of the Trust, entered into a $447,100 business loan, including $25,307 of loan fees, with American Express Bank, FSB (the “Tucson Oracle Merchant Agreement”) with a maturity date of May 21, 2015. The Tucson Oracle Merchant Agreement includes a loan fee of 6% of the original principal balance of the loan with acceleration provisions upon default. The business loan is secured and paid back with 15% of the Tucson Oracle American Express, VISA and MasterCard merchant receipts received during the loan period. As of October 31, 2015, the business loan balance has been paid in full.

 

On July 24, 2014, Tucson Saint Mary’s Suite Hospitality LLC, a subsidiary of the Trust, entered into a $451,560 business loan, including $25,560 of loan fees, with American Express Bank, FSB (the “St. Mary’s Merchant Agreement”) with a maturity date of July 24, 2015. The St. Mary’s Merchant Agreement includes a loan fee of 6% of the original principal balance of the loan with acceleration provisions upon default. The business loan is secured and paid back with 17% of the St. Mary’s American Express, VISA, MasterCard and Discover merchant receipts received during the loan period. As of October 31, 2015, the business loan balance has been paid in full.

 

On August 19, 2014, Ontario Hospitality Properties, LP (“Ontario entity”), a subsidiary of the Trust, entered into a $477,000 business loan, including $27,000 of loan fees, with American Express Bank, FSB (the “Ontario Merchant Agreement”) with a maturity date of September 19, 2015. The Ontario Merchant Agreement includes a loan fee of 6% of the original principal balance of the loan with acceleration provisions upon default. The business loan is secured and paid back with 27% of the Ontario American Express, VISA, MasterCard and Discover merchant receipts received during the loan period. As of October 31, 2015, the business loan has been paid in full.

 

On September 16, 2014, Yuma Hospitality Properties Limited Partnership, a subsidiary of the Trust, entered into a $415,520 business loan, including $23,250 of loan fees, with American Express Bank, FSB (the “Yuma Merchant Agreement”) with a maturity date of September 16, 2015. The Yuma Merchant Agreement includes a loan fee of 6% of the original principal balance of the loan with acceleration provisions upon default. The business loan is secured and paid back with 22% of the Yuma American Express, VISA, MasterCard and Discover merchant receipts received during the loan period. As of October 31, 2015, the business loan balance has been paid in full.

 

On October 24, 2014, Albuquerque Suite Hospitality, LLC, a subsidiary of the Trust, entered into a $318,000 business loan, including $18,000 of loan fees, with American Express Bank, FSB (the “Albuquerque Merchant Agreement”) with an maturity date of October 24, 2015. This loan was paid off in full on November 20, 2015. The maturity date of this loan is estimated based on the anticipated credit card receipts throughout the loan period. The Albuquerque Merchant Agreement includes a loan fee of 6% of the original principal balance of the loan with acceleration provisions upon default. The business loan is secured and paid back with 14% of the Albuquerque American Express, VISA, MasterCard and Discover merchant receipts received during the loan period. As of October 31, 2015, the business loan balance was approximately $15,270.

 

On July 7, 2015, the Trust’s revolving bank line of credit agreement, with a credit limit of $600,000, was changed to a four year non-revolving note payable. The non-revolving note payable has a variable interest rate of Wall Street Journal Prime Rate plus a margin of 1% with a floor rate of 5.5%, maturing on July 3, 2019 and monthly payments of $13,978.08. The line is secured by a junior security interest in the Yuma, Arizona property and the Trust’s trade receivables. As of October 31, 2015, the non-revolving note payable balance was approximately $566,000.

 

6. SALE OF STOCK

 

On October 7, 2015, the Trust entered into a certain Securities Purchase Agreement with Rare Earth, Charles E. Strickland and Minda L. Soller and Guy Hayden III for the sale of the aggregate number of 440,000 Shares of Beneficial Interest of the Trust, at a purchase price of $2.50 per Share, for the gross aggregate proceeds of $1,100,000 to the Trust. Pursuant to the Agreement, Rare Earth, whose managing member is James F. Wirth, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Trust, purchased 200,000 Shares of Beneficial Interest of the Trust on the same terms and conditions as the other purchasers. Rare Earth is wholly owned by Mr. Wirth and his family members, including Pamela Barnhill, Vice Chairperson and President of the Trust.

 

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7. SALE OF OWNERSHIP INTERESTS IN SUBSIDIARIES

 

The Trust has sold non-controlling interests in certain subsidiaries, including Albuquerque Suite Hospitality, LLC (the “Albuquerque entity”), Tucson Hospitality Properties, LP (the “Tucson entity”), Ontario Hospitality Properties, LP (“Ontario entity”), and Yuma Hospitality Properties, Limited Partnership (the “Yuma” entity), which sales are described in detail in the Form 10-K Annual Report filed with the Securities Exchange Commission on April 30, 2015. Additionally, the Trust has sold non-controlling interest for the Tucson St. Mary’s Suite Hospitality LLC (the “Tucson St. Mary’s entity”) which have been returned back in full as of October 31, 2015. Generally, interests have sold for $10,000 per unit with a two-unit minimum subscription. The Trust maintains at least 50.1% of the units in each entity and intends to maintain this minimum ownership percentage. Generally, the units in the each of the entities are allocated to three classes with differing cumulative discretionary priority distribution rights through a certain time period. Class A units are owned by unrelated third parties and have first priority for distributions. Class B units are owned by the Trust and have second priority for distributions. Class C units are owned by Rare Earth or other affiliates of Mr. Wirth and have the lowest priority for distributions. Priority distributions of $700 per unit per year are cumulative until a certain date; however, after that date, generally Class A unit holders continue to hold a preference on distributions over Class B and Class C unit holders.

 

During the nine months ended October 31, 2015, there were no Class A, B or C units of the Albuquerque entity sold. As of October 31, 2015 and January 31, 2015, the Trust held a 50.91% ownership interest, or 279 Class B units, in the Albuquerque entity, Mr. Wirth and his affiliates held a 0.18% interest, or 1 Class C unit, and other third parties held a 48.91% interest, or 268 Class A units. As of October 31, 2015, the Albuquerque entity has discretionary Priority Return payments to unrelated unit holders of approximately $187,000, to the Trust of approximately $195,000, and to Mr. Wirth and his affiliates of approximately $1,000 per year payable quarterly for calendar year 2016.

 

During the nine months ended October 31, 2015, there were no Class A, B or C units sold of the Tucson entity. As of October 31, 2015 and January 31, 2015, the Partnership held a 51.01% ownership interest, or 404 Class B units, in the Tucson entity, Mr. Wirth and his affiliates held a 1.39% interest, or 11 Class C units, and other parties held a 47.60% interest, or 377 Class A units. As of October 31, 2015, the Tucson entity has discretionary Priority Return payments to unrelated unit holders of approximately $264,000, to the Partnership of approximately $283,000 and to Rare Earth of approximately $8,000 per year payable quarterly for calendar year 2016.

 

During the nine months ended October 31, 2015, there was one Class A unit of the Ontario entity sold at $10,000 per unit, no Class B units sold and no Class C units sold. As of October 31, 2015, the Partnership held a 51.65% ownership interest, or 498 Class B units, in the Ontario entity, Mr. Wirth and his affiliates held a 3.63% interest through Rare Earth, or 35 Class C units, and other parties held a 44.72% interest, or 431.25 Class A units. As of January 31, 2015, and after the recognition of upward adjustments to certain of the unit holders, as specified by the March 24, 2014 restructuring agreement, the Partnership held a 51.71% ownership interest, or 498 Class B units, in the Ontario entity, Mr. Wirth and his affiliates held a 3.64% interest through Rare Earth, or 35 Class C units, and other parties held a 44.65% interest, or 430 Class A units. As of October 31, 2015 the Ontario entity has discretionary Priority Return payments to unrelated unit holders of approximately $302,000, to the Partnership of approximately $349,000 and to Rare Earth of approximately $25,000 per year payable quarterly for calendar years 2016 and 2017.

 

During the nine months ended October 31, 2015, there were 172.50 Class A units sold and 9 Class C units sold of the Yuma entity sold, at $10,000 per unit, all of which were sold from the Trust. As of October 31, 2015, the Trust held a 50.93% ownership interest, or 407.40 Class B units, in the Yuma entity, Mr. Wirth and his affiliates held a 1.25% interest, or 10 Class C units, and other parties held a 47.83% interest, or 382.60 Class A units. As of January 31, 2015, the Trust held a 73.61% ownership interest, or 588.90 Class B units, in the Tucson entity, Mr. Wirth and his affiliates held a 0.13% interest, or 1 Class C unit, and other parties held a 26.26% interest, or 210.10 Class A units. As of October 31, 2015, the Yuma entity has discretionary Priority Return payments to unrelated unit holders of approximately $268,000, to the Trust of approximately $285,000 and to Rare Earth of approximately $7,000 per year payable quarterly for calendar years 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020.

 

On April 24, 2015, the Trust and the Partnership entered into a restructuring agreement with Rare Earth to allow for the sale of non-controlling interest units for $10,000 per unit in the Tucson St. Mary’s entity for $10,000 per unit, which operates one of the Tucson, Arizona hotel properties, then wholly-owned by the Partnership. Under the agreement, the Partnership agreed to either purchase or bring in other investors to purchase up to 350 units, which represents approximately 50.07% of the outstanding partnership units, on a post-transaction basis, and the parties agreed to restructure the limited liability agreement of the Tucson St. Mary’s entity. The Board of Trustees approved this restructuring on April 24, 2015. Under the restructured limited liability agreement, the Partnership was confirmed as the Administrative Member of the Tucson St. Mary’s entity but Rare Earth could be elected in the future as Administrative Member without consent of the Partnership. All membership interests are entitled to receive priority distributions annually of $700 per $10,000 interest from May 15, 2015 through April 20, 2020. Priority distributions will be paid first to Class A interests, second to Class B interests, third to Class C interests and are cumulative. After April 30, 2020, all membership interests will be entitled to annual distributions of $700 per $10,000 interest, which will be cumulative. Subject to shareholder approval, the holders of Class A units may convert all of part of their investment at any time up to January 31, 2018 into 2,857 Shares of Beneficial Interest for each $10,000 interest subject to shareholder approval and other required approvals (“conversion feature”). Thereafter each $10,000 interest is convertible into 2,500 Shares of Beneficial Interest of the Trust. On May 30, 2015, the restructuring agreement was amended to clarify the requirement that the shareholders must approve the conversion feature which is not perfunctory.

 

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During the nine months ended October 31, 2015, there were 64 Class A units sold and 100 Class C units sold of the Tucson St. Mary’s entity for total proceeds of $640,000 attributable to Class A units sold and $1,000,000 attributable to Class C units sold. On October 14, 2015, the Trust sold its Tucson St. Mary’s hotel to an unrelated third party for approximately $9.7 million, which the Trust received in cash. The Trust used $4.7 million of the proceeds to satisfy its mortgage note payable on the property, approximately $379,000 to reduce accruals and payables, and retained the remaining proceeds to fund future operations and capital improvements. As of October 31, 2015, the Partnership held a 100% ownership interest, or 223 Class B units, in the Tucson St. Mary’s entity.

 

8. STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS, SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES

 

The Trust paid $608,135 and $423,512 in cash for interest for the nine months ended October 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively for continuing operations. Additionally, $4,712,611 was paid out of escrow for the principal pay down of the St. Mary’s mortgage.

 

9. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

 

The Albuquerque Hotel is subject to a non-cancelable ground lease. The Albuquerque Hotel non-cancelable ground lease was extended on January 14, 2014 and expires in 2058. Total expense associated with the non-cancelable ground lease for the nine months ended October 31, 2015 and 2014 was $110,137 and $111,387, respectively.

 

During 2010, the Trust entered into a five-year office lease for its corporate headquarters. On April 30, 2014, the lease was extended for 36 months and expires in 2017. The Trust recorded $21,200 and $24,698 of general and administrative expense related to the lease during the nine months ended October 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively. The lease included a base rent charge of $31,994 for the first lease year beginning in fiscal year 2014, with annual increases to a final year base rent of $34,120 for lease year ending in fiscal year 2017. The Trust has the option to cancel the lease after each lease year for penalties of four months’ rent after the first year with the penalty decreasing by one month’s rent each successive lease year. It is the Trust’s intention to remain in the office for the duration of the lease period, as extended.

 

Future minimum lease payments under the non-cancelable ground leases and office lease are as follows:

 

Fiscal Year Ending 
Remainder of FY 2016   $35,840 
FY 2017    144,335 
FY 2018    127,725 
FY 2019    113,508 
FY 2020    113,508 
FY 2021    113,508 
Thereafter    5,700,329 
Total   $6,348,753 

 

The Trust is obligated under a loan agreement relating to the Tucson Oracle property to deposit 4% of the individual hotel’s room revenue into an escrow account to be used for capital expenditures. The escrow funds applicable to the Tucson Oracle property for which a mortgage lender escrow exists are not reported on the Trust’s Consolidated Balance Sheet as “Restricted Cash” as the balance was $0 as of October 31, 2015 and January 31, 2015.

 

InnSuites Hotels has entered into membership agreements with Best Western International, Inc. (“Best Western”) with respect to four of the Hotels. In exchange for use of the Best Western name, trademark and reservation system, the participating Hotels pay fees to Best Western based on reservations received through the use of the Best Western reservation system and the number of available suites at the participating Hotels. The agreements with Best Western have no specific expiration terms and may be cancelled by either party. Best Western requires that the participating hotels meet certain requirements for room quality, and the Hotels are subject to removal from its reservation system if these requirements are not met. The Hotels with third-party membership agreements received significant reservations through the Best Western reservation system. Under these arrangements, fees paid for membership fees and reservations were approximately $248,287 and $259,651 for the nine months ended October 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

 

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The nature of the operations of the Hotels exposes them to risks of claims and litigation in the normal course of their business. Although the outcome of these matters cannot be determined and is covered by insurance, management does not expect that the ultimate resolution of these matters will have a material adverse effect on the consolidated financial position, results of operations or liquidity of the Trust.

 

The Trust is involved from time to time in various other claims and legal actions arising in the ordinary course of business. In the opinion of management, the ultimate disposition of these matters will not have a material adverse effect on the Trust’s consolidated financial position, results of operations or liquidity.

 

10. SEGMENT REPORTING

 

In the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2015, the Trust determined that its reportable segments are the Hotel Operations & Corporate Overhead and IBC Developments segments. Reportable segments are determined based on discrete financial information reviewed by the Trust’s CODM. The Trust organizes and reviews operations based on products and services, and currently there are no operating segments that are aggregated. Consistent with the change in reportable segments, the Trust revised its prior period financial information for the new segment structure. Historical financial information presented in this Form 10-Q reflects this change.

 

Information relative to the Trust’s reportable segments for continuing operations, for which there is no intersegment revenues, is as follows:

 

STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS  NINE MONTHS ENDED OCTOBER 31, 2015 
CONTINUING OPERATIONS  Hotel Operations & Corporate Overhead   IBC Developments   Total 
Total Revenue  $2,543,585   $144,951   $2,688,536 
Loss From Operations   (801,194)   (229,123)   (1,030,317)

 

STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS  NINE MONTHS ENDED OCTOBER 31, 2014 
CONTINUING OPERATIONS  Hotel Operations & Corporate Overhead   IBC Developments   Total 
Total Revenue  $2,060,172   $15,293   $2,075,465 
Loss From Operations   (1,321,134)   (223,092)   (1,544,226)

 

STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS  THREE MONTHS ENDED OCTOBER 31, 2015 
CONTINUING OPERATIONS  Hotel Operations & Corporate Overhead   IBC Developments   Total 
Total Revenue  $751,801   $11,743   $763,544 
Loss From Operations   (284,895)   (139,082)   (423,977)

 

STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS  THREE MONTHS ENDED OCTOBER 31, 2014 
CONTINUING OPERATIONS  Hotel Operations & Corporate Overhead   IBC Developments   Total 
Total Revenue  $565,276   $6,340   $571,616 
Loss From Operations   (300,891)   (143,075)   (443,966)

 

11. SALE OF TUCSON SAINT MARY’S SUITE HOSPITALITY PROPERTY

 

On October 14, 2015, the Trust sold its Tucson St. Mary’s hotel to an unrelated third party for approximately $9.7 million, which the Trust received in cash. The Trust used $4.7 million of the proceeds to satisfy its mortgage note payable on the property, approximately $379,000 to reduce accruals and payables, and retained the remaining proceeds to fund future operations and capital improvements. For the nine months ended October 31, 2015, Tucson St. Mary’s had approximately $2,855,000 of revenue, and approximately $3,333,000 of operating expenses. As of October 31, 2015, Tucson St. Mary’s had approximately $1,362,000  of current assets consisting primarily of cash and receivables, and approximately $42,000 of current liabilities consisting of accounts payables and accrued expenses. During the nine months ended October 31, 2015, and October 31, 2014, depreciation/amortization and capital expenses were approximately $233,000 and $341,000, respectively. In addition, there were no significant non-cash operating and investing activities during such period. See our Note 7 – “Sale of Ownership Interests in Subsidiaries” for information about investing activities during the nine months ended October 31, 2015 for the Tucson St Mary’s hotel.

 

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12. DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS AND ASSETS HELD FOR SALE

 

On August 1, 2015, the Trust finalized and committed to a plan to sell all of its hotel properties. Except for the Yuma, hotel property, the Trust listed each of the properties with a local successful real estate hotel broker and Management believes that the assets are being marketed at a price that is reasonable in relation to its current fair value. The Trust believes that the plan to sell these assets will not likely be withdrawn. On October 14, 2015, the Trust sold its Tucson St Mary’s hotel to an unrelated third party.

 

Except for the Yuma hotel property, the Company has recognized the sale of the Tucson St. Mary’s hotel and the reclassification of three of its hotels into discontinued operations and assets held for sale in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) No. 205-20, Discontinued Operations. As such, the historical results of these hotels have been adjusted for comparability purposes and exclude any corporate general and administrative expenses.

 

Discontinued operations in the nine months ended October 31, 2015 and October 31, 2014 primarily consists of all hotels operational revenues and expenses except our Yuma hotel property and does not include the sale proceeds and profit from the sale of our Tucson St Mary’s hotel.

 

The following unaudited financial information presents the aggregate carrying amounts of the classes of assets and liabilities of discontinued operations for the nine months ended October 31, 2015 and the fiscal year ended January 31, 2015 as well as the statements of operations for the nine months and three months ended October 31, 2015 and the nine months and three months ended October 31, 2014.

 

   OCTOBER 31, 2015   JANUARY 31, 2015 
   (UNAUDITED)   (UNAUDITED) 
ASSETS          
Current Assets:          
Cash and Cash Equivalents  $1,488,785   $360,002 
Accounts Receivable   114,602    354,447 
Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets   84,513    121,901 
Total Current Assets of Discontinued Operations and Assets Held for Sale   1,687,900    836,350 
Noncurrent assets of Discontinued Operations and Assets Held for Sale   13,815,269    20,716,731 
TOTAL ASSETS OF DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS AND ASSETS HELD FOR SALE  $15,503,169   $21,553,081 
           
LIABILITIES          
           
LIABILITIES          
Current Liabilities:          
Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses  $1,363,967   $1,956,488 
Current Portion of Mortgage Notes Payable   322,598    5,202,978 
Current Portion of Notes Payable to Banks   15,270    658,835 
Line of Credit - Related Party   -    279,051 
Total Current Liabilities of Discontinued Operations and Assets Held for Sale   1,701,835    8,097,352 
Noncurrent Liabilities of Discontinued Operations and Assets Held for Sale   8,461,521    8,701,557 
TOTAL LIABILITIES OF DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS AND ASSETS HELD FOR SALE  $10,163,356   $16,798,909 

 

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   FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED 
   OCTOBER 31, 
   2015    2014 
   (UNAUDITED)   (UNAUDITED) 
REVENUE          
Room  $8,123,053   $8,334,730 
Food and Beverage   754,196    728,139 
Management and Trademark Fees   -    - 
Other   69,625    96,923 
TOTAL REVENUE   8,946,874    9,159,792 
           
OPERATING EXPENSES          
Room   2,846,502    2,302,533 
Food and Beverage   717,061    604,670 
Telecommunications   5,955    6,788 
General and Administrative   1,012,191    1,026,561 
Sales and Marketing   593,836    568,201 
Repairs and Maintenance   787,377    689,151 
Hospitality   609,082    574,222 
Utilities   873,705    867,695 
Hotel Property Depreciation   659,266    956,619 
Real Estate and Personal Property Taxes, Insurance and Ground Rent   558,153    645,476 
Other   25,057    8,810 
TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES   8,688,185    8,250,726 
OPERATING INCOME   258,689    909,066 
Interest Income on Advances to Affiliates - Related Party   -    2,512 
TOTAL OTHER INCOME   -    2,512 
Interest on Mortgage Notes Payable   410,515    267,006 
Interest on Notes Payable to Banks   78,636    28,402 
TOTAL INTEREST EXPENSE   489,151    295,408 
CONSOLIDATED NET (LOSS) INCOME BEFORE DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS AND ASSETS HELD FOR SALE, NET OF NON-CONTROLLING INTEREST  $(230,462)  $616,170 

 

   FOR THE THREE MONTHS
ENDED OCTOBER 31,
 
   2015   2014 
   (UNAUDITED)   (UNAUDITED) 
REVENUE          
Room   2,171,208    2,405,128 
Food and Beverage   146,578    174,530 
Management and Trademark Fees   -    - 
Other   15,946    27,628 
TOTAL REVENUE   2,333,732    2,607,286 
           
OPERATING EXPENSES          
Room   1,047,783    739,811 
Food and Beverage   190,607    190,837 
Telecommunications   314    1,988 
General and Administrative   310,618    334,286 
Sales and Marketing   175,875    176,061 
Repairs and Maintenance   233,497    200,401 
Hospitality   178,890    166,496 
Utilities   319,664    301,353 
Hotel Property Depreciation   -    317,604 
Real Estate and Personal Property Taxes, Insurance and Ground Rent   234,536    246,618 
Other   12,933    (1,058)
TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES   2,704,717    2,674,397 
OPERATING LOSS   (370,985)   (67,111)
Interest Income on Advances to Affiliates - Related Party   -    - 
TOTAL OTHER INCOME   -    - 
Interest on Mortgage Notes Payable   118,074    16,748 
Interest on Notes Payable to Banks   18,948    61,179 
TOTAL INTEREST EXPENSE   137,022    77,927 
CONSOLIDATED NET LOSS BEFORE DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS AND ASSETS HELD FOR SALE, NET OF NON-CONTROLLING INTEREST  $(508,007)  $(145,038)

 

13. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

 

On November 9, 2015, Ontario Hospitality Properties LLLP, a subsidiary of InnSuites Hospitality Trust (the “Trust”), entered into a Purchase and Sale Agreement (“Sale Agreement”) to sell its Best Western InnSuites Ontario Hotel and Suites property to Bong Choi and/or Assignee (“Buyer”) an unrelated third party to the Trust for $14.8 million with an estimated close on February 1, 2016 subject to IHT Board of Trustees approval, Ontario Hospitality Properties LLLP partners approval, a financing contingency and the buyer property review.

 

On November 30, 2015, the Trust, in an equity private placement, sold 704,225 Shares of Beneficial Interest of the Trust to Rare Earth Financial, LLC (“REF”) at $2.13 per share which was the closing price of the stock on November 30, 2015. REF is owned by Mr. James Wirth, Chairman and CEO, Mrs. Gail Wirth, Mr. Wirth’s spouse, and their four children including Pamela Barnhill, the Trust’s President and Vice Chairperson of the Board. On November 30, 2015, both the Audit Committee and Board of Trustees of the Trust, after carefully reviewing the related party issues of this transaction, approved this private placement with approval from the NYSE MKT on the Trust’s NYSE MKT Listing Application. This private placement was conducted in reliance on as exemption from registration pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The Trust believes that with this private placement and the controlling equity of approximately $4.74 million as of October 31, 2015, the Trust will meet the NYSE MKT Sections 1003(a)(i), 1003(a)(ii) and 1003(a)(iii) of the NYSE MKT Company Guide.

 

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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

 

GENERAL

 

The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and notes thereto appearing elsewhere in this Form 10-Q and our Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2015.

 

Our principal source of cash to meet our cash requirements, including distributions to our shareholders, is our share of the Partnership’s cash flow, quarterly distributions from the Albuquerque, New Mexico and Yuma, Arizona properties and more recently, sales of non-controlling interests in our Hotels. The Partnership’s principal source of cash flow is quarterly distributions from the Tucson, Arizona property and Ontario, California property. Our liquidity, including our ability to make distributions to our shareholders, will depend upon our ability and the Partnership’s ability to generate sufficient cash flow from hotel operations and sales of non-controlling interests to service our debt.

 

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES

 

In our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2015, we identified the critical accounting policies that affect our more significant estimates and assumptions used in preparing our condensed consolidated financial statements. We believe that the policies we follow for the valuation of our Hotel properties, which constitute the majority of our assets, are our most critical policies. Those policies include methods used to recognize and measure any identified impairment of our Hotel property assets. There have been no material changes to our critical accounting policies since January 31, 2015.

 

HOTEL PROPERTIES

 

Our long-term strategic plan is to obtain the full benefit of our real estate equity and to migrate our focus from a hotel owner to a hospitality service company by expanding our trademark license, management, reservation, and advertising services, through IBC Hotels, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Trust. We believe based on the cyclical nature of the hotel market, over the next six to twelve months is the best time for us to sell our hotel properties to maximize shareholder value. As of October 31, 2015, IBC Hotels provided services to approximately 6,500 hotels. During the fiscal year ending January 31, 2014, IBC Hotels formed a marketing alliance with ILIA.

 

We are planning significant expansion of IBC Hotels during the next couple of fiscal years as we concentrate our sales and marketing efforts towards consumers. We anticipate the IBC Hotels sales and marketing efforts to increase our revenues and decrease our consolidated net loss over the same timeframe. For each reservation, IBC Hotels receives a 10% transactional fee plus reimbursement of our credit card processing fees associated with the reservation. We cannot provide any assurance that our plans will be successful or in line with our expectations.

 

This plan is similar to strategies followed by internationally diversified hotel industry leaders, which over the last several years have reduced real estate holdings and concentrated on hospitality services. We began our long-term corporate strategy when we relinquished our REIT income tax status in January 2004, which had previously prevented us from providing management services to hotels. In June 2004, we acquired our trademark license and management agreements and began providing management, trademark and reservations services to our Hotels.

 

We expect to use proceeds from the sale of the Hotels, if any, as needed to support hospitality service operations as cash flow from current operations, primarily the rental of hotel rooms, declines with the sale of the Hotels.

 

The tables below provides book values, mortgage balances and listed asking price for the one remaining hotel in continued operations and the three remaining hotels in discontinued operations.

 

Continued Operations  
Hotel Property   Book Value    Mortgage Balance    Listed Asking Price 
Yuma  $4,924,403   $5,123,388   $12,500,000 

 

Discontinued Operations  
Hotel Property  Book Value    Mortgage Balance    Listed Asking Price  
Albuquerque  $1,266,852   $-   $6,950,000 
Ontario   6,083,405    5,450,289    16,900,000 
Tucson Oracle   6,465,012    3,333,830    10,900,000 
   $13,815,269   $8,784,119   $34,750,000 

 

The listed asking price is the amount at which we would sell each of the Hotels and is based on the original listed selling price adjusted to reflect recent hotel sales in the Hotels’ areas of operation and current earnings of each of the Hotels. The listed asking price is not based on appraisals of the properties. The Listed Asking Price for the Ontario property reflects the original listed asking price and not the price we have agreed to sell the property.

 

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On August 1, 2015, the Trust finalized and committed to a plan to sell all of its hotel properties. Except for the Yuma, hotel property, the Trust listed each of the properties with a local successful real estate hotel broker and Management believes that the assets are being marketed at a price that is reasonable in relation to its current fair value. The Trust believes that the plan to sell these assets will not likely be withdrawn. The Trust also believes that the sale of these hotel properties will probably occur within one year based on feedback received by our local hotel real estate property professional brokers and the Trust has engaged hotel real estate brokers who specialize in the selling/buying hotel real estate properties.

 

On October 14, 2015, the Trust sold its Tucson St. Mary’s hotel to an unrelated third party for approximately $9.7 million, which the Trust received in cash. The Trust used $4.7 million of the proceeds to satisfy its mortgage note payable on the property, approximately $379,000 to reduce accruals and payables, and retained the remaining proceeds to fund future operations and capital improvements.

 

On November 9, 2015, Ontario Hospitality Properties LLLP, a subsidiary of InnSuites Hospitality Trust (the “Trust”), entered into a Purchase and Sale Agreement (“Sale Agreement”) to sell its Best Western InnSuites Ontario Hotel and Suites property to Bong Choi and/or Assignee (“Buyer”) an unrelated third party to the Trust for $14.8 million with an estimated close on February 1, 2016 subject to IHT Board of Trustees approval, Ontario Hospitality Properties LLLP partners approval, a financing contingency and the buyer property review. There can be no assurance that the sale of this property will be completed on the terms currently contemplated in the Sale Agreement, prior to or on the estimated closing date, or at all.

 

COMPLIANCE WITH CONTINUED LISTING STANDARDS OF NYSE MKT

 

The history of our compliance with the continued listing standards of the NYSE MKT is described in our Form 10-K Annual Report filed with the SEC on April 30, 2015 under Item 7 “Management Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations”.

 

On September 19, 2014, the NYSE MKT notified the Trust that it is not in compliance with Section 1003(a)(i) of the NYSE MKT Company Guide since it reported Stockholders’ Equity of less than $2.0 million at July 31, 2014 and has incurred losses in two of its three fiscal years ended January 31, 2014. The NYSE MKT has accepted the Trusts’ equity expansion compliance plan and has granted the Trust an extension of time until December 29, 2015 to comply with Sections 1003(a)(i), 1003(a)(ii) and 1003(a)(iii) of the NYSE MKT Company Guide.

 

On November 30, 2015, the Trust through an equity private placement, sold 704,225 Shares of Beneficial Interest of the Trust to Rare Earth Financial, LLC (“REF”) at $2.13 per share which was the closing price of the stock on November 30, 2015. REF is owned by Mr. James Wirth, Chairman and CEO, Mrs. Gail Wirth, Mr. Wirth’s spouse, and their four children including Pamela Barnhill, the Trust’s President and Vice Chairperson of the Board. On November 30, 2015, both the Audit Committee and Board of Trustees of the Trust, after carefully reviewing the related party issues of this transaction, approved this private placement pending approval from the NYSE MKT on the Trust’s NYSE MKT Listing Application. The Trust believes that with this private placement and the non-controlling equity of approximately $4.6 million as of October 31, 2015, the Trust will meet the NYSE MKT Sections 1003(a)(i), 1003(a)(ii) and 1003(a)(iii) of the NYSE MKT Company Guide.

 

The Trust will continue to be subject to periodic reviews by the NYSE MKT’s staff during the plan of compliance review period. Failure to make progress consistent with the plan or regain compliance with all continued listing standards of the NYSE MKT by the end of the plan period could result in the Trust being delisted from the NYSE MKT.

 

NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES

 

The following non-GAAP presentations of earnings before interest taxes depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”) and funds from operations (“FFO”) are made to assist our investors in evaluating our operating performance.

 

Adjusted EBITDA is defined as earnings before minority interest, interest expense, amortization of loan costs, interest income, income taxes, depreciation and amortization, and non-controlling interests in the Trust. We present Adjusted EBITDA because we believe these measurements (a) more accurately reflect the ongoing performance of our hotel assets and other investments, (b) provide more useful information to investors as indicators of our ability to meet our future debt payment and working capital requirements, and (c) provide an overall evaluation of our financial condition. Adjusted EBITDA as calculated by us may not be comparable to Adjusted EBITDA reported by other companies that do not define Adjusted EBITDA exactly as we define the term. Adjusted EBITDA does not represent cash generated from operating activities determined in accordance with GAAP and should not be considered as an alternative to (a) GAAP net income or loss as an indication of our financial performance or (b) GAAP cash flows from operating activities as a measure of our liquidity.

 

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A reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to net income attributable to controlling interests for the nine and three months ended October 31, 2015 and 2014 follows:

 

   Nine Months Ended October 31,  
   2015    2014  
Net income (loss) attributable to controlling interests  $822,649   $(1,234,746)
Add back:          
Depreciation from Continuing Operations   377,376    375,911 
Interest expense from Continuing Operations   253,043    260,082 
Non-controlling interest from Continuing Operations   (55,876)   (27,501)
Taxes from Continuing Operations   71,571    80,000 
Less:          
Interest income from Continuing Operations   (349)   (5,891)
ADJUSTED EBITDA  $1,468,414   $(552,145)

 

   Three Months Ended October 31,  
   2015    2014  
Net income (loss) attributable to controlling interests  $1,377,017   $(450,165)
Add back:          
Depreciation from Continuing Operations   122,891    122,974 
Interest expense from Continuing Operations   82,494    85,203 
Non-controlling interest from Continuing Operations   (39,336)   (220,886)
Taxes from Continuing Operations   -    - 
Less:          
Interest income from Continuing Operations   (342)   (3,156)
ADJUSTED EBITDA  $1,542,724   $(466,030)

 

FFO is calculated on the basis defined by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (“NAREIT”), which is net income (loss) attributable to common shareholders, computed in accordance with GAAP, excluding gains or losses on sales of properties, asset impairment adjustments, and extraordinary items as defined by GAAP, plus depreciation and amortization of real estate assets, and after adjustments for unconsolidated joint ventures and non-controlling interests in the operating partnership. NAREIT developed FFO as a relative measure of performance of an equity REIT to recognize that income-producing real estate historically has not depreciated on the basis determined by GAAP. The Trust is an unincorporated Ohio real estate investment trust; however, the Trust is not a real estate investment trust for federal taxation purposes. Management uses this measurement to compare itself to REITs with similar depreciable assets. We consider FFO to be an appropriate measure of our ongoing normalized operating performance. We compute FFO in accordance with our interpretation of standards established by NAREIT, which may not be comparable to FFO reported by other companies that either do not define the term in accordance with the current NAREIT definition or interpret the NAREIT definition differently than us. FFO does not represent cash generated from operating activities as determined by GAAP and should not be considered as an alternative to (a) GAAP net income or loss as an indication of our financial performance or (b) GAAP cash flows from operating activities as a measure of our liquidity, nor is it indicative of funds available to satisfy our cash needs, including our ability to make cash distributions. However, to facilitate a clear understanding of our historical operating results, we believe that FFO should be considered along with our net income or loss and cash flows reported in the consolidated financial statements.

 

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A reconciliation of FFO to net income attributable to controlling interests for the nine and three months ended October 31, 2015 and 2014 follows:

 

   Nine Months Ended October 31,  
   2015    2014  
Net income (loss) attributable to controlling interest  $822,649   $(1,234,746)
Add back:          
Depreciation from Continuing Operations   377,376    375,911 
Non-controlling interest from Continuing Operations   (55,876)   (27,501)
FFO  $1,144,149   $(886,336)

 

   Three Months Ended October 31,  
   2015    2014  
Net income (loss) attributable to controlling interest  $1,377,017   $(450,165)
Add back:          
Depreciation from Continuing Operations   122,891    122,974 
Non-controlling interest from Continuing Operations   (39,336)   (220,886)
FFO  $1,460,572   $(548,077)

 

RESULTS OF CONTINUING OPERATIONS

 

Our operating expenses from continuing operations consist primarily of property taxes, insurance, corporate overhead, interest on mortgage debt, professional fees, depreciation of the Hotels and hotel operating expenses. Hotel operating expenses consist primarily of payroll, guest and maintenance supplies, marketing and utilities expenses. Under the terms of its Partnership Agreement, the Partnership is required to reimburse us for all such expenses. Accordingly, management believes that a review of the historical performance of the operations of the Hotels, particularly with respect to occupancy, which is calculated as rooms sold divided by total rooms available, average daily rate (“ADR”), calculated as total room revenue divided by number of rooms sold, and revenue per available room (“REVPAR”), calculated as total room revenue divided by number of rooms available, is appropriate for understanding revenue from the Hotels. In the first nine months of fiscal year 2016, occupancy increased 3.88% to 63.10% from 59.22% in the first nine months of the prior fiscal year. ADR increased by $6.71, or 10.2%, to $72.74 during the first nine months of fiscal year 2016 from $66.03 in the first nine months of fiscal year 2015. The significant increase in occupancy and the increased ADR resulted in an increase in REVPAR of $6.79, or 17.4%, to $45.90 in the first nine months of fiscal year 2016 from $39.11 in the first nine months of fiscal year 2015. Due to an improving economy and replacement of our government business in our Yuma, Arizona property and significant refurbishment completed in the prior fiscal year ending January 31, 2015, we were able to increase our daily rate coupled with an increase in occupancy.

 

The following table shows certain historical financial and other information for the periods indicated for our Yuma, Arizona property:

 

   For the Nine Months Ended  
   October31,  
   2015    2014  
Occupancy   63.10%   59.22%
Average Daily Rate (ADR)  $72.74   $66.03 
Revenue Per Available Room (REVPAR)  $45.90   $39.11 

 

No assurance can be given that occupancy, ADR and REVPAR will not increase or decrease as a result of changes in national or local economic or hospitality industry conditions or other factors.

 

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RESULTS OF CONTINUING OPERATIONS FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED OCTOBER 31, 2015 COMPARED TO THE NINE MONTHS ENDED OCTOBER 31, 2014

 

A summary of total operating results of the Trust for the nine months ended October 31, 2015 and 2014 is as follows:

 

   2015    2014    Change    % Change  
Total Revenues from Continuing Operations  $2,688,536   $2,075,465   $613,071    29.5%
Operating Expenses from Continuing Operations   (3,718,853)   (3,619,691)   99,162    2.7%
Operating Loss from Continuing Operations   (1,030,317)   (1,544,226)   513,909    33.3%
Interest Income from Continuing Operations   349    5,891    (5,542)   -94.1%
Interest Expense from Continuing Operations   (253,043)   (260,082)   (7,039)   -2.7%
Income Tax Provision from Continuing Operations   (71,571)   (80,000)   (8,429)   -10.5%
Consolidated Net Loss from Continuing Operations  $(1,354,582)  $(1,878,417)  $523,835    27.9%
Consolidated Net Income from Discontinued Operations and Assets Held for Sale  $2,121,355   $616,170   $1,505,185    -244.3%

 

Our overall results for the first nine months of fiscal year 2016 were positively affected by a slight increase in revenues which included our growing IBC Hotels division.

 

A summary of operating results by segment for the nine months ended October 31, 2015 and 2014 is as follows:

 

   2015    2014        
   Hotel Operations & Corporate Overhead    Hotel Operations & Corporate Overhead    Change    % Change  
Total Revenue from Continuing Operations  $2,543,585   $2,060,172   $483,413    23.5%
Operating Expenses from Continuing Operations   (3,344,779)   (3,381,306)   (36,527)   -1.1%
Operating Loss from Continuing Operations   (801,194)   (1,321,134)   519,940    39.4%
Interest Income from Continuing Operations   349    5,891    (5,542)   -94.1%
                     
Interest Expense from Continuing Operations   (253,043)   (260,082)   (7,039)   -2.7%
Income Tax Provision from Continuing Operations   (71,571)   (80,000)   (8,429)   -10.5%
Net Loss from Continuing Operations  $(1,125,459)  $(1,655,325)  $529,866    -32.0%

 

   2015    2014        
   IBC Developments    IBC Developments    Change    % Change  
Total Revenue  $144,951   $15,293   $129,658    847.8%
Operating Expenses   (374,074)   (238,385)   135,689    56.9%
Operating Loss   (229,123)   (223,092)   (6,031)   -2.7%
Interest Income   -    -    -    0.0%
                     
Interest Expense   -    -    -    0.0%
Income Tax Provision   -    -    -    0.0%
Net Loss  $(229,123)  $(223,092)  $(6,031)   -2.7%

 

REVENUE – CONTINUING OPERATIONS

 

Hotel Operations & Corporate Overhead Segment – Continuing Operations

 

For the nine months ended October 31, 2015, we had total revenue from continuing operations for this segment of approximately $2,545,000 compared to approximately $2,060,000 for the nine months ended October 31, 2014, an increase of approximately $485,000. With an improved economy in the Yuma, Arizona market, we realized an overall 30.4% increase in room revenues during the first nine months of fiscal year 2016 as room revenues were approximately $2,311,000 for the first nine months of fiscal year 2016 as compared to approximately $1,772,000 during the first nine months of fiscal year 2015. Food and beverage revenue was approximately $25,000 for the first nine months of fiscal year 2016 as compared to approximately $29,000 for the first nine months of fiscal year 2015, a decrease of approximately $4,000. During the remainder of fiscal year 2016, we expect improvements in occupancy, modest improvements in rates and steady food and beverage revenues. We also realized a 18.2% decrease in management and trademark fee revenues during the first nine months of fiscal year 2016 as management and trademark revenues were approximately $171,000 during the first nine months of fiscal year 2016 as compared to approximately $209,000 during first nine months of fiscal year 2015. Management and trademark fee revenues decreased during first nine months of fiscal year 2016 as Mr. Wirth and his affiliates sold a hotel in Fort Worth, Texas which was managed by the Trust. During the remainder of fiscal year 2016, we expect management and trademark fee revenues to decrease as compared to fiscal year 2015 as management and trademark revenues are primarily collected from Mr. Wirth’s hotels.

 

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IBC Developments Segment – Continuing Operations

 

For the nine months ended October 31, 2015, we had total revenue for this segment of approximately $145,000 compared to approximately $15,000 for the nine months ended October 31, 2014, an increase of approximately $130,000. We anticipate strong growth in this segment over the next several fiscal years but can provide no assurances regarding such growth.

 

EXPENSES – CONTINUING OPERATIONS

 

Hotel Operations & Corporate Overhead Segment – Continuing Operations

 

Total operating expenses for this segment of approximately $3,345,000 for the nine months ended October 31, 2015 reflect an increase of approximately $36,000 compared to total operating expenses of approximately $3,381,000 for the nine months ended October 31, 2014. The increase was primarily due to an increase in operating expenses at the hotel properties for our rooms, food and beverage, repairs and maintenance, general and administrative and hospitality expenses.

 

Room expenses, consisting of salaries and related employment taxes for property management, front office, housekeeping personnel, reservation fees and room supplies, were approximately $668,000 for the nine months ended October 31, 2015 compared to approximately $616,000 for the nine months ended October 31, 2014, approximately a $52,000, or 8.5%, increase in costs. Management elected to continue its deep clean program and repair the hotel property rooms even though occupancy increased, which, we believe, should increase the marketability of our Yuma, Arizona property.

 

Food and beverage expenses included food and beverage costs, personnel and miscellaneous costs to provide small occasional banquet events. For the nine months ended October 31, 2015, food and beverage expenses were approximately $47,000 as compared to approximately $59,000 for the nine months ended October 31, 2014, an decrease of approximately $12,000, or 19.8%. The decrease during the nine months ended October 31, 2015 as compared to the nine months ended October 31, 2014, corresponded with a decrease in revenues and less small occasional banquets.

 

General and Administrative expenses were approximately $1,656,000 for the nine months ended October 31, 2015, an increase of approximately $36,000 from the general and administrative expenses for the nine months ended October 31, 2014 of approximately $1,620,000. Management continues to explore and look for general and administrative cost cutting opportunities.

 

Interest expenses were approximately $253,000 for the nine months ended October 31, 2015, a decrease of approximately $7,000 from the interest expenses for the nine months ended October 31, 2014 of approximately $260,000. The decrease was primarily due a payoff of our American Express note payables.

 

IBC Developments Segment – Continuing Operations

 

Total expenses for this segment, which are comprised primarily of general and administrative and sales and marketing expense of approximately $374,000 for the nine months ended October 31, 2015, reflect an increase of approximately $136,000, as compared to total expenses of approximately $238,000 for the nine months ended October 31, 2014. During the nine months ending October 31, 2015, we expanded our sales and marketing efforts by creating several marketing alliances, increased the number of sales resources to expand our IBC Hotels network and focused our resources on the development of technology to meet independent guest and hotelier needs. Specifically, we expanded our hotel booking engine capabilities, website and hotel guest rewards program.

 

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NET LOSS BEFORE INCOME TAX PROVISION, DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS, ASSETS HELD FOR SALE AND GAIN ON DISPOSAL OF ASSETS

 

We had a consolidated net loss before income tax provision, discontinued operations, assets held for sale and gain on disposal of assets of approximately $1,283,000 for the nine months ended October 31, 2015, compared to approximately $1,798,000 for the nine months ended October 31, 2014. For the nine months ended October 31, 2015, after deducting income tax provision of approximately $72,000, after deducting discontinued operations and assets held for sale, net of minority interest of approximately $230,000, and adding gain on disposal of discontinued operations of approximately $2,352,000, the consolidated net income was approximately $767,000. For the nine months ended October 31, 2014, after deducting income tax provision of $80,000 and after adding discontinued operations and assets for sale, net of minority interest of approximately $616,000, the consolidated net loss was approximately $1,262,000, an increase of approximately $2,029,000. This improvement was attributable to the gain on disposal of assets (the Tucson St. Mary’s Hotel) offset by the discontinued operations for the nine months ended October 31, 2015. Basic and diluted net loss from continued operations per share was $0.20 and $0.19 for the nine months ended October 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively. Basic and diluted net income from discontinued operations per share was $0.16 and $0.01 for the nine months ended October 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

 

REVENUE – DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS

 

Hotel Operations & Corporate Overhead Segment – Discontinued Operations

 

For the nine months ended October 31, 2015, we had total revenue from discontinued operations for this segment of approximately $8,947,000 compared to approximately $9,160,000 for the nine months ended October 31, 2014, a decrease of approximately $213,000. With an extensive remodel at our Ontario, California property, we realized an overall 2.5% decrease in room revenues during the first nine months of fiscal year 2016 as room revenues were approximately $8,123,000 for the first nine months of fiscal year 2016 as compared to approximately $8,335,000 during the first nine months of fiscal year 2015. Food and beverage revenue was approximately $754,000 for the first nine months of fiscal year 2016 as compared to approximately $728,000 for the first nine months of fiscal year 2015, an increase of approximately $26,000. During the remainder of fiscal year 2016, we expect improvements in occupancy, modest improvements in rates and steady food and beverage revenues. We also realized a 28.2% decrease in management and trademark fee revenues during the first nine months of fiscal year 2016 as management and trademark revenues were approximately $70,000 during the first nine months of fiscal year 2016 as compared to approximately $97,000 during first nine months of fiscal year 2015. Management and trademark fee revenues decreased during first nine months of fiscal year 2016 as Mr. Wirth and his affiliates sold a hotel in Fort Worth, Texas which was managed by the Trust. During the remainder of fiscal year 2016, we expect management and trademark fee revenues to decrease as compared to fiscal year 2015 as management and trademark revenues are primarily collected from Mr. Wirth’s hotels.

 

EXPENSES – DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS

 

Hotel Operations & Corporate Overhead Segment – Discontinued Operations

 

Total operating expenses for this segment of approximately $8,688,000 for the nine months ended October 31, 2015 reflect an increase of approximately $437,000 compared to total operating expenses of approximately $8,251,000 for the nine months ended October 31, 2014. The increase was primarily due to an increase in operating expenses at the hotel properties for our rooms, food and beverage, repairs and maintenance, and hospitality expenses offset by a decrease in general and administrative expenses.

 

Room expenses, consisting of salaries and related employment taxes for property management, front office, housekeeping personnel, reservation fees and room supplies, were approximately $2,847,000 for the nine months ended October 31, 2015 compared to approximately $2,303,000 for the nine months ended October 31, 2014, approximately a $544,000, or 23.6%, increase in costs. Management elected to continue its deep clean program, completed a significant product improvement in our Ontario, California hotel property and repair the hotel property rooms even though occupancy increased, which, we believe, should increase the marketability of our hotel properties.

 

Food and beverage expenses included food and beverage costs, personnel and miscellaneous costs to provide banquet events. For the nine months ended October 31, 2015, food and beverage expenses were approximately $717,000 as compared to approximately $605,000 for the nine months ended October 31, 2014, an increase of approximately $112,000, or 18.6%. The increase during the nine months ended October 31, 2015 as compared to the nine months ended October 31, 2014, corresponded with an increase in food and beverage revenues and additional labor costs incurred. Management is reviewing these additional expenses and implementing cost control strategies.

 

General and Administrative expenses were approximately $1,012,000 for the nine months ended October 31, 2015, an decrease of approximately $15,000 from the general and administrative expenses for the nine months ended October 31, 2014 of approximately $1,027,000. Management continues to explore and look for general and administrative cost cutting opportunities.

 

Interest expenses were approximately $489,000 for the nine months ended October 31, 2015, an increase of approximately $194,000 from the interest expenses for the nine months ended October 31, 2014 of approximately $295,000. The increase was primarily due an additional American Express note payables existed during the nine months ended October 31, 2015 as compared to the nine months ended October 31, 2014.

 

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED OCTOBER 31, 2015 COMPARED TO THE THREE MONTHS ENDED OCTOBER 31, 2014

 

A summary of total operating results of the Trust for the three months ended October 31, 2015 and 2014 is as follows:

 

   2015    2014    Change    % Change  
Total Revenues from Continuing Operations  $763,544   $571,616   $191,928    33.6%
Operating Expenses from Continuing Operations   (1,187,521)   (1,015,582)   171,939    16.9%
Operating Loss from Continuing Operations   (423,977)   (443,966)   19,989    4.5%
Interest Income from Continuing Operations   342    3,156    (2,814)   -89.2%
Interest Expense from Continuing Operations   (82,494)   (85,203)   (2,709)   -3.2%
Income Tax Provision from Continuing Operations   -    -    -    0.0%
Consolidated Net Loss from Continuing Operations  $(506,129)  $(526,013)  $19,884    3.8%
Consolidated Net Income (Loss) from Discontinued Operations and Assets Held for Sale  $1,843,810   $(145,038)  $1,988,848    1371.3%

 

Our overall results for the three months ended October 31, 2015 as compared to the three months ended October 31, 2014 were positively affected by an increase in room revenues primarily due to the additional business in the Yuma, Arizona market and our growing IBC Hotels division.

 

   2015    2014        
   Hotel Operations & Corporate Overhead  Hotel Operations & Corporate Overhead  Change  % Change
Total Revenue from Continuing Operations  $751,801   $556,323   $195,478    35.1%
Operating Expenses from Continuing Operations   (1,036,696)   (777,197)   (259,499)   -33.4%
Operating Loss from Continuing Operations   (284,895)   (220,874)   (64,021)   -29.0%
Interest Income from Continuing Operations   342    4,581    (4,239)   -92.5%
Interest Expense from Continuing Operations   (82,494)   (208,657)   126,163    60.5%
Income Tax Provision from Continuing Operations   -    -    -    0.0%
Net Loss from Continuing Operations  $(367,047)  $(424,950)  $57,903    13.6%

 

   2015    2014        
   IBC Developments  IBC Developments  Change  % Change
Total Revenue  $11,743   $6,340   $5,403    85.2%
Operating Expenses   (150,825)   (149,415)   (1,410)   -0.9%
Operating Loss   (139,082)   (143,075)   3,993    2.8%
Interest Income   -    -    -    0.0%
Interest Expense   -    -    -    0.0%
Income Tax Provision   -    -    -    0.0%
Net Loss  $(139,082)  $(143,075)  $3,993    2.8%

 

REVENUE – CONTINUING OPERATIONS

 

Hotel Operations & Corporate Overhead Segment – Continuing Operations

 

For the three months ended October 31, 2015, we had total revenue of approximately $752,000 compared to approximately $556,000 for the three months ended October 31, 2014, an increase of approximately $196,000. With an improved economy and an improved Yuma, Arizona hotel product based on our significant property improvements made during the fiscal year ending January 31, 2015, we realized a 48.5% increase in room revenues during the three months ended October 31, 2015 as room revenues were approximately $701,000 as compared to approximately $472,000 during the three months ended October 31, 2014. Food and beverage revenue was approximately $6,000 for the three months ended October 31, 2015 as compared to approximately $11,000 for the three months ended October 31, 2014, a decrease of approximately $5,000. During the remainder of fiscal year 2016, we expect improvements in occupancy, modest improvements in rates and steady food and beverage revenues. We realized a 33.5% decrease in management and trademark fee revenues during the three months ended October 31, 2015 compared to the three months ended October 31, 2014 as management and trademark revenues were approximately $43,000 and $65,000, respectively. During the remainder of fiscal year 2016, we expect management and trademark fee revenues to decrease as Mr. Wirth sold one of his hotels, which will put significant pressure on our management and trademark fee revenues as management and trademark revenues are primarily collected from Mr. Wirth’s historically three and now two hotels.

 

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IBC Developments Segment

 

For the three months ended October 31, 2015, we had total revenue for this segment of approximately $12,000 compared to approximately $6,000 for the three months ended October 31, 2014, an increase of approximately $6,000. We anticipate strong growth in this segment over the next several fiscal years, but can provide no assurances regarding such growth.

 

EXPENSES – CONTINUING OPERATIONS

 

Hotel Operations & Corporate Overhead Segment

 

Total operating expenses of approximately $1,037,000 for the three months ended October 31, 2015 reflect an increase of approximately $260,000 compared to total operating expenses of approximately $777,000 for the three months ended October 31, 2014. The increase was primarily due to an increase in general and administrative expenses at corporate.

 

Room expenses, consisting of salaries and related employment taxes for property management, front office, housekeeping personnel, reservation fees and room supplies, were approximately $202,000 for the three months ended October 31, 2015 compared to approximately $169,000 for the three months ended October 31, 2014, representing approximately a $33,000, or 19.3%, increase in costs. Management elected to continue its deep clean program and repair the hotel property rooms even though occupancy remained steady, which, we believe, should increase the marketability of our properties.

 

Food and beverage expenses included food and beverage costs, personnel and miscellaneous costs to provide small occasional banquet events. For the three months ended October 31, 2015 and for the three months ended October 31, 2014, food and beverage expenses were steady at approximately $16,000.

 

General and administrative expenses, consisting of salaries and general overhead of the Trust, were approximately $510,000 for the three months ended October 31, 2015 compared to approximately $372,000 for the three months ended October 31, 2014, representing approximately a $138,000, or 36.9%, increase in costs. Management elected to continue its deep clean program and repair the hotel property rooms even though occupancy remained steady, which, we believe, should increase the marketability of our properties.

 

No income tax provision was expensed for either the three months ended October 31, 2015 or the three months ended October 31, 2014. Management evaluated the income tax liability that exists as of October 31, 2015 and determined that no additional income tax provision was required even though Management expects capital gains resulting from the gain on the disposal of assets for the three months ended October 31, 2015.

 

IBC Developments Segment

 

Total expenses, which are comprised primarily of general and administrative and sales and marketing expense of approximately $151,000 for the three months ended October 31, 2015, reflect a small increase of approximately $2,000, as compared to total expenses of approximately $149,000 for the three months ended October 31, 2014. During the fiscal quarter ending October 31, 2015, we expanded our sales and marketing efforts by creating several marketing alliances and focused our resources on the development of technology to meet independent guest and hotelier needs. Specifically, we expanded our hotel booking engine capabilities, website and hotel guest rewards program.

 

NET LOSS BEFORE INCOME TAX PROVISION, DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS AND GAIN ON DISPOSAL OF ASSETS

 

We had a consolidated net loss before income taxes provision, discontinued operations and gain on disposal of assets of approximately $506,000 for the three months ended October 31, 2015, compared to approximately $526,000 for the three months ended October 31, 2014. After deducting discontinued operations of approximately $508,000 for the three months ended October 31, 2015, and approximately $145,000 for the three months ended October 31, 2014, and adding gain on disposal of assets of approximately $2,352,000 for the three months ended October 31, 2015, the Trust had approximately $1,377,000 consolidated net income for the three months ended October 31, 2015 compared with a consolidated net loss of approximately $671,000, an improvement of approximately $2,048,000. This improvement was attributable to the gain on disposal of assets (the Tucson St. Mary’s Hotel) offset by the discontinued operations for the three months ended October 31, 2015. Basic and diluted net loss from continued operations per share was $0.12 and $0.03 for the three months ended October 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively. Basic and diluted net income from discontinued operations per share was $0.15 for the three months ended October 31, 2015 compared with basic and diluted net loss from discontinued operations per share was $0.03 for the three months ended October 31, 2014, respectively.

 

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LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

 

Our principal source of cash to meet our cash requirements, including distributions to our shareholders, is our share of the Partnership’s cash flow, quarterly distributions from the Albuquerque, New Mexico and Yuma, Arizona properties and more recently, sales of non-controlling interests in our Hotels. The Partnership’s principal source of cash flow is quarterly distributions from the Tucson, Arizona property and Ontario, California property. Our liquidity, including our ability to make distributions to our shareholders, will depend upon our ability and the Partnership’s ability to generate sufficient cash flow from hotel operations and sales of non-controlling interests to service our debt.

 

As of October 31, 2015, the Trust had a related party Demand/Revolving Line of Credit/Promissory Note or Note Receivable with Rare Earth, depending on whether amounts are due to or due from Rare Earth, with an amount receivable of $24,651. The Demand/Revolving Line of Credit/Promissory Note or Note Receivable bears interest at 7.0% per annum and is interest only quarterly. The Demand/Revolving Line of Credit/Promissory Note or Note Receivable has a maximum borrowing capacity to $1,000,000, which is available to December 31, 2017. The highest amount outstanding on the Demand/Revolving Line of Credit/Promissory Note for the quarter ended October 31, 2015 was $637,270.

 

With approximately $3.0 million of cash and cash equivalents as of October 31, 2015, with $1.5 million of additional equity raised on November 30, 2015, and with the continued availability of the $1,000,000 related party Demand/Revolving Line of Credit/Promissory Note, management believes that it will have enough cash on hand to meet all of our financial obligations as they become due for at least the next year.

 

There can be no assurance that we will be successful in obtaining extensions, refinancing debt or raising additional or replacement funds, or that these funds may be available on terms that are favorable to us. If we are unable to raise additional or replacement funds, we may be required to sell certain of our assets to meet our liquidity needs, which may not be on terms that are favorable.

 

We anticipate a moderate improvement in the weak overall economic situation that negatively affected results in fiscal year 2015, which could result in higher revenues and operating margins in 2016. We expect the major challenge for the remaining three months of fiscal year 2016 to be the continuation of strong competition for corporate leisure group and government business in the markets in which we operate, which may affect our ability to increase room rates while maintaining market share.

 

Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities totaled approximately ($400,000) and $455,000 for the nine months ended October 31, 2015 and October 31, 2014, respectively. Refer to the discussion below for the change in the net cash (used in) provided by operating activities.

 

Consolidated net income was approximately $767,000 for the nine months ended October 31, 2015 and consolidated net loss was approximately $1,262,000 for the nine months ended October 31, 2014, respectively. The differences in consolidated net income for the nine months ended October 31, 2015 and 2014 are explained above in the results of operations of the Trust.

 

Changes in the adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities for the nine months ended October 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively, consist primarily of changes in the gain on disposal of assets of our Tucson St. Mary’s Hotel of approximately ($2,351,000), cumulative changes in assets and liabilities for accounts payable and accrued expenses of approximately ($311,000) and approximately ($164,000) for the nine months ended October 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

 

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities was approximately $3,397,000 and ($1,039,000) for the nine months ended October 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively. The additional net cash used by investing activities was primarily due to the sale of the St Mary’s hotel property, changes in improvements and additions to hotel properties.

 

Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities totaled approximately ($440, 000) and $634,000 for the nine months ended October 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively. The increase in cash used was primarily due to the increase in principal payments on mortgage notes payable, payments on notes payable to banks, and increased distributions to non-controlling interest holders offset by an increase in payments on line of credit – related party and proceeds from sale of non-controlling ownership interest in subsidiary.

 

We continue to contribute to a Capital Expenditures Fund (the “Fund”) an amount equal to 4% of the InnSuites Hotels’ revenues from operation of the Hotels. The Fund is restricted by the mortgage lender for one of our properties. As of October 31, 2015, there were no monies held in these accounts, which are usually reported on our Consolidated Balance Sheet as “Restricted Cash.” The Fund is intended to be used for capital improvements to the Hotels and refurbishment and replacement of furniture, fixtures and equipment. During the nine months ended October 31, 2015 and 2014, the Hotels and Corporate office spent approximately $1,317,000 and $1,077,000, respectively, for capital expenditures. We consider the majority of these improvements to be revenue producing. Therefore, these amounts are capitalized and depreciated over their estimated useful lives. For fiscal year 2016 capital expenditures, we plan on spending approximately the same amount as we did during fiscal year 2015. Repairs and maintenance were charged to expense as incurred and approximated $1,013,000 and $912,000 for nine months ending October 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

 

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We have minimum debt payments of approximately $198,000 and approximately $702,000 due during fiscal years 2016 and 2017, respectively. Minimum debt payments due during fiscal year 2016 include approximately $119,000 of mortgage notes payable.

 

As of October 31, 2015, we had mortgage notes payable, net of discounts, of approximately $13,908,000 outstanding with respect to the Hotels, approximately $97,000 in gross short term secured promissory notes with a credit card merchant processor, approximately $566,000 in an unsecured non-revolving note payable, approximately $16,000 in an unsecured promissory note to a unrelated party, and approximately $74,000 of secured promissory notes outstanding to unrelated third parties arising from the Shares of Beneficial Interest and Partnership unit repurchases.

 

We may seek to negotiate additional credit facilities or issue debt instruments. Any debt incurred or issued by us may be secured or unsecured, long-term, medium-term or short-term, bear interest at a fixed or variable rate and be subject to such other terms as we consider prudent.

 

OFF-BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENTS

 

Other than lease commitments and legal contingencies incurred in the normal course of business, we do not have any off-balance sheet financing arrangements or liabilities. We do not have any majority-owned or controlled subsidiaries that are not included in our consolidated financial statements.

 

SEASONALITY

 

The Hotels’ operations historically have been somewhat seasonal. The two southern Arizona hotels experience their highest occupancy in the first fiscal quarter and, to a lesser extent, the fourth fiscal quarter. The second fiscal quarter tends to be the lowest occupancy period at the three southern Arizona hotels. This seasonality pattern can be expected to cause fluctuations in the Trust’s quarterly revenues. The two hotels located in California and New Mexico historically experience their most profitable periods during the second and third fiscal quarters (the summer season), providing some balance to the general seasonality of the Trust’s hotel business.

 

The seasonal nature of the Trust’s business increases its vulnerability to risks such as labor force shortages and cash flow issues. Further, if an adverse event such as an actual or threatened terrorist attack, international conflict, data breach, regional economic downturn or poor weather conditions should occur during the first or fourth fiscal quarters, the adverse impact to the Trust’s revenues could likely be greater as a result of its southern Arizona seasonal business.

 

It is too early to determine what the seasonality of the IBC segment is. The Trust does not anticipate much seasonality do to the diversification of the location of the IBC Hotels.

 

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

Certain statements in this Form 10-Q, including statements containing the phrases “believes,” “intends,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “predicts,” “projects,” “will be,” “should be,” “looking ahead,” “may” or similar words, constitute “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. We intend that such forward-looking statements be subject to the safe harbors created by such Acts. These forward-looking statements include statements regarding our intent, belief or current expectations in respect of (i) the declaration or payment of dividends; (ii) the leasing, management or operation of the Hotels; (iii) the adequacy of reserves for renovation and refurbishment; (iv) our financing plans; (v) our position regarding investments, acquisitions, developments, financings, conflicts of interest and other matters; (vi) our plans and expectations regarding future sales of hotel properties; and (vii) trends affecting our or any Hotel’s financial condition or results of operations.

 

These forward-looking statements reflect our current views in respect of future events and financial performance, but are subject to many uncertainties and factors relating to the operations and business environment of the Hotels that may cause our actual results to differ materially from any future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Examples of such uncertainties include, but are not limited to:

 

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  local, national or international economic and business conditions, including, without limitation, conditions that may, or may continue to, affect public securities markets generally, the hospitality industry or the markets in which we operate or will operate;
     
  fluctuations in hotel occupancy rates;
     
  changes in room rental rates that may be charged by InnSuites Hotels in response to market rental rate changes or otherwise;
     
  seasonality of our business;
     
  our ability to sell any of our Hotels at market value, listed sale price or at all;
     
  our ability to consummate the sale of the InnSuites Ontario Hotel and Suites property;
     
  interest rate fluctuations;
     
  changes in, or reinterpretations of, governmental regulations, including, but not limited to, environmental and other regulations, the ADA and federal income tax laws and regulations;
     
  competition;
     
  availability of credit or other financing;
     
  our ability to meet present and future debt service obligations;
     
  our ability to refinance or extend the maturity of indebtedness at, prior to, or after the time it matures;
     
  any changes in our financial condition or operating results due to acquisitions or dispositions of hotel properties;
     
  insufficient resources to pursue our current strategy;
     
  concentration of our investments in the InnSuites Hotels® brand;
     
  loss of membership contracts;
     
  the financial condition of franchises, brand membership companies and travel related companies;
     
  our ability to develop and maintain positive relations with “Best Western Plus” or “Best Western” and potential future franchises or brands;
     
  real estate and hospitality market conditions;
     
  hospitality industry factors;
     
  our ability to carry out our strategy, including our strategy regarding IBC Hotels;
   
  the Trust’s ability to remain listed on the NYSE MKT;
     
  effectiveness of the Trust’s software program;
     
  the need to periodically repair and renovate our Hotels at a cost at or in excess of our standard 4% reserve;
     
  our ability to cost effectively integrate any acquisitions with the Trust in a timely manner;
     
  increases in the cost of labor, energy, healthcare, insurance and other operating expenses as a result of changed or increased regulation or otherwise;
     
  terrorist attacks or other acts of war;
     
  outbreaks of communicable diseases attributed to our hotels or impacting the hotel industry in general;
     
  natural disasters including adverse climate changes in the areas where we have or serve hotels;
     
  airline strikes;
     
  transportation and fuel price increases;
     
  adequacy of insurance coverage;
     
  data breaches or cybersecurity attacks; and
     
loss of key personnel.

 

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We do not undertake any obligation to update publicly or revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Pursuant to Section 21E(b)(2)(E) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the qualifications set forth hereinabove are inapplicable to any forward-looking statements in this Form 10-Q relating to the operations of the Partnership.

 

ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

 

Not required for smaller reporting companies.

 

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

 

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

 

As of the end of the period covered by this report, we conducted an evaluation under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures. The term “disclosure controls and procedures,” as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), means controls and other procedures of a company that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the company in the reports it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Based on this evaluation, our principal executive officer and our principal financial officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of October 31, 2015.

 

Our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, does not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures or our internal controls will prevent all error or fraud. A control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Due to the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, have been detected.

 

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

 

There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during our most recently completed fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

 

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PART II

 

OTHER INFORMATION

 

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

 

See Note 9 to the notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

 

Not required for smaller reporting companies.

 

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

 

On January 2, 2001, the Board of Trustees approved a share repurchase program under Rule 10b-18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, for the purchase of up to 250,000 Partnership units and/or Shares of Beneficial Interest in open market or privately negotiated transactions. On September 10, 2002, August 18, 2005 and September 10, 2007, the Board of Trustees approved the purchase of up to 350,000 additional Partnership units and/or Shares of Beneficial Interest in open market or privately negotiated transactions. Additionally, on January 5, 2009, September 15, 2009 and January 31, 2010, the Board of Trustees approved the purchase of up to 300,000, 250,000 and 350,000, respectively, additional Partnership units and/or Shares of Beneficial Interest in open market or privately negotiated transactions. Acquired Shares of Beneficial Interest will be held in treasury and will be available for future acquisitions and financings and/or for awards granted under the InnSuites Hospitality Trust 1997 Stock Incentive and Option Plan. During the three months ended October 31, 2015, the Trust acquired 6,211 Shares of Beneficial Interest in open market transactions at an average price of $2.79 per share. The average price paid includes brokerage commissions. The Trust intends to continue repurchasing Shares of Beneficial Interest in compliance with applicable legal and NYSE MKT requirements. The Trust remains authorized to repurchase an additional 99,952 Partnership units and/or Shares of Beneficial Interest pursuant to the publicly announced share repurchase program, which has no expiration date.

 

    Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities 
Period   Total Number of Shares Purchased  

Average Price

Paid per Share

   Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans   Maximum Number of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans 
                  
August 1 - August 31, 2015    1,941   $2.75    1,941    104,222 
September 1 - September 30, 2015    3,312   $2.82    3,312    100,910 
October 1 - October 31, 2015    958   $2.73    958    99,952 
Total    6,211         6,211      

 

ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

 

None.

 

ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

 

None.

 

ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION

 

As previously announced, on October 26, 2015, the Board of Trustees determined that the Trust’s 2015 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “2015 Annual Meeting”) will be held on December 22, 2015 at the Trust’s corporate offices located at 1625 E. Northern Avenue, Suite # 105, Phoenix, Arizona 85020, at 10 a.m., local time. The record date for determining shareholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the 2015 Annual Meeting was set as November 24, 2015. The proxy materials for the meeting have been mailed to shareholders.

 

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Because the 2015 Annual Meeting will be held more than 30 days after the anniversary of the 2014 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, we have previously informed shareholders of the revised deadlines for the submission of shareholder proposals. Any shareholder proposal to be considered for inclusion in our proxy materials for the 2015 Annual Meeting had to be submitted to the Trust a reasonable time before we began printing and sending proxy materials (that is, no later than November 2, 2015). For the 2015 Annual Meeting, any proposal that a shareholder desired to present at the 2015 Annual Meeting, but not submitted for inclusion in the Trust’s proxy materials, had to be submitted to the Trust a reasonable time before we sent the proxy materials (that is, no later than November 10, 2015).

 

ITEM 6. EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit No.   Exhibit
     
10.1   Securities Purchase Agreement, dated October 7, 2015, executed by InnSuites Hospitality Trust and the purchasers set forth therein (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 27, 2015)
     
10.2   Real Estate Purchase Agreement, dated November 9, 2015, executed by Bong Choi and/or Assignee and Ontario Hospitality Properties LLLP (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 13, 2015)
     
10.3   Securities Purchase Agreement, dated November 30, 2015, by and between InnSuites Hospitality Trust and Rare Earth Financial, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 3, 2015)
     
31.1   Section 302 Certification By Chief Executive Officer
     
31.2   Section 302 Certification By Chief Financial Officer
     
32.1   Section 906 Certification of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer
     
101   XBRL Exhibits
     
101.INS   XBRL Instance Document
     
101.SCH   XBRL Schema Document
     
101.CAL   XBRL Calculation Linkbase Document
     
101.LAB   XBRL Labels Linkbase Document
     
101.PRE   XBRL Presentation Linkbase Document
     
101.DEF   XBRL Definition Linkbase Document

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements 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.

 

    INNSUITES HOSPITALITY TRUST
     
Dated: December 15, 2015 /s/ James F. Wirth
    James F. Wirth
    Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
     
Dated: December 15, 2015 /s/ Adam B. Remis
    Adam B. Remis
    Chief Financial Officer

 

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