EX-13 3 frphex13annual.htm FRPH 2017 ANNUAL REPORT

Annual Report 2017

CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

(Amounts in thousands except per share amounts)

    Twelve months ended    
    December 31,   September 30,   %
    2017   2016   Change
             
Revenues   $ 43,191       37,457       15.3  
Operating profit   $ 13,605       16,383       (17.0 )

Gain on remeasurement of investment in real

estate partnership

  $ 60,196       —         —   
Income from continuing operations   $ 60,551       12,024       403.6  
Income attributable to noncontrolling interest   $ 18,801       —         —   
Net income   $ 41,750       12,024       247.2  
                         
Per common share:                        
  Income from continuing operations:                        
    Basic   $ 6.07       1.22       397.5  
    Diluted   $ 6.03       1.22       394.3  
  Net income:                        
    Basic   $ 4.19       1.22       243.4  
    Diluted   $ 4.16       1.22       241.0  
                         
Total Assets   $ 418,734       264,789       58.1  
Total Debt   $ 118,317       41,932       182.2  
Shareholders' Equity   $ 243,530       196,099       24.2  
Common Shares Outstanding     10,015       9,867       1.5  
Book Value Per Common Share   $ 24.32       19.87       22.4  

 

 

 

 

BUSINESS. FRP Holdings, Inc. is a holding company engaged in the real estate business, namely (i) warehouse/office building ownership, leasing and management, (ii) mining royalty land ownership, leasing and management and (iii) land acquisition, entitlement, development and construction primarily for warehouse/office buildings and (iv) leasing and management of a residential apartment building. The Company’s operating subsidiaries are FRP Development Corp. and Florida Rock Properties, Inc.

 

OBJECTIVES. The Company’s objectives are to continue building a substantial real estate company providing sound long-term growth, cash generation and asset appreciation.

 

GROWTH PLAN. The growth plan is based on the orderly conversion of our non-income producing lands into income producing properties and the acquisition, development and management of mining royalty lands and commercial warehouse/office rental properties located in appropriate sub-markets in order to provide long-term positive cash flows and capital appreciation.

 

 

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To Our Shareholders,

 

2017 was a very big year for your company. Revenues are up $5,734,000 (15.3%) over 2016, and with the gain from writing up the value of Dock 79, income from continuing operations was $60,551,000 or $6.03 per share versus $12,024,000 or $1.22 per share last year. That being said, the biggest achievements of 2017 are not necessarily conspicuous in our income statement. In the 15 months since this letter was last written, we have finished construction and stabilized Dock 79, permanently financed it, permitted two aggregate quarries, constructed and fully leased a brand new warehouse, begun construction on our joint venture with St. John Properties, and received formal approval of Phase II of Riverfront on the Anacostia’s Planned Unit Development (PUD). In an ordinary year, any one of these events would have been a major achievement for this company. That they all happened since the last letter to shareholders puts the last five quarters among the most important in our history, the results of which will be generating value for this company for a very long time.

 

Asset Management

 

For fiscal 2017 in the Asset Management Segment, Net Operating Income (NOI), management’s chosen metric for measuring shareholder value creation in that segment, grew 2.7% to $22,528,000. The increase was due mainly to adding new buildings with 100% occupancy to our Hollander and Patriot business centers. These results are reflective of our goal to create shareholder value by growing earnings and converting non-income producing properties into income producing square feet.

 

This past year we had an atypically high number of tenants with expiring leases as a result of several five year leases signed in the aftermath of the last recession. In spite of these adverse circumstances, we managed to end the year at 93.1% occupancy versus 89.9% at the end of fiscal 2016, which is an amazing testament to the hard work and ability of our team in Baltimore. Though not as severe, we still have the same problem heading into 2018. However, because our folks in Baltimore succeeded in finding both temporary and more permanent solutions to these vacancies, we are confident that they can deliver again and continue to both protect and grow our existing portfolio. Looking forward to the coming year and beyond, it is our belief that the combination of weathering these lease expirations, maintaining same store NOI, and growing our earnings by continuing to put our non-income producing properties to work will translate into meaningful shareholder value.

 

Mining Royalty

 

Total revenues for this segment were down $292,000 (3.9%) from last year for a total of $7,241,000. The decline was driven by excessive rain this past spring and summer, downtime from Hurricane Irma, and a regression towards more normal levels of shipments at two of our quarries after particularly busy years. Total operating profit in this segment was $6,565,000, a decrease of $233,000 versus $6,798,000 last year. Despite the downtick, this year still represents this segment’s second highest revenue and operating profit numbers since 2008 and is reflective of the economic recovery that the markets served by our properties, particularly in Florida, have experienced since the depths of the downturn.

 

We had two major developments this year in this segment. In the first quarter, Lee County issued Vulcan a Mine Operating Permit (MOP) for our section of their operations in Ft. Myers, the last of the permits required to begin mining. This action is the culmination of over twenty years of work to get this property fully entitled. Vulcan has now begun mining at this location. Second and more recently, in the fourth quarter, Lake County commissioners voted to approve a permit to Cemex to mine our land in Lake Louisa. It took over half a decade, but we expect the county to issue the MOP sometime in the third quarter. Once our tenant has completed an environmental survey and the work necessary to preparing this site to become an active sand mine, Cemex should begin realizing our reserves by the end of 2019.

 

Our management continues to believe we are not yet in the late innings of recovery in aggregate shipments. The conditions that have driven demand for the last half decade remain in place and we foresee no change to that. Home supply still lags demand and full employment in this country will continue to translate into labor shortages in the construction business causing a back-log of projects. Furthermore, there remains consensus on both sides of the political aisle that our nation’s infrastructure requires a major overhaul. While any spending of that kind would be a boon to construction materials businesses and to this segment, the real home run will be when Congress approves the meaningful and necessary level of investment required to restore our infrastructure to the level one would expect of the richest nation in the world.

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Our reserves of more than half a billion tons represent a “long” bet on the Virginia, Georgia, and Florida markets served by our properties. Both the mining leases and the potential “second lives” of these properties reflect our confidence in the long term future growth in this segment.

 

Land Development and Construction

 

This segment is the foundation for all our future growth.  Our overall goal in this segment is to convert all of our non-income producing lands into income production. Whether through the orderly development of our existing properties to own and operate, joint ventures, and/or selling land to acquire developed assets, this segment is how we leverage and convert potential shareholder value into actual income.

 

Consistent with our strategy, we completed construction in April on a 103,448 square foot building in Patriot Business Center that is 100% occupied, we have begun construction on a 96,047 square foot building at Patriot Business Center that we expect to finish in the second quarter of 2018, and we expect to begin construction on a 94,290 square foot spec building at Hollander in the second quarter of 2018. Furthermore, this year we made major progress in our joint venture with St. John Properties on what remained of our Windlass Run Business Park. The joint venture secured financing on a $17,580,000 construction and development loan and began construction on what will be a multi-building business park consisting of approximately 329,000 square feet of office and retail space. Finally, in February 2017, the D.C. Zoning Commission voted 5-0 in favor of the PUD of Phase II of our RiverFront on the Anacostia project. This past quarter we finally passed the appeal period for the PUD, and we expect to begin construction in the second quarter of 2018. The remaining pad sites in our inventory today are fully entitled, located in business parks in two different submarkets in the D.C./Baltimore area, and can support an additional +/- 600,000 sf. of warehouse/office buildings. Beyond our potential commercial sites, we have three interesting pieces of property in Square 664E, the former Hampstead Trade Center, and our Ft. Myers quarry.

 

Square 664E, our two acres on the Anacostia River at the base of South Capitol Street in an area named Buzzard Point, is approximately one mile down river from our RiverFront on the Anacostia property. As the development of D.C.’s new soccer stadium continues in the Buzzard Point area, our adjacent property may become our next RiverFront.

 

Though Hampstead was originally purchased as a commercial business park, management determined that the best use for the property was residential, and we have sought to rezone the property for that use in order to sell it and redeploy this capital into assets with more near-term income producing potential. We are fully engaged in the formal process of seeking PUD entitlements for this 118 acre tract.

 

Finally, now that Vulcan is starting to mine the reserves at Ft. Myers, the second life of that quarry should be upon us within 8-10 years. Once our reserves are depleted on the developable segment of the property, we will have land in place around two lakes sufficient to accommodate up to 105 one acre residential lots. The sale of that many lots of that size in that market should provide significant value to our shareholders.

 

We will continue to monitor all our sites and their markets, and remain opportunistic regarding their best use.

 

RiverFront on the Anacostia

 

In July 2017, Phase I (Dock 79) of RiverFront on the Anacostia, our 300,000 square foot residential apartment building in Washington, D.C., developed by a joint venture with local D.C. developer MRP, reached stabilization. That means 90% of the individual apartments have been leased and are occupied by third party tenants. Upon reaching stabilization, the Company has, for a period of one year, the exclusive right to (i) cause the joint venture to sell the property or (ii) cause the Company’s and MRP’s percentage interests in the joint venture to be adjusted so as to take into account the value of the development at the time of stabilization. The attainment of stabilization also resulted in a change of control for accounting purposes as the veto rights of the minority shareholder lapsed and the Company became the primary beneficiary.  As such, beginning July 1, 2017, the Company consolidated the assets (at current fair value), liabilities and operating results of the joint venture and established the RiverFront on the Anacostia Segment as its fourth segment. This resulted in a gain on remeasurement of investment of $60.2 million in the third quarter.

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At the end of December, Dock 79 was 96.7% leased and 96.1% occupied. As the first “generation” of lease came up for renewal this year, the renewal rate of 58% is in line with expectations while the average rent increase of 3.74% is stronger than we budgeted. Finally, in November, we secured $90 million in permanent financing for Phase I from EagleBank, the proceeds of which were used to pay off $79 million of construction and mezzanine debt. The remainder was distributed pari passu between the Company and our partners.

 

The results of Fiscal 2017 speak to the excellent work of our management team. Looking forward to 2018, we expect the Asset Management Segment once again to rise to the challenge presented by expiring leases, while continuing to put our land bank to work in creating value for our shareholders. We have every expectation that our mining royalties segment should continue to grow and grow meaningfully, especially with the additional royalties from Ft. Myers. RiverFront on the Anacostia continues to impress, as Phase I establishes itself as the premier waterfront residential building in its submarket and construction on Phase II begins.

 

In conclusion, we thank you not only for your continued interest and support, but also for the faith in management your investment demonstrates. This is your company and we neither take your investment in it lightly nor for granted.

 

 

Respectfully yours,

 

 

 

John D. Baker II

C.E.O. and Executive Chairman

 

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OPERATING PROPERTIES

 

The Company owns (predominately in fee simple but also through ownership of interests in joint ventures) over 20,000 acres of land in Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Virginia, Delaware and the District of Columbia. This land is generally held by the Company in four distinct segments (i) Asset Management Segment (land owned and operated as income producing rental properties in the form of warehouse/office buildings), (ii) Mining Royalty Lands Segment (land owned and leased to mining companies for royalties or rents), (iii) Land Development and Construction Segment (land owned and held for investment to be further developed for future income production or sales to third parties), and (iv) RiverFront on the Anacostia Segment (a 305 unit apartment building with retail on the first floor).

 

Asset Management Segment. As of December 31, 2017, the Asset Management Segment owned 43 warehouse/office buildings, totaling 3,983,813 square feet, all of which (with the exception of one building) are in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States as follows:

 

1) Hillside Business Park in Anne Arundel County, Maryland consists of four warehouse/office buildings and one suburban office building totaling 567,473 square feet.

 

2) Lakeside Business Park in Harford County, Maryland consists of nine warehouse/office buildings totaling 893,722 square feet.

 

3) 6920 Tudsbury Road in Baltimore County, Maryland consists of one warehouse/office building totaling 86,100 square feet.

 

4) 8620 Dorsey Run Road in Howard County, Maryland consists of one warehouse/office building totaling 85,100 square feet.

 

5) Rossville Business Center in Baltimore County, Maryland consists of two warehouse/office buildings totaling 190,517 square feet.

 

6) 34 Loveton Circle in suburban Baltimore County, Maryland consists of one office building totaling 33,708 square feet (24% of the space is occupied by the Company for use as our Baltimore headquarters).

 

7) Oregon Business Center in Anne Arundel County, Maryland consists of two warehouse/office buildings totaling 195,615 square feet.

 

8) Arundel Business Center in Howard County, Maryland consists of two warehouse/office buildings totaling 162,796 square feet.

 

9) 100-200 Interchange Boulevard in New Castle County, Delaware consists of two warehouse/office buildings totaling 303,006 square feet.

 

10) Windlass Run Business Park in Baltimore County, Maryland consists of one warehouse/office building totaling 69,474 square feet.

11) 155 E. 21st Street in Duval County, Florida consists of one office building totaling 68,757 square feet.

12) Hollander 95 Business Park in Baltimore City, Maryland consists of two warehouse/office building totaling 162,350 square feet.

13) Patriot Business Park in Prince William County, Virginia consists of four warehouse/office buildings totaling 476,448 square feet.

14) Transit Business Park in Baltimore, Maryland consists of five buildings totaling 232,318 square feet.

15) Kelso Business Park in Baltimore County, Maryland, consists of two warehouse/office buildings totaling 69,680 square feet.

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16) 1187 Azalea Garden Road in Norfolk, VA consists of one warehouse totaling 188,093 square feet.

 

17) 10820 Gilroy Road in Baltimore County, Maryland, consists of one warehouse/office building totaling 107,438 square feet.

 

18) 7700 Port Capital Drive in Howard County, Maryland consists of one warehouse/office building totaling 91,218 square feet.

 

 

Mining Royalty Lands Segment – Mining Properties. The following table summarizes the Company's mining royalty lands and estimated reserves at December 31, 2017 a substantial portion of which are leased to Vulcan Materials.

              Tons of
  Tons Sold   Tons Sold   Tons Sold   Estimated
  in Year   in Three   in Year   Reserves
  Ended   Months Ended   Ended   at
  9/30/2016   12/31/2016   12/31/2017   12/31/2017
    (000’s)       (000’s)       (000’s)       (000’s)  
The Company owns ten locations                              
 currently being mined in Grandin,                              
 Ft. Myers,  Keuka, Newberry,                              
 and Astatula, Florida; Columbus,                              
 Macon, and Tyrone, Georgia;                              
 and Manassas, Virginia comprising approximately 12,742 acres.   6,112       1,755       5,934       454,130  
                               
The Company owns four  locations that                              
are  leased for mining but are not currently                              
being mined in Marion County and two in                              

Lake County, Florida and Forest Park Georgia comprising approximately

2,452 acres

  426       0       0       73,368  

 

 

 

This table excludes the Brooksville, Florida property, approximately 4,280 acres, as it was transferred on October 4, 2006 to a joint venture with Vulcan Materials Company (“Vulcan Materials”) for future development.

 

In May, 2014 the Company entered into an amendment to our lease agreement for our Ft. Myers location requiring that the mining be accelerated and that the mining plan be conformed to accommodate the future construction of up to 105 residential dwelling units around the mined lakes. In return, the Company agreed to sell Lee County a right of way for a connector road that would benefit the residential area on our property and to place a conservation easement on part of the property. In April 2017, Lee County issued a Mine Operating Permit that permits mining activity to take place on land owned by the Company in Ft. Myers. This action fully entitled the property and allowed Vulcan to begin production. Mining commenced in September 2017.

 

In November 2017, Lake County commissioners voted to approve a permit to Cemex to mine the Company’s land in Lake Louisa. The county should issue the mining permit during the third quarter of 2018. After an environmental survey and completing the work necessary to prepare this site to become an active sand mine, Cemex expects to begin mining by the end of 2019.

 

Mining Royalty Lands Segment - Brooksville Joint Venture. On October 4, 2006, a subsidiary of the Company (Florida Rock Properties, Inc.) entered into a Joint Venture Agreement with Vulcan Materials Company to jointly own and develop approximately 4,280 acres of land near Brooksville, Florida as a mixed-use community. In April 2011, the Florida Department of Community Affairs issued its Final Order approving the development of the Project consisting of 5,800 residential dwelling units and over 600,000 square feet of commercial and 850,000 of light industrial uses. The Master

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Plan zoning for the Project was approved by the County in August 2012. Vulcan Materials still mines on the property and the Company receives 100% of the royalty on all tons sold at the Brooksville location. In fiscal 2017 and the transition period, 352,000 and 98,000 tons were sold, respectively, and estimated reserves were 5,248,000 as of December 31, 2017. During 2017, the Company agreed to extend the mining lease on this property for an additional ten years, through the year 2032, in exchange for a requirement to increase production 100,000 tons by December 31, 2023.

 

Mining Royalty Lands Segment - Other Properties. The segment also owns an additional 1,923 acres of investment properties in Gulf Hammock (approximately 1,600 acres currently on the market for $4.0 million), Brooksville, Palatka, and Polk County, Florida and Yatesville and Henderson, Georgia.

 

 

Land Development and Construction Segment – Warehouse/Office Land.

 

At December 31, 2017 this segment owned the following future development parcels:

 

1)20 acres of horizontally developed land available for future construction of an additional 286,500 square feet of warehouse/office product at Lakeside Business Park in Harford County, Maryland.

 

2)17.5 acres of horizontally developed land available for future construction of 164,500 square feet of office buildings representing our 50% interest in a joint venture at Windlass Run Business Park in Baltimore County, Maryland.

 

3)18 acres of horizontally developed land available for future construction of 96,047 square feet of warehouse/office product at Patriot Business Park in Prince William County, Virginia.

 

4)33 acres of horizontally developed land available for future construction of 328,740 square feet of warehouse, office, hotel and flex buildings at Hollander 95 Business Park in Baltimore City, Maryland.

 

Land Development and Construction Segment – Land Held for Investment or Sale.

 

1)The RiverFront on the Anacostia property is a 5.8 acre parcel of real estate in Washington D.C. that fronts the Anacostia River and is adjacent to the Washington Nationals Baseball Park. The approved planned unit development permits the Company to develop a four building, mixed use project, containing approximately 545,800 square feet of office and retail uses and approximately 569,600 square feet of residential and hotel uses. The approved development would include numerous publicly accessible open spaces and a waterfront esplanade along the Anacostia River. The first building was completed through a joint venture and became our fourth segment in July 2017.

 

On August 24, 2015, in anticipation of commencing construction of the new Frederick Douglass bridge at a location immediately to the West of the existing bridge, the District of Columbia filed a Declaration of Taking for a total of 7,390 square feet of permanent easement and a 5,022 square foot temporary construction easement on land along the western boundary of the land that will ultimately hold Phase III and IV. Previously, the Company and the District had conceptually agreed to a land swap with no compensation that would have permitted the proposed new bridge, including construction easements, to be on property wholly owned by the District. As a result, the Planned Unit Development was designed and ultimately approved by the Zoning Commission as if the land swap would occur once the District was ready to move forward with the new bridge construction. In September 2016 the Company received $1,115,400 as settlement for the easement. The Company will continue to seek an agreement from the District that the existing bridge easement will terminate when the new bridge has been placed in service and the existing bridge has been removed. The Company’s position is that otherwise Phase IV will be adversely impacted and additional compensation or other relief will be due the Company.

 

2)The Hampstead Trade Center property in Hampstead, Carroll County, Maryland is a 118 acre parcel located adjacent to the State Route 30 bypass. The parcel was previously zoned for industrial use. In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016, the Company received approval from the Town of Hampstead and has rezoned the property for residential use. Management believes this to be a higher and best use of the property. We are fully engaged in the formal process of seeking PUD entitlements for this 118 acre tract.
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3)The Square 664E property is approximately 2 acres and sits on the Anacostia River at the base of South Capitol Street approximately 1 mile down river from our RiverFront on the Anacostia property. This property is currently under lease to Vulcan Materials for use as a concrete batch plant. The lease terminates on August 31, 2021 and Vulcan has the option to renew for one additional period of five (5) years. In the quarter ending December 31, 2014, the District of Columbia announced that it had selected an approximate 5 acre site adjacent to this property for the future construction of the new DC United major league soccer stadium. In March 2017 reconstruction of the bulkhead was completed at a cost of $4 million in anticipation of future high rise development.

 

RiverFront on the Anacostia Segment.

 

In 2014, approximately 2.1 acres (Phase I) of the total 5.8 acres was contributed to a joint venture owned by the Company (77%) and our partner, MRP Realty (23%), and construction commenced in October 2014 on a 305 unit residential apartment building with approximately 18,000 sq. ft. of first floor retail space. Lease up commenced in May 2016 and rent stabilization of the residential units of 90% occupied was achieved in the third quarter of 2017. The attainment of stabilization resulted in a change of control for accounting purposes as the veto rights of the minority shareholder lapsed and the Company became the primary beneficiary. As such, beginning July 1, 2017, the Company consolidated the assets (at current fair value based on a third party opinion), liabilities and operating results of the joint venture. This consolidation resulted in a gain on remeasurement of investment in real estate partnership of $60,196,000 of which $20,469,000 was attributed to the noncontrolling interest. The Company used the fair value amount to calculate adjusted ownership under the Conversion election. As such for financial reporting purposes effective July 1, 2017 the Company ownership is based upon this substantive profit sharing arrangement and is estimated at 66.0% on a prospective basis.

 

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Real Estate Summary Schedule at December 31, 2017 (dollars in thousands).

      Encumb-       Gross       Net          Date       Revenue  
County     Rances       Book Cost       Book Value       Acquired       Fiscal 2017  
Mining Royalty Lands                                        
Alachua, FL           $ 1,442     $ 1,276       4/86     $ 897  
Clayton, GA             369       364       4/86       93  
Fayette, GA             885       802       4/86       460  
Lake, FL             402       244       4/86       115  
Lake, FL             1,083       97       4/86       537  
Lake Louisa, FL             11,039       11,039       5/12       939  
Lee, FL             4,703       4,692       4/86       370  
Monroe, GA             792       500       4/86       1,042  
Muscogee, GA             324       0       4/86       306  
Prince William, VA             298       0       4/86       483  
Putnam, FL             15,039       10,421       4/86       1,541  
Putnam, FL             300       17       4/86       0  
Spalding, GA             20       20       4/86       6  
Marion, FL             1,184       585       4/86       146  
Investment Property             1,528       831       4/86       8  
Brooksville Joint Venture             7,516       7,516       4/86       298  
      0       46,924       38,404               7,241  
Asset Management Properties                                        
Baltimore, MD     1,551       5,932       2,374       10/89       453  
Baltimore, MD     3,004       8,677       3,541       12/91       1,369  
Baltimore, MD     720       4,045       2,397       7/99       73  
Baltimore, MD     0       5,694       4,390       12/02       559  
Baltimore, MD     0       4,619       4,196       6/14       703  
Baltimore, MD     0       9,438       9,087       6/16       1,000  
Baltimore City, MD     4,305       13,838       12,169       12/10       946  
Baltimore City, MD     0       9,493       7,971       6/13       1,221  
Duval, FL     0       2,957       160       4/86       730  
Harford, MD     145       3,861       1,573       8/95       861  
Harford, MD     873       5,759       3,014       8/95       1,286  
Harford, MD     2,093       7,272       3,396       8/95       954  
Harford, MD     1,809       10,255       5,587       8/95       1,659  
Harford, MD     1,191       13,203       8,323       8/95       1,247  
Howard, MD     0       8,372       3,745       9/88       1,129  
Howard, MD     651       3,516       1,939       3/00       573  
Elkridge, MD     0       8,983       8,139       10/15       735  
Anne Arundel, MD     7,473       10,230       4,010       9/88       1,288  
Anne Arundel, MD     3,486       15,235       9,528       5/98       2,318  
Anne Arundel, MD     0       12,325       8,182       8/04       1,845  
Anne Arundel, MD     3,097       6,177       4,040       1/03       492  
Anne Arundel, MD     0       11,308       8,035       7/07       1,100  
Norfolk, VA     0       7,552       4,606       10/04       843  
Prince William, VA     0       41,949       37,820       12/05       4,895  
Newcastle Co., DE     0       15,216       9,931       4/04       1,594  
      30,398       245,906       168,153               29,873  
Land Development and Construction Properties                                
Baltimore, MD     0       5,890       5,890       12/02       0  
Baltimore City, MD     0       5,046       5,007       12/10       57  
Carroll, MD     0       7,199       7,199       3/08       0  
Harford, MD     0       1,692       1,692       8/95       0  
Prince William, VA     0       8,045       7,999       12/05       0  
Washington D.C.     0       13,636       10,592       4/86       198  
Washington D.C.     0       8,455       8,318       10/97       975  
      0       49,963       46,697               1,230  
                                         
Riverfront     90,000       148,196       142,932       07/17       4,847  
                                         
Grand Totals   $ 120,398     $ 490,989     $ 396,186             $ 43,191  
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Five Year Summary

(Amounts in thousands except per share amounts)

  Year ended   Three months ended                  
  December 31,   December 31,   Years ended September 30,  
  2017   2016   2016   2015   2014   2013  
Summary of Operations:                        
Revenues $ 43,191       9,512       37,457       34,646       30,978       27,654  
Operating profit $ 13,605       4,004       16,383       12,181       9,740       9,315  
Interest expense $ 4,323       306       1,561       2,014       1,366       2,501  
Income from continuing operations $ 60,551       1,682       12,024       6,093       5,184       8,614  
Per Common Share:                                              
Basic $ 6.07       0.17       1.22       0.62       0.54       0.90  
Diluted $ 6.03       0.17       1.22       0.62       0.53       0.90  
                                               
Discontinued Operations, net $ —         —         —         2,179       4,835       6,771  
Income attributable to  noncontrolling interest $ 18,801       —         —         —         —         —    
Net income $ 41,750       1,682       12,024       8,272       10,019       15,385  
Per Common Share:                                              
Basic $ 4.19       0.17       1.22       0.85       1.04       1.62  
Diluted $ 4.16       0.17       1.22       0.84       1.03       1.60  
                                               
                                               
  December 31,     September 30,  
    2017       2016       2016       2015       2014       2013  
Financial Summary:                                              
Property and equipment, net $ 375,604       224,247       220,616       207,205       207,436       202,511  
Total assets $ 418,734       266,560       264,789       251,737       312,429       286,412  
Long-term debt $ 118,317       40,745       41,932       47,801       55,314       55,275  
Shareholders' equity $ 243,530       198,820       196,099       182,342       206,315       192,646  
Net Book Value per common share $ 24.32       20.05       19.87       18.62       21.26       20.14  
Other Data:                                              
Weighted average common shares - basic   9,975       9,879       9,846       9,756       9,629       9,523  
Weighted average common shares - diluted   10,040       9,923       9,890       9,827       9,710       9,605  
Number of employees   19       18       18       18       957       886  
Shareholders of record   382               414       423       469       497  
                                                     

 

 

Quarterly Results (unaudited)

(Dollars in thousands except per share amounts)

  For the Quarter Ended    
  March 31,   June 30,   September 30,   December 31,    
  2017   2017   2017   2017   Total Fiscal Year 2017
Revenues  $ 9,322       9,360       12,054       12,455       43,191  
Operating profit  $ 3,404       3,986       2,828       3,387       13,605  
Income from operations  $ 1,443       1,713       45,184       12,211       60,551  
Net income attributable to the Company  $ 1,443       1,713       25,391       13,203       41,750  
Earnings per share (a):                                      
  Net income - basic  $ 0.15       0.17       2.54       1.32       4.19  
  Net income - diluted  $ 0.14       0.17       2.52       1.31       4.16  
Market price per common share (b):                                      
  High  $ 44.40       46.90       47.15       47.65       47.65   
  Low  $ 36.00       37.80       43.05       42.35       36.00   

 

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  For the Quarter Ended    
  December 31,   March 31,   June 30,   September 30,    
  2015   2016   2016   2016   Total Fiscal Year 2016
Revenues  $ 8,823       9,615       9,243       9,776       37,457  
Operating profit  $ 6,600       3,509       1,966       4,308       16,383  
Income from operations  $ 7,473       1,820       774       1,957       12,024  
Net income attributable to the Company  $ 7,473       1,820       774       1,957       12,024  
Earnings per share (a):                                      
  Net income - basic  $ 0.76       0.18       0.08       0.20       1.22  
  Net income - diluted  $ 0.76       0.18       0.08       0.20       1.22  
Market price per common share (b):                                      
  High  $ 35.25       36.00       38.11       36.79       38.11   
  Low  $ 29.00       28.65       29.95       30.92       28.65   

 

 

(a) Earnings per share of common stock is computed independently for each quarter presented. The sum of the quarterly net earnings per share of common stock for a year may not equal the total for the year due to rounding differences.

 

(b) All prices represent high and low daily closing prices as reported by The Nasdaq Stock Market.

 

 

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

 

The following discussion includes a non-GAAP financial measure within the meaning of Regulation G promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission to supplement the financial results as reported in accordance with GAAP. The non-GAAP financial measure discussed is net operating income (NOI). The Company uses this metric to analyze its continuing operations and to monitor, assess, and identify meaningful trends in its operating and financial performance. This measure is not, and should not be viewed as, a substitute for GAAP financial measures. Refer to “Non-GAAP Financial Measure” below in this annual report for a more detailed discussion, including reconciliations of this non-GAAP financial measure to its most directly comparable GAAP financial measure.

 

Executive Overview

 

FRP Holdings, Inc. (“FRP” or the “Company”) is a holding company engaged in the real estate business, namely (i) warehouse/office building ownership, leasing and management, (ii) mining royalty land ownership, leasing and management, and (iii) land acquisition, entitlement, development and construction, and (iv) apartment building investment.

 

On January 30, 2015, FRP completed the tax-free spin-off of its transportation business (“Spin-off”) into a new, separately traded public company, Patriot Transportation Holding, Inc. (“Patriot”). In the Spin-off, FRP distributed all of the outstanding stock of Patriot to FRP’s shareholders as of the record date of January 9, 2015. FRP’s shareholders received one share of Patriot common stock for every three shares of FRP common stock owned on the record date. Patriot is now an independent publicly-traded company, and FRP retains no ownership in Patriot. FRP retained the real estate business, which is now the sole business of the Company. As a result, the former transportation segment is reported as a discontinued operation without any corporate overhead allocation. Hence, all corporate overhead attributable to the transportation group through the date of the spin-off is included in “corporate expense” on the Company’s historical consolidated income statements.

 

Following the completion of the spin-off of the transportation business, management conducted a strategic review of the Company’s real estate operations.  As a result of this review, Management determined that the information that the Company’s chief operating decision makers regularly review for purposes of allocating resources and assessing

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performance, had changed. Therefore, beginning with the quarter ending March 31, 2015 (with prior periods adjusted accordingly), the Company is reporting its financial performance based on three reportable segments, Asset Management, Mining Royalty Lands and Land Development and Construction. Our Mining and Royalties segment remains unaffected, but our former Developed Property Rentals segment has been broken down into an Asset Management segment and a Land Development and Construction segment to reflect how management now evaluates the real estate activities previously presented in the Developed Property Rentals segment. The Asset Management segment contains all the developed buildings capable of producing current rental income. The Land Development and Construction segment contains the remaining developable land that is generally in a pre-income production state where objectives are long term capital investment in an effort to bring such property to income producing status or realization of its fair market value through sales or exchange.

 

RiverFront on the Anacostia became our fourth segment in July, 2017 as we consolidated our joint venture which was formed to construct our first apartment building.

 

The Company’s operations are influenced by a number of external and internal factors. External factors include levels of economic and industrial activity in the United States and the Southeast, construction activity and costs, aggregates sales by lessees from the Company’s mining properties, interest rates, market conditions in the Baltimore/Northern Virginia/Washington DC area, and our ability to obtain zoning and entitlements necessary for property development. Internal factors include administrative costs, success in leasing efforts and construction cost management.

 

Highlights of 2017.

 

  • For fiscal 2017 in the Asset Management Segment, Net Operating Income (NOI), management’s chosen metric for measuring shareholder value creation in that segment, grew 2.7% to $22,528,000.
  • In our Mining Royalty Lands Segment Lake Louisa was recommended by the county for mining permit and Ft. Myers received a mining permit and mining commenced in September 2017.
  • In our Land Development and Construction Segment we constructed and fully leased a brand new warehouse, begun construction on our joint venture with St. John Properties, and received formal approval of Phase II of Riverfront on the Anacostia’s Planned Unit Development (PUD).
  • RiverFront on the Anacostia was added as our fourth segment in July 2017 upon lease stabilization of our Dock 79 apartment building.

 

 

Asset Management Segment.

 

The Asset Management segment owns, leases and manages warehouse/office buildings located predominately in the Baltimore/Northern Virginia/Washington, DC market area.  We focus primarily on owning flexible type facilities that cater to the maximum number of tenant types. As most of our buildings are less than 150,000 square feet, we focus on local and regional vs. national tenants. Hands-on service provided by our in-house construction and property management teams keeps us close to our tenant base. These practices are the cornerstone of our mission to provide the highest quality product and services at competitive rates resulting in tenant satisfaction and ultimately, retention.

 

These assets create revenue and cash flows through tenant rental payments, lease management fees and reimbursements for building operating costs. The major cash outlays incurred in this segment are for operating expenses, real estate taxes, building repairs, lease commissions and other lease closing costs, construction of tenant improvements, capital to acquire existing operating buildings and closing costs related thereto and personnel costs of our property management team. Of the 43 buildings we own today, 28 were constructed by the Company through what is now known as our Land Development and Construction segment. Additionally, over the years, we have opportunistically acquired 15 existing operating buildings, typically in connection with a deferred like-kind (Section 1031) exchange opportunity.  Today, this segment consists of 4 million square feet.

 

The following table shows the total developed square footage and occupancy rates of our flex office/warehouse and office parks at December 31, 2017:

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      Total      
Development Location   Sq. feet   % Occupied  
             
Hillside Anne Arundel Co., MD   567,473   87.7 %
Lakeside Harford Co., MD   893,722   92.3 %
Tudsbury Baltimore Co., MD   86,100   25.2 %
Dorsey Run Howard Co., MD   85,100   100.0 %
Rossville Baltimore Co., MD   190,517   100.0 %
Loveton Baltimore Co., MD   33,708   95.2 %
Oregon Anne Arundel Co., MD   195,615   91.9 %
Arundel Howard Co., MD   162,796   85.2 %
Interchange New Castle Co., DE   303,006   100.0 %
Azalea Garden Norfolk, VA   188,093   100.0 %
Windlass Run Baltimore Co., MD   69,474   100.0 %
21st Street Duval Co., FL   68,757   100.0 %
Hollander 95 Baltimore Co., MD   162,350   100.0 %
Patriot Business Park Prince William Co., VA   476,448   100.0 %
Transit Business Park Baltimore Co., MD   232,318   88.0 %
Kelso Business Park Baltimore Co., MD   69,680   94.8 %
Port Capital Drive Howard Co., MC   91,218   100.0 %
Gilroy Road Baltimore Co., MD   107,438   100.0 %
      3,983,813   93.1 %

 

 

Management focuses on several factors to measure our success on a comparative basis in this segment. The major factors we focus on are (1) revenue growth, (2) net operating income, (3) growth in occupied square feet, (4) actual occupancy rate, (5) average annual occupied square feet, (6) average annual occupancy rate (defined as the occupied sf at the end of each month during a fiscal year divided by the number of months to date in that fiscal year as a percentage of the average number of square feet in the portfolio over that same time period), (7) growth of our portfolio (in square feet), and (8) tenant retention success rate (as a percentage of total square feet to be renewed).

 

 

Asset Management segment Year ended Year ended
  December 31, 2017 September 30, 2016
Revenues $29,873,000 $28,739,000
Net Operating Income (Cash Basis) $22,528,000 $21,944,000
Occupied square feet 3,707,724 3,486,681
Overall occupancy rate 93.1% 89.9%
Average annual occupied sf 3,572,102 3,378,300
Average annual occupancy rate 90.3% 89.8%
Portfolio square feet 3,983,813 3,880,365
Retention Success rate 81% 65%

 

 

 

Mining Royalty Lands Segment.

 

Our Mining Royalty Lands segment owns several properties comprising approximately 15,000 acres currently under lease for mining rents or royalties (this does not include the 4,280 acres owned in our Brooksville joint venture with Vulcan Materials).  Other than one location in Virginia, all of these properties are located in Florida and Georgia.  The typical lease in this segment requires the tenant to pay us a royalty based on the number of tons of mined materials sold from our property during a given fiscal year multiplied by a percentage of the average annual sales price per ton sold. As a result of this royalty payment structure, we do not bear the cost risks associated with the mining operations, however, we are subject to the cyclical nature of the construction markets in these States as both volumes and prices tend to fluctuate through those cycles. In certain locations, typically where the reserves on our property have been depleted but the tenant still has a need for the leased land, we collect a fixed annual rental amount. We believe strongly in the potential for future growth in construction in Florida, Georgia, and Virginia which would positively benefit our profitability in this segment.  Our mining

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properties had estimated remaining reserves of 540 million tons as of December 31, 2017 after a total of 6.3 million tons were consumed in fiscal 2017.

 

The major expenses in this segment are comprised of collection and accounting for royalties, management’s oversight of the mining leases, land entitlement for post-mining uses and property taxes at our non-leased locations and at our Grandin location which, unlike our other leased mining locations, are not paid by the tenant.  As such, our costs in this business are very low as a percentage of revenue, are relatively stable and are not affected by increases in production at our locations. Our current mining tenants include Vulcan Materials, Martin Marietta and Cemex, among others. 

 

Additionally, these locations provide us with excellent opportunities for valuable “second lives” for these assets through proper land planning and entitlement.

 

Significant “2nd life” Mining Lands: 

 

Location Acreage Status
Brooksville, Fl 4,280 +/- Development of Regional of Impact and County Land Use and Master Zoning in place for 5,800 residential unit, mixed-use development
Ft. Myers, FL 1,993 +/- Approval in place for 105, 1 acre, waterfront residential lots after mining completed.
Gulf Hammock, Fl 1,600 +/- Currently on the market for $4 million
Total 7,873 +/-  

 

 

Land Development and Construction Segment.

 

Through our Land Development and Construction segment, we own and are continuously monitoring for their “highest and best use” several parcels of land that are in various stages of development.  Our overall strategy in this segment is to convert all of our non-income producing lands into income production through (i) an orderly process of constructing new warehouse/office buildings for us to own and operate or (ii) a sale to, or joint venture with, third parties.

 

Revenues in this segment are generated predominately from land sales and interim property rents. The significant cash outlays incurred in this segment are for land acquisition costs, entitlement costs, property taxes, design and permitting, the personnel costs of our in-house management team and horizontal and vertical construction costs.

 

Since 1990, one of our primary strategies in this segment has been to acquire, entitle and ultimately develop commercial/industrial business parks providing 5–15 building pads which we typically convert into warehouse/office buildings. To date, our management team has converted 28 of these pads into developed buildings that we continue to own and manage through the Asset Management segment. Our typical practice has been to transfer these assets to the Asset Management segment on the earlier to occur of (i) commencement of rental revenue or (ii) issuance of the certificate of occupancy. We have also opportunistically sold several of these pad sites over time to third party “users”. 

 

The remaining pad sites in our inventory today are fully entitled, located in business parks in four different submarkets in the DC/Baltimore/Northern Virginia area, and can support an additional +/- .9 million sf. of warehouse/office buildings. 

 

Summary of Our Remaining Lot Inventory: 

 

Location Acreage SF +/- Status
Lakeside, MD 20 286,500 Horizontal development completed. Ready for vertical permitting.

Windlass Run

Business Park, MD

17.5

(50%

Interest)

164,500

(50%

Interest)

Company owns a 50% in a joint venture formed in April 2016 with St. John Properties.  The joint venture owns the 35 acres and plans to develop the land into 12 office buildings for a total of 329,000 sq. ft.
Patriot Business Center, Manassas, VA 18 96,047 Under construction
Hollander 95 Business Park, MD 33 328,740 Horizontal development completed.
Total 88.5 875,787  

 

 

 

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Having sites ready for vertical construction has rewarded us in the past.  It is the main reason why we were able to convert 3 of our finished pads at Patriot Business Park into build-to-suit opportunities in 2012, 2013 and 2014.  We completed construction on a 79,550 square foot spec building at Hollander Business Park that was put into service in the third quarter of fiscal 2016 and is 100% occupied. Also in the third quarter of fiscal 2016 we started construction on a 103,448 square foot building in Patriot Business Center that was placed in service in 2017 and 100% occupied as of December 31, 2017. Our final building at Patriot Business Park was under construction in 2017 with an expected completion in the second quarter of 2018. In April, 2016 we entered into a joint venture agreement to develop 12 office buildings on our remaining lots at Windlass Run and on adjacent frontage property owned by St. John Properties. We will continue to actively monitor these submarkets where we have lots ready for construction and take advantage of the opportunities presented to us.

 

In addition to the inventory of finished building lots, we have several other properties that were either spun-off to us from Florida Rock Industries in 1986 or acquired by us from unrelated 3rd parties. These properties, as a result of our “highest and best use” studies, are being prepared for income generation through sale or joint venture with third parties, and in certain cases we are leasing these properties on an interim basis for an income stream while we wait for the development market to mature.

 

Our strategy when selling parcels outright is to attempt to convert the proceeds into income producing real estate for our Asset Management segment through a Section 1031 tax-deferred exchange. An example of this is the Windlass Run 179 acre tract purchased for $5.2 million in 2002. When purchased, the entire parcel was zoned for commercial/industrial uses. Today, some 70 acres of this original tract makes up our Windlass Run Business Park. We successfully rezoned the remaining acreage for medium density residential development and on April 17, 2013, we entered into a contract to sell the residential portion of the property for $19 million. The first phase of the Windlass Run residential land was sold for $8 million and the proceeds were used in a Section 1031 exchange to acquire our Transit Business Park in 2013. Phase 2 was sold in November, 2015 for $11.1 million and we used $9.9 million of the proceeds to acquire the fully leased Port Capital Building.

 

An example of property in this segment being developed through joint venture is Phase I of our RiverFront on the Anacostia project which was contributed to a joint venture with MRP in 2014 and is now complete as a 305 unit apartment building including 18,000 sf of ground floor retail.

 

Significant Investment Lands Inventory:

 

Location Approx. Acreage Status

 

NBV

RiverFront on the Anacostia Phases II-IV 3.7 Phase II final design and construction start mid-2018.  Approval hearings ongoing. $10,592,000
Hampstead Trade Center, MD 118 Residential conceptual design program ongoing $7,198,000
Square 664E,on the Anacostia River in DC 2 Under lease to Vulcan Materials as a concrete batch plant through 2021 with one 5 year renewal option. $8,318,000
Total 124   $26,108,000

 

RIVERFRONT ON THE ANACOSTIA:

 

This property consists of 5.8 acres on the Anacostia River and is immediately adjacent to the Washington National’s baseball park in the SE Central Business District of Washington, DC. Once zoned for industrial use and under a ground lease, this property is no longer under lease and has been rezoned for the construction of approximately 1.1M square feet of “mixed-use” development in four phases. In 2014, approximately 2.1 acres (Phase I) of the total 5.8 acres was

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contributed to a joint venture owned by the Company (77%) and our partner, MRP Realty (23%), and construction commenced in October 2014 on a 305 unit residential apartment building with approximately 18,000 sq. ft. of first floor retail space. Lease up commenced in May 2016 and rent stabilization was achieved in the third quarter of 2017. The attainment of stabilization resulted in a change of control for accounting purposes as the veto rights of the minority shareholder lapsed and the Company became the primary beneficiary. As such, beginning July 1, 2017, the Company consolidated the assets (at fair value), liabilities and operating results of the joint venture and the property was transferred from the Land Development and Construction Segment to a new segment, RiverFront on the Anacostia. Phases II, III and IV are slated for residential, office, and hotel/residential buildings, respectively, all with permitted first floor retail uses. The company and MRP Realty executed a letter of intent in May 2016 and a Contribution Agreement in February 2017 to develop Phase II but the joint venture is not yet formed. In February, the D.C. Zoning Commission voted 5-0 in favor of the Planned Unit Development (PUD) of Phase II of our RiverFront on the Anacostia project. After formal publishing of the record and a 35 day appeal period we anticipate formal approval in the fourth quarter of this calendar year.

 

On August 24, 2015, in anticipation of commencing construction of the new Frederick Douglass bridge at a location immediately to the West of the existing bridge, the District of Columbia filed a Declaration of Taking for a total of 7,390 square feet of permanent easement and a 5,022 square foot temporary construction easement on land along the western boundary of the land that will ultimately hold Phase III and IV. Previously, the Company and the District had conceptually agreed to a land swap with no compensation that would have permitted the proposed new bridge, including construction easements, to be on property wholly owned by the District. As a result, the Planned Unit Development was designed and ultimately approved by the Zoning Commission as if the land swap would occur once the District was ready to move forward with the new bridge construction. In September 2016 the Company received $1,115,400 as settlement for the easement. The Company will continue to seek an agreement from the District that the existing bridge easement will terminate when the new bridge has been placed in service and the existing bridge has been removed. The Company’s position is that otherwise Phase IV will be adversely impacted and additional compensation or other relief will be due the Company.

 

HAMPSTEAD TRADE CENTER: We purchased this 118 acre tract in 2005 for $4.3 million in a Section 1031 exchange with plans of developing it as a commercial business park. The “great recession” caused us to reassess our plans for this property. As a result, Management has determined that the prudent course of action is to attempt to rezone the property for residential uses and sell the entire tract to another developer such that we can redeploy this capital into assets with more near-term income producing potential. In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016, the Company received approval from the Town of Hampstead and has rezoned the property for residential use. We are fully engaged in the formal process of seeking PUD entitlements for this 118 acre tract.

 

SQUARE 664E, WASHINGTON, DC

 

This property sits on the Anacostia River at the base of South Capitol Street in an area named Buzzard Point, approximately 1 mile down river from our RiverFront on the Anacostia property. The Square 664E property consists of approximately 2 acres and is currently under lease to Vulcan Materials for use as a concrete batch plant. The lease terminates on August 31, 2021 and Vulcan has the option to renew for one additional period of five (5) years. In the quarter ending December 31, 2014, the District of Columbia announced that it had selected Buzzard Point for the future site of the new DC United major league soccer stadium. The selected stadium location is separated from our property by just one small industrial lot. In March 2017 reconstruction of the bulkhead was completed at a cost of $4 million in anticipation of future high rise development.

 

RiverFront on the Anacostia Segment.

 

In 2014, approximately 2.1 acres (Phase I) of the total 5.8 acres was contributed to a joint venture owned by the Company (77%) and our partner, MRP Realty (23%), and construction commenced in October 2014 on a 305 unit residential apartment building with approximately 18,000 sq. ft. of first floor retail space. Lease up commenced in May 2016 and rent stabilization of the residential units of 90% occupied was achieved in the third quarter of 2017. Upon reaching stabilization, the Company has, for a period of one year, the exclusive right to (i) cause the joint venture to sell the property or (ii) cause the Company’s and MRP’s percentage interests in the joint venture to be adjusted so as to take into account the contractual payouts assuming a sale at the value of the development at the time of this “Conversion election”.

 

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The attainment of stabilization also results in a change of control for accounting purposes as the veto rights of the minority shareholder lapsed and the Company became the primary beneficiary. As such, beginning July 1, 2017, the Company consolidated the assets (at current fair value based on a third party opinion), liabilities and operating results of the joint venture. This consolidation resulted in a gain on remeasurement of investment in real estate partnership of $60,196,000 of which $20,469,000 was attributed to the noncontrolling interest. The Company used the fair value amount to calculate adjusted ownership under the Conversion election. As such for financial reporting purposes effective July 1, 2017 the Company ownership is based upon this substantive profit sharing arrangement and is estimated at 66.0% on a prospective basis.

 

As of December 31, the residential units were 96.1% occupied and 96.7% leased, while retail units are 80.0% leased with just one space remaining.

 

COMPARATIVE RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Fiscal Year 2017 versus Fiscal Year 2016

 

Consolidated Results

 

(dollars in thousands)  Twelve Months Ended        
  December 31,   September 30,        
  2017   2016   Change   %
Revenues:                              
  Rental Revenue $ 30,385     $ 24,457     $ 5,928       24.2 %
  Mining Royalty and rents   7,153       7,443       (290     -3.9 %
  Revenue-Reimbursements   5,653       5,557       96       1.7 %
 Total Revenues   43,191       37,457       5,734       15.3 %
                               
Cost of operations:                              
  Depreciation/Depletion/Amortization   13,532       8,051       5,481       68.1 %
  Operating Expenses   5,621       4,624       997       21.6 %
  Environmental remediation recovery   —         (1,000 )     1,000       *  
  Property Taxes   5,024       4,475       549       12.3 %
  Management Company indirect   2,029       1,844       185       10.0 %
  Corporate Expense   3,380       3,080       300       9.7 %
Total cost of operations   29,586       21,074       8,512       40.4 %
                               
Total operating profit   13,605       16,383       (2,778     -17.0 %
                               
Interest Income and other   —         2       (2 )     *  
Interest Expense   (4,323 )     (1,561 )     (2,762 )     176.9 %
Equity in loss of joint ventures   (1,598 )     (978 )     (620 )     63.4 %

Gain on remeasurement of investment

in real estate partnership

  60,196       —         60,196       *  
Gain on investment land sold   —         6,029       (6,029 )     *  
                               
Income before income taxes   67,880       19,875       48,005       241.5 %
Provision for income taxes   7,329       7,851       (522     -6.3 %
Net income   60,551       12,024       48,527       403.6 %
                               
Income attributable to noncontrolling interest   18,801       —         18,801       *  
                               
Net income attributable to the Company $ 41,750     $ 12,024     $ 29,726       247.2 %

 

Net income attributable to the Company for 2017 was $41,750,000 or $4.16 per share versus $12,024,000 or $1.22 per share in the twelve months ended September 30, 2016. The majority of this uptick in income is the result of a gain on remeasurement of investment of $60.2 million in its Dock 79 real estate partnership, which is included in income from continuing operations before income taxes and the gain of $12,043,000, or $1.20 per share, due to a reduction in the

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provision for income taxes resulting from revaluing the company’s net deferred tax liabilities per the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. As a result of the stabilization of Dock 79, the Company is now deemed for accounting purposes to have control of the partnership without the transfer of any consideration.  As such the non-taxable gain on remeasurement was calculated based on the difference between the carrying value and the fair value of all the assets and liabilities of the partnership. This increase in net income when compared to the twelve months ended September 30, 2016 was also augmented by a prior year $1,000,000 remediation expense recovery, but mitigated by a $620,000 increase in equity in loss of joint ventures, primarily as a result of expenses and depreciation during the lease up of Phase I (Dock 79) of RiverFront. Total revenues were $43,191,000, up 15.3%, versus the twelve months ended September 30, 2016. Consolidated total operating profit was down 17.0% versus the twelve months ended September 30, 2016 because of the over $5 million increase in depreciation from the change in control of Dock 79.

 

Fourth quarter 2017 net income included $12,043,000, or $1.20 per share, due to a deferred tax benefit resulting from revaluing the company’s net deferred tax liabilities per the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. The company’s net deferred tax liability was reduced as a result of the lower corporate income tax rates applicable to the Company going forward. The adjustment included $209,000 from reducing the effective tax rate for 2017 from 39.5% to 39.07% as a result of not being required to add to deferred taxes in anticipation of future taxable income in excess of $10 million where the federal rate increases from 34% to 35%. Our tax rate including the effect of state income taxes, but not including excess tax benefits from stock option exercises, is projected to decrease from 39.07% to 27.05% starting in 2018.

 

The construction financing for Dock 79 was refinanced and a prepayment penalty of $440,000 and the remaining deferred loan costs of $714,000 were recorded into interest expense in the quarter ending December 31, 2017.

 

Asset Management

 

Highlights of 2017

 

  • Revenue was up $1,134,000, or 3.9%, over the twelve months ended September 30, 2016 due to the addition of income producing square feet to our portfolio and increased total occupancy.

 

    Twelve Months Ended          
  December 31   September 30          
(dollars in thousands)   2017   %   2016   %   Change   %  
                           
Rental revenue   $ 24,773       82.9 %   $ 23,795       82.8 %   $ 978       4.1 %
Revenue-reimbursements     5,100       17.1 %     4,944       17.2 %     156       3.2 %
                                                 
Total revenue     29,873       100.0 %     28,739       100.0 %     1,134       3.9 %
                                                 
Depreciation, depletion and amortization     8,110       27.1 %     7,689       26.8 %     421       5.5 %
Operating expenses     3,974       13.3 %     4,145       14.4 %     (171 )     -4.1 %
Property taxes     3,156       10.6 %     2,718       9.5 %     438       16.1 %
Management company indirect     834       2.8 %     813       2.8 %     21       2.6 %
Corporate expense     1,917       6.4 %     1,591       5.5 %     326       20.5 %
                                                 
Cost of operations     17,991       60.2 %     16,956       59.0 %     1,035       6.1 %
                                                 
Operating profit   $ 11,882       39.8 %   $ 11,783       41.0 %   $ 99       .8 %
                                                   

 

 

Total revenues in this segment were $29,873,000, up $1,134,000 or 3.9%, over the twelve months ended September 30, 2016. The increase in revenue is due to the addition of new buildings and increased total occupancy. Net Operating Income in this segment for 2017 was $22,528,000, compared to $21,944,000 in the twelve months ended September 30, 2016, an increase of 2.7%.

 

Depreciation and amortization expense increased primarily because of the purchase of the Gilroy Center in Baltimore County in July of 2016 and the completion of a 79,550 square foot warehouse at Hollander Business Park in April 2016

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and a 103,448 square foot warehouse at Patriot Business Center in April of 2017.

 

Corporate expense increased due to a first quarter stock option modification expense of $191,000 and increased internal and external audit expense incurred as a result of the conversion from the previous fiscal year (ending September 30) to one that follows the calendar year.

 

 

Mining Royalty Lands Segment Results

 

Highlights of 2017

 

  • Mining Royalty and rents revenue were down $292,000, or 3.9% versus the twelve months ended September 30, 2016 due to decreases in tonnage at several locations.

 

    Twelve Months Ended
    December 31   September 30
(dollars in thousands)   2017   %   2016   %
                 
Mining Royalty and rents   $ 7,153       98.8 %     7,443       98.8 %
Revenue-reimbursements     88       1.2 %     90       1.2 %
                                 
Total revenue     7,241       100.0 %     7,533       100.0 %
                                 
Depreciation, depletion and amortization     110       1.5 %     104       1.4 %
Operating expenses     159       2.2 %     165       2.2 %
Property taxes     240       3.3 %     235       3.1 %
Corporate expense     167       2.3 %     231       3.1 %
                                 
Cost of operations     676       9.3 %     735       9.8 %
                                 
Operating profit   $ 6,565       90.7 %   $ 6,798       90.2 %

 

Total revenues in this segment were $7,241,000, a decrease of 3.9%, versus $7,533,000 in the twelve months ended September 30, 2016.  This drop is primarily due a $152,000 decrease in royalties at our Manassas, Va. quarry, an $87,000 decrease in royalties at our Newberry, Fl. location, a $122,000 decrease in royalties at our Keuka, Fl. location, a $160,000 decrease in royalties at our Tyrone, Ga. quarry, a 48,000 decrease in royalties at our quarry in Columbus, Ga., as well as a $254,000 decrease in royalties at our Lake Sand, Fl. location.  Royalties are down in Manassas because of a $107,000 downward adjustment in last year’s royalties that we recorded in September.  Royalties were down in Newberry because of lower volumes than the previous year.  2016 saw a 322,000 ton increase in production at Newberry over the previous year because operational issues in Argos’ cement plants in South Carolina and Alabama caused Newberry to increase production to absorb the volumes of those plants.  Those issues have been fixed and production at Newberry has returned to a level more in line with the growth rate of years prior to 2016.  The dip in royalties at Keuka, like at Newberry, is the result of a return to more normal volumes when compared to the previous year.  In 2016, several golf course construction projects led to increased golf sand production.  Those projects have been completed, and so 2017 golf sand shipments have been reflective of maintenance activities.  Thus Keuka has had lower volumes than the previous year.  Royalties were down in Tyrone and Columbus compared to last year because of excessive rainfall. An additional factor at Columbus was no ongoing projects. Royalties have fallen off in Lake Sand as a consequence of Vulcan having fully depleted our proven reserves there.  Further capital expenditures would be required by our tenant to change their mining plan at Lake Sand and realize more than three million tons of possible reserves, which we do not anticipate any time soon.   Total operating profit in this segment was $6,565,000, a decrease of $233,000 versus $6,798,000 in the twelve months ended September 30, 2016.

 

In November, Lake County commissioners voted to approve a permit to Cemex to mine our land in Lake Louisa. We expect the county to issue the mining permit during the third quarter of 2018. After an environmental survey and completing the work necessary to prepare this site to become an active sand mine, Cemex expects to begin mining by the end of 2019.

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Land Development and Construction Segment Results

 

Highlights of 2017

 

  • We constructed and fully leased a brand new warehouse, begun construction on our joint venture with St. John Properties, and received formal approval of Phase II of Riverfront on the Anacostia’s Planned Unit Development (PUD).

 

    Twelve months Ended  
    December 31   September 30      
(dollars in thousands)   2017   2016   Change  
               
Rental revenue   $ 785       662       123    
Revenue-reimbursements     445       523       (78  
                           
Total revenue     1,230       1,185       45    
                           
Depreciation, depletion and amortization     337       258       79    
Operating expenses     200       314       (114  
Environmental remediation recovery     —        (1,000     1,000    
Property taxes     1,108       1,522       (414  
Management company indirect     1,113       1,031       82    
Corporate expense     1,231       1,258       (27  
                           
Cost of operations     3,989       3,383       606    
                           
Operating loss   $ (2,759 )     (2,198 )     (561 )  

 

 

The Land Development and Construction segment is responsible for (i) seeking out and identifying opportunistic purchases of income producing warehouse/office buildings, and (ii) developing our non-income producing properties into income production.

 

With respect to ongoing projects:

·During the first quarter, we completed construction of the bulkhead at our 664E property on the Anacostia ahead of schedule and under budget.
·Our new spec building at Patriot Business Center was placed in service this past April and is currently 100% leased and occupied
·In February 2017, the D.C. Zoning Commission voted 5-0 in favor of the Planned Unit Development (PUD) of Phase II of our RiverFront on the Anacostia project. This past quarter we finally passed the appeal period for the PUD, and we expect to begin construction in the second quarter of 2018.
·We are fully engaged in the formal process of seeking PUD entitlements for our 118 acre tract in Hampstead, Md.
·We made major progress during the third quarter in our joint venture with St. John Properties on what remained of our Windlass Run Business Park. The JV secured financing on a $17,580,000 construction and development loan and began construction on what will be a multi-building business park consisting of approximately 329,000 square feet of office and retail space.
·In the fourth quarter, we began construction on a 96,047 square foot building at Patriot Business Center that we expect to finish in the second quarter of 2018.

 

Because of operating losses and depreciation during the lease up of Dock 79, equity in loss of joint ventures was $1,598,000 (including a loss of $40,000 in the Brooksville Joint Venture).

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RiverFront on the Anacostia Segment Results

 

Highlights of 2017:

 

  • Beginning July 1, 2017, the Company consolidated the assets (at current fair value), liabilities and operating results of the joint venture and established the RiverFront on the Anacostia segment as its fourth segment. FRP’s share of prior period results are included in the line Equity in loss of joint ventures in the Company’s overall Consolidated statements of Income.
    Twelve Months Ended
    December 31   September 30
(dollars in thousands)   2017   %   2016   %
                 
Rental revenue   $ 4,827       99.6 %     —        —  %
Revenue-reimbursements     20       .4 %     —        —  %
                                 
Total revenue     4,847       100.0 %     —        —  %
                                 
Depreciation and amortization     4,975       102.7 %     —        —  %
Operating expenses     1,288       26.6 %     —        —  %
Property taxes     520       10.7 %     —        —  %
Management company indirect     82       1.7 %     —           
Corporate expense     65       1.3 %     —        —  %
                                 
Cost of operations     6,930       143.0 %     —        —  %
                                 
Operating profit   $ (2,083     -43.0 %   $ —        —  %

 

In July 2017, Phase I (Dock 79) of the development known as RiverFront on the Anacostia in Washington, D.C., a 300,000 square foot residential apartment building developed by a joint venture between the Company and MRP, reached stabilization, meaning 90% of the individual apartments have been leased and are occupied by third party tenants. Upon reaching stabilization, the Company has, for a period of one year, the exclusive right to (i) cause the joint venture to sell the property or (ii) cause the Company’s and MRP’s percentage interests in the joint venture to be adjusted so as to take into account the value of the development at the time of stabilization. The attainment of stabilization also resulted in a change of control for accounting purposes as the veto rights of the minority shareholder lapsed and the Company became the primary beneficiary.  As such, beginning July 1, 2017, the Company consolidated the assets (at current fair value), liabilities and operating results of the joint venture and established the RiverFront on the Anacostia Segment as its fourth segment. This resulted in a gain on remeasurement of investment of $60.2 million in the third quarter.

 

At the end of the year, Dock 79 was 96.7% leased and 96.1% occupied. As the first “generation” of leases came up for renewal this year, the renewal rate of 58% during the fiscal year is in line with expectations while the average rent increase of 3.74% during the fiscal year is stronger than we budgeted. Finally, in November, we secured $90 million in permanent financing for Phase I from EagleBank, the proceeds of which were used to pay off $79 million of construction and mezzanine debt. The remainder was distributed pari passu between the Company and our partners.

 

Fiscal Year 2016 versus 2015

 

Consolidated Results

 

(dollars in thousands)  Years Ended September 30,        
  2016   2015   Change   %
Revenues:                              
  Rental Revenue $ 24,457     $ 23,410     $ 1,047       4.5 %
  Mining Royalty and rents   7,443       5,999       1,444       24.1 %
  Revenue-Reimbursements   5,557       5,237       320       6.1 %
 Total Revenues   37,457       34,646       2,811       8.1 %
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Cost of operations:                              
  Depreciation/Depletion/Amortization   8,051       7,378       673       9.1 %
  Operating Expenses   4,624       4,609       15       0.3 %
  Environmental remediation recovery   (1,000 )     —         (1,000 )     *  
  Property Taxes   4,475       4,443       32       0.7 %
  Mgmt Co Allocation-In   1,844       1,647       197       12.0 %
  Corporate Expense   3,080       3,307       (227     -6.9 %
  Corp Mgmt fee not alloc. to discontinued operations   —         1,081       (1,081 )     -100.0 %
Total cost of operations   21,074       22,465       (1,391 )     -6.2 %
                               
Total operating profit   16,383       12,181       4,202       34.5 %
                               
Interest Income and other   2       —         2       *  
Interest Expense   (1,561 )     (2,014 )     453       -22.5 %
Equity in loss of joint ventures   (978 )     (145 )     (833 )     574.5 %
Gain (loss) on investment land sold   6,029       (34     6,063       17,832.4 %
                               
Income from continuing operations before income taxes   19,875       9,988       9,887       99.0 %
Provision for income taxes   7,851       3,895       3,956       101.6 %
Income from continuing operations   12,024       6,093       5,931       97.3 %
                               
Gain from discontinued transportation operations, net of taxes   —         2,179       (2,179 )     -100.0
                               
Net income $ 12,024     $ 8,272     $ 3,752       45.4 %
                               

Income from continuing operations for fiscal 2016 was $12,024,000 or $1.22 per share versus $6,093,000 or $.62 per share in fiscal 2015. Fiscal 2016 included $.43 per share from a gain on land sale of $6,029,000 and income of $1,000,000 from the $3 million environmental claim cash settlement received offset by a $2 million estimated liability for environmental remediation on Phase II. Post Spin-off we reported any net gain/(loss) from the transportation business as “discontinued operations” and we currently have no other discontinued operations being reported. For fiscal 2016 we received no benefit to after tax net income versus a $2,179,000 benefit in fiscal 2015. Additionally, GAAP accounting rules do not allow corporate overhead expense to be allocated to a discontinued operation of the Company which resulted in fiscal 2015 including $1,081,000 of corporate overhead expense to the Company that was associated with the discontinued transportation operations.

 

Total revenues were up $2,811,000 in fiscal 2016, or 8.1%, versus fiscal 2015. Consolidated adjusted total operating profit in fiscal 2016 (excluding the positive impacts of the environmental settlement/expense (net) in the period and the negative impact of corporate expense not allocable to discontinued operations in the prior year) was up 16% over fiscal 2015.

 

 

Asset Management

 

Highlights of Fiscal 2016

 

  • Revenue was up $1,169,000, or 4.2%, over the same period in the prior year due to the addition of income producing square feet to our portfolio.

 

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    Years Ended September 30          
(dollars in thousands)   2016   %   2015   %   Change   %  
                           
Rental revenue   $ 23,795       82.8 %   $ 22,946       83.2 %   $ 849       3.7 %
Revenue-reimbursements     4,944       17.2 %     4,624       16.8 %     320       6.9 %
                                                 
Total revenue     28,739       100.0 %     27,570       100.0 %     1,169       4.2 %
                                                 
Depreciation and amortization     7,689       26.8 %     6,963       25.3 %     726       10.4 %
Operating expenses     4,145       14.4 %     3,933       14.3 %     212       5.4 %
Property taxes     2,718       9.5 %     2,651       9.6 %     67       2.5 %
Management company indirect     813       2.8 %     735       2.7 %     78       10.6 %
Corporate expense     1,591       5.5 %     1,248       4.4 %     343       27.5 %
                                                 
Cost of operations     16,956       59.0 %     15,530       56.3 %     1,426       9.2 %
                                                 
Operating profit   $ 11,783       41.0 %   $ 12,040       43.7 %   $ (257     -2.1 %

 

 

 

Total revenues in this segment were $28,739,000 in fiscal 2016, up $1,169,000 or 4.2%, over fiscal 2015. Net operating income in this segment for fiscal 2016 was $21,944,000, compared to $21,043,000 in fiscal 2015, an increase of 4.3%. The increase was due mainly to completion of the third build-to-suit in the middle of the 2nd quarter of 2015, the acquisition of the Port Capital building in October of 2015 and the acquisition of the Gilroy Road building in July of 2016.

 

Depreciation and amortization expense increased primarily due to the two building purchases in fiscal 2016, accelerated depreciation of $139,000 for tenant improvements removed for a new tenant, and the write-off of prepaid commissions related to the bankruptcy of one of our tenants, ITT Educational Services. Corporate expense increased due to the Reallocation and higher professional fees.

 

 

Mining Royalty Lands Segment Results

 

Highlights of Fiscal 2016

 

  • Mining Royalty and rents revenue were up $1,444,000, or 24%, as tons sold continued to increase at several of our locations.
    Years Ended September 30
(dollars in thousands)   2016   %   2015   %
                 
Mining Royalty and rents   $ 7,443       98.8 %     5,999       98.4 %
Revenue-reimbursements     90       1.2 %     95       1.6 %
                                 
Total revenue     7,533       100.0 %     6,094       100.0 %
                                 
Depreciation, depletion and amortization     104       1.4 %     133       2.2 %
Operating expenses     165       2.2 %     251       4.1 %
Property taxes     235       3.1 %     232       3.8 %
Corporate expense     231       3.1 %     1,322       21.7 %
                                 
Cost of operations     735       9.8 %     1,938       31.8 %
                                 
Operating profit   $ 6,798       90.2 %   $ 4,156       68.2 %

 

Total revenues in this segment were $7,533,000 in fiscal 2016, an increase of 23.6%, versus $6,094,000 in fiscal 2015 due to an increase in tons sold. Total operating profit in this segment was $6,798,000 in fiscal 2016, an increase of $2,642,000 (inclusive of a $1,091,000 benefit from the Reallocation), versus $4,156,000 in fiscal 2015.

 

 

Land Development and Construction Segment Results

 

Highlights of Fiscal 2016

 

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  • The Company executed a letter of intent with MRP Realty in May 2016 to develop Phase II of the Riverfront on the Anacostia project and recorded an estimated environmental remediation expense of $2.0 million for the Company’s estimated liability under the proposed agreement.

 

 

  Twelve months ended September 30  
(dollars in thousands)   2016   2015   Change  
               
Rental revenue   $ 662       464       198    
Revenue-reimbursements     523       518       5    
                           
Total revenue     1,185       982       203    
                           
Depreciation, depletion and amortization     258       282       (24  
Operating expenses     314       425       (111  
Environmental remediation recovery     (1,000 )     —         (1,000 )  
Property taxes     1,522       1,560       (38  
Management company indirect     1,031       912       119    
Corporate expense     1,258       737       521    
                           
Cost of operations     3,383       3,916       (533  
                           
Operating loss   $ (2,198 )     (2,934 )     736    

 

Beyond the aforementioned rezoning of Hampstead and settling the easement at Anacostia, during fiscal 2016 this segment successfully closed on the sale of Phase II of the Windlass Run residential land (a non-income producing property) for $11,288,000. Using $9,900,000 of the proceeds from that sale in a Section 1031 exchange, the Asset Management segment acquired the Port Capital building, a 91,218 square foot, 100% occupied warehouse with first full year projected rental revenue of $594,000. Management successfully completed negotiations and entered into a $3,000,000 settlement of environmental claims against our former tenant at the Riverfront on the Anacostia property and continued to pursue settlement negotiations with other potentially responsible parties. The Company executed a letter of intent with MRP Realty in May 2016 to develop Phase II of the Riverfront on the Anacostia project and recorded an estimated environmental remediation expense of $2.0 million for the Company’s estimated liability under the proposed agreement. Construction of the 79,550 square foot spec warehouse at Hollander Business Park was completed during the third quarter of fiscal 2016 and was transferred to the Asset Management segment for lease-up. Also in the third quarter of fiscal 2016 we started construction on a 103,653 square foot building in Patriot Business Center and pre-leased 51,727 square feet.

 

 

 

 

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

 

The growth of the Company’s businesses requires significant cash needs to acquire and develop land or operating buildings and to construct new buildings and tenant improvements. As of December 31, 2017, we had no debt borrowed under our $20 million Wells Fargo revolver, $2,297,000 outstanding under letters of credit and $17,703,000 available to borrow under the revolver. The Company closed on a $20 million secured revolver with First Tennessee Bank on July 24, 2015 and as of December 31, 2017, there was no debt borrowed and $20,000,000 available to borrow under the revolver. The Company expects to close on a second facility with First Tennessee Bank with a $20 million ten year term loan secured by to-be-determined collateral. In November, we secured $90 million in permanent financing for Dock 79 from EagleBank, the proceeds of which were used to pay off $79 million of construction and mezzanine debt. The remainder was distributed pari passu between the Company and our partners.

 

Cash Flows - The following table summarizes our cash flows from operating, investing and financing activities for each of the periods presented (in thousands of dollars):

 

  Year ended   Three months ended   Year ended   Year ended
  December 31,   December 31,   September 30,   September 30,
  2017   2016   2016   2015
Total cash provided by (used for):                              
Operating activities   21,059       5,590       19,490       17,226  
Investing activities   (17,321 )     (5,575 )     (15,039 )     (9,708 )
Financing activities   786       (15 )     (4,870 )     (8,112 )
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents   4,524       —         (419 )     (594 )
                               
Outstanding debt at the beginning of the period   40,745       41,932       47,801       55,314  
Outstanding debt at the end of the period   118,317       40,745       41,932       47,801  

 

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Operating Activities - Net cash provided by operating activities increased $1,569,000 to $21,059,000 for the year ended December 31, 2017 compared to the year ended September 30, 2016. The total of net income plus depreciation, depletion and amortization less gains on sales of property and equipment less gains on remeasurement increased $693,000 versus the year ended September 30, 2016. These changes are described above under “Comparative Results of Operations”. Equity in the loss of joint ventures was $1,598,000 in fiscal 2017 primarily as a result of expenses and depreciation during the lease up of Dock 79. Deferred income tax liabilities increased by $9,527,000 primarily due to consolidation of the assets (at current fair value), liabilities and operating results of the RiverFront joint venture. Income tax receivable was $2,962,000 at December 31, 2017 compared to income tax payable of $13,000 at September 30, 2016, primarily due to the bonus depreciation on Dock 79 and other assets impacted by the enactment of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

 

In 2016, net cash provided by operating activities was $19,490,000 compared to $17,226,000 in 2015.

 

Investing Activities - For the year ended December 31, 2017, cash required by investing activities increased $2,282,000 to $17,321,000 over the year ended September 30, 2016.

 

In 2016, cash required by investing activities was $15,039,000 compared to $9,708,000 in 2015 due to increased construction activity in 2016. Proceeds from the sale of the Windlass Run Residential Phase 2 property of $11,288,000 was used in a tax deferred reverse Section 1031 exchange to acquire the Port Capital property for a total purchase price of $9,900,000. In July, 2016 the Gilroy Road building was purchased for $8,300,000.

 

Financing Activities – For the year ended December 31, 2017, cash provided by financing activities was $786,000 versus cash required of $4,870,000 in 2016. In November, we secured $90 million in permanent financing for Dock 79 from EagleBank, the proceeds of which were used to pay off $79 million of construction and mezzanine debt. The remainder was distributed pari passu between the Company and our partners.

 

In 2016, cash required by financing activities was $4,870,000 compared to $8,112,000 in 2015. In January 2015 the Company prepaid the $1,314,000 remaining principal balance on 8.55% and 7.95% mortgages. The prepayment penalty of $116,000 is included in interest expense. The remaining deferred loan costs of $15,000 were also included in interest expense.

 

Credit Facilities - On January 30, 2015, in connection with the Spin-off, the Company terminated its $55 million credit facility entered with Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. in 2012 and simultaneously entered into a new five year credit agreement with Wells Fargo with a maximum facility amount of $20 million (the "Credit Agreement"). The Credit Agreement provides a revolving credit facility (the “Revolver”) with a $10 million sublimit available for standby letters of credit. At the time of the Spin-off, the Company refinanced $10,483,000 of borrowings then outstanding on the terminated revolver. As of December 31, 2017, there was no debt outstanding on the revolver and $2,297,000 outstanding under letters of credit and $17,703,000 available for borrowing. The letters of credit were issued to guarantee certain obligations to state agencies related to real estate development. Most of the letters of credit are irrevocable for a period of one year and typically are automatically extended for additional one-year periods. The Revolver bears interest at a rate of 1.4% over the selected LIBOR, which may change quarterly based on the Company’s ratio of Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated Total Capital, as defined. A commitment fee of 0.15% per annum is payable quarterly on the unused portion of the commitment. The commitment fee may also change quarterly based upon the ratio described above. The credit agreement contains certain conditions and financial covenants, including a minimum $110 million tangible net worth. As of December 31, 2017, the tangible net worth covenant would have limited our ability to pay dividends or repurchase stock with borrowed funds to a maximum of $86.3 million combined. The Company was in compliance with all covenants as of December 31, 2017.

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During the first quarter of fiscal 2015, the Company announced the execution of a commitment from First Tennessee Bank to provide up to $40 million dollars of mortgage backed financing in two separate facilities. On July 24, 2015 the Company closed on a five year, $20 million secured revolver with a twenty-four month window to convert up to the full amount of the facility into a ten year term loan. Interest accrues at 1.90% over one month LIBOR plus an annual commitment fee of 0.10%. As of December 31, 2017, there was no debt outstanding on the revolver and $20,000,000 available for borrowing. The second facility is a $20 million ten year term loan secured by to-be-determined collateral from our current pool of unencumbered warehouse/office properties. The purpose of these loans is to facilitate growth through new construction in the Land Development and Construction segment and/or acquisition of existing, operating buildings to be added to the Asset Management segment.

 

On November 17, 2017, Riverfront Holdings I, LLC (the "Joint Venture") refinanced the Dock 79 project pursuant to a Loan Agreement and Deed of Trust Note entered into with EagleBank ("Loan Documents"). The Joint Venture, which was formed between FRP Holdings, Inc. (the "Company") and MRP SE Waterfront Residential, LLC ("MRP") in 2014 in connection with the development of the Riverfront on the Anacostia property, borrowed a principal sum of $90,000,000 in connection with the refinancing. The loan is secured by the Dock 79 real property and improvements, bears a fixed interest rate of 4.125% per annum and has a term of 120 months. During the first 48 months of the loan term, the Joint Venture will make monthly payments of interest only, and thereafter, make monthly payments of principal and interest in equal installments based upon a 30-year amortization period. The loan is a non-recourse loan. However, all amounts due under the Loan Documents will become immediately due upon an event of default by the Joint Venture, such events including, without limitation, Joint Venture's (i) failure to: pay, permit inspections or observe covenants under the Loan Documents, (ii) breach of representations made under the Loan Documents (iii) voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy, and (iv) dissolution, or the dissolution of the guarantor. MidAtlantic Realty Partners, LLC, an affiliate of MRP, has executed a carve-out guaranty in connection with the loan.

 

Cash Requirements – The Board of Directors has authorized Management to repurchase shares of the Company’s common stock from time to time as opportunities arise. During fiscal 2017 the Company repurchased 2,000 shares of stock. As of December 31, 2017, $4,883,000 was authorized for future repurchases of common stock. The Company does not currently pay any cash dividends on common stock.

 

The Company expended capital of $16,610,000 during fiscal 2017. These capital expenditures were funded mostly out of cash generation from operations and property sales or partly from borrowings under our credit facilities.

 

Non-GAAP Financial Measures.

 

To supplement the financial results presented in accordance with GAAP, FRP presents a non-GAAP financial measure within the meaning of Regulation G promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The non-GAAP financial measure included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K is net operating income (NOI). FRP uses this non-GAAP financial measure to analyze its continuing operations and to monitor, assess, and identify meaningful trends in its operating and financial performance. This measure is not, and should not be viewed as, a substitute for GAAP financial measures.

 

Net Operating Income Reconciliation                        
Twelve months ended 12/31/17 (in thousands)                        
    Asset   Land       Mining   Unallocated   FRP
    Management   Development   Dock 79   Royalties   Corporate   Holdings
    Segment   Segment   Segment   Segment   Expense   Totals
Income (loss) from continuing operations     6,392     (1,677 )     39,837       3,956     12,043       60,551  
Income Tax Allocation     4,150     (1,082 )     13,735       2,569     (12,043 )     7,329  
Income  (loss) from continuing operations  before income taxes     10,542     (2,759 )     53,572       6,525     —        67,880  
                                             
Less:                                            
 Gain on remeasurement of investment in real estate partnership     —      —         60,196                        
 Lease intangible rents     6     —         —                          
 Unrealized rents     210     —         123                        
Plus:                                            
 Equity in loss of Joint Venture     —      —         1,558                        
 Interest Expense     1,340     —         2,983                        
 Depreciation/Amortization     8,111     335       4,975                        
 Management Co. Indirect     834     1,113       82                        
 Allocated Corporate Expenses     1,917     1,231       65                        
                                             
Net Operating Income (loss)     22,528     (80 )     2,916                        

 

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Net Operating Income Reconciliation
Twelve months ended 9/30/16 (in thousands)
                               
  Asset     Land     Mining     Unallocated     FRP    
  Management     Development     Royalties     Corporate     Holdings    
  Segment     Segment     Segment     Expenses     Totals    
                               
Income from continuing operations 6,188     1,738     4,098     —       12,024    
Income Tax Allocation 4,041     1,134     2,676     —       7,851    
Inc. from continuing operations  before income taxes 10,229     2,872     6,774     —       19,875    
                               
Less:                              
 Gains on investment land sold 8     6,006                      
 Lease intangible rents 27     —                        
 Other income —       2                      
Plus:                              
 Unrealized rents 95     —                        
 Equity in loss of Joint Venture —       938                      
 Interest Expense 1,562     —                        
 Depreciation/Amortization 7,689     258                      
 Management Co. Indirect 813     1,031                      
 Allocated Corporate Expenses 1,591     1,257                      
                               
Net Operating Income 21,944     348                      

 

 

 

Net Operating Income Reconciliation
Twelve months ended 9/30/15 (in thousands)
                               
  Asset     Land     Mining     Unallocated     FRP    
  Management     Development     Royalties     Corporate     Holdings    
  Segment     Segment     Segment     Expenses     Totals    
                               
Income from continuing operations 6,146     (1,874 )   2,480     (659 )   6,093    
Income Tax Allocation 3,930     (1,199 )   1,586     (422 )   3,895    
Inc. from continuing operations  before income taxes 10,076     (3,073 )   4,066     (1,081 )   9,988    
                               
Less:                              
 Lease intangible rents 53     —                        

Plus:

 Loss on investment land sold

—       34                      
 Unrealized rents 110     —                        
 Equity in loss of Joint Venture —       105                      
 Interest Expense 1,964     —                        
 Depreciation/Amortization 6,963     282                      
 Management Co. Indirect 735     912                      
 Allocated Corporate Expenses 1,248     737                      
                               
Net Operating Income (loss) 21,043     (1,003 )                    

 

 

OFF-BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENTS

 

Except for the letters of credit described above under “Liquidity and Capital Resources,” the Company does not have any off balance sheet arrangements that either have, or are reasonably likely to have, a current or future material effect on its financial condition.

 

 

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES

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Management of the Company considers the following accounting policies critical to the reported operations of the Company:

 

Accounts Receivable and Unrealized Rents Valuation. The Company is subject to customer credit risk that could affect the collection of outstanding accounts receivable and unrealized rents, that is rents recorded on a straight-lined basis. To mitigate these risks, the Company performs credit reviews on all new customers and periodic credit reviews on existing customers. A detailed analysis of late and slow pay customers is prepared monthly and reviewed by senior management. The overall collectibility of outstanding receivables and straight-lined rents is evaluated and allowances are recorded as appropriate. Significant changes in customer credit could require increased allowances and affect cash flows.

 

Property and Equipment and Impairment of Assets. Property and equipment is recorded at cost less accumulated depreciation and depletion. Provision for depreciation of property, plant and equipment is computed using the straight-line method based on the following estimated useful lives:

  Years  
Buildings and improvements 3-39  

 

Depletion of sand and stone deposits is computed on the basis of units of production in relation to estimated reserves.

 

The Company periodically reviews property and equipment for potential impairment whenever events or circumstances indicate the carrying amount of a long-lived asset may not be recoverable. This review consists of comparing cap rates on recent cash flows and market value estimates to the carrying values of each asset group. If this review indicates the carrying value might exceed fair value then an estimate of future cash flows for the remaining useful life of each property is prepared considering anticipated vacancy, lease rates, and any future capital expenditures. The Company’s estimated holding period for developed buildings with current vacancies is long enough that the undiscounted cash flows exceed the carrying value of the properties and thus no impairment loss is recorded. Changes in estimates or assumptions could have an impact on the Company’s financials.

 

All direct and indirect costs, including interest and real estate taxes, associated with the development, construction, leasing or expansion of real estate investments are capitalized as a development cost of the property. Included in indirect costs is an estimate of internal costs associated with development and rental of real estate investments. Changes in estimates or assumptions could have an impact on the Company’s financials.

 

Income Taxes. The Company accounts for income taxes under the asset-and-liability method. Deferred tax assets and liabilities represent items that will result in taxable income or a tax deduction in future years for which the related tax expense or benefit has already been recorded in our statement of earnings. Deferred tax accounts arise as a result of timing differences between when items are recognized in the Consolidated Financial Statements compared with when they are recognized in the tax returns. The Company assesses the likelihood that deferred tax assets will be recovered from future taxable income. To the extent recovery is not probable, a valuation allowance is established and included as an expense as part of our income tax provision. No valuation allowance was recorded at December 31, 2017, as all deferred tax assets are considered more likely than not to be realized. Significant judgment is required in determining and assessing the impact of complex tax laws and certain tax-related contingencies on the provision for income taxes. As part of the calculation of the provision for income taxes, we assess whether the benefits of our tax positions are at least more likely than not of being sustained upon audit based on the technical merits of the tax position. For tax positions that are more likely than not of being sustained upon audit, we accrue the largest amount of the benefit that is more likely than not of being sustained in our consolidated financial statements. Such accruals require estimates and judgments, whereby actual results could vary materially from these estimates. Further, a number of years may elapse before a particular matter, for which an established accrual was made, is audited and resolved.

 

 

 

CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS

 

The following table summarizes our contractual obligations as of December 31, 2017:

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    Payments due by period
            Less than       1-3       3-5       More than  
        Total       1 year       years       years       5 years  
                                           
  Mortgages Including Interest   $ 175,054       11,042       19,856       19,165       124,991  
  Purchase Commitments     2,677       2,677       -       -       -  
                                           
  Total Obligations   $ 177,731       13,719       19,856       19,165       124,991  

 

 

 

 

 

INFLATION

 

Most of the Company’s operating expenses are inflation-sensitive, with inflation generally producing increased costs of operations. Substantially all of the Company’s royalty agreements are based on a percentage of the sales price of the related mined items. Minimum royalties and substantially all lease agreements provide escalation provisions.

 

 

SEASONALITY

 

The Company’s business is subject to limited seasonality due to the cyclical nature of our royalty revenues with revenues generally declining slightly during winter months.

 

 

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

Certain matters discussed in this report contain forward-looking statements, including without limitation relating to the Company's plans, strategies, objectives, expectations, intentions, capital expenditures, future liquidity, and plans and timetables for completion of pending development projects. The words or phrases “anticipate,” “estimate,” ”believe,” “budget,” “continue,” “could,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “seek,” “should,” “will,” “would,” “expect,” “objective,” “projection,” “forecast,” “goal,” “guidance,” “outlook,” “effort,” “target” and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements. The following factors and others discussed in the Company’s periodic reports and filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission are among the principal factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements: levels of construction activity in the markets served by our mining properties; risk insurance markets; availability and terms of financing; competition; interest rates, inflation and general economic conditions; demand for flexible warehouse/office facilities in the Baltimore-Washington-Northern Virginia area; and ability to obtain zoning and entitlements necessary for property development. However, this list is not a complete statement of all potential risks or uncertainties.

 

These forward-looking statements are made as of the date hereof based on management’s current expectations, and the Company does not undertake an obligation to update such statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Additional information regarding these and other risk factors may be found in the Company’s other filings made from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

(in thousands, except per share amounts)

    Year ended   Three months ended   Year ended   Year ended
    December 31,   December 31,   September 30,   September 30,
    2017   2016   2016   2015
Revenues:                                
     Rental revenue   $ 30,385       6,328       24,457       23,410  
     Mining Royalty and rents     7,153       1,857       7,443       5,999  
     Revenue – reimbursements     5,653       1,327       5,557       5,237  
 Total Revenues     43,191       9,512       37,457       34,646  
                                 
Cost of operations:                                
     Depreciation, depletion and amortization     13,532       2,095       8,051       7,378  
     Operating expenses     5,621       994       4,624       4,609  
     Environmental remediation recovery     —         —         (1,000 )     —    
     Property taxes     5,024       1,089       4,475       4,443  
     Management company indirect     2,029       475       1,844       1,647  
     Corporate expenses (Note 4 Related Party)     3,380       855       3,080       4,388  
Total cost of operations     29,586       5,508       21,074       22,465  
                                 
Total operating profit     13,605       4,004       16,383       12,181  
                                 
Interest income     —         —         2       —    
Interest expense     (4,323 )     (306 )     (1,561 )     (2,014 )
Equity in loss of joint ventures     (1,598 )     (1,119 )     (978 )     (145 )

Gain on remeasurement of investment

in real estate partnership

    60,196       —         —         —      
                                 
Gain (Loss) on investment land sold     —         —         6,029       (34 )
                                 
Income from continuing operations before income taxes     67,880       2,579       19,875       9,988  
Provision for income taxes     7,329       897       7,851       3,895  
Income from continuing operations     60,551       1,682       12,024       6,093  
                                 
Gain from discontinued transportation operations, net of    taxes     —         —         —         2,179  
                                 
Net income     60,551       1,682       12,024       8,272  
Income attributable to noncontrolling interest     18,801       —          —         —    
                                 
Net income attributable to the Company   $ 41,750       1,682       12,024       8,272  
                                 
Earnings per common share:                                
  Income from continuing operations-                                
    Basic    $ 6.07       0.17       1.22       0.62  
    Diluted    $ 6.03       0.17       1.22       0.62  
  Discontinued operations-                                
    Basic    $ —         —         —         0.23  
    Diluted    $ —         —         —         0.22  
  Net Income-                                
    Basic    $ 4.19       0.17       1.22       0.85  
    Diluted    $ 4.16       0.17       1.22       0.84  
                                 
Number of shares (in thousands) used in computing:                                
    -basic earnings per common share     9,975       9,879       9,846       9,756  
    -diluted earnings per common share     10,040       9,923       9,890       9,827  

 

 

See accompanying notes.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

(In thousands)

    Year ended   Three months ended   Year ended   Year ended
    December 31,   December 31,   September 30,   September 30,
    2017   2016   2016   2015
Revenues:                                
Net income   $ 60,551       1,682       12,024       8,272  
Other comprehensive income (loss) net of tax:                                
  Spin-off adjustment                             (53 )
  Minimum pension liability     24       (6 )     26       7  
Comprehensive income   $ 60,575       1,676       12,050       8,226  
                                 
Less comp. income attributable to noncontrolling interest     18,801       —         —         —    
                                 
Comprehensive income attributable to the Company   $ 41,774       1,676       12,050       8,226  

 

 

See accompanying notes.

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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In thousands, except share data)

    December 31,   December 31,   September 30,
Assets:   2017   2016   2016
Real estate investments at cost:                        
Land   $ 127,700       99,417       99,357  
Buildings and improvements     334,327       195,443       193,283  
Projects under construction     8,381       11,779       8,592  
     Total investments in properties     470,408       306,639       301,232  
Less accumulated depreciation and depletion     94,804       82,392       80,616  
     Net investments in properties     375,604       224,247       220,616  
                         
Real estate held for investment, at cost     7,176       7,176       7,176  
Investment in joint ventures     13,406       22,901       23,854  
     Net real estate investments     396,186       254,324       251,646  
                         
Cash and cash equivalents     4,524       —         —    
Cash held in escrow     333       —         —    
Accounts receivable, net     1,020       710       987  
Federal and state income taxes receivable     2,962       —         —    
Unrealized rents     4,311       4,562       4,657  
Deferred costs     9,217       6,786       7,321  
Other assets     181       178       178  
Total assets   $ 418,734       266,560       264,789  
                         
Liabilities:                        
Line of credit payable   $ —         6,665       6,807  
Secured notes payable, current portion     4,463       4,526       4,455  
Secured notes payable, less current portion     113,854       29,554       30,670  
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities     4,370       3,747       4,344  
Environmental remediation liability     2,037       2,037       2,037  
Bank overdraft     —         254       6  
Federal and state income taxes payable     —         887       13  
Deferred revenue     1,074       1,126       1,423  
Deferred income taxes     25,982       16,455       16,436  
Deferred compensation     1,457       1,475       1,453  
Deferred lease intangible, net     —         9       14  
Tenant security deposits     915       1,005       1,032  
    Total liabilities     154,152       67,740       68,690  
                         
Commitments and contingencies (Note 14 & 15)                        
                         
Equity:                        
Common stock, $.10 par value     1,001       991       987  
25,000,000 shares authorized,                        
10,014,667, 9,914,054 and 9,867,279 shares                        
issued and outstanding, respectively                        
Capital in excess of par value     55,636       52,647       51,606  
Retained earnings     186,855       145,168       143,486  
Accumulated other comprehensive income, net     38       14       20  
     Total shareholders’ equity     243,530       198,820       196,099  
Noncontrolling interest MRP     21,052       —         —    
     Total equity     264,582       198,820       196,099  
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity   $ 418,734       266,560       264,789  

 

 

See accompanying notes.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (In thousands)

    Year ended   Three months ended   Year ended   Year ended
    December 31,   December 31,   September 30,   September 30,
    2017   2016   2016   2015
Cash flows from operating activities:                                
 Net income   $ 60,551       1,682       12,024       8,272  
 Adjustments to reconcile net income to                                
  net cash provided by continuing operating activities:                                
 Income from discontinued operations, net     —         —         —         (2,179 )
 Depreciation, depletion and amortization     14,591       2,171       8,288       7,533  
 Deferred income taxes     9,527       19       1,895       1,572  
 Equity in loss of joint ventures     1,598       1,119       978       145  
 Gain on remeasurement of invest in real estate partnership     (60,196 )     —         —         —    
Loss  (gain) on sale of equipment and property     12       —         (6,047 )     138  
 Stock-based compensation     713       79       578       803  
 Net changes in operating assets and liabilities:                                
  Accounts receivable     (270 )     277       (209 )     349  
  Deferred costs and other assets     (1,168 )     274       (1,816 )     (1,489 )
  Accounts payable and accrued liabilities     (333     (895 )     3,237       (2,024 )
  Income taxes payable and receivable     (3,849     874       406       (965 )
  Other long-term liabilities     (117     (10 )     156       87  
 Net cash provided by operating activities of continuing    operations     21,059       5,590       19,490       12,242  
 Net cash provided by operating activities of   discontinued operations     —         —         —         4,984  
 Net cash provided by operating activities     21,059       5,590       19,490       17,226  
                                 
Cash flows from investing activities:                                
 Investments in properties     (16,610 )     (5,407 )     (27,554 )     (6,493 )
 Investments in joint ventures     (693 )     (168 )     (929 )     (625 )
 Proceeds from sale of assets     16       —         13,444        43   
 Cash at consolidation of real estate partnership     2,295       —         —         —    
 Cash distributed to non-controlling interest     (2,167 )     —         —         —    
 Cash held in escrow     (162     —         —         61  
Net cash used in investment activities of continuing   operations     (17,321 )     (5,575 )     (15,039 )     (7,014 )
Net cash used in investing activities of discontinued   operations     —         —         —         (2,694 )
Net cash used in investing activities     (17,321     (5,575 )     (15,039 )     (9,708 )
                                 
Cash flows from financing activities:                                
 Increase (decrease) in bank overdrafts     (254     248       6       —    
 Proceeds from long-term debt     90,496       —         —         —    
 Repayment of long-term debt     (83,608 )     (1,088 )     (4,179 )     (5,402 )
 Proceeds from borrowing on revolving credit facility     13,420       7,832       29,583       19,400  
 Payment on revolving credit facility     (20,085 )     (7,974 )     (31,270 )     (21,269 )
 Debt issue costs     (1,406 )     —         (139 )     (397 )
 Repurchase of company stock     (74 )     —         (43 )     —    
 Excess tax benefits from exercises of stock options     —         —         —         175  
 Exercise of employee stock options     2,297       967       1,172       1,012  
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities of   continuing operations     786       (15 )     (4,870 )     (6,481 )
 Net cash used in financing activities of   discontinued operations     —         —         —         (1,631 )
 Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities     786       (15 )     (4,870 )     (8,112 )
                                 
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents     4,524       —         (419 )     (594 )
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year     —         —         419       1,013  
Cash and cash equivalents at end of the year   $ 4,524       —         —         419  
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:                                
 Cash paid during the year for:                                
  Interest, net of capitalized amounts   $ 4,673       261        1,538       2,335  
  Income taxes   $ 1,657       —         5,565       3,923  

See accompanying notes.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

(In thousands, except share amounts)

                  Accumu-            
                  lated            
                  Other            
                  Compre-   Total        
          Capital in       hensive   Share   Non-    
  Common Stock   Excess of   Retained   Income, net   Holders’   Controlling   Total
  Shares   Amount   Par Value   Earnings   of tax   Equity   Interest   Equity
Balance at October 1, 2014   9,703,270     $ 970     $ 47,892     $ 157,413     $ 40     $ 206,315     $ —       $ 206,315  
                                                               
 Exercise of stock options   72,300       7       1,005                       1,012               1,012  
 Excess tax benefits from                                                              
  exercises of stock options                   174                       174               174  
 Stock option compensation                   267                       267               267  
 Shares granted to Directors   16,200       2       534                       536               536  
 Spin-off adjustment                           (34,188 )     (53 )     (34,241 )             (34,241 )
 Net income                           8,272               8,272               8,272  
 Minimum pension liability, net                                   7       7               7  
                                                               
Balance at September 30, 2015   9,791,770       979       49,872       131,497       (6 )     182,342       —         182,342  
                                                               
 Exercise of stock options   63,730       7       1,165                       1,172               1,172  
 Stock option compensation                   166                       166               166  
 Shares granted to Directors   13,200       1       411                       412               412  
 Shares purchased and cancelled   (1,421 )             (8 )     (35 )             (43 )             (43 )
 Net income                           12,024               12,024               12,024  
 Minimum pension liability, net                                   26       26               26  
                                                               
Balance at September 30, 2016   9,867,279       987       51,606       143,486       20       196,099       —         196,099  
                                                               
 Exercise of stock options   46,775       4       962                       966               966  
 Stock option compensation                   79                       79               79  
 Net income                           1,682               1,682               1,682  
 Minimum pension liability, net                                   (6 )     (6 )             (6 )
                                                               
Balance at December 31, 2016   9,914,054       991       52,647       145,168       14       198,820       —         198,820  
                                                               
 Exercise of stock options   92,130       9       2,288                       2,297               2,297  
 Stock option compensation                   268                       268               268  
 Shares granted to Directors   10,483       1       444                       445               445  
 Shares purchased and cancelled   (2,000 )             (11 )     (63 )             (74 )             (74 )
 Net income                           41,750               41,750               41,750  
 Non-controlling interest                                                   21,052       21,052  
 Minimum pension liability, net                                   24       24               24  
                                                               
Balance at December 31, 2017   10,014,667       1,001       55,636       186,855       38       243,530       21,052       264,582  

 

 

 

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

 

1.Accounting Policies.

 

ORGANIZATION - FRP Holdings, Inc. (“FRP” or the “Company”) is a holding company engaged in the real estate business, namely (i) warehouse/office building ownership, leasing and management, (ii) mining royalty land ownership and leasing, (iii) land acquisition, entitlement and development primarily for future warehouse/office building construction, and (iv) leasing and management of a residential apartment building.

 

On January 30, 2015, FRP completed the tax-free Spin-off (“Spin-off”) of its transportation business into a new, separately traded public company, Patriot Transportation Holding, Inc. (Nasdaq GM: PATI) (“Patriot”). In the Spin-off, FRP distributed all of the outstanding stock of Patriot to FRP's shareholders as of the record date of January 9, 2015. FRP’s shareholders received one share of Patriot for every three shares of FRP owned on the record date. Patriot now is an independent, publicly traded company, and FRP retains no ownership in Patriot. The Company retained the real estate business, which is now the sole business of the Company. See Note 4, regarding more information regarding the spin-off.

 

FRP Holdings, Inc. was incorporated on April 22, 2014 in connection with a corporate reorganization that preceded the Spin-off. The Company’s successor issuer was formed on July 20, 1998. The business of the Company is conducted through our wholly-owned subsidiaries FRP Maryland, Inc., a Maryland corporation, FRP Development Corp., a Maryland corporation and Florida Rock Properties, Inc., a Florida corporation, and the various subsidiaries of each.

 

On December 19, 2016, the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors approved the change in the Company’s fiscal year end from September 30 to December 31. The quarter ending December 31, 2016 was a transition period.

 

CONSOLIDATION - The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company inclusive of our operating real estate subsidiaries, FRP Development Corp. (“Development”) and Florida Rock Properties, Inc. (“Properties”). Our investment in the Brooksville joint venture and BC FRP Realty joint venture are accounted for under the equity method of accounting (See Note 2). All significant intercompany transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

 

Effective July 1, 2017 the Company consolidated the assets (at fair value), liabilities and operating results of our Riverfront Investment Partners I, LLC partnership (“Dock 79”) which was previously accounted for under the equity method. Subsequent to the July 1, 2017 consolidation, the ownership of Dock 79 attributable to our partner MRP Realty is reflected on our consolidated balance sheet as a noncontrolling interest. Such noncontrolling interests are reported on the Consolidated Balance Sheets within equity but separately from shareholders' equity. On the Consolidated Statements of Income, all of the revenues and expenses from Dock 79 are reported in net income, including both the amounts attributable to the Company and the noncontrolling interest. The amounts of consolidated net income attributable to the noncontrolling interest is clearly identified on the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Income.

 

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS - The Company considers all highly liquid debt instruments with maturities of three months or less at time of purchase to be cash equivalents. Bank overdrafts consist of outstanding checks not yet presented to a bank for settlement, net of cash held in accounts with right of offset.

 

REVENUE AND EXPENSE RECOGNITION - Real estate rental revenue and mining royalties are generally recognized when earned under the leases and are considered collectable. Rental income from leases with scheduled increases or other incentives during their term is recognized on a straight-line basis over the term of the lease. Reimbursements of expenses, when provided in the lease, are recognized in the period that the expenses are incurred.

 

Sales of real estate are recognized when the collection of the sales price is reasonably assured and when the Company has fulfilled substantially all of its obligations, which are typically as of the closing date.

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Accounts receivable are recorded net of discounts and provisions for estimated allowances. We estimate allowances on an ongoing basis by considering historical and current trends. We record estimated bad debts expense as part of operating expenses. We estimate the net collectibility of our accounts receivable and establish an allowance for doubtful accounts based upon this assessment. Specifically, we analyze the aging of accounts receivable balances, historical bad debts, customer concentrations, customer credit-worthiness, current economic trends and changes in customer payment terms.

 

PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT - Property and equipment is recorded at cost less accumulated depreciation and depletion. Provision for depreciation of property, plant and equipment is computed using the straight-line method based on the following estimated useful lives:

 

 

    Years
Building and improvements     3-39

 

Depletion of sand and stone deposits is computed on the basis of units of production in relation to estimated reserves. Reserve estimates are periodically adjusted based upon surveys.

 

The Company recorded depreciation and depletion expenses for fiscal year 2017, the transition period, fiscal year 2016 and fiscal year 2015 of $9,781,000, $1,778,000, $6,809,000, and $6,195,000, respectively.

 

All direct and indirect costs, including interest and real estate taxes, associated with the development, construction, leasing or expansion of real estate investments are capitalized as a cost of the property. Included in indirect costs is an allocation of internal costs associated with development of real estate investments. The cost of routine repairs and maintenance to property and equipment is expensed as incurred.

 

IMPAIRMENT OF LONG-LIVED ASSETS – The Company reviews its long-lived assets, which include property and equipment and purchased intangible assets subject to amortization for potential impairment annually or whenever events or circumstances indicate the carrying amount of a long-lived asset may not be recoverable. This review consists of comparing cap rates on recent cash flows and market value estimates to the carrying values of each asset group. If this review indicates the carrying value might exceed fair value then an estimate of future cash flows for the remaining useful life of each property is prepared considering anticipated vacancy, lease rates, and any future capital expenditures.

DEVELOPED PROPERTY RENTALS PURCHASE ACCOUNTING – Acquisitions of rental property, including any associated intangible assets, are measured at fair value at the date of acquisition. Any liabilities assumed or incurred are recorded at their fair value at the time of acquisition. The fair value of the acquired property is allocated between land and building (on an as-if vacant basis) based on management’s estimate of the fair value of those components for each type of property and to tenant improvements based on the depreciated replacement cost of the tenant improvements, which approximates their fair value. The fair value of the in-place leases is recorded as follows:

 

·the fair value of leases in-place on the date of acquisition is based on absorption costs for the estimated lease-up period in which vacancy and foregone revenue are avoided due to the presence of the acquired leases;
·the fair value of above and below-market in-place leases based on the present value (using a discount rate that reflects the risks associated with the acquired leases) of the difference between contractual rent amounts to be paid under the assumed lease and the estimated market lease rates for the corresponding spaces over the remaining non-cancelable terms of the related leases; and
·the fair value of intangible tenant or customer relationships.

 

The Company’s determination of these fair values requires it to estimate market rents for each of the leases and make certain other assumptions. These estimates and assumptions affect the rental revenue, and depreciation and amortization expense recognized for these leases and associated intangible assets and liabilities.

 

INVESTMENTS - The Company uses the equity method to account for its investment in Brooksville, in which it has a voting interest of 50% and has significant influence but does not have control. The Company also uses the equity

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method to account for its investment in BC FRP Realty, in which it has a voting interest of 50%. Under the equity method, the investment is originally recorded at cost and adjusted to recognize the Company’s share of net earnings or losses of the investee, limited to the extent of the Company’s investment in and advances to the investee and financial guarantees on behalf of the investee that create additional basis. The Company regularly monitors and evaluates the realizable value of its investments. When assessing an investment for an other-than-temporary decline in value, the Company considers such factors as, the performance of the investee in relation to its own operating targets and its business plan, the investee’s revenue and cost trends, as well as liquidity and cash position, and the outlook for the overall industry in which the investee operates. From time to time, the Company may consider third party evaluations or valuation reports. If events and circumstances indicate that a decline in the value of these assets has occurred and is other-than-temporary, the Company records a charge to investment income (expense).

 

INCOME TAXES - Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized based on differences between financial statement and tax bases of assets and liabilities using presently enacted tax rates. Deferred income taxes result from temporary differences between pre-tax income reported in the financial statements and taxable income. The Company recognizes liabilities for uncertain tax positions based on a two-step process. The first step is to evaluate the tax position for recognition by determining if the weight of available evidence indicates that it is more likely than not that the position will be sustained on audit. The second step is to estimate and measure the tax benefit as the largest amount that is more than 50% likely to be realized upon ultimate settlement. It is inherently difficult and subjective to estimate such amounts, as the amounts rely upon the determination of the probability of various possible outcomes. The Company reevaluates these uncertain tax positions on a quarterly basis. This evaluation is based on factors including, but not limited to, changes in facts or circumstances, changes in tax law and expiration of statutes of limitations, effectively settled issues under audit, and audit activity. Such a change in recognition or measurement would result in the recognition of a tax benefit or an additional charge to the tax provision. It is the Company's policy to recognize as additional income tax expense the items of interest and penalties directly related to income taxes.

 

STOCK BASED COMPENSATION – The Company accounts for compensation related to share based plans by recognizing the grant date fair value of stock options and other equity-based compensation issued to employees in its income statement over the requisite employee service period using the straight-line attribution model. In addition, compensation expense must be recognized for the change in fair value of any awards modified, repurchased or cancelled after the grant date. The fair value of each grant is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. The assumptions used in the model and current year impact are discussed in Note 9.

 

PENSION PLAN - The Company accounts for its pension plan following the requirements of FASB ASC Topic 715, “Compensation – Retirement Benefits”, which requires an employer to: (a) recognize in its statement of financial position the funded status of a benefit plan; (b) measure defined benefit plan assets and obligations as of the end of the employer's fiscal year (with limited exceptions); and (c) recognize as a component of other comprehensive income, net of tax, the gains or losses and prior service costs or credits that arise but are not recognized as components of net periodic benefit costs pursuant to prior existing guidance.

 

EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE - Basic earnings per common share are based on the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the periods. Diluted earnings per common share are based on the weighted average number of common shares and potential dilution of securities that could share in earnings. The differences between basic and diluted shares used for the calculation are the effect of employee and director stock options and restricted stock.

 

USE OF ESTIMATES - The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United State requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

Certain accounting policies and estimates are of more significance in the financial statement preparation process than others. The most critical accounting policies and estimates include the economic useful lives of our mining reserves, property and equipment, provisions for uncollectible accounts receivable and collectibility of unrealized rents, estimates

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of exposures related to our insurance claims plans and environmental liabilities, and estimates for taxes. To the extent that actual, final outcomes are different than these estimates, or that additional facts and circumstances result in a revision to these estimates, earnings during that accounting period will be affected.

 

ENVIRONMENTAL - Environmental expenditures that benefit future periods are capitalized. Expenditures that relate to an existing condition caused by past operations, and which do not contribute to current or future revenue generation, are expensed. Liabilities are recorded for the estimated amount of expected environmental assessments and/or remedial efforts. Estimation of such liabilities includes an assessment of engineering estimates, continually evolving governmental laws and standards, and potential involvement of other potentially responsible parties.

 

COMPREHENSIVE INCOME – Comprehensive income consists of net income and other comprehensive income (loss). Other comprehensive income (loss) refers to expenses, gains, and losses that are not included in net income, but rather are recorded directly in shareholders’ equity.

 

RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING STANDARDS – In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, “Leases (Topic 842)”, which requires lessees to recognize a right-to-use asset and a lease obligation for all leases. Lessees are permitted to make an accounting policy election to not recognize an asset and liability for leases with a term of twelve months or less. Additional qualitative and quantitative disclosures, including significant judgments made by management, will be required. Lessors will account for leases using an approach that is substantially equivalent to existing accounting standards. The new standard will become effective for the Company beginning with the first quarter 2019 and requires a modified retrospective transition approach and includes a number of practical expedients. Early adoption of the standard is permitted. As the Company is primarily a lessor the adoption of this guidance is not expected to have a material impact on its financial statements.

 

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606)” which replaces existing revenue recognition standards and significantly expand the disclosure requirements for revenue arrangements. Topic 606 applies to all contracts with customers except those that are within the scope of other topics in the FASB's accounting standards codification. As a result, Topic 606 does not apply to revenue from lease contracts until the adoption of the new leases standard, Topic 842, in January 2019. The majority of the Company's revenue originates from lease contracts and will be subject to Topic 842 to be adopted in January 2019. Upon the adoption of the new leases standard, certain recoveries from tenants may become subject to the revenue standard, which may have a different recognition pattern or presentation than under current GAAP. It may be adopted either retrospectively or on a modified retrospective basis to new contracts and existing contracts with remaining performance obligations as of the effective date. The new standard is effective beginning with the first quarter of 2018. The Company currently does not expect the adoption of this guidance to result in a material impact on its financial statements.

 

In April 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-03, “Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs”, which relates to the financial statement presentation of debt issuance costs. This guidance requires debt issuance costs to be presented in the balance sheet as a reduction of the related debt liability rather than included in the asset deferred costs. The Company adopted this guidance as of October 1, 2016 with retrospective presentation. Unamortized debt issuance costs of $887,000 and $884,000 have been reclassified to offset the related debt as of September 30, 2016 and September 30, 2015, respectively.

 

In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-09, “Compensation—Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting”. The ASU includes multiple provisions intended to simplify various aspects of the accounting for share-based payments. Excess tax benefits for share-based payments are recorded as a reduction of income taxes and reflected in operating cash flows upon the adoption of this ASU. Excess tax benefits were recorded in equity and as financing activity prior to adoption of this ASU. In addition, the guidance allows for a policy election to account for forfeitures as they occur rather than on an estimated basis. The Company adopted this guidance prospectively as of October 1, 2016. As a result of this adoption in 2017 we recorded a $14,000 reduction of income tax expense from excess tax benefits on stock option exercises.

 

In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-01, “Business Combinations (Topic 805): Clarifying the Definition of a Business”, to clarify the definition of a business with the objective of adding guidance to assist entities with

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evaluating whether transactions should be accounted for as acquisitions of assets or businesses. To be considered a business, an acquisition would have to include an input and a substantive process that together significantly contribute to the ability to create outputs. The new guidance provides a framework to evaluate when an input and a substantive process are present. To be a business without outputs, there will now need to be an organized workforce. ASU 2017-01 further states that when substantially all of the fair value of gross assets acquired is concentrated in a single asset (or a group of similar assets), the assets acquired would not represent a business. The Company adopted this guidance prospectively as of July 1, 2017. This standard will result in building acquisitions being considered an asset rather than a business. This change will result in acquisition costs being capitalized as part of the asset acquisition, whereas prior treatment has them recognized in earnings in the period incurred.

 

 

2.Investments in Joint Ventures.

 

Brooksville. In 2006, the Company entered into a Joint Venture Agreement with Vulcan Materials Company to jointly own and develop approximately 4,300 acres of land near Brooksville, Florida. Under the terms of the joint venture, FRP contributed its fee interest in approximately 3,443 acres formerly leased to Vulcan under a long-term mining lease which had a net book value of $2,548,000. Vulcan is entitled to mine a portion of the property until 2032 and pay royalties to the Company. FRP also contributed $3,018,000 for one-half of the acquisition costs of a 288-acre contiguous parcel. Vulcan contributed 553 acres that it owned as well as its leasehold interest in the 3,443 acres that it leased from FRP and $3,018,000 for one-half of the acquisition costs of the 288-acre contiguous parcel. The joint venture is jointly controlled by Vulcan and FRP. Distributions will be made on a 50-50 basis except for royalties and depletion specifically allocated to the Company. Other income for the year ended December 31, 2017 includes a loss of $40,000 representing the Company’s portion of the loss of this joint venture.

 

BC FRP Realty (Windlass Run). During the quarter ending March 2016, we entered into an agreement with a Baltimore development company (St. John Properties, Inc.) to jointly develop the remaining lands of our Windlass Run Business Park. The 50/50 partnership initially calls for FRP to combine its 25 acres (valued at $7,500,000) with St. John Properties’ adjacent 10 acres fronting on a major state highway (valued at $3,239,536) which resulted in an initial cash distribution of $2,130,232 to FRP in May, 2016. Thereafter, the venture will jointly develop the combined properties into a multi-building business park to consist of approximately 329,000 square feet of single story office space. On September 28, 2017 BC FRP Realty, LLC obtained $17,250,000 of construction financing commitments for 4 buildings through September 15, 2022 and $330,000 for one lot through September 15, 2018 from BB&T at 2.5% over LIBOR. The balance outstanding on these loans at December 31, 2017 was $2,986,739.

 

 

Investments in Joint Ventures (in thousands):

 

                            The  
                            Company's  
                Total Assets     Net Loss     Share of Net  
          Total     of the     of the     Loss of the  
    Ownership     Investment     Partnership     Partnership     Partnership  
                               
As of December 31, 2017                              
RiverFront Holdings I, LLC (1)     —   $ —      —           (2,019 )      (1,558 )
Brooksville Quarry, LLC   50.00 %   7,516     14,411     (80 )   (40 )
BC FRP Realty, LLC   50.00 %   5,890     15,027     —      —   
   Total        $   13,406     29,438       (2,099 )     (1,598 )
                               
As of December 31, 2016                              
RiverFront Holdings I, LLC   77.14 %  $ 10,151     90,420         (1,446 )     (1,115 )
Brooksville Quarry, LLC   50.00 %   7,522     14,341     (8 )   (4 )
BC FRP Realty, LLC   50.00 %   5,228     10,784     —      —   
   Total        $   22,901     115,545       (1,454 )     (1,119 )
                               
As of September 30, 2016                              
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RiverFront Holdings I, LLC   77.14 %  $   11,261       85,106       (1,193 )      (938 )
Brooksville Quarry, LLC   50.00 %   7,496     14,350     (80 )   (40 )
BC FRP Realty, LLC   50.00 %   5,097     10,573     —      —   
   Total         23,854      110,029       (1,273 )     (978 )

 

 

                             
(1)The Company consolidated this joint venture effective July 1, 2017 (see Footnote 3).

 

 

Balance Sheets at December 31, 2016 and September 30, 2016 (in thousands):

 

    As of December 31, 2016
    Riverfront   Brooksville   BC FRP    
    Holdings I, LLC   Quarry, LLC   Realty, LLC   Total
                 
Cash   $ 1,023     $ 18     $ 21     $ 1,062  
Cash held in escrow     88       —         —         88  
Investments in real estate, net     89,309       14,323       10,763       114,395  
     Total Assets   $ 90,420     $ 14,341     $ 10,784     $ 115,545  
                                 
Other Liabilities   $ 6,348     $ 1     $ 47     $ 6,396  
Long-term Debt     69,042       —        —        69,042  
Capital – FRP     10,151       7,522       5,228       22,901  
Capital - Third Parties     4,879       6,818       5,509       17,206  
     Total Liabilities and Capital   $ 90,420     $ 14,341     $ 10,784     $ 115,545  

 

 

    As of September 30, 2016
    Riverfront   Brooksville   BCF FRP    
    Holdings I, LLC   Quarry, LLC   Realty, LLC   Total
                 
Cash   $ 297     $ 35     $ 20     $ 352  
Cash held in escrow     13       —         —         13  
Amortizable Debt Costs     1,179       —         —         1,179  
Investments in real estate, net     83,617       14,315       10,553       108,485  
     Total Assets   $ 85,106     $ 14,350     $ 10,573     $ 110,029  
                                 
Other Liabilities   $ 5,140     $ 65     $ 17     $ 5,222  
Long-term Debt     63,495       —         —         63,495  
Capital - FRP     11,261       7,496       5,097       23,854  
Capital - Third Parties     5,210       6,789       5,459       17,458  
     Total Liabilities and Capital   $ 85,106     $ 14,350     $ 10,573     $ 110,029  

 

 

Income statements for the RiverFront Holdings I, LLC, prior to consolidation July 1, 2017 (in thousands):

 

    Year ended   Three months ended   Year ended   Year ended
    December 31,   December 31,   September 30,   September 30,
    2017   2016   2016   2015
Revenues:                                
    Rental Revenue   $ 3,053       759       127       —    
    Revenue – Reimbursements     33       19       —         —    
Total Revenues     3,086       778       127       —    
Cost of operations:                                
     Depreciation and amortization     1,958       819       258       —    
     Operating expenses     1,096       562       741       108  
     Property taxes     459       199       41       —    
Total cost of operations     3,513       1,580       1,040       108  
Total operating profit     (427 )     (802 )     (913 )     (108 )
Interest expense     (1,592 )     (644 )     (280 )     —    
Net loss of the Partnership   $ (2,019 )     (1,446 )     (1,193 )     (108 )

 

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The amount of consolidated retained earnings for these joint ventures was $(2,638,000), $(1,667,000), and $(990,000) as of December 31, 2017, December 31, 2016 and September 30, 2016 respectively.

 

 

3.Consolidation of RiverFront Investment Partners I, LLC.

 

On March 30, 2012 the Company entered into a Contribution Agreement with MRP SE Waterfront Residential, LLC. (“MRP”) to form a joint venture to develop the first phase only of the four phase master development known as RiverFront on the Anacostia in Washington, D.C. The purpose of the Joint Venture is to develop and own an approximately 300,000 square foot residential apartment building (including approximately 18,000 square feet of retail) on approximately 2 acres of the roughly 5.82 acre site. The joint venture, RiverFront Investment Partners I, LLC (“RiverFront I”) was formed in June 2013 as contemplated. The Company contributed land with an agreed to value of $13,500,000 (cost basis of $6,165,000) and contributed cash of $4,866,000 to the Joint Venture for a 77.14% stake in the venture. MRP contributed capital of $5,553,000 to the joint venture including development costs paid prior to formation of the joint venture. Construction commenced in October 2014, first occupancy was in August 2016. The Company’s equity interest in the joint venture was previously accounted for under the equity method of accounting as MRP acts as the administrative agent of the joint venture and oversees and controls the day to day operations of the project.

 

In July 2017, Phase I (Dock 79) reached stabilization, meaning 90% of the individual apartments have been leased and are occupied by third party tenants. Upon reaching stabilization, the Company has, for a period of one year, the exclusive right to (i) cause the joint venture to sell the property or (ii) cause the Company’s and MRP’s percentage interests in the joint venture to be adjusted so as to take into account the contractual payouts assuming a sale at the value of the development at the time of this “Conversion election”.

 

The attainment of stabilization results in a change of control for accounting purposes as the veto rights of the minority shareholder lapsed and the Company became the primary beneficiary. As such, beginning July 1, 2017, the Company consolidated the assets (at fair value), liabilities and operating results of the joint venture. This consolidation resulted in a gain on remeasurement of investment in real estate partnership of $60,196,000 of which $20,469,000 was attributed to the noncontrolling interest. In accordance with the terms of the Joint Venture agreements, the Company used the fair value amount at date of conversion and calculated an adjusted ownership under the Conversion election. As such for financial reporting purposes effective July 1, 2017 the Company ownership is based upon this substantive profit sharing arrangement and is estimated at 66.0% on a prospective basis.

    As of July 1, 2017 (in thousands)
    Riverfront   Gain on Remeasure-        
    Holdings I, LLC   ment     Revised  
                 
Land   $ 7,220     $ 21,107         $ 28,327  
Building and improvements, net     81,773       34,362           116,135  
Value of leases in place     —        4,727           4,727  
Cash     2,295       —             2,295  
Cash held in escrow     171       —             171  
Accounts receivable     40       —             40  
Prepaid expenses     142       —             142  
     Total Assets   $ 91,641     $ 60,196         $ 151,837  
                             
Long-term Debt   $ 78,587     $ —           $ 78,587  
Amortizable debt costs     (852     —             (852
Other liabilities     905       —             905  
Equity – FRP     8,583       39,727           48,310  
Equity – MRP     4,418       20,469           24,887  
     Total Liabilities and Capital   $ 91,641     $ 60,196         $ 151,837  

 

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4.Spin-off.

 

On January 30, 2015, FRP Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq GM: FRPH) (the “Company” or “FRP”) completed the spin-off of its transportation business into a new, separately traded public company - Patriot Transportation Holding, Inc. (Nasdaq GM: PATI) (“Patriot”) - resulting in FRP becoming a pure real estate company. As a result, the former transportation segment is reported as a discontinued operation without any corporate overhead allocation. Hence, all corporate overhead attributable to the transportation group through the date of the spin-off is included in “corporate expense” on the Company’s historical consolidated income statements.

 

The results of operations associated with discontinued operations for fiscal 2015 were as follows (in thousands):

 

          Year ended  
          September 30,  
          2015  
Revenue         41,800  
               
Cost of operations           38,195  
Operating profit           3,605  
Interest expense           (33 )
Income before income taxes           3,572  
Provision for income taxes           1,393  
Income from discontinued operations          $ 2,179  

 

 

5.Related Party Transactions.

 

The Company is a party to a Transition Services Agreement which resulted from our January 30, 2015 spin-off of Patriot Transportation Holding, Inc. (Patriot). The Transition Services Agreement sets forth the terms on which Patriot will provide to FRP certain services that were shared prior to the Spin-off, including the services of certain shared executive officers. The boards of the respective companies amended and extended this agreement for one year effective April 1, 2017.

 

The consolidated statements of income reflect charges and/or allocation from Patriot for these services of $1,580,000, $377,000, $1,542,000 and $2,211,000 for fiscal 2017, the transition period, fiscal 2016 and 2015, respectively. Included in the charges above are amounts recognized for corporate executive stock-based compensation expense. These charges are reflected as part of corporate expenses.

 

To determine these allocations between FRP and Patriot as set forth in the Transition Services Agreement, we generally employed the same methodology historically used by the Company pre Spin-off to allocate said expenses and thus we believe that the allocations to FRP are a reasonable approximation of the costs related to FRP’s operations but any such related-party transactions cannot be presumed to be carried out on an arm’s-length basis as the terms were negotiated while Patriot was still a subsidiary of FRP.

 

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As a result of the Spin-off the former transportation segment of the Company is reported as a discontinued operation and thus is not allowed any corporate overhead allocation. Hence, all corporate overhead of the transportation group through the date of the Spin-off is included in “corporate expense” on the Company’s consolidated income statements. The consolidated statements of income reflect charges and/or allocation for these services of $1,081,000 for fiscal 2015.

 

6.Debt.

 

Debt is summarized as follows (in thousands):

 

    Year ended   Three months ended   Year ended
    December 31,   December 31,   September 30,
    2017   2016   2016
Revolving credit agreements   $ —         6,665       6,807  
5.6% to 7.9% mortgage notes                        
  due in installments through 2027     29,664       34,080       35,125  
Riverfront permanent loan     88,653       —         —    
      118,317       40,745       41,932  
Less portion due within one year     4,463       4,526       4,455  
    $ 113,854       36,219       37,477  

 

The aggregate amount of principal payments, excluding the revolving credit, due subsequent to December 31, 2017 is: 2018 - $4,463,000; 2019 – $3,908,000; 2020 - $3,701,000; 2021 - $3,456,000; 2022 - $4,177,000 and subsequent years - $98,612,000.

 

The non-recourse fully amortizing mortgage notes payable are collateralized by real estate having a carrying value of approximately $186,181,000 at December 31, 2017.

 

On January 30, 2015, the Company entered into a five year credit agreement with Wells Fargo with a maximum facility amount of $20 million (the "Credit Agreement"). The Credit Agreement provides a revolving credit facility (the “Revolver”) with a $10 million sublimit available for standby letters of credit. As of December 31, 2017, there was no debt outstanding on the revolver, $2,297,000 outstanding under letters of credit and $17,703,000 available for borrowing. The letters of credit were issued to guarantee certain obligations to state agencies related to real estate development. Most of the letters of credit are irrevocable for a period of one year and typically are automatically extended for additional one-year periods. The Revolver bears interest at a rate of 1.4% over the selected LIBOR, which may change quarterly based on the Company’s ratio of Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated Total Capital, as defined which excludes FRP RiverFront. A commitment fee of 0.15% per annum is payable quarterly on the unused portion of the commitment. The commitment fee may also change quarterly based upon the ratio described above. The credit agreement contains certain conditions and financial covenants, including a minimum $110 million tangible net worth. As of December 31, 2017, the tangible net worth covenant would have limited our ability to pay dividends or repurchase stock with borrowed funds to a maximum of $86.3 million combined. The Company was in compliance with all covenants as of December 31, 2017.

 

On July 24, 2015 the Company closed on a five year, $20 million secured revolver with First Tennessee Bank with a twenty-four month window to convert up to the full amount of the facility into a ten year term loan. Interest accrues at 1.90% over one month LIBOR plus an annual commitment fee of 0.10%. As of December 31, 2017, there was no debt outstanding on the revolver and $20,000,000 available for borrowing. The second facility is a $20 million ten year term loan secured by to-be-determined collateral from our current pool of unencumbered warehouse/office properties. The purpose of these loans is to facilitate growth through new construction in the Land Development and Construction segment and/or acquisition of existing, operating buildings to be added to the Asset Management segment.

 

Effective July 1, 2017 the Company consolidated the assets (at current fair value), liabilities and operating results of our Riverfront Investment Partners I, LLC partnership (“Dock 79”) which was previously accounted for under the equity method. As such the full amount of our construction loan and secondary financing were recorded in the consolidated

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financial statements.

 

Effective August 7, 2014, the Dock 79 obtained a commitment for a construction loan from a financial institution in the principal amount of $65,000,000 to fund certain development and construction costs of the Dock 79. The initial maturity date of the loan is the earlier of (i) August 7, 2018, or (ii) the date to which the loan is accelerated pursuant to certain terms as outlined in the agreement. The interest rate on the loan through the initial maturity date is based on the 2.35% over one month LIBOR. This loan was paid in full on November 17, 2017. Also effective August 7, 2014, Dock 79 partnership member EB5 Capital-Jobs Fund 8, L.P. made an initial capital contribution of $17 million in cash into an escrow account with a financial institution all of which were used for construction. Associated with the $17 million cash contribution, EB5 is entitled to earn an investment return. The investment return requires the Dock 79 to pay interest monthly based on an annual rate of 4.95% for the first 5 years. Due to the mandatory redemption requirements associated with the EB5 financing arrangement, the related investment was classified as a liability on the balance sheets. EB5 was paid in full on November 17, 2017. Subsequent to the repayment of the investment return, EB5 is no longer a partner in the Dock 79. A prepayment penalty of $440,000 and the remaining deferred loan costs of $714,000 were recorded into interest expense in the quarter ending December 31, 2017.

 

On November 17, 2017, Dock 79’s construction loan and EB5 investment were refinanced by borrowing a principal sum of $90,000,000 pursuant to a Loan Agreement and Deed of Trust Note entered into with EagleBank ("Loan Documents"). The loan is secured by the Dock 79 real property and improvements, bears a fixed interest rate of 4.125% per annum and has a term of 120 months. During the first 48 months of the loan term, the Joint Venture will make monthly payments of interest only, and thereafter, make monthly payments of principal and interest in equal installments based upon a 30-year amortization period. The loan is a non-recourse loan. However, all amounts due under the Loan Documents will become immediately due upon an event of default by the Joint Venture, such events including, without limitation, Joint Venture's (i) failure to: pay, permit inspections or observe covenants under the Loan Documents, (ii) breach of representations made under the Loan Documents (iii) voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy, and (iv) dissolution, or the dissolution of the guarantor. MidAtlantic Realty Partners, LLC, an affiliate of MRP, has executed a carve-out guaranty in connection with the loan.

 

During fiscal 2017, the transition period, fiscal 2016 and 2015 the Company capitalized interest costs of$1,026,000, $328,000, $1,086,000, and $1,041,000, respectively.

 

In January 2015 the Company prepaid the $1,314,000 remaining principal balance on 8.55% and 7.95% mortgages. The prepayment penalty of $116,000 is included in interest expense. The remaining deferred loan costs of $15,000 were also included in interest expense.

 

 

7.Leases.

 

At December 31, 2017, the total carrying value of property owned by the Company which is leased or held for lease to others is summarized as follows (in thousands):

 

Construction aggregates property

  $ 35,294  
Commercial property     440,083  
      475,377  
less accumulated depreciation and depletion     93,581  
    $ 381,796  

 

The minimum future straight-lined rentals due the Company on noncancelable leases as of December 31, 2017 are as follows: 2018 - $33,347,000; 2019 - $26,118,000; 2020 - $21,938,000; 2021 - $18,400,000; 2022 - $15,058,000; 2023 and subsequent years $56,149,000.

 

8.Earnings per Share.

 

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The following details the computations of the basic and diluted earnings per common share ( in thousands, except per share amounts):

 

    Year ended   Three months ended   Year ended   Year ended
    December 31,   December 31,   September 30,   September 30,
    2017   2016   2016   2015
Common shares:                                
                                 
Weighted average common shares                                
 outstanding during the period -                                
 shares used for basic earnings                                
 per common share     9,975       9,879       9,846       9,756  
                                 
Common shares issuable under share                                
 based payment plans which are                                
 potentially dilutive     65       44       44       71  
                                 
Common shares used for diluted                                
 earnings per common share     10,040       9,923       9,890       9,827  
                                 
Income from continuing operations   41,750       1,682       12,024       6,093  
Discontinued operations     —         —         —         2,179  
Net income attributable to the Company   $ 41,750       1,682       12,024       8,272  
                                 
Basic earnings per common share:                                
  Income from continuing operations   4.19       0.17       1.22       0.62  
  Discontinued operations     —         —         —         0.23  
 Net income attributable to the Company   4.19       0.17       1.22       0.85  
                                 
Diluted earnings per common share                                
  Income from continuing operations   $ 4.16       0.17       1.22       0.62  
  Discontinued operations     —         —         —         0.22  
 Net income attributable to the Company   $ 4.16       0.17       1.22       0.84  

 

 

For 2017, the transition period, 2016, and 2015, 48,122, 61,640, 72,090, and 56,110 shares, respectively, attributable to outstanding stock options were excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share because their inclusion would have been anti-dilutive.

 

 

9.Stock-Based Compensation Plans.

 

The Company has two Stock Option Plans (the 2006 Stock Incentive Plan and the 2016 Equity Incentive Option Plan) under which options for shares of common stock were granted to directors, officers and key employees. The 2016 plan permits the grant of stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock awards, restricted stock units, or stock awards. The options awarded under the plans have similar characteristics. All stock options are non-qualified and expire ten years from the date of grant. Stock based compensation awarded to directors, officers and employees are exercisable immediately or become exercisable in cumulative installments of 20% or 25% at the end of each year following the date of grant. When stock options are exercised the Company issues new shares after receipt of exercise proceeds and taxes due, if any, from the grantee. The number of common shares available for future issuance was 544,217 at December 31, 2017.

 

The Company utilizes the Black-Scholes valuation model for estimating fair value of stock compensation for options

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awarded to officers and employees. Each grant is evaluated based upon assumptions at the time of grant. The assumptions were no dividend yield, expected volatility between 32% and 43%, risk-free interest rate of .6% to 4.2% and expected life of 3.0 to 7.0 years.

 

The dividend yield of zero is based on the fact that the Company does not pay cash dividends and has no present intention to pay cash dividends. Expected volatility is estimated based on the Company’s historical experience over a period equivalent to the expected life in years. The risk-free interest rate is based on the U.S. Treasury constant maturity interest rate at the date of grant with a term consistent with the expected life of the options granted. The expected life calculation is based on the observed and expected time to exercise options by the employees.

 

As a result of the Spin-off and pursuant to the Employee Matters Agreement, we made certain adjustments to the exercise price and number of outstanding FRP stock options. All outstanding options held by the Company directors, Company officers and key employees on January 30, 2015 were cancelled and replaced by an equal number of FRP options at 75.14% of the previous exercise price based upon the market value of FRP less the when issued market value of the Company on that day. For FRP officers additional options were issued rather than issuing Patriot options for the 24.86% market value attributed to Patriot. The adjusted stock options are subject to the same vesting conditions and other terms that applied to the original FRP award immediately prior to the Spin-off, except as otherwise described above.

 

Subsequent to Spin-off, the realized tax benefit pertaining to options exercised and the remaining compensation cost of options previously granted prior to the Spin-off will be recognized by FRP or Patriot based on the employment location of the related employee or director.

 

As previously disclosed, Thompson S. Baker II resigned from his position as CEO and from the board of directors on March 13, 2017. In recognition of his outstanding service to the Company, the Board approved the vesting of all of Mr. Baker's outstanding FRP stock options, which expired 90 days following the termination of his employment. The vesting of Mr. Baker’s outstanding FRP options that were issued prior to the spin-off required Patriot to record modification stock compensation expense of $150,000. FRP reimbursed Patriot for this cost under the transition services agreement. The vesting of Mr. Baker’s outstanding FRP options that were issued subsequent to the spin-off required modified stock compensation expense of $41,000.

 

The Company recorded the following stock compensation expense in its consolidated statement of income (in thousands):

    Year ended   Three months ended   Year ended   Year ended
    December 31,   December 31,   September 30,   September 30,
    2017   2016   2016   2015
Stock option grants   $ 268       79       166       267  
Annual director stock award     445       —         412       536  
    $ 713       79       578       803  

 

 

A summary of changes in outstanding options is presented below (in thousands, except share and per share amounts):

 

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      Weighted   Weighted   Weighted
  Number   Average   Average   Average
  of   Exercise   Remaining   Grant Date
Options Shares   Price   Term (yrs)   Fair Value(000's)
Outstanding at                              
  October 1, 2014   326,830     $ 25.43       5.0     $ 3,481  
    Spin-off adjustment                         $ (865 )
    Spin-off conversion   17,795     $ 20.63             $ 155  
    Granted   39,425     $ 26.97             $ 432  
    Forfeited   (6,000 )   $ 14.97             $ (35 )
    Exercised   (72,300 )   $ 13.31             $ (430 )
Outstanding at                              
  September 30, 2015   305,750     $ 21.90       5.9     $ 2,738  
    Granted   21,540     $ 31.15             $ 272  
    Exercised   (63,730 )   $ 18.39             $ (471 )
Outstanding at                              
  September 30, 2016   263,560     $ 23.50       5.6     $ 2,539  
    Granted   19,600     $ 39.00             $ 297  
    Exercised   (46,775 )   $ 20.66             $ (396 )
Outstanding at                              
  December 31, 2016   236,385     $ 25.35       6.1     $ 2,440  
    Granted   30,255     $ 43.45             $ 440  
    Modification   —       $ 30.21             $ (137 )
    Exercised   (92,130 )   $ 24.93             $ (842 )
Outstanding at                              
  December 31, 2017   174,510     $ 28.70       6.0     $ 1,901  
Exercisable at                              
  December 31, 2017   129,916     $ 25.66       5.1     $ 1,223  
Vested during                              
  twelve months ended                              
  December 31, 2017   41,810                     $ 405  

 

 

The following table summarizes information concerning stock options outstanding at December 31, 2017:

 

        Shares      Weighted     Weighted  
Range of Exercise       under     Average     Average  
Prices per Share       Option     Exercise Price   Remaining Life
                             
Non-exercisable:                            
$24.76 - $37.25       7,084         26.97       6.9  
$37.26 - $41.39       37,510         39.59       9.0  
        44,594       $ 37.58       8.7  Years
Exercisable:                            
$16.51 - $24.75       14,100         16.72       3.9  
$24.76 - $37.25       73,928         22.06       3.9  
$37.26 - $41.39       41,888         35.01       7.6  
        129,916       $ 25.66       5.1  Years
Total       174,510       $ 28.70       6.0  Years

 

The aggregate intrinsic value of exercisable in-the-money options was $2,418,000 and the aggregate intrinsic value of outstanding in-the-money options was $2,719,000 based on the market closing price of $44.25 on December 29, 2017 less exercise prices.

 

The unrecognized compensation cost of options granted to FRP employees but not yet vested as of December 31, 2017 was $583,000, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 4.1 years.

 

Gains of $1,634,000 were realized by option holders during the year ended December 31, 2017. Patriot realized the tax benefits of $1,525,000 of these gains because these options were exercised by Patriot employees for options granted prior to the spin-off.

 

 

10.Income Taxes.

 

Fourth quarter 2017 net income included $12,043,000, or $1.20 per share, due to a deferred tax benefit resulting from

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revaluing the company’s net deferred tax liabilities per the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. The company’s net deferred tax liability was reduced as a result of the lower corporate income tax rates applicable to the Company going forward. The adjustment included $209,000 from reducing the effective tax rate for 2017 from 39.5% to 39.07% as a result of not being required to add to deferred taxes in anticipation of future taxable income in excess of $10 million where the federal rate increases from 34% to 35%. Our tax rate including the effect of state income taxes, but not including excess tax benefits from stock option exercises, is projected to decrease from 39.07% to 27.05% starting in 2018.

 

Income tax expense may differ from the above estimate, possibly materially, due to, changes in interpretations of the Tax Act or related accounting guidance, the projected deferred tax changes for fiscal 2018, and projected effective state tax rates. We currently anticipate finalizing and recording any resulting adjustments by the end of our current fiscal year ending December 31, 2018.

 

The provision for income taxes for continuing operations consists of the following (in thousands):

    Year ended   Three months ended   Year ended   Year ended
    December 31,   December 31,   September 30,   September 30,
    2017   2016   2016   2015
  Current:                                  
    Federal     $ (1,763  )     693       4,807       1,803  
    State       (429  )     185       1,165       524  
          (2,192     878       5,972       2,327  
  Deferred       9,521       19       1,879       1,568  
                                     
  Total     $ 7,329       897       7,851       3,895  

 

 

A reconciliation between the amount of tax shown above and the amount computed at the statutory Federal income tax rate follows (in thousands):

    Year ended   Three months ended   Year ended   Year ended
    December 31,   December 31,   September 30,   September 30,
    2017   2016   2016   2015
Amount computed at statutory                                
  Federal rate   $ 16,723       777       6,797       3,396  
State income taxes (net of Federal                                
  income tax benefit)     2,476       115       1,002       504  
Tax Cut and Jobs Act of 2017     (11,834     —         —         —    
Other, net     (36     5       52       (5 )
Provision for income taxes   $ 7,329       897       7,851       3,895  

 

 

In this reconciliation, the category “Other, net” consists of changes in unrecognized tax benefits, permanent tax differences related to non-deductible expenses, special tax rates and tax credits, interest and penalties, and adjustments to prior year estimates.

 

The types of temporary differences and their related tax effects that give rise to deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities are presented below (in thousands):

    As of   As of   As of
    December 31,   December 31,   September 30,
    2017   2016   2016
Deferred tax liabilities:                        
 Property and equipment   $ 25,212       15,127       15,197  
 Depletion     660       776       526  
 Unrealized rents     1,166       1,786       1,823  
 Prepaid expenses     431       763       913  
  Gross deferred tax liabilities     27,469       18,452       18,459  
Deferred tax assets:                        
 Employee benefits and other     1,487       1,997       2,023  
Gross deferred tax assets     1,487       1,997       2,023  
Net deferred tax liability   $ 25,982       16,455       16,436  

 

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The Company has no unrecognized tax benefits.

 

FRP tax returns in the U.S. and various states that include the Company are subject to audit by taxing authorities. As of December 31, 2017, the earliest tax year that remains open for audit in the Unites States is 2012.

 

 

11.Employee Benefits.

 

The Company and certain subsidiaries have a savings/profit sharing plan for the benefit of qualified employees. The savings feature of the plan incorporates the provisions of Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code under which an eligible employee may elect to save a portion (within limits) of their compensation on a tax deferred basis. The Company contributes to a participant’s account an amount equal to 50% (with certain limits) of the participant’s contribution. Additionally, the Company may make an annual discretionary contribution to the plan as determined by the Board of Directors, with certain limitations. The plan provides for deferred vesting with benefits payable upon retirement or earlier termination of employment. The Company’s cost was $54,000 in fiscal 2017, $16,000 in the transition period, $51,000 in fiscal 2016 and $45,000 in fiscal 2015.

 

The Company has a defined benefit pension plan, the Management Security Plan (MSP) for certain officers and key employees. The accruals for future benefits are based upon the remaining years to retirement of the participating employees and other actuarial assumptions. Life insurance on the lives of one of the participants has been purchased to partially fund this benefit and the Company is the owner and beneficiary of that policy. The expense for fiscal 2017, the transition period, fiscal 2016 and 2015 was $12,000, $13,000, $161,000 and $163,000, respectively. The accrued benefit under this plan as of December 31, 2017, December 31, 2016 and September 30, 2016 was $1,457,000, $1,475,000 and $1,485,000 respectively.

 

 

12.Business Segments.

 

The Company is reporting its financial performance based on four reportable segments, Asset Management, Mining Royalty Lands, Land Development and Construction and RiverFront on the Anacostia, as described below.

 

The Asset Management segment owns, leases and manages warehouse/office buildings located predominately in the Baltimore/Northern Virginia/Washington, DC market area.

 

Our Mining Royalty Lands segment owns several properties comprising approximately 15,000 acres currently under lease for mining rents or royalties (this does not include the 4,280 acres owned in our Brooksville joint venture with Vulcan Materials).  Other than one location in Virginia, all of these properties are located in Florida and Georgia.

 

Through our Land Development and Construction segment, we own and are continuously monitoring for their “highest and best use” several parcels of land that are in various stages of development.  Our overall strategy in this segment is to convert all of our non-income producing lands into income production through (i) an orderly process of constructing new buildings for us to own and operate or (ii) a sale to, or joint venture with, third parties.

 

In July 2017, Phase I (Dock 79) of the development known as RiverFront on the Anacostia in Washington, D.C., a 300,000 square foot residential apartment building developed by a joint venture between the Company and MRP SE

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Waterfront Residential, LLC (“MRP”), reached stabilization, meaning 90% of the individual apartments have been leased and are occupied by third party tenants. Upon reaching stabilization, the Company has, for a period of one year, the exclusive right to (i) cause the joint venture to sell the property or (ii) cause the Company’s and MRP’s percentage interests in the joint venture to be adjusted so as to take into account the value of the development at the time of stabilization. The attainment of stabilization also resulted in a change of control for accounting purposes as the veto rights of the minority shareholder lapsed and the Company became the primary beneficiary. As such, beginning July 1, 2017, the Company consolidated the assets (at current fair value), liabilities and operating results of the joint venture as a new segment called RiverFront on the Anacostia.

 

Subsequent to the Spin-off, the Company is receiving certain services from Patriot (e.g. executive oversight, accounting, information technology and human resource services) which are billed to the Company on a monthly basis in accordance with the Transition Services Agreement entered into and made effective as of the date of the Spin-off. As was the case prior to the Spin-off, these costs (excluding stock compensation) are included in the Company’s corporate expense and are fully allocated to the business segments. Certain other corporate expenses (primarily stock compensation, corporate aircraft and one-time Spin-off related expenses) are reported as “unallocated” on the Company’s consolidated income statement and are not allocated to any business segment. As a result of the Spin-off the former transportation segment of the Company is reported as a discontinued operation and thus is not allowed any corporate overhead allocation. Hence, all corporate overhead of the transportation group through the date of the Spin-off is included in “corporate expense” on the Company’s consolidated income statements herein. Reclassifications to the appropriate prior period line items and amounts have been made to be comparable to the current presentation.

 

Operating results and certain other financial data for the Company’s business segments are as follows (in thousands):

  Year ended   Three months ended   Year ended   Year ended
  December 31,   December 31,   September 30,   September 30,
  2017   2016   2016   2015
Revenues:                              
 Asset management $ 29,873       7,321       28,739       27,570  
 Mining royalty lands   7,241       1,880       7,533       6,094  
 Land development and construction   1,230       311       1,185       982  
 RiverFront on the Anacostia   4,847       —         —         —    
  43,191       9,512       37,457       34,646  
Operating profit:                              
Before corporate expenses:                              
 Asset management $ 13,799       3,509       13,374       13,288  
 Mining royalty lands   6,732       1,750       7,029       5,478  
 Land development and construction   (1,528 )     (400 )     (940 )     (2,197 )
 RiverFront on the Anacostia   (2,018 )     —          —          —     
 Corporate expenses:                              
  Allocated to asset management   (1,917 )     (485 )     (1,591 )     (1,248 )
  Allocated to mining royalty   (167 )     (42 )     (231 )     (1,322 )
  Allocated to land development and construction   (1,231 )     (328 )     (1,258 )     (737 )
  Allocated to RiverFront on the Anacostia   (65 )     —         —         —    
  Unallocated to discontinued operations   —         —         —         (1,081 )
    (3,380 )     (855 )     (3,080 )     (4,388 )
  13,605       4,004       16,383       12,181  
Interest expense:                              
 Asset management $ 1,340       306       1,561       2,014  
 RiverFront on the Anacostia   2,983       —         —         —    
  4,323       306       1,561       2,014  
                               
Depreciation, depletion and amortization:                              
 Asset management $ 8,110       2,005       7,689       6,963  
 Mining royalty lands   110       35       104       133  
 Land development and construction   337       55       258       282  
 RiverFront on the Anacostia   4,975       —         —         —    
  13,532       2,095       8,051       7,378  
Capital expenditures:                              
 Asset management 6,913       1,199       20,747       2,408  
 Mining royalty lands   —         2       205       —    
 Land development and construction   8,840       4,206       6,602       4,085  
 RiverFront on the Anacostia   857       —         —         —    
  16,610       5,407       27,554       6,493  
                               
Identifiable net assets at end of period:                              
  Asset management $ 179,654       169,736       170,562       151,023  
  Mining royalty lands   38,656       39,259       39,570       39,300  
  Land development and construction   46,684       57,126       54,157       60,682  
  RiverFront on the Anacostia   144,386       —         —         —    
  Cash items   4,524       —         —         419  
  Unallocated corporate assets   4,830       439       500       1,054  
  418,734       266,560       264,789       252,478  

 

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13.Fair Value Measurements.

 

Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The fair value hierarchy prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value into three broad levels. Level 1 means the use of quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. Level 2 means the use of values that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data. Level 3 means the use of inputs are those that are unobservable and significant to the overall fair value measurement.

 

As of December 31, 2017 the Company had no assets or liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring or non-recurring basis. At December 31, 2017, December 31, 2016 and September 30, 2016, the carrying amount reported in the consolidated balance sheets for cash and cash equivalents, short-term notes payable and revolving credit approximate their fair value based upon the short-term nature of these items.

 

The fair values of the Company’s other mortgage notes payable were estimated based on current rates available to the Company for debt of the same remaining maturities. At December 31, 2017, the carrying amount and fair value of such other long-term debt was $118,317,000 and $122,271,000, respectively. At December 31, 2016, the carrying amount and fair value of such other long-term debt was $40,745,000 and $43,747,000, respectively. At September 30, 2016, the carrying amount and fair value of such other long-term debt was $41,932,000 and $46,216,000, respectively.

 

14.Contingent Liabilities.

 

Certain of the Company’s subsidiaries are involved in litigation on a number of matters and are subject to certain claims which arise in the normal course of business. The Company has retained certain self-insurance risks with respect to losses for third party liability and property damage. The liability at any point in time depends upon the relative ages and amounts of the individual open claims. In the opinion of management, none of these matters are expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company’s consolidated financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

 

Preliminary testing on the site of the Company's four phase master development known as RiverFront on the Anacostia in Washington, D.C. indicated the presence of contaminated material that will have to be specially handled upon excavation in conjunction with construction. The Company agreed with our joint venture partner to bear the cost of handling the contaminated materials on the first phase of this development up to a cap of $1.871 million. As of

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September 30, 2016, the excavation and foundation work for Phase 1 were substantially complete and the total remediation expense was $1.833 million. During the quarter ending December 31, 2015, management successfully completed negotiations and entered into a $3,000,000 settlement of environmental claims on all four phases against our former tenant at the Riverfront on the Anacostia property and continues to pursue settlement negotiations with other potentially responsible parties. The Company executed a letter of intent with MRP Realty in May 2016 to develop Phase II of the Riverfront on the Anacostia project and recorded an estimated environmental remediation expense of $2.0 million for the Company’s estimated liability under the proposed agreement. The Company has no obligation to remediate this contamination on Phases III and IV of the development until such time as it makes a commitment to commence construction on each phase. The Company's actual expense to address this issue may be materially higher or lower than the expense previously recorded depending upon the actual costs incurred.

 

15.Commitments.

 

The Company, at December 31, 2017, had entered into various contracts to develop real estate with remaining commitments totaling $2,677,000.

 

16.Concentrations.

 

One tenant accounts for 10% of the Company’s consolidated revenues during 2017.  The mining royalty lands segment has a total of four tenants currently leasing mining locations and one lessee that accounted for 13.6% of the Company’s consolidated revenues during 2017 and $190,000 of accounts receivable at December 31, 2017.  The termination of these lessees’ underlying leases could have a material adverse effect on the Company. The Company places its cash and cash equivalents with First Tennessee Bank.  At times, such amounts may exceed FDIC limits.

 

17.Unusual or Infrequent Items Impacting Quarterly Results.

 

In January 2015 the Company prepaid the $1,314,000 remaining principal balance on 8.55% and 7.95% mortgages. The prepayment penalty of $116,000 is included in interest expense. The remaining deferred loan costs of $15,000 were also included in interest expense.

 

Costs of operations for the land development and construction segment for the quarter ending December 31, 2015 includes a $3,000,000 positive benefit from settlement of environmental claims against our former tenant at the Riverfront on the Anacostia property (see Note 14).

 

Gain on investment land sold for the quarter ending December 31, 2015 includes $6,277,000 gain on the sale of phase 2 of Windlass Run residential property.

 

Costs of operations for the land development and construction segment for the quarter ending June 30, 2016 includes a $2,000,000 expense for estimated environmental remediation liability on Phase II of the Riverfront on the Anacostia property (see Note 14).

 

On July 1, 2017, the Company consolidated the assets (at fair value), liabilities and operating results of the Dock 79 joint venture. This consolidation resulted in a gain on remeasurement of investment in real estate partnership of $60,196,000 of which $20,469,000 was attributed to the noncontrolling interest.

 

The construction financing for Dock 79 was refinanced and a prepayment penalty of $440,000 and the remaining deferred loan costs of $714,000 were recorded into interest expense in the quarter ending December 31, 2017.

 

Fourth quarter 2017 net income included $12,043,000, or $1.20 per share, due to a deferred tax benefit resulting from revaluing the company’s net deferred tax liabilities per the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.

 

 

18.Real Estate Business Park Acquisitions.

 

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The Company has allocated the purchase price of the property acquisitions based upon the fair value of the assets acquired, consisting of land, buildings and intangible assets, including in-place leases and below market leases.  These deferred leasing intangible assets are recorded within Deferred Costs and Deferred lease intangible, net in the consolidated balance sheets. The value of the in-place lease intangibles will be amortized to amortization expense over the remaining lease terms. The fair value assigned pertaining to the above market in-place leases values are amortized as a reduction to rental revenue, and the below market in-place lease values are amortized as an increase to rental revenue over the remaining non-cancelable terms of the respective leases.

 

PORT CAPITAL PROPERTY - On October 19, 2015, the Company purchased for approximately $9.9 million, 7700 Port Capital Drive in Elkridge, Maryland which consists of 1 building on 6.39 acres totaling 91,218 square feet plus approximately 29,558 square feet of mezzanine space. The Company will recognize the amortization related to the Port Capital Drive property intangible assets according to the following schedule (in thousands):

 

          In-place    
          Leases    
  Initial Values     $ 1,126    
  Annual Amortization:            
  2016     $ 104    
  3 months ended December 31, 2016       28    
  2017       114    
  2018       114    
  2019       114    
  2020       114    
  2021       114    
               
  2022       114    
               
               

 

GILROY ROAD PROPERTY – On July 1, 2016, the Company purchased for approximately $8.3 million, 10820 Gilroy Road in Hunt Valley, Maryland which consists of 1 building on 7 acres totaling 116,338 square feet inclusive of 8,900 square feet of second floor mezzanine office space (107,438 sf footprint). The Company will recognize the amortization related to the Port Capital Drive property intangible assets according to the following schedule (in thousands):

          In-place    
          Leases    
  Initial Values     $ 277    
  Annual Amortization:            
  2016     $ 55    
  3 months ended December 31, 2016       55    
  2017       167    
               
               
               

 

DOCK 79 – The Company will recognize the amortization related to the Dock 79 intangible assets (Note 3) according to the following schedule (in thousands):

          In-place    
          Leases    
  Initial Values     $ 4,727    
  Annual Amortization:            
  2017     $ 2,501    
  2018       2,201    
  2019       25    

 

19.Intangible Assets.

 

The Company reviews intangible assets for impairment, whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of such assets may not be recoverable. Recoverability of long-lived assets is measured by a comparison of the carrying amount of the asset group to the future undiscounted net cash flows expected to be

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generated by those assets. If such assets are considered to be impaired, the impairment charge recognized is the amount by which the carrying amounts of the assets exceeds the fair value of the assets.

 

The gross amounts and accumulated amortization of identifiable intangible assets are as follows (in thousands):

 

    December 31, 2017   December 31, 2016   September 30, 2016
    Gross   Accumulated   Gross   Accumulated   Gross   Accumulated
    Amount   Amortization   Amount   Amortization   Amount   Amortization
Amortizable intangible assets:                                                
  In-place leases (useful life 7-8 years)   $ 7,515       4,206       2,788       1,300       2,788       1,175  
  Above Market leases (useful life 5 years)     48       27       48       24       48       23  
    $ 7,563       4,233       2,836       1,324       2,836       1,198  

 

 

    December 31, 2017   December 31, 2016   September 30, 2016
    Gross   Accumulated   Gross   Accumulated   Gross   Accumulated
    Amount   Amortization   Amount   Amortization   Amount   Amortization
Amortizable intangible liabilities:                                                
  Below Market leases (useful life 4-5 years)   $ 220       220       220       211       220       206  
    $ 220       220       220       211       220       206  

 

 

 

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Report of Management

 

Management's Responsibility for the Financial Statements

 

Management of the Company is responsible for the preparation and integrity of the consolidated financial statements appearing in our Annual Report on Form 10-K. The financial statements were prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States appropriate in the circumstances and, accordingly, include certain amounts based on our best judgments and estimates. Financial information in this Annual Report on Form 10-K is consistent with that in the financial statements.

 

Management of the Company is responsible for establishing and maintaining a system of internal controls and procedures to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of the consolidated financial statements. Our internal control system is supported by a program of internal audits and appropriate reviews by management, written policies and guidelines, careful selection and training of qualified personnel, and a written Code of Business Conduct adopted by our Company's Board of Directors, applicable to all officers and employees of our Company and subsidiaries.

 

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements and, even when determined to be effective, can only provide reasonable assurance with respect to financial statement preparation and presentation. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

 

Management's Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

 

Management of the Company is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act"). Management assessed the effectiveness of the Company's internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2017. In making this assessment, management used the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (2013 Framework) ("COSO") in Internal Control—Integrated Framework. Based on this assessment, management believes that the Company maintained effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2017.

 

The Company's independent auditors, Hancock Askew& Co., LLP, a registered public accounting firm, are appointed by the Audit Committee of the Company's Board of Directors, subject to ratification by our Company's shareowners. Hancock Askew & Co., LLP has audited and reported on the consolidated financial statements of FRP Holdings, Inc. and the Company's internal control over financial reporting. The reports of the independent auditors are contained in this annual report.

 

Audit Committee's Responsibility

 

The Audit Committee of our Company's Board of Directors, composed solely of Directors who are independent in accordance with the requirements of the Nasdaq Stock Market listing standards, the Exchange Act, and the Company's Corporate Governance Guidelines, meets with the independent auditors, management and internal auditors periodically to discuss internal controls and auditing and financial reporting matters. The Audit Committee reviews with the independent auditors the scope and results of the audit effort. The Audit Committee also meets periodically with the independent auditors and the chief internal auditor without management present to ensure that the independent auditors and the chief internal auditor have free access to the Audit Committee. Our Audit Committee's Report can be found in the Company's 2018 Proxy Statement.

 

 

Report of Independent Registered Certified Public Accounting Firm

The Shareholders and Board of Directors

FRP Holdings, Inc.

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Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of FRP Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2017 and 2016 and September 30, 2016, the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, shareholders’ equity, and cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2017, the three month period ended December 31, 2016 and the years ended September 30, 2016 and 2015, and the related notes to the consolidated financial statements (collectively, the “consolidated financial statements”). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2017 and 2016 and September 30, 2016, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for the year ending December 31, 2017, the three month period ended December 31, 2016 and the years ended September 30, 2016 and 2015, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”), the Company's internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2017, based on criteria established in Internal Control – Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (“COSO”) and our report dated March 16, 2018 expressed an unqualified opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

Basis for Opinion

These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s consolidated financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

Hancock Askew & Co., LLP

 

We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2006.

 

Savannah, Georgia

March 16, 2018

 

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Report of Independent Registered Certified Public Accounting Firm

on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

 

The Shareholders and Board of Directors

FRP Holdings, Inc.

 

Opinion on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

 

We have audited FRP Holdings, Inc. (the “Company’s”) internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2017, based on criteria established in Internal Control – Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (the “COSO criteria. In our opinion, the Company maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2017, based on the COSO criteria.

 

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”), the consolidated balance sheets of the Company as of December 31, 2017 and 2016 and September 30, 2016, and the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, shareholders’ equity, and cash flows, for the year ended December 31, 2017, the three month period ended December 31, 2016 and the years ended September 30, 2016 and 2015, and the related notes to the consolidated financial statements and our report dated March 16, 2018 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.

 

Basis for Opinion

 

The Company’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, included in the accompanying Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

 

We conducted our audit of internal control over financial reporting in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk, and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

Definition and Limitations of Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

 

A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

 

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

 

 

Respectfully submitted,

Hancock Askew & Co., LLP

 

Savannah, Georgia

March 16, 2018

 

 

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DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

 

Directors

John D. Baker II (1)

Chief Executive Officer of the Company

 

Charles E. Commander III (2)(3)

Retired Partner

Foley & Lardner

 

H. W. Shad III (2)(4)

Owner, Bozard Ford Company

 

Martin E. Stein, Jr. (3)(4)

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of

Regency Centers Corporation

 

William H. Walton (2)(3)(4)

President of Rockpoint Group LLC

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(1) Member of the Executive Committee

(2) Member of the Audit Committee

(3) Member of the Compensation Committee

(4) Member of the Nominating Committee

 

Officers

John D. Baker II

Chief Executive Officer

 

John D. Milton, Jr.

Executive Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary

and Chief Financial Officer

 

David H. deVilliers, Jr.

President

President, FRP Development Corp. and

Florida Rock Properties, Inc.

 

John D. Klopfenstein

Controller and Chief Accounting Officer

 

 

 

 

FRP Holdings, Inc.

200 West Forsyth Street, 7th Floor

Jacksonville, Florida, 32202

Telephone: (904) 396-5733

 

 

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Annual Meeting

Shareholders are cordially invited to attend the Annual Shareholders Meeting which will be held at 10 a.m. local time, on Tuesday, May 8, 2018, at The River Club, Ortega Room, on the 34th floor of the Wells Fargo Building, One Independent Drive, Jacksonville, Florida.

 

Transfer Agent

American Stock Transfer & Trust Company

59 Maiden Lane

Plaza Level

New York, NY 10038

Telephone: 1-800-937-5449

 

General Counsel

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Jacksonville, Florida

 

Independent Registered Certified Public Accounting Firm

 

Hancock Askew & Co., LLP

Savannah, Georgia

 

Common Stock Listed

 

The Nasdaq Stock Market

(Symbol: FRPH)

 

 

Form 10-K

 

Shareholders may receive, without charge, a copy of FRP Holdings, Inc.’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by writing to the Treasurer at 200 West Forsyth Street, 7th Floor, Jacksonville, Florida 32202. The most recent certifications by our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 are filed as exhibits to our Form 10-K.

 

Company Website

 

The Company’s website may be accessed at www.frpholdings.com. All of our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission can be accessed through our website promptly after filing. This includes annual reports on Form 10-K, proxy statements, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports filed or furnished on Form 8-K and all related amendments.

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