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UNITED STATES

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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549

FORM 8‑K

CURRENT REPORT Pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934



November 9, 2021

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)



Condor Hospitality Trust, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)



Maryland

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)



1-34087

52-1889548

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1800 West Pasewalk Avenue, Suite 120

 

Norfolk, Nebraska

68701

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Item 8.01 Other Events

Supplement to Definitive Proxy Statement

This is a supplement to the Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed by Condor Hospitality Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”, “we” or “us”), with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on October 18, 2021 (the “Definitive Proxy Statement”) and mailed to Company shareholders in connection with the solicitation of proxies for use at the special meeting of shareholders of the Company to be held on November 12, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. Eastern time in virtual-only format via live webcast at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/CDOR2021SM2 (there is no physical location for the special meeting).  The Definitive Proxy Statement is amended and supplemented by the information set forth in this Current Report on Form 8-K, which should be read as part of, and in conjunction with, the information contained in the Definitive Proxy Statement. To the extent that information set forth below differs from information contained in the Definitive Proxy Statement, the information set forth below shall supersede such information contained in the Definitive Proxy Statement.  Except as otherwise set forth below, the information set forth in the Definitive Proxy Statement remains unchanged, and capitalized terms used in this Current Report on Form 8-K but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings ascribed to those terms in the Definitive Proxy Statement.

On November 2, 2021, the Company has received a demand letter (the “Demand Letter”) on behalf of a purported stockholder of the Company regarding the Definitive Proxy Statement.  As of the date of this filing, the Company has not received any other demand letters or received notice of any litigation arising from our actions in connection with the Portfolio Sale or the Plan of Liquidation.

While the Company believes that no supplemental disclosure is required to be made to the Definitive Proxy Statement under applicable law and that the allegations and claims asserted in the Demand Letter are without merit, in order to reduce the risk of the Demand Letter delaying or adversely affecting the Portfolio Sale and to minimize the costs, risks and uncertainties inherent in defending the claims asserted in the Demand Letter, and without admitting any liability or wrongdoing, the Company has determined to voluntarily supplement the Definitive Proxy Statement as provided below.

Nothing in this Current Report on Form 8-K shall be deemed an admission of the legal necessity or materiality under applicable laws of any of the disclosures set forth herein. To the contrary, the Company specifically denies all allegations and claims in the Demand Letter that any additional disclosure was or is required.

This Current Report on Form 8-K and the disclosure provided herein does not affect the consideration to be paid to the Company in connection with the Portfolio or the timing of the special meeting of the Company’s shareholders scheduled to be held on November 12, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. Eastern time as described in the Definitive Proxy Statement. The Company’s board of directors continues to recommend that Company shareholders vote “FOR” the Portfolio Sale Proposal and “FOR” the other proposals being considered at the special meeting.

The following underlined language is added to the third full paragraph on page 27 of the Definitive Proxy Statement concerning the Background.

Following the issuance of the press release, HWE commenced marketing the Portfolio. Between June 21, 2021 and August 12, 2021 HWE contacted over 436 potential bidders of whom 126 executed non-disclosure agreements with customary terms, including Blackstone. Fifty-four of the non-disclosure agreements contain a provision restricting the counterparty from requesting that the Company waive an agreed-upon standstill without first securing the prior consent of the Company’s board of directors. For the remaining non-disclosure agreements– including the prospective purchasers who submitted revised and improved offers – the standstill obligation terminated on September 22, 2021 upon the execution of the Purchase Agreement. Each party that entered into a non-disclosure agreement, including Blackstone, was provided access by HWE to a virtual data room which contained hotel property information and STR Reports. Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP (“Jeffer Mangels”) and McGrath North, law firms representing the Company, drafted a hotel purchase and sale agreement, which HWE added to the virtual data room. During the marketing process, HWE, in consultation with Mr. Blackham, instructed the potential purchasers to submit initial indicative offers on August 12, 2021, of which eleven were received, and to submit best and final offers on August 20, 2021, of which seven were received. We refer to the eleven prospective purchasers who submitted indicative offers, aside from Buyer, as “Party B” through “Party K”.

The following language is added to the fourth full paragraph on page 28 of the Definitive Proxy Statement concerning the Background.

Between August 23, 2021 and September 22, 2021, the Company’s management and representatives of Blackstone and their respective counsel engaged in negotiations regarding the Portfolio Sale. There have been no communications regarding post-transaction employment, directorships and benefits.


 

The table under the heading “THE PORTFOLIO SALE AND THE PLAN OF LIQUIDATIONSummary of Financial Analysis of our Financial Advisor—Analysis of Selected Precedent Portfolio Sale” on page 36 of the Proxy Statement is hereby revised, supplemented and replaced in its entirety as follows:

Date

Owner/Buyer

Seller

$/Key

Jul-21

Flynn Properties, Varde Partners

Apple Hospitality REIT

$98,922 

May-21

Davidson Kempner

Starwood Capital

278,431 

Mar-21

Highgate Holdings, Cerberus

Colony Capital (REIT)

124,339 

Jan-20

Arbor Lodging Partners

BRE Select Hotels

143,893 

Dec-19

AHIP REIT

TMI Hospitality (Starwood)

158,770 

Dec-19

Sharpen Capital

AHIP REIT

56,090 

Nov-19

Dune RE Partners LP

Schulte Hospitality

149,326 

Aug-19

Singerman Real Estate

RLJ Lodging Trust

82,971 

Jul-19

Choice Hotels

Fillmore Cap Prtnrs

290,323 

Jun-19

BREIT

RLJ Lodging Trust

122,314 

Apr-19

Arbor Lodging Partners

Summit Hotel Properties

165,644 

Jan-19

SREIT

Noble Investment Group

216,446 

Nov-18

Blackstone

PEG Development

229,130 

Oct-18

Unilmmo: Global

Regent Partners

398,026 

Sep-18

PEG Development

Blackstone

123,574 

Mar-18

Jason Kotter

Ameritel Inns

212,103 

Sep-17

Hospitality Props Trust

Blackstone

83,485 

Jul-17

Aspect Investment Partners

Lightstone VP REIT II

129,820 

Jun-17

AHIP REIT

MCR Development

173,305 

Jun-17

Summit Hotel Properties

Xenia

200,492 

Oct-16

China Life

Starwood Capital

131,709 

Oct-16

StepStone Real Estate

The Generation Cos

80,494 

 

The following underlined language is added to the last sentence of the second paragraph under the heading “THE PORTFOLIO SALE AND THE PLAN OF LIQUIDATIONSummary of Financial Analysis of our Financial Advisor—Liquidation Analysis” on page 38 of the Proxy Statement.

KeyBanc further refined the analysis to focus on upper-midscale to upscale properties that more closely matched the type and quality of hotel property in Condor’s Portfolio and subsequently applied a 15% portfolio premium to the average of the selected transactions, which premium percentage was determined based on KeyBanc’s professional judgment and experience.

The second, third and fourth sentences of the second paragraph under the heading “THE PORTFOLIO SALE AND THE PLAN OF LIQUIDATION—Summary of Financial Analysis of our Financial Advisor—Discounted Cash Flow Analysis” beginning on page 38 of the Proxy Statement are hereby revised, supplemented and replaced in its entirety as follows: 

The unlevered free cash flows were calculated by taking Hotel EBITDA and subtracting capital expenditures (assuming property improvement program costs of $12.5 million in each of 2022 and 2023 as directed by the Company), as follows:



Financial Projections



2022P

2023P

2024P

2025P

2026P

Total Revenue

$63.5  $76.6  $81.9  $86.0  $88.8 

Less: Hotel Operating Expenses

($42.9)

($49.3)

($51.6)

($53.6)

($55.2)

    Hotel EBITDA

$20.7  $27.3  $30.4  $32.4  $33.6 

Less: Capital Expenditures

($12.5)

($12.5)

($3.3)

($3.4)

($3.6)

    Unlevered Free Cash Flow

$8.2  $14.8  $27.1  $29.0  $30.1 



The residual value of the Portfolio at the end of the forecast period, or “terminal value,” was estimated by applying a range of plus or minus 5.0% to the average $ / key multiple of $165,891, which was based on the average of the Selected Portfolio Sale Comparables, and which was applied to the Portfolio key count, yielding the following low-end and high-end terminal values prior to discounting the values to the present time period:

Low-End Terminal Value DCF Calculation

 

High-End Terminal Value DCF Calculation

# of Keys

1,908 

 

# of Keys

1,908 

$ / Key

$157.6 

 

$ / Key

$174.2 

Terminal Real Estate Value

$300.7 

 

Terminal Real Estate Value

$332.3 




 

The following is added below the Summary Financials table and associated footnotes on page 40 of the Definitive Proxy Statement concerning Financial Projections.

The following additional information is provided with respect to the calculations of the above financial projections (i) all line items used to calculate Hotel EBITDA; and (ii) projected net operating income and all underlying items.  Projected cash flows were not calculated.



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



2022P

 

2023P

 

2024P

 

2025P

 

2026P

Revenue

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      Rooms

$59,184,858 

 

$71,638,351 

 

$76,727,937 

 

$80,542,800 

 

$83,220,150 

      Food & Beverage

1,836,552 

 

2,178,583 

 

2,315,096 

 

2,429,195 

 

2,514,921 

      Other Operated Depts.

2,207,050 

 

2,431,359 

 

2,516,456 

 

2,604,532 

 

2,695,691 

     Miscellaneous Income

302,400 

 

369,600 

 

382,536 

 

395,925 

 

409,782 

Total Revenue

63,530,860 

 

76,617,892 

 

81,942,026 

 

85,972,452 

 

88,840,544 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Departmental Expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      Rooms

12,866,626 

 

14,975,545 

 

15,719,980 

 

16,352,791 

 

16,850,314 

      Food & Beverage

1,436,897 

 

1,833,413 

 

1,943,750 

 

2,032,411 

 

2,093,799 

      Other Operated Depts.

652,228 

 

743,023 

 

765,313 

 

788,273 

 

811,921 

Total Departmental Expenses

14,955,752 

 

17,551,981 

 

18,429,043 

 

19,173,474 

 

19,756,035 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Departmental Profit

48,575,108 

 

59,065,911 

 

63,512,983 

 

66,798,978 

 

69,084,509 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Undistributed Oper. Expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      Admin & Gen.

4,989,600 

 

5,399,880 

 

5,561,876 

 

5,728,733 

 

5,900,595 

      Info. & Telecomm Systems

932,417 

 

1,124,098 

 

1,157,821 

 

1,192,556 

 

1,228,333 

      Franchise Fees

6,338,959 

 

7,679,757 

 

8,227,992 

 

8,647,733 

 

8,935,063 

      Marketing

2,974,896 

 

3,545,338 

 

3,651,698 

 

3,761,249 

 

3,874,086 

      Utility Costs

2,420,600 

 

2,656,413 

 

2,789,203 

 

2,902,673 

 

2,990,910 

      Property Oper. & Maint.

2,286,832 

 

2,727,266 

 

2,809,084 

 

2,893,356 

 

2,980,157 

Total Undistributed Oper. Expenses...............

19,943,304 

 

23,132,752 

 

24,197,675 

 

25,126,300 

 

25,909,143 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross Operating Profit

28,631,804 

 

35,933,160 

 

39,315,308 

 

41,672,678 

 

43,175,366 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      Management Fees

1,905,926 

 

2,298,537 

 

2,458,261 

 

2,579,174 

 

2,665,216 

Income Before Fixed Charges

26,725,879 

 

33,634,623 

 

36,857,047 

 

39,093,505 

 

40,510,149 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed Charges

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      Insurance

939,106 

 

967,279 

 

996,298 

 

1,026,186 

 

1,056,972 

      Property Taxes

5,027,880 

 

5,178,716 

 

5,334,078 

 

5,494,100 

 

5,658,923 

      Rent

84,780 

 

85,108 

 

87,661 

 

90,291 

 

92,999 

Total Fixed Charges

6,066,766 

 

6,300,103 

 

6,489,106 

 

6,683,779 

 

6,884,293 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hotel EBITDA

20,659,113 

 

27,334,520 

 

30,367,941 

 

32,409,726 

 

33,625,857 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reserve for Replacement

2,541,234 

 

3,064,716 

 

3,277,681 

 

3,438,898 

 

3,553,622 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hotel NOI

18,117,879 

 

24,269,804 

 

27,090,260 

 

28,970,827 

 

30,072,235 




 

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This Current Report on Form 8-K (including statements about the expected timing of the special meeting, the sale of the Company hotel portfolio) contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements, which are based on current expectations, estimates and projections about the industry and markets in which Condor Hospitality Trust, Inc. (“Condor”), operates and beliefs of and assumptions made by Condor management, involve uncertainties that could significantly affect the financial or operating results of Condor. Words such as “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “seeks,” “estimates,” “will,” “should,” “may,” “projects,” “could,” “estimates” or variations of such words and other similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements, which generally are not historical in nature, but not all forward-looking statements include such identifying words.  All statements that address operating performance, events or developments that we expect or anticipate will occur in the future — including statements relating to creating value for shareholders, benefits of the proposed transaction to shareholders and employees — are forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Although we believe the expectations reflected in any forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, we can give no assurance that our expectations will be attained and therefore, actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed or forecasted in such forward-looking statements. For example, these forward-looking statements could be affected by factors including, without limitation, risks associated with (i) national, international, regional and local economic climates; (ii) the potential liability for a failure to meet regulatory requirements, including the maintenance of real estate investment trust status; (iii) risks associated with the ability to consummate the transactions; (iv) potential changes to tax legislation; (v) the potential impact of announcement of the proposed transaction or consummation of the proposed transactions on relationships, including with employees; (vi) the unfavorable outcome of any legal proceedings that may be instituted against Condor; (vii) impacts relating to COVID-19 or other pandemics or catastrophic events; and (viii) those additional risks and factors discussed in reports filed with the SEC by Condor from time to time, including those discussed under the heading “Risk Factors”, the Definitive Proxy Statement and  in its filed reports on Form 10-K and 10-Q. Except to the extent required by applicable law or regulation, Condor disclaims any duty to update any forward-looking statements contained in this communication or to otherwise update any of the above-referenced factors.

Additional Information and Where to Find It

The proposed transactions will be submitted to the Company’s shareholders for their consideration. In connection with the proposed transactions, the Company has filed relevant materials with the SEC, including the Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A which was mailed to shareholders on October 18, 2021. This communication is not a substitute for the Definitive Proxy Statement or for any other document that the Company may file with the SEC and send to the Company’s shareholders in connection with the proposed transaction. BEFORE MAKING ANY VOTING OR INVESTMENT DECISION WITH RESPECT TO THE PROPOSED TRANSACTIONS INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS OF THE COMPANY ARE URGED TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT AND OTHER DOCUMENTS FILED WITH THE SEC CAREFULLY AND IN THEIR ENTIRETY WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPOSED TRANSACTIONS. Investors and security holders will be able to obtain free copies of the Definitive Proxy Statement (including this supplement), any amendments or supplements thereto and other relevant materials, and any other documents filed by the Company with the SEC through the website maintained by the SEC at http://www.sec.gov. In addition, copies of the documents filed by the Company with the SEC will be available free of charge on the Company’s website at www.condorhospitality.com, or by contacting the Company at Investor Relations by phone at 301-861-3305 or by email at investors@trustcondor.com. or by requesting them in writing to Condor Hospitality Trust, Inc., 1800 West Pasewalk Avenue, Suite 120, Norfolk, Nebraska 68701, or by telephone at (301) 861-3305.

Participants in the Solicitation

The Company and certain of its respective directors and executive officers and other members of management and employees may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from the Condor shareholders in respect of the proposed transactions under the rules of the SEC.  Information about Condor’s directors and executive officers is available in Condor’s proxy statements dated November 16, 2020, for its 2020 annual meeting, and December 14, 2020, for a 2021 special meeting, and its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020 and amendment thereto on Form 10-K/A filed with the SEC and subsequent reports which may be filed with the SEC. Other information regarding the participants in the proxy solicitation and a description of their direct and indirect interests, by security holdings or otherwise, are contained in the Definitive Proxy Statement and other relevant materials to be filed with the SEC regarding the transactions. Investors should read the Definitive Proxy Statement carefully before making any voting or investment decisions. You may obtain free copies of these documents from Condor using the sources indicated above.


 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.



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CONDOR HOSPITALITY TRUST, INC.

 

 

 

Dated: November 9, 2021

By:

/s/ Jill Burger

 

 

Jill Burger

 

 

Interim Chief Financial Officer and
Chief Accounting Officer