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| 13-story office building (235,000 gross square feet) | ||
| 8-story 225-unit apartment building (454,000 gross square feet) | ||
| 4-story office building (114,000 gross square feet) | ||
| 10-story office building (210,000 gross square feet) | ||
| 17-story building and a 19-story building containing 193 condominiums (307,000 gross square feet) and a 10-story office building (307,000 gross square feet), and | ||
| 330-car public parking garage. |
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Parcels in Capital Center Area | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | 3S | 5 | 6, Phase I | 6, Phase II | 6, Phase III | 7A | 8 | 9 | Lamar | |||||||||||||||||||||
Description of Usage
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Residential/ Office |
Office | Residential | Residential | Residential/ Office |
Residential/ Office |
Garage | Office | Office | Billboard | ||||||||||||||||||||
Term of Lease
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103 Yrs. | 99 Yrs. | 149 Yrs. | 99 Yrs. | 99 Yrs. | 99 Yrs. | 99 Yrs. | 99 Yrs. | 149 Yrs. | 27 Yrs. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Termination Date
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2108 | 2087 | 2142 | 2103 | 2103 | 2103 | 2104 | 2090 | 2153 | 2033 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Options to Extend Lease
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Two 75-Year |
None | None | Two 50-Year |
Two 50-Year |
Two 50-Year |
Two 75-Year |
None | None | See Lamar Lease above |
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Current Annual Contractual Rental
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$72,000 | $485,000 | $468,000 | $48,000 | $48,000 | $24,000 | $100,000 | $223,000 | $100,000 | $733,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Contingent Rent
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None | None | 1% Gross Revenues |
None | None | None | None | None | None | See Lamar Lease above |
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Next Periodic Rental Adjustment
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2011 | 2014 | 2013 | 2010 | 2012 | 2012 | 2010 | 2010 | 2011 | 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Annual Rent after Next
Adjustment and/or Type of Next
Adjustment
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$456,000 | $618,000 | Appraisal | $300,000 | $175,000 | $48,000 | Cost of Living Adjustment |
Appraisal and 1% Gross Receipts Rent |
$360,000 | $755,000 |
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2009 | 2008 | |||||||
Lamar Outdoor Advertising, LLC |
$ | 793,000 | $ | 842,000 | ||||
Metropark, Ltd |
543,000 | 587,000 | ||||||
Gramercy Capital Corp |
472,000 | 468,000 | ||||||
AvalonBay Communities, Inc. |
397,000 | 401,000 | ||||||
$ | 2,205,000 | $ | 2,298,000 | |||||
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Item 2. | Properties |
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Item 3. | Legal Proceedings |
Item 4. | Reserved |
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Trading Prices | Dividends | |||||||||||
High | Low | Paid | ||||||||||
2009 |
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1st Quarter |
10.01 | 6.50 | .03 | |||||||||
2nd Quarter |
8.75 | 6.85 | .03 | |||||||||
3rd Quarter |
8.25 | 7.22 | .03 | |||||||||
4th Quarter |
10.00 | 7.01 | .03 | |||||||||
2008 |
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1st Quarter |
11.75 | 8.875 | .03 | |||||||||
2nd Quarter |
11.00 | 8.75 | .03 | |||||||||
3rd Quarter |
13.175 | 11.00 | .03 | |||||||||
4th Quarter |
11.75 | 6.50 | .03 |
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1. | Overview: | |
Critical accounting policies: | ||
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued guidance for the disclosure of critical accounting policies. The SEC defines such policies as those that require application of managements most difficult, subjective or complex judgments, often as a result of the need to make estimates about the effect of matters that are inherently uncertain and may change in subsequent periods. | ||
The Companys significant accounting policies are described in Note 2 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8. Not all of these significant accounting policies require management to make difficult, subjective or complex judgments or estimates. Management believes that the Companys revenue recognition policy for long-term leases with scheduled rent increases (leasing segment) meets the SEC definition of critical. | ||
Certain of the Companys long-term land leases have original terms of 30 to 149 years and contain scheduled rent increases where the future dollar increases are known at the time of the commencement of the lease or at a subsequent date. | ||
The first such lease commenced in 1988, had an original term of 99 years and provides for fixed percentage increases at specified intervals (as well as reappraisal increases). In accordance with the United States generally accepted accounting principles in accounting for leases, rental income related to the fixed percentage increases that are presently known should be recognized on a straight-line basis. To calculate the annual straight-line amount, the 99 known annual rental amounts are totaled and this total is divided by 99. | ||
In 2009, a scheduled appraisal occurred, resulting in a rental increase. The Company recalculated the future annual straight-line amount using the remaining years under the lease. The turnaround date discussed below did not change. | ||
For this lease, the calculated annual straight-line amount for 1988 was eight times (multiple) the amount paid by the tenant under the terms of the lease (the contractual amount). In subsequent years, as the tenant pays higher rents, the multiple gradually decreases until the 57th year of the lease, at which time the contractual amount paid by the tenant will exceed the calculated straight-line amount. If the Company were to report annual revenue for this lease using the straight-line amount, it would record a significant receivable for each of the first 56 years, which receivable would grow to approximately $33,000,000. Management does not believe that the Company should record a receivable that would not begin to be collected until the 56th year (the turnaround date) since management could not be assured of collection. | ||
In 1988, management met with the SEC accounting staff to discuss its concerns in applying United States generally accepted accounting principles as they related to a lease of this length which results in the recording of such a significant receivable that would remain on the Companys balance sheet and continue to grow on an annual basis with a turnaround date so far in the future. The Company presented the SEC accounting staff with an application of the accounting policy whereby management would evaluate the collectibility of the receivable on an annual basis and report as leasing revenue only that portion of the receivable that management could presently conclude would be collectible. The SEC accounting staff did not object to this application by the Company. | ||
Through December 31, 2009, the receivable on this lease has grown to $18,572,000 (cumulative excess of straight-line over contractual rentals) and management has not been able to conclude that any portion is collectible as the turnaround date is still 36 years away. | ||
In 2004, a second such lease commenced with an original term of 149 years and provides for fixed minimum percentage increases at specified intervals (as well as reappraisal increases). For this lease, the contractual amount paid by the tenant will not exceed the calculated straight-line amount until the 94th year of the lease. Through December 31, 2009, the receivable on this lease is $13,646,000 (cumulative excess of straight-line over contractual rentals) and management has not been able to conclude that any portion is collectible as the turnaround date is 89 years away. | ||
In 2006, the Company entered into an Amended and Restated Agreement of its lease with Lamar Outdoor Advertising LLC (Lamar) with a current remaining term of 26 years which provides for fixed percentage increases annually. For this lease, the contractual amount paid by Lamar will not exceed the calculated straight-line amount until the 16th year of the lease. Through December 31, 2009, the receivable on this lease is $806,000 (cumulative excess of straight-line over contractual rentals) and management has not been able to conclude that any portion is collectible as the turnaround date is 12 years away. |
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Accordingly, the Company has not reported any portion of these amounts as leasing revenue in its consolidated financial statements and does not anticipate that it can reach such a conclusion until the turnaround dates are closer. | ||
Although the Companys other long-term land leases provide for scheduled rent increases, the provisions of the leases are such that certain future dollar amounts could not be calculated either at the time of the commencement of the lease or now, as such amounts are based on factors that are not presently known, i.e., future cost-of-living adjustments or future appraised values. The Company is reporting the annual rental revenues under these leases using the contractual amounts in accordance with Unites States generally accepted accounting principles in accounting for leases. The Company has recorded excess of straight-line over contractual revenues on these leases totaling $7,147,000 at December 31, 2009. The Company continues to recognize accrued leasing revenue from two leases which were recorded in prior years. | ||
Segments: | ||
The Company operates in two segments: leasing and petroleum storage. | ||
The leasing segment consists of the long-term leasing of certain of its real estate interests in downtown Providence, Rhode Island (upon the commencement of which the tenants have been required to construct buildings thereon, with the exception of a parking garage), the leasing of a portion of the building acquired in November 2007 under short-term leasing arrangements and the leasing of locations along interstate and primary highways in Rhode Island and Massachusetts to Lamar which has constructed outdoor advertising boards thereon. The Company anticipates that the future development of its remaining properties in and adjacent to the Capital Center area will consist primarily of long-term ground leases. Pending this development, the Company leases these parcels for public parking under short-term leasing arrangements to Metropark, Ltd. | ||
The petroleum storage segment consists of operating the Facility in East Providence, Rhode Island, for Global Companies, LLC (Global). | ||
The principal difference between the two segments relates to the nature of the operations. In the leasing segment, the tenants under the long-term land leases incur substantially all of the development and operating costs of the assets constructed on the Companys land, including the payment of real property taxes on both the land and any improvements constructed thereon; whereas the Company is responsible for the operating and maintenance expenses, including a portion of the real property taxes, as well as capital improvements at the Facility. | ||
Changes in capital structure: | ||
In November 2008, the Company restated its Articles of Incorporation: |
| To create a new class of common stock of the Company to be designated Class B Common Stock consisting of 3,500,000 shares, $.01 par value per share; | ||
| To increase the number of authorized shares of Class A Common Stock from 6,000,000 to 10,000,000 shares; and | ||
| To provide for certain transfer and ownership restrictions as set forth therein. |
In December 2008, the Company issued (in the form of a stock dividend) 3,299,956 shares of Class B Common Stock on a one-for-one basis for each share of Class A Common Stock held. | ||
The holders of Class A and Class B Common Stock share equally in dividends declared by the Company. | ||
The holders of Class A and Class B Common Stock vote together as a single class on all matters submitted to the shareholders of the Company except for the election of the Board of Directors and except in connection with certain major corporate actions, including a sale of the Company. The holders of Class A Common Stock, voting as a separate class, elect one-third of the Board of Directors. The holders of Class B Common Stock, voting as a separate class, elect the remainder of the Board of Directors. | ||
Class B Common Stock is convertible by the record owner thereof into the same number of shares of Class A Common Stock at anytime. | ||
The Class A Common Stock is listed on the Premier QX Tier of the OTCQX (Pink Sheets). The Class B Common Stock is not listed on any national or regional stock exchange, or on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation National Market System or on the OTCQX (Pink Sheets). | ||
The Companys Restated Articles of Incorporation prohibits any shareholder from acquiring more than a 5% interest in the Companys classes of common stock and prohibits any shareholder or any beneficial owner who, at the time of the filing of the Restated Articles of Incorporation owned 5% or more of the Companys classes of common stock from increasing their aggregate percentage ownership of both classes of common stock. Should a shareholder acquire a number of shares that results in the limitation being exceeded, shares in excess of the limitation would be |
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automatically converted into an equal number of shares of Excess Stock, which class was authorized pursuant to the 2001 Amendment to the Companys Articles of Incorporation. Excess Stock is non-voting and is not entitled to dividends. However, the shareholder may designate a qualifying transferee for shares of Excess Stock, at which time such shares would be converted and reissued as Class A or Class B Common shares as the case may be. | ||
The purpose for creating the Class B Common Stock was to put the Company in the position to qualify to be taxed as a real estate investment trust (REIT). One of the qualifications to be taxed as a REIT is that no more than 50% of the shares of a company can be held by five or fewer individuals during the last half of each taxable year. Currently, the majority shareholder controls 52.3% of the Companys outstanding common stock and three other shareholders each own more than 5% of the Companys outstanding common stock. In order for the Company to qualify to be taxed as a REIT, the major shareholders ownership of the Companys issued and outstanding common stock would need to be reduced below the 50% level. |
2. | Results of operations: | |
Year Ended December 31, 2009 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2008 | ||
Leasing segment: |
Increase | ||||||||||||
2009 | 2008 | (Decrease) | ||||||||||
Leasing revenues |
$ | 2,908,000 | $ | 2,980,000 | $ | (72,000 | ) | |||||
Leasing expense |
982,000 | 696,000 | $ | 286,000 | ||||||||
$ | 1,926,000 | $ | 2,284,000 | |||||||||
2009 leasing revenue decreased from the 2008 level due to rent relief granted to two tenants. The Company agreed not to increase the rent of Metropark, Ltd. for the period January 1, 2009 to March 31, 2009 and further agreed to reduce the rent by 10% for the balance of 2009. The Company granted Lamar rent relief for the period January 1, 2009 to May 31, 2010. The impact of these two rent reliefs for 2009 was $69,000. In addition, contingent revenue under the billboard lease decreased $28,000 from 2008. These decreases were offset by scheduled increases in rental under long-term land leases. Leasing expense increased due to the hiring of a temporary employee, legal fees in connection with two leases and a bad debt expense. Under one of its long-term land leases, the Company incurred legal fees totaling $77,000 in connection with disputes under the lease which have not been resolved to date. The Company also incurred legal fees totaling $104,000 in disputes with one of its tenants in the Steeple Street Building. The tenant filed for receivership in November 2009, and there has been no determination if this tenant will remain in operation. At December 31, 2009, this tenant owed the Company $40,000 and an allowance for a doubtful account for the full amount has been recorded. | ||
Petroleum storage segment: |
Increase | ||||||||||||
2009 | 2008 | (Decrease) | ||||||||||
Petroleum storage facility revenues |
$ | 3,756,000 | $ | 3,777,000 | $ | (21,000 | ) | |||||
Petroleum storage facility expense |
2,325,000 | 2,187,000 | $ | 138,000 | ||||||||
$ | 1,431,000 | $ | 1,590,000 | |||||||||
Petroleum storage facility revenue decreased as a result of an $84,000 decrease in contingent revenue in 2009 due to lower throughput, offset in part by higher monthly rent resulting from the annual cost-of-living adjustment May 1, 2008 and payments by Global for certain repairs. Petroleum storage facility expense increased due to the hiring of a new employee, repairs on the Wilkesbarre Pier and litigation against Power Test Realty Partnership in connection with the environmental incident in 2002 in which the Company is seeking remediation of the site, or, in the alternative, the cost of remediation. | ||
Due to a decrease in the cost-of-living index, there was no rent adjustment under the lease for the petroleum storage facility for the contract year commencing May 1, 2009. | ||
General: | ||
General and administrative expense decreased $261,000 from 2008 due principally to costs of $232,000 incurred by the Company in 2008 in connection with the proposed reverse stock split and the amendment to its Articles of Incorporation, including legal, consulting and printing. |
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Other income: | ||
The Company did not earn any interest income in 2009 because it elected in February 2009 to maintain all of its cash in a non-interest bearing checking account which was fully insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation through year-end. | ||
3. | Liquidity and capital resources: | |
Historically, the Company has had adequate liquidity to fund its operations. A summary of cash flows by year is as follows: |
2009 | 2008 | |||||||
Operating activities |
$ | 1,742,000 | $ | 2,654,000 | ||||
Investing activities |
$ | (2,030,000 | ) | $ | (441,000 | ) | ||
Financing activities |
$ | (792,000 | ) | $ | (792,000 | ) | ||
Operating activities: In 2009, the Companys operating activities provided $1,742,000 of cash. Cash and cash equivalents decreased $1,080,000 for the same period, principally due to payments for the construction of the Steeple Street Building of $1,962,000 and dividends of $792,000. | ||
Investing activities: The cash used in investing activities was for the improvement and restoration of properties. | ||
Financing activities: The cash used in financing activities was for the payment of dividends. | ||
Cash and cash equivalents and cash commitments: | ||
At December 31, 2009, the Company had cash and cash equivalents of $2,315,000. Effective February 2009, the Company maintains all of its cash in a non-interest bearing checking account. | ||
Under the terms of the Companys long-term land leases, appraisals of the premises are periodically required at various stated intervals to provide the basis for recalculating the annual rent. However, if as a result of such appraisal the annual rent is calculated to be less than the then current rent, the annual rent will remain at the current level. |
| The first of such scheduled appraisals on Parcel 3S was completed in the second quarter of 2009, resulting in an annual increase in rent from $468,000 to $485,000 ($9.92 per square foot) effective October 1, 2009. | ||
| A second appraisal on Parcel 8 commenced in November 2009 to determine what amount, if any, the annual rent will be increased February 1, 2010. The current annual rent is $223,000 ($6.16 per square foot). |
In June 2009, the Company commenced the construction of the historic restoration and utility infrastructure of the Steeple Street Building at an original estimated cost of $2,100,000. The Company anticipates that the restoration will be completed in the spring of 2010 at a total cost of $2,500,000, including tenant improvements not originally budgeted of $153,000. The Company expects to continue paying for the remaining restoration from available cash. Through December 31, 2009, the Company has incurred costs of $2,246,000. The Company anticipates that the expenditures will qualify for Federal historic tax credits in 2010 totaling approximately $350,000. The Company is currently marketing the remaining portions of the building for lease. | ||
In July 2009, the Company received notice from the holder of the leasehold mortgage on Parcel 8 that the Parcel 8 tenant was in default. A foreclosure sale was held on September 1, 2009, and the building was sold to the leasehold mortgagee. Under the terms of the Parcel 8 long-term land lease, upon the foreclosure of the leasehold mortgage, the Company is required to enter into a new long-term lease with the leasehold mortgagee or its assignee on substantially the same terms and conditions as the existing lease for Parcel 8. No new lease has been entered into to date. In such circumstances, the new tenant is required to cure any prior monetary defaults. The rent has continued to be paid in a timely fashion, and the Company has no reason to believe that the leasehold mortgagee will not continue to pay the rent and property taxes to the City of Providence in a timely fashion. | ||
The current economic conditions have had limited impact on the Companys results of operations to date. Leasing revenues decreased due to rent relief granted to two tenants. The Company agreed not to increase Metroparks rent |
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under the short-term parking lease for the period January 1, 2009 to March 31, 2009 and further agreed to reduce the rent by 10% for the balance of 2009. This reduction has been further extended to June 30, 2010, at which time the Company anticipates that the rent will return to the January 1, 2009 level. The Company granted Lamar rent relief under a long-term land lease for various billboard locations for the period January 1, 2009 to May 31, 2010, at which time the rent will return to the then current level. The impact for 2009 of these two rent reliefs was $69,000. As none of the Companys leases require the tenant to provide financial information, the Company has no information concerning the impact of current conditions on its major tenants and, therefore, cannot predict whether any other tenants will request such relief or concessions. | ||
The Company leases a portion of the Steeple Street Building to a tenant under a five-year lease at a current annual rental of $85,000. The tenant filed for receivership in November 2009, and there has been no determination if the tenant will remain in operation. At December 31, 2009, the tenant owed the Company $40,000 and the Company cannot determine whether it will collect the past due rent. The Company is monitoring the receivership proceedings to evaluate whether it will continue to accrue rental income. | ||
Under the Companys lease with Global, in previous years, the Company has earned contingent revenue based upon petroleum throughput in excess of 4,000,000 barrels in any contract year. In 2008, the contingent revenue earned was $88,000. For the contract year ending April 30, 2009, the Company earned $2,000. The Company does not anticipate earning any contingent revenue for the contract year ending April 30, 2010. Due to a decrease in the cost-of-living index, there was no rent adjustment on May 1, 2009. The Company is unable to determine if there will be an annual cost-of-living adjustment on May 1, 2010. | ||
Under one of the Companys long-term leases, the tenant is entitled to a credit for future rents equal to a portion of the real property taxes paid by the tenant through April 2007, which credit now totals $520,000, the maximum amount. In connection with Phase I of the tenants project, commencing July 1, 2010, the annual rental will increase from $48,000 to $300,000. At that time, the tenant will not be required to make cash payments for rent for the next 21 months, and the Company will reclassify each month $25,000 of deferred leasing revenues to leasing revenues. | ||
In January 2010, the Company declared a quarterly dividend of $198,000 ($.03 per common share), which dividend was paid in February 2010. The declaration of future dividends and the amount thereof will depend on the Companys future earnings, financial factors and other events. | ||
The Company expects that cash generated from current operations will continue to be sufficient to meet operating expenses, ordinary capital expenditures, the remaining cost of the Steeple Street Building construction and the current level of dividends. In the event temporary additional liquidity is required, the Company believes that a line of credit or other arrangements could be obtained by pledging some or all of its unencumbered assets as collateral. | ||
At December 31, 2009, the Company has no noncancellable contract obligations other than two operating leases for billboard locations for which the rent expense is not material in amount. |
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Lefkowitz, Garfinkel, Champi & DeRienzo P.C. Certified Public Accountants/Business Consultants |
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December 31, | ||||||||
2009 | 2008 | |||||||
ASSETS |
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Properties and equipment (net of accumulated depreciation) |
$ | 22,069,000 | $ | 20,447,000 | ||||
Cash and cash equivalents |
2,315,000 | 3,395,000 | ||||||
Income taxes receivable |
47,000 | | ||||||
Prepaid and other |
331,000 | 485,000 | ||||||
$ | 24,762,000 | $ | 24,327,000 | |||||
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY |
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Liabilities: |
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Accounts payable and accrued expenses: |
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Property taxes |
$ | 243,000 | $ | 238,000 | ||||
Environmental remediation |
81,000 | 81,000 | ||||||
Other |
514,000 | 416,000 | ||||||
Deferred leasing revenues |
520,000 | 520,000 | ||||||
Income taxes: |
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Current |
| 346,000 | ||||||
Deferred, net |
5,305,000 | 5,269,000 | ||||||
6,663,000 | 6,870,000 | |||||||
Commitment (Note 3) |
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Shareholders equity (Note 7): |
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Class A common stock, $.01 par; authorized 10,000,000 shares;
issued and outstanding, 3,654,739 shares and 3,299,956 shares
at December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively |
37,000 | 33,000 | ||||||
Class B common stock, $.01 par; authorized 3,500,000 shares;
issued and outstanding, 2,945,173 shares and 3,299,956 shares
at December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively |
29,000 | 33,000 | ||||||
Excess stock, $.01 par; authorized 1,000,000 shares; none
issued and outstanding |
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Capital in excess of par |
11,762,000 | 11,762,000 | ||||||
Retained earnings |
6,271,000 | 5,629,000 | ||||||
18,099,000 | 17,457,000 | |||||||
$ | 24,762,000 | $ | 24,327,000 | |||||
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Years Ended December 31, | ||||||||
2009 | 2008 | |||||||
Revenues and other income: |
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Revenues: |
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Leasing |
$ | 2,908,000 | $ | 2,980,000 | ||||
Petroleum storage facility |
3,756,000 | 3,777,000 | ||||||
6,664,000 | 6,757,000 | |||||||
Other income, interest |
| 21,000 | ||||||
6,664,000 | 6,778,000 | |||||||
Expenses: |
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Leasing |
982,000 | 696,000 | ||||||
Petroleum storage facility |
2,325,000 | 2,187,000 | ||||||
General and administrative |
951,000 | 1,212,000 | ||||||
4,258,000 | 4,095,000 | |||||||
Income before income taxes |
2,406,000 | 2,683,000 | ||||||
Income tax expense: |
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Current |
936,000 | 992,000 | ||||||
Deferred |
36,000 | 118,000 | ||||||
972,000 | 1,110,000 | |||||||
Net income |
1,434,000 | 1,573,000 | ||||||
Retained earnings, beginning |
5,629,000 | 4,848,000 | ||||||
Dividends on common stock ($.12 per share based upon 6,599,912
shares outstanding) (Note 7) |
(792,000 | ) | (792,000 | ) | ||||
Retained earnings, ending |
$ | 6,271,000 | $ | 5,629,000 | ||||
Basic income per share, based upon 6,599,912
shares outstanding (Note 7) |
$ | .22 | $ | .24 | ||||
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Years Ended December 31, | ||||||||
2009 | 2008 | |||||||
Cash flows from operating activities: |
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Net income |
$ | 1,434,000 | $ | 1,573,000 | ||||
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash
provided by operating activities: |
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Depreciation |
691,000 | 680,000 | ||||||
Deferred income taxes |
36,000 | 118,000 | ||||||
Changes in assets and liabilities: |
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Increase in: |
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Income taxes receivable |
(47,000 | ) | | |||||
Prepaid and other |
| (151,000 | ) | |||||
Accounts payable and accrued expenses |
| 76,000 | ||||||
Current income taxes payable |
| 346,000 | ||||||
Decrease in: |
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Prepaid and other |
154,000 | | ||||||
Income taxes receivable |
| 12,000 | ||||||
Accounts payable and accrued expenses |
(180,000 | ) | | |||||
Current income taxes payable |
(346,000 | ) | | |||||
Net cash provided by operating activities |
1,742,000 | 2,654,000 | ||||||
Cash used in investing activities, payments for properties
and equipment |
(2,030,000 | ) | (441,000 | ) | ||||
Cash used in financing activities, payment of dividends |
(792,000 | ) | (792,000 | ) | ||||
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents |
(1,080,000 | ) | 1,421,000 | |||||
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning |
3,395,000 | 1,974,000 | ||||||
Cash and cash equivalents, ending |
$ | 2,315,000 | $ | 3,395,000 | ||||
Supplemental disclosure: |
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Cash paid for income taxes |
$ | 1,329,000 | $ | 634,000 | ||||
Non-cash investing and financing activities: |
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Capital expenditures financed through accounts payable |
$ | 368,000 | $ | 85,000 | ||||
Conversion of Class B common stock into Class A
common stock |
$ | 4,000 | $ | | ||||
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CAPITAL PROPERTIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2009 AND 2008 |
1. | Description of business: | |
Capital Properties, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Tri-State Displays, Inc., Capital Terminal Company and Dunellen, LLC (collectively referred to as the Company), operate in two segments: (1) Leasing and (2) Petroleum Storage. | ||
The leasing segment consists of the long-term leasing of certain of its real estate interests in downtown Providence, Rhode Island (upon the commencement of which the tenants are required to construct buildings thereon, with the exception of a parking garage), the leasing of a portion of its building (Steeple Street Building) under short-term leasing arrangements and the leasing of locations along interstate and primary highways in Rhode Island and Massachusetts to Lamar Outdoor Advertising, LLC (Lamar) which has constructed outdoor advertising boards thereon. The Company anticipates that the future development of its remaining properties in and adjacent to the Capital Center area will consist primarily of long-term ground leases. Pending this development, the Company leases these parcels for public parking under short-term leasing arrangements to Metropark, Ltd. | ||
The petroleum storage segment consists of the operating of the petroleum storage terminal (the Terminal) and the Wilkesbarre Pier (the Pier), collectively referred to as the Facility, located in East Providence, Rhode Island, for Global Companies, LLC (Global) which stores and distributes petroleum distillates. | ||
The principal difference between the two segments relates to the nature of the operations. In the leasing segment, the tenants under long-term land leases incur substantially all of the development and operating costs of the assets constructed on the Companys land, including the payment of real property taxes on both the land and any improvements constructed thereon; whereas the Company is responsible for the operating and maintenance expenditures, including a portion of the real property taxes, as well as capital improvements at the Facility. | ||
2. | Summary of significant accounting policies: | |
Principles of consolidation: | ||
The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts and transactions of the Company and its subsidiaries. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. | ||
Use of estimates: | ||
The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States 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. Estimates also affect the reported amounts of income and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. | ||
Cash and cash equivalents: | ||
The Company considers all highly liquid investments with a maturity of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents. At December 31, 2009, the Company had no cash equivalents. At December 31, 2008, cash equivalents consisted of an overnight uninsured sweep with the Companys principal bank totaling $3,188,000. | ||
Properties and equipment: | ||
Properties and equipment are stated at cost. Acquisitions and additions are capitalized while routine maintenance and repairs, which do not improve the asset or extend its life, are charged to expense when incurred. Depreciation is being provided by the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the respective assets. | ||
The Company follows Unites States generally accepted accounting principles when accounting for the impairment or disposal of long-lived assets, which requires that properties and equipment held and used by the Company be reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the net book value of the asset may not be recoverable. An impairment loss will be recognized if the sum of the expected future cash flows (undiscounted and before interest) from the use of the asset is less than the net book value of the asset. Generally, the amount of the impairment loss is measured as the difference between the net book value and the estimated fair value of the asset. |
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Environmental remediation: | ||
The Company accrues a liability when an environmental remediation is probable and the costs are estimable. The Company charges to expense those costs that do not extend the life, increase the capacity or improve the safety or efficiency of the property owned by the Company. | ||
Revenues and other income: | ||
Leasing The Companys properties leased to others are under operating leases. The Company reports leasing revenue when earned under the operating method. | ||
Certain of the Companys long-term land leases, including the outdoor advertising locations, provide for presently known scheduled rent increases over the remaining terms (24 to 145 years). The Company follows Unites States generally accepted accounting principles in accounting for leases by recognizing leasing revenue on the straight-line basis over the terms of the leases; however, the Company does not report as revenue that portion of such straight-line rentals which management is unable to conclude is realizable (collectible) due to the length of the lease terms and other related uncertainties. | ||
Options The Company reports option revenue when earned. | ||
Petroleum storage facility The Company reports revenue from the operations of the Facility when earned and reports as revenue the tenants portion of the real property taxes as required by the lease. | ||
Contingent The Company reports contingent revenue in the period in which the factors occur on which the contingent payments are predicated. | ||
Income taxes: | ||
The Company and its subsidiaries file consolidated income tax returns. | ||
The Company provides for income taxes based on income reported for financial reporting purposes. The provision for income taxes differs from the amounts currently payable because of temporary differences associated with the recognition of certain income and expense items for financial reporting and tax reporting purposes. | ||
The Company follows United States generally accepted accounting principles in accounting for uncertainty in income taxes. Based on its evaluation, the Company has concluded that there are no significant uncertain tax positions requiring recognition in the consolidated financial statements. | ||
Legal fees: | ||
The Company recognizes legal fees relating to loss contingencies as incurred. | ||
New accounting standards: | ||
The Company reviews new accounting standards as issued. Although some of these accounting standards may be applicable to the Company, the Company has not identified any standards that it believes merit further discussion. The Company expects that none of the new standards will have a significant impact on its consolidated financial statements. |
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3. | Properties and equipment: | |
Properties and equipment consist of the following: |
Estimated | ||||||||||||
Useful Life | December 31, | |||||||||||
in Years | 2009 | 2008 | ||||||||||
Properties on lease or held for lease: |
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Land and land improvements |
| $ | 4,621,000 | $ | 4,621,000 | |||||||
Building, Steeple Street |
39 | 1,772,000 | 1,772,000 | |||||||||
Construction in progress, Steeple Street |
2,246,000 | | ||||||||||
8,639,000 | 6,393,000 | |||||||||||
Petroleum storage facility, on lease: |
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Land and land improvements |
| 5,591,000 | 5,591,000 | |||||||||
Buildings and structures |
33 | 1,744,000 | 1,684,000 | |||||||||
Tanks and equipment |
15-20 | 14,600,000 | 14,593,000 | |||||||||
21,935,000 | 21,868,000 | |||||||||||
Equipment |
5-10 | 131,000 | 131,000 | |||||||||
30,705,000 | 28,392,000 | |||||||||||
Less accumulated depreciation: |
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Properties on lease or held for lease |
104,000 | 60,000 | ||||||||||
Petroleum storage facility, on lease |
8,430,000 | 7,789,000 | ||||||||||
Equipment |
102,000 | 96,000 | ||||||||||
8,636,000 | 7,945,000 | |||||||||||
$ | 22,069,000 | $ | 20,447,000 | |||||||||
In June 2009, the Company commenced the construction of the historic restoration and utility infrastructure of the Steeple Street Building at an original estimated cost of $2,100,000. The Company anticipates that the restoration will be completed in the spring of 2010 at a total cost of $2,500,000, including tenant improvements not originally budgeted of $153,000. The Company expects to continue paying for the remaining restoration from available cash. Through December 31, 2009, the Company has incurred costs of $2,246,000. | ||
4. | Description of leasing arrangements: | |
Long-term land leases: | ||
As of December 31, 2009, the Company had entered into six long-term land leases for six separate parcels upon which the improvements have been completed (developed parcels). In addition, in 2005 a long-term land lease commenced on an undeveloped parcel on which two residential buildings were planned. One building was completed in September 2009. The other building has not progressed beyond the early states of site preparation and the timing of its construction and completion is uncertain. | ||
Under one of the long-term land leases, the Company receives contingent rentals (based upon a fixed percentage of gross revenue received by the tenant) which totaled $52,000 and $56,000 for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively. | ||
Under the seven land leases, the tenants are required to negotiate any tax stabilization treaty or other arrangements, appeal any changes in real property assessments, and pay real property taxes assessed under these arrangements. Accordingly, the amounts paid by the tenants are excluded from leasing revenues and leasing expenses on the accompanying consolidated statements of income and retained earnings. For the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, the real property taxes attributable to the Companys land under these seven leases are $1,199,000 and $1,437,000, respectively. | ||
Under the lease which commenced in 2005, the tenant is entitled to a credit for future rents equal to a portion of the real property taxes paid by the tenant through April 2007, which credit now totals $520,000, the maximum amount. In connection with Phase I of the tenants project, commencing July 1, 2010, the annual rent will increase from $48,000 to $300,000. At that time, the tenant will not be required to make cash payments for rent for the next 21 months, and the Company will reclassify each month $25,000 of deferred leasing revenues to leasing revenues. |
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The Company also leases various parcels of land for outdoor advertising purposes to Lamar under a lease having a remaining term of 24 years. Effective June 1, 2006, the Company entered into an Amended and Restated Agreement with Lamar which among other things provides the following: (1) the base rent will increase annually in fixed increases of 2.75% for each leased billboard location commencing June 1, 2006 and on each June 1 thereafter; and (2) in addition to base rent, for each 12-month period commencing each June 1, Lamar must pay to the Company the difference between 30% of the gross revenues from each standard billboard and 20% of the gross revenues from each electronic billboard for such 12-month period reduced by the sum of (a) commissions paid to third parties and (b) the base monthly rent for each leased billboard display for such 12-month period (contingent revenue). For the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, contingent revenues totaled $61,000 and $88,000, respectively. In all other respects, the lease remains substantially unchanged. | ||
At December 31, 2009, there are 24 locations under lease with 46 billboard faces. Of these locations, 22 are controlled through permanent easements and 2 are leased from third parties under operating leases with remaining terms of one year. | ||
Minimum future contractual rental payments to be received from noncancellable long-term leases as of December 31, 2009 are: |
Year ending December 31, | ||||
2010 |
$ | 2,296,000 | ||
2011 |
2,904,000 | |||
2012 |
3,194,000 | |||
2013 |
3,290,000 | |||
2014 |
3,368,000 | |||
2015 to 2153 |
753,600,000 | |||
$ | 768,652,000 | |||
For those leases with presently known scheduled rent increases at December 31, 2009 and 2008, the cumulative excess of straight-line over contractual rentals (considering scheduled rent increases over the 30 to 149 year terms of the leases) and the portion of the excess of straight-line over contractual rentals which management has concluded is realizable when payable over the terms of the leases are as follows: |
2009 | 2008 | |||||||
Cumulative excess of straight-line over contractual rentals |
$ | 40,171,000 | $ | 35,231,000 | ||||
Amount management has not been able to conclude is collectible |
40,128,000 | 35,189,000 | ||||||
Accrued leasing revenues, which are included in prepaid and
other on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets |
$ | 43,000 | $ | 42,000 | ||||
In the event of tenant default, the Company has the right to reclaim its leased land together with any improvements thereon, subject to the right of any leasehold mortgagee to enter into a new lease with the Company with the same terms and conditions as the lease in default. | ||
Short-term leases: | ||
The Company leases the undeveloped parcels of land in or adjacent to the Capital Center area for public parking purposes to Metropark, Ltd. under short-term cancellable leases. The Company also leases a portion of the Steeple Street Building to two tenants under short-term leases (five years or less) at a current annual rental of $110,000. However, one of the tenants, whose annual rental is $85,000, filed for receivership in November 2009, and there has been no determination if this tenant will remain in operation. At December 31, 2009, this tenant owed the Company $40,000 and the Company cannot determine whether it will collect the past due rent and has therefore recorded an allowance for a doubtful account for the full amount. The Company is monitoring the receivership proceedings to evaluate whether it will continue to accrue rental income. | ||
5. | Petroleum storage facility: | |
Current operations: | ||
The Company and Global are parties to a lease agreement whereby the Company operates the entire Facility for Global. The Company is responsible for labor, insurance, property taxes and other operating expenses, as well as capital improvements. |
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The lease provides as follows: |
| The lease expires April 30, 2013, but will continue thereafter on a year-to-year basis unless terminated by either party upon ninety days written notice; | ||
| Global may terminate the lease on the anniversary date (April 30) provided it gives at least one years written notice; | ||
| Global will pay a monthly rent subject to annual cost-of-living adjustments; | ||
| Global will reimburse the Company for real property taxes in excess of $106,000 annually; and | ||
| The Company will receive an additional $.10 per barrel for every barrel in excess of 4,000,000 barrels of throughput in any lease year (contingent revenue). |
For the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, the Company earned contingent revenue of $2,000 and $86,000, respectively. | ||
The monthly rent at January 1, 2008 was $285,000 and increased to $296,000 in May 2008 as a result of the scheduled annual cost-of-living adjustments in May of each year. Due to a decrease in the cost-of-living index, there was no rent adjustment in May 2009. | ||
Effective May 2003, Global has an option to purchase the Facility at any time during the term of the lease (other than the last year thereof) on the terms and conditions set forth in a separate option agreement. Under a companion agreement, Global agreed to make certain improvements at the Pier which totaled $319,000 in 2008. No improvements were made in 2009. [See Wilkesbarre Pier below]. | ||
Environmental remediation: | ||
In 1994, a leak was discovered in a 25,000 barrel storage tank at the Terminal which allowed the escape of a small amount of fuel oil. All required notices were made to the State of Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (RIDEM). In 2000, the tank was demolished and testing of the groundwater indicated that there was no large pooling of contaminants. In 2001, RIDEM approved a plan pursuant to which the Company installed a passive system consisting of three wells and commenced monitoring the wells. | ||
In 2003, RIDEM decided that the passive monitoring system previously approved was not sufficient and required the Company to design an active remediation system for the removal of product from the contaminated site. The Company and its consulting engineers began the pre-design testing of the site in the fourth quarter of 2004. The consulting engineers estimated a total cost of $200,000 to design, install and operate the system, which amount was accrued in 2004. Through 2006, the Company had expended $119,000 and has not incurred any additional costs since then. RIDEM has not taken any action on the Companys proposed plan. As designed, the system will pump out the contaminants which will be disposed of in compliance with applicable regulations. After a period of time, the groundwater will be tested to determine if sufficient contaminants have been removed. While the Company and its consulting engineers believe that the proposed active remediation system will correct the situation, it is possible that RIDEM could require the Company to expand remediation efforts, which could result in the Company incurring additional costs. | ||
Environmental incident: | ||
In 2002, during testing of monitoring wells at the Terminal, the Companys consulting engineer discovered free floating phase product in a groundwater monitoring well located on that portion of the Terminal purchased in 2000. Laboratory analysis indicated that the product was gasoline, which is not a product the Company ever stored at the Terminal. However, in the 1950s gasoline was stored on the Companys property by a predecessor owner. The Company commenced an environmental investigation and analysis, the results of which indicate that the gasoline did not come from the Terminal. The Company notified RIDEM. RIDEM subsequently identified Power Test Realty Partnership (Power Test), the owner of an adjacent parcel, as a potentially responsible party for the contamination. Power Test challenged that determination and, after an administrative hearing, on October 20, 2008, a RIDEM Hearing Officer determined that Power Test is responsible for the discharge of the petroleum product under the Rhode Island Oil Pollution Control Act, R.I.G.L. Section 46-12.5.1-3 and Rule 6(a) and 12(b) of the Oil Pollution Control Regulations. The RIDEM Decision and Order requires Power Test to remediate the contamination as directed by RIDEM. Getty Properties Corp. is the general partner of Power Test. In November 2008, Power Test appealed the decision to the Rhode Island Superior Court. In addition, in November 2008, Power Test sought, and received, a stay of the Decision and Order of the Hearing Officer pending a clarification by RIDEM of the amount of the proposed fine. There can be no assurance that the Superior Court will affirm the decision of the Administrative Hearing Officer. In April 2009, the Company sued Power Test and Getty Properties Corp. in the Rhode Island Superior Court seeking remediation of the site or, in the alternative, the cost of the remediation. On May 1, 2009, Power Test and Getty Properties Corp. removed the action to the United States District Court for the |
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District of Rhode Island. On May 22, 2009, Power Test and Getty Properties Corp. answered the Complaint and filed a Counterclaim against Dunellen, LLC and Capital Terminal Company alleging that Dunellen, LLC and Capital Terminal Company are responsible for the contamination. Getty Properties Corp. and Power Test have joined Getty Petroleum Marketing, Inc., the tenant under a long-term lease with Getty Properties Corp. of the adjacent property, as a defendant. The parties are now engaged in discovery. There can be no assurance that the Company will prevail in this litigation. | ||
Since January 2003, the Company has not incurred significant costs in connection with this matter, other than ongoing litigation costs, and is unable to determine the costs it might incur to remedy the situation, as well as any costs to investigate, defend and seek reimbursement from the responsible party with respect to this contamination. | ||
Wilkesbarre Pier: | ||
The Pier is a deep-water pier in East Providence, Rhode Island owned by the Company which is integral to the operation of the Terminal. The Pier and the Terminal are connected by two petroleum pipelines which the Company has a permanent right to use. In 1995, the Company and Providence and Worcester Railroad Company (the Railroad) (the then owner of the Pier) entered into an agreement which, among other things, gave the Company the right to acquire the Pier for One Dollar ($1.00). The Company acquired the Pier from the Railroad in 1998. The Company and the Railroad have a common controlling shareholder. | ||
6. | Income taxes: | |
Income tax expense is comprised of the following components: |
2009 | 2008 | |||||||
Current: |
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Federal |
$ | 710,000 | $ | 770,000 | ||||
State |
226,000 | 222,000 | ||||||
936,000 | 992,000 | |||||||
Deferred: |
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Federal |
34,000 | 85,000 | ||||||
State |
2,000 | 33,000 | ||||||
36,000 | 118,000 | |||||||
$ | 972,000 | $ | 1,110,000 | |||||
A reconciliation of the income tax provision as computed by applying the United States income tax rate (34%) to income before income taxes is as follows: |
2009 | 2008 | |||||||
Computed expected tax |
$ | 818,000 | $ | 913,000 | ||||
Increase in expected tax resulting from: |
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State income tax, net of federal income tax benefit |
154,000 | 164,000 | ||||||
Non-deductible expenses |
| 33,000 | ||||||
$ | 972,000 | $ | 1,110,000 | |||||
Deferred income taxes are recorded based upon differences between financial statement and tax basis amounts of assets and liabilities. The tax effects of temporary differences which give rise to deferred tax assets and liabilities were as follows: |
December 31, | ||||||||
2009 | 2008 | |||||||
Gross deferred tax liabilities: |
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Property having a financial statement basis in excess of tax basis: |
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Cost differences |
$ | 3,517,000 | $ | 3,517,000 | ||||
Depreciation differences |
2,064,000 | 1,996,000 | ||||||
5,581,000 | 5,513,000 | |||||||
Insurance premiums and accrued leasing revenues |
69,000 | 75,000 | ||||||
5,650,000 | 5,588,000 | |||||||
Gross deferred tax assets |
(345,000 | ) | (319,000 | ) | ||||
$ | 5,305,000 | $ | 5,269,000 | |||||
The Companys federal and various state income tax returns for the years 2006, 2007 and 2008 remain subject to examination. |
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7. | Shareholders equity: | |
In November 2008, the Company restated its Articles of Incorporation: |
| To create a new class of common stock of the Company to be designated Class B Common Stock consisting of 3,500,000 shares, $.01 par value per share; | ||
| To increase the number of authorized shares of Class A Common Stock from 6,000,000 to 10,000,000 shares; and | ||
| To provide for certain transfer and ownership restrictions as set forth therein. |
In December 2008, the Company issued (in the form of a stock dividend) 3,299,956 shares of Class B Common Stock on a one-for-one basis for each share of Class A Common Stock held. The Company accounted for the stock split effective in the form of a dividend by transferring $33,000 from capital in excess of par to Class B Common Stock on December 11, 2008. | ||
The holders of Class A and Class B Common Stock vote together as a single class on all matters submitted to the shareholders of the Company except for the election of the Board of Directors and except in connection with certain major corporate actions, including a sale of the Company. The holders of Class A Common Stock, voting as a separate class, elect one-third of the Board of Directors. The holders of Class B Common Stock, voting as a separate class, elect the remainder of the Board of Directors. | ||
Class B Common Stock is convertible by the record owner thereof into the same number of shares of Class A Common Stock at anytime. For the year ended December 31, 2009, 354,783 shares were converted. | ||
The Class A Common Stock is listed on the Premier QX Tier of the OTCQX (Pink Sheets). The Class B Common Stock is not listed on any national or regional stock exchange, or on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation National Market System or on the OTCQX (Pink Sheets). | ||
The holders of Class A and Class B Common Stock share equally in the earnings of the Company and in dividends declared by the Company. | ||
The Companys Restated Articles of Incorporation prohibits any shareholder from acquiring more than a 5% interest in the Companys classes of common stock and prohibits any shareholder or any beneficial owner who, at the time of the filing of the Restated Articles of Incorporation owned 5% or more of the Companys classes of common stock from increasing their aggregate percentage ownership of both classes of common stock. Should a shareholder acquire a number of shares that results in the limitation being exceeded, shares in excess of the limitation would be automatically converted into an equal number of shares of Excess Stock, which class was authorized pursuant to the 2001 Amendment to the Companys Articles of Incorporation. Excess Stock is non-voting and is not entitled to dividends. However, the shareholder may designate a qualifying transferee for shares of Excess Stock, at which time such shares would be converted and reissued as Class A or Class B Common shares as the case may be. | ||
The purpose for creating the Class B Common Stock was to put the Company in the position to qualify to be taxed as a real estate investment trust (REIT). One of the qualifications to be taxed as a REIT is that no more than 50% of the shares of a company can be held by five or fewer individuals during the last half of each taxable year. Currently, the majority shareholder controls 52.3% of the Companys outstanding common stock and three other shareholders each own more than 5% of the Companys outstanding common stock. In order for the Company to qualify to be taxed as a REIT, the major shareholders ownership of the Companys issued and outstanding common stock would need to be reduced below the 50% level. | ||
8. | Operating segment disclosures: | |
The Company operates in two segments: (1) Leasing and (2) Petroleum Storage. | ||
The Company makes decisions relative to the allocation of resources and evaluates performance based on each segments respective income before income taxes, excluding interest income, and certain corporate expenses. | ||
Inter-segment revenues are immaterial in amount. The Company did not incur interest expense during the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008. |
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The following financial information is used for making operating decisions and assessing performance of the Companys segments: |
December 31, | ||||||||
2009 | 2008 | |||||||
Leasing: |
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Revenues: |
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Long-term leases: |
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Contractual |
$ | 2,140,000 | $ | 2,122,000 | ||||
Contingent |
113,000 | 144,000 | ||||||
Excess of contractual over straight-line rentals |
1,000 | (1,000 | ) | |||||
Short-term leases |
654,000 | 715,000 | ||||||
$ | 2,908,000 | $ | 2,980,000 | |||||
Property tax expense |
$ | 486,000 | $ | 476,000 | ||||
Depreciation |
$ | 44,000 | $ | 44,000 | ||||
Income before income taxes |
$ | 1,926,000 | $ | 2,284,000 | ||||
Assets |
$ | 8,726,000 | $ | 6,521,000 | ||||
Properties and equipment, additions |
$ | 2,246,000 | $ | 73,000 | ||||
Petroleum storage: |
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Revenues: |
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Contractual |
$ | 3,754,000 | $ | 3,691,000 | ||||
Contingent |
2,000 | 86,000 | ||||||
Total revenues |
$ | 3,756,000 | $ | 3,777,000 | ||||
Property tax expense |
$ | 212,000 | $ | 205,000 | ||||
Depreciation |
$ | 641,000 | $ | 629,000 | ||||
Income before income taxes |
$ | 1,431,000 | $ | 1,590,000 | ||||
Assets |
$ | 13,917,000 | $ | 14,582,000 | ||||
Properties and equipment, additions |
$ | 67,000 | $ | 332,000 | ||||
The following is a reconciliation of the segment information to the amounts reported in the accompanying consolidated financial statements: |
2009 | 2008 | |||||||
Revenues and other income: |
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Revenues for operating segments: |
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Leasing |
$ | 2,908,000 | $ | 2,980,000 | ||||
Petroleum storage |
3,756,000 | 3,777,000 | ||||||
6,664,000 | 6,757,000 | |||||||
Other income, interest |
| 21,000 | ||||||
Total consolidated revenues and other income |
$ | 6,664,000 | $ | 6,778,000 | ||||
Property tax expense: |
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Property tax expense for operating segments: |
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Leasing |
$ | 486,000 | $ | 476,000 | ||||
Petroleum storage |
212,000 | 205,000 | ||||||
698,000 | 681,000 | |||||||
Unallocated corporate property tax expense |
2,000 | 1,000 | ||||||
Total consolidated property tax expense |
$ | 700,000 | $ | 682,000 | ||||
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2009 | 2008 | |||||||
Depreciation: |
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Depreciation for operating segments: |
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Leasing |
$ | 44,000 | $ | 44,000 | ||||
Petroleum storage |
641,000 | 629,000 | ||||||
685,000 | 673,000 | |||||||
Unallocated corporate depreciation |
6,000 | 7,000 | ||||||
Total consolidated depreciation |
$ | 691,000 | $ | 680,000 | ||||
Income before income taxes: |
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Income for operating segments: |
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Leasing |
$ | 1,926,000 | $ | 2,284,000 | ||||
Petroleum storage |
1,431,000 | 1,590,000 | ||||||
3,357,000 | 3,874,000 | |||||||
Interest income |
| 21,000 | ||||||
Unallocated corporate expenses |
(951,000 | ) | (1,212,000 | ) | ||||
Total consolidated income before income taxes |
$ | 2,406,000 | $ | 2,683,000 | ||||
Assets: |
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Assets for operating segments: |
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Leasing |
$ | 8,726,000 | $ | 6,521,000 | ||||
Petroleum storage |
13,917,000 | 14,582,000 | ||||||
22,643,000 | 21,103,000 | |||||||
Corporate cash and cash equivalents |
2,043,000 | 3,189,000 | ||||||
Other unallocated amounts |
76,000 | 35,000 | ||||||
Total consolidated assets |
$ | 24,762,000 | $ | 24,327,000 | ||||
Additions to properties and equipment: |
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Leasing |
$ | 2,246,000 | $ | 73,000 | ||||
Petroleum storage |
67,000 | 332,000 | ||||||
2,313,000 | 405,000 | |||||||
Unallocated corporate additions to properties and equipment |
| 5,000 | ||||||
Total consolidated additions |
$ | 2,313,000 | $ | 410,000 | ||||
The following table sets forth those customers whose revenues exceed 10% of the Companys segment revenues: |
2009 | 2008 | |||||||
Leasing segment: |
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Lamar Outdoor Advertising, LLC |
$ | 793,000 | $ | 842,000 | ||||
Metropark, Ltd |
543,000 | 587,000 | ||||||
Gramercy Capital Corp |
472,000 | 468,000 | ||||||
AvalonBay Communities, Inc. |
397,000 | 401,000 | ||||||
$ | 2,205,000 | $ | 2,298,000 | |||||
Petroleum storage segment: Global Companies, LLC |
$ | 3,756,000 | $ | 3,777,000 | ||||
9. | Fourth quarter transactions in 2008: | |
In July 2008, the Companys Board of Directors unanimously approved recommending to shareholders, among other items, a reverse stock split of 75 to 1 with respect to the Companys outstanding common stock. In addition, the Directors also unanimously approved an amendment to the Companys Articles of Incorporation to create a Class B Common Stock (see Note 7). The Board originally anticipated that the reverse stock split would result in the Company having less than 300 shareholders which would permit the Company to suspend the registration of its common stock under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. As a result of an increase in the number of shareholders following the public announcement of the Boards recommendations, at a special shareholder meeting held November 21, 2008, the shareholders were asked to approve the reverse stock split and approve granting to the Board of Directors for a period of ninety (90) days following the approval of the reverse stock split, the right to determine whether the reverse stock split should proceed even if it would result in the Company not having less than 300 shareholders. Following the special shareholders meeting, the Board of Directors decided not to implement the |
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reverse stock split, given the cost to the Company and the relatively small benefit to be derived. At September 30, 2008, the Company had incurred costs of $160,000, which were included in prepaid and other on the consolidated balance sheet at September 30, 2008 pending the final decision concerning the reverse stock split. Total costs of $232,000 (including the $160,000) were included in general and administrative expense in the fourth quarter. | ||
10. | Subsequent event: | |
The Company evaluated subsequent events through the date the financial statements were issued. |
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Date of First | ||||||||||
Name | Age | Office Held | Election to Office | |||||||
Robert H. Eder
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77 | President, Capital Properties, Inc. | 1995 | |||||||
Barbara J. Dreyer
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71 | Treasurer, Capital Properties, Inc. | 1997 | |||||||
Stephen J. Carlotti
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67 | Secretary, Capital Properties, Inc. | 1998 | |||||||
Todd D. Turcotte
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38 | President, Capital Terminal Company and Vice President, Capital Properties, Inc. | 2008 |
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(b) | Exhibits: |
3.1 | Restated Articles of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the registrants annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008). | ||
3.2 | By-laws, as amended December 10, 2007 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the registrants annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007). | ||
10 | Material contracts: |
(a) | Lease between Metropark, Ltd. and Company: | ||
(i) | Dated January 1, 2005 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(a) to the registrants annual report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31, 2004), as amended. | ||
(b) | Miscellaneous contract: | ||
(i) | Option Agreement to Purchase Real Property and Related Assets, dated June 9, 2003, by and between Dunellen, LLC and Global Companies, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(b)(i) to the registrants report on Form 10-QSB/A for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2003), as amended. |
20.1 | Map of the Companys parcels in Downtown Providence, Rhode Island | ||
20.2 | Map of the Companys petroleum storage facility in East Providence, Rhode Island | ||
21 | Subsidiaries of the Company | ||
31.1 | Rule 13a-14(a) Certification of President and Principal Executive Officer | ||
31.2 | Rule 13a-14(a) Certification of Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer | ||
32.1 | Certification of President and Principal Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 | ||
32.2 | Certification of Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 |
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CAPITAL PROPERTIES, INC. | ||||||
By | /s/ Robert H. Eder
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President and Principal Executive Officer |
/s/ Robert H. Eder
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March 15, 2010 | |
Robert H. Eder |
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President and Director |
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Principal Executive Officer |
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/s/ Barbara J. Dreyer
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March 15, 2010 | |
Barbara J. Dreyer |
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Treasurer, Principal Financial Officer |
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and Principal Accounting Officer |
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/s/ Alfred J. Corso
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March 15, 2010 | |
Alfred J. Corso, Director |
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/s/ Harris N. Rosen
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March 15, 2010 | |
Harris N. Rosen, Director |
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