Form 10-Q
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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM 10-Q

 


 

(Mark One)

x QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2005

 

OR

 

¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Commission file number 1-9360

 


 

AMERICAN LAND LEASE, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 


 

Delaware   84-1038736

(State or other jurisdiction of

Incorporation or organization)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

29399 U.S. Hwy 19 North, Suite 320

Clearwater, Florida

  33761
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (727) 726-8868

 


 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (As defined in Rule 126-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes  x    No  ¨

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.):    Yes  ¨    No  x

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes  x    No  ¨.

 

As of October 27 2005, approximately 7,614,000 shares of common stock were outstanding.

 



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AMERICAN LAND LEASE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

 

FORM 10-Q

 

FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2005

 

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION:

    

Item 1. Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements:

    

Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2005 (unaudited) and December 31, 2004

   1

Statements of Income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004 (unaudited)

   2

Statement of Stockholders’ Equity for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 (unaudited)

   3

Statements of Cash Flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004 (unaudited)

   4

Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited)

   5

Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

   21

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

   22

Portfolio Summary

   24

Occupancy Roll Forward

   24

Operating Strategy

   24

Results of Operations

   26

Liquidity and Capital Resources

   38

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

   41

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

   42
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION:     

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

   42

Item 6. Exhibits

   42

 

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AMERICAN LAND LEASE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(in thousands, except per share data)

 

    

September 30,

2005


   

December 31,

2004


 
     (Unaudited)        

ASSETS

                

Real estate, net of accumulated depreciation of $25,172 and $22,803, respectively, including real estate under development of $74,818 and $49,360, respectively

   $ 286,234     $ 248,868  

Cash and cash equivalents

     828       820  

Inventory

     19,431       16,788  

Other assets, net

     10,074       9,480  
    


 


Total Assets

   $ 316,567     $ 275,956  
    


 


LIABILITIES

                

Secured long-term notes payable

   $ 127,045     $ 127,338  

Secured short-term financing

     33,777       24,644  

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

     11,850       9,795  
    


 


       172,672       161,777  
    


 


MINORITY INTEREST IN OPERATING PARTNERSHIP

     15,511       14,746  

STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

                

Preferred stock, par value $.01 per share, 3,000 shares authorized, 1,000 and 0 shares issued and outstanding, respectively

     25,000       —    

Common stock, par value $.01 per share; 12,000 shares authorized; 9,340 and 9,082 shares issued, respectively; 7,614 and 7,356 shares outstanding (excluding treasury stock), respectively

     93       91  

Additional paid-in capital

     288,188       286,649  

Notes receivable from officers re common stock purchases

     —         (748 )

Deferred compensation re restricted stock

     (1,959 )     (2,250 )

Dividends in excess of accumulated earnings

     (156,326 )     (157,697 )

Treasury stock, 1,726 and 1,726 shares at cost, respectively

     (26,612 )     (26,612 )
    


 


       128,384       99,433  
    


 


Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity

   $ 316,567     $ 275,956  
    


 


 

See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

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AMERICAN LAND LEASE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

(in thousands, except per share data)(unaudited)

 

    

Three Months

Ended

September 30,

2005


   

Three Months

Ended

September 30,

2004


   

Nine Months

Ended

September 30,

2005


   

Nine Months

Ended

September 30,

2004


 

RENTAL PROPERTY OPERATIONS

                                

Rental and other property revenues

   $ 7,876     $ 7,146     $ 23,139     $ 21,115  

Golf course operating revenues

     131       114       724       693  
    


 


 


 


Total property operating revenues

     8,007       7,260       23,863       21,808  

Property operating expenses

     (2,794 )     (2,452 )     (8,038 )     (7,384 )

Recoveries of casualty expenses related to hurricanes

     (21 )     (11 )     156       (11 )

Golf course operating expenses

     (329 )     (283 )     (995 )     (896 )
    


 


 


 


Total property operating expenses

     (3,144 )     (2,746 )     (8,877 )     (8,291 )

Depreciation

     (886 )     (746 )     (2,585 )     (2,188 )
    


 


 


 


Income from rental property operations

     3,977       3,768       12,401       11,329  

SALES OPERATIONS

                                

Home sales revenue

     13,676       8,495       34,669       27,489  

Cost of home sales

     (9,562 )     (5,843 )     (24,064 )     (18,521 )
    


 


 


 


Gross profit on home sales

     4,114       2,652       10,605       8,968  

Commissions earned on brokered sales

     112       115       514       527  

Commissions paid on brokered sales

     (64 )     (64 )     (288 )     (286 )
    


 


 


 


Gross profit on brokered sales

     48       51       226       241  

Selling and marketing expenses

     (2,550 )     (2,236 )     (7,431 )     (7,034 )
    


 


 


 


Income from sales operations

     1,612       467       3,400       2,175  

General and administrative expenses

     (946 )     (959 )     (2,240 )     (2,774 )

Gain on involuntary conversion

     —         —         237       —    

Interest and other income

     2       51       22       349  

Interest expense

     (1,330 )     (1,426 )     (4,298 )     (4,143 )
    


 


 


 


Income before minority interest in Operating Partnership

     3,315       1,901       9,522       6,936  

Minority interest in Operating Partnership

     (395 )     (225 )     (1,133 )     (831 )
    


 


 


 


Income from continuing operations

     2,920       1,676       8,389       6,105  

DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS:

                                

Income from discontinued operations, net of minority interest in Operating Partnership

     —         28       —         59  
    


 


 


 


Net Income

     2,920       1,704       8,389       6,164  

Cumulative preferred stock dividends

     (484 )     —         (1,162 )     —    
    


 


 


 


Net Income attributable to common stockholders

   $ 2,436     $ 1,704     $ 7,227     $ 6,164  
    


 


 


 


Earnings per common share-basic:

                                

Income from continuing operations (net of cumulative unpaid preferred dividends)

   $ 0.33     $ 0.24     $ 1.00     $ 0.87  

Income from discontinued operations

     —         —         —         0.01  
    


 


 


 


Net income attributable to common stockholders

   $ 0.33     $ 0.24     $ 1.00     $ 0.88  
    


 


 


 


Earnings per common share-diluted:

                                

Diluted earnings from continuing operations

   $ 0.32     $ 0.23     $ 0.94     $ 0.84  

Diluted earnings from discontinued operations

     —         —         —         0.01  
    


 


 


 


Net income attributable to common stockholders

   $ 0.32     $ 0.23     $ 0.94     $ 0.85  
    


 


 


 


Weighted average common shares outstanding

     7,331       7,050       7,262       7,013  
    


 


 


 


Weighted average common shares and common share equivalents outstanding

     7,706       7,297       7,649       7,286  
    


 


 


 


Dividends paid per common share

   $ 0.25     $ 0.25     $ 0.75     $ 0.75  
    


 


 


 


 

See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statement

 

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AMERICAN LAND LEASE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EQUITY

(in thousands)

(unaudited)

 

     Preferred Stock

   Common Stock

  

Additional

Paid-In

Capital


   

Notes

Receivable on

Common Stock

Purchases


   

Deferred

Compensation on

Restricted

Stock


   

Dividends In

Excess of

Accumulated

Earnings


   

Treasury

Stock


   

Total

Stockholders’

Equity


 
     Shares

   Amount

   Shares

   Amount

            

BALANCES – DECEMBER 31, 2004

   —      $ —      9,082    $ 91    $ 286,649     $ (748 )   $ (2,250 )   $ (157,697 )   $ (26,612 )   $ 99,433  
    
  

  
  

  


 


 


 


 


 


Net proceeds from issuance of preferred stock

   1,000      25,000    —        —        (1,098 )     —         —         —         —         23,902  

Restricted stock issued

   —        —      95      1      343               (344 )     —         —         —    

Exercise of options

   —        —      158      1      2,149       —         —         —         —         2,150  

Equity compensation granted to the Board of Directors

   —        —      5      —        120       —         —         —         —         120  

Equity in stock options

   —        —      —        —        49       —         —         —         —         49  

Repayment of notes receivable from officers

   —        —      —        —        —         748       —         —         —         748  

Stock issuance costs

   —        —      —        —        (24 )     —         —         —         —         (24 )

Amortization of deferred compensation

   —        —      —        —        —         —         635       —         —         635  

Net income

   —        —      —        —        —         —         —         8,389       —         8,389  

Dividends previously accounted for as compensation expense

   —        —      —        —        —         —         —         (371 )     —         (371 )

Dividends paid – Preferred Stock

   —        —      —        —        —         —         —         (1,001 )     —         (1,001 )

Dividends paid – Common Stock

   —        —      —        —        —         —         —         (5,646 )     —         (5,646 )

BALANCES – SEPTEMBER 30, 2005

   1,000    $ 25,000    9,340    $ 93    $ 288,188     $ —       $ (1,959 )   $ (156,326 )   $ (26,612 )   $ 128,384  
    
  

  
  

  


 


 


 


 


 


 

See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

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AMERICAN LAND LEASE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(in thousands) (unaudited)

 

    

Nine Months Ended

September 30,


 
     2005

    2004

 

CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES

                

Net income

   $ 8,389     $ 6,164  

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:

                

Depreciation and amortization

     3,347       2,849  

Amortization of deferred compensation and expense of stock options

     607       902  

Minority interest in Operating Partnership

     1,133       831  

Minority interest attributable to discontinued operations

     —         8  

(Gain) loss on sale of discontinued operations

     —         (43 )

Revenue recognized related to acquired lease obligations

     (53 )     (60 )

Gain on involuntary conversion

     (237 )     —    

Increase in inventory

     (2,643 )     (4,584 )

Change in operating assets and liabilities

     3,507       (418 )
    


 


Net cash provided by operating activities

     14,050       5,649  
    


 


CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES

                

Proceeds from sale of real estate

     —         2,320  

Proceeds from hurricane insurance claims

     237       —    

Purchase of real estate

     (15,804 )     (615 )

Purchases of and additions to real estate, including development

     (18,471 )     (16,431 )

Capitalized interest

     (4,034 )     (2,755 )

Hurricane capital replacements

     (744 )     —    

Capital replacements and enhancements

     (865 )     (738 )

Additions to fixed assets for taxable subsidiaries classified as other assets

     (977 )     (581 )

Notes receivable advances

     —         (198 )

Collection of preferred minority interest in real estate partnerships

     —         400  

Proceeds from notes receivable

     78       13  
    


 


Net cash used in investing activities

     (40,580 )     (18,585 )
    


 


CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES

                

Proceeds from secured short-term financing

     9,133       7,963  

Proceeds from secured long-term notes payable

     2,159       12,000  

Principal payments on secured long-term notes payable for property sold

     —         (869 )

Principal payments on secured long-term notes payable

     (2,452 )     (2,195 )

Payment of loan costs

     (854 )     (330 )

Payments to escrow funds for capital improvement

     (636 )     (637 )

Collections of escrowed funds

     162       168  

Collections of notes receivable on common stock purchases

     748       33  

Proceeds from stock options exercised

     2,150       1,309  

Proceeds from issuance of preferred stock

     23,902       —    

Proceeds from dividends reinvestment program

     —         469  

Payment of costs associated with equity issuance

     (24 )     (148 )

Proceeds from OP unit distribution reinvestment program

     —         69  

Dividends previously accounted for as compensation expense

     (371 )     —    

Payments of common stock dividends

     (5,646 )     (5,256 )

Payments of preferred stock dividends

     (1,001 )     —    

Payments of distributions to minority interest in Operating Partnership

     (732 )     (717 )
    


 


Net cash provided by financing activities

     26,538       11,859  
    


 


NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

     8       (1,077 )

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT BEGINNING OF PERIOD

     820       2,064  
    


 


CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT END OF PERIOD

   $ 828     $ 987  
    


 


 

See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

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AMERICAN LAND LEASE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

September 30, 2005

(Unaudited)

 

A. The Company

 

American Land Lease, Inc. (“ANL” and, together with its subsidiaries, the “Company”) is a Delaware corporation that owns home sites leased to owners of homes situated on the leased land and operates the communities composed of these homes. ANL has elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”). ANL’s preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Preferred Stock”), is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “ANLPRA”. ANL’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “ANL”. In May 1997, ANL contributed its net assets to Asset Investors Operating Partnership, L.P. (the “Operating Partnership”) in exchange for the sole general partner interest in the Operating Partnership and substantially all of the Operating Partnership’s initial capital.

 

Interests in the Operating Partnership held by limited partners other than ANL are referred to as “OP Units.” The Operating Partnership’s income is allocated to holders of OP Units based on the weighted average number of OP Units outstanding during the period. The holders of the OP Units receive distributions, prorated from the date of issuance, in an amount equivalent to the dividends paid to holders of Common Stock. After holding the OP Units for one year, the limited partners generally have the right to redeem their OP Units for cash. Notwithstanding that right, the Operating Partnership may elect to acquire some or all of the OP Units tendered for redemption in exchange for shares of Common Stock in lieu of cash. At September 30, 2005, the Operating Partnership had approximately 984,000 OP units outstanding, excluding those owned by ANL, and ANL owned 88% of the Operating Partnership. As of September 30, 2005, based on total home sites, 77% of the Company’s portfolio of residential land lease communities is located in Florida, 22% in Arizona and 1% in New Jersey.

 

B. Presentation of Financial Statements

 

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of the Company have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included and are of a normal recurring nature. Operating results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2005.

 

The condensed balance sheet at December 31, 2004 has been derived from the audited financial statements at that date but does not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP.

 

For further information, refer to the statements and notes thereto included in ANL’s 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004. Certain 2004 financial statement amounts have been reclassified to conform to the 2005 presentation.

 

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C. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

 

Principles of Consolidation

 

The condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company, the Operating Partnership and all majority owned subsidiaries. The minority interest in the Operating Partnership represents the OP Units that are redeemable at the option of the holder. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

 

Real Estate and Depreciation

 

The Company capitalizes direct costs associated with the acquisition of consolidated properties as a cost of the assets acquired, and such direct costs are depreciated over the estimated useful lives of the related assets. In accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 141, Business Combinations, (“SFAS 141”), the Company allocates the purchase price of real estate to land, land improvements, buildings, furniture, fixtures and equipment and intangibles, such as the value of above and below market leases and origination costs associated with the in-place leases. In order to allocate purchase price on these various components, the Company performs the following procedures for properties acquired:

 

  1. Determine the “as-if vacant” fair value of the physical property acquired;

 

  2. Allocate the “as-if vacant” fair value among land, land improvements, buildings (based on real estate valuation techniques), and furniture, fixtures and equipment; and

 

  3. Compute the difference between the purchase price of the property and the “as-if vacant” fair value and allocate such difference to leases in-place (based on the nature of our business, customer relationship value is assumed to be zero), which will represent the total intangible assets or liabilities. The fair value of the leases in-place are comprised of:

 

  a. The value of the above and/or below market leases in-place. Above-market and below-market in-place lease values are computed based on the difference between (i) the contractual amounts to be paid pursuant to the in-place leases and (ii) management’s estimate of fair market lease rates and effective lease terms for the corresponding in-place leases, measured over a period equal to the estimated remaining effective terms of the leases.

 

  b. Avoided leasing commissions and other costs that were incurred to execute leases.

 

  c. The value associated with lost rents during the absorption period (estimates of lost rental revenue during the expected lease-up periods based on current market demand).

 

The values of the above and below market leases are amortized and recorded as either an increase (in the case of below market leases) or a decrease (in the case of above market leases) to rental income over the estimated remaining expected terms of the associated leases (including fixed rate renewal periods for below market leases). Amortization expense is recorded over the expected remaining terms of the associated leases for the values associated with avoided leasing commissions, other costs that were incurred to execute leases and the value associated with lost rents during the absorption period. If a resident vacates its home site prior to the effective term of the lease and no rental payments are being made on the lease, any unamortized balance of the related intangible will be written off.

 

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Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method over an estimated useful life of 5 to 75 years for land improvements, 30 to 45 years for buildings and 5 years for furniture and other equipment, all of which are judgmental determinations. These determinations may prove to be different than the actual life of any individual asset.

 

Development and Other Capital Expenditure Activities

 

Significant renovations and improvements that improve or extend the useful life of an asset are capitalized and depreciated over the remaining life. In addition, the Company capitalizes direct and indirect costs (including interest, taxes and other costs) in connection with the development of additional home sites within its residential land lease communities. Maintenance, repairs and minor improvements are expensed as incurred. Interest incurred relating to the development of communities is capitalized during the active development period. The Company’s strategy is to master plan, develop, and build substantially all of the home sites in its communities. Accordingly, substantially all projects, excluding finished lots where the home is available for occupancy, are undergoing active development. The Company capitalized interest of approximately $1,448,000 and $954,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, and $4,034,000 and $2,755,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2005, respectively.

 

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets

 

Rental properties are recorded at cost less accumulated depreciation, unless considered impaired. If events or circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of a property may be impaired, the Company will make an assessment of its recoverability by estimating the future undiscounted cash flows, excluding interest charges, of the property. If the carrying amount exceeds the aggregate future cash flows, the Company would recognize an impairment loss to the extent the carrying amount exceeds the fair value of the property.

 

Cash Equivalents

 

The Company considers highly liquid investments with an original maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents.

 

Inventory

 

The Company, through a taxable subsidiary corporation, maintains an inventory of manufactured homes situated within its residential land lease communities. Carrying amounts for inventory are determined on a specific identification basis and are stated at the lower of cost or market. If actual market conditions are less favorable than those projected by management, inventory write-downs may be required that could have a significant impact on the Company’s results of operations and cash flows. As of September 30, 2005, $1,920,000 of total inventory investment of $19,431,000 was older than one year. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, the Company recorded charges of approximately $29,000 and $252,000, and $107,000 and $202,000, respectively, to write carrying amounts down to market value.

 

Non-agency MBS and CMBS Bonds

 

The Company is the beneficiary of certain grantor trusts formed coincident with the securitization and sale of mortgage assets owned by the Company until sold in 1997. The operation of these grantor trusts is vested with the indentured trustee and under the terms of the trust indenture, the Company does not control the management of the trust and the indentured trustee is an unrelated third party. As a result, the operation of the trust is not consolidated in the financial statements of the Company. The Company does not provide any credit enhancements to the trust and does not have contingent liability for the results of operation of the trust.

 

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The Company’s non-agency mortgage backed securities bonds (“MBS”) and commercial mortgage backed securities bonds (“CMBS”) were acquired at a significant discount to par value. The amortized cost of the non-agency MBS and CMBS bonds was equal to the outstanding principal amount net of unamortized discount and allowances for credit losses. Earnings from non-agency MBS and CMBS bonds were recognized based upon the relationship of cash flows received during the period and estimates of future cash flows to be received over the life of the bonds. During the nine month period ended September 30, 2004, the Company received cash distributions from the CMBS bonds equal to $245,000. These cash flows were in excess of the Company’s estimate of future cash flows at December 31, 2003. The effect of this change increased net income (after minority interest in the Operating Partnership) for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 by $183,000, or $0.03 per basic and diluted share. The Company did not receive any cash distributions for the nine months ended September 30, 2005.

 

The Company previously classified its non-agency MBS and CMBS bonds as available-for-sale, carried at fair value in the financial statements. The Company estimated fair value of the non-agency MBS and CMBS bonds based on the present value of future expected cash flows of the bonds. The fair values of the non-agency MBS and CMBS bonds, based on the underlying assets that secure the bonds, were estimated using the Company’s best estimate of the future cash flows, capitalization rates and discount rates commensurate with the risks involved. The carrying amount of the MBS and CMBS assets was $0 at September 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively.

 

Revenue Recognition

 

The Company generates income from the rental of home sites. The leases entered into by residents for the rental of home sites are generally for terms of one year, and the rental revenues associated with the leases are recognized when earned and due from residents.

 

The Company, through a taxable subsidiary, generates income from memberships, daily green fees, cart rentals and merchandise sales at golf courses located within its communities. Revenues associated with the activities of the golf courses are recognized when earned and received by the Company.

 

The Company, through a taxable subsidiary, generates income from the sale of homes situated on home sites owned by the Company. Sales of homes by the Company are recorded upon the closing of the home sale transaction and title passing to the purchaser.

 

Deferred Financing Costs

 

Fees and costs incurred in obtaining financing are capitalized. Such costs are amortized over the terms of the related loan agreements using the effective interest method and are charged to interest expense.

 

Advertising Costs

 

Costs of advertising are expensed the first time the advertising takes place. Direct response advertising conducted by the Company during the periods was expensed as incurred, as the Company could not define the expected period of future benefits. Advertising expenses were $477,000 and $789,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, and $1,724,000 and $1,959,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, respectively, and are included within property operating expenses and selling and marketing expenses in the statements of income.

 

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Income Taxes

 

The Company has elected to be taxed as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). To qualify as a REIT, the Company must meet a number of organizational and operational requirements, including income, asset, and shareholder requirements, and a requirement that it distribute currently at least 90% of its adjusted taxable income to its shareholders. It is management’s current intention to adhere to these requirements and maintain the Company’s REIT status. As a REIT, the Company generally will not be subject to corporate level federal income tax on taxable income that it distributes currently to its stockholders. If the Company fails to qualify as a REIT in any taxable year, it will be subject to federal income taxes at regular corporate rates (including any applicable alternative minimum tax) and, unless entitled to relief under certain statutory provisions, may not be able to qualify as a REIT for four subsequent taxable years. Even if the Company qualifies for taxation as a REIT, the Company may be subject to certain state and local taxes on its income and property, and to federal income and excise taxes and penalties, including taxes on its undistributed taxable income. In addition, taxable income from non-REIT activities conducted through taxable subsidiaries is subject to federal, state, and local income taxes.

 

Earnings and profits, which determine the taxability of dividends to stockholders, differ from net income reported for financial reporting purposes due to differences for U.S. federal tax purposes in the estimated useful lives and methods used to compute depreciation and the carrying value (basis) of the investments in properties, among other things.

 

At September 30, 2005, the Company’s net operating loss (“NOL”) carryover was approximately $64,564,000 for the parent REIT entity and $1,526,000 for the Company’s taxable subsidiaries that are consolidated for financial reporting, but not for federal income tax purposes. Subject to certain limitations, the REIT’s NOL carryover may be used to offset all or a portion of the Company’s REIT taxable income, and as a result, to reduce the amount that the Company is required to distribute to stockholders to maintain its status as a REIT. It does not, however, affect the tax treatment to shareholders of any distributions that the Company does make. The REIT’s and the taxable subsidiaries’ NOL carryovers are scheduled to expire between 2007 and 2009, and 2020 and 2022, respectively.

 

Earnings Per Share

 

Basic earnings per share are based upon the weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding during each period. Diluted earnings per share for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004 reflect the effect of dilutive, unexercised stock options, both vested and unvested, and unvested restricted stock of 375,000 and 387,000 shares, and 247,000 and 241,000 shares, respectively, without regard to vesting restrictions on options issued. Vested and unvested stock options together with shares issued for non-recourse notes receivable and unvested restricted stock totaling 0 and 16,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, and 0 and 63,000 shares for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, respectively, have been excluded from diluted earnings per share as their effect would be anti-dilutive.

 

Stock-Based Compensation

 

Effective January 1, 2003, the Company adopted the accounting provisions of SFAS No. 123, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation (“SFAS 123”), as amended by SFAS No. 148, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation-Transition and Disclosure - an amendment of FASB Statement No. 123 (“SFAS 148”), and applied the prospective method set forth in SFAS 148 with respect to the transition. Under this method, the Company applies the fair value recognition provisions of SFAS 123 to all employee awards granted, modified, or settled on or after January 1, 2003, which has resulted in compensation

 

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expense being recorded based on the fair value of the stock options. Prior to January 1, 2003, the Company followed Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees,” (“APB 25”), and related interpretations in accounting. Under APB 25, because the exercise price of the employee stock options and warrants equaled the market price of the underlying stock on the date of grant, no compensation expense was recognized. The following table illustrates the effect on net income and earnings per share if the fair value based method had been applied to all outstanding and unvested awards in each period (in thousands except for per share data):

 

     Three Months Ended
September 30,


    Nine Months Ended
September 30,


 
     2005

    2004

    2005

    2004

 

Net income, as reported

   $ 2,920     $ 1,704     $ 8,389     $ 6,164  

Add: Stock-based employee compensation expense included in reported net income

                                

Restricted stock awards

     110       363       323       1,061  

High Performance Shares

     165       —         235       —    

Stock options

     15       9       42       12  

Deduct: Total stock-based employee compensation expense determined under fair value based method for all awards

                                

Restricted stock awards

     (110 )     (363 )     (323 )     (1,061 )

High Performance Shares

     (165 )     —         (235 )     —    

Stock options

     (15 )     (14 )     (42 )     (21 )

Add: Minority interest in Operating Partnership

     —         2       —         3  
    


 


 


 


Pro-forma net income

   $ 2,920     $ 1,701     $ 8,389     $ 6,158  
    


 


 


 


Earnings per common share-basic:

                                

Reported – Income attributable to common stockholders

   $ 0.33     $ 0.24     $ 1.00     $ 088  

Pro forma – Income attributable to common stockholders

   $ 0.33     $ 0.24     $ 1.00     $ 0.88  

Earnings per common share – diluted:

                                

Reported – Income attributable to common stockholders

   $ 0.32     $ 0.23     $ 0.94     $ 0.85  

Pro Forma – Income attributable to common stockholders

   $ 0.32     $ 0.23     $ 0.94     $ 0.85  

 

In addition to stock options, the Company values restricted stock awards that contain a market condition (defined as a vesting condition based in whole or in part upon the Company’s stock price) at their fair value at the date of issuance. The fair value of the market condition awards is determined through the use of a financial model that considers the applicable risk free interest rate, expected dividend yield, the volatility factor of the expected market price of the Company’s common stock and the term over which the performance conditions must be met to result in vesting of the awards. The resulting value is amortized to compensation expense over the service term of the award.

 

Depreciation of Personal Property

 

Depreciation of personal property is reported in property operating expenses, golf operating expenses, selling and marketing expenses, or general and administrative expenses, based upon the use of the associated asset. Depreciation expense relating to personal property totaled approximately $115,000 and $102,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, and $330,000 and $285,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, respectively.

 

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Statement of Cash Flows

 

The Company considers cash maintained in bank accounts, money market funds and highly liquid investments with an initial maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents.

 

Non-cash investing and financing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004 were as follows:

 

     2005

   2004

Issuance of Common Stock for:

             

Services by employees and directors

   $ 464,000    $ 2,145,000

Real estate acquired:

             

By issuance of OP Units

   $ 364,000    $ 347,000

 

Legal Contingencies

 

The Company is currently involved in certain legal proceedings. Management does not believe these proceedings will have a material adverse effect on the Company’s consolidated financial position. It is possible, however, that future results of operations for any particular quarterly or annual period could be materially affected by changes in assumptions and the effectiveness of strategies, related to these proceedings.

 

Use of Estimates

 

The preparation of the financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

Reclassifications

 

Certain reclassifications have been made in the 2004 consolidated financial statements to conform to the classifications used in the current period. Such reclassifications have no material effect on the amounts as originally presented.

 

D. Real Estate

 

Real estate at September 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004 is as follows (in thousands):

 

     September 30,
2005


    December 31,
2004


 

Land

   $ 64,586     $ 48,778  

Building and building improvements

     6,977       5,639  

Land improvements

     239,843       217,254  
    


 


       311,406       271,671  

Less accumulated depreciation

     (25,172 )     (22,803 )
    


 


Real estate, net

   $ 286,234     $ 248,868  
    


 


 

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The Company calculates depreciation using the straight-line method over an estimated useful life of 5 to 75 years for land improvements, 30 to 45 years for building and 5 years for furniture and other equipment.

 

The Company’s real estate investment consists of buildings, land improvements, and land. Buildings consist primarily of the clubhouses at its residential land lease communities maintained as amenities for resident use. A majority of the Company’s investment in land improvements consists of long-lived assets such as lateral infrastructure at its residential land lease communities including sanitary sewer and storm water collection systems, potable water supply systems, roads and walkways. The balance of land improvements consists of assets with shorter lives such as marinas, fencing, swimming pools, spas, shuffleboard courts, tennis courts and other resident amenities.

 

During the nine months ended September 30, 2005, the Company acquired a 260-acre tract of land in Micco, Florida, south of Melbourne, for an aggregate price of approximately $15,700,000. The land will be used to develop a new senior community for the Company.

 

E. Casualty Events

 

In August and September 2004, several of the Company’s properties were impacted by the four hurricanes that traversed central Florida. Hurricanes Charley, Frances, Ivan and Jeanne damaged community amenities and resident homes. At December 31, 2004, the Company had additional claims with its insurer related to recoveries of damages caused during the hurricanes in 2004 that were not included in the accounts of the Company. During the nine months ended September 30, 2005, the Company was successful in obtaining additional proceeds from its insurer. The Company received an additional $971,000 in proceeds related to damages that occurred in 2004. During the nine months ended September 30, 2005, the Company recognized a gain of $209,000, net of minority interest in the Operating Partnership, as a result of the receipt of insurance proceeds of approximately $237,000. In addition, the Company recognized total recoveries of $156,000, or $137,000 net of minority interest in the Operating Partnership, which had previously been expensed at December 31, 2004. SFAS No. 5, Accounting for Contingencies requires that no gain contingency be recorded until realization of proceeds from insurance claims. The Company has recorded its casualty gain in accordance with SFAS 5 and has additional claims with its insurer related to recoveries of damages caused during the hurricanes in 2004. If the Company is successful in obtaining additional insurance proceeds from its insurer, the Company will record additional casualty gain in the period that the insurance proceeds are realized. In addition, the Company also has additional claims related to expense reimbursements from its insurer. If the Company is successful in obtaining additional expense reimbursements from its insurer, the Company will record recoveries of casualty expenses in the period that the recoveries are realized.

 

F. Home Sales Business

 

The Company, through a taxable subsidiary corporation, owns an inventory of homes situated on developed vacant sites within its portfolio of residential land lease communities. In addition, the Company owns undeveloped land that is contiguous to existing occupied communities. The Company’s home sales business seeks to facilitate the conversion of this inventory of unleased land into leased sites with long-term cash flows. The Company’s home sales business closed sales of 115 and 77 new homes for the three months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, respectively, an increase of 49.4% over the prior year period, and 302 and 271 new homes for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, respectively, an increase of 11.4% over the prior year period.

 

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G. Discontinued Operations

 

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued SFAS No. 144, Accounting for the Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and for Long-Lived Assets to be Disposed Of (“SFAS 144”), to determine when a long-lived asset is classified as held for sale, and it provides a single accounting model for the disposal of long-lived assets. The Company reports as discontinued operations real estate assets held for sale (as defined by SFAS 144) and real estate assets sold. All results of these discontinued operations, less applicable income taxes, are included in a separate component of income on the consolidated statements of income under the heading “discontinued operations.” This change has resulted in certain reclassifications of 2004 financial statement amounts.

 

The following is a summary of the components of income from discontinued operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004 (in thousands):

 

     Three Months
Ended September 30,


    Nine Months
Ended September 30,


 
     2005

   2004

    2005

   2004

 

Discontinued Operations:

                              

Rental and other property revenues

   $ —      $ 27     $ —      $ 191  

Property operating expenses

     —        (37 )     —        (158 )

Depreciation

     —        (1 )     —        (9 )
    

  


 

  


(Loss) income from discontinued operations before gain on disposition of discontinued operations

     —        (11 )     —        24  

Gain on disposition of discontinued operations

     —        43       —        43  
    

  


 

  


Income from discontinued operations before minority interest

     —        32       —        67  

Minority interest attributed to discontinued operations

     —        (4 )     —        (8 )
    

  


 

  


Income from discontinued operations, net of minority interest

   $ —      $ 28     $ —      $ 59  
    

  


 

  


 

As of December 31, 2004 and September 30, 2005, the Company did not have any assets classified as held for sale.

 

H. Secured Long-Term Notes Payable

 

The following table summarizes the Company’s secured long-term notes payable (in thousands):

 

     September 30,
2005


   December 31,
2004


Fixed rate, ranging from 6.5% to 8.2%, fully amortizing, non-recourse notes maturing at various dates from 2018 through 2020

   $ 66,753    $ 66,662

Fixed rate, ranging from 5.7% to 7.8%, partially amortizing, non- recourse notes maturing at various dates from 2007 through 2014

     34,664      35,048

Variable rate, at LIBOR plus 300 basis points with a 5.5% floor, non-recourse notes maturing in 2007

     10,613      10,613

Variable rate, at LIBOR plus 250 basis points, non-amortizing, non-recourse notes maturing in 2013

     15,015      15,015
    

  

     $ 127,045    $ 127,338
    

  

 

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On July 29, 2005, the Company issued a $2.2 million fourteen-year term, non- recourse mortgage note payable with a fixed rate of 5.78%. The proceeds will be used to repay existing debt and to continue development of residential land lease communities.

 

I. Secured Short-Term Financing

 

The Company has a revolving line of credit with a bank with a total commitment of $16,000,000 that bears interest at thirty-day LIBOR plus 200 basis points (5.77% at September 30, 2005). The line of credit is secured by real property and improvements located in St. Lucie, Lake, and Pasco Counties, Florida and Maricopa County, Arizona with a net book value of approximately $37,555,000. The revolving line of credit matures in December 2006. At September 30, 2005, $6,880,000 was outstanding and $9,120,000 was not drawn under the revolving line of credit. The availability of funds to the Company under the line of credit is subject to certain borrowing base and other customary restrictions, including compliance with financial and other covenants thereunder. The financial covenants of the line of credit require the Company to maintain a ratio of cash flow (as defined by the lender) on a trailing twelve-month basis to pro forma annual debt service obligations (as defined by the lender) of not less than 1.0 to 1.0 on properties securing the line of credit, to maintain a tangible net worth of $90,000,000 and to maintain a debt to net worth ratio of 2.0 to 1.0, among others. Based upon the application of these covenants as of September 30, 2005, $16,000,000 was available to the Company. The Company was in compliance with all financial covenant requirements at September 30, 2005.

 

On February 4, 2005, the Company obtained a term loan with a bank with a total commitment of $11,000,000 that bears interest at thirty-day LIBOR plus 200 basis points (5.77% at September 30, 2005). The maturity of the term loan was extended on October 18, 2005 to February 6, 2006. The loan is secured by real property and improvements located in Brevard County, Florida with a net book value of approximately $17,780,000 at September 30, 2005, and $7,750,000 was outstanding under the term loan.

 

The Company has a committed floor plan line of credit with a floor plan lender providing a credit facility of $25,000,000. On July 1, 2005, the credit facility was modified to decrease the variable interest rate indexed to the prime rate to spreads varying from 0.5% to 3.5%, a reduction of 1% from the previous terms. Individual advances mature as early as 360 days or have no stated maturity, based upon the manufacturer. The facility was also modified on July 1, 2005 to limit recourse to the Company to 10% of the committed facility of $2,500,000. This floor plan line of credit is secured by inventory located in the Company’s residential land lease communities with a carrying value of approximately $17,736,000. Approximately $5,853,000 was available under the floor plan credit facility. The floor plan line of credit matures on July 1, 2008.

 

J. Commitments and Contingencies

 

The Company is party to various legal actions resulting from its operating activities. These actions are routine litigation and administrative proceedings arising in the ordinary course of business, some of which are covered by liability insurance, and none of which are expected to have a material adverse effect on the consolidated financial condition or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole.

 

The Company enters into various construction contracts with third parties to develop subdivisions within the Company’s existing portfolio of residential land lease communities. The unpaid balance of these contracts remaining at September 30, 2005 is approximately $16,286,000.

 

As of September 30, 2005, the Company’s outstanding purchase obligations with manufacturers of homes to be constructed in the Company’s communities totaled $5,596,000.

 

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In connection with the acquisition of a residential land lease community, the Company entered into an earn-out agreement with respect to 142 unoccupied home sites. The Company advances an additional $16,500 pursuant to the earn-out agreement for each newly occupied home site either in the form of cash or 860 OP Units, as determined by the seller. The Company paid $50,000 in each of the three months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, and $364,000 and $248,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, respectively, in cash and OP Units for newly occupied home sites that was recorded as real estate. At September 30, 2005, there were 12 unoccupied home sites subject to the earn-out agreement.

 

K. Segment Reporting

 

The Company has two reportable segments: rental property (ownership of land leases, land development, investment acquisition and disposition) and home sales (sale of homes, both new and used, to be sited on land owned by the Company). The rental property segment consists of residential land lease communities that generate rental and other property related income through the leasing of land to residents that are unrelated to the Company. The home sales segment sells manufactured homes to customers that are unrelated to the Company. The homes sold by the home sales segment are situated on land within the Company’s portfolio of rental property. The customers of the home sales business become residents of the Company’s rental property segment coincident with the sale of a home, at which time the customer enters into a lease with the rental property segment. No revenues are generated from transactions with other segments and no single resident or customer contributed 10% or more of total revenues during the nine months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004.

 

Non-segment revenue used to reconcile total revenue consists of interest income and other income. Non-segment assets used to reconcile to total assets include cash and cash equivalents, cash in escrows, accounts receivable, prepaid expenses, investments, deferred charges and other assets. Overhead expenses, such as administrative expenses, are allocated to each segment based upon management’s best estimate of the resources utilized in the management and operations of each segment. The accounting policies of the segments are the same as those described in Note C.

 

SFAS No. 131, Disclosure about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information (“SFAS 131”) requires that segment disclosures present the measure(s) used by the chief operating decision maker for purposes of assessing such segments’ performance. The Company’s chief operating decision maker is comprised of its executive senior management team who use several generally accepted industry financial measures to assess the performance of the business. Specifically, the Company’s chief operating decision makers assess and measure segment operating activities based on contribution margins from each segment.

 

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The revenues, profit (loss), and assets for each of the reportable segments are summarized in the following tables for the three and nine months periods ended September 30, 2005 and September 30, 2004 (in thousands):

 

     Three months ended September 30, 2005

 
     Rental
Property


    Home
Sales


    Corporate,
Interest
and Other


    Total

 

Revenues

   $ 8,007     $ 13,788     $ —       $ 21,795  
    


 


 


 


Contribution margin

     3,977       1,612       —         5,589  

General and administrative expenses

     (348 )     (598 )     —         (946 )

Interest expense

     —         —         (1,330 )     (1,330 )

Interest and other income

     —         —         2       2  

Minority interest in earnings

     —         —         (395 )     (395 )
    


 


 


 


Net income (loss)

   $ 3,629     $ 1,014     $ (1,723 )   $ 2,920  
    


 


 


 


Assets

   $ 292,825     $ 23,043     $ 699     $ 316,567  
    


 


 


 


Capital additions to:

                                

Real estate

   $ 7,814     $ —       $ —       $ 7,814  

Capital replacements – real estate

     219       —         —         219  

Capital replacements – other assets

     140       —         —         140  

Other assets

     236       138       3       377  
    


 


 


 


Total

   $ 8,409     $ 138     $ 3     $ 8,550  
    


 


 


 


     Three months ended September 30, 2004

 
     Rental
Property


    Home
Sales


    Corporate,
Interest
and Other


    Total

 

Revenues

   $ 7,260     $ 8,610     $ —       $ 15,870  
    


 


 


 


Contribution margin

     3,768       467       —         4,235  

General and administrative expenses

     (440 )     (516 )     (3 )     (959 )

Interest expense

     —         —         (1,426 )     (1,426 )

Interest and other income

     —         —         51       51  

Income from discontinued operations

     28       —         —         28  

Minority interest in earnings

     —         —         (225 )     (225 )
    


 


 


 


Net income (loss)

   $ 3,356     $ (49 )   $ (1,603 )   $ 1,704  
    


 


 


 


Assets

   $ 249,743     $ 18,908     $ 604     $ 269,255  
    


 


 


 


Capital additions to:

                                

Real estate

   $ 6,646     $ —       $ —       $ 6,646  

Capital replacements – real estate

     115       —         —         115  

Capital replacements – other assets

     60       —         —         60  

Other assets

     157       83       35       275  
    


 


 


 


Total

   $ 6,978     $ 83     $ 35     $ 7,096  
    


 


 


 


     Nine months ended September 30, 2005

 
     Rental
Property


    Home
Sales


    Corporate,
Interest
and Other


    Total

 

Revenues

   $ 23,863     $ 35,183     $ —       $ 59,046  
    


 


 


 


Contribution margin

     12,401       3,400       —         15,801  

General and administrative expenses

     (905 )     (1,334 )     (1 )     (2,240 )

Interest expense

     —         —         (4,298 )     (4,298 )

Interest and other income

     —         —         22       22  

Casualty gain

     237       —         —         237  

Minority interest in earnings

     —         —         (1,133 )     (1,133 )
    


 


 


 


Net income (loss)

   $ 11,733     $ 2,066     $ (5,410 )   $ 8,389  
    


 


 


 


Assets

   $ 292,825     $ 23,043     $ 699     $ 316,567  
    


 


 


 


Capital additions to:

                                

Real estate

   $ 38,898     $ —       $ —       $ 38,898  

Capital replacements – real estate

     512       —         —         512  

Capital replacements – other assets

     353       —         —         353  

Other assets

     426       520       31       977  
    


 


 


 


Total

   $ 40,189     $ 520     $ 31     $ 40,740  
    


 


 


 


 

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     Nine months ended September 30, 2004

 
     Rental
Property


    Home
Sales


    Corporate,
Interest
and Other


    Total

 

Revenues

   $ 21,808     $ 28,016     $ —       $ 49,824  
    


 


 


 


Contribution margin

     11,329       2,175       —         13,504  

General and administrative expenses

     (1,211 )     (1,544 )     (19 )     (2,774 )

Interest expense

     —         —         (4,143 )     (4,143 )

Interest and other income

     —         —         349       349  

Income from discontinued operations

     59       —         —         59  

Minority interest in earnings

     —         —         (831 )     (831 )
    


 


 


 


Net income (loss)

   $ 10,177     $ 631     $ (4,644 )   $ 6,164  
    


 


 


 


Assets

   $ 249,743     $ 18,908     $ 604     $ 269,255  
    


 


 


 


Capital additions to:

                                

Real estate

   $ 19,801     $ —       $ —       $ 19,801  

Capital replacements – real estate

     560       —         —         560  

Capital replacements – other assets

     178       —         —         178  

Other assets

     195       343       43       581  
    


 


 


 


Total

   $ 20,734     $ 343     $ 43     $ 21,120  
    


 


 


 


 

L. Fair Value of Financial Instruments

 

The aggregate fair value of cash and cash equivalents, receivables, payables and short-term secured financing as of September 30, 2005 approximates their carrying value due to their relatively short-term nature. Management further believes that the fair value of variable rate secured long-term notes payable approximates their carrying value.

 

For the Company’s fixed rate secured long-term notes payable, fair values have been based on estimates using present value techniques. These techniques are significantly affected by the assumptions used, including the discount rate and estimates of future cash flows. In that regard, the calculated estimates of fair value cannot be substantiated by comparison to independent market quotes and, in many cases, may not be realized in immediate settlement of the instrument. The estimated fair value of the Company’s secured long-term notes payable was $133,426,000 and $133,144,000 at September 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively, as compared to the carrying value of $127,045,000 and $127,338,000 at September 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively.

 

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M. Stock and Dividends

 

Officer Stock Loans

 

In previous years, the Company had provided loans to some of its executive officers in an amount equal to the total cash required to purchase Common Stock in the Company at the then prevailing market prices. These loans had a 10-year maturity, were 25% recourse to the executive officers, bore interest at 7.5% and were secured by the stock acquired with the proceeds from the loan. As of September 30, 2005, the two loans made to officers secured by Common Stock were repaid in full and principal payments made on these obligations were $0 and $10,000 and $748,000 and $34,000 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, respectively. In compliance with current regulations, the Company has not made loans to executive officers since January 1, 2001.

 

Stock-based Compensation Correction

 

During the course of the Company’s review of its application of SFAS 123, management determined that the accounting for certain aspects of its accounting for stock-based compensation was in error. The Company had previously valued certain awards of performance-based restricted stock at the market value of the Company’s common stock at the date of issuance. These awards have been determined to be target stock price awards that should have been recorded at fair value on the date of issuance. In accordance with SFAS 123, the Company has estimated the value of the High Performance Stock Shares (the “HPS Shares”) awards using a valuation model which considers the applicable risk-free interest rate, expected dividend yield, the volatility factor of the expected market price of the Company’s common stock and the term over which the performance conditions must be met to result in vesting of the awards. Since the estimate of fair market value under SFAS 123 is less than the market price at issuance, the amount of expense will be reduced thereby increasing net income. In addition, the Company had previously treated dividends paid on unvested shares of restricted stock as additional compensation expense until the vesting condition was satisfied. Under SFAS 123, only the dividends paid on non-vested awards that are not expected to vest should be accounted for as additional compensation expense.

 

Following this review and in consultation with its external auditors, the Company corrected these errors to conform with the provisions of SFAS 123 for valuing target stock price awards and to reverse previously recorded compensation expense related to the target stock price awards and dividends paid on unvested awards that are expected to vest. The correction relates solely to accounting treatment. It does not affect the Company’s historical or future cash flows, and the impact on the Company’s current or prior years’ earnings per share, cash from operations and stockholders’ equity is immaterial.

 

Restricted Stock

 

The Company issued approximately 15,000 shares of restricted stock to members of management during the nine months ended September 30, 2005. The restricted stock was issued at the fair value of the Common Stock on the date of issuance. The restricted stock may not be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged, hypothecated or otherwise disposed of and is subject to a risk of forfeiture within the vesting period. The vesting period of the restricted stock issued is four years. The fair value of the restricted stock is amortized to compensation expense over the vesting period. In addition to the ratable amortization of fair value over the vesting period, dividends paid on unvested shares of restricted stock which are not expected to vest are charged to compensation expense in the period paid.

 

The Company has made grants of restricted stock awards whereby the Company issued HPS Shares under the terms of the 1998 Stock Incentive Plan. Dividends are paid on the HPS Shares in the same amounts and at the same time as dividends are paid on outstanding Common Stock. In furtherance of the Company’s goal of making share ownership the primary motivation of its senior management team, the

 

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Company has made grants of restricted stock, each of which vest over a three- year period, as described below. Future grants of performance based restricted stock and the terms thereof will be subject to the approval of the Board of Directors.

 

As described below, the HPS Shares vest based upon the extent, if any, that the total return realized by shareholders exceeds the ten-year average total return of the Equity REIT Index, as reported by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (“NAREIT”). Total return is defined as the total of the closing price at year-end plus any dividends paid less the closing price for the prior year-end. The total return for the Company is measured over a three-year period that ends on the final valuation date. To the extent that shares are not vested as of the final valuation date, such shares are forfeited and are returned to the Company. Vesting is achieved ratably on the final valuation date to the extent that excess value has been realized. In order for management to earn vesting in all of the HPS Shares for a given final valuation date, the actual total return to shareholders for the three-year period is required to exceed the Equity REIT Index total return by 5 percentage points.

 

The 2005 HPS Share grant was 80,000 shares with a final measurement date of December 31, 2007. The Equity REIT Index average total return over the trailing ten years as of December 31, 2004 was 14.81%. For the 2005 HPS Share grant to fully vest, the actual total return over the three-year period is required to be 19.81%. If the actual total return is between 14.81% and 19.81% then a ratable portion of the HPS Shares would vest (for example, one half of the HPS Shares would vest if the actual total return is 17.31%). If the actual total return does not exceed 14.81%, all HPS Shares would be forfeited, but none of the dividends paid during the three-year period would be forfeited.

 

Preferred Stock

 

On February 23, 2005 and March 2, 2005, the Company sold 900,000 and 100,000 shares, respectively, of newly created 7.75% Class A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Class A Preferred Stock”) in a registered public offering generating net proceeds of approximately $23,902,000, net of offering costs of $1,098,000. The net proceeds from these issuances were used to repay indebtedness including amounts outstanding under a promissory note incurred on February 4, 2005 in connection with the acquisition of property in Micco, Florida and the Company’s revolving line of credit. Holders of the Class A Preferred Stock are entitled to receive quarterly dividend payments of $0.48 per share, equivalent to $1.94 per share on an annual basis, or 7.75% of the $25 per share liquidation preference. Class A Preferred Stock is senior to Common Stock as to dividends and liquidation. Upon the Company’s liquidation, dissolution or winding up, before payments of distributions are made to any holders of the Company’s Common Stock, the holders of the Class A Preferred Stock are entitled to receive a liquidation preference of $25 per share, plus accumulated, accrued and unpaid dividends. Each share of Class A Preferred Stock is redeemable at the Company’s option beginning February 23, 2010 for cash in the amount of $25 per share, plus all accrued and unpaid dividends, if any, to the date fixed for redemption.

 

The Company deducts cumulative paid and unpaid preferred stock dividends from net income to arrive at income available to common stockholders. The Company deducted $484,000 and $0 for the three months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, and $1,162,000 and $0 for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, respectively, related to cumulative unpaid preferred stock dividends.

 

Dividends

 

The Company’s dividend is set quarterly by the Company’s Board of Directors and is subject to change or elimination at any time. The Company paid quarterly dividends on Common Stock of $0.25 per share, totaling $1,893,000 and $1,771,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, and

 

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$5,646,000 and $5,256,000 respectively, for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, respectively. The Company paid preferred stock dividends of $485,000 and $1,001,000 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005. There was no preferred stock issued in 2004.

 

N. Recent Accounting Developments

 

In May 2005, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 154, “Accounting Changes and Error Corrections” (“SFAS 154”). SFAS 154 replaces APB Opinion No. 20, “Accounting Changes,” (“APB 20”) and SFAS No. 3, “Reporting Accounting Changes in Interim Financial Statements.” The statement requires a voluntary change in accounting principle to be applied retrospectively to all prior period financial statements so that those financial statements are presented as if the current accounting principle had always been applied. APB 20 previously required most voluntary changes in accounting principle to be recognized by including in net income of the period of change the cumulative effect of changing to the new accounting principle. In addition, SFAS 154 carries forward without change the guidance contained in APB 20 for reporting a correction of an error in previously issued financial statements and a change in accounting estimate. SFAS 154 is effective for accounting changes and correction of errors made after January 1, 2006, with early adoption permitted. Based upon preliminary review, the Company does not anticipate that the adoption of FAS 154 will have a material impact on its financial condition or results of operations.

 

In December 2004, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123 (revised 2004) “Share-Based Payment” (“FAS 123 (R)”) as a replacement to SFAS 123 which the Company adopted in 2003 using the prospective method of transition as described therein. FAS 123 (R) requires all share-based payment to employees, including grants of employee stock options, to be recognized in the financial statements based on the fair-value method as defined in Statement 123. In addition to its prospective application, compensation expense is required to be recognized over the remaining vesting period for the unvested portion of outstanding awards granted prior to the effective date. The effective date is at the beginning of the first interim or annual period beginning after December 15, 2005. The measurement and recognition provisions for FAS 123 (R) that apply to the Company’s stock option plans are similar to those currently being followed for awards granted after January 1, 2003. The primary change in expense recognition, which also applies to unvested restricted stock awards, relates to the treatment of forfeitures. Under FAS 123 (R), expected forfeitures are required to be estimated in determining periodic compensation expense, whereas the Company currently recognizes forfeitures as they occur. Upon adoption of FAS 123(R), the Company will estimate forfeitures of unvested awards of stock options and restricted stock and record a cumulative effect of change in accounting principle to reflect the compensation expense that would not have been recognized in prior periods had forfeitures been estimated prior to the date of adoption. The Company is required to adopt FAS 123 (R) as of January 1, 2006, although early adoption is permitted. Upon adoption, periodic compensation expense will decrease due to the estimate of expected forfeitures, primarily on unvested restricted stock. Based on preliminary estimates, the Company does not anticipate that the adoption of FAS 123 (R) will have a material impact on financial condition or results of operations.

 

O. Subsequent Events

 

The Company’s dividends are set quarterly and are subject to change or elimination at any time. On October 26, 2005, the Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.25 per share of Common Stock for the quarter ended September 30, 2005, payable on November 28, 2005 to shareholders of record on November 10, 2005.

 

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On October 26, 2005, the Board of Directors declared a cash dividend of $0.48 per share of Class A Preferred Stock for the quarter ended September 30, 2005, payable on November 30, 2005 to shareholders of record on November 10, 2005.

 

On October 18, 2005, the Company extended the maturity of a term loan with a total commitment of $11,000,000 to February 6, 2006. No other terms or conditions of the loan were modified.

 

On October 24, 2005, there were 12 unoccupied home sites subject to the earn-out agreement related to an acquisition of a residential land lease community. The Company advances an additional $16,500 pursuant to the earn-out agreement for each newly occupied home site either in the form of cash or OP Units, as determined by the seller. On October 24, 2005, the Company satisfied this earn-out agreement by issuing Eight Thousand Five Hundred and Forty-nine OP Units. The Company has no further obligations in connection with the purchase of this land lease community.

 

In October 2005, the Company entered into a loan commitment with a lender totaling approximately $21.9 million with an expiration date in November 2005. In the event that the lender is prepared to lend and the Company refuses to complete the transaction, the Company is obligated to pay $437,000 as a commitment fee to the lender.

 

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

 

Introduction

 

The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a “safe harbor” for forward-looking statements in certain circumstances. Certain information included in this report and our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Exchange Act, as well as information communicated orally or in writing between the dates of these SEC filings, constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements may include projections relating to our cash flow, dividends, anticipated returns on real estate investments and opportunities to acquire additional communities. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Such factors include: general economic and business conditions; interest rate changes; financing and refinancing risks; risks inherent in owning real estate or debt secured by real estate; future development rate of home sites; competition; the availability of real estate assets at prices which meet our investment criteria; our ability to reduce expense levels, implement rent increases, use leverage and other risks set forth in our SEC filings. In addition, our current and continuing qualification as a REIT involves the application of highly technical and complex provisions of the Code and depends on our ability to meet the various requirements imposed by the Code, through actual operating results, distribution levels and diversity of stock ownership. Readers should carefully review our financial statements and the notes thereto, as well as the risk factors described in the documents we file from time to time with the SEC. We undertake no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date of this report.

 

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Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

 

Our consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, which require us to make estimates and assumptions. We believe that of our significant accounting policies (see Note C to the condensed consolidated financial statements), the following may involve a higher degree of judgment and complexity.

 

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets

 

Real estate and other long-lived assets are recorded at cost, less accumulated depreciation, unless considered impaired. If events or circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of a property may be impaired, we will make an assessment of its recoverability by estimating the undiscounted future cash flows, excluding interest charges, of the property. In the event the property is under development, the estimate of future cash flows includes all future expenditures necessary to develop the property. If the carrying amount exceeds the aggregate future cash flows, we would recognize an impairment loss to the extent the carrying amount exceeds the fair market value of the property.

 

Real property investments are subject to varying degrees of risk. Several factors may adversely affect the economic performance and value of our real estate investments. These factors include changes in the national, regional and local economic climates; local conditions, such as an oversupply of residential land lease properties or a reduction in the demand for our residential land lease properties; competition from other housing sources including single and multifamily properties; plus changes in market rental rates. Additional factors that may adversely affect the economic performance and value of our development properties include regulatory changes that impact the number of home sites that can be built on our undeveloped land, changes in projected costs to construct new subdivisions in our communities and regulatory changes made by local, regional, state or national authorities. Any adverse changes in these factors could cause impairment in our real estate.

 

Capitalized Costs

 

We capitalize direct and indirect costs (including interest, real estate taxes, and other costs) in connection with initial capital expenditures, capital enhancements, and capital replacements, as well as similar spending for development and redevelopment of our properties. Indirect costs that are not capitalized, including general and administrative expenses, are charged to expense as incurred. The amounts capitalized vary with the volume, cost and timing of these activities and, especially, with the pace of development and redevelopment activities. As a result, changes in the volume, cost and timing of these activities may have a significant impact on our financial results.

 

The most significant capitalized cost is interest. We capitalize interest when the following three conditions are present: (i) expenditures for the asset have been made, (ii) activities necessary to get the asset ready for its intended use are in progress and (iii) interest cost is being incurred. Our determination of the activities in progress for a development property is subject to professional judgment. The most significant judgment is the determination to capitalize interest relating to the ownership of land being developed as new home sites. In many cases, the development activity is expected to take place over several years and in multiple phases. It is our conclusion that the entirety of each parcel is under development and is a qualifying asset. Accordingly, interest is capitalized with respect to the entire parcel until such time as development activities cease or the individual home site is ready for its intended use. We regularly review the amount of capitalized costs in conjunction with our review of impairment of long-lived assets. Based on the level of development activity for the period ended September 30, 2005, if our development activities decrease such that 10% of our assets qualifying for capitalization of interest are no longer qualified, the amount of capitalized interest would have been reduced by $145,000. Reducing capitalized interest would increase interest expense, resulting in lower net income, which would be offset in future periods by lower depreciation expense.

 

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Fair Value of Financial Instruments

 

The aggregate fair value of our cash and cash equivalents, receivables, payables and short-term secured financing as of September 30, 2005 approximates their aggregate carrying value due to their relatively short-term nature. Management further believes that the fair value of our variable rate secured long-term notes payable approximates carrying value. For the fixed rate secured long-term notes payable, fair values have been based upon estimates using present value techniques. These techniques are significantly affected by the assumptions used, including the discount rate and estimates of future cash flows. In that regard, the derived fair value estimates cannot be substantiated by comparison to independent market quotes and, in many cases, may not be realized in immediate settlement of the instrument. The estimated fair value of our secured long-term notes payable was $133,426,000 and $133,144,000 at September 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively, as compared to the carrying value of $127,045,000 and $127,338,000 at September 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively.

 

Rental Property Depreciation

 

Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method over an estimated useful life of 5 to 75 years for land improvements, 30 to 45 years for buildings and 5 years for furniture and other equipment, all of which are judgmental determinations. These determinations may prove to be different than the actual life of any individual asset.

 

Inventory

 

Carrying amounts for inventory are determined on a specific identification basis and are stated at the lower of cost or market. If actual market conditions are less favorable than those projected by management, if customer preferences change, or if material improvements are made by suppliers that are preferred by our customers compared to inventory we own, inventory write-downs may be required. Any such write-downs may have a significant impact on our financial results. On a quarterly basis, we review each home in inventory that is older than one year and evaluate our carrying amount versus recent offers, comparable sales, and our asking price in order to derive an estimate of its market value. In the event that the carrying amount exceeds our estimate of market value, less a normalized margin, we record a write-down of the carrying amount as a charge to the cost of home sales in the current period. As of September 30, 2005, $1,920,000 of our total inventory of $19,431,000 was older than one year. For the three months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004 we recorded charges of $29,000 and $107,000 and for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004 we recorded $252,000 and $202,000, respectively to write down carrying amounts to market value. If the Company’s estimate of fair market value was overstated by 10%, the Company would record an additional write down to fair market value, less a normalized margin, of $194,000 based upon the carrying value of inventory as of September 30, 2005.

 

Stock-Based Compensation

 

Stock-based compensation expense is recorded in certain instances at the fair value of awards at the date of issuance. The determination of fair value requires the application of complex financial models and assumptions. The fair value assigned to awards at the date of issuance determines the amount of compensation expense that we will recognize over the vesting period for the award. There are alternative valuation models that may result in a valuation for awards that differs for our assessment of fair value. The application of alternative models or different valuation assumptions within the models we use will result in a fair value that is greater than or less than the fair value we assign to awards. To the extent that the alternative fair value is greater than the fair value we assign to awards, compensation expense over the vesting term of the award would increase, resulting in lower net income.

 

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Legal Contingencies

 

The Company is currently involved in certain legal proceedings. We do not believe these proceedings will have a material adverse effect on its consolidated financial position. It is possible, however, that future results of operations for any particular quarterly or annual period could be materially affected by changes in assumptions and the effectiveness of strategies related to these proceedings. The amount of loss contingencies involving litigation, for which a loss is probable and can be reasonably estimated, is determined through consultation with legal counsel representing the Company. Our evaluation of loss contingencies arising from litigation, claims and assessments, considers unasserted claims and associated estimates of loss, if any, are provided to the extent probable and reasonably estimable.

 

Portfolio Summary

 

    

Operational

Home sites


    Developed
Home
sites


    Undeveloped
Home sites


    RV
Sites


   Total

As of December 31, 2004

   6,931     1,101     960     129    9,121

Properties developed

   —       241     (241 )   —      —  

New lots purchased

   —       2     533     —      535

New leases originated

   248     (248 )   —       —      —  

Adjust for site plan changes

   —       (10 )   10     —      —  
    

 

 

 
  

As of September 30, 2005

   7,179 (1)   1,086     1,262     129    9,656
    

 

 

 
  

(1) As of September 30, 2005, 6,834 of these operational home sites were occupied.

 

Occupancy Roll Forward

 

    

Occupied

Home
sites


    Operational
Home sites


   Occupancy

 

As of December 31, 2004

   6,617     6,931    95.5 %

New home sales

   299     248       

Used home sales

   10     —         

Used homes acquired

   (43 )   —         

Homes constructed by others

   7     —         

Homes removed from previously leased sites (1)

   (56 )   —         
    

 
      

As of September 30, 2005

   6,834     7,179    95.2 %
    

 
      

(2) Of this total, approximately 55% are due to resident relocation and 45% are due to Company initiated vacation of the leased site in anticipation of future redevelopment.

 

Operating Strategy

 

In addition to reviewing financial measures determined in accordance with GAAP, we assess the performance of the business by using several generally accepted industry financial measures, including funds from operations (“FFO”) which is defined below. We believe this measure provides useful information regarding our performance, but this measure should not be considered as an alternative to net income or net cash flow from operating activities, as determined in accordance with GAAP.

 

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The Board of Governors of NAREIT defines FFO as net income or loss, computed in accordance with GAAP, excluding gains and losses from debt restructuring and sales of property, plus real estate related depreciation and amortization (excluding amortization of financing costs) and after adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures. We calculate FFO beginning with the NAREIT definition and include adjustments for the minority interest in the Operating Partnership owned by persons other than us. The NAREIT indicated, as of October 1, 2003, that impairment losses should be subtracted in the calculation of FFO. In the table presented below, we have complied with the October 1, 2003 guidance and have included impairment charges, if any, as a deduction in calculating FFO.

 

FFO should not be considered an alternative to net income or net cash flows from operating activities, as calculated in accordance with GAAP, as an indication of our performance or as a measure of liquidity. FFO is not necessarily indicative of cash available to fund future cash needs. In addition, although FFO is a measure used for comparability in assessing the performance of real estate investment trusts, there can be no assurance that our basis for computing FFO is comparable with that of other real estate investment trusts.

 

We use FFO in measuring our operating performance and believe that it is helpful to investors because we believe that (i) the items that result in a difference between FFO and net income do not impact the ongoing operating performance of a real estate company, (ii) FFO captures real estate performance by recognizing that real estate generally appreciates over time or maintains residual value to a much greater extent than do other depreciating assets such as machinery, computers or other personal property, and (iii) other real estate companies, analysts and investors utilize FFO in analyzing the results of real estate companies.

 

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, our FFO was (in thousands):

 

     Three Months
Ended September 30,


   

Nine Months

Ended September 30,


 
     2005

    2004

    2005

    2004

 

Net income attributable to common stockholders(1)

   $ 2,436     $ 1,704     $ 7,227     $ 6,164  

Adjustments:

                                

Cumulative unpaid preferred stock dividends

     484       —         1,162       —    

Minority interest in operating partnership

     395       225       1,133       831  

Real estate depreciation

     886       746       2,585       2,188  

Discontinued operations:

                                

Real estate depreciation

     —         1       —         9  

Minority interest in operating partnership attributed to discontinued operations

     —         4       —         8  

Gain on sale of property

             (43 )             (43 )

Gain on involuntary conversion

     —         —         (237 )     —    
    


 


 


 


Funds From Operations

   $ 4,201     $ 2,637     $ 11,870     $ 9,157  

Preferred stock dividends

     (484 )     —         (1,162 )     —    
    


 


 


 


Funds From Operations attributable to common stockholders

   $ 3,717     $ 2,637     $ 10,708     $ 9,157  
    


 


 


 


Weighted average common shares, common shares equivalents and OP Units outstanding

     8,688       8,256       8,629       8,241  
    


 


 


 



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For the nine months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, net cash flows were as follows (in thousands):

 

    

Nine Months

Ended September 30,


 
     2005

    2004

 

Cash provided by operating activities

   $ 14,050     $ 5,649  

Cash used in investing activities

   $ (40,580 )   $ (18,585 )

Cash provided by financing activities

   $ 26,538     $ 11,859  

 

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS FOR THE

THREE AND NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2005

 

Executive Overview

 

American Land Lease is in the business of owning and generating residential land leases. Our current business focuses on the ownership and generation of these leases within adult or retirement (55+) communities (95% of our total home sites at September 30, 2005); we focus on these communities for the following reasons:

 

    Current demographic projections predict that the customer base for this asset class will grow for the next 20+ years.
    The residents have established credit histories and therefore are able to obtain favorable financing or pay cash for their home – making significant equity investments to improve the leasehold estate that secures our lease.
    The residents, as a result of their retired or semi-retired status, are less affected by current economic changes – thereby making their continued rental payments more stable and the continued sales of homes in our communities more consistent year to year.
    We are able to leverage our current marketing, brand, and management expertise.

 

We seek growth through home sales to fill unoccupied home sites in current subdivisions, development of our land portfolio to increase the inventory of available home sites, and the selective acquisition of communities and development opportunities.

 

This business model presents a number of challenges and risks for our management. Several of these risks are:

 

    The continued development of additional home sites is a capital-intensive activity that requires substantial investments to be made in advance of returns.
    Older homes may depreciate or become obsolete.
    Changes in the interest rate environment may have an adverse impact on our new home sales customers’ ability to realize sufficient proceeds from the sale of their present homes, therefore limiting their financial ability to acquire new homes in our communities.
    The cost of developing additional home sites and communities may increase at a rate or to a level that may exceed the costs projected at the point of the initial investment by the Company.
    Based upon the above and other factors, the rate of sale of new homes may be substantially slower than projected at the point of the initial investment by the Company, resulting in returns on investment materially different from original projections.

 

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    The Company contracts with third parties for key elements of its home construction process. The supply of labor for the Company’s building trade subcontractors has been adversely impacted by the demand for residential housing, thereby extending cycle times for home completion. The extension of cycle time may negatively impact the Company’s business through higher carrying costs for its inventory (principally interest and insurance expense), lower rental revenues as a result of delayed home closings and missed sales opportunities as a result of uncompleted unsold homes.

 

    There are additional challenges that might occur as a result of the increased hurricane activity in Florida:

 

    The costs of hurricane clean up and repair may not be fully covered by insurance policies, resulting in higher than projected capital spending.

 

    Our residents’ homes may have damage that exceeds the insurance proceeds available under homeowner’s policies, thereby limiting residents’ ability to restore their homes to their pre-hurricane condition. In some instances, this may result in a temporary loss of occupancy. This occupancy loss may be largely, but not entirely, insured under the Company’s business interruption policies.

 

    The extent of claims made against properties in our asset class may have a material impact on the cost of insurance for both the Company and our residents, thereby increasing the Company’s operating costs at a rate in excess of rental rate increases and limiting our residents’ ability to reinvest in their homes at the same rate enjoyed before the hurricanes. The cost and availability of homeowners’ insurance purchased by our home sales customers may impact the timing of home closings.

 

    The severity and number of hurricanes that impacted Florida may result in a slowing rate of new customers to buy homes on our expansion sites, thereby reducing rate of absorption and lowering the Company’s return on investment.

 

We seek increased returns through the use of financial leverage. The use of financial leverage poses some additional challenges and risks for the Company:

 

    As the value of the Company’s assets increases and absent additional borrowing, the level of leverage decreases, thereby diluting the accretive affect of financial leverage.

 

    Changes in interest rates may have an adverse impact on interest expense as the Company uses a combination of floating rate and fixed rate debt. The Company seeks to minimize that impact by using floating rate debt as a source for shorter duration projects. The Company may, from time to time, seek to use fixed rate debt with a higher rate to mitigate the risks associated with lower current cost, but more volatile, floating rate debt.

 

Comparison of Three Months Ended September 30, 2005 to Three Months Ended September 30, 2004

 

Rental Property Operations

 

Rental and other property revenues from our owned properties totaled $7,876,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2005 compared to $7,146,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2004, an increase of $730,000 or 10.2%. The increase of 10.2% is attributed to a 5.8% increase associated with sites leased during both periods, and a 4.4% increase associated to newly leased sites. The increase in property operating revenue was a result of:

 

    $509,000 increase in base rental income driven by increases in rental rates and the origination of leases of new home sites at our development properties,

 

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    $120,000 increase in the pass through of property tax allocations to tenants correlated with the increase in certain property tax expenses,

 

    $65,000 increase in other property income, and a

 

    $36,000 increase as the result of the recovery of bad debt .

 

Golf course operating revenues totaled $131,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2005 compared to $114,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2004, an increase of $17,000 or 14.9%. Golf revenues increased at two communities and decreased at one other community that have adjacent golf courses.

 

Property operating expenses from our owned properties totaled $2,794,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2005 compared to $2,452,000 for the same period in 2004, an increase of $342,000 or 13.4%. The increase in property operating expenses was a result of:

 

    $148,000 increase in repairs and maintenance,

 

    $82,000 increase in property operating overhead

 

    $65,000 increase in property taxes, and a

 

    $55,000 increase in salaries, wages and benefits, all offset by a

 

    $8,000 decrease in utilities.

 

Golf course operating expenses totaled $329,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2005 compared to $283,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2004, an increase of $46,000 or 16.3%. The increase is driven by increased maintenance activities at one community in support of home sales activities.

 

Depreciation expense was $886,000 during the three months ended September 30, 2005 compared to $746,000 during the same period in 2004. The increase was as a result of an increase in depreciable property attributable to the continued development of previously undeveloped home sites.

 

Same store property revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2005 increased by 11.2% from the three months ended September 30, 2004, consisting of a 5.8% increase from same site rental revenues, a 5.2% increase from absorption rental site revenues and a 0.2% increase from golf revenues. Expenses related to those revenues increased 13.5% over that same period consisting of a 5.7% increase in same site rental expenses, a 5.7% increase from absorption rental site expenses and a 2.1% increase in golf expenses. Same store property net operating income increased 10% for the three months ended September 30, 2005 compared to the three months ended September 30, 2004. Our same store base included 97% of our property operating revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2005.

 

The Company believes that same store information provides the user of these financial statements with a comparison of the profitability for properties owned during both reporting periods that cannot be obtained from a review of the consolidated income statement. This comparison can be useful to an understanding of the “parts” in addition to an understanding of the “whole.” A reconciliation of same store operating results used in the above calculation to total operating revenues and total expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, determined in accordance with GAAP, is reflected in the table on the following page (in thousands):

 

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          Three Months
Ended
September 30,
2005


   Three Months
Ended
September 30,
2004


   Change

    % Change

   

Contribution
to Same Store

% Change (1)


 

Same site rental revenues

        $ 7,091    $ 6,688    $ 403     6.0 %   5.8 %

Absorption rental revenues

          543      182      361     198.4 %   5.2 %

Same site golf revenues

          131      114      17     14.9 %   0.2 %
         

  

  


 

 

Same store revenues

   A      7,765      6,984      781     11.2 %   11.2 %
                                     

Re-development property revenues

          237      272      (35 )   -12.9 %      

Other income

          5      4      1     25.0 %      
         

  

  


 

     

Total property revenues

   C    $ 8,007    $ 7,260    $ 747     10.3 %      
         

  

  


           

Same site rental expenses

        $ 2,135    $ 2,004    $ 131     6.5 %   5.7 %

Absorption rental expenses

          131      —        131     100.0 %   5.7 %

Same site golf expenses

          329      283      46     16.3 %   2.1 %
         

  

  


 

 

Same store expenses

   B      2,595      2,287      308     13.5 %   13.5 %
                                     

Re-development property expenses

          87      87      —       —          

Expenses related to offsite management (2)

          462      372      90     24.2 %      
         

  

  


           

Total property operating expenses

   D    $ 3,144    $ 2,746    $ 398     14.5 %      
         

  

  


           

Same Store net operating income

   A-B    $ 5,170    $ 4,697    $ 473     10.0 %      
         

  

  


           

Total net operating income

   C-D    $ 4,863    $ 4,514    $ 349     7.7 %      
         

  

  


           

(1) Contribution to Same Store % change is computed as the change in the individual component of same store revenue or expense divided by the total applicable same store base (revenue or expense) for the 2004 period. For example, same site rental revenue increase of $403 as compared to the total same store revenues in 2004 of $6,984 is a 5.8% increase ($403 / $6,984 = 5.8%).
(2) Expenses related to offsite management reflect portfolio property management costs not attributable to a specific property.

 

Home Sales Operations

 

Revenues for the home sales business totaled $13,676,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2005 as compared to $8,495,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2004, with the increase driven by increased average selling prices and higher unit sales volumes. Units sold totaled 115 for the three months ended September 30, 2005 compared to 77 units for the three months ended September 30, 2004, an increase of 49.4%. A portion of the increase is attributable to lower sales volume in 2004 as a result of hurricanes during the period. The average selling price of new homes closed was $117,000 and $108,000, respectively, for the three months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, an increase of 8.3%. Total cost of sales for the three months ended September 30, 2005 was $9,562,000 compared to $5,843,000 for the three months ended September 31, 2004. Resulting margin decreases are attributable to product mix and increased cost of our product as the supply of materials and labor have been restricted due to the 2004 hurricanes. Selling and marketing expenses increased $314,000 from the 2004 period primarily as a result of increased marketing costs for newly constructed subdivisions within existing communities, increased commissions associated with increased volume of home sales, and increased staff levels.

 

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We reported income from the home sales business of $1,612,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2005 as compared to income of $467,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2004. A portion of the increase is attributable to lower sales volume in 2004 as a result of hurricanes during the period.

 

General and Administrative Expenses

 

During the three months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, general and administrative expenses were $946,000 and $959,000, respectively. The decrease of $13,000 is a result of an:

 

    $80,000 decrease in compensation expense for dividends on non-vested restricted stock largely driven by the correction of our accounting for stock-based compensation including amounts related to expenses from prior periods, and a

 

    $24,000 decrease in office expenses, all offset by a

 

    $32,000 increase in professional fees,

 

    $20,000 increase in compensation costs,

 

    $16,000 increase in meeting and seminars.

 

    $13,000 increase in travel costs, and a

 

    $10,000 increase in other public company costs.

 

Interest and Other Income

 

During the three months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, interest and other income was $2,000 and $51,000 respectively. The decrease of $49,000 is a result of a decrease in interest income related to repayment in full of interest-bearing notes.

 

Interest Expense

 

During the three months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, interest expense was $1,330,000 and $1,426,000, respectively. The decrease is primarily a result of new debt secured on existing owned properties, development expenditures made in advance of home sales, an increase in the amount outstanding on the floor plan facility on home sales inventory, an increase in rates associated with variable debt, and an increase in the amounts outstanding on the Company’s line of credit, all offset by scheduled amortization of existing long-term debt and increased capitalized interest as a result of purchasing a new development community.

 

Preferred Dividends

 

During the three months ended September 30, 2005, we deducted cumulative paid and unpaid preferred stock dividends of $484,000 for the 1,000,000 outstanding shares of our Class A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock. The Company had no outstanding preferred shares in 2004.

 

Comparison of Nine Months Ended September 30, 2005 to Nine Months Ended September 30, 2004

 

Rental Property Operations

 

Rental and other property revenues from our owned properties totaled $23,139,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 compared to $21,115,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2004, an increase of $2,024,000 or 9.6%. The increase of 9.6% is attributed to a 4.6% increase associated with sites leased during both periods, and a 5.0% increase associated with newly leased sites. The increase in property operating revenue was a result of:

 

    $1,704,000 increase in base rental income driven by increases in rental rates and the origination of leases of new home sites at our development properties,

 

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    $203,000 increase in the pass through of property tax allocations to tenants correlated with the increase in certain property tax expenses,

 

    $85,000 increase in other property income,

 

    $41,000 increase in late fees, net of amounts written off as uncollectible, all offset by a

 

    $9,000 decrease in rents for recreational vehicle sites.

 

Golf course operating revenues totaled $724,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 compared to $693,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2004, an increase of $31,000 or 4.5%. Golf revenues increased at two communities and decreased at one other community.

 

Property operating expenses from our owned properties totaled $8,038,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 compared to $7,384,000 for the same period in 2004, an increase of $654,000 or 8.9%. The increase in property operating expenses is a result of:

 

    $349,000 increase in repairs and maintenance,

 

    $132,000 increase in salaries, wages and benefits,

 

    $118,000 increase in property taxes,

 

    $53,000 increase in property operating overhead, and a

 

    $2,000 increase in utility operations.

 

During the nine months ended September 30, 2005, we collected proceeds under insurance policies totaling $156,000 that related to expenses incurred in earlier periods. These proceeds related to the hurricanes that traversed Florida in August and September of 2004. As a result there is no comparable amount for the nine months ended September 30, 2004.

 

Golf course operating expenses totaled $995,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 compared to $896,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2004, an increase of $99,000 or 11.0% primarily due to herbicide treatment at one golf community.

 

Depreciation expense was $2,585,000 during the nine months ended September 30, 2005 compared to $2,188,000 during the same period in 2004. The increase was as a result of an increase in depreciable property attributable to the continued development of previously undeveloped home sites.

 

Same store property revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 increased by 10.2% from the nine months ended September 30, 2004, consisting of a 4.6% increase from same site rental revenues, a 5.4% increase from absorption rental site revenues and a 0.2% increase from golf revenues. Expenses related to those revenues increased 9.6% over that same period consisting of a 4.1% increase in same site rental expenses, a 4.1% increase from absorption rental site expenses and a 1.4% increase in golf expenses. Same store property net operating income increased 10.5% for the nine months ended September 30, 2005. Our same store base included 96.7% of our property operating revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2005.

 

The Company believes that same store information provides the user of these financial statements with a comparison of the profitability for properties owned during both reporting periods that cannot be obtained from a review of the consolidated income statement. This comparison can be useful to an understanding of the “parts” in addition to an understanding of the “whole.” A reconciliation of same store operating results used in the above calculation to total operating revenues and total expenses for the

 

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nine months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, determined in accordance with GAAP, is reflected in the table below (in thousands):

 

          Nine Months
Ended
September 30,
2005


    Nine Months
Ended
September 30,
2004


   Change

    % Change

   

Contribution
to Same Store

% Change (1)


 

Same site rental revenues

        $ 20,917     $ 19,945    $ 972     4.9 %   4.6 %

Absorption rental revenues

          1,441       312      1,129     361.9 %   5.4 %

Same site golf revenues

          724       693      31     4.5 %   0.2 %
         


 

  


 

 

Same store revenues

   A      23,082       20,950      2,132     10.2 %   10.2 %
                                      

Re-development property revenues

          770       840      (70 )   -8.3 %      

Other income

          11       18      (7 )   -38.9 %      
         


 

  


 

     

Total property revenues

   C    $ 23,863     $ 21,808    $ 2,055     9.4 %      
         


 

  


           

Same site rental expenses

        $ 6,257     $ 5,976    $ 281     4.7 %   4.1 %

Absorption rental expenses

          281       —        281     100.0 %   4.1 %

Same site golf expenses

          995       896      99     11.0 %   1.4 %
         


 

  


 

 

Same store expenses

   B      7,533       6,872      661     9.6 %   9.6 %
                                      

Recoveries of casualty expenses related to hurricanes

          (156 )     11      (167 )   -100.0 %      

Re-development property expenses

          260       262      (2 )   -0.8        

Expenses related to offsite management (2)

          1,240       1,146      94     8.2 %      
         


 

  


 

     

Total property operating expenses

   D    $ 8,877     $ 8,291    $ 586     7.1 %      
         


 

  


 

     

Same Store net operating income

   A-B    $ 15,549     $ 14,078    $ 1,471     10.5 %      
         


 

  


 

     

Total net operating income

   C-D    $ 14,986     $ 13,517    $ 1,469     10.9 %      
         


 

  


 

     

(1) Contribution to Same Store % change is computed as the change in the individual component of same store revenue or expense divided by the total applicable same store base (revenue or expense) for the 2004 period. For example, same site rental revenue increase of $972 as compared to the total same store revenues in 2004 of $20,950 is a 4.6% increase ($972 / $20,950 = 4.6%).
(2) Expenses related to offsite management reflect portfolio property management costs not attributable to a specific property.

 

Home Sales Operations

 

Revenues for the home sales business totaled $34,669,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 as compared to $27,489,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2004, with the increase driven by increased average selling prices and increased volume. Units sold totaled 302 for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 compared to 271 units for the nine month period ended September 30, 2004, an increase of 11.4%. The average selling price of new homes closed was $112,000 and $99,000, respectively, for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, an increase of 13.1%. Total cost of sales for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 was $24,064,000 compared to

 

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$18,521,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2004. Resulting margin decreases are attributable to product mix and increased cost of our product as the supply of materials and labor have been restricted due to the 2004 hurricanes. Selling and marketing expenses increased $397,000 from the 2004 period primarily as a result of increased marketing costs for newly constructed subdivisions within existing communities and increased staff levels and increased commissions associated with increased unit volume of home sales.

 

We reported income from the home sales business of $3,400,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 as compared to income of $2,175,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2004.

 

General and Administrative Expenses

 

During the nine months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, general and administrative expenses were $2,240,000 and $2,774,000, respectively. The decrease of $534,000 is a result of:

 

    $562,000 decrease in compensation expense for dividends on non-vested restricted stock largely driven by the correction of our accounting for stock-based compensation including amounts related to expenses from prior periods, and a

 

    $305,000 decrease in amortization of deferred compensation largely driven by the correction of our accounting for stock-based compensation including amounts related to expenses from prior periods, all offset by a

 

    $252,000 increase in compensation costs,

 

    $54,000 increase in professional fees, and a

 

    $27,000 increase in meetings and seminars costs.

 

Interest and Other Income

 

During the nine months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, interest and other income was $22,000 and $349,000, respectively. The decrease of $327,000 is a result of a:

 

    $245,000 decrease in interest income from our CMBS bonds,

 

    $52,000 decrease in other income, and a

 

    $30,000 decrease in interest income related to repayment in full of interest-bearing notes.

 

Interest Expense

 

During the nine months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, interest expense was $4,298,000 and $4,143,000, respectively. The increase is primarily a result of new debt secured on existing owned properties, development expenditures made in advance of home sales, an increase in the amount outstanding on the floor plan facility on home sales inventory, an increase in rates associated with variable debt, and an increase in the amounts outstanding on the Company’s line of credit, all offset by scheduled amortization of existing long-term debt and increased capitalized interest as a result of purchasing a new development community.

 

Preferred Dividends

 

During the nine months ended September 30, 2005, we deducted cumulative paid and unpaid preferred stock dividends of $1,162,000 for the 1,000,000 outstanding shares of our Class A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock. The Company had no outstanding preferred shares in 2004.

 

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Returns from Home Sales Business

 

We engage in the home sales business for four reasons:

 

  1) to lease expansion home sites within our portfolio, thereby increasing the profitability and value of our communities;

 

  2) to upgrade existing leased home sites with new and more valuable homes, thereby increasing the long term value of the lease income stream;

 

  3) to broker the resale of homes in order to support investment values in the homes and to attract good neighbors all so as to promote the long term values of the communities, both for the residents who are our customers and for the long term growth and security of our own investment; and

 

  4) to resell any homes we acquire as a result of defaults in lease obligations owed to us.

 

We seek to measure the profitability of developing and leasing expansion home sites within our portfolio through identifying the following:

 

  1) an estimate of the first year annualized profit on the leases originated on expansion home sites,

 

  2) an estimate of the total development costs of the expansion sites leased, including all current and projected development costs, and

 

  3) an estimate of the home sales profit or loss attributable to new homes sold on expansion sites, without consideration for the other aspects of the home sales business.

 

We believe that our projection of the first year returns from the leases originated on expansion home sites provides the user of our financial statements with a comparison of the profitability of the newly leased sites to our current portfolio and to alternative investments in stabilized communities. Our calculation of estimated first year returns from leases originated on expansion home sites is a projection. We project the amount of variable property operating expenses we will incur as a result of the newly leased home sites. In order to project our variable operating expenses, we begin with operating expenses determined under GAAP and deduct those expenses we believe will not increase with the addition of newly leased sites.

 

The most directly comparable financial measure that can be reconciled to GAAP is our historical return on investment in operational home sites for the year ended December 31, 2004, which is reconciled on page 39 in footnote 1. Our presentation of the estimated first year return from leases originated on expansion home sites cannot be directly reconciled to a comparable GAAP measure principally because there will be leases that begin in the middle of the period and we estimate the incremental operating expenses associated with these leases. The estimated first year return from leases originated on investment on expansion home sites should not be considered in isolation from nor is it intended to represent an alternative measure of operating income or cash flow or any other measure of performance as determined in accordance with GAAP.

 

By comparing the estimated first year annualized profit on the expansion home site leases originated to the sum of total development costs, as increased (in the event of a home sales loss) or decreased (in the event of a home sales profit) by the estimated home sales profit or loss, we are able to measure the estimated first year return from leases originated on our expansion home sites. We believe that this measure provides a useful comparison to the returns available from investing in stabilized communities.

 

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Our calculation of an estimated first year return from leases originated on expansion home sites includes the following components:

 

  (a) We derive our estimated first year annualized profit on leases originated on expansion home sites by deducting estimated operating expenses from the contractual annual revenues from leases originated during the period. We estimate operating expenses using one half of the actual ratio of property operating expenses incurred to property revenue generated in the prior year. For example, if we originate a lease at a property where the ratio of operating expense to property revenues was 40% for the prior year, we apply a 20% expense ratio to project the additional expense associated with the newly leased home site for the first year. We believe that one half of the actual expenses is an appropriate estimate of the relationship between fixed and variable expenses of operating our communities.

 

  (b) The total development costs of the expansion sites leased are based upon the sum of land, construction costs, and other capitalized costs, including interest expense, as allocated to the individual home sites based upon the leased value of each home site.

 

  (c) We determine the home sales profit or loss that is attributable to sale of homes situated on expansion home sites by deducting from the reported home sales operating income the gross margin and commissions attributable to the (i) sale of new homes on existing leased sites, (ii) the sale of used homes, and (iii) brokerage of home sale transactions between third parties. We make no allocation of sales overhead to the transactions identified above.

 

We believe that our home sales operations drive our estimated first year return from leases originated on expansion home sites because most of our expansion home site leases originate with our sale of a home.

 

Our projections of the first year returns from the leases originated on expansion home sites constitute “forward-looking statements.” We undertake no obligation to update such projections to reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date of this report.

 

Comparison of the Three Months Ended September 30, 2005 and 2004

 

The leases facilitated by the home sales business during the three months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004 are estimated to provide a first year return on investment of 12.1% and 9.0%, respectively. These returns are shown on the following page. This compares to our realized returns from earning sites of 8.1% for the year ended December 31, 2004. The increase in return on expansion home sites is driven primarily by the increased profitability of our home sales business offset by (i) increases in the per site cost of development as a result of larger lots to accommodate larger homes, (ii) increased lease incentives given in 2005 over 2004, and (iii) increases in the per site cost of development as a result of additional amenities. Our future returns are dependent upon a number of factors including changes in the per site cost of development, changes in lease incentives utilized in support of the rate of new home sales, changes in the profitability of our home sales business, changes in the quantity of new homes sold and other factors.

 

The calculation of our estimated first year return from leases originated on expansion home sites for the three months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004 is shown on the following page: (in thousands, except expansion sites leased):

 

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          Three Months Ended
September 30, 2005


   

Three Months Ended

September 30, 2004


 

Expansion sites leased during the period

          92       74  
         


 


Estimated first year annualized profit on leases originated during the period

   A    $ 369     $ 295  
         


 


Costs, including development costs of sites leased

        $ 4,607     $ 3,708  

Home sales income attributable to sites leased

          1,564       416  
         


 


Total costs incurred to originate ground leases

   B    $ 3,037     $ 3,292  
         


 


Estimated first year returns from the leases originated on expansion home sites during the period

   A/B      12.1 %     9.0 %
         


 


 

For the three months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, we estimate our profit or loss attributable to the sale of homes situated on expansion home sites as follows (in thousands):

 

     Three Months Ended
September 30, 2005


   

Three Months Ended

September 30, 2004


 

Reported income from sales operations

   $ 1,612     $ 467  

Used home sales and brokerage business income

     (48 )     (51 )
    


 


Adjusted income for projection analysis

   $ 1,564     $ 416  
    


 


 

We exclude the profits from our used home sales and brokerage business from our calculation of return on investment in expansion home sites. The profits from these activities represent profits that are not directly related to our expansion activities.

 

Comparison of the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2005 and 2004

 

The leases facilitated by the home sales business during the nine months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004 are estimated to provide a first year return on investment of 10.8% and 9.5%, respectively. These returns are shown on the following page and are based upon unaudited pro forma information. This compares to our realized returns from earning sites of 8.1% for the year ended December 31, 2004. The increase in return on expansion home sites is driven primarily by the increased profitability of our home sales business offset by (i) increases in the per site cost of development as a result of larger lots to accommodate larger homes, (ii) increased lease incentives given in 2005 over 2004, and (iii) increases in the per site cost of development as a result of additional amenities. Our future returns are dependent upon a number of factors including changes in the per site cost of development, changes in lease incentives utilized in support of the rate of new home sales, changes in the profitability of our home sales business, changes in the quantity of new homes sold and other factors.

 

The calculation of our estimated first year return from leases originated on expansion home sites for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004 is shown on the following page (in thousands, except expansion sites leased):

 

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Nine Months Ended

September 30, 2005


    Nine Months Ended
September 30, 2004


 

Expansion sites leased during the period

          263       258  
         


 


Estimated first year annualized profit on leases originated during the period

   A    $ 992     $ 973  
         


 


Costs, including development costs of sites leased

        $ 12,376     $ 12,209  

Home sales income attributable to sites leased

          3,174       1,934  
         


 


Total costs incurred to originate ground leases

   B    $ 9,202     $ 10,275  
         


 


Estimated first year returns from the leases originated on expansion home sites during the period

   A/B      10.8 %     9.5 %
         


 


 

For the nine months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, we estimate our profit or loss attributable to the sale of homes situated on expansion home sites as follows (in thousands):

 

     Nine Months Ended
September 30, 2005


   

Nine Months Ended

September 30, 2004


 

Reported income from sales operations

   $ 3,400     $ 2,175  

Used home sales and brokerage business income

     (226 )     (241 )
    


 


Adjusted income for projection analysis

   $ 3,174     $ 1,934  
    


 


 

We exclude the profits from our used home sales and brokerage business from our pro forma calculation of return on investment in expansion home sites. The profits from these activities represent profits that are not directly related to our expansion activities.

 

The reconciliation of our estimated first year from leases adjusted on expansion home sites, a projection, to our return on investment in operational home sites for the year ended December 31, 2004 in accordance with GAAP is shown below (in thousands):

 

          Total Portfolio for
Year Ended
December 31, 2004


 

Property income before depreciation 1

   A    $ 17,811  
         


Total investment in operating home sites 1

   B    $ 220,918  
         


Return on investment from earning home sites2

   A/B      8.1 %
         



1 A reconciliation of our return on investment for earning sites for the year ended December 31, 2004 to property income before depreciation and investment in operational sites is shown below (in thousands)

 

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     December 31,
2004


 

Rental and other property revenues

   $ 29,221  

Property operating expenses

     (11,410 )
    


Property income before depreciation (A)

   $ 17,811  
    


Real estate assets, net

   $ 248,868  

Add: Accumulated depreciation

     22,803  

Less: Real estate under development

     (49,360 )

Less: Cost of home sites ready for intended use

     (1,393 )
    


Investment in operational sites (B)

   $ 220,918  
    


Return on investment in operational sites (A/B) 2

     8.1 %
    



2 Our return on investment in operational sites reflects our income from and investment in sites that were leased for the first time during the year ended December 31, 2004. For these leases, the income reported above includes less than a full twelve months of operating results. Consequently, when compared to the investment we have made in these home sites, the return on investment during the year ended December 31, 2004 is less than the return when measured using a full twelve months of operating results.

 

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

 

As of September 30, 2005, we had cash and cash equivalents of $828,000. Our principal activities that demand liquidity include our normal operating activities, payments of principal and interest on outstanding debt, acquisitions of and additional investments in properties, and payments of distributions to stockholders and OP Unit holders. We expect to utilize cash provided by operating activities and short-term borrowings to meet short-term liquidity demands. We expect to meet our long-term liquidity requirements, such as debt maturities and property acquisitions, through long-term borrowings, both secured and unsecured, the issuance of debt or equity securities (including OP Units), the sales of properties and cash generated from operations. On February 23, 2005 and March 2, 2005, we issued 900,000 shares and 100,000 shares, respectively, of newly created 7.75% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock for a purchase price of $25.00 per share. The net proceeds from these issuances were used to repay indebtedness including amounts outstanding under a promissory note incurred on February 4, 2005 in connection with the acquisition of property in Micco, Florida and the Company’s revolving line of credit.

 

In the event that there is an economic downturn and the cash provided by operating activities is reduced or if access to short term borrowing sources becomes restricted, we may be required to reduce or eliminate expenditures for the continued development of our communities and/or reduce or eliminate the stock dividends on common or preferred stock, or both.

 

On December 13, 2004, we renewed and extended the revolving line of credit with a lender for a total commitment of $16,000,000. The line of credit is secured by real property and improvements located in St. Lucie County, Lake County, and Pasco County, Florida and Maricopa County, Arizona. The loan bears interest at a rate equal to thirty-day LIBOR plus 200 basis points. This interest-only note matures in December 2006. The availability of funds under the line of credit is subject to certain borrowing base and other customary restrictions, including compliance with financial and other covenants thereunder. The terms of our line of credit require that we maintain a ratio of cash flow (as defined by the lender) on a trailing twelve-month basis to proforma annual debt service obligations (as defined by the lender) of not less than 1.0 to 1.0 for properties that secure the line of credit. Based upon the application of these covenants as of September 30, 2005, $16,000,000 was available to the Company.

 

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We have a floor plan line of credit with a floor plan lender providing a credit facility of $25,000,000. On July 1, 2005, the credit facility was modified to decrease the variable interest rate indexed to the prime rate to spreads varying from 0.5% to 3.5%, a reduction of 1% from the previous terms. The facility has a minimum interest rate of 4.5% based upon a minimum prime rate of 4.0%. Individual advances mature as early as 360 days or have no stated maturity, based upon the manufacturer. The facility was also modified on July 1, 2005 to limit recourse to the Company to 10% of the committed facility or $2,500,000. This floor plan line of credit is secured by inventory located in the Company’s residential land lease communities with a carrying value of approximately $17,736,000. Approximately $5,853,000 was available under the floor plan credit facility. The floor plan line of credit matures on July 1, 2008.

 

Our ability to access secured and unsecured borrowings as a source of liquidity is dependent upon factors outside of our control including economic trends that impact the availability of credit from lending sources we currently utilize. Our ability to issue additional equity in the form of equity securities (including the issuance by the Operating Partnership of OP Units) is dependent upon certain factors outside of our control including returns available on alternative investments and other economic factors. The amount of cash generated by our operations is dependent upon our ability to operate the existing portfolio of revenue earning sites and to originate new earning sites through new lease originations generated by our home sales business. Our ability to generate cash through the operation of the current portfolio is dependent upon the costs we pay to acquire the goods and services required to operate the portfolio and the absence of natural disasters, such as hurricanes, that would disrupt the flow of rental income for an undeterminable time period and other factors. Our ability to generate cash through the origination of new earning sites is dependent upon our ability to market effectively to our target market customers, to originate contracts for sale of homes at our properties, thereby generating income producing leases and to develop the undeveloped land within our portfolio in a timely fashion, and on a cost effective basis.

 

Operating Activities

 

Our net cash provided by operating activities was $14.0 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2005 compared to $5.6 million during the same period in 2004. The $8.4 million increase was primarily the result of:

 

    $3.9 million increase in cash provided by operating assets and liabilities as a result of increased business volumes and increases in accounts payable balances from the 2004 period,

 

    $2.6 million increase in earnings before depreciation, amortization, minority interest, and casualty gain and a

 

    $1.9 million decrease in cash used for inventory as compared to the 2004 period.

 

Investing Activities

 

During the nine months ended September 30, 2005, the net cash used in investing activities was $40.6 million, compared with $18.6 million net cash used during the same period in 2004. The $22.0 million increase in net cash used for investing activities is primarily the result of:

 

Increases

 

    $15.2 million increase in expenditures related to the purchase of a new development community

 

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    $3.4 million increase in expenditures for capital replacements, development and improvements in the 2005 period as compared to the 2004 period, primarily related to the continued and accelerated development of unleased sites,

 

    $2.3 million decrease of proceeds from the sale of real estate,

 

    $0.7 million increase in capital replacement and enhancement as a result of multiple hurricanes in Florida during 2004,

 

    $0.4 million decrease in the collection of preferred minority interest in real estate partnership, and a

 

    $0.4 million increase in purchase of furniture, fixtures & equipment for taxable subsidiaries classified as other assets, all offset by

 

Decreases

 

    $0.2 million increase in proceeds from hurricane insurance claims, and a

 

    $0.2 million decrease in advances for notes receivable.

 

Financing Activities

 

Net cash provided by financing activities was $26.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 compared with net cash provided during the same period in 2004 of $11.9 million.

 

The $14.6 million increase in cash provided by financing activities is primarily the result of:

 

Increases

    $23.9 million increase in net proceeds from the issuance of preferred stock,

 

    $1.2 million increase in proceeds from secured short-term financing,

 

    $0.9 million decrease in principal payments made on secured long-term notes payable for property sold,

 

    $0.8 million increase in proceeds from stock options exercised, and a

 

    $0.7 million increase in proceeds from officer stock loans, all offset by

 

Decreases

 

    $9.8 million decrease in proceeds from secured long-term financing,

 

    $1.0 million increase in payment of preferred stock dividends,

 

    $0.5 million decrease in proceeds from dividend reinvestment program,

 

    $0.5 million increase in payment of loan costs,

 

    $0.4 million increase in dividends previously accounted for as compensation expense,

 

    $0.4 million increase in payment of common stock dividends, and a

 

    $0.3 million increase in principal payments made on secured long-term notes payable.

 

Dividends and Distributions

 

Our dividends on common and preferred stock are set quarterly by the Board of Directors and are subject to change or elimination at any time. Our primary financial objective is to maximize long term, risk adjusted returns on investment for common shareholders. While dividend policy is considered within the context of this objective, maintenance of past dividend levels is not a primary investment objective of the Company and is subject to numerous factors including the Company’s profitability, capital expenditure plans, obligations related to principal payments and capitalized interest, and the availability of debt and equity capital at terms deemed attractive by the Company to finance these expenditures. Our NOL may be used to offset all or a portion of our REIT taxable income, which may allow us to reduce or eliminate our dividends paid and still maintain our REIT status.

 

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Historically, the combination of dividend payments, capital expenditures, capitalized interest and debt repayment has exceeded funds provided from operating activities, and we have funded a portion of these expenditures from debt financings. However, there is no assurance that we will be able to continue to do so on terms deemed acceptable in the future. In the event that we are unable to do so or decide not to pursue such financing sources, we will be required to reduce or eliminate dividends, reduce or eliminate capital expenditures, or both.

 

Item 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

 

Our principal exposure to market risk is changes in interest rates relating to our various debt instruments and borrowings. The following is a discussion of the potential impact of changes in interest rates on our debt instruments.

 

We have $66.8 million of fixed rate, fully amortizing, non-recourse, secured long-term notes payable. We do not have exposure to changing interest rates on these notes as the rates are fixed and the notes are fully amortizing.

 

We have $34.7 million of fixed rate, partially amortizing, non-recourse, secured long-term notes payable. We do not have significant exposure to changes in interest rates since the interest rates are fixed. We have repricing and refunding risks as to the unpaid balance on these notes of $32.6 million due at maturity between 2007 and 2019.

 

We have $10.6 million of interest only, non-recourse, secured long-term notes payable. These are variable rate loans at thirty-day LIBOR plus 3%, with a floor of 5.5% and a ceiling of 10%. If LIBOR increased immediately by 1%, then our annual income before minority interest in the Operating Partnership and cash flows would decrease by $106,000 due to an increase in interest expense based on the outstanding balance at September 30, 2005. We have repricing and refunding risks as to the unpaid balance due at maturity of these notes.

 

We have an additional $15.0 million of interest only, non-recourse, secured long-term notes payable on terms different from those set forth in the preceding paragraph. These are variable rate loans at ninety- day LIBOR plus 2.5%. If LIBOR increased immediately by 1%, then our annual income before minority interest in the Operating Partnership and cash flows would decrease by $150,000 due to an increase in interest expense based on the outstanding balance at September 30, 2005. We have repricing and refunding risks as to the unpaid balance due at maturity of these notes.

 

We have a recourse, secured floor plan facility that bears interest at the lender’s prime rate plus amounts ranging from 0.5% to 3.5% based upon the manufacturer and age of the inventory. If the lender’s prime rate increased immediately by 1%, then our annual income before minority interest in the Operating Partnership and cash flows would decrease by $191,000 due to an increase in interest expense on this line of credit, based on the $19.1 million outstanding balance at September 30, 2005. We have repricing and refunding risks as to the unpaid balance due at the maturity of this note.

 

We have a revolving line of credit with a bank with a total commitment of $16,000,000 that bears interest at thirty-day LIBOR plus 200 basis points (5.77% at September 30, 2005). At September 30, 2005, $6,880,000 was outstanding under the revolving line of credit. If LIBOR increased immediately by 1%, then our annual income before minority interest in interest expense in the Operating Partnership and cash flows would decrease by approximately $69,000 due to an increase in interest expense based on the outstanding balance at September 30, 2005.

 

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Item 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

 

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

 

Under the supervision and with the participation of our senior management, including our chief executive officer, chief operating officer and chief financial officer, we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), as of the end of the period covered by this quarterly report (the “Evaluation Date”). Based upon this evaluation, our chief executive officer, chief operating officer, and chief financial officer concluded as of the Evaluation Date that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective such that the information relating to American Land Lease, including our consolidated subsidiaries, required to be disclosed in our SEC filings (i) is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in SEC rules and forms, and (ii) is accumulated and communicated to American Land Lease’s management, including our chief executive officer, chief operating officer and chief financial officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

 

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

 

There was no change in our internal control over financial reporting during the three months ended September 30, 2005 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

 

PART II

OTHER INFORMATION

 

Item 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

 

The information disclosed under the heading “Legal Contingencies: in Note C of the condensed consolidated financial statements of this Form 10-Q and in Part I, Item 2. “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 6. EXHIBITS

 

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description


1.1   Underwriting Agreement, dated as of February 17, 2005, by and among the Registrant, Asset Investors Operating Partnership, L.P., and Raymond James & Associates, Inc. as representatives for the Underwriters named therein (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 1.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated February 17, 2005 and filed on February 22, 2005).
3.1   Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of American Land Lease, Inc. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated May 4, 2005 and filed on May 4, 2005).

 

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3.2   Fourth Amended and Restated By-laws of American Land Lease, Inc. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated April 4, 2005 and filed on April 5, 2005).
4.1   Waiver regarding stock ownership restrictions between the Registrant and Terry Considine, dated August 11, 2000 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, dated April 2, 2001, and filed on April 2, 2001).
4.2   Waiver regarding stock ownership restrictions between the Registrant and Asset Investors Operating Partnership, L.P., dated August 11, 2000 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, dated April 2, 2001 and filed on April 2, 2001).
4.3   Certificate of Designations for 7.75% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 1.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated February 17, 2005 and filed on February 22, 2005).
4.4   Form of Stock Certificate for 7.75% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 1.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated February 17, 2005 and filed on February 22, 2005).
10.1   Form of Indemnification Agreement between the Registrant and each Director of the Registrant (incorporated herein by reference to Appendix A to the Proxy Statement of the Registrant, and dated May 18, 1987).
10.2   1998 Stock Incentive Plan of the Registrant (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Registrant for the quarter ended June 30, 1998, and filed on August 14, 1998).
10.3   Form of Assignment and Assumption of Membership Interest (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.11(c) to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated August 13, 1999, and filed on August 30, 1999).
10.4   Loan and Security Agreement, dated July 31, 2003, by and between Wachovia Bank, N.A., and Asset Investors Operating Partnership, L.P., Community Savanna Club Joint Venture, AIOP Lost Dutchman Notes, L.L.C., and Community Brentwood Joint Venture (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.28 to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, dated September 30, 2003 and filed on November 13, 2003).
10.5   Loan and Security Agreement, dated December 13, 2004, by and among Wachovia Bank, N.A., and Asset Investors Operating Partnership, L.P., Community Savanna Club Joint Venture, AIOP Lost Dutchman Notes, L.L.C., Woodlands Church Lake, L.L.C. and Community Brentwood Joint Venture (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, dated December 31, 2004 and filed on March 15, 2005).
10.6   Promissory Note, dated February 4, 2005, between Wachovia Bank, N. A., and Crystal Bay (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated February 4, 2005 and filed on February 9, 2005).
31.1   Certification of CEO pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

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31.2   Certification of COO pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
31.3   Certification of CFO pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.1   Certification of CEO Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 furnished herewith.
32.2   Certification of COO Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 furnished herewith.
32.3   Certification of CFO Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 furnished herewith.

 

SIGNATURES

 

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

 

    AMERICAN LAND LEASE INC.
    (Registrant)
Date: November 9, 2005   By  

/s/ Shannon E. Smith


        Shannon E. Smith
        Chief Financial Officer

 

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