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Relationship with Universal Health Realty Income Trust and Related Party Transactions
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2020
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Relationship with Universal Health Realty Income Trust and Related Party Transactions

(2) Relationship with Universal Health Realty Income Trust and Related Party Transactions

Relationship with Universal Health Realty Income Trust:

At September 30, 2020, we held approximately 5.7% of the outstanding shares of Universal Health Realty Income Trust (the “Trust”). We serve as Advisor to the Trust under an annually renewable advisory agreement, which is scheduled to expire on December 31st of each year, pursuant to the terms of which we conduct the Trust’s day-to-day affairs, provide administrative services and present investment opportunities. The advisory agreement was amended and restated effective January 1, 2019. The advisory agreement was renewed by the Trust for 2020 at the same rate as the prior three years, providing for an advisory fee computation at 0.70% of the Trust’s average invested real estate assets. We earned an advisory fee from the Trust, which is included in net revenues in the accompanying consolidated statements of income, of approximately $1.0 million during each of the three-month periods ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, and approximately $3.1 million and $3.0 million during the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively.  

In addition, certain of our officers and directors are also officers and/or directors of the Trust. Management believes that it has the ability to exercise significant influence over the Trust, therefore we account for our investment in the Trust using the equity method of accounting.

Our pre-tax share of income from the Trust, which are included in other income, net, on the accompanying consolidated statements of income for each period were approximately $300,000 during each of the three-month periods ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and approximately $800,000 and $700,000 during the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2020 and 2019,

respectively. We received dividends from the Trust amounting to $543,000 and $536,000 during the three month periods ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and $1.6 million during each of the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2020 and 2019. The carrying value of our investment in the Trust was approximately $5.6 million and $6.4 million at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively, and is included in other assets in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. The market value of our investment in the Trust was $44.9 million at September 30, 2020 and $92.4 million at December 31, 2019, based on the closing price of the Trust’s stock on the respective dates.

The Trust commenced operations in 1986 by purchasing certain properties from us and immediately leasing the properties back to our respective subsidiaries. Most of the leases were entered into at the time the Trust commenced operations and provided for initial terms of 13 to 15 years with up to six additional 5-year renewal terms. Each lease also provided for additional or bonus rental, as discussed below. The base rents are paid monthly and the bonus rents are computed and paid on a quarterly basis, based upon a computation that compares current quarter revenue to a corresponding quarter in the base year. The leases with those subsidiaries are unconditionally guaranteed by us and are cross-defaulted with one another. 

Total rent expense under the operating leases on the three hospital facilities with the Trust was approximately $4 million during each of the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, and approximately $12 million for each of the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2020 and 2019.  Pursuant to the terms of the three hospital leases with the Trust, we have the option to renew the leases at the lease terms described above and below by providing notice to the Trust at least 90 days prior to the termination of the then current term. We also have the right to purchase the respective leased hospitals at the end of the lease terms or any renewal terms at their appraised fair market value as well as purchase any or all of the three leased hospital properties at the appraised fair market value upon one month’s notice should a change of control of the Trust occur. In addition, we have rights of first refusal to: (i) purchase the respective leased facilities during and for 180 days after the lease terms at the same price, terms and conditions of any third-party offer, or; (ii) renew the lease on the respective leased facility at the end of, and for 180 days after, the lease term at the same terms and conditions pursuant to any third-party offer. 

The table below details the renewal options and terms for each of our three acute care hospital facilities leased from the Trust: 

Hospital Name

 

Annual

Minimum

Rent

 

 

End of Lease Term

 

Renewal

Term

(years)

McAllen Medical Center

 

$

5,485,000

 

 

December, 2026

 

5(a)

Wellington Regional Medical Center

 

$

3,030,000

 

 

December, 2021

 

10(b)

Southwest Healthcare System, Inland Valley Campus

 

$

2,648,000

 

 

December, 2021

 

10(b)

(a) We have one 5-year renewal option at existing lease rates (through 2031).

(b) We have two 5-year renewal options at fair market value lease rates (2022 through 2031).

 

A wholly-owned subsidiary of ours has notified the Trust that we are considering termination of the existing lease on Southwest Healthcare System, Inland Valley Campus prior to the scheduled expiration of the current term on December 31, 2021.  As permitted pursuant to the terms of the lease, we have the right, subject to certain conditions, to propose substitution property to the Trust with a fair market value substantially equal to that of the existing leased property. We are currently evaluating potential substitution properties and expect to submit our proposal, which is subject to the Trust’s approval, to the Trust by December 31, 2020. We can provide no assurance that we will ultimately agree on a property substitution with the Trust in connection with the Inland Valley Campus property, in which case, we have the right to purchase the property for its fair market value.

In addition, certain of our subsidiaries are tenants in several medical office buildings and two FEDs owned by the Trust or by limited liability companies in which the Trust holds 95% to 100% of the ownership interest.  

During the third quarter of 2019, the Trust commenced construction on a new 75,000 rentable square feet medical office building (“MOB”) that will be located on the campus of Texoma Medical Center, a hospital that is owned and operated by one of our subsidiaries.  In connection with this MOB, a master flex lease has been executed between a wholly-owned subsidiary of ours and a Trust limited partnership that owns the MOB. Pursuant to the terms of this master flex lease, our subsidiary will master lease approximately 50% of the rentable square feet of the MOB, allocated to specific floors of the building, which could be reduced during the term if certain conditions are met, for a ten-year term at an initial minimum annual rent of $644,000. In April, 2020, a new lease was fully executed between the Trust and a third-party tenant for approximately 26,000 rentable square feet.  As a result, the master flex lease commitment was reduced to 20,000 rentable square feet on a specific floor of the MOB.

During the third quarter of 2019, a joint-venture agreement between us and a non-related third-party was finalized in connection with the development of a newly constructed behavioral health care facility located in Clive, Iowa. Pursuant to the terms of the agreement, we hold a majority ownership interest in the venture and will act as manager of the facility when completed and opened. This joint-venture also entered into an agreement with the Trust whereby a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Trust will construct the 108-bed behavioral health care hospital and, upon completion and issuance of the certificate of occupancy, the joint-venture will lease the

facility from the Trust pursuant to a 20-year, triple net lease with five, 10-year renewal options. Construction of the approximately 80,000 square foot hospital, for which a wholly-owned subsidiary of ours will act as project manager for an aggregate fee of approximately $750,000, is expected to be completed in late 2020 or early 2021. The approximate cost of the project is estimated at $37.5 million and the initial annual rent is estimated at approximately $2.7 million.

Other Related Party Transactions:

In December, 2010, our Board of Directors approved the Company’s entering into supplemental life insurance plans and agreements on the lives of Alan B. Miller (our chief executive officer (“CEO”) and his wife. As a result of these agreements, as amended in October, 2016, based on actuarial tables and other assumptions, during the life expectancies of the insureds, we would pay approximately $28 million in premiums, and certain trusts owned by our CEO, would pay approximately $9 million in premiums. Based on the projected premiums mentioned above, and assuming the policies remain in effect until the death of the insureds, we will be entitled to receive death benefit proceeds of no less than approximately $37 million representing the $28 million of aggregate premiums paid by us as well as the $9 million of aggregate premiums paid by the trusts. In connection with these policies, we will pay/we paid approximately $1.1 million, net, in premium payments during each of the 2020 and 2019 years.

In August, 2015, Marc D. Miller, our President and member of our Board of Directors, was appointed to the Board of Directors of Premier, Inc. (“Premier”), a healthcare performance improvement alliance.  During 2013, we entered into a new group purchasing organization agreement (“GPO”) with Premier. In conjunction with the GPO agreement, we acquired a minority interest in Premier for a nominal amount. During the fourth quarter of 2013, in connection with the completion of an initial public offering of the stock of Premier, we received cash proceeds for the sale of a portion of our ownership interest in the GPO. Also in connection with this GPO agreement, we received shares of restricted stock of Premier which vested ratably over a seven-year period (2014 through 2020), contingent upon our continued participation and minority ownership interest in the GPO. During the third quarter of 2020, we entered into an agreement with Premier pursuant to the terms of which, among other things, our ownership interest in Premier was converted into shares of Class A Common Stock of Premier. We have elected to retain a portion of the previously vested shares of Premier, the market value of which is included in other assets on our consolidated balance sheet. Based upon the closing price of Premier’s stock on each respective date, the market value of our shares of Premier on which the restrictions have lapsed was $61 million as of September 30, 2020 and $70 million as of December 31, 2019.  The $9 million decrease in market value of our vested Premier shares since December 31, 2019 was recorded as an unrealized loss and included in “Other (income) expense, net” in our condensed consolidated statements of income for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2020.   Additionally, during the third quarter of 2020, Premier declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.19 per share. Our share of the dividend for the quarter ended September 30, 2020 is approximately $400,000 and is included in “Other (income) expense, net” in our condensed consolidated statements of income for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2020.  

A member of our Board of Directors and member of the Executive Committee and Finance Committee is a partner in Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP, a law firm engaged by us for a variety of legal services.  The Board member and his law firm also provide personal legal services to our CEO and he acts as trustee of certain trusts for the benefit of our CEO and his family.