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Related Party Transactions
12 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2020
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Related Party Transactions

NOTE 17 – RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

 

As discussed in Note 10 – Related Party and Other Financing Transactions, on July 2, 2014, the Partnership obtained from InterGroup an unsecured loan in the principal amount of $4,250,000 at 12% per year fixed interest, with a term of two years, payable interest only each month. InterGroup received a 3% loan fee. The loan may be prepaid at any time without penalty. The proceeds of the loan were applied to the July 2014 payments to Justice Holdings Company, LLC (“Holdings”) in connection with the redemption of limited partnership interests. The loan was extended to July 1, 2021. The balance of this loan is $3,000,000 as of June 30, 2020 and 2019, and is eliminated in the consolidated balance sheets.

 

In connection with the redemption of limited partnership interests of Justice, Justice Operating Company, LLC agreed to pay a total of $1,550,000 in fees to certain officers and directors of the Company for services rendered in connection with the redemption of partnership interests, refinancing of Justice’s properties and reorganization of Justice. This agreement was superseded by a letter dated December 11, 2013 from Justice, in which Justice assumed the payment obligations of Justice Operating Company, LLC. As of June 30, 2018, $200,000 of these fees remained payable and were paid off as of June 30, 2019.

 

On February 5, 2020, the Company entered into a Contribution Agreement (the “Contribution Agreement”) with Santa Fe pursuant to which the Company received 97,500 shares of common stock, par value $0.10 per share, of Santa Fe, in exchange for its contribution to Santa Fe of 4,460 shares of common stock (the “Common Stock”) of Intergroup Woodland Village, Inc., an Ohio corporation (“Transaction”). As a result of the contribution, Woodland Village became a wholly owned subsidiary of Santa Fe. Before the issuance of the stock referenced in the preceding sentence, the Company had the power to vote 86.3% of the voting shares of Santa Fe, which includes the power to vote an approximately 4% interest in the common stock in Santa Fe owned by the Company’s Chairman and CEO, John V. Winfield, pursuant to a voting trust agreement entered into on June 30, 1998. Subsequent to this issuance, the Company has the power to vote 87.4% of the issued and outstanding common stock of Santa Fe, which includes the power to vote an approximately 3.7% interest in the common stock in Santa Fe under the aforementioned voting trust agreement. Mr. Winfield, Chairman of the Board of both the Company and Santa Fe, is a control person of both entities.

 

On February 5, 2020, after review by independent directors of the Company, and by the unanimous vote of all directors of the Company (with Mr. Winfield abstaining), the Board approved the entry into the Contribution Agreement and the consummation of the Transaction. The Company’s Board approved the Transaction after the receipt of a fairness opinion from a third-party independent firm. The Board was first made aware of the Transaction in early January 2020, received information to review on or about January 17, 2020 and was given multiple opportunities to discuss the materials with management before the February 5, 2020 Board meeting. The Contribution Agreement also contains a provision for a potential subsequent earn out to InterGroup pursuant to terms set forth therein.

 

As Chairman of the Executive Strategic Real Estate and Securities Investment Committee, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), John V. Winfield, directs the investment activity of the Company in public and private markets pursuant to authority granted by the Board of Directors. Mr. Winfield also serves as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Portsmouth and Santa Fe and oversees the investment activity of those companies. Effective June 2016, Mr. Winfield became the Managing Director of Justice. Depending on certain market conditions and various risk factors, the Chief Executive Officer, Portsmouth and Santa Fe may, at times, invest in the same companies in which the Company invests. Such investments align the interests of the Company with the interests of related parties because it places the personal resources of the Chief Executive Officer and the resources of the Portsmouth and Santa Fe, at risk in substantially the same manner as the Company in connection with investment decisions made on behalf of the Company.