-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, RePYtocpw2qiL8gAm8OV2oGFbsRTvkhTpsVo3Kfoe85ZacFfOZq4ge1ytd9ugeOh ULu0Jgp5Szb9WKCaynZT+w== 0001169232-08-001509.txt : 20080331 0001169232-08-001509.hdr.sgml : 20080331 20080331162726 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001169232-08-001509 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 10KSB PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 9 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20071231 FILED AS OF DATE: 20080331 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20080331 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PRESIDENTIAL REALTY CORP/DE/ CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000731245 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798] IRS NUMBER: 131954619 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 10KSB SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-08594 FILM NUMBER: 08725084 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 180 S BROADWAY CITY: WHITE PLAINS STATE: NY ZIP: 10605 BUSINESS PHONE: 9149481300 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 180 SOUTH BROADWAY CITY: WHITE PLAINS STATE: NY ZIP: 10605 10KSB 1 d73979_10ksb.htm ANNUAL REPORT



UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-KSB

 

 

 

(MARK ONE)

x

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

 

 

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007

 

 

 

 

o

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

Commission file number 1-8594

 

PRESIDENTIAL REALTY CORPORATION


(Exact name of small business issuer as specified in its charter)


 

 

 

Delaware

 

13-1954619


 


(State or other jurisdiction of

 

(I.R.S. Employer

incorporation or organization)

 

Identification No.)


 

 

 

180 South Broadway, White Plains, New York

 

10605


 


    (Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code 914-948-1300

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

 

 

Title of each class

 

Name of each exchange on
which registered


 


Class A Common Stock

 

American Stock Exchange


 


Class B Common Stock

 

American Stock Exchange


 


Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

 

None


(Title of class)


          Check whether the issuer is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. o

          Check whether the registrant (1) filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the past 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 o

          Check if there is no disclosure of delinquent filers in response to Item 405 of Regulation S-B contained in this form, and no disclosure will be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-KSB or any amendment to this Form 10-KSB. x

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

          The registrant’s revenues for the year ended December 31, 2007 were $7,334,379.

          The aggregate market value of voting stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant based on the closing price of the stock at February 15, 2008 was $18,133,000. The registrant has no non-voting stock.

          The number of shares outstanding of each of the registrant’s classes of common stock on March 10, 2008 was 473,565 shares of Class A common and 3,494,914 shares of Class B common.

           Documents Incorporated by Reference: The Company’s definitive Proxy Statement for its Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on June 16, 2008, which Proxy Statement will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Regulation 14A, is incorporated by reference into Part III of this Form 10-KSB.

Transitional Small Business Disclosure Format (check one): Yes o No x




PRESIDENTIAL REALTY CORPORATION

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

 

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

1

 

 

PART I

 

 

 

 

Item 1.

Description of Business

1

 

Item 2.

Description of Property

14

 

Item 3.

Legal Proceedings

19

 

Item 4.

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

19

 

 

 

 

PART II

 

 

 

 

Item 5.

Market for Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters and Small Business Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

19

 

Item 6.

Management’s Discussion and Analysis or Plan of Operation

22

 

Item 7.

Financial Statements

45

 

Item 8.

Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure

46

 

Item 8A.

Controls and Procedures

46

 

Item 8B.

Other Information

47

 

 

 

 

PART III

 

 

 

 

Item 9.

Directors, Executive Officers, Promoters, Control Persons and Corporate Governance; Compliance with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act

47

 

Item 10.

Executive Compensation

48

 

Item 11.

Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters

48

 

Item 12.

Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence

48

 

Item 13.

Exhibits

48

 

Item 14.

Principal Accountant Fees and Services

51

 

 

 

 

Table of Contents to Consolidated Financial Statements

53




Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements made in this report may constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Such forward-looking statements include statements regarding the intent, belief or current expectations of the Company and its management and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include, among other things, the following:

 

 

 

 

general economic and business conditions, which will, among other things, affect the demand for apartments, mall space or other commercial space, availability and creditworthiness of prospective tenants, rental rates and the terms and availability of financing;

 

 

 

 

adverse changes in the real estate markets including, among other things, competition with other companies;

 

 

 

 

risks of real estate development, acquisition, ownership and operation;

 

 

 

 

governmental actions and initiatives; and

 

 

 

 

environmental and safety requirements.

PART I

 

 

ITEM I.

DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS


 

 

(a)

General

Presidential Realty Corporation is a Delaware corporation organized in 1983 to succeed to the business of a company of the same name which was organized in 1961 to succeed to the business of a closely held real estate business founded in 1911. The terms “Presidential” or the “Company” refer to the present Presidential Realty Corporation or its predecessor company of the same name and to any subsidiaries. Since 1982 the Company has elected to be treated as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) for Federal and State income tax purposes. See Qualification as a REIT. The Company invests in joint ventures that own shopping malls, owns real estate and interests in real estate and makes loans secured by interests in real estate.

Presidential self-manages the properties that it owns and the property owned by PDL, Inc. and Associates Limited Co-Partnership (the “Hato Rey Partnership”) in which the Company is the general partner and has a 60% partnership interest. At December 31, 2007, the Company employed 19 people, of whom 13 are employed at the Company’s home office and 6 are employed at the individual property sites. The Company does not manage the shopping mall properties owned by the

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joint ventures in which it has invested. Those properties are managed by an affiliate of the Company’s partner in the joint ventures.

The Company’s principal assets fall into the following categories:

(i) Joint ventures. Approximately 14% of the Company’s assets consists of investments in and advances to joint ventures. The Company accounts for these investments using the equity method. At December 31, 2007, investments in and advances to joint ventures were $4,923,201 which reflects a reduction of $13,136,548 from the $18,059,749 at December 31, 2006. This reduction resulted from losses of $10,084,207 (including an impairment loss of $8,370,725) and distributions of $3,052,341. See Investments in and Advances to Joint Ventures, Management’s Discussion and Analysis or Plan of Operation and Note 2 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

(ii) Equity interests in rental properties. Approximately 46% of the Company’s assets are equity interests in commercial and residential rental properties. These properties have a carrying value of $21,041,049, less accumulated depreciation of $4,834,757, resulting in a net carrying value of $16,206,292 at December 31, 2007. See Description of Property below.

(iii) Notes receivable. Approximately 22% of the Company’s assets consists of notes receivable, which are reflected on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheet at December 31, 2007 as “Mortgage portfolio: notes receivable – net”. The $8,051,342 aggregate principal amount of these notes has been reduced by $392,117 of discounts (which reflect the difference between the stated interest rates on the notes and the market interest rates at the time the notes were made). See Notes 1-B, 1-C, 1-D and 4 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. Accordingly, the net carrying value of the Company’s “Mortgage portfolio: notes receivable” was $7,659,225 at December 31, 2007. All of the loans included in this category of assets were current at December 31, 2007.

Notes reflected under “Mortgage portfolio: notes receivable – net” consist of notes received from sales of real properties previously owned by the Company in the aggregate principal amount of $4,285,000, loans originated by the Company in the aggregate principal amount of $3,574,994 and notes in the aggregate principal amount of $191,348 that relate to sold cooperative apartments.

(iv) Other investments. Approximately 3% of the Company’s assets are other investments. These investments are with Broadway Real Estate Partners LLC, a private real estate investment and management firm, which invests in high quality office properties. At December 31, 2007, other investments were $1,000,000. See Management’s Discussion and Analysis or Plan of  Operation and Note 6 of Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

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The Company’s investments in and advances to joint ventures in the amount of $4,923,201 were made to joint ventures controlled by affiliates of David Lichtenstein. Due to the current downturn in the commercial real estate market and the lack of demand for retail space in regions where some of the joint venture properties are located, at December 31, 2007, the recoverability of the carrying value of certain of the shopping mall properties owned by the joint ventures was deemed to be impaired. As a result, at December 31, 2007, the joint venture entities recorded an impairment loss of approximately $75,994,000 for four of the nine mall properties owned by the entities. The Company’s 29% share of the impairment loss recorded by the joint ventures was approximately $22,038,000. However, the Company recognized an impairment loss of $8,370,725 because the recording of losses is limited to the balance of the Company’s investment in and advances to joint ventures.

At December 31, 2007, in addition to Presidential’s investments in these joint ventures with entities controlled by Mr. Lichtenstein, Presidential has three loans that are due from entities that are controlled by Mr. Lichtenstein in the aggregate outstanding principal amount of $7,449,994 with a net carrying value of $7,112,498. Two of the loans in the outstanding principal amount of $5,375,000, with a net carrying value of $5,037,504, are secured by interests in five apartment properties and are also personally guaranteed by Mr. Lichtenstein up to a maximum amount of $3,137,500. The third loan in the outstanding principal amount of $2,074,994 is secured by interests in nine apartment properties. All of these loans are in good standing. While the Company believes that all of these loans are adequately secured, a default on any or all of these loans could have a material adverse effect on Presidential’s business and operating results.

The $12,035,699 net carrying value of investments in and advances to joint ventures with entities controlled by Mr. Lichtenstein and loans outstanding to entities controlled by Mr. Lichtenstein constitute 34% of the Company’s total assets at December 31, 2007. Subsequent to December 31, 2007, the Company received repayment of a $1,500,000 loan (included in the $7,449,994 referred to above).

Presidential first met Mr. Lichtenstein, the principal owner of The Lightstone Group (“Lightstone”), in 1999 when it sold him its first and second mortgage notes secured by the Fairfield Towers apartment property in Brooklyn, New York. In connection with that transaction, Mr. Lichtenstein assumed the obligation to repay a $4,000,000 note that is still held by the Company. Over the next four years, the Company made four new loans to Mr. Lichtenstein secured by various apartment properties. As Mr. Lichtenstein expanded his business into shopping center properties with the acquisition in 2003 of Prime Retail, Inc., the owner of 36 outlet shopping malls throughout the United States, Presidential saw an opportunity to participate in this new investment area, and in 2004 and 2005 made the joint venture investments referenced above. Lightstone currently owns and manages a

3



diverse portfolio of approximately 19,000 apartment units, 24,000,000 square feet of office, industrial and commercial space and 687 hotels in 46 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and Canada.

Under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), a REIT that meets certain requirements is not subject to Federal income tax on that portion of its taxable income that is distributed to its shareholders, if at least 90% of its “real estate investment trust taxable income” (exclusive of capital gains) is so distributed. Since January 1, 1982, the Company has elected to be taxed as a REIT and has paid regular quarterly cash distributions. Total dividends paid by the Company in 2007 were $.64 per share.

While the Company intends to operate in such a manner as to enable it to be taxed as a REIT, and to pay dividends in an amount sufficient to maintain REIT status, no assurance can be given that the Company will, in fact, continue to be taxed as a REIT, that distributions will be maintained at the current rate or that the Company will have cash available to pay sufficient dividends in order to maintain REIT status. See Qualification as a REIT, Item 5. - Market for Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters and Note 15 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

 

(b)

Investment Strategies

The Company’s general investment strategy is to make investments in real property that offer attractive current yields with, in some cases, potential for capital appreciation. The Company’s investment policy is not contained in or subject to restrictions included in the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws, and there are no limits in the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws on the percentage of assets that it may invest in any one type of asset or the percentage of securities of any one issuer that it may acquire. The investment policy may, therefore, be changed by the Board of Directors of the Company without the concurrence of the holders of its outstanding stock. However, to continue to qualify as a REIT, the Company must restrict its activities to those permitted under the Code. See Qualification as a REIT.

The Company’s primary investment strategies are as follows:

 

 

 

 

(i)

Loans and Investments in Joint Ventures

 

 

 

 

The Company has in the last six years utilized a substantial portion of its funds available for investment to make loans secured by interests in real property. These loans have been “mezzanine” type loans, which are secured by subordinate security interests in real property or by ownership interests in entities that own real property. These loans carry interest rates in excess of rates usually obtainable on first priority loans. See notes to the Mortgage Portfolio: Notes Receivable table under Loans and Investments. In some cases, the Company has, in

4



 

 

 

 

connection with a loan, obtained an ownership interest in the borrowing entity and, as a result, is entitled to share in the earnings of the borrower. These loans are reflected on the Company’s consolidated financial statements as “Investments in and advances to joint ventures”. The Company may make additional loans of this type if the opportunity to do so arises. To date, all of these loans have been made to entities controlled by David Lichtenstein. See Investments in and Advances to Joint Ventures.

 

 

 

The Company has over the years held long term mortgage notes which provide for balloon principal payments at varying times. The Company may in appropriate circumstances agree to extend and modify these notes. See the table set forth below under Loans and Investments. It should be noted that there can be no assurance that the balloon principal payments due in accordance with the purchase money notes will actually be made when due.

 

 

 

The Company has in the past and may in the future receive mortgage notes from the sales of its properties. As a result, the capital gains from sales of real properties are recognized for income tax purposes on the installment method as principal payments are received. To the extent that any such gain is recognized by Presidential, or to the extent that Presidential incurs a capital gain from the sale of a property, it may, as a REIT, either (i) elect to retain such gain, in which event it will be required to pay Federal and State income tax on such gain, (ii) distribute all or a portion of such gain to shareholders, in which event Presidential will not be required to pay taxes on the gain to the extent that it is distributed to shareholders or (iii) elect to retain such gain and designate it as a retained capital gain dividend, in which event the Company would pay the Federal tax on such gain, the shareholders would be taxed on their share of the undistributed long-term capital gain and the shareholders would receive a tax credit for their share of the Federal tax that the Company paid and increase the tax basis of their stock for the difference between the long-term capital gain and the tax credit. To the extent that Presidential retains any principal payments on notes or proceeds of sale, the proceeds, after payment of any taxes, will be available for investment. Presidential has not adopted a specific policy with respect to the distribution or retention of capital gains, and its decision as to any such gain will be made in connection with all of the circumstances existing at the time the gain is recognized. The Company did not designate any capital gain in 2007 as a retained capital gain dividend.

 

 

 

 

(ii)

Equity Properties

 

 

 

 

For many years the Company’s investment policy was focused on acquiring equity interests in income producing real estate, principally moderate income apartment properties located in the eastern United States. However, in recent years the Company has

5



 

 

 

 

not found any such investments that offer rates of return satisfactory to the Company or otherwise meet the Company’s investment criteria. As described in subparagraph (i) above, in recent years the Company has focused its investment activities in making loans secured by interests in real property or by ownership interests in entities that own real property; and in some instances the Company has obtained ownership interests in the properties in connection with its loans. While the Company’s present intention is to continue to seek opportunities to make loans as described above, the Company may in the future acquire equity interests in real estate, including residential properties and commercial properties such as office buildings, shopping centers and light industrial properties.

 

 

 

 

While it has been Presidential’s policy to acquire properties for long term investment, it has from time to time sold its equity interests in such properties and may do so in the future. Over the past six years, the Company has sold or otherwise disposed of seven of its apartment properties. See Management’s Discussion and Analysis or Plan of Operation – Discontinued Operations.

 

 

 

 

(iii)

Funding of Investments

 

 

 

 

The Company typically obtains funds to make loans and investments from excess cash from refinancing of mortgage loans on its real estate equities or from sales of such equities, and from repayments on its mortgage portfolio. In the past, the Company also obtained loans from financial institutions secured by specific real property or from general corporate borrowings. Such loans have in the past been, and may in the future be, secured by real property and provide for recourse to Presidential. However, funds may not be readily available from these sources and such unavailability may limit the Company’s ability to make new investments. In addition, the Company may face competition for investment properties from other potential purchasers with greater financial resources. See Management’s Discussion and Analysis or Plan of Operation – Liquidity and Capital Resources.

 

 

 

(c)

Investments in and Advances to Joint Ventures

 

 

During the past four years, the Company made investments in and loans to joint ventures and received 29% ownership interests in these joint ventures. The Company accounts for these investments and loans under the equity method because it exercises significant influence over, but does not control, these entities. These investments are recorded at cost, as investments in and advances to joint ventures, and adjusted for the Company’s share of each venture’s income or loss and increased for cash contributions and decreased for distributions received. Real estate held by such entities is reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be recoverable, and would be written down to its estimated

6



fair value if an impairment was determined to exist. In 2007, an impairment loss of approximately $75,994,000 was recorded by the joint ventures for this real estate. The Company’s 29% share of these impairment losses was approximately $22,038,000. However, because the recording of losses is limited to the extent of the Company’s investment in and advances to joint ventures, the Company recorded an impairment loss of $8,370,725.

The Company purchased the Martinsburg Mall in Martinsburg, West Virginia for $27,000,000 in September, 2004 and subsequent to closing obtained a mezzanine loan from Lightstone in the amount of $2,600,000, which is secured by a pledge of ownership interests in the entity that owns the Martinsburg Mall. The loan matures on September 27, 2014, and the interest rate on the loan is 11% per annum. Lightstone Member LLC (“Lightstone I”) manages the property and David Lichtenstein received a 71% ownership interest in the entity owning the property, and the Company owns the remaining 29% ownership interest.

In September, 2004, the Company made a $8,600,000 mezzanine loan to Lightstone I in connection with the acquisition by Lightstone I of four shopping malls, namely the Shenango Valley Mall in Hermitage, Pennsylvania; the West Manchester Mall in York, Pennsylvania; the Bradley Square Mall in Cleveland, Tennessee and the Mount Berry Square Mall in Rome, Georgia (the “Four Malls”). The loan is secured by the ownership interests in the entities that own the Four Malls and the Martinsburg Mall and the Company received a 29% ownership interest in the Four Malls. The loan matures on September 27, 2014 and the interest rate on the loan is 11% per annum.

In December, 2004, the Company made a $7,500,000 mezzanine loan to Lightstone Member II LLC (“Lightstone II”) in connection with the acquisition by Lightstone II of the Brazos Mall in Lake Jackson, Texas and the Shawnee Mall in Shawnee, Oklahoma (the “Shawnee/Brazos Malls”). The loan is secured by the ownership interests in the entities that own the Shawnee/Brazos Malls and the Company received a 29% ownership interest in these entities. The loan matures on December 23, 2014 and the interest rate on the loan is 11% per annum. In June, 2006, the Company made an additional $335,000 mezzanine loan to Lightstone II. The loan was added to the original $7,500,000 loan and has the same interest rate and maturity date as the original loan.

In July, 2005, the Company made a $9,500,000 mezzanine loan to Lightstone Member III LLC (“Lightstone III”) in connection with the acquisition by Lightstone III of the Macon Mall in Macon, Georgia and the Burlington Mall in Burlington, North Carolina (the “Macon/Burlington Malls”). The loan is secured by the ownership interests in the entities that own the Macon/Burlington Malls and the Company received a 29% ownership interest in these entities. The loan matures on June 30, 2015 and the interest rate on the loan is 11% per annum.

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Subsequent to year end, Lightstone III failed to make the monthly payments of interest due on February 1, 2008 and March 1, 2008 on the Company’s $9,500,000 mezzanine loan relating to the Macon/Burlington Malls. Lightstone III has also failed to make the payments due February 1, 2008 and March 1, 2008 on a portion of the first mortgage loan secured by the Macon/Burlington Malls. Lightstone III has informed the Company that it is attempting to negotiate the release of certain funds from escrow accounts held by the holder of the first mortgage and a deferment of interest on all of the indebtedness related to the Macon/Burlington Malls in order to provide funds for the improvement of the properties. The Company cannot predict whether Lightstone III will be able to obtain a modification of the indebtedness on the Macon/Burlington Malls. If Lightstone III cannot obtain such a modification and does not cure its defaults on the mortgage indebtedness, the holders of the first mortgage on the properties may foreclose their lien on the properties and the Company’s $9,500,000 mezzanine loan may not be paid, which could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.

The following table sets forth information as of December 31, 2007 with respect to the investments in and advances to joint ventures. Presidential’s ownership interest in the owning entities of the malls is 29%. David Lichtenstein is the majority joint venture partner in the owning entities and is the managing partner.

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Name of
Property

 

 

Investments
in and
Advances to
Joint Ventures


 

 




 

Martinsburg Mall

 

(1)

 

$

 

     Martinsburg, WV

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Four Malls

 

(2)

 

 

688,735

 

Bradley Square Mall

 

 

 

 

 

 

     Cleveland, TN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mount Berry Square Mall

 

 

 

 

 

 

     Rome, GA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shenango Valley Mall

 

 

 

 

 

 

     Hermitage, PA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

West Manchester Mall

 

 

 

 

 

 

     York, PA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Macon/Burlington Malls

 

(3)

 

 

 

Burlington Mall

 

 

 

 

 

 

     Burlington, NC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Macon Mall

 

 

 

 

 

 

     Macon, GA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shawnee/Brazos Malls

 

 

 

 

4,234,466

 

Brazos Mall

 

 

 

 

 

 

     Lake Jackson, TX

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shawnee Mall

 

 

 

 

 

 

     Shawnee, OK

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

$

4,923,201

 

 

 

 

 



 

(1) The Company’s basis of its investment in the Martinsburg Mall was reduced by distributions and losses to zero in 2007 and, accordingly, the Company only recorded its share of the loss to the extent of its basis. Any future distributions received from the Martinsburg Mall will be recorded in income.

(2) The Company recorded a $2,886,704 loss for 2007 from the Four Malls, of which $2,124,003 pertained to an impairment loss ($1,165,471 for the Mount Berry Square Mall and $958,532 for the West Manchester Mall).

(3) The Company recorded a $6,294,912 loss for 2007 from the Macon/Burlington Malls of which $6,246,722 pertained to an impairment loss. The Company’s share of the impairment loss from the Macon/Burlington Malls was $19,914,390. However, such losses may be recorded only to the extent of the Company’s basis, and, therefore, the impairment loss recorded by the Company was $6,246,722. Any future distributions received from the Macon/Burlington Malls will be recorded in income.

 

 

(d)

Loans and Investments

The following table sets forth information as of December 31, 2007 with respect to the mortgage loan portfolio resulting from the sale of properties or loans originated by the Company.

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MORTGAGE PORTFOLIO: NOTES RECEIVABLE

 

DECEMBER 31, 2007



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net

 

 

 

Rate

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note

 

 

 

 

 

Carrying

 

Maturity

 

December 31,

 

Name of Property

 

 

 

 

Receivable

 

 

Discount

 

Value

 

Date

 

2007

 


 

 

 

 


 

 


 


 


 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chelsea Village Apartments
Atlantic City, NJ

 

(a)

(1)

 

$

3,875,000

(b)

 

$

337,496

 

$

3,537,504

 

2009

 

10.75

%

 

Pinewood Chase Apartments
Suitland, MD

 

(a)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plaza Village Apartments
Morrisville, PA

 

(a)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Town Oaks Apartments
South Bound Brook, NJ

 

(a)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reisterstown Apartments
Baltimore, MD

 

(a)

(2)

 

 

1,500,000

(b)

 

 

 

 

1,500,000

 

2008

 

13.58

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2323 So. Craycroft Rd.
Tucson, AZ

 

 

(3)

 

 

200,000

 

 

 

 

 

200,000

 

2008

 

7.00

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mark Terrace Associates
Bronx, NY

 

 

(4)

 

 

110,000

 

 

 

 

 

110,000

 

2008

 

11.00

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pinewood I & II
Des Moines, IA

 

 

 

 

 

100,000

 

 

 

 

 

100,000

 

2008

 

12.00

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Virginia Apartment Properties

 

 

(5)

 

 

2,074,994

(b)

 

 

 

 

2,074,994

 

2013

 

13.00

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Various Sold Co-op Apartments

 

 

 

 

 

191,348

(c)

 

 

54,621

 

 

136,727

 

Various

 

Various

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Notes Receivable

 

 

 

 

$

8,051,342

 

 

$

392,117

 

$

7,659,225

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

(a)

These properties collateralize both the $3,875,000 loan and the $1,500,000 loan.

 

 

(b)

These loans were made to various companies that are controlled by David Lichtenstein.

 

Some, but not all, of these loans are guaranteed in whole or in part by Mr. Lichtenstein.

 

 

(c)

Notes received from the sales of cooperative apartments. Interest rates and maturity dates vary in accordance with the terms of each individual note.

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(1)

This note, which was received by the Company in connection with the sale of the Fairfield Towers mortgages in 1999, is collateralized by security interests in the ownership interests in entities that own various properties located in Maryland, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The discount on this note was computed at a rate of 18%. The loan is due in February, 2009, but the Company may require prepayment upon 90 days prior notice. On March 20, 2008, the Company notified the borrower that the loan must be prepaid within 90 days from the date of the notice.

 

 

(2)

In February, 2003, the Company made a $1,500,000 loan collateralized by ownership interests in Reisterstown Square Associates, LLC, which owns Reisterstown Apartments in Baltimore, Maryland, and by a personal guarantee from the borrower. The loan had an annual interest rate of 10.50% until January 31, 2005 and thereafter, the interest rate changed every six months to a rate equal to 800 basis points (825 basis points since July 1, 2005) above the six month LIBOR rate, with a minimum rate of 10.50% per annum. At December 31, 2007, the annual interest rate was 13.58%. The loan matured on January 31, 2008 and was paid in full.

 

 

(3)

In March, 2007, the Company sold its Cambridge Green property in Council Bluffs, Iowa. As part of the sales price, the Company received a $200,000 secured note receivable which matured on March 20, 2008. The note receivable has an interest rate of 7% per annum, payment of which is deferred until maturity. The note is secured by a Deed of Trust on property located at 2323 So. Craycroft Road in Tucson, Arizona. In March, 2008, the Company agreed to extend the maturity date of this loan to December 31, 2008 and received a $25,000 payment of principal and interest.

 

 

(4)

Under the terms of the Mark Terrace note, the borrower had annual options to extend the maturity date from November 29, 2005 to November 29, 2008 at the interest rate of 9.16% per annum until maturity. In 2005 and 2006, the borrower exercised his option to extend the note for one year periods, and the Company received principal payments of $100,000 for each extension. The outstanding principal balance of $110,000 was due on November 29, 2007, and in lieu of another one year extension and a principal payment of $100,000, the Company agreed to extend the maturity of the note to March 31, 2008. The interest rate was increased from 9.16% per annum to 11% per annum. As of December 31, 2007, the note is collateralized by 75 unsold cooperative apartments at the Mark Terrace property. During 2007, the Company received principal payments of $85,000 on the Mark Terrace note.

 

 

(5)

In October, 2003, the Company made a $4,500,000 loan which matures on October 23, 2013 and is collateralized by ownership interests in entities owning nine apartment properties located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The first mortgages on these properties were refinanced and in March, 2006, Presidential received $2,425,006 of net refinancing proceeds in repayment of a portion of its loan principal and $215,750 in payment of the deferred interest to date, leaving an outstanding principal balance of $2,074,994. Under the original terms of the note, upon a refinancing and principal prepayment on the note, the interest rate on the unpaid balance of the note was to be recalculated pursuant to a specific formula. In order to resolve a disagreement over the recalculation of this interest rate, in July, 2006, the Company and the borrower modified the terms of this note. Under the terms of the

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modification, effective January 1, 2006, the interest rate on the note was increased from 11.50% per annum to 13.50% per annum until October 24, 2007 and 13% per annum thereafter until maturity (2% of such interest will be deferred and payable on October 23, 2008, as per the original terms of the note). In addition, the Company will receive additional interest in an amount equal to 27% of any operating cash flow distributed to the borrower and 27% (increased from 25%) of any net proceeds resulting from sales or refinancing of the properties. The Company did not receive any additional interest for 2007.

 

 

(e)

Qualification as a REIT

Since 1982, the Company has operated in a manner intended to permit it to qualify as a REIT under Sections 856 to 860 of the Code. The Company intends to continue to operate in a manner to permit it to qualify as a REIT. However, no assurance can be given that it will be able to continue to operate in such a manner or to remain qualified.

In any year that the Company qualifies as a REIT and meets other conditions, including the distribution to stockholders of at least 90% of its “real estate investment trust taxable income” (excluding long-term capital gains but before a deduction for dividends paid), the Company will be entitled to deduct the distributions that it pays to its stockholders in determining its ordinary income and capital gains that are subject to federal income taxation (see Note 11 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements). Income not distributed is subject to tax at rates applicable to a domestic corporation. In addition, the Company is subject to an excise tax (at a rate of 4%) if the amounts actually or deemed distributed during the year do not meet certain distribution requirements. In order to receive this favorable tax treatment, the Company must restrict its operations to those activities that are permitted under the Code and to restrict itself to the holding of assets that a REIT is permitted to hold.

No assurance can be given that the Company will continue to be taxed as a REIT; that distributions will be maintained at the current rate; that the Company will have sufficient cash to pay dividends in order to maintain REIT status or that it will be able to make cash distributions in the future. In addition, even if the Company continues to qualify as a REIT, the Board of Directors has the discretion to determine whether or not to distribute long-term capital gains and other types of income not required to be distributed in order to maintain REIT tax treatment.

 

 

(f)

Relationship with Ivy Properties, Ltd.

The Company holds nonrecourse purchase money notes receivable from Ivy Properties, Ltd. and its affiliates (“Ivy”) relating to loans made to Ivy in connection with Ivy’s former cooperative conversion business, or as a result of a settlement of disputes between Ivy and the Company, all of which transactions and settlement negotiations occurred between 1989 and 1996. At December 31, 2007, the notes receivable from Ivy had a carrying amount of zero and an outstanding principal balance of $4,770,050 (the “Consolidated Loans”). These notes were received by the Company in 1991 in exchange for nonrecourse loans that had been previously written off by the Company. Accordingly, these notes were recorded at zero except for a small portion of the notes that was adequately secured and was repaid in 2002.

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Ivy is owned by Thomas Viertel, Steven Baruch and Jeffrey Joseph (the “Ivy Principals”), who are the sole partners of Pdl Partnership, which owns 198,735 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock. As a result of the ownership of these shares and 27,601 aggregate additional shares of Class A common stock owned individually by the Ivy Principals, Pdl Partnership and the Ivy Principals have beneficial ownership of an aggregate of approximately 48% of the outstanding shares of Class A common stock of the Company, which class of stock is entitled to elect two-thirds of the Board of Directors of the Company. By reason of such beneficial ownership, the Ivy Principals are in a position substantially to control elections of the Board of Directors of the Company. In addition, these three officers own an aggregate of 211,477 shares of the Company’s Class B common stock.

Jeffrey Joseph is the Chief Executive Officer, the President and a Director of Presidential. Thomas Viertel, an Executive Vice President and the Chief Financial Officer of Presidential, is the nephew of Robert E. Shapiro, Chairman of the Board of Directors and a former President of Presidential. Steven Baruch, an Executive Vice President and a Director of Presidential, is the cousin of Robert E. Shapiro.

Since 1996, the Ivy Principals have made payments on the Consolidated Loans in an amount equal to 25% of the operating cash flow (after provision for certain reserves) of Scorpio Entertainment, Inc. (“Scorpio”), a company owned by two of the Ivy Principals to carry on theatrical productions. Amounts received by Presidential from Scorpio are applied to unpaid and unaccrued interest on the Consolidated Loans and recognized as income. The Company anticipates that these amounts may be material from time to time. However, the profitability of theatrical productions is by its nature uncertain and management believes that any estimate of payments from Scorpio on the Consolidated Loans for future periods is too speculative to project. During 2007 and 2006, Presidential received $256,000 and $186,500, respectively, of interest payments on the Consolidated Loans. The Consolidated Loans bear interest at a rate equal to the JP Morgan Chase Prime rate, which was 7.25% at December 31, 2007. At December 31, 2007, the unpaid and unaccrued interest was $3,420,554 and such interest is not compounded.

Any transactions relating to or otherwise involving Ivy and the Ivy Principals were and remain subject to the approval by a committee of three members of the Board of Directors with no affiliations with the owners of Ivy.

See Note 4 and 22 of Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information on transactions with related parties. For further historical information about the loan transactions with Ivy, reference is made to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003.

 

 

(g)

Competition

The real estate business is highly competitive in all respects. In attempting to expand its portfolio of owned properties, the Company will be in competition with other potential purchasers for properties and sources of financing, most of whom will be larger and have greater financial resources than the Company. In addition, in attempting to make loans secured by interests in real estate, the Company may be competing with other real estate lenders who may be willing to make loans at more favorable rates. As a result of such competition, there can be no assurance that the Company will

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be able to obtain opportunities for new investments at attractive rates of return.

 

 

ITEM 2.

DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY

As of December 31, 2007, the Company had an ownership interest in 154 apartment units and 619,500 square feet of commercial, industrial and professional space, all of which are carried on its balance sheet at $16,206,292 (net of accumulated depreciation of $4,834,757). The Company has mortgage debt on the majority of these properties in the aggregate principal amount of $18,916,944, all of which is nonrecourse to Presidential with the exception of $1,101,578 secured by a mortgage on the Building Industries Center property and $99,619 secured by a mortgage on the Mapletree Industrial Center property. At December 31, 2007, mortgage debt on the consolidated balance sheet was $18,868,690, which has been discounted by $48,254 to reflect the fair value of the Hato Rey Partnership mortgage as a result of the consolidation of the partnership.

The Company is the general partner of the Hato Rey Partnership and had an aggregate 33% general and limited partner interest in the Hato Rey Partnership at December 31, 2005. During 2006, the Company purchased an additional 1% and 25% limited partnership interest. At December 31, 2006, Presidential and PDL, Inc. owned an aggregate 59% general and limited partner interest. In January, 2007, the Company purchased an additional 1% limited partnership interest for a purchase price of $53,694. At December 31, 2007, Presidential and PDL, Inc. owned an aggregate 60% general and limited partner interest in the Hato Rey Partnership.

The Hato Rey partnership owns and operates the Hato Rey Center, an office building with 209,000 square feet of commercial space, located in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico.

Prior to the purchase of the additional 25% limited partnership interest in 2006, the Company accounted for its investment in this partnership under the equity method. As a result of the purchase of the additional 25% limited partnership interest at December 31, 2006, the Company owns the majority of the partnership interests in the partnership, is the general partner of the partnership, and exercises effective control over the partnership through its ability to manage the affairs of the partnership in the ordinary course of business.

The purchases of the additional 25% limited partnership interest in 2006 and the 1% limited partnership interest in 2007, were recorded as partial step acquisitions in accordance with the provisions of Accounting Research Bulletin (“ARB”) No. 51, “Consolidated Financial Statements”, and Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 141, “Business Combinations”.

At December 31, 2006, the Company consolidated the Hato Rey Partnership on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet. The results of operations of the Hato Rey Partnership were not consolidated on the Company’s consolidated statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2006 because the Company only had a 34% ownership interest in the partnership during the year and, accordingly, the Company’s share of the loss from the partnership for 2006 was recorded in Equity in the loss from partnership, under the equity method of accounting.

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For the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company consolidated the results of operations of the Hato Rey Partnership on the Company’s consolidated statement of operations and recorded a loss from the partnership of $521,102 of which $208,441 was attributable to the minority partners’ 40% interest. See Management’s Discussion and Analysis or Plan of Operation – Hato Rey Partnership and Note 8 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

Included in the 154 apartment units owned by Presidential are 49 cooperative apartment units. Although it may from time to time sell individual or groups of these apartments, Presidential intends to continue to hold them as rental apartments.

The chart below lists the Company’s properties as of December 31, 2007.

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REAL ESTATE

  Rentable
Space (approx.)
Average
Vacancy
Rate
Percent
2007
Gross Amount of Real Estate
At December 31, 2007
Accumulated
Depreciation
December 31,
2007
Net Amount of
Real Estate
At
December 31,
2007
Mortgage
Balance
December 31,
2007
Maturity
Date
Interest
Rate

Land Buildings
and
Improvements
Total

Property


Residential

   
     
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
    Apartment Building                                                            
Crown Court, New Haven, CT   (1) 105 Apt. Units & 2,000
sq.ft. of comml. space
  (2)   (Net Lease)   $ 168,000   $ 3,135,926   $ 3,303,926   $ 2,888,400   $ 415,526   $ 2,174,747   November, 2021   7.00 %
  
    Individual Cooperative Apartments                                                            
  
Towne House, New Rochelle, NY     42 Apt. Units   (2)   1.98 %   81,204     642,335     723,539     203,516     520,023              
  
Various Cooperative Apartments, NY & CT     7 Apt. Units   (2)   0.26 %   14,313     89,508     103,821     22,844     80,977              
  
Commercial Buildings                                                            
  
Building Industries Center, White Plains, NY     23,500 sq.ft.       0.18 %   61,328     1,330,555     1,391,883     1,138,440     253,443     1,101,578 (4) January, 2009   5.45 %
  
Mapletree Industrial Center, Palmer, MA     385,000 sq.ft.       5.45 %   79,100     784,839     863,939     237,428     626,511     99,619   June, 2011   8.25 %
  
The Hato Rey Center, Hato Rey, PR     209,000 sq.ft.   (3)   34.96 %   1,905,985     12,747,956     14,653,941     344,129     14,309,812     15,492,746 (5) May, 2028   7.38 %
                 
 
         
                  $ 2,309,930   $ 18,731,119   $ 21,041,049   $ 4,834,757   $ 16,206,292   $ 18,868,690          
                 
 
         

 

 

(1)

The Crown Court property is subject to a long-term net lease containing an option to purchase in 2009.

 

 

(2)

Typically apartment units range from one bedroom/bath units to two bedroom/two bath units and rentable areas range from 517 square feet to 827 square feet.

 

 

(3)

The Hato Rey Center property and its related mortgage have been recorded at fair value for the partial step acquisitions in accordance with ARB No. 51 and SFAS No. 141 (see above).

 

 

(4)

This mortgage amortizes monthly with a balloon payment due at maturity.

 

 

(5)

See The Hato Rey Center - Hato Rey, Puerto Rico below.

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Crown Court – New Haven, Connecticut

The Crown Court property is subject to a long-term net lease with an option to purchase which is exercisable only in April, 2009. The option purchase price is $1,635,000 over the outstanding principal mortgage balance at the date of the exercise of the option. If the purchase option is exercised on the option date, it is estimated that the Company’s gain from sale would be approximately $3,000,000.

Mapletree Industrial Center – Palmer, Massachusetts

The Company is involved in an environmental remediation process for contaminated soil found on its property. In the fourth quarter of 2006, the Company accrued a $1,000,000 liability, which was discounted by $145,546, and charged $854,454 to expense. In addition to the $854,454 charged to operations for environmental expense, the Company incurred costs of $225,857 for environmental site testing and removal of soil. The total amounts charged to operations for environmental expense for 2006 were $1,080,311. In 2007, the Company incurred environmental expenses of $41,493 for further excavation and testing of the site. See Management’s Discussion and Analysis or Plan of Operation – Environmental Matters and Note 12 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

The Hato Rey Center – Hato Rey, Puerto Rico

During 2005 and 2006, three tenants at the Hato Rey Center vacated a total of 82,387 square feet of office space at the expiration of their leases in order to take occupancy of their own newly constructed office buildings. As a result, at December 31, 2006, the vacancy rate at the property was approximately 45%. In 2006, the Hato Rey Partnership began a program of repairs and improvements to the property and since that time has spent approximately $795,000 to upgrade the physical condition and appearance of the property. Management believes that the improvement program, which was substantially completed by the end of 2007, has brought the building up to modern standards for office buildings in the area and that vacancy rates will over time decrease. At December 31, 2007, the vacancy rate had been reduced to 31%.

In 2005, the Company agreed to lend up to $2,000,000 to the Hato Rey Partnership to pay for the cost of improvements to the building and fund any negative cash flows from the operation of the property. The loan, which was advanced from time to time as funds were needed, bears interest at the rate of 11% per annum, with interest and principal to be paid out of the first positive cash flow from the property or upon a refinancing of the first mortgage on the property. In September, 2007, the Company agreed to lend an additional $500,000 to the Hato Rey Partnership under the same terms as the original $2,000,000 agreement, except that the interest rate on the additional $500,000 would be at the rate of 13% per annum and that the interest rate on the entire loan would be increased to 13% per annum to the extent that the loan is not repaid in May, 2008. At December 31, 2007, the Company had advanced $1,999,275 to the Hato Rey Partnership. The $1,999,275 loan and the accrued interest of $235,239 have been eliminated in consolidation.

The first mortgage loan on the Hato Rey Center property is due on May 11, 2028 but provides that if it is not repaid on or before May 11, 2008, the interest rate on the loan will be increased by two percentage points (to

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9.38% per annum of which 2% per annum is deferred until maturity) and all cash flow from the property, after payment of all operating expenses, will be applied to pay down the outstanding principal balance of the loan. The outstanding principal balance of the loan on May 11, 2008 will be approximately $15,445,000. The Company is attempting to refinance the existing first mortgage but has not yet obtained a commitment to do so. Failure to repay the existing mortgage loan on May 11, 2008 does not constitute a default under the loan.

The net amount of real estate of the Hato Rey Center of $14,309,812 at December 31, 2007, constitutes more than 10% of the assets of the Company. The following additional information is provided for this property:

1) The occupancy rate at the building at December 31, 2007 was 69% and included one tenant who occupied more than 10% of the building’s square footage. This tenant is a Puerto Rico governmental agency that is responsible for the monitoring, evaluating and approval of college courses. The tenant’s lease term is for five years with a monthly base rent of $35,012 for the 22,113 square feet it occupies.

2) In addition to governmental agencies, the Hato Rey Center is occupied by many professionals including accountants, attorneys, engineers and computer consultants. The average effective annual rent per square foot at the building is $21.40.

3) The following is a schedule of lease expirations at the Hato Rey Center for the next ten years:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of
Tenants Whose
Leases Will
Expire

 

Total
Square
Feet
Expiring

 

Annual
Rental

 

Percentage
of Gross
Annual
Rental

 

 

 


 


 


 


 

2008

 

35

 

 

 

42,259

 

$

941,161

 

30.66

%

 

2009

 

32

 

 

 

25,139

 

 

518,718

 

16.90

 

 

2010

 

35

 

 

 

39,326

 

 

850,969

 

27.73

 

 

2011

 

3

 

 

 

8,934

 

 

188,434

 

6.14

 

 

2012

 

4

 

 

 

24,534

 

 

471,084

 

15.35

 

 

2013

 

None

 

 

 

None

 

 

None

 

None

 

 

2014

 

1

 

 

 

3,000

 

 

98,950

 

3.22

 

 

2015-2017

 

None

 

 

 

None

 

 

None

 

None

 

 

 

 


 

 



 



 


 

 

 

 

110

 

 

 

143,192

 

$

3,069,316

 

100.00

%

 

 

 


 

 



 



 


 

 

4) The federal tax basis at December 31, 2007 for the Hato Rey Center building and its improvements was $4,200,149. Depreciation is provided on the straight-line method over the assets’ estimated useful lives, which is 31-1/2 years for the building and which range from 5 to 20 years for the improvements.

5) The real estate tax rate is 8.83% and annual real estate taxes for the property were $280,544 for 2007. There is not expected to be any increase in the taxes due to any proposed improvements.

Other Matters

In the opinion of management, all of the Company’s properties are adequately covered by insurance in accordance with normal insurance practices. All real estate owned by the Company is owned in fee simple with title generally

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insured for the benefit of the Company by reputable title insurance companies.

The mortgages on the Company’s properties have fixed rates of interest and amortize monthly with the exception of the Building Industries Center mortgage, which has a balloon payment of $1,072,906 due at maturity in January, 2009, and the Hato Rey Center mortgage described above.

During 2004 and 2005, Presidential invested in and made loans to various entities that own and operate shopping center malls throughout the United States. In addition to interest payable on the loans at the rate of 11% per annum, the Company also received a 29% ownership interest in these various entities (see Description of Business – Investments in and Advances to Joint Ventures above). Presidential accounts for these investments in and advances to joint ventures under the equity method. At December 31, 2007, investments in and advances to joint ventures was $4,923,201.

 

 

ITEM 3.

LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

 

 

None.

 

 

 

ITEM 4.

SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

 

 

None.

 

PART II

 

 

ITEM 5.

MARKET FOR COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND SMALL BUSINESS ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES


 

 

(a)

The principal market for the Company’s Class A and Class B Common Stock is the American Stock Exchange (ticker symbols PDL A and PDL B). The high and low prices for the stock on such principal exchange for each quarterly period during the past two years, and the per share dividends declared per quarter, are as follows:


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stock Prices

 

Dividends
Paid Per
Share on
Class A
and Class B

 

 

 


 

 

 

 


Class A

 

Class B

 

 

 

 


 


 

 

 

 

High

 

Low

 

High

 

Low

 

 

 

 


 


 


 


 


 

 

Calendar 2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

First Quarter

 

$

8.30

 

$

7.94

 

$

7.80

 

$

6.45

 

 

$

.16

 

 

Second Quarter

 

 

8.00

 

 

7.05

 

 

7.35

 

 

6.20

 

 

 

.16

 

 

Third Quarter

 

 

7.25

 

 

6.80

 

 

7.38

 

 

6.60

 

 

 

.16

 

 

Fourth Quarter

 

 

7.15

 

 

6.90

 

 

7.20

 

 

6.51

 

 

 

.16

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Calendar 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

First Quarter

 

$

8.00

 

$

7.30

 

$

7.99

 

$

7.00

 

 

$

.16

 

 

Second Quarter

 

 

8.15

 

 

7.55

 

 

8.05

 

 

7.01

 

 

 

.16

 

 

Third Quarter

 

 

7.70

 

 

6.38

 

 

7.25

 

 

6.05

 

 

 

.16

 

 

Fourth Quarter

 

 

6.60

 

 

5.90

 

 

6.90

 

 

5.55

 

 

 

.16

 

 


 

 

(b)

The number of record holders for the Company’s Common Stock at December 31, 2007 was 96 for Class A and 477 for Class B.

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(c)

Under the Code, a REIT which meets certain requirements is not subject to Federal income tax on that portion of its taxable income which is distributed to its shareholders, if at least 90% of its “real estate investment trust taxable income” (exclusive of capital gains) is so distributed. Since January 1, 1982, the Company has elected to be taxed as a REIT and has paid regular quarterly cash distributions. No assurance can be given that the Company will continue to be taxed as a REIT, or that the Company will have sufficient cash to pay dividends in order to maintain REIT status. See Item 1. - Business - Qualification as a REIT above.

 

 

(d)

The following table sets forth certain information as of December 31, 2007, relating to the Company’s 2005 Restricted Stock Plan, which was approved by security holders (the Company has no other equity compensation plans):


 

 

 

 

 

Number of
securities
to be issued
upon exercise
of outstanding
options, warrants
and rights

Weighted average
exercise price of
outstanding options,
warrants and
rights

Number of
securities
remaining
available
for future
issuance
under equity
compensation
plans
(excluding
securities
reflected in
column (a))

 

 

 

 

 

            (a)

            (b)

         (c)

 

          None

          None

      53,500

(e) The following table sets forth the purchases by the Company of its equity securities during calendar year 2007. The Company does not have a publicly announced plan or program for such purchases. The purchases were made after the Company was approached by individual shareholders. The table only lists the months in 2007 when such purchases were made.

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Small Business Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(b)
Average
price
paid per
share
(or unit)

 

(c)
Total number
of shares
(or units)
purchased as
part of
publicly
announced
plans or
programs

 

(d)
Maximum
number (or
approximate
dollar value)
of shares
(or units)
that may yet be
purchased under
the plans or
programs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(a)
Total number of
shares (or units)
purchased

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

Period

 

Class A

 

Class B

 

 

 

 


 


 


 


 


 


 

February

 

 

774

 

 

 

 

$

7.60

 

 

None

 

 

None

 

February

 

 

 

 

 

3,870

 

 

7.47

 

 

None

 

 

None

 

March

 

 

 

 

 

7,658

 

 

8.07

 

 

None

 

 

None

 

April

 

 

 

 

 

10,000

 (1)

 

7.00

 

 

None

 

 

None

 

July

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

6.70

 

 

None

 

 

None

 

July

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

7.25

 

 

None

 

 

None

 

August

 

 

 

 

 

104

 

 

7.19

 

 

None

 

 

None

 

September

 

 

4,500

 

 

 

 

 

6.58

 

 

None

 

 

None

 

September

 

 

 

 

 

6,500

 (1)

 

6.15

 

 

None

 

 

None

 

 

 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,275

 

 

28,133

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1) The 10,000 shares purchased in April and 6,000 shares purchased in September were purchased from a director of the Company at a price below market.

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ITEM 6.

MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OR PLAN OF OPERATION

Overview

Presidential Realty Corporation is taxed for federal income tax purposes as a real estate investment trust. Presidential owns real estate directly and through partnerships and joint ventures and makes loans secured by interests in real estate.

          Investments in and Advances to Joint Ventures

At December 31, 2007, the Company’s investments in and advances to joint ventures were $4,923,201. In the fourth quarter of 2007, the joint venture entities recorded an impairment loss of approximately $75,994,000 on four of the nine mall properties owned by the entities. The Company’s 29% share of the impairment loss was approximately $22,038,000. However, because the recording of losses is limited to the extent of the Company’s investment in and advances to joint ventures, the Company recorded an impairment loss of $8,370,725. Subsequent to year end, Lightstone III defaulted on payments of interest on the Company’s $9,500,000 mezzanine loan relating to the Macon/Burlington Malls. In addition, Lightstone III also defaulted on payments of interest due on a portion of the first mortgage loan secured by those properties. In light of these defaults, the Company may not receive the repayment of its $9,500,000 loan, which could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects. The managing member has informed the Company that it is attempting to negotiate an agreement with the first mortgagee, which would include, among other things, a possible two year deferment of interest payments on all outstanding indebtedness. The Company is entitled to receive annual interest payments of $1,059,514 on its $9,500,000 loan. The carrying value for this investment was reduced to zero at December 31, 2007.

          Hato Rey Partnership

PDL, Inc. (a wholly owned subsidiary of Presidential) is the general partner of PDL, Inc. and Associates Limited Co-Partnership (the “Hato Rey Partnership”). The Hato Rey Partnership owns and operates the Hato Rey Center, an office building in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico.

In January, 2007, the Company purchased an additional 1% limited partnership interest and recorded the purchase as a partial step acquisition in accordance with the provisions of Accounting Research Bulletin (“ARB”) No. 51, “Consolidated Financial Statements”, and Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 141, “Business Combinations”. At December 31, 2007, Presidential and PDL, Inc. owned an aggregate 60% general and limited partner interest in the Hato Rey Partnership.

For the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company consolidated the results of operations of the Hato Rey Partnership on the Company’s consolidated statement of operations. The Hato Rey Partnership had a loss of $521,102 for 2007. The minority partners have no basis in their investment in the Hato Rey Partnership, and as a result, the Company is required to record the minority partners’ 40% share of the loss which was $208,441. Therefore, the Company recorded 100% of the loss from the partnership of $521,102 in the Company’s consolidated financial statements. Future earnings of the Hato Rey Partnership, should they materialize, will be recorded by the Company up to

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the amount of the losses previously absorbed that were applicable to the minority partners.

          Other Investments

At December 31, 2006, the Company had $2,000,000 invested with Broadway Real Estate Partners, LLC (“Broadway Partners”). During 2007, the Company received repayment of $1,000,000 from these investments and the balance invested at December 31, 2007 is $1,000,000. In addition, the Company received a distribution from Broadway Partners from the proceeds of sales in the amount of $537,087, which was recorded in investment income. These investments are accounted for by the Company under the cost method.

          Discontinued Operations

In March 2007, the Company completed the sale of its Cambridge Green Apartments in Council Bluffs, Iowa. The net proceeds of the sale were $664,780, which included a $200,000 secured note receivable from the buyer that matures in one year and has a 7% per annum interest rate. The net cash proceeds of sale were $464,780.

In June, 2007, the Company sold a cooperative apartment unit located in New Haven, Connecticut for a sales price of $125,000 and the net cash proceeds of sale were $117,224.

Critical Accounting Policies

In preparing the consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”), management is required to make estimates and assumptions that affect the financial statements and disclosures. These estimates require difficult, complex and subjective judgments. Management has discussed with the Company’s Audit Committee the implementation of the critical accounting policies described below and the estimates required with respect to such policies.

          Real Estate

Real estate is carried at cost, net of accumulated depreciation and amortization. Additions and improvements are capitalized and repairs and maintenance are charged to rental property operating expenses as incurred. Depreciation is generally provided on the straight-line method over the estimated useful life of the asset. The useful life of each property, as well as the allocation of the costs associated with a property to its various components, requires estimates by management. If management incorrectly estimates the allocation of those costs or incorrectly estimates the useful lives of its real estate, depreciation expense may be miscalculated.

The Company reviews each of its properties for impairment if events or changes in circumstances warrant. If impairment were to occur, the property would be written down to its estimated fair value. The Company assesses the recoverability of their investment in real estate based on undiscounted cash flow estimates. The future estimated cash flows of a property are based on current rental revenues and operating expenses, as well as the current local economic climate of the property. Considerable judgment is required in making these estimates and changes in these estimates could cause the estimated cash flows to change and an impairment could occur. As of December

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31, 2007, the Company’s net real estate was carried at $16,206,292. During 2007, no impairment loss was recorded on any of these properties.

          Investments in Joint Ventures

The Company has equity investments in joint ventures and accounts for these investments using the equity method of accounting. These investments are recorded at cost and adjusted for the Company’s share of each entity’s income or loss and adjusted for cash contributions or distributions. Real estate held by such entities is reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be recoverable, and is written down to its estimated fair value if an impairment was determined to exist. During 2007, impairments of $75,994,000 were recorded by the joint ventures on four of these properties.

          Purchase Accounting

In 2006 and 2007, the Company acquired an additional 25% and 1% limited partnership interest in the Hato Rey Partnership, respectively.

The Company allocated the fair value of acquired tangible and intangible assets and assumed liabilities based on their estimated fair values in accordance with the provisions of ARB No. 51 and SFAS No. 141, as a partial step acquisition. Building and improvements are depreciated on the straight-line method over thirty-nine years. In-place lease values are amortized to expense over the terms of the related tenant leases. Above and below market lease values are amortized as a reduction of, or an increase to, rental revenue over the remaining term of each lease. Mortgage discount is amortized to mortgage interest expense over the remaining term of the mortgage using the interest method. No gain or goodwill was recognized on the recording of the acquisitions of the 25% or the 1% additional interest in the Hato Rey Partnership.

          Mortgage Portfolio

The Company evaluates the collectibility of both accrued interest and principal on its $8,051,342 mortgage portfolio to determine whether there are any impaired loans. If a mortgage loan were considered to be impaired, the Company would establish a valuation allowance equal to the difference between a) the carrying value of the loan, and b) the present value of the expected cash flows from the loan at its effective interest rate, or at the estimated fair value of the real estate collateralizing the loan. Although a loan modification could be an indicator of a possible impairment, the Company has in the past, and may in the future, modify loans for business purposes and not as a result of debtor financial difficulties. Income on impaired loans is recognized only as cash is received. All loans are current as to payment of principal and interest according to their terms, as modified, and no loans have been classified as impaired.

          Rental Revenue Recognition

The Company recognizes rental revenue on the straight-line basis from the later of the date of the commencement of the lease or the date of acquisition of the property subject to existing leases, which averages minimum rents over the terms of the leases. Certain leases require the tenants to reimburse a pro rata share of real estate taxes, utilities and maintenance costs.

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          Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

Management assesses the collectibility of amounts due from tenants and other receivables, using indicators such as past-due accounts, the nature and age of the receivable, the payment history and the ability of the tenant or debtor to meet its payment obligations. Management’s estimate of allowances for doubtful accounts is subject to revision as these factors change. Rental revenue is recorded on the accrual method and rental revenue recognition is generally discontinued when the tenant in occupancy is delinquent for ninety days or more. Bad debt expense is charged for vacated tenant accounts and subsequent receipts collected for those receivables will reduce bad debt expense. At December 31, 2007, other receivables, net of an allowance for doubtful accounts of $147,065, were $370,004. For the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006, bad debt expense for continuing operations relating to tenant obligations was $23,325 and $6,598, respectively.

          Pension Plans

The Company maintains a qualified Defined Benefit Pension Plan, which covers substantially all of its employees. The plan provides for monthly retirement benefits commencing at age 65. The Company makes annual contributions that meet the minimum funding requirements and the maximum contribution levels under the Internal Revenue Code. The Company was not required to make any contributions to the plan in 2007 for the 2007 tax year. There are no required contributions for 2008. Net periodic benefit costs for the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006 were $118,940 and $326,972, respectively. The projected benefit obligation at December 31, 2007 was $7,860,349 and the fair value of the plan assets was $8,232,291. At December 31, 2007 and 2006, the discount rate used in computing the projected benefit obligation was 6.24% and 5.72%, respectively. The expected rate of return on plan assets was 7% for both years. Management regularly reviews the plan assets, the actuarial assumptions and the expected rate of return. Changes in actuarial assumptions, interest rates or changes in the fair value of the plan assets can materially affect the benefit obligation, the required funding and the benefit costs.

In addition, the Company has contractual retirement agreements with certain active and retired officers providing for unfunded pension benefits. The Company accrues on an actuarial basis the estimated costs of these benefits during the years the employee provides services. The benefits generally provide for annual payments in specified amounts for each participant for life, commencing upon retirement, with an annual cost of living increase. Benefits paid for the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006 were $469,575 and $480,402, respectively. Benefit costs for the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006 were $508,713 and $481,879, respectively. The projected contractual pension benefit obligation at December 31, 2007 was $1,409,448. At December 31, 2007 and 2006, the discount rate used in computing the projected benefit obligation was 6.00% and 5.72%, respectively. Changes in interest rates and actuarial assumptions, amendments to the plan and life expectancies could materially affect benefit costs and the contractual accumulated pension benefit obligation.

          Fourth Floor Management Corp. Profit Sharing Plan

In 2006, Fourth Floor Management Corp., a 100% owned subsidiary of Presidential Realty Corporation that manages the Company’s properties,

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adopted a profit sharing plan for substantially all of its employees. The profit sharing plan became effective as of January 1, 2006, and the plan provides for annual contributions up to a maximum of 5% of the employees annual compensation. The Company made a $9,140 contribution to the plan in February, 2008 for the 2007 plan year and a $10,937 contribution to the plan in January, 2007 for the 2006 plan year. Contributions are charged to general and administrative expense.

          Income Taxes

The Company operates in a manner intended to enable it to continue to qualify as a Real Estate Investment Trust (“REIT”) under Sections 856 to 860 of the Code. Under those sections, a REIT which meets certain requirements is not subject to Federal income tax on that portion of its taxable income which is distributed to its shareholders, if at least 90% of its REIT taxable income (exclusive of capital gains) is so distributed. As a result of its ordinary tax loss for 2007, there is no requirement to make a distribution in 2008. In addition, although no assurances can be given, the Company currently expects that it will not have to pay Federal income taxes for 2007 because the Company will apply its 2007 distributions and a portion of its 2006 loss carryforward to reduce its 2007 taxable income to zero. Accordingly, no provision for income taxes has been made at December 31, 2007. If the Company failed to distribute the required amounts of income to its shareholders, or otherwise fails to meet the REIT requirements, it would fail to qualify as a REIT and substantial adverse tax consequences could result.

          Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes

On January 1, 2007, the Company adopted the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Interpretation No. 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes, an Interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109” (“FIN 48”). If the Company’s tax positions in relation to certain transactions were examined and were not ultimately upheld, the Company would be required to pay an income tax assessment and related interest, or a deficiency dividend and related interest, for prior years. Should such an assessment require the Company to pay a deficiency dividend in order to continue to qualify as a REIT, the Company would pay the deficiency dividend to its shareholders and the related interest assessment to the taxing authorities.

Upon adoption of FIN 48 the Company recorded a reduction to the January 1, 2007 balance of retained earnings of $460,800 for accrued interest for prior years related to the tax positions for which the Company may be required to pay a deficiency dividend. In addition, for the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company recorded interest expense of $356,780 for the interest related to these matters. The Company recognized this interest expense in general and administrative expenses in its consolidated statements of operations. As of December 31, 2007, the Company had accrued $817,580 of interest related to these matters, which is included in accrued liabilities in its consolidated balance sheet. As of December 31, 2007, the tax years that remain open to examination by the federal, state and local taxing authorities are the 2004 – 2006 tax years.

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Results of Operations

           2007 vs 2006

The table below is the results of operations for the Company for the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006. For the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company consolidated 100% of the results of operations of the Hato Rey Partnership. For the year ended December 31, 2006, the Hato Rey Partnership was not consolidated on the Company’s consolidated statement of operations. The Company recorded its share of the loss from operations from the Hato Rey Partnership under the equity method of accounting and, accordingly, the loss was recorded in the equity in the loss from partnership. The table also segregates for analysis purposes the results of operations of the Hato Rey Partnership for the year ended December 31, 2007.

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Year Ended December 31,

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

 

 


 


 

 

 

Before
Consolidation
of the Hato Rey
Partnership

 

Hato Rey
Partnership (1)

 

Eliminations
(2)

 

Total

 

Total

 

 

 


 


 


 


 


 

Revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rental

 

 

$

2,575,400

 

 

 

$

3,448,158

 

 

 

($

157,572

)

 

$

5,865,986

 

$

2,237,691

 

Interest on mortgages - notes receivable

 

 

 

1,187,047

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,187,047

 

 

1,295,040

 

Interest on mortgages - notes receivable - related parties

 

 

 

267,575

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

267,575

 

 

207,875

 

Other revenues

 

 

 

276,662

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(262,891

)

 

 

13,771

 

 

162,845

 

 

 

 



 

 

 



 

 

 



 

 



 



 

Total

 

 

 

4,306,684

 

 

 

 

3,448,158

 

 

 

 

(420,463

)

 

 

7,334,379

 

 

3,903,451

 

 

 

 



 

 

 



 

 

 



 

 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Costs and Expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

General and administrative

 

 

 

4,166,148

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(157,572

)

 

 

4,008,576

 

 

3,494,920

 

Depreciation on non-rental property

 

 

 

31,620

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

31,620

 

 

19,814

 

Rental property:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating expenses

 

 

 

1,313,940

 

 

 

 

2,132,092

 

 

 

 

(451,169

)

 

 

2,994,863

 

 

2,271,448

 

Interest on mortgage debt

 

 

 

335,285

 

 

 

 

1,172,953

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,508,238

 

 

232,802

 

Real estate taxes

 

 

 

344,532

 

 

 

 

280,544

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

625,076

 

 

335,702

 

Depreciation on real estate

 

 

 

126,345

 

 

 

 

357,456

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

483,801

 

 

132,924

 

Amortization of in-place lease values and mortgage costs

 

 

 

308,605

 

 

 

 

56,486

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

365,091

 

 

11,525

 

 

 

 



 

 

 



 

 

 



 

 



 



 

Total

 

 

 

6,626,475

 

 

 

 

3,999,531

 

 

 

 

(608,741

)

 

 

10,017,265

 

 

6,499,135

 

 

 

 



 

 

 



 

 

 



 

 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other Income (Loss):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investment income

 

 

 

780,785

 

 

 

 

30,271

 

 

 

 

(193,967

)

 

 

617,089

 

 

354,270

 

Equity in the loss from joint ventures

 

 

 

(10,084,207

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(10,084,207

)

 

(2,083,113

)

Equity in the loss from partnership

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(227,510

)

 

 

 



 

 

 



 

 

 



 

 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loss before minority interest

 

 

 

(11,623,213

)

 

 

 

(521,102

)

 

 

 

(5,689

)

 

 

(12,150,004

)

 

(4,552,037

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Minority interest

 

 

 

(2,194

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2,194

)

 

(7,163

)

 

 

 



 

 

 



 

 

 



 

 



 



 

Loss from continuing operations

 

 

 

(11,625,407

)

 

 

 

(521,102

)

 

 

 

(5,689

)

 

 

(12,152,198

)

 

(4,559,200

)

 

 

 



 

 

 



 

 

 



 

 



 



 

 

Discontinued Operations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loss from discontinued operations

 

 

 

(99,072

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,689

 

 

 

(93,383

)

 

(317,757

)

Net gain from sales of discontinued operations

 

 

 

735,705

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

735,705

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 



 

 

 



 

 



 



 

Total income (loss) from discontinued operations

 

 

 

636,633

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,689

 

 

 

642,322

 

 

(317,757

)

 

 

 



 

 

 



 

 

 



 

 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Loss

 

 

($

10,988,774

)

 

 

($

521,102

)

 

 

$

 

 

($

11,509,876

)

($

4,876,957

)

 

 

 



 

 

 



 

 

 



 

 



 



 


 

 

(1)

Included in the $521,102 net loss from the Hato Rey Partnership is $208,441 for the minority partners’ 40% share of the loss.

 

 

(2)

Represents intercompany transactions that are eliminated in consolidation.

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Continuing Operations:

Revenues increased by $3,430,928 primarily as a result of increases in rental revenues and in interest income on mortgages-notes receivable-related parties, partially offset by decreases in interest income on mortgages–notes receivable and in other revenues.

Rental revenues increased by $3,628,295 primarily due to the consolidation of the Hato Rey Partnership, which increased rental revenues by $3,427,578 (after the elimination of $20,580 of intercompany revenues). In addition, rental revenues increased at the majority of the other rental properties, including a $101,313 increase at the Mapletree Industrial Center property as a result of increased occupancy rates.

Interest on mortgages–notes receivable decreased by $107,993 primarily as a result of repayments on notes receivable received in 2006.

Interest on mortgages-notes receivable-related parties increased by $59,700 primarily as a result of an increase of $69,500 in payments of interest received on the Consolidated Loans. Payments received on the Consolidated Loans fluctuate because they are based on the cash flows of Scorpio Entertainment, Inc. (see Liquidity and Capital Resources – Consolidated Loans below).

Other revenues decreased by $149,074 primarily as a result of reduced fees of $148,108 earned by the Company’s management company for third party owned properties, including primarily the Hato Rey Partnership. As a result of the consolidation of the Hato Rey Partnership in 2007, such fees were eliminated.

Costs and expenses increased by $3,518,130 primarily due to the consolidation of the Hato Rey Partnership, which increased rental property expenses, and increases in general and administrative expenses.

General and administrative expenses increased by $513,656 primarily due to interest expense of $356,780 for the accrual, in accordance with FIN 48, of interest related to tax positions for which the Company may be required to pay a deficiency dividend. In addition, professional fees increased by $274,109 and salary expense increased by $88,059. The increased salary expense was primarily a result of the vesting of restricted stock, which was charged to salary expense in 2007. These increases were partially offset by a $208,032 decrease in the defined benefit plan expense.

Rental property operating expenses increased by $723,415 primarily as a result of the $1,757,252 of operating expenses (after the elimination of $374,840 in intercompany expenses) from the consolidation of the Hato Rey Partnership. This increase was partially offset by a $1,037,197 decrease in environmental expenses at the Mapletree Industrial Center property. During the 2006 period, the Company recorded $1,080,311 for environmental site testing and removal of soil at the Mapletree Industrial Center property. The Company is currently involved in an environmental remediation process which is discussed further below (see Liquidity and Capital Resources – Environmental Matters).

Interest on mortgage debt increased by $1,275,436 primarily as a result of the $1,172,953 interest expense from the consolidation of the Hato Rey Partnership mortgage. In addition, the Company recorded amortization of discount on this mortgage of $110,322.

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Amortization of in-place lease values and mortgage costs increased by $353,566 primarily as a result of $296,741 of amortization of in-place lease values and $56,486 of amortization of mortgage costs as a result of the consolidation of the Hato Rey Partnership. The in-place lease values were recorded in connection with the partial step acquisition of the Hato Rey Partnership in 2006 and 2007.

Other income decreased by $7,510,765 primarily as a result of an increase of $8,001,094 in the equity in the loss from the joint ventures (which included an impairment loss of $8,370,725 in 2007). This decrease was partially offset by an increase of $262,819 in investment income primarily due to an increase of $392,011 in distributions received from Broadway Partners Parallel Fund A (“Broadway Fund A”), partially offset by a decrease of $88,854 of interest income earned on other funds held by Broadway Partners. In addition, the 2006 period had a $227,510 loss from the Hato Rey Partnership.

Loss from continuing operations increased by $7,592,998 from a loss of $4,559,200 in 2006 to a loss of $12,152,198 in 2007. This increase is primarily a result of the $7,510,765 decrease in other income.

Discontinued Operations:

In 2007, the Company had two properties that were classified as discontinued operations: the Cambridge Green property in Council Bluffs, Iowa, which was sold in March, 2007, and a cooperative apartment unit in New Haven, Connecticut, which was sold in June, 2007. (See Liquidity and Capital Resources – Discontinued Operations below.)

The following table compares the total income (loss) from discontinued operations for the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006 for properties included in discontinued operations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

 

 


 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loss from discontinued operations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cambridge Green, Council Bluffs, IA

 

$

(92,302

)

$

(314,143

)

Cooperative apartment unit, New Haven, CT

 

 

(1,081

)

 

(3,614

)

 

 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loss from discontinued operations

 

 

(93,383

)

 

(317,757

)

 

 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net gain (loss) from sales of discontinued operations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cambridge Green

 

 

646,759

 

 

 

Cooperative apartment unit

 

 

88,946

 

 

 

 

 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net gain from sales of discontinued operations

 

 

735,705

 

 

 

 

 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total income (loss) from discontinued operations

 

$

642,322

 

$

(317,757

)

 

 



 



 

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Balance Sheet

Investments in and advances to joint ventures decreased by $13,136,548 as a result of $3,052,341 of distributions received and $10,084,207 of equity in the loss from the joint ventures.

Net mortgage portfolio increased by $276,770 primarily as a result of a $200,000 secured note receivable received in connection with the sale of the Cambridge Green property in March, 2007.

Assets related to discontinued operations decreased by $2,922,493 as a result of the sale of the Cambridge Green property.

Other investments decreased by $1,000,000 primarily as a result of the return of the Company’s $890,000 investment in Broadway Fund A and the return of $110,000 of other funds held by Broadway Partners (see Liquidity and Capital Resources – Investing Activities below).

Prepaid expenses and deposits in escrow decreased by $110,070 primarily as a result of the sale of the Cambridge Green property. At December 31, 2006, prepaid expenses and deposits in escrow included $161,236 attributed to Cambridge Green. This decrease was partially offset by a $60,815 increase at the Hato Rey Center property.

Prepaid defined benefit plan costs decreased by $210,452 primarily as a result of net periodic benefit costs of $118,940 for 2007 and a $91,512 charge to accumulated other comprehensive loss.

Other assets decreased by $350,876 primarily as a result of $296,741 of amortization of in-place lease values and $68,350 of amortization of mortgage costs.

Liabilities related to discontinued operations decreased by $2,911,677 as a result of the sale of the Cambridge Green property.

Contractual pension and postretirement benefits liabilities decreased by $1,087,453 primarily due to a $1,165,299 decrease in the contractual pension benefit obligation as a result of the deaths of two participants in 2007, partially offset by a $77,846 increase in the contractual postretirement benefits obligation.

Accrued liabilities increased by $579,745 primarily as a result of the $817,580 accrual for interest related to tax positions for which the Company may be required to pay a deficiency dividend, partially offset by a decrease in accrued real estate taxes of $168,924 for the Cambridge Green property that was sold.

During 2007, the Company awarded 15,500 shares of the Company’s Class B common stock to directors, officers and an employee of the Company. These shares were issued from the Company’s 2005 Restricted Stock Plan (the “2005 Plan”). Stock granted to directors was fully vested on the grant date and stock granted to officers and employees will vest at rates ranging from 20% to 50% per year. Notwithstanding the vesting schedule, the officers and employees are entitled to receive distributions on the total number of shares awarded. The issued shares are valued at the market value of the Class B common stock at the grant date. The following is a summary of the shares issued in 2007 and the expense related to the shares vested in 2007.

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2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

Date of
Issuance

 

Unvested
Shares
at
December
31, 2006

 

Shares
Issued
in 2007

 

Market
Value at
Date of
Grant

 

Shares
Vested
in 2007

 

Unvested
Shares
at
December
31, 2007

 

Class B
Common
Stock - Par
Value $.10
Per Share

 

Additional
Paid -in
Capital

 

Directors’
Fees

 

Salary
Expense

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aug., 2005 (1)

 

8,000

 

 

 

$

7.51

 

2,000

 

6,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aug., 2005 (1)

 

800

 

 

 

 

9.04

 

200

 

600

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jan., 2006

 

18,000

 

 

 

 

7.40

 

4,500

 

13,500

 

 

 

 

$

33,300

 

 

 

 

$

33,300

 

Dec., 2006

 

6,500

 

 

 

 

7.05

 

1,300

 

5,200

 

 

 

 

 

9,165

 

 

 

 

 

9,165

 

Jan., 2007

 

 

 

3,000

 

 

6.95

 

3,000

 

 

 

$

300

 

 

20,550

 

$

20,850

 

 

 

 

May, 2007

 

 

 

10,000

 

 

7.44

 

5,000

 

5,000

 

 

1,000

 

 

36,200

 

 

 

 

 

37,200

 

Dec., 2007

 

 

 

2,500

 

 

5.80

 

 

 

2,500

 

 

250

 

 

(250

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 


 

 

 

 


 


 



 



 



 



 

 

 

33,300

 

15,500

 

 

 

 

16,000

 

32,800

 

$

1,550

 

$

98,965

 

$

20,850

 

$

79,665

 

 

 


 


 

 

 

 


 


 



 



 



 



 


 

 

(1)

These shares were part of 11,000 shares granted in 2004 and 2005 and issued in 2005. The Company recorded salary expense of $9,040 in 2005 and $75,100 in 2004. In 2005, when the shares were issued, the Company recorded additions to Class B common stock of $1,100 and $83,400 to additional paid-in capital.

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Accumulated other comprehensive loss decreased by $1,027,730 primarily as a result of adjustments of $1,122,297 for contractual pension and postretirement benefits.

Treasury stock increased by $233,867 as a result of the Company’s purchase of 11,633 shares of its Class B common stock at an average cost of $7.86 per share, 16,000 shares of its Class B common stock from a director of the Company at an average cost of $6.68 per share, and 5,275 shares of its Class A common stock at an average cost of $6.73 per share.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Management believes that the Company has sufficient liquidity and capital resources to carry on its existing business and, barring any unforeseen circumstances, to pay the dividends required to maintain REIT status in the foreseeable future. Except as discussed herein, management is not aware of any other trends, events, commitments or uncertainties that will have a significant effect on liquidity.

Subsequent to December 31, 2007, Lightstone III defaulted on payments of interest due under the Company’s $9,500,000 loan related to the Macon/Burlington Malls (see Investments in and Advances to Joint Ventures below). As a result, the Company does not expect to receive approximately $1,060,000 of interest payments that are contractually due to be received during 2008. Adverse economic conditions affecting some of the Company’s shopping mall joint ventures could also affect the ability of its borrowers to make payments on the Company’s other loans to the joint ventures. Any further defaults on these loans would adversely affect the liquidity of the Company and have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.

Subsequent to December 31, 2007, the Company received repayment of a $1,500,000 loan from an affiliate of Mr. Lichtenstein and the Company has exercised its right to require prepayment of the $3,875,000 Note from an affiliate of Mr. Lichtenstein upon 90 days prior notice, which notice was given on March 20, 2008.

While no decision has been made with respect to dividends for future periods, if the Company’s cash flow were to be substantially reduced, the Company would be able to reduce its dividend without affecting its ability to continue to qualify as a real estate investment trust. The Company maintained the $.64 dividend rate in 2007, but no assurances can be given that the present dividend rate will be maintained in the future.

If the Company’s tax positions in relation to certain transactions were examined and were not ultimately upheld, the Company would be required to pay an income tax assessment and related interest, or a deficiency dividend and related interest, for prior years. Should such an assessment require the Company to pay a deficiency dividend in order to continue to qualify as a REIT, the Company would pay the deficiency dividend to its shareholders and the related interest assessment to the taxing authorities. The Company would be required to pay such deficiency dividend within ninety days of such determination. If the Company had to pay a deficiency dividend and interest thereon, the Company may have to borrow funds or sell assets to do so.

Presidential obtains funds for working capital and investment from its available cash and cash equivalents, from operating activities, from

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refinancing of mortgage loans on its real estate equities or from sales of such equities, and from repayments on its mortgage portfolio. The Company also has at its disposal a $250,000 unsecured line of credit from a lending institution. At December 31, 2007, there was no outstanding balance under the line of credit.

At December 31, 2007, Presidential had $2,343,497 in available cash and cash equivalents, an increase of $79,963 from the $2,263,534 at December 31, 2006. This increase in cash and cash equivalents was due to cash provided by operating activities of $2,153,253 and cash provided by investing activities of $843,690, offset by cash used in financing activities of $2,916,980.

During 2007, the Company paid cash distributions to shareholders which exceeded cash flows from operating activities. Periodically the Company receives balloon payments on its mortgage portfolio and net proceeds from sales of discontinued operations and other properties. These payments are available to the Company for distribution to its shareholders or the Company may retain these payments for future investment. The Company may in the future, as it did in 2007, pay dividends in excess of its cash flow from operating activities if the Board of Directors believes that the Company’s liquidity and capital resources are sufficient to pay such dividends. However, no assurances can be given with respect to any dividends for future periods.

To the extent that payments received on its mortgage portfolio or payments received from sales are taxable as capital gains, the Company has the option to distribute the gain to its shareholders or retain the gain and pay Federal income tax on it.

The Company does not have a specific policy as to the retention or distribution of capital gains. The Company’s dividend policy regarding capital gains for future periods will be based upon many factors including, but not limited to, the Company’s present and projected liquidity, its desire to retain funds available for additional investment, its historical dividend rate and its ability to reduce taxes by paying dividends.

          Insurance

The Company carries comprehensive liability, fire, flood (where necessary), extended coverage, rental loss and acts of terrorism insurance on all of its properties. Management believes that all of its properties are adequately covered by insurance. In 2007, the cost for this insurance was approximately $271,000. The Company has renewed its insurance coverage for 2008 and the Company estimates that the premium costs will be approximately $257,000 for 2008. Although the Company has been able to obtain terrorism coverage on its properties in the past, this coverage may not be available in the future.

          Consolidated Loans

Presidential holds two nonrecourse notes (the “Consolidated Loans”) from Ivy Properties, Ltd. and its affiliates (“Ivy”). At December 31, 2007, the Consolidated Loans have an outstanding principal balance of $4,770,050 and a net carrying value of zero. Pursuant to existing agreements between the Company and the Ivy principals, the Company is entitled to receive, as payments of principal and interest on the Consolidated Loans, 25% of the cash flow of Scorpio Entertainment, Inc. (“Scorpio”), a company owned by two of the Ivy principals (Steven Baruch, Executive Vice President and a Director of

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Presidential, and Thomas Viertel, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Presidential) to carry on theatrical productions. Amounts received by Presidential from Ivy will be applied to unpaid and unaccrued interest on the Consolidated Loans and recognized as income. The Company anticipates that these amounts may be material from time to time. However, the profitability of theatrical production is by its nature uncertain and management believes that any estimate of payments from Scorpio on the Consolidated Loans for future periods is too speculative to project. Presidential received payments of $256,000 in 2007 and $186,500 in 2006 of interest income on the Consolidated Loans. The Consolidated Loans bear interest at a rate equal to the JP Morgan Chase Prime rate, which was 7.25% at December 31, 2007. At December 31, 2007, the unpaid and unaccrued interest was $3,420,554 and such interest is not compounded.

           Operating Activities

Cash from operating activities includes interest on the Company’s mortgage portfolio, net cash received from rental property operations and distributions received from joint ventures and other investments. In 2007, cash received from interest on the Company’s mortgage portfolio was $1,327,073, distributions received from joint ventures were $3,052,341 and distributions received from other investments were $537,087. Net cash received from rental property operations was $460,331. Net cash received from rental property operations is net of distributions to minority partners but before additions and improvements and mortgage amortization.

           Investing Activities

Presidential holds a portfolio of mortgage notes receivable. During 2007, the Company received principal payments of $171,254 on its mortgage portfolio, of which $127,583 represented prepayments.

During 2007, the Company invested $813,366 in additions and improvements to its properties, including $655,382 for the Hato Rey Center. It is projected that additions and improvements in 2008 will be approximately $640,000, including $506,000 for the Hato Rey Center.

In March, 2007, the Company completed the sale of its Cambridge Green Apartments in Council Bluffs, Iowa and the net proceeds of the sale were $664,780, which included a $200,000 secured note receivable from the buyer that matures in one year and has a 7% per annum interest rate. The net cash proceeds of sale were $464,780 (see Discontinued Operations below).

In June, 2007, the Company sold a cooperative apartment unit located in New Haven, Connecticut for a sales price of $125,000 and the net cash proceeds of sale were $117,224 (see Discontinued Operations below).

In September, 2007, the Company received the repayment of its $890,000 investment in Broadway Fund A and repayment of $110,000 from Broadway Partners. In addition, the Company received a distribution from Broadway Fund A from the proceeds of sales in the amount of $537,087, which was recorded in investment income.

In January, 2007, the Company purchased an additional 1% limited partnership interest in the Hato Rey Partnership for a purchase price of $53,694.

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In July, 2007, the Company purchased the remaining 25% limited partnership interests in the UTB Associates partnership for a purchase price of $42,508, which was effective as of June 30, 2007. As a result of the purchase, the Company now owns 100% of UTB Associates. The major asset of the partnership was a portfolio of notes receivable that amortized monthly and had various interest rates. At December 31, 2007, the Company liquidated the partnership and the remaining assets of the partnership were recorded on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet.

           Financing Activities

The Company’s indebtedness at December 31, 2007, consisted of mortgage debt of $18,868,690 which was reduced by a discount of $48,254 relating to the Hato Rey Center property mortgage. The mortgage debt is collateralized by individual properties. The $15,541,000 mortgage on the Hato Rey Center property and the $2,174,747 mortgage on the Crown Court property are nonrecourse to the Company, whereas the $1,101,578 Building Industries Center mortgage and the $99,619 Mapletree Industrial Center mortgage are recourse to Presidential. In addition, some of the Company’s mortgages provide for Company liability for damages resulting from specified acts or circumstances, such as for environmental liabilities and fraud. Generally, mortgage debt repayment is serviced with cash flow from the operations of the individual properties. During 2007, the Company made $426,091 of principal payments on mortgage debt.

The mortgages on the Company’s properties are at fixed rates of interest and will fully amortize by periodic principal payments, with the exception of the Building Industries Center mortgage, which has a balloon payment of $1,072,906 due at maturity in January, 2009, and the Hato Rey Center mortgage. The first mortgage loan on the Hato Rey Center property is due on May 11, 2028 but provides that if it is not repaid on or before May 11, 2008, the interest rate on the loan will be increased by two percentage points (to 9.38% per annum of which 2% per annum is deferred until maturity) and all cash flow from the property, after payment of all operating expenses, will be applied to pay down the outstanding principal balance of the loan. The outstanding principal balance of the loan on May 11, 2008 will be approximately $15,445,000. The Company is attempting to refinance the existing first mortgage but has not yet obtained a commitment to do so. Failure to repay the existing mortgage loan on May 11, 2008 does not constitute a default under the loan.

During 2007, Presidential declared and paid cash distributions of $2,524,028 to its shareholders and received proceeds from its dividend reinvestment plan of $275,795.

On December 31, 2007, the Company decided to terminate its dividend reinvestment plan effective as of January 31, 2008.

During 2007, the Company purchased 5,275 shares of its Class A common stock and 11,633 shares of its Class B common stock from unaffiliated shareholders for a purchase price of $126,967. In addition, in April, 2007 and September, 2007, the Company purchased 10,000 shares and 6,000 shares of its Class B common stock from a director of the Company for a below market purchase price of $70,000 and $36,900, respectively. The Company has from time to time purchased shares of its stock from individual shareholders who have approached the Company. The Company has no specific plan or program to repurchase additional shares but it may do so in the future.

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           Discontinued Operations

For the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006, income (loss) from discontinued operations includes the Cambridge Green property, which was sold in March, 2007, and a cooperative apartment unit in New Haven, Connecticut, which was sold in June, 2007.

On March 21, 2007, the Company completed the sale of the Cambridge Green property, a 201-unit apartment property in Council Bluffs, Iowa for a sales price of $3,700,000. As part of the sales price, (i) the $2,856,452 outstanding principal balance of the first mortgage debt was assumed by the buyer, (ii) the Company received a $200,000 secured note receivable from the buyer, which matures in one year and has an interest rate of 7% per annum, and (iii) the balance of the sales price was paid in cash. The net proceeds from the sale were $664,780, which includes the $200,000 note receivable. The Company recognized a gain from the sale for financial reporting purposes of $646,759.

The Company owns a small portfolio of cooperative apartments located in New York and Connecticut. These apartments are held for the production of rental income and generally are not marketed for sale. However, from time to time, the Company will receive purchase offers for some of these apartments or decide to market specific apartments and will make sales if the purchase price is acceptable to management. In June, 2007, the Company sold one cooperative apartment unit located in New Haven, Connecticut for a sales price of $125,000. The net proceeds of sale were $117,224 and the Company recognized a gain from the sale for financial reporting purposes of $88,946.

The following table summarizes income (loss) for the properties sold.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year Ended December 31,

 

 

 


 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

 

 


 


 

Revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rental

 

$

113,185

 

$

895,398

 

 

 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rental property expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating expenses

 

 

148,213

 

 

856,260

 

Interest on mortgage debt

 

 

31,684

 

 

192,151

 

Real estate taxes

 

 

27,685

 

 

168,934

 

Depreciation on real estate

 

 

987

 

 

2,048

 

 

 



 



 

Total

 

 

208,569

 

 

1,219,393

 

 

 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investment income

 

 

2,001

 

 

6,238

 

 

 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loss from discontinued operations

 

 

(93,383

)

 

(317,757

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net gain from sales of discontinued operations

 

 

735,705

 

 

 

 

 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total income (loss) from discontinued operations

 

$

642,322

 

$

(317,757

)

 

 



 



 

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           Investments in and Advances to Joint Ventures

Over the past several years the Company has made investments in and advances to four joint ventures that own nine shopping malls. The Company has a 29% ownership interest in these joint ventures and accounts for these investments under the equity method. All of the investments in and advances to joint ventures were made with various entities of the Lightstone Group (“Lightstone”). Each individual owning entity is a single purpose entity that is prohibited by its organizational documents from owning any assets other than the nine shopping mall properties.

The Company’s investments in three of the joint ventures are mezzanine loans to the various joint venture entities in the aggregate principal balance of $25,935,000. These loans mature in 2014 and 2015 and have an annual interest rate of 11% per annum. The loans are secured by the ownership interests in the entities that own the malls, subject to the first mortgage liens. The Company receives monthly payments of interest on these loans from the joint ventures and under the equity method of accounting records these payments to Investments in and advances to joint ventures, as distributions received. The Company’s investments in the joint ventures are reduced by the distributions received from the joint ventures and by the Company’s share of losses recorded for the joint ventures (and increased by any income recorded for the joint ventures).

In addition, the Company’s investment in the Martinsburg Mall is a capital contribution to the owning joint venture in the original amount of $1,438,410. The Company is entitled to receive a preferential return on its capital contribution at the rate of 11% per annum. The Company’s investment in the Martinsburg Mall is reduced by distributions received from the joint venture and the Company’s share of losses recorded for the joint venture (and increased by any income recorded for the joint venture).

As a result of accounting for these investments under the equity method of accounting, the Company’s investments in and advances to the joint ventures in the total amount of $27,373,410 ($25,935,000 in loans and a $1,438,410 capital contribution) has been reduced by distributions received from the joint ventures and the Company’s share of the losses, including impairment losses, from the joint ventures. Activity in investments in and advances to joint ventures for the year ended December 31, 2007 is as follows:

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Balance at
December 31,
2006

 

 

Distributions
Received

 

 

Equity
in the
Loss from
Joint
Ventures

 

 

Balance at
December 31,
2007

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 


 

 


 

 


 

Martinsburg Mall

 

(1)

 

$

162,821

 

$

(159,868

)

$

(2,953

)

$

 

Four Malls

 

(2)

 

 

4,534,578

 

 

(959,139

)

 

(2,886,704

)

 

688,735

 

Macon/Burlington Malls

 

(3)

 

 

7,354,426

 

 

(1,059,514

)

 

(6,294,912

)

 

 

Shawnee/Brazos Malls

 

(4)

 

 

6,007,924

 

 

(873,820

)

 

(899,638

)

 

4,234,466

 

 

 

 

 



 



 



 



 

 

 

 

 

$

18,059,749

 

$

(3,052,341

)

$

(10,084,207

)

$

4,923,201

 

 

 

 

 



 



 



 



 

Equity in the loss from joint ventures is as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year Ended December 31,

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

 

 

 

 

 


 


 

Martinsburg Mall

 

 

(1)

 

$

(2,953

)

$

(480,159

)

Four Malls

 

 

(2)

 

 

(2,886,704

)

 

(1,200,518

)

Macon/Burlington Malls

 

 

(3)

 

 

(6,294,912

)

 

(128,030

)

Shawnee/Brazos Malls

 

 

(4)

 

 

(899,638

)

 

(274,406

)

 

 

 

 

 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

$

(10,084,207

)

$

(2,083,113

)

 

 

 

 

 



 



 

(1) The Company’s share of the loss from joint ventures for the Martinsburg Mall is determined after the deduction for interest expense at the rate of 11% per annum on the outstanding $2,600,000 loan from Lightstone. In the second quarter of 2007, the Company’s basis of its investment in the Martinsburg Mall was reduced by distributions and losses to zero and, accordingly, the Company only recorded its share of the loss to the extent of its basis. Any future distributions received from the Martinsburg Mall will be recorded in income.

(2) Interest income earned by the Company at the rate of 11% per annum on the outstanding $8,600,000 loan from the Company to Lightstone I is included in the calculation of the Company’s share of the loss from joint ventures for the Four Malls. The Company recorded a $2,886,704 loss for 2007 from the Four Malls, of which $2,124,003 pertained to an impairment loss ($1,165,471 for the Mount Berry Square Mall and $958,532 for the West Manchester Mall).

(3) Interest income earned by the Company at the rate of 11% per annum on the outstanding $9,500,000 loan from the Company to Lightstone III is included in the calculation of the Company’s share of the loss from joint ventures for the Macon/Burlington Malls. In the fourth quarter of 2007, the Company’s basis of its investment in the Macon/Burlington Malls was reduced by distributions and losses to zero and, accordingly, the Company only recorded its share of the loss to the extent of its basis. The Company recorded a $6,294,912 loss for the 2007 year from the Macon/Burlington Malls (of which $6,246,722 pertained to an impairment loss). The Company’s share of the impairment loss from the Macon/Burlington Malls was $19,914,390. However, because the recording of losses is limited to the extent of the Company’s basis, the impairment loss recorded by the Company was $6,246,722. Any future distributions received from the Macon/Burlington Malls will be recorded in income.

(4) Interest income earned by the Company at the rate of 11% per annum on the outstanding $7,835,000 loan from the Company to Lightstone II is included in

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the calculation of the Company’s share of the loss from joint ventures for the Shawnee/Brazos Malls.

As a result of the Company’s use of the equity method of accounting with respect to its investments in and advances to the joint ventures, the Company’s consolidated statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2007 reflects 29% of the loss from the joint ventures. The Company’s equity in the loss from joint ventures of $10,084,207 for the year ended December 31, 2007 is after (i) deductions in the aggregate amount of $3,830,077 for the Company’s 29% of noncash charges (depreciation of $2,888,019 and amortization of deferred financing costs, in-place lease values and other costs of $942,058) and (ii) an impairment loss of $8,370,725. In the fourth quarter of 2007, the joint venture entities recorded an impairment loss of approximately $75,994,000 on four of the nine mall properties owned by the entities. The Company’s 29% share of the impairment loss was approximately $22,038,000. However, because the recording of losses is limited to the extent of the Company’s investment in and advances to joint ventures, the Company recorded an impairment loss of $8,370,725.

Notwithstanding the loss from the joint ventures, the Company is entitled to receive its interest at the rate of 11% per annum on its $25,935,000 of loans to the joint ventures. For the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company received distributions from the joint ventures in the amount of $3,052,341, of which $2,892,473 were interest payments received on the outstanding loans to the joint ventures and $159,868 was a return on investment.

Subsequent to year end, Lightstone III defaulted on its February and March, 2008 monthly payments of interest on the Company’s $9,500,000 mezzanine loan relating to the Macon/Burlington Malls. Lightstone III has also failed to make the February and March, 2008 payments due on a portion of the first mortgage loan secured by the Macon/Burlington Malls. Lightstone III has informed the Company that it is attempting to negotiate an agreement with the first mortgagee, which would include a release of certain funds held in escrow accounts by the first mortgagee and a deferment of interest payments on all of the outstanding indebtedness of Macon/Burlington Malls in order to provide funds for the improvement of the properties. The Company cannot predict whether Lightstone III will be able to obtain a modification of the indebtedness on the Macon/Burlington Malls. If Lightstone III cannot obtain such a modification and does not cure its defaults on the mortgage indebtedness, the holders of the first mortgage on the properties may foreclose their lien on the properties and the Company’s $9,500,000 mezzanine loan may not be paid, which could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects. The Company receives annual interest payments of $1,059,514 on its $9,500,000 loan. The carrying value of the investment was reduced to zero at December 31, 2007.

The $29,600,000 nonrecourse first mortgage loan secured by the West Manchester Mall and the $39,500,000 nonrecourse first mortgage loan secured by the Shawnee/Brazos Malls carry interest rates that change monthly based on the London Interbank Offered Rate and mature in June, 2008 and January, 2009, respectively. A material increase in interest rates could adversely affect the operating results of the joint ventures and their ability to make the required interest payments on the Company’s $8,600,000 and $7,835,000 mezzanine loans to those entities. The interest rate on the first mortgage secured by the West Manchester Mall was 7.89% per annum at December 31, 2006

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and December 31, 2007. The interest rate on the first mortgages secured by the Shawnee/Brazos Malls was 7.93% per annum at December 31, 2006 and 7.54% per annum at December 31, 2007. Lightstone II has the right to extend the maturity date of the Shawnee/Brazos Malls first mortgage for one additional year. The Company believes that the Shawnee/Brazos Malls first mortgage will either be extended in accordance with its terms or refinanced prior to its maturity date. The $29,600,000 first mortgage loan secured by the West Manchester Mall is due in June of 2008. An affiliate of Lightstone has guaranteed repayment of a total of $10,360,000 of the first mortgage. Lightstone is attempting to obtain a refinancing of the first mortgage or an extension of its maturity date. However, there can be no assurance that such a refinancing or modification can be obtained and if it is not, the holder of the first mortgage could foreclose on the property and Presidential could lose its interest in the property. The carrying value of the West Manchester Mall was written down to its estimated fair value by the owning joint venture at December 31, 2007.

The Lightstone Group is controlled by David Lichtenstein. At December 31, 2007, in addition to Presidential’s investments of $4,923,201 in these joint ventures with entities controlled by Mr. Lichtenstein, Presidential has three loans that are due from entities that are controlled by Mr. Lichtenstein in the aggregate outstanding principal amount of $7,449,994 with a net carrying value of $7,112,498. Two of the loans in the outstanding principal amount of $5,375,000, with a net carrying value of 5,037,504, are secured by interests in five apartment properties and are also personally guaranteed by Mr. Lichtenstein up to a maximum amount of $3,137,500. The third loan in the outstanding principal amount of $2,074,994 is secured by interests in nine apartment properties. All of these loans are in good standing. While the Company believes that all of these loans are adequately secured, a default on any or all of these loans could have a material adverse effect on Presidential’s business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.

The $12,035,699 net carrying value of investments in and advances to joint ventures with entities controlled by Mr. Lichtenstein and loans outstanding to entities controlled by Mr. Lichtenstein constitute 34% of the Company’s total assets at December 31, 2007. Subsequent to December 31, 2007, the Company received repayment of a $1,500,000 loan (included in the $7,449,994 referred to above).

           Hato Rey Partnership

At December 31, 2007, the Company has an aggregate 60% general and limited partnership interest in the Hato Rey Partnership. The Hato Rey Partnership owns and operates the Hato Rey Center, an office building in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico.

During 2005 and 2006, three tenants at the Hato Rey Center vacated a total of 82,387 square feet of office space at the expiration of their leases in order to take occupancy of their own newly constructed office buildings. As a result, at December 31, 2006, the vacancy rate at the property was approximately 45%. In 2006, the Hato Rey Partnership began a program of repairs and improvements to the property and since that time has spent approximately $795,000 to upgrade the physical condition and appearance of the property. Management believes that the improvement program, which was substantially completed by the end of 2007, has brought the building up to modern standards for office buildings in the area and that vacancy rates will

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over time decrease. At December 31, 2007, the vacancy rate had been reduced to 31%.

In 2005, the Company agreed to lend up to $2,000,000 to the Hato Rey Partnership to pay for the cost of improvements to the building and fund any negative cash flows from the operation of the property. The loan, which was advanced from time to time as funds were needed, bears interest at the rate of 11% per annum, with interest and principal to be paid out of the first positive cash flow from the property or upon a refinancing of the first mortgage on the property. In September, 2007, the Company agreed to lend an additional $500,000 to the Hato Rey Partnership under the same terms as the original $2,000,000 agreement, except that the interest rate on the additional $500,000 would be at the rate of 13% per annum. In addition, if the loan is not repaid by May, 2008, the interest rate on the entire loan will increase to 13% per annum. At December 31, 2007, the Company had advanced $1,999,275 to the Hato Rey Partnership. The $1,999,275 loan and the accrued interest of $235,239 have been eliminated in consolidation.

           Contractual Commitments

The Company’s significant contractual commitments are its liabilities under mortgage debt and employment agreements, which are payable as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mortgage
Debt(1)

 

Employment
Agreements

 

Total

 

 

 


 


 


 

 

Year ending December 31:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2008

 

$

445,130

 

$

960,060

 

$

1,405,190

 

2009

 

 

1,524,693

 

 

807,820

 

 

2,332,513

 

2010

 

 

486,476

 

 

807,820

 

 

1,294,296

 

2011

 

 

507,114

 

 

807,820

 

 

1,314,934

 

2012

 

 

525,424

 

 

416,030

(2)

 

941,454

 

Thereafter

 

 

15,428,107

 

 

869,870

 

 

16,297,977

 

 

 



 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

 

$

18,916,944

 

$

4,669,420

 

$

23,586,364

 

 

 



 



 



 


 

 

(1)

Mortgage debt bears interest at fixed rates varying from 5.45% to 8.25% per annum (see Note 7 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements).

 

 

(2)

Employment agreements will expire in 2011 and contain provisions for three years of consulting fees thereafter.

The Company also has contractual commitments for pension and postretirement benefits. The contractual pension benefits generally provide for annual payments in specified amounts for each participant for life, commencing upon retirement, with an annual adjustment for an increase in the consumer price index. The contractual benefit plans are not funded. For the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company paid $469,575 for pension benefits and $60,424 for postretirement benefits. The Company expects that payments for these contractual benefits will be reduced to approximately $251,700 in 2008, as a result of the deaths of two participants in 2007.

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           Environmental Matters

Mapletree Industrial Center – Palmer, Massachusetts

The Company is involved in an environmental remediation process for contaminated soil found on this property. The land area involved is approximately 1.25 acres and the depth of the contamination is at this time undetermined. Since the most serious identified threat on the site is to songbirds, the proposed remediation will consist of removing all exposed metals and a layer of soil (the depth of which is yet to be determined). The Company estimates that the costs of the cleanup will not exceed $1,000,000. The remediation will comply with the requirements of the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (“MADEP”). The MADEP has agreed that the Company may complete the remediation over the next fifteen years, but the Company expects to complete the project over the next ten years. The Company is currently waiting for regulations to be finalized by MADEP and will begin remediation thereafter. This estimate is based on hazard waste regulation 310 CMR 30 being passed in Massachusetts. If this regulation is not adopted, the costs could be materially different.

In accordance with the provisions of SFAS No. 5, “Accounting for Contingencies”, in the fourth quarter of 2006, the Company accrued a $1,000,000 liability which was discounted by $145,546 and charged $854,454 to expense. The discount rate used was 4.625%, which was the interest rate on 10 year Treasury Bonds. The expected cash payments and undiscounted amount to be recognized in the Company’s consolidated financial statements are as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year

 

Estimated
Cash Payments

 

Actual
Cash Payments
December 31,
2007

 

Estimated
Undiscounted
Amount to be
Recognized
as Expense

 

Discount
Amount
Recognized
as Expense
December 31,
2007

 


 


 


 


 


 

 

2007

 

 

$

200,000

 

 

 

$

36,663

 

 

 

$

8,841

 

 

 

$

1,621

 

 

2008

 

 

 

200,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16,934

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2009

 

 

 

150,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18,277

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2010

 

 

 

100,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15,612

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2011

 

 

 

100,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18,781

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2012-2016

 

 

 

250,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

67,101

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Actual costs incurred may vary from these estimates due to the inherent uncertainties involved. The Company believes that any liability in excess of amounts accrued which may result from the resolution of this matter will not have a material adverse effect on the financial condition, liquidity or the cash flow of the Company unless regulation 310 CMR 30 is not adopted.

In addition to the $854,454 charged to operations for environmental expense, the Company incurred costs in 2006 of $225,857 for environmental site testing and removal of soil. The total amounts charged to operations for environmental expense for 2006 were $1,080,311. For the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company incurred environmental expenses of $41,493 for further excavation and testing of the site.

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           Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In July, 2006, the FASB issued FIN 48. FIN 48 established new evaluation and measurement processes for all income tax positions taken. FIN 48 also required expanded disclosures of income tax matters.

The Company adopted FIN 48 on January 1, 2007. If the Company’s tax positions in relation to certain transactions were examined and were not ultimately upheld, the Company would be required to pay an income tax assessment and related interest, or a deficiency dividend and related interest, for prior years. Should such an assessment require the Company to pay a deficiency dividend in order to continue to qualify as a REIT, the Company would pay the deficiency dividend to its shareholders and the related interest assessment to the taxing authorities.

Upon adoption of FIN 48 the Company recorded a reduction to the January 1, 2007 balance of retained earnings of $460,800 for accrued interest for prior years related to the tax positions for which the Company may be required to pay a deficiency dividend. In addition, for the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company recorded interest expense of $356,780 for the interest related to these matters. As of December 31, 2007, the tax years that remain open to examination by the federal, state and local taxing authorities are the 2004 – 2006 tax years.

In September, 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements”, which defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in generally accepted accounting principles and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. SFAS No. 157 is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007 and interim periods within those fiscal years. The adoption of this standard on January 1, 2008, is not expected to have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

In September, 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 158, “Employer’s Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans, an Amendment of FASB Statements No. 87, 88, 106 and 132R”. SFAS No. 158 requires an employer to (i) recognize in its statement of financial position an asset for a plan’s overfunded status or a liability for a plan’s underfunded status; (ii) measure a plan’s assets and its benefit obligations that determine its funded status as of the end of the employer’s fiscal year (with limited exceptions); and (iii) recognize changes in the funded status of a defined benefit postretirement plan in the year in which the changes occur. Those changes will be reported in comprehensive income. The adoption of the requirement to recognize the funded status of a benefit plan and the disclosure requirements as of December 31, 2006 resulted in a $1,112,520 increase in accumulated other comprehensive loss on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet. The requirement to measure plan assets and benefit obligations to determine the funded status as of the end of the fiscal year and to recognize changes in the funded status in the year in which the changes occur is effective for fiscal years ending after December 15, 2008. The adoption of the measurement date provisions of this standard is not expected to have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

In February, 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 159, “The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities”. SFAS No. 159 permits entities to choose to measure many financial assets and financial liabilities at fair value. Unrealized gains and losses on items for which the fair value option has been elected are reported in earnings. SFAS No. 159 is effective for

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fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. The Company is not electing to measure its financial assets or liabilities at fair value pursuant to this standard.

In December, 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 141 (revised 2007), “Business Combinations” (“SFAS No. 141R”). SFAS No.141R replaces SFAS No. 141, which the Company previously adopted. SFAS No. 141R revises the standards for accounting and reporting of business combinations. In summary, SFAS No. 141R requires the acquirer of a business combination to measure at fair value the assets acquired, the liabilities assumed, and any noncontrolling interest in the acquiree at the acquisition date, with limited exceptions. SFAS No. 141R applies to all business combinations for which the acquisition date is on or after the beginning of the first annual reporting period beginning on or after December 15, 2008. The Company does not believe that the adoption of this statement on January 1, 2009 will have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

In December, 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 160, “Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements”, which requires consolidated net income to be reported at amounts that include the amounts attributable to both the parent and noncontrolling interest. SFAS No. 160 is effective for fiscal years beginning on or after December 15, 2008. The adoption of this standard is not expected to have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

The Company does not believe that it has any off-balance sheet arrangements that have, or are reasonably likely to have, a material effect on its financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources.

           QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

The Company’s financial instruments consist primarily of notes receivable and mortgage notes payable. Substantially all of these instruments bear interest at fixed rates, so the Company’s cash flows from them are not directly impacted by changes in market rates of interest. Changes in market rates of interest impact the fair values of these fixed rate assets and liabilities. However, because the Company generally holds its notes receivable until maturity or prepayment and repays its notes payable at maturity or upon sale of the related properties, any fluctuations in values do not impact the Company’s earnings, balance sheet or cash flows. Nevertheless, since some of the Company’s mortgage notes payable are at fixed rates of interest and provide for yield maintenance payments upon prepayment prior to maturity, if market interest rates are lower than the interest rates on the mortgage notes payable, the Company’s ability to sell the properties securing the notes may be adversely affected and the net proceeds of any sale may be reduced as a result of the yield maintenance requirements. The Company does not own any derivative financial instruments or engage in hedging activities.

 

 

ITEM 7.

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

See Table of Contents to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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ITEM 8.

CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

None.

 

 

ITEM 8A.

CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

(a)          Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures or controls and other procedures that are designed to ensure that the information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or Exchange Act, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports that a company files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

The Company carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our chief executive and chief financial officers, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) and Rule 15d-15(e) of the Exchange Act) as of December 31, 2007. Based on this evaluation, our chief executive officer and our chief financial officer concluded that as of December 31, 2007, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at providing reasonable assurance that the information required to be disclosed by the Company in reports filed under the Exchange Act is (i) recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms; and (ii) accumulated and communicated to our management, including our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding disclosure.

(b)          Internal Controls over Financial Reporting

Management of the Company is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The Company’s internal control over financial reporting is designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The Company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that:

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Pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the Company;

 

 

Provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the Company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the Company; and

 

 

Provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the Company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

Management assessed the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2007. In making this assessment, management used the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) in Internal Control-Integrated Framework. Based on its assessment and those criteria, management believes that the Company maintained effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2007.

This Annual Report does not include an attestation report of our registered public accounting firm regarding our internal control over financial reporting. Management’s report was not subject to attestation by our registered public accounting firm pursuant to temporary rules of the SEC that permit us to provide only management’s report in this Annual Report.

 

 

ITEM 8B.

OTHER INFORMATION

None.

PART III

 

 

ITEM 9.

DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, PROMOTERS, CONTROL PERSONS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE; COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 16(a) OF THE EXCHANGE ACT

Reference is made to the Company’s definitive Proxy Statement for its Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held June 16, 2008, which Proxy Statement will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Regulation 14A and which is incorporated herein by reference.

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ITEM 10.

EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

Reference is made to the Company’s definitive Proxy Statement for its Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held June 16, 2008, which Proxy Statement will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Regulation 14A and which is incorporated herein by reference.

 

 

ITEM 11.

SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

Reference is made to the Company’s definitive Proxy Statement for its Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held June 16, 2008, which Proxy Statement will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Regulation 14A and which is incorporated herein by reference.

 

 

ITEM 12.

CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE

Reference is made to the Company’s definitive Proxy Statement for its Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held June 16, 2008, which Proxy Statement will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Regulation 14A and which is incorporated herein by reference.

 

 

ITEM 13.

EXHIBITS

3.1 Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.5 to Post-effective Amendment No. 1 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-14, Registration No. 2-83073).

3.2 Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1987, Commission File No. 1-8594).

3.3 Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, filed July 21, 1988 with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1988, Commission File No. 1-8594).

3.4 Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, filed on September 12, 1989 with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.4 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1989, Commission File No. 1-8594).

3.5 By-laws of the Company (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.7 to Post-effective Amendment No. 1 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-14, Registration No. 2-83073).

10.1 Employment Agreement dated as of November 1, 1982 between the Company and Robert E. Shapiro, as amended by Amendments dated March 1, 1983, November 25, 1985, February 23, 1987 and January 4, 1988 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1988, Commission File No. 1-8594).

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10.2 Employment Agreement dated as of November 1, 1982 between the Company and Joseph Viertel, as amended by Amendments dated March 1, 1983, November 22, 1985, February 23, 1987 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.12 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1992, Commission File No. 1-8594).

10.3 Settlement Agreement dated November 14, 1991 between the Company and Steven Baruch, Jeffrey F. Joseph and Thomas Viertel, (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.11 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1991, Commission File No. 1-8594).

10.4 First Amendment dated August 1, 1996 to Settlement Agreement dated November 14, 1991 between the Company and Steven Baruch, Jeffrey F. Joseph and Thomas Viertel (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.13 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 1997, Commission File No. 1-8594).

10.5 Employment Agreement dated January 1, 2006 between the Company and Elizabeth Delgado (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB for the period ended June 30, 2006, Commission File No. 1-8594).

10.6 Amended and Restated Presidential Realty Corporation Defined Benefit Plan, dated September 10, 2003 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.13 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003, Commission File No. 1-8594).

10.7 Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of PRC Member LLC dated September 27, 2004 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.15 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB for the period ended September 30, 2004, Commission File No. 1-8594).

10.8 Loan Agreement dated September 27, 2004 in the amount of $2,600,000 between David Lichtenstein and PRC Member LLC (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.16 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB for the period ended September 30, 2004, Commission File No. 1-8594).

10.9 Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of Lightstone Member LLC dated September 27, 2004 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.17 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB for the period ended September 30, 2004, Commission File No. 1-8594).

10.10 Loan Agreement dated September 27, 2004 in the amount of $8,600,000 between Presidential Realty Corporation and Lightstone Member LLC (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.18 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB for the period ended September 30, 2004, Commission File No. 1-8594).

10.11 2005 Restricted Stock Plan for 115,000 shares of Class B common stock (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.16 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10—KSB for the year ended December 31, 2005, Commission File No. 1-8594).

10.12 Loan Agreement dated December 23, 2004 in the amount of $7,500,000 between Presidential Realty Corporation and Lightstone Member II (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.17 to the Company’s Annual

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Report on Form 10—KSB for the year ended December 31, 2005, Commission File No. 1-8594).

10.13 Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of Lightstone Member II LLC dated December 23, 2004 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.18 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10—KSB for the year ended December 31, 2005, Commission File No. 1-8594).

10.14 Loan Agreement dated June 30, 2005 in the amount of $9,500,000 between Presidential Realty Corporation and Lightstone Member III (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.19 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10—KSB for the year ended December 31, 2005, Commission File No. 1-8594).

10.15 Operating Agreement of Lightstone Member III, LLC dated June 30, 2005 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.20 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10—KSB for the year ended December 31, 2005, Commission File No. 1-8594).

10.16 Letter Agreement dated September 16, 2005 between PDL, Inc., the General Partner, and the Limited Partners, of PDL, Inc. and Associates Limited Co-Partnership, for PDL, Inc. to lend $1,000,000 to the partnership (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.21 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10—KSB for the year ended December 31, 2005, Commission File No. 1-8594).

10.17 Amendment, dated as of January 1, 2007 between the Company and Steven Baruch, to the Amended and Restated Employment and Consulting Agreement made January 31, 2005 between the Company and Steven Baruch (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K as filed on January 23, 2007, Commission File No. 1-8594).

10.18 Amended and Restated Employment and Consulting Agreement, dated December 12, 2007, between Presidential Realty Corporation and Jeffrey F. Joseph (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K as filed on December 13, 2007, Commission File No. 1-8594).

10.19 Amended and Restated Employment and Consulting Agreement, dated December 12, 2007, between Presidential Realty Corporation and Steven Baruch (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 99.2 to the Company’s Form 8-K as filed on December 13, 2007, Commission File No. 1-8594).

10.20 Amended and Restated Employment and Consulting Agreement, dated December 12, 2007, between Presidential Realty Corporation and Thomas Viertel (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 99.3 to the Company’s Form 8-K as filed on December 13, 2007, Commission File No. 1-8594).

10.21 First Amendment to Amended and Restated Employment and Consulting Agreement, dated December 12, 2007, between Presidential Realty Corporation and Jeffrey F. Joseph (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 99.4 to the Company’s Form 8-K as filed on December 13, 2007, Commission File No. 1-8594).

10.22 Amendment, dated September 11, 2007, to the Letter Agreement dated September 16, 2006 between PDL, Inc., the General Partner, and the Limited Partners, of PDL, Inc. and Associates Limited Co-Partnership.

14. Code of Business Conduct and Ethics of the Company.

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21. List of Subsidiaries of Registrant as of December 31, 2007.

31.1 Certification of Chief Executive Officer of the Company pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

31.2 Certification of Chief Financial Officer of the Company pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

32.1 Certification of Chief Executive Officer of the Company pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

32.2 Certification of Chief Financial Officer of the Company pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

99.1 Combined Financial Statements of Lightstone Member LLC, PRC Member LLC, Lightstone Member II LLC, and Lightstone Member III LLC for the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006 pursuant to Rule 3-09 of Regulation S-X.

 

 

ITEM 14.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES

Reference is made to the Company’s definitive Proxy Statement for its Annual Meeting to Shareholders to be held June 16, 2008, which Proxy Statement will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Regulation 14A and which is incorporated herein by reference.

51



SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 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.

 

 

 

PRESIDENTIAL REALTY CORPORATION

 

By:

/s/ THOMAS VIERTEL

 



 

 

Thomas Viertel

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

 

March 25, 2008

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

 

 

 

 

Signature and Title

 

Date


 


 

By:

/s/ ROBERT E. SHAPIRO

 

March 25, 2008

 


 

 

 

 

Robert E. Shapiro

 

 

 

 

Chairman of the Board of

 

 

 

 

Directors and Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ JEFFREY F. JOSEPH

 

March 25, 2008

 


 

 

 

 

Jeffrey F. Joseph

 

 

 

 

President and Director

 

 

 

 

(Chief Executive Officer)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ THOMAS VIERTEL

 

March 25, 2008

 


 

 

 

 

Thomas Viertel

 

 

 

 

Executive Vice President

 

 

 

 

(Chief Financial Officer)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ ELIZABETH DELGADO

 

March 25, 2008

 


 

 

 

 

Elizabeth Delgado

 

 

 

 

Treasurer

 

 

 

 

(Principal Accounting Officer)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ STEVEN BARUCH

 

March 25, 2008

 


 

 

 

 

Steven Baruch

 

 

 

 

Executive Vice President

 

 

 

 

and Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ RICHARD BRANDT

 

March 25, 2008

 


 

 

 

 

Richard Brandt

 

 

 

 

Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ MORTIMER M. CAPLIN

 

March 25, 2008

 


 

 

 

 

Mortimer M. Caplin

 

 

 

 

Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ ROBERT FEDER

 

March 25, 2008

 


 

 

 

 

Robert Feder

 

 

 

 

Director

 

 

52



PRESIDENTIAL REALTY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

TABLE OF CONTENTS TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

 

 

Page

 


 

 

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

54

 

 

CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS:

 

 

 

Consolidated Balance Sheets –
December 31, 2007 and 2006

55

 

 

Consolidated Statements of Operations for the
Years Ended December 31, 2007 and 2006

56

 

 

Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity for
the Years Ended December 31, 2007 and 2006

57

 

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the
Years Ended December 31, 2007 and 2006

58

 

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

60

53



REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

The Board of Directors and Stockholders of
Presidential Realty Corporation
White Plains, New York

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Presidential Realty Corporation and subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2007 and 2006, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the years then ended. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We did not audit the combined financial statements of Lightstone Member LLC, PRC Member LLC, Lightstone Member II LLC and Lightstone Member III LLC (collectively the “Lightstone LLCs”), the Company’s investments in which are accounted for by the equity method. The Company’s equity of $4,923,201 and $18,059,749 in the Lightstone LLCs’ net assets at December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively, and of $10,084,207 and $2,083,113 in the Lightstone LLCs’ net loss for the respective years then ended are included in the accompanying financial statements. Those statements were audited by other auditors whose report has been furnished to us, and our opinion, insofar as it relates to the amounts included for the Lightstone LLCs, is based solely on the report of the other auditors.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits and the report of the other auditors provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, based on our audits and the report of the other auditors, such consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Presidential Realty Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2007 and 2006, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the years then ended in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

 

/s/

DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

 

Stamford, Connecticut

 

March 31, 2008

54



PRESIDENTIAL REALTY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31,
2007

 

December 31,
2006

 

 

 


 


 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investments in and advances to joint ventures (Note 2)

 

$

4,923,201

 

$

18,059,749

 

 

 



 



 

 

Real estate (Note 3)

 

 

21,041,049

 

 

20,333,180

 

Less: accumulated depreciation

 

 

4,834,757

 

 

4,363,886

 

 

 



 



 

 

Net real estate

 

 

16,206,292

 

 

15,969,294

 

 

 



 



 

Mortgage portfolio (Note 4):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notes receivable - net

 

 

7,659,225

 

 

7,234,239

 

Notes receivable - related parties - net

 

 

 

 

148,216

 

 

 



 



 

 

Net mortgage portfolio

 

 

7,659,225

 

 

7,382,455

 

 

 



 



 

 

Assets related to discontinued operations (Note 5)

 

 

 

 

2,922,493

 

Other investments (Note 6)

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

2,000,000

 

Prepaid expenses and deposits in escrow

 

 

1,213,162

 

 

1,323,232

 

Prepaid defined benefit plan costs (Note 18)

 

 

371,942

 

 

582,394

 

Other receivables (net of valuation allowance of $147,065 in 2007 and $274,303 in 2006)

 

 

370,004

 

 

382,393

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

 

2,343,497

 

 

2,263,534

 

Other assets

 

 

861,965

 

 

1,212,841

 

 

 



 



 

 

Total Assets

 

$

34,949,288

 

$

52,098,385

 

 

 



 



 

Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mortgage debt (Note 7)

 

$

18,868,690

 

$

19,176,330

 

Liabilities related to discontinued operations (Note 5)

 

 

 

 

2,911,677

 

Contractual pension and postretirement benefits liabilities (Note 17)

 

 

2,169,408

 

 

3,256,861

 

Accrued liabilities

 

 

2,431,698

 

 

1,851,953

 

Accounts payable

 

 

464,983

 

 

525,029

 

Other liabilities

 

 

755,770

 

 

757,947

 

 

 



 



 

 

Total Liabilities

 

 

24,690,549

 

 

28,479,797

 

 

 



 



 

 

Minority Interest in Consolidated Partnership (Note 9)

 

 

 

 

35,318

 

 

 



 



 

Stockholders’ Equity:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common stock: par value $.10 per share (Note 14)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class A, authorized 700,000 shares, issued 478,940 shares and 5,375 shares in 2007 and 100 shares in 2006 held in treasury

 

 

47,894

 

 

47,894

 

 

Class B

 

December 31, 2007

 

December 31, 2006

 

 

 

352,155

 

 

346,232

 

 


 


 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Authorized:

 

10,000,000

 

10,000,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issued:

 

3,521,547

 

3,462,316

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Treasury:

 

29,633

 

2,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additional paid-in capital

 

 

4,486,713

 

 

4,116,326

 

Retained earnings

 

 

6,959,104

 

 

21,453,808

 

Accumulated other comprehensive loss (Note 19)

 

 

(1,331,097

)

 

(2,358,827

)

Treasury stock (at cost)

 

 

(256,030

)

 

(22,163

)

 

 



 



 

 

Total Stockholders’ Equity

 

 

10,258,739

 

 

23,583,270

 

 

 



 



 

 

Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity

 

$

34,949,288

 

$

52,098,385

 

 

 



 



 

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

55



PRESIDENTIAL REALTY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

 

 


 


 

 

Revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rental

 

$

5,865,986

 

$

2,237,691

 

Interest on mortgages - notes receivable

 

 

1,187,047

 

 

1,295,040

 

Interest on mortgages - notes receivable - related parties

 

 

267,575

 

 

207,875

 

Other revenues

 

 

13,771

 

 

162,845

 

 

 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

7,334,379

 

 

3,903,451

 

 

 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Costs and Expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

General and administrative

 

 

4,008,576

 

 

3,494,920

 

Depreciation on non-rental property

 

 

31,620

 

 

19,814

 

Rental property:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating expenses

 

 

2,994,863

 

 

2,271,448

 

Interest on mortgage debt

 

 

1,508,238

 

 

232,802

 

Real estate taxes

 

 

625,076

 

 

335,702

 

Depreciation on real estate

 

 

483,801

 

 

132,924

 

Amortization of in-place lease values and mortgage costs

 

 

365,091

 

 

11,525

 

 

 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

10,017,265

 

 

6,499,135

 

 

 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other Income (Loss):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investment income

 

 

617,089

 

 

354,270

 

Equity in the loss from joint ventures (Note 2)

 

 

(10,084,207

)

 

(2,083,113

)

Equity in the loss from partnership (Note 8)

 

 

 

 

(227,510

)

 

 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loss before minority interest

 

 

(12,150,004

)

 

(4,552,037

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Minority interest

 

 

(2,194

)

 

(7,163

)

 

 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loss from continuing operations

 

 

(12,152,198

)

 

(4,559,200

)

 

 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Discontinued Operations (Note 5):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loss from discontinued operations

 

 

(93,383

)

 

(317,757

)

Net gain from sales of discontinued operations

 

 

735,705

 

 

 

 

 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total income (loss) from discontinued operations

 

 

642,322

 

 

(317,757

)

 

 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Loss

 

($

11,509,876

)

($

4,876,957

)

 

 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings per Common Share (basic and diluted):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loss from continuing operations

 

($

3.11

)

($

1.17

)

 

 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Discontinued Operations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loss from discontinued operations

 

 

(0.02

)

 

(0.08

)

Net gain from sales of discontinued operations

 

 

0.18

 

 

 

 

 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total income (loss) from discontinued operations

 

 

0.16

 

 

(0.08

)

 

 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Loss per Common Share - basic and diluted

 

($

2.95

)

($

1.25

)

 

 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash Distributions per Common Share (Note 15)

 

$

0.64

 

$

0.64

 

 

 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding - basic and diluted

 

 

3,903,895

 

 

3,911,405

 

 

 



 



 

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

56



PRESIDENTIAL REALTY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common
Stock

 

Additional
Paid-in
Capital

 

Retained
Earnings

 

Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
(Loss) Income

 

Treasury
Stock

 

Comprehensive
(Loss) Income

 

Total
Stockholders’
Equity

 

 

 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 

 

Balance at January 1, 2006

 

$

387,590

 

$

3,848,899

 

$

28,833,713

 

($

1,513,364

)

($

22,163

)

 

 

 

$

31,534,675

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net proceeds from dividend reinvestment plan

 

 

3,336

 

 

214,407

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

217,743

 

Cash distributions ($.64 per share)

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2,502,948

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2,502,948

)

Issuance of stock (Note 16)

 

 

3,200

 

 

53,020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

56,220

 

Comprehensive loss:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

(4,876,957

)

 

 

 

 

($

4,876,957

)

 

(4,876,957

)

Other comprehensive income-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net unrealized gain on securities available for sale

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,364

 

 

 

 

4,364

 

 

4,364

 

Minimum pension liability adjustment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

262,693

 

 

 

 

262,693

 

 

262,693

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

Comprehensive loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

($

4,609,900

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

Adjustment for initial adoption of SFAS No. 158 (Note 17)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(73,419

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

(73,419

)

Adjustment for initial adoption of SFAS No. 158 (Note 18)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,039,101

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,039,101

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 



 



 



 



 

 

 

 



 

Balance at December 31, 2006

 

 

394,126

 

 

4,116,326

 

 

21,453,808

 

 

(2,358,827

)

 

(22,163

)

 

 

 

 

23,583,270

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cumulative effect of adoption of FIN 48 (Note 11)

 

 

 

 

 

 

(460,800

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(460,800

)

Net proceeds from dividend reinvestment plan

 

 

4,373

 

 

271,422

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

275,795

 

Cash distributions ($.64 per share)

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2,524,028

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2,524,028

)

Issuance and vesting of restricted stock (Note 16)

 

 

1,550

 

 

98,965

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

100,515

 

Purchase of treasury stock

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(233,867

)

 

 

 

 

(233,867

)

Comprehensive loss:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

(11,509,876

)

 

 

 

 

($

11,509,876

)

 

(11,509,876

)

Other comprehensive income (loss) -

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net unrealized loss on securities available for sale

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(3,055

)

 

 

 

(3,055

)

 

(3,055

)

Minimum pension liability adjustment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,204,437

 

 

 

 

1,204,437

 

 

1,204,437

 

Adjustment for defined benefit plan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(91,512

)

 

 

 

 

(91,512

)

 

(91,512

)

Adjustment for contractual postretirement benefits

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(82,140

)

 

 

 

(82,140

)

 

(82,140

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

Comprehensive loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

($

10,482,146

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 



 



 



 



 



 

 

 

 



 

Balance at December 31, 2007

 

$

400,049

 

$

4,486,713

 

$

6,959,104

 

($

1,331,097

)

($

256,030

)

 

 

 

$

10,258,739

 

 

 



 



 



 



 



 

 

 

 



 

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

57



PRESIDENTIAL REALTY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,

 

 

 


 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

 

 


 


 

 

Cash Flows from Operating Activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash received from rental properties

 

$

5,929,416

 

$

3,161,533

 

Interest received

 

 

1,327,073

 

 

1,620,721

 

Distributions received from joint ventures

 

 

3,052,341

 

 

3,483,271

 

Distributions received from other investments

 

 

537,087

 

 

145,076

 

Miscellaneous income

 

 

49,857

 

 

163,262

 

Interest paid on rental property mortgage debt

 

 

(1,447,348

)

 

(425,822

)

Cash disbursed for rental property operations

 

 

(4,012,948

)

 

(2,719,129

)

Cash disbursed for general and administrative costs

 

 

(3,282,225

)

 

(3,658,362

)

 

 



 



 

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

 

 

2,153,253

 

 

1,770,550

 

 

 



 



 

 

Cash Flows from Investing Activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Payments received on notes receivable

 

 

171,254

 

 

2,907,164

 

Loan advanced to partnership

 

 

 

 

(1,058,716

)

Loan advanced to joint venture

 

 

 

 

(335,000

)

Payments disbursed for additions and improvements

 

 

(813,366

)

 

(412,126

)

Proceeds from sales of properties

 

 

582,004

 

 

 

Purchase of other investments

 

 

 

 

(505,000

)

Repayments received on other investments

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

 

Cash received from purchase of additional interest in partnership

 

 

 

 

555,209

 

Purchase of additional interests in partnerships

 

 

(96,202

)

 

(1,049,439

)

 

 



 



 

 

Net cash provided by investing activities

 

 

843,690

 

 

102,092

 

 

 



 



 

Cash Flows from Financing Activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Principal payments on mortgage debt

 

 

(426,091

)

 

(183,390

)

Distributions to minority partners

 

 

(8,789

)

 

(18,750

)

Cash distributions on common stock

 

 

(2,524,028

)

 

(2,502,948

)

Purchase of treasury stock

 

 

(233,867

)

 

 

Proceeds from dividend reinvestment plan

 

 

275,795

 

 

217,743

 

 

 



 



 

 

Net cash used in financing activities

 

 

(2,916,980

)

 

(2,487,345

)

 

 



 



 

 

Net Increase (Decrease) in Cash and Cash Equivalents

 

 

79,963

 

 

(614,703

)

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents, Beginning of Year

 

 

2,263,534

 

 

2,878,237

 

 

 



 



 

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents, End of Year

 

$

2,343,497

 

$

2,263,534

 

 

 



 



 

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

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PRESIDENTIAL REALTY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,

 

 

 


 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

 

 


 


 

 

Reconciliation of Net Loss to Net Cash
Provided by Operating Activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Loss

 

($

11,509,876

)

($

4,876,957

)

 

 



 



 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net gain from sales of discontinued operations

 

 

(735,705

)

 

 

Equity in the loss from joint ventures

 

 

10,084,207

 

 

2,083,113

 

Equity in the loss from partnership

 

 

 

 

227,510

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

881,499

 

 

166,311

 

Amortization of discount on mortgage payable

 

 

110,322

 

 

 

Net change in revenue related to acquired lease rights/obligations and deferred rent receivable

 

 

(86,507

)

 

 

Amortization of discounts on notes and fees

 

 

(244,565

)

 

(190,873

)

Minority interest

 

 

2,194

 

 

7,163

 

Issuance of stock to directors and officers

 

 

100,515

 

 

56,220

 

Distributions received from joint ventures

 

 

3,052,341

 

 

3,483,271

 

 

Changes in assets and liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Decrease in other receivables

 

 

58,136

 

 

84,883

 

Increase in accounts payable and accrued liabilities

 

 

150,869

 

 

474,514

 

Increase in other liabilities

 

 

51,927

 

 

29,496

 

Decrease in prepaid expenses, deposits in escrow and deferred charges

 

 

233,596

 

 

240,578

 

Other

 

 

4,300

 

 

(14,679

)

 

 



 



 

 

Total adjustments

 

 

13,663,129

 

 

6,647,507

 

 

 



 



 

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

 

 $

2,153,253

 

 $

1,770,550

 

 

 



 



 

 

SUPPLEMENTAL NONCASH DISCLOSURES:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Satisfaction of mortgage debt as a result of assumption of the mortgage debt by the purchaser

 

 $

2,856,452

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note receivable from sale of property

 

 $

200,000

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

Real estate, intangible assets and liabilities recorded on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet as a result of the purchase of an additional 25% partnership interest in the Hato Rey Partnership:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Real estate

 

 

 

 

 $

13,984,860

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

Intangible assets

 

 

 

 

 $

570,596

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

Mortgage payable

 

 

 

 

 $

15,660,265

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

Other liabilities

 

 

 

 

 $

167,865

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

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PRESIDENTIAL REALTY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Presidential Realty Corporation (“Presidential” or the “Company”), is operated as a self-administrated, self-managed Real Estate Investment Trust (“REIT”). The Company is engaged principally in the ownership of income producing real estate and in the holding of notes and mortgages secured by real estate. Presidential operates in a single business segment, investments in real estate related assets.

 

 

1.

SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

A. Real Estate – Real estate is stated at cost. Generally, depreciation is provided on the straight-line method over the assets’ estimated useful lives, which range from twenty to fifty years for buildings and from three to ten years for furniture and equipment. Maintenance and repairs are charged to operations as incurred and renewals and replacements are capitalized. The Company reviews each of its property investments for possible impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be recoverable. Impairment of properties is determined to exist when estimated amounts recoverable through future operations on an undiscounted basis are below the properties’ carrying value. If a property is determined to be impaired, it is written down to its estimated fair value.

          Purchase Accounting

In 2006 and 2007, the Company acquired an additional 25% and 1% limited partnership interest in PDL, Inc. and Associates Limited Co-Partnership (the “Hato Rey Partnership”), respectively. The Company allocated the fair value of acquired tangible and intangible assets and assumed liabilities based on their estimated fair values in accordance with the provisions of Accounting Research Bulletin (“ARB”) No. 51, “Consolidated Financial Statements”, and the Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 141, “Business Combinations”, as a partial step acquisition. No gain or goodwill was recognized on the recording of the acquisition of the additional interests in the Hato Rey Partnership. Building and improvements are depreciated on the straight-line method over thirty-nine years. In-place lease values are amortized to expense over the terms of the related tenant leases. Above and below market lease values are amortized as a reduction of, or an increase to, rental revenue over the remaining term of each lease. Mortgage discount is amortized to mortgage interest expense over the term of the mortgage using the interest method.

B. Mortgage Portfolio – Net mortgage portfolio represents the outstanding principal amounts of notes receivable reduced by discounts. The primary forms of collateral on all notes receivable are real estate and ownership interests in entities that own real property, and may include borrower personal guarantees. The Company periodically evaluates the collectibility of both accrued interest on and principal of its notes receivable to determine whether they are impaired. A mortgage loan is considered to be impaired when, based on current information and events, it is probable that the Company will be unable to collect all amounts due according to the existing contractual terms of the loan. The Company also considers loan modifications as possible indicators of impairment, although all modifications during the two years ended December 31, 2007 have been at the

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Company’s request for business purposes and not as a result of debtor financial difficulties. When a mortgage loan is considered to be impaired, the Company establishes a valuation allowance equal to the difference between a) the carrying value of the loan, and b) the present value of the expected cash flows from the loan at its effective interest rate, or at the estimated fair value of the real estate collateralizing the loan. Income on impaired loans, including interest, and the recognition of deferred gains and unamortized discounts, is recognized only as cash is received. The Company currently has no loans that are impaired according to their terms as modified.

C. Sale of Real Estate – Presidential complies with the provisions of SFAS No. 66, “Accounting for Sales of Real Estate”. Accordingly, the gains on certain transactions were deferred and were recognized on the installment method until such transactions complied with the criteria for full profit recognition. At December 31, 2007 and 2006, the Company had no deferred gains.

D. Discounts on Notes Receivable – Presidential assigned discounted values to long-term notes received from the sales of properties to reflect the difference between the stated interest rates on the notes and market interest rates at the time the notes were made. Such discounts are being amortized using the interest method.

E. Principles of Consolidation – The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Presidential Realty Corporation and its wholly owned subsidiaries. Additionally, the consolidated financial statements include 100% of the account balances of the Hato Rey Partnership. PDL, Inc. (a wholly owned subsidiary of Presidential and the general partner of the Hato Rey Partnership) and Presidential own an aggregate 60% general and limited partnership interest in the Hato Rey Partnership at December 31, 2007 (see Note 8). The consolidated financial statements also included 100% of the account balances of another partnership, UTB Associates, until its liquidation on December 31, 2007. Presidential was the general partner of UTB Associates and owned a 100% interest (previously a 75% interest, see Note 9).

All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated.

F. Investments in Joint Ventures – The Company has equity investments in joint ventures and accounts for these investments using the equity method of accounting. These investments are recorded at cost and adjusted for the Company’s share of each entity’s income or loss and adjusted for cash contributions or distributions. Real estate held by such entities is reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be recoverable, and would be written down to its estimated fair value if an impairment was determined to exist. See Note 2.

G. Rental Revenue Recognition – The Company acts as lessor under operating leases. Rental revenue is recorded on the straight-line basis from the later of the date of the commencement of the lease or the date of acquisition of the property subject to existing leases, which averages minimum rents over the terms of the leases. Certain leases require the tenants to reimburse a pro rata share of real estate taxes, utilities and maintenance costs.

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Recognition of rental revenue is generally discontinued when the rental is delinquent for ninety days or more, or earlier if management determines that collection is doubtful.

H. Net Loss Per Share – Basic and diluted net loss per share data is computed by dividing net loss by the weighted average number of shares of Class A and Class B common stock outstanding during each year. Nonvested shares are excluded from the basic net loss per share computation.

I. Cash and Cash Equivalents – Cash and cash equivalents includes cash on hand, cash in banks and money market funds.

J. Benefits – The Company follows SFAS Nos. 87, 106, 132 and 158 in accounting for pension and postretirement benefits (see Notes 17 and 18).

K. Management Estimates – The consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. In preparing the consolidated financial statements, management is required to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities as of the date of the consolidated balance sheets and the reported amounts of income and expense for the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

L. Accounting for Stock Awards – The Company adopted SFAS No. 123R, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation”, on January 1, 2006, and applied the provisions of this statement for stock awards granted in 2006 and 2007. During 2006 and 2007, the Company granted shares of Class B common stock to directors, officers and employees. The shares granted to the directors were fully vested upon the grant date and the shares granted to the officers and employees will vest ratably over two to five years, with full distribution rights at the date of the grants. The Company recorded the market value of the grants that vested in 2006 and 2007 to expense in each year.

M. Discontinued Operations - The Company complies with the provisions of SFAS No. 144, “Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets”. This statement requires that the results of operations, including impairment, gains and losses related to the properties that have been sold or properties that are intended to be sold, be presented as discontinued operations in the statements of operations for all periods presented and the assets and liabilities of properties intended to be sold are to be separately classified on the balance sheet. Properties designated as held for sale are carried at the lower of cost or fair value less costs to sell and are not depreciated.

N. Recent Accounting Pronouncements – In July, 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Interpretation No. 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes, an Interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109” (“FIN 48”). FIN 48 establishes new evaluation and measurement processes for all income tax positions taken. FIN 48 also requires expanded disclosures of income tax matters.

The Company adopted FIN 48 on January 1, 2007. If the Company’s tax positions in relation to certain transactions were examined and were not ultimately upheld, the Company would be required to pay an income tax assessment and related interest, or a deficiency dividend and related interest, for prior years. Should such an assessment require the Company to pay a deficiency dividend in order to continue to qualify as a REIT, the

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Company would pay the deficiency dividend to its shareholders and the related interest assessment to the taxing authorities.

Upon adoption of FIN 48 the Company recorded a reduction to the January 1, 2007 balance of retained earnings of $460,800 for accrued interest for prior years related to the tax positions for which the Company may be required to pay a deficiency dividend. In addition, for the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company recorded, under general and administrative expenses, an interest expense of $356,780 for the interest related to these matters. As of December 31, 2007, the tax years that remain open to examination by the federal, state and local taxing authorities are the 2004 – 2006 tax years.

In September, 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements”, which defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in generally accepted accounting principles and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. SFAS No. 157 is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007 and interim periods within those fiscal years. The adoption of this standard on January 1, 2008, is not expected to have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

In September, 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 158, “Employers’ Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans – An Amendment of FASB Statements No. 87, 88, 106 and 132(R)”. SFAS No. 158 requires an employer to (i) recognize in its statement of financial position an asset for a plan’s overfunded status or a liability for a plan’s underfunded status; (ii) measure a plan’s assets and its benefit obligations that determine its funded status as of the end of the employer’s fiscal year (with limited exceptions); and (iii) recognize changes in the funded status of a defined benefit postretirement plan in the year in which the changes occur. Those changes will be reported in comprehensive income. The adoption of the requirement to recognize the funded status of a benefit plan and the disclosure requirements as of December 31, 2006 resulted in a $1,112,520 increase in accumulated other comprehensive loss on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet. The requirement to measure plan assets and benefit obligations to determine the funded status as of the end of the fiscal year and to recognize changes in the funded status in the year in which the changes occur is effective for fiscal years ending after December 15, 2008. The adoption of the measurement date provisions of this standard is not expected to have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

In February, 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 159, “The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities”. SFAS No. 159 permits entities to choose to measure many financial assets and financial liabilities at fair value. Unrealized gains and losses on items for which the fair value option has been elected are reported in earnings. SFAS No. 159 is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. The Company is not electing to measure its financial assets or liabilities at fair value pursuant to this statement.

In December, 2007, the FASB issued No. 141, (revised 2007) “Business Combinations” (“SFAS No. 141R”). SFAS No. 141R replaces SFAS No. 141, which the Company previously adopted. SFAS No. 141R revises the standards for accounting and reporting of business combinations. In summary, SFAS No. 141R requires the acquirer of a business combination to measure at fair value the assets acquired, the liabilities assumed, and any noncontrolling interest in the acquiree at the acquisition date, with limited exceptions. SFAS No. 141R applies to all business combinations for which the acquisition date is on or

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after the beginning of the first annual reporting period beginning on or after December 15, 2008. The Company does not believe that the adoption of this statement on January 1, 2009 will have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

In December, 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 160, “Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements”, which requires consolidated net income to be reported at amounts that include the amounts attributable to both the parent and noncontrolling interest. SFAS No. 160 is effective for fiscal years beginning on or after December 15, 2008. The adoption of this standard is not expected to have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

 

 

2.

INVESTMENTS IN AND ADVANCES TO JOINT VENTURES

The Company has investments in and loans to four joint ventures which own and operate nine shopping malls located in seven states. These investments in and advances to joint ventures were made to entities controlled by David Lichtenstein, who also controls The Lightstone Group (“Lightstone”). The Company accounts for these investments using the equity method.

The first investment, the Martinsburg Mall, was purchased by the Company in 2004 and, subsequent to closing, the Company obtained a mezzanine loan from Lightstone in the amount of $2,600,000, which is secured by ownership interests in the entity that owns the Martinsburg Mall. The loan matures on September 27, 2014, and the interest rate on the loan is 11% per annum. Lightstone manages the Martinsburg Mall and David Lichtenstein received a 71% ownership interest in the entity owning the Martinsburg Mall, leaving the Company with a 29% ownership interest.

During 2004 and 2005, the Company made three mezzanine loans in the aggregate principal amount of $25,600,000 to joint ventures controlled by David Lichtenstein. These loans are secured by the ownership interests in the entities that own the properties and the Company received a 29% ownership interest in these entities. These loans mature in 2014 and 2015 and the interest rate on the loans is 11% per annum. During 2006, the Company made an additional $335,000 mezzanine loan to Lightstone II, which loan was added to and has the same interest rate and maturity date as the original Lightstone II loan. At December 31, 2007, the aggregate principal amount of loans to joint ventures controlled by David Lichtenstein was $25,935,000.

The following table summarizes information on the shopping mall properties and the mezzanine loans with respect thereto:

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Nonrecourse First

 

Owning

 

 

 

 

 

Mortgage and
Mezzanine Loans

 

Entity and

 

Mezzanine Loans

 

Approximate

 

 December 31, 2007

 

Property

 

Advanced by

 

Square

 

 

 

Maturity

 

Interest

 

Owned (1)

 

the Company

 

Feet

 

Balance

 

Date

 

Rate

 


 


 


 




 

(Amounts in thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PRC Member LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Martinsburg Mall

 

 

 

 

 

 

552

 

 

$

29,860

 

 

July, 2016

 

 

(2)

 

Martinsburg, WV

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lightstone I

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Four Malls

 

 

$

8,600

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bradley Square Mall
Cleveland, TN

 

 

 

 

 

 

385

 

 

 

13,801

 

 

July, 2016

 

 

(2)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mount Berry Square Mall
Rome, GA

 

 

 

 

 

 

478

 

 

 

22,477

 

 

July, 2016

 

 

(2)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shenango Valley Mall
Hermitage, PA

 

 

 

 

 

 

508

 

 

 

14,746

 

 

July, 2016

 

 

(2)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

West Manchester Mall
York, PA

 

 

 

 

 

 

733

 

 

 

29,600

 

 

June, 2008

 

 

(2)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lightstone II

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shawnee/Brazos Malls

 

 

 

7,835

 

 

 

 

 

 

39,500

 

 

Jan., 2009

 

 

(3)

 

Brazos Mall
Lake Jackson, TX

 

 

 

 

 

 

698

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shawnee Mall
Shawnee, OK

 

 

 

 

 

 

444

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lightstone III

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Macon/Burlington Malls

 

 

 

9,500

 

 

 

 

 

 

156,147

 

 

June, 2015

 

 

5.78%

 

Burlington Mall
Burlington, NC

 

 

 

 

 

 

412

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Macon Mall
Macon, GA

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,446

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 


 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

25,935

 

 

5,656

 

 

$

306,131

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 


 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1) Each individual owning entity is a single purpose entity that is prohibited by its organizational documents from owning any assets other than the specified shopping mall properties listed above.

(2) In June, 2006, the original $105,000,000 nonrecourse first mortgage loan secured by the Martinsburg Mall and the Four Malls was refinanced with the following mortgage loans: a $73,900,000 nonrecourse first mortgage loan with an interest rate of 5.93% per annum, maturing on July 1, 2016, a $7,000,000 mezzanine loan with an interest rate of 12% per annum maturing on July 1, 2016 and a $29,600,000 nonrecourse first mortgage loan with an adjustable interest rate based on the London Interbank Offered Rates (“LIBOR”) plus 232 basis points (approximately 7.06% at December 31, 2007), with a minimum

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interest rate of 7.89%, maturing on June 8, 2008. The $73,900,000 first mortgage loan and the $7,000,000 mezzanine loan are secured by the Martinsburg Mall and three of the Four Malls. The $29,600,000 first mortgage loan is secured by the West Manchester Mall.

(3) The interest rate is at the 30 day LIBOR rate plus 280 basis points (approximately 7.54% at December 31, 2007). The loan matures in January, 2009, with an option to extend the loan for one year with an extension fee of .125% of the outstanding principal.

Under the equity method of accounting, the Company’s investments in the joint ventures, including the $25,935,000 of loans advanced to the joint ventures, have been reduced by distributions received and losses recorded for the joint ventures (and increased by any income recorded for the joint ventures). Activity in investments in and advances to joint ventures for the year ended December 31, 2007 is as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at
December 31,
2006

 

Distributions
Received

 

Equity
in the
Loss from
Joint
Ventures

 

Balance at
December 31,
2007

 

 

 

 


 


 


 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Martinsburg Mall

(1)

 

$

162,821

 

$

(159,868

)

$

(2,953

)

$

 

Four Malls

(2)

 

 

4,534,578

 

 

(959,139

)

 

(2,886,704

)

 

688,735

 

Macon/Burlington Malls

(3)

 

 

7,354,426

 

 

(1,059,514

)

 

(6,294,912

)

 

 

Shawnee/Brazos Malls

(4)

 

 

6,007,924

 

 

(873,820

)

 

(899,638

)

 

4,234,466

 

 

 

 



 



 



 



 

 

 

 

$

18,059,749

 

$

(3,052,341

)

$

(10,084,207

)

$

4,923,201

 

 

 

 



 



 



 



 

Equity in the loss from joint ventures is as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year Ended December 31,

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

 

 

 


 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Martinsburg Mall

(1)

 

$

(2,953

)

$

(480,159

)

Four Malls

(2)

 

 

(2,886,704

)

 

(1,200,518

)

Macon/Burlington Malls

(3)

 

 

(6,294,912

)

 

(128,030

)

Shawnee/Brazos Malls

(4)

 

 

(899,638

)

 

(274,406

)

 

 

 



 



 

 

 

 

$

(10,084,207

)

$

(2,083,113

)

 

 

 



 



 

(1) The Company’s share of the loss from joint ventures for the Martinsburg Mall is determined after the deduction for interest expense at the rate of 11% per annum on the outstanding $2,600,000 loan from Lightstone. In the second quarter of 2007, the Company’s basis of its investment in the Martinsburg Mall was reduced by distributions and losses to zero and, accordingly, the Company only recorded its share of the loss to the extent of its basis. Any future distributions received from the Martinsburg Mall will be recorded in income.

(2) Interest income earned by the Company at the rate of 11% per annum on the outstanding $8,600,000 loan from the Company to Lightstone I is included in the calculation of the Company’s share of the loss from joint ventures for the Four Malls. The Company recorded a $2,886,704 loss for 2007 from the

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Four Malls, of which $2,124,003 pertained to an impairment loss ($1,165,471 for the Mount Berry Square Mall and $958,532 for the West Manchester Mall).

(3) Interest income earned by the Company at the rate of 11% per annum on the outstanding $9,500,000 loan from the Company to Lightstone III is included in the calculation of the Company’s share of the loss from joint ventures for the Macon/Burlington Malls. In the fourth quarter of 2007, the Company’s basis of its investment in the Macon/Burlington Malls was reduced by distributions and losses to zero and, accordingly, the Company only recorded its share of the loss to the extent of its basis. The Company recorded a $6,294,912 loss for the 2007 year from the Macon/Burlington Malls (of which $6,246,722 pertained to an impairment loss). The Company’s 29% share of the impairment loss from the Macon/Burlington Malls was $19,914,390. However, such losses may only be recorded to the extent of the Company’s basis and, therefore, the impairment loss recorded by the Company was $6,246,722. Any future distributions received from the Macon/Burlington Malls will be recorded in income.

(4) Interest income earned by the Company at the rate of 11% per annum on the outstanding $7,835,000 loan from the Company to Lightstone II is included in the calculation of the Company’s share of the loss from joint ventures for the Shawnee/Brazos Malls.

The Company prepares the summary of the condensed combined financial information for the Martinsburg Mall, the Four Malls, the Shawnee/Brazos Malls and the Macon/Burlington Malls based on information provided by The Lightstone Group. The summary financial information below includes information for all of the joint ventures. The condensed combined information is as follows:

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December 31,

 

 

 


 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

 

 


 


 

Condensed Combined Balance Sheets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net real estate

 

$

235,595,000

 

$

304,358,000

 

In-place lease values and acquired lease rights

 

 

11,569,000

 

 

16,147,000

 

Prepaid expenses and deposits in escrow

 

 

18,145,000

 

 

14,844,000

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

 

3,028,000

 

 

2,695,000

 

Deferred financing costs

 

 

2,505,000

 

 

1,766,000

 

Other assets

 

 

7,307,000

 

 

7,255,000

 

 

 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Assets

 

$

278,149,000

 

$

347,065,000

 

 

 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nonrecourse mortgage debt

 

$

306,131,000

 

$

308,092,000

 

Mezzanine notes payable

 

 

49,994,000

 

 

31,670,000

 

Other liabilities

 

 

29,278,000

 

 

24,610,000

 

 

 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

 

 

385,403,000

 

 

364,372,000

 

Members’ Deficit

 

 

(107,254,000

)

 

(17,307,000

)

 

 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Liabilities and Members’ Deficit

 

$

278,149,000

 

$

347,065,000

 

 

 



 



 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year Ended December 31,

 

 

 


 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

 

 


 


 

Condensed Combined Statements of Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenues (1)

 

$

59,813,000

 

$

58,585,000

 

Interest on mortgage debt and other debt

 

 

(25,144,000

)

 

(25,112,000

)

Other expenses

 

 

(34,338,000

)

 

(31,302,000

)

 

 



 



 

Income before depreciation and amortization and provision for losses on real estate

 

 

331,000

 

 

2,171,000

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

(14,108,000

)

 

(16,102,000

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Provision for losses on real estate(2)

 

 

(75,994,000

)

 

 

 

 



 



 

Net Loss

 

$

(89,771,000

)

$

(13,931,000

)

 

 



 



 

(1) Revenues for the year ended December 31, 2007, include a settlement payment received in the amount of $4,146,000 from a former tenant at the Macon Mall relating to the amendment and termination of the tenant’s lease.

(2) In the fourth quarter of 2007, the joint venture entities recorded an impairment loss of approximately $75,994,000 on four of the nine mall properties owned by the entities. The Company’s 29% share of the impairment loss was approximately $22,038,000. However, because the recording of losses is limited to the extent of the Company’s investment in and advances to joint ventures, the Company’s share of the impairment loss was $8,370,725.

As a result of the Company’s use of the equity method of accounting with respect to its investments in and advances to the joint ventures, the Company’s consolidated statements of operations reflect 29% of the loss from the joint ventures. The Company’s equity in the loss from joint ventures of $10,084,207 for the year ended December 31, 2007, is after (i) deductions in the aggregate amount of $3,830,077 for the Company’s 29% of noncash charges

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(depreciation of $2,888,019 and amortization of deferred financing costs, in-place lease values and other costs of $942,058) and (ii) an impairment loss of $8,370,725.

Notwithstanding the loss from the joint ventures, the Company is entitled to receive its interest at the rate of 11% per annum on its $25,935,000 of loans to the joint ventures. For the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company received distributions from the joint ventures in the amount of $3,052,341, which included payments of interest in the amount of $2,892,473 and return on investment in the amount of $159,868.

The equity in the loss from joint ventures of $2,083,113 for the year ended December 31, 2006, is after deductions in the aggregate amount of $4,669,588 for the Company’s 29% of noncash charges (depreciation of $2,878,024 and amortization of deferred financing costs, in-place lease values and other costs of $1,791,564). For the year ended December 31, 2006, the Company received distributions from joint ventures in the amount of $3,483,271, which included payments of interest in the amount of $2,871,592 and return on investment in the amount of $611,679. The return on investment of $611,679 included a distribution of $335,110 from Lightstone III and this distribution was utilized to fund the additional $335,000 mezzanine loan to Lightstone II.

The Lightstone Group is controlled by David Lichtenstein. At December 31, 2007, in addition to Presidential’s investments of $4,923,201 in these joint ventures with entities controlled by Mr. Lichtenstein, Presidential has three loans that are due from entities that are controlled by Mr. Lichtenstein in the aggregate outstanding principal amount of $7,449,994 with a net carrying value of $7,112,498. Two of the loans in the outstanding principal amount of $5,375,000, with a net carrying value of $5,037,504, are secured by interests in five apartment properties and are also personally guaranteed by Mr. Lichtenstein up to a maximum amount of $3,137,500. The third loan in the outstanding principal amount of $2,074,994 is secured by interests in nine apartment properties. All of these loans are in good standing. While the Company believes that all of these loans are adequately secured, a default on any or all of these loans could have a material adverse effect on Presidential’s business and operating results.

The $12,035,699 net carrying value of investments in and advances to joint ventures with entities controlled by Mr. Lichtenstein and loans outstanding to entities controlled by Mr. Lichtenstein constitute 34% of the Company’s total assets at December 31, 2007. Subsequent to December 31, 2007, the Company received repayment of a $1,500,000 loan (included in the $7,449,994 referred to above).

Subsequent to year end, Lightstone III defaulted on its February and March, 2008 monthly payments of interest on the Company’s $9,500,000 mezzanine loan relating to the Macon/Burlington Malls. Lightstone III has also failed to make the February and March, 2008 payments due on a portion of the first mortgage loan secured by Macon/Burlington. Lightstone III has informed the Company that it is attempting to negotiate an agreement with the first mortgagee, which would include a release of certain funds held in escrow accounts by the first mortgagee and a deferment of interest payments on all of the outstanding indebtedness on the Macon/Burlington Malls in order to provide funds for the improvement of the properties. As a result the default on a portion of the first mortgage loan secured by those properties, the Company may not receive the repayment of its $9,500,000 loan. The Company is contractually due to receive annual interest payments of $1,059,514 on its

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$9,500,000 loan. The carrying value of this investment was reduced to zero at December 31, 2007.

 

 

3.

REAL ESTATE

 

 

 

Real estate is comprised of the following:


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 


 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

 

 


 


 

 

 

Land

 

$

2,309,930

 

$

2,304,009

 

Buildings

 

 

18,605,700

 

 

17,907,264

 

Furniture and equipment

 

 

125,419

 

 

121,907

 

 

 



 



 

 

 

Total real estate

 

$

21,041,049

 

$

20,333,180

 

 

 



 



 



Two of the properties owned by the Company represented 59% and 16% of  total rental revenue in 2007 and 37% and 23% of total rental revenue in 2006.

 

 

4.

MORTGAGE PORTFOLIO

The Company’s mortgage portfolio includes notes receivable and notes receivable – related parties.

Notes receivable consist of:

 

 

(1)

Long-term purchase money notes from sales of properties previously owned by the Company and loans and mortgages originated by the Company. These notes receivable have varying interest rates with balloon payments due at maturity.

 

 

(2)

Notes receivable from sales of cooperative apartment units. These notes generally have market interest rates and the majority of these notes amortize monthly with balloon payments due at maturity.

 

 

Notes receivable – related parties are all due from Ivy Properties, Ltd. or its affiliates (collectively “Ivy”) and consist of:

 

(1)

Purchase money notes resulting from sales of property to Ivy.

 

 

(2)

Notes receivable relating to loans made by the Company to Ivy in connection with Ivy’s cooperative conversion business.

At December 31, 2007, all of the notes in the Company’s mortgage portfolio are current in accordance with their terms, as modified.

The following table summarizes the components of the mortgage portfolio:

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MORTGAGE PORTFOLIO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notes Receivable

 

Notes Receivable - Related Parties (1)

 

 

 

 

 


 


 


 

 

 

Properties
previously
owned

 

Originated
loans

 

Cooperative
apartment
units

 

Total

 

Properties
previously
owned

 

Cooperative
conversion
loans

 

Total

 

Total
mortgage
portfolio

 

 

 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notes receivable

 

$

4,285,000

 

$

3,574,994

 

$

191,348

 

$

8,051,342

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

$

8,051,342

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Less: Discounts

 

 

337,496

 

 

 

 

54,621

 

 

392,117

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

392,117

 

 

 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net

 

$

3,947,504

 

$

3,574,994

 

$

136,727

 

$

7,659,225

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

$

7,659,225

 

 

 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Due within one year

 

$

410,000

 

$

 

$

45,827

 

$

455,827

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

$

455,827

 

Long-term

 

 

3,537,504

 

 

3,574,994

 

 

90,900

 

 

7,203,398

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,203,398

 

 

 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net

 

$

3,947,504

 

$

3,574,994

 

$

136,727

 

$

7,659,225

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

$

7,659,225

 

 

 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notes receivable

 

$

4,170,000

 

$

3,574,994

 

$

58,450

 

$

7,803,444

 

$

155,232

 

$

39,769

 

$

195,001

 

$

7,998,445

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Less: Discounts

 

 

563,833

 

 

 

 

5,372

 

 

569,205

 

 

14,216

 

 

32,569

 

 

46,785

 

 

615,990

 

 

 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net

 

$

3,606,167

 

$

3,574,994

 

$

53,078

 

$

7,234,239

 

$

141,016

 

$

7,200

 

$

148,216

 

$

7,382,455

 

 

 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Due within one year

 

$

195,000

 

$

 

$

18,157

 

$

213,157

 

$

20,974

 

$

6,402

 

$

27,376

 

$

240,533

 

Long-term

 

 

3,411,167

 

 

3,574,994

 

 

34,921

 

 

7,021,082

 

 

120,042

 

 

798

 

 

120,840

 

 

7,141,922

 

 

 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net

 

$

3,606,167

 

$

3,574,994

 

$

53,078

 

$

7,234,239

 

$

141,016

 

$

7,200

 

$

148,216

 

$

7,382,455

 

 

 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 

(1) In 2007, the Company purchased an aggregate of 25% limited partnership interests in the UTB Associates partnership and subsequently liquidated the partnership. The partnership held a small portfolio of purchase money notes which it had acquired from Ivy from the sale of property to Ivy and such notes were collateralized by individual cooperative apartments. The Company now owns 100% of this note portfolio and the portfolio has been reclassified from Notes receivable - related parties to Notes receivable.

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New Loan

In March, 2007, the Company sold its Cambridge Green property in Council Bluffs, Iowa. As part of the sales price, the Company received a $200,000 secured note receivable which matured on March 20, 2008. The note receivable has an interest rate of 7% per annum, payment of which is deferred until maturity. At December 31, 2007, the accrued deferred interest was $11,083 which was recognized in interest income. In March, 2008, the Company agreed to extend the maturity date of the loan to December 31, 2008 and received a $25,000 payment of principal and interest.

Prepayments and Modifications

The Company has a $1,500,000 loan receivable collateralized by ownership interests in Reisterstown Square Associates, LLC, which owns Reisterstown Apartments in Baltimore, Maryland, and by a personal guarantee from the borrower. The loan matured on January 31, 2008. The loan had an annual interest rate that changed every six months to a rate equal to 825 basis points above the six month LIBOR rate, with a minimum rate of 10.50% per annum. At December 31, 2007, the annual interest rate was 13.58%. The loan and interest due thereon were repaid in 2008.

On March 8, 2006, the Company received a partial prepayment on one of the loans outstanding to entities controlled by Mr. Lichtenstein. The Company had a $4,500,000 loan secured by ownership interests in entities owning nine apartment properties in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The first mortgages on these properties were refinanced and Presidential received $2,425,006 of net refinancing proceeds in repayment of a portion of its loan principal and $215,750 in payment of the deferred interest to date, leaving an outstanding principal balance of $2,074,994. Under the original terms of the note, upon a refinancing and principal prepayment on the note, the interest rate on the unpaid balance of the note was to be recalculated pursuant to a specific formula. In order to resolve a disagreement over the recalculation of this interest rate, in July, 2006, the Company and the borrower modified the terms of this note. Under the terms of the modification, effective January 1, 2006, the interest rate on the note was increased from 11.50% per annum to 13.50% per annum until October 24, 2007 and 13% per annum thereafter until maturity (2% of such interest will be deferred and payable on October 23, 2008, in accordance with the original terms of the note). In addition, the Company will receive additional interest in an amount equal to 27% of any operating cash flow distributed to the borrower and 27% (increased from 25%) of any net proceeds resulting from sales or refinancing of the properties.

Under the terms of the Mark Terrace note, the borrower had annual options to extend the maturity date from November 29, 2005 to November 29, 2008 at an interest rate of 9.16% per annum until maturity. In 2005 and 2006, the borrower exercised his option to extend the note for one year periods, and the Company received principal payments of $100,000 for each extension. The outstanding principal balance of $110,000 was due on November 29, 2007, and in lieu of another one year extension and a principal payment of $100,000, the Company agreed to extend the maturity of the note to March 31, 2008. The interest rate was increased from 9.16% per annum to 11% per annum. As of December 31, 2007, the note is collateralized by 75 unsold cooperative apartments at the Mark Terrace property. During 2007 and 2006, the Company received $85,000 and $395,000, respectively, in principal payments on the Mark Terrace note.

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5.

DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS

For the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006, income (loss) from discontinued operations is from the Cambridge Green property, which was sold in March, 2007, and one cooperative apartment unit which was sold in June, 2007.

The following table summarizes income (loss) for the properties sold.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year ended December 31,

 

 

 


 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

 

 


 


 

Revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rental

 

$

113,185

 

$

895,398

 

 

 



 



 

Rental property expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating expenses

 

 

148,213

 

 

856,260

 

Interest on mortgage debt

 

 

31,684

 

 

192,151

 

Real estate taxes

 

 

27,685

 

 

168,934

 

Depreciation on real estate

 

 

987

 

 

2,048

 

 

 



 



 

Total

 

 

208,569

 

 

1,219,393

 

 

 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investment income

 

 

2,001

 

 

6,238

 

 

 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loss from

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

discontinued operations

 

 

(93,383

)

 

(317,757

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net gain from sales of

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

discontinued operations

 

 

735,705

 

 

 

 

 



 



 

Total income (loss) from

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

discontinued operations

 

$

642,322

 

$

(317,757

)

 

 



 



 

On March 21, 2007, the Company completed the sale of the Cambridge Green property, a 201-unit apartment property in Council Bluffs, Iowa for a sales price of $3,700,000. As part of the sales price, (i) the $2,856,452 outstanding principal balance of the first mortgage debt was assumed by the buyer, (ii) the Company received a $200,000 secured note receivable from the buyer, which matures in one year and has an interest rate of 7% per annum, and (iii) the balance of the sales price was paid in cash. The net proceeds from the sale were $664,780, which includes the $200,000 note receivable. The Company recognized a gain from the sale for financial reporting purposes of $646,759.

The Company owns a small portfolio of cooperative apartments located in New York and Connecticut. These apartments are held for the production of rental income and generally are not marketed for sale. However, from time to time, the Company will receive purchase offers for some of these apartments or decide to market specific apartments and will make sales if the purchase price is acceptable to management. In June, 2007, the Company sold one cooperative apartment unit located in New Haven, Connecticut for a sales price of $125,000. The net proceeds from the sale were $117,224 and the Company recognized a gain from the sale for financial reporting purposes of $88,946.

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The assets and liabilities of the Cambridge Green property were segregated in the consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2006. The components were as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

 

2006

 

 

 

 


 

 

Assets related to

 

 

 

 

 

discontinued operations:

 

 

 

 

 

Land

 

$

200,000

 

 

Buildings

 

 

4,214,988

 

 

Furniture and equipment

 

 

39,851

 

 

Less: accumulated depreciation

 

 

(1,634,161

)

 

 

 



 

 

Net real estate

 

 

2,820,678

 

 

Other assets

 

 

101,815

 

 

 

 



 

 

Total

 

$

2,922,493

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities related to

 

 

 

 

 

discontinued operations:

 

 

 

 

 

Mortgage debt

 

$

2,865,433

 

 

Other liabilities

 

 

46,244

 

 

 

 



 

 

Total

 

$

2,911,677

 

 

 

 



 

 


 

 

6.

OTHER INVESTMENTS

Other investments are composed of:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

 

 

 


 


 

 

Broadway Partners

 

$

 

$

520,000

 

 

Broadway Fund A

 

 

 

 

890,000

 

 

Broadway Fund A II

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

590,000

 

 

 

 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

1,000,000

 

$

2,000,000

 

 

 

 



 



 

 

In 2005, the Company agreed to advance $1,000,000 from time to time to Broadway Partners Parallel Fund A (“Broadway Fund A”), a blind pool of investment capital sponsored by Broadway Real Estate Partners, LLC (“Broadway Partners”). In connection with such agreement, the Company advanced $1,000,000 to Broadway Partners and received interest on these funds at the rate of 11.43% per annum through September 30, 2006 and 5% per annum thereafter until such funds were used to fund the Company’s commitment to Broadway Fund A. In 2006, the Company made an additional commitment to fund an additional $1,000,000 to Broadway Partners Feeder Fund A II (“Broadway Fund A II”), another blind pool of investment capital sponsored by Broadway Partners. The Company retained the right to fund its commitments to Broadway Fund A and Broadway Fund A II with the $1,000,000 advanced to Broadway Partners or with other funds available to the Company.

As of December 31, 2006, Presidential had advanced $890,000 of its $1,000,000 commitment to Broadway Fund A. In September, 2007, the $890,000 was returned to Presidential. Presidential has no further commitment to Broadway Fund A.

Also in 2006, Presidential advanced $590,000 of its $1,000,000 commitment to Broadway Fund A II. The remaining $410,000 balance to Presidential’s commitment to Broadway Fund A II was funded in January, 2007.

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At December 31, 2006, Broadway Partners still held $520,000 of funds previously advanced to it by Presidential, of which $420,000 was used in January, 2007 to fund Broadway Fund A II above and the $110,000 balance was returned to Presidential in September, 2007.

In 2007 and 2006, the Company received distributions of $537,087 and $145,076, respectively, from Broadway Fund A resulting from the proceeds of sales and recorded the distributions in investment income. In addition, for the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006, the Company earned interest income of $5,243 and $94,097, respectively, on the funds held by Broadway Partners.

The Company accounts for these investments under the cost method.

 

 

7.

MORTGAGE DEBT

At December 31, 2007, mortgage debt on the consolidated balance sheet was $18,868,690, which was discounted by $48,254 relating to the Hato Rey Center property mortgage and the partial step acquisition (see Note 1-A). The aggregate outstanding mortgage debt at December 31, 2007 is $18,916,944.

All mortgage debt is secured by individual properties. The $15,541,000 mortgage on the Hato Rey Center property in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico and the $2,174,747 mortgage on the Crown Court property in New Haven, Connecticut are nonrecourse to the Company, whereas the $1,101,578 mortgage on the Building Industries Center property in White Plains, New York and the $99,619 mortgage on the Mapletree Industrial Center property in Palmer, Massachusetts are recourse to Presidential.

Amortization requirements of all mortgage debt as of December 31, 2007 are summarized as follows:

Year ending December 31:

 

 

 

 

 

2008

 

$

445,130

 

2009

 

 

1,524,693

 

2010

 

 

486,476

 

2011

 

 

507,114

 

2012

 

 

525,424

 

Thereafter

 

 

15,428,107

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

 

$

18,916,944

 

 

 



 

Interest on mortgages is payable at fixed rates, summarized as follows:

Interest rates:

 

 

 

 

 

5.45%

 

$

1,101,578

 

7% - 7.38%

 

 

17,715,747

 

8.25%

 

 

99,619

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

 

$

18,916,944

 

 

 



 

The first mortgage loan on the Hato Rey Center property is due on May 11, 2028 but provides that if it is not repaid on or before May 11, 2008, the interest rate on the loan will be increased by two percentage points (to

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9.38% per annum of which 2% per annum is deferred until maturity) and all cash flow from the property, after payment of all operating expenses, will be applied to pay down the outstanding principal balance of the loan. The outstanding principal balance of the loan on May 11, 2008 will be approximately $15,445,000. The Company is attempting to refinance the existing first mortgage but has not yet obtained a commitment to do so. Failure to repay the existing mortgage loan on May 11, 2008 does not constitute a default under the loan.

 

 

8.

HATO REY PARTNERSHIP

PDL, Inc. (a wholly owned subsidiary of Presidential) is the general partner of the Hato Rey Partnership. Presidential and PDL, Inc. had an aggregate 33% general and limited partner interest in the Hato Rey Partnership at March 31, 2006. During the second quarter of 2006, the Company purchased an additional 1% limited partnership interest. In addition, during 2006 the Company purchased an additional 25% limited partnership interest, which purchase was effective as of December 31, 2006. At December 31, 2006, Presidential and PDL, Inc. owned an aggregate 59% general and limited partner interest.

In January, 2007, the Company purchased an additional 1% limited partnership interest for a purchase price of $53,694. At December 31, 2007, Presidential and PDL, Inc. owned an aggregate 60% general and limited partner interest in the Hato Rey Partnership.

The Hato Rey Partnership owns and operates the Hato Rey Center, an office building, with 209,000 square feet of commercial space, located in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico.

Prior to the purchase of the additional 25% limited partnership interest, the Company accounted for its investment in this partnership under the equity method.

As a result of the purchase of the additional 25% limited partnership interest at December 31, 2006, the Company owns the majority of the partnership interests in the partnership, is the general partner of the partnership, and exercises effective control over the partnership through its ability to manage the affairs of the partnership in the ordinary course of business.

The purchase of the additional limited partnership interests were recorded as partial step acquisitions in accordance with the provisions of ARB No. 51 and SFAS No. 141.

The purchase price of the additional 25% limited partnership interest purchased in 2006, was $950,000 and additional costs of purchase were $54,439 for a total purchase price of $1,004,439.

The Company allocated the transaction’s value, the negative basis of the minority partners and the Company’s negative basis, to the tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on the increase in their estimated fair values over historical costs in a partial step acquisition as follows:

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Land

 

$

1,899,170

 

Building and improvements

 

 

12,085,690

 

Intangible assets (in other assets)

 

 

570,596

 

Mortgage payable

 

 

15,660,265

 

Other liabilities

 

 

167,865

 

The purchase price of the additional 1% limited partnership interest purchased in 2007, was $53,694 and the Company recorded $50,669 to land, building and improvements and $3,025 to intangible assets, mortgage payable and other liabilities.

For the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company consolidated the results of operations of the Hato Rey Partnership on the Company’s consolidated statement of operations.

At December 31, 2006, the Company consolidated the Hato Rey Partnership on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet. The results of operations of the Hato Rey Partnership were not consolidated on the Company’s consolidated statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2006, because the Company only had a 34% ownership interest in the partnership during the year, and, accordingly, the Company’s share of the loss from the partnership for 2006 was recorded in Equity in the loss from partnership, under the equity method of accounting.

Summary statement of operations information for the Hato Rey Partnership for the year ended December 31, 2006 and the amount recorded by the Company in Equity in the loss from partnership are as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year Ended
December 31,
2006

 

 

 



 

Condensed Statement of Operations

 

 

 

 

Revenues

 

$

3,046,533

 

Interest on mortgage debt

 

 

(1,192,948

)

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

(382,753

)

Other expenses

 

 

(2,174,568

)

Investment income

 

 

25,108

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Loss

 

$

(678,628

)

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

On the Company’s Consolidated Statement of Operations:

 

 

 

 

Equity in the loss from partnership

 

$

(227,510

)

 

 



 

During 2005 and 2006, three tenants at the building vacated a total of 82,387 square feet of office space at the expiration of their leases. In 2006, the Hato Rey Partnership began a program of repairs and improvements to the property and since that time has spent approximately $795,000 to upgrade the physical condition and appearance of the property. The improvement program was substantially completed by the end of 2007. In 2005, the Company agreed to lend up to $2,000,000 to the Hato Rey Partnership to pay for the cost of improvements to the building and fund any negative cash flows from the operation of the property. The loan, which is advanced from time to time as funds are needed, bears interest at the rate of 11% per annum, with interest and principal to be paid out of the first positive cash flow from the

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property or upon a refinancing of the first mortgage on the property. In September, 2007, the Company agreed to lend an additional $500,000 to the Hato Rey Partnership under the same terms as the original $2,000,000 agreement, except that the interest rate on the additional $500,000 would be at the rate of 13% per annum and that the interest rate on the entire loan would be increased to 13% per annum to the extent that the loan was not repaid in May, 2008. At December 31, 2007, the Company had advanced $1,999,275 of the loan to the Hato Rey Partnership. The $1,999,275 loan and accrued interest in the amount of 235,239 have been eliminated in consolidation.

For the year ended December 31, 2007, the Hato Rey Partnership had a loss of $521,102. The minority partners have no basis in their investment in the Hato Rey Partnership, and as a result, the Company is required to record the minority partners’ 40% share of the loss which was $208,441. Therefore, the Company recorded 100% of the loss from the partnership of $521,102 in the Company’s consolidated financial statements. Future earnings of the Hato Rey Partnership, should they materialize, will be recorded by the Company up to the amount of the losses previously absorbed that were applicable to the minority partners.

 

 

9.

MINORITY INTEREST IN CONSOLIDATED PARTNERSHIP

Presidential was the general partner of UTB Associates, a partnership, which held notes receivable and in which Presidential had a 75% interest. As the general partner of UTB Associates, Presidential exercised control over this partnership through its ability to manage the affairs of the partnership in the ordinary course of business, including the ability to approve the partnership’s budgets, and through its significant equity interest. Accordingly, Presidential consolidated this partnership in the accompanying consolidated financial statements. The minority interest reflects the minority partners’ equity in the partnership.

In July, 2007, the Company purchased the remaining 25% limited partnership interests for a purchase price of $42,508, which was effective as of June 30, 2007. As a result of the purchase, the Company owned 100% of UTB Associates. The major asset of the partnership is a portfolio of notes receivable that amortize monthly and have various interest rates. At June 30, 2007, the notes had an outstanding principal balance of $142,757 and a net carrying value of $114,889. The Company liquidated the partnership at December 31, 2007 and the remaining assets of the partnership were recorded on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet.

 

 

10.

LINE OF CREDIT

The Company has an unsecured $250,000 line of credit from a lending institution which is renewed annually. The interest rate on the line of credit is 1% above the prime rate. There were no borrowings under this line of credit during 2007 and there are no amounts outstanding under the line of credit at December 31, 2007.

 

 

11.

INCOME TAXES

Presidential has elected to qualify as a Real Estate Investment Trust under the Internal Revenue Code. A REIT which distributes at least 90% of its real estate investment trust taxable income to its shareholders each year by the end of the following year and which meets certain other conditions will not

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be taxed on that portion of its taxable income which is distributed to its shareholders.

The Company adopted FIN 48 on January 1, 2007. If the Company’s tax positions in relation to certain transactions were examined and were not ultimately upheld, the Company would be required to pay an income tax assessment and related interest, or a deficiency dividend and related interest, for prior years. Should such an assessment require the Company to pay a deficiency dividend in order to continue to qualify as a REIT, the Company would pay the deficiency dividend to its shareholders and the related interest assessment to the taxing authorities.

Upon adoption of FIN 48 the Company recorded a reduction to the January 1, 2007 balance of retained earnings of $460,800 for accrued interest for prior years related to the tax positions for which the Company may be required to pay a deficiency dividend. In addition, for the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company recorded interest expense of $356,780 for the interest related to these matters. The Company recognizes this interest expense in general and administrative expenses in its consolidated statements of operations. As of December 31, 2007, the Company had accrued $817,580 of interest related to these matters, which is included in accrued liabilities in its consolidated balance sheet. As of December 31, 2007, the tax years that remain open to examination by the federal, state and local taxing authorities are the 2004 – 2006 tax years.

Upon filing the Company’s income tax return for the year ended December 31, 2006, the Company reported a tax loss of approximately $1,412,000 ($.36 per share), which is comprised of capital gains of approximately $225,000 ($.06 per share) and an ordinary loss of approximately $1,637,000 ($.42 per share).

For the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company had taxable income (before distributions to shareholders) of approximately $3,015,000 ($0.76 per share), which is comprised of capital gains of $4,208,000 ($1.06 per share) and an ordinary loss of $1,193,000 ($0.30 per share). The Company will apply its 2007 distributions and a portion of its 2006 loss carryforward to reduce its 2007 taxable income to zero, therefore no provision for income taxes was required at December 31, 2007.

As previously stated, in order to maintain REIT status, Presidential is required to distribute 90% of its REIT taxable income (exclusive of capital gains). As a result of the ordinary tax loss for 2007, there is no requirement to make a distribution in 2008.

Presidential has, for tax purposes, reported the gain from the sale of certain of its properties using the installment method.

 

 

12.

COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Presidential is not a party to any material legal proceedings. The Company may from time to time be a party to routine litigation incidental to the ordinary course of its business.

In the opinion of management, all of the Company’s properties are adequately covered by insurance in accordance with normal insurance practices.

The Company is involved in an environmental remediation process for contaminated soil found on its Mapletree Industrial Center property in

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Palmer, Massachusetts. The land area involved is approximately 1.25 acres and the depth of the contamination is at this time undetermined. Since the most serious identified threat on the site is to songbirds, the proposed remediation will consist of removing all exposed metals and a layer of soil (the depth of which is yet to be determined). The Company estimates that the costs of the cleanup will not exceed $1,000,000. The remediation will comply with the requirements of the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (“MADEP”). The MADEP has agreed that the Company may complete the remediation over the next fifteen years, but the Company expects to complete the project over the next ten years. The Company is currently waiting for regulations to be finalized by MADEP and will begin remediation thereafter. This estimate is based on hazard waste regulation 310 CMR 30 being passed in Massachusetts. If this regulation is not adopted, the costs could be materially different.

In accordance with the provisions of SFAS No. 5, “Accounting for Contingencies”, in the fourth quarter of 2006, the Company accrued a $1,000,000 liability, which was discounted by $145,546, and charged $854,454 to expense. The discount rate used was 4.625%, which was the interest rate on 10 year Treasury Bonds. The expected cash payments and undiscounted amount to be recognized in the Company’s consolidated financial statements are as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Discount
Amount
Recognized
as Expense
December 31,
2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Estimated
Undiscounted
Amount to be
Recognized
as Expense

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Actual
Cash Payments
December 31,
2007

 

 

 

 

 

Estimated
Cash Payments

 

 

 

 

Year

 

 

 

 

 


 


 


 


 


 

 

2007

 

$

200,000

 

$

36,663

 

$

8,841

 

$

1,621

 

2008

 

 

200,000

 

 

 

 

 

16,934

 

 

 

 

2009

 

 

150,000

 

 

 

 

 

18,277

 

 

 

 

2010

 

 

100,000

 

 

 

 

 

15,612

 

 

 

 

2011

 

 

100,000

 

 

 

 

 

18,781

 

 

 

 

2012-2016

 

 

250,000

 

 

 

 

 

67,101

 

 

 

 

Actual costs incurred may vary from these estimates due to the inherent uncertainties involved. The Company believes that any liability in excess of amounts accrued which may result from the resolution of this matter will not have a material adverse effect on the financial condition, liquidity or the cash flow of the Company unless regulation 310 CMR 30 is not adopted.

In addition to the $854,454 charged to operations for environmental expense, the Company incurred costs in 2006 of $225,857 for environmental site testing and removal of soil. The total amounts charged to operations for environmental expense for 2006 were $1,080,311. For the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company incurred environmental expenses of $41,493 for further excavation and testing of the site.

 

 

13.

CONCENTRATIONS OF CREDIT RISK

Financial instruments which potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist principally of its mortgage portfolio and cash and cash equivalents.

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The Company’s mortgage portfolio consists of long-term notes receivable collateralized by real estate located in eight states (primarily Virginia, New Jersey and Maryland). The real estate collateralizing these notes, consisting primarily of moderate income apartment properties and, to a lesser extent, cooperative apartment units, has at a minimum an estimated fair value equal to the net carrying value of the notes.

Included in the mortgage portfolio at December 31, 2007 are three collateralized loans made to different companies, all of which are controlled by the same individual, David Lichtenstein. Some, but not all, of these loans, are guaranteed in whole or in part by Mr. Lichtenstein. The aggregate net carrying value of all of the outstanding loans made by Presidential to companies controlled by Mr. Lichtenstein is approximately $7,112,000 and all of such loans are in good standing. In addition, the Company has invested a total of $27,373,410 with entities controlled by Mr. Lichtenstein in transactions relating to nine shopping mall properties.

Furthermore, the $29,600,000 nonrecourse first mortgage loan secured by one of the shopping mall properties and the $39,500,000 nonrecourse first mortgage loan secured by two of the shopping mall properties carry interest rates which change monthly based on the London Interbank Offered Rate and mature in June, 2008 and January, 2009, respectively, subject to the borrower’s right to extend the maturity date of the $39,500,000 loan for one additional year. As a result, any material increase in interest rates could adversely affect the operating results of the joint ventures and their ability to make the required interest payments on the Company’s $8,600,000 and $7,835,000 mezzanine loans to those entities. The interest rate on the first mortgage secured by the West Manchester Mall was 7.89% per annum at December 31, 2006 and December 31, 2007. The interest rate on the first mortgages secured by the Shawnee/Brazos Malls decreased from 7.93% per annum at December 31, 2006 to 7.54% per annum at December 31, 2007.

The $29,600,000 first mortgage loan secured by the West Manchester Mall property is due in June of 2008. An affiliate of Lightstone has guaranteed repayment of a total of $10,360,000 of the first mortgage. Lightstone is attempting to obtain a refinancing of the first mortgage or an extension of its maturity date. However, there can be no assurance that such a refinancing or modification can be obtained and if it is not, the holder of the first mortgage could foreclose on the property and Presidential would lose its interest in the property. The carrying value of the West Manchester property was written down to its estimated fair value by the owning joint venture at December 31, 2007.

The Company generally maintains its cash in money market funds with high credit quality financial institutions. Periodically, the Company may invest in time deposits with such institutions. Although the Company may maintain balances at these institutions in excess of the FDIC insurance limit, the Company does not anticipate and has not experienced any losses.

 

 

14.

COMMON STOCK

The Class A and Class B common stock of Presidential have identical rights except that the holders of Class A common stock are entitled to elect two-thirds of the Board of Directors and the holders of the Class B common stock are entitled to elect one-third of the Board of Directors.

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Other than as described in Note 16, no shares of common stock of Presidential are reserved.

 

 

15.

DISTRIBUTIONS ON COMMON STOCK (UNAUDITED)

For income tax purposes, distributions paid on common stock are allocated as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Taxable
Ordinary
Income

 

Taxable
Capital
Gain

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total
Distribution

 

 

 

Non-
Taxable

 

Year

 

 

 

 

 

 

2007

 

$

0.64

 

$

0.00

 

$

0.64

 

$

0.00

 

2006

 

$

0.64

 

$

0.00

 

$

0.52

 

$

0.12

(1)

(1)          The non-taxable distribution of $0.12 per share in 2006 is a return of capital.

 

 

16.

STOCK COMPENSATION

In 2005, shareholders approved the adoption of the Company’s 2005 Restricted Stock Plan (the “2005 Plan”). The 2005 Plan provides that a total of 115,000 shares of the Company’s Class B common stock may be issued to employees, directors and consultants of the Company, to provide incentive compensation. The 2005 Plan is administered by the Compensation and Pension Committees of the Company’s Board of Directors, which have the authority, among other things, to determine the terms and conditions of any award under the 2005 Plan (including the vesting schedule applicable to the award, if any). The Board of Directors may at any time amend, suspend or terminate the 2005 Plan. The 2005 Plan will terminate on June 15, 2015, unless terminated earlier by the Board of Directors.

In 2006 and 2007, stock granted to directors was fully vested upon the grant date. Stock granted to officers and employees will vest at rates ranging from 20%-50% year. Notwithstanding the vesting schedule, the officers and employees are entitled to receive all distributions on the total number of shares granted. Shares granted under the 2005 Plan are issued at market value on the date of the grant. The following is a summary of the Company’s activity for the 2005 Plan in 2006 and 2007:

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Date of
Issuance

 

Shares
Issued

 

Market
Value at
Date of
Grant

 

Vested
Shares

 

Unvested
Shares

 

Class B
Common
Stock - Par
Value $.10
Per Share

 

Additional
Paid-in
Capital

 

Directors’
Fees

 

Salary
Expense

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Activity for 2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unvested shares as of December 31, 2005

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11,000

 

 

 

2,200

 

8,800

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares issued in 2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jan., 2006

 

3,000

 

7.64

 

3,000

 

 

 

$

300

 

$

22,620

 

$

22,920

 

 

 

 

Jan., 2006

 

22,500

 

7.40

 

4,500

 

18,000

 

 

2,250

 

 

31,050

 

 

 

 

$

33,300

 

Dec., 2006

 

6,500

 

7.05

 

 

 

6,500

 

 

650

 

 

(650

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

32,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 


 


 



 



 



 



 

 

 

43,000

 

 

 

9,700

 

33,300

 

$

3,200

 

$

53,020

 

$

22,920

 

$

33,300

 

 

 


 

 

 


 


 



 



 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Activity for 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unvested shares as of December 31, 2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

33,300

 

 

 

8,000

 

25,300

 

 

 

 

$

42,465

 

 

 

 

$

42,465

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares issued in 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jan., 2007

 

3,000

 

6.95

 

3,000

 

 

 

$

300

 

 

20,550

 

$

20,850

 

 

 

 

May, 2007

 

10,000

 

7.44

 

5,000

 

5,000

 

 

1,000

 

 

36,200

 

 

 

 

 

37,200

 

Dec., 2007

 

2,500

 

5.80

 

 

 

2,500

 

 

250

 

 

(250

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15,500

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 


 


 



 



 



 



 

 

 

48,800

 

 

 

16,000

 

32,800

 

$

1,550

 

$

98,965

 

$

20,850

 

$

79,665

 

 

 


 

 

 


 


 



 



 



 



 

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17.

CONTRACTUAL PENSION AND POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS

Presidential has employment contracts with several active and retired officers and employees. These contracts provide for annual pension benefits and other postretirement benefits such as health care benefits. The pension benefits generally provide for annual payments in specified amounts for each participant for life, commencing upon retirement, with an annual adjustment for an increase in the consumer price index. The Company accrues on an actuarial basis the estimated costs of these benefits during the years the employee provides services. Periodic benefit costs are reflected in general and administrative expenses. The contractual benefit plans are not funded. The Company uses a December 31 measurement date for the contractual benefit plans.

Effective December 31, 2006, the Company adopted SFAS No. 158, which required employers to recognize the overfunded and underfunded status for contractual pension benefit and postretirement benefit plans, measured as the difference between the fair value of plan assets and the benefit obligation, as an asset or liability in its statement of financial condition. The benefit obligation is defined as the accumulated benefit obligation for the contractual benefit plans. Upon adoption, SFAS No. 158 requires an entity to recognize previously unrecognized actuarial gains and losses and prior service costs within accumulated other comprehensive loss. The final net minimum pension liability adjustments are recognized prior to adoption of SFAS No. 158. SFAS No. 158 also requires the contractual benefit plan assets and the contractual benefit obligations to be measured as of the date of the entity’s fiscal year end. The Company has historically used a December 31 measurement date, which coincides with its fiscal year end, so this provision, which becomes effective for fiscal years ending after December 15, 2008, will not have any impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

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CONTRACTUAL PENSION AND POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS

The following table illustrates the incremental effect of the application of SFAS No. 158 at December 31, 2006:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contractual Pension Benefit

 

Contractual Postretirement Benefits

 

 

 


 


 

Liability balance before net minimum pension liability adjustment and SFAS No. 158 adjustment

 

 

$

2,837,440

 

 

 

$

608,695

 

 

Final net minimum pension liability adjustment

 

 

 

(262,693

)

 

 

 

 

 

SFAS No. 158 adjustment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

73,419

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 



 

 

Ending balance

 

 

$

2,574,747

 

 

 

$

682,114

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance accumulated other comprehensive loss before net minimum pension liability adjustment and SFAS No. 158 adjustment

 

 

$

1,522,794

 

 

 

$

 

 

Final net minimum pension liability adjustment

 

 

 

(262,693

)

 

 

 

 

 

SFAS No. 158 adjustment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

73,419

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 



 

 

Ending balance

 

 

$

1,260,101

 

 

 

$

73,419

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 



 

 

The following tables summarize the actuarial costs of the contractual pension and postretirement benefits:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contractual Pension Benefit
Year Ended December 31,

 

Contractual Postretirement Benefits
Year Ended December 31,

 

 

 


 


 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

2007

 

2006

 

 

 


 


 


 


 

Components of net periodic benefit cost:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Service cost

 

$

 

$

16,479

 

$

1,946

 

$

12,827

 

Interest cost

 

 

132,727

 

 

127,436

 

 

44,180

 

 

37,309

 

Amortization of prior service cost

 

 

(46,376

)

 

(46,376

)

 

(11,779

)

 

(50,848

)

Amortization of actuarial loss

 

 

422,362

 

 

384,340

 

 

21,782

 

 

53,153

 

 

 



 



 



 



 

Net periodic benefit cost

 

$

508,713

 

$

481,879

 

$

56,129

 

$

52,441

 

 

 



 



 



 



 

The recorded contractual pension and postretirement benefits liability of $2,169,408 at December 31, 2007 is comprised of $1,409,448 for pension benefits and $759,960 for postretirement benefits. The accumulated pension and postretirement benefit obligations and recorded liabilities, none of which has been funded, were as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contractual Pension Benefit
December 31,

 

Contractual Postretirement Benefits
December 31,

 

 

 


 


 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

2007

 

2006

 

 

 


 


 


 


 

Change in benefit obligation:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Benefit obligation at beginning of year

 

$

2,574,747

 

$

2,835,963

 

$

682,114

 

$

890,896

 

Service cost

 

 

 

 

16,479

 

 

1,946

 

 

12,827

 

Interest cost

 

 

132,727

 

 

127,436

 

 

44,180

 

 

37,309

 

Amendments

 

 

 

 

 

 

19,399

 

 

(61,523

)

Actuarial (gain) loss

 

 

(828,451

)

 

75,271

 

 

72,745

 

 

(132,946

)

Benefits paid

 

 

(469,575

)

 

(480,402

)

 

(60,424

)

 

(64,449

)

 

 



 



 



 



 

Benefit obligation at end of year

 

$

1,409,448

 

$

2,574,747

 

$

759,960

 

$

682,114

 

 

 



 



 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Change in plan assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Employer contributions

 

$

469,575

 

$

480,402

 

$

60,424

 

$

64,449

 

Benefits paid

 

 

(469,575

)

 

(480,402

)

 

(60,424

)

 

(64,449

)

 

 



 



 



 



 

Fair value of plan assets at end of year

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

 

 



 



 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Funded status

 

($

1,409,448

)

($

2,574,747

)

($

759,960

)

($

682,114

)

Unrecognized net actuarial loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

88,900

 

Unrecognized prior service cost

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(15,481

)

Transitional adjustment to accumulated other comprehensive loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(73,419

)

 

 



 



 



 



 

Funded status

 

($

1,409,448

)

($

2,574,747

)

($

759,960

)

($

682,114

)

 

 



 



 



 



 

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Contractual Pension Benefit
Year Ended December 31,

 

Contractual Postretirement Benefits
Year Ended December 31,

 

 

 


 


 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

2007

 

2006

 

 

 


 


 


 


 

Net amount recognized in the consolidated balance sheet:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accrued benefit liability

 

($

1,409,448

)

($

2,574,747

)

($

759,960

)

($

682,114

)

 

 



 



 



 



 

 

Amounts recognized in accumulated other comprehensive loss:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

$

132,961

 

$

1,383,774

 

$

72,745

 

$

88,900

 

Prior service cost

 

 

(77,297

)

 

(123,673

)

 

19,399

 

 

(15,481

)

2007 amortization of unrecognized amounts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(10,004

)

 

N/A

 

 

 



 



 



 



 

 

 

$

55,664

 

$

1,260,101

 

$

82,140

 

$

73,419

 

 

 



 



 



 



 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additional disclosure items for the plans at December 31,

 

 


2007

 

2006

 

2007

 

2006

 

 

 


 


 


 


 

Accumulated benefit obligation

 

$

1,409,448

 

$

2,574,747

 

$

759,960

 

$

682,114

 

Projected benefit obligation

 

 

1,409,448

 

 

2,574,747

 

 

759,960

 

 

682,114

 

Fair value of plan assets

 

 

N/A

 

 

N/A

 

 

N/A

 

 

N/A

 

Increase (decrease) in minimum liability included in other comprehensive income or loss

 

($

1,204,437

)

($

262,693

)

 

N/A

 

 

N/A

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unrecognized amounts and
amortization amounts following year:

 

2007

 

2006

 

2007

 

2006

 

 

 


 


 


 


 

Unrecognized amounts:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prior year service cost

 

 

N/A

 

 

N/A

 

$

15,697

 

($

15,481

)

Net actuarial loss

 

 

N/A

 

 

N/A

 

 

139,862

 

 

88,900

 

 

 



 



 



 



 

Total

 

 

N/A

 

 

N/A

 

$

155,559

 

$

73,419

 

 

 



 



 



 



 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amortization amounts in the following year (estimate):

 

2007

 

2006

 

2007

 

2006

 

 

 


 


 


 


 

Prior year service cost

 

($

46,376

)

($

46,376

)

($

11,779

)

($

15,481

)

Net actuarial loss

 

 

 

 

422,362

 

 

11,805

 

 

20,689

 

 

 



 



 



 



 

Total

 

($

46,376

)

$

375,986

 

$

26

 

$

5,208

 

 

 



 



 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Transitional adjustment to accumulated other comprehensive loss

 

 

N/A

 

 

N/A

 

 

N/A

 

($

73,419

)

 

 



 



 



 



 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted-average assumptions used to determine benefit obligations at December 31:

 

 


2007

 

2006

 

2007

 

2006

 

 

 


 


 


 


 

Discount rate

 

 

6.00

%

 

5.72

%

 

6.06

%

 

5.72

%

Expected return on plan assets

 

 

N/A

 

 

N/A

 

 

N/A

 

 

N/A

 

Rate of compensation increase

 

 

N/A

 

 

N/A

 

 

N/A

 

 

N/A

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted-average assumptions used to determine the net periodic benefit costs for year ended December 31,

 

 


2007

 

2006

 

2007

 

2006

 

 

 


 


 


 


 

Discount rate

 

 

5.72

%

 

5.41

%

 

5.72

%

 

5.41

%

Expected return on plan assets

 

 

N/A

 

 

N/A

 

 

N/A

 

 

N/A

 

Rate of compensation increase

 

 

N/A

 

 

N/A

 

 

N/A

 

 

N/A

 

The assumed health care cost trend rate at December 31, 2007 was 9.5% for medical and 12% for prescription drugs and 10% for medical and 13% for prescription drugs at December 31, 2006. The trend rate decreases gradually each successive year until it reaches 5% by the year 2017.

Assumed health care cost trend rates have a significant effect on the amounts reported for the postretirement benefits plan. A one-percentage-point change in assumed health care cost trend rates would have the following effects:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1-Percentage-
Point Increase

 

1-Percentage-
Point Decrease

 

 

 


 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Effect on total service and interest cost components

 

 

$

2,968

 

 

 

($

5,592

)

 

Effect on postretirement benefit obligation

 

 

$

52,424

 

 

 

($

46,315

)

 

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All measures of the accumulated postretirement benefit obligation and the net periodic postretirement benefit cost included in this footnote do not reflect the effect of the Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003. As a result of contractual commitments for benefits under the plan, there will be no impact on plan benefits, costs or obligations from this recently passed legislation.

Cash Flows

The contractual pension and postretirement benefit plans are non-funded plans, employer contributions equal benefit payments. The Company estimates that the contractual payments for 2008 will be as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

Contractual pension benefit payments

 

$

216,700

 

Contractual postretirement benefit payments

 

 

35,000

 

Estimated Future Benefit Payments

The following benefit payments (including expected future service and net of employee contributions) are expected to be paid:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year Ending
December 31,

 

 

Contractual
Pension Benefit

 

Contractual
Postretirement Benefits

 


 

 


 


 

 

2008

 

 

 

$

216,700

 

 

 

$

35,000

 

 

2009

 

 

 

 

186,194

 

 

 

 

33,665

 

 

2010

 

 

 

 

158,758

 

 

 

 

107,066

 

 

2011

 

 

 

 

132,924

 

 

 

 

30,650

 

 

2012

 

 

 

 

109,249

 

 

 

 

54,956

 

 

2013 – 2017

 

 

 

 

676,589

 

 

 

 

247,740

 

 


 

 

18.

DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN

The Company has a noncontributory defined benefit pension plan, which covers substantially all of its employees. The plan provides monthly retirement benefits commencing at age 65. The monthly benefit is equal to the sum of (1) 7.15% of average monthly compensation multiplied by the total number of plan years of service (up to a maximum of 10 years), plus (2) .62% of such average monthly compensation in excess of one-twelfth of covered compensation multiplied by the total number of plan years of service (up to a maximum of 10 years). The Company makes annual contributions that meet the minimum funding requirements and the maximum contribution limitations under the Internal Revenue Code.

Effective December 31, 2006, the Company adopted SFAS No. 158, which required employers to recognize the overfunded and underfunded status of a defined benefit pension, measured as the difference between the fair value of plan assets and the benefit obligation, as an asset or liability in its statement of financial condition. The benefit obligation is defined as the projected benefit obligation for defined benefit pension plans. Upon adoption, SFAS No. 158 requires an entity to recognize previously unrecognized actuarial gains and losses and prior service costs within accumulated other comprehensive loss. SFAS No. 158 also requires defined benefit plan assets and defined benefit obligations to be measured as of the date of the entity’s fiscal year end. The Company has historically used a December 31 measurement date, which coincides with its fiscal year end, so this provision, which

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becomes effective for fiscal years ending after December 15, 2008, will not have any impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

The following table illustrates the incremental effect of the application of SFAS No. 158 at December 31, 2006:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prepaid
Defined Benefit
Plan Costs

 

 

Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Loss

 

 

 


 

 


 

 

Balance before SFAS No. 158 adjustment

 

 

$

1,621,495

 

 

 

$

 

 

SFAS No. 158 adjustment

 

 

 

(1,039,101

)

 

 

 

1,039,101

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

$

582,394

 

 

 

$

1,039,101

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 



 

 

Periodic pension costs are reflected in general and administrative expenses.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year Ended December 31,

 

 

 


 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

 

 


 


 

Components of net periodic benefit cost:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Service cost

 

$

233,983

 

$

379,970

 

Interest cost

 

 

431,249

 

 

399,096

 

Expected return on plan assets

 

 

(568,520

)

 

(531,879

)

Amortization of prior service cost

 

 

12,616

 

 

12,616

 

Amortization of accumulated loss

 

 

9,612

 

 

67,169

 

 

 



 



 

 

Net periodic benefit cost

 

$

118,940

 

$

326,972

 

 

 



 



 

The following sets forth the plan’s funded status and amount recognized in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets:

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December 31,

 

 

 


 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

 

 


 


 

Change in benefit obligation:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Benefit obligation at beginning of year

 

$

7,539,315

 

$

7,377,008

 

Service cost

 

 

233,983

 

 

379,970

 

Interest cost

 

 

431,249

 

 

399,096

 

Actuarial gain

 

 

(344,198

)

 

(56,966

)

Benefits paid

 

 

 

 

(559,793

)

 

 



 



 

Benefit obligation at end of year

 

$

7,860,349

 

$

7,539,315

 

 

 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Change in plan assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fair value of plan assets at beginning of year

 

$

8,121,709

 

$

7,453,100

 

Actual return on plan assets

 

 

110,582

 

 

1,062,496

 

Employer contributions

 

 

 

 

165,906

 

Benefits paid

 

 

 

 

(559,793

)

 

 



 



 

 

Fair value of plan assets at end of year

 

$

8,232,291

 

$

8,121,709

 

 

 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Funded status

 

$

371,942

 

$

582,394

 

Unrecognized net actuarial loss

 

 

 

 

933,127

 

Unrecognized prior service cost

 

 

 

 

105,974

 

Transitional adjustment to accumulated other comprehensive loss

 

 

 

 

(1,039,101

)

 

 



 



 

Funded status

 

$

371,942

 

$

582,394

 

 

 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net amount recognized in the consolidated balance sheet:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prepaid benefit cost

 

$

371,942

 

$

582,394

 

 

 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amounts recognized in accumulated other comprehensive loss:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

$

1,037,255

 

$

933,127

 

Prior service cost

 

 

93,358

 

 

105,974

 

 

 



 



 

 

 

$

1,130,613

 

$

1,039,101

 

 

 



 



 

 

Additional disclosure items for the plan at December 31:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

 

 


 


 

Accumulated benefit obligation

 

$

7,828,898

 

$

7,509,168

 

Projected benefit obligation

 

 

7,860,349

 

 

7,539,315

 

Fair value of plan assets

 

 

8,232,291

 

 

8,121,709

 

Increase (decrease) in minimum liability in accumulated other comprehensive loss

 

 

91,512

 

 

1,039,101

 

The estimated net loss and prior service cost that will be amortized from accumulated other comprehensive loss into net periodic cost over the next year are $18,087 and $12,616, respectively.

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Assumptions

Weighted-average assumptions used to determine benefit obligations at

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 


 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

 

 


 


 

Discount rate

 

 

6.24

%

 

5.72

%

Rate of compensation increase

 

 

5

%

 

5

%

Weighted-average assumptions used to determine net periodic benefit costs for year ended

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 


 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

 

 


 


 

Discount rate

 

 

5.72

%

 

5.41

%

Expected return on plan assets

 

 

7

%

 

7

%

Rate of compensation increase

 

 

5

%

 

5

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Company periodically reviews its assumptions for the rate of return on the plan’s assets. The assumptions are based primarily on the long-term historical performance of the assets of the plan. Differences in the rates of return in the near term are recognized as gains or losses in the period that they occur.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 


 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

 

 


 


 

Plan Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

354,498

 

$

200,158

 

Securities available for sale

 

 

7,877,793

 

 

7,921,551

 

 

 



 



 

Total plan assets

 

$

8,232,291

 

$

8,121,709

 

 

 



 



 

The plan’s weighted-average allocations at December 31, by asset category are as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 


 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

 

 


 


 

Equities

 

 

61

%

 

60

%

Fixed income

 

 

27

%

 

28

%

Professionally managed futures contracts portfolio

 

 

8

%

 

10

%

Cash and money market funds

 

 

4

%

 

2

%

 

 



 



 

Total

 

 

100

%

 

100

%

 

 



 



 

The Company has consistently applied what it believes to be an appropriate investment strategy for the defined benefit plan.

The Company invests primarily in a) equities of listed corporations, b) fixed income funds consisting of corporate bonds, United States treasury bonds and government mortgage backed securities, c) a professionally managed futures contract portfolio and d) cash and money market funds.

Cash Flows

The Company’s funding policy for the plan is based on contributions that comply with the minimum and maximum amounts required by law. The Company is not required to make any contributions in 2008.

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Estimated Future Benefit Payments

The following benefit payments (including expected future service) are expected to be paid:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year Ending
December 31,

 

 

Pension Benefits

 


 

 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2008

 

 

 

$

5,493,762

 (1)

 

2009

 

 

 

 

1,130,887

 

 

2010

 

 

 

 

128,762

 

 

2011

 

 

 

 

246,750

 

 

2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

2013 – 2017

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1) Three executives of the Company have attained the age of 65 and have the right, under the provisions of the plan, to elect to receive their retirement benefits in 2008.

 

 

19.

ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE LOSS

The components of accumulated other comprehensive loss are as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31,
2007

 

December 31,
2006

 

 

 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Minimum contractual pension benefit liability

 

$

(55,664

)

$

(1,260,101

)

Net unrealized gain on securities available for sale

 

 

10,739

 

 

13,794

 

Defined benefit plan liability

 

 

(1,130,613

)

 

 

Postretirement benefits liability

 

 

(155,559

)

 

 

Adjustments for initial adoption of SFAS No. 158:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Defined benefit plan

 

 

 

 

(1,039,101

)

Contractual postretirement benefits

 

 

 

 

(73,419

)

 

 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total accumulated other comprehensive loss

 

$

(1,331,097

)

$

(2,358,827

)

 

 



 



 


 

 

20.

DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT PLAN

Presidential maintained a Dividend Reinvestment Plan (formerly a Dividend Reinvestment and Share Purchase Plan) (the “Plan”). Under the Plan, stockholders were able to reinvest cash dividends to purchase Class B common stock without incurring any brokerage commission or service charge. Additionally, the price of Class B common stock purchased with reinvested cash dividends were discounted by 5% from the average of the high and low market prices of the five days immediately prior to the dividend payment date, as reported on the American Stock Exchange.

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On December 31, 2007, the Company notified Plan participants that it was terminating the Plan effective January 31, 2008. The provisions of the Plan relating to the purchase of shares was previously terminated in April, 2006.

Class B Common Shares issued under the Plan are summarized below:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Proceeds

 

 

 

Shares

 

Received

 

 

 


 


 

Total shares issued at January 1, 2006

 

497,942

 

$   3,419,666

 

Shares issued during 2006

 

33,355

 

217,743

 

 

 


 


 

Total shares issued at December 31, 2006

 

531,297

 

3,637,409

 

Shares issued during 2007

 

43,731

 

275,795

 

 

 


 


 

Total shares issued at December 31, 2007

 

575,028

 

$   3,913,204

 

 

 


 


 


 

 

21.

PROFIT SHARING PLAN

In 2006, Fourth Floor Management Corp., a 100% owned subsidiary of Presidential Realty Corporation that manages the Company’s properties, adopted a profit sharing plan for substantially all of its employees. The profit sharing plan became effective as of January 1, 2006, and the plan provides for annual contributions up to a maximum of 5% of the employees annual compensation. The Company made a $9,140 contribution to the plan in February, 2008 for the 2007 plan year and a $10,937 contribution to the plan in January, 2007 for the 2006 plan year. Contributions are charged to general and administrative expense.

 

 

22.

RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

The Company holds two nonrecourse notes receivable from Ivy, relating to loans made to Ivy in connection with Ivy’s former cooperative conversion business.

The notes have an aggregate outstanding principal balance of $4,770,050 at December 31, 2007. These notes were received by the Company in 1991 for nonrecourse loans that had been previously written off by the Company. Accordingly, these notes were recorded at zero except for a $155,584 portion of the notes that was adequately secured and which was repaid in 2002. In 1996, the Company and Ivy agreed that the only payments required under the terms of the note would be in an amount equal to 25% of the operating cash flow (after provision for certain reserves) of Scorpio Entertainment, Inc. (“Scorpio”), a company owned by two of the owners of Ivy to carry on theatrical productions. The Company received interest payments on these notes of $256,000 and $186,500 during 2007 and 2006, respectively. The Company does not expect to recover any material principal amounts on these notes; amounts received from Scorpio will be applied to unpaid, unaccrued interest and recognized as income when received. At December 31, 2007, the unpaid and unaccrued interest was $3,420,554. The outstanding loans to Ivy at December 31, 2007 are current in accordance with their modified terms.

The loans to Ivy were subject to various settlement agreements and modifications in previous years. Ivy is owned by three officers of the Company, who also hold beneficial ownership of an aggregate of approximately 48% of the outstanding shares of Class A common stock of the Company, which class of stock is entitled to elect two-thirds of the Board of Directors of the Company. Because of the relationship between the owners of Ivy and the Company, all transactions with Ivy are negotiated on behalf of the Company,

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and subject to approval, by a committee of three members of the Board of Directors with no affiliations with the owners of Ivy.

 

 

23.

ESTIMATED FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

Estimated fair values of the Company’s financial instruments as of December 31, 2007 and 2006 have been determined using available market information and various valuation estimation methodologies. Considerable judgment is required to interpret the effects on fair value of such items as future expected loss experience, current economic conditions, risk characteristics of various financial instruments and other factors. The estimates presented herein are not necessarily indicative of the amounts that the Company could realize in a current market exchange. Also, the use of different market assumptions and/or estimation methodologies may have a material effect on the estimated fair values.

The following table summarizes the estimated fair values of financial instruments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2007

 

December 31, 2006

 

 

 


 


 

 

 

(Amounts in thousands)

 

 

 

Net
Carrying
Value (1)

 

Estimated
Fair
Value

 

Net
Carrying
Value (1)

 

Estimated
Fair
Value

 

 

 


 


 


 


 

Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

2,343

 

$

2,343

 

$

2,264

 

$

2,264

 

Notes receivable

 

 

7,659

 

 

8,218

 

 

7,234

 

 

8,137

 

Notes receivable-related parties

 

 

 

 

 

 

148

 

 

168

 

 

Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mortgage debt

 

 

18,869

 

 

21,251

 

 

19,176

 

 

18,509

 


 

 

 

 

(1)

Net carrying value is net of discounts where applicable.

The fair value estimates presented above are based on pertinent information available to management as of December 31, 2007 and 2006. Although management is not aware of any factors that would significantly affect the estimated fair value amounts, such amounts have not been comprehensively revalued since December 31, 2007 and, therefore, current estimates of fair value may differ significantly from the amounts presented above.

Fair value methods and assumptions are as follows:

Cash and Cash Equivalents – The estimated fair value approximates carrying value, due to the short maturity of these investments.

Notes Receivable – The fair value of notes receivable has been estimated by discounting projected cash flows using current rates for similar notes receivable.

Mortgage Debt – The fair value of mortgage debt has been estimated by discounting projected cash flows using current rates for similar debt.

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24.

FUTURE MINIMUM ANNUAL BASE RENTS

Future minimum annual base rental revenue for the next five years for commercial real estate owned at December 31, 2007, and subject to non-cancelable operating leases is as follows:

Year Ending December 31,

 

 

 

 

 

2008

 

$

3,672,723

 

2009

 

 

2,375,045

 

2010

 

 

1,588,918

 

2011

 

 

834,981

 

2012

 

 

244,453

 

Thereafter

 

 

154,035

 

 

 



 

Total

 

$

8,870,155

 

 

 



 

The above table assumes that all leases which expire are not renewed and tenant renewal options are not exercised, therefore neither renewal rentals nor rentals from replacement tenants are included. The above table does not reflect the annual base rental revenue for residential apartments owned, as the leases for residential apartment units are usually for one year terms.

 

 

25.

QUARTERLY FINANCIAL INFORMATION – UNAUDITED

 

(Amounts in thousands, except earnings per common share)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year
Ended
December 31

 

Revenues

 

Net
Income (Loss)

 

Earnings
Per
Common
Share (1)

 

 


 


 


 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

First

 

 

$

1,868

 

 

 

$

(523

)

 

 

$

(0.13

)

 

 

Second

 

 

 

1,810

 

 

 

 

(1,214

)

 

 

 

(0.31

)

 

 

Third

 

 

 

1,849

 

 

 

 

(129

)

 

 

 

(0.03

)

 

 

Fourth

 

 

 

1,807

 

 

 

 

(9,644

) (2)

 

 

 

(2.47

) (2)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

First

 

 

$

932

 

 

 

$

(1,278

)

 

 

$

(0.33

)

 

 

Second

 

 

 

948

 

 

 

 

(916

)

 

 

 

(0.23

)

 

 

Third

 

 

 

1,013

 

 

 

 

(480

)

 

 

 

(0.12

)

 

 

Fourth

 

 

 

1,010

 

 

 

 

(2,203

) (3)

 

 

 

(0.56

) (3)

 

 


 

 

 

 

(1)

Earnings per common share are computed independently for each of the quarters presented. Therefore, the sum of quarterly earnings per share may not equal the total computed for the year, as is the case in 2007 and 2006.

 

 

 

 

(2)

Net loss for the fourth quarter of 2007 includes $8,370,725 for the Company’s share of the impairment loss recorded by the joint ventures.

 

 

 

 

(3)

Net loss for the fourth quarter of 2006 includes $854,454 charged to expense as a result of an accrued liability established for an environmental remediation process at the Company’s Mapletree Industrial Center property.

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EX-10.22 2 d73979_ex10-22.htm AMENDMENT DATED SEPTEMBER 11, 2007 TO THE LETTER AGREEMENT

Exhibit 10.22

 

 

 

 

PRESIDENTIAL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

REALTY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CORPORATION

 

180 South Broadway – White Plains, N.Y. 10605 – (914) 948-1300

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 11, 2007                              

 

 

 

 

 

Arthur Cohen Trust
Martin Cohen Trust
Stephen Silverstein
Lyla Dolgin

Dear Partners:

          The Letter Agreement dated September 16, 2005 (the “Existing Letter Agreement”) with respect to loans to be made by PDL, Inc. (the “General Partner”) to PDL, Inc. and Associates Limited Co-partnership (the “Partnership”) is hereby amended in the following respects.

 

 

 

 

1)

Presidential will lend the Partnership up to an additional $500,000 for the purposes set forth in the Existing Letter Agreement, so that the total amount of the Loan (as defined in the Existing Letter Agreement) will be a maximum of $2,500,000.

 

 

 

 

2)

The interest rate on the last $500,000 to be lent by the General Partner will be 13% per annum and otherwise payable under the same terms and conditions as set forth in the Existing Letter Agreement.

 

 

 

 

3)

If the net proceeds of a refinancing of the existing first mortgage on the property (expected to be accomplished on or before May 1, 2008) are not sufficient to repay the Loan in full (including the additional $500,000 advance), then any unpaid principal balance of the Loan shall thereafter accrue interest at the rate of 13% per annum and be otherwise payable in accordance with the terms of the Existing Letter Agreement.




September 11, 2007
Page 2 of 2

          Please sign a copy of this letter in the space provided below for your signature and return the executed copy to the undersigned in order to evidence your agreement to the above.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Very truly yours,

 

 

 

 

 

PDL, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

By: /s/ Steven Baruch

 

 

 


 

 

        Steven Baruch


 

 

 

 

Martin Cohen Trust

 

 

 

By:  /s/ Alan Cohen

 

 


 

 

 

Arthur Cohen Trust

 

 

 

By:  /s/ Arthur Cohen

 

 


 

 

 

/s/ Stephen Silverstein

 


 

Stephen Silverstein

 

 

 

/s/ Lyla Dolgin

 


 

Lyla Dolgin



EX-14 3 d73979_ex14.htm CODE OF BUSINESS CONDUCT AND ETHICS OF THE COMPANY

EXHIBIT 14

PRESIDENTIAL REALTY CORPORATION

CODE

OF

BUSINESS CONDUCT AND ETHICS



TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

Page

 


 

POLICY STATEMENT

1

 

APPROVALS AND WAIVERS

1

 

CONFLICTS OF INTEREST

2

 

Corporate Opportunities & Resources

2

 

BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS

3

 

FAIR COMPETITION

3

 

GIFTS, GRATUITIES, ENTERTAINMENT AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS

3

 

Loans

3

 

Meals, Entertainment, and Travel

3

 

Bribes and Kickbacks

4

 

POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND LOBBYING

4

 

ACCURACY OF REPORTS, RECORDS AND ACCOUNTS

4

 

GOVERNMENT INVESTIGATIONS

5

 

INSIDER TRADING; COMMUNICATIONS WITH THIRD PARTIES

5

 

Insider Trading

5

 

Confidential Information

6

 

COMPLIANCE AND REPORTING

6

 

Compliance

6

 

Reporting Procedures and Other Inquiries

6

 

Policy Prohibiting Unlawful Retaliation or Discrimination

7

 

The Compliance Officer

7

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PRESIDENTIAL REALTY CORPORATION
CODE OF BUSINESS CONDUCT AND ETHICS

POLICY STATEMENT

          It is the policy of Presidential Realty Corporation (the “Company”) to conduct its affairs in accordance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations of the jurisdictions in which it does business. This Code of Business Conduct and Ethics (“Code”) applies to the Company’s employees, officers and non-employee directors, including the Company’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, and persons performing similar functions (“Designated Executives”). This Code is the Company’s “code of ethics” as defined in Item 406 of Regulation S-K. This Code is designed to promote:

 

 

 

 

honest and ethical conduct, including the ethical handling of actual or apparent conflicts of interest between personal and professional relationships;

 

 

 

 

full, fair, accurate, timely and understandable disclosure in the reports and documents the Company files with, or submits to, the Securities and Exchange Commission and in other public communications made by the Company;

 

 

 

 

compliance with applicable governmental laws, rules and regulations;

 

 

 

 

the prompt internal reporting to the appropriate person of violations of this Code; and

 

 

 

 

accountability for adherence to this Code.

          The Company has established standards for behavior that affects the Company, and employees, officers and directors must comply with those standards. The Company promotes ethical behavior and encourages employees to talk to supervisors, managers, the Compliance Officer, or other appropriate personnel when in doubt about the best course of action in a particular situation. Non-employee directors are encouraged to talk to the Compliance Officer in such situations. Anyone aware of a situation that he or she believes may violate or lead to a violation of this Code should follow the guidelines under “Compliance and Reporting” below.

           The Code covers a wide range of business practices and procedures. It does not cover every issue that may arise, but it sets out basic principles to guide you. Specific Company policies and procedures provide details pertinent to many of the provisions of the Code. Although there can be no better course of action than to apply common sense and sound judgment, do not hesitate to use the resources available whenever it is necessary to seek clarification.

APPROVALS AND WAIVERS

          Certain provisions of this Code require you to act, or refrain from acting, unless prior approval is received from the appropriate person. Employees requesting approval pursuant to

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this Code should request such approval from the Compliance Officer. Approvals relating to the Designated Executives and directors must be obtained from the Company’s Board of Directors. All other approvals may be granted by the Compliance Officer, or such officer’s designee.

          Other provisions of this Code require you to act, or refrain from acting, in a particular manner and do not permit exceptions based on obtaining an approval. Waiver of those provisions [relating to executive officers and directors] may only be granted by the Company’s Board of Directors and waivers relating to executive officers and directors must be promptly disclosed to stockholders. All other waivers may be granted by the Compliance Officer. Changes in this Code may only be made by the Board of Directors and must be promptly disclosed to stockholders.1

CONFLICTS OF INTEREST

          A conflict of interest arises when your personal interests interfere with your ability to act in the best interests of the Company. Employees must discharge their responsibilities on the basis of what is in the best interest of the Company independent of personal consideration or relationships. Non-employee directors must discharge their fiduciary duties as directors of the Company.

          Employees should disclose any potential conflicts of interest to the Compliance Officer, who can advise the employee as to whether or not the Company believes a conflict of interest exists. An employee should also disclose potential conflicts of interest involving the employee’s spouse, siblings, parents, in-laws, children and members of the employee’s household. Non-employee directors may discuss any concerns with the Compliance Officer.

          Corporate Opportunities & Resources

          You are prohibited from taking for yourself personal opportunities that are discovered through the use of corporate property, information or position without approval. Without approval, you may not use corporate property, information or position for personal gain. No employee may compete with the Company, directly or indirectly, except as permitted by Company policies.

          All employees should protect the Company’s assets and ensure their efficient use. Theft, carelessness and waste have a direct impact on the Company’s profitability. All Company assets should be used for legitimate business purposes.

 

 


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SEC Release No. 33-8177 (January 2003) requires Designated Executive and director waivers and changes to be reported on Form 8-K within two business days (although Amex provides five days), or alternatively, through website disclosure. The term “waiver” means the approval by the Company of a material departure from a provision of the code of ethics. The disclosure requirement would include implicit waivers, which are defined as the Company’s failure to take action within a reasonable period of time regarding a material departure from a provision of the code of ethics that has been made known to an executive officer (as defined in Rule 3b-7).

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          Company resources may be used for minor personal uses, so long as such use is reasonable, does not interfere with your duties, is not done for pecuniary gain, does not conflict with the Company’s business and does not violate any Company policy.

BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS

          The Company seeks to outperform its competition fairly and honesty. The Company seeks competitive advantages through superior performance, not unethical or illegal business practices. Each employee must endeavor to deal fairly with the Company’s customers, suppliers, competitors and employees and must not take advantage of them through manipulation, concealment, abuse of privileged information, misrepresentation of material facts, or any unfair-dealing practice.

FAIR COMPETITION

          Fair competition laws, including the U.S. antitrust rules, limit what we can do with another company and what we can do on our own. Generally, the laws are designed to prohibit agreements or actions that reduce competition and harm consumers. You may not enter into agreements or discussions with competitors that have the effect of fixing or controlling prices, dividing and allocating markets or territories, or boycotting suppliers or customers. U.S. and foreign antitrust laws also apply to imports and exports. Nothing contained herein shall prohibit the Company from entering a reasonable non-compete agreement with an existing or former officer of the Company.

GIFTS, GRATUITIES, ENTERTAINMENT AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS

          Use of Company funds or other Company property for illegal, unethical or otherwise improper purposes is prohibited. The purpose of business entertainment and gifts in a commercial setting is to create goodwill and a sound working relationship, not to gain personal advantage with customers or suppliers.

          Loans

          Employees may not accept loans from any person or entities having or seeking business with the Company, provided however that an Employee may obtain a loan in the ordinary course of business from an institutional lender that may be doing business with the Company. Designated Executives and directors may not receive loans from the Company (except loans existing at the date of adoption of this Code of Business Conduct), nor may the Company arrange for any loan.

          Meals, Entertainment, and Travel

          Employees may provide or accept meals and entertainment, including attendance at sporting or cultural events, as long as it is associated with an occasion at which business is discussed and is provided as a normal part of business. The value of the activity must be reasonable and permissible under our expense account procedures. Each employee should express care to insure that such activities are necessary and that their value and frequency are not excessive under all the applicable circumstances.

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          Bribes and Kickbacks

          The use of Company funds, facilities or property for any illegal or unethical purpose is strictly prohibited.

 

 

 

 

Employees are not permitted to offer, give or cause others to give, any payments or anything of value for the purpose of influencing the recipient’s business judgment or conduct in dealing with the Company other than facilitating payments.

 

 

 

 

Employees may not solicit or accept a kickback or bribe, in any form, for any reason.

POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND LOBBYING

          No political contributions are to be made using Company funds or assets to any political party, political campaign, political candidate or public official in the United States or any foreign country, unless the contribution is lawful and expressly authorized [in writing]. In addition, you may not make a political contribution on behalf of the Company, or with the appearance that such contribution is being made on behalf of the Company, unless expressly authorized [in writing]. A “contribution” is any direct or indirect payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit, or gift of money, services or anything of value in connection with an election or to an organization or group formed to support or defend a referendum or ballot issue.

          Employees must obtain prior approval to hire outside counsel or a public affairs firm to contact government officials on behalf of the Company regarding legislation, regulatory policy, or rule making. This includes grassroots lobbying contacts.

ACCURACY OF REPORTS, RECORDS AND ACCOUNTS

          Employees are responsible for the accuracy of their own records, time sheets and reports. Accurate information is essential to our ability to meet legal and regulatory obligations and to compete effectively. Our records and books of account must meet the highest standards and accurately reflect the true nature of the transactions they record. Destruction of any records, books of account or other documents except in accordance with our document retention policy is strictly prohibited.

          Employees must not create false or misleading documents or accounting, financial or electronic records for any purpose relating to the Company, and no one may direct an employee to do so. For example, expense reports must accurately document expenses actually incurred in accordance with our policies. Employees must not obtain or create “false” invoices or other misleading documentation or invent or use fictitious entities, sales, purchases, services, loans or other financial arrangements for any purpose relating to the Company. Employees are also responsible for accurately reporting time worked.

          No undisclosed or unrecorded account or fund may be established for any purpose. No false or misleading entries may be made in the Company’s books or records for any reason. No

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disbursement of corporate funds or other corporate property may be made without adequate supporting documentation or for any purpose other than as described in the documents. All employees must comply with generally accepted accounting principles and the Company’s internal controls at all times.

GOVERNMENT INVESTIGATIONS

          It is the policy of the Company to cooperate with all government investigations. Employees must promptly notify counsel of any government investigation or inquiries from government agencies concerning the Company. Employees may not destroy any record, books of account, or other documents relating to the Company except in accordance with the Company’s document retention policy. If an employee is aware of a government investigation or inquiry, he/she may not destroy any record, books of account, or other documents relating to the Company unless advised by the Compliance Officer or the officer’s designee, that he/she may continue to follow the Company’s normal document retention policy.

          Employees must not obstruct the collection of information, data or records relating to the Company. The Company provides information to the government that it is entitled to during an inspection, investigation, or request for information. Employees must not lie to government investigators or making misleading statements in any investigation relating to the Company. You must not attempt to cause any employee to fail to provide accurate information to government investigators.

INSIDER TRADING; COMMUNICATIONS WITH THIRD PARTIES

          Employees, officers and directors who have access to the Company’s confidential information are not permitted to use or share that information for stock trading purposes or for any other purpose except the conduct of our business.

          Insider Trading

          Inside information is material information about a publicly traded company that is not known by the public. Information is deemed “material” if it could affect the market price of a security or if a reasonable investor would attach importance to the information in deciding whether to buy, sell or hold a security. Inside information typically relates to financial conditions, such as progress toward achieving revenue and earnings targets or projections of future earnings or losses of the Company. Inside information also includes changes in strategy regarding a proposed merger, acquisition or tender offer, new products or services, contract awards and other similar information. Inside information is not limited to information about the Company. It also includes material non-public information about others, including the Company’s customers, suppliers, and competitors.

          Insider trading is prohibited by law. It occurs when an individual with material, non-public information trades securities or communicates such information to others who trade. The person who trades or “tips” information violates the law if he or she has a duty or relationship of trust and confidence not to use the information.

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          Trading or helping others trade while aware of inside information has serious legal consequences, even if the Insider does not receive any personal financial benefit. Insiders may also have an obligation to take appropriate steps to prevent insider trading by others.

          Confidential Information

          Employees must maintain the confidentiality of information entrusted to them by the Company or its customers, except when disclosure is authorized or legally mandated. Confidential information includes all non-public information, including information that might be of use to competitors or harmful to the Company or its customers if disclosed.

COMPLIANCE AND REPORTING

          Compliance

          Any employee who violates the provisions of this Code will be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination. Willful disregard of criminal statutes underlying this Code may require the Company to refer such violation for criminal prosecution or civil action.

          Reporting Procedures and Other Inquiries

          Questions regarding the policies in this Code may be directed to the Compliance Officer. Any employee having knowledge of, or questions or concerns about, an actual or possible violation of the provisions of this Code is encouraged to promptly report the matter to his or her immediate supervisor or to the Compliance Officer. The name and contact information for the Compliance Officer is set out below

          If employees have concerns relating to our accounting, internal controls or auditing matters, employees may also confidentially, and anonymously if desired, submit the information in writing to the Company’s Audit Committee of the Directors at c/o Mr. Richard Brandt, Trans-Lux, 2209 Miguel Chavez Road, Santa Fe, NM 87505, telephone number (505) 989-3322.

          When submitting concerns, employees are asked to provide as much detailed information as possible. Providing detailed, rather than general, information will assist us in effectively investigating complaints. This is particularly important when employees submit a complaint on an anonymous basis, since we will be unable to contact the employee with requests for additional information or clarification.

          We are providing these anonymous reporting procedures so that employees may disclose genuine concerns without feeling threatened. Employees who choose to identify themselves when submitting a report may be contacted in order to gain additional information.

          All conversations, calls and reports made under this policy in good faith will be taken seriously.

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          Policy Prohibiting Unlawful Retaliation or Discrimination

          Neither the Company nor any of its employees may discharge, demote, suspend, threaten, harass or in any manner discriminate against any employee in the terms and conditions of employment based upon any lawful actions of such employee who in good faith:

 

 

 

 

provides information or assists in an investigation relating regarding any conduct which the employee reasonably believes constitutes a violation of Fraud Laws (as defined below); or

 

 

 

 

files, testifies participates or otherwise assists in a proceeding that is filed or about to be filed (with any knowledge of the Company) relating to an alleged violation of a Fraud Law.

          This policy applies in any instance where such information or assistance provided to, or the investigation is conducted by, a federal regulatory or law enforcement agency, any member or committee of Congress, or any person with supervisory authority over the employee or the authority to investigate misconduct relating to potential securities violations by the Company or its employees. For purposes of this policy, a “Fraud Law” is a violation of federal criminal law involving:

 

 

 

 

securities fraud, mail fraud, bank fraud or wire, radio or television fraud;

 

 

 

 

violations of SEC rules or regulations; or

 

 

 

 

violations of any federal law relating to fraud against shareholders.

          The Compliance Officer

          The Compliance Officer is Steven Baruch, Executive Vice President of the Company. He can be reached at 180 South Broadway, White Plains, New York 10605, (914) 948-1300. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Compliance Officer with respect to any matter involving Mr. Baruch shall be Robert Feder. He can be reached at Cuddy & Feder, 445 Hamilton Avenue, White Plains, NY 10601, (914) 761-1300.

          This document is not an employment contract between the Company and its employees, nor does it modify their employment relationship with the Company.

          This Code is intended to clarify an employee’s existing obligation for proper conduct. The standards and the supporting policies and procedures may change from time to time in the Company’s discretion. Employees are responsible for knowing and complying with the current laws, regulations, standards, policies and procedures that apply to the Company’s work.

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EX-21 4 d73979_ex21.htm LIST OF SUBSIDIARIES OF REGISTRANT AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2007.

EXHIBIT 21

LIST OF SUBSIDIARIES OF PRESIDENTIAL REALTY
CORPORATION AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2007

 

 

(1)

PDL, Inc. organized under the laws of the State of Delaware, which carries on business under its own name.

 

 

(2)

Presidential Matmor Corp., organized under the laws of the State of Delaware, which carries on business under its own name.

 

 

(3)

Fourth Floor Management Corp., organized under the laws of the State of Delaware, which carries on business under its own name.



EX-31.1 5 d73979_ex31-1.htm RULE 13A-14(A)/15D-14(A) CERTIFICATION

Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATION

 

 

 

 

I, Jeffrey F. Joseph, Chief Executive Officer of Presidential Realty Corporation (the “small business issuer”), certify that:

 

1.

I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-KSB of the small business issuer;

 

 

 

 

2.

Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

 

 

 

3.

Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the small business issuer as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

 

 

 

4.

The small business issuer’s other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the small business issuer and we have:

 

 

 

 

 

 

(a)

designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the small business issuer, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

 

 

 

 

 

(b)

designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

 

 

 

 

 

(c)

evaluated the effectiveness of the small business issuer’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

 

 

 

 

 

(d)

disclosed in this report any changes in the small business issuer’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the small business issuer’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the small business issuer’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

 

 

 

5.

The small business issuer’s other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the small business issuer’s auditors and the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors:




 

 

 

 

 

 

(a)

all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the small business issuer’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

 

 

 

 

 

(b)

any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the small business issuer’s internal control over financial reporting.


 

 

 

DATE: March 25, 2008

By:

  /s/ JEFFREY F. JOSEPH

 

 


 

 

       Jeffrey F. Joseph

 

 

       Chief Executive Officer



EX-31.2 6 d73979_ex31-2.htm RULE 13A-14(A)/15D-14(A) CERTIFICATION

Exhibit 31.2

CERTIFICATION

 

 

 

 

I, Thomas Viertel, Chief Financial Officer of Presidential Realty Corporation (the “small business issuer”), certify that:

 

1.

I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-KSB of the small business issuer;

 

 

2.

Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

 

3.

Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the small business issuer as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

 

4.

The small business issuer’s other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the small business issuer and we have:

 

 

 

 

(a)

designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the small business issuer, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

 

 

 

 

 

(b)

designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

 

 

 

 

 

(c)

evaluated the effectiveness of the small business issuer’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

 

 

 

 

 

(d)

disclosed in this report any changes in the small business issuer’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the small business issuer’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the small business issuer’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

 

 

 

5.

The small business issuer’s other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the small business issuer’s auditors and the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors:




 

 

 

 

 

 

(a)

all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the small business issuer’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

 

 

 

 

 

(b)

any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the small business issuer’s internal control over financial reporting.


 

 

 

DATE: March 25, 2008

By:

  /s/ THOMAS VIERTEL

 

 


 

 

       Thomas Viertel

 

 

       Chief Financial Officer



EX-32.1 7 d73979_ex32-1.htm SECTION 1350 CERTIFICATION

Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906
OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

          In connection with the Annual Report on Form 10-KSB of Presidential Realty Corporation (the “Company”) for the period ending December 31, 2007, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Jeffrey F. Joseph, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to the best of my knowledge:

          (1)     the Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934: and

          (2)     the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and the results of operations of the Company.

 

 

 

 

 

Presidential Realty Corporation

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:   

/s/   JEFFREY F. JOSEPH

 

 

 


 

 

 

    Jeffrey F. Joseph

 

 

 

    Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

Date: March 25, 2008

 

 

 



EX-32.2 8 d73979_ex32-2.htm SECTION 1350 CERTIFICATION

Exhibit 32.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906
OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

          In connection with the Annual Report on Form 10-KSB of Presidential Realty Corporation (the “Company”) for the period ending December 31, 2007, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Thomas Viertel, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to the best of my knowledge:

          (1)     the Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934: and

          (2)     the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and the results of operations of the Company.

 

 

 

 

 

Presidential Realty Corporation

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:   

/s/   THOMAS VIERTEL

 

 

 


 

 

 

    Thomas Viertel

 

 

 

    Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

Date: March 25, 2008

 

 

 



EX-99.1 9 d73979_ex99-1.htm COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF LIGHTSTONE MEMBER LLC

Exhibit 99.1

LIGHTSTONE MEMBER LLC
PRC MEMBER LLC
LIGHTSTONE MEMBER II LLC
LIGHTSTONE MEMBER III LLC
COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2007 AND 2006



LIGHTSTONE MEMBER LLC
PRC MEMBER LLC
LIGHTSTONE MEMBER II LLC
LIGHTSTONE MEMBER III LLC
COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2007 AND 2006

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

Page No.

 

Independent Auditors’ Report

 

 

1

 

Combined Balance Sheets

 

 

2

 

Combined Statements of Operations

 

 

3

 

Combined Statements of Changes in Members’ Equity Deficit

 

 

4

 

Combined Statements of Cash Flows

 

 

5

 

Notes to Combined Financial Statements

 

 

6 – 18

 

Supplementary Information

 

 

 

 

Combined Balance Sheets

 

 

20

 

Combined Statements of Operations

 

 

21




INDEPENDENT AUDITORS’ REPORT

To the Members
Lightstone Member LLC, PRC Member LLC,
Lightstone Member II LLC and Lightstone Member III LLC
Lakewood, NJ 08701

We have audited the accompanying combined balance sheets of Lightstone Member LLC, PRC Member LLC, Lightstone Member II LLC and Lightstone Member III LLC (the “Companies”) as of December 31, 2007 and 2006, and the related combined statements of operations, changes in members’ equity deficit and cash flows for the years then ended. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Companies’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free from material misstatement. The Companies are not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of internal control over financial reporting. Our audit included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Companies’ internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the combined financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the combined financial position of the Companies as of December 31, 2007 and 2006, and the combined results of operations and cash flows for the years then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Our audits were conducted for the purpose of forming an option on the basic financial statements taken as a whole. The supplementary information shown on pages 20 and 21 is presented for purposes of additional analysis and is not a required part of the basic financial statements. Such information has been subject to the auditing procedures applied in the audit of the basic financial statements and, in our opinion, is fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole.

/s/ The Schonbraun McCann Group, LLP

Roseland, New Jersey
March 24, 2008



LIGHTSTONE MEMBER LLC
PRC MEMBER LLC
LIGHTSTONE MEMBER II LLC
LIGHTSTONE MEMBER III LLC
COMBINED BALANCE SHEETS
DECEMBER 31, 2007 AND 2006
(Dollar amounts in thousands)

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

 

 


 


 

ASSETS

 

Investments in Real Estate, net of accumulated depreciation of $28,787 (2007) and $18,698 (2006)

 

$

235,595

 

$

304,358

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

 

3,028

 

 

2,695

 

Escrow deposits

 

 

17,177

 

 

13,863

 

Rents and other receivables, net of allowance of $2,859 (2007) and $1,043 (2006)

 

 

7,307

 

 

7,255

 

In place lease value, net of accumulated amortization of $11,745 (2007) and $9,320 (2006)

 

 

6,409

 

 

9,256

 

Acquired lease rights, net of accumulated amortization of $5,483 (2007) and $3,816 (2006)

 

 

5,160

 

 

6,891

 

Deferred financing and lease costs, net of accumulated amortization of $2,014 (2007) and $1,120 (2006)

 

 

2,505

 

 

1,766

 

Prepaid expenses

 

 

968

 

 

981

 

 

 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

278,149

 

$

347,065

 

 

 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND MEMBERS’ EQUITY DEFICIT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mortgage and other notes payable

 

$

306,131

 

$

308,092

 

Notes payable – related party

 

 

49,994

 

 

31,670

 

Interest payable

 

 

1,265

 

 

1,288

 

Deferred revenue

 

 

3,343

 

 

1,465

 

Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities

 

 

6,928

 

 

6,817

 

Acquired lease obligation, net of accumulated amortization of $7,241 (2007) and $6,105 (2006)

 

 

3,768

 

 

5,534

 

Due to affiliates

 

 

13,974

 

 

9,506

 

 

 



 



 

 

 

 

385,403

 

 

364,372

 

 

Commitment and Contingencies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Members’ Deficit

 

 

(107,254

)

 

(17,307

)

 

 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

278,149

 

$

347,065

 

 

 



 



 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these combined financial statements.

2



LIGHTSTONE MEMBER LLC
PRC MEMBER LLC

LIGHTSTONE MEMBER II LLC

LIGHTSTONE MEMBER III LLC

COMBINED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2007 and 2006

(Dollar amounts in thousands)

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

 

 


 


 

 

Revenues

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rental

 

$

35,660

 

$

40,959

 

Tenant reimbursements

 

 

19,449

 

 

16,587

 

Interest and other income

 

 

4,704

 

 

1,039

 

 

 



 



 

 

 

 

59,813

 

 

58,585

 

 

 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rental property operating and maintenance expenses

 

 

24,591

 

 

23,311

 

Real estate taxes

 

 

5,352

 

 

4,974

 

Provision for losses on real estate

 

 

75,994

 

 

 

Interest, including amortization of $212 in 2007 and $330 in 2006 and prepayment penalty of $1,050 in 2006

 

 

25,144

 

 

25,112

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

14,108

 

 

16,102

 

General and administrative

 

 

4,395

 

 

3,017

 

 

 



 



 

 

 

 

149,584

 

 

72,516

 

 

 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Loss

 

$

(89,771

)

$

(13,931

)

 

 



 



 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these combined financial statements.

3



LIGHTSTONE MEMBER LLC
PRC MEMBER LLC

LIGHTSTONE MEMBER II LLC

LIGHTSTONE MEMBER III LLC

COMBINED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN MEMBERS’ EQUITY DEFICIT

YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2007 AND 2006

(Dollar amounts in thousands)

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Presidential
Realty Corp.

 

David
Lichtenstein

 

Cedar Asset
Management,

LLC

 

Harold
Rubin

 

Total

 

 

 


 


 


 


 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at January 1, 2006

 

$

(1,598

)

$

533

 

$

(55

)

$

114

 

$

(1,006

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contributions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distributions

 

 

(652

)

 

(1,705

)

 

(2

)

 

(12

)

 

(2,370

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

 

(4,040

)

 

(9,782

)

 

(79

)

 

(30

)

 

(13,931

)

 

 



 



 



 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at December 31, 2006

 

 

(6,290

)

 

(10,954

)

 

(136

)

 

72

 

 

(17,307

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distributions

 

 

(160

)

 

 

 

 

 

(16

)

 

(176

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

 

(26,034

)

 

(63,554

)

 

(131

)

 

(52

)

 

(89,771

)

 

 



 



 



 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at December 31, 2007

 

$

(32,484

)

$

(74,508

)

$

(267

)

$

4

 

$

(107,254

)

 

 



 



 



 



 



 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these combined financial statements.

4



LIGHTSTONE MEMBER LLC
PRC MEMBER LLC

LIGHTSTONE MEMBER II LLC

LIGHTSTONE MEMBER III LLC

COMBINED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2007 and 2006

Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

(Dollar amounts in thousands)

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

 

 


 


 

Cash Flows From Operating Activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

$

(89,771

)

$

(13,931

)

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

provided by operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

14,320

 

 

16,432

 

Provision for losses on real estate

 

 

75,994

 

 

 

Net change in revenue related to acquired lease rights/obligations

 

 

(35

)

 

(1,864

)

Bad debt allowance

 

 

1,816

 

 

725

 

Rents and other receivables

 

 

(1,868

)

 

(1,536

)

Prepaid expenses

 

 

13

 

 

(86

)

Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities

 

 

111

 

 

1,632

 

Interest expense payable

 

 

(23

)

 

(209

)

Due to affiliates, net

 

 

4,468

 

 

5,191

 

Deferred leasing costs

 

 

(2,095

)

 

(1,112

)

Deferred revenue

 

 

1,878

 

 

(164

)

 

 



 



 

Net cash provided by operating activities

 

 

4,808

 

 

5,078

 

 

 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash Flows Used In Investing Activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Escrow deposits, net

 

 

(3,314

)

 

1,382

 

Additions to properties

 

 

(17,320

)

 

(12,203

)

 

 



 



 

Net cash used in investing activities

 

 

(20,634

)

 

(10,821

)

 

 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash Flows From Financing Activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from mortgage notes payable

 

 

 

 

110,500

 

Repayment of mortgage note payable

 

 

(1,961

)

 

(105,758

)

Proceeds from notes payable – related party

 

 

18,324

 

 

3,470

 

Deferred financing costs

 

 

(28

)

 

(892

)

Capital distributions

 

 

(176

)

 

(2,370

)

 

 



 



 

Net cash provided by financing activities

 

 

16,159

 

 

4,950

 

 

 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net change in cash and cash equivalents

 

 

333

 

 

(793

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year

 

 

2,695

 

 

3,488

 

 

 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents, end of year

 

$

3,028

 

$

2,695

 

 

 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplemental Disclosures of Cash Flow Information:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash paid during the year ended for:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest

 

$

24,954

 

$

23,942

 

 

 



 



 

Prepayment penalty

 

$

 

$

1,050

 

 

 



 



 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these combined financial statements.

5



LIGHTSTONE MEMBER LLC
PRC MEMBER LLC
LIGHTSTONE MEMBER II LLC
LIGHTSTONE MEMBER III LLC
NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2007
(Dollar amounts in thousands)

 



 

 

 

1.

ORGANIZATION AND DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS

 

 

 

a.

Formation

 

 

 

 

 

Lightstone Member LLC (“Lightstone”) and PRC Member LLC (“PRC”) were both organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Delaware on September 10, 2004. Lightstone Member II LLC (“Lightstone II”) and Lightstone Member III LLC (“Lightstone III”) were formed under the laws of Commonwealth of Delaware on December 1, 2004, and June 30, 2005, respectively. They are collectively the “Entities” or the “Companies”. The purpose of the Companies is to acquire, own, develop and manage retail malls. The Companies own the following retail malls as of December 31, 2007:


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Property
Name

 

Location

 

Approximate
Square Feet

 

Ownership

 

Occupancy at
Dec. 31, 2007


 


 


 


 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Martinsburg Mall

 

Martinsburg, WV

 

552,000

 

 

Fee

 

97

%

Mt. Berry Square Mall

 

Rome, GA

 

478,000

 

 

Fee

 

91

%

Bradley Square Mall

 

Cleveland, TN

 

385,000

 

 

Fee

 

92

%

W. Manchester Mall

 

York, PA

 

733,000

 

 

Fee

 

88

%

Shenango Valley Mall

 

Hermitage, PA

 

508,000

 

 

Leasehold

 

99

%

Shawnee Mall

 

Shawnee, OK

 

444,000

 

 

Fee

 

64

%

Brazos Outlet Center

 

Lake Jackson, TX

 

698,000

 

 

Fee

 

90

%

Burlington Mall

 

Burlington, NC

 

412,000

 

 

Fee

 

58

%

Macon Mall

 

Macon, GA

 

1,446,000

 

 

Fee/Leasehold

 

81

%

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,656,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

As of December 31, 2007, members of the Companies and their respective percentage interests are as follow:


 

 

 

 

 

Lightstone and PRC

 

Ownership
Interests


 

 


 

 

 

 

Presidential Realty Corp.

 

29

%

David Lichtenstein (Managing Member)

 

70

%

Cedar Asset Management, LLC

 

1

%


 

 

 

 

 

Lightstone II

 

 

Ownership
Interests


 

 


Presidential Realty Corp.

 

29

%

David Lichtenstein (Managing Member)

 

70

%

Harold Rubin

 

1

%

6



LIGHTSTONE MEMBER LLC
PRC MEMBER LLC
LIGHTSTONE MEMBER II LLC
LIGHTSTONE MEMBER III LLC
NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2007
(Dollar amounts in thousands)

 



 

 

 

1.

ORGANIZATION AND DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS (Continued)

 

 

 

 

a.

Formation (continued)


 

 

 

 

Lightstone III

 

Ownership
Interests


 


 

 

 

Presidential Realty Corp.

29

%

David Lichtenstein (Managing Member)

71

%


 

 

 

 

b.

Cash Distribution, Profit and Loss Allocations

 

 

 

 

 

The Companies shall continue to operate until dissolved per the operating agreements. The liability of each of the members is limited to the amount of capital contributed.

 

 

 

 

 

Distributions of proceeds shall be distributed to the members at the discretion of the Managing Member, subject to the terms and conditions of all indebtedness of the Companies; provided that cash flow shall be distributed not less than annually and capital proceeds shall be distributed not later than forty-five days from the closing of the transaction giving rise to such capital proceeds.

 

 

 

 

 

Distributions of cash flow shall be made to the members as follows:


 

 

 

 

 

 

(a)

First, to the Managing Member and its affiliate, Cedar Asset Management, LLC (or Harold Rubin), until the Managing Member and its affiliate (or Harold Rubin) have received an aggregate amount equal to an accrued return of 11% per annum (“Preferred Return”) on the Managing Member’s and affiliate’s unreturned capital contribution.

 

 

 

 

 

 

(b)

Then, to the members in accordance with their respective ownership interests.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital proceeds shall be distributed to the members as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

(a)

First, to the Managing Member and its affiliates, until the Managing Member and its affiliates have received an aggregate amount equal to an accrued return of 11% per annum on the Managing Member’s and its affiliates’ unreturned capital contribution.

 

 

 

 

 

 

(b)

Then, to the Managing Member and its affiliates, until the Managing Member and its affiliates have received an aggregate amount equal the Managing Member’s and its affiliates’ capital contribution.

 

 

 

 

 

 

(c)

Then, to the members in accordance with their respective ownership interests.

7



LIGHTSTONE MEMBER LLC
PRC MEMBER LLC
LIGHTSTONE MEMBER II LLC
LIGHTSTONE MEMBER III LLC
NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2007
(Dollar amounts in thousands)

 



 

 

 

1.

ORGANIZATION AND DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS (Continued)

 

 

 

c.

Allocation of Profits and Losses

 

 

 

 

 

For financial reporting purposes, income is allocated based upon the cash flow distribution formula above. Losses are allocated pro-rata based upon ownership interests.

 

 

 

2.

SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

 

 

 

a.

Basis of Accounting

 

 

 

 

 

The accompanying combined financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”).

 

 

 

 

b.

Principles of Combination

 

 

 

 

 

The combined financial statements include the accounts of Lightstone and its wholly owned subsidiaries; Mount Berry Square Mall LLC, Bradley Square Mall LLC, West Manchester Mall LLC and Shenango Valley Mall LLC; PRC and its wholly owned subsidiary; Martinsburg Mall LLC; Lightstone II and its wholly owned subsidiaries; Shawnee Mall LLC and Brazos Outlet Mall LLC; Lightstone III and its wholly owned subsidiaries; Macon Mall LLC and Burlington Mall LLC. All material intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in combination. The financial statements were combined due to common ownership and control.

 

 

 

 

c.

Use of Estimates

 

 

 

 

 

The preparation of the financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions. These estimates and assumptions affect the reported amounts of certain assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements. They also affect reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Significant items subject to such estimates and assumptions include the carrying amount of investments in real estate, valuation of receivables and the allocation of purchase price to acquired lease rights and obligations. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

 

 

 

d.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

 

 

 

 

 

For purposes of the statement of cash flows, the Companies consider short-term investments with maturities of 90 days or less when purchased to be cash equivalents. The Companies maintain cash accounts at financial institutions, which are insured up to a maximum of $100,000. At various times during the year, balances exceeded the federally insured limit. Due to the stature and high credit quality of the financial institutions, such credit risk is considered to be minimal.

8



LIGHTSTONE MEMBER LLC
PRC MEMBER LLC
LIGHTSTONE MEMBER II LLC
LIGHTSTONE MEMBER III LLC
NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2007
(Dollar amounts in thousands)

 



 

 

 

2.

SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)

 

 

 

e.

Marketing

 

 

 

 

 

General marketing and advertising costs are expensed as incurred and were approximately $1,718 and $1,295 for 2007 and 2006, respectively.

 

 

 

 

f.

Revenue Recognition and Tenant Receivables

 

 

 

 

 

Base rental revenues from rental retail properties are recognized on a straight-line basis over the noncancelable terms of the related leases, which are all accounted for as operating leases. “Percentage rent” or rental revenue which is based upon a percentage of the sales recorded by the Companies’ tenants, is recognized in the period in which the tenants achieve their specified threshold per their lease agreements. These amounts are included in rental revenue in the accompanying financial statements.

 

 

 

 

 

Rental income is also recognized in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 141, Business Combinations, whereby the amortization of acquired favorable leases and acquired unfavorable leases is recognized as a reduction of or an addition to base rental income, respectively, over the terms of the respective leases. The net amount included in base rental income for the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006 are as follows:


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

 

 


 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Martinsburg Mall

 

$

(148

)

$

(97

)

Bradley Square Mall

 

 

74

 

 

107

 

West Manchester Mall

 

 

200

 

 

704

 

Shenango Valley Mall

 

 

238

 

 

274

 

Mount Berry Square Mall

 

 

116

 

 

175

 

Shawnee Mall

 

 

(32

)

 

126

 

Brazos Outlets Center

 

 

(69

)

 

574

 

Burlington Mall

 

 

1

 

 

51

 

Macon Mall

 

 

(345

)

 

(50

)

 

 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

35

 

$

1,864

 

 

 



 



 


 

 

 

Reimbursements from tenants related to real estate taxes, insurance and other shopping center operating expenses are recognized as revenue, based on a predetermined formula, in the period the applicable costs are incurred. Lease termination fees are recognized when the related leases are canceled, the tenant surrenders the space, and the Companies have no continuing obligation to provide services to such former tenants.

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LIGHTSTONE MEMBER LLC
PRC MEMBER LLC
LIGHTSTONE MEMBER II LLC
LIGHTSTONE MEMBER III LLC
NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2007
(Dollar amounts in thousands)

 



 

 

 

2.

SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)

 

 

 

f.

Revenue Recognition and Tenant Receivables (Continued)

 

 

 

 

 

The Companies provide an allowance for doubtful accounts against the portion of tenant receivables which is estimated to be uncollectible. Management of the Companies reviews its allowance for doubtful accounts monthly. Balances that are past due over 90 days and over a specified amount are reviewed individually for collectibility. Account balances are charged off against the allowance after all means of collection have been exhausted and the potential for recovery is considered doubtful. Allowance for doubtful accounts as of December 31, 2007 and 2006 was approximately $2,859 and $1,043, respectively.

 

 

 

 

g.

Deferred Charges

 

 

 

 

 

Deferred leasing commissions, acquired in-place lease value, and other direct costs associated with the acquisition of tenants are capitalized and amortized on a straight-line basis over the terms of the related leases. Loan costs are capitalized and amortized to interest expense over the term of the related loan using a method that approximates the effective-interest method.

 

 

 

 

h.

Real Estate and Depreciation

 

 

 

 

 

Real estate is stated at historical cost less accumulated depreciation. The building and improvements thereon are depreciated on the straight-line basis over an estimated useful life of 40 years. Tenant improvements are depreciated on the straight-line basis over the shorter of the lease term or their estimated useful life. Equipment is depreciated on the straight-line basis over estimated useful lives of 5 to 7 years.

 

 

 

 

 

Improvements and replacements are capitalized when they extend the useful life or improve the efficiency of the asset. Repairs and maintenance are charged to expense as incurred.

 

 

 

 

i.

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets

 

 

 

 

 

Management assesses whether there has been impairment in the value of its long-lived assets whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. Recoverability of assets to be held and used is measured by a comparison of the carrying amount to the future net cash flows, undiscounted and without interest, expected to be generated by the asset. If such assets are considered to be impaired, the impairment to be recognized is measured by the amount by which the carrying amount of the assets exceeds the fair value of the assets. Assets to be disposed of are reported at the lower of the carrying amount or fair value, less costs to sell. Provision for losses on real estate includes the impairment on assets to be held and used. See Note 4.

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LIGHTSTONE MEMBER LLC
PRC MEMBER LLC
LIGHTSTONE MEMBER II LLC
LIGHTSTONE MEMBER III LLC
NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2007
(Dollar amounts in thousands)

 



 

 

 

2.

SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)

 

 

 

 

j.

Purchase Accounting for Acquisition of Interests in Real Estate Entities

 

 

 

 

 

Management allocated the purchase price of properties to tangible and identified intangible assets acquired based on its fair value in accordance with the provisions of SFAS No. 141, Business Combinations. The fair value of the tangible assets of an acquired property (which includes land, building, and improvements) was determined by valuing the properties as if vacant, and the “as-if-vacant” value was then allocated to land, building and improvements based on management’s determination of the relative fair values of these assets. Management determined the “as-if-vacant” fair value of properties using methods similar to those used by independent appraisers.

 

 

 

 

 

Factors considered by management in performing these analyses included an estimate of carrying costs to execute similar leases. In estimating carrying costs, management included real estate taxes, insurance and other operating expenses and estimates of lost rental revenue during the expected lease-up periods based on current market demand. Management also estimated costs to execute similar leases including leasing commissions, legal and other related costs.

 

 

 

 

 

In allocating the fair value of the identified intangible assets and liabilities of acquired properties, above-market and below-market in-place lease values were recorded based on the present value (using an interest rate which reflects the risks associated with the leases acquired) of 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 for the corresponding in-place leases, measured over a period equal to the remaining non-cancelable term of the lease. The capitalized above-market lease values (included in the acquired lease rights in the accompanying combined balance sheets) are amortized as a reduction of rental income over the remaining non-cancelable terms of the respective leases. The capitalized below-market lease values (presented as acquired lease obligations in the accompanying combined balance sheets) are amortized as an increase to rental income over the initial term and any fixed rate renewal periods in the respective leases.

 

 

 

 

 

The aggregate value of other acquired intangible assets, consisting of in-place leases and tenant relationships, was measured by the excess of (i) the purchase price paid for a property after adjusting existing in-place leases to market rental rates over (ii) the estimated fair value of the property as if vacant, determined as set forth above. This aggregate value was allocated between in-place lease values and tenant relationships based on management’s evaluation of the specific characteristics of each tenant’s lease; however, the value of tenant relationships has not been separated from in-place lease value because such value and its consequence to amortization expense is immaterial for these particular acquisitions. The value of in-place leases exclusive of the value of above-market and below-market in-place leases is amortized to expense over the remaining non-cancelable periods of the respective leases. If a lease were to be terminated prior to its stated expiration, all unamortized amounts relating to that lease would be written off.

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LIGHTSTONE MEMBER LLC
PRC MEMBER LLC
LIGHTSTONE MEMBER II LLC
LIGHTSTONE MEMBER III LLC
NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2007
(Dollar amounts in thousands)

 



 

 

 

2.

SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)

 

 

 

j.

Purchase Accounting for Acquisition of Interests in Real Estate Entities (Continued)

 

 

 

 

 

Purchase accounting was applied, on a pro-rata basis, to the assets and liabilities related to the Properties. The results of operations of the Properties since acquisition are included in the accompanying combined statements of operations. The purchase price of the Properties, including closing costs, was as follows:


 

 

 

 

 

Lightstone

 

$

84,089

 

PRC

 

 

27,247

 

Lightstone II

 

 

45,500

 

Lightstone III

 

 

167,006

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

$

323,842

 

 

 



 


 

 

 

The fair value of the real estate acquired was allocated to the acquired tangible assets, consisting of land, building and improvements, and identified intangible assets and liabilities, consisting of the value of above-market and below-market leases, other value of in-place leases and value of tenant relationships, if any, based in each case on their fair values.

 

 

 

The following are the amounts that were assigned to each major asset and liability caption at the acquisition date:


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lightstone

 

PRC

 

Lightstone II

 

Lightstone III

 

 

 


 


 


 


 

 

Land

 

$

10,641

 

$

6,875

 

$

7,086

 

$

25,930

 

Buildings and tenant improvements

 

 

70,378

 

 

16,546

 

 

35,797

 

 

132,946

 

Acquired lease rights(1)

 

 

2,426

 

 

1,843

 

 

1,851

 

 

4,588

 

Acquired lease obligations (1)

 

 

(6,069

)

 

(781

)

 

(2,052

)

 

(2,737

)

In-place lease values(1)

 

 

6,713

 

 

2,764

 

 

2,818

 

 

6,279

 

 

 



 



 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

84,089

 

$

27,247

 

$

45,500

 

$

167,006

 

 

 



 



 



 



 


 

 

 

 

(1)

These intangibles are being amortized over the remaining lease terms. The weighted average remaining lease terms are approximately 4.2 years.


 

 

k.

Income Taxes

 

 

 

The Companies are limited liability companies which elected to be treated as partnerships for income tax purposes and are, therefore, not subject to income taxes at the entity level. All income and losses pass through to the members and are reported by them individually for income tax purposes.

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LIGHTSTONE MEMBER LLC
PRC MEMBER LLC
LIGHTSTONE MEMBER II LLC
LIGHTSTONE MEMBER III LLC
NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2007
(Dollar amounts in thousands)

 



 

 

 

3.

ESCROW DEPOSITS

 

 

 

 

Escrow deposits include funds and other restricted deposits required in conjunction with the Companies’ loan agreements. Such amounts are to be used for specific purposes, such as the payment of real estate taxes, insurance and capital improvements.

 

 

 

4.

REAL ESTATE

 

 

 

 

The investments in real estate consist of nine retail malls as identified in Note 1. During 2007 the current downturn in the commercial real estate and lack of demand for retail space in the regions covered by certain holdings has caused management to reassess the carrying value of each of the properties. Based on this assessment, management has determined that four of the nine properties have suffered an impairment loss of $75,994 in the aggregate. Determined fair values of the impaired properties at December 31, 2007, are as follows:


 

 

 

 

 

Macon Mall

 

$

79,680

 

Burlington Mall

 

$

7,900

 

Mt. Berry Square Mall

 

$

19,490

 

W. Manchester Mall

 

$

25,450

 


 

 

 

 

In accordance with the provisions of SFAS No. 144, the above properties were written down from their individual carrying values to the determined fair values and the Company recognized a loss of $75,994 in the aggregate.

 

 

 

 

Fair value was determined on an income approach where future estimated cash flows are capitalized to arrive at an estimate of value. Cash flow was determined for each property based on current and anticipated operations. The capitalization rates were developed from market data specific to each of the malls. The inputs used to assess fair value are considered unobservable level 3 inputs.

 

 

 

At December 31, 2007, and 2006 investments in real estate consists of the following:


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

 

 


 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Land

 

$

50,466

 

$

50,466

 

Buildings and improvements

 

 

252,594

 

 

237,230

 

Tenant improvements

 

 

37,316

 

 

35,360

 

 

 



 



 

 

 

 

340,376

 

 

323,056

 

Less accumulated depreciation

 

 

(28,787

)

 

(18,698

)

 

 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Carrying value before impairment

 

 

311,589

 

 

304,358

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Impairment

 

 

(75,994

)

 

 

 

 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

235,595

 

$

304,358

 

 

 



 



 

13



LIGHTSTONE MEMBER LLC
PRC MEMBER LLC
LIGHTSTONE MEMBER II LLC
LIGHTSTONE MEMBER III LLC
NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2007
(Dollar amounts in thousands)

 

 



 

 

5.

MORTGAGE AND OTHER NOTES PAYABLE


 

 

 

On June 8, 2006, Martinsburg Mall, LLC (“Martinsburg”), Shenango Valley Mall, LLC (“Shenango”), Mount Berry Square Mall, LLC (“Mt. Berry”), and Bradley Mall, LLC (“Bradley”) together borrowed $73,900 from CIBC Inc., at an interest rate of 5.93% per annum. The loan is payable interest only monthly for twenty three months and thereafter in equal monthly installment of $440 and is secured by the related real estate, assignment of leases, rent and security deposits. The loan matures in July 2016 with no prepayment option. The loan, however, may be defeased.

 

 

 

Management allocated the loan amount to the Properties as follows:


 

 

 

 

 

Martinsburg

 

$

27,285

 

Bradley

 

 

12,615

 

Shenango

 

 

13,470

 

Mt. Berry

 

 

20,530

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

73,900

 

 

 



 


 

 

 

On June 8, 2006, West Manchester, Mall LLC (“West Manchester”) borrowed $29,600 from CIBC Inc., at an interest rate of LIBOR plus 232 basis points (approximately 7.06% per annum at December 31, 2007), subject to a minimum rate of 7.89% per annum. The loan is payable interest only monthly and is secured by its real estate, assignment of leases, rent and security deposits. The loan matures on June 8, 2008 and contains a prepayment penalty equal to .75% of the outstanding principal amount if repaid prior to maturity. The loan is guaranteed, up to $10,360, by Lightstone Holdings, LLC an affiliate of a member.

 

 

 

On June 8, 2006, Martinsburg, Shenango, Mount Berry, and Bradley borrowed $7,000 from CIBC Bank, at an interest rate of 12% per annum. Principal and interest on this loan is payable in equal monthly installment of $72 and is secured by the related real estate, assignment of leases, rent and security deposits of each property. The loan matures on July 1, 2016 with no prepayment option till three months prior to maturity date; however, the loan may be defeased.

 

 

 

At December 31, 2007 and 2006 loan amount allocated to properties were as follows:


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

 

 


 


 

 

Martinsburg

 

$

2,575

 

$

2,579

 

Bradley

 

 

1,186

 

 

1,189

 

Shenango

 

 

1,276

 

 

1,279

 

Mt. Berry

 

 

1,947

 

 

1,949

 

 

 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

6,984

 

$

6,996

 

 

 



 



 

14



LIGHTSTONE MEMBER LLC
PRC MEMBER LLC
LIGHTSTONE MEMBER II LLC
LIGHTSTONE MEMBER III LLC
NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2007
(Dollar amounts in thousands)

 

 



 

 

5.

MORTGAGE AND OTHER NOTES PAYABLE (Continued)


 

 

 

On December 16, 2004, Lightstone II borrowed $39,500 from Wachovia at an interest rate of the greater of 8.8% per annum or the 30 day LIBOR plus 280 basis points (approximately 7.54% at December 31, 2007). This loan is payable interest only monthly and originally matured on January 9, 2007 with three one-year options with an extension fee of .125% of the outstanding principal. This loan is secured by the real estate, assignment of leases, rent and security deposits of Brazos Outlet Center LLC (“Brazos”) and Shawnee Mall LLC (“Shawnee”).

 

 

 

The Company extended the loan until January 2009.

 

 

 

Management allocated the loan amount to the properties as follows:


 

 

 

 

 

Brazos

 

$

21,725

 

Shawnee

 

 

17,775

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

39,500

 

 

 



 


 

 

 

On June 30, 2005, Lightstone III borrowed $141,200 (“Mortgage”) from Wachovia at an interest rate of 5.78% per annum. This loan is payable interest only monthly until July 11, 2006 and then installments of $827 as principal and interest until maturity on June 11, 2015. This loan is secured by the real estate, assignment of leases, rent and security deposits of Macon Mall LLC (“Macon”) and Burlington Mall LLC (“Burlington”). On June 30, 2005, Wachovia made an additional mezzanine loan (“Mezzanine”) in the amount of $17,650 under the same terms as the first mortgage.

 

 

 

Management allocate the mortgage and Mezzanine loans to the properties at acquisition as follows:


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

First Mortgage

 

Mezzanine Loan

 

 

 


 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Macon

 

$

114,203

 

$

14,275

 

Burlington

 

 

26,997

 

 

3,375

 

 

 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

141,200

 

$

17,650

 

 

 



 



 


 

 

 

Mortgage and Mezzanine loans to the properties at December 31, 2007:


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

First Mortgage

 

Mezzanine Loan

 

 

 


 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Macon

 

$

112,257

 

$

14,032

 

Burlington

 

 

26,541

 

 

3,317

 

 

 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

138,798

 

$

17,349

 

 

 



 



 

15



LIGHTSTONE MEMBER LLC
PRC MEMBER LLC
LIGHTSTONE MEMBER II LLC
LIGHTSTONE MEMBER III LLC
NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2007
(Dollar amounts in thousands)

 

 



 

 

5.

MORTGAGE AND OTHER NOTES PAYABLE (Continued)

 

 

 

Mortgage and Mezzanine loans to the properties at December 31, 2006:


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

First Mortgage

 

Mezzanine Loan

 

 

 


 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Macon

 

$

113,659

 

$

14,208

 

Burlington

 

 

26,870

 

 

3,359

 

 

 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

140,529

 

$

17,567

 

 

 



 



 


 

 

 

Future minimum annual principal payments at December 31, 2007, after exercising of extension options, are as follows:


 

 

 

 

 

2008

 

$

32,006

 

2009

 

 

42,597

 

2010

 

 

3,287

 

2011

 

 

3,489

 

2012

 

 

3,666

 

Thereafter

 

 

221,086

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

306,131

 

 

 



 


 

 

6.

NOTES PAYABLE – RELATED PARTY

 

 

 

Lightstone borrowed $8,600 in 2004 from Presidential Realty Corp., a member of the Companies. The loan bears interest of 11% per annum, payable monthly. The entire loan payable is due in September 2014. The loan is secured by an assignment of the Companies’ ownership interest in its subsidiaries, subject to the first mortgage lien to CIBC Inc.

The loan has a prepayment penalty of 3% of principal. $959 was recorded as interest expense in each of 2007 and 2006.

PRC borrowed $2,600 in 2004 from David Lichtenstein and Cedar Asset Management, LLC, members of the Companies. The loans bear interest of 11% per annum, payable interest only monthly. The entire loan balances are due in September 2014. The loans are secured by an assignment of the Companies’ ownership interest in PRC’s subsidiary, subject to the first mortgage lien to CIBC Inc.

 

 

 

This loan has a prepayment penalty of 3% of principal. $290 was recorded as interest expense in each of 2007 and 2006.

 

 

 

Lightstone II borrowed $7,500 in 2004 from Presidential Realty Corp., a member of the Companies. This loan bears interest only at the rate of 11% per annum payable in monthly installments and matures on December 23, 2014. This loan is secured by interest in certain subsidiaries subject to the first mortgage lien to Wachovia Bank. Presidential Realty Corp. funded an additional $335 in 2006 under the same terms.

16



LIGHTSTONE MEMBER LLC
PRC MEMBER LLC
LIGHTSTONE MEMBER II LLC
LIGHTSTONE MEMBER III LLC
NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2007
(Dollar amounts in thousands)

 

 



 

 

6.

NOTES PAYABLE – RELATED PARTY (Continued)

 

 

 

This loan has a prepayment penalty of 3% of principal. Approximately $873 and $856 were recorded as interest expense in 2007 and 2006, respectively.

 

 

 

On June 30, 2005, Lightstone III borrowed $9,500 from Presidential Realty Corp., a member of the Companies. This loan bears interest only at a rate of 11% per annum payable monthly and matures on June 30, 2015. This loan is secured by membership interests in certain subsidiaries, subject to the first mortgage lien to Wachovia bank.

 

 

 

This loan has a prepayment penalty of 3% of principal. $1,060 was recorded as interest expense in 2007 and 2006.

 

 

 

A member of the Company advanced $1,947 in 2005 for working capital needs of certain properties. This amount was repaid with approximately $125 of interest expense in 2006. The member advanced $3,135 in 2006 and an additional $18,324 in 2007 for the same purpose.

 

 

 

The net amount due to affiliates represents advances from affiliated entities and is due upon demand at interest rate of 11%.

 

 

7.

RENTALS UNDER OPERATING LEASES

 

 

 

The Companies’ receive rental income from the leasing of retail shopping center space under operating leases. The Companies recognize income from tenant operating leases on a straight-line basis over the respective lease terms and, accordingly, rental income in a given period will vary from actual contractual rental amounts due. Rental income recorded in 2007 and 2006 in excess of amounts contractually due was approximately $365 and $856, respectively.

 

 

 

The minimum annual future base rentals due under non-cancelable operating leases as of December 31, 2007, are approximately as follows:


 

 

 

 

 

2008

 

$

25,856

 

2009

 

 

21,623

 

2010

 

 

17,765

 

2011

 

 

12,586

 

2012

 

 

8,890

 

Thereafter

 

 

6,856

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

93,576

 

 

 



 


 

 

 

Minimum annual future rentals due do not include amounts which are payable by certain tenants based upon certain reimbursable operating expenses. The tenants include national and regional chains and local retailers and, consequently, the Companies’ credit risk is concentrated in the retail industry.

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LIGHTSTONE MEMBER LLC
PRC MEMBER LLC
LIGHTSTONE MEMBER II LLC
LIGHTSTONE MEMBER III LLC
NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2007
(Dollar amounts in thousands)

 

 



 

 

8.

COMMITMENT AND CONTINGENCIES

 

 

 

Shenango Valley Mall is subject to a ground lease. The Companies exercised the first 17 year ground lease option in 2005 which expires on December 31, 2021. The ground lease payment is based upon 10% of monthly gross revenues, as defined. The gross revenues, upon which the ground rent is computed, cannot be less than 75% of gross revenues of the previous year. Approximately $324 and $436 were expensed as ground rent for Shenango in 2007 and 2006, respectively.

 

 

 

A parcel of Macon Mall is under a ground lease that expires in 2071. The ground lease is subject to an annual rent payment of $54 throughout the remainder of its term. The Companies are responsible for all other costs including real estate taxes and utilities. Future minimum lease payments are as follows:


 

 

 

 

 

2008

 

$

54

 

2009

 

 

54

 

2010

 

 

54

 

2011

 

 

54

 

2012

 

 

54

 

Thereafter

 

 

3,186

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

3,456

 

 

 



 


 

 

9.

FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

 

 

 

As of December 31, 2007, the fair values of the Companies’ mortgage and other notes and mezzanine notes payable to related parties approximate the carrying values as the terms are similar to those currently available to the Companies for debt with similar risk and the same remaining maturities. The carrying amounts for cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash, rents and other receivables, due to affiliates, and accounts payable and other liabilities approximate fair value because of the short-term nature of these instruments.


 

 

10.

SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

 

 

 

Subsequent to the date of these financial statements the Company notified the servicers of Lightstone III’s mezzanine loans ($17,650 Wachovia and $9,500 Presidential) relating to the Macon and Burlington Malls that the cash flows were insufficient to pay the required monthly debt service. At that time, regularly scheduled debt service payments were suspended. The failure to pay under the mezzanine loan agreements constitutes a default on the mezzanine loans allowing the lenders to exercise certain remedies contained in the loan agreements. Default on the mezzanine loans does not, in itself, constitute a default under the first mortgage on the properties. The Company is in discussions with the servicer of the loans in an attempt to restructure the debt.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION



LIGHTSTONE MEMBER LLC
PRC MEMBER LLC
LIGHTSTONE MEMBER II LLC
LIGHTSTONE MEMBER III LLC
COMBINED BALANCE SHEETS
DECEMBER 31, 2007
(Dollar amounts in thousands)



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lightstone

 

PRC

 

Lightstone II

 

Lightstone III

 

Combined

 

 

 


 


 


 


 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investment in real estate, net of accumulated depreciation

 

$

67,144

 

$

21,991

 

$

62,913

 

$

83,547

 

$

235,595

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

 

635

 

 

3

 

 

831

 

 

1,559

 

 

3,028

 

Escrow deposits

 

 

3,952

 

 

2,422

 

 

1,743

 

 

9,060

 

 

17,177

 

Rents and other receivables, net

 

 

2,678

 

 

509

 

 

1,936

 

 

2,184

 

 

7,307

 

In-place lease value, net of accumulated amortization

 

 

2,197

 

 

1,401

 

 

795

 

 

2,016

 

 

6,409

 

Acquired lease rights, net of accumulated amortization

 

 

1,239

 

 

903

 

 

654

 

 

2,364

 

 

5,160

 

Deferred financing and leasing costs, net of accumulated amortization

 

 

998

 

 

195

 

 

759

 

 

553

 

 

2,505

 

Prepaid expenses

 

 

599

 

 

44

 

 

225

 

 

100

 

 

968

 

 

 



 



 



 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

79,442

 

$

27,468

 

$

69,856

 

$

101,383

 

$

278,149

 

 

 



 



 



 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND MEMBERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mortgage and other notes payable

 

$

80,623

 

$

29,861

 

$

39,500

 

$

156,147

 

$

306,131

 

Notes payable - related party

 

 

8,600

 

 

2,600

 

 

29,294

 

 

9,500

 

 

49,994

 

Interest payable

 

 

461

 

 

129

 

 

174

 

 

501

 

 

1,265

 

Deferred revenue

 

 

1,196

 

 

171

 

 

495

 

 

1,481

 

 

3,343

 

Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities

 

 

1,169

 

 

351

 

 

3,388

 

 

2,020

 

 

6,928

 

Acquired lease obligation, net of accumulated amortization

 

 

1,895

 

 

332

 

 

494

 

 

1,047

 

 

3,768

 

Due to affiliates

 

 

9,253

 

 

(3,459

)

 

3,871

 

 

4,309

 

 

13,974

 

 

 



 



 



 



 



 

 

 

 

103,197

 

 

29,985

 

 

77,216

 

 

175,005

 

 

385,403

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commitments and
     Contingencies
Members’ Equity (Deficit)

 

 

(23,755

)

 

(2,517

)

 

(7,360

)

 

(73,622

)

 

(107,254

)

 

 



 



 



 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

79,442

 

$

27,468

 

$

69,856

 

$

101,383

 

$

278,149

 

 

 



 



 



 



 



 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of this combined supplementary information.

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LIGHTSTONE MEMBER LLC
PRC MEMBER LLC
LIGHTSTONE MEMBER II LLC
LIGHTSTONE MEMBER III LLC
COMBINED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2007
(Dollar amounts in thousands)



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lightstone

 

PRC

 

Lightstone II

 

Lightstone III

 

Combined

 

 

 


 


 


 


 


 

Revenue

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rental

 

$

11,314

 

$

3,219

 

$

6,980

 

$

14,147

 

$

35,660

 

Tenant reimbursements

 

 

7,012

 

 

2,007

 

 

2,714

 

 

7,716

 

 

19,449

 

Interest and other income

 

 

195

 

 

95

 

 

118

 

 

4,296

 

 

4,704

 

 

 



 



 



 



 



 

 

 

 

18,521

 

 

5,321

 

 

9,812

 

 

26,159

 

 

59,813

 

 

 



 



 



 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rental property operating and maintenance expenses

 

 

8,710

 

 

2,506

 

 

5,237

 

 

8,138

 

 

24,591

 

Real estate taxes

 

 

1,757

 

 

331

 

 

643

 

 

2,621

 

 

5,352

 

Provision for losses on real estate

 

 

7,324

 

 

 

 

 

 

68,670

 

 

75,994

 

Interest including amortization of $212

 

 

7,253

 

 

1,775

 

 

5,850

 

 

10,266

 

 

25,144

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

4,001

 

 

900

 

 

2,847

 

 

6,360

 

 

14,108

 

General and administrative

 

 

1,778

 

 

605

 

 

476

 

 

1,536

 

 

4,395

 

 

 



 



 



 



 



 

 

 

 

30,823

 

 

6,117

 

 

15,053

 

 

97,591

 

 

149,584

 

 

 



 



 



 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Loss

 

$

(12,302

)

$

(796

)

$

(5,241

)

$

(71,432

)

$

(89,771

)

 

 



 



 



 



 



 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these combined financial statements.

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