0000950123-11-055292.txt : 20110531 0000950123-11-055292.hdr.sgml : 20110530 20110531135034 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950123-11-055292 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20110531 ITEM INFORMATION: Results of Operations and Financial Condition ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20110531 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20110531 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CRONOS GLOBAL INCOME FUND XV LP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000912605 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-EQUIPMENT RENTAL & LEASING, NEC [7359] IRS NUMBER: 943186624 STATE OF INCORPORATION: CA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-23886 FILM NUMBER: 11880703 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 444 MARKET ST STREET 2: 15TH FLR CITY: SAN FRANCISCO STATE: CA ZIP: 94111 BUSINESS PHONE: 4156778990 8-K 1 f59244e8vk.htm FORM 8-K e8vk
 
 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
May 31, 2011
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported)
Cronos Global Income Fund XV, L.P.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
California
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
     
0-23886   94-3186624
     
(Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)
One Front Street, Suite 925, San Francisco, California 94111
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(415) 677-8990
(Fund’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
     Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
               The Registrant, Cronos Global Income Fund XV, L.P., a California limited partnership (the “Fund”), was organized on August 26, 1993 to engage in the business of owning and leasing marine cargo containers to third-party lessees. The Fund is managed by Cronos Capital Corp., a California corporation (“CCC”), its general partner.
               On May 31, 2011, CCC, for and on behalf of the Fund, transmitted its letter to the limited partners of the Fund reporting on the Fund’s results of operations for the first calendar quarter of 2011. A copy of the letter is furnished with this report as Exhibit 99.1.
               The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including the attached letter, shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, except as shall be set forth by specific reference in such filing.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
               (d) Exhibits
  99.1   Letter report to the limited partners of the Fund from CCC, dated May 31, 2011.

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SIGNATURES
          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
         
  CRONOS GLOBAL INCOME FUND XV, L.P.
 
 
  By   Cronos Capital Corp.,
The General Partner
 
 
  By   /s/ Frank P. Vaughan    
    Frank P. Vaughan   
    Chief Financial Officer   
 
Date: May 31, 2011

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
     
Exhibit   Description
 
   
99.1
  Letter report from Cronos Capital Corp., general partner of Cronos Global Income Fund XV, L.P., dated May 31, 2011 reporting on results of operations for the first calendar quarter of 2011.

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EX-99.1 2 f59244exv99w1.htm EX-99.1 exv99w1
EXHIBIT 99.1
REPORT FOR THE FIRST QUARTER 2011
To the Limited Partners of Cronos Global Income Fund XV, L.P.:
The distribution to Limited Partners for May, June and July 2011 will be $417,175 per month, which is equivalent to 3.50% (annualized) of your original capital contribution. Of this, $148,991 has been generated by net cash provided by operating activities which is equivalent to 1.25% (annualized) of your original capital contribution. $268,184 has been generated from the sale of container rental equipment, which is equivalent to 2.25% (annualized) of your original capital contribution. Your distribution check is enclosed with this report, unless you have provided us with other mailing instructions. To date, approximately $12,189 per $10,000 originally invested has been returned to the Limited Partners, assuming an investment made at the inception of the Partnership in December 1993.
The utilization rate for the Partnership’s container fleet was 99% at March 31, 2011. The leasing sector as a whole continues to benefit from economic growth, which is predicted to continue at a steady pace through 2012. As a result, lease rates have remained stable as customers secure equipment to meet their demands. Direct operating expenses, particularly inventory-related expenses, have declined primarily due to the strong market and corresponding high utilization levels.
The General Partner remains focused on the Partnership’s liquidation phase as it commenced its 18th year of operations, concentrating its attention on the retirement of the remaining equipment in the Partnership’s container fleet. The Partnership disposed of 476 containers during the first quarter of 2011, and at March 31, 2011, the Partnership’s fleet consisted of approximately 25% of the original combined fleet. The General Partner will take several factors into consideration when examining options for the timing of the disposal of the remaining containers and the ultimate termination of the Partnership, including the level of net lease revenue generated by the diminishing fleet, the level of costs relative to this revenue, projected disposal proceeds on the disposition of the Partnership’s containers, overall market conditions and any foreseeable changes in other general and administrative expenses.
The following table sets forth the number of containers in the Partnership’s operating lease fleet based on container type, and is measured in twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), at March 31, 2011:
                                 
    Dry Cargo     Refrigerated     Tank        
    Containers     Containers     Containers     Total  
Container on lease:
                               
Master lease
    7,534       8       74       7,616  
Term lease
                               
Short term1
    3,675       3       44       3,722  
Long term2
    857       1       35       893  
 
                       
 
    4,532       4       79       4,615  
 
                       
Subtotal
    12,066       12       153       12,231  
Containers off-hire
    112       1       17       130  
 
                       
Total container fleet
    12,178       13       170       12,361  
 
                       
 
1.   Short term leases represent term leases that are either scheduled for renegotiation or that may expire on or before March 2012.
 
2.   Long term leases represent term leases that will expire after March 2012.
CCC is in the process of preparing and distributing a request for proposal (“RFP”) to prospective third-party container buyers. The RFP will seek to determine the interest such parties may have in purchasing the remaining containers owned by the Partnership. CCC will not make a decision relating to the final liquidation of the Partnership until any such proposals have been received and fully evaluated. If a decision is made to liquidate the Partnership, the distribution of cash from operations or sales proceeds may be suspended while the liquidation of the remaining containers in the fleet is evaluated. This is to ensure that sufficient cash reserves will be available for expenses relating to the final liquidation and subsequent dissolution of the Partnership. CCC would make one or more liquidating distributions to the Limited Partners on or before the termination of the Partnership, or reinstate the monthly cash distributions should no decision be made to liquidate the fleet in 2011.
     
May 31, 2011
  CRONOS CAPITAL CORP.
 
  The General Partner