UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
[X] QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2006
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OR
[ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from ________ to ___________
Commission file number: 1-9496
BNP RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Maryland 56-1574675
State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization Identification No.)
301 S. College Street, Suite 3850, Charlotte, NC 28202-6024
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
704/944-0100
(Registrant's telephone number)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such
filing requirements for the past 90 days. X Yes _ No
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer,
an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer: Large accelerated filer _
Accelerated filer X Non-accelerated filer _
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as
defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). _ Yes X No
APPLICABLE ONLY TO CORPORATE ISSUERS:
Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the registrant's
classes of common stock, as of May 1, 2006 (the latest practicable date).
Common Stock, $.01 par value 10,407,448
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(Class) (Number of shares)
Exhibit index: page 30
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Item No. Page No.
PART I - Financial Information (Unaudited)
1 Financial Statements 3
2 Management's Discussion and Analysis of 12
Financial Condition and Results of Operations
3 Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures 27
About Market Risk
4 Controls and Procedures 28
PART II - Other Information
6 Exhibits 28
Signatures 29
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PART I - Financial Information
Item 1. Financial Statements.
BNP RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES, INC.
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Consolidated Balance Sheets
(all amounts in thousands except share amounts)
March 31 December 31
2006 2005
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(Unaudited)
Assets
Real estate investments at cost:
Apartment properties $ 561,851 $ 559,560
Restaurant properties 37,405 37,405
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599,256 596,965
Less accumulated depreciation (92,188) (87,668)
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507,068 509,297
Cash and cash equivalents 2,689 3,111
Prepaid expenses and other assets 8,813 8,034
Deferred financing costs, net 2,600 2,380
Intangible assets, net 1,174 1,240
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Total assets $ 522,345 $ 524,063
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Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity
Deed of trust and other notes payable $ 435,898 $ 436,712
Accounts payable and accrued expenses 2,995 1,419
Accrued interest on notes payable 1,844 1,345
Consideration due for completed acquisitions - 1,000
Deferred revenue and security deposits 2,188 1,950
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Total liabilities 442,925 442,426
Minority interest in operating partnership 21,553 21,207
Shareholders' equity:
Common stock, $.01 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized; 10,407,448 shares
issued and outstanding at March 31, 2006, 10,385,890 shares issued and
outstanding at December 31, 2005 (including 200,000 nonvested shares issued
and outstanding
at both dates) 102 102
Additional paid-in capital 122,869 122,516
Dividend distributions in excess of net income (65,104) (62,189)
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Total shareholders' equity 57,867 60,429
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Total liabilities and shareholders' equity $ 522,345 $ 524,063
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See accompanying notes
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BNP RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES, INC.
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Consolidated Statements of Operations - Unaudited
(all amounts in thousands except per share amounts)
Three months ended
March 31
2006 2005
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Revenues
Apartment rental income $ 19,001 $ 13,740
Restaurant rental income 957 957
Interest and other income 182 337
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20,140 15,035
Expenses
Apartment operations 7,262 5,271
Apartment administration 908 673
Corporate administration 1,021 885
Interest 6,266 4,510
Penalties paid at debt refinance - 516
Depreciation 4,723 3,453
Amortization of deferred loan costs 137 104
Write-off of unamortized
loan costs at debt refinance - 160
Deficit distributions to minority partners 90 6,821
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20,407 22,393
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(267) (7,358)
Loss attributed to minority interests
- Consolidated limited partnerships - 62
- Operating partnership 52 1,301
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Loss from continuing operations (214) (5,995)
Discontinued operations:
Income from discontinued operations - 30
(Income) attributed to minority interests - (5)
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Income from discontinued operations, net - 25
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Net loss (214) (5,970)
Less cumulative preferred dividend - (250)
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Loss attributed to common shareholders $ (214) $ (6,220)
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Weighted average
common shares outstanding 10,396 8,983
Earnings per common share - basic and diluted:
Loss from
- Continuing operations $ (0.02) $ (0.66)
- Discontinued operations - -
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Net loss (0.02) (0.66)
Loss attributed to common shareholders (0.02) (0.69)
Dividends declared per common share $ 0.26 $ 0.25
See accompanying notes
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BNP RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES, INC.
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Consolidated Statement of Shareholders' Equity - Unaudited
(all amounts in thousands)
Dividend
Additional distributions
Common Stock paid-in in excess of
Shares Amount capital net income Total
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Balance December 31, 2005 10,386 $ 102 $ 122,516 $ (62,189) $ 60,429
Common stock issued 21 - 268 - 268
Service cost, nonvested common
stock - - 86 - 86
Dividends paid - common - - - (2,701) (2,701)
Net loss, first quarter - - - (214) (214)
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Balance March 31, 2006 10,407 $ 102 $ 122,869 $ (65,104) $ 57,867
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See accompanying notes
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BNP RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES, INC.
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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - Unaudited
(all amounts in thousands)
Three months ended
March 31
2006 2005
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Operating activities:
Apartment rental receipts, net $ 19,191 $ 14,072
Restaurant rental receipts 957 957
Interest and other income receipts 69 383
Operating and administrative expense payments (8,946) (7,610)
Interest payments (5,813) (4,611)
Penalties paid at debt refinance - (516)
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Net cash provided by operating activities 5,460 2,677
Investing activities:
Acquisitions of apartment properties - (71)
Acquisition of Boddie Investment Company, net of cash included in
accounts of consolidated limited partnerships - 366
Additions to apartment properties, net (2,491) (1,290)
Net release (funding) of lender reserves (78) (31)
Casualty proceeds 1,141 -
Deposits for pending investing transactions (140) (648)
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Net cash used in investing activities (1,569) (1,674)
Financing activities:
Net proceeds from issuance of common stock 317 888
Distributions to minority partners in consolidated limited partnerships (90) (6,821)
Distributions to operating partnership minority unitholders (652) (466)
Dividends paid to preferred shareholder - (250)
Dividends paid to common shareholders (2,701) (2,272)
Proceeds from notes payable - 33,900
Principal payments on notes payable (768) (22,475)
Deposits for pending financing transactions (63) (687)
Payment of deferred financing costs (357) (587)
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Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities (4,313) 1,228
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Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents (422) 2,231
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period 3,111 517
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Cash and cash equivalents at end of period $ 2,689 $ 2,748
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(continued)
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BNP RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES, INC.
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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - Unaudited - continued
(all amounts in thousands)
Three months ended
March 31
2006 2005
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Reconciliation of net loss to
net cash provided by operating activities:
Net loss $ (214) $ (5,970)
Amortization of intangible for in-place leases at acquisitions 66 -
Casualty gains (113) -
Amortization of debt premium (46) (31)
Depreciation and amortization of deferred loan costs 4,859 3,557
Depreciation and amortization,
discontinued operations - 88
Write off of unamortized loan costs at debt refinancing - 160
Deficit distributions to minority partners in
consolidated limited partnerships 90 6,821
Minority interest in consolidated limited partnerships - (62)
Minority interest in operating partnership (52) (1,296)
Service cost related to nonvested common stock 86 -
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Prepaid expenses and other assets (1,390) (1,854)
Accounts payable and accrued expenses 2,075 1,367
Deferred revenue, prepaid rent and security deposits 99 (104)
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Net cash provided by operating activities $ 5,460 $ 2,677
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See accompanying notes
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BNP RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES, INC.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements - March 31, 2006
(Unaudited)
Note 1. Interim financial statements
We prepared the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements in
accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States
("GAAP") for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form
10-Q and Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X. These interim financial statements do not
include all information and notes required by GAAP for complete financial
statements. However, except as disclosed herein, there has been no material
change in the information disclosed in the notes to the consolidated financial
statements included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of BNP Residential
Properties, Inc. for the year ended December 31, 2005. You should read these
financial statements in conjunction with our 2005 Annual Report on Form 10-K.
When we use the terms "we," "us," or "our," we mean BNP Residential Properties,
Inc. and all entities included in our consolidated financial statements. We
believe that we have included all adjustments (including normal recurring
accruals) necessary for a fair presentation. Operating results for the three
months ended March 31, 2006, are not necessarily indicative of the results that
may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2006.
We have reclassified certain amounts in our prior period consolidated financial
statements and notes to conform to the current period presentation.
Note 2. Basis of presentation
These consolidated financial statements include the accounts of BNP Residential
Properties, Inc. (the "company") and BNP Residential Properties Limited
Partnership (the "operating partnership"). The company is the general partner
and owns a majority interest in the operating partnership.
The consolidated financial statements also include the accounts of three real
estate limited partnerships (the "limited partnerships") in which we have
general partner interests. The assets of consolidated limited partnerships
controlled by the operating partnership generally are not available to pay
creditors of the company or the operating partnership.
We have eliminated all significant intercompany balances and transactions in the
consolidated financial statements.
Retrospective presentation of first quarter 2005 results
In January 2005 we acquired the general partner interest in three limited
partnerships. We initially accounted for our investment in one of these
partnerships, Villages of Chapel Hill - Phase 5 Limited Partnership ("Villages
Phase 5 Partnership") by applying the equity method. During the third quarter of
2005, in accordance with new accounting rules, we consolidated the accounts and
activities of this partnership in our consolidated financial statements. In
addition, during the fourth quarter of 2005 we sold an apartment property. We
have therefore revised the presentation of our operating results for the first
quarter of 2005 to reflect these changes on a retrospective basis as follows:
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Retrospective
adjustments for:
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As Villages As
currently Discontinued Phase 5 previously
presented Operations Partnership presented
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(000's) (000's) (000's) (000's)
Revenues $ 15,035 $ (435) $ 80 $ 15,390
Expenses 22,393 (405) 96 22,701
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(7,358) (30) (16) (7,311)
Loss attributed to minority interests 1,362 5 3 1,354
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Loss from continuing operations (5,995) (25) (13) (5,957)
Income from
discontinued operations, net 25 25 - -
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Net loss $ (5,970) $ - $ (13) $ (5,957)
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These adjustments are insignificant to the consolidated statement of operations
and do not change reported earnings per share amounts for the first quarter of
2005.
Accounting for stock-based compensation
The company has one employee Stock Option and Incentive Plan in place.
Prior to July 1, 2005, we accounted for this plan using the intrinsic value
method under the recognition and measurements principles of APB Opinion 25,
"Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees," and related interpretations, as
permitted by FASB Statement 123, "Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation." No
stock-based employee compensation cost was reflected in net income, as all
options granted under this plan had an exercise price equal to the market value
of the underlying common stock on the date of grant. All outstanding options
were fully vested prior to the end of 2004.
Effective July 1, 2005, we adopted the fair value recognition provisions of FASB
Statement 123(R), "Share Based Payment," ("FAS 123(R)") using the
modified-prospective transition method. Under this transition method,
compensation cost includes compensation cost for all share-based payments
granted subsequent to July 1, 2005, based on the grant-date fair value estimated
in accordance with the provisions of FAS 123(R).
If we had applied the fair value recognition provisions of FAS 123 to options
outstanding prior to July 1, 2005, there would have been no impact on net income
as reported for the three months ended March 31, 2005, and no impact on basic
and diluted earnings per share amounts as reported.
Nonvested common stock
Effective August 1, 2005, the Board of Directors granted and issued 200,000
restricted shares of the company's common stock to four of our executive
officers. All of the shares were unvested on the date of grant, and will vest
10% per year beginning on July 1, 2006, and on each July 1 thereafter until
fully vested. Once vested, the shares will be fully transferable without
restriction. All shares carry dividend and voting rights.
Because grantees fully participate in dividends, the fair value of the nonvested
shares is equal to the market value at the grant date, $15.70 per share, or a
total of $3,140,000. Because the grantee
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group is limited to four key executives, we estimate that 100% of these shares
will vest. We will recognize the cost of these awards on a straight-line basis
for each annual vesting period ending June 30 through 2015.
During the quarter ended March 31, 2006, we recorded $86,000 in compensation
cost related to nonvested common stock, included in corporate administration
expense in our statement of operations and as an increase to additional paid-in
capital. As of March 31, 2006, unrecognized service cost related to nonvested
common stock totaled $2.9 million.
Stock options
Options have been granted to employees at prices equal to the fair market value
of the stock on the dates the options were granted or repriced. We calculated
the fair value of each option grant on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes
option-pricing model. Options are generally exercisable in four annual
installments beginning one year after the date of grant, and expire ten years
after the date of grant.
During the first quarter of 2006, two employees exercised stock options for a
total of 7,000 shares of common stock. Changes in outstanding stock options
during the first three months of 2006 were as follows:
Weighted Average
Shares Exercise Price
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Beginning balance 270,000 $ 12.08
Exercised (7,000) 10.11
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Ending balance 263,000 $ 12.14
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Exercisable at March 31, 2006 263,000 $ 12.14
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Note 3. Shareholders' equity
During the first quarter of 2006, we issued 14,558 shares of our common stock
through our Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan and 7,000 shares of
our common stock upon exercise of options by two employees.
We calculated basic and diluted earnings per common share using the following
amounts (in thousands):
Three months ended
March 31
2006 2005
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(000's) (000's)
Numerators:
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For per common share amounts -
Net loss $ (214) $(5,970)
Cumulative preferred dividend - (250)
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Loss attributed to common shareholders -
basic and diluted $ (214) $(6,220)
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Three months ended
March 31
2006 2005
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(000's) (000's)
Denominators:
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For per common share amounts -
Weighted average
common shares outstanding 10,396 8,983
Less weighted average nonvested common
shares outstanding (200) -
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Weighted average
common shares - basic 10,196 8,983
Effect of potentially dilutive securities:
Convertible operating
partnership units (1) - -
Nonvested common shares (2) - -
Stock options (3) - -
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For diluted earnings per share
amounts - adjusted weighted
average shares and assumed
conversions
10,196 8,983
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(1) Including operating partnership units would serve to reduce the net loss
per share, and they have been excluded from the calculation.
(2) Including nonvested common shares would serve to reduce the net loss per
share, and they have been excluded from the calculation.
(3) We excluded options to purchase 263,000 shares of common stock at prices
ranging from $9.25 to $13.125 from the calculation of diluted earnings per
share for the three months ended March 31, 2006. We also excluded options
to purchase 270,000 shares of common stock at prices ranging from $9.25 to
$13.125 from the calculation of diluted earnings per share for the three
months ended March 31, 2005. Inclusion of these options would reduce the
net loss per share.
Note 4. Subsequent events
The Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.26 per common
share on April 20, 2006, payable on May 15, 2006, to shareholders of record as
of May 1, 2006.
Effective April 6, 2006, we acquired the Sterling Bluff Apartments, located in
Carrboro, North Carolina, for a contract purchase price of $9.4 million, from an
unaffiliated third party. We funded this acquisition by a draw on our existing
revolving line of credit. We plan to operate the apartment community as Bridges
at Chapel Hill Apartments.
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Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results
of Operations.
This Quarterly Report contains forward-looking statements within the
meaning of federal securities law. You can identify such statements by the use
of forward-looking terminology, such as "may," "will," "expect," "anticipate,"
"estimate," "continue" or other similar words. These statements discuss future
expectations, contain projections of results of operations or of financial
condition or state other "forward-looking" information.
Although we believe that our plans, intentions and expectations
reflected in or suggested by these forward-looking statements are reasonable, we
cannot assure you that we will achieve our plans, intentions or expectations.
When you consider such forward-looking statements, you should keep in mind the
following important factors that could cause our actual results to differ
materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement:
o Our markets could suffer unexpected increases in the development of apartment,
other rental or competitive housing alternatives;
o our markets could suffer unexpected declines in economic growth or an increase
in unemployment rates;
o general economic conditions could cause the financial condition of a large
number of our tenants to deteriorate;
o we may not be able to lease or re-lease apartments quickly or on as favorable
terms as under existing leases;
o a decline in revenues from, or a sale of, our restaurant properties could
adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations;
o we may have incorrectly assessed the environmental condition of our
properties;
o an unexpected increase in interest rates could cause our debt service costs to
exceed expectations;
o we may not be able to meet our long-term liquidity requirements on favorable
terms; and
o we could lose the services of key executive officers.
Given these uncertainties, we caution you not to place undue reliance
on forward-looking statements. We undertake no obligation to revise these
forward-looking statements if future events or circumstances render them
inaccurate.
You should read this discussion in conjunction with the financial
statements and notes thereto included in this Quarterly Report and our Annual
Report on Form 10-K, including the risk factors disclosed in our Annual Report.
Company Profile
BNP Residential Properties, Inc. is a self-administered and
self-managed real estate investment trust with operations in North Carolina,
South Carolina and Virginia. Our primary activity is the ownership and operation
of apartment communities. As of March 31, 2006, we owned and managed 30
apartment communities containing 7,946 units, and served as general partner of
limited partnerships that owned three properties with 713 units, which we also
managed. In addition to our apartment communities, we own 40 restaurant
properties that we lease on a triple-net basis to a restaurant operator.
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We are structured as an UpREIT, or umbrella partnership real estate
investment trust. The company is the sole general partner and owns a controlling
interest in BNP Residential Properties Limited Partnership, through which we
conduct all of our operations. We refer to this partnership as the operating
partnership. We refer to the limited partners of the operating partnership as
minority unitholders or as the minority interest in the operating partnership.
As of May 1, 2006, we have 10,407,448 shares of common stock
outstanding. Our shares are listed on the American Stock Exchange and trade
under the symbol "BNP." The operating partnership has an additional 2,608,693
operating partnership minority common units outstanding.
Our executive offices are located at 301 South College Street, Suite
3850, Charlotte, North Carolina 28202-6024, telephone 704/944-0100.
Results of Operations
Summary
The first quarter of 2006 was a very good quarter for us, with
substantial improvement in virtually every category. Most notably, funds from
operations increased by 28.9%, and funds available for distribution increased by
30.0%, over first quarter of 2005 levels. (We define and discuss funds from
operations and funds available for distribution under the caption "Funds from
Operations" beginning on page 20 of this Current Report.)
The results for the first quarter reflect the marked growth in our
apartment portfolio in 2005, improved apartment operations and improved market
conditions.
From both a performance and operations point of view, the first quarter
of the year tends to be relatively weak for us. Winter is generally the period
in which we experience our lowest occupancy. Normally, our focus in the first
quarter is on building occupancy back to strong levels so that we can enter our
higher demand seasons, spring and summer, in position to focus on increasing
rental rates. This year was somewhat different. We ended 2005 with good
occupancy levels and had strong demand for our apartments throughout the first
quarter. As a result, same-units revenue increased by 4.0% for the first quarter
of 2006 over the first quarter of 2005. ("Same-units" refers to the 23 apartment
communities that we owned as of both January 1, 2005 and 2006.) Occupancy for
these same-units increased to 95.0% in the first quarter of 2006 from 94.5% in
the first quarter of 2005. What was particularly pleasing about the quarter was
that revenue per occupied unit for these same-units increased by 3.4% to $768 in
the first quarter of 2006, from $743 in the first quarter of 2005.
The improvement in apartment operations appears to be the result of
improving market conditions, improvements in the company's operating systems,
and the impact of our capital maintenance and improvement program.
We began to see the first signs of a shift towards strengthening rental
markets in the summer of 2003, and this trend has continued, albeit slowly, to
gain momentum. Rising home mortgage rates, home prices, and the cost of new
construction appear to have slowed the out flow of residents from rental
apartments to privately owned homes. At the same time, rapidly rising material
and construction costs combined with rising interest rates have inhibited the
construction of new apartment properties, especially those that compete directly
in our middle-market niche. The combined effect of these two trends has been to
bolster demand for our apartments.
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Also contributing to the improvement in apartment operations in the
quarter was our program to improve the company's operating systems. Beginning in
2005 we embarked on a major campaign to improve the efficiency and effectiveness
of our operations and systems, both at the corporate and apartment operating
levels. This effort involves considerable upfront investment; costs that we are
currently bearing and that will continue for several quarters to come. We
believe, however, that in the long run this program will not only save us money
by improving the efficiency of our operations, but will facilitate our growth by
making it easier for us to assimilate new acquisitions into our portfolio. We
were encouraged that in the first quarter we began to realize some of the
benefits and promise of our efforts in this area.
We are committed to the maintenance and improvement of our assets. Our
mission is to provide high quality, middle market apartments at reasonable
prices. We believe that to accomplish this mission we must maintain our
apartment assets to very high standards. Not only does this make our properties
more attractive to prospective residents, it preserves and enhances the value of
our investment. To this end, we have an ongoing maintenance and improvement
program that includes both newly acquired and existing properties. While it
would have been easy to defer this program while we waited for our markets to
improve, we believed that it was in the company's best interest to continue to
work diligently to maintain and improve the portfolio. In addition to routine
maintenance and numerous special projects, we completed exterior rehabilitations
of two apartment properties in 2005 and have just begun an exterior
rehabilitation of one additional property. As a result of these efforts, the
portfolio is in excellent physical condition.
We are very positive in our outlook. We believe our portfolio is well
positioned to benefit from continued improvement in our markets. We are
optimistic that we will continue to see strong occupancy and good growth in
rental rates at our apartment communities for the next few quarters.
We provide the following supplemental consolidating information, in
response to requests from members of the investment community, for use in
comparing our operating results for 2006 and 2005:
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2006 2005
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Consolidated Owned Owned
Consolidated Elim LPs Properties Properties
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(000's) (000's) (000's) (000's) (000's)
Operating Results - 3 months ended March 31:
Revenues:
Apartment rental income $ 19,001 $ - $ 1,978 $ 17,022 $ 12,473
Restaurant rental income 957 - - 957 957
Management fee income 9 (101) - 110 174
Casualty gains 113 - - 113 -
Interest and other income 60 (42) 2 100 243
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20,140 (143) 1,981 18,302 13,848
Expenses:
Apartment operations 7,262 (101) 829 6,534 4,811
Administration expenses 1,929 - - 1,929 1,559
Interest 6,266 (42) 668 5,639 4,092
Penalties paid at debt refinance - - - - -
Depreciation 4,723 - 394 4,329 3,092
Amortization, loan costs 137 - 15 122 91
Write-off of unamortized loan costs
at debt refinance - - - - -
Deficit distributions to minority
partners of consolidated limited
partnerships(2) 90 - 90 - -
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20,407 (143) 1,996 18,554 13,645
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Loss from continuing operations (267) - (15) (252) 204
Income from
discontinued operations - - - - 30
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Loss before minority interests (267) $ - $ (15) $ (252) $ 234
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Minority interests -
- Consolidated limited partnerships
-
- Operating partnership 52
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Net loss $ (214)
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Loss before minority interests $ (267) $ - $ (15) $ (252) $ 234
Casualty gains (113) - - (113) -
Cumulative preferred dividend - - - - (250)
Amortization, lease intangible 66 - - 66 -
Depreciation 4,723 - 394 4,329 3,092
Depreciation related to
discontinued operations - - - - 84
Deficit distributions to minority
partners of consolidated limited
partnerships(1) 90 - 90 - -
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4,499 - 469 4,030 3,159
Minority interest in FFO of
consolidated limited partnerships (218) - (218) - -
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Funds from operations(2) $ 4,281 $ - $ 251 $ 4,030 $ 3,159
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Consolidated Owned Owned
Consolidated Elim LPs Properties Properties
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(000's) (000's) (000's) (000's) (000's)
Balance Sheet at March 31, 2006, compared to December 31, 2005:
Real estate investments $507,068 $ - $41,729 $465,339 $467,253
Cash and cash equivalents 2,689 - 936 1,753 2,306
Prepaid expenses and
other assets 8,813 4,432 852 3,530 2,938
Deferred financing costs, net 2,600 - 435 2,165 1,930
Intangible assets, net 1,174 - - 1,174 1,240
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$522,345 $ 4,432 $43,953 $473,960 $475,668
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Notes payable $435,898 $ (2,324) $50,251 $387,972 $388,576
Accounts payable and
accrued expenses 2,995 (86) 354 2,727 1,332
Accrued interest 1,844 - 204 1,640 1,141
Consideration due for acquisitions - - - - 1,000
Deferred revenue and
security deposits 2,188 - 2 2,186 1,982
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442,925 (2,410) 50,810 394,526 394,031
Minority interests -
- Consolidated limited partnerships - - - - -
- Operating partnership 21,553 - - 21,553 21,207
Shareholders' equity 57,867 6,842 (6,857) 57,882 60,429
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$522,345 $ 4,432 $43,953 $473,960 $475,668
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(1) In accordance with GAAP, deficit distributions to minority partners are
charges recognized in our statement of operations when cash is distributed
to a non-controlling partner in a consolidated limited partnership in
excess of the positive balance in such partner's capital account (which is
classified as minority interest in our consolidated balance sheet). We are
required to record these charges for GAAP purposes even though there is no
economic effect or cost to the company or the operating partnership.
(2) See discussion of funds from operations under the caption "Funds from
Operations" below in this Item 2.
We sold an apartment community in October 2005, and we present the
results of operations of this apartment community as discontinued operations in
our statement of operations for 2005. Unless noted otherwise, the following
discussion of operating results relates to our continuing operations.
Revenues
Total revenues in the first quarter of 2006 were $20.1 million,
compared to $15.0 million in the first quarter of 2005. The increase is
primarily attributable to increases in apartment rental income.
Apartment rental income totaled $19.0 million in the first quarter of
2006, an increase of $5.3 million, or 38.3%, compared to the first quarter of
2005. This increase is attributable to:
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o $4.1 million increase related to apartment acquisitions in 2005 -
these new communities contributed $4.1 million in the first quarter of
2006. During 2005 we acquired eight new properties, which we operate
as seven apartment communities; we acquired the first four of these
properties on March 31, 2005.
o $0.7 million increase related to apartment communities that we
consolidated effective late January 2005 - these three
partial-interest communities generated $2.0 million in the first
quarter of 2006 and $1.3 million in February and March of 2005.
o $0.5 million increase related to apartment communities that we owned
as of January 1, 2005.
On a "same-units" basis (the 23 apartment communities that we owned as
of both January 1, 2005 and 2006), apartment rental income in the first quarter
of 2006 totaled $12.9 million, a 4.0% increase compared to the first quarter of
2005, reflecting improvements in both occupancy and rental rates.
On a same-units basis, apartment NOI (apartment rental income less
apartment operating expenses) for the first quarter of 2006 increased by 4.2%
compared to the first quarter of 2005.
Summary amounts for our apartment communities' occupancy and revenue
per occupied unit for the first quarter of 2006 follow:
Three months ended
March 31, 2006
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Average
monthly
Number revenue
of Average per
apartment economic occupied
units occupancy unit
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Owned apartment communities:
Same-units communities:
Abbington Place 360 93.6% $ 787
Allerton Place 228 94.8% 824
Barrington Place 348 92.5% 785
Brookford Place 108 95.6% 700
Carriage Club 268 97.0% 800
Chason Ridge 252 98.2% 773
Fairington 250 95.1% 765
Latitudes 448 94.9% 994
Madison Hall 128 92.9% 622
Mallard Creek 1 184 94.0% 655
Mallard Creek 2 288 94.6% 821
Marina Shores Waterfront 290 94.7% 828
Oakbrook 162 96.7% 735
Oak Hollow 1 221 96.9% 620
Oak Hollow 2 240 92.9% 611
Paces Commons 336 94.1% 672
Paces Village 198 94.6% 699
Pelham 144 97.4% 611
Pepperstone 108 95.3% 706
Savannah Place 172 97.6% 723
Southpoint 192 97.0% 693
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Three months ended
March 31, 2006
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Average
monthly
Number revenue
of Average per
apartment economic occupied
units occupancy unit
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Summerlyn Place 140 97.1% 873
Waterford Place 240 93.2% 917
Woods Edge 264 97.6% 694
Wind River 346 94.1% 827
Acquired in 2005:
Canterbury 630 96.3% 639
Hamptons 232 95.9% 752
Laurel Springs 1 240 93.2% 618
Laurel Springs 2 96 86.0% 816
Paces Watch 232 97.1% 870
Salem Ridge 120 96.7% 536
Timbers 240 90.5% 907
Waverly Place 240 93.8% 696
All apartments
- 2006 7,945 94.9% 755
- 2005 6,113 94.4% 745
Same units 5,915
- 2006 95.0% 768
- 2005 94.5% 743
Consolidated limited partnerships:
Marina Shores 392 95.4% 1,186
Villages of Chapel Hill 264 98.9% 677
Villages - Phase 5 57 98.7% 801
Restaurant rental income was $957,000 in the first quarters of both
2006 and 2005. We received the minimum rent specified in the lease agreement in
both periods. We currently hold 40 restaurant properties under this lease, and
minimum rent is currently set at $319,000 per month, or $3.8 million per year.
Expenses
Total expenses were $20.4 million in the first quarter of 2006,
compared to $22.4 million in the first quarter of 2005. We experienced increases
in both operating and financing expenses attributable to growth in the size of
our apartment operations during 2005. However, expenses in the first quarter of
2005 include significant one-time charges related to a loan refinance as well as
a one-time $6.8 million distribution to a minority partner from refinance
proceeds.
Apartment operations expense (the direct costs of on-site operations at
our apartment communities) totaled $7.3 million in the first quarter of 2006, an
increase of $2.0 million, or 37.8%, compared to the first quarter of 2005. This
increase is primarily attributable to $1.5 million in expenses for apartments we
acquired since April 2005, along with a $0.4 million
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increase for consolidated limited partnership communities (we have included
three months of activity for these communities in 2006, compared to only two
months in 2005).
On a same-units basis, apartment operations expense increased by 3.8%
in the first quarter of 2006 compared to the first quarter of 2005, due
primarily to expected increases in grounds maintenance and property tax costs.
Operating expenses for restaurant properties are insignificant because
the triple-net lease arrangement requires the lessee to pay virtually all of the
expenses associated with the restaurant properties.
Apartment administration costs (the costs associated with oversight,
accounting, and support of our apartment management activities) totaled $0.9
million in the first quarter of 2006, a 34.9% increase compared to the first
quarter of 2005. This increase is primarily attributable to additional corporate
support and operations staff and computer system costs.
Corporate administration expense totaled $1.0 million in the first
quarter of 2006, a 15.3% increase compared to the first quarter of 2005. This
increase is primarily attributable to executive compensation costs, including
$86,000 in charges for service cost related to nonvested common stock issued in
August 2005.
Interest expense totaled $6.3 million in the first quarter of 2006, an
increase of $1.8 million, or 38.9%, compared to the first quarter of 2005. This
increase in primarily attributable to new debt issued in conjunction with 2005
apartment acquisitions, along with the impact of consolidating three limited
partnerships for three full months in 2006 (compared to only two months in the
first quarter of 2005). Overall, weighted average interest rates were 5.7% in
the first quarter of 2006, down from 5.8% in the fourth quarter of 2005 and the
first quarter of 2005, in spite of steadily rising variable interest rates. The
decline in this interest rate measurement reflects the favorable impact of
finance transactions completed in 2005 that lowered average fixed interest rates
and reduced our exposure to variable interest rates.
Depreciation expense totaled $4.7 million in the first quarter of 2006,
an increase of $1.3 million, or 36.8%, compared to the first quarter of 2005.
This increase is primarily attributable to acquisitions in 2005.
We reflect the unaffiliated partners' interests in Marina Shores
Associates One Limited Partnership ("Marina Shores Partnership"), The Villages
of Chapel Hill Limited Partnership ("Villages Partnership"), and The Villages of
Chapel Hill - Phase 5 Limited Partnership ("Villages Phase 5 Partnership") as
minority interest in consolidated limited partnerships. Minority interest in
consolidated limited partnerships represents the minority partners' share of the
underlying net assets of these consolidated limited partnerships. When these
consolidated limited partnerships make cash distributions to partners in excess
of the carrying amount of the minority interest, we record a charge equal to the
amount of such excess distributions, even though there is no economic effect or
cost to the operating partnership. We report this charge in our consolidated
statements of operations as deficit distributions to minority partners. We
recorded charges for deficit distributions to the minority partner in the Marina
Shores Partnership totaling $90,000 in the first quarter of 2006, compared to
$6.8 million in the first quarter of 2005. We currently expect that the Marina
Shores Partnership will continue to make regular distributions of approximately
$360,000 per year each to the limited partner and our operating partnership.
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Net Income
Consolidated earnings from continuing operations before non-cash
charges (for depreciation, amortization and write-off of unamortized loan costs
at refinance) and before the charge for deficit distributions to a minority
partner totaled $4.7 million in the first quarter of 2006, an increase of $1.5
million, or 47.3%, compared to the first quarter of 2005. This increase reflects
the $1.0 million impact of new apartment communities and improvements in
apartment revenues; in addition, the comparable amount for the first quarter of
2005 includes a charge of $0.5 million for penalties paid in conjunction with a
refinance transaction for one of the consolidated limited partnerships.
We measure and allocate proportional income and losses of the
consolidated limited partnerships to minority partners; however, if those
partners' capital accounts have been reduced to $-0- as a result of previous
loss allocations or distributions, we record a charge to absorb the losses that
could not be allocated to minority partners' accounts, or we may recover
previously absorbed losses or distributions if the limited partnership results
are positive.
Minority interests in the consolidated limited partnerships and the
operating partnership absorbed $52,000 of the consolidated losses from
continuing operations in the first quarter of 2006, compared to $1.4 million in
the first quarter of 2005. After allocating those losses to minority interests,
the net loss from continuing operations was $0.2 million in the first quarter of
2006, compared to $6.0 million in the first quarter of 2005.
Amounts for discontinued operations reflect the operating results of
Savannah Shores Apartments, which we sold in October 2005. Income from
discontinued operations, net of the operating partnership minority interest,
totaled $25,000 in the first quarter of 2004.
In November 2005, we redeemed all of the outstanding shares of
preferred stock in exchange for shares of our common stock. Because the
preferred shareholder had priority over common shareholders for receipt of
dividends prior to this conversion, we deduct the amount of net income to be
paid to the preferred shareholder, $250,000, in calculating net income available
to common shareholders for the first quarter of 2005.
The net loss attributed to common shareholders was $0.2 million in the
first quarter of 2006. After deducting $250,000 for the cumulative preferred
dividend, net loss attributed to common shareholders was $6.2 million in the
first quarter of 2005.
Funds from Operations
Funds from operations is frequently referred to as "FFO." FFO is
defined by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts ("NAREIT")
as "net income (computed in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles), excluding gains (losses) from sales of property, plus depreciation
and amortization, and after adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and
joint ventures." Our calculation of FFO is consistent with FFO as defined by
NAREIT. Because we hold all of our assets in and conduct all of our operations
through the operating partnership, we measure FFO at the operating partnership
level (i.e., after deducting the minority interests in FFO of the consolidated
limited partnerships, but before deducting the minority interest in the
operating partnership).
Historical cost accounting for real estate assets implicitly assumes
that the value of real estate assets diminishes predictably over time. In fact,
real estate values have historically risen or
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fallen with market conditions. FFO is intended to be a standard supplemental
measure of operating performance that excludes historical cost depreciation from
- or "adds it back" to - GAAP net income. We consider FFO to be useful in
evaluating potential property acquisitions and measuring operating performance.
Funds available for distribution is frequently referred to as "FAD." We
define FAD as FFO plus non-cash expenses, plus (less) gains (losses) from sales
of property, less recurring capital expenditures. We believe that, together with
net income and cash flows from operating activities, FAD provides investors with
an additional measure to evaluate the ability of the operating partnership to
incur and service debt, to fund acquisitions and other capital expenditures, and
to fund distributions to shareholders and minority unitholders.
Funds from operations and funds available for distribution do not
represent net income or cash flows from operations as defined by GAAP. Nor do
FFO or FAD measure whether cash flow is sufficient to fund all of our cash
needs, including principal amortization, capital improvements and distributions
to shareholders and unitholders. You should not consider FFO or FAD to be
alternatives to net income as reliable measures of the company's operating
performance; nor should you consider FFO or FAD to be alternatives to cash flows
from operating, investing or financing activities (as defined by GAAP) as
measures of liquidity. Further, FFO and FAD as disclosed by other REITs might
not be comparable to our calculation of FFO or FAD.
Funds from operations totaled $4.3 million in the first quarter of
2006, an increase of $1.0 million, or 28.9%, compared to the first quarter of
2005. This comparison reflects the positive impact of apartment additions and
the improvement in apartment operating results.
Funds available for distribution totaled $3.8 million in the first
quarter of 2006, an increase of $0.9 million, or 30.0%, compared to the first
quarter of 2005. The disparity between comparisons of FFO and FAD against prior
year periods arises from the impact of timing of recurring capital expenditures,
which we deduct in our measurement of FAD. Recurring capital expenditures
include operating replacements such as floor coverings, appliances and HVAC, as
well as expenditures for capital replacements such as roofs and exterior paint.
We calculated FFO of the operating partnership as follows:
Three months ended
March 31
2006 2005
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(000's) (000's)
Net loss $ (214) $(5,970)
Loss attributed to minority interests (52) (1,358)
Less cumulative preferred dividend - (250)
Less casualty gains (113) -
Add amortization of
in-place lease intangibles 66 -
Add depreciation 4,723 3,453
Add depreciation related to
discontinued operations - 84
Add deficit distributions to minority
partners of consolidated limited
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Three months ended
March 31
2006 2005
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(000's) (000's)
partnerships(1) 90 6,821
Add (less) minority interest in
FFO of consolidated
limited partnerships (218) 540
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Funds from operations $ 4,281 $ 3,320
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(1) In accordance with GAAP, deficit distributions to minority partners are
charges recognized in our statement of operations when a consolidated
limited partnership distributes cash to a minority partner in excess of the
positive balance in such partner's capital account. We are required to
record these charges for GAAP purposes even though there is no cash outlay
by the operating partnership. The economic cost of these distributions is
borne by the limited partnership making the distributions.
Deficit distributions to minority partners may occur when the fair value of
the underlying real estate exceeds its depreciated net book value because
the underlying real estate has appreciated or maintained its value. As a
result, deficit distributions to minority partners represent, in substance,
either our recognition of depreciation previously allocated to the
non-controlling partner or a cost related to the non-controlling partner's
share of real estate appreciation. Based on NAREIT guidance that requires
that real estate depreciation and gains be excluded from FFO, we add back
deficit distributions in our reconciliation of net income to FFO.
A reconciliation of net cash provided by operating activities (as
defined by GAAP and reflected in our consolidated statements of cash flows) to
FAD follows:
Three months ended
March 31
2006 2005
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(000's) (000's)
Net cash provided by
operating activities $ 5,460 $ 2,677
Less cumulative preferred dividend - (250)
Less recurring capital expenditures (664) (458)
Add (less) change in
net operating assets and liabilities (784) 591
Add (less) minority interest in
consolidated limited partnerships' share
of reconciling items (185) 384
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Funds available for distribution $ 3,826 $ 2,943
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Other information about our historical cash flows follows (all amounts
in thousands):
Three months ended
March 31
2006 2005
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(000's) (000's)
Net cash provided by (used in):
Operating activities $ 5,460 $ 2,677
Investing activities (1,569) (1,674)
Financing activities (4,313) 1,228
Dividends and distributions paid to:
Preferred shareholders $ - $ 250
Common shareholders 2,701 2,272
Minority partners in consolidated
limited partnerships 90 6,821
Minority unitholders in operating
partnership 652 466
Scheduled debt principal payments 768 450
Non-recurring capital expenditures 1,827 832
Weighted average shares outstanding
during the period:
Preferred shares - 909
Common shares 10,396 8,983
Operating partnership
minority units 2,535 1,870
Shares and units outstanding at end of period:
Preferred B shares - 909
Common shares 10,407 9,233
Operating partnership
minority units 2,609 2,408
Capital Resources and Liquidity
Cash Flows and Liquidity
Net cash flows from operating activities totaled $5.5 million in the
first quarter of 2006, compared to $2.7 million in the first quarter of 2005.
The increase in comparative amounts reflects the growth in size of our apartment
operations, along with fluctuations in timing of payments for operating assets
and liabilities. In addition, cash flows from operating activities in the first
quarter of 2005 included $0.5 million for penalties paid at refinance by a
consolidated limited partnership.
Investing and financing activities focused on capital expenditures at
apartment communities, along with payment of dividends and distributions - there
were no significant investing or financing transactions during the first quarter
of 2006.
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We have announced that the company will pay a regular quarterly
dividend of $0.26 per share, or approximately $2.7 million, on May 15, 2006, to
shareholders of record of our common stock as of May 1, 2006. We expect to pay
regular quarterly distributions totaling approximately $0.7 million to operating
partnership minority unitholders on the same date.
We generally expect to meet our short-term liquidity requirements
through net cash provided by operations and utilization of credit facilities. We
believe that net cash provided by operations is, and will continue to be,
adequate to meet the REIT operating requirements in both the short term and the
long term. We anticipate funding our future acquisition activities primarily by
using short-term credit facilities as an interim measure, to be replaced by
funds from equity offerings, long-term debt or joint venture investments. We
expect to meet our long-term liquidity requirements, such as scheduled debt
maturities and repayment of short-term financing of future property
acquisitions, through long-term secured and unsecured borrowings and the
issuance of debt securities or additional equity securities. We believe we have
sufficient resources to meet our short-term liquidity requirements.
Investing and financing transactions subsequent to March 31, 2006
In early April 2006, we acquired the Sterling Bluff Apartments, located
in Carrboro, North Carolina, for a contract purchase price of $9.4 million, from
an unaffiliated third party. We funded this acquisition by a draw on our
existing revolving line of credit. We plan to operate the apartment community as
Bridges at Chapel Hill Apartments.
Critical Accounting Policies
We identify and discuss our significant accounting policies in the
notes to our financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Our policies and practice regarding our accounting for our general partner
interests in limited partnerships, for acquisitions, capital expenditures and
depreciation, and for stock compensation, which may be of particular interest to
readers of this Quarterly Report, are further discussed below.
Accounting for general partner interests in limited partnerships
As managing general partner in three real estate limited partnerships,
we have the ability to exercise significant influence over operating and
financial policies and activities. The appropriate accounting treatment for our
interests in these partnerships varies.
If the partnership is considered a variable interest entity ("VIE") and
we are the "primary beneficiary," as defined by GAAP, we include the accounts of
the partnership in our consolidated financial statements. We initially record
all of the VIE's assets, liabilities and minority interests at fair value. We
account for our interest in the Villages Partnership using this approach.
If we, as general partner, control a partnership that is not a VIE, we
also include the accounts of the partnership in our consolidated financial
statements. We initially record our prorata interest in the partnership's assets
and liabilities at the lower of our cost or fair value; we reflect the minority
partners' interest in the partnership's assets and liabilities at historical
cost, except to adjust an existing deficit capital account balance to $-0-. We
account for our interests in the Marina Shores Partnership and the Villages
Phase 5 Partnership using this approach.
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If a consolidated limited partnership makes distributions to a minority
partner in excess of the positive balance in such partner's capital account, we
record a charge to our earnings for "deficit distributions to minority
partners," even though the cash outlay is made by the consolidated limited
partnership, and not by our operating partnership.
We allocate proportional income and losses of the consolidated limited
partnerships to minority partners; however, we may allocate losses to a minority
partner only to the extent of his positive capital account balance. If losses
attributable to a minority partner exceed his capital account balance, we record
a charge to our earnings to absorb those losses, even though our operating
partnership suffers no adverse economic effect.
We may subsequently recover such deficit distributions or absorbed
losses if and when the consolidated limited partnership generates positive net
income.
Purchase price allocation for apartment community acquisitions
In connection with the acquisition of an apartment community, we
perform a valuation and allocation to each significant asset and liability in
such transaction, based on their estimated fair values at the date of
acquisition. Significant tangible asset values generally include real estate
investments, which we subsequently depreciate over their estimated useful lives.
We include an estimate of intangible asset values, generally consisting of
at-market, in-place leases, and amortize these amounts over the remaining lease
terms as a reduction in reported rental income. In general, we have found that
the average remaining life of in-place leases at acquisition date ranged from
five to nine months, and such intangible assets represented approximately 0.1%
to 0.3% of contract prices.
Capital expenditures and depreciation
In general, for the 16 apartment properties acquired before 2002, we
compute depreciation using the straight-line method over composite estimated
useful lives of the related assets, generally 40 years for buildings, 20 years
for land improvements, 10 years for fixtures and equipment, and five years for
floor coverings.
For apartment properties acquired after 2001, we performed detailed
analyses of components of the real estate assets acquired. For these properties,
we assigned estimated useful lives, based on age and condition at acquisition,
as follows: base building structure, 43-60 years; land improvements, 7-20 years;
short-lived building components, 5-20 years; and fixtures, equipment and floor
coverings, 5-10 years.
We generally complete and capitalize acquisition improvements (planned
expenditures we identify when we acquire the property and that are intended to
position the property consistent with our physical standards) within one to two
years of acquisition of the related apartment property. We capitalize
non-recurring expenditures for additions and betterments to buildings and land
improvements. In addition, we generally capitalize recurring capital
expenditures for exterior painting, roofing, and other major maintenance
projects that substantially extend the useful life of existing assets. For
financial reporting purposes, we depreciate these additions and replacements on
a straight-line basis over estimated useful lives of 5-20 years. We retire
replaced assets with a charge to depreciation for any remaining carrying value.
We capitalize all floor covering, appliance, and HVAC replacements, and
depreciate them using a straight-line, group method over estimated useful lives
of 5-10 years.
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We expense ordinary repairs and maintenance costs at apartment
communities. Costs of repairs, maintenance, and capital replacements and
improvements at restaurant properties are borne by the lessee.
Impairment of long-lived assets
We evaluate our real estate assets when significant adverse changes in
operations or economic conditions occur in order to assess whether any
impairment indicators are present that affect the recovery of the recorded
values. If we considered any real estate assets to be impaired as defined by
GAAP, we would record a loss to reduce the carrying value of the property to its
estimated fair value. To date, there have been no such circumstances, and we
considered none of our assets impaired.
Revenue recognition
We record rental and other income monthly as it is earned. We record
rental payments that we receive prior to the first of a given month as prepaid
rent. We hold tenant security deposits in trust in bank accounts separate from
operating cash (these amounts are included in other current assets on our
balance sheet), and we record a corresponding liability for security deposits on
our balance sheet.
We amortize any cash concessions given at the inception of an apartment
lease over the approximate life of the lease, which is generally one year or
less. In general, cash concessions range from $100 to $300 and are taken by
residents during the first two months of the lease.
Stock-based compensation
The company has one employee Stock Option and Incentive Plan in place,
which we describe in more detail in the notes to our financial statements in our
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005. Prior to July
1, 2005, we accounted for options granted under this plan using the intrinsic
value method; no stock-based employee compensation expense was reflected in our
earnings, as all outstanding options had been granted at exercise prices equal
to market value of the underlying stock on the dates of grant. All outstanding
options were fully vested by the end of 2004.
Effective July 1, 2005, we adopted the fair value recognition
provisions of Statement No. 123, as revised in 2004 ("FAS 123(R)"), using the
modified-prospective transition method. Under this transition method,
compensation cost recognized in the second half of 2005 and the first quarter of
2006 includes compensation cost for all share-based payments granted subsequent
to July 1, 2005, based on the grant-date fair value estimated in accordance with
the provisions of FAS 123(R). Under the modified-prospective transition method,
there is no compensation cost recognized for previously granted options that
were fully vested prior to July 1, 2005.
Additional information regarding capital expenditures
We provide the following information to analysts and other members of
the financial community for use in their detailed analyses.
A summary of capital expenditures for our owned apartment communities
during the first quarter of 2006, in aggregate and per apartment unit, follows:
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Total Per unit
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(000's)
Recurring capital expenditures:
Floor coverings $ 281 $ 48
Appliances/HVAC 95 16
Computer/support equipment 25 4
Other 194 32
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$ 595 $ 101
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Non-recurring capital expenditures:
Acquisition improvements at apartment properties $ 1,367
Casualty replacements 256
Additions and betterments at apartment properties 123
Computer/support equipment 66
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$ 1,812
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We expense ordinary repairs and maintenance costs at apartment
communities. Repairs and maintenance at our owned apartment communities during
the first quarter of 2006 totaled $2.3 million, including $0.8 million in
compensation of service staff and $1.5 million in payments for material and
contracted services.
Costs of repairs, maintenance, and capital replacements and
improvements at restaurant properties are borne by the lessee.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
There were no significant acquisition or financing transactions during
the first quarter of 2006.
As of March 31, 2006, long-term debt, on a consolidated basis, totaled
$435.9 million, including $382.3 million of notes payable at fixed rates ranging
from 5.0% to 7.4%, and $53.6 million at variable rates indexed primarily on
30-day LIBOR rates. The weighted average interest rate on debt outstanding was
5.9% at March 31, 2006, compared to 5.8% at December 31, 2005. A 1% fluctuation
in variable interest rates would increase or decrease our annual interest
expense by approximately $0.5 million.
The table below provides information about our long-term debt
instruments and presents expected principal maturities and related weighted
average interest rates on instruments in place as of March 31, 2006.
Expected maturity dates
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Later Total
----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
(all dollar amounts in thousands)
For owned properties:
Fixed rate notes $ 1,558 $ 2,254 $41,946 $31,247 $20,914 $236,454 $334,371
Average interest rate 5.9% 5.9% 6.5% 5.3% 6.8% 5.7% 5.8%
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Expected maturity dates
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Later Total
----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
(all dollar amounts in thousands)
Variable rate notes $ 8,006 $ 8,237 $24,296 $13,062 $ - $ - $ 53,601
Average interest rate 6.8% 6.8% 6.7% 6.7% 6.7%
For consolidated limited partnerships:
Fixed rate notes (1) $ 463 $ 664 $ 698 $ 743 $ 786 $ 43,594 $ 46,948
Average interest rate 5.7% 5.7% 5.7% 5.7% 5.7% 5.8% 5.8%
(1) Amounts do not include $1.0 million debt premium to adjust one loan to fair
value in consolidation.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
We maintain disclosure controls and procedures designed to ensure that
information disclosed in our annual and periodic reports is recorded, processed,
summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC's rules and
forms. In addition, we designed these disclosure controls and procedures to
ensure that this information is accumulated and communicated to our management,
including our chairman, chief executive officer and chief financial officer, to
allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures.
Based on our most recent evaluation, which was completed as of the end
of the first quarter of 2006, our chairman, chief executive officer and chief
financial officer believe that our disclosure controls and procedures are
effective. There were no changes in our internal control over financial
reporting identified in connection with our first quarter 2006 evaluation of
such internal control that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to
materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
Part II - Other Information
Item 6. Exhibits
The Registrant agrees to furnish a copy of all agreements related to
long-term debt upon request of the Commission.
Exhibit No.
31.1 Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification by Chairman
31.2 Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification by Chief Executive Officer
31.3 Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification by Chief Financial Officer
32.1 Section 1350 Certification by Chairman, Chief Executive Officer,
and Chief Financial Officer
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
BNP RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES, INC.
(Registrant)
May 4, 2006 /s/ Philip S. Payne
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Philip S. Payne
Chairman
May 4, 2006 /s/ Pamela B. Bruno
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Pamela B. Bruno
Vice President, Treasurer and
Chief Financial Officer
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit No.
Page
31.1 Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification by Chairman 31
31.2 Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification by Chief Executive Officer 32
31.3 Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification by Chief Financial Officer 33
32.1 Section 1350 Certification by Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and Chief Financial 34
Officer
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