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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 10-K

 
x   Annual Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

For the year ended December 31, 2011

 
o   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 000-50687

ATEL Capital Equipment Fund X, LLC

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 
California   68-0517690
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
  (I. R. S. Employer
Identification No.)

600 California Street, 6th Floor, San Francisco, California 94108-2733

(Address of principal executive offices)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (415) 989-8800

Securities registered pursuant to section 12(b) of the Act: None

Securities registered pursuant to section 12(g) of the Act: Limited Liability Company Units

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.Yes o No x

If this report is an annual or transition report, indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Act of 1934.Yes o No x

Indicate by a 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.Yes x No o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).Yes x No o

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (§229.405) is not contained herein, and will not 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-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. x

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

     
Large accelerated filer o   Accelerated filer o   Non-accelerated filer o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
  Smaller reporting company 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

State the aggregate market value of voting stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant: Not applicable

State the aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates computed by reference to the price at which the common equity was sold, or the average bid and asked price of such common equity, as of a specified date within the past 60 days. (See definition of affiliate in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.) Not applicable

The number of Limited Liability Company Units outstanding as of February 29, 2012 was 13,971,486.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

Prospectus dated March 12, 2003, filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) (Commission File No. 333-100452) is hereby incorporated by reference into Part IV hereof.

 


 
 

PART I

Item 1. BUSINESS

General Development of Business

ATEL Capital Equipment Fund X, LLC (the “Company”) was formed under the laws of the State of California on August 12, 2002 for the purpose of engaging in the sale of limited liability company investment units and acquiring equipment to engage in equipment leasing, lending and sales activities, primarily in the United States. The Managing Member of the Company is ATEL Financial Services, LLC (“AFS”), a California limited liability company. The Company may continue until December 31, 2022.

The Company conducted a public offering of 15,000,000 Limited Liability Company Units (“Units”), at a price of $10 per Unit. On April 9, 2003, subscriptions for the minimum number of Units (120,000, representing $1.2 million) had been received (excluding subscriptions from Pennsylvania investors) and AFS requested that the subscriptions be released to the Company. On that date, the Company commenced operations in its primary business.

As of March 11, 2005, the offering was terminated. As of that date, subscriptions for 14,059,136 Units ($140.6 million) had been received, of which 87,650 Units ($720 thousand) were subsequently rescinded or repurchased (net of distributions paid and allocated syndication costs, as applicable) by the Company through December 31, 2011. As of December 31, 2011, 13,971,486 Units remain issued and outstanding.

The Company’s principal objectives are to invest in a diversified portfolio of equipment that (i) preserves, protects and returns the Company’s invested capital; (ii) generates regular distributions to the members of cash from operations and cash from sales or refinancing, with any balance remaining after certain minimum distributions to be used to purchase additional equipment during the reinvestment period (“Reinvestment Period”) (defined as six full years following the year the offering was terminated) which ends on December 31, 2011 and (iii) provides additional distributions following the Reinvestment Period and until all equipment has been sold. The Company is governed by the Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement (“Operating Agreement”), as amended. On January 1, 2012, the Company commenced liquidation phase activities pursuant to the guidelines of the Operating Agreement.

The Company has incurred debt to finance the purchase of a portion of its equipment portfolio. The amount of borrowings in connection with any equipment acquisition transaction is determined by, among other things, the credit of the lessee, the terms of the lease, the nature of the equipment and the condition of the money market. There is no limit on the amount of debt that may be incurred in connection with any single acquisition of equipment. However, the Company may not incur aggregate outstanding indebtedness in excess of 50% of the total cost of all equipment as of the date of the final commitment of the offering proceeds and, thereafter, as of the date of any subsequent indebtedness is incurred. The Company will continue to borrow amounts equal to such maximum debt level in order to fund a portion of its equipment acquisitions, although there can be no assurance that such financing will continue to be available to the Company in the future.

The Company has also incurred and may continue to incur long-term recourse debt in the form of asset securitization transactions in order to obtain lower interest rates or other more desirable terms than may be available for individual nonrecourse debt transactions. In an “asset securitization,” the lender would receive a security interest in a specified pool of “securitized” Company assets or a general lien against all of the otherwise unencumbered assets of the Company. It had been the intention of AFS to use asset securitization primarily to finance assets leased to those credits which, in the opinion of AFS, had a relatively lower potential risk of lease default than those lessees with equipment financed with nonrecourse debt. AFS expects that an asset securitization financing would involve borrowing at a variable interest rate based on an established reference rate. AFS would seek to limit the Company’s exposure to increases in the interest rate by engaging in hedging transactions that would effectively fix the interest rate obligation. As of December 31, 2011 and 2010, the amount of such securitized borrowings was $7.7 million and $14.5 million, respectively.

Pursuant to the terms of the Operating Agreement, AFS receives compensation and reimbursements for services rendered on behalf of the Company (See Note 7 to the financial statements included in Item 8 of this report). The Company is required to maintain reasonable cash reserves for working capital, the repurchase of Units and contingencies. The repurchase of Units is solely at the discretion of AFS.

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Narrative Description of Business

The Company has acquired and intends to acquire various types of equipment and to lease such equipment pursuant to “Operating” leases and “High Payout” leases, whereby “Operating” leases are defined as being leases in which the minimum lease payments during the initial lease term do not recover the full cost of the equipment and “High Payout” leases recover at least 90% of such cost. It is the intention of AFS that a majority of the aggregate purchase price of equipment will represent equipment leased under operating leases upon final investment of the net proceeds of the offering and that no more than 20% of the aggregate purchase price of equipment will be invested in equipment acquired from a single manufacturer.

The Company only purchases equipment under pre-existing leases or for which a lease will be entered into concurrently at the time of the purchase. Through December 31, 2011, the Company had purchased equipment with a total acquisition price of $193.8 million. The Company also had net investments in notes receivable of which $1.3 million remained outstanding at December 31, 2011.

The Company’s objective is to lease a minimum of 75% of the equipment acquired with the net proceeds of the offering to lessees that (i) have an aggregate credit rating by Moody’s Investors Service of Baa or better, or the credit equivalent as determined by AFS, with the aggregate rating weighted to account for the original equipment cost for each item leased or (ii) are established hospitals with histories of profitability or municipalities. The balance of the original equipment portfolio may include equipment leased to lessees which, although deemed creditworthy by AFS, would not satisfy the general credit rating criteria for the portfolio. In excess of 75% of the equipment acquired with the net proceeds of the offering (based on original purchase cost) was originally leased to lessees with an aggregate credit rating of Baa or better or to such hospitals or municipalities, as described in (ii) above.

During 2011, one lessee generated a significant portion of the Company’s total leasing and lending revenues. With significant defined as greater than 10%, The Sabine Mining Company’s lease revenues to the Company approximated $3.5 million or 16% during the year. During 2010, the same lessee generated approximated $3.7 million or 14% of the Company’s total leasing and lending revenues.

The equipment leasing industry is highly competitive. Equipment manufacturers, corporations, partnerships and others offer users an alternative to the purchase of most types of equipment with payment terms that vary widely depending on the lease term, type of equipment and creditworthiness of the lessee. The ability of the Company to keep the equipment leased and/or operating and the terms of the acquisitions, leases and dispositions of equipment depends on various factors (many of which are not in the control of AFS or the Company), such as raw material costs to manufacture equipment as well as general economic conditions, including the effects of inflation or recession, and fluctuations in supply and demand for various types of equipment resulting from, among other things, technological and economic obsolescence.

AFS seeks to limit the amount invested in equipment to any single lessee to not more than 20% of the aggregate purchase price of equipment owned at any time during the Reinvestment Period.

The business of the Company is not seasonal.

The Company has no full time employees. AFS’ employees provide the services the Company requires to effectively operate. The costs of these services are reimbursed by the Company to AFS per the Operating Agreement.

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Equipment Leasing Activities

The Company has acquired a diversified portfolio of equipment. The equipment has been leased to lessees in various industries. The following tables set forth the types of equipment acquired by the Company through December 31, 2011 and the industries to which the assets have been leased (dollars in thousands):

     
Asset Types   Purchase Price
Excluding
Acquisition Fees
  Percentage of
Total
Acquisitions
Materials handling   $       49,467       25.52 % 
Transportation, other     37,956       19.58 % 
Transportation, rail     32,123       16.57 % 
Mining equipment     30,020       15.49 % 
Manufacturing     15,946       8.23 % 
Construction     13,059       6.74 % 
Logging and lumber     4,728       2.44 % 
Petro/natural gas     2,446       1.26 % 
Other     8,068       4.17 % 
     $ 193,813              100.00 % 

     
Industry of Lessee   Purchase Price
Excluding
Acquisition Fees
  Percentage of
Total
Acquisitions
Mining   $       38,670       19.95 % 
Transportation, other     25,019       12.91 % 
Manufacturing     20,502       10.58 % 
Transportation, rail     16,809       8.67 % 
Paper products     13,570       7.00 % 
Wholesale     12,887       6.65 % 
Wood/Lumber products     12,331       6.36 % 
Retail     12,650       6.53 % 
Health services     11,474       5.92 % 
Minerals/Metal products     7,200       3.71 % 
Food products     6,129       3.16 % 
Industrial machinery     6,020       3.11 % 
Construction     5,368       2.77 % 
Other     5,184       2.68 % 
     $ 193,813              100.00 % 

From inception to December 31, 2011, the Company has disposed of certain leased assets as set forth below (in thousands):

     
Asset Types   Original
Equipment Cost
Excluding
Acquisition Fees
  Sale Price   Gross Rents
Materials handling   $      18,392     $       4,757     $        16,956  
Construction     6,584       2,904       6,789  
Mining equipment     6,009       2,506       5,235  
Manufacturing     4,258       1,549       4,316  
Transportation, other     4,134       923       3,904  
Transportation, rail     582       638       126  
Other     3,255       892       2,970  
     $ 43,214     $ 14,169     $ 40,296  

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Proceeds from sales of lease assets are not expected to be consistent from one period to another. The Company is a finite life equipment leasing fund, which has acquired and will continue to acquire leasing transactions during the period ending six years after completion of its public offering. On the termination of leases, assets may be re-leased or sold. Sales of assets are not scheduled and are created by opportunities within the marketplace. The Company sought to acquire and lease a wide variety of assets and to enter into leases on a variety of terms. Some assets are expected to have little or no value for re-lease or sale upon termination of the initial leases, and the anticipated residual values are a key factor in pricing and terms structured for each lease. The Company’s goal is to seek maximum return on its leased assets and will determine when and under what terms to dispose of such assets during the course of its term.

For further information regarding the Company’s equipment lease portfolio as of December 31, 2011 and 2010, see Note 6 to the financial statements, Investments in equipment and leases, net, as set forth in Part II, Item 8, Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.

Notes Receivable Activities

The Company finances a diversified portfolio of assets in diverse industries. The following tables set forth the types of assets financed by the Company through December 31, 2011 and the industries to which the assets have been financed (dollars in thousands):

     
Asset Types   Amount
Financed
Excluding
Acquisition Fees
  Percentage of
Total
Acquisitions
Computers   $        8,423       45.87 % 
Aviation     2,680       14.60 % 
Storage facility     2,503       13.63 % 
Manufacturing     950       5.17 % 
Furniture/Fixtures     499       2.72 % 
Research     182       1.00 % 
Other     3,124       17.01 % 
     $ 18,361             100.00 % 

     
Industry of Borrower   Amount
Financed
Excluding
Acquisition Fees
  Percentage of
Total
Acquisitions
Business services   $        5,138       27.98 % 
Communications     3,472       18.90 % 
Manufacturing     3,086       16.80 % 
Health services     2,708       14.75 % 
Air transportation     2,680       14.60 % 
Electronics     778       4.24 % 
Other     499       2.73 % 
     $ 18,361             100.00 % 

From inception to December 31, 2011, assets financed by the Company that are associated with terminated loans are as follows (in thousands):

     
Asset Types   Amount Financed
Excluding
Acquisition Fees
  Disposition
Proceeds
  Total Payments
Received
Computers   $        8,423     $       2,182     $        7,121  
Manufacturing     950       19       1,233  
Furniture/Fixtures     499       82       493  
Research     182             210  
Other     2,810       826       2,367  
     $ 12,864     $ 3,109     $ 11,424  

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For further information regarding the Company’s notes receivable portfolio as of December 31, 2011, see Note 4 to the financial statements, Notes receivable, net, as set forth in Part II, Item 8, Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.

The Company operates in one reportable operating segment in the United States. For further information regarding the Company’s geographic revenues and assets, and major customers, see Notes 2 and 3 to the financial statements as set forth in Part II, Item 8, Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.

Item 2. PROPERTIES

The Company does not own or lease any real property, plant or material physical properties other than the equipment held for lease as set forth in Item 1, Business.

Item 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

In the ordinary course of conducting business, there may be certain claims, suits, and complaints filed against the Company. In the opinion of management, the outcome of such matters, if any, will not have a material impact on the Company’s financial position or results of operations. No material legal proceedings are currently pending against the Company or against any of its assets.

Item 4. [REMOVED AND RESERVED]

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PART II

Item 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

Market Information

There are certain material conditions and restrictions on the transfer of Units imposed by the terms of the Operating Agreement. Consequently, there is no public market for Units and it is not anticipated that a public market for Units will develop. In the absence of a public market for the Units, there is no currently ascertainable fair market value for the Units.

Holders

As of December 31, 2011, a total of 3,289 investors were Unitholders of record in the Company.

Unit Valuation

As noted above, there is no public market for Units and, in order to preserve the Company’s status for federal income tax purposes, the Company will not permit a secondary market or the substantial equivalent of a secondary market for the Units. In the absence of a public market for the Units, there is no currently ascertainable fair market value for the Units.

Nevertheless, in order to provide an estimated per Unit value for those Unitholders who seek valuation information, AFS has calculated an estimated value per Unit as of December 31, 2011. AFS estimates the Company’s per unit value by first estimating the aggregate net asset value of the Company. The valuation does not take into account any future business activity of the Company; rather it is a snapshot view of the Fund’s portfolio as of the valuation date.

The estimated values for non-interest bearing items such as any current assets and liabilities, as well as for any investment in securities, were assumed to equal their reported balances, which management believes approximate their fair values, as adjusted for impairment. The same was applied to loans incurred under the receivables funding program and the acquisition facility since they bear variable rates of interest.

A discounted cash flow approach was used to estimate the values of notes receivable, investments in leases, non-recourse debt and interest rate swaps. Under such approach, the value of a financial instrument was estimated by calculating the present value of the instrument’s expected cash flows. The present value was determined by discounting the cash flows the instrument is expected to generate by discount rates as deemed appropriate by the Manager. In most cases, the discount rates used were based on U.S. Treasury yields reported as of the reporting date, plus a spread to account for the credit risk difference between the instrument being valued and Treasury securities.

After calculating the aggregate estimated net asset value of the Company, AFS then calculated the portion of the aggregate estimated value that would be distributed to Unitholders on liquidation of the Company, and divided the total that would be so distributable by the number of outstanding Units as of the December 31, 2011 valuation date. As of December 31, 2011, the value of the Company’s assets, calculated on this basis, was approximately $5.81 per Unit.

The foregoing valuation was performed solely for the purpose of providing an estimated liquidation value per Unit for those Unitholders who seek valuation information. It is important to note again that there is no market for the Units, and, accordingly, this value does not represent an estimate of the amount a Unitholder would receive if he were to seek to sell his Units. The Company will liquidate its assets in the ordinary course of its business and investment cycle. Furthermore, there can be no assurance as to when the Company will be fully liquidated, the amount the Company may actually receive if and when it seeks to liquidate its assets, the amount of lease payments and equipment disposition proceeds the Company will actually receive over the remaining term of the Company, or the amounts that may actually be received in distributions by Unitholders over the course of the Company’s remaining term.

Distributions

The Unitholders of record are entitled to certain distributions as provided under the Operating Agreement.

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AFS has sole discretion in determining the amount of distributions; provided, however, that AFS will not reinvest in equipment, but will distribute, subject to payment of any obligations of the Company, such available cash from operations and cash from sales or refinancing as may be necessary to cause total distributions to the Members for each year during the Reinvestment Period to equal an amount of $0.80 per Unit.

The rate for monthly distributions from 2011 operations was $0.0667 per Unit for the period from January through December 2011. Likewise, the rate for monthly distributions from 2010 operations was $0.0667 per Unit for the period from January through December 2010. The rate for each of the quarterly distributions paid in 2011 and 2010 was $0.20 per Unit. The monthly distributions were discontinued as of January 1, 2012 as the Company entered its liquidation phase. The rates and frequency of periodic distributions paid by the Fund during its liquidation phase are solely at the discretion of the Manager.

The following table presents summarized information regarding distributions to members other than the Managing Member (“Other Members”):

   
  2011   2010
Net income per Unit, based on weighted average Units outstanding   $     0.24     $     0.15  
Return of investment     0.56       0.65  
Distributions declared per Unit, based on weighted average Other Member
Units outstanding
    0.80       0.80  
Differences due to timing of distributions            
Actual distributions paid per Unit   $ 0.80     $ 0.80  

Item 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

A smaller reporting company is not required to present selected financial data in accordance with item 301(c) of Regulation S-K.

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Item 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Statements contained in this Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” (“MD&A”) and elsewhere in this Form 10-K, which are not historical facts, may be forward-looking statements. Such statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. In particular, the economic recession and changes in general economic conditions, including fluctuations in demand for equipment, lease rates, and interest rates, may result in delays in investment and reinvestment, delays in leasing, re-leasing, and disposition of equipment, and reduced returns on invested capital. The Company’s performance is subject to risks relating to lessee defaults and the creditworthiness of its lessees. The Fund’s performance is also subject to risks relating to the value of its equipment at the end of its leases, which may be affected by the condition of the equipment, technological obsolescence and the markets for new and used equipment at the end of lease terms. Investors are cautioned not to attribute undue certainty to these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this Form 10-K. We undertake no obligation to publicly release any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this Form 10-K or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, other than as required by law.

Overview

ATEL Capital Equipment Fund X, LLC (the “Company”) is a California limited liability company that was formed in August 2002 for the purpose of engaging in the sale of limited liability company investment units and acquiring equipment to generate revenues from equipment leasing and sales activities, primarily in the United States. The Managing Member of the Company is ATEL Financial Services, LLC (“AFS”), a California limited liability company.

The Company conducted a public offering of 15,000,000 Limited Liability Company Units (“Units”), at a price of $10 per Unit. The offering was terminated in March 2005. During 2005, the Company completed its initial acquisition stage with the investment of the net proceeds from the public offering of Units. Subsequently, during the reinvestment period (“Reinvestment Period”) (defined as six full years following the year the offering was terminated), the Company utilized its credit facilities and reinvested cash flow in excess of certain amounts required to be distributed to the Other Members to acquire additional equipment.

The Company may continue until December 31, 2022. However, pursuant to the guidelines of the Operating Agreement, the Company commenced liquidation phase activities subsequent to the end of the Reinvestment Period which ended on December 31, 2011. Periodic distributions are paid at the discretion of the Managing Member.

Results of Operations

As of December 31, 2011 and 2010, there were concentrations (greater than 10% as a percentage of total equipment cost) of equipment leased to lessees and/or financial borrowers in certain industries as follows:

   
  2011   2010
Transportation     28 %      23 % 
Manufacturing     21 %      24 % 
Mining     17 %      18 % 

During 2011, one lessee (The Sabine Mining Company) generated 16% of the Company’s total leasing and lending revenues. The same lessee generated 14% of the Company’s total leasing and lending revenues during 2010. No other lessee generated more than 10% of the Company’s total leasing and lending revenues in both 2011 and 2010. The percentages are not expected to be comparable in future periods due to anticipated changes in the mix of investments and/or lessees as a result of normal business activities.

It is the Company’s objective to maintain a 100% utilization rate for all equipment purchased in any given year. All equipment transactions are acquired subject to binding lease commitments, so equipment utilization is expected to remain high throughout the reinvestment stage, which ends six years after the end of the Company’s public offering of Units. Initial lease terms of these leases are generally from 36 to 120 months, and as they expire, the Company will attempt to re-lease or sell the equipment; as such, utilization rates may tend to decrease during the liquidation stage of the Company. All of the Company’s equipment on lease was acquired in the years 2003 through 2011. The utilization percentage of existing assets under lease was 93% and 99% as of December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

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Cost reimbursements to the Managing Member are based on its costs incurred in performing administrative services for the Company. These costs are allocated to each managed entity based on certain criteria such as total assets, number of investors or contributed capital based upon the type of cost incurred. AFS believes that the costs reimbursed are the lower of (i) actual costs incurred on behalf of the Company or (ii) the amount the Company would be required to pay independent parties for comparable administrative services in the same geographic location.

The Operating Agreement places an annual limit and a cumulative limit for cost reimbursements to AFS and/or affiliates. Any reimbursable costs incurred by AFS and/or affiliates during the year exceeding the annual and/or cumulative limits cannot be reimbursed in the current year, though such costs may be reimbursable in future years to the extent such amounts may be payable if within the annual and cumulative limits in such future years. As of December 31, 2011, the Company had exceeded such limitations by $213 thousand. There was no such excess as of December 31, 2010 (see Note 7 to the financial statements, Related party transactions, as set forth in Part II, Item 8, Financial Statements and Supplementary Data).

2011 versus 2010

The Company had net income of $4.3 million and $3.0 million for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively. The results for 2011 reflect decreases in both total operating expenses and total revenues when compared to the prior year.

Revenues

Total revenues for 2011 declined by $4.1 million, or 15%, as compared to the prior year. The decrease was primarily due to lower operating lease revenues offset, in part, by increased gain on sales of lease assets and early termination of notes.

Operating lease revenues decreased by $4.7 million largely as a result of continued run-off and dispositions of lease assets. Partially offsetting this decrease was a $667 thousand increase in gains recognized on sales of lease assets. The increase reflects the higher volume and the change in mix of assets sold during 2011. The Company had no gain associated with the early termination of notes during 2011. Such gains were nominal in 2010.

Expenses

Total expenses for 2011 decreased by $5.8 million, or 23%, as compared to the prior year. The net reduction in expenses was primarily due to decreases in depreciation expense, interest expense, asset management fees paid to AFS, amortization of initial direct costs and professional fees offset, in part, by increases in other expense, costs reimbursed to AFS, and the provision for losses on investment in securities.

The decrease in depreciation expense totaled $5.0 million and was largely a result of run-off and sales of lease assets. Interest expense decreased by $764 thousand largely due to an approximate $11.5 million year over year decline in outstanding borrowings; and, asset management fees paid to AFS decreased by $430 thousand primarily as a result of the decline in managed assets and related rents. Moreover, amortization of initial direct costs related to asset purchases declined by $163 thousand largely due to continued run-off of the lease and loan portfolios offset, in part, by lease asset purchases approximating $7.3 million during 2011; and, professional fees declined by $125 thousand largely due to a year over year decrease in audit related fees.

Partially offsetting the aforementioned decreases in expenses was a $456 thousand increase in other expense, a $129 thousand increase in costs reimbursed to AFS, and an $81 thousand increase in the provision for losses on investment in securities.

The increase in other expense was largely due to higher maintenance costs on aging railcars and increases in freight and shipping costs, property taxes, bank charges, inspection fees, and in printing and postage costs related to investor communications. Costs reimbursed to AFS increased primarily due to a refinement of allocation methodologies employed by the Managing Member to better allocate costs to the Company based upon its current operations; and, the provision for losses on investment securities increased as a result of fair value adjustments recorded on two impaired equity investments totaling $55 thousand and $41 thousand. The adjustments reflect an approximate 87% reduction in valuation of one impaired investment as determined by investee cash burn and potential for additional venture investors, and an approximate 66% reduction in valuation of the second impaired investment as determined by cash payments received in a private transaction whereby the Fund liquidated its warrant position.

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Other income, net

Other income, net for 2011 decreased by $418 thousand as compared to the prior year. The net decrease was a result of the net impact of a $360 thousand unfavorable change in foreign currency transaction gains and losses, and a $58 thousand unfavorable change in the fair value of the Company’s interest rate swap contracts.

The unfavorable change in foreign currency gains or losses was primarily due to the year over year strength of the U.S. currency against the British pound at the time of the transactions. The Company’s foreign currency transactions are primarily denominated in British pounds.

The decrease in the value of the interest rate swaps was mostly driven by the lower interest rate environment offset, in part, by the decline in the notional balance of outstanding contracts since 2010. The lower interest rate environment adversely impacts the Company as the fixed rate payer in the swap contracts.

Capital Resources and Liquidity

At December 31, 2011 and 2010, the Company’s cash and cash equivalents totaled $1.1 million and $8.8 million, respectively. The liquidity of the Company varies, increasing to the extent cash flows from leases and proceeds of asset sales exceed expenses and decreasing as lease assets are acquired, as distributions are made to the Other Members and to the extent expenses exceed cash flows from leases and proceeds from asset sales.

The primary source of liquidity for the Company is its cash flow from leasing activities. As initial lease terms expire, the Company re-leases or sells the equipment. The future liquidity beyond the contractual minimum rentals will depend on the Company’s success in remarketing or selling the equipment as it comes off-rental.

If inflation in the general economy becomes significant, it may affect the Company in as much as the residual (resale) values and rates on re-leases of the Company’s leased assets may increase as the costs of similar assets increase. However, the Company’s revenues from existing leases would not increase; as such rates are generally fixed for the terms of the leases without adjustment for inflation. In addition, if interest rates increase significantly under such circumstances, the lease rates that the Company can obtain on future leases will be expected to increase as the cost of capital is a significant factor in the pricing of lease financing. Leases already in place, for the most part, would not be affected by changes in interest rates.

The Company currently believes it has available adequate reserves to meet its immediate cash requirements and those of the next twelve months, but in the event those reserves were found to be inadequate, the Company would likely be in a position to borrow against its current portfolio to meet such requirements. AFS envisions no such requirements for operating purposes.

Cash Flows

The following table sets forth summary cash flow data (in thousands):

   
  2011   2010
Net cash provided by (used in):
                 
Operating activities   $    16,322     $     19,186  
Investing activities     (456 )      3,517  
Financing activities     (23,577 )      (26,776 ) 
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents   $ (7,711 )    $ (4,073 ) 

2011 versus 2010

During 2011 and 2010, the Company’s primary source of liquidity was cash flow from its portfolio of operating and direct financing lease contracts, and its investments in notes receivable. The Company also realized $4.2 million and $2.3 million of proceeds from the sale or disposition of equipment and early termination of certain notes during the respective years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010. In addition, during 2010, the Company received a $1.0 million settlement related to a December 31, 2009 reassignment of certain operating lease assets to an affiliate.

During the same comparative years, cash was used to pay distributions to both the Other Members and the Managing Member, totaling a combined $12.1 million for each of the years 2011 and 2010. Cash was also used to partially pay down $11.5 million and $15.7 million of debt during the respective years 2011 and 2010. Moreover, cash was used to

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purchase equipment for long-term operating leases. Total equipment purchased amounted to $7.3 million and $1.1 million during 2011 and 2010, respectively. In addition, during 2010, cash totaling $250 thousand was used to fund investments in notes receivable. Finally, cash was used during both 2011 and 2010 to pay invoices related to management fees and expenses, and other payables.

Revolving credit facility

The Company participates with AFS and certain of its affiliates in a revolving credit facility (the “Credit Facility”) comprised of a working capital facility to AFS, an acquisition facility (the “Acquisition Facility”) and a warehouse facility (the “Warehouse Facility”) to AFS, the Company and affiliates, and a venture facility available to an affiliate, with a syndicate of financial institutions.

Receivable funding program

In addition to the Credit Facility, as of December 31, 2011, the Company had amounts outstanding under an $80 million receivables funding program (the “RF Program”) with a receivables financing company that issued commercial paper rated A1 from Standard and Poor’s and P1 from Moody’s Investor Services. Under the RF Program, the lender holds liens against the Company’s assets. The lender is in a first position against certain specified assets and is in either a subordinated or shared position against the remaining assets. The ability to draw down on the RF Program terminated on July 31, 2008, and the RF Program matures in July 2014 upon repayment in full of all outstanding amounts due under the Program.

Compliance with covenants

The Credit Facility and the RF Program (collectively, the “Facilities”) include certain financial and non-financial covenants applicable to each borrower, including the Company. Such covenants include covenants typically found in credit facilities of the size and nature of the Facilities, such as accuracy of representations, good standing, absence of liens and material litigation, etc. The Company and affiliates were in compliance with all covenants under the Facilities as of December 31, 2011. The Company considers certain financial covenants to be material to its ongoing use of the Facilities and these covenants are described below.

Material financial covenants

Under the Credit Facility, the Company is required to maintain a specific tangible net worth, to comply with a leverage ratio and an interest coverage ratio, and to comply with other terms expressed in the Credit Facility, including limitation on the incurrence of additional debt and guaranties, defaults, and delinquencies. The material financial covenants are summarized as follows:

Under both the RF Program and Credit Facility:

Minimum Tangible Net Worth: $15 million
Leverage Ratio (leverage to Tangible Net Worth): not to exceed 1.25 to 1

Under the Credit Facility Only:

Collateral Value: Collateral value under the Warehouse Facility must exceed outstanding borrowings under that facility.
EBITDA to Interest Ratio: Not less than 2 to 1 for the four fiscal quarters just ended.

“EBITDA” is defined under the Credit Facility as, for the relevant period of time (1) gross revenues (all payments from leases and notes receivable) for such period minus (2) expenses deducted in determining net income for such period plus (3) to the extent deducted in determining net income for such period (a) provision for income taxes and (b) interest expense, and (c) depreciation, amortization and other non-cash charges. Extraordinary items and gains or losses on (and proceeds from) sales or dispositions of assets outside of the ordinary course of business are excluded in the calculation of EBITDA. “Tangible Net Worth” is defined as, as of the date of determination, (i) the net worth of the Company, after deducting therefrom (without duplication of deductions) the net book amount of all assets of the Company, after deducting any reserves and other amounts for assets which would be treated as intangibles under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”), and after certain other adjustments permitted under the agreements.

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The financial covenants referred to above are applicable to the Company only to the extent that the Company has borrowings outstanding under the Facilities. As of December 31, 2011, the Company’s Tangible Net Worth requirement under the Credit Facility was $15 million and under the RF Program was $15 million, the permitted maximum leverage ratio under the Facilities was 1.25 to 1, and under the Credit Facility, the required minimum interest coverage ratio (EBITDA/interest expense) was 2 to 1. The Company was in compliance with each of these financial covenants with a minimum Tangible Net Worth, leverage ratio and (EBITDA) interest coverage ratio, as calculated per the Credit Facility agreement of $31.4 million, 0.95 to 1, and 9.84 to 1, respectively, as of December 31, 2011. As such, as of December 31, 2011, the Company was in compliance with all such material financial covenants.

Reconciliation to GAAP of EBITDA

For purposes of compliance with the Credit Facility covenants, the Company uses a financial calculation of EBITDA which is not in accordance with GAAP. The EBITDA is utilized by the Company to calculate one of its debt covenant ratios.

The following is a reconciliation of net income to EBITDA for the year ended December 31, 2011 (in thousands):

 
Net income – GAAP basis   $   4,308  
Interest expense     2,255  
Depreciation and amortization     12,793  
Amortization of initial direct costs     201  
Impairment losses on equipment     263  
Provision for credit losses     50  
Provision for losses on investment in securities     96  
Change in fair value of interest rate swap contracts     (330 ) 
Principal payments received on direct finance leases     2,128  
Principal payments received on notes receivable     432  
EBITDA (for Credit Facility financial covenant calculation only)   $ 22,196  

Events of default, cross-defaults, recourse and security

The terms of both of the Facilities include standard events of default by the Company which, if not cured within applicable grace periods, could give lenders remedies against the Company, including the acceleration of all outstanding borrowings and a demand for repayment in advance of their stated maturity. If a breach of any material term of either of the Facilities should occur, the lenders may, at their option, increase borrowing rates, accelerate the obligations in advance of their stated maturities, terminate the facility, and exercise rights of collection available to them under the express terms of the facility, or by operation of law. The lenders also retain the discretion to waive a violation of any covenant at the Company’s request.

The Company is currently in compliance with its obligations under the Facilities. In the event of a technical default (e.g., the failure to timely file a required report, or a one-time breach of a financial covenant), the Company believes it has ample time to request and be granted a waiver by the lenders, or, alternatively, cure the default under the existing provisions of its debt agreements, including, if necessary, arranging for additional capital from alternate sources to satisfy outstanding obligations.

The lending syndicate providing the Credit Facility has a blanket lien on all of the Company’s assets as collateral for any and all borrowings under the Acquisition Facility, and on a pro-rata basis under the Warehouse Facility.

In conjunction with the RF Program, the lender under the RF Program has entered into an inter-creditor agreement with the lenders under the Credit Facility with respect to priority and the sharing of collateral pools of the Company, including under the Acquisition Facility and Warehouse Facility. Among the provisions of the inter-creditor agreement are cross-default provisions among the Credit Facility and the RF Program.

The Acquisition Facility is generally recourse solely to the Company, and is not cross-defaulted to any other obligations of affiliated companies under the Credit Facility, except as described in this paragraph, and in connection with the RF Program, as noted above. The Facilities are cross-defaulted to a default in the payment of any debt (other than non-recourse debt) or any other agreement or condition beyond the period of grace (not exceeding 30 days), the effect of which would entitle the lender under such agreement to accelerate the

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obligations prior to their stated maturity in an individual or aggregate principal amount in excess of 15% of the Company’s consolidated Tangible Net Worth with respect to the Credit Facility, and $2.5 million with respect to the RF Program. Also, a bankruptcy of AFS will trigger a default for the Company under the Credit Facility.

Non-Recourse Long-Term Debt

As of December 31, 2011, the Company had non-recourse long-term debt totaling $21.9 million. Such non-recourse notes payable do not contain any material financial covenants. The notes are secured by a lien granted by the Company to the non-recourse lenders on (and only on) the discounted lease transactions. The lenders have recourse only to the following collateral: the specific leased equipment; the related lease chattel paper; the lease receivables; and proceeds of the foregoing items.

The Operating Agreement limits aggregate borrowings to 50% of the total cost of equipment. For detailed information on the Company’s debt obligations, see Notes 8 to 10 to the financial statements as set forth in Part II, Item 8, Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.

Distributions

The Company commenced periodic distributions, based on cash flows from operations, beginning with the month of April 2003. The first distribution payment was made in May 2003 and additional monthly and/or quarterly distributions have been consistently made through December 2011. The monthly distributions were discontinued as of January 1, 2012 as the Company entered its liquidation phase. The rates and frequency of periodic distributions paid by the Fund during its liquidation phase are solely at the discretion of the Manager. See Item 5, Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities, for additional information regarding the distributions.

Other

Due to the bankruptcy of a major lessee, Chrysler Corporation, in April 2009, the Company, in accordance with its accounting policy for allowance for doubtful accounts, has placed all operating leases with Chrysler on non-accrual status pending resumption of recurring payment activity. On April 1, 2011, Chrysler accounts were returned to accrual status.

As of December 31, 2011, there were no lease contracts placed in non-accrual status. At December 31, 2010, net investment in equipment underlying all lease contracts placed on a cash basis approximated $639 thousand, all of which were related to Chrysler. The Company also considered the equipment underlying the lease contracts for impairment and deemed that such equipment was not impaired as of December 31, 2010. At both December 31, 2011 and 2010, the Company has certain other leases that have related accounts receivables aged 90 days or more that have not been placed on non-accrual status. In accordance with Company policy, such receivables are fully reserved. Management continues to closely monitor these leases, and all other lease contracts, for any actual change in collectability status and indication of necessary valuation adjustments.

Commitments and Contingencies and Off-Balance Sheet Transactions

Commitments and Contingencies

At December 31, 2011, the Company had no commitments to purchase lease assets or fund investments in notes receivable.

Off-Balance Sheet Transactions

None.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Information regarding recent accounting pronouncements is included in Note 2 to the financial statements, Summary of significant accounting policies, as set forth in Part II, Item 8, Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.

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Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

The policies discussed below are considered by management of the Company to be critical to an understanding of the Company’s financial statements because their application requires significant complex or subjective judgments, decisions, or assessments, with financial reporting results relying on estimation about the effect of matters that are inherently uncertain. Specific risks for these critical accounting policies are described in the following paragraphs. The Company also states these accounting policies in the notes to the financial statements and in relevant sections in this discussion and analysis. For all of these policies, management cautions that future events rarely develop exactly as forecast, and the best estimates routinely require adjustment.

Use of estimates:

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Such estimates primarily relate to the determination of residual values at the end of the lease term and expected future cash flows used for impairment analysis purposes and determination of the allowances for doubtful accounts and notes receivable.

Equipment on operating leases and related revenue recognition:

Equipment subject to operating leases is stated at cost. Depreciation is being recognized on a straight-line method over the terms of the related leases to the equipment’s estimated residual values. Maintenance costs associated with the Fund’s portfolio of leased assets are expensed as incurred. Major additions and betterments are capitalized.

Operating lease revenue is recognized on a straight-line basis over the term of the underlying leases. The initial lease terms will vary as to the type of equipment subject to the leases, the needs of the lessees and the terms to be negotiated, but initial leases are generally from 36 to 120 months. The difference between rent received and rental revenue recognized is recorded as unearned operating lease income on the balance sheet.

Operating leases are generally placed in a non-accrual status (i.e., no revenue is recognized) when payments are more than 90 days past due. Additionally, management considers the equipment underlying the lease contracts for impairment and periodically reviews the credit worthiness of all operating lessees with payments outstanding less than 90 days. Based upon management’s judgment, the related operating leases may be placed on non-accrual status. Leases placed on non-accrual status are only returned to an accrual status when the account has been brought current and management believes recovery of the remaining unpaid lease payments is probable. Until such time, revenues are recognized on a cash basis.

Direct financing leases and related revenue recognition:

Income from direct financing lease transactions is reported using the financing method of accounting, in which the Company’s investment in the leased property is reported as a receivable from the lessee to be recovered through future rentals. The interest income portion of each rental payment is calculated so as to generate a constant rate of return on the net receivable outstanding.

Allowances for losses on direct financing leases are typically established based on historical charge off and collection experience and the collectability of specifically identified lessees and billed and unbilled receivables. Direct financing leases are charged off to the allowance as they are deemed uncollectible.

Direct financing leases are generally placed in a non-accrual status (i.e., no revenue is recognized) and deemed impaired when payments are more than 90 days past due. Additionally, management periodically reviews the creditworthiness of all direct finance lessees with payments outstanding less than 90 days. Based upon management’s judgment, the related direct financing leases may be placed on non-accrual status. Leases placed on non-accrual status are only returned to an accrual status when the account has been brought current and management believes recovery of the remaining unpaid lease payments is probable. Until such time, all payments received are applied only against outstanding principal balances.

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Notes receivable, unearned interest income and related revenue recognition:

The Company records all future payments of principal and interest on notes as notes receivable which is then offset by the amount of any related unearned interest income. For financial statement purposes, the Company reports only the net amount of principal due on the balance sheet. The unearned interest is recognized over the term of the note and the income portion of each note payment is calculated so as to generate a constant rate of return on the net balance outstanding. Any fees or costs related to notes receivable are recorded as part of the net investment in notes receivable and amortized over the term of the loan.

Allowances for losses on notes receivable are typically established based on historical charge off and collection experience and the collectability of specifically identified borrowers and billed and unbilled receivables. Notes are considered impaired when, based on current information and events, it is probable that the Company will be unable to collect the scheduled payments of principal and/or interest when due according to the contractual terms of the note agreement. Factors considered by management in determining impairment include payment status, collateral value, and the probability of collecting scheduled principal and interest when due. If it is determined that a loan is impaired with regard to scheduled payments, the Company will perform an analysis of the note to determine if an impairment valuation reserve is necessary. This analysis considers the estimated cash flows from the note, or the collateral value of the property underlying the note when note repayment is collateral dependent. Any required valuation reserve is charged to earnings when determined; and notes are charged off to the allowance for losses as they are deemed uncollectible.

Notes receivable are generally placed in a non-accrual status (i.e., no revenue is recognized) when payments are more than 90 days past due. Additionally, management periodically reviews the creditworthiness of companies with note payments outstanding less than 90 days. Based upon management’s judgment, notes may be placed in a non-accrual status. Notes placed on non-accrual status are only returned to an accrual status when the account has been brought current and management believes recovery of the remaining unpaid receivable is probable. Until such time, all payments received are applied only against outstanding principal balances.

Initial direct costs:

The Company capitalizes initial direct costs (“IDC”) associated with the origination and funding of lease assets and investments in notes receivable. IDC includes both internal costs (e.g., the costs of employees’ activities in connection with successful lease and loan originations) and external broker fees incurred with such originations. The costs are amortized on a lease by lease (or note by note) basis based on actual contract term using a straight-line method for operating leases and the effective interest rate method for direct financing leases and notes receivable. Upon disposal of the underlying lease and loan assets, both the initial direct costs and the associated accumulated amortization are relieved. Costs related to leases or notes receivable that are not consummated are not eligible for capitalization as initial direct costs and are expensed as acquisition expense.

Acquisition Expense:

Acquisition expense represents costs which include, but are not limited to, legal fees and expenses, travel and communication expenses, cost of appraisals, accounting fees and expenses and miscellaneous expenses related to the selection and acquisition of equipment which are reimbursable to the Managing Member under the terms of the Operating Agreement. As the costs are not eligible for capitalization as initial direct costs, such amounts are expensed as incurred.

Asset valuation:

Recorded values of the Company’s leased asset portfolio are periodically reviewed for impairment. An impairment loss is measured and recognized only if the estimated undiscounted future cash flows of the asset are less than their net book value. The estimated undiscounted future cash flows are the sum of the estimated residual value of the asset at the end of the asset’s expected holding period and estimates of undiscounted future rents. The residual value assumes, among other things, that the asset is utilized normally in an open, unrestricted and stable market. Short-term fluctuations in the market place are disregarded and it is assumed that there is no necessity either to dispose of a significant number of the assets, if held in quantity, simultaneously or to dispose of the asset quickly. Impairment is measured as the difference between the fair value (as determined by a valuation method using discounted estimated future cash flows, third party appraisals or comparable sales of similar assets as applicable based on asset type) of the asset and its carrying value on the measurement date.

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Item 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

See the Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, Financial Statements and Notes to Financial Statements attached hereto at pages 17 through 43.

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

The Members
ATEL Capital Equipment Fund X, LLC

We have audited the accompanying balance sheets of ATEL Capital Equipment Fund X, LLC (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2011 and 2010, and the related statements of income, changes in members’ capital, and cash flows for the years then ended. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Management of the Company’s Managing Member. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.

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 audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. We were not engaged to perform an audit of the Company’s 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 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 financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of ATEL Capital Equipment Fund X, LLC as of December 31, 2011 and 2010, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the years then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

/s/ Moss Adams LLP

San Francisco, California
March 9, 2012

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ATEL CAPITAL EQUIPMENT FUND X, LLC
  
BALANCE SHEETS
  
DECEMBER 31, 2011 AND 2010
(In Thousands)

   
  2011   2010
ASSETS
                 
Cash and cash equivalents   $    1,082     $     8,793  
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $112 at December 31, 2011 and $62 at December 31, 2010     890       1,866  
Notes receivable, net of unearned interest income of $210 and allowance for credit losses of $3 as of December 31, 2011 and unearned interest income of $336 and allowance for credit losses of $0 as of December 31, 2010     1,268       1,705  
Due from Managing Member     8        
Prepaid expenses and other assets     40       80  
Investment in securities     70       235  
Investments in equipment and leases, net of accumulated depreciation of $70,135 at December 31, 2011 and $70,348 at December 31, 2010     60,250       71,475  
Total assets   $ 63,608     $ 84,154  
LIABILITIES AND MEMBERS’ CAPITAL
                 
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities:
                 
Managing Member   $     $ 137  
Accrued distributions to Other Members     1,313       1,313  
Other     530       685  
Accrued interest payable     132       149  
Interest rate swap contracts     249       579  
Deposits due lessees     52       90  
Non-recourse debt     21,851       26,481  
Receivables funding program obligation     7,666       14,523  
Unearned operating lease income     681       1,281  
Total liabilities     32,474       45,238  
Commitments and contingencies
                 
Members’ capital:
                 
Managing Member            
Other Members     31,134       38,916  
Total Members’ capital     31,134       38,916  
Total liabilities and Members’ capital   $ 63,608     $ 84,154  

  
  
  
  
See accompanying notes.

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ATEL CAPITAL EQUIPMENT FUND X, LLC
  
STATEMENTS OF INCOME
  
FOR THE YEARS ENDED
DECEMBER 31, 2011 AND 2010
(In Thousands Except for Units and Per Unit Data)

   
  2011   2010
Revenues:
                 
Leasing and lending activities:
                 
Operating leases   $     17,661     $      22,340  
Direct financing leases     4,193       4,272  
Interest on notes receivable     127       170  
Gain on sales of lease assets and early termination of notes     998       331  
Gain on sales or dispositions of securities     72       59  
Other interest     4       4  
Other     194       194  
Total revenues     23,249       27,370  
Expenses:
                 
Depreciation of operating lease assets     12,793       17,841  
Asset management fees to Managing Member     807       1,237  
Acquisition expense     344       295  
Cost reimbursements to Managing Member     1,264       1,135  
Amortization of initial direct costs     201       364  
Interest expense     2,255       3,019  
Impairment losses on equipment     260       282  
Provision for credit losses     53       14  
Provision for losses on investment in securities     96       15  
Professional fees     202       327  
Franchise fees and taxes     85       45  
Outside services     65       122  
Other     701       245  
Total operating expenses     19,126       24,941  
Other income, net     185       603  
Net income   $ 4,308     $ 3,032  
Net income:
                 
Managing Member   $ 906     $ 906  
Other Members     3,402       2,126  
     $ 4,308     $ 3,032  
Net income per Limited Liability Company Unit
(Other Members)
  $ 0.24     $ 0.15  
Weighted average number of Units outstanding     13,971,486       13,971,486  

  
  
  
  
See accompanying notes.

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ATEL CAPITAL EQUIPMENT FUND X, LLC
  
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN MEMBERS’ CAPITAL
  
FOR THE YEARS ENDED
DECEMBER 31, 2011 AND 2010
(In Thousands Except for Units and Per Unit Data)

       
  Other Members   Managing
Member
  Total
     Units   Amount
Balance December 31, 2009     13,971,486     $     47,966     $        —     $     47,966  
Distributions to Other Members ($0.80 per Unit)           (11,176 )            (11,176 ) 
Distributions to Managing Member                 (906 )      (906 ) 
Net income           2,126       906       3,032  
Balance December 31, 2010     13,971,486       38,916             38,916  
Distributions to Other Members ($0.80 per Unit)           (11,184 )            (11,184 ) 
Distributions to Managing Member                 (906 )      (906 ) 
Net income           3,402       906       4,308  
Balance December 31, 2011     13,971,486     $ 31,134     $     $ 31,134  

  
  
  
  
See accompanying notes.

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ATEL CAPITAL EQUIPMENT FUND X, LLC
  
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
  
FOR THE YEARS ENDED
DECEMBER 31, 2011 AND 2010
(In Thousands)

   
  2011   2010
Operating activities:
                 
Net income   $    4,308     $     3,032  
Adjustment to reconcile net income to cash provided by operating activities:
                 
Gain on sales of lease assets and early termination of notes     (998 )      (331 ) 
Depreciation of operating lease assets     12,793       17,841  
Amortization of initial direct costs     201       364  
Impairment losses on equipment     260       282  
Provision for credit losses     53       14  
Provision for losses on investment in securities     96       15  
Change in fair value of interest rate swap contracts     (330 )      (388 ) 
Gain on sale of securities     (72 )      (59 ) 
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
                 
Accounts receivable     926       (848 ) 
Due from affiliates           5  
Prepaid expenses and other assets     40       41  
Accounts payable, Managing Member     (145 )      15  
Accounts payable, other     (155 )      6  
Accrued interest payable     (17 )      31  
Deposits due lessees     (38 )       
Unearned operating lease income     (600 )      (834 ) 
Net cash provided by operating activities
    16,322       19,186  
Investing activities:
                 
Purchases of equipment on operating leases     (7,261 )      (1,128 ) 
Purchases of equipment and improvements on direct financing leases     (34 )       
Purchase of securities           (2 ) 
Proceeds from sales of lease assets and early termination of notes     4,171       2,285  
Payments of initial direct costs     (33 )      (58 ) 
Principal payments received on direct financing leases     2,128       1,942  
Notes receivable advances           (250 ) 
Principal payments received on notes receivable     432       669  
Proceeds from sale of investment securities     141       59  
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities
    (456 )      3,517  
Financing activities:
                 
Repayments under non-recourse debt     (4,630 )      (4,440 ) 
Repayments under receivables funding program     (6,857 )      (11,258 ) 
Settlement of amount due from affiliate (transfer of lease asset)           1,004  
Distributions to Other Members     (11,184 )      (11,176 ) 
Distributions to Managing Member     (906 )      (906 ) 
Net cash used in financing activities
    (23,577 )      (26,776 ) 
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents     (7,711 )      (4,073 ) 
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year     8,793       12,866  
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year   $ 1,082     $ 8,793  
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:
                 
Cash paid during the year for interest   $ 2,272     $ 2,988  
Cash paid during the year for taxes   $ 87     $ 64  
Schedule of non-cash transactions:
                 
Distributions declared and payable to Managing Members at year-end   $ 106     $ 106  
Distributions declared and payable to Other Members at year-end   $ 1,313     $ 1,313  

  
See accompanying notes.

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ATEL CAPITAL EQUIPMENT FUND X, LLC
  
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

1. Organization and Limited Liability Company matters:

ATEL Capital Equipment Fund X, LLC (the “Company”) was formed under the laws of the State of California on August 12, 2002 for the purpose of engaging in the sale of limited liability company investment units and acquiring equipment to engage in equipment leasing, lending and sales activities, primarily in the United States. The Managing Member of the Company is ATEL Financial Services, LLC (“AFS”), a California limited liability company. The Company may continue until December 31, 2022.

The Company conducted a public offering of 15,000,000 Limited Liability Company Units (“Units”), at a price of $10 per Unit. On April 9, 2003, subscriptions for the minimum number of Units (120,000, representing $1.2 million) had been received (excluding subscriptions from Pennsylvania investors) and AFS requested that the subscriptions be released to the Company. On that date, the Company commenced operations in its primary business. As of March 11, 2005, the offering was terminated. As of that date, subscriptions for 14,059,136 Units ($140.6 million) had been received, of which 87,650 Units ($720 thousand) were subsequently rescinded or repurchased (net of distributions paid and allocated syndication costs, as applicable) by the Company through December 31, 2011. As of December 31, 2011, 13,971,486 Units remain issued and outstanding.

The Company’s principal objectives are to invest in a diversified portfolio of equipment that (i) preserves, protects and returns the Company’s invested capital; (ii) generates regular distributions to the members of cash from operations and cash from sales or refinancing, with any balance remaining after certain minimum distributions to be used to purchase additional equipment during the reinvestment period (“Reinvestment Period”) (defined as six full years following the year the offering was terminated) which ends on December 31, 2011 and (iii) provides additional distributions following the Reinvestment Period and until all equipment has been sold. The Company is governed by the Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement (“Operating Agreement”), as amended. On January 1, 2012, the Company commenced liquidation phase activities pursuant to the guidelines of the Operating Agreement.

Pursuant to the terms of the Operating Agreement, AFS receives compensation and reimbursements for services rendered on behalf of the Company (See Note 7). The Company is required to maintain reasonable cash reserves for working capital, the repurchase of Units and contingencies. The repurchase of Units is solely at the discretion of AFS.

The Company, or AFS on behalf of the Company, has incurred costs in connection with the organization, registration and issuance of the Limited Liability Company Units (See Note 7). The amount of such costs to be borne by the Company is limited by certain provisions of the Company’s Operating Agreement. The Company will pay AFS and affiliates of AFS substantial fees which may result in a conflict of interest. The Company will pay substantial fees to AFS and its affiliates before distributions are paid to investors even if the Company does not produce profits. Therefore, the financial position of the Company could change significantly.

2. Summary of significant accounting policies:

Basis of presentation:

The accompanying balance sheets as of December 31, 2011 and 2010, and the related statements of income, changes in members’ capital, and cash flows for the years then ended, have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation. These reclassifications had no significant effect on the reported financial position or results of operations.

Footnote and tabular amounts are presented in thousands, except as to Units and per Unit data.

During the first quarter 2011, the Company identified a misclassification in the presentation of amortization of unearned income on both direct financing leases and notes receivable on the 2010 statements of cash flows. An adjustment made to reflect proper classification results in a $1.1 million increase in net cash from operating activities and a corresponding decrease in net cash from investing activities for the quarter ended March 31, 2010. The Company incorrectly reported these interest income activities as an increase in the payments received on both direct financing leases and notes receivable.

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

2. Summary of significant accounting policies: - (continued)

The appropriate classification of the receipt of interest income on direct financing leases and notes receivable is to record the $1.1 million as an inflow in the operating activities section of the statement of cash flows. Such adjustment totaled $4.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2010. The classification adjustment does not change the Company’s financial position, net income or the net reported change in cash for the year ended December 31, 2010, nor does it affect the cash balance previously reported on the balance sheet.

The Company does not believe that this classification adjustment is material to cash flows for its previously filed Annual Report on Form 10-K or Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the year ended December 31, 2010. Accordingly, the Company revised its 2010 statements of cash flows prospectively in the 2011 Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Annual Report on Form 10-K.

In preparing the accompanying financial statements, the Company has reviewed, as determined necessary by the Managing Member, events that have occurred after December 31, 2011, up until the issuance of the financial statements. No events were noted which would require disclosure in the footnotes to the financial statements.

Use of estimates:

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Such estimates primarily relate to the determination of residual values at the end of the lease term and expected future cash flows used for impairment analysis purposes and determination of the allowances for doubtful accounts and notes receivable.

Cash and cash equivalents:

Cash and cash equivalents include cash in banks and cash equivalent investments such as U.S. Treasury instruments with original and/or purchased maturities of ninety days or less.

Credit risk:

Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk include: cash and cash equivalents, operating and direct financing lease receivables, notes receivable, accounts receivable and interest rate swaps. The Company places the majority of its cash deposits in noninterest-bearing transaction accounts which are fully insured, without limit, through December 31, 2012 under the Dodd-Frank amendment to the Federal Deposit Insurance Act. This unlimited coverage is separate from, and in addition to, the coverage provided to depositors with other accounts held at a depository institution insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. The remainder of the Funds’ cash is temporarily invested in U.S. Treasury denominated instruments. The concentration of such deposits and temporary cash investments is not deemed to create a significant risk to the Company. Accounts and notes receivable represent amounts due from lessees or borrowers in various industries, related to equipment on operating and direct financing leases or notes receivable.

Accounts receivable:

Accounts receivable represent the amounts billed under operating and direct financing lease contracts, and notes receivable which are due to the Company. Allowances for doubtful accounts are typically established based on historical charge off and collection experience and the collectability of specifically identified lessees and invoiced amounts. Accounts receivable deemed uncollectible are charged off to the allowance on a specific identification basis. Amounts recovered that were previously written-off are recorded as other income in the period received.

Equipment on operating leases and related revenue recognition:

Equipment subject to operating leases is stated at cost. Depreciation is being recognized on a straight-line method over the terms of the related leases to the equipment’s estimated residual values. Maintenance costs associated with the Fund’s portfolio of leased assets are expensed as incurred. Major additions and betterments are capitalized.

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

2. Summary of significant accounting policies: - (continued)

Operating lease revenue is recognized on a straight-line basis over the term of the underlying leases. The initial lease terms will vary as to the type of equipment subject to the leases, the needs of the lessees and the terms to be negotiated, but initial leases are generally from 36 to 120 months. The difference between rent received and rental revenue recognized is recorded as unearned operating lease income on the balance sheet.

Operating leases are generally placed in a non-accrual status (i.e., no revenue is recognized) when payments are more than 90 days past due. Additionally, management considers the equipment underlying the lease contracts for impairment and periodically reviews the credit worthiness of all operating lessees with payments outstanding less than 90 days. Based upon management’s judgment, the related operating leases may be placed on non-accrual status. Leases placed on non-accrual status are only returned to an accrual status when the account has been brought current and management believes recovery of the remaining unpaid lease payments is probable. Until such time, revenues are recognized on a cash basis.

Direct financing leases and related revenue recognition:

Income from direct financing lease transactions is reported using the financing method of accounting, in which the Company’s investment in the leased property is reported as a receivable from the lessee to be recovered through future rentals. The interest income portion of each rental payment is calculated so as to generate a constant rate of return on the net receivable outstanding.

Allowances for losses on direct financing leases are typically established based on historical charge off and collection experience and the collectability of specifically identified lessees and billed and unbilled receivables. Direct financing leases are charged off to the allowance as they are deemed uncollectible.

Direct financing leases are generally placed in a non-accrual status (i.e., no revenue is recognized) and deemed impaired when payments are more than 90 days past due. Additionally, management periodically reviews the creditworthiness of all direct finance lessees with payments outstanding less than 90 days. Based upon management’s judgment, the related direct financing leases may be placed on non-accrual status. Leases placed on non-accrual status are only returned to an accrual status when the account has been brought current and management believes recovery of the remaining unpaid lease payments is probable. Until such time, all payments received are applied only against outstanding principal balances.

Notes receivable, unearned interest income and related revenue recognition:

The Company records all future payments of principal and interest on notes as notes receivable which is then offset by the amount of any related unearned interest income. For financial statement purposes, the Company reports only the net amount of principal due on the balance sheet. The unearned interest is recognized over the term of the note and the income portion of each note payment is calculated so as to generate a constant rate of return on the net balance outstanding. Any fees or costs related to notes receivable are recorded as part of the net investment in notes receivable and amortized over the term of the loan.

Allowances for losses on notes receivable are typically established based on historical charge off and collection experience and the collectability of specifically identified borrowers and billed and unbilled receivables. Notes are considered impaired when, based on current information and events, it is probable that the Company will be unable to collect the scheduled payments of principal and/or interest when due according to the contractual terms of the note agreement. Factors considered by management in determining impairment include payment status, collateral value, and the probability of collecting scheduled principal and interest when due. If it is determined that a loan is impaired with regard to scheduled payments, the Company will perform an analysis of the note to determine if an impairment valuation reserve is necessary. This analysis considers the estimated cash flows from the note, or the collateral value of the property underlying the note when note repayment is collateral dependent. Any required valuation reserve is charged to earnings when determined; and notes are charged off to the allowance for losses as they are deemed uncollectible.

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

2. Summary of significant accounting policies: - (continued)

Notes receivable are generally placed in a non-accrual status (i.e., no revenue is recognized) when payments are more than 90 days past due. Additionally, management periodically reviews the creditworthiness of companies with note payments outstanding less than 90 days. Based upon management’s judgment, notes may be placed in a non-accrual status. Notes placed on non-accrual status are only returned to an accrual status when the account has been brought current and management believes recovery of the remaining unpaid receivable is probable. Until such time, all payments received are applied only against outstanding principal balances.

Initial direct costs:

The Company capitalizes initial direct costs (“IDC”) associated with the origination and funding of lease assets and investments in notes receivable. IDC includes both internal costs (e.g., the costs of employees’ activities in connection with successful lease and loan originations) and external broker fees incurred with such originations. The costs are amortized on a lease by lease (or note by note) basis based on actual contract term using a straight-line method for operating leases and the effective interest rate method for direct financing leases and notes receivable. Upon disposal of the underlying lease and loan assets, both the initial direct costs and the associated accumulated amortization are relieved. Costs related to leases or notes receivable that are not consummated are not eligible for capitalization as initial direct costs and are expensed as acquisition expense.

Acquisition expense:

Acquisition expense represents costs which include, but are not limited to, legal fees and expenses, travel and communication expenses, cost of appraisals, accounting fees and expenses and miscellaneous expenses related to the selection and acquisition of equipment which are reimbursable to the Managing Member under the terms of the Operating Agreement. As the costs are not eligible for capitalization as initial direct costs, such amounts are expensed as incurred.

Asset valuation:

Recorded values of the Company’s leased asset portfolio are periodically reviewed for impairment. An impairment loss is measured and recognized only if the estimated undiscounted future cash flows of the asset are less than their net book value. The estimated undiscounted future cash flows are the sum of the estimated residual value of the asset at the end of the asset’s expected holding period and estimates of undiscounted future rents. The residual value assumes, among other things, that the asset is utilized normally in an open, unrestricted and stable market. Short-term fluctuations in the market place are disregarded and it is assumed that there is no necessity either to dispose of a significant number of the assets, if held in quantity, simultaneously or to dispose of the asset quickly. Impairment is measured as the difference between the fair value (as determined by a valuation method using discounted estimated future cash flows, third party appraisals or comparable sales of similar assets as applicable based on asset type) of the asset and its carrying value on the measurement date.

Segment reporting:

The Company is not organized by multiple operating segments for the purpose of making operating decisions or assessing performance. Accordingly, the Company operates in one reportable operating segment in the United States.

The Company’s principal decision makers are the Managing Member’s Chief Executive Officer and its Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer. The Company believes that its equipment leasing business operates as one reportable segment because: a) the Company measures profit and loss at the equipment portfolio level as a whole; b) the principal decision makers do not review information based on any operating segment other than the equipment leasing transaction portfolio; c) the Company does not maintain discrete financial information on any specific segment other than its equipment financing operations; d) the Company has not chosen to organize its business around different products and services other than equipment lease financing; and e) the Company has not chosen to organize its business around geographic areas.

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

2. Summary of significant accounting policies: - (continued)

The primary geographic regions in which the Company seeks leasing and financing opportunities are North America and Europe. The table below summarizes geographic information relating to the sources, by nation, of the total net revenues for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, and long-lived tangible assets as of December 31, 2011 and 2010 (dollars in thousands):

       
  For the Year Ended December 31,
     2011   % of Total   2010   % of Total
Revenue
                                   
United States   $    21,802              94 %    $    25,644              94 % 
United Kingdom     959       4 %      1,289       5 % 
Canada     488       2 %      437       1 % 
Total International     1,447       6 %      1,726       6 % 
Total   $ 23,249       100 %    $ 27,370       100 % 

       
  As of December 31,
     2011   % of Total   2010   % of Total
Long-lived assets
                                   
United States   $    55,822              93 %    $    68,186              95 % 
United Kingdom     1,033       2 %      2,339       4 % 
Canada     3,395       5 %      950       1 % 
Total International     4,428       7 %      3,289       5 % 
Total   $ 60,250       100 %    $ 71,475       100 % 

Derivative financial instruments:

The Company records all derivatives as either assets or liabilities on the balance sheet, measures those instruments at fair value and recognizes the offsetting gains or losses as adjustments to net income (loss). Credit exposure from derivative financial instruments that are assets arises from the risk of a counterparty default on the derivative contract. The amount of the loss created by the default is the replacement cost or current positive fair value of the defaulted contract.

Foreign currency transactions:

Foreign currency transaction gains and losses are reported in the results of operations as “other income” or “other expense” in the period in which they occur. Currently, the Company does not use derivative instruments to hedge its economic exposure with respect to assets, liabilities and firm commitments as the foreign currency transactions risks to date have not been significant.

Investment in securities:

From time to time, the Company may purchase securities of its borrowers or receive warrants to purchase securities in connection with its lending arrangements.

Purchased securities

Purchased securities are generally not registered for public sale and are carried at cost. Such securities are adjusted to fair value if the fair value is less than the carrying value and such impairment is deemed by the Managing Member to be other than temporary. Factors considered by the Managing Member in determining fair value include, but are not limited to, available financial information, the issuer’s ability to meet its current obligations and indications of the issuer’s subsequent ability to raise capital. There was no incremental impairment to investment securities at December 31, 2011. Year-to-date, the Company had previously recorded fair value adjustments totaling $96 thousand which reduced the cost basis of certain investments deemed impaired at

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

2. Summary of significant accounting policies: - (continued)

March 31, 2011. At December 31, 2010, the Company recorded a fair value adjustment of approximately $15 thousand to reduce the cost basis of an impaired investment security. The impaired investment was subsequently liquidated in January 2011 with no additional loss recorded.

Warrants

Warrants owned by the Company are not registered for public sale, but are considered derivatives and are carried at an estimated fair value on the balance sheet at the end of the year, as determined by the Managing Member. At December 31, 2011 and 2010, the Managing Member estimated the fair value of the warrants to be nominal in amount. The total gain on the exercise of warrants approximated $49 thousand and $57 thousand for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

Unearned operating lease income:

The Company records prepayments on operating leases as a liability, unearned operating lease income. The liability is recorded when the prepayments are received and recognized as operating lease revenue ratably over the period to which the prepayments relate.

Income taxes:

The Company is treated as a partnership for federal income tax purposes. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 701 of the Internal Revenue Code, a partnership is not subject to federal income taxes. Accordingly, the Company has provided current franchise income taxes for only those states which levy income taxes on partnerships. For the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, the related provision for state income taxes was approximately $85 thousand and $45 thousand, respectively. The Company does not have any entity level uncertain tax positions. The Company files income tax returns in the U.S. federal jurisdiction and various state jurisdictions and is generally subject to examination by U.S. federal (or state and local) income tax authorities for three years from the filing of a tax return.

The tax bases of the Company’s net assets and liabilities vary from the amounts presented in these financial statements at December 31, 2011 and 2010 (in thousands):

   
  2011   2010
Financial statement basis of net assets   $    31,134     $     38,916  
Tax basis of net assets (unaudited)     20,503       28,941  
Difference   $ 10,631     $ 9,975  

The primary differences between the tax bases of net assets and the amounts recorded in the financial statements are the result of differences in accounting for syndication costs and differences between the depreciation methods used in the financial statements and the Company’s tax returns.

The following reconciles the net income reported in these financial statements to the income reported on the Company’s federal tax return (unaudited) for each of the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010 (in thousands):

   
  2011   2010
Net income per financial statements   $     4,308     $      3,032  
Tax adjustments (unaudited):
                 
Adjustment to depreciation expense     (2,826 )      (2,297 ) 
Provision for losses and doubtful accounts     50       14  
Adjustments to revenues / other expenses     355       705  
Adjustments to gain on sales of assets     708       276  
Other     1,057       (218 ) 
Income per federal tax return (unaudited)   $ 3,652     $ 1,512  

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

2. Summary of significant accounting policies: - (continued)

Other income, net:

Other income, net consists of fair value changes on interest rate swap contracts and gains and losses on foreign exchange transactions. The table below details the Company’s other expense, net for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010 (in thousands):

   
  2011   2010
Foreign currency (loss) gain   $    (145 )    $     215  
Change in fair value of interest rate swap contracts     330       388  
Total   $ 185     $ 603  

Per Unit data:

Net income and distributions per Unit are based upon the weighted average number of Other Members’ Units outstanding during the year.

Recent accounting pronouncements:

In May 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) and International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB”) (collectively the “Boards”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2011-04, “Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and IFRSs.” ASU 2011-04 created a uniform framework for applying fair value measurement principles for companies around the world and clarified existing guidance in US GAAP. ASU 2011-04 is effective for the first reporting annual period beginning after December 15, 2011 and shall be applied prospectively. The Company anticipates that adoption of this update will not have a material impact on its financial position or results of operations.

In April 2011, the FASB issued ASU No. 2011-02, “A Creditor’s Determination of Whether a Restructuring Is a Troubled Debt Restructuring.” ASU 2011-02 clarifies guidance on a creditor’s evaluation of whether it has granted a concession to a borrower and a creditor’s evaluation of whether a borrower is experiencing financial difficulties. The amendments in this update are effective for the first interim or annual period beginning on or after June 15, 2011, and should be applied retrospectively to the beginning of the annual period of adoption. As a result of applying these amendments, an entity may identify receivables that are newly considered impaired. For purposes of measuring impairment of those receivables, an entity should apply the amendments prospectively for the first interim or annual period beginning on or after June 15, 2011. In addition, an entity should disclose the information required by Accounting Standards Codification paragraphs 310-10-50-33 through 50-34, which was deferred by ASU 2011-01, for interim and annual periods beginning on or after June 15, 2011. The amendments in this update were adopted by the Company on July 1, 2011, and for purposes of measuring impairment, were applied retrospectively to January 1, 2011. The Company evaluated the guidance included in 2011-02 and has determined that it does not result in any new troubled debt restructurings that should be reported.

In January 2011, the FASB issued ASU No. 2011-01, “Deferral of the Effective Date of Disclosures about Troubled Debt Restructurings in Update No. 2010-20.” ASU 2011-01 temporarily delays the effective date of the disclosures about troubled debt restructurings in Update 2010-20 for public entities. The delay is intended to allow the Board time to complete its deliberations on what constitutes a troubled debt restructuring. The effective date of the new disclosures about troubled debt restructurings for public entities and the guidance for determining what constitutes a troubled debt restructuring will then be coordinated. The guidance became effective for the first interim or annual period beginning on or after June 15, 2011, and was applied retrospectively to the beginning of the annual period of adoption. The adoption of this update did not have a material effect on the Company’s financial position or results of operations.

3. Concentration of credit risk and major customers:

The Company leases equipment to lessees and provides debt financing to borrowers in diversified industries. Leases and notes receivable are subject to AFS’s credit committee review. The leases and notes receivable provide for the return of the equipment to the Company upon default.

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

3. Concentration of credit risk and major customers: - (continued)

As of December 31, 2011 and 2010, there were concentrations (greater than 10% as a percentage of total equipment cost) of equipment leased to lessees and/or financial borrowers in certain industries as follows:

   
  2011   2010
Transportation     28 %      23 % 
Manufacturing     21 %      24 % 
Mining     17 %      18 % 

During 2011 and 2010, one lessee generated a significant portion of the Company’s total leasing and lending revenues. With significant defined as greater than 10%, The Sabine Mining Company’s lease revenues to the Company approximated $3.5 million or 16% during the current year, and $3.7 million or 14% during 2010.

4. Notes receivable, net:

The Company has various notes receivable from borrowers who have financed the purchase of equipment through the Company. The terms of the notes receivable are 17 to 120 months and bear interest at rates ranging from 8.42% to 11.78%. The notes are secured by the equipment financed. The notes mature from 2011 through 2016.

As of December 31, 2010, a note receivable with a net book value approximating $28 thousand was on non-accrual status and was considered impaired relative to its payment terms. Such note was modified to defer the repayment of principal until April 2012 while maintaining interest-only payments at the original rate of 11.78%. As of December 31, 2011, the aforementioned note continues in non-accrual status and reflects a total principal balance outstanding of $24 thousand. While the note has been current with respect to the restructured terms, management has determined that a $3 thousand adjustment was necessary to reflect fair value. Such adjustment was recorded as of September 30, 2011. No incremental adjustment was deemed necessary as of December 31, 2011.

As of December 31, 2011, the minimum future payments receivable are as follows (in thousands):

 
 
Year ending December 31, 2012   $     520  
2013     384  
2014     221  
2015     166  
2016     188  
       1,479  
Less: portion representing unearned interest income     (210 ) 
       1,269  
Unamortized initial direct costs     2  
Less: Reserve for impairment     (3 ) 
Notes receivable, net   $ 1,268  
           

IDC amortization expense related to notes receivable and the Company’s operating and direct financing leases for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010 are as follows (in thousands):

   
  2011   2010
IDC amortization – notes receivable   $      1     $       2  
IDC amortization – lease assets     200       362  
Total   $ 201     $ 364  
           

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

5. Allowance for credit losses:

The Company’s provision for credit losses are as follows (in thousands):

           
  Accounts Receivable Allowance
for Doubtful Accounts
  Valuation Adjustments on
Financing Receivables
  Allowance
for Credit
Losses
     Notes
Receivable
  Finance
Leases
  Operating
Leases
  Notes Receivable   Finance Leases  
Balance December 31, 2009   $      19     $       9     $      20     $      —     $      —     $      48  
Provision     6       (9 )      17                   14  
Balance December 31, 2010     25             37                   62  
(Reversal of provision) Provision     (25 )      10       65       3             53  
Balance December 31, 2011   $     $ 10     $ 102     $ 3     $     $ 115  

Accounts Receivable

Accounts receivable represent the amounts billed under operating and direct financing lease contracts, and notes receivable which are currently due to the Company.

Allowances for doubtful accounts are typically established based upon their aging and historical charge off and collection experience and the creditworthiness of specifically identified lessees and borrowers, and invoiced amounts. Accounts receivable deemed uncollectible are generally charged off against the allowance on a specific identification basis. Recoveries of amounts that were previously written-off are recorded as other income in the period received.

Accounts receivable are generally placed in a non-accrual status (i.e., no revenue is recognized) when payments are more than 90 days past due. Additionally, management periodically reviews the creditworthiness of companies with lease or note payments outstanding less than 90 days. Based upon management’s judgment, such leases or notes may be placed in non-accrual status. Leases or notes placed on non-accrual status are only returned to an accrual status when the account has been brought current and management believes recovery of the remaining unpaid receivable is probable. Until such time, revenues on operating leases are recognized on a cash basis. All payments received on amounts billed under direct financing leases contracts and notes receivable are applied only against outstanding principal balances.

Financing Receivables

In addition to the allowance established for delinquent accounts receivable, the total allowance related solely to financing receivables also includes anticipated impairment charges on notes receivable and direct financing leases.

Notes are considered impaired when, based on current information and events, it is probable that the Company will be unable to collect the scheduled payments of principal and/or interest when due according to the contractual terms of the note agreement. Factors considered by management in determining impairment include payment status, collateral value, and the probability of collecting scheduled principal and interest when due. If it is determined that a loan is impaired with regard to scheduled payments, the Company will perform an analysis of the note to determine if an impairment valuation reserve is necessary. This analysis considers the estimated cash flows from the note, or the collateral value of the property underlying the note when note repayment is collateral dependent. Any required valuation reserve is charged to earnings when determined; and notes are charged off to the allowance as they are deemed uncollectible.

The asset underlying a direct financing lease contract is considered impaired if the estimated undiscounted future cash flows of the asset are less than its net book value. The estimated undiscounted future cash flows are the sum of the estimated residual value of the asset at the end of the asset’s expected holding period and estimates of undiscounted future rents. The residual value assumes, among other things, that the asset is utilized normally in an open, unrestricted and stable market. Short-term fluctuations in the market place are disregarded and it is assumed that there is no necessity either to dispose of a significant number of the assets, if held in quantity, simultaneously or to dispose of the asset quickly.

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

5. Allowance for credit losses: - (continued)

As of December 31, 2011 and 2010, the Company’s allowance for credit losses (related solely to financing receivables) and its recorded investment in financing receivables were as follows (in thousands):

     
December 31, 2011   Notes Receivable   Finance
Leases
  Total
Allowance for credit losses:
                          
Ending balance   $       3     $       —     $         3  
Ending balance: individually evaluated for impairment   $ 3     $     $ 3  
Ending balance: collectively evaluated for impairment   $     $     $  
Ending balance: loans acquired with deteriorated credit quality   $     $     $  
Financing receivables:
                          
Ending balance   $ 1,2711     $ 15,0382     $ 16,309  
Ending balance: individually evaluated for impairment   $ 1,271     $ 15,038     $ 16,309  
Ending balance: collectively evaluated for impairment   $     $     $  
Ending balance: loans acquired with deteriorated credit quality   $     $     $  
1 Includes $2 of unamortized initial direct costs.
2 Includes $43 of unamortized initial direct costs.

     
December 31, 2010   Notes
Receivable
  Finance
Leases
  Total
Allowance for credit losses:
                          
Ending balance   $      —     $       —     $       —  
Ending balance: individually evaluated for impairment   $     $     $  
Ending balance: collectively evaluated for impairment   $     $     $  
Ending balance: loans acquired with deteriorated credit quality   $     $     $  
Financing receivables:
                          
Ending balance   $ 1,7053     $ 19,5364     $ 21,241  
Ending balance: individually evaluated for impairment   $ 1,705     $ 19,536     $ 21,241  
Ending balance: collectively evaluated for impairment   $     $     $  
Ending balance: loans acquired with deteriorated credit quality   $     $     $  
3 Includes $3 of unamortized initial direct costs.
4 Includes $102 of unamortized initial direct costs.

The Company evaluates the credit quality of its financing receivables on a scale equivalent to the following quality indicators related to corporate risk profiles:

Pass – Any account whose lessee/debtor, co-lessee/debtor or any guarantor has a credit rating on publicly traded or privately placed debt issues as rated by Moody’s or S&P for either Senior Unsecured debt, Long Term Issuer rating or Issuer rating that are in the tiers of ratings generally recognized by the investment community as constituting an Investment Grade credit rating; or, has been determined by the Manager to be an Investment Grade Equivalent or High Quality Corporate Credit per its Credit Policy or has a Not Rated internal rating by the Manager and the account is not considered by the Chief Credit Officer of the manager to fall into one of the three risk profiles below.

Special Mention – Any traditional corporate type account with potential weaknesses (e.g. large net losses or major industry downturns) or, any growth capital account that has less than three months of cash as of the end of the calendar quarter to fund their continuing operations. These accounts deserve management’s close attention. If left uncorrected, those potential weaknesses may result in deterioration of the Fund’s receivable at some future date.

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5. Allowance for credit losses: - (continued)

Substandard – Any account that is inadequately protected by the current worth and paying capacity of the borrower or of the collateral pledged, if any. Accounts that are so classified have a well-defined weakness or weaknesses that jeopardize the liquidation of the debt. They are characterized by the distinct possibility that the Fund will sustain some loss as the likelihood of fully collecting all receivables may be questionable if the deficiencies are not corrected. Such accounts are on the Manager’s Credit Watch List.

Doubtful – Any account where the weaknesses make collection or liquidation in full, on the basis of currently existing facts, conditions, and values, highly questionable and improbable. Accordingly, an account that is so classified is on the Manager’s Credit Watch List, and has been declared in default and the Manager has repossessed, or is attempting to repossess, the equipment it financed. This category includes impaired notes and leases as applicable.

At December 31, 2011, the Company’s financing receivables by credit quality indicator and by class of financing receivables are as follows (excludes initial direct costs) (in thousands):

       
  Notes Receivable   Notes Receivable   Finance Leases   Finance Leases
     2011   2010   2011   2010
Pass   $        169     $        335     $      14,922     $      19,413  
Special mention     1,100       1,367       73       21  
Substandard                        
Doubtful                        
Total   $ 1,269     $ 1,702     $ 14,995     $ 19,434  

At December 31, 2011, the investment in financing receivables is aged as follows (in thousands):

  

             
December 31, 2011   30 – 59 Days
Past Due
  60 – 89 Days
Past Due
  Greater Than
90 Days
  Total
Past Due
  Current   Total
Financing
Receivables
  Recorded
Investment>90
Days and
Accruing
Notes receivable   $       —     $       —     $       —     $       —     $    1,269     $     1,269     $        —  
Finance leases     36             1       37       14,958       14,995       1  
Total   $ 36     $     $ 1     $ 37     $ 16,227     $ 16,264     $ 1  

  

             
December 31, 2010   30 – 59 Days
Past Due
  60 – 89 Days
Past Due
  Greater Than
90 Days
  Total
Past Due
  Current   Total
Financing
Receivables
  Recorded
Investment>90
Days and
Accruing
Notes receivable   $       —     $       —     $       —     $       —     $    1,702     $     1,702     $      —  
Finance leases                 58       58       19,376       19,434        
Total   $     $     $ 58     $ 58     $ 21,078     $ 21,136     $  

As discussed in Note 4, one of the Company’s notes receivable continues to be in non-accrual status at December 31, 2011 and was considered impaired relative to its payment terms. While the note has been current with respect to its restructured terms, management has determined that a $3 thousand adjustment was necessary to reflect fair value. Such adjustment was recorded as of September 30, 2011. No incremental adjustment was deemed necessary as of December 31, 2011. The Company did not carry an impairment reserve on its financing receivables at December 31, 2010.

At December 31, 2011, certain investments in financing receivables with related accounts receivable past due more than 90 days are still on an accrual basis based on management’s assessment of the collectability of such receivables. However, these accounts receivable are fully reserved and included in the allowance for doubtful accounts presented above. At December 31, 2010, there were no accounts receivable related to net investments in financing receivables placed in non-accrual status.

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6. Investment in equipment and leases, net:

The Company’s investment in leases consists of the following (in thousands):

       
  Balance
December 31,
2010
  Reclassifications,
Additions/
Dispositions and
Impairment
Losses
  Depreciation/
Amortization
Expense or
Amortization of
Leases
  Balance
December 31,
2011
Net investment in operating leases   $     51,474     $      5,232     $     (12,793 )    $     43,913  
Net investment in direct financing leases     19,434       (2,311 )      (2,128 )      14,995  
Assets held for sale or lease, net     180       941             1,121  
Initial direct costs, net of accumulated amortization of $526 at December 31, 2011 and $782 at December 31, 2010     387       34       (200 )      221  
Total   $ 71,475     $ 3,896     $ (15,121 )    $ 60,250  

Additions to net investment in operating lease assets are stated at cost. IDC amortization expense related to operating leases and direct financing leases totaled $200 thousand and $362 thousand for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively (See Note 4).

Impairment of investments in leases and assets held for sale or lease:

Management periodically reviews the carrying values of its assets on leases and assets held for lease or sale. Impairment losses are recorded as an adjustment to the net investment in operating leases. During 2011 and 2010, the Company deemed certain operating lease and off-lease equipment (assets) to be impaired. Accordingly, the Company recorded fair value adjustments totaling $260 thousand and $282 thousand for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively, which reduced the cost basis of the assets.

The Company utilizes a straight line depreciation method for equipment in all of the categories currently in its portfolio of operating lease transactions. Depreciation expense on the Company’s equipment was approximately $12.8 million and $17.8 million for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

All of the leased property was acquired in years beginning with 2003 through 2011.

On April 30, 2009, a major lessee, Chrysler Corporation filed for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 11. Under a pre-package agreement, a new company was formed to purchase the assets of old Chrysler — its plants, brands, land, equipment, as well as its contracts with the union, dealers and suppliers — from the bankruptcy court. Under this agreement, the Company had its leases with the old, bankrupt Chrysler assumed by the new Chrysler, Chrysler Group, LLC, which is 54% owned by Fiat. The new Chrysler has remitted payments relative to the affirmed leases. At April 1, 2011, Chrysler accounts were returned to accrual status.

As of December 31, 2011, there were no lease contracts placed in non-accrual status. At December 31, 2010, net investment in equipment underlying all lease contracts placed on a cash basis approximated $639 thousand, all of which were related to Chrysler. The Company also considered the equipment underlying the lease contracts for impairment and deemed that such equipment was not impaired as of December 31, 2010. At both December 31, 2011 and 2010, the Company has certain other leases that have related accounts receivables aged 90 days or more that have not been placed on non-accrual status. In accordance with Company policy, such receivables are fully reserved. Management continues to closely monitor these leases, and all other lease contracts, for any actual change in collectability status and indication of necessary valuation adjustments.

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6. Investment in equipment and leases, net: - (continued)

Operating leases:

Property on operating leases consists of the following (in thousands):

       
  Balance
December 31,
2010
  Additions   Reclassifications,
Dispositions and
Impairment
Losses
  Balance
December 31,
2011
Materials handling   $     33,692     $       —     $      (9,660 )    $      24,032  
Transportation, other     29,370       2,568       (3,109 )      28,829  
Transportation, rail     22,281       4,693       1,312       28,286  
Manufacturing     9,843             (1,541 )      8,302  
Construction     7,522             (2,714 )      4,808  
Aircraft     4,732                   4,732  
Logging & lumber     4,125                   4,125  
Petro/natural gas     2,446                   2,446  
Agriculture     1,509                   1,509  
Data processing     937                   937  
Research     1,130             (762 )      368  
Mining     3,248             (3,248 )       
Other     359             (359 )       
       121,194       7,261       (20,081 )      108,374  
Less accumulated depreciation     (69,720 )      (12,793 )      18,052       (64,461 ) 
Total   $ 51,474     $ (5,532 )    $ (2,029 )    $ 43,913  

The average estimated residual value for assets on operating leases was 22% of the assets’ original cost at both December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively. There were no operating leases placed in non-accrual status as of December 31, 2011. By comparison, there was an approximate $639 thousand of operating leases in non-accrual status at December 31, 2010.

Direct financing leases:

As of December 31, 2011 and 2010, investment in direct financing leases generally consists of manufacturing, mining, materials handling, construction and cleaning and maintenance equipment. The components of the Company’s investment in direct financing leases as of December 31, 2011 and 2010 are as follows (in thousands):

   
  2011   2010
Total minimum lease payments receivable   $    22,900     $     28,641  
Estimated residual values of leased equipment (unguaranteed)     3,805       6,499  
Investment in direct financing leases     26,705       35,140  
Less unearned income     (11,710 )      (15,706 ) 
Net investment in direct financing leases   $ 14,995     $ 19,434  
Net investment in direct financing leases placed in non-accrual status   $     $ 58  

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6. Investment in equipment and leases, net: - (continued)

At December 31, 2011, the aggregate amounts of future minimum lease payments receivable are as follows (in thousands):

     
  Operating
Leases
  Direct Financing
Leases
  Total
Year ending December 31, 2012   $      10,632     $       5,371     $       16,003  
2013     6,868       4,816       11,684  
2014     3,951       4,553       8,504  
2015     1,775       4,465       6,240  
2016     515       3,695       4,210  
Thereafter     608             608  
     $ 24,349     $ 22,900     $ 47,249  

7. Related party transactions:

The terms of the Operating Agreement provide that AFS and/or affiliates are entitled to receive certain fees for equipment management and resale and for management of the Company.

The Operating Agreement allows for the reimbursement of costs incurred by AFS in providing administrative services to the Company. Administrative services provided include Company accounting, finance/treasury, investor relations, legal counsel and lease and equipment documentation. AFS is not reimbursed for services whereby it is entitled to receive a separate fee as compensation for such services, such as management of equipment. The Company will be liable for certain future costs to be incurred by AFS to manage the administrative services provided to the Company.

Each of ATEL Leasing Corporation (“ALC”) and AFS is a wholly-owned subsidiary of ATEL Capital Group and performs services for the Company. Acquisition services, equipment management, lease administration and asset disposition services are performed by ALC; investor relations, communications services and general administrative services for the Company are performed by AFS.

Cost reimbursements to the Managing Member are based on its costs incurred in performing administrative services for the Company. These costs are allocated to each managed entity based on certain criteria such as total assets, number of investors or contributed capital based upon the type of cost incurred. The Operating Agreement places an annual limit and a cumulative limit for cost reimbursements to AFS and/or affiliates. Any reimbursable costs incurred by AFS and/or affiliates during the year exceeding the annual and/or cumulative limits cannot be reimbursed in the current year, though such costs may be recovered in future years to the extent of the cumulative limit. As of December 31, 2011, the Company has not exceeded the annual and/or cumulative limitations discussed above.

During the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, AFS and/or affiliates earned fees, commissions and reimbursements, pursuant to the Operating Agreement as follows (in thousands):

   
  2011   2010
Costs reimbursed to Managing Member and/or affiliates   $     1,264     $      1,135  
Asset management fees to Managing Member and/or affiliates     807       1,237  
Acquisition and initial direct costs paid to Managing Member     356       298  
     $ 2,427     $ 2,670  

The Fund’s Operating Agreement places an annual and cumulative limit for cost reimbursements to AFS and/or its affiliates. Any reimbursable costs incurred by AFS and/or affiliates during the year exceeding the annual and/or cumulative limits cannot be reimbursed in the current year, though such costs may be reimbursable in future years to the extent such amounts may be payable if within the annual and cumulative limits in such future years. The Fund is a finite life and self liquidating entity, and AFS and its affiliates have no recourse against the Fund for the amount of any unpaid excess reimbursable administrative expenses. The Fund will continue to require administrative services from AFS and its affiliates through the end of its term, and will therefore continue to incur reimbursable administrative expenses in each year. The Fund has determined that payment of any amounts in excess of the annual and cumulative limits is not probable, and the date any portion of such amount may be paid, if ever, is uncertain. When the Fund

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7. Related party transactions: - (continued)

completes its liquidation stage and terminates, any unpaid amount will expire unpaid, with no claim by AFS or its affiliates against any liquidation proceeds or any party for the unpaid balance. Accordingly, the Company has recorded neither an obligation nor an expense for such contingent reimbursement of the approximate $213 thousand excess reimbursable administrative expenses at December 31, 2011. There were no such excess reimbursable expenses at December 31, 2010.

During December 2009, operating lease assets were purchased and a lease agreement entered into by the Company with an original cost of $1.0 million. During the same month, the assets and associated lease were transferred to an affiliate of the Company resulting in an amount due from an affiliate equivalent to the original cost of the assets. The amount due from the affiliate was settled in January 2010.

8. Non-recourse debt:

At December 31, 2011, non-recourse debt consists of notes payable to financial institutions. The notes are due in monthly installments. Interest on the notes is at fixed rates ranging from 4.19% to 6.66%. The notes are secured by assignments of lease payments and pledges of assets. At December 31, 2011, gross operating lease rentals and future payments on direct financing leases totaled approximately $24.9 million over the remaining lease terms; and the carrying value of the pledged assets is $18.0 million. The notes mature at various dates from 2012 through 2017.

The non-recourse debt does not contain any material financial covenants. The debt is secured by liens granted by the Company to the non-recourse lenders on (and only on) the discounted lease transactions. The lenders have recourse only to the following collateral: the specific leased equipment; the related lease chattel paper; the lease receivables; and proceeds of the foregoing items. The non-recourse obligation is payable solely out of the respective specific security and the Company does not guarantee (nor is the Company otherwise contractually responsible for) the payment of the non-recourse debt as a general obligation or liability of the Company. Although the Company does not have any direct or general liability in connection with the non-recourse debt apart from the security granted, the Company is directly and generally liable and responsible for certain representations, warranties, and covenants made to the lenders, such as warranties as to genuineness of the transaction parties' signatures, as to the genuineness of the respective lease chattel paper or the transaction as a whole, or as to the Company's good title to or perfected interest in the secured collateral, as well as similar representations, warranties and covenants typically provided by non-recourse borrowers and customary in the equipment finance industry, and are viewed by such industry as being consistent with non-recourse discount financing obligations. Accordingly, as there are no financial covenants or ratios imposed on the Company in connection with the non-recourse debt, the Company has determined that there are no material covenants with respect to the non-recourse debt that warrant footnote disclosure.

Future minimum payments of non-recourse debt are as follows (in thousands):

     
  Principal   Interest   Total
Year ending December 31, 2012   $       5,020     $       1,274     $       6,294  
2013     4,689       954       5,643  
2014     4,013       679       4,692  
2015     4,208       410       4,618  
2016     3,743       133       3,876  
Thereafter     178       1       179  
     $ 21,851     $ 3,451     $ 25,302  

9. Borrowing facilities:

The Company participates with AFS and certain of its affiliates in a revolving credit facility (the “Credit Facility”) comprised of a working capital facility to AFS, an acquisition facility (the “Acquisition Facility”) and a warehouse facility (the “Warehouse Facility”) to AFS, the Company and affiliates, and a venture facility available to an affiliate with a syndicate of financial institutions which Credit Facility includes certain financial covenants. The Credit Facility is for an amount up to $75 million and expires in June 2012. The lending syndicate providing the Credit Facility has a blanket lien on all of the Company’s assets as collateral for any and all borrowings under the Acquisition Facility, and on a pro-rata basis under the Warehouse Facility.

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

9. Borrowing facilities: - (continued)

As of December 31, 2011 and 2010, borrowings under the facility were as follows (in thousands):

   
  2011   2010
Total amount available under the financing arrangement   $    75,000     $    75,000  
Amount borrowed by the Company under the acquisition facility            
Amounts borrowed by affiliated partnerships and limited liability companies under the venture, acquisition and warehouse facilities     (7,476 )      (5,345 ) 
Total remaining available under the venture, acquisition and warehouse facilities   $ 67,524     $ 69,655  

The Company and its affiliates pay an annual commitment fee to have access to this line of credit. As of December 31, 2011, the aggregate amount remaining unutilized under the Credit Facility is potentially available to the Company, subject to certain sub-facility and borrowing-base limitations. However, as amounts are drawn on the Credit Facility by each of the Company and the affiliates who are borrowers under the Credit Facility, the amount remaining available to all borrowers to draw under the Credit Facility is reduced. As the Warehousing Facility is a short term bridge facility, any amounts borrowed under the Warehousing Facility, and then repaid by the affiliated borrowers (including the Company) upon allocation of an acquisition to a specific purchaser, become available under the Warehouse Facility for further short term borrowing.

As of December 31, 2011, the Company’s Tangible Net Worth requirement under the Credit Facility was $15.0 million, the permitted maximum leverage ratio was not to exceed 1.25 to 1, and the required minimum interest coverage ratio was not to be less than 2 to 1. The Company was in compliance with these financial covenants under the Credit Facility with a minimum Tangible Net Worth, leverage ratio and interest coverage ratio, as calculated per the Credit Facility agreement of $31.4 million, 0.95 to 1, and 9.84 to 1, respectively, as of December 31, 2011. As such, as of December 31, 2011, the Company was in compliance with all material financial covenants, and with all other material conditions of the Credit Facility. The Company does not anticipate any covenant violations nor does it anticipate that any of these covenants will restrict its operations or its ability to procure additional financing.

Fee and interest terms

The interest rate on the Credit Facility is based on either the LIBOR/Eurocurrency rate of 1-, 2-, 3- or 6-month maturity plus a lender designated spread, or the bank’s Prime rate, which re-prices daily. Principal amounts of loans made under the Credit Facility that are prepaid may be re-borrowed on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth under the Credit Facility. At both December 31, 2011 and 2010, the Company had no outstanding borrowings under the acquisition facility.

Warehouse facility

To hold the assets under the Warehousing Facility prior to allocation to specific investor programs, a Warehousing Trust has been entered into by the Company, AFS, ALC, and certain of the affiliated partnerships and limited liability companies. The Warehousing Trust is used by the Warehouse Facility borrowers to acquire and hold, on a short-term basis, certain lease transactions that meet the investment objectives of each of such entities. Each of the leasing programs sponsored by AFS and ALC currently in its acquisition stage is a pro rata participant in the Warehousing Trust, as described below. When a program no longer has a need for short term financing provided by the Warehousing Facility, it is removed from participation, and as new leasing investment entities are formed by AFS and ALC and commence their acquisition stages, these new entities are added.

As of December 31, 2011, the investment program participants were the Company, ATEL Capital Equipment Fund XI, LLC, ATEL 12, LLC and ATEL 14, LLC. Pursuant to the Warehousing Trust, the benefit of the lease transaction assets, and the corresponding liabilities under the Warehouse Facility, inure to each of such entities based upon each entity’s pro-rata share in the Warehousing Trust estate. The “pro-rata share” is calculated as a ratio of the net worth of each entity over the aggregate net worth of all entities benefiting from the Warehousing Trust estate, excepting that the trustees, AFS and ALC, are both jointly and severally liable for the pro rata portion of the obligations of each of the affiliated partnerships and limited liability companies participating under the Warehouse Facility. Transactions are financed through this Warehouse Facility only until the transactions are allocated to a specific program for purchase or

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9. Borrowing facilities: - (continued)

are otherwise disposed by AFS and ALC. When a determination is made to allocate the transaction to a specific program for purchase by the program, the purchaser repays the debt associated with the asset, either with cash or by means of proceeds of a draw under the Acquisition Facility, and the asset is removed from the Warehouse Facility collateral, and ownership of the asset and any debt obligation associated with the asset are assumed solely by the purchasing entity.

Borrowings of $5.6 million and $4.8 million were outstanding under the Warehouse Facility at December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively. The Company’s maximum contingent obligation on the outstanding warehouse balances at December 31, 2011 and 2010 were approximately $1.5 million and $2.6 million, respectively.

10. Receivables funding program:

As of December 31, 2011, the Company had amounts outstanding under an $80 million receivables funding program (the “RF Program”) with a receivables financing company that issued commercial paper rated A1 from Standard and Poor’s and P1 from Moody’s Investors Service. Under the RF Program, the lender holds liens against the Company’s assets. The lender is in a first position against certain specified assets and in either a subordinated or shared position against the remaining assets. The RF Program does not contain any credit risk related default contingencies and is scheduled to mature in July 2014 at which time advances under the RF Program are to be repaid in full.

The RF Program provides for borrowing at a variable interest rate and requires the Company to enter into interest rate swap agreements with certain hedge counterparties (also rated A1/P1) to mitigate the interest rate risk associated with a variable interest rate note. The RF Program allows the Company to have a more cost effective means of obtaining debt financing than available for individual non-recourse debt transactions.

The Company had approximately $7.7 million and $14.5 million outstanding under the RF Program at December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively. During the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, the Company paid program fees, as defined in the receivables funding agreement, totaling $46 thousand and $81 thousand, respectively. The RF Program fees are included in interest expense in the Company’s statements of income.

As of December 31, 2011, the Company has entered into interest rate swap agreements to receive or pay interest on a notional principal of $7.7 million based on the difference between nominal rates ranging from 3.21% to 5.39% and variable rates that ranged from 0.19% to 0.26%. As of December 31, 2010, the Company had entered into interest rate swap agreements to receive or pay interest on a notional principal of $14.5 million based on the difference between nominal rates ranging from 3.21% to 5.39% and variable rates that ranged from 0.23% to 0.35%. No actual borrowing or lending is involved. The termination of the swaps coincides with the maturity of the debt. Through the swap agreements, the interest rates have been effectively fixed. The differential to be paid or received is accrued as interest rates change and is recognized currently as an adjustment to interest expense related to the debt. The interest rate swaps are not designated as hedging instruments and are carried at fair value on the balance sheet with unrealized gain/loss included in the statements of income in other income/(expense).

In conjunction with the RF Program, the lender under the RF Program has entered into an inter-creditor agreement with the lenders under the Credit Facility with the respect to priority and the sharing of collateral pools of the Company, including the Acquisition Facility and Warehouse Facility described in Note 9 above. Among the provisions of the inter-creditor agreement are cross-default provisions and acceleration provisions requiring payment before stated maturity in a default situation.

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10. Receivables funding program: - (continued)

At December 31, 2011 and 2010, borrowings and interest rate swap agreements under the RF Program are as follows (dollars in thousands):

         
Date Borrowed   Original
Amount
Borrowed
  Balance
December 31,
2011
  Notional Balance
December 31,
2011
  Swap Value
December 31,
2011
  Payment Rate
On Interest
Swap Agreement
January 16, 2007   $      12,365     $        994     $        994     $         (27 )      5.15 % 
July 2, 2007     7,222       272       272       (15 )      5.39 % 
September 19, 2007     6,874       1,025       1,025       (45 )      4.83 % 
January 15, 2008     10,018       885       885       (25 )      3.58 % 
March 27, 2008     5,410       2,024       2,024       (66 )      3.21 % 
May 16, 2008     10,194       2,098       2,098       (62 )      3.69 % 
May 28, 2008     5,470       368       368       (9 )      3.49 % 
     $ 57,553     $ 7,666     $ 7,666     $ (249 )       

         
Date Borrowed   Original
Amount
Borrowed
  Balance
December 31,
2010
  Notional Balance
December 31,
2010
  Swap Value
December 31,
2010
  Payment Rate
On Interest
Swap Agreement
January 16, 2007   $      12,365     $       2,119     $       2,119     $         (96 )      5.15 % 
July 2, 2007     7,222       779       779       (37 )      5.39 % 
September 19, 2007     6,874       2,202       2,202       (107 )      4.83 % 
January 15, 2008     10,018       1,822       1,822       (60 )      3.58 % 
March 27, 2008     5,410       2,998       2,998       (113 )      3.21 % 
May 16, 2008     10,194       3,691       3,691       (141 )      3.69 % 
May 28, 2008     5,470       912       912       (25 )      3.49 % 
     $ 57,553     $ 14,523     $ 14,523     $ (579 )       

At December 31, 2011, the minimum repayment schedule under the Program is as follows (in thousands):

 
Year ending December 31, 2012   $      4,358  
2013     2,528  
2014     780  
     $ 7,666  

At December 31, 2011, there are specific leases that are identified as collateral under the Program with expected future lease receivables of approximately $7.9 million at their discounted present value.

During the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, the weighted average interest rates on the RF Program were 5.19% and 5.04%, respectively. The RF Program discussed above includes certain financial and non-financial covenants applicable to the Company as borrower. The Company was in compliance with all covenants as of December 31, 2011 and 2010.

11. Commitments:

At December 31, 2011, the Company had no commitments to purchase lease assets or fund investments in notes receivable.

12. Guarantees:

The Company enters into contracts that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Company’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown. However, the Company has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts and expects the risk of loss to be remote.

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ATEL CAPITAL EQUIPMENT FUND X, LLC
  
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

12. Guarantees: - (continued)

The Managing Member knows of no facts or circumstances that would make the Company’s contractual commitments outside standard mutual covenants applicable to commercial transactions between businesses. Accordingly, the Company believes that these indemnification obligations are made in the ordinary course of business as part of standard commercial and industry practice, and that any potential liability under the Company’s similar commitments is remote. Should any such indemnification obligation become payable, the Company would separately record and/or disclose such liability in accordance with GAAP.

13. Members’ capital:

Units issued and outstanding were 13,971,486 at both December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively. The Company was authorized to issue up to 15,000,000 Units in addition to the Units issued to the initial members (50 Units). The Company ceased offering Units on March 11, 2005.

The Company has the right, exercisable in the Manager’s discretion, but not the obligation, to repurchase Units of a Unit holder who ceases to be a U.S. Citizen, for a price equal to 100% of the holder’s capital account. The Company is otherwise permitted, but not required, to repurchase Units upon a holder’s request. The repurchase of Fund Units is made in accordance with Section 13 of the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement. The repurchase would be at the discretion of the Manager on terms it determines to be appropriate under given circumstances, in the event that the Manager deems such repurchase to be in the best interest of the Company; provided, the Company is never required to repurchase any Units. Upon the repurchase of any Units by the Fund, the tendered Units are cancelled. Units repurchased in prior periods were repurchased at amounts representing the original investment less cumulative distributions made to the unit-holder with respect to the Units. All Units repurchased during a quarter are deemed to be repurchased effective the last day of the preceding quarter, and are not deemed to be outstanding during, or entitled to allocations of net income, net loss or distributions for the quarter in which such repurchase occurs.

As defined in the Operating Agreement, the Company’s Net Income, Net Losses, and Distributions are to be allocated 92.5% to the Members and 7.5% to AFS. In accordance with the terms of the Operating Agreement, additional allocations of income were made to AFS in 2011 and 2010. The amounts allocated were determined to bring AFS’s ending capital account balance to zero at the end of each year.

Distributions to the Other Members were as follows (in thousands, except as to Units and per Unit data):

   
  2011   2010
Distributions declared   $ 11,184     $ 11,176  
Weighted average number of Units outstanding     13,971,486       13,971,486  
Weighted average distributions per Unit   $ 0.80     $ 0.80  

14. Fair value measurements:

Fair value measurements and disclosures are based on a fair value hierarchy as determined by significant inputs used to measure fair value. The three levels of inputs within the fair value hierarchy are defined as follows:

Level 1 – Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. An active market for the asset or liability is a market in which transactions for the asset or liability occur with sufficient frequency and volume to provide pricing information on an ongoing basis, generally on a national exchange.

Level 2 – Quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active, and model-based valuations in which all significant inputs are observable in the market.

Level 3 – Valuation is modeled using significant inputs that are unobservable in the market. These unobservable inputs reflect the Company's own estimates of assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability.

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ATEL CAPITAL EQUIPMENT FUND X, LLC
  
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

14. Fair value measurements: - (continued)

At December 31, 2011 and 2010, only the fair value of the Company’s interest rate swap contracts was measured on a recurring basis. During the first three quarters of 2011, the Company recorded adjustments to reflect the fair value of impaired assets including: lease and off-lease assets, notes receivable and investment securities on a non-recurring basis. Additional non-recurring fair value adjustments were recorded as of December 31, 2011 relative to impaired off-lease assets. At December 31, 2010, the fair value of impaired operating lease and off-lease equipment, and that of impaired investment securities were measured on a non-recurring basis. The measurement methodologies are as follows:

Interest rate swaps

The fair value of interest rate swaps is estimated using a valuation method (discounted cash flow) with inputs that are defined or that can be corroborated by observable market data. The discounted cash flow approach utilizes each swap’s notional amount, payment and termination dates, swap coupon, and the prevailing market rate and pricing data to determine the present value of the future swap payments. Accordingly, such swap contracts are classified within Level 2 of the valuation hierarchy.

Impaired lease and off-lease equipment

At December 31, 2011, the Company deemed certain off-lease equipment (assets) to be impaired. Accordingly, the Company recorded fair value adjustments totaling $36 thousand which reduced the cost basis of the equipment. Such fair value adjustment is non-recurring. Under the Fair Value Measurements Topic of the FASB Accounting Standards Codification, the fair value of impaired lease assets are classified within Level 3 of the valuation hierarchy as the data sources utilized for the valuation of such assets reflect significant inputs that are unobservable in the market. Such valuation utilizes a market approach technique and uses inputs that reflect the sales price of similar assets sold by affiliates and/or information from third party remarketing agents not readily available in the market.

During the first three quarters of 2011, the Company had previously recorded $224 thousand of non-recurring fair value adjustments to reduce the cost basis of certain impaired lease and off-lease equipment. The fair values of the impaired equipment were classified within Level 3 of the valuation hierarchy.

At December 31, 2010, total non-recurring fair value adjustments made to reduce the cost basis of impaired lease and off-lease equipment amounted to $282 thousand.

Impaired notes receivable

The fair value of the Company’s notes receivable is estimated using either third party appraisals of collateral or discounted cash flow analyses based upon current market rates for similar types of lending arrangements, with adjustments for non-accrual loans as deemed necessary. There were no fair value adjustments relative to impaired notes receivable at both December 31, 2011 and 2010.

During the first three quarters of 2011, the Company had previously recorded a fair value adjustment totaling $3 thousand which reduced the cost basis of an impaired note receivable at September 30, 2011. Under the Fair Value Measurements Topic of the FASB Accounting Standards Codification, the fair value of the impaired notes receivable was classified within Level 3 of the valuation hierarchy at September 30, 2011. Such valuation utilized a market approach technique and used inputs from third party appraisers that utilize current market transactions as adjusted for certain factors specific to the underlying collateral.

Impaired investment securities

The Company’s investment securities are not registered for public sale and are carried at cost. The investment securities are adjusted for impairment, if any, based upon factors which include, but are not limited to, available financial information, the issuer’s ability to meet its current obligations and indications of the issuer’s subsequent ability to raise capital. There was no fair value adjustments related to impaired investment securities at December 31, 2011.

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ATEL CAPITAL EQUIPMENT FUND X, LLC
  
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

14. Fair value measurements: - (continued)

During the first three quarters of 2011, the Company had previously recorded fair value adjustments totaling $96 thousand which reduced the cost basis of two investments deemed impaired at March 31, 2011. The non-recurring fair value adjustments reflected an approximate 87% reduction in valuation of one impaired investment as determined by investee cash burn and potential for additional venture investors, and an approximate 66% reduction in valuation of the second impaired investment as determined by cash payments received in a private transaction whereby the Fund liquidated its warrant position. Such transaction was pursuant to the investee’s acquisition by a third party. Under the Fair Value Measurements Topic of the FASB Accounting Standards Codification, the fair value of both impaired investment securities were classified within Level 3 of the valuation hierarchy due to the significant inputs that are unobservable in the market.

At December 31, 2010, the fair value adjustment relative to an impaired investment security approximated $15 thousand. Such fair value adjustment was non-recurring. The fair value of the impaired investment security was classified within Level 1 of the valuation hierarchy as the security is actively traded on the Canadian national exchange. Accordingly, there is sufficient trading frequency and volume to provide pricing information on an ongoing basis. The impaired security was disposed of in January 2011.

The following tables present the fair value measurements of assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring and non-recurring basis during 2011 and 2010, and the level within the hierarchy in which the fair value measurements fall at December 31, 2011 and 2010 (in thousands):

       
  December 31,
2011
  Level 1
Estimated
Fair Value
  Level 2
Estimated
Fair Value
  Level 3
Estimated
Fair Value
Assets measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis:
                                   
Impaired off-lease assets   $         115     $     —     $     —     $     115  
Impaired notes receivable     22                   22  
Impaired investment securities     8                   8  
Liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis:
                                   
Interest rate swaps     249             249        

       
  December 31,
2010
  Level 1
Estimated
Fair Value
  Level 2
Estimated
Fair Value
  Level 3
Estimated
Fair Value
Assets measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis:
                                   
Impaired lease and off-lease assets   $         119     $     —     $     —     $     119  
Impaired investment securities     41       41              
Liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis:
                                   
Interest rate swaps     579             579        

The following disclosure of the estimated fair value of financial instruments is made in accordance with the guidance provided by the Financial Instruments Topic of the FASB Accounting Standards Codification. Fair value estimates, methods and assumptions, set forth below for the Company’s financial instruments, are made solely to comply with the requirements of the Financial Instruments Topic and should be read in conjunction with the Company’s financial statements and related notes.

The Company has determined the estimated fair value amounts by using market information and valuation methodologies that it considers appropriate and consistent with the fair value accounting guidance. Considerable judgment is required to interpret market data to develop the estimates of fair value. The use of different market assumptions and/or estimation methodologies may have a material effect on the estimated fair value amounts.

Cash and cash equivalents

The recorded amounts of the Company’s cash and cash equivalents approximate fair value because of the liquidity and short-term maturity of these instruments.

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ATEL CAPITAL EQUIPMENT FUND X, LLC
  
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

14. Fair value measurements: - (continued)

Notes receivable

The fair value of the Company’s notes receivable is estimated using either third party appraisals of collateral or discounted cash flow analyses based upon current market rates for similar types of lending arrangements, with adjustments for non-accrual loans as deemed necessary.

Investment in securities

The Company’s investment securities are not registered for public sale and are carried at cost which management believes approximates fair value, as appropriately adjusted for impairment.

Non-recourse debt

The fair value of the Company’s non-recourse debt is estimated using discounted cash flow analyses, based upon current market borrowing rates for similar types of borrowing arrangements.

Borrowings

Borrowings include the outstanding amounts on the Company’s acquisition facility and the RF Program. The carrying amount of these variable rate obligations approximate fair value based on current borrowing rates for similar types of borrowings.

Commitments and Contingencies

Management has determined that no recognition for the fair value of the Company’s loan commitments is necessary because their terms are made on a market rate basis and require borrowers to be in compliance with the Company’s credit requirements at the time of funding.

The fair value of contingent liabilities (or guarantees) is not considered material because management believes there has been no event that has occurred wherein a guarantee liability has been incurred or will likely be incurred.

The following table presents estimated fair values of the Company’s financial instruments in accordance with the guidance provided by the Financial Instruments Topic of the FASB Accounting Standards Codification at December 31, 2011 and 2010 (in thousands):

       
  December 31, 2011   December 31, 2010
     Carrying
Amount
  Estimated
Fair Value
  Carrying
Amount
  Estimated
Fair Value
Financial assets:
                                   
Cash and cash equivalents   $ 1,082     $ 1,082     $ 8,793     $ 8,793  
Notes receivable     1,268       1,268       1,705       1,705  
Investment in securities     70       70       235       235  
Financial liabilities:
                                   
Non-recourse debt     21,851       22,962       26,481       27,219  
Borrowings     7,666       7,666       14,523       14,523  
Interest rate swap contracts     249       249       579       579  

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Item 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS’ ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES

None.

Item 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures

The Company’s Managing Member’s President and Chief Executive Officer, and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer (“Management”), evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(e)) as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on the evaluation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures, Management concluded that as of the end of the period covered by this report, the design and operation of these disclosure controls and procedures were effective.

The Company does not control the financial reporting process, and is solely dependent on the Management of the Managing Member, who is responsible for providing the Company with financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States. The Managing Member’s disclosure controls and procedures, as they are applicable to the Company, means controls and other procedures of an issuer that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the issuer in the reports that it files or submits under the Act (15 U.S.C. 78a et seq.) is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by an issuer in the reports that it files or submits under the Act is accumulated and communicated to the issuer’s management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

The Management of the Managing Member is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting as that term is defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(f) for the Company, and for performing an assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2011. The internal control process of the Managing Member, as it is applicable to the Company, was designed to provide reasonable assurance to Management regarding the preparation and fair presentation of published financial statements, and includes those policies and procedures that:

(1) Provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, and that the Company’s receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with authorization of the Management of the Managing Member; and
(2) 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.

All internal control processes, no matter how well designed, have inherent limitations. Therefore, even those processes determined to be effective can provide only reasonable assurance with respect to the reliability of financial statement preparation and presentation. Further, 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 of the Managing Member assessed the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting, as it is applicable to the Company, as of December 31, 2011. In making this assessment, it used the criteria set forth in Internal Control — Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. Based on its assessment, Management of the Managing Member concluded that the Managing Member’s internal control over financial reporting, as it is applicable to the Company, was effective as of December 31, 2011.

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This annual report does not include an attestation report of the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting. Management’s report was not subject to attestation by the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm pursuant to Section 989G of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, which exempts non-accelerated filers from Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

Changes in internal control

There were no changes in the Managing Member’s internal control over financial reporting, as it is applicable to the Company, during the quarter ended December 31, 2011 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Managing Member’s internal control over financial reporting, as it is applicable to the Company.

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PART III

Item 10. DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

The registrant is a Limited Liability Company and, therefore, has no officers or directors.

ATEL Financial Services, LLC (“AFS”) is the Company’s Managing Member or Manager. AFS is controlled by ATEL Capital Group (“ACG” or “ATEL”), a holding company formed to control AFS and affiliated companies. The outstanding voting capital stock of ATEL Capital Group is owned 100% by Dean Cash.

Each of ATEL Leasing Corporation (“ALC”) and AFS is a wholly-owned subsidiary of ACG and performs services for the Company. Acquisition services, equipment management, lease administration and asset disposition services are performed by ALC; and investor relations, communications and general administrative services are performed by AFS.

The officers and directors of ATEL and its affiliates are as follows:

 
Dean L. Cash   President and Chief Executive Officer of ATEL Financial Services, LLC
(Managing Member)
Paritosh K. Choksi   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of
ATEL Financial Services, LLC (Managing Member)
Vasco H. Morais   Executive Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel of ATEL Financial Services, LLC (Managing Member)

Dean L. Cash, age 61, became chairman, president and chief executive officer of ATEL in April 2001. Mr. Cash joined ATEL as director of marketing in 1980 and served as a vice president since 1981, executive vice president since 1983 and a director since 1984. Prior to joining ATEL, Mr. Cash was a senior marketing representative for Martin Marietta Corporation, data systems division, from 1979 to 1980. From 1977 to 1979, he was employed by General Electric Corporation, where he was an applications specialist in the medical systems division and a marketing representative in the information services division. Mr. Cash was a systems engineer with Electronic Data Systems from 1975 to 1977, and was involved in maintaining and developing software for commercial applications. Mr. Cash received a B.S. degree in psychology and mathematics in 1972 and an M.B.A. degree with a concentration in finance in 1975 from Florida State University. Mr. Cash is an arbitrator with the American Arbitration Association and is qualified as a registered principal with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.

Paritosh K. Choksi, age 58, joined ATEL in 1999 as a director, senior vice president and its chief financial officer. He became its executive vice president and CFO/COO in April 2001. Prior to joining ATEL, Mr. Choksi was chief financial officer at Wink Communications, Inc. from 1997 to 1999. From 1977 to 1997, Mr. Choksi was with Phoenix American Incorporated, a financial services and management company, where he held various positions during his tenure, and was senior vice president, chief financial officer and director when he left the company. Mr. Choksi was involved in all corporate matters at Phoenix and was responsible for Phoenix’s capital market needs. He also served on the credit committee overseeing all corporate investments, including its venture lease portfolio. Mr. Choksi was a part of the executive management team which caused Phoenix’s portfolio to increase from $50 million in assets to over $2 billion. Mr. Choksi is a member of the board of directors of Syntel, Inc. Mr. Choksi received a bachelor of technology degree in mechanical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay; and an M.B.A. degree from the University of California, Berkeley.

Vasco H. Morais, age 53, joined ATEL in 1989 as general counsel. Mr. Morais manages ATEL’s legal department, which provides legal and contractual support in the negotiating, documenting, drafting, reviewing and funding of lease transactions. In addition, Mr. Morais advises on general corporate law matters, and assists on securities law issues. From 1986 to 1989, Mr. Morais was employed by the BankAmeriLease Companies, Bank of America’s equipment leasing subsidiaries, providing in-house legal support on the documentation of tax-oriented and non-tax oriented direct and leveraged lease transactions, vendor leasing programs and general corporate matters. Prior to the BankAmeriLease Companies, Mr. Morais was with the Consolidated Capital Companies in the Corporate and Securities Legal Department involved in drafting and reviewing contracts, advising on corporate law matters and securities law issues. Mr. Morais received a B.A. degree in 1982 from the University of California in Berkeley, a J.D. degree in 1986 from Golden Gate University Law School; and an M.B.A. (Finance) degree from Golden Gate University in 1997. Mr. Morais, an active member of the State Bar of California since 1986, served as co-chair of the Uniform Business Law Section of the State Bar of California and was inducted as a fellow of the American College of Commercial Finance Lawyers in 2010.

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Audit Committee

The board of directors of the Managing Member acts as the audit committee of the Company. Dean L. Cash and Paritosh K. Choksi are members of the board of directors of the Managing Member and are deemed to be financial experts. They are not independent of the Company.

Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance

Based solely on a review of Forms 3, 4 and 5, the Company is not aware of any failures to file reports of beneficial ownership required to be filed during or for the year ended December 31, 2011.

Code of Ethics

A Code of Ethics that is applicable to the Company, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of its Managing Member, AFS, or persons acting in such capacity on behalf of the Company, is included as Exhibit 14.1 to this report.

Item 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

The registrant is a Limited Liability Company and, therefore, has no officers or directors.

Set forth hereinafter is a description of the nature of remuneration paid and to be paid to AFS and its affiliates. The amount of such remuneration paid in 2011 and 2010 is set forth in Item 8 of this report under the caption “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data — Notes to Financial Statements — Related party transactions,” at Note 7 thereof, which information is hereby incorporated by reference.

Asset Management Fee

The Company pays AFS an Asset Management Fee in an amount equal to 4% of Operating Revenues, which includes Gross Lease Revenues and Cash from Sales or Refinancing. The Asset Management Fee is paid on a monthly basis. The amount of the Asset Management Fee payable in any year is reduced for that year to the extent it would otherwise exceed the Asset Management Fee Limit, as described below. The Asset Management Fee is paid for services rendered by AFS and its affiliates in determining portfolio and investment strategies (i.e., establishing and maintaining the composition of the Equipment portfolio as a whole and the Company’s overall debt structure) and generally managing or supervising the management of the Equipment.

AFS supervises performance of among others activities, collection of lease revenues, monitoring compliance by lessees with the lease terms, assuring that Equipment is being used in accordance with all operative contractual arrangements, paying operating expenses and arranging for necessary maintenance and repair of Equipment in the event a lessee fails to do so, monitoring property, sales and use tax compliance and preparation of operating financial data. AFS intends to delegate all or a portion of its duties and the Asset Management Fee to one or more of its affiliates who are in the business of providing such services.

Asset Management Fee Limit:

The Asset Management Fee is subject to the Asset Management Fee Limit. The Asset Management Fee Limit is calculated each year during the Company’s term by calculating the total fees that would be paid to AFS if AFS were to be compensated on the basis of an alternative fee schedule, to include an Equipment Management Fee, Incentive Management Fee, and Equipment Resale/Re-Leasing Fee, plus AFS’s Carried Interest, as described below. To the extent that the amount paid to AFS as the Asset Management Fee plus its Carried Interest for any year would exceed the aggregate amount of fees calculated under this alternative fee schedule for the year, the Asset Management Fee and/or Carried Interest for that year is reduced to equal the maximum aggregate fees under the alternative fee schedule.

To the extent any such fees are reduced, the amount of such reduction will be accrued and deferred, and such accrued and deferred compensation would be paid to AFS in a subsequent period, but only if and to the extent that such deferred compensation would be payable within the Asset Management Fee Limit for the subsequent period. Any deferred fees which cannot be paid under the applicable limitations in any subsequent period through the date of liquidation would be forfeited by AFS upon liquidation.

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Alternative Fee Schedule:

For purposes of the Asset Management Fee Limit, the Company will calculate an alternative schedule of fees, including a hypothetical Equipment Management Fee, Incentive Management Fee, Equipment Resale/Re-Leasing Fee, and Carried Interest as follows:

An Equipment Management Fee will be calculated to equal the lesser of (i) 3.5% of annual Gross Revenues from Operating Leases and 2% of annual Gross Revenues from Full Payout Leases which contain Net Lease Provisions, or (ii) the fees customarily charged by others rendering similar services as an ongoing public activity in the same geographic location and for similar types of equipment. If services with respect to certain Operating Leases are performed by nonaffiliated persons under the active supervision of AFS or its affiliate, then the amount so calculated shall be 1% of Gross Revenues from such Operating Leases.

An Incentive Management Fee will be calculated to equal 4% of Distributions of Cash from Operations until Holders have received a return of their Original Invested Capital plus a Priority Distribution, and, thereafter, to equal a total of 7.5% of Distributions from all sources, including Sale or Refinancing Proceeds. In subordinating the increase in the Incentive Management Fee to a cumulative return of a Holder’s Original Invested Capital plus a Priority Distribution, a Holder would be deemed to have received Distributions of Original Invested Capital only to the extent that Distributions to the Holder exceed the amount of the Priority Distribution.

An Equipment Resale/Re-Leasing Fee will be calculated in an amount equal to the lesser of (i) 3% of the sale price of the Equipment, or (ii) one-half the normal competitive equipment sale commission charged by unaffiliated parties for resale services. Such fee would apply only after the Holders have received a return of their Original Invested Capital plus a Priority Distribution.

In connection with the releasing of Equipment to lessees other than previous lessees or their affiliates, the fee would be in an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the competitive rate for comparable services for similar equipment, or (ii) 2% of the gross rental payments derived from the re-lease of such Equipment, payable out of each rental payment received by the Company from such re-lease.

See Note 7 to the financial statements included in Item 8, Financial Statements and Supplementary Data, for amounts paid.

Managing Member’s Interest in Operating Proceeds

As defined in the Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement, the Company’s Net Income, Net Losses, and Distributions are to be allocated 92.5% to the Members and 7.5% to AFS. In accordance with the terms of the Operating Agreement, as amended, additional allocations of income were made to AFS in 2011 and 2010. The amounts allocated were determined to bring AFS’s ending capital account balance to zero at the end of each year. See financial statements as set forth in Part II, Item 8, Financial Statements and Supplementary Data, of this report for amounts allocated to AFS in 2011 and 2010.

Item 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT

Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners

At December 31, 2011, no investor is known to hold beneficially more than 5% of the issued and outstanding Units.

Security Ownership of Management

The parent of AFS is the beneficial owner of Limited Liability Company Units as follows:

     
(1)
Title of Class
  (2)
Name and Address of
Beneficial Owner
  (3)
Amount and Nature of
Beneficial Ownership
  (4)
Percent of Class
Limited Liability
Company Units
  ATEL Capital Group
600 California Street, 6th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94108
  Initial Limited Liability
Company Units
50 Units ($500)
  0.0004%

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Changes in Control

The Members have the right, by vote of the Members owning more than 50% of the outstanding Limited Liability Company Units, to remove a Managing Member.

AFS may at any time call a meeting of the Members or a vote of the Members without a meeting, on matters on which they are entitled to vote, and shall call such meeting or for vote without a meeting following receipt of a written request therefore of members holding 10% or more of the total outstanding Limited Liability Company Units.

Item 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS

The responses to Item 1 of this report under the caption “Equipment Leasing Activities,” Item 8 of this report under the caption “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data — Notes to Financial Statements — Related party transactions” at footnote 7 thereof, and Item 11 of this report under the caption “Executive Compensation,” are hereby incorporated by reference.

Item 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES

During the most recent two years, the Company incurred audit and other fees with its principal auditors as follows (in thousands):

   
  2011   2010
Audit fees   $ 149     $ 244  
Other     7       16  
     $     156     $     260  

Audit fees consist of the aggregate fees and expenses billed in connection with the audit of the Company’s annual financial statements and the review of the financial statements included in the Company’s quarterly reports on Form 10-Q.

Other fees represent costs incurred in connection with various Agreed-Upon Procedures engagements.

The board of directors of the Managing Member acts as the audit committee of the registrant. Engagements for audit services, audit related services and tax services are approved in advance by the Chief Financial Officer of the Managing Member acting on behalf of the board of directors of the Managing Member in its role as the audit committee of the Company.

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PART IV

Item 15. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K

(a) Financial Statements and Schedules
1. Financial Statements

Included in Part II of this report:

2. Financial Statement Schedules

All schedules for which provision is made in the applicable accounting regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission are not required under the related instructions or are inapplicable and, therefore, have been omitted.

(b) Exhibits

(3) and (4) Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement, included as Exhibit B to the Prospectus included in the registrant’s registration statement on form S-1 effective March 12, 2003, (File Number 333-100452) is hereby incorporated herein by reference.

(14.1)  Code of Ethics

(31.1)  Rule 13a-14(a)/ 15d-14(a) Certification of Dean L. Cash

(31.2)  Rule 13a-14(a)/ 15d-14(a) Certification of Paritosh K. Choksi

(32.1)  Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. section 1350 of Dean L. Cash

(32.2)  Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. section 1350 of Paritosh K. Choksi

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) 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.

Date: March 9, 2012

ATEL Capital Equipment Fund X, LLC
(Registrant)

 
 

By:

ATEL Financial Services, LLC
Managing Member of Registrant

    

 

By:

/s/ Dean L. Cash

Dean L. Cash,
President and Chief Executive Officer of
ATEL Financial Services, LLC (Managing Member)

    

By:

/s/ Paritosh K. Choksi

Paritosh K. Choksi,
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and
Chief Operating Officer of ATEL Financial Services, LLC
(Managing Member)

    

By:

/s/ Samuel Schussler

Samuel Schussler,
Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of
ATEL Financial Services, LLC (Managing Member)

    

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

   
SIGNATURE   CAPACITIES   DATE
/s/ Dean L. Cash

Dean L. Cash
  President and Chief Executive Officer of
ATEL Financial Services, LLC (Managing Member)
  March 9, 2012
/s/ Paritosh K. Choksi

Paritosh K. Choksi
  Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer and Chief Operating Officer of
ATEL Financial Services, LLC (Managing Member)
  March 9, 2012
/s/ Samuel Schussler

Samuel Schussler
  Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of
ATEL Financial Services, LLC (Managing Member)
  March 9, 2012

No proxy materials have been or will be sent to security holders. An annual report will be furnished to security holders subsequent to the filing of this report on Form 10-K, and copies thereof will be furnished supplementally to the Commission when forwarded to the security holders.

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