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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10-Q

 

Quarterly Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2015

 

 

Commission file number 000-499-68

 

COMDISCO HOLDING COMPANY, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

54-2066534

(State or other jurisdiction of

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

incorporation or organization)

 

 

 

5600 North River Road

Suite 800

Rosemont, Illinois 60018

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (847) 698-3000

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

Yes [X] No [  ]

 

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 [  ]

 

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

 

Large accelerated filer  [  ]

Accelerated filer  [  ]

Non-accelerated filer [  ] (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 [  ] No[X]

 

The registrant had 4,028,951 shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share outstanding on July 31, 2015.

 



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COMDISCO HOLDING COMPANY, INC.

INDEX

 

 

 

Page

 

 

 

PART I.

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

2

 

 

 

 

 

ITEM 1.

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Statement of Net Assets in Liquidation as of June 30, 2015 (Liquidation Basis) (Unaudited)

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Statement of Changes in Net Assets in Liquidation – Three and nine months ended June 30, 2015 (Liquidation Basis) (Unaudited)

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows – Nine months ended June 30, 2015 (Liquidation Basis) (Unaudited)

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Balance Sheet – September 30, 2014 (Going Concern Basis) (Audited)

6

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income – Three and nine months ended June 30, 2014 (Going Concern Basis) (Unaudited)

7

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows – Nine months ended June 30, 2014 (Going Concern Basis) (Unaudited)

8

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows – Nine months ended June 30, 2014 (Going Concern Basis) (Unaudited) - Continued

9

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (In Liquidation) (Unaudited)

10

 

 

 

 

 

ITEM 2.

MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

17

 

 

 

 

 

ITEM 3.

QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

23

 

 

 

 

 

ITEM 4.

CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

23

 

 

 

 

PART II.

OTHER INFORMATION

24

 

 

 

 

 

ITEM 1.

LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

24

 

 

 

 

 

ITEM 1A.

RISK FACTORS RELATING TO THE COMPANY

24

 

 

 

 

 

ITEM 2.

UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

24

 

 

 

 

 

ITEM 3.

DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

24

 

 

 

 

 

ITEM 4.

MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

24

 

 

 

 

 

ITEM 5.

OTHER INFORMATION

24

 

 

 

 

 

ITEM 6.

EXHIBITS

24

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

25

 



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PART I.     FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Forward-Looking Statements

 

This quarterly report on Form 10-Q contains, and our periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and written and oral statements made by the Company’s sole officer and director or any authorized representative, to press, potential investors, securities analysts and others, will contain, forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”) and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), and the Company intends that such forward-looking statements be subject to the safe harbors created thereby. These forward-looking statements are not historical facts, but rather are predictions and generally can be identified by use of statements that include phrases such as “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “intend,” “plan,” “foresee,” “looking ahead,” “is confident,” “should be,” “will,” “predicted,” “likely” or other words or phrases of similar import. Similarly, statements that describe or contain information related to matters such as our intent, belief, or expectation with respect to financial performance, claims resolution under the Plan (as defined below), cash availability and cost-cutting measures are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements often reflect a number of assumptions and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those currently anticipated in these forward-looking statements. In light of these risks and uncertainties, the forward-looking events might or might not occur, which may affect the accuracy of forward-looking statements and cause the actual results of the Company to be materially different from any future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.

 

In this quarterly report on Form 10-Q, references to “the Company,” “Comdisco Holding,” “we,” “us” and “our” mean Comdisco Holding Company, Inc., its consolidated subsidiaries, including Comdisco, Inc., and its predecessors, except in each case where the context indicates otherwise. References to “Comdisco, Inc.” mean Comdisco, Inc. and its subsidiaries prior to the Company’s emergence from bankruptcy on August 12, 2002, except where the context indicates otherwise.

 

Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those suggested by these written or oral forward-looking statements, and could adversely affect our future financial performance, include the risk factors discussed in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K in Part I, Item 1A, Risk Factors and in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q in Part II, Item 1A, Risk Factors. Many of the risk factors that could affect the results of the Company’s operations are beyond our ability to control or predict.

 

ITEM 1.        FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

The Company emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings on August 12, 2002. The purpose of the Company is to sell, collect or otherwise reduce to money in an orderly manner the remaining assets of the corporation. Pursuant to the Company’s First Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization (the “Plan”) and restrictions contained in the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation (the “Certificate”), the Company is specifically prohibited from engaging in any business activities inconsistent with its limited business purpose. Accordingly, it is anticipated that the Company will have reduced all of its assets to cash and made distributions of all available cash to holders of its common stock and contingent distribution rights (“CDRs”) in the manner and priorities set forth in the Plan within the next few years.  At that point, the Company will cease operations and no further distributions will be made.

 

Under the plan, the Company was charged with, and has been, liquidating its assets. While there have been no changes either to the Plan, or the Company’s obligations under it, the Company adopted ASU 2013-07, Liquidation Basis of Accounting as of October 1, 2014 and accordingly determined that liquidation was imminent. Therefore, effective October 1, 2014, the Company applied the liquidation basis of accounting on a prospective basis. The liquidation basis of accounting requires the Company to estimate net cash flows from operations and to accrue all costs associated with implementing and completing the plan of liquidation and requires management to make estimates that affect the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and the related notes.  Due to the adoption of the liquidation basis of accounting as of October 1, 2014, the comparability of results of operations of current year periods to prior year periods is limited.

 

The Company filed, on August 12, 2004, a Certificate of Dissolution with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware to formally extinguish Comdisco Holding Company, Inc.’s corporate existence with the State of Delaware except for the purpose of completing the wind-down contemplated by the plan.  Capitalized terms used but not defined in this quarterly report on form 10-Q have the meanings as defined in the plan.

 

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Comdisco Holding Company, Inc.

Consolidated Statement of Net Assets in Liquidation as of June 30, 2015 (Liquidation Basis) (Unaudited)

(in thousands)

 

 

 

June 30, 2015
(Liquidation Basis)
(Unaudited)

 

ASSETS

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

$

30,671

 

Cash – legally restricted

 

4,000

 

Receivable from securities sold

 

1,911

 

Assets held in trust for deferred compensation plan

 

505

 

Other assets

 

84

 

TOTAL ASSETS

$

37,171

 

 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

 

 

 

Contingent Distribution Rights Liability

$

10,779

 

Accrued compensation

 

4,326

 

Accrued professional fees

 

1,613

 

Other accrued costs

 

956

 

Accrued liability for deferred compensation plan

 

505

 

Accrued estimated disposal costs of liquidation

 

588

 

Income taxes payable

 

50

 

TOTAL LIABILITIES

 

18,817

 

NET ASSETS IN LIQUIDATION

$

18,354

 

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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Comdisco Holding Company, Inc.

Consolidated Statement of Changes in Net Assets in Liquidation – Three and nine months ended June 30, 2015 (Liquidation Basis) (Unaudited)

(in thousands)

 

 

 

Three Months Ended
June 30, 2015
(Liquidation Basis)
(Unaudited)

 

Nine Months Ended
June 30, 2015
(Liquidation Basis)
(Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets in liquidation, beginning of period

$

 

18,320

 

$

 28,158

Changes in net assets in liquidation

 

 

 

 

Change in other assets

 

37

 

(29)

Change in Contingent Distribution Rights Liability

 

(19)

 

209

Change in accrued liabilities

 

20

 

(154)

Change in accrued estimated disposal costs of liquidation

 

0

 

(420)

Change in equity investments

 

(4)

 

40

Liquidating distribution to Common Stockholders

 

0

 

(9,450)

Net increase (decrease) in net assets in liquidation

 

34

 

(9,804)

Net assets in liquidation, end of period

$

 

18,354

 

$

18,354

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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Comdisco Holding Company, Inc.

Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows – Nine months ended June 30, 2015 (Liquidation Basis) (Unaudited)

(in thousands)

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended
June 30, 2015
(Liquidation Basis)

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flows from operating activities:

 

 

 

Equity investment proceeds net of sharing

$

15,532

 

Bad debt recoveries, interest and other revenue

 

261

 

Selling, general and administrative expenses

 

(1,875)

 

Contingent Distribution Rights payments

 

(5,550)

 

Income tax payments

 

(251)

 

 

 

 

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

 

8,117

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flows from financing:

 

 

 

Dividends paid on Common Stock

 

(9,450)

 

Receipt of uncashed dividends

 

12

 

 

 

 

 

Net cash used in financing

 

(9,438)

 

 

 

 

 

Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents

 

(1,321)

 

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

 

31,992

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

$

30,671

 

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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Comdisco Holding Company, Inc.

Consolidated Balance Sheet – September 30, 2014 (Going Concern Basis) (Audited)

(in thousands, except share data)

 

 

 

September 30, 2014
(Going Concern Basis)

 

ASSETS

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

$

31,992

 

Cash – legally restricted

 

4,000

 

Equity investments

 

697

 

Assets held in trust for deferred compensation plan

 

501

 

Other assets

 

248

 

Total assets

$

37,438

 

 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

 

 

Accounts payable

$

103

 

Income taxes payable

 

90

 

Other liabilities:

 

 

 

Accrued compensation

 

1,429

 

Contingent Distribution Rights

 

10,437

 

Other liabilities

 

168

 

Total other liabilities

 

12,034

 

Total liabilities

 

12,227

 

Stockholders’ equity

 

 

 

Common Stock $.01 par value. Authorized 10,000,000 shares; originally issued 4,200,000 shares; 4,028,951 shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2014

 

70

 

Additional paid-in capital

 

28,414

 

Accumulated other comprehensive (loss)

 

(3)

 

Accumulated deficit

 

(3,270)

 

 

 

 

 

Total stockholders’ equity

 

25,211

 

 

$

37,438

 

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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Comdisco Holding Company, Inc.

Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income – Three and nine months ended June 30, 2014

(Going Concern Basis) (Unaudited)

(in thousands, except per share data)

 

 

 

Three Months Ended
June 30, 2014
(Going Concern Basis)
(Unaudited)

 

 

Nine Months Ended
June 30, 2014
(Going Concern Basis)
(Unaudited)

Revenue

 

 

 

 

 

Gain on sale of equity investments

$  

0

 

1,590

Miscellaneous income

 

0

 

 

100

Interest income

 

11

 

 

54

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total revenue

 

11

 

 

1,744

 

 

 

 

 

 

Costs and expenses

 

 

 

 

 

Selling, general and administrative

 

575

 

 

1,925

Contingent Distribution Rights

 

(827)

 

 

(141)

Foreign exchange loss

 

0

 

 

312

Bad debt recoveries

 

(421)

 

 

(463)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total costs and expenses

 

(673)

 

 

1,633

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net earnings before income taxes

 

684

 

 

111

Income tax expense (benefit)

 

51

 

 

(552)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net earnings

 

633

 

 

663

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other comprehensive income, net of tax:

 

 

 

 

 

Unrealized gains on securities:

 

 

 

 

 

Unrealized holding gains arising during the period

 

2

 

 

1,587

Reclassification adjustment for gains included in earnings

 

0

 

 

(1,588)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other comprehensive income (loss)

 

2

 

 

(1)

Comprehensive income

$  

635

 

662

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic and diluted net earnings per common share

$  

0.16

 

0.16

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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Comdisco Holding Company, Inc.

Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows – Nine months ended June 30, 2014 (Going Concern Basis) (Unaudited)

(in thousands)

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended
June 30, 2014
(Going Concern Basis)
(Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

Cash flows from operating activities:

 

 

 

Equity investment proceeds net of sharing

$

 

1,590

 

Bad debt recoveries, interest and other revenue

 

613

 

Selling, general and administrative expenses

 

(1,695)

 

Income tax payments

 

(354)

 

Income tax receipts

 

733

 

 

 

 

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

 

887

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flows from investing activities:

 

 

 

Redemption of short-term investment

 

4,003

 

 

 

 

 

Net cash provided by investing activities

 

4,003

 

 

 

 

 

Effect of exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents

 

(35)

 

 

 

 

 

Net increase in cash and cash equivalents

 

4,855

 

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

 

27,671

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

$

 

32,526

 

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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Comdisco Holding Company, Inc.

Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows – Nine months ended June 30, 2014 (Going Concern Basis) (Unaudited) - Continued

(in thousands)

 

 

 

Nine Months
Ended
June 30, 2014
(Going Concern Basis)
(Unaudited)

Reconciliation of net earnings to net cash provided by operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net earnings

$

663

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

Taxes payable and other tax balances

 

89

 

 

Change in Canadian income tax receivables/payables

 

(262)

 

 

Contingent Distribution Rights

 

(141)

 

 

Receivables

 

10

 

 

Selling, general and administrative expenses

 

230

 

 

Other, including foreign exchange

 

298

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

$

887

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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COMDISCO HOLDING COMPANY, INC.

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (In Liquidation) (Unaudited)

June 30, 2015

 

The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” included in Item 2 of Part I and in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2014, and with the Consolidated Financial Statements and related notes in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2014.  Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q have the meanings as defined in the Company’s First Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization (the “Plan”).  Under the Plan, the Company was charged with, and has been, liquidating its assets. While there have been no changes either to the Plan, or the Company’s obligations under it, the Company adopted ASU 2013-07, Liquidation Basis of Accounting as of October 1, 2014 and accordingly, determined that liquidation was imminent. Therefore, effective October 1, 2014, the Company applied the liquidation basis of accounting on a prospective basis.

 

1.   Reorganization

 

On July 16, 2001, Comdisco, Inc. and 50 of its domestic subsidiaries filed voluntary petitions for relief under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division (the “Bankruptcy court”) (consolidated case number 01-24795). Comdisco Holding Company, Inc., as the successor company to Comdisco, Inc., emerged from bankruptcy under the Plan that became effective on August 12, 2002. For financial reporting purposes only, however, the effective date for implementation of fresh-start reporting was July 31, 2002.  Effective October 1, 2014, the Company has applied the liquidation basis of accounting on a prospective basis.  See Note 2 of these Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (In Liquidation).

 

Comdisco Holding Company, Inc. (the “Company”) was formed on August 8, 2002 for the purpose of selling, collecting or otherwise reducing to money in an orderly manner the remaining assets of the Company and all of its direct and indirect subsidiaries, including Comdisco, Inc. The Company’s business purpose is limited to the orderly sale or collection of all its remaining assets. Pursuant to the Plan and restrictions contained in its Certificate, the Company is specifically prohibited from engaging in any business activities inconsistent with its limited business purpose.

 

Litigation Trust:  In February 1998, pursuant to Comdisco, Inc.’s Shared Investment Plan (the “SIP”), 106 employees (the “SIP Participants”) took out full recourse, personal loans to purchase approximately six million shares of Comdisco, Inc.’s common stock. In connection therewith, Comdisco, Inc. executed a guaranty dated February 2, 1998 (the “Guaranty”) providing a guaranty of the loans in the event of default by the SIP Participants to the lenders under the SIP (the “SIP Lenders”).  The Company and the SIP Lenders subsequently reached a settlement on the Guaranty that was approved by the Bankruptcy court on December 9, 2004.  The Plan and the litigation trust agreement provided that, under certain circumstances, subrogation rights that the Company may have against the SIP Participants and their respective promissory notes be placed in a trust for the benefit of the C-4 creditors (the “Trust Assets”).  Under the Plan, the Litigation Trust is solely responsible for collection of amounts due on the promissory notes of the sixty-nine SIP Participants who did not take advantage of the SIP Relief (as defined in the Plan).  The Company has a limited indemnification obligation to the litigation trustee under the litigation trust agreement.

 

SIP Litigation: On February 4, 2005, the Litigation Trust commenced lawsuits both in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (the “Federal SIP Lawsuits”) and in the Circuit Court of Cook County Illinois (the “State SIP Lawsuits”) to collect on the remaining SIP Participants’ promissory notes.

 

Federal SIP Lawsuits: The Litigation Trust filed and a federal district court judge entered summary judgments (and amended judgments) against all but one of the SIP Participants who were defendants in the federal cases (the “Federal SIP Defendants”) on their respective SIP promissory notes, and the Litigation Trust commenced collection actions against them. Additionally, the federal district court judge entered orders directing that certain CDRs and related proceeds held by the estate of Comdisco, Inc. and Computershare (f/k/a BNY Mellon) (holder of CDRs) on behalf of those Federal SIP Defendants be turned over to the Litigation Trust.  Pursuant to such orders, the Company turned over CDRs and related proceeds and will continue to do so if additional orders are entered.

 

The Federal SIP Defendants filed appeals on those judgments.  On October 18, 2010, the Seventh Circuit affirmed the rulings in favor of the Litigation Trust, but remanded certain fraud issues to the trial court.  On November 1, 2010, the Federal SIP Defendants filed a petition for a hearing before the full appellate panel. On June 28, 2011, the Seventh Circuit ruled and vacated the summary judgments and remanded the cases for further proceedings.

 

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Following a series of motions, hearings and the completion of discovery, at a hearing on July 8, 2013, Judge Robert Gettleman set a trial date for September 23, 2013.  The trial’s actual start date was September 24, 2013.  On October 21, 2014, the judge entered judgment in favor of the Federal SIP Defendants.  The basis of the judge’s ruling was his finding that both the bank and the Company committed an arranging violation under the applicable margin lending regulations.  Therefore, the promissory notes were void and unenforceable.

 

On October 29, 2014, the litigation trustee filed an appeal of the judgment to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (“Appellate Court”). On November 7, 2014, the court issued a briefing schedule.  On November 20, 2014, the Federal SIP Defendants filed a Notice of Appeal of the October 21, 2014 judgment and of an order entered on August 12, 2013. On November 20, 2014, the Federal SIP Defendants filed a Motion for Extension of Time to file Bills of Costs.  On December 4, 2014, the judge approved this motion and allowed the Federal SIP Defendants to file their Bills of Costs after all appeals have been completed.  As part of the appeal and cross-appeal, the Company and its counsel filed motions to request that certain memos, testimony and offers of proof be kept under seal.  On February 3, 2015, the Appellate Court granted the motions.

 

On November 6, 2014, the court scheduled a settlement conference for December 9, 2014.  As of the date of this filing, the settlement conference is still ongoing.

 

On December 10, 2014, the court suspended the briefing schedule for all of the appeals filed.  Subsequently, on July 10, 2015, the court issued a briefing schedule starting August 17, 2015 and ending October 28, 2015.

 

State SIP Lawsuits:  After a series of hearings, motions and counter-motions, amended pleadings and individual bankruptcies and settlements, the remaining State SIP Defendants and the litigation trustee entered into an agreed Stipulation And Order (the “Stipulation”) which, among other things, stays the trials in the state cases pending the resolution and any appeal of the trial in the federal cases.  On August 12, 2013, the Stipulation was approved by Judge Tailor.  On December 30, 2014, Judge Tailor placed all state cases on the Law Division Stay Calendar.  The pending fraudulent conveyance actions filed by the litigation trustee against certain State SIP Defendants were continued to November 3, 2015 for a status hearing.

 

On July 26, 2013, Nisen and Elliott, LLC, an outside legal firm for the Company, filed a Petition to Intervene and a Motion for Protective Order in the state cases in order to preserve the Company’s attorney-client work product privilege in that litigation.  Due to the state cases being placed on the Law Division Stay Calendar, this motion will not be heard until the state cases are removed from the Law Division Stay Calendar and returned back to Judge Tailor.

 

Litigation Trust Reports: By early 2005, sixty-nine SIP Participant’s promissory notes were transferred to the Litigation Trust.  As reported in various Status Reports of Comdisco Litigation Trustee, of the sixty-nine SIP Participants:  forty-one have settled or otherwise resolved their obligation; twelve have filed personal bankruptcy; and, sixteen notes remain outstanding (five in the federal court and eleven in the state court).  During the quarter ended June 30, 2015, the Litigation Trust did not reach any settlements, which leaves the total number of promissory notes settled or otherwise resolved by the Litigation Trust at forty-one.

 

For more details regarding the Litigation Trust and related proceedings, please refer to the Status Reports of Comdisco Litigation Trustee filed quarterly in the Bankruptcy court. Any proceeds collected by the Litigation Trust, net of expenses, will be considered Trust Assets and distributed in accordance with the Plan and the litigation trust agreement.

 

2.   Basis of Presentation and Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

 

The accompanying unaudited interim consolidated financial statements have been prepared pursuant to the rules of the SEC for quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and do not include all of the information and note disclosures required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.  The information furnished herein includes all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring adjustments except where indicated, which are, in the opinion of management, necessary for a fair presentation of the results of operations for these interim periods.

 

Going Concern Basis of Accounting – periods prior to October 1, 2014

 

The consolidated financial statements for the periods ended September 30, 2014 and June 30, 2014, were prepared on the going concern basis of accounting, which contemplates the realization of assets and satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business.

 

Prior period financial results have not been restated under the liquidation basis of accounting.

 

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Liquidation Basis of Accounting – periods beginning and subsequent to October 1, 2014

 

Under the Plan, the Company was charged with, and has been, liquidating its assets. While there have been no changes either to the Plan, or the Company’s obligations under it, the Company adopted ASU 2013-07, Liquidation Basis of Accounting as of October 1, 2014 and accordingly, determined that liquidation was imminent. Therefore, effective October 1, 2014, the Company applied the liquidation basis of accounting on a prospective basis in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.  The liquidation basis of accounting requires the Company to estimate net cash flows from operations and to accrue all costs associated with implementing and completing the plan of liquidation and requires management to make estimates that affect the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and the related notes.  To the extent there are any changes in the Company’s October 1, 2014 initial estimates, there will be changes reflected in the Statement of Changes in Net Assets in Liquidation.   As cash is received or paid, consistent with the Company’s initial estimates, there will be no change to the Net Assets in Liquidation which is the amount expected to be available for eventual distribution to the common stockholders.  However, any cash distribution to the common stockholders during a fiscal quarter would be shown as a change in Net Assets in Liquidation during such fiscal quarter.

 

The Company continually evaluates opportunities for the orderly sale and collection of its remaining assets.  It is anticipated that the Company will have reduced all of its assets to cash, determined its final CDR liability after the resolution of the pending SIP litigation, resolved its final federal and state tax obligations and made distributions of all available cash to holders of its common stock and CDRs in the manner and priorities set forth in the Plan and completed all regulatory filings within the next few years. At that point, the Company will cease operations. The costs in liquidation will generally be incurred ratably over the remaining anticipated time frame. If the timing of any of these steps changes, the future accrued costs may change.  Results could differ from these estimates and may affect the net assets in liquidation and actual cash flows.

 

These consolidated financial statements of net assets in liquidation should be read in conjunction with our audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto as of and for the year ended September 30, 2014 included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K, as filed with the SEC on December 11, 2014.

 

The Company has evaluated subsequent events through the date of this filing and does not believe there are any material subsequent events which would require further disclosure.

 

From time to time, new accounting pronouncements are issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board or other standard setting bodies that are adopted by the Company as of the specified effective date.  Unless otherwise discussed, the Company believes that the impact of recently issued standards that are not yet effective will not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements upon adoption.

 

3.  Cumulative Effect of Accounting Change/Net Assets in Liquidation

 

The following is a reconciliation of Stockholder’s Equity under the going concern basis of accounting to net assets in liquidation under the liquidation basis of accounting as of October 1, 2014 (in thousands):

 

Stockholder’s Equity as of September 30, 2014

$

25,211

Increase due to estimated net realizable value of equity investments

 

19,349

Increase due to estimated net realizable value of other assets

 

157

Increase for CDR liability

 

(6,101)

Liability for accrued compensation

 

(4,086)

Liability for accrued professional fees

 

(4,623)

Liability for accrued other costs

 

(1,349)

Income taxes payable

 

(232)

Liability for estimated disposal costs of liquidation

 

(168)

Adjustment to reflect the change to the liquidation basis of accounting

 

2,947

Estimated value of net assets in liquidation as of October 1, 2014

$

28,158

 

In applying liquidation basis of accounting, the Company recognized a net increase of $2,947,000 in its estimated value of net assets in liquidation.

 

The net assets in liquidation as of June 30, 2015 have been reduced to $18,354,000 primarily due to a liquidating distribution during the nine months ended June 30, 2015.  Therefore, the future liquidating distribution would be approximately $4.56 per common share.  This estimate of the liquidating distribution includes projections of costs and expenses to be incurred during the time period

 

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estimated to complete the plan of liquidation.  There is inherent uncertainty with these projections, and they could change materially based on the timing of the completion of all the steps necessary for the liquidation.

 

4.   Equity Investments

 

The Company’s estimate of the fair value of its private company investments was made in consultation with Windspeed Acquisition Fund GP, LLC (“Windspeed”), a professional management group, who manages the Company’s equity investments on an ongoing basis.  Windspeed shares in the net receipts from the sale of the Company’s equity investments at a set percentage in certain designated portions of the portfolio of companies.  The Windspeed February 2004 management agreement was extended on April 5, 2011 (with an effective date of February 21, 2011) until February 20, 2013 (the “Initial Extension”).  The Windspeed management agreement was subsequently extended effective February 21, 2013 through February 20, 2015 and extended again effective February 12, 2015 through February 12, 2017 (the “Subsequent Extensions”).  Prior to the Initial Extension, Windspeed received fixed and declining management fees.  Under the terms of the Initial and Subsequent Extensions, Windspeed is not, and will not, be paid any ongoing management fees.  In lieu of such management fee payment, 100% of any proceeds from certain designated companies in the portfolio will go to Windspeed.  Realized gains on the sale of equity investments are presented on a gross basis. Any management sharing amounts with Windspeed are included in accrued professional fees.  The Company has received approximately $89,239,000 in proceeds (prior to management fees and sharing) since the inception of the management agreement with Windspeed.  Windspeed has received a combined $15,444,000 in management fees and sharing through June 30, 2015.

 

Marketable equity investments:

 

During April 2015, the Company discovered that it had received 1,499 shares in NxStage Medical, Inc., a publicly traded company.  The shares were received in 1999 as part of a product spinoff from a former customer who subsequently went out of business.  During the quarter ended June 30, 2015, these shares were sold for approximately $22,600 before Windspeed management sharing of approximately $3,400.  As of June 30, 2015, the Company does not own any shares in publicly traded companies.

 

In addition, the Company holds a limited number of securities in trust for a deferred compensation plan which are not available for distribution under the Plan.

 

The Company’s practice is to work in conjunction with Windspeed to sell its marketable equity securities within a reasonable period of time after the expiration of the lockup period, utilizing various timing strategies which seek to maximize the return to the Company. However, in the future, there is no assurance as to whether or not the Company either will be able to liquidate such positions held for any lockup period or realize any amount on such positions.

 

Equity investments in private companies:

 

Under the going concern basis of accounting, the Company’s policy for assessing the carrying value of private company investments was, in consultation with Windspeed, to regularly review and estimate the fair value of such investments.  The Company also identified and recorded impairment losses on equity investments when market and customer specific events and circumstances indicated the carrying value might be impaired.  All write-downs were considered permanent impairments for financial reporting purposes.

 

As of June 30, 2015, the Company had no investments in private companies. The Company sold its last two preferred stock holdings in private companies during the nine months ended June 30, 2015 for $433,000 and received net proceeds of $368,000 after Windspeed management sharing of $65,000.  See Note 9 of these Notes to Consolidated Financial Statement (In Liquidation) for the fair value disclosure.

 

5.   Income Taxes

 

As of June 30, 2015, the Company files a U.S. Federal income tax return and a State of Illinois income tax return.

 

As of the date of this filing, the federal tax years open to examination in the U.S. are fiscal years ended September 30, 2012 through September 30, 2014.

 

Uncertain Tax Positions:

 

The Company has no uncertain tax positions included in the Company’s consolidated statement of net assets in liquidation.

 

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6.   Other Assets

 

During the quarter ended September 30, 2014, it was announced that Ebates, Inc. (“Ebates”) would be acquired by Rakuten, Inc., a Japanese company (“Rakuten”).  The Plan of Merger was signed on September 24, 2014, pending various conditions, including regulatory approval.  On October 9, 2014, Rakuten completed the acquisition and on October 29, 2014, the Company received the initial distribution.  The gross proceeds distributed were approximately $17,720,000 of which the Company received approximately $15,144,000 in net proceeds and Windspeed received approximately $2,576,000 in management sharing.  The Company holds a $1,911,000 receivable from securities sold before Windspeed management sharing as of June 30, 2015 related to the Ebates transaction.  Such proceeds are held in escrow under the terms of the merger documents until January 2016.  The actual amount to be distributed from the escrow may be impacted by provisions of, and claims asserted against, the escrow.

 

The Company holds legally restricted cash in the amount of $4,000,000 as of June 30, 2015 and September 30, 2014 which is an indemnification reserve set aside by the Company for any potential indemnified losses in lieu of the litigation trustee purchasing insurance coverage.

 

Assets held in trust for deferred compensation plan are assets that are held in a Rabbi Trust for the benefit of deferred employee compensation and are not available for distribution under the Plan.

 

Other assets on the Consolidated Statement of Net Assets in Liquidation include such assets as estimated recoveries and estimated accrued interest income expected to be received before liquidation.

 

7.  Other Financial Information

 

The liability for accrued compensation includes payroll and estimated amounts payable under the Company’s Bankruptcy court approved compensation plans. There is a separate liability representing the accrued liability for assets held in trust for the deferred compensation plan that was previously included in the accrued compensation liability as of September 30, 2014.

 

The liability for accrued professional fees includes projected future costs for outside counsel for the corporate, bankruptcy, liquidation and SEC requirements, outside accounting and audit services, consulting fees, Windspeed management sharing and corporate bankruptcy required work.

 

The liability for other accrued costs includes projected future costs for rent, insurance, travel, miscellaneous other corporate expenses and an accrued VAT liability for a foreign jurisdiction.

 

The liability for accrued estimated disposal costs of liquidation includes projected future costs to continue to store and dispose of the Company’s paper and electronic records.

 

Contingent Distribution Rights

 

Although the CDRs trade over-the-counter, for financial reporting purposes, the Company records CDRs as a liability under both the going concern and liquidation bases of accounting and as an operating expense under the going concern basis of accounting.

 

The Plan entitled holders of CDRs to previously share at increasing percentages in the proceeds realized from the Company’s assets based upon the present value of distributions to certain C-4 creditors in the bankruptcy estate of Comdisco, Inc. However, as of June 30, 2015, the sharing percentage is 37%, which is the maximum sharing percent.  As of the date of this filing, there were 1,840 holders of record of the Company’s CDRs and there were 148,448,188 outstanding CDRs.

 

The Company maintains sufficient cash reserves for operations and any increase in the potential CDR liability relating to increases in the Company’s net assets in liquidation and any potential net distributions from the Litigation Trust to the C-4 creditors.  The outcome and the timing of the actual net distributions from the Litigation Trust will impact both the timing and the amount of future liquidating dividends and CDR payments.

 

As of October 1, 2014, the Company has adopted the liquidation basis of accounting.  The CDR liability is an amount that is calculated as Total Assets less Total Liabilities (excluding the CDR liability) times 37%.  However, any impact of potential net distributions from the Litigation Trust on the CDR liability is not included because estimates are currently not determinable.

 

The Company made a CDR payment of approximately $5,550,000 during the nine months ended June 30, 2015.

 

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8.   Financial Information by Geographic Area

 

Since the year ended September 30, 2013, all revenues generated and assets held are in North America.

 

9.   Fair Value Measurements

 

The three levels of inputs used to measure fair value are as follows:

 

·                  Level 1 - Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities

 

·                  Level 2 - Quoted prices in active markets for similar assets and liabilities, or other inputs that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the financial instrument.

 

·                  Level 3 - Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the assets and liabilities. This includes certain pricing models, discounted cash flow methodologies and similar techniques that use significant unobservable inputs.

 

The Company has included a tabular disclosure for financial assets that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis in the consolidated statements of net assets in liquidation as of the period ending June 30, 2015 and in the consolidated balance sheet as of the year ending September 30, 2014.  The Company currently holds no financial liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis.

 

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June 30, 2015

 

 

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total
Fair Value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Money market accounts

 

$

30,546,000

 

$

0

 

$

0

 

$

30,546,000

 

Equity Investments (A)

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

Assets held in trust for deferred compensation plan (C)

 

505,000

 

0

 

0

 

505,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

31,051,000

 

$

0

 

$

0

 

$

31,051,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 30, 2014

 

 

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total
Fair Value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Money market accounts

 

$

31,791,000

 

$

0

 

$

0

 

$

31,791,000

 

Equity Investments (B)

 

0

 

19,631,000

 

748,000

 

20,379,000

 

Assets held in trust for deferred compensation plan (C)

 

501,000

 

0

 

0

 

501,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

32,292,000

 

$

19,631,000

 

$

748,000

 

$

52,671,000

 

 

(A)        As of June 30, 2015, all equity investments have been sold.

(B)         As of September 30, 2014, equity investments for Level 2 and 3 were made up of stock in three privately held companies; FMV on a gross basis was $20,379,000 with Windspeed management sharing of $2,965,000 and a net fair value balance of $17,414,000.

(C)         Assets held in trust for deferred compensation plan are made up of bonds, equity and money market funds that are actively traded.

These assets are held in a Rabbi Trust for the benefit of deferred employee compensation and are not available for distribution under the Plan.

 

Reconciliation of financial assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis using Level 3 inputs for the period ended June 30, 2015 and the year ended September 30, 2014 is as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Change in

 

Decrease due

 

 

 

Decrease in

 

Decrease due

 

 

 

 

 

Fair Value

 

 

 

Unrealized

 

to

 

Increase due to

 

cost

 

to

 

Fair Value

 

 

 

September 30,

 

Realized

 

Estimated

 

impairment

 

purchase

 

basis

 

transfer from

 

June

 

 

 

2014

 

 

 

Value

 

of assets

 

of shares

 

due to sale

 

Level 3 to

 

30, 2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Level 1

 

 

 

Level 3 only Equity Investments

 

$748,000

 

$    (433,000

)

$  (315,000

)

$

0

 

$

0

 

$

0

 

$

0

 

$                  0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Change in

 

Decrease due

 

 

 

Decrease in

 

Decrease due

 

 

 

 

 

Fair Value

 

 

 

Unrealized

 

to

 

Increase due to

 

cost

 

to

 

Fair Value

 

 

 

September 30,

 

Realized

 

Estimated

 

impairment

 

purchase of

 

basis

 

transfer from

 

September

 

 

 

2013

 

 

 

Value

 

of assets

 

shares

 

due to sale

 

Level 3 to

 

30, 2014

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Level 2

 

 

 

Level 3 only Equity Investments

 

$8,875,000

 

$         0

 

$   11,504,000

 

$

0

 

$

0

 

$

0

 

$   (19,631,000

)

$   748,000

 

 

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In accordance with the provisions of ASC Topic 320, “Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities,” marketable equity investments (equity investments having a readily determinable fair value) would have a carrying value and a fair value based on quoted market prices.  The Company’s practice is to sell its marketable equity investments upon the expiration of the lock-up period.

 

The Company does not own any preferred stock holdings in private companies.  Previously, the fair value of the Company’s private company investments was determined in consultation with Windspeed based on the market approach, including, but not limited to, pending offers to purchase the preferred stock holdings, quoted trading levels for publicly-traded securities in similar industries and/or markets, industry and company multiples, industry acceptance in the market place, liquidity discounts due to lock ups, estimated revenue, and customer, product and market share growth by the respective companies in the portfolio. Substantially all of these factors were outside the control of the Company and were subject to significant volatility.

 

ITEM 2.

MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

 

The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements (in liquidation) and related notes included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2014, and with the information under the heading “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2014.  This discussion contains forward-looking information.  Please see “Forward-Looking Statements” and Part II, Item 1A, “Risk Factors” for a discussion of the uncertainties, risks and assumptions associated with these statements.

 

The Company emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings on August 12, 2002. The purpose of the Company is to sell, collect or otherwise reduce to money in an orderly manner the remaining assets of the corporation. Pursuant to the Company’s First Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization (the “Plan”) and restrictions contained in the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation (the “Certificate”), the Company is specifically prohibited from engaging in any business activities inconsistent with its limited business purpose. Accordingly, it is anticipated that the Company will have reduced all of its assets to cash and made distributions of all available cash to holders of its common stock and contingent distribution rights (“CDRs”) in the manner and priorities set forth in the Plan within the next few years.  At that point, the Company will cease operations and no further distributions will be made.

 

Under the plan, the Company was charged with, and has been, liquidating its assets. While there have been no changes either to the Plan, or the Company’s obligations under it, the Company adopted ASU 2013-07, Liquidation Basis of Accounting as of October 1, 2014 and accordingly determined that liquidation was imminent. Therefore, effective October 1, 2014, the Company applied the liquidation basis of accounting on a prospective basis. The liquidation basis of accounting requires the Company to estimate net cash flows from operations and to accrue all costs associated with implementing and completing the plan of liquidation and requires management to make estimates that affect the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and the related notes.  Due to the adoption of the liquidation basis of accounting as of October 1, 2014, the comparability of results of operations of current year periods to prior year periods is limited.

 

The Company filed, on August 12, 2004, a Certificate of Dissolution with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware to formally extinguish Comdisco Holding Company, Inc.’s corporate existence with the State of Delaware except for the purpose of

 

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completing the wind-down contemplated by the plan.  Capitalized terms used but not defined in this quarterly report on form 10-Q have the meanings as defined in the plan.

 

General

 

Wind-Down of Operations

 

Since emerging from Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings on August 12, 2002, the Company has, pursuant to the Plan, focused on the monetization of its remaining assets. Therefore, comparisons of quarter-to-quarter or year-to-year results of operations should not be relied upon as an indication of the Company’s future performance.  Capitalized terms used but not defined in this section shall have the meanings as defined in the Plan.  Under the Plan, the Company was charged with, and has been, liquidating its assets. While there have been no changes either to the Plan, or the Company’s obligations under it, the Company adopted ASU 2013-07, Liquidation Basis of Accounting as of October 1, 2014 and accordingly, determined that liquidation was imminent. Therefore, effective October 1, 2014, the Company applied the liquidation basis of accounting on a prospective basis.

 

The Company has reduced, and expects to continue to reduce, the size and complexity of its organizational and systems infrastructure concurrently with the monetization of its assets. As of the date of this filing, the Company had a total of five employees (one full-time and four part-time), a decrease of approximately 99 percent from approximately 600 employees upon emergence on August 12, 2002.  Three to four consultants periodically assist the Company on a consulting basis.

 

On August 12, 2004, Randolph I. Thornton’s appointment as Initial Disbursing Agent became effective. As Initial Disbursing Agent, Mr. Thornton performs the roles and responsibilities of the Board of Directors and officers of the Company, including all measures that are necessary to complete the administration of the reorganized debtors’ Plan and Chapter 11 cases. Mr. Thornton serves as Chief Executive Officer, President and Secretary and is the sole director and executive officer of the Company.

 

Overview

 

On July 16, 2001, Comdisco, Inc. and 50 of its domestic subsidiaries voluntarily filed for bankruptcy.

 

Comdisco Holding Company, Inc., as the successor company to Comdisco, Inc., emerged from bankruptcy under a confirmed plan of reorganization that was effective on August 12, 2002. In accordance with the Plan, Comdisco Holding Company, Inc. became the successor to Comdisco, Inc.

 

Since the Company emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings on August 12, 2002, the Company’s business activities have been limited to the orderly sale or run-off of all of its existing asset portfolios. Pursuant to the Plan and restrictions contained in its Certificate, the Company is specifically prohibited from engaging in any business activities inconsistent with its limited business purpose. Since emerging from bankruptcy, the Company has not engaged in any new leasing or financing activities, except for previously existing customer commitments and to restructure existing equipment leases and loans to maximize the value of the Company’s assets. Under the Plan, the Company was charged with, and has been, liquidating its assets. While there have been no changes either to the Plan, or the Company’s obligations under it, the Company adopted ASU 2013-07, Liquidation Basis of Accounting as of October 1, 2014 and accordingly, determined that liquidation was imminent. Therefore, effective October 1, 2014, the Company applied the liquidation basis of accounting on a prospective basis.

 

The Company maintains sufficient cash reserves for operations and any increase in the potential CDR liability relating to increases in the Company’s net assets in liquidation and any potential net distributions from the Litigation Trust to C-4 creditors.  The outcome and timing of any actual net distributions from the Litigation Trust will impact both the timing and the amount of future liquidating dividends and CDR payments.

 

The Company has material restrictions on its ability, and does not expect, to make significant investments in new or additional assets. The Company continually evaluates opportunities for the orderly sale and collection of its remaining assets.  It is anticipated that the Company will have reduced all of its assets to cash, determined its final CDR liability after the resolution of the pending SIP litigation, resolved its final federal and state tax obligations and made distributions of all available cash to holders of its common stock and CDRs in the manner and priorities set forth in the Plan and completed all regulatory filings within the next few years. At that point, the Company will cease operations.

 

During the quarter ended June 30, 2015, the Company’s estimated net assets in liquidation increased by $34,000.  The increase is a result of lower estimated future legal fees and increases in the estimated liquidation value of other assets.

 

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The Company’s operations continued to wind-down during the three months ended June 30, 2015. The Company’s assets at June 30, 2015 consisted primarily of cash and cash-equivalents, receivable from securities sold and other assets.  The timing and amount of receipt, if any, of such other assets are uncertain.

 

Equity Investments: The Company sold its last two preferred stock holdings in private companies during the nine months ended June 30, 2015 for $433,000 and received net proceeds of $368,000 after Windspeed management sharing of $65,000. Beginning October 1, 2014, these investments were carried at the liquidation basis of accounting in the Company’s consolidated statement of net assets in liquidation.  During April 2015, the Company discovered that it had received 1,499 shares in NxStage Medical, Inc., a publicly traded company.  The shares were received in 1999 as part of a product spinoff from a former customer who subsequently went out of business.  During the quarter ended June 30, 2015, these shares were sold for approximately $22,600 before Windspeed management sharing of approximately $3,400.  As of June 30, 2015, the Company does not own any shares in publicly traded companies.  See Notes 4 and 9 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (in Liquidation).

 

The Company’s estimate of the fair value of its private company investments was made in consultation with Windspeed Acquisition Fund GP, LLC (“Windspeed”), a professional management group, which the Company engaged in February 2004 to manage the Company’s equity investments on an ongoing basis.  Windspeed shares in the net receipts from the sale of the Company’s equity investments at a set percentage in certain designated portions of the portfolio of companies.

 

The Windspeed management agreement was extended on April 5, 2011 (with an effective date of February 21, 2011) until February 20, 2013 (the “Initial Extension”).  The Windspeed management agreement was subsequently extended effective February 21, 2013 through February 20, 2015 and again extended effective February 12, 2015 through February 12, 2017 (the “Subsequent Extensions”).  Prior to the Initial Extension, Windspeed received fixed and declining management fees.  Under the terms of the Initial and Subsequent Extensions, Windspeed is not, and will not, be paid any ongoing management fees.  In lieu of such management fee payment, 100% of any proceeds from certain designated companies in the portfolio will go to Windspeed.  Realized and unrealized gains on the sale of equity investments are presented on a gross basis. Any management sharing amounts with Windspeed are included in accrued professional fees.

 

The following table summarizes the changes in the estimated value of the Company’s equity investments since September 30, 2014 (in thousands):

 

 

 

 

Private
Companies
(1) (2)

 

 

Public Companies
(2) (3)

 

September 30, 2014 estimated gross realizable value

$  

 

20,379

 

$

0

 

Realized (4)

 

 

(20,064)

 

 

(23)

 

Increase (decrease) in net unrealized estimated value

 

 

(315

)

 

23

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

June 30, 2015 estimated gross realizable value

$  

 

0

 

$

0

 

 

(1)

The Company sold its last three preferred stock holdings in private companies during the nine months ended June 30, 2015.

 

 

(2)

Fair market value is shown on a gross basis (prior to payment of management sharing to Windspeed pursuant to the extended management agreement).

 

 

(3)

The Company sold 1,499 shares of NxStage Medical, Inc. during the quarter ended June 30, 2015.

 

 

(4)

Of the total realized amount from the Ebates, Inc. (“Ebates”) transaction of $19,631,000: the Company received cash proceeds after Windspeed sharing of $15,144,000; $2,576,000 has been paid to Windspeed; the remaining amount due is $1,911,000, before Windspeed management sharing, and is held in escrow until January 2016 in a receivable for securities sold.

 

Collections and recoveries: As of June 30, 2015, the Company had no significant potential collections and recoveries.  Prior recoveries involved former lessees or debtors now in bankruptcy and against whom the Company has filed and was pursuing claims to maximize its recoveries.  The Company’s cost basis in these accounts was nominal.  Additionally, the Company, periodically, recovers unclaimed property from various states.

 

Critical Accounting Policies

 

The Company’s consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Under the Plan, the Company was charged with, and has been, liquidating its assets. While there have been no changes

 

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either to the Plan, or the Company’s obligations under it, the Company adopted ASU 2013-07, Liquidation Basis of Accounting as of October 1, 2014 and accordingly, determined that liquidation was imminent. Therefore, effective October 1, 2014, the Company applied the liquidation basis of accounting on a prospective basis.  As such, the preparation of the fiscal year 2015 financial statements are under the liquidation basis of accounting which requires management to use estimates that affect reported amounts of assets and liabilities, revenues and expenses, and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities.  These estimates are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could materially impact the amounts reported and disclosed in the consolidated statement of net assets in liquidation.

 

The SEC issued Financial Reporting Release No. 60, “Cautionary Advice Regarding Disclosure About Critical Accounting Policies,” which recommends that companies provide additional disclosure and analysis of those accounting policies considered most critical.

 

The Company believes the following to be the most critical judgment area in the application of its accounting policies:

 

·                      Future Cash Inflows and Future Costs: As of October 1, 2014, the Company has adopted the liquidation basis of accounting on a prospective basis which requires the estimation of and accrual of all projected future cash inflows and future costs associated with implementing and completing the plan of liquidation and requires management to make estimates that affect the amounts reported in the consolidated statements of net assets in liquidation and the related notes. Results could differ from these estimates and may affect the net assets in liquidation and actual cash flows.

 

The above listing is not intended to be a comprehensive list of all the Company’s accounting policies. Please refer to the Company’s annual Consolidated Financial Statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2014, which contain the Company’s significant accounting policies and other disclosures required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

Recent Developments

 

Ebates

 

During the quarter ended September 30, 2014, it was announced that Ebates would be acquired by Rakuten, Inc., a Japanese company (“Rakuten”).  The Plan of Merger was signed on September 24, 2014, pending various conditions, including regulatory approval.  As of September 30, 2014, the Company concluded that the offer price should be the primary input into the fair value measurement of Ebates.

 

On October 9, 2014, Rakuten completed the acquisition and on October 29, 2014, the Company received the initial distribution.  The gross proceeds distributed were approximately $17,720,000 of which the Company received approximately $15,144,000 in net proceeds and Windspeed received approximately $2,576,000 in management sharing.  The remaining amount due is approximately $1,911,000, before Windspeed management sharing, and is held in a receivable from securities sold on the consolidated statement of net assets in liquidation.  Such proceeds are held in escrow under the terms of the merger documents until January 2016.  The actual amount to be distributed from the escrow may be impacted by provisions of, and claims asserted against, the escrow.

 

With the adoption of the liquidation basis of accounting, the impact of the Ebates transaction was included in the Cumulative Effect of Accounting Change. The amount included reflected the estimated cash that would be received as of the date of adoption.  See Note 3 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (In Liquidation).

 

Results of Operations

 

Due to the adoption of the liquidation basis of accounting as of October 1, 2014, the comparability of results of operations of current year periods to prior year periods is limited.  Under the liquidation basis of accounting, the Company is required to present a statement of net assets in liquidation (which replaces the balance sheet) and a statement of changes in net assets in liquidation (which replaces the income statement).  To the extent there are any changes in the Company’s October 1, 2014 initial estimates, there will be changes reflected in the Statement of Changes in Net Assets in Liquidation.  As cash is received or paid, consistent with the Company’s initial estimates, there will be no change to the Net Assets in Liquidation which is the amount expected to be available for eventual distribution to the common stockholders.  However, any cash distribution to the common stockholders during a fiscal quarter would be shown as a change in Net Assets in Liquidation during such fiscal quarter.

 

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Changes in Net Assets in Liquidation (Liquidation Basis) for the three months ended June 30, 2015

 

 

 

Three months
ended

June 30, 2015
(Liquidation Basis)

(Unaudited)

 

 

Explanation of
Change

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets in liquidation, beginning of period

$

18,320

 

 

 

 

Changes in net assets in liquidation

 

 

 

 

 

 

Change in other assets

 

37

 

 

(A)  

 

Change in Contingent Distribution Rights Liability

 

(19)

 

 

(B)  

 

Change in accrued liabilities

 

20

 

 

(C)  

 

Change in accrued estimated disposal costs of liquidation

 

0

 

 

 

 

Change in equity investments

 

(4)

 

 

 

 

Liquidating distribution to Common Stockholders

 

0

 

 

  

 

Net increase in net assets in liquidation

 

34

 

 

 

 

Net assets in liquidation, end of period

$

18,354

 

 

 

 

 

(A)       Increase in estimated future accrued interest income.

 

(B)       Increase to the CDR liability in the three months ended June 30, 2015 is a result of higher estimated other assets and lower accrued liabilities for estimated legal fees.

 

(C) Decrease in accrued liabilities for lower estimated future legal fees.

 

 

 

Changes in Net Assets in Liquidation (Liquidation Basis) for the nine months ended June 30, 2015

 

 

 

Nine months ended
June 30, 2015
(Liquidation Basis)

(Unaudited)

 

 

Explanation of
Change

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets in liquidation, beginning of period

$

28,158

 

 

 

 

Changes in net assets in liquidation

 

 

 

 

 

 

Change in other assets

 

(29)

 

 

 

 

Change in Contingent Distribution Rights Liability

 

209

 

 

(A)  

 

Change in accrued liabilities

 

(154)

 

 

(B)  

 

Change in accrued estimated disposal costs of liquidation

 

(420)

 

 

(C)  

 

Change in equity investments

 

40

 

 

 

 

Liquidating distribution to Common Stockholders

 

(9,450)

 

 

(D)  

 

Net (decrease) in net assets in liquidation

 

(9,804)

 

 

 

 

Net assets in liquidation, end of period

$

18,354

 

 

 

 

 

(A)   Reduction to the CDR liability in the nine months ended June 30, 2015 is a result of lower estimated other assets, lower net proceeds from the sale of equity investments, higher accrued estimated record storage and disposal costs in the liquidation and higher accrued liabilities for travel and legal fees.

 

(B)  Increase in accrued liabilities for estimated future travel and legal fees.

 

(C)       Increase in the accrued estimated record storage and disposal costs in the liquidation is a result of the projected additional length of time to store and then ultimately dispose of the paper records and electronic records.

 

(D)       The Company paid a liquidating distribution to Common Stockholders on March 12, 2015 for approximately $9,450,000.

 

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Income Taxes

 

As of June 30, 2015, the Company has an income tax payable recorded for approximately $50,000, driven by the Federal Alternative Minimum Tax due on the estimated full year taxable income.

 

Net Assets in Liquidation

 

As of June 30, 2015, net assets in liquidation were approximately $18,354,000, or $4.56 per common share.

 

Net earnings (Going Concern)

 

Net earnings were approximately $633,000, or $0.16 per share-basic and diluted, for the three months ended June 30, 2014.  Net earnings were approximately $663,000, or $0.16 per share-basic and diluted, for the nine months ended June 30, 2014.

 

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

 

The Company does not maintain any off-balance sheet arrangements, transactions, obligations or other relationships with unconsolidated entities that could be expected to have a material current or future effect upon the Company’s financial condition or results of operations.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

The liquidation basis of accounting requires the Company to estimate net cash flows from operations and to accrue all costs associated with implementing and completing the plan of liquidation and requires management to make estimates that affect the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements in liquidation and the related notes.  Actual results could differ from these estimates and may affect net assets in liquidation and actual cash flows.

 

The Company’s liquidity generally depends on cash on hand.  The Company’s cash flow from operating activities is dependent on a number of variables, including, but not limited to, operating costs and expenses to affect the wind down, income tax obligations, and the ability of the Company to dispose or otherwise convert to cash its remaining assets. All funds generated from the collection of remaining assets are required by the Plan to be used to satisfy liabilities of the Company and, to the extent funds are available, to pay dividends on the Company’s common stock and to make distributions with respect to the CDRs in the manner and priorities set forth in the Plan. Because of the composition and nature of its remaining assets, the Company expects to generate funds from the sale or collection of its remaining assets at a decreasing rate over time.

 

At June 30, 2015, the Company had unrestricted cash and cash equivalents of approximately $30,671,000, which represents a decrease of approximately $1,321,000 compared to September 30, 2014.  Net cash provided by operating activities for the nine months ended June 30, 2015 was approximately $8,117,000.  Net cash used in financing activities for the nine months ended June 30, 2015 was approximately $9,438,000 for the payment of dividends.

 

During the nine months ended June 30, 2015, approximately $15,532,000 in proceeds were generated from the sales of Equity Investments and approximately $261,000 was received from bad debt recoveries, interest income and other inflows.  The Company’s cash expenditures were primarily operating expenses of approximately $1,875,000 (principally professional services and employee compensation).  The Company paid $176,000 to the Internal Revenue Service and paid $75,000 to the Illinois Department of Revenue.  The Company made payments to CDR holders in the amount of $5,550,000.

 

The Company’s current and future liquidity depends on cash on hand and may be augmented by receipt of funds held in escrow from the sale of equity investments, recoveries, if any, and interest income.  The Company expects its cash on hand to be sufficient to fund operations and to meet its obligations (including its obligation to make distributions to its common stockholders and make payments to CDR holders) under the Plan.

 

Dividends

 

On February 20, 2015, the Company issued a press release announcing that its Board of Directors had declared a cash dividend of $2.3455 per share on the outstanding shares of its Common Stock (an aggregate distribution of approximately $9,450,000).  This was paid on March 12, 2015 to common stockholders of record as of March 2, 2015.  Comdisco intends to treat the dividend distributions for federal income tax purposes as part of a series of liquidating distributions in complete liquidation of the Company.

 

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Contingent Distribution Rights

 

Although the CDRs trade over-the-counter, for financial reporting purposes, the Company records CDRs as a liability and as an operating expense.

 

The Plan entitled holders of CDRs to previously share at increasing percentages in the proceeds realized from the Company’s assets based upon the present value of distributions to certain C-4 creditors in the bankruptcy estate of Comdisco, Inc.  However, as of June 30, 2015, the sharing percentage is 37%, which is the maximum sharing percent.  As of the date of this filing, there were 1,840 holders of record of the Company’s CDRs and there were 148,448,188 outstanding CDRs.

 

The Company maintains sufficient cash reserves for operations and any increase in the potential CDR liability relating to increases in the Company’s net assets in liquidation and any potential net distributions from the Litigation Trust to the C-4 creditors.  The outcome and the timing of the actual net distributions from the Litigation Trust will impact both the timing and the amount of future dividends and CDR payments.

 

As of October 1, 2014, the Company has adopted the liquidation basis of accounting.  The CDR liability is an amount that is calculated as Total Assets less Total Liabilities (excluding the CDR liability) times 37%.  However, any impact of potential net distributions from the Litigation Trust on the CDR liability is not included because estimates are currently not determinable.

 

CDR Payment

 

On February 20, 2015 the Company announced that it would make a cash payment of $0.03739 per CDR, (an aggregate payment of approximately $5,550,000).   This was paid on March 12, 2015 to CDR holders of record as of March 2, 2015.

 

ITEM 3.        QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

 

Not applicable

 

ITEM 4.        CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

 

(a)           Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

 

Randolph I. Thornton, the principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the Company, has evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on such evaluation, Mr. Thornton concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures are effective as of June 30, 2015 to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act (i) is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms and (ii) is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including its president and chief financial officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

 

(b)           Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

 

There has not been any change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting identified in connection with the evaluation required by paragraph (d) of Section 13(a)-15 or 15(d)-15 under the Exchange Act that occurred during the Company’s third fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

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PART II.               OTHER INFORMATION

 

ITEM 1.        LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

 

There have been no material updates to the Legal Proceedings as set forth in Item 3. of our Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the SEC on December 11, 2014 except for Note 1 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (in Liquidation) for an update on the Litigation Trust ongoing litigation.

 

ITEM 1A.     RISK FACTORS RELATING TO THE COMPANY

 

There have been no material updates to the Risk Factors as set forth in Item 1A. of our Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the SEC on December 11, 2014.

 

ITEM 2.        UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

 

Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities

 

None.

 

Repurchases of Common Stock

 

The Company does not regularly repurchase shares nor does the Company have a share repurchase plan.

 

ITEM 3.        DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

 

None.

 

ITEM 4.        MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

 

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 5.        OTHER INFORMATION

 

None

 

ITEM 6.        EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description of Exhibit

3.1

 

Certificate of Incorporation of Registrant dated August 8, 2002 and as Amended August 12, 2004 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 filed with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2004, as filed with the SEC on December 14, 2004, File No. 0-49968).

3.2

 

By-Laws of Registrant, adopted as of August 9, 2002 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 filed with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2002, as filed with the SEC on January 14, 2003, File No. 0-49968).

11.1

 

Statement re computation of net assets in liquidation per CDR and Common share (Filed herewith).

31.1

 

Certification of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer, Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and Rule 15d-14(a) of the Exchange Act, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Filed herewith).

32.1

 

Certification of the Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Filed herewith).

101.INS*

 

Instance document (Filed herewith).

101.SCH*

 

Schema document (Filed herewith).

101.CAL*

 

Calculation linkbase document (Filed herewith).

101.LAB*

 

Labels linkbase document (Filed herewith).

101.PRE*

 

Presentation linkbase document (Filed herewith).

101.DEF*

 

Definition linkbase document (Filed herewith).

 

* Pursuant to Regulation S-T, this interactive data file is deemed not filed or part of a registration statement or prospectus for purposes of Section 11 or 12 of the Securities Act of 1933, is deemed not filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and otherwise is not subject to liability under these sections.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

COMDISCO HOLDING COMPANY, INC.

 

 

 

Dated: August 13, 2015

By:

/s/ Randolph I. Thornton

 

Name:

Randolph I. Thornton

 

Title:

Chief Executive Officer and President

 

 

(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

 

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