Exhibit 99(b)

Consolidated Financial Statements GTIS-HOV Holdings V, L.L.C. Year Ended October 31, 2017 And The Period From April 29, 2016 (Inception) Through October 31, 2016 With Independent Auditors’ Report

 

 

GTIS-HOV Holdings V, L.L.C.

 

Consolidated Financial Statements

 

Year Ended October 31, 2017 and the

Period from April 29, 2016 (Inception)

Through October 31, 2016

 

Contents

 

Independent Auditors' Report	1
Consolidated Financial Statements
Consolidated Balance Sheets	3
Consolidated Statements of Operations	4
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Members’ Equity	5
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows	6
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements	7-13

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT

 

To the Members of
GTIS-HOV Holdings V, L.L.C.
Red Bank, New Jersey

 

We have audited the accompanying consolidated financial statements of GTIS-HOV Holdings V, L.L.C. and its subsidiaries (the "Company"), which comprise the consolidated balance sheets as of October 31, 2017 and 2016, and the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in members' equity, and cash flows for the year ended October 31, 2017 and for the period from April 29, 2016 (date of inception) to October 31, 2016, and the related notes to the consolidated financial statements.

 

Management's Responsibility for the Consolidated Financial Statements

 

Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of these consolidated financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America; this includes the design, implementation, and maintenance of internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of consolidated financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

 

Auditors' Responsibility

 

Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free from material misstatement.

 

An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditor’s judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal control relevant to the Company's preparation and fair presentation of the consolidated financial statements in order to design 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. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of significant accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements.

 

We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.

 

 

Opinion

 

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of October 31, 2017 and 2016, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for the year ended October 31, 2017 and for the period from April 29, 2016 (date of inception) to October 31, 2016, in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP

 

December 28, 2017

 

 

GTIS-HOV Holdings V, L.L.C.
Consolidated Balance Sheets
(Dollars in Thousands)

 

		October 31,
		2017				2016
Assets
Cash		$	23,266			$	14,981
Restricted cash and cash equivalents			886				33
Receivables and deposits			2,761				1,303
Inventories:
Land and land development			134,485				83,863
Construction in process			47,142				19,132
Consolidated inventory not owned			790				791
Total inventories			182,417				103,786
Prepaid expenses			6,677				5,066
Total assets		$	216,007			$	125,169
Liabilities and Members’ equity
Notes payable, net of debt issuance costs		$	138,215			$	86,997
Liabilities from inventory not owned			593				593
Accounts payable and other liabilities			16,606				8,858
Customers’ deposits			5,797				2,299
Accrued interest			20,651				4,453
Total liabilities			181,862				103,200
Commitments and contingencies (Note 5)
Members’ equity			34,145				21,969
Total liabilities and members’ equity		$	216,007			$	125,169
See notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GTIS-HOV Holdings V, L.L.C.
Consolidated Statements of Operations
(Dollars in Thousands)

 

		Year Ended October 31, 2017				Period From April 29, 2016 (Inception) Through October 31, 2016
Revenue:
Sale of homes		$	148,858			$	5,601
Other revenue			180				8
Total revenue			149,038				5,609
Expenses:
Direct costs:
Land and land development			53,419				2,377
Construction			59,494				1,966
Other			7,216				301
Direct cost of sales			120,129				4,644
Cost of sales interest			6,120				449
Indirect cost of sales:
Construction and service overhead			3,070				258
Other			2,067				128
Total indirect cost of sales			5,137				386
Gross margin			17,652				130
Selling, general and administrative expense			13,992				2,766
Interest expense			6,184				1,538
Net loss		$	(2,524	)		$	(4,174	)
See notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

 

 

 

 

GTIS-HOV Holdings V, L.L.C.
Consolidated Statement of Changes in Members’ Equity
(Dollars in Thousands)
Year Ended October 31, 2017 and the Period From April 29, 2016 (Inception) Through October 31, 2016
		K. Hovnanian
		GT V				Hov V
		Investment,				Parallel				GTIS Hov V
		LLC				Blocker, LLC				Co-Invest, LLC				Total
Initial Capital Contributions		$	21,786			$	526			$	3,831			$	26,143
Net loss			(3,478	)			(84	)			(612	)			(4,174	)
Balance at October 31, 2016			18,308				442				3,219				21,969
Capital Contributions			12,250				296				2,154				14,700
Net loss			(2,103	)			(51	)			(370	)			(2,524	)
Balance at October 31, 2017		$	28,455			$	687			$	5,003			$	34,145
See notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GTIS-HOV Holdings V, L.L.C.
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(Dollars in Thousands)

 

		Year Ended October 31, 2017				Period From April 29, 2016 (Inception) Through October 31, 2016
Operating activities
Net loss		$	(2,524	)		$	(4,174	)
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash used in operating activities:
Amortization of Deferred Financing Costs			1,064				150
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Receivables, deposits and prepaid expenses			(3,070	)			(6,369	)
Inventories			(78,631	)			(103,786	)
Accounts payable and other liabilities			23,946				13,311
Customers’ deposits			3,498				2,299
Net cash used in operating activities			(55,717	)			(98,569	)
Investing activities
Restricted cash (to) from warranty service dollars			(853	)			(33	)
Net cash used in investing activities			(853	)			(33	)
Financing activities
Member contributions			14,700				26,143
Proceeds from notes payable			88,792				88,770
Payments related to notes payable			(37,266	)			(934	)
Proceeds from model sale leaseback financing program			–				593
Deferred Financing Costs from model financing program and notes payable			(1,371	)			(989	)
Net cash provided by financing activities			64,855				113,583
Net increase in cash			8,285				14,981
Cash balance, beginning of year			14,981				–
Cash balance, end of year		$	23,266			$	14,981
Supplemental disclosures of cash flows:
Cash paid for interest, net of amounts capitalized		$	53			$	43
See notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

 

GTIS-HOV Holdings V, L.L.C.

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

Year Ended October 31, 2017 And The Period From

April 29, 2016 (Inception) Through October 31, 2016

 

 

1. Description of Business

 

GTIS-HOV Holdings V, L.L.C. (with its subsidiaries, the “Company”) is a residential home developer that markets its products in Arizona, California, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, South Carolina and Virginia. All construction activity is performed by subcontractors supervised by the Company.

 

On April 29, 2016, K. Hovnanian GT V Investment, LLC (“K-Hov”) (a subsidiary of K. Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc.) entered into a joint venture agreement with Hov V Parallel Blocker, LLC and GTIS Hov V Co-Invest, LP (collectively, “GTIS”) (both affiliates of GTIS Partners) to develop, construct, and sell residential communities. The Company purchased eight properties from other subsidiaries of K. Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. and one property from a third party. All properties were purchased at fair value. During Fiscal 2017, the Company purchased one property from a subsidiary of K. Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. and two properties from a third party.

 

The Company is a limited-life entity. As the existing lots are developed, built on, and sold, operations will decline and cease when all the homes have been delivered. In accordance with the joint venture agreement, dissolution must ultimately occur no later than December 31, 2065. Capital was contributed by K-Hov and GTIS in the following proportion: 83.3333% by K-Hov; and 14.6551% and 2.0116% by GTIS. The joint venture agreement specifies how profits and losses and cash distributions are allocated to the investors. Also in accordance with the joint venture agreement, K-Hov is the managing member, with all significant decisions shared equally by both members.

 

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

 

Basis of Presentation

 

The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the Company’s accounts and those of its wholly owned subsidiaries after elimination of all intercompany balances and transactions.

 

 

GTIS-HOV Holdings V, L.L.C.

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)

 

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

 

Reclassifications

 

In November 2016, we adopted Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2015-03, “Interest - Imputation of Interest,” which changes the presentation of debt issuance costs in the balance sheet from an asset to a direct reduction of the carrying amount of the related debt. The adoption of this guidance resulted in the reclassification of applicable unamortized debt issuance costs from “Prepaid expenses” of $0.8 million to “Notes payable, net of debt issuance costs” on our Consolidated Balance Sheets. We applied the new guidance retrospectively to all prior periods presented in the financial statements to conform to the fiscal 2017 presentation.

 

Cash

 

Cash includes deposits in checking accounts. Cash balances are held at a financial institution and may, at times, exceed insurable amounts. The Company believes that it mitigates the risk by depositing the cash in a major financial institution.

 

Restricted cash and cash equivalents

 

Restricted cash and cash equivalents include cash collateralizing surety bonds and the per home warranty service dollars discussed below.

 

Inventories

 

Inventories are stated at cost unless the inventory is determined to be impaired, in which case the inventory is written down to its fair value. Inventories of houses include all direct costs of construction, plus capitalized costs, including construction administration, property taxes, interest, and legal fees that relate to development projects. Land, land development, and common facility costs are accumulated by development and are allocated to homes within each development based on buildable acres to product types within each community, which, along with direct construction costs, are allocated to each unit and relieved through cost of sales using the specific identification method.

 

Start-up costs incurred in connection with planned developments are expected to be recovered from the sale of homes and are capitalized. Management periodically reviews the feasibility of planned developments and expenses the costs of developments that are abandoned or which cannot be recovered through the realization of future sales revenue.

 

The Company records impairment losses on inventories related to communities under development when events and circumstances indicate that they may be impaired and that the

 

 

GTIS-HOV Holdings V, L.L.C.

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)

 

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

 

Company will not be able to recover its recorded investment. The Company has not recorded any inventory impairments since inception.

 

“Consolidated inventory not owned” consists of certain model sale leasebacks that are included on the balance sheet in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Some of the assets acquired by the Company included certain model homes sold and leased back with the right to participate in the potential profit when each home is sold to a third party at the end of the respective lease. As a result of this continued involvement, for accounting purposes in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification 360-20-40-38, these sale and leaseback transactions are considered a financing rather than a sale. Therefore, for purposes of the balance sheet, at October 2017 and 2016, inventory of $0.8 million, was recorded to “Consolidated inventory not owned,” with a corresponding amount of $0.6 million, recorded to “Liabilities from inventories not owned.”

 

Interest

 

Interest attributable to properties under development during the land development and home construction period is capitalized and expensed along with the associated cost of sales as the related inventories are sold. Interest incurred in excess of interest capitalized is expensed immediately.

 

Warranty Allowances

 

The Company warrants a home for most ordinary defects generally for the first year of ownership and for major structural defects for the first 10 years of ownership. All warranty services will be provided by and are the responsibility of an affiliate of K-Hov. The Company pays a fixed fee per house (varies for each community) at closing. These fees are deposited into restricted cash accounts maintained by the Company until approvals are granted which allow for reimbursement to be paid to such affiliate, K Hovnanian JV Services Company, LLC, to cover the cost of the warranty services after they have been incurred. Additions and charges to the warranty reserve were as follows:

 

(In thousands)		Year Ended October 31, 2017				The Period April 29, 2016 Through October 31, 2016
Balance, beginning of period		$	32			$	–
Additions			870				33
Charges			(19	)			(1	)
Balance, end of period		$	883			$	32

 

 

GTIS-HOV Holdings V, L.L.C.

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)

 

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

 

Advertising Costs

 

Advertising costs are expensed as incurred. Advertising costs expensed totaled $2.2 million and $0.5 million, in the year ended October 31, 2017 and in the period from April 29, 2016 through October 31, 2016 and are included in Selling, general and administrative expense on the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.

 

Income Taxes

 

A limited liability company is not subject to the payment of federal or state income taxes, as the components of its income and expenses flow through directly to the members. Accordingly, no provision for income taxes has been reflected in the accompanying consolidated financial statements.

 

Use of Estimates

 

The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting standards generally accepted in the United States 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 consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates, and these differences could have a significant impact on the consolidated financial statements.

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606)” (“ASU 2014-09”). ASU 2014-09 requires entities to recognize revenue that represents the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount equivalent to the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled to in exchange for those goods or services. The following steps should be applied to determine this amount: (1) identify the contract(s) with a customer; (2) identify the performance obligations in the contract; (3) determine the transaction price; (4) allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract; and (5) recognize revenue when (or as) the entity satisfies a performance obligation. ASU 2014-09 supersedes the revenue recognition requirements in ASC 605, “Revenue Recognition,” and most industry-specific guidance in the Accounting Standards Codification. In August 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-14 on this same topic, which defers for one year the effective date of ASU 2014-09, therefore making the guidance effective for the Company beginning November 1, 2018.

 

 

GTIS-HOV Holdings V, L.L.C.

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)

 

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

 

Additionally, the FASB also decided to permit entities to early adopt the standard, which allows for either full retrospective or modified retrospective methods of adoption, for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016. We are currently evaluating the impact of adopting this guidance on our Consolidated Financial Statements, and have been involved in industry-specific discussions with the FASB on the treatment of certain items. However, due to the nature of our operations, we expect to identify similar performance obligations in our contracts under ASU 2014-09 compared with the deliverables and separate units of account we have identified under existing accounting standards. As a result, we expect the timing of our recognition of revenues to remain generally the same. Nonetheless, we are still evaluating the impact of specific parts of this ASU, and expect our revenue-related disclosures to change upon its adoption.

 

In August 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-15, “Disclosure of Uncertainties About an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern” (“ASU 2014-15”), which requires management to perform interim and annual assessments on whether there are conditions or events that raise substantial doubt about the entity’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year of the date the financial statements are issued and to provide related disclosures, if required. ASU 2014-15 was effective for the Company as of our fiscal year ending October 31, 2017 and the adoption did not have a material impact on the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

In August 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-15, “Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments” (“ASU 2016-15”). ASU 2016-15 provides guidance on how certain cash receipts and cash payments are to be presented and classified in the statement of cash flows. ASU 2016-15 is effective for the Company’s fiscal year beginning November 1, 2019. Early adoption is permitted. We are currently evaluating the potential impact of adopting this guidance on our Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

In November 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-18, “Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Restricted Cash” (“ASU 2016-18”). ASU 2016-18 amends the classification and presentation of changes in restricted cash or restricted cash equivalents in the statement of cash flows. ASU 2016-18 is effective for the Company’s fiscal year beginning November 1, 2019. Early adoption is permitted. We are currently evaluating the potential impact of adopting this guidance on our Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

3. Related-Party Transactions

 

As the administrative member of the Company, K-Hov provides certain services to the Company. In connection with providing these services, K-Hov receives fees, which are summarized as follows:

 

 

 

GTIS-HOV Holdings V, L.L.C.

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)

 

3. Related-Party Transactions (continued)

 

Administrative charge	4% of home sales revenue
Insurance charge	$6,679 per home sold – Illinois
	$6,605 per home sold – California
	$6,348 per home sold – Maryland
	$8,099 per home sold – New Jersey
	$6,605 per home sold – South Carolina
	$6,155 per home sold – Virginia
Warranty services charge	$2,038 per home sold – Arizona
	$5,276 per home sold – California $1,559 per home sold – Illinois
	$5,564 per home sold – Maryland
	$3,597 per home sold – New Jersey
	$2,871 per home sold – South Carolina
	$5,036 per home sold – Virginia

 

The administrative charge is included in Selling, general and administrative expense, the insurance charge is included in Selling, general and administrative expense and the warranty services charge is included in Indirect cost of sales – Other on the consolidated statements of operations.

 

The following table summarizes the related party fees incurred:

 

(In thousands)		Year Ended October 31, 2017				The Period from April 29, 2016 Through October 31, 2016
Administrative charge		$	5,803			$	217
Insurance charge		$	1,789			$	59
Warranty services charge		$	870			$	33

 

 

4. Notes Payable

 

The Company has a secured promissory note with a lender that is an affiliate of GTIS that matures on April 30, 2023. As of October 31, 2017 and 2016, the note had a principal balance of $95.3 million and $61.0 million, plus $20.6 million and $4.4 million of accrued, unpaid interest, respectively. Interest is payable monthly at a rate of 16% per annum, which can be deferred and added to the unpaid principal balance, and thereafter, can be subject to interest at the note rate. The note is secured by all of the Company’s property and improvements, except for properties

 

 

GTIS-HOV Holdings V, L.L.C.

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)

 

4. Notes Payable (continued)

 

with separate secured loans described herein. The Company also had community-specific project financing in five communities, secured by the related property and improvements. The total commitment for these loans as of October 31, 2017 and 2016 was $90.3 million and $67.0 million, respectively. Interest on amounts drawn is payable monthly at a rate ranging from 4.49% to 8.25% per annum. As of October 31, 2017 and 2016, the total amount drawn on all loans was $44.1 million and $26.8 million, respectively.

 

5. Commitments and Contingencies

 

The Company may be involved in various claims and legal actions arising in the ordinary course of business. In the opinion of management, the ultimate disposition of these matters will not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

 

6. Subsequent Events

 

The Company evaluated subsequent events that took place after October 31, 2017, through December 28, 2017, the date the financial statements were available to be issued. The Company is not aware of any subsequent events that require disclosure in or adjustments to the consolidated financial statements as of October 31, 2017.

 

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