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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 OCTOBER 31, 2020

 

Commission File Number 1-7062

 

INNSUITES HOSPITALITY TRUST

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Ohio   34-6647590

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

 

InnSuites Hotels Centre

1730 E. Northern Avenue, Suite 122

Phoenix, AZ 85020

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (602) 944-1500

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (l) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or l5(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 [  ] No [X]

 

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, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth 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] Emerging growth company [  ]

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act [  ]

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes [  ] No [X]

 

Aggregate market value of Shares of Beneficial Interest held by non-affiliates of the registrant as of October 31, 2020, based upon the closing sales price of the registrant’s Shares of Beneficial Interest on that date, as reported on the NYSE AMERICAN: $6,100,962

 

Number of outstanding Shares of Beneficial Interest, without par value, as of March 24, 2021: 9,063,514

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class  

Trading Symbol(s)

  Name of each exchange on which registered
Shares of beneficial interest without par value   IHT   NYSE-American

 

 

 

 
 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED OCTOBER 31, 2020

 

    Pages
PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
     
Item 1 Financial Statements 2
 

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets – October 31, 2020 (unaudited), and January 31, 2020

2
  Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations – Nine Months Ended October 31,2020 and October 31, 2019 (unaudited) 3
  Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations – Three Months Ended October 31,2020 and October 31, 2019 (unaudited) 4
 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity – Nine Months Ended October 31, 2020 and October 31, 2019 (unaudited)

5
  Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows – Nine Months ended October 31, 2020 and October 31, 2019 (unaudited) 6
  Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited) 7
Item 2 Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations 27
Item 3 Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk 40
Item 4 Controls and Procedures 40
     
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1 Legal Proceedings 42
Item 1A Risk Factors 42
Item 2 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds 42
Item 3 Defaults upon Senior Securities 43
Item 4 Mine Safety Disclosures 43
Item 5 Other Information 43
Item 6 Exhibits 43
  Signature 44
  Exhibit Index  

 

   
 

 

PART I

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

INNSUITES HOSPITALITY TRUST AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

 

   OCTOBER 31, 2020   JANUARY 31, 2020 
   (Unaudited)     
ASSETS          
Current Assets:          
Cash and Cash Equivalents  $47,386   $1,200,528 
Accounts Receivable, including approximately $37,000 and $375,000 from related parties and net of Allowance for Doubtful Accounts of approximately $22,000 and $15,000 as of October 31, 2020 and January 31, 2020, respectively   47,215    585,226 
Income Tax Receivable   119,661    294,402 
Advances to Affiliates - Related Party   657,000    1,000,000 
Current Portion of Note Receivable (net)   -    91,667 
Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets   85,276    77,806 
Total Current Assets   956,538    3,249,629 
Property, Plant and Equipment, (net)   8,367,801    8,983,323 
Note Receivable (net)   1,925,500    1,833,333 
Operating Lease – Right of Use   2,162,331    2,197,364 
Finance Lease – Right of Use   83,246    131,806 
Investments   1,030,000    600,000 
TOTAL ASSETS  $14,525,416   $16,995,455 
           
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY          
           
LIABILITIES          
Current Liabilities:          
Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses  $1,685,348   $1,384,971 
Current Portion of Notes Payable - Related Party   35,000    161,440 
Current Portion of Mortgage Notes Payable, net of Discount   166,768    160,849 
Current Portion of Notes Payable to Banks, net of Discount   500    17,100 
Current Portion of Other Notes Payable   682,318    806,712 
Current Portion of Operating Lease Liability   56,960    168,780 
Current Portion of Finance Lease Liability   27,523    31,123 
Total Current Liabilities   2,654,417    2,730,975 
Mortgage Notes Payable, net of Discount   5,818,131    5,944,819 
Other Notes Payable   525,432    73,491 
Operating Lease Liability, net of current portion   2,326,160    2,252,964 
Finance Lease Liability, net of current portion   59,209    75,396 
TOTAL LIABILITIES   11,383,349    11,077,645 
           
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES          
           
SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY          
Shares of Beneficial Interest, without par value, unlimited authorization; 18,626,215 and 18,608,215 shares issued and 9,057,730 and 9,273,299 shares outstanding at October 31, 2020 and January 31, 2020, respectively   20,485,317    21,837,048 
Treasury Stock, 9,568,485 and 9,334,916 shares held at cost at October 31, 2020 and January 31, 2020, respectively   (13,936,972)   (13,689,533)
TOTAL TRUST SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY   6,548,345    8,147,515 
NON-CONTROLLING INTEREST   (3,406,279)   (2,229,705)
TOTAL EQUITY   3,142,066    5,917,515 
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY  $14,525,416   $16,995,455 

 

See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements

 

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INNSUITES HOSPITALITY TRUST AND SUBSIDIARIES

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

 

   FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED
   OCTOBER 31,
   2020  2019
REVENUE      
Room  $3,006,851   $4,917,000 
Food and Beverage   46,952    52,456 
Management and Trademark Fees   108,944    129,202 
Other   161,010    25,003 
TOTAL REVENUE   3,323,757    5,123,661 
           
OPERATING EXPENSES          
Room   1,169,010    1,520,904 
Food and Beverage   93,788    71,521 
Telecommunications   1,873    395 
General and Administrative   1,459,425    1,712,769 
Sales and Marketing   306,861    386,498 
Repairs and Maintenance   262,214    297,761 
Hospitality   119,331    398,220 
Utilities   272,229    308,540 
Depreciation   634,010    764,566 
Real Estate and Personal Property Taxes, Insurance and Ground Rent   348,986    250,672 
Sales and Occupancy Tax   844,438    - 
Other   6,943    17,416 
TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES   5,519,108    5,729,262 
OPERATING LOSS   (2,195,351)   (605,601)
Interest Income   81,852    65,752 
TOTAL OTHER INCOME   81,852    65,752 
Interest on Mortgage Notes Payable   219,032    181,503 
Interest on Notes Payable to Banks   103    - 
Interest on Other Notes Payable   55,547    190,941 
TOTAL INTEREST EXPENSE   274,682    372,444 
CONSOLIDATED NET LOSS  $(2,388,181)  $(912,293)
LESS: NET (LOSS) INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO NON-CONTROLLING INTEREST  $(1,100,281)  $93,634 
NET LOSS ATTRIBUTABLE TO CONTROLLING INTERESTS  $(1,287,900)  $(1,005,927)
NET LOSS PER SHARE TOTAL – BASIC & DILUTED  $(0.26)  $(0.10)
WEIGHTED AVERAGE NUMBER OF SHARES OUTSTANDING - BASIC & DILUTED   9,187,337    9,324,548 

 

See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements

 

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INNSUITES HOSPITALITY TRUST AND SUBSIDIARIES

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

 

    FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED  
    OCTOBER 31,  
    2020     2019  
REVENUE                
Room   $ 878,813     $ 1,439,693  
Food and Beverage     13,974       20,049  
Management and Trademark Fees     33,696       37,504  
Other     26,476       -  
TOTAL REVENUE     952,959       1,497,246  
                 
OPERATING EXPENSES                
Room     342,698       493,030  
Food and Beverage     30,542       24,214  
Telecommunications     978       -  
General and Administrative     541,664       217,526  
Sales and Marketing     84,287       112,278  
Repairs and Maintenance     86,801       95,429  
Hospitality     24,624       127,258  
Utilities     93,966       115,300  
Depreciation     207,300       269,887  
Real Estate and Personal Property Taxes, Insurance and Ground Rent     138,910       65,222  
Sales and Occupancy Tax     78,438       -  
Other     1,535       7,697  
TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES     1,631,743       1,527,841  
OPERATING LOSS     (678,784 )     (30,595 )
Interest Income     17,500       62,225  
TOTAL OTHER INCOME     17,500       62,225  
Interest on Mortgage Notes Payable     110,687       68,338  
Interest on Other Notes Payable     (4,032 )     115,195  
TOTAL INTEREST EXPENSE     106,655       183,533  
CONSOLIDATED NET LOSS   $ (767,940 )   $ (151,903 )
LESS: NET (LOSS) INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO NON-CONTROLLING INTEREST   $ (286,830 )   $ 49,202  
NET LOSS ATTRIBUTABLE TO CONTROLLING INTERESTS   $ (481,110 )   $ (201,105 )
NET LOSS PER SHARE TOTAL – BASIC & DILUTED   $ (0.08 )   $ (0.02 )
WEIGHTED AVERAGE NUMBER OF SHARES OUTSTANDING - BASIC & DILUTED     9,069,326       9,298,268  

 

See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements

 

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INNSUITES HOSPITALITY TRUST AND SUBSIDIARIES

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED OCTOBER 31, 2020

 

   Shares of Beneficial Interest   Treasury Stock   Trust Shareholders’   Non-Controlling   Total 
   Shares   Amount   Shares   Amount   Equity   Interest   Equity 
Balance, January 31, 2020   9,273,299    21,837,048    9,334,916    (13,689,533)   8,147,515    (2,229,705)   5,917,810 
Net Loss   -    (141,872)   -    -    (141,872)   (210,985)   (352,857)
Purchase of Treasury Stock   (17,074)   -    17,074    (20,772)   (20,772)   -    (20,772)
Shares of Beneficial Interest Issued for Services Rendered   18,000    8,100    -    -    8,100    -    8,100 
Sales of Ownership Interests in Subsidiary, net   -    -    -    -    -    10,000    10,000 
Distribution to Non-Controlling Interests   -    -    -    -    -    (105,347)   (105,347)
Reallocation of Non-Controlling Interests and Other   -    10,494    -    -    10,494    (10,494)   - 
Balance, April 30, 2020   9,274,225   $21,713,770    9,351,990   $(13,710,305)  $8,003,465   $(2,546,531)  $5,456,934 
                                    
Net Loss   -    (664,919)   -    -    (664,919)   (602,466)   (1,267,385)
Dividends   -    (95,924)   -    -    (95,924)   -    (95,924)
Purchase of Treasury Stock   (181,815)   -    181,815    (186,567)   (186,567)   -    (186,567)
Shares of Beneficial Interest Issued for Services Rendered   -    6,300    -    -    6,300    -    6,300 
Balance, July 31, 2020   9,092,410   $20,959,227    9,533,805   $(13,896,872)  $7,062,355   $(3,148,997)  $3,913,358 
Net Loss   -    (481,110)   -    -    (481,110)   (286,830)   (767,940)
Purchase of Treasury Stock   (34,680)   -    34,680    (40,100)   (40,100)   -    (40,100)
Shares of Beneficial Interest Issued for Services Rendered   -    7,200    -    -    7,200    -    7,200 
Reallocation of Non-Controlling Interests and Other   

-

    

-

    

-

    

-

    

-

    

29,548

    

29,548

 
Balance, October 31, 2020   9,057,730   $20,485,317    9,568,485   $(13,936,972)  $6,548,345   $(3,406,279)  $3,142,066 

 

FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED OCTOBER 31, 2019

 

   Shares of Beneficial Interest   Treasury Stock   Trust
Shareholders’
   Non- Controlling   Total 
   Shares   Amount   Shares   Amount   Equity   Interest   Equity 
Balance, January 31, 2019   9,366,076    23,738,260    9,223,884    (13,517,833)   10,220,427    (1,471,912)   8,748,515 
Net (Loss) Income   -    (328,854)   -    -    (328,854)   59,024    (269,830)
Purchase of Treasury Stock   (32,732)   -    32,732    (58,096)   (58,096)   -    (58,096)
Shares of Beneficial Interest Issued for Services Rendered   18,000    8,100    -    -    8,100    -    8,100 
Distribution to Non-Controlling Interests   -    -    -    -    -    (139,679)   (139,679)
Balance, April 30, 2019   9,351,344   $23,417,506    9,256,616   $(13,575,929)  $9,841,577   $(1,552,567)  $8,289,010 
                                    
Net Loss   -    (475,968)   -    -    (475,968)   (14,592)   (490,560)
Dividends   -    (95,909)   -    -    (95,909)   -    (95,909)
Purchase of Treasury Stock   (32,410)   -    32,410    (51,385)   (51,385)   -    (51,385)
Shares of Beneficial Interest Issued for Services Rendered   -    8,100    -    -    8,100    -    8,100 
Distribution to Non-Controlling Interests   -    -    -    -    -    (60,554)   (60,554)
Balance, July 31, 2019   9,318,934   $22,853,729    9,289,026   $(13,627,314)  $9,226,415   $(1,627,713)  $7,598,702 
                                    
Net Loss (Income)   -    (201,105)   -    -    (201,105)   49,202    (151,903)
Purchase of Treasury Stock   (8,243)   -    8,243    (14,286)   (14,286)   -    (14,286)
Shares of Beneficial Interest Issued for Services Rendered   -    8,100    -    -    8,100    -    8,100 
Distribution to Non-Controlling Interests   -    -    -    -    -    (168,993)   (168,993)
Balance, October 31, 2019   9,310,691   $22,660,724    9,297,269   $(13,641,600)  $9,019,124   $(1,747,504)  $7,271,620 

 

See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements

 

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INNSUITES HOSPITALITY TRUST AND SUBSIDIARIES

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

 

   FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED 
   OCTOBER 31, 
   2020   2019 
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES          
Consolidated Net Loss  $(2,388,181)  $(912,293)
Adjustments to Reconcile Consolidated Net Loss to Net Cash (Used In) Provided By Operating Activities:          
Stock-Based Compensation   21,600    24,300 
Depreciation   634,010    764,566 
Changes in Assets and Liabilities:          
Accounts Receivable   537,512    (145,184)
Income Tax Receivable   174,741    - 
Prepaid Expenses and Other Assets   (7,470)   11,547 
Operating Lease   (3,591)   - 
Finance Lease   28,773   - 
Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses   281,889    370,667 
NET CASH (USED IN) PROVIDED BY OPERATING ACTIVITIES   (720,718)   113,603 
           
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES          
Improvements and Additions to Hotel Properties   -    (242,355)
Investments in Unigen   (430,000)   - 
Purchase of Marketable Securities   -    1,106,183 
Lendings on Advances to Affiliates - Related Party   (12,000)   (127,055)
Collections on Advances to Affiliates - Related Party   355,000    25,353 
NET CASH (USED IN) PROVIDED BY INVESTING ACTIVITIES   (87,000)   762,126 
           
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES          
Principal Payments on Mortgage Notes Payable   (120,769)   (86,889)
Borrowings on Mortgage Notes Payable   -    - 
Payments on Notes Payable to Banks, net of financing costs   (16,600)   (156,000)
Borrowings on Notes Payable to Banks, net of financing costs   -    146,700 
Lendings on Notes Receivable - Related Party   -    (254,813)
Collections on Notes Receivable - Related Party   -    888,027 
Payments on Notes Payable - Related Party   (271,440)   (240,210)
Borrowings on Notes Payable – Related Party   145,000    - 
Payments on Other Notes Payable   (185,677)   (604,419)
Borrowings on Other Notes Payable   513,224    11,000 
Payment of Dividends   (95,924)   (95,909)
Proceeds from Sale of Non-Controlling Ownership Interest in Subsidiary, net   10,000    - 
Distributions to Non-Controlling Interest Holders   (105,347)   (369,226)
Repurchase of Treasury Stock   (247,439)   (123,767)
NET CASH USED IN FINANCING ACTIVITIES   (345,424)   (885,506)
NET DECREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS   (1,153,142)   (9,777)
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT BEGINNING OF PERIOD   1,200,528    749,075 
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT END OF PERIOD  $47,386   $739,298 

 

See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements

 

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INNSUITES HOSPITALITY TRUST AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

AS OF OCTOBER 31, 2020 AND JANUARY 31, 2020

AND FOR THE THREE AND NINE MONTHS ENDED OCTOBER 31, 2020 AND 2019

 

1. NATURE OF OPERATIONS AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION

 

As of October 31, 2020, InnSuites Hospitality Trust (the “Trust”, “IHT”, “we”, “us” or “our”) is a publicly traded unincorporated Ohio real estate investment trust (REIT) with two hotels IHT owns and three hotels IHT manages. The Trust and its shareholders directly in and through a Partnership, own interests in two hotels with an aggregate of 270 hotel suites in Arizona and New Mexico, both (the “Hotels”) operated under the federally trademarked name “InnSuites Hotels” or “InnSuites” as well as operating under the brand name “Best Western”. The Trust and its shareholders hold a $1 million 6% convertible debenture in UniGen Power Inc., (“UPI”), and hold warrants to make further UPI Investments in the future.

 

Hotel Operations:

 

Our Tucson, Arizona Hotel and our Hotel located in Albuquerque, New Mexico are limited service hotels. Both hotels offer swimming pools, fitness centers, business centers, and complimentary breakfast. In addition the Hotels offer social areas and modest conference facilities.

 

The Trust is the sole general partner of RRF Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Partnership”) and owned a 75.89% interest in the Partnership as of October 31, 2020 and January 31, 2020, respectively. The Trust’s weighted average ownership for the nine months ended October 31, 2020 and 2019 was 75.89%. As of October 31, 2020, the Partnership owned a 51.01% interest in an InnSuites® hotel located in Tucson, Arizona. The Trust owns a direct 20.17% interest in an InnSuites® hotel located in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

 

InnSuites Hotels Inc.(“IHI”), a subsidiary, manages the Hotels’ daily operations under 3 management agreements. The Trust also provides the use of the “InnSuites” trademark to the Hotels through wholly-owned IHI. All expenses and reimbursements between the Trust, IHI and the Partnership have been eliminated in consolidation.

 

The Trust classified the Hotels as operating assets, but these assets are available for sale. At this time, the Trust is unable to predict when, and if, any of these will be sold. Neither the Tucson Hotel nor the Albuquerque Hotel is currently listed but the Trust is willing to consider offers for the Hotel. Each of the Hotels is being marketed at a price that management believes is reasonable in relation to its current fair value.

 

PRINCIPLES OF CONSOLIDATION AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION

 

These consolidated financial statements have been prepared by management in accordance with accounting principles in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”), and include all assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses of the Trust and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. All material intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated. Certain items have been reclassified to conform to the current fiscal year presentation. The Trust exercises unilateral control over the Partnership and the entities listed below. Therefore, the financial statements of the Partnership and the entities listed below are consolidated with the Trust, and all significant intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated.

 

   IHT OWNERSHIP % 
ENTITY  DIRECT   INDIRECT (i) 
Albuquerque Suite Hospitality, LLC   20.17%   - 
Tucson Hospitality Properties, LLLP   -    51.01%
RRF Limited Partnership   75.89%   - 
InnSuites Hotels Inc.   100.00%   - 

 

(i) Indirect ownership is through the Partnership

 

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PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT

 

The Partnership Agreement of the Partnership provides for the issuance of two classes of Limited Partnership units, Class A and Class B. Class A and Class B Partnership units are identical in all respects, except that each Class A Partnership unit is convertible into one newly-issued Share of Beneficial Interest of the Trust at any time at the option of the limited partner holding the units. The Class B Partnership units may only become convertible, each into one newly issued Share of Beneficial Interest of the Trust, with the approval of the Board of Trustees, in its sole discretion. On October 31, 2020 and January 31, 2020, 211,708 Class A Partnership units were issued and outstanding, representing 1.60% of the total Partnership units, respectively. Additionally, as of October 31, 2020 and January 31, 2020, 2,974,038 Class B Partnership units were outstanding to and owned by James Wirth, the Trust’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and Mr. Wirth’s affiliates. If all the Class A and B Partnership units were converted on October 31, 2020 and January 31, 2020, the limited partners in the Partnership would receive 3,185,746 Shares of Beneficial Interest of the Trust. As of October 31, 2020, and January 31, 2020, the Trust owns 10,025,771 general partner units in the Partnership, representing 75.89% of the total Partnership units.

 

LIQUIDITY

 

The Trust’s principal source of cash to meet its cash requirements, including distributions to its shareholders, is our share of the Partnership quarterly distributions coming from the Tucson Hotel as well as cash flow; quarterly distributions and cash flow from the Albuquerque, New Mexico property, management fees charged to Trust and Affiliate hotels, repayments of intercompany loans for the Tucson and Albuquerque Hotels and more recently, sales and/or refinance of certain hotels. The Partnership’s principal source of cash flow is quarterly distributions from the Tucson, Arizona property. The Trust’s liquidity, including our ability to make distributions to its shareholders, will depend upon the ability of the Trust and the Partnership’s ability to generate sufficient cash flow from hotel operations and to service debt, as well as to generate funds from repayment of loans and sale of assets. The Covid-19 Virus (the “Virus”) has disrupted the quarterly distributions from both the Albuquerque and Tucson hotels. Another principal source of cash is derived from the management fees of the Albuquerque, Tucson, and Tempe Hotels.

 

At a future date, the Trust may receive cash from the operations and/or full or partial sale of its Unigen diversification investment.

 

As of October 31, 2020, the Trust had a related party Demand/Revolving Line of Credit/Promissory Note with an amount payable of approximately $35,000. The Demand/Revolving Line of Credit/Promissory Note accrues interest at 7.0% per annum and requires interest only payments. The Demand/Revolving Line of Credit/Promissory Note has a maximum borrowing capacity to $1,000,000, which is available through December 31, 2021, and renews annually. As of October 31, 2020, the outstanding net balance receivable on the Demand/Revolving Line of Credit/Promissory Note was $0.

 

As of October 31, 2020, the Trust had Advance to Affiliate credit facilities with an aggregate maximum borrowing capacity of $1,000,000, which is available through December 31, 2020, and renews annually. As of October 31, 2020, the Trust had an amount receivable of the Advances to Affiliate credit facility of $657,000.

 

As of October 31, 2020, the Trust had a Revolving line of Credit of $150,000 with the Republic Bank of Arizona. The line had a zero balance as of October 31, 2020.

 

With approximately $47,000 of cash, as of October 31, 2020, the availability of a $1,000,000 related party Demand/Revolving Line of Credit/Promissory Note, the availability of the combined $1,000,000 Advance to Affiliate credit facilities, and the $150,000 Revolving Line of Credit with Republic Bank, the Trust believes that it has and will have enough cash on hand to meet all of the financial obligations as they become due for twelve months from the date of filing this 10-Q. In addition, management is analyzing other strategic options available to the Trust, including the sale or refinance of one or both Hotel properties. However, such transactions may not be available on terms that are favorable to the Trust, or at all.

 

There can be no assurance that the Trust will be successful selling properties, refinancing debt or raising additional or replacement funds, or that these funds may be available on terms that are favorable to it. If the Trust is unable to raise additional or replacement funds, it may be required to sell certain of our assets to meet liquidity needs, which may not be on terms that are favorable.

 

TEMPE HOTEL SUBSEQUENT EVENT

 

Subsequent to the end of the Third Fiscal Quarter, an affiliate of the Trust sold the Tempe Hotel on December 18, 2020. At that time, the Trust received in the Fourth Fiscal quarter the full repayment of the approximately $657,000 intercompany loan to Tempe.

 

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BASIS OF PRESENTATION

 

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared by the Trust in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”), for interim financial information, and pursuant to the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by U.S. GAAP for complete financial statement presentation. However, the Trust believes that the disclosures are adequate to make the information presented not misleading. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting primarily of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included.

 

Operating results for the nine months ended October 31, 2020 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the fiscal year ending January 31, 2021. The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and related notes thereto included in the Trust’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 31, 2020.

 

The Trust has evaluated subsequent events through the date of the filing of its Form 10-Q with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Other than those events disclosed, the Trust is not aware of any other significant events that occurred subsequent to the balance sheet date but prior to the filing of this report that would have a material impact on the Trust’s financial statements.

 

As sole general partner of the Partnership, the Trust exercises unilateral control over the Partnership, and the Trust owns all of the issued and outstanding classes of shares of InnSuites Hotels Inc. Therefore, the financial statements of the Partnership and InnSuites Hotels Inc. are consolidated with the Trust, and all significant intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated.

 

Under Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 810-10-25, Albuquerque Suite Hospitality, LLC has been determined to be a variable interest entity with the Trust as the primary beneficiary (see Note 4 – “Variable Interest Entity”). Therefore, the financial statements of Albuquerque Suite Hospitality, LLC, are consolidated with the Trust, and all significant intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated.

 

The financial statements of the Partnership and Tucson Hospitality Properties, LLLP are consolidated with the Partnership and the Trust, and all significant intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated.

 

SEASONALITY OF THE HOTEL BUSINESS

 

The Hotels’ operations historically have been somewhat seasonal. The Tucson Arizona Hotel experiences the highest occupancy in the first fiscal quarter (the winter season) and, to a lesser extent, the fourth fiscal quarter. The second fiscal quarter tends to be the lowest occupancy period at this Arizona Hotel. This seasonality pattern can be expected to cause fluctuations in the Trust’s quarterly revenues. The Hotel located in Albuquerque, New Mexico historically experience their most profitable periods during the second and third fiscal quarters (the summer season), providing some balance to the general seasonality of the Trust’s hotel business.

 

The seasonal nature of the Trust’s business increases its vulnerability to risks such as travel disruptions, labor force shortages and cash flow issues. Further, if an adverse event such as an actual or threatened virus pandemic, terrorist attack, international conflict, data breach, regional economic downturn or poor weather should occur at either of its two hotels, the adverse impact to the Trust’s revenues and profit could be significant.

 

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RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING GUIDANCE

 

The Trust adopted ASU No. 2016-02 as of February 1, 2019, using the modified retrospective approach wherein entities were allowed to initially apply the new leases standard at adoption date which had no effect to the opening balance of retained earnings in the period of adoption. Accordingly, all periods prior to February 1, 2019 were presented in accordance with the previous ASC Topic 840, Leases, and no retrospective adjustments were made to the comparative periods presented.

 

The Trust elected the package of practical expedients permitted under the new standard which, among other things, allowed the Trust to not reassess the lease classification, the lease identification, and the initial direct costs for any existing leases. Further, as permitted by the standard, the Trust made an accounting policy election not to record ROU assets or lease liabilities for leases with a term of 12 months or less. Instead, consistent with legacy accounting guidance, the Trust will recognize payments for such leases in the condensed consolidated statement of operations on a straight-line basis over the lease term. With adoption on February 1, 2019, this standard resulted in the recognition of additional assets of $2,821,410 and liabilities of $2,913,568 upon adoption on its accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet. The new standard did not have a material impact on the Trust’s results of operations or cash flows.

 

In June 2018, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2018-07, Compensation – Stock Compensation (Topic 718) Improvements to Nonemployee Share-Based Payment Accounting. This ASU expands the scope of Topic 718 to include share-based payment transactions for acquiring goods and services from nonemployees. The amendments in this ASU became effective for us beginning February 1, 2019, and early adoption is permitted. The Trust has adopted this ASU which did not have a material effect on the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

USE OF ESTIMATES

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

The Trust’s operations are affected by numerous factors, including the economy, virus/pandemic, competition in the hotel industry and the effect of the economy on the travel and hospitality industries. The Trust cannot predict if any of the above items will have a significant impact in the future, nor can it predict what impact, if any, the occurrence of these or other events might have on the Trust’s operations and cash flows. Significant estimates and assumptions made by management include, but are not limited to, the estimated useful lives of long-lived assets and recoverability of long-lived assets and the fair values of the long-lived assets.

 

PROPERTY, EQUIPMENT, AND HOTEL PROPERTIES

 

Furniture, fixtures, building and improvements and hotel properties are stated at cost, except for land, and depreciated using the straight-line method over estimated lives ranging up to 40 years for buildings and improvements, and 3 to 10 years for furniture, fixtures and equipment.

 

Land is an indefinite-lived asset. The Trust tests its land for impairment annually, or whenever events or changes in circumstances indicates an impairment may have occurred, by comparing its carrying value to its implied fair value.

 

For tax purposes the Trust may take advantage of accelerated depreciation methods (MACRS) for new capital additions and improvements to its Hotels.

 

Management applies guidance ASC 360-10-35, to determine when it is required to test an asset for recoverability of its carrying value and whether, or not, an impairment exists. Under ASC 360-10-35, the Trust is required to test a long-lived asset for impairment when there is an indicator of impairment. Impairment indicators may include, but are not limited to, a drop in the performance of a long-lived asset, a decline in the hospitality industry or a decline in the economy. If an indicator of potential impairment is present, then an assessment is performed of whether the carrying amount of an asset exceeds its estimated undiscounted future cash flows over its estimated remaining life.

 

If the estimated undiscounted future cash flows over the asset’s estimated remaining life are greater than the asset’s carrying value, no impairment is recognized; however, if the carrying value of the asset exceeds the estimated undiscounted future cash flows, then the Trust would recognize an impairment expense to the extent the asset’s carrying value exceeds its fair value, if any. The estimated future cash flows are based upon, among other things, assumptions about expected future operating performance, and may differ from actual cash flows. Long-lived assets evaluated for impairment are analyzed on a property-specific basis independent of the cash flows of other groups of assets. Evaluation of future cash flows is based on historical experience and other factors, including certain economic conditions, and committed future bookings.

 

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

 

The Trust considers all highly liquid short-term investments with maturities of three months or less at the time of purchase to be cash equivalents. The Trust believes it places its cash and cash equivalents only with high credit quality financial institutions, although these balances may periodically exceed federally insured limits.

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – AVAILABLE FOR SALE SECURITIES

 

The Trust currently holds a liquid investment account with Charles Schwab. The Trust believes it places its investments only with high credit quality financial institutions.

 

REVENUE RECOGNITION

 

Hotel and Operations

 

ASU 2014-09 (Topic 606), “Revenue from Contracts with Customers” is effective for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017. ASU 2014-09 requires entities to recognize revenue through the application of a five-step model, which includes identification of the contract, identification of the performance obligations, determination of the transaction price, allocation of the transaction price to the performance obligations and recognition of revenue as the entity satisfies the performance obligations.

 

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Revenues are primarily derived from the sources below and are recognized as services are rendered and when collectability is reasonably assured. Amounts received in advance of revenue recognition are considered deferred liabilities and are generally not significant.

 

Revenues primarily consist of room rentals, food and beverage sales, management and trademark fees and other miscellaneous revenues from our properties. Revenues are recorded when rooms are occupied and when food and beverage sales are delivered. Management and trademark fees from non-affiliated hotels include a monthly accounting fee and a percentage of hotel room revenues for managing the daily operations of the Hotels and the one hotel owned by affiliates of Mr. Wirth.

 

Each room night consumed by a guest with a cancellable reservation represents a contract whereby the Trust has a performance obligation to provide the room night at an agreed upon price. For cancellable reservations, the Trust recognizes revenue as each performance obligation (i.e., each room night) is met. Such contract is renewed if the guest continues their stay. For room nights consumed by a guest with a non-cancellable reservation, the entire reservation period represents the contract term whereby the Trust has a performance obligation to provide the room night or nights at an agreed upon price. For non-cancellable reservations, the Trust recognizes revenue over the term of the performance period (i.e., the reservation period) as room nights are consumed. For these reservations, the room rate is typically fixed over the reservation period. The Trust uses an output method based on performance completed to date (i.e., room nights consumed) to determine the amount of revenue it recognizes on a daily basis if the length of a non-cancellable reservation exceeds one night since consumption of room nights indicates when services are transferred to the guest. In certain instances, variable consideration may exist with respect to the transaction price, such as discounts, coupons and price concessions made upon guest checkout.

 

In evaluating its performance obligation, the Trust bundles the obligation to provide the guest the room itself with other obligations (such as free Wi-Fi, grab and go breakfast, access to on-site laundry facilities and parking), as the other obligations are not distinct and separable because the guest cannot benefit from the additional amenities without the consumed room night. The Trust’s obligation to provide the additional items or services is not separately identifiable from the fundamental contractual obligation (i.e., providing the room and its contents). The Trust has no performance obligations once a guest’s stay is complete.

 

We are required to collect certain taxes and fees from customers on behalf of government agencies and remit these back to the applicable governmental agencies on a periodic basis. We have a legal obligation to act as a collection agent. We do not retain these taxes and fees and, therefore, they are not included in revenues. We record a liability when the amounts are collected and relieve the liability when payments are made to the applicable taxing authority or other appropriate governmental agency.

 

ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLES AND ALLOWANCE FOR DOUBTFUL ACCOUNTS

 

Accounts receivable are derived from guest stays and other reservations at the Hotels. Accounts receivable are carried at original amounts billed less an estimate made for doubtful accounts based on a review of outstanding amounts on a quarterly basis. Management generally records an allowance for doubtful accounts for 50% of balances over 90 days due and 100% of balances over 120 days due. Accounts receivable are written off when collection efforts have been exhausted and they are deemed uncollectible. Recoveries, if any, of receivables previously written off are recorded when received. The Trust does not charge interest on accounts receivable balances and these receivables are unsecured. The following is a reconciliation of the allowance for doubtful accounts for the three months ended October 31, 2020 and the fiscal year ended January 31, 2020.

 

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Fiscal Year  Balance at the
Beginning
of Period
   Discontinued
Operations
Adjustment
   Charged to
Expense
   Deductions   Balance at
the End
of Period
 
October 31, 2020  $(14,789)  $     -   $(6,933)  $-   $(21,722)
January 31, 2020  $(5,943)  $-   $(13,223)  $4,377   $(14,789)

 

INCOME TAX RECEIVABLE

 

The Trust amended its corporate tax returns for the previous year ended January 31, 2019. Such amendments resulted in a refund of approximately $294,000, of which the Trust received approximately $175,000 in August 2020. The Trust expects to receive the remaining $120,000 by July 31, 2021.

 

LEASE ACCOUNTING

 

The Trust determines, at the inception of a contract, if the arrangement is a lease and whether it meets the classification criteria for a finance or operating lease. ROU assets represent the Trust’s right to use an underlying asset during the lease term and lease liabilities represent the Trust’s obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. ROU assets and lease liabilities are recognized at commencement date based on the present value of fixed lease payments over the lease term. ROU assets also include any advance lease payments and exclude lease incentives. As most of the Trust’s operating leases do not provide an implicit rate, the Trust uses its incremental borrowing rate based on information available at commencement date in determining the present value of lease payments. Finance lease agreements generally include an interest rate that is used to determine the present value of future lease payments. Operating fixed lease expense and finance lease depreciation expense are recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term (see Note 14).

 

TRUSTEE STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

 

The Trust has an employee equity incentive plan, which is described more fully in Note 15 - “Share-Based Payments.” The three independent members of the Board of Trustees earn 6,000 IHT Shares per year. The Trust has paid the annual fees due to its Trustees by issuing Shares of Beneficial Interest out of its authorized but unissued Shares. Upon issuance, the Trust recognizes the shares as outstanding. The Trust recognizes expense related to the issuance based on the fair value of the shares upon the date of the restricted share grant and amortizes the expense equally over the period during which the shares vest to the Trustees.

 

During the nine months ended October 31, 2020, the Trust granted restricted stock awards of 18,000 Shares to three independent members of the Board of Trustees, resulting in stock-based compensation of $21,600. The shares vest over one year, through the end of fiscal year ended January 31, 2021 monthly at a rate of approximately 500 shares for each outside Trustee or a total of 1,500 per month for three independent Trustees.

 

TREASURY STOCK

 

Treasury stock is carried at cost, including any brokerage commissions paid to repurchase the shares. Any shares issued from treasury stock are removed at cost, with the difference between cost and fair value at the time of issuance recorded against Shares of Beneficial Interest.

 

NET LOSS PER SHARE

 

Basic and diluted net loss per Share of Beneficial Interest is computed based on the weighted-average number of Shares of Beneficial Interest and potentially dilutive securities outstanding during the period. Dilutive securities are limited to the Class A and Class B units of the Partnership, which are convertible into 3,185,746 Shares of the Beneficial Interest, as discussed in Note 1.

 

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For the nine months ended October 31, 2020 and 2019, there were Class A and Class B Partnership units outstanding, which are convertible into Shares of Beneficial Interest of the Trust. Assuming conversion at the beginning of each period, the aggregate weighted-average of these Shares of Beneficial Interest would have been 3,185,746 in addition to the basic shares outstanding for the nine months ended October 31, 2020 and 2019. These Shares of Beneficial Interest issuable upon conversion of the Class A and Class B Partnership units were anti-dilutive during the nine months ended October 31, 2020 and 2019 and are excluded in the calculation of diluted earnings per share for those periods.

 

ADVERTISING COSTS

 

Amounts incurred for advertising costs are expensed as incurred. Advertising expense for continuing operations totaled approximately $39,000 and $59,000 for the three months ended October 31, 2020 and 2019 respectively, and $154,000 and $233,000 for the nine months ended October 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

 

CONCENTRATION OF CREDIT RISK

 

Credit risk is the risk of an unexpected loss if a third party to a financial instrument fails to meet its contractual obligations. Financial instruments that potentially subject the Trust to a concentration of credit risk consist primarily of cash and cash equivalents. Management’s assessment of the Trust’s credit risk for cash and cash equivalents is low as cash and cash equivalents are held in financial institutions believed to be credit worthy.

 

The Trust limits its exposure to credit loss by placing its cash with major financial institutions and invests only in short-term obligations.

 

While the Trust is exposed to credit losses due to the non-performance of its counterparties, the Trust considers the risk of this remote.

 

The Trust estimates its maximum credit risk for accounts receivable at the amount recorded on the balance sheet.

 

FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

 

For disclosure purposes, fair value is determined by using available market information and appropriate valuation methodologies. Fair value is defined as the price that would be received from the sale of an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in an orderly transaction between market participants in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability. The fair value framework specifies a hierarchy of valuation techniques, which is based on whether the inputs into the valuation technique are observable or unobservable. The fair value hierarchy levels are as follows:

 

  Level 1 – Valuation techniques in which all significant inputs are unadjusted quoted prices from active markets for assets or liabilities that are identical to the assets or liabilities being measured.

 

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  Level 2 – Valuation techniques in which significant inputs include quoted prices from active markets for assets or liabilities that are similar to the assets or liabilities being measured and / or quoted prices for assets or liabilities that are identical or similar to the assets or liabilities being measured from markets that are not active. Also, model-derived valuations in which all significant inputs and significant value drivers are observable in active markets are level 2 valuation techniques.
     
  Level 3 – Valuation techniques in which one or more significant inputs or significant value drivers are unobservable. Unobservable inputs are valuation technique inputs that reflect a company’s own judgments about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability.

 

The Trust has assets that are carried at fair value on a recurring basis, including warrants in a 3rd party private company recorded in investments on the unaudited consolidated balance sheet.

 

Due to their short maturities, the carrying value of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued expenses approximate fair value. The fair value of mortgage notes payable, notes payable to banks and notes and advances payable to related parties is estimated by using the current rates which would be available for similar loans having the same remaining maturities and are based on level 3 inputs.

 

INVESTMENT IN UNIGEN POWER, INC.

 

On December 16, 2019, the Trust entered into a Convertible Debenture Purchase Agreement with UniGen Power Inc. (“UPI” or “UniGen”).

 

The Trust purchased secured convertible debentures (“Debentures”) in the aggregate amount of $1,000,000 (the “Loan Amount”) (the “Loan”) at an annual interest rate of 6%. The Debentures are convertible into Class A shares of UniGen Common Stock at an initial conversion rate of $1.00 per share. The Loan is structured into two (2) payments of $600,000 and $400,000. The first payment of $600,000 was made by the Trust at closing on December 16, 2019 and the second payment of $400,000 was made on February 3, 2020.

 

UniGen issued the Trust common stock purchase warrants (the “Debenture Warrants”) to purchase up to 1,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock (600,000 issued on January 31, 2020, and 400,000 issued on February 3, 2020). The Debenture Warrants are exercisable at an exercise price of $1.00 per share of Class A Common Stock.

 

UniGen, also, issued the Trust additional common stock purchase warrants (“Additional Warrants”) to purchase up to 200,000 shares of Class A Common Stock (120,000 issued at January 31, 2020, and 80,000 issued on February 3, 2020). The Additional Warrants are exercisable at an exercise price of $2.25 per share of Class A Common Stock.

 

On the Trust’s balance sheet, the investment of the $1,030,000 made in the current fiscal year consists of approximately $424,000 in note receivables, approximately $576,000 as the fair value of the warrant issued with the Trust’s investment in UniGen, and $30,000 in accrued interest income, which was re-invested in Unigen. The value of the premium related to the fair value of the warrants will accrete over the life of the debentures.

 

The value of the warrants was based on Black-Scholes pricing model based on the following inputs:

 

Debenture Warrants

 

Type of option  Call option 
Stock price  $2.25 
Exercise (Strike) price  $1.00 
Time to maturity (years)   2.0 
Annualized risk-free rate   1.630%
Annualized volatility   27.43%

 

Additional Warrants

 

Type of option  Call option 
Stock price  $2.25 
Exercise (Strike) price  $2.25 
Time to maturity (years)   2.0 
Annualized risk-free rate   1.630%
Annualized volatility   27.43%

 

UNIGEN SUBSEQUENT EVENT

 

UniGen has also agreed to allow IHT to fund a $500,000 line of credit at the option of IHT convertible into 500,000 shares of UniGen stock at $1 per share. And upon full subscription of the UniGen $2 million syndication, IHT will be granted an additional 300,000 warrants at $2.25 per share. If all notes are converted and all warrants exercised, IHT would hold 3 million UniGen shares out of a total of approximately 12 million UniGen shares resulting in IHT owning approximately 25% of UniGen. Subsequent to October 31, 2020, no activity has occurred with this line of credit and thus no draws have been taken.

 

3. SALE OF OWNERSHIP INTERESTS IN SUBSIDIARIES

 

The Trust has sold non-controlling interests in certain subsidiaries, including Albuquerque Suite Hospitality, LLC (the “Albuquerque entity”) and Tucson Hospitality Properties, LLLP (the “Tucson entity, which sales are described in detail in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on August 14, 2020 with the Securities and Exchange Commissions. Generally, interests have sold for $10,000 per unit with a two-unit minimum subscription. The Trust maintains at least 50.1% of the units in one of the entities and intends to maintain this minimum ownership percentage. Generally, the units in the each of the entities are allocated to three classes with differing cumulative discretionary priority distribution rights through a certain time period. Class A units are owned by unrelated third parties and have priority for distributions. Class B units are owned by the Trust and have second priority for distributions. Class C units are owned by Rare Earth or other affiliates of Mr. Wirth and have the lowest priority for distributions. Priority distributions of $700 per unit per year are cumulative until a certain date; however, after that date, generally Class A unit holders continue to hold a preference on distributions over Class B and Class C unit holders. The Trust does not accrue for these distributions as the preference periods have expired.

 

On February 15, 2017, the Trust and Partnership entered into a restructuring agreement with Rare Earth Financial, LLC (“REF”) to allow for the sale of non-controlling partnership units in Albuquerque Suite Hospitality LLC (“Albuquerque”) for $10,000 per unit, which operates the Best Western InnSuites Albuquerque Hotel and Suites Airport hotel property, a 112 unit hotel in Albuquerque, New Mexico (the “Property”). REF and IHT restructured the Albuquerque Membership Interest by creating 250 additional Class A membership interests from General Member majority-owned to accredited investor member-owned. In the event of sale of 250 Class A Interests, total interests outstanding will change from 550 to 600 with Class A, Class B and Class C Limited Liability Company Interests (referred to collectively as “Interests”) restructured with IHT selling approximately 200 Class B Interests to accredited investors as Class A Interest. REF, as a General Partner of Albuquerque, will coordinate the offering and sale of Class A Interests to qualified third parties. REF and other REF Affiliates may purchase Interests under the offering. This restructuring is part of the Trust’s Equity Enhancement Plan to comply with Section 1003(a)(iii) of the NYSE American Company Guide.

 

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4. VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES

 

Management evaluates the Trust’s explicit and implicit variable interests to determine if they have any interests in variable interest entities (“VIEs”). Variable interests are contractual, ownership, or other pecuniary interests in an entity whose value changes with changes in the fair value of the entity’s net assets, exclusive of variable interests. Explicit variable interests are those which directly absorb the variability of a VIE and can include contractual interests such as loans or guarantees as well as equity investments. An implicit variable interest acts the same as an explicit variable interest except it involves the absorbing of variability indirectly, such as through related party arrangements or implicit guarantees. The analysis includes consideration of the design of the entity, its organizational structure, including decision making ability over the activities that most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance. GAAP requires a reporting entity to consolidate a VIE when the reporting entity has a variable interest, or combination of variable interest, that provides it with a controlling financial interest in the VIE. The entity that consolidates a VIE is referred to as the primary beneficiary of that VIE.

 

The Partnership has determined that the Albuquerque entity is a variable interest entity with the Partnership as the primary beneficiary with the ability to exercise control, as determined under the guidance of ASC Topic 810-10-25. In its determination, management considered the following qualitative and quantitative factors:

 

a) The Partnership, Trust, and their related parties, which share common ownership and management, have guaranteed material financial obligations of the Albuquerque hotel.

 

b) The Partnership, Trust and their related parties have maintained, as a group, a controlling ownership interest in the Albuquerque hotel, with the largest ownership belonging to the Trust.

 

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c) The Partnership, Trust and their related parties have maintained control over the decisions which most impact the financial performance of the Albuquerque hotel, including providing the personnel to operate the property daily.

 

During the nine months ended October 31, 2020 and the fiscal year ended January 31, 2020, neither the Trust nor the Partnership have provided any implicit or explicit financial support for which they were not previously contracted. Both the Partnership and the Trust provided mortgage loan guarantees which allow our properties to obtain new financing as needed.

 

5. PROPERTY, EQUIPMENT, AND HOTEL PROPERTIES

 

As of October 31, 2020 and January 31, 2020, hotel properties consisted of the following:

 

   October 31, 2020   January 31, 2020 
Land  $2,500,000   $2,500,000 
Building and improvements   10,519,606    10,495,465 
Furniture, fixtures and equipment   4,052,067    4,021,890 
Total hotel properties   17,071,673    17,017,355 
Less accumulated depreciation   (8,770,787)   (8,155,224)
Hotel Properties in Service, net   8,300,886    8,862,131 
Construction in progress   0    40,965 
Hotel properties, net  $8,300,886   $8,903,096 

 

As of October 31, 2020 and January 31, 2020, corporate property, plant and equipment consisted of the following:

 

   October 31, 2020   January 31, 2020 
Land  $7,005   $7,005 
Building and improvements   75,662    75,662 
Furniture, fixtures and equipment   166,121    160,987 
Total property, plant and equipment   248,788    243,654 
Less accumulated depreciation   (181,873)   (163,427)
Property, Plant and Equipment, net  $66,915   $80,227 

 

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6. MORTGAGE NOTES PAYABLE

 

On October 31, 2020 and January 31, 2020, the Trust had a mortgage note payable outstanding with respect to the Tucson Hotel. The mortgage note payable has a scheduled maturity date in June 2042. Weighted average annual interest rates on mortgage notes payable as of October 31, 2020 and January 31, 2020 were 4.69%, respectively.

 

The mortgage note payable reflects a $5.0 million Business Loan Agreement (“Tucson Loan”) as a first mortgage credit facility with KS State Bank, entered into on June 29, 2017, to refinance the existing first mortgage credit facility with an approximate payoff balance of $3.045 million. The loan will allow Tucson Hospitality Properties, LLLP funds for prior and future hotel improvements. The Tucson Loan has a maturity date of June 19, 2042 and has an initial interest rate of 4.69% for the first five years and thereafter a variable rate equal to the US Treasury + 2.0% with a floor of 4.69% and no prepayment penalty. This credit facility is guaranteed by InnSuites Hospitality Trust, RRF Limited Partnership, Rare Earth Financial, LLC, James F. Wirth and Gail J. Wirth and the Wirth Family Trust dated July 14, 2016.

 

As of October 31, 2020, and January 31, 2020, the Tucson Loan balance was approximately $4,600,000 and $4,709,000, respectively, net of a discount of approximately $5,000. The mortgage note payable is due in monthly installments of $28,493.

 

In addition, the Albuquerque hotel has a loan of approximately $1.4 million with a weighted average interest rate of 4.9%.

 

As of October 31, 2020, and January 31, 2020, the Trust has an affiliate loan with Tempe InnSuites Phoenix Airport for $1 Million. Further detail is out lined in the liquidity section. (This loan was repaid in full in December 2020.)

 

See Note 9 – “Minimum Debt Payments” for scheduled minimum payments on the mortgage notes payable.

 

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7. NOTES PAYABLE – RELATED PARTY

 

On December 1, 2014, the Trust entered a Demand/Revolving Line of Credit/Promissory Note with Rare Earth Financial, LLC, an entity which is wholly owned by Mr. Wirth and his family members. The Demand/Revolving Line of Credit/Promissory Note, as amended on June 19, 2017, bears interest at 7.0% per annum for both a payable and receivable, is interest only quarterly matures on August 24, 2021, and renews annually each calendar year. No prepayment penalty exists on the Demand/Revolving Line of Credit/Promissory Note. The balance fluctuates significantly through the period. The Demand/Revolving Line of Credit/Promissory Note has a net maximum borrowing/lending capacity of $1,000,000. As of October 31, 2020, and January 31, 2020, the Trust had an amount payable of approximately $35,000 and $0, respectively. During the nine months ended October 31, 2020 and 2019, the Trust accrued approximately $0 of interest expense.

 

8. OTHER NOTES PAYABLE

 

As of October 31, 2020, the Trust had approximately $136,000 in promissory notes outstanding to unrelated third parties arising from the repurchase of 516,488 Class A Partnership units in privately negotiated transactions, the repurchase of 314,100 Shares of Beneficial Interest in privately negotiated transactions, and the repurchase of 1 Class A interest in Albuquerque Suite Hospitality, LLC in privately negotiated transactions. These promissory notes bear interest at 7% per year and are due in varying monthly payments through January 2023.

 

As of October 31, 2020, the Trust had a $200,000 unsecured note payable with an individual lender. The promissory note is payable on demand, or on June 30, 2021, whichever occurs first. The loan accrues interest at 4.0% and interest only payments shall be made monthly and are due on the first of the following month. The Trust may pay all of part of this note without any repayment penalties. The total principal amount of this loan is $200,000 as of October 31, 2020.

 

On June 20, 2016, the Trust and the Partnership together entered multiple unsecured loans totaling $270,000 with Guy C. Hayden III (“Hayden Loans”). As of July 1, 2019, these loans were consolidated and extended at 4.5% interest only, with similar terms to June 30, 2021. The Trust may pay all or part of this note without any repayment penalties. The total principal amount of the Hayden Loans is $270,000 as of October 31, 2020.

 

On March 20, 2017, the Trust and Partnership entered multiple, unsecured loans to Lisa Sweitzer Hayes (“Sweitzer Loans”), totaling $100,000. As of July 1, 2019, these loans were consolidated and extended at 4.0% interest only, with similar terms to June 30, 2021. The total principal amount of the Sweitzer Loans is $100,000 as of October 31, 2020.

 

As a result of the Covid-19 Virus Pandemic, and the subsequent Legislation passed within the CARES Act of 2020, the Trust applied for and received Small Business Administration (“SBA”) loans through the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”). Loans in the amount of $228,602, $187,685, and $86,700, for Tucson, Albuquerque, InnSuites Hospitality, respectively, were granted and received. The lender of all three of the aforementioned PPP Loans has confirmed that all three loans have met all of the requirements necessary to qualify and be eligible for full and complete forgiveness in early 2021, based upon the SBA criteria for PPP loan forgiveness, subject to and pending the forgiveness application. As of March 1, 2021 the InnSuites Hospitality PPP loan ($86,700), has been forgiven. However, to date the other two loans for Tucson ($228,602), and Albuquerque ($187,685), respectively, have not yet been forgiven.

 

See Note 9 – “Minimum Debt Payments” for scheduled minimum payments on the debt liabilities.

 

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9. MINIMUM DEBT PAYMENTS

 

Scheduled minimum payments of debt, net of debt discounts, as of October 31, 2020 are approximately as follows in the respective fiscal years indicated:

 

FISCAL YEAR  MORTGAGES  

OTHER

NOTES PAYABLE

   TOTAL 
             
2021  $40,849   $638,219   $679,068 
2022   170,856    554,692    725,548 
2023   176,852    14,839    191,691 
2024   219,151         219,151 
2025   192,828         192,828 
2026   203,490         203,490 
Thereafter   4,980,873         4,980,873 
   $5,984,899   $1,207,750   $7,192,649 

 

10. DESCRIPTION OF BENEFICIAL INTERESTS

 

Holders of the Trust’s Shares of Beneficial Interest are entitled to receive dividends when and if declared by the Board of Trustees of the Trust out of funds legally available. The holders of Shares of Beneficial Interest, upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding-down of the Trust, are entitled to share ratably in any assets remaining after payment in full of all liabilities of the Trust. The Shares of Beneficial Interest possess ordinary voting rights, each share entitling the holder thereof to one vote. Holders of Shares of Beneficial Interest do not have cumulative voting rights in the election of Trustees and do not have preemptive rights.

 

On January 2, 2001, the Board of Trustees approved a share repurchase program under Rule 10b-18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, for the purchase of up to 250,000 Partnership units and/or Shares of Beneficial Interest in open market or privately negotiated transactions. On September 10, 2002, August 18, 2005 and September 10, 2007, the Board of Trustees approved the purchase of up to 350,000 additional Partnership units and/or Shares of Beneficial Interest in open market or privately negotiated transactions. Additionally, on January 5, 2009, September 15, 2009 and January 31, 2010, the Board of Trustees approved the purchase of up to 300,000, 250,000 and 350,000, respectively, of additional Partnership units and/or Shares of Beneficial Interest in open market or privately negotiated transactions. Acquired Shares of Beneficial Interest will be held in treasury and will be available for future acquisitions and financings and/or for awards granted under the Trust’s equity compensation plans/programs. Additionally, on June 19, 2017, the Board of Trustees approved a share repurchase program under Rule 10b-18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, for the purchase of up to 750,000 Partnership units and/or Shares of Beneficial Interest in open market or privately negotiated transactions. Acquired Shares of Beneficial Interest will be held in treasury and will be available for future acquisitions and financings and/or for awards granted under the InnSuites Hospitality Trust 1997 Stock Incentive and Option Plan.

 

For the nine months ended October 31, 2020 and 2019, the Trust repurchased 233,569 and 73,385 Shares of Beneficial Interest at an average price of $1.06 and $1.71 per share, respectively. The average price paid includes brokerage commissions. The Trust intends to continue repurchasing Shares of Beneficial Interest in compliance with applicable legal and NYSE AMERICAN requirements. The Trust remains authorized to repurchase an additional 711,380 Partnership units and/or Shares of Beneficial Interest pursuant to the publicly announced share repurchase program, which has no expiration date. Repurchased Shares of Beneficial Interest are accounted for as treasury stock in the Trust’s Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity.

 

11. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

 

As of October 31, 2020 and January 31, 2020, Mr. Wirth and his affiliates held 2,974,038 Class B Partnership units, which represented 20.17% of the total outstanding Partnership units, respectively. As of October 31, 2020 and January 31, 2020, Mr. Wirth and his affiliates held 5,876,683 Shares of Beneficial Interest in the Trust, respectively, which represented 61.38% and 61.32% respectively, of the total issued and outstanding Shares of Beneficial Interest.

 

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As of October 31, 2020 and January 31, 2020, the Trust owned 75.89% of the Partnership, respectively. As of October 31, 2020, the Partnership owned a 51.01% interest in the InnSuites® hotel located in Tucson. The Trust also owned a direct 20.17% interest in one InnSuites® hotel located in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

 

The Trust directly manages the Hotels through the Trust’s wholly-owned subsidiary, InnSuites Hotels Inc. Under the management agreements, InnSuites Hotels Inc. manages the daily operations of the two Hotels and the hotel owned by affiliates of Mr. Wirth. (This hotel, located in Tempe, Arizona, was sold December 18, 2020). Revenues and reimbursements among the Trust, InnSuites Hotels Inc. and the Partnership have been eliminated in consolidation. The management fees for the Hotels and the hotel owned by affiliates of Mr. Wirth are set at 5.0% of room revenue and a monthly accounting fee of $2,000 per hotel. These agreements have no expiration date and may be cancelled by either party with 90-days written notice or 30-days written notice in the event the property changes ownership. For the nine months ended October 31, 2020, the Trust recognized approximately $109,000 of revenue.

 

The Trust employs an immediate family member of Mr. Wirth, Brian James Wirth, who provides technology support services to the Trust, receiving a $36,000 annual salary.

 

On December 22, 2015, the Trust provided Advances to Affiliate – Related Party in the amount of $657,000 to Tempe/Phoenix Airport Resort LLC. Mr. Wirth, individually and thru one of his affiliates owns approximately 42% Tempe/Phoenix Airport Resort LLC. The note was amended on June 17, 2017 to increase the amount to $1,000.000 and extend the due date. The note has a due date of December 31, 2021, renews annually, and accrues interest of 7.0%. During the nine months ended October 31, 2020 and 2019, the Trust received $52,500 and $1,970 of interest income, respectively, from Tempe/Phoenix Airport Resort LLC. As of October 31, 2020, the Advances from Affiliate – Related Party balance was approximately $657,000 from Tempe/Phoenix Airport Resort LLC. (The Tempe hotel was sold, and the inter-company loan was repaid in full in December 2020).

 

On December 1, 2014, the Trust entered into a $1,000,000 net maximum Demand/Revolving Line of Credit/Promissory Note with Rare Earth Financial. The Demand/Revolving Line of Credit/Promissory Note bears interest at 7.0% per annum, is interest only quarterly and matures on June 30, 2021. No prepayment penalty exists on the Demand/Revolving Line of Credit/Promissory Note. The balance fluctuates significantly through the period with the highest payable balance being approximately $35,000 during the nine months ended October 31, 2020. The Demand/Revolving Line of Credit/Promissory Note has a net maximum borrowing capacity of $1,000,000. Related party interest expense or income for the Demand/Revolving Line of Credit/Promissory Note for the nine months ended October 31, 2020 was $0 of expense and approximately $0 of revenue.

 

12. STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS, SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES

 

The Trust paid $182,000 and $372,00 in cash for interest for the nine months ended October 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively for operations. The amounts related to Notes Payables - IHT Shares of Beneficial Interest and Partnership Units repurchases amounted to $130,000 and $124,000, respectively, for the nine months ended October 31, 2020 and 2019. No cash was paid for taxes for the nine months ended October 31, 2020 and 2019.

 

13. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

 

Restricted Cash:

 

The Trust is obligated under a loan agreement relating to the Tucson Oracle property to deposit 4% of the individual hotel’s room revenue into an escrow account to be used for capital expenditures. The escrow funds applicable to the Tucson Oracle property for which a mortgage lender escrow exists is reported on the Trust’s Consolidated Balance Sheet as “Restricted Cash.” Since a $0 cash balance existed in Restricted Cash as of October 31, 2020 and January 31, 2020, Restricted Cash line was omitted on the Trust’s Consolidated Balance Sheet.

 

Membership Agreements:

 

InnSuites Hotels has entered into membership agreements with Best Western International, Inc. (“Best Western”) for both hotel properties. In exchange for use of the Best Western name, trademark and reservation system, all Hotels pay fees to Best Western based on reservations received through the use of the Best Western reservation system and the number of available suites at the Hotels. The agreements with Best Western have no specific expiration terms and may be cancelled by either party. Best Western requires that the hotels meet certain requirements for room quality, and the Hotels are subject to removal from its reservation system if these requirements are not met. The Hotels with third-party membership agreements received significant reservations through the Best Western reservation system. Under these arrangements, fees paid for membership fees and reservations were approximately $97,000 and $125,000 for the nine months ended October 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. These costs include fees for the Albuquerque and Tucson hotels in 2019. These fees are included in room operating expenses on the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations for Albuquerque and Tucson.

 

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The nature of the operations of the Hotels exposes them to risks of claims and litigation in the normal course of their business. Although the outcome of these matters cannot be determined and is covered by insurance, management does not expect that the ultimate resolution of these matters will have a material adverse effect on the unaudited condensed consolidated financial position, results of operations or liquidity of the Trust.

 

Litigation:

 

The Trust is involved from time to time in various other 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 Trust’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial position, results of operations or liquidity.

 

Indemnification:

 

The Trust has entered into indemnification agreements with all our executive officers and Trustees. The agreements provide for indemnification against all liabilities and expenses reasonably incurred by an officer or Trustee in connection with the defense or disposition of any suit or other proceeding, in which he or she may be involved or with which he or she may be threatened, while in office or thereafter, because of his or her position at the Trust. There is no indemnification for any matter as to which an officer or Trustee is adjudicated to have acted in bad faith, with willful misconduct or reckless disregard of his or her duties, with gross negligence, or not in good faith in the reasonable belief that his or her action was in the Trust’s best interests. These agreements require the Trust, among other things, to indemnify the director or officer against specified expenses and liabilities, such as attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines and settlements, paid by the individual in connection with any action, suit or proceeding arising out of the individual’s status or service as our director or officer, other than liabilities arising from willful misconduct or conduct that is knowingly fraudulent or deliberately dishonest, and to advance expenses incurred by the individual in connection with any proceeding against the individual with respect to which the individual may be entitled to indemnification by us. The Trust may advance payments in connection with indemnification under the agreements. The level of indemnification is to the full extent of the net equity based on appraised and/or market value of the Trust. Historically, the Trust has not incurred any payments for these obligations and, therefore, no liabilities have been recorded for these indemnities in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.

 

See Note 14 – Leases, for discussion on lease payment commitments.

 

14. LEASES

 

The Company has operating leases and finance lease for its corporate offices in Phoenix, Arizona, and land leased in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The Company’s lease terms include options to extend or terminate the leases and the Company includes these options in the lease term when it is reasonably certain to exercise that option.

 

Operating Leases

 

On August 4, 2017, the Trust entered into a five-year office lease agreement with Northpoint Properties for a commercial office lease at 1730 E Northern Ave, Suite 122, Phoenix, Arizona 85020 commencing on September 1, 2017. Base monthly rent of $4,100 increases 6% on a yearly basis. No rent is due for October 2018 and October 2022 months. The Trust also agreed to pay electricity and applicable sales tax. The office lease agreement provides early termination with a 90-day notification with an early termination fee of $12,000, $8,000, $6,000, $4,000, and $2,000 for years 1 - 5 of the lease term.

 

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The Company’s Albuquerque Hotel is subject to non-cancelable ground lease. The Albuquerque Hotel non-cancelable ground lease was extended on January 14, 2014 and expires in 2058.

 

The following table presents the Company’s lease costs for the nine months ended October 31, 2020:

 

   Nine Months 
   Ended 
   31-Oct-20 
Operating Lease Costs:     
Operating lease cost*  $150,260 

 

* Short term lease costs were immaterial.

 

Supplemental cash flow information is as follows:

 

   Nine Months 
   Ended 
   31-Oct-20 
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:     
Operating cash flows from operating leases  $126,102
      
Lease Obligations obtained:     
Operating leases, net  $2,383,120 
Long-term obligations  $2,326,160 

 

Weighted average remaining lease terms and discount rates were as follows:

 

Weighted average remaining lease term (years)  October 31, 2020 
Operating leases   37 
      
Weighted average discount rate     
Operating leases   4.85%

 

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The aggregate future lease payments for Operating Lease Liability as of October 31, 2020 are as follows:

 

For the Years Ending January 31,    
Remaining in 2021  $42,678 
2022   172,177 
2023   148,348 
2024   112,116 
2025   112,116 
Thereafter   5,151,311 
Total minimum lease payments  $5,738,746 
Less: amount representing interest   3,355,626 
Total present value of minimum payments   2,383,120 
Less: current portion of operating lease liability  $56,960 
Long term portion of operating lease liability   2,326,160 

 

Finance Leases

 

The Company’s Tucson Oracle Hotel is subject to non-cancelable cable lease. The Tucson Oracle Hotel non-cancelable cable lease expires in 2023.

 

The following table presents the Company’s lease costs for the nine months ended October 31, 2020:

 

   Nine Months 
   Ended 
   31-Oct-20 
Finance Lease Costs:     
Amortization of lease obligations  $20,811 
Interest on lease obligations   3,557 

 

Supplemental cash flow information is as follows:

 

   Nine Months 
   Ended 
   31-Oct-20 
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:     
Operating cash flows from finance leases  $25,936
      
Lease Obligations obtained:     
Finance leases, net  $86,732 
Long-term obligations  $59,209 

 

Weighted average remaining lease terms and discount rates were as follows:

 

Weighted average remaining lease term (years)  October 31, 2020 
Finance leases   3 
      
Weighted average discount rate     
Finance leases   4.85%

 

The aggregate future lease payments for Finance Lease Liability as of October 31, 2020 are as follows:

 

For the Years Ending January 31,    
Remaining in 2021  $7,781 
2022   31,123 
2023   31,123 
2024   23,343 
Total minimum lease payments  $93,370 
Less: amount representing interest   6,638 
Total present value of minimum payments   86,732 
Less: current portion  $27,523 
Long term portion of finance lease liability   59,209 

 

15. SHARE-BASED PAYMENTS

 

The Trust compensates its three non-employee Trustees for their services through grants of restricted Shares. The aggregate grant date fair value of these Shares was $32,400. These restricted 18,000 shares, (6,000 each to the three Independent Trustees), vest in equal monthly amounts during fiscal year 2021.

 

During fiscal year 1999, the shareholders of the Trust adopted the 1997 Stock Incentive and Option Plan (the “Plan”). Pursuant to the Plan, the Compensation Committee may grant options to the Trustees, officers, other key employees, consultants, advisors, and similar employees of the Trust and certain of its subsidiaries and affiliates. The number of options that may be granted in a year is limited to 10% of the total Shares of Beneficial Interest and Partnership units in the Partnership (Class A and Class B) outstanding as of the first day of such year.

 

Generally, granted options expire 10 years from the date of grant, are exercisable during the optionee’s lifetime only by the recipient and are non-transferable. Unexercised options held by employees of the Trust generally terminate on the date the individual ceases to be an employee of the Trust.

 

There were no options granted during the nine months ended October 31, 2020, and no options were outstanding as of that period end. The Plan currently has 1,000,000 options available to grant. See Note 17 for additional information on stock options. The Plan also permits the Trust to award stock appreciation rights, none of which, as of October 31, 2020, have been issued.

 

See Note 2 – “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” for information related to grants of restricted shares under “Stock-Based Compensation.”

 

16. NOTES RECEIVEABLE

 

Sale of IBC Hospitality Technologies; IBC Hotels LLC (IBC)

 

On August 15, 2018, the Trust entered into a final sale agreement for its subsidiary IBC Hotels LLC (IBC) with an effective sale date as of August 1, 2018 to an unrelated third-party buyer (Buyer). The sale price was $3,000,000, to be paid to IHT as follows:

 

  1. $250,000 at closing, which was received in cash on August 14, 2018;
     
  2. A secured promissory note receivable in the principal amount of $2,750,000 with interest to be accrued at 3.75% per annum, recorded in the accompanying condensed balance sheet in continuing operations, with maturity on June 1, 2024. Future receipts from this note are shown in the table below.

 

FISCAL YEAR    
2021   - 
2022   550,000 
2023   550,000 
2024   825,000 
   $1,925,500 

 

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As of January 31, 2020, the Trust evaluated the carrying value of the note of $2,750,00 for potential impairment.

 

After review, an impairment of $825,000, or 30%, was taken against the note. Factors for the impairment included, but were not limited to:

 

  Management’s evaluation of the current financial position of the Buyer, based on unaudited financial statements provided.
  A lack of substantial quantitative data, showing the impact of the recently executed digital advertising agreement between the Buyer and Google.
  Management’s best, conservative valuation of IBC’s assets, and their marketability, in the case of a default by the Buyer.
  The current and future impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, on the travel and hospitality industry, in which IBC’s reservation and booking technology operates.

 

As of October 31, 2020, management evaluated the carrying value of the note and the impairment taken to date and determined no further impairment is needed at this time.

 

The start date of the monthly payments was originally to commence in 2020 but was extended to November 2021 due to the Virus slowing down the economy in general, and the travel industry specifically. The Trust has evaluated the ongoing pandemic conditions and no impairment is deemed necessary as the travel industry is expected to fully recover by Q3 2021.

 

The note is secured by (1) pledge of the Buyer’s interest in IBC, and (2) a security interest in all assets of IBC provided IHT shall agree to subordinate such equity interest to commercially reasonable debt financing upon request.

 

If after effective date IBC closes an equity transaction with net proceeds to IBC in excess of $2,500,000, IBC/Buyer shall pay to IHT an amount equal to (a) 50% of the net proceeds received by IBC and (b) 50% of the sum of the unpaid balance of the note and accrued interest accrued but unpaid interest thereon, as the date of receipt of the net proceeds by IBC.

 

IHT agreed to provide continuing working capital support for a period of nine months in the amount of approximately $225,000 over a six-month period to IBC for transitional purposes. IHT has no managerial control nor does IHT have the ability to direct the operations or capital requirements of IBC as of August 1, 2018. IHT has no rights to any benefits or losses from IBC as of August 1, 2018. During the fiscal year ended January 31, 2019 IHT had provided $100,000 to IBC. During the fiscal year ended January 31, 2020, IHT provided $125,000. Furthermore, no support was provided in the third quarter ended October 31, 2020.

 

Default

 

If Buyer has not paid two or more payments on the note as scheduled, or if Buyer has not satisfied any other provisions in the note, IHT may give Buyer notice of default. If Buyer fails to cure the default within 30 days after notice (a) on or before February 5, 2021, then 75% of the issued and outstanding IBC interest shall be transferred to IHT, and (b) on or after February 5, 2021, then 51% of the issued and outstanding interest of the Company shall be transferred to IHT. Currently there has been no default due to the extension granted.

 

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17. STOCK OPTIONS

 

Effective February 5, 2015, the Board of Trustees of the Trust adopted the 2015 Equity Incentive Plan (“2015 Plan”), subject to shareholder approval, under which up to 1,600,000 Shares of Beneficial Interest of the Trust are authorized to be issued pursuant to grant of stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted shares, restricted share units or other awards.

 

The Board of Trustees of the Trust has decided to terminate the 2015 Plan. Effective October 31, 2016, it has been determined that the Shareholders will not approve the 2015 Plan and the proposed grants have been rescinded. During the 2017 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, the IHT Shareholders approved the InnSuites Hospitality Trust 2017 Equity Incentive Plan (“2017 Plan”). Management has not granted any options under the 2017 Plan.

 

18. INCOME AND OCCUPANCY TAXES

 

The Trust is taxed as a C-Corporation. The Trust’s practice is to recognize interest and/or penalties related to income tax matters in income tax expense. The Trust has received various IRS and state tax jurisdiction notices which the Trust in the process of responding to in which management believes the notices are without merit and expect full remediation of all tax notices. The Trust and subsidiaries have deferred tax assets of $4.0 million which includes cumulative net operating loss carryforwards of $1.1 million and syndications of $2.9 million, and deferred tax liability associated with book/tax differences of $1.5 million as of October 31, 2020. We have evaluated the net deferred tax asset and determined that it is not more likely than not we will receive full benefit from the net operating loss carryforwards. Therefore, we have determined a valuation allowance of approximately $2.5 million.

 

Sales and occupancy tax expense was approximately $844,000 and $78,000 due to penalties and interest for the nine and three months ended October 31, 2020, respectively. This liability arose from an occupancy tax discrepancy generated from our Albuquerque hotel. While filing our monthly return, the Trust discovered additional amounts owed under our Sales and Occupancy Account. We were subsequently notified in March 2021 of a potential underreporting and/or under collecting of occupancy tax. We were not aware of any previous notices being sent. To further complicate the situation, our filing position was such that we did not believe or know we were liable for any other tax, other than the amounts declared and filed for the periods in question. Thus we believed all of our previously filed monthly returns were originally correct as filed. We are currently in discussions with the New Mexico Taxation and Revenue Department to resolve these issues. These additional amounts due for Hotel sales and occupancy expenses are not expected to be recurring, since the Trust collects and remits all necessary occupancy taxes to the state monthly. No additional assessments have been made since September 2020.

 

19. COVID-19 DISCLOSURE

 

COVID-19 has had a material detrimental impact on our business, financial results and liquidity, and such impact could worsen and last for an unknown period of time.

 

The global spread of COVID-19 has been and continues to be a complex and rapidly evolving situation, with governments, public institutions and other organizations imposing or recommending, and business and individuals implementing, at various times and to varying degrees, restrictions on various activities or other actions to combat its spread, such as restrictions and bans on travel or transportation, limitations on the size of gatherings, closures of or occupancy or other operating limitations on work facilities, schools, public buildings and business, cancellation of events, including sporting events, conferences and meetings, and quarantines and lock-downs. COVID-19 and its consequences have dramatically reduced travel and demand for hotel rooms, which has and will continue to impact our business, operations, and financial results. We believe that it will be some time before lodging demand and revenue levels recover and such recovery could vary across markets or regions around the world. The extent to which COVID-19 impacts our business, operations, and financial results, including the duration and magnitude of such effects, will depend on numerous evolving factors that we may not be able to accurately predict or assess, including the duration and scope of COVID-19 (including the location and extent of resurgences of the virus and the availability of effective treatments or vaccines); the negative impact COVID-19 has on global and regional economies and economic activity, including the duration and magnitude of its impact on unemployment rates and consumer discretionary spending; its short and longer-term impact on the demand for travel, transient and group business; and levels of consumer confidence.

 

With three COVID-19 vaccines now available as of March 2021 Management is of the opinion that the detrimental effects of the Virus will slow because the likelihood of it continuing to spread should now diminish considerably throughout the coming year.

 

20. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

 

Management expects but cannot guarantee the PPP Loans received by IHT, as well as the Tucson and Albuquerque hotels, because of the Covid-19 Virus Pandemic, to be fully forgiven, based upon SBA guidelines. Furthermore, IHT has received preliminary approval of forgiveness from the lender on December 1, 2020. The approval is contingent on SBA approval. The PPP Loans received by IHT and the Tucson Hotel have both been officially forgiven, in the amounts of $86,937 and $228,602, respectively. The approval process could take up to 90 days or longer, to March 31, 2021, for the remaining Albuquerque Hotel loan forgiveness of approximately $188,000.

 

On March 5, 2021, the Albuquerque hotel received another PPP Loan in the amount of $253,253. On March 15, 2021, the Tucson hotel received an additional PPP Loan in the amount of $297,601. Management expects but cannot guarantee these additional PPP Loans received by the Tucson and Albuquerque hotels, because of the Covid-19 Virus Pandemic, to be fully forgiven, based upon SBA guidelines.

 

On November 20, 2020, the Trust extended a $500,000 line of credit to UPI at an annual interest rate of 6%. The maturity date of the line of credit is December 31, 2024. Certain terms of the line of credit agreement are met, so the Trust will be granted 300,000 common stock warrants of UPI with an exercise price of $2.25 per share.

 

As of March 16, 2021, UniGen has not drawn any funds and under the terms may not draw any funds; however IHT may at its sole discretion fund up to $500,000 and convert this into UniGen stock at $1.00 per share.

 

An affiliate of the Trust sold the Tempe Hotel on December 18, 2020. The Trust has received the full repayment of the approximately $1 million intercompany loan to Tempe.

 

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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

 

GENERAL

 

The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and notes thereto appearing elsewhere in this Form 10-Q and our Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2020.

 

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

Certain statements in this Form 10-Q, including statements containing the phrases “believes,” “intends,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “predicts,” “projects,” “will be,” “should be,” “looking ahead,” “may” or similar words, constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. We intend that such forward-looking statements be subject to the safe harbors created by such Acts. These forward-looking statements include statements regarding our intent, belief or current expectations in respect of (i) the declaration or payment of dividends; (ii) the leasing, management or operation of the Hotels; (iii) the adequacy of reserves for renovation and refurbishment; (iv) our financing plans; (v) our position regarding investments, acquisitions, developments, financings, conflicts of interest and other matters; (vi) expansion of IBC Hotels; (vii) our plans and expectations regarding future sales of hotel properties; and (viii) trends affecting our or any Hotel’s financial condition or results of operations.

 

These forward-looking statements reflect our current views in respect of future events and financial performance, but are subject to many uncertainties and factors relating to the operations and business environment of the Hotels that may cause our actual results to differ materially from any future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Examples of such uncertainties include, but are not limited to:

 

  Covid-19 Virus Pandemic and its effect on the Economic and Travel Industry slowdown;
     
  local, national or international, political economic and business conditions, including, without limitation, conditions that may, or may continue to, affect public securities markets generally, the hospitality industry or the markets in which we operate or will operate;
     
  fluctuations in hotel occupancy rates;
     
  changes in room rental rates that may be charged by InnSuites Hotels in response to market rental rate changes or otherwise;
     
  seasonality of our hotel operations business;
     
  our ability to sell any of our Hotels at market value, listed sale price or at all;
     
  interest rate fluctuations;
     
  changes in, or reinterpretations of, governmental regulations, including, but not limited to, environmental and other regulations, the Americans with Disability Act and federal income tax laws and regulations;
     
  competition including supply and demand for hotel rooms and hotel properties;

 

  availability of credit or other financing;
     
  our ability to meet present and future debt service obligations;
     
  our ability to refinance or extend the maturity of indebtedness at, prior to, or after the time it matures;
     
  any changes in our financial condition or operating results due to acquisitions or dispositions of hotel properties;
     
  insufficient resources to pursue our current strategy;
     
  concentration of our investments in the InnSuites Hotels® brand;
     
  loss of membership contracts;
     
  the financial condition of franchises, brand membership companies and travel related companies;
     
  ability to develop and maintain positive relations with “Best Western Plus” or “Best Western” and potential future franchises or brands;
     
  real estate and hospitality market conditions;

 

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  hospitality industry factors;
     
  our ability to carry out our strategy, including our strategy regarding diversification and investments;
     
  the Trust’s ability to remain listed on the NYSE American;
     
  effectiveness of the Trust’s software program;
     
  the need to periodically repair and renovate our Hotels at a cost at or in excess of our standard 4% reserve;
     
  tariffs may affect trade and travel;
     
  our ability to cost effectively integrate any acquisitions with the Trust in a timely manner;
     
  increases in the cost of labor, energy, healthcare, insurance and other operating expenses as a result of changed or increased regulation or otherwise;
     
  terrorist attacks or other acts of war;
     
  outbreaks of communicable diseases attributed to our hotels or impacting the hotel industry in general;
     
  natural disasters, including adverse climate changes in the areas where we have or serve hotels;
     
  airline strikes;
     
  transportation and fuel price increases;
     
  adequacy of insurance coverage and increases in cost for health care coverage for employees and potential government regulation with respect to health care coverage;
     
  data breaches or cybersecurity attacks, including breaches impacting the integrity and security of employee and guest data; and
     
  loss of key personnel and uncertainties in the interpretation and application of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

 

We do not undertake any obligation to update publicly or revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise except as may be required by law. Pursuant to Section 21E(b)(2)(E) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the qualifications set forth hereinabove are inapplicable to any forward-looking statements in this Form 10-K relating to the operations of the Partnership.

 

OVERVIEW

 

We are engaged in the ownership and operation of hotel properties. On October 31, 2020. The Trust had two moderate service hotels in Tucson, Arizona and Albuquerque, New Mexico with 270 hotel suites, (and managed a third hotel in Tempe, Arizona, which was subsequently sold December 18, 2020). Both of our Hotels are branded through membership agreements with Best Western, and both are trademarked as InnSuites Hotels. We are also involved in various operations incidental to the operation of hotels, such as the operation of restaurants and meeting/banquet room rentals.

 

At October 31, 2020, we owned, through our sole general partner’s interest in the Partnership, a direct 20.17% interest in the Albuquerque, New Mexico Hotel, and, together with the Partnership, owned an indirect 51.01% interest in the Tucson, Arizona Hotel.

 

Our operations consist of one reportable segment – Hotel Ownership Operations & Hotel Management Services. Hotel Ownership Operations derives its revenue from the operation of the Trust’s two hotel properties with an aggregate of 270 hotel suites in Arizona and New Mexico. Hotel management services, provides management services for the Trust’s two Hotels and a non-owned hotel in Tempe, Arizona. As part of our management services, we also provide trademark and licensing services.

 

Over time, we expect our UniGen diversified investment to grow and provide another substantial source of income in the foreseeable future.

 

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Our results are significantly affected by occupancy and room rates at the Hotels, our ability to manage costs, changes in room rates, and changes in the number of available suites caused by the Trust’s disposition activities. Results are also significantly impacted by overall economic conditions and conditions in the travel industry including Covid-19 Virus economic and travel slow down. Unfavorable changes in these factors could negatively impact hotel room demand and pricing, which would reduce our profit margins on rented suites. Additionally, our ability to manage costs could be adversely impacted by significant increases in operating expenses, resulting in lower operating margins and higher hourly labor costs. Either a further increase in supply or a further decline in demand could result in increased competition, which could have an adverse effect on the rates and revenue of the Hotels in their respective markets.

 

We experienced weaker economic conditions during the first nine months of fiscal year 2021 February 1, 2020 to October 31, 2020, compared to fiscal year 2020 due to the Virus. We expect the major challenge for the remainder of fiscal year 2021 to be the economic and travel return from prior Covid-19 restrictive measures. We believe that we have positioned the Hotels to remain competitive through economic and travel recovery of our Hotels, by offering preferential Online Travel Agencies (OTA) and other marketing, good guest value, providing a relatively large number of two-room suites at each location, and by maintaining a robust complementary guest items and a free guest Internet access system.

 

Our strategic plan is to obtain the full benefit of our real estate equity, by marketing the Hotels at competitive prices over the next 24 months, and benefiting from our UniGen Power, Inc. clean energy diversification investment. In addition, the Trust is seeking a public, or large private reverse merger partner that may benefit from a merger that would afford that partner access to our listing on the NYSE AMERICAN. As we sell hotels and increase liquidity from our substantial equity, which substantially exceeds our debt and our low book values, we seek to diversify our investments. For more information on our strategic plan, including information on our progress in disposing of our hotel properties, and benefiting from our UPI clean energy investment, see “Future Positioning” in this Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

 

HOTEL OPERATIONS

 

Our expenses consist primarily of property taxes, insurance, corporate overhead, interest on mortgage debt, professional fees, depreciation of the Hotels and hotel operating expenses. Hotel operating expenses consist primarily of payroll, guest and maintenance supplies, marketing and utilities expenses. Under the terms of its Partnership Agreement, the Partnership is required to reimburse us for all such expenses. Accordingly, management believes that a review of the historical performance of the operations of the Hotels, particularly with respect to occupancy, which is calculated as rooms sold divided by total rooms available, average daily rate (“ADR”), calculated as total room revenue divided by number of rooms sold, and revenue per available room (“REVPAR”), calculated as total room revenue divided by number of rooms available, is appropriate for understanding revenue from the Hotels.

 

The following tables show historical financial and other information for the periods indicated:

 

   For the Nine Months Ended 
Albuquerque  October 31, 
   2020   2019   Change  

%- Incr/Decr

 
Occupancy   53.85%   95.32%   (41.47)%   (43.51)%
Average Daily Rate (ADR)  $66.21   $75.22   $(9.01)   (11.98)%
Revenue Per Available Room (REVPAR)  $35.65   $71.70   $(36.05)   (50.28)%

 

   For the Nine Months Ended 
Tucson  October 31, 
   2020   2019   Change  

%- Incr/Decr

 
Occupancy   57.06%   69.23%   (12.17)%   (17.58)%
Average Daily Rate (ADR)  $79.42   $67.71   $11.71    17.29%
Revenue Per Available Room (REVPAR)  $45.32   $46.88   $(1.56)   (3.33)%

 

No assurance can be given that occupancy, ADR and REVPAR will not increase or decrease as a result of changes in national or local economic, or economic travel, and/or hospitality industry conditions.

 

We enter transactions with certain related parties from time to time. For information relating to such related party transactions see the following:

 

  For a discussion of management and licensing agreements with certain related parties, see “Note 2 to our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements – Summary of Significant Policies – Revenue Recognition – Hotel Operations”
     
  For a discussion of guarantees of our mortgage notes payable by certain related parties, see Note 6 to our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements – “Mortgage Notes Payable.”
     
  For a discussion of our equity sales and restructuring agreements involving certain related parties, see Notes 3 to our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements – “Sale of Ownership Interests in Subsidiaries”.
     
  For a discussion of other related party transactions, see Note 11 to our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements – “Related Party Transactions.”

 

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED OCTOBER 31, 2020 COMPARED TO THE NINE MONTHS ENDED OCTOBER 31, 2019

 

A summary of total operating results of the Trust for the nine months ended October 31, 2020 and 2019 is as follows:

 

   2020   2019   Change   % Change 
Total Revenues  $3,323,757   $5,123,661   $(1,799,904)   (35)%
Operating Expenses   5,519,108    5,729,262    129,691    2%
Operating Loss   (2,195,351)   (605,601)   (1,670,213)   (276)%
Interest Income   81,852    65,752    16,100    24%
Interest Expense   (274,220)   (372,444)   178,224    (48)%
Consolidated Net Loss   (2,388,181)   (912,293)   (1,475,889)   (162)%

 

As a result of the sale of IBC (see Note 16), the Chief Operating Decision Maker (“CODM”), Mr. Wirth, CEO of the Trust, has determined that the Trust operations are comprised of one reportable segment, Hotel Operations & Corporate Overhead (continuing operations) segment that has ownership interest in two hotel properties with an aggregate of 270 suites in Arizona and New Mexico. The Trust has a concentration of assets in the southwest United States and the southern Arizona market. Prior to the sale of IBC, the Trust had previously determined that its operations were comprised of two reportable segments, a Hotel Operations & Corporate Overhead segment, and the IBC Hospitality segment serving 2,000 unrelated hotel properties.

 

The Trust has its hotel investments in the southwest region of the United States. The CODM does not review assets by geographical region; therefore, no statement of operations or balance sheet information by geographical region is provided.

 

REVENUE:

 

For the nine months ended October 31, 2020, we had total revenue of approximately $3.3 million compared to approximately $5.1 million for the nine months ended October 31, 2019, a decrease of approximately $1.8 million. In the prior fiscal years ended January 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, we made significant improvements to our Albuquerque, New Mexico and Tucson, Arizona. However, during the nine months ended October 31, 2020, we had a significant decrease in total revenue resulting from the decreased demand and extensive travel restrictions imposed due to COVID-19.

 

We realized a 39% decrease in room revenues during the nine months ended October 31, 2020 as room revenues were approximately $3 million for the nine months ending October 31, 2020 as compared to approximately $4.9 million for the nine months ending October 31, 2019. Due to the COVID-19 lockdowns, food and beverage revenue decreased by 10% to approximately $47,000 for the nine months ending October 31, 2020 as compared to approximately $52,000 during the nine months ending October 31, 2019, a decrease of approximately $5,000. During the remainder of Fiscal Year 2021, we expect improvements in occupancy. Management and trademark fee revenues increased during the nine months ended October 31, 2020 and were approximately $109,000 compared to approximately $129,000 during the nine months ended October 31, 2019. During the remainder of Fiscal Year 2021, we expect management and trademark fee revenues to be flat or down in connection with the sale of our Tempe hotel. We realized an approximate 544% increase in other revenues from the hotel properties during the nine months ended October 31, 2020 to approximately $161,000 as compared to approximately $25,000 during the nine months ended October 31, 2019.

 

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EXPENSES:

 

Total expenses net of interest expense and income tax provision was approximately $5.5 million for the nine months ended October 31, 2020 reflecting a decrease of approximately $210,000, or 4%, compared to total expenses net of interest expense and income tax provision of approximately $5.7 million for the nine months ended October 31, 2019. The decrease was primarily due to a decrease in operating expenses related to decreased occupancy and revenues at the hotel properties, offset by sales and occupancy expense.

 

Room expenses consisting of salaries and related employment taxes for property management, front office, housekeeping personnel, reservation fees and room supplies were approximately $1.2 million for the nine months ended October 31, 2020 compared to approximately $1.5 million in the prior year nine month period for a decrease of approximately $352,000, or 23%. Room expenses decreased as occupancy at the hotels decreased, and reduce expenses were incurred with the decreased occupancy.

 

Food and beverage expenses included food and beverage costs, personnel, and miscellaneous costs to provide banquet events. For the nine months ended October 31, 2020, food and beverage expenses increased approximately $22,000, or 31%, to approximately $94,000 for nine months ended October 31, 2020, compared to approximately $72,000 for the nine months ended October 31, 2019. The increase in cost relative to the decrease in food and beverage revenue is due to increasing food and beverage purchasing costs.

 

General and administrative expenses include overhead charges for management, accounting, shareholder and legal services. General and administrative expenses of approximately $1.5 million for the nine months ended October 31, 2020, decreased approximately $254,000 from approximately $1.7 million for the nine months ended October 31, 2019 primarily due to lower charges in corporate staffing in support of the hotels and property sales efforts.

 

Sales and marketing expense decreased approximately $79,000, or 21%, to approximately $307,000 for the nine months ended October 31, 2020 from approximately $386,000 for the nine months ended October 31, 2019. Open positions for sales and marketing resources, due to a tight labor market, accounted for the decrease.

 

Repairs and maintenance expense decreased by approximately $36,000, or 12%, to approximately $262,000 for the nine months ended October 31, 2020 from approximately $298,000 for the nine months ended October 31, 2019. Having completed the property improvements at our Tucson, Arizona hotel Management anticipates the improvements which complies with the increasing Best Western standards, will (after the adverse effects of travel restrictions and slowdown), lead to improvement in guest satisfaction and will drive additional revenue growth through increased occupancy and increased rates.

 

Hospitality expense decreased by approximately $279,000, or 70%, to approximately $119,000 for the nine months ended October 31, 2020 from approximately $398,000 for the nine months ended October 31, 2019. The decrease was primarily due to the reduced occupancy and reduced breakfast offerings at the hotel properties due to COVID-19 restrictions.

 

Utility expenses decreased approximately $36,000, or 12%, to approximately $272,000 reported for the nine months ended October 31, 2020 from approximately $309,000 for the nine months ended October 31, 2019.

 

Hotel property depreciation expenses decreased by approximately $131,000 to approximately $634,000 for the nine months ended October 31, 2020 from approximately $765,000 for the nine months ended October 31, 2019. Decreased depreciation resulted from the capital expenditures being fully depreciated.

 

Real estate and personal property taxes, Insurance and Ground Rent expenses increased approximately $98,000, or 39%, to approximately $349,000 for the nine months ended October 31, 2020 from approximately $251,000 for the nine months ended October 31, 2019.

 

Sales and occupancy tax expenses increased approximately $844,000, or 100%, to approximately $844,000 for the nine months ended October 31, 2020 from approximately $0 for the nine months ended October 31, 2019. This represents a liability arising from an occupancy tax discrepancy generated from our Tucson Oracle and Albuquerque hotels. These additional amounts due for Hotel sales and occupancy expenses are not expected to be recurring, since the Trust collects and remits all necessary occupancy taxes to the state monthly. No additional assessments have transpired since September 2020.

 

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED OCTOBER 31, 2020 COMPARED TO THE THREE MONTHS ENDED OCTOBER 31, 2019

 

A summary of total operating results of the Trust for the three months ended October 31, 2020 and 2019 is as follows:

 

   2020  2019  Change  % Change
Total Revenues  $952,959   $1,497,246   $(544,287)   (36)%
Operating Expenses   1,631,743    1,527,841    (103,902)   (7)%
Operating Loss   (678,784)   (30,595)   (648,189)   (2,119)%
Interest Income   17,500    62,225    (44,725)   (72)%
Interest Expense   (106,655)   (183,533)   76,878    (42)%
Consolidated Net Loss   (767,940)   (151,903)   (616,037)   (406)%

 

REVENUE:

 

For the three months ended October 31, 2020, we had total revenue of approximately $953,000 compared to approximately $1.5 million for the three months ended October 31, 2019, a decrease of approximately $547,000. In the prior fiscal years ended January 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, we made significant improvements to our Albuquerque, New Mexico and Tucson, Arizona. However, during the three months ended October 31, 2020, we had a significant decrease in total revenue resulting from the decreased demand and extensive travel restrictions imposed due to COVID-19.

 

We realized a 39% decrease in room revenues during the three months ended October 31, 2020 as room revenues were approximately $879,000 for the three months ending October 31, 2020 as compared to approximately $1.4 million for the three months ending October 31, 2019. Due to improved selections in-house along with the increased demand resulting from the COVID-19 lockdowns elsewhere, food and beverage revenue decreased by 30% to approximately $14,000 for the three months ending October 31, 2020 as compared to approximately 20,000 during the three months ending October 31, 2019, a decrease of approximately $6,000. During fiscal year 2021, we expect additional improvements in occupancy, modest improvements in rates and steady food and beverage revenues. Management and trademark fee revenues decreased during the three months ended October 31, 2020 and were approximately $34,000 compared to approximately $38,000 during the three months ended October 31, 2019. During the remainder of fiscal year 2021, we expect management and trademark fee revenues to be flat over fiscal year 2021 due to decreases in revenues. We realized an approximate 100% increase in other revenues from the hotel properties during the three months ended October 31, 2020 to approximately $26,000 as compared to approximately $0 during the three months ended October 31, 2019.

 

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EXPENSES:

 

Total expenses net of interest expense and income tax provision was approximately $1.6 million for the three months ended October 31, 2020 reflecting an increase of approximately $104,000, or 7%, compared to total expenses net of interest expense and income tax provision of approximately $1.5 million for the three months ended October 31, 2019. The increase was primarily due to sales and occupancy expense, offset by decreases in operating expenses related to decreased occupancy and revenues at the hotel properties.

 

Room expenses consisting of salaries and related employment taxes for property management, front office, housekeeping personnel, reservation fees and room supplies were approximately $343,000 for the three months ended October 31, 2020 compared to approximately $493,000 in the prior year three month period for a decrease of approximately $150,000, or 30%. Room expenses decreased as occupancy at the hotels decreased, and reduce expenses were incurred with the decreased occupancy.

 

Food and beverage expenses included food and beverage costs, personnel, and miscellaneous costs to provide banquet events. For the three months ended October 31, 2020, food and beverage expenses increased approximately $6,000, or 26%, to approximately $30,000, compared to approximately $24,000 for the three months ended October 31, 2019. The increase in cost relative to the decrease in food and beverage revenue is due to increasing food and beverage purchasing costs.

 

General and administrative expenses include overhead charges for management, accounting, shareholder and legal services. General and administrative expenses of approximately $542,000 for the three months ended October 31, 2020, increased approximately $324,000 from approximately $218,000 for the three months ended October 31, 2019 primarily due to one-time accounting adjustments done in 2019.

 

Sales and marketing expense decreased approximately $28,000, or 25%, to approximately $84,000 for the three months ended October 31, 2020 from approximately $112,000 for the three months ended October 31, 2019. Open positions for sales and marketing resources, due to a tight labor market, accounted for the decrease.

 

Repairs and maintenance expense decreased by approximately $8,000, or 9%, to approximately $87,000 for the three months ended October 31, 2020 from approximately $95,000 for the three months ended October 31, 2019. Having completed the property improvements at our Tucson, Arizona hotel Management anticipates the improvements which complies with the increasing Best Western standards, will (after the adverse effects of travel restrictions and slowdown), lead to improvement in guest satisfaction and will drive additional revenue growth through increased occupancy and increased rates.

 

Hospitality expense decreased by approximately $102,000, or 81%, to approximately $25,000 for the three months ended October 31, 2020 from approximately $127,000 for the three months ended October 31, 2019. The decrease was primarily due to the reduced occupancy at the hotel properties due to COVID-19 restrictions.

 

Utility expenses decreased approximately $21,000, or 19%, to approximately $94,000 reported for the three months ended October 31, 2020 from approximately $115,000 for the three months ended October 31, 2019.

 

Hotel property depreciation expenses decreased by approximately $63,000 to approximately $207,000 for the three months ended October 31, 2020 from approximately $270,000 for the three months ended October 31, 2019. Decreased depreciation resulted from the capital expenditures being fully depreciated.

 

Real estate and personal property taxes, Insurance and Ground Rent expenses increased approximately $74,000, or 113%, to approximately $139,000 for the three months ended October 31, 2020 from approximately $65,000 for the three months ended October 31, 2019.

 

Sales and occupancy tax expenses increased approximately $78,000, or 100%, to approximately $78,000 for the three months ended October 31, 2020 from approximately $0 for the three months ended October 31, 2019. These are related to amounts due for Hotel sales and occupancy expenses and are not expected to be recurring.

 

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

 

Overview – Hotel Operations & Corporate Overhead

 

One principal source of cash to meet our cash requirements, including dividends to our shareholders, is our share of the Partnership’s cash flow of the Tucson hotel, and quarterly distributions from the Albuquerque, New Mexico properties. Another principal source of cash is management fees earned in the operation of the Trusts’ two hotels plus one affiliated hotel, and potential future hotel sales. Also, another source of cash is repayment of the intercompany loans, which was recently facilitated with the Tempe Hotel sale. The Partnership’s principal source of revenue is hotel operations for the hotel property it owns in Tucson, Arizona. Our liquidity, including our ability to make distributions to our shareholders, will depend upon our ability, and the Partnership’s ability, to generate sufficient cash flow from hotel operations, from management fees, and from the potential sale and/or refinance of the hotel, and to service our debt and the source of repayment of intercompany loan from Tucson & Albuquerque and Tempe.

 

Hotel operations are significantly affected by occupancy and room rates at the Hotels in the current Fiscal year 2021. We anticipate occupancy will partially recover from the Virus, and the related economic and travel slowdown during Fiscal 2021. Capital improvements are expected to decrease from the prior year.

 

With approximately $47,000 of cash as of October 31, 2020 and the availability of a $150,000 bank line of credit, a $1,000,000 related party Demand/Revolving Line of Credit/Promissory Note, the potential repayment of $2.5 million in intercompany loans to be paid upon refinance of the Tucson hotel expected during the third quarter of 2022, repayment of the $657,000 in intercompany loans that were repaid upon the sale of the Tempe hotel on December 18, 2020, and the availability of Advances to Affiliate credit facilities and available Bank line of Credit in excess of $1,000,000 maximum borrowing capacity, we believe that we will have enough cash on hand to meet all of our financial obligations as they become due for at least the next twelve months from the issuance date of the these consolidated financial statements. In addition, our management is analyzing other strategic options available to us, including raising additional funds, additional asset sales, increasing borrowings at our Tucson hotel, using the funds generated to pay intercompany loans (1) due from the Tucson hotel to the Partnership (2) and other due from affiliates. However, such transactions may not be available on terms that are favorable to us, or at all.

 

IHT and IBC agreed to extend the payment schedule on IBC’s note receivable by one (1) year, extending the first payment from November 2020 to November 2021. The reason for the extension is in support of IBC’s cash requirements; related to IBC’s realization of fully benefiting from a return in occupancy and travel, and their agreement with a large search-engine company and a European digital marketing company, which together have the potential of greatly increasing both IBC’s revenues and profits. These potential benefits may in turn improve IHT’s secured position on its note receivable from IBC. Management also believes that even with an additional extension repayment term due to COVID-19 that the future collectability is probable and not subject to further impairment, or allowance currently.

 

Refer to Note 16 – “Note Receivable” for information related to the Sale of IBC Hospitality Technologies (IBC).

 

There can be no assurance that we will be successful in refinancing debt or raising additional or replacement funds, or that these funds may be available on terms that are favorable to us. If we are unable to raise additional or replacement funds, we may be required to sell certain of our assets to meet our liquidity needs, which may not be on terms that are favorable.

 

We anticipate no additional new-build hotel supply during the remaining fiscal year 2022, and accordingly we anticipate some recovery of revenues and operating margins. We expect the major challenge for the upcoming fiscal year to be the economic and travel recovery of leisure, corporate, group, and government business in the markets in which we operate, which may affect our ability to recover occupancy and eventually increase room rates while maintaining and/or building market share.

 

Negative cash used in operating activities from continuing operations totaled approximately $721,000 during the nine months ended October 31, 2020 as compared to net cash provided by approximately $114,000 during the nine months ended October 31, 2019. Consolidated net loss was approximately $2,388,000 for the nine months ended October 31, 2020 as compared to consolidated net loss for the nine months ended October 31, 2019 of approximately $912,000. Explanation of the differences between these fiscal years are explained above in the results of operations of the Trust.

 

Changes in the adjustments to reconcile net loss for the nine months ended October 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, consist primarily of operating lease costs, stock-based compensation, hotel property depreciation, and changes in assets and liabilities. Hotel property depreciation was approximately $634,000 during the nine months ended October 31, 2020 compared to approximately $765,000 during the nine months ended October 31, 2019, a decrease of $96,000 as the Trust recognized less depreciation as capitalized fixed assets became fully depreciated.

 

Changes in assets and liabilities for accounts receivable, prepaid expenses and other assets and accounts payable and accrued expenses totaled approximately $979,000 and $237,000 for the nine months ended October 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. This significant increase in changes in assets and liabilities for the nine months ended October 31, 2020 compared to the nine months ended October 31, 2019 was due to the increase in operating liabilities related to ongoing operations.

 

Net cash used in investing activities totaled approximately $87,000 for the nine months ended October 31, 2020 compared to net cash provided by investing activities of approximately $762,000 for nine months ended October 31, 2019. The decrease in net cash provided by investing activities during the nine months ended October 31, 2020 was due primarily due to the additional investment into UniGen.

 

Net cash used in financing activities totaled approximately $345,000 and $886,000, respectively, for the nine months ended October 31, 2020 and 2019. The decrease of approximately $541,000 was primarily due to SBA PPP loans, which became available soon after the Covid-19 Pandemic arose, as previously discussed.

 

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Principal payments on mortgage notes payable for continuing operations was approximately $121,000 and $87,000 during the nine months ended October 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Net payments and borrowings on notes payable to banks was approximately $17,000 and approximately $156,000 during the nine months ended October 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

 

Collections on notes payables – related party, netted against borrowings on note payable–related party, was approximately $145,000 and $888,000 of cash used in financing activities during the nine months ended October 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

 

Borrowings on other notes payables netted against borrowings on other note payable was approximately $327,00 and ($593,000) of net cash used in financing activities during the nine months ended October 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

 

Proceeds from sales of non-controlling ownership interests in subsidiaries increased by approximately $10,000 as sales of non-controlling ownership interest was $10,000 for the nine months ended October 31, 2020 and approximately $0 for the nine months ended October 31, 2019. We had no sales of our IHT stock for cash for the nine months ended October 31, 2020 and 2019.

 

During the nine months ended October 31, 2020, our distributions to non-controlling interest holders was approximately $105,000 compared with approximately $369,000 for the nine months ended October 31, 2019.

 

We continue to contribute to a Capital Expenditures Fund (the “Fund”) an amount equal to 4% of the InnSuites Hotels’ revenues from operation of the Hotels. The Fund is restricted by the mortgage lender for one of our properties. As of October 31, 2020, and 2019, there were no monies held in these accounts reported on our Consolidated Balance Sheet as “Restricted Cash.” The Fund is intended to be used for capital improvements to the Hotels and refurbishment and replacement of furniture, fixtures and equipment. During the nine months ended October 31, 2020 and 2019, the Hotels spent approximately $0 and $191,000, respectively, for capital expenditures. The capital expenditures were primarily associated with the property improvements at the Hotels, as required to meet continuing Best Western standards. We consider most of these improvements to be revenue producing. Therefore, these amounts are capitalized and depreciated over their estimated useful lives. For the remaining fiscal year 2022 capital expenditures, we plan on spending less on capital improvements as we have completed our property improvements at our Tucson, Arizona hotel which required significant amounts of capital improvements during the nine months ending October 31, 2019. Repairs and maintenance were charged to expense as incurred and approximated $262,000 and $297,000 for the nine months ended October 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

 

We have minimum debt payments, net of debt discounts, of approximately $679,000 and approximately $726,000 due during fiscal years 2021 and 2022, respectively. Minimum debt payments due during fiscal year 2021 and 2022 include approximately $41,000 and $171,000 of mortgage notes payable, and approximately $638,000 and $555,000 of other notes payable, which are secured promissory notes outstanding to unrelated third parties arising from the Shares of Beneficial Interest and Partnership unit repurchases, respectively.

 

We may seek to negotiate additional credit facilities or issue debt instruments. Any debt incurred or issued by us may be secured or unsecured, long-term, medium-term, or short-term, bear interest at a fixed or variable rate and be subject to such other terms as we consider prudent.

 

COMPETITION IN THE HOTEL INDUSTRY

 

The hotel industry is highly competitive. We expect the major challenge for the fiscal year January 31, 2022 (“fiscal year 2022”) to be the occupancy and rate recovery from the Virus related economic, travel, and hotel industry slowdown. Each of the Hotels faces competition primarily from other mid-market hotels located in its immediate vicinity, but also competes with hotel properties located in other geographic markets, and increasingly from alternative lodging facilities, such as Airbnb. While none of the Hotels’ competitors dominate any of their geographic markets, some of those competitors may have greater marketing and financial resources than the Trust. Some of business destinations have been put on hold pending economic and travel recovery in the months ahead.

 

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With the economic and travel slowdown because of COVID 19, the hotel industry faces excess supply at this point. Additional hotel property developments may be built in the future. Such hotel developments have had, and could continue to have, an adverse effect on the revenue of our Hotels in their respective markets.

 

The Trust’s hotel investments are in Arizona and New Mexico, with the completed renovations at our Tucson, Arizona and Albuquerque, New Mexico hotel properties. With the Virus related economic and travel related slowdown, those hotels have seen a large drop in additional demand as supply has been relatively steady in those respective markets. An increase in supply or a further decline in demand could result in increased competition, which could have an adverse effect on occupancy, room rates and revenues of our Hotels in their respective markets.

 

The Trust may also compete for investment diversified opportunities with other entities that have greater financial resources. These entities also may generally accept more risk than the Trust can prudently manage. Competition may generally reduce the number of suitable future investment opportunities available to the Trust and increase the bargaining power of owners seeking to sell their properties.

 

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES

 

As a partial offset to the current hotel industry Virus induced drop in demand pressure, the Trust looks to benefit from, and expand, its UPI clean energy operation diversification investments in the months, and years ahead. See Note 2 of the unaudited consolidated financial statements for discussion on UPI.

 

In our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2020 filed with the SEC on August 14, 2020, we identified the critical accounting policies that affect our more significant estimates and assumptions used in preparing our condensed consolidated financial statements. We believe that the policies we follow for the valuation of our Hotel properties, which constitute most of our assets, are our most critical policies which has not changed in the period ended October 31, 2020. Those policies include methods used to recognize and measure any identified impairment of our Hotel property assets.

 

Asset Impairment

 

We believe that the policies we follow for the valuation of our hotel properties, which constitute most of our assets, are our most critical policies. The Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) has issued authoritative guidance related to the impairment or disposal of long-lived assets, codified in ASC Topic 360-10-35, which we apply to determine when it is necessary to test an asset for recoverability. On an events and circumstances basis, we review the carrying value of our hotel properties. We will record an impairment loss and reduce the carrying value of a property when anticipated undiscounted future cash flows and the current market value of the property do not support it carrying value. In cases where we do not expect to recover the carrying cost of hotel properties held for use, we will reduce the carrying value to the fair value of the hotel, as determined by a current appraisal or other acceptable valuation methods. We did not recognize a hotel properties impairment loss for the nine months ended October 31, 2020 or 2019. As of October 31, 2020, our management does not believe that the carrying values of any of our hotel properties are impaired.

 

Sale of Hotel Assets

 

Management believes that our currently owned Hotels are valued at prices that are reasonable in relation to their current fair market value. At this time, the Trust is unable to predict when, and if, either of its Hotel properties will be sold. The Trust seeks to sell one hotel per year over the next 24 months. We believe that each of the assets is available at a price that is reasonable in relation to its current fair market value. The plan is to work to sell the remaining two hotel properties over the next 24 months, and if needed beyond.

 

Revenue Recognition

 

ASU 2014-09 (Topic 606), “Revenue from Contracts with Customers” is effective for reporting period after January 1, 2018. ASU 2014-09 requires entities to recognize revenue through the application of a five-step model, which includes identification of the contract, identification of the performance obligations, determination of the transaction price, allocation of the transaction price to the performance obligations and recognition of revenue as the entity satisfies the performance obligations.

 

Revenues are primarily derived from the following sources and are recognized as services are rendered and when collectability is reasonably assured. Amounts received in advance of revenue recognition are considered deferred liabilities.

 

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Revenues primarily consist of room rentals, food and beverage sales, management and trademark fees and other miscellaneous revenues from our properties. Revenues are recorded when rooms are occupied and when food and beverage sales are delivered. Management and trademark fees from non-affiliated hotels include a monthly accounting fee and a percentage of hotel room revenues for managing the daily operations of the Hotels and the one hotel owned by affiliates of Mr. Wirth.

 

Each room night consumed by a guest with a cancellable reservation represents a contract whereby the Company has a performance obligation to provide the room night at an agreed upon price. For cancellable reservations, the Company recognizes revenue as each performance obligation (i.e., each room night) is met. Such contract is renewed if the guest continues their stay. For room nights consumed by a guest with a non-cancellable reservation, the entire reservation period represents the contract term whereby the Company has a performance obligation to provide the room night or nights at an agreed upon price. For non-cancellable reservations, the Company recognizes revenue over the term of the performance period (i.e., the reservation period) as room nights are consumed. For these reservations, the room rate is typically fixed over the reservation period. The Company uses an output method based on performance completed to date (i.e., room nights consumed) to determine the amount of revenue it recognizes on a daily basis if the length of a non-cancellable reservation exceeds one night since consumption of room nights indicates when services are transferred to the guest. In certain instances, variable consideration may exist with respect to the transaction price, such as discounts, coupons and price concessions made upon guest checkout.

 

In evaluating its performance obligation, the Company bundles the obligation to provide the guest the room itself with other obligations (such as free Wi-Fi, grab and go breakfast, access to on-site laundry facilities and parking), as the other obligations are not distinct and separable because the guest cannot benefit from the additional amenities without the consumed room night. The Company’s obligation to provide the additional items or services is not separately identifiable from the fundamental contractual obligation (i.e., providing the room and its contents). The Company has no performance obligations once a guest’s stay is complete.

 

We are required to collect certain taxes and fees from customers on behalf of government agencies and remit these back to the applicable governmental agencies on a periodic basis. We have a legal obligation to act as a collection agent. We do not retain these taxes and fees and, therefore, they are not included in revenues. We record a liability when the amounts are collected and relieve the liability when payments are made to the applicable taxing authority or other appropriate governmental agency.

 

COMPLIANCE WITH CONTINUED LISTING STANDARDS OF NYSE AMERICAN

 

On May 16, 2020, the Trust received a letter from NYSE AMERICAN giving an official notice of noncompliance of the Trust with continued listing standards of NYSE American LLC (the “Exchange”) because the Trust failed to timely file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 31, 2020 (the “Delinquent Report”). This filing delinquency subjects the Trust to the procedures and requirements of Section 1007 of the NYSE American Company Guide. The requisite Form 8-K and associated press release were issued on May 22, 2020, and the Trust filed the annual Form 10-K on August 14, 2020.

 

On December 12, 2020 the Trust requested and was granted an extension for their quarterly reports for the First, Second, and Third Fiscal Quarters, under the Covid-19 SEC Relief and Late Filer Extension Request process. The Late Filer Extension was initially granted until February 15, 2021 for all three delinquent Quarters. Subsequently, after filing the First Quarter 10-Q on January 11, 2021, the Trust requested and was granted an additional extension for the Second and Third Quarters respectively, until April 15, 2021. The Trust filed their Second Quarterly Report on March 1, 2021.

 

The Trust is still currently out of compliance for timely filing SEC quarterly reports for the First, Second, and Third Fiscal Quarters ended October 31, 2020. The Trust plans to bring the filings into compliance and will be completed by March 25, 2021.

 

Due to COVID-19 disruptions, and consistent with SEC guidelines, the Trust extended their filing dates of the 10-K for the fiscal year time period ended January 31, 2020, the first quarter 10-Q for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2020, the second quarter 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended July 31, 2020, and the third quarter 10-Q for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2020. The 45-day SEC extension for the second fiscal quarter extends the filing compliance date to October 31, 2020. An additional 45-day SEC extension for the second fiscal quarter extends the filing compliance date to April 15, 2021. IHT plans to be in filing compliance with the SEC and NYSE AMERICAN by March 25, 2021.

 

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NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES

 

The following non-GAAP presentations of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (“EBITDA”) and funds from operations (“FFO”) are made to assist our investors in evaluating our operating performance.

 

Adjusted EBITDA is defined as earnings before interest expense, amortization of loan costs, interest income, income taxes, depreciation and amortization, and non-controlling interests in the Trust. We present Adjusted EBITDA because we believe these measurements (a) more accurately reflect the ongoing performance of our hotel assets and other investments, (b) provide more useful information to investors as indicators of our ability to meet our future debt payments and working capital requirements, and (c) provide an overall evaluation of our financial condition. Adjusted EBITDA as calculated by us may not be comparable to Adjusted EBITDA reported by other companies that do not define Adjusted EBITDA exactly as we define the term. Adjusted EBITDA does not represent cash generated from operating activities determined in accordance with GAAP and should not be considered as an alternative to (a) GAAP net income or loss as an indication of our financial performance or (b) GAAP cash flows from operating activities as a measure of our liquidity.

 

A reconciliation of net loss attributable to controlling interests to Adjusted EBITDA for the three and nine months ended October 31, 2020 and 2019 is approximately as follows:

 

   Three Months Ended October 31,   Nine Months Ended October 31, 
   2020   2019   2020   2019 
Net loss attributable to controlling interests  $(481,000)  $(201,000)  $(1,288,000)  $(1,006,000)
Add back:                    
Depreciation   207,000    270,000    634,000    765,000 
Interest expense   107,000    184,000    275,000    372,000 
Taxes   -    -    -    - 
Less:                    
Interest Income   (18,000)   (62,000)   (82,000)   (66,000)
Adjusted EBITDA  $(185,000)  $191,000   $(461,000)  $65,000 

 

FFO is calculated on the basis defined by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (“NAREIT”), which is net income (loss) attributable to common shareholders, computed in accordance with GAAP, excluding gains or losses on sales of properties, asset impairment adjustments, and extraordinary items as defined by GAAP, plus depreciation and amortization of real estate assets, and after adjustments for unconsolidated joint ventures and non-controlling interests in the operating partnership. NAREIT developed FFO as a relative measure of performance of an equity REIT to recognize that income-producing real estate historically has not depreciated on the basis determined by GAAP. The Trust is an unincorporated Ohio real estate investment trust; however, the Trust is not a real estate investment trust for federal taxation purposes. Management uses this measurement to compare itself to REITs with similar depreciable assets. We consider FFO to be an appropriate measure of our ongoing normalized operating performance. We compute FFO in accordance with our interpretation of standards established by NAREIT, which may not be comparable to FFO reported by other companies that either do not define the term in accordance with the current NAREIT definition or interpret the NAREIT definition differently than us. FFO does not represent cash generated from operating activities as determined by GAAP and should not be considered as an alternative to (a) GAAP net income or loss as an indication of our financial performance or (b) GAAP cash flows from operating activities as a measure of our liquidity, nor is it indicative of funds available to satisfy our cash needs, including our ability to make cash distributions. However, to facilitate a clear understanding of our historical operating results, we believe that FFO should be considered along with our net income or loss and cash flows reported in the consolidated financial statements.

 

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An approximate reconciliation of net loss attributable to controlling interests to FFO for the three and nine months ended October 31, 2020 and 2019:

 

   Three Months Ended
October 31,
   Nine Months Ended
October 31,
 
   2020   2019   2020   2019 
Net loss attributable to controlling interests  $(481,000)  $(201,000)  $(1,288,000)  $(1,006,000)
Add back:                    
Depreciation   207,000    270,000    634,000    765,000 
Non-controlling interest   (287,000)   49,000    (1,100,000)   94,000 
FFO  $(561,000)  $118,000   $(1,754,000)  $(147,000)

 

FUTURE POSITIONING

 

In viewing the hotel industry cycles, recently reconfirmed by the COVID-19 disruption of travel and hospitality, the Board of Trustees determined that it was appropriate to actively seek buyers for our two remaining Hotel properties. We continue to make our Tucson Hotel and Albuquerque Hotel available for sale at market value, on the website www.suitehotelsrealty.com.

 

The table below provides book values, mortgage balances and listed asking price for the Hotels.

 

Hotel Property  Book Value  

Mortgage

Balance

  

Asking

Price

 
Albuquerque  $1,451,242   $1,365,304    7,995,000 
Tucson Oracle   6,849,644    4,619,595    16,600,000 
                
   $8,300,886   $5,984,899   $24,595,000 

 

The “Estimated Market Asking Price” is the amount at which we would sell each of the Hotels and is adjusted to reflect recent hotel sales in the Hotels’ areas of operation and current earnings of each of the Hotels. The listed asking price is not based on appraisals of the properties.

 

We have from time to time listed each of the properties with a local real estate hotel broker who has successfully sold four of our hotel properties and we believe that each of the assets are being marketed at a price that is reasonable in relation to its current fair value. We plan to sell our remaining two Hotel properties one within 12-18 months and the other within 12 months thereafter, based on feedback received by our local hotel real estate property professional brokers, who specialize in the selling/buying hotel real estate properties to review the sale of our Tucson and Albuquerque Hotel properties. We can provide no assurance that we will be able to sell either or both of the Hotel properties on terms favorable to us or within our expected time frame, or at all.

 

Although believed feasible, we may be unable to realize the asking price for the individual Hotel properties or to sell one or both. However, we believe that the asking price values are reasonable based on local market conditions, comparable sales, and anticipated upturns in occupancy, rates, and profits per hotel. Changes in market conditions have in part resulted, and may in the future result, in our changing one or all of the asking prices.

 

Our long-term strategic plan is to obtain the full benefit of our real estate equity, to benefit from our UniGen UPI clean energy operation diversified investment, and to pursue a merger with another company, likely a private larger entity that seeks to go public to list on the NYSE AMERICAN Exchange.

 

SHARE REPURCHASE PROGRAM

 

For information on the Trust’s Share Repurchase Program, see Part II, Item 5. “Market for the Registrant’s Common Equity Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.” of our most recent 10-K Annual Report filed on August 14, 2020.

 

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OFF-BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENTS

 

Other than legal contingencies incurred in the normal course of business, we do not have any off-balance sheet financing arrangements or liabilities. We do not have any majority-owned or controlled subsidiaries that are not included in our consolidated financial statements.

 

SEASONALITY

 

The Hotels’ operations historically have been somewhat seasonal. The Tucson Arizona hotel experiences the highest occupancy in the first fiscal quarter (the winter season) and, to a lesser extent, the fourth fiscal quarter. The second fiscal quarter tends to be the lowest occupancy period at this Arizona hotel. This seasonality pattern can be expected to cause fluctuations in the Trust’s quarterly revenues. The hotel located in New Mexico historically experiences their most profitable periods during the second and third fiscal quarters (the summer season), providing some balance to the general seasonality of the Trust’s hotel business.

 

The seasonal nature of the Trust’s business increases its vulnerability to risks such as pandemics, labor force shortages and cash flow issues. Further, if an adverse event such as an actual or threatened terrorist attack, international conflict, data breach, regional economic downturn or poor weather conditions should at either of its two hotels, the adverse impact to the Trust’s revenues and profit could be significant.

 

INFLATION

 

We rely entirely on the performance of the Hotels and InnSuites Hotels’ ability to increase revenue to keep pace with inflation. Operators of hotels in general and InnSuites Hotels can and do change room rates quickly, but competitive pressures may limit InnSuites Hotels’ ability to raise rates as fast as or faster than inflation.

 

INVESTMENT IN UNIGEN POWER, INC.

 

On December 16, 2019, the Trust entered into a Convertible Debenture Purchase Agreement with UniGen Power Inc. (“UPI” or “UniGen”).

 

The Trust purchased secured convertible debentures (“Debentures”) in the aggregate amount of $1,000,000 (the “Loan Amount”) (the “Loan”) at an annual interest rate of 6%. The Debentures are convertible into Class A shares of UniGen Common Stock at an initial conversion rate of $1.00 per share. The Loan is structured into two (2) payments of $600,000 and $400,000. The first payment of $600,000 was made by the Trust at closing on December 16, 2020 and the second payment was made on February 3, 2020.

 

UniGen issued the Trust common stock purchase warrants (the “Debenture Warrants”) to purchase up to 1,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock (600,000 issued on January 31, 2020, and 400,000 issued on February 3, 2020). The Debenture Warrants are exercisable at an exercise price of $1.00 per share of Class A Common Stock.

 

UniGen, also, issued the Trust additional common stock purchase warrants (“Additional Warrants”) to purchase up to 200,000 shares of Class A Common Stock (120,000 issued on January 31, 2020, and 80,000 issued on February 3, 2020). The Additional Warrants are exercisable at an exercise price of $2.25 per share of Class A Common Stock.

 

On the Trust’s balance sheet, the investment of the $1,030,000 made in the current fiscal year consists of approximately $424,000 in note receivables, approximately $576,000 as the fair value of the warrants issued with the Trust’s investment in UniGen, and $30,000 of accrued interest income which was re-invested in UniGen. The value of the premium related to the fair value of the warrant will accrete over the life of the debentures.

 

InnSuites Hospitality Trust (IHT) made an initial $600,000 diversification investment during Fiscal Year 2020 that could expand into a multi-million-dollar investment totaling up to approximately 25 percent ownership in privately held UniGen Power, Inc. (UPI) to develop a patented high profit potential new efficient clean energy generation innovation. The initial investment was made approximately one year ago in December 2019, with significant positive progress to date despite the virus, economic, and travel disruptions of 2020. During the first Fiscal Quarter of 2021, an additional investment of $400,000 was made bringing the total to $1 Million. The investment comprises of fair debt warrants with 6% annual interest that are convertible to UPI stock upon election of the Trust. The investment is valued at fair value (level 3). There is no Investment Commitment to Unigen requiring any restriction of cash.

 

Based on subsequent events, IHT is likely to obtain an opportunity to convert a $500,000 UniGen line of credit into 500,000 shares of UniGen. IHT will also obtain an additional 300,000 warrants at $2.25 per share. Full conversion of all IHT held convertible debt and UniGen warrants could result in 3 million shares of UniGen stock and if fully exercised would result in approximately 12 million UniGen shares, or approximately 25% of the total equity of UniGen held by IHT.

 

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The project has made positive progress and is on budget, and within 90 days of being on schedule with the first GenSet prototype anticipated to be in operation on or before June 30, 2021, followed by initial expanded production on or before early 2022. The time delay is related to travel restrictions to UPI China suppliers and time needed to incorporate additional innovations discovered and design improvements. Global Supply sources include China, Italy, Israel, and the United States. Investors are cautioned of the substantial challenges ever present with this and any innovation. However, IHT has confidence in the UniGen technical team based in Detroit and in the encouraging progress to date. UPI profitability is anticipated to be 18-24 months or more into the future, but future high profit potential is encouraging for IHT investors, especially considering a full year of successful design and development work is now complete.

 

James Wirth (President) and Marc Berg (Executive Vice President) both lack significant control, and were elected in December 2019 to serve on the board of UPI to closely monitor and assist in the success of this potentially power industry disruptive relatively clean energy generation innovation.

 

ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

 

Not required for smaller reporting companies.

 

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

 

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

 

As of the end of the period covered by this report, we conducted an evaluation under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures. The term “disclosure controls and procedures,” as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), means controls and other procedures of a company that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the company in the reports it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Based on this evaluation, our principal executive officer and our principal financial officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of October 31, 2020.

 

Our management, including our Principal Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, does not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures or our internal controls will prevent all error or fraud. A control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Due to the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, have been detected.

 

Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

 

Management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting and for the assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting. Internal control over financial reporting is a process designed by, or under the supervision of the Company’s Principal Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer and effected by the Company’s Board of Trustees, management and other personnel, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles and includes those policies and procedures that we determined to be material weaknesses, as follows:

 

  Pertain to the maintenance of records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the Company;
     
  Contain properly implemented comprehensive entity-level internal controls;
     
  Include properly implemented adequate system and manual controls;

 

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  Have sufficient segregation of duties;
     
  Have sufficient personnel with appropriate training and expertise in accounting principles generally accepted in the United States; and
     
  Implement appropriate information technology controls related to access rights for certain financial spreadsheets that are relevant to the preparation of the consolidated financial statements and our system of internal control over financial reporting.

 

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

 

Assessment of Internal Control over Financial Reporting

 

Our management assessed the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of January 31, 2020. In making this assessment, management used the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (“COSO”) in Internal Control - Integrated Framework (2013). Based on management’s assessment, management concluded that the above material weaknesses have not been remediated and, accordingly, our internal control over financial reporting was not effective as of October 31, 2020. Current year efforts are being made to remediate some, if not all, of these material weaknesses.

 

Management’s Remediation Initiatives

 

In an effort to remediate the identified material weakness and other deficiencies and enhance the Company’s internal control over financial reporting, the Company made attempts to increase its technical accounting expertise by hiring a new Chief Financial Officer, Corporate Controller, and Staff Accountant with public company reporting experience to assist with the Company’s technical accounting and internal control issues.

 

We need to take appropriate and reasonable steps to make necessary improvements to our internal control over financial reporting, which will require management to support the hiring and training of sufficient personnel with appropriate training and expertise in accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. This increase to staffing and training will allow us to make the necessary improvements, including:

 

  Continuing to improve the control environment through (i) being staffed with sufficient number of personnel to address segregation of duties issues, ineffective controls and to perform control monitoring activities, (ii) increasing the level of GAAP knowledge by retaining additional technical accountants, (iii) implementing formal process to account for non-standard transactions, and (iv) implementing and formalizing management oversight of financial reporting at regular intervals;
     
  Continuing to update the documentation of our internal control processes, including implementing formal risk assessment processes and entity level controls;
     
  Implementing control activities that address relevant risks and assure that all transactions are subject to such control activities; Ensure systems that impact financial information and disclosures have effective information technology controls;
     
  Implementing plan to increase oversight and review of ad hoc spreadsheets while also working to reduce their use; and
     
  We are in the process of further enhancing the supervisory procedures to include additional levels of analysis and quality control reviews within the accounting and financial reporting functions.

 

We believe that the remediation measures described above will strengthen our internal control over financial reporting and remediate the material weaknesses we have identified. We expect these remediation efforts will be implemented throughout fiscal year 2022.

 

Despite the material weaknesses reported above, our management believes that our financial statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the nine months ended October 31, 2020 fairly present in all material respects our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented and that this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the periods covered by this report.

 

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

 

There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during our most recently completed fiscal quarter ended October 31, 2020 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting. We have had significant turn over in our accounting department within the last 12 months, with the several new additions aforementioned above.

 

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PART II

 

OTHER INFORMATION

 

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

 

None.

 

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

 

Risks Relating to COVID-19

 

COVID-19 has had a material detrimental impact on our business, financial results and liquidity, and such impact could worsen and last for an unknown period of time.

 

The global spread of COVID-19 has been and continues to be a complex and rapidly evolving situation, with governments, public institutions and other organizations imposing or recommending, and business and individuals implementing, at various times and to varying degrees, restrictions on various activities or other actions to combat its spread, such as restrictions and bans on travel or transportation, limitations on the size of gatherings, closures of or occupancy or other operating limitations on work facilities, schools, public buildings and business, cancellation of events, including sporting events, conferences and meetings, and quarantines and lock-downs. COVID-19 and its consequences have dramatically reduced travel and demand for hotel rooms, which has and will continue to impact our business, operations, and financial results. We believe that it will be some time before lodging demand and revenue level recover and such recovery could vary across markets or regions around the world. The extent to which COVID-19 impacts our business, operations, and financial results, including the duration and magnitude of such effects, will depend on numerous evolving factors that we may not be able to accurately predict or assess, including the duration and scope of COVID-19 (including the location and extent of resurgences of the virus and the availability of effective treatments or vaccines); the negative impact COVID-19 has on global and regional economies and economic activity, including the duration and magnitude of its impact on unemployment rates and consumer discretionary spending; its short and longer-term impact on the demand for travel, transient and group business, and levels of consumer confidence.

 

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

 

On January 2, 2001, the Board of Trustees approved a share repurchase program under Rule 10b-18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, for the purchase of up to 250,000 Partnership units and/or Shares of Beneficial Interest in open market or privately negotiated transactions. On September 10, 2002, August 18, 2005 and September 10, 2007, the Board of Trustees approved the purchase of up to 350,000 additional Partnership units and/or Shares of Beneficial Interest in open market or privately negotiated transactions. Additionally, on January 5, 2009, September 15, 2009 and January 31, 2010, the Board of Trustees approved the purchase of up to 300,000, 250,000 and 350,000, respectively, additional Partnership units and/or Shares of Beneficial Interest in open market or privately negotiated transactions. Acquired Shares of Beneficial Interest will be held in treasury and will be available for future acquisitions and financings and/or for awards granted under the Trusts’ equity compensation plans/programs. During the nine months ended October 31, 2020, the Trust acquired 230,582 Shares of Beneficial Interest in open market transactions at an average price of $1.06 per share. The average price paid includes brokerage commissions. The Trust intends to continue repurchasing Shares of Beneficial Interest in compliance with applicable legal and NYSE AMERICAN requirements. The Trust remains authorized to repurchase an additional 746,060 Partnership units and/or Shares of Beneficial Interest pursuant to the publicly announced share repurchase program, which has no expiration date. On June 25, 2019, the Trust’s Board of Trustee’s authorized the repurchase of up to 750,000 shares and units in addition to the above amounts previously authorized.

 

   Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities 
Period  Total Number
of Shares
Purchased
   Average
Price
Paid per
Share
   Total Number of
Shares Purchased
as Part of Publicly
Announced Plans
   Maximum Number
of Shares that
May Yet Be
Purchased Under
the Plans
 
February 1 - February 29, 2020   1,883   $1.68    264,754    943,066 
March 1 - March 31, 2020   7,762   $1.22    256,992    935,304 
April 1 - April 30, 2020   7,429   $1.09    249,563    927,875 
May 1 - May 31, 2020   15,783   $1.09    233,780    912,092 
June 1 - June 30, 2020   103,346   $1.09    130,434    808,746 
July 1 - July 31, 2020   62,686   $1.09    67,748    746,060 
August 1 - August 31, 2020   23,091   $1.15    44,657    722,969 
September 1 - September 30, 2020   11,589   $1.19    33,068    711,380 
October 1 - October 31, 2020   -   $-    -    - 
Total   233,569    -    -    - 

 

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ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

 

None.

 

ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

 

None.

 

ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION

 

None.

 

ITEM 6. EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit No.   Exhibit
     
31.1   Section 302 Certification by Chief Executive Officer
     
31.2   Section 302 Certification by Chief Financial Officer
     
32.1 *   Section 906 Certification of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer
     
101   XBRL Exhibits
     
101.INS   XBRL Instance Document
     
101.SCH   XBRL Schema Document
     
101.CAL   XBRL Calculation Linkbase Document
     
101.LAB   XBRL Labels Linkbase Document
     
101.PRE   XBRL Presentation Linkbase Document
     
101.DEF   XBRL Definition Linkbase Document

 

+ Management contract or compensation plan or arrangement.

 

* Furnished, note filed.

 

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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.

 

  INNSUITES HOSPITALITY TRUST
   
Date: March 24, 2021 /s/ James F. Wirth
  James F. Wirth
  Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
  (Principal Executive Officer)
   
Date: March 24, 2021 /s/ Sylvin R. Lange
  Sylvin R. Lange
 

Sylvin Lange, Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

 

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