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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

     
x   QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED MARCH 31, 2003
     
OR
     
o   TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 FOR THE TRANSITION PERIOD FROM ________  TO  ________
     
Commission file number 0-21518

IEA INCOME FUND XII, L.P.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
     
California
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
  94-3143940
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

One Front Street, 15th Floor, San Francisco, California   94111
(Address of principal executive offices)                    (Zip Code)

(415) 677-8990
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes x. No o.

 


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PART I — FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial Statements
Balance Sheets
Statements of Operations
Statements of Cash Flows
Notes to Unaudited Financial Statements
Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
PART II — OTHER INFORMATION
Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K
SIGNATURES
CERTIFICATIONS
EXHIBIT INDEX
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IEA INCOME FUND XII, L.P.

Report on Form 10-Q for the Quarterly Period
Ended March 31, 2003

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PART I — FINANCIAL INFORMATION
       
Item 1. Financial Statements
       
 
Balance Sheets — March 31, 2003 (unaudited) and December 31, 2002
    4  
 
Statements of Operations for the three months ended March 31, 2003 and 2002 (unaudited)
    5  
 
Statements of Cash Flows for the three months ended March 31, 2003 and 2002 (unaudited)
    6  
 
Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited)
    7  
Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
    11  
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
    14  
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
    14  
PART II — OTHER INFORMATION
       
Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K
    15  

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PART I — FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements

  Presented herein are the Registrant’s balance sheets as of March 31, 2003 and December 31, 2002, statements of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2003 and 2002, and statements of cash flows for the three months ended March 31, 2003 and 2002.

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IEA INCOME FUND XII, L.P.

Balance Sheets

(Unaudited)

                         
            March 31,   December 31,
            2003   2002
           
 
       
Assets
               
Current assets:
               
 
Cash and cash equivalents, includes $1,402,812 at March 31, 2003 and $1,567,623 at December 31, 2002 in interest-bearing accounts
  $ 1,556,724     $ 1,843,633  
 
Net lease receivables due from Leasing Company (notes 1 and 2)
    226,060       176,676  
 
   
     
 
     
Total current assets
    1,782,784       2,020,309  
 
   
     
 
Container rental equipment, at cost
    43,907,739       45,121,392  
 
Less accumulated depreciation
    (27,215,431 )     (27,313,596 )
 
   
     
 
   
Net container rental equipment
    16,692,308       17,807,796  
 
   
     
 
     
Total assets
  $ 18,475,092     $ 19,828,105  
 
   
     
 
       
Partners’ Capital
               
Partners’ capital (deficit):
               
 
General partner
  $ (412,238 )   $ (377,749 )
 
Limited partners
    18,887,330       20,205,854  
 
   
     
 
     
Total partners’ capital
  $ 18,475,092     $ 19,828,105  
 
   
     
 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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IEA INCOME FUND XII, L.P.

Statements of Operations

(Unaudited)

                     
        Three Months Ended
       
        March 31,   March 31,
        2003   2002
       
 
Net lease revenue (notes 1 and 3)
  $ 539,281     $ 629,362  
Other operating expenses:
               
 
Depreciation
    668,174       816,625  
 
Other general and administrative expenses
    32,759       35,129  
 
Net loss on disposal of equipment
    137,529       499,541  
 
   
     
 
   
Loss from operations
    (299,181 )     (721,933 )
Other income:
               
 
Interest income
    2,488       4,681  
 
   
     
 
   
Net loss
  $ (296,693 )   $ (717,252 )
 
   
     
 
Allocation of net loss:
               
 
General partner
  $ (2,967 )   $ (7,173 )
 
Limited partners
    (293,726 )     (710,079 )
 
   
     
 
 
  $ (296,693 )   $ (717,252 )
 
   
     
 
Limited partners’ per unit share of net loss
  $ (0.08 )   $ (0.20 )
 
   
     
 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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IEA INCOME FUND XII, L.P.

Statements of Cash Flows

(Unaudited)

                   
      Three Months Ended
     
      March 31,   March 31,
      2003   2002
     
 
Net cash provided by operating activities
  $ 498,142     $ 585,497  
Cash provided by investing activities:
               
 
Proceeds from disposal of equipment
    271,269       212,170  
Cash used in financing activities:
               
 
Distribution to partners
    (1,056,320 )     (732,234 )
 
   
     
 
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents
    (286,909 )     65,433  
Cash and cash equivalents at January 1
    1,843,633       1,451,917  
 
   
     
 
Cash and cash equivalents at March 31
  $ 1,556,724     $ 1,517,350  
 
   
     
 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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IEA INCOME FUND XII, L.P.

Notes to Unaudited Financial Statements

(1)   Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

  (a)   Nature of Operations

  IEA Income Fund XII, L.P. (the “Partnership”) is a limited partnership organized under the laws of the State of California on August 28, 1991 for the purpose of owning and leasing marine cargo containers worldwide to ocean carriers. To this extent, the Partnership’s operations are subject to the fluctuations of world economic and political conditions. Such factors may affect the pattern and levels of world trade. The Partnership believes that the profitability of, and risks associated with, leases to foreign customers is generally the same as those of leases to domestic customers. The Partnership’s leases generally require all payments to be made in United States currency.

  Cronos Capital Corp. (“CCC”) is the general partner and, with its affiliate Cronos Containers Limited (the “Leasing Company”), manages the business of the Partnership. CCC and the Leasing Company also manage the container leasing business for other partnerships affiliated with CCC. The Partnership shall continue until December 31, 2011, unless sooner terminated upon the occurrence of certain events.

  The Partnership commenced operations on January 31, 1992, when the minimum subscription proceeds of $2,000,000 were obtained. The Partnership offered 3,750,000 units of limited partnership interest at $20 per unit, or $75,000,000. The offering terminated on November 30, 1992, at which time 3,513,594 limited partnership units had been sold.

  (b)   Leasing Company and Leasing Agent Agreement

  A Leasing Agent Agreement exists between the Partnership and the Leasing Company, whereby the Leasing Company has the responsibility to manage the leasing operations of all equipment owned by the Partnership. Pursuant to the Agreement, the Leasing Company is responsible for leasing, managing and re-leasing the Partnership’s containers to ocean carriers, and has full discretion over which ocean carriers and suppliers of goods and services it may deal with. The Leasing Agent Agreement permits the Leasing Company to use the containers owned by the Partnership, together with other containers owned or managed by the Leasing Company and its affiliates, as part of a single fleet operated without regard to ownership. Since the Leasing Agent Agreement meets the definition of an operating lease in Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 13, it is accounted for as a lease under which the Partnership is lessor and the Leasing Company is lessee.

  The Leasing Agent Agreement generally provides that the Leasing Company will make payments to the Partnership based upon rentals collected from ocean carriers after deducting direct operating expenses and management fees to CCC and the Leasing Company. The Leasing Company leases containers to ocean carriers, generally under operating leases which are either master leases or term leases (mostly one to five years). Master leases do not specify the exact number of containers to be leased or the term that each container will remain on hire but allow the ocean carrier to pick up and drop off containers at various locations, and rentals are based upon the number of containers used and the applicable per-diem rate. Accordingly, rentals under master leases are all variable and contingent upon the number of containers used. Most containers are leased to ocean carriers under master leases; leasing agreements with fixed payment terms are not material to the financial statements. Since there are no material minimum lease rentals, no disclosure of minimum lease rentals is provided in these financial statements.

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IEA INCOME FUND XII, L.P.

Notes to Unaudited Financial Statements

  (c)   Basis of Accounting

  The Partnership utilizes the accrual method of accounting. Net lease revenue is recorded by the Partnership in each period based upon its leasing agent agreement with the Leasing Company. Net lease revenue is generally dependent upon operating lease rentals from operating lease agreements between the Leasing Company and its various lessees, less direct operating expenses and management fees due in respect of the containers specified in each operating lease agreement.

  (d)   Container Rental Equipment

  In accordance with SFAS No. 144, “Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets,” container rental equipment is considered to be impaired if the carrying value of the asset exceeds the expected future cash flows from related operations (undiscounted and without interest charges). If impairment is deemed to exist, the assets are written down to fair value. An analysis is prepared each quarter projecting future cash flows from container rental equipment operations. Current and projected utilization rates, per-diem rental rates, direct operating expenses, fleet size and container disposals are the primary variables utilized by the analysis. Additionally, the Partnership evaluates future cash flows and potential impairment by container type rather than for each individual container, and as a result, future losses could result for individual container dispositions due to various factors, including age, condition, suitability for continued leasing, as well as the geographical location of containers when disposed. There were no impairment charges to the carrying value of container rental equipment for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2003 and 2002.

  Depreciation policies are also evaluated to determine whether subsequent events and circumstances warrant revised estimates of useful lives. Container rental equipment is depreciated using the straight-line basis.

  (e)   Use of Estimates

  The financial statements are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP), which requires the Partnership to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reported period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

  The most significant estimates included within the financial statements are the container rental equipment estimated useful lives and residual values, and the estimate of future cash flows from container rental equipment operations, used to determine the adequacy of the carrying value of container rental equipment in accordance with SFAS No. 144. Considerable judgement is required in estimating future cash flows from container rental equipment operations. Accordingly, the estimates may not be indicative of the amounts that may be realized in future periods. As additional information becomes available in subsequent periods, reserves for the impairment of the container rental equipment carrying values may be necessary based upon changes in market and economic conditions.

  (f)   Financial Statement Presentation

  These financial statements have been prepared without audit. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP) have been omitted. It is suggested that these financial statements be read in conjunction with the financial statements and accompanying notes in the Partnership’s latest annual report on Form 10-K.

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IEA INCOME FUND XII, L.P.

Notes to Unaudited Financial Statements

  (f)   Financial Statement Presentation (continued)

  The interim financial statements presented herewith reflect all adjustments of a normal recurring nature which are, in the opinion of management, necessary to a fair statement of the financial condition and results of operations for the interim periods presented. The results of operations for such interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year.

(2)   Net Lease Receivables Due from Leasing Company

  Net lease receivables due from the Leasing Company are determined by deducting direct operating payables and accrued expenses, base management fees payable, and reimbursed administrative expenses payable to CCC and its affiliates from the rental billings earned by the Leasing Company under operating leases to ocean carriers for the containers owned by the Partnership, as well as proceeds earned from container disposals. Net lease receivables at March 31, 2003 and December 31, 2002 were as follows:

                 
    March 31,   December 31,
    2003   2002
   
 
Gross lease receivables
  $ 986,345     $ 959,271  
Less:
               
Direct operating payables and accrued expenses
    361,266       405,443  
Damage protection reserve
    44,672       47,726  
Base management fees payable
    172,933       189,911  
Reimbursed administrative expenses
    18,835       20,691  
Allowance for doubtful accounts
    162,579       118,824  
 
   
     
 
Net lease receivables
  $ 226,060     $ 176,676  
 
   
     
 

(3)   Net Lease Revenue

  Net lease revenue is determined by deducting direct operating expenses, base management fees and reimbursed administrative expenses to CCC and its affiliates from the rental revenue earned by the Leasing Company under operating leases to ocean carriers for the containers owned by the Partnership. Net lease revenue for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2003 and 2002 were as follows:

                 
    Three Months Ended
   
    March 31,   March 31,
    2003   2002
   
 
Rental revenue (note 4)
  $ 922,367     $ 1,143,714  
Less:
               
Rental equipment operating expenses
    279,895       367,703  
Base management fees
    45,535       78,562  
Reimbursed administrative expenses
    57,656       68,087  
 
   
     
 
Net lease revenue
  $ 539,281     $ 629,362  
 
   
     
 

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IEA INCOME FUND XII, L.P.

Notes to Unaudited Financial Statements

(4)   Operating Segment

  An operating segment is a component of an enterprise that engages in business activities from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses, whose operating results are regularly reviewed by the enterprise’s chief operating decision maker to make decisions about resources to be allocated to the segment and assess its performance, and about which separate financial information is available. Management operates the Partnership’s container fleet as a homogenous unit and has determined that as such it has a single reportable operating segment.

  The Partnership derives its revenues from leasing marine cargo containers. As of March 31, 2003, the Partnership operated 6,286 twenty-foot, 3,865 forty-foot and 159 forty-foot high-cube marine dry cargo containers, as well as 225 twenty-foot and 217 forty-foot marine refrigerated cargo containers. A summary of gross lease revenue, by product, for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2003 and 2002 follows:

                 
    Three Months Ended
   
    March 31,   March 31,
    2003   2002
   
 
Dry cargo containers
  $ 719,131     $ 909,528  
Refrigerated containers
    203,236       234,186  
 
   
     
 
Total
  $ 922,367     $ 1,143,714  
 
   
     
 

  Due to the Partnership’s lack of information regarding the physical location of its fleet of containers when on lease in the global shipping trade, it is impracticable to provide geographic area information.

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

It is suggested that the following discussion be read in conjunction with the Registrant’s most recent annual report on Form 10-K.

General

A Leasing Agent Agreement exists between the Registrant and the Leasing Company, whereby the Leasing Company has the responsibility to manage the leasing operations of all equipment owned by the Registrant. Pursuant to the Agreement, the Leasing Company is responsible for leasing, managing and re-leasing the Registrant’s containers to ocean carriers, and has full discretion over which ocean carriers and suppliers of goods and services it may deal with. The Leasing Agent Agreement permits the Leasing Company to use the containers owned by the Registrant, together with other containers owned or managed by the Leasing Company and its affiliates, as part of a single fleet operated without regard to ownership. At March 31, 2003, 68% of the original equipment remained in the Registrant’s fleet, as compared to 70% at December 31, 2002. The following chart summarizes the composition of the Registrant’s fleet (based on container type) at March 31, 2003.

                                             
        Dry Cargo   Refrigerated
        Containers   Containers
       
 
                        40-Foot                
        20-Foot   40-Foot   High-Cube   20-Foot   40-Foot
       
 
 
 
 
Containers on lease:
                                       
 
Master lease
    2,437       1,146       76       115       32  
 
Term lease (1-5 years)
    3,079       1,658       39       72       113  
 
   
     
     
     
     
 
   
Subtotal
    5,516       2,804       115       187       145  
Containers off lease
    770       1,061       44       38       72  
 
   
     
     
     
     
 
Total container fleet
    6,286       3,865       159       225       217  
 
   
     
     
     
     
 
                                                                                   
      Dry Cargo   Refrigerated
      Containers   Containers
     
 
                                      40-Foot                                
      20-Foot   40-Foot   High-Cube   20-Foot   40-Foot
     
 
 
 
 
      Units   %   Units   %   Units   %   Units   %   Units   %
     
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total purchases
    9,743       100 %     5,426       100 %     213       100 %     248       100 %     309       100 %
 
Less disposals
    3,457       35 %     1,561       29 %     54       25 %     23       9 %     92       30 %
 
   
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
Remaining fleet at March 31, 2003
    6,286       65 %     3,865       71 %     159       75 %     225       91 %     217       70 %
 
   
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 

The favorable market conditions that existed at the end of 2002 continued through the first quarter of 2003, allowing the Registrant to maintain a high level of utilization for its containers. At March 31, 2003, the Registrant’s utilization measured 80% as compared to 79% at December 31, 2002.

Commencing with the later half of 2002 and continuing through the first quarter of 2003, the demand for leased containers contributed to reducing off-hire inventories primarily in Asia, and to a lesser extent Europe and North America. In many parts of Asia and particularly in the south eastern ports, the demand for cargo containers exceeded available supplies. The recent strong demand for leased containers is primarily attributable to shipping lines purchasing fewer containers for their own account due to recent operating losses and requirements to deploy capital within other parts of their business. As a result, shipping lines have strategically made the decision to employ leased containers to meet their container requirements. The demand created by these market conditions has also resulted in the shipping lines’ diminishing discrimination against leasing older containers, a condition that exists during periods of surplus container supply. Additionally, the slowdown and uneven recovery in the global economy during the 2001-2002 period led to reduced levels of capital available for new container investment. The lower levels of new container production during 2001 and the first half of 2002 addressed, to some extent, the problems of container over-supply created by the higher levels of new container production achieved during 1999 and 2000.

Although the shipping lines’ recent trend to lease containers in lieu of purchasing them directly has created favorable market conditions for container lessors, the uncertainty over the financial strength of the shipping industry remains a concern. Current conditions appear to favor the larger more established shipping lines. The Registrant, CCC and the Leasing Company continue to remain cautious, as some shipping lines reported operating losses during 2002, while others have recently become insolvent. The financial impact of such losses for these shipping lines may eventually influence the demand for leased containers as some shipping lines may experience additional financial difficulties, consolidate or become insolvent. Although the ultimate

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outcome, as well as its impact on the container leasing industry and the Registrant’s results of operations, is unknown, CCC, on behalf of the Registrant, will work closely with the Leasing Company to monitor outstanding receivables, collections, and credit exposure to various existing and new customers.

Lastly, wide-ranging concerns remain regarding recovery of the world’s major economies, the level of oil prices, performance of global stock markets, geopolitical concerns arising from uncertainties within the Middle East and Asia, as well as a recent increase in new container production, all of which may temper the current demand for leased containers.

The Registrant’s average fleet size and utilization rates for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2003 and 2002 were as follows:

                   
      Three Months Ended
     
      March 31,   March 31,
      2003   2002
     
 
Average fleet size (measured in twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU))
               
 
Dry cargo containers
    14,562       18,151  
 
Refrigerated containers
    671       741  
Average Utilization
               
 
Dry cargo containers
    79 %     67 %
 
Refrigerated containers
    72 %     72 %

Since December 2001, the combined per diem rate for the Registrant’s fleet of dry cargo containers declined by approximately 15%. Most of this decline occurred in the first three months of 2002 and is attributable to three main factors:

  1.   Per diem rental rates decreased in correlation with the reduction of new container prices and interest rate levels;
 
  2.   The Leasing Company converted lease agreements with certain shipping lines from master to long-term lease, providing greater revenue stability but at lower lease rates than those earned under master leases; and,
 
  3.   The Leasing Company initiated new long term leases for older equipment resulting in lower per diem rates, while significantly reducing off-hire container inventory levels.

Although per-diem rental rates have declined over the last 24 months to their current levels, slight increases in new container prices and an increase in demand for leased containers have resulted in the stabilization of per-diem rental rates since the second half of 2002. A significant improvement in lease per-diem rates is not expected until new container prices increase to much higher levels.

The primary component of the Registrant’s results of operations is net lease revenue. Net lease revenue is determined by deducting direct operating expenses, management fees and reimbursed administrative expenses, from rental revenues billed by the Leasing Company from the leasing of the Registrant’s containers. Net lease revenue is directly related to the size, utilization and per-diem rental rates of the Registrant’s fleet.

Three Months Ended March 31, 2003 Compared to the Three Months Ended March 31, 2002

Net lease revenue of $539,281 for the three months ended March 31, 2003 was $90,081 lower than in the corresponding period of 2002. The decrease was due to a $221,347 decline in gross rental revenue (a component of net lease revenue) from the same period in 2002. Gross rental revenue was impacted by lower average per-diem rental rates and the Registrant’s smaller fleet size. Other components of net lease revenue, including rental equipment operating expenses management fees and reimbursed administrative expenses, were lower by $131,266 when compared to the corresponding period in 2002, partially offsetting the decline in gross lease revenue. Contributing to the decrease in rental equipment operating expenses were decreases in storage and handling costs, and repositioning expenses, partially offset by an increase in the provision for doubtful accounts.

Depreciation expense of $668,174 for the three months ended March 31, 2003 was $148,451 lower than the same period in 2002 due to a declining fleet size.

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Other general and administrative expenses decreased to $32,759 in the first quarter of 2003, from $35,129 in the corresponding period of 2002, representing a decrease of $2,370 or 7% from the same period in 2002. Contributing to this decline was the reduction of costs related to investor communications partially offset by an increase in professional fees.

Net loss on disposal of equipment was a result of the Registrant disposing of 325 containers during the three-month period ended March 31, 2003, as compared to 651 containers during the same period in 2002. These disposals resulted in a net loss of $137,529 for the three-month period ended March 31, 2003, as compared to $499,541 for the three-month period ended March 31, 2002. The Registrant believes that the net loss on container disposals in the three-month period ended March 31, 2003 was a result of various factors including the volume of disposed containers, age, condition, suitability for continued leasing, as well as the geographical location of the containers when disposed. These factors will continue to influence the decision to repair or dispose of a container when it is returned by a lessee, as well as the amount of sales proceeds received and the related gain or loss on container disposals. The level of the Registrant’s container disposals in subsequent periods will also contribute to fluctuations in the net gain or loss on disposals.

An analysis is prepared each quarter in accordance with SFAS No. 144, “Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets”, which requires container rental equipment to be impaired if the carrying value of the asset exceeds the expected future cash flows from related operations (undiscounted and without interest charges). If impairment is deemed to exist, the assets are written down to fair value. The analysis estimates future cash flows from container rental equipment operations using available valuation methodologies and market information, including current and projected utilization rates, per-diem rental rates, direct operating expenses, fleet size and container disposals. Since December 31, 2001, container leasing market conditions have strengthened, contributing to an improvement in many of these variables. However, since considerable judgement is required in determining future cash flows from container rental equipment operations, the estimated results may not be indicative of the amounts that could be realized in future periods. As additional information becomes available in subsequent periods, reserves for the impairment of the container rental equipment carrying values may be necessary based upon changes in market and economic conditions. Additionally, the Registrant evaluates future cash flows and potential impairment by container type rather than for each individual container, and as a result, future losses could result for individual container dispositions due to various factors, including age, condition, suitability for continued leasing, as well as the geographical location of containers when disposed. There was no impairment charge during the three-month periods ended March 31, 2003 and 2002.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Cash from Operating Activities: Net cash provided by operating activities was $498,142 and $585,497 during the first three months of 2003 and 2002, respectively, primarily generated from the billing and collection of net lease revenue.

Cash from Investing Activities: Net cash provided by investing activities during the three-month periods ending March 31, 2003 and 2002, included sales proceeds generated from the sale of rental equipment of $271,269 and $212,170, respectively.

Cash from Financing Activities: Net cash used in financing activities was $1,056,320 during the first three months of 2003 compared to $732,234 in the corresponding period of 2002. These amounts represent distributions to the Registrant’s general and limited partners. The Registrant’s diminishing fleet size, as well as current market conditions, may produce lower operating results and, consequently, lower distributions to its partners in subsequent periods. Sales proceeds distributed to its partners may fluctuate in subsequent periods, reflecting the level of container disposals.

Capital Resources

Aside from the initial working capital reserve retained from the gross subscription proceeds (equal to approximately 1% of such proceeds), the Registrant relied primarily on container rental receipts and proceeds from container sales to generate distributions to its general and limited partners, as well as to finance current operating needs. No credit lines are maintained to finance working capital.

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Critical Accounting Policies

Container equipment – depreciable lives: Container rental equipment is depreciated over a useful life of 15 years to a residual value of 10%. The Registrant re-evaluates the period of amortization and residual values to determine whether subsequent events and circumstances warrant revised estimates of useful lives and residual values.

Container equipment – valuation: The Registrant reviews container rental equipment when changes in circumstances require consideration as to whether the carrying value of the equipment has become impaired, pursuant to guidance established in SFAS No. 144, “Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets”. The Registrant considers assets to be impaired if the carrying value of the asset exceeds the future projected cash flows from related operations (undiscounted and without interest charges). When impairment is deemed to exist, the assets are written down to fair value or projected discounted cash flows from related operations. The Registrant periodically evaluates future cash flows and potential impairment of its fleet by container type rather than for each individual container. Therefore, future losses could result for individual container dispositions due to various factors including age, condition, suitability for continued leasing, as well as geographic location of the containers where disposed. Considerable judgment is required in estimating future cash flows from container rental equipment operations. Accordingly, the estimates may not be indicative of the amounts that may be realized in future periods. As additional information becomes available in subsequent periods, reserves for the impairment of the container rental equipment carrying values may be necessary based upon changes in market and economic conditions.

Inflation

The Registrant believes inflation has not had a material adverse effect on the results of its operations.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

Exchange rate risk: Substantially all of the Registrant’s revenues are billed and paid in US dollars and a significant portion of costs are billed and paid in US dollars. The Leasing Company believes that the proportion of US dollar revenues may decrease in future years, reflecting a more diversified customer base and lease portfolio. Of the remaining costs, the majority are individually small, unpredictable and incurred in various denominations and thus are not suitable for cost effective hedging.

The Leasing Company may hedge a portion of the expenses that are predictable and are principally in UK pounds sterling. As exchange rates are outside of the control of the Registrant and Leasing Company, there can be no assurance that such fluctuations will not adversely affect its results of operations and financial condition.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

The principal executive and principal financial officers of CCC have evaluated the disclosure controls and procedures of the Registrant within 90 days prior to the filing of this quarterly report. As used herein, the term “disclosure controls and procedures” has the meaning given to the term by Rule 13a-14 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”), and includes the controls and other procedures of the Registrant that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Registrant in the reports that it files with the SEC under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Based upon their evaluation, the principal executive and principal financial officers of CCC have concluded that the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures provide reasonable assurance that the information required to be disclosed by the Registrant in this report is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms applicable to the preparation of this report.

There have been no significant changes in the Registrant’s internal controls or in other factors that could significantly affect the Registrant’s internal controls subsequent to the evaluation described above conducted by CCC’s principal executive and financial officers.

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PART II — OTHER INFORMATION

Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K

(a)   Exhibits

         
Exhibit        
No.   Description   Method of Filing

 
 
3(a)   Limited Partnership Agreement of the Registrant, amended and restated as of December 2, 1991   *
 
3(b)   Certificate of Limited Partnership of the Registrant   **
 
10   Form of Leasing Agent Agreement with Cronos Containers Limited   ***
 
99   Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.   Filed with this document
****

(b)   Reports on Form 8-K

       No reports on Form 8-K were filed by the Registrant during the quarter ended March 31, 2003.


*   Incorporated by reference to Exhibit “A” to the Prospectus of the Registrant dated December 2, 1991, included as part of Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 33-42697)
 
**   Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 33-42697)
 
***   Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 33-42697)
 
****   This certification, required by Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, other than as required by Section 906, is not deemed to be “filed” with the Commission or subject to the rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or to the liabilities of Section 18 of said Act.

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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.

         
    IEA INCOME FUND XII, L.P.
         
    By   Cronos Capital Corp.
        The General Partner
         
    By   /s/ Dennis J. Tietz
       
        Dennis J. Tietz
        President and Director of Cronos Capital Corp. (“CCC”)
        Principal Executive Officer of CCC
         
    By   /s/ John Kallas
       
        John Kallas
        Chief Financial Officer and
        Director of Cronos Capital Corp. (“CCC”)
        Principal Financial and Accounting Officer of CCC
         

Date: May 14, 2003

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IEA Income Fund XII, L.P.

CERTIFICATIONS
(Exchange Act Rule 13a-14)

     I, Dennis J. Tietz, certify that:

     1.     I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of IEA Income Fund XII, L.P. (the “Registrant”);

     2.     Based on my knowledge, this quarterly report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this quarterly report;

     3.     Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this quarterly report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this quarterly report;

     4.     The other certifying officer of Cronos Capital Corp. (“CCC”), the General Partner of the Registrant, and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14) for the Registrant and we have:

     (a)  designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that material information relating to the Registrant is made known to us by others within CCC, particularly during the period in which this quarterly report is being prepared;

     (b)  evaluated the effectiveness of the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this quarterly report (the “Evaluation Date”); and

     (c)  presented in this quarterly report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based on our evaluation as of the Evaluation Date;

     5.     CCC’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation, to the Registrant’s auditors and the Board of Directors of CCC:

     (a)  all significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal controls which could adversely affect the Registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial data and have identified for the Registrant’s auditors any material weaknesses in internal controls; and

     (b)  any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Registrant’s internal controls; and

     6.     CCC’s other certifying officer of CCC and I have indicated in this quarterly report whether or not there were significant changes in internal controls or in other factors that could significantly affect internal controls subsequent to the date of our most recent evaluation, including any corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.

Date: May 14, 2003

/s/ DENNIS J. TIETZ


Dennis J. Tietz
President of CCC
(Chief Executive Officer)


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IEA Income Fund XII, L.P.

CERTIFICATIONS
(Exchange Act Rule 13a-14)

     I, John Kallas, certify that:

     1.     I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of IEA Income Fund XII, L.P. (the “Registrant”);

     2.     Based on my knowledge, this quarterly report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this quarterly report;

     3.     Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this quarterly report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this quarterly report;

     4.     The other certifying officer of Cronos Capital Corp. (“CCC”), the General Partner of the Registrant, and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14) for the Registrant and we have:

     (a)  designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that material information relating to the Registrant is made known to us by others within CCC, particularly during the period in which this quarterly report is being prepared;

     (b)  evaluated the effectiveness of the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this quarterly report (the “Evaluation Date”); and

     (c)  presented in this quarterly report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based on our evaluation as of the Evaluation Date;

     5.     CCC’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation, to the Registrant’s auditors and the Board of Directors of CCC:

     (a)  all significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal controls which could adversely affect the Registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial data and have identified for the Registrant’s auditors any material weaknesses in internal controls; and

     (b)  any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Registrant’s internal controls; and

     6.     CCC’s other certifying officer of CCC and I have indicated in this quarterly report whether or not there were significant changes in internal controls or in other factors that could significantly affect internal controls subsequent to the date of our most recent evaluation, including any corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.

Date: May 14, 2003

/s/ JOHN KALLAS


John Kallas
Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer of CCC


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EXHIBIT INDEX

         
Exhibit        
No.   Description   Method of Filing

 
 
3(a)   Limited Partnership Agreement of the Registrant, amended and restated as of December 2, 1991   *
 
3(b)   Certificate of Limited Partnership of the Registrant   **
 
10   Form of Leasing Agent Agreement with Cronos Containers Limited   ***
 
99   Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.   Filed with this document
****


*   Incorporated by reference to Exhibit “A” to the Prospectus of the Registrant dated December 2, 1991, included as part of Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 33-42697)
 
**   Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 33-42697)
 
***   Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 33-42697)
 
****   This certification, required by Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, other than as required by Section 906, is not deemed to be “filed” with the Commission or subject to the rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or to the liabilities of Section 18 of said Act.