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Exhibit 99.1

Fiesta Restaurant Group, Inc.

Consolidated Financial Statements

As of June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010 and

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010


FIESTA RESTAURANT GROUP, INC.

CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

QUARTER ENDED JULY 3, 2011

 

     Page

Financial Statements:

  

Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010

   1

Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010

   2

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010

   3

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

   4 to 12


FIESTA RESTAURANT GROUP, INC.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In thousands of dollars, except share and per share amounts)

(unaudited)

 

     June 30,
2011
     December 31,
2010
 
ASSETS      

Current assets:

     

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 5,704       $ 2,583   

Trade receivables

     5,403         3,481   

Inventories

     2,234         2,067   

Prepaid rent

     2,364         2,320   

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

     2,814         2,292   

Deferred income taxes

     2,300         2,300   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total current assets

     20,819         15,043   

Property and equipment, net

     199,909         202,412   

Goodwill (Note 2)

     123,484         123,484   

Intangible assets, net

     360         419   

Deferred income taxes

     10,560         11,091   

Other assets

     5,996         5,437   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

   $ 361,128       $ 357,886   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDER’S EQUITY      

Current liabilities:

     

Current portion of capital leases

   $ 58       $ 56   

Accounts payable

     7,384         5,892   

Accrued payroll, related taxes and benefits

     11,092         10,436   

Accrued real estate taxes

     2,974         3,172   

Other liabilities

     5,616         3,940   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

     27,124         23,496   

Long-term capital leases, net of current portion

     979         1,008   

Due to Parent Company (Note 5)

     128,619         138,756   

Lease financing obligations (Note 6)

     124,732         122,975   

Deferred income—sale-leaseback of real estate

     4,163         3,890   

Other liabilities (Note 4)

     10,366         9,850   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     295,983         299,975   

Commitments and contingencies (Note 9)

     

Stockholder’s equity:

     

Common stock, par value $.01; authorized, issued and outstanding 1,000 shares

     —           —     

Retained earnings

     65,145         57,911   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total stockholder’s equity

     65,145         57,911   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities and stockholder’s equity

   $ 361,128       $ 357,886   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

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

 

1


FIESTA RESTAURANT GROUP, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

THREE AND SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2011 AND 2010

(In thousands of dollars)

(Unaudited)

 

     Three months ended June 30,      Six months ended June 30,  
     2011      2010      2011      2010  

Revenues:

           

Restaurant sales

   $ 120,748       $ 110,685       $ 235,999       $ 217,733   

Franchise royalty revenues and fees

     501         335         866         812   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total revenues

     121,249         111,020         236,865         218,545   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Costs and expenses:

           

Cost of sales

     39,675         34,317         76,019         67,565   

Restaurant wages and related expenses (including stock-based compensation expense of $5, $8, $10 and $16, respectively)

     32,769         30,544         64,403         61,491   

Restaurant rent expense

     4,232         4,161         8,294         8,348   

Other restaurant operating expenses

     15,744         15,364         30,487         30,009   

Advertising expense

     3,774         3,741         7,893         7,008   

General and administrative (including stock-based compensation expense of $438, $243, $849 and $470, respectively)

     9,052         8,227         17,970         16,315   

Depreciation and amortization

     4,949         4,777         9,746         9,551   

Impairment and other lease charges (Note 3)

     820         3,372         1,084         3,620   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     111,015         104,503         215,896         203,907   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Income from operations

     10,234         6,517         20,969         14,638   

Interest expense

     4,842         5,026         9,687         9,993   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Income before income taxes

     5,392         1,491         11,282         4,645   

Provision for income taxes (Note 7)

     1,757         336         4,033         1,519   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net income

   $ 3,635       $ 1,155       $ 7,249       $ 3,126   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

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

 

2


FIESTA RESTAURANT GROUP, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2011 AND 2010

(In thousands of dollars)

(Unaudited)

 

     2011     2010  

Cash flows provided from operating activities:

    

Net income

   $ 7,249      $ 3,126   

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided from operating activities:

    

Loss on disposals of property and equipment

     153        160   

Stock-based compensation

     859        486   

Impairment and other lease charges

     1,084        3,620   

Depreciation and amortization

     9,746        9,551   

Amortization of deferred financing costs

     121        117   

Amortization of deferred gains from sale-leaseback transactions

     (132     (138

Accretion of interest on lease financing obligations

     24        203   

Deferred income taxes

     531        (697

Changes in other operating assets and liabilities

     548        (969
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided from operating activities

     20,183        15,459   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash flows used for investing activities:

    

Capital expenditures:

    

New restaurant development

     (7,124     (3,849

Restaurant remodeling

     (2,241     (2,194

Other restaurant capital expenditures

     (2,232     (2,648

Corporate and restaurant information systems

     (405     (74
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total capital expenditures

     (12,002     (8,765

Properties purchased for sale-leaseback

     —          (1,345

Proceeds from sale-leaseback transactions

     5,012        —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash used for investing activities

     (6,990     (10,110
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash flows used for financing activities:

    

Payments to parent company, net

     (10,995     (8,534

Principal payments on capital leases

     (27     (22

Deferred financing fees

     (697     —     

Proceeds from lease financing obligations

     1,736        2,429   

Financing costs associated with issuance of lease financing obligations

     (89     (110
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash used for financing activities

     (10,072     (6,237
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

     3,121        (888

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period

     2,583        3,854   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

   $ 5,704      $ 2,966   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental disclosures:

    

Interest paid on lease financing obligations

   $ 5,610      $ 5,243   

Accruals for capital expenditures

   $ 432      $ 277   

Capital lease obligations incurred

   $ —        $ 123   

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

 

3


FIESTA RESTAURANT GROUP, INC.

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(In thousands of dollars)

1. Basis of Presentation

Business Description. At July 3, 2011 the Company operated 90 Pollo Tropical restaurants, of which 85 were in Florida and five were in New Jersey, and franchised a total of 30 Pollo Tropical restaurants, 21 in Puerto Rico, two in Ecuador, one in Honduras, one in the Bahamas, one in Trinidad, one in Venezuela and three on college campuses in Florida. At July 3, 2011, the Company also owned and operated 157 Taco Cabana restaurants located primarily in Texas and franchised two Taco Cabana restaurants in New Mexico, two in Texas and one in Georgia.

Basis of Consolidation. The consolidated financial statements presented herein reflect the consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flows of Fiesta Restaurant Group, Inc. (“Fiesta Restaurant Group”) and its wholly-owned subsidiaries Pollo Operations, Inc. and Pollo Franchise, Inc., (collectively “Pollo Tropical”) and Taco Cabana, Inc. and its subsidiaries, (collectively “Taco Cabana”). Fiesta Restaurant Group was incorporated in April 2011. In May 2011, Carrols Corporation (“Carrols” or “Parent Company”) contributed all of the outstanding capital stock of Pollo Tropical and Taco Cabana to Fiesta Restaurant Group in exchange for all of the outstanding capital stock of Fiesta Restaurant Group and Fiesta Restaurant Group became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Carrols. Unless the context otherwise requires, Fiesta Restaurant Group and its subsidiaries, Pollo Tropical and Taco Cabana, are collectively referred to as the “Company”. Carrols is a wholly owned subsidiary of Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc., a publicly traded company (“Carrols Restaurant Group”). The consolidated financial statements have been prepared as if the Company was in existence for all periods presented.

On February 24, 2011, Carrols Restaurant Group announced its intention to split its restaurant businesses into two separate, publicly-traded companies through a tax-free spin-off of the Company’s common stock to Carrols Restaurant Group’s stockholders. If the spin-off is consummated, the Company will continue to own and operate its Pollo Tropical and Taco Cabana businesses. Carrols Restaurant Group, through its subsidiaries Carrols and Carrols LLC, will continue to own and operate its franchised Burger King restaurants. In the spin-off, it is anticipated that all shares of the Company’s common stock, which are currently held by Carrols, will be distributed in the form of a pro rata dividend to the stockholders of Carrols Restaurant Group.

The unaudited consolidated financial statements reflect certain general corporate overhead and interest expenses allocated by Carrols to the Company. Management believes that such allocations are reasonable and based on a systematic rational method; however, they are not necessarily indicative of the actual financial results of the Company, including such expenses that would have been incurred by the Company had it been operating as a separate, stand-alone entity for the periods presented. All intercompany transactions between the companies subsidiaries have been eliminated in consolidation. As a stand-alone entity, the Company expects to incur expenses that may not be comparable in future periods to what is presented for the historical periods presented in the consolidated financial statements. Consequently, the financial information herein may not reflect the financial position, results of operations and cash flows of the Company in the future or if the Company had been an independent stand-alone entity during the periods presented. Carrols’ and the Company’s management believe that the consolidated financial statements include all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of the businesses.

The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010 have been prepared without an audit pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and do not include certain information and the footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all normal and recurring adjustments considered necessary for a fair presentation of such financial statements have been included. The results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year.

These unaudited consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto for the year ended December 31, 2010. The December 31, 2010 balance sheet data is derived from those audited financial statements.

 

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FIESTA RESTAURANT GROUP, INC.

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (Continued)

(In thousands of dollars)

 

Fiscal Year. The Company uses a 52-53 week fiscal year ending on the Sunday closest to December 31. All references herein to fiscal years ended January 2, 2011 and January 3, 2010 will be referred to as fiscal years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively. Similarly, all references herein to the three and six months ended July 3, 2011 and July 4, 2010 will be referred to as the three and six months ended June 30, 2011 and June 30, 2010, respectively. The fiscal year ended December 31, 2010 contained 52 weeks and the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009 contained 53 weeks. The three and six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010 each contained thirteen and twenty-six weeks, respectively.

Allocations. Carrols provides administrative support to the Company for executive management, information systems and certain accounting, legal and other administrative functions. See Note 5 - Due to Parent Company for a listing and amount of such transactions. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, these costs were allocated to the Company based primarily on a pro-rata share of either the Company’s revenues, number of restaurants or number of employees. The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared from the separate records maintained by the Company and may not necessarily be indicative of the results of operations or cash flows that would have resulted had these and other related-party transactions been consummated with unrelated parties or had the Company been a stand-alone company.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments. Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. In determining fair value, the accounting standards establish a three level hierarchy for inputs used in measuring fair value as follows: Level 1 inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities; Level 2 inputs are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly, including quoted prices in active markets for similar assets or liabilities; and Level 3 inputs are unobservable and reflect our own assumptions. The following methods were used to estimate the fair value of each class of financial instruments for which it is practicable to estimate the fair value:

 

   

Current Assets and Liabilities. The carrying value of cash and cash equivalents and accrued liabilities approximates fair value because of the short maturity of those instruments.

See Note 3 for discussion of the fair value measurement of non-financial assets.

Use of Estimates. The preparation of the consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the dates of the financial statements. Estimates also affect the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Significant items subject to such estimates and assumptions include: allocations of Carrols general and administrative expenses and interest expense on amounts due to Carrols, accrued occupancy costs, insurance liabilities, income taxes, evaluation for impairment of goodwill and long-lived assets and lease accounting matters. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Earnings Per Share Presentation. Presentation of earnings per share is required for all entities that have issued common stock or potential common stock if those securities trade in a public market either on a stock exchange (domestic or foreign) or in the over-the-counter market. The Company’s common stock is not publicly traded and therefore, earnings per share amounts are not presented.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements. There are currently no recent accounting pronouncements which had or are expected to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements as of the date of this report.

Subsequent Events. The Company reviewed and evaluated subsequent events through August 16, 2011, the issuance date of the Company’s financial statements. See Note 10 to the consolidated financial statements.

 

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FIESTA RESTAURANT GROUP, INC.

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (Continued)

(In thousands of dollars)

 

2. Goodwill

On July 9, 1998, Carrols consummated the purchase of Pollo Tropical for a cash purchase price of $96.6 million. On December 19, 2000, Carrols acquired Taco Cabana for $154.7 million, which included the purchase of outstanding common shares, employee stock options and the assumption of Taco Cabana’s outstanding debt, which was approximately $43 million. The excess purchase price over net assets acquired, or goodwill, by Carrols for Pollo Tropical was approximately $64.0 million and for Taco Cabana was approximately $70.5 million. Such goodwill was amortized prior to January 1, 2002. There have been no impairment charges related to goodwill. All assets and liabilities acquired, including initial goodwill amounts, were recorded in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet.

The Company is required to review goodwill for impairment annually or more frequently when events and circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may be impaired. If the determined fair value of goodwill is less than the related carrying amount, an impairment loss is recognized. The Company performs its annual impairment assessment as of December 31 and has determined its reporting units to be at the brand level for Pollo Tropical and Taco Cabana. The Company does not believe circumstances have changes since the last assessment date which would make it necessary to reassess their values.

There have been no changes in goodwill or goodwill impairment losses during the six months ended June 30, 2011 or the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009. Goodwill balances are summarized below:

 

     Pollo
Tropical
     Taco
Cabana
     Total  

Goodwill, balance June 30, 2011

   $ 56,307       $ 67,177       $ 123,484   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

3. Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and Other Lease Charges

The Company reviews its long-lived assets, principally property and equipment, for impairment at the restaurant level. If an indicator of impairment exists for any of its assets, an estimate of undiscounted future cash flows over the life of the primary asset for each restaurant is compared to that long-lived asset’s carrying value. If the carrying value is greater than the undiscounted cash flow, the Company then determines the fair value of the asset and if an asset is determined to be impaired, the loss is measured by the excess of the carrying amount of the asset over its fair value. For closed restaurant locations, the Company reviews the future minimum lease payments and related ancillary costs from the date of the restaurant closure to the end of the remaining lease term and records a lease charge for the lease liabilities to be incurred, net of any estimated sublease recoveries.

The Company determined the fair value of restaurant equipment, for those restaurants reviewed for impairment, based on current economic conditions and the Company’s history of using these assets in the operation of its business. These fair value asset measurements rely on significant unobservable inputs and are considered Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy. There were no Level 3 assets measured at fair value during the six months ended June 30, 2011.

Impairment and other lease charges recorded on long-lived assets for the Company’s segments were as follows:

 

     Three Months Ended
June 30,
     Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
     2011      2010      2011      2010  

Pollo Tropical

     364         1,931         636         1,983   

Taco Cabana

     456         1,441         448         1,637   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 820       $ 3,372       $ 1,084       $ 3,620   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

During the three months ended June 30, 2011, the Company recorded lease charges of $0.8 million which consisted primarily of $0.4 million in lease charges for two previously closed Pollo Tropical restaurants, $0.3 million in lease charges for a previously impaired Taco Cabana restaurant that was closed in the second quarter and $0.2 million in lease charges for two previously closed Taco Cabana restaurant properties.

 

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FIESTA RESTAURANT GROUP, INC.

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (Continued)

(In thousands of dollars)

 

During the three months ended June 30, 2010, the Company recorded impairment and other lease charges of $3.4 million which included impairment charges of $1.4 million for an underperforming Pollo Tropical restaurant and $0.3 million to reduce the fair market value of a previously impaired Pollo Tropical restaurant. The Company also closed one Pollo Tropical restaurant in the second quarter of 2010 whose fixed assets were impaired in 2009, and recorded lease charges of $0.2 million which principally consisted of future minimum lease payments and related ancillary costs from the date of the restaurant closure to the end of the remaining lease term, net of any estimated cost recoveries from subletting the property. In addition, the Company recorded impairment charges of $1.1 million for an underperforming Taco Cabana restaurant and $0.3 million to reduce the fair market value of a previously impaired Taco Cabana restaurant.

4. Other Liabilities, Long-Term

Other liabilities, long-term, consisted of the following:

 

     June 30,
2011
     December 31,
2010
 

Accrued occupancy costs

   $ 7,386       $ 6,865   

Accrued workers’ compensation costs

     1,680         1,480   

Deferred compensation

     616         673   

Other

     684         832   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 10,366       $ 9,850   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Accrued occupancy costs include obligations pertaining to closed restaurant locations, contingent rent and accruals to expense operating lease rental payments on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

The following table presents the activity in the closed-store reserve, included in accrued occupancy costs, for the six months ended June 30, 2011 and the year ended December 31, 2010:

 

     Six months ended
June 30, 2011
    Year ended
December 31, 2010
 

Balance, beginning of period

   $ 1,665      $ 862   

Accruals for additional lease charges

     1,066        1,279   

Payments, net

     (526     (632

Other adjustments

     66        156   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance, end of period

   $ 2,271      $ 1,665   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

5. Due to Parent Company

The balance due to Parent Company reflects the amounts funded by Carrols for its acquisitions of Pollo Tropical and Taco Cabana reduced by the net cash flows remitted by the Company to Carrols since that time. Amounts due to Parent Company also include certain allocated administrative and corporate costs incurred by Carrols, interest expense on the amount due to Parent Company and income taxes payable. Prior to the Company’s new debt financings consummated in the third quarter of 2011 as discussed in Note 10, funding required by the Company to cover its cash needs has been provided directly by Carrols which had secured all third-party financing. The Company and its operating subsidiaries were guarantors of such Carrols’ debt and were subject to certain restrictions including the ability to incur additional debt, incur liens, sell or acquire assets or businesses, pay dividends and make certain investments. Pollo Tropical and Taco Cabana each had an intercompany loan agreement with Carrols at June 30, 2011.

Allocated Expenses. The administrative support provided by Carrols to the Company has been allocated based on estimates and a pro-rata percentage of Pollo Tropical and Taco Cabana revenues, number of restaurants or number of employees. These administrative support expenses include executive management, information systems, finance, legal, accounting, internal audit, human resources and certain other administrative functions. The allocated administrative expenses included in general and administrative expenses in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations were as follows:

 

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FIESTA RESTAURANT GROUP, INC.

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (Continued)

(In thousands of dollars)

 

     Three Months Ended
June  30,
     Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
     2011      2010      2011      2010  

Allocated financial services

   $ 589       $ 461       $ 1,269       $ 1,030   

Allocated information systems services

     474         701         976         1,338   

Allocated executive management and other administrative services

     1,361         1,140         2,803         2,219   

Allocated stock-based compensation

     438         243         839         470   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 2,862       $ 2,545       $ 5,887       $ 5,057   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

As discussed in Note 1, the Company believes the assumptions and methodologies underlying the allocation of administrative expenses and stock-based compensation are reasonable. However, such expenses may not be indicative of the actual expenses that would have been or could be incurred by the Company if it was to operate as a stand-alone company. As such, the financial information herein may not necessarily reflect the consolidated financial position, results of operations, and cash flows of the Company in the future or if the Company had been a stand-alone entity during the periods presented.

6. Lease Financing Obligations

The Company entered into sale-leaseback transactions in various years that did not qualify for sale-leaseback accounting due to certain forms of continuing involvement and, as a result, the leases were classified as financing transactions in both the Carrols consolidated financial statements and the Company’s consolidated financial statements. During the second quarter of 2011, the Company entered into a sale-leaseback transaction for a restaurant property that did not qualify for sale-leaseback accounting and the net proceeds of $1.7 million were recorded as a lease financing obligation. At June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, the balance of these lease financing obligations was $10,607 and $8,871, respectively.

In addition, for certain of the Company’s sale-leaseback transactions, Carrols has guaranteed the lease payments on an unsecured basis or is the primary lessee on the leases associated with certain of the Company’s sale-leaseback transactions. In the Company’s consolidated financial statements, ASC 840-40 “Sale-Leaseback Transactions”, requires the Company to classify these leases as lease financing transactions because the guarantee from a related party constitutes continuing involvement and causes the sale to not qualify for sale-leaseback accounting. The accompanying consolidated balance sheets include lease financing obligations associated with these transactions of $114,125 and $114,104 at June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively.

Under the financing method, the assets remain on the consolidated balance sheet and the net proceeds received by the Company from these transactions are recorded as a lease financing liability. Payments under these leases are applied as payments of imputed interest and deemed principal on the underlying financing obligations.

These leases generally provide for an initial term of 20 years plus renewal options. The rent payable under such leases includes a minimum rent provision and in some cases, includes rent based on a percentage of sales. These leases also require payment of property taxes, insurance and utilities.

The interest rates on lease financing obligations ranged from 7.1% to 10.8% at June 30, 2011. Interest expense associated with lease financing obligations for the three months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010 was $2.8 million and $2.7 million, respectively, and for the six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010 was $5.6 million and $5.5 million, respectively.

 

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FIESTA RESTAURANT GROUP, INC.

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (Continued)

(In thousands of dollars)

 

7. Income Taxes

The Company’s taxable income has historically been included in the consolidated U.S. federal income tax return of Carrols and in income tax returns filed by Carrols with certain state taxing jurisdictions. The Company’s income tax provision has been computed and presented in these consolidated financial statements as if it were a separate taxpaying entity and was comprised of the following for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010:

 

     Three Months Ended
June 30,
    Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
     2011      2010     2011      2010  

Current

   $ 953       $ 718      $ 3,502       $ 2,216   

Deferred

     804         (382     531         (697
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 1,757       $ 336      $ 4,033       $ 1,519   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

The provision for income taxes for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011 was derived using an estimated effective annual income tax rate for 2011 of 37.3%, which excludes any discrete tax adjustments. Discrete tax adjustments decreased the provision for income taxes by $181 and $170 in the three and six months ended June 30, 2011, respectively.

The provision for income taxes for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010 was derived using an estimated effective annual income tax rate for 2010 of 37.7%, which excludes any discrete tax adjustments. Discrete tax adjustments decreased the provision for income taxes by $239 and $232 in the three and six months ended June 30, 2010, respectively.

The Company recognizes interest and/or penalties related to uncertain tax positions in income tax expense. As of June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, the Company had no unrecognized tax benefits and no accrued interest related to uncertain tax positions.

The tax years 2007 - 2010 remain open to examination by the major taxing jurisdictions to which the Company is subject. Although it is not reasonably possible to estimate the amount by which unrecognized tax benefits may increase within the next twelve months due to uncertainties regarding the timing of any examinations, the Company does not expect unrecognized tax benefits to significantly change in the next twelve months.

8. Business Segment Information

The Company is engaged in the quick-casual restaurant industry, with two restaurant concepts: Pollo Tropical and Taco Cabana. Pollo Tropical is a quick-casual restaurant brand offering a wide selection of tropical and Caribbean inspired food, featuring grilled chicken marinated in a proprietary blend of tropical fruit juices and spices. Taco Cabana is a quick-casual restaurant brand offering a wide selection of fresh Tex-Mex and traditional Mexican food, including sizzling fajitas, quesadillas, enchiladas, burritos and other Tex-Mex dishes.

The accounting policies of each segment are the same as those described in the summary of significant accounting policies included in the Carrols Restaurant Group’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010. The following table includes Adjusted Segment EBITDA which is the measure of segment profit or loss reported to the chief operating decision maker for purposes of allocating resources to the segments and assessing their performance. Adjusted Segment EBITDA is defined as earnings attributable to the applicable segment before interest, income taxes, depreciation and amortization, impairment and other lease charges, stock-based compensation expense and other income and expense and gains and losses on extinguishment of debt.

Adjusted Segment EBITDA for Pollo Tropical and Taco Cabana differs from the amounts shown in the Carrols Restaurant Group Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended July 3, 2011 due to lower rent expense resulting from the lease financing obligations required by ASC 840-40, as discussed in Note 6, and higher general and administrative expense, including higher stock-based compensation expense, due to differences in the allocation of administrative support expenses.

The “Other” column includes corporate related items not allocated to the reportable segments and at June 30, 2011 consisted of fees associated with issuance of indebtedness discussed in Note 10.

 

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(In thousands of dollars)

 

Three months ended

   Pollo
Tropical
     Taco
Cabana
         Other          Combined  

June 30, 2011:

           

Revenues

   $ 52,642       $ 68,607       $ —         $ 121,249   

Cost of sales

     17,413         22,262         —           39,675   

Restaurant wages and related expenses

     12,312         20,457         —           32,769   

Restaurant rent expense

     1,490         2,742         —           4,232   

General and administrative expense (1)

     4,557         4,495         —           9,052   

Depreciation and amortization

     2,346         2,603         —           4,949   

Adjusted Segment EBITDA

     9,467         6,979         

Capital expenditures

     2,890         3,987         —           6,877   

June 30, 2010:

           

Revenues

   $ 46,813       $ 64,207       $ —         $ 111,020   

Cost of sales

     15,167         19,150         —           34,317   

Restaurant wages and related expenses

     11,240         19,304         —           30,544   

Restaurant rent expense

     1,491         2,670         —           4,161   

General and administrative expense (1)

     3,978         4,249         —           8,227   

Depreciation and amortization

     2,227         2,550         —           4,777   

Adjusted Segment EBITDA

     8,069         6,848         

Capital expenditures

     3,049         3,595         —           6,644   

Six Months Ended

                           

June 30, 2011:

           

Total revenues

   $ 104,877       $ 131,988       $ —         $ 236,865   

Cost of sales

     34,562         41,457         —           76,019   

Restaurant wages and related expenses

     24,607         39,796         —           64,403   

Restaurant rent expense

     2,859         5,435         —           8,294   

General and administrative expense (1)

     8,660         9,310         —           17,970   

Depreciation and amortization

     4,549         5,197         —           9,746   

Adjusted Segment EBITDA

     19,337         13,321         

Capital expenditures, including acquisitions

     4,157         7,845         —           12,002   

June 30, 2010:

           

Total revenues

   $ 92,306       $ 126,239       $ —         $ 218,545   

Cost of sales

     29,860         37,705         —           67,565   

Restaurant wages and related expenses

     22,830         38,661         —           61,491   

Restaurant rent expense

     3,027         5,321         —           8,348   

General and administrative expense (1)

     7,892         8,423         —           16,315   

Depreciation and amortization

     4,429         5,122         —           9,551   

Adjusted Segment EBITDA

     14,717         13,578         

Capital expenditures, including acquisitions

     3,869         4,896         —           8,765   

Identifiable Assets:

           

At June 30, 2011

   $ 157,955       $ 202,476       $ 697       $ 361,128   

At December 31, 2010

     158,627         199,259         —           357,886   

 

(1) Such amounts include general and administrative expenses related directly to each segment as well as allocated expenses associated with administrative support provided by Carrols for executive management, information systems, finance, legal, accounting, internal audit, human resources and certain other administrative functions. See Note 5 for additional information.

 

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NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (Continued)

(In thousands of dollars)

 

A reconciliation of Adjusted Segment EBITDA to consolidated net income follows:

 

     Three Months Ended
June 30,
     Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
     2011      2010      2011      2010  

Adjusted Segment EBITDA:

           

Pollo Tropical

   $ 9,467       $ 8,069       $ 19,337       $ 14,717   

Taco Cabana

     6,979         6,848         13,321         13,578   

Less:

           

Depreciation and amortization

     4,949         4,777         9,746         9,551   

Impairment and other lease charges

     820         3,372         1,084         3,620   

Interest expense

     4,842         5,026         9,687         9,993   

Provision for income taxes

     1,757         336         4,033         1,519   

Stock-based compensation

     443         251         859         486   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net income

   $ 3,635       $ 1,155       $ 7,249       $ 3,126   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

9. Commitments and Contingencies

The Company is a party to various litigation matters incidental to the conduct of business. The Company does not believe that the outcome of any of these matters will have a material effect on its consolidated financial statements.

10. Subsequent Events

On August 5, 2011, Carrols LLC (a wholly owned subsidiary of Carrols that operates the Company’s Burger King restaurants) and the Company each entered into new and independent financing arrangements. The proceeds from these financings were or will be used by Carrols to repay amounts outstanding under Carrols senior credit facility and Carrols 9% senior subordinated notes (the “Carrols Notes”), as well as to pay all related fees and expenses.

The Company sold $200 million of 8.875% senior secured second lien notes due 2016 (the “Fiesta Notes”) and entered into a $25 million secured revolving credit facility which was undrawn at closing. Carrols LLC entered into an $85 million secured credit facility including term loan borrowings of $65 million and an undrawn $20 million revolving credit facility. Proceeds from the Fiesta Notes and from the Carrols LLC term loan borrowings of $65 million were or will be used by Carrols to repay approximately $80.2 million outstanding under Carrols prior senior credit facility, to repurchase $118.4 million of Carrols Notes tendered pursuant to a cash tender offer (which ends August 18, 2011), to pay accrued interest and to pay related fees and expenses. In addition, the $46.6 million of the Carrols Notes not yet tendered will be repurchased upon completion of the cash tender offer or redeemed subsequent to its expiration along with payment for accrued interest and fees related to the tender offer.

Interest on the Fiesta Notes is payable semi-annually on February 15 and August 15 with the first interest payment due on February 15, 2012. The Fiesta Notes are redeemable at the option of the Company in whole or in part at any time after February 15, 2014 at a price of 104.438% of the principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, if redeemed before February 15, 2015, 102.219% of the principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, if redeemed after February 15, 2015 but before February 15, 2016 and 100% of the principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, if redeemed after February 15, 2016. Prior to February 14, 2014, the Company may redeem some or all of the Fiesta Notes at a redemption price of 100% of the principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, of each note plus a make-whole premium. In addition, at any time prior to February 15, 2014, the Company may redeem up to 35% of the Fiesta Notes with the net cash proceeds from specified equity offerings at a redemption price equal to 108.875% of the principal amount of each note to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of redemption.

The indenture governing the Fiesta Notes includes certain covenants, including limitations and restrictions on the Company and its material subsidiaries who are guarantors under such indenture to incur additional debt, issue preferred stock, pay dividends or make distributions in respect of capital stock or make certain other restricted payments or investments, incur liens, sell assets, enter into transactions with affiliates, agree to payment restrictions affecting certain of its

 

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FIESTA RESTAURANT GROUP, INC.

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (Continued)

(In thousands of dollars)

 

material subsidiaries and enter into mergers, consolidations or sales of all or substantially all of the Company’s or its material subsidiaries’ assets. These covenants are subject to certain exceptions and qualifications including, without limitation, permitting the spin-off transaction discussed in Note 1.

The Fiesta Notes are secured by second-priority liens on substantially all of Fiesta Restaurant Group’s and its material subsidiaries assets.

The indenture governing the Fiesta Notes contains customary default provisions, including without limitation, a cross default provision pursuant to which it is an event of default under these notes and the indenture if there is a default under any indebtedness of the Company having an outstanding principal amount of $15.0 million or more which results in the acceleration of such indebtedness prior to its stated maturity or is caused by a failure to pay principal when due.

The Company’s new first lien revolving credit facility provides for aggregate borrowings of up to $25.0 million (including $10.0 million available for letters of credit). The Company’s new revolving credit facility also provides for incremental increases of up to $5.0 million, in the aggregate, to the revolving credit borrowings available under the Company’s secured credit facility, and matures on February 5, 2016. Borrowings under the Company’s secured credit facility bear interest at a per annum rate, at the Company’s option, of either (all terms as defined in the Company’s secured credit facility):

1) the Alternate Base Rate plus the applicable margin of 2.0% to 2.75% based on the Company’s Adjusted Leverage Ratio (with an initial applicable margin set at 2.5% until the delivery of financial statements for the fourth fiscal quarter of 2011 to the agent and lenders under the Company’s secured credit facility), or

2) the LIBOR Rate plus the applicable margin of 3.0% to 3.75% based on the Company’s Adjusted Leverage Ratio (with an initial applicable margin set at 3.5% until the delivery of financial statements for the fourth fiscal quarter of 2011 to the agent and lenders under the Company’s secured credit facility).

The Company’s obligations under its secured credit facility are guaranteed by Fiesta Restaurant Group’s material subsidiaries and secured by a first priority lien on substantially all of the Company’s assets and those of its material subsidiaries, as guarantors, (including a pledge of all of the capital stock and equity interests of its material subsidiaries).

The Company’s secured credit facility contains customary default provisions, including without limitation, a cross default provision pursuant to which it is an event of default under this facility if there is a default under any indebtedness of the Company having an outstanding principal amount of $2.5 million of more which results in the acceleration of such indebtedness prior to its stated maturity or is caused by a failure to pay principal when due.

 

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