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UNITED STATES

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 September 30, 2011

 

¨ 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: 000-54377

 

 

Griffin Capital Net Lease REIT, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Maryland   26-3335705

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

2121 Rosecrans Avenue, Suite 3321,

El Segundo, California 90245

(Address of principal executive offices)

(310) 606-5900

(Registrant’s telephone number)

N/A

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

 

 

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

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    Yes  x    No  ¨

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

 

Large accelerated filer   ¨      Accelerated filer   ¨
Non-accelerated filer   x    (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)   Smaller reporting company   ¨

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

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of November 10, 2011: 4,950,076, $0.001 par value per share.

 

 

 


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FORM 10-Q

GRIFFIN CAPITAL NET LEASE REIT, INC.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

          Page
No.
 
PART I.   

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

  
  

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

     3   
Item 1.   

Financial Statements:

     3   
  

Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2011 (unaudited) and December 31, 2010

     4   
  

Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 (unaudited)

     5   
  

Consolidated Statements of Equity for the Year Ended December 31, 2010 and the Nine Months Ended
September 30, 2011 (unaudited)

     6   
  

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 (unaudited)

     7   
  

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)

     8   
Item 2.   

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

     29   
Item 3.   

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

     39   
Item 4.   

Controls and Procedures

     40   
PART II.   

OTHER INFORMATION

  
Item 1.   

Legal Proceedings

     40   
Item 1A.   

Risk Factors

     40   
Item 2.   

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

     41   
Item 3.   

Defaults Upon Senior Securities

     41   
Item 4.   

(Removed and Reserved)

     42   
Item 5.   

Other Information

     42   
Item 6.   

Exhibits

     42   
SIGNATURES      43   

 

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Certain statements contained in this Form 10-Q of Griffin Capital Net Lease REIT, Inc., other than historical facts, may be considered forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). We intend for all such forward-looking statements to be covered by the applicable safe harbor provisions for forward-looking statements contained in Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act, as applicable. Such forward-looking statements include, in particular, statements about our plans, strategies, and prospects and are subject to risks, uncertainties, and other factors. Such statements are based on a number of assumptions involving judgments with respect to, among other things, future economic, competitive, and market conditions, all of which are difficult or impossible to predict accurately. To the extent that our assumptions differ from actual results, our ability to meet such forward-looking statements, including our ability to generate positive cash flow from operations and provide distributions to stockholders, and our ability to find suitable investment properties, may be significantly hindered. Therefore, such statements are not intended to be a guarantee of our performance in future periods. Such forward-looking statements can generally be identified by our use of forward-looking terminology such as “may,” “will,” “expect,” “intend,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “believe,” “continue,” or other similar words. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date this report is filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We cannot guarantee the accuracy of any such forward-looking statements contained in this Form 10-Q, and we do not intend to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

See the risk factors identified in the “Risk Factors” section of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and Part II Item 1A in this Form 10-Q for a discussion of some, although not all, of the risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those presented in our forward-looking statements.

 

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION (CONTINUED)

Item 1. Financial Statements

 

GRIFFIN CAPITAL NET LEASE REIT, INC.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

 

     September 30,
2011
    December 31,
2010
 
     (unaudited)        
ASSETS     

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 1,291,697      $ 1,636,072   

Restricted cash

     1,940,721        1,658,070   

Real estate:

    

Land

     27,003,796        11,703,796   

Building and improvements

     110,914,163        77,096,442   

Tenant origination and absorption cost

     34,400,671        18,095,906   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total real estate

     172,318,630        106,896,144   

Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization

     (7,856,977     (3,862,595
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total real estate, net

     164,461,653        103,033,549   

Above market leases, net

     1,568,419        1,725,856   

Deferred rent

     1,253,777        671,995   

Deferred financing costs, net

     544,070        967,051   

Other assets

     319,782        448,483   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

   $ 171,380,119      $ 110,141,076   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY     

Mortgage payable, plus unamortized premium of $379,285 and $0, respectively

   $ 60,344,315      $ 26,129,231   

Credit Facility

     35,000,000        35,000,000   

Bridge Loan

     —          7,871,500   

Restricted reserves

     821,902        538,741   

Accounts payable and other liabilities

     3,389,273        857,322   

Distributions payable

     363,443        248,092   

Due to affiliates, net

     2,874,472        1,480,570   

Below market leases, net

     9,511,823        870,807   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     112,305,228        72,996,263   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Commitments and contingencies (Note 7)

    

Noncontrolling interests subject to redemption, 531,000 units eligible towards redemption as of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010

     4,886,686        4,886,686   

Common stock subject to redemption

     739,353        170,810   

Stockholders’ equity:

    

Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value; 200,000,000 shares authorized; no shares outstanding, as of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010

     —          —     

Common Stock, $0.001 par value; 700,000,000 shares authorized; 4,377,375 and 1,845,339 shares outstanding, as of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively

     43,727        18,438   

Additional paid-in capital

     36,373,983        15,441,289   

Cumulative distributions

     (2,235,658     (713,332

Accumulated deficit

     (3,377,952     (1,236,878
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total stockholders’ equity

     30,804,100        13,509,517   

Noncontrolling interests

     22,644,752        18,577,800   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total equity

     53,448,852        32,087,317   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities and equity

   $ 171,380,119      $ 110,141,076   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes.

 

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION (CONTINUED)

Item 1. Financial Statements (continued)

 

GRIFFIN CAPITAL NET LEASE REIT, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended
September 30,
    Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
     2011     2010     2011     2010  

Revenue:

        

Rental income

   $ 3,796,729      $ 1,841,774      $ 9,426,655      $ 4,360,260   

Property tax recovery

     501,378        229,497        1,284,108        462,419   

Interest income

     252        943        944        3,747   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total revenue

     4,298,359        2,072,214        10,711,707        4,826,426   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Expenses:

        

Asset management fees to affiliates

     309,213        158,603        774,089        378,147   

Property management fees to affiliates

     105,951        53,881        271,127        123,245   

Property tax expense

     501,378        229,497        1,284,108        462,419   

Acquisition fees and expenses

     —          672,991        2,799,194        1,582,353   

General and administrative expenses

     370,646        447,232        1,243,538        860,660   

Depreciation and amortization

     1,614,288        824,907        3,994,382        2,000,663   

Interest expense

     1,707,484        919,073        4,393,647        2,142,331   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

     4,608,960        3,306,184        14,760,085        7,549,818   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss

     (310,601     (1,233,970     (4,048,378     (2,723,392

Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests

     (147,225     (904,500     (2,040,383     (2,105,182

Distributions to redeemable noncontrolling interests attributable to common stockholders

     (44,847     —          (133,079     —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss attributable to common stockholders

   $ (208,223   $ (329,470   $ (2,141,074   $ (618,210
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss per share, basic and diluted

   $ (0.05   $ (0.30   $ (0.71   $ (0.86
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Weighted average number of common shares outstanding, basic and diluted

     3,840,830        1,084,803        3,017,889        715,469   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions declared per common share

   $ 0.17      $ 0.17      $ 0.51      $ 0.51   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes.

 

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION (CONTINUED)

Item 1. Financial Statements (continued)

 

GRIFFIN CAPITAL NET LEASE REIT, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EQUITY

 

     Common Stock      Additional
Paid-In
Capital
    Cumulative
Distributions
    Accumulated
Deficit
    Total
Stockholders’
Equity
    Non-controlling
Interests
    Total
Equity
 
     Shares      Amount               

BALANCE December 31, 2009

     252,319       $ 2,523       $ 928,009      $ (92,834   $ (246,515   $ 591,183      $ 17,678,748      $ 18,269,931   

Gross proceeds from issuance of common stock

     1,575,040         15,736         15,727,108        —          —          15,742,844        —          15,742,844   

Discount on issuance of common stock

     —           —           (21,635     —          —          (21,635     —          (21,635

Offering costs

     —           —           (1,192,014     —          —          (1,192,014     —          (1,192,014

Distributions

     —           —           —          (458,682     —          (458,682     —          (458,682

Issuance of shares for distribution reinvestment plan

     17,033         170         161,646        (161,816     —          —          —          —     

Additions to common stock subject to redemption

     947         9         (161,825     —          —          (161,816     —          (161,816

Contribution of noncontrolling interests

     —           —           —          —          —          —          10,380,000        10,380,000   

Additions to noncontrolling interests subject to redemption

     —           —           —          —          —          —          (4,886,686     (4,886,686

Distributions for noncontrolling interests

     —           —           —          —          —          —          (1,568,275     (1,568,275

Distributions for noncontrolling interests subject to redemption

     —           —           —          —          —          —          (207,262     (207,262

Net loss

     —           —           —          —          (990,363     (990,363     (2,818,725     (3,809,088
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

BALANCE December 31, 2010

     1,845,339         18,438         15,441,289        (713,332     (1,236,878     13,509,517        18,577,800        32,087,317   

Gross proceeds from issuance of common stock

     2,472,189         24,722         24,697,185        —          —          24,721,907        —          24,721,907   

Discount on issuance of common stock

     —           —           (148,045     —          —          (148,045     —          (148,045

Offering costs

     —           —           (3,615,879     —          —          (3,615,879     —          (3,615,879

Distributions

     —           —           —          (953,783     —          (953,783     —          (953,783

Issuance of shares for distribution reinvestment plan

     59,847         567         567,976        (568,543     —          —          —          —     

Additions to common stock subject to redemption

     —           —           (568,543     —          —          (568,543     —          (568,543

Contribution of noncontrolling interests

     —           —           —          —          —          —          7,788,990        7,788,990   

Distributions for noncontrolling interests

     —           —           —          —          —          —          (1,546,570     (1,546,570

Distributions for noncontrolling interests subject to redemption

     —           —           —          —          —          —          (135,085     (135,085

Net loss

     —           —           —          —          (2,141,074     (2,141,074     (2,040,383     (4,181,457
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

BALANCE September 30, 2011

     4,377,375       $ 43,727       $ 36,373,983      $ (2,235,658   $ (3,377,952   $ 30,804,100      $ 22,644,752      $ 53,448,852   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes.

 

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION (CONTINUED)

Item 1. Financial Statements (continued)

 

GRIFFIN CAPITAL NET LEASE REIT, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(unaudited)

 

     Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
     2011     2010  

Operating Activities:

    

Net loss

   $ (4,048,378   $ (2,723,392

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by (used in) operations:

    

Depreciation of building and building improvements

     2,152,127        1,325,638   

Amortization of intangible assets

     1,842,255        675,025   

Amortization of above and below market leases

     (211,735     20,627   

Amortization of deferring financing costs

     562,481        81,493   

Amortization of debt premium

     (33,013     —     

Deferred rent

     (581,782     (324,907

Property maintenance funded from restricted cash reserves

     510        —     

Change in operating assets and liabilities:

    

Other assets

     128,701        419,873   

Accounts payable and other liabilities

     2,531,951        (493,112

Due to affiliates, net

     1,393,902        (82,872
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

     3,737,019        (1,101,627
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investing Activities:

    

Acquisition of properties

     (13,785,562     (26,644,607

Tenant improvements

     —          (447,337

Tenant improvements funded from restricted cash reserves

     —          447,337   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash used in investing activities

     (13,785,562     (26,644,607
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Financing Activities:

    

Proceeds from borrowings

     12,300,000        21,970,000   

Principal payoff of secured indebtedness

     (20,171,500     —     

Principal amortization payments on secured indebtedness

     (589,649     (279,520

Deferred financing costs

     (139,500     (673,409

Issuance of common stock, net

     20,957,983        9,611,088   

Distributions to noncontrolling interests

     (1,641,728     (1,176,526

Distributions to common stockholders

     (1,011,438     (243,161
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by financing activities

     9,704,168        29,208,472   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents

     (344,375     1,462,238   

Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period

     1,636,072        387,272   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period

   $ 1,291,697      $ 1,849,510   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Disclosures of Cash Flow Information:

    

Cash paid for interest

   $ 3,378,717      $ 1,842,449   

Supplemental Disclosures of Significant Non-cash Transactions:

    

Restricted cash- assumed upon contribution of real estate assets by affiliates

   $ —        $ 646,096   

Restricted cash- ongoing improvement reserve paid by tenant

   $ —        $ 101,255   

Mortgage debt assumed in conjunction with the contribution of real estate assets by affiliates plus a premium of $412,298 related to the acquisition of the LTI property

   $ 34,837,746      $ 5,422,086   

Limited partnership units of the operating partnership issued in conjunction with the contribution of real estate assets by affiliates, net of discount

   $ 7,788,990      $ 10,380,000   

Distributions payable to noncontrolling interests

   $ 111,608      $ 175,773   

Distributions payable to common stockholders

   $ 251,835      $ 48,839   

Common stock issued pursuant to the distribution reinvestment plan

   $ 568,543      $ 82,028   

See accompanying notes.

 

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION (CONTINUED)

Item 1. Financial Statements (continued)

 

GRIFFIN CAPITAL NET LEASE REIT, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

September 30, 2011

(unaudited)

 

1. Organization

Griffin Capital Net Lease REIT, Inc. (formerly known as The GC Net Lease REIT, Inc.), a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), was formed on August 28, 2008 under the Maryland General Corporation Law. The Company was organized primarily with the purpose of acquiring single tenant net lease properties, and expects to use a substantial amount of the net proceeds from the Public Offering (as defined below) to invest in these properties. The Company satisfied requisite financial and non-financial requirements and elected to be taxed as a REIT for the taxable year ended December 31, 2010. The Company’s year end is December 31.

On September 14, 2011, the Company’s board of directors extended the termination date of the Public Offering from November 6, 2011 until November 6, 2012, which is three years after the effective date of the Public Offering. The Company’s board of directors reserves the right to terminate the Public Offering at any time prior to November 6, 2012.

Griffin Capital Corporation, a California corporation (the “Sponsor”), is the sponsor of the Company’s Public Offering. The Company’s Sponsor was formed in 1995 to principally engage in acquiring and developing office and industrial properties.

The GC Net Lease REIT Advisor, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Advisor”) was formed on August 27, 2008. The Sponsor is the sole member of the Advisor. On November 6, 2009, the Company entered into its amended and restated advisory agreement for the Public Offering, as amended. On November 9, 2010, the Company entered into its second amended and restated advisory agreement for the Public Offering (the “Second Amended and Restated Advisory Agreement”), which states that the Advisor is responsible for managing the Company’s affairs on a day-to-day basis and identifying and making acquisitions and investments on behalf of the Company. The officers of the Advisor are also officers of the Sponsor. The Second Amended and Restated Advisory Agreement has a one-year term and it may be renewed for an unlimited number of successive one-year periods.

On August 28, 2008, the Advisor purchased 100 shares of common stock for $1,000 and became the Company’s initial stockholder. The Company’s Third Articles of Amendment and Restatement, as amended, authorize 700,000,000 shares of common stock with a par value of $0.001 and 200,000,000 shares of preferred stock with a par value of $0.001. On February 20, 2009, the Company began to offer a maximum of 10,000,000 shares of common stock, which included shares for sale pursuant to the distribution reinvestment plan, pursuant to a private placement offering to accredited investors (collectively, the “Private Offering”). Simultaneously with the Private Offering, the Company undertook the process of registering an offering of a maximum of 82,500,000 shares of common stock, consisting of 75,000,000 shares for sale to the public at $10.00 per share (the “Primary Public Offering”) and 7,500,000 shares for sale pursuant to the distribution reinvestment plan at $9.50 per share (collectively, the “Public Offering”). On November 6, 2009, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) declared the Public Offering effective, and the Company terminated the Private Offering with the commencement of the Public Offering. As of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, the Company had 4.4 million and 1.8 million shares outstanding, respectively. As of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, the Company had $0.7 million and $0.2 million in shares classified as common stock subject to redemption, respectively. (See Note 7, Share Redemption Program).

Griffin Capital Securities, Inc. (the “Dealer Manager”) is one of the Company’s affiliates. The Dealer Manager is responsible for marketing the Company’s shares being offered pursuant to the Public Offering. On October 27, 2009, the Company and the Dealer Manager entered into a dealer manager agreement for the Public Offering. The dealer manager agreement may be terminated by either party upon prior written notice.

The GC Net Lease REIT Operating Partnership, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Operating Partnership”), was formed on August 29, 2008. On December 26, 2008, the Advisor purchased a 99% limited partnership interest in the Operating Partnership for $200,000 and on December 26, 2008, the Company contributed the initial $1,000 capital contribution, received from the Advisor, to the Operating Partnership in exchange for a 1% general partner interest. As of September 30, 2011, the Company owned approximately 52% of the limited partnership units of the Operating Partnership, and, as a result of the contribution of five properties to the Company, the Sponsor and certain of its affiliates, including the Company’s President and Director, Kevin A. Shields, the Company’s Vice President — Acquisitions, Don Pescara and David C. Rupert, the President of the Sponsor, owned approximately 32% of the limited partnership units of the Operating Partnership. The remaining approximately 16% of the limited partnership units were owned by third parties. The Operating Partnership will own, directly or indirectly, all of the properties acquired. The Operating Partnership will conduct certain activities through the Company’s taxable REIT subsidiary, The GC Net Lease REIT TRS, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “TRS”) formed on September 2, 2008, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Operating Partnership.

 

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Item 1. Financial Statements (continued)

GRIFFIN CAPITAL NET LEASE REIT, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

September 30, 2011

(unaudited)

 

The Company’s property manager is The GC Net Lease REIT Property Management, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Property Manager”), which was formed on August 28, 2008 to manage the Company’s properties. The Property Manager derives substantially all of its income from the property management services it performs for the Company.

 

2. Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Company are prepared by management on the accrual basis of accounting and in accordance with principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”) for interim financial information as contained in the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”), and in conjunction with rules and regulations of the Securities Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Certain information and footnote disclosures required for annual financial statements have been condensed or excluded pursuant to SEC rules and regulations. Accordingly, the unaudited consolidated financial statements do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. The unaudited consolidated financial statements include accounts and related adjustments, which are, in the opinion of management, of normal recurring nature and necessary for a fair presentation of the Company’s financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the interim period. Operating results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2011. These unaudited consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010. The unaudited consolidated financial statements include accounts of the Company and the Operating Partnership. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of the consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the unaudited consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could materially differ from those estimates.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

The Company considers all short-term, highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to cash with a maturity of three months or less at the time of purchase to be cash equivalents. Cash equivalents may include cash and short-term investments. Short-term investments are stated at cost, which approximates fair value. There were no restrictions on the use of the Company’s operating cash balance as of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010.

The Company maintains cash accounts with major financial institutions. The cash balances consist of business checking accounts and money market accounts. These accounts are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation up to $250,000 at each institution. At times, the balances in these accounts may exceed the insured amounts. The Company has not experienced any losses with respect to cash balances in excess of government-provided insurance. Management believes there was no significant concentration of credit risk with respect to these cash balances as of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010.

Restricted Cash

In conjunction with the acquisition and contribution of certain real estate assets (see Note 3, Real Estate), the Company assumed certain reserves to be used for specific property improvements and certain maintenance items for which the Company is responsible. As of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, the balance of these reserves, included on the consolidated balance sheets as restricted cash, was $1.9 million and $1.7 million, respectively.

 

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Item 1. Financial Statements (continued)

GRIFFIN CAPITAL NET LEASE REIT, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

September 30, 2011

(unaudited)

 

Real Estate

Purchase Price Allocation

The Company applies the provisions in ASC 805-10, “Business Combinations,” to account for business combinations. In accordance with the provisions, the Company recognizes the assets acquired, the liabilities assumed and any noncontrolling interest in the acquired entity at their fair values as of the acquisition date, on an “as if vacant” basis. Further, the Company recognizes the fair value of assets acquired, liabilities assumed and any noncontrolling interest in acquisitions of less than a 100% interest when the acquisition constitutes a change in control of the acquired entity. The accounting provisions have also established that acquisition-related costs and restructuring costs are considered separate and not a component of a business combination and, therefore, are expensed as incurred.

Acquired in-place leases are valued as above-market or below-market as of the date of acquisition. The valuation is measured based on the present value (using an interest rate, which reflects the risks associated with the leases acquired) of the difference between (a) the contractual amounts to be paid pursuant to the in-place leases and (b) management’s estimate of fair market lease rates for the corresponding in-place leases over a period equal to the remaining non-cancelable term of the lease for above-market leases, taking into consideration below-market extension options for below-market leases. In addition, renewal options are considered and will be included in the valuation of in-place leases if (1) it is likely that the tenant will exercise the option, and (2) the renewal rent is considered to be sufficiently below a fair market rental rate at the time of renewal. The above-market and below-market lease values are capitalized as intangible lease assets or liabilities and amortized as an adjustment to rental income over the remaining terms of the respective leases.

The aggregate fair value of in-place leases includes direct costs associated with obtaining a new tenant, opportunity costs associated with lost rentals, which are avoided by acquiring an in-place lease, and tenant relationships. Direct costs associated with obtaining a new tenant include commissions, tenant improvements, and other direct costs and are estimated using methods similar to those used in independent appraisals and management’s consideration of current market costs to execute a similar lease. These direct costs are considered intangible lease assets and are included with real estate assets on the consolidated balance sheets. The intangible lease assets are amortized to expense over the remaining terms of the respective leases. The value of opportunity costs is calculated using the contractual amounts to be paid, including real estate taxes, insurance, and other operating expenses, pursuant to the in-place leases over a market lease-up period for a similar lease. Customer relationships are valued based on management’s evaluation of certain characteristics of each tenant’s lease and the Company’s overall relationship with that respective tenant. Characteristics management will consider in allocating these values include the nature and extent of the Company’s existing business relationships with tenants, growth prospects for developing new business with the tenant, the tenant’s credit quality and expectations of lease renewals (including those existing under the terms of the lease agreement), among other factors. These intangibles will be included in intangible lease assets on the consolidated balance sheets and are amortized to expense over the remaining term of the respective leases.

The determination of the fair values of the assets and liabilities acquired requires the use of significant assumptions about current market rental rates, rental growth rates, discount rates and other variables. The use of inappropriate estimates would result in an incorrect assessment of the purchase price allocations, which could impact the amount of the Company’s reported net income.

 

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Item 1. Financial Statements (continued)

GRIFFIN CAPITAL NET LEASE REIT, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

September 30, 2011

(unaudited)

 

Depreciation

The purchase price of real estate acquired and costs related to development, construction, and property improvements will be capitalized. Repairs and maintenance costs include all costs that do not extend the useful life of the real estate asset and will be expensed as incurred. The Company considers the period of future benefit of an asset to determine the appropriate useful life. The Company anticipates the estimated useful lives of its assets by class to be generally as follows:

 

Buildings

  25-40 years

Building Improvements

  5-20 years

Land Improvements

  15-25 years

Tenant Improvements

  Shorter of estimated useful life or remaining contractual lease term

Tenant origination and absorption cost

  Remaining contractual lease term

In-place lease valuation

  Remaining contractual lease term with consideration as to below-market extension options for below-market leases

Impairment of Real Estate and Related Intangible Assets and Liabilities

The Company will continually monitor events and changes in circumstances that could indicate that the carrying amounts of real estate and related intangible assets may not be recoverable. When indicators of potential impairment are present that indicate that the carrying amounts of real estate and related intangible assets may not be recoverable, management assesses whether the carrying value of the assets will be recovered through the future undiscounted operating cash flows expected from the use of the assets and the eventual disposition. If, based on this analysis, the Company does not believe that it will be able to recover the carrying value of the asset, the Company will record an impairment loss to the extent the carrying value exceeds the net present value of the estimated future cash flows of the asset.

Projections of expected future undiscounted cash flows require management to estimate future market rental income amounts subsequent to the expiration of current lease agreements, property operating expenses, discount rates, the number of months it takes to re-lease the property and the number of years the property is held for investment. As of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, there were no impairment indicators present that would have required the Company to record an impairment loss related to the real estate assets or intangible assets and liabilities.

Revenue Recognition

Leases associated with the acquisition and contribution of certain real estate assets (see Note 3, Real Estate), have net minimum rent payment increases during the term of the lease and are recorded to rental revenue on a straight-line basis, commencing as of the contribution or acquisition date. If a lease provides for contingent rental income, the Company will defer the recognition of contingent rental income, such as percentage rents, until the specific target that triggers the contingent rental income is achieved. As of September 30, 2011, there were no leases that provide for contingent rental income.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, the Company recognized deferred rent from tenants of $0.6 million and $0.3 million, respectively. As of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, the cumulative deferred rent balance was $1.3 million and $0.7 million, respectively, and is included in deferred rent on the consolidated balance sheets.

The Company records an estimate for real estate tax reimbursement each month. At the end of the calendar year the Company reconciles the estimated real estate tax reimbursement to the actual amount incurred and adjusts the property tax recovery to reflect the actual amount incurred.

 

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Item 1. Financial Statements (continued)

GRIFFIN CAPITAL NET LEASE REIT, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

September 30, 2011

(unaudited)

 

Organizational and Offering Costs

The initial organizational and offering costs of the Private Offering and the Public Offering were paid by the Sponsor, on behalf of the Advisor, for the Company and will be reimbursed from the proceeds of the Private Offering and the Public Offering. Organizational and offering costs consist of all expenses (other than sales commissions and dealer manager fees) to be paid by the Company in connection with the Public Offering, including legal, accounting, printing, mailing and filing fees, charges from the escrow holder and other accountable offering expenses, including, but not limited to, (i) amounts to reimburse the Advisor for all marketing-related costs and expenses, such as salaries and direct expenses of employees of the Advisor and its affiliates in connection with registering and marketing the Company’s shares; (ii) technology costs associated with the offering of the Company’s shares; (iii) costs of conducting training and education meetings; (iv) costs of attending seminars conducted by participating broker-dealers; and (v) payment or reimbursement of bona fide due diligence expenses.

The initial advisory agreement required the Company to pay directly or reimburse the Advisor for all organizational and offering expenses related to the Private Offering. Pursuant to the Second Amended and Restated Advisory Agreement, the Company will reimburse the Advisor for organizational and offering expenses incurred in connection with the Primary Public Offering in an amount not to exceed 3.5% of gross offering proceeds of the terminated or completed Primary Public Offering for issuer costs (excluding sales commissions and dealer manager fees). In addition, pursuant to the Second Amended and Restated Advisory Agreement, organization and offering expenses (including sales commissions and dealer manager fees and non-accountable due diligence expense allowance but excluding acquisition fees and expenses) may not exceed 15% of gross offering proceeds of the terminated or completed Public Offering. If the organization and offering expenses exceed such limits discussed above, within 60 days after the end of the month in which the Public Offering terminates or is completed, the Advisor must reimburse the Company for any excess amounts. As long as the Company is subject to the Statement of Policy Regarding Real Estate Investment Trusts published by the North American Securities Administrators Association (“NASAA REIT Guidelines”), such limitations discussed above will also apply to any future public offerings.

On May 6, 2009, the Company sold the minimum amount of shares and thereby became obligated to the Advisor for organizational and offering costs incurred on the Company’s behalf. Organizational and offering costs incurred, including those due to the Advisor, for the combined Private Offering and Public Offering are as follows:

 

     September 30, 2011     December 31, 2010  

Cumulative offering costs- Private and Public Offerings

   $ 6,428,925      $ 3,507,244   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cumulative organizational costs- Private and Public Offerings

   $ 342,545      $ 341,455   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Organizational and offering costs previously advanced by the Advisor

   $ 657,545      $ 643,941   

Adjustment to organizational and offering costs pursuant to 15% limitation (discussed below)

     (157,266     (920,573
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net due to/(from) Advisor

   $ 500,279      $ (276,632
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Of the cumulative organizational and offering costs as of September 30, 2011, as shown in the table above, $6.2 million related to the Company’s Public Offering and exceeded the 15% of gross offering proceeds limitation by approximately $0.2 million. Therefore, if the Company terminated its Public Offering on September 30, 2011, the Company’s liability to the Advisor for advanced organizational and offering costs, based on the gross proceeds raised to date and organizational and offering costs incurred in excess of the limitation discussed above, would be reduced by $0.2 million. As such, the $0.2 million is reflected as a reduction in the $0.7 million owed to the Advisor for unreimbursed amounts previously advanced by the Advisor, which is included in the “Due to Affiliates” balance on the consolidated balance sheets. The Company continues to monitor both the 3.5% and 15% limitations and expects to be liable to the Advisor for all organizational and offering costs advanced on its behalf as additional offering proceeds are raised. (See Note 6, Related Party Transactions.)

 

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Item 1. Financial Statements (continued)

GRIFFIN CAPITAL NET LEASE REIT, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

September 30, 2011

(unaudited)

 

Deferred Financing Costs

Deferred financing costs represent commitment fees, loan fees, legal fees and other third-party costs associated with obtaining financing. These costs are amortized as a component of interest expense over the terms of the respective financing agreements. As of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, the Company’s deferred financing costs, net of amortization, were approximately $0.5 million and $1.0 million, respectively.

Noncontrolling Interests

Due to the Company’s control through the general partner interest in the Operating Partnership and the limited rights of the limited partners, the Operating Partnership, including its wholly-owned subsidiary, is consolidated with the Company and the limited partners’ interests are reflected as noncontrolling interests on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.

The Company reports noncontrolling interests in subsidiaries within equity in the consolidated financial statements, but separate from total stockholders’ equity. Also, any acquisitions or dispositions of noncontrolling interests that do not result in a change of control are accounted for as equity transactions. Further, the Company recognizes a gain or loss in net income (loss) when a subsidiary is deconsolidated upon a change in control. Net income (loss) allocated to noncontrolling interests is shown as a reduction to net income (loss) in calculating net income (loss) available to common stockholders. Any future purchase or sale of an interest in an entity that results in a change of control may have a material impact on the financial statements, as the interest in the entity will be recognized at fair value with gains and losses included in net income (loss).

If noncontrolling interests are determined to be redeemable, they are classified as temporary equity and reported at their redemption value as of the balance sheet date. Thus, noncontrolling interests determined to be redeemable were classified as temporary equity. (See Note 5, Noncontrolling Interests.)

Share-Based Compensation

On February 12, 2009, the Company adopted an Employee and Director Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) pursuant to which the Company may issue stock-based awards to its directors and full-time employees (should the Company ever have employees), executive officers and full-time employees of the Advisor and its affiliate entities that provide services to the Company, and certain consultants who provide significant services to the Company. The term of the Plan is 10 years and the total number of shares of common stock reserved for issuance under the Plan is 10% of the outstanding shares of stock at any time. Awards granted under the Plan may consist of stock options, restricted stock, stock appreciation rights and other equity-based awards. The stock-based payment will be measured at fair value and recognized as compensation expense over the vesting period. No awards have been granted under the Plan as of September 30, 2011.

Fair Value Measurements

The framework established by the FASB for measuring fair value in generally accepted accounting principles for both financial and nonfinancial assets and liabilities provides a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are described as follows:

 

   

Level 1. Inputs to the valuation methodology are unadjusted quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets;

 

   

Level 2. Inputs to the valuation methodology include quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets; quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in inactive markets; and model-derived valuations in which significant inputs and significant value drivers are observable in active markets; and

 

   

Level 3. Inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable and significant to the fair value measurement.

 

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Item 1. Financial Statements (continued)

GRIFFIN CAPITAL NET LEASE REIT, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

September 30, 2011

(unaudited)

 

When available, the Company utilizes quoted market prices for similar assets or liabilities from independent third-party sources to determine fair value. Financial instruments as of September 30, 2011, consisted of cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash, accounts receivable, accounts payable and other accrued expenses, mortgage payable, and the Credit Facility and the Bridge Loan, as defined in Note 4, Debt. Pursuant to the terms of the Credit Facility, the Operating Partnership, in consolidation with the Company, is subject to certain loan compliance covenants, one of which is a varying interest rate covenant that would require the Operating Partnership to effect an interest rate hedge if the minimum varying debt to total debt requirement is not satisfied. The Company has an interest rate cap agreement in effect for the full amount of the outstanding Credit Facility, which will expire on December 31, 2011. (See Note 4, Debt.)

Other than the Plainfield mortgage debt and the Emporia Partners mortgage debt, as discussed in Note 4, Debt, the amounts of the financial instruments presented in the consolidated financial statements substantially approximate their fair value. The fair value of the Plainfield and Emporia Partners mortgage debt is estimated using borrowing rates available to the Company for debt instruments with similar terms and maturities. As of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, the fair value of the Plainfield mortgage debt was $22.0 million and $21.8 million, respectively, compared to the carrying value of $20.6 million and $20.8 million, respectively. The fair value of the Emporia Partners mortgage debt for the same periods was $5.3 million, compared to the carrying value of $5.1 million and $5.3 million, respectively. The LTI mortgage debt was recorded at an estimated fair value of $34.8 million, which includes a premium of $0.4 million and approximates the fair value.

Income Taxes

The Company elected to be taxed as a REIT under Sections 856 through 860 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) for the taxable year ended December 31, 2010. To qualify as a REIT, the Company must meet certain organizational and operational requirements. The Company intends to adhere to these requirements and maintain its REIT status for the current year and subsequent years. As a REIT, the Company generally will not be subject to federal income taxes on taxable income that is distributed to stockholders. However, the Company may be subject to certain state and local taxes on its income and property, and federal income and excise taxes on its undistributed taxable income, if any. If the Company fails to qualify as a REIT in any taxable year, the Company will then be subject to federal income taxes on the taxable income at regular corporate rates and will not be permitted to qualify for treatment as a REIT for federal income tax purposes for four years following the year during which qualification is lost unless the IRS grants the Company relief under certain statutory provisions. Such an event could materially adversely affect net income and net cash available for distribution to stockholders. As of September 30, 2011, the Company satisfied the REIT requirements and distributed all of its taxable income.

Pursuant to the Code, the Company has elected to treat its corporate subsidiary as a taxable REIT subsidiary (“TRS”). In general, the TRS may perform non-customary services for the Company’s tenants and may engage in any real estate or non real estate-related business. The TRS will be subject to corporate federal and state income tax. As of September 30, 2011, the TRS had not commenced operations.

Per Share Data

The Company reports earnings per share for the period as (1) basic earnings per share computed by dividing net income (loss) by the weighted average number of shares outstanding during the period, and (2) diluted earnings per share computed by dividing net income (loss) by the weighted average number of shares outstanding, including common stock equivalents. As of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, there were no common stock equivalents that would have a dilutive effect on earnings per share for common stockholders.

Distributions declared and paid per common share assumes each share was issued and outstanding each day during the three months ended September 30, 2011 and the year ended December 31, 2010. Distributions declared per common share was based on daily declaration and record dates selected by the Company’s board of directors of $0.00184932 per day per share on the outstanding shares of common stock.

 

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Item 1. Financial Statements (continued)

GRIFFIN CAPITAL NET LEASE REIT, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

September 30, 2011

(unaudited)

 

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

In June 2011, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2011-05, Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Presentation of Comprehensive Income (“ASU No. 2011-05”). ASU 2011-05 requires an entity to present the total of comprehensive income, the components of net income, and the components of other comprehensive income either in a single continuous statement of comprehensive income or in two separate but consecutive statements. ASU 2011-05 eliminates the option to present the components of other comprehensive income as part of the statement of equity. The amendments in this update are effective for the first interim or annual period beginning after December 15, 2011. On October 21, 2011, the FASB issued an exposure draft to propose the deferral of the implementation of ASU No. 2011-05 to evaluate concerns raised by issuers and other stockholders regarding the extent of line items required to comply with the standard. The Company does not expect that the adoption of ASU 2011-05 will have a material impact to its consolidated financial statements.

In May 2011, the FASB issued ASU No. 2011-04, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards (“ASU No. 2011-04”). This ASU updated and further clarifies requirements in U.S. GAAP for measuring fair value and for disclosing information about fair value measurements. Additionally, ASU 2011-04 clarifies the FASB’s intent about the application of existing fair value measurements. ASU 2011-04 is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2011 and is applied prospectively. The Company does not expect that the adoption of ASU 2011-04 will have a material impact to its consolidated financial statements.

In December 2010, the FASB issued ASU No. 2010-29, Business Combinations (Topic 805): Disclosure of Supplementary Pro Forma Information for Business Combinations (a consensus of the FASB Emerging Issues Task Force) (“ASU No. 2010-29”). ASU No. 2010-29 updated accounting guidance to clarify that pro forma disclosures should be presented as if a business combination occurred at the beginning of the prior annual period for purposes of preparing both the current reporting period and the prior reporting period pro forma financial information. These disclosures should be accompanied by a narrative description about the nature and amount of material, nonrecurring pro forma adjustments. The new accounting guidance is effective for business combinations consummated in periods beginning after December 15, 2010, and should be applied prospectively as of the date of adoption. The Company’s adoption of this ASU as of January 1, 2011 did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

 

3. Real Estate

Acquisition of LTI Property

On May 13, 2011, the Company, through a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Operating Partnership, acquired the co-tenancy interests in a single-story, lab and manufacturing headquarters facility located in Carlsbad, CA (“LTI property”) from 29 unaffiliated third party investors and one affiliated investor. Certain investors contributed all or a portion of their ownership interest in the LTI property in exchange for limited partnership units in the Operating Partnership. The LTI property is 100% leased to a single tenant, Life Technologies Corporation (“LTI”), on a net lease basis, obligating LTI to all costs and expenses to operate and maintain the property, including capital expenditures. On the acquisition date the remaining term of the lease was approximately 11 years.

 

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Item 1. Financial Statements (continued)

GRIFFIN CAPITAL NET LEASE REIT, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

September 30, 2011

(unaudited)

 

The purchase price of the LTI property was $56.0 million. The Company caused the Operating Partnership to issue $7.8 million in limited partnership units to those contributing investors. The remaining purchase price was substantially financed with an expansion and extension of the existing Bridge Loan discussed in Note 4, Debt, in the amount of $12.3 million and the assumption of the existing mortgage loan of $34.4 million ($34.8 million at estimated fair value including the premium of $0.4 million), offset by credits of $0.6 million for financing and closing costs. The remainder of the purchase price of $2.1 million has been deferred by the Company and will be paid upon repayment of the Bridge Loan. The following table provides the purchase price allocation and related financing activity:

 

Land

   $ 15,300,000   

Building and improvements

   $ 33,817,721   

Tenant origination and absorption cost

   $ 16,304,765   

In-place lease valuation (below market)

   $ (9,010,188

Debt premium

   $ (412,298

Remaining purchase price deferred

   $ 2,094,150   

Closing credits for financing and closing costs (1)

   $ (608,588

Mortgage payable assumed

   $ 34,425,448   

Bridge Loan

   $ 12,300,000   

Limited partnership units issued (units)

     825,285   

Price per share of units issued (2)

   $ 9.20 or 9.60   

Limited partnership units issued (dollars)

   $ 7,788,990   

 

(1) Amount is a reduction to the related real estate assets in the consolidated balance sheets.
(2) Price per share is based on whether contributing investors were represented by a third-party financial advisor or not.

As of September 30, 2011, the Company owned seven properties, as shown in the table below:

 

Property

   Acquisition
Date
   Purchase
Price
    

Property Type

   Year of Lease
Expiration

Renfro

           

Clinton, SC

   6/18/2009    $ 21,700,000       Warehouse/ Distribution    2021

Plainfield

           

Plainfield, IL

   6/18/2009    $ 32,660,000       Office/ Laboratory    2022

Will Partners

           

Monee, IL

   6/4/2010    $ 26,305,000       Warehouse/ Distribution    2020

Emporia Partners

           

Emporia, KS

   8/27/2010    $ 8,360,000       Office/Industrial/ Distribution    2020

ITT

           

Los Angeles, CA

   9/23/2010    $ 7,800,000       Office    2016

Quad/Graphics

           

Loveland, CO

   12/30/2010    $ 11,850,000       Industrial/ Office    2022

LTI

           

Carlsbad, CA

   5/13/2011    $ 56,000,000       Office/Laboratory/ Manufacturing    2022

 

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Item 1. Financial Statements (continued)

GRIFFIN CAPITAL NET LEASE REIT, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

September 30, 2011

(unaudited)

 

Intangibles

The Company allocated a portion of the acquired and contributed real estate asset value to in-place lease valuation and tenant origination and absorption cost, as discussed above and as shown below. The leases were measured against comparable leasing information and the present value of the difference between the contractual, in-place rent and the fair market rent was calculated using, as the discount rate, the capitalization rate utilized to compute the value of the real estate at acquisition or contribution. The Emporia Partners property in-place lease was considered to be at market, therefore none of the purchase price was allocated to an in-place lease valuation intangible.

 

     Balance
September 30, 2011
    Balance
December 31, 2010
 

In-place lease valuation

   $ (8,112,849   $ 897,339   

In-place lease valuation- accumulated depreciation

   $ 169,445      $ (42,290

Tenant origination and absorption cost

   $ 34,400,671      $ 18,095,906   

Tenant origination and absorption cost- accumulated depreciation

   $ (3,130,983   $ (1,288,728

The intangible assets are amortized over the remaining lease term of each property which, on a weighted-average basis, was 9.7 years as of September 30, 2011.

 

     In-place Lease
Valuation
     Tenant Origination
and
Absorption Cost
 

Amortization for the nine months ended September 30, 2011

   $ 211,734       $ 1,842,254   

5-year amortization

   $ 3,398,725       $ 15,877,655   

Reserves

As part of the real estate asset acquisitions and contributions, the Company assumed certain building and tenant improvement reserves, which are included on the consolidated balance sheets as restricted cash. Additionally, an ongoing replacement reserve is funded by certain tenants pursuant to each tenant’s respective lease as follows:

 

     Balance
December 31, 2010
     Additions      Utilizations     Balance
September 30, 2011
 

Plainfield (1)

   $ 308,333       $ 75,000       $ —        $ 383,333   

Will Partners (1)

     99,923         78,773         (37,955     140,741   

Emporia Partners (2)

     645,092         252,918         (85,575     812,435   

ITT (3)

     344,722         —           (510     344,212   

Quad/Graphics (3)

     260,000         —           —          260,000   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $ 1,658,070       $ 406,691       $ (124,040   $ 1,940,721   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(1) Additions to the reserve balance are funded by the tenant. The balance is included on the consolidated balance sheets as restricted reserves.
(2) The balance at September 30, 2011 consisted of a replacement reserve of $0.5 million, which was funded by the contributing entity. Additionally, tax and insurance reserves totaling $0.3 million were funded by the tenant, which are included on the consolidated balance sheets as restricted reserves.
(3) Balance represents remaining reserves, which were initially funded by the Company at closing.

 

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Item 1. Financial Statements (continued)

GRIFFIN CAPITAL NET LEASE REIT, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

September 30, 2011

(unaudited)

 

Rent

The following summarizes the future minimum net rent payments pursuant to the lease terms for the properties discussed above as of September 30, 2011:

 

2011

   $ 3,396,885   

2012

     13,654,705   

2013

     13,803,092   

2014

     14,099,592   

Thereafter

     98,744,889   
  

 

 

 

Total

   $ 143,699,163   
  

 

 

 

For the nine months ended September 30, 2011, the Company’s seven properties, based on rental income received from such properties as a percentage of aggregate rental income received by the Company, were as follows:

 

Property

   Location    Revenue as
a percentage
of total rent
 

Plainfield

   Plainfield, IL      20.5

Will Partners

   Monee, IL      19.2

LTI

   Carlsbad, CA      17.1

Renfro

   Clinton, SC      15.5

Emporia Partners

   Emporia, KS      11.3

Quad/Graphics

   Loveland, CO      10.1

ITT

   Los Angeles, CA      6.3
     

 

 

 

Total

        100.0

Approximately 40% and 23% of the Company’s rental income was concentrated in Illinois and California, respectively, as of September 30, 2011.

Pro Forma Financial Information (unaudited)

The following condensed pro forma operating information is presented as if the Company’s properties had been included in operations as of January 1, 2010:

 

     Three Months Ended
September 30,
    Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
     2011     2010     2011     2010  

Revenue

   $ 4,298,359      $ 4,258,646      $ 12,870,926      $ 12,805,370   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Loss

   $ (310,601   $ (1,254,883   $ (1,340,917   $ (5,482,287
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss attributable to common stockholders

   $ (208,223   $ (268,546   $ (757,946   $ (833,308
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Loss per share

   $ (0.05   $ (0.25   $ (0.25   $ (1.16
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Item 1. Financial Statements (continued)

GRIFFIN CAPITAL NET LEASE REIT, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

September 30, 2011

(unaudited)

 

4. Debt

As of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, the Company’s debt consisted of the following:

 

     Balance as of
September 30,
2011
     Balance as of
December 31,
2010
     Contractual
Interest Rate
  

Payment Type

  

Loan
Maturity

Plainfield Mortgage Loan

   $ 20,602,396       $ 20,796,437       6.65% (fixed)    Principal and Interest    November 2017

Emporia Partners Mortgage Loan

     5,124,787         5,332,794       5.88% (fixed)    Principal and Interest    September 2023

LTI Mortgage Loan

     34,237,847         —         5.80% (fixed)    Principal and Interest    March 2016

LTI Mortgage Loan Premium

     379,285         —         5.80% (fixed)    Principal and Interest    March 2016

Credit Facility

     35,000,000         35,000,000       One-month
LIBOR
+ 3.75%
(1)
   Interest Only    June
2013

Bridge Loan

     —           7,871,500       Daily LIBOR
+ 4.50%
(1)
   Principal and Interest    June
2011
  

 

 

    

 

 

          

Total

   $ 95,344,315       $ 69,000,731            
  

 

 

    

 

 

          

 

(1) These rates are subject to a minimum LIBOR of 2.0%.

Mortgage Loans

The Plainfield and Emporia Partners mortgage loans are secured by a first mortgage and security agreement on the Company’s interest in the respective underlying property, a fixture filing, and an assignment of leases, rents, income and profits.

In connection with the acquisition of the LTI property, pursuant to the Note and Deed of Trust Assumption Agreement dated May 13, 2011 (the “Assumption Agreement”), the Company, through a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Operating Partnership, assumed the obligations of the contributors and sellers under the LTI mortgage debt. The LTI mortgage debt was securitized, and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. acts as trustee related thereto. The LTI mortgage debt is secured by a deed of trust, security agreement and fixture filing, and an assignment of leases and rents. In connection with the Assumption Agreement, the Company and its operating partnership became obligated as non-recourse carve-out guarantors of the LTI mortgage debt. The LTI mortgage debt calls for monthly principal and interest payments.

Credit Facility

On June 4, 2010, the Company, through the Operating Partnership, entered into a credit agreement with KeyBank National Association (“KeyBank”), which provided the Company with an initial $25.0 million credit facility (the “Credit Facility”) to finance the acquisition of properties. Prior to November 28, 2011, the Operating Partnership may request an increase in the total commitments under the Credit Facility up to $150 million, subject to certain conditions. The Credit Facility is guaranteed by the Company and is secured by individual security agreements on the Operating Partnership’s underlying interest in certain properties as discussed below, along with individual fixture filings, and assignments of leases, rents, income and profits related to each such property. Under the terms of the Credit Facility, the Operating Partnership has the option of selecting the applicable variable rate for each revolving loan, or portion thereof, of either (a) LIBOR multiplied by the Statutory Reserve Rate (as defined in the agreement relating to the Credit Facility) to which the administrative agent is subject, with respect to this rate, for Eurocurrency funding (the “LIBOR-based rate”), plus 3.75%, or (b) an alternate base rate, which is the greater of the (i) Prime Rate, (ii) Federal Funds Rate plus 0.50%, or (iii) the adjusted LIBOR-based rate set forth in subsection (a) plus 3.75%. As of September 30, 2011 the LIBOR-based rate was 0.23%.

On June 4, 2010, the Operating Partnership made an initial draw of $16.9 million to acquire the Will Partners property and a subsequent draw on September 23, 2010 of approximately $5.1 million to acquire the ITT property. The Operating Partnership elected to have the LIBOR-based rate apply to such loans, which amounted to an initial interest rate of 5.75%. The Operating Partnership may change this election from time to time, as provided by the Credit Facility terms.

 

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Item 1. Financial Statements (continued)

GRIFFIN CAPITAL NET LEASE REIT, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

September 30, 2011

(unaudited)

 

On November 22, 2010, the Company, through the Operating Partnership, entered into an amendment to the credit agreement with KeyBank, thereby increasing the total amount of the Credit Facility to $35.0 million, upon which the Company drew an additional $13.0 million to refinance the debt encumbering the Renfro property. The additional debt is subject to the same terms described above.

Bridge Loan

On December 30, 2010, the Company, through the Operating Partnership, entered into a bridge loan with KeyBank (the “Bridge Loan”) and thereby obtained approximately $7.9 million from KeyBank, utilized to fund the acquisition of the Quad/Graphics property. The Bridge Loan had an initial term of six months, and bears interest at a rate of daily LIBOR plus 450 basis points, with an initial rate of 6.5%. The terms of the Bridge Loan required periodic payments throughout the month equal to the net equity raised in the Company’s Public Offering, subject to a monthly minimum amount of approximately $1.3 million. The Bridge Loan is guaranteed by various wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Company’s Operating Partnership, as well as by Kevin A. Shields, the Company’s President and Director. In connection with the Bridge Loan, the Company also executed the second amendment to the credit agreement with KeyBank (the “Second Amendment to Credit Facility”). Pursuant to the Second Amendment to Credit Facility, the debt obtained from the Bridge Loan is secured under the Credit Facility. When the Bridge Loan was paid in full on April 18, 2011, the Quad/Graphics property became additional security for the Credit Facility, the guarantees issued in connection with the Bridge Loan were released, and the Quad/Graphics property could be refinanced under the Credit Facility.

On May 13, 2011, the Company further amended the Bridge Loan agreement in order to obtain an additional $12.3 million, which was utilized to partially fund the acquisition of the LTI property. The amended Bridge Loan called for monthly payments equal to the net equity raised in the Company’s Public Offering, subject to an average monthly minimum of $2.1 million, with other terms unchanged. The amended Bridge Loan was paid in full on September 30, 2011 and the guarantees issued in connection with the Bridge Loan were released.

Debt Covenant Compliance

Pursuant to the terms of the Credit Facility, the Operating Partnership, in consolidation with the Company, is subject to certain loan compliance covenants. Compliance with these covenants was required beginning with the quarter ended September 30, 2010. With the acquisition and financing of the ITT property, the Company was required to effect an interest rate hedge instrument on September 28, 2010. The Company executed an interest rate cap for a notional amount of $3.6 million, fixing the index at 2.0%. The hedge was in place for six months and expired on April 7, 2011, for which the Company paid $7,000. On December 28, 2010, the Company executed an additional interest rate cap in connection with the refinancing of the Renfro property debt, as discussed above, for a notional amount of $18.6 million, fixing the index at 2.0%. The second hedge was also in place for six months and expired on June 30, 2011, for which the Company paid $10,000. The Company executed an interest rate cap upon expiration of the first hedge, fixing the index at 2.0% for a notional amount of $16.4 million, resulting in a total notional amount of $35.0 million. This hedge, for which the Company paid $5,000, also expired on June 30, 2011. Upon expiration of the interest rate caps on June 30, 2011, the Company paid $10,000 for an additional interest rate cap agreement for the full amount of the outstanding Credit Facility, which will expire on December 31, 2011.

As part of the amendment effective November 22, 2010, KeyBank temporarily amended the interest coverage ratio covenant requirement from 1.85 times adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) to 1.80 times for the third and fourth quarters ending September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2010, respectively, and clarified the definition of fixed charge coverage ratio.

As part of the Second Amendment to Credit Facility dated December 30, 2010, KeyBank further amended the tangible net worth definition (as defined in the Second Amendment to Credit Facility) and liquidity covenant requirement from $2.0 million to $1.0 million through June 30, 2011.

KeyBank extended the $1.0 million liquidity requirement until the later of October 31, 2011 or until the amended Bridge Loan is paid in full. Further, KeyBank agreed to reduce the interest coverage ratio from 1.85 times EBITDA to 1.80 times for the quarter ended September 30, 2011. Beginning with the quarter ended December 31, 2011, the liquidity requirement will be $2.0 million and the interest coverage ratio will be 1.85 times.

 

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Item 1. Financial Statements (continued)

GRIFFIN CAPITAL NET LEASE REIT, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

September 30, 2011

(unaudited)

 

The following summarizes the future principal repayments of all loans as of September 30, 2011 per the loan terms discussed above:

 

2011

   $ 289,885   

2012

     1,183,862   

2013

     36,268,726 (1) 

2014

     1,348,383   

2015

     1,433,059   

Thereafter

     54,441,115   
  

 

 

 

Total

   $ 94,965,030 (2) 
  

 

 

 

 

(1) Amount includes payment of the balance of the Credit Facility upon expiration on June 4, 2013.
(2) Principal repayments on the LTI mortgage loan do not include the valuation premium of $0.4 million.

The weighted average interest rate of the Company’s fixed rate debt as of September 30, 2011 was approximately 6.10%.

 

5. Noncontrolling Interests

Noncontrolling interests represent limited partnership interests in the Operating Partnership in which the Company is the general partner. Operating partnership units were issued as part of the initial capitalization of the Operating Partnership and in conjunction with the contribution of certain assets, as discussed in Note 1, Organization, and in Note 3, Real Estate, respectively. As of September 30, 2011, noncontrolling interests were approximately 44% of total shares outstanding (assuming limited partnership units were converted to common stock) and approximately 47% of weighted average shares outstanding (assuming limited partnership units were converted to common stock). The Company has evaluated the terms of the limited partnership interest in the Operating Partnership and as a result, has classified limited partnership interests issued as the initial capitalization and in conjunction with the contributed assets to noncontrolling interests and are presented as a component of permanent equity, except as discussed below.

In subsequent periods the Company will periodically evaluate individual noncontrolling interests for the ability to continue to recognize the noncontrolling interest as permanent equity on the consolidated balance sheets. Any noncontrolling interest that fails to qualify will be reclassified as temporary equity and adjusted to the greater of (a) the carrying amount, or (b) its redemption value as of the end of the period in which the determination is made.

The limited partners of the Operating Partnership will have the right to cause the Operating Partnership to redeem their limited partnership units for cash equal to the value of an equivalent number of shares, or, at the Company’s option, purchase their limited partnership units by issuing one share of the Company’s common stock for the original redemption value of each limited partnership unit redeemed. These rights may not be exercised under certain circumstances which could cause the Company to lose its REIT election. Furthermore, the limited partners may exercise their redemption rights only after their limited partnership units have been outstanding for one year.

The Operating Partnership has issued 3.2 million limited partnership units to affiliated parties and unaffiliated third parties in exchange for certain properties. To the extent the contributors should elect to redeem all or a portion of their Operating Partnership units, pursuant to the terms of the respective contribution agreement, such redemption shall be at a per unit value equivalent to the price at which the contributor acquired its limited partnership units in the respective transaction.

On June 4, 2010, the Operating Partnership issued 813,000 limited partnership units in exchange for the Will Partners property. The terms of the Will Partners contribution agreement require that the units be held for a minimum of one year. Thereafter, the limited partners have the right to require the general partner to redeem their units for the Cash Amount (as defined in the operating partnership agreement), at an exchange price of 92.0% of the Cash Amount pursuant to the Will Partners contribution agreement. The Will Partners contribution agreement requires the general partner to redeem the limited partnership units only for the Cash Amount, until the Company is listed on a national securities exchange. As the limited partners’ redemption rights are outside the control of the Company, the limited partnership units are considered to be

 

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Item 1. Financial Statements (continued)

GRIFFIN CAPITAL NET LEASE REIT, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

September 30, 2011

(unaudited)

 

temporary equity and are presented in the accompanying balance sheets as noncontrolling interests subject to redemption. Subsequent to the contribution, the affiliated contributor of Will Partners waived the redemption rights pursuant to the contribution agreement and is subject to the redemption provisions of the Operating Partnership agreement. As a result of the waiver, approximately $2.6 million of noncontrolling interests subject to redemption (temporary equity) was reclassified to noncontrolling interests and are now considered a component of permanent equity.

The following summarizes the activity for noncontrolling interests for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010:

 

     Nine Months Ended September 30,  
     2011     2010  

Beginning balance

   $ 18,577,800      $ 17,678,748   

Contribution of noncontrolling interests

     7,788,990        10,380,000   

Additions to noncontrolling interests subject to redemption

     —          (4,886,686 )(1) 

Distributions for noncontrolling interests

     (1,546,570     (1,119,607

Distributions for noncontrolling interests subject to redemption

     (135,084     (116,892

Net loss

     (2,040,383     (2,105,182
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ending balance

   $ 22,644,753      $ 19,830,381   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(1) As discussed above, $2.6 million was reclassified to noncontrolling interests (permanent equity), leaving a total of $4.9 million in temporary equity, subsequent to the quarter ended June 30, 2010.

 

6. Related Party Transactions

Pursuant to the agreements discussed below, the following summarizes the related party costs incurred, paid and due to affiliates as of December 31, 2010 and September 30, 2011:

 

     Year Ended December 31, 2010     Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011  
     Incurred     Paid      Payable     Incurred     Paid      Payable  

Advisor and Property Manager fees

              

Acquisition fees and expenses

   $ 1,629,344      $ —         $ 1,629,344      $ 1,680,000      $ 1,629,344       $ 1,680,000   

Operating expenses

     91,371        46,485         44,886        254,402        125,661         173,627   

Asset management fees

     560,141        499,150         60,991        774,089        486,344         348,735   

Property management fees

     188,793        166,812         21,981        271,127        121,276         171,831   

Organizational and offering costs advanced by the Advisor

     643,941        —           643,941        13,604        —           657,545   

Adjustment for organizational and offering costs incurred in excess of the 15% limitation

     (920,573     —           (920,573     (157,266     —           (157,266
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 2,193,017      $ 712,447       $ 1,480,570      $ 2,835,956      $ 2,362,627       $ 2,874,472   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Dealer Manager fees

   $ 1,545,875      $ 1,545,875       $ —        $ 2,322,453      $ 2,322,453       $ —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Item 1. Financial Statements (continued)

GRIFFIN CAPITAL NET LEASE REIT, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

September 30, 2011

(unaudited)

 

The Second Amended and Restated Advisory Agreement requires upon termination of the Public Offering that any organizational and offering costs incurred above 15% of gross proceeds shall be reimbursed to the Company. If the Company terminated its Public Offering on September 30, 2011, the Company’s liability to the Advisor for advanced organizational and offering costs, based on the gross proceeds raised to date and organizational and offering costs incurred in excess of the 15% limitation discussed above, would be reduced by the excess. As of September 30, 2011, the Company’s organizational and offering costs exceeded the limitation by $0.2 million, which is therefore reflected as a reduction to the $0.7 million owed to the Advisor for unreimbursed amounts previously advanced by the Advisor, which is included in the “Due to Affiliates” balance on the consolidated balance sheets. The following table summarizes the payable due to the Advisor:

 

Organizational and offering costs incurred – Public Offering

   $ 6,209,027   

Limitation for organizational and offering costs at 15% of gross offering proceeds of $40,345,075 if Public Offering terminated on September 30, 2011 (excluding shares issued pursuant to the distribution reinvestment plan)

     6,051,761   
  

 

 

 

Amount incurred in excess of limitation

     157,266   

Organizational and offering costs advanced by the Advisor as of September 30, 2011

     657,545   
  

 

 

 

Payable due to Advisor if Public Offering terminated on September 30, 2011 (1)

   $ (500,279
  

 

 

 

 

(1) Pursuant to the Second Amended and Restated Advisory Agreement, this amount would not be required to be paid until 60 days following the termination of the Public Offering.

The Company continues to monitor this limitation and expects that as offering proceeds increase the Company will be liable to the advisor for all organizational and offering costs advanced on its behalf.

Advisory and Dealer Manager Agreements

The Company does not expect to have any employees. The Advisor will be primarily responsible for managing the business affairs and carrying out the directives of the Company’s board of directors. The Company executed an advisory agreement with the Advisor and a dealer manager agreement with the Dealer Manager for the Private Offering. The Company subsequently entered into an amended and restated advisory agreement, and later, the Second Amended and Restated Advisory Agreement with the Advisor and a new dealer manager agreement with the Dealer Manager for the Public Offering. Each of the agreements entitles the Advisor and the Dealer Manager to specified fees and incentives upon the provision of certain services with regard to the Private Offering and the Public Offering and investment of funds in real estate properties, among other services, as well as reimbursement for organizational and offering costs incurred by the Advisor on the Company’s behalf and reimbursement of certain costs and expenses incurred by the Advisor in providing services to the Company.

Management Compensation

The following table summarizes the compensation and fees the Company will pay to the Advisor, the Property Manager, the Dealer Manager and other affiliates, including amounts to reimburse costs for providing services. The sales commissions may vary for different categories of purchasers.

 

Type of Compensation

(Recipient)

  

Determination of Amount

 

Sales Commissions

(Participating Dealers)

  

 

Pursuant to the dealer manager agreement executed on October 27, 2009, the Dealer Manager is entitled to receive a sales commission of up to 7% of gross sales proceeds in the Primary Public Offering. The Dealer Manager has entered into participating dealer agreements with certain other broker-dealers to authorize them to sell shares of the Company in the Public Offering. Upon sale of shares of the Company by such broker-dealers, the Dealer Manager will re-allow all of the sales commissions paid in connection with sales made by these broker-dealers, except that no sales commission is payable on shares sold under the Company’s distribution reinvestment plan.

 

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Item 1. Financial Statements (continued)

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

September 30, 2011

(unaudited)

 

Type of Compensation

(Recipient)

  

Determination of Amount

 

Dealer Manager Fee

(Dealer Manager)

  

 

The Dealer Manager is entitled to receive a dealer manager fee of up to 3% of gross proceeds from sales in the Public Offering. The Dealer Manager has entered into participating dealer agreements with certain other broker-dealers as noted above. The Dealer Manager may re-allow to these broker-dealers a portion of the 3% dealer manager fee as marketing fees, reimbursement of certain costs and expenses of attending training and education meetings sponsored by the Dealer Manager, payment of attendance fees required for employees of the Dealer Manager or other affiliates to attend retail seminars and public seminars sponsored by these broker-dealers, or to defray other distribution-related expenses. No dealer manager fee is payable on shares sold under the Company’s distribution reinvestment plan.

Reimbursement of

Organization and Offering

Expenses

(Advisor)

   The Company is required under the Second Amended and Restated Advisory Agreement to reimburse the Advisor for organization and offering costs (as defined in the Company’s prospectus and the Second Amended and Restated Advisory Agreement) up to 3.5% of gross proceeds from the Primary Public Offering, excluding sales commissions and dealer manager fees. The Second Amended and Restated Advisory Agreement also states that organization and offering expenses may not exceed 15% of gross offering proceeds of the Public Offering. If the organization and offering expenses exceed such limits, within 60 days after the end of the month in which the Public Offering terminates or is completed, the Advisor must reimburse the Company for any excess amounts.

Acquisition Fees and

Expenses

(Advisor)

   Under the Second Amended and Restated Advisory Agreement the Advisor receives acquisition fees equal to 2.5% of the Contract Purchase Price, as defined therein, of each property acquired by the Company, and reimbursement for actual acquisition expenses incurred as defined in the agreements. The acquisition fee and acquisition expenses paid by the Company shall be reasonable and in no event exceed an amount equal to 6% of the contract purchase price, unless approved by a majority of the independent directors.

Disposition Fee

(Advisor)

   Under the Second Amended and Restated Advisory Agreement, if the Advisor provides a substantial amount of the services in connection with the sale of one or more properties, the Advisor receives fees in an amount up to 3% of the contract sales price of such properties. However, the total disposition fees paid (including fees paid to third parties) may not exceed the lesser of a competitive real estate commission or an amount equal to 6% of the contract sale price of the property.

Asset Management Fee

(Advisor)

   The Advisor receives an annual asset management fee for managing the Company’s assets equal to 0.75% of the Average Invested Assets, defined as the aggregate carrying value of the assets invested. The fee will be computed based on the average of these values at the end of each month. The asset management fees are earned monthly.

Operating Expenses

(Advisor)

   The Advisor and its affiliates are entitled to reimbursement, at cost, for actual expenses incurred by them on behalf of the Company in connection with their provision of administrative services with regard to the Public Offering, including related personnel costs; provided, however, the Advisor must reimburse the Company for the amount, if any, by which total operating expenses (as defined), including advisory fees, paid during the previous 12 months then ended exceeded the greater of: (i) 2% of the Company’s average invested assets for that 12 months then ended; or (ii) 25% of the Company’s net income, before any additions to reserves for depreciation, bad debts or other expenses connected with the acquisition and disposition of real estate interests and before any gain from the sale of the Company’s assets, for that fiscal year. Such costs are allocated to the Company using methodologies meant to fairly allocate such costs based upon the related activities and in accordance with the agreement. The Company expects the Advisor’s direct and indirect allocated costs to increase as offering proceeds and acquisition activity increase.

 

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Item 1. Financial Statements (continued)

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

September 30, 2011

(unaudited)

 

Type of Compensation

(Recipient)

  

Determination of Amount

 

Property Management Fees

(Property Manager)

  

 

The Property Manager is entitled to receive a fee for its services in managing the Company’s properties up to 3% of the gross monthly revenues collected from the properties plus reimbursement of the costs of managing the properties. In the event that the Property Manager assists with the development or redevelopment of a property, the Company may pay a separate market-based fee for such services. In the event that the Company contracts directly with a non-affiliated third-party property manager with respect to a particular property, the Company will pay the Property Manager an oversight fee equal to 1% of the gross revenues of the property managed. In no event will the Company pay both a property management fee to the Property Manager and an oversight fee to the Property Manager with respect to a particular property.

   In addition, the Company may pay the Property Manager or its designees a leasing fee in an amount equal to the fee customarily charged by others rendering similar services in the same geographic area. The Company may also pay the Property Manager or its designees a construction management fee for planning and coordinating the construction of any tenant directed improvements for which the Company is responsible to perform pursuant to lease concessions, including tenant-paid finish-out or improvements. The Property Manager shall also be entitled to a construction management fee of 5% of the cost of improvements.
   Liquidation/Termination/Listing Stage

Subordinated Share of Net Sale Proceeds (payable only if the Company is not listed on a national securities exchange);

(Advisor)

 

Subordinated Performance Fee Due Upon Termination of the Second Amended and Restated Advisory Agreement (payable only if the Company is not listed on a national securities exchange); and

(Advisor)

  

The Advisor is entitled to receive the following:

 

1) A Subordinated Share of Net Sales Proceeds (as defined in the Second Amended and Restated Advisory Agreement) in the event of a sale transaction involving a property or an entity owning a property, if the Company’s stockholders are paid their return of capital plus an annual cumulative, non-compounding return;

 

2) A Subordinated Performance Fee (as defined in the Second Amended and Restated Advisory Agreement) Due Upon Termination of the Second Amended and Restated Advisory Agreement if the Company terminates the Second Amended and Restated Advisory Agreement for any reason other than a material breach by the Advisor as a result of willful or intentional misconduct or bad faith on behalf of the Advisor. Such fee is reduced by any prior payment to the advisor of a subordinated share of net sale proceeds; and

Subordinated Incentive Listing Fee

(payable only if the Company is listed on a national securities exchange)

(Advisor)

  

3) A Subordinated Incentive Listing Fee (as defined in the Second Amended and Restated Advisory Agreement) in the event the Company lists its stock for trading, which fee, in excess of capital invested in the Company, will be subordinated until each shareholder’s investment value is equal to their initial invested capital.

 

Each compensation discussed above is calculated as follows:

 

•    5% if the stockholders are paid return of capital plus a 6% to 8% annual cumulative, non-compounding return; or

 

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION (CONTINUED)

Item 1. Financial Statements (continued)

GRIFFIN CAPITAL NET LEASE REIT, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

September 30, 2011

(unaudited)

 

Type of Compensation

(Recipient)

  

Determination of Amount

  

 

•    10% if the stockholders are paid return of capital plus an 8% to 10% annual cumulative, non-compounding return; or

 

•    15% if the stockholders are paid return of capital plus a 10% or more annual cumulative, non-compounding return.

   The subordinated performance and incentive fees may be paid in the form of non-interest bearing promissory notes (the “Performance Fee Note” and “Listing Fee Note,” respectively, as defined in the Second Amended and Restated Advisory Agreement). Payment of the Performance Fee and Listing Fee notes will be deferred until the Company receives net proceeds from the sale or refinancing of properties held at the termination date or the valuation date, respectively. If either promissory note has not been paid in full within three years from the termination date or valuation date, then the Advisor may elect to convert the balance of the fee into shares of the Company’s common stock.

Conflicts of Interest

All of the Company’s executive officers and one of the directors are also executive officers, managers and/or holders of a direct or indirect controlling interest in the Advisor, the Dealer Manager, and other affiliates of the Company. The director and these executive officers, managers, and/or holders of a direct or indirect controlling interest have a fiduciary responsibility to all affiliated entities.

Some of the material conflicts that the Advisor, the Dealer Manager or its affiliates will face are (1) competing demand for time of the Advisor’s executive officers and other key personnel from the Sponsor and other affiliated entities; (2) determining if a certain investment opportunity should be recommended to the Company or another program of the Sponsor; and (3) influence of the fee structure under the Second Amended and Restated Advisory Agreement that could result in actions not necessarily in the long-term best interest of the Company’s stockholders.

Economic Dependency

The Company will be dependent on the Advisor and the Dealer Manager for certain services that are essential to the Company, including the sale of the Company’s shares of common stock available for issue, the identification, evaluation, negotiation, purchase and disposition of properties and other investments, management of the daily operations of the Company’s real estate portfolio, and other general and administrative responsibilities. In the event that the Advisor and the Dealer Manager are unable to provide the respective services, the Company will be required to obtain such services from other resources.

 

7. Commitments and Contingencies

From time to time, the Company may become subject to legal proceedings, claims and litigation arising in the ordinary course of business. The Company is not a party to any material legal proceedings, nor is the Company aware of any pending or threatened litigation that would have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, operating results, cash flows or financial condition should such litigation be resolved unfavorably.

Distribution Reinvestment Plan

The Company has adopted a distribution reinvestment plan that allows stockholders to have dividends and other distributions otherwise distributable to them invested in additional shares of common stock. The Company has registered 7,500,000 shares of common stock pursuant to the distribution reinvestment plan for the Public Offering. The distribution reinvestment plan in the Public Offering became effective on November 6, 2009. The purchase price per share will be the higher of $9.50 per share or 95% of the fair market value of a share of the Company’s common stock as estimated by the Company’s board of directors or a firm chosen by the Company’s board of directors, until the earliest to occur of (A) the date that all distribution reinvestment plan shares have been issued or (B) all offerings terminate and the Company elects to deregister with the SEC any unsold public distribution reinvestment plan shares, if any. No sales commission or dealer

 

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION (CONTINUED)

Item 1. Financial Statements (continued)

GRIFFIN CAPITAL NET LEASE REIT, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

September 30, 2011

(unaudited)

 

manager fee will be paid on shares sold through the distribution reinvestment plan. The Company may amend or terminate the distribution reinvestment plan for any reason at any time upon 10 days’ prior written notice to stockholders. As of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, $0.7 million and $0.2 million in shares, respectively, had been issued under the distribution reinvestment plan.

Share Redemption Program

The Company has adopted a share redemption program that will enable stockholders to sell their stock to the Company in limited circumstances. As long as the common stock is not listed on a national securities exchange or over-the-counter market, stockholders who have held their stock for at least one year may, under certain circumstances, be able to have all or any portion of their shares of stock redeemed by the Company. The Company may redeem, on a quarterly basis, the shares of stock presented for redemption for cash to the extent that there are sufficient funds available to fund such redemptions. In no event shall the Company redeem more than 5.0% of the weighted average shares outstanding during the prior calendar year, and the cash available for redemption will be limited to the proceeds from the sale of shares pursuant to the Company’s distribution reinvestment plan. The amount paid to redeem stock is expected to be the redemption price set forth in the following table which is based upon the number of years the stock is held:

 

Number of Years Held

  

Redemption Price

Less than one

   No redemption allowed

One or more but less than two

   92.5% of redemption amount

Two or more but less than three

   95.0% of redemption amount

Three or more but less than four

   97.5% of redemption amount

Four or more

   100.0% of redemption amount

For 18 months after the most recent offering of shares, the redemption amount shall be the per share price of the most recent offering. Thereafter, the per share redemption amount will be based on the then-current net asset value. The redemption amount is subject to adjustment as determined from time to time by the board of directors.

As the use of the proceeds from the distribution reinvestment plan for redemptions is outside the Company’s control, the net proceeds from the distribution reinvestment plan are considered to be temporary equity and are presented as common stock subject to redemption on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. The cumulative proceeds from the distribution reinvestment plan, net of any redemptions, will be computed at each reporting date and will be classified as temporary equity on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets. As noted above the redemption is limited to proceeds from new permanent equity from the sale of shares pursuant to the Company’s distribution reinvestment plan.

Redemption requests will be honored on the last business day of the month following the end of each quarter. Requests for redemption must be received on or prior to the end of the quarter in order for the Company to repurchase the shares as of the end of the following month. As of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, $0.7 million and $0.2 million in shares of common stock, respectively, were eligible for redemption. During the quarter ended September 30, 2011, the Company received redemption request notices to redeem 12,000 shares of common stock for approximately $0.1 million at an average price per share of $9.38. The Company processed all redemption requests on October 31, 2011 and the related payments were made on November 1, 2011. The Company’s board of directors may choose to amend, suspend or terminate the share redemption program upon 30 days’ written notice at any time.

 

8. Declaration of Distributions

On September 14, 2011, the Company’s board of directors declared distributions for the fourth quarter of 2011 in the amount of $0.00184932 per day per share on the outstanding shares of common stock (equivalent to an annual distribution rate of 6.75% assuming the share was purchased for $10) payable to stockholders of record of such shares as shown on the Company’s books at the close of business on each day during the period commencing on October 1, 2011 to December 31, 2011. Such distributions payable to each stockholder of record during a month will be paid on such date of the following month as the Company’s President may determine.

 

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION (CONTINUED)

Item 1. Financial Statements (continued)

GRIFFIN CAPITAL NET LEASE REIT, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

September 30, 2011

(unaudited)

 

9. Subsequent Events

The Company has completed an evaluation of all transactions subsequent to the date of the financial statements. The following events happened subsequent to the date of the financial statements, up to the issuance date of this report:

Extension of Advisory Agreement

On November 10, 2011, the Company’s board of directors renewed the Second Amended and Restated Advisory Agreement for a one-year period ending on November 10, 2012.

Offering Status

As of November 10, 2011, in connection with the Public Offering, the Company has issued 4,714,098 shares of the Company’s common stock for gross proceeds of approximately $46.9 million. Through November 10, 2011, the Company had received aggregate gross offering proceeds of approximately $49.3 million from the sale of shares in the Private Offering, which commenced on February 20, 2009 and terminated on November 6, 2009, and the Public Offering. On October 31, 2011, the Company redeemed 12,000 shares of common stock for approximately $0.1 million and the related payments were made on November 1, 2011.

 

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

The following “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” should be read in conjunction with the Company’s consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto contained in Part I of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as well as Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, Consolidated Financial Statements, and the notes thereto contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010. See also “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” preceding Part I.

Overview

We were formed on August 28, 2008 under the Maryland General Corporation Law for the purpose of engaging in the business of investing in single tenant net lease properties. We began operations on May 6, 2009 and are subject to the general risks associated with a start-up enterprise, including the risk of business failure. On July 12, 2011, we changed our name from The GC Net Lease REIT, Inc. to Griffin Capital Net Lease REIT, Inc. Our year end is December 31. As used in this report, “we,” “us” and “our” refer to Griffin Capital Net Lease REIT, Inc. We were taxed as a REIT for the taxable year ended December 31, 2010 after satisfying both financial and non-financial requirements.

We have no paid employees and are externally advised and managed by an affiliate, The GC Net Lease REIT Advisor, LLC, which is our advisor. Griffin Capital Corporation, our sponsor, is the sole member of our advisor and an affiliate of the sole owner of The GC Net Lease REIT Property Management, LLC, our property manager. Our operating partnership is The GC Net Lease REIT Operating Partnership, L.P. We expect to own all of our properties directly or indirectly through our operating partnership or similar entities.

On February 20, 2009, we commenced a private offering to accredited investors only pursuant to a confidential private placement memorandum. On May 6, 2009 we satisfied our minimum offering requirement and commenced operations. We declared our first distribution to stockholders in the second quarter of 2009, which was paid on June 15, 2009.

We terminated our private offering on November 6, 2009, having raised approximately $2.4 million through the issuance of 0.3 million shares, and began our offering to the public upon the SEC declaring our registration statement effective. We are currently offering a maximum of 82.5 million shares of common stock to the public, consisting of 75 million shares for sale to the public (our “Primary Public Offering”) and 7.5 million shares for sale pursuant to our distribution reinvestment plan (collectively, our “Public Offering”). As of September 30, 2011, we had issued 4.1 million total shares of our common stock for gross proceeds of approximately $41.1 million in our Public Offering, of which 77,167 shares, or $0.7 million, were issued pursuant to the distribution reinvestment plan.

As of September 30, 2011, we owned seven properties, as shown in the tables below, encompassing approximately 2.3 million rentable square feet with an effective capitalization rate of 8.2%:

 

Property

   Acquisition
Date
     Purchase Price      Property Type    Year Built/
Renovated
   Square
Feet
     Approximate
Acres
 

Renfro

                 

Clinton, SC

     6/18/2009       $ 21,700,000       Warehouse/Distribution    1986      566,500         42.2   

Plainfield

                 

Plainfield, IL

     6/18/2009         32,660,000       Office/Laboratory    1958-1991      176,000         29.1   

Will Partners

                 

Monee, IL

     6/4/2010         26,305,000       Warehouse/Distribution    2000      700,200         34.3   

Emporia Partners

                 

Emporia, KS

     8/27/2010         8,360,000       Office/Industrial/
Distribution
   1954/2000      320,800         16.6   

ITT

                 

Los Angeles, CA

     9/23/2010         7,800,000       Office    1996/2010      35,800         3.5   

Quad/Graphics

                 

Loveland, CO

     12/30/2010         11,850,000       Industrial/Office    1986/1996/2009      169,800         15.0   

LTI

                 

Carlsbad, CA

     5/13/2011         56,000,000       Office/Laboratory/
Manufacturing
   1999      328,700         17.6   
     

 

 

          

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

      $ 164,675,000               2,297,800         158.3   
     

 

 

          

 

 

    

 

 

 

The estimated going-in capitalization rate is determined by dividing the projected net rental payment for the first fiscal year we own the property by the acquisition price (exclusive of closing and offering costs). Generally, pursuant to each lease, if the tenant is directly responsible for the payment of all property operating expenses, insurance and taxes, the net rental payment by the tenant to the landlord is equivalent to the base rental payment. The projected net rental payment includes assumptions that may not be indicative of the actual future performance of a property, including the assumption that the tenant will perform its obligations under its lease agreement during the next 12 months.

 

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Property

  

Tenant

  

Industry

   Annualized
Gross Base Rent
(1)
     % of
Annualized
Gross Base
Rent
    2011
Annualized Net
Effective Rent
per Square
Foot (2)(3)
     Year of
Lease
Expiration
 

Renfro

Clinton, SC

   Renfro Corp    Manufacturing (Hosiery Products)    $ 1,863,000         13.2   $ 3.29         2021   

Plainfield

Plainfield, IL

  

Chicago Bridge & Iron

Company (Delaware)

   Construction Engineering Services      2,587,000         18.2     14.61         2022   

Will Partners

Monee, IL

   World Kitchen, LLC    Distribution (Kitchen Accessories)      2,311,000         16.4     3.30         2020   

Emporia Partners

Emporia, KS

   Hopkins Enterprises, Inc.    Manufacturing (Automotive Parts)      1,363,000         9.6     2.57         2020   

ITT

Los Angeles, CA

   ITT Educational Services, Inc.    Educational      762,000         5.4     21.28         2016   

Quad/Graphics

Loveland, CO

   World Color (USA), LLC    Printing      1,216,000         8.6     7.16         2022   

LTI

Carlsbad, CA

   Life Technologies Corporation    Research and Development (Biotechnology Tools)      4,073,000         28.6     12.31         2022   
        

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

Total

         $ 14,175,000         100.0   $ 6.15      
        

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

(1) The annualized gross base rents presented are forward-looking, based on contractual rent amounts for the period October 1, 2011 to September 30, 2012, which take into consideration any rent increases.
(2) Ending total balance represents an average per square foot for the seven properties.
(3) The annualized net effective rent per square foot is calculated by dividing the annualized net effective rent by the square footage for each property listed in the table above. The annualized net effective rent equals the annualized gross base rent for all of our properties, except the Emporia Partners property. The annualized gross base rent is reduced by the annualized priority return due to Hopkins Enterprises, Inc. to arrive at the annualized net effective rent for the Emporia Partners property.

Significant Accounting Policies and Estimates

We have established accounting policies which conform to generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). The preparation of our consolidated financial statements in accordance with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue and expenses. If our judgment or interpretation of the facts and circumstances relating to the various transactions had been different, it is possible that different estimates would have been applied, thus resulting in a different presentation of the financial statements. Additionally, other companies may use different estimates and assumptions that may impact the comparability of our financial condition and results of operations to those companies.

We believe the accounting policies listed below are the most critical in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements. These policies are described in greater detail in Part I of this report and in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010 and continue to include the following areas:

 

   

Real Estate—Valuation and purchase price allocation, depreciation;

 

   

Impairment of Real Estate and Related Intangible Assets and Liabilities;

 

   

Revenue Recognition;

 

   

Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Subsidiaries;

 

   

Common Stock and Noncontrolling Interests Subject to Redemption;

 

   

Fair Value Measurements;

 

   

Income Taxes- deferred tax assets and related valuation allowance, REIT qualification; and

 

   

Loss Contingencies.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

In June 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2011-05, Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Presentation of Comprehensive Income (“ASU No. 2011-05”). ASU

 

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2011-05 requires an entity to present the total of comprehensive income, the components of net income, and the components of other comprehensive income either in a single continuous statement of comprehensive income or in two separate but consecutive statements. ASU 2011-05 eliminates the option to present the components of other comprehensive income as part of the statement of equity. The amendments in this update are effective for the first interim or annual period beginning after December 15, 2011. On October 21, 2011, the FASB issued an exposure draft to propose the deferral of the implementation of ASU No. 2011-05 to evaluate concerns raised by issuers and other stockholders regarding the extent of line items required to comply with the standard. We do not expect that the adoption of ASU 2011-05 will have a material impact to our consolidated financial statements.

In May 2011, the FASB issued ASU No. 2011-04, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards (“ASU No. 2011-04”). This ASU updated and further clarifies requirements in U.S. GAAP for measuring fair value and for disclosing information about fair value measurements. Additionally, ASU 2011-04 clarifies the FASB’s intent about the application of existing fair value measurements. ASU 2011-04 is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2011 and is applied prospectively. We do not expect the adoption of ASU 2011-04 will have a material impact to our consolidated financial statements.

In December 2010, the FASB issued ASU No. 2010-29, Business Combinations (Topic 805): Disclosure of Supplementary Pro Forma Information for Business Combinations (a consensus of the FASB Emerging Issues Task Force) (“ASU No. 2010-29”). ASU No. 2010-29 updated accounting guidance to clarify that pro forma disclosures should be presented as if a business combination occurred at the beginning of the prior annual period for purposes of preparing both the current reporting period and the prior reporting period pro forma financial information. These disclosures should be accompanied by a narrative description about the nature and amount of material, nonrecurring pro forma adjustments. The new accounting guidance is effective for business combinations consummated in periods beginning after December 15, 2010, and should be applied prospectively as of the date of adoption. Our adoption of this ASU as of January 1, 2011 did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

Results of Operations

We owned five properties as of September 30, 2010, one of which was acquired during the end of the quarter ended June 30, 2010 and two of which were acquired during the end of the quarter ended September 30, 2010. As of September 30, 2011, we owned seven properties, as shown in the tables above. Therefore, our results of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 are not directly comparable to those for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010. Our results of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 are not indicative of those expected in the future periods and we expect that rental income, operating expenses, depreciation, and amortization expenses will each increase in future periods as we acquire additional properties.

Comparison of the Three Months Ended September 30, 2011 and 2010

The following table provides summary information about our results of operations for the three months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010:

 

     Three Months Ended
September 30,
              
     2011      2010      Increase/
(Decrease)
    Percentage
Change
 

Rental income

   $ 3,796,729       $ 1,841,774       $ 1,954,955        106

Property tax recovery

   $ 501,378       $ 229,497       $ 271,881        118

Asset management fees

   $ 309,213       $ 158,603       $ 150,610        95

Property management fees

   $ 105,951       $ 53,881       $ 52,070        97

Property tax expense

   $ 501,378       $ 229,497       $ 271,881        118

Acquisition fees and expenses

   $ —         $ 672,991       $ (672,991     (100 %) 

General and administrative expenses

   $ 370,646       $ 447,232       $ (76,586     (17 %) 

Depreciation and amortization

   $ 1,614,288       $ 824,907       $ 789,381        96

Interest expense

   $ 1,707,484       $ 919,073       $ 788,411        86

Rental Income

Rental income for the three months ended September 30, 2011 is comprised of rental income of $3.4 million, adjustments to straight-line contractual rent of $0.3 million, and in-place lease valuation amortization of $0.1 million. Rental

 

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income for the three months ended September 30, 2011 increased by approximately $2.0 million compared to the same period a year ago as a result of (1) $1.7 million in additional rental income related to the real estate acquired subsequent to June 30, 2010; (2) an increase in adjustments to straight-line contractual rent of $0.1 million; and (3) an increase in in-place lease valuation amortization of $0.2 million. Also included as a component of revenue is the recovery of property taxes, which increased by $0.3 million compared to the same period a year ago as a result of the acquisition of additional real estate. We expect rental income to increase in future periods as we acquire additional properties.

Property Operating Expenses

Property operating expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 totaled $0.9 million and $0.4 million, respectively, consisting of asset management fees, property management fees, and property taxes. The total increase in the three months ended September 30, 2011 compared to the same period a year ago of $0.5 million is a result of $0.1 million in asset management fees, $0.1 million in property management fees and $0.3 million in property taxes for the real estate acquired subsequent to June 30, 2010. We expect property operating expenses to increase in future periods as we acquire additional properties.

General and Administrative Expenses

General and administrative expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2011 decreased by $0.1 million due mainly to a decrease in professional fees as only one acquisition was made compared to the same period a year ago when two acquisitions were made. General and administrative expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2011 totaled $0.4 million consisting mostly of accounting and legal fees of $0.1 million and other expenses totaling $0.3 million. The total of $0.3 million in other expenses consisted mainly of allocated personnel and rent costs incurred by our advisor ($0.1 million in total) and a total of $0.2 million for Board of Directors’ fees, transfer agent fees, directors’ and officers’ insurance, filing fees, printing costs and adjustments to organizational costs. Organizational costs were adjusted as a result of the amount of organizational costs incurred which exceeded 15% of the total equity raised in our Public Offering, as discussed in our Second Amended and Restated Advisory Agreement, Note 6, and in the Organizational and Offering Costs section of Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements. The adjustments to organizational and offering costs are reflected as a reduction of the “Due to Affiliates” balance on the consolidated balance sheets. We expect general and administrative expenses to increase in future periods as we make additional investments, but to decrease as a percentage of total revenues.

Depreciation and Amortization Expense

Depreciation and amortization expense for the three months ended September 30, 2011 consisted of depreciation of building and building improvements of our properties of $0.8 million and amortization of the contributed and acquired values allocated to tenant origination and absorption costs of $0.8 million. The increase of $0.8 million as compared to the same period in 2010 is a result of depreciation and amortization for the real estate acquired subsequent to June 30, 2010. We expect depreciation and amortization expense to increase in future periods as we acquire additional properties.

Interest Expense

Interest expense for the three months ended September 30, 2011 increased by $0.8 million compared to the same period in 2010. The net increase is due primarily to interest expense related to the real estate acquired subsequent to June 30, 2010: (1) $0.6 million in interest expense related to the assumption of the LTI mortgage debt and additional interest expense related to the Emporia Partners mortgage debt; and (2) $0.1 million in additional interest expense related to the Credit Facility and Bridge Loan (as defined below). Interest expense for the three months ended September 30, 2011 also includes the amortization of deferred financing costs of $0.2 million whereas during the same period in 2010, deferred financing costs were $0.1 million. We expect interest expense to increase in future periods as we acquire additional real estate and assume any related debt.

Comparison of the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011 and 2010

The following table provides summary information about our results of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010:

 

     Nine Months Ended
September 30,
            Percentage
Change
 
     2011      2010      Increase     

Rental income

   $ 9,426,655       $ 4,360,260       $ 5,066,395         116

Property tax recovery

   $ 1,284,108       $ 462,419       $ 821,689         178

Asset management fees

   $ 774,089       $ 378,147       $ 395,942         105

Property management fees

   $ 271,127       $ 123,245       $ 147,882         120

Property tax expense

   $ 1,284,108       $ 462,419       $ 821,689         178

Acquisition fees and expenses

   $ 2,799,194       $ 1,582,353       $ 1,216,841         77

General and administrative expenses

   $ 1,243,538       $ 860,660       $ 382,878         44

Depreciation and amortization

   $ 3,994,382       $ 2,000,663       $ 1,993,719         100

Interest expense

   $ 4,393,647       $ 2,142,331       $ 2,251,316         105

 

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Rental Income

Rental income for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 is comprised of rental income of $8.6 million, adjustments to straight-line contractual rent of $0.6 million, and in-place lease valuation amortization of $0.2 million. Rental income for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 increased by $5.1 million compared to the same period a year ago as a result of (1) $4.5 million in additional rental income related to the real estate acquired subsequent to June 30, 2010; (2) an increase in adjustments to straight-line contractual rent of $0.3 million; and (3) increased in-place lease valuation amortization of approximately $0.3 million. Also included as a component of revenue is the recovery of property taxes, which increased by $0.8 million compared to the same period a year ago as a result of the acquisition of additional real estate. We expect rental income to increase in future periods as we acquire additional properties.

Property Operating Expenses

Property operating expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 totaled $2.3 million and $1.0 million, respectively, consisting of asset management fees, property management fees, and property taxes. The total increase in the nine months ended September 30, 2011 compared to the same period a year ago of $1.4 million is a result of $0.4 million in asset management fees, $0.2 million in property management fees and $0.8 million in property taxes for the real estate acquired subsequent to June 30, 2010. We expect property operating expenses to increase in future periods as we acquire additional properties.

General and Administrative Expenses

General and administrative expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 increased by $0.4 million compared to the same period a year ago due to increased operating activity and to a decrease in the adjustment to organizational costs as discussed below. General and administrative expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 totaled $1.2 million consisting mostly of accounting and legal fees of $0.4 million and directors’ and officers’ insurance of $0.2 million, as well as other expenses totaling $0.6 million. The total of $0.6 million in other expenses consisted mostly of allocated personnel and rent costs incurred by our advisor ($0.3 million in total), bank and transfer agent fees ($0.1 million), Board of Directors’ fees ($0.1 million) and printing costs and adjustments to organizational costs ($0.1 million). Organizational costs were adjusted as a result of the amount of organizational costs incurred which exceeded 15% of the total equity raised in our Public Offering, as discussed in our Second Amended and Restated Advisory Agreement, Note 6 and in the Organizational and Offering Costs section of Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements. Organizational costs were adjusted downward by $0.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 compared to an upward adjustment for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 of $0.1 million. The adjustments to organizational and offering costs are reflected as a reduction of the “Due to Affiliates” balance on the consolidated balance sheets. We expect general and administrative expenses to increase in future periods as we make additional investments, but to decrease as a percentage of total revenues.

Depreciation and Amortization Expense

Depreciation and amortization expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 consisted of depreciation of building and building improvements of our properties of $2.2 million and amortization of the contributed and acquired values allocated to tenant origination and absorption costs of $1.8 million. The increase of $2.0 million as compared to the same period in 2010 is a result of depreciation and amortization for the real estate acquired subsequent to June 30, 2010. We expect depreciation and amortization expense to increase in future periods as we acquire additional properties.

 

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Interest Expense

Interest expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 increased by $2.3 million compared to the same period in 2010. The net increase is due primarily to interest expense related to the real estate acquired subsequent to June 30, 2010: (1) $1.0 million in interest expense related to the assumption of the LTI mortgage debt and additional expense related to the Emporia Partners mortgage debt; (2) $0.6 million in additional interest expense related to the Credit Facility (as defined below); (3) $0.3 million in interest expense related to the Bridge Loan (as defined below); and (4) a decrease of $0.1 million in interest expense related to the refinancing of the Renfro property debt. Interest expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 also includes the amortization of deferred financing costs of $0.6 million compared to the same period in 2010 of less than $0.1 million. We expect interest expense to increase in future periods as we acquire additional real estate and assume any related debt.

Funds from Operations and Modified Funds from Operations

Our management believes that historical cost accounting for real estate assets in accordance with GAAP implicitly assumes that the value of real estate assets diminishes predictably over time. Since real estate values have historically risen or fallen with market conditions, many industry investors and analysts have considered the presentation of operating results for real estate companies that use historical cost accounting to be insufficient. Additionally, publicly registered, non-listed REITs typically have a significant amount of acquisition activity and are substantially more dynamic during their initial years of investment and operation. While other start-up entities may also experience significant acquisition activity during their initial years, we believe that non-listed REITs are unique in that they have a limited life with targeted exit strategies within a relatively limited time frame after the acquisition activity ceases.

In order to provide a more complete understanding of the operating performance of a REIT, the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (“NAREIT”) promulgated a measure known as funds from operations (“FFO”). FFO is defined as net income or loss computed in accordance with GAAP, excluding extraordinary items, as defined by GAAP, and gains and losses from sales of depreciable operating property, but including asset impairment write-downs, plus real estate related depreciation and amortization (excluding amortization of deferred financing costs and depreciation of non-real estate assets), and after adjustment for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures. Because FFO calculations exclude such items as depreciation and amortization of real estate assets and gains and losses from sales of operating real estate assets (which can vary among owners of identical assets in similar conditions based on historical cost accounting and useful-life estimates), they facilitate comparisons of operating performance between periods and between other REITs. As a result, we believe that the use of FFO, together with the required GAAP presentations, provides a more complete understanding of our performance relative to our competitors and a more informed and appropriate basis on which to make decisions involving operating, financing, and investing activities. It should be noted, however, that other REITs may not define FFO in accordance with the current NAREIT definition or may interpret the current NAREIT definition differently than we do, making comparisons less meaningful.

The Investment Program Association (“IPA”) issued Practice Guideline 2010-01 (the “IPA MFFO Guideline”) on November 2, 2010, which extended financial measures to include modified funds from operations (“MFFO”). In computing MFFO, FFO is adjusted for certain non-cash items such as straight-line rent, amortization of in-place lease valuations, accretion/amortization of debt discounts/premiums, nonrecurring impairments of real estate-related investments, and certain non-operating cash items such as acquisitions fees and expenses. We adopted the IPA MFFO Guideline for the year ended December 31, 2010 as presented in the Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations section of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010. Management believes that MFFO is a beneficial indicator of our on-going portfolio performance and ability to sustain our current distribution level. More specifically, MFFO isolates the financial results of the REIT’s operations. MFFO, however, is not considered an appropriate measure of historical earnings as it excludes certain significant costs that are otherwise included in reported earnings. Further, since the measure is based on historical financial information, MFFO for the period presented may not be indicative of future results or our future ability to pay our dividends.

 

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By providing FFO and MFFO, we present information that assists investors in aligning their analysis with management’s analysis of long-term operating activities. MFFO also allows for a comparison of the performance of our portfolio with other REITs that are not currently engaging in acquisitions, as well as a comparison of our performance with that of other non-traded REITs, as MFFO, or an equivalent measure, is routinely reported by non-traded REITs, and we believe often used by analysts and investors for comparison purposes. As explained below, management’s evaluation of our operating performance excludes items considered in the calculation of MFFO based on the following economic considerations:

 

   

Straight line rent, amortization of in-place lease valuation and amortization of debt premiums. These items are GAAP non-cash adjustments and are included in historical earnings. These items are added back to FFO to arrive at MFFO as a means of determining operating results of our portfolio.

 

   

Acquisition-related costs. In accordance with GAAP, as of January 1, 2009, acquisition-related costs are required to be expensed as incurred compared to the prior practice of capitalizing such costs and amortizing them over the estimated useful lives of the assets acquired. These costs have been and will continue to be funded with cash proceeds from our primary offering. In evaluating the performance of our portfolio over time, management employs business models and analyses that differentiate the costs to acquire investments from the investments’ revenues and expenses. By excluding acquisition-related costs that affect our operations only in periods in which properties are acquired, MFFO can provide an indication of sustainability after we cease to acquire properties on a frequent and regular basis. Management believes that excluding these costs from MFFO provides investors with supplemental performance information that is consistent with the performance models and analysis used by management.

For all of these reasons, we believe the non-GAAP measures of FFO and MFFO, in addition to net income and cash flows from operating activities, as defined by GAAP, are helpful supplemental performance measures and useful to investors in evaluating the performance of our real estate portfolio. However, a material limitation associated with FFO and MFFO is that they are not indicative of our cash available to fund distributions since other uses of cash, such as capital expenditures at our properties and principal payments of debt, are not deducted when calculating FFO and MFFO. Additionally, MFFO has limitations as a performance measure in an offering such as ours where the price of a share of common stock is a stated value and there is no net asset value determination during the offering stage and for a period thereafter. MFFO is useful in assisting management and investors in assessing the sustainability of operating performance in future operating periods, and in particular, after the offering and acquisition stages are complete and net asset value is disclosed. However, MFFO is not a useful measure in evaluating net asset value because impairments are taken into account in determining net asset value but not in determining MFFO. Therefore, FFO and MFFO should not be considered as alternatives to net income (loss) or to cash flows from operating activities and each should be reviewed in connection with GAAP measurements.

Neither the SEC, NAREIT, nor any other applicable regulatory body has opined on the acceptability of the adjustments contemplated to adjust FFO in order to calculate MFFO and its use as a non-GAAP performance measure. In the future, the SEC or NAREIT may decide to standardize the allowable exclusions across the REIT industry, and we may have to adjust the calculation and characterization of this non-GAAP measure.

Our calculation of FFO and MFFO is presented in the following table for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010.

 

    Three Months Ended
September 30,
    Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
    2011     2010     2011     2010  

Net Loss

  $ (310,601   $ (1,233,970   $ (4,048,378   $ (2,723,392

Adjustments:

       

Depreciation of building and improvements

    820,405        516,112        2,152,127        1,325,638   

Amortization of intangible assets

    793,883        308,795        1,842,255        675,025   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Funds from Operations (FFO)

  $ 1,303,687      $ (409,063   $ (53,996   $ (722,729
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Reconciliation of FFO to Modified Funds From Operations (MFFO)

       

Funds From Operations

  $ 1,303,687      $ (409,063   $ (53,996   $ (722,729

Adjustments:

       

Acquisition fees and expenses

    —          672,991        2,799,194        1,582,353   

Revenues in excess of cash received (straight- line rents)

    (229,908     (134,694     (581,782     (324,907

Amortization of above/(below market) rent

    (169,936     28,001        (211,735     20,627   

Amortization of debt premium

    (21,470     —          (33,013     —     
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

MFFO

  $ 882,373      $ 157,235      $ 1,918,668      $ 555,344   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Liquidity and Capital Resources

Long-Term Liquidity and Capital Resources

On a long-term basis, our principal demands for funds will be for property acquisitions, either directly or through entity interests, for the payment of operating expenses and distributions, and for the payment of debt service on our outstanding indebtedness, including repayment of the Bridge Loan and Credit Facility discussed below, and other investments. Generally, cash needs for items, other than property acquisitions, will be met from operations and proceeds received from offerings. However, there may be a delay between the sale of our shares and our purchase of properties that could result in a delay in the benefits to our stockholders, if any, of returns generated from our investments. Our advisor will evaluate potential additional property acquisitions and engage in negotiations with sellers on our behalf. After a purchase contract is executed that contains specific terms, the property will not be purchased until the successful completion of due diligence, which includes review of the title insurance commitment, an appraisal and an environmental analysis. In some instances, the proposed acquisition will require the negotiation of final binding agreements, which may include financing documents. During this period, we may decide to temporarily invest any unused proceeds from offerings in certain investments that could yield lower returns than the properties. These lower returns may affect our ability to make distributions.

On June 4, 2010, we, through our operating partnership, entered into a credit agreement with KeyBank National Association (“KeyBank”), which provided our operating partnership with an initial $25.0 million credit facility (the “Credit Facility”) to finance the acquisition of properties. Our operating partnership made an initial draw of $16.9 million to facilitate the acquisition of the Will Partners property and a subsequent draw of approximately $5.1 million to finance the ITT property acquisition.

On November 22, 2010, we, through our operating partnership, entered into an amendment to the credit agreement with KeyBank, thereby increasing the total amount of the Credit Facility, upon which we additionally drew approximately $13.0 million to refinance the debt encumbering the Renfro property. The total amount of funds drawn under the Credit Facility as of September 30, 2011 was $35.0 million.

On December 30, 2010, we, through our operating partnership, entered into a Bridge Loan with KeyBank (the “Bridge Loan”) and thereby obtained approximately $7.9 million used as a source to fund the acquisition of the Quad/Graphics property. The terms of the Bridge Loan require weekly payments equal to the net equity raised in our Public Offering, subject to a monthly minimum amount of approximately $1.3 million. The balance of the loan was paid in full on April 18, 2011.

On May 13, 2011, we obtained an additional $12.3 million in debt to partially fund the acquisition of the LTI property pursuant to the Bridge Loan. The terms of the Bridge Loan remained the same and required periodic payments equal to the net equity raised in our Public Offering, subject to an average monthly minimum amount of approximately $2.1 million. The balance of the loan was paid off in full on September 30, 2011.

Other potential future sources of capital include proceeds from our Public Offering, proceeds from secured or unsecured financings from banks or other lenders, proceeds from the sale of properties and undistributed funds from operations. If necessary, we may use financings or other sources of capital in the event of unforeseen significant capital expenditures. To the extent we are not able to secure additional financing in the form of a credit facility (other than the current Credit Facility) or other third party source of liquidity, we will be heavily dependent upon the proceeds of our Public Offering and income from operations in order to meet our long-term liquidity requirements and to fund our distributions.

 

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Short-Term Liquidity and Capital Resources

We expect to meet our short-term operating liquidity requirements with proceeds received in our Public Offering and operating cash flows generated from our properties and other properties we acquire in the future. All advances from our advisor will be repaid, without interest, as funds are available after meeting our current liquidity requirements, subject to the limitations on reimbursement set forth in the “Management Compensation” section of our prospectus.

Our cash and cash equivalent balances decreased by $0.3 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and were used in or provided by the following:

Operating Activities. During the nine months ended September 30, 2011, we generated $3.7 million of cash from operating activities, compared to $1.1 million used during the year same period in 2010. The net loss in the current period is offset by (1) non-cash adjustments of $3.7 million (consisting of depreciation and amortization of $4.3 million less deferred rent of $0.6 million), which increased compared to the same period in 2010 in which non-cash adjustments totaled $1.8 million, as a result of the increase in depreciation and amortization and deferred rent related to the properties acquired subsequent to June 30, 2010; and (2) cash provided by working capital of $4.1 million compared to cash used for working capital of $0.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010. The increase in working capital is due to the acquisition fees and expenses related to the acquisitions made subsequent to September 30, 2010 and the deferred purchase price related to the LTI acquisition, which are included in the “Due to Affiliates” and “Accounts Payable and Other Liabilities” balances on the consolidated balance sheets, respectively.

Investing Activities. During the nine months ended September 30, 2011, we used $13.8 million in cash for investing activities, specifically for the acquisition of the LTI property. During the same period a year ago, we used $26.6 million in cash for the acquisition of the Will Partners, Emporia Partners and ITT properties and we also funded $0.5 million for tenant improvements from reserve proceeds held by lenders, which were assumed by us in conjunction with the contribution of the Plainfield and Renfro properties.

Financing Activities. During the nine months ended September 30, 2011, we generated $9.7 million in financing activities as compared to $29.2 million during the same period a year ago, an increase in cash usage from financing activities of $19.5 million. The increase in cash usage is the net result of $11.9 million of increased financing activity and a $31.4 million utilization of cash generated from financing activities. The $11.9 million increase is comprised of: (1) an increase of $11.4 million in the issuance of common stock during the nine months ended September 30, 2011, compared to the same period a year ago and (2) $0.5 million decrease in deferred financing costs incurred. The $31.4 million utilization consists of the following: (1) $20.2 million in Bridge Loan payments, of which there were none in the same period in 2010; (2) a decrease of $9.7 million in borrowing proceeds compared to the same period in 2010; (3) a $0.3 million increase in loan amortization compared to the same period a year ago due to the amortization of the Emporia Partners mortgage debt and the LTI mortgage debt; and (4) a $1.2 million increase in distribution payments.

Distributions and Our Distribution Policy

Distributions will be paid to our stockholders as of the record date selected by our board of directors. We expect to continue to pay distributions monthly based on daily declaration and record dates so that investors may be entitled to distributions immediately upon purchasing our shares. We expect to regularly pay distributions unless our results of operations, our general financial condition, general economic conditions, or other factors inhibit us from doing so. Distributions will be authorized at the discretion of our board of directors, which will be directed, in substantial part, by its obligation to cause us to comply with the REIT requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). The funds we receive from operations that are available for distribution may be affected by a number of factors, including the following:

 

   

the amount of time required for us to invest the funds received in our Public Offering;

 

   

our operating and interest expenses;

 

   

the amount of distributions or dividends received by us from our indirect real estate investments;

 

   

our ability to keep our properties occupied;

 

   

our ability to maintain or increase rental rates;

 

   

tenant improvements, capital expenditures and reserves for such expenditures;

 

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the issuance of additional shares; and

 

   

financings and refinancings.

We made our first distribution on June 15, 2009 to investors of record on May 31, 2009. We achieved our minimum escrow requirement on May 6, 2009; therefore, our first monthly distribution was for a partial month. Since June 15, 2009, we funded distributions with operating cash flow from our properties and offering proceeds raised in our private offering and our Public Offering. To the extent that we do not have taxable income, distributions paid will be considered a return of capital to stockholders.

The following table shows distributions paid for the first three quarters of 2011 and the last quarter of the year ended December 31, 2010:

 

     September 30,
2011
          June 30,
2011
          March 31,
2011
           December 31,
2010
        

Distributions paid in cash- noncontrolling interests

   $ 634,602        $ 523,677        $ 483,449         $ 533,179      

Distributions paid in cash- common stockholders

     423,130          331,769          256,539           162,080      

Distributions reinvested (shares issued)

     244,294          192,978          131,271           79,788      
  

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

      

 

 

    

Total distributions

   $ 1,302,026 (1)      $ 1,048,424 (1)      $ 871,259         $ 775,047      
  

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

      

 

 

    

Source of distributions:

                  

Cash flows provided by

operations

   $ 1,057,732        81 %(2)    $ 855,446        82 %(2)    $ 739,988         85 %(2)    $ 276,853         36 %(2) 

Proceeds from issuance of

common stock (3)

     —            —            —             418,406         54

Distributions reinvested (shares purchased)

     244,294        19     192,978        18     131,271         15     79,788         10
  

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

      

 

 

    

Total sources

   $ 1,302,026        100   $ 1,048,424        100   $ 871,259         100   $ 775,047         100
  

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

      

 

 

    

 

(1) 

Total distributions declared but not paid as of September 30, 2011 for noncontrolling interests (including our advisor), and common stockholders were $0.2 million and $0.1 million, respectively.

(2) 

Percentages were calculated by dividing the respective source amount by the total sources of distributions.

(3) 

During the nine months ended September 30, 2011, proceeds from issuance of common stock were used to pay down the principal balance of the Bridge Loan.

From our inception through September 30, 2011, we paid and declared cumulative distributions of approximately $2.2 million to common stockholders and approximately $4.3 million to the limited partners of our operating partnership, as compared to cumulative funds from operations, as defined below, of approximately $(2.2) million. The payment of distributions from sources other than funds from operations may reduce the amount of proceeds available for investment and operations or cause us to incur additional interest expense as a result of borrowed funds.

Contractual Commitments and Contingencies

The following is a summary of our contractual obligations as of September 30, 2011:

 

     Payments Due During the Years Ending December 31,  
     Total      2011      2012-2013      2014-2015      Thereafter  

Outstanding debt obligations (1)

   $ 94,965,030       $ 289,885       $ 37,452,588       $ 2,781,442       $ 54,441,115   

Interest on outstanding debt obligations (2)

     23,033,820         1,431,705         10,481,582         6,921,546         4,198,987   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 117,998,850       $ 1,721,590       $ 47,934,170       $ 9,702,988       $ 58,640,102   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(1) Amounts include principal payments only. The total Credit Facility is $35.0 million and is due on June 4, 2013. The Bridge Loan which was used to finance the Quad/Graphics property acquisition was paid in full on April 18, 2011. An additional $12.3 million was obtained pursuant to the Bridge Loan to partially finance the acquisition of the LTI property and was paid in full on September 30, 2011. The payments on the LTI mortgage debt do not include the premium of $0.4 million.
(2) Projected interest payments are based on the outstanding principal amounts and interest rates in effect at September 30, 2011. Interest payments for the Bridge Loan are based on the minimum monthly principal payment required.

 

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Subsequent Events

See Note 9, Subsequent Events, to the consolidated financial statements.

 

ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURE ABOUT MARKET RISK

Market risks include risks that arise from changes in interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates, commodity prices, equity prices and other market changes that affect market-sensitive instruments. We expect that the primary market risk to which we will be exposed is interest rate risk, including the risk of changes in the underlying rates on our variable rate debt.

As of September 30, 2011, our debt consisted of the property-specific mortgage loans of $60.3 million and a $35.0 million draw from the Credit Facility. Such amounts were consistent with our debt outstanding as of December 31, 2010, except that the LTI property mortgage loan was assumed in May 2011. Additionally, the balance on the Bridge Loan of $7.9 million as of December 31, 2010 was paid off in full in April 2011 and the additional $12.3 million, which was obtained in May 2011, was paid off in full in September 2011.

In the future, we may be exposed to the effects of interest rate changes primarily as a result of borrowings used to maintain liquidity and fund acquisition, expansion, and financing of our real estate investment portfolio and operations. Our interest rate risk management objectives will be to limit the impact of interest rate changes on earnings and cash flows and to lower overall borrowing costs. To achieve our objectives, we may borrow at fixed rates or variable rates. In order to mitigate our interest rate risk on certain financial instruments, we have entered into interest rate caps and in order to mitigate our risk to foreign currency exposure we may enter into foreign currency hedges. We will not enter into derivative or interest rate transactions for speculative purposes.

LTI Mortgage Debt

In conjunction with the contribution of the LTI property, we assumed $34.4 million in debt. See Note 4, Debt, to the consolidated financial statements for a detailed description of the assumed debt. As this is fixed-rate debt, an increase in current interest rates of 1.00% would have no impact on our future earnings or cash flows.

Emporia Partners Mortgage Debt

In conjunction with the contribution of the Emporia Partners property, we assumed $5.4 million in debt. See Note 4, Debt, to the consolidated financial statements for a detailed description of the assumed debt. As this is fixed-rate debt, an increase in current interest rates of 1.00% would have no impact on our future earnings or cash flows.

Credit Facility

On June 4, 2010, we obtained approximately $16.9 million in debt to finance our acquisition of the Will Partners property pursuant to the Credit Facility. On September 23, 2010, we further obtained approximately $5.1 million in debt from the Credit Facility to finance our acquisition of the ITT property. On November 22, 2010, we increased the total amount of the Credit Facility, upon which we additionally drew approximately $13.0 million to refinance the debt encumbering the Renfro property. See Note 4, Debt, to the consolidated financial statements, for a detailed description of the Credit Facility, which is subject to certain debt covenant requirements. An increase in current interest rates of 1.00% would have no impact on our future earnings or cash flows as the minimum interest rate on the Credit Facility would still apply.

Bridge Loan

On December 30, 2010, we obtained approximately $7.9 million in debt to partially fund the acquisition of the Quad/Graphics property pursuant to the Bridge Loan. In connection with the Bridge Loan, we also executed another amendment to the credit agreement with KeyBank (the “Second Amendment to Credit Facility”). Pursuant to the Second Amendment to Credit Facility, the debt obtained from the Bridge Loan is secured under the Credit Facility. The Bridge Loan was paid in full on April 18, 2011 and, as a result, the Quad/Graphics property became additional security for the Credit Facility, the guarantees issued in connection with the Bridge Loan were released, and the Quad/Graphics property could be refinanced pursuant to the terms of the Credit Facility. On May 13, 2011, the Bridge Loan was amended and we obtained an additional $12.3 million utilized to substantially fund the acquisition of the LTI property. The Bridge Loan was paid in full on September 30, 2011 and the guarantees issued in connection with the Bridge Loan were released.

 

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ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Disclosure Controls and Procedures

As of the end of the period covered by this report, management, including our president and chief financial officer, evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures. Based upon, and as of the date of, the evaluation, our president and chief financial officer concluded that the disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of the end of the period covered by this report to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports we file and submit under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) is recorded, processed, summarized and reported as and when required. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports we file and submit under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our president and chief financial officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the quarter ended September 30, 2011 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

 

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

None.

 

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

There have been no material changes to the risk factors disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010 other than the additional disclosure of the risk factors listed below.

If we breach covenants under our credit facility with KeyBank National Association, we could be held in default under such credit facility, which could accelerate our repayment date and materially adversely affect the value of your investment in us.

We entered into a credit facility with KeyBank National Association (“KeyBank”) under which we have borrowed $35.0 million and may borrow up to $75.0 million. The credit facility includes a number of financial covenant requirements for us. If we should breach certain of those financial covenant requirements, KeyBank could consider the loan in default and accelerate our repayment date. If we do not have sufficient cash to repay the credit facility at that time, KeyBank could foreclose on a number of our properties securing the credit facility. Such foreclosure could result in a material loss for us and would adversely affect the value of your investment in us.

Your interest in us will be diluted as we issue additional shares.

Our stockholders will not have preemptive rights to any shares issued by us in the future. Subject to any limitations set forth under Maryland law, our board of directors may increase the number of authorized shares of stock (currently 900,000,000 shares), increase or decrease the number of shares of any class or series of stock designated, or reclassify any unissued shares without the necessity of obtaining stockholder approval. All of such shares may be issued in the discretion of our board of directors. Therefore, as we (1) sell shares in this offering or sell additional shares in the future, including those issued pursuant to our distribution reinvestment plan, (2) sell securities that are convertible into shares of our common stock, (3) issue shares of our common stock in a private offering of securities to institutional investors, (4) issue shares of restricted common stock or stock options to our independent directors, (5) issue shares to our advisor, its successors or assigns, in payment of an outstanding fee obligation as set forth under our advisory agreement, or (6) issue shares of our common stock to sellers of properties acquired by us in connection with an exchange of limited partnership interests of our operating partnership, existing stockholders and investors purchasing shares in this offering will experience dilution of their equity investment in us. Because the limited partnership interests of our operating partnership may, in the discretion of our board of directors, be exchanged for shares of our common stock, any merger, exchange or conversion between our operating partnership and another entity ultimately could result in the issuance of a substantial number of shares of our common stock, thereby diluting the percentage ownership interest of other stockholders.

 

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As of September 30, 2011, we had approximately 4.4 million shares of common stock issued and outstanding, and we own approximately 52% of the operating partnership units. The affiliates of our sponsor own approximately 32% of the limited partnership units, and the remaining approximately 16% is owned by third parties. Because of these and other reasons described in this “Risk Factors” section of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010, you should not expect to be able to own a significant percentage of our shares.

In addition, the net book value per share of our common stock was $7.21 as of September 30, 2011 as compared to our offering price per share of $10.00 as of September 30, 2011. Therefore, upon a purchase of our shares in the Primary Public Offering, you will be immediately diluted based on the net book value. Net book value takes into account a deduction of selling commissions, the dealer manager fee and estimated offering expenses paid by us, and is calculated to include depreciated tangible assets, deferred financing costs, and amortized identified intangible assets, which include in-place market leases. Net book value is not an estimate of net asset value, or of the market value or other value of our common stock.

We may face conflicts of interest when disposing of certain of our properties, which may cause us to make payments to the affiliated contributors of such properties pursuant to tax protection agreements.

In connection with the contribution of five of our properties from certain affiliates of our sponsor, we have entered into tax protection agreements with the contributors. These agreements obligate our operating partnership to reimburse the contributors for tax liabilities resulting from their recognition of income or gain if we cause our operating partnership to take certain actions with respect to the various properties, the result of which causes income or gain to the contributors in the 10 years subsequent to the contribution of such property. As a result, we may face conflicts of interest if affiliates of our advisor and sponsor recommend that we sell one of these properties, the result of which could cause our operating partnership to provide reimbursements under the tax protection agreements if we do not reinvest the proceeds of the sale pursuant to Section 1031 of the Code or any other tax deferred investment.

Our sponsor, advisor, property manager and their officers and certain of their key personnel will face competing demands relating to their time, and this may cause our operating results to suffer.

Our sponsor, advisor, property manager and their officers and certain of their key personnel and their respective affiliates serve as key personnel, advisors, managers and sponsors of 16 other real estate programs affiliated with our sponsor, including Grubb & Ellis Healthcare REIT II, Inc, to be renamed Griffin-American Healthcare Trust, Inc. (“Griffin-American Healthcare Trust”), a publicly-registered, non-traded real estate investment trust. Because these persons have competing demands on their time and resources, they may have conflicts of interest in allocating their time between our business and these other activities. During times of intense activity in other programs and ventures, they may devote less time and fewer resources to our business than is necessary or appropriate. If this occurs, the returns on your investment may suffer.

In addition, our dealer manager also serves as dealer manager for Griffin-American Healthcare Trust. As a result, our dealer manager has contractual duties to Griffin-American Healthcare Trust, which contractual duties may conflict with the duties owed to us. The duties owed to Griffin-American Healthcare Trust could result in actions or inactions that are detrimental to our business, which could harm the implementation of our investment objectives. Conflicts with our business and interests are most likely to arise from involvement in activities related to allocation of management time and services between us and Griffin-American Healthcare Trust. If our dealer manager is unable to devote sufficient time and effort to the distribution of shares of our common stock, we may not be able to raise significant additional proceeds for investment in real estate. Accordingly, competing demands of our dealer manager’s personnel may cause us to be unable to successfully implement our investment objectives, or generate cash needed to make distributions to you, and to maintain or increase the value of our assets.

 

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

 

(a) None.

 

(b) We registered 82,500,000 shares of our common stock in our Public Offering (SEC File No. 333-159167, effective November 6, 2009), of which we registered 75,000,000 shares to be offered to the public in our Primary Public Offering at an aggregate offering price of up to $750,000,000, or $10.00 per share, and 7,500,000 shares to be offered to investors pursuant to our distribution reinvestment plan at an aggregate offering price of $71,250,000, or $9.50 per share. During the nine months ended September 30, 2011, we did not sell any equity securities that were not registered under the Securities Act of 1933. Our equity raise as of September 30, 2011 resulted in the following:

 

Common shares issued in our Public Offering

     4,052,231   

Common shares issued in our Public Offering pursuant to the distribution reinvestment plan

     77,167   

Gross Public Offering proceeds

   $ 40,345,072   

Gross Public Offering proceeds from shares issued pursuant to the distribution reinvestment plan

     733,092   
  

 

 

 

Total Gross Public Offering proceeds

     41,078,164   

Selling commissions and dealer manager fees paid

     3,873,328   

Reimbursement to our advisor of O&O costs paid

     190,694   

Reimbursement to our advisor of O&O costs deferred

     517,667   
  

 

 

 

Net Public Offering proceeds

   $ 36,496,475   
  

 

 

 

The net offering proceeds raised in the Public Offering were used to fund (1) Bridge Loan payments of $20.2 million used to acquire properties; (2) $8.5 million for certain property acquisitions; (3) $4.8 million of various fees paid to affiliates; and (4) distributions of $3.0 million.

 

(c) None.

 

ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

None.

 

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ITEM 4. (REMOVED AND RESERVED)

 

ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION

 

(a) During the quarter ended September 30, 2011, there was no information required to be disclosed in a report on Form 8-K which was not disclosed in a report on Form 8-K.

 

(b) During the quarter ended September 30, 2011, there were no material changes to the procedures by which security holders may recommend nominees to our board of directors.

 

ITEM 6. EXHIBITS

The exhibits required to be filed with this report are set forth on the Exhibit Index hereto and incorporated by reference herein.

EXHIBIT INDEX

The following exhibits are included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2011 (and are numbered in accordance with Item 601 of Regulation S-K).

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

    3.1   Third Articles of Amendment and Restatement of Griffin Capital Net Lease REIT, Inc., incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 3 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-11, filed on October 29, 2009, Commission File No. 333-159167
    3.2   Bylaws of Griffin Capital Net Lease REIT, Inc., incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-11, filed on May 12, 2009, Commission File No. 333-159167
    3.3   Articles of Amendment to Third Articles of Amendment and Restatement of Griffin Capital Net Lease REIT, Inc., incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to Post-Effective Amendment No. 6 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-11, filed on July 12, 2011, Commission File No. 333-159167
    4.1   Form of Subscription Agreement and Subscription Agreement Signature Page (included as Appendix B to prospectus, incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s final prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3), filed on July 22, 2011, Commission File No. 333-159167)
  31.1*   Certification of Principal Executive Officer, pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
  31.2*   Certification of Principal Financial Officer, pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
  32.1*   Certification of Principal Executive Officer, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as created by Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
  32.2*   Certification of Principal Financial Officer, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as created by Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
101*   The following Griffin Capital Net Lease REIT, Inc. financial information for the quarter ended September 30, 2011, formatted in XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language): (i) Consolidated Balance Sheets (unaudited), (ii) Consolidated Statements of Operations (unaudited), (iii) Consolidated Statements of Equity (unaudited), (iv) Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (unaudited) and (vi) Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited).

 

* Filed herewith.

 

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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.

 

   

GRIFFIN CAPITAL NET LEASE REIT, INC.

(Registrant)

Dated: November 14, 2011   By:  

/s/ Joseph E. Miller

   

Joseph E. Miller

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

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