U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 10-Q

Commission File Number 0-7865.

SECURITY LAND AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

(Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter)

2816 Washington Road, #103, Augusta, Georgia 30909

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

Issuers Telephone Number (706) 736-6334

  (Former Name, Former Address and Former Fiscal Year, if Changed Since Last Year)

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Table of Contents

SECURITY LAND AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

Form 10-Q

Index

PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

SECURITY LAND AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

 Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

Note 1 – Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements were prepared in accordance with instructions for Form 10-Q, Article 8 of Regulation S-X and accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America; therefore, they do not include all disclosures necessary for a complete presentation of financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows.  Such statements are unaudited but, in the opinion of management, reflect all adjustments, which are of a normal recurring nature and necessary for a fair presentation of results for the selected interim periods.  Users of financial information produced for interim periods are encouraged to refer to the footnotes contained in the audited financial statements appearing in our Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2015 when reviewing these interim financial statements.

The financial statements include estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period.  Actual results could differ from those estimates.  The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Security Land and Development Corporation and its four wholly owned subsidiaries, Royal Palms Motel, Inc., SLDC, LLC, SLDC 2, LLC and SLDC III, LLC (described on a consolidated basis as the “Company”).  Significant intercompany transactions and accounts are eliminated in consolidation.

Critical Accounting Policies:

Estimates of Useful Lives of Investment Properties for Purposes of Depreciation

Management has estimated useful lives of investment properties, except for land, that is leased, and the Company utilizes the straight-line method to compute depreciation over the estimated useful lives of the investment properties.  Actual depreciation of investment properties will vary from management’s estimates, and the value of investment properties is more directly impacted by market conditions and the physical condition of the investment properties.

Evaluation of Long-Lived Assets for Impairment

The Company evaluates long-lived assets for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of investment properties may not be recoverable.  In evaluating recoverability, the Company generally estimates future cash flows expected to result from the use of the asset and its eventual disposition.  An impairment loss is recognized when the expected future cash flows of the asset are less than its carrying amount.

Estimates of Income Tax Rates Applicable to Deferred Taxes

The Company has deferred income taxes through a series of tax-deferred like-kind exchange transactions on certain investment properties and through accelerated depreciation elections on certain other assets.  Actual income taxes that may become due when taxable gains are realized on the sale of assets may differ from management’s estimates as a result of changes in tax laws, the tax status of the Company, or the actual taxable earnings of the Company in the periods the deferred income taxes become due.

Refer to the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2015 for further information regarding its critical accounting policies.

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Note 1 – Basis of Presentation, Continued

Recently Issued Accounting Standards

In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued ASU No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts (Topic 606). The new standard is effective for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017 and early adoption is not permitted. The comprehensive new standard will supersede existing revenue recognition guidance and require revenue to be recognized when promised goods or services are transferred to customers in amounts that reflect the consideration to which the Company expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. Adoption of the new rules could affect the timing of revenue recognition for certain transactions. The guidance permits two implementation approaches, one requiring retrospective application of the new standard with restatement of prior years and one requiring prospective application of the new standard with disclosure of results under old standards. The Company is currently evaluating the impacts of adoption and the implementation approach to be used.

In November 2015, the FASB amended the Income Taxes topic of the Accounting Standards Codification to simplify the presentation of deferred income taxes. Under the amended guidance, deferred tax liabilities and assets are required to be classified as noncurrent in a classified statement of financial position. The amendments are effective for financial statements issued for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2016, and interim periods within those annual periods with early adoption permitted as of the beginning of an interim or annual reporting period. The Company has not yet adopted the amended guidance.  The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adoption.

In February 2016, the FASB issued new guidance to change accounting for leases and that will generally require most leases to be recognized on the balance sheet. The new lease standard only contains targeted changes to accounting by lessors, however, lessees will be required to recognize most leases in their balance sheets as lease liabilities for lease payments and right-of-use assets representing the lessee’s rights to use the underlying assets for the lease terms for lease arrangement longer than 12 months. Under this approach, a lessee will account for most existing capita/finance leases as Type A leases and most existing operating leases as Type B leases. Type A and Type B leases have unique accounting and disclosure requirements. Existing sale-leaseback guidance, including guidance for real estate, will be replaced with a new model applicable to both lessees and lessors. The new guidance will be effective for fiscal years and interim periods within those fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018. Early adoption is permitted for all companies and organizations. Management is currently analyzing the impact of the adoption of this guidance on the company’s consolidated financial statements, including assessing changes that might be necessary to information technology system, processes and internal controls to capture new data and address changes in financial reporting.

Note 2 – Investment Properties

Investment properties leased or held for lease to others under operating leases consisted of the following at
March 31, 2016 and September 30, 2015:

Note 2 – Investment Properties, Continued

National Plaza is a retail strip center located on Washington Road in Augusta Georgia. Approximately 81% of the rentable space at the National Plaza is leased to Publix Supermarkets, Inc., the National Plaza’s anchor tenant. 

The Company entered into a long-term ground lease with a major national tenant and its developer in May 2006 on approximately 18 acres of land in Columbia County, Georgia. The agreement required monthly rental payments of $20,833 during the development period, which was completed in January 2007. Following the expiration of the development period, the lease required annual rental payments of $500,000 for the first 5 years then increasing 5% in years 6, 11, and 16. The lessee has an option to renew at year 21 and another option every 5 years thereafter for a possible total lease term of 50 years. The lease provides for the tenant to pay for insurance and property taxes. The Company is recognizing rents on a straight-line basis over the lease term. 

In September of 2015 the Company purchased a commercial building consisting of approximately 25,000 square feet of retail space and 27,000 square feet of warehouse space on approximately 3.5 acres of land located on Wrightsboro Road. The retail space is currently leased to a local retailer and rent commenced on October 1, 2015. The related lease term is 10 years with annual rental payments totaling $142,000, paid monthly, increasing to $153,000 per year at year 6. The warehouse space was available for lease as of September 30, 2015. The Company is recognizing rents on a straight-line basis over the lease term. 

The Company holds several parcels of land for investment or development purposes, including 19.38 acres of land in North Augusta, South Carolina, purchased in parcels during 2007 and 2008. The Company also owns approximately 85 acres of land in south Richmond County, Georgia and a 1.1 acre parcel along Washington Road in Augusta, Georgia that adjoins the Company’s National Plaza investment property. The aggregate costs of these investment properties held for investment or development was $3,785,618 and $3,752,863 at March 31, 2016 and September 30, 2015, respectively.

Refer to the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2015 for further information on operating lease agreements and land held for investment or development purposes.

Note  3 – Notes Payable

Notes payable consisted of the following at:

Note  3 – Notes Payable, Continued

Management of the Company expects future liquidity needs of the Company to be funded from rent revenues, refinancing and the appreciation in investment properties (which can be sold or mortgaged, if necessary). 

Current maturities of notes payable will require the Company to make payments over the next 12 months totaling $245,051. The Company projects that it will be able to fund the payment of its current maturities of notes payable through cash flows generated from its operations and cash on hand, but there can be no assurance that this will occur.

Note  4 – Income Taxes

At September 30, 2015 the Company had income taxes receivable of $14,263 related to the fiscal year 2015. As of March 31, 2016 the Company’s outstanding income taxes payable is $86,286, all of which relates to 2016.

Note  5 - Concentrations

Substantially all of the Company’s assets consist of real estate located in Richmond and Columbia Counties in the state of Georgia and in Aiken County, South Carolina. Substantially all of the Company’s revenues are earned from three of the Company’s investment properties, National Plaza, the Evans Ground Lease, and Wrightsboro Road Lease, which comprise approximately 50%, 40% and 9% of the Company’s revenues, respectively. The anchor tenant for National Plaza, Publix Supermarkets, Inc. (“Publix”), a regional food supermarket chain, leases approximately 81% of the space at National Plaza. The Company generates approximately 35% of its revenues though its lease with Publix.

Note  6 - Related Party Transactions

The Company purchases insurance from an insurance company of which a member of the Company’s Board of Directors is President Emeritus. The Company’s Board of Directors believes that the insurance prices obtained from such company were not in excess of prices that would have been paid had the Company obtained this insurance from other sources.

The Company hired an attorney who is also a member of the Company’s Board of Directors and who also serves as Vice President of the Company, to represent the Company in a legal matter regarding a tenant’s claim for reimbursement of certain expenses charged. The matter was settled in June 2015.

Note  7 - Legal Matter

In June 2015, the Company settled a legal matter regarding a tenant’s claim for reimbursement of certain expenses charged to the tenant by the Company. Refer to the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2015 for further information regarding this settlement.

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

Results of Operations:

The Company’s results of operations for the six months ended March 31, 2016, and a comparative analysis of the same period for 2015 are presented below:

Rent revenue consists of rent revenue from the Company’s National Plaza, a strip center on Washington Road in Augusta, Georgia, and the Evans Ground Lease in Evans, Georgia. The Company also earned rent revenue from a lease on the Wrightsboro Road property with an apparel and home goods retailer and a ground lease with an auto-repair service operation on an out-parcel of National Plaza. Rental income for the six months ended March 31, 2016 increased compared to the same period for 2015 due to the addition of the rent related to the Wrightsboro Road property lease.

Refer to the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2015 for further information regarding the properties owned and their lease terms.

Total operating expenses for the six months ended March 31, 2016 increased compared to the same period for 2015 due to a bonus to the Company’s president in relation to the sale of an approximately 1 acre outparcel of National Plaza and the Stanley Drive house. The proceeds from this sale were used in a tax deferred like kind exchange for the Wrightsboro Road property that was purchased in September 2015. The Company’s operating expenses also increased due to the property tax expense for Wrightsboro Road property purchased during 2015. Refer to the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2015 for further information regarding these transactions. In addition, operating expense also increased due to depreciation cost related to the Wrightsboro Road property acquired in 2015.  Management expects operating expenses for the remainder of the current fiscal year to decrease slightly relative to the current operating period as no other similar bonuses are anticipated in the current fiscal year.

Interest expense for the six months ended March 31, 2016 decreased compared to 2015 due to the decrease in debt resulting from scheduled principal payments. Management expects interest expense for the remainder of the current fiscal year to continue to decrease as outstanding debt continues to amortize.

Income tax expense for the six months ended March 31, 2016 increased compared to the same period for 2015 due to increased revenues and resulting net income for the current quarter as noted above.

Liquidity and Sources of Capital:

The Company’s ratio of current assets to current liabilities at March 31, 2016 was 182%. The ratio was 160% at September 30, 2015. 

Management of the Company expects future liquidity needs of the Company to be funded from rent revenues, refinancing and the appreciation in investment properties (which can be sold or mortgaged, if necessary). 

Current maturities of notes payable will require the Company to make payments over the next 12 months totaling $245,051. The Company projects that it will be able to fund the payment of its current maturities of notes payable through cash flows generated from its operations and cash on hand, but there can be no assurance that this will occur.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements:

The results of operations for the three and six months ended March 31, 2016 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the entire fiscal year. The Company may, from time to time, make written or oral forward-looking statements, including statements contained in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) and its reports to stockholders. Such forward-looking statements are made based on management’s belief as well as assumptions made by, and information currently available to, management pursuant to “safe harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The Company’s actual results may differ materially from the results anticipated in these forward-looking statements due to a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, competition from other real estate companies, the ability of the Company to obtain financing for projects, and the continuing operations of tenants.

Item  3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risks

   Not applicable to smaller reporting companies

Item  4. Controls and Procedures

(a)      Within the 90 days prior to the filing date of this report, the Company carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of the Company’s management, including the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures pursuant to Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934. Based upon that evaluation, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were ineffective.

(b)      There were no significant changes in the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting or in other factors that could significantly affect these controls subsequent to the date the Chief Executive Officer carried out the evaluation.

As of September 30, 2015, the Company’s management evaluated the effectiveness of its internal control. Based on the evaluation, the Company’s management concluded that the Company’s internal control over financial reporting was ineffective as of September 30, 2015 and identified a material weakness related to the lack of segregation of duties, accounting personnel with the requisite knowledge of GAAP and the lack of written policies and procedures over financial reporting.

Notwithstanding the existence of this material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting, our management believes that the consolidated financial statements included in its reports fairly present in all material respects the Company’s financial condition, results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented. There has been no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the Company’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

Item  1. Legal Proceedings

During 2011, the Company was notified by a tenant of a claim for reimbursement of certain expenses charged by the Company. The Company accrued approximately $150,000 for professional fees and other expenses to defend its position. The matter was settled in the year ended September 30, 2015 and the $150,000 was recognized as income as a result of the settlement. 

Item  1A. Risk Factors

The Company, as a smaller reporting company, is not required to provide the information required by this item.

Item  2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

None

Item  3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities

None

Item  4. Reserved for Future Use

Item  5. Other Information

Management of the Company notes that no Forms 8-K were filed during the period and Management is not aware of any un-reported matters occurring during the period that would require disclosure in a Form 8-K. 

Item  6. Exhibits

SIGNATURES

In accordance with the requirements of the Exchange Act, the registrant caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

SECURITY LAND AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

(Registrant)