UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION



Washington, DC  20549



FORM 10-Q



[X] Quarterly Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934



For the Quarter Ended June 30, 2018



[   ] Transition Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934



Commission File Number

001-09071



BBX Capital Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)













Not Applicable

(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, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” and “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.





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



Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).



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The number of shares outstanding of each of the registrant’s classes of common stock as of August 1, 2018 is as follows:

 

Class A Common Stock of $.01 par value,  79,256,791 shares outstanding.
Class B Common Stock of $.01 par value, 17,977,453 shares outstanding.



 

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PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION



Item 1. Financial Statements











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BBX Capital Corporation

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements - Unaudited





1.    Basis of Financial Statement Presentation



BBX Capital Corporation and its subsidiaries (the “Company” or, unless otherwise indicated or the context otherwise requires, “we,” “us,” or “our,”) is a Florida-based diversified holding company. BBX Capital Corporation as a standalone entity without its subsidiaries is referred to as “BBX Capital.” The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of the Company have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial information. Accordingly, these financial statements do not include all of the information and disclosures required by GAAP for complete financial statements.



In management’s opinion, the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements contain all adjustments, which include normal recurring adjustments, that are necessary for a fair statement of the condensed consolidated financial condition of the Company at June 30, 2018; the condensed consolidated results of operations and comprehensive income of the Company for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017; the condensed consolidated changes in equity of the Company for the six months ended June 30, 2018; and the condensed consolidated cash flows of the Company for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017.  Operating results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2018 or any other future period.



These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes are presented as permitted by Form 10-Q and should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements and footnotes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017 (the “2017 Annual Report”). 



The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of all the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiaries, other entities in which the Company and its subsidiaries hold controlling financial interests, and any VIEs in which the Company or one of its consolidated subsidiaries is deemed the primary beneficiary of the VIE. All significant inter-company accounts and transactions have been eliminated among consolidated entities.



Certain amounts for prior periods have been reclassified to conform to the current period’s presentation. The Company’s adoption of the new revenue recognition accounting standard on a full retrospective basis required the Company to restate certain previously reported results. For further details regarding the impact of adopting new accounting pronouncements, see “Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncement” section below. In addition, the Company also reclassified $19.5 million of loans receivable to other assets in its condensed consolidated statement of financial condition as of December 31, 2017.



The Company’s principal investments include Bluegreen Vacations Corporation (“Bluegreen” or “Bluegreen Vacations”), real estate and real estate joint ventures, and middle market operating businesses. 



Bluegreen is a leading vacation ownership company that markets and sells VOIs and manages resorts in leisure and urban destinations. Bluegreen’s resort network includes 45 Club Resorts (resorts in which owners in the Bluegreen Vacation Club (“Vacation Club”) have the right to use most of the units in connection with their VOI ownership) and 24 Club Associate Resorts (resorts in which owners in Bluegreen’s Vacation Club have the right to use a limited number of units in connection with their VOI ownership). Bluegreen’s Club Resorts and Club Associate Resorts are primarily located in popular, high-volume, “drive-to” vacation locations, including Orlando, Las Vegas, Myrtle Beach and Charleston, among others. Through Bluegreen’s points-based system, the approximately 215,000 owners in Bluegreen’s Vacation Club have the flexibility to stay at units available at any of its resorts and have access to approximately 11,100 other hotels and resorts through partnerships and exchange networks. Bluegreen’s sales and marketing platform is supported by exclusive marketing relationships with nationally-recognized consumer brands, such as Bass Pro and Choice Hotels. These marketing relationships drive sales within Bluegreen’s core demographic.



Prior to 2009, Bluegreen’s vacation ownership business consisted solely of the sale of VOIs in resorts that it developed or acquired. While it continues to conduct sales and development activities, Bluegreen now also derives a significant

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portion of its revenue from its capital-light business model, which utilizes Bluegreen’s expertise and infrastructure to generate both VOI sales and recurring revenue from third parties without the significant capital investment generally associated with the development and acquisition of resorts. Bluegreen’s capital-light business activities include sales of VOIs owned by third-party developers pursuant to which Bluegreen is paid a commission (“fee-based sales”) and sales of VOIs that it purchases under just-in-time (“JIT”) arrangements with third-party developers or from secondary market sources. In addition, Bluegreen provides resorts and resort developers with other fee-based services, including resort management, mortgage servicing, title services and construction management. Bluegreen also offers financing to qualified VOI purchasers, which generates significant interest income.



Prior to the fourth quarter of 2017, Woodbridge Holdings, LLC (“Woodbridge”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of BBX Capital, owned 100% of Bluegreen. During the fourth quarter of 2017, Bluegreen completed an initial public offering (“IPO”) of its common stock by selling to the public 3,736,723 Bluegreen shares and Woodbridge selling 3,736,722 Bluegreen shares as a selling shareholder. As a result of Bluegreen’s IPO, BBX Capital currently owns 90% of Bluegreen through Woodbridge.



The Company’s real estate investments include real estate joint ventures and the acquisition, development ownership, financing, and management of real estate. The Company’s investments in middle market operating businesses include Renin Holdings, LLC (“Renin”), a company that manufactures products for the home improvement industry, and investments in confectionery businesses through its wholly-owned subsidiary, BBX Sweet Holdings, LLC (“BBX Sweet Holdings”). The Company’s investments in confectionery businesses include IT’SUGAR, LLC (“IT’SUGAR”), a specialty candy retailer with 96 locations in 26 states and Washington, D.C. that was acquired by BBX Sweet Holdings in June 2017.



BBX Capital has two classes of common stock. Holders of the Class A common stock are entitled to one vote per share, which in the aggregate represents 22% of the combined voting power of the Class A common stock and the Class B common stock. Class B common stock represents the remaining 78% of the combined vote. The percentage of total common equity represented by Class A and Class B common stock was 85% and 15%, respectively, at June 30, 2018.   Class B common stock is convertible into Class A common stock on a share for share basis at any time at the option of the holder.



Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements



The Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) has issued the following Accounting Standards Updates (“ASU”) and guidance relevant to the Company’s operations which were adopted as of January 1, 2018:



ASU No. 2014-09 –  Revenue Recognition (Topic 606): In May 2014, the FASB issued a new standard related to revenue recognition (as subsequently clarified and amended by various ASUs). Under the new standard, revenue is recognized when an entity satisfies a performance obligation by transferring to a customer control over promised goods or services and is recognized in an amount that reflects the consideration which the entity expects to receive in exchange for those goods or services. In addition, the standard requires disclosure of the nature, amount, timing, and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from contracts with customers.



The Company adopted the standard on January 1, 2018 under the full retrospective method and, accordingly, prior years’ results have been adjusted to apply the new standard as shown below.



The adoption of the standard affected Bluegreen in the following areas: (i) gross versus net presentation for payroll and insurance premium reimbursements related to resorts managed by Bluegreen and on behalf of third parties and (ii) the timing of the recognition of VOI revenue related to the removal of certain bright line tests regarding the determination of the adequacy of the buyer’s commitment under prior industry-specific guidance. Bluegreen concluded that the recognition of fee-based sales commissions, ancillary revenues, and rental revenues remained materially unchanged.



The adoption of the standard on the Company’s real estate activities results in recognizing revenue sooner for contingent consideration on sales of real estate inventory.



The adoption of the standard did not materially affect revenue recognition associated with the Company’s trade sales. Retail trade sales performance obligations are generally satisfied at the time of the sales transaction as customers of the retail business typically pay in cash at the time of transfer of the promised goods, while wholesale trade sales performance obligations are generally satisfied when the promised goods are shipped by the Company or received by the customer. However, the Company has historically recognized shipping and handling costs in selling, general and

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administration expenses, and upon the adoption of the standard, the Company began accounting for such costs as a fulfillment cost in cost of trade sales.



The Company has elected to use the following practical expedients in connection with the adoption of ASU 2014-09:





ASU No. 2017-05, Other Income – Gains and Losses from the Derecognition of Nonfinancial Assets (Subtopic 610-20). - This standard provides guidance on the recognition of revenues for the transfer of nonfinancial assets to non-customers. The standard indicates that an entity should identify each distinct nonfinancial asset or in substance nonfinancial asset promised to a non-customer or counterparty and derecognize each asset when the counterparty obtains control of the asset.



This standard significantly changed the guidance on the transfer of real estate to unconsolidated joint ventures. Under prior guidance, the transfer of real estate to an unconsolidated joint venture was accounted for as a partial sale, resulting in the recognition of a partial gain, and the noncontrolling interest retained was measured at historical cost, resulting in a basis adjustment to the seller’s investment in the joint venture. In addition, the partial gain could be deferred if the sale did not satisfy certain criteria for gain recognition. Under the new standard, the full gain is recognized upon the transfer of control of the real estate to the unconsolidated joint venture, and any noncontrolling interest retained is measured at fair value.  In certain unconsolidated real estate joint ventures, the Company accounted for the transfer of land to such ventures for initial capital contributions as partial sales, resulting in deferred gains and joint venture basis adjustments.



The Company adopted the standard on January 1, 2018 under the full retrospective method and, accordingly, prior years’ results have been adjusted to apply the new standard as shown below.



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The following represents the impact of the adoption of ASU 2014-09 and ASU 2017-05 on our consolidated statements of financial condition as of December 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016 and consolidated statements of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017 and the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 (in thousands, except per share data):













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On March 9, 2018, the Company filed its 2017 Annual Report which included in Item 8 – Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements the expected impacts to reported results of the retrospective adjustments to the Company’s financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 due to the adoption of ASU 2014-09 and ASU 2017-05. Subsequent to the March 9, 2018 filing date, the Company revised its calculation of the expected impact of the full retrospective adoption of both standards, and the amounts included in the above tables reflect these revisions. The adoption of the new standards had no impact on our consolidated statements of cash flows.



ASU No. 2017-09, Compensation – Stock Compensation (Topic 718).  This update was issued to provide guidance on determining which changes to the terms and conditions of share-based compensation awards require an entity to apply modification accounting under Topic 718.  An entity should apply modification accounting to changes to terms or conditions of a share-based compensation award unless there is no change in the fair value, vesting or classification of the modified award as compared to the original award. The standard is effective for annual periods, and interim periods within those annual periods, beginning after December 15, 2017. The Company adopted this standard on January 1, 2018. The adoption of this statement did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.



ASU No. 2017-01, Business Combinations - Clarifying the Definition of a Business. This update affects the determination of whether a company has acquired or sold a business. The definition of a business affects many areas of accounting, including acquisitions, disposals, goodwill and consolidations, and the standard aims to help entities determine whether transactions should be accounted for as acquisitions or disposals of assets or businesses. The standard is expected to result in more acquisitions being accounted for as asset purchases instead of business combinations. The guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017.  The Company adopted this standard on January 1, 2018 using the prospective transition method. The adoption of this standard resulted in the

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Company accounting for Bluegreen’s acquisition of the Éilan Hotel & Spa in April 2018 as an asset acquisition, and consequently, all transaction costs were capitalized as part of the assets acquired.



ASU No. 2016-01 –– Financial Instruments – Overall (Topic 825) – Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities. This update requires all equity investments in unconsolidated entities (other than those accounted for using the equity method of accounting) to generally be measured at fair value through earnings and eliminates the available-for-sale classification for equity securities with readily determinable fair values and the cost method for equity investments without readily determinable fair values. However, entities will be able to elect to record equity investments without readily determinable fair values at cost, less impairments. This update also simplifies the impairment assessment for equity investments and requires the use of an exit price when measuring the fair value of financial instruments for disclosure purposes. The amendments in this standard are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017. The Company adopted this standard on January 1, 2018 and recognized a cumulative effect adjustment of $0.3 million, net of tax, to accumulated earnings as of January 1, 2018 for equity securities with readily determinable fair values. The statement was adopted prospectively for $2.4 million of equity securities without readily determinable fair values. The adoption of this statement did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.  



ASU No. 2018-02 –– Income Statement – Reporting Comprehensive Income (Topic 220) – Reclassification of Certain Tax Effects from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income.  This update provides an entity with an option to reclassify to accumulated earnings the stranded tax effects within accumulated other comprehensive income associated with the reduction in the corporate income tax rate from the enactment of the U.S. Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Tax Reform Act”). The Company elected to adopt this update as of January 1, 2018 and elected to reclassify the stranded income tax effects from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act into accumulated earnings as of the adoption date.  The adoption of this statement did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.



ASU No. 2018-05 –– Amendments to SEC Paragraphs Pursuant to SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 118.  This update formally amended ASC Topic 740, Income Taxes (“ASC 740”), for the guidance previously provided by SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 118 (“SAB 118”) for the application of ASC 740 in the reporting period in which the Tax Reform Act was signed into law. The Company adopted SAB 118 in the fourth quarter of 2017, and therefore, the Company’s subsequent adoption of ASU 2018-05 in the first quarter of 2018 had no impact on its accounting for income taxes in the first quarter of 2018. See Note 10 for additional information regarding the accounting for income taxes and the Tax Reform Act.



Future Adoption of Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements



The FASB has issued the following accounting pronouncements and guidance relevant to the Company’s operations which have not been adopted as of June 30, 2018: 



ASU No. 2016-02 – Leases (Topic 842),  as subsequently amended by ASU 2018-01 and ASU 2018-11.  This standard will require assets and liabilities to be recognized on the balance sheet of a lessee for the rights and obligations created by leases of assets with terms of more than 12 months. For income statement purposes, the update retained a dual model, requiring leases to be classified as either operating or finance based on largely similar criteria to those applied in current lease accounting, but without explicit bright lines. This standard also requires extensive quantitative and qualitative disclosures, including significant judgments made by management, to provide greater insight into the extent of revenue and expense recognized and expected to be recognized from existing leases. This standard will be effective for the Company on January 1, 2019. Entities have the option to adopt the standard under a modified retrospective transition method which applies the transition guidance at the beginning of the earliest period presented or an optional transition method which applies the transition guidance on the date of adoption with a cumulative-effect adjustment to opening balance of retained earnings.  The Company expects that the implementation of this new standard will have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures as the Company has aggregate future minimum lease payments of $148.6 million at June 30, 2018 under its current non-cancelable lease agreements with various expirations dates between 2018 and 2030. The Company anticipates the recognition of additional assets and corresponding liabilities related to these leases on its consolidated statement of financial condition.



The Company is currently in the process of evaluating its existing lease portfolio, including accumulating all of the necessary information required to properly account for leases under this standard. Significant implementation matters include implementing a lease accounting software application, assessing the impact on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting, and documenting and implementing new processes for accounting for its lease agreements under the standard. 



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ASU No. 2016-13, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326), Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments. This standard introduces an approach of estimating credit losses on certain types of financial instruments based on expected losses and also expands the disclosure requirements regarding an entity’s assumptions, models, and methods for estimating the allowance for credit losses. In addition, the standard requires entities to disclose the amortized cost balance for each class of financial asset by credit quality indicator, disaggregated by the year of origination (i.e., by vintage year). This standard will be effective for the Company on January 1, 2020. Early adoption is permitted beginning on January 1, 2019. The Company is currently evaluating the impact that ASU 2016-13 may have on its consolidated financial statements. 





2.    Revenue Recognition



Sales of VOIs -  Revenue is recognized for sales of VOIs after the legal rescission period has expired on a properly executed VOI sales agreement and the collectibility of the note receivable from the buyer, if any, is reasonably assured.  Transfer of control of the VOI to the buyer occurs after the legal rescission period has expired as the risk and rewards associated with VOI ownership are transferred to the buyer at that time.  Customer deposits from contracts within the legal rescission period are recorded in restricted cash and escrow deposits in the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of financial condition as such amounts are refundable until the legal rescission period has expired.  In cases where construction and development of Bluegreen’s developed resorts has not been substantially completed, Bluegreen defers all of the revenues and associated expenses for the sales of VOIs until construction is substantially complete and the resort may be occupied.



For sales of VOIs for which it provides financing, Bluegreen has reduced the transaction price for expected loan losses which it considers to be variable consideration. Bluegreen’s estimates of the variable consideration are based on the results of its static pool analysis, which relies on historical payment data for similar VOI notes receivable. To the extent Bluegreen determines that it is probable that a significant reversal of cumulative revenue recognized may occur, it records an estimate of variable consideration as a reduction to the transaction price of the sales of VOIs until the uncertainty associated with the variable consideration is resolved. Bluegreen’s estimates of the variable consideration are based on the results of its static pool analysis, which relies on historical payment data for similar VOI notes receivable and tracks uncollectibles for each period’s sales over the entire life of the notes. Bluegreen also considers whether historical economic conditions are comparable to then current economic conditions, as well as variations in underwriting standards. Bluegreen reviews its estimate of variable consideration on at least a quarterly basis. Loan origination costs are deferred and recognized over the life of the related notes receivable.



Under timeshare accounting rules, rental operations, including accommodations provided through the use of Bluegreen’s sampler program, are accounted for as incidental operations whereby incremental carrying costs in excess of incremental revenues are expensed as incurred. Conversely, incremental revenues in excess of incremental carrying costs are recorded as a reduction to the carrying cost of VOI inventory. Incremental carrying costs include costs that have been incurred by Bluegreen during the holding period of unsold VOIs, such as developer subsidies and maintenance fees on unsold VOI inventory. During each of the periods presented, Bluegreen’s aggregate rental revenue and sampler revenue was less than the aggregate carrying cost of its VOI inventory. Accordingly, Bluegreen recorded such revenue as a reduction to the carrying cost of VOI inventory which is included in cost of other fee-based services in the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income for each period.



Fee-based sales commissions -  Revenue is recognized when a sales transaction with a VOI purchaser is consummated in accordance with the terms of the fee-based sales agreement with the third-party developer and the related consumer rescission period has expired.



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Other fee-based services and cost reimbursements -  Revenue in connection with Bluegreen’s other fee-based services (which are described below) is recognized as follows:





Bluegreen’s cost of other fee-based services consists of the costs associated with the various activities described above, as well as developer subsidies and maintenance fees on its unsold VOIs.



Trade sales – Revenue is recognized on trade sales as follows:





Sales of real estate inventory - Revenue is generally recognized on sales of real estate inventory to customers when the sales are closed and title passes to the buyer.  Certain real estate sales contracts provide for a contingent purchase price which is accounted for as variable consideration. The Company estimates the amount of a portion of the variable consideration upon the closing of the real estate transaction based on an expected value methodology. The estimate of variable consideration is constrained to the extent that it is not probable that a significant revenue reversal in the amount of cumulative revenue recognized will occur when the uncertainty associated with the variable consideration is subsequently resolved.  The inputs used in the expected value model are current sales prices net of incentives, historical contingent price consideration receipts and sales contracts on similar properties.



Interest income - Bluegreen provides financing for a significant portion of sales of its owned VOIs.  Bluegreen recognizes interest income from financing VOI sales on the accrual method as earned based on the outstanding principal balance, interest rate and terms stated in each individual financing agreement. Bluegreen’s notes receivable are carried at amortized cost less an allowance for loan losses. Interest income is suspended, and previously accrued but unpaid interest income is reversed, on all delinquent notes receivable when principal or interest payments are more than 90 days contractually past due and is not resumed until such loans are less than 90 days past due. As of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, $15.5 million and $12.9 million, respectively, of Bluegreen’s VOI notes receivable were more than 90 days past due, and accordingly, consistent with its policy, are not accruing interest income.  After 120 days, Bluegreen’s VOI notes receivable are generally written off against the allowance for loan losses.



Interest income from loans receivable originated by BBX Capital is recognized on accruing loans when management determines that it is probable that all of the principal and interest will be collected in accordance with the loan’s contractual terms.  Interest income is recognized on non-accrual loans on a cash basis. Loans receivable are included in other assets in the Company’s statement of financial condition.



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Net gains on sales of real estate assets –  Net gains on sales of real estate assets represents sales of assets to non-customers.  Gains (or losses) are recognized from sales to non-customers when the control of the asset has been transferred to the buyer, which generally occurs when title passes to the buyer.



Other revenue – Other revenue  is  primarily rental income from properties under operating leases. Rental income is recognized as rents become due and rental payments received in advance are deferred until earned.



Disaggregated Revenue - Revenue disaggregated by category was as follows (in thousands):