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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

ý QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2018

OR

☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 
Commission File Number 001-38342 

INDUSTRIAL LOGISTICS PROPERTIES TRUST
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Maryland
 
82-2809631
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or
Organization)
 
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
 
Two Newton Place, 255 Washington Street, Suite 300, Newton, Massachusetts
 
02458-1634
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(Zip Code)

617-219-1460
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

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

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted 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 such files).  Yes ý No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer ☐
 
Accelerated filer ☐
Non-accelerated filer ý
 
Smaller reporting company ☐
Emerging growth company ý
 
 

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 in Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ý

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

Number of registrant’s common shares of beneficial interest, $.01 par value per share, outstanding as of October 25, 2018: 65,072,031



INDUSTRIAL LOGISTICS PROPERTIES TRUST
 
FORM 10-Q
 
September 30, 2018
 
INDEX
 
 
 
Page
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
References in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q to the Company, we, us or our include Industrial Logistics Properties Trust and its consolidated subsidiaries unless otherwise expressly stated or the context indicates otherwise.


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PART I Financial Information
 
Item 1.  Financial Statements
 
INDUSTRIAL LOGISTICS PROPERTIES TRUST
 
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(dollars in thousands, except per share data)
(unaudited)
 
 
 
September 30,
 
December 31,
 
 
2018
 
2017
ASSETS
 
 
 
 
Real estate properties:
 
 
 
 
Land
 
$
666,526

 
$
642,706

Buildings and improvements
 
767,888

 
700,896

 
 
1,434,414

 
1,343,602

Accumulated depreciation
 
(88,278
)
 
(74,614
)
 
 
1,346,136

 
1,268,988

Acquired real estate leases, net
 
75,550

 
79,103

Cash and cash equivalents
 
11,100

 

Rents receivable, including straight line rents of $53,537 and $50,177, respectively, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $1,241, for both periods presented
 
55,606

 
51,672

Debt issuance costs, net
 
4,800

 
1,724

Deferred leasing costs, net
 
5,155

 
5,254

Due from related persons
 
1,433

 

Other assets, net
 
6,849

 
4,942

Total assets
 
$
1,506,629

 
$
1,411,683

 
 
 
 
 
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
 
 
 
 
Revolving credit facility
 
$
380,000

 
$
750,000

Mortgage note payable, net
 
49,251

 
49,427

Assumed real estate lease obligations, net
 
18,826

 
20,384

Accounts payable and other liabilities
 
11,805

 
11,082

Rents collected in advance
 
7,669

 
5,794

Security deposits
 
5,895

 
5,674

Due to related persons
 
1,976

 
7,114

Total liabilities
 
475,422

 
849,475

 
 
 
 
 
Commitments and contingencies
 


 


 
 
 
 
 
Shareholders' equity:
 
 
 
 
Common shares of beneficial interest, $.01 par value: 100,000,000 shares authorized; 65,072,031 and 45,000,000 shares issued and outstanding, respectively
 
651

 
450

Additional paid in capital
 
998,195

 
546,489

Cumulative net income
 
71,369

 
15,269

Cumulative common distributions
 
(39,008
)
 

Total shareholders' equity
 
1,031,207

 
562,208

Total liabilities and shareholders' equity
 
$
1,506,629

 
$
1,411,683


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

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INDUSTRIAL LOGISTICS PROPERTIES TRUST
 
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(amounts in thousands, except per share data)
(unaudited)
 
 
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
 
2018
 
2017
 
2018
 
2017
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
REVENUES:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rental income
 
$
34,781

 
$
33,624

 
$
103,470

 
$
100,921

Tenant reimbursements and other income
 
5,650

 
5,442

 
16,986

 
16,190

Total revenues
 
40,431

 
39,066

 
120,456

 
117,111

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
EXPENSES:
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Real estate taxes
 
4,942

 
4,579

 
14,109

 
13,257

Other operating expenses
 
3,281

 
2,727

 
9,650

 
8,160

Depreciation and amortization
 
7,152

 
6,810

 
20,915

 
20,476

Acquisition and transaction related costs
 

 
925

 

 
925

General and administrative
 
2,924

 
546

 
8,386

 
7,746

Total expenses
 
18,299

 
15,587

 
53,060

 
50,564

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Operating income
 
22,132

 
23,479

 
67,396

 
66,547

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest income
 
71

 

 
134

 

Interest expense (including net amortization of debt issuance costs and premiums of $309, ($77), $931 and ($225), respectively)
 
(4,052
)
 
(565
)
 
(11,406
)
 
(1,680
)
Income before income tax expense
 
18,151

 
22,914

 
56,124

 
64,867

Income tax expense
 
(9
)
 
(11
)
 
(24
)
 
(33
)
Net income
 
$
18,142

 
$
22,903

 
$
56,100

 
$
64,834

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Weighted average common shares outstanding - basic and diluted
 
65,022

 
45,000

 
63,839

 
45,000

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income per common share - basic and diluted
 
$
0.28

 
$
0.51

 
$
0.88

 
$
1.44


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




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INDUSTRIAL LOGISTICS PROPERTIES TRUST
 
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(dollars in thousands)
(unaudited)
 
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
 
2018
 
2017
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
 
 
 
 
Net income
 
$
56,100

 
$
64,834

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
 
 
 
 
Depreciation
 
13,715

 
13,296

Net amortization of debt issuance costs and premiums
 
931

 
(225
)
Amortization of acquired real estate leases and assumed real estate lease obligations
 
6,304

 
6,328

Amortization of deferred leasing costs
 
616

 
577

Provision for losses on rents receivable
 
982

 
456

Straight line rental income
 
(3,360
)
 
(4,421
)
Other non-cash expenses
 
681

 

Change in assets and liabilities:
 
 
 
 
Rents receivable
 
(1,556
)
 
255

Deferred leasing costs
 
(483
)
 
(577
)
Due from related persons
 
(1,433
)
 

Other assets
 
(407
)
 
(6,684
)
Accounts payable and other liabilities
 
1,180

 
112

Rents collected in advance
 
1,875

 
1,164

Security deposits
 
221

 
55

Due to related persons
 
(5,138
)
 
3,573

Net cash provided by operating activities
 
70,228

 
78,743

 
 
 
 
 
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
 
 
 
 
Real estate acquisitions and deposits
 
(95,078
)
 
(281
)
Real estate improvements
 
(2,091
)
 
(4,461
)
Net cash used in investing activities
 
(97,169
)
 
(4,742
)
 
 
 
 
 
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
 
 
 
 
Proceeds from issuance of common shares, net
 
444,309

 

Borrowings under revolving credit facility
 
160,000

 

Repayments of revolving credit facility
 
(530,000
)
 

Repayment of mortgage notes payable
 

 
(25
)
Payment of debt issuance costs
 
(4,183
)
 

Distributions to common shareholders
 
(39,008
)
 

Repurchase of common shares
 
(52
)
 

Contributions
 
16,162

 
42,563

Distributions
 
(9,187
)
 
(116,539
)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
 
38,041

 
(74,001
)
 
 
 
 
 
Increase in cash and cash equivalents
 
11,100

 

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
 

 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
 
$
11,100

 
$

 
 
 
 
 
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES:
 
 
 
 
Interest paid
 
$
10,195

 
$
1,912

 
 
 
 
 
NON-CASH FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
 
 
 
 
Distribution to SIR of ownership interest
 
$

 
$
(1,304,043
)
Issuance of SIR note
 
$

 
$
750,000

Issuance of common shares
 
$

 
$
554,043


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

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INDUSTRIAL LOGISTICS PROPERTIES TRUST
 
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(dollars in thousands, except per share data)
 
Note 1. Organization and Basis of Presentation

Industrial Logistics Properties Trust, or, collectively with its consolidated subsidiaries, we, us or our, is a real estate investment trust, or REIT, formed under Maryland law in 2017 as a wholly owned subsidiary of Select Income REIT, or SIR. On January 17, 2018, we completed an initial public offering and listing on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC, or Nasdaq, of 20,000,000 of our common shares, or our IPO.

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements of Industrial Logistics Properties Trust and its consolidated subsidiaries are unaudited. Certain information and disclosures required by U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP, for complete financial statements have been condensed or omitted. We believe the disclosures made are adequate to make the information presented not misleading. However, the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017, or our 2017 Annual Report. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for a fair statement of results for the interim period have been included. All intercompany transactions and balances with or among our consolidated subsidiaries have been eliminated. Our operating results for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the full year. Because of the significant changes resulting from our IPO on January 17, 2018, the financial results reported may not be indicative of our expected future results. For periods prior to January 17, 2018, our historical operating information and financial position have been derived from the financial statements of SIR.

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect reported amounts. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Significant estimates in the condensed consolidated financial statements include the allowance for doubtful accounts, purchase price allocations, useful lives of fixed assets and the assessments of the carrying values and impairments of long lived assets.

Note 2. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

On January 1, 2018, we adopted the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or FASB, Accounting Standards Update, or ASU, No. 2014-09 (and related clarifying guidance issued by the FASB), Revenue From Contracts With Customers, which outlines a comprehensive model for entities to use in accounting for revenue arising from contracts with customers. ASU No. 2014-09 states that “an entity recognizes revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services.” A substantial portion of our revenue consists of rental income from leasing arrangements, which is specifically excluded from ASU No. 2014-09. We have adopted ASU No. 2014-09 using the modified retrospective approach. The adoption of ASU No. 2014-09 did not have a material impact on the amount or timing of our revenue recognition in our condensed consolidated financial statements.

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, Leases, which sets out the principles for the recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosure of leases for both parties to a contract (i.e., lessees and lessors). ASU No. 2016-02 requires lessees to apply a dual approach, classifying leases as either finance or operating leases based on the principle of whether or not the lease is effectively a financed purchase of the leased asset by the lessee. This classification will determine whether the lease expense is recognized based on an effective interest method or on a straight line basis over the term of the lease. A lessee is also required to record a right of use asset and a lease liability for all leases with a term of greater than 12 months regardless of their classification. Leases with a term of 12 months or less will be accounted for similar to existing guidance for operating leases today. The new standard requires lessors to account for leases using an approach that is substantially equivalent to existing guidance for sales type leases, direct financing leases and operating leases. ASU No.

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2016-02 is effective for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2018, with early adoption permitted. We are currently assessing the potential impact the adoption of ASU No. 2016-02 will have in our condensed consolidated financial statements.
In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-13, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments, which requires that entities use a new forward looking “expected loss” model that generally will result in the earlier recognition of allowance for credit losses. The measurement of expected credit losses is based upon historical experience, current conditions, and reasonable and supportable forecasts that affect the collectability of the reported amount. ASU No. 2016-13 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, including interim periods within those fiscal years. We are currently assessing the potential impact the adoption of ASU No. 2016-13 will have in our condensed consolidated financial statements. We currently expect to adopt the standard using the modified retrospective approach.

In June 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-07, Compensation - Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Improvements to Nonemployee Share-Based Payment Accounting, which aligns the measurement and classification guidance for share based payments to nonemployees with the guidance for share based payments to employees, with certain exceptions. ASU No. 2018-07 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years. We are currently assessing the potential impact the adoption of ASU No. 2018-07 will have in our condensed consolidated financial statements.

Note 3. Real Estate Properties

As of September 30, 2018, we owned 269 properties with a total of approximately 29,216,000 rentable square feet, including 226 buildings, leasable land parcels and easements with a total of approximately 16,834,000 rentable square feet that are primarily industrial lands located on the island of Oahu, HI, or our Hawaii Properties, and 43 buildings with a total of approximately 12,382,000 rentable square feet that are industrial and logistics properties located in 25 other states, or our Mainland Properties.

We operate in one business segment: ownership and leasing of properties that include buildings and leased industrial lands. For the three months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, approximately 60.1% and 60.3%, respectively, of our total revenues were from our Hawaii Properties. For the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, approximately 60.3% and 60.1%, respectively, of our total revenues were from our Hawaii Properties. In addition, two subsidiaries of Amazon.com, Inc., which are tenants of our Mainland Properties, accounted for $3,874, or 9.6%, and $3,943, or 10.1%, of our total revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively, and $12,104, or 10.0%, and $11,980, or 10.2%, of our total revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2018, we acquired three properties with a combined 666,173 rentable square feet for an aggregate purchase price of $93,578, including acquisition related costs of $1,253. These acquisitions were accounted for as acquisitions of assets. We allocated the purchase prices of these acquisitions based on the estimated fair values of the acquired assets as follows:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rentable
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Acquired
 
 
 
 
Number of
 
Square
 
Purchase
 
 
 
Buildings and
 
Real Estate
Date
 
Location
 
Properties
 
Feet
 
Price
 
Land
 
Improvements
 
Leases
June 27, 2018
 
Doral, FL (1)
 
1

 
240,283

 
$
43,326

 
$
15,225

 
$
28,101

 
$

September 20, 2018
 
Carlisle, PA
 
1

 
205,090

 
20,451

 
3,299

 
15,515

 
1,637

September 28, 2018
 
Upper Marlboro, MD
 
1

 
220,800

 
29,801

 
5,296

 
21,833

 
2,672

 
 
 
 
3

 
666,173

 
$
93,578

 
$
23,820

 
$
65,449

 
$
4,309


(1) This property was acquired and simultaneously leased back to the seller.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2018, we committed $1,006 for expenditures related to tenant improvements and leasing costs for approximately 838,000 square feet of leases executed during the period. Committed but unspent tenant related obligations based on existing leases as of September 30, 2018 were $348.

In October 2018, we acquired a land parcel adjacent to a property we own located in Ankeny, IA for a purchase price of $450, excluding acquisition related costs. This land parcel will be used for a 194,000 square foot expansion for the existing tenant at such property.

Also in October 2018, we acquired a multi-tenant, net leased property located in Maple Grove, MN with approximately 319,000 rentable square feet for a purchase price of $27,700, excluding acquisition related costs.

Certain of our industrial lands in Hawaii may require environmental remediation, especially if the use of those lands is changed; however, we do not have any present plans to change the use of those lands or to undertake this environmental remediation. As of both September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, accrued environmental remediation costs of $7,002 were included in accounts payable and other liabilities in our condensed consolidated balance sheets. These accrued environmental

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remediation costs relate to maintenance of our properties for current uses, and, because of the indeterminable timing of the remediation, these amounts have not been discounted to present value. In general, we do not have any insurance designated to limit any losses that we may incur as a result of known or unknown environmental conditions which are not caused by an insured event, such as fire or flood, although some of our tenants may maintain such insurance that may benefit us. Although we do not believe that there are environmental conditions at any of our properties that will have a material adverse effect on us, we cannot be sure that such conditions are not present at our properties or that costs we incur to remediate any contamination will not have a material adverse effect on our business or financial condition. Charges for environmental remediation costs, if any, are included in other operating expenses in our condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive income.

Note 4. Indebtedness

Our principal debt obligations at September 30, 2018 were: (1) $380,000 of outstanding borrowings under our $750,000 unsecured revolving credit facility; and (2) a mortgage note with an outstanding principal amount of $48,750.

We have a $750,000 unsecured revolving credit facility that is available for our general business purposes, including acquisitions. The maturity date of our revolving credit facility is December 29, 2021. We may borrow, repay and reborrow funds under our revolving credit facility until maturity, and no principal repayment is due until maturity. Interest on borrowings under our revolving credit facility is calculated at floating rates based on LIBOR plus a premium that varies based on our leverage ratio. We have the option to extend the maturity date of our revolving credit facility for two, six month periods, subject to payment of extension fees and satisfaction of other conditions. If we later achieve an investment grade credit rating, we will then be able to elect to continue to have the interest premium based on our leverage ratio or we may instead elect to have the interest premium based on our credit rating, or a ratings election. We are also required to pay a commitment fee on the unused portion of our revolving credit facility until and if such time as we make a ratings election, and thereafter we will be required to pay a facility fee in lieu of such commitment fee based on the maximum amount of our revolving credit facility. The agreement governing our revolving credit facility, or our credit agreement, also includes a feature under which the maximum borrowing availability under our revolving credit facility may be increased to up to $1,500,000 in certain circumstances. In addition, during the first quarter of 2018, we completed the syndication of our revolving credit facility with a group of institutional lenders. As of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, the interest rate payable on borrowings under our revolving credit facility was 3.50% and 2.89%, respectively. The weighted average interest rate for borrowings under our revolving credit facility was 3.39% and 3.21% for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018, respectively. As of September 30, 2018 and October 25, 2018, we had $380,000 and $405,000, respectively, outstanding under our revolving credit facility, and $370,000 and $345,000, respectively, available to borrow under our revolving credit facility.

Our credit agreement provides for acceleration of payment of all amounts due thereunder upon the occurrence and continuation of certain events of default, such as a change of control of us, which includes The RMR Group LLC, or RMR LLC, ceasing to act as our business manager and property manager. Our credit agreement also contains a number of covenants, including covenants that restrict our ability to incur debts or to make distributions in certain circumstances, and generally requires us to maintain certain financial ratios. We believe we were in compliance with the terms and conditions of the covenants under our credit agreement at September 30, 2018.

As of September 30, 2018, the principal amount outstanding under our mortgage note was $48,750. This mortgage note was secured by one of our properties with a net book value of $65,323 as of September 30, 2018. This mortgage note is non-recourse, subject to certain limited exceptions, and does not contain any material financial covenants.


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Note 5. Fair Value of Assets and Liabilities

Our financial instruments include cash and cash equivalents, rents receivable, our revolving credit facility, a mortgage note payable, accounts payable, rents collected in advance, security deposits and amounts due from or to related persons. At September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, the fair value of our financial instruments approximated their carrying values in our condensed consolidated financial statements, due to their short term nature or variable interest rates, except as follows:
 
 
At September 30, 2018
 
At December 31, 2017
 
 
Carrying
 
Estimated
 
Carrying
 
Estimated
 
 
Value (1)
 
Fair Value
 
Value (1)
 
Fair Value
Mortgage note payable
 
$
49,251

 
$
48,346

 
$
49,427

 
$
48,919

(1)
Includes unamortized premiums of $501 and $677 as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively.

We estimate the fair value of our mortgage note payable using a discounted cash flow analysis and currently prevailing market rates as of the measurement date (Level 3 inputs). Because Level 3 inputs are unobservable, our estimated fair value may differ materially from the actual fair value.

Note 6. Shareholders’ Equity

Share Issuances:

On January 17, 2018, we issued 20,000,000 of our common shares in our IPO at a price to the public of $24.00 per common share, raising net proceeds of $444,309, after deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions and expenses.

On March 27, 2018, in accordance with our Trustee compensation arrangements, we granted 1,000 of our common shares, valued at $20.87 per share, the closing price of our common shares on Nasdaq on that day, to each of our five Trustees as compensation for the period from our IPO to May 2018.

On May 23, 2018, in accordance with our Trustee compensation arrangements, we granted 3,000 of our common shares, valued at $20.93 per share, the closing price of our common shares on Nasdaq on that day, to each of our five Trustees as part of their annual compensation.

On September 13, 2018, we granted an aggregate of 54,400 of our common shares, valued at $23.33 per share, the closing price of our common shares on Nasdaq on that day, to our officers and certain other employees of RMR LLC under our equity compensation plan.

Share Purchases:

On September 24, 2018, we purchased an aggregate of 2,369 of our common shares, valued at $22.08 per common share, the closing price of our common shares on Nasdaq on that day, from certain of our officers and certain other employees of RMR LLC in satisfaction of tax withholding and payment obligations in connection with the vesting of awards of our common shares.

Distributions:

On May 14, 2018, we paid a prorated distribution of $0.27 per common share, or $17,551, for the period from January 17, 2018 (the date we completed our IPO) through March 31, 2018 to shareholders of record on April 30, 2018. This distribution was based on the then expected regular quarterly distribution of $0.33 per common share ($1.32 per common share per year). On August 13, 2018, we paid a regular quarterly distribution of $0.33 per common share, or $21,457, to shareholders of record on July 30, 2018.

On October 18, 2018, we declared a regular quarterly distribution of $0.33 per common share, or approximately $21,500, to shareholders of record on October 29, 2018. We expect to pay this distribution on or about November 12, 2018.

Additional Paid in Capital Adjustments:

Until January 17, 2018, we were a wholly owned subsidiary of SIR and SIR managed and controlled our cash management function through a series of commingled centralized accounts. As a result, until that date, the cash receipts

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collected by SIR on our behalf were accounted for as distributions within shareholders' equity and the cash disbursements paid by SIR on our behalf were accounted for as contributions within shareholders' equity. During the period from January 1, 2018 to January 16, 2018, we recorded net contributions from SIR of $6,975 as an increase to additional paid in capital.

Note 7. Earnings per Common Share

We calculate basic earnings per common share by dividing net income by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. We calculate diluted earnings per common share by using the more dilutive of the two class method or the treasury stock method. Unvested share awards and other potentially dilutive common shares and the related impact on earnings are considered when calculating diluted earnings per share.

Note 8. Income Taxes

Until January 17, 2018, we were a wholly owned subsidiary of SIR, which is taxed as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or the IRC. Accordingly, until January 17, 2018, we were a qualified REIT subsidiary and a disregarded entity for federal income tax purposes. We intend to qualify for taxation as a REIT under the IRC for U.S. federal income tax purposes commencing with our taxable year ending December 31, 2018 and to maintain such qualification thereafter. Accordingly, we generally are not, and will not be, subject to U.S. federal income taxes provided that we distribute our taxable income and meet certain other requirements to qualify for taxation as a REIT. We are subject to certain state and local taxes, certain of which amounts are reported as income taxes in our condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive income. We do not currently expect recent amendments to the IRC to have a significant impact on us; however, we will monitor future interpretations of such amendments as they develop, and accordingly, our estimates and disclosures may change.

Note 9. Certain Historical Arrangements and Operations Prior to our IPO

In connection with our IPO, on September 29, 2017, SIR contributed to us 266 properties with a total of approximately 28,540,000 rentable square feet, or our Initial Properties. In connection with our formation and this contribution from SIR, we issued to SIR 45,000,000 of our common shares and a $750,000 non-interest bearing demand note, or the SIR Note, and we assumed three mortgage notes totaling $63,069, as of September 30, 2017, that were secured by three of our Initial Properties. In December 2017, we obtained a $750,000 secured revolving credit facility, and we used the proceeds of an initial borrowing of $750,000 under this credit facility to pay the SIR Note in full. Also in December 2017, SIR prepaid on our behalf two of the mortgage notes totaling approximately $14,319 that had encumbered two of our Initial Properties. In connection with our IPO, we reimbursed SIR for approximately $7,271 of costs that SIR incurred in connection with our formation and preparation for our IPO. In addition, SIR collected rents from certain of our tenants for the period subsequent to our IPO, of which SIR owed to us $1,433 as of September 30, 2018, which amount is presented as due from related persons in our condensed consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2018. SIR paid this amount due to us in October 2018.

Neither we nor SIR have any employees. As a wholly owned subsidiary of SIR, until the completion of our IPO, we had received services from RMR LLC under SIR’s business and property management agreements with RMR LLC. For periods prior to the completion of our IPO on January 17, 2018, base management fees payable by SIR under SIR’s business management agreement with RMR LLC were calculated based on the historical costs of our Initial Properties and business management incentive fees and internal audit costs payable by SIR and allocated to us were based on the percentage of our base management fees compared to the total base management fees paid by SIR. During the period from January 1, 2018 to January 16, 2018, the base management fees payable by SIR and allocated to us were $308. During the three months ended September 30, 2017, the base management fees, internal audit costs and estimated business management incentive fees payable by SIR allocated to us were $1,706, $20 and ($1,687), respectively. The amount of estimated business management incentive fees for the three months ended September 30, 2017, reflects the reversal of previously accrued estimated business management incentive fees allocated to us. During the nine months ended September 30, 2017, the base management fees, internal audit costs and estimated business management incentive fees payable by SIR allocated to us were $5,111, $62 and $1,003, respectively. These amounts are included in general and administrative expenses in our condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive income. The property management and construction supervision fees payable by SIR under SIR’s property management agreement with RMR LLC that were allocated to us for services to our Initial Properties for the period from January 1, 2018 to January 16, 2018 and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 were $230, $1,087 and $3,207, respectively. These amounts are included in other operating expenses or have been capitalized, as appropriate, in our condensed consolidated financial statements. For the period from January 1, 2018 to January 16, 2018 and the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, the total property management related reimbursements paid under SIR’s property management agreement with RMR LLC for costs incurred by RMR LLC with respect to our Initial Properties were $120, $642

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and $1,912, respectively. These amounts are included in other operating expenses in our condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive income. All these management fees and reimbursements allocated to us for periods prior to January 17, 2018 were paid by SIR and not us.

In connection with our IPO, we entered into two agreements with RMR LLC to provide management services to us. See Notes 10 and 11 for further information regarding our relationships, agreements and transactions with RMR LLC and SIR.

Note 10. Business and Property Management Agreements with RMR LLC

We have no employees. The personnel and various services we require to operate our business are provided to us by RMR LLC. We have two agreements with RMR LLC to provide management services to us, which we entered on January 17, 2018 in connection with the completion of our IPO: (1) a business management agreement, which relates to our business generally; and (2) a property management agreement, which relates to our property level operations.

Pursuant to our business management agreement with RMR LLC, we recognized business management fees of $1,923 for the three months ended September 30, 2018 and $5,229 for the period from January 17, 2018 through September 30, 2018. These amounts are included in general and administrative expenses in our condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive income.

Pursuant to our property management agreement with RMR LLC, we recognized aggregate property management and construction supervision fees of $1,205 for the three months ended September 30, 2018 and $3,327 for the period from January 17, 2018 through September 30, 2018. These amounts are included in other operating expenses or have been capitalized, as appropriate, in our condensed consolidated financial statements.

We are generally responsible for all of our operating expenses, including certain expenses incurred by RMR LLC on our behalf. Our property level operating expenses, including certain payroll and related costs incurred by RMR LLC, are generally incorporated into rents charged to our tenants. We reimbursed RMR LLC $757 for property management related expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2018 and $1,943 for the period from January 17, 2018 through September 30, 2018. These amounts are included in other operating expenses in our condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive income. In addition, we are responsible for our share of RMR LLC’s costs for providing our internal audit function. The amount recognized as expense for internal audit costs was $52 for the three months ended September 30, 2018 and $173 for the period from January 17, 2018 through September 30, 2018, which amounts are included in general and administrative expenses in our condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive income.

See Notes 9 and 11 for further information regarding our relationships, agreements and transactions with RMR LLC.

Note 11. Related Person Transactions

We have relationships and historical and continuing transactions with RMR LLC, SIR and others related to them, including other companies to which RMR LLC or its subsidiaries provide management services and which have trustees, directors and officers who are also our Trustees or officers.

Our Manager, RMR LLC. We have two agreements with RMR LLC to provide management services to us. See Note 10 for further information regarding our management agreements with RMR LLC.

In September 2018, we granted annual awards of 54,400 of our common shares to our officers and other employees of RMR LLC under our equity compensation plan. In September 2018, we purchased 2,369 of our common shares, valued at the closing price of our common shares on Nasdaq on the applicable date of purchase, in satisfaction of tax withholding and payment obligations in connection with the vesting of awards of our common shares to certain of our officers and other employees of RMR LLC. We include amounts recognized as expense for share awards to our officers and other RMR LLC employees in general and administrative expenses in our condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive income.

SIR. SIR is our largest shareholder. As of September 30, 2018, SIR owned 45,000,000 of our common shares, or approximately 69.2% of our outstanding common shares. We were SIR’s wholly owned subsidiary until we completed our IPO on January 17, 2018. Adam D. Portnoy, one of our Managing Trustees, is also a managing trustee of SIR. John C. Popeo, our other Managing Trustee and our President and Chief Executive Officer, also serves as the chief financial officer and treasurer of SIR. Mr. Popeo has announced his retirement from his positions with each of us and SIR, effective November 30, 2018. RMR LLC provides management services to SIR and us. In connection with our IPO, we entered a transaction agreement with SIR that governs our separation from and relationship with SIR. The transaction agreement provides that, among other things,

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(1) our current assets and current liabilities, as of the time of closing of our IPO, were settled so that SIR retained all pre-closing current assets and pre-closing current liabilities and we assumed all post-closing current assets and post-closing current liabilities, (2) we will indemnify SIR with respect to any of our liabilities, and SIR will indemnify us with respect to any of SIR’s liabilities, after giving effect to the settlement between us and SIR of our current assets and current liabilities and (3) we and SIR will cooperate to enforce the ownership limitations in our and SIR’s respective declaration of trust as may be appropriate to qualify for and maintain qualification for taxation as a REIT under the IRC, and otherwise to ensure each receives the economics of its assets and liabilities and to file future tax returns, including appropriate allocations of taxable income, expenses and other tax attributes.

On September 14, 2018, SIR and Government Properties Income Trust, or GOV, announced that they had entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, or the Merger Agreement, pursuant to which, among other things, SIR will merge with and into a wholly owned subsidiary of GOV. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, SIR and GOV have agreed that, subject to certain conditions, SIR will declare and, at least one business day prior to the completion of the contemplated merger, pay a pro rata distribution to its shareholders of all 45,000,000 of our common shares that SIR owns. We cannot be sure that those conditions will be satisfied or waived or that SIR will declare and pay that distribution of our shares to its shareholders.

SIR, ABP Trust and five other companies to which RMR LLC provides management services equally own Affiliates Insurance Company, or AIC, and participate in a combined property insurance program arranged and reinsured in part by AIC. Our properties are included in this program as a majority owned subsidiary of SIR. We pay or reimburse SIR for the part of the premiums allocated to our properties. We paid aggregate annual premiums, including taxes and fees, of approximately $266 in connection with this insurance program for the policy year ending June 30, 2019, which amount may be adjusted from time to time as we acquire and dispose of properties that are included in this insurance program. See Note 9 for further information regarding our IPO and our relationships, agreements and transactions with SIR.

For further information about these and other such relationships and certain other related person transactions, refer to our 2017 Annual Report.

Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
 
The following information should be read in conjunction with our condensed consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and with our 2017 Annual Report.

OVERVIEW
 
We are a REIT organized under Maryland law. As of September 30, 2018, we owned 269 properties with approximately 29.2 million rentable square feet, including 226 buildings, leasable land parcels and easements with approximately 16.8 million rentable square feet located on the island of Oahu, HI, and 43 buildings with approximately 12.4 million rentable square feet located in 25 other states. As of September 30, 2018, our properties were approximately 99.3% leased (based on rentable square feet) to 245 different tenants with a weighted average remaining lease term (based on annualized rental revenues) of approximately 10.9 years. We define the term annualized rental revenues as used in this section as the annualized contractual rents, as of September 30, 2018, including straight line rent adjustments and excluding lease value amortization, adjusted for tenant concessions including free rent and amounts reimbursed to tenants, plus estimated recurring expense reimbursements from tenants.


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Property Operations
 
As of September 30, 2018, 99.3% of our rentable square feet was leased, compared to 99.9% of our rentable square feet as of September 30, 2017. Occupancy data for our properties as of September 30, 2018 and 2017 is as follows (square feet in thousands):
 
 
 
All Properties
 
Comparable Properties (1)
 
 
As of September 30,
 
As of September 30,
 
    
2018
 
2017
 
2018
 
2017
Total properties
 
269

 
266

 
266

 
266

Total rentable square feet (2)
 
29,216

 
28,540

 
28,550

 
28,540

Percent leased (3)
 
99.3
%
 
99.9
%
 
99.2
%
 
99.9
%
(1)
Consists of properties that we owned (including for the period SIR owned our properties prior to our IPO) continuously since January 1, 2017.
(2)
Subject to modest adjustments when space is re-measured or re-configured for new tenants and when land leases are converted to building leases.
(3)
Percent leased includes (i) space being fitted out for occupancy pursuant to existing leases as of September 30, 2018, if any, and (ii) space which is leased but is not occupied or is being offered for sublease by tenants, if any.
 
The average effective rental rates per square foot, as defined below, for our properties for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017 are as follows:
 
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
 
2018
 
2017
 
2018
 
2017
Average effective rental rates per square foot leased (1)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
All properties
 
$
5.66

 
$
5.49

 
$
5.65

 
$
5.50

Comparable properties (2)
 
$
5.62

 
$
5.49

 
$
5.64

 
$
5.50

(1)
Average effective rental rates per square foot leased represents annualized total revenues during the period specified divided by the average rentable square feet leased during the period specified.
(2)
Comparable properties for the three months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017 consist of 266 buildings, leasable land parcels and easements that we owned (including for the period that SIR owned our properties prior to our IPO) continuously since July 1, 2017. Comparable properties for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017 consist of 266 buildings, leasable land parcels and easements that we owned (including for the period that SIR owned our properties prior to our IPO) continuously since January 1, 2017.

During the three months ended September 30, 2018, we entered lease renewals and new leases for approximately 324,000 square feet at weighted average (by square feet) rental rates that were approximately 12.1% higher than prior rates for the same land area or building area (with leasing rate increases for vacant space based upon the most recent rental rate for the same space). Consolidated portfolio occupancy decreased from 99.9% as of September 30, 2017 to 99.3% as of September 30, 2018. Commitments for tenant improvements, leasing costs and concessions for leases entered during the three months ended September 30, 2018 totaled $398,000, or approximately $0.10 per square foot per year of the new weighted average lease term. During the three months ended September 30, 2018, we also completed 11 rent resets at our properties in Hawaii for approximately 516,000 square feet of land at rental rates that were approximately 20.3% higher than the prior rental rates.

As shown in the table below, approximately 5.1% of our total rented square feet and approximately 2.7% of our total annualized rental revenues as of September 30, 2018 are included in leases scheduled to expire by December 31, 2019.


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As of September 30, 2018, our lease expirations by year are as follows (dollars and square feet in thousands):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
% of Total
 
Cumulative
 
 
 
 
 
 
% of Total
 
Cumulative %
 
Annualized
 
Annualized
 
% of Total
 
 
 
 
Rented
 
Rented
 
of Total Rented
 
Rental
 
Rental
 
Annualized
 
 
Number of
 
Square Feet
 
Square Feet
 
Square Feet
 
Revenues
 
 Revenues
 
Rental Revenues
Period/Year
 
Tenants
 
Expiring (1)
 
Expiring (1)
 
Expiring (1)
 
Expiring
 
Expiring
 
Expiring
 10/1/2018 - 12/31/2018
 
3

 
11

 
0.0
%
 
0.0
%
 
$
231

 
0.1
%
 
0.1
%
2019
 
17

 
1,487

 
5.1
%
 
5.1
%
 
4,321

 
2.6
%
 
2.7
%
2020
 
17

 
740

 
2.6
%
 
7.7
%
 
3,722

 
2.3
%
 
5.0
%
2021
 
25

 
1,157

 
4.0
%
 
11.7
%
 
7,334

 
4.5
%
 
9.5
%
2022
 
62

 
2,727

 
9.4
%
 
21.1
%
 
20,801

 
12.7
%
 
22.2
%
2023
 
21

 
1,557

 
5.4
%
 
26.5
%
 
11,904

 
7.3
%
 
29.5
%
2024
 
13

 
4,751

 
16.4
%
 
42.9
%
 
15,809

 
9.7
%
 
39.2
%
2025
 
10

 
894

 
3.1
%
 
46.0
%
 
4,724

 
2.9
%
 
42.1
%
2026
 
3

 
637

 
2.2
%
 
48.2
%
 
3,477

 
2.1
%
 
44.2
%
2027
 
12

 
4,887

 
16.9
%
 
65.1
%
 
23,877

 
14.6
%
 
58.8
%
Thereafter
 
88

 
10,154

 
34.9
%
 
100.0
%
 
67,248

 
41.2
%
 
100.0
%
    Total
 
271

 
29,002

 
100.0
%
 
 
 
$
163,448

 
100.0
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Weighted average remaining lease term (in years):
 
10.0

 
 
 
 
 
10.9

 
 
 
 
(1)
Rented square feet is pursuant to existing leases as of September 30, 2018, and includes (i) space being fitted out for occupancy, if any, and (ii) space which is leased but is not occupied or is being offered for sublease by tenants, if any.

We generally receive rents from our tenants monthly in advance. As of September 30, 2018, tenants representing 1% or more of our total annualized rental revenues were as follows (square feet in thousands):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
% of Total
 
 
 
 
Rented
 
% of Total
 
Annualized Rental
Tenant
 
Property Type
 
Sq. Ft. (1)
 
Rented Sq. Ft. (1)
 
Revenues
1.
Amazon.com.dedc, LLC / Amazon.com.kydc LLC
 
Mainland Industrial
 
3,048

 
10.5
%
 
9.7
%
2.
Restoration Hardware, Inc.
 
Mainland Industrial
 
1,195

 
4.1
%
 
3.6
%
3.
Federal Express Corporation / FedEx Ground Package System, Inc.
 
Mainland Industrial
 
613

 
2.1
%
 
3.2
%
4.
American Tire Distributors, Inc. (2)
 
Mainland Industrial
 
722

 
2.5
%
 
3.1
%
5.
Par Hawaii Refining, LLC
 
Hawaii Land and Easement
 
3,148

 
10.9
%
 
2.7
%
6.
Servco Pacific Inc.
 
Hawaii Land and Easement
 
537

 
1.9
%
 
2.2
%
7.
Shurtech Brands, LLC
 
Mainland Industrial
 
645

 
2.2
%
 
2.1
%
8.
BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc.
 
Mainland Industrial
 
634

 
2.2
%
 
2.1
%
9.
Safeway Inc.
 
Hawaii Land and Easement
 
146

 
0.5
%
 
2.0
%
10.
Exel Inc.
 
Mainland Industrial
 
945

 
3.3
%
 
1.9
%
11.
Trex Company, Inc.
 
Mainland Industrial
 
646

 
2.2
%
 
1.8
%
12.
Avnet, Inc.
 
Mainland Industrial
 
581

 
2.0
%
 
1.8
%
13.
Manheim Remarketing, Inc.
 
Hawaii Land and Easement
 
338

 
1.2
%
 
1.6
%
14.
Warehouse Rentals Inc.
 
Hawaii Land and Easement
 
278

 
1.0
%
 
1.5
%
15.
Coca-Cola Bottling of Hawaii, LLC
 
Hawaii Land and Easement
 
351

 
1.2
%
 
1.5
%
16.
A.L. Kilgo Company, Inc.
 
Hawaii Land and Easement
 
310

 
1.1
%
 
1.5
%
17.
Hellmann Worldwide Logistics, Inc.
 
Mainland Industrial
 
240

 
0.8
%
 
1.4
%
18.
The Net-A-Porter Group LLC
 
Mainland Industrial
 
167

 
0.6
%
 
1.4
%
19.
General Mills Operations, LLC
 
Mainland Industrial
 
158

 
0.5
%
 
1.3
%
20.
Honolulu Warehouse Co., Ltd.
 
Hawaii Land and Easement
 
298

 
1.0
%
 
1.3
%
21.
LZB Manufacturing, Inc
 
Mainland Industrial
 
221

 
0.8
%
 
1.1
%
22.
AES Hawaii, Inc.
 
Hawaii Land and Easement
 
1,242

 
4.3
%
 
1.1
%
23.
Bradley Shopping Center Company
 
Hawaii Land and Easement
 
334

 
1.2
%
 
1.0
%
24.
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc.
 
Hawaii Land and Easement
 
217

 
0.7
%
 
1.0
%
25.
The Toro Company
 
Mainland Industrial
 
450

 
1.6
%
 
1.0
%
 
Total
 
 
 
17,464

 
60.4
%
 
52.9
%

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(1)
Rented square feet is pursuant to existing leases as of September 30, 2018, and includes (i) space being fitted out for occupancy, if any, and (ii) space which is leased but is not occupied or is being offered for sublease by tenants, if any.
(2)
On October 4, 2018, American Tire Distributors, Inc., which occupies five of our Mainland Properties with a total of approximately 722 rentable square feet, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Although the tenant has paid its rental obligations through October 2018, the tenant may not pay future rents, may reject one or more of its leases and/or may seek to renegotiate its lease obligations.

Mainland Properties. We generally will seek to renew or extend the terms of leases at our Mainland Properties as their expirations approach. Because of the capital many of the tenants in our Mainland Properties have invested in these properties and because many of these properties appear to be of strategic importance to the tenants’ businesses, we believe that it is likely that these tenants will renew or extend their leases prior to their expirations. If we are unable to extend or renew our leases, it may be time consuming and expensive to relet some of these properties.

Hawaii Properties. Approximately 58.8% of our annualized rental revenues as of September 30, 2018 were derived from our Hawaii Properties. As of September 30, 2018, a significant portion of our Hawaii Properties are lands leased for rents that are periodically reset based on fair market values, generally every ten years. Revenues from our Hawaii Properties have generally increased under our or our predecessors’ ownership as rents under the leases for those properties have been reset or renewed. Lease renewals, new leases and rental rates for which available space may be relet at our Hawaii Properties in the future will depend on prevailing market conditions when these lease renewals, new leases and rental rates are set. As rent reset dates or lease expirations approach at our Hawaii Properties, we generally negotiate with existing or new tenants for new lease terms. If we are unable to reach an agreement with a tenant on a rent reset, our Hawaii Properties’ leases typically provide that rent is reset based on an appraisal process. Despite our and our predecessors' prior experience with new leases and rent resets in Hawaii, our ability to increase rents when rents reset or leases expire depends upon market conditions, which are beyond our control. Accordingly, we cannot be sure that the historical increases achieved at our Hawaii Properties will continue in the future.

The following chart shows the annualized rental revenues as of September 30, 2018 scheduled to reset at our Hawaii Properties:

Scheduled Rent Resets at Hawaii Properties(1) 
(dollars in thousands)
 
 
 
Annualized
 
 
Rental Revenues as of
 
 
September 30, 2018
 
 
Scheduled to Reset
10/1/2018 - 12/31/2018
 
$

2019
 
7,012

2020
 
2,527

2021
 
2,471

2022
 
4,050

2023 and thereafter
 
13,480

Total
 
$
29,540


(1)
Includes rent resets that have not yet been reset but does not include any agreed upon rent resets that are effective after September 30, 2018.

Since the leases at certain of our Hawaii Properties were originally entered, in some cases as long as 40 or 50 years ago, the characteristics of the neighborhoods in the vicinity of some of those properties have changed. In such circumstances, we and our predecessors have sometimes engaged in redevelopment activities to change the character of certain properties in order to increase rents. Because our Hawaii Properties are currently experiencing strong demand for their current uses, we do not currently expect redevelopment efforts in Hawaii to become a major activity of ours in the foreseeable future; however, we may undertake such activities on a selective basis.

Investment Activities (dollars in thousands)
 
During the nine months ended September 30, 2018, we acquired three properties with a combined 666,173 rentable square feet for an aggregate purchase price of $92,325, excluding acquisition related costs of $1,253.


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In October 2018, we acquired a land parcel adjacent to a property we own located in Ankeny, IA for a purchase price of $450, excluding acquisition related costs. This land parcel will be used for a 194,000 square foot expansion for the existing tenant at such property.

Also in October 2018, we acquired a multi-tenant, net leased property located in Maple Grove, MN with approximately 319,000 rentable square feet for a purchase price of $27,700, excluding acquisition related costs.

Our strategy related to property acquisitions and dispositions is materially unchanged from that disclosed in our 2017 Annual Report. Our target investments include industrial and logistics buildings in top tier markets. In addition to top tier markets, our focus is on newer buildings, high credit quality tenants and longer lease terms. We expect to use the extensive nationwide resources of RMR LLC to locate and acquire properties.

For further information regarding our investment activities, see Note 3 to the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
 
Financing Activities (dollars in thousands)
 
On January 17, 2018, we completed our IPO, in which we issued 20,000,000 of our common shares for net proceeds of $444,309, after deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions and expenses. Upon the completion of our IPO, our secured revolving credit facility converted into a four year unsecured revolving credit facility, and we used substantially all of the net proceeds from our IPO to reduce amounts outstanding under our revolving credit facility. We also reimbursed SIR for costs that it incurred in connection with our formation and the preparation for our IPO.

For further information regarding our financing activities, see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Liquidity and Capital Resources—Our Investment and Financing Liquidity and Resources” of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
 
Three Months Ended September 30, 2018, Compared to Three Months Ended September 30, 2017 (dollars and share amounts in thousands, except per share data)
 
Comparable Properties Results (1)
 
Acquired Properties Results (2)
 
Consolidated Results
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
 
 
 
 
$
 
%
 
 
 
 
 
$
 
 
 
 
 
$
 
%
 
2018
 
2017
 
Change
    
Change
 
2018
 
2017
 
Change
 
2018
 
2017
 
Change
 
Change
Revenues:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rental income
$
34,181

 
$
33,624

 
$
557

 
1.7
 %
 
$
600

 
$

 
$
600

 
$
34,781

 
$
33,624

 
$
1,157

 
3.4
 %
Tenant reimbursements and other income
5,646

 
5,442

 
204

 
3.7
 %
 
4

 

 
4

 
5,650

 
5,442

 
208

 
3.8
 %
Total revenues
39,827

 
39,066

 
761

 
1.9
 %
 
604

 

 
604

 
40,431

 
39,066

 
1,365

 
3.5
 %
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Operating expenses:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Real estate taxes
4,935

 
4,579

 
356

 
7.8
 %
 
7

 

 
7

 
4,942

 
4,579

 
363

 
7.9
 %
Other operating expenses
3,263

 
2,727

 
536

 
19.7
 %
 
18

 

 
18

 
3,281

 
2,727

 
554

 
20.3
 %
Total operating expenses
8,198

 
7,306

 
892

 
12.2
 %
 
25

 

 
25

 
8,223

 
7,306

 
917

 
12.6
 %
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net operating income (3)
$
31,629

 
$
31,760

 
$
(131
)
 
(0.4
)%
 
$
579

 
$

 
$
579

 
32,208

 
31,760

 
448

 
1.4
 %
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Other expenses:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Depreciation and amortization
 
7,152

 
6,810

 
342

 
5.0
 %
Acquisition and transaction related costs
 

 
925

 
(925
)
 
N/M

General and administrative
 
2,924

 
546

 
2,378

 
435.5
 %
Total other expenses
 
10,076

 
8,281

 
1,795

 
21.7
 %
Operating income
 
22,132

 
23,479

 
(1,347
)
 
(5.7
)%
Interest income
 
71

 

 
71

 
N/M

Interest expense
 
(4,052
)
 
(565
)
 
(3,487
)
 
617.2
 %
Income before income tax expense
 
18,151

 
22,914

 
(4,763
)
 
(20.8
)%
Income tax expense
 
(9
)
 
(11
)
 
2

 
(18.2
)%
Net income
 
$
18,142

 
$
22,903

 
$
(4,761
)
 
(20.8
)%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Weighted average common shares outstanding - basic and diluted
 
65,022

 
45,000

 
20,022

 
44.5
 %
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income per common share - basic and diluted
 
$
0.28

 
$
0.51

 
$
(0.23
)
 
(45.1
)%
 
 
 
 
 
Reconciliation of Net Income to Net Operating Income (3):
 
 
Net income
$
18,142

 
$
22,903

 
 
 
 
Income tax expense
9

 
11

 
 
 
 
Income before income tax expense
18,151

 
22,914

 
 
 
 
Interest expense
4,052

 
565

 
 
 
 
Interest income
(71
)
 

 
 
 
 
Operating income
 
22,132

 
23,479

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
General and administrative
2,924

 
546

 
 
 
 
Acquisition and transaction related costs

 
925

 
 
 
 
Depreciation and amortization
7,152

 
6,810

 
 
 
 
Net Operating Income
 
$
32,208

 
$
31,760

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net Operating Income (3):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hawaii Properties
 
$
18,006

 
$
18,097

 
 
 
 
Mainland Properties
 
14,202

 
13,663

 
 
 
 
Net operating income
 
$
32,208

 
$
31,760

 
 
 
 
Reconciliation of Net Income to Funds From Operations and Normalized Funds From Operations (4):
Net income
$
18,142

 
$
22,903

 
 
 
 
Plus: depreciation and amortization
7,152

 
6,810

 
 
 
 
FFO
25,294

 
29,713

 
 
 
 
Plus: acquisition and transaction related costs

 
925

 
 
 
 
Plus: estimated business management incentive fees (5)

 
(1,687
)
 
 
 
 
Normalized FFO
$
25,294

 
$
28,951

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
FFO per common share - basic and diluted
$
0.39

 
$
0.66

 
 
 
 
Normalized FFO per common share - basic and diluted
$
0.39

 
$
0.64

 
 
 
 

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(1)
Consists of 266 buildings, leasable land parcels and easements that we owned (including for the period that SIR owned our properties prior to our IPO) continuously since July 1, 2017.

(2)
Consists of three properties that we acquired during the period from July 1, 2017 to September 30, 2018.

(3)
The calculation of net operating income, or NOI, excludes certain components of net income in order to provide results that are more closely related to our property level results of operations. We calculate NOI as shown above. We define NOI as income from our rental of real estate less our property operating expenses. NOI excludes amortization of capitalized tenant improvement costs and leasing commissions that we record as depreciation and amortization. We consider NOI to be an appropriate supplemental measure to net income because it may help both investors and management to understand the operations of our properties. We use NOI to evaluate individual and company wide property level performance, and we believe that NOI provides useful information to investors regarding our results of operations because it reflects only those income and expense items that are generated and incurred at the property level and may facilitate comparisons of our operating performance between periods and with other REITs. NOI does not represent cash generated by operating activities in accordance with GAAP and should not be considered an alternative to net income or operating income as an indicator of our operating performance or as a measure of our liquidity. This measure should be considered in conjunction with net income and operating income as presented in our condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive income. Other real estate companies and REITs may calculate NOI differently than we do.

(4)
We calculate funds from operations, or FFO, and normalized funds from operations, or Normalized FFO, as shown above. FFO is calculated on the basis defined by The National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, or Nareit, which is net income, calculated in accordance with GAAP, plus real estate depreciation and amortization, as well as certain other adjustments currently not applicable to us. Our calculation of Normalized FFO differs from Nareit’s definition of FFO because we include business management incentive fees, if any, only in the fourth quarter versus the quarter when they are recognized as expense in accordance with GAAP due to their quarterly volatility not necessarily being indicative of our core operating performance and the uncertainty as to whether any such business management incentive fees will be payable when all contingencies for determining such fees are known at the end of the calendar year, and we exclude acquisition and transaction related costs expensed under GAAP. We consider FFO and Normalized FFO to be appropriate supplemental measures of operating performance for a REIT, along with net income and operating income. We believe that FFO and Normalized FFO provide useful information to investors because by excluding the effects of certain historical amounts, such as depreciation expense, FFO and Normalized FFO may facilitate a comparison of our operating performance between periods and with other REITs. FFO and Normalized FFO are among the factors considered by our Board of Trustees when determining the amount of distributions to our shareholders. Other factors include, but are not limited to, requirements to qualify for taxation as a REIT, limitations in our credit agreement, the availability to us of debt and equity capital, our expectation of our future capital requirements and operating performance and our expected needs for and availability of cash to pay our obligations. FFO and Normalized FFO do not represent cash generated by operating activities in accordance with GAAP and should not be considered alternatives to net income or operating income as indicators of our operating performance or as measures of our liquidity. These measures should be considered in conjunction with net income and operating income as presented in our condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive income. Other real estate companies and REITs may calculate FFO and Normalized FFO differently than we do.

(5)
Incentive fees under our and SIR's business management agreements with RMR LLC are payable after the end of each calendar year, are calculated based on common share total return, as defined in the respective agreements, and are included in general and administrative expense in our condensed consolidated statements of income. In calculating net income in accordance with GAAP, we recognize estimated business management incentive fee expense, if any, in the first, second and third quarters. Although we recognize this expense, if any, in the first, second and third quarters for purposes of calculating net income, we do not include such expense in the calculation of Normalized FFO until the fourth quarter, when the amount of the business management incentive fee expense for the calendar year, if any, is determined. Normalized FFO for the three months ended September 30, 2017 exclude the reversal of $1,687 of previously accrued estimated business management incentive fees, which represents the portion of SIR's estimated business management incentive fee allocated to us for the period during which we were SIR's wholly owned subsidiary.

References to changes in the income and expense categories below relate to the comparison of results for the three months ended September 30, 2018, compared to the three months ended September 30, 2017. Our acquisition activity reflects our acquisition of three properties during the period from July 1, 2017 to September 30, 2018.

Rental income. The increase in rental income was primarily a result of our acquisition activity and increases from leasing activity and rent resets at certain of our comparable properties. Rental income includes non-cash straight line rent adjustments totaling approximately $1,128 for the 2018 period and approximately $1,476 for the 2017 period, and net amortization of acquired real estate leases and assumed real estate lease obligations totaling approximately $92 for the 2018 period and approximately $97 for the 2017 period.

Tenant reimbursements and other income. The increase in tenant reimbursements and other income primarily reflects increases in real estate tax expense reimbursements from tenants at certain of our comparable properties.

Real estate taxes. The increase in real estate taxes primarily reflects tax valuation and tax rate increases at certain of our comparable properties.

Other operating expenses. Other operating expenses primarily include property maintenance, environmental remediation, utilities, insurance, bad debt, legal and property management fees. The increase in other operating expenses is primarily due to increases in bad debt expense, repairs and maintenance expenses and legal fees at certain of our comparable properties.

Depreciation and amortization. The increase in depreciation and amortization primarily reflects our acquisition activity and increased depreciation of capital improvements and leasing costs at our comparable properties.

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Acquisition and transaction related costs. The decrease in acquisition and transaction related costs primarily reflects accounting fees related to our IPO that were required to be expensed under GAAP in the 2017 period.

General and administrative. Subsequent to our IPO, general and administrative expenses primarily include fees paid under our business management agreement, legal fees, audit fees, Trustee cash fees and equity compensation expense. Prior to our IPO, general and administrative expenses were primarily allocated to us by SIR based on the historical cost of our properties as a percentage of SIR's historical cost of all of its properties. The increase in general and administrative expenses primarily reflects increased costs associated with our becoming a separate public company and our allocated portion of the reversal of estimated business management incentive fees recognized by SIR in the 2017 period.

Interest income. Interest income represents interest earned on our cash balances.

Interest expense. The increase in interest expense primarily reflects the change in our capital structure, including our IPO, and our acquisitions, which resulted in changes in borrowings under our revolving credit facility during the 2018 period, partially offset by the prepayment of certain mortgage notes in December 2017.

Income tax expense. Income tax expense reflects state income taxes payable in certain jurisdictions despite our expected qualification for taxation as a REIT for federal income tax purposes.

Net income. The decrease in net income for the 2018 period compared to the 2017 period reflects the changes noted above.

Weighted average common shares outstanding - basic and diluted. The increase in weighted average common shares outstanding primarily reflects: (i) the issuance of 20,000,000 of our common shares in connection with our IPO, (ii) shares granted to our Trustees in March 2018 and May 2018 and (iii) shares granted to our officers and certain other employees of RMR LLC in September 2018.

Net income per common share - basic and diluted. Net income per common share reflects the changes to net income and weighted average common shares noted above.

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Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018, Compared to Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017 (dollars and share amounts in thousands, except per share data)
 
Comparable Properties Results (1)
 
Acquired Properties Results (2)
 
Consolidated Results
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
 
 
 
 
$
 
%
 
 
 
 
 
$
 
 
 
 
 
$
 
%
 
2018
    
2017
    
Change
    
Change
 
2018
    
2017
    
Change
 
2018
    
2017
    
Change
    
Change
Revenues:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rental income
$
102,845

 
$
100,921

 
$
1,924

 
1.9
%
 
$
625

 
$

 
$
625

 
$
103,470

 
$
100,921

 
$
2,549

 
2.5
 %
Tenant reimbursements and other income
16,981

 
16,190

 
791

 
4.9
%
 
5

 

 
5

 
16,986

 
16,190

 
796

 
4.9
 %
Total revenues
119,826

 
117,111

 
2,715

 
2.3
%
 
630

 

 
630

 
120,456

 
117,111

 
3,345

 
2.9
 %
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Operating expenses:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Real estate taxes
14,101

 
13,257

 
844

 
6.4
%
 
8

 

 
8

 
14,109

 
13,257

 
852

 
6.4
 %
Other operating expenses
9,631

 
8,160

 
1,471

 
18.0
%
 
19

 

 
19

 
9,650

 
8,160

 
1,490

 
18.3
 %
Total operating expenses
23,732

 
21,417

 
2,315

 
10.8
%
 
27

 

 
27

 
23,759

 
21,417

 
2,342

 
10.9
 %
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
NOI (3)
$
96,094

 
$
95,694

 
$
400

 
0.4
%
 
$
603

 
$

 
$
603

 
96,697

 
95,694

 
1,003

 
1.0
 %
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Other expenses:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Depreciation and amortization
 
20,915

 
20,476

 
439

 
2.1
 %
Acquisition and transaction related costs
 

 
925

 
(925
)
 
N/M

General and administrative
 
8,386

 
7,746

 
640

 
8.3
 %
Total other expenses
 
29,301

 
29,147

 
154

 
0.5
 %
Operating income
 
67,396

 
66,547

 
849

 
1.3
 %
Interest income
 
134

 

 
134

 
 N/M

Interest expense
 
(11,406
)
 
(1,680
)
 
(9,726
)
 
578.9
 %
Income before income tax expense
 
56,124

 
64,867

 
(8,743
)
 
(13.5
)%
Income tax expense
 
(24
)
 
(33
)
 
9

 
(27.3
)%
Net income
 
$
56,100

 
$
64,834

 
$
(8,734
)
 
(13.5
)%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Weighted average common shares outstanding - basic and diluted
 
63,839

 
45,000

 
18,839

 
41.9
 %
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income per common share - basic and diluted
 
$
0.88

 
$
1.44

 
$
(0.56
)
 
(38.9
)%
 
 
 
 
 
Reconciliation of Net Income to NOI (3):
 
 
Net income
$
56,100

 
$
64,834

 
 
 
 
Income tax expense
24

 
33

 
 
 
 
Income before income tax expense
56,124

 
64,867

 
 
 
 
Interest expense
11,406

 
1,680

 
 
 
 
Interest income
(134
)
 

 
 
 
 
Operating income
 
67,396

 
66,547

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
General and administrative
8,386

 
7,746

 
 
 
 
Acquisition and transaction related costs

 
925

 
 
 
 
Depreciation and amortization
20,915

 
20,476

 
 
 
 
NOI
 
$
96,697

 
$
95,694

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
NOI (3):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hawaii Properties
 
$
55,088

 
$
54,760

 
 
 
 
Mainland Properties
 
41,609

 
40,934

 
 
 
 
NOI
 
$
96,697

 
$
95,694

 
 
 
 
Reconciliation of Net Income to FFO and Normalized FFO (4):
Net income
$
56,100

 
$
64,834

 
 
 
 
Plus: depreciation and amortization
20,915

 
20,476

 
 
 
 
FFO
77,015

 
85,310

 
 
 
 
Plus: acquisition and transaction related costs

 
925

 
 
 
 
Plus: estimated business management incentive fees (5)

 
1,003

 
 
 
 
Normalized FFO
$
77,015

 
$
87,238

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
FFO per common share - basic and diluted
$
1.21

 
$
1.90

 
 
 
 
Normalized FFO per common share - basic and diluted
$
1.21

 
$
1.94

 
 
 
 


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(1)
Consists of 266 buildings, leasable land parcels and easements that we owned (including for the period that SIR owned our properties prior to our IPO) continuously since January 1, 2017.

(2)
Consists of three properties that we acquired during the period from January 1, 2017 to September 30, 2018.

(3)
See footnote 3 on page 18 for the definition of NOI.

(4)
See footnote 4 on page 18 for the definitions of FFO and Normalized FFO.

(5)
See footnote 5 on page 18 for more information on incentive fees under our and SIR's business management agreements. Normalized FFO for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 exclude $1,003, which represents the portion of SIR's estimated business management incentive fee allocated to us for the period during which we were SIR's wholly owned subsidiary.

References to changes in the income and expense categories below relate to the comparison of results for the nine months ended September 30, 2018, compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2017. Our acquisition activity reflects our acquisition of three properties during the period from January 1, 2017 to September 30, 2018.

Rental income. The increase in rental income was primarily a result of increases from leasing activity and rent resets at certain of our comparable properties and our acquisition activity. Rental income includes non-cash straight line rent adjustments totaling approximately $3,360 for the 2018 period and approximately $4,421 for the 2017 period, and net amortization of acquired real estate leases and assumed real estate lease obligations totaling approximately $295 for the 2018 period and approximately $289 for the 2017 period.

Tenant reimbursements and other income. The increase in tenant reimbursements and other income primarily reflects increases in real estate tax and other operating expense reimbursements from tenants at certain of our comparable properties in the 2018 period, partially offset by insurance proceeds and tenant escalation true-ups recognized in the 2017 period.

Real estate taxes. The increase in real estate taxes primarily reflects tax valuation and tax rate increases at certain of our comparable properties.

Other operating expenses. The increase in other operating expenses primarily reflects increases in bad debt expense, snow removal and repairs and maintenance costs at certain of our comparable properties in the 2018 period, compared to lower than usual amounts for these expenses in the 2017 period.

Depreciation and amortization. The increase in depreciation and amortization primarily reflects our acquisition activity and increased depreciation of capital improvements and leasing costs at our comparable properties.

Acquisition and transaction related costs. The decrease in acquisition and transaction related costs primarily reflects accounting fees related to our IPO that were required to be expensed under GAAP in the 2017 period.

General and administrative. The increase in general and administrative expenses primarily reflects increased costs associated with our becoming a separate public company, partially offset by a decrease of our allocated portion of estimated business management incentive fees recognized by SIR in the 2017 period.

Interest income. Interest income represents interest earned on our cash balances.

Interest expense. The increase in interest expense primarily reflects the change in our capital structure, including our IPO, and our acquisitions, which resulted in changes in borrowings under our revolving credit facility during the 2018 period, partially offset by the prepayment of certain mortgage notes in December 2017.

Income tax expense. Income tax expense reflects state income taxes payable in certain jurisdictions despite our expected qualification for taxation as a REIT for federal income tax purposes.

Net income. The decrease in net income for the 2018 period compared to the 2017 period reflects the changes noted above.

Weighted average common shares outstanding - basic and diluted. The increase in weighted average common shares outstanding primarily reflects: (i) the issuance of 20,000,000 of our common shares in connection with our IPO, (ii) shares granted to our Trustees in March 2018 and May 2018 and (iii) shares granted to our officers and certain other employees of RMR LLC in September 2018.


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Net income per common share - basic and diluted. Net income per common share reflects the changes to net income and weighted average common shares noted above.

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
 
Our Operating Liquidity and Resources (dollars in thousands)
 
Our principal sources of funds to meet our operating and capital expenses, pay debt service obligations and make distributions to our shareholders are rents from tenants at our properties and borrowings under our revolving credit facility. We believe that these sources of funds will be sufficient to meet our operating and capital expenses, pay debt service obligations and make distributions to our shareholders for the next 12 months and for the foreseeable future thereafter. Our future cash flows from operating activities will depend primarily upon our ability to: 
maintain the occupancy of, and maintain or increase the rental rates at, our properties;
control our operating cost increases; and
purchase additional properties that produce cash flows in excess of our costs of acquisition capital and property operating expenses.
 
Cash flows provided by (used in) operating, investing and financing activities were $70,228, ($97,169) and $38,041, respectively, for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and $78,743, ($4,742) and ($74,001), respectively, for the nine months ended September 30, 2017. The decrease in net cash provided by operating activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 compared to the same period in the prior year is primarily due to reimbursements to and from SIR for the costs it incurred in connection with our formation and the preparation for our IPO in 2017, and the cash rents collected from our tenants by SIR in 2018 that SIR had not yet paid to us as of September 30, 2018. Net cash used in investing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 increased primarily due to our acquisitions in the 2018 period. The change in net cash provided by (used in) financing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 compared to the same period in the prior year is primarily due to net proceeds from our IPO and net contributions from SIR related to our property operations prior to the completion of our IPO, partially offset by net activities under our revolving credit facility and distributions paid to our shareholders.
 
Our Investment and Financing Liquidity and Resources (dollars in thousands, except per share and per square foot data)

Our future acquisitions or development of properties cannot be accurately projected because they depend upon available opportunities that come to our attention and upon our ability to successfully acquire, develop and operate such properties. We generally do not intend to purchase "turn around" properties, or properties that do not generate positive cash flows, and, to the extent we conduct construction or redevelopment activities on our properties, we currently intend to conduct those activities primarily to satisfy tenant requirements or on a build to suit basis for existing or new tenants.

As of September 30, 2018, we had $11,100 of cash and cash equivalents. To qualify for taxation as a REIT under the IRC, we generally will be required to distribute annually at least 90% of our REIT taxable income, subject to specified adjustments and excluding any net capital gain. This distribution requirement limits our ability to retain earnings and thereby provide capital for our operations or acquisitions. In order to fund cash needs that may result from timing differences between our receipt of rents and our desire or need to make distributions, to pay operating or capital expenses or to fund any future property acquisitions, development or redevelopment efforts, we maintain a $750,000 unsecured revolving credit facility with a group of lenders. The maturity date of our revolving credit facility is December 29, 2021. We have the option to extend the maturity date of our revolving credit facility for two, six month periods, subject to payment of extension fees and satisfaction of other conditions. We pay interest on borrowings under our revolving credit facility at the rate of LIBOR plus a premium that varies based on our leverage ratio. We are required to pay a commitment fee on the unused portion of our revolving credit facility until and if such time as we make a ratings election, and thereafter we will be required to pay a facility fee in lieu of such commitment fee based on the maximum amount of our revolving credit facility. At September 30, 2018, the interest rate premium on our revolving credit facility was 130 basis points and our commitment fee was 15 basis points. We can borrow, repay and reborrow funds available under our revolving credit facility until maturity, and no principal repayment is due until maturity. As of September 30, 2018, the interest rate payable on borrowings under our revolving credit facility was 3.50%. As of September 30, 2018 and October 25, 2018, we had $380,000 and $405,000, respectively, outstanding under our revolving credit facility and $370,000 and $345,000, respectively, available to borrow under our revolving credit facility.
 

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Our credit agreement includes a feature under which the maximum borrowing availability under the facility may be increased to up to $1,500,000 in certain circumstances.

On January 17, 2018, we completed our IPO, in which we issued 20,000,000 of our common shares for net proceeds of $444,309, after deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions and expenses. For further information regarding our IPO and our application of the net proceeds, see Note 9 to the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part 1, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

We have one mortgage note payable with a principal amount of $48,750, which is scheduled to mature in 2020.
 
We expect to use borrowings under our revolving credit facility and net proceeds from offerings of equity or debt securities to fund any future property acquisitions, development or redevelopment efforts. We may also assume mortgage debt in connection with future acquisitions. When significant amounts are outstanding under our revolving credit facility or the maturities of our revolving credit facility or our other debt approach, we intend to explore refinancing alternatives. Such alternatives may include incurring term debt, placing mortgages on properties we own, issuing new equity or debt securities, extending the maturity date of our revolving credit facility, participating in joint venture arrangements, or selling properties. Although we cannot be sure that we will be successful in completing any particular type of financing, we believe that we will have access to financing, such as debt and equity offerings, to fund capital expenditures, future acquisitions, development, redevelopment and other activities and to pay our obligations.

The completion and the costs of any future financings will depend primarily upon our success in operating our business and upon market conditions. In particular, the feasibility and cost of any future debt financings will depend primarily on our then current credit qualities and on market conditions. We have no control over market conditions. Potential lenders in future debt transactions will evaluate our ability to fund required debt service and repay principal balances when they become due by reviewing our financial condition, results of operations, business practices and plans and our ability to maintain our earnings, to stagger our debt maturities and to balance our use of debt and equity capital so that our financial performance and leverage ratios afford us flexibility to withstand any reasonably anticipated adverse changes. We intend to conduct our business activities in a manner that will afford us reasonable access to capital for investment and financing activities.
During the nine months ended September 30, 2018, we paid quarterly cash distributions to our shareholders aggregating $39,008 using existing cash balances and borrowings under our revolving credit facility. For further information regarding the distributions we paid during 2018, see Note 6 to the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

On October 18, 2018, we declared a regular quarterly distribution of $0.33 per common share, or approximately $21,500, to shareholders of record on October 29, 2018. We expect to pay this distribution on or about November 12, 2018 using existing cash balances and borrowings under our revolving credit facility.

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, amounts capitalized for tenant improvements, leasing costs, building improvements and development and redevelopment activities were as follows:
 
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
 
 
September 30,
 
September 30,
 
 
2018
    
2017
    
2018
 
2017
Tenant improvements (1)
 
$

 
$
2

 
$
69

 
$
80

Leasing costs (2)
 
188

 
95

 
517

 
548

Building improvements (3)
 
657

 
224

 
958

 
797

Development, redevelopment and other activities (4)
 
110

 
1,928

 
566

 
4,571

 
 
$
955

 
$
2,249

 
$
2,110

 
$
5,996


(1)
Tenant improvements include capital expenditures used to improve tenants’ space or amounts paid directly to tenants to improve their space.

(2)
Leasing costs include leasing related costs, such as brokerage commissions, legal costs and tenant inducements.

(3)
Building improvements generally include (i) expenditures to replace obsolete building components and (ii) expenditures that extend the useful life of existing assets.


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(4)
Development, redevelopment and other activities generally include (i) capital expenditures that are identified at the time of a property acquisition and incurred within a short time period after acquiring the property and (ii) capital expenditure projects that reposition a property or result in new sources of revenues.
 
As of September 30, 2018, we had estimated unspent leasing related obligations of $348. In addition, in October 2018, we committed to expand an existing property by approximately 194,000 square feet at an estimated cost of approximately $15,000.
 
During the three months ended September 30, 2018, commitments made for expenditures, such as tenant improvements and leasing costs in connection with leasing space, were as follows:
 
New Leases
 
Renewals
 
Totals
Square feet leased during the period (in thousands)
120

 
204

 
324

Total leasing costs and concession commitments (1)
$
321

 
$
77

 
$
398

Total leasing costs and concession commitments per square foot (1)
$
2.68

 
$
0.38

 
$
1.23

Weighted average lease term by square feet (years)
4.4

 
16.1

 
11.8

Total leasing costs and concession commitments per square foot per year (1)
$
0.61

 
$
0.02

 
$
0.10


(1)
Includes commitments made for leasing expenditures and concessions, such as leasing commissions, tenant improvements or other tenant inducements.
 
Off Balance Sheet Arrangements
 
As of September 30, 2018, we had no off balance sheet arrangements that have had or that we expect would be reasonably likely to have a material effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources. We had no swaps, hedges or other derivatives as of September 30, 2018.

Debt Covenants (dollars in thousands)
 
Our principal debt obligations at September 30, 2018 were borrowings outstanding under our revolving credit facility and a mortgage note assumed in connection with one of our acquisitions. Our mortgage note is non-recourse, subject to certain limitations, and does not contain any material financial covenants. Our credit agreement provides for acceleration of payment of all amounts outstanding upon the occurrence and continuation of certain events of default, such as a change of control of us, which includes RMR LLC ceasing to act as our business and property manager. Our credit agreement contains a number of covenants which restrict our ability to incur debts, including debts secured by mortgages on our properties, in excess of calculated amounts, restrict our ability to make distributions to our shareholders in certain circumstances and generally require us to maintain certain financial ratios. As of September 30, 2018, we believe we were in compliance with all of the terms and covenants under our credit agreement.
 
Our credit agreement does not contain provisions for acceleration which could be triggered by our leverage ratio. However, under our credit agreement, our leverage ratio is used to determine the fees and interest rates we pay. Accordingly, if our leverage ratio increases above the applicable thresholds, our interest expense and related costs under our credit agreement would increase.
 
Our revolving credit facility has cross default provisions to other indebtedness that is recourse of $25,000 or more and indebtedness that is non-recourse of $50,000 or more.

Related Person Transactions

We have relationships and historical and continuing transactions with RMR LLC and others related to them. For example: we have no employees and the personnel and various services we require to operate our business are provided to us by RMR LLC pursuant to our business and property management agreements with RMR LLC; The RMR Group Inc., or RMR Inc., is the managing member of RMR LLC; and Adam D. Portnoy, one of our Managing Trustees, is the sole trustee, an officer and controlling shareholder of ABP Trust, which is the controlling shareholder of RMR Inc. We also have relationships and historical and continuing transactions with other companies to which RMR LLC or its subsidiaries provide management services and which may have trustees, directors and officers who are also trustees, directors or officers of us, RMR LLC or RMR Inc., including: SIR, of which we were a wholly owned subsidiary until January 17, 2018 and which remains our largest

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shareholder, owning, at September 30, 2018, approximately 69.2% of our outstanding common shares; SIR has agreed, subject to certain conditions, to declare and, at least one business day before the completion of the contemplated merger of SIR into a subsidiary of GOV, pay a pro rata distribution to its shareholders all 45,000,000 of our common shares that SIR owns. For further information about these and other such relationships and related person transactions, see Notes 9, 10 and 11 to the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, our 2017 Annual Report and our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC. In addition, see the section captioned “Risk Factors” of our 2017 Annual Report for a description of risks that may arise as a result of these and other related person transactions and relationships. Our filings with the SEC and copies of certain of our agreements with these related persons, including our business and property management agreements with RMR LLC and our various agreements with SIR, are available as exhibits to our filings with the SEC and accessible at the SEC’s website, www.sec.gov. We may engage in additional transactions with related persons, including, businesses to which RMR LLC or its subsidiaries provide management services.

Item 3.  Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk (dollars in thousands, except per share data)
 
We are exposed to risks associated with market changes in interest rates. We manage our exposure to this market risk by monitoring available financing alternatives. Our strategy to manage exposure to changes in interest rates is materially unchanged since December 31, 2017. Other than as described below, we do not currently expect any significant changes in our exposure to fluctuations in interest rates or in how we manage this exposure in the near future.

Fixed Rate Debt 
 
At September 30, 2018, our outstanding fixed rate debt consisted of the following mortgage note:
 
    
 
    
Annual
 
Annual
    
 
    
Interest
 
 
Principal
 
Interest
 
Interest
 
 
 
Payments
Debt
 
Balance (1)
 
Rate (1)
 
Expense (1)
 
Maturity
 
Due
Mortgage note (one property in Chester, VA)
 
$
48,750

 
3.99
%
 
$
1,945

 
2020
 
Monthly

(1)
The principal balance, annual interest rate and annual interest expense are the amounts stated in the applicable contract. In accordance with GAAP, our carrying value and recorded interest expense may differ from these amounts because of market conditions at the time we assumed this debt.
 
Our mortgage note requires interest only payments until maturity. Because our mortgage note requires interest to be paid at a fixed rate, changes in market interest rates during the term of the mortgage note will not affect our interest obligations. If this mortgage note is refinanced at an interest rate which is one percentage point higher or lower than shown above, our annual interest cost would increase or decrease by approximately $488.

Changes in market interest rates would affect the fair value of our fixed rate debt obligations. Increases in market interest rates decrease the fair value of our fixed rate debt, while decreases in market interest rates increase the fair value of our fixed rate debt. Based on the balance outstanding at September 30, 2018 and a discounted cash flow analysis through the maturity date, and assuming no other changes in factors that may affect the fair value of our fixed rate debt obligation, a hypothetical immediate one percentage point increase in the interest rate would decrease the fair value of this obligation by approximately $990.

Floating Rate Debt

At September 30, 2018, our floating rate debt consisted of $380,000 outstanding under our revolving credit facility. Our revolving credit facility matures on December 29, 2021 and, subject to the payment of extension fees and satisfaction of other conditions, we have the option to extend the maturity date for two, six month periods. No principal repayments are required under our revolving credit facility prior to maturity, and prepayments may be made at any time without penalty.

Borrowings under our revolving credit facility are in U.S. dollars and require interest to be paid at LIBOR plus a premium that is subject to adjustment based upon changes to our leverage ratio. Accordingly, we are vulnerable to changes in the U.S. dollar based short term rates, specifically LIBOR. In addition, upon renewal or refinancing of this obligation, we are vulnerable to increases in interest rate premiums due to market conditions or our perceived credit risk. Generally, a change in interest rates would not affect the value of our floating rate debt but would affect our operating results. The following table presents the approximate impact a one percentage point increase in interest rates would have on our annual floating rate interest expense at September 30, 2018:

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Impact of an Increase in Interest Rates
 
    
 
 
 
    
Total Interest 
    
Annual
 
 
Interest Rate 
 
Outstanding
 
Expense
 
Earnings Per
 
 
Per Year 
 
Debt 
 
Per Year
 
Share Impact (1)
At September 30, 2018
 
3.50
%
 
$
380,000

 
$
13,300

 
$
0.21

One percentage point increase
 
4.50
%
 
$
380,000

 
$
17,100

 
$
0.27

(1)
Based on the diluted weighted average common shares outstanding for the nine months ended September 30, 2018.

The following table presents the approximate impact a one percentage point increase in interest rates would have on our annual floating rate interest expense at September 30, 2018 if we were fully drawn on our revolving credit facility:
 
 
Impact of an Increase in Interest Rates
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total Interest 
 
Annual
 
 
Interest Rate 
 
Outstanding
 
Expense
 
Earnings Per
 
 
Per Year
 
Debt
 
Per Year
 
Share Impact (1)
At September 30, 2018
 
3.50
%
 
$
750,000

 
$
26,250

 
$
0.41

One percentage point increase
 
4.50
%
 
$
750,000

 
$
33,750

 
$
0.53

(1)
Based on the diluted weighted average common shares outstanding for the nine months ended September 30, 2018.

The foregoing tables show the impact of an immediate increase in floating interest rates. If interest rates were to change gradually over time, the impact would be spread over time. Our exposure to fluctuations in floating interest rates will increase or decrease in the future with increases or decreases in the outstanding amounts of our revolving credit facility and any other floating rate debt.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

As of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, our management carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our President and Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures pursuant to Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Based upon that evaluation, our President and Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures are effective.

There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended September 30, 2018 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.


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WARNING CONCERNING FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

THIS QUARTERLY REPORT ON FORM 10-Q CONTAINS STATEMENTS THAT CONSTITUTE FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION REFORM ACT OF 1995 AND OTHER SECURITIES LAWS. ALSO, WHENEVER WE USE WORDS SUCH AS “BELIEVE”, “EXPECT”, “ANTICIPATE”, “INTEND”, “PLAN”, “ESTIMATE”, “WILL”, “MAY” AND NEGATIVES OR DERIVATIVES OF THESE OR SIMILAR EXPRESSIONS, WE ARE MAKING FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS. THESE FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS ARE BASED UPON OUR PRESENT INTENT, BELIEFS OR EXPECTATIONS, BUT FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS ARE NOT GUARANTEED TO OCCUR AND MAY NOT OCCUR. FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS IN THIS REPORT RELATE TO VARIOUS ASPECTS OF OUR BUSINESS, INCLUDING:
THE LIKELIHOOD THAT OUR TENANTS WILL PAY RENT OR BE NEGATIVELY AFFECTED BY CYCLICAL ECONOMIC CONDITIONS,
THE LIKELIHOOD THAT OUR TENANTS WILL RENEW OR EXTEND THEIR LEASES OR THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO OBTAIN REPLACEMENT TENANTS,
OUR ACQUISITIONS OF PROPERTIES,
OUR ABILITY TO COMPETE FOR ACQUISITIONS AND TENANCIES EFFECTIVELY,
THE LIKELIHOOD THAT OUR RENTS WILL INCREASE WHEN WE RENEW OR EXTEND OUR LEASES, WHEN WE ENTER NEW LEASES, OR WHEN OUR RENTS RESET AT OUR HAWAII PROPERTIES,
THE LIKELIHOOD THAT THE DISTRIBUTION OF OUR COMMON SHARES BY SIR WILL BE COMPLETED,
OUR ABILITY TO PAY DISTRIBUTIONS TO OUR SHAREHOLDERS AND TO SUSTAIN THE AMOUNT OF SUCH DISTRIBUTIONS,
THE FUTURE AVAILABILITY OF BORROWINGS UNDER OUR REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY,
OUR POLICIES AND PLANS REGARDING INVESTMENTS, FINANCINGS AND DISPOSITIONS,
OUR ABILITY TO RAISE DEBT OR EQUITY CAPITAL,
OUR ABILITY TO PAY INTEREST ON AND PRINCIPAL OF OUR DEBT,
OUR ABILITY TO APPROPRIATELY BALANCE OUR USE OF DEBT AND EQUITY CAPITAL,
CHANGES IN THE SECURITY OF CASH FLOWS FROM OUR PROPERTIES,
OUR ABILITY TO SUCCESSFULLY AND PROFITABLY COMPLETE EXPANSION AND RENOVATION PROJECTS AT OUR PROPERTIES AND TO REALIZE OUR EXPECTED RETURNS ON THOSE PROJECTS,
OUR ABILITY TO OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN ADEQUATE CREDIT RATINGS,
OUR EXPECTATION THAT WE BENEFIT FROM OUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH RMR INC.,
OUR ABILITY TO QUALIFY AND MAINTAIN OUR QUALIFICATION FOR TAXATION AS A REIT,
CHANGES IN FEDERAL OR STATE TAX LAWS,
CHANGES IN REAL ESTATE AND ZONING LAWS AND REGULATIONS, AND INTERPRETATIONS OF THOSE LAWS AND REGULATIONS, APPLICABLE TO OUR PROPERTIES,
THE CREDIT QUALITIES OF OUR TENANTS,
CHANGES IN ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS OR IN THEIR INTERPRETATIONS OR ENFORCEMENT AS A RESULT OF CLIMATE CHANGE OR OTHERWISE,

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OUR SALES OF PROPERTIES, AND
OTHER MATTERS.
OUR ACTUAL RESULTS MAY DIFFER MATERIALLY FROM THOSE CONTAINED IN OR IMPLIED BY OUR FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS AS A RESULT OF VARIOUS FACTORS. FACTORS THAT COULD HAVE A MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT ON OUR FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS AND UPON OUR BUSINESS, RESULTS OF OPERATIONS, FINANCIAL CONDITION, FFO, NORMALIZED FFO, NOI, CASH FLOWS, LIQUIDITY AND PROSPECTS INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO:
THE IMPACT OF CONDITIONS AND CHANGES IN THE ECONOMY AND THE CAPITAL MARKETS ON US AND OUR TENANTS,
COMPETITION WITHIN THE REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY, PARTICULARLY IN THOSE MARKETS IN WHICH OUR PROPERTIES ARE LOCATED,
COMPLIANCE WITH, AND CHANGES TO, FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS, ACCOUNTING RULES, TAX LAWS AND SIMILAR MATTERS,
LIMITATIONS IMPOSED ON OUR BUSINESS AND OUR ABILITY TO SATISFY COMPLEX RULES IN ORDER FOR US TO QUALIFY FOR TAXATION AS A REIT FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES,
ACTUAL AND POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST WITH OUR RELATED PARTIES, INCLUDING OUR MANAGING TRUSTEES, RMR LLC, RMR INC., SIR, AIC, AND OTHERS AFFILIATED WITH THEM, AND
ACTS OF TERRORISM, OUTBREAKS OF SO CALLED PANDEMICS OR OTHER MANMADE OR NATURAL DISASTERS BEYOND OUR CONTROL.
FOR EXAMPLE:
OUR ABILITY TO MAKE FUTURE DISTRIBUTIONS TO OUR SHAREHOLDERS AND TO MAKE PAYMENTS OF PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST ON OUR INDEBTEDNESS DEPENDS UPON A NUMBER OF FACTORS, INCLUDING OUR FUTURE EARNINGS, THE CAPITAL COSTS WE INCUR TO LEASE OUR PROPERTIES AND OUR WORKING CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS. WE MAY BE UNABLE TO PAY OUR DEBT OBLIGATIONS OR TO MAINTAIN OUR CURRENT RATE OF DISTRIBUTIONS ON OUR COMMON SHARES AND FUTURE DISTRIBUTIONS MAY BE REDUCED OR ELIMINATED,
OUR ABILITY TO GROW OUR BUSINESS AND INCREASE OUR DISTRIBUTIONS DEPENDS IN LARGE PART UPON OUR ABILITY TO BUY PROPERTIES AND LEASE THEM FOR RENTS, LESS THEIR PROPERTY OPERATING COSTS, THAT EXCEED OUR CAPITAL COSTS. WE MAY BE UNABLE TO IDENTIFY PROPERTIES THAT WE WANT TO ACQUIRE OR TO NEGOTIATE ACCEPTABLE PURCHASE PRICES, ACQUISITION FINANCING OR LEASE TERMS FOR NEW PROPERTIES,
CONTINGENCIES IN OUR ACQUISITION AND SALE AGREEMENTS MAY NOT BE SATISFIED AND ANY EXPECTED ACQUISITIONS AND SALES MAY NOT OCCUR, MAY BE DELAYED OR THE TERMS OF SUCH TRANSACTIONS MAY CHANGE, 
RENTS THAT WE CAN CHARGE AT OUR PROPERTIES MAY DECLINE BECAUSE OF CHANGING MARKET CONDITIONS OR OTHERWISE,
MOST OF OUR HAWAII PROPERTIES ARE LANDS LEASED FOR RENTS THAT ARE PERIODICALLY RESET BASED ON THEN CURRENT FAIR MARKET VALUES. REVENUES FROM OUR PROPERTIES IN HAWAII HAVE GENERALLY INCREASED DURING OUR AND OUR PREDECESSORS’ OWNERSHIP AS THE LEASES FOR THOSE PROPERTIES HAVE BEEN RESET OR RENEWED. ALTHOUGH WE EXPECT THAT RENTS FOR OUR HAWAII PROPERTIES WILL INCREASE IN THE FUTURE, WE CANNOT BE SURE THEY WILL. FUTURE RENTS FROM THESE PROPERTIES COULD DECREASE OR NOT INCREASE TO THE EXTENT THEY HAVE IN THE PAST,

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OUR POSSIBLE REDEVELOPMENT OF CERTAIN OF OUR PROPERTIES MAY NOT BE REALIZED OR BE SUCCESSFUL,
OUR LEASING RELATED OBLIGATIONS MAY COST MORE OR LESS AND MAY TAKE LONGER TO COMPLETE THAN WE EXPECT, AND OUR LEASING RELATED OBLIGATIONS MAY INCREASE IN THE FUTURE,
THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE OR ECONOMIC CONDITIONS IN AREAS WHERE OUR PROPERTIES ARE LOCATED MAY BECOME WORSE IN THE FUTURE. SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES OR OTHER CONDITIONS MAY REDUCE DEMAND FOR LEASING INDUSTRIAL SPACE. IF THE DEMAND FOR LEASING INDUSTRIAL SPACE IS REDUCED, WE MAY BE UNABLE TO RENEW LEASES WITH OUR TENANTS AS LEASES EXPIRE OR ENTER NEW LEASES AT RENTAL RATES AS HIGH AS EXPIRING RENTS AND OUR FINANCIAL RESULTS MAY DECLINE,
E-COMMERCE RETAIL SALES MAY NOT CONTINUE TO GROW AND INCREASE THE DEMAND FOR INDUSTRIAL AND LOGISTICS REAL ESTATE AS WE EXPECT,
INCREASING DEVELOPMENT OF INDUSTRIAL AND LOGISTICS PROPERTIES MAY REDUCE THE DEMAND FOR, AND OUR RENTS FROM, OUR PROPERTIES,
OUR BELIEF THAT THERE IS A LIKELIHOOD THAT TENANTS MAY RENEW OR EXTEND OUR LEASES PRIOR TO THEIR EXPIRATIONS WHENEVER THEY HAVE MADE SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS IN THE LEASED PROPERTIES, OR BECAUSE THOSE PROPERTIES MAY BE OF STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE TO THEM, MAY NOT BE REALIZED,
SOME OF OUR TENANTS MAY NOT RENEW EXPIRING LEASES, AND WE MAY BE UNABLE TO OBTAIN NEW TENANTS TO MAINTAIN OR INCREASE THE HISTORICAL OCCUPANCY RATES OF, OR RENTS FROM, OUR PROPERTIES,
THE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES WE BELIEVE WE HAVE MAY NOT IN FACT EXIST OR PROVIDE US WITH THE ADVANTAGES WE EXPECT. WE MAY FAIL TO MAINTAIN ANY OF THESE ADVANTAGES OR OUR COMPETITION MAY OBTAIN OR INCREASE THEIR COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES RELATIVE TO US,
OUR INCREASED OPERATING EXPENSES AS A PUBLIC COMPANY MAY BE GREATER THAN WE EXPECT,
WE INTEND TO CONDUCT OUR BUSINESS ACTIVITIES IN A MANNER THAT WILL AFFORD US REASONABLE ACCESS TO CAPITAL FOR INVESTMENT AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES. HOWEVER, WE MAY NOT SUCCEED IN THIS REGARD AND WE MAY NOT HAVE REASONABLE ACCESS TO CAPITAL,
CONTINUED AVAILABILITY OF BORROWINGS UNDER OUR REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY IS SUBJECT TO OUR SATISFYING CERTAIN FINANCIAL COVENANTS AND OTHER CREDIT FACILITY CONDITIONS THAT WE MAY BE UNABLE TO SATISFY,
ACTUAL COSTS UNDER OUR REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY WILL BE HIGHER THAN LIBOR PLUS A PREMIUM BECAUSE OF FEES AND EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH SUCH DEBT,
WE MAY BE UNABLE TO REPAY OUR DEBT OBLIGATIONS WHEN THEY BECOME DUE,
THE MAXIMUM BORROWING AVAILABILITY UNDER OUR REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY MAY BE INCREASED TO UP TO $1.5 BILLION IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES. HOWEVER, INCREASING THE MAXIMUM BORROWING AVAILABILITY UNDER OUR REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY IS SUBJECT TO OUR OBTAINING ADDITIONAL COMMITMENTS FROM LENDERS, WHICH MAY NOT OCCUR,
WE HAVE THE OPTION TO EXTEND THE MATURITY DATE OF OUR REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY UPON PAYMENT OF A FEE AND MEETING OTHER CONDITIONS. HOWEVER, THE APPLICABLE CONDITIONS MAY NOT BE MET,

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THE PREMIUMS USED TO DETERMINE THE INTEREST RATE PAYABLE ON OUR REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY AND THE UNUSED FEE PAYABLE ON OUR REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY ARE BASED ON OUR LEVERAGE. FUTURE CHANGES IN OUR LEVERAGE MAY CAUSE THE INTEREST AND FEES WE PAY TO INCREASE,
THE BUSINESS AND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT AGREEMENTS BETWEEN US AND RMR LLC HAVE CONTINUING 20 YEAR TERMS. HOWEVER, THOSE AGREEMENTS PERMIT EARLY TERMINATION IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES. ACCORDINGLY, WE CANNOT BE SURE THAT THESE AGREEMENTS WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR CONTINUING 20 YEAR TERMS,
WE BELIEVE THAT OUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR RELATED PARTIES, INCLUDING RMR LLC, RMR INC., SIR, AIC AND OTHERS AFFILIATED WITH THEM MAY BENEFIT US AND PROVIDE US WITH COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES IN OPERATING AND GROWING OUR BUSINESS. HOWEVER, THE ADVANTAGES WE BELIEVE WE MAY REALIZE FROM THESE RELATIONSHIPS MAY NOT MATERIALIZE,
WE HAVE NEGOTIATED A 194,000 SQUARE FOOT EXPANSION OF A BUILDING ON A PROPERTY WE OWN IN IOWA. WE EXPECT TO SPEND AN AGGREGATE OF $15.0 MILLION TO COMPLETE THIS EXPANSION. IT IS DIFFICULT TO ACCURATELY ESTIMATE DEVELOPMENT AND TENANT IMPROVEMENT COSTS. THIS DEVELOPMENT PROJECT MAY COST MORE OR LESS AND MAY TAKE LONGER TO COMPLETE THAN WE CURRENTLY EXPECT, AND WE MAY INCUR INCREASING AMOUNTS FOR THESE AND SIMILAR PURPOSES IN THE FUTURE,
ONE OF OUR TENANTS THAT REPRESENTS 3.1% OF OUR ANNUALIZED RENTAL REVENUES AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2018 HAS FILED FOR CHAPTER 11 BANKRUPTCY. ALTHOUGH THE TENANT HAS PAID ITS RENTAL OBLIGATIONS TO US THROUGH OCTOBER 2018, THE TENANT MAY NOT PAY FUTURE RENTS, MAY REJECT ONE OR MORE OF ITS LEASES AND/OR MAY SEEK TO RENEGOTIATE ITS LEASE OBLIGATIONS, AND
THE DISTRIBUTION OF ALL 45,000,000 OF OUR COMMON SHARES THAT SIR OWNS TO SIR'S SHAREHOLDERS PURSUANT TO THE MERGER AGREEMENT IS SUBJECT TO THE SATISFACTION OF CERTAIN CONDITIONS, INCLUDING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, OBTAINING THE REQUISITE SHAREHOLDER APPROVALS WITH RESPECT TO THE MERGER CONTEMPLATED BY THE MERGER AGREEMENT. WE CANNOT BE SURE WHEN OR IF THOSE CONDITIONS WILL BE SATISFIED OR THAT SUCH DISTRIBUTION WILL OCCUR.
CURRENTLY UNEXPECTED RESULTS COULD OCCUR DUE TO MANY DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES, SOME OF WHICH ARE BEYOND OUR CONTROL, SUCH AS ACTS OF TERRORISM, NATURAL DISASTERS, CHANGES IN OUR TENANTS’ FINANCIAL CONDITIONS, THE MARKET DEMAND FOR LEASED SPACE OR CHANGES IN CAPITAL MARKETS OR THE ECONOMY GENERALLY.
THE INFORMATION CONTAINED ELSEWHERE IN THIS QUARTERLY REPORT ON FORM 10-Q AND IN OUR 2017 ANNUAL REPORT OR IN OUR OTHER FILINGS WITH THE SEC, INCLUDING UNDER THE CAPTION “RISK FACTORS”, OR INCORPORATED HEREIN OR THEREIN, IDENTIFIES OTHER IMPORTANT FACTORS THAT COULD CAUSE DIFFERENCES FROM OUR FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS. OUR FILINGS WITH THE SEC ARE AVAILABLE ON THE SEC’S WEBSITE AT WWW.SEC.GOV.
YOU SHOULD NOT PLACE UNDUE RELIANCE UPON OUR FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS.
EXCEPT AS REQUIRED BY LAW, WE DO NOT INTEND TO UPDATE OR CHANGE ANY FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS AS A RESULT OF NEW INFORMATION, FUTURE EVENTS OR OTHERWISE.

STATEMENT CONCERNING LIMITED LIABILITY
THE AMENDED AND RESTATED DECLARATION OF TRUST ESTABLISHING INDUSTRIAL LOGISTICS PROPERTIES TRUST, DATED JANUARY 11, 2018, AS FILED WITH THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF ASSESSMENTS AND TAXATION OF MARYLAND, PROVIDES THAT NO TRUSTEE, OFFICER, SHAREHOLDER, EMPLOYEE OR AGENT OF INDUSTRIAL LOGISTICS PROPERTIES TRUST SHALL BE HELD TO ANY PERSONAL LIABILITY, JOINTLY OR SEVERALLY, FOR ANY OBLIGATION OF, OR CLAIM AGAINST, INDUSTRIAL LOGISTICS PROPERTIES TRUST. ALL PERSONS DEALING WITH INDUSTRIAL LOGISTICS PROPERTIES TRUST IN ANY WAY

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SHALL LOOK ONLY TO THE ASSETS OF INDUSTRIAL LOGISTICS PROPERTIES TRUST FOR THE PAYMENT OF ANY SUM OR THE PERFORMANCE OF ANY OBLIGATION.

PART II. Other Information

Item 1A. Risk Factors

There have been no material changes to risk factors from those we previously disclosed in our 2017 Annual Report.

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

Issuer purchases of equity securities. The following table provides information about our purchases of our equity securities during the quarter ended September 30, 2018:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Maximum
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total Number of
 
Approximate Dollar
 
 
 
 
 
 
Shares Purchased
 
Value of Shares that
 
 
Number of
 
Average
 
as Part of Publicly
 
May Yet Be Purchased
 
 
Shares
 
Price Paid
 
Announced Plans
 
Under the Plans or
Calendar Month
 
Purchased (1)
 
per Share
 
or Programs
 
Programs
September 2018
 
2,369

 
$
22.08

 

 
$

Total
 
2,369

 
$
22.08

 

 
$


(1) These common share withholdings and purchases were made to satisfy tax withholding and payment obligations of certain of our officers and certain other RMR LLC employees in connection with the vesting of awards of our common shares. We withheld and purchased these shares at their fair market value based upon the trading price of our common shares at the close of trading on Nasdaq on the purchase date.

Item 5. Other Information
On October 24, 2018, John C. Popeo announced his decision to retire and therefore resign as our President and Chief Executive Officer and as one of our Managing Trustees effective November 30, 2018.

Also on October 24, 2018, our Board of Trustees appointed John G. Murray as our President and Chief Executive Officer effective December 1, 2018. Also on October 24, 2018, our Board of Trustees, pursuant to a recommendation of the Nominating and Governance Committee of our Board of Trustees, elected Mr. Murray as the Managing Trustee in Class I of our Board of Trustees effective December 1, 2018. Mr. Murray was elected to fill the vacancy caused by the retirement and related resignation of John C. Popeo and to serve the remainder of the full term of the Class I Trustees, the Class of Trustees which will stand for election at our 2019 annual meeting of shareholders.
 
Mr. Murray, age 57, is and has been an executive vice president of our manager, RMR LLC, since 2001, and previously served as a senior vice president of RMR LLC from 1993 to 2001. Mr. Murray is and has been the chief executive officer of Hospitality Properties Trust, or HPT, since June 2018, a managing trustee of HPT since April 2018 and president of HPT since 1996, and previously served as chief operating officer of HPT from 1996 to 2018, and as chief financial officer and treasurer from 1995 to 1996. Prior to joining RMR LLC, Mr. Murray was employed at Fidelity Brokerage Services Inc. and at Ernst & Young LLP.
 
Our Board of Trustees is comprised of two Managing Trustees and three Independent Trustees. Mr. Murray qualifies as a Managing Trustee in accordance with our Amended and Restated Bylaws. Mr. Murray has advised us that he has no arrangement or understanding with any other person pursuant to which he was appointed as our Managing Trustee. Mr. Murray is not expected to be appointed to any committees of our Board of Trustees.
 
In accordance with our publicly disclosed Trustee compensation arrangements, Mr. Murray will not be entitled to any cash compensation for his service as a Managing Trustee, but he will be entitled to receive awards of our common shares from time to time pursuant to our equity compensation plan at the discretion of the Compensation Committee of our Board of Trustees. We previously filed a summary of our currently effective Trustee compensation as Exhibit 10.7 to our Current Report on Form 8-K dated January 11, 2018, which summary is incorporated herein by reference.
 

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We have relationships and historical and continuing transactions with RMR LLC, RMR Inc., and others related to them. For information about these and other such relationships and related person transactions, see Notes 9, 10 and 11 to the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and the sections captioned “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations-Related Person Transactions” and “Warning Concerning Forward Looking Statements” of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as well as Notes 7, 8, 9 and 11 to our consolidated financial statements included in our 2017 Annual Report and the sections captioned “Business”, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations-Related Person Transactions” and “Warning Concerning Forward Looking Statements” of our 2017 Annual Report and the section captioned “Related Person Transactions” and the information regarding our Trustees and executive officers included in our Proxy Statement for our 2018 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. In addition, please see the section captioned “Risk Factors” of our 2017 Annual Report for a description of risks that may arise as a result of these and other such relationships and related person transactions. Our filings with the SEC and copies of certain of our agreements with these related parties are publicly available as exhibits to our public filings with the SEC and accessible at the SEC’s website, www.sec.gov.


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Item 6. Exhibits
 
Exhibit Number
 
Description
 
 
 
3.1
 
 
 
 
3.2
 
 
 
 
4.1
 
 
 
 
4.2
 
 
 
 
31.1
 
 
 
 
31.2
 
 
 
 
32.1
 
 
 
 
101.1
 
The following materials from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2018 formatted in XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language): (i) the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, (ii) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income, (iii) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows and (iv) related notes to these financial statements, tagged as blocks of text and in detail. (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.


 
INDUSTRIAL LOGISTICS PROPERTIES TRUST
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ John C. Popeo
 
 
John C. Popeo
 
 
President and Chief Executive Officer
 
 
Dated: October 26, 2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Richard W. Siedel, Jr.
 
 
Richard W. Siedel, Jr.
 
 
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
 
 
(principal financial officer and principal accounting officer)
 
 
Dated: October 26, 2018


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