UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10-Q

 

x       QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the quarterly period ended     July 31, 20152016     

 

OR

 

¨       TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the transition period from ______________________ to ______________________

 

Commission File Number     1-4702     

 

AMREP Corporation
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Oklahoma 59-0936128
(State or other jurisdiction of (IRS Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification No.)

 

300 Alexander Park, Suite 204, Princeton, New Jersey08540
(Address of principal executive offices)(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:(609) 716-8200

 

Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) 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.

 

YesxNo¨

Yes     x     No     ¨

 

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to submit and post such files).

 

YesxNo¨

Yes     x     No     ¨

 

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

 

Large accelerated filer¨ Accelerated filer¨
     
Non-accelerated filer¨ Smaller reporting companyx

(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

 

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

 

Yes¨Nox

Yes     ¨     No     x

 

Number of Shares of Common Stock, par value $.10 per share, outstanding at September 11, 20159, 20168,059,454.8,078,954.

 

 

 

AMREP CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

 

INDEX

 

PAGE
NO.
PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION 
  
Item 1. Financial Statements 
  
Consolidated Balance Sheets  July 31, 20152016 (Unaudited) and April 30, 201520161
  
Consolidated Statements of Operations and Retained Earnings (Unaudited) Three Months Ended July 31, 20152016 and 201420152
  
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows from Continuing Operations (Unaudited) Three Months Ended July 31, 20152016 and 201420153
  
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)4
  
Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations119
  
Item 4. Controls and Procedures1513
  
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION 
  
Item 5. Other Information1614
  
Item 6. Exhibits1714
  
SIGNATURE1815
  
EXHIBIT INDEX1916

 

 

 

PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.Financial Statements

Item 1.Financial Statements

 

AMREP CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

Consolidated Balance Sheets

(Amounts in thousands, except par value and share amounts)

 

 July 31,
2015
 April 30,
2015
  July 31,
 2016
 April 30,
 2016
 
 (Unaudited)    (Unaudited)   
ASSETS                
Cash and cash equivalents $9,697  $12,050  $11,295  $14,562 
Receivables, net  10,933   11,265   7,404   7,271 
Real estate inventory  66,388   66,321   59,715   61,663 
Investment assets, net  15,328   15,364   9,716   10,326 
Property, plant and equipment, net  15,467   15,763   11,677   11,997 
Intangible and other assets, net  9,670   10,440 
Other assets  3,471   3,478 
Taxes receivable  1,781   -   51   48 
Deferred income taxes, net  5,837   5,837   10,946   11,283 
Assets of discontinued operations  -   1,689 
TOTAL ASSETS $135,101  $138,729  $114,275  $120,628 
                
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY                
        
LIABILITIES:                
Accounts payable and accrued expenses $8,826  $10,284  $7,613  $8,453 
Notes payable:                
Amounts due within one year  130   128   -   555 
Amounts due beyond one year  3,927   3,959 
Amounts due to related party  13,782   14,003   6,483   12,384 
  17,839   18,090   6,483   12,939 
                
Taxes payable  -               653 
Other liabilities and deferred revenue  4,766   4,827   3,623   3,682 
Accrued pension cost  11,513   11,259   13,025   12,710 
Liabilities of discontinued operations  -   295 
TOTAL LIABILITIES  42,944   45,408   30,744   37,784 
                
SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY:                
Common stock, $.10 par value; shares authorized – 20,000,000; shares issued – 8,284,704 at July 31, 2015 and 8,281,704 at April 30, 2015  828   828 
Common stock, $.10 par value; shares authorized – 20,000,000; shares issued – 8,296,704 at July 31, 2016 and 8,284,704 at April 30, 2016  830   828 
Capital contributed in excess of par value  50,553   50,538   50,608   50,553 
Retained earnings  55,824   57,003   47,409   46,779 
Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net  (10,833)  (10,833)  (11,101)  (11,101)
Treasury stock, at cost; 225,250 shares at July 31, 2015 and April 30, 2015  (4,215)  (4,215)
Treasury stock, at cost; 225,250 shares at July 31, 2016 and April 30, 2016  (4,215)  (4,215)
TOTAL SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY  92,157   93,321   83,531   82,844 
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY $135,101  $138,729  $114,275  $120,628 

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

 

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AMREP CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

Consolidated Statements of Operations and Retained Earnings (Unaudited)

Three Months Ended July 31, 20152016 and 20142015

(Amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)

 

 2015 2014  2016 2015 
REVENUES:                
Fulfillment services $9,181  $11,909  $7,828  $9,181 
Real estate land sales  110   384   2,720   110 
Other  284   28 
Other revenues (Note 8)  1,660   284 
  9,575   12,321   12,208   9,575 
COSTS AND EXPENSES:                
Real estate land sales  36   222   2,578   36 
Operating expenses:                
Fulfillment services  8,780   9,392   6,673   8,780 
Real estate selling expenses  53   60   41   53 
Other  347   441   370   347 
General and administrative expenses:                
Fulfillment services  865   1,107   353   865 
Real estate operations and corporate  1,019   827   1,002   1,019 
Impairment of assets  -   925 
Interest expense  379   392   224   379 
  11,479   13,366   11,241   11,479 
Loss from continuing operations before income taxes  (1,904)  (1,045)
Income (loss) from operations before income taxes  967   (1,904)
                
Benefit for income taxes  (725)  (409)
Loss from continuing operations  (1,179)  (636)
        
Discontinued operations (Note 2)        
Income from discontinued operations before income taxes  -   10,968 
Provision for income taxes  -   4,068 
Income from discontinued operations  -   6,900 
        
Provision (benefit) for income taxes  337   (725)
Net income (loss)  (1,179)  6,264   630   (1,179)
                
Retained earnings, beginning of period  57,003   45,683   46,779   57,003 
Retained earnings, end of period $55,824  $51,947  $47,409  $55,824 
        
Loss per share – continuing operations – basic and diluted $(0.15) $(0.08)
Earnings per share – discontinued operations – basic and diluted $-  $0.90 
Earnings (loss) per share, net - basic and diluted $(0.15) $0.82  $0.08  $(0.15)
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding  8,029   7,599   8,042   8,029 

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

 

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AMREP CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows from Continuing Operations (Unaudited)

Three Months Ended July 31, 20152016 and 2014
2015

(Amounts in thousands)

 

 2015 2014  2016 2015 
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:                
Net loss from continuing operations $(1,179) $(636)
Net income (loss) from operations $630  $(1,179)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:                
Impairment of assets  -   925 
Depreciation and amortization  746   826   367   746 
Non-cash credits and charges:                
Allowance for (recovery of) doubtful accounts  29   (111)
Allowance for doubtful accounts  18   29 
Stock-based compensation  21   36   15   21 
Changes in assets and liabilities, net of effects of discontinued operations:        
Changes in assets and liabilities:        
Receivables  303   2,146   (151)  303 
Real estate inventory and investment assets  (67)  (274)  2,557   (67)
Intangible and other assets  432   1,422 
Other assets  42   432 
Accounts payable and accrued expenses  (1,458)  (1,492)  (840)  (1,458)
Taxes receivable and payable  (2,434)  3   (3)  (2,434)
Deferred income taxes and other liabilities  (61)  (408)  278   (61)
Accrued pension costs  254   53   315   254 
Total adjustments  (2,235)  3,126   2,598   (2,235)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities  (3,414)  2,490   3,228   (3,414)
                
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:                
Capital expenditures - property, plant and equipment  (82)  (377)  (39)  (82)
Net cash used in investing activities  (82)  (377)  (39)  (82)
                
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:                
Proceeds from debt financing  340   - 
Principal debt payments  (251)  (71)  (6,796)  (251)
Net transfers from (to) discontinued operations  1,394   (1,311)
Net transfers from discontinued operations  -   1,394 
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities  1,143   (1,382)  (6,456)  1,143 
                
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents  (2,353)  731 
Decrease in cash and cash equivalents  (3,267)  (2,353)
Cash and cash equivalents,beginning of period  12,050   7,571   14,562   12,050 
Cash and cash equivalents,end of period $9,697  $8,302  $11,295  $9,697 
                
SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION:                
Interest paid $324  $408 
Interest paid, net of amounts capitalized $132  $324 
Income taxes paid (refunded), net $1,854  $(3) $2  $1,854 
Non-cash transactions:        
Issuance of common stock in settlement $-  $4,274 

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

 

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AMREP CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

Three Months Ended July 31, 20152016 and 20142015

 

(1)BASIS OF PRESENTATION

 

The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared by AMREP Corporation (the “Company”) pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) for interim financial information, and do not include all the information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for complete financial statements. The Company, through its subsidiaries, is primarily engaged in two business segments: the real estate business operated by AMREP Southwest Inc. (“AMREP Southwest”) and its subsidiaries and the Fulfillment Services business operated by Palm Coast Data LLC (“Palm Coast”) and its subsidiary, FulCircle Media, LLC (“FulCircle”) and the real estate business operated by AMREP Southwest Inc. (“AMREP Southwest”) and its subsidiaries.affiliates. The Company’s foreign sales are insignificant. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

 

In the opinion of management, these unaudited consolidated financial statements include all adjustments, which are of a normal recurring nature, considered necessary to reflect a fair presentation of the results for the interim periods presented. The results of operations for such interim periods are not necessarily indicative of what may occur in future periods. Unless otherwise qualified, all references to 20162017 and 20152016 are to the fiscal years ending April 30, 20162017 and 20152016 and all references to the first quarter and first three months of 20162017 and 20152016 mean the fiscal three month periods ended July 31, 20152016 and 2014.2015.

 

The unaudited consolidated financial statements herein should be read in conjunction with the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended April 30, 2015,2016, which was filed with the SEC on July 29, 20152016 (the “2015“2016 Form 10-K”).

 

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

 

In May 2014,March 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the “FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2016-09,Compensation - Stock Compensation: Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting. The update simplifies several aspects of accounting for employee share-based payment transactions, including the accounting for income taxes, forfeitures, and statutory tax withholding requirements, as well as classification in the statement of cash flows. ASU 2016-09 is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016, including interim periods within those annual reporting periods. The adoption of ASU 2016-09 by the Company is not expected to have a material effect on its consolidated financial statements.

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02,Leases. ASU 2016-02 requires that a lessee recognize the assets and liabilities that arise from operating leases. A lessee should recognize in its balance sheet a liability to make lease payments (the lease liability) and a right-of-use asset representing its right to use the underlying asset for the lease term. For leases with a term of twelve months or less, a lessee is permitted to make an accounting policy election by class of underlying asset not to recognize lease assets and lease liabilities. In transition, lessees and lessors are required to recognize and measure leases at the beginning of the earliest period presented using a modified retrospective approach. ASU 2016-02 will be effective for the Company for fiscal year 2020 beginning on May 1, 2019. The Company has not determined the transition approach that will be utilized or estimated the impact of adopting ASU 2016-02.

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In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-09,Revenue from Contracts with Customers.Customers. This guidance defines how companies report revenues from contracts with customers and also requires enhanced disclosures. In July 2015, the Financial Accounting Standards BoardFASB voted to defer the effective date by one year, with early adoption on the original effective date permitted. The Company will be required to adopt the standardASU 2014-09 as of May 1, 2018 and early adoption is permitted as of May 1, 2017. The Company has not determined when it will adopt ASU 2014-09 and the transition approach that will be utilized nor has itor estimated the impact of adopting the new accounting standard.ASU 2014-09.

 

(2)DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS

Prior to February 9, 2015, the Company had been engaged in the Newsstand Distribution Services business and the Product Packaging and Fulfillment Services business. On February 9, 2015, the Newsstand Distribution Services business and the Product Packaging and Fulfillment Services business were sold. In addition, prior to April 10, 2015, the Company had also been engaged in the Staffing Services business. On April 10, 2015, the Staffing Services business was sold. The Newsstand Distribution Services business, the Product Packaging and Fulfillment Services business and the Staffing Services business have been classified as “discontinued operations” in the Company’s financial statements. Financial information from prior periods has been reclassified to conform to this presentation. Refer to Item 1 of Part I of the 2015 Form 10-K for more detail about the sale of the Newsstand Distribution Services business, the Product Packaging and Fulfillment Services business and the Staffing Services business.

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The following table provides a reconciliation of the carrying amounts of the major classes of assets and liabilities of the discontinued operations in the accompanying balance sheets (in thousands):

  July 31,
2015
  April 30,
2015
 
       
Carrying amounts of major classes of assets included as part of discontinued operations:        
Cash and cash equivalents $-  $1,241 
Receivables, net  -   431 
Intangible and other assets, net  -   17 
Total assets classified as discontinued operations in the accompanying balance sheets $-  $1,689 
         
Carrying amounts of major classes of liabilities included as part of discontinued operations:        
Accounts payable, net and accrued expenses $-  $150 
Deferred and income taxes payable  -   145 
Total liabilities classified as discontinued operations in the accompanying balance sheets $-  $295 

The following table provides a reconciliation of the carrying amounts of components of pretax income or loss of the discontinued operations to the amounts reported in the accompanying statements of operations (in thousands):

For the three months ended:

  July 31,
2015
  July 31,
2014
 
       
Components of pretax income from discontinued operations:        
Revenues $-  $5,658 
Operating expenses  -   (5,196)
General and administrative expenses  -   (621)
Gain from settlement (Note 11)  -   11,155 
Interest expense  -   (28)
Income from discontinued operations before income taxes  -   10,968 
Provision for income taxes  -   4,068 
Net income from discontinued operations $-  $6,900 

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The following table provides the total operating and investing cash flows of the discontinued operations for the periods in which the results of operations of the discontinued operations are presented in the accompanying statements of operations (in thousands):

For the three months ended:

  July 31,
2015
  July 31,
2014
 
       
Cash flows from discontinued operating activities:        
Net income $-  $6,900 
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:        
Gain on settlement  -   (11,155)
Depreciation and amortization  -   106 
Non-cash credits and charges:        
Allowance for doubtful accounts  -   22 
Changes in assets and liabilities:        
Receivables  431   (3,617)
Intangible and other assets  17   (1,147)
Accounts payable and accrued expenses  (150)  (1,781)
Other  (145)  4,041 
Total adjustments  153   (13,531)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities $153  $(6,631)
         
Cash flows from investing activities:        
Capital expenditures - property, plant and equipment $-  $(31)
Net cash used in investing activities $-  $(31)

(3)RECEIVABLES

 

Receivables, net consist of the following (in thousands):

 

  July 31,
2015
  April 30,
2015
 
       
Fulfillment Services $8,157  $7,993 
Buyer promissory note  1,600   1,600 
Line of credit receivable  1,500   2,000 
Real estate operations and corporate  147   116 
   11,404   11,709 
Less allowance for doubtful accounts  (471)  (444)
  $10,933  $11,265 

Refer to Item 1 of Part I of the 2015 Form 10-K for detail about the buyer promissory note and line of credit issued in connection with the sale of the Newsstand Distribution Services business and the Product Packaging and Fulfillment Services business.

  July 31,
2016
  April 30,
2016
 
       
Fulfillment Services $7,540  $7,357 
Real estate operations and corporate  316   348 
   7,856   7,705 
Less allowance for doubtful accounts  (452)  (434)
  $7,404  $7,271 

 

During the first quarter of 2016,2017, revenues from one major customer of the Company’s Fulfillment Services business totaled $1,230,000$1,284,000 or 12.8%10.5% of total revenues for the Company. As of August 31, 2015,2016, the Company’s Fulfillment Services business had $433,000$416,000 of outstanding accounts receivable from this customer. This major customer has given the Company’s Fulfillment Services business notice that a significant portion of its business will be transferred to another provider during 2017.

(3)INVESTMENT ASSETS

Investment assets, net consist of the following (in thousands):

  July 31,
2016
  April 30,
2016
 
       
Land held for long-term investment $9,716  $9,717 
Other  -   609 
  $9,716  $10,326 

Land held for long-term investment represents property located in areas that are not planned to be developed in the near term and thus has not been offered for sale. As of July 31, 2016, the Company held approximately 12,000 acres of land in New Mexico classified as land held for long-term investment.

At April 30, 2016, Other included an approximately 2,200 square foot, single tenant retail commercial building on property owned by the AMREP Southwest in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. In the first quarter of 2017, the Company sold this property (see Note 8).

 

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(4)PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

 

Property, plant and equipment, net consist of the following (in thousands):

 

 July 31, April 30,  July 31, April 30, 
 2015 2015  2016 2016 
          
Land, buildings and improvements $20,003  $20,000  $15,868  $15,864 
Furniture and equipment  18,797   19,098   19,189   19,140 
  38,800   39,098   35,057   35,004 
Less accumulated depreciation  (23,333)  (23,335)  (23,380)  (23,007)
 $15,467  $15,763  $11,677  $11,997 

 

(5)INTANGIBLE AND OTHER ASSETS

 

Intangible and otherOther assets net consist of the following (in thousands):

 

 July 31, 2015 April 30, 2015  July 31, April 30, 
 Cost Accumulated
Amortization
 Cost Accumulated
Amortization
  2016 2016 
              
Customer contracts and relationships $16,986  $11,110  $16,986  $10,757 
Prepaid expenses  2,606   -   2,520   -  $2,420  $2,358 
Deferred order entry costs  920   -   961   -   784   845 
Other  268   -   730   -   267   275 
 $20,780  $11,110  $21,197  $10,757  $3,471  $3,478 

 

Customer contracts and relationships are amortized on a straight line basis over twelve years. Deferred order entry costs represent costs incurred in connection with the data entry of customer subscription information to database files and are charged directly to operations generally over a twelve month period.

 

(6)ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED EXPENSES

 

Accounts payable and accrued expenses consist of the following (in thousands):

 

 July 31, April 30,  July 31, April 30, 
 2015 2015  2016 2016 
          
Fulfillment Services $7,593  $8,910  $6,226  $6,712 
Real estate operations and corporate  1,233   1,374   1,387   1,741 
 $8,826  $10,284  $7,613  $8,453 
        

 

The July 31, 20152016 accounts payable net and accrued expenses total includesincluded customer postage deposits of $4,140,000,$3,702,000, accrued expenses of $1,852,000,$2,031,000, trade payables of $986,000$707,000 and other of $1,848,000.$1,173,000. The April 30, 20152016 accounts payable net and accrued expenses total includesincluded customer postage deposits of $4,832,000,$3,947,000, accrued expenses of $1,142,000,$1,998,000, trade payables of $1,641,000$837,000 and other of $2,669,000.$1,671,000.

 

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(7)NOTES PAYABLE

 

Notes payable consist of the following (in thousands):

 

  July 31,
2015
  April 30,
2015
 
Credit facilities:        
Real estate operations $13,782  $14,003 
PNC Credit Facility  -   - 
Other notes payable  4,057   4,087 
  $17,839  $18,090 
  July 31,
2016
  April 30,
2016
 
Credit facilities:        
Real estate operations - due to related party $6,483  $12,384 
Real estate operations - other  -   555 
  $6,483  $18,090 

 

Real Estate Loan

 

AMREP Southwest has a loan from a company owned by Nicholas G. Karabots, a significant shareholder of the Company and in which another director of the Company has a 20% participation. The loan had an outstanding principal amount of $13,782,000$6,483,000 at July 31, 2015,2016, is scheduled to mature on December 1, 2017, bears interest payable monthly at 8.5% per annum and is secured by a mortgage on all real property of AMREP Southwest in Rio Rancho, New Mexico and by a pledge of the stock of its subsidiary, Outer Rim Investments, Inc. The total book value of the real property collateralizing the loan was approximately $63,944,000$57,413,000 as of July 31, 2015.2016. The loan may be prepaid at any time without premium or penalty except if the prepayment is in connection with the disposition of AMREP Southwest or substantially all of its assets. No payments of principal are required until maturity, except that the following amounts are required to be applied to the payment of the loan: (a) 25% of the net cash proceeds from any sales of real property by AMREP Southwest and (b) 25% of any royalty payments received by AMREP Southwest under the oil and gas lease described in Note 8.

 

Other Notes Payable

 

Other notes payable consistA subsidiary of AMREP Southwest had a loan agreement with U.S. Bank National Association for the construction of a 2,200 square foot, single tenant retail building in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. The loan was scheduled to mature on October 31, 2016, bore interest payable monthly on the outstanding principal amount at 0.5% plus the prime rate, was secured by a mortgage note payable with anon the real property of approximately one acre where construction of the building had occurred, contained customary events of default, representations, warranties and covenants for a loan of this nature and was guaranteed by AMREP Southwest. As of April 30, 2016, the outstanding principal balance of $4,057,000 on a warehousethe loan was $555,000. In the first quarter of 2017, this property was sold and the outstanding loan balance was satisfied with a maturity date of February 2018 and an interest rate of 6.35%. The amount of Other notes payable due within one year totals $130,000.

PNC Credit Facility

The Company’s Fulfillment Services business had a revolving credit and security agreement with PNC Bank, N.A. (the “PNC Credit Facility”). The PNC Credit Facility expired by its terms on August 12, 2015. There were no borrowings duringproceeds from the quarter ended July 31, 2015 and no balance outstanding at the end of the quarter. At July 31, 2015, the borrowers were in compliance with the covenants of the PNC Credit Facility.sale.

 

(8)DEFERRED REVENUEOTHER REVENUES

 

ReferDuring the quarter ended July 31, 2016, the Company sold a single tenant retail commercial building in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, which resulted in a pre-tax gain of $1,496,000.

In addition, refer to Item 8 of Part II ofNote 11 to the 2015consolidated financial statements contained in the 2016 Form 10-K for detail about the Oil and Gas Lease and the Addendum thereto with Thrust Energy, Inc. and Cebolla Roja, LLC. No royalties under the Lease were received during the first quarter of 2016.2017. Revenue from this transaction is being recorded over the lease term and approximately $57,000 was recognized during the first quarterquarters of 20162017 and none for the same period of 2015, which is included in Other revenues in the accompanying financial statements.2016. At July 31, 2015,2016, there remained $701,000was $474,000 of deferred revenue.revenue remaining to be recognized in future periods.

 

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Refer to Item 8 of Part II of the 2015 Form 10-K for detail about a lease agreement for a warehouse facility owned by El Dorado Utilities, Inc. in Fairfield, Ohio. The amount of deferred rent revenue in connection with the lease totaled $1,013,000 and $1,042,000 at July 31, 2015 and April 30, 2015. The credit related to the amortization of the deferred rent revenue is accounted for as a reduction of general and administrative expenses for real estate operations and corporate in the accompanying financial statements and totaled $29,000 for both quarters ending July 31, 2015 and 2014.

 

(9)FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

 

The Financial Instruments Topic of the Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification requires disclosure of fair value information about financial instruments, whether or not recognized in the balance sheet, for which it is practicable to estimate that value. The Topic excludes all nonfinancial instruments from its disclosure requirements. Accordingly, the aggregate fair value amounts presented do not represent the underlying value of the Company. The following methods and assumptions are used in estimating fair value disclosure for financial instruments. Theinstruments: the carrying amounts of cash and cash equivalents, trade receivables and trade payables approximate fair value because of the short maturity of these financial instruments.

 

The Company did not have any long-term, fixed-rate notes receivables at July 31, 20152016 or April 30, 2015.2016. The estimated fair valuesvalue of the Company’s long-term, fixed-rate notesnote payable were $16,236,000was $5,875,000 and $16,365,000$11,102,000 compared with carrying amounts of $17,839,000$6,483,000 and $18,090,000$12,384,000 at July 31, 20152016 and April 30, 2015.2016.

 

(10)BENEFIT PLANS

 

Retirement plan

 

The Company has a defined benefit retirement plan for which accumulated benefits were frozen and future service credits were curtailed as of March 1, 2004. The Company has secured $5,019,000 of accrued pension-related obligations with first lien mortgages on certain real property in favor of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (the “PBGC”). On an annual basis, the Company is required to provide updated appraisals on each mortgaged property and, if the appraised value of the mortgaged properties is less than two times the amount of the accrued pension-related obligations secured by the mortgages, the Company is required to make a payment to its pension plan in an amount equal to one-half of the amount of the shortfall. During the first quarter of 2016, the Company substituted certain real property subject to the first lien mortgage in favor of the PBGC. During the first quarter of 2016,2017, there was no change in the appraised value of the mortgaged property that required the Company to make any additional payments to its pension plan.

 

Equity compensation plan

 

The Company issued 3,00012,000 shares of restricted common stock under the AMREP Corporation 2006 Equity Compensation Plan (the “Equity Plan”)during the first quarter of 2016.2017. During the first quarter of 2016, 4,0002017, 5,000 shares of common stock previously issued under the Equity Planvested leaving 27,00026,000 shares issued under the Equity Plan that havehad not vested as of July 31, 2015.2016.For the first quarter of 20162017 and 2015,2016, the Company recognized $21,000$15,000 and $36,000$21,000 of compensation expense related to the restrictedshares of common stock issued.As ofJuly 31, 20152016, there was $69$76,000,000of total unrecognized compensation expense related to shares of common stock issued under the Equity Plan which had not vested as of that date, which is expected to be recognized over the remaining vesting term not to exceed three years.

 

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(11)GAIN FROM SETTLEMENT

During the first quarter of 2015, the Company and certain of its subsidiaries entered into a settlement agreement with a significant customer, Heinrich Bauer (USA) LLC. As a result of the settlement agreement, the Company recognized a pretax gain of $11,155,000, which is included in the results of discontinued operations in the accompanying financial statements for 2015. Refer to Item 1 of Part I of the 2015 Form 10-K for additional detail about the settlement agreement.

(12)IMPAIRMENT OF ASSETS

During the first quarter of 2015, the Company’s Fulfillment Services business recognized a $925,000 impairment charge relating to the discontinuance of the development of certain software. The impairment charge included previously capitalized software costs, internal labor costs and third party consulting costs.

(13)INFORMATION ABOUT THE COMPANY’S OPERATIONS IN DIFFERENTINDUSTRY SEGMENTS

 

The following tables set forth summarized data relative to the industry segments in which the Company operated (other than with respect to discontinued operations) for the three month periods ended July 31, 20152016 and 20142015 (in thousands).:

 

  Fulfillment
Services
  Real Estate
Operations
  Corporate
and
Other
  Consolidated 
Three months ended July 31, 2015 (a):                
Revenues $9,181  $168  $226  $9,575 
                 
Net income (loss) from continuing operations $(776) $(766) $363  $(1,179)
Provision (benefit) for income taxes  (456)  (454)  185   (725)
Interest expense (income), net  167   671   (459)  379 
Depreciation and amortization  716   23   7   746 
EBITDA (b) $(349) $(526) $96  $(779)
Capital expenditures $82  $-  $-  $82 
Three months ended July 31, 2014 (a):                
Revenues $11,909  $484  $(72) $12,321 
                 
Net income (loss) from continuing operations $(338) $(754) $456  $(636)
Provision (benefit) for income taxes  (198)  (454)  243   (409)
Interest expense (income), net  175   695   (478)  392 
Depreciation and amortization  794   23   9   826 
Impairment of assets  925   -   -   925 
EBITDA (b) $1,358  $(490) $230  $1,098 
Capital expenditures $377  $-  $-  $377 
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  Real Estate
Operations
  Fulfillment
Services
  Corporate
and
Other
  Consolidated 
Three months ended July 31, 2016 (a):                
Revenues $4,370  $7,828  $10  $12,208 
                 
Net income (loss) from operations $247  $(42) $425  $630 
Provision (benefit) for income taxes  145   (25)  217   337 
Interest expense (income), net  647   269   (692)  224 
Depreciation and amortization  24   343   -   367 
EBITDA (b) $1,063  $545  $(50) $1,558 
Capital expenditures $-  $39  $-  $39 
Three months ended July 31, 2015 (a):                
Revenues $168  $9,181  $226  $9,575 
                 
Net income (loss) from operations $(766) $(776) $363  $(1,179)
Provision (benefit) for income taxes  (454)  (456)  185   (725)
Interest expense (income), net  671   167   (459)  379 
Depreciation and amortization  23   716   7   746 
EBITDA (b) $(526) $(349) $96  $(779)
Capital expenditures $-  $82  $-  $82 

 

(a)Revenue information provided for each segment includes amounts grouped as Other in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations. Corporate and Other is net of intercompany eliminations.

 

(b)The Company uses EBITDA (which the Company defines as income before net interest expense, income taxes, depreciation and amortization, and non-cash impairment charges) in addition to net income (loss) as a key measure of profit or loss for segment performance and evaluation purposes.

 

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

 

INTRODUCTION

 

AMREP Corporation (the “Company”), through its subsidiaries, is primarily engaged in two business segments: the real estate business operated by AMREP Southwest Inc. (“AMREP Southwest”) and its subsidiaries and the Fulfillment Services business operated by Palm Coast Data LLC (“Palm Coast”) and its subsidiary, FulCircle Media, LLC (“FulCircle”). Dataaffiliates. Information concerning industry segments is set forth in Note 1311 of the notes to the consolidated financial statements included in this report on Form 10-Q. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The Company’s foreign sales and activities are not significant.

Prior to February 9, 2015, the Company had been engaged in the Newsstand Distribution Services business and the Product Packaging and Fulfillment Services business. On February 9, 2015, the Newsstand Distribution Services business and the Product Packaging and Fulfillment Services business were sold. In addition, prior to April 10, 2015, the Company had also been engaged in the Staffing Services business. On April 10, 2015, the Staffing Services business was sold. The Newsstand Distribution Services business, the Product Packaging and Fulfillment Services business and the Staffing Services business have been classified as “discontinued operations” in the Company’s financial statements. Financial information from prior periods has been reclassified to conform to this presentation. Refer to Item 1 of Part I of the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended April 30, 2015, which was filed with the SEC on July 29, 2015 (the “2015 Form 10-K”), for more detail about the sale of the Newsstand Distribution Services business, the Product Packaging and Fulfillment Services business and the Staffing Services business.

 

The following provides information that management believes is relevant to an assessment and understanding of the Company’s consolidated results of operations and financial condition. The information contained in this section should be read in conjunction with the unaudited consolidated financial statements and related notes thereto appearing elsewhere in this quarterly report on Form 10-Q and with the 20152016 Form 10-K. Many of the amounts and percentages presented in this section have been rounded for convenience of presentation. Unless otherwise qualified, all references to 20162017 and 20152016 are to the fiscal years ending April 30, 20162017 and 20152016 and all references to the first quarter and first three months of 20162017 and 20152016 mean the fiscal three month periodperiods ended July 31, 20152016 and 2014.2015.

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CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES

 

Management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations is based on the accounting policies used and disclosed in the 20152016 consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes that were prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and included as part of the 20152016 Form 10-K. The preparation of those consolidated financial statements required management to make estimates and assumptions that affected the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the dates of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Actual amounts or results could differ from those estimates.

 

The critical accounting policies, assumptions and estimates are described in Item 7 of Part II of the 20152016 Form 10-K. There have been no changes in these accounting policies.

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The significant accounting policies of the Company are described in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements contained in the 20152016 Form 10-K. Information concerning the Company’s implementation and the impact of recent accounting standards issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board is included in the notes to the consolidated financial statements contained in the 20152016 Form 10-K.10-K and the unaudited consolidated financial statements and related notes thereto appearing elsewhere in this quarterly report on Form 10-Q. The Company did not adopt any accounting policy in the first quarter of 20162017 that had a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

 

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

 

Continuing Operations

For the first quarter of 2016,2017, the Company’s continuing operationsCompany recorded net income of $630,000, or $0.08 per share, compared to a net loss of $1,179,000, or $0.15 per share, compared to a net loss of $636,000 or $0.08 per share, for the first quarter of 2015.2016. Revenues from continuing operations were$9,575,00012,208,000 for the first quarter of 20162017 compared to $12,321,000$9,575,000 for the same period in the prior year.

 

Revenues from land sales at AMREP Southwest were $2,720,000 for the first quarter of 2017 compared to $110,000 for the same period of 2016. For the first quarters of 2017 and 2016, the Company’s land sales in New Mexico were as follows:

  Ended July 31, 2016  Ended July 31, 2015 
  Acres
Sold
  Revenues
(in 000s)
  Revenues
Per Acre
(in 000s)
  Acres
Sold
  Revenues
(in 000s)
  Revenues
Per Acre
(in 000s)
 
Three months:                        
Developed                        
Residential  9.8   2,628  $268   0.1  $35  $350 
Commercial  -   -   -   -   -   - 
Total Developed  9.8   2,628   268   0.1   35   350 
Undeveloped  4.3   92   21   10.1   75   7 
Total  14.1  $2,720  $193   10.2  $110  $11 

The average gross profit percentage on land sales was 5% for the first quarter of 2017 compared to 68% for the same period of 2016. The reduced profit percentage was attributable to the mix of lots sold, with 2017 sales being primarily developed lots with lower profit margins compared to 2016 where sales were primarily higher margin undeveloped lots. As a result of many factors, including the nature and timing of specific transactions and the type and location of land being sold, revenues, average selling prices and related average gross profits from land sales can vary significantly from period to period and prior results are not necessarily a good indication of what may occur in future periods.

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Revenues from the Company’s Fulfillment Services operations decreased from $11,909,000$9,181,000 for the first quarter of 20152016 to $9,181,000$7,828,000 for the same period in 2016.2017. The decrease in revenues was due in part to lower revenues in 2016 of $1,438,000were attributable to reduced business volumes from a significant customer that changed fulfillment service providers,existing customers, certain price concessions on renewed contracts and which consisted largely of contract termination fees that had little or no operating expenses associated with them.lost business. Magazine publishers are the principal customers of the Company’s Fulfillment Services operations, and these customers have continued to be negatively impacted by increased competition from new media sources, alternative technologies for the distribution, storage and consumption of media content, weakness in advertising revenues and increases in paper costs, printing costs and postal rates. The result has been reduced subscription sales, which has caused publishers to close some magazine titles, change subscription fulfillment providers and seek more favorable terms from Palm Coast and its competitors when contracts are up for bid or renewal. One customer of the Fulfillment Services business whose revenues were 10.5% of the total Company revenues for the first quarter of 2017 has given notice that a significant portion of its business will be transferred to another provider during 2017. Operating expenses for Fulfillment Services decreased from $9,392,000$8,780,000 for the first quarter of 20152016 to $8,780,000$6,673,000 for the same period in 2016,2017, primarily attributable to lower payroll and benefits, as well as lower facilities and equipment expenses. In addition, duringsupplies expense, resulting from reduced business volumes.

Other revenues increased from $284,000 for the first quarterthree months of 2015,2016 to $1,660,000 for the Fulfillment Services business recorded a non-cash impairment chargesame period of $925,0002017. The increase in other revenues was primarily due to the discontinuancesale of the developmenta retail commercial property by AMREP Southwest, which resulted in a pre-tax gain of certain software. This impairment charge included previously capitalized software costs, internal labor costs and third party consulting costs. Should the adverse Fulfillment Services business conditions continue, the Fulfillment Services business may experience future impairment charges related to its long-lived assets.

Revenues$1,496,000. Other operating expenses increased from the Company’s Real Estate land sales were $110,000$347,000 for the first quarter of 2016 compared to $384,000$370,000 for the same period of 2015. For the first quarters of 2016 and 2015, the Company’s land sales in New Mexico were as follows:

  Ended July 31, 2015  Ended July 31, 2014 
  Acres
Sold
  Revenues
(in 000s)
  Revenues
Per Acre
(in 000s)
  Acres Sold  Revenues
(in 000s)
  Revenues
Per Acre
(in 000s)
 
Three months:                        
Developed                        
Residential  0.1  $35  $350   0.5  $172  $344 
Commercial  -   -   -   0.8   212   265 
Total Developed  0.1   35   350   1.3   384   295 
Undeveloped  10.1   75   7   -   -   - 
Total  10.2  $110  $11   1.3  $384  $295 

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The average gross profit percentage on land sales was 68% for the first quarter of 2016 compared to 42% for the same period of 2015. As a result of many factors, including the nature and timing of specific transactions and the type and location of land being sold, revenues, average selling prices and related average gross profits from land sales can vary significantly from period to period and prior results are not necessarily a good indication of what may occur in future periods.

Other revenues increased from $28,000 for the first three months of 2015 to $284,000 for the same period of 2016. Other revenues consist primarily of revenues from the rental of a warehouse in Fairfield, Ohio and also from an oil and gas lease entered into by AMREP Southwest and one its subsidiaries during the second quarter of 2015. Refer to Item 8 of Part II of the 2015 Form 10-K for further detail regarding the oil and gas lease.

Other operating expenses decreased from $441,000 for the first quarter of 2015 to $347,000 for the same period of 2016,2017, primarily due to reduced real estate taxesincreased professional and land maintenanceconsulting costs at AMREP Southwest and its subsidiaries.Southwest.

 

General and administrative expenses of Fulfillment Services operations decreased from $1,107,000$865,000 for the first quarter of 20152016 to $865,000$353,000 for the same period of 2016,2017, primarily due to lower payrollreduced amortization of intangible assets, which were determined to be impaired at April 30, 2016 and benefit costs.their carrying value was written down at April 30, 2016, significantly reducing the amortization of these assets from 2016 to 2017. Real estate operations and corporate general and administrative expenses increaseddecreased from $827,000$1,019,000 in the first quarter of 20152016 to $1,019,000$1,002,000 for the same period in 2016, primarily due to increased pension costs resulting from the Company’s corporate office having assumed responsibility in 2016 for the pension expense related to the discontinued operations.2017.

 

Interest expense for continuing operations was $379,000$224,000 for the first quarter of 20162017 compared to $392,000$379,000 for the same period of 2015, primarily2016, due to a slightly lower average principal loan balance at AMREP Southwest. Capitalized interest for the first quarter of 2017 was $18,000 compared to none for the same period of the prior year.

 

The Company’s effective tax rate for continuing operations was 38.1%34.9% for the first quarter of 20162017 compared to 41.8%38.1% for the same period of 2015.2016. The difference between the statutory tax rate and the effective rate of the tax provision in 2017 and the tax benefit in 2016 was primarily due to state income taxes. The total tax effect of gross unrecognized tax benefits in the accompanying financial statements at both July 31, 20152016 and April 30, 20152016 was $58,000, which, if recognized, would have an impact on the effective tax rate. The Company believes it is reasonably possible that the liability for unrecognized tax benefits will not change in the next twelve months.

Discontinued Operations

Prior to fiscal 2016, the Company had been engaged in the Newsstand Distribution Services, Product Packaging and Fulfillment Services and Staffing Services businesses. During 2015, these businesses were sold and the operations of those businesses have been classified as “discontinued operations” in the Company’s financial statements. Financial information for prior periods has been reclassified to conform to this presentation. The net income from discontinued operations for the first quarter of 2015 included a pre-tax gain of $11,155,000 ($7,028,000 after tax, or $0.92 per share) from a settlement agreement in the Newsstand Distribution Services business with a major customer.

 

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

 

The Company’s primary sourcesources of funding for working capital requirements isare cash flow from operations.operations and existing cash balances. The Company’s liquidity is affected by many factors, including some that are based on normal operations and some that are related to the industries in which the Company operates and the economy generally. Except as described below, there have been no material changes to the Company’s liquidity and capital resources as reflected in the Liquidity and Capital Resources section of Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations in the 20152016 Form 10-K.

 

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Operating Activities

 

Receivables, net decreasedincreased from $11,265,000$7,271,000 at April 30, 20152016 to $10,933,000$7,404,000 at July 31, 20152016 primarily due to reduced borrowingsthe timing of accounts receivable collections and offset by the buyers of the Company’s former Newsstand Distribution Services and Product Packaging and Fulfillment Services businesses.lower business volumes at Palm Coast. Accounts payable and accrued expenses decreased from $10,284,000$8,453,000 at April 30, 20152016 to $8,826,000$7,613,000 at July 31, 2015,2016, primarily due to lower business volumes and the timing of payments to vendors.

 

Real estate inventory increaseddecreased from $66,321,000$61,663,000 at April 30, 20152016 to $66,388,000$59,715,000 at July 31, 2015.2016, primarily due to real estate land sales at AMREP Southwest. Investment assets decreased from $10,326,000 at April 30, 2016 to $9,716,000 at July 31, 2016, primarily due to the sale of a commercial retail property by AMREP Southwest. Property, plant and equipment decreased from $15,763,000$11,997,000 at April 30, 20152016 to $15,467,000$11,677,000 at July 31, 2015,2016, primarily due to normal depreciation of fixed assets.

 

Other liabilities and deferred revenue decreased from $4,827,000 at April 30, 2015 to $4,766,000 at July 31, 2015, primarily reflecting the amortization of deferred revenue related to the oil and gas lease entered into by AMREP Southwest and one of its subsidiaries during the second quarter of 2015.

Investing Activities

 

Capital expenditures for continuing operations totaled $82,000$39,000 for the first three months of 20162017 and $377,000$82,000 for the same period of 2015, primarily2016, all for the Fulfillment Services business.

 

Financing Activities

 

AMREP Southwest has a loan from a company owned by Nicholas G. Karabots, a significant shareholder of the Company and in which another director of the Company has a 20% participation. The loan had an outstanding principal amount of $13,782,000$6,483,000 at July 31, 2015,2016, is scheduled to mature on December 1, 2017, bears interest payable monthly at 8.5% per annum, and is secured by a mortgage on all real property of AMREP Southwest in Rio Rancho and by a pledge of the stock of its subsidiary, Outer Rim Investments, Inc. The total book value of the real property collateralizing the loan was approximately $63,944,000$57,413,000 as of July 31, 2015.2016. The loan may be prepaid at any time without premium or penalty except if the prepayment is in connection with the disposition of AMREP Southwest or substantially all of its assets. No payments of principal are required until maturity, except that the following amounts are required to be applied to the payment of the loan: (a) 25% of the net cash proceeds from any sales of real property by AMREP Southwest and (b) 25% of any royalty payments received by AMREP Southwest under the oil and gas lease entered into by AMREP Southwest and one of its subsidiaries duringdescribed in Note 8 in the second quarter of 2015.notes to the consolidated financial statements included in this report on Form 10-Q. At July 31, 2015,2016, AMREP Southwest was in compliance with the covenants of the loan facility.loan.

 

Other notes payable consistA subsidiary of AMREP Southwest had a loan agreement with U.S. Bank National Association for the construction of a 2,200 square foot, single tenant retail building in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. The loan was scheduled to mature on October 31, 2016, bore interest payable monthly on the outstanding principal amount at 0.5% plus the prime rate, was secured by a mortgage note payable with anon the real property of approximately one acre where construction of the building had occurred, contained customary events of default, representations, warranties and covenants for a loan of this nature and was guaranteed by AMREP Southwest. As of April 30, 2016, the outstanding principal balance of $4,057,000 on a warehousethe loan was $555,000. In the first quarter of 2017, this property was sold and the outstanding loan balance was satisfied with a maturity date of February 2018 and an interest rate of 6.35%. The amount of Other notes payable due within one year totals $130,000.proceeds from the sale.

 

The Company’s Fulfillment Services business had a revolving credit and security agreement with PNC Bank, N.A. (the “PNC Credit Facility”). The PNC Credit Facility expired by its terms on August 12, 2015. There were no borrowings during the quarter ended July 31, 2015 and no balance outstanding at the end of the quarter. At July 31, 2015, the borrowers were in compliance with the covenants of the PNC Credit Facility.

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Statement of Forward-Looking Information

 

The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the “Act”) provides a safe harbor for forward-looking statements made by or on behalf of the Company. The Company and its representatives may from time to time make written or oral statements that are “forward-looking”, including statements contained in this report and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, reports to the Company’s shareholders and news releases. All statements that express expectations, estimates, forecasts or projections are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Act. In addition, other written or oral statements, which constitute forward-looking statements, may be made by or on behalf of the Company. Words such as “expects”, “anticipates”, “intends”, “plans”, “believes”, “seeks”, “estimates”, “projects”, “forecasts”, “may”, “should”, variations of such words and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks, uncertainties and contingencies that are difficult to predict. All forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this report or, in the case of any document incorporated by reference, the date of that document. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to the Company or any person acting on behalf of the Company are qualified by the cautionary statements in this section. Many of the factors that will determine the Company’s future results are beyond the ability of management to control or predict. Therefore, actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed or forecasted in or suggested by such forward-looking statements.

 

The forward-looking statements contained in this report include, but are not limited to, statements regarding whetherthe expected loss of any material customer contract and the material adverse effect of any such loss, the effect of recent accounting pronouncements on the Company, the timing of recognizing unrecognized compensation expense related to shares of common stock issued under the Equity Plan, the liability for unrecognized tax benefits will changenot changing in the next twelve months and the future business conditions that may be experienced by the Company and future impairment charges that may be incurred related to the Company’s long-lived assets.Company. The Company undertakes no obligation to update or publicly release any revisions to any forward-looking statement to reflect events, circumstances or changes in expectations after the date of such forward-looking statement, or to make any other forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Item 4.Controls and Procedures

Item 4.Controls and Procedures

 

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

 

The Company’s management, with the participation of the Company’s chief financial officer and the other person whose certification accompanies this quarterly report, has evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) as of the end of the period covered by this report. As a result of such evaluation, the chief financial officer and such other person have concluded that such disclosure controls and procedures are effective to provide reasonable assurance that the information required to be disclosed in the reports the Company files or submits under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is (i) recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms, and (ii) accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including its chief financial officer and such other person, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding disclosure. The Company believes that a control system, no matter how well designed and operated, cannot provide absolute assurance that the objectives of the control system are met, and no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within a company have been detected.

 

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Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

 

No change in the Company’s system of internal control over financial reporting occurred during the most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, internal control over financial reporting.

 

Material Weakness Previously Identified

Refer to Item 9A of Part II of the 2015 Form 10-K for detail about a previously identified material weakness in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting over complex and non-routine transactions. The Company has implemented the following remediation steps to address this material weakness: (i) continual evaluation and enhancement of internal technical accounting capabilities, supported by the use of third-party advisors and consultants to assist with areas requiring specialized technical accounting expertise and (ii) enhanced awareness to identify complex technical accounting topics and early identification of situations which might require the use of third-party advisors and consultants. The material weakness will not be considered remediated until the controls are in operation for a sufficient period of time for the Company’s management to conclude that the material weaknesses have been remediated. Management will continue to assess the effectiveness of the Company’s remediation efforts in connection with management’s evaluations of internal control over financial reporting.

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

Item 5.Other Information

Item 5.Other Information

 

The following disclosure would otherwise be filed on Form 8-K under Item 5.03:

 

On September 10, 2015,13, 2016, Section 1(a)1 of Article IIII of the By-Laws of AMREP Corporation (the “Company”) was amended to provide thatupdate the Board of Directorsregistered office of the Company consistsin the State of four directors.

The following disclosure would otherwise be filed on Form 8-K under Item 5.07:

The 2015 Annual MeetingOklahoma, Section 5 of ShareholdersArticle III of the By-Laws of the Company was held on September 10, 2015. Atamended to eliminate the meeting, shareholders holding an aggregatereference to the City of 6,113,746 shares of common stock, par value $.10,New York with respect to the principal office of the Company, outand Section 1 of a totalArticle IV of 8,056,454 shares outstanding and entitledthe By-Laws of the Company was amended to vote, were present in person or represented by proxy.eliminate the parenthetical that read “(one of whom may be designated Executive Vice-President)”.

 

AtThe Company is also providing a complete copy of its latest Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, which updates the meeting, Edward B. Cloues, II was reelected as a directorregistered office of the Company in Class I by the final votes set forth opposite hisState of Oklahoma and the name to hold office untilof the 2018 Annual Meetingregistered agent of Shareholders and until his successor is elected and qualified:the Company in the State of Oklahoma.

 

  Votes For  Votes Withheld  Broker Non-Votes 
Edward B. Cloues, II  5,468,548   645,198   0 

In addition, the following proposal was voted on and approved at the meeting:

Proposal Votes For  Votes
Against
  Abstentions  Broker Non-
Votes
 
Advisory vote on the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers  3,320,978   2,778,662   14,106   0 

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Item 6.Exhibits

 

Exhibit
Number
 Description
3.1 By-Laws,Certificate of Incorporation, as amendedamended.
10.13.2 First Amendment to Settlement Agreement, datedBy-Laws, as of July 15, 2015, between the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and Registrantamended.
31.1 Certification required by Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
31.2 Certification required by Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
32 Certification required pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350
101.INS XBRL Instance Document
101.SCH XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema
101.CAL XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase
101.DEF XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase
101.LAB XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase
101.PRE XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase

 

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SIGNATURE

 

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.

 

Date: September 14, 20152016AMREP CORPORATION
 (Registrant)
   
 By:/s/ Peter M. PizzaClifford R. Martin
  Peter M. Pizza

Clifford R. Martin

Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
Number
 Description
3.1Certificate of Incorporation, as amended.
3.2 By-Laws, as amended
10.1First Amendment to Settlement Agreement, dated as of July 15, 2015, between the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and Registrantamended.
31.1 Certification required by Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
31.2 Certification required by Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
32 Certification required pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350
101.INS XBRL Instance Document
101.SCH XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema
101.CAL XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase
101.DEF XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase
101.LAB XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase
101.PRE XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase

 

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