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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
x QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2005
OR
¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Commission file number 001-31625
WILLIAM LYON HOMES
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 33-0864902 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of | (I.R.S. Employer | |
incorporation or organization) | Identification No.) | |
4490 Von Karman Avenue | ||
Newport Beach, California | 92660 | |
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
(949) 833-3600
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year,
if changed since last report)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
YES x NO ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
YES x NO ¨
Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.
Class of Common Stock | Outstanding at August 1, 2005 | |
Common stock, par value $.01 | 8,616,236 |
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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(in thousands except number of shares and par value per share)
ASSETS | ||||||
June 30, 2005 | December 31, 2004 | |||||
(unaudited) | ||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 50,659 | $ | 96,074 | ||
Receivables | 34,428 | 39,302 | ||||
Real estate inventories — Notes 2 and 3 | 1,303,947 | 1,059,173 | ||||
Investments in and advances to unconsolidated joint ventures — Note 3 | 15,473 | 17,911 | ||||
Property and equipment, less accumulated depreciation of $8,848 and $7,844 at | 18,632 | 18,066 | ||||
Deferred loan costs | 13,267 | 13,982 | ||||
Goodwill — Note 1 | 5,896 | 5,896 | ||||
Other assets | 26,292 | 24,158 | ||||
$ | 1,468,594 | $ | 1,274,562 | |||
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY | ||||||
Accounts payable | $ | 53,392 | $ | 39,364 | ||
Accrued expenses | 115,472 | 150,774 | ||||
Notes payable | 122,555 | 48,571 | ||||
7 5/8% Senior Notes due December 15, 2012 — Note 4 | 150,000 | 150,000 | ||||
10 3/4% Senior Notes due April 1, 2013 — Note 4 | 246,779 | 246,648 | ||||
7 1/2% Senior Notes due February 15, 2014 — Note 4 | 150,000 | 150,000 | ||||
838,198 | 785,357 | |||||
Minority interest in consolidated entities — Notes 2 and 3 | 218,694 | 142,096 | ||||
Stockholders’ equity — Note 6 | ||||||
Common stock, par value $.01 per share; 30,000,000 shares authorized; 8,616,236 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively; 1,275,000 shares issued and held in treasury at June 30, | 86 | 86 | ||||
Additional paid-in capital | 30,250 | 30,250 | ||||
Retained earnings | 381,366 | 316,773 | ||||
411,702 | 347,109 | |||||
$ | 1,468,594 | $ | 1,274,562 | |||
See accompanying notes.
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(in thousands except per common share amounts)
(unaudited)
Three Months Ended June 30, | Six Months Ended June 30, | |||||||||||||||
2005 | 2004 | 2005 | 2004 | |||||||||||||
Operating revenue | ||||||||||||||||
Home sales | $ | 362,123 | $ | 367,060 | $ | 606,779 | $ | 621,608 | ||||||||
Lots, land and other sales | 45,366 | 17,423 | 47,392 | 17,423 | ||||||||||||
407,489 | 384,483 | 654,171 | 639,031 | |||||||||||||
Operating costs | ||||||||||||||||
Cost of sales — homes | (266,952 | ) | (282,828 | ) | (441,934 | ) | (483,264 | ) | ||||||||
Cost of sales — lots, land and other | (22,024 | ) | (13,826 | ) | (23,837 | ) | (13,826 | ) | ||||||||
Sales and marketing | (13,282 | ) | (12,879 | ) | (24,397 | ) | (23,292 | ) | ||||||||
General and administrative | (23,963 | ) | (17,054 | ) | (41,404 | ) | (30,718 | ) | ||||||||
Other | (526 | ) | (434 | ) | (1,208 | ) | (767 | ) | ||||||||
(326,747 | ) | (327,021 | ) | (532,780 | ) | (551,867 | ) | |||||||||
Equity in income (loss) of unconsolidated joint ventures — Note 3 | 252 | (87 | ) | (159 | ) | (183 | ) | |||||||||
Minority equity in income of consolidated entities — Note 2 | (5,699 | ) | (6,652 | ) | (11,959 | ) | (10,912 | ) | ||||||||
Operating income | 75,295 | 50,723 | 109,273 | 76,069 | ||||||||||||
Financial advisory expenses — Note 8 | (2,191 | ) | — | (2,191 | ) | — | ||||||||||
Other (expense) income, net | (212 | ) | 1,300 | (317 | ) | 1,705 | ||||||||||
Income before provision for income taxes | 72,892 | 52,023 | 106,765 | 77,774 | ||||||||||||
Provision for income taxes — Note 1 | (28,792 | ) | (20,875 | ) | (42,172 | ) | (31,217 | ) | ||||||||
Net income | $ | 44,100 | $ | 31,148 | $ | 64,593 | $ | 46,557 | ||||||||
Earnings per common share — Note 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Basic | $ | 5.12 | $ | 3.16 | $ | 7.50 | $ | 4.74 | ||||||||
Diluted | $ | 5.07 | $ | 3.14 | $ | 7.43 | $ | 4.70 | ||||||||
See accompanying notes.
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Six Months Ended June 30, 2005
(in thousands)
(unaudited)
Common Stock | Additional Paid-In Capital | Retained Earnings | Total | |||||||||||
Shares | Amount | |||||||||||||
Balance — December 31, 2004 | 8,616 | $ | 86 | $ | 30,250 | $ | 316,773 | $ | 347,109 | |||||
Net income | — | — | — | 64,593 | 64,593 | |||||||||
Balance — June 30, 2005 | 8,616 | $ | 86 | $ | 30,250 | $ | 381,366 | $ | 411,702 | |||||
See accompanying notes.
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(in thousands)
(unaudited)
Six Months Ended June 30, | ||||||||
2005 | 2004 | |||||||
Operating activities | ||||||||
Net income | $ | 64,593 | $ | 46,557 | ||||
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash used in operating activities: | ||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 1,004 | 452 | ||||||
Equity in loss of unconsolidated joint ventures | 159 | 183 | ||||||
Minority equity in income of consolidated entities | 11,959 | 10,912 | ||||||
Provision for income taxes | 42,172 | 31,217 | ||||||
Net changes in operating assets and liabilities: | ||||||||
Receivables | 4,874 | 16,131 | ||||||
Real estate inventories | (195,641 | ) | (304,929 | ) | ||||
Deferred loan costs | 715 | (381 | ) | |||||
Other assets | (2,134 | ) | 669 | |||||
Accounts payable | 14,028 | 16,037 | ||||||
Accrued expenses | (77,474 | ) | (42,358 | ) | ||||
Net cash used in operating activities | (135,745 | ) | (225,510 | ) | ||||
Investing activities | ||||||||
Investments in and advances to unconsolidated joint ventures | (1,221 | ) | (7,031 | ) | ||||
Distributions of capital from unconsolidated joint ventures | 3,500 | 6,166 | ||||||
Purchases of property and equipment | (1,570 | ) | (16,046 | ) | ||||
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities | 709 | (16,911 | ) | |||||
Financing activities | ||||||||
Proceeds from borrowing on notes payable | 664,747 | 845,430 | ||||||
Principal payments on notes payable | (602,449 | ) | (750,651 | ) | ||||
Issuance of 7 1/2% Senior Notes | — | 147,563 | ||||||
Minority interest contributions, net | 27,323 | 3,157 | ||||||
Common stock issued for exercised options | — | 902 | ||||||
Net cash provided by financing activities | 89,621 | 246,401 | ||||||
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents | (45,415 | ) | 3,980 | |||||
Cash and cash equivalents — beginning of period | 96,074 | 24,137 | ||||||
Cash and cash equivalents — end of period | $ | 50,659 | $ | 28,117 | ||||
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information | ||||||||
Cash paid during the period for interest, net of amounts capitalized | $ | (2,093 | ) | $ | (7,197 | ) | ||
Issuance of notes payable for land acquisitions | $ | 11,686 | $ | — | ||||
Consolidation of real estate inventories and minority interests from variable interest entities | $ | 37,316 | $ | — | ||||
Income tax benefit credited to additional paid-in capital in connection with stock option exercises | $ | — | $ | 3,084 | ||||
Consolidation of real estate inventories of previously unconsolidated joint ventures | $ | — | $ | 160,124 | ||||
Consolidation of notes payable of previously unconsolidated joint ventures | $ | — | $ | 90,252 | ||||
Consolidation of other net assets of previously unconsolidated joint ventures | $ | — | $ | 43,568 | ||||
See accompanying notes.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(unaudited)
Note 1 — Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies
William Lyon Homes, a Delaware corporation, and subsidiaries (the “Company”) are primarily engaged in designing, constructing and selling single family detached and attached homes in California, Arizona and Nevada.
The unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Company have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles for interim financial information and in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. The consolidated financial statements do not include all of the information and footnotes required by U.S. generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements. The consolidated financial statements included herein should be read in conjunction with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004.
The interim consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Company’s customary accounting practices. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for a presentation in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles have been included. Operating results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2005 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2005.
The preparation of the Company’s financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of the assets and liabilities as of June 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004 and revenues and expenses for the periods presented. Accordingly, actual results could differ materially from those estimates in the near-term.
Certain reclassifications have been made to the prior year financial statements to conform to the current period presentation.
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and all majority-owned and controlled subsidiaries and joint ventures, and certain joint ventures and other entities which have been determined to be variable interest entities in which the Company is considered the primary beneficiary (see Note 2). Investments in joint ventures which have not been determined to be variable interest entities in which the Company is considered the primary beneficiary are accounted for using the equity method because the Company has a 50% or less voting or economic interest (and thus such joint ventures are not controlled by the Company). The accounting policies of the joint ventures are substantially the same as those of the Company. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
The Company designs, constructs and sells a wide range of homes designed to meet the specific needs of each of its markets. For internal reporting purposes, the Company is organized into five geographic home building regions and its mortgage origination operation. Because each of the Company’s geographic home building regions has similar economic characteristics, housing products and class of prospective buyers, the geographic home building regions have been aggregated into a single home building segment.
The Company evaluates performance and allocates resources primarily based on the operating income of individual home building projects. Operating income is defined by the Company as operating revenue less operating costs plus equity in loss of unconsolidated joint ventures less minority equity in income of consolidated entities. Accordingly, operating income excludes certain expenses included in the determination of net income. All other segment measurements are disclosed in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(unaudited)
A provision for warranty costs relating to the Company’s limited warranty plans is included in cost of sales at the time the home sale is recorded. The Company generally reserves one percent of the sales price of its homes against the possibility of future charges relating to its one-year limited warranty and similar potential claims. Factors that affect the Company’s warranty liability include the number of homes under warranty, historical and anticipated rates of warranty claims, and cost per claim. The Company periodically assesses the adequacy of its recorded warranty liability and adjusts the amounts as necessary. Changes in the Company’s warranty liability during the six months ended June 30 are as follows (in thousands):
June 30, | ||||||||
2005 | 2004 | |||||||
Warranty liability, beginning of period | $ | 14,308 | $ | 7,267 | ||||
Warranty liability from consolidated entities as of January 1, 2004 — Note 2 | — | 1,664 | ||||||
Warranty provision during period | 7,407 | 5,957 | ||||||
Warranty settlements during period | (8,836 | ) | (5,565 | ) | ||||
Warranty liability, end of period | $ | 12,879 | $ | 9,323 | ||||
At December 31, 2004, the Company has unused recognized built-in losses in the amount of $22,649,000 which are available to offset future taxable income and expire between 2009 and 2011. The utilization of these losses is limited to offset $3,235,000 of taxable income per year; however, any unused losses in any year may be carried forward for utilization in future years through 2011. The Company’s ability to utilize the foregoing tax benefits will depend upon the amount of its future taxable income and may be further limited under certain circumstances.
Earnings per share amounts for all periods presented conform to Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 128,Earnings Per Share. Basic and diluted earnings per common share for the three months ended June 30, 2005 are based on 8,616,236 and 8,693,425 weighted average shares of common stock outstanding, respectively. Basic and diluted earnings per common share for the six months ended June 30, 2005 are based on 8,616,236 and 8,693,172 weighted average shares of common stock outstanding, respectively. Basic and diluted earnings per common share for the three months ended June 30, 2004 are based on 9,851,076 and 9,931,572 weighted average shares of common stock outstanding, respectively. Basic and diluted earnings per common share for the six months ended June 30, 2004 are based on 9,825,872 and 9,905,676 weighted average shares of common stock outstanding, respectively.
On June 29, 2005, the Emerging Issues Task Force (“EITF”) reached a consensus on EITF Issue No. 04-05, “Determining Whether a General Partner, or the General Partners as a Group, Controls a Limited Partnership or Similar Entity When the Limited Partners Have Certain Rights” (“EITF 04-05”). The scope of EITF 04-05 is limited to limited partnerships or similar entities (such as limited liability companies that have governing provisions that are the functional equivalent of a limited partnership) that are not variable interest entities under FIN 46 and provides a new framework for addressing when a general partner in a limited partnership, or managing member in the case of a limited liability company, controls the entity. Under EITF 04-05, the Company may be required to consolidate certain investments in which the Company holds a general partner or managing member interest. EITF 04-05 is effective after June 29, 2005 for new entities formed after such date and for existing entities for which the agreements are subsequently modified and is effective for the Company’s fiscal year beginning January 1, 2006 for all other entities. The adoption of EITF 04-05 did not have any impact on the Company’s financial statements as of June 30, 2005. The Company has not yet determined the anticipated impact of adopting EITF 04-05 for arrangements existing at June 29, 2005. However, EITF 04-05 may require the consolidation of the assets, liabilities and operations of certain of the Company’s homebuilding and land
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(unaudited)
development joint ventures. Since the Company already recognizes its proportionate share of joint venture earnings and losses under the equity method of accounting, the adoption of EITF 04-05 will not impact the Company’s consolidated net income.
Note 2 — Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities
In January 2003, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Interpretation No. 46,Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities, as amended (“Interpretation No. 46”) which addresses the consolidation of variable interest entities (“VIEs”). Under Interpretation No. 46, arrangements that are not controlled through voting or similar rights are accounted for as VIEs. An enterprise is required to consolidate a VIE if it is the primary beneficiary of the VIE.
Under Interpretation No. 46, a VIE is created when (i) the equity investment at risk is not sufficient to permit the entity to finance its activities without additional subordinated financial support from other parties or (ii) equity holders either (a) lack direct or indirect ability to make decisions about the entity through voting or similar rights, (b) are not obligated to absorb expected losses of the entity or (c) do not have the right to receive expected residual returns of the entity if they occur. If an entity is deemed to be a VIE, pursuant to Interpretation No. 46, an enterprise that absorbs a majority of the expected losses or residual returns of the VIE is considered the primary beneficiary and must consolidate the VIE.
Based on the provisions of Interpretation No. 46, the Company has concluded that under certain circumstances when the Company (i) enters into option agreements for the purchase of land or lots from an entity and pays a non-refundable deposit, (ii) enters into land banking arrangements or (iii) enters into arrangements with a financial partner for the formation of joint ventures which engage in homebuilding and land development activities, a VIE may be created under condition (ii) (b) or (c) of the previous paragraph. The Company may be deemed to have provided subordinated financial support, which refers to variable interests that will absorb some or all of an entity’s expected losses if they occur. For each VIE created, the Company has computed expected losses and residual returns based on the probability of future cash flows as outlined in Interpretation No. 46. If the Company has been determined to be the primary beneficiary of the VIE, the assets, liabilities and operations of the VIE have been consolidated with the Company’s financial statements.
Supplemental consolidating financial information of the Company, specifically including information for the joint ventures and land banking arrangements consolidated under Interpretation No. 46 and for two joint ventures which were previously consolidated (see Note 5), is presented below to allow investors to determine the nature of assets held and the operations of the consolidated entities. Investments in consolidated entities in the separate financial statements of wholly-owned entities are presented below using the equity method of accounting. Consolidated real estate inventories include land deposits under option agreements or land banking arrangements (excluding the consolidated land banking arrangements as previously described in this paragraph) of $42,097,000 and $38,023,000 at June 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively.
The joint ventures which have been determined to be VIEs are each engaged in homebuilding and land development activities. Certain of these joint ventures have not obtained construction financing from outside lenders, but are financing their activities through equity contributions from each of the joint venture partners. Creditors of these VIEs have no recourse against the general credit of the Company. Income allocations and cash distributions to the Company are based on predetermined formulas between the Company and the joint venturers as specified in the applicable partnership or operating agreements. The Company generally receives, after partners’ priority returns and return of partners’ capital, approximately 50% of the profits and cash flows from the joint ventures.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(unaudited)
The Company enters into purchase agreements with various land sellers. In some instances, and as a method of acquiring land in staged takedowns, thereby minimizing the use of funds from the Company’s revolving credit facilities and other corporate financing sources and limiting the Company’s risk, the Company transfers its right in such purchase agreements to entities owned by third parties (land banking arrangements). These entities use equity contributions and/or incur debt to finance the acquisition and development of the lots. The entities grant the Company an option to acquire lots in staged takedowns. In consideration for this option, the Company makes a non-refundable deposit equal to 20% or less of the total purchase price. Additionally, the Company may be subject to other penalties if lots are not acquired. The Company is under no obligation to purchase the balance of the lots, but would forfeit remaining deposits and be subject to penalties if the lots were not purchased. The Company does not have legal title to these entities or their assets and has not guaranteed their liabilities. These land banking arrangements help the Company manage the financial and market risk associated with land holdings. The Company participates in two land banking arrangements, which are not VIEs in accordance with FIN 46, and are not consolidated as of June 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004. The deposits and penalties related to the two land banking projects have been recorded in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet. The financial statements of these two entities are not consolidated with the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
One of the land banking arrangements which has been determined to be a VIE was entered into effective on September 29, 2003. Under this arrangement, the Company transferred to an entity owned by a third party the Company’s right to purchase certain real estate assets (lots) from a joint venture whose financial statements have previously been consolidated with the Company’s financial statements (see Note 3). Concurrently, the Company entered into an option agreement with the entity owned by a third party whereby the Company agreed to acquire lots in staged takedowns through August 15, 2005. The Company made a non-refundable deposit of $14,418,000 and the entity owned by a third party made an equity contribution of $42,214,000 to purchase the lots from the joint venture for a total price of $56,632,000 (which included a $16,441,000 preferred return to the outside partner of the joint venture). The Company is under no obligation to purchase the lots, but would forfeit remaining deposits if the lots were not purchased. The Company does not have legal title to the entity owned by a third party and has not guaranteed its liabilities. The total purchase price under the option agreement is $60,848,550 plus a 10 1/4% preferred return on invested capital to the outside third party. The property consists of 128 single-family lots and 22 high-density lots on which the Company expects to construct 128 single-family homes on the single-family lots and 44 duplex condominium units on the high-density lots. The homes are expected to be constructed and sold in phases over a two-to-three year period with approximate base sales prices ranging from $805,000 to $1,100,000. As of June 30, 2005, 157 lots have been purchased and 139 homes have closed. The intercompany sales and related profits have been eliminated in consolidation.
Summary information with respect to the Company’s consolidated and unconsolidated land banking arrangements is as follows as of June 30, 2005 (dollars in thousands):
Consolidated | Unconsolidated | |||||
Total number of land banking projects | 2 | 2 | ||||
Total number of lots | 274 | 613 | ||||
Total purchase price | $ | 84,222 | $ | 94,070 | ||
Balance of lots still under option and not purchased: | ||||||
Number of lots | 114 | 286 | ||||
Purchase price | $ | 28,204 | $ | 53,059 | ||
Forfeited deposits and penalties if lots are not purchased | $ | 4,324 | $ | 14,940 | ||
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(unaudited)
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING BALANCE SHEET BY FORM OF OWNERSHIP
(in thousands)
June 30, 2005 | ||||||||||||||||
Consolidated Entities | ||||||||||||||||
Wholly- Owned | Variable Interest Entities Under Interpretation No. 46 | Joint Ventures Previously | Eliminating Entries | Consolidated Total | ||||||||||||
ASSETS | ||||||||||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 28,320 | $ | 22,311 | $ | 28 | $ | — | $ | 50,659 | ||||||
Receivables | 32,012 | 2,416 | — | — | 34,428 | |||||||||||
Real estate inventories | 1,014,545 | 289,402 | — | — | 1,303,947 | |||||||||||
Investments in and advances to unconsolidated joint ventures | 15,473 | — | — | — | 15,473 | |||||||||||
Investments in consolidated entities | 61,388 | — | — | (61,388 | ) | — | ||||||||||
Other assets | 64,087 | — | — | — | 64,087 | |||||||||||
Intercompany receivables | 3,822 | 441 | 4,052 | (8,315 | ) | — | ||||||||||
$ | 1,219,647 | $ | 314,570 | $ | 4,080 | $ | (69,703 | ) | $ | 1,468,594 | ||||||
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY | ||||||||||||||||
Accounts payable and accrued expenses | $ | 152,220 | $ | 12,570 | $ | 4,074 | $ | — | $ | 168,864 | ||||||
Notes payable | 108,946 | 13,609 | — | — | 122,555 | |||||||||||
7 5/8% Senior Notes due December 15, 2012 | 150,000 | — | — | — | 150,000 | |||||||||||
10 3/4% Senior Notes due April 1, 2013 | 246,779 | — | — | — | 246,779 | |||||||||||
7 1/2% Senior Notes due February 15, 2014 | 150,000 | — | — | — | 150,000 | |||||||||||
Intercompany payables | — | 8,315 | — | (8,315 | ) | — | ||||||||||
Total liabilities | 807,945 | 34,494 | 4,074 | (8,315 | ) | 838,198 | ||||||||||
Minority interest in consolidated entities | — | — | — | 218,694 | 218,694 | |||||||||||
Owners’ capital | ||||||||||||||||
William Lyon Homes | — | 61,382 | 6 | (61,388 | ) | — | ||||||||||
Others | — | 218,694 | — | (218,694 | ) | — | ||||||||||
Stockholders’ equity | 411,702 | — | — | — | 411,702 | |||||||||||
$ | 1,219,647 | $ | 314,570 | $ | 4,080 | $ | (69,703 | ) | $ | 1,468,594 | ||||||
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(unaudited)
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING BALANCE SHEET BY FORM OF OWNERSHIP
(in thousands)
December 31, 2004 | ||||||||||||||||
Consolidated Entities | ||||||||||||||||
Wholly- Owned | Variable Interest Entities Under Interpretation No. 46 | Joint Previously Consolidated | Eliminating Entries | Consolidated Total | ||||||||||||
ASSETS | ||||||||||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 64,399 | $ | 31,569 | $ | 106 | $ | — | $ | 96,074 | ||||||
Receivables | 34,147 | 5,155 | — | — | 39,302 | |||||||||||
Real estate inventories | 824,243 | 234,930 | — | — | 1,059,173 | |||||||||||
Investments in and advances to unconsolidated joint ventures | 17,911 | — | — | — | 17,911 | |||||||||||
Investments in consolidated entities | 77,397 | — | — | (77,397 | ) | — | ||||||||||
Other assets | 62,102 | — | — | — | 62,102 | |||||||||||
Intercompany receivables | — | — | 4,426 | (4,426 | ) | — | ||||||||||
$ | 1,080,199 | $ | 271,654 | $ | 4,532 | $ | (81,823 | ) | $ | 1,274,562 | ||||||
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY | ||||||||||||||||
Accounts payable and accrued expenses | $ | 166,698 | $ | 18,913 | $ | 4,527 | $ | — | $ | 190,138 | ||||||
Notes payable | 16,957 | 31,614 | — | — | 48,571 | |||||||||||
7 5/8% Senior Notes due December 15, 2012 | 150,000 | — | — | — | 150,000 | |||||||||||
10 3/4% Senior Notes due April 1, 2013 | 246,648 | — | — | — | 246,648 | |||||||||||
7 1/2% Senior Notes due February 15, 2014 | 150,000 | — | — | — | 150,000 | |||||||||||
Intercompany payables | 2,787 | 1,639 | — | (4,426 | ) | — | ||||||||||
Total liabilities | 733,090 | 52,166 | 4,527 | (4,426 | ) | 785,357 | ||||||||||
Minority interest in consolidated entities | — | — | — | 142,096 | 142,096 | |||||||||||
Owners’ capital | ||||||||||||||||
William Lyon Homes | — | 77,392 | 5 | (77,397 | ) | — | ||||||||||
Others | — | 142,096 | — | (142,096 | ) | — | ||||||||||
Stockholders’ equity | 347,109 | — | — | — | 347,109 | |||||||||||
$ | 1,080,199 | $ | 271,654 | $ | 4,532 | $ | (81,823 | ) | $ | 1,274,562 | ||||||
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WILLIAM LYON HOMES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(unaudited)
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF INCOME BY FORM OF OWNERSHIP
(in thousands)
Three Months Ended June 30, 2005 | |||||||||||||||||||
Wholly- Owned | Consolidated Entities | Elimination Entries | Consolidated Total | ||||||||||||||||
Variable Interest Entities Under Interpretation No. 46 | Joint Ventures Previously Consolidated | ||||||||||||||||||
Operating revenue | |||||||||||||||||||
Sales | $ | 322,748 | $ | 84,741 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 407,489 | |||||||||
Management fees | 2,738 | — | — | (2,738 | ) | — | |||||||||||||
325,486 | 84,741 | — | (2,738 | ) | 407,489 | ||||||||||||||
Operating costs | |||||||||||||||||||
Cost of sales | (225,408 | ) | (66,306 | ) | — | 2,738 | (288,976 | ) | |||||||||||
Sales and marketing | (10,453 | ) | (2,829 | ) | — | — | (13,282 | ) | |||||||||||
General and administrative | (23,963 | ) | — | — | — | (23,963 | ) | ||||||||||||
Other | (526 | ) | — | — | — | (526 | ) | ||||||||||||
(260,350 | ) | (69,135 | ) | — | 2,738 | (326,747 | ) | ||||||||||||
Equity in income of unconsolidated joint ventures | 252 | — | — | — | 252 | ||||||||||||||
Equity in income of consolidated entities | 9,987 | — | — | (9,987 | ) | — | |||||||||||||
Minority equity in income of consolidated entities | — | — | — | (5,699 | ) | (5,699 | ) | ||||||||||||
Operating income | 75,375 | 15,606 | — | (15,686 | ) | 75,295 | |||||||||||||
Financial advisory expenses | (2,191 | ) | — | — | — | (2,191 | ) | ||||||||||||
Other (expense) income, net | (292 | ) | 80 | — | — | (212 | ) | ||||||||||||
Income before provision for income taxes | 72,892 | 15,686 | — | (15,686 | ) | 72,892 | |||||||||||||
Provision for income taxes | (28,792 | ) | — | — | — | (28,792 | ) | ||||||||||||
Net income | $ | 44,100 | $ | 15,686 | $ | — | $ | (15,686 | ) | $ | 44,100 | ||||||||
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(unaudited)
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF INCOME BY FORM OF OWNERSHIP
(in thousands)
Three Months Ended June 30, 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wholly- Owned | Consolidated Entities | Eliminating Entries | Consolidated Total | |||||||||||||||||
Variable Interest Entities Under Interpretation No. 46 | Joint Ventures Previously Consolidated | |||||||||||||||||||
Operating revenue | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sales | $ | 302,546 | $ | 81,937 | $ | 10,497 | $ | (10,497 | ) | $ | 384,483 | |||||||||
Management fees | 2,327 | — | — | (2,327 | ) | — | ||||||||||||||
304,873 | 81,937 | 10,497 | (12,824 | ) | 384,483 | |||||||||||||||
Operating costs | ||||||||||||||||||||
Cost of sales | (234,755 | ) | (64,226 | ) | (10,497 | ) | 12,824 | (296,654 | ) | |||||||||||
Sales and marketing | (10,067 | ) | (2,812 | ) | — | — | (12,879 | ) | ||||||||||||
General and administrative | (17,054 | ) | — | — | — | (17,054 | ) | |||||||||||||
Other | (434 | ) | — | — | — | (434 | ) | |||||||||||||
(262,310 | ) | (67,038 | ) | (10,497 | ) | 12,824 | (327,021 | ) | ||||||||||||
Equity in loss of unconsolidated joint ventures | (87 | ) | — | — | — | (87 | ) | |||||||||||||
Equity in income of consolidated entities | 8,258 | — | — | (8,258 | ) | — | ||||||||||||||
Minority equity in income of consolidated entities | — | — | — | (6,652 | ) | (6,652 | ) | |||||||||||||
Operating income | 50,734 | 14,899 | — | (14,910 | ) | 50,723 | ||||||||||||||
Other income, net | 1,289 | 11 | — | — | 1,300 | |||||||||||||||
Income before provision for income taxes | 52,023 | 14,910 | — | (14,910 | ) | 52,023 | ||||||||||||||
Provision for income taxes | (20,875 | ) | — | — | — | (20,875 | ) | |||||||||||||
Net income | $ | 31,148 | $ | 14,910 | $ | — | $ | (14,910 | ) | $ | 31,148 | |||||||||
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(unaudited)
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF INCOME BY FORM OF OWNERSHIP
(in thousands)
Six Months Ended June 30, 2005 | |||||||||||||||||||
Wholly- Owned | Consolidated Entities | Eliminating Entries | Consolidated Total | ||||||||||||||||
Variable Interest Entities Under Interpretation No. 46 | Joint Ventures Previously Consolidated | ||||||||||||||||||
Operating revenue | |||||||||||||||||||
Sales | $ | 512,208 | $ | 141,963 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 654,171 | |||||||||
Management fees | 4,651 | — | — | (4,651 | ) | — | |||||||||||||
516,859 | 141,963 | — | (4,651 | ) | 654,171 | ||||||||||||||
Operating costs | |||||||||||||||||||
Cost of sales | (362,736 | ) | (107,686 | ) | — | 4,651 | (465,771 | ) | |||||||||||
Sales and marketing | (19,076 | ) | (5,321 | ) | — | — | (24,397 | ) | |||||||||||
General and administrative | (41,404 | ) | — | — | — | (41,404 | ) | ||||||||||||
Other | (1,208 | ) | — | — | — | (1,208 | ) | ||||||||||||
(424,424 | ) | (113,007 | ) | — | 4,651 | (532,780 | ) | ||||||||||||
Equity in loss of unconsolidated joint ventures | (159 | ) | — | — | — | (159 | ) | ||||||||||||
Equity in income of consolidated entities | 17,220 | — | — | (17,220 | ) | — | |||||||||||||
Minority equity in income of consolidated entities | — | — | — | (11,959 | ) | (11,959 | ) | ||||||||||||
Operating income | 109,496 | 28,956 | — | (29,179 | ) | 109,273 | |||||||||||||
Financial advisory expenses | (2,191 | ) | — | — | — | (2,191 | ) | ||||||||||||
Other (expense) income, net | (540 | ) | 223 | — | — | (317 | ) | ||||||||||||
Income before provision for income taxes | 106,765 | 29,179 | — | (29,179 | ) | 106,765 | |||||||||||||
Provision for income taxes | (42,172 | ) | — | — | — | (42,172 | ) | ||||||||||||
Net income | $ | 64,593 | $ | 29,179 | $ | — | $ | (29,179 | ) | $ | 64,593 | ||||||||
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(unaudited)
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF INCOME BY FORM OF OWNERSHIP
(in thousands)
Six Months Ended June 30, 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wholly- Owned | Consolidated Entities | Eliminating Entries | Consolidated Total | |||||||||||||||||
Variable Interest Entities Under Interpretation No. 46 | Joint Ventures Previously Consolidated | |||||||||||||||||||
Operating revenue | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sales | $ | 496,117 | $ | 142,914 | $ | 22,371 | $ | (22,371 | ) | $ | 639,031 | |||||||||
Management fees | 4,191 | — | — | (4,191 | ) | — | ||||||||||||||
500,308 | 142,914 | 22,371 | (26,562 | ) | 639,031 | |||||||||||||||
Operating costs | ||||||||||||||||||||
Cost of sales | (388,019 | ) | (113,262 | ) | (22,371 | ) | 26,562 | (497,090 | ) | |||||||||||
Sales and marketing | (17,933 | ) | (5,359 | ) | — | — | (23,292 | ) | ||||||||||||
General and administrative | (30,718 | ) | — | — | — | (30,718 | ) | |||||||||||||
Other | (767 | ) | — | — | — | (767 | ) | |||||||||||||
(437,437 | ) | (118,621 | ) | (22,371 | ) | 26,562 | (551,867 | ) | ||||||||||||
Equity in loss of unconsolidated joint ventures | (183 | ) | — | — | — | (183 | ) | |||||||||||||
Equity in income of consolidated entities | 13,410 | — | — | (13,410 | ) | — | ||||||||||||||
Minority equity in income of consolidated entities | — | — | — | (10,912 | ) | (10,912 | ) | |||||||||||||
Operating income | 76,098 | 24,293 | — | (24,322 | ) | 76,069 | ||||||||||||||
Other income, net | 1,676 | 29 | — | — | 1,705 | |||||||||||||||
Income before provision for income taxes | 77,774 | 24,322 | — | (24,322 | ) | 77,774 | ||||||||||||||
Provision for income taxes | (31,217 | ) | — | — | — | (31,217 | ) | |||||||||||||
Net income | $ | 46,557 | $ | 24,322 | $ | — | $ | (24,322 | ) | $ | 46,557 | |||||||||
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(unaudited)
Note 3 — Investments in and Advances to Unconsolidated Joint Ventures
The Company and certain of its subsidiaries are general partners or members in joint ventures involved in the development and sale of residential projects. The consolidated financial statements of the Company include the accounts of the Company, all majority-owned and controlled subsidiaries and certain joint ventures which have been determined to be variable interest entities in which the Company is considered the primary beneficiary (see Note 2). The financial statements of joint ventures which have not been determined to be variable interest entities in which the Company is considered the primary beneficiary are not consolidated with the Company’s financial statements. The Company’s investments in unconsolidated joint ventures are accounted for using the equity method because the Company has a 50% or less voting or economic interest (and thus such joint ventures are not controlled by the Company). Condensed combined financial information of these unconsolidated joint ventures as of June 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004 is summarized as follows:
CONDENSED COMBINED BALANCE SHEETS
(in thousands)
June 30, 2005 | December 31, 2004 | |||||
(unaudited) | ||||||
ASSETS | ||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 309 | $ | 1,132 | ||
Receivables | 1,431 | 948 | ||||
Real estate inventories | 44,868 | 38,193 | ||||
Investment in unconsolidated joint ventures | 23,232 | 25,799 | ||||
Property and equipment | 234 | 165 | ||||
$ | 70,074 | $ | 66,237 | |||
LIABILITIES AND OWNERS’ CAPITAL | ||||||
Accounts payable | $ | 3,739 | $ | 2,313 | ||
Notes payable | 34,502 | 28,580 | ||||
Advances from William Lyon Homes | 114 | 413 | ||||
38,355 | 31,306 | |||||
Owners’ capital | ||||||
William Lyon Homes | 15,893 | 17,498 | ||||
Others | 15,826 | 17,433 | ||||
31,719 | 34,931 | |||||
$ | 70,074 | $ | 66,237 | |||
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(unaudited)
CONDENSED COMBINED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(in thousands)
Three Months Ended June 30, | Six Months Ended June 30, | |||||||||||||||
2005 | 2004 | 2005 | 2004 | |||||||||||||
Operating costs | ||||||||||||||||
Sales and marketing | $ | — | $ | (21 | ) | $ | — | $ | (21 | ) | ||||||
General and administrative | (11 | ) | (6 | ) | (14 | ) | (8 | ) | ||||||||
Other | (344 | ) | (9 | ) | (631 | ) | (9 | ) | ||||||||
(355 | ) | (36 | ) | (645 | ) | (38 | ) | |||||||||
Equity in income (loss) of unconsolidated joint ventures | 1,927 | (138 | ) | 1,396 | (328 | ) | ||||||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | 1,572 | $ | (174 | ) | $ | 751 | $ | (366 | ) | ||||||
Allocation to owners | ||||||||||||||||
William Lyon Homes | $ | 786 | $ | (87 | ) | $ | 375 | $ | (183 | ) | ||||||
Others | 786 | (87 | ) | 376 | (183 | ) | ||||||||||
$ | 1,572 | $ | (174 | ) | $ | 751 | $ | (366 | ) | |||||||
Income allocations and cash distributions to the Company are based on predetermined formulas between the Company and the joint venture partners as specified in the applicable partnership or operating agreements. The Company generally receives, after partners’ priority returns and return of partners’ capital, approximately 50% of the profits and cash flows from joint ventures.
During the year ended December 31, 2002, one of the Company’s joint ventures (“Existing Venture”) was restructured such that the Company was required to purchase the 538 lots owned by the Existing Venture on a specified takedown basis through October 15, 2003 at a purchase price equal to the future cost of such lots including a 20% preferred return on invested capital to the outside partner of the Existing Venture. During the year ended December 31, 2002, the first 242 lots were purchased from the Existing Venture for $64,468,000, which included a $12,493,000 preferred return to the outside partner of the Existing Venture. The 242 lots were purchased by a newly formed joint venture (“New Venture”) between the Company and an outside partner. The Company was required to and did purchase the 242 lots owned by the New Venture on a specified takedown basis through May 15, 2004 at a purchase price equal to $74,210,000 plus a 13 1/2% preferred return on invested capital to the outside partner of the New Venture. Because the Company is required to purchase the lots owned by both the Existing Venture and the New Venture, and the Company now controls both ventures, the financial statements of both ventures have been consolidated with the Company’s financial statements. During the year ended December 31, 2002, an additional 44 lots were purchased from the Existing Venture for $19,765,000, which included a $3,953,000 preferred return to the outside partner of the Existing Venture. The 44 lots were purchased through a land banking arrangement (see Note 2 for additional information regarding the Company’s land banking arrangements). During the year ended December 31, 2003, an additional 219 lots were purchased from the Existing Venture for $74,896,000, which included a $21,743,000 preferred return to the outside partner of the Existing Venture. These purchases included (1) 172 lots which were purchased from the Existing Venture under a land banking arrangement (see Note 2) for $56,632,000, which included a $16,441,000 preferred return to the outside partner of the Existing Venture and (2) 47 lots which were purchased by the New Venture from the Existing Venture for $18,264,000, which included a $5,302,000 preferred return to the outside partner of the Existing Venture. During the year ended December 31, 2002, the Company purchased 15 lots from the New
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(unaudited)
Venture for $5,135,000, all of which was paid to the outside partner as a return of capital. During the year ended December 31, 2003, the Company purchased 175 lots from the New Venture for $54,543,000, all of which was paid to the outside partner as a return of capital. During the year ended December 31, 2004, the Company purchased 99 lots from the New Venture for $34,281,000. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2005 no lots were purchased by the Company from the New Venture. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2004, the Company purchased 31 and 73 lots, respectively from the New Venture for $10,497,000 and $22,371,000, respectively. The intercompany sales and related profits have been eliminated in consolidation.
During the year ended December 31, 2003, the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary William Lyon Homes Inc., a California corporation, (“California Lyon”), and two unaffiliated parties formed a series of limited liability companies (“Development LLCs”) for the purpose of acquiring three parcels of land totaling 236 acres in Irvine and Tustin, California (formerly part of the Tustin Marine Corps Air Station) and developing the land into 1,910 residential homesites. The Development LLCs sold its first lots during the three months ended June 30, 2005 and the remaining lots were sold in July 2005. California Lyon is required under certain specific conditions to purchase approximately one half in value of the lots and during the three months ended June 30, 2005, California Lyon purchased 165 lots from the Development LLCs, of which 102 lots were purchased through a land banking arrangement (see Note 2 for additional information regarding the Company’s land banking arrangements). In July 2005, California Lyon purchased an additional 668 lots from the Development LLCs, of which 169 lots were purchased through two land banking arrangements. California Lyon has a 12 1/2% indirect, minority interest in the Development LLCs and during the three months ended June 30, 2005 earned income of $1.9 million from the sale of lots by the Development LLCs of which, $0.5 million of income was deferred from the purchase of the 102 lots by California Lyon and will be recognized when the lots are sold. The Development LLCs are borrowers under a secured line of credit. Advances under the line of credit are to be used to pay acquisition and development costs and expenses. The line of credit is secured by deeds of trust on the real property and improvements thereon owned by the applicable Development LLCs, as well as pledges of all net sale proceeds, related contracts and other ancillary property. The maximum commitment amount under the line of credit is limited by specified agreed loan-to-value ratios. The maximum commitment amount under the line of credit is $105,000,000 and matures in September 2005. California Lyon has posted letters of credit equal to approximately $19,600,000 to secure its obligations as well as the Development LLCs’ obligations to the banks under the line of credit. Further, California Lyon and the other direct and indirect members of the Development LLCs, including certain affiliates of such other members, have entered into reimbursement and indemnity agreements to allocate any liability arising from each line of credit, including related guarantees and letters of credit. California Lyon’s parent company, William Lyon Homes, a Delaware corporation (“Delaware Lyon”) has entered into joinder agreements to be jointly and severally liable for California Lyon’s obligations under the reimbursement and indemnity agreements. While the reimbursement and indemnity agreements provide that liability is generally allocated in accordance with the members’ percentage interests in the Development LLCs’ distributions, Delaware Lyon and California Lyon may be liable for the full amount of the obligations guaranteed to the banks in certain specified circumstances, such as those involving the default, willful misconduct or gross negligence of California Lyon. As of June 30, 2005 the outstanding indebtedness under the line of credit was $105,000,000. In July 2005, the $105,000,000 outstanding balance under the line of credit as of June 30, 2005 was paid in full and the related letters of credit were returned by the beneficiary in conjunction with the sale of the remaining lots by the Development LLCs as described above.
The Company is a member in an unconsolidated joint venture limited liability company formed for the purpose of acquiring and developing land in Nevada. At June 30, 2005, the unconsolidated joint venture had outstanding land acquisition and development debt of $34,500,000, of which the Company guaranteed $17,250,000.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(unaudited)
Note 4 — Senior Notes
As of June 30, 2005, the Company had the following outstanding Senior Note obligations (collectively, the “Senior Notes”) (in thousands):
7 5/8% Senior Notes due December 15, 2012 | $ | 150,000 | |
10 3/4% Senior Notes due April 1, 2013 | 246,779 | ||
7 1/2% Senior Notes due February 15, 2014 | 150,000 | ||
$ | 546,779 | ||
7 5/8% Senior Notes
On November 22, 2004, the Company’s 100% owned subsidiary, William Lyon Homes, Inc., a California corporation, (“California Lyon”) closed its offering of $150,000,000 principal amount of 7 5/8% Senior Notes due December 15, 2012 (the “7 5/8% Senior Notes”). The notes were sold pursuant to Rule 144A. The notes were issued at par resulting in net proceeds to the Company of approximately $148,500,000. California Lyon agreed to file a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to an offer to exchange the notes for publicly tradeable notes having substantially identical terms. On January 12, 2005, the Securities and Exchange Commission declared the registration statement effective and California Lyon commenced an offer to exchange any and all of its outstanding $150,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 7 5/8% Senior Notes due December 15, 2012, which are not registered under the Securities Act of 1933, for a like amount of its new 7 5/8% Senior Notes due December 15, 2012, which are registered under the Securities Act of 1933, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the prospectus dated January 12, 2005. The exchange offer was completed for $146,500,000 principal amount of the 7 5/8% Senior Notes on February 18, 2005. The remaining $3,500,000 principal amount of the old notes remains outstanding. The terms of the new notes are identical in all material respects to those of the old notes, except for certain transfer restrictions, registration rights and liquidated damages provisions relating to the old notes. Interest on the 7 5/8% Senior Notes is payable semi-annually on December 15 and June 15 of each year.
Except as set forth in the Indenture governing the 7 5/8% Senior Notes, the 7 5/8% Senior Notes are not redeemable prior to December 15, 2008. Thereafter, the 7 5/8% Senior Notes will be redeemable at the option of California Lyon, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount plus a premium declining ratably to par, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any. In addition, on or before December 15, 2007, California Lyon may redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the notes with the proceeds of qualified equity offerings at a redemption price equal to 107.625% of the principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any.
10 3/4% Senior Notes
California Lyon filed a Registration Statement on Form S-3 with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the sale of $250,000,000 of Senior Notes due 2013 (the “10 3/4% Senior Notes”) which became effective on March 12, 2003. The offering closed on March 17, 2003 and was fully subscribed and issued. The notes were issued at a price of 98.493% to the public, resulting in net proceeds to the Company of approximately $246,233,000. The purchase price reflected a discount to yield 11% under the effective interest method and the notes have been reflected net of the unamortized discount in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet. Interest on the 10 3/4% Senior Notes is payable on April 1 and October 1 of each year.
Except as set forth in the Indenture governing the 10 3/4% Senior Notes, the 10 3/4% Senior Notes are not redeemable prior to April 1, 2008. Thereafter, the 10 3/4% Senior Notes will be redeemable at the option of
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(unaudited)
California Lyon, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount plus a premium declining ratably to par, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any. In addition, on or before April 1, 2006, California Lyon may redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the notes with the proceeds of qualified equity offerings at a redemption price equal to 110.75% of the principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any.
7 1/2% Senior Notes
On February 6, 2004, California Lyon closed its offering of $150,000,000 principal amount of 7 1/2% Senior Notes due 2014 (the “7 1/2% Senior Notes”). The notes were sold pursuant to Rule 144A and outside the United States to non-U.S. persons in reliance on Regulation S. The notes were issued at par, resulting in net proceeds to the Company of approximately $147,600,000. California Lyon agreed to file a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to an offer to exchange the notes for publicly tradeable notes having substantially identical terms. On July 16, 2004, the Securities and Exchange Commission declared the registration statement effective and California Lyon commenced an offer to exchange any and all of its outstanding $150,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 7 1/2% Senior Notes due 2014, which are not registered under the Securities Act of 1933, for a like amount of its new 7 1/2% Senior Notes due 2014, which are registered under the Securities act of 1933, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the prospectus dated July 16, 2004. The exchange offer was completed for the full principal amount of the 7 1/2% Senior Notes on August 17, 2004. The terms of the new notes are identical in all material respects to those of the old notes, except for certain transfer restrictions, registration rights and liquidated damages provisions relating to the old notes. The new notes have been listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Interest on the 7 1/2% Senior Notes is payable on February 15 and August 15 of each year.
Except as set forth in the Indenture governing the 7 1/2% Senior Notes, the 7 1/2% Senior Notes are not redeemable prior to February 15, 2009. Thereafter, the 7 1/2% Senior Notes will be redeemable at the option of California Lyon, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount plus a premium declining ratably to par, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any. In addition, on or before February 15, 2007, California Lyon may redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the notes with the proceeds of qualified equity offerings at a redemption price equal to 107.50% of the principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any.
* * * * *
The Senior Notes are senior unsecured obligations of California Lyon and are unconditionally guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by Delaware Lyon, which is the parent company of California Lyon, and all of Delaware Lyon’s existing and certain of its future restricted subsidiaries. The Senior Notes and the guarantees rank senior to all of the Company’s and the guarantors’ debt that is expressly subordinated to the Senior Notes and the guarantees, but are effectively subordinated to all of the Company’s and the guarantors’ senior secured indebtedness to the extent of the value of the assets securing that indebtedness.
Upon a change of control as described in the respective Indentures governing the Senior Notes (the “Senior Notes Indentures”), California Lyon will be required to offer to purchase the Senior Notes at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any.
If the Company’s consolidated tangible net worth falls below $75,000,000 for any two consecutive fiscal quarters, California Lyon will be required to make an offer to purchase up to 10% of each class of Senior Notes originally issued at a purchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(unaudited)
California Lyon is 100% owned by Delaware Lyon. Each subsidiary guarantor is 100% owned by California Lyon or Delaware Lyon. All guarantees of the Senior Notes are full and unconditional and all of such guarantees are joint and several. There are no significant restrictions on the ability of Delaware Lyon or any guarantor to obtain funds from subsidiaries by dividend or loan.
The Senior Notes Indentures contain covenants that limit the ability of Delaware Lyon and its restricted subsidiaries to, among other things: (i) incur additional indebtedness; (ii) pay dividends or make other distributions or repurchase its stock; (iii) make investments; (iv) sell assets; (v) incur liens; (vi) enter into agreements restricting the ability of Delaware Lyon’s restricted subsidiaries (other than California Lyon) to pay dividends; (vii) enter into transactions with affiliates; and (viii) consolidate, merge or sell all or substantially all of Delaware Lyon’s and California Lyon’s assets. These covenants are subject to a number of important exceptions and qualifications as described in the Senior Notes Indentures.
The foregoing summary is not a complete description of the Senior Notes and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Senior Notes Indentures.
The net proceeds of the offerings were used to repay amounts outstanding under revolving credit facilities and other indebtedness. The remaining proceeds were used to pay fees and commissions related to the offering and for other general corporate purposes.
At June 30, 2005, the Company had approximately $108.9 million of secured indebtedness (excluding approximately $13.6 million of secured indebtedness of consolidated entities — see Note 2) and approximately $234.6 million of additional secured indebtedness available to be borrowed under the Company’s credit facilities, as limited by the Company’s borrowing base formulas.
Supplemental consolidating financial information of the Company, specifically including information for California Lyon, the issuer of the 10 3/4% Senior Notes, the 7 1/2% Senior Notes and the 7 5/8% Senior Notes, and Delaware Lyon and the guarantor subsidiaries is presented below. Investments in subsidiaries are presented using the equity method of accounting. Separate financial statements of California Lyon and the guarantor subsidiaries are not provided, as the consolidating financial information contained herein provides a more meaningful disclosure to allow investors to determine the nature of assets held and the operations of the combined groups.
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(unaudited)
CONSOLIDATING BALANCE SHEET
June 30, 2005
(in thousands)
Unconsolidated | |||||||||||||||||||
Delaware Lyon | California Lyon | Guarantor Subsidiaries | Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries | Eliminating Entries | Consolidated Company | ||||||||||||||
ASSETS | |||||||||||||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | — | $ | 21,913 | $ | 5,154 | $ | 23,592 | $ | — | $ | 50,659 | |||||||
Receivables | — | 14,067 | 17,943 | 2,418 | — | 34,428 | |||||||||||||
Real estate inventories | — | 1,052,893 | 2,732 | 248,322 | — | 1,303,947 | |||||||||||||
Investments in and advances to unconsolidated joint ventures | — | 15,473 | — | — | — | 15,473 | |||||||||||||
Property and equipment, net | — | 1,697 | 16,935 | — | — | 18,632 | |||||||||||||
Deferred loan costs | — | 13,267 | — | — | — | 13,267 | |||||||||||||
Goodwill | — | 5,896 | — | — | — | 5,896 | |||||||||||||
Other assets | — | 24,600 | 1,692 | — | — | 26,292 | |||||||||||||
Investments in subsidiaries | 411,702 | 62,016 | 8,594 | — | (482,312 | ) | — | ||||||||||||
Intercompany receivables | — | 2,426 | 89,845 | 441 | (92,712 | ) | — | ||||||||||||
$ | 411,702 | $ | 1,214,248 | $ | 142,895 | $ | 274,773 | $ | (575,024 | ) | $ | 1,468,594 | |||||||
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY | |||||||||||||||||||
Accounts payable | $ | — | $ | 44,761 | $ | 625 | $ | 8,006 | $ | — | $ | 53,292 | |||||||
Accrued expenses | — | 105,661 | 4,598 | 5,213 | — | 115,472 | |||||||||||||
Notes payable | — | 92,392 | 16,554 | 13,609 | — | 122,555 | |||||||||||||
7 5/8% Senior Notes | — | 150,000 | — | — | — | 150,000 | |||||||||||||
10 3/4% Senior Notes | — | 246,779 | — | — | — | 246,779 | |||||||||||||
7 1/2% Senior Notes | — | 150,000 | — | — | — | 150,000 | |||||||||||||
Intercompany payables | — | 81,530 | 2,867 | 8,315 | (92,712 | ) | — | ||||||||||||
Total liabilities | — | 871,123 | 24,644 | 35,143 | (92,712 | ) | 838,198 | ||||||||||||
Minority interest in consolidated entities | — | — | — | — | 218,694 | 218,694 | |||||||||||||
Stockholders’ equity | 411,702 | 343,125 | 118,251 | 239,630 | (701,006 | ) | 411,702 | ||||||||||||
$ | 411,702 | $ | 1,214,248 | $ | 142,895 | $ | 274,773 | $ | (575,024 | ) | $ | 1,468,594 | |||||||
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(unaudited)
CONSOLIDATING BALANCE SHEET
December 31, 2004
(in thousands)
Unconsolidated | |||||||||||||||||||
Delaware Lyon | California Lyon | Guarantor Subsidiaries | Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries | Eliminating Entries | Consolidated Company | ||||||||||||||
ASSETS | |||||||||||||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | — | $ | 57,420 | $ | 6,170 | $ | 32,484 | $ | — | $ | 96,074 | |||||||
Receivables | — | 22,458 | 11,361 | 5,483 | — | 39,302 | |||||||||||||
Real estate inventories | — | 834,469 | 1,767 | 222,937 | — | 1,059,173 | |||||||||||||
Investments in and advances to unconsolidated joint ventures | — | 17,911 | — | — | — | 17,911 | |||||||||||||
Property and equipment, net | — | 1,093 | 16,973 | — | — | 18,066 | |||||||||||||
Deferred loan costs | — | 13,982 | — | — | — | 13,982 | |||||||||||||
Goodwill | — | 5,896 | — | — | — | 5,896 | |||||||||||||
Other assets | — | 22,656 | 1,502 | — | — | 24,158 | |||||||||||||
Investments in subsidiaries | 347,109 | 77,303 | 11,390 | — | (435,802 | ) | — | ||||||||||||
Intercompany receivables | — | 1,867 | 89,870 | — | (91,737 | ) | — | ||||||||||||
$ | 347,109 | $ | 1,055,055 | $ | 139,033 | $ | 260,904 | $ | (527,539 | ) | $ | 1,274,562 | |||||||
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY | |||||||||||||||||||
Accounts payable | $ | — | $ | 29,146 | $ | 380 | $ | 9,838 | $ | — | $ | 39,364 | |||||||
Accrued expenses | — | 137,199 | 3,971 | 9,604 | — | 150,774 | |||||||||||||
Notes payable | — | 13,072 | 9,305 | 26,194 | — | 48,571 | |||||||||||||
7 5/8% Senior Notes | — | 150,000 | — | — | — | 150,000 | |||||||||||||
10 3/4% Senior Notes | — | 246,648 | — | — | — | 246,648 | |||||||||||||
7 1/2% Senior Notes | — | 150,000 | — | — | — | 150,000 | |||||||||||||
Intercompany payables | — | 88,538 | 1,867 | 1,332 | (91,737 | ) | — | ||||||||||||
Total liabilities | — | 814,603 | 15,523 | 46,968 | (91,737 | ) | 785,357 | ||||||||||||
Minority interest in consolidated entities | — | — | — | — | 142,096 | 142,096 | |||||||||||||
Stockholders’ equity | 347,109 | 240,452 | 123,510 | 213,936 | (577,898 | ) | 347,109 | ||||||||||||
$ | 347,109 | $ | 1,055,055 | $ | 139,033 | $ | 260,904 | $ | (527,539 | ) | $ | 1,274,562 | |||||||
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(unaudited)
CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF INCOME
Three Months Ended June 30, 2005
(in thousands)
Unconsolidated | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Delaware Lyon | California Lyon | Guarantor Subsidiaries | Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries | Eliminating Entries | Consolidated Company | ||||||||||||||||||
Operating revenue | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Sales | $ | — | $ | 273,055 | $ | 49,693 | $ | 84,741 | $ | — | $ | 407,489 | |||||||||||
Management fees | — | 2,738 | — | — | (2,738 | ) | — | ||||||||||||||||
— | 275,793 | 49,693 | 84,741 | (2,738 | ) | 407,489 | |||||||||||||||||
Operating costs | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Cost of sales | — | (187,051 | ) | (38,357 | ) | (66,306 | ) | 2,738 | (288,976 | ) | |||||||||||||
Sales and marketing | — | (8,264 | ) | (2,189 | ) | (2,829 | ) | — | (13,282 | ) | |||||||||||||
General and administrative | — | (23,952 | ) | (11 | ) | — | — | (23,963 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Other | — | — | (526 | ) | — | — | (526 | ) | |||||||||||||||
— | (219,267 | ) | (41,083 | ) | (69,135 | ) | 2,738 | (326,747 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Equity in income (loss) of unconsolidated joint ventures | — | 424 | (172 | ) | — | — | 252 | ||||||||||||||||
Income (loss) from subsidiaries | 44,100 | 17,923 | (37 | ) | — | (61,986 | ) | — | |||||||||||||||
Minority equity in income of consolidated entities | — | — | — | — | (5,699 | ) | (5,699 | ) | |||||||||||||||
Operating income | 44,100 | 74,873 | 8,401 | 15,606 | (67,685 | ) | 75,295 | ||||||||||||||||
Financial advisory expenses | — | (2,191 | ) | — | — | — | (2,191 | ) | |||||||||||||||
Other income (expense), net | — | 63 | (238 | ) | (37 | ) | — | (212 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Income before provision for income taxes | 44,100 | 72,745 | 8,163 | 15,569 | (67,685 | ) | 72,892 | ||||||||||||||||
Provision for income taxes | — | (28,792 | ) | — | — | — | (28,792 | ) | |||||||||||||||
Net income | $ | 44,100 | $ | 43,953 | $ | 8,163 | $ | 15,569 | $ | (67,685 | ) | $ | 44,100 | ||||||||||
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(unaudited)
CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF INCOME
Three Months Ended June 30, 2004
(in thousands)
Unconsolidated | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Delaware Lyon | California Lyon | Guarantor Subsidiaries | Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries | Eliminating Entries | Consolidated Company | ||||||||||||||||||
Operating revenue | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Sales | $ | — | $ | 287,903 | $ | 25,140 | $ | 81,937 | $ | (10,497 | ) | $ | 384,483 | ||||||||||
Management fees | — | 2,327 | — | — | (2,327 | ) | — | ||||||||||||||||
— | 290,230 | 25,140 | 81,937 | (12,824 | ) | 384,483 | |||||||||||||||||
Operating costs | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Cost of sales | — | (224,289 | ) | (20,963 | ) | (64,226 | ) | 12,824 | (296,654 | ) | |||||||||||||
Sales and marketing | — | (8,675 | ) | (1,392 | ) | (2,812 | ) | — | (12,879 | ) | |||||||||||||
General and administrative | — | (16,997 | ) | (57 | ) | — | — | (17,054 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Other | — | — | (434 | ) | — | — | (434 | ) | |||||||||||||||
— | (249,961 | ) | (22,846 | ) | (67,038 | ) | 12,824 | (327,021 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Equity in loss of unconsolidated joint ventures | — | (82 | ) | (5 | ) | — | — | (87 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Income from subsidiaries | 31,148 | 17,372 | — | — | (48,520 | ) | — | ||||||||||||||||
Minority equity in income of consolidated joint ventures | — | — | — | — | (6,652 | ) | (6,652 | ) | |||||||||||||||
Operating income | 31,148 | 57,559 | 2,289 | 14,899 | (55,172 | ) | 50,723 | ||||||||||||||||
Other income (expense), net | — | 143 | 812 | 345 | — | 1,300 | |||||||||||||||||
Income before provision for income taxes | 31,148 | 57,702 | 3,101 | 15,244 | (55,172 | ) | 52,023 | ||||||||||||||||
Provision for income taxes | — | (20,714 | ) | — | (161 | ) | — | (20,875 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Net income | $ | 31,148 | $ | 36,988 | $ | 3,101 | $ | 15,083 | $ | (55,172 | ) | $ | 31,148 | ||||||||||
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(unaudited)
CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF INCOME
Six Months Ended June 30, 2005
(in thousands)
Unconsolidated | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Delaware Lyon | California Lyon | Guarantor Subsidiaries | Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries | Eliminating Entries | Consolidated Company | ||||||||||||||||||
Operating revenue | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Sales | $ | — | $ | 426,316 | $ | 85,892 | $ | 141,963 | $ | — | $ | 654,171 | |||||||||||
Management fees | — | 4,651 | — | — | (4,651 | ) | — | ||||||||||||||||
— | 430,967 | 85,892 | 141,963 | (4,651 | ) | 654,171 | |||||||||||||||||
Operating costs | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Cost of sales | — | (295,657 | ) | (67,079 | ) | (107,686 | ) | �� | 4,651 | (465,771 | ) | ||||||||||||
Sales and marketing | — | (15,487 | ) | (3,589 | ) | (5,321 | ) | — | (24,397 | ) | |||||||||||||
General and administrative | — | (41,261 | ) | (143 | ) | — | — | (41,404 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Other | — | — | (1,208 | ) | — | — | (1,208 | ) | |||||||||||||||
— | (352,405 | ) | (72,019 | ) | (113,007 | ) | 4,651 | (532,780 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Equity in income (loss) of unconsolidated joint ventures | — | 157 | (316 | ) | — | — | (159 | ) | |||||||||||||||
Income from subsidiaries | 64,593 | 30,297 | (217 | ) | — | (94,673 | ) | — | |||||||||||||||
Minority equity in income of consolidated entities | — | — | — | — | (11,959 | ) | (11,959 | ) | |||||||||||||||
Operating income | 64,593 | 109,016 | 13,340 | 28,956 | (106,632 | ) | 109,273 | ||||||||||||||||
Financial advisory expenses | — | (2,191 | ) | — | — | — | (2,191 | ) | |||||||||||||||
Other income (expense), net | — | 199 | (698 | ) | 182 | — | (317 | ) | |||||||||||||||
Income before provision for income taxes | 64,593 | 107,024 | 12,642 | 29,138 | (106,632 | ) | 106,765 | ||||||||||||||||
Provision for income taxes | — | (42,154 | ) | — | (18 | ) | — | (42,172 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Net income | $ | 64,593 | $ | 64,870 | $ | 12,642 | $ | 29,120 | $ | (106,632 | ) | $ | 64,593 | ||||||||||
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(unaudited)
CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF INCOME
Six Months Ended June 30, 2004
(in thousands)
Unconsolidated | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Delaware Lyon | California Lyon | Guarantor Subsidiaries | Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries | Eliminating Entries | Consolidated Company | ||||||||||||||||||
Operating revenue | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Sales | $ | — | $ | 469,604 | $ | 37,010 | $ | 142,914 | $ | (10,497 | ) | $ | 639,031 | ||||||||||
Management fees | — | 4,191 | — | — | (4,191 | ) | — | ||||||||||||||||
— | 473,795 | 37,010 | 142,914 | (14,688 | ) | 639,031 | |||||||||||||||||
Operating costs | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Cost of sales | — | (367,289 | ) | (31,227 | ) | (113,262 | ) | 14,688 | (497,090 | ) | |||||||||||||
Sales and marketing | — | (15,936 | ) | (1,997 | ) | (5,359 | ) | — | (23,292 | ) | |||||||||||||
General and administrative | — | (30,599 | ) | (119 | ) | — | — | (30,718 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Other | — | — | (767 | ) | — | — | (767 | ) | |||||||||||||||
— | (413,824 | ) | (34,110 | ) | (118,621 | ) | 14,688 | (551,867 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Equity in income of unconsolidated joint ventures | — | (178 | ) | (5 | ) | — | — | (183 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Income from subsidiaries | 46,557 | 27,606 | — | — | (74,163 | ) | — | ||||||||||||||||
Minority equity in income of consolidated joint ventures | — | — | — | — | (10,912 | ) | (10,912 | ) | |||||||||||||||
Operating income (loss) | 46,557 | 87,399 | 2,895 | 24,293 | (85,075 | ) | 76,069 | ||||||||||||||||
Other income, net | — | 216 | 919 | 570 | — | 1,705 | |||||||||||||||||
Income (loss) before provision for income taxes | 46,557 | 87,615 | 3,814 | 24,863 | (85,075 | ) | 77,774 | ||||||||||||||||
Provision for income taxes | — | (31,028 | ) | — | (189 | ) | — | (31,217 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | 46,557 | $ | 56,587 | $ | 3,814 | $ | 24,674 | $ | (85,075 | ) | $ | 46,557 | ||||||||||
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(unaudited)
CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
Six Months Ended June 30, 2005
(in thousands)
Unconsolidated | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Delaware Lyon | California Lyon | Guarantor Subsidiaries | Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries | Eliminating Entries | Consolidated Company | |||||||||||||||||||
Operating activities | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net income | $ | 64,593 | $ | 64,870 | $ | 12,642 | $ | 29,120 | $ | (106,632 | ) | $ | 64,593 | |||||||||||
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | — | 226 | 778 | — | — | 1,004 | ||||||||||||||||||
Equity in loss of unconsolidated joint ventures | — | (157 | ) | 316 | — | — | 159 | |||||||||||||||||
Minority equity in income of consolidated entities | — | — | — | — | 11,959 | 11,959 | ||||||||||||||||||
Equity in (earnings) loss of subsidiaries | (64,593 | ) | (30,297 | ) | 217 | — | 94,673 | — | ||||||||||||||||
Provision for income taxes | — | 42,154 | — | 18 | — | 42,172 | ||||||||||||||||||
Net changes in operating assets and liabilities: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Receivables | — | 8,391 | (6,582 | ) | 3,065 | — | 4,874 | |||||||||||||||||
Intercompany receivables/payables | — | — | 25 | 6,542 | (6,567 | ) | — | |||||||||||||||||
Real estate inventories | — | (169,291 | ) | (965 | ) | (25,385 | ) | — | (195,641 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Deferred loan costs | — | 715 | — | — | — | 715 | ||||||||||||||||||
Other assets | — | (1,944 | ) | (190 | ) | — | — | (2,134 | ) | |||||||||||||||
Accounts payable | — | 15,615 | 245 | (1,832 | ) | — | 14,028 | |||||||||||||||||
Accrued expenses | — | (73,692 | ) | 627 | (4,409 | ) | — | (77,474 | ) | |||||||||||||||
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities | — | (143,410 | ) | 7,113 | 7,119 | (6,567 | ) | (135,745 | ) | |||||||||||||||
Investing activities | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net change in investment in unconsolidated joint ventures | — | 2,595 | (316 | ) | — | — | 2,279 | |||||||||||||||||
Purchases of property and equipment | — | (830 | ) | (740 | ) | — | — | (1,570 | ) | |||||||||||||||
Investment in subsidiaries | — | 45,584 | 2,579 | — | (48,163 | ) | — | |||||||||||||||||
Advances to affiliates | — | (7,080 | ) | — | — | 7,080 | — | |||||||||||||||||
Net cash provided by investing activities | — | 40,269 | 1,523 | — | (41,083 | ) | 709 | |||||||||||||||||
Financing activities | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Proceeds from borrowings on notes payable | — | 472,007 | 192,740 | — | — | 664,747 | ||||||||||||||||||
Principal payments on notes payable | — | (404,373 | ) | (185,491 | ) | (12,585 | ) | — | (602,449 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Minority interest contributions, net | — | — | — | 27,323 | — | 27,323 | ||||||||||||||||||
Advances to affiliates | — | — | (16,901 | ) | (30,749 | ) | 47,650 | — | ||||||||||||||||
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities | — | 67,634 | (9,652 | ) | (16,011 | ) | 47,650 | 89,621 | ||||||||||||||||
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents | — | (35,507 | ) | (1,016 | ) | (8,892 | ) | — | (45,415 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period | — | 57,420 | 6,170 | 32,484 | — | 96,074 | ||||||||||||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period | $ | — | $ | 21,913 | $ | 5,154 | $ | 23,592 | $ | — | $ | 50,659 | ||||||||||||
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(unaudited)
CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
Six Months Ended June 30, 2004
(in thousands)
Unconsolidated | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Delaware Lyon | California Lyon | Guarantor Subsidiaries | Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries | Eliminating Entries | Consolidated Company | |||||||||||||||||||
Operating activities | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net income | $ | 46,557 | $ | 56,587 | $ | 3,814 | $ | 24,674 | $ | (85,075 | ) | $ | 46,557 | |||||||||||
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash used in operating activities: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | — | 211 | 241 | — | — | 452 | ||||||||||||||||||
Equity in loss of unconsolidated joint ventures | — | 178 | 5 | — | — | 183 | ||||||||||||||||||
Minority equity in income of consolidated entities | — | — | — | — | 10,912 | 10,912 | ||||||||||||||||||
Equity in earnings of subsidiaries | (46,557 | ) | (27,606 | ) | — | — | 74,163 | — | ||||||||||||||||
Provision for income taxes | — | 31,028 | — | 189 | — | 31,217 | ||||||||||||||||||
Net changes in operating assets and liabilities: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Receivables | — | 4,621 | 9,155 | 2,355 | — | 16,131 | ||||||||||||||||||
Intercompany receivables/payables | — | — | 1,094 | 2,476 | (3,570 | ) | — | |||||||||||||||||
Real estate inventories | — | (271,025 | ) | 316 | (34,220 | ) | — | (304,929 | ) | |||||||||||||||
Deferred loan costs | — | (381 | ) | — | — | — | (381 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
Other assets | — | 735 | (66 | ) | — | — | 669 | |||||||||||||||||
Accounts payable | — | 10,281 | (64 | ) | 5,820 | — | 16,037 | |||||||||||||||||
Accrued expenses | — | (43,028 | ) | (908 | ) | 1,578 | — | (42,358 | ) | |||||||||||||||
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities | — | (238,399 | ) | 13,587 | 2,872 | (3,570 | ) | (225,510 | ) | |||||||||||||||
Investing activities | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net change in investment in unconsolidated joint ventures | — | (860 | ) | (5 | ) | — | — | (865 | ) | |||||||||||||||
Purchases of property and equipment | — | (246 | ) | (15,800 | ) | — | — | (16,046 | ) | |||||||||||||||
Investment in subsidiaries | — | (16,602 | ) | — | — | 16,602 | — | |||||||||||||||||
Advances (to) from affiliates | (902 | ) | 12,946 | — | (26,304 | ) | 14,260 | — | ||||||||||||||||
Net cash used in investing activities | (902 | ) | (4,762 | ) | (15,805 | ) | (26,304 | ) | 30,862 | (16,911 | ) | |||||||||||||
Financing activities | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Proceeds from borrowings on notes payable | — | 686,624 | 158,806 | — | — | 845,430 | ||||||||||||||||||
Principal payments on notes payable | — | (577,830 | ) | (157,307 | ) | (15,514 | ) | — | (750,651 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Issuance of 7 1/2% Senior Notes | — | 147,563 | — | — | — | 147,563 | ||||||||||||||||||
Common stock issued for exercised options | 902 | — | — | — | — | 902 | ||||||||||||||||||
Minority interest contributions (distributions), net | — | (9,756 | ) | — | 12,913 | — | 3,157 | |||||||||||||||||
Advances (to) from affiliates | — | — | (592 | ) | 27,884 | (27,292 | ) | — | ||||||||||||||||
Net cash provided by financing activities | 902 | 246,601 | 907 | 25,283 | (27,292 | ) | 246,401 | |||||||||||||||||
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents | — | 3,440 | (1,311 | ) | 1,851 | — | 3,980 | |||||||||||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period | — | 13,684 | 4,207 | 6,246 | — | 24,137 | ||||||||||||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period | $ | — | $ | 17,124 | $ | 2,896 | $ | 8,097 | $ | — | $ | 28,117 | ||||||||||||
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(unaudited)
Note 5 — Related Party Transactions
On October 26, 2000, the Company’s Board of Directors (with Messrs. William Lyon and William H. Lyon abstaining) approved the purchase of 579 lots for a total purchase price of $12,581,000 from an entity controlled by William Lyon and William H. Lyon. The terms of the purchase agreement provide for an initial option payment of $1,000,000 and a rolling option takedown of the lots. In addition, one-half of the net profits in excess of six percent from the development are to be paid to the seller. Phased takedowns of approximately 20 lots each were anticipated to occur at periodic intervals for each of several product types through September 2004. As of December 31, 2004, all lots were purchased under this agreement. In addition, one-half of the net profits, as defined, in excess of six percent from the development are to be paid to the seller, of which $5,711,000 has been paid through June 30, 2005. This land acquisition qualified as an affiliate transaction under the Company’s 12 1/2% Senior Notes due July 1, 2003 Indenture dated as of June 29, 1994, as amended (“Old Indenture”). Pursuant to the terms of the Old Indenture, the Company determined that the land acquisition is on terms that are no less favorable to the Company than those that would have been obtained in a comparable transaction by the Company with an unrelated person. The Company delivered to the Trustee under the Old Indenture a resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company set forth in an Officers’ Certificate certifying that the land acquisition is on terms that are no less favorable to the Company than those that would have been obtained in a comparable transaction by the Company with an unrelated person and the land acquisition was approved by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board of Directors of the Company. Further, the Company delivered to the Trustee under the Indenture a determination of value by a real estate appraisal firm which is of regional standing in the region in which the subject property is located and is MAI certified.
On July 9, 2002, the Company’s Board of Directors (with Messrs. William Lyon and William H. Lyon abstaining) approved the purchase of 144 lots, through a land banking arrangement, for a total purchase price of $16,660,000 from an entity that purchased the lots from William Lyon. The terms of the purchase agreement provide for an initial deposit of $3,300,000 (paid on July 23, 2002) and monthly option payments of 11.5% on the seller’s outstanding investment. Such option payments entitle the Company to phase takedowns of approximately 14 lots each, which were anticipated to occur at one to two month intervals through March 2004. As of December 31, 2004, all lots have been purchased under this agreement for a purchase price of $16,660,000. Had the Company purchased the property directly, the acquisition would have qualified as an affiliate transaction under the Old Indenture. Even though the Company’s agreement is not with William Lyon, the Company chose to treat it as an affiliate transaction. Pursuant to the terms of the Old Indenture, the Company determined that the land acquisition is on terms that are no less favorable to the Company than those that would have been obtained in a comparable transaction by the Company with an unrelated person. The Company delivered to the Trustee under the Old Indenture a resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company set forth in an Officers’ Certificate certifying that the land acquisition is on terms that are no less favorable to the Company than those that would have been obtained in a comparable transaction by the Company with an unrelated person and the land acquisition was approved by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board of Directors of the Company. Further, the Company delivered to the Trustee under the Old Indenture a determination of value by a real estate appraisal firm which is of regional standing in the region in which the subject property is located and is MAI certified.
For the three months ended June 30, 2005 and 2004, the Company incurred reimbursable on-site labor costs of $39,000 and $42,000, respectively, for providing customer service to real estate projects developed by entities controlled by William Lyon and William H. Lyon, of which $3,000 and $90,000 was due to the Company at June 30, 2005 and 2004, respectively. For the six months ended June 30, 2005 and 2004, the Company incurred reimbursable on-site labor costs of $71,000 and $105,000, respectively for providing customer service to real estate projects developed by entities controlled by William Lyon and William H. Lyon.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(unaudited)
For each of the three month periods ended June 30, 2005 and 2004, the Company incurred charges of $189,000 related to rent on its corporate office, from a trust of which William H. Lyon is the sole beneficiary.
During the three and six months ended June 30, 2004, the Company incurred charges of $93,000 and $100,000, respectively related to the charter and use of aircraft owned by an affiliate of William Lyon.
Effective September 1, 2004, the Company entered into an aircraft consulting and management agreement with an affiliate (the “Affiliate”) of William Lyon to operate and manage the Company’s aircraft which was placed in service effective as of September 1, 2004. The terms of the agreement provide that the Affiliate shall consult and render its advice and management services to the Company with respect to all functions necessary to the operation, maintenance and administration of the aircraft. The Company’s business plan for the aircraft includes (i) use by Company executives for traveling on Company business to the Company’s divisional offices and other destinations, (ii) charter service to outside third parties and (iii) charter service to William Lyon personally. Charter services for outside third parties and William Lyon personally are contracted for at market rates. As compensation to the Affiliate for its management and consulting services under the agreement, the Company pays the Affiliate a fee equal to (i) the amount equal to 107% of compensation paid by the affiliate for the pilots supplied pursuant to the agreement, (ii) $50 per operating hour for the aircraft and (iii) $9,000 per month for hangar rent. In addition, all maintenance work, inspections and repairs performed by the Affiliate on the aircraft are charged to the Company at the Affiliate’s published rates for maintenance, inspections and repairs in effect at the time such work is completed.
Pursuant to the agreement above, the Company had earned revenue of $110,000 and $181,000 for charter services provided to William Lyon personally, for the three and six months ended June 30, 2005, and paid the Affiliate $313,000 and $492,000, respectively, for services under the aircraft consulting and management agreement, for the three and six months ended June 30, 2005.
The Company and one of the Company’s directors, Alex Meruelo, are parties to an agreement pursuant to which Mr. Meruelo is eligible to receive a finder’s fee based upon the cash distributions received by a subsidiary of the Company from a joint venture development project relating to a portion of the Fort Ord military base in Monterey County, California. The joint venture development project resulted from Mr. Meruelo’s introduction of the Company to Woodman Development Company, LLC (“Woodman”) and the subsequent formation of East Garrison Partners I, LLC (“EGP”) as a joint venture between Woodman and Lyon East Garrison Company I, LLC (“EGC”). The finder’s fee will equal 5% of all net cash distributions distributed by EGP to EGC with respect to EGC’s existing 50% interest in EGP that are in excess of distributions with respect to certain deficit advances, deficit preferred returns, returns of capital and preferred returns on unreturned capital. The calculation of the finder’s fee will be based on net cash distributions received from EGP on land sales and will not be determined on the basis of any revenues, profits or distributions received from any affiliate of EGC for the construction and sale or leasing of residential or commercial buildings on such lots. Mr. Meruelo is not obligated to perform any services for EGC other than the introduction to Woodman.
The Company offers home mortgage loans to its employees and directors through its mortgage company subsidiary, Duxford Financial, Inc. These loans are made in the ordinary course of business and on substantially the same terms, including interest rates and collateral, as those prevailing at the time for comparable transactions with other persons. These loans do not involve more than the normal risk of collectibility or present other unfavorable features and are sold to investors typically within 7 to 15 days.
Note 6 — Stockholders’ Equity
On November 12, 2004 the Company’s Board of Directors approved an increase in the size of the Company’s previously announced stock repurchase program to 3,000,000 shares of its common stock (including any shares previously repurchased by the Company under the program). Under the program, as originally
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(unaudited)
adopted in September 2001, the Company could repurchase 20% of its then outstanding shares of common stock or approximately 2,000,000 shares. Under the plan, the stock will be purchased from time to time in privately negotiated transactions or the open market in compliance with Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 10b-18, subject to market conditions, applicable legal requirements and other factors. The timing and amounts of any purchases will be as determined by the Company’s management from time to time or may be suspended at any time or from time to time without prior notice, depending on market conditions and other factors they deem relevant. The repurchased shares may be held as treasury stock and used for general corporate purposes or cancelled. As of June 30, 2005, 1,218,400 shares of common stock had been purchased for $26,750,000 and retired under this program and 1,275,000 shares of common stock had been repurchased for $81,001,000, which shares were held in treasury. No shares were purchased under this program during the three and six months ended June 30, 2005.
During the three and six months ended June 30, 2004, certain officers and directors exercised options to purchase 52,130 and 89,464 shares, respectively of the Company’s common stock at a price of $8.6875 per share in accordance with the William Lyon Homes 2000 Stock Incentive Plan. During the six months ended June 30, 2004, certain officers exercised options to purchase 4,166 shares of the Company’s common stock at a price of $9.10 per share in accordance with the William Lyon Homes 2000 Stock Incentive Plan. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2005, no options were exercised by officers and directors.
Note 7 — Commitments and Contingencies
The Company’s commitments and contingent liabilities include the usual obligations incurred by real estate developers in the normal course of business. In the opinion of management, these matters will not have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
Five purported class action lawsuits have been filed in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware in and for New Castle County, purportedly on behalf of the public stockholders of the Company, challenging the proposal made by General William Lyon to acquire the outstanding publicly held minority interest in the Company’s common stock for $82 per share in cash (the “Proposed Transaction”), (See Note 8) and challenging related actions of the Company and the directors of the Company.Eastside Investors, LLP v. William Lyon Homes, et al., Civil Action No. 1301-N was filed on April 27, 2005;Donald Lamuth v. William Lyon et al., Civil Action No. 1304-N andStephen L. Brown v. William Lyon Homes, et al., Civil Action No. 1307-N were filed on April 28, 2005;Michael Crady v. William Lyon Homes, et al., Civil Action No. 1311-N was filed on May 2, 2005; andAnthony A. D’Amato v. William Lyon, et al.,Civil Action No. 1323-Nwas filed on May 6, 2005 (collectively, the “Delaware Complaints”). The Delaware Complaints name the Company and the directors of the Company as defendants. These complaints allege, among other things, that the defendants have breached their fiduciary duties owed to the plaintiffs in connection with the Proposed Transaction and other related corporate activities. The plaintiffs are seeking to enjoin the Proposed Transaction and, among other things, to obtain damages, attorneys’ fees and expenses related to the litigation. On May 9, 2005, the Delaware Complaints were consolidated into a single case entitledIn re: William Lyon Homes Shareholder Litigation, Civil Action No. 1311-N (the “Consolidated Delaware Action”). On May 20, 2005, a class was certified in the Consolidated Delaware Action.
Two purported class action lawsuits challenging the Proposed Transaction also have been filed in the Superior Court of the State of California, County of Orange. On April 28, 2005, the complaints captionedLewis Lester v. William Lyon Homes, et al., Case No. 05-CC-00092 (the “Lewis Complaint”), andAlaska Electrical Pension Fund v. William Lyon Homes, Inc. et al., Case No. 05-CC-00093 (the “Alaska Electrical Complaint” and, together with the Lewis Complaint, the “California Complaints”) were filed. The California Complaints name the Company and the directors of the Company as defendants and allege, among other things, that the
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(unaudited)
defendants have breached their fiduciary duties to the public stockholders. The California Complaints seek to enjoin the Proposed Transaction and also seek damages and attorneys’ fees and expenses related to the litigation. On May 26, 2005, the California Complaints were consolidated into a single case entitledIn re: William Lyon Homes, Inc. Shareholder Litigation, Case No. 05-CC-00092 (the “Consolidated California Action”). On July 8, 2005, plaintiffs in the Consolidated California Action dismissed that lawsuit without prejudice.
The Company believes that the remaining Consolidated Delaware Action described above is without merit, particularly given that General Lyon withdrew his offer for the Proposed Transaction on or around June 28, 2005 and announced on July 25, 2005 that he was ending his efforts at this time to take the Company private.
Duxford Title Reinsurance Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, provides title reinsurance to unrelated title insurers directly issuing title policies on homes sold by the Company in California, Nevada and Arizona. In February 2005, Duxford Title Reinsurance Company was notified by its title insurers that as a result of current investigations by several state insurance regulators into the large number of captive reinsurance arrangements existing in the title insurance industry, the title insurers were suspending and/or terminating their current captive reinsurance agreements with Duxford Title Reinsurance Company pending final determination from the appropriate regulatory bodies as to their permissibility or necessary modification to assure compliance with applicable law. In April 2005, in response to a subpoena issued by the California Insurance Commissioner, the Company testified in connection with the Commissioner’s investigation of captive reinsurance arrangements, including testimony that in many instances, the Company pays for the title insurance being issued. The Company has not had any further communication to date from the California Insurance Commissioner or any other state insurance regulator about this matter and does not believe that the resolution of this matter will have a material effect on the Company’s financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
The Company is a defendant in various lawsuits related to its normal business activities. In the opinion of management, disposition of the various lawsuits will have no material effect on the consolidated financial statements of the Company.
See Note 2 for information relating to the Company’s land banking arrangements.
In some jurisdictions in which the Company develops and constructs property, assessment district bonds are issued by municipalities to finance major infrastructure improvements. As a land owner benefited by these improvements, the Company is responsible for the assessments on its land. When properties are sold, the assessments are either prepaid or the buyers assume the responsibility for the related assessments. Assessment district bonds issued after May 21, 1992 are accounted for under the provisions of Statement 91-10, “Accounting for Special Assessment and Tax Increment Financing Entities” issued by the Emerging Issues Task Force of the Financial Accounting Standards Board on May 21, 1992, and recorded as liabilities in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet, if the amounts are fixed and determinable.
As of June 30, 2005, the Company had $23.1 million of outstanding irrevocable standby letters of credit to guarantee the Company’s financial obligations under certain land banking arrangements, joint venture agreements and other contractual arrangements in the normal course of business. The beneficiary may draw upon these letters of credit in the event of a contractual default by the Company relating to each respective obligation. These letters of credit have a stated term of up to two years and have varying maturities through 2006, at which time the Company may be required to renew the letters of credit to coincide with the term of the respective arrangement.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(unaudited)
The Company also had outstanding performance and surety bonds of $269.7 million at June 30, 2005 related principally to its obligations for site improvements at various projects. The Company does not believe that draws upon these bonds, if any, will have a material effect on the Company’s financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
The Company has provided unsecured environmental indemnities to certain lenders, joint venture partners and land sellers. In each case, the Company has performed due diligence on the potential environmental risks, including obtaining an independent environmental review from outside environmental consultants. These indemnities obligate the Company to reimburse the guaranteed parties for damages related to environmental matters. There is no term or damage limitation on these indemnities; however, if an environmental matter arises, the Company could have recourse against other previous owners.
See Notes 3 and 4 for additional information relating to the Company’s guarantee arrangements.
Note 8 — Proposed Transaction
On April 26, 2005, General William Lyon announced that he was proposing to acquire the outstanding publicly held minority interest in the Company’s common stock for $82 per share in cash. General Lyon stated that this transaction would be contingent upon approval by the Board of Directors or a duly appointed special committee of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors subsequently formed a special committee of independent directors to consider General Lyon’s proposal with the assistance of outside financial and legal advisors which the special committee retained. On June 20, 2005, the special committee announced that it had determined that the proposal by General Lyon was inadequate. On June 28, 2005, General Lyon announced that he was withdrawing his proposal. On July 25, 2005, the Company announced that its Board of Directors had disbanded the special committee. On July 25, 2005, General Lyon announced that he was discontinuing his efforts at that time to take the Company private. In connection with the special committee’s consideration of this proposed transaction, the Company has incurred approximately $2,191,000 in financial advisory and legal expenses which are reflected as a charge in the Company’s results of operations for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2005.
See Note 7 for information on certain lawsuits which have been filed relating to General Lyon’s proposal.
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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
WILLIAM LYON HOMES
MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION
AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following discussion of results of operations and financial condition should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in Item 1, as well as the information presented in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004.
Results of Operations
Overview and Recent Results
Selected financial and operating information for the Company including its wholly-owned projects and joint ventures as of and for the periods presented is as follows:
Three Months Ended June 30, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2005 | 2004 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Wholly-Owned | Joint Ventures | Consolidated Total | Wholly-Owned | Joint Ventures | Consolidated Total | |||||||||||||||||||
Selected Financial Information (dollars in thousands) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Homes closed | 498 | 121 | 619 | 635 | 159 | 794 | ||||||||||||||||||
Home sales revenue | $ | 277,382 | $ | 84,741 | $ | 362,123 | $ | 285,123 | $ | 81,937 | $ | 367,060 | ||||||||||||
Cost of sales | (203,384 | ) | (63,568 | ) | (266,952 | ) | (218,602 | ) | (64,226 | ) | (282,828 | ) | ||||||||||||
Gross margin | $ | 73,998 | $ | 21,173 | $ | 95,171 | $ | 66,521 | $ | 17,711 | $ | 84,232 | ||||||||||||
Gross margin | 26.7 | % | 25.0 | % | 26.3 | % | 23.3 | % | 21.6 | % | 23.0 | % | ||||||||||||
Number of homes closed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
California | 214 | 121 | 335 | 311 | 159 | 470 | ||||||||||||||||||
Arizona | 171 | — | 171 | 107 | — | 107 | ||||||||||||||||||
Nevada | 113 | — | 113 | 217 | — | 217 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total | 498 | 121 | 619 | 635 | 159 | 794 | ||||||||||||||||||
Average sales price | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
California | $ | 872,900 | $ | 700,300 | $ | 810,500 | $ | 637,200 | $ | 515,300 | $ | 595,900 | ||||||||||||
Arizona | 291,800 | — | 291,800 | 234,900 | — | 234,900 | ||||||||||||||||||
Nevada | 360,000 | — | 360,000 | 284,900 | — | 284,900 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total | $ | 557,000 | $ | 700,300 | $ | 585,000 | $ | 449,000 | $ | 515,300 | $ | 462,300 | ||||||||||||
Number of net new home orders | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
California | 532 | 206 | 738 | 354 | 276 | 630 | ||||||||||||||||||
Arizona | 177 | — | 177 | 278 | — | 278 | ||||||||||||||||||
Nevada | 239 | — | 239 | 219 | — | 219 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total | 948 | 206 | 1,154 | 851 | 276 | 1,127 | ||||||||||||||||||
Average number of sales locations during period | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
California | 19 | 9 | 28 | 20 | 12 | 32 | ||||||||||||||||||
Arizona | 6 | — | 6 | 7 | — | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
Nevada | 8 | — | 8 | 7 | — | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total | 33 | 9 | 42 | 34 | 12 | 46 | ||||||||||||||||||
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As of June 30, | ||||||||||||||||||
2005 | 2004 | |||||||||||||||||
Wholly-Owned | Joint Ventures | Consolidated Total | Wholly-Owned | Joint Ventures | Consolidated Total | |||||||||||||
Backlog of homes sold but not | ||||||||||||||||||
California | 934 | 440 | 1,374 | 766 | 666 | 1,432 | ||||||||||||
Arizona | 521 | — | 521 | 423 | — | 423 | ||||||||||||
Nevada | 220 | — | 220 | 233 | — | 233 | ||||||||||||
Total | 1,675 | 440 | 2,115 | 1,422 | 666 | 2,088 | ||||||||||||
Dollar amount of homes sold but not closed at end of period (dollars in thousands) | ||||||||||||||||||
California | $ | 600,957 | $ | 274,920 | $ | 875,877 | $ | 581,939 | $ | 367,268 | $ | 949,207 | ||||||
Arizona | 172,240 | — | 172,240 | 106,573 | — | 106,573 | ||||||||||||
Nevada | 77,462 | — | 77,462 | 85,008 | — | 85,088 | ||||||||||||
Total | $ | 850,659 | $ | 274,920 | $ | 1,125,579 | $ | 773,520 | $ | 367,268 | $ | 1,140,788 | ||||||
Lots controlled at end of period | ||||||||||||||||||
Owned lots | ||||||||||||||||||
California | 3,938 | 1,762 | 5,700 | 2,486 | 2,248 | 4,734 | ||||||||||||
Arizona | 3,812 | 269 | 4,081 | 1,249 | — | 1,249 | ||||||||||||
Nevada | 959 | — | 959 | 1,362 | — | 1,362 | ||||||||||||
Total | 8,709 | 2,031 | 10,740 | 5,097 | 2,248 | 7,345 | ||||||||||||
Optioned lots(1) | ||||||||||||||||||
California | 3,525 | 4,192 | ||||||||||||||||
Arizona | 5,132 | 7,228 | ||||||||||||||||
Nevada | 1,489 | 1,250 | ||||||||||||||||
Total | 10,146 | 12,670 | ||||||||||||||||
Total lots controlled | ||||||||||||||||||
California | 9,225 | 8,926 | ||||||||||||||||
Arizona | 9,213 | 8,477 | ||||||||||||||||
Nevada | 2,448 | 2,612 | ||||||||||||||||
Total | 20,886 | 20,015 | ||||||||||||||||
(1) | Optioned lots may be purchased by the Company as wholly-owned projects or may be purchased by newly formed joint ventures. |
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Six Months Ended June 30, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2005 | 2004 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Wholly-owned | Joint Ventures | Combined Total | Wholly-owned | Joint Ventures | Combined Total | |||||||||||||||||||
Selected Financial Information (dollars in thousands) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Homes closed | 862 | 216 | 1,078 | 1,100 | 297 | 1,397 | ||||||||||||||||||
Home sales revenue | $ | 464,816 | $ | 141,963 | $ | 606,779 | $ | 478,694 | $ | 142,914 | $ | 621,608 | ||||||||||||
Cost of sales | (338,899 | ) | (103,035 | ) | (441,934 | ) | (370,002 | ) | (113,262 | ) | (486,264 | ) | ||||||||||||
Gross margin | $ | 125,917 | $ | 38,928 | $ | 164,845 | $ | 108,692 | $ | 29,652 | $ | 138,344 | ||||||||||||
Gross margin percentage | 27.1 | % | 27.4 | % | 27.2 | % | 22.7 | % | 20.7 | % | 22.3 | % | ||||||||||||
Number of homes closed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
California | 331 | 216 | 547 | 561 | 297 | 858 | ||||||||||||||||||
Arizona | 297 | — | 297 | 169 | — | 169 | ||||||||||||||||||
Nevada | 234 | — | 234 | 370 | — | 370 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total | 862 | 216 | 1,078 | 1,100 | 297 | 1,397 | ||||||||||||||||||
Average sales price | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
California | $ | 870,800 | $ | 657,200 | $ | 786,500 | $ | 588,800 | $ | 481,200 | $ | 551,600 | ||||||||||||
Arizona | 289,900 | — | 289,900 | 219,000 | — | 219,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
Nevada | 386,600 | — | 386,600 | 301,000 | — | 301,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total | $ | 539,200 | $ | 657,200 | $ | 562,900 | $ | 435,200 | $ | 481,200 | $ | 445,000 | ||||||||||||
Number of net new home orders | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
California | 908 | 411 | 1,319 | 815 | 649 | 1,464 | ||||||||||||||||||
Arizona | 336 | — | 336 | 385 | — | 385 | ||||||||||||||||||
Nevada | 372 | — | 372 | 370 | — | 370 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total | 1,616 | 411 | 2,027 | 1,570 | 649 | 2,219 | ||||||||||||||||||
Average number of sales locations during period | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
California | 17 | 9 | 26 | 20 | 12 | 32 | ||||||||||||||||||
Arizona | 6 | — | 6 | 5 | — | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
Nevada | 8 | — | 8 | 7 | — | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total | 31 | 9 | 40 | 32 | 12 | 44 | ||||||||||||||||||
On a consolidated basis, the number of net new home orders for the six months ended June 30, 2005 decreased 8.7% to 2,027 homes from 2,219 homes for the six months ended June 30, 2004. The number of homes closed on a consolidated basis for the six months ended June 30, 2005, decreased 22.8% to 1,078 homes from 1,397 homes for the six months ended June 30, 2004. On a consolidated basis, the backlog of homes sold but not closed as of June 30, 2005 was 2,115, up 1.3% from 2,088 homes a year earlier, and up 81.4% from 1,166 homes at December 31, 2004.
Homes in backlog are generally closed within three to six months. The dollar amount of backlog of homes sold but not closed on a consolidated basis as of June 30, 2005 was $1.126 billion, down 1.3% from $1.141 billion as of June 30, 2004 and up 80.6% from $623.6 million as of December 31, 2004. The cancellation rate of buyers who contracted to buy a home but did not close escrow at the Company’s projects was approximately 13% during the six months ended June 30, 2005 as compared to 12% during the six months ended June 30, 2004. The inventory of completed and unsold homes was 9 homes as of June 30, 2005.
The Company experienced a 9.1% decrease in the average number of sales locations to 40 for the six months ended June 30, 2005 as compared to 44 for the six months ended June 30, 2004, and the Company’s number of new home orders per average sales location increased to 51.8 for the six months ended June 30, 2005 as compared to 50.4 for the six months ended June 30, 2004.
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In general, housing demand is adversely affected by increases in interest rates and housing prices. Interest rates, the length of time that assets remain in inventory, and the proportion of inventory that is financed affect the Company’s interest cost. If the Company is unable to raise sales prices sufficiently to compensate for higher costs or if mortgage interest rates increase significantly, affecting prospective buyers’ ability to adequately finance home purchases, the Company’s sales, gross margins and operating results may be adversely impacted.
Comparison of Three Months Ended June 30, 2005 to June 30, 2004
Consolidated operating revenue for the three months ended June 30, 2005 was $407.5 million, an increase of $23.0 million, or 6.0%, from consolidated operating revenue of $384.5 million for the three months ended June 30, 2004. Revenue from sales of wholly-owned homes decreased $7.7 million, or 2.7%, to $277.4 million in the 2005 period from $285.1 million in the 2004 period. This decrease was primarily due to a decrease in the number of wholly-owned homes closed to 498 in the 2005 period from 635 in the 2004 period, offset by an increase in the average sales price of wholly-owned homes to $557,000 in the 2005 period from $449,000 in the 2004 period. Consolidated operating revenue includes revenue from sales of joint ventures due to the adoption of Interpretation No. 46 (See Note 2 of “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements”). Revenue from sales of joint venture homes increased $2.8 million, or 3.4%, to $84.7 in the 2005 period from $81.9 million in the 2004 period, primarily due to an increase in the average sales price of joint venture homes to $700,300 in the 2005 period from $515,300 in the 2004 period, offset by a decrease in the number of joint venture homes closed to 121 in the 2005 period from 159 in the 2004 period. Revenue from sales of lots, land and other increased $28.0 million, or 161%, to $45.4 million in the 2005 period from $17.4 million in the 2004 period due to the bulk sale of land in certain of the Company’s markets. The increase in the average sales price of units closed in wholly-owned and joint venture projects was due primarily to (i) price appreciation in certain projects and (ii) a change in product mix.
Total operating income increased to $75.3 million in the 2005 period from $50.7 million in the 2004 period. The excess of revenue from sales of homes over the related cost of sales (gross margin) increased by $11.0 million to $95.2 million in the 2005 period from $84.2 million in the 2004 period primarily due to an increase in the average sales price of homes closed to $585,000 in the 2005 period from $462,300 in the 2004 period, an increase in gross margin percentage to 26.3% in the 2005 period from 23.0% in the 2004 period offset by a decrease in homes closed to 619 in the 2005 period from 794 in the 2004 period. The increase in period-over-period gross margin percentage primarily reflects the impact of increased sales prices due to strong demand for housing in many of the Company’s markets. The excess of revenue from sales of lots, land and other over the related cost of sales (gross margin) increased by $19.7 million to $23.3 million in the 2005 period from $3.6 million in the 2004 period primarily due to the bulk sale of land in certain of the Company’s markets.
Sales and marketing expense increased by $0.4 million to $13.3 million in the 2005 period from $12.9 million in the 2004 period primarily due to an increase in developer marketing fees paid to the land sellers in certain of the communities in which the Company builds. General and administrative expenses increased by $6.9 million to $24.0 million in the 2005 period from $17.1 million in the 2004 period, primarily as a result of an increase in bonus expense to $16.0 million in the 2005 period from $11.4 million in the 2004 period due to higher levels of pre-tax, pre-bonus income and an increase in salaries and benefits to $5.7 million in the 2005 period from $4.8 million in the 2004 period. Selling, general and administrative expense as a percentage of home sales revenue was 10.3% in the 2005 period compared to 8.2% in the 2004 period. Other operating costs consist of initial start-up and operating losses realized by golf course operations at certain of the Company’s projects which increased to $0.5 million in the 2005 period compared to $0.4 million in the 2004 period. Equity in income (loss) from unconsolidated joint ventures increased to income of $0.3 in the 2005 period from a loss of $0.1 million in the 2004 period. Minority equity in income of consolidated entities decreased to $5.7 million in the 2005 period from $6.7 million in the 2004 periodprimarily due to an increase in the gross margins from the sales of homes in the Company’s joint venture projects to $21.2 million in the 2005 period compared to $20.0 million in the 2004 period, offset by a decrease in the percentage allocation of income to the Company’s joint venture partners in the 2005 period compared to the 2004 period, which are defined in each respective joint venture operating agreement.
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The Company incurred financial advisory expense of $2.2 million in the 2005 period with no comparable amount in the 2004 period due to the proposed transaction described in “Item 2 — Proposed Transaction”.
Total interest incurred increased to $17.3 million in the 2005 period from $15.2 million in the 2004 period, primarily as a result of an increase in the average principal balance of debt outstanding, including the issuance of 7 5/8% Senior Notes (see below) and an increase in interest rates. All interest incurred was capitalized in the 2005 and 2004 periods.
As a result of the above factors, net income increased to $44.1 million in the 2005 period from $31.1 million in the 2004 period.
Comparison of Six Months Ended June 30, 2005 to Six Months Ended June 30, 2004
Consolidated operating revenue for the six months ended June 30, 2005 was $654.2 million, an increase of $15.2 million, or 2.4%, from consolidated operating revenue of $639.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2004. Revenue from sales of wholly-owned homes decreased $13.9 million, or 2.9%, to $464.8 million in the 2005 period from $478.7 million in the 2004 period. This slight decrease was primarily due to a decrease in the number of wholly-owned homes closed to 862 in the 2005 period from 1,100 in the 2004 period, offset by an increase in the average sales price of wholly-owned homes to $539,200 in the 2005 period from $435,200 in the 2004 period. Consolidated operating revenue includes revenue from sales of joint ventures due to the adoption of Interpretation No. 46 (See Note 2 of “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements”). Revenue from sales of joint venture homes decreased slightly by $0.9 million to $142.0 in the 2005 period from $142.9 million in the 2004 period, primarily due to an increase in the average sales price of joint venture homes to $657,200 in the 2005 period from $481,200 in the 2004 period, offset by a decrease in the number of joint venture homes closed to 216 in the 2005 period from 297 in the 2004 period. Revenue from sales of lots, land and other increased $30.0 million, or 172%, to $47.4 million in the 2005 period from $17.4 million in the 2004 period primarily due to the bulk sale of land in certain of the Company’s markets. The increase in the average sales price of units closed in wholly-owned and joint venture projects was due primarily to (i) price appreciation in certain projects and (ii) a change in product mix.
Total operating income increased to $109.3 million in the 2005 period from $76.1 million in the 2004 period. The excess of revenue from sales of homes over the related cost of sales (gross margin) increased by $26.5 million to $164.8 million in the 2005 period from $138.3 million in the 2004 period primarily due to an increase in the average sales price of homes closed to $562,900 in the 2005 period from $445,000 in the 2004 period, an increase in gross margin percentage to 27.2% in the 2005 period from 22.3% in the 2004 period, offset by a decrease in homes closed to 1,078 in the 2005 period from 1,397 in the 2004 period . The increase in period-over-period gross margin percentage primarily reflects the impact of increased sales prices due to strong demand for housing in many of the Company’s markets. The excess of revenue from sales of lots, land and other over the related cost of sales (gross margin) increased by $20 million to $23.6 million in the 2005 period from $3.6 million in the 2004 period primarily due to the bulk sale of land in certain of the Company’s markets.
Sales and marketing expense increased by $1.1 million to $24.4 million in the 2005 period from $23.3 million in the 2004 period primarily due to an increase in developer marketing fees paid to the land sellers in certain of the communities in which the Company builds. General and administrative expenses increased by $10.7 million to $41.4 million in the 2005 period from $30.7 million in the 2004 period, primarily as a result of an increase in bonus expense to $23.4 million in the 2005 period from $17.1 million in the 2004 period due to higher levels of pre-tax, pre-bonus income and an increase in salaries and benefits to $13.2 million in the 2005 period from $11.0 million in the 2004 period. Selling, general and administrative expense as a percentage of home sales revenue was 10.8% in the 2005 period compared to 8.7% in the 2004 period. Other operating costs consist of initial start-up and operating losses realized by golf course operations at certain of the Company’s projects which increased to $1.2 million in the 2005 period compared to $0.8 million in 2004 period. Equity in income (loss) from unconsolidated joint ventures is a loss of $0.2 million in the 2005 and 2004 period. Minority
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equity in income of consolidated entities increased to $12.0 million in the 2005 period from $10.9 million in the 2004 period primarily due to an increase in the gross margins from the sales of home in the Company’s joint venture projects to $38.9 million in the 2005 period compared to $33.8 million in the 2004 period, offset by a decrease in the percentage allocation of income to the Company’s joint venture partners in the 2005 period compared to the 2004 period, which are defined in each respective joint venture operating agreement.
The Company incurred financial advisory expenses of $2.2 million in the 2005 period with no comparable amount in the 2004 period due to the proposed transaction described in “Item 2 — Proposed Transaction”.
Total interest incurred increased to $32.5 million in the 2005 period from $28.2 million in the 2004 period, primarily as a result of an increase in the average principal balance of debt outstanding, including the issuance of 7 5/8% Senior Notes (see below) and an increase in interest rates. All interest incurred was capitalized in the 2005 and 2004 periods.
As a result of the above factors, net income increased to $64.6 million in the 2005 period from $46.6 million in the 2004 period.
Financial Condition and Liquidity
The Company provides for its ongoing cash requirements principally from internally generated funds from the sales of real estate, outside borrowings and by forming new joint ventures with venture partners that provide a substantial portion of the capital required for certain projects. The Company currently has outstanding 7 5/8% Senior Notes due 2012, 10 3/4% Senior Notes due 2013 and 7 1/2% Senior Notes due 2014 and maintains secured revolving credit facilities (“Revolving Credit Facilities”). The Company has financed, and may in the future finance, certain projects and land acquisitions with construction loans secured by real estate inventories, seller provided financing and land banking transactions. The Company believes that its current borrowing capacity and increases reasonably available to it, cash on hand and anticipated net cash flows from operations are and will be sufficient to meet its current and reasonably anticipated liquidity needs on both a near-term and long-term basis (and in any event for the next twelve months) for funds to build homes, run its day-to-day operations, acquire land and capital assets and fund its Duxford mortgage operations. There is no assurance, however, that future cash flows will be sufficient to meet the Company’s future capital needs. The amount and types of indebtedness that the Company may incur may be limited by the terms of the indentures and credit or other agreements governing the Company’s senior note obligations, revolving credit facilities and other indebtedness.
The ability of the Company to meet its obligations on its indebtedness will depend to a large degree on its future performance which in turn will be subject, in part, to factors beyond its control, such as prevailing economic conditions either nationally or in regions in which the Company operates, the outbreak of war or other hostilities involving the United States, mortgage and other interest rates, changes in prices of homebuilding materials, weather, the occurrence of events such as landslides, soil subsidence and earthquakes that are uninsurable, not economically insurable or not subject to effective indemnification agreements, availability of labor and homebuilding materials, changes in governmental laws and regulations, the timing of receipt of regulatory approvals and the opening of projects, and the availability and cost of land for future development. The Company cannot be certain that its cash flow will be sufficient to allow it to pay principal and interest on its debt, support its operations and meet its other obligations. If the Company is not able to meet those obligations, it may be required to refinance all or part of its existing debt, sell assets or borrow more money. The Company may not be able to do so on terms acceptable to it, if at all. In addition, the terms of existing or future indentures and credit or other agreements governing the Company’s senior note obligations, revolving credit facilities and other indebtedness may restrict the Company from pursuing any of these alternatives.
7 5/8% Senior Notes
On November 22, 2004, the Company’s 100% owned subsidiary, William Lyon Homes, Inc., a California corporation, (“California Lyon”) closed its offering of $150.0 million principal amount of 7 5/8% Senior Notes
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due 2012 (the “7 5/8% Senior Notes”). The notes were sold pursuant to Rule 144A. The notes were issued at par resulting in net proceeds to the Company of approximately $148.5 million. California Lyon agreed to file a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to an offer to exchange the notes for publicly tradeable notes having substantially identical terms. On January 12, 2005, the Securities and Exchange Commission declared the registration statement effective and California Lyon commenced an offer to exchange any and all of its outstanding $150.0 million aggregate principal amount of 7 5/8% Senior Notes due 2012, which are not registered under the Securities Act of 1933, for a like amount of its new 7 5/8% Senior Notes due 2012, which are registered under the Securities Act of 1933, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the prospectus dated January 12, 2005. The exchange offer was completed for $146.5 million principal amount of the 7 5/8% Senior Notes on February 18, 2005. The remaining $3.5 million principal amount of the old notes remains outstanding. The terms of the new notes are identical in all material respects to those of the old notes, except for certain transfer restrictions, registration rights and liquidated damages provisions relating to the old notes. Interest on the 7 5/8% Senior Notes is payable semi-annually on December 15 and June 15 of each year. Based on the current outstanding principal amount of the 7 5/8% Senior Notes, the Company’s semi-annual interest payments are $5.7 million.
Except as set forth in the Indenture governing the 7 5/8% Senior Notes, the 7 5/8% Senior Notes are not redeemable prior to December 15, 2008. Thereafter, the 7 5/8% Senior Notes will be redeemable at the option of California Lyon, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount plus a premium declining ratably to par, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any. In addition, on or before December 15, 2007, California Lyon may redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the notes with the proceeds of qualified equity offerings at a redemption price equal to 107.625% of the principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any.
10 3/4% Senior Notes
California Lyon filed a Registration Statement on Form S-3 with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the sale of $250.0 million of Senior Notes due 2013 (the “10 3/4% Senior Notes”) which became effective on March 12, 2003. The offering closed on March 17, 2003 and was fully subscribed and issued. The notes were issued at a price of 98.493% to the public, resulting in net proceeds to the Company of approximately $246.2 million. The purchase price reflected a discount to yield 11% under the effective interest method and the notes have been reflected net of the unamortized discount in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet. Interest on the 10 3/4% Senior Notes is payable on April 1 and October 1 of each year. Based on the current outstanding principal amount of the 10 3/4% Senior Notes, the Company’s semi-annual interest payments are $13.4 million.
Except as set forth in the Indenture governing the 10 3/4% Senior Notes, the 10 3/4% Senior Notes are not redeemable prior to April 1, 2008. Thereafter, the 10 3/4% Senior Notes will be redeemable at the option of California Lyon, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount plus a premium declining ratably to par, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any. In addition, on or before April 1, 2006, California Lyon may redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the notes with the proceeds of qualified equity offerings at a redemption price equal to 110.75% of the principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any.
7 1/2% Senior Notes
On February 6, 2004, California Lyon closed its offering of $150.0 million principal amount of 7 1/2% Senior Notes due 2014 (the “7 1/2% Senior Notes”). The notes were sold pursuant to Rule 144A and outside the United States to non-U.S. persons in reliance on Regulation S. The notes were issued at par, resulting in net proceeds to the Company of approximately $147.6 million. California Lyon agreed to file a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to an offer to exchange the notes for publicly tradeable notes having substantially identical terms. On July 16, 2004, the Securities and Exchange Commission declared the registration statement effective and California Lyon commenced an offer to exchange any and all of its outstanding $150.0 million aggregate principal amount of 7 1/2% Senior Notes due 2014, which are not registered
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under the Securities Act of 1933, for a like amount of its new 7 1/2% Senior Notes due 2014, which are registered under the Securities act of 1933, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the prospectus dated July 16, 2004. The exchange offer was completed for the full principal amount of the 7 1/2% Senior Notes on August 17, 2004. The terms of the new notes are identical in all material respects to those of the old notes, except for certain transfer restrictions, registration rights and liquidated damages provisions relating to the old notes. The new notes have been listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Interest on the 7 1/2% Senior Notes is payable on February 15 and August 15 of each year. Based on the current outstanding principal amount of 7 1/2% Senior Notes, the Company’s semi-annual interest payments are $5.6 million.
Except as set forth in the Indenture governing the 7 1/2% Senior Notes, the 7 1/2% Senior Notes are not redeemable prior to February 15, 2009. Thereafter, the 7 1/2% Senior Notes will be redeemable at the option of California Lyon, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount plus a premium declining ratably to par, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any. In addition, on or before February 15, 2007, California Lyon may redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the notes with the proceeds of qualified equity offerings at a redemption price equal to 107.50% of the principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any.
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The 7 5/8% Senior Notes, the 10 3/4% Senior Notes and the 7 1/2% Senior Notes (collectively, the “Senior Notes”) are senior unsecured obligations of California Lyon and are unconditionally guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by William Lyon Homes, a Delaware corporation (“Delaware Lyon”), which is the parent company of California Lyon, and all of Delaware Lyon’s existing and certain of its future restricted subsidiaries. The Senior Notes and the guarantees rank senior to all of the Company’s and the guarantors’ debt that is expressly subordinated to the Senior Notes and the guarantees, but are effectively subordinated to all of the Company’s and the guarantors’ senior secured indebtedness to the extent of the value of the assets securing that indebtedness.
Upon a change of control as described in the respective Indentures governing the Senior Notes (the “Senior Notes Indentures”), California Lyon will be required to offer to purchase the Senior Notes at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any.
If the Company’s consolidated tangible net worth falls below $75.0 million for any two consecutive fiscal quarters, California Lyon will be required to make an offer to purchase up to 10% of each class of Senior Notes originally issued at a purchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any.
California Lyon is 100% owned by Delaware Lyon. Each subsidiary guarantor is 100% owned by California Lyon or Delaware Lyon. All guarantees of the Senior Notes are full and unconditional and all guarantees are joint and several. There are no significant restrictions on the ability of Delaware Lyon or any guarantor to obtain funds from subsidiaries by dividend or loan.
The Senior Notes Indentures contain covenants that limit the ability of Delaware Lyon and its restricted subsidiaries to, among other things: (i) incur additional indebtedness; (ii) pay dividends or make other distributions or repurchase its stock; (iii) make investments; (iv) sell assets; (v) incur liens; (vi) enter into agreements restricting the ability of Delaware Lyon’s restricted subsidiaries (other than California Lyon) to pay dividends; (vii) enter into transactions with affiliates; and (viii) consolidate, merge or sell all or substantially all of Delaware Lyon’s and California Lyon’s assets. These covenants are subject to a number of important exceptions and qualifications as described in the Senior Notes Indentures.
The foregoing summary is not a complete description of the Senior Notes and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Senior Notes Indentures.
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The net proceeds of the offerings were used to repay amounts outstanding under revolving credit facilities and other indebtedness. The remaining proceeds were used to pay fees and commissions related to the offering and for other general corporate purposes.
At June 30, 2005, the Company had approximately $108.9 million of secured indebtedness, (excluding approximately $13.6 million of secured indebtedness of consolidated entities) and approximately $234.6 million of additional secured indebtedness available to be borrowed under the Company’s credit facilities, as limited by the Company’s borrowing base formulas.
Revolving Credit Facilities
As of June 30, 2005, the Company has four revolving credit facilities which have an aggregate maximum loan commitment of $395.0 million and mature at various dates through 2008. A $125.0 million revolving line of credit “expires” in October 2005. After that date the Company may borrow amounts, subject to applicable borrowing base and concentration limitations, under this facility solely to complete the construction of residences begun prior to such date in approved projects funded by disbursements under this facility. The final maturity date is the earlier of the date upon which the last residence, the construction of which was financed with proceeds of this loan, is sold or the date upon which such last residence is excluded from the borrowing base by the passage of time under this facility. As of June 30, 2005, $18.9 million outstanding under this line of credit will mature in October 2005. However, as in the past the Company expects the maturity to be extended by the lender at each maturity date for an additional year. If the maturity date is not extended as in the past, the Company could be required to sell real estate assets securing this line and/or borrow amounts from availability under other revolving lines of credit to repay amounts then outstanding or otherwise seek to refinance such amounts. The maximum commitment amount under this facility is $125.0 million. A $150.0 million revolving line of credit finally matures in September 2008, although after September 2006, advances under this facility may only be made to complete projects approved on or before such date. The maximum commitment of $150.0 million under this facility is reduced by the aggregate amount of loan commitments under separate project loans issued by the lender or its affiliates to the Company or its affiliates with respect to projects that are not cross-collateralized with the collateral under this credit facility. A $50.0 million revolving line of credit, which increased to $70.0 million in July 2005, initially “matures” in September 2006. After that date: a) the maximum commitment under this facility reduces at a rate of $8.75 million per quarter beginning with the quarter ending December 31, 2006, with a final maturity date of September 2008, and b) advances may only be used to complete previously approved projects subject to the borrowing base as of the initial maturity date. A $70.0 million revolving line of credit matures in June 2007, although after June 2006, the lender is not required to make advances under this facility. In July 2005, the Company entered into an agreement to increase the commitment amount to $100.0 million and extend the maturity date to June 2008, although the lender would not be required to make advances after June 2007. The Company expects that these modifications, which are subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, will become effective in August 2005.
Availability under each credit facility is subject not only to the maximum amount committed under the respective facility, but also to both various borrowing base and concentration limitations. The borrowing base limits lender advances to certain agreed percentages of asset value. The allowed percentage generally increases as the asset progresses from land under development to residence subject to contract of sale. Advances for each type of collateral become due in whole or in part, subject to possible re-borrowing, and/or the collateral becomes excluded from the borrowing base, after a specified period or earlier upon sale. Concentration limitations further restrict availability under the credit facilities. The effect of these borrowing base and concentration limitations essentially is to mandate minimum levels of the Company’s investment in a project, with higher percentages of investment required at earlier phases of a project, and with greater absolute dollar amounts of investment required as a project progresses. Each revolving credit facility is secured by deeds of trust on the real property and improvements thereon owned by the Company in the subdivision project(s) approved by the respective lender, as well as pledges of all net sale proceeds, related contracts and other ancillary property. Also, each credit facility includes financial covenants, which may limit the amount that may be borrowed thereunder. Outstanding advances bear interest at various rates, which approximate the prime rate. As of June 30, 2005, $80.7 million was
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outstanding under these credit facilities, with a weighted-average interest rate of 5.962%, and the undrawn availability was $234.6 million as limited by the borrowing base formulas. Interest on the revolving credit facilities is calculated on the average, outstanding daily balance and is paid following the end of each month. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2005, the Company borrowed $178.9 million and $466.8 million, respectively and repaid $230.3 million and $385.8 million, respectively under these facilities. The maximum amount outstanding was $143.8 million and the weighted average borrowings were $75.3 million during the six months ended June 30, 2005. Interest incurred on the revolving credit facilities for the three and six months ended June 30, 2005 was $1.9 million and $2.7 million, respectively. Delaware Lyon has guaranteed on an unsecured basis California Lyon’s obligations under certain of the revolving credit facilities and has provided an unsecured environmental indemnity in favor of the lender under the $125.0 million bank line of credit. The Company routinely makes borrowings under its revolving credit facilities in the ordinary course of business within the maximum aggregate loan commitment amounts to fund its operations, including its land acquisition and home building activities, and repays such borrowings, as required by the credit facilities, with the net sales proceeds of sales of the real property, including homes, which secure the applicable credit facility.
Under the revolving credit facilities, the Company is required to comply with a number of covenants, the most restrictive of which require Delaware Lyon to maintain:
• | A tangible net worth, as defined, of $120.0 million, adjusted upwards quarterly by 50% of Delaware Lyon’s quarterly net income after March 31, 2002; |
• | A ratio of total liabilities to tangible net worth, each as defined, of less than 3.25 to 1; and |
• | Minimum liquidity, as defined, of at least $10.0 million. |
As of and for the period ending June 30, 2005, the Company is in compliance with these covenants.
Construction Notes Payable
At June 30, 2005, the Company had construction notes payable on certain consolidated entities amounting to $13.6 million. The construction notes have various maturity dates and bear interest at rates ranging from prime plus 0.25% to prime plus 0.50% at June 30, 2005. Interest is calculated on the average daily balance and is paid following the end of each month.
Revolving Mortgage Warehouse Credit Facilities
The Company, through its mortgage subsidiary and one of its unconsolidated joint ventures, has entered into two revolving mortgage warehouse credit facilities with banks to fund its mortgage origination operations. The original credit facility, which matures in May 2006, provides for revolving loans of up to $30.0 million outstanding, $20.0 million of which is committed (lender obligated to lend if stated conditions are satisfied) and $10.0 million is not committed (lender advances are optional even if stated conditions are otherwise satisfied). However, as in the past the Company expects the maturity to be extended by the lender at each maturity date for an additional year. In August 2003, the Company’s mortgage subsidiary and one of its unconsolidated joint ventures entered into an additional $10.0 million credit facility which matures in August 2006. Mortgage loans are generally held for a short period of time and are typically sold to investors within 7 to 15 days following funding. The facilities are secured by substantially all of the assets of each of the borrowers, including the mortgage loans held for sale, all rights of each of the borrowers with respect to contractual obligations of third party investors to purchase such mortgage loans, and all proceeds of sale of such mortgage loans. The facilities, which have LIBOR based pricing, also contain certain financial covenants requiring the borrowers to maintain minimum tangible net worth, leverage, profitability and liquidity. These facilities are non-recourse and are not guaranteed by the Company. At June 30, 2005 the outstanding balance under these facilities was $16.6 million.
Land Banking Arrangements
The Company enters into purchase agreements with various land sellers. In some instances, and as a method of acquiring land in staged takedowns, thereby minimizing the use of funds from the Company’s revolving credit
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facilities and other corporate financing sources and limiting the Company’s risk, the Company transfers its right in such purchase agreements to entities owned by third parties (land banking arrangements). These entities use equity contributions and/or incur debt to finance the acquisition and development of the lots. The entities grant the Company an option to acquire lots in staged takedowns. In consideration for this option, the Company makes a non-refundable deposit equal to 20% or less of the total purchase price. Additionally, the Company may be subject to other penalties if lots are not acquired. The Company is under no obligation to purchase the balance of the lots, but would forfeit remaining deposits and be subject to penalties if the lots were not purchased. The Company does not have legal title to these entities or their assets and has not guaranteed their liabilities. These land banking arrangements help the Company manage the financial and market risk associated with land holdings. The use of these land banking arrangements is dependent on, among other things, the availability of capital to the option provider, general housing market conditions and geographic preferences. As described in Note 2 of “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements”, Interpretation No. 46, requires the consolidation of the assets, liabilities and operations of two of the Company’s land banking arrangements including, as of June 30, 2005, real estate inventories of $28.2 million. The Company participates in two land banking arrangements, which are not VIEs in accordance with FIN 46, and are not consolidated as of June 30, 2005. The deposits and penalties related to the two land banking projects have been recorded in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet. Summary information with respect to the Company’s consolidated and unconsolidated land banking arrangements is as follows as of June 30, 2005 (dollars in thousands):
Consolidated | Unconsolidated | |||||
Total number of land banking projects | 2 | 2 | ||||
Total number of lots | 274 | 613 | ||||
Total purchase price | $ | 84,222 | $ | 94,070 | ||
Balance of lots still under option and not purchased: | ||||||
Number of lots | 114 | 286 | ||||
Purchase price | $ | 28,204 | $ | 53,059 | ||
Forfeited deposits and penalties if lots were not purchased | $ | 4,324 | $ | 14,940 | ||
Joint Venture Financing
The Company and certain of its subsidiaries are general partners or members in joint ventures involved in the development and sale of residential projects. As described more fully in “Recently Issued Accounting Standards”, in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No. 46,Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities, as amended (“Interpretation No. 46”) certain joint ventures have been determined to be variable interest entities in which the Company is considered the primary beneficiary. Accordingly, the assets, liabilities and operations of these joint ventures have been consolidated with the Company’s financial statements. The financial statements of joint ventures in which the Company is not considered the primary beneficiary are not consolidated with the Company’s financial statements. The Company’s investments in unconsolidated joint ventures are accounted for using the equity method because the Company has a 50% or less voting or economic interest (and thus such joint ventures are not controlled by the Company). Income allocations and cash distributions to the Company from the unconsolidated joint ventures are based on predetermined formulas between the Company and its joint venture partners as specified in the applicable partnership or operating agreements. The Company generally receives, after partners’ priority returns and returns of partners’ capital, approximately 50% of the profits and cash flows from joint ventures. See Note 2 of “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements” for condensed combined financial information for the joint ventures whose financial statements have been consolidated with the Company’s financial statements. See Note 3 of “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements” for condensed combined financial information for the unconsolidated joint ventures. Based upon current estimates, substantially all future development and construction costs incurred by the joint ventures will be funded by the venture partners or from the proceeds of construction financing obtained by the joint ventures.
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As of June 30, 2005, the Company’s investment in and advances to unconsolidated joint ventures was $15.4 million and the venture partners’ investment in such joint ventures was $15.8 million. As of June 30, 2005, these joint ventures had obtained financing from construction lenders which amounted to $34.5 million of outstanding indebtedness.
During the year ended December 31, 2002, one of the Company’s joint ventures (“Existing Venture”) was restructured such that the Company was required to purchase the 538 lots owned by the Existing Venture on a specified takedown basis through October 15, 2003 at a purchase price equal to the future cost of such lots including a 20% preferred return on invested capital to the outside partner of the Existing Venture. During the year ended December 31, 2002, the first 242 lots were purchased from the Existing Venture for $64.5 million, which includes a $12.5 million preferred return to the outside partner of the Existing Venture. The 242 lots were purchased by a newly formed joint venture (“New Venture”) between the Company and an outside partner. The Company was required to and did purchase the 242 lots owned by the New Venture on a specified takedown basis through May 15, 2004 at a purchase price equal to $74.2 million plus a 13 1/2% preferred return on invested capital to the outside partner of the New Venture. Because the Company is required to purchase the lots owned by both the Existing Venture and the New Venture, and the Company now controls both ventures, the financial statements of both ventures have been consolidated with the Company’s financial statements. During the year ended December 31, 2002, an additional 44 lots were purchased from the Existing Venture for $19.8 million, which includes a $4.0 million preferred return to the outside partner of the Existing Venture. The 44 lots were purchased through a land banking arrangement. During the year ended December 31, 2003, an additional 219 lots were purchased from the Existing Venture for $74.9 million, which included a $21.7 million preferred return to the outside partner of the Existing Venture. These purchases included (i) 172 lots which were purchased from the Existing Venture under a land banking arrangement (see Note 2) for $56.6 million, which included a $16.4 million preferred return to the outside partner of the Existing Venture and (2) 47 lots which were purchased by the New Venture from the Existing Venture for $18.3 million, which included a $5.3 million preferred return to the outside partner of the Existing Venture. During the year ended December 31, 2002, the Company purchased 15 lots from the New Venture for $5,135,000, all of which was paid to the outside partner as a return of capital. During the year ended December 31, 2003, the Company purchased 175 lots from the New Venture for $54.5 million, all of which was paid to the outside partner as a return of capital. During the year ended December 31, 2004, the Company purchased 99 lots from the New Venture for $34.3 million. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2005 no lots were purchased by the Company from the New Venture. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2004, the Company purchased 31 and 73 lots, respectively from the New Venture for $10.5 million and $22.4 million, respectively. The intercompany sales and related profits have been eliminated in consolidation.
During the year ended December 31, 2003, California Lyon and two unaffiliated parties formed a series of limited liability companies (“Development LLCs”) for the purpose of acquiring three parcels of land totaling 236 acres in Irvine and Tustin, California (formerly part of the Tustin Marine Corps Air Station) and developing the land into 1,910 residential homesites. The Development LLCs sold its first lots during the three months ended June 30, 2005 and the remaining lots were sold in July 2005. California Lyon is required under certain specific conditions to purchase approximately one half in value of the lots and during the three months ended June 30, 2005, California Lyon purchased 165 lots from the Development LLCs, of which 102 lots were purchased through a land banking arrangement (see Note 2 of “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements” for additional information regarding the Company’s land banking arrangements). In July 2005, California Lyon purchased an additional 668 lots from the Development LLCs, of which 169 lots were purchased through two land banking arrangements. California Lyon has a 12 1/2% indirect, minority interest in the Development LLCs and during the three months ended June 30, 2005 earned income of $1.9 million from the sale of lots by the Development LLCs of which, $0.5 million of income was deferred from the purchase of the 102 lots by California Lyon and will be recognized when the lots are sold. The Development LLC’s are borrowers under a secured line of credit. Advances under the line of credit are to be used to pay acquisition and development costs and expenses. The line of credit is secured by deeds of trust on the real property and improvements thereon owned by the applicable Development LLCs, as well as pledges of all net sale proceeds, related contracts and
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other ancillary property. The maximum commitment amount under the line of credit is limited by specified agreed debt-to-value ratios. The maximum commitment amount under the line of credit is $105.0 million. California Lyon has posted letters of credit equal to approximately $19.6 million to secure its obligations as well as the Development LLCs’ obligations to the bank under the line of credit. Further, California Lyon and the other direct and indirect members of the Development LLCs, including certain affiliates of such other members, have entered into reimbursement and indemnity agreements to allocate any liability arising from each line of credit, including related guarantees and letters of credit. Delaware Lyon has entered into joinder agreements to be jointly and severally liable for California Lyon’s obligations under the reimbursement and indemnity agreements. While the reimbursement and indemnity agreements provide that liability is generally allocated in accordance with the members’ percentage interests in the Development LLCs’ distributions, Delaware Lyon and California Lyon may be liable for the full amount of the obligations guaranteed to the banks in certain specified circumstances, such as those involving the default, willful misconduct or gross negligence of California Lyon. As of June 30, 2005, the outstanding indebtedness under the line of credit was $105.0 million. In July 2005, the $105.0 million outstanding balance on the line of credit as of June 30, 2005 was paid in full and the related letters of credit were returned by the beneficiary in conjunction with the sale of the remaining lots by the Development LLCs as described above.
Assessment District Bonds
In some jurisdictions in which the Company develops and constructs property, assessment district bonds are issued by municipalities to finance major infrastructure improvements and fees. Such financing has been an important part of financing master-planned communities due to the long-term nature of the financing, favorable interest rates when compared to the Company’s other sources of funds and the fact that the bonds are sold, administered and collected by the relevant government entity. As a landowner benefited by the improvements, the Company is responsible for the assessments on its land. When the Company’s homes or other properties are sold, the assessments are either prepaid or the buyers assume the responsibility for the related assessments.
Cash Flows — Comparison of Six Months Ended June 30, 2005 to Six Months Ended June 30, 2004
Net cash used in operating activities decreased to $135.7 million in the 2005 period from $225.5 million in the 2004 period. The change was primarily as a result of decreased expenditures in real estate inventories to $195.6 million in the 2005 period from $304.9 million in the 2004 period, an increase in net changes in accrued expenses to $77.5 million in the 2005 period from $42.4 million in the 2004 period, due to an increase in bonuses and income taxes paid in the 2005 period compared to the 2004 period, offset by an increase in net income. The successful issuance of the 10 3/4% Senior Notes in 2003 and the 7 1/2% Senior Notes and 7 5/8% Senior Notes in 2004, offset by the repayment of the 12 1/2% Senior Notes (as described in financing activities below), provided the Company with increased financial resources. The risks inherent in purchasing and developing land increase as consumer demand for housing decreases. Thus, the Company may have bought and developed land on which it cannot profitably build and sell homes. The market value of land, building lots and housing inventories can fluctuate significantly as a result of changing market conditions. In addition, inventory carrying costs can be significant and can result in losses in a poorly performing project or market. In the event of significant changes in economic or market conditions, the Company may have to sell homes at significantly lower margins or at a loss.
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities changed to a source of $0.7 million in the 2005 period from a use of $16.9 million in the 2004 period. The change was primarily as a result of (i) a decrease in net cash received from investments in unconsolidated joint ventures to $1.2 million in the 2005 period from $7.0 million in the 2004 period, (ii) a decrease in distributions of capital from unconsolidated joint ventures to $3.5 million in the 2005 period from $6.2 million in the 2004 period and (iii) a decrease in cash paid for property and equipment to $1.6 million in the 2005 period from $16.0 million in the 2004 period due to the purchase of an aircraft in the 2004 period.
Net cash provided by financing activities decreased to $89.6 million in the 2005 period from $246.4 million in the 2004 period, primarily as a result of (i) the issuance of the 7 1/2% Senior Notes during the 2004 period, (ii) minority interest contributions of $27.3 million in the 2005 period compared to minority interest contributions of
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$3.1 million in the 2004 period and (iii) a decrease in net borrowings on notes payable to $62.3 million in the 2005 period from $94.8 million in the 2004 period.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
The Company enters into certain off-balance sheet arrangements including joint venture financing, option arrangements, land banking arrangements and variable interests in consolidated and unconsolidated entities. These arrangements are more fully described above and in Notes 2, 3 and 7 to Consolidated Financial Statements. In addition, the Company is party to certain contractual obligations, including land purchases and project commitments, which are detailed in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004.
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Description of Projects
The Company’s homebuilding projects usually take two to five years to develop. The following table presents project information relating to each of the Company’s homebuilding divisions as of June 30, 2005 and only includes projects with lots owned or in backlog at June 30, 2005 or homes closed for the six months ended June 30, 2005.
Project (County) Product | Year of First Delivery | Estimated Number of Homes at Completion(1) | Units Closed as of June 30, 2005 | Backlog at June 30, 2005(2)(3) | Lots as of June 30, 2005 | Homes Closed for the Six Ended June 30, 2005 | Sales Price Range(5) | |||||||
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA | ||||||||||||||
Wholly-Owned: | ||||||||||||||
Orange County | ||||||||||||||
Mirador at Talega, San Clemente | 2004 | 76 | 35 | 36 | 41 | 15 | $1,115,000—1,270,000 | |||||||
Walden Park, Ladera Ranch | 2004 | 109 | 96 | 13 | 13 | 13 | $650,000—680,000 | |||||||
Ambridge at Quail Hill, Irvine | 2004 | 128 | 92 | 19 | 36 | 31 | $500,000—570,000 | |||||||
Lombard Court, Irvine | 2005 | 150 | 0 | 87 | 119 | 0 | $400,000—540,000 | |||||||
Garland Park, Irvine | 2005 | 166 | 0 | 85 | 111 | 0 | $533,000—669,000 | |||||||
Altamura @ Nellie Gail Ranch, | 2003 | 52 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 4 | $1,975,000—2,000,000 | |||||||
Seacove at the Waterfront, | 2004 | 106 | 49 | 57 | 57 | 24 | $802,000—995,000 | |||||||
Floralisa, San Juan Capistrano | 2005 | 80 | 0 | 26 | 80 | 0 | $1,204,000—1,365,000 | |||||||
Estrella Rosa, San Juan Capistrano | 2006 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | $1,510,000—1,650,000 | |||||||
Madeira, Ladera Ranch | 2006 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 0 | $1,145,000—1,180,000 | |||||||
Tamarisk, Irvine | 2005 | 113 | 0 | 44 | 67 | 0 | $494,000—543,000 | |||||||
Columbus Grove, Irvine | 2006 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 0 | $830,000—905,000 | |||||||
Kensington | 2006 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 0 | $685,000—820,000 | |||||||
Los Angeles County | ||||||||||||||
Ashford, Moorpark | 2006 | 113 | 0 | 0 | 113 | 0 | $866,000—1,075,000 | |||||||
Marquis, Moorpark | 2006 | 135 | 0 | 0 | 135 | 0 | $950,000—1,184,000 | |||||||
Rassmussen Affordable, Moorpark | 2006 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | $105,000—272,000 | |||||||
Riverside County | ||||||||||||||
Heartland, North Corona | 2005 | 109 | 0 | 40 | 109 | 0 | $590,000—650,000 | |||||||
Bounty II | 2005 | 39 | 0 | 39 | 39 | 0 | $457,000—505,000 | |||||||
Almont | 2006 | 91 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 0 | $439,000—500,000 | |||||||
Vander Stelt, Corona | 2006 | 309 | 0 | 0 | 122 | 0 | $530,000—650,000 | |||||||
Kasbergen/Serafina, North Corona | 2006 | 314 | 0 | 0 | 314 | 0 | $306,000—406,000 | |||||||
San Bernardino County | ||||||||||||||
The Peaks at Citrus Heights, Fontana | 2005 | 150 | 0 | 83 | 150 | 0 | $563,000—620,000 | |||||||
Total Wholly-Owned | 2,503 | 324 | 529 | 1,860 | 87 | |||||||||
Joint Ventures: | ||||||||||||||
Orange County | ||||||||||||||
Amarante, Ladera Ranch | 2005 | 53 | 13 | 35 | 40 | 13 | $880,000—1,060,000 | |||||||
Bellataire, Ladera Ranch | 2005 | 52 | 9 | 31 | 43 | 9 | $1,135,000—1,175,000 | |||||||
Los Angeles County | ||||||||||||||
Oakmont @ Westridge, Valencia | 2003 | 87 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 2 | $1,030,000—1,140,000 | |||||||
Creekside, Valencia | 2004 | 141 | 124 | 17 | 17 | 11 | $385,000—478,000 | |||||||
Riverside County | ||||||||||||||
Discovery, North Corona | 2004 | 172 | 136 | 36 | 36 | 17 | $417,000—464,000 | |||||||
Bounty, North Corona | 2003 | 167 | 156 | 11 | 11 | 8 | $460,000—510,000 | |||||||
Total Joint Ventures | 672 | 525 | 130 | 147 | 60 | |||||||||
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA | 3,175 | 849 | 659 | 2,007 | 147 | |||||||||
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Project (County) Product | Year of First Delivery | Estimated Number of Homes at Completion(1) | Units Closed as of June 30, 2005 | Backlog at June 30, 2005(2)(3) | Lots Owned as of June 30, 2005 | Homes Closed for the Six Ended June 30, 2005 | Sales Price Range(5) | |||||||
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA | ||||||||||||||
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San Joaquin County | ||||||||||||||
Ironwood II, Lathrop | 2003 | 88 | 85 | 0 | 3 | 0 | $276,000—317,000 | |||||||
Ironwood III, Lathrop | 2005 | 109 | 19 | 44 | 90 | 19 | $467,000—529,000 | |||||||
Seasons, Stockton | 2005 | 145 | 22 | 71 | 123 | 22 | $480,000—538,000 | |||||||
Contra Costa County | ||||||||||||||
Seagate at Bayside, Hercules | 2005 | 96 | 0 | 26 | 96 | 0 | $539,000—594,000 | |||||||
Wavecrest at Bayside, Hercules | 2005 | 76 | 0 | 30 | 76 | 0 | $533,000—578,000 | |||||||
Rivergate Laurels, Antioch | 2005 | 72 | 17 | 47 | 55 | 17 | $490,000—530,000 | |||||||
Rivergate II, Antioch | 2006 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 0 | $490,000—570,000 | |||||||
Placer County | ||||||||||||||
Whitney Ranch 12, Rocklin | 2006 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 0 | $569,000—601,000 | |||||||
Sacramento County | ||||||||||||||
Verona at Anatolia, Rancho Cordova | 2005 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 0 | $425,000—470,000 | |||||||
Santa Clara County | ||||||||||||||
Baton Rouge, San Jose | 2005 | 91 | 0 | 49 | 91 | 0 | $589,000—654,000 | |||||||
The Ranch at Silver Creek, San Jose: | ||||||||||||||
Provance | 2003 | 95 | 88 | 4 | 7 | 21 | $1,400,000—1,560,000 | |||||||
Portofino | 2003 | 42 | 40 | 1 | 2 | 0 | $1,245,000—1,395,000 | |||||||
Esperanza | 2004 | 74 | 49 | 25 | 25 | 25 | $890,000—1,100,000 | |||||||
Montesa | 2004 | 54 | 46 | 8 | 8 | 21 | $955,000—1,090,000 | |||||||
Hacienda | 2004 | 34 | 21 | 13 | 13 | 12 | $1,785,000—2,070,000 | |||||||
Tesoro | 2004 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 22 | $805,000—865,000 | |||||||
343 | 288 | 51 | 55 | 101 | ||||||||||
Stanislaus County | ||||||||||||||
Sonterra at Walker Ranch, Patterson | 2003 | 119 | 116 | 1 | 3 | 41 | $405,000—458,000 | |||||||
Falling Leaf, Modesto | 2006 | 314 | 0 | 0 | 314 | 0 | $360,000—470,000 | |||||||
Total Wholly-Owned | 1,719 | 547 | 319 | 1,172 | 200 | |||||||||
Joint Ventures: | ||||||||||||||
Contra Costa County | ||||||||||||||
Heartland, Brentwood | 2003 | 76 | 75 | 1 | 1 | 2 | $444,000—471,000 | |||||||
Gables, Brentwood | 2003 | 99 | 99 | 0 | 0 | 19 | $440,000—499,000 | |||||||
Overlook, Hercules | 2003 | 133 | 133 | 0 | 0 | 27 | $664,000—706,000 | |||||||
Alves Ranch, Pittsburgh | 2006 | 533 | 0 | 0 | 533 | 0 | Various products | |||||||
El Dorado County | ||||||||||||||
Lyon Prima, El Dorado Hills | 2001 | 137 | 137 | 0 | 0 | 2 | $445,000—511,000 | |||||||
Placer County | ||||||||||||||
Pinehurst at Morgan Creek | 2003 | 117 | 92 | 24 | 25 | 32 | $619,000—711,000 | |||||||
Cypress at Morgan Creek | 2003 | 73 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 17 | $521,000—581,000 | |||||||
Whitney Ranch 5, Rocklin | 2006 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 0 | $437,000—447,000 | |||||||
Sacramento County | ||||||||||||||
Big Horn, Elk Grove | ||||||||||||||
Plaza Walk | 2005 | 106 | 0 | 9 | 106 | 0 | $338,000—403,000 | |||||||
Gallery Walk | 2005 | 149 | 0 | 9 | 149 | 0 | $167,000—324,000 | |||||||
Total Joint Ventures | 1,519 | 609 | 43 | 910 | 99 | |||||||||
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA | 3,238 | 1,156 | 362 | 2,082 | 299 | |||||||||
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Project (County) Product | Year of First Delivery | Estimated Number of Homes at Completion(1) | Units Closed as of June 30, 2005 | Backlog at June 30, 2005(2)(3) | Lots Owned as of June 30, 2005 | Homes Closed for the Six Ended June 30, 2005 | Sales Price Range(5) | |||||||
SAN DIEGO | ||||||||||||||
Wholly-Owned: | ||||||||||||||
Riverside County | ||||||||||||||
Bridle Creek, Corona | 2003 | 274 | 119 | 31 | 155 | 35 | $623,000—710,000 | |||||||
Sedona, Murietta | 2003 | 144 | 144 | 0 | 0 | 8 | $472,000—559,000 | |||||||
Sequoia at Wolf Creek, Temecula | 2005 | 125 | 0 | 4 | 125 | 0 | $399,000—433,000 | |||||||
Savannah at Harveston Ranch, Temecula | 2005 | 162 | 0 | 11 | 162 | 0 | $320,000—375,000 | |||||||
San Bernardino County | ||||||||||||||
Chapman Heights, Yucaipa | ||||||||||||||
Braeburn | 2005 | 113 | 0 | 17 | 37 | 0 | $526,000—566,000 | |||||||
Crofton | 2005 | 140 | 0 | 28 | 50 | 0 | $405,000—437,000 | |||||||
Westland | 2005 | 79 | 0 | 21 | 42 | 0 | $466,000—494,000 | |||||||
Vista Bella | 2005 | 108 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 0 | $232,000—259,000 | |||||||
Redcort | 2005 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 0 | $270,000—295,000 | |||||||
San Diego County | ||||||||||||||
Promenade North, San Diego | 2006 | 137 | 0 | 0 | 137 | 0 | $421,000—494,000 | |||||||
Sonora Ridge, Chula Vista | 2003 | 172 | 172 | 0 | 0 | 1 | $453,000—493,000 | |||||||
Total Wholly-Owned | 1,544 | 435 | 112 | 906 | 44 | |||||||||
Joint Ventures: | ||||||||||||||
Riverside County | ||||||||||||||
Cabrillo at Montecito Ranch, Corona | 2004 | 83 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 1 | $597,000—629,000 | |||||||
San Diego County | ||||||||||||||
Ravenna, San Diego | 2005 | 199 | 0 | 62 | 199 | 0 | $474,000—511,000 | |||||||
Amante, San Diego | 2005 | 127 | 0 | 56 | 127 | 0 | $566,000—642,000 | |||||||
Boardwalk, San Diego | 2004 | 90 | 83 | 3 | 7 | 47 | $522,000—605,000 | |||||||
Treviso, San Diego | 2005 | 186 | 0 | 23 | 186 | 0 | $391,000—516,000 | |||||||
Belleza at San Miguel Village, Chula Vista | 2005 | 195 | 9 | 97 | 186 | 9 | $359,000—432,000 | |||||||
Total Joint Ventures | 880 | 175 | 241 | 705 | 57 | |||||||||
SAN DIEGO REGION | 2,424 | 610 | 353 | 1,611 | 101 | |||||||||
ARIZONA | ||||||||||||||
Wholly-Owned: | ||||||||||||||
Maricopa County | ||||||||||||||
Mesquite Grove—Estates, Chandler | 2001 | 93 | 93 | 0 | 0 | 2 | $301,000—338,000 | |||||||
Gateway Crossing, Gilbert | 2003 | 236 | 227 | 8 | 9 | 53 | $202,000—247,000 | |||||||
Woodridge | 2003 | 165 | 142 | 23 | 23 | 50 | $258,000—279,000 | |||||||
Sonoran Foothills, Phoenix | ||||||||||||||
Desert Crown | 2004 | 124 | 26 | 79 | 98 | 24 | $440,000—544,000 | |||||||
Desert Sierra | 2004 | 212 | 44 | 114 | 168 | 35 | $239,000—293,000 | |||||||
Copper Canyon Ranch, Surprise | ||||||||||||||
Rancho Vistas | 2004 | 212 | 166 | 41 | 46 | 54 | $490,000—600,000 | |||||||
Sunset Point | 2004 | 282 | 43 | 149 | 255 | 34 | $278,000—370,000 | |||||||
El Sendero Hills | 2004 | 188 | 52 | 107 | 145 | 45 | $369,000—457,000 | |||||||
Talavera, Phoenix | 2006 | 134 | 0 | 0 | 134 | 0 | $232,000—290,000 | |||||||
Coldwater Ranch, Maricopa County | 2006 | 590 | 0 | 0 | 590 | 0 | $179,000—237,000 | |||||||
Collin’s Creek, Phoenix | 2007 | 129 | 0 | 0 | 129 | 0 | $215,000—223,000 | |||||||
Rancho Mercado—Inn Suites Phoenix | 2006 | 1,875 | 0 | 0 | 336 | 0 | $205,000—280,000 | |||||||
Lyon’s Gate, Gilbert | 2006 | 1,879 | 0 | 0 | 1,879 | 0 | $130,000—300,000 | |||||||
Total Wholly-Owned | 6,119 | 793 | 521 | 3,812 | 297 | |||||||||
Joint Ventures: | ||||||||||||||
Maricopa County | ||||||||||||||
Hastings Property, Queen Creek | 2007 | 330 | 0 | 0 | 269 | 0 | $235,000—285,000 | |||||||
Total Joint Ventures | 330 | 0 | 0 | 269 | 0 | |||||||||
ARIZONA REGION COMBINED TOTAL | 6,449 | 793 | 521 | 4,081 | 297 | |||||||||
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Project (County) Product | Year of First Delivery | Estimated Number of Homes at Completion(1) | Units Closed as of June 30, 2005 | Backlog at June 30, 2005(2)(3) | Lots Owned as of June 30, 2005 | Homes Closed for the Six Ended June 30, 2005 | Sales Price Range(5) | |||||||
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Clark County | ||||||||||||||
Summerlin, Las Vegas | ||||||||||||||
Vista Verde | 2003 | 122 | 122 | 0 | 0 | 23 | $410,000—473,000 | |||||||
Miraleste | 2003 | 122 | 122 | 0 | 0 | 18 | $551,000—595,000 | |||||||
Granada | 2004 | 144 | 71 | 21 | 73 | 21 | $432,000—497,000 | |||||||
The Lyon Collection | 2005 | 60 | 10 | 22 | 50 | 10 | $595,000—630,000 | |||||||
North Las Vegas | ||||||||||||||
The Classics | 2003 | 227 | 214 | 7 | 13 | 36 | $290,000—315,000 | |||||||
The Springs | 2003 | 209 | 180 | 14 | 29 | 33 | $259,000—308,000 | |||||||
The Estates | 2003 | 176 | 162 | 14 | 14 | 39 | $318,000—352,000 | |||||||
The Cottages | 2004 | 360 | 161 | 25 | 199 | 40 | $227,000—257,000 | |||||||
Carson Ranch | ||||||||||||||
West | 2005 | 130 | 14 | 28 | 116 | 14 | $387,000—422,000 | |||||||
East | 2006 | 161 | 0 | 0 | 161 | 0 | $395,000—504,000 | |||||||
West Park | ||||||||||||||
Villas | 2005 | 191 | 0 | 0 | 191 | 0 | $363,000—405,000 | |||||||
Courtyards | 2005 | 113 | 0 | 0 | 113 | 0 | $395,000—445,000 | |||||||
Mountain Falls, Pahrump | ||||||||||||||
Cascata | 2005 | 147 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | $178,000—200,000 | |||||||
Tramonto | 2005 | 212 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 0 | $226,000—258,000 | |||||||
Bella Sera | 2005 | 129 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | $297,000—336,000 | |||||||
NEVADA REGION TOTAL | 2,503 | 1,056 | 220 | 959 | 234 | |||||||||
GRAND TOTALS: | ||||||||||||||
Wholly-Owned | 14,388 | 3,155 | 1,701 | 8,709 | 862 | |||||||||
Joint Ventures | 3,401 | 1,309 | 414 | 2,031 | 216 | |||||||||
17,789 | 4,464 | 2,115 | 10,740 | 1,078 | ||||||||||
(1) | The estimated number of homes to be built at completion is subject to change, and there can be no assurance that the Company will build these homes. |
(2) | Backlog consists of homes sold under sales contracts that have not yet closed, and there can be no assurance that closings of sold homes will occur. |
(3) | Of the total homes subject to pending sales contracts as of June 30, 2005, 1,906 represent homes completed or under construction and 209 represent homes not yet under construction. |
(4) | Lots owned as of June 30, 2005 include lots in backlog at June 30, 2005. |
(5) | Sales price range reflects base price only and excludes any lot premium, buyer incentive and buyer selected options, which vary from project to project. |
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Net Operating Loss Carryforwards
At December 31, 2004, the Company has unused recognized built-in losses in the amount of $22.6 million which are available to offset future income and expire between 2009 and 2011. The utilization of these losses is limited to $3.2 million of taxable income per year; however, any unused losses in any year may be carried forward for utilization in future years through 2011. The Company’s ability to utilize the foregoing tax benefits will depend upon the amount of its future taxable income and may be limited under certain circumstances.
Neither the amount of the net operating loss carryforwards nor the amount of limitation on such carryforwards claimed by the Company has been audited or otherwise validated by the Internal Revenue Service, and it could challenge either amount the Company has calculated. It is possible that legislation or regulations will be adopted that would limit the Company’s ability to use the tax benefits associated with the current tax net operating loss carryforwards.
Inflation
The Company’s revenues and profitability may be affected by increased inflation rates and other general economic conditions. In periods of high inflation, demand for the Company’s homes may be reduced by increases in mortgage interest rates. Further, the Company’s profits will be affected by its ability to recover through higher sales prices increases in the costs of land, construction, labor and administrative expenses. The Company’s ability to raise prices at such times will depend upon demand and other competitive factors.
Related Party Transactions
See Note 5 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for a description of the Company’s transactions with related parties.
Proposed Transaction
On April 26, 2005, General William Lyon announced that he was proposing to acquire the outstanding publicly held minority interest in the Company’s common stock for $82 per share in cash. General Lyon stated that this transaction would be contingent upon approval by the Board of Directors or a duly appointed special committee of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors subsequently formed a special committee of independent directors to consider General Lyon’s proposal with the assistance of outside financial and legal advisors which the special committee retained. On June 20, 2005, the special committee announced that it had determined that the proposal by General Lyon was inadequate. On June 28, 2005, General Lyon announced that he was withdrawing his proposal. On July 25, 2005, the Company announced that its Board of Directors had disbanded the special committee. On July 25, 2005, General Lyon announced that he was discontinuing his efforts at that time to take the Company private. In connection with the special committee’s consideration of this proposed transaction, the Company has incurred approximately $2.2 million in financial advisory and legal expenses which are reflected as a charge in the Company’s results of operations for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2005.
Effective August 5, 2005, General James Dalton, William McFarland, Michael Meyer and Randolph Westerfield resigned from the Board of Directors of the Company. These directors were all independent directors of the Company who served on the Special Committee of the Board of Directors that had been created to evaluate the offer made by General Lyon. Additional information regarding the director resignations, including the effect of such resignations on the Company’s compliance with the listing requirements of the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”), is contained in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 5, 2005. The Board of Directors of the Company intends to act expeditiously to appoint new independent directors as promptly as practicable in order to bring the Company into compliance with the NYSE board and audit committee requirements so that the listing of the Company’s common stock will not be affected.
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See “Part II — Item 1. Legal Proceedings” for information on certain lawsuits which have been filed relating to General Lyon’s proposal.
Critical Accounting Polices
The Company’s financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. The preparation of these financial statements requires management to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and costs and expenses during the reporting period. On an on-going basis, management evaluates its estimates and judgments, including those which impact its most critical accounting policies. Management bases its estimates and judgments on historical experience and on various other factors that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions. As disclosed in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004, the Company’s most critical accounting policies are real estate inventories and cost of sales; impairment of real estate inventories; sales and profit recognition; and variable interest entities. Since December 31, 2004, there have been no changes in the Company’s most critical accounting policies and no material changes in the assumptions and estimates used by management.
Recently Issued Accounting Standards
On June 29, 2005, the Emerging Issues Task Force (“EITF”) reached a consensus on EITF Issue No. 04-05, “Determining Whether a General Partner, or the General Partners as a Group, Controls a Limited Partnership or Similar Entity When the Limited Partners Have Certain Rights” (“EITF 04-05”). The scope of EITF 04-05 is limited to limited partnerships or similar entities (such as limited liability companies that have governing provisions that are the functional equivalent of a limited partnership) that are not variable interest entities under FIN 46 and provides a new framework for addressing when a general partner in a limited partnership, or managing member in the case of a limited liability company, controls the entity. Under EITF 04-05, the Company may be required to consolidate certain investments in which the Company holds a general partner or managing member interest. EITF 04-05 is effective after June 29, 2005 for new entities formed after such date and for existing entities for which the agreements are subsequently modified and is effective for the Company’s fiscal year beginning January 1, 2006 for all other entities. The adoption of EITF 04-05 did not have any impact on the Company’s financial statements as of June 30, 2005. The Company has not yet determined the anticipated impact of adopting EITF 04-05 for arrangements existing at June 29, 2005. However, EITF 04-05 may require the consolidation of the assets, liabilities and operations of certain of the Company’s homebuilding and land development joint ventures. Since the Company already recognizes its proportionate share of joint venture earnings and losses under the equity method of accounting, the adoption of EITF 04-05 will not impact the Company’s consolidated net income.
Forward-Looking Statements
Investors are cautioned that certain statements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as well as some statements by the Company in periodic press releases and some oral statements by Company officials to securities analysts and stockholders during presentations about the Company are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the “Act”). Statements which are predictive in nature, which depend upon or refer to future events or conditions, or which include words such as “expects”, “anticipates”, “intends”, “plans”, “believes”, “estimates”, “hopes”, and similar expressions constitute forward-looking statements. In addition, any statements concerning future financial performance (including future revenues, earnings or growth rates), ongoing business strategies or prospects, and possible future Company actions, which may be provided by management are also forward-looking statements as defined in the Act. Forward-looking statements are based upon expectations and projections about future events and are subject to assumptions, risks and uncertainties about, among other things, the Company, economic and market factors and the homebuilding industry.
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Actual events and results may differ materially from those expressed or forecasted in the forward-looking statements due to a number of factors. The principal factors that could cause the Company’s actual performance and future events and actions to differ materially from such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, changes in general economic conditions either nationally or in regions in which the Company operates, terrorism or other hostilities involving the United States, whether an ownership change occurred which could, under certain circumstances, have resulted in the limitation of the Company’s ability to offset prior years’ taxable income with net operating losses, changes in home mortgage interest rates, changes in generally accepted accounting principles or interpretations of those principles, changes in prices of homebuilding materials, labor shortages, adverse weather conditions, the occurrence of events such as landslides, soil subsidence and earthquakes that are uninsurable, not economically insurable or not subject to effective indemnification agreements, changes in governmental laws and regulations, whether the Company is able to refinance the outstanding balances of its debt obligation at their maturity, the timing of receipt of regulatory approvals and the opening of projects and the availability and cost of land for future growth. While it is impossible to identify all such factors, additional factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from those estimated by the Company include, but are not limited to, those factors or conditions described under “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and in the Company’s other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company’s past performance or past or present economic conditions in the Company’s housing markets are not indicative of future performance or conditions. Investors are urged not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. In addition, the Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise forward-looking statements to reflect changed assumptions, the occurrence of anticipated or unanticipated events or changes to projections over time unless required by federal securities law.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
The Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004 includes detailed disclosure about quantitative and qualitative disclosures about market risk. Quantitative and qualitative disclosures about market risk have not materially changed since December 31, 2004.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures. An evaluation was performed under the supervision and with the participation of the Company’s management, including its principal executive officer and principal financial officer, of the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended). Based on that evaluation, the Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report. Although the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures have been designed to provide reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives, there can be no assurance that such disclosure controls and procedures will always achieve their stated goals under all circumstances.
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. There have been no significant changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) that occurred during the period covered by this Quarterly Report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
Five purported class action lawsuits have been filed in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware in and for New Castle County, purportedly on behalf of the public stockholders of the Company, challenging the proposal made by General William Lyon to acquire the outstanding publicly held minority interest in the Company’s common stock for $82 per share in cash (the “Proposed Transaction”) and challenging related actions of the Company and the directors of the Company.Eastside Investors, LLP v. William Lyon Homes, et al., Civil Action No. 1301-N was filed on April 27, 2005;Donald Lamuth v. William Lyon et al., Civil Action No. 1304-N andStephen L. Brown v. William Lyon Homes, et al., Civil Action No. 1307-N were filed on April 28, 2005;Michael Crady v. William Lyon Homes, et al., Civil Action No. 1311-N was filed on May 2, 2005; andAnthony A. D’Amato v. William Lyon, et al.,Civil Action No. 1323-N was filed on May 6, 2005 (collectively, the “Delaware Complaints”). The Delaware Complaints name the Company and the directors of the Company as defendants. These complaints allege, among other things, that the defendants have breached their fiduciary duties owed to the plaintiffs in connection with the Proposed Transaction and other related corporate activities. The plaintiffs are seeking to enjoin the Proposed Transaction and, among other things, to obtain damages, attorneys’ fees and expenses related to the litigation. On May 9, 2005, the Delaware Complaints were consolidated into a single case entitledIn re: William Lyon Homes Shareholder Litigation, Civil Action No. 1311-N (the “Consolidated Delaware Action”). On May 20, 2005, a class was certified in the Consolidated Delaware Action.
Two purported class action lawsuits challenging the Proposed Transaction also have been filed in the Superior Court of the State of California, County of Orange. On April 28, 2005, the complaints captionedLewis Lester v. William Lyon Homes, et al., Case No. 05-CC-00092 (the “Lewis Complaint”), andAlaska Electrical Pension Fund v. William Lyon Homes, Inc., et al., Case No. 05-CC-00093 (the “Alaska Electrical Complaint” and, together with the Lewis Complaint, the “California Complaints”) were filed. The California Complaints name the Company and the directors of the Company as defendants and allege, among other things, that the defendants have breached their fiduciary duties to the public stockholders. The California Complaints seek to enjoin the Proposed Transaction and also seek damages and attorneys’ fee and expenses related to the litigation. On May 26, 2005, the California Complaints were consolidated into a single case entitledIn re: William Lyon Homes, Inc. Shareholder Litigation, Case No. 05-CC-00092 (the “Consolidated California Action”). On July 8, 2005, plaintiffs in the Consolidated California Action dismissed that lawsuit without prejudice.
The Company believes that the remaining Consolidated Delaware Action described above is without merit, particularly given that General Lyon withdrew his offer for the Proposed Transaction on or around June 28, 2005 and announced on July 25, 2005 that he was ending his efforts at this time to take the Company private.
Duxford Title Reinsurance Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, provides title reinsurance to unrelated title insurers directly issuing title policies on homes sold by the Company in California, Nevada and Arizona. In February 2005, Duxford Title Reinsurance Company was notified by its title insurers that as a result of current investigations by several state insurance regulators into the large number of captive reinsurance arrangements existing in the title insurance industry, the title insurers were suspending and/or terminating their current captive reinsurance agreements with Duxford Title Reinsurance Company pending final determination from the appropriate regulatory bodies as to their permissibility or necessary modification to assure compliance with applicable law. In April 2005, in response to a subpoena issued by the California Insurance Commissioner, the Company testified in connection with the Commissioner’s investigation of captive reinsurance arrangements, including testimony that in many instances, the Company pays for the title insurance being issued. The Company has not had any further communication to date from the California Insurance Commissioner or any other state insurance regulator about this matter and does not believe that the resolution of this matter will have a material effect on the Company’s financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
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Not applicable.
Exhibit No. | Description | |
10.1 | Second Modification Agreement to Borrowing Base Revolving Line of Credit Agreement, dated as of July 14, 2005, between William Lyon Homes, Inc., a California Corporation, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (successor by merger to Bank One, NA), a national banking association. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 9, 2005) | |
10.2 | First Amendment to Amended and Restated Revolving Line of Credit Loan Agreement, dated as of July 19, 2005, by and between William Lyon Homes, Inc., a California Corporation, and California Bank & Trust, a California banking corporation. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 9, 2005) | |
31.1 | Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 | |
31.2 | Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 | |
32.1 | Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 | |
32.2 | Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
WILLIAM LYON HOMES Registrant | ||||||||
Date: August 9, 2005 | By: | /s/ MICHAEL D. GRUBBS | ||||||
MICHAEL D. GRUBBS Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer) | ||||||||
Date: August 9, 2005 | By: | /s/ W. DOUGLASS HARRIS | ||||||
W. DOUGLASS HARRIS Vice President, Corporate Controller (Principal Accounting Officer) |
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Exhibit No. | Description | |
10.1 | Second Modification Agreement to Borrowing Base Revolving Line of Credit Agreement, dated as of July 14, 2005, between William Lyon Homes, Inc., a California Corporation, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (successor by merger to Bank One, NA), a national banking association. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 9, 2005) | |
10.2 | First Amendment to Amended and Restated Revolving Line of Credit Loan Agreement, dated as of July 19, 2005, by and between William Lyon Homes, Inc., a California Corporation, and California Bank & Trust, a California banking corporation (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 9, 2005) | |
31.1 | Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 | |
31.2 | Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 | |
32.1 | Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 | |
32.2 | Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 |
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