1 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM 10-K/A [X] ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1997 ----------------- Commission File Number 1-9948 ------ AMERICAN REALTY TRUST, INC. ------------------------------------------------------ (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) Georgia 54-0697989 - ------------------------------- ------------------- (State or Other Jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer Incorporation or Organization) Identification No.) 10670 North Central Expressway, Suite 300, Dallas, Texas 75231 - -------------------------------------------------------- ---------- (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) (214) 692-4700 ---------------------------------------------------- (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code) Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: Name of each exchange on Title of each class which registered - ---------------------------- ------------------------ Common Stock, $.01 par value New York Stock Exchange Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: NONE 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 at least the past 90 days. Yes X No --- --- Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of Registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. [X] As of March 6, 1998, the Registrant had 10,711,921 shares of Common Stock outstanding. Of the total shares outstanding 3,933,513 were held by other than those who may be deemed to be affiliates, for an aggregate value of $57,528,000 based on the closing price on the New York Stock Exchange on March 6, 1998. The basis of this calculation does not constitute a determination by the Registrant that all of such persons or entities are affiliates of the Registrant as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Documents Incorporated by Reference: Consolidated Financial Statements of National Realty, L.P.; Commission File No. 1-9648 Consolidated Financial Statements of Continental Mortgage and Equity Trust; Commission File No. 0-10503 Consolidated Financial Statements of Income Opportunity Realty Investors, Inc.; Commission File No. 1-9525 Consolidated Financial Statements of Transcontinental Realty Investors, Inc.; Commission File No. 1-9240 1 2 This Form 10-K/A Amendment No. 1 amends the Registrant's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1997 as follows: ITEM 2. PROPERTIES - REAL ESTATE - page 12 and 13 ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS - RESULTS OF OPERATIONS - page 50. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - NOTE 3. NOTES AND INTEREST RECEIVABLE - page 71 and NOTE 17. INDUSTRY SEGMENTS - page 95. 3 ITEM 2. PROPERTIES (Continued) Real Estate (Continued) undeveloped land in Harris County, Texas; 9 parcels of undeveloped land in Collin County, Texas, totaling 638.2 acres; 6 parcels of undeveloped land in Framers Branch, Texas, totaling 88.6 acres; 2 parcels of undeveloped land in Plano, Texas, totaling 352.2 acres; 1,448 acres of undeveloped land in Austin, Texas; 315.2 acres of undeveloped land in Palm Desert, California; 20.6 acres of undeveloped land in Santa Clarita, California; and 7 additional parcels of land totaling approximately 114.5 acres. See Schedule III to the Consolidated Financial Statements included at ITEM 8. "FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA" for a more detailed description of the Company's real estate portfolio. A summary of the activity in the Company's owned real estate portfolio during 1997 is as follows: Owned properties in real estate portfolio at January 1, 1997 ............................................................ 26* Properties purchased ............................................... 32 Property obtained through foreclosure .............................. 1 Properties sold .................................................... 3 ---- Owned properties in real estate portfolio at December 31, 1997 ............................................... 56* ==== - ---------- * Includes a residential subdivision with 22 developed residential lots at January 1, 1997, and 1 developed residential lot at December 31, 1997. Properties Held for Investment. Set forth below are the Company's properties held for investment and the average annual rental rate for commercial properties and the average daily room rate and hotel room revenue divided by total available rooms for hotels and occupancy thereof at December 31, 1997, 1996 and 1995 for commercial properties and average occupancy during 1997, 1996 and 1995 for hotels: Rent Per Square Foot Average Room Rate Occupancy % Square Footage/ -------------------------- ----------------------- Property Location Rooms 1997 1996 1995 1997 1996 1995 - ----------------- -------------- --------------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ----- Office Building Rosedale Towers Minneapolis, MN 84,798 Sq.Ft. $ 15.03 $ 14.88 $ 13.16 93 91 90 Shopping Center Collection Denver, CO 267,812 Sq.Ft. 9.46 * * 82 * * Oaktree Village Lubbock, TX 45,623 Sq.Ft. 8.17 7.98 7.34 90 89 91 Preston Square Dallas, TX 35,508 Sq.Ft. 15.26 * * 92 * * Merchandise Mart Denver Mart Denver, CO 509,008 Sq.Ft. 14.75 15.33 14.53 93 95 96 Hotels Best Western Virginia Beach, VA 110 Rooms 90.44 41.11 * 60 42 * Oceanside Inn at the Mart Denver, CO 161 Rooms 53.15 46.66 44.69 53 36 40 Kansas City Holiday Inn Kansas City, MO 196 Rooms 70.73 66.46 61.66 77 79 75 12 4 ITEM 2. PROPERTIES (Continued) Real Estate (Continued) Average Room Rate Occupancy % -------------------------- ---------------------- Property Location Rooms 1997 1996 1995 1997 1996 1995 - ------------------- -------------- ------------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ---- Hotels - Continued Piccadilly Airport Fresno, CA 185 Rooms $ 62.98 * * 50 * * Piccadilly Chateau Fresno, CA 78 Rooms 50.86 * * 49 * * Piccadilly Shaw Fresno, CA 194 Rooms 64.07 * * 62 * * Piccadilly University Fresno, CA 190 Rooms 62.22 * * 49 * * Williamsburg Hospitality House Williamsburg, VA 296 Rooms 81.87 * * 60 * * Total Room Revenues Divided by Total Available Rooms ------------------------------- Property Location Rooms 1997 1996 1995 - -------------------- ----------------- --------- ------ ------ ------ Hotels Best Western Oceanside Virginia Beach, VA 110 Rooms $ 54.03 $17.69 $ * Inn at the Mart Denver, CO 161 Rooms 28.02 16.80 17.79 Kansas City Holiday Inn Kansas City, MO 196 Rooms 54.13 52.63 46.31 Piccadilly Airport Fresno, CA 185 Rooms 35.94** * * Piccadilly Chateau Fresno, CA 78 Rooms 27.74** * * Piccadilly Shaw Fresno, CA 194 Rooms 41.17** * * Piccadilly University Fresno, CA 190 Rooms 35.65** * * Williamsburg Hospitality House Williamsburg, VA 296 Rooms 55.30** * * Single Family Residence Tavel Circle Dallas, TX 2,271 Sq.Ft. - ----------- * Property was acquired in 1997 or 1996. ** For only that portion of the year owned by the Company. Occupancy presented above and through this ITEM 2. is without reference to whether leases in effect are at, below or above market rates. In September 1997, the Company purchased the Collection, a 267,812 square foot retail and commercial center in Denver, Colorado, for $19.5 million. The Company paid $791,000 in cash and assumed existing mortgages totaling $14.7 million, and issued 400,000 shares of the Company's Series F Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock. See ITEM 5. "MARKET FOR REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS." A first mortgage in the amount of $14.2 million bears interest at 8.64% per annum, requires monthly principal and interest payments of $116,000 and matures in May 2017. A second lien mortgage in the amount of $580,000 bears interest at 7% per annum until April 2001, 7.5% per annum from May 2001 to April 2006, and 8% per annum from May 2006 to May 2010, requires monthly principal and interest payments of $3,000 and matures in May 2010. The Company paid a real estate brokerage commission of $646,000 to Carmel Realty based on the $19.5 million purchase price of the property. In October 1997, the Company contributed the Denver Merchandise Mart in Denver, Colorado, to a limited partnership in exchange for $6.0 million in cash, a 1% managing general partner interest in the partnership, all of the Class B limited partner units in the partnership and the partnership's assumption of the $23.0 million in mortgage debt secured by such property. The existing general and limited partners converted their general and limited partner interests into Class A limited partner units in the partnership. The Class A units have an agreed value of $1.00 per unit and are entitled to a fixed preferred return of 10% per annum, paid quarterly. The Class A units may be converted into a total of 529,000 shares of the Company's Series F Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock at any time after the first but not later than the sixth anniversary of the closing, on the basis of one share of Series F Preferred Stock for each ten Class A units. See ITEM 5. "MARKET FOR REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS." 13 5 ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (Continued) Liquidity and Capital Resources (Continued) review includes an evaluation of the collateral property securing such note. The property review generally includes selective property inspections, a review of the property's current rents compared to market rents, a review of the property's expenses, a review of maintenance requirements, a review of the property's cash flow, discussions with the manager of the property and a review of properties in the surrounding area. Results of Operations 1997 COMPARED TO 1996. The Company reported a net loss of $2.4 million in 1997 as compared to a net loss of $5.6 million in 1996. The primary factors contributing to the Company's net loss are discussed in the following paragraphs. Sales and cost of sales were $17.9 million and $14.5 million, respectively, in 1997. The Company had no sales or cost of sales prior to May 1997. These items of revenue and cost relate to Pizza World Supreme, Inc. ("PWSI"), consolidated in May 1997. See NOTE 7. "ACQUISITION OF PIZZA WORLD SUPREME, INC." Rents increased from $20.7 million in 1996 to $29.1 million in 1997. Hotel rents increased from $6.1 million in 1996 to $12.7 million while rents from other real estate activities increased from $14.6 million in 1996 to $16.4 million in 1998. The increase in the hotel rents is due to the acquisition of the four Piccadilly Hotels in October 1997 and the Company obtaining the Williamsburg Hospitality House through foreclosure in September 1997. The increase in rents from other real estate activities is due to the acquisition of the Collection Retail Center in September 1997. Property operations expense increased from $15.9 million in 1996 to $24.2 million in 1997. Hotel property operations expense increased from $4.8 million in 1996 to $9.9 million in 1997 while the other real estate activities property operations expense increased from $11.1 million in 1996 to $14.3 million in 1997. The increase in hotel property operations expense is due to the acquisition of the four Piccadilly Hotels and the Company obtaining the Williamsburg Hospitality House through foreclosure in 1997. The property operating expenses of other real estate activities increased due to the acquisition of the Collection Retail Center and twenty-four land parcels in 1997. Interest income decreased from $4.7 million in 1996 to $2.8 million in 1997. This decrease is primarily attributable to the sale of two notes receivable and the payoff of a third note receivable in 1997. Interest income in 1998 is expected to approximate that in 1997. Other income decreased from $1.6 million in 1996 to $134,000 in 1997. This decrease is due in part to recognizing a unrealized gain on marketable equity securities of $486,000 in 1996 compared to an unrealized loss of $850,000 in 1997. This decrease is also attributable in part to a decrease in dividend income and net gains on sales of marketable equity securities of $67,000 and $56,000, respectively. Interest expense increased from $16.5 million in 1996 to $30.2 million in 1997. Of this increase, $10.8 million is due to the debt secured by the Best Western Oceanside Hotel acquired in 1996 and the Williamsburg Hospitality House, Piccadilly Hotels, Pin Oak land, Scout land, Katy land, McKinney land, Lacy Longhorn land, Santa Clarita land, Chase Oaks land, Pioneer Crossing land, Pantex land, Keller land, Perkins land, Rasor land, Dowdy land, Palm Desert land and LBJ land acquired in 1997, $2.0 million is due to additional borrowings and a full years interest 50 6 AMERICAN REALTY TRUST, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued) NOTE 3. NOTES AND INTEREST RECEIVABLE 1997 1996 --------------------------------- -------------------------------- Estimated Estimated Fair Book Fair Book Value Value Value Value -------------- ------------ ------------ ------------- Notes Receivable Performing (including $1,307 in 1997 and $13,563 in 1996 from affiliates).................... $ 9,217 $ 9,340 $ 52,939 $ 55,161 Nonperforming, nonaccruing............. 26,344 23,212 1,884 1,584 -------------- ------------ ------------ ------------- $ 35,561 32,552 $ 54,823 56,745 ============== ============ Interest receivable.................... 380 445 Unamortized premiums/ (discounts)......................... (124) (162) Deferred gains.......................... (4,884) (4,617) ------------ ------------- $ 27,924 $ 52,411 ============ ============= The Company recognizes interest income on nonperforming notes receivable on a cash basis. For the years 1997, 1996 and 1995 unrecognized interest income on such nonperforming notes receivable totaled $2.2 million, $1.6 million and $1.2 million, respectively. Notes receivable at December 31, 1997, mature from 1998 to 2014 with interest rates ranging from 6.0% to 12.9% and a weighted average rate of 12.78%. A small percentage of these notes receivable carry a variable interest rate. Notes receivable include notes generated from property sales which have interest rates adjusted at the time of sale to yield rates ranging from 6% to 14%. Notes receivable are generally nonrecourse and are generally collateralized by real estate. Scheduled principal maturities of $31.2 million are due in 1998 of which $23.2 million is due on nonperforming notes receivable. At December 31, 1996, a $1.1 million nonrecourse participation was deducted from notes receivable. Such participation was satisfied in conjunction with the Company's foreclosure of its $8.9 million junior mortgage note receivable secured by the Williamsburg Hospitality House, as discussed below. In August 1990, the Company obtained the Continental Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, through foreclosure subject to first and second lien mortgages totaling $10.0 million. In June 1992, the Company sold the hotel and casino accepting, among other consideration, a $22.0 million wraparound mortgage note receivable. The Company recorded a deferred gain of $4.6 million in connection with the sale of the hotel and casino resulting from a disputed third lien mortgage being subordinated to the Company's wraparound mortgage note receivable. In March 1997, the wraparound note was modified and extended. In exchange for the extension, the borrower was required to invest $2.0 million in improvements to the hotel and casino within four months of the March 1997 modification and an additional $2.0 million prior to December 1997. The borrower also pledged 1,500,000 shares of common stock in Crowne Ventures, Inc., as additional collateral. The Company's wraparound mortgage note receivable had a principal balance of $13.3 million at 71 7 AMERICAN REALTY TRUST, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued) NOTE 15. PROPERTY MANAGEMENT (Continued) ("Carmel Realty"), which is a company owned by First Equity. Carmel Realty is entitled to receive property and construction management fees and leasing commissions in accordance with the terms of its property- level management agreement with Carmel, Ltd. NOTE 16. ADVISORY FEES, PROPERTY MANAGEMENT FEES, ETC. Fees and cost reimbursements to BCM and its affiliates were as follows: 1997 1996 1995 ------- ------ ------ Fees Advisory and mortgage servicing .............................. $ 2,657 $1,539 $1,195 Loan arrangement ......................... 592 806 95 Brokerage commissions ....................... 7,586 1,889 905 Property and construction management and leasing commissions* ............................. 865 892 1,200 ------- ------ ------ $11,700 $5,126 $3,395 ======= ====== ====== Cost reimbursements ...................... $ 1,809 $ 691 $ 516 ======= ====== ====== - ---------- * Net of property management fees paid to subcontractors, other than Carmel Realty. NOTE 17. INDUSTRY SEGMENTS Other Real Pizza 1997 Hotels Estate Parlor Total - ------ ------ --------- ------- --------- Revenues ............................... $12,708 $ 16,367 $17,926 $ 47,001 Income (loss) before income taxes ...................... 240 (4,247) 1,579 (2,428) Identifiable assets .................... 49,371 360,629 23,799 433,799 Depreciation and amortization ...................... 779 1,873 686 3,338 Capital expenditures ................... 905 10,088 6,693 17,686 NOTE 18. INCOME TAXES Financial statement income varies from taxable income, principally due to the accounting for income and losses of investees, gains and losses from asset sales, depreciation on owned properties, amortization of discounts on notes receivable and payable and the difference in the allowance for estimated losses. At December 31, 1997, the Company had a tax net operating loss carryforwards of $21.0 million expiring through 2011. 95 8 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized. AMERICAN REALTY TRUST, INC. Dated: November 24, 1998 By: /s/ Karl L. Blaha ------------------------ ------------------------ Karl L. Blaha Director and President Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the date indicated. By: /s/ Karl L. Blaha By: /s/ Cliff Harris ------------------------------- --------------------------- Karl L. Blaha Cliff Harris Director and President Director By: /s/ Roy E. Bode By: /s/ Al Gonzalez ------------------------------- --------------------------- Roy E. Bode Al Gonzalez Director Director By: /s/ Thomas A. Holland ------------------------------- Thomas A. Holland Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) Dated: November 24, 1998 --------------------- 129