UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10-K

 

(Mark One)

[X]   ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013

 

[  ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from _______ to _______

Commission File Number: 000-50764

 

NexCore Healthcare Capital Corp

(Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter)

Delaware   20-0003432
      
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
     
1621 18th Street, Suite 250    
Denver, Colorado   80202
      
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)


Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (303) 244-0700

 

Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None
Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: Common Stock, $0.001 per share par value*

*Deregistered pursuant to Form 15 filed on December 20, 2013 and January 2, 2014

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined by Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes [ ] No [X]

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes [ ] No [X]

 

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

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes [X] No [ ]

 

Indicate by check mark 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. [ ]

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (check one.) Large accelerated filer [ ] Accelerated filer [ ]

Non-accelerated filer [ ] (do not check if smaller reporting company) Smaller Reporting Company [X]

 

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

 

As of June 30, 2013, the aggregate market value of the Common Stock of the registrant, all of which is voting, held by non-affiliates was $210,900 based on the closing sale price of $0.255 per share as reported on the OTC Bulletin Board on June 30, 2013. (For this computation, the registrant has excluded the market value of all shares of its Common Stock reported as beneficially owned by executive officers and directors of the registrant; such exclusion shall not be deemed to constitute an admission that any such person is an affiliate of the registrant.) As of March 11, 2014, 53,040,803 shares of the registrant’s Common Stock were outstanding.

 
 

NEXCORE HEALTHCARE CAPITAL CORP

ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K

For the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2013

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

PART I
Item 1. Business 1
Item 1A. Risk Factors 7
Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments 15
Item 2. Properties 15
Item 3. Legal Proceedings 15
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures 15
PART II
Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity  Securities 16
Item 6. Selected Financial Data 18
Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations 18
Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure about Market Risk 28
Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data 28
Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure 28
Item 9A. Controls and Procedures 28
Item 9B. Other Information 29
PART III
Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance 30
Item 11. Executive Compensation 33
Item 12.   Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters 37
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence 38
Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services 42
PART IV
Item 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules 43
     

 

 

 
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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

We make statements in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, referred to as our Annual Report, that are considered “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act, which are usually identified by the use of words such as “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “expects,” “intends,” “may,” “plans,” “projects,” “seeks,” “should,” “will,” and variations of such words or similar expressions. We intend these forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe harbor provisions for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and are including this statement for purposes of complying with those safe harbor provisions. These forward-looking statements reflect our current views about our plans, intentions, expectations, strategies and prospects, which are based on the information currently available to us and on assumptions we have made. Although we believe that our plans, intentions, expectations, strategies and prospects as reflected in or suggested by those forward-looking statements are reasonable, we can give no assurance that the plans, intentions, expectations or strategies will be attained or achieved. Furthermore, actual results may differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements and will be affected by a variety of risks and uncertainties that may be beyond our control, including without limitation those discussed in the “Risk Factors” section contained in Item 1A of this Annual Report.

We assume no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. The reader should also carefully review our financial statements and the notes thereto.

 

PART I.

 

ITEM 1. BUSINESS

 

As used herein “the Company,” “we,” “our” and “us” refer to NexCore Healthcare Capital Corp and its consolidated subsidiaries, including NexCore Group LP, a Delaware limited partnership, and NexCore Real Estate LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, except where the context otherwise requires.

 

Company Overview

 

We provide comprehensive healthcare solutions to hospitals, healthcare systems and physician partners across the United States by providing a full spectrum of strategic and operational consulting, development, acquisition, financing, leasing and asset and property management services within the healthcare industry. We primarily focus on serving and advising our clients with planning and developing outpatient service facilities that target operational efficiencies and lower the cost of delivering healthcare services. We have historically been active in a wide range of healthcare project types, including medical office buildings, medical services buildings, outpatient centers of excellence, freestanding emergency departments, wellness centers and multi-specialty and single-specialty physician group facilities.

 

We have been recognized by Modern Healthcare as one of the top healthcare real estate developers. We and our principals have developed and acquired nearly 6.8 million square feet of commercial real estate and our principals have completed over $1.1 billion of healthcare related real estate transactions on behalf of our high net worth and institutional investors. As of December 31, 2013, we managed 37 healthcare facilities comprised of approximately 2.5million square feet.

 

Business Strategy

 

Our business strategy is focused on anticipating the needs of our clients by providing innovative and flexible strategic planning solutions, targeting operational efficiencies and creating optimal financing and real estate structures often in partnership with nationally-competitive, institutional capital sources. Such services assist healthcare providers by lowering healthcare delivery costs and by providing efficient outpatient facilities. The majority of our revenue is derived from investor and project advisory, consultancy and management fees, investment and co-investment returns and profit sharing interests. Any such profit sharing interests are usually recognized upon the occurrence of a monetization event for the development projects in which we are invested or co-invested, such as when a stabilized development project is recapitalized with an institutional investor. We plan to continue our strategy of selectively investing and co-investing our capital with institutional partners and targeting profit sharing interests when appropriate investment opportunities arise.

 

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Operating Strategy

 

Strong Hospital and Physician Relationships

 

Our extensive network of healthcare service providers and industry professionals has evolved over two decades and serves as a key asset for us. We continue to develop long-term, favorable relationships with hospital executives, physician practitioners and other healthcare service providers based upon high professional and ethical standards, creativity, reliability and trust. We are able to leverage these relationships along with our reputation, expertise and fully integrated national operating platform to generate new business opportunities with both existing and new clients.

 

Institutional Capital Sources

 

We have a successful history of partnering with reputable financial institutions that are often willing to commit relatively low cost capital to the healthcare sector. Having access to such capital sources allows us to effectively compete with much larger firms and pursue healthcare projects of considerable scale. In addition, these joint venture relationships allow us to selectively invest our own capital in conjunction with much greater amounts of institutional capital and target favorable, risk-adjusted investment returns.

 

Extensive and Differentiated Product and Service Offerings

 

Our advisory and consulting services assist our clients with strategic, operational and logistical decision making including site location, facility design and the creation of synergetic practitioner mixes. We also provide creative real estate and financing structures so that clients can deploy their own capital more productively. This process begins with detailed attention to hospital and physician goals and business objectives, and by creating mutually beneficial referral networks and relationships between healthcare service providers to support the targeted long-term success of each project. Our broad product and service offerings allow us to add significant value during each phase of the healthcare delivery spectrum, which enhances our ability to generate additional business opportunities and revenue sources.

 

Experienced Property Management and Leasing

 

We manage healthcare projects through a continual focus on tenant satisfaction, retention and referrals. Healthcare real estate is integral to the mission and strategies of healthcare businesses and provides unique characteristics that often add complexities when compared to more generic real estate asset classes. Our experienced leasing team understands the business of healthcare delivery. As such, every effort is made to design each space to promote staffing and operational efficiency and increased throughput. In addition, our property and asset managers are dedicated to promoting long-term relationships and maintaining our reputation, as such attributes are critical assets needed to generate future investment opportunities.

 

Investment and Client Diversity

 

We pursue the development of business opportunities in most geographic regions of the country with hospitals, physicians and healthcare systems that operate throughout the United States, while focusing on maintaining and growing a portfolio of managed healthcare investments and projects diversified by characteristics such as geographic location, tenant, medical practice and lease term.

 

Investment Criteria

 

Our investment criteria are weighted towards projects that are likely to be successful over the long term, and as such, we focus on how each project or acquisition fits within a hospital and healthcare provider’s strategic business plan. To properly invest our capital, the long-term viability of the operations and business model of each project must be clearly understood. Equally important are industry trends such as regulatory influences and the ongoing focus to treat patients in lower costing offsite care facilities. Other factors influencing our underwriting and structuring decisions are competitive and demographic analysis, strength of clinical programs, alignment with physicians and hospitals, market share and the credit worthiness of the hospital and physician participants.

 

The healthcare facilities in which we invest are the tangible results of implementing the operational and logistical solutions that we develop to assist our clients in achieving their business objectives. We strive to plan, design and develop centers of excellence to promote staffing and operational efficiency and to reduce costs for our healthcare clients and their patients. This emphasis on operational efficiency and low cost delivery is expected to increase in importance as clinical integration and payment reform advance.

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Outlook for the Healthcare Industry

 

An increasing demand for healthcare services is anticipated to be driven, in part, by the aging baby boomer generation. The first baby boomers turned 65 in 2011, beginning what is expected to be a prolonged increase of the senior population. We believe this increase will create a significant pipeline of customers for medical providers, and increase the demand for hospital stays, outpatient treatments and doctor visits, as well as generate a greater need for the development of new outpatient facilities. In addition to the rising baby boomer population, other factors that we believe will contribute to the increasing demand for healthcare services include inadequate hospital infrastructures, advancements in outpatient medical technology, the rising cost of inpatient procedures, higher procedure reimbursement rates for outpatient services and the decentralization of hospitals and their need to preserve capital.

We believe that the healthcare real estate that we target is a desirable asset class because of its attractive returns and its inherently stabilizing forces including high barrier to entry markets, strong credit hospital sponsorship, stable rental growth rates, relatively long-term leases, low vacancy rates, and high tenant retention rates, all of which can contribute to long-term stable property cash flows. In addition, outpatient medical facilities are often driven by need, rather than by speculation and while the industry is not recession-proof, we believe it to be relatively recession-resistant because of its sound fundamentals and the non-cyclical nature of demand for healthcare services.

Competition

 

When pursuing business opportunities, we compete with regional and national private and public companies and investors. The market remains competitive for these types of assets due to the perceived attractiveness of the healthcare industry and healthcare real estate. Although some of our competitors have substantially greater financial and operational resources than we do, we feel we can effectively compete. We believe that significant growth opportunities will continue to be available for us within our targeted markets and healthcare sectors based upon our long-term relationships, access to institutional capital, level of expertise, the size of the healthcare industry and its fragmentation of facility ownership. When compared to more generic asset classes, we find that healthcare real estate tends to be owned more by smaller private investors and less by public real estate investment trusts, or REITs, and other institutional investors.

We believe that we are well positioned to effectively compete within our targeted markets based upon the following factors:

Regulatory Matters

 

The healthcare industry is heavily regulated by U.S. federal, state and local governmental authorities. Our clients generally will be subject to laws and regulations covering, among other things, licensure, certification for participation in government programs, billing for services, privacy and security of health information and relationships with physicians and other referral sources. In addition, there could be new laws and regulations, changes in existing laws and regulations or changes in the interpretation of such laws or regulations. These changes, in some cases, could apply retroactively. The enactment, timing or effect of legislative or regulatory changes cannot be predicted.

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Many states also regulate the construction of healthcare facilities, the expansion of healthcare facilities, the construction or expansion of certain services, including by way of example specific bed types and medical equipment, as well as certain capital expenditures through certificate of need, or CON, laws. Under such laws, the applicable state regulatory body must determine a need exists for a project before the project can be undertaken. If one of our clients seeks to undertake a CON-regulated project, but is not authorized by the applicable regulatory body to proceed with the project, the client would be prevented from operating in its intended manner.

 

Property Management

 

As of December 31, 2013, we managed 37 medical office buildings comprised of approximately 2.5 million square feet. These properties are located in 10 states and range in size from approximately 20,000 square feet to over 225,000 square feet. The following table details the total square feet for these managed medical office buildings in each state:

State  

Total

Square Feet

Arizona   297,396
California   667,070
Colorado   609,790
Idaho   67,140
Illinois   350,705
Maryland   145,759
Missouri   69,873
North Carolina   75,492
Ohio   164,309
Washington   60,797
    2,508,331
     

We typically receive a market-based, monthly management fee of 4.0% for each building based on gross cash receipts from the rental activity. For the majority of our properties, we also receive asset management fees of up to $0.77 per square foot annually per building. We have management contracts with four institutional partners that have various termination provisions, ranging from month-to-month to five years. We negotiate market-based leasing commissions as part of our property management agreements, and typically receive up to 6% of the total expected base rent over the term of the lease. Lease terms for suites in our managed medical office buildings typically range from 5 to 10 years and have steady occupancy rates. We typically recognize 50% of contractual leasing commissions upon execution of the lease and 50% upon lease commencement. However, for commissions related to development projects, no such commissions are recognized until commencement of the development project. Tenant coordination fees are market based, and are typically up to $2.00 per square foot, and for smaller tenant projects, we typically charge up to 5% of the total cost of the tenant improvement. We typically recognize 50% of tenant coordination and consulting fees upon commencement of the project and the final 50% upon completion of the project.

 

Development Activity

 

The majority of our development, facilities consulting and construction management revenue is derived from construction projects we manage on behalf of independent third parties and our joint venture partners.

 

Currently, we are providing development and project management services on a medical office building comprised of approximately 35,000 square feet, in which we have an approximate 10% investment, which we refer to as Venture III. Construction commenced during the second quarter of 2013 and is expected to be completed during the first quarter of 2014. The budgeted cost of this project is approximately $13 million, of which approximately 76% had been incurred as of December 31, 2013. The project is currently on schedule and on budget.

 

During the fourth quarter of 2013, we broke ground on our first wholly-owned medical office building comprised of approximately 67,000 square feet. We expect his project to be completed during the third quarter of 2014. The budgeted cost of this project is approximately $17 million, of which approximately 18% had been incurred as of December 31, 2013. The project is currently on schedule and on budget.

 

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Venture I Recapitalization

 

During December 2013, the majority of the entities owned by our joint venture, Joint Venture I, entered into new joint venture agreements to recapitalize the majority of the properties owned by Venture I with an institutional investor, referred to as Venture V, whereby properties owned by Venture I were transferred to Venture V. In addition, a remaining entity owned by Venture I entered into a sale agreement with the largest tenant of the underlying property. The sale of this property is not expected to close until mid-2014.The recapitalization and sale of the Venture I assets and the entering of Venture V resulted in aggregate net gains after consideration of earnings by non-controlling interests to us of approximately $10 million. Our net gains were calculated after consideration of distributions to the holders of interests in Venture I other than us including its lenders and institutional capital partner and a minority investment entity owned by our CEO and CIO, earnings by the holders of interests in NexCore Real Estate LLC other than us, and the profits interests held by Equity Participation LLC, which is owned by members of our management. In addition, such gain recognition was due in part to the prior earnings, losses and cash flow distributions since the inception of Venture I, as well as the structural terms of Venture V. See additional information on Venture I in Note 4 of the Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

Employees

 

As of February 28, 2014 we had 49 employees, 45 of whom are full-time employees. None of our employees are covered by a collective bargaining agreement, and we consider relations with our employees to be good.

 

Corporate History

 

We are a Delaware corporation. Our principal offices are located at 1621 18th Street, Suite 250, Denver, Colorado 80202, and our telephone number is (303) 244-0700. We are headquartered in Denver, Colorado and have regional offices in Vancouver, Washington, Bethesda, Maryland, Dallas, Texas and Chicago, Illinois.

 

We were originally organized in April 2003 as a Colorado corporation under the name Across America Real Estate Development Corp. to provide financing for built-to-suit real estate projects for certain retailers. Our name was changed to Across America Real Estate Corp. in July 2005, and then changed again to CapTerra Financial Group, Inc., referred to as CapTerra, in July 2008, at which time we began to act as a co-developer, principally as a financier, for built-to-suit real estate development projects for certain retailers. On September 29, 2010, we completed a business combination with NexCore Group LP by acquiring 90% of the partnership interests in NexCore Group LP. NexCore Group LP was originally created in 2004 to provide solutions to hospitals and healthcare systems through a national platform focused on strategic and operational consulting, development, acquisitions, financing, leasing, and asset and property management services within the healthcare real industry. In connection with the business combination, our former operations were discontinued and we continued NexCore Group LP’s existing business as a national leader in the field of healthcare advisory and project development and management. In April 2011, we changed our state of incorporation from Colorado to Delaware and changed our name from CapTerra Financial Group, Inc. to NexCore Healthcare Capital Corp, or NexCore Healthcare.

 

On November 15, 2012, our board of directors determined it to be in the best interests of our stockholders to restructure the Company to create a more flexible and efficient corporate organizational structure intended to provide us with greater tax efficiency and to allow a more focused approach to managing our operations through two primary operating subsidiaries, referred to as the Reorganization. The first phase of the planned two-phase Reorganization was completed in December 2012 when we formed NexCore Real Estate LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“NexCore Real Estate”), as a 90% owned subsidiary of NexCore Healthcare. In forming NexCore Real Estate, the real estate interests held by NexCore Healthcare were contributed to NexCore Real Estate in exchange for 90% of the Class A Units and 90% of the Class B Units of NexCore Real Estate. Shortly thereafter, the Class B Units of NexCore Real Estate that had been issued to NexCore Healthcare were distributed pro rata to all of the then existing stockholders of NexCore Healthcare. Our board of directors and management team is pleased to have completed this portion of the restructuring and believes it will continue to enhance the business opportunities for the Company going forward.

 

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The second phase of the restructuring was expected to occur in late 2013 whereby each of our investors would exchange their shares of NexCore Healthcare common stock and their NexCore Real Estate Class B Units for newly-issued units of a new public holding company. In early 2013, the Company had filed a Form S-4 Registration Statement for the new parent company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) to facilitate this transaction, which if completed, would have resulted in investors owning securities in one public company. However, after carefully reviewing the advantages and disadvantages associated with remaining a public company that files reports with the SEC, our board of directors has unanimously agreed that it is in the best interest of the Company and its stockholders to voluntarily deregister the NexCore Healthcare common stock and to no longer file reports with the SEC. By doing so, we expect to be able to save significant costs and allow our management to spend more time focusing on our core business of developing, acquiring and managing healthcare real estate. On December 20, 2013, the Company filed its first Form 15 with the SEC to deregister its common stock under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act, and on January 2, 2014 filed its second Form 15, which suspended the Company’s reporting obligations under Sections 13(a) and 15(d) of the Exchange Act. Upon the filing of both Form 15s, the Company’s obligation to file periodic and current reports with the SEC, including Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K, was immediately suspended, except for this Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013. The Company was eligible to file Form 15 because its common stock is held of record by less than 300 persons.

 

Now that we are no longer a reporting company, investors will continue to own shares of NexCore Healthcare common stock and B Units of NexCore Real Estate. Our board of directors may consider completing the second phase of the restructuring at some later date.

 

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ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

 

The factors described below represent our principal risks. Other factors may exist that we do not consider to be significant based on information that is currently available or that we are not currently able to anticipate. The occurrence of any of the risks discussed below could have a material adverse affect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flows and the trading price of our Common Stock. Potential investors and our stockholders may be referred to as “you” or “your” in this Item 1A. RISK FACTORS section.

Risks Related to Our Operations and Properties

We may not be profitable in the future.

The healthcare advisory and development business is cyclical, so it is difficult for us to accurately forecast our quarterly and annual revenue. Most of our expenses are fixed in the short term or incurred in advance of anticipated revenue. As a result, we may not be able to decrease our expenses in a timely manner to offset any revenue shortfall.

 

We will need additional capital in the future, but it may not be available to us on acceptable terms or at all.

In order to continue adding new healthcare projects, we will need additional debt and equity capital. Additional capital may not be available to us on acceptable terms or at all. We expect to rely principally upon our ability to raise capital (debt and equity) from third party lenders and investors, the success of which cannot be guaranteed.

 

We may not be able to manage our growth.

We hope to experience growth which, if achieved, may stretch our managerial, operational and financial systems. To accommodate our current size and manage growth, we intend to continue to improve our financial and operational systems.

 

Our quarterly operating results may fluctuate.

Our quarterly operating results may fluctuate significantly as a result of a variety of factors, many of which are outside of our control, including without limitation: the demand for our services and properties; the amount and timing of capital expenditures and other costs relating to our healthcare projects; price competition or pricing changes in the industry; technical or regulatory difficulties; general economic conditions; and economic conditions specific to the healthcare industry. Our quarterly results may also be significantly impacted by the accounting treatment of our service contracts, development projects, acquisitions, financing transactions or other matters. At our current size, such accounting treatment can have a material impact on the results for any quarter.

 

Recent adverse macroeconomic and business conditions may continue.

The United States has undergone and may continue to experience a prolonged recession that has been marked by pervasive and fundamental disruptions in the financial markets. Continued concerns regarding the uncertainty of whether the U.S. economy will be adversely affected by inflation, deflation or stagflation and the systemic impact of increased unemployment, volatile energy costs, geopolitical issues, sovereign debt, currency fluctuations, the availability and cost of credit, the U.S. mortgage market and a severely distressed real estate market have contributed to increased market volatility and weakened business activity. The United States may not experience a sustained recovery and could suffer pronounced instability and decreased economic activity for an extended period of time. Our operations are sensitive to changes in overall economic conditions that impact our clients and tenants, including, among other things, increased bad debts due to such recessionary pressures.

 

We may face adverse economic or other conditions in the geographic markets in which we conduct business.

Our operating results depend upon our ability to pre-lease and lease our projects. Adverse economic or other conditions in the geographic markets in which we operate, including without limitation periods of economic slowdown or recession, industry slowdowns, periods of deflation, relocation of businesses, changing demographics, earthquakes and other natural disasters, fires, terrorist acts, civil disturbances or acts of war and other man-made disasters which may result in uninsured or underinsured losses, and changes in tax, real estate, zoning and other laws and regulations, may lower our occupancy levels and limit our ability to increase rents or require us to offer rental concessions.

 

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Our investments are concentrated in healthcare facilities and development projects.

We are subject to risks inherent in concentrated investments in real estate, and the risks resulting from a lack of diversification become even greater as a result of our business strategy to concentrate our investments in the healthcare sector. Any adverse effects that result from these risks could be more pronounced than if we diversified our investments outside of healthcare real estate. Given our concentration in this sector, our tenant base is especially concentrated and dependent upon the healthcare industry generally, and any industry downturn could harm the ability of our tenants to make lease payments and our ability to maintain current rental and occupancy rates.

 

Our healthcare real estate, the associated healthcare delivery systems with which our healthcare real estate projects are strategically aligned, and our tenants may be unable to compete successfully.

 

Our healthcare real estate and the associated healthcare delivery systems with which our healthcare real estate projects are strategically aligned often face competition from nearby hospitals and other healthcare real estate projects that provide comparable services. Any of our properties may be adversely affected if the healthcare delivery system with which it is strategically aligned is unable to compete successfully. There are numerous factors that determine the ability of a healthcare delivery system to compete successfully, most of which are outside of our control.

 

Our tenants face competition from other medical practices and service providers at nearby hospitals and other healthcare facilities. From time to time and for reasons beyond our control, managed care organizations may change their lists of preferred hospitals or in-network physicians. Physicians also may change hospital affiliations. Our tenants may not be able to successfully compete if their competitors, or competitors of the associated healthcare delivery systems with which our healthcare projects are strategically aligned, have greater geographic coverage, improve access and convenience to physicians and patients, provide or are perceived to provide higher quality services, recruit physicians to provide competing services at their facilities, expand or improve their services or obtain more favorable managed care contracts.

 

A material aspect of our business is investment in healthcare projects that can be highly illiquid.

Our activities are primarily focused in healthcare advisory and consulting, and real estate investment. Our operations will depend, among other things, upon our ability to finance or monetize our projects with additional or new equity partnerships. In the interim, such projects can be expected to be highly illiquid.

 

Our use of debt financing could decrease our cash flow and expose us to risk of default under our credit agreements.

The joint ventures we invest in borrow to finance the construction and acquisition of our properties. In addition, we may choose to invest directly in properties and borrow to finance these assets. In addition, we may choose to guarantee the repayment of some or all of the borrowings of our joint ventures and/or the Company. Our joint venture debt and any incurrence and increases in our debt may be detrimental to our business and financial results by:

·requiring us to use a substantial portion of our cash flow from operations to pay interest, which reduces the amount available for the operation of our properties or the payment of dividends;
·violating restrictive covenants in our loan documents, which would entitle the lenders to accelerate our debt obligations and foreclose on our properties;
·placing us at a competitive disadvantage compared to our competitors that have less debt;
·making us more vulnerable to economic and industry downturns and reducing our flexibility in responding to changing business and economic conditions;
·requiring us to sell one or more properties, possibly on unfavorable terms; and
·limiting our ability to borrow funds for operations or to finance acquisitions in the future or to refinance our indebtedness at maturity on terms as or more favorable than the terms of our original indebtedness.

We may not realize the benefits that we anticipate from focusing on healthcare projects.

As part of our business strategy, we focus on healthcare projects that are strategically aligned with healthcare delivery systems. We may not realize the benefits that we anticipate as a result of these strategic relationships. In particular, we may not obtain or realize increased rents, long-term tenants, or reduced tenant turnover rates as compared to healthcare projects with which we are not strategically aligned. Moreover, building a portfolio of healthcare facilities that are strategically aligned does not assure the success of any given property. The associated healthcare delivery system may not be successful and the strategic alignment that we seek for our healthcare projects could dissolve, and we may not succeed in replacing them.

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Our investments in development and re-development projects may not yield anticipated returns.

A key component of our business plan is new-asset development and re-development opportunities. Our investment in these projects will be subject to the following risks:

·we may be unable to obtain financing for these projects on reasonable terms or at all;
·we may not complete development or re-development projects on schedule or within budgeted amounts due to a variety of factors, including without limitation material availability, labor shortages and price increases;
·we may encounter delays or refusals in obtaining all necessary zoning, land use, building, occupancy and other required governmental permits and authorizations; and
·we may be unable to achieve planned occupancy levels as quickly as expected or at all.

 

We may not be successful in identifying and consummating suitable acquisitions or development opportunities in our existing or new geographic markets.

Our ability to expand through acquisitions and development opportunities is integral to our business strategy and requires that we identify suitable acquisition or development opportunities that meet our criteria and are compatible with our growth strategy. We may not be successful in identifying suitable properties or other assets that meet our acquisition or development criteria or in consummating acquisitions or developments on satisfactory terms or at all for a number of reasons, including, among other things, unsatisfactory results of our due diligence investigations, a failure to obtain financing for the acquisition or development on favorable terms or at all, or a failure to accurately assess the value of an opportunity.

 

We may face increasing competition for the acquisition and development of healthcare projects.

We compete with many other entities engaged in real estate investment activities for acquisitions and development of healthcare projects, including without limitation national, regional and local operators, acquirers and developers of healthcare-related real estate properties. The competition for healthcare-related real estate properties may significantly increase the price that we must pay for healthcare real estate or other assets that we seek to acquire or the yield we can obtain on new development projects, and our competitors may succeed in acquiring or developing those properties or assets themselves.

 

We may not be successful in integrating and operating acquired or newly-developed healthcare projects in the future.

If we acquire or develop healthcare facilities, we will be required to operate and integrate them into our existing operations. Our systems and processes may not be able to efficiently handle the anticipated growth in our operations. We may not have the requisite resources and personnel necessary to successfully operate and integrate acquired or newly developed healthcare facilities into any existing portfolio of ours in the future, and we may need to incur substantial unanticipated costs to meet our operating needs.

 

In addition, any healthcare facilities that we acquire or develop in the future may be less compatible with our growth strategy than we originally anticipated, may cause disruptions in our operations or may divert management’s attention away from daily operations.

 

We are exposed to risks associated with real estate partnerships and joint ventures.

We anticipate that we will co-invest with third parties through real estate partnerships. Such third parties may acquire noncontrolling interests in, or share responsibility for, the management of such entities. We are not, and generally do not expect to be, in a position to exercise sole decision-making authority regarding each real estate partnership. Consequently, our real estate partnership investments may involve risks not otherwise present with other methods of investment in real estate. For example, our co-member, co-venturer or partner may have economic or business interests or goals that are or become inconsistent with our business interests or goals, and we and our partner may not agree on all proposed actions to certain aspects of the real estate partnership. Our partners might fail to fund their share of required capital contributions which may delay construction or development of a healthcare project or increase our financial commitment to the real estate partnership. In addition, relationships with venture partners are contractual in nature. These agreements may restrict our ability to sell our interest when we desire or on advantageous terms and, on the other hand, may be terminated or dissolved under the terms of the agreements and, in each event, we may not continue to own or operate the interests or assets underlying the relationship or may need to purchase these interests or assets to continue ownership.

 

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We may develop and acquire healthcare facilities subject to ground or air space leases that will expose us to the loss of such buildings upon a breach or termination of the ground or air space leases.

We intend to develop and acquire healthcare facilities through leasehold interests in the land underlying the buildings or the air space above the buildings. Our ground or air space leases do, and in the future are expected to contain restrictions on use and transfer, such as limiting the subletting of the healthcare facilities only to practicing physicians or physicians in good standing with an affiliated hospital. The use and transfer restrictions in our ground and air space leases may delay or impede our ability to sell our buildings which, in turn, could harm the price realized from any such sale. Additionally, our ground and air space leases generally grant the lessor rights of purchase and rights of first offer and refusal in the event that we elect to sell the healthcare facility associated with the ground lease. As lessee under a ground or air space lease, we are also exposed to the possibility of losing the healthcare building upon termination, or an earlier breach by us, of the lease.

We are exposed to risks associated with real estate development that could adversely impact our results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.

Our real estate development activities entail risks that could adversely impact our results of operations, cash flows and financial condition, including:

·construction delays or cost overruns, which may increase project development costs;
·claims for construction defects after property has been developed, including claims by purchasers and property owners’ associations;
·an inability to obtain required governmental permits and authorizations;
·an inability to secure tenants necessary to support commercial projects, and
·compliance with building codes and other local regulations.

The success of our business is dependent upon our management.

The success of our business is dependent upon the decision making of our directors and executive officers, particularly Gregory C. Venn, and Peter K. Kloepfer who not only are executives of the Company but also are on our board of directors, referred to as our Board, and have a controlling interest in our Board through a voting trust, which was modified from a trust to a voting agreement during the year ended December 31, 2013. These individuals intend to commit as much time as necessary to our business, but this commitment is no assurance of success. The loss of one or both of these individuals could have a material, adverse impact on our operations. We have not obtained key man life insurance on the lives of any of these individuals.

 

We may experience uninsured losses or losses in excess of our insurance coverage.

We intend to maintain comprehensive liability, fire, flood, earthquake, wind (as deemed necessary or as required by our lenders), extended coverage and rental loss insurance with respect to our properties. Certain types of losses, however, may be either uninsurable or not economically insurable, such as losses due to earthquakes, riots, acts of war or terrorism. Should an uninsured loss occur, we could lose both our investment in and anticipated profits and cash flows from a healthcare project. If any such loss is insured, we may be required to pay a significant deductible on any claim for recovery of such a loss prior to our insurer being obligated to reimburse us for the loss, or the amount of the loss may exceed our coverage for the loss. In addition, future lenders may require such insurance, and our failure to obtain such insurance could constitute a default under loan agreements. We may determine not to insure some or all of our properties at levels considered customary in our industry, which would expose us to an increased risk of loss.

 

If any of our insurance carriers become insolvent, we could be adversely impacted.

We carry several different lines of insurance which are placed with several reputable insurance carriers. If any one of these insurance carriers were to become insolvent, we would be forced to replace the existing insurance coverage with another suitable carrier, and any outstanding claims would be at risk for collection. In such an event, we may not be able to realize proceeds from our insurance policies with respect to any claims that we have or replace the coverage at similar or otherwise favorable terms. Replacing insurance coverage at unfavorable rates and the potential for uncollectible claims due to carrier insolvency could be harmful.

 

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We face environmental compliance costs and liabilities associated with owning, leasing, developing and operating our healthcare facilities.

Under various U.S. federal, state and local laws, ordinances and regulations, current and prior owners and operators of real estate may be jointly and severally liable for the costs of investigating, remediating and monitoring certain hazardous substances or other regulated materials on or in such property. In addition to these costs, the past or present owner or operator of a property from which a release emanates could be liable for any personal injury or property damage that results from such releases, including without limitation for the unauthorized release of asbestos-containing materials and other hazardous substances into the air, as well as any damages to natural resources or the environment that arise from such releases. These environmental laws often impose such liability without regard to whether the current or prior owner or operator knew of, or was responsible for, the presence or release of such substances or materials. Moreover, the release of hazardous substances or materials, or the failure to properly remediate such substances or materials, may adversely affect the owner’s or operator’s ability to lease, sell, develop or rent such property or to borrow by using such property as collateral. Persons who transport or arrange for the disposal or treatment of hazardous substances or other regulated materials may be liable for the costs of removal or remediation of such substances at a disposal or treatment facility, regardless of whether or not the property involved is owned or operated by such person.

 

Certain environmental laws impose compliance obligations on owners and operators of real property with respect to the management of hazardous substances and other regulated materials. For example, environmental laws govern the management and removal of asbestos-containing materials and lead-based paint. Failure to comply with these laws can result in penalties or other sanctions.

 

Risks Related to the Healthcare Industry

 

Healthcare reform legislation adopted in 2010 may affect our business in ways that are difficult to predict.

In March 2010, the President signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“PPACA,”) which will change how healthcare services are covered, delivered and reimbursed through expanded coverage of uninsured individuals and reduced Medicare program spending. In addition, the new law reforms certain aspects of health insurance, expands existing efforts to tie Medicare and Medicaid payments to performance and quality and contains provisions intended to strengthen fraud and abuse enforcement. The complexities and ramifications of PPACA are significant and have been implemented in a phased approach since 2010. At this time, it is difficult to predict the full effects of PPACA and its impact on our business, our revenues and financial condition and those of our tenants due to the law’s complexity, lack of implementing regulations or interpretive guidance, gradual implementation and possible amendment. Further, we are unable to foresee how individuals and businesses will respond to the choices afforded them by PPACA. PPACA could adversely affect the reimbursement rates received by our tenants, the financial success of our tenants and strategic partners and consequently us.

 

We may be impacted by adverse trends in healthcare provider operations.

The healthcare industry is currently experiencing, among other things:

·changes in the demand for and methods of delivering healthcare services;
·changes in third party reimbursement methods and policies;
·consolidation and pressure to integrate within the healthcare industry through acquisitions, partnerships and joint venture agreements; and
·increased scrutiny of billing, referral and other practices by U.S. federal and state authorities.

These factors may adversely affect the economic performance of some or all of our tenants and, in turn, our revenues.

 

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Reductions in reimbursement from third-party payors, including Medicare and Medicaid, could adversely affect the profitability of our tenants and hinder their ability to make rent payments to us or renew their leases.

Sources of revenue for our clients and tenants typically include without limitation the U.S. federal Medicare program, state Medicaid programs, private insurance payors and health maintenance organizations. Healthcare providers continue to face increased government and private payor pressure to control or reduce healthcare costs and significant reductions in healthcare reimbursement, including without limitation reduced reimbursements and changes to payment methodologies under PPACA. In some cases, private insurers rely upon all or portions of the Medicare payment systems to determine payment rates which may result in decreased reimbursement from private insurers. PPACA will likely increase enrollment in plans offered by private insurers who choose to participate in state-run exchanges, but PPACA also imposes new requirements for the health insurance industry, including without limitation prohibitions upon excluding individuals based upon pre-existing conditions which may increase private insurer costs and, thereby, cause private insurers to reduce their payment rates to providers.

 

Continued pressure on state budgets puts pressure on states to decrease spending on state programs including Medicaid. The need to control Medicaid expenditures may be exacerbated by the potential for increased enrollment in state Medicaid programs due to unemployment and declines in family incomes. Historically, states have often attempted to reduce Medicaid spending by limiting benefits and tightening Medicaid eligibility requirements. Many states have adopted, or are considering the adoption of, legislation designed to enroll Medicaid recipients in managed care programs and/or impose additional taxes on hospitals to help finance or expand the states’ Medicaid systems. Potential reductions to Medicaid program spending in response to state budgetary pressures could adversely affect the ability of our tenants to successfully operate their businesses.

 

Efforts by payors to reduce healthcare costs will likely continue which may result in reductions or slower growth in reimbursement for certain services provided by some of our tenants. A reduction in reimbursements to our tenants from third-party payors for any reason could adversely affect our tenants’ ability to make rent payments to us.

 

The healthcare industry is heavily regulated, and new laws or regulations, changes to existing laws or regulations, loss of licensure or failure to obtain licensure could harm the Company and result in the inability of our tenants to make rent payments to us.

The healthcare industry is heavily regulated by U.S. federal, state and local governmental authorities. Our tenants generally will be subject to laws and regulations covering, among other things, licensure, certification for participation in government programs, billing for services, privacy and security of health information and relationships with physicians and other referral sources. In addition, new laws and regulations, changes in existing laws and regulations or changes in the interpretation of such laws or regulations could harm our financial condition and the financial condition of our tenants. These changes, in some cases, could apply retroactively. The enactment, timing or effect of legislative or regulatory changes cannot be predicted.

 

Many states also regulate the construction of healthcare facilities, the expansion of healthcare facilities, the construction or expansion of certain services, including by way of example specific bed types and medical equipment, as well as certain capital expenditures through certificate of need, or CON laws. Under such laws, the applicable state regulatory body must determine a need exists for a project before the project can be undertaken. If one of our tenants seeks to undertake a CON-regulated project, but is not authorized by the applicable regulatory body to proceed with the project, the tenant would be prevented from operating in its intended manner. Failure to comply with these laws and regulations could harm us directly and our tenants’ ability to make rent payments to us.

 

Our tenants and the Company are subject to fraud and abuse laws, the violation of which by a tenant may jeopardize the tenant’s ability to make rent payments to us.

There are various federal and state laws prohibiting fraudulent and abusive business practices by healthcare providers who participate in, receive payments from or are in a position to make referrals in connection with government-sponsored healthcare programs, including the Medicare and Medicaid programs. Our lease arrangements with certain tenants may also be subject to these fraud and abuse laws.

 

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These laws include without limitation:

·the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute, which prohibits, among other things, the offer, payment, solicitation or receipt of any form of remuneration in return for, or to induce, the referral of any federal or state healthcare program patients;
·the Federal Physician Self-Referral Prohibition (commonly called the “Stark Law,”) which, subject to specific exceptions, restricts physicians who have financial relationships with healthcare providers from making referrals for designated health services for which payment may be made under Medicare or Medicaid programs to an entity with which the physician, or an immediate family member, has a financial relationship;
·the False Claims Act, which prohibits any person from knowingly presenting false or fraudulent claims for payment to the federal government, including under the Medicare and Medicaid programs;
·the Civil Monetary Penalties Law, which authorizes the Department of Health and Human Services to impose monetary penalties for certain fraudulent acts; and
·state anti-kickback, anti-inducement, anti-referral and insurance fraud laws which may be generally similar to, and potentially more expansive than, the federal laws set forth above.

 

Violations of these laws may result in criminal and/or civil penalties that range from punitive sanctions, damage assessments, penalties, imprisonment, denial of Medicare and Medicaid payments and/or exclusion from the Medicare and Medicaid programs. In addition, PPACA clarifies that the submission of claims for items or services generated in violation of the Anti-Kickback Statute constitutes a false or fraudulent claim under the False Claims Act. The federal government has taken the position, and some courts have held, that violations of other laws, such as the Stark Law, can also be a violation of the False Claims Act. Additionally, certain laws, such as the False Claims Act, allow for individuals to bring whistleblower actions on behalf of the government for violations thereof. Imposition of any of these penalties upon one of our tenants or strategic partners could jeopardize that tenant’s ability to operate or to make rent payments or affect the level of occupancy in our healthcare facilities. Further, we enter into leases and other financial relationships with healthcare delivery systems that are subject to or impacted by these laws. We also have other investors who are healthcare providers in certain of our subsidiaries that own our healthcare facilities. If any of our relationships, including those related to the other investors in our subsidiaries, are found not to comply with these laws, we and our physician investors may be subject to civil and/or criminal penalties.

 

Our healthcare-related tenants may be subject to significant legal actions that could subject them to increased operating costs and substantial uninsured liabilities, which may harm their ability to pay their rent payments to us, and we could be subject to healthcare industry violations.

As is typical in the healthcare industry, our tenants may become subject to claims that their services have resulted in patient injury or other adverse effects. Many of these tenants may have experienced an increasing trend in the frequency and severity of professional liability and general liability insurance claims and litigation asserted against them. The insurance coverage maintained by these tenants may not cover all claims made against them nor continue to be available at a reasonable cost, if at all. In some states, insurance coverage for the risk of punitive damages arising from professional liability and general liability claims and/or litigation may not, in certain cases, be available to these tenants due to state law prohibitions or limitations of availability. As a result, these types of tenants of our healthcare facilities operating in these states may be liable for punitive damage awards that are either not covered or are in excess of their insurance policy limits.

 

We also believe that there has been, and will continue to be, an increase in governmental investigations of certain healthcare providers, particularly in the area of Medicare/Medicaid false claims, as well as an increase in enforcement actions resulting from these investigations. Insurance is not available to cover such losses. Any adverse determination in a legal proceeding or governmental investigation, any settlements of such proceedings or investigations in excess of insurance coverage, whether currently asserted or arising in the future, could have a material adverse effect on a tenant’s financial condition. If a tenant is unable to obtain or maintain insurance coverage, if judgments are obtained or settlements reached in excess of the insurance coverage, if a tenant is required to pay uninsured punitive damages, or if a tenant is subject to an uninsurable government enforcement action or investigation, the tenant could be exposed to substantial additional liabilities, which may affect the tenant’s ability to pay rent. We could also be subject to costly government investigations or other enforcement actions.  

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Risks Related to our Common Stock

 

We have deregistered our common stock under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, which could negatively affect the liquidity and trading prices of our common stock.

 

In early 2014, we have filed with the SEC a Form 15, Notice of Termination of Registration and Suspension of Duty to File, to voluntarily deregister our common stock and terminate our reporting obligations under the Exchange Act. The deregistration of our common stock under the Exchange Act will become effective 90 days after the date on which the Form 15 was filed. We are eligible to deregister under the Exchange Act because our common stock is held of record by fewer than 300 persons. Deregistering our common stock could negatively affect the liquidity, trading volume and trading prices of our common stock. Further, after this report, we are no longer required to file information with the SEC or provide certain information to our stockholders under the Exchange Act, including without limitation through the filing of Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K, and many provisions of the Exchange Act will become inapplicable to us.

 

The market for our Common Stock is limited, which means that persons who purchase our Common Stock may not be able to resell their shares at or above the purchase price paid by them.

 

Our Common Stock trades on the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board which is not a liquid market. There is currently only a limited market for our Common Stock. We cannot assure you that an active market for our Common Stock will develop or be sustained in the future. If an active market for our Common Stock does not develop or is not sustained, the price may decline.

Shares subject to a voting agreement have the ability to significantly influence any matters to be decided by the stockholders.

As of December 31, 2013, shares subject to a voting agreement controlled by Messrs. Venn and Kloepfer maintained voting rights over 22,663,630 shares out of 53,040,803 shares issued and outstanding, or approximately a 42.7% interest. While this does not represent majority control, the number of shares subject to the voting agreement gives Messrs. Venn and Kloepfer the ability to significantly influence any matters to be decided by the stockholders. As a result, if Messrs. Venn and Kloepfer choose to vote, they would be able to significantly influence the outcome of any corporate matters submitted to our stockholders for approval, including without limitation the election and removal of directors or any transaction that might cause a change in control, such as a merger or acquisition. It would be difficult for stockholders in favor of a matter which is opposed by Messrs. Venn and Kloepfer to obtain the number of votes necessary to overrule the vote of these shares. Further, the significant influence by Messrs. Venn and Kloepfer means that unaffiliated stockholders will have a limited ability to meaningfully influence corporate matters and the Company may take actions with which you may disagree or that you may feel are not in the Company’s best interests. This arrangement could particularly create a conflict of interest with respect to our operations if Messrs. Venn and Kloepfer were to vote these shares in their own best interests and not in the interests of all stockholders.

Because we are subject to the “penny stock” rules, brokers cannot generally solicit the purchase of our Common Stock which adversely affects its liquidity and market price.

The Securities and Exchange Commission, referred to as the SEC, has adopted regulations which generally define “penny stock” to be an equity security that has a market price of less than $5.00 per share, subject to specific exemptions. The market price of our Common Stock on the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board has been substantially less than $5.00 per share and therefore we are currently considered a “penny stock” according to SEC rules. This designation requires any broker-dealer selling these securities to disclose certain information concerning the transaction, obtain a written agreement from the purchaser and determine that the purchaser is reasonably suitable to purchase the securities.

We may not be able to attract the attention of major brokerage firms, which could have a material adverse impact upon the price of our Common Stock.

It is not likely that securities analysts of major brokerage firms will provide research coverage for our Common Stock since the firm itself cannot recommend the purchase of our Common Stock under the penny stock rules referenced in the above risk factor. The absence of such coverage limits the likelihood that an active market will develop for our Common Stock. It may also make it more difficult for us to attract new investors at times when we need additional capital.

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Due to factors beyond our control, our stock price may be volatile.

The market price for our Common Stock has been highly volatile at times. As long as the future market for our Common Stock is limited, investors who purchase our Common Stock may only be able to sell such shares at a loss.

 

ITEM 1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS

 

None.

 

ITEM 2. PROPERTIES

 

The Company’s headquarters are currently located at 1621 18th Street, Suite 250, Denver, Colorado 80202. As of December 31, 2013 we leased office space in Denver, Colorado; Bethesda, Maryland, Dallas, Texas; Vancouver, Washington and Chicago, Illinois. We believe that these facilities are suitable for our current requirements and foreseeable contemplated operations.

 

During the fourth quarter of 2013, we broke ground on our first wholly-owned medical office building comprised of approximately 67,000 square feet in Idaho. We expect his project to be completed during the third quarter of 2014. The estimated cost of this project is approximately $15 million, of which approximately 18% had been incurred as of December 31, 2013.

 

ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

 

No material legal proceedings to which we are a party were pending during the reporting period. We know of no legal proceedings of a material nature pending or threatened or judgments entered against any of our directors or officers in their capacity as such.

 

ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

 

Not applicable.

 

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PART II

 

ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

 

Our Common Stock trades under the symbol NXCR.OB on the Over-the-Counter (“OTC”) Bulletin Board. Because we trade on the OTC Bulletin Board, a stockholder may find it difficult to dispose of or obtain accurate quotations as to the price of our securities. Trading in our Common Stock on the OTC Bulletin Board has been limited and sporadic and the quotations set forth below are not necessarily indicative of actual market conditions. Further, these quotations reflect inter-dealer prices without retail mark-up, mark-down, or commission, and may not necessarily reflect actual transactions. Such quotes are not necessarily representative of actual transactions or of the value of our Common Stock, and are in all likelihood not based upon any recognized criteria of securities valuation as used in the investment banking community. In addition, The Securities Enforcement and Penny Stock Reform Act of 1990 requires additional disclosure related to the market for penny stocks and for trades in any stock defined as a penny stock.

 

On December 20, 2013, the we filed our first Form 15 with the SEC to deregister our Common Stock under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act, and on January 2, 2014 filed our second Form 15, which suspended our reporting obligations under Sections 13(a) and 15(d) of the Exchange Act. Upon the filing of both Form 15s, our obligation to file periodic and current reports with the SEC, including Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K, was immediately suspended, except for this Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013. We were eligible to file Form 15 because our Common Stock is held of record by less than 300 persons. Because we have deregistered, we cannot provide assurance that, even if our Common Stock continues to be listed or quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board or another market or system, the market for our Common Stock will be liquid.

 

The following table sets forth the high and low sales price per share of our Common Stock for the periods indicated in 2013 and 2012.

 

 

 

 

 

           
Quarter Ended in 2013:   High   Low  
December 31   $ 0.30   $ 0.10  
September 30   $ 0.50   $ 0.15  
June 30   $ 0.33   $ 0.12  
March 31   $ 0.69   $ 0.28  
               

 

 

 

 

 

 

           
Quarter Ended in 2012:   High   Low  
December 31   $ 0.60   $ 0.40  
September 30   $ 0.45   $ 0.40  
June 30   $ 0.69   $ 0.45  
March 31   $ 0.68   $ 0.03  
               

On March 11, 2014, the closing price of our Common Stock in the OTC Bulletin Board was $0.18 per share. As of March 11, 2014, 53,040,803 shares of our Common Stock were outstanding and the number of holders of record of our Common Stock at that date was 156. The number of holders does not include individuals or entities who beneficially own shares but whose shares are held of record by a broker or clearing agency, but does include each such broker or clearing agency as one recordholder.

 

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The Securities Enforcement and Penny Stock Reform Act of 1990

 

The Securities Enforcement and Penny Stock Reform Act of 1990 requires additional disclosure and documentation related to the market for penny stock and for trades in any stock defined as a penny stock. Unless we can trade at over $5.00 per share on the bid, it is more likely than not that our securities, for some period of time, would be defined under that Act as a “penny stock.” As a result, those who trade in our securities may be required to provide additional information related to their eligibility to trade our shares. These requirements present a substantial burden on any person or brokerage firm that plans to trade our securities and could thereby make it unlikely that any liquid trading market would ever result in our securities so long as the provisions of this Act are applicable to our securities.

 

Any broker-dealer engaged by the purchaser for the purpose of selling his or her shares in us will be subject to Rules 15g-1 through 15g-10 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act. Rather than creating a need to comply with those rules, some broker-dealers will refuse to attempt to sell penny stock.

 

The penny stock rules require a broker-dealer, prior to a transaction in a penny stock not otherwise exempt from those rules, to deliver a standardized risk disclosure document prepared by the SEC, which:

 

·contains a description of the nature and level of risk in the market for penny stocks in both public offerings and secondary trading;
·contains a description of the broker’s or dealer’s duties to the customer and of the rights and remedies available to the customer with respect to a violation to such duties or other requirements of the Exchange Act;
·contains a brief, clear, narrative description of a dealer market, including “bid” and “ask” prices for penny stocks and the significance of the spread between the bid and ask price;
·contains a toll-free telephone number for inquiries on disciplinary actions;
·defines significant terms in the disclosure document or in the conduct of trading penny stocks; and
·contains such other information and is in such form (including language, type, size and format) as the SEC shall require by rule or regulation;

 

The broker-dealer also must provide, prior to effecting any transaction in a penny stock, to the customer:

 

·the bid and offer quotations for the penny stock;
·the compensation of the broker-dealer and its salesperson in the transaction;
·the number of shares to which such bid and ask prices apply, or other comparable information relating to the depth and liquidity of the market for such stock; and
·monthly account statements showing the market value of each penny stock held in the customer’s account.

 

In addition, the penny stock rules require that prior to a transaction in a penny stock not otherwise exempt from those rules; the broker-dealer must make a special written determination that the penny stock is a suitable investment for the purchaser and receive the purchaser’s written acknowledgment of the receipt of a risk disclosure statement, a written agreement to transactions involving penny stocks, and a signed and dated copy of a written suitability statement. These disclosure requirements will have the effect of reducing the trading activity in the secondary market for our stock because it will be subject to these penny stock rules. Therefore, stockholders may have difficulty selling their securities.

 

Dividends and Distributions Policy

 

We do not have a history of paying regular dividends on our Common Stock. We paid a special dividend of $0.10 per share of Common Stock on January 23, 2014 to stockholders of record on January 16, 2014. We paid a special distribution of $0.26 per unit on December 27, 2013 to holders of our Class B Units of record on December 20, 2013. We also paid a special dividend of $0.01 per share on February 18, 2013 to stockholders of record on February 4, 2013. The payment of dividends on our shares of Common Stock and distributions on our Class B Units is within the discretion of our board of directors. Payment of dividends and distributions in the future will depend on our future earnings, future capital needs and our operating and financial condition, among other factors that our board of directors may deem relevant.

 

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ITEM 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

 

The Company qualifies as a smaller reporting company as defined in Item 10(f)(1) of SEC Regulation S-K, and is not required to provide the information required by this Item.

 

ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

 

Overview

 

We provide comprehensive healthcare solutions to hospitals, healthcare systems and physician partners across the United States by providing a full spectrum of strategic and operational consulting, development, acquisition, financing, leasing and asset and property management services within the healthcare industry. We primarily focus on serving and advising our clients with planning and developing outpatient service facilities that target operational efficiencies and lower the cost of delivering healthcare services. We have historically been active in a wide range of healthcare project types, including medical office buildings, medical services buildings, outpatient centers of excellence, freestanding emergency departments, wellness centers and multi-specialty and single-specialty physician group facilities.

 

We have been recognized by Modern Healthcare as one of the top healthcare real estate developers. We and our principals have developed and acquired nearly 6.8 million square feet of commercial real estate and our principals have completed over $1.1 billion of healthcare related real estate transactions on behalf of our high net worth and institutional investors. As of December 31, 2013, we managed 37 healthcare facilities comprised of approximately 2.5 million square feet.

 

Business Strategy

 

Our business strategy is focused on anticipating the needs of our clients by providing innovative and flexible strategic planning solutions, targeting operational efficiencies and creating optimal financing and real estate structures often in partnership with nationally-competitive, institutional capital sources. Such services assist healthcare providers by lowering healthcare delivery costs and by providing efficient outpatient facilities. The majority of our revenue is derived from investor and project advisory, consultancy and management fees, investment and co-investment returns and profit sharing interests. Any such profit sharing interests are usually recognized upon the occurrence of a monetization event for the development projects in which we are invested or co-invested, such as when a stabilized development project is recapitalized with an institutional investor. We plan to continue our strategy of selectively investing and co-investing our capital with institutional partners and targeting profit sharing interests when appropriate investment opportunities arise.

 

Operating Strategy

 

Strong Hospital and Physician Relationships

 

Our extensive network of healthcare service providers and industry professionals has evolved over two decades and serves as a key asset for us. We continue to develop long-term, favorable relationships with hospital executives, physician practitioners and other healthcare service providers based upon high professional and ethical standards, creativity, reliability and trust. We are able to leverage these relationships along with our reputation, expertise and fully integrated national operating platform to generate new business opportunities with both existing and new clients.

 

Institutional Capital Sources

 

We have a successful history of partnering with reputable financial institutions that are often willing to commit relatively low cost capital to the healthcare sector. Having access to such capital sources allows us to effectively compete with much larger firms and pursue healthcare projects of considerable scale. In addition, these joint venture relationships allow us to selectively invest our own capital in conjunction with much greater amounts of institutional capital and target favorable, risk-adjusted investment returns.

 

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Extensive and Differentiated Product and Service Offerings

 

Our advisory and consulting services assist our clients with strategic, operational and logistical decision making including site location, facility design and the creation of synergetic practitioner mixes. We also provide creative real estate and financing structures so that clients can deploy their own capital more productively. This process begins with detailed attention to hospital and physician goals and business objectives, and by creating mutually beneficial referral networks and relationships between healthcare service providers to support the targeted long-term success of each project. Our broad product and service offerings allow us to add significant value during each phase of the healthcare delivery spectrum, which enhances our ability to generate additional business opportunities and revenue sources.

 

Experienced Property Management and Leasing

 

We manage healthcare projects through a continual focus on tenant satisfaction, retention and referrals. Healthcare real estate is integral to the mission and strategies of healthcare businesses and provides unique characteristics that often add complexities when compared to more generic real estate asset classes. Our experienced leasing team understands the business of healthcare delivery. As such, every effort is made to design each space to promote staffing and operational efficiency and increased throughput. In addition, our property and asset managers are dedicated to promoting long-term relationships and maintaining our reputation, as such attributes are critical assets needed to generate future investment opportunities.

 

Investment and Client Diversity

 

We pursue the development of business opportunities in most geographic regions of the country with hospitals, physicians and healthcare systems that operate throughout the United States, while focusing on maintaining and growing a portfolio of managed healthcare investments and projects diversified by characteristics such as geographic location, tenant, medical practice and lease term.

 

Investment Criteria

 

Our investment criteria are weighted towards projects that are likely to be successful over the long term, and as such, we focus on how each project or acquisition fits within a hospital and healthcare provider’s strategic business plan. To properly invest our capital, the long-term viability of the operations and business model of each project must be clearly understood. Equally important are industry trends such as regulatory influences and the ongoing focus to treat patients in lower costing offsite care facilities. Other factors influencing our underwriting and structuring decisions are competitive and demographic analysis, strength of clinical programs, alignment with physicians and hospitals, market share and the credit worthiness of the hospital and physician participants.

 

The healthcare facilities in which we invest are the tangible results of implementing the operational and logistical solutions that we develop to assist our clients in achieving their business objectives. We strive to plan, design and develop centers of excellence to promote staffing and operational efficiency and to reduce costs for our healthcare clients and their patients. This emphasis on operational efficiency and low cost delivery is expected to increase in importance as clinical integration and payment reform advance.

 

Outlook for the Healthcare Industry

 

An increasing demand for healthcare services is anticipated to be driven, in part, by the aging baby boomer generation. The first baby boomers turned 65 in 2011, beginning what is expected to be a prolonged increase of the senior population. We believe this increase will create a significant pipeline of customers for medical providers, and increase the demand for hospital stays, outpatient treatments and doctor visits, as well as generate a greater need for the development of new outpatient facilities. In addition to the rising baby boomer population, other factors that we believe will contribute to the increasing demand for healthcare services include inadequate hospital infrastructures, advancements in outpatient medical technology, the rising cost of inpatient procedures, higher procedure reimbursement rates for outpatient services and the decentralization of hospitals and their need to preserve capital.

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We believe that the healthcare real estate that we target is a desirable asset class because of its attractive returns and its inherently stabilizing forces including high barrier to entry markets, strong credit hospital sponsorship, stable rental growth rates, relatively long-term leases, low vacancy rates, and high tenant retention rates, all of which can contribute to long-term stable property cash flows. In addition, outpatient medical facilities are often driven by need, rather than by speculation and while the industry is not recession-proof, we believe it to be relatively recession-resistant because of its sound fundamentals and the non-cyclical nature of demand for healthcare services.

Competition

 

When pursuing business opportunities, we compete with regional and national private and public companies and investors. The market remains competitive for these types of assets due to the perceived attractiveness of the healthcare industry and healthcare real estate. Although some of our competitors have substantially greater financial and operational resources than we do, we feel we can effectively compete. We believe that significant growth opportunities will continue to be available for us within our targeted markets and healthcare sectors based upon our long-term relationships, access to institutional capital, level of expertise, the size of the healthcare industry and its fragmentation of facility ownership. When compared to more generic asset classes, we find that healthcare real estate tends to be owned more by smaller private investors and less by public real estate investment trusts, or REITs, and other institutional investors.

We believe that we are well positioned to effectively compete within our targeted markets based upon the following factors:

 

Regulatory Matters

 

The healthcare industry is heavily regulated by U.S. federal, state and local governmental authorities. Our clients generally will be subject to laws and regulations covering, among other things, licensure, certification for participation in government programs, billing for services, privacy and security of health information and relationships with physicians and other referral sources. In addition, there could be new laws and regulations, changes in existing laws and regulations or changes in the interpretation of such laws or regulations. These changes, in some cases, could apply retroactively. The enactment, timing or effect of legislative or regulatory changes cannot be predicted.

 

Many states also regulate the construction of healthcare facilities, the expansion of healthcare facilities, the construction or expansion of certain services, including by way of example specific bed types and medical equipment, as well as certain capital expenditures through certificate of need, or CON, laws. Under such laws, the applicable state regulatory body must determine a need exists for a project before the project can be undertaken. If one of our clients seeks to undertake a CON-regulated project, but is not authorized by the applicable regulatory body to proceed with the project, the client would be prevented from operating in its intended manner.

 

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Development Activity

 

The majority of our development, facilities consulting and construction management revenue is derived from construction projects we manage on behalf of independent third parties and our joint venture partners.

 

Currently, we are providing development and project management services on a medical office building comprised of approximately 35,000 square feet, in which we have an approximate 10% investment, which we refer to as Venture III. Construction commenced during the second quarter of 2013 and is expected to be completed during the first quarter of 2014. The budgeted cost of this project is approximately $13 million, of which approximately 76% had been incurred as of December 31, 2013. The project is currently on schedule and on budget.

 

During the fourth quarter of 2013, we broke ground on our first wholly-owned medical office building comprised of approximately 67,000 square feet in Idaho. We expect his project to be completed during the third quarter of 2014. The budgeted cost of this project is approximately $17 million, of which approximately 18% had been incurred as of December 31, 2013. The project is currently on schedule and on budget.

 

Critical Accounting Policies

 

Basis of Presentation

 

The accompanying Consolidated Financial Statements include the financial position, results of operations and cash flows of NexCore Healthcare and our consolidated subsidiaries. Noncontrolling equity interests in three consolidated subsidiaries are reflected as noncontrolling interests in the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. We also have noncontrolling partnership interests in two unconsolidated joint ventures, which are accounted for under the equity method, and a portfolio of unconsolidated joint ventures which are accounted for under the cost method as well as investments in two small ventures which are also accounted under the cost method. All significant intercompany amounts have been eliminated.

 

Principles of Consolidation

 

We consolidate entities where we can exert control. The equity method of accounting is used for investments in non-controlled affiliates in which we are able to exercise significant influence but not control. We also consolidate any variable interest entities (“VIEs”) in which we are determined to be the primary beneficiary.

 

A VIE is an entity in which either (a) the equity investment at risk is not sufficient to permit the entity to finance its own activities without additional financial support or (b) the group of holders of the equity investment at risk lack certain characteristics of a controlling financial interest. The primary beneficiary is the entity that has the ability to control those activities that most significantly impact the entity’s economic performance and has the obligation to absorb a majority of the expected losses or the right to receive the majority of the residual returns. We continually evaluate whether entities in which we have an interest are VIEs and whether we are the primary beneficiary of any VIEs identified in our analysis.

 

Use of Estimates

 

The preparation of the Consolidated Financial Statements in accordance with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the Consolidated Financial Statements and reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

Fair Value Measurements

 

Fair value is defined as the exit price or price at which an asset (in its highest and best use) would be sold or a liability assumed by an informed market participant in a transaction that is not distressed and is executed in the most advantageous market. Our fair value measurements are based on the assumptions that market participants would use to price the asset or liability. As a basis for considering market participant assumptions in fair value measurements, current guidance establishes that a fair value hierarchy exists that distinguishes between market participant assumptions based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity (observable inputs that are classified within Levels 1 and 2 of the hierarchy) and the reporting entity’s own assumptions about market participant assumptions based on the best information available under the circumstances (unobservable inputs classified within Level 3 of the hierarchy).

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Level 1 inputs utilize quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. Level 2 inputs are inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. Level 2 inputs may include quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, as well as inputs that are observable for the asset or liability (other than quoted prices), at commonly quoted intervals. Level 3 inputs are unobservable inputs for the asset or liability that are typically based on management’s own assumptions, as there is little, if any, related observable market activity. In instances where the determination of the fair value measurement is based on inputs from different levels of the fair value hierarchy, the level in the fair value hierarchy within which the entire fair value measurement falls is based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. Our assessment of the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement in its entirety requires judgment, and considers factors specific to the asset or liability.

 

Our financial instruments include accounts receivable, accounts payable and notes payable. The carrying values of accounts receivable and accounts payable as of December 31, 2013 and 2012 are considered to be representative of their fair value due to the short maturity of these instruments. The note payable consists of a series of construction draws and the carrying value is considered to approximate fair value as the current interest rate on this debt approximates the current interest rate available to the Company.

 

Pre-Development Costs

 

In accordance with GAAP, as set forth in the Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”), we have capitalized certain third-party costs related to prospective development projects that we consider likely to proceed. If we subsequently determine that the project is no longer likely to proceed or such costs are not recoverable, any related capitalized costs are expensed and recorded as “Direct costs of revenue” on the Consolidated Statement of Operations. Upon commencement of the project, any related capitalized costs are submitted for reimbursement from the owner of the project. These costs include, but are not limited to, legal fees, marketing costs, travel expenses, architectural and engineering fees, due diligence expenses and other direct costs. We do not capitalize any internal costs as pre-development costs.

 

Investment in Unconsolidated Affiliates

 

We account for our investment in one unconsolidated affiliate, Venture I, under the equity method because we exercise significant influence over, but do not control, this entity. Under the equity method, this investment was initially recorded at cost and is subsequently adjusted to reflect our proportionate share of net earnings or losses of the unconsolidated affiliate, distributions received, contributions made and certain other adjustments, as appropriate. Such investment is included in “Investment in unconsolidated affiliates” in our Consolidated Balance Sheets. Distributions from this investment that are related to earnings from operations are included as operating activities and distributions that are related to capital transactions are included as investing activities in our Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.

 

During the analysis of the investment, it was determined that the unconsolidated affiliate was a VIE. We determined the affiliate was a VIE based on several factors, including whether the affiliate’s total equity investment at risk upon inception was sufficient to finance the affiliate’s activities without additional subordinated financial support. We made judgments regarding the sufficiency of the equity at risk based first on a qualitative analysis, then a quantitative analysis. In a quantitative analysis, we incorporated various estimates, including estimated future cash flows, asset hold periods and discount rates, as well as estimates of the probabilities of various scenarios occurring. The determination of the appropriate accounting with respect to this VIE was based on the determination of the primary beneficiary. We determined we were not the primary beneficiary of the VIE as we do not have the ability to control those activities that most significantly impact the affiliate’s economic performance. As reconsideration events occur, or at a minimum each reporting period, we will reconsider our determination of whether an entity is a VIE and who the primary beneficiary is to determine if there is a change in the original determinations and will report such changes on a quarterly basis.

 

We are invested in three joint ventures that we account for under the cost method. We are also invested in one unconsolidated limited partnership, Venture III, which we account for under the equity method as we have a 10% interest in the entity.

 

See additional information regarding our investments in unconsolidated affiliates in Note 4 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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Revenue Recognition

 

Certain revenue arrangements require management judgments and estimates. Development fees are recognized over the life of a development project on the percentage-of-completion method where the circumstances are such that total profit can be estimated with reasonable accuracy and ultimate realization is reasonably assured. The percentage-of-completion method uses actual hours spent internally on the project compared to the total forecasted internal hours to be spent on the project as the best measure of progress. If estimates of total hours require adjustment, the impact on revenue is recognized prospectively in the period of adjustment. As of December 31, 2013, we had one development project subject to the percentage-of-completion method, however no adjustment to recognized revenue was necessary. As of December 31, 2012, we recorded no such adjustment as our development projects subject to the percentage-of completion method were considered substantially complete.

 

We source tenants and negotiate leases for buildings we manage and in return are paid leasing commissions and tenant consulting fees. This revenue is recognized based on each negotiated contract with the building owner or development contract and is recognized accordingly per the contracts as services are performed and certain development benchmarks are achieved, unless future contingencies exist.

 

Property and asset management fees are recognized monthly as services are performed, unless future obligations exist. Investor advisory and other fees are typically recognized at the culmination of a transaction such as a purchase or sale of a building.

 

In addition, in regard to development service contracts, the owner of the property will typically reimburse us for certain expenses that are incurred on behalf of the owner. We base the treatment of reimbursable expenses for financial reporting purposes upon the fee structure of the underlying contract. Contracts are accounted for on a net basis when the fee structure is comprised of at least two distinct elements, namely (i) a fixed management fee and (ii) a separate component that allows for expenses to be billed directly to the client. When accounting on a net basis, we include the fixed management fee in reported revenue and net the reimbursement against expenses. We base this accounting on the following factors, which defines us as an agent rather than a principal:

 

 

All of our service contracts are accounted for on a net basis.

 

Earnings Per Share

 

Basic income per share is computed by dividing net income by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding. Diluted income per share is determined by dividing the net income by the sum of (1) the weighted average number of common shares outstanding and (2) if not anti-dilutive, the effect of outstanding stock awards determined utilizing the treasury stock method.

 

The dilutive effect of the outstanding stock awards for the year ended December 31, 2013 was 1,182,431. Stock awards to purchase 9,044 shares of our Common Stock were excluded from the calculation of diluted income per share for the year ended December 31, 2013 because their inclusion would have been anti-dilutive. The dilutive effect of the outstanding stock awards for the year ended December 31, 2012 was 2,487,952. Stock awards to purchase 1,129,979 shares of our Common Stock were excluded from the calculation of diluted income per share for the year ended December 31, 2012 because their inclusion would have been anti-dilutive.

 

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Income Taxes

 

Deferred income taxes are provided for under the asset and liability method. Under this method, deferred tax assets, including those related to tax loss carry forwards and credits, and liabilities are determined based on the differences between the financial statement and tax bases of assets and liabilities using enacted tax rates in effect for the year in which the differences are expected to reverse. A valuation allowance is recorded to reduce deferred tax assets when it is more likely than not that the net deferred tax asset will not be realized.

 

We follow Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued guidance for accounting for uncertainty in income taxes, which clarifies the accounting and disclosure for uncertainty in tax positions and seeks to reduce the diversity in practice associated with certain aspects of the recognition and measurement related to accounting for income taxes. We have analyzed our various federal and state filing positions and consider our positions more likely than not to be sustained upon examination by the applicable taxing authorities based on the technical merits of the position.

 

Stock-Based Compensation

 

We may grant stock options, restricted stock and other forms of equity compensation such as profits interests to certain employees and directors pursuant to our Amended and Restated 2008 Equity Compensation Plan. Awards granted under this plan are measured at fair value on the grant date and amortized to compensation expense on a straight-line basis over the service period during which the awards fully vest. Such expense is included in “Selling, general and administrative” expense in our Consolidated Statements of Operations. Options to purchase common stock issued under this plan are valued using the Black-Scholes option pricing model, which relies on assumptions we make related to the expected term of the options, volatility, dividend yield and risk free interest rate. Profits interests are valued using a valuation model based on estimated future cash flows.

 

Comprehensive Income

 

We report comprehensive income in our Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income. Amounts reported in “Accumulated other comprehensive income” on our Consolidated Balance Sheets are related to unrealized gains and losses on interest rate swaps that are considered to be cash flow hedging derivatives.

 

New Accounting Pronouncements

 

In July 2013, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2013-11, "Presentation of an Unrecognized Tax Benefit When a Net Operating Loss Carryforward, a Similar Tax Loss, or a Tax Credit Carryforward Exists", which states that entities should present the unrecognized tax benefit as a reduction of the deferred tax asset for a net operating loss ("NOL") or similar tax loss or tax credit carryforward rather than as a liability when the uncertain tax position would reduce the NOL or other carryforward under the tax law. No new disclosures are necessary. This ASU will be effective for the first interim reporting period in fiscal 2015. We do not expect the adoption of this statement will have a material impact on our Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

In February 2013, the FASB issued guidance on reporting of amounts reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive income (“AOCI”). The guidance requires an entity to provide information about the amounts reclassified out of AOCI by component. In addition, an entity is required to present, either on the face of the statement where net income is presented or in the notes, significant amounts reclassified out of AOCI by the respective line items of net income, but only if the amount reclassified is required under GAAP to be reclassified to net income in its entirety in the same reporting period. For other amounts that are not required under GAAP to be reclassified in their entirety to net income, an entity is required to cross-reference to other disclosures required under GAAP that provide additional detail about those amounts. This guidance was applicable for us in the second quarter of fiscal 2013 prospectively. As the accounting standard impacted only disclosure, the new standard did not have an impact on our financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.

 

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Results of Operations

 

The Company provides comprehensive healthcare facility solutions to hospitals, healthcare systems and physician partners across the United States by providing a full spectrum of strategic and operational consulting, development, acquisition, financing, leasing and asset and property management services within the healthcare industry. As of December 31, 2013, we managed 37 healthcare facilities comprised of approximately 2.5 million square feet. As of December 31, 2012, we managed 24 healthcare facilities comprised of approximately 1.9 million square feet.

 

Summary of the Year Ended December 31, 2013 Compared to the Year Ended December 31, 2012

 

 

For the Years

Ended December 31,

               
  2013     2012     $ Change     % Change  
REVENUE                            
Development, facilities consulting and construction management fees $ 1,337,124     $ 5,552,354     $ (4,215,230 )   (75.9 )%
Leasing commissions and tenant consulting fees   756,547       1,222,779       (466,232 )   (38.1 )%
Property and asset management fees   2,390,561       2,361,915       28,646     1.2 %
Investor advisory and other fees   648,439       4,823,714       (4,175,275 )   (86.6 )%
Total revenue   5,132,671       13,960,762       (8,828,091 )   (63.2 )%
                             
OPERATING EXPENSES                            
Direct costs of revenue   982,084       1,139,076       (156,992 )   (13.8 )%
Depreciation and amortization   168,967       169,182       (215 )   (0.1 )%
Selling, general and administrative   10,019,912       9,444,862       575,050     6.1 %
Total operating expenses   11,170,963       10,753,120       417,843     3.9 %
Income (loss) from operations   (6,038,292 )     3,207,642       (9,245,934 )   (288.2 )%
                             
OTHER INCOME                            
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates   34,182,101       665,765       33,516,336     5,034.26 %
Distribution income   75,844       —         75,844     %
Gain on sale of asset   500,000       —         500,000     %
Interest income   2,822       1,469       1,353     92.1 %
Total other income   34,760,767       667,234       34,093,533     5,109.68 %
Income before income taxes   28,722,475       3,874,876       24,847,599 )   641.25 %
Income tax expense   (1,065,729 )     (195,095 )     (870,634 )   (446.26 )%
Consolidated net income   27,656,746       3,679,781       23,976,965     651.59 %
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests   (24,071,157 )     (407,445 )     (23,663,712 )   (5,807.8 )%
Net income attributable to common stockholders $ 3,585,589     $ 3,272,336     $ 313,253     9.6 %

 

Revenue

 

Development, facilities consulting and construction management fees for the year ended December 31, 2013 decreased by approximately 75.9% compared to the year ended December 31, 2012 primarily due to fewer and smaller projects under development and the timing of completion for projects. Our development revenue for the year ended December 31, 2013 included fees for two projects currently under development. Our development revenue for the year ended December 31, 2012 included fees for four projects under development, and included completion bonuses for two of these projects. During the fourth quarter of 2013, our development subsidiary broke ground on our first wholly-owned medical office building comprised of approximately 67,000 square feet, for which all our development fees are eliminated upon consolidation.

 

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Leasing commissions and tenant consulting fees for the year ended December 31, 2013 decreased by approximately 38.1% compared to the year ended December 31, 2012 primarily due to fewer new leases entered into at managed properties and fewer leases entered into at properties under development due to the staggered nature of our development ground breaks. We negotiate market-based leasing commissions as part of our property management agreements, and typically receive up to 6% of the total expected base rent over the term of the lease. Lease terms for suites in our managed medical office buildings typically range from 5 to 10 years and have steady occupancy rates. We typically recognize 50% of contractual leasing commissions upon execution of the lease and 50% upon lease commencement. However, for commissions related to development projects, no such commissions are recognized until commencement of the development project. Tenant coordination fees are market based, and are typically up to $2.00 per square foot, and for smaller tenant projects, we typically charge up to 5% of the total cost of the tenant improvement. We typically recognize 50% of tenant coordination and consulting fees upon commencement of the project and the final 50% upon completion of the project.

 

Property and asset management fees include property management fees, asset management fees and maintenance revenue. Such fees increased by approximately 1.2% for the year ended December 31, 2013 primarily due to additional property management fees for a development project completed in late 2012, which we also manage, and the addition of 13 properties into our managed portfolio during the fourth quarter of 2013, offset in part by lower asset management fees realized in connection with the termination of a contract resulting from the recapitalization of one of our managed portfolios with another institutional capital partner. Average occupancy for our properties decreased slightly to 92.9% for the year ended December 31, 2013 from 93.3% for the year ended December 31, 2012. We typically receive a market-based, monthly management fee of 4.0% for each building based on gross cash receipts from the rental activity. For the majority of our properties, we also receive asset management fees of up to $0.77 per square foot annually per building. We have management contracts with four institutional partners that have various termination provisions, ranging from month-to-month to five years.

 

Investor advisory and other fees decreased by approximately 86.6% for the year ended December 31, 2013 compared to the year ended December 31, 2012 primarily due to a decrease in financing and acquisition activity on behalf of our institutional partners during the year ended December 31, 2013. During the year ended December 31, 2012, we received advisory fees for securing permanent financing to replace the construction debt on several development projects and for several additional assets under our management. Additionally, during the year ended December 31, 2012, we assisted our institutional partners in the acquisition and disposition of an assortment of medical office buildings across the country. During the year ended December 31, 2013, one such transaction was completed. We normally earn advisory fees upon the closing of such transactions and begin earning management fees on the applicable acquisition dates.

 

The recognition of certain fees and other revenue is dependent on specific performance milestones associated with our projects and, as a result, will also tend to fluctuate significantly from period to period.

 

Operating Expenses

 

Direct costs of revenue represent expenses paid to third parties for services related to predevelopment, property management, tenant leasing and due diligence, and incremental internal costs as they are incurred for projects that have commenced. We capitalize all third-party predevelopment costs related to future projects until a project is no longer probable or construction commences, at which time we are either reimbursed by the owners of the project or the capitalized costs are expensed.

 

Direct costs of revenue decreased by approximately 13.8% for the year ended December 31, 2013 compared to the year ended December 31, 2012 primarily due to lower internal costs, such as compensation expense, related to development activity. For the year ended December 31, 2013, internal costs related to development activity decreased 29.4% compared to the year ended December 31, 2012. Predevelopment costs for projects considered non-recoverable decreased 17.9% for the year ended December 31, 2013 compared to the year ended December 31, 2012. Property management fees paid to third-party property managers remained relatively flat year over year.

 

Expenses related to depreciation and amortization remained approximately flat for the year ended December 31, 2013 compared to the year ended December 31, 2012 due to an increase in assets that became fully depreciated since December 31, 2012, offset by additional depreciation related to newly acquired computer equipment.

 

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Selling, general and administrative expenses increased by approximately 6.1% for the year ended December 31, 2013 compared to the year ended December 31, 2012. The increase was primarily due to increased headcount and professional expenses related to the corporate restructuring offset in part by lower miscellaneous fees.

 

Other Income

 

Other income increased significantly primarily due to Venture I, an equity-based joint venture’s recapitalization of the majority of its properties during the year ended December 31, 2013. Our portion of earnings or losses and comprehensive income or loss recognized represents our share of operating returns after preferred return requirements are fulfilled. Additionally, we sold an asset as part of the compensation earned from the acquisition of certain properties to an institutional capital partner for $500,000 of consideration in our cost-based joint venture, Venture IV.

 

Income tax expense

 

Income tax expense for the year ended December 31, 2013 related to fiscal 2013 earnings from Venture I that were not offset by our previous net operating losses due to federal and state limitations on such deductions.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

Cash and cash equivalents were $14,538,643 on December 31, 2013 compared to $7,504,549 on December 31, 2012. The increase in cash and cash equivalents is primarily related to cash received from distributions from our joint ventures, offset by cash used by operations during the year ended December 31, 2013 and additional investments in two new development joint ventures.

 

The recapitalization and sale of the majority of Venture I assets and the entering of Venture V resulted in aggregate net gains after consideration of earnings by non-controlling interests to us of $10 million. Our net gains were calculated after consideration of distributions to the holders of interests in Venture I other than us including its lenders and institutional capital partner and a minority investment entity owned by our CEO and CIO, earnings by the holders of interests in NexCore Real Estate LLC other than us, and the profits interests held by Equity Participation LLC, which is owned by members of our management. In addition, such gain recognition was due in part to the prior earnings, losses and cash flow distributions since the inception of Venture I, as well as the structural terms of Venture V. During the fourth quarter of 2013, a remaining entity owned by Venture I entered into a sale agreement with the largest tenant of the underlying property for approximately $17,000,000. The sale of this property is not expected to close until mid-2014.

 

Cash provided by operating activities was $356,846 and $5,749,655 for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively. Operating distributions from Venture I were $2,827,649 more for the year ended December 31, 2013 compared to the year ended December 31, 2012 due to all assets held by Venture I being operation for the entire twelve months of 2013. Without operating distributions from our joint ventures, during the year ended December 31, 2013, we used $3,159,522 for operations compared to cash provided by operations of $5,060,936 during the year ended December 31, 2012, excluding joint venture operating distributions. This increase in cash used by operating activities for the year ended December 31, 2013 was primarily due to lower revenue and higher general and administrative expense.

 

Cash provided by investing activities for the year ended December 31, 2013 was $27,894,278 compared to cash used in investing activities of $162,429 during the year ended December 31, 2012. We received distributions from our Venture I considered return of capital of $33,557,017 during the year ended December 31, 2013 compared to $1,057,434 during the year ended December 31, 2012. Offsetting this was $2,108,446 more invested in new joint ventures and $2,435,125 more invested in capital projects during the year ended December 31, 2013 than during the year ended December 31, 2012.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2013, cash used in financing activities was $21,217,030 primarily because we paid a dividend of $498,958 to stockholders and paid cash distributions of $22,412,264 to our noncontrolling interests offset in part by the receipt of proceeds of $394,770 from the exercise of options to purchase shares of Common Stock and proceeds from a note related to a medical office building under construction. During the year ended December 31, 2012, we made a cash distribution to our noncontrolling interest of $13,118.

 

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We intend to meet our liquidity needs from our available cash and funds provided by operations. We believe that these resources are sufficient to meet our reasonably foreseeable cash requirements. However, management continues to assess our capital resources in relation to our ability to fund operations and new investments on an ongoing basis. As such, management may seek to access the capital markets to raise additional capital through the issuance of additional equity, debt or a combination of both in order to fund our operations and future growth.

 

Subsequent to December 31, 2013, we paid a special dividend of $0.10 per share of Common Stock on January 23, 2014 to stockholders of record on January 16, 2014.

 

Contractual Obligations

 

The following table reflects our contractual obligations as of December 31, 2013. Specifically, the table includes our obligations under operating and lease agreements, and our notes payable.

Contractual Obligations   Total     Less than 1 Year     1-3 Years     4-5 Years     More Than 5 Years
Operating lease commitments $ 1,932,148   $ 351,109   $ 868,968   $  712,071   $
Notes payable   1,299,422             1,299,422    
Total $ 3,231,570   $ 351,109   $ 868,968   $ 2,011,493   $
                             

 

 

ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

 

The Company qualifies as a smaller reporting company as defined in Item 10(f)(1) of SEC Regulation S-K, and is not required to provide the information required by this Item.

 

ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

 

See the Consolidated Financial Statements set forth on the “Index to Financial Statements” on Page 45 of this Form 10-K, which Consolidated Financial Statements are incorporated by reference into this Item 8.

 

ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

 

None.

 

ITEM 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

 

(a)                 Conclusion Regarding the Effectiveness of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

 

Under the supervision and with the participation of our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, we conducted an evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures, as such term is defined under Rule 13a-15(e) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Accordingly, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act were effective as of December 31, 2013 to ensure that information required to be disclosed in reports we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in SEC rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by an issuer in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the issuer’s management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

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(b)                 Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

 

Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act. Our internal control over financial reporting is designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of consolidated financial statements for external purposes in accordance with U. S. generally accepted accounting principles.

 

Management assessed the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2013. In making this assessment, management used the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission in Internal Control-Integrated Framework.

 

Based on its assessment, management has concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was effective as of December 31, 2013.

 

Inherent Limitations Over Internal Controls

Internal control over financial reporting cannot provide absolute assurance of achieving financial reporting objectives because of its inherent limitations, including the possibility of human error and circumvention by collusion or overriding of controls. Accordingly, even an effective internal control system may not prevent or detect material misstatements on a timely basis. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

 

(c)                 Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

 

There has been no change in our internal control over financial reporting identified in connection with the evaluation that occurred during our last fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or that is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

 

This Annual Report does not include an attestation report of our registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting. Management’s report was not subject to attestation by our registered public accounting firm pursuant to rules of the SEC that permit us to provide only management’s report in this Annual Report.

 

ITEM 9B. OTHER INFORMATION

 

None.

 

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PART III

 

ITEM 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

 

The following table sets forth the name, age and position held by each of our executive officers and directors as of December 31, 2013:
  Name Age Position Held  
  Gregory C. Venn 53 Chief Executive Officer and Director  
  Peter K. Kloepfer 55 Chief Investment Officer and Director  
  Robert D. Gross 49 Chief Operating Officer and Treasurer  
  Robert E. Lawless 47 Chief Financial Officer  
  Richard A. Bloom 46 Director  
  Brian L. Klemsz 54 Director  
  Loren E. Snyder 64 Director  
         
         

Each director serving on the Board of Directors (the “Board”) will serve until the next annual meeting of the stockholders of the Company or until his successor is elected and qualified.

Biographical Information

Gregory C. Venn has been our Chief Executive Officer and a director since September 29, 2010, when we completed a business combination with NexCore Group LP by acquiring 90% of the partnership interests in NexCore Group LP, (the “Acquisition”). Prior to the Acquisition, he served as Chief Executive Officer of NexCore Group LP from its inception in May 2004 until the Acquisition. He was Senior Vice President of The Neenan Company, a design, construction and development company, from August 1990 to May 2004. He has developed and/or managed projects ranging in size from 30,000 to 300,000 square feet and from $10 million to $100 million. His background includes architecture and planning, finance, real estate brokerage, business administration, and construction management. Mr. Venn holds a Bachelor of Environmental Design degree from the College of Architecture & Planning at the University of Colorado Boulder, and commenced MBA studies with a Real Estate Finance & Construction Management emphasis at the University of Denver. 

 

Peter K. Kloepfer has served as our Chief Investment Officer since the Acquisition. Mr. Kloepfer served as Senior Managing Director of NexCore Group LP for six years prior to the Acquisition. Prior to that time, he was a founding partner of the law firm of Kloepfer and Gorrell from August 2003 to January 2005, where among other things he served as outside counsel to NexCore Group LP. Mr. Kloepfer received his Juris Doctorate from the University of Colorado and a Master of Law, specializing in taxation from the University of Denver. He has also served as a director of the Ecological Building Network, a non-profit organization since 1999.

 

Robert D. Gross has been our Chief Operating Officer and Treasurer since the Acquisition. Prior to the Acquisition, he served as the Chief Financial Officer of NexCore Group LP from its inception in May 2004 until the Acquisition. He served as Chief Financial Officer of The Neenan Company, a design, construction and development company, from August 2000 to May 2004. Mr. Gross earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance and Accounting from Minnesota State University and holds a Certified Public Accountant License and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and the North Dakota Society of CPAs. Mr. Gross retired from his position with the Company effective January 3, 2014.

 

Robert E. Lawless has served as our Chief Financial Officer since August 2011. He previously served from August 2009 to August 2011 as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for HDG Mansur Capital Group, LLC, a fund management and development company managing over $2 billion of international real estate investments. From August 2005 to July 2009, he served as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer for Specialty Financial Corp., Specialty Mortgage Corp., and Specialty Trust, Inc., which were affiliated entities that focused on real estate advisory services, development and mortgage lending within a private real estate investment trust, or REIT, and other organizational structures. During a portion of this period, Mr. Lawless also served as Managing Director and Chief Compliance Officer for Specialty Capital, LLC, a FINRA-registered broker-dealer focused on raising capital for affiliated entities. From June 1998 to August 2005, Mr. Lawless served various financial and operational roles for Trustreet Properties, Inc., a NYSE-traded REIT with approximately $2.5 billion of assets before leaving the company as Senior Vice President and Treasurer. Mr. Lawless earned Bachelor of Science degrees in Finance and Accounting from Sacred Heart University and St. Leo’s University and an MBA from Vanderbilt University. He is a Certified Public Accountant, Chartered Financial Analyst, and Certified Treasury Professional.

 

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Richard A. Bloom has served as a Director of the Company since December 31, 2010. Additionally, he served as Executive Chairman of Arcata LLC, (formerly Myprint LLC), a marketing execution services company, from 2009 through October 2011. He served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Renaissance Acquisition Corporation from the date of its initial public offering in 2007 until 2009. Mr. Bloom served as the Chief Executive Officer of Caswell Massey, a personal care consumer product company, from 2006 to 2007, and as a director and Vice Chairman of Caswell Massey from 2003 to 2007. From 1999 to 2006, Mr. Bloom served in various positions at Marietta Corporation, a maker and marketer of personal care and household products, most recently as its Chief Executive Officer and President. Mr. Bloom also served as a director of Marietta Holding Corporation, the successor entity to Marietta Corporation, from 2004 to 2007, and as a director and President of BFMA Holding Corporation, which owned and operated Marietta Corporation, from 1996 to 2004. Mr. Bloom also served as a director of AmeriQual Group, LLC, the largest producer and supplier of meals ready-to-eat to the United States military, from 2005 to 2007.

 

Brian L. Klemsz has served as a Director of the Company since December 31, 2010. Additionally, he has served as the Chief Investment Officer of BOCO Investments, LLC since 2007. Prior to that time, he served as President and Chief Investment Officer of GDBA Investments LLLP, or GDBA, for seven years. Mr. Klemsz currently serves as President, Treasurer and Director of WestMountain Distressed Debt, Inc., an entity focused on earning income from holding various forms of distressed debt, and WestMountain Alternative Energy, Inc., an entity focused on making early stage investments in alternative energy technologies, and Treasurer and Director for WestMountain Asset Management, Inc., a marketing and media consulting and asset management firm.

 

Loren E. Snyder has served as a Director of the Company since December 31, 2010. Additionally, he has served as an “advisory director” to NexCore Group LP from the time of its formation until the Acquisition. Mr. Snyder also serves as President, Treasurer and as a director of Snyder Realty Group, Inc., which he founded in 1989. Mr. Snyder co-founded Integrated Property Management, Inc. and has served as its Executive Vice President of Operations since 1990. Mr. Snyder also serves as Secretary and as a director of Integrated Property Management, Inc. Mr. Snyder assisted in organizing Grand Mountain Bank in Grand County, Colorado in 2004 and served as a director from 2004 to 2009.

 

Family Relationships

There are no family relationships among any of the executive officers and directors.

Board Committee Assignments

The Board has established an Audit Committee, Compensation Committee, Governance Committee and Capital Committee. The composition of each committee is as follows:

 

  Audit   Compensation   Governance   Capital
Chair Klemsz   Snyder   Klemsz   Bloom
Members Bloom   Klemsz   Bloom   Klemsz
          Snyder    

We have reviewed the education, experience and other qualifications of each member currently serving on, and those nominated and elected to, our Audit Committee. After that review, we have determined that Brian L. Klemsz of our Audit Committee meets the Securities and Exchange Commission’s definition of an “audit committee financial expert”.

Code of Ethics

The Company has adopted a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, or the Code, which applies to all of the Company’s Directors, officers and employees, including its executive officers. The Code is posted in the Company’s internal policies and procedures manual and is available upon request to stockholders.

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Transactions with Management and Others

See “Item 11. Executive Compensation” for information concerning the creation of Equity Participation LLC and distributions made to certain officers and employees as members of Equity Participation LLC. See also “Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence” for information concerning other transactions or agreements in which our directors and executive officers have a direct or indirect material interest.

 

Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance

 

Section 16(a) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 requires the Company’s executive officers, directors and holders of more than 10% of our outstanding shares of Common Stock to file reports of ownership and reports of changes in ownership of Common Stock with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Executive officers, directors and greater than 10% beneficial owners are required by SEC regulations to furnish the Company with copies of all Section 16(a) reports they file. The Company believes that during its most recent fiscal year ended December 31, 2013, its executive officers, directors and greater than 10% stockholders complied with the filing requirements under Section 16(a), except per the chart that follows:

 

Reporting Person

 

 

 

 

Form   Due Date   Filed Date  

 

Transaction Requiring Filing

Klemsz   4   April 1, 2013   April 3, 2013   Exercise of option to purchase common stock
    3   January 10, 2011   December 13, 2013  

Appointed director

 

    4   January 3, 2011   December 13, 2013   Issuance of options to purchase common stock
                 
Bloom   3   January 10, 2011   December 17, 2013   Appointed director
    4   January 3, 2011   December 17, 2013   Issuance of options to purchase common stock
   

4

 

  April 25, 2013   April 26, 2013   Exercise of option to purchase common stock
                 
Snyder   4   January 3, 2011   December 16, 2013   Issuance of options to purchase common stock
                 
Lawless   4   February 27, 2013   February 28, 2013   Exercise of option to purchase common stock
                 

 

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ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

Summary Compensation Table

 

The following table sets forth certain information concerning the compensation for services rendered to us in all capacities for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, of (i) our principal executive officer, (ii) our principal financial officer, and (iii) the two other most highly compensated executive officers, each of whose total compensation exceeded $100,000 during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013. The officers described in (i) — (iii) are collectively referred to as our “named executive officers.”

Name and

Principal Position

 

 

 

 

Fiscal Year Ended 12/31   Salary   Bonus   Stock Awards  

 

Option Awards

 

 

All Other Compensation(3)

  Total
Gregory C. Venn(1)   2013   $ 425,000   $ 305,681   $ 78,604   $   $ 1,995,315   $ 2,804,600
President and Chief   2012     425,227     475,000     53,333          —     953,560
Executive Officer                                        
                                         
Peter K. Kloepfer(1)   2013     350,000     251,738     64,733         1,807,185     2,473,656
Chief Investment   2012     350,227     415,000     45,333          —     810,560
Officer                                        
                                         
Robert D. Gross(1)   2013     225,000     134,859     34,678         952,050     1,346,587
Chief Operating   2012     225,159     250,000     26,667          —     501,826
Officer                                        
                                         
Robert E. Lawless(2)   2013     250,000     121,406     64,733         125,960     562,099
Chief Financial   2012     250,030     150,000     16,000     2,529      —     418,559
Officer                                        
                                         
(1)Mr. Venn, Mr. Kloepfer and Mr. Gross are paid annual salaries of $425,000, $350,000 and $225,000 under unwritten employment arrangements. See “Executive Compensation” for details regarding other eligible compensation. Mr. Gross retired from the Company effective January 3, 2014.
(2)Mr. Lawless has served as our Chief Financial Officer from August 15, 2011. Under his employment agreement, he was granted an option to purchase up to 500,000 shares of Common Stock.
(3)Distribution from Equity Participation LLC.

 

Employment Agreement

On August 15, 2011, we entered into an employment agreement (the “Employment Agreement”) with Robert E. Lawless. The Employment Agreement provides for Mr. Lawless to serve as our Chief Financial Officer for a two-year term, commencing August 15, 2011, unless his employment is earlier terminated as provided in the Employment Agreement. This Employment Agreement expired under the terms of the agreement and was not renewed.

 

The Employment Agreement provided for an annual salary of $250,000 and target bonus of up to 0.75 times his base salary, prorated for partial years. Mr. Lawless was granted an option to purchase up to 500,000 shares of Common Stock upon his first day of employment. The exercise price for the option was the fair market value of the Common Stock on the grant date. During January 2012, these options were cancelled and Mr. Lawless was granted an option to purchase up to 500,000 shares of Common Stock. One-third of the shares of Common Stock subject to the option vested on the first anniversary of his employment date and the remaining two-thirds was set to vest on each of the successive anniversaries of his employment date. However, on December 16, 2013, the vesting of the majority of all outstanding stock options, including Mr. Lawless’s options, was accelerated to vest immediately. During the fourth quarter of 2013, our board of directors decided to accelerate the vesting of the majority of the outstanding stock options so that employees could participate in future distributions and dividends.

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Under the Employment Agreement, Mr. Lawless is subject to certain restrictive covenants, including a non-competition provision for up to one year that becomes applicable following certain terminations, and non-solicitation, non-interference and confidentiality provisions.

 

Consulting Agreement with Mr. Gross

 

Robert D. Gross has been our Chief Operating Officer and Treasurer since the Acquisition. Mr. Gross retired from his position with the Company effective January 3, 2014. Contemporaneously with his retirement, Mr. Gross entered into an unwritten consulting arrangement with the Company to provide various services. Mr. Gross will be paid a consulting fee of $8,000 per month from January 2014 through June 2014, which may be terminated at any time during the six-month period. Additionally, the Company will pay Mr. Gross’s health insurance premiums throughout 2014.

 

Outstanding Equity Awards

 

The following table sets forth certain information with respect to outstanding equity awards at December 31, 2013, with respect to our named executive officers.

Name Option awards Stock awards
Number of securities underlying unexercised options
(#) exercisable
Number of securities
underlying
unexercised
options
(#) unexercisable
Equity
incentive
plan awards: Number of
securities
underlying
unexercised
unearned
options
(#)
Option
exercise price
($)
Option expiration date Number of shares or units of stock that have not vested
(#)
Market value of shares of units of stock that have not vested
($) (1)
Equity
incentive
plan awards: Number of
unearned
shares, units or other rights that have not vested
(#)
Equity
incentive
plan awards: Market or payout value of
unearned
shares, units or other rights that have not vested
($)
Gregory C. Venn - - - -   160,894 $72,402 - -
Peter K. Kloepfer - - - -   133,678 $60,155 - -
Robert D. Gross - - - -   73,597 $33,119 - -
Robert E. Lawless - - - -   86,250 $38,813 - -
(1)The market values of the shares of restricted stock, which includes an attached B Unit for each share of restricted stock, that have not vested are calculated by multiplying the number of shares shown in the table by the closing share price of NexCore Common Stock on December 31, 2013 and the estimated fair market value of the B Units on December 31, 2013, as determined by an internal valuation.

 

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Executive Compensation

The Company’s board of directors (the “Board”) has adopted Incentive Compensation Guidelines (the “Plan”), which will be used for determining annual cash bonuses and long-term equity compensation for the Company’s senior management team. Participants in the Plan include the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Chief Investment Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer.

The components of the Plan shall consist of five (5) elements:

  1. Base Salary

 

  2. Annual Base Bonuses

 

  3. Equity Grants

 

  4. Extraordinary Event Cash Bonuses

 

  5. Employment Agreements

On an annual basis, senior management may recommend to the Board increases in Base Salary based upon Participant and Company performance as well as market-based salaries for comparable positions. Material factors that determine such increases include general variables such as new development project starts and the Company’s performance based on Adjusted EBITDA and operating cash flow.

Each Participant will be eligible for an Annual Base Bonus which may be paid through a combination of cash and/or equity grants. The total Annual Base Bonus will be equal to a Base Target Multiplier on Base Salary. The Maximum Base Target Multiplier for each Participant shall be as follows:

  Maximum Base Target
Multiplier
Targeted Cash
Bonus %
Targeted
Equity Grant
President/CEO 1.50    70% 30%
CIO 1.50    70% 30%
CFO 0.75    70% 30%
COO 1.25    70% 30%

Any equity grants will be based upon fair market value on the date such grants are approved by the Board and shall vest one-third on the grant date and one-third over each of the following two years. The grants shall fully vest upon retirement, change of control and not-for-cause termination as defined in the specific equity award agreements. For purposes of calculating the number of equity grants, the value of the common shares shall be agreed upon the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Chief Investment Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer and the Board and shall be adjusted for any stock splits.

In the event of extraordinary circumstances the Board may approve Annual Base Bonuses to senior management even if the target financial metrics are not achieved, but other performance measures are achieved which the Board determines justify the bonuses. In such event, Annual Base Bonuses will be more heavily weighted toward equity grants versus cash bonuses. Material factors that determined 2013 bonuses included the Companies financial performance, cash flow and recommendations from the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Chief Investment Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer to our board.

A portion of the Base Target Multiplier will be earned by achieving certain annual financial goals established by the management team and approved annually by the Board such as increases in Adjusted EBITDA, net asset value and revenue. A portion of the Base Target Multiplier will be earned by achieving certain annual Company and Participant goals related to activities such as new product and business development, capital raising and restructuring, and other events and accomplishments that enhance the value of the Company. For the year ended December 31, 2013, goals for management compensation were based upon a pre-established budget as well as additional objectives including the number and timing of the commencement of development projects, the increase in net asset value for the Company and the production of new business opportunities for the current and future years.

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In recognition of past, current and future services performed on behalf of the Company and its subsidiaries, the Board approved the creation of Equity Participation LLC, a limited liability company owned by various officers and employees of the Company, which holds a 16.2% interest in any future profits that may be realized from the appreciation of existing and future real estate assets owned by a company subsidiary, NexCore Development LLC. Participating officers and employees will be entitled to pre-determined profit interests on a project-by-project basis as determined by the Board and subject to forfeiture if an employee voluntarily resigns (other than if due to retirement) or is terminated by the Company for cause.

 

For any future profit received by Equity Participation LLC from our Venture I development projects, 35.0% of such profits interests is held by our Chief Executive Officer, 31.7% is held by our Chief Investment Officer, 16.7% is held by our Chief Operating Officer, and 1.0% to 2.5%, dependent upon the specific project, is held by our Chief Financial Officer. The remaining portion of any such future profits interests is owned by other employees of ours.

 

For any future profit received by Equity Participation LLC from our Venture III development project, 32.0% of such profits interests is held by our Chief Executive Officer, 26.0% is held by our Chief Investment Officer, 10.0% is held by our Chief Operating Officer, and 5.0%, is held by our Chief Financial Officer. The remaining portion of any such future profits interests is owned by other employees of ours.

 

For any future profit received by Equity Participation LLC from our consolidated development project, 40.0% of such profits interests is held by our Chief Executive Officer, 20.0% is held by our Chief Investment Officer and 5.0%, is held by our Chief Financial Officer. The remaining portion of any such future profits interests is owned by other employees of ours.

 

See additional information on the referenced ventures in Note 4 of the Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

Director Compensation

The Board adopted a compensation policy for our non-employee directors. Directors who are employees do not receive any additional compensation for their Board service. Under the policy, each non-employee director will receive an annual retainer of $20,000 and a fee of $1,500 for each meeting of the full Board they attend. Additionally, each non-employee director will receive a fee of $1,000 for each committee meeting and annual retainers as follows in the table below:

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Audit Committee     Compensation Committee     Governance Committee     Capital Committee  
Chair   $ 9,000   $ 8,000   $ 6,000   $ 15,000  
Member     6,000     5,000     3,000     6,000  

 

Each non-employee director was also granted an option to purchase up to 225,000 shares of our Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.15 per share at the time they were initially elected to the Board, which was December 30, 2010. The shares subject to these options vest 33% on each of the first three anniversaries of the date of grant, and were fully vested as of December 31, 2013.

 

We will reimburse our directors for their reasonable out-of-pocket costs in connection with their Board service. Upon completion of our reincorporation into Delaware during 2011, we entered into indemnification agreements with each of our directors and executive officers.

 

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ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

 

Table of Beneficial Ownership

 

The following table sets forth, as of February 1, 2014, beneficial ownership information with respect to our Common Stock for (i) each director, (ii) each of our named executive officers, (iii) all of our executive officers and directors as a group, and (iv) each person we know to be the beneficial owner of 5% or more of our outstanding Common Stock. We have determined beneficial ownership in accordance with the rules promulgated by the SEC. Unless otherwise indicated in the footnotes to the table, to our knowledge, all persons named in the table have sole voting and investment power with respect to their shares of Common Stock, except to the extent authority is shared by spouses under community property laws. Unless otherwise listed, the address for each of the stockholders is c/o NexCore Healthcare Capital Corp, 1621 18th Street, Suite 250, Denver, Colorado, 80202.

             
Name and Address of Beneficial Owner   Number of Shares Beneficially Owned (1)     Percent of Common Stock (1)  
Directors and Executive Officers            
Gregory C. Venn   22,666,630 (2)   42.7 %
Peter K. Kloepfer   22,665,630 (3)   42.7 %
Robert D. Gross   (4)   %
Robert E. Lawless   (5)   %
Brian L. Klemsz   2,392,625 (6)   4.5 %
Richard A. Bloom   (7)   %
Loren E. Snyder   10,000 (8)   0.0 %

All directors and executive officers

as a group (7 persons)

  52,156,743 (9)   98.3 %
             
Five Percent Stockholders            
G. Brent Backman   12,065,102 (10)   22.7 %

BOCO Investments, LLC

103 West Mountain Ave.
Fort Collins, Colorado 80524

  15,137,385 (11)   28.5 %

GDBA Investments LLLP

1440 Blake Street, Suite 310
Denver, Colorado 80202

  11,948,102 (10)   22.5 %

 

(1)As of February 1, 2014, 53,040,803 shares of Common Stock were outstanding. To compute the percentage of outstanding shares of Common Stock held by each person and unless otherwise noted, any share of Common Stock which such person has the right to acquire pursuant to the exercise of stock options exercisable vested or vesting within 60 days of February 1, 2014 is deemed to be outstanding, but is not deemed to be outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of any other person.
(2)Messrs. Venn and Kloepfer have the right to vote 22,663,630 shares pursuant to the terms of a voting agreement. Messrs. Venn and Kloepfer disclaim beneficial ownership of these shares except to the extent of their pecuniary interest therein. Mr. Venn holds 5,542,020 of the shares subject to the voting agreement, which includes 174,675 and 133,333 shares of restricted stock granted during the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively, and directly owns 3,000 shares of Common Stock.
(3)Messrs. Venn and Kloepfer have the right to vote 22,663,630 shares pursuant to the terms of a voting agreement. Messrs. Venn and Kloepfer disclaim beneficial ownership of these shares except to the extent of their pecuniary interest therein. Mr. Kloepfer holds 4,742,392 of the shares subject to the voting agreement, which includes 143,850 and 113,333 shares of restricted stock granted during the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively, and directly owns 2,000 shares of Common Stock.
(4)Mr. Gross has a pecuniary interest in 2,981,464 shares, all of which are subject to the voting agreement, and includes 70,133 and 66,667 shares of restricted stock granted during the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.
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(5)Mr. Lawless has a pecuniary interest in 649,375 shares, all of which are subject to the voting agreement, and includes 109,375 and 40,000 shares of restricted stock granted during the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.
(6)Includes 225,000 shares owned by Mr. Klemsz’ spouse and minor child, and 1,645,000 shares held by WestMountain Asset Management Inc., a company controlled by BOCO Investments, LLC, of which Mr. Klemsz serves as Treasurer and Director. Mr. Klemsz has a pecuniary interest in 225,000 shares, all of which are subject to the voting agreement.
(7)Mr. Bloom has a pecuniary interest in 225,000 shares, all of which are subject to the voting agreement.
(8)Mr. Snyder directly owns 10,000 shares and has a pecuniary interest in 589,794 shares, all of which are subject to the voting agreement.
(9)Includes an aggregate of 52,156,743 shares of Common Stock. All vested options were exercised as of December 31, 2013. Also includes shares owned by BOCO Investments and GDBA Investments that are subject to the Shareholders’ Agreement.
(10)Consists of 11,782,710 shares of Common Stock owned by GDBA Investments LLLP, which is controlled by Mr. Backman, who has voting and dispositive power of these shares, and 45,000 shares of Common Stock that are owned by Mr. Backman’s adult children. Mr. Backman disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares of Common Stock owned by his adult children. Also includes 72,000 shares of Common Stock underlying currently exercisable stock options, or which will become exercisable within 60 days after February 1, 2014.
(11)The controlling member of BOCO Investments, LLC is the Pat Stryker Living Trust, dated October 14, 1976, as amended. The trustee of the Pat Stryker Living Trust is Pat Stryker, who has voting and dispositive power of these shares.

 

Equity Compensation Plan Information

 

The following table sets forth information regarding our Amended and Restated 2008 Equity Compensation Plan as of December 31, 2013.

Plan Category   Number of Securities to be Issued Upon Exercise of Outstanding Options, Warrants and Rights (a)   Weighted Average Exercise Price of Outstanding Options, Warrants and Rights   Number of Securities Remaining Available for Future Issuance Under Equity compensation Plans (Excluding Securities reflected in Column (a)  
Equity compensation plan approved by security stockholders   1,340,913   $0.67   1,117,588  

 

ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE

On September 29, 2010, we completed a business combination with NexCore Group LP by acquiring 90% of the partnership interests in NexCore Group LP, which we refer to as the Acquisition. NexCore Group LP was originally created in 2004 to provide solutions to hospitals and healthcare systems through a national platform focused on strategic and operational consulting, development, acquisitions, financing, leasing, and asset and property management services. In connection with the Acquisition, our former operations were discontinued and we continued NexCore Group LP’s existing business activities. In April 2011, we changed our state of incorporation from Colorado to Delaware and changed our name from CapTerra Financial Group, Inc. to NexCore Healthcare Capital Corp.

Except as set forth below, there were no transactions during 2013 or 2012, or any currently proposed transaction that, to our knowledge, any director, executive officer, nominee, future director, five percent stockholder, or any member of the immediate family of the foregoing persons, have or will have a direct or indirect material interest in which the amount involved exceeds $120,000. In addition, none of the foregoing persons have been indebted to us during such periods in an amount exceeding $120,000.

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Revenue, Direct Costs of Revenue and Accounts Receivable

Our main sources of income are fees and commissions related to client consulting and advisory services, property development, management and leasing. Revenue, direct costs of revenue and receivables associated with transactions with properties where certain of our officers and directors have, or we have, an ownership interest in, or can influence decision-making on behalf of the property, are considered related-party transactions. The amounts and balances related to these transactions for the periods presented are as follows:

 

  For the Years Ended December 31,  
Related party:   2013     2012  
Revenue $ 2,555,311   $ 11,000,706  
Direct costs of revenue   523,955     511,692  

 

Related party:  

As of

December 31, 2013

   

As of

December 31, 2012

Accounts receivable   $  615,962   $  804,281
             

 

All of the disclosed revenue, costs and accounts receivable related to related-party transactions pertain to unconsolidated, managed properties in which we, or our senior executive officers, a director and an entity that employs one of our directors (the “Related Parties”), had or have invested along with third-party co-investors. From January 1, 2012 to December 17, 2012, and for the year ended December 31, 2011, seven of our 23 managed properties were 17.4% owned by an entity in which these Related Parties were invested as follows:

 

Gregory C. Venn Chief Executive Officer   5.9%
Peter K. Kloepfer Chief Investment Officer 6.4%
Robert D. Gross Chief Operating Officer 3.1%
Loren E. Snyder Director 2.3%
BOCO Investments, LLC* Shareholder 61.2%

 

*Brian L. Klemsz is one of our directors, and the Chief Investment Officer of BOCO Investments, LLC.

 

During the same time period, these managed properties were 82.6% owned by an independent institutional capital partner. The above Related Parties did not directly have an interest in the consolidated management revenue, costs and accounts receivable recorded in the NexCore Healthcare Capital Corp consolidated financial statements.

 

On December 17, 2012, the institutional capital partner owning 82.6% of these properties and the Related Parties sold their interests in these properties to another institutional capital partner. In this transaction, NexCore HealthCare Capital Corp invested 1.0% and the new institutional capital partner invested 99.0% in these seven properties.

 

Additionally, for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, revenue, costs and accounts receivable from our unconsolidated joint venture, Venture I, were also disclosed as related party transactions. A consolidated subsidiary of ours invested approximately 15% in Venture I and 3% was invested by an entity owned by two of our executive officers for which they were invested as follows:

 

Gregory C. Venn Chief Executive Officer   43.6%
Peter K. Kloepfer Chief Investment Officer 56.4%

 

During the year ended December 31, 2013, the following distributions were made related to Venture I:

 

Gregory C. Venn Chief Executive Officer $463,049
Peter K. Kloepfer Chief Investment Officer 598,991
Total   $1,062,040

 

An independent institutional capital partner invested approximately 85% in Venture I.

 

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Consulting Agreement with Mr. Gross

 

Robert D. Gross has been our Chief Operating Officer and Treasurer since the Acquisition. Mr. Gross retired from his position with the Company effective January 3, 2014. Contemporaneously with his retirement, Mr. Gross entered into an unwritten consulting arrangement with the Company to provide various services. Mr. Gross will be paid a consulting fee of $8,000 per month from January 2014 through June 2014, which may be terminated at any time during the six-month period. Additionally, the Company will pay Mr. Gross’s health insurance premiums throughout 2014.

 

BOCO Investments, LLC

 

BOCO, a private investment company, provided financing to our predecessor company, CapTerra, and continued to provide various financial services to us up until July 29, 2012. NexCore Group LP had a revolving line of credit with BOCO which matured on July 29, 2012 and was not renewed. There were no borrowings under this line of credit. The line of credit in the amount of up to $2,000,000 had an annual interest rate of 8% and was secured by substantially all of our assets.

 

Equity Participation LLC

 

See “Item 11. Executive Compensation” for information concerning the creation of Equity Participation LLC and distributions made during the year ended December 31, 2013.

 

NexCore Partners Inc.

 

As of December 31, 2013 and 2012, we owned 90% of the consolidated partnership, NexCore Group LP. Additionally, as of December 31, 2013, we owned 90% of the consolidated entity, NexCore Real Estate LLC. NexCore Partners Inc. owned the remaining 10% of each entity, which was classified as permanent equity in accordance with GAAP and was reflected as “Noncontrolling interests” in our Consolidated Balance Sheets. NexCore Partners Inc. is wholly owned by Gregory C. Venn, Peter K. Kloepfer and Robert D. Gross, our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Investment Officer and Chief Operating Officer, respectively, as detailed below:

 

Gregory C. Venn Chief Executive Officer   42.0%
Peter K. Kloepfer Chief Investment Officer 38.0%
Robert D. Gross Chief Operating Officer 20.0%

 

During the year ended December 31, 2013, distributions of $1,560,740 were made to NexCore Partners Inc.

 

Guaranties

 

We executed project completion guaranties with US Bank and Wells Fargo on behalf of subsidiaries owned by our unconsolidated affiliate in connection with construction loans for three development projects during 2010 and 2011. The guaranty agreements unconditionally guaranteed the banks that the projects would be completed, all costs would be paid, and that each property would be free and clear of all liens prior to the release of its specific guaranty. Additionally, an entity owned by related parties executed limited payment guaranties with US Bank and Wells Fargo related to those construction loans and the completion guaranties for which it received fees upon completion of the projects. Gregory C. Venn, Peter K. Kloepfer and Robert D. Gross (our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Investment Officer and Chief Operating Officer, respectively) agreed, subject to certain limitations, to indemnify the related party entity if it had been required to make payment under these limited payment guaranties. As of December 31, 2012, the three projects were completed and the associated guaranties were released.

 

WestMountain Asset Management

 

NexCore Group LP, our consolidated subsidiary, has a contract with WestMountain Asset Management, Inc. (“WMAM”), a marketing and media consulting and asset management firm, under which WMAM provides marketing consulting services to us for approximately $6,000 per month. Mr. Brian Klemsz, one of our Directors, serves as Treasurer and Director for WMAM. During the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, we incurred expenses with WMAM of $72,000 and $73,500, respectively. As of December 31, 2013 and 2012, no amounts were due to WMAM.

 

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Director Independence

 

Our Board has determined that Messrs. Bloom, Klemsz and Snyder are independent. In making this determination, our Board applied the independence standards of The Nasdaq Stock Market.

 

Voting Agreement

 

The Company, and certain former partners of NexCore Group LP, owning shares of Common Stock subject to the voting agreement have each executed a voting agreement, which replaced the voting trust agreement effective September 29, 2010. The shares subject to voting agreement have certain trading and voting restrictions, as described further in Note 9 to the Consolidated Financial Statements. As of February 28, 2014, the voting agreement held in the aggregate approximately 43% of the outstanding shares of our Common Stock.

 

Shareholders' Agreement

 

The Common Stock owned by BOCO Investments, LLC (“BOCO”), GDBA Investments LLLP (“GDBA”) and the shares subject to the voting agreement are subject to a Shareholders’ Agreement. Under the Shareholders’ Agreement, Messrs. Venn and Kloepfer have the right to nominate three persons to our board of directors, and GDBA and BOCO together have the right to nominate one person to our board of directors. The directors nominated by Messrs. Venn and Kloepfer are referred to as the NexCore Directors and the director nominated by GDBA and BOCO is referred to as the GDBA/BOCO Director. The GDBA/BOCO Director and Messrs. Venn and Kloepfer, in turn, have the right to mutually designate one individual to be nominated for election to the Board (the “Mutual Director”). The NexCore Directors are Messrs. Venn, Kloepfer and Snyder, the GDBA/BOCO Director is Mr. Klemsz and the Mutual Director is Mr. Bloom.

 

The Board may, in its discretion, increase the size of the Board; provided however, that Messrs. Venn and Kloepfer will, subject to the terms of the Stockholders’ Agreement, have the right to designate a majority of the individuals to be nominated for election to the Board and there shall always be one GDBA/BOCO Director. The rights and obligations of BOCO shall terminate on the earlier of (i) September 29, 2015 or (ii) the date on which BOCO no longer owns Common Stock (the “BOCO Termination Date”). Following the BOCO Termination Date, the rights and obligations of BOCO under the agreement shall cease but the agreement shall remain in effect as between the Company, GDBA, and Messrs. Venn and Kloepfer. The rights and obligations of GDBA shall terminate on the earlier of (i) September 29, 2015 or (ii) the date on which GDBA no longer owns Common Stock (the “GDBA Termination Date”). Following the GDBA Termination Date, the rights and obligations of GDBA under the agreement shall cease but the agreement shall remain in effect as between the Company, BOCO and Messrs. Venn and Kloepfer. The rights and obligations of Messrs. Venn and Kloepfer shall terminate on the earlier of (i) September 29, 2015 or (ii) the date on which Messrs. Venn, Kloepfer and Gross cease to be affiliates of the Company (the “NexCore Termination Date”). Following the NexCore Termination Date, the rights and obligations of Messrs. Venn and Kloepfer under the agreement shall cease but the agreement shall remain in effect as between the Company, GDBA, and BOCO. The rights and obligations of the Company under the agreement shall terminate on the later of the BOCO Termination Date, the GDBA Termination Date, or the NexCore Termination Date.

 

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ITEM 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES

 

The following table sets forth the aggregate fees for professional services rendered by our independent auditor, EKS&H LLLP, Certified Public Accountants, for each of the last two fiscal years:

 

  For the Years Ended December 31,  
Category of Fee: 2013   2012  
Audit Fees(1) $ 100,000   $ 95,000  
Audit-Related Fees(2)   24,345     4,652  
Tax Fees        
All Other Fees        
      Total Fees $ 124,345   $ 99,952  

 

(1) Audit fees consist of the audit of the Company’s 2013 and 2012 annual financial statements included in the Company’s annual report and review of the Company’s quarterly financial statements during 2013 and 2012 included in the Company’s quarterly reports.

(2) Audit-Related Fees consist of accounting consultations and consent procedures on the Form S-4 filing which was subsequently withdrawn on December 3, 2013.

 

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PART IV

 

ITEM 15. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES

 

(a)Financial Statements and Financial Statement Schedules.

 

1.Financial Statements.

 

The list of the Consolidated Financial Statements set forth on the Index to Financial Statements on Page 45 of this Form 10-K is incorporated into this item by reference.

 

2.Financial Statement Schedules.

 

No financial statement schedules are applicable to this filing.

 

 

3.Exhibits.

 

The list of Exhibits required by Item 601 of Regulation S-K is provided in the Exhibit Index on pages E-1 to E-2 of this Form 10-K, which is incorporated into this item by reference.

 

(b)See (a)3. above.

 

(c)See (a)2. above.

 

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(d)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.

       
  NexCore Healthcare Capital Corp
 
Dated: March 31, 2014   By:   /s/ Gregory C. Venn
    Gregory C. Venn
    President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
     
Dated: March 31, 2014   By:   /s/ Robert E. Lawless  
    Robert E. Lawless  
    Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

 

 

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 dates indicated.

 

         
Dated: March 31, 2014   By:   /s/ Gregory C. Venn  
    Gregory C. Venn     
    Director   
     
Dated: March 31, 2014   By:   /s/ Peter K. Kloepfer     
    Peter K. Kloepfer     
    Director   
     
Dated: March 31, 2014   By:   /s/ Brian L. Klemsz     
    Brian L. Klemsz     
    Director   
       
Dated: March 31, 2014   By:   /s/ Richard A. Bloom     
    Richard A. Bloom     
    Director   
       
Dated: March 31, 2014   By:   /s/ Loren E. Snyder     
    Loren E. Snyder     
    Director   

 

 

 

 

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INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

 

 

Financial Statements:  
  Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm F-1
  Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2013 and 2012 F-2
  Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Years Ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 F-3
  Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the Years Ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 F-4
  Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity for the Years Ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 F-5
  Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Years Ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 F-6
  Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements F-7
     
     

 

 

 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

Stockholders and Board of Directors
NexCore Healthcare Capital Corp
Denver, Colorado

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of NexCore Healthcare Capital Corp and subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2013 and 2012, and the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the years then ended. The Company’s management is responsible for these consolidated financial statements. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits.

 

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform an audit of their internal control over financial reporting. Our audit included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions.

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of NexCore Healthcare Capital Corp and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2013 and 2012, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for the years then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

 

 

                                                                                               /s/ EKS&H LLLP

March 31, 2014

Denver, Colorado

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NEXCORE HEALTHCARE CAPITAL CORP AND SUBSIDIARIES

Consolidated Balance Sheets

       
 

December 31,

2013

  December 31, 2012
       
ASSETS              
Cash and cash equivalents $ 14,538,643     $ 7,504,549  
Accounts receivable   1,825,552       1,303,393  
Prepaid expenses and deposits   59,693       147,166  
Pre-development costs   708,719       78,988  
Investments in unconsolidated affiliates   5,745,165       4,215,938  
Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $756,446 and $592,508, respectively   443,338       471,556  
Property under development   2,349,939       —    
Total assets $ 25,671,049     $ 13,721,590  
               
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY              
Liabilities:              
Accounts payable $ 1,730,553     $ 160,327  
Accrued liabilities   3,534,806       560,045  
Deferred rent and other liabilities   354,409       389,021  
 Notes payable   1,299,422       —    
Total liabilities   6,919,190       1,109,393  
               
Commitments and contingencies              
               
Equity:              
Preferred stock, $0.001 par value, 5,000,000 shares authorized, none outstanding   —         —    

Common stock, $0.001 par value;

Authorized - 200,000,000 shares at each period end, respectively;

Issued and outstanding - 53,040,803 and 49,895,841 as of December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively

  53,041       49,896  
Additional paid-in capital   11,529,532       11,335,262  
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)   126,452       (571,313 )
Retained earnings   4,343,267       757,678  
Total stockholders’ equity   16,052,292       11,571,523  
Noncontrolling interests   2,699,567       1,040,674  
Total equity   18,751,859       12,612,197  
Total liabilities and equity $ 25,671,049     $ 13,721,590  
               

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Financial Statements.

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Consolidated Statements of Operations

 

 

 

 

For the Years Ended

December 31,

 
  2013     2012  
REVENUE              
Development, facilities consulting and construction management fees $ 1,337,124     $ 5,552,354  
Leasing commissions and tenant consulting fees   756,547       1,222,779  
Property and asset management fees   2,390,561       2,361,915  
Investor advisory and other fees   648,439       4,823,714  
Total revenue   5,132,671       13,960,762  
               
OPERATING EXPENSES              
Direct costs of revenue   982,084       1,139,076  
Depreciation and amortization   168,967       169,182  
Selling, general and administrative   10,019,912       9,444,862  
Total operating expenses   11,170,963       10,753,120  
Income (loss) from operations   (6,038,292 )     3,207,642  
               
OTHER INCOME              
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates   34,182,101       665,765  
Distribution income   75,844       —    
Gain on sale of asset   500,000       —    
Interest income   2,822       1,469  
Income before income taxes   28,722,475       3,874,876  
Income tax expense   (1,065,729 )     (195,095 )
Consolidated net income   27,656,746       3,679,781  
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests   (24,071,157 )     (407,445)  
Net income attributable to common stockholders $ 3,585,589     $ 3,272,336  
               
               
EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE              
Basic income per common share $ 0.07     $ 0.07  
Diluted income per common share $ 0.07     $ 0.06  
               
WEIGHTED AVERAGE COMMON SHARES OUTSTANDING              
Basic   50,993,806       49,470,267  
Diluted   52,176,237       51,958,219  
               
               
Dividends declared per common share $ 0.01     $ —    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Financial Statements.

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Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income

 

 

 

 

For the Years Ended

December 31,

 
  2013     2012  
Consolidated net income $ 27,656,746     $ 3,679,781  
Other comprehensive income:              
Unrealized income (loss) on cash flow hedging derivative of unconsolidated affiliate   697,765       (571,313 )
Comprehensive income   28,354,511       3,108,468  
Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests   (24,147,213 )     (350,314
Comprehensive income attributable to common stockholders $ 4,207,298     $ 2,758,154  
               

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Financial Statements.

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Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity

 

 

                                       
                  Retained     Accumulated            
            Additional Paid-in    

Earnings

(Accumulated

    Other Comprehensive   Noncon-trolling     Total  
    Shares   Amount   Capital     Deficit)     Income (Loss)   Interests     Equity  

Balance as of

December 31, 2011

  49,455,841   $ 49,456   $ 11,136,895     $ (2,514,658 )   $ —     $ 407,587     $ 9,079,280  
                                                 
Net income   —       —       —         3,272,336       —       407,445       3,679,781  
                                                 
Unrealized loss on cash flow hedging derivative of unconsolidated affiliate   —       —       —         —         (571,313 )         (571,313 )
                                                 
Issuance of common stock under compensation plan   440,000       440       (440 )     —         —       —          
                                                 
Equity-based compensation   —       —       198,807       —         —       —         198,807  
                                                 

Contributions from

noncontrolling interests

  —       —       —         —         —       238,760       238,760  
                                                 

Distributions to

noncontrolling interests

  —       —       —         —         —       (13,118 )     (13,118 )

Balance as of

December 31, 2012

  49,895,841     49,896     11,335,262       757,678       (571,313 )   1,040,674       12,612,197  
                                                 
Net income   —       —       —         3,585,589       —       24,071,157       27,656,746  
                                                 
Unrealized gain on cash flow hedging derivative of unconsolidated affiliate   —       —       —         —         697,765           697,765  
                                                 
Issuance of common stock for exercise of stock options   2,491,499     2,492     392,278       —         —       —         394,770  
                                                 
Issuance of common stock under compensation plan   653,463     653       (653 )     —         —       —          
                                                 
Equity-based compensation   —       —       301,603       —         —       —         301,603  
                                                 
Dividends paid to common stockholders   —       —       (498,958 )     —         —       —         (498,958 )
                                                 

Contributions from

noncontrolling interests

  —       —       —         —         —       —          
                                                 

Distributions to

noncontrolling interests

  —       —       —         —         —       (22,412,264 )     (22,412,264 )
                                                 

Balance as of

December 31, 2013

  53,040,803   $ 53,041   $ 11,529,532     $ 4,343,267     $ 126,452   $ 2,699,567     $ 18,751,859  
                                                   

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

 

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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

 

 

For the Years Ended

December 31,

 
  2013   2012  
OPERATING ACTIVITIES:              
Consolidated net income $ 27,656,746     $ 3,679,781  
Adjustments to reconcile consolidated net income to net cash provided by operating activities:              
Depreciation and amortization   168,967       169,182  
Gain on sale of asset   (500,000 )     —    
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates   (34,182,101 )     (665,765 )
Equity-based compensation expense   301,603       198,807  
Operating distributions from unconsolidated affiliate   3,516,368       688,719  
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:              
Accounts receivable   (522,159 )     2,257,564  
Revenue in excess of billings   —         248,874  
Prepaid expenses and deposits   36,778       (34,601 )
Pre-development costs   (629,731 )     (7,291 )
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities   4,544,987       (833,028 )
Deferred rent and other liabilities   (34,612 )     47,413  
Net cash provided by operating activities   356,846       5,749,655  
               
INVESTING ACTIVITIES:              
Capital expenditures   (2,490,688 )     (55,563 )
Investment in unconsolidated joint ventures   (3,222,746 )     (1,114,300 )
Distributions from unconsolidated joint venture   33,557,017       1,057,434  
Change in deposits   50,695       (50,000 )
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities   27,894,278       (162,429 )
               
FINANCING ACTIVITIES:              
Proceeds from notes payable   1,299,422       —    
Distributions to noncontrolling interests   (22,412,264 )     (13,118 )
Proceeds received from exercise of options   394,770       —    
Dividends paid to common stockholders   (498,958 )     —    
Net cash used in financing activities   (21,217,030 )     (13,118 )
Net change in cash and cash equivalents   7,034,094       5,574,108  
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period   7,504,549       1,930,441  
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period $ 14,538,643     $ 7,504,549  
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:              
Cash paid for income taxes $ 272,095     $ —    
Cash paid for interest $ —       $ —    
Supplemental disclosure of noncash activity:              
Capital contribution from noncontrolling interests $ —       $ 238,760    
               

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Financial Statements.

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NEXCORE HEALTHCARE CAPITAL CORP AND SUBSIDIARIES

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

 

NOTE 1. ORGANIZATION

 

NexCore Healthcare Capital Corp provides comprehensive healthcare solutions to hospitals, healthcare systems and physician partners across the United States by providing a full spectrum of strategic and operational consulting, development, acquisition, financing, leasing and asset and property management services within the healthcare industry. We primarily focus on serving and advising our clients with planning and developing outpatient service facilities that target operational efficiencies and lower the cost of delivering healthcare services. We have historically been active in a wide range of healthcare project types, including medical office buildings, medical services buildings, outpatient centers of excellence, freestanding emergency departments, wellness centers, and multi-specialty and single-specialty physician group facilities. Our majority owned subsidiary, NexCore Group LP, was formed in 2004. As used herein, “the Company,” “we,” “our” and “us” refer to NexCore Healthcare Capital Corp and its consolidated subsidiaries, except where the context otherwise requires.

 

On November 15, 2012, our board of directors determined it to be in the best interests of our stockholders to restructure the Company to create a more flexible and efficient corporate organizational structure intended to provide us with greater tax efficiency and to allow a more focused approach to managing our operations through two primary operating subsidiaries, referred to as the Reorganization. The first phase of the planned two-phase Reorganization was completed in December 2012 when we formed NexCore Real Estate LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“NexCore Real Estate”), as a 90% owned subsidiary of NexCore Healthcare. In forming NexCore Real Estate, the real estate interests held by NexCore Healthcare were contributed to NexCore Real Estate in exchange for 90% of the Class A Units and 90% of the Class B Units of NexCore Real Estate. Shortly thereafter, the Class B Units of NexCore Real Estate that had been issued to NexCore Healthcare were distributed pro rata to all of the then existing stockholders of NexCore Healthcare. Our board of directors and management team is pleased to have completed this portion of the restructuring and believes it will continue to enhance the business opportunities for the Company going forward.

 

The second phase of the restructuring was expected to occur in late 2013 whereby each of our investors would exchange their shares of NexCore Healthcare common stock (our “Common Stock”) and their NexCore Real Estate Class B Units for newly-issued units of a new public holding company. In early 2013, the Company had filed a Form S-4 Registration Statement for the new parent company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) to facilitate this transaction, which if completed, would have resulted in investors owning securities in one public company. However, after carefully reviewing the advantages and disadvantages associated with remaining a public company that files reports with the SEC, our board of directors has unanimously agreed that it is in the best interest of the Company and its stockholders to voluntarily deregister our Common Stock and to no longer file reports with the SEC. By doing so, we expect to be able to save significant costs and allow our management to spend more time focusing on our core business of developing, acquiring and managing healthcare real estate. On December 20, 2013, the Company filed its first Form 15 with the SEC to deregister our Common Stock under Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and on January 2, 2014 filed its second Form 15, which suspended the Company’s reporting obligations under Sections 13(a) and 15(d) of the Exchange Act. Upon the filing of both Form 15s, the Company’s obligation to file periodic and current reports with the SEC, including Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K, was immediately suspended, except for this Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013. The Company was eligible to file Form 15 because its common stock is held of record by less than 300 persons.

 

Now that we are no longer a reporting company, investors will continue to own shares of NexCore Healthcare common stock and B Units of NexCore Real Estate. Our board of directors may consider completing the second phase of the restructuring at some later date.

 

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NOTE 2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

Basis of Presentation

 

The accompanying Consolidated Financial Statements include the financial position, results of operations and cash flows of NexCore Healthcare and our consolidated subsidiaries. Noncontrolling equity interests in three consolidated subsidiaries are reflected as noncontrolling interests in the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. We also have noncontrolling partnership interests in two unconsolidated joint ventures, which are accounted for under the equity method, and a portfolio of unconsolidated joint ventures which are accounted for under the cost method as well as investments in two small ventures which are also accounted under the cost method. All significant intercompany amounts have been eliminated.

 

Principles of Consolidation

 

We consolidate entities where we can exert control. The equity method of accounting is used for investments in non-controlled affiliates in which we are able to exercise significant influence but not control. We also consolidate any variable interest entities (“VIEs”) in which we are determined to be the primary beneficiary.

 

A VIE is an entity in which either (a) the equity investment at risk is not sufficient to permit the entity to finance its own activities without additional financial support or (b) the group of holders of the equity investment at risk lack certain characteristics of a controlling financial interest. The primary beneficiary is the entity that has the ability to control those activities that most significantly impact the entity’s economic performance and has the obligation to absorb a majority of the expected losses or the right to receive the majority of the residual returns. We continually evaluate whether entities in which we have an interest are VIEs and whether we are the primary beneficiary of any VIEs identified in our analysis.

 

Use of Estimates

 

The preparation of the Consolidated Financial Statements in accordance with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the Consolidated Financial Statements and reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

Fair Value Measurements

 

Fair value is defined as the exit price or price at which an asset (in its highest and best use) would be sold or a liability assumed by an informed market participant in a transaction that is not distressed and is executed in the most advantageous market. Our fair value measurements are based on the assumptions that market participants would use to price the asset or liability. As a basis for considering market participant assumptions in fair value measurements, current guidance establishes that a fair value hierarchy exists that distinguishes between market participant assumptions based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity (observable inputs that are classified within Levels 1 and 2 of the hierarchy) and the reporting entity’s own assumptions about market participant assumptions based on the best information available under the circumstances (unobservable inputs classified within Level 3 of the hierarchy).

 

Level 1 inputs utilize quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. Level 2 inputs are inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. Level 2 inputs may include quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, as well as inputs that are observable for the asset or liability (other than quoted prices), at commonly quoted intervals. Level 3 inputs are unobservable inputs for the asset or liability that are typically based on management’s own assumptions, as there is little, if any, related observable market activity. In instances where the determination of the fair value measurement is based on inputs from different levels of the fair value hierarchy, the level in the fair value hierarchy within which the entire fair value measurement falls is based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. Our assessment of the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement in its entirety requires judgment, and considers factors specific to the asset or liability.

 

Our financial instruments include accounts receivable, accounts payable and notes payable. The carrying values of accounts receivable and accounts payable as of December 31, 2013 and 2012 are considered to be representative of their fair value due to the short maturity of these instruments. The note payable consists of a series of construction draws and the carrying value is considered to approximate fair value as the current interest rate on this debt approximates the current interest rate available to the Company.

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Cash and Cash Equivalents

 

We consider all highly liquid investments purchased with an original maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents. We continually monitor our positions with, and the credit quality of, the financial institutions with which we invest.

 

Accounts Receivable

 

Accounts receivable consists of amounts due from customers. We consider accounts more than one month old to be past due. We estimate our allowance for doubtful accounts based on specific customer balance collection issues identified. No bad debt expense was recorded for the years ended December 31, 2013 or 2012. There was no allowance for doubtful accounts as of December 31, 2013 or 2012.

 

Pre-Development Costs

 

In accordance with GAAP, as set forth in the Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”), we have capitalized certain third-party costs related to prospective development projects that we consider likely to proceed. If we subsequently determine that the project is no longer likely to proceed or such costs are not recoverable, any related capitalized costs are expensed and recorded as “Direct costs of revenue” on the Consolidated Statement of Operations. Upon commencement of the project, any related capitalized costs are submitted for reimbursement from the owner of the project. These costs include, but are not limited to, legal fees, marketing costs, travel expenses, architectural and engineering fees, due diligence expenses and other direct costs. We do not capitalize any internal costs as pre-development costs.

 

Property and Equipment

 

Property and equipment are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation or amortization. Depreciation is calculated using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the related assets, ranging from three to seven years. Leasehold improvements are amortized over the shorter of the expected life or term of the lease. Expenditures for repairs and maintenance are charged to expense when incurred. Expenditures for major renewals and betterments, which extend the useful lives of existing property and equipment, are capitalized and depreciated. Upon retirement or disposition of property and equipment, the cost and related accumulated depreciation are removed from the accounts and any resulting gain or loss is recognized in the Consolidated Statement of Operations. We capitalize costs directly related to the development of our wholly-owned medical office building, and have recorded these costs in “Property under development” on our Consolidated Financial Statements. Costs associated with our capital project are capitalized as incurred. Interest incurred under the Company’s debt obligations, as more fully discussed in Note 7, is capitalized to qualifying real estate projects under development.

 

Investment in Unconsolidated Affiliates

 

We account for our investment in one unconsolidated affiliate, Venture I, under the equity method because we exercise significant influence over, but do not control, this entity. Under the equity method, this investment was initially recorded at cost and is subsequently adjusted to reflect our proportionate share of net earnings or losses of the unconsolidated affiliate, distributions received, contributions made and certain other adjustments, as appropriate. Such investment is included in “Investment in unconsolidated affiliates” in our Consolidated Balance Sheets. Distributions from this investment that are related to earnings from operations are included as operating activities and distributions that are related to capital transactions are included as investing activities in our Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.

 

During the analysis of the investment, it was determined that the unconsolidated affiliate was a VIE. We determined the affiliate was a VIE based on several factors, including whether the affiliate’s total equity investment at risk upon inception was sufficient to finance the affiliate’s activities without additional subordinated financial support. We made judgments regarding the sufficiency of the equity at risk based first on a qualitative analysis, then a quantitative analysis. In a quantitative analysis, we incorporated various estimates, including estimated future cash flows, asset hold periods and discount rates, as well as estimates of the probabilities of various scenarios occurring. The determination of the appropriate accounting with respect to this VIE was based on the determination of the primary beneficiary. We determined we were not the primary beneficiary of the VIE as we do not have the ability to control those activities that most significantly impact the affiliate’s economic performance. As reconsideration events occur, or at a minimum each reporting period, we will reconsider our determination of whether an entity is a VIE and who the primary beneficiary is to determine if there is a change in the original determinations and will report such changes on a quarterly basis.

 

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We are invested in three joint ventures that we account for under the cost method. We are also invested in one unconsolidated limited partnership, Venture III, which we account for under the equity method as we have a 10% interest in the entity.

 

See additional information regarding our investments in unconsolidated affiliates in Note 4.

 

Revenue Recognition

 

Certain revenue arrangements require management judgments and estimates. Development fees are recognized over the life of a development project on the percentage-of-completion method where the circumstances are such that total profit can be estimated with reasonable accuracy and ultimate realization is reasonably assured. The percentage-of-completion method uses actual hours spent internally on the project compared to the total forecasted internal hours to be spent on the project as the best measure of progress. If estimates of total hours require adjustment, the impact on revenue is recognized prospectively in the period of adjustment. As of December 31, 2013, we had one development project subject to the percentage-of-completion method, however no adjustment to recognized revenue was necessary. As of December 31, 2012, we recorded no such adjustment as our development projects subject to the percentage-of completion method were considered substantially complete.

 

We source tenants and negotiate leases for buildings we manage and in return are paid leasing commissions and tenant consulting fees. This revenue is recognized based on each negotiated contract with the building owner or development contract and is recognized accordingly per the contracts as services are performed and certain development benchmarks are achieved, unless future contingencies exist.

 

Property and asset management fees are recognized monthly as services are performed, unless future obligations exist. Investor advisory and other fees are typically recognized at the culmination of a transaction such as a purchase or sale of a building.

 

In addition, in regard to development service contracts, the owner of the property will typically reimburse us for certain expenses that are incurred on behalf of the owner. We base the treatment of reimbursable expenses for financial reporting purposes upon the fee structure of the underlying contract. Contracts are accounted for on a net basis when the fee structure is comprised of at least two distinct elements, namely (i) a fixed management fee and (ii) a separate component that allows for expenses to be billed directly to the client. When accounting on a net basis, we include the fixed management fee in reported revenue and net the reimbursement against expenses. We base this accounting on the following factors, which defines us as an agent rather than a principal:

 

 

All of our service contracts are accounted for on a net basis.

 

Earnings Per Share

 

Basic income per share is computed by dividing net income by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding. Diluted income per share is determined by dividing the net income by the sum of (1) the weighted average number of common shares outstanding and (2) if not anti-dilutive, the effect of outstanding stock awards determined utilizing the treasury stock method.

 

The dilutive effect of the outstanding stock awards for the year ended December 31, 2013 was 1,182,431. Stock awards to purchase 9,044 shares of our Common Stock were excluded from the calculation of diluted income per share for the year ended December 31, 2013 because their inclusion would have been anti-dilutive. The dilutive effect of the outstanding stock awards for the year ended December 31, 2012 was 2,487,952. Stock awards to purchase 1,129,979 shares of our Common Stock were excluded from the calculation of diluted income per share for the year ended December 31, 2012 because their inclusion would have been anti-dilutive.

 

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Noncontrolling Interests

 

Noncontrolling interests are the portion of equity, or net assets, in a subsidiary that are not attributable to the controlling interest. The accompanying Consolidated Financial Statements include the financial position, results of operations and cash flows of NexCore Healthcare and our consolidated subsidiaries. Noncontrolling equity interests in three consolidated subsidiaries are reflected as noncontrolling interests in the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. See Note 10 for additional information.

 

Income Taxes

 

Deferred income taxes are provided for under the asset and liability method. Under this method, deferred tax assets, including those related to tax loss carry forwards and credits, and liabilities are determined based on the differences between the financial statement and tax bases of assets and liabilities using enacted tax rates in effect for the year in which the differences are expected to reverse. A valuation allowance is recorded to reduce deferred tax assets when it is more likely than not that the net deferred tax asset will not be realized.

 

We follow Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued guidance for accounting for uncertainty in income taxes, which clarifies the accounting and disclosure for uncertainty in tax positions and seeks to reduce the diversity in practice associated with certain aspects of the recognition and measurement related to accounting for income taxes. We have analyzed our various federal and state filing positions and consider our positions more likely than not to be sustained upon examination by the applicable taxing authorities based on the technical merits of the position.

 

Stock-Based Compensation

 

We may grant stock options, restricted stock and other forms of equity compensation such as profits interests to certain employees and directors pursuant to our Amended and Restated 2008 Equity Compensation Plan. Awards granted under this plan are measured at fair value on the grant date and amortized to compensation expense on a straight-line basis over the service period during which the awards fully vest. Such expense is included in “Selling, general and administrative” expense in our Consolidated Statements of Operations. Options to purchase common stock issued under this plan are valued using the Black-Scholes option pricing model, which relies on assumptions we make related to the expected term of the options, volatility, dividend yield and risk free interest rate. Profits interests are valued using a valuation model based on estimated future cash flows.

 

Comprehensive Income

 

We report comprehensive income in our Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income. Amounts reported in “Accumulated other comprehensive income” on our Consolidated Balance Sheets are related to unrealized gains and losses on interest rate swaps that are considered to be cash flow hedging derivatives.

 

New Accounting Pronouncements

 

In July 2013, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2013-11, "Presentation of an Unrecognized Tax Benefit When a Net Operating Loss Carryforward, a Similar Tax Loss, or a Tax Credit Carryforward Exists", which states that entities should present the unrecognized tax benefit as a reduction of the deferred tax asset for a net operating loss ("NOL") or similar tax loss or tax credit carryforward rather than as a liability when the uncertain tax position would reduce the NOL or other carryforward under the tax law. No new disclosures are necessary. This ASU will be effective for the first interim reporting period in fiscal 2015. We do not expect the adoption of this statement will have a material impact on our Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

In February 2013, the FASB issued guidance on reporting of amounts reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive income (“AOCI”). The guidance requires an entity to provide information about the amounts reclassified out of AOCI by component. In addition, an entity is required to present, either on the face of the statement where net income is presented or in the notes, significant amounts reclassified out of AOCI by the respective line items of net income, but only if the amount reclassified is required under GAAP to be reclassified to net income in its entirety in the same reporting period. For other amounts that are not required under GAAP to be reclassified in their entirety to net income, an entity is required to cross-reference to other disclosures required under GAAP that provide additional detail about those amounts. This guidance was applicable for us in the second quarter of fiscal 2013 prospectively. As the accounting standard impacted only disclosure, the new standard did not have an impact on our financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.

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NOTE 3. REORGANIZATION

 

Reorganization

 

On November 15, 2012, our board of directors determined it to be in the best interests of our stockholders to restructure the Company to create a more flexible and efficient corporate organizational structure intended to provide us with greater tax efficiency and to allow a more focused approach to managing our operations through two primary operating subsidiaries, referred to as the Reorganization. The first phase of the planned two-phase Reorganization was completed in December 2012 when we formed NexCore Real Estate as a 90% owned subsidiary of NexCore Healthcare. In forming NexCore Real Estate, the real estate interests held by NexCore Healthcare were contributed to NexCore Real Estate in exchange for 90% of the Class A Units and 90% of the Class B Units of NexCore Real Estate. Shortly thereafter, the Class B Units of NexCore Real Estate that had been issued to NexCore Healthcare were distributed pro rata to all of the then existing stockholders of NexCore Healthcare. Our board of directors and management team is pleased to have completed this portion of the restructuring and believes it will continue to enhance the business opportunities for the Company going forward.

 

The second phase of the restructuring was expected to occur in late 2013 whereby each of our investors would exchange their shares of NexCore Healthcare common stock and their NexCore Real Estate Class B Units for newly-issued units of a new public holding company. In early 2013, the Company had filed a Form S-4 Registration Statement for the new parent company with the SEC to facilitate this transaction, which if completed, would have resulted in investors owning securities in one public company. However, after carefully reviewing the advantages and disadvantages associated with remaining a public company that files reports with the SEC, our board of directors has unanimously agreed that it is in the best interest of the Company and its stockholders to voluntarily deregister the NexCore Healthcare common stock and to no longer file reports with the SEC. By doing so, we expect to be able to save significant costs and allow our management to spend more time focusing on our core business of developing, acquiring and managing healthcare real estate. On December 20, 2013, the Company filed its first Form 15 with the SEC to deregister its common stock under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act, and on January 2, 2014 filed its second Form 15, which suspended the Company’s reporting obligations under Sections 13(a) and 15(d) of the Exchange Act. Upon the filing of both Form 15s, the Company’s obligation to file periodic and current reports with the SEC, including Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K, was immediately suspended, except for this Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013. The Company was eligible to file Form 15 because its common stock is held of record by less than 300 persons.

 

Now that we are no longer a reporting company, investors will continue to own shares of NexCore Healthcare common stock and B Units of NexCore Real Estate. Our board of directors may consider completing the second phase of the restructuring at some later date.

 

NOTE 4. INVESTMENTS IN UNCONSOLIDATED AFFILIATES

 

Venture I

 

During September 2010, we entered into a joint venture agreement with an institutional equity partner to develop various healthcare related real estate projects. We own an interest in the limited liability company through which the joint venture operates (“Venture I”), which was determined to be a VIE. We are the managing member of Venture I, but our rights as managing member are subject to the rights of the institutional partner. We determined that we were not the primary beneficiary as we do not have the ability to control those activities that most significantly impact the affiliate’s economic performance, and therefore, we account for this investment under the equity method. In October 2011, Executive Co-Investment I LLC, an entity wholly owned by Gregory C. Venn and Peter K. Kloepfer, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer, respectively, invested 3% of the Venture I equity based upon the initial capitalization of the venture under the same terms as the institutional equity partner.

 

During December 2013, the majority of the entities owned by our largest joint venture, Joint Venture I, entered into new joint venture agreements to recapitalize the majority of the properties owned by Venture I with an institutional investor, referred to as Venture V, whereby the majority of properties owned by Venture I were transferred to Venture V. During the fourth quarter of 2013, a remaining entity owned by Venture I entered into a sale agreement with the largest tenant of the underlying property for approximately $17,000,000. The sale of this property is not expected to close until mid-2014.

 

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Our investment balance in Venture I of $668,598 and $2,862,878 as of December 31, 2013 and December 31, 2013, respectively, represents cash we contributed to Venture I to fund our portion of these development entities, adjusted by our share of results of operations and cash distributions. Our portion of the earnings and losses from Venture I are reflected in “Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates” in our Consolidated Statements of Operations. Additionally, the subsidiaries of Venture I refinanced their construction loans with longer-term debt and contemporaneously entered into interest rate swaps that qualified for hedge accounting as cash flow hedges during 2012. Our portion of earnings or losses and comprehensive income or loss recognized represents our share of operating returns after preferred return requirements are fulfilled.

 

Venture I Selected Financial Information

 

The following table provides unaudited selected financial information for Venture I as of December 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, and for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

 

Balance Sheets

As of

December 31,

2013

 

As of

December 31, 2012

Real estate, net of accumulated depreciation $ 11,135,386     $ 64,110,432  
Construction in progress         193,914  
Total assets   13,600,827       69,248,426  
Debt   9,520,000       54,832,478  
Total liabilities   10,490,216       58,073,332  
Partners’ capital (deficit)   (40,330,068 )     9,962,251  
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)   126,452       (571,313 )
Retained earnings   43,314,227       1,784,156  

 

  For the Years Ended December 31,  
Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income 2013     2012  
Rental revenue $ 8,088,531     $ 6,076,912  
Operating expenses   3,105,844       1,624,755  
Depreciation expense   2,883,807       1,722,171  
Gain on sale of assets   41,314,435        
Interest expense   1,883,244       1,098,855  
Net income   41,530,071       1,631,131  
Fair value adjustment of cash flow hedge   527,630       (571,313 )
Comprehensive income   42,057,701       1,059,818  

 

Venture II

 

During the fourth quarter of 2012, we entered into joint venture agreements with an institutional equity partner related to a portfolio of medical office properties. Pursuant to these venture agreements, we contributed $1,114,300 for a 1% equity interest which is accounted for on a cost basis. We received an additional capital contribution of $238,760 from an unrelated third-party related to their investment in one of the properties, which is reflected as a noncontrolling interest. During the year ended December 31, 2013, we contributed an additional $760 to this joint venture.

 

Venture III

 

During the second quarter of 2013, a consolidated affiliate of ours entered into a joint venture agreement with an institutional equity partner related to the development of a medical office building. Pursuant to this venture agreement, we contributed $1,093,861 for a 10% equity interest in this limited partnership. We apply the equity-method of accounting to this investment. Additionally, we entered into a completion guaranty with the institutional equity partner guaranteeing the completion of the project at or under budget. See additional information in Note 8.

 

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Venture IV

 

During the third quarter of 2013, we entered into a joint venture agreement with an institutional equity partner related to the pending acquisition of a portfolio of medical office properties, which was completed during the fourth quarter of 2013. Pursuant to this venture agreement, we contributed $1,674,199 for a 2.83% equity interest in this venture which is accounted for on a cost basis. During the year ended December 31, 2013, we received operations distributions from this entity of $75,844 which is recorded as “Distribution Income” on the Consolidated Statement of Operations.

 

Venture V

 

During the fourth quarter of 2013, we entered into a joint venture agreement with an institutional equity partner related to the acquisition of the majority of assets of Venture I, as discussed above. Pursuant to this venture agreement, we contributed $954,686 for a 2.0% equity interest in this venture which is accounted for on a cost basis.

 

NOTE 5.  PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

 

Our property and equipment consists mainly of computer equipment, leasehold improvements and office equipment. Property and equipment is depreciated on a straight-line basis based on the useful life of the asset. Depreciation and amortization expense for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 was $168,967 and $169,182, respectively.

 

               
  As of December 31,  
  2013     2012  
Computer equipment and software $ 457,900     $ 322,428  
Leasehold improvements   433,497       433,497  
Medical office equipment   29,186       29,186  
Vehicles   23,342       23,342  
Office furniture and equipment   255,859       255,611  
Total property and equipment   1,199,784       1,064,064  
Accumulated depreciation and amortization   (756,446 )     (592,508 )
Total property and equipment, net $ 443,338     $ 471,556  
               
Property under development $ 2,349,939     $  

 

Property under development

 

During the fourth quarter of 2013, we broke ground on a wholly-owned medical office building comprised of approximately 67,000 square feet. We expect his project to be completed during the third quarter of 2014. The budgeted cost of this project is approximately $17,000,000, of which approximately 18% had been incurred as of December 31, 2013.

 

NOTE 6. OTHER LIABILITIES

ACCRUED LIABILITIES

As of

December 31,

2013

    As of December 31, 2012
Accrued vacation $ 59,497     $ 42,177
Accrued sick time   80,615       76,900
Accrued bonus and related payroll taxes   1,655,448      
Accrued other   324,164       245,873
Accrued taxes payable   1,415,082       195,095
Accrued liabilities $ 3,534,806     $ 560,045

 

 

Compensated employee absences are recorded in accordance with ASC Topic 710. Per our employment policy, unused and vested vacation hours are paid out to employees upon termination, either voluntary or involuntary. Unused and vested sick hours are carried over to subsequent years, however are not paid out upon termination.

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As of

December 31,

2013

    As of December 31, 2012
DEFERRED RENT AND OTHER LIABILITIES            
Deferred rent $ 326,419     $ 371,156
Other   27,990       17,865
Deferred rent and other liabilities $ 354,409     $ 389,021

 

NOTE 7. DEBT

 

BOCO Line of Credit

 

NexCore Group LP, our consolidated subsidiary, had a revolving line of credit with BOCO which matured in July 2012, and was not renewed. There were no borrowings under this line of credit while it was in place.

 

Note Payable and Construction Loan

 

During the fourth quarter of 2013, a wholly-owned consolidated subsidiary commenced a development project to construct a medical office building (“2014 MOB”). To partially fund this project, we entered into a mezzanine loan agreement with one of our capital partners to borrow up to $5,284,558, funded through a series of draws as construction expenses are incurred. Upon commencement of operations of the building, the loan requires the payment of up to 8.0% in monthly interest and any remaining accrued interest will be due on the note maturity date in October 2018. As of December 31, 2013, $1,299,422 was outstanding under this loan agreement.

 

Contemporaneously with this transaction, we entered into a construction loan agreement with a commercial bank, to partially fund the estimated cost of 2014 MOB. This agreement allows us to borrow up to $8,950,000, funded through a series of draws as construction expenses are incurred. This loan matures in November 2016, when any outstanding principle will then be due. As of December 31, 2013, there was no outstanding balance under this loan agreement.

 

NOTE 8. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

 

Leases

 

We lease our primary office space and also lease additional office space in two locations. Our primary office space lease started January 1, 2011 and was extended during December 2013 for two years, now expiring on December 31, 2019, instead of December 31, 2017. We have two additional office space leases have terms of six months or less. In addition, we pay certain facility operating costs as a portion of rent expense. During the first quarter of 2011, we commenced improvements to the Denver office and completed these improvements during the second quarter of 2011. The landlord provided a $245,000 allowance for tenant improvements and a rent abatement that is recognized on a straight-line basis over the life of the lease.

 

For the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, the amount recorded as rent expense in “Selling, general and administrative” on the Consolidated Statements of Operations was $254,892 and $242,475, respectively. The difference between the amount paid and the amount expensed is recorded as a deferred amount in “Deferred rent and other liabilities” in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. As of December 31, 2013 and 2012, those amounts were $326,419 and $371,156, respectively.

 

Additionally, we entered into leases for medical office space at one of our managed properties that we sublease out to medical professionals who need temporary office space. These leases and subleases have terms of one year or less. For the years ended December 31, 2013, rent expense associated with these leases recorded in “Direct costs of revenue” on the Consolidated Statements of Operations was $75,894 and $131,436, respectively.

 

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Future minimum lease payments under these operating leases are as follows:

 

Year: Amount
2014 $ 351,109  
2015   277,587  
2016   289,656  
2017    301,725  
2018    350,001  
Remaining   362,070  
Total minimum lease payments $ 1,932,148  

 

Contingent Consideration

 

Pursuant to the terms of a reverse merger with our predecessor, CapTerra Financial Group, Inc., completed in September 2010 (the “Acquisition”), we are required to have a specified amount of net operating loss carryforwards (“NOLs”) that are not subject to limitation or restriction under Section 382(a) of the Internal Revenue Code for state and Federal income tax purposes which will be available for use through January 1, 2014. If the NOLs become subject to limitation under Section 382(a), we will be required to issue up to an additional 8,000,000 shares of Common Stock (the “NOL Shares”) to the seller. If required, the NOL Shares will be issued to each former NexCore Group LP partner in proportion to the amount of shares such partner received pursuant to the reverse merger. The determination of our NOLs will be based on our Federal income tax return for the year ended December 31, 2013. As of December 31, 2013, we did not consider the issuance of the NOL Shares to be probable. As such, we did not record any contingent consideration for possible issuance of these shares as of December 31, 2013 or 2012.

 

Redemption of Noncontrolling Interests

 

Commencing on November 1, 2013, we have the right to redeem the 10% interest in our operating limited partnership held by NexCore Partners Inc. The redemption price will be (i) the fair market value of the Company at the redemption date less the fair market value of any capital stock issued by us after September 29, 2010 divided by (ii) 0.9 multiplied by (iii) 0.1. The redemption price is payable either in shares of Common Stock or cash at our discretion. If we do not exercise this redemption right by November 1, 2014, then NexCore Partners Inc. has the right to require us to redeem this interest at the same price, either in cash or in shares, at our discretion.

 

Guarantees

 

We entered into a completion guarantee agreement with an institutional capital partner guaranteeing the completion of the medical office building being developed by our joint venture, Venture III. Our consolidated subsidiary entered into an agreement to develop and operate the building. The agreement also guarantees that all capital calls will be promptly funded, and that the building will be completed at or under the budgeted cost. As of December 31, 2013, we considered any other liability related to this guarantee to be de minimus and therefore did not record any liability.

 

NOTE 9. STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

Common Stock

 

As of December 31, 2013, we had 200,000,000 shares of Common Stock authorized, of which 53,040,803 and 49,895,841 shares were outstanding as of December 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively. During the year ended December 31, 2013, we issued 2,491,499 shares of Common Stock related to the exercise of options to purchase our Common Stock for proceeds of $394,770. Additionally, 13,334 shares of unvested restricted stock were forfeited during the year ended December 31, 2013. See Note 11 for additional information.

 

As of December 31, 2013, 52,141,743 shares of Common Stock were subject to various trading restrictions implemented in connection with the Acquisition. After September 29, 2012, these trading restrictions permit sales of shares in limited amounts, provided that no such sale may be made at a price less than $2.00 per share (subject to equitable adjustment for any stock dividend, stock split, combination or other applicable recapitalization event) unless otherwise unanimously agreed to by our stockholders who are subject to the trading restrictions. All of these trading restrictions expire on September 29, 2014.

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Most of the Common Stock owned by our officers and employees are subject to a voting trust, which was created in connection with the Acquisition, and was modified into a voting agreement during the year ended December 31, 2013. These shares are subject to the trading restrictions mentioned above and are voted by Messrs. Venn and Kloepfer. Upon consummation of the Acquisition, certain former partners of NexCore Group LP acquired shares of NexCore Stock in exchange for their limited partnership units in NexCore Group LP. These shares were simultaneously deposited into the voting trust, and are now subject to the voting agreement. Messrs. Venn and Kloepfer have the right to vote such shares. Such shares cannot be divided for purposes of voting. All shares issued pursuant to stock option exercises and restricted stock grants under the equity-based compensation plan are subject to the voting agreement and/or the trading restrictions mentioned above.

During the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, we issued 666,797 and 440,000 shares of Common Stock, respectively, to certain officers and employees of the Company. These shares are subject to certain trading restrictions, as discussed above.

 

Additionally, our board of directors has the authority to authorize the issuance of up to 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock of any class or series. The rights and terms of such preferred stock will be determined by our board of directors. No shares of preferred stock were outstanding as of December 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively.

Shareholders’ Agreement

 

The Common Stock owned by BOCO Investments, LLC (“BOCO”), GDBA Investments LLLP (“GDBA”) and the shares subject to the voting agreement are subject to a Shareholders’ Agreement. Under the Shareholders’ Agreement, Messrs. Venn and Kloepfer have the right to nominate three persons to our board of directors, and GDBA and BOCO together have the right to nominate one person to our board of directors. The directors nominated by Messrs. Venn and Kloepfer are referred to as the NexCore Directors and the director nominated by GDBA and BOCO is referred to as the GDBA/BOCO Director. The GDBA/BOCO Director and Messrs. Venn and Kloepfer, in turn, have the right to mutually designate one individual to be nominated for election to the Board (the “Mutual Director”). The NexCore Directors are Messrs. Venn, Kloepfer and Snyder, the GDBA/BOCO Director is Mr. Klemsz and the Mutual Director is Mr. Bloom.

 

The Board may, in its discretion, increase the size of the Board; provided however, that Messrs. Venn and Kloepfer will, subject to the terms of the Stockholders’ Agreement, have the right to designate a majority of the individuals to be nominated for election to the Board and there shall always be one GDBA/BOCO Director. The rights and obligations of BOCO shall terminate on the earlier of (i) September 29, 2015 or (ii) the date on which BOCO no longer owns Common Stock (the “BOCO Termination Date”). Following the BOCO Termination Date, the rights and obligations of BOCO under the agreement shall cease but the agreement shall remain in effect as between the Company, GDBA, and Messrs. Venn and Kloepfer. The rights and obligations of GDBA shall terminate on the earlier of (i) September 29, 2015 or (ii) the date on which GDBA no longer owns Common Stock (the “GDBA Termination Date”). Following the GDBA Termination Date, the rights and obligations of GDBA under the agreement shall cease but the agreement shall remain in effect as between the Company, BOCO and Messrs. Venn and Kloepfer. The rights and obligations of Messrs. Venn and Kloepfer shall terminate on the earlier of (i) September 29, 2015 or (ii) the date on which Messrs. Venn, Kloepfer and Gross cease to be affiliates of the Company (the “NexCore Termination Date”). Following the NexCore Termination Date, the rights and obligations of Messrs. Venn and Kloepfer under the agreement shall cease but the agreement shall remain in effect as between the Company, GDBA, and BOCO. The rights and obligations of the Company under the agreement shall terminate on the later of the BOCO Termination Date, the GDBA Termination Date, or the NexCore Termination Date.

 

Dividends and Distributions

 

We do not have a history of paying regular dividends on our Common Stock. We paid a special distribution of $0.26 per unit, or $15,081,250, on December 27, 2013 to holders of our Class B Units of record on December 20, 2013. We also paid a special dividend of $0.01 per share of Common Stock, or $498,958, on February 18, 2013 to stockholders of record on February 4, 2013. The payment of dividends on our shares of Common Stock and distributions on our Class B Units is within the discretion of our board of directors. Payment of dividends and distributions in the future will depend on our future earnings, future capital needs and our operating and financial condition, among other factors that our board of directors may deem relevant.

 

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Reorganization

 

On November 15, 2012, our board of directors determined it to be in the best interests of the our stockholders to restructure the Company to create a more flexible and efficient corporate organizational structure intended to provide us with better access to capital, greater tax efficiency and to allow a more focused approach to managing the operations between two primary operating subsidiaries. In December 2012, we formed NexCore Real Estate as a 90% owned subsidiary of ours, and the real estate interests then held by us were contributed to NexCore Real Estate in exchange for 90% of the Class A Units and 90% of the Class B Units of NexCore Real Estate. Shortly thereafter, the Class B Units of NexCore Real Estate held by us were distributed pro rata to all of the then existing stockholders of ours. See Note 3 for more information about our reorganization.

 

 

Class A Units

 

The Class A Units represent a preferred interest in NexCore Real Estate. The members holding Class A Units are entitled to a preferred return equal to 14% of the fair value of the contributed real estate allocated to the Class A Units at the date of contribution. The Class A members have an interest in 2% of the future profits and losses of NexCore Real Estate after the payment of their preferred return. The preferred return to the Class A members is eliminated upon consolidation, except for the amount attributable to NexCore Partners Inc. Each holder of a Class A Unit is entitled to one vote on all matters to which members are entitled to vote.

 

Class B Units

 

The Class B Units represent an interest in 98% of the future profits and losses of NexCore Real Estate after the payment of the preferred return payable to the Class A members as described above. Holders of Class B Units have no material voting rights in NexCore Real Estate. The Class B Units do not have preemptive rights. All Class B Units are subject to drag-along rights that provide that if 70% or more of the Class B members approve a merger, sale or certain other business combinations, all remaining Class B members must tender or contribute their Class B Units or otherwise agree to the transaction.

 

NOTE 10. NONCONTROLLING INTERESTS

 

The accompanying Consolidated Financial Statements include the financial position, results of operations and cash flows of NexCore Healthcare and our consolidated subsidiaries. Noncontrolling equity interests in three consolidated subsidiaries are reflected as noncontrolling interests in the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

Noncontrolling interests are the portion of equity, or net assets, in a subsidiary that are not attributable to the controlling interest. As of December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively, we owned 90% of the consolidated partnership, NexCore Group LP. Additionally, as of December 31, 2013 and 2012, we owned 90% of the consolidated limited liability company, NexCore Real Estate LLC. NexCore Partners Inc. owned the remaining 10% of each entity, which was classified as permanent equity in accordance with GAAP and was reflected as “Noncontrolling interests” in our Consolidated Balance Sheets. NexCore Partners Inc. is wholly owned by Gregory C. Venn, Peter K. Kloepfer and Robert D. Gross, our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Investment Officer and Chief Operating Officer, respectively. During the year ended December 31, 2013, distributions of $1,560,740 were made to NexCore Partners Inc.

 

The Class B Units discussed above in Note 9 are considered noncontrolling interests. We paid a special distribution of $0.26 on December 27, 2013 to holders of our Class B Units of record on December 20, 2013. The total distribution paid to our Class B Unitholders was $15,081,250 and was recorded as “Distributions to Noncontrolling Interests” in our Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

On March 11, 2013, we formed Equity Participation LLC, a limited liability company owned by various officers and employees of ours. Commencing with the formation, Equity Participation LLC has a 1% interest in the operations of NexCore Development LLC, a consolidated subsidiary, which is reflected as “Noncontrolling Interests” in our Consolidated Financial Statements. See additional discussion in Note 12.

 

 

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During the fourth quarter of 2012, we entered into joint venture agreements with an institutional equity partner related to a portfolio of medical office properties, Venture II. Pursuant to these venture agreements, we contributed $1,114,300 for a 1% equity interest which is accounted for on a cost basis. We received an additional capital contribution of $238,760 from an unrelated third-party related to their investment in one of the properties, which is reflected as a noncontrolling interest.

 

NOTE 11. INCOME TAXES

 

Income Taxes

 

Deferred income taxes are provided for under the asset and liability method. Under this method, deferred tax assets, including those related to tax loss carry forwards and credits, and liabilities are determined based on the differences between the financial statement and tax bases of assets and liabilities using enacted tax rates in effect for the year in which the differences are expected to reverse. A valuation allowance is recorded to reduce deferred tax assets when it is more likely than not that the net deferred tax asset will not be realized.

 

 

The sources of income before income taxes were as follows:

  For the Years Ended December 31,
  2013   2012
United States $ 28,722,475   $ 3,874,876
Foreign      
Income before income taxes $ 28,722,475   $ 3,874,876

 

Income tax expense attributable to income before income taxes consisted of:

  For the Years Ended December 31,
  2013   2012
Current:              
Federal $ 173,208     $ 62,000  
State   892,521       133,095  
Total   1,065,729       195,095  
               
Deferred:              
Federal          
State          
Total          
Income tax expense $ 1,065,729     $ 195,095  

 

Income tax expense attributable to income before income taxes differed from the amounts computed by applying the United States Federal income tax rate of 34% to income before income taxes as a result of the following:

 

  As of December 31,
  2013   2012
Computed expected tax expense $ 9,765,642     $ 1,317,458  
Increase (reduction) in income taxes resulting from:              
State and local income taxes, net of federal impact   611,188       193,744  
Noncontrolling interest   (1,118,262 )     (158,904 )
Distributions to noncontrolling interest   (7,065,931 )        
Non-deductibles and other   7,553       3,837  
Alternative minimum tax   160,282       62,000  
Change in valuation allowance   (1,294,743 )     (1,223,040 )
Income tax expense $ 1,065,729     $ 195,095  

 

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Deferred Tax Assets

 

The tax effects of temporary differences that give rise to significant portions of the deferred tax assets as of December 31, 2013 and 2012 were as follows:

  As of December 31,
  2013   2012
Net operating loss carryforwards $ 6,346,000     $ 9,389,000  
Alternative minimum tax   235,000       62,000  
Equity-based compensation expense   45,000       284,000  
Partnership basis differences   551,000       —    
Total deferred tax assets   7,177,000       9,735,000  
               
Partnership basis differences   —         (1,030,000 )
Total deferred tax liabilities   —         (1,030,000 )
Net deferred tax asset before valuation allowance   7,177,000       8,705,000  
Valuation allowance   (7,177,000 )     (8,705,000 )
Total net deferred tax assets $ —       $ —    

 

As of December 31, 2013 and 2012, the Company had a valuation allowance of approximately $7,177,000 and $8,705,000, respectively, since it cannot conclude that it is more likely than not that the deferred tax assets will be fully realized on future income tax returns. The ultimate realization of deferred tax assets is dependent upon the generation of future taxable income during the periods in which those temporary differences become deductible. Management considers past history, the scheduled reversal of deferred tax liabilities, available taxes in carryback periods, projected future taxable income projections and tax planning strategies in making this assessment. The Company will continue to evaluate whether the valuation allowance is needed in future reporting periods. During the year ended December 31, 2013 the valuation allowance decreased by $1,528,000.

 

As of December 31, 2013 and 2012, the Company had net operating loss carryforwards in the United States for Federal income tax purposes of approximately $15,700,000 and $23,700,000, respectively. The net operating losses may be subject to limitation under provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. The net operating losses will expire in 2031.

 

As of December 31, 2013 and 2012, the Company had net operating loss carryforwards in the United States for state income tax purposes of approximately $26,800,000 and $27,300,000, respectively. The net operating losses may be subject to limitation under provisions of the state regulations. The net operating losses will expire in varying amounts from 2014 to 2031.

 

As of December 31, 2013 and 2012, the Company had tax credit carryforwards in the United States for Federal income tax purposes of approximately $200,000 and $100,000, respectively. The tax credits may be carried forward indefinitely.

 

Deferred income taxes reflect the net tax effects of temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for income tax purposes.

 

The Company did not have any unrecognized tax benefits as of the years ended December 31, 2013 or 2012.

 

The Company classifies penalty and interest expense related to income tax liabilities as an income tax expense. There are no significant interest and penalties recognized in the Consolidated Statements of Operations or accrued on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

 

The primary jurisdictions in which the Company files tax returns are the United States, Colorado, Illinois and Maryland. With limited exception, the Company is no longer subject to United States Federal examinations for years before 2010 and Colorado state examinations for years before 2009.

 

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NOTE 12. EQUITY-BASED COMPENSATION

 

Stock Options

 

We may grant options to purchase shares of Common Stock to certain employees and directors pursuant to our Amended and Restated 2008 Equity Compensation Plan. During the year ended December 31, 2013, we granted 350,000 options to purchase common stock, with an exercise price of $0.26 and a fair value of $0.08 per option. During the year ended December 31, 2013, 2,491,499 stock options were exercised with a weighted-average exercise price of $0.16. Additionally, 201,667 stock options were forfeited with a weighted-average exercise price of $0.16 during the year ended December 31, 2013. On December 6, 2013, we accelerated the vesting of the majority of the unvested options. All unrecognized equity-based compensation expense was recognized immediately. As all options were expected to vest, no modification penalty was recorded.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2012, we canceled 750,000 options and granted 1,278,000 options at an exercise price of $0.16 per share vesting over approximately three years, with a fair value of $0.01 per share. As part of the 1,278,000 options granted, the 750,000 options that were canceled were reissued. This was accounted for as a modification of terms and a modification penalty of $3,198 was added to the total equity-based compensation expense to be amortized.

 

All options issued were valued using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. The table below sets forth the assumptions used in valuing such options.

  For the Year Ended December 31, 2013   For the Year Ended December 31, 2012  
Expected term of options 5.5 years   5.5 years  
Expected volatility-range used 30.14%   54.74%  
Expected volatility-weighted average 30.14%   54.74%  
Risk-free interest rate-range used 1.62%   1.24%-1.37%  

 

Equity-based compensation expense related to options granted under the Plans is amortized on a straight-line basis over the service period during which the right to exercise such options fully vests. For the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, $133,884 and $136,283, respectively, which was included in “Selling, general and administrative” in our Consolidated Statements of Operations. As of December 31, 2013, $22,476 of such expense remained unrecognized which reflects the unamortized portion of the value of such options issued. We expect to recognize such expense over a remaining weighted-average period of 2.5 years.

 

Stock Options Summary Table

 

The following table describes the total options outstanding, granted, exercised, expired and forfeited as of and during the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, as well as the total options exercisable as of December 31, 2013. Shares obtained from the exercise of our options are subject to various trading restrictions.

 

  Options Pursuant to the Plan   Weighted Average Exercise Price Per Share   Weighted Average Fair Value of Options Granted During the Year   Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life (Years)   Aggregate Intrinsic Value
Issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2011     3,177,079       0.49            

 

5.5

 

 

$
Granted     1,278,000       0.16       0.01            
Cancelled     (750,000 )     0.69                    
Forfeited     (21,000 )     0.16                    
Issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2012     3,684,079       0.33            

 

4.9

 

 

$ 692,230
Granted     350,000       0.26       0.08            
Exercised     2,491,499       0.16                    
Forfeited     (201,667 )     0.16                    
Issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2013     1,340,913       0.67            

 

3.4

 

 

$
Exercisable as of December 31, 2013     980,079       0.82              2.4

 

 

$

 

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Restricted Stock

 

During the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, we issued 666,797 and 440,000 shares of restricted stock, respectively. During the year ended December 31, 2013, 13,334 shares of unvested restricted stock were forfeited. As of December 31, 2013, of the 1,093,463 shares of restricted stock outstanding, 584,530 shares were unvested. Our shares of restricted stock, vested or unvested, have all of the rights of a stockholder and are subject to certain trading restrictions and the voting trust agreement, and include one B Unit of NexCore Real Estate for each share of restricted stock. These shares were granted pursuant to our Incentive Compensation Guidelines, which were adopted during the year ended December 31, 2012.

 

For the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, equity-based compensation expense related to the restricted stock was $167,719 and $62,524, respectively, which was included in “Selling, general and administrative” in our Consolidated Statements of Operations. As of December 31, 2013, $240,482 of equity-based compensation expense remained unrecognized which reflects the unamortized portion of the value of such restricted stock issued. We expect to recognize stock expense over a weighted average period of 2.0 years.

 

Equity Participation LLC

 

In recognition of past, current and future services performed on behalf of the Company and its subsidiaries, our board of directors approved the creation of Equity Participation LLC, a limited liability company owned by various officers and employees of ours, which holds a 16.2% interest in any future profits, to the extent there are any remaining profits available after required distributions are made, that may be realized from the appreciation of existing and future real estate assets owned by our consolidated subsidiary, NexCore Development LLC. Participating officers and employees will be entitled to pre-determined profit interests on a project-by-project basis as determined by our Chief Executive Officer and our board of directors and subject to forfeiture if an employee voluntarily resigns (other than if due to retirement) or is terminated by us for cause. We determined that this award did not have any grant-date value based upon a valuation model. Additionally, commencing with the grant date, Equity Participation LLC has a 1% interest in the operations of NexCore Development LLC, a consolidated subsidiary, which is reflected as “Noncontrolling Interests” in our Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

NOTE 13. RELATED PARTIES

 

Revenue, Direct Costs of Revenue and Accounts Receivable

 

Our main sources of income are fees and commissions related to client consulting and advisory services, property development, management and leasing. Revenue, direct costs of revenue and receivables associated with transactions with properties or entities in which we are invested where certain of our officers and directors have an ownership interest in, or can influence decision-making on behalf of the property, are considered related-party transactions. The amounts and balances related to these transactions for the periods presented are as follows:

 

  For the Years Ended December 31,  
Related party: 2013   2012  
Revenue $ 2,555,311   $ 11,000,706  
Direct costs of revenue   523,955     511,692  

 

Related party:

As of

December 31, 2013

  As of December 31, 2012  
Accounts receivable $ 615,962   $ 804,281  
             

 

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All of the disclosed revenue, costs and accounts receivable related to related-party transactions pertain to unconsolidated, managed properties in which we, or our senior executive officers, a director and an entity that employs one of our directors (the “Related Parties”), had or have invested along with third-party co-investors. From January 1, 2012 to December 17, 2012, seven of our 23 then-managed properties were 17.4% owned by NH Co-Investment I LLC, an entity in which these Related Parties were invested as follows:

 

Gregory C. Venn Chief Executive Officer   5.9%
Peter K. Kloepfer Chief Investment Officer 6.4%
Robert D. Gross Chief Operating Officer 3.1%
Loren E. Snyder Director 2.3%
BOCO Investments, LLC* Shareholder 61.2%

 

*Brian L. Klemsz is one of our directors, and the Chief Investment Officer of BOCO Investments, LLC.

 

During the same time period, these managed properties were 82.6% owned by an independent institutional capital partner. The above Related Parties did not directly have an interest in the consolidated management revenue, costs and accounts receivable recorded in the NexCore Healthcare Capital Corp consolidated financial statements.

 

On December 17, 2012, the institutional capital partner owning 82.6% of these properties and the Related Parties sold their interests in these properties to another institutional capital partner. In this transaction, NexCore HealthCare Capital Corp invested 1.0% and the new institutional capital partner invested 99.0%. See additional information on this new venture, Venture II, in Note 4.

 

Additionally, for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, revenue, costs and accounts receivable from our unconsolidated joint venture, Venture I, were also disclosed as related party transactions. A consolidated subsidiary of ours invested approximately 15% in Venture I and 3% was invested by an entity owned by two of our executive officers for which they were invested as follows:

 

Gregory C. Venn Chief Executive Officer   43.6%
Peter K. Kloepfer Chief Investment Officer 56.4%

 

During the year ended December 31, 2013, the following distributions were made related to Venture I:

 

Gregory C. Venn Chief Executive Officer $463,049
Peter K. Kloepfer Chief Investment Officer 598,991
Total   $1,062,040

An independent institutional capital partner invested approximately 82% in Venture I.

 

BOCO Investments, LLC

 

BOCO Investments, LLC (“BOCO”), a private investment company, provided financing to our predecessor company, CapTerra, and continued to provide various financial services to us up until July 29, 2012. Brian L. Klemsz, who serves on our Board of Directors, is the Chief Investment Officer of BOCO.

 

NexCore Group LP, our consolidated subsidiary, has a contract with WestMountain Asset Management, Inc. (“WMAM”), a marketing and media consulting and asset management firm, under which WMAM provides marketing consulting services to us for approximately $6,000 per month. Mr. Brian Klemsz, one of our Directors, serves as Treasurer and Director for WMAM. During the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, we incurred expenses with WMAM of $72,000 and $73,500, respectively. As of December 31, 2013 and 2012, no amounts were due to WMAM.

 

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NexCore Partners Inc.

 

As of December 31, 2013 and 2012, we owned 90% of the consolidated partnership, NexCore Group LP. Additionally, as of December 31, 2013, we owned 90% of the consolidated entity, NexCore Real Estate LLC. NexCore Partners Inc. owned the remaining 10% of each entity, which was classified as permanent equity in accordance with GAAP and was reflected as “Noncontrolling interests” in our Consolidated Balance Sheets. NexCore Partners Inc. is wholly owned by Gregory C. Venn, Peter K. Kloepfer and Robert D. Gross, our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Investment Officer and Chief Operating Officer, respectively, as detailed below:

 

Gregory C. Venn Chief Executive Officer   42.0%
Peter K. Kloepfer Chief Investment Officer 38.0%
Robert D. Gross Chief Operating Officer 20.0%

 

During the year ended December 31, 2013, distributions of $1,560,740 were made to NexCore Partners Inc.

 

NOTE 14. CONCENTRATIONS

 

Our leasing and property management revenue for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 was primarily generated through transactions with two institutional partners who own, directly or through affiliates, a majority of the controlling interests of all but four of our managed healthcare properties. As of December 31, 2013, we had management contracts with four institutional partners that had various termination provisions, ranging from month-to-month to five years.

 

As of December 31, 2013, we managed 37 healthcare properties. Additionally, the properties developed by Venture I accounted for $751,422, or 15%, of our total revenue for the year ended December 31, 2013. These properties accounted for $5,570,391, or 40%, of our total revenue for the year ended December 31, 2012. As of December 31, 2013, the balance of accounts receivable associated with these properties was $51,644, or 3%, of our total accounts receivable balance. As of December 31, 2012, the balance of accounts receivable from these properties was $704,548, or 54%, of our total accounts receivable balance. These receivables in both periods were current.

 

NOTE 15. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

 

GAAP requires an entity to disclose events that occur after the balance sheet date but before financial statements are issued or are available to be issued (“subsequent events”) as well as the date through which an entity has evaluated subsequent events. There are two types of subsequent events. The first type consists of events or transactions that provide additional evidence about conditions that existed at the date of the balance sheet, including the estimates inherent in the process of preparing financial statements (“recognized subsequent events”). The second type consists of events that provide evidence about conditions that did not exist at the date of the balance sheet but arose subsequent to that date (“nonrecognized subsequent events”).

 

We paid a special dividend of $0.10 per share of Common Stock on January 23, 2014 to stockholders of record on January 16, 2014.

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No. Description
   
3.1 Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 7, 2011.
   
3.2 Bylaws of the Company, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 7, 2011.
   
3.3 Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of NexCore Group LP, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.7 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 5, 2010.
   
9.1* Voting Trust Agreement, dated September 29, 2010
   
10.1+ Amended and Restated 2008 Equity Compensation Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 5, 2011.
   
10.2 Shareholders’ Agreement, dated September 29, 2010, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.47 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 5, 2010.
   
10.3+ Restricted Common Stock Award Agreement by and between the Company and Robert D. Gross, dated as of November 30, 2012.
   
10.4+ Restricted Common Stock Award Agreement by and between the Company and Peter K. Kloepfer, dated as of November 30, 2012.
   
10.5+ Restricted Common Stock Award Agreement by and between the Company and Robert E. Lawless, dated as of November 30, 2012.
   
10.6+ Restricted Common Stock Award Agreement by and between the Company and Gregory C. Venn, dated as of November 30, 2012.
   
10.7*+ Restricted Common Stock Award Agreement by and between the Company and Robert D. Gross, dated as of December 16, 2013.
   
10.8*+ Restricted Common Stock Award Agreement by and between the Company and Peter K. Kloepfer, dated as of December 16, 2013.
   
10.9*+ Restricted Common Stock Award Agreement by and between the Company and Robert E. Lawless, dated as of December 16, 2013.
   
10.10*+ Restricted Common Stock Award Agreement by and between the Company and Gregory C. Venn, dated as of December 16, 2013.
   
10.11*+ Voting Agreement, dated December 15, 2013.
   
10.12+ Limited Liability Company Agreement of Equity Participation LLC, dated March 11, 2013, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as amended filed, on December 24, 2013.
   
21.1* List of Subsidiaries.
   
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23.1* Consent of EKS&H LLLP.
   
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 Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
   
32.2* Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
   
101*  
  101.INS  XBRL Instance Document
   
  101.SCH XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
   
  101.CAL XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
   
  101.DEF XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
   
  101.LAB XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
   
  101.PRE XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
   
* Filed herewith.
+ A management compensatory plan or arrangement required to be filed pursuant to Item 15(b) of this report.
   

 

 

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