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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K/A

 

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

February 8, 2021 (November 25, 2020)

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

 

PLYMOUTH INDUSTRIAL REIT, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

maryland   001-38106   27-5466153
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
  (Commission
File Number)
  (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

20 Custom House Street, 11th Floor

Boston, MA 02110

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(617) 340-3814

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company   

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.   

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
 
Title of Each Class Trading Symbol Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share PLYM New York Stock Exchange
7.50% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share PLYM-PrA NYSE American

 

 

 

Explanatory Note

 

On November 25, 2020, Plymouth Industrial REIT, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that, on November 25, 2020, an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company completed the purchase of a 10-building industrial property located in the metro-Cleveland, Ohio area for a purchase price of $94.0 million (the “Ohio Properties”).

 

This Current Report on Form 8-K/A amends Item 9.01 of the original Form 8-K filed on November 25, 2020 to present the historical financial statements and the unaudited pro forma financial statements required to be filed by Item 9.01(a) and 9.01(b) of Form 8-K for the Ohio Properties.

 

Item 9.01  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(a) Financial Statements of Business Acquired

 

The statements of revenues and certain operating expenses of the Ohio Properties for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 (unaudited) and the year ended December 31, 2019, along with the accompanying notes to the statements of revenues and certain operating expenses for the periods presented, are filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K/A and are incorporated by reference herein.

 

(b) Pro-forma Financial Information

 

This Current Report on Form 8-K/A includes the Company's unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2020, the Company's unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated statements of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and for the year ended December 31, 2019 and notes to the unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated financial statements. This unaudited condensed consolidated financial information is filed as Exhibit 99.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K/A and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

This unaudited pro forma financial information is not necessarily indicative of the expected financial position or results of the Company's operations for any future period. Differences could result from numerous factors, including future changes in the Company's portfolio of investments, changes in interest rates, changes in the Company's capital structure, changes in property level operating expenses, changes in property level revenues, including rents expected to be received from the Company's existing leases or leases the Company may enter into during and after 2021, and for other reasons.

 

(d) Exhibits:

 

  Exhibit No.   Description
       
  23.1   Consent of Independent Auditors
  99.1   Statements of revenues and certain operating expenses of the Ohio Properties for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 (unaudited) and the year ended December 31, 2019 (audited)
  99.2   Unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2020 and unaudited pro forma condensed statements of operation for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and the year ended December 31, 2019
  104   Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as in line XBRL)

 

 

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

        PLYMOUTH INDUSTRIAL REIT, INC.
         
Date: February 8, 2021       By:  

/s/ Jeffrey E. Witherell

            Jeffrey E. Witherell
            Chief Executive Officer

 

 

Exhibit 23.1

 

 

 

 

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

 

 

 

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements of Plymouth Industrial REIT, Inc. on Form S-3 (File No. 333-226438) and Form S-8 (File No. 333-251104) of our report dated February 8, 2021 with respect to our audit of the Statement of Revenues and Certain Operating Expenses of the Ohio Properties for the year ended December 31, 2019.

 

 

Atlanta, Georgia

February 8, 2021

Exhibit 99.1

 

OHIO PROPERTIES

  

STATEMENTS OF REVENUES AND
CERTAIN OPERATING EXPENSES

 

FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED
SEPTEMBER 30, 2020 (UNAUDITED) AND
THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2019 (AUDITED)

 

 

 

OHIO PROPERTIES

 

Table of Contents

 

September 30, 2020 (Unaudited) and December 31, 2019 (Audited)

 

 

Page

 

Independent Auditors' Report 1 - 2
   
Financial Statements:  
   
     Statements of Revenues and Certain Operating Expenses 3
   
     Notes to Statements of Revenues and Certain Operating Expenses 4 - 7

 

 

 

 

INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT

 

 

 

To the Members of Plymouth Industrial REIT, Inc.

Boston, Massachusetts

We have audited the accompanying statement of revenues and certain operating expenses of the Ohio Properties (the "Properties") for the year ended December 31, 2019, and the related notes to the financial statement.

Management's Responsibility for the Financial Statement

Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the financial statement in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and in accordance with applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission for real estate properties acquired; this includes the design, implementation, and maintenance of internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of a financial statement that is free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

Auditors' Responsibility

Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the financial statement based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statement is free from material misstatement.

An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the financial statement. The procedures selected depend on the auditors' judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial statement, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal control relevant to the entity's preparation and fair presentation of the financial statement in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the entity's internal control. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of significant accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statement.

We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.

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Opinion

In our opinion, the financial statement referred to above presents fairly, in all material respects, the revenues and certain operating expenses of the Properties for the year ended December 31, 2019, in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and in accordance with applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission for real estate properties acquired.

Emphasis of Matter

We draw attention to Note 2 to the accompanying financial statements, which describes that the statements of revenues and certain operating expenses of the Properties were prepared for the purpose of complying with the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (for the inclusion on Form 8-K/A of Plymouth Industrial REIT, Inc.) and is not intended to be a complete presentation of the Properties’ revenues and certain operating expenses. Our opinion has not been modified with respect to this matter.

Atlanta, Georgia

February 8, 2021

 

Page 2

 

OHIO PROPERTIES

 

Statements of Revenues and Certain Operating Expenses

 
   

Nine Months
Ended

September 30,

2020

(Unaudited)

   

 

Year Ended

December 31,

2019

(Audited)

 
             
Revenues:                
Rent   $ 5,904,651     $ 7,629,838  
Tenant reimbursement     1,331,099       1,629,675  
Other income           8,658  
                 
Total revenues     7,235,750       9,268,171  
                 
Certain operating expenses:                
Real estate taxes     762,810       1,069,146  
Repairs and maintenance     218,321       296,004  
Property management fees     122,134       172,565  
Utilities     318,199       411,726  
Insurance     82,091       119,565  
Ground rent expense     169,490       225,987  
Other expenses     73,241       100,808  
                 
Total certain operating expenses     1,746,286       2,395,801  
                 
Revenues in excess of certain operating expenses   $ 5,489,464     $ 6,872,370  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part
of the statements of revenues and certain operating expenses.

Page 3

 

OHIO PROPERTIES

Notes to Statements of Revenues and Certain Operating Expenses

For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020 (Unaudited) and
the Year Ended December 31, 2019 (Audited)

 

Note 1 - Description of real estate property acquired:

On November 25, 2020, Plymouth Industrial REIT Incorporated ("Plymouth") acquired the Ohio Properties (the "Properties") from an unrelated third party. The Properties are comprised of 10 industrial buildings, totaling approximately 2.1 million square feet of rentable space. Total consideration for the acquisition was approximately $94.0 million.

Note 2 - Basis of accounting:

The accompanying statements of revenues and certain operating expenses are presented in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and in accordance with the provisions of Article 3-14 of Regulation S-X promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), which requires certain information with respect to real estate operations be included with certain filings with the SEC. Accordingly, the statements exclude certain historical income and expenses that are not comparable to the proposed future operations of the Properties such as certain ancillary income, amortization, depreciation, interest, corporate expenses, and federal and state income taxes. Therefore, the statements will not be comparable to the statements of operations of the Properties after its acquisition by Plymouth and are not intended to be a complete representation of the Properties' revenues and expenses.

Note 3 - Significant accounting policies:

Revenues

Revenues are comprised primarily of rent (including amortization of deferred rent), tenant reimbursements (recoveries), and other ancillary revenue. As a lessor, the Company has retained substantially all the risks and benefits of ownership of the Properties and accounts for its leases with its tenants as operating leases. Income on leases, which includes scheduled increases in rental rates during the lease term and/or abated rent payments for various periods following the tenant's lease commencement date, is recognized on a straight-line basis over the terms of the respective leases when collectability is reasonably assured. A deferred rent receivable is recognized, representing the excess of rental revenue recognized on a straight-line basis over cash received pursuant to the applicable lease provisions, net of amounts that may become uncollectible in the future. The adjustment to this receivable is reflected in the "rent" line item in the statements of revenues and certain operating expenses.

Page 4
 

OHIO PROPERTIES

Notes to Statements of Revenues and Certain Operating Expenses - Continued

For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020 (Unaudited) and
the Year Ended December 31, 2019 (Audited)

 

Note 3 - Significant Accounting Policies - continued:

Revenues - continued

The Properties' leases generally provide for the reimbursement of operating expenses, or in certain cases increases in operating expenses above a base year amount, payable to the Properties in equal installments throughout the year based on estimated operating expenses, and are recorded as revenue. Any differences between the estimated operating expenses and actual amounts incurred are adjusted at year end. No significant adjustments were required as of September 30, 2020 or December 31, 2019.

Use of estimates

The preparation of the statements of revenues and certain operating expenses in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of revenues and certain operating expenses during the reporting periods. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Subsequent events

Subsequent events have been evaluated through February 8, 2021, the date the accompanying statements of revenues and certain operating expenses were issued.

Note 4 - Future minimum rental commitments:

Future minimum rental revenue for non-cancelable operating leases (base rents) excluding tenant reimbursements of operating expenses as of December 31, 2019, are as follows:

2020   $ 7,347,422  
2021     7,208,969  
2022     5,193,629  
2023     3,679,499  
2024     2,217,942  
Thereafter     5,077,499  
Total   $ 30,724,960  
 

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OHIO PROPERTIES

Notes to Statements of Revenues and Certain Operating Expenses - Continued

For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020 (Unaudited) and
the Year Ended December 31, 2019 (Audited)

 

Note 5 - Ground leases:

Two of the buildings are subject to ground leases. Both of the ground leases are in effect until December 31, 2035 with extension options of two additional terms of 20 years each and one additional term thereafter of 19 years. The extension option periods are not shown in the future minimum rental payments schedule. 

Monthly rents for the two ground leases are approximately $21,970 through February 2021, $15,981 from March 2021 through December 2024, $17,273 from January 2025 through December 2025, $17,484 from January 2026 through December 2029, $18,904 from January 2030 through December 2034, and $20,467 from January 2035 through December 31, 2035. 

Future minimum rental payments under the ground leases as of December 31, 2019, are as follows:

2020   $ 263,635  
2021     203,753  
2022     191,776  
2023     191,776  
2024     191,776  
Thereafter     2,426,342  
Total   $ 3,469,058  

 

Note 6 - Concentrations:

As of December 31, 2019, and September 30, 2020, three tenants accounted for approximately 51% of the Properties' rent revenues.

 

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OHIO PROPERTIES

Notes to Statements of Revenues and Certain Operating Expenses - Continued

For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020 (Unaudited) and
the Year Ended December 31, 2019 (Audited)

 

Note 7 - Interim unaudited financial information:

The statement of revenues and certain operating expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 is unaudited; however, in the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting solely of normal, recurring adjustments) necessary for the fair presentation of the financial statement for the interim period have been included. The results of the interim period are not necessarily indicative of the results to be obtained for a full fiscal year.

 

   

Exhibit 99.2

 

PLYMOUTH INDUSTRIAL REIT INC.

Overview to Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

The accompanying unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated financial statements have been derived from the historical condensed consolidated financial statements of the Company. The unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2020 is presented to reflect adjustments to the Company’s historical balance sheet as if the Company’s Ohio Properties acquisition was completed on September 30, 2020. The unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated statements of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and for the year ended December 31, 2019 are presented as if the Ohio Properties acquisition was completed on the first day of the period presented.

The following unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with (i) our historical unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements as of September 30, 2020 and for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and (ii) our consolidated financial statements for the twelve months ended December 31, 2019 in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019.

The Company has based the unaudited pro forma adjustments on available information and assumptions that it believes are reasonable. The following unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated financial statements are presented for informational purposes only and are not necessarily indicative of what the Company’s actual financial position would have been as of September 30, 2020 assuming the Ohio Properties acquisition had been completed on September 30, 2020, what actual results of operations would have been for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and the year ended December 31, 2019 assuming the Ohio Properties acquisition was completed on the first day of the period presented, and are not indicative of future results of operations or financial condition and should not be viewed as indicative of future results of operations or financial condition.

 

 

Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet
As of September 30, 2020
(Unaudited and in thousands)

 

    Plymouth              
    Industrial     Ohio     Company  
    REIT, Inc     Properties     Pro Forma  
    (A)     (B)        
                   
Assets                        
Real estate properties   $ 786,425     $ 95,239     $ 881,664  
Less accumulated depreciation     (89,059 )           (89,059 )
Real estate properties, net     697,366               792,605  
                         
Cash     15,352       (5,239 )     10,113  
Cash held in escrow     10,026             10,026  
Restricted cash     4,265             4,265  
Deferred lease intangibles, net     58,693             58,693  
Other assets     21,122             21,122  
Total assets     806,824       90,000       896,824  
                         
Liabilities, Preferred stock and Equity                        
Liabilities:                        
Secured debt, net     411,003             411,003  
Borrowings under line of credit           90,000       90,000  
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities     45,491             45,491  
Deferred lease intangibles, net     9,060             9,060  
Total liabilities     465,554       90,000       555,554  
                         
Preferred stock Series A     48,868             48,868  
Preferred stock Series B     85,355             85,355  
                         
Equity:                        
Common stock     247             247  
Additional paid in capital     364,560             364,560  
Accumulated deficit     (159,739 )           (159,739 )
Total stockholders' equity     205,068             205,068  
Non-controlling Interest     1,979             1,979  
Total equity     207,047             207,047  
                         
Total liabilities, preferred stock and equity   $ 806,824     $ 90,000     $ 896,824  

 

 

Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations
For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020
(Unaudited and in thousands except for share and per share amounts)

 

    Plymouth
Industrial
REIT, Inc.
    Ohio
Properties
    Company
Pro Forma
Adjustments
    Company
Pro Forma
 
    (A)     (B)              
                         
Revenues:                                
Rental revenue   $ 79,884     $ 7,236     $ 65 (C)   $ 87,185  
Total revenues     79,884       7,236       65       87,185  
                                 
Operating expenses:                                
Property     28,101       1,673             29,774  
Depreciation and amortization     41,602             6,020 (D)     47,622  
General and administrative     7,378       73             7,451  
Total Operating expenses     77,081       1,746       6,020       84,847  
                                 
Other income (expense):                                
Interest expense     (14,309 )           (1,624 )(D)     (15,933 )
Impairment on real estate lease     (311 )                 (311 )
Unrealized appreciation / (depreciation) of warrants     (103 )                 (103 )
Total other expenses, net     (14,723 )           (1,624 )     (16,347 )
                                 
Net income (loss)     (11,920 )     5,490       (7,579 )     (14,009 )
Net income (loss) attributable to non-controlling interest     (584 )           (101 )(E)     (685 )
Net income (loss) attributable to Plymouth Industrial REIT, Inc.     (11,336 )     5,490       (7,478 )     (13,324 )
Less: Preferred stock dividends     4,839                   4,839  
Less: Series B preferred stock accretion to redemption value     5,562                   5,562  
Less: amount allocated to participating securities     144                   144  
Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders     (21,881 )     5,490       (7,478 )     (23,869 )
                                 
Net income (loss) per share attributable to common stockholders   $ (1.35 )                   $ (1.47 )
Weighted-average common shares outstanding basic and diluted     16,232,420                       16,232,420  

 

 

Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations
For the Year Ended December 31, 2019
(Unaudited and in thousands except for share and per share amounts)

 

    Plymouth
Industrial
REIT, Inc.
    Ohio
Properties
    Company
Pro Forma
Adjustments
    Company
Pro Forma
 
      (A)       (B)                  
                                 
Revenues:                                
Rental revenue   $ 75,290     $ 9,268     $ 138 (C)   $ 84,696  
Total revenues     75,290       9,268       138       84,696  
                                 
Operating expenses:                                
Property     27,237       2,295             29,532  
Depreciation and amortization     37,381             8,027 (D)     45,408  
General and administrative     7,481       101             7,582  
Total Operating expenses     72,099       2,396       8,207       82,522  
                                 
Other income (expense):                                
Interest expense     (14,948 )           (3,424 )(D)     (18,372 )
Unrealized appreciation / (depreciation) of warrants     (181 )                 (181 )
Total other expenses, net     (15,129 )           (3,424 )     (18,553 )
                                 
Net income (loss)     (11,938 )     6,872       (11,313 )     (16,379 )
Net income (loss) attributable to non-controlling interest     (1,518 )           (542 )(E)     (2,060 )
Net income (loss) attributable to Plymouth Industrial REIT, Inc.     (10,420 )     6,872       (10,771 )     (14,319 )
Less: Preferred stock dividends     6,263                   6,263  
Less: Series B preferred stock accretion to redemption value     7,601                   7,601  
Less: amount allocated to participating securities     239                   239  
Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders     (24,523 )     6,872       (10,771 )     (28,422 )
                                 
Net income (loss) per share attributable to common stockholders   $ (2.88 )                   $ (3.34 )
Weighted-average common shares outstanding basic and diluted     8,503,375                       8,503,375  

 

 

Plymouth Industrial REIT, Inc.

 

Notes to Unaudited Pro Forma

Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(dollars in thousands)

 

 

1. Notes to the Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of September 30, 2020

(A) Reflects the historical Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet of Plymouth Industrial REIT, Inc. as of September 30, 2020.

(B) Reflects the $95,239 acquisition of Ohio Properties as if the acquisition was completed on September 30, 2020. The pro forma adjustments do not include an allocation of the purchase price to reflect the intangible components of the acquisition or for the value of a right-of-use asset and liability related to the ground leases as this evaluation is in process and will be reflected in future filings of actual results. The allocation of purchase price to reflect the intangible components of the acquisition and the right-of-use asset and liability related to the ground leases are not expected to have a material impact on the pro forma.

2. Notes to the Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2020

(A) Reflects the historical Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations of Plymouth Industrial REIT, Inc. for the nine months ended September 30, 2020.

(B) Reflects the results of operations related to the acquisition of the Ohio Properties as reflected in the Statements of Revenues and Certain Expenses included herein.

(C) Represents the effect on rental revenue of the acquisition described in Note (B) for non-cash straight line rent adjustments for the nine months ended September 30, 2020.

(D) Reflects the effect of the acquisition described in Note (B) for depreciation and amortization expense and interest expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2020.

(E) Reflects the effect of the acquisition described in Note (B) for net loss attributable to non-controlling interest for the nine months ended September 30, 2020.

3. Notes to the Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations for the year ended December 31, 2019

(A) Reflects the historical Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations of Plymouth Industrial REIT, Inc. for the year ended December 31, 2019.

(B) Reflects the results of operations related to the acquisition of the Ohio Properties as reflected in the Statements of Revenues and Certain Expenses included herein.

(C) Represents the effect on rental revenue of the acquisition described in Note (B) for non-cash straight line rent adjustments for the year ended December 31, 2019.

(D) Reflects the effect of the acquisition described in Note (B) for depreciation and amortization expense and interest expense for the year ended December 31, 2019.

(E) Reflects the effect of the acquisition described in Note (B) for net loss attributable to non-controlling interest for the year ended December 31, 2019.