UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 15, 2017

 

 

 

INNSUITES HOSPITALITY TRUST

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Ohio   001-07062   34-6647590
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation)
  (Commission File
Number)
  (IRS Employer Identification
No.)

 

InnSuites Hotels Centre,

1625 E. Northern Avenue, Suite 105

   
Phoenix, AZ   85020
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (602) 944-1500

 

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

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:

 

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Item 1.01 Enter Into a Material Definitive Agreement

 

On February 15, 2017, InnSuites Hospitality Trust (“IHT”) and RRF Limited Partnership (“Partnership”) entered into a restructuring agreement included in Exhibit 10.1 with Rare Earth Financial, LLC (“REF”) to allow for the sale of non-controlling partnership units in Yuma Hospitality Properties LP (“Yuma”) for $10,000 per unit, which operates the Yuma InnSuites Best Western Hotel & Suites hotel property, a 166 unit hotel in Yuma, Arizona (the “Property”). REF and IHT are restructuring the Yuma Partnership Interest from General Partner majority-owned to accredited investor majority-owned. Total interests outstanding will remain unchanged at 800 with Class A, Class B and Class C Limited Liability Limited Partnership Interests (referred to collectively as “Interests”) restructured with the Yuma Partnership purchasing 300 existing IHT Class B Interests and reissuing 300 Class A units to accredited investors as Class A Interests causing Yuma to offer and sell up to approximately 300 Class A (2017 series) Interests. REF, as a General Partner of Yuma, will coordinate the offering and sale of Class A Interests to qualified third parties. REF and other REF Affiliates may purchase Interests under the offering. This restructuring is part of the Trust’s Equity Enhancement Plan to comply with Section 1003(a)(iii) of the NYSE MKT Company Guide.

 

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

 

In the event of the sale or capital raise of the Trust’s technology division by January 31, 2019, the IHT Board of Trustees (“Committee”) and the IHT Board of Trustees (“Board”) authorized payments to Pamela J. Barnhill, President, Chief Operating Officer, Vice Chairperson of the Board and Trustee of the Trust, Marc E. Berg, Executive Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer and Trustee of the Trust, and Adam B. Remis, Chief Financial Officer of the Trust (individually, an “Executive” and collectively, the “Executives”). Per the attached bonus agreement included as Exhibit 10.2, Ms. Barnhill will receive an amount equal to 10% of the gross sale or transfer price over and above the starting value or 10% of the capital raised if not a sale. Mr. Berg will receive a bonus of 10% of the amount paid to Ms. Barnhill. Mr. Remis will receive a bonus of 25% of the amount paid to Ms. Barnhill. The Committee reserve the right to award Mr. Remis an amount in the range of 20% to 40% of the amount paid to Ms. Barnhill. These bonuses would be payable in cash, stock, or any combination hereof, as determined by the Compensation Committee, in proportion to the form of payment received by the Trust. In addition, if Ms. Barnhill were the procuring cause and/or played a major part in the sale, Ms. Barnhill would receive an additional 3% of the sales price paid at the time and in proportion to the type of payment received by the Trust.

 

     

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

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

 

InnSuites Hospitality Trust
     
  By: /s/ Adam B. Remis
    Adam B. Remis
    Chief Financial Officer

 

Date: February 21, 2017

 

     

 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.   Description
     
10.1   Amended Yuma Hospitality Properties LP Restructuring Agreement, dated February 15, 2017 and executed by IHT, RRF Limited Partnership, Rare Earth Financial, LLC and Tucson Saint Mary’s Suite Hospitality, LLC.
     
10.2   IBC Bonus Agreement, dated February 15, 2017, executed by InnSuites Hospitality Trust, Pamela Barnhill, Marc Berg and Adam Remis.

 

     

 

 

 

Yuma Hospitality Properties LLLP

Restructuring Agreement

 

This Agreement is made as of February 15, 2017 by and among:

 

RARE EARTH FINANCIAL, LLC, an Arizona limited liability company (“REF”) and General Partner of Yuma Hospitality Properties, LLLP;

 

INNSUITES HOSPITALITY TRUST, an Ohio business trust (“IHT”) and General Partner of Yuma Hospitality Properties, LLLP; and

 

YUMA HOSPITALITY PROPERTIES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, an Arizona Limited Partnership (“Yuma”)

 

RECITALS:

 

A. Yuma owns and operates the Yuma InnSuites Best Western Hotel & Suites, a 166-unit hotel in Yuma, Arizona (the “Property”).
     
B. Yuma currently has 394 Class A Interests or 49.25% owned by third party Accredited Investors, 401 Class B Interests or 50.12% owned by IHT and 5 Class C Interests or .63% owned by REF. There are a total of 800 units or interests.
     
C. REF and IHT wish to restructure the Yuma Partnership ownership from General Partner majority-owned to accredited investor majority-owned. Total Interests outstanding will remain unchanged at 800 with Class A, Class B and Class C Limited Liability Limited Partnership Interests (referred to collectively as “Interests”) restructured with the Yuma Partnership purchasing 300 existing IHT Class B Interests and reissuing 300 Class A units to accredited investors as Class A Interests causing Yuma to offer and sell up to approximately 300 Class A (2017 series) Interests, (there is a potential over-allotment of up to 40 Interests) in Yuma to accredited investors at $10,000 per interest for 300 Interests for $3 million) (the “Offering”). REF, as a General Partner (“GP”) of Yuma, will coordinate the offering and sale of Class A Interests to qualified third parties. REF and other REF Affiliates may purchase Interests under the offering.
     
D. There are an existing 800 units. The 300 (to 340) Class B units held by IHT are being sold to the partnership and replaced by a like number of new Class A units reducing IHT ownership from 50.12% to 12.62% (or 7.62% if over-allotment exercised). The total number of units will remain unchanged at 800 units.
     
E. Offering proceeds of 300 units would be as follows:
     
    All proceeds go to the Partnership for Class A units and then go from the Partnership to IHT to purchase like number of Class B units from IHT. IHT will use proceeds as follows:

 

  $ 30,000     Offering Expenses
             
  $ 2,730,000     Build equity and cash reserves of IHT
             
  $ 240,000     Rare Earth Restructuring Fee (if at least $1,000,000 in  Interests are sold)
             
  $ 3,000,000     Total

 

     

 

 

Note: In this example the Yuma Partnership will sell 300 units purchased from IHT to the Yuma Partners to be reissued as Class A units.

 

FOR VALUABLE CONSIDERATION RECEIVED, the parties agree as follows:

 

1.        Restructuring of Yuma . As soon as practical after execution of this Agreement, but no later than February 15, 2017, REF and IHT, as the GPs of Yuma, will:

 

  (a) amend and restate the Partnership Agreement, in form and substance acceptable to Yuma, REF and IHT to:
     
(i) Consent Partnership to purchase Class B IHT Interests and reissue to accredited investors as Class A Interests for a maximum of 340 Interests.

 

(ii) REF and IHT will agree upon completion of the offering IHT will resign as General Partner, with REF to continue as sole GP having final GP decision authority.

 

2.        Offering. Yuma Partnership will conduct the Offering to accredited investors only, of up to 300 Class A Interests (plus a possible over allocation of up to 40 Interests) at $10,000 per Interest (the “Offering Price”), for a total of $3,000,000 (the “Offering”) or upon over-allotment a total of $3,400,000.

 

The Offering contemplates costs of $30,000, and if at least $1,000,000 in Interests are sold, a Restructuring Fee of $240,000 goes to REF all paid by IHT and not by the Partnership.

 

3.        Interests .

 

(a)       All Partnership Interests will have equal voting rights and will share equally in all distributions (including distributions or proceeds payable upon a Triggering Event), subject to (1) priority distribution rights and distribution catch-up rights described in paragraph 3(b), and (2) REF 50% incentive participation described in paragraph 3(e).

(b)       All Partnership Interests will be entitled to receive priority distributions annually from Yuma of 7% per net $10,000 invested ($700) prorated from date of investment through January 31, 2020. However, priority distributions will be paid first to Class A Interests, second to Class B Interests and third to Class C Interests. Priority distributions will be cumulative through January 31, 2020, so that all priority distributions must be paid in full to Class A Interests before any priority distributions are paid to Class B or C Interests, and all priority distributions must be paid in full to Class A and B Interests before priority distributions are paid to Class C Interests. Once all priority distributions to other holders of Class A Interests have been paid current with completion of priority distributions due Class A Interests through January 31, 2020, thereafter Class A Interests will not participate in distributions by Yuma until Class B distributions have been paid current through January 31, 2020. Then Class C Interests are brought current thereafter. If a Triggering Event of Yuma occurs (including a sale or refinancing of substantially all of the assets of YUMA, or merger, sale, liquidation or other winding-up of Yuma) prior to the payment of all priority distributions of proceeds to the Partners (including the GP participation described in 3(e), then priority distributions will be caught up first.

 

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(c)        After January 31, 2020, all Partnership Interests will share equally in all distributions. If a Triggering Event (as defined in 3(b)) of Yuma occurs prior to the payment of all accumulated distributions to the Partners, such accumulated distributions will be paid out of any proceeds of the event before general distribution of the proceeds to the Partners (including the REF General Partners’ incentive participation described in 3(e)). In the event that funds generated from a Triggering Event are insufficient to pay the total amount of all such accumulated distributions owed to the Partners, all Class A Partners will participate pro rata in the funds available for distribution to them until paid in full, then Class B, then Class C.

 

(d)       Distributions will be payable quarterly in arrears based on calendar quarters, due 50 days after the end of the quarter. Scheduled distributions will be prorated initially and will be payable on or before 50 days after the end of each calendar quarter. Thereafter, distributions will be made every three months provided, in the sole judgment and discretion of the GP, cash is available for such distributions. Yuma will use its best efforts to pay the 7% annual distribution, paid quarterly contemplated in paragraph 3(b) and quarterly distributions contemplated in paragraph 3(c).

 

(e)       In the event that either (a) all Interests have been redeemed, or (b) all Interests are current in the distributions to which they are entitled including 7% per year for each full or partial year held, and they have received distributions of at least $10,000 per Interest in addition to 7% annual distributions, REF will receive a profit participation incentive of 50% of (1) any distributions to Yuma Class A, B and C Interests and (2) 50% of the proceeds from any Triggering Event (as defined in 3(b)) as additional consideration as a General Partner. The remaining distributions to all partners (Class A, B, and C) will be pro rata based on number of Interests owned.

 

4.        Best efforts: . Rare Earth will use its best efforts to sell at least 100 Interests on or before February 15, 2018.

 

5.        Removal of General Partner . At any time, a Majority-in-Interest of all LP and GP interests of Yuma may remove REF and/or IHT as GP and elect a new GP. Notwithstanding its removal as GP pursuant to this paragraph, REF will retain the profit participation incentive right described in paragraph 3(e).

6.        Ownership of Yuma . The table below demonstrates the capital structure of Yuma. 0

 

In the event of the sale of 150 or 300 units (and in the event the maximum additional 40 units) capitalization would be as follows:

 

    Initially     %     Syndication of
150 Offering Units*
    %     Syndication of
300 Offering Units**
    %     If 40 units are
over subscribed
    %  
                                                 
Investors     394       (49.25 )     544       (68.00 )     694       (86.75 )     734       (91.75 )
IHT     401       (50.125 )     251       (31.375 )     101       (12.625 )     61       (7.625 )
REF     5       (.625 )     5       (.625 )     5       (.625 )     5       (.625 )
      800       100 %     800 *     100 %     800 **     100 %     800       100 %

 

*In this example, IHT will sell 150 units to Yuma to be reissued to investors as Class A units.

**In this example IHT will sell 300 to Yuma to be reissued to investors as Class A units.

 

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7.        Miscellaneous.

 

(a)         Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Arizona.

 

(b)        Waiver . No waiver or modification of this Agreement shall be valid unless in writing and executed by the party against which the waiver or modification is to be enforced. No waiver of any breach or default shall operate as a waiver of any other breach or default, whether similar or different form the breach or default waived.

 

(c)         Severability. All provisions of this Agreement are severable, and if any provision is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect by any court of competent jurisdiction, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not be affected, and this Agreement shall be interpreted as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions were not contained herein.

 

(d)        Entire Agreement . This Agreement constitutes the complete understanding of the parties hereto, and supersedes all prior understandings or agreements, whether oral or written. This Agreement shall be binding upon the inure to the benefit of the parties hereto, their successors, their legal representatives, heirs and assigns.

 

(e)        Board Approval. IHT and Yuma will obtain approval of the Board of Trustees of InnSuites Hospitality Trust with James Wirth abstaining prior to authorizing Marc Berg to sign on behalf of these entities.

 

The parties have executed this Agreement effective as of the date first written above.

 

INNSUITES HOSPITALITY TRUST (IHT)  
     
By: /s/ Marc Berg  
  Marc Berg – Executive Vice President  
     
RARE EARTH FINANCIAL LLC (REF)  
     
By: /s/ James Wirth  
  James Wirth, Manager  
     
YUMA HOSPITALITY PROPERTIES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP  
     
By: InnSuites Hospitality Trust, GP  
     
By: /s/ Marc Berg  
  Marc Berg – Executive Vice President  
     
JAMES WIRTH  
     
  /s/ James Wirth  

 

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IBC Bonus Agreement

 

InnSuites Hospitality Trust (the “Company” or “IHT”) has approved the payment of bonuses (“IBC Bonuses”) to Pamela Barnhill, Adam Remis, and Marc Berg in connection with the consummation of a liquidity event for IBC, a division of IHT. This Agreement sets forth the terms and conditions of the IBC Bonuses for Barnhill, Remis and Berg (collectively “Executives”), including the requirements that Executives must meet to receive their IBC Bonus.

 

Recitals

 

  1. Certain Executives have assisted in creating and developing IBC, a division of IHT.
     
  2. Certain Executives have increased the initial value of IBC from $3,000,000 (“Starting Value”) to its current business value of $10,350,000 as determined by the “IBC Online” business valuation prepared by Business Valuation Center, Inc. as of December 31, 2016 (the “2016 Valuation”).
     
  3. IHT desires a partial or full sale of IBC to a third party, an infusion of capital, or a liquidity event involving substantially all the stock and/or assets of IBC on or before January 31, 2019.
     
  4. IHT desires to recognize Barnhill’s, Berg’s and Remis’ contributions to IBC’s development and success through agreed upon IBC Bonus eligibility as set forth herein.
     
  5. On January 24, 2017, the IHT Compensation Committee recommended to the IHT Board of Trustees and the Board adopted a Board Resolution agreeing to the basic terms of this Agreement.

 

Agreement

 

NOW, THEREFORE, for valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Parties agree as follows:

 

  1. The above Recitals are incorporated herein by this reference.
     
  2. Eligibility :

 

  a. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, Executives will be entitled to receive IBC Bonuses if Executives (i) remain in the continuous employ of the Company until the date of consummation of a sale, capital infusion and/or liquidity event (“Closing Date”) and (ii) such sale, capital infusion and/or liquidity event occurs prior to the IBC Bonus Program Termination Date of January 31, 2019. If Executive’s employment with Company terminates without cause prior to the IBC Closing Date and/or a sale or liquidity event does not occur before the IBC Bonus Program Termination Date, Executive will not be entitled to receive an IBC Bonus, this Agreement shall immediately terminate and the Company shall have no liability to Executives hereunder.

 

  i. “Termination Without Cause” means termination by the Company other than because of:

 

  1. willful refusal by you to follow lawful directives of the President the Company or the Board which are consistent with the scope and nature of your duties and responsibilities; if an isolated, insubstantial or inadvertent action or failure which is remedied by you within 10 days after written notice from the President;
     
  2. your conviction of, or plea of guilty or nolo contendere to, a felony or of any crime involving moral turpitude, fraud or embezzlement
     
  3. any gross negligence or willful misconduct by you resulting in a material loss to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or material damage to the reputation of the Company or any of its subsidiaries;
     
  4. any material breach by you of any one or more of the covenants contained in any proprietary interest protection, confidentiality, non-competition or non-solicitation agreement between you and the Company; or
     
  5. any violation of any statutory or common law duty of loyalty to the Company or any of its subsidiaries.

 

 
 

 

  b. Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, Executive’s IBC Bonus shall be subject to a clawback if Executive fails to disclose any prior business dealings or relationships with the acquiring entity of IBC. This provision shall act to prevent Executives from self-dealing or undermining the value of IBC.

 

  3. Amount of IBC Bonus :

 

  a. Barnhill’s IBC Bonus will be an amount equal to 10% of the gross sale or transfer price over and above the Starting Value ($3M currently) or 10% of the capital raised. For example, if IBC sells for $10 million cash and the Starting Value remains $3 million, the increase is $7 million and Barnhill’s IBC Bonus would be $700,000 ($7M x .10).
     
  b. The IBC Bonuses to Remis and Berg will be based on the IBC Bonus earned by Barnhill and such IBC Bonuses will be paid by IHT, not from a reduction of Barnhill’s IBC Bonus.

 

  i. Remis will receive an IBC Bonus of 25% of the amount paid to Barnhill or similar amount. For example, if Barnhill’s IBC Bonus is $700,000, Remis’ IBC Bonus will be $175,000. The Compensation Committee expressly reserves the right to award Remis an amount in the range of 20% to 40% of the amount paid to Barnhill.
     
  ii. Berg will receive an IBC Bonus of 10% of the amount paid to Barnhill. For example, if Barnhill’s IBC Bonus is $700,000, Berg’s IBC Bonus will be $70,000.

 

  4. Additional IBC Bonus for Barnhill . If Barnhill procures the purchaser or investor for IBC or otherwise is a key contributor in the sale of IBC, Barnhill will receive an Additional IBC Bonus of 3% of the gross sale. Barnhill must identify in writing to James Wirth those purchasers she induces to make an offer to IBC prior to Due Diligence. For those purchasers or investors for whom Barnhill asserts she is a key contributor, Barnhill must similarly state in writing to James Wirth prior to Closing Date that she is a key contributor.
     
  5. Payment of IBC Bonuses .

 

  a. Cash transactions result in IBC Bonuses that are due and payable to Executives in a cash lump sum within 7 days of the Closing Date.
     
  b. IBC Bonuses shall be due and payable in stock if the sale is an exchange for stock within 14 days of the Closing Date.
     
  c. IBC Bonuses shall be due and payable as a combination of cash and stock in the event of a sale or liquidity event involving both cash and stock, with the configuration of such combination to be in the reasonable discretion of Barnhill (with Barnhill deciding for all Executives). The IBC Bonuses shall be made within 7 days if cash and 14-days if stock of the Closing Date.
     
  d. Additional IBC Bonuses are due and payable on the same terms as IBC Bonuses.
     
  e. Nothing in this Agreement precludes Executives from earning more than one IBC Bonus.

 

  6. Unfunded Status . All rights of Executives to IBC Bonuses under this Agreement are unfunded obligations of the Company. IBC Bonuses shall be paid from the general assets of the Company, and each Executive shall have the status of an unsecured general creditor of the Company.

 

 
 

 

  7. Tax Withholding . The Company may withhold from IBC Bonuses all federal, state, city or other taxes that may be required to be withheld pursuant to any law or governmental regulation or ruling. Notwithstanding any other provision of this letter agreement, the Company shall not be obligated to guarantee any particular tax result for Executives with respect to any payment provided hereunder, and Executives shall be responsible for any taxes imposed with respect to any such payment. Company will however work in good faith with Executives to limit tax liabilities to Executives.
     
  8. Successors and Assigns . This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of, and shall be binding upon, the Parties hereto and their respective heirs, personal representatives, successor and assigns. This Agreement, however, is not intended to confer any rights or benefits upon any person or entity other than the parties hereto and their respective heirs, personal representatives, successors and assigns.
     
  9. Other Benefits; No Right to Employment . No payments hereunder shall count toward, be substituted in lieu of, or be considered in determining payments or benefits due to Executives under applicable law or under any other plan, program or agreement of the Company. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to give any Executive the right to remain employed by the Company or to limit, in any way, the right of the Company to terminate, or to change the terms of, an Executive’s employment at any time.
     
  10. Discretionary Authority . The Compensation Committee may, from time to time prior, amend or terminate this Agreement, provided that any resulting reduction in an Executive’s right to payments under a previously granted Award shall be compensated for by a replacement plan or arrangement of comparable or greater value to the affected Executive. The determination of whether a replacement agreement or arrangement is of comparable or greater value shall be made by the Compensation Committee in its sole discretion, acting in good faith and based upon the facts and circumstances existing at the time of the Committee’s determination.
     
  11. Mediation and Binding Arbitration . Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement, or the breach thereof, shall be submitted for mediation and if needed, binding arbitration by an arbitrator the parties mutually agree upon. If the parties are unable to reach agreement on an arbitrator, the parties shall each submit three names of proposed arbitrators and draw the arbitrator by random lot.
     
  12. Governing Law . This Agreement shall be governed by the law of the State of Arizona.

 

InnSuites Hospitality Trust, Inc.

 

/s/ James Wirth   

James Wirth

 

Accepted and Agreed to:   Accepted and Agreed to:   Accepted and Agreed to:
         
/s/ Pamela Barnhill     /s/ Adam Remis     /s/ Marc Berg  
Pamela Barnhill   Adam Remis   Marc Berg