Item 2.02Results of Operations and Financial Condition
The information in Item 7.01 is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.02
and is deemed to have been furnished and shall not be deemed to be "filed" under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or
otherwise subject to the liabilities of such act, nor shall any of such
information be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be
expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
Item 7.01Regulation FD Disclosure.
Correspondence with Financial Advisors and Broker Dealers
Furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report, and incorporated by reference
in this Item 7.01, is the text of a correspondence, including frequently asked
questions, from Inland Real Estate Income Trust, Inc. ("we" or the "Company") to
financial advisors and broker dealers who participated in the Company's public
offering, notifying them that the board of directors of the Company (the
"Board"), including all the independent members of the Board, approved $18.08 as
the estimated per share net asset value (the "Estimated Per Share NAV") of the
Company's common stock as of December 31, 2020. Based on this Estimated Per
Share NAV, $18.08 per share will be the purchase price of shares issued under
the Company's amended and restated distribution reinvestment plan (the "DRP")
when a distribution is made, and in accordance with the Company's Third Amended
and Restated Share Repurchase Program (the "SRP") if shares are repurchased both
ordinary repurchases and repurchases for death or qualifying disability will be
at $14.46 per share (80% of $18.08).
Pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the "SEC"), the information contained in this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1
and the information set forth therein, is deemed to have been furnished and
shall not be deemed to be "filed" under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of such
act, nor shall any of such information be deemed incorporated by reference in
any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act,
except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
By furnishing the information contained in this Item 7.01 disclosure, including
Exhibit 99.1, the Company makes no admission as to the materiality of such
information.
Item 8.01Other Events.
Determination of Estimated Per Share NAV and Amendment and Restatement of Share
Repurchase Program
Background and Conclusion of Estimated Per Share NAV
On March 5, the Company announced that its Board determined the Estimated Per
Share NAV of its common stock and is providing such information to its
stockholders and to members of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
("FINRA") and their associated persons who participated in the Company's public
offering in order to assist them in meeting their customer account statement
reporting obligations under the National Association of Securities Dealers
Conduct Rule 2340.
To assist the Board in establishing the Estimated Per Share NAV, the Company
engaged CBRE Capital Advisors, Inc., a FINRA registered broker dealer firm that
specializes in providing real estate financial services ("CBRE Cap"). CBRE Cap
provided an analysis of the Company's assets and liabilities (including
individual property-level analyses), all of which was used to estimate a range
of Estimated Per Share NAVs. A third-party financial risk management firm
analyzed the fair market value of the Company's debt, and CBRE assessed the
reasonableness of that valuation. The engagement of CBRE Cap was based on a
number of factors, including CBRE Cap's expertise in valuation services and its,
and its affiliates', breadth and depth of experience in real estate
services. CBRE Cap engaged CBRE, Inc.'s Valuation & Advisory Services group, an
affiliate of CBRE Cap that conducts appraisals and valuations of real properties
(the "MAI Appraisals"), to perform cash flow projections and unlevered, ten-year
discounted cash flow analyses from restricted-use appraisals for each of the
Company's wholly-owned operating assets as of December 31, 2020 (the "Valuation
Date"). Based on the MAI Appraisals, the Company's filings with the SEC and
financial materials and other guidance provided by IREIT Business Manager &
Advisor, Inc., the Company's business manager and advisor (the "Business
Manager"), to CBRE Cap, CBRE Cap developed a valuation analysis of the Company's
assets and liabilities and provided that analysis to the Board in a report
presented on March 2, 2021 that contained, among other information, a range of
per share net asset values for the Company's common stock as of the Valuation
Date (the "Valuation Report"). There have been no changes between December 31,
2020 and the date of the Valuation Report that the Business Manager believes
would materially impact the overall Estimated Per Share NAV as of December 31,
2020.
The Board reviewed the Valuation Report, met telephonically with representatives
from CBRE Cap and considered the material assumptions and valuation
methodologies applied and described therein. Taking into consideration the
reasonableness of the valuation methodologies, assumptions, and the conclusions
contained in the Valuation Report, on March 2, 2021, the Board determined the
Company's total estimated net asset value to be approximately $651.3 million, or
$18.08 per share, based on a share
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count of approximately 36.0 million shares issued and outstanding as of the
Valuation Date. The Valuation Report contained a range for the Company's
Estimated Per Share NAV of $17.58 to $19.57. The mid-point of the range of
values provided by CBRE Cap was $18.58. The Estimated Per Share NAV of $18.08 is
lower than the mid-point of the range. Although the Company's portfolio is
stabilized with an economic occupancy of 93.3%, the Board considered (i) the
uncertainty created by the effects of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, such
as the ability of certain types of non-grocery retail tenants to pay rent,
including rent deferred from 2020 to 2021, or continue in business and (ii)
uncertainty regarding if and when base interest rates may rise and by how much,
and the potential effects of interest rate changes on values of retail
properties and debts. Additionally, retail real estate continues to experience
volatility as a result of, among other things, shifting consumer shopping
preferences and Internet competition. Approximately 37% of annualized base rent
for leases in-place as of December 31, 2020 is generated from non-grocery big
box retailers, a retail sector the Business Manager believes is currently
impacted relatively more than certain other retail sectors by shifting consumer
preferences and Internet competition. As a result, this retail sector was
experiencing price dislocation even before the COVID-19 pandemic and measures
taken to combat it, which have generally tended to exacerbate this price
dislocation. In light of these factors, the Board selected an estimated
per-share NAV lower than the mid-point of the range.
The Board's determination of the Estimated Per Share NAV was undertaken in
accordance with the Company's valuation policy and the recommendations and
methodologies of the Institute for Portfolio Alternatives (formerly known as the
Investment Program Association), a trade association for non-listed direct
investment vehicles ("IPA"), as set forth in IPA Practice Guideline 2013-01
"Valuations of Publicly Registered Non-Listed REITs" (the "IPA Practice
Guideline"). In accordance with the valuation policy and the IPA Practice
Guideline, the Estimated Per Share NAV excludes any value adjustments due to the
size and diversification of the Company's portfolio of assets.
The Estimated Per Share NAV represents a snapshot in time, will likely change
over time, and may not represent the amount a stockholder would receive now or
in the future for his or her shares of the Company's common stock. Stockholders
should not rely on the Estimated Per Share NAV in making a decision to buy or
sell shares of our common stock. The Estimated Per Share NAV is based on a
number of assumptions, estimates and data that are inherently imprecise and
susceptible to uncertainty and changes in circumstances, including changes to
the value of individual assets as well as changes and developments in the real
estate and capital markets, for example, market changes and developments that
may result from the spread and effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, and changes in
interest rates. Please see "Valuation Methodologies," and "Additional
Information Regarding the Valuation, Limitations of the Estimated Per Share NAV
and CBRE Cap" in this Current Report, below.
The Board, including all of the Board's independent members, and not CBRE Cap,
is ultimately and solely responsible for the determination of the Estimated Per
Share NAV. The Company currently expects to publish an updated Estimated Per
Share NAV on at least an annual basis.
Valuation Methodologies
As of the Valuation Date, the Company's real estate portfolio was comprised of
44 retail properties, totaling approximately 6.5 million square feet. The
weighted average period of time that the Company has owned the properties is 5.7
years as of the Valuation Date.
To estimate our per share value, CBRE Cap utilized the "net asset value" or
"NAV" method, also known as the appraised value methodology, which is based on
the fair value of real estate, real estate related investments and all other
assets, less the fair value of total liabilities. The fair value estimate of our
real estate assets is equal to the sum of their individual real estate
values. Generally, CBRE Cap estimated the value of the Company's real estate
assets using several methodologies, including a discounted cash flow, or "DCF,"
of projected net operating income, less lease-up discounts and deferred
maintenance, as appropriate, for each property, for the ten-year period ending
December 31, 2030, and applied a discount rate that it believed was consistent
with the inherent level of risk associated with the asset. The other
methodologies considered consisted of the "direct cap rate" and "sales
comparison" approaches. CBRE Cap believed use of the DCF approach was more
appropriate because the portfolio is comprised of multi-tenant assets.
The estimated value of the Company's real estate assets reflects an overall
decrease of 6.6% compared to the Company's original cost of the real estate
assets plus any capital expenditures invested in those real estate assets by the
Company through December 31, 2020. For all other (non-real estate) assets, such
as other current assets, fair value was determined separately based on book
value. The Business Manager engaged a third-party financial risk management firm
in determining the fair market value of the Company's debt by comparing current
market interest rates to the contract rates on the Company's long-term debt and
discounting to present value the difference in future payments. The fair market
value of the Company's debt was reviewed by CBRE, Inc.'s Valuation & Advisory
Services group for reasonableness and utilized in the Valuation Report. CBRE Cap
determined that no incentive fee to the Business Manager would be payable under
a hypothetical liquidation occurring within the range of values provided in the
Valuation Report. CBRE Cap determined NAV in a manner consistent with the
definition of fair value under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles set
forth in FASB's Topic ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures.
Net asset value per share was estimated by subtracting the fair value of our
total liabilities from the fair value of our total assets and dividing the
result by the number of common shares outstanding as of the Valuation Date. CBRE
Cap created a valuation
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range by first establishing a discount rate and terminal capitalization rate for
each real estate asset. CBRE Cap then applied a discount rate and terminal
capitalization rate sensitivity analysis by varying the discount rate and
terminal capitalization rate of each real estate asset by 2.5% in either
direction, which represents an approximate 5% sensitivity on the discount rates
and terminal capitalization rates, resulting in a value range equal to $17.58 to
$19.57 per share. The mid-point in that range was $18.58. Discount rates and
terminal capitalization rates were sourced from the MAI Appraisals and varied by
location, asset quality and supply and demand metrics. The Estimated Per Share
NAV determined by the Board of $18.08 assumes a weighted average discount rate
equal to 7.96% and a weighted average terminal capitalization rate of 7.27%.
The terminal capitalization rate and discount rate have a significant impact on
the estimated value under the net asset value method. The following chart
presents the impact of changes to the Estimated Per Share NAV based on
variations in the terminal capitalization rate and discount rate within the
range of values determined by CBRE Cap.
Range of Value and Rate
Estimated
Low Value Mid-point High
Share Price $ 17.58 $ 18.08 $ 18.58 $ 19.57
Terminal Capitalization Rate 7.34 % 7.27 % 7.18 % 6.98 %
Discount Rate 8.07 % 7.96 % 7.87 % 7.67 %
The following table summarizes the individual components presented to the Board
to estimate per share values as of the dates presented. All share information
reflects the 1-for-2.5 reverse stock split effected by the Company on January
16, 2018 (the "Stock Split").
Per Share as of Per Share as of
December 31, 2020 December 31, 2019
Real Estate Assets $ 35.78 $ 38.13
Cash and Other Assets, Net of Other
Liabilities(1) (0.33 ) (0.72 )
Fair Market Value of Debt(2) (17.37 ) (19.26 )
Estimated Per Share NAV $ 18.08 $ 18.15
(1) Includes the following items based on book value: (i) cash and cash
equivalents; (ii) accounts and rent receivables; (iii) other assets; (iv)
accounts payable and accrued expenses; (v) distributions payable; (vi) due to
related parties and (vii) other liabilities
(2) Comprised of mortgage loans and credit facility payable, as adjusted for fair
market value.
The primary factors that impacted the Board's determination of the Company's
Estimated Per Share NAV as compared to the Company's prior NAV determination as
of December 31, 2019 were (i) a decrease in the value of the real estate assets
due to the sale of three assets, higher terminal capitalization rates, and
higher discount rates applied to certain assets and a decrease in rents at
certain properties, (ii) an increase in cash and other assets, net of other
liabilities, as a result of an increase in the cash balance, a decrease in
distributions and share repurchase program payable of $0.37 per share because
the Company suspended distributions and repurchases following the onset of the
pandemic, offset by an increase in the fair value of derivatives liability due
to a decrease in interest rates, (iii) a decrease in the fair market value of
. . .
Item 9.01Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d)Exhibits.
Exhibit No. Description
99.1 Correspondence to Financial Advisors and Broker-Dealers
Forward-Looking Statements
This Current Report on Form 8-K contains "forward-looking statements," which are
not historical facts, within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. The statements may be identified by terminology such as
"may," "can," "would," "will," "expect," "intend," "estimate," "anticipate,"
"plan," "seek," "appear," or "believe." Such statements reflect the current view
of the Company with respect to future events and are subject to certain risks,
uncertainties and assumptions related to certain factors including, without
limitation, the uncertainties related to general economic conditions, the
effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and measures taken to combat it, competition
for our tenants from internet retailers, unforeseen events affecting the
commercial real estate industry, retail real estate, or particular markets, and
other factors detailed under Risk Factors in our most recent Form 10-K as of
December 31, 2019 filed on March 18, 2020 and subsequent Form 10-Qs on file with
the SEC. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in such
forward-looking statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that such
expectations will prove to be correct. You should exercise caution when
considering forward-looking statements and not place undue reliance on
them. Based upon changing conditions, should any one or more of these risks or
uncertainties materialize, or should any underlying assumptions prove incorrect,
actual results may vary materially from those described herein. Except as
required by federal securities laws, the Company undertakes no obligation to
publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of
new information, future events, changed circumstances or any other reason after
the date of this Current Report on Form 8-K.
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