Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary
Data
Kaanapali Land, LLC
Index
Report of Independent Registered Public
Accounting Firm, Grant Thornton LLP
Consolidated Balance Sheets, December
31, 2020 and 2019
Consolidated Statements of Operations
for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019, and 2018
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive
Income (Loss) for the years ended December 31, 2020,
2019 and 2018
Consolidated Statements of Equity for
the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Schedules not filed:
All schedules have
been omitted as the required information is inapplicable or the information is presented in the financial statements or related
notes.
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC
ACCOUNTING FIRM
The Managing Member and Stockholders
Kaanapali Land, LLC
Opinion on the financial statements
We have audited the accompanying consolidated
balance sheets of Kaanapali Land, LLC (a Delaware limited liability company) and subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of
December 31, 2020 and 2019, the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income (loss), equity, and cash flows
for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2020, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial
statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of
the Company as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years
in the period ended December 31, 2020, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of
America.
Basis for opinion
These financial
statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s
financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight
Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the
U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted
our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The
Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As
part of our audits we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting 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.
Our audits included performing procedures to
assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures
that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures
in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made
by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a
reasonable basis for our opinion.
Critical audit matters
The critical audit matters communicated below
are matters arising from the current period audit of the financial statements that were communicated or required to be communicated
to those charged with governance and that: (1) relate to accounts or disclosures that are material to the financial statements
and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments. The communication of critical audit matters does
not alter in any way our opinion on the financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit
matters below, providing separate opinions on the critical audit matters or on the accounts or disclosures to which they relate.
Environmental
Loss Contingency
As described in detail in Note 7 of the consolidated
financial statements, in 2006, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and the U.S. Navy filed a joint proof of
claim against Oahu Sugar Company, LLC (“Oahu Sugar”), seeking to recover environmental response costs related to the
release of hazardous substances, pollutants and contaminants at the Waipio Peninsula upon which Oahu Sugar previously operated
pursuant to lease arrangements with the U.S. Navy. In connection with this matter, the EPA issued a Unilateral Administrative Order
to the Company, as a successor to an affiliate of Oahu Sugar, for the performance of work related to the clean-up of the site.
The Company has recognized a loss contingency
related to this matter, which is included in other liabilities in the consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2020. We identified
this environmental loss contingency as a critical audit matter.
The principal considerations for our determination
that the environmental loss contingency represents a critical audit matter is that it relies on the substantial use of management
estimates and the estimate involve significant measurement uncertainty. Additionally, these estimates in turn require significant
auditor subjectivity in evaluating the reasonableness of the related judgments.
Our audit
procedures related to the environmental loss contingency included the following, among others.
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·
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We evaluated the design of controls relating
to accounting for loss contingencies, including the Company’s ability to develop the estimates utilized in recognizing the
related liabilities.
|
|
·
|
We inspected the joint proof of claim filed
against Oahu Sugar noted above, identifying the actual costs incurred and the range of estimated response costs, and agreed the
actual costs incurred and the low end of the range of estimated response costs to the Company’s analysis detailing the components
of the aggregate environmental loss contingency. We also evaluated whether any point estimate was more accurate than any other
amount.
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|
·
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We inspected the Company’s analysis of
the environmental loss contingency, and recomputed the aggregate amount as the summation of the actual EPA costs incurred, the
low end of the estimated response cost range, and estimated legal and related remediation costs associated with potential required
response efforts.
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|
·
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We inspected third party legal and related environmental
remediation service provider invoices and cash disbursement evidence on a sample basis, and agreed amounts to the Company’s
analysis of estimated legal and related remediation costs associated with potential required response efforts.
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|
·
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We assessed the reasonableness of legal and
related remediation costs incurred data as a basis for amounts accrued for estimated legal and related remediation costs associated
with potential required response efforts, and the related methodology of such accrual.
|
|
·
|
We inspected confirmation letters received directly
from third party law firms as well as Company internal counsel involved in this matter, assessing responses for consistency and
corroboration with the Company’s accounting treatment and related disclosures.
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Asbestos
Loss Contingencies
As described further in Note 7 of the consolidated
financial statements, Kaanapali Land, LLC (“Kaanapali” or “the Company”), as successor by merger to other
entities, and D/C Distribution Corporation (“D/C”) have been named as defendants in personal injury actions allegedly
based on exposure to asbestos. Cases are allegedly based on its prior business operations in Hawaii and cases against D/C are allegedly
based on sale of asbestos-containing products by D/C's prior distribution business operations primarily in the state of California.
The Company has recognized a loss contingency
related to these claims, which is included in other liabilities in the consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2020. We identified
these asbestos loss contingencies as a critical audit matter.
The principal considerations for our determination
that the asbestos loss contingencies represent a critical audit matter are that they rely on the substantial use of management
estimates that involve significant measurement uncertainty. Additionally, these estimates in turn require significant auditor subjectivity
in evaluating the reasonableness of the related judgments.
Our audit
procedures related to the asbestos loss contingencies included the following, among others.
·
We evaluated the design of controls relating to accounting for contingencies,
including the Company’s ability to develop the estimates utilized in recognizing the related liabilities.
·
We inspected summary reports of actual claims prepared by third party
law firms involved in these matters, and recomputed expected aggregate settlement amounts based on settlement averages and number
of plaintiffs.
·
We recomputed the aggregate amount accrued for expected incurred but
not reported claims based on settlement averages, expected number of annual future claims, and estimated market discount rate.
We also evaluated the reasonableness of expected future claims based on past claims settlement data and other factors, and of the
market discount rate.
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·
|
We inspected settlement agreements and cash
disbursement evidence on a sample basis, and agreed amounts to the analyses referenced above.
|
·
We inspected confirmation letters received directly from third party
law firms as well as Company internal counsel involved in these matters, assessing responses for consistency and corroboration
with the Company’s accounting treatment and related disclosures.
/s/ GRANT THORNTON LLP
We have served as the Company’s
auditor since 2015.
Chicago, Illinois
March 25, 2021
Kaanapali Land, LLC
Consolidated Balance Sheets
December 31, 2020 and 2019
(Dollars in Thousands, except share
data)
|
2020
|
|
2019
|
Assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents
|
$
|
17,715
|
|
$
|
23,183
|
Restricted cash
|
|
902
|
|
|
1,165
|
Property, net
|
|
62,660
|
|
|
62,198
|
Pension plan assets
|
|
17,531
|
|
|
15,509
|
Other assets
|
|
3,340
|
|
|
4,103
|
Total assets
|
$
|
102,148
|
|
$
|
106,158
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
|
$
|
742
|
|
$
|
812
|
Deposits and deferred gains
|
|
1,987
|
|
|
2,435
|
Deferred income taxes
|
|
9,101
|
|
|
9,643
|
Other liabilities
|
|
11,799
|
|
|
11,802
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities
|
|
23,629
|
|
|
24,692
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Commitments and contingencies (Note 7)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Equity
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common stock, at 12/31/20 and 12/31/19
Shares authorized – unlimited, Class C shares
52,000;
shares issued and outstanding 1,792,613
in
2020 and 2019, Class C shares issued and
outstanding
52,000 in 2020 and 2019
|
|
--
|
|
|
--
|
Additional paid-in capital
|
|
5,471
|
|
|
5,471
|
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss),
net of tax
|
|
946
|
|
|
(239)
|
Accumulated earnings
|
|
71,440
|
|
|
75,173
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stockholders’ equity
|
|
77,857
|
|
|
80,405
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Non-controlling interests
|
|
662
|
|
|
1,061
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total equity
|
|
78,519
|
|
|
81,466
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
|
$
|
102,148
|
|
$
|
106,158
|
The accompanying notes are an integral
part of the consolidated financial statements.
Kaanapali Land, LLC
Consolidated Statements of Operations
Years ended December 31, 2020, 2019
and 2018
(Dollars in Thousands except Per Share
Amounts)
|
2020
|
|
2019
|
|
2018
|
Revenues:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sales
|
$
|
2,638
|
|
$
|
3,815
|
|
$
|
6,207
|
Interest and other income
|
|
715
|
|
|
369
|
|
|
211
|
|
|
3,353
|
|
|
4,184
|
|
|
6,418
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost and expenses:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost of sales
|
|
4,461
|
|
|
4,471
|
|
|
6,652
|
Selling, general and administrative
|
|
4,132
|
|
|
4,564
|
|
|
3,282
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
|
218
|
|
|
201
|
|
|
237
|
|
|
8,811
|
|
|
9,236
|
|
|
10,171
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating income (loss) before income taxes
|
|
(5,458)
|
|
|
(5,052)
|
|
|
(3,753)
|
Income tax benefit
|
|
959
|
|
|
1,182
|
|
|
762
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income (loss)
|
|
(4,499)
|
|
|
(3,870)
|
|
|
(2,991)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Less: Net loss attributable to non-controlling
interests
|
|
(759)
|
|
|
(243)
|
|
|
(83)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income (loss) attributable to stockholders
|
$
|
(3,740)
|
|
$
|
(3,627)
|
|
$
|
(2,908)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income (loss) per share – basic and diluted
|
$
|
(2.03)
|
|
$
|
(1.97)
|
|
$
|
(1.58)
|
The accompanying notes are an integral
part of the consolidated financial statements.
Kaanapali Land, LLC
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
Years ended December 31, 2020, 2019
and 2018
(Dollars in Thousands except Per Share
Amounts)
|
2020
|
|
2019
|
|
2018
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income (loss)
|
$
|
(4,499)
|
|
$
|
(3,870)
|
|
$
|
(2,991)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other comprehensive income (loss):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net unrealized gains (losses) on pension
plan assets
|
|
1,601
|
|
|
1,844
|
|
|
(319)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income tax benefit (expense) related to
items of other comprehensive income
|
|
(416)
|
|
|
(480)
|
|
|
83
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax
|
|
1,185
|
|
|
1,364
|
|
|
(236)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Comprehensive income (loss)
|
|
(3,314)
|
|
|
(2,506)
|
|
|
(3,227)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Comprehensive loss attributable to
non-controlling interests
|
|
(759)
|
|
|
(243)
|
|
|
(83)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to
stockholders
|
$
|
(2,555)
|
|
$
|
(2,263)
|
|
$
|
(3,144)
|
The accompanying notes are an integral
part of the consolidated financial statements.
Kaanapali Land, LLC
Consolidated Statements of Equity
Years ended December 31, 2020, 2019
and 2018
(Dollars in Thousands)
|
|
Common
Stock
|
|
Additional
Paid-In
Capital
|
|
Accumu-
lated
(Deficit)
Earnings
|
|
Accumu-
lated
Other
Compre-
hensive
Income/
(Loss)
|
|
Total
Stock-
holders’
Equity
|
|
Non
Controlling
Interests
|
|
Total
Equity
|
Balance at
December 31, 2017
|
|
|
--
|
|
$
|
5,471
|
|
$
|
81,754
|
|
$
|
(1,367)
|
|
$
|
85,858
|
|
$
|
630
|
|
$
|
86,488
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Effect of consolidat-
ing Kaanapali
Coffee Farms
Lot Owners’
Association
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
(54)
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
(54)
|
|
|
347
|
|
|
293
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other comprehensive
loss, net of tax
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
(236)
|
|
|
(236)
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
(236)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income (loss)
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
(2,908)
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
(2,908)
|
|
|
(83)
|
|
|
(2,991)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at
December 31, 2018
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
5,471
|
|
|
78,792
|
|
|
(1,603)
|
|
|
82,660
|
|
|
894
|
|
|
83,554
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Effect of consolidat-
ing Kaanapali
Coffee Farms
Lot Owners’
Association
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
8
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
8
|
|
|
410
|
|
|
418
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other comprehensive
loss, net of tax
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
1,364
|
|
|
1,364
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
1,364
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income (loss)
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
(3,627)
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
(3,627)
|
|
|
(243)
|
|
|
(3,870)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at
December 31, 2019
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
5,471
|
|
|
75,173
|
|
|
(239)
|
|
|
80,405
|
|
|
1,061
|
|
|
81,466
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Effect of consolidat-
ing Kaanapali
Coffee Farms
Lot Owners’
Association
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
7
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
7
|
|
|
360
|
|
|
367
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other comprehensive
loss, net of tax
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
1,185
|
|
|
1,185
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
1,185
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income (loss)
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
(3,740)
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
(3,740)
|
|
|
(759)
|
|
|
(4,499)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at
December 31, 2020
|
|
|
--
|
|
$
|
5,471
|
|
$
|
71,440
|
|
$
|
946
|
|
$
|
77,857
|
|
$
|
662
|
|
$
|
78,519
|
The accompanying notes are an integral
part of the consolidated financial statements.
Kaanapali Land, LLC
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
Years ended December 31, 2020, 2019
and 2018
(Dollars in Thousands)
|
2020
|
|
2019
|
|
2018
|
Cash flows from operating activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income (loss)
|
$
|
(4,499)
|
|
$
|
(3,870)
|
|
$
|
(2,991)
|
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash
provided by (used in) operating activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Proceeds from property sales
|
|
--
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
3,263
|
Gain on property sales
|
|
--
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
(501)
|
Net periodic pension cost (credit)
|
|
(421)
|
|
|
306
|
|
|
63
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
|
218
|
|
|
201
|
|
|
237
|
Deferred income taxes
|
|
(959)
|
|
|
(1,182)
|
|
|
(762)
|
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other assets
|
|
763
|
|
|
(151)
|
|
|
(654)
|
Accounts payable, accrued expenses,
deposits,
deferred
gains and other
|
|
(520)
|
|
|
(141)
|
|
|
(223)
|
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
|
|
(5,418)
|
|
|
(4,837)
|
|
|
(1,568)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash flows from investing activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Property additions
|
|
(680)
|
|
|
(641)
|
|
|
(474)
|
Net cash used in investing activities
|
|
(680)
|
|
|
(641)
|
|
|
(474)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash flows from financing activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Contributions
|
|
471
|
|
|
418
|
|
|
390
|
Distributions
|
|
(104)
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
(97)
|
Net cash provided by financing activities
|
|
367
|
|
|
418
|
|
|
293
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
|
|
(5,731)
|
|
|
(5,060)
|
|
|
(1,749)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash,
cash equivalents and restricted cash
at
beginning of year
|
|
24,348
|
|
|
29,408
|
|
|
31,157
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash,
cash equivalents and restricted cash
at
end of year
|
$
|
18,617
|
|
$
|
24,348
|
|
$
|
29,408
|
Supplemental Non-Cash Investing Activities:
Amounts included in Proceeds from property
sales include promissory notes of $0, $0 and $440 at December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively.
The accompanying notes are an integral
part of the consolidated financial statements.
Kaanapali Land, LLC
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
(Dollars in Thousands)
(1) Summary of Significant Accounting
Policies
Organization and
Basis of Accounting
Kaanapali Land, LLC
("Kaanapali Land"), a Delaware limited liability company is the reorganized entity resulting from the Joint Plan of Reorganization
of Amfac Hawaii, LLC (now known as KLC Land Company, LLC ("KLC Land")), certain of its subsidiaries (together with KLC
Land, the "KLC Debtors") and FHT Corporation ("FHTC" and, together with the KLC Debtors, the "Debtors")
under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, dated June 11, 2002 (as amended, the "Plan"). The Plan was filed jointly
by all Debtors to consolidate each case for joint administration in the Bankruptcy Court in order to (a) permit the petitioners
to present a joint reorganization plan that recognized, among other things, the common indebtedness of the debtors (i.e. the Certificate
of Land Appreciation Notes ("COLAs") and Senior Indebtedness) and (b) facilitate the overall administration of the bankruptcy
proceedings. As indicated in the Plan, Kaanapali Land has elected to be taxable as a corporation.
The Plan was confirmed
by the Bankruptcy Court by orders dated July 29, 2002 and October 30, 2002 (collectively, the "Order") and
became effective November 13, 2002 (the "Plan Effective Date"). During August 2005, pursuant to a motion for entry of
final decree, the bankruptcy cases were closed.
There are 1,792,613
Common Shares and 52,000 Class C Shares issued, all of which are outstanding at December 31, 2020.
The accompanying consolidated
financial statements include the accounts of Kaanapali Land and all of its subsidiaries and its predecessor (collectively, the
"Company"), which include KLC Land and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. The Kaanapali Coffee Farms Lot Owners’ Association
is consolidated into the accompanying consolidated financial statements. The interests of third party owners are reflected as non-controlling
interests. All significant intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation.
The Company's continuing
operations are in two business segments - Agriculture and Property. The Agriculture segment remains engaged in farming, harvesting
and milling operations relating to coffee orchards on behalf of the applicable land owners. The Company also cultivates, harvests
and sells bananas and citrus fruits and engages in certain ranching operations. The Property segment primarily develops land for
sale and negotiates bulk sales of undeveloped land. The Property and Agriculture segments operate exclusively in the State of Hawaii.
For further information on the Company's business segments see Note 8.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
The Company considers
as cash equivalents all investments with maturities of three months or less when purchased. Included in this balance as of December 31,
2020 is a money market fund for $12,300 that is considered to be a Level 1 investment. The Company’s cash balances are
maintained primarily in two financial institutions. Restricted cash represents cash held by the Kaanapali Coffee Farms Lot Owners’
Association. Such balances significantly exceed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation insurance limits. Management does not
believe the Company is exposed to significant risk of loss on cash and cash equivalents.
Subsequent Events
The Company has performed
an evaluation of subsequent events from the date of the financial statements included in this annual report through the date of
its filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Revenue Recognition
Revenue from real
property sales is recognized at the time of closing when control of the property transfers to the customer. After closing of the
sale transaction, the Company has no remaining performance obligation.
Other revenues are
recognized when control of goods or services transfers to the customers, in the amount that the Company expects to receive for
the transfer of goods or provision of services.
Revenue recognition
standards require entities to recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount
that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled to receive in exchange. The revenue recognition standards
have implications for all revenues, excluding those that are under the specific scope of other accounting standards.
The Company’s
revenues that were subject to revenue recognition standards for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 were $1,873 and
$2,909, respectively, related to coffee and other crop sales.
The revenue recognition
standards require the use of a five-step model to recognize revenue from customer contracts. The five-step model requires
that the Company (i) identify the contract with the customer, (ii) identify the performance obligations in the contract, (iii)
determine the transaction price, including variable consideration to the extent that it is probable that a significant future reversal
will not occur, (iv) allocate the transaction price to the respective performance obligations in the contract, and (v)
recognize revenue when (or as) the Company satisfies the performance obligation.
Lease Accounting
In February 2016,
the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) updated Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic
842 Leases (ASU 2016-02). Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2016-02 requires lessees to record operating and financing
leases as assets and liabilities on the balance sheet and lessors to expense costs that are not direct leasing costs. Subsequently,
the FASB issued additional ASUs that further clarified the original ASU. The ASUs became effective for the Company on January 1,
2019. Upon adoption of the lease ASUs, the Company elected the practical expedients allowable under the ASUs, which included the
optional transition method permitting January 1, 2019 to be its initial application date. The adoption of this guidance did not
result in an adjustment to retained earnings. Additionally, the Company elected the package of practical expedients, which permits
the Company not to reassess expired or existing contracts continuing a lease, the lease classification for expired or existing
contracts, and initial direct costs for any existing leases. Further, the Company elected the practical expedient regarding short-term
leases, which allows lessees to elect not to apply the balance sheet recognition requirements in ASC 842 to short-term leases.
Finally, under ASC 842, lessors are required to continually assess collectability of lessee payments, and, if operating lease payments
are not probable of collection, to only recognize into income the lesser of (i) straight-line rental income or (ii) lease payments
received to date. The adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
The Company’s
lease arrangements, both as lessor and as lessee, are short-term leases. The Company leases land to tenants under operating leases,
and the Company leases property, primarily office and storage space, from lessors under operating leases. During the years ended
December 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company recognized $659 and $738, respectively, of lease income, substantially comprised of non-variable
lease payments. During the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company recognized $70 and $79, respectively, of lease
expense, substantially comprised of non-variable lease payments.
Recently Issued
Accounting Pronouncements
In June 2016, the
FASB updated ASC Topic 326 Financial Instruments – Credit Losses with ASU 2016-13 Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial
Instruments (ASU 2016-13). ASU 2016-13 enhances the methodology of measuring expected credit losses to include the use of forward-looking
information to better inform credit loss estimates. ASU 2016-13 is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15,
2019 for public companies except for smaller reporting companies, whose effective date will be periods beginning after December 15,
2022. While the Company is currently evaluating the effect that implementation of this update will have on its consolidated financial
statements, no significant impact is anticipated.
In August 2018, FASB issued
ASU 2018-13, Disclosure Framework – Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement, which amends ASC 820,
Fair Value Measurement. ASU 2018-13 modified the disclosure requirements for fair value measurements by removing, modifying or
adding certain disclosures. This standard is effective for public companies for fiscal years beginning after December 15,
2019, including interim periods within that fiscal year. The adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on the Company’s
consolidated financial statements.
In December 2019, the FASB
issued ASU 2019-12, Income Taxes (Topic 740) to simplify the accounting for income taxes. This guidance removes certain exceptions
related to the approach for intraperiod tax allocation, the methodology for calculating income taxes in an interim period, and
the recognition of deferred tax liabilities for outside basis differences. The guidance also clarifies and simplifies other arears
of ASC 740. This standard is effective for public companies for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020, including
interim periods within that fiscal year. The adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated
financial statements.
Land Development
During the first quarter
of 2006, the Company received final subdivision approval on an approximate 336 acre parcel in the region "mauka" (toward
the mountains) from the main highway serving the area. This project, called Kaanapali Coffee Farms, consisted of 51 agricultural
lots, offered to individual buyers. The land improvements were completed during 2008. As of December 31, 2020, the Company
sold fifty lots at Kaanapali Coffee Farms including four lots in 2018. In conjunction with the sale of one of the lots sold in
2018, in addition to cash proceeds, the Company received a promissory note in the amount of approximately $460, included in Other
assets in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet. The Company received the proceeds of the promissory note in October 2020.
Project costs associated
with the development and construction of real estate projects are capitalized and classified as Property, net. Such capitalized
costs are not in excess of the projects' estimated fair value as reviewed periodically or as considered necessary. In addition,
interest, insurance and property tax are capitalized to qualifying assets during the period that such assets are undergoing activities
necessary to prepare them for their intended use.
For development projects,
capitalized costs are allocated using the direct method for expenditures that are specifically associated with the lot being sold
and the relative-sales-value method for expenditures that benefit the entire project.
Recognition of
Profit From Real Property Sales
In accordance with
the core principle of ASC 606, revenue from real property sales is recognized at the time of closing when control of the property
transfers to the customer. After closing of the sale transaction, the Company has no remaining performance obligation. When the
sale does not meet the requirements for full profit recognition, all or a portion of the profit is deferred until such requirements
are met.
Other revenues in
the scope of ASC 606 are recognized when control of goods or services transfers to the customers, in the amount that the Company
expects to receive for the transfer of goods or provision of services.
Property
Property is stated
at cost. Depreciation is based on the straight-line method over the estimated economic lives of 15-40 years for the Company's depreciable
land improvements, 3-18 years for machinery and equipment. Maintenance and repairs are charged to operations as incurred. Significant
betterments and improvements are capitalized and depreciated over their estimated useful lives.
Provisions for impairment
losses related to long-lived assets, if any, are recognized when expected future cash flows are less than the carrying values of
the assets. If indicators of impairment are present, the Company evaluates the carrying value of the related long-lived assets
in relationship to the future undiscounted cash flows of the underlying operations or anticipated sales proceeds. The Company adjusts
the net book value of property to fair value if the sum of the expected undiscounted future cash flow or sales proceeds is less
than book value. Assets held for sale are recorded at the lower of the carrying value of the asset or fair value less costs to
sell.
|
2020
|
|
2019
|
Property, net:
|
|
|
|
|
|
Land
|
$
|
61,678
|
|
$
|
61,200
|
Buildings
|
|
1,229
|
|
|
1,242
|
Machinery and equipment
|
|
5,453
|
|
|
5,238
|
|
|
68,360
|
|
|
67,680
|
Accumulated depreciation
|
|
(5,700)
|
|
|
(5,482)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Property, net
|
$
|
62,660
|
|
$
|
62,198
|
Inventory of land
held for sale of approximately $736 and $736, representing Kaanapali Coffee Farms, was included in Property, net in the consolidated
balance sheets at December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and is carried at the lower of cost or fair market value, less
costs to sell, which is based on current and foreseeable market conditions, discussions with real estate brokers and review of
historical land sale activity (Level 2 and 3). The land held for sale is recognized in the Property segment as disclosed in footnote
8 Business Segment Information. Land is currently utilized for commercial specialty coffee farming operations which also support
the Company’s land development program, as well as, farming bananas, citrus and other farm products and ranching operations.
Additionally, miscellaneous parcels of land have been leased or licensed to third parties on a short term basis.
The Company's significant
property holdings are on the island of Maui consisting of approximately 3,900 acres, of which approximately 1,500 acres is classified
as conservation land which precludes development. The Company has determined, based on its current projections for the development
and/or disposition of its property holdings, that the property holdings are not currently recorded in an amount in excess of proceeds
that the Company expects that it will ultimately obtain from the operation and disposition thereof.
In September 2014, Kaanapali
Land Management Corp. (“KLMC”), pursuant to a property and option purchase agreement with an unrelated third party,
closed on the sale of an approximate 14.9 acre parcel in West Maui. The purchase price was $3,300, paid in cash at closing. The
agreement commits KLMC to fund up to $1,008, depending on various factors, for off-site roadway, water, sewer and electrical improvements
that will also provide service to other KLMC properties. The purchaser was also granted an option for the purchase of an adjacent
site of approximately 18.5 acres for $4,078, of which $525 was paid in cash upon the closing of the 14.9 acre site. The option
expired on December 31, 2020, and the nonrefundable $525 option payment is included in Other income on the Company’s
Consolidated Statement of Operations as of December 31, 2020. The 14.9 acre site is intended to be used for a hospital, skilled
nursing facility, assisted living facility, and medical offices.
Other Liabilities
Other liabilities
are comprised of estimated liabilities for losses, commitments and contingencies related to various divested assets or operations.
These estimated liabilities include the estimated effects of certain asbestos related claims, obligations related to former officers
and employees such as pension, post-retirement benefits and workmen's compensation, investigation and potential remedial efforts
in connection with environmental matters in the state of Hawaii. Management's estimates are based, as applicable, on taking into
consideration claim amounts filed by third parties, life expectancy of beneficiaries, advice of consultants, negotiations with
claimants, historical settlement experience, the number of new cases expected to be filed and the likelihood of liability in specific
situations. Management periodically reviews the adequacy of each of its loss contingency amounts and adjusts such as it determines
the appropriate loss contingency amount to reflect current information. Reference is made to Note 7, Commitments and Contingencies.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of
financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires management to make
estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could
differ from those estimates.
Short-Term Investments
It is the Company's
policy to classify all of its investments in U.S. Government obligations with original maturities greater than three months as
held-to maturity, as the Company has the ability and intent to hold these investments until their maturity, and are recorded at
amortized cost, which approximates fair value.
Income Taxes
Income taxes are accounted
for under the asset and liability approach which requires recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for the differences
between the financial reporting and tax basis of assets and liabilities. A valuation allowance reduces deferred tax assets when
it is more likely than not some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. As of December 31, 2020 and 2019,
there were no uncertain tax positions that had a material impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements.
(2) Mortgage Note Payable
Certain subsidiaries
of Kaanapali Land are jointly indebted to Kaanapali Land pursuant to a certain Secured Promissory Note in the principal amount
of $70,000 dated November 14, 2002, and due September 30, 2029, as extended. Such note had an outstanding balance of principal
and accrued interest as of December 31, 2020 and 2019 of approximately $90,367 and $89,476, respectively. The interest rate currently
is 0.39% per annum and compounds semi-annually. The note, which is prepayable, is secured by substantially all of the remaining
real property owned by such subsidiaries, pursuant to a certain Mortgage, Security Agreement and Financing Statement, dated as
of November 14, 2002 and placed on record in December 2002. The note has been eliminated in the consolidated financial statements
because the obligors are consolidated subsidiaries of Kaanapali Land.
(3) Rental Arrangements
During 2020 and 2019,
the Company leased various office spaces with average annual rental of approximately $18 and $17 per year, respectively. Although
the Company was a party to certain other leasing arrangements, none of them were material.
(4) Employee Benefit Plans
As of December 31,
2020, the Company participates in a defined benefit pension plan that covers substantially all its eligible employees. The Pension
Plan is sponsored and maintained by Kaanapali Land in conjunction with other plans providing benefits to employees of Kaanapali
Land and its affiliates. The Pension Plan for Bargaining Unit Employees of Amfac Plantations (the "Pension Plan") provides
benefits based primarily on length of service and career-average compensation levels. Kaanapali Land's policy is to fund pension
costs in accordance with the minimum funding requirements under provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act ("ERISA").
Under such guidelines, amounts funded may be more or less than the pension expense or credit recognized for financial reporting
purposes.
The Company does not consider
the excess assets of the Pension Plan (approximately $18 million after the above noted transaction) to be a source of liquidity
due to the substantial cost, including Federal income tax consequences, associated with liquidating the Pension Plan.
FASB ASC Topic
820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures, establishes a framework for measuring fair value. That framework provides a fair
value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest
priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (level 1 measurements) and the lowest
priority to unobservable inputs (level 3 measurements). The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are described as follows:
Level 1 -
|
|
Inputs to the valuation methodology are unadjusted quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets.
|
|
|
|
Level 2 -
|
|
Inputs to the valuation methodology include: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets; quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in inactive markets; or other inputs that are observable for the asset or liability.
|
|
|
|
Level 3 -
|
|
Inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable and significant to the fair value measurement.
|
The asset or liability's
fair value measurement level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of any input that is significant to the
fair value measurement. Valuation techniques used need to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize unobservable inputs.
Following is a description
of the valuation methodologies used for Pension Plan assets measured at fair value.
--
|
|
Common and Preferred Stock: Valued at the closing price reported in the active market in which the individual security is traded.
|
|
|
|
--
|
|
Mutual Funds Holding Corporate Notes, Bonds and Debentures and Collective Investment Funds: Valued at the closing price reported in the active market in which the mutual fund is traded, or the market value of the underlying assets.
|
|
|
|
--
|
|
Investment Contract with Insurance Company: Valued at fair value by recording a Market Value Adjustment to estimate the current market value of fixed income securities held by the insurance company.
|
|
|
|
--
|
|
Private Equity Investments and Investment in Partnerships: Valued at net asset value ("NAV") of shares/ownership units held by the Pension Plan at year-end. NAV represents the Pension Plan's interests in the net assets of these investments which consisted primarily of equity and debt securities, some of which are exchange-traded or valued using independent pricing feeds (i.e. Bloomberg or Reuters) or independent broker quotes. In accordance with Subtopic 820-10, certain investments that are measured at fair value using the net asset value per share (or its equivalent) practical expedient have not been classified in the fair value hierarchy. The fair value amounts presented in the table below are intended to permit reconciliation of the fair value hierarchy to the amounts presented in the statement of financial position.
|
The following table
sets forth by level, within the fair value hierarchy, the Pension Plan's assets at fair value as of December 31, 2020:
|
|
Level 1
|
|
Level 2
|
|
Level 3
|
|
Total
|
Mutual funds
|
|
$
|
2,500
|
|
$
|
0
|
|
$
|
0
|
|
$
|
2,500
|
Collective investment funds
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
14,000
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
14,000
|
Cash and cash equivalents
|
|
|
100
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
100
|
|
|
|
2,600
|
|
|
14,000
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
16,600
|
Investments in private equity funds
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,300
|
Investments in partnerships
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0
|
Total
Pension Plan assets
at
fair value
|
|
$
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
$
|
0
|
|
$
|
17,900
|
The following table
sets forth by level, within the fair value hierarchy, the Pension Plan's assets at fair value as of December 31, 2019:
|
|
Level 1
|
|
Level 2
|
|
Level 3
|
|
Total
|
Mutual funds
|
|
$
|
2,300
|
|
$
|
0
|
|
$
|
0
|
|
$
|
2,300
|
Collective investment funds
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
11,500
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
11,500
|
Cash and cash equivalents
|
|
|
800
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
800
|
|
|
|
3,100
|
|
|
11,500
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
14,600
|
Investments in private equity funds
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,400
|
Investments in partnerships
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
100
|
Total
Pension Plan assets
at
fair value
|
|
$
|
3,100
|
|
$
|
11,500
|
|
$
|
0
|
|
$
|
16,100
|
Changes in Level 3 Investments and
Investments Measured at Net Asset Value
The following table
sets forth a summary of changes in fair value of the plan's level 3 assets and assets measured at net asset value “NAV”
for the year ended December 31, 2020:
|
|
Level 3
|
|
Measured at NAV
|
|
|
|
|
Investment
in
Insurance
Companies
|
|
Investment
in
Partnerships
|
|
Investment
in Private
Equity
Funds
|
|
Total
|
Balance, beginning of year
|
|
$
|
0
|
|
$
|
100
|
|
$
|
1,400
|
|
$
|
1,500
|
Net earned interest and
realized/unrealized
gains (losses)
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
(100)
|
|
|
(100)
|
|
|
(200)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance, end of year
|
|
$
|
0
|
|
$
|
0
|
|
$
|
1,300
|
|
$
|
1,300
|
The following table
sets forth a summary of changes in fair value of the plan's level 3 assets and assets measured at net asset value “NAV”
for the year ended December 31, 2019:
|
|
Level 3
|
|
Measured at NAV
|
|
|
|
|
Investment
in
Insurance
Companies
|
|
Investment
in
Partnerships
|
|
Investment
in Private
Equity
Funds
|
|
Total
|
Balance, beginning of year
|
|
$
|
1,100
|
|
$
|
1,700
|
|
$
|
2,700
|
|
$
|
5,500
|
Net earned interest and
realized/unrealized
gains (losses)
|
|
|
100
|
|
|
(100)
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
0
|
Transfers from Level 3
|
|
|
(1,200)
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
(1,200)
|
Purchases, sales, issuances and
settlements (net)
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
(1,500)
|
|
|
(1,300)
|
|
|
(2,800)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance, end of year
|
|
$
|
0
|
|
$
|
100
|
|
$
|
1,400
|
|
$
|
1,500
|
The following tables
summarize the components of the change in pension benefit obligations, plan assets and funded status of the Company's defined benefit
pension plan at December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018.
|
|
2020
|
|
2019
|
|
2018
|
Benefit obligation at beginning of year
|
|
$
|
614
|
|
$
|
816
|
|
$
|
842
|
Service cost
|
|
|
363
|
|
|
548
|
|
|
610
|
Interest cost
|
|
|
13
|
|
|
24
|
|
|
24
|
Actuarial (gain) loss
|
|
|
(279)
|
|
|
(467)
|
|
|
(580)
|
Benefits paid
|
|
|
(318)
|
|
|
(31)
|
|
|
(80)
|
Settlement
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
(276)
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accumulated and projected benefit obligation
at end of year
|
|
|
393
|
|
|
614
|
|
|
816
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fair value of plan assets at beginning of year
|
|
|
16,123
|
|
|
14,787
|
|
|
15,195
|
Actual return on plan assets
|
|
|
2,119
|
|
|
2,110
|
|
|
(328)
|
Benefits paid
|
|
|
(318)
|
|
|
(31)
|
|
|
(80)
|
Settlement
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
(743)
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fair value of plan assets at end of year
|
|
|
17,924
|
|
|
16,123
|
|
|
14,787
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Funded status
|
|
|
17,531
|
|
|
15,509
|
|
|
13,971
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unrecognized net actuarial (gain) loss
|
|
|
(1,279)
|
|
|
321
|
|
|
2,161
|
Unrecognized prior service cost
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Prepaid pension cost
|
|
$
|
16,252
|
|
$
|
15,831
|
|
$
|
16,137
|
At December 31, 2020,
approximately 1% of the plan's assets is invested in cash, 7% in equity composite and 92% in multi-strategy composite. The allocations
are within the Company's target allocations in association with the Company's investment strategy.
The pension plan has investment
policies. These generally are written guidelines or general instructions for making investment management decisions. The investment
policy of the plan is to invest the plan’s assets in accordance with sound investment practices that emphasize long-term
investment fundamentals, taking into account the time horizon available for investment, the nature of the plan’s cash flow
requirements, the plan’s role within the Company’s long-term financial plan and other factors that affect the plan’s
risk tolerance.
The components of
the net periodic pension credit for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018 (which are reflected as selling, general and
administrative in the consolidated statements of operations) are as follows:
|
|
2020
|
|
2019
|
|
2018
|
Service costs
|
|
$
|
363
|
|
$
|
548
|
|
$
|
610
|
Interest cost
|
|
|
13
|
|
|
24
|
|
|
24
|
Expected return on plan assets
|
|
|
(866)
|
|
|
(866)
|
|
|
(860)
|
Recognized net actuarial loss
|
|
|
68
|
|
|
196
|
|
|
285
|
Amortization of prior service cost
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
4
|
|
|
4
|
Loss on settlement
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
400
|
|
|
--
|
Loss on special termination benefits
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net periodic pension cost (credit)
|
|
$
|
(421)
|
|
$
|
306
|
|
$
|
63
|
The principal weighted
average assumptions used to determine the net periodic pension benefit (credit) and the actuarial value of the accumulated benefit
obligation were as follows:
|
|
2020
|
|
2019
|
|
2018
|
As of January 1,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Discount rate
|
|
|
2.93%
|
|
3.96%
|
|
3.30%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Rates of compensation increase
|
|
|
3%
|
|
3%
|
|
3%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Expected long-term rate of return on assets
|
|
|
6%
|
|
6%
|
|
6%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As of December 31,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Discount rate – net periodic pension credit
|
|
|
2.93%
|
|
3.96%
|
|
3.30%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Discount rate – accumulated benefit obligation
|
|
|
1.95%
|
|
2.93%
|
|
3.96%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Rates of compensation increase
|
|
|
3%
|
|
3%
|
|
3%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Expected long-term rate of return on assets
|
|
|
6%
|
|
6%
|
|
6%
|
The above long-term
rates of return were selected based on historical asset returns and expectations of future returns.
The Company amortizes
experience gains and losses as well as effects of changes in actuarial assumptions and plan provisions over a period no longer
than the average expected mortality of participants in the pension plan.
The measurement date
is December 31, the last day of the corporate fiscal year.
A comparison of the
market value of the Pension Plan's net assets with the present value of the benefit obligations indicates the Company's ability
at a point in time to pay future benefits. The fair value of the Pension Plan's assets available for benefits will fluctuate.
There was no contribution
required in 2020 to the pension plan. Furthermore, due to ERISA full funding limits, no contribution, whether required or discretionary,
could be made and deducted on the corporation's tax return for the current fiscal year.
The Company's target
asset allocations reflect the Company's investment strategy of maximizing the rate of return on plan assets and the resulting funded
status, within an appropriate level of risk. Plan assets are reviewed and, if necessary, rebalanced in accordance with target allocation
levels once every three months.
The estimated future
benefit payments under the Company's pension plan are as follows (in thousands):
|
|
Amounts
|
2021
|
|
$
|
67
|
2022
|
|
|
9
|
2023
|
|
|
17
|
2024
|
|
|
31
|
2025
|
|
|
10
|
2026-2029
|
|
|
143
|
Effect of a 1% change
in the discount rate and salary increase rate for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019:
|
|
2020
Discount
Rate
|
|
2020
Salary
Increase
|
|
2019
Discount
Rate
|
|
2019
Salary
Increase
|
Effect of a 1% increase on:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net periodic pension cost
|
|
$
|
1
|
|
$
|
1
|
|
$
|
(2)
|
|
$
|
2
|
Pension benefit
obligation
at
year end
|
|
$
|
(16)
|
|
$
|
7
|
|
$
|
(25)
|
|
$
|
8
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Effect of a 1% decrease on:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net periodic pension cost
|
|
$
|
(1)
|
|
$
|
(1)
|
|
$
|
2
|
|
$
|
(2)
|
Pension benefit
obligation
at
year end
|
|
$
|
18
|
|
$
|
(6)
|
|
$
|
30
|
|
$
|
(8)
|
Effect of a 1% change
in the rate of return on assets for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020:
|
|
1% Increase
|
|
1% Decrease
|
Net periodic pension cost
|
|
$
|
(144)
|
|
$
|
144
|
The Company recognizes
the over funded or under funded status of its employee benefit plans as an asset or liability in its consolidated statements of
financial position and recognizes changes in its funded status in the year in which the changes occur through comprehensive income.
Included in accumulated other comprehensive income at December 31, 2020 and 2019 are the following amounts that have not yet been
recognized in net periodic pension cost: unrecognized prior service costs of $0 ($0, net of tax) and $1 ($1, net of tax), respectively,
and unrecognized actuarial gain of $1,279 ($946, net of tax) at December 31, 2020 and unrecognized actuarial loss of $321 ($238,
net of tax) at December 31, 2019.
The Company maintains
a nonqualified deferred compensation arrangement (the "Rabbi Trust") which provides certain former directors of Amfac
and their spouses with pension benefits. The Rabbi Trust invests in marketable securities and cash equivalents (Level 1). The deferred
compensation liability of $369, included in Other liabilities, represented in the Rabbi Trust and assets funding such deferred
compensation liability of $13, included in Other assets, are consolidated in the Company's consolidated balance sheet as of December 31,
2020.
(5) Income
Taxes
Income tax expense/(benefit)
attributable to income from continuing operations for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018 consist of:
|
|
Current
|
|
Deferred
|
|
Total
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended December 31, 2020:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
U.S. federal
|
|
$
|
--
|
|
$
|
(775)
|
|
$
|
(775)
|
State
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
(184)
|
|
|
(184)
|
|
|
$
|
--
|
|
$
|
(959)
|
|
$
|
(959)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended December 31, 2019:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
U.S. federal
|
|
$
|
--
|
|
$
|
(957)
|
|
$
|
(957)
|
State
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
(225)
|
|
|
(225)
|
|
|
$
|
--
|
|
$
|
(1,182)
|
|
$
|
(1,182)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended December 31, 2018:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
U.S. federal
|
|
$
|
--
|
|
$
|
(617)
|
|
$
|
(617)
|
State
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
(145)
|
|
|
(145)
|
|
|
$
|
--
|
|
$
|
(762)
|
|
$
|
(762)
|
The Tax Cuts and Jobs
Act (the Act) also repealed the corporate alternative minimum tax for tax years beginning after January 1, 2018 and provided
that prior alternative minimum tax credits (AMT credits) would be refundable. The Company has AMT credits that are expected to
be refunded between 2018 and 2021 as a result of the Act. In January 2019, the IRS announced that the AMT tax credits refund will
not be subject to sequestration. The CARES Act accelerated the refund schedule, enabling the Company to claim the refund in full.
The expected refundable tax credit of $2,869 is included in Other assets in the accompanying consolidated financial statements.
In February 2021, the Company received $1,483 of the expected refundable tax credit from the IRS.
The Act is a comprehensive
tax reform bill containing a number of other provisions that either currently or in the future could impact the Company, particularly
the effect of certain limitations effective for the tax year 2018 and forward (prior losses remain subject to the prior 20 year
carryover period) on the use of federal net operating loss carryforwards (NOLs) which will generally be limited to being used to
offset 80% of future annual taxable income.
Income tax expense/(benefit)
attributable to income from continuing operations differs from the amounts computed by applying the U.S. federal income tax rate
of 26 percent effective for 2020 and 2019 and 35 percent effective for 2018 and prior years to pretax income from operations as
a result of the following:
|
|
2020
|
|
2019
|
|
2018
|
Provision at statutory rate
|
|
$
|
(1,222)
|
|
$
|
(1,250)
|
|
$
|
(954)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Federal NOLs utilized
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
--
|
Federal NOLs generated
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
8
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
State NOLs utilized
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
--
|
State NOLs generated
|
|
|
258
|
|
|
193
|
|
|
212
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reversal of valuation allowance on
AMT credits
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
(183)
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
58
|
|
|
(28)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
(959)
|
|
$
|
(1,182)
|
|
$
|
(762)
|
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 deferred tax effects of temporary differences at December 31, 2020,
2019 and 2018 are as follows:
|
|
December 31,
|
|
|
2020
|
|
2019
|
|
2018
|
Deferred tax assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss contingencies related
primarily to
losses on divestitures
|
|
$
|
3,207
|
|
$
|
3,197
|
|
$
|
3,301
|
Loss carryforwards
|
|
|
13,118
|
|
|
11,780
|
|
|
10,549
|
Other, net
|
|
|
269
|
|
|
290
|
|
|
305
|
Total deferred tax assets
|
|
|
16,594
|
|
|
15,267
|
|
|
14,155
|
Less – valuation allowance
|
|
|
10,229
|
|
|
9,971
|
|
|
9,778
|
Total deferred tax assets
|
|
|
6,365
|
|
|
5,296
|
|
|
4,377
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred tax liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Property, plant and equipment,
principally
due to purchase
accounting adjustments,
net of impairment
charges
|
|
|
10,334
|
|
|
10,333
|
|
|
10,333
|
Prepaid pension costs
|
|
|
5,132
|
|
|
4,606
|
|
|
4,206
|
Total deferred tax liabilities
|
|
|
15,466
|
|
|
14,939
|
|
|
14,539
|
Net deferred tax liability
|
|
$
|
9,101
|
|
$
|
9,643
|
|
$
|
10,162
|
As of December 31, 2020,
the Company has a deferred tax asset related to federal net operating losses (NOLs) of $9,843, of which $6,953 has been subject
to a valuation allowance. The NOLs originated in 2006 through 2017 will expire over 20 years. The NOLs originated in 2018 and later
years will not expire. As of December 31, 2020, the Company has a deferred tax asset related to state NOLs of $3,276, all of which
has been subject to a valuation allowance. The state NOLs expire in various years 2020 through 2035.
The statutes of limitations
with respect to the Company's taxes for 2016 and more recent years remain open to examinations by tax authorities, subject to possible
utilization of loss carryforwards from earlier years. Notwithstanding the foregoing, all NOLs generated and not yet utilized are
subject to adjustment by the IRS. The Company believes adequate provisions for income tax have been recorded for all years, although
there can be no assurance that such provisions will be adequate. To the extent that there is a shortfall, any such shortfall for
which the Company may be liable could be material.
(6) Transactions
with Affiliates
An affiliated insurance
agency, JMB Insurance Agency, Inc., which has some degree of common ownership with the Company, earns insurance brokerage commissions
in connection with providing the placement of insurance coverage for certain of the properties and operations of the Company. Such
commissions are believed by management to be comparable to those that would be paid to such affiliate insurance agency in similar
dealings with unaffiliated third parties. The total of such commissions for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018 was
approximately $18, $20 and $19, respectively.
The Company reimburses
affiliates of Pacific Trail Holdings, LLC, the owner of approximately 81.8% of the Company’s Common Shares, for general overhead
expense and for direct expenses incurred on its behalf, including salaries and salary-related expenses incurred in connection with
the management of the Company's operations. Generally, the entity that employs the person providing the services receives the reimbursement.
Substantially all of such reimbursable amounts were incurred by JMB Realty Corporation or its affiliates, 900FMS, LLC, 900Work,
LLC, and JMB Financial Advisors, LLC, all of which have some degree of common ownership with the Company. The total costs recorded
in cost of sales and selling, general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statement of operations for the years ended
2020, 2019 and 2018 were $1,466, $1,276 and $1,349, respectively, of which approximately $340 was unpaid as of December 31,
2020.
The Company derives
revenue from farming and common area maintenance services and for providing non-potable water to the Kaanapali Coffee Farms Lot
Owners Association (“LOA”). The LOA is the association of the owners of the Kaanapali Coffee Farms. The revenues were
$1,305, $1,297 and $1,189 for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively. Such revenue is recognized in the
Agriculture Segment as disclosed in Note 8 Business Segment Information. The revenue amounts have been eliminated in consolidated
financial statements.
(7) Commitments
and Contingencies
At December 31, 2020,
the Company has no material contractual obligations related to the land improvements in conjunction with Phase I of the Kaanapali
Coffee Farms project.
Material legal proceedings
of the Company are described below. Unless otherwise noted, the parties adverse to the Company in the legal proceedings described
below have not made a claim for damages in a liquidated amount and/or the Company believes that it would be speculative to attempt
to determine the Company's exposure relative thereto, and as a consequence believes that an estimate of the range of potential
loss cannot be made. Two former subsidiaries, Oahu Sugar Company, LLC (“Oahu Sugar”) and D/C Distribution Corporation
(“D/C”), filed subsequent petitions for liquidation under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code in April 2005 and July
2007, respectively, as described below. On December 17, 2019, the Oahu Sugar bankruptcy case was closed. As a consequence
of the Chapter 7 filing, D/C is not under control of the Company.
As a result of an
administrative order issued to Oahu Sugar by the Hawaii Department of Health (“HDOH”), Order No. CH 98-001, dated January
27, 1998, Oahu Sugar was engaged in environmental site assessment of lands it leased from the U.S. Navy and located on the Waipio
Peninsula. Oahu Sugar submitted a Remedial Investigation Report to the HDOH. The HDOH provided comments that indicated that additional
testing may be required. Oahu Sugar responded to these comments with additional information. On January 9, 2004, the Environmental
Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a request to Oahu Sugar seeking information related to the actual or threatened release
of hazardous substances, pollutants and contaminants at the Waipio Peninsula portion of the Pearl Harbor Naval Complex National
Priorities List Superfund Site. The request sought, among other things, information relating to the ability of Oahu Sugar to pay
for or perform a cleanup of the land formerly occupied by Oahu Sugar. Oahu Sugar responded to the information requests and had
notified both the Navy and the EPA that while it had some modest remaining cash that it could contribute to further investigation
and remediation efforts in connection with an overall settlement of the outstanding claims, Oahu Sugar was substantially without
assets and would be unable to make a significant contribution to such an effort. Attempts at negotiating such a settlement were
fruitless and Oahu Sugar received an order from EPA in March 2005 that would purport to require certain testing and remediation
of the site. As Oahu Sugar was substantially without assets, the pursuit of any action, informational, enforcement, or otherwise,
would have had a material adverse effect on the financial condition of Oahu Sugar.
Therefore, as a result
of the pursuit of further action by the HDOH and EPA as described above and the immediate material adverse effect that the actions
had on the financial condition of Oahu Sugar, Oahu Sugar filed with the United States Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of Illinois,
Eastern Division in April 2005, its voluntary petition for liquidation under Chapter 7 of Title 11, United States Bankruptcy
Code. Such filing was not expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company as Oahu Sugar was substantially without assets
at the time of the filing. While it was and is not believed that any other affiliates have any responsibility for the debts of
Oahu Sugar, EPA made a claim against Kaanapali Land as further described below, and therefore, there can be no assurance that the
Company will not incur significant costs in conjunction with such claim.
The deadline for filing
proofs of claim with the bankruptcy court passed in April 2006. Prior to the deadline, Kaanapali Land, on behalf of itself and
certain subsidiaries, filed claims that aggregated approximately $224,000, primarily relating to unpaid guarantee obligations made
by Oahu Sugar that were assigned to Kaanapali Land pursuant to the Plan on the Plan Effective Date. In addition, the EPA and the
U.S. Navy filed a joint proof of claim that seeks to recover certain environmental response costs relative to the Waipio Peninsula
site discussed above. The proof of claim contained a demand for previously spent costs in the amount of approximately $260, and
additional anticipated response costs of between approximately $2,760 and $11,450. No specific justification of these costs, or
what they are purported to represent, was included in the EPA/Navy proof of claim. There was an insignificant amount of assets
remaining in the debtor's estate, and it was unclear whether the United States Trustee who took control of Oahu Sugar was going
to take any action to contest the EPA/Navy claim, or how it was going to reconcile such claim for the purpose of distributing any
remaining assets of Oahu Sugar. Counsel for the trustee, EPA, the Navy, and for Fireman’s Fund, one of Kaanapali Land’s
insurers, had been exploring ways in which to conclude the Oahu Sugar bankruptcy. On December 16, 2019, the Oahu Sugar bankruptcy
trustee filed its final accounting with no distribution to claimants. On December 17, 2019, the Oahu Sugar bankruptcy case
was closed, and the trustee was discharged.
EPA sent three
requests for information to Kaanapali Land regarding, among other things, Kaanapali Land's organization and relationship, if
any, to entities that may have, historically, operated on the site and with respect to operations conducted on the Waipio
site. Kaanapali Land responded to these requests for information. By letter dated February 7, 2007, pursuant to an
allegation that Kaanapali Land is a successor to Oahu Sugar Company, Limited, a company that operated at the site prior to
1961 ("Old Oahu"), EPA advised Kaanapali that it believes it is authorized by the Comprehensive Environmental
Response Compensation and Liability Act (“CERCLA”) to amend the existing Unilateral Administrative Order against
Oahu Sugar Company, LLC, for the cleanup of the site to include Kaanapali Land as an additional respondent. The purported
basis for the EPA's position is that Kaanapali Land, by virtue of certain corporate actions, is jointly and severally
responsible for the performance of the response actions, including, without limitation, clean-up at the site. No such
amendment has taken place as of the date hereof. Instead, after a series of discussions between Kaanapali and the EPA, on or
about September 30, 2009, the EPA issued a Unilateral Administrative Order to Kaanapali Land for the performance of work
in support of a removal action at the former Oahu Sugar pesticide mixing site located on Waipio peninsula. The work consists
of the performance of soil and groundwater sampling and analysis, a topographic survey, and the preparation of an engineering
evaluation and cost analysis of potential removal actions to abate an alleged "imminent and substantial
endangerment" to public health, welfare or the environment. The order appears to be further predicated primarily on the
alleged connection of Kaanapali Land to Old Oahu and its activities on the site. Kaanapali Land was engaged in
performing work, including the conduct of sampling at the site, required by the order while reserving its rights to contest
liability regarding the site. With regard to liability for the site, Kaanapali Land believes that its liability, if any,
should relate solely to a portion of the period of operation of Old Oahu at the site, although in some circumstances CERCLA
apparently permits imposition of joint and several liability, which can exceed a responsible party's equitable share.
Kaanapali Land believes that the U.S. Navy bears substantial liability for the site by virtue of its ownership of the site
throughout the entire relevant period, both as landlord under its various leases with Oahu Sugar and Old Oahu and by
operating and intensively utilizing the site directly during a period when no lease was in force. The Company believes that
the cost of the work as set forth in the current order will not be material to the Company as a whole; however, in the event
that the EPA were to issue an order requiring remediation of the site, there can be no assurances that the cost of said
remediation would not ultimately have a material
adverse effect on the Company. In addition,
if there is litigation regarding the site, there can be no assurance that the cost of such litigation will not be material or that
such litigation will result in a judgment in favor of the Company. Kaanapali and the EPA have exchanged comments relative to further
studies to be performed at the site, including a possible ecological risk assessment. Kaanapali expects that after a further review,
the next phase is likely a consideration of the remedial alternatives for the Site.
On February 11,
2015, the Company filed a complaint for declaratory judgment, bad faith and damages against Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company
(“Fireman’s Fund”) in the Circuit Court of the First Circuit, State of Hawaii, Civil No. 15-1-0239-02, in connection
with costs and expenses it has incurred or may incur in connection with the Waipio site. In the five-count complaint, the Company
seeks, among other things, a declaratory judgment of its rights under various Fireman’s Fund policies and an order that Fireman’s
Fund defend and indemnify Kaanapali Land from all past, present and future costs and expenses in connection with the site, including
costs of investigation and defense incurred by Kaanapali and the professionals it has engaged. In addition, Kaanapali seeks general,
special, and punitive damages, prejudgment and post judgment interest, and such other legal or equitable relief as the court deems
just and proper. Fireman’s Fund has filed a responsive pleading. There are no assurances of the amounts of insurance proceeds
that may or may not be ultimately recovered.
Kaanapali Land, as
successor by merger to other entities, and D/C have been named as defendants in personal injury actions allegedly based on exposure
to asbestos. While there are relatively few cases that name Kaanapali Land, there were a substantial number of cases that were
pending against D/C on the U.S. mainland (primarily in California). Cases against Kaanapali Land (hereafter, “Kaanapali Land
asbestos cases”) are allegedly based on its prior business operations in Hawaii and cases against D/C are allegedly based
on sale of asbestos-containing products by D/C's prior distribution business operations primarily in California. Each entity defending
these cases believes that it has meritorious defenses against these actions, but can give no assurances as to the ultimate outcome
of these cases. The defense of these cases has had a material adverse effect on the financial condition of D/C as it has been forced
to file a voluntary petition for liquidation as discussed below. Kaanapali Land does not believe that it has liability, directly
or indirectly, for D/C's obligations in those cases. Kaanapali Land does not presently believe that the cases in which it is named
will result in any material liability to Kaanapali Land; however, there can be no assurance in that regard.
On February 12, 2014,
counsel for Fireman’s Fund, the carrier that has been paying defense costs and settlements for the Kaanapali Land asbestos
cases, stated that it would no longer advance fund settlements or judgments in the Kaanapali Land asbestos cases due to the pendency
of the D/C and Oahu Sugar bankruptcies. In its communications with Kaanapali Land, Fireman’s fund expressed its view that
the automatic stay in effect in the D/C bankruptcy case bars Fireman’s Fund from making any payments to resolve the Kaanapali
Land asbestos claims because D/C Distribution is also alleging a right to coverage under those policies for asbestos claims against
it. However, in the interim, Fireman’s Fund advised that it presently intends to continue to pay defense costs for those
cases, subject to whatever reservations of rights may be in effect and subject further to the policy terms. Fireman’s Fund
has also indicated that to the extent that Kaanapali Land cooperates with Fireman’s Fund in addressing settlement of the
Kaanapali Land asbestos cases through coordination with its adjusters, it is Fireman’s Fund’s present intention to
reimburse any such payments by Kaanapali Land, subject, among other things, to the terms of any lift-stay order, the limits and
other terms and conditions of the policies, and prior approval of the settlements. Kaanapali Land continues to pursue discussions
with Fireman’s Fund in an attempt to resolve the issues, however, Kaanapali Land is unable to determine what portion, if
any, of settlements or judgments in the Kaanapali Land asbestos cases will be covered by insurance.
On February 15, 2005,
D/C was served with a lawsuit entitled American & Foreign Insurance Company v. D/C Distribution and Amfac Corporation, Case
No. 04433669 filed in the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of San Francisco, Central Justice Center. No
other purported party was served. In the eight-count complaint for declaratory relief, reimbursement and recoupment of unspecified
amounts, costs and for such other relief as the court might grant, plaintiff alleged that it is an insurance company to whom D/C
tendered for defense and indemnity various personal injury lawsuits allegedly based on exposure to asbestos containing products.
Plaintiff alleged that because none of the parties have been able to produce a copy of the policy or policies in question, a judicial
determination of the material terms of the missing policy or policies is needed. Plaintiff sought, among other things, a declaration:
of the material terms, rights, and obligations of the parties under the terms of the policy or policies; that the policies were
exhausted; that plaintiff is not obligated to reimburse D/C for its attorneys' fees in that the amounts of attorneys' fees incurred
by D/C have been incurred unreasonably; that plaintiff was entitled to recoupment and reimbursement of some or all of the amounts
it has paid for defense and/or indemnity; and that D/C breached its obligation of cooperation with plaintiff. D/C filed an answer
and an amended cross-claim. D/C believed that it had meritorious defenses and positions, and intended to vigorously defend. In
addition, D/C believed that it was entitled to amounts from plaintiffs for reimbursement and recoupment of amounts expended by
D/C on the lawsuits previously tendered. In order to fund such action and its other ongoing obligations while such lawsuit continued,
D/C entered into a Loan Agreement and Security Agreement with Kaanapali Land, in August 2006, whereby Kaanapali Land provided certain
advances against a promissory note delivered by D/C in return for a security interest in any D/C insurance policy at issue in this
lawsuit. In June 2007, the parties settled this lawsuit with payment by plaintiffs in the amount of $1,618. Such settlement amount
was paid to Kaanapali Land in partial satisfaction of the secured indebtedness noted above.
Because D/C was substantially
without assets and was unable to obtain additional sources of capital to satisfy its liabilities, D/C filed with the United States
Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of Illinois, its voluntary petition for liquidation under Chapter 7 of Title 11, United
States Bankruptcy Code during July 2007, Case No. 07-12776. Such filing is not expected to have a material adverse effect on the
Company as D/C was substantially without assets at the time of the filing. Kaanapali Land filed claims in the D/C bankruptcy that
aggregated approximately $26,800, relating to both secured and unsecured intercompany debts owed by D/C to Kaanapali Land. In addition,
a personal injury law firm based in San Francisco that represents clients with asbestos-related claims, filed proofs of claim on
behalf of approximately two thousand claimants. While it is not likely that a significant number of these claimants have a claim
against D/C that could withstand a vigorous defense, it is unknown how the trustee will deal with these claims. It is not expected,
however, that the Company will receive any material additional amounts in the liquidation of D/C.
On January 21, 2020,
certain asbestos claimants filed a Stay Relief Motion in the Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division,
Case No. 07-12776 (“motion to lift stay”) in connection with the D/C proceeding. The motion seeks the entry of an order,
among other things, modifying the automatic stay in the D/C bankruptcy to permit those claimants to prosecute various lawsuits
in state courts against D/C Distribution, LLC, and to recover on any judgment or settlement solely from any available insurance
coverage. Various oppositions to the motion to lift stay have been filed, and the matter was heard and taken under advisement in
April 2020. On July 21, 2020, the bankruptcy court issued an order granting the motion to lift stay to permit the movants
to pursue their claims and to recover any judgement or settlement from and to the extent of any available insurance coverage of
D/C Distribution, LLC, only.
The parties in the D/C
and in the prior pending Oahu Sugar bankruptcy have reached out to each other to determine if there is any interest in pursuing
a settlement of the claims in the prior Oahu Sugar bankruptcy and the D/C bankruptcy insofar as the Fireman’s Fund insurance
policies are concerned. Such discussions have taken place and are currently taking place. There are no assurances that a settlement
of all claims and controversies relating to Waipio can be reached and, if reached, that it can be consummated.
On or about October 17,
2018, PM Land Company, LLC (“PM Land”) received a demand for arbitration of a claim allegedly involving the sale of
a lot located in the Kaanapali Coffee Farms Subdivision. The purchaser of the lot sought unspecified damages, including possible
punitive damages, in connection with Claimant’s July 2016 purchase of the lot, allegedly on the basis that PM Land did not,
among other things, fully and adequately disclose the nature, source of the chronic problems associated with alleged excessive
groundwater accumulation on the property. Claimant sought unspecified damages for, among other things, breach of contract, violation
of the Uniform Land Sales Practices Act, unfair and deceptive trade practices. Claimant sought damages in an amount to be proven
at trial, and attorneys’ fees and costs. The parties settled this matter during third quarter 2019.
The Company has received
notice from Hawaii’s Department of Land and Natural Resources (“DLNR”) that DLNR on a periodic basis would inspect
all significant dams and reservoirs in Hawaii, including those maintained by the Company on Maui in connection with its agricultural
operations. A series of such inspections have taken place over the period from 2006 through the most recent inspections that occurred
in December 2018. To date, the DLNR cited certain deficiencies concerning two of the Company’s reservoirs relating to dam
and reservoir safety standards established by the State of Hawaii. These deficiencies include, among other things, vegetative overgrowth,
erosion of slopes, uncertainty of inflow control, spillway capacity, and freeboard and uncertainty of structural stability under
certain loading and seismic conditions. The Company has taken certain corrective actions, including lowering the reservoir operating
level; as well as updating important plans to address emergency events and basic operations and maintenance. In 2018, the Company
contracted with an engineering firm to develop plans to address certain DLNR cited deficiencies on one of the Company’s reservoirs.
In 2012, the State of Hawaii issued new Hawaii Administrative Rules for Dams and Reservoirs which require dam owners to obtain
from DLNR Certificates of Impoundment (“permits”) to operate and maintain dams or reservoirs. Obtaining such permits
requires owners to completely resolve all cited deficiencies. Therefore, the process may involve further analysis of dam and reservoir
safety requirements, which will involve continuing engagement with specialized engineering consultants, and ultimately could result
in significant and costly improvements which may be material to the Company.
The DLNR categorizes
the reservoirs as "high hazard" under State of Hawaii Administrative Rules and State Statutes concerning dam and reservoir
safety. This classification, which bears upon government oversight and reporting requirements, may increase the cost of managing
and maintaining these reservoirs in a material manner. The Company does not believe that this classification is warranted for either
of these reservoirs and has initiated a dialogue with DLNR in that regard. In April 2008, the Company received further correspondence
from DLNR that included the assessment by their consultants of the potential losses that result from the failure of these reservoirs.
In April 2009, the Company filed a written response to DLNR to correct certain factual errors in its report and to request further
analysis on whether such "high hazard" classifications are warranted. It is unlikely that the “high hazard”
designation will be changed.
Other than as described
above, the Company is not involved in any material pending legal proceedings, other than ordinary routine litigation incidental
to its business. The Company and/or certain of its affiliates have been named as defendants in several pending lawsuits. While
it is impossible to predict the outcome of such routine litigation that is now pending (or threatened) and for which the potential
liability is not covered by insurance, the Company is of the opinion that the ultimate liability from any of this litigation will
not materially adversely affect the Company's consolidated results of operations or its financial condition.
The Company often seeks
insurance recoveries under its policies for costs incurred or expected to be incurred for losses or claims under which the policies
might apply. During second quarter 2019, the Company received $442 in insurance proceeds related to an insured event that occurred
during the 2018 crop year. This amount has been reflected in sales and rental revenues in the Company’s consolidated financial
statements.
Kaanapali Land Management
Corp. (KLMC) is a party to an agreement with the State of Hawaii for the development of the Lahaina Bypass Highway. An approximate
2.4 mile portion of this two lane state highway has been completed. Construction to extend the southern terminus was completed
mid-2018. The northern portion of the Bypass Highway, which extends to KLMC’s lands, is in the early stage of planning. Under
certain circumstances, which have not yet occurred, KLMC remains committed for approximately $1,100 of various future costs relating
to the planning and design of the uncompleted portion of the Bypass Highway. Under certain conditions, which have not yet been
met, KLMC has agreed to contribute an amount not exceeding $6,700 toward construction costs. Any such amount contributed would
be reduced by the value of KLMC’s land actually contributed to the State for the Bypass Highway.
These potential commitments
have not been reflected in the accompanying consolidated financial statements. While the completion of the Bypass Highway would
add value to KLMC’s lands north of the town of Lahaina, there can be no assurance that it will be completed or when any future
phases will be undertaken.
In March 2020, the World
Health Organization declared the outbreak of COVID-19 as a pandemic, and the U.S. including the Hawaiian economy began to experience
pronounced disruptions. Quarantine, travel restrictions and other governmental restrictions to reduce the spread of COVID-19 has
caused and is likely to continue to have an adverse impact on economic activity, including business closures, increased unemployment,
financial market instability, and reduced tourism to Maui. Mandates from the State of Hawaii and County of Maui include temporary
business closures, stay at home and work from home orders of workers of certain non-essential businesses, and 14 day self-quarantine
of persons traveling inter-island and arriving or returning to the State of Hawaii. Certain state mandates have been extended through
March 15, 2021. The duration of the disruption on global, national, and local economies cannot be reasonably estimated at
this time. Therefore, while this matter will negatively impact the Company’s results and financial position, the related
financial impact cannot be reasonably estimated at this time and no such impact is recorded in these consolidated financial statements.
(8) Business
Segment Information
As described in Note
1, the Company operates in two business segments. Total revenues, operating profit, identifiable assets, capital expenditures,
and depreciation and amortization by business segment are presented in the tables below.
Total revenues by
business segment include primarily (i) sales, all of which are to unaffiliated customers and (ii) interest income that is earned
from outside sources on assets which are included in the individual industry segment's identifiable assets.
Operating income (loss)
is comprised of total revenue less cost of sales and operating expenses. In computing operating income (loss), none of the following
items have been added or deducted: general corporate revenues and expenses, interest expense and income taxes.
Identifiable assets
by business segment are those assets that are used in the Company's operations in each industry. Corporate assets consist principally
of cash and cash equivalents, prepaid pension costs and receivables related to previously divested businesses.
|
|
2020
|
|
2019
|
|
2018
|
Revenues:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Property
|
|
$
|
877
|
|
$
|
491
|
|
$
|
3,609
|
Agriculture
|
|
|
2,440
|
|
|
3,472
|
|
|
2,657
|
Corporate
|
|
|
36
|
|
|
221
|
|
|
152
|
|
|
$
|
3,353
|
|
$
|
4,184
|
|
$
|
6,418
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating income (loss):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Property
|
|
$
|
(1,537)
|
|
$
|
(2,377)
|
|
$
|
(1,170)
|
Agriculture
|
|
|
(936)
|
|
|
356
|
|
|
(156)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating income (loss)
|
|
|
(2,473)
|
|
|
(2,021)
|
|
|
(1,326)
|
Corporate
|
|
|
(2,985)
|
|
|
(3,031)
|
|
|
(2,427)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating income (loss) from continuing
operations before income taxes
|
|
$
|
(5,458)
|
|
$
|
(5,052)
|
|
$
|
(3,753)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Identifiable Assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Property
|
|
$
|
16,816
|
|
$
|
18,980
|
|
$
|
20,987
|
Agriculture
|
|
|
57,170
|
|
|
57,529
|
|
|
56,969
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
73,986
|
|
|
76,509
|
|
|
77,956
|
Corporate
|
|
|
28,162
|
|
|
29,649
|
|
|
30,950
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
102,148
|
|
$
|
106,158
|
|
$
|
108,906
|
The Company’s
property segment consists primarily of revenue received from land sales and lease and licensing agreements.
The Company’s
agricultural segment currently consists primarily of coffee operations and licensing agreements.
The Company is exploring
alternative agricultural operations, but there can be no assurance that replacement operations at any level will result.
Agricultural identified
assets include land classified as agricultural or conservation for State and County purposes.
|
|
2020
|
|
2019
|
|
2018
|
Capital Expenditures:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Property
|
|
$
|
497
|
|
$
|
406
|
|
$
|
248
|
Agriculture
|
|
|
183
|
|
|
235
|
|
|
226
|
|
|
$
|
680
|
|
$
|
641
|
|
$
|
474
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation and Amortization:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Property
|
|
$
|
62
|
|
$
|
57
|
|
$
|
54
|
Agriculture
|
|
|
156
|
|
|
144
|
|
|
183
|
Total
|
|
$
|
218
|
|
$
|
201
|
|
$
|
237
|
(9) Calculation
of Net Income Per Share
The following tables set forth the
computation of net income (loss) per share - basic and diluted:
|
|
Year Ended
December 31,
2020
|
|
Year Ended
December 31,
2019
|
|
Year Ended
December 31,
2018
|
|
|
(Amounts in thousands except per share amounts)
|
Numerator:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income (loss)
|
|
$
|
(4,499)
|
|
$
|
(3,870)
|
|
$
|
(2,991)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Less: Net loss attributable to non-controlling
interests
|
|
|
(759)
|
|
|
(243)
|
|
|
(83)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income (loss) attributable to stockholders
|
|
$
|
(3,740)
|
|
$
|
(3,627)
|
|
$
|
(2,908)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Denominator:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Number of weighted average shares –
basic and diluted
|
|
|
1,845
|
|
|
1,845
|
|
|
1,845
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income (loss) per share, attributable
to
Kaanapali Land – basic
and diluted
|
|
$
|
(2.03)
|
|
$
|
(1.97)
|
|
$
|
(1.58)
|
As of December 31,
2020, the Company had issued and outstanding 1,792,613 Common Shares and 52,000 Class C Shares. The Class C Shares have the
same rights as the Common Shares except that the Class C Shares will not participate in any distributions until the holders
of the Common Shares have received aggregate distributions equal to $19 per share, subject to customary antidilution adjustments.
Net income per share data are based on the aggregate 1,844,613 outstanding shares.
(10) Supplementary
Quarterly Data (Unaudited)
|
|
2020
|
|
|
Quarter
ended
3/31
|
|
Quarter
ended
6/30
|
|
Quarter
ended
9/30
|
|
Quarter
ended
12/31
|
Total revenues
|
|
$
|
1,000
|
|
$
|
771
|
|
$
|
534
|
|
$
|
1,048
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss attributable to
stockholders
|
|
$
|
(718)
|
|
$
|
(999)
|
|
$
|
(711)
|
|
$
|
(1,312)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss per Share –
basic and diluted
|
|
$
|
(0.39)
|
|
$
|
(0.54)
|
|
$
|
(0.39)
|
|
$
|
(0.71)
|
|
|
|
|
|
2019
|
|
|
Quarter
ended
3/31
|
|
Quarter
ended
6/30
|
|
Quarter
ended
9/30
|
|
Quarter
ended
12/31
|
Total revenues
|
|
$
|
736
|
|
$
|
1,957
|
|
$
|
770
|
|
$
|
721
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss attributable to
stockholders
|
|
$
|
(945)
|
|
$
|
(61)
|
|
$
|
(1,380)
|
|
$
|
(1,241)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss per Share –
basic and diluted
|
|
$
|
(0.51)
|
|
$
|
(0.03)
|
|
$
|
(0.75)
|
|
$
|
(0.68)
|
|
|
2018
|
|
|
Quarter
ended
3/31
|
|
Quarter
ended
6/30
|
|
Quarter
ended
9/30
|
|
Quarter
ended
12/31
|
Total revenues
|
|
$
|
1,820
|
|
$
|
2,526
|
|
$
|
650
|
|
$
|
1,422
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss attributable to
stockholders
|
|
$
|
(778)
|
|
$
|
(475)
|
|
$
|
(719)
|
|
$
|
(936)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss per Share –
basic and diluted
|
|
$
|
(0.42)
|
|
$
|
(0.26)
|
|
$
|
(0.39)
|
|
$
|
(0.51)
|