OAK BROOK, Ill., Nov. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Banyan Strategic Realty
Trust (OTC Bulletin Board: BSRTS) announced today that for the nine months
ended September 30, 2002, the Trust's Net Assets in Liquidation decreased by
approximately $9.0 million, from approximately $12.4 million at December 31,
2001, to approximately $3.4 million at September 30, 2002. The decrease was
due primarily to distributions that were paid to shareholders during the nine
months in the amount of approximately $7.7 million and an operating loss of
approximately $1.7 million, which was offset by a net gain on the disposition
of investment in real estate held for sale of approximately $0.2 million and
approximately $0.2 million of interest income on cash and cash equivalents.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2001, the Trust's Net Assets in
Liquidation decreased by approximately $49.9 million, from approximately
$64.2 million at December 31, 2000 to approximately $14.3 million at September
30, 2001. The decrease was primarily the result of distributions paid and
payable to shareholders of approximately $77.3 million. Offsetting this
decrease were: gains on the sale of 24 of the Trust's 27 properties on May 17,
2001 (net of minority interests of approximately $6.4 million) of
approximately $25.8 million; operating income in the amount of approximately
$3.1 million; recovery of losses on loans, notes and interest receivable of
approximately $0.9 million and $0.6 million of interest income on cash and
cash equivalents, which was reduced by depreciation expense of approximately
$2.9 million. These results are not comparable to the results for the nine
months ended September 30, 2002.
For the quarter ended September 30, 2002, the Trust's Net Assets in
Liquidation decreased by approximately $0.6 million, from approximately
$4.0 million at June 30, 2002, to approximately $3.4 million at September 30,
2002. The decrease was primarily due to an operating loss of approximately
$0.6 million.
For the three months ended September 30, 2001, the Trust reported that its
Net Assets in Liquidation decreased by approximately $3.8 million, from
approximately $18.1 million at June 30, 2001 to approximately $14.3 million at
September 30, 2001. The decrease was primarily attributable to the
distribution of $0.20 per share, amounting to approximately $3.1 million that
was payable to shareholders of record on September 24, 2001 and paid on
October 24, 2001. Also contributing to the decrease in Net Assets in
Liquidation was an operating loss of approximately $0.3 million, depreciation
expense of approximately $0.3 million and minority interest of $0.2 million,
offset by approximately $0.2 million of interest income on cash and cash
equivalents. These results are not comparable to the results for the quarter
ended September 30, 2002.
Transfer of Assets to Liquidating Trust
As previously announced, on August 30, 2002, the Trust submitted a written
request for "no-action" relief to the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") in connection with the Trust's intention to transfer all of its
remaining assets and liabilities into a liquidating trust and to cease
business operations on December 31, 2002. The Trust requested relief from,
among other things, the following: (i) registration of the issuance of the
beneficial interests of the liquidating trust under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended; and (ii) the requirement of the liquidating trust to file
current reports and audited financial statements under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended. If Banyan is granted the no-action relief it has
sought, it is poised and ready to dissolve on December 31, 2002, and, unless
the pending litigation involving suspended president Leonard G. Levine is
resolved by that time, to accomplish the dissolution by transferring all
remaining liabilities and assets into a liquidating trust on that date. If
the Levine litigation has been resolved by December 31, 2002, the liquidating
trust may not be necessary.
Banyan emphasized that once it transfers all of its assets and liabilities
into a liquidating trust, which is expected to occur on December 31, 2002,
there will be no further trading in Banyan's shares of beneficial interest.
In order to fund the litigation and other operations of the liquidating trust
and to maintain adequate reserves, Banyan indicated that there would be no
distribution to shareholders prior to December 31, 2002. Instead, at the
completion of the litigation and conclusion of the liquidating trust, all
funds remaining at that time will be distributed to shareholders.
Banyan Strategic Realty Trust is an equity Real Estate Investment Trust
(REIT) that adopted a Plan of Termination and Liquidation on January 5, 2001.
On May 17, 2001, the Trust sold approximately 85% of its portfolio in a single
transaction. The remaining properties were sold on April 1, 2002 and May 1,
2002 and October 16, 2002. Since adopting the Plan of Termination and
Liquidation, Banyan has made liquidating distributions totaling $5.45 per
share. As of this date, the Trust has 15,496,806 shares of beneficial
interest outstanding.
Except for the historical information contained herein, certain matters
discussed in this release are forward-looking statements, the achievement of
which involve risks and uncertainties such as the sale of the Trust's
remaining property, the amount of the remaining liquidating distributions, the
outcome of pending litigation and other risks and uncertainties that are
detailed from time to time in the Trust's reports filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, including the report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2001 which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on March 21, 2002. Please also see the "Management's Discussion and Analysis
of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" section that was included in
our Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2002 which was filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 6, 2002. Without
limitation, the foregoing words such as "anticipates", "expects", "intends",
"plans", and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking
statements.
See Banyan's Website at http://www.banyanreit.com .
SOURCE Banyan Strategic Realty Trust
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CONTACT:
Robert G. Higgins, First Vice President,
General Counsel, +1-630-218-7255, bhiggins@banyanreit.com , or
Investor Relations, L.G. Schafran, Chairman , both of Banyan
Strategic Realty Trust
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