United States

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10-Q

 

[  X  ] Quarterly Report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 20222023

 

or

 

[     ]       Transition Report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the transition period from _______ to __________

 

Commission file 0-50273

 

KAANAPALI LAND, LLC

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation or organization)

01-0731997

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

  

900 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, Illinois

(Address of principal executive office)offices)

60611

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 312-915-1987

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None

 

Title of each class Trading Symbol(s) 

Name of each exchange

on which registered

N/A N/A N/A

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during1934during the preceding 12 months (or for such a shorter period that registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

Yes [ X ]    No [  ]

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (S-T(§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).

Yes [ X ]    No [   ]

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller"smaller reporting company," and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

 Large accelerated filer[    ] Accelerated filer[     ] 
 Non-accelerated filer[ X ] Smaller reporting companyX ] 
   Emerging growth company[     ] 

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

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

Yes [   ]    No [ X ]

 

As of November 14, 2022,2023, the registrant had 1,792,613 Common Shares and 52,000 Class C Shares outstanding.

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Part I   FINANCIAL INFORMATION  
     
Item 1. Financial Statements4 
     
Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations2421 
     
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk2827 
     
Item 4. Controls and Procedures2827 
     
Part II  OTHER INFORMATION  
     
Item 1. Legal Proceedings2927 
     
Item 1A. Risk Factors2927 
     
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds3028 
     
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities3028 
     
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures3028 
     
Item 5. Other Information3028 
     
Item 6. Exhibits3129 
     
SIGNATURES3230 

 

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Part I.  Financial Information

     Item 1.  Financial Statements

 

KAANAPALI LAND, LLC

 

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

 

September 30, 20222023 and December 31, 20212022

(Dollars in Thousands, except share data)

(Unaudited)

      
 

September 30,

2023

 December 31, 2022
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents$30,362  $19,815 
Property, net 59,530   58,988 
Investments --    19,115 
Retirement plan investments 5,000   -- 
Other assets 1,590   596 
          Total assets$96,482  $98,514 
      
Liabilities
Accounts payable and accrued expenses$3,518  $643 
Deposits and deferred gains 1,160   1,371 
Deferred income taxes 6,469   9,322 
Other liabilities 1,662   7,174 
      
          Total liabilities 12,809   18,510 
      
Commitments and contingencies (Note 7)     
      
Equity

Common equity, at 9/30/23 and 12/31/22

  (Shares authorized – unlimited; shares issued and

      outstanding – 1,792,613 common shares and

      52,000 Class C shares)

 --   -- 
Additional paid-in capital 5,471   5,471 
Accumulated earnings 78,202   74,533 
      
          Total shareholders’ equity 83,673   80,004 
      
          Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity$96,482  $98,514 

 

      
 

September 30,

2022

 December 31, 2021
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents$20,956  $16,997 
Restricted cash --   840 
Property, net 58,958   62,091 
Pension plan assets 19,814   19,946 
Other assets 630   7,322 
          Total assets$100,358  $107,196 
      
Liabilities
Accounts payable and accrued expenses$870  $365 
Deposits and deferred gains 1,383   1,737 
Deferred income taxes 10,290   9,927 
Other liabilities 7,332   14,958 
      
          Total liabilities 19,875   26,987 
      
Commitments and contingencies (Note 7)     
      
Equity

Common equity, at 9/30/22 and 12/31/21

  (Shares authorized – unlimited; shares issued and

      outstanding – 1,792,613 common shares and

      52,000 Class C shares)

 --   -- 
Additional paid-in capital 5,471   5,471 

Accumulated other comprehensive income,

   net of tax

 2,279   2,298 
Accumulated earnings 72,733   71,698 
      
          Shareholders’ equity 80,483   79,467 
      
Non controlling interests --   742 
      
          Total equity 80,483   80,209 
      
          Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity$100,358  $107,196 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the condensed consolidated financial statements.

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KAANAPALI LAND, LLC

 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations

 

Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 20222023 and 20212022

(Unaudited)

(Dollars in Thousands, except per share data)

 

            
 

Three Months Ended

September 30,

 

Nine Months Ended

September 30,

 2022 2021 2022 2021
Revenues:           
  Sales and rental revenues$1,059  $811  $8,311  $2,524 
  Interest and other income 45   73   78   158 
       Total revenues 1,104   884   8,389   2,682 
Cost and expenses:           
  Cost of sales 808   1,250   6,092   3,421 

  Selling, general and

    administrative

 856   589   747   5,702 

  Depreciation and

    amortization

 55   69   189   201 
       Total cost and expenses 1,719   1,908   7,028   9,324 

  Operating income (loss)

    before income taxes

 (615)  (1,024)  1,361   (6,642)
            
  Income tax benefit (expense) 160   214   (369)  1,610 
            
       Net income (loss) (455)  (810)  992   (5,032)
            

       Less: Net income (loss)

          attributable to non

          controlling interests

 --   (202)  (58)  (450)
            

       Net income (loss)

          attributable to

          shareholders

$(455) $(608) $1,050  $(4,582)
            

Net income (loss) per share

  - basic and diluted

$(0.25) $(0.33) $0.57  $(2.48)

            
 

Three Months Ended

September 30,

 

Nine Months Ended

September 30,

 2023 2022 2023 2022
Revenues:           
  Sales and rental revenues$498  $1,059  $2,798  $8,311 
  Interest and other income 525   45   1,293   78 
  Crop insurance proceeds 509   --   509   -- 
       Total revenues 1,532   1,104   4,600   8,389 
Cost and expenses:           
  Cost of sales 838   808   2,262   6,092 

  Selling, general and

    administrative

 1,451   856   (1,589)  747 
Excise tax expense 2,955   --   2,955   -- 

  Depreciation and

    amortization

 52   55   156   189 
       Total cost and expenses 5,296   1,719   3,784   7,028 

  Operating income (loss)

    before income taxes

 (3,764)  (615)  816   1,361 
            
  Income tax benefit (expense) 4,044   160   2,853   (369)
            
       Net income (loss) 280   (455)  3,669   992 
            

       Less: Net income (loss)

          attributable to non

          controlling interests

 --   --   --   (58)
            

       Net income (loss)

          attributable to

          shareholders

$280  $(455) $3,669  $1,050 
            

Net income (loss) per share

  - basic and diluted

$0.15  $(0.25) $1.99  $0.57 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the condensed consolidated financial statements.

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KAANAPALI LAND, LLC

 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss)

 

Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 20222023 and 20212022

(Unaudited)

(Dollars in Thousands)

 

 

 

        
        

Three Months Ended

September 30,

 

Nine Months Ended

September 30,

Three Months Ended

September 30,

 

Nine Months Ended

September 30,

2023 2022 2023 2022
2022 2021 2022 2021           
Net income (loss)$(455) $(810) $992  $(5,032)$280  $(455) $3,669  $992 
                
Other comprehensive income:                

Net unrealized (gains) losses

on pension plan assets

 (4)  10   (25)  30  --   (4)  --   (25)

Other comprehensive income,

before tax

 (4)  10   (25)  30  --   (4)  --   (25)
                

Income tax benefit (expense)

related to items of other

comprehensive income

 (1)  (3)    (8) --   (1)  --   

Other comprehensive income,

net of tax

 (5)    (19)  22  --   (5)  --   (19)
                
Comprehensive income (loss) (460)  (803)  973   (5,010) --   (460)  --   973 
                

Comprehensive income (loss)

attributable to non controlling

interests

 --   (202)  (58)  (450) --   --   --   (58)
                

Comprehensive income (loss)

attributable to shareholders

$(460) $(601) $1,031  $(4,560)$280  $(460) $3,669  $1,031 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the condensed consolidated financial statements.

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KAANAPALI LAND, LLC

 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Equity

 

Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 20222023

(Unaudited)

(Dollars in Thousands)

 

                      
  

Common

Equity

 

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, December 31, 2021

 $--  $5,471  $71,698  $2,298  $79,467  $742  $80,209 
                      

Effect of consolidat-

  ing Kaanapali

  Coffee Farms

  Lot Owners’

  Association

  --   --   (15)  --   (15)  207   192 
                      

Other comprehensive

  income, net of tax

  --   --   --   (13)  (13)     (13)
                      
Net income (loss)  --   --   2,407   --   2,407   (89)  2,318 
                      

Balance, March 31, 2022

  --   5,471   74,090   2,285   81,846   860   82,706 
                      

Effect of consolidat-

  ing Kaanapali

  Coffee Farms

  Lot Owners’

  Association

  --   --   --      --   193   193 
                      

Other comprehensive

  income, net of tax

  --   --   --   (1)  (1)  --   (1)
                      
Net income (loss)  --   --   (902)  --   (902)  31   (871)
                      

Balance, June 30, 2022

  --   5,471   73,188   2,284   80,943   1,084   82,027 
                      

Effect of deconsolida-

  ing Kaanapali

  Coffee Farms

  Lot Owners’

  Association

  --   --   --   --   --   (1,084)  (1,084)
                      

Other comprehensive

income net of tax

  --   --   --   (5)  (5)  --   (5)
                      
Net loss  --   --   (455)  --   (455)  --   (455)
                      

Balance, September 30, 2022

 $--  $5,471  $72,733  $2,279  $80,483  $--  $80,483 

             
  

Common

Equity

 

Additional

Paid-In

Capital

 

Accumulated

(Deficit)

Earnings

 

Total

Shareholders’

Equity

Balance December 31, 2022

 $--  $5,471  $74,533  $80,004 
             
Net loss  --   --   (336)  (336)
             

Balance March 31, 2023

  --   5,471   74,197   79,668 
             
Net income  --   --   3,725   3,725 
             

Balance June 30, 2023

  --   5,471   77,922   83,393 
             
Net income  --   --   280   280 
             

Balance September 30, 2023

 $--  $5,471  $78,202  $83,673 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the condensed consolidated financial statements.

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KAANAPALI LAND, LLC

 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Equity

 

Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 20212022

(Unaudited)

(Dollars in Thousands)

 

Common

Equity

 

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, December 31, 2020

 $--  $5,471  $71,440   $946  $77,857  $662  $78,519 
 

Common

Equity

 

Additional

Paid-In

Capital

 

Accumu-

lated

(Deficit)

Earnings

 

Accumu-

lated

Other

Compre-

hensive

Income/

(Loss)

 

Total

Share-

holders’

Equity

 

Non

Controlling

Interests

 

Total

Equity

Balance December 31, 2021

 $--  $5,471  $71,698  $2,298  $79,467  $742  $80,209 
                                

Effect of consolidat-

ing Kaanapali

Coffee Farms

Lot Owners’

Association

  --   --     --     144   147   --   --   (15)  --   (15)  207   192 
                                

Other comprehensive

income, net of tax

  --   --   --       --     --   --   --   (13)  (13)    (13)
                                
Net loss  --   --   (3,557)  --   (3,557)  (147)  (3,704)
Net income (loss)  --   --   2,407   --   2,407   (89)  2,318 
                                

Balance, March 31, 2021

  --   5,471   67,886   954   74,311   659   74,970 

Balance March 31, 2022

  --   5,471   74,090   2,285   81,846   860   82,706 
                                

Effect of consolidat-

ing Kaanapali

Coffee Farms

Lot Owners’

Association

  --   --     --     144   147   --   --   --   --   --   193   193 
                                

Other comprehensive

income, net of tax

  --   --   --       --     --   --   --   (1)   (1)  --   (1)
                                
Net loss  --   --   (417)  --   (417)  (101)  (518)
Net income (loss)  --   --   (902)  --   (902)  31   (871)
                                

Balance, June 30, 2021

  --   5,471   67,472   961   73,904   702   74,606 

Balance June 30, 2022

  --   5,471    73,188   2,284   80,943   1,084   82,027 
                                

Effect of

consolidating

Kaanapali Coffee

Farms Lot Owners’

Association

  --   --     --     158   161 

Effect of deconsoli-

dating Kaanapali

Coffee Farms

Lot Owners’

Association

  --   --   --   --   --   (1,084)  (1,084)
                                

Other comprehensive

income, net of tax

  --   --   --       --     --   --   --   (5)  (5)  --   (5)
                                
Net loss  --   --   (608)  --   (608)  (202)  (810)  --   --   (455)  --   (455)  --   (455)
                                

Balance, September 30, 2021

 $--  $5,471  $66,867  $968  $73,306  $658  $73,964 

Balance September 30, 2022

 $--  $5,471  $72,733  $2,279  $80,483  $--  $80,483 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the condensed consolidated financial statements.

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KAANAPALI LAND, LLC

 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

 

Nine Months Ended September 30, 20222023 and 20212022

(Unaudited)

(Dollars in Thousands)

 

 

 

      
 2022 2021
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities$3,919  $(944)
      
Net cash used in investing activities:     
  Property additions (248)  (398)

  Effect of deconsolidating Kaanapali Coffee Farms

    Lot Owners’ Association

 (937)  -- 
Net cash used by investing activities (1,185)  (398)
      
Net cash provided by financing activities:     
  Contributions 385   455 
Net cash provided by financing activities 385   455 
      

        Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents

            and restricted cash

 3,119   (887)

        Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

            at beginning of period

 17,837   18,617 
      

        Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

            at end of period

$20,956  $17,730 
      
2023 2022
      
Net cash provided by operating activities$12,021  $3,919 
      
Net cash used in investing activities:     
  Property additions (1,097)  (248)
  Property disposals 399   -- 
  Receivable due to sewer line installation (776)  -- 

  Effect of deconsolidating Kaanapali Coffee Farms

    Lot Owners’ Association

 --   (937)
  (1,474)  (1,185)
      
Net cash provided by financing activities:     
  Contributions --   385 
  --   385 
      

        Net increase in cash and cash equivalents

 10,547   3,119 

        Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

 19,815   17,837 
      

        Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

$30,362  $20,956 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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KAANAPALI LAND, LLC

 

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

(Unaudited)

(Dollars in Thousands)

 

 

(1)  Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

 

Organization and Basis of AccountingPresentation

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 accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Kaanapali Land, LLC (“Kaanapali Land”) and all of its subsidiaries and its predecessors (collectively, the “Company”), which include KLC Land and its wholly-owned subsidiaries.. Prior to July 1, 2022, the Kaanapali Coffee Farms Lot Owners’ Association (“LOA”) was consolidated into the Company’s consolidated financial statements and the interests of third-party owners of the lots in the Kaanapali Coffee Farms subdivision were reflected as equity including non controllingnoncontrolling interests. The Company sold its last owned lot in the Kaanapali Coffee Farms subdivision in early 2022 and as a consequence, the Company elected to turnover control of the LOA board of directors to the third-party owners of the lots in the subdivision. An election for a new board of directors, comprised entirely of third-party lot owners, was held during June 2022 and the results of the election were announced July 1, 2022. Therefore, effective July 1, 2022, the Company deconsolidated the LOA due to the loss of control over the LOA and derecognized the assets, liabilities, equity (including the non controlling interests) and results of operations in its financial statements. The Company does not have any direct or indirect retained interest in the LOA. The Company currently has agreements with the LOA to farm coffee, perform common area maintenance services and provide delivery of non-potable water. Through June 30, 2022, all significant intercompany transactions and balances were eliminated in consolidation.

 

The Company's continuing operations are in two business segments - Agriculture and Property. The Agriculture segment primarily engages in farming, harvesting and milling operations relating to coffee orchards on behalf ofpursuant to farming agreements with the applicable land owners.LOA and a related entity. 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.

 

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”) for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by U.S. GAAP for complete financial statements, and therefore, should be read in conjunction with the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 20212022 (“20212022 Form 10-K”). These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include all normal and recurring adjustments considered necessary for a fair presentation of the financial position and results of operations and cash flows for interim periods in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

 

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A description of the Company’s significant accounting policies is included in Note 1 to the Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included in its 20212022 Form 10-K. Except as noted below, there were no material changes in the Company’s significant accounting policies during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022.2023. 

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Property

 

The Company's significant property holdings are on the island of Maui and consist of approximately 3,900 acres, of which approximately 1,500 acres are 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.

 

Inventory of land held for sale of approximately $0 and $3,045, representing agricultural lots at the Kaanapali Coffee Farms subdivision, is included in Property, net in the consolidated balance sheets at September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, 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 fair value hierarchy (Levels 2 and 3). Land held for sale is recognized in the Property Segment as disclosed in Note 9, 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 havehad been leased or licensed to third parties on a short term basis.basis prior to the Lahaina Wildfire.

 

 Beginning on August 8, 2023, a wildfire occurred due east of historic Lahaina town in Maui. The fire spread rapidly due to extreme wind conditions caused in part by Hurricane Dora which traveled 800 miles offshore west of Maui. The fires caused multiple fatalities, widespread damage to Lahaina town and the surrounding area including the Company’s 19-acre Pioneer Mill site. The Company’s offices and coffee mill are located on the site as well as various other structures and a building which is leased to an unrelated third party and used to operate a coffee store. The Company also utilized portions of the property for short term license agreements with third parties that generates income for the Company. Although no employees were injured in the fire, the Company’s offices and coffee store building were destroyed. Additionally, it appears that most of the personal property of the licensees and the coffee mill was severely damaged if not destroyed. The widespread destruction is likely to cause disruptions in the Company’s development plans. The damage to the coffee mill has disrupted operations and will prevent the Company from processing and selling the current year coffee crop. It is also likely that the fires and devastation caused thereby will adversely affect the Maui economy and businesses operated on Maui. The Company continues to evaluate the extent of the damage to its property and equipment and has initiated claims with its insurance carriers. Access to the property remains restricted, and such restrictions are expected to continue for the near term. In October 2023, the Company received an initial, unallocated advance payment of $1,000 from its insurance carrier. Notwithstanding the advance, there can be no assurance that the Company’s insurance coverage will fully compensate the Company for its losses incurred in connection with the fire and related devastation, including the costs of its structures and equipment lost in the fire, the loss in revenue from the lack of coffee sales, or the loss of income from the licensees. The Company could experience losses in excess of our insured limits, and further, claims for certain losses could be denied or subject to deductibles or exclusions under our insurance policies. The Company has relocated its offices to temporary office facilities located on its lands in Kaanapali. Additionally, the Company was able to recover its electronic files which were stored on its servers destroyed in the fire from back up files existing at an offsite location. Recovery efforts continue.

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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. As a result of the fires, the Company performed an impairment evaluation of its asset groups to determine if provisions for impairment losses should be recognized. The Company concluded a provision for impairment should not be recognized for the current period. The Company will continue to monitor and evaluate the indicators for evidence of impairment in future periods. There can be no assurance that future impairment testing will not indicate that an impairment has occurred and that a provision for impairment will be required.

While most of the personal property destroyed in the fire was fully depreciated the Company wrote off the net carrying value of destroyed equipment totaling approximately $400 at September 30, 2023. 

Use of Estimates

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP 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.

 

Operating results for the nine months ended September 30, 20222023 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be achieved for the full year ending December 31, 20222023 or in any other future periods.

 

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 September 30, 20222023 is a money market fund for $8,400 27,650that is considered to be a fair value hierarchy Level 1 investment. The Company’s cash balances are maintained primarily in two financial institutions. Restricted cash as of December 31, 2021 represents cash held by the LOA. 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 or restricted cash.equivalents.

 

Subsequent Events

The Company has performed an evaluation of subsequent events from the date of the financial statements included in this quarterly 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.

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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 were as follows (in thousands):

                

Three Months Ended

September 30,

 

Nine Months Ended

September 30,

Three Months Ended

September 30,

 

Nine Months Ended

September 30,

2022 2021 2022 20212023 2022 2023 2022
Sales of real estate$0 $0 $4,750 $0$0 $0 $0 $4,750
Coffee and other crop sales 703  586  2,460  1,851
Coffee and other sales 323  703  2,038  2,460
Total$703 $586 $7,210 $1,851$323 $703 $2,038 $7,210

 

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 (“ASC Topic 842”). Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2016-02 (“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, FASB issued additional ASUs that further clarified the ASU 2016-02. 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 Topic 842 to short-term leases. Finally, under ASC Topic 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 condensed 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 three and nine months ended September 30, 2022,2023, the Company recognized$175 and $760, respectively, and $296 and $834, respectively, and $189 and $563, during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021,2022, respectively, of lease income, substantially comprised of non-variable lease payments. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022,2023, the Company recognized$31 and $80, respectively, and $20 and $54, respectively, and $17 and $47 during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021,2022, respectively, of lease expense, substantially comprised of non-variable lease payments.

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Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

 

In June 2016,December 2022, the FASB updated ASCissued ASU No. 2022-06, “Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848): Deferral of the Sunset Date of Topic 326 Financial Instruments – Credit Losses with ASU 2016-13 Measurement848”. The amendments in this Update defer the sunset date of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments (“ASU 2016-13”). ASU 2016-13 enhancesTopic848 from December 31, 2022, to December 31, 2024, after which entities will no longer be permitted to apply the methodology of measuring expected credit losses to include the use of forward-looking information to better inform credit loss estimates. ASU 2016-13 isrelief in Topic 848. The amendments in this Update are 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.all entities upon issuance of this Update. While the Company is currently evaluating the effect that implementation of this update will have on its condensed consolidated financial statements, no significant impact is anticipated.

In March 2020, FASB issued ASU 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform (“ASU 2020-04”) which provides optional expedients and exceptions for applying U.S. GAAP to contracts, hedging relationships, and other transactions affected by the discontinuance of LIBOR or another referenced rate. ASU 2020-04 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 31, 2022. While the Company is currently evaluating the effect that the implementation of this guidance will have on its condensed consolidated financial statements, no significant impact is anticipated.

 

(2)  Land Development

 

During the first quarter of 2006, the Company received final subdivision approval on an approximately 336 acre parcel in the region "mauka" (toward the mountains) from the main highway serving the area. This project, called Kaanapali Coffee Farms, originally consisted of 51 agricultural lots, offered to individual buyers. During the second quarter of 2021, the Company converted an approximately 55 acre cultural resources lot to an agricultural lot. The Company closed on the sale of this lot on March 22, 2022. The purchase price was $5,000, paid in cash at closing. As of September 30, 2022, theThe Company hadhas sold all the lots at Kaanapali Coffee Farms including one lot in December 2021 and one in March 2022.Farms.

 

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In September 2014, Kaanapali Land Management Corp. (“KLMC”), pursuant to a property and option purchase agreement (“Purchase Agreement”) with an unrelated third party, closed on the sale of an approximately 14.9 acre parcel in West Maui. The purchase price was $3,300, paid in cash at closing. The agreement (as subsequently amended) commits KLMC to fund up to $583, depending on various factors, for off-site roadway, sewer and electrical improvements that will also provide service to other KLMC properties. Although certainKLMC may, at its discretion, design, construct, install, and complete all or portions of the off-site road, sewer and/or electrical improvements, in which case the developer shall pay to KLMC the total costs thereof, less the KLMC committed amount. In relation to such sewer line improvement, KLMC has entered into a contract for $1,070 to install such sewer line. KLMC has paid $972 on the contract which has been recorded as a receivable, less KLMC’s sewer line commitment of $208. In accordance with the Purchase Agreement, the receivable accrues interest of 6.5% and is secured by the 14.9 acre property. Certain other off-site construction has begun at the site, the commitment remains outstanding as construction of such improvements does not yet trigger such funding.site. In conjunction with the property and option purchase agreement,Purchase Agreement, the Company retains certain approval rights relating to the uses and designs of the site to ensure the uses and designs are aligned with the Company's planned master development. If such uses result in a dispute with the developer of the site, such dispute could delay the development of the site. The 14.9 acre site is intended to be used for a critical access hospital, skilled nursing facility, assisted living facility, and independent living facility.

 

(3)  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 September 30, 20222023 and December 31, 20212022 of $90,11590,467 and $90,56590,203, respectively. The interest rate currently is 0.39%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 condensed consolidated financial statements because the obligors are consolidated subsidiaries of Kaanapali Land.

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(4)  Employee Benefit Plans and Investments

 

ThePrior to June 1, 2022, the Company participatesparticipated in a defined benefit pension plan (the “Pension Plan”) that covers substantially all its eligible employees. The Pension Plan iswas sponsored and maintained by Kaanapali Land in conjunction with other plans providing benefits to employees of Kaanapali Land and its affiliates.

 

The Company’s Pension Plan has excess assets of approximately $20 million. On January 15, 2022, Pacific Trail Holdings LLC, the manager of the Company, adopted a plan to freeze the benefit accruals under and close participation in the Pension Plan and terminate the Pension Plan on June 1, 2022. Effective February 7, 2022, the fair value hierarchy Level 1 and Level 2 plan asset investments were reallocated to a money market fund. Benefit accruals were frozen on March 31, 2022. The Company recognized a curtailment gain of $12 as of January 31, 2022, in the consolidated financial statements at March 31, 2022. The Company paid $420 inlump sum benefits totaling approximately $420to Pension Plan participants during October 2022.2022, thereby settling all benefit Pension Plan liabilities. The remaining surplusCompany’s former Pension Plan assets are expected to be distributed in 2023 fromwere approximately $19,397 as of August 30, 2023.

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The Company transferred $5,000 which was approximately 25% of the Pension Plan assets to a qualified replacement plan (“QRP”). Such assets are maintained in a suspense account within the QRP pending allocation to plan participants. The assets will be allocated to the participants in the QRP who were participants in the terminated Pension Plan and the employees of certain affiliates of the Company. Such allocations are planned to be allocated ratably over a period not to exceed seven years to comply with regulatory requirements. In accordance with GAAP, the requirementsamount transferred to the QRP is reflected as Retirement plan investments on the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheet at September 30, 2023. The remaining assets of the Internal Revenue Codeterminated Pension Plan of 1986 (as amended), which includes anapproximately $14,500 reverted to the Company on September 15, 2023.

The Company is subject to a 20% excise tax of approximately $2,900, which is included in Accounts payable and accrued expenses on the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheet at September 30, 2023 and in Excise tax expense on the Company’s condensed consolidated Statement of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023. The excise tax was paid in October 2023. The funds free up cash to 50%, by certainbetter prepare the Company for tightening credit markets and are available for, among other things, working capital requirements, including future operating expenses, the Company’s obligations for engineering, planning, regulatory deadlines.and development costs, drainage and utilities, and potential environmental remediation costs on existing properties.

 

The components of the net periodic pension benefit (credit) included in selling, general and administrative in the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of operations are as follows (in thousands):

            
 

Three Months Ended

September 30,

 

Nine Months Ended

September 30,

 2022 2021 2022 2021
Service cost$100  $70  $311  $211 
Interest cost       
Expected return on plan assets (61)  (230)  (183)  (690)
Recognized net actuarial loss (4)  10   (13)  30 
Curtailment (gain) loss --   --   (12)  -- 

Net periodic pension cost

  (credit)

$37  $(148) $107  $(444)

The Company recognizes the over funded or under funded status of its employee benefit plans as an asset or liability in its statement 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 September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021 are the following amounts that have not yet been recognized in net periodic pension cost: unrecognized prior service costs of $0 and $0, respectively, and unrecognized actuarial gain of $3,080 ($2,279, net of tax) and $3,106 ($2,298, net of tax), respectively. The prior service cost, curtailment gain and actuarial gain recognized in net periodic pension credit for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 are $0, $12 ($9 net of tax) and $13 ($10 net of tax), respectively.

            
 

Three Months Ended

September 30,

 

Nine Months Ended

September 30,

 2023 2022 2023 2022
Service cost$-- $100  $-- $311 
Interest cost --    --  
Expected return on plan assets --  (61)  --  (183)
Recognized net actuarial loss --  (4)  --  (13)
Curtailment (gain) loss --  --   --  (12)

Net periodic pension cost

  (credit)

$-- $37  $-- $107 

 

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 deferred compensation liability of $$356329 is included in Other liabilities in the Company's condensed consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2022.2023.

 

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(5)  Income Taxes

 

The statutes of limitations with respect to the Company's taxes for 20182019 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 net operating losses (“NOL”) generated and not yet utilized are subject to adjustment by the Internal Revenue Service (“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 couldis liable, the Company’s results of operations may be liable could be material.affected adversely and materially.

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The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Act”) repealed the corporate alternative minimum tax (“AMT”) and provided that prior AMT credits would be refundable. Any remaining AMT credit amount became refundable incrementally from 2018 through 2021. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES”) accelerated the refund schedule, enabling the Company to claim the refund in full. In February and July 2021, the Company received $1,483 and $1,486, respectively, including interest, of the 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 NOL carryforwards, which will generally be limited to being used to offset 80% of future annual taxable income.

 

(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. Commissions paid for the three and nine months ended September 30, 20222023 were $$10 and $$1523, respectively, and $$01 and $$2015 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021,2022, respectively.

 

The Company reimburses its affiliates 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 three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022 and 2021 were $$381296 and $$1,121861, respectively, and $$365381 and $$1,0991,121, respectively, of which $$348234 was unpaid as of September 30, 2022.2023.

 

The Company had derived revenue from farming and common area maintenance services and for providing non-potable water to the LOA. The LOA is the association of the lot owners of the Kaanapali Coffee Farms. Effective July 1, 2022, the LOA is no longer an affiliate of the Company due to the lossrelinquishment of control over the LOA. The revenues are $616 for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 respectively, and was $$323 616and $969 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, respectively.. Such revenue is recognized in the Agriculture Segment as disclosed in Note 9, Business Segment Information. Through June 30, 2022, the revenue amounts have been eliminated in the consolidated financial statements.

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(7)  Commitments and Contingencies

 

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 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 D/C Chapter 7 filing, D/C has not been under control of the Company since the bankruptcy filing.

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 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 notified both the U.S. Navy and 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 purported 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 not believed that any other affiliates had any responsibility for the debts of Oahu Sugar, EPA made a claim against Kaanapali Land as further described below.

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Prior toUnder an insurance settlement the claims filing 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, EPA and the U.S. Navy filed a joint proof of claim that sought 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/U.S. 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/U.S. 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 U.S. Navy, and forCompany reached with Fireman’s Fund one of Kaanapali Land’s insurers, explored 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.

With regard to the alleged Waipio Peninsula environmental issues, 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 wasas a successor to Oahu Sugar Company, Limited, a company that operated at the site prior to 1961 ("Old Oahu"), EPA advised Kaanapali that it believed it was 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 EPA's position was that Kaanapali Land, by virtue of certain corporate actions, was jointly and severally responsible for the performance of the response actions, including, without limitation, clean-up at the site. No such amendment was made. Instead, after a series of discussions between Kaanapali and EPA, on or about September 30, 2009, EPA issued a Unilateral Administrative Order to Kaanapali Land for the performance of work in supportresult of a removal action at the former Oahu Sugar pesticide mixing site located on Waipio Peninsula. The work consisted 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 appeared to be further predicated primarily on the alleged connection of Kaanapali Land to Old Oahu and its activities on the site. Kaanapali Land 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 believed that its liability, if any, should have related solely to a portion of the period of operation of Old Oahu at the site, although in some circumstances CERCLA permits imposition of joint and several liability, which can exceed a responsible party's equitable share. Kaanapali Land believed that the U.S. Navy bore 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 believed that the cost of the work as set forth in the pending order would not have been material to the Company as a whole; however, in the event that EPA were to issue an order requiring remediation of the site, the Company gave no assurances that the cost of said remediation would not ultimately have a material adverse effect on the Company. In addition, the Company believed that if there were litigation regarding the site, there could be no assurances that the cost of such litigation would not be material or that such litigation would result in a judgment in favor of the Company. Kaanapali and the EPA exchanged comments

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relative to further studies to be performed at the site, including a possible ecological risk assessment. After years of performing work at the site, the parties engaged in discussions to resolve the matter. The matter was ultimately resolved pursuant to the Consent Decree set forth below.

On February 11, 2015,complaint 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 might incur in connection with the Waipio site. In the five-count complaint, the Company sought, 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 sought 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 filed a responsive pleading. This litigation was settled and dismissed with prejudice pursuant to an agreement between Fireman’s Fund and the Company dated on or about November 24, 2021 (“Insurance Settlement”). The dismissal order was entered on March 31, 2022.

Under the Insurance Settlement,2015, Fireman’s Fund paid $$6,800 into an escrow during the first quarter of 2022 that was used to fund thea settlement amount pursuant to a Consent Decree described below, that(described below) which was entered into with various federal agencies. The $6,800 was included as a reduction of Selling, general and administrative expenses on the Company’s consolidated statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2021. The insurance recovery caused the total Selling, general and administrative expense for the year ended December 31, 2021 to be a negative expense. That Consent Decree, entered by United States District Court for the District of Hawaii (the “Court”), and as more fully described below, resolved certain environmental claims against the Company with respect to the former mixing site on Waipio Peninsula on Oahu in Hawaii (the “Mixing Site”). After the Consent Decree was entered and finally approved by the Court in the form initially submitted by the Company and the federal government, the escrowed funds plus interest were paid to the Environmental Protection Agency on March 3, 2022 to fund the settlement that is the subject of the Consent Decree. The Insurance Settlement provided, among other terms and conditions, mutual releases of claims for coverage for environmental claims at the Mixing Site under known and unknown Fireman’s Fund insurance policies.

 

On April 16, 2021, the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, on behalf of various federal agencies of the United States of America, executed a Consent Decree with Kaanapali Land, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”) that, if entered by the U.S. District Court sitting in the District of Hawaii, United States of America v. Kaanapali Land, and Oahu Sugar Company, LLC Case No. 1:21-CV-00190, resolved the U.S. federal government’s current environmental claims against the Company with respect to contamination at the former mixing site on Waipio Peninsula on Oahu in Hawaii that had been leased by Oahu Sugar Company LLC, a former subsidiary of the Company. In return for payments by the Company totaling $7,500,$7,500, the Consent Decree resolved liability asserted by the U.S. government against the Company under CERCLAthe Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (“CERCLA”) as well as under the Clean Water Act, both for response costs (those costs expended for investigation and cleanup) and for natural resource damages. The U.S. District Court in Hawaii entered an Order approving the Consent Decree on February 11, 2022 and payment of the settlement amount was received by the government on March 3, 2022.

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A subsidiary of the Company, D/C Distribution Corporation (“D/C”), filed a petition for liquidation under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code in July 2007. During the pendency of the bankruptcy case, D/C was not under control of the Company.

At the time of the filing of the bankruptcy petition, Kaanapali Land, as successor by merger to other entities, and D/C havehad been named as defendants in personal injury actions allegedly based on exposure to asbestos. While there arewere 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”) arewere allegedly based on its prior business operations in Hawaii and cases against D/C arewere 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 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.

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On February 12, 2014, counsel for Fireman’s Fund, the carrier that had been paying defense costs and settlements for the Kaanapali Land asbestos cases, stated that it would no longer pay settlements or judgments in the Kaanapali Land asbestos cases due to then pending 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 barred Fireman’s Fund from making any payments to resolve the Kaanapali Land asbestos claims because D/C Distribution was also alleging a right to coverage under those policies for asbestos claims against it. However, in the interim, Fireman’s Fund advised that it intended to continue to pay defense costs for those cases, subject to whatever reservations of rights that might be in effect and subject further to the policy terms. Fireman’s Fund also indicated that, to the extent that Kaanapali Land cooperated with Fireman’s Fund in addressing settlement of the Kaanapali Land asbestos cases through coordination with its adjusters, it was Fireman’s Fund’s 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 and Fireman’s Fund entered into a settlement agreement on or about November 24, 2021 whereby Fireman’s Fund paid $2,441 for certain listed Kaanapali Land asbestos cases upon a Final Order of the D/C bankruptcy court lifting the automatic stay to allow the payments. The D/C court issued the lift-stay order on March 1, 2022. On April 12, 2022, the Company received $2,441 as reimbursement for the various settlements Kaanapali made that were subject to the lift-stay order of March 1, 2022. The $2,441 was included as a reduction of Selling, general and administrative expenses on the Company’s consolidated statement of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30,March 31, 2022.

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 was 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 had 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 had been incurred unreasonably; that plaintiff was entitled to recoupment and reimbursement of some or all of

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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 against plaintiff’s claims. 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 iswas 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 sought 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 were 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 judgment or settlement from and to the extent of any available insurance coverage of D/C Distribution, LLC, only.

 

The bankruptcy trustee for D/C is now in the process of closing the bankruptcy case.

Certain asbestos-related proofs claims in the bankruptcy case have been withdrawn in connection with closing. There is a small amount of money on-hand for possible distributionA court hearing was held on closing. AlthoughMarch 29, 2023 in which the court awarded the trustee’s compensation and expenses and therefore D/C will no longer havehas any assets afterassets. On June 6, 2023, the trustee’sbankruptcy trustee filed a final distributionaccount and application to close the D/C bankruptcy and on June 14, 2023, the D/C bankruptcy court closed the case and the trustee was discharged. Due to the closing of the case, therethe Company derecognized a related contingent liability. The derecognition of the contingent liability is no guaranty thatincluded as a reduction of Selling, general and administrative expenses and resulted in a credit in expenses on the Company’s consolidated statement of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2023. However, personal injury claimants will nothave asserted, and may in the future assert, asbestos-related claims against D/C in the future.

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The Company has received notice from Hawaii’s Department of Land and Natural Resources (“DNLR”) that DNLR 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 April 2022. To date, the DLNR has 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. Remediation plans for addressing all deficiencies have been submitted to DLNR. 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 secondthird quarter 2022,2023, the Company received $155509 in insurance proceeds related to an insured event that occurred during the 20212022 crop year. This amount has been reflected in sales and rental revenuescrop insurance proceeds in the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

 

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KLMC is a party to an agreement with the State of Hawaii for the development of the Lahaina Bypass Highway. An approximately 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 Lahaina 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 Lahaina 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 Lahaina Bypass Highway.

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These potential commitments have not been reflected in the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements. While the completion of the Lahaina 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.

 

Adverse macroeconomic conditions, which originated as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, are expected to continue to cause economic uncertainty and market volatility and pose risks to us and the real estate industry. Heightened inflation, slower growth or recession, changes to fiscal and monetary policy, higher interest rates, currency fluctuations, challenges in the supply chain and other adverse macroeconomic conditions, along with disruptions caused by the emergence of COVID-19 variants or resurgences of the virus or other public health emergencies could negatively impact the Maui real estate market, which could have an adverse effect on the Company’s results of operations and financial position.

(8)  Calculation of Net Income (Loss) Per Share

 

The following tables set forth the computation of net lossincome (loss) per share - basic and diluted:

 

                

Three Months Ended

September 30,

 

Nine Months Ended

September 30,

Three Months Ended

September 30,

 

Nine Months Ended

September 30,

(Amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)(Amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)
2022 2021 2022 20212023 2022 2023 2022
Numerator:                      
Net income (loss)$(455) $(810) $992  $(5,032)$280  $(455) $3,669  $992 

Less: Net loss attributable

to non controlling interests

 --   (202)  (58)  (450) --   --   --   (58)

Net income (loss) attributable

to stockholders

$(455) $(608) $1,050  $(4,582)$280  $(455) $3,669  $1,050 
                
Denominator:                

Number of weighted

average share outstanding

                
- basic and diluted 1,845   1,845   1,845   1,845  1,845   1,845   1,845   1,845 
                
Net income (loss) per share,                

attributable to

Kaanapali Land

- basic and diluted

$(0.25) $(0.33) $0.57  $(2.48)$0.15   $(0.25) $1.99  $0.57 

 

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(9)  Business Segment Information

 

As described in Note 1, the Company operates in two business segments. Total revenues and operating profit by business segment are presented in the tables below.

 

Total revenues by business segment includes 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.

 

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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.

        

Three Months Ended

September 30,

 

Nine Months Ended

September 30,

Three Months Ended

September 30,

 

Nine Months Ended

September 30,

2022 2021 2022 20212023 2022 2023 2022
Revenues:                      
Property$95  $60  $4,982  $211 $98  $95  $397  $4,982 
Agriculture 990   769   3,384   2,363  931   990   2,995   3,384 
Corporate 19   55   23   108  503   19   1,208   23 
$1,104  $884  $8,389  $2,682 $1,532  $1,104  $4,600  $8,389 
                
Operating income (loss):                
Property$(514) $(479) $97  $(1,148)$(414) $(514) $(1,175) $97 
Agriculture 225   (131)  744   (223) 43   225   406   744 
Operating income (loss) (289)  (610)  841   (1,371) (371)  (289)  (769)  841 
                
Corporate (326)  (414)  520   (5,271) (3,393)  (326)  1,585   520 
                

Operating income (loss)

before income taxes

$(615) $(1,024) $1,361  $(6,642)$(3,764) $(615) $816  $1,361 

 

The Company’s Property segment consists primarily of revenue received from land sales and lease and licensing agreements.

 

The Company’s Agriculture segment consists primarily of coffee operations and licensing agreements.

 

The Company’s Corporate segment consists primarily of interest earned on investments.

The Company is exploring alternative agricultural operations, but there can be no assurance that replacement operations at any level will result.

 

(10)  Subsequent Events

 

DuringIn October 2022,2023, the Company paidreceived an initial, unallocated advance payment of $4201,000 from its insurance carrier related to the insured losses the Company incurred in Pension Plan benefits to participants.connection with the Lahaina wildfire.

 

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    Item 2.  Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation

 

General

 

In addition to historical information, this report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on management's current expectations about its businesses and the markets in which the Company operates. Such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties or other factors which may cause actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Actual operating results may be affected by various factors including, without limitation, natural events, including the Lahaina wildfire discussed below, the effect of geopolitical, economic and market conditions in Hawaii and globally, including heightenedcontinued increases in the rate of inflation, slower growth or recession, changes to fiscal and monetary policy, higher interest rates and currency fluctuations, pressure on the global banking system, competitive market conditions, uncertainties and costs related to the imposition of conditions on receipt of governmental approvals and costs of material and labor, the effect of the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus, actual versus projected timing of events, and the factors described in Part I, Item 1A of our Annual Report onthe Company’s 2022 Form 10-K, forthis report and any other periodic reports the year ended December 31, 2021,Company files with the Securities and Exchange Commission, all of which may cause such actual results to differ materially from what is expressed or forecast in this report.

 

Lahaina Wildfire

Beginning on August 8, 2023, a wildfire occurred due east of historic Lahaina town in Maui. The fire spread rapidly due to extreme wind conditions caused in part by Hurricane Dora which traveled 800 miles offshore west of Maui. The fires caused multiple fatalities, widespread damage to Lahaina town and the surrounding area including the Company’s 19-acre Pioneer Mill site. The Company’s offices and coffee mill are located on the site as well as various other structures and a building which is leased to an unrelated third party and used to operate a coffee store. The Company also utilized portions of the property for short term license agreements with third parties that generates income for the Company. Although no employees were injured in the fire, the Company’s offices and coffee store building were destroyed. Additionally, it appears that most of the personal property of the licensees and the coffee mill was severely damaged if not destroyed. The widespread destruction is likely to cause disruptions in the Company’s development plans. The damage to the coffee mill has disrupted operations and will prevent the Company from processing and selling the current year coffee crop. It is also likely that the fires and devastation caused thereby will adversely affect the Maui economy and businesses operated on Maui. The Company continues to evaluate the extent of the damage to its property and equipment and has initiated claims with its insurance carriers. Access to the property remains restricted, and such restrictions are expected to continue for the near term. In October 2023, the Company received an initial, unallocated advance payment of $1 million from its insurance carrier. Notwithstanding the advance, there can be no assurance that the Company’s insurance coverage will fully compensate the Company for its losses incurred in connection with the fire and related devastation, including the costs of its structures and equipment lost in the fire, the loss in revenue from the lack of coffee sales, or the loss of income from the licensees. The Company could experience losses in excess of our insured limits, and further, claims for certain losses could be denied or subject to deductibles or exclusions under our insurance policies. The Company has relocated its offices to temporary office facilities located on its lands in Kaanapali. Additionally, the Company was able to recover its electronic files which were stored on its servers destroyed in the fire from back up files existing at an offsite location. Recovery efforts continue.

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By letters dated October 28, 2022, the State of Hawaii Commission on Water Resource Management ("CWRM"(“CWRM”)officially designated all six Aquifer System Areas of the Lahaina Aquifer Sector, Maui, as Ground Water Management Areas, andas of August 6, 2022. CWRM notified the Company that theyby August 5, 2023, the Company would need to apply for ground and surface water use permits to continue the Company'sCompany’s use of 16 certain wells that are integral to the Company'sCompany’s entire operations. One possible resultThe Company has submitted such applications for permits. The permits, when or if granted and subject to various conditions, would preserve the Company’s existing water uses as of August 6, 2022. The Company cannot provide any assurances that CWRM will approve such permit applications for the designation is a potential inabilityamounts of water the Company seeks or impose conditions on such use that might affect the Company’s operations. If CWRM should fail to secure permits from CWRM for futureapprove the Company’s water requests or impose onerous conditions on its use, CWRM’s actions could delay the Company’s development in a timely fashion orsubstantial and material respects and affect the Company’s operations and finances. Further, in amounts to avoid disruption and delays impacting the Company's business development. In the event permits adequate to the Company'sCompany’s plans are not received timely or not received timely,at all, there could be negative impacts on the west Maui real estate market as a whole and on the development and sale of the Company'sCompany’s lands on the Island of Maui, thereby materially and adversely affecting the Company'sCompany’s operations, land sales, land values, results, and financial position.

By letter dated March 13, 2023, CWRM provided the Company a notice of alleged water violation covering the metering and monitoring of certain designated areas with the Honokowai aquifer and hydrologic unit, as well as certain waste conditions CWRM allegedly observed on prior investigations of those certain areas. The Company has engaged with CWRM to address the alleged violations and to seek clarification of the issues. While the Company does not believe that such issues, when and if addressed by the Company will prove material in cost, there can be no assurances of same.

The Company’s former Pension Plan (the “Pension Plan”) assets were approximately $19 million at August 30, 2023. On January 15, 2022, Pacific Trail Holdings LLC, the manager of the Company, adopted a plan to freeze the benefit accruals under and close participation in the Pension Plan and terminate the Pension Plan on or about June 1, 2022. Effective February 7, 2022, the fair value hierarchy Level 1 and Level 2 Pension Plan asset investments were reallocated to a money market fund. Benefit accruals were frozen on March 31, 2022. The Company paid lump sum benefits totaling approximately $0.42 million to Pension Plan participants during October 2022, thereby settling all Pension Plan liabilities.

The Company transferred $5 million, which was approximately 25% of the Pension Plan assets to a qualified replacement plan (“QRP”). Such assets are maintained in a suspense account within the QRP pending allocation to plan participants. The assets will be allocated to the participants in the QRP who were participants in the terminated Pension Plan and the employees of certain affiliates of the Company. Such allocations are planned to be allocated ratably over a period not to exceed seven years to comply with regulatory requirements. The remaining assets of the terminated Pension Plan of approximately $14.5 million reverted to the Company on September 15, 2023.

The Company is subject to a 20% excise tax of approximately $2.9 million, which was paid in October 2023. The funds free up cash to better prepare the Company for tightening credit markets and are available for, among other things, working capital requirements, including future operating expenses, the Company’s obligations for engineering, planning, regulatory and development costs, drainage and utilities, and potential environmental remediation costs on existing properties.

 

The primary business of Kaanapali Land is the investment in and development of the Company's assets on the Island of Maui. The various development plans will take many years at significant expense to fully implement. Proceeds from land sales and the planned distributionreversion of surplusthe terminated Pension Plan assets are the Company's only source of significant cash proceeds and the Company's ability to meet its liquidity needs is dependent on the timing and amount of such proceeds.

 

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The Company'sCompany’s operations have in recent periods been primarily reliant upon the net proceeds of sales of developed and undeveloped land parcels.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

The Company had cash and cash equivalents of approximately $21$30 million and $17$20 million as of September 30, 20222023 and December 31, 2021,2022, respectively, which is available for, among other things, working capital requirements, including future operating expenses, and the Company's obligations for engineering, planning, regulatory and development costs, drainage and utilities, environmental remediation costs on existing and former properties, potential liabilities resulting from tax audits, and existing and possible future litigation. To the extent the Company is not delayed by certain regulatory agencies, the Company expects the distribution of surplus Pension Plan assets to enhance the Company’s liquidity. The Company does not anticipate making any distributions for the foreseeable future.

 

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Although the Company does not currently believebelieves that it has significantsufficient liquidity problemsto fund its operations and capital needs over the near term, should the Company be unable to satisfy its liquidity requirements from its existing resources and future property sales, it will likely pursue alternate financing arrangements. However it cannot be determined at this time what, if any, financing alternatives may be available and at what cost.

 

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 million, dated November 14, 2002, and due September 30, 2029, as extended. Such note had an outstanding balance of principal and accrued interest as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021 of approximately $90 million and $91 million, 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.

Cash Flows

Net cash provided by operating activities for the nine months ended September 30, 20222023 was approximately $4$12 million and was primarily due to the lot sale in Kaanapali Coffee Farms.reversion of the terminated Pension Plan assets to the Company. Net cash flows used in investing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 was2023 were approximately $1.2$1.5 million and was primarily due to the effectcost of deconsolidating the LOA,installation of a sewer line, as well as, the costs of project planning and engineering, primarily relating to KCF Mauka and Puukolli Village Mauka. Net cash provided by financing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 was approximately $0.4 million and represented Kaanapali Coffee Farms lot owners’ contributions to the LOA prior to the deconsolidation of the LOA.

Land Development

 

In September 2014, Kaanapali Land Management Corp. (“KLMC”), pursuant to a property and option purchase agreement (“Purchase Agreement”) with an unrelated third party, closed on the sale of an approximately 14.9 acre parcel in West Maui. The purchase price was $3.3 million, paid in cash at closing. The agreement (as subsequently amended) commits KLMC to fund up to $0.6 million, depending on various factors, for off-site roadway, sewer and electrical improvements that will also provide service to other KLMC properties. Although certainKLMC may, at its discretion, design, construct, install, and complete all or portions of the off-site road, sewer and/or electrical improvements, in which case the developer shall pay to KLMC the total costs thereof, less the KLMC committed amount. In relation to such sewer line improvement, KLMC has entered into a contract for $1.1 million to install such sewer line. KLMC has paid $1 million on the contract which has been recorded as a receivable, less KLMC’s sewer line commitment of $0.2 million. In accordance with the Purchase Agreement, the receivable accrues interest of 6.5% and is secured by the 14.9 acre property. Certain other offsite construction has begun at the site, the commitment remains outstanding as construction of such improvements does not yet trigger such funding.site. In conjunction with the property and option purchase agreement,Purchase Agreement, the Company retains certain approval rights relating to the uses and designs of the site to ensure the uses and designs are aligned with the Company's planned master development. If such uses result in a dispute with the developer of the site, such dispute could delay the development of the site. The 14.9 acre site is intended to be used for a critical access hospital, skilled nursing facility, assisted living facility, and independent living facility.

 

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The Company is in the planning stages for the development of a 295-acre parcel in the region mauka of Kaanapali Coffee Farms (“KCF Mauka”). The parcel is to be comprised of 61 agricultural lots that will be offered to individual buyers. The Company expects to develop the parcel in phases and all phases have been submitted to the County of Maui (the “County”) for subdivision approval. The Company ishas been working with the County to resolve certain of the County’s comments relating to the subdivision. The Company’s understanding is that all outstanding comments from the County have been resolved verbally with County staff. The final approval letter has been pending and additional efforts are being made to secure the approval. Upon final subdivision approval and receipt of final plat of the first phase from the County, which requires a bond in the amount of the cost to develop the first phase, the Company can pre-sell the undeveloped lots in the first phase. The Company expects to market the lots in the first phase upon receiving final approvals from the County, subject to various contingencies, including, but not limited to, governmental and market factors and the availability of a bond to secure the first phase of the development. At this time, the Company is uncertain whether the fires and resulting devastation may negatively impact the marketability of the lots in the first phase of the development. Therefore, there can be no assurance the Company will be able to meet such timetable,timeline, that the subdivision will ultimately be approved or that the lots will sell for prices deemed advantageous by the Company.

 

The Company is in the planning stages for the development of a 241-acre residential development site in the region south of Kaanapali Coffee Farms known as Puukolii Village. The conceptual master plan is comprised of 20 developable parcels planned for 940 units including a mix of affordable and market priced homes, both single and multi-family, mixed use commercial, parks, school, and community facilities. Puukolii Village is fully entitled. At this time, the Company is uncertain whether the fires and resulting devastation might delay approvals from the County. In conjunction with the potential development of Puukolii Village and in coordination with the possible development by an unrelated third party of the 14.9 acre site to be used for a critical access hospital, as noted above, the Company entered into a contract to install a sewer line from the Puukolii Village site to the critical care hospital site. The developer of the critical access hospital site is obligated to share in the sewer line cost for the portion of the sewer line fronting the critical care hospital site.

At its June 14, 2022 meeting, the State of Hawaii Commission on Water Resource Management (“CWRM”) unanimously voted to accept Findings of Fact and the Chairperson’s recommendation to Designate the Lahaina Aquifer Sector Area as both a Surface Water and Ground Water Management Area including the Honokohau, Honolua, Honokahua, Kahana, Honokowai, Wahikuli, Kahoma, Kaua`ula, Launiupoko, Olowalu, and Ukumehame Groundwater Hydrologic Units, Island of Maui, Hawaii. By accepting the recommendation, CWRM thereby established administrative control over the ground and surface waters in the Lahaina Aquifer Sector Area. The intended purpose of that designation was described by the CWRM staff as serving to “ensure protection and reasonable beneficial use of” those waters. The Lahaina Aquifer Sector includes the Honokowai hydrologic unit from which the Company currently derives almost all of its non-potable water. The designation means that the Company and all users of water in the Lahaina Aquifer Sector Area will be required to apply for water use permits pursuant to a “yet-to-be-determined process” that will call for the water purveyors (and potentially their end-users) to demonstrate that their existing uses meet the “reasonable beneficial use” standards adopted by CWRM. Applications for permits to use water for future uses likely will be considered only after existing users have completed their applications based on existing uses. One possible result of the designation is a potential inability to secure permits from CWRM for future uses.

By letters dated October 28, 2022, CWRM officially designated all six Aquifer System Areas of the Lahaina Aquifer Sector, Maui, as Ground Water Management Areas, as of August 6, 2022. CWRM notified the Company that by August 5, 2023, the Company would need to apply for ground and surface water use permits to continue the Company's use of 16 certain wells that are integral to the Company's entire operations. The permits, when applied for and granted and subject to various conditions, would preserve the Company's existing water uses as of August 6, 2022.

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One possible result of the designation is a potential inability to secure permits from CWRM for future water use in a timely fashion or in amounts to avoid disruption and delays impacting the Company's business development. In the event permits adequate to the Company's plans are not received or not received timely, there could be negative impacts on the west Maui real estate market as a whole and the development and sale of the Company's lands on the Island of Maui, thereby materially and adversely affecting the Company's operations, land sales, land values, results, and financial position.

The Company’s Pension Plan has excess assets of approximately $20 million. On January 15, 2022, Pacific Trail Holdings LLC, the manager of the Company, adopted a plan to freeze the benefit accruals under and close participation in the Pension Plan and terminate the Pension Plan on June 1, 2022. Effective February 7, 2022, the Level 1 and Level 2 plan asset investments were reallocated to a money market fund. Benefit accruals were frozen on March 31, 2022. The Company paid $420 in benefits to participants during October 2022. The remaining surplus Pension Plan assets are expected to be distributed in 2023 from the Pension Plan in accordance with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as amended), which includes an excise tax of up to 50%, by certain regulatory deadlines.

Adverse macroeconomic conditions and the COVID-19 pandemic continue to cause economic uncertainty and market volatility. Heightened inflation, slower growth or recession, changes to fiscal and monetary policy, higher interest rates, currency fluctuations, challenges in the supply chain and other adverse macroeconomic conditions, along with disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, may continue. The evolving nature of the COVID-19 pandemic, including the severity and rate of incidence of the virus, the emergence of new variants, and the administration and continued effectiveness of vaccines (and boosters), public health restrictions, or a resurgence of COVID-19 or a new, significant variant could negatively impact the Maui real estate market, which could have an adverse effect on the Company’s results of operations and financial position.site (see discussion above).

 

Comparison of Results of Operations

 

Property, net decreasedReference is made to the footnotes to the financial statements for additional discussion of items addressing comparability between years.

The decrease in investments at September 30, 20222023 as compared to December 31, 20212022 is primarily due to the saleremaining assets of a lot during first quarter 2022.the terminated Pension Plan that were reverted to the Company on September 15, 2023.

The increase in accounts payable and accrued expenses at September 30, 2023 as compared to December 31, 2022 and the related increase in excise tax expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 is primarily due to the excise tax payable related to the terminated Pension Plan that the Company paid in October 2023.

 

The decrease in other assetsdeferred income taxes at September 30, 20222023 as compared to December 31, 20212022 is primarily due to insurance recoveriesthe reversal of the reserve of the Company’s net operating loss carry forward included as a deferred tax asset related to the Waipio site received in March 2022.remaining assets of the terminated Pension Plan that were reverted to the Company.

 

The decrease in other liabilities at September 30, 20222023 as compared to December 31, 20212022 is primarily due to the reversalderecognition of a contingency reserve pursuant to the settlement payment made in March 2022contingent liability related to the Waipio site.D/C bankruptcy case.

 

The increase in interest and other income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 as compared to the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 is primarily due to market value adjustments related to investments.

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The decrease in sales and the related increasedecrease in costs of sales for the nine months ended September 30, 20222023 as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 20212022 is primarily due to the sale of onea lot during the first quarter 2022, as compared to no lot sales during the first quarter 2021.2022.

 

The decreaseincrease in selling, general and administrative expenses for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 as compared to the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 as comparedis due to the nine months ended September 30, 2021 is dueexcise tax payable related to the terminated Pension Plan, as well as the derecognition of a contingent liability related to the D/C bankruptcy case during second quarter 2023 offset by the insurance recoveries related to asbestos claims offset byduring the adjustment of the loss contingency during first quarter 2021.2022.

 

See also notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements for additional discussion of items addressing comparability between the three and nine months ended September 30, 20222023 and 2021.2022.

 

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Inflation

As a result of increasing signs of inflation in recent months, the Federal Reserve approved a .25% rate increase in March 2022, a .5% rate increase in May 2022, a .75% rate increase in June 2022, a .75% rate increase in July 2022, a .75% rate increase in September 2022, and a .75% rate increase in November 2022.

 

High rates of inflation may adversely affect real estate development generally because of their impact on interest rates. High interest rates not only increase the cost of borrowed funds to the Company, but can also have a significant effect on the affordability of permanent mortgage financing to prospective purchasers. However, high rates of inflation may permit the Company to increase the prices that it charges in connection with real propertyland sales, subject to a slow downslowdown in sales and increase in home construction costs and to general economic conditions affecting the real estate industry and local market factors.

 

Critical Accounting Estimates

 

The discussion and analysis of the Company's financial condition and results of operations are based upon the Company's unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP.accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. The preparation of these unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements requires management to make estimates, assumptions, and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, and related disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities. These estimates are based on historical experience and on various other assumptions that management believes are reasonable under the circumstances; additionally management evaluates these results on an on-going basis. Management's estimates form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Different estimates could be made under different assumptions or conditions, and in any event, actual results may differ from the estimates. The impact of a change in these estimates, assumptions, and judgments could materially affect the amounts reported in the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

 

Certain accounting policies involve significant judgementsjudgments and estimates by management, and the Company considers these accounting policies to be critical accounting policies. There have been no material changes to the critical accounting polices disclosed in 20212022 Form 10-K, except as described in Note 1 to the condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

 

For a description of recently issued accounting pronouncements, see Note 1 to the condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

 

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Item 3.  Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

 

Not applicable as the Company is a smaller reporting company.

 

Item 4.  Controls and Procedures

 

Disclosure controls and procedures. The principal executive officer and the officer/principal financial officer of the Company have evaluated the effectiveness of the Company's disclosure controls and procedures as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (theamended(the "Exchange Act") as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on such evaluation, the principal executive officer/principal financial officer has concluded that the Company's disclosure controls and procedures were effective to ensure that information required to be disclosed was recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the applicable rules and form of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Internal control over financial reporting. There have not been any changes in the Company's internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that occurred during the third quarter of 2022 that2023that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company's internal control over financial reporting.

 

 

Part II.  Other Information

 

Item 1.  Legal Proceedings

 

The information set forth under “Commitments and Contingencies” in Note 7 of the Notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements, included in Part I, Item 1 of this report is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 1A. Risk Factors

 

In addition to the other information set up in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, you should consider the factors discussed in Part 1, Item 1A of our 2022 Annual Report on Form 10-K. Except as set forth below, there have been no material changes to the risks described in the section entitled “Risk Factors”our risk factors from those disclosed in the Company’s Annual Report onour 2022 Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021.10-K.

 

Risks Related to Hawaiian Real Estate and Development Markets

The Company relies on water sourced from its irrigation systems, which divert water from streams and development tunnels into a network of ditches, tunnels, flumes, siphons and reservoirs. In the event CWRM or any other regulatory body limits the Company’s ability to divert stream waters to its irrigation systems, the result could have a negative impact on the Company’s ability to continue with its agricultural operations and development plans.

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At its June 14, 2022 meeting, CWRM voted

Beginning on August 8, 2023, a wildfire occurred due east of historic Lahaina town in Maui. The fire spread rapidly due to established administrative control overextreme wind conditions caused in part by Hurricane Dora which traveled 800 miles offshore west of Maui. The fires caused multiple fatalities, widespread damage to Lahaina town and the groundsurrounding area including the Company’s 19-acre Pioneer Mill site. The Company’s offices and surface waterscoffee mill are located on the site as well as various other structures and a building which is leased to an unrelated third party and used to operate a coffee store. The Company also utilized portions of the property for short term license agreements with third parties that generates income for the Company. Although no employees were injured in the Lahaina Aquifer Sector Area which includesfire, the Company’s agriculturaloffices and coffee store building were destroyed. Additionally, it appears that most of the personal property of the licensees and the coffee mill was severely damaged if not destroyed. The widespread destruction is likely to cause disruptions in the Company’s development lands.plans. The designation meansdamage to the coffee mill has disrupted operations and will prevent the Company from processing and selling the current year coffee crop. It is also likely that the fires and devastation caused thereby will adversely affect the Maui economy and businesses operated on Maui. The Company will be requiredcontinues to apply for water use permits pursuantevaluate the extent of the damage to a “yet-to-be-determined process” that will callits property and equipment and has initiated claims with its insurance carriers. Access to the property remains restricted, and such restrictions are expected to continue for the water purveyors (and potentially their end-users) to demonstratenear term. The Company received an initial, unallocated advance payment of $1 million from its insurance carrier. Notwithstanding the advance, there can be no assurance that their existing uses meet the “reasonable beneficial use” standards adopted by CWRM. Applications for permits to use water for future uses likely will be considered only after existing users have completed their applications based on existing uses. One possible result of the designation is a potential inability to secure permits from CWRM for future uses. This could negatively impact the west Maui real estate market and the development and sale of the Company’s insurance coverage will fully compensate the Company for its losses incurred in connection with the fire and related devastation, including the costs of its structures and equipment lost in the fire, the loss in revenue from the lack of coffee sales, or the loss of income from the licensees. The Company could experience losses in excess of our insured limits, and further, claims for certain losses could be denied or subject to deductibles or exclusions under our insurance policies. The Company has relocated its offices to temporary office facilities located on its lands in Kaanapali. Additionally, the Company was able to recover its electronic files which were stored on its servers destroyed in the Island of Maui, thereby materially and adversely affecting the Company’s operations, land sales, results, and financial position.fire from back up files existing at an offsite location. Recovery efforts continue.

 

 

Item 2.       Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

 

None.

 

 

Item 3.       Defaults Upon Senior Securities

 

None.

 

 

Item 4.       Mine Safety Disclosures

 

Not applicable.

 

 

Item 5. Other Information

 

None.

 

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Item 6.  Exhibits

 

  3.1Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Kaanapali Land, LLC dated November 14, 2002 filed as an exhibit to the Company's report on Form 10 filed May 1, 2003 and incorporated by reference herein.
    
  3.2Amendment to the Amended and Restated Limited Company Agreement of Kaanapali Land, LLC dated November 14, 2002 filed as an exhibit to the Company's report on Form 8-K filed April 21, 2008 and incorporated by reference herein.
    
  10.1Consent Decree entered into as of April 16, 2021, for the United States of America by U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and by Kaanapali Land, LLC and Oahu Sugar Company, LLC. filed as an exhibit to the Company’s report on Form 8-K filed April 22, 2021, and hereby incorporated by reference.
31.1Certification of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer required by Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a) (filed(furnished herewith).
    
  32.1Certification of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer required by Rule 13a-14(b) or Rule 15d-14(b) and 18 U.S.C. 1350 (furnished herewith).
    
  101.INSXBRL Instance Document - the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document.
    
  101.SCHXBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document.
    
  101.CALXBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document.
    
  101.LABXBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document.
    
  101.DEFXBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document.
    
  101.PREXBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document.
    
  104Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101).

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SIGNATURES

 

 

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

 

 KAANAPALI LAND, LLC
   
 By:

Pacific Trail Holdings, LLC.LLC

(sole member)

   
  
/s/ RICHARD HELLANDRichard Helland
 By:Richard Helland, Vice President
 Date:November 14, 20222023
/s/ Richard Helland
By:

Richard Helland, Vice President and

Principal Accounting Officer

Date:November 14, 2023

 

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