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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM10-Q

(Mark One)

xQUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period endedSeptember 30, 20192020

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 Number:001-37997

SACHEM CAPITAL CORP.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

New York

81-3467779

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

81-3467779

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

698 Main Street,Branford, CT06405

(Address of principal executive offices)

(203) (203) 433-4736

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each classTicker symbol(s)Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Shares, par value $.001 per share

7.125% Notes due 2024

6.875% Notes due 2024

SACH

SCCB

SACC

NYSE American LLC

NYSE American LLC

NYSE American LLC

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 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

     Yes     No

x     Yes    ¨  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 (§ 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         No

x     Yes    ¨  No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “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 company  x

Emerging growth company x

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

¨     Yes    x  No

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

Ticker symbol(s)

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Shares, par value $.001 per share

SACH

NYSE American LLC

7.125% Notes due 2024

SCCB

NYSE American LLC

6.875% Notes due 2024

SACC

NYSE American LLC

7.75% Notes due 2025

SCCC

NYSE American LLC

As of November 13, 2019,5, 2020, the Issuer had 22,117,301a total of 22,124,801 common shares, $0.001 par value per share, issued and outstanding.

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SACHEM CAPITAL CORP.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page Number

Part I

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Part I

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Page Number

Item 1.

Financial Statements (unaudited)

Balance Sheets as of September 30, 20192020 and December 31, 20182019

1

Statements of OperationsComprehensive Income for the ThreeThree-Month and Nine MonthNine-Month Periods Ended September 30, 20192020 and 20182019

2

StatementStatements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity for the ThreeThree-Month and Nine MonthNine-Month Periods Ended September 30, 20192020 and 20182019

3

Statements of Cash Flows for the Nine MonthNine-Month Periods Ended September 30, 20192020 and 20182019

4

5

Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited)

6

7

Item 2.

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

14

15

Item 3.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

22

23

Item 4.

Controls and Procedures

22

23

Part II

OTHER INFORMATION

Part IIItem 1A.

OTHER INFORMATIONRisk Factors.

24

Item 6.

Exhibits

25

Item 6.SIGNATURES

Exhibits23

27

EXHIBITS

SIGNATURES24
EXHIBITS

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CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This quarterly report on Form 10-Q includes forward-looking statements. All statements other than statements of historical facts contained in this report, including statements regarding our future results of operations and financial position, strategy and plans, and our expectations for future operations, are forward-looking statements. The words “anticipate,” “estimate,” “expect,” “project,” “plan,” “seek,” “intend,” “believe,” “may,” “might,” “will,” “should,” “could,” “likely,” “continue,” “design,” and the negative of such terms and other words and terms of similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements.

We have based these forward-looking statements largely on our current expectations and projections about future events and trends that we believe may affect our financial condition, results of operations, strategy, short-term and long-term business operations and objectives and financial needs. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions. In light of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, the forward-looking events and circumstances discussed in this report may not occur and actual results could differ materially and adversely from those anticipated or implied in the forward-looking statements.

You should not rely upon forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results, level of activity, performance or achievements. In addition, neither we nor any other person assumes responsibility for the accuracy and completeness of any of these forward-looking statements. We disclaim any duty to update any of these forward-looking statements after the date of this report to confirm these statements in relationship to actual results or revised expectations.

All forward-looking statements attributable to us are expressly qualified in their entirety by these cautionary statements as well as others made in this report. You should evaluate all forward-looking statements made by us in the context of these risks and uncertainties.

Unless the context otherwise requires, all references in this quarterly report on Form 10-Q to “Sachem Capital,” “we,” “us” and “our” refer to Sachem Capital Corp., a New York corporation.

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SACHEM CAPITAL CORP.

BALANCE SHEETS

PART I.        FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Item 1.    FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

  September 30,  December 31, 
  2019  2018 
   (Unaudited)   (Audited) 
Assets        
Assets:        
Cash $11,004,943  $99,310 
Cash - restricted  -   59,549 
Escrow deposits  -   12,817 
Mortgages receivable  89,020,538   78,011,653 
Mortgages receivable, affiliate  -   879,457 
Interest and fees receivable  1,431,414   1,397,038 
Other receivables  222,237   155,000 
Due from borrowers  843,409   695,218 
Prepaid expenses  37,171   14,866 
Property and equipment, net  1,320,424   1,180,107 
Deposits on property and equipment  49,881   12,000 
Real estate owned  5,310,523   2,943,438 
Deferred financing costs  38,351   553,597 
         
Total assets $109,278,891  $86,014,050 
         
Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity        
Liabilities:        
Unsecured unsubordinated fixed rate notes (net of deferred financing costs of $1,242,192)  $22,420,808  $- 
Line of credit  -   27,219,123 
Mortgage payable  788,148   290,984 
Accounts payable and accrued expenses  131,901   316,413 
Security deposits held  7,800   7,800 
Funds held in escrow  25,000   - 
Advances from borrowers  498,504   317,324 
Due to shareholder  -   1,200,000 
Deferred revenue  1,067,667   1,058,406 
Notes payable  68,634   - 
Capital leases payable  11,573   - 
Dividend payable  -   2,624,566 
Accrued interest  3,323   176,619 
Total liabilities  25,023,358   33,211,235 
         
Commitments and Contingencies        
         
Shareholders' equity:        
Preferred shares - $.001 par value; 5,000,000 shares authorized; no shares issued  -   - 
Common stock - $.001 par value; 50,000,000 shares authorized; 22,088,325 and 15,438,621 issued and outstanding  22,088   15,439 
Paid-in capital  83,787,674   53,192,859 
Retained earnings (accumulated deficit)  445,771   (405,483)
Total shareholders' equity  84,255,533   52,802,815 
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity $109,278,891  $86,014,050 

SACHEM CAPITAL CORP.

BALANCE SHEETS

September 30, 2020

December 31, 2019

    

(Unaudited)

    

(Audited)

Assets

 

  

 

  

Assets:

 

  

 

  

Cash and cash equivalents

$

5,384,073

$

18,841,937

Investments

27,688,794

15,949,802

Mortgages receivable

 

124,131,879

 

94,348,689

Interest and fees receivable

 

1,551,333

 

1,370,998

Other receivables

 

87,307

 

141,397

Due from borrowers

 

1,501,470

 

840,930

Prepaid expenses

 

106,816

 

24,734

Property and equipment, net

 

1,418,442

 

1,346,396

Deposits on property and equipment

 

172,210

 

71,680

Real estate owned

 

7,523,584

 

8,258,082

Deferred financing costs

 

66,086

 

16,600

Total assets

$

169,631,994

$

141,211,245

Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity

 

  

 

  

Liabilities:

 

  

 

  

Notes payable (net of deferred financing costs of $3,074,115 and $2,687,190)

$

69,452,636

$

55,475,810

Mortgage payable

 

771,785

 

784,081

Line of credit

12,080,569

0

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

 

522,453

 

249,879

Other loans

257,845

0

Security deposits held

 

13,416

 

7,800

Advances from borrowers

 

1,413,974

 

848,268

Deferred revenue

 

1,114,721

 

1,205,740

Notes payable

60,130

75,433

Accrued interest

 

80,672

 

3,416

Total liabilities

 

85,768,201

 

58,650,427

Commitments and Contingencies

 

  

 

  

Shareholders’ equity:

 

  

 

  

Preferred shares - $.001 par value; 5,000,000 shares authorized; no shares issued

 

0

 

0

Common stock - $.001 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; 22,117,301 issued and outstanding

 

22,117

 

22,117

Paid-in capital

 

83,810,276

 

83,856,308

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

(37,596)

(50,878)

Retained earnings (accumulated deficit)

 

68,996

 

(1,266,729)

Total shareholders' equity

 

83,863,793

 

82,560,818

Total liabilities and shareholders' equity

$

169,631,994

$

141,211,245

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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SACHEM CAPITAL CORP.

STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONSCOMPREHENSIVE INCOME

(unaudited)

Three Months Ended

Nine Months

September 30, 

Ended September 30, 

2020

    

2019

2020

    

2019

Revenue:

  

 

  

  

 

  

 

Interest income from loans

$

3,473,304

$

2,442,750

$

9,640,387

$

7,509,155

Interest income on investments

32,483

28,148

163,161

28,148

Gain/(loss)on sale of investment securities

(21,858)

0

415,301

0

Origination fees, net

 

393,097

 

497,237

 

1,551,652

 

1,202,777

Late and other fees

 

10,955

 

18,149

 

46,835

 

205,182

Processing fees

 

37,445

 

44,870

 

123,568

 

121,470

Rental income, net

 

9,593

 

9,446

 

49,777

 

82,350

Other income

 

336,789

 

325,523

 

904,071

 

622,054

Net gain on sale of real estate

 

0

 

12,927

 

0

 

20,076

Total revenue

 

4,271,808

 

3,379,050

 

12,894,752

 

9,791,212

Operating costs and expenses:

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Interest and amortization of deferred financing costs

 

1,262,278

 

537,878

 

3,564,533

 

1,611,332

Compensation, fees and taxes

496,058

476,404

1,220,412

1,325,822

Stock based compensation

4,107

4,107

12,321

12,327

Professional fees

158,206

105,053

400,868

259,275

Other expenses and taxes

26,247

39,355

61,484

70,683

Exchange fees

22,713

11,343

29,986

32,850

Expense in connection with termination of LOC

0

0

0

779,641

Impairment

0

0

495,000

0

Net loss on sale of real estate

2,816

0

7,276

0

Depreciation

 

15,348

 

18,618

 

46,318

 

44,286

General and administrative expenses

 

145,251

 

131,206

 

412,677

 

400,561

Total operating costs and expenses

 

2,133,024

 

1,323,964

 

6,250,875

 

4,536,777

Net income

2,138,784

2,055,086

6,643,877

5,254,435

Other comprehensive income (loss)

Unrealized gain (loss) on investment securities

(72,785)

0

13,282

0

Comprehensive income

$

2,065,999

$

2,055,086

$

6,657,159

$

5,254,435

Basic and diluted net income per common share outstanding:

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Basic

$

0.10

$

0.10

$

0.30

$

0.30

Diluted

$

0.10

$

0.10

$

0.30

$

0.30

Weighted average number of common shares outstanding:

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Basic

 

22,117,301

 

21,336,870

 

22,117,301

 

17,662,480

Diluted

 

22,117,301

 

21,336,870

 

22,117,301

 

17,622,480

  Three Months  Nine Months 
  Ended September 30,  Ended September 30, 
  2019  2018  2019  2018 
Revenue:            
Interest income from loans $2,442,750  $2,272,100  $7,509,155  $6,610,273 
Origination fees, net  497,237   383,322   1,202,777   1,071,921 
Late and other fees  18,149   59,949   205,182   144,031 
Processing fees  44,870   30,680   121,470   101,480 
Rental income, net  9,446   10,136   82,350   87,865 
Other income  353,671   175,271   650,202   674,830 
Net gain on sale of real estate  12,927   119,666   20,076   119,666 
                 
Total revenue  3,379,050   3,051,124   9,791,212   8,810,066 
                 
Operating costs and expenses:                
Interest and amortization of deferred financing costs  537,878   493,992   1,611,332   1,098,912 
Stock based compensation  4,107   29,250   12,327   29,250 
Professional fees  105,053   54,330   259,275   212,789 
Compensation, fees and taxes  476,404   344,266   1,325,822   886,024 
Exchange fees  11,343   10,000   32,850   26,667 
Other expenses and taxes  39,355   7,669   70,683   67,668 
Expense in connection with termination of LOC  -   -   779,641   - 
Excise tax  -   -   -   19,000 
Depreciation  18,618   6,834   44,286   20,302 
General and administrative expenses  131,206   142,119   400,561   314,839 
                 
Total operating costs and expenses  1,323,964   1,088,460   4,536,777   2,675,451 
                 
Net income $2,055,086  $1,962,664  $5,254,435  $6,134,615 
                 
Basic and diluted net income per common share outstanding:                
Basic $0.10  $0.13  $0.30  $0.40 
Diluted $0.10  $0.13  $0.30  $0.40 
                 
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding:                
Basic  21,336,870   15,433,000   17,622,480   15,421,555 
Diluted  21,336,870   15,433,000   17,662,480   15,421,555 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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SACHEM CAPITAL CORP.

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS'SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

(unaudited)

    

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

    

  

Accumulated

(Accumulated

Additional

Other

Deficit)

 

Common

 

Paid in

 

Comprehensive

 

Retained

    

Shares

    

Amount

    

Capital

    

Income/(Loss)

    

Earnings

    

Totals

Balance, July 1, 2020

 

22,117,301

$

22,117

$

83,806,169

$

35,189

$

584,288

$

84,447,763

Stock based compensation

 

4,107

 

4,107

Unrealized loss on marketable securities

 

(72,785)

 

(72,785)

Dividends paid

(2,654,076)

(2,654,076)

Net income

 

2,138,784

 

2,138,784

Balance, September 30, 2020

 

22,117,301

$

22,117

$

83,810,276

$

(37,596)

$

68,996

$

83,863,793

    

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

    

  

Accumulated

(Accumulated

Additional

Other

Deficit)

Common

Paid in

Comprehensive

Retained

    

Shares

    

Amount

    

Capital

    

Income/(Loss)

    

Earnings

    

Totals

Balance, July 1, 2019

 

18,905,586

$

18,906

$

68,658,030

$

$

739,137

$

69,416,073

Sales of stock through ATM

 

866,332

 

866

 

4,375,320

 

4,376,186

Sale of common stock

2,300,000

2,300

10,668,202

10,670,502

Exercise of warrants

16,407

16

82,019

82,035

Stock based compensation

 

4,103

 

4,103

Dividends

 

(2,348,452)

 

(2,348,452)

Net income

 

2,055,086

 

2,055,086

Balance, September 30, 2019

 

22,088,325

$

22,088

$

83,787,674

$

$

445,771

$

84,255,533

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

        Additional  (Accumulated Deficit)    
  Common Stock  Paid in  Retained    
  Shares  Amount  Capital  Earnings  Totals 
Balance, July 1, 2019  18,905,586  $18,906  $68,658,030  $739,137  $69,416,073 
Sales of stock through ATM  866,332   866   4,375,320       4,376,186 
Sale of common stock  2,300,000   2,300   10,668,202       10,670,502 
Exercise of warrants  16,407   16   82,019       82,035 
Stock based compensation      -   4,103       4,103 
Dividends paid              (2,348,452)  (2,348,452)
Net income              2,055,086   2,055,086 
Balance, September 30, 2019  22,088,325  $22,088  $83,787,674  $445,771  $84,255,533 

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

        Additional  (Accumulated Deficit)    
  Common Stock  Paid in  Retained    
  Shares  Amount  Capital  Earnings  Totals 
Balance, July 1, 2018  15,415,737  $15,416  $53,315,772  $2,180,618  $55,511,806 
Stock based compensation     21  29,229      29,250 
Dividends paid              (1,708,939)  (1,708,939)
Net income              1,962,664   1,962,664 
Balance, September 30, 2018  15,415,737  $15,437  $53,345,001  $2,434,343  $55,794,781 

FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

        Additional  (Accumulated Deficit)    
  Common Stock  Paid in  Retained    
  Shares  Amount  Capital  Earnings  Totals 
Balance, January 1, 2019  15,438,621  $15,439  $53,192,859  $(405,483) $52,802,815 
Sales of stock through ATM  4,333,297   4,333   19,832,267       19,836,600 
Sale of common stock  2,300,000   2,300   10,668,202       10,670,502 
Exercise of warrants  16,407   16   82,019       82,035 
Stock based compensation          12,327       12,327 
Dividends paid              (4,403,181)  (4,403,181)
Net income              5,254,435   5,254,435 
Balance, September 30, 2019  22,088,325  $22,088  $83,787,674  $445,771  $84,255,533 

FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

        Additional  (Accumulated Deficit)    
  Common Stock  Paid in  Retained    
  Shares  Amount  Capital  Earnings  Totals 
Balance January 1, 2018  15,415,737  $15,416  $53,315,772  $1,235,093  $54,566,281 
Stock based compensation      21   29,229       29,250 
Dividends paid              (4,935,365)  (4,935,365)
Net income              6,134,615   6,134,615 
Balance, September 30, 2018  15,415,737  $15,437  $53,345,001  $2,434,343  $55,794,781 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Accumulated

(Accumulated

Additional 

Other

Deficit)

Common

Paid in

Comprehensive

Retained

    

Shares

    

Amount

    

Capital

    

Income/(Loss)

    

Earnings

    

Totals

Balance, January 1, 2020

 

22,117,301

$

22,117

$

83,856,308

$

(50,878)

$

(1,280,011)

$

82,547,536

Offering costs-ATM

 

(58,353)

(58,353)

Stock based compensation

12,321

12,321

Unrealized gain on marketable securities

13,282

13,282

Dividends paid

(5,308,152)

(5,308,152)

Net income

6,657,159

6,657,159

Balance, September 30, 2020

 

22,117,301

$

22,117

$

83,810,276

$

(37,596)

$

68,996

$

83,863,793

FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Accumulated

(Accumulated 

Additional

Other

Deficit) 

Common

Paid in

Comprehensive

Retained 

    

Shares

    

Amount

    

Capital

    

Income/(Loss)

    

Earnings

    

Totals

Balance, January 1, 2019

 

15,438,621

$

15,439

$

53,192,859

$

$

(405,483)

$

52,802,815

Sales of stock through ATM

 

4,333,297

 

4,333

19,832,267

 

 

 

19,836,600

Sale of common stock

2,300,000

2,300

10,668,202

10,670,502

��

Exercise of warrants

16,407

16

82,019

82,035

Stock based compensation

12,327

12,327

Dividends

(4,403,181)

(4,403,181)

Net income

5,254,435

5,254,435

Balance, September 30, 2019

 

22,088,325

$

22,088

$

83,787,674

$

$

445,771

$

84,255,533

SACHEM CAPITAL CORP.

STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOW

(unaudited)

  Nine Months 
  Ended September 30, 
  2019  2018 
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES        
Net income $5,254,435  $6,134,615 
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:        
Amortization of deferred financing costs  159,872   90,165 
Depreciation expense  44,286   20,302 
Stock based compensation  12,327   29,250 
Gain on sale of real estate  (20,076)  (119,666)
Abandonment of office furniture  12,000   - 
Costs in connection with termination of line of credit  439,446   - 
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:        
(Increase) decrease in:        
Escrow deposits  12,813   111,189 
Interest and fees receivable  (454,487)  (916,672)
Other receivables  (67,237)  (150,520)
Due from borrowers  2,122,939   (308,866)
Prepaid expenses  (22,305)  (23,093)
Deposits on property  (37,881)  - 
(Decrease) increase in:        
Due to note purchaser  (176,619)  (723,478)
Accrued interest  3,323   117,128 
Accrued expenses  (159,512)  (295,734)
Deferred revenue  9,261   44,265 
Advances from borrowers  180,889   (243,387)
Total adjustments  2,059,039   (2,369,117)
NET CASH PROVIDED BY OPERATING ACTIVITIES  7,313,474   3,765,498 
         
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES        
Proceeds from sale of real estate owned  362,136   672,538 
Acquisitions of and improvements to real estate owned  (443,217)  (104,799)
Purchase of property and equipment  (196,603)  (331,386)
Principal disbursements for mortgages receivable  (42,163,704)  (37,278,346)
Principal collections on mortgages receivable  27,917,331   20,958,280 
NET CASH USED FOR INVESTING ACTIVITIES  (14,524,057)  (16,083,713)
         
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES        
Proceeds from notes sold to shareholder  1,017,000   - 
Repayment of notes sold to shareholder  (2,217,000)  - 
Proceeds from line of credit  42,720,829   61,067,401 
Repayment of line of credit  (69,939,952)  (43,648,867)
Dividends paid  (7,027,746)  (4,935,365)
Pre-offering costs incurred  -   (853)
Financing costs incurred  (6,836)  (566,886)
Proceeds from mortgage payable  795,000   - 
Repayment of mortgage payable  (297,837)  (7,535)
Proceeds from notes payable, net  68,634   - 
Proceeds from issuance of common stock  30,736,148   - 
Cost associated with the issuance of common stock  (147,002)    
Proceeds from issuance of bonds  23,663,000   - 
Cost associated with the issuance of notes  (1,307,571)  - 
NET CASH PROVIDED BY FINANCING ACTIVITIES  18,056,667   11,907,895 
         
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH AND RESTRICTED CASH  10,846,084   (410,320)
         
CASH AND RESTRICTED CASH- BEGINNING OF YEAR  158,859   954,223 
         
CASH AND RESTRICTED CASH - END OF PERIOD $11,004,943  $543,903 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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SACHEM CAPITAL CORP.

STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOW

(unaudited)

Nine Months

Ended September 30, 

2020

    

2019

    

CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES

  

 

  

 

Net income

$

6,643,877

$

5,254,435

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:

 

 

  

Amortization of deferred financing costs

357,497

159,872

Depreciation expense

 

46,318

 

44,286

Stock based compensation

 

12,321

 

12,327

Impairment loss

495,000

0

Loss (gain) on sale of real estate

 

7,276

 

(20,076)

Abandonment of office furniture

0

12,000

Costs in connection with termination of line of credit

439,446

Realized gain on investments

(415,301)

0

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

 

 

  

(Increase) decrease in:

 

 

Escrow deposits

 

0

 

12,813

Interest and fees receivable

 

(180,335)

 

(454,487)

Other receivables

 

54,090

 

(67,237)

Due from borrowers

 

(273,202)

 

2,122,939

Prepaid expenses

 

(82,082)

 

(22,305)

Deposits on property and equipment

(100,530)

(37,881)

(Decrease) increase in:

 

Due to note purchaser

 

0

 

(176,619)

Accrued interest

 

77,256

 

3,323

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

 

272,574

 

(159,512)

Deferred revenue

 

(91,019)

 

9,261

Advances from borrowers

 

565,706

 

180,889

Total adjustments

 

745,569

 

2,059,039

NET CASH PROVIDED BY OPERATING ACTIVITIES

 

7,389,446

 

7,313,474

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES

 

  

 

  

Purchase of investments

(37,216,177)

0

Proceeds from the sale of investments

25,905,769

0

Proceeds from sale of real estate owned

 

1,816,522

 

362,136

Acquisitions of and improvements to real estate owned

 

(1,584,300)

 

(443,217)

Purchase of property and equipment

 

(118,364)

 

(196,603)

Security deposits held

 

5,616

 

0

Principal disbursements for mortgages receivable

 

(68,029,798)

 

(42,163,704)

Principal collections on mortgages receivable

 

37,859,270

 

27,917,331

NET CASH USED FOR INVESTING ACTIVITIES

 

(41,361,462)

 

(14,524,057)

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES

 

  

 

  

Proceeds from line of credit

 

14,080,569

 

42,720,829

Repayment of line of credit

 

(2,000,000)

 

(69,939,952)

Proceeds from notes sold to shareholder

0

1,017,000

Repayment of notes sold to shareholder

0

(2,217,000)

Principal payments on mortgage payable

 

(12,296)

 

0

Principal payments on notes payable

(15,303)

0

Dividends paid

 

(5,308,152)

 

(7,027,746)

Financing costs incurred

 

(108,353)

 

(6,836)

Proceeds from other loans

257,845

0

Proceeds from mortgage payable

0

795,000

Repayment of mortgage payable

0

(297,837)

Proceeds from notes payable, net

0

68,634

Proceeds from issuance of common stock

0

30,736,148

Costs associated with the issuance of common stock

0

(147,002)

Gross proceeds from issuance of fixed rate notes

14,363,750

23,663,000

Financing costs incurred in connection with fixed rate notes

(743,908)

(1,307,571)

NET CASH PROVIDED BY FINANCING ACTIVITIES

 

20,514,152

 

18,056,667

NET (DECREASE) INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

 

(13,457,864)

 

10,846,084

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS- BEGINNING OF YEAR

 

18,841,937

 

158,859

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS - END OF PERIOD

$

5,384,073

$

11,004,943

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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SACHEM CAPITAL CORP.

STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOW (Continued)

  September 30,  September 30, 
  2019  2018 
   (Unaudited)   (Unaudited) 
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES OF CASH FLOWS        
INFORMATION        
Taxes paid $-  $19,000 
Interest paid $472,329  $1,008,747 

(unaudited)

Nine Months Ended

September 30,

    

2020

    

2019

SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES OF CASH FLOWS INFORMATION

 

  

 

  

Taxes paid

$

0

$

0

Interest paid

$

2,093,080

$

472,329

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION-NON-CASH

 

  

 

  

Dividends declared and payable

$

0

$

0

SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES OF NONCASH INVESTING AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES

During the nine months ended September 30, 2018, the Company purchased a mortgage receivable from a third party at a discount in the amount of $21,433.

Real estate acquired in connection with the foreclosure of certain mortgages, inclusive of interest and other fees receivable, during the nine months ended September 30, 2018 amounted to $2,369,196.

The reversal of previously accrued capitalized costs during the nine months ended September 30, 2018, amounted to $6,212.

Real estate acquired in connection with the foreclosure of certain mortgages, inclusive of interest and other fees receivable, during the nine monthsperiod ended September 30, 2019 amounted to $2,265,927.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2019, the Company purchased equipment for $13,005 subject to a capital lease.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2019, Mortgages receivable, affiliate in the amount of $879,457 were reduced to $0 as the underlying loans were transferred to the Company and are included in Mortgages receivable.

Real estate acquired in connection with the foreclosure of certain mortgages, inclusive of interest and other fees receivable, during the period ended September 30, 2020 amounted to $170,383.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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SACHEM CAPITAL CORP.

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 20192020

1.

1.    The Company

Sachem Capital Corp. (the “Company”), a New York corporation, specializes in originating, underwriting, funding, servicing and managing a portfolio of first mortgage loans. The Company offers short term (i.e., one to three years)years), secured, non-banking loans (sometimes referred to as “hard money” loans) to real estate owners and investors to fund their acquisition, renovation, development, rehabilitation or improvement of properties located primarily in Connecticut. The properties securing the Company’s loans are generally classified as residential or commercial real estate and, typically, are held for resale or investment. Each loan is secured by a first mortgage lien on real estate and may also be secured with additional collateral, such as other real estate owned by the borrower or its principals or a pledge of the ownership interests in the borrower by itsthe principals and/orthereof, as well as personal guarantees by the principals of the borrower. The Company does not lend to owner-occupants.owner occupants. The Company’s primary underwriting criteria is a conservative loan-to-valueloan to value ratio. In addition, the Company has made and may continue to make opportunistic real estate acquisitions.purchases apart from its lending activities. The Company believes it qualifies and has operated as a real estate investment trust since 2017.

2.Significant Accounting Policies

2.    Significant Accounting Policies

Unaudited Financial Statements

The accompanying unaudited financial statements of the Company have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial information. Accordingly, they do not include all the information and footnotes required by GAAP for auditedcomplete financial statements. However, in the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. Results of operations for the interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the operating results to be attained in the entire fiscal year.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Management bases theseManagement’s estimates are based on (a) various assumptions that take into accountconsider the Company’s past experience, (b) projections regarding the Company’s projections regarding future operations and (c) general financial market and local and general economic conditions. Actual amounts could differ from those estimates.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

ConcentrationsThe Company considers all demand deposits, cashier’s checks, money market accounts and certificates of Credit Risk

Financial instruments that potentially subject the Companydeposit with an original maturity of three months or less to concentrations of credit risk consist primarily ofbe cash and mortgage loans.equivalents. The Company maintains its cash with one majorand cash equivalents at various financial institution. Accounts at the financial institution are insured byinstitutions. The account balances typically exceed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation upinsurance coverage, and, as a result, there is a concentration of credit risk related to $250,000.amounts on deposit. The Company does not believe that the risk is significant.

Allowance for Loan Loss

Credit risks associated withThe Company reviews each loan on a quarterly basis and evaluates the borrower’s ability to pay the monthly interest, the borrower’s likelihood of executing the original exit strategy, as well as the loan-to-value (LTV) ratio. Based on the analysis, management determines if any provisions for impairment of loans should be made and whether any loan loss reserves are required.

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Fair Value Measurements

The framework for measuring fair value provides a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3). The three levels of the fair value hierarchy under Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification (“FASB ASC”) 820 are described as follows:

Level 1Inputs to the valuation methodology are unadjusted quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets that the Company can access.

Level 2Inputs to the valuation methodology include:

quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets;
quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in inactive markets;
inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability; and
inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means.

If the asset or liability has a specified (i.e., contractual) term, the Level 2 input must be observable for substantially the full term of the asset or liability.

Level 3Inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable and significant to the fair value measurement.

Property and Equipment

Land and building acquired in December 2016 to serve as the Company’s mortgage loan portfoliooffice facilities is stated at cost. The building is being depreciated using the straight-line method over its estimated useful life of 40 years. Expenditures for repairs and related interest receivablemaintenance are describedcharged to expense as incurred. The Company relocated its entire operations to this property in Note 3, below, entitled “Mortgage Loans Receivable.”March 2019.

Impairment of long-lived assets

The Company continually monitors events or changes in circumstances that could indicate that the carrying amounts of long-lived assets may not be recoverable. When such events or changes in circumstances occur, the Company assesses the recoverability of long-lived assets by determining whether the carrying value of such assets will be recovered through undiscounted expected future cash flows. If the total of the undiscounted cash flows is less than the carrying amount of these assets, the Company recognizes an impairment loss based on the excess of the carrying amount over the fair market value of the assets.

Deferred Financing Costs

Costs incurred by the Company in connection with the public offering of its unsecured, unsubordinated notes, described in Note 6 - Notes Payable -- are being amortized over the term of the respective Notes.

Revenue Recognition

Interest income from the Company's loan portfolio is earned, over the loan period and is calculated using the simple interest method on principal amounts outstanding. Generally, the Company's loans provide for interest to be paid monthly in arrears. The Company does not accrue interest income on mortgages receivable that are more than 90 days past due.

Origination fee revenue, generally 2%- 5% of the original loan principal amount, is collected at loan funding and in connection with the extension of loans, and is recognized ratably over the contractual life of the loan in accordance with ASC 310.


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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 20192020

Income Taxes

The Company believes it qualifies as a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) for federal income tax purposes and electedmade the election to be taxed as a REIT when it filed its 2017 federal income tax return. As a REIT, the Company is required to distribute at least 90% of its taxable income to its shareholders on an annual basis. The Company’s qualification as a REIT depends on its ability to meet on a continuing basis, through actual investment and operating results, various complex requirements under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, relating to, among other things, the sources of its income, the composition and values of its assets, its compliance with the distributionsdistribution requirements applicable to REITs and the diversity of ownership of its outstanding common shares. So long as it qualifies as a REIT, the Company, generally, will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax on its taxable income distributed to its shareholders. However, if it fails to qualify as a REIT in any taxable year and does not qualify for certain statutory relief provisions, it will be subject to U.S. federal income tax at regular corporate rates and may also be subject to various penalties and may be precluded from re-electing REIT status for the four taxable years following the year during in which it lost its REIT qualification.

The Company has adoptedfollows the provisions of FASB ASC Topic 740-10 “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes,”Taxes”, which prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return and disclosure required. AnUnder this standard, an entity may only recognize or continue to recognize tax positions that meet a “more likely than not” threshold. TheShould the Company recognizesbecome liable for interest and penalties if any, related to unrecognized tax benefits, such amounts would be included in interest expense. The Company has determined that there are no0 uncertain tax positions requiring accrual or disclosure in the accompanying financial statements as of September 30, 2019.2020.

Property and Equipment

Land and building acquired in December 2016 to serve as the Company’s office facilities is stated at cost. The building is being depreciated using the straight-line method over its estimated useful life of 40 years. Expenditures for repairs and maintenance are charged to expense as incurred. The Company relocated its entire operations to this property in March 2019.

Revenue Recognition

Interest income from the Company’s mortgage loan portfolio is earned over the loan period and is calculated using the simple interest method on principal amounts outstanding. Generally, the Company’s mortgage loans provide for interest to be paid monthly in arrears.

Origination fee revenue is recognized ratably over the loan period in accordance with ASC 310.

Deferred Financing Costs

Costs incurred in connection with the Company’s revolving credit facilities, as discussed in Note 5 below, were amortized over the term of the applicable facility using the straight-line method. Unamortized deferred financing costs relating to the Webster credit facility were expensed when the liability was paid in full on June 25, 2019 and the facility was terminated.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The carrying amounts of the Bankwell mortgage, the mortgages receivable and the unsecured unsubordinated fixed rate notes payable approximates their respective fair values due to the relative short-term nature of such instruments. (See Notes 3, 5 and 6 below.)

Earnings Per Share

Basic and diluted earnings per share are calculated in accordance with FASB ASC 260 “Earnings Per Share.”Share”. Under ASC 260, basic earnings per share is computed by dividing income available to common shareholders by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding for the period. The computation of diluted earnings per share is similar to basic earnings per share, except that the denominator is increased to include the potential dilution from the exercise of stock options and warrants for common shares using the treasury stock method. The numerator in calculating both basic and diluted earnings per common share for each period is the reported net income.


SACHEM CAPITAL CORP.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In November 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-18, “Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Restricted Cash.” The amendments in this ASU require that a statement of cash flows explain the change during the period in the total cash, cash equivalents, and amounts generally described as restricted cash or restricted cash equivalents. The adoption of this guidance required the Company to reconcile changes in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash on the consolidated statement of cash flows. As a result, the Company no longer presents transfers between cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash in the statement of cash flows. The Company adopted this ASU in 2018.

In May 2019, the FASB issued ASUAccounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2019-05, “Financial Instruments—Credit Losses (Topic 326): Targeted Transition Relief.”Relief," which requires that entities use a new forward looking "expected loss" model that generally will result in the earlier recognition of an allowance for credit losses. This ASU allows entities to irrevocably elect the fair value option for certain financial assets previously measured at amortized cost upon adoption of ASU 2016-13, “Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments.” The Company plans to adoptadopted both ASU 2016-13 and ASU 2019-05 effective January 1, 2020. The adoption of this guidance isdid not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

Management does not believe that any other recently issued, but not yet effected,effective, accounting standards if currently adopted would have a material effect on the Company’s financial statements.

Reclassifications

Certain 2019 account balances have been reclassified to conform with the current year’s presentation.

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

3. Fair Value Measurement

The fair value measurement level within the fair value hierarchy of an asset or liability is based on the lowest level of any input that is significant to the fair market value measurement. Valuation techniques used need to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs.

The following table sets forth by Level, within the fair value hierarchy, the Company’s assets at fair value as of September 30, 2020:

    

Level 1

    

Level 2

    

Level 3

    

Total

Stocks and ETFs

$

1,332,540

0

0

$

1,332,540

Fixed and Preferred Securities

$

2,862,830

0

0

$

2,862,830

Mutual Funds

$

23,493,424

 

0

 

0

$

23,493,424

Total Investments

$

27,688,794

0

0

$

27,688,794

Real Estate Owned

 

  

 

  

$

7,523,584

$

7,523,584

Following is a description of the methodologies used for assets measured at fair value:

3.Mortgage Loans Receivable; Due from BorrowersStocks and ETFs: Valued at the closing price reported on the active market on which such securities are traded.
Fixed and Preferred Securities: Valued at the closing price reported on the active market on which such securities are traded.
Mutual funds: Valued at the daily closing price reported by the fund. Mutual funds held by the Company are open-end mutual funds that are registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). These funds are required to publish their daily net asset values and to transact at that price. The mutual funds held by the Company are deemed to be actively traded.
Real estate owned: The Company estimates fair values of real estate owned using market information such as recent sales contracts, appraisals, recent sales offers, assessed values or discounted cash value models.

4.    Mortgages Receivable

Mortgages Receivable

The Company offers secured, non-bankingnon-bank loans to real estate owners and investors (also known as “hard money” loans) to fund their acquisition, renovation, development, rehabilitation or improvement of properties located primarily in Connecticut. The loans are secured by first mortgage liens on one or more properties owned by the borrower or related parties. In addition, each mortgage loan is personally guaranteed by the borrower or its principals, which guarantees may be collaterally secured as well. The mortgage loans are generally for a term of one to three years. The mortgage loans are initially recorded and carried thereafter, in ourthe financial statements, at cost. Most of the mortgageAll loans provide for monthly payments of interest only (in arrears) during the term of the loan and a “balloon” payment of the principal on the maturity date.

For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 20192020 and 2018,2019, the aggregate amounts of loans funded by the Company were $42,163,704$68,029,798 and $37,278,346,$42,163,704, respectively, offset by principal repayments of $37,859,270 and $27,917,331, and $20,958,280, respectively.

At September 30, 2019,2020, the Company’s mortgage loan portfolio included loans ranging in size fromwith outstanding principal balances up to approximately $8,000 to $2,900,000, with an average loan size of $206,000, and$3.2 million, with stated interest rates ranging from 5.0% to 13.0% and a default interest rate for non-payment of 18%.

At September 30, 2019,2020, no single borrower or affiliated group of borrowers, accounted forhad loans outstanding representing more than 10% of the total outstanding balance of the Company’s mortgage loan portfolio.loans outstanding.

At the request of the borrower, theThe Company maywill extend the term of a mortgage loan providedif, at the time of the extension, the loan satisfiesand the borrower satisfy the Company’s underwriting requirements at the time of the extension. A mortgageThe Company treats a loan that is extended is treatedextension as a new loan and the borrower is required to pay all fees associated with the funding of a new loan, including origination fees.

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 20192020

Credit Risk

Credit risk profile of the Company’s mortgagebased on loan portfolioactivity as of September 30, 20192020 and December 31, 2018 is as follows:2019:

  Residential  Commercial  Land  Mixed Use  Total Outstanding
Mortgages
 
September 30, 2019 $61,086,582  $20,548,936  $6,461,394  $923,626  $89,020,538 
December 31, 2018 $52,980,472  $19,250,618  $5,638,113  $1,021,907  $78,891,110 

    

Total

Outstanding

Mortgages Receivable

    

Residential

    

Commercial

    

Land

    

Mixed Use

    

Mortgages

September 30, 2020

$

83,885,131

$

29,316,495

$

7,222,077

$

3,708,176

$

124,131,879

December 31, 2019

$

71,605,920

$

16,122,990

$

5,639,979

$

979,800

$

94,348,689

The following are the maturities of mortgage loansmortgages receivable as of September 30:

2019 $20,820,611 

2020  50,701,366 

    

$

40,472,468

2021  10,007,796 

 

68,804,366

2022  7,490,765 

 

12,471,850

2023

 

2,383,195

Total $89,020,538 

$

124,131,879

At September 30, 2019, of the 432 mortgage loans in2020, the Company’s mortgage loan portfolio sixteen (16) have been referred to counselfor collection and are currently the subject of foreclosure proceedings,included 480 mortgage loans, of which eight (8) had already been subject to foreclosure proceeding on July 1, 2019. The aggregate outstanding principal balance and the accrued but unpaid interest as of September 30, 2019 on these sixteen loans was approximately $7.9 million. At September 30, 2018, of the 395 mortgage loans in the Company’s portfolio, ten (10) had been referred to counsel for collection and14 were the subject of foreclosure proceedings. The aggregate outstanding balances due on these 14 loans as of September 30, 2020, including unpaid principal, balance and the accrued but unpaid interest as of September 30, 2018 on these ten loansand borrower fees, was approximately $5.2$4.0 million. In the case of each of these loans, at September 30, 2019 and 2018, the Company believes that the value of the collateral exceeds the outstandingtotal amount due.

In the second quarter of 2020, the Company restructured NaN loans, having an aggregate balance of $6.5 million at June 30, 2020, pursuant to forbearance requests by borrowers under a program the Company adopted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The total amount of interest deferred under these NaN loans was approximately $200,000. At September 30, 2020, 18 of the original NaN forbearance loans, having an aggregate principal balance of $5.1 million and $146,000 of deferred interest, were still outstanding. Once a forbearance request is initiated by the borrower, the Company requests documentation to determine the validity of the request and if deemed valid and reasonable, the Company defers the borrower's payment of interest for a period of 90 days. A legal fee is the only charge passed on such loan.to the borrower. To qualify for forbearance, a borrower must be current on all its obligations to the Company.

4.

5.    Real Estate Owned

Property purchased for rental or acquired through foreclosure are included on the balance sheet as real estate owned.

As of September 30, 2019,2020, and December 31, 2018,2019, real estate owned totaled $5,310,523$7,523,584 and $2,943,438, respectively, with no valuation allowance.$8,258,082, respectively. As of September 30, 2019,2020, real estate owned included $906,617$1,478,854 of real estate held for rental and $4,403,906$6,044,730 of real estate held for sale. AsIn the first nine months of December 31, 2018, real estate owned included $887,918 of real estate held for rental and $2,055,520 of real estate held for sale.

5.Line of Credit and Mortgage Payable

Line of Credit

Prior to May 11, 2018,2020, the Company maintainedrecorded an impairment loss of $495,000 compared to an impairment loss of $-0- in the first nine months of 2019.

6.     Notes Payable

At September 30, 2020, the Company had 3 series of unsecured unsubordinated notes issued and outstanding having an outstanding aggregate principal amount of $72,526,750 in underwritten public offerings (collectively, the "Notes"). Each series was issued pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of June 21, 2020, between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, and a $20 million revolving credit facility with Bankwell Bank (“Bankwell”related supplement thereto. Collectively, the indenture and each supplement thereto is referred to as the "Indenture"). In June 2019, the Company issued and sold $23,663,000 aggregate principal amount of its 7.125% notes due 2024 (the “June 2024 Notes"); in November 2019, the Company issued and sold $34,500,000 of its 6.875% notes due 2024 (the “December 2024 Notes"); and in September 2020, the Company issued and sold $14,363,750 of its 7.75% notes due 2025 (the "September 2025 Notes “). The Bankwell credit facility was secured by substantially all the Company’s assets. Interest on the amounts outstanding accrued at a rate equal to the greater of (x) 5.5% and (y) the three-month LIBOR Rate plus 4.50%. At May 11, 2018 the outstanding balance under the Bankwell credit facility was $18,512,470 and wasJune 2024 Notes commenced accruing interest at the rate of 6.79% per annum.

Effective May 11, 2018 (the “Closing Date”), the Company entered into a Credit and Security Agreement with Webster Business Credit Corporation (“WBCC”), Bankwell Bank and Berkshire Bank (collectively, the “Lenders”) regarding a new $35 million revolving credit facility (the “Webster Facility”) to replace the Bankwell credit facility. The Webster Facility was secured by a first priority lien on all the Company’s assets, including its mortgage loan portfolio. Interest on the outstanding balance accrued at a rate equal to the 30-day LIBOR rate plus 4.00% per annum. All amounts outstanding under the Webster Facility, including principal, accrued interest and other fees and charges, were to be due and payable May 11, 2022.


SACHEM CAPITAL CORP.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

On June 25, 2019, the entire outstanding balanceDecember 2024 Notes commenced accruing interest on the Webster Facility, including principal, accrued but unpaid interest and other fees, in the aggregate amount of $19.8 million, was paid in fullNovember 7, 2019 and the Webster Facility was terminated. In connection with the termination of the Webster Facility, the Company expensed non-recurring charges of $779,641, of which $439,446 constituted the write-off of non-cash deferred financing costs.

Mortgage Payable 

Effective March 29, 2019, the Company refinanced a $310,000 mortgage loan it obtained from Bankwell in February 2017 with a new mortgage loan from Bankwell Bank in the principal amount of $795,000 bearingSeptember 2025 Notes commenced accruing interest at the rate of 5.06% per annum and maturing on March 31, 2029 (the “New Bankwell Mortgage Loan”). Beginning May 2019, principal andSeptember 4, 2020. Accrued interest on the New Bankwell Mortgage Loan is payable, in arrears, in monthly installments of $4,710. The New Bankwell Mortgage Loan is secured by a first mortgage lien on the property located at 698 Main Street, Branford, Connecticut, which, since March 2019, serves as the Company’s principal place of business.

Principal payments on the New Bankwell Mortgage Loan are due as follows:

Year ending December 31,    
2019 $11,025 
2020  17,249 
2021  18,142 
2022  19,082 
2023  20,070 
2024 and thereafter  702,580 
Total $788,148 

6.Financing Transactions

During the nine-month period ended September 30, 2019, the Company generated approximately $55.7 million of gross proceeds from the sale of its securities as follows:

(i)$20,465,203 from the sale of 4,340,456 common shares in an “at-the-market” offerings,
(ii)$23,663,000 from the sale of its 7.125% unsecured, unsubordinated notes due June 30, 2024 (the “Notes”),
(iii)$ 82,035 from the exercise of 16,407 warrants, and
(iv)$11,500,000 from the sale of 2,300,000 common shares from an equity offering

In total, approximately $31.5 million of the net proceeds from these offerings were used primarily to pay-off the Webster Facility on an ongoing basis until fully paid on June 25, 2019, with the balance used as working capital and for general corporate purposes.

The Notes were sold in an underwritten public offering. The Notes were issued in denomination of $25.00 each and are listed on the NYSE American and trade under the symbol “SCCB”. Interest on the Notes commenced accruing on June 25, 2019. The accrued interest is payable quarterly in cash, in arrears, on March 30, June 30, September 30 and December

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

30, commencing September 30, 2019.2019 for the June Notes, December 30, 2019 for the December Notes and December 30, 2020 for the September Notes . The June Notes, December Notes and September Notes mature, and the entireall amounts outstanding thereunder including principal, amount is dueaccrued but unpaid interest and any other fees and costs, June 30, 2024.2024, December 30, 2024 and September 30, 2025, respectively. So long as the Notes are outstanding, the Company is prohibited from making distributions in excess of 90% of its taxable income, incurring any additional indebtedness for borrowed money or purchasing any shares of its capital stock unless it has an “Asset Coverage Ratio” of at least 150% after giving effect to the payment of such dividend, the incurrence of such indebtedness or the application of the net proceeds, as the case may be. The Company may redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, without premium or penalty, at any time after June 25, 2021, in the case of the June Notes, November 7, 2021, in the case of the December Notes, and September 4, 2022, in case of the September Notes, upon at least 30 days prior written notice to the holders of the Notes. The redemption price will be equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes redeemed plus the accrued but unpaid interest thereon up to, but not including, the date of redemption.The Notes are reflected on the Company’s September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 balance sheetsheets net of deferred financing costs in the amount of approximately $1.2 million.$3.6 million and $2.7 million, respectively.

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7.    Line of Credit

SACHEM CAPITAL CORP.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBERDuring the nine months ended September 30, 2019
2020, the Company obtained a $12.1 million priority credit line from Wells Fargo, which is secured by the Company's portfolio of short-term securities. The credit line bears interest at a rate equal to 1.5% below the prime rate (1.75% at September 30, 2020).

7.

8.    Other income

OtherFor the three-month and nine-months periods ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, other income consists of the following:

Three Months

Nine Months

ended September 30, 

ended September 30, 

2020

    

2019

2020

    

2019

    

Income on borrower charges

$

46,432

$

130,871

$

204,964

$

163,364

Lender, modification and extension fees

 

154,175

 

138,148

 

431,977

 

288,373

In-house legal fees

 

53,740

 

36,500

 

156,090

 

108,200

Other income

 

82,442

 

20,004

 

111,040

 

62,117

Total

$

336,789

$

325,523

$

904,071

$

622,054

  Three Months ended
September 30,
  Nine Months ended
September 30,
 
  2019  2018  2019  2018 
Borrower charges $130,871  $23,579  $163,364  $164,296 
Lender fees  51,426   26,955   132,397   205,222 
In-house legal fees  36,500   7,478   108,200   58,728 
Modification and extension fees  86,722   115,544   155,976   194,416 
Interest income from investments  28,148   -   28,148   - 
Other income  20,004   1,715   62,117   52,168 
Total $353,671  $175,271  $650,202  $674,830 

9.    Commitments and Contingencies

8.Commitments and Contingencies

Origination Fees

Loan origination fees range fromconsist of points, generally 2%-5% of the original loan principal and, generally, are payable at the time the loan is funded.principal. These payments are amortized for financial statement purposes over the life of the loan and will be recorded as income as follows:

for financial statement purposes.

Original maturities of deferred revenue are as follows as of September 30:of:

September 30, 

    

2020

$

332,869

2021

618,867

2022

 

158,506

2023

 

4,479

Total

$

1,114,721

2019 $333,198 
2020  581,541 
2021  117,145 
2022  35,783 
Total $1,067,667 

If a mortgage loan is paidIn instances in full prior to its statedwhich mortgages are repaid before their maturity date, the balance of any unamortized deferred revenue is recognized in full.full at the time of repayment.

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SACHEM CAPITAL CORP.

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Unfunded Commitments

At September 30, 2019,2020, the Company iswas committed to future fundings with respect to existing mortgagean additional $13,342,248 in construction loans in an amount equal to $7,329,025 subject to satisfactionthat can be drawn by the borrower of thewhen certain conditions set forth in the note and related mortgage.are met.

Other

Other

In the normal course of its business, the Company is named as a party-defendant in various legal proceedings because it is a mortgagee having an interestinterests in real propertyproperties that isare being foreclosed upon, usually because the subject of a foreclosure proceeding, usually resulting from unpaidowner failed to pay property taxes. The Company actively monitors these actions and, in all cases, believes there remains sufficient value in the subject property to assure that no loan impairment exists. At September 30, 2020, there were 8 such properties, representing approximately $1.3 million in mortgages receivable.

10.    Related Party Transactions

In the ordinary course of business, the Company believes thatmay originate, fund, manage and service loans to shareholders. The underwriting process on these loans is consistent with Company policy. The terms of such loans, including the fair market value of the property subject to foreclosure is in excess of the sum of the unpaid balance of the loan, accrued but unpaid interest and unpaid property taxes, if any. 


SACHEM CAPITAL CORP.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

9.Related Party Transactions

Until March 11, 2019, the Company leased office space, on a month-to-month basis, in a building owned by Union News of New Haven, Inc., an entity that is controlled and 20%-owned by Jeffrey C. Villano, the Company’s co-CEO. Rentrate, income, origination fees and other facility related charges paid byclosing costs are the Companysame as those applicable to Union News forloans made to unrelated third parties in the nine- and three-month periods endedportfolio. As of September 30, 2020, and 2019, were $4,500loans to known shareholders totaled $4,626,665 and $-0-, respectively, and for the nine- and three-month periods ended June 30, 2018 were $9,000 and $4,500,$5,703,655, respectively. In March 2019, the Company moved to its operations to a new Company-owned building. Accordingly, rental payments are no longer due to JJV.

Prior to the Exchange, from time to time, SCP would lend funds to JJV (the “JJV Loans”), which JJV would then use to acquire troubled assets from third parties who were not existing SCP borrowers. Those properties are then mortgaged to secure the JJV Loans. As part of the Exchange, the Company acquired the notes evidencing these loans from SCP. The principal balance of the JJV Loans at September 30, 2019 was $-0-, compared to $879,457 at December 31, 2018. During the quarter ended September 30, 2019, both of the JJV Loans were assigned to the Company so that the underlying borrower is directly liable to the Company. Interest income earned on these mortgage loans for the threethree- and nine monthsnine-months ended September 30, 2020 was $129,956 and $397,293, respectively. Interest income earned on these mortgage loans for the three- and nine-months ended September 30, 2019 was $5,812$143,061 and $40,686,$365,784, respectively.

For each of the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2018 interest payments on the JJV Loans were $26,3842020 and $85,388, respectively.

In 2018 the Company sold two notes, having an aggregate original principal amount of $1,717,000, to a shareholder at par. In the first quarter of 2019, the Company sold a third note, having an aggregate original principal amount of $500,000, to the same shareholder at par. All three notes are secured by commercial properties. The Company continued to service the notes on behalf of the purchaser until paid. In December 2018, the Company reacquired one of the notes, having an original principal amount of $1,200,000, and in 2019 reacquired the other two notes, having an aggregate principal amount, $1,017,000. The balance owed to the purchaser for the notes, $1,200,000 at December 31, 2018, is characterized as due to shareholder on the Company’s balance sheets for the relevant periods. On July 26, 2019 all principal and interest due to the shareholder were paid in full.

At September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, amounts owed by JJV to the Company were $22,794 and $22,977, respectively, and is reflected as other receivables on the Company’s balance sheet. 

For the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, the wife of one of ourthe Company’s chief executive officersofficer was paid $75,000 and $56,250, respectively, for accounting and financial reporting services provided to the Company.


SACHEM CAPITAL CORP.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
11.  Concentration of Credit Risk

10.Stock-Based Compensation

On October 27, 2016,Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company adoptedto concentrations of credit risk consist primarily of cash, cash equivalents and mortgage loans.

The Company maintains its cash and cash equivalents with various financial institutions. Accounts at the 2016 Equity Compensation Plan (the “Plan”),financial institutions are insured by the purposeFederal Deposit Insurance Corporation up to $250,000.

The Company makes loans that are secured by first mortgage liens on real property located primarily (approximately 90%) in Connecticut. This concentration of which is to align the interestscredit risk may be affected by changes in economic or other conditions of the Company’s officers, other employees, advisors and consultants or any subsidiary, if any,geographic area.

Credit risks associated with those of the Company’s shareholdersmortgage loan portfolio and to afford an incentive to such officers, employees, consultants and advisors to continue as such, to increase their efforts onrelated interest receivable are described in Note 4 - Mortgages Receivable.

12.  Equity Financing Transactions

During the Company’s behalf and to promote the success of the Company’s business. The basis of participation in the Plan is upon discretionary grants of awards by the Company’s Board of Directors. The Plan is administered by the Compensation Committee. The maximum number of Common Shares reserved for the grant of awards under the Plan is 1,500,000, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 5 of the Plan. The number of securities remaining available for future issuance by the Plan is 1,477,116. Stock based compensation for the three- and nine-month periodsperiod ended September 30, 2019, was $4,107 and $12,321, respectively.

the Company generated approximately $32 million of gross proceeds from the sale of its securities as follows:

11.Subsequent Events(i)$20,465,203 from the sale of 4,340,456 common shares in an "at-the-market" offerings;
(ii)$82,035 from the exercise of 16,407 warrants; and
(iii)$11,500,000 from the sale of 2,300,000 common shares.

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

A portion of the net proceeds from these transactions were used to repay, the outstanding balance on a credit facility maintained with Webster Business Credit Corporation, with the balance used as working capital and for general corporate purposes.

On January 27, 2020, the Company filed a Registration Statement on Form S-3 with the SEC covering the offering and sale of up to $100 million of its securities, including common shares, preferred shares, debt securities, warrants, guaranties and units consisting of two or more classes of the foregoing securities. The registration statement became effective February 5, 2020.

13.  Subsequent Events

In October 22, 20192020, the Company sold an additional $14,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its September 2025 Notes. In connection with the offering of such notes, the Company granted the underwriters an option to purchase up to an additional $2.1 million aggregate principal amount of September 2025 Notes. The option expires November 20, 20120.

On November 4, 2020, the Company paid a dividend of $0.12 per common share, or $2,654,076 in the aggregate.aggregate, to shareholders of record as of October 26, 2020.

14.  COVID-19

On March 20, 2020, Governor Ned Lamont of Connecticut issued an executive order requiring all “non-essential” businesses to close effective 8:00 p.m., Monday, March 23, 2020, until further notice. During the second quarter of 2020, the State of Connecticut announced plans to re-open selected businesses pursuant to a three Phase reopening plan for those businesses deemed non-essential and closed due to the March 20, 2020 executive order. On May 20, 2020, Phase 1 of the re-opening plan was put in place, on June 17, 2020 Phase 2 was put into effect and on October 8, 2020 Phase 3 2019,was put into effect. The compliance requirements for certain businesses to operate are difficult to administer, costly and in many situations not customer friendly. If these orders remain in effect for an extended period, it could disrupt the Company’s board of directors authorized the grant of 2,500 common shares to each of its independent directors, of which 625 shares vested immediately upon grantoperations in a material way, resulting in reductions in revenues, net income, and 625 shares will vest on each of October 4, 2020, 2021 and 2022 (each a “Vesting Date”) unless the director resigns or is removed for “cause” priorcash flow. In addition, any disruption to the Vesting Date. The shares, 7,500 inoperations of a borrower could impair its ability to make monthly payments of interest, payments of insurance and/or taxes or to repay the aggregate,outstanding balances on their loans at maturity. Furthermore, if a liquidity crisis were issued underto develop, borrowers may not be able to refinance their loans when due. Finally, the Plan.spread of COVID-19 is having a negative impact on the overall economy, including on real estate values. If borrowers cannot sell their properties or the values of properties securing mortgage loans decline significantly, the borrowers may not be able to repay their loans when due. In addition, each independent director entered into a Restricted Stock Agreementthe filing and preparation of loan documents with the Company with respectvarious recording offices may be delayed and currently there is only limited access to the 1,875 restricted shares grantedConnecticut court system to such director.

From October 1 through November 13, 2019,process foreclosures and evictions. In the second quarter of 2020, the Company sold 14,317 common shares through its at-the-market offering facility, realizing gross proceedsrestructured NaN loans , having an aggregate balance of $68,006.

On or about October 7, 2019$6.5 million at June 30, 2020, pursuant to forbearance requests by borrowers under a program the Company filedadopted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The total amount of interest deferred under these NaN loans was approximately $200,000. At September 30, 2020, 18 forbearance loans, having an amendmentaggregate principal balance of $5.1 million and $146,000 of deferred interest, were still outstanding.

If there is a re-occurrence of the virus in Connecticut or the State mandates further business closures, the Company may be compelled to take measures to preserve its certificatecash flow, including reducing operating expenses and dividend payments until the consequences of incorporation increasing the number of its authorized common shares, par value $0.001 per share, from 50,000,000outbreak subside. There may be other adverse consequences to 100,000,000. The amendment was approved by shareholders at the Company’s 2019 Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on October 3, 2019.

On November 7, 2019, the Company consummated the sale of $30.0 million aggregate principal amount of its 6.875% unsecured unsubordinated notes due December 30, 2024 (the “November 2019 Notes”). Interest on the November 2019 Notes is payable quarterly in arrears on each March 30, June 30, September 30business, operations, and December 30 that they are outstanding beginning December 30, 2019. The Company has the right to prepay the November 2019 Notes, in whole or in part, at any time on or after November 7, 2021. Pending their use, the net proceedsfinancial condition from the offeringspread of COVID-19 that have not been invested in short-term certificatesconsidered.

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Item 2.MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following discussion of the financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and the notes to those statements included elsewhere in this report. Certain statements in this discussion and elsewhere in this report constitute forward-looking statements, within the meaning of section 21E of the Exchange Act, that involve risks and uncertainties. The actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements.

Company Overview

Sachem Capital Corp. was formed as HML Capital Corp.We are a Connecticut-based real estate finance company that specializes in January 2016 under the New York Business Corporation Law. Onoriginating, underwriting, funding, servicing and managing a portfolio of short-term (i.e. three years or less) loans secured by first mortgage liens on real property. From our inception, in December 15, 2016, we changed our name to Sachem Capital Corp. Prior to February 8, 2017, our business operated as a Connecticut limited liability company under the name Sachem Capital Partners, LLC (“SCP”). On February 9, 2017, we completed2010, through our initial public offering in February 2017 (the “IPO”) in which, we issued and sold 2.6 million of our common shares, $.001 par value per share (“Common Shares”), at $5.00 per share, which raised $13 million of gross proceeds. The net proceeds from the IPO were approximately $11.1 million.operated as a limited liability company. The primary purpose of the IPO was to raise additional equity capital to fund mortgage loans and expand our mortgage loan portfolio. The IPO was also intendedportfolio and to diversify our ownership so that we could qualify, for federal income tax purposes, as a real estate investment trust, or REIT.

We believe that, uponsince consummation of the IPO, we metmeet all the requirements to qualify as a REIT for federal income tax purposes and elected to be taxed as a REIT beginning with our 2017 tax year. As a REIT, we are entitled to claim deductions for distributions of taxable income to our shareholders thereby eliminating any corporate tax on such taxable income. Any taxable income not distributed to shareholders is subject to tax at the regular corporate tax rates and may also be subject to a 4% excise tax to the extent it exceeds 10% of our total taxable income. To maintain our qualification as a REIT, we are required to distribute each year at least 90% of our taxable income. As a REIT, we may also be subject to federal excise taxes and state taxes.

Review of the first Nine Months of 2020 and Outlook for Balance of Year

Financing Strategy Overview

ToWe began 2020 with approximately $35 million of liquid assets and within the first seven weeks of the year, we used about $15 million of that war chest to fund new mortgages. Then COVID-19 hit and we quickly realized that things were about to change drastically. Once the State of Connecticut went into lockdown mode, we were forced to scale-back our operations. As a finance company, we were permitted to remain open but, given “social distancing” and other measures designed to protect our employees and curtail the spread of the virus, we rotated employees in and out of the office and, for those with remote log-in capability, had them work from home. Remote work is inherently not as efficient because our underwriting process is collaborative, but we adjusted well to this "new way of working." Furthermore, face-to-face customer contact was curtailed significantly, placing greater emphasis on phone calls, emails and video conferencing. In addition, the filing and preparation of loan documents with the various recording offices were and may continue to growbe delayed and currently there remains limited access to the Connecticut court system to process foreclosures and evictions. In summary, the consequences of COVID-19 have and may continue to include one or more of the following:

an increase in the amount of time necessary to review loan applications, structure loans, and fund loans;
adversely impact the ability of borrowers to remain current on their obligations;
reduce the rate of prepayments;
delay the completion of renovation projects that are in process;
inhibit the ability of borrowers to sell their properties so they can repay their obligation to us; and
delay foreclosure or other judicial proceedings necessary to enforce our rights.

Currently, of our 480 mortgage loans receivable, eighteen were restructured pursuant to the forbearance program we adopted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. These eighteen mortgage loans have an aggregate outstanding principal balance of $5.1 million and the total amount of interest deferred on these eighteen mortgage loans is $146,000.

As is the case with most industries and businesses impacted by COVID-19, we are limited in terms of the tools that are available to us to blunt the impact of COVID-19. We will continue to do all that is possible to keep our operations going, maintain

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contact with all our borrowers and applicants, and take whatever actions are necessary and appropriate to enforce our rights. However, we cannot assure you that our business, operations, and financial condition will not be adversely impacted by COVID-19.

In light of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on general economic conditions and the capital markets, we must increaseimmediately took various steps to reduce our risks, including the sizefollowing changes to our underwriting guidelines as of our loan portfolio, which requires thatApril 1, 2020 applicable to new loans:

limited new loan activity to the amount of cash generated by loan payoffs;
reduced the loan-to-value ratio on new loans to 50%;
loans greater than $1 million required the approval of one of our independent directors; and
required an interest reserve with respect to loans exceeding a specified amount.

In addition, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, in the second quarter of 2020 we raise additional capital eitherinstituted a forbearance program to help borrowers who were adversely impacted by selling sharesthe pandemic. Under this program, approximately $200,000 of our capital stock or by incurring additional indebtedness. We do not have a policy limiting theinterest on twenty-three loans, having an aggregate principal amount of indebtedness that we may incur. Thus, our operating income in the future will depend, in part, on the amount of indebtedness incurred and the spread between our cost of funds and the yield on our loan portfolio. Furthermore, rising interest rates could have an adverse impact on our business if we cannot increase the rates on our loans to offset the increase in our cost of funds and to satisfy investor demand for yield. In addition, rapidly rising interest rates could have an unsettling effect on real estate values, which could compromise some of our collateral.

Historically, we have relied upon both equity capital and debt to grow our business. At December 31, 2018, we had approximately $52.8$6.5 million of shareholders’ equity and approximately $27.5 million of indebtedness, of which approximately $27.2 million was the outstanding balance on our $35 million credit facility. Since that date, we have restructured our balance sheet by raising additional equity capital and replacing our existing secured, variable interest rate, senior revolving credit facility with unsecured, unsubordinated fixed rate five-year term notes. At September 30, 2019, shareholders’ equity was approximately $84.3 million, and our indebtedness was approximately $23.2 million. In connection with the termination of the Webster Facility (as defined below), we incurred termination costs and expenses of approximately $780,000, including a write-off of unamortized deferred financing costs of approximately $440,000, or approximately $0.04 per share based on the weighted number of Common Shares outstanding at June 30, 2019. While the costs of this restructuring had an adverse impact on our operational performance for the nine months ended September 30, 2019, a majority of the costs were non-cash (i.e., deferred financing costs) and non-recurring. Even though net income for the nine months ended September 20192020, was adversely impacted by these financing transactions, net cash provided by operations in the first nine months of 2019 increased approximately 94.2% compared to the first nine months of 2018. In addition, we believe, our restructured balance sheet will have a positive impact on our operations over the balance of the year by reducing our operating expenses and providing us with greater operational flexibility.

Specifically, since January 1, 2019, we:

(i)Refinanced the mortgage on our new corporate headquarters, increasing the loan amount from $310,000 to $795,000. The interest rate on the new mortgage loan is fixed at 5.06%, which, although higher than what we were paying on the original mortgage loan, is significantly less than the interest rate on the $35 million revolving credit facility from Webster Business Credit Corporation, Bankwell Bank and Berkshire Bank that we obtained in May 2018 (the “Webster Facility”), which at the time of the refinancing was 6.49%. The net proceeds from this refinancing, approximately $495,000, were used to reduce the outstanding balance on the Webster Facility.


(ii)Sold an aggregate of 4,340,456 Common Shares through “at-the-market” offering facilities for aggregate gross proceeds of $20,465,203. A substantial portion of these net proceeds, approximately $15.5 million, were used to pay down the balance on the Webster Facility and approximately $2.2 million was used to repay an amount due to a shareholder.

(iii)Sold $23,663,000 aggregate principal amount of our 7.125% unsecured, unsubordinated notes due June 30, 2024 (the “June 2019 Notes”) in an underwritten public offering. The net proceeds from the sale of the Notes, approximately, $22.3 million, were used to pay the remaining balance on the Webster Facility, which was then terminated.

(iv)Sold 16,407 Common Shares through the exercise of warrants providing gross proceeds of $82,035.

(v)Sold 2,300,000 Common Shares in an underwritten equity offering for aggregate gross proceeds of $11,500,000. We intend to use the net proceeds from this offering, approximately $10.7 million, to grow our portfolio and general corporate purposes. 

deferred.

As a resultconditions improved, effective July 1, 2020, we relaxed some of these transactions, we strengthenedmeasures by increasing our balance sheet, eliminated the fees and expenses relatingloan-to-value ratio back to the Webster Facility, which were significant, eliminated the risk associated with variable rate instruments and relieved ourselves from onerous loan covenants, which we felt limited70% while still maintaining a cautionary perspective.

Demand for our operational and financing flexibility. We believe these benefits outweigh the higher interest rate we are paying on the Notes relative to the rate we were paying on the Webster Facility.

Because most of the net proceeds from these financing transactions were used to repay existing indebtedness, we were not able to significantly increase our mortgage loan portfolio or revenuesproducts in the third quarter of 2019.2020 was robust. We believe this demand was driven by several factors, all of which are related to COVID-19.

First, was the improvement in the overall economy, particularly the northeast corridor. This improvement reflected the reduction in the transmission rate of the virus and the slow-down in the number of virus-related deaths. As a result, various restrictions that had been imposed by states were eased.
Second, the competitive landscape for us remains favorable. Notwithstanding the improvements in the economy, banks and other traditional lenders have not eased-up on their lending requirements and many non-traditional lenders remain undercapitalized. In a way, this validated our decision prior to the second quarter of the year to focus on preservation of capital rather than short-term growth.
Third, the residential real estate market in Connecticut, our primary market, has stabilized and is quite strong. Like many other communities surrounding New York, Connecticut, particularly the southern counties, have benefitted from the migration of New York City residents to the suburbs. We believe this contributed to the increase in the number of loan pay-offs that we experienced in the third quarter.
Fourth, in the third quarter we initiated a growth strategy focused on Florida. At June 30, 2020, we had less than $1 million of Florida loans in our portfolio. At September 30, 2020, our portfolio included $9.7 million aggregate principal amount of loans in Florida.

Outlook for Balance of 2020

Our outlook for the rest of the year remains optimistic, but we do recognize that challenges remain. We are aware that many public health experts are predicting a "second wave" of the COVID-19 pandemic and, in fact, almost every state is now experiencing an increasing number of infections and an increasing number of deaths related to COVID-19. Accordingly, many public health professionals and politicians are urging states to reimpose some of the earlier restrictions. If there is a second outbreak of the virus in Connecticut and the state mandates further business closures, we may be compelled to take measures to preserve our cash flow, including reducing operating expenses and dividend payments until the consequences of the outbreak subside. In addition, there may be other adverse consequences to our business, operations, and financial condition from the spread of COVID-19 that we have not considered. As is the case with most industries and businesses impacted by COVID-19, we are limited in terms of the tools that are available to us to blunt the impact of COVID-19. We will continue to do all that is possible to keep our operations going, maintain

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contact with all our borrowers and applicants, and take whatever actions we believe are necessary and appropriate to enforce our rights. However, atwe cannot assure you that our business, operations, and financial condition will not be adversely impacted by COVID-19.

Other factors that we believe will impact our business in 2020 include the following:

Increased competition. In the past, our primary competitors were other non-bank real estate finance companies (like us) as well as banks and other financial institutions. Our principal competitive advantages included our size and our ability to address the needs of borrowers in terms of timing and structuring loan transactions. More recently, we are encountering competition from private equity funds, hedge funds and other specialty finance entities funded by investment banks, asset managers, private equity funds and hedge funds. Clearly, the primary driver for these new market participants is the need to generate yield. They are well-funded and aggressive in terms of pricing. Currently, we have seen a decrease in competition as a result of COVID-19.

Borrower expectations. The new competitive landscape is shifting the negotiating leverage in favor of borrowers. As borrowers have more choices, they are demanding better terms. As of September 30, 20192020, the average yield on our portfolio was down slightly to 12.28% from 12.66% for the same period in 2019. We expect further rate compression in 2020.

Property values. In some parts of the U.S., the rate of increasing property values has slowed and, in some cases, has even reversed. In other parts of the United States - southern Connecticut for example - we've seen increased property values as borrowers flee highly concentrated geographies such as New York City. Although our default and foreclosure rate has been relatively consistent over the last three years, as property values decline the risk of foreclosure increases. Our response to this development has been to adhere to our strict loan-to-value ratio, limit the term of our loans to not more than one year whenever possible, and aggressively enforce our rights when loans go into default.

We have adjusted our business and growth strategy to address changes in the marketplace and our growth to date. Specifically, we had $11.0 million of available cash, whichare looking to expand our geographic footprint beyond Connecticut to Florida and Texas. We are also looking at funding larger loans than we intend to usehave in the past and we are looking to fund new mortgage loansdevelopers and builders with longer and stronger operating histories than those we have funded in the fourth quarter of 2019.past. We continue to look for opportunities in new markets that meet our core underwriting and loan criteria. In addition, on October 31, 2019 we sold $30.0 million aggregate principal amount of unsecured unsubordinated 6.875% notes due December 30, 2024 (the “November 2019 Notes.”) The net proceeds from the sale of these notes were approximately $28.6 million. We may sell up to an additional $4.5 million aggregate principal amount of these notes if the underwriters exercise their over-allotment option in full. The over-allotment option expires November 30, 2019. Third, we can sell up to an additional $7.0 million of Common Shares through our existing at-the-market offering facility. (The facility was reduced to $11.5 million from $30 million in order to accommodate the sale of the November 2019 Notes.) Finally, given our improved balance sheet, we may obtain a new credit facility in the future if we believe the terms are reasonable. Thus, we believe we are well-capitalized for the next 12-18 monthsmigration to higher quality transactions will offset any rate compression and plan to use these funds to increase our mortgage loan portfolio.help us maintain a low foreclosure rate.

Operational and Financial Overview

At September 30, 2019, (i) our loan portfolio included 432 mortgage loans, with individual principal loan amounts ranging from approximately $8,000 to approximately $2.9 million and an aggregate loan amount of approximately $89.0 million, (ii) the average original principal amount of the mortgage loans in the portfolio was approximately $206,000 and the median mortgage loan amount was $137,731 and (iii) approximately 77% of the mortgage loans had a principal amount of $250,000 or less. In comparison, at September 30, 2018, (i) our loan portfolio included 395 mortgage loans, with individual principal loan amounts ranging from $6,000 to $2.0 million and an aggregate loan amount of approximately $77.8 million, (ii) the average original principal amount of the mortgage loans in the portfolio was $197,000 and the median mortgage loan amount was $136,000 and (iii) approximately 79.5% of the mortgage loans had a principal amount of $250,000 or less. At September 30, 2019 and 2018, unfunded commitments for future advances totaled approximately $7.3 million and $6.8 million, respectively.

For the three months ended September 30, 2019, revenues and net income were approximately $3.4 million and $2.1 million, respectively. For the three months ended September 30, 2018, revenues and net income were approximately $3.1 million and $2.0 million, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2019, revenues and net income were approximately $9.8 million and $5.3 million, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2018, revenues and net income were approximately $8.8 million and $6.1 million, respectively.

Our operating expenses have increased significantly primarily due to the growth in our operations.


The mortgage loans that we originate typically have a maximum initial term of one to three years and bear interest at a fixed rate of 5%5.0% to 13%13.0% per year and a default rate of 18% per year. For the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2019, the yield on our mortgage loan portfolio was 12.66% and 12.58%, respectively.

We usually receive origination fees, or “points,” ranging from 2% to 5% of the original principal amount of the loan as well as other fees relating to underwriting, funding and managing the loan, such as inspection fees. Since we treat an extension or renewal of an existing loan as a new loan, we also receive additional “points” and other loan-related fees in connection with those transactions. Interest is always payable monthly in arrears. Generally, our underwriting criteria mandated a loan-to-value ratio of no less than 70% – i.e., the amount of the loan could not exceed 70% of the market value of the property securing the loan. For the second quarter of 2020, we revised that policy so that the amount of the loan could not exceed 50% of the market value of the property securing the loan – i.e., a 50% loan-to-value ratio. As a matter of July 2020, the 50% loan-to-value ratio on new loan fundings has reverted back to our general policy we do not make any loans if the loan-to value ratio exceedsof 70%. However, inIn the case of loans secured by property undergoing construction or renovation and that have future funding obligations,loans, the loan-to-value ratio is based on the estimated post-construction or post-renovation value of the property. Accordingly, during the construction or renovation period the loan amount could exceed the actual value of the property. Generally, weWe rely on readily available market data, including appraisals when available or timely, tax assessment rolls, recent sales transactions brokers and in some cases, third-party appraisalsbrokers to evaluate the strengthvalue of the collateral. Finally, we have adopted a policy that limits the maximum amount of any loan we fund to a single borrower or a group of affiliated borrowers to 10% of the aggregate amount of our loan portfolio, after taking into accountconsideration the loan under consideration.

Our revenue consists primarily of interest earned on our loan portfolio and our net income is the spread between the interest we earn and our cost of funds. Our capital structure is more heavily weighted to equity rather than debt (approximately 78% vs.22% of our total capitalization at September 30, 2019). At September 30, 2020 and 2019, the annual yield on our mortgage loan portfolio was 12.28% and 12.66% per annum. The, respectively. For this purpose, yield has remained steady over the past few years as older loans come duetakes into account interest payments, origination fees and are either repaid or refinanced at similar rates. The yield reflected above does not include other amountsfees and charges collected from borrowers such as origination fees, defaultrelated to originating, managing or servicing our mortgage loan portfolio. We expect interest rate compression to continue to be a factor in 2020 due to increased competition and borrower demands. On the other hand, since the interest rate on our outstanding indebtedness is fixed, we have reduced the risk on interest rate compression if and when interest rates begin to increase. That will enable us to continue to focus on growth and building market share rather than short-term profits and cash flow.

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In addition, we seek to mitigate some of the risk associated with rising rates by generally limiting the term of new loans to one year. At September 30, 2020, approximately 78.1% of the mortgage loans in our portfolio had a term of one year or less. If, at the end of the term, the loan is not in default and meets our other underwriting criteria, we will consider an extension or renewal of the loan at our then prevailing interest rate. However, ifIf interest rates continue to increase,have decreased and we may find it necessary to change our strategy and try to increase the rates on our mortgage loans as well. If we are successful, this may undermine our strategy to increase market share. If we are not successful,renew a loan at a lower rate, the “spread” between our borrowing costs and the yield on our portfolio will be squeezed and would adversely impact our net income. We cannot assure you that we will be able to increase our rates at any time in the future and we cannot assure you that we can continue to increase our market share.

As a real estate finance company, we deal with a variety of default situations, including breaches of covenants, such as the obligation of the borrower to maintain adequate liability insurance on the mortgaged property, to pay the taxes on the property and to make timely payments to us. As such, we may not be aware that a default occurred. As a result, we are unable to quantify the number of loans that may have, at one time or another, been in default. Since inception through September 30, 2019, we have made approximately 1,100 mortgage loans having an aggregate original principal amount of approximately $217 million.

At September 30, 2019, of the 4322020, nine mortgage loans in our portfolio, sixteen have been referred to legal counsel for collection and arewere the subject of foreclosuretax enforcement or collection proceedings. The aggregate outstandingamount due on these loans, including principal balance of these sixteen mortgage loans and theunpaid accrued but unpaid interest, as of September 30, 2019 was approximately $7.9$1.3 million, representing approximately 8.87%1.0% of our aggregate mortgage loan portfolio. In the case of each of these sixteen mortgage loans, we believe the value of the collateral exceeds the sumaggregate amount due.

Financing Strategy Overview

To continue to grow our business, we must increase the size of our loan portfolio, which requires that we raise additional capital either by selling shares of our capital stock or by incurring additional indebtedness. We do not have a policy limiting the amount of indebtedness that we may incur. Thus, our operating income in the future will depend on how much debt we incur and the spread between our cost of funds and the yield on our loan portfolio. Rising interest rates could have an adverse impact on our business if we cannot increase the rates on our loans to offset the increase in our cost of funds and to satisfy investor demand for yield. In addition, rapidly rising interest rates could have an unsettling effect on real estate values, which could compromise some of our collateral.

We do not have any formal policy limiting the amount of indebtedness we may incur. Depending on various factors we may, in the future, decide to take on additional debt to expand our mortgage loan origination activities to increase the potential returns to our shareholders. Although we have no pre-set guidelines in terms of leverage ratio, the amount of leverage we deploy will depend on our assessment of a variety of factors, which may include the liquidity of the real estate market in which most of our collateral is located, employment rates, general economic conditions, the cost of funds relative to the yield curve, the potential for losses and extension risk in our portfolio, the gap between the duration of our assets and liabilities, our opinion regarding the creditworthiness of our borrowers, the value of the collateral underlying our portfolio, and our outlook for interest rates and property values. To grow the business and satisfy the requirement to pay out 90% of net profits, we have increased our indebtedness to approximately 50.4% of our total capital at September 30, 2020 and we expect that percentage to increase. We intend to use leverage for the sole purpose of financing our portfolio and not for speculating on changes in interest rates.

At September 30, 2020, our capital structure was 49.6% equity and 50.4% debt. Our total indebtedness at September 30, 2020 was approximately $85.6 million, which included a mortgage loan of approximately $800,000, a credit line loan of approximately $12.1 million and three series of unsecured, unsubordinated five-year notes having an aggregate original principal amount of approximately $72.5 million (collectively, the “Notes”). Notes having an aggregate principal amount of approximately $23.7 million bear interest at the rate of 7.125% per annum and have a maturity date of June 30, 2024 (the “June Notes”). Notes having an aggregate principal amount of $34.5 million bear interest at the rate of 6.875% per annum and have a maturity date of December 30, 2024 (the “December Notes”). Notes having an aggregate original principal amount of approximately $14.4 million bear interest at the rate of 7.75% per annum and have a maturity date of September 30, 2025 (the “September Notes”). In addition, in October 2020, we sold an additional $14,000,000 aggregate principal amount of our September 2025 Notes, which notes are a further issuance of, rank equally in right of payment with and form a single series for all purposes under the Indenture governing such notes, including, without limitation, waivers, amendments, consents, redemptions and other offers to purchase and voting, with the previously issued September 2025 Notes.

The Notes are unsecured, unsubordinated obligations and rank equally in right of payment with all our existing and future senior unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness but are effectively subordinated in right of payment to all our existing and future secured indebtedness (including indebtedness that is initially unsecured but to which we subsequently grant a security interest). Interest on the Notes is payable quarterly in arrears on March 30, June 30, September 30 and December 30 of each year the Notes are outstanding.

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The Notes are subject to (i) “Defeasance,” which means that, by depositing with a trustee an amount of cash and/or government securities sufficient to pay all principal and interest, if any, on such Notes when due and satisfying any additional conditions required under the Indenture (defined below), we will be deemed to have been discharged from our obligations under the Notes and (ii) an “Asset Coverage Ratio” requirement pursuant to which we may not pay any dividends or make distributions in excess of 90% of our taxable income, incur any indebtedness or purchase any shares of our capital stock unless we have an “Asset Coverage Ratio” of at least 150% after giving effect to the payment of such dividend, the making of such distribution or the incurrence of such indebtedness. “Asset Coverage Ratio” means the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of the value of the Company’s total assets bears to the aggregate amount of its indebtedness.

We may, at our option, at any time and from time to time, on or after November 7, 2021, in the case of the December Notes, June 30, 2021, in the case of the June Notes, and September 4, 2022, in the case of the September Notes, redeem such Notes, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the outstanding principal balanceamount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the date fixed for redemption. On and after any redemption date, interest will cease to accrue on the redeemed Notes.

The December Notes, June Notes and September Notes are listed on the NYSE American LLC with a trading symbol “SACC”, “SCCB”, and “SCCC”, respectively.

We have entered into an Indenture, dated June 21, 2019, with U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as well as supplements thereto, which provides for the form and terms of the loan, the accrued but unpaid interest on the loan and any unpaid property taxes due with respect to the collateral.

At September 30, 2019, real estate owned included sixteen properties having an aggregate book value of approximately $5.3 million. At December 31, 2018, real estate owned included eleven properties having an aggregate book $2.9 million.


The key factors contributing to our growth to date have been our ability to access working capitalNotes and the strong demand for our productsissuance of the Notes. The Indenture also contains events of default and services, which was driven principally by a robust Connecticut real estate market. These factors coincided with the overall growth in the U.S. economy. In the second quarter of 2019, we curtailed our lending operations due to a shortage of working capital and our desire to repay in full our credit facility with Webster Bank, which adversely impacted our revenues and net income for the second and third quarters of 2019. cure provisions.

In addition, beginning in the second half of 2018 and continuing through the third quarter of 2019,2020, we started noticing subtle changes inborrowed $12.1 million from Wells Fargo against our investment account, which had a balance of approximately $27.7 million at September 30, 2020. The outstanding balance on this loan bears interest at a rate equal to 1.5% below the business environment. For example, traditional lending institutions, such as banks, appeared to be tightening their credit requirements. Normally, that would be a positive developmentprime rate. The current rate for our business. However, at the same time, property values in Connecticut were either stagnant or declining and the length of time between initial listing and sale was expanding. Itloan is unclear whether these developments are merely temporary phenomena or represent long-term trends. In the meantime, the demand for our products and services continues to be robust. We believe that our best strategy to deal with adverse changes in the marketplace is to adhere to our basic underwriting guidelines. Those two factors, together with our liquidity, lead us to believe that we are well-positioned to address the changes and new trends in the real estate lending market.1.75%.

REIT Qualification

We believe that we have qualified as a REIT since the consummation of the IPO and that it is in the best interests of our shareholders that we operate as a REIT. We made the election to be taxed as a REIT beginning with our 2017 tax year. As a REIT, we are required to distribute at least 90% of our taxable income to our shareholders on an annual basis. We cannot assure you that we will be able to maintain REIT status.

Our qualification as a REIT depends on our ability to meet on a continuing basis, through actual investment and operating results, various complex requirements under the Internal Revenue Code, of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), relating to, among other things, the sources of our gross income, the composition and values of our assets, our compliance with the distributions requirements applicable to REITs and the diversity of ownership of our outstanding Common Shares. Given that our senior executive officers, Jeffrey C. Villano and John L. Villano, own a significant portion of our outstanding capital shares, wecommon shares. We cannot assure you that we will be able to maintain that qualification.

our qualification as a REIT.

So long as we qualify as a REIT, we, generally, will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax on our taxable income that we distribute currently to our shareholders. If we fail to qualify as a REIT in any taxable year and do not qualify for certain statutory relief provisions, we will be subject to U.S. federal income tax at regular corporate income tax rates and may be precluded from electing to be treated as a REIT for four taxable years following the year during which we lose our REIT qualification. Even if we qualify for taxation as a REIT, we may be subject to certain U.S. federal, state and local taxes on our income.

Emerging Growth Company Status

We are an “emerging growth company,”company”, as defined in the JOBS Act, and, for as long as we continue to be an emerging growth company, we may choose to take advantage of exemptions from various reporting requirements applicable to other public companies but not to emerging growth companies, including, but not limited to, not being required to have our independent registered public accounting firm audit our internal control over financial reporting under Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports and proxy statements and exemptions from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and shareholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved. As an emerging growth company, we can also delay adopting new or revised accounting standards until those standards apply to private companies. We intend to avail ourselves of these options. Once adopted, we must continue to report on that basis until we no longer qualify as an emerging growth company.

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We will cease to be an emerging growth company upon the earliest of: (i) the end of theour 2022 fiscal year; (ii) the first fiscal year after our annual gross revenue are $1.07 billion or more; (iii) the date on which we have, during the previous three-year period, issued more than $1.0 billion in non-convertible debt securities; or (iv) the end of any fiscal year in which the market value of our Common Sharescommon shares held by non-affiliates exceeded $700 million as of the end of the second quarter of that fiscal year. We cannot predict if investors will find our Common Sharescommon shares less attractive if we choose to rely on these exemptions. If, as a result of our decision to reduce future disclosure, investors find our Common Sharescommon shares less attractive, there may be a less active trading market for our Common Sharescommon shares and the price of our Common Sharescommon shares may be more volatile.


As an “emerging growth company,” we intend tomay avail ourselves of the reduced disclosure requirements and extended transition periods for adopting new or revised accounting standards that would otherwise apply to us as a public reporting company. Once adopted, we must continue to report on that basis until we no longer qualify as an emerging growth company. As a result, our financial statements may not be comparable to those of other public reporting companies that either are not emerging growth companies or that are emerging growth companies but have opted not to avail themselves of these provisions of the JOBS Act and investors may deem our securities a less attractive investment relative to those other companies, which could adversely affect our stock price.

Critical Accounting Policies and Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. We base our use of estimates on a preset number of assumptions that consider (a) past experience, (b) future projections and (c) general financial market conditions. Actual amounts could differ materially from those estimates.

Interest income from commercial loans is recognized, as earned, over the loan period and origination fee revenue on commercial loans is amortized over the term of the respective note.

Results of operationsOperations

Three months ended September 30, 2020 compared to three months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018

Total revenue

Total revenue for the three months ended September 30, 20192020 was approximately $3.4$4.3 million compared to approximately $3.1$3.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2018,2019, an increase of approximately 10.7%$900,000, or 26.4%. The increase in revenue reflects therepresents an increase in our lending operations. ComparedHowever, as noted above, the restrictions we adopted in response to the 2018 period,COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, precluded us from increasing our mortgage loan portfolio in the second quarter of 2020. See "Review of First Nine Months of 2020 and Outlook for Balance of Year". For the 20192020 period, interest income was higher by approximately $171,000,$3.5 million and net origination fees higher bywere approximately $114,000$393,000. In comparison, for the three months ended September 30, 2019, interest income was approximately $2.4 million and other income higher bynet origination fees were approximately $150,000.$497,000. In addition, we recorded an increase in interest on investments of approximately $4,000 during the 2020 period. These increases in revenue were partially offset by reductions ofdecreases in late fees, approximately $107,000$7,000, in gain onprocessing fees, approximately $7,000, and a $22,000 loss from the sale of real estate and approximately $42,000 in late fee income.

investments.

Operating costs and expenses

Total operating costs and expenses for three months ended September 30, 20192020 were approximately $1.3$2.1 million compared to $1.1$1.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2018 period,2019, an increase of approximately 21.6%$800,000, or 61.5%. Compared to the 2019 period, in the 2020 period interest expense and amortization of deferred financing costs increased approximately $724,000 due to the increase in our overall indebtedness -- $85.5 million at September 30, 2020 compared to $24.5 million at September 30, 2019. As discussed above, in light of COVID-19, we instituted various restrictions to our lending operations, the result of which was that we did not generate interest income to offset the additional interest expense. See "Review of First Nine Months of 2020 and Outlook for Balance of Year".

Professional fees, including fees for computer and technology services, director fees, legal fees and audit fees, increased approximately $53,000. General and administrative expenses increased approximately $14,000 due to increased operations, while compensation expense increased approximately $20,000.

Comprehensive income (loss)

For the quarter ended September 30, 2020, we reported an unrealized loss on investment securities of approximately $73,000 reflecting the decrease in the market value of such securities since June 30, 2020. There was no comparable item in the third quarter of 2019.

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Net Income

Net income for the three months ended September 30, 2020 was approximately $2.055 million, or $0.10 per share, compared to $2.139 million, or $0.10 per share for the three months ended September 30, 2019, despite the increase in weighted average number of shares outstanding -- 22,117,301 for the 2020 period compared to 21,336,870 for the 2019 period.

Nine months ended September 30, 2020 compared to nine months ended September30, 2019

Total revenue

Total revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 was approximately $12.9 million compared to approximately $9.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019, an increase of approximately $3.1 million, or 32%. The increase in revenue represents an increase in lending operations. As discussed above, in light of COVID-19, in March 2020 we instituted various restrictions to our lending operations, which continued through the quarter ended June 30, 2020. Revenue growth for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 is directly related to our expansion plans, which contributed to the overall growth in our mortgage loan portfolio.

For the 2020 period, interest income was approximately $9.6 million and net origination fees were approximately $1.55 million. In comparison, for the nine months ended September 30, 2019, interest income was approximately $7.5 million and net origination fees were approximately $1.2 million. The balance of the increase in revenues was attributable to an increase in interest on investments and the gain from sale of investments of approximately $550,000 in the aggregate and an increase in other income of approximately $282,000. These increases were offset by decreases in late fee income, approximately $158,000, net rental income, approximately $32,500 and net gain on sale of real estate, approximately $20,000.

Operating costs and expenses

Total operating costs and expenses for nine months ended September 30, 2020 were approximately $6.3 million compared to $4.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019, an increase of approximately $1.8 million, or 40%. The increase in operating costs and expenses is primarily attributable to increasesthe increase in our lending operations. Compared to the 2019 period, in the 2020 period interest expense and amortization of deferred financing costs ofincreased approximately $44,000, professional fees of approximately $51,000 and compensation, fees and taxes of approximately $132,000, offset by stock-based compensation of approximately $25,000 and general and administrative expenses of approximately $11,000.

Net Income

Net income for the three months ended September 30, 2019 was approximately $2.1$1.95 million or $0.10 per share, compared to $2.0 million, or $0.13 per share for the three months ended September 30, 2018. The decrease in earnings per share is due to the increase in the weighted average number of shares outstanding

Nine months endedour overall indebtedness -- approximately $85.6 million at September 30, 2019 and 2018

Total revenue

Total revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 was approximately $9.8 million2020 compared to approximately $8.8$24.5 million for the nine months endedat September 30, 2018, an increase2019. As discussed above, in light of COVID-19, we instituted various restrictions to our lending operations, the result of which was that we did not generate interest income to offset the additional interest expense. See “Review of First Nine Months of 2020 and Outlook for Balance of Year”.

Professional fees increased approximately $980,000, or 11.1%.$142,000, while compensation expense decreased approximately $105,000, reflecting a reduction is property maintenance personnel. The increase in revenue resulted from an increase in lending operations. For the 2019 period interest income was approximately $7.5 million, net origination fees were approximately $1.2 million and other income approximately $650,000. In comparison, for the nine months ended September 30, 2018, interest income was approximately $6.6 million, net origination fees were approximately $1.1 million and other income was approximately $675,000. Finally, late and other fee income increased by approximately $61,000. These increases were offset, in part, by a reduction in gain on the sale of real estate of approximately $100,000.


Operating costs andincluded expenses

Total operating costs and expenses for nine months ended September 30, 2019 were approximately $4.5 million compared to $2.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 period, an increase of approximately 70.0%. The increase in operating costs and expenses is partially attributable to $780,000 of expense incurred in connection with the termination of our line of credit of approximately $780,000 and no such costs occurred in the Webster Credit Facility.2020 period. In addition, to that expense being a non-recurring charge, $439,446 represents a write-offwe recorded an impairment loss of unamortized deferred financing costs, a non-cash item. The second biggest contributor to$495,000 during the increase in operating costs and expenses was interest and amortizationSeptember 2020 period on our real estate owned.

Comprehensive income

For the nine months ended September 30, 2020, we reported an unrealized gain on investment securities of deferred financing costs, which increased approximately $512,000$13,000 reflecting the increase in our mortgage loan portfolio, an increase in the interest rate onmarket value of such securities since December 31, 2019. There was no comparable item during the Webster Facility and the slightly higher cost of capital on our unsecured notes. Another contributor to the overall increase in operating costs and expenses was a $423,000 increase in compensation expense (including stock-based compensation). This increase reflects the increase in base salary paid to our co-chief executive officers, which was effective as of July 1, 2018, as well as compensation to our controller, who was hired in August 2018, and our in-house legal counsel, who was hired in November 2018. Finally, general and administrative expenses increased approximately $86,000.

nine months ended September 30, 2019.

Net Income

Net income for the nine months ended September 30, 20192020 was approximately $6.7 million, or $0.30 per share, compared to approximately $5.3 million, or $0.30 per share. In comparison, net incomeshare for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 was $6.1 million, or $0.40 per share. The decrease in net income was due to2019, despite the increase in total operating expenses and most of that increase was attributable to the expense in connection with the termination of the Webster Credit Facility, which was incurred in the second quarter. We estimate the impact of that expense was to reduce earnings per share by approximately $0.04. In addition, earnings per share was negatively impacted by the increase in the weighted average number of shares outstanding -- 22,117,301 for the 2020 period compared to 17,662,480 for the 2019 period.

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Liquidity and Capital Resources

At September 30, 2019,2020, cash and investments totaled approximately $33.1 million compared to $34.8 million at December 31, 2019. Overall, total assets increased by approximately $28.4 million and total liabilities increased approximately $27.1 million compared to year-end. In addition, shareholders’ equity increased by approximately $1.3 million compared to year-end due to a corresponding increase in retained earnings. In addition, at September 30, 2020, we had approximately $11.0$13.3 million in cash, none of which is restricted, compared to cash of approximately $158,900 (including restricted cash) at December 31, 2018.

future funding commitments under existing loans.

Net cash provided by operating activities for the nine months ended September 30, 20192020 was approximately $7.3$7.4 million compared to approximately $3.8$7.3 million for the same 20182019 period. For the 2020 period net cash from operations consisted primarily of net income of $6.6 million, an impairment loss of $495,000, depreciation and amortization of deferred financing cost of $404,000, an increase in advances from borrowers of $566,000, and in accounts payable and accrued expenses of $360,000, offset by increases in interest and fees receivable of $180,000, due from borrowers of $273,000, deposits on equipment if $101,000 and the realized gain on investments of approximately $3.5 million or 94.2%.$415,000. For the 2019 period the total adjustments tonet cash provided by operating activities consisted primarily of net income wereof approximately positive $2.1$5.3 million, reflecting a (i) $440,000 adjustment for non-cash costs associated with the termination of theour revolving credit facility with Webster FacilityBusiness Credit Corporation of approximately $439,000, amortization of deferred financing costs and (ii) $2.1 milliondepreciation expense of approximately $204,000, a decrease in due from borrowers of approximately $2.1 million and an increase in advances from borrowers of approximately $181,000, offset by a (i) $450,000an increase in interest and fees receivable (ii) $177,000 decreaseof approximately $454,000, and decreases in due to note purchaser of approximately $177,000 and (iii) $160,000 decrease in accrued expenses. In comparison, for the 2018 period, the total adjustments to net income were approximately negative $2.37 million, reflecting a (i) $723,000 decrease in the amount due to the note purchaser, (ii) $296,000 decrease inaccounts payable and accrued expenses (iii) $309,000 increase in due from borrowers, (iv) $917,000 increase in interest and fees receivable, (v) $151,000 increase in other receivables and (vi) $120,000 gain on sale of real estate, offset by (i) $90,000 in amortization of deferred financing cost, (ii) $20,000 in depreciation expense, (iii) $29,250 in stock-based compensation, (iv) $111,000 decrease in escrow deposits, (v) $117,000 increase in accrued interest and (vi) $44,000 increase in deferred revenue.approximately $160,000..

Net cash used for investing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 20192020 was approximately $14.5$41.4 million compared to approximately $16.1$14.5 million for the comparable 20182019 period. This decrease isFor the 2020 period, net cash used for investing activities consisted primarily due to a $7.0 million increase in principal collections on mortgages receivable, offset by a (i) $4.9 million increase inof principal disbursements for mortgages receivable (ii) $340,000 increase in costsof approximately $68.0 million, the purchase of investments of $37.2 million and the acquisition of and improvements to acquire and improve real estate owned and (iii) $310,000 decrease inof $1.6 million, offset by proceeds from the sale of investments of approximately $25.9 million, proceeds from the sale of real estate.estate owned of $1.8 million and mortgage loan pay-offs of approximately $37.9 million. For the 2019 period, net cash used for investing activities consisted primarily of principal disbursements for mortgages receivable of approximately $42.2 million, acquisitions and improvements of real estate owned of approximately $443,000 and purchases of property and equipment of $197,000, offset by mortgage loan pay-offs of approximately $27.9 million and proceeds from sale of real estate owned of approximately $362,000.

Net cash provided by financing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 20192020 was approximately $18.1$20.5 million compared to approximately $11.9$18.1 million of cash provided by financing activities for the comparable 20182019 period. Net cash provided by financing activities for the 2020 period consists of proceeds from the Wells Fargo line of credit of $14.1 million, gross proceeds from the sale of our fixed rate notes of approximately $14.4 million and proceeds from other loans of approximately $258,000 offset by dividends paid of approximately $5.3 million, the repayment of our credit line in the amount of $2.0 million , financing costs incurred of approximately $862,000 and principal payments on our notes and mortgage payable of approximately $28,000. Net cash provided by financing activities for the 2019 period consists primarily of approximately (i) $42.7 million of proceeds from the Webster Facility, (ii) $19.8revolving credit facility of approximately $42.7 million, approximately $30.7 of net proceeds from the sale of Common Shares, (iii) $10.7common shares, approximately $23.7 million of net proceeds from the sale of Common Shares, (iv) $82,000 in gross proceeds from the exercise of warrants, (v) $22.4 million of net proceeds from the sale of the June 2019 Notes, (vi)notes, approximately $1.0 million of proceeds from the sale of mortgage notes to shareholder and (vii)approximately $800,000 of gross proceeds from the Newnew Bankwell Mortgage Loan,mortgage loan, offset by repayments of approximately (i) $69.9 million of repayments on the Webster Facility, (ii)our credit facility, approximately $7.0 million of dividends paid, (iii)approximately $2.2 million repayment of mortgage notes, financing costs of approximately $1.3 million and approximately $298,000 repayment of the Oldold Bankwell Mortgage Loan and (iv) 2.2 million of repayment of notes due to shareholder. For the 2018 period, net cash from financing activities consisted primarily of approximately $61.0 million of proceeds from our credit facilities offset by approximately (i) $43.7 million of repayments on our credit facilities, (ii) $4.9 million of dividends paid and (iii) $567,000 of financing costs (most of which related to the Webster Facility.)


2019 Financing Transactions

In the first nine months of 2019, we consummated the following financing transactions:

Refinancing of Bankwell Mortgage

We refinanced the $310,000 mortgage loan obtained from Bankwell Bank in February 2017 (the “Old Bankwell Mortgage Loan”) with a new 10-year mortgage loan from Bankwell Bank in the principal amount of $795,000 bearing interest at the rate of 5.06% per annum and maturing on March 31, 2029 (the “New Bankwell Mortgage Loan”). Monthly payments of interest and principal on the New Bankwell Mortgage Loan, $4,710, are payable in arrears starting May 1, 2019, calculated based on a 25-year amortization rate. Interest on the Old Bankwell Mortgage Loan accrued at the rate of 4.52% per annum and the monthly installment payments were $1,975. The entire outstanding principal balance of the New Bankwell Mortgage Loan and all accrued and unpaid interest thereon is due and payable on March 31, 2029. The New Bankwell Mortgage Loan, among other things, is secured by a first mortgage lien on the real property owned by us, which currently serves as our principal place of business, located at 698 Main Street, Branford, Connecticut. In connection with the New Bankwell Mortgage Loan, John L. Villano and Jeffrey C. Villano, our Co-Chief Executive Officers, jointly and severally, during the term of the loan, indemnified Bankwell Bank from and against any and all actual claims, demands, liabilities, losses, damages, judgments, penalties, reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses arising out of or attributable to the New Bankwell Mortgage Loan.

At-the-Market Offerings

Over the first nine months of 2019, we sold an aggregate of 4,340,456 Common Shares through our at-the-market offering facilities. Gross proceeds from these sales were $20,465,203 and the net proceeds were $19,836,610.

June 2019 Note Offering

In June and July 2019 we sold, in a registered public offering, $23,663,000 aggregate principal amount of our 7.125% unsecured, unsubordinated notes due June 30, 2024 (the “June 2019 Notes”). The net proceeds from the sale of the June 2019 Notes were approximately $22.3 million. The June 2019 Notes were issued in denomination of $25.00 each and are listed on the NYSE American and trade under the symbol “SCCB.” Interest accrues on the June 2019 Notes commencing on June 25, 2019. Accrued interest is payable quarterly, in cash, in arrears, on each March 30, June 30, September 30 and December 30 that they are outstanding, commencing September 30, 2019. So long as the June 2019 Notes are outstanding, we are prohibited from making distributions in excess of 90% of our taxable income, incurring any additional indebtedness or purchasing any shares of our capital stock unless we have an “Asset Coverage Ratio” of at least 150% after giving effect to the payment of such dividend, the incurrence of such indebtedness or the application of the net proceeds, as the case may be. We may redeem the June 2019 Notes, in whole or in part, without premium or penalty, at any time on or after June 30, 2021 upon at least 30 days prior written notice to the holders of the June 2019 Notes. The redemption price will be equal to the outstanding principal amount of the June 2019 Notes redeemed plus the accrued but unpaid interest thereon up to, but not including, the date of redemption.

In July and August 2019, we sold an aggregate of 2,300,000 Common Shares at $5.00 per share pursuant to an underwritten public offering, including 300,000 shares from the exercise of the over-allotment option by the underwriter of the offering, Aegis Capital Corp. The offering was made pursuant to a Prospectus Supplement filed under the Company’s S-3 Registration Statement, dated November 9, 2018. The net proceeds to us from the offering were approximately $10.9 million, after deducting underwriting discounts and commission but before deducting other transaction costs.

On July 16, 2019, we received gross proceeds of $82,035 from the exercise of 16,407 warrants having an exercise price of $5.00 per share.

loan.

We project anticipated cash requirements for our operating needs as well as cash flows generated from operating activities available to meet these needs. Our short-term cash requirements primarily include funding of loans and payments for usual and customary operating and administrative expenses, such as interest payments on notes payable, employee compensation, rent, sales and marketing expenses and dividends. Based on this analysis, we believe that our current cash and investment balances, and our anticipated cash flows from operations will be sufficient to fund the operations for the next 12 months.

Our long-term cash needs will include principal payments on outstanding indebtedness and funding of new mortgage loans, payment of operating expenses, interest payments on our outstanding notes and dividend payments to our shareholders.loans. Funding for long-term cash needs will come from ourthe proceeds from the sale of debt and/or equity securities, cash on hand, investments and operating cash flows and financing transactions, whether salesflows.

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From and after the effective date of our REIT election, we intend to pay regular quarterly distributions to holders of our Common Sharescommon shares in an amount not less than 90% of our REIT taxable income (determined before the deduction for dividends paid and excluding any net capital gains).

Subsequent Events

In October 2020, we sold an additional $14,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the September 2025 Notes, which notes are a further issuance of, rank equally in right of payment with and form a single series for all purposes under the Indenture governing such notes, including, without limitation, waivers, amendments, consents, redemptions and other offers to purchase and voting, with the previously issued September 2025 Notes. In connection with the offering of such notes, we granted the underwriters an option to purchase up to an additional $2.1 million aggregate principal amount of September 2025 Notes. The option expires November 20,

20120.

On July 11, 2019,November 4, 2020, we declaredpaid a dividend of $0.12 per common share, which was paid on July 29, 2019or $2,654,076 in the aggregate, to shareholders of record on July 22, 2019. The total amountas of the dividend payment was $2,348,452.October 26, 2020.

On July 26, 2019, we repaid an amount owed to a shareholder in connection with the repurchase of certain mortgage loans. The total payment was $2,231,777, including principal of $2,217,000 and accrued interest of $14,777.

Subsequent Events

On October 3, 2019, we declared a dividend of $0.12 per common share, which was paid on October 22, 2019 to shareholders of record on October 14, 2019. The total amount of the dividend payment was $2,654,076.

From October 1 through November 13, 2019, we sold 14,317 Common Shares through our at-the-market offering facility and realized gross proceeds of $68,006 from such sales. Approximately $7.0 million remains available to us for future sales under the facility. (The facility was reduced to $11.5 million from $30 million in order to accommodate the sale of the November 2019 Notes.)

In November 2019 we sold, in a registered public offering, $30.0 aggregate principal amount of our 6.875% unsecured, unsubordinated notes due December 30, 2024 (the “November 2019 Notes”). The net proceeds from the sale of the November 2019 Notes were approximately $28.6 million. The November 2019 Notes were issued in denomination of $25.00 each and are listed on the NYSE American and trade under the symbol “SACC.” Interest accrues on the November 2019 Notes commencing on November 7, 2019. Accrued interest is payable quarterly, in cash, in arrears, on each March 30, June 30, September 30 and December 30 that they are outstanding, commencing December 30, 2019. So long as the November 2019 Notes are outstanding, we are prohibited from making distributions in excess of 90% of our taxable income, incurring any additional indebtedness or purchasing any shares of our capital stock unless we have an “Asset Coverage Ratio” of at least 150% after giving effect to the payment of such dividend, the incurrence of such indebtedness or the application of the net proceeds, as the case may be. We may redeem the November 2019 Notes, in whole or in part, without premium or penalty, at any time on or after November 7, 2021 upon at least 30 days prior written notice to the holders of the November 2019 Notes. The redemption price will be equal to the outstanding principal amount of the November 2019 Notes redeemed plus the accrued but unpaid interest thereon up to, but not including, the date of redemption.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We are not a party to any off-balance sheet transactions, arrangements or other relationships with unconsolidated entities or other persons that are likely to affect liquidity or the availability of our requirements for capital resources.

Contractual Obligations

As of September 30, 2019,2020, our contractual obligations include unfunded amounts of any outstanding construction loans and unfunded commitments for loans as well as contractual obligations consisting of operating leases for equipment.equipment and software licenses.

Less than

1 – 3

3 – 5

More than

    

Total

    

1 year

    

years

    

years

    

5 years

Operating lease obligation

    

$

8,795

    

$

2,940

    

$

5,855

    

$

    

$

Unfunded portions of outstanding construction loans

 

13,342,248

 

13,342,248

 

 

 

Unfunded loan commitments

 

 

 

 

 

Total contractual obligations

$

13,351,043

$

13,345,188

$

5,855

$

$

  Total  Less than 1 year  1 – 3 years  3 – 5 years  More than 5 years 
Operating lease obligation $  $  $  $  $ 
Capital lease obligation  11,573   2,672   3,121   5,780     
Unfunded portions of outstanding construction loans  7,329,025   7,329,025          
Unfunded loan commitments                    
Total contractual obligations $7,340,598  $7,331,697  $3,121  $5,780  $ 


Critical Accounting Policies and Recent Accounting Pronouncements

See “Note 2 — Significant Accounting Policies” to the financial statements for explanation of recent accounting pronouncements impacting us.us included elsewhere in this report and in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019.

Item 3.QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

As a smaller reporting company, we are not required to provide the information required by this Item.

Item 4.CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

(a)

Evaluation and Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Our management, with the participation ofManagement, specifically our co-chiefchief executive officer and chief financial officer (the same person), evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) as of September 30, 20192020 (the “Evaluation Date”). Based upon that evaluation, the chief executive officer and the chief financial officer (same person) concluded that, as of the Evaluation Date, our disclosure controls and procedures are effective to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act (i) are recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms and (ii) are accumulated and communicated to our management, including itsspecifically our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

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(b)

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

There was no change in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) or 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) identified in connection with the evaluation required by Rules 13a-15(d) or 15d-15(d) that occurred during the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 20192020 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.


PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1A. Risk Factors.

The outbreak and continued spread of the novel coronavirus disease, known as COVID-19, may have a material adverse effect on our business, operations and financial condition.

On March 20, 2020, Governor Ned Lamont of Connecticut issued an executive order requiring all “non-essential” businesses to close effective 8:00 p.m., Monday, March 23, 2020, until further notice. During the second quarter of 2020, the State of Connecticut announced plans to re-open selected businesses pursuant to a three-phase reopening plan for those businesses deemed non-essential and closed due to the March 20, 2020 executive order. On May 20, 2020, Phase 1 of the re-opening plan was put in place and on June 17, 2020 Phase 2 was put into effect. Phase 3 re-opening has not been announced. The compliance requirements for certain businesses to operate are difficult to administer, costly and in many situations not customer friendly. If these orders remain in effect for an extended period, it could disrupt our operations in a material way, resulting in reductions in revenues, net income, and cash flow. In addition, any disruption to the operations of a borrower could impair its ability to make monthly payments of interest, payments of insurance and/or taxes or to repay the outstanding balances on its loans at maturity. Furthermore, if a liquidity crisis were to develop, borrowers may not be able to refinance their loans when due. Finally, the spread of COVID-19 is having a negative impact on the overall economy, including on real estate values. If borrowers cannot sell their properties, which could have a material adverse effect on our cash flow and operating results, or the values of properties securing mortgage loans decline significantly, the borrowers may not be able to repay their loans when due. In addition, the filing and preparation of loan documents with the various recording offices may be delayed and currently there is limited access to the Connecticut court system to process foreclosures and evictions.

If there is a re-occurrence of the virus in Connecticut or the State mandates further business closures, we may be compelled to take measures to preserve our cash flow, including reducing operating expenses and dividend payments until the consequences of the outbreak subside. There may be other adverse consequences to our business, operations, and financial condition from the spread of COVID-19 that have not been considered.

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Item 6.EXHIBITS

EXHIBITS

Exhibit

No.

Description

Exhibit No.

Description

2.1

2.1

Form of Amended and Restated Exchange Agreement (1)

3.1

Certificate of Incorporation (1)

3.1(a)

Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation (1)

3.1(b)

Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation filed on October 7, 2019*2019 (2)

3.2

Amended and Restated Bylaws, effective as amended (2)of November 25, 2019 (3)

4.1

Form of Representative’s Warrants (4)issued on February 9, 2017 in connection with the initial public offering (1)

4.2

Form of Representatives’ Warrants issued on October 27, 2017 in connection with the follow-on underwritten public offering (3)(4)

4.3

Indenture, dated as of June 21, 2019, between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee (7)(5)

4.4

First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 25, 2019, between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee (7)(5)

4.5

Form of 7.125% NoteNotes due 2024 (7)(5)

4.6

Second Supplemental Indenture between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee*Trustee (2)

4.7

4.8

Form of 6.875% NoteNotes due 2024 (8)(7)

4.9

Third Supplemental Indenture between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee (10)

4.10

Form of 7.75% Notes due 2025 (included as Exhibit A to Exhibit 4.9 above)

10.1**

Employment Agreement by and between John C. Villano and Sachem Capital Corp. (1)

10.2**Employment Agreement by and between Jeffrey L. Villano and Sachem Capital Corp. (1)

10.3

10.2

Sachem Capital Corp. 2016 Equity Compensation Plan (1)

10.4

10.3

Final Form of the Restrictive Stock Grant Agreement dated July 17, 2018 under the Sachem Capital Corp. 2016 Equity Compensation Plan between the Company and each of Leslie Bernhard, Arthur Goldberg and Brian Prinz (5)(6)

10.5

10.4

Mortgage Note made by Sachem Capital Corp to Bankwell Bank, dated as of March 29, 2019, in the principal amount of $795,000 (6)(8)

10.6

10.5

Open-End Mortgage Deed, Security Agreement and Fixture Filing, dated March 29, 2019, by Sachem Capital Corp., in connection with the New Bankwell Mortgage Loan, for the benefit of Bankwell Bank (6)(8)

10.7

10.6

Indemnity Agreement, dated as of March 29, 2019, by and among John L. Villano, Jeffrey C. Villano and Bankwell Bank (6)(8)

10.8

10.7

Final Form of the Restrictive Stock Grant Agreement dated October 4, 2019 under the Sachem Capital Corp. 2016 Equity Compensation Plan between the Company and each of Leslie Bernhard, Arthur Goldberg and Brian Prinz *(2)

31.1

10.8**

Employment Agreement, dated as of July 1, 2020, by and between Peter J. Cuozzo and Sachem Capital Corp. (9)

31.1

Chief Executive Officer Certification as required under section 302 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act *

31.2

Chief Financial Officer Certification as required under section 302 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act *

32.1

Chief Executive Officer Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. section 1350 as adopted pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act ***

32.2

101.INS

Chief Financial Officer Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. section 1350 as adopted pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act ***
101.INS

XBRL Instance Document *

101.SCH

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document *

101.CAL

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document *

101.DEF

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document *

101.LAB

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document *

101.PRE

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document *

104

Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101)*

*

Filed herewith.

**

Compensation plan or arrangement for current or former executive officers and directors.

***

* Filed herewith.

** Compensation plan or arrangement for current or former executive officers and directors.

*** Furnished, not filed, in accordance with item 601(32)(ii) of Regulation S-K.

(1)Previously filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement on Form S-11, as amended, (SEC File No.: 333-214323) and incorporated herein by reference.

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(2)Previously filed as an exhibit to the AnnualQuarterly Report on Form 10-K10-Q for the yearperiod ended December 31, 2016September 30, 2019 and incorporated herein by reference.
(3)Previously filed as an exhibit to the Current Report on Form 8-K on November 27, 2019 and incorporated herein by reference.
(4)Previously filed on October 20, 2017, as Exhibit A to Exhibit 1.1 of the Registration Statement on Form S-11, as amended, (SEC File No.: 333-218954) and incorporated herein by reference.
(4)(5)Previously filed on December 23, 2016, as Exhibit Aan exhibit to Exhibit 1.1 of the Registration StatementCurrent Report on Form S-11, as amended, (SEC File No.: 333-214323)8-K on June 25, 2019 and incorporated herein by reference.
(5)(6)Previously filed as an exhibit to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2018 and incorporated herein by reference.
(6)(7)Previously filed as an exhibit to the Current Report on Form 8-K on November 6, 2019 and incorporated herein by reference.
(8)Previously filed as an exhibit to the Current Report on Form 8-K on April 5, 2019 and incorporated herein by reference.
(7)(9)Previously filed as an exhibit to the Current Report on Form 8-K on June 25, 2019July 8, 2020 and incorporated herein by reference.
(8)(10)Previously filed as an exhibit to the Current Report on Form 8-K on November 6, 2019September 9, 2020 and incorporated herein by reference.


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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.

SACHEM CAPITAL CORP.

Date: November 13, 20195, 2020

By:

/s/ Jeffrey C. Villano
Jeffrey C. Villano
Co-Chief Executive Office
(Principal Executive Officer)
Date:  November 13, 2019By:

/s/ John L. Villano

John L. Villano, CPA

Co-Chief

President, Chief Executive OfficeOfficer (Principal Executive Officer) and Chief Financial Officer

(Principal (Principal Financial Officer)


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