Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
The information in Items 7.01 and 8.01 is incorporated by reference into this
Item 2.02. The information in Item 7.01 is deemed to have been furnished and
shall not be deemed to be "filed" under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of such
act, nor shall any of such information be deemed incorporated by reference in
any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act,
except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal
Year.
On March 2, 2023, the board of directors of Inland Real Estate Income Trust,
Inc. (the "Company") approved and adopted the Company's Fourth Amended and
Restated Bylaws to update the Company's bylaws to enhance the procedural and
substantive requirements in connection with stockholder nominations of
directors, solicitations of proxies and meetings to elect directors in part in
response to the universal proxy rules adopted by the Securities and Exchange
Commission. The Fourth Amended and Restated Bylaws were effective upon adoption
by our board of directors (the "Board"). The amendments in the Fourth Amended
and Restated Bylaws include the following, among others:
Article II (Meetings of Stockholders) has been updated and changed to:
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require any stockholder submitting a director nomination to certify as to
whether such stockholder intends to solicit proxies in support of director
nominees other than the Board of Directors' nominees in accordance with Rule
14a-19 under the Exchange Act,
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require such nominating stockholder to provide certain additional information
and make certain representations and certifications in its notice of a director
nomination to the Company,
•
require such nominating stockholder to provide sufficient evidence that certain
requirements of Rule 14a-19 under the Exchange Act have been satisfied, and
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provide that the Company will disregard proxies or votes solicited for such
stockholder's nominees if such stockholder fails to comply with certain
requirements of the Company's bylaws or Rule 14a-19.
The above description of certain provisions of the Fourth Amended and Restated
Bylaws is not intended to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by
reference to the full text of the Fourth Amended and Restated Bylaws filed as
Exhibit 3.1 to this Form 8-K, which is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
Correspondence with Financial Advisors and Broker Dealers
Furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report, and incorporated by reference
in this Item 7.01, is the text of correspondence, including frequently asked
questions, from Inland Real Estate Income Trust, Inc. ("we" or the "Company") to
financial advisors and broker dealers who participated in the Company's public
offering, notifying them that the Board, including all the independent members
of the Board, approved $19.86 as the estimated per share net asset value (the
"Estimated Per Share NAV") of the Company's common stock as of December 31,
2022. Based on this Estimated Per Share NAV, $19.86 per share will be the
purchase price of shares issued under the Company's amended and restated
distribution reinvestment plan (the "DRP") when a distribution is made, and in
accordance with the Company's Fourth Amended and Restated Share Repurchase
Program (the "SRP"), if shares are repurchased, both ordinary repurchases and
repurchases for death or qualifying disability will be at $15.89 per share (80%
of $19.86).
Pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the "SEC"), the information contained in this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1
and the information set forth therein, is deemed to have been furnished and
shall not be deemed to be "filed" under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of such
act, nor shall any of such information be deemed incorporated by reference in
any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act,
except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
By furnishing the information contained in this Item 7.01 disclosure, including
Exhibit 99.1, the Company makes no admission as to the materiality of such
information.
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Item 8.01 Other Events.
Determination of Estimated Per Share NAV
Background and Conclusion of Estimated Per Share NAV
On March 6, 2023, the Company announced that its Board determined the Estimated
Per Share NAV of its common stock and is providing such information to its
stockholders and to members of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
("FINRA") and their associated persons who participated in the Company's public
offering in order to assist them in meeting their customer account statement
reporting obligations under FINRA Rule 2231.
To assist the Board in establishing the Estimated Per Share NAV, the Company
engaged CBRE Capital Advisors, Inc., a FINRA registered broker dealer firm that
specializes in providing real estate financial services ("CBRE Cap"). CBRE Cap
provided an analysis of the Company's assets and liabilities (including
individual property-level analyses), all of which was used to estimate a range
of Estimated Per Share NAVs. A third-party financial risk management firm
analyzed the fair market value of the Company's debt, and CBRE Inc.'s Valuation
& Advisory Services group assessed the reasonableness of that valuation. The
engagement of CBRE Cap was based on a number of factors, including CBRE Cap's
expertise in valuation services and its, and its affiliates', breadth and depth
of experience in real estate services. CBRE Cap engaged CBRE, Inc.'s Valuation &
Advisory Services group, an affiliate of CBRE Cap that conducts appraisals and
valuations of real properties (the "MAI Appraisals"), to perform cash flow
projections and unlevered, ten-year discounted cash flow analyses from
restricted-use appraisals for each of the Company's wholly-owned operating
assets as of December 31, 2022 (the "Valuation Date"). The discounted cash flow
analysis uses future free cash flow projections based on (i) both market and our
contractual base rents, (ii) market reimbursements, (iii) both market and our
historical operating expenses and (iv) both market and our projected capital
expenditures, and discounts them to arrive at a present value estimate. Based on
the MAI Appraisals, the Company's filings with the SEC and financial materials
and other guidance provided by IREIT Business Manager & Advisor, Inc., the
Company's business manager and advisor (the "Business Manager"), to CBRE Cap,
CBRE Cap developed a valuation analysis of the Company's assets and liabilities
and provided that analysis to the Board in a report presented on March 2, 2023
that contained, among other information, a range of per share net asset values
for the Company's common stock as of the Valuation Date (the "Valuation
Report"). There have been no changes between December 31, 2022 and the date of
the Valuation Report that the Business Manager believes would materially impact
the overall Estimated Per Share NAV as of December 31, 2022.
The Board reviewed the Valuation Report, met by video conference with
representatives from CBRE Cap and considered the material assumptions and
valuation methodologies applied and described therein. Taking into consideration
the reasonableness of the valuation methodologies, assumptions, and the
conclusions contained in the Valuation Report, on March 2, 2023, the Board
determined the Company's total estimated net asset value to be approximately
$718.6 million, or $19.86 per share, based on a share count of approximately
36,184,058 shares issued and outstanding as of the Valuation Date. The Valuation
Report contained a range for the Company's Estimated Per Share NAV of $19.40 to
$21.82. The mid-point of the range of values provided by CBRE Cap was $20.61.
The Estimated Per Share NAV of $19.86 is lower than the mid-point of the range.
Although the mid-point of the range in the Valuation Report increased relative
to the report from last year, we believe the increase was primarily due to an
increase in the value of our interest rate swap derivatives resulting from an
increase in interest rates. Although we are pleased with our foresight in
entering into these interest rate swap derivatives to hedge our variable
interest rate exposure, they are not reflective of the value or operation of our
properties. Although the Valuation Report reflected a $2.2 million increase in
the estimated mid-point value of the eight shopping centers we acquired in May
2022 relative to the price at which we acquired those properties, the estimated
value of the same-store real estate assets that we owned in both 2021 and 2022
decreased, which partially offset the increase in value of our interest rate
swap derivatives. The estimated value in the Valuation Report of the same-store
real estate assets decreased due to an increase in the discount rates and
terminal capitalization rates in the Valuation Report. There are many factors
that can contribute to an increase in discount rates and terminal capitalization
rates, but we believe the increase is primarily attributable to the effects of
higher interest rates.
Occupancy at our properties was stable from 2021 to 2022 with a financial
occupancy as of December 31, 2022, of 93.5%. We believe our acquisition of the
portfolio of seven grocery-anchored shopping centers and one additional shopping
center in May 2022 enhanced the portfolio by decreasing the proportion of our
spaces leased to non-grocery "big box" retailers. Nevertheless, approximately
32% of our annualized base rent for leases in-place as of December 31, 2022, was
still from non-grocery big box retailers, a retail sector the Board believes
continues to be negatively impacted more than other retail sectors due to
shifting consumer preferences and Internet competition. For example, we expect
the four big box spaces leased by Bed Bath & Beyond at our properties to close
in 2023, and we cannot be certain that Bed Bath & Beyond will continue to meet
its obligations to us under its leases. Party City, a party supply company
subject to increasing competition from large popular retailers such as Amazon,
Walmart and Target, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in January 2023, and is
negotiating with us to try to modify their leases at four locations. In light of
the challenges and uncertainties surrounding big box retailers, the risk of an
economic recession in the United States and the increased financing costs from
higher interest rates resulting in lower demand, lower transaction volume and
lower prices for retail shopping centers, among other factors, the Board
selected an estimated per share NAV of $19.86 that is below the mid-point of the
range in the Valuation Report.
The Board's determination of the Estimated Per Share NAV was undertaken in
accordance with the Company's valuation policy and the recommendations and
methodologies of the Institute for Portfolio Alternatives (formerly known as the
Investment Program Association), a trade association for non-listed direct
investment vehicles ("IPA"), as set forth in IPA Practice Guideline
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2013-01 "Valuations of Publicly Registered Non-Listed REITs" (the "IPA Practice
Guideline"). In accordance with the valuation policy and the IPA Practice
Guideline, the Estimated Per Share NAV excludes any value adjustments due to the
size and diversification of the Company's portfolio of assets.
The Estimated Per Share NAV represents a snapshot in time, will likely change
over time, and may not represent the amount a stockholder would receive now or
in the future for his or her shares of the Company's common stock. Stockholders
should not rely on the Estimated Per Share NAV in making a decision to buy or
sell shares of our common stock. The Estimated Per Share NAV is based on a
number of assumptions, estimates and data that are inherently imprecise and
susceptible to uncertainty and changes in circumstances, including changes to
the value of individual assets as well as changes and developments in the real
estate and capital markets, for example, market changes and developments that
may result from the spread and effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, and changes in
interest rates. Please see "Valuation Methodologies," and "Additional
Information Regarding the Valuation, Limitations of the Estimated Per Share NAV
and CBRE Cap" in this Current Report, below.
The Board, including all of the Board's independent members, and not CBRE Cap,
is ultimately and solely responsible for the determination of the Estimated Per
Share NAV. The Company currently expects to publish an updated Estimated Per
Share NAV on at least an annual basis.
Valuation Methodologies
As of the Valuation Date, the Company's real estate portfolio was comprised of
52 retail properties, totaling approximately 7.2 million square feet. The
weighted average period of time that the Company has owned the properties is 6.4
years as of the Valuation Date.
To estimate our per share value, CBRE Cap utilized the "net asset value" or
"NAV" method, also known as the appraised value methodology, which is based on
the fair value of real estate, real estate related investments and all other
assets, less the fair value of total liabilities. The fair value estimate of our
real estate assets is equal to the sum of their individual real estate values.
Generally, CBRE Cap estimated the value of the Company's real estate assets
using several methodologies, including a discounted cash flow, or "DCF," of
projected net operating income, less lease-up discounts and deferred
maintenance, as appropriate, for each property, for the ten-year period ending
December 31, 2032, and applied a discount rate that it believed was consistent
with the inherent level of risk associated with the asset. The other
methodologies considered consisted of the "direct cap rate" and "sales
comparison" approaches. CBRE Cap believed use of the DCF approach was more
appropriate because the portfolio is comprised of multi-tenant assets.
The estimated value of the Company's real estate assets reflects an overall
decrease of 7.8% compared to the Company's original cost of the real estate
assets plus any capital expenditures invested in those real estate assets by the
Company through December 31, 2022. For all other (non-real estate) assets, such
as other current assets, fair value was determined separately based on book
value. The Business Manager engaged a third-party financial risk management firm
in determining the fair market value of the Company's debt by comparing current
market interest rates to the contract rates on the Company's long-term debt and
discounting to present value the difference in future payments. The fair market
value of the Company's debt was reviewed by CBRE, Inc.'s Valuation & Advisory
Services group for reasonableness and utilized in the Valuation Report. CBRE Cap
determined that no incentive fee to the Business Manager would be payable under
a hypothetical liquidation occurring within the range of values provided in the
Valuation Report. CBRE Cap determined the NAV range in a manner consistent with
the definition of fair value under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles
set forth in FASB's Topic ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures.
Net asset value per share was estimated by subtracting the fair value of our
total liabilities from the fair value of our total assets and dividing the
result by the number of common shares outstanding as of the Valuation Date. CBRE
Cap created a valuation range by first establishing a discount rate and terminal
capitalization rate for each real estate asset. CBRE Cap then applied a discount
rate and terminal capitalization rate sensitivity analysis by varying the
discount rate and terminal capitalization rate of each real estate asset by 2.5%
in either direction, which represents an approximate 5% sensitivity on the
discount rates and terminal capitalization rates, resulting in a value range
equal to $19.40 to $21.82 per share. The mid-point in that range was $20.61.
Discount rates and terminal capitalization rates were sourced from the MAI
Appraisals and varied by location, asset quality and supply and demand metrics.
The Estimated Per Share NAV determined by the Board of $19.86 assumes a weighted
average discount rate equal to 7.96% and a weighted average terminal
capitalization rate of 7.14%.
The terminal capitalization rate and discount rate have a significant impact on
the estimated value under the net asset value method. The following chart
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Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.0
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit No. Description
3.1 Fourth Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, effective March
2, 2023
99.1 Correspondence and FAQ to Financial Advisors and Broker-Dealers
104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within Inline XBRL
document).
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This Current Report on Form 8-K contains "forward-looking statements," which are
not historical facts, within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. The statements may be identified by terminology such as
"may," "can," "would," "will," "expect," "intend," "estimate," "anticipate,"
"plan," "seek," "appear," or "believe." Such statements reflect the current view
of the Company with respect to future events and are subject to certain risks,
uncertainties and assumptions related to certain factors including, without
limitation, the uncertainties related to general economic conditions such as
persistently high inflation and increasing interest rates, the effects of the
COVID-19 pandemic and measures taken to combat it, competition from internet
retailers with our tenants for sales revenue, unforeseen events affecting the
commercial real estate industry, retail real estate, or particular markets, and
other factors detailed under Risk Factors in our most recent annual report on
Form 10-K as of December 31, 2021, filed on March 16, 2022 and subsequent
quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. Although the Company believes that the
expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, it can
give no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct. You should
exercise caution when considering forward-looking statements and not place undue
reliance on them. Based upon changing conditions, should any one or more of
these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should any underlying assumptions
prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those described herein.
Except as required by federal securities laws, the Company undertakes no
obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether
as a result of new information, future events, changed circumstances or any
other reason after the date of this Current Report on Form 8-K.
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