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Restatement
Filed May 15, 2020 · 6y ago · Accession 0001213900-20-012637
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View original ↗Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) with respect to the financial statement presentation of certain
of our joint ventures. The Original 8-K, among other things, reported that:
● (i)
the unaudited consolidated financial statements contained in our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q (“10-Qs”), (ii) the
audited financial statements (and any related audit reports of our independent registered public accounting firm, BDO USA, LLP
(“BDO)), contained in our Annual Reports on Form 10-K (“10-Ks”); and (iii) the earnings press releases and similar
prior communications issued by us as well as other prior statements made by or on our behalf (the “Earnings Releases;”
and together with the 10-Qs and 10-Ks, the “Previously Reported Information”) issued by us on or after March 31, 2018
through November 7, 2019 should not be relied upon because such reports presented the accounts and operations of three joint ventures
(the “3 JVs”) on a consolidated basis rather than pursuant to the equity method of accounting (the “Equity Method”);
and
● we were requesting
guidance from the OCA with respect to whether a joint venture, which we believe is representative of our joint ventures
owning 24 properties (the “24 JVs;” and together with the 3 JVs, the “Previously Consolidated
Ventures”), that historically had been presented on a consolidated basis should continue to be presented on such basis
or under the Equity Method.
Item
4.02 Non-Reliance on Previously Issued Financial Statements or a Related Audit Report or Completed Interim Review.
On
May 15, 2020, based on, among other things, guidance received from the OCA, our audit committee determined that the consolidation
of the accounts and operations of the 24 JVs is inconsistent with Accounting Standards Codification 810 (the “Consolidation
Standard”) and that the information with respect to such ventures should instead be presented under the Equity Method. Accordingly,
you should not rely on (i) the Previously Reported Information issued from February 8, 2017 through November 9, 2019 (the “Relevant
Period”) and (ii) the restated financial statements included in the Original 8-K.
Contemporaneously
herewith, we are filing our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 (the “2019 Annual Report”)
which, under notes 2 and 16 to the consolidated financial statements included therein, contains restatements of consolidated financial
statements previously filed from March 31, 2018 through November 7, 2019, to present, on a de-consolidated basis, the Previously
Consolidated Ventures. We have not restated our audited annual and unaudited interim financial statements for the fiscal 2017
periods because financial statements for such periods are not material to an understanding of our current condition, and are
not required to be presented in the Annual Report.
The
de-consolidation of the Previously Consolidated Ventures and their presentation under the Equity Method will result in a reduction
in our revenues, operating expenses, assets and liabilities from that presented in our historical consolidated financial statements
but will not have any impact on our previously reported net income attributable to common stockholders, funds from operations,
adjusted funds from operations, or our cash flows, capital resources, liquidity, ability to pay dividends or multi-family operations.
Although
our management believed that our disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting (collectively,
the “Internal Controls”) were effective at the time each statement with respect to the effectiveness of our Internal
Controls was included in our periodic reports during the Relevant Period, in light of the restatement, management has concluded
that the control deficiency that resulted in our consolidating the accounts and operations of the Previously Consolidated Ventures
constituted a material weakness in internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2016. A material weakness is a
deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility
that a material misstatement of a company’s annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on
a timely basis. The existence of one or more material weaknesses precludes a conclusion by management that a company’s Internal Controls are effective. We intend to report (i) the material weakness
in our 2019 Annual Report and (ii) intend to evaluate the creation of a plan of remediation to address such weakness.
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Our
audit committee has discussed the matters disclosed in this Item 4.02(a) with management and BDO.
Caution
Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This
report may include information that constitutes forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. We intend such forward looking
statements to be covered by the safe harbor provisions for forward looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995 and include this statement for purposes of complying with these safe harbor provisions. Forward-looking
statements, which are based on certain assumptions and describe our future plans, strategies and expectations, are generally identifiable
by use of the words “may,” “will,” “believe,” “expect,” “intend,”
“anticipate,” “estimate,” “project,” or similar expressions or variations thereof. Forward
looking statements, including statements with respect to our multi-family property acquisition, development and ownership activities,
involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which, in some cases, are beyond our control and could materially
affect actual results, performance or achievements. Other factors that could cause our actual results, performance or achievements
to differ materially from our expectations include: the review of our financial statements, accounting, accounting policies and
Internal Controls; the preparation of, and the audit or review, as applicable, of our restated financial statements and filings;
and the subsequent discovery of additional adjustments to our Previously Reported Information. In addition, our financial results
and stock price may suffer as a result of this restatement process or any actions taken by (i) governmental or other regulatory
bodies or (ii) other non-governmental actors in connection with or as a result of this process. Investors are cautioned not to
place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements and to carefully review the disclosures in this report and the 2019 Annual
Report (including the sections entitled “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations” included therein). We do not undertake to update our forward-looking statements, except
as required by applicable law.
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SIGNATURE
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 hereunto duly authorized.
BRT APARTMENTS CORP.
Date: May 15, 2020
By:
/s/
George Zweier
George Zweier,
Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
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Filing details
- Company
- BRT Apartments Corp.
- Ticker
- BRT
- CIK
- 14846
- Form type
- 8-K/A
- Filing date
- May 15, 2020
- Report date
- May 15, 2020
- Document
- ea121919-8ka1_brtapt.htm
- Size
- 218 KB