SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-KSB/A
Amendment No. 1
[x] ANNUAL REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT
OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 1997
[ ] TRANSITION REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from _________ to __________
Commission file No. 0-27108
REGENT ASSISTED LIVING, INC.
(Name of small business issuer as specified in its charter)
Oregon 93-1171049
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
121 SW Morrison Street, Suite 1000
Portland, Oregon 97204
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Issuer's telephone number: (503) 227-4000
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: Common Stock
Check whether the issuer (1) filed all reports required to be filed by Section
13(b) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act during the past 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 [X]
No [ ]
Check if there is no disclosure of delinquent filers in response to Item 405 of
Regulation S-B contained in this form, and no disclosure will be contained, to
the best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information
statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-KSB or any
amendment to this Form 10-KSB. [X]
State issuer's revenues for its most recent fiscal year: $13,958,282
Aggregate market value of Common Stock held by non-affiliates of the Registrant
at March 20, 1998: $9,146,150
Number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at March 20, 1998: 4,633,000
Transitional Small Business Disclosure Format (check one): Yes [ ] No [X]
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Item of Form 10-KSB/A Page
PART III
Item 9. Directors, Executive Officers, Promoters and Control Persons;
Compliance with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act 3
Item 10. Executive Compensation 8
Item 11. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management 11
Item 12. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions 13
SIGNATURES 16
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PART III
Item 9. Directors, Executive Officers, Promoters and Control Persons; Compliance
with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act
Information with respect to executive officers of the Company is included
under Item 4(a) of Part I of this Report.
The Board of Directors is comprised of eight directors pursuant to the
Company's Bylaws. The directors are divided into three classes: Class I which is
comprised of two directors; Class II which is comprised of three directors; and
Class III which is comprised of three directors. Three directors are to be
elected at the upcoming Annual Meeting of Shareholders to fill all of the
directorships in Class II. Thereafter, the term of office of Class II will
expire at the 2001 annual meeting of shareholders. The term of office of Class I
will expire at the 2000 annual meeting of shareholders and the term of office of
Class III will expire at the 1999 annual meeting of shareholders.
The following table sets forth certain information about each of the
Company's Directors.
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Name Age Class and Term Director Since
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Peter J. Brix (3) 61 (Class II, 1998) December 1995
Stephen A. Gregg (1)(4) 53 (Class II, 1998) December 1996
Martha L. Robinson(1)(3)(4) 42 (Class II, 1998) December 1996
Dana J. O'Brien (1)(2)(4) 42 (Class I, 2000) December 1996
Steven L. Gish (3) 39 (Class I, 2000) August 1995
Walter C. Bowen(1)(2) 55 (Class III, 1999) March 1995
Marvin S. Hausman, MD 56 (Class III, 1999) March 1996
Gary R. Maffei (2)(4) 53 (Class III, 1999) December 1995
(1) Member of Executive Committee
(2) Member of Compensation Committee
(3) Member of Audit Committee
(4) Member of Conflicts Committee
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Class I:
Steven L. Gish has served as Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, Secretary,
and Assistant Secretary in addition to serving as a Director of the
Company, since August 1995. In 1991 Mr. Gish became the Controller of the
group of companies and businesses (the
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"Bowen Companies"), including the predecessor of the Company, owned or
controlled by Walter C. Bowen, the founder, President, and majority
shareholder of the Company. Prior to that time, Mr. Gish served as
Treasurer and Controller of McCormick and Baxter Creosoting Company, an
industrial wood preserving company.
Dana J. O'Brien is a Senior Managing Director of Cornerstone Equity
Investors, L.L.C., a New York based investment firm formed in December 1996
to provide investment management services to several investment funds.
Cornerstone is the investment advisor to Prudential Private Equity
Investors III, L.P., the holder of all of the Company's issued and
outstanding Series A and Series B Preferred Stock. During the five year
period preceding December 1996, Mr. O'Brien served as Executive Vice
President of Prudential Equity Investors, Inc., an investment management
firm. Mr. O'Brien currently serves on the Board of Directors of several
private companies, including Specialty Hospitals of America, Inc. and
Guardian Care, Inc. Mr. O'Brien became a director of the Company in
December 1996.
Class II:
Peter J. Brix has served as a director of the Company since December 1995.
Mr. Brix is President of Hayden Investment Corporation, a refined fuel
distributor, and has served in that role since 1963. Mr. Brix is a director
of Centennial Bancorp, an Oregon bank.
Stephen A. Gregg is a former hospital administrator and began serving as a
director of the Company on December 16, 1996. Mr. Gregg was the founder and
chief executive officer of The Ethix Corporation, a managed care company
serving approximately 5,000,000 members nationwide, prior to its sale in
1994. Mr. Gregg is currently a principal of The Alternare Group, a company
focusing on the organization and delivery of alternative medicine services.
Martha L. Robinson is a Managing Director of Cornerstone Equity Investors,
L.L.C. Prior to Cornerstone's formation in December, 1996, Ms. Robinson
served as Vice President of Prudential Equity Investors, Inc. Ms. Robinson
formerly served on the Board of Directors of Coventry Corporation, Total
Pharmaceutical Care, and Earth Technology Corporation and currently serves
on the Board of Directors of several private companies, including Specialty
Hospitals of America, Inc. and Guardian Care, Inc. Ms. Robinson became a
director of the Company in December 1996 as a result of the purchase by
Prudential Private Equity Investors III, L.P. ("PPEI") of $10 million of
the Company's Preferred Stock. Coincident with that transaction, PPEI, the
Company, and Mr. Bowen entered into a Stockholders Agreement that provides,
among other things, that PPEI is entitled to nominate two persons for
election to the Board of Directors and Mr. Bowen, if he reasonably approves
of such candidates, shall support their candidacy. Accordingly, Ms.
Robinson was elected in December 1996 to serve the remainder of a one-year
term left vacant by a resignation from the Board of Directors.
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Class III:
Walter C. Bowen has served as Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive
Officer and President and a director of the Company since its formation in
March 1995. Mr. Bowen has been involved in the development, ownership, and
management of assisted living facilities since 1986, and has devoted a
majority of his time to the ownership and operation of those facilities
over the past five years. Mr. Bowen has also been the Chief Executive
Officer of the Bowen companies since their formation.
Marvin S. Hausman, M.D. has served as a director of the Company since March
1996. Since 1992, Dr. Hausman has served as a consultant to the
pharmaceutical industry and since 1995 he has been President of Northwest
Medical Research Partners, Inc., a company engaged in evaluating
biopharmaceutical technologies and medical devices. Prior to 1992, Dr.
Hausman was a practicing urologist and was on the clinical faculty of the
U.C.L.A. Medical Center and an attending physician at the Cedars-Sinai
Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. Dr. Hausman was a co-founder and
is currently a director of Medco Research, Inc., a pharmaceutical research
and development company.
Gary R. Maffei has served as a director of the Company since December 1995.
Mr. Maffei is currently a Vice President of the Merlo Corporation, a
private investment company, and the Harry Merlo Foundation, Inc., a
charitable organization. From 1973 until joining these companies in 1996,
Mr. Maffei was the Director of Human Resources for Louisiana Pacific
Corporation, a forest products company.
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Information on Committees of the Board of Directors and Meetings
During 1997, there were six meetings of the Board of Directors, and all
Board members attended at least 75 percent of the meetings of the Board of
Directors and each committee of which he or she was a member. The Board of
Directors also took action by unanimous written consent, in accordance with the
Company's Bylaws, on one occasion in 1997.
The Company's Board of Directors has established an Executive Committee,
Audit Committee, Compensation Committee, and Conflicts Committee. The Company
has no Nominating Committee and the full Board of Directors selects nominees for
election as directors.
The Executive Committee acts on all matters requiring consideration by the
Board in the interim period between regular and special Board meetings. The
Executive Committee currently consists of Ms. Robinson and Messrs. Bowen, Gregg,
and O'Brien. The Executive Committee took action by written consent on three
occasions in 1997.
The Compensation Committee establishes salaries, incentives and other forms
of compensation for directors, officers and other key employees of the Company,
administers the 1995 Stock Incentive Plan, and recommends policies relating to
benefit plans. The Compensation Committee currently consists of Mr. Bowen and
two independent directors, Messrs. O'Brien and Maffei. In 1997, the Compensation
Committee met twice and took action once by written consent.
The Audit Committee makes recommendations concerning the engagement of
independent public accountants, reviews with the independent public accountants
the scope and results of the audit, reviews management's evaluation of the
Company's system of internal controls, and reviews non-audit professional
services provided by the independent accountants and the range of audit and
non-audit fees. The Audit Committee will also review at least annually
reimbursement of costs by the Company and the other Bowen Companies pursuant to
the Administrative Services Agreement. See "Item 12 -- Certain Relationships and
Related Party Transactions." The Audit Committee currently consists of Mr. Gish
and two independent directors, Ms. Robinson and Mr. Brix. The Audit Committee
met once in 1997.
The Conflicts Committee, consisting of four independent directors, is
responsible for considering for approval on behalf of the Board of Directors all
transactions between the Company and any officer or director of the Company or
any entity in which such officer or director has an equitable or beneficial
interest. The Conflicts Committee currently consists of Ms. Robinson and Messrs.
O'Brien, Gregg, and Maffei. The Conflicts Committee met twice in 1997 and took
action twice by written consent.
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Compensation of Directors
The Company will pay each non-employee director $500 for attendance in
person at each meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee held on a
day on which the Board of Directors does not meet. In addition, the Company will
reimburse the directors for travel expenses incurred in connection with their
activities on behalf of the Company.
Each non-employee member of the Board of Directors of the Company will
automatically be granted an option to purchase 2,000 shares of Common Stock when
that person becomes a director. Each non-employee director will also be
automatically granted an option to purchase 2,000 additional shares of Common
Stock in each subsequent calendar year that the director continues to serve in
that capacity. The exercise price for all automatic grants to non-employee
directors will be the closing sales price of the Common Stock on the business
day immediately preceding the date of grant.
Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 requires the Company's
executive officers, directors, and persons who own more than ten percent of the
outstanding Common Stock of the Company to file reports of ownership and changes
in ownership of the Common Stock with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the "Commission"). Executive officers, directors and greater than ten percent
shareholders are also required by Commission regulations to furnish the Company
with copies of all forms they file pursuant to Section 16(a). Based solely on
review of the copies of such reports furnished to the Company and written
representations from reporting persons, to the Company's knowledge, all of the
Section 16(a) filing requirements applicable to such persons with respect to
fiscal year 1997 were complied with on a timely basis.
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Item 10. Executive Compensation
Summary Compensation Table. The following table sets forth, for the fiscal
years ended December 31, 1997, 1996, and 1995 compensation information with
respect to the Company's Chief Executive Officer, Executive Vice President of
Acquisitions and Development, and Chief Operating Officer. In addition, the
executives named below are the only executive officers of the Company whose
compensation from the Company exceeded $100,000 during fiscal year 1997.
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Summary Compensation Table(1)
Annual Compensation
----------------------- Other Annual
Name and Principal Position Year(2) Salary Bonus Compensation(3)
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Walter C. Bowen 1997 $200,000 $ 25,000 $ 3,000
Chairman of the Board 1996 $200,000 $ -0- $ 3,000
Chief Executive Officer 1995 $200,000 $ -0- $ 3,432
and President
James W. Ekberg 1997 $125,000 $ -0- $ 3,300
Executive Vice President of 1996 $100,000 $10,000 $ 3,300
Acquisitions and Development 1995 $(4) $ -- $ --
Eric W. Jacobsen 1997 $115,000 $ -0- $ 3,750
Chief Operating Officer 1996 $100,000 $10,000 $ 3,000
1995 $ 77,083 $45,437 $ 2,646(5)
(1) Mr. Bowen and other executive officers of the Company (exclusive of Messrs.
Ekberg and Jacobsen) fulfill similar executive functions for certain of the
Bowen Companies. A portion of the salary expense for these officers is
reimbursed to the Company pursuant to the Administrative Services
Agreement. The salary amounts in the table above represent the net
compensation paid by the Company to Mr. Bowen after reimbursement by the
Bowen Companies for time spent by Mr. Bowen on their businesses.
(2) The Company became a reporting company under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 during the fiscal year ended December 31, 1995.
(3) Represents the amount of a contribution by the Company to the officers'
401(k) plan account.
(4) Not material for reporting purposes.
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(5) Does not include an option to purchase 85,000 shares of Common Stock, which
is immediately exercisable at an exercise price of $6.00 per share, granted
to Mr. Jacobsen by Mr. Bowen in 1995.
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Stock Option Grants in Fiscal 1997. The following table sets forth
information concerning individual grants of stock options made by the Company
during fiscal 1997 to each of the officers of the Company named in the Summary
Compensation Table.
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Option Grants in Fiscal Year 1997
Individual Grants
Number of Percent of
Securities Total Options
Underlying Granted to Exercise
Options Employees in Price Per Expiration
Name Granted(1) Fiscal Year(2) Share Date (3)
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Walter C. Bowen -- -- -- --
James W. Ekberg 75,000(4) $3.00 12/16/2005
25,000(5) 45.1%(6) $4.875 12/16/2005
Eric W. Jacobsen 75,000(4) 33.9% $3.00 12/16/2005
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(1) These options were granted pursuant to the Company's 1995 Stock Incentive
Plan (the "Plan").
(2) In fiscal 1997, the Company granted to employees options to purchase an
aggregate of 221,500 shares under the Plan and this number was used in
calculating the percentages set forth in this column. Of this number,
options to purchase 180,000 shares were issued in exchange for a voluntary
termination of a corresponding number of options issued to employees in
connection with the Company's December 1995 initial public offering.
(3) Options granted under the Plan generally expire on the tenth anniversary of
the date of grant.
(4) This option was exercisable 40 percent upon the grant date and 20 percent
on each of the first three anniversaries of the date of grant.
(5) This option was exercisable 20 percent upon the grant date and 20 percent
on each of the first four anniversaries of the date of grant.
(6) Constitutes an aggregate of both option grants
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Option Exercises in 1997 and Fiscal Year-End Option Values. The following
table sets forth information (on an aggregated basis) concerning the fiscal
year-end value of unexercised options held by each of the officers of the
Company named in the Summary Compensation Table. None of the officers named
below exercised any stock options during fiscal 1997.
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Fiscal Year-End Option Values
Value of Unexercised
Number of Unexercised In-the-Money
Acquired Options at Year-End Options at Year-End(1)
on Value ----------------------------------- ---------------------------------
Name Exercise Realized Exercisable Unexercisable Exercisable Unexercisable
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Walter C. Bowen -- -- -- -- -- --
James W. Ekberg -- -- 40,000(2) 85,000 $86,875 $141,250
Eric W. Jacobsen -- -- 35,000(3) 65,000 $91,250 $158,750
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(1) Options are "in-the money" if the fair market value of the underlying
securities on that date exceeds the exercise price of the option. The
amount set forth represents the difference between the fair market value of
the securities underlying the options on December 31, 1997 based on the
last sale price of $5.75 per share of Common Stock on the date (as reported
on the Nasdaq National Market) and the exercise price of the options,
multiplied by the applicable number of options.
(2) Does not include an option to purchase 50,000 shares of Common Stock, which
is immediately exercisable at an exercise price of $6.00 a share, granted
to Mr. Ekberg by Mr. Bowen in 1995.
(3) Does not include an option to purchase 85,000 shares of Common Stock, which
is immediately exercisable at an exercise price of $6.00 a share, granted
to Mr. Jacobsen by Mr. Bowen in 1995.
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Employment Agreements. Each officer of the Company has entered into an
employment agreement with the Company. The employment agreement for all officers
other than Mr. Gibson expires in December 2000. Mr. Gibson's employment
agreement expires in March 2001. The agreements generally entitle the officer to
benefits customarily provided by the Company and provide for a base salary and
eligibility for a bonus. The Company may terminate any officer without cause by
making to such officer a cash payment equal to one year's base salary at the
rate in effect at the time of termination. Any officer may terminate his
employment upon 60 days' prior written notice. In addition, each officer has
entered into a restrictive covenant agreement containing noncompetition and
nondisclosure provisions.
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Item 11. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management
The following table sets forth information, as of April 15, 1998, with
respect to the beneficial ownership of the Company's Common Stock by each
director, by each executive officer of the Company named in the Summary
Compensation Table, by all directors and executive officers as a group, and by
each person who is known to the Company to be the beneficial owner of more than
five percent of the Company's outstanding Common Stock. Unless otherwise
indicated in the Table, each person has sole voting power and sole investment
power with respect to all outstanding shares of Common Stock shown as
beneficially owned by them.
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Amount and Nature
Name and Address of of Beneficial Percent of
Beneficial Owner(1) Ownership Class(2)
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Walter C. Bowen................................... 3,174,700 (3) 68.5%
Eric W. Jacobsen.................................. 120,000 (4) 2.6%
James W. Ekberg................................... 96,000 (4) 2.6%
Steven L. Gish.................................... 44,000 (4) 1.0%
Peter J. Brix..................................... 27,000 (5) *
Gary R. Maffei.................................... 17,000 (5) *
Stephen A. Gregg.................................. 21,600 (6) *
Dana J. O'Brien................................... 4,000 (6)(7) *
Martha L. Robinson................................ 4,000 (6)(7) *
Marvin S. Hausman, MD............................. 30,000 (6)(8) *
Joseph A. Cohen
c/o The Garnet Group, Inc.
825 Third Avenue, 40th Floor
New York, New York 10022.......................... 315,000 (9) 6.8%
Prudential Private Equity
Investors III, L. P.
717 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1100
New York, New York 10022......................... 1,400,493 (10) 23.2%
LTC Healthcare, Inc.
300 Esplanade Drive, Suite 1860
Oxnard, California 93030......................... 533,333 (11) 10.3%
All directors and executive officers
as a group (11 persons)........................ 3,377,800 (3) 70.6%
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* Less than one percent.
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(1) Unless otherwise indicated, the address of each person named is c/o Regent
Assisted Living, Inc., 121 S. W. Morrison Street, Suite 1000, Portland,
Oregon 97204.
(2) Assumes the exercise of solely that individual's options, or conversion of
solely that party's underlying instruments, and issuance by the Company of
the related number of shares of Common Stock.
(3) Includes 170,000 shares held of record by Mr. Bowen that may be purchased
within sixty days by certain officers and one other individual pursuant to
options granted by Mr. Bowen. Mr. Bowen has granted options to purchase a
portion of his shares to the following officers: Messrs. Jacobsen (85,000
shares), Ekberg (50,000 shares), Gish (25,000 shares), and Gregory
Roderick, Vice President, Operations (5,000 shares).
(4) Includes shares that may be acquired within 60 days pursuant to options
granted by Mr. Bowen to purchase a portion of his shares and those shares
that may be purchased pursuant to options granted under the Company's 1995
Stock Incentive Plan.
(5) Includes 6,000 shares that may be acquired within 60 days pursuant to
options automatically granted under the Company's 1995 Stock Incentive Plan
in connection with election and service as a director of the Company.
(6) Includes 4,000 shares that may be acquired within 60 days pursuant to
options automatically granted under the Company's 1995 Stock Incentive Plan
in connection with election and service as a director of the Company.
(7) Does not include shares of Series A or Series B Preferred Stock owned by
Prudential Private Equity Investors III, L.P. ("PPEI"), an investment fund
managed by Cornerstone Equity Investors, L.L.C., the employer of Mr.
O'Brien and Ms. Robinson.
(8) Includes 25,000 shares that may be acquired within 60 days pursuant to
options granted under the Company's 1995 Stock Incentive Plan.
(9) Represents figures based upon SEC Form 13D filed by Mr. Cohen with the
Securities and Exchange Commission in which Mr. Cohen reported his
individual and shared ownership of the Company's Common Stock as of
November 21, 1997. Mr. Cohen has sole voting power over 248,500 shares of
Common Stock and shares voting power over 66,500 shares of Common Stock.
(10) Represents the number of shares that may be acquired within 60 days
pursuant to the holder's right to convert its Series A Preferred Stock into
shares of Common
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Stock. PPEI also owns 382,882 shares of Series B Preferred stock, each
share of which can be converted into one share of Series A Preferred Stock
or into a total of 417,690 shares of Common Stock upon the occurrence of
specified conversion events.
(11) This number comprises the 533,333 shares that may be acquired by LTC
Healthcare, Inc. within sixty (60) days pursuant to its right to convert
its currently outstanding subordinated convertible note into shares of the
Company's Common Stock at a price of $7.50 per share. As set forth in SEC
Form 13D dated as of March 26, 1998, and filed by LTC Healthcare, Inc. with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, LTC Healthcare, Inc. and LTC
Properties, Inc. share common management and LTC Properties, Inc. owns 99
percent of the non-voting Class B Common Stock of LTC Healthcare, Inc. Also
as set forth in the Form 13D, LTC Properties, Inc. beneficially owns 69,000
shares (1.5 percent) of the issued and outstanding Regent Common Stock;
however LTC Healthcare, Inc. and LTC Properties, Inc. disclaim any
beneficial ownership of the other company's securities in Regent.
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Item 12. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions
Mr. Bowen holds a 99 percent general partnership interest in the Regency
Park Apartments Limited Partnership ("Regency Partnership"), an Oregon limited
partnership from which the Company leases its Regency Park community located in
Portland, Oregon. Mr. Bowen also holds a 99 percent ownership interest in
Sterling Park, L.L.C., a Washington limited liability company from which the
Company leases its Sterling Park community located in Redmond, Washington. Mr.
Bowen's minor children hold the remaining one percent interest in the Regency
Partnership and Sterling Park, L.L.C. As a result, Mr. Bowen may be deemed to
receive the portion of the lease payments remaining after service of the debt to
which the properties are subject. For 1997, these lease payments were $1,290,000
for Regency Park and $1,486,248 for Sterling Park.
The Company is the manager of Park Place, an assisted living facility owned
by Northwest Retirement Housing Income Fund III, an Oregon limited partnership
("Northwest III"). Mr. Bowen and Bowen Financial Services Corp. ("Bowen
Financial"), an Oregon corporation wholly owned by Mr. Bowen, are the general
partners of and together own a 1.85 percent interest in Northwest III. The
Company will receive a management fee from Northwest III equal to five percent
of its gross revenues related to Park Place, which amount was $151,793 for 1997.
Bowen Development Company, which is wholly owned by Mr. Bowen, completed
construction of three of the Company's new communities in 1997 and completed an
additional four communities during the first quarter of 1998. Additionally,
Bowen Development Company has contracts to complete six more communities during
1998.
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Pursuant to the construction contracts with the Company, Bowen Development
Company is entitled to "contractor's profit and overhead" on each of these
projects on a percentage-of-completion basis, as well as the reimbursement of
expenses directly incurred by Bowen Development Company in connection with the
construction of these communities. Total "contractor's profit and overhead" to
be paid to Bowen Development Company on these contracts is five percent of the
direct construction costs for the first five projects and three percent of the
direct construction costs for the next seven projects. Bowen Development Company
earned approximately $1,058,000 for contractor's profit and overhead in 1997.
Bowen Development Company has also contracted to build one of the Company's
communities for a fixed price. Each of these contracts was approved by the
Company's independent directors.
The Company believes that each of the foregoing transactions was on terms
no less favorable to the Company than could have been obtained from unaffiliated
parties in arm's-length transactions; however, there can be no assurance that
such is the case.
The Company and the Bowen Companies are all controlled by Mr. Bowen.
Certain executive officers of the Company, including Messrs. Bowen and Gish, and
David R. Gibson, the Company's Vice President for Corporate Affairs, General
Counsel and Secretary, fulfill similar executive functions for other Bowen
Companies and spend significant amounts of time on the business of other Bowen
Companies. The Company provides management and administrative services to, and
from time to time may obtain services or the use of certain equipment from,
certain of the Bowen Companies pursuant to an Administrative Services Agreement.
Under that agreement, the Bowen Companies and the Company reimburse each other
for the actual cost of services received under the Administrative Services
Agreement. The Company believes that the sharing of executive management and
other resources (such as data processing, accounting, legal, financial, tax,
treasury, risk management and human resources) provides benefits to the Company
by giving it access to a level of experience and expertise that can only be
supported by a larger organization. The Administrative Services Agreement is
cancelable by any party, including the Company, on 60 days' notice. Pursuant to
the terms of the Administrative Services Agreement, reimbursement of costs will
be reviewed at least annually by the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors.
The Administrative Services Agreement requires the Bowen Companies to offer
first to the Company any opportunities received by or originated with the Bowen
Companies relating to the assisted living business. The Administrative Services
Agreement also requires all transactions between the Company and one of the
Bowen Companies to be on an arm's length basis containing terms no less
favorable to the Company than could have been obtained from an unrelated third
party and requires any such transaction to be approved by a majority of the
Company's directors unaffiliated with the Bowen Companies. In 1997, Regent
charged the Bowen Companies $351,000 under the Administrative Services
Agreement.
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As of April 15, 1998, the Company has entered into seven construction loan
agreements in an aggregate amount of $37,795,682 for the construction of its
Kenmore, Bakersfield, Austin, Tucson, Henderson, Roseville, and Vacaville
communities. Repayment of each of these loans and performance of the covenants
set forth in each loan is personally guaranteed by Mr. Bowen. Furthermore, the
Company has obtained from commercial banks letters of intent or other
indications of intent to make loans for the construction of up to five the
Company's stand alone Alzheimer's care facilities, in a maximum amount of
$15,000,000. Each of these loans will also require the personal guaranty of Mr.
Bowen.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) 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.
Date: May 5, 1998 REGENT ASSISTED LIVING, INC.
By: DAVID R. GIBSON
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David R. Gibson
Vice President of Corporate Affairs,
General Counsel and Secretary
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