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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM 10-Q
QUARTERLY REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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For Quarter Ended March 31, 1998 Commission File Number 0-14052
NEW ENGLAND LIFE PENSION PROPERTIES III;
A REAL ESTATE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Massachusetts 04-2847256
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
incorporation or organization)
225 Franklin Street, 25th Fl.
Boston, Massachusetts 02110
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code:
(617) 261-9000
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Former name, former address and former fiscal year if changed since last report
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 twelve (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
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NEW ENGLAND LIFE PENSION PROPERTIES III;
A REAL ESTATE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
FORM 10-Q
FOR QUARTER ENDED MARCH 31, 1998
PART I
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
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BALANCE SHEETS
(Unaudited)
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March 31, 1998 December 31, 1997
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ASSETS
Real estate investments:
Joint ventures $10,953,403 $ 17,184,075
Property, net 7,057,172 1,170,476
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18,010,575 18,354,551
Cash and cash equivalents 2,888,869 1,645,244
Short-term investments - 946,836
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$20,899,444 $ 20,946,631
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LIABILITIES AND PARTNERS' CAPITAL
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Accounts payable $ 72,684 $ 99,348
Accrued management fee 45,655 45,655
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Total liabilities 118,339 145,003
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Partners' capital (deficit):
Limited partners ($485.54 per
unit; 75,000 units authorized,
68,414 units issued and
outstanding) 20,838,820 20,859,138
General partners (57,715) (57,510)
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Total partners' capital 20,781,105 20,801,628
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$20,899,444 $ 20,946,631
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(See accompanying notes to financial statements)
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STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Unaudited)
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Quarter Ended March 31,
1998 1997
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INVESTMENT ACTIVITY
Property rentals $ 324,723 $ 62,785
Property operating expenses (61,562) (17,298)
Depreciation and amortization (76,097) (33,425)
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187,064 12,062
Joint venture earnings 324,873 421,261
Amortization (1,569) (2,366)
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Total real estate operations 510,368 430,957
Interest on cash equivalents
and short-term investments 33,039 26,251
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Total investment activity 543,407 457,208
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Portfolio Expenses
General and administrative 56,653 54,357
Management fee 45,655 45,655
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102,308 100,012
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Net Income $ 441,099 $ 357,196
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Net income per limited partnership
unit $ 6.38 $ 5.17
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Cash distributions per
limited partnership unit $ 6.68 $ 6.70
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Number of limited partnership
units outstanding during the period 68,414 68,414
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(See accompanying notes to financial statements)
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STATEMENT OF PARTNERS' CAPITAL (DEFICIT)
(Unaudited)
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<CAPTION>
Quarter Ended March 31,
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1998 1997
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General Limited General Limited
Partners Partners Partners Partners
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Balance at
beginning of
period $ (57,510) $ 20,859,138 $ (52,135) $ 21,391,344
Cash
distributions (4,616) (457,006) (4,630) (458,374)
Net income 4,411 436,688 3,572 353,624
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Balance at
end of period $ (57,715) $ 20,838,820 $ (53,193) $ 21,286,594
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(See accompanying notes to financial statements)
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SUMMARIZED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited)
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Quarter Ended March 31,
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1998 1997
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Net cash provided by operating activities $ 772,316 $ 407,915
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Cash flows from investing activities:
Reduction in property 1,806 -
Decrease in short-term
investments, net 931,125 217,437
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Net cash provided by
investing activities 932,931 217,437
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Cash flows from financing activity:
Distributions to partners (461,622) (463,004)
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Net increase in
cash and cash equivalents 1,243,625 162,348
Cash and cash equivalents:
Beginning of period 1,645,244 1,260,892
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End of period $2,888,869 $1,423,240
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Non-cash transaction:
Effective January 1, 1998, the Partnership's joint venture investment in 270
Technology Park was converted to a wholly-owned property. The carrying value of
this investment at conversion was $6,162,959.
(See accompanying notes to financial statements)
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited)
In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited financial
statements contain all adjustments necessary to present fairly the Partnership's
financial position as of March 31, 1998 and December 31, 1997 and the results of
its operations, its cash flows and partners' capital (deficit) for the interim
periods ended March 31, 1998 and 1997. These adjustments are of a normal
recurring nature.
See notes to financial statements included in the Partnership's 1997 Annual
Report on Form 10-K for additional information relating to the Partnership's
financial statements.
NOTE 1 - ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS
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New England Life Pension Properties III; A Real Estate Limited Partnership
(the "Partnership") is a Massachusetts limited partnership organized for the
purpose of investing primarily in newly constructed and existing income
producing real properties. The Partnership primarily serves as an investment
for qualified pension and profit sharing plans and other entities intended to be
exempt from federal income tax. The Partnership commenced operations in July,
1985 and acquired the three investments it currently owns prior to the end of
1988. The Partnership intends to dispose of its investments within twelve years
of their acquisition, and then liquidate; however, the managing general partner
could extend the investment period if it is in the best interest of the limited
partners. The Partnership has engaged AEW Real Estate Advisors, Inc. ("AEW") to
provide asset management advisory services.
NOTE 2 - REAL ESTATE JOINT VENTURES
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The 270 Technology Park joint venture was restructured to a wholly-owned
property effective January 1, 1998 (See Note 3).
The following summarized financial information is presented in the
aggregate for the joint ventures:
Assets and Liabilities
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March 31, 1998 December 31, 1997
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Assets
Real property, at cost less
accumulated depreciation
of $3,873,702 and $5,110,304 $ 9,163,061 $ 14,786,221
Other assets 299,407 639,480
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9,462,468 15,425,701
Liabilities 41,611 125,700
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Net Assets $ 9,420,857 $ 15,300,001
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Results of Operations
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Quarter ended March 31,
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1998 1997
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Revenue
Rental income $ 595,656 $ 789,405
Other 664 647
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596,320 790,052
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Expenses
Operating expenses 186,510 242,422
Depreciation and amortization 84,937 126,369
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271,447 368,791
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Net income $ 324,873 $ 421,261
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Liabilities and expenses exclude amounts owed and attributable to the
Partnership on behalf of its various financing arrangements with the joint
ventures.
Effective January 1, 1998, the 270 Technology Park joint venture was
converted to a wholly-owned property. Accordingly, the 1998 amounts relate only
to the Bayberry joint venture.
NOTE 3 - PROPERTY
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Effective January 1, 1998, the 270 Technology Park joint venture was
restructured and the venture partner's ownership interest was assigned 99% to
the Partnership, and 1% to an affiliate of the Partnership. Accordingly, as of
this date, the investment is being accounted for as a wholly-owned property.
The carrying value of the joint venture investment at conversion ($6,162,959)
was allocated to land, building and improvements, and other net operating
assets.
The following is a summary of the Partnership's investment in property (two
at March 31, 1998, and one at December 31, 1997):
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March 31, 1998 December 31, 1997
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Land $ 563,176 $ 347,772
Buildings and improvements 6,660,074 1,041,839
Accumulated depreciation
and amortization (307,791) (244,868)
Net operating assets 141,713 25,733
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$ 7,057,172 $ 1,170,476
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The net carrying value at March 31, 1998 was comprised of North Cabot and
270 Technology Park at $1,155,201 and $5,901,971, respectively.
NOTE 4 - SUBSEQUENT EVENT
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Distributions of cash from operations relating to the quarter ended March
31, 1998 were made on April 29, 1998 in the aggregate amount of $461,622 ($6.68
per limited partnership unit).
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Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
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Results of Operations
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Liquidity and Capital Resources
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The Partnership completed its offering of units of limited partnership
interest in December 1985 and a total of 68,414 units were sold. The
Partnership received proceeds of $61,950,285, net of selling commissions and
other offering costs, which were invested in real estate, used to pay related
acquisition costs, or retained as working capital reserves. The Partnership
made nine real estate investments, six of which were sold prior to 1994. As a
result of the sales, capital of $35,196,266 ($514.46 per limited partnership
unit) has been returned to the limited partners through March 31, 1998.
At March 31, 1998, the Partnership had $2,888,869 in cash and cash
equivalents, of which $461,622 was used for operating cash distributions to
partners on April 29, 1998; the remainder is being retained as working capital
reserves. The source of future liquidity and cash distributions to partners
will primarily be cash generated by the Partnership's real estate investments
and invested cash and cash equivalents. Distributions of cash from operations
for the first quarter of 1997 and 1998 were made at the annualized rate of 5.5%
on the adjusted capital contribution of $485.54 per limited partnership unit.
The carrying value of real estate investments in the financial statements
at March 31, 1998 is at depreciated cost, or if the investment's carrying value
is determined not to be recoverable through expected undiscounted future cash
flows, the carrying value is reduced to estimated fair market value. The fair
market value of such investments is further reduced by the estimated cost of
sale for properties held for sale. Carrying value may be greater or less than
current appraised value. At March 31, 1998, the appraised value of each real
estate investment exceeded its related carrying value; the aggregate excess was
approximately $6,900,000. The current appraised value of real estate
investments has been determined by the managing general partner and is generally
based on a combination of traditional appraisal approaches performed by AEW and
independent appraisers. Because of the subjectivity inherent in the valuation
process, the current appraised value may differ significantly from that which
could be realized if the real estate were actually offered for sale in the
marketplace.
Results of Operations
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Form of Real Estate Investments
North Cabot Industrial Park is a wholly-owned property. Effective January
1, 1998, 270 Technology Park was converted to a wholly-owned property; it was
previously structured as a joint venture with a real estate
management/development firm. Bayberry is structured as a joint venture with a
real estate management/development firm.
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Operating Factors
Occupancy at North Cabot Industrial Park remained at 100% during the first
quarter of 1998, where it has been since September 30, 1996.
Occupancy at 270 Technology Park remained at 98% during the first quarter
of 1998. (Occupancy was 98% at December 31, 1997 and 99% at March 31, 1997.)
Occupancy at Bayberry Apartments increased to 97% as of March 31, 1998.
(Occupancy was 93% at December 31, 1997 and 90% at March 31, 1997.)
Investment Results
Interest on cash equivalents and short-term investments increased by
approximately $7,000, or 26%, between the first three months of 1997 and 1998.
The increase is primarily due to higher average invested balances as well as
higher short-term yields in 1998.
Real estate operating results were $510,368 for the first three months of
1998, and $430,957 for the comparable period of 1997. At North Cabot, 1998
operations improved by approximately $29,000 due to lower operating expenses
attributable to the refund of prior-year property taxes of approximately $11,000
in 1998, as well as decreased amortization expense related to certain tenant
improvements which were fully amortized during 1997. Operating income also
increased at Bayberry by approximately $70,000 primarily due to the increase in
occupancy mentioned above. At 270 Technology Park, operating results declined by
approximately $20,000 due to increases in operating expenses and depreciation
which were partially offset by an improvement in rental rates in the first
quarter of 1998 as compared to the comparable period in 1997.
Cash from operations increased by approximately $364,000 between the two
three-month periods. The increase is primarily due to the increase in real
estate operating results discussed above and increased distributions from
Bayberry, as well as a decrease in property working capital at 270 Technology
Park.
Portfolio Expenses
General and administrative expenses primarily consist of real estate
appraisal, legal, accounting, printing and servicing agent fees. These expenses
increased by approximately $2,300, or 4% between the first three months of 1997
and 1998 primarily due to an increase in investor servicing expenses, partially
offset by a decrease in accounting fees.
The Partnership management fee is 9% of distributable cash flow from
operations after any increase or decrease in working capital reserves as
determined by the managing general partner.
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NEW ENGLAND LIFE PENSION PROPERTIES III;
A REAL ESTATE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
FORM 10-Q
FOR QUARTER ENDED MARCH 31, 1998
PART II
OTHER INFORMATION
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Items 1-5 Not Applicable
Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K
a. Exhibits: (27) Financial Data Schedule
b. Reports on Form 8-K: No Current Reports on
Form 8-K were filed during the quarter ended
March 31, 1998.
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SIGNATURES
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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.
NEW ENGLAND LIFE PENSION PROPERTIES III;
A REAL ESTATE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
(Registrant)
May 15, 1998
/s/ Wesley M. Gardiner, Jr.
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Wesley M. Gardiner, Jr.
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
of Managing General Partner,
Copley Properties Company III, Inc.
May 15, 1998
/s/ Karin J. Lagerlund
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Karin J. Lagerlund
Treasurer and Principal Financial and Accounting
Officer of Managing General Partner, Copley
Properties Company III, Inc.
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<PERIOD-END> MAR-31-1998
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