10-Q 1 f72493fe10-q.txt CRONOS GLOBAL INCOME FUND XIV, L.P. FORM 10-Q 1 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM 10-Q [X] QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED MARCH 31, 2001 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 0-23158 CRONOS GLOBAL INCOME FUND XIV, L.P. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) California 94-3163375 (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer incorporation or organization) Identification No.) One Front Street, 15th Floor, San Francisco, California 94111 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) (415) 677-8990 (Registrant's telephone number, including area code) 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 [X] No [ ] 2 CRONOS GLOBAL INCOME FUND XIV, L.P. REPORT ON FORM 10-Q FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED MARCH 31, 2001 TABLE OF CONTENTS

2 3 PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION Item 1. Financial Statements Presented herein are the Registrant's balance sheets as of March 31, 2001 and December 31, 2000, statements of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2001 and 2000, and statements of cash flows for the three months ended March 31, 2001 and 2000. 3 4 CRONOS GLOBAL INCOME FUND XIV, L.P. BALANCE SHEETS

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. 4 5 CRONOS GLOBAL INCOME FUND XIV, L.P. STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (UNAUDITED)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. 5 6 CRONOS GLOBAL INCOME FUND XIV, L.P. STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (UNAUDITED)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. 6 7 CRONOS GLOBAL INCOME FUND XIV, L.P. NOTES TO UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (1) Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (a) Nature of Operations Cronos Global Income Fund XIV, L.P. (the "Partnership") is a limited partnership organized under the laws of the State of California on July 30, 1992, for the purpose of owning and leasing marine cargo containers worldwide to ocean carriers. To this extent, the Partnership's operations are subject to the fluctuations of world economic and political conditions. Such factors may affect the pattern and levels of world trade. The Partnership believes that the profitability of, and risks associated with, leases to foreign customers is generally the same as those of leases to domestic customers. The Partnership's leases generally require all payments to be made in United States currency. Cronos Capital Corp. ("CCC") is the general partner and, with its affiliate Cronos Containers Limited (the "Leasing Company"), manages the business of the Partnership. CCC and the Leasing Company also manage the container leasing business for other partnerships affiliated with the general partner. The Partnership shall continue until December 31, 2012, unless sooner terminated upon the occurrence of certain events. The Partnership commenced operations on January 29, 1993 when the minimum subscription proceeds of $2,000,000 were obtained. The Partnership offered 4,250,000 units of limited partnership interests at $20 per unit, or $85,000,000. The offering terminated on November 30, 1993, at which time 2,984,309 limited partnership units had been sold. (b) Leasing Company and Leasing Agent Agreement The Partnership has entered into a Leasing Agent Agreement whereby the Leasing Company has the responsibility to manage the leasing operations of all equipment owned by the Partnership. Pursuant to the Agreement, the Leasing Company is responsible for leasing, managing and re-leasing the Partnership's containers to ocean carriers, and has full discretion over which ocean carriers and suppliers of goods and services it may deal with. The Leasing Agent Agreement permits the Leasing Company to use the containers owned by the Partnership, together with other containers owned or managed by the Leasing Company and its affiliates, as part of a single fleet operated without regard to ownership. Since the Leasing Agent Agreement meets the definition of an operating lease in Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 13, it is accounted for as a lease under which the Partnership is lessor and the Leasing Company is lessee. The Leasing Agent Agreement generally provides that the Leasing Company will make payments to the Partnership based upon rentals collected from ocean carriers after deducting direct operating expenses and management fees to CCC and the Leasing Company. The Leasing Company leases containers to ocean carriers, generally under operating leases which are either master leases or term leases (mostly one to five years). Master leases do not specify the exact number of containers to be leased or the term that each container will remain on hire but allow the ocean carrier to pick up and drop off containers at various locations, and rentals are based upon the number of containers used and the applicable per-diem rate. Accordingly, rentals under master leases are all variable and contingent upon the number of containers used. Most containers are leased to ocean carriers under master leases; leasing agreements with fixed payment terms are not material to the financial statements. Since there are no material minimum lease rentals, no disclosure of minimum lease rentals is provided in these financial statements. (Continued) 7 8 CRONOS GLOBAL INCOME FUND XIV, L.P. NOTES TO UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (c) Basis of Accounting The Partnership utilizes the accrual method of accounting. Net lease revenue is recorded by the Partnership in each period based upon its leasing agent agreement with the Leasing Company. Net lease revenue is generally dependent upon operating lease rentals from operating lease agreements between the Leasing Company and its various lessees, less direct operating expenses and management fees due in respect of the containers specified in each operating lease agreement. (d) Financial Statement Presentation These financial statements have been prepared without audit. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting procedures have been omitted. It is suggested that these financial statements be read in conjunction with the financial statements and accompanying notes in the Partnership's latest annual report on Form 10-K. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (GAAP) requires the Partnership 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 reported period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The interim financial statements presented herewith reflect all adjustments of a normal recurring nature which are, in the opinion of management, necessary to a fair statement of the financial condition and results of operations for the interim period presented. The results of operations for such interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year. (2) Net Lease Receivables Due from Leasing Company Net lease receivables due from the Leasing Company are determined by deducting direct operating payables and accrued expenses, base management fees payable, and reimbursed administrative expenses payable to CCC and its affiliates from the rental billings earned by the Leasing Company under operating leases to ocean carriers for the containers owned by the Partnership. Net lease receivables at March 31, 2001 and December 31, 2000 were as follows:

(Continued) 8 9 CRONOS GLOBAL INCOME FUND XIV, L.P. NOTES TO UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (3) Net Lease Revenue Net lease revenue is determined by deducting direct operating expenses, base management fees and reimbursed administrative expenses to CCC and its affiliates from the rental revenue earned by the Leasing Company under operating leases to ocean carriers for the containers owned by the Partnership. Net lease revenue for each of the three-month periods ended March 31, 2001 and 2000 were as follows:

(4) Operating Segment The Financial Accounting Standards Board has issued SFAS No. 131, "Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information," which changes the way public business enterprises report financial and descriptive information about reportable operating segments. An operating segment is a component of an enterprise that engages in business activities from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses, whose operating results are regularly reviewed by the enterprise's chief operating decision maker to make decisions about resources to be allocated to the segment and assess its performance, and about which separate financial information is available. Management operates the Partnership's container fleet as a homogenous unit and has determined, after considering the requirements of SFAS No. 131, that as such it has a single reportable operating segment. The Partnership derives its revenues from leasing marine cargo containers. As of March 31, 2001, the Partnership operated 8,305 twenty-foot, 3,468 forty-foot and 213 forty-foot high-cube marine dry cargo containers, as well as 494 twenty-foot and 292 forty-foot marine refrigerated cargo containers. A summary of gross lease revenue, by product, for each of the three-month periods ended March 31, 2001 and 2000 follows:

Due to the Partnership's lack of information regarding the physical location of its fleet of containers when on lease in the global shipping trade, it is impracticable to provide the geographic area information required by SFAS No. 131. ****** 9 10 Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations It is suggested that the following discussion be read in conjunction with the Registrant's most recent annual report on Form 10-K. 1) Material changes in financial condition between March 31, 2001 and December 31, 2000. At March 31, 2001, the Registrant had $1,631,722 in cash and cash equivalents, a decrease of $74,611 from the cash balances at December 31, 2000. Contributing to this decline was the Registrants' results from operations, which were impacted by a declining fleet size and conditions created by the slowdown in the global economy. The Registrant's operating performance contributed to a 10% decline in net lease receivables at March 31, 2001 when compared to December 31, 2000. The decrease is primarily due to a 10% decrease in gross lease receivables, a component of net lease receivables. The Registrant's cash distribution from operations for the first quarter of 2001 was 6% (annualized) of the limited partners' original capital contributions, unchanged from the fourth quarter of 2000. These distributions are directly related to the Registrant's results from operations and may fluctuate accordingly. 2) Material changes in the results of operations between the three-month period ended March 31, 2001 and the three-month period ended March 31, 2000. In the first quarter of 2001, the worldwide demand for containers was significantly impacted by the slowdown in the global economy. These conditions are reflected in the decline of the Registrant's utilization and per-diem rates from December 31, 2000 levels. The Leasing Company has implemented a number of marketing initiatives which are designed to target identified leasing opportunities and enhance inventory management. Net lease revenue for the three-month period ended March 31, 2001 was $959,668, a decrease of approximately 7% from the same period in the prior year. Gross rental revenue (a component of net lease revenue) for the three-month period ended March 31, 2001 was $1,464,638, reflecting a decline of 16% from the same period in the prior year. Gross lease revenue was primarily impacted by lower per-diem rental rates and a decrease in utilization rates. Dry cargo container average per-diem rental rates for the three-month period ended March 31, 2001 declined approximately 4% when compared to the same period in the prior year. Refrigerated container average per-diem rental rates for the three-month period ended March 31, 2001 decreased approximately 5% when compared to the same period in the prior year. The Registrant's average fleet size and utilization rates for each of the three-month periods ended March 31, 2001 and 2000 were as follows:

(Continued) 10 11 Rental equipment operating expenses were 23% of the Registrant's gross lease revenue during the three-month period ended March 31, 2001, as compared to 27% during the three-month period ended March 31, 2000. The decrease was primarily due to the reduction in the provision for doubtful accounts and related expense in the amount of $89,355, as well as a reduction in repair and maintenance expenses totaling $33,605. These decreases were partially offset by an increase in storage costs of $28,944, which typically increase with a reduction in utilization. The Registrant's operating results contributed to a decline in base management fees when compared to the same period in the prior year. The Registrant disposed of 26 twenty-foot and 12 forty-foot marine dry cargo containers, as well as one forty-foot refrigerated cargo container during the first quarter of 2001, compared to 21 twenty-foot and eight forty-foot marine dry cargo containers, as well as one twenty-foot and six forty-foot refrigerated cargo containers during the same period in the prior year. These disposals resulted in a loss of $28,634 for the first quarter of 2001, as compared to a gain of $564 for the same period in the prior year. The Registrant believes that the net loss on container disposals in the first quarter of 2001 was a result of various factors including the age, condition, suitability for continued leasing, as well as the geographical location of the containers when disposed. These factors will continue to influence the decision to repair or dispose of a container when it is returned by a lessee, as well as the amount of sales proceeds received and the related gain or loss on container disposals. The level of the Registrant's container disposals in subsequent periods will also contribute to fluctuations in the net gain or loss on disposals. As a result of current market conditions, the Registrant will monitor the carrying value of its containers to determine if they have been permanently impaired. Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk Not applicable. 11 12 PART II - OTHER INFORMATION Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K (a) Exhibits

(b) Reports on Form 8-K No reports on Form 8-K were filed by the Registrant during the quarter ended March 31, 2001. ---------- * Incorporated by reference to Exhibit "A" to the Prospectus of the Registrant dated December 2, 1992, included as part of Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 33-51810) ** Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 33-51810) *** Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 33-51810) 12 13 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. CRONOS GLOBAL INCOME FUND XIV, L.P. By Cronos Capital Corp. The General Partner By /s/ Dennis J. Tietz ------------------------------------- Dennis J. Tietz President and Director of Cronos Capital Corp. ("CCC") Principal Executive Officer of CCC By /s/ John Kallas ------------------------------------- John Kallas Chief Financial Officer and Director of Cronos Capital Corp. ("CCC") Principal Financial and Accounting Officer of CCC Date: May 15, 2001 13 14 EXHIBIT INDEX

---------- * Incorporated by reference to Exhibit "A" to the Prospectus of the Registrant dated December 2, 1992, included as part of Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 33-51810) ** Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 33-51810) *** Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 33-51810)

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