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Form 10KSB for SANTA FE FINANCIAL CORP


25-Sep-2008

Annual Report


Item 6. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The Company's principal sources of revenue continue to be derived from the investment of its 68.8% owned subsidiary, Portsmouth, in the Justice Investors limited partnership ("Justice" or the "Partnership"), rental income from its investments in multi-family real estate properties and income received from investment of its cash and securities assets. Portsmouth has a 50.0% ownership interest in the Justice and serves as one of the general partners. Justice owns the land, improvements and leaseholds at 750 Kearny Street, San Francisco, California, known as the Hilton San Francisco Financial District hotel (the "Hotel"). The financial statements of Justice have been consolidated with those of the Company, effective as of July 1, 2006. See Note 2 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

The Hotel is operated by the Partnership as a full service Hilton brand hotel pursuant to a Franchise License Agreement with Hilton Hotels Corporation. The term of the Agreement is for a period of 15 years commencing on January 12, 2006, with an option to extend the license term for another five years, subject to certain conditions. Justice also has a Management Agreement with Prism Hospitality L.P. ("Prism") to perform the day-to-day management functions of the Hotel.

The Partnership also derives income from the lease of the garage portion of the property to Evon Corporation ("Evon"), the managing general partner of Justice, and from a lease with Tru Spa for a portion of the lobby level of the Hotel. The Company also receives management fees as a general partner of Justice for its services in overseeing and managing the Partnership's assets. Those fees are eliminated in consolidation.

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Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2008 Compared to Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2007

The Company had a net loss of $2,272,000 for the year ended June 30, 2008 compared to a net loss of $1,962,000 for the year ended June 30, 2007. The increase in the net loss is primarily due to the significant loss incurred from the Company's investment activities, partially offset by the significant decrease in the loss from Hotel operations.

The following table sets forth a more detailed presentation of Hotel operations for the years ended June 30, 2008 and 2007.


For the years ended June 30,                                    2008            2007
                                                             ----------      ----------
Hotel revenues:
 Hotel rooms                                                $29,426,000     $24,431,000
 Food and beverage                                            6,017,000       5,110,000
 Garage                                                       1,602,000       1,533,000
 Other operating departments                                    733,000         641,000
                                                             ----------      ----------
  Total hotel revenues                                       37,778,000      31,715,000
                                                             ----------      ----------
Operating expenses excluding interest, depreciation
  and amortization                                          (31,967,000)    (29,310,000)
                                                             ----------      ----------
Operating income                                              5,811,000       2,405,000

Interest expense                                             (2,858,000)     (2,919,000)
Depreciation and amortization expense                        (4,463,000)     (4,172,000)
                                                             ----------      ----------
Loss from hotel operations                                  $(1,510,000)    $(4,686,000)
                                                             ==========      ==========

For the year ended June 30, 2008, the Hotel generated operating income of approximately $5,811,000, before interest, depreciation and amortization, on operating revenues of approximately $37,778,000 compared to operating income of approximately $2,405,000 before interest, depreciation and amortization, on operating revenues of approximately $31,715,000 for the year ended June 30, 2007. The increase in Hotel operating income is primarily due to a higher average daily room rate and an increase in occupancy percentage resulting in an approximately $6,063,000 increase in Hotel revenues.

The following table sets forth the average daily room rate, average occupancy percentage and room revenue per available room ("RevPar") of the Hotel for the years ended June 30, 2008 and 2007.

    Year Ended            Average           Average
     June 30,            Daily Rate        Occupancy%         RevPar
-----------------        ----------        ----------        ---------
      2008                 $175              84.1%             $148
      2007                 $160              75.8%             $122

Average daily room rates and occupancy have continued to improve since the Hotel's reopening in January 2006 as the Hotel approaches full stabilization and gets further penetration into the Financial District hotel market. As a result, the Hotel was able to achieve an increase in RevPar of $26 for the year ended June 30, 2008 compared the year ended June 30, 2007. While we expect operating revenues of the Hotel to continue to grow, that growth will probably be at a slower pace due to the uncertain economy and the impact of rising fuel costs on travel.

The Hotel's food and beverage operations remained challenging. Although management was able to trim the losses in that department to approximately $214,000 for the year ended June 30, 2008 from approximately $510,000 for the year ended June 30, 2007. The Hotel's food and beverage operations will

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continue to be an area of concern due to brand requirements of maintaining a three-meal, full service restaurant, the associated costs of union labor, and the intense competition in the San Francisco market for restaurants. Management will continue to focus on this area and will explore new and innovative ways to improve operations. One new concept that Management has recently initiated is the opening of a new wine bar "Flyte" in the lobby of the Hotel in August 2008.

With an uncertain economy, higher fuel prices and the possibility of a decline in business, group and leisure travel, management will also continue to focus on ways to improve efficiencies and reduce operating costs and other expenses in its efforts to increase the operating income of the Hotel. In the last two quarters of the year ended June 30, 2008, we have seen an improvement in operating costs of the Hotel as a percentage Hotel revenues as well as a reduction in general and administrative costs at the Partnership level for legal and consulting fees.

Minority interest related to Justice Investors decreased to $802,000 for the year ended June 30, 2008 from $2,423,000 for the year ended June 30, 2007. The decrease is due to the reduced loss from the hotel operations to $1,510,000 for the year ended June 30, 2008 from $4,686,000 for the year ended June 30, 2007.

Income from real estate operations increased to income of $113,000 from income of $3,000. The increase in income is primarily as the result of the increase rental income to $559,000 from $501,000 combined with the decrease in operating expenses to $197,000 from $246,000. Rental income increased as the result of the increase in rents and occupancy while operating expenses decreased as the result of having fewer repairs and maintenance related expenses.

The Company had a net loss on marketable securities of $1,473,000 for the year ended June 30, 2008 as compared to a net gain on marketable securities of $2,038,000 for the year ended June 30, 2007. For the year ended June 30, 2008, the Company had a net realized gain of $1,356,000 and a net unrealized loss $2,829,000. For the year ended June 30, 2007, the Company had a net realized gain of $1,936,000 and a net unrealized gain of $102,000. Gains and losses on marketable securities and other investments may fluctuate significantly from period to period in the future and could have a significant impact on the Company's net income. However, the amount of gain or loss on marketable securities and other investments for any given period may have no predictive value and variations in amount from period to period may have no analytical value. For a more detailed description of the composition of the Company's marketable securities please see the Marketable Securities section below.

Dividend and interest income decreased to $138,000 for the year ended June 30, 2008 from $251,000 for the year ended June 30, 2007 as a result of the decreased investment in income yielding securities during the year ended June 30, 2008.

Margin interest and trading expenses decreased to $511,000 for the year ended June 30, 2008 from $775,000 for the year ended June 30, 2007. The decrease is primarily due to the decrease in margin interest expense to $127,000 for the year ended June 30, 2008 from $395,000 for the year ended June 30, 2007. The decrease is the result of the maintenance of lower margin balances.

The Company may also invest, with the approval of the Securities Investment Committee, in private investment equity funds and other unlisted securities, such as convertible notes through private placements. Those investments in non- marketable securities are carried at cost on the Company's balance sheet as part of other investments net of other than temporary impairment losses. As of June 30, 2008, the Company had net other investments of $4,239,000. During the years ended June 30, 2008 and 2007, the Company performed an impairment

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analysis of its other investments and determined that its investments had other than temporary impairments and recorded impairment losses of $640,000 and $875,000, respectively.

The provision for the income tax benefit increased to $1,296,000 for the year ended June 30, 2008 from $199,000 for the year ended June 30, 2007 primarily due to the increase in the pre-tax loss to $4,126,000 from $2,634,000, respectively.

MARKETABLE SECURITIES AND OTHER INVESTMENTS

As of June 30, 2008, the Company had investments in marketable equity
securities totaling $4,328,000.  The following table shows the composition of
the Company's marketable securities portfolio by selected industry groups as of
June 30, 2008.


                                                             % of Total
                                                              Investment
   Industry Group                      Market Value           Securities
   --------------                      ------------           ----------
   Dairy products                      $  1,036,000               23.9%
   Communications                           610,000               14.1%
   Financial                                555,000               12.8%
   Basic materials                          393,000                9.1%
   Transportation                           285,000                6.6%
   Medical                                  270,000                6.2%
   Other                                  1,179,000               27.3%
                                         ----------              ------
                                       $  4,328,000              100.0%
                                         ==========              ======

The Company's investment portfolio is diversified with 21 different equity positions. The portfolio contains five individual equity security positions that are more than 5% of the total equity value of the portfolio, with the largest representing approximately 23% of the total equity value of the entire portfolio. The amount of the Company's investment in any particular issuer may increase or decrease, and additions or deletions to its securities portfolio may occur, at any time. While it is the internal policy of the Company to limit its initial investment in any single equity to less than 5% of its total portfolio value, that investment could eventually exceed 5% as a result of equity appreciation or reduction of other positions. Marketable securities are stated at market value as determined by the most recently traded price of each security at the balance sheet date.

The following table shows the net gain or loss on the Company's marketable securities and the associated margin interest and trading expenses for the respective years.

For the years ended June 30,                     2008              2007
                                            -------------     -------------

Net (loss)gain on marketable securities      $(1,473,000)     $  2,038,000
Impairment loss on other investments            (640,000)         (875,000)
Dividend and interest income                     138,000           251,000
Margin interest expense                         (127,000)         (395,000)
Trading and management expenses                 (384,000)         (380,000)
                                              ----------        ----------
                                             $(2,486,000)     $    639,000
                                              ==========        ==========

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The Company may also invest, with the approval of the Securities Investment Committee, in private investment equity funds and other unlisted securities, such as convertible notes through private placements. Those investments in non- marketable securities are carried at cost on the Company's balance sheet as part of other investments net of other than temporary impairment losses.

As of June 30, 2008, the Company had net other investments of $4,239,000. During the years ended June 30, 2008 and 2007, the Company made investments in corporate debt instruments of a public company in the basic materials sector totaling $790,000 and $555,000, respectively.

During the years ended June 30, 2008 and 2007, the Company received common stock issued upon conversion or as payment of interest and penalties on convertible notes in this company. Through sales of this common stock, the Company was able to recover approximately $851,000 and $352,000 of its investments during the year ended June 2008 and 2007. The sales of this common stock were recognized as realized gains in the consolidated statement of operations in the respective years. As of June 30, 2008, Santa Fe had $393,000 of this company's common stock included in its investment in marketable securities balance of $4,328,000. As of June 30, 2008, the Company still holds notes and convertible notes of this company totaling approximately $3,478,000, which includes $2,822,000 of principal and $656,000 of accrued interest and penalties.

In June 2008, the Company and InterGroup ("the Companies") entered into an agreement to make additional investments in corporate debt instruments in the aggregate amount of $1,250,000. Those investments will be allocated $750,000 to the Company and $500,000 to Intergroup. In addition, the Company's chairman agreed to invest in a like amount and on the same terms as the Companies. As of June 30, 2008, a total of $250,000 of the investment was made by the Companies, of which the Company paid $150,000, leaving an aggregate remaining commitment from the Companies of $1,000,000. Subsequent to year end, additional investment funding was made in July and August 2008 in the total amount of $500,000, of which $300,000 was paid by the Company, reducing the Companies remaining commitment to $500,000.

FINANCIAL CONDITION AND LIQUIDITY

The Company's cash flows are primarily generated from the operations of Justice Investors. The Company also receives revenues generated from its real estate operations and from the investment of its cash and securities assets. Since the operations of the Hotel were temporarily suspended on May 31, 2005, and significant amounts of money were expended to renovate and reposition the Hotel as a Hilton, Justice did not pay any partnership distributions until the end of March 2007. As a result, the Company had to depend more on the revenues generated from the investment of its cash and marketable securities during that transition period.

The Hotel started to generate cash flows from its operations in June 2006, which have continued to improve since that time. As a result, Justice was able to pay a total of $1,450,000 in limited partnership distributions for the year ended June 30, 2008 compared to $1,000,000 for the year ended June 30, 2007. The general partners expect to conduct regular reviews to set the amount of any future distributions that may be appropriate based on the results of operations of the Hotel and other factors. If cash flows from the Hotel operations continue to improve, the Partnership could be in a position to increase distributions to its limited partners in fiscal 2009.

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To meet its substantial financial commitments for the renovation and transition of the Hotel to a Hilton, Justice had to rely on borrowings to meet its obligations. On July 27, 2005, Justice entered into a first mortgage loan with The Prudential Insurance Company of America in a principal amount of $30,000,000 (the "Prudential Loan"). The term of the Prudential Loan is for 120 months at a fixed interest rate of 5.22% per annum. The Prudential Loan calls for monthly installments of principal and interest in the amount of approximately $165,000, calculated on a 30-year amortization schedule. The Prudential Loan is collateralized by a first deed of trust on the Partnership's Hotel property, including all improvements and personal property thereon and an assignment of all present and future leases and rents. The Prudential Loan is without recourse to the limited and general partners of Justice. As of June 30, 2008 the Prudential Loan balance was approximately $28,735,000.

On March 27, 2007, Justice entered into a second mortgage loan with Prudential (the "Second Prudential Loan") in the principal amount of $19,000,000. The term of the Second Prudential Loan is for approximately 100 months and matures on August 5, 2015, the same date as the first Prudential Loan. The Second Prudential Loan is at a fixed interest rate of 6.42% per annum and calls for monthly installments of principal and interest in the amount of approximately $119,000, calculated on a 30-year amortization schedule. The Second Prudential Loan is collateralized by a second deed of trust on the Partnership's Hotel property, including all improvements and personal property thereon and an assignment of all present and future leases and rents. The Second Prudential Loan is without recourse to the limited and general partners of Justice. As of June 30, 2008, the Second Prudential Loan balance was approximately $18,747,000.

From the proceeds of the Second Prudential Loan, Justice retired its existing line of credit facility with United Commercial Bank ("UCB") paying off the outstanding balance of principal and interest of approximately $16,403,000 on March 27, 2007.

The Partnership also obtained a new unsecured $3,000,000 revolving line of credit facility from UCB to be utilized by the Partnership to meet any emergency or extraordinary cash flow needs. The new line of credit facility matures on February 2, 2009 and the annual interest rate is based on an index selected by Justice at the time of advance, equal to the Wall Street Journal Prime Rate less 0.5%, or the LIBOR Rate plus 2%. As of June 30, 2008, there was a balance of $1,513,000 drawn by Justice under the new line of credit, with an annual interest rate at LIBOR plus two percent (4.50% as of June 30, 2008). During part of fiscal 2008 and 2007, Justice also utilized approximately $1,500,000 of the amount available under the line of credit in the form of a standby letter of credit related to the Allied Litigation. That letter of credit was retired with the settlement of the Allied Litigation in June 2008.

While the debt service requirements related to the two Prudential loans, as well as the utilization of the UCB line of credit, may create some additional risk for the Company and its ability to generate cash flows in the future since the Partnership's assets had been virtually debt free for a number of years, management believes that cash flows from the operations of the Hotel and the garage lease will continue to be sufficient to meet all of the Partnership's current and future obligations and financial requirements. Management also believes that there is sufficient equity in the Hotel assets to support future borrowings, if necessary, to fund any new capital improvements and other requirements.

The Company has invested in short-term, income-producing instruments and in equity and debt securities when deemed appropriate. The Company's marketable securities are classified as trading with unrealized gains and losses recorded through the consolidated statement of operations.

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Management believes that its cash, securities assets, and the cash flows generated from those assets and from partnership distributions and management fees, will be adequate to meet the Company's current and future obligations.

MATERIAL CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS

The Company does not have any material contractual obligations or commercial commitments other than Justice's mortgage loans with Prudential, its revolving line of credit facility with UCB and notes payable on its rental properties.

OFF-BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENTS

The Company has no material off balance sheet arrangements.

IMPACT OF INFLATION

Hotel room rates are typically impacted by supply and demand factors, not inflation, since rental of a hotel room is usually for a limited number of nights. Room rates can be, and usually are, adjusted to account for inflationary cost increases. Since Prism has the power and ability under the terms of its management agreement to adjust hotel room rates on an ongoing basis, there should be minimal impact on partnership revenues due to inflation. Partnership revenues are also subject to interest rate risks, which may be influenced by inflation. For the two most recent fiscal years, the impact of inflation on the Company's income is not viewed by management as material.

The Company's residential rental properties provide income from short-term operating leases and no lease extends beyond one year. Rental increases are expected to offset anticipated increased property operating expenses.

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Critical accounting policies are those that are most significant to the portrayal of our financial position and results of operations and require judgments by management in order to make estimates about the effect of matters that are inherently uncertain. The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts in our consolidated financial statements. We evaluate our estimates on an on-going basis, including those related to the consolidation of our subsidiaries, to our revenues, allowances for bad debts, accruals, asset impairments, other investments, income taxes and commitments and contingencies. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities. The actual results may differ from these estimates or our estimates may be affected by different assumptions or conditions.

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