10-Q
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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 10-Q

 

 

(Mark One)

 

x QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2012

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 000-51064

 

 

GREAT WOLF RESORTS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   51-0510250

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

525 Junction Road, Suite 6000 South

Madison, Wisconsin 53717

  53717
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

(608) 662-4700

(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  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    Yes  x    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer   ¨    Accelerated filer   x
Non-accelerated filer   ¨  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)    Smaller reporting company   ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes  ¨    No  x

The number of shares outstanding of the issuer’s common stock was 200 as of August 14, 2012.

 

 

 


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Great Wolf Resorts, Inc.

Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q

For the Quarter Ended June 30, 2012

INDEX

 

     Page
No.
 

PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

  

Item 1. Financial Statements (unaudited)

  

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011

     4   

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the period May 5, 2012 through June  30, 2012, period April 1, 2012 through May 4, 2012, three months ended June 30, 2011, period January 1, 2012 through May 4, 2012 and the six months ended June 30, 2011

     5   

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the period May 5, 2012 through June  30, 2012, period January 1, 2012 through May 4, 2012 and the six months ended June 30, 2011

     6   

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

     7   

Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

     41   

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

     60   

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

     62   

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

  

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

     63   

Item 1A. Risk Factors

     64   

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

     64   

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities

     64   

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

     64   

Item 5. Other Information

     64   

Item 6. Exhibits

     70   

Signatures

     71   

 

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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Some of the statements contained or that may be included in this report or in information we file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, are or may be deemed to be forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and are subject to the safe harbor created by the Private Securities Litigation Act of 1995. All statements, other than statements of historical facts, including, among others, statements regarding our future financial results or position, business strategy, projected levels of growth, projected costs and projected financing needs, are forward-looking statements. Those statements include statements regarding our intent, belief or current expectations and those of the members of our management team, as well as the assumptions on which such statements are based, and generally are identified by the use of words such as “may,” “might,” “will,” “could,” “plan,” “objective,” “predict,” “project,” “potential,” “continue,” “ongoing,” “seeks,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “expects,” “plans,” “intends,” “should” or similar expressions. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties that actual results may differ materially from those contemplated by such forward-looking statements. Many of these factors are beyond our ability to control or predict. Such factors include, but are not limited to, competition in our market, changes in family vacation patterns and consumer spending habits, regional or national economic downturns or other economic disruptions, our ability to attract a significant number of guests from our target markets, economic conditions in our target markets, the impact of fuel costs and other operating costs, our ability to develop new resorts in desirable markets or further develop existing resorts on a timely and cost efficient basis, our ability to manage growth, including the expansion of our infrastructure and systems necessary to support growth, our ability to manage cash and obtain additional cash required for growth, the general tightening in the U.S. lending markets, potential accidents or injuries at our resorts, decreases in travel due to pandemic or other widespread illness, our ability to achieve or sustain profitability, downturns in our industry segment and extreme weather conditions, reductions in the availability of credit to indoor waterpark resorts generally or to us and our subsidiaries, increases in operating costs and other expense items and costs, uninsured losses or losses in excess of our insurance coverage, our ability to protect our intellectual property, trade secrets and the value of our brands, and current and possible future legal restrictions and requirements. Further descriptions of these risks, uncertainties, and other matters can be found in our annual report and other reports filed from time to time with the SEC, including but not limited to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011. We caution that the foregoing list of important factors is not complete, and we assume no obligation to update any forward-looking statement that we may make.

We believe these forward-looking statements are reasonable; however, undue reliance should not be placed on any forward-looking statements, which are based on current expectations. All written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to us or persons acting on our behalf are qualified in their entirety by these cautionary statements. Further, forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and we undertake no obligation to update or revise forward-looking statements to reflect changed assumptions, the occurrence of unanticipated events or changes to future operating results over time unless otherwise required by law. Past financial or operating performance is not necessarily a reliable indicator of future performance and you should not use our historical performance to anticipate results or future period trends.

 

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

GREAT WOLF RESORTS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Unaudited; dollars in thousands, except share and per share data)

 

     June 30,
2012
    December 31,
2011
 
     Successor     Predecessor  

ASSETS

    

Current assets:

    

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 24,858      $ 33,767   

Escrows

     4,973        2,618   

Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $4 and $5

     4,336        3,660   

Accounts receivable — affiliate

     1,765        3,243   

Inventory

     8,027        7,570   

Other current assets

     9,353        6,212   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current assets

     53,312        57,070   

Property and equipment, net

     633,248        576,262   

Investments in and advances to affiliate

     25,444        24,311   

Other assets

     10,056        20,556   

Goodwill

     96,830        1,365   

Intangible assets

     50,805        25,310   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

   $ 869,695      $ 704,874   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND EQUITY

    

Current liabilities:

    

Current portion of long-term debt

   $ 67,363      $ 67,678   

Accounts payable

     7,571        5,301   

Accounts payable — affiliate

     21        27   

Accrued interest payable

     7,970        8,012   

Accrued expenses

     21,059        24,211   

Advance deposits

     13,539        7,715   

Other current liabilities

     5,150        7,529   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

     122,673        120,473   

Mortgage debt

     403,417        366,951   

Other long-term debt

     60,842        80,545   

Deferred tax liability

     17,145        11,907   

Deferred compensation liability

     1,940        1,502   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     606,017        581,378   

Commitments and contingencies

    

Great Wolf Resorts Inc. stockholders’ equity:

    

Common stock, $0.01 par value; 250,000,000 shares authorized; 200 and 32,470,524 shares issued and outstanding

     —          325   

Preferred stock, $0.01 par value, 10,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding

     —          —     

Additional paid-in-capital

     264,064        404,714   

Accumulated deficit

     (5,262     (281,314

Deferred compensation

     —          (200
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. stockholders’ equity

     258,802        123,525   

Noncontrolling interest

     4,876        (29
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total equity

     263,678        123,496   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities and equity

   $ 869,695      $ 704,874   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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GREAT WOLF RESORTS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(Unaudited; dollars in thousands, except share and per share data)

 

     Successor     Predecessor     Predecessor  
     Period
May 5,  2012
through
June 30, 2012
    Period
April 1,
2012
through
May 4, 2012
    Three months
ended
June 30, 2011
    Period
January 1,
2012
through
May 4, 2012
    Six months
ended
June 30, 2011
 

Revenues:

              

Rooms

   $ 28,054      $ 18,368      $ 44,831      $ 63,793      $ 87,018   

Food and beverage

     8,121        4,726        11,989        17,273        23,191   

Other

     7,267        4,615        11,539        15,920        22,718   

Management and other fees

     480        701        654        1,398        1,407   

Management and other fees — affiliates

     535        441        1,024        1,414        2,027   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     44,457        28,851        70,037        99,798        136,361   

Other revenue from managed properties

     1,878        1,123        2,945        4,193        5,782   

Other revenue from managed properties — affiliates

     1,729        1,129        2,743        3,901        5,467   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total revenues

     48,064        31,103        75,725        107,892        147,610   

Operating expenses by department:

              

Rooms

     4,222        2,518        6,576        9,458        12,623   

Food and beverage

     6,129        3,492        9,289        12,946        17,749   

Other

     6,585        3,718        9,145        13,450        18,562   

Other operating expenses:

              

Selling, general and administrative

     13,376        19,626        16,924        42,205        33,905   

Property operating costs

     4,874        3,611        8,856        11,347        17,280   

Depreciation and amortization

     7,779        4,450        13,315        16,469        26,563   

Loss on disposition of assets

     —          47        1,038        47        1,038   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     42,965        37,462        65,143        105,922        127,720   

Other expenses from managed properties

     1,878        1,123        2,945        4,193        5,782   

Other expenses from managed properties — affiliates

     1,729        1,129        2,743        3,901        5,467   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     46,572        39,714        70,831        114,016        138,969   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net operating income (loss)

     1,492        (8,611     4,894        (6,124     8,641   

Investment income — affiliates

     (137     (83     (220     (303     (462

Interest income

     (31     (24     (51     (82     (106

Interest expense

     6,259        4,359        12,108        16,016        24,205   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Loss from continuing operations before income taxes and equity in loss (income) of unconsolidated affiliates

     (4,599     (12,863     (6,943     (21,755     (14,996

Income tax expense (benefit)

     279        (106     348        269        621   

Equity in loss (income) of unconsolidated affiliates, net of tax

     402        (458     (344     (551     (451
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss from continuing operations

     (5,280     (12,299     (6,947     (21,473     (15,166

Discontinued operations, net of tax

     (7     (13     (65     23        (6,809
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss

     (5,273     (12,286     (6,882     (21,496     (8,357

Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest, net of tax

     (11     (3     (23     (15     (32
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss attributable to Great Wolf Resorts, Inc.

   $ (5,262   $ (12,283   $ (6,859   $ (21,481   $ (8,325
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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GREAT WOLF RESORTS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Unaudited; dollars in thousands)

 

     Successor     Predecessor  
     Period May 5,
2012 through
June 30, 2012
   

Period

January 1,
2012 through
May 4, 2012

   

Six months
ended June

30, 2011

 

Operating activities:

      

Net loss

   $ (5,273   $ (21,496   $ (8,357

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by operating activities:

      

Depreciation and amortization

     7,779        16,469        26,664   

Bad debt expense

     9        26        25   

Amortization of debt fair value

     (887     —          —     

Non-cash employee compensation and professional fees expense

     868        3,348        1,130   

Loss on disposition of assets

     —          47        1,038   

Gain on disposition of property included in discontinued operations

     —          —          (6,667

Equity in loss (income) of unconsolidated affiliates

     423        (559     (494

Deferred tax expense

     36        73        106   

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

      

Accounts receivable and other assets

     (1,149     103        (4,893

Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities

     (861     3,667        (3,826
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

     945        1,678        4,726   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investing activities:

      

Capital expenditures for property and equipment

     (3,264     (2,237     (5,174

Loan repayment from unconsolidated affiliates

     —          —          807   

Investment in development

     (14     (75     (168

Proceeds from the sale of assets

     —          3       4,200   

Increase in restricted cash

     (1,279     (3,464     (335
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash used in investing activities

     (4,557     (5,773     (670
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Financing activities:

      

Principal payments on debt

     (392     (1,777     (2,471

Payment of loan costs

     (4     (120     (241

Capital contributions

     1,091        —          —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

     695        (1,897     (2,712
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents

     (2,917     (5,992     1,344   

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period

     27,775        33,767        36,988   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

   $ 24,858      $ 27,775      $
 
 
38,332
  
  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Cash Flow Information:

      

Cash paid for interest

   $ 403      $ 20,499      $ 24,657   

Cash paid for income taxes

   $ 423      $ 211      $ 591   

Non-cash items:

      

Transfer of fixed assets to inventory

   $ —        $ —        $ 1,883   

See accompanying notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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GREAT WOLF RESORTS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited; dollars in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

1. ORGANIZATION

The terms “Great Wolf Resorts,” “us,” “we,” “our” and “Company” are used in this report to refer to Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries.

Business Summary

We are a family entertainment resort company that provides our guests with a high quality vacation at an affordable price. We are the largest owner, licensor, operator and developer in North America of drive-to, destination family resorts featuring indoor waterparks and other family-oriented entertainment activities based on the number of resorts in operation. Each of our resorts features approximately 300 to 600 family suites, each of which sleeps from six to ten people and includes a wet bar, microwave oven, refrigerator and dining and sitting area. We provide a full-service entertainment resort experience to our target customer base: families with children ranging in ages from 2 to 14 years old that live within a convenient driving distance of our resorts. Our resorts are open year-round and provide a consistent, comfortable environment where our guests can enjoy our various amenities and activities. We operate and license resorts under our Great Wolf Lodge® brand name. We have entered into licensing and management arrangements with third parties relating to the operation of resorts under the Great Wolf Lodge brand name.

We provide our guests with a self-contained vacation experience and focus on capturing a significant portion of their total vacation spending. We earn revenues through the sale of rooms (which includes admission to our indoor waterpark), and other revenue-generating resort amenities. Each of our resorts features a combination of the following revenue-generating amenities: themed restaurants, ice cream shop and confectionery, full-service adult spa, kid spa, game arcade, gift shop, miniature golf, interactive game attraction, family tech center and meeting space. We also generate revenues from licensing fees, management fees and other fees with respect to our operation or development of properties owned in whole or in part by third parties.

On March 24, 2011, we sold our Blue Harbor Resort in Sheboygan, WI. We continue to license the Blue Harbor Resort and related trade names to the buyer at no fee. As of March 24, 2011, we no longer operated this resort or managed the condominium units there.

On May 4, 2012, the Company merged with K-9 Acquisition, Inc., a Delaware corporation (Merger Sub), in the Merger (as defined and discussed in Note 4 below). Although the Company continued as the same legal entity after the Merger, the Company’s capital structure changed significantly as a result of the Merger and our financial statement presentations distinguish between a “Predecessor” for periods prior to the Merger and a “Successor” for periods subsequent to the Merger. The Merger was accounted for as a business combination using the acquisition method of accounting and Successor financial statements reflect a new basis of accounting that is based on the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed as of the effective time of the Merger. The determination of these fair values reflects appraisals prepared by independent third parties and is based on actual tangible and identifiable intangible assets and liabilities that existed as of the effective time of the Merger. As a result of the application of the acquisition method of accounting as of the effective time of the Merger, the financial statements for the Predecessor period and for the Successor period are presented on different bases and are, therefore, not comparable.

The following table presents an overview of our portfolio of resorts. As of June 30, 2012, we operated, managed and/or had licensing arrangements relating to the operation of 11 Great Wolf Lodge resorts (our signature Northwoods-themed resorts). We anticipate that most of our future resorts will be licensed and/or developed under our Great Wolf Lodge brand, but we may operate and/or enter into licensing arrangements with other resorts using different brands in appropriate markets.

 

     Ownership
Percentage
    Opened      Number of
Guest
Suites
    Indoor
Entertainment
Area (1)
 
                        (Approx. sq. ft)  

Wisconsin Dells, WI (3)

     —          1997         385 (2)      102,000   

Sandusky, OH (3)

     —          2001         271        41,000   

Traverse City, MI

     100     2003         280        57,000   

Kansas City, KS

     100     2003         281        57,000   

Williamsburg, VA (4)

     100     2005         405        87,000   

Pocono Mountains, PA (4)

     100     2005         401        101,000   

Niagara Falls, ONT (5)

     —          2006         406        104,000   

Mason, OH (4)

     100     2006         401        105,000   

 

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     Ownership
Percentage
    Opened      Number of
Guest
Suites
     Indoor
Entertainment
Area (1)
 
                         (Approx. sq. ft)  

Grapevine, TX (4)

     100     2007         605         110,000   

Grand Mound, WA (6)

     49     2008         398         74,000   

Concord, NC (4)

     100     2009         402         97,000   

 

(1)

Our indoor entertainment areas generally include our indoor waterpark, game arcade, children’s activity room, family tech center, MagiQuest® (an interactive game attraction) and fitness room, as well as our spa in the resorts that have such amenities.

(2) Total number of guest suites includes 77 condominium units that are individually owned and we manage.
(3) These properties are owned by CNL Lifestyle Properties, Inc. (CNL), a real estate investment trust focused on leisure and lifestyle properties. We currently manage both properties and license the Great Wolf Lodge brand to these resorts.
(4) Five of our properties (Great Wolf Lodge resorts in Williamsburg, VA; Pocono Mountains, PA; Mason, OH; Grapevine, TX and Concord, NC) each had a book value of fixed assets equal to ten percent or more of our total assets as of June 30, 2012 and each of those five properties had total revenues equal to ten percent or more of our total revenues for the period January 1 - March 31, 2012; the period April 1 - May 4, 2012; and the period May 5 - June 30, 2012.
(5) An affiliate of Ripley Entertainment, Inc. (Ripley), our licensee, owns this resort. We have granted Ripley a license to use the Great Wolf Lodge name for this resort through April 2016.
(6) This property is owned by a joint venture. The Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation (Chehalis) owns a 51% interest in the joint venture, and we own a 49% interest. We operate the property and license the Great Wolf Lodge brand to the joint venture under long-term agreements through April 2057, subject to earlier termination in certain situations. The joint venture leases the land for the resort from the United States Department of the Interior, which is trustee for Chehalis.

2. REVISION OF PRIOR PERIOD FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

In connection with the preparation of our condensed consolidated financial statements for the second quarter of 2012, we identified an error in the manner in which deferred tax balances were calculated. In accordance with accounting guidance found in ASC 250-10 (SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 99, Materiality), we assessed the materiality of the error and concluded that the error was not material to any of our previously issued financial statements. In accordance with accounting guidance found in ASC 250-10 (SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 108, Considering the Effects of Prior Year Misstatements when Quantifying Misstatements in Current Year Financial Statements), we will revise our previously issued financial statements to correct the effect of this error. This non-cash revision does not impact our operating income or cash flows for any prior period.

The following tables present the effect of this correction on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets, Statements of Operations, Statements of Equity and Statements of Cash Flows for all Predecessor periods affected:

 

     As Previously Reported     Adjustment     As Revised  

March 31, 2012

      

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet

      

Other current assets

   $ 8,459      $ (955   $ 7,504   

Total current assets

     72,403        (955     71,448   

Other assets

     25,977        (5,373     20,604   

Total assets

     715,439        (6,328     709,111   

Deferred tax liability

     —          11,961        11,961   

Total liabilities

     582,517        11,961        594,478   

Accumulated deficit

     (272,223 )     (18,289     (290,512 )

Total Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. stockholders’ equity

     132,964        (18,289     114,675   

Total equity

     132,922        (18,289     114,633   

Total liabilities and equity

     715,439        (6,328     709,111   

Three Months Ended March 31, 2012

      

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations

      

Income tax expense

   $ 441      $ (66   $ 375   

Equity in income of unconsolidated affiliates, net of tax

     (92 )     (1     (93

Net loss from continuing operations

     (9,241 )     67        (9,174 )

Net loss

     (9,277 )     67        (9,210 )

Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest, net of tax

     (13 )     1        (12 )

Net loss attributable to Great Wolf Resorts, Inc.

     (9,264 )     66        (9,198 )

Loss per share of common stock basic and diluted:

      

Loss from continuing operations, net of net income attributable to noncontrolling interest, net of tax

   $ (0.29 )   $ 0.00      $ (0.29 )

Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax

     (0.00 )     0.00        0.00   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Basic and diluted loss per common share

   $ (0.29 )   $ 0.00      $ (0.29 )
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flow

      

Net loss

   $ (9,277 )   $ 67      $ (9,210

Deferred tax expense

     120        (67     53   

 

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     As Previously
Reported
    Adjustment     As Revised  

December 31, 2011

      

Consolidated Balance Sheet

      

Other current assets

   $ 7,167      $ (955   $ 6,212   

Total current assets

     58,025        (955     57,070   

Other assets

     26,049        (5,493     20,556   

Total assets

     711,322        (6,448     704,874   

Deferred tax liability

     —          11,907        11,907   

Total liabilities

     569,471        11,907        581,378   

Accumulated deficit

     (262,959 )     (18,355 )     (281,314

Total Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. stockholders’ equity

     141,880        (18,355 )     123,525   

Total equity

     141,851        (18,355 )     123,496   

Total liabilities and equity

     711,322        (6,448 )     704,874   

Year Ended December 31, 2011

      

Consolidated Statement of Operations

      

Income tax expense

   $ 7,086      $ (5,954 )   $ 1,132   

Equity in loss of unconsolidated affiliates, net of tax

     18        (5 )     13   

Net loss from continuing operations

     (32,324 )     5,959        (26,365

Net loss

     (25,690 )     5,959        (19,731

Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest, net of tax

     (27 )     9        (18

Net loss attributable to Great Wolf Resorts, Inc.

     (25,663 )     5,950        (19,713

Loss per share of common stock basic and diluted:

      

Loss from continuing operations, net of net income attributable to noncontrolling interest, net of tax

   $ (1.03 )   $ 0.19      $ (0.84

Income from discontinued operations, net of tax

     0.21        0.00        0.21   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Basic and diluted loss per common share

   $ (0.82 )   $ 0.19      $ (0.63
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Consolidated Statement of Equity

      

Net loss attributable to Great Wolf Resorts, Inc.

   $ (25,663 )   $ 5,950      $ (19,713

Accumulated deficit

     (262,959 )     (18,355 )     (281,314

Consolidated Statement of Cash Flow

      

Net loss

   $ (25,690 )   $ 5,959      $ (19,731

Deferred tax expense

     6,167        (5,959 )     208   
      
     As Previously
Reported
    Adjustment     As Revised  

September 30, 2011

      

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet

      

Other assets

   $ 29,470      $ (8,234   $ 21,236   

Total assets

     729,783        (8,234     721,549   

Deferred tax liability

     —          11,853        11,853   

Total liabilities

     574,175        11,853        586,028   

Accumulated deficit

     (248,586 )     (20,087     (268,673 )

Total Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. stockholders’ equity

     155,634        (20,087     135,547   

Total equity

     155,608        (20,087     135,521   

Total liabilities and equity

     729,783        (8,234 )     721,549   

Three Months Ended September 30, 2011

      

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations

      

Income tax expense

   $ 39      $ 179      $ 218   

Equity in income of unconsolidated affiliates, net of tax

     (184 )     83        (101 )

Net income from continuing operations

     1,638        (262 )     1,376   

Net income

     1,533        (262 )     1,271   

Net income attributable to Great Wolf Resorts, Inc.

     1,515        (262 )     1,253   

Income per share of common stock basic and diluted:

      

Income from continuing operations, net of net income attributable to noncontrolling interest, net of tax

   $ 0.05      $ (0.01   $ 0.04   

Income from discontinued operations, net of tax

     0.00        0.00        0.00   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Basic and diluted loss per common share

   $ 0.05      $ (0.01   $ 0.04   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011

      

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations

      

Income tax expense

   $ 5,175      $ (4,336 )   $ 839   

Equity in income of unconsolidated affiliates, net of tax

     (667 )     115        (552

 

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Net loss from continuing operations

     (18,011 )     4,221        (13,790 )

Net loss

     (11,307 )     4,221        (7,086 )

Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest, net of tax

     (17     3        (14

Net loss attributable to Great Wolf Resorts, Inc.

     (11,290 )     4,218        (7,072 )

Loss per share of common stock basic and diluted:

      

Loss from continuing operations, net of net income attributable to noncontrolling interest, net of tax

   $ (0.58 )   $ 0.13      $ (0.45 )

Income from discontinued operations, net of tax

     0.22        0.00        0.22   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Basic and diluted loss per common share

   $ (0.36 )   $ 0.13      $ (0.23 )
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flow

      

Net loss

   $ (11,307 )   $ 4,221      $ (7,086

Deferred tax expense

     4,380        (4,221 )     159   
     As Previously
Reported
    Adjustment     As Revised  

June 30, 2011

      

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet

      

Other assets

   $ 30,704      $ (8,026 )   $ 22,678   

Total assets

     744,470        (8,026 )     736,444   

Deferred tax liability

     —          11,798        11,798   

Total liabilities

     590,908        11,798        602,706   

Accumulated deficit

     (250,101     (19,824 )     (269,925

Total Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. stockholders’ equity

     153,607        (19,824 )     133,783   

Total equity

     153,562        (19,824 )     133,738   

Total liabilities and equity

     744,470        (8,026 )     736,444   

Three Months Ended June 30, 2011

      

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations

      

Income tax expense

   $ 134      $ 214      $ 348   

Equity in income of unconsolidated affiliates, net of tax

     (332     (12     (344

Net loss from continuing operations

     (6,745     (202 )     (6,947

Discontinued operations, net of tax

     107        (172     (65

Net loss

     (6,852     (30 )     (6,882

Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest, net of tax

     (21     (2 )     (23

Net loss attributable to Great Wolf Resorts, Inc.

     (6,831     (28 )     (6,859

Loss per share of common stock basic and diluted:

      

Loss from continuing operations, net of net income attributable to noncontrolling interest, net of tax

   $ (0.22   $ 0.00      $ (0.22

Income from discontinued operations, net of tax

     0.00        0.00        0.00   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Basic and diluted loss per common share

   $ (0.22   $ 0.00      $ (0.22
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30, 2011

      

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations

      

Income tax expense

   $ 5,136      $ (4,515 )   $ 621   

Equity in (income) loss of unconsolidated affiliates, net of tax

     (483     32        (451

Net loss from continuing operations

     (19,649     4,483        (15,166

Net loss

     (12,840     4,483        (8,357

Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest, net of tax

     (35     3        (32

Net loss attributable to Great Wolf Resorts, Inc.

     (12,805     4,480        (8,325

Loss per share of common stock basic and diluted:

      

Loss from continuing operations, net of net income attributable to noncontrolling interest, net of tax

   $ (0.63   $ 0.14      $ (0.49

Income from discontinued operations, net of tax

     0.22        0.00        0.22   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Basic and diluted loss per common share

   $ (0.41   $ 0.14      $ (0.27
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flow

      

Net loss

   $ (12,840   $ 4,483      $ (8,357

Deferred tax expense

     4,589        (4,483     106   

 

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     As  Previously
Reported
    Adjustment     As Revised  

March 31, 2011

      

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet

      

Other assets

   $ 31,496      $ (8,053   $ 23,443   

Total assets

     761,625        (8,053     753,572   

Deferred tax liability

     —          11,744        11,744   

Total liabilities

     601,655        11,744        613,399   

Accumulated deficit

     (243,270     (19,797     (263,067 )

Total Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. stockholders’ equity

     159,993        (19,797     140,196   

Total equity

     159,970        (19,797     140,173   

Total liabilities and equity

     761,625        (8,053     753,572   

Three Months Ended March 31, 2011

      

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations

      

Income tax expense

   $ 5,002      $ (4,729   $ 273   

Equity in income of unconsolidated affiliates, net of tax

     (151     44        (107

Net loss from continuing operations

     (12,904 )     4,685        (8,219 )

Discontinued operations, net of tax

     (6,916     172        (6,744

Net loss

     (5,988 )     4,513        (1,475 )

Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest, net of tax

     (14 )     5        (9 )

Net loss attributable to Great Wolf Resorts, Inc.

     (5,974 )     4,508        (1,466 )

Loss per share of common stock basic and diluted:

      

Loss from continuing operations, net of net income attributable to noncontrolling interest, net of tax

   $ (0.41 )   $ 0.14     $ (0.27 )

Income from discontinued operations, net of tax

     0.22       0.00        0.22   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Basic and diluted loss per common share

   $ (0.19 )   $ 0.14      $ (0.05 )
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flow

      

Net loss

   $ (5,988 )   $ 4,513      $ (1,475 )

Deferred tax expense

     4,562        (4,513 )     49   

 

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    As  Previously
Reported
    Adjustment     As Revised  

December 31, 2010

     

Consolidated Balance Sheet

     

Other assets

  $ 38,649      $ (12,615 )   $ 26,034   

Total assets

    771,238        (12,615 )     758,623   

Deferred tax liability

    —          11,690        11,690   

Total liabilities

    605,468        11,690        617,158   

Accumulated deficit

    (237,296 )     (24,305 )     (261,601 )

Total Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. stockholders’ equity

    165,779        (24,305 )     141,474   

Total equity

    165,770        (24,305 )     141,465   

Total liabilities and equity

    771,238        (12,615 )     758,623   

Year Ended December 31, 2010

     

Consolidated Statement of Operations

     

Income tax expense (benefit)

  $ (5,403 )   $ 6,188      $ 785   

Equity in loss of unconsolidated affiliates, net of tax

    576        72        648   

Net loss from continuing operations

    (50,563 )     (6,260 )     (56,823 )

Discontinued operations, net of tax

    455        54        509   

Net loss

    (51,018 )     (6,314 )     (57,332 )

Net loss attributable to Great Wolf Resorts, Inc.

    (51,009 )     (6,314 )     (57,323 )

Loss per share of common stock basic and diluted:

     

Loss from continuing operations, net of net income attributable to noncontrolling interest, net of tax

  $ (1.63 )   $ (0.20 )   $ (1.83 )

Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax

    (0.02 )     0.00       (0.02 )
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Basic and diluted loss per common share

  $ (1.65 )   $ (0.20 )   $ (1.85 )
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Consolidated Statement of Equity

     

Net loss attributable to Great Wolf Resorts, Inc.

  $ (51,009 )   $ (6,314 )   $ (57,323

Accumulated deficit

    (237,296 )     (24,305 )     (261,601

Consolidated Statement of Cash Flow

     

Net loss

  $ (51,018 )   $ (6,314 )   $ (57,332

Deferred tax expense

    (6,408 )     6,314        (94

 

    As Previously
Reported
    Adjustment     As Revised  

Year Ended December 31, 2009

     

Consolidated Statement of Operations

     

Income tax expense

  $ 220      $ (40   $ 180   

Equity in loss of unconsolidated affiliates, net of tax

    2,435        (3     2,432   

Net loss from continuing operations

    (30,518 )     43       (30,475 )

Discontinued operations, net of tax

    27,958        (41     27,917   

Net loss

    (58,476 )     84       (58,392 )

Loss per share of common stock basic and diluted:

     

Loss from continuing operations, net of net income attributable to noncontrolling interest, net of tax

  $ (0.99 )   $ (0.00 )   $ (0.99 )

Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax

    (0.91 )     0.00        (0.91 )
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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     As Previously
Reported
    Adjustment     As Revised  

Basic and diluted loss per common share

   $ (1.90 )   $ 0.00     $ (1.90 )
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Consolidated Statement of Equity

      

Net loss

   $ (58,476 )   $ 84     $ (58,392

Accumulated deficit

     (186,287 )     (17,991 )     (204,278

Consolidated Statement of Cash Flow

      

Net loss

   $ (58,476 )   $ 84     $ (58,392

Deferred tax expense

     131        (84     47   

3. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

General — We have prepared these unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements according to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Accordingly, we have omitted certain information and footnote disclosures that are normally included in annual financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (GAAP). The December 31, 2011 consolidated balance sheet data was derived from audited financial statements, but does not include all disclosures required by GAAP. These interim financial statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements, accompanying notes and other information included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011.

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements reflect all adjustments, which are of a normal and recurring nature, necessary for a fair presentation of the financial condition and results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented. The preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP requires us to make estimates and assumptions. Such estimates and assumptions affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, as well as the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Our actual results could differ from those estimates. The results of operations for the interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the entire year.

Certain 2011 amounts have been reclassified to conform to the 2012 presentation:

 

   

On our condensed consolidated balance sheet, we have reclassified and presented as a separate line item accrued interest payable, which was previously included with accrued expenses; and

 

   

On our condensed consolidated balance sheet, we have reclassified and presented as a separate line item goodwill, which was previously included with intangible assets.

Principles of Consolidation — The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements include all of the accounts of Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. and our consolidated subsidiaries. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in the consolidated financial statements.

Intangibles — Our intangible assets consist of the value of our brand names, management contracts and patented and unpatented technologies. A summary of our intangibles is as follows:

 

     Successor      Predecessor  
     6/30/12      12/31/11  

Brandnames

   $ 40,800       $ 23,829   

Management contracts, net of amortization

     8,186         —     

Patented and unpatented technologies

     1,819         1,481   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 50,805       $ 25,310   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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The brand name intangible assets have indefinite useful lives. We do not amortize the brand name intangibles, but instead test them for possible impairment at least annually or when circumstances warrant, by comparing the fair value of the intangible asset with its carrying amount. We amortize our management contract intangibles over the remaining life of the contracts, ranging from 4 years to 45 years. We amortize our patented and unpatented technologies over 15 years.

Goodwill — The excess of the purchase price of entities that are considered to be purchases of businesses over the estimated fair value of tangible and identifiable intangible assets acquired is recorded as goodwill. We are required to assess goodwill for impairment annually, or more frequently if circumstances indicate impairment may have occurred. Recoverability of goodwill is measured at the reporting unit level and determined using a two-step process. The first step compares the carrying amount of the reporting unit to its estimated fair value. If the estimated fair value of a reporting unit exceeds its carrying amount, goodwill of the reporting unit is not impaired and the second step of the impairment test is not necessary. To the extent that the carrying value of the reporting unit exceeds its estimated fair value, a second step is performed, wherein the reporting unit’s carrying value of goodwill is compared to the implied fair value of goodwill. To the extent that the carrying value exceeds the implied fair value, impairment exists and must be recognized. We determine our reporting units’ fair values using a discounted cash flow model.

In connection with the acquisition of the majority interest in Creative Kingdoms, LLC (CK) in 2010, we recorded $1,365 of goodwill. In 2012 in connection with the Merger, we recorded $96,830 of goodwill as part of purchase accounting.

 

Balance as of January 1, 2011 (Predecessor)

  

Goodwill recorded related to the acquisition of the majority interest in CK

   $ 1,365   
  

 

 

 

Balance as of December 31, 2011 and May 4, 2012 (Predecessor)

   $ 1,365   

Goodwill removed as a result of the Merger

     (1,365

Goodwill recorded related to the Merger

     96,830   
  

 

 

 

Balance as of June 30, 2012 (Successor)

   $ 96,830   
  

 

 

 

Noncontrolling Interests — We record the interests in CK not owned by us as a separate component of our consolidated equity on our condensed consolidated balance sheet. The net earnings attributable to the controlling and noncontrolling interests are included on the face of our statements of operations.

Discontinued Operations — We record the results of the operations of an entity that has been disposed of as a discontinued operation in the consolidated statements of operations when the operations and cash flows of the entity have been eliminated from the ongoing operations and we do not have any significant continuing involvement in the operations of the entity after the disposal transaction. During the six months ended June 30, 2011 we disposed of our Blue Harbor Resort property and have included that property’s operations and gain on sale in discontinued operations for all periods presented. The operations of Blue Harbor Resort were formerly included in our Resort Ownership/Operation segment.

Income Taxes — At the end of each interim reporting period, we estimate the effective tax rate expected to be applicable for the full fiscal year. We use that estimated effective tax rate in providing for income taxes on a year-to-date basis. We account for the tax effect of significant unusual or extraordinary items in the period in which they occur. We account for major changes in our valuation allowance within continuing operations in the period in which they occur.

Segments — We have two reportable segments:

 

 

Resort ownership/operation-revenues derived from our consolidated owned resorts; and

 

 

Resort third-party management/licensing-revenues derived from management, license and other related fees from unconsolidated managed resorts. The following summarizes significant financial information regarding our segments:

The Other column in the table includes items that do not constitute a reportable segment and represent corporate-level activities and the activities of other operations not included in the Resort Ownership/Operation or Resort Third-Party Management/License segments. Included in net operating loss in the other column are $10,993 and $15,970 of merger-related transaction costs for the periods April 1, 2012 – May 4, 2012 and January 1, 2012 – May 4, 2012, respectively. Total assets at the corporate level primarily consist of cash, our investment in affiliates, and intangibles. At June 30, 2012 goodwill in the amounts of $92,021 and $4,809 have been assigned to the Resort Ownership/Operation and Other segments, respectively.

 

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     Resort
Ownership/
Operation
    Resort
Third-Party
Management
/License
     Other     Totals per
Financial
Statements
 

Period May 5, 2012 through June 30, 2012 (Successor)

         

Revenues

   $ 42,664      $ 4,622       $ 778      $ 48,064   
         

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

     (6,950     —           (829     (7,779

Net operating income (loss)

     3,385        1,012         (2,905     1,492   

Investment income—affiliates

     —          —           —          (137

Interest income

     —          —           —          (31

Interest expense

     —          —           —          6,259   
         

 

 

 

Loss from continuing operations before income taxes and equity in income of unconsolidated affiliates

     —          —           —        $ (4,599
         

 

 

 

Additions to long-lived assets

     3,258        —           6      $ 3,264   
         

 

 

 

Total assets

     758,652        1,207         109,836      $ 869,695   
         

 

 

 

 

     Resort
Ownership/
Operation
    Resort
Third-Party
Management
/License
     Other     Totals per
Financial
Statements
 

Period April 1, 2012 through May 4, 2012 (Predecessor)

         

Revenues

   $ 27,157      $ 3,394       $ 552      $ 31,103   
         

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

     (4,179     —           (271     (4,450

Net operating income (loss)

     3,280        1,143         (13,034     (8,611

Investment income—affiliates

     —          —           —          (83

Interest income

     —          —           —          (24

Interest expense

     —          —           —          4,359   
         

 

 

 

Loss from continuing operations before income taxes and equity in income of unconsolidated affiliates

     —          —           —        $ (12,863
         

 

 

 

 

     Resort
Ownership/
Operation
    Resort
Third-Party
Management
/License
     Other     Totals per
Financial
Statements
 

Three months ended June 30, 2011 (Predecessor)

         

Revenues

   $ 67,208      $ 7,366       $ 1,151      $ 75,725   
         

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

     (12,554     —           (761     (13,315

Net operating income (loss)

     3,606        1,679         (391     4,894   

Investment income—affiliates

     —         —          —         (220

Interest income

     —          —           —          (51

Interest expense

     —          —           —          12,108   
         

 

 

 

Loss from continuing operations before income taxes and equity in income of unconsolidated affiliates

     —          —           —        $ (6,943
         

 

 

 

Additions to long-lived assets

     4,367        —           106      $ 4,473   
         

 

 

 

Total assets

     620,802        1,719         113,923      $ 736,444   
         

 

 

 

 

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     Resort
Ownership/
Operation
    Resort
Third-Party
Management
/License
     Other     Totals per
Financial
Statements
 

January 1, 2012 through May 4, 2012 (Predecessor)

         

Revenues

   $ 95,876      $ 10,906       $ 1,110      $ 107,892   
         

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

     (15,476     —           (993     (16,469

Net operating income (loss)

     11,070        2,813         (20,007     (6,124

Investment income—affiliates

     —         —          —         (303

Interest income

     —          —           —          (82

Interest expense

     —          —           —          16,016   
         

 

 

 

Loss from continuing operations before income taxes and equity in income of unconsolidated affiliates

     —          —           —        $ (21,755
         

 

 

 

Additions to long-lived assets

     2,173        —           64      $ 2,237   
         

 

 

 
     Resort
Ownership/
Operation
    Resort
Third-Party
Management
/License
     Other     Totals per
Financial
Statements
 

Six months ended June 30, 2011 (Predecessor)

         

Revenues

   $ 130,461      $ 14,683       $ 2,466      $ 147,610   
         

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

     (25,038     —           (1,525     (26,563

Net operating income (loss)

     7,843        3,435         (2,637     8,641   

Investment income—affiliates

     —          —           —          (462

Interest income

     —          —           —          (106

Interest expense

     —          —           —          24,205   
         

 

 

 

Loss from continuing operations before income taxes and equity in income of unconsolidated affiliates

     —          —           —        $ (14,996
         

 

 

 

Additions to long-lived assets

     4,962        —           212      $ 5,174   
         

 

 

 

Total assets

     620,802        1,719         113,923      $ 736,444   
         

 

 

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements — In May 2011, the FASB issued guidance that clarifies and changes the application of various fair value measurement principles and disclosure requirements. This guidance is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2011. The adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

 

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In September 2011, the FASB issued guidance that permits an entity an option to first perform a qualitative assessment to determine whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount. If an entity believes, as a result of its qualitative assessment, that it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount, the quantitative impairment test is required. Otherwise, no further impairment testing is required. The guidance is effective for annual and interim goodwill impairment tests performed for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2011. The adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

4. PURCHASE ACCOUNTING IN CONNECTION WITH THE MERGER

On March 12, 2012, we entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (as amended, the Merger Agreement) with K-9 Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (Parent), and Merger Sub, a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent. Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, among other things, Parent and Merger Sub agreed to make a tender offer (the Offer) for all of the outstanding shares (each, a Share) of common stock (including restricted shares), par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the Common Stock) at a price of $7.85 per share, net to the seller in cash, without interest (the Offer Price). Approximately 76% of the outstanding Shares were tendered in the Offer and the Company accepted all such tendered Shares for payment.

Following the expiration of the Offer, on May 4, 2012, Merger Sub exercised its option under the Merger Agreement to purchase a number of shares of Common Stock necessary for Merger Sub to own one share more than 90% of the outstanding Shares of Common Stock (the Top-Up Shares) at the Offer Price.

On May 4, 2012, following Merger Sub’s purchase of the Top-Up Shares, Parent completed its acquisition of the Company through the merger of Merger Sub with and into the Company, with the Company continuing as the surviving corporation in the merger and becoming a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (the Merger).

At the effective time of the Merger, each share of Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior thereto (other than Common Stock owned or held (i) in treasury by the Company or any wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, (ii) by Parent or any of its subsidiaries (including the Top-Up Shares), or (iii) by stockholders who have validly exercised their appraisal rights), was canceled and converted into the right to receive the Offer Price in cash, without interest and subject to applicable withholding tax.

The total cost to acquire all outstanding Shares pursuant to the Offer and the Merger was approximately $262,000. The source of the funds for the acquisition of the Company was provided by committed equity capital contributed by certain equity funds managed by Apollo Management VII, L.P. (Apollo).

Our Merger was accounted for as a business combination using the acquisition method of accounting, whereby the purchase price was allocated to tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed, based on their estimated fair market values. Fair value measurements have been applied based on assumptions that market participants would use in the pricing of the assets or liabilities. The purchase price allocation could change in subsequent periods, up to one year from the Merger date. Any subsequent changes to the purchase price allocation that result in material changes to our consolidated financial statements will be adjusted retroactively.

We applied the acquisition method of accounting in connection with the Merger. In conjunction with purchase accounting we:

 

   

Recorded property and equipment, other assets, debt and non-controlling interest at their preliminarily estimated fair values;

 

   

Recorded a deferred tax liability resulting from the difference between the preliminarily estimated fair values and the tax bases of assets. We recorded this liability at our anticipated effective tax rate of 40%; and

 

   

Recorded as goodwill the excess of consideration in the purchase transaction over the estimated fair value of net tangible and intangible assets.

 

Purchase of Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. common equity

   $ 262,106   

Less: Historical book value of Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. net assets acquired

     105,414   
  

 

 

 

Excess of purchase price over historical book value of net assets acquired

   $ 156,692   

Allocated to:

  

Goodwill

   $ 96,830   

Property, plant and equipment

     74,776   

 

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Intangible assets

     24,231   

Investments in and advances to affiliates

     219   

Other assets

     (9,801

Debt

     (19,502

Non-controlling interest

     (4,932

Deferred tax liabilities

     (5,129
  

 

 

 

Total Adjustment

   $ 156,692   
  

 

 

 

As a result of the Merger, we had $96,830 of goodwill at May 4, 2012, all of which related to the application of purchase accounting in conjunction with the Merger. Some of the values and amounts used in the initial application of purchase accounting for our consolidated balance sheet were based on preliminary estimates and assumptions. We do not expect any of the goodwill amounts recorded in conjunction with the Merger to be deductible for tax purposes.

The following table presents the unaudited pro forma results as if the Merger and related financing had occurred as of January 1, 2011:

 

    

Three months

ended June 30,

   

Six months

ended June 30,

 
     2012     2011     2012     2011  

Revenues

   $ 79,167     $ 75,725     $ 155,956     $ 147,610   

Net loss from continuing operations

     (3,519     (3,952     (5,938     (9,044

Net loss attributable to Great Wolf Resorts, Inc.

     (3,485 )     (3,864 )     (5,928 )     (2,203

5. INVESTMENT IN AFFILIATES

Our unconsolidated joint venture with The Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation owns the Great Wolf Lodge resort and conference center on a 39-acre land parcel in Grand Mound, Washington. This joint venture is a limited liability company. We are a member of that limited liability company with a 49% ownership interest. The joint venture does not currently meet the significant subsidiary test threshold of SEC Regulation S-X Rule 3-09, Separate financial statements of subsidiaries not consolidated and 50 percent or less owned persons. Accordingly, summarized financial information for the joint venture is not required to be presented.

At June 30, 2012, the joint venture had aggregate outstanding indebtedness to third parties of $93,768. Neither joint venture partner guarantees the third party debt in the years presented. As of June 30, 2012 and December 31 2011, we have made combined loan and equity contributions, net of loan repayments, of $27,179, to the joint venture to fund a portion of construction costs of the resort. The loan we had extended to the joint venture was fully repaid in 2011.

We had receivables from the joint venture of $1,765 and $3,243 as of June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively, that relate primarily to accrued preferred equity returns and management fees. We had payables to the joint venture of $21 and $27 as of June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively. The amount of investment income and management fee income recorded by us is included in the Investment income – affiliates and Management and other fees – affiliates line items, respectively, on our consolidated statements of operations.

6. VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES

A legal entity is referred to as a variable interest entity if, by design (1) the total equity investment at risk is not sufficient to permit the legal entity to finance its activities without additional subordinated financial support from other parties, or (2) the entity has equity investors that cannot make significant decisions about the entity’s operations through voting rights, or do not have the obligation to absorb the expected losses, or do not have the right to receive the residual returns of the entity. A variable interest entity must be consolidated if it is determined that we have both the (1) power to direct the activities of the variable interest entity that most significantly impact the entity’s economic performance and (2) obligation to absorb losses or the right to receive benefits of the variable interest entity that could potentially be significant to the variable interest entity.

In accordance with the guidance for the consolidation of variable interest entities, we analyze our variable interests, including equity investments and management agreements, to determine if an entity in which we have a variable interest is a variable interest entity and whether we must consolidate that variable interest entity. Our analysis includes both quantitative and qualitative reviews. We base our quantitative analysis on the forecasted cash flows of the entity, and our qualitative analysis on a consideration of all facts and circumstances including, but not limited to, our role in establishing the variable interest entity, our ongoing rights and responsibilities, the organization structure, and relevant financial and other agreements.

 

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We have equity investments in the joint venture that owns the Great Wolf Lodge resort in Grand Mound, Washington as described in Note 5. We manage that resort and we have concluded that the joint venture is a variable interest entity due to the management contract that provides us with certain rights. However, we have concluded that we are not the primary beneficiary because the majority equity owner has substantive participating rights over the activities that most significantly impact the economic performance of the joint venture. As a result, we have concluded that power is shared between us and the other equity investor. As we share power with the majority equity owner, we are not the primary beneficiary of the joint venture and, therefore, we do not consolidate this entity. We have not provided any support to this entity that we were not contractually obligated to provide as of June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011. Our maximum exposure to loss related to our involvement with this entity as of June 30, 2012 and 2011 is limited to the carrying value of our equity investments in the joint venture and receivables as of that date. Our exposure is limited because of the non-recourse nature of the borrowings of the joint venture. The total carrying values of those items on our balance sheet as of June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011 is $26,429 and $27,554, respectively, and are included in the accounts receivable – affiliates and investments in and advances to affiliates line items on our consolidated balance sheet.

7. SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION

Prior to the Merger on May 4, 2012, the Great Wolf Resorts 2004 Incentive Stock Plan (the Plan) authorized us to grant up to 3,380,740 options, stock appreciation rights or shares of our common stock to employees and directors. Upon consummation of the Merger, the Plan was terminated. We have not issued any stock options or made any stock grants since the Merger.

We recognized share-based compensation expense of $2,557, $3,348, and $868, net of estimated forfeitures, for the period April 1, 2012 – May 4, 2012, the period January 1, 2012 – May 4, 2012, and May 5, 2012 – June 30, 2012, respectively. The total income tax (benefit) expense recognized related to share-based compensation was $(22), $43, and $49, for the period April 1, 2012 – May 4, 2012, the period January 1, 2012 – May 4, 2012, and May 5, 2012 – June 30, 2012, respectively.

We recognized share-based compensation expense of $547 and $1,130, net of estimated forfeitures, for the three months and six months ended June 30, 2011, respectively. The total income tax expense recognized related to share-based compensation was $12 and $25 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011, respectively.

We recognized compensation expense on grants of share-based compensation awards on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period of each award recipient. As of June 30, 2012, there was no unrecognized compensation cost related to share-based compensation awards.

Stock Options

Prior to the Merger, we had granted non-qualified stock options to purchase our common stock under the Plan at prices equal to the fair market value of the common stock on the grant dates. The exercise price for options granted under the Plan could be paid in cash, shares of common stock or a combination of cash and shares. Stock options expired ten years from the grant date and vested ratably over three years.

We recorded no stock option expense for the periods January 1, 2012 - March 31, 2012; April 1, 2012 - May 4, 2012; May 5, 2012 - June 30, 2012; and the three and six months ended June 30, 2012 or 2011. There were no stock options granted during the periods January 1, 2012 - March 31, 2012; April 1, 2012 - May 4, 2012; May 5, 2012 - June 30, 2012; and the three and six months ended June 30, 2011. Upon the consummation of the Merger, all of our outstanding stock options were cancelled for no consideration.

A summary of stock option activity during the period January 1, 2012 - May 4, 2012:

 

     Shares     Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
     Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Life
 

Number of shares under option:

       

Outstanding at beginning of period

     15,500      $ 17.44         3.02 years   

Exercised

     —          

Cancelled

     (15,500   $ 17.44      
  

 

 

      

Outstanding at end of period

     —          

Exercisable at end of period

     —          

There was also no stock option activity for the period May 5, 2012 - June 30, 2012.

Market Condition Share Awards

Prior to the Merger, certain employees were eligible to receive shares of our common stock in payment of market condition share awards granted to them in accordance with the terms thereof.

 

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We granted 407,593 and 444,002 market condition share awards during the period January 1, 2012 – May 4, 2012 and the six months ended June 30, 2011, respectively. We recorded share-based compensation expense of $966, $1,493 and $867 for the period April 1, 2012 – May 4, 2012 and the period January 1, 2012 – May 4, 2012, and May 5, 2012 – June 30, 2012, respectively. We recorded share-based compensation expense of $183 and $388 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011, respectively.

Of the 2012 market condition shares granted:

 

   

255,107 were based on our common stock’s performance in 2012 relative to a stock index, as designated by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors. For shares that are earned, 1/3 of the shares were to vest on December 31, 2012, 1/3 vest on December 31, 2013, and 1/3 vest on December 31, 2014. The per share fair value of these market condition shares was $2.12 as of the grant date.

The fair value of these market condition shares was determined using a Monte Carlo simulation and the following assumptions:

 

Dividend yield

     —    

Weighted average, risk free interest rate

     0.14

Expected stock price volatility

     49.92

Expected stock price volatility
(small-cap stock index)

     29.14

We used an expected dividend yield of 0%, as we do not currently pay a dividend and do not contemplate paying a dividend in the foreseeable future. The weighted average, risk free interest rate was based on the .89-year treasury constant maturity. Our expected stock price volatility and the expected stock price volatility for the small cap stock index was estimated using daily returns data of our stock and the index for the period February 10, 2010 through February 9, 2012.

Upon the consummation of the Merger, all of the 2012 market condition shares granted were cancelled for no consideration. Unrecognized expense of $542 was recorded during the period May 5, 2012 – June 30, 2012.

 

   

76,243 were based on our common stock’s absolute performance during the three-year period 2010-2012. For shares that are earned, half of the shares were to vest on December 31, 2012, and the other half vest on December 31, 2013. The per share fair value of these market condition shares was $2.05 as of the grant date.

The fair value of these market condition shares was determined using a Monte Carlo simulation and the following assumptions:

 

Dividend yield

     —    

Weighted average, risk free interest rate

     0.14

Expected stock price volatility

     49.92

We used an expected dividend yield of 0%, as we do not currently pay a dividend and do not contemplate paying a dividend in the foreseeable future. The weighted average, risk free interest rate was based on the .89-year treasury constant maturity. Our expected stock price volatility was estimated using daily returns data of our stock for the period February 10, 2010 through February 9, 2012.

Upon the consummation of the Merger, all of the 2012 market condition shares granted were cancelled for no consideration. Unrecognized expense of $156 was recorded during the period May 5, 2012 – June 30, 2012.

 

   

76,243 were based on our common stock’s performance in 2010-2012 relative to a stock index, as designated by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors. For shares that are earned, half of the shares were to vest on December 31, 2012, and the other half vest on December 31, 2013. The per share fair value of these market condition shares was $2.22 as of the grant date.

The fair value of these market condition shares was determined using a Monte Carlo simulation and the following assumptions:

 

Dividend yield

     —    

Weighted average, risk free interest rate

     0.14

Expected stock price volatility

     49.92

Expected stock price volatility (small-cap stock index)

     29.14

 

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We used an expected dividend yield of 0%, as we do not currently pay a dividend and do not contemplate paying a dividend in the foreseeable future. The weighted average, risk free interest rate was based on the .89-year treasury constant maturity. Our expected stock price volatility and the expected stock price volatility for the small cap stock index was estimated using daily returns data of our stock and the index for the period February 10, 2010 through February 9, 2012.

Upon the consummation of the Merger, all of the 2012 market condition shares granted were cancelled for no consideration. Unrecognized expense of $170 was recorded during the period May 5, 2012 – June 30, 2012.

Of the 2011 market condition shares granted:

 

   

277,894 were based on our common stock’s performance in 2011 relative to a stock index, as designated by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors. For shares that were earned, 1/3 of the shares vest on December 31, 2011, 1/3 vest on December 31, 2012, and 1/3 vest on December 31, 2013. The per share fair value of these market condition shares was $2.35 as of the grant date.

The fair value of these market condition shares was determined using a Monte Carlo simulation and the following assumptions:

 

Dividend yield

     —    

Weighted average, risk free interest rate

     0.25

Expected stock price volatility

     64.73

Expected stock price volatility
(small-cap stock index)

     29.39

We used an expected dividend yield of 0%, as we do not currently pay a dividend and do not contemplate paying a dividend in the foreseeable future. The weighted average, risk free interest rate was based on the 10.6-month treasury constant maturity. Our expected stock price volatility and the expected stock price volatility for the small cap stock index was estimated using daily returns data of our stock and the index for the period February 11, 2009 through February 10, 2011.

We originally granted 277,894 market condition shares for 2011 and recorded expense during 2011 associated with that estimated number of shares to be issued for these market condition awards. The original share grant amount represented the number of shares that would be earned at a target level of performance. Based on our common stock’s performance in 2011, however, the maximum performance condition for these market condition share awards was met. As a result, we issued 416,841 shares related to these market condition awards. Accordingly, we recorded $109 of additional compensation expense in the fourth quarter of 2011 related to our employees earning the maximum level of shares rather than the target level of shares for these awards.

These shares vested upon consummation of the Merger, and the remaining unrecognized expense of $544 was recorded in the period ended May 4, 2012.

 

   

83,054 were based on our common stock’s absolute performance during the three-year period 2010-2012. For shares that are earned, half of the shares vest on December 31, 2012, and the other half vest on December 31, 2013. The per share fair value of these market condition shares was $2.15 as of the grant date.

The fair value of these market condition shares was determined using a Monte Carlo simulation and the following assumptions:

 

Dividend yield

     —    

Weighted average, risk free interest rate

     0.58

Expected stock price volatility

     64.73

We used an expected dividend yield of 0%, as we do not currently pay a dividend and do not contemplate paying a dividend in the foreseeable future. The weighted average, risk free interest rate was based on the 1.89-year treasury constant maturity. Our expected stock price volatility was estimated using daily returns data of our stock for the period February 11, 2009 through February 10, 2011.

The original share grant amount represented the number of shares that would be earned at a target level of performance. In conjunction with the signing of the Merger Agreement on March 12, 2012, these shares were deemed granted at the maximum level of performance. As a result, we issued 124,581 shares related to these market condition awards. Accordingly, we recorded $37 of additional compensation expense in the first quarter of 2012 related to our employees being granted the maximum level of shares rather than the target level of shares for these awards.

These shares vested upon consummation of the Merger, and the remaining unrecognized expense of $119 was recorded in the period ended May 4, 2012.

 

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83,054 were based on our common stock’s performance in 2010-2012 relative to a stock index, as designated by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors. For shares that are earned, half of the shares vest on December 31, 2012, and the other half vest on December 31, 2013. The per share fair value of these market condition shares was $2.19 as of the grant date.

The fair value of these market condition shares was determined using a Monte Carlo simulation and the following assumptions:

 

Dividend yield

     —    

Weighted average, risk free interest rate

     0.58

Expected stock price volatility

     64.73

Expected stock price volatility
(small-cap stock index)

     29.39

We used an expected dividend yield of 0%, as we do not currently pay a dividend and do not contemplate paying a dividend in the foreseeable future. The weighted average, risk free interest rate was based on the 1.89-year treasury constant maturity. Our expected stock price volatility and the expected stock price volatility for the small cap stock index was estimated using daily returns data of our stock and the index for the period February 11, 2009 through February 10, 2011.

The original share grant amount represented the number of shares that would be earned at a target level of performance. In conjunction with the signing of the Merger Agreement on March 12, 2012, these shares were deemed granted at the maximum level of performance. As a result, we issued 124,581 shares related to these market condition awards. Accordingly, we recorded $38 of additional compensation expense in the first quarter of 2012 related to our employees being granted the maximum level of shares rather than the target level of shares for these awards.

These shares vested upon consummation of the Merger, and the remaining unrecognized expense of $121 was recorded in the period ended May 4, 2012.

Of the 2010 market condition shares granted:

 

   

91,463 were based on our common stock’s absolute performance during the three-year period 2010-2012. For shares that were earned, half of the shares vest on December 31, 2012, and the other half vest on December 31, 2013. The per share fair value of these market condition shares was $2.53 as of the grant date.

The fair value of these market condition shares was determined using a Monte Carlo simulation and the following assumptions:

 

Dividend yield

     —    

Weighted average, risk free interest rate

     1.27

Expected stock price volatility

     95.21

We used an expected dividend yield of 0%, as we do not currently pay a dividend and do not contemplate paying a dividend in the foreseeable future. The weighted average, risk free interest rate was based on the 2.75-year treasury constant maturity. Our expected stock price volatility was estimated using daily returns data of our stock for the period June 29, 2007 through March 30, 2010.

The original share grant amount represented the number of shares that would be earned at a target level of performance. In conjunction with the signing of the Merger Agreement on March 12, 2012, these shares were deemed granted at the maximum level of performance. As a result, we issued 137,195 shares related to these market condition awards. Accordingly, we recorded $68 of additional compensation expense in the first quarter of 2012 related to our employees being granted the maximum level of shares rather than the target level of shares for these awards.

These shares vested upon consummation of the Merger, and the remaining unrecognized expense of $111 was recorded in the period ended May 4, 2012.

 

   

91,463 were based on our common stock’s performance in 2010-2012 relative to a stock index, as designated by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors. For shares that are earned, half of the shares vest on December 31, 2012, and the other half vest on December 31, 2013. The per share fair value of these market condition shares was $2.61 as of the grant date.

The fair value of these market condition shares was determined using a Monte Carlo simulation and the following assumptions:

 

Dividend yield

     —    

Weighted average, risk free interest rate

     1.27

Expected stock price volatility

     95.21

Expected stock price volatility
(small-cap stock index)

     37.51

 

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We used an expected dividend yield of 0%, as we do not currently pay a dividend and do not contemplate paying a dividend in the foreseeable future. The weighted average, risk free interest rate was based on the 2.75-year treasury constant maturity. Our expected stock price volatility and the expected stock price volatility for the small cap stock index was estimated using daily returns data of our stock for the period June 29, 2007 through March 30, 2010.

The original share grant amount represented the number of shares that would be earned at a target level of performance. In conjunction with the signing of the Merger Agreement on March 12, 2012, these shares were deemed granted at the maximum level of performance. As a result, we issued 137,195 shares related to these market condition awards. Accordingly, we recorded $70 of additional compensation expense in the first quarter of 2012 related to our employees being granted the maximum level of shares rather than the target level of shares for these awards.

These shares vested upon consummation of the Merger, and the remaining unrecognized expense of $114 was recorded in the period ended May 4, 2012.

Performance Share Awards

Prior to the Merger, certain employees were eligible to receive shares of our common stock in payment of performance share awards granted to them. Grantees of performance shares were eligible to receive shares of our common stock based on the achievement of certain individual and departmental performance criteria during the calendar year in which the shares were granted. We granted 85,036 and 92,633 performance shares during the period January 1, 2012 – May 4, 2012 and six months ended June 30, 2011, respectively. Shares granted in 2012 were to vest over a three year period, 2012-2014; and shares granted in 2011 were to vest over a three year period, 2011-2013.

The per share fair value of performance shares granted during the period January 1, 2012 – May 4, 2012 and six months ended June 30, 2011 was $3.35 and $3.23, respectively, which represents the fair value of our common stock on the grant date. We recorded share-based compensation expense of $194 and $264 for the period April 1, 2012 – May 4, 2012 and the period January 1, 2012 – May 4, 2012, respectively. There was no share-based compensation expense for the period May 5, 2012 – June 30, 2012. We recorded share-based compensation expense of $71 and $142 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011, respectively. Since all shares originally granted were not earned, we recorded a reduction in expense of $19 and $16 during the period January 1, 2012 – May 4, 2012 and six months ended June 30, 2011, respectively, related to the shares not issued.

Based on their achievement of certain individual and departmental performance goals:

 

   

Employees earned and were issued 75,152 performance shares in February 2012 related to the 2011 grants and

 

   

Employees earned and were issued 96,305 performance shares in February 2011 related to the 2010 grants.

Upon the consummation of the Merger, all of the 2012 performance share awards granted were cancelled for no consideration. Performance shares awards granted in 2010 and 2011 vested upon consummation of the merger, and the remaining unrecognized expense of $68 and $135, respectively, was recorded in the period ending May 4, 2012.

Deferred Compensation Awards

Pursuant to their employment arrangements, two executives received bonuses upon completion of our initial public offering. Executives receiving bonus payments totaling $2,200 elected to defer those payments pursuant to our deferred compensation plan. To satisfy this obligation, we contributed 129,412 shares of our common stock to the trust that holds the assets to pay obligations under our deferred compensation plan. The fair value of that stock at the date of contribution was $2,200. We have recorded the fair value of the shares of common stock, at the date the shares were contributed to the trust, as a reduction of our stockholders’ equity. In 2008, one of the executives who had deferred a bonus payment resigned from our company and our deferred compensation plan sold the shares held in that plan related to the deferred bonus payment. In 2012, the other executive who had deferred a bonus payment sold the shares in the deferred compensation plan. As a result, we have reclassified $2,200 previously recorded as deferred compensation to additional paid-in-capital.

We account for the change in fair value of the shares held in the trust as a charge to compensation cost. We recorded share-based compensation income of $34 for the period January 1, 2012 – May 4, 2012. There was no share-based compensation expense for the period May 5, 2012 – June 30, 2012. We recorded share-based compensation income of $11 and $5, for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011, respectively.

 

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Non-vested Shares

We have granted non-vested shares as follows:

 

   

We have granted non-vested shares to certain employees and our directors. These shares vest over time periods between three and five years. We valued these non-vested shares at the closing market value of our common stock on the date of grant.

 

   

We have granted non-vested shares to certain employees for shares earned under the Market Condition Share Awards as described above. These shares vest ratably over a three-year period. We valued the non-vested shares related to Market Condition Shares using a Monte Carlo simulation as described above.

 

   

We have granted non-vested shares to certain employees for shares earned under the Performance Share Awards as described above. These shares vest ratably over a three-year period. We valued the non-vested shares related to Performance Share Awards at the closing market value of our common stock on the date of grant of the Performance Share Awards.

Upon the consummation of the Merger, each non-vested share outstanding vested, was cancelled and converted into the right to receive the Offer Price and the remaining unrecognized expense of $1,323 was recorded in the period ended May 4, 2012.

A summary of non-vested shares activity for the period January 1, 2012 - May 4, 2012 is as follows:

 

     Shares     Weighted
Average
Grant Date
Fair Value
 

Non-vested shares balance at beginning of period

     910,678      $ 3.13   

Granted

     1,015,545      $ 2.43   

Forfeited

     (2,500   $ 3.00   

Vested

     (1,923,723   $  2.76   
  

 

 

   

Non-vested shares balance at end of period

     —        $ —     
  

 

 

   

There was no non-vested shares activity for the period May 5, 2012 - June 30, 2012.

We recorded share-based compensation expense related to non-vested shares of $1,396 and $1,644 for the period April 1, 2012 – May 4, 2012 and the period January 1, 2012 – May 4, 2012, respectively. There was no share-based compensation expense for the period May 5, 2012 – June 30, 2012. We recorded share-based compensation expense related to non-vested shares of $260 and $588 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011, respectively.

Vested Shares

During the six months ended June 30, 2011, our directors had the option to elect to have some or the entire cash portion of their annual fees paid in the form of shares of our common stock rather than cash. Directors making this election received shares having a market value equal to 125% of the cash they would otherwise receive. Shares issued in lieu of cash fee payments are fully vested upon issuance.

We recorded non-cash professional fees expense of $22 for the six months ended June 30, 2011, related to these elections to received shares in lieu of cash. We issued 10,188 shares in the six months ended June 30, 2011 related to these elections.

8. PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

Property and equipment consist of the following:

 

     Successor     Predecessor  
     June 30,
2012
    December 31,
2011
 

Land and improvements

   $ 54,720      $ 57,665   

Building and improvements

     383,098        417,385   

Furniture, fixtures and equipment

     202,232        344,825   

Construction in process

     818        142   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     640,868        820,017   

Less accumulated depreciation

     (7,620     (243,755
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Property and equipment, net

   $ 633,248      $ 576,262   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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The above amounts as of June 30, 2012, include net fair value adjustments recorded as part of purchase accounting that increased the aggregate carrying value of property and equipment as of the Merger date (see footnote 4).

Depreciation expense for continuing operations was $7,620, $4,217 and $12,234 for the period May 5, 2012 through June 30, 2012, the period April 1, 2012 through May 4, 2012 and three months ended June 30, 2011, respectively.

Depreciation expense for continuing operations was $7,620, $15,623 and $24,397 for the period May 5, 2012 through June 30, 2012, the period January 1, 2012 through May 4, 2012 and six months ended June 30, 2011, respectively.

9. LONG-TERM DEBT

Long-term debt consists of the following:

 

     Carrying Value     Principal
Amounts
 
     Successor     Predecessor     Successor  
     June 30,
2012
    December 31,
2011
    June 30,
2012
 

Mortgage Debt:

      

Traverse City/Kansas City mortgage loan

   $ 62,732      $ 65,591      $ 64,733   

Pocono Mountains mortgage loan

     93,946        93,015        92,364   

Concord mortgage loan

     53,091        54,055        52,882   

First mortgage notes (net of discount of $8,046 as of December 31, 2011)

     261,011        221,954        230,000   

Other Long-Term Debt:

      

Junior subordinated debentures

     60,842        80,545        80,545   

Other

     —          14        —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     531,622        515,174        520,524   

Less current portion of long-term debt

     (67,363     (67,678     (67,363
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total long-term debt

   $ 464,259      $ 447,496      $ 453,161   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

The carrying value amounts as of June 30, 2012, include net fair value adjustments recorded as part of purchase accounting that increased the aggregate carrying value of debt as of the Merger date (see footnote 4). We are amortizing these adjustments as offsets to interest expense over the life of each loan, using the effective interest rate method. The unamortized fair value adjustment as of June 30, 2012 was $11,098.

Traverse City/Kansas City Mortgage Loan—This non-recourse loan is secured by our Traverse City and Kansas City resorts. The loan bears interest at a fixed rate of 6.96%, is subject to a 25-year principal amortization schedule, and matures in January 2015. The loan has customary financial and operating debt compliance covenants. The loan also has customary restrictions on our ability to prepay the loan prior to maturity. We were in compliance with all covenants under this loan at June 30, 2012.

While recourse under the loan is limited to the property owner’s interest in the mortgaged property, we have provided limited guarantees with respect to certain customary non-recourse provisions and environmental indemnities relating to the loan.

The loan also contains limitations on our ability, without lender’s consent, to (i) make payments to our affiliates if a default exists; (ii) enter into transactions with our affiliates; (iii) make loans or advances; or (iv) assume, guarantee or become liable in connection with any other obligations.

The loan requires us to maintain a minimum debt service coverage ratio (DSCR) of 1.35, calculated on a quarterly basis. This ratio is defined as the two collateral properties’ combined trailing twelve-month net operating income divided by the greater of (i) the loan’s twelve-month debt service requirements and (ii) 8.5% of the amount of the outstanding principal indebtedness under the loan. Failure to meet the minimum DSCR is not an event of default and does not accelerate the due date of the loan. Not meeting the minimum DSCR, however, subjects the two properties to a lock-box cash management arrangement, at the discretion of the loan’s servicer. The loan also contains a similar lock-box requirement if we open any Great Wolf Lodge or Blue Harbor Resort within 100 miles of either resort, and the two collateral properties’ combined trailing twelve-month net operating income is not at least equal to 1.8 times 8.5% of the amount of the outstanding principal indebtedness under the loan. For the quarter ended June 30, 2012, the DSCR for this loan was 0.98, and the DSCR for this loan has been below 1.35 since the second quarter of 2007.

In September 2010, the loan’s master servicer implemented a lock-box cash management arrangement. The lock-box cash management arrangement requires substantially all cash receipts for the two resorts to be moved each day to a lender-controlled bank account, which the loan servicer then uses to fund debt service and operating expenses for the two resorts on a monthly basis, with excess cash flow being deposited in a reserve account and held as additional collateral for the loan. We believe that this arrangement constitutes a traditional lock-box arrangement as discussed in authoritative accounting guidance. Based on that guidance, we have

 

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classified the entire outstanding principal balance of the loan as a current liability as of June 30, 2012, since the lock-box arrangement requires us to use the properties’ working capital to service the loan, and we do not presently have the ability to refinance this loan to a new, long-term loan. Although the entire principal balance of the loan is classified as a current liability as of June 30, 2012, the loan is not in default, and the principal balance is not due currently.

At our request, in October 2010 the loan was transferred to its special servicer. We informed the special servicer that, given the current and expected performance at that time of the two properties securing this loan, we might elect to cease the subsidization of debt service on this non-recourse loan. If we were to elect to cease the subsidization of debt service, that may result in a default under the loan agreement. The properties had a combined net book value of $73,780 as of June 30, 2012, and the amount of debt outstanding under the loan was $64,733 as of June 30, 2012.

Given improved operating trends and performance at the properties during 2011 and the six months ended June 30, 2012, we currently expect the properties to generate sufficient cash flow so that our subsidization of debt service, if any, for 2012 will be insignificant to our overall operations. As a result, we currently believe the most likely course of action for 2012 is to continue to operate these properties, assuming these trends continue.

Pocono Mountains Mortgage Loan—This loan is secured by a mortgage on our Pocono Mountains resort. The loan bears interest at a fixed rate of 6.10% and matures in January 2017. The loan is currently subject to a 30-year principal amortization schedule. The loan has customary covenants associated with an individual mortgaged property. The loan also has customary restrictions on our ability to prepay the loan prior to maturity. We were in compliance with all covenants under this loan at June 30, 2012.

The loan requires us to maintain a minimum DSCR of 1.25, calculated on a quarterly basis. Subject to certain exceptions, the DSCR is increased to 1.35 if we open up a waterpark resort within 75 miles of the property or incur mezzanine debt secured by the resort. This ratio is defined as the property’s combined trailing twelve-month net operating income divided by the greater of (i) the loan’s twelve-month debt service requirements and (ii) 7.25% of the amount of the outstanding principal indebtedness under the loan. Failure to meet the minimum DSCR is not an event of default and does not accelerate the due date of the loan. Not meeting the minimum DSCR, however, subjects the property to a lock-box cash management arrangement, at the discretion of the loan’s servicer. We believe that lock-box arrangement would require substantially all cash receipts for the resort to be moved each day to a lender-controlled bank account, which the loan servicer would then use to fund debt service and operating expenses for the resort, with excess cash flow being deposited in a reserve account and held as additional collateral for the loan. While recourse under the loan is limited to the property owner’s interest in the mortgage property, we have provided limited guarantees with respect to certain customary non-recourse provisions and environmental indemnities relating to the loan.

The loan also contains limitations on our ability, without lender’s consent, to (i) make payments to our affiliates if a default exists; (ii) enter into transactions with our affiliates; (iii) make loans or advances; or (iv) assume, guarantee or become liable in connection with any other obligations.

Concord Mortgage Loan—This loan is secured by a mortgage on our Concord resort. This loan bears interest at a floating rate of 30-day LIBOR plus a spread of 500 basis points with a minimum rate of 6.00% per annum (effective rate of 6.00% at June 30, 2012). This loan requires four quarterly principal payments of $125 each beginning October 1, 2011, and quarterly principal payments of $375 thereafter. The loan was amended in March 2012 to extend the maturity to December 31, 2016.

As part of the loan agreement, the lender requires excess cash from the Concord resort to be swept to the lender on a monthly basis. The lender will hold the excess cash until the end of each quarter and then will either fund the cash back to us to cover any projected cash shortfalls at the property or if there are no shortfalls projected, use the excess cash to repay the loan principal balance. The lender has a $25,000 loan principal guarantee from Great Wolf Resorts. This loan has customary financial and operating debt compliance covenants associated with an individual mortgaged property. We were in compliance with all covenants under this loan at June 30, 2012.

In connection with the refinancing of this loan in 2011 and the amendment of this loan in 2012, we were required to provide interest rate protection on a portion of the loan amount through the loan’s maturity date. Therefore, we executed interest rate caps that cap the loan at 8.00% interest rate through December 2016. The interest rate caps were designated as ineffective cash flow hedges. We mark the interest rate caps to market and record the change to interest expense.

First Mortgage Notes—In April 2010, we completed, in a private placement followed by a registered exchange offer, an offering of $230,000 in aggregate principal amount of our 10.875% first mortgage notes (the Notes) due April 2017. The Notes were sold at a discount that provides an effective yield of 11.875% before transaction costs. Prior to the Merger, we were amortizing the discount over the life of the Notes using the straight-line method, which approximated the effective interest method. As part of the acquisition method of accounting done in conjunction with the Merger, the Notes were recorded at fair value. The proceeds of the Notes were used to retire the outstanding mortgage debt on our Mason, Williamsburg, and Grapevine properties and for general corporate purposes.

 

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The Notes are senior obligations of GWR Operating Partnership, L.L.L.P. and Great Wolf Finance Corp (Issuers). The Notes are guaranteed by Great Wolf Resorts and by our subsidiaries that own three of our resorts and those guarantees are secured by first priority mortgages on those three resorts. The Notes are also guaranteed by certain of our other subsidiaries on a senior unsecured basis.

The Notes require that we satisfy certain tests in order to, among other things: (i) incur additional indebtedness; (ii) make distributions from GWR Operating Partnership, L.L.L.P. to Great Wolf Resorts, Inc.; (iii) repurchase the equity interests in GWR Operating Partnership, L.L.L.P. or to prepay the subordinated debt of GWR Operating Partnership, L.L.L.P. or its subsidiaries; (iv) make investments, (v) enter into affiliate transactions, (vi) sell assets other than in the ordinary course of business or (vii) merge. We are currently restricted from these activities with certain carve-outs, as provided in the indenture.

Junior Subordinated Debentures—In March 2005 we completed a private offering of $50,000 of trust preferred securities (TPS) through Great Wolf Capital Trust I (Trust I), a Delaware statutory trust which is our subsidiary. The securities pay holders cumulative cash distributions at an annual rate which is fixed at 7.80% through March 2015 and then floats at LIBOR plus a spread of 310 basis points thereafter. The securities mature in March 2035 and are callable at no premium after March 2010. In addition, we invested $1,550 in Trust I’s common securities, representing 3% of the total capitalization of Trust I.

Trust I used the proceeds of the offering and our investment to purchase from us $51,550 of junior subordinated debentures with payment terms that mirror the distribution terms of the TPS. The indenture governing the debentures contains limitations on our ability, without the consent of the holders of the debentures, to make payments to our affiliates or for our affiliates to make payments to us if a default exists. The costs of the TPS offering totaled $1,600, including $1,500 of underwriting commissions and expenses and $100 of costs incurred directly by Trust I. Trust I paid these costs utilizing an investment from us. These costs are being amortized over a 30-year period. The proceeds from our debentures sale, net of the costs of the TPS offering and our investment in Trust I, were $48,400. We used the net proceeds to retire a construction loan.

In June 2007 we completed a private offering of $28,125 of TPS through Great Wolf Capital Trust III (Trust III), a Delaware statutory trust which is our subsidiary. The securities pay holders cumulative cash distributions at an annual rate which is fixed at 7.90% through July 2012 and then floats at LIBOR plus a spread of 300 basis points thereafter. The securities mature in July 2017 and are callable at no premium after June 2012. In addition, we invested $870 in the Trust’s common securities, representing 3% of the total capitalization of Trust III.

Trust III used the proceeds of the offering and our investment to purchase from us $28,995 of junior subordinated debentures with payment terms that mirror the distribution terms of the TPS of Trust III securities. The costs of the TPS offering totaled $932, including $870 of underwriting commissions and expenses and $62 of costs incurred directly by Trust III. Trust III paid these costs utilizing an investment from us. The proceeds from these debentures sales, net of the costs of the TPS offering and our investment in Trust III, were $27,193. We used the net proceeds for development costs.

On March 12, 2012, in a privately-negotiated exchange with the holder of the TPS of Trust III , Great Wolf Capital Trust IV (Trust IV), a newly-formed Delaware statutory trust that is our subsidiary, issued $28,125 of new TPS in exchange for all $28,125 of TPS of Trust III. The new TPS pay holders cumulative cash distributions at an annual rate fixed at 7.90% through July 31, 2012 and at a floating annual rate equal to LIBOR plus 550 basis points thereafter. The new TPS mature on July 31, 2017 and are callable by the issuer at par after July 31, 2012. In conjunction with this transaction, Trust IV issued to us 870 common securities, which are all of the issued and outstanding common securities of Trust IV, with a liquidation amount of $870. In addition, in conjunction with this transaction, we issued to Trust IV $28,995 of junior subordinated debentures with payment terms that mirror the distribution terms of the TPS of Trust IV. Following the exchange transaction, the TPS of Trust III and the related junior subordinated debentures were cancelled.

Our consolidated financial statements present the debentures issued to the Trusts as other long-term debt. Our investments in the Trusts are accounted as cost investments and are included in other assets on our consolidated balance sheets. For financial reporting purposes, we record interest expense on the corresponding notes in our condensed consolidated statements of operations.

Future Maturities — Future principal requirements on long-term debt are as follows:

 

Through

June 30,

      

2013

   $ 4,449   

2014

     4,915   

2015

     64,028   

2016

     3,146   

2017

     363,442   

Thereafter

     80,545   
  

 

 

 

Total

   $ 520,525   
  

 

 

 

 

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As discussed above, the Traverse City/Kansas City mortgage loan is classified as a current liability as of June 30, 2012, due to the implementation of a traditional lock-box arrangement, although the loan is not in default and the full principal balance of the loan is not due currently. The future maturities table above reflects future cash principal repayments currently required under the provisions of that loan of $1,819 in 2013, $1,947 in 2014, and $60,967 in 2015.

10. FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (an exit price). United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) outlines a valuation framework and creates a fair value hierarchy in order to increase the consistency and comparability of fair value measurements and the related disclosures. Certain assets and liabilities must be measured at fair value, and disclosures are required for items measured at fair value.

We measure our financial instruments using inputs from the following three levels of the fair value hierarchy. The three levels are as follows:

 

   

Level 1 inputs are unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that we have the ability to access at the measurement date.

 

   

Level 2 inputs include quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability (that is, interest rates, yield curves, etc.), and inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means (market corroborated inputs).

 

   

Level 3 includes unobservable inputs that reflect our assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. We develop these inputs based on the best information available, including our own data.

The following table summarizes our financial assets using the fair value hierarchy on a recurring basis:

June 30, 2012

 

     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Interest rate caps

   $ —         $ 237       $ —         $ 237   

December 31, 2011

 

     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Interest rate caps

   $ —         $ 77       $ —         $ 77   

Level 2 assets consist of our interest rate caps. To determine the estimated fair value of our interest rate caps we use market information provided by the banks from whom the interest rate caps were purchased from.

As of June 30, 2012, we estimate the total fair value of our long-term debt to be approximately equal to their total carrying value. Fair value of long-term debt and mortgage debt is considered a level 2 liability.

The carrying amounts for cash and cash equivalents, other current assets, escrows, accounts payable, gift certificates payable and accrued expenses approximate fair value because of the short-term nature of these instruments.

11. LITIGATION

On March 14, 2012, a class action complaint was filed in the Delaware Court of Chancery against the Company, its directors, Apollo Management VII, L.P., Parent and Merger Sub. In that case, the plaintiff, on behalf of a putative class of stockholders, sought to enjoin the proposed transaction that was the subject of the Merger Agreement. Seven other lawsuits followed, four of which were filed in Delaware Chancery Court, two in the Circuit Court, Civil Division for Dane County in the State of Wisconsin (the Wisconsin State-court Actions), and one in the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin (the Wisconsin Federal-court Action). The Delaware cases were consolidated into a single action (the Delaware Action).

 

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On April 25, 2012, the parties to the Delaware Action and the Wisconsin State-court Actions reached an agreement in principle to settle those cases. The proposed settlement, which is subject to court approval following notice to the class and a hearing, provides for the dismissal with prejudice of plaintiffs’ complaints and of all claims asserted therein. On April 30, 2012, the parties to the Wisconsin Federal-court Action agreed to settle that case, subject to court approval of the proposed class-wide settlement in the Delaware Action and entry of a final order dismissing the Delaware Action in its entirety. Pursuant to their agreement, the parties to the Wisconsin Federal-court Action filed with the court, on April 30, 2012, a stipulation providing that the Action be voluntarily dismissed with respect to all defendants and that such dismissal will be with prejudice as to the plaintiff upon the consummation of the settlement of the Delaware Action.

The Company, the members of the Board of Directors, Apollo Management VII, L.P., Parent and Merger Sub each have denied, and continue to deny, that they committed or attempted to commit any violation of law or breach of fiduciary duty owed to the Company and/or its stockholders, aided or abetted any breach of fiduciary duty, or otherwise engaged in any of the wrongful acts alleged in all of these cases. All of the defendants expressly maintain that they complied with their fiduciary and other legal duties. However, in order to avoid the costs, disruption and distraction of further litigation, and without admitting the validity of any allegation made in the actions or any liability with respect thereto, the defendants have concluded that it is desirable to settle the claims against them on the terms reflected in the proposed settlements.

The proposed settlements are subject to customary conditions including completion of appropriate settlement documentation. In addition, the parties to the Delaware Action and the Wisconsin State-court Actions have acknowledged that the plaintiffs and their counsel in those cases intend to petition the appropriate court or courts for an award of attorneys’ fees and expenses in connection with the cases. Any award of fees and expenses to plaintiffs’ counsel is subject to approval by the appropriate court or courts, and the defendants have reserved the right to oppose the amount of any petition for fees and expenses.

The proposed settlements are not final, and no fee petition has yet been submitted or approved. Due to these uncertainties we are unable to predict the outcome of the litigations or to quantify any impact they may eventually have on our Company. An unfavorable outcome in these cases could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.

12. DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS

On March 24, 2011, we sold our Blue Harbor Resort in Sheboygan, Wisconsin to Claremont New Frontier Resort LLC (Claremont) for a purchase price of $4,200, less a $540 credit for purposes of real estate property tax payments to be made by Claremont for periods after the closing. We paid $2,000 to the City of Sheboygan with respect to real estate taxes relating to the Sheboygan property and contributed $300 toward a lease termination fee payable to a tenant at the property.

In connection with the construction of the Blue Harbor Resort, we had entered into agreements with the City of Sheboygan and the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Sheboygan whereby the City funded certain costs of construction. In exchange, we guaranteed certain levels of real and personal property tax payments, as well as room tax payments, from Blue Harbor Resort.

In connection with the closing, the existing agreements with the City of Sheboygan and the Redevelopment Authority were terminated, and we were released from all of our obligations under these agreements.

As a result of the sale, we have included the operations of the Blue Harbor Resort in discontinued operations for all periods presented. The operation of the Blue Harbor Resort was included in our Resort ownership/operation segment.

A summary of balance sheet data and operating activity related to this discontinued operation is as follows:

 

     Predecessor  
Balance sheet data:    March 23,
2011
 

Total assets

   $ 6,463   

Total liabilities

   $ 13,587   

 

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As part of the sales transaction on March 23, 2011, we wrote off $5,699 of property and equipment and $11,563 of other long-term debt.

 

    

Six months

ended June 30,

 
     2012     2011  
     Successor/Predecessor    

Predecessor

 

Revenues

   $ —       $ 1,578  

Operating expenses

     (17     (1,360

Gain on sale

     —          6,667   

Interest expense, net of interest income

     —          (76
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

(Loss) income from discontinued operations, net of tax

   $ (17   $ 6,809   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

13. SUPPLEMENTAL GUARANTOR CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

In April 2010, our subsidiaries, GWR Operating Partnership, L.L.L.P and Great Wolf Finance Corp. were co-issuers (the Issuer) with respect to $230,000 in principal amount of 10.875% first mortgage notes. In connection with the issuance, certain of our subsidiaries (the Subsidiary Guarantors) have guaranteed the first mortgage notes. Certain of our other subsidiaries (the Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries) have not guaranteed the first mortgage notes.

The following tables present the condensed consolidating balances sheets of the Company (Parent), the Issuers, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries as of June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, the condensed consolidating statements of operations for the period May 5, 2012 through June 30, 2012, period April 1, 2012 through May 4, 2012, three months ended June 30, 2011, period January 1, 2012 through May 4, 2012 and six months ended June 30, 2011 and the condensed consolidating statements of cash flows for the period May 5, 2012 through June 30, 2012, period January 1, 2012 through May 4, 2012 and six months ended June 30, 2011.

The accompanying condensed consolidating financial information has been prepared and presented pursuant to SEC Regulation S-X Rule 3-10, Financial statements of guarantors and issuers of guaranteed securities registered or being registered. Each of the Subsidiary Guarantors is 100% owned, directly or indirectly, by Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. There are significant restrictions on the Subsidiary Guarantors’ ability to pay dividends or obtain loans or advances. The Company’s and the Issuers’ investments in their consolidated subsidiaries are presented under the equity method of accounting.

 

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UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING BALANCE SHEET

June 30, 2012

Successor

(Dollars in thousands)

 

     Parent     Issuers     Subsidiary
Guarantors
    Non  Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Consolidating
Adjustments
    Consolidated  

ASSETS

  

Current assets:

            

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 11,136      $ 6,753      $ (206   $ 7,175      $ —        $ 24,858   

Escrows

     —          —          —          4,973        —          4,973   

Accounts receivable

     445        (2,204     4,448        1,647        —          4,336   

Accounts receivable—affiliate

     (30     (1,710     2,287        1,218        —          1,765   

Accounts receivable—consolidating entities

     461,133        600,804        477,196        193,044        (1,732,177     —     

Inventory

     —          —          3,263        4,764        —          8,027   

Other current assets

     1,334        —          1,963        6,056        —          9,353   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current assets

     474,018        603,643        488,951        218,877        (1,732,177     53,312   

Property and equipment, net

     —          —          335,757        297,491        —          633,248   

Investments in consolidating entities

     263,985        267,014        —          —          (530,999     —     

Investments in and advances to affiliate

     —          —          779        24,665        —          25,444   

Other assets

     2,474        —          7,346        236        —          10,056   

Goodwill

     —          —          42,973        53,857        —          96,830   

Intangible assets

     —          —          47,786        3,019        —          50,805   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

   $ 740,477      $ 870,657      $ 923,592      $ 598,145      $ (2,263,176   $ 869,695   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND EQUITY

  

Current liabilities:

            

Current portion of long-term debt

   $ —        $ —        $ —        $ 67,363      $ —        $ 67,363   

Accounts payable

     25        —          3,788        3,758        —          7,571   

Accounts payable—affiliate

     —          —          —          21        —          21   

Accounts payable—consolidating entities

     399,242        339,395        688,395        305,145        (1,732,177     —     

Accrued interest payable

     731        6,253        —          986        —          7,970   

Accrued expenses

     657        13        11,754        8,635        —          21,059   

Advance deposits

     —          —          7,371        6,168        —          13,539   

Other current liabilities

     3,033        —          907        1,210        —          5,150   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

     403,688        345,661        712,215        393,286        (1,732,177     122,673   

Mortgage debt

     —          261,011        —          142,406        —          403,417   

Other long-term debt

     60,842        —          —          —          —          60,842   

Deferred Tax liability

     17,145        —          —          —          —          17,145   

Deferred compensation liability

                 1,940                    1,940   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     481,675        606,672        714,155        535,692        (1,732,177     606,017   

Commitments and contingencies

            

Great Wolf Resorts Inc. stockholders’ equity:

            

Common stock

     —          —          —          —          —          —     

Preferred stock

     —          —          —          —          —          —     

Additional paid-in-capital

     264,064        266,994        207,096        59,898        (533,988     264,064   

Accumulated deficit

     (5,262     (3,009     2,341        (2,321     2,989        (5,262
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. stockholders’ equity

     258,802        263,985        209,437        57,577        (530,999     258,802   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Noncontrolling interest

     —          —          —          4,876        —          4,876   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total equity

     258,802        263,985        209,437        62,453        (530,999     263,678   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities and equity

   $ 740,477      $ 870,657      $ 923,592      $ 598,145      $ (2,263,176   $ 869,695   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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CONSOLIDATING BALANCE SHEET

December 31, 2011

Predecessor

(Dollars in thousands)

 

     Parent     Issuers     Subsidiary
Guarantors
     Non  Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Consolidating
Adjustments
    Consolidated  

ASSETS

  

Current assets:

             

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 10,039      $ 15,980      $ 814       $ 6,934      $ —        $ 33,767   

Escrows

     —          —          —           2,618        —          2,618   

Accounts receivable

     327        —          1,335         1,998        —          3,660   

Accounts receivable — affiliate

     —          —          1,461         1,782        —          3,243   

Accounts receivable — consolidating entities

     10,417        472,289        582,378         206,399        (1,271,483     —     

Inventory

     —          —          2,882         4,688        —          7,570   

Other current assets

     1,138        —          1,673         3,401        —          6,212   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current assets

     21,921        488,269        590,543         227,820        (1,271,483     57,070   

Property and equipment, net

     —          —          330,496         245,766        —          576,262   

Investment in consolidating entities

     200,123        274,959        —           —          (475,082     —     

Investment in and advances to affiliate

     —          —          —           24,311        —          24,311   

Other assets

     4,272        6,702        7,964         1,618        —          20,556   

Goodwill

     1,365        —          —           —          —          1,365   

Intangible assets

     —          —          4,668         20,642        —          25,310   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

   $ 227,681      $ 769,930      $ 933,671       $ 520,157      $ (1,746,565   $ 704,874   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND EQUITY

  

Current liabilities:

             

Current portion of long-term debt

   $ —        $ —        $ 14       $ 67,664      $ —        $ 67,678   

Accounts payable

     1        —          1,907         3,393        —          5,301   

Accounts payable — affiliate

     —         —         10         17        —         27   

Accounts payable — consolidating entities

     5,730        341,588        747,086         177,079        (1,271,483     —     

Accrued interest payable

     723        6,253        —           1,036        —          8,012   

Accrued expenses

     866        12        13,702         9,631        —          24,211   

Advance deposits

     —          —          2,685         5,030        —          7,715   

Other current liabilities

     4,384        —          1,132         2,013        —          7,529   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

     11,704        347,853        766,536         265,863        (1,271,483     120,473   

Mortgage debt

     —          221,954        —           144,997        —          366,951   

Other long-term debt

     80,545        —          —           —          —          80,545   

Deferred tax liability

     11,907        —          —           —          —          11,907   

Deferred compensation liability

     —          —          1,502         —          —          1,502   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     104,156        569,807        768,038         410,860        (1,271,483     581,378   

Commitments and contingencies

             

Great Wolf Resorts stockholders’ equity:

             

Common stock

     325        —          —           —          —          325   

Preferred stock

     —          —          —           —          —          —     

Additional paid-in-capital

     404,714        456,693        163,514         293,179        (913,386     404,714   

Accumulated deficit

     (281,314     (256,570     2,119         (183,853     438,304        (281,314

Deferred compensation

     (200     —          —           —          —          (200
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Great Wolf Resorts stockholders’ equity

     123,525        200,123        165,633         109,326        (475,082     123,525   

Noncontrolling interest

     —          —          —           (29     —          (29
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total equity

     123,525        200,123        165,633         109,297        (475,082     123,496   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities and equity

   $ 227,681      $ 769,930      $ 933,671       $ 520,157      $ (1,746,565   $ 704,874   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

Period May 5, 2012 through June 30, 2012

Successor

(Dollars in thousands)

 

     Parent     Issuers     Subsidiary
Guarantors
     Non  Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Consolidating
Adjustments
    Consolidated  

Revenues:

             

Rooms

   $ —        $ —        $ 15,258       $ 12,796      $ —        $ 28,054   

Food and beverage

     —          —          4,291         3,830        —          8,121   

Other

     —          —          3,433         3,834        —          7,267   

Management and other fees

     52        —          3,830         3        (3,405     480   

Management and other fees— affiliates

     —          —          535         —          —          535   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     52        —          27,347         20,463        (3,405     44,457   

Other revenue from managed properties

     —          —          1,878         —          —          1,878   

Other revenue from managed properties—affiliates

     —          —          1,729         —          —          1,729   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total revenues

     52        —          30,954         20,463        (3,405     48,064   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating expenses by department:

             

Rooms

     —          —          2,391         2,394        (563     4,222   

Food and beverage

     —          —          3,323         2,806        —          6,129   

Other

     —          —          2,923         3,662        —          6,585   

Other operating expenses:

             

Selling, general and administrative

     1,349        20        9,795         5,054        (2,842     13,376   

Property operating costs

     —          —          2,653         2,221        —          4,874   

Depreciation and amortization

           —         3,827         3,952              7,779   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     1,349        20        24,912         20,089        (3,405     42,965   

Other expenses from managed properties

     —          —          1,878         —          —          1,878   

Other expenses from managed properties—affiliates

     —          —          1,729         —          —          1,729   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     1,349        20        28,519         20,089        (3,405     46,572   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net operating (loss) income

     (1,297     (20     2,435         374        —          1,492   

Investment income—affiliates

     —          —          —           (137     —          (137

Interest income

     (31     —          —           —          —          (31

Interest expense

     931        3,009        —           2,319        —          6,259   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

(Loss) income from continuing operations before income taxes and equity in income of unconsolidated affiliates

     (2,197     (3,029     2,435         (1,808     —          (4,599

Income tax expense

     56        —          94         129        —          279   

Equity in loss (income) of unconsolidated affiliates, net of tax

     3,009        (20     —           402        (2,989     402   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net (loss) income from continuing operations

     (5,262     (3,009     2,341         (2,339     2,989        (5,280

Discontinued operations, net of tax

     —          —          —           (7     —          (7
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net (loss) income

     (5,262     (3,009     2,341         (2,332     2,989        (5,273

Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest, net of tax

     —          —          —           (11     —          (11
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net (loss) income attributable to Great Wolf Resorts, Inc.

   $ (5,262   $ (3,009   $ 2,341       $ (2,321   $ 2,989      $ (5,262
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

Period April 1, 2012 through May 4, 2012

Predecessor

(Dollars in thousands)

 

     Parent     Issuers     Subsidiary
Guarantors
    Non  Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Consolidating
Adjustments
    Consolidated  

Revenues:

            

Rooms

   $ —        $ —        $ 8,714      $ 9,654      $ —        $ 18,368   

Food and beverage

     —          —          2,225        2,501        —          4,726   

Other

     —          —          1,918        2,697        —          4,615   

Management and other fees

     30        —          2,506        2        (1,837     701   

Management and other fees— affiliates

     —          —          441        —          —          441   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     30        —          15,804        14,854        (1,837     28,851   

Other revenue from managed properties

     —          —          1,123        —          —          1,123   

Other revenue from managed properties—affiliates

     —          —          1,129        —          —          1,129   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total revenues

     30        —          18,056        14,854        (1,837     31,103   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating expenses by department:

            

Rooms

     —          —          1,442        1,444        (368     2,518   

Food and beverage

     —          —          1,734        1,758        —          3,492   

Other

     —          —          1,580        2,138        —          3,718   

Other operating expenses:

            

Selling, general and administrative

     9,857        13        7,279        3,946        (1,469     19,626   

Property operating costs

     —          —          1,531        2,080        —          3,611   

Depreciation and amortization

     15        131        2,265        2,039        —          4,450   

Loss on disposition of assets

     —          —          47        —          —          47   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     9,872        144        15,878        13,405        (1,837     37,462   

Other expenses from managed properties

     —          —          1,123        —          —          1,123   

Other expenses from managed properties—affiliates

     —          —          1,129        —          —          1,129   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     9,872        144        18,130        13,405        (1,837     39,714   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net operating (loss) income

     (9,842     (144     (74     1,449        —          (8,611

Investment income—affiliates

     —          —          —          (83     —          (83

Interest income

     (21     (4     —          1        —          (24

Interest expense

     595        2,500        —          1,264        —          4,359   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

(Loss) income from continuing operations before income taxes and equity in income of unconsolidated affiliates

     (10,416     (2,640     (74     267        —          (12,863

Income tax expense (benefit)

     18        —          14        (138     —          (106

Equity in loss (income) of unconsolidated affiliates, net of tax

     1,849        (791     —          (458     (1,058     (458
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net (loss) income from continuing operations

     (12,283     (1,849     (88     863        1,058        (12,299

Discontinued operations, net of tax

     —          —          —          (13     —          (13
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net (loss) income

     (12,283     (1,849     (88     876        1,058        (12,286

Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest, net of tax

     —          —          —          (3     —          (3
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net (loss) income attributable to Great Wolf Resorts, Inc.

   $ (12,283   $ (1,849   $ (88   $ 879      $ 1,058      $ (12,283
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

Three months ended June 30, 2011

Predecessor

(Dollars in thousands)

 

     Parent     Issuers     Subsidiary
Guarantors
     Non  Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Consolidating
Adjustments
    Consolidated  

Revenues:

             

Rooms

   $ —        $ —        $ 23,286       $ 21,545      $ —        $ 44,831   

Food and beverage

     —          —          6,546         5,443          11,989   

Other

     —          —          5,409         6,130        —          11,539   

Management and other fees

     128        —          5,904         6        (5,384     654   

Management and other fees—affiliates

     —          —          1,024         —          —          1,024   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     128        —          42,169         33,124        (5,384     70,037   

Other revenue from managed properties

     —          —          2,945         —          —          2,945   

Other revenue from managed properties—affiliates

     —          —          2,743         —          —          2,743   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total revenues

     128        —          47,857         33,124        (5,384     75,725   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating expenses by department:

             

Rooms

     —          —          3,849         3,627        (900     6,576   

Food and beverage

     —          —          5,102         4,187        —          9,289   

Other

     —          —          4,378         4,767        —          9,145   

Other operating expenses:

             

Selling, general and administrative

     645        35        12,010         8,633        (4,399     16,924   

Property operating costs

     —          —          3,999         4,857        —          8,856   

Depreciation and amortization

     39        347        6,381         6,548        —          13,315   

Loss on disposition of assets

     —          —          21         1,017        —          1,038   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     684        382        35,740         33,636        (5,299     65,143   

Other expenses from managed properties

     —          —          2,945         —          —          2,945   

Other expenses from managed properties—affiliates

     —          —          2,743         —          —          2,743   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     684        382        41,128         33,636        (5,299     70,831   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net operating (loss) income

     (556     (382     6,429         (512     (85     4,894   

Investment income—affiliates

     —          —          —           (220     —          (220

Interest income

     (48     (2     —           (1     —          (51

Interest expense

     1,584        6,636        1         3,887        —          12,108   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

(Loss) income from continuing operations before income taxes and equity in income of unconsolidated affiliates

     (2,092     (7,016     6,428         (4,178     (85     (6,943

Income tax (benefit) expense

     55        —          123         170        —          348   

Equity in loss (income) of unconsolidated affiliates, net of tax

     4,712        (2,304     —           (344     (2,408     (344
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net (loss) income from continuing operations

     (6,859     (4,712     6,305         (4,004     2,323        (6,947

Discontinued operations, net of tax

     —          —          —           19        (84     (65
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net (loss) income

     (6,859     (4,712     6,305         (4,023     2,407        (6,882

Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest, net of tax

     —          —          —           (23     —          (23
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net (loss) income attributable to Great Wolf Resorts, Inc.

   $ (6,859   $ (4,712   $ 6,305       $ (4,000   $ 2,407      $ (6,859
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

Period January 1, 2012 through May 4, 2012

Predecessor

(Dollars in thousands)

 

     Parent     Issuers     Subsidiary
Guarantors
     Non  Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Consolidating
Adjustments
    Consolidated  

Revenues:

             

Rooms

   $ —        $ —        $ 30,243       $ 33,550      $ —        $ 63,793   

Food and beverage

     —          —          8,399         8,874        —          17,273   

Other

     —          —          7,206         8,714        —          15,920   

Management and other fees

     191        —          8,872         7        (7,672     1,398   

Management and other fees—affiliates

     —          —          1,414         —          —          1,414   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     191        —          56,134         51,145        (7,672     99,798   

Other revenue from managed properties

     —          —          4,193         —          —          4,193   

Other revenue from managed properties—affiliates

     —          —          3,901         —          —          3,901   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total revenues

     191        —          64,228         51,145        (7,672     107,892   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating expenses by department:

             

Rooms

     —          —          5,325         5,412        (1,279     9,458   

Food and beverage

     —          —          6,466         6,480        —          12,946   

Other

     —          —          5,908         7,542        —          13,450   

Other operating expenses:

             

Selling, general and administrative

     15,470        59        20,803         12,266        (6,393     42,205   

Property operating costs

     —          —          5,266         6,081        —          11,347   

Depreciation and amortization

     53        480        8,391         7,545        —          16,469   

Loss on disposition of assets

     —          —          47         —          —          47   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     15,523        539        52,206         45,326        (7,672     105,922   

Other expenses from managed properties

     —          —          4,193         —          —          4,193   

Other expenses from managed properties—affiliates

     —          —          3,901         —          —          3,901   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     15,523        539        60,300         45,326        (7,672     114,016   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net operating (loss) income

     (15,332     (539     3,928         5,819        —          (6,124

Investment income—affiliates

     —          —          —           (303     —          (303

Interest income

     (74     (7     —           (1     —          (82

Interest expense

     2,179        9,136        —           4,701        —          16,016   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

(Loss) income from continuing operations before income taxes and equity in income of unconsolidated affiliates

     (17,437     (9,668     3,928         1,422        —          (21,755

Income tax expense

     66        —          141         62        —          269   

Equity in loss (income) of unconsolidated affiliates, net of tax

     3,978        (5,690     —           (551     1,712        (551
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net (loss) income from continuing operations

     (21,481     (3,978     3,787         1,911        (1,712     (21,473

Discontinued operations, net of tax

     —          —          —           23        —          23   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net (loss) income

     (21,481     (3,978     3,787         1,888        (1,712     (21,496

Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest, net of tax

     —          —          —           (15     —          (15
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net (loss) income attributable to Great Wolf Resorts, Inc.

   $ (21,481   $ (3,978   $ 3,787       $ 1,903      $ (1,712   $ (21,481
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

Six months ended June 30, 2011

Predecessor

(Dollars in thousands)

 

     Parent     Issuers     Subsidiary
Guarantors
     Non  Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Consolidating
Adjustments
    Consolidated  

Revenues:

             

Rooms

   $ —        $ —        $ 43,428       $ 43,590      $ —        $ 87,018   

Food and beverage

     —          —          12,067         11,124        —          23,191   

Other

     —          —          10,350         12,368        —          22,718   

Management and other fees

     283        —          11,632         24        (10,532     1,407   

Management and other fees—affiliates

     —          —          2,027         —          —          2,027   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     283        —          79,504         67,106        (10,532     136,361   

Other revenue from managed properties

     —          —          5,782         —          —          5,782   

Other revenue from managed properties—affiliates

     —          —          5,467         —          —          5,467   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total revenues

     283        —          90,753         67,106        (10,532     147,610   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating expenses by department:

             

Rooms

     —          —          7,249         7,121        (1,747     12,623   

Food and beverage

     —          —          9,370         8,379        —          17,749   

Other

     —          —          8,342         10,220        —          18,562   

Other operating expenses:

             

Selling, general and administrative

     1,538        68        24,489         16,427        (8,617     33,905   

Property operating costs

     —          —          8,112         9,168        —          17,280   

Depreciation and amortization

     77        673        12,734         13,079        —          26,563   

Loss on disposition of property

     —          —          21         1,017        —          1,038   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     1,615        741        70,317         65,411        (10,364     127,720   

Other expenses from managed properties

     —          —          5,782         —          —          5,782   

Other expenses from managed properties—affiliates

     —          —          5,467         —          —          5,467   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     1,615        741        81,566         65,411        (10,364     138,969   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net operating (loss) income

     (1,332     (741     9,187         1,695        (168     8,641   

Investment income—affiliates

     —          —          —           (462     —          (462

Interest income

     (97     (5     —           (4     —          (106

Interest expense

     3,168        13,272        1         7,764        —          24,205   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

(Loss) income from continuing operations before income taxes and equity in income of unconsolidated affiliates

     (4,403     (14,008     9,186         (5,603     (168     (14,996

Income tax expense

     64        —          227         330        —          621   

Equity in loss (income) of unconsolidated affiliates, net of tax

     3,858        (10,150     —           (451     6,292        (451
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net (loss) income from continuing operations

     (8,325     (3,858     8,959         (5,482     (6,460     (15,166

Discontinued operations, net of tax

     —          —          —           (6,641     (168     (6,809
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net (loss) income

     (8,325     (3,858     8,959         1,159        (6,292     (8,357

Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest, net of tax

     —          —          —           (32     —          (32
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net (loss) income attributable to Great Wolf Resorts, Inc.

   $ (8,325   $ (3,858   $ 8,959       $ 1,191      $ (6,292   $ (8,325
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

Period May 5, 2012 through June 30, 2012

Successor

(Dollars in thousands)

 

     Parent     Issuers     Subsidiary
Guarantors
    Non  Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Consolidating
Adjustments
    Consolidated  

Operating activities:

            

Net (loss) income

   $ (5,262   $ (3,009   $ 2,341      $ (2,332   $ 2,989      $ (5,273

Adjustment to reconcile net (loss) income to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:

            

Depreciation and amortization

     —          —          3,827        3,952        —          7,779   

Bad debt expense

     —          —          7        2        —          9   

Amortization of debt fair value

     (58 )     (889     —          60        —          (887

Non-cash employee compensation and professional fees expense

     —          —          868        —          —          868   

Equity in losses (income) of affiliates

     3,009        (20     —          423        (2,989     423   

Deferred tax benefit

     36        —          —          —          —          36   

Changes in operating assets and liabilities

     62,535        137,928        (64,230     (138,243     —          (2,010
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

     60,260        134,010        (57,187     (136,138     —          945   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investing activities:

            

Capital expenditures for property and equipment

     —          —          (1,332     (1,932     —          (3,264

Investment in development

     —          —          (14     —          —          (14

Increase in restricted cash

     —          —          —          (1,279     —          (1,279
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash used in investing activities

     —          —          (1,346     (3,211     —          (4,557
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Financing activities:

            

Principal payments on debt

     —          —          —          (392     —          (392

Payment of loan costs

     (4     —          —          —          —          (4

Member contributions

     1,091        —          —          —          —          1,091   

Advances from consolidating entities, net

     (73,551     (131,166     62,268        142,449        —          —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities

     (72,464     (131,166     62,268        142,057        —         695   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents

     (12,204     2,844        3,735        2,708        —          (2,917

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period

     23,340        3,909        (3,941     4,467        —          27,775   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

   $ 11,136      $ 6,753      $ (206   $ 7,175      $ —        $ 24,858   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

Period January 1, 2012 through May 4, 2012

Predecessor

(Dollars in thousands)

 

     Parent     Issuers     Subsidiary
Guarantors
    Non  Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Consolidating
Adjustments
    Consolidated  

Operating activities:

            

Net (loss) income

   $ (21,481   $ (3,978   $ 3,787      $ 1,888      $ (1,712   $ (21,496

Adjustment to reconcile net (loss) income to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities:

            

Depreciation and amortization

     53        480        8,391        7,545        —          16,469   

Bad debt expense

     —          —          1        25        —          26   

Non-cash employee compensation and professional fees expense

     —          —          3,348        —          —          3,348   

Loss on disposition of assets

     —          —          47       —          —          47   

Equity in (income) losses of affiliates

     3,978        (5,690     —          (559     1,712        (559

Deferred tax benefit

     73        —          —          —          —          73   

Changes in operating assets and liabilities

     14,315        (3,747     (3,218     (3,580     —          3,770   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities

     (3,062     (12,935     12,356        5,319        —          1,678   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investing activities:

            

Capital expenditures for property and equipment

     —          —          (1,248     (989     —          (2,237

Investment in development

     —          —          (75     —          —          (75

Proceeds from sale of assets

     —          —          3       —          —          3   

Increase in restricted cash

     —          —          —          (3,464     —          (3,464
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash (used in) provided in investing activities

     —          —          (1,320     (4,453     —          (5,773
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Financing activities:

            

Principal payments on debt

     —          527        (14     (2,290     —          (1,777

Payment of loan costs

     3       (121     —          (2     —          (120

Advances from consolidating entities, net

     16,360        458        (15,777     (1,041     —          —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

     16,363        864        (15,791     (3,333     —          (1,897
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents

     13,301        (12,071     (4,755     (2,467     —          (5,992

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period

     10,039        15,980        814        6,934        —          33,767   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

   $ 23,340      $ 3,909      $ (3,941   $ 4,467      $ —        $ 27,775   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

Six months ended June 30, 2011

Predecessor

(Dollars in thousands)

 

     Parent     Issuers     Subsidiary
Guarantors
    Non
Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Consolidating
Adjustments
    Consolidated  

Operating activities:

            

Net (loss) income

   $ (8,325   $ (3,858   $ 8,959      $ 1,159      $ (6,292   $ (8,357

Adjustment to reconcile net (loss) income to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities:

            

Depreciation and amortization

     77        673        12,734        13,180        —          26,664   

Bad debt expense

     —          —          1        24        —          25   

Non-cash employee compensation and professional fees expense

     —          —          1,130        —          —          1,130   

Loss on disposition of assets

     —          —          21        1,017        —          1,038   

Gain on disposition of property included in discontinued operations

     —          —          —          (6,667     —          (6,667

Equity in loss (income) of unconsolidated affiliates

     3,858        (10,150     —          (494     6,292        (494

Deferred tax expense

     106        —          —          —          —          106   

Changes in operating assets and liabilities

     (868     (675     (2,399     (4,777     —          (8,719
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities

     (5,152     (14,010     20,446        3,442        —          4,726   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investing activities:

            

Capital expenditures for property and equipment

     —          —          (2,041     (3,133     —          (5,174

Loan repayment from unconsolidated affiliates

     —          —          —          807        —          807   

Investment in development

     —          —          (168     —          —          (168

Proceeds from sale of a discontinued operation

     —          —          —          4,200        —          4,200   

(Increase) decrease in restricted cash

     (1,000     —          —          665        —          (335
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash (used in) provided in investing activities

     (1,000     —          (2,209     2,539        —          (670
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Financing activities:

            

Principal payments on debt

     —          766        (16     (3,221     —          (2,471

Payment of loan costs

     (50     (115     —          (76     —          (241

Advances from consolidating entities, net

     6,180        15,667        (20,167     (1,680     —          —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

     6,130        16,318        (20,183     (4,977     —          (2,712
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents

     (22     2,308        (1,946     1,004        —          1,344   

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period

     10,047        24,168        (328     3,101        —          36,988   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

   $ 10,025      $ 26,476      $ (2,274   $ 4,105      $ —        $ 38,332   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

This “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” is a discussion and analysis of the financial condition, results of operations and liquidity and capital resources. The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes thereto appearing elsewhere in this report. We make statements in this section that are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. For a complete discussion of forward-looking statements, see the “Forward-Looking Statements” section that immediately follows the table of contents. All dollar amounts in this discussion, except for per share data and operating statistics, are in thousands.

As described in Note 2 to the condensed consolidated financial statements, in connection with the preparation of the condensed consolidated financial statements for the second quarter of 2012, we identified an error in the manner in which deferred tax balances were calculated. In accordance with accounting guidance found in ASC 250-10 (SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 99, Materiality), we assessed the materiality of the error and concluded that the error was not material to any of our previously issued financial statements. In accordance with accounting guidance found in ASC 250-10 (SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 108, Considering the Effects of Prior Year Misstatements when Quantifying Misstatements in Current Year Financial Statements), we will revise our previously issued financial statements to correct the effect of this error. This non-cash revision does not impact our operating income or cash flows for any prior period.

As a result of the May 4, 2012 merger with K-9 Acquisition, Inc., we have a Predecessor period from January 1, 2012 to May 4, 2012 and a Successor period from May 5, 2012 to June 30, 2012. In order to present Management’s Discussion and Analysis in a way that offers investors a meaningful period to period comparison, we have combined Predecessor and Successor periods to arrive at the three and six months ended June 30, 2012 amounts and compared to the Predecessor three and six month periods ended June 30, 2011, however these combined results are considered non-GAAP financial measures.

Overview

The terms “Great Wolf Resorts,” “us,” “we,” “our” and “Company” used in this Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations refer to Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries.

Business. We are a family entertainment resort company that provides our guests with a high-quality vacation at an affordable price. We are the largest owner, operator and developer in North America of drive-to, destination family resorts featuring indoor waterparks and other family-oriented entertainment activities based on the number of resorts in operation. Each of our resorts features approximately 300 to 600 family suites, each of which sleeps from six to ten people and includes a wet bar, microwave oven, refrigerator and dining and sitting area. We provide a full-service entertainment resort experience to our target customer base: families with children ranging in ages from 2 to 14 years old that live within a convenient driving distance of our resorts. Our resorts are open year-round and provide a consistent, comfortable environment where our guests can enjoy our various amenities and activities. We operate and license resorts under our Great Wolf Lodge brand name. We have entered into licensing and management arrangements with third parties relating to the operation of resorts under the Great Wolf Lodge brand name.

We provide our guests with a self-contained vacation experience and focus on capturing a significant portion of their total vacation spending. We earn revenues through the sale of rooms (which includes admission to our indoor waterpark), and other revenue-generating resort amenities. Each of our resorts features a combination of the following revenue-generating amenities: themed restaurants and snack bars, ice cream shop and confectionery, full-service adult spa, kid spa, game arcade, gift shop, miniature golf, interactive game attraction, family tech center and meeting space. We also generate revenues from licensing arrangements, management fees and other fees with respect to our operation or development of properties owned in whole or in part by third parties.

Each of our Great Wolf Lodge resorts has a Northwoods lodge theme, designed in a Northwoods cabin motif with exposed timber beams, massive stone fireplaces, Northwoods creatures including mounted wolves and an animated two-story Clock Tower that provides theatrical entertainment for younger guests. All of our guest suites are themed luxury suites, ranging in size from approximately 385 square feet to 925 square feet.

The indoor waterparks in our Great Wolf Lodge resorts range in size from approximately 34,000 to 84,000 square feet and include decorative rockwork and plantings. The focus of each Great Wolf Lodge waterpark is our signature 12-level treehouse water fort, an interactive water experience for the entire family that features over 60 water effects and is capped by an oversized bucket that dumps between 700 and 1,000 gallons of water every five minutes. Our waterparks also feature a combination of high-speed body slides and inner tube waterslides, smaller and lower speed slides for younger children, zero-depth water activity pools with geysers, a water curtain, fountains and tumble buckets, a lazy river, additional activity pools for basketball, open swimming and other water activities and large free-form hot tubs, including hot tubs for adults only.

On March 24, 2011, we sold our Blue Harbor Resort in Sheboygan, Wisconsin to Claremont New Frontier Resort LLC (Claremont) for a purchase price of $4,200, less a $540 credit for purposes of real estate property tax payments to be made by Claremont for periods after the closing. We paid $2,000 to the City of Sheboygan with respect to real estate taxes relating to the Sheboygan property and contributed $300 toward a lease termination fee payable to a tenant at the property. We continue to license the Blue Harbor Resort and related trade names to Claremont at no fee. As of March 24, 2011, we no longer operated this resort or managed the condominium units there.

On May 4, 2012, the Company merged with K-9 Acquisition, Inc., a Delaware corporation (Merger Sub) (the Merger). Although the Company continued as the same legal entity after the Merger, the Company’s capital structure changed significantly as a result of the Merger and our financial statement presentations distinguish between a “Predecessor” for periods prior to the Merger and a “Successor” for periods subsequent to the Merger. The Merger was accounted for as a business combination using the acquisition method of accounting and Successor financial statements reflect a new basis of accounting that is based on the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed as of the effective time of the Merger. The determination of these fair values reflects appraisals prepared by independent third parties and is based on actual tangible and identifiable intangible assets and liabilities that existed as of the effective time of the Merger. As a result of the application of the acquisition method of accounting as of the effective time of the Merger, the financial statements for the Predecessor period and for the Successor period are presented on different bases and are, therefore, not comparable.

 

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The following table presents an overview of our portfolio of resorts. As of June 30, 2012, we operated, managed and/or had licensing arrangements relating to the operation of 11 Great Wolf Lodge resorts (our signature Northwoods-themed resorts). We anticipate that most of our future resorts will be licensed and/or developed under our Great Wolf Lodge brand, but we may operate and/or enter into licensing arrangements with other resorts using different brands in appropriate markets.

 

     Ownership
Percentage
    Opened      Number of
Guest  Suites
    Indoor
Entertainment
Area (1)
 

Wisconsin Dells, WI (3)

     —          1997         385 (2)      102,000   

Sandusky, OH (3)

     —          2001         271        41,000   

Traverse City, MI

     100     2003         280        57,000   

Kansas City, KS

     100     2003         281        57,000   

Williamsburg, VA (4)

     100     2005         405        87,000   

Pocono Mountains, PA (4)

     100     2005         401        101,000   

Niagara Falls, ONT (5)

     —          2006         406        104,000   

Mason, OH (4)

     100     2006         401        105,000   

Grapevine, TX (4)

     100     2007         605        110,000   

Grand Mound, WA (6)

     49     2008         398        74,000   

Concord, NC (4)

     100     2009         402        97,000   

 

(1)

Our indoor entertainment areas generally include our indoor waterpark, game arcade, children’s activity room, family tech center, MagiQuest® (an interactive game attraction) and fitness room, as well as our spa in the resorts that have such amenities.

(2) Total number of guest suites includes 77 condominium units that are individually owned and we manage.
(3) These properties are owned by CNL Lifestyle Properties, Inc. (CNL), a real estate investment trust focused on leisure and lifestyle properties. We currently manage both properties and license the Great Wolf Lodge brand to these resorts.
(4) Five of our properties (Great Wolf Lodge resorts in Williamsburg, VA; Pocono Mountains, PA; Mason, OH; Grapevine, TX and Concord, NC) each had a book value of fixed assets equal to ten percent or more of our total assets as of June 30, 2012 and each of those five properties had total revenues equal to ten percent or more of our total revenues for the period January 1 - March 31, 2012; the period April 1 - May 4, 2012; and the period May 5 - June 30, 2012.
(5) An affiliate of Ripley Entertainment, Inc. (Ripley), our licensee, owns this resort. We have granted Ripley a license to use the Great Wolf Lodge name for this resort through April 2016.
(6) This property is owned by a joint venture. The Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation (Chehalis) owns a 51% interest in the joint venture, and we own a 49% interest. We operate the property and license the Great Wolf Lodge brand to the joint venture under long-term agreements through April 2057, subject to earlier termination in certain situations. The joint venture leases the land for the resort from the United States Department of the Interior, which is trustee for Chehalis.

Industry Trends. We operate in the family entertainment resort segment of the travel and leisure industry. The concept of a family entertainment resort with an indoor waterpark was first introduced to the United States in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, and has evolved since the late 1980s. In an effort to boost occupancy and daily rates, as well as capture off-season demand, hotel operators in the Wisconsin Dells market began expanding indoor pools and adding waterslides and other water-based attractions to existing hotels and resorts. The success of these efforts prompted several local operators to build new, larger destination resorts based primarily on the concept.

We believe that these resorts have proven popular because of several factors, including the ability to provide a year-round vacation destination without weather-related risks, the wide appeal of water-based recreation and the favorable trends in leisure travel discussed below. No operator or developer other than Great Wolf Resorts has established a national portfolio of destination family entertainment resorts featuring indoor waterparks.

 

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While no standard industry definition for a family entertainment resort featuring an indoor waterpark has developed, we generally consider resorts with at least 200 rooms featuring indoor waterparks larger than 25,000 square feet, as well as a variety of water slides and other water-based attractions, to be competitive with our resorts. A Hotel & Leisure Advisors, LLC (H&LA) survey as of July 2011 indicates that there are 141 open indoor waterpark resort properties in the United States and Canada. Of the total, 47 are considered “indoor waterpark destination resorts” offering more than 30,000 square feet of indoor waterpark space. Of these 47 properties, 11 are Great Wolf Lodges.

We believe recent vacation trends favor drive-to family entertainment resorts featuring indoor waterparks, as the number of families choosing to take shorter, more frequent vacations that they can drive to have increased in recent years. We believe these trends will continue. We believe indoor waterpark resorts are generally relatively less affected by changes in economic cycles than more expensive vacation options, as drive-to destinations are generally less expensive and more convenient than destinations that require air travel.

Outlook. We believe that no other operator or developer other than us has established a national portfolio of destination family entertainment resorts that feature indoor waterparks. Our resorts do, however, compete directly with other family entertainment resorts and other family entertainment attractions in our markets. We intend to continue to expand our portfolio of resorts throughout the United States and to selectively seek licensing and management opportunities domestically and internationally.

The resorts we plan to develop, acquire, license and/or operate in the future may require significant industry knowledge and/or substantial capital resources. Our external growth strategy going forward is to seek joint venture, licensing and management opportunities. We expect each of the joint venture arrangements would involve us having a minority or no ownership interest in the new resort. We believe there are opportunities to capitalize on our existing brand and operational platforms with lower capital requirements from us than if we were to be a sole or majority owner of the new resort.

Our primary business objective is to increase long-term value. We believe we can increase value by executing our internal and external growth strategies. Our primary internal growth strategies are:

 

   

leveraging our competitive advantages and increasing domestic geographic diversification through a licensing-based business model and joint venture investments in target markets;

 

   

expanding our brand footprint internationally;

 

   

selective sales/dispositions of ownership interests/recycling of capital;

 

   

expanding and enhancing existing resorts;

 

   

continuing to innovate;

 

   

maximizing total resort revenues;

 

   

minimizing total resort costs;

 

   

building upon our existing brand awareness and loyalty; and

 

   

expanding operations of our majority-owned subsidiary, Creative Kingdoms.

In attempting to execute our internal and external growth strategies, we are subject to a variety of business challenges and risks. These include:

 

   

attracting suitable joint venture partners;

 

   

development, acquisition, conversion and/or licensing of properties;

 

   

increases in costs of constructing, operating and maintaining resorts we own or manage;

 

   

competition from other entertainment companies, both within and outside our industry segment;

 

   

external economic risks, including family vacation patterns and trends; and

 

   

the other risks described in our annual report on Form 10-K under Item 1A, “Risk Factors.” For a complete discussion of forward-looking statements, see the “Forward-Looking Statements” section that immediately follows the table of contents.

We seek to meet these challenges by providing sufficient management oversight to site selection, development and resort operations; concentrating on growing and strengthening awareness of our brand and demand for our resorts; and maintaining our focus on safety.

 

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Our business model is highly dependent on consumer spending, because the substantial majority of our revenues are earned from leisure guests, and a vacation experience at one of our resorts is a discretionary expenditure for a family. Over the past several years, the slowdown in the U.S. economy and accompanying economic recession has generally led to a decrease in credit available to consumers and a related decrease in consumer confidence and consumer discretionary spending. These trends generally continued through the second quarter of 2012 as consumers have experienced several negative economic impacts over the past few years, including:

 

   

continued turbulence in the banking and lending sectors, which has led to a general lessening of the availability of credit to consumers;

 

   

increasing energy and commodity prices (particularly food) in 2011 and 2012;

 

   

a high national unemployment rate;

 

   

economic uncertainty due to potential sovereign defaults;

 

   

a slowdown in economic growth and lack of consistent job creation during 2012;

 

   

a decline in the national average of home prices and an increase in the national home foreclosure rate; and

 

   

high volatility in the stock market that led to substantial declines in stock values and aggregate household savings from 2007 to 2012.

These and other factors impact the amount of discretionary income for consumers and consumer sentiment toward discretionary purchases. As a result, these types of items could negatively impact consumer spending in future periods. While we believe the convenience, quality and overall affordability of a stay at one of our resorts continues to be an attractive alternative to other potential family vacations, a sustained decrease in overall consumer discretionary spending could have a material adverse effect on our overall results.

We develop resorts with expectations of achieving certain financial returns on a resort’s operation. The economic slowdown of the past several years has materially and adversely affected our ability to achieve the operating results for our resorts that we had expected to achieve when those resorts were first planned and developed. Also:

 

   

We believe that our Traverse City and Sandusky resorts have been and will continue to be affected by especially adverse general economic circumstances in the Michigan/Northern Ohio region (such as bankruptcies of several major companies and/or large announced layoffs by major employers) and increased competition that has occurred in these markets over the past few years. The Michigan/Northern Ohio region includes cities that have historically been the Traverse City and Sandusky resorts’ largest source of customers. We believe the adverse general economic circumstances in the region have negatively impacted overall discretionary consumer spending in that region over the past few years and may continue to do so going forward. Although we have taken steps to reduce our operating costs at these resorts, we believe the general regional economic downturn has and may continue to have an impact on the operating performance of our Traverse City and Sandusky resorts.

 

   

In 2010, the master servicer for our loan that is secured by our Traverse City and Kansas City resorts implemented a lock-box cash management arrangement due to the properties not meeting a minimum debt service coverage ratio test under the loan. The loan is not in default and the outstanding principal balance is not due currently, but accounting rules require us to classify the entire loan balance as a current liability as of June 30, 2012. We recorded an $18,741 impairment charge in 2010 related to our Traverse City and Kansas City resorts to reflect a decline in their estimated fair value. Although the operating performance of the two properties securing this loan has improved since 2010, we expect the properties to continue to feel the effects of the regional economic declines experienced over the past several years and to produce operating results below what they had produced prior to 2008.

 

   

Our Wisconsin Dells property has been significantly impacted by the abundance of competing indoor waterpark resorts in that market. The Wisconsin Dells market has approximately 16 indoor waterpark resorts that compete with us. We believe this large number of competing properties in a relatively small tourist destination location has and will likely continue to have an adverse impact on the operating performance of our Wisconsin Dells resort.

 

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Our external growth strategies are based primarily on:

 

   

developing additional indoor waterpark resorts,

 

   

converting existing indoor waterpark resorts to our brands (in conjunction with joint venture partners), or by,

 

   

licensing our intellectual property and proprietary management systems to others.

Developing and building resorts of the size and scope of our family entertainment resorts generally requires obtaining financing for a significant portion of a project’s expected construction costs. The general tightening in U.S. lending markets has dramatically decreased the overall availability of financing for ground-up construction. Although the ultimate effect on our external growth strategy of the current credit environment is difficult to predict with certainty, we believe that the availability of construction financing to us and other investors and/or developers may be more restrictive in the future and that terms of construction financing may be less favorable than was the case through 2008. Although we believe that we and other investors and/or developers may be able to continue to obtain construction financing sufficient to execute development strategies, we expect that the more difficult credit market environment is likely to continue at least through 2012.

Revenue and Key Performance Indicators. We seek to generate positive cash flows and maximize our return on invested capital from each of our owned resorts. Our rooms revenue represents sales to guests of room nights at our resorts and is the largest contributor to our cash flows and earnings before interest, taxes, and depreciation and amortization (EBITDA). Rooms revenue accounted for approximately 66% of our total consolidated resort revenue for the six months ended June 30, 2012. We employ sales and marketing efforts to increase overall demand for rooms at our resorts. We seek to optimize the relationship between room rates and occupancies through the use of yield management techniques that attempt to project demand in order to selectively increase room rates during peak demand. These techniques are designed to assist us in managing our higher occupancy nights to achieve maximum rooms revenue and include such practices as:

 

   

monitoring our historical trends for occupancy and estimating our high occupancy nights,

 

   

offering the highest discounts to previous guests in off-peak periods to build customer loyalty and enhance our ability to charge higher rates in peak periods,

 

   

structuring rates to allow us to offer our previous guests the best rate while simultaneously working with a promotional partner or offering internet specials,

 

   

monitoring sales of room types daily to evaluate the effectiveness of offered discounts, and

 

   

offering specials on standard suites and yielding better rates on larger suites when standard suites sell out.

In addition, we seek to maximize the amount of time and money spent on-site by our guests by providing a variety of revenue-generating amenities.

We have several key indicators that we use to evaluate the performance of our business. These indicators include the following:

 

   

occupancy;

 

   

average daily room rate, or ADR;

 

   

revenue per available room, or RevPAR;

 

   

total revenue per occupied room, or Total RevPOR;

 

   

total revenue per available room, or Total RevPAR;

 

   

non-rooms revenue per occupied room; and

 

   

earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, or EBITDA.

Occupancy, ADR and RevPAR are commonly used measures within the hospitality industry to evaluate hotel operations and are defined as follows:

 

   

Occupancy is calculated by dividing total occupied rooms by total available rooms.

 

   

ADR is calculated by dividing total rooms revenue by total occupied rooms.

 

   

RevPAR is the product of occupancy and ADR.

Total RevPOR, Total RevPAR and Non-rooms revenue per occupied room are defined as follows:

 

   

Total RevPOR is calculated by dividing total revenue by total occupied rooms.

 

   

Total RevPAR is calculated by dividing total revenue by total available rooms.

 

   

Non-rooms revenue per occupied room is calculated by taking the difference between Total RevPOR and ADR.

 

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Occupancy allows us to measure the general overall demand for rooms at our resorts and the effectiveness of our sales and marketing strategies. ADR allows us to measure the effectiveness of our yield management strategies. While ADR and RevPAR only include rooms revenue, Total RevPOR and Total RevPAR include both rooms revenue and other revenue derived from food and beverage and other amenities at our resorts. We consider Total RevPOR and Total RevPAR to be key performance indicators for our business because we derive a significant portion of our revenue from food and beverage and other amenities. For the six months ended June 30, 2012, approximately 34% of our total consolidated resort revenues consisted of non-rooms revenue.

We use RevPAR and Total RevPAR to evaluate the blended effect that changes in occupancy, ADR and Total RevPOR have on our results. We focus on increasing ADR and Total RevPOR because we believe those increases can have the greatest positive impact on our results. In addition, we seek to maximize occupancy, as increases in occupancy generally lead to greater total revenues at our resorts, and we believe maintaining certain occupancy levels is key to covering our fixed costs. Increases in total revenues as a result of higher occupancy are, however, typically accompanied by additional incremental costs (including housekeeping services, utilities and room amenity costs). In contrast, increases in total revenues from higher ADR and Total RevPOR are typically accompanied by lower incremental costs and result generally, in a greater increase in operating cash flow.

We also use EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA as measures of the operating performance of each of our resorts. EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are supplemental financial measures and are not defined by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (GAAP). See “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” below for further discussion of our use of EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA and a reconciliation of net loss to EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

This discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations is based on our condensed consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with GAAP. The preparation of these condensed consolidated financial statements requires management to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the unconsolidated financial statements, as well as revenue and expenses during the reporting periods. We evaluate our estimates and judgments on an ongoing basis. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other factors we believe are reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying value of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results could therefore differ materially from those estimates under different assumptions or conditions.

Intangibles – Our intangible assets consist of the value of our brand names, management contracts and patented and unpatented technologies. A summary of our intangibles is as follows:

 

     Successor      Predecessor  
     6/30/12      12/31/11  

Brandnames

   $ 40,800       $ 23,829   

Management contracts, net of amortization

     8,186         —     

Patented and unpatented technologies

     1,819         1,481   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 50,805       $ 25,310   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

The brand name intangible assets have indefinite useful lives. We do not amortize the brand name intangibles, but instead test them for possible impairment at least annually or when circumstances warrant, by comparing the fair value of the intangible asset with its carrying amount. We amortize our management contract intangibles over the remaining life of the contracts, ranging from 4 years to 45 years. We amortize our patented and unpatented technologies over 15 years.

Goodwill — The excess of the purchase price of entities that are considered to be purchases of businesses over the estimated fair value of tangible and identifiable intangible assets acquired is recorded as goodwill. We are required to assess goodwill for impairment annually, or more frequently if circumstances indicate impairment may have occurred. Recoverability of goodwill is measured at the reporting unit level and determined using a two-step process. The first step compares the carrying amount of the reporting unit to its estimated fair value. If the estimated fair value of a reporting unit exceeds its carrying amount, goodwill of the reporting unit is not impaired and the second step of the impairment test is not necessary. To the extent that the carrying value of the reporting unit exceeds its estimated fair value, a second step is performed, wherein the reporting unit’s carrying value of goodwill is compared to the implied fair value of goodwill. To the extent that the carrying value exceeds the implied fair value, impairment exists and must be recognized. We determine our reporting unit’s fair values using a discounted cash flow model.

In connection with the acquisition of the majority interest in Creative Kingdoms, LLC (CK) in 2010 we recorded $1,365 of goodwill. In 2012 in connection with the Merger, we recorded $96,830 of goodwill as part of purchase accounting.

 

Balance as of January 1, 2011 (Predecessor)

  

Goodwill recorded related to the acquisition of the majority interest in CK

   $ 1,365   
  

 

 

 

Balance as of December 31, 2011 and May 4, 2012 (Predecessor)

   $ 1,365   

Goodwill removed as a result of the Merger

     (1,365

Goodwill recorded related to the Merger

     96,830   
  

 

 

 

Balance as of June 30, 2012 (Successor)

   $ 96,830   
  

 

 

 

 

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Noncontrolling Interests — We record the interests in CK not owned by us as a separate component of our consolidated equity on our condensed consolidated balance sheet. The net earnings attributable to the controlling and noncontrolling interests are included on the face of our statements of operations. Due to our acquisition of CK in June 2010 we have a consolidated subsidiary with a noncontrolling interest as of June 30, 2012.

Discontinued Operations — We record the results of the operations of an entity that has been disposed of as a discontinued operation in the consolidated statements of operations when the operations and cash flows of the entity have been eliminated from the ongoing operations and we do not have any significant continuing involvement in the operations of the entity after the disposal transaction. During the three months ended March 31, 2011 we disposed of our Blue Harbor Resort property and have included that property’s operations and gain on sale in discontinued operations for all periods presented.

Income Taxes — At the end of each interim reporting period, we estimate the effective tax rate expected to be applicable for the full fiscal year. We use that estimated effective tax rate in providing for income taxes on a year-to-date basis. We account for the tax effect of significant unusual or extraordinary items in the period in which they occur. We account for major changes in our valuation allowance within continuing operations in the period in which they occur.

For a description of our critical accounting policies and estimates, please refer to the “Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates” section of our “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011. Except as described above, there have been no material changes in any of our critical accounting policies since December 31, 2011.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In May 2011, the FASB issued guidance that clarifies and changes the application of various fair value measurement principles and disclosure requirements. This guidance is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2011. The adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

 

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In September 2011, the FASB issued guidance that permits an entity an option to first perform a qualitative assessment to determine whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount. If an entity believes, as a result of its qualitative assessment, that it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount, the quantitative impairment test is required. Otherwise, no further impairment testing is required. The guidance is effective for annual and interim goodwill impairment tests performed for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2011. The adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

We use EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA as measures of our operating performance. EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are supplemental non-GAAP financial measures.

EBITDA is commonly defined as net income plus (a) net interest expense from continuing operations and discontinued operations, (b) income taxes from continuing operations and discontinued operations, and (c) depreciation and amortization from continuing operations and discontinued operations.

We define Adjusted EBITDA as net income (loss) plus (a) interest expense, net, (b) income taxes, (c) depreciation and amortization, (d) non-cash employee and director compensation, (e) costs associated with early extinguishment of debt or potential capital markets transactions, (f) opening costs of projects under development, (g) equity in earnings (loss) of unconsolidated related parties, (h) gain or loss on disposition of property or investments, (i) separation payments to senior executives, (j) environmental liability costs, (k) asset impairment charges, (l) non-controlling interests, (m) acquisition-related expenses, and (n) other unusual or non-recurring items.

EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA as calculated by us are not necessarily comparable to similarly titled measures presented by other companies. In addition, EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA (a) do not represent net income or cash flows from operations as defined by GAAP; (b) are not necessarily indicative of cash available to fund our cash flow needs; and (c) should not be considered as alternatives to net income, operating income, cash flows from operating activities or our other financial information as determined under GAAP.

We believe EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are useful to an investor in evaluating our operating performance because:

 

   

a significant portion of our assets consists of property and equipment that are depreciated over their remaining useful lives in accordance with GAAP. Because depreciation and amortization are non-cash items, we believe that presentation of EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are useful measures of our operating performance;

 

   

they are widely used in the hospitality and entertainment industries to measure operating performance without regard to items such as depreciation and amortization; and

 

   

we believe they help investors meaningfully evaluate and compare the results of our operations from period to period by removing the impact of items directly resulting from our asset base, primarily depreciation and amortization, from our operating results.

Our management uses EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA:

 

   

as measurements of operating performance because they assist us in comparing our operating performance on a consistent basis as they remove the impact of items directly resulting from our asset base, primarily depreciation and amortization, from our operating results;

 

   

for planning purposes, including the preparation of our annual operating budget;

 

   

as valuation measures for evaluating our operating performance and our capacity to incur and service debt, fund capital expenditures and expand our business; and

 

   

as measures in determining the value of other acquisitions and dispositions.

Using measures such as EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA have material limitations, including the following:

 

   

they do not reflect every cash expenditure, future requirements for capital expenditures or contractual commitments;

 

   

they do not reflect the significant interest expense or the cash requirements necessary to service interest or principal payments on our debt;

 

   

although depreciation and amortization are non-cash charges, the assets being depreciated and amortized will often have to be replaced or require improvements in the future, and EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA do not reflect any cash requirements for such replacements or improvements;

 

   

they are not adjusted for all non-cash income or expense items that are reflected in our statements of cash flows;

 

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they do not reflect limitations on our costs related to transferring earnings from our subsidiaries to us; and

 

   

other companies in our industry may calculate EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA differently than we do, limiting their usefulness as comparative measures.

 

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Because of these limitations, our EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA measures should not be considered as measures of discretionary cash available to us to invest in the growth of our business or as measures of cash that will be available to us to meet our obligations. We compensate for these limitations by using EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA, along with other comparative tools, together with GAAP measurements, to assist in the evaluation of operating performance. Such GAAP measurements include operating income (loss), net income (loss), cash flows from operations and cash flow data. We have significant uses of cash flows, including capital expenditures, interest payments, debt principal repayments, taxes and other non-recurring charges, which are not reflected in our EBITDA- and Adjusted EBITDA-based measures.

EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are not intended as alternatives to net income (loss), as indicators of our operating performance, as alternatives to any other measure of performance in conformity with GAAP or as alternatives to cash flow provided by operating activities as a measure of liquidity. You should therefore not place undue reliance on our EBITDA- and Adjusted EBITDA-based measures or ratios calculated using those measures. Our GAAP-based measures can be found in our consolidated financial statements and the related notes, included elsewhere in this report.

Adjusted EBITDA is an operating performance measure, and not a liquidity measure, that provides investors and analysts with a measure of operating results unaffected by differences in capital structures, capital investment cycles and ages of related assets among otherwise comparable companies. We also present Adjusted EBITDA because it is used by some investors as a way to measure our ability to incur and service debt, make capital expenditures and meet working capital requirements.

Adjusted EBITDA is a measure commonly used in our industry, and we present Adjusted EBITDA to enhance investors’ understanding of our operating performance. We use Adjusted EBITDA as one criterion for evaluating our performance relative to that of our peers. The compensation committee of our board of directors determines the annual variable compensation for certain members of our management based in part on Adjusted EBITDA.

The following table reconciles net loss attributable to Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. to EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA for the periods presented (prior to the reclassification for discontinued operations).

 

     Three months ended June 30,     Six months ended June 30,  
     2012     2011     2012     2011  
    

Successor/

Predecessor

    Predecessor    

Successor/

Predecessor

    Predecessor  

Net loss attributable to Great Wolf Resorts, Inc.

   $ (17,545   $ (6,859   $ (26,743   $ (8,325

Adjustments:

        

Interest expense, net of interest income

     10,563        12,058        22,162        24,175   

Income tax expense

     156        349        534        667   

Depreciation and amortization

     12,229        13,315        24,248        26,664   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

EBITDA

     5,403        18,863        20,201        43,181   

Non-cash employee and director compensation

     3,425        548        4,216        1,131   

Loss on disposition of assets

     47        1,038        47        1,038   

Equity in income loss of unconsolidated affiliates

     (38     (347     (135     (494

Net income loss attributable to noncontrolling interest

     (13     (22     (27     (36

Separation payments

     —          —          —          385   

Gain on disposition of property included in discontinued operations

     —          —          —          (6,667

Merger-related costs

     12,045        —          17,685        —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Adjusted EBITDA

   $ 20,869        20,080      $ 41,987      $ 38,538   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Results of Operations

General

Our financial information includes:

 

   

our subsidiary that provides resort development and management/licensing services;

 

   

our wholly-owned resorts;

 

   

our CK subsidiary, which is a developer of experiential gaming products, less our noncontrolling interest; and

 

   

our equity interest in the Grand Mound resort, in which we have a minority ownership interest but which we do not consolidate.

Revenues. Our revenues consist of:

 

   

lodging revenue, which includes rooms, food and beverage, and other department revenues from our resorts;

 

   

revenue from our CK subsidiary, which includes product sales, admission fees and retail revenues;

 

   

management fee and other revenue from resorts, which includes fees received under our management, license, development and construction management agreements; and

 

   

other revenue from managed properties. We employ the staff at our managed properties. Under our management agreements, the resort owners reimburse us for payroll, benefits and certain other costs related to the operations of the managed properties. We include the reimbursement of payroll, benefits and costs, recorded as revenue on our statements of operations, with a corresponding expense recorded as “other expenses from managed properties.”

Operating Expenses. Our departmental operating expenses consist of rooms, food and beverage and other department expenses.

Our other operating expenses include the following items:

 

   

selling, general and administrative expenses, which are associated with the operations and management of resorts and our CK subsidiary and which consist primarily of expenses such as corporate payroll and related benefits, operations management, sales and marketing, finance, legal, information technology support, human resources and other support services, as well as general corporate expenses and Merger-related expenses;

 

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property operation and maintenance expenses, such as utility costs and property taxes;

 

   

depreciation and amortization; and

 

   

other expenses from managed properties.

Three months ended June 30, 2012, compared with the three months ended June 30, 2011

The following table shows key operating statistics for our resorts for the three months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011:

 

     All
Properties
          Same Store Comparison (a)         
     Successor/
Predecessor
    Successor/
Predecessor
    Predecessor               
     2012     2012     2011     $      %  

Occupancy

     67.4     67.4     66.4     N/A         1.5

ADR

   $ 254.98      $ 254.98      $ 252.99      $ 1.99         0.8

RevPAR

   $ 171.85      $ 171.85      $ 168.04      $ 3.81         2.3

Total RevPOR

   $ 388.92      $ 388.92      $ 384.21      $ 4.71         1.2

Total RevPAR

   $ 262.12      $ 262.12      $ 255.20      $ 6.92         2.7

Non-rooms revenue per occupied room

   $ 133.94      $ 133.94      $ 131.22      $ 2.72         2.1

 

(a) Same store comparison includes properties that were open for the full periods and with comparable number of rooms in 2012 and 2011.

The positive changes in key operating statistics for the three months ended June 30, 2012, compared to the three months ended June 30, 2011, appear to be the result of:

 

   

incremental stabilization of economic conditions, which appear to be having a positive impact on consumer sentiment and spending patterns; and

 

   

an increase in overall consumer demand for our properties.

Presented below are selected amounts from the statements of operations for the three months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011:

 

     Three months ended
June 30,
 
     Successor/
Predecessor
    Predecessor        
     2012     2011     Increase /
(Decrease)
 

Revenues

   $ 79,167      $ 75,725      $ 3,442   

Operating expenses:

      

Departmental operating expenses

     26,664        25,010        1,654   

Selling, general and administrative

     33,002        16,924        16,078   

Depreciation and amortization

     12,229        13,315        (1,086

Loss on disposition of assets

     47        1,038        (991

Net operating (loss) income

     (7,119     4,894        (12,013

Interest expense, net of interest income

     10,563        12,057        (1,494

Net loss attributable to Great Wolf Resorts, Inc.

     (17,545     (6,859     (10,686

Revenues. Total revenues increased due to the following:

 

   

More stable economic conditions with corresponding strengthening in consumer confidence and discretionary spending, which positively affected our business; and

 

   

An increase in consumer demand for our properties.

Operating expenses.

 

   

Departmental operating expenses increased by $1,654 in the three months ended June 30, 2012, as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2011, due primarily to an increase in revenues.

 

   

Selling, general and administrative expenses increased by $16,078 in the three months ended June 30, 2012, as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2011, due primarily to non-recurring expenses related to the Merger transaction.

 

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Total depreciation and amortization decreased for the three months ended June 30, 2012 as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2011, primarily due to purchase accounting related to the Merger transaction.

 

   

Loss on disposition of assets decreased, primarily due to a loss related to CK during the three months ended June 30, 2011. There was no similar loss during the three months ended June 30, 2012.

Net operating income. During the three months ended June 30, 2012, we had net operating loss of $7,119 as compared to net operating income of $4,894 for the three months ended June 30, 2011.

Net loss attributable to Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. Net loss attributable to Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. increased primarily due to a decrease in net operating income of $12,013. This decrease was partially offset by a decrease in interest expense, net of interest income of $1,494 primarily due to purchase accounting related to the Merger transaction.

Six months ended June 30, 2012, compared with the six months ended June 30, 2011

The following table shows key operating statistics for our resorts for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011:

 

     All
Properties
          Same Store Comparison (a)         
     Successor/
Predecessor
2012
    Successor/
Predecessor
2012
    Predecessor
2011
    $      %  

Occupancy

     66.4     66.4     64.5     N/A         2.9

ADR

   $ 260.14      $ 260.14      $ 258.83      $ 1.31         0.5

RevPAR

   $ 172.66      $ 172.66      $ 166.83      $ 5.83         3.5

Total RevPOR

   $ 398.44      $ 398.44      $ 394.85      $ 3.59         0.9

Total RevPAR

   $ 264.45      $ 264.45      $ 254.50      $ 9.95         3.9

Non-rooms revenue per occupied room

   $ 138.30      $ 138.30      $ 136.02      $ 2.28         1.7

 

(a) Same store comparison includes properties that were open for the full periods and with comparable number of rooms in 2012 and 2011 (that is, all properties other than our Blue Harbor Resort in Sheboygan, WI).

The positive changes in key operating statistics for the six months ended June 30, 2012, compared to the six months ended June 30, 2011, appear to be the result of:

 

   

incremental stabilization of economic conditions, which appear to be having a positive impact on consumer sentiment and spending patterns; and

 

   

an increase in overall consumer demand for our properties.

Presented below are selected amounts from the statements of operations for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011:

 

     Six months ended
June 30,
 
     Successor/
Predecessor
    Predecessor        
     2012     2011     Increase /
(Decrease)
 

Revenues

   $ 155,956      $ 147,610      $ 8,346   

Operating expenses:

      

Departmental operating expenses

     52,790        48,934        3,856   

Selling, general and administrative

     55,581        33,905        21,676   

Depreciation and amortization

     24,248        26,563        (2,315

Loss on disposition of assets

     47        1,038        (991

Net operating (loss) income

     (4,632     8,641        (13,273

Interest expense, net of interest income

     22,162        24,099        (1,937

Discontinued operations, net of tax

     17        (6,809     6,826   

Net loss attributable to Great Wolf Resorts, Inc.

     (26,743     (8,325     (18,418

 

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Revenues. Total revenues increased due to the following:

 

   

More stable economic conditions with corresponding strengthening in consumer confidence and discretionary spending, which positively affected our business; and

 

   

An increase in consumer demand for our properties.

Operating expenses.

 

   

Departmental operating expenses increased by $3,856 in the six months ended June 30, 2012, as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2011, due primarily to an increase in revenues.

 

   

Selling, general and administrative expenses increased by $21,676 in the six months ended June 30, 2012, as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2011, due primarily to non-recurring expenses related to the Merger transaction.

 

   

Total depreciation and amortization decreased for the six months ended June 30, 2012 as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2011, primarily due to purchase accounting related to the Merger transaction.

 

   

Loss on disposition of assets decreased, primarily due to a loss related to CK during the six months ended June 30, 2011. There was no similar loss during the six months ended June 30, 2012.

Net operating income. During the six months ended June 30, 2012, we had net operating loss of $4,632 as compared to net operating income of $8,641 for the six months ended June 30, 2011.

Net loss attributable to Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. Net loss attributable to Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. increased primarily due to a decrease in net operating income of $13,273. This decrease was partially offset by a decrease in interest expense, net of interest income of $1,744 primarily due to purchase accounting related to the Merger transaction.

Segments

We have two reportable segments:

 

   

resort ownership/operation-revenues derived from our consolidated owned resorts; and

 

   

resort third-party management/licensing-revenues derived from management, license and other related fees from unconsolidated managed resorts.

The Other column in the table below includes items that do not constitute a reportable segment and represent corporate-level activities and the activities of other operations not included in the Resort Ownership/Operation or Resort Third-Party Management/License segments.

See our Segments section in our Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, in Note 3 of our condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

     Three months ended
June 30,
     Six months ended
June 30,
 
     Successor/
Predecessor
     Predecessor             Successor/
Predecessor
     Predecessor         
     2012      2011      Increase/
(Decrease)
     2012      2011      Increase/
(Decrease)
 

Resort Ownership/Operation

                 

Revenues

   $ 69,821       $ 67,208       $ 2,613       $ 138,540       $ 130,461       $ 8,079   

EBITDA

     17,794         16,140         1,654         36,865         39,482         (2,617

Resort Third-Party Management/License

                 

Revenues

     8,016         7,366         650         15,528         14,683         845   

EBITDA

     2,155         1,678         477         3,825         3,434         391   

 

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     Three months ended
June 30,
    Six months ended
June 30,
 
     Successor/
Predecessor
    Successor/
Predecessor
     Successor/
Predecessor
    Successor/
Predecessor
    Predecessor         
     2012     2011      Increase/
(Decrease)
    2012     2011      Increase/
(Decrease)
 

Other

              

Revenues

     1,330        1,151         179        1,888        2,466         (578

EBITDA

     (14,546     1,045         (15,591     (20,489     265         (20,754

Liquidity and Capital Resources

We had total indebtedness of $531,622 and $515,174 as of June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively, summarized as follows:

 

     Carrying Value     Principal
Amounts
 
     Successor     Predecessor     Successor  
     June 30,
2012
    December 31,
2011
    June 30,
2012
 

Mortgage Debt:

      

Traverse City/Kansas City mortgage loan

   $ 62,732      $ 65,591      $ 64,733   

Pocono Mountains mortgage loan

     93,946        93,015        92,364   

Concord mortgage loan

     53,091        54,055        52,882   

First mortgage notes (net of discount of $8,046 as of December 31, 2011)

     261,011        221,954        230,000   

Other Long-Term Debt:

      

Junior subordinated debentures

     60,842        80,545        80,545   

Other

     —          14        —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     531,622        515,174        520,524   

Less current portion of long-term debt

     (67,363     (67,678     (67,363
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total long-term debt

   $ 464,259      $ 447,496      $ 453,161   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

The carrying value amounts as of June 30, 2012, include net fair value adjustments recorded as part of purchase accounting that increased the aggregate carrying value of debt as of the Merger date. We are amortizing these adjustments as offsets to interest expense over the life of each loan, using the effective interest rate method. The unamortized fair value adjustment as of June 30, 2012 was $11,098.

Traverse City/Kansas City Mortgage Loan—This non-recourse loan is secured by our Traverse City and Kansas City resorts. The loan bears interest at a fixed rate of 6.96%, is subject to a 25-year principal amortization schedule, and matures in January 2015. The loan has customary financial and operating debt compliance covenants. The loan also has customary restrictions on our ability to prepay the loan prior to maturity. We were in compliance with all covenants under this loan at June 30, 2012.

While recourse under the loan is limited to the property owner’s interest in the mortgaged property, we have provided limited guarantees with respect to certain customary non-recourse provisions and environmental indemnities relating to the loan.

The loan also contains limitations on our ability, without lender’s consent, to (i) make payments to our affiliates if a default exists; (ii) enter into transactions with our affiliates; (iii) make loans or advances; or (iv) assume, guarantee or become liable in connection with any other obligations.

The loan requires us to maintain a minimum debt service coverage ratio (DSCR) of 1.35, calculated on a quarterly basis. This ratio is defined as the two collateral properties’ combined trailing twelve-month net operating income divided by the greater of (i) the loan’s twelve-month debt service requirements and (ii) 8.5% of the amount of the outstanding principal indebtedness under the loan. Failure to meet the minimum DSCR is not an event of default and does not accelerate the due date of the loan. Not meeting the minimum DSCR, however, subjects the two properties to a lock-box cash management arrangement, at the discretion of the loan’s servicer. The loan also contains a similar lock-box requirement if we open any Great Wolf Lodge or Blue Harbor Resort within 100 miles of either resort, and the two collateral properties’ combined trailing twelve-month net operating income is not at least equal to 1.8 times 8.5% of the amount of the outstanding principal indebtedness under the loan. For the quarter ended June 30, 2012, the DSCR for this loan was 0.98, and the DSCR for this loan has been below 1.35 since the second quarter of 2007.

 

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In September 2010, the loan’s master servicer implemented a lock-box cash management arrangement. The lock-box cash management arrangement requires substantially all cash receipts for the two resorts to be moved each day to a lender-controlled bank account, which the loan servicer then uses to fund debt service and operating expenses for the two resorts on a monthly basis, with excess cash flow being deposited in a reserve account and held as additional collateral for the loan. We believe that this arrangement constitutes a traditional lock-box arrangement as discussed in authoritative accounting guidance. Based on that guidance, we have classified the entire outstanding principal balance of the loan as a current liability as of June 30, 2012, since the lock-box arrangement requires us to use the properties’ working capital to service the loan, and we do not presently have the ability to refinance this loan to a new, long-term loan. Although the entire principal balance of the loan is classified as a current liability as of June 30, 2012, the loan is not in default, and the principal balance is not due currently.

At our request, in October 2010 the loan was transferred to its special servicer. We informed the special servicer that, given the current and expected performance at that time of the two properties securing this loan, we might elect to cease the subsidization of debt service on this non-recourse loan. If we were to elect to cease the subsidization of debt service, that may result in a default under the loan agreement. The properties had a combined net book value of $73,780 as of June 30, 2012, and the amount of debt outstanding under the loan was $64,733 as of June 30, 2012.

Given improved operating trends and performance at the properties during 2011 and the six months ended June 30, 2012, we currently expect the properties to generate sufficient cash flow so that our subsidization of debt service, if any, for 2012 will be insignificant to our overall operations. As a result, we currently believe the most likely course of action for 2012 is to continue to operate these properties, assuming these trends continue.

Pocono Mountains Mortgage Loan—This loan is secured by a mortgage on our Pocono Mountains resort. The loan bears interest at a fixed rate of 6.10% and matures in January 2017. The loan is currently subject to a 30-year principal amortization schedule. The loan has customary covenants associated with an individual mortgaged property. The loan also has customary restrictions on our ability to prepay the loan prior to maturity. We were in compliance with all covenants under this loan at June 30, 2012.

The loan requires us to maintain a minimum DSCR of 1.25, calculated on a quarterly basis. Subject to certain exceptions, the DSCR is increased to 1.35 if we open up a waterpark resort within 75 miles of the property or incur mezzanine debt secured by the resort. This ratio is defined as the property’s combined trailing twelve-month net operating income divided by the greater of (i) the loan’s twelve-month debt service requirements and (ii) 7.25% of the amount of the outstanding principal indebtedness under the loan. Failure to meet the minimum DSCR is not an event of default and does not accelerate the due date of the loan. Not meeting the minimum DSCR, however, subjects the property to a lock-box cash management arrangement, at the discretion of the loan’s servicer. We believe that lock-box arrangement would require substantially all cash receipts for the resort to be moved each day to a lender-controlled bank account, which the loan servicer would then use to fund debt service and operating expenses for the resort, with excess cash flow being deposited in a reserve account and held as additional collateral for the loan. While recourse under the loan is limited to the property owner’s interest in the mortgage property, we have provided limited guarantees with respect to certain customary non-recourse provisions and environmental indemnities relating to the loan.

The loan also contains limitations on our ability, without lender’s consent, to (i) make payments to our affiliates if a default exists; (ii) enter into transactions with our affiliates; (iii) make loans or advances; or (iv) assume, guarantee or become liable in connection with any other obligations.

Concord Mortgage Loan—This loan is secured by a mortgage on our Concord resort. This loan bears interest at a floating rate of 30-day LIBOR plus a spread of 500 basis points with a minimum rate of 6.00% per annum (effective rate of 6.00% at June 30, 2012). This loan requires four quarterly principal payments of $125 each beginning October 1, 2011, and quarterly principal payments of $375 thereafter. The loan was amended in March 2012 to extend the maturity to December 31, 2016.

As part of the loan agreement, the lender requires excess cash from the Concord resort to be swept to the lender on a monthly basis. The lender will hold the excess cash until the end of each quarter and then will either fund the cash back to us to cover any projected cash shortfalls at the property or if there are no shortfalls projected, use the excess cash to repay the loan principal balance. The lender has a $25,000 loan principal guarantee from Great Wolf Resorts. This loan has customary financial and operating debt compliance covenants associated with an individual mortgaged property. We were in compliance with all covenants under this loan at June 30, 2012.

In connection with the refinancing of this loan in 2011 and the amendment of this loan in 2012, we were required to provide interest rate protection on a portion of the loan amount through the loan’s maturity date. Therefore, we executed interest rate caps that cap the loan at 8.00% interest rate through December 2016. The interest rate caps were designated as ineffective cash flow hedges. We mark the interest rate caps to market and record the change to interest expense.

First Mortgage Notes—In April 2010, we completed, in a private placement followed by a registered exchange offer, an offering of $230,000 in aggregate principal amount of our 10.875% first mortgage notes (the Notes) due April 2017. The Notes were sold at a discount that provides an effective yield of

 

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11.875% before transaction costs. Prior to the Merger, we were amortizing the discount over the life of the Notes using the straight-line method, which approximated the effective interest method. As part of the acquisition method of accounting done in conjunction with the Merger, the Notes were recorded at fair value. The proceeds of the Notes were used to retire the outstanding mortgage debt on our Mason, Williamsburg, and Grapevine properties and for general corporate purposes.

The Notes are senior obligations of GWR Operating Partnership, L.L.L.P. and Great Wolf Finance Corp (Issuers). The Notes are guaranteed by Great Wolf Resorts and by our subsidiaries that own three of our resorts and those guarantees are secured by first priority mortgages on those three resorts. The Notes are also guaranteed by certain of our other subsidiaries on a senior unsecured basis.

The Notes require that we satisfy certain tests in order to, among other things: (i) incur additional indebtedness; (ii) make distributions from GWR Operating Partnership, L.L.L.P. to Great Wolf Resorts, Inc.; (iii) repurchase the equity interests in GWR Operating Partnership, L.L.L.P. or to prepay the subordinated debt of GWR Operating Partnership, L.L.L.P. or its subsidiaries; (iv) make investments, (v) enter into affiliate transactions, (vi) sell assets other than in the ordinary course of business or (vii) merge. We are currently restricted from these activities with certain carve-outs, as provided in the indenture.

Junior Subordinated Debentures—In March 2005 we completed a private offering of $50,000 of trust preferred securities (TPS) through Great Wolf Capital Trust I (Trust I), a Delaware statutory trust which is our subsidiary. The securities pay holders cumulative cash distributions at an annual rate which is fixed at 7.80% through March 2015 and then floats at LIBOR plus a spread of 310 basis points thereafter. The securities mature in March 2035 and are callable at no premium after March 2010. In addition, we invested $1,550 in Trust I’s common securities, representing 3% of the total capitalization of Trust I.

Trust I used the proceeds of the offering and our investment to purchase from us $51,550 of junior subordinated debentures with payment terms that mirror the distribution terms of the TPS. The indenture governing the debentures contains limitations on our ability, without the consent of the holders of the debentures, to make payments to our affiliates or for our affiliates to make payments to us if a default exists. The costs of the TPS offering totaled $1,600, including $1,500 of underwriting commissions and expenses and $100 of costs incurred directly by Trust I. Trust I paid these costs utilizing an investment from us. These costs are being amortized over a 30-year period. The proceeds from our debentures sale, net of the costs of the TPS offering and our investment in Trust I, were $48,400. We used the net proceeds to retire a construction loan.

In June 2007 we completed a private offering of $28,125 of TPS through Great Wolf Capital Trust III (Trust III), a Delaware statutory trust which is our subsidiary. The securities pay holders cumulative cash distributions at an annual rate which is fixed at 7.90% through July 2012 and then floats at LIBOR plus a spread of 300 basis points thereafter. The securities mature in July 2017 and are callable at no premium after June 2012. In addition, we invested $870 in the Trust’s common securities, representing 3% of the total capitalization of Trust III.

Trust III used the proceeds of the offering and our investment to purchase from us $28,995 of junior subordinated debentures with payment terms that mirror the distribution terms of the TPS of Trust III securities. The costs of the TPS offering totaled $932, including $870 of underwriting commissions and expenses and $62 of costs incurred directly by Trust III. Trust III paid these costs utilizing an investment from us. The proceeds from these debentures sales, net of the costs of the TPS offering and our investment in Trust III, were $27,193. We used the net proceeds for development costs.

On March 12, 2012, in a privately-negotiated exchange with the holder of the TPS of Trust III , Great Wolf Capital Trust IV (Trust IV), a newly-formed Delaware statutory trust that is our subsidiary, issued $28,125 of new TPS in exchange for all $28,125 of TPS of Trust III. The new TPS pay holders cumulative cash distributions at an annual rate fixed at 7.90% through July 31, 2012 and at a floating annual rate equal to LIBOR plus 550 basis points thereafter. The new TPS mature on July 31, 2017 and are callable by the issuer at par after July 31, 2012. In conjunction with this transaction, Trust IV issued to us 870 common securities, which are all of the issued and outstanding common securities of Trust IV, with a liquidation amount of $870. In addition, in conjunction with this transaction, we issued to Trust IV $28,995 of junior subordinated debentures with payment terms that mirror the distribution terms of the TPS of Trust IV. Following the exchange transaction, the TPS of Trust III and the related junior subordinated debentures were cancelled.

Our consolidated financial statements present the debentures issued to the Trusts as other long-term debt. Our investments in the Trusts are accounted as cost investments and are included in other assets on our consolidated balance sheets. For financial reporting purposes, we record interest expense on the corresponding notes in our condensed consolidated statements of operations.

Future Maturities — Future principal requirements on long-term debt are as follows:

 

 

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Through

June 30,

      

2013

   $ 4,449   

2014

     4,915   

2015

     64,028   

2016

     3,146   

2017

     363,442   

Thereafter

     80,545   
  

 

 

 

Total

   $ 520,525   
  

 

 

 

As discussed above, the Traverse City/Kansas City mortgage loan is classified as a current liability as of June 30, 2012, due to the implementation of a traditional lock-box arrangement, although the loan is not in default and the full principal balance of the loan is not due currently. The future maturities table above reflects future cash principal repayments currently required under the provisions of that loan of $1,819 in 2013, $1,947 in 2014, and $60,967 in 2015.

Short-Term Liquidity Requirements

Our short-term liquidity requirements consist primarily of funds necessary to pay operating expenses for the next 12 months, including:

 

   

recurring maintenance, repairs and other operating expenses necessary to properly maintain and operate our resorts;

 

   

recurring capital expenditures we make at our resorts;

 

   

debt maturities within the next year;

 

   

property taxes and insurance expenses;

 

   

interest expense and scheduled principal payments on outstanding indebtedness;

 

   

general and administrative expenses; and

 

   

income taxes.

Historically, we have satisfied our short-term liquidity requirements through a combination of operating cash flows and cash on hand. We believe that cash provided by our operations, together with cash on hand, will be sufficient to fund our short-term liquidity requirements for working capital, capital expenditures and debt service for the next 12 months.

Long-Term Liquidity Requirements

Our long-term liquidity requirements generally consist primarily of funds necessary to pay for the following items for periods beyond the next 12 months:

 

   

scheduled debt maturities;

 

   

costs associated with the development of new resorts;

 

   

renovations, expansions and other non-recurring capital expenditures that need to be made periodically to our resorts; and

 

   

capital contributions and loans to unconsolidated joint ventures.

We expect to meet these needs through a combination of:

 

   

existing working capital,

 

   

cash provided by operations,

 

   

proceeds from investing activities, including sales of partial or whole ownership interests in certain of our resorts; and

 

   

proceeds from financing activities, including mortgage financing on properties being developed, additional or replacement borrowings under future credit facilities, contributions from joint venture partners, and the issuance of equity instruments, including common stock, or additional or replacement debt, including debt securities, as market conditions permit.

We believe these sources of capital will be sufficient to provide for our long-term capital needs. We cannot be certain, however, that we will have access to additional future financing sufficient to meet our long-term liquidity requirements on terms that are favorable to us, or at all.

 

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Other than debt maturities, our largest long-term expenditures are expected to be for capital expenditures for our existing resorts, capital expenditures for development of future resorts, and capital contributions or loans to joint ventures owning resorts under construction or development.

 

   

Expenditures related to capital expenditures for our existing resorts were $5,501 for the six months ended June 30, 2012. We expect to have approximately $4,000 of such expenditures for the rest of 2012.

 

   

Due to the current state of the capital markets, which are marked by the general unavailability of debt financing for large commercial real estate construction projects, we do not expect to have significant expenditures for development of new resorts until we have all equity and debt capital amounts fully committed, including our projected ability to fund any required equity contribution to a project. Furthermore, the indenture which governs our first mortgage notes imposes significant restrictions on our ability to invest cash in the development of new resorts or joint ventures that may acquire or develop resorts. We believe these factors will limit the amount of our cash outlays for development of new resorts or capital contributions to joint ventures that develop or acquire resorts that we would license or manage to approximately $10,000 or less over the next 12 months.

Off Balance Sheet Arrangements

As of June 30, 2012, we have one unconsolidated joint venture arrangement with The Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation (the Tribe) with respect to the Great Wolf Lodge resort and conference center on a 39-acre land parcel in Grand Mound, Washington. This joint venture is a limited liability company. We are a member of that limited liability company with a 49% ownership interest. We account for the joint venture using the equity method of accounting. See Note 4 to the unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Company.

We estimate that we may need to contribute approximately $5,000 to the joint venture in connection with the refinancing of a $93,768 loan incurred by the joint venture or to reduce the current loan balance.

Contractual Obligations

The following table summarizes our contractual obligations as of June 30, 2012:

 

     Payment Terms  
     Total      Less Than
1 Year
     1-3 Years      3-5 Years      More Than
5  Years
 

Debt obligations (1)

   $ 682,348       $ 39,681       $ 136,990       $ 425,132       $ 80,545   

Operating lease obligations

     3,983         916         1,771         1,053         243   

Reserve on unrecognized tax benefits

     1,268         —           —           —           1,268   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 687,599       $ 40,597       $ 138,761       $ 426,185       $ 82,056   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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(1) Amounts include interest (for fixed rate debt) and principal.

If we develop future resorts where we are the majority owner, we expect to incur significant additional debt and construction contract obligations.

Working Capital

We had $24,858 of available cash and cash equivalents and a working capital deficit of $69,361 (current assets less current liabilities) at June 30, 2012, compared to the $33,767 of available cash and cash equivalents and a working capital deficit of $63,403 at December 31, 2011. The primary reasons for the working capital deficit as of June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011 are:

 

   

An increase accrued interest payable related our first mortgage notes that closed in April 2010, and

 

   

The classification of our Traverse City/Kansas City mortgage loan (principal balance of $64,733 as of June 30, 2012) as a current liability due to the lender’s implementation of the traditional lock-box arrangement for the two properties. Although the entire principal balance of the loan is classified as a current liability as of June 30, 2012, the loan is not in default, and the principal balance is not currently due.

Cash Flows

Six months ended June 30, 2012, compared with the six months ended June 30, 2011

 

     Successor/
Predecessor
    Predecessor        
     2012     2011     Increase/
(Decrease)
 

Net cash provided by operating activities

   $ 2,623      $ 4,726      $ (2,103

Net cash used in investing activities

     (10,330     (670     (9,660

Net cash used in financing activities

     (1,202     (2,712     1,510   

Operating Activities. The decrease in net cash provided by operating activities resulted primarily from an increase in accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities during the six months ended June 30, 2012 as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2011.

Investing Activities. The decrease in net cash used in investing activities for the six months ended June 30, 2012, as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2011, resulted primarily from the proceeds received from our sale of our Sheboygan resort during the six months ended June 30, 2011.

Financing Activities. The decrease in net cash used in financing activities resulted primarily from us receiving a capital contribution in connection with the Merger during the six months ended June 30, 2012. No similar capital contribution received during the six month ended June 30, 2011.

Inflation

Our resort properties are able to change room and amenity rates on a daily basis, so the impact of higher inflation can often be passed along to customers. However, a weak economic environment that decreases overall demand for our products and services could restrict our ability to raise room and amenity rates to offset rising costs.

ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

Our future income, cash flows and fair values relevant to financial instruments are dependent, in part, upon prevailing market interest rates. Market risk refers to the risk of loss from adverse changes in market prices and interest rates. Our earnings are also affected by the changes in interest rates due to the impact those changes have on our interest income from cash and our interest expense from variable-rate debt instruments. We may use derivative financial instruments to manage or hedge interest rate risks related to our borrowings. We do not intend to use derivatives for trading or speculative purposes. All dollar amounts are in thousands.

As of June 30, 2012, the total carrying value of our indebtedness was $531,622, of which $520,524 is due to third parties. The amounts as of June 30, 2012, include net fair value adjustments recorded as part of purchase accounting that increased the aggregate carrying value of debt as of the Merger date. We are amortizing these adjustments as offsets to interest expense over the life of each loan, using the effective interest rate method. This debt consisted of:

 

   

$62,732 of fixed rate debt secured by two of our resorts, of which $64,733 is due to a third party. This debt bears interest at a face rate of 6.96%. This loan matures in January 2015.

 

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$93,946 of fixed rate debt secured by one of our resorts, of which $92,364 is due to a third party. This debt bears interest at a face rate of 6.10%. This loan matures in January 2017.

 

   

$53,091 of variable rate debt secured by one of our resorts, of which $52,882 is due to a third party. This debt bears interest at a floating annual rate of LIBOR plus a spread of 500 basis points, with a minimum face rate of 6.00% per annum. The effective face rate was 6.00% at June 30, 2012. This loan matures in December 2016.

 

   

$261,011 of Notes that are secured by first priority liens on three of our resorts, of which $230,000 is due to third parties. The Notes bear interest at a face rate of 10.875%. The Notes are due April 2017.

 

   

$35,604 of subordinated notes, of which $51,550 is due to third parties. The notes bear interest at a fixed face rate of 7.80% through March 2015 and then at a floating rate of LIBOR plus 310 basis points thereafter. The securities mature in March 2035.

 

   

$25,238 of subordinated notes, of which $28,995 is due to third parties. The notes bear interest at a fixed face rate of 7.90% through July 2012 and then at a floating rate of LIBOR plus 550 basis points thereafter. The securities mature in July 2017.

As of June 30, 2012, we estimate the total fair value of the indebtedness described above to be approximately equal to their total carrying values.

At June 30, 2012 our variable rate debt is subject to minimum rate floors. If LIBOR were to increase or decrease by 1% or 100 basis points, there would be no change in interest expense on our variable rate debt based on our debt balance outstanding and current interest rates in effect as of June 30, 2012, as LIBOR plus the loans’ basis point spreads would not increase or decrease above the loans’ minimum rate floor.

During the six months ended June 30, 2012, there were no other material changes in our market risk exposure. For a complete discussion of our market risk associated with interest rate risk as of June 30, 2012, see “Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011.

 

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ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

We maintain disclosure controls and procedures designed to provide reasonable assurance that information in our reports under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act’’) is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified pursuant to the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act, include controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports we file or submit under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. In designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, and not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the system are met.

We carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our management including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the second quarter of 2012. We have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of June 30, 2012.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

During the period covered by this quarterly report on Form 10-Q, there have been no changes to our internal control over financial reporting that are reasonably likely to materially affect our internal control over financial reporting.

 

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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

On March 12, 2012, we entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (as amended, the “Merger Agreement”) with K-9 Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), and K-9 Acquisition, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Merger Sub”), a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent. Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, among other things, Parent and Merger Sub agreed to make a tender offer (the Offer) for all of the outstanding shares (each, a “Share”) of common stock (including restricted shares), par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the “Common Stock”) at a price of $7.85 per share, net to the seller in cash, without interest (the “Offer Price”). Approximately 76% of the outstanding Shares were tendered in the Offer and the Company accepted all such tendered Shares for payment.

Following the expiration of the Offer, on May 4, 2012, Merger Sub exercised its option under the Merger Agreement to purchase a number of shares of Common Stock necessary for Merger Sub to own one share more than 90% of the outstanding Shares of Common Stock (the “Top-Up Shares”) at the Offer Price.

On May 4, 2012, following Merger Sub’s purchase of the Top-Up Shares, Parent completed its acquisition of the Company through the merger of Merger Sub with and into the Company, with the Company continuing as the surviving corporation in the merger and becoming a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (the “Merger”).

On March 14, 2012, a class action complaint was filed in the Delaware Court of Chancery against the Company, its directors, Apollo Management VII, L.P., Parent and Merger Sub. In that case, the plaintiff, on behalf of a putative class of stockholders, sought to enjoin the proposed transaction that was the subject of the Merger Agreement. Seven other lawsuits followed, four of which were filed in Delaware Chancery Court, two in the Circuit Court, Civil Division for Dane County in the State of Wisconsin (the “Wisconsin State-court Actions”), and one in the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin (the “Wisconsin Federal-court Action”). The Delaware cases were consolidated into a single action (the “Delaware Action”).

On April 25, 2012, the parties to the Delaware Action and the Wisconsin State-court Actions reached an agreement in principle to settle those cases. The proposed settlement, which is subject to court approval following notice to the class and a hearing, provides for the dismissal with prejudice of plaintiffs’ complaints and of all claims asserted therein. On April 30, 2012, the parties to the Wisconsin Federal-court Action agreed to settle that case, subject to court approval of the proposed class-wide settlement in the Delaware Action and entry of a final order dismissing the Delaware Action in its entirety. Pursuant to their agreement, the parties to the Wisconsin Federal-court Action filed with the court, on April 30, 2012, a stipulation providing that the Action be voluntarily dismissed with respect to all defendants and that such dismissal will be with prejudice as to the plaintiff upon the consummation of the settlement of the Delaware Action.

The Company, the members of the Board of Directors, Apollo Management VII, L.P., Parent and Merger Sub each have denied, and continue to deny, that they committed or attempted to commit any violation of law or breach of fiduciary duty owed to the Company and/or its stockholders, aided or abetted any breach of fiduciary duty, or otherwise engaged in any of the wrongful acts alleged in all of these cases. All of the defendants expressly maintain that they complied with their fiduciary and other legal duties. However, in order to avoid the costs, disruption and distraction of further litigation, and without admitting the validity of any allegation made in the actions or any liability with respect thereto, the defendants have concluded that it is desirable to settle the claims against them on the terms reflected in the proposed settlements.

The proposed settlements are subject to customary conditions including completion of appropriate settlement documentation and consummation of the Offer and the Merger. In addition, the parties to the Delaware Action and the Wisconsin State-court Actions have acknowledged that the plaintiffs and their counsel in those cases intend to petition the appropriate court or courts for an award of attorneys’ fees and expenses in connection with the cases. Any award of fees and expenses to plaintiffs’ counsel is subject to approval by the appropriate court or courts, and the defendants have reserved the right to oppose the amount of any petition for fees and expenses.

The proposed settlements are not final, and no fee petition has yet been submitted or approved. Due to the uncertainties we are unable to predict the outcome of the litigations or to quantify any impact they may eventually have on our Company. An unfavorable outcome in these cases could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.

We are involved in litigation from time to time in the ordinary course of our business. We do not believe that the outcome of any pending or threatened litigation will have a material adverse effect on our financial condition or results of operations. However, as is inherent in legal proceedings where issues may be decided by finders of fact, there is a risk that unpredictable decisions, materially adverse to the Company, could occur.

 

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ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

In addition to the other information set forth in this report, you should carefully consider the factors discussed in Part I, “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011, and subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, which could materially affect our business, financial condition or future results. The risks described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K, and subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, are not the only risks facing us. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently deem to be immaterial also may materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and/or operating results.

ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

On May 4, 2012, effective upon consummation of the Merger, the 200 shares of common stock of the Merger Sub were converted into 200 shares of common stock of the Company as the surviving corporation in the Merger. The transaction was exempt from registration as a private offering under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. We did not make any repurchases of our equity securities during the three months ended June 30, 2012.

ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

We were not in default of our obligations upon any senior securities during the applicable period.

ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

Not applicable

ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION

Effective as of August 13, 2012, Allen R. Weiss was appointed as Chairman of our board of directors and of the board of directors of Parent (the “Parent Board”). As of the date of this report, we do not expect that Mr. Weiss will be appointed to serve on any committees of our board of directors or the Parent Board.

In connection with Mr. Weiss’s appointment as Chairman of our board of directors and the Parent Board, Mr. Weiss and the Company entered into a term sheet, dated as of August 13, 2012 (the “Chairman Term Sheet”). The Chairman Term Sheet provides that, among other things, Mr. Weiss will devote approximately forty (40) hours per month to the Company and the Company will pay Mr. Weiss an annual fee equal to $250,000 (which will be pro-rated for any partial calendar year of service) that will be payable on a monthly basis commencing retroactive to July 1, 2012.

Mr. Weiss and Parent also entered into a Subscription Agreement, dated as of August 13, 2012, pursuant to which Mr. Weiss agreed to purchase 100,000 shares of Common Stock (as defined below) at a price of $10.00 per share.

In addition, Mr. Weiss and Parent entered into a Stock Option Agreement (the “Weiss Option Agreement”), dated as of August 13, 2012, in accordance with the Plan (as defined below). The Weiss Option Agreement provides for a grant of 162,412 Tranche A Options, 162,412 Tranche B Options and 162,412 Tranche C Options to purchase shares of Common Stock, each with an exercise price of $10.00 per share.

The Company has entered into new employment agreements with Kimberly K. Schaefer, Timothy Black and Jeffrey Scott Maupin (each, an “Executive”), the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, Executive Vice President of Operations and Senior Vice President of Operations, respectively, each effective as of August 13, 2012 (the “Employment Agreements”). The Employment Agreements contemplate that each Executive will serve in his or her position for an initial term of five (5) years (the “Employment Period”), which may be extended by mutual agreement of the applicable Executive and the Company.

The terms of the Employment Agreements provide that, among other things, Ms. Schaefer, Mr. Black and Mr. Maupin (i) will be paid an annual base salary of $561,000, $319,770 and $275,000, respectively, which will be pro-rated for any partial calendar year of service and subject to annual review by our board of directors, (ii) will have an annual bonus opportunity of up to 150% of base salary, 100% of base salary and 25% of base salary, respectively, contingent upon the achievement of qualitative and quantitative performance goals approved by our board of directors (provided that, in the case of Ms. Schaefer and Mr. Black, the amount of any bonus payable to Ms. Schaefer or Mr. Black in respect of 2012 will be reduced by $250,000 or $125,000, respectively). Under the Employment Agreements, each Executive is eligible to participate in the Company’s retirement and other employee benefit plans and policies that it makes generally available to other executives, except severance plans or policies.

Each of the Employment Agreements provides severance benefits in the event that the applicable Executive experience certain qualifying terminations.

 

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If during the Employment Period, the Company terminates Ms. Schaefer’s employment without cause or Ms. Schaefer resigns for good reason, subject to her execution of a general release of claims in favor of the Company, Ms. Schaefer will be entitled to receive the following:

 

   

A lump sum amount equal to 100% of her then-current annual base salary and the amount of any bonus paid or payable to Ms. Schaefer in respect of the year prior to the year of termination; and

 

   

A lump sum amount equal to thirty-six times (36x) the Company’s monthly contribution on behalf of Ms. Schaefer under the health and welfare plans in which she participates.

If during the Employment Period, the Company terminates the employment of Mr. Black or Mr. Maupin, as applicable, without cause, subject to his execution of a general release of claims in favor of the Company, the applicable Executive will be entitled to receive a lump sum amount equal to 100% of his then-current annual base salary.

If during the Employment Period, a change in control occurs and within twelve (12) months following the occurrence of the change in control, the Company terminates Mr. Maupin’s employment without cause, subject to his execution of a general release of claims in favor of the Company, Mr. Maupin will be entitled to receive the following:

 

   

A lump sum amount equal to 100% of his then-current annual base salary; and

 

   

A lump sum amount equal to twelve times (12x) times the Company’s monthly contribution on behalf of Mr. Maupin under the health and welfare plans in which he participates.

If during the Employment Period, a change in control occurs and within eighteen (18) months following the occurrence of the change in control, the Company terminates the employment of Ms. Schaefer or Mr. Black, as applicable without cause or Ms. Schaefer or Mr. Black, as applicable, resigns for good reason, subject to his or her execution of a general release of claims in favor of the Company, the applicable Executive will be entitled to receive the following:

 

   

A lump sum amount equal to 200% of his or her then-current annual base salary and the amount of any bonus paid or payable to him or her in respect of the year prior to the year of termination;

 

   

A lump sum amount equal to thirty-six times (36x) times the Company’s monthly contribution on behalf of the applicable Executive under the health and welfare plans in which he or she participates; and

 

   

Any equity awards granted to Ms. Schaefer or Mr. Black under the Plan and outstanding as of the date of his or her termination will accelerate in full.

The Employment Agreements contain twelve (12) (in the case of Mr. Maupin, nine (9)) month post-termination non-competition and non-solicitation restrictions and perpetual confidential information and non-disparagement covenants.

 

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The Employment Agreements replace and supersede the employment agreements (or, in the case of Mr. Maupin, the change in control severance agreement) previously entered into between the Company and the Executives.

In addition, each of Ms. Schaefer, Mr. Black, Mr. Maupin and Alexander P. Lombardo, respectively, and Parent have entered into a Subscription Agreement, dated as of August 13, 2012, pursuant to which each of Ms. Schaefer, Mr. Black, Mr. Maupin and Mr. Lombardo, respectively, agreed to purchase 125,000, 7,500, 5,000 and 1,500 shares of Common Stock, respectively, at a price of $10.00 per share. Under his Employment Agreement, between January 1, 2013 and January 15, 2013, Mr. Black agreed to invest an additional $300,000 in Common Stock, provided that upon request by Mr. Black, Parent will provide Mr. Black with a loan to effect such purchase.

Each of Ms. Schaefer, Mr. Black, Mr. Maupin and Mr. Lombardo, respectively, and Parent have entered into a Stock Option Agreement, each dated as of August 13, 2012 (the “Schaefer Option Agreement,” “Black Option Agreement,” “Maupin Option Agreement” and “Lombardo Option Agreement” respectively), in accordance with the Plan. The Schaefer Option Agreement provides for a grant of 189,481 Tranche A Options, 189,481 Tranche B Options and 189,481 Tranche C Options to purchase shares of Common Stock, each with an exercise price of $10.00 per share. The Black Option Agreement provides for a grant of 71,462 Tranche A Options, 71,461 Tranche B Options and 71,461 Tranche C Options to purchase shares of Common Stock, each with an exercise price of $10.00 per share. The Maupin Option Agreement provides for a grant of 13,535 Tranche A Options, 13,534 Tranche B Options and 13,534 Tranche C Options to purchase shares of Common Stock, each with an exercise price of $10.00 per share. The Lombardo Option Agreement provides for a grant of 5,414 Tranche A Options, 5,413 Tranche B Options and 5,413 Tranche C Options to purchase shares of Common Stock, each with an exercise price of $10.00 per share.

Each of Ms. Schaefer and Mr. Black, respectively, and Parent have entered into a Restricted Stock Agreement, each dated as of August 13, 2012 (the “Schaefer Restricted Stock Agreement” and “Black Restricted Stock Agreement,” respectively). Pursuant to the Schaefer Restricted Stock Agreement, Ms. Schaefer was granted 25,000 restricted shares of Common Stock, which will vest on the date that Ms. Schaefer receives a bonus in respect of 2012 from the Company, subject to her continuous service on the applicable vesting date. To the extent that the bonus payable to Ms. Schaefer for fiscal year 2012 is less than $250,000, then Ms. Schaefer will forfeit a number of shares with a value equal to the shortfall. Pursuant to the Black Restricted Stock Agreement, Mr. Black was granted 12,500 restricted shares of Common Stock, which will vest on the date that Mr. Black receives a bonus in respect of 2012 from the Company, subject to his continuous service on the applicable vesting date. To the extent that the bonus payable to Mr. Black for fiscal year 2012 is less than $125,000, then Mr. Black will forfeit a number of shares with a value equal to the shortfall. The restricted shares were granted to Ms. Schaefer and Mr. Black outside of the Plan but are subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan.

On August 13, 2012, the Parent Board adopted the K-9 Holdings, Inc. 2012 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), effective as of August 13, 2012. The purpose of the Plan is to provide a means for Parent and Parent’s subsidiaries, including the Company, to attract and retain key personnel and for Parent and its subsidiaries’ directors, officers, employees,

 

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consultants and advisors to acquire and maintain an equity interest in Parent, thereby strengthening their commitment to the welfare of Parent and its subsidiaries and aligning their interests with those of Parent’s stockholders. The Plan will terminate automatically on August 13, 2022. No awards will be granted under the Plan after that date, but awards granted prior to that date may extend beyond that date.

Under the Plan, awards of stock options, including both incentive stock options and nonqualified stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock and restricted stock units, stock bonus awards and performance compensation awards may be granted. Subject to adjustment for certain corporate events, 2,436,182 shares is the maximum number of shares of Common Stock authorized and reserved for issuance under the Plan.

Our and Parent’s employees, consultants and directors and those of its subsidiaries, as well as those whom we and Parent reasonably expect to become employees, consultants and directors or those of its subsidiaries are eligible for awards, provided that incentive stock options may be granted only to employees. A written agreement between Parent and each participant will evidence the terms of each award granted under the Plan.

The shares that may be issued pursuant to awards will be shares of Common Stock of Parent, $0.0001 par value per share (“Common Stock”), and the maximum aggregate amount of Common Stock which may be issued upon exercise of all awards under the Plan, including incentive stock options, may not exceed 2,436,182 shares, subject to adjustment to reflect certain corporate transactions or changes in our and Parent’s capital structure.

If any award under the Plan expires or otherwise terminates, in whole or in part, without having been exercised in full, the Common Stock withheld from issuance under that award will become available for future issuance under the Plan. If shares issued under the Plan are reacquired by us pursuant to the terms of any forfeiture provision, those shares will become available for future awards under the Plan. Awards that can only be settled in cash will not be treated as shares of Common Stock granted for purposes of the Plan.

The Parent Board, or a committee of members of Parent’s board of directors appointed by the Parent Board, may administer the Plan, and that administrator is referred to in this summary as the “administrator.” Among other responsibilities, the administrator selects participants from among the eligible individuals, determines the number of shares of Common Stock that will be subject to each award and determines the terms and conditions of each award, including exercise price, methods of payment and vesting the Parent Board may amend, alter, suspend, discontinue, or terminate the Plan or any portion thereof at any time.

Subject to the terms of an award agreement, if there is a specified type of change in Common Stock, such as stock or extraordinary cash dividends, stock splits, reverse stock splits, recapitalizations, reorganizations, mergers, consolidations, combinations, exchanges or other relevant changes in capitalization, appropriate equitable adjustments or substitutions will be made to the various limits under, and the share terms of, the Plan and the awards granted thereunder, including the maximum number of shares of Common Stock reserved under the Plan, the price or kind of other securities or other consideration subject to awards to the extent necessary to preserve the economic intent of the award. In addition, subject to the terms of an

 

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award agreement, in the event of certain mergers, the sale of all or substantially all of Parent’s assets, a reorganization or liquidation, or agreement to enter into any such transaction, the administrator may cancel outstanding awards and cause participants to receive, in cash, stock or a combination thereof, the value of the awards.

In the event of a “change in control” (as defined in the Plan), the administrator may provide that all options and stock appreciation rights subject to an award will become fully vested and immediately exercisable and any restricted period imposed upon restricted awards will expire immediately (including a waiver of applicable performance goals). Accelerated exercisability and lapse of restricted periods will, to the extent practicable, occur at a time which allows participants to participate in the change in control.

In general, each award granted under the Plan may be exercisable only by a participant during the participant’s lifetime or, if permissible under applicable law, by the participant’s legal guardian or representative. Except in very limited circumstances, no award may be assigned, alienated, pledged, attached, sold or otherwise transferred or encumbered by a participant other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, and any such purported assignment, alienation, pledge, attachment, sale, transfer or encumbrance will be void and unenforceable against us. However, the designation of a beneficiary will not constitute an assignment, alienation, pledge, attachment, sale, transfer or encumbrance.

In general, stock options granted under the Plan, including the stock options granted to Mr. Weiss, Ms. Schaefer, Mr. Black, Mr. Maupin and Mr. Lombardo will vest as follows. Tranche A Options will vest and become exercisable in equal installments on each of the first five (5) anniversaries of May 4, 2012. Tranche B Options will vest and become exercisable at such time as K-9 Investors, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Parent’s Principal Stockholder”), realizes an internal rate of return that equals or exceeds 20% and a return on invested capital that equals or exceeds two (2), in each case, based on cash proceeds received by Parent’s Principal Stockholder. Tranche C Options will vest and become exercisable at such time as Parent’s Principal Stockholder realizes an internal rate of return that equals or exceeds 25% and a return on invested capital that equals or exceeds three (3), in each case, based on cash proceeds received by Parent’s Principal Stockholder. Vesting of the stock options is subject to the applicable recipient’s continued employment or service on the applicable vesting dates. In the event of a change in control, any Tranche A Options that have not vested as of the time of the change in control will generally become vested on the first anniversary of the change in control.

The Company and GWR Operating Partnership, L.L.L.P., a Delaware limited liability partnership (“GWROP”), have entered into a Consulting Agreement, dated as of August 13, 2012 (the “Consulting Agreement”), with Apollo Management VII, L.P. (“Management VII”) pursuant to which GWROP and its subsidiaries (and at its request its affiliates) will receive certain advisory services from Management VII (and its affiliates). The Consulting Agreement was entered into on August 13, 2012 but commences effective as of May 4, 2012, and will terminate on the earlier of (i) the twelfth anniversary of August 13, 2012, (ii) such time as Management VII and its affiliates then owning, directly or indirectly, beneficial economic interests in GWROP own in the aggregate, directly or indirectly, less than 5% of the beneficial economic interest of GWROP and (iii) such earlier date as is mutually agreed upon by GWROP, the Company and Management VII. As consideration for agreeing to render the services set forth in the Consulting Agreement, GWROP will pay to

 

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Management VII or its designee an annual fee equal to the greater of $2 million and 2% of EBITDA (as defined in the Consulting Agreement) and, if the Company, GWROP or Parent or any of Parent’s direct or indirect parents consummates a transaction involving a change of control or an initial public offering before the termination of the Consulting Agreement, then, in lieu of the annual consulting fee and subject to certain qualifications, Management VII may elect to receive a lump sum payment equal to the present value of all consulting fees payable through the end of the term of the Consulting Agreement. In addition, GWROP may be required to engage Management VII to provide certain advisory, investment banking or similar services if the Company, GWROP or Parent or any of Parent’s direct or indirect parents engages in any merger, acquisition, disposition, recapitalization, issuance of securities, financing or similar transaction. In the event that Management VII provides such services, GWROP will pay to Management VII or its designee additional fees to be determined in connection with the provision of such services. The Company guarantees GWROP’s payment obligations under the Consulting Agreement. GWROP and the Company’s payment obligations under the Consulting Agreement may be limited or subject to deferral, as appropriate, to the extent such obligations would otherwise violate any prohibitions or limitations under any of their applicable debt agreements.

In addition, GWROP and the Company have entered into an Expense Reimbursement and Indemnity Agreement, dated as of August 13, 2012 (the “Reimbursement Agreement”), with Management VII, pursuant to which (i) upon presentation of documentation as reasonably requested by GWROP, GWROP has agreed to pay all out-of-pocket expenses of Management VII or its affiliates in connection with their provision of services under the Consulting Agreement whether incurred on, prior or after the date of the Reimbursement Agreement, including any expenses incurred in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement to the extent that such expenses related to the Merger Agreement were not paid or reimbursed by Parent prior to or in connection with the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement and (ii) GWROP has also agreed to indemnify Management VII and its affiliates and certain other parties against all liabilities arising out of or in connection with services contemplated by and/or Management VII’s engagement under the Reimbursement Agreement, subject, in each case, to deferral of such payment obligations to the extent such payments are prohibited by GWROP and the Company’s applicable debt agreements. Such reimbursement obligations are effective with respect to periods commencing on or after May 4, 2012. The Reimbursement Agreement is coterminous with the Consulting Agreement. The Company guarantees GWROP’s payment obligations under the Reimbursement Agreement.

 

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ITEM 6. EXHIBITS

The exhibits listed below are included as exhibits in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

 

Exhibit Number

 

Description

2.1*   Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of March 12, 2012, by and among K-9 Acquisition, Inc., K-9 Holdings, Inc. and Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 13, 2012), as amended by the First Amendment to Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of April 6, 2012, by and among K-9 Acquisition, Inc., K-9 Holdings, Inc. and Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 9, 2012), as further amended by the Second Amendment to Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of April 18, 2012, by and among K-9 Acquisition, Inc., K-9 Holdings, Inc. and Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 18, 2012), and as further amended by the Third Amendment to Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of April 20, 2012, by and among K-9 Acquisition, Inc., K-9 Holdings, Inc. and Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 20, 2012).
3.2   Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed May 4, 2012).
3.3   Amended and Restated Bylaws of Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed May 4, 2012).
31.1**   Certification of Chief Executive Officer of Periodic Report Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and Rule 15d-14(a).
31.2**   Certification of Chief Financial Officer of Periodic Report Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and Rule 15d-14(a).
32.1***   Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350.
32.2***   Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350.
101.INS^   XBRL Instance Document.
101.SCH^   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document.
101.CAL^   XBRL Taxonomy Calculation Linkbase Document.
101.LAB^   XBRL Taxonomy Label Linkbase Document.
101.PRE^   XBRL Taxonomy Presentation Linkbase Document.

 

* All schedules to the Merger Agreement have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K. The Company hereby agrees to furnish supplementally a copy of any omitted schedule to the SEC.
** Filed herewith.
*** Furnished herewith.
^ To be filed by amendment.

 

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

GREAT WOLF RESORTS, INC.

/s/ James A. Calder

James A. Calder

Chief Financial Officer

(Duly authorized officer)

(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

Dated: August 14, 2012

 

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