EDGAR 10-K Filing

Company CIK: 1186258
Filing Year: 2021
Filename: 1186258_10-K_2021_0001558370-21-003674.json

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ITEM 1. BUSINESS
Item 1. BUSINESS
General Development of Business
ATEL Capital Equipment Fund X, LLC (the “Company” or the “Fund”) was formed under the laws of the State of California on August 12, 2002 for the purpose of engaging in the sale of limited liability company investment units and acquiring equipment to engage in equipment leasing, lending and sales activities, primarily in the United States. The Managing Member of the Company is ATEL Financial Services, LLC (“AFS”), a California limited liability company. The Company may continue until December 31, 2022.
The Company conducted a public offering of 15,000,000 Limited Liability Company Units (“Units”), at a price of $10 per Unit. On April 9, 2003, subscriptions for the minimum number of Units (120,000, representing $1.2 million) had been received (excluding subscriptions from Pennsylvania investors) and AFS requested that the subscriptions be released to the Company. On that date, the Company commenced operations in its primary business. As of March 11, 2005, the offering was terminated. As of that date, subscriptions for 14,059,136 Units ($140.6 million) had been received, of which 87,650 Units ($720 thousand) were subsequently rescinded or repurchased (net of distributions paid and allocated syndication costs, as applicable) by the Company through December 31, 2020. As of December 31, 2020, 13,971,486 Units remain issued and outstanding.
The Company’s principal objectives have been to invest in a diversified portfolio of equipment that (i) preserves, protects and returns the Company’s invested capital; (ii) generates regular distributions to the members of cash from operations and cash from sales or refinancing, with any balance remaining after certain minimum distributions to be used to purchase additional equipment during the reinvestment period (“Reinvestment Period”) (defined as six full years following the year the offering was terminated) which ended on December 31, 2011 and (iii) provides additional distributions following the Reinvestment Period and until all equipment has been sold. The Company is governed by the Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement (“Operating Agreement”), as amended. On January 1, 2012, the Company commenced liquidation phase activities pursuant to the guidelines of the Operating Agreement.
The Company had incurred debt to finance the purchase of a portion of its equipment portfolio. The amount of borrowings in connection with any equipment acquisition transaction was determined by, among other things, the credit of the lessee, the terms of the lease, the nature of the equipment and the condition of the money market. There was no limit on the amount of debt that may be incurred in connection with any single acquisition of equipment. However, the Company may not incur aggregate outstanding indebtedness in excess of 50% of the total cost of all equipment as of the date of the final commitment of the offering proceeds and, thereafter, as of the date of any subsequent indebtedness is incurred. The Company had borrowed amounts equal to such maximum debt level in order to fund a portion of its equipment acquisitions.
The Company also incurred long-term recourse debt in the form of asset securitization transactions in order to obtain lower interest rates or other more desirable terms than may be available for individual nonrecourse debt transactions. In an “asset securitization,” the lender would receive a security interest in a specified pool of “securitized” Company assets or a general lien against all of the otherwise unencumbered assets of the Company. It had been the intention of AFS to use asset securitization primarily to finance assets leased to those credits which, in the opinion of AFS, had a relatively lower potential risk of lease default than those lessees with equipment financed with nonrecourse debt. AFS expected that an asset securitization financing would involve borrowing at a variable interest rate based on an established reference rate, and sought to limit the Company’s exposure to increases in the interest rate by engaging in hedging transactions that would effectively fix the interest rate obligation. All of such securitized borrowings were repaid in full.
Pursuant to the terms of the Operating Agreement, AFS and its affiliates receives compensation for services rendered and reimbursements for costs incurred on behalf of the Company (See Note 6 to the financial statements included in Item 8 of this report). The Company is required to maintain reasonable cash reserves for working capital, the repurchase of Units and contingencies. The repurchase of Units is solely at the discretion of AFS.
Narrative Description of Business
The Company had acquired various types of equipment to lease pursuant to “Operating” leases and “High Payout” leases, whereby “Operating” leases are defined as leases in which the minimum lease payments during the initial lease term do not recover the full cost of the equipment and “High Payout” leases recover at least 90% of such cost. It was the intention of AFS that a majority of the aggregate purchase price of equipment would represent equipment leased under operating leases upon final investment of the net proceeds of the offering and that no more than 20% of the aggregate purchase price of equipment would be invested in equipment acquired from a single manufacturer.
The Company had only purchased equipment under pre-existing leases or for which a lease would be entered into concurrently at the time of the purchase. Through December 31, 2020, the Company had purchased equipment with a total acquisition price of $193.8 million. The Company had also funded investments in notes receivable totaling $18.4 million through December 31, 2020.
The Company’s objective had been to lease a minimum of 75% of the equipment acquired with the net proceeds of the offering to lessees that (i) had an aggregate credit rating by Moody’s Investors Service of Baa or better, or the credit equivalent as determined by AFS, with the aggregate rating weighted to account for the original equipment cost for each item leased or (ii) were established hospitals with histories of profitability or municipalities. The balance of the original equipment portfolio included equipment leased to lessees which, although deemed creditworthy by AFS, would not satisfy the general credit rating criteria for the portfolio. In excess of 75% of the equipment acquired with the net proceeds of the offering (based on original purchase cost) was originally leased to lessees with an aggregate credit rating of Baa or better or to such hospitals or municipalities, as described in (ii) above.
The equipment leasing industry is highly competitive. Equipment manufacturers, corporations, partnerships and others offer users an alternative to the purchase of most types of equipment with payment terms that vary widely depending on the lease term, type of equipment and creditworthiness of the lessee. The ability of the Company to keep the equipment leased and/or operating and the terms of the acquisitions, leases and dispositions of equipment depends on various factors (many of which are not in the control of AFS or the Company), such as raw material costs to manufacture equipment as well as general economic conditions, including the effects of inflation or recession, and fluctuations in supply and demand for various types of equipment resulting from, among other things, technological and economic obsolescence.
AFS limited the amount invested in equipment to any single lessee to not more than 20% of the aggregate purchase price of equipment owned at any time during the Reinvestment Period.
The business of the Company is not seasonal. The Company has no full time employees. AFS’ employees provide the services the Company requires to effectively operate. The costs of these services are reimbursed by the Company to AFS per the Operating Agreement.
For further information refer to the financial statements and footnotes.
Equipment Leasing Activities
The Company has acquired a diversified portfolio of equipment. The equipment has been leased to lessees in various industries.
The following tables set forth the types of equipment acquired by the Company through December 31, 2020 and the industries to which the assets have been leased (dollars in thousands):
Purchase Price
Percentage of
Asset Types
Excluding Acquisition Fees
Total Acquisitions
Materials handling
$
49,467
25.52
%
Transportation, other
37,956
19.58
%
Transportation, rail
32,123
16.57
%
Mining equipment
30,020
15.49
%
Manufacturing
15,946
8.23
%
Construction
13,059
6.74
%
Logging and lumber
4,728
2.44
%
Petro/natural gas
2,446
1.26
%
Other
8,068
4.17
%
$
193,813
100.00
%
Purchase Price
Percentage of
Industry of Lessee
Excluding Acquisition Fees
Total Acquisitions
Mining
$
38,670
19.95
%
Transportation, other
25,019
12.91
%
Manufacturing
20,502
10.58
%
Transportation, rail
16,809
8.67
%
Paper products
13,570
7.00
%
Wholesale
12,887
6.65
%
Retail
12,650
6.53
%
Wood/Lumber products
12,331
6.36
%
Health services
11,474
5.92
%
Minerals/Metal products
7,200
3.71
%
Food products
6,129
3.16
%
Industrial machinery
6,020
3.11
%
Construction
5,368
2.77
%
Other
5,184
2.68
%
$
193,813
100.00
%
From inception to December 31, 2020, the Company has disposed of certain leased assets as set forth below (in thousands):
Original
Equipment Cost
Excluding
Asset Types
Acquisition Fees
Sale Price
Gross Rents
Materials handling
$
50,047
$
10,594
$
56,916
Transportation, other
36,048
5,668
40,576
Mining equipment
30,019
7,229
47,260
Manufacturing
16,158
3,950
18,354
Construction
12,751
5,087
14,016
Transportation, rail
15,625
4,607
16,255
Logging and lumber
4,728
2,032
5,216
Petro/natural gas
1,976
2,882
Other
8,329
2,246
9,649
$
175,681
$
41,703
$
211,124
Proceeds from sales of lease assets are not expected to be consistent from one period to another. The Company is a finite life equipment leasing fund, which had acquired leasing transactions during the period ending six years after completion of its public offering. On the termination of leases, assets may be re-leased or sold. Sales of assets are not scheduled and are created by opportunities within the marketplace. The Company sought to acquire and lease a wide variety of assets and to enter into leases on a variety of terms. Some assets are expected to have little or no value for re-lease or sale upon termination of the initial leases, and the anticipated residual values are a key factor in pricing and terms structured for each lease. The Company’s goal is to seek maximum return on its leased assets and will determine when and under what terms to dispose of such assets during the course of its term. For further information regarding the Company’s equipment lease portfolio as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, see Note 4 to the financial statements, Equipment under operating leases, net, as set forth in Part II, Item 8, Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.
Notes Receivable Activities
The Company has financed a diversified portfolio of assets in diverse industries. The following tables set forth the types of assets financed by the Company through December 31, 2020 and the industries to which the assets have been financed (dollars in thousands):
Amount
Financed
Excluding
Percentage of
Asset Types
Acquisition Fees
Total Funding
Computers
$
8,423
45.87
%
Aviation
2,680
14.60
%
Storage facility
2,503
13.63
%
Manufacturing
5.17
%
Furniture/Fixtures
2.72
%
Research
1.00
%
Other
3,124
17.01
%
$
18,361
100.00
%
Amount
Financed
Excluding
Percentage of
Industry of Borrower
Acquisition Fees
Total Funding
Business services
$
5,138
27.98
%
Communications
3,472
18.91
%
Manufacturing
3,086
16.80
%
Health services
2,708
14.75
%
Air transportation
2,680
14.60
%
Electronics
4.24
%
Other
2.72
%
$
18,361
100.00
%
From inception to December 31, 2020, assets financed by the Company that were associated with terminated loans are as follows (in thousands):
Amount
Financed
Early Termination
Excluding
of Notes
Total Payments
Asset Types
Acquisition Fees
Proceeds
Received
Computers
$
8,423
$
2,182
$
7,121
Aviation
2,680
1,360
3,863
Storage facility
2,503
-
3,623
Manufacturing
1,233
Furniture/Fixtures
Research
-
Other
3,124
2,667
$
18,361
$
4,540
$
19,210
The Company had no notes receivable as of December 31, 2020 and 2019.
The Company operates in one reportable operating segment in the United States. For further information regarding the Company’s geographic revenues and assets, and major customers, see Notes 2 and 3 to the financial statements as set forth in Part II, Item 8, Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.

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ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

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ITEM 1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS

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ITEM 2. PROPERTIES
Item 2. PROPERTIES
The Company does not own or lease any real property, plant or material physical properties other than the equipment held for lease as set forth in Item 1, Business.

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ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
Item 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
In the ordinary course of conducting business, there may be certain claims, suits, and complaints filed against the Company. In the opinion of management, the outcome of such matters, if any, will not have a material impact on the Company’s financial position or results of operations. No material legal proceedings are currently pending against the Company or against any of its assets.

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ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURE
Item 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES
Not applicable.
PART II

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ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY
Item 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
Market Information
There are certain material conditions and restrictions on the transfer of Units imposed by the terms of the Operating Agreement. Consequently, there is no public market for Units and it is not anticipated that a public market for Units will develop. In the absence of a public market for the Units, there is no currently ascertainable fair market value for the Units.
Holders
As of December 31, 2020, a total of 3,370 investors were Unitholders of record in the Company.
Fund Valuation
Background to Fund Valuation
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”), in conjunction with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) updated rules for the presentation of account statement values relative to pricing of Direct Placement Program (“DPP”) shares. Under FINRA Notice 15-02 (the “Notice”) the SEC approved amendments to National Association of Securities Dealers (“NASD”) Rule 2340, Customer Account Statements, and FINRA rule 2310, which address a FINRA member firm’s participation in a public offering of a DPP. In summary, the amendments require a FINRA member firm to include in the account statements for customers holding DPP securities a per share value for the DPP. This per share value must be prepared by, or with the material assistance or confirmation of, a third-party valuation expert or service. The results of this valuation must be disclosed in the issuer’s reports filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. A valuation in compliance with the Notice must be undertaken and published on at least an annual basis.
The effective date of the Notice was April 11, 2016.
Methodologies
Broker dealers are required to provide a per share estimated value on the customer account statements for each non-listed DPP security held by their customers. Such estimated value must have been developed in a manner reasonably designed to provide a reliable value. Two valuation methodologies have been defined by FINRA, which by such designation are presumed to be reliable.
Net Investment Methodology
The amendments to NASD Rule 2340(c)(1)(A) require “net investment” to be based on the “amount available for investment” percentage disclosed in the “Estimated Use of Proceeds” section of the issuer’s offering prospectus. In essence, such value is equal to the offering price less selling commissions, other offering and organization expenses, and capital reserves. This method may be used for up to 150 days following the second anniversary of a Fund breaking escrow.
Appraised Value Methodology
As amended, Rule NASD 2340(c)(1)(B) requires that the per share estimated value disclosed in an issuer’s most recent periodic or current report be based upon an appraisal of the assets and liabilities of the program by, or with the material assistance or confirmation of, a third-party valuation expert or service, in conformity with standard industry valuation practice as it relates to both the aforementioned assets and liabilities. No later than 150 days following the second anniversary of the issuer’s break of escrow for its minimum offering, this methodology must be used to establish the required estimated values.
Unit Valuation
The per Unit valuation estimate for ATEL CAPITAL EQUIPMENT FUND X, LLC has been conducted, and the results disclosed herein, in compliance with the mandates of the Notice.
For ATEL CAPITAL EQUIPMENT FUND X, LLC, its estimated value per Unit reflects the Manager’s estimate of current portfolio valuation of all assets and liabilities of the Fund, calculated on a per Unit basis, and as such, does not represent a market value for the Units and may not accurately reflect the value of the Fund Units to the Unit holders if held over time to Fund maturity.
In connection with any estimate of per Unit value, Unit holders and all parties are reminded that no public market for the Units exists. Additionally, in order to preserve the Fund’s pass-through status for federal income tax purposes, the Fund will not permit a secondary market or the substantial equivalent of a secondary market for the Units. In the absence of a public market for the Units, there is no currently ascertainable fair market value for the Units.
The estimate of per Unit value does not take into account any extraordinary potential future business activity of the Fund; rather the valuation represents a snapshot view of the Fund’s portfolio as of the valuation date. In addition, the Fund does not include any analysis of the distributions that have already been paid by the Fund, nor the anticipated returns to Unit holder over the full course of the Fund life cycle, which will be dependent on many factors.
Disclosure
The estimated value per Unit reported in this Form 10-K has been calculated using the “Appraised Value Methodology” described under “Methodologies” above, as of December 31, 2020.
ATEL CAPITAL EQUIPMENT FUND X, LLC, will satisfy the disclosure requirements for providing estimated per Unit values pursuant to the Notice as follows:
For these disclosures, subsequent to the Fund’s initial compliance with FINRA 15-02, annual disclosures of estimated per Unit values, through the termination of the Fund, will be accomplished and included on an annual basis in a document filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission available to the public.
Specifics Underlying Valuation Methodology:
Notes and Explanation of Valuation Components and Calculation
A. Fund Assets and Liabilities (other than as specifically identified below): The estimated values for non-interest bearing items such as current assets and liabilities are assumed to equal their reported GAAP balances as an appropriate approximation of their fair values. Debt (interest bearing) is assumed to equal the fair values of the debt as disclosed in the footnotes of the financial statements.
B. Equipment under Operating Leases (net of fees and expenses): The estimated values for equipment under operating leases are based on calculating the present value of the projected future cash flows. Projected future cash flows include both the remaining contractual lease payments, plus assumptions on lease renewals and sale value of the residuals. Projected future cash flows are net of projected future fees and expenses including:
● management fees applicable for the Fund (3.75% of revenue)
● carried interest applicable for the Fund (7.5% of distributions)
● operating expenses which are assumed to be 3% of original equipment costs for the Fund
Projected future cash flows have been discounted back to present value at discount rates based on like-term U.S. Treasury yields (as of the valuation date) plus a 400 basis point spread, to account for the credit risk differentials between the instrument being valued and U.S. Treasury security yields.
Residual values assumptions used in the cash flow projections are as follows:
For On-Lease and Month-to-Month Lease: Considers realized residual as a percent of book residual of 169.5%, based on ATEL’s historical track record as of December 31, 2020.
For Off-Lease: A fair market value of off lease equipment is based upon estimates from ATEL’s seasoned Asset Management Group.
Special Situation Leases: The valuation of certain leases has been performed outside of the above noted protocol based upon specific lease assumptions different than the macro assumptions above, due to the specific situations of those leases.
C. Investments in Securities: The estimated values for Investments in Securities have been based on the estimated net book value as of the valuation date (with impairment adjustments), plus any unrealized gain on equity. The unrealized gain on equity is based on either: a) the most recent round of financing, b) the most recent 409A valuation provided by the underlying companies of the warrants, or c) the Manager’s estimate of the company valuations based on all available information, including company financials, company valuation reports, public press releases, and other sources.
D. Accrued distributions: Accrued distributions, which are payable to the Unit holders have been removed from the balance sheet liability section because they are not a liability to a third party.
ATEL CAPITAL EQUIPMENT FUND X, LLC Unit Valuation
The Manager’s estimated per Unit value of ATEL CAPITAL EQUIPMENT FUND X, LLC at December 31, 2020 as determined, and derived under the guidelines of the Appraised Value Methodology, and pursuant to the above specific enumerated component valuation methodologies and calculations, equals $0.50. An independent national public accounting firm with valuation expertise was retained to examine, attest and confirm ATEL CAPITAL EQUIPMENT FUND X, LLC’s per Unit valuation and its component methodologies and calculation as it relates to compliance with the regulatory mandate defined in the Notice. In this regard, they examined the components of the valuation methodologies and determined them to be reasonable and within industry standards. Other component attributes, including the bases and related key assumptions of the calculation were tested for their completeness, underlying documentation support and mathematical accuracy. Upon completion of their efforts, their attestation report confirmed that the per unit valuation of ATEL CAPITAL EQUIPMENT FUND X, LLC, and the related notes, in all material respects, was based upon industry practice as described in the Manager’s valuation approach.
Disclaimer
The foregoing Fund per Unit valuation has been performed solely for the purpose of providing an estimated value per Unit in accordance with a regulatory mandate, in order to provide the broker dealer and custodian community with a valuation on a reasonable and attested basis for use in assigning an estimation of a Unit holder’s account value. Any report or disclosure of such estimated per Unit valuation is to be accompanied by statements that the value does not represent an estimate of the amount a Unit holder would receive if the Unit holder were to seek to sell the Units, and that the Fund intends to liquidate its assets in the ordinary course of its business and over the Fund’s term. Further, each statement of the Fund’s estimated per Unit valuation is to be accompanied by a disclosure that there can be no assurance as to (1) when the Fund will be fully liquidated, (2) the amount the Fund may actually receive if and when the Fund seeks to liquidate its assets, (3) the amount of lease or loan payments the Fund will actually receive over the remaining term, (4) the amount of asset disposition proceeds the Fund will actually receive over the remaining term, and (5) the amounts that may actually be received in distributions by Unit holders over the course of the remaining term.
Distributions
The Unitholders of record are entitled to certain distributions as provided under the Operating Agreement.
AFS has sole discretion in determining the amount of distributions; provided, however, that AFS will not reinvest in equipment, but will distribute, subject to payment of any obligations of the Company, such available cash from operations and cash from sales or refinancing as may be necessary to cause total distributions to the Members for each year during the Reinvestment Period to equal an amount of $0.80 per Unit.
The monthly distributions were discontinued in 2012 as the Company entered its liquidation phase. The Company made distributions to Other Members at a rate of $0.11 per Unit in 2020 and $0.16 per Unit in 2019. The rates and frequency of periodic distributions paid by the Fund during its liquidation phase are solely at the discretion of the Manager.
The following table presents summarized information regarding distributions to members other than the Managing Member (“Other Members”):
Net income per Unit, based on weighted average Units outstanding
$
0.02
$
0.09
Return of investment
0.09
0.07
Distributions declared per Unit, based on weighted average Other Member Units outstanding
0.11
0.16
Differences due to timing of distributions
-
-
Actual distributions paid per Unit
$
0.11
$
0.16

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ITEM 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
Item 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
A smaller reporting company is not required to present selected financial data in accordance with item 301(c) of Regulation S-K.

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ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
Item 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Statements contained in this Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” (“MD&A”) and elsewhere in this Form 10-K, which are not historical facts, may be forward-looking statements. Such statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. In particular, economic recession and changes in general economic conditions, including fluctuations in demand for equipment, lease rates, and interest rates, may result in delays in investment and reinvestment, delays in leasing, re-leasing, and disposition of equipment, and reduced returns on invested capital. The Company’s performance is subject to risks relating to lessee defaults and the creditworthiness of its lessees. The Fund’s performance is also subject to risks relating to the value of its equipment at the end of its leases, which may be affected by the condition of the equipment, technological obsolescence and the markets for new and used equipment at the end of lease terms. Investors are cautioned not to attribute undue certainty to these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this Form 10-K. We undertake no obligation to publicly release any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this Form 10-K or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, other than as required by law.
Overview
ATEL Capital Equipment Fund X, LLC (the “Company” or the “Fund”) is a California limited liability company that was formed in August 2002 for the purpose of engaging in the sale of limited liability company investment units and acquiring equipment to generate revenues from equipment leasing, lending and sales activities, primarily in the United States. The Managing Member of the Company is AFS, a California limited liability company.
The Company conducted a public offering of 15,000,000 Limited Liability Company Units (“Units”), at a price of $10 per Unit. The offering was terminated in March 2005. During 2005, the Company completed its initial acquisition stage with the investment of the net proceeds from the public offering of Units. Subsequently, during the reinvestment period (“Reinvestment Period”) (defined as six full years following the year the offering was terminated), the Company has reinvested cash flow in excess of certain amounts required to be distributed to the Other Members and/or utilized its credit facilities to acquire additional equipment.
The Company may continue until December 31, 2022. However, pursuant to the guidelines of the Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement (“Operating Agreement”), the Company commenced liquidation phase activities subsequent to the end of the Reinvestment Period which ended on December 31, 2011. Periodic distributions will be paid at the discretion of the Managing Member.
The Company’s objective has been to maintain a 100% utilization rate for all equipment purchased in any given year. All equipment acquisition transactions have been acquired subject to binding lease commitments, so equipment utilization is expected to remain high throughout the reinvestment stage, which ended six years after the end of the Company’s public offering of Units. Initial lease terms of these leases are generally from 36 to 120 months, and as they expire, the Company will attempt to re-lease or sell the equipment; as such, utilization rates may tend to decrease during the current ongoing liquidation stage of the Company. All of the Company’s equipment on lease was acquired in the years 2005 through 2011. The utilization percentages of existing assets under lease were 80% and 84% as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
Cost reimbursements to the Managing Member are based on its costs incurred in performing administrative services for the Company. These costs are allocated to each managed entity based on certain criteria such as total assets, number of investors or contributed capital considering the type of cost incurred. AFS believes that the costs reimbursed are the lower of (i) actual costs incurred on behalf of the Company or (ii) the amount the Company would be required to pay independent parties for comparable administrative services in the same geographic location.
The Operating Agreement places an annual limit and a cumulative limit for cost reimbursements to AFS and/or affiliates. Any reimbursable costs incurred by AFS and/or affiliates during the year exceeding the annual and/or cumulative limits cannot be reimbursed in the current year, though such costs may be reimbursable in future years to the extent such amounts may be payable if within the annual and cumulative limits in such future years. As of December 31, 2020, the Company has not exceeded the annual and/or cumulative limitations discussed above. (See Note 6 to the financial statements, related party transactions, as set forth in Part II, Item 8, Financial Statements and Supplementary Data).
Results of Operations
The Company had net income of $374 thousand and $1.5 million for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. The results for 2020 reflected decreases in both total operating revenues and total operating expenses, and an increase in other income when compared to the prior year.
Revenues
Total operating revenues were $1.3 million and $2.8 million for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. The $1.5 million, or 54%, year over year decline in revenue was comprised of decreases in other revenue, operating leases revenues, and gain on sales of equipment.
Other revenue declined by $1.1 million as the prior year amount included an approximate $1.0 million from a lease settlement related to a previously terminated lease. Operating lease revenues on equipment was lower by $319 primarily due to run-off and dispositions of lease assets. Such decline in total operating revenues is consistent with a fund in its liquidating stage where lease assets are sold as lease commitments end. Gains on sales of lease assets decreased by $67 thousand mostly due to a change in the mix of assets sold.
Expenses
Total operating expenses were $1.1 million and $1.4 million for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. The $266 thousand, or 20%, net decrease in total operating expenses was primarily due to reductions in impairment losses on equipment, cost reimbursements to the Managing Member, and franchise taxes offset by increases in storage fees and depreciation.
Impairment losses on equipment declined by $281 thousand as the prior year included adjustments of the same amount to reduce the carrying value of certain assets deemed impaired. There were no assets deemed impaired during 2020. Cost reimbursements paid to the Managing Member decreased by $36 thousand resulting from lower allocated costs reflective of the Fund’s declining assets; and franchise taxes declined by $25 thousand due to a lower estimated tax liability. As a partial offset, storage fees increased by $65 thousand largely due to a timing difference in receipt of services and billings, and an increase in returned equipment. In addition, depreciation increased due to an approximate $17 thousand of additional depreciation recorded to reflect year-to-date changes in estimated residual values of certain equipment generating revenue under month-to-month extensions.
During 2020, the Company recorded other income totaling $156 thousand related to the fair valuation of its investment securities. There was no such income during 2019.
Capital Resources and Liquidity
At December 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company’s cash and cash equivalents totaled $1.4 million and $2.0 million, respectively. The liquidity of the Company varies, increasing to the extent cash flows from leases and proceeds of asset sales exceed expenses and decreasing as distributions are made to Members and to the extent expenses exceed cash flows from leases and proceeds from asset sales.
The Company currently believes it has adequate reserves available to meet its immediate cash requirements and those of the next twelve months, but in the event those reserves are found to be inadequate, the Company would likely be in a position to borrow against its current portfolio to meet such requirements.
Cash Flows
The following table sets forth summary cash flow data (in thousands):
Net cash provided by (used in):
Operating activities
$
$
Investing activities
Financing activities
(1,586)
(2,416)
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
$
(640)
$
(836)
During the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company’s primary sources of liquidity were cash flows from its portfolio of operating lease contracts. In addition, the Company realized $433 thousand and $782 thousand of proceeds from sales of lease assets during 2020 and 2019, respectively.
During the same comparative years, cash was primarily used to pay distributions to both the Other Members and the Managing Member. Distributions paid totaled $1.6 million and $2.4 million for the respective years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019. In addition, cash was used to pay invoices related to management fees and expenses, and other payables in both years.
Non-Recourse Long-Term Debt
As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company had no non-recourse long-term debt.
Distributions
The Company commenced periodic distributions, based on cash flows from operations, beginning with the month of April 2003. The monthly distributions were discontinued in 2012 as the Company entered its liquidation phase. The rates and frequency of periodic distributions paid by the Fund during its liquidation phase are solely at the discretion of the Manager. See Item 5, Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities, for additional information regarding the distributions.
Commitments and Contingencies and Off-Balance Sheet Transactions
Commitments and Contingencies
At December 31, 2020, the Company had no commitments to purchase lease assets or fund investments in notes receivable.
Off-Balance Sheet Transactions
None.

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ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

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ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
Item 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
See the Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, Financial Statements and Notes to Financial Statements attached hereto at pages 14 through 32.
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
The Members
ATEL Capital Equipment Fund X, LLC
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying balance sheets of ATEL Capital Equipment Fund X, LLC (the “Company”), as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, the related statements of income, changes in members’ capital, and cash flows for the years then ended, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the years then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Management of the Company’s Managing Member. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures to respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
Critical Audit Matters
Critical audit matters are matters arising from the current period audit of the financial statements that were communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that (1) relate to accounts or disclosures that are material to the financial statements and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments. We determined that there are no critical audit matters.
/s/ Moss Adams LLP
San Francisco, California
March 29, 2021
We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2007.
ATEL CAPITAL EQUIPMENT FUND X, LLC
BALANCE SHEETS
DECEMBER 31, 2020 AND 2019
(In Thousands)
ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents
$
1,401
$
2,041
Accounts receivable, net
Investment in securities
Equipment under operating leases, net
3,222
3,792
Prepaid expenses and other assets
Total assets
$
4,862
$
6,062
LIABILITIES AND MEMBERS’ CAPITAL
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities:
Due to Managing Member and/or affiliates
$
$
Other
Deposits due lessees
Unearned operating lease income
Total liabilities
Commitments and contingencies
Members’ capital:
Managing Member
-
-
Other Members
4,757
5,969
Total Members’ capital
4,757
5,969
Total liabilities and Members’ capital
$
4,862
$
6,062
See accompanying notes.
ATEL CAPITAL EQUIPMENT FUND X, LLC
STATEMENTS OF INCOME
FOR THE YEARS ENDED
DECEMBER 31, 2020 AND 2019
(In Thousands Except for Units and Per Unit Data)
Revenues:
Leasing activities:
Operating leases revenues, net
$
1,266
$
1,585
Gain on sales of equipment under operating leases
Other revenue
1,126
Total operating revenues
1,308
2,818
Expenses:
Depreciation of operating lease assets
Asset management fees to Managing Member and/or affiliates
Costs reimbursed to Managing Member and/or affiliates
Amortization of initial direct costs
Impairment losses on equipment
-
Railcar maintenance
Impairment losses on investment in securities
-
Professional fees
Franchise fees and taxes
Outside services
Insurance
Storage fees
Other expenses
Total operating expenses
1,090
1,356
Income from operations
1,462
Other income:
Unrealized gain on fair value adjustment for investment securities
-
Total other income
-
Net income
$
$
1,462
Net income:
Managing Member
$
$
Other Members
1,281
$
$
1,462
Net income per Limited Liability Company Unit (Other Members)
$
0.02
$
0.09
Weighted average number of Units outstanding
13,971,486
13,971,486
See accompanying notes.
ATEL CAPITAL EQUIPMENT FUND X, LLC
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN MEMBERS’ CAPITAL
FOR THE YEARS ENDED
DECEMBER 31, 2020 AND 2019
(In Thousands Except for Units and Per Unit Data)
Amount
Other
Managing
Units
Members
Member
Total
Balance December 31, 2018
13,971,486
$
6,923
$
-
$
6,923
Distributions to Other Members ($0.16 per Unit)
-
(2,235)
-
(2,235)
Distributions to Managing Member
-
-
(181)
(181)
Net income
-
1,281
1,462
Balance December 31, 2019
13,971,486
5,969
-
5,969
Distributions to Other Members ($0.11 per Unit)
-
(1,467)
-
(1,467)
Distributions to Managing Member
-
-
(119)
(119)
Net income
-
Balance December 31, 2020
13,971,486
$
4,757
$
-
$
4,757
See accompanying notes.
ATEL CAPITAL EQUIPMENT FUND X, LLC
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2020 AND 2019
(In Thousands)
Operating activities:
Net income
$
$
1,462
Adjustments to reconcile net income to cash provided by operating activities:
Gain on sales of equipment under operating leases
(40)
(107)
Unrealized gains on fair value adjustment for investment securities
(156)
-
Depreciation of operating lease assets
Amortization of initial direct costs
Impairment losses on equipment
-
Provision for credit losses
Impairment losses on investment in securities
-
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable
(74)
Due from affiliates
-
Prepaid expenses and other assets
Accounts payable, Managing Member and affiliates
(5)
Accounts payable, Other
(8)
(1,037)
Unearned operating lease income
-
Net cash provided by operating activities
Investing activities:
Proceeds from sales of equipment under operating leases
Net cash provided by investing activities
Financing activities:
Distributions to Other Members
(1,467)
(2,235)
Distributions to Managing Member
(119)
(181)
Net cash used in financing activities
(1,586)
(2,416)
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
(640)
(836)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
2,041
2,877
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year
$
1,401
$
2,041
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:
Cash paid during the year for taxes
$
$
See accompanying notes.
ATEL CAPITAL EQUIPMENT FUND X, LLC
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1. Organization and Limited Liability Company matters:
ATEL Capital Equipment Fund X, LLC (the “Company” or the “Fund”) was formed under the laws of the State of California on August 12, 2002 for the purpose of engaging in the sale of limited liability company investment units and acquiring equipment to engage in equipment leasing, lending and sales activities, primarily in the United States. The Managing Member of the Company is ATEL Financial Services, LLC (“AFS”), a California limited liability company. The Company may continue until December 31, 2022.
The Company conducted a public offering of 15,000,000 Limited Liability Company Units (“Units”), at a price of $10 per Unit. On April 9, 2003, subscriptions for the minimum number of Units (120,000, representing $1.2 million) had been received (excluding subscriptions from Pennsylvania investors) and AFS requested that the subscriptions be released to the Company. On that date, the Company commenced operations in its primary business. As of March 11, 2005, the offering was terminated. As of that date, subscriptions for 14,059,136 Units ($140.6 million) had been received, of which 87,650 Units ($720 thousand) were subsequently rescinded or repurchased (net of distributions paid and allocated syndication costs, as applicable) by the Company through December 31, 2020. As of December 31, 2020, 13,971,486 Units remain issued and outstanding.
The Company’s principal objectives have been to invest in a diversified portfolio of equipment that (i) preserves, protects and returns the Company’s invested capital; (ii) generates regular distributions to the members of cash from operations and cash from sales or refinancing, with any balance remaining after certain minimum distributions to be used to purchase additional equipment during the reinvestment period (“Reinvestment Period”) (defined as six full years following the year the offering was terminated) which ended on December 31, 2011 and (iii) provides additional distributions following the Reinvestment Period and until all equipment has been sold. The Company is governed by the Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement (“Operating Agreement”), as amended. On January 1, 2012, the Company commenced liquidation phase activities pursuant to the guidelines of the Operating Agreement.
Pursuant to the terms of the Operating Agreement, AFS receives compensation and reimbursements for services rendered on behalf of the Company (See Note 6). The Company is required to maintain reasonable cash reserves for working capital, the repurchase of Units and contingencies. The repurchase of Units is solely at the discretion of AFS.
The Company will pay AFS and affiliates of AFS substantial fees which may result in a conflict of interest. The Company will pay substantial fees to AFS and its affiliates before distributions are paid to investors even if the Company does not produce profits. Therefore, the financial position of the Company could change significantly.
2. Summary of significant accounting policies:
Basis of presentation:
The accompanying balance sheets as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, and the related statements of income, changes in members’ capital, and cash flows for the years then ended, have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation. These reclassifications had no significant effect on the reported financial position or results of operations.
Footnote and tabular amounts are presented in thousands, except as to Units and per Unit data.
In preparing the accompanying financial statements, the Company has reviewed, as determined necessary by the Managing Member, events that have occurred after December 31, 2020, up until the issuance of the financial statements. No events were noted which would require additional disclosure in the footnotes to the financial statements.
ATEL CAPITAL EQUIPMENT FUND X, LLC
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Cash and cash equivalents:
Cash and cash equivalents include cash in banks and cash equivalent investments such as U.S. Treasury instruments with original and/or purchased maturities of ninety days or less.
Use of estimates:
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Such estimates primarily relate to the determination of residual values at the end of the lease term and expected future cash flows used for impairment analysis purposes and determination of the allowances for doubtful accounts.
Accounts receivable:
Accounts receivable represent the amounts billed under operating and direct financing lease contracts, and notes receivable which are due to the Company. Allowances for doubtful accounts are typically established based on historical charge off and collection experience and the collectability of specifically identified lessees and borrowers, and invoiced amounts. Accounts receivable deemed uncollectible are charged off to the allowance on a specific identification basis. Amounts recovered that were previously written-off are recorded as other income in the period received.
Credit risk:
Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk include cash and cash equivalents, operating and direct financing lease receivables, notes receivable and accounts receivable. The Company places the majority of its cash deposits in noninterest-bearing accounts with financial institutions that have no less than $10 billion in assets. Such deposits are insured up to $250 thousand. The remainder of the Company’s cash is temporarily invested in U.S. Treasury denominated instruments. The concentration of such deposits and temporary cash investments is not deemed to create a significant risk to the Company. Accounts and notes receivable represent amounts due from lessees or borrowers in various industries, related to equipment on operating and direct financing leases or notes receivable.
Equipment on operating leases and related revenue recognition:
Equipment subject to operating leases is stated at cost. Depreciation is being recognized on a straight-line method over the terms of the related leases to the equipment’s estimated residual values. Off-lease equipment is generally not subject to depreciation. The Company depreciates all lease assets, in accordance with guidelines consistent with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 360-20-35-3, over the periods of the lease terms contained in each asset’s respective lease contract to the estimated residual value at the end of the lease contract. All lease assets are purchased only concurrent with the execution of a lease commitment by the lessee. Thus, the original depreciation period corresponds with the term of the original lease. Once the term of an original lease contract is completed, the subject property is typically sold to the existing user, re-leased to the existing user, or, when off-lease, is held for sale. Assets which are re-leased continue to be depreciated using the terms of the new lease agreements and the estimated residual values at the end of the new lease terms, adjusted downward as necessary. Assets classified as held-for-sale are carried at the lower of carrying amount, or the fair value less cost to sell (ASC 360-10-35-43).
ATEL CAPITAL EQUIPMENT FUND X, LLC
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The Company does not use the equipment held in its portfolio, but holds it solely for lease and ultimate sale. In the course of marketing equipment that has come off-lease, management may determine at some point that re-leasing the assets may provide a superior return for investors and would then execute another lease. Upon entering into a new lease contract, management will estimate the residual value once again and resume depreciation. If, and when, the Company, at any time, determines that depreciation in value may have occurred with respect to an asset held-for-sale, the Company would review the value to determine whether a material reduction in value had occurred and recognize any appropriate impairment. All lease assets, including off-lease assets, are subject to the Company’s quarterly impairment analysis, as described below. Maintenance costs associated with the Fund’s portfolio of leased assets are expensed as incurred. Major additions and betterments are capitalized.
Operating lease revenue is recognized on a straight-line basis over the term of the underlying leases. The initial lease terms will vary as to the type of equipment subject to the leases, the needs of the lessees and the terms to be negotiated, but initial leases are generally on terms from 36 to 120 months. The difference between rent received and rental revenue recognized is recorded as unearned operating lease income on the balance sheet. Operating leases are generally placed in a non-accrual status (i.e., no revenue is recognized) when payments are more than 90 days past due. Additionally, management considers the equipment underlying the lease contracts for impairment and periodically reviews the credit worthiness of all operating lessees with payments outstanding less than 90 days. Based upon management’s judgment, the related operating leases may be placed on non-accrual status. Leases placed on non-accrual status are only returned to an accrual status when the account has been brought current and management believes recovery of the remaining unpaid lease payments is probable. Until such time, revenues are recognized on a cash basis.
Initial direct costs:
Incremental costs of a lease that would not have been incurred if the lease had not been obtained are capitalized and amortized over the lease term. All other costs associated with the execution of the Company’s leases are expensed as incurred.
Asset valuation:
Recorded values of the Company’s leased asset portfolio are reviewed each quarter to confirm the reasonableness of established residual values and to determine whether there is indication that an asset impairment might have taken place. The Company uses a variety of sources and considers many factors in evaluating whether the respective book values of its assets are appropriate. In addition, the company may direct a residual value review at any time if it becomes aware of issues regarding the ability of a lessee to continue to make payments on its lease contract. An impairment loss is measured and recognized only if the estimated undiscounted future cash flows of the asset are less than their net book value. The estimated undiscounted future cash flows are the sum of the residual value of the asset at the end of the asset’s lease contract and undiscounted future rents from the existing lease contract. The residual value assumes, among other things, that the asset is utilized normally in an open, unrestricted and stable market. Short-term fluctuations in the marketplace are disregarded and it is assumed that there is no necessity either to dispose of a significant number of the assets, if held in quantity, simultaneously or to dispose of the asset quickly. Impairment is measured as the difference between the fair value (as determined by a valuation method using discounted estimated future cash flows, third party appraisals or comparable sales of similar assets as applicable based on asset type) of the asset and its carrying value on the measurement date. Upward adjustments for impairments recognized in prior periods are not made in any circumstances.
Segment reporting:
The Company is not organized by multiple operating segments for the purpose of making operating decisions or assessing performance. Accordingly, the Company operates in one reportable operating segment in North America.
ATEL CAPITAL EQUIPMENT FUND X, LLC
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The Company’s principal decision makers are the Managing Member’s Chief Executive Officer and its Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer. The Company believes that its equipment leasing business operates as one reportable segment because: a) the Company measures profit and loss at the equipment portfolio level as a whole; b) the principal decision makers do not review information based on any operating segment other than the equipment leasing transaction portfolio; c) the Company does not maintain discrete financial information on any specific segment other than its equipment financing operations; d) the Company has not chosen to organize its business around different products and services other than equipment lease financing; and e) the Company has not chosen to organize its business around geographic areas.
The primary geographic region in which the Company sought leasing opportunities was North America. The table below summarizes geographic information relating to the sources, by nation, of the Company’s total revenues for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, and long-lived tangible assets as of December 31, 2020 and 2019 (dollars in thousands):
Year Ended December 31,
% of Total
% of Total
Revenue
United States
$
1,247
%
$
2,774
%
Canada
%
%
Total
$
1,308
%
$
2,818
%
As of December 31,
% of Total
% of Total
Long-lived assets
United States
$
3,163
%
$
3,701
%
Canada
%
%
Total
$
3,222
%
$
3,792
%
Foreign currency transactions:
Foreign currency transaction gains and losses are reported in the results of operations as “other income” or “other expense” in the period in which they occur. Currently, the Company does not use derivative instruments to hedge its economic exposure with respect to assets, liabilities and firm commitments as the foreign currency transactions risks to date have not been significant. During the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, all foreign currency transaction gains and losses were nominal in value.
Investment in securities:
From time to time, the Company may purchase securities of its borrowers or receive warrants to purchase securities in connection with its lending arrangements.
ATEL CAPITAL EQUIPMENT FUND X, LLC
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Purchased securities
Purchased securities registered for public sale are carried at fair value. Such securities with readily determinable fair values are measured at fair value with any changes in fair value recognized in the Company's results of operations. The Company's investment securities that do not have readily determinable fair values are measured at cost minus impairment, and adjusted for changes in observable prices. Factors considered by the Managing Member in determining fair value include, but are not limited to, available financial information, the issuer’s ability to meet its current obligations and indications of the issuer’s subsequent ability to raise capital. The Company’s investment securities totaled $200 thousand and $44 thousand at December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. There were minimal amount of fair value adjustments on investment securities with readily determinable fair values for both years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019. There were $156 thousand of fair value adjustments to investment securities that do not have readily determinable fair values for the year end December 31, 2020. There were no such fair value adjustments recorded in 2019. Cumulatively, the Fund recorded $58 thousand of adjustments to increase the fair value of such investments based on changes in observable prices. Impairment losses on investment securities totaled $11 thousand for the year ended December 31, 2019. There were no such losses during the current year. Also, there were no investment securities sold or disposed for the years end December 31, 2020 and 2019.
Unearned operating lease income:
The Company records prepayments on operating leases as a liability under the caption of unearned operating lease income. The liability is recorded when prepayments are received and recognized as operating lease revenue over the period to which the prepayments relate using a straight-line method.
Income taxes:
The Company is treated as a partnership for federal income tax purposes. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 701 of the Internal Revenue Code, a partnership is not subject to federal income taxes. Accordingly, the Company has provided current franchise income taxes for only those states which levy income taxes on partnerships. For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, the related provision for state income taxes was $9 thousand and $34 thousand, respectively. The Company does not have any entity level uncertain tax positions. The Company files income tax returns in the U.S. federal jurisdiction and various state jurisdictions and is generally subject to examination by U.S. federal (or state and local) income tax authorities for three years from the filing of a tax return.
The tax bases of the Company’s net assets and liabilities vary from the amounts presented in these financial statements at December 31, 2020 and 2019 (in thousands):
Financial statement basis of net assets
$
4,757
$
5,969
Tax basis of net assets (unaudited)
20,214
20,853
Difference
$
(15,457)
$
(14,884)
The primary differences between the tax bases of net assets and the amounts recorded in the financial statements are the result of differences in accounting for syndication costs and differences between the depreciation methods used in the financial statements and the Company’s tax returns.
ATEL CAPITAL EQUIPMENT FUND X, LLC
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The following reconciles the net income reported in these financial statements to the income reported on the Company’s federal tax return (unaudited) for each of the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 (in thousands):
Net income per financial statements
$
$
1,462
Tax adjustments (unaudited):
Adjustment to depreciation expense
Provision for losses and doubtful accounts
Adjustments to gain on sales of assets
Other
Income per federal tax return (unaudited)
$
$
2,648
Per Unit data:
Net income and distributions per Unit are based upon the weighted average number of Other Members’ Units outstanding during the year.
Recent accounting pronouncements:
In March 2020, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued ASU No. 2020-03, Codification Improvements to Financial Instruments (“ASU 2020-03”). ASU 2020-03 improves and clarifies various financial instruments topics, including the current expected credit losses (CECL) standard issued in 2016. ASU 2020-03 includes seven different issues that describe the areas of improvement and the related amendments to GAAP that are intended to make the standards easier to understand and apply by eliminating inconsistencies and providing clarifications. The amendments have different effective dates. Management is currently evaluating the effect of adopting this new accounting guidance but does not expect adoption will have a material impact on the Fund’s financial statements and disclosures.
In June 2016, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2016-13, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326) (“ASU 2016-13”). The main objective of this Update is to provide financial statement users with more decision-useful information about the expected credit losses on financial instruments and other commitments to extend credit held by a reporting entity at each reporting date. To achieve this objective, the amendments in this Update replace the incurred loss impairment methodology in current GAAP with a methodology that reflects expected credit losses and requires consideration of a broader range of reasonable and supportable information to inform credit loss estimates. The amendments affect entities holding financial assets and equipment under operating leases that are not accounted for at fair value through net income. The amendments affect loans, debt securities, trade receivables, equipment under operating lease, off-balance-sheet credit exposures, reinsurance receivables, and any other financial assets not excluded from the scope that have the contractual right to receive cash. Management is currently evaluating the standard and expects the update may potentially result in the increase in the allowance for credit losses given the change to estimated losses over the contractual life adjusted for expected prepayments.
In November 2018, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2018-19, Codification Improvements to Topic 326, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (“ASU 2018-19”). The new standard clarifies certain aspects of the new CECL impairment model in ASU 2016-13. The amendment clarifies that receivables arising from operating leases are within the scope of ASC 842, rather than ASC 326. Management is currently evaluating the impact of the standard on the financial statements and related disclosure requirements.
ATEL CAPITAL EQUIPMENT FUND X, LLC
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
On August 15, 2019, the FASB issued a proposed ASU that would grant certain companies additional time to implement FASB standards on CECL, and hedging. The proposed ASU defers the effective date for CECL to fiscal periods beginning after December 15, 2022, including interim periods within those fiscal years; and defers the effective dates for hedging to fiscal periods beginning after December 15, 2020, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2021. The ASU was approved on October 16, 2019. In February 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-02 and delayed the effective date of Topic 326 until fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2022.
In August 2018, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2018-13, Fair Value Measurement (“ASU 2018-13”), which amends the disclosure requirements on fair value measurements in Topic 820, Fair Value Measurement. This ASU modifies disclosure requirements for fair value measurements by removing, modifying or adding certain disclosures. The amendments in this Update are effective for all entities for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2019. The amendments on changes in unrealized gains and losses, the range and weighted average of significant unobservable inputs used to develop Level 3 fair value measurements, and the narrative description of measurement uncertainty should be applied prospectively for only the most recent interim or annual period presented in the initial fiscal year of adoption. All other amendments should be applied retrospectively to all periods presented upon their effective date. The Fund adopted ASU 2018-13 on January 1, 2020. Such adoption did not have a significant impact on the Fund’s financial statements and related disclosure requirements.
3. Concentration of credit risk and major customers:
The Company leases equipment to lessees in diversified industries. Leases are subject to AFS’s credit committee review. The leases provide for the return of the equipment to the Company upon default.
As of December 31, 2020, and 2019, concentrations (greater than or equal to 10% as a percentage of total equipment cost) of equipment leased to lessees in certain industries were as follows:
Percentage of Total
Industry
Equipment Cost
Transportation
%
%
Wholesale
*
%
*Less than 10%
During 2020 and 2019, certain lessees generated significant portions (defined as greater than or equal to 10%) of the Company’s total leasing revenues, excluding gains or losses on disposition of assets, as follows:
Percentage of Total
Lease Revenues
Lessee
Type of Equipment
Kankakee, Beaverville & Southern Railroad
Transportation, rail
%
*
Interstate Commodities
Transportation, rail
%
*
Aircraft Service International
Aviation
%
%
MRXX-Interstate Commodities
Transportation, rail
*
%
*Less than 10%
ATEL CAPITAL EQUIPMENT FUND X, LLC
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
4. Equipment under operating leases, net:
The Company’s equipment under operating leases, net consists of the following (in thousands):
Depreciation/
Amortization
Balance
Reclassifications
Expense or
Balance
December 31,
Additions / Dispositions
Amortization
December 31,
and Impairment Losses
of Leases
Equipment under operating leases, net
$
2,592
$
(440)
$
(174)
$
1,978
Assets held for sale or lease, net
1,196
-
1,240
Initial direct costs, net
(3)
Total
$
3,792
$
(393)
$
(177)
$
3,222
During the year ended December 31, 2019, the Company recorded $281 thousand of impairment losses to reduce the fair value of certain equipment, there was no such loss recorded for the year ended December 31, 2020.
The Company utilizes a straight line depreciation method for equipment in all of the categories currently in its portfolio of operating lease transactions. Depreciation expense on the Company’s equipment was $174 thousand and $130 thousand for 2020 and 2019, respectively. IDC amortization expense related to operating leases totaled $3 thousand for each of the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019.
Total depreciation for 2020 includes $17 thousand of additional depreciation which was recorded to reflect year-to-date changes in estimated residual values of certain equipment generating revenue under month-to-month extensions. Such estimated residual values of equipment associated with leases on month-to-month extensions are evaluated at least semi-annually, and depreciation recorded for the change in estimated reduction in value. There were no such additional adjustments to depreciation recorded during the year ended December 31, 2019.
All of the leased property was acquired in the years beginning with 2005 through 2011.
As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, there were no lease contracts placed in non-accrual status. As of the same dates, the Company may have had certain other leases that have related accounts receivable aged 90 days or more that have not been placed on non-accrual status. In accordance with Company policy, such receivables are fully reserved. Management continues to closely monitor these leases, and all other lease contracts, for any actual change in collectability status and indication of necessary valuation adjustments.
ATEL CAPITAL EQUIPMENT FUND X, LLC
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Operating leases:
Property on operating leases consisted of the following (in thousands):
Balance
Balance
December 31,
Reclassification
December 31,
Additions
/Dispositions
Transportation, rail
$
12,150
$
-
$
(1,088)
$
11,062
Trucks and trailers
-
Aircraft
1,732
-
(1,439)
Manufacturing
-
-
Petro/natural gas
-
-
Materials handling
-
(41)
15,190
-
(2,307)
12,883
Less accumulated depreciation
(12,598)
(174)
1,867
(10,905)
Total
$
2,592
$
(174)
$
(440)
$
1,978
The average estimated residual value for assets on operating leases was 13% and 17% of the assets’ original cost for the years ended at December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. There were no operating lease in non-accrual status at December 31, 2020 and 2019.
At December 31, 2020, the aggregate amounts of future minimum lease payments receivable were as follows (in thousands):
Operating
Leases
Year ending December 31, 2021
$
Thereafter
$
1,481
The useful lives for each category of leases is reviewed at a minimum of once per quarter. As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, the respective useful lives of each category of lease assets in the Company’s portfolio were as follows (in years):
Equipment category
Useful Life
Transportation, rail
35 - 50
Aircraft
20 - 30
Manufacturing
10 - 15
Petro/natural gas
10 - 15
Materials handling
7 - 10
Transportation, other
7 - 10
ATEL CAPITAL EQUIPMENT FUND X, LLC
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
5. Allowance for credit losses:
The Company’s allowance for credit losses totaled $347 thousand and $190 thousand at December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. All of such allowance were related to delinquent operating lease receivables. Per ASU 2016-02, the current year credit loss of $27 thousand is netted against operating lease revenues in the statements of income. The Company had neither financing receivables in non-accrual status nor impaired financing receivables at December 31, 2020 and 2019.
The Company’s allowance for credit losses as follows (in thousands):
Allowance for
Doubtful Accounts
Operating Leases
Balance December 31, 2018
$
Provision for credit losses
Balance December 31, 2019
Provision for credit losses
Balance December 31, 2020
$
6. Related party transactions:
The terms of the Operating Agreement provide that AFS and/or affiliates are entitled to receive certain fees for equipment management and resale and for management of the Company.
The Operating Agreement allows for the reimbursement of costs incurred by AFS in providing administrative services to the Company. Administrative services provided include Company accounting, finance/treasury, investor relations, legal counsel and lease and equipment documentation. AFS is not reimbursed for services whereby it is entitled to receive a separate fee as compensation for such services, such as management of equipment. The Company will be liable for certain future costs to be incurred by AFS to manage the administrative services provided to the Company.
Each of ATEL Leasing Corporation (“ALC”) and AFS is a wholly-owned subsidiary of ATEL Capital Group and performs services for the Company. Acquisition services, equipment management, lease administration and asset disposition services are performed by ALC; investor relations, communications services and general administrative services for the Company are performed by AFS.
Cost reimbursements to the Managing Member are based on its costs incurred in performing administrative services for the Company. These costs are allocated to each managed entity based on certain criteria such as total assets, number of investors or contributed capital based upon the type of cost incurred.
During the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, AFS and/or affiliates earned fees and reimbursements, pursuant to the Operating Agreement were as follows (in thousands):
Costs reimbursed to Managing Member and/or affiliates
$
$
Asset management fees to Managing Member and/or affiliates
$
$
ATEL CAPITAL EQUIPMENT FUND X, LLC
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The Company’s Operating Agreement places an annual and cumulative limit for cost reimbursements to AFS and/or its affiliates. Any reimbursable costs incurred by AFS and/or affiliates during the year exceeding the annual and/or cumulative limits cannot be reimbursed in the current year, though such costs may be reimbursable in future years to the extent such amounts may be payable if within the annual and cumulative limits in such future years. The Fund is a finite life and self-liquidating entity, and AFS and its affiliates have no recourse against the Fund for the amount of any unpaid excess reimbursable administrative expenses. The Fund will continue to require administrative services from AFS and its affiliates through the end of its term, and will therefore continue to incur reimbursable administrative expenses in each year. The Fund has determined that payment of any amounts in excess of the annual and cumulative limits is not probable, and the date any portion of such amount may be paid, if ever, is uncertain. When the Fund completes its liquidation stage and terminates, any unpaid amount will expire unpaid, with no claim by AFS or its affiliates against any liquidation proceeds or any party for the unpaid balance. As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company has not exceeded the annual and/or cumulative limitations discussed above.
7. Commitments:
At December 31, 2020, the Company had no commitments to purchase lease assets or fund investments in notes receivable.
8. Guarantees:
The Company enters into contracts that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Company’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown. However, the Company has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts and expects the risk of loss to be remote.
The Managing Member knows of no facts or circumstances that would make the Company’s contractual commitments outside standard mutual covenants applicable to commercial transactions between businesses. Accordingly, the Company believes that these indemnification obligations are made in the ordinary course of business as part of standard commercial and industry practice, and that any potential liability under the Company’s similar commitments is remote. Should any such indemnification obligation become payable, the Company would separately record and/or disclose such liability in accordance with GAAP.
9. Members’ capital:
Units issued and outstanding were 13,971,486 at both December 31, 2020 and 2019. The Company was authorized to issue up to 15,000,000 Units in addition to the Units issued to the initial members (50 Units). The Company ceased offering Units on March 11, 2005.
The Company has the right, exercisable at the Managing Member’s discretion, but not the obligation, to repurchase Units of a Unitholder who ceases to be a U.S. Citizen, for a price equal to 100% of the holder’s capital account. The Company is otherwise permitted, but not required, to repurchase Units upon a holder’s request. The repurchase of Fund Units is made in accordance with Section 13 of the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement. The repurchase would be at the discretion of the Managing Member’s on terms it determines to be appropriate under given circumstances, in the event that the Managing Member’s deems such repurchase to be in the best interest of the Company; provided, the Company is never required to repurchase any Units. Upon the repurchase of any Units by the Fund, the tendered Units are cancelled. Units repurchased in prior periods were repurchased at amounts representing the original investment less cumulative distributions made to the Unitholder with respect to the Units. All Units repurchased during a quarter are deemed to be repurchased effective the last day of the preceding quarter, and are not deemed to be outstanding during, or entitled to allocations of net income, net loss or distributions for the quarter in which such repurchase occurs.
ATEL CAPITAL EQUIPMENT FUND X, LLC
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
As defined in the Operating Agreement, the Company’s Net Income, Net Losses, and Distributions are to be allocated 92.5% to the Members and 7.5% to AFS. In accordance with the terms of the Operating Agreement, additional allocations of income were made to AFS in 2020 and 2019. The amounts allocated were determined to bring AFS’s ending capital account balance to zero at the end of each year.
Distributions to the Other Members were as follows (in thousands, except as to Units and per Unit data):
Distributions declared
$
1,467
$
2,235
Weighted average number of Units outstanding
13,971,486
13,971,486
Weighted average distributions per Unit
$
0.11
$
0.16
10. Fair value measurements:
Under applicable accounting standards, fair value is defined as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date.
Fair value measurements and disclosures are based on a fair value hierarchy as determined by significant inputs used to measure fair value. The three levels of inputs within the fair value hierarchy are defined as follows:
Level 1 - Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. An active market for the asset or liability is a market in which transactions for the asset or liability occur with sufficient frequency and volume to provide pricing information on an ongoing basis, generally on a national exchange.
Level 2 - Quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active, and model-based valuations in which all significant inputs are observable in the market.
Level 3 - Valuation is modeled using significant inputs that are unobservable in the market. These unobservable inputs reflect the Company’s own estimates of assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability.
The Company had no warrants at December 31, 2020 and 2019.
The Company’s valuation policy is determined by members of the Asset Management, Credit and Accounting departments. Whenever possible, the policy is to obtain quoted market prices in active markets to estimate fair values for recognition and disclosure purposes. Where quoted market prices in active markets are not available, fair values are estimated using discounted cash flow analyses, broker quotes, information from third party remarketing agents, third party appraisals of collateral and/or other valuation techniques. These techniques are significantly affected by certain of the Company’s assumptions, including discount rates and estimates of future cash flows. Potential taxes and other transaction costs are not considered in estimating fair values. As the Company is responsible for determining fair value, an analysis is performed on prices obtained from third parties. Such analysis is performed by asset management and credit department personnel who are familiar with the Company’s investments in equipment, notes receivable and equity securities of venture companies. The analysis may include a periodic review of price fluctuations and validation of numbers obtained from a specific third party by reference to multiple representative sources.
ATEL CAPITAL EQUIPMENT FUND X, LLC
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Such fair value adjustments utilized the following methodology:
Investment in securities (recurring)
The Company’s investment in securities registered for public sale that have readily determinable fair values are measured at fair value with any changes in fair value recognized in the Company’s results of operations. The Company’s investments in publicly traded investment securities are valued based on their quoted market prices. At December 31, 2020, the calculated fair value of these investments in securities were deemed nominal.
The following disclosure of the estimated fair value of financial instruments is made in accordance with the guidance provided by the Financial Instruments Topic of the FASB Accounting Standards Codification. Fair value estimates, methods and assumptions, set forth below for the Company’s financial instruments, are made solely to comply with the requirements of the Financial Instruments Topic and should be read in conjunction with the Company’s financial statements and related notes.
The Company has determined the estimated fair value amounts by using market information and valuation methodologies that it considers appropriate and consistent with the fair value accounting guidance. Considerable judgment is required to interpret market data to develop the estimates of fair value. The use of different market assumptions and/or estimation methodologies may have a material effect on the estimated fair value amounts.
Cash and cash equivalents
The recorded amounts of the Company’s cash and cash equivalents approximate fair value because of the liquidity and short-term maturity of these instruments.
Commitments and Contingencies
Management has determined that no recognition for the fair value of the Company’s loan commitments is necessary because their terms are made on a market rate basis and require borrowers to be in compliance with the Company’s credit requirements at the time of funding.
The fair value of contingent liabilities (or guarantees) is not considered material because management believes there has been no event that has occurred wherein a guarantee liability has been incurred or will likely be incurred.
The following tables present a summary of the carrying value and fair value by level of financial instruments on the Company’s balance sheets at December 31, 2020 and 2019 (in thousands):
Fair Value Measurements at December 31, 2020
Carrying
Value
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Total
Financial assets:
Cash and cash equivalents
$
1,401
$
1,401
$
-
$
-
$
1,401
Fair Value Measurements at December 31, 2019
Carrying
Value
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Total
Financial assets:
Cash and cash equivalents
$
2,041
$
2,041
$
-
$
-
$
2,041
ATEL CAPITAL EQUIPMENT FUND X, LLC
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
11. Global health emergency:
On January 30, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the novel coronavirus outbreak a public health emergency. The Fund’s operations is located in California, which has restricted gatherings of people due to the coronavirus outbreak. At present, the Fund’s operations have not been adversely affected and continues to function effectively. Due to the dynamic nature of these unprecedented circumstances and possible business disruption, the Fund will continue to monitor the situation closely, but given the uncertainty about the situation, an estimate of the future impact, if any, cannot be made at this time.

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ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS
Item 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND
FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES
None.

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ITEM 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Item 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures
The Company’s Managing Member’s President and Chief Executive Officer, and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer (“Management”), evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(e)) as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on the evaluation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures, Management concluded that as of the end of the period covered by this report, the design and operation of these disclosure controls and procedures were effective.
The Company does not control the financial reporting process, and is solely dependent on the Management of the Managing Member, who is responsible for providing the Company with financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States. The Managing Member’s disclosure controls and procedures, as they are applicable to the Company, means controls and other procedures of an issuer that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the issuer in the reports that it files or submits under the Act (15 U.S.C. 78a et seq.) is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by an issuer in the reports that it files or submits under the Act is accumulated and communicated to the issuer’s management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
The Management of the Managing Member is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting as that term is defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(f) for the Company, and for performing an assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2020. The internal control process of the Managing Member, as it is applicable to the Company, was designed to provide reasonable assurance to Management regarding the preparation and fair presentation of published financial statements, and includes those policies and procedures that:
(1) Provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, and that the Company’s receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with authorization of the Management of the Managing Member; and
(2) Provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the Company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
All internal control processes, no matter how well designed, have inherent limitations. Therefore, even those processes determined to be effective can provide only reasonable assurance with respect to the reliability of financial statement preparation and presentation. Further, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
Management of the Managing Member assessed the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting, as it is applicable to the Company, as of December 31, 2020. In making this assessment, it used the criteria set forth in Internal Control - Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. Based on its assessment, Management of the Managing Member concluded that the Managing Member’s internal control over financial reporting, as it is applicable to the Company, was effective as of December 31, 2020.
This annual report does not include an audit report of the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting. Management’s internal controls over financial reporting was not subject to audit by the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm pursuant to Section 989G of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, which exempts non-accelerated filers from Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
Changes in internal control
There were no changes in the Managing Member’s internal control over financial reporting, as it is applicable to the Company, during the year ended December 31, 2020 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Managing Member’s internal control over financial reporting, as it is applicable to the Company.
PART III

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ITEM 9B. OTHER INFORMATION

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ITEM 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Item 10. DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
The registrant is a Limited Liability Company and, therefore, has no officers or directors.
ATEL Financial Services, LLC (“AFS”) is the Company’s Managing Member or Manager. AFS is controlled by ATEL Capital Group (“ACG” or “ATEL”), a holding company formed to control AFS and affiliated companies. The outstanding voting capital stock of ATEL Capital Group is owned 100% by Dean Cash.
Each of ATEL Leasing Corporation (“ALC”) and AFS is a wholly-owned subsidiary of ACG and performs services for the Company. Acquisition services, equipment management, lease administration and asset disposition services are performed by ALC; and investor relations, communications and general administrative services are performed by AFS.
The officers and directors of ATEL and its affiliates are as follows:
Dean L. Cash
President and Chief Executive Officer of ATEL Financial Services, LLC (Managing Member)
Paritosh K. Choksi
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of ATEL Financial Services, LLC (Managing Member)
Vasco H. Morais
Executive Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel of ATEL Financial Services, LLC (Managing Member)
Dean L. Cash, age 70, became chairman, president and chief executive officer of ATEL in April 2001. Mr. Cash joined ATEL as director of marketing in 1980 and served as a vice president since 1981, executive vice president since 1983 and a director since 1984. Prior to joining ATEL, Mr. Cash was a senior marketing representative for Martin Marietta Corporation, data systems division, from 1979 to 1980. From 1977 to 1979, he was employed by General Electric Corporation, where he was an applications specialist in the medical systems division and a marketing representative in the information services division. Mr. Cash was a systems engineer with Electronic Data Systems from 1975 to 1977, and was involved in maintaining and developing software for commercial applications. Mr. Cash received a B.S. degree in psychology and mathematics in 1972 and an M.B.A. degree with a concentration in finance in 1975 from Florida State University. Mr. Cash is an arbitrator with the American Arbitration Association and is qualified as a registered principal with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.
Paritosh K. Choksi, age 67, joined ATEL in 1999 as a director, senior vice president and its chief financial officer. He became its executive vice president and CFO/COO in April 2001. Prior to joining ATEL, Mr. Choksi was chief financial officer at Wink Communications, Inc. from 1997 to 1999. From 1977 to 1997, Mr. Choksi was with Phoenix American Incorporated, a financial services and management company, where he held various positions during his tenure, and was senior vice president, chief financial officer and director when he left the company. Mr. Choksi was involved in all corporate matters at Phoenix and was responsible for Phoenix’s capital market needs. He also served on the credit committee overseeing all corporate investments, including its venture lease portfolio. Mr. Choksi was a part of the executive management team which caused Phoenix’s portfolio to increase from $50 million in assets to over $2 billion. Mr. Choksi is a member of the board of directors of Syntel, Inc. Mr. Choksi received a bachelor of technology degree in mechanical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay; and an M.B.A. degree from the University of California, Berkeley.
Vasco H. Morais, age 62, joined ATEL in 1989 as general counsel. Mr. Morais manages ATEL’s legal department, which provides legal and contractual support in the negotiating, documenting, drafting, reviewing and funding of lease transactions. In addition, Mr. Morais advises on general corporate law matters, and assists on securities law issues. From 1986 to 1989, Mr. Morais was employed by the BankAmeriLease Companies, Bank of America’s equipment leasing subsidiaries, providing in-house legal support on the documentation of tax-oriented and non-tax oriented direct and leveraged lease transactions, vendor leasing programs and general corporate matters. Prior to the BankAmeriLease Companies, Mr. Morais was with the Consolidated Capital Companies in the Corporate and Securities Legal Department involved in drafting and reviewing contracts, advising on corporate law matters and securities law issues. Mr. Morais received a B.A. degree in 1982 from the University of California in Berkeley, a J.D. degree in 1986 from Golden Gate University Law School; and an M.B.A. (Finance) degree from Golden Gate University in 1997. Mr. Morais, an active member of the State Bar of California since 1986, served as co-chair of the Uniform Business Law Section of the State Bar of California and was inducted as a fellow of the American College of Commercial Finance Lawyers in 2010.
Audit Committee
The board of directors of the Managing Member acts as the audit committee of the Company. Dean L. Cash and Paritosh K. Choksi are members of the board of directors of the Managing Member and are deemed to be financial experts. They are not independent of the Company.
Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance
Based solely on a review of Forms 3, 4 and 5, the Company is not aware of any failures to file reports of beneficial ownership required to be filed during or for the year ended December 31, 2020.
Code of Ethics
A Code of Ethics that is applicable to the Company, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of its Managing Member, AFS, or persons acting in such capacity on behalf of the Company, is included as Exhibit 14.1 to this report.

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ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
Item 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
The registrant is a Limited Liability Company and, therefore, has no officers or directors.
Set forth hereinafter is a description of the nature of remuneration paid and to be paid to AFS and its affiliates. The amount of such remuneration paid in 2020 and 2019 is set forth in Item 8 of this report under the caption “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data - Notes to Financial Statements - Related party transactions,” at Note 6 thereof, which information is hereby incorporated by reference.
Asset Management Fee
The Company pays AFS an Asset Management Fee in an amount equal to 4% of Operating Revenues, which includes Gross Lease Revenues and Cash from Sales or Refinancing. The Asset Management Fee is paid on a monthly basis. The amount of the Asset Management Fee payable in any year is reduced for that year to the extent it would otherwise exceed the Asset Management Fee Limit, as described below. The Asset Management Fee is paid for services rendered by AFS and its affiliates in determining portfolio and investment strategies (i.e., establishing and maintaining the composition of the Equipment portfolio as a whole and the Company’s overall debt structure) and generally managing or supervising the management of the Equipment.
AFS supervises performance of among others activities, collection of lease revenues, monitoring compliance by lessees with the lease terms, assuring that Equipment is being used in accordance with all operative contractual arrangements, paying operating expenses and arranging for necessary maintenance and repair of Equipment in the event a lessee fails to do so, monitoring property, sales and use tax compliance and preparation of operating financial data. AFS intends to delegate all or a portion of its duties and the Asset Management Fee to one or more of its affiliates who are in the business of providing such services.
Asset Management Fee Limit:
The Asset Management Fee is subject to the Asset Management Fee Limit. The Asset Management Fee Limit is calculated each year during the Company’s term by calculating the total fees that would be paid to AFS if AFS were to be compensated on the basis of an alternative fee schedule, to include an Equipment Management Fee, Incentive Management Fee, and Equipment Resale/Re-Leasing Fee, plus AFS’s Carried Interest, as described below. To the extent that the amount paid to AFS as the Asset Management Fee plus its Carried Interest for any year would exceed the aggregate amount of fees calculated under this alternative fee schedule for the year, the Asset Management Fee and/or Carried Interest for that year is reduced to equal the maximum aggregate fees under the alternative fee schedule.
To the extent any such fees are reduced, the amount of such reduction will be accrued and deferred, and such accrued and deferred compensation would be paid to AFS in a subsequent period, but only if and to the extent that such deferred compensation would be payable within the Asset Management Fee Limit for the subsequent period. Any deferred fees which cannot be paid under the applicable limitations in any subsequent period through the date of liquidation would be forfeited by AFS upon liquidation.
Alternative Fee Schedule:
For purposes of the Asset Management Fee Limit, the Company will calculate an alternative schedule of fees, including a hypothetical Equipment Management Fee, Incentive Management Fee, Equipment Resale/Re-Leasing Fee, and Carried Interest as follows:
An Equipment Management Fee will be calculated to equal the lesser of (i) 3.5% of annual Gross Revenues from Operating Leases and 2% of annual Gross Revenues from Full Payout Leases which contain Net Lease Provisions, or (ii) the fees customarily charged by others rendering similar services as an ongoing public activity in the same geographic location and for similar types of equipment. If services with respect to certain Operating Leases are performed by nonaffiliated persons under the active supervision of AFS or its affiliate, then the amount so calculated shall be 1% of Gross Revenues from such Operating Leases.
An Incentive Management Fee will be calculated to equal 4% of Distributions of Cash from Operations until Holders have received a return of their Original Invested Capital plus a Priority Distribution, and, thereafter, to equal a total of 7.5% of Distributions from all sources, including Sale or Refinancing Proceeds. In subordinating the increase in the Incentive Management Fee to a cumulative return of a Holder’s Original Invested Capital plus a Priority Distribution, a Holder would be deemed to have received Distributions of Original Invested Capital only to the extent that Distributions to the Holder exceed the amount of the Priority Distribution.
An Equipment Resale/Re-Leasing Fee will be calculated in an amount equal to the lesser of (i) 3% of the sale price of the Equipment, or (ii) one-half the normal competitive equipment sale commission charged by unaffiliated parties for resale services. Such fee would apply only after the Holders have received a return of their Original Invested Capital plus a Priority Distribution.
In connection with the releasing of Equipment to lessees other than previous lessees or their affiliates, the fee would be in an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the competitive rate for comparable services for similar equipment, or (ii) 2% of the gross rental payments derived from the re-lease of such Equipment, payable out of each rental payment received by the Company from such re-lease.
See Note 6 to the financial statements included in Item 8, Financial Statements and Supplementary Data, for amounts paid.
Managing Member’s Interest in Operating Proceeds
As defined in the Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement, the Company’s Net Income, Net Losses, and Distributions are to be allocated 92.5% to the Members and 7.5% to AFS. In accordance with the terms of the Operating Agreement, as amended, additional allocations of income were made to AFS in 2020 and 2019. The amounts allocated were determined to bring AFS’s ending capital account balance to zero at the end of each year. See financial statements as set forth in Part II, Item 8, Financial Statements and Supplementary Data, of this report for amounts allocated to AFS in 2020 and 2019.

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ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS
Item 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners
At December 31, 2020, no investor is known to hold beneficially more than 5% of the issued and outstanding Units.
Security Ownership of Management
The parent of AFS is the beneficial owner of Limited Liability Company Units as follows:
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
Name and Address of
Amount and Nature of Beneficial
Percent of
Title of Class
Beneficial Owner
Ownership
Class
Limited Liability
ATEL Capital Group
Initial Limited Liability
0.0004
%
Company Units
The Transamerica Pyramid
Company Units
600 Montgomery Street, 9th Floor
50 Units ($500)
San Francisco, CA 94111
Changes in Control
The Members have the right, by vote of the Members owning more than 50% of the outstanding Limited Liability Company Units, to remove a Managing Member.
AFS may at any time call a meeting of the Members or a vote of the Members without a meeting, on matters on which they are entitled to vote, and shall call such meeting or for vote without a meeting following receipt of a written request therefore of members holding 10% or more of the total outstanding Limited Liability Company Units.

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ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
Item 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
The responses to Item 1 of this report under the caption “Equipment Leasing Activities,” Item 8 of this report under the caption “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data - Notes to Financial Statements - Related party transactions” at footnote 6 thereof, and Item 11 of this report under the caption “Executive Compensation,” are hereby incorporated by reference.

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ITEM 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES
Item 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES
During the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company incurred audit fees with its principal auditors totaling $86 thousand and $108 thousand, respectively.
Audit fees consist of the aggregate fees and expenses billed in connection with the audit of the Company’s annual financial statements and the review of the financial statements included in the Company’s quarterly reports on Form 10-Q.
The board of directors of the Managing Member acts as the audit committee of the registrant. Engagements for audit services, audit related services and tax services are approved in advance by the Chief Financial Officer of the Managing Member acting on behalf of the board of directors of the Managing Member in its role as the audit committee of the Company.
PART IV

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ITEM 15. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES
Item 15. EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES
(a)
Financial Statements and Schedules
1.
Financial Statements
Included in Part II of this report:
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Balance Sheets at December 31, 2020 and 2019
Statements of Income for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019
Statements of Changes in Members’ Capital for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019
Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019
Notes to Financial Statements
2.
Financial Statement Schedules
All schedules for which provision is made in the applicable accounting regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission are not required under the related instructions or are inapplicable and, therefore, have been omitted.
(b)
Exhibits
(3) and (4) Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement, included as Exhibit B to the Prospectus included in the registrant’s registration statement on form S-1 effective March 12, 2003, (File Number 333-100452) is hereby incorporated herein by reference.
(4.1) Description of the Registrant’s Securities pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(14.1) Code of Ethics
(31.1) Certification of Dean L. Cash pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a)
(31.2) Certification of Paritosh K. Choksi pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a)
(32.1) Certification of Dean L. Cash pursuant to 18 U.S.C. section 1350
(32.2) Certification of Paritosh K. Choksi pursuant to 18 U.S.C. section 1350
(101.INS) XBRL Instance Document
(101.SCH) XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
(101.CAL) XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
(101.DEF) XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
(101.LAB) XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
(101.PRE) XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document