UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

 

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

þ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2017

OR

¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 FOR THE TRANSITION PERIOD FROM _________ TO _________

 

Commission file number: 001-37949

 

 

 

Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Maryland 81-2963381
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
   
11440 West Bernardo Court, Suite 220
San Diego, CA 92127
(858) 997-3332
(Address of principal executive offices) (Registrant's telephone number)

 

Not Applicable

(Former Name, Former Address and Former Fiscal Year, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes  þ      No  ¨

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes  þ      No  ¨

 

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

 

Large accelerated filer  ¨ Accelerated filer  ¨

Non-accelerated filer  ¨

 (Do not check if a

smaller reporting company)

Smaller reporting company  þ

Emerging growth company  þ

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

 

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

 

As of November 9, 2017 there were 3,501,147 shares of common stock outstanding.

 

 

 

 

 

 

INNOVATIVE INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES, INC.

 

FORM 10-Q – QUARTERLY REPORT

SEPTEMBER 30, 2017

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

  PART I  
     
Item 1. Financial Statements (Unaudited) 3
  Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets 3
  Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations 4
  Condensed Consolidated Statement of Stockholders' Equity 5
  Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows 6
  Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements 7
Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations 15
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk 23
Item 4. Controls and Procedures 23
     
  PART II  
     
Item 1. Legal Proceedings 23
Item 1A. Risk Factors 23
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds 24
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities 24
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures 24
Item 5. Other Information 24
Item 6. Exhibits 24

 

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PART I

Item 1. Financial Statements

 

Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc.

 

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

(Unaudited)

(In thousands, except share and per share amounts)

 

   

September 30,

2017

   

December 31,

2016

 
Assets                
Real estate, at cost:                
Land   $ 10,385     $ 7,600  
Buildings and improvements     30,885       22,475  
Tenant improvements     5,901        
Total real estate, at cost     47,171       30,075  
Less accumulated depreciation     (579 )     (27 )
Net real estate held for investment     46,592       30,048  
Cash and cash equivalents     22,204       33,003  
Deposits and other assets, net     1,347       276  
Total assets   $ 70,143     $ 63,327  
Liabilities and stockholders' equity                
Tenant improvements payable   $ 5,900     $  
Accounts payable and accrued expenses     608       70  
Dividends payable     525        
Offering cost liability     190       276  
Rents received in advance and tenant security deposits     2,960       2,542  
Total liabilities     10,183       2,888  
Commitments and contingencies (Note 7 and 10)                
Stockholders' equity:                
Preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share, 50,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016            
Common stock, par value $0.001 per share, 50,000,000 shares and no shares authorized, and 3,501,147 shares and no shares issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively     4        
Class A common stock, par value $0.001 per share, no shares and 49,000,000 shares authorized, and no shares and 3,416,508 shares issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively           3  
Class B common stock, par value $0.001 per share, no shares and 1,000,000 shares authorized, and no shares issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively            
Additional paid-in capital     65,027       64,828  
Accumulated deficit     (5,071 )     (4,392 )
Total stockholders' equity     59,960       60,439  
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity   $ 70,143     $ 63,327  

 

See the accompanying notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc.

 

 Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
for the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017
(Unaudited)

(In thousands, except share and per share amounts)

 

   

For the Three
Months Ended
September 30,

2017

   

For the Nine
Months Ended
September 30,

2017

 
Revenues:                
Rental   $ 1,495     $ 4,074  
Tenant reimbursements     64       64  
Total revenues     1,559       4,138  
Expenses:                
Property expenses     64       64  
General and administrative     983       4,204  
Severance           113  
Depreciation     217       553  
Total expenses     1,264       4,934  
Income / (loss) from operations     295       (796 )
Other income     39       117  
Net income / (loss)   $ 334     $ (679 )
Net income / (loss) per share (basic and diluted)   $ 0.09     $ (0.21 )
Weighted average shares outstanding:                
Basic and diluted     3,392,508       3,369,308  
Dividends declared per common share   $ 0.15     $ 0.30  

 

See accompanying notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc.

 

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Stockholders' Equity
for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017
(Unaudited)

(In thousands, except share amounts)

 

    Shares of
Common
Stock
    Common
Stock
    Additional
Paid-In
Capital
    Accumulated
Deficit
    Total
Stockholders'
Equity
 
Balance, December 31, 2016     3,416,508     $ 3     $ 64,828     $ (4,392 )   $ 60,439  
Net loss                       (679 )     (679 )
Reclassification of Class A and Class B common stock to common stock     *     *                  
Common stock dividends                 (1,050 )           (1,050 )
Net issuance of unvested restricted stock     84,639       1       (299 )           (298 )
Stock-based compensation                 1,548             1,548  
Balance, September 30, 2017     3,501,147     $ 4     $ 65,027     $ (5,071 )   $ 59,960  

 

* Effective as of January 26, 2017, each share of the Company’s outstanding Class A common stock and Class B common stock was reclassified as, and became one share of, a new single class of common stock named “common stock”. There were no shares of Class B common stock outstanding as of January 26, 2017, as all such shares were redeemed by the Company for $0.001 per share (par value) immediately prior to the Company's initial public offering in December 2016.

 

See accompanying notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc.

 

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017
(Unaudited)

(In thousands)

 

Operating activities        
Net loss   $ (679 )
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by operating activities        
Depreciation     553  
Amortization of stock-based compensation awards     1,548  
Changes in assets and liabilities        
Deposits and other assets, net     (882 )
Accounts payable and accrued expenses     538  
Security deposit     418  
Net cash provided by operating activities     1,496  
Investing activities        
Purchases of investments in real estate     (11,185 )
Capital expenditures     (11 )
Net cash used in investing activities     (11,196 )
Financing activities        
Initial public offering costs     (276 )
Dividends paid to common stockholders     (525 )
Taxes paid related to net share settlement of equity awards     (298 )
Net cash used in financing activities     (1,099 )
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents     (10,799 )
Cash and cash equivalents, December 31, 2016     33,003  
Cash and cash equivalents, September 30, 2017   $ 22,204  
         
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities        
Accrual for common stock dividend declared   $ 525  
Accrual for offering costs     190  
Accrual for tenant improvements     5,900  

 

See accompanying notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc.

 

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

September 30, 2017

(Unaudited)

 

1. Organization

 

Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc. (the "Company", "we", "us" and "our"), formerly known as Innovative Greenhouse Properties, Inc. and incorporated in Maryland on June 15, 2016, was formed to own specialized industrial real estate assets primarily leased to tenants in the regulated medical-use cannabis industry.

 

On December 5, 2016, the Company completed its initial public offering of 3,350,000 shares of its Class A common stock, par value $0.001 per share, at a public offering price of $20.00 per share. The Company received net proceeds of approximately $61.1 million from the offering.

 

As of September 30, 2017, the Company owned two properties in New York and Maryland. The New York property is a 127,000 square foot industrial property, which the Company purchased in December 2016 for approximately $30.0 million (plus approximately $75,000 in transaction costs). The Maryland property is a 72,000 square foot industrial property, which was under development when the Company purchased the property in May 2017 for an initial purchase price of approximately $8.0 million (plus approximately $185,000 in transaction costs). The Company paid an additional $3.0 million to the seller of the Maryland property upon completion of certain development milestones in August 2017, and reimbursed the tenant at the Maryland property an additional $5.9 million for tenant improvements in October 2017. Subsequent to the funding of the tenant improvements, the Company's total investment in the Maryland property was $16.9 million (excluding transaction costs).

 

IIP Operating Partnership, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the "Operating Partnership"), was formed on June 20, 2016 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. The Company is the sole general partner of the Operating Partnership and conducts substantially all of its business through the Operating Partnership.

 

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies and Procedures and Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

Basis of Presentation.   The condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States ("GAAP") for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. They do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. The comparative financial statements for the periods from June 15, 2016 (date of incorporation) through September 30, 2016 and June 30, 2016 through September 30, 2016 have been omitted as the Company had no significant operations during the period.

 

This interim financial information should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period from June 15, 2016 (date of incorporation) through December 31, 2016.

 

Management believes that all adjustments of a normal, recurring nature considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. This interim financial information does not necessarily represent or indicate what the operating results will be for the year ending December 31, 2017.

 

Federal Income Taxes.   We intend to elect and to operate our business so as to qualify, and to be taxed, as a real estate investment trust ("REIT") for U.S. federal income tax purposes, commencing with our taxable year ending December 31, 2017. Under the REIT operating structure, we are permitted to deduct dividends paid to our stockholders in determining our taxable income. Assuming our dividends equal or exceed our taxable net income, we generally will not be required to pay federal corporate income taxes on such income. The income taxes recorded on our consolidated statement of operations represent amounts paid for city and state income and franchise taxes and are included in general and administrative expenses in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations.

 

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Use of Estimates.   The preparation of the condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make a number of estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the condensed consolidated financial statements and reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Actual results may differ materially from these estimates and assumptions.

 

Acquisition of Real Estate Properties.   Our investment in real estate is recorded at historical cost, less accumulated depreciation. Upon acquisition of a property, the tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed are initially measured based upon their relative fair values. We estimate the fair value of land by reviewing comparable sales within the same submarket and/or region and the fair value of buildings on an as-if vacant basis. Acquisition costs are capitalized as incurred. The acquisitions of our two properties in New York and Maryland were each recorded as an asset acquisition.

 

Depreciation.   We are required to make subjective assessments as to the estimated useful lives of our depreciable assets. We consider the period of future benefit of the assets to determine the appropriate estimated useful lives. Depreciation of our assets is charged to expense on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives. We depreciate each of our buildings over its estimated useful life of 35 years. We depreciate tenant improvements at our buildings over the shorter of the estimated useful lives or the terms of the related leases.

 

Provision for Impairment.   Another significant judgment must be made as to if, and when, impairment losses should be taken on a property when events or a change in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the asset may not be recoverable. A provision is made for impairment if estimated future operating cash flows (undiscounted and without interest charges) plus estimated disposition proceeds (undiscounted) are less than the current book value of the property. Key inputs that we utilize in this analysis include projected rental rates, estimated holding periods, capital expenditures and property sales capitalization rates. As of September 30, 2017, no impairment losses were recognized.

 

Revenue Recognition and Accounts Receivable.   Our leases and future tenant leases are expected to be triple-net leases, an arrangement under which the tenant is responsible for all aspects of and costs related to the property and its operation during the lease term, including structural repairs, maintenance, taxes and insurance. We anticipate that all leases will be accounted for as operating leases. Under this method, leases that have fixed and determinable rent increases are recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term, unless the collectability of minimum lease payments is not reasonably predictable. Contractually obligated reimbursements from tenants for recoverable real estate taxes and operating expenses are included in tenant reimbursements in the period when such costs are incurred.

 

Future contractual minimum rent (including base rent, supplemental base rent (for our property in New York) and property management fees) under the operating leases as of September 30, 2017 for future periods is summarized as follows (in thousands):

 

Year   Contractual Minimum Rent  
2017 (three months ending December 31)   $ 1,953  
2018     7,964  
2019     8,201  
2020     8,448  
2021     8,661  
Thereafter     96,151  
Total   $ 131,378  

 

We recognize an allowance for doubtful accounts relating to accounts receivable for amounts deemed uncollectible. We consider tenant specific issues, such as financial stability and ability to pay, when determining collectability of accounts receivable and appropriate allowances to record. We record revenue for each of our properties on a cash basis due to the uncertainty of collectability of lease payments from each tenant due to its limited operating history. Rent received in advance of the contractual due date is recorded as a liability until earned. Rent under the lease for the property we acquired in Maryland in May 2017 was subject to an initial rent abatement of three months, and as such, no rental revenues were generated from that property until August 26, 2017.

 

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Cash and Cash Equivalents . We consider all highly-liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less to be cash equivalents. As of September 30, 2017, $12.1 million was invested in short-term money market funds and certificates of deposit.

 

Stock-Based Compensation. Stock-based compensation for equity awards is based on the grant date fair value of the equity investment and is recognized over the requisite service period.

 

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements. In May 2015, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the "FASB") issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") No. 2015-07 that eliminates the requirement to categorize investments within the fair value hierarchy if their fair value is measured using the net asset value per share practical expedient in the FASB’s fair value measurement guidance. The amendments also limit certain disclosures to investments for which the entity has elected to measure at fair value using the net asset value per share practical expedient. The amendments were applied retrospectively by removing from the fair value hierarchy any investments for which fair value is measured using the net asset value per share practical expedient. Adoption of this guidance did not have an impact on the Company’s financial position or results of operations.

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements. In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers ("ASU 2014-09"). ASU 2014-09 outlines a comprehensive model for companies to use in accounting for revenue arising from contracts with customers, and will apply to transactions such as the sale of real estate. ASU 2014-09 is effective for years beginning after December 15, 2018 as a result of the Company’s election as an emerging growth company. The majority of our revenues related to rental income from leasing arrangements, which is excluded from ASU 2014-09. The Company is currently evaluating the impact that ASU 2014-09 will have on any non-lease components and revenues generated from activities other than leasing.

 

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases ("ASU 2016-02"). Under this new standard the large majority of operating leases are expected to remain classified as operating leases, and lessors should continue to recognize lease income for those leases on a generally straight-line basis over the lease term. ASU 2016-02 is effective for years beginning after December 15, 2019 as a result of the Company’s election as an emerging growth company, using a modified retrospective transition approach for leases existing at, or entered into after, the beginning of the earliest comparative period presented in the financial statements, with certain practical expedients available. The amendments in ASU 2016-02 do not significantly change the current lessor accounting model or the lessee accounting model for our corporate office operating lease; however, we are currently evaluating the impact of this new standard.

 

In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-09, Compensation — Stock Compensation; Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting ("ASU 2016-09"). The FASB issued ASU 2016-09 to simplify several aspects of the accounting for share-based payment transactions, including classification of awards as either equity or liabilities, estimation of forfeitures and classification on the statement of cash flows. ASU 2016-09 is effective for years beginning after December 15, 2017 as a result of the Company’s election as an emerging growth company, and early adoption is permitted. ASU 2016-09 is not expected to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

 

In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-13, Financial Instruments-Credit Losses ("ASU 2016-13"), which changes the impairment model for most financial assets and certain other instruments. For trade and other receivables, held-to-maturity debt securities, loans and other instruments, companies will be required to use a new forward-looking “expected loss” model that generally will result in the earlier recognition of allowances for losses. For available-for-sale debt securities with unrealized losses, companies will measure credit losses in a manner similar to what they do today, except that the losses will be recognized as allowances rather than as reductions in the amortized cost of the securities. Companies will have to disclose significantly more information, including information they use to track credit quality by year of origination for most financing receivables. Companies will apply the standard’s provisions as a cumulative-effect adjustment to retained earnings as of the beginning of the first reporting period in which the guidance is adopted. ASU 2016-13 is effective for years beginning after December 15, 2020 as a result of the Company’s election as an emerging growth company, with early adoption permitted. The Company is in the initial stage of evaluating the impact of this new standard.

 

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In August 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-15, Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230) Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments ("ASU 2016-15"), which clarifies or provides guidance relating to eight specific cash flow classification issues. The standard should be applied retrospectively for each period presented, as appropriate. This new standard is effective for years beginning after December 15, 2018 as a result of the Company’s election as an emerging growth company, with early adoption permitted. The impact of ASU 2016-15 will depend on future transactions, though the impact will only be related to the classification of those items on the statement of cash flows and will not impact our cash flows or our consolidated results of operations.

 

In February 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-05, Other Income – Gains and Losses from the Derecognition of Nonfinancial Assets (Subtopic 610-20): Clarifying the Scope of Asset Derecognition Guidance and Accounting for Partial Sales of Nonfinancial Assets ("ASU 2017-05"), which defines “in substance nonfinancial asset”, unifies guidance related to partial sales of nonfinancial assets, eliminates rules specifically addressing sales of real estate, removes exceptions to the financial asset derecognition model, and clarifies the accounting for contributions of nonfinancial assets to joint ventures.  ASU 2017-05 is effective for years beginning after December 15, 2018 as a result of the Company’s election as an emerging growth company. ASU 2017-05 is not expected to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

 

Concentration of Credit Risk . Our properties are located in the states of New York and Maryland.  The ability of our tenants to honor the terms of their leases are dependent upon the economic, regulatory, competition, natural and social factors affecting the community in which our tenants operate.

 

As of September 30, 2017, the tenants at our properties in New York and Maryland represented 67% and 33% of our total annualized base rent and supplemental base rent (for our property in New York), respectively.

 

We have deposited cash with a financial institution that is insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ("FDIC") up to $250,000.  As of September 30, 2017, we had cash accounts in excess of FDIC insured limits. We have not experienced any losses in such accounts.

 

Reclassifications . Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified for consistency with the current period presentation. These reclassifications had no effect on the reported results of operations.

 

3. Common Stock

 

The Company is authorized to issue up to 50,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share. Effective as of January 26, 2017, the Company amended its charter to reclassify all shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock of the Company as a single class of common stock, par value $0.001 per share.

 

4. Preferred Stock

 

The Company is authorized to issue up to 50,000,000 shares preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share. No shares of preferred stock had been issued as of September 30, 2017. See Note 11 for further information.

 

5. Dividends

 

The following table describes the dividends declared by the Company during the period from June 15, 2016 (date of incorporation) through September 30, 2017:

 

Declaration
Date
  Amount
Per
Share
    Period Covered   Dividend Payable
Date
  Dividend Amount  
                  (In thousands)  
May 30, 2017   $ 0.15     April 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017   July 14, 2017   $ 525  
September 15, 2017   $ 0.15     July 1, 2017 to September 30, 2017   October 13, 2017   $ 525  

 

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6. Net Income / (Loss) Per Share

 

Grants of restricted stock of the Company in share-based payment transactions are considered participating securities prior to vesting and, therefore, are considered in computing basic earnings per share under the two-class method. The two-class method is an earnings allocation method for calculating earnings per share when a company’s capital structure includes either two or more classes of common stock or common stock and participating securities. Earnings per basic share under the two-class method is calculated based on dividends declared on common shares and other participating securities (“distributed earnings”) and the rights of participating securities in any undistributed earnings, which represents net income remaining after deduction of dividends accruing during the period. The undistributed earnings are allocated to all outstanding common shares and participating securities based on the relative percentage of each security to the total number of outstanding participating securities. Earnings per basic share represents the summation of the distributed and undistributed earnings per share class divided by the total number of shares.

 

Through September 30, 2017, all of the Company’s participating securities received dividends at an equal dividend rate per share. As a result, distributions to participating securities for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 have been included in net income / (loss) attributable to common stockholders to calculate net income / (loss) per basic and diluted share. For the nine months ended September 30, 2017, the Company incurred a net loss and therefore had distributions in excess of earnings. As such, 108,639 of unvested restricted shares outstanding at September 30, 2017 have been excluded from the calculation of net income / (loss) per diluted share for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 as the impacts were anti-dilutive. Computations of net income / (loss) per basic and diluted share (in thousands, except share data) were as follows:

 

    Three Months     Nine Months  
    Ended     Ended  
    September 30,     September 30,  
    2017     2017  
Net income / (loss)   $ 334     $ (679 )
Distributions to participating securities     (16 )     (32 )
Net income / (loss) attributable to common stockholders   $ 318     $ (711 )
                 
Weighted-average common shares outstanding - basic and diluted     3,392,508       3,369,308  
Net income/(loss) per share attributable to common stockholders - basic and diluted   $ 0.09     $ (0.21 )

 

7. Properties

 

On December 19, 2016, we purchased a 127,000 square foot industrial property located in New York from PharmaCann LLC (“PharmaCann”) for approximately $30.0 million (plus approximately $75,000 in transaction costs) in a sale-leaseback transaction. PharmaCann, as tenant, is responsible under the triple-net lease for paying all structural repairs, maintenance expenses, insurance and taxes related to the property. The lease term is 15 years, with two options to extend the term of the lease for two additional five-year periods. The initial base rent of the PharmaCann lease is approximately $319,580 per month, subject to annual increases at a rate based on the higher of (i) 4% or (ii) 75% of the consumer price index, or CPI. The lease also provides that we will receive a property management fee equal to 1.5% of the then-current base rent throughout the term, and supplemental base rent for the first five years of the term of the lease at a rate of $105,477 per month.

 

On May 26, 2017, we purchased an industrial property located in Maryland, which comprises approximately 72,000 square feet and was under development at the time of our acquisition. The initial purchase price was $8.0 million (plus approximately $185,000 in transaction costs), with an additional $3.0 million payable to the seller upon completion of certain development milestones. Concurrent with the closing of the purchase, we entered into a triple-net lease agreement with Holistic Industries LLC ("Holistic") for use as a medical cannabis cultivation facility. The initial term of the lease is 16 years, with three options to extend the term of the lease for three additional five year periods. The initial annualized base rent, after a three month rent abatement period, is 15% of the sum of the initial purchase price (excluding transaction costs), the additional seller reimbursement and the reimbursed tenant improvements as described below, with 3.25% annual escalations for the initial term of the lease. Holistic is also responsible for paying the Company a 1.5% property management fee of the then-existing base rent under the lease throughout the initial term. Holistic has an option to purchase the property at a qualifying termination event or at the end of the initial lease term and subject to certain conditions, at the option purchase price that is the greater of fair market value or a 7.5% capitalization rate derived from market rental rates for industrial properties in the relevant competitive market.

 

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On August 1, 2017, we paid the additional $3.0 million to the seller upon the seller’s completion of the development milestones at the Maryland property. On September 25, 2017, we amended the lease on our Maryland property with Holistic to, among other things, rescind the $1.9 million rent reserve that we originally established for Holistic under the lease, and to reimburse up to $1.9 million of additional tenant improvements for Holistic, such that a total of $5.9 million is reimbursable by us to Holistic for tenant improvements. In connection with that amendment and in lieu of draws on the previously established rent reserve, Holistic paid to us $205,000 as a stipulated payment for the full base rent and property management fees for amounts from August 26, 2017 (the expiration of the rent abatement period) through September 30, 2017. The personal guaranty by a principal of Holistic, was also amended to guaranty the payment of the base rent and property management fee obligations due under the lease from September 1, 2017 through May 31, 2018. On September 28, 2017, we approved and accrued for Holistic's draw request for reimbursement of the full $5.9 million of tenant improvements and funded that amount on October 2, 2017. As a result, our total investment in the Maryland property was approximately $16.9 million (excluding transaction costs), and, effective as of October 1, 2017, Holistic's annualized base rent is approximately $2.6 million, or approximately $213,760 per month, of which $187,500 is subject to annual escalations of 3.25% for the initial lease term.

 

8. Fair Value of Financial Instruments

 

Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. Accounting guidance also establishes a fair value hierarchy that requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value. The standard describes three levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair value:

 

Level 1—Observable inputs that reflect quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical assets or liabilities in active markets.

 

Level 2—Includes other inputs that are directly or indirectly observable in the marketplace.

 

Level 3—Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activities, therefore requiring an entity to develop its own assumptions.

 

At September 30, 2017, cash equivalent instruments consisted of $3.1 million in short-term money market funds that were measured using the net asset value per share that have not been classified using the fair value hierarchy. The fund invests primarily in short-term U.S. Treasury and government securities.

 

The carrying amounts of financial instruments such as cash equivalents invested in certificates of deposit, receivables, accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities approximate their relative fair values due to the short-term maturities and market rates of interest of these instruments.

 

9. Common Stock Incentive Plan

 

Our board of directors adopted our 2016 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the "2016 Plan") to enable us to motivate, attract and retain the services of directors, employees and consultants considered essential to our long-term success. The 2016 Plan offers our directors, employees and consultants an opportunity to own our stock or rights that will reflect our growth, development and financial success. Under the terms of the 2016 Plan, the aggregate number of shares of our common stock subject to options, restricted stock, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock units and other awards, will be no more than 1,000,000 shares. The 2016 Plan has a term of ten years from the date it was adopted by our board of directors.

 

A summary of the activity under the 2016 Plan and related information is included in the table below.

 

    Unvested
Restricted
Shares
    Weighted-
Average Date
Fair Value
 
Balance at December 31, 2016     66,508     $ 17.47  
Granted     109,056       18.68  
Balance at March 31, 2017     175,564       18.55  
Granted     5,955       17.64  
Vested     (42,508 )     18.55  
Forfeited (1)     (30,372 )     18.49  
Balance at each of June 30, 2017 and September 30, 2017     108,639     $ 18.52  

 

(1) Includes 16,792 shares that were forfeited to cover the employees’ tax withholding obligation upon vesting.

 

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The remaining unrecognized compensation cost of $1.5 million will be recognized over a weighted-average amortization period of approximately 2.3 years as of September 30, 2017.

 

10. Commitments and Contingencies

 

Office Lease . As of September 30, 2017, we had approximately $252,000 outstanding in commitments related to our office lease, with approximately $16,000 expected to be paid in 2017, approximately $75,000 to be paid in 2018, approximately $89,000 to be paid in 2019 and approximately $72,000 to be paid in 2020.

 

Acquisition and Real Estate Related Commitments . See Note 7.

 

Environmental Matters . We follow the policy of monitoring our properties, both targeted acquisition and existing properties, for the presence of hazardous or toxic substances.  While there can be no assurance that a material environmental liability does not exist, we are not currently aware of any environmental liabilities that would have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations and cash flow, or that we believe would require disclosure or the recording of a loss contingency.

 

Litigation . We may, from time to time, be a party to legal proceedings, which arise in the ordinary course of our business. We are not aware of any pending or threatened litigation that, if resolved against us, would have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

 

11. Subsequent Events

 

On October 2, 2017, we funded the $5.9 million tenant improvement allowance for the Maryland property in accordance with the amended lease agreement. See Note 7.

 

On October 19, 2017, we completed an underwritten public offering of 600,000 shares of 9.00% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value per share (the “Series A Preferred Stock”), at a price to the public of $25.00 per share, resulting in gross proceeds of $15.0 million, excluding underwriting discounts and offering costs.  Dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock are payable quarterly in arrears on or about the 15 th day of January, April, July and October of each year, with the first dividend scheduled to be paid on January 16, 2018. The Series A Preferred Stock ranks senior to our common stock with respect to dividend rights and rights upon our liquidation, dissolution or winding up.  The Series A Preferred Stock has no stated maturity date and is not subject to mandatory redemption or any sinking fund. Generally, we are not permitted to redeem the Series A Preferred Stock prior to October 19, 2022, except in limited circumstances relating to our ability to qualify as a REIT and in certain other circumstances related to a change of control (as defined in the articles supplementary for the Series A Preferred Stock).  We expect to use the net proceeds to invest in specialized industrial real estate assets that support the regulated medical-use cannabis cultivation and processing industry and for general corporate purposes.

 

On October 23, 2017, we acquired a property in New York for approximately $3.4 million (excluding transaction costs) in a sale-leaseback transaction. Upon the closing, we entered into a triple-net lease for the entire property with a subsidiary of Vireo Health, LLC, to operate a medical-use cannabis cultivation and processing facility in compliance with applicable state and local law. The tenant responsible for paying all structural repairs, maintenance expenses, insurance and taxes related to the property, and the lease provides that we will fund up to $1.0 million as reimbursement for future tenant improvements at the property. The initial annual base rent for the property is $660,000, or 15% of the sum of the purchase price and the tenant improvement allowance made available for the property, and subject to annual increases at a rate of 3.5%. We also receive a property management fee under the lease equal to 1.5% of the then-current base rent throughout the term. The initial lease term is 15 years, with two options to extend the term of the lease for two additional five-year periods.

 

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On November 8, 2017 we acquired a property in Minnesota for approximately $3.0 million (excluding transaction costs) in a sale-leaseback transaction. Upon the closing, we entered into a triple-net lease for the entire property with a subsidiary of Vireo Health, LLC, to operate a medical-use cannabis cultivation and processing facility in compliance with applicable state and local law. The tenant responsible for paying all structural repairs, maintenance expenses, insurance and taxes related to the property, and the lease provides that we will fund up to $1.0 million as reimbursement for future tenant improvements at the property. The initial annual base rent for the property is $600,000, or 15% of the sum of the purchase price and the tenant improvement allowance made available for the property, and subject to annual increases at a rate of 3.5%. We also receive a property management fee under the lease equal to 1.5% of the then-current base rent throughout the term. The initial lease term is 15 years, with two options to extend the term of the lease for two additional five-year periods.

 

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

 

The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the condensed consolidated financial statements and notes thereto appearing elsewhere in this report. We make statements in this report that are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. In particular, statements pertaining to our capital resources, portfolio performance and results of operations contain forward-looking statements. Likewise, our statements regarding anticipated growth in our funds from operations and anticipated market and regulatory conditions, our strategic direction, demographics, results of operations, plans and objectives are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve numerous risks and uncertainties, and you should not rely on them as predictions of future events. Forward-looking statements depend on assumptions, data or methods which may be incorrect or imprecise, and we may not be able to realize them. We do not guarantee that the transactions and events described will happen as described (or that they will happen at all). You can identify forward-looking statements by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "believes," "expects," "may," "will," "should," "seeks," "approximately," "intends," "plans," "estimates" or "anticipates" or the negative of these words and phrases or similar words or phrases. You can also identify forward-looking statements by discussions of strategy, plans or intentions. The following factors, among others, could cause actual results and future events to differ materially from those set forth or contemplated in the forward-looking statements: our business and investment strategy; our projected operating results; actions and initiatives of the U.S. or state governments and changes to government policies and the execution and impact of these actions, initiatives and policies, including the fact that cannabis remains illegal under federal law; availability of suitable investment opportunities in the medical-use cannabis industry; concentration of our portfolio of assets and limited number of tenants; our understanding of our competition and our potential tenants' alternative financing sources; the estimated growth in the medical-use cannabis market; the demand for medical-use cannabis cultivation and processing facilities; the expected medical-use or adult-use cannabis legalization in certain states; shifts in public opinion regarding medical-use cannabis; the state of the U.S. economy generally or in specific geographic areas; economic trends and economic recoveries; our ability to access equity or debt capital; financing rates for our target assets; our expected leverage; changes in the values of our assets; our expected portfolio of assets; our expected investments; interest rate mismatches between our target assets and our borrowings used to fund such investments; changes in interest rates and the market value of our target assets; rates of default on leases for our target assets; the degree to which any interest rate or other hedging strategies may or may not protect us from interest rate volatility; impact of and changes in governmental regulations, tax law and rates, accounting guidance and similar matters; our ability to qualify as a REIT and, once qualified, maintain our qualification as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes; our ability to maintain our exemption from registration under the Investment Company Act of 1940; availability of qualified personnel; and market trends in our industry, interest rates, real estate values, the securities markets or the general economy.

 

The risks included here are not exhaustive, and additional factors could adversely affect our business and financial performance, including factors and risks included in other sections of this report.  In addition, we discussed a number of material risks in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period from June 15, 2016 (date of incorporation) through December 31, 2016, and in our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and June 30, 2017 under Part II, "Item 1A. Risk Factors." Those risks continue to be relevant to our performance and financial condition. Moreover, we operate in a very competitive and rapidly changing environment. New risk factors emerge from time to time and it is not possible for management to predict all such risk factors, nor can it assess the impact of all such risk factors on our Company's business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements. Any forward-looking statement made by us speaks only of the date on which we make it. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required by law. Stockholders and investors are cautioned not to unduly rely on such forward-looking statements when evaluating the information presented in the Company's filings and reports.

 

The purpose of this Management's Discussion and Analysis ("MD&A") is to provide an understanding of the Company's consolidated financial condition, results of operations and cash. MD&A is provided as a supplement to, and should be read in conjunction with, the Company's condensed consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes.

 

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Overview

 

We were organized in the state of Maryland on June 15, 2016. We are a self-advised Maryland corporation focused on the acquisition, ownership and management of specialized industrial properties leased to experienced, state-licensed operators for their regulated medical-use cannabis facilities. We have acquired and intend to continue to acquire our properties through sale-leaseback transactions and third-party purchases. We have leased and expect to continue to lease our properties on a triple-net lease basis, where the tenant is responsible for all aspects of and costs related to the property and its operation during the lease term, including structural repairs, maintenance, taxes and insurance. We intend to elect and to operate our business so as to qualify to be taxed as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes commencing with our taxable year ending December 31, 2017. We conduct all of our operations through our Operating Partnership.

 

Emerging Growth Company

 

We have elected to be an emerging growth company, as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, or the JOBS Act. An emerging growth company may take advantage of specified reduced reporting requirements and is relieved of certain other significant requirements that are otherwise generally applicable to public companies. As an emerging growth company, among other things:

 

· we are exempt from the requirement to obtain an attestation and report from our auditors on the assessment of our internal control over financial reporting pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act;

 

· we are permitted to provide less extensive disclosure about our executive compensation arrangements;

 

· we are not required to give our stockholders non-binding advisory votes on executive compensation or golden parachute arrangements; and

 

· we have elected to use an extended transition period for complying with new or revised accounting standards.

 

We may take advantage of the other provisions for up to five years or such earlier time that we are no longer an emerging growth company. We will cease to be an emerging growth company upon the earliest to occur of: (i) the last day of the first fiscal year in which our annual gross revenues exceed $1.07 billion, (ii) the date that we become a "large accelerated filer" as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act, which would occur if the market value of our common stock that is held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of the last business day of our most recently completed second fiscal quarter, or (iii) the date on which we have issued more than $1 billion in non-convertible debt during the preceding three-year period.

 

Factors Impacting Our Operating Results

 

Our results of operations are affected by a number of factors and depend on the rental revenue we receive from the properties that we acquire, the timing of lease expirations, general market conditions, the regulatory environment in the medical-use cannabis industry, and the competitive environment for real estate assets that support the regulated medical-use cannabis industry.

 

Rental Revenues

 

We receive income primarily from rental revenue generated by the properties that we acquire. The amount of rental revenue depends upon a number of factors, including:

 

· our ability to enter into leases with increasing or market value rents for the properties that we acquire; and

 

· rent collection, which primarily relates to each of our tenant's financial condition and ability to make rent payments to us on time.

 

The properties that we acquire consist of real estate assets that support the regulated medical-use cannabis industry. Changes in federal law and current favorable state or local laws in the cannabis industry may impair our ability to renew or re-lease properties and the ability of our tenants to fulfill their lease obligations and could materially and adversely affect our ability to maintain or increase rental rates for our properties.

 

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Conditions in Our Markets

 

Positive or negative changes in regulatory, economic or other conditions, drought, and natural disasters in the markets where we acquire properties may affect our overall financial performance.

 

Competitive Environment

 

We face competition from a diverse mix of market participants, including but not limited to, other companies with similar business models, independent investors, hedge funds, hard money lenders and other real estate investors, as well as potential tenants (cannabis operators themselves), all of whom may compete with us in our efforts to acquire real estate zoned for cannabis cultivation and production operations. Competition from others may diminish our opportunities to acquire a desired property on favorable terms or at all. In addition, this competition may put pressure on us to reduce the rental rates below those that we expect to charge for the properties that we acquire, which would adversely affect our financial results.

 

Operating Expenses

 

Our operating expenses include general and administrative expenses, including personnel costs, stock-based compensation, and legal, accounting, and other expenses related to corporate governance, public reporting and compliance with the various provisions of U.S. securities laws. As we have with the leases at our two properties in New York and Maryland, and subsequently acquired properties, we generally expect to structure our leases so that the tenant is responsible for taxes, maintenance, insurance, and structural repairs with respect to the premises throughout the lease term. Increases or decreases in such operating expenses will impact our overall financial performance.

 

Our Qualification as a REIT

 

We have been organized and we intend to elect, and to operate our business so as to qualify, to be taxed as a REIT, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, commencing with our taxable year ending December 31, 2017. Shares of our common stock are subject to restrictions on ownership and transfer that are intended, among other purposes, to assist us in qualifying and maintaining our qualification as a REIT. In order for us to qualify as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or the Code, the relevant sections of our charter provide that, subject to certain exceptions, no person or entity may own, or be deemed to own, by virtue of the applicable constructive ownership provisions of the Code, more than 9.8% (in value or number of shares, whichever is more restrictive) of the aggregate of our outstanding shares of stock or more than 9.8% (in value or number of shares, whichever is more restrictive) of our outstanding common stock or any class or series of our outstanding preferred stock.

 

Results of Operations

 

We were formed on June 15, 2016. We commenced active real estate operations on December 19, 2016 with the acquisition of our first property in New York. As of September 30, 2017, we owned two properties: (1) a 127,000 square foot industrial property located in New York, which was purchased in December 2016 for approximately $30.0 million (excluding transaction costs), and (2) a 72,000 square foot industrial property located in Maryland, which was under development when we purchased it in May 2017 for an initial purchase price of approximately $8.0 million (excluding transaction costs), and for which we made an additional payment to the seller of $3.0 million in August 2017 upon completion of certain development milestones. In October 2017, we funded an additional $5.9 million in tenant improvements at the Maryland property, resulting in our total investment in the Maryland property being approximately $16.9 million (excluding closing costs).

 

As a result of the timing of our formation, initial public offering and active real estate operations, comparative operating results with prior periods are not relevant to a discussion of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017. We expect revenue and expenses to increase in future periods as we acquire additional properties.

 

Revenues

 

Rental . Our rental revenues for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 related to rent generated from our properties in New York and Maryland. Rent under the lease for the property we acquired in Maryland in May 2017 was subject to an initial rent abatement of three months, which expired on August 26, 2017.

 

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Expenses

 

General and Administrative Expense . General and administrative expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 was primarily related to compensation and occupancy costs for our employees and corporate office. Compensation expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 included approximately $173,000 and $1.5 million, respectively, in non-cash stock-based compensation. Stock-based compensation for equity awards is based on the grant date fair value of restricted stock that was granted to certain of our employees and non-employee members of our board of directors during 2016 and during the nine months ended September 30, 2017, which is recognized over the requisite service period.

 

Severance. During the nine months ended September 30, 2017, we incurred $113,000 in severance expense related to the cessation of employment of one of our executive officers in June 2017.

 

Depreciation Expense. Depreciation expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 related to depreciation of our properties.

 

Other Income.

 

Other income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 related to interest earned on our cash and cash equivalents.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

Liquidity is a measure of our ability to meet potential cash requirements. We expect to use significant cash to acquire our target properties, pay dividends to our stockholders, fund our operations, and meet other general business needs.

 

Sources and Uses of Cash

 

Through September 30, 2017, we derived most of our revenues from our property in New York, collecting rental income based on contractual arrangements with our tenant. Rent under the lease for the property we acquired in Maryland in May 2017 was subject to an initial rent abatement of three months, which expired on August 26, 2017. Revenues for our properties in New York and Maryland represent our primary source of liquidity to fund our dividends, general and administrative expenses, property operating expenses and other expenses incurred related to managing our existing portfolio and investing in additional properties. To the extent additional resources are needed, we expect to fund our investment activity generally through equity or debt issuances either in the public or private markets. Where possible, we also may issue limited partnership interests in our Operating Partnership to acquire properties from existing owners seeking a tax-deferred transaction.

 

We expect to meet our liquidity needs through cash on hand, cash flows from operations and cash flows from sources discussed above. We believe that our liquidity and sources of capital are adequate to satisfy our cash requirements. We cannot, however, be certain that these sources of funds will be available at a time and upon terms acceptable to the Company in sufficient amounts to meet its liquidity needs. Our investment guidelines also provide that our aggregate borrowings (secured and unsecured) will not exceed 50% of the cost of our tangible assets at the time of any new borrowing, subject to our board of directors' discretion.

 

Operating Activities

 

Cash flows provided by operating activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 was approximately $1.5 million. Cash flows provided by operating activities were generally from contractual rent from our properties in New York and Maryland, offset by our general and administrative expense and other costs of operating our properties.

 

Investing Activities

 

On May 26, 2017, we purchased one property in Maryland for an initial purchase price of $8.0 million (plus $185,000 in transaction costs). On August 1, 2017, we paid the additional $3.0 million to the seller upon the seller’s completion of the development milestones at the Maryland property. On September 25, 2017, we amended the lease on our Maryland property with Holistic to, among other things, rescind the $1.9 million rent reserve that we originally established for Holistic under the lease, and to reimburse up to $1.9 million of additional tenant improvements for Holistic, such that a total of $5.9 million is reimbursable by us to Holistic for tenant improvements. In addition, on September 28, 2017, we approved Holistic's draw request for reimbursement of the full $5.9 million of tenant improvements and subsequent to September 30, 2017, funded that amount on October 2, 2017. As a result, our total investment in the Maryland property was approximately $16.9 million (excluding transaction costs).

 

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Subsequent to September 30, 2017 on October 23, 2017, we acquired a property in New York for approximately $3.4 million (excluding transaction costs) in a sale-leaseback transaction. Upon the closing, we entered into a triple-net lease for the entire property with a subsidiary of Vireo Health, LLC, to operate a medical-use cannabis cultivation and processing facility in compliance with applicable state and local law. The tenant responsible for paying all structural repairs, maintenance expenses, insurance and taxes related to the property, and the lease provides that we will fund up to $1.0 million as reimbursement for future tenant improvements at the property. The initial annual base rent for the property is $660,000, or 15% of the sum of the purchase price and the tenant improvement allowance made available for the property, and subject to annual increases at a rate of 3.5%. We also receive a property management fee under the lease equal to 1.5% of the then-current base rent throughout the term. The initial lease term is 15 years, with two options to extend the term of the lease for two additional five-year periods.

 

Also subsequent to September 30, 2017, on November 8, 2017 we acquired a property in Minnesota for approximately $3.0 million (excluding transaction costs) in a sale-leaseback transaction. Upon the closing, we entered into a triple-net lease for the entire property with a subsidiary of Vireo Health, LLC, to operate a medical-use cannabis cultivation and processing facility in compliance with applicable state and local law. The tenant responsible for paying all structural repairs, maintenance expenses, insurance and taxes related to the property, and the lease provides that we will fund up to $1.0 million as reimbursement for future tenant improvements at the property. The initial annual base rent for the property is $600,000, or 15% of the sum of the purchase price and the tenant improvement allowance made available for the property, and subject to annual increases at a rate of 3.5%. We also receive a property management fee under the lease equal to 1.5% of the then-current base rent throughout the term. The initial lease term is 15 years, with two options to extend the term of the lease for two additional five-year periods.

 

Financing Activities

 

During the nine months ended September 30, 2017, we paid approximately $276,000 of initial stock offering costs, approximately $298,000 related to net share settlement of equity awards to pay the required withholding taxes upon vesting of restricted stock for certain employees, and approximately $525,000 in dividends to common stockholders.

 

Subsequent to September 30, 2017, on October 19, 2017, we completed an underwritten public offering of 600,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock at a price to the public of $25.00 per share, resulting in gross proceeds of $15.0 million, excluding underwriting discounts and offering costs.  Dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock are payable quarterly in arrears on or about the 15 th day of January, April, July and October of each year, with the first dividend scheduled to be paid on January 16, 2018. The Series A Preferred Stock ranks senior to our common stock with respect to dividend rights and rights upon our liquidation, dissolution or winding up.  The Series A Preferred Stock has no stated maturity date and is not subject to mandatory redemption or any sinking fund. Generally, we are not permitted to redeem the Series A Preferred Stock prior to October 19, 2022, except in limited circumstances relating to our ability to qualify as a REIT and in certain other circumstances related to a change of control (as defined in the articles supplementary for the Series A Preferred Stock).  We expect to use the net proceeds to invest in specialized industrial real estate assets that support the regulated medical-use cannabis cultivation and processing industry and for general corporate purposes.

 

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Dividends

 

The Company is required to pay dividends to its stockholders at least equal to 90% of its taxable income in order to qualify and maintain our qualification as a REIT. We are a newly formed company, and paid our first dividend of $0.15 per share on July 14, 2017 to stockholders of record on June 30, 2017. We paid our second dividend of $0.15 per share on October 13, 2017 to stockholders of record on September 29, 2017, equal to an annual dividend rate of $0.60 per share. The actual dividend payable in the future will be determined by our board of directors based upon the circumstances at the time of declaration and, as a result, the actual dividend payable in the future may vary from the current rate. The decision to declare and pay dividends on shares of our common stock in the future, as well as the timing, amount and composition of any such future dividends, will be at the sole discretion of our board of directors in light of conditions then existing, including our ability to generate cash flows, earnings, financial condition, capital requirements, debt maturities, the availability of debt and equity capital, applicable REIT and legal restrictions and general overall economic conditions and other factors.

 

Funds from Operations and Adjusted Funds from Operations

 

Funds from operations (“FFO”) and FFO per share are operating performance measures adopted by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, Inc. (“NAREIT”). NAREIT defines FFO as the most commonly accepted and reported measure of a REIT’s operating performance equal to “net income (loss) (computed in accordance with GAAP), excluding gains (or losses) from sales of property, plus depreciation and amortization related to real estate properties, and after adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures.”

 

Management believes that net income (loss), as defined by GAAP, is the most appropriate earnings measurement. However, management believes FFO and FFO per share to be supplemental measures of a REIT’s performance because they provide an understanding of the operating performance of our properties without giving effect to certain significant non-cash items, primarily depreciation expense. Historical cost accounting for real estate assets in accordance with GAAP assumes that the value of real estate assets diminishes predictably over time. However, real estate values instead have historically risen or fallen with market conditions. We believe that by excluding the effect of depreciation, FFO and FFO per share can facilitate comparisons of operating performance between periods. We report FFO and FFO per share because these measures are observed by management to also be the predominant measures used by the REIT industry and by industry analysts to evaluate REITs and because FFO per share is consistently reported, discussed, and compared by research analysts in their notes and publications about REITs. For these reasons, management has deemed it appropriate to disclose and discuss FFO and FFO per share.

 

Management believes that AFFO and AFFO per share are also appropriate supplemental measures of a REIT’s operating performance. We calculate AFFO by adding to FFO certain non-cash and non-recurring expenses, consisting of non-cash stock-based compensation expense and severance expense.

 

Our computation of FFO and AFFO may differ from the methodology for calculating FFO and AFFO utilized by other equity REITs and, accordingly, may not be comparable to such REITs. Further, FFO and AFFO do not represent cash flow available for management's discretionary use. FFO and AFFO should not be considered as an alternative to net income (loss) (computed in accordance with GAAP) as an indicator of our financial performance or to cash flow from operating activities (computed in accordance with GAAP) as an indicator of our liquidity, nor is it indicative of funds available to fund our cash needs, including our ability to pay dividends or make distributions. FFO and AFFO should be considered only as supplements to net income (loss) computed in accordance with GAAP as measures of operations.

 

The table below is a reconciliation of net income / (loss) to FFO and AFFO for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 (In thousands, except share and per share amounts).

 

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    For the Three
Months Ended
September 30,
2017
    For the Nine
Months Ended
September 30,
2017
 
Net income / (loss)   $ 334     $ (679 )
Depreciation     217       553  
FFO     551       (126 )
Stock-based compensation     173       1,548  
Severance     -       113  
AFFO   $ 724     $ 1,535  
FFO per common share – basic and diluted   $ 0.16     $ (0.04 )
AFFO per common share – basic   $ 0.21     $ 0.46  
AFFO per common share – diluted   $ 0.21     $ 0.44  
Weighted-average common shares outstanding-basic     3,392,508       3,369,308  
Weighted-average common shares outstanding-diluted     3,501,147       3,509,166  

 

Critical Accounting Policies

 

Our condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP, which require us 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 condensed consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Actual results could differ materially from those estimates and assumptions. Set forth below is a summary of our accounting policies that we believe are critical to the preparation of our condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

Acquisition of Rental Property, Depreciation and Impairment

 

In order to prepare our condensed consolidated financial statements according to the rules and guidelines set forth by GAAP, many subjective judgments must be made with regard to critical accounting policies. One of these judgments is our estimate for useful lives in determining depreciation expense for our properties. Depreciation of our buildings is computed using the straight-line method over an estimated useful life of 35 years, which we believe is an appropriate estimate of useful life. Depreciation of tenant improvements at our buildings is computed using the straight-line method over the shorter of its estimated useful life or the terms of the related leases. If we use a shorter or longer estimated useful life, it could have a material impact on our consolidated results of operations.

 

 Management must make significant assumptions in determining the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed. Upon acquisition of a property, we allocate the purchase price based upon the relative fair values of all assets acquired and liabilities assumed. Acquisition costs are capitalized as incurred. The acquisitions of our property in New York and our property in Maryland were each recorded as an asset acquisition.

 

Another significant judgment must be made as to if, and when, impairment losses should be taken on our properties when events or a change in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the asset may not be recoverable. A provision is made for impairment if estimated future operating cash flows (undiscounted and without interest charges) plus estimated disposition proceeds (undiscounted) are less than the current book value of the property. Key inputs that we utilize in this analysis include projected rental rates, estimated holding periods, capital expenditures, and property sales capitalization rates. If a property is held for sale, it is carried at the lower of carrying cost or estimated fair value, less estimated cost to sell. The carrying value of our real estate is anticipated to be the largest component of our condensed consolidated balance sheet. Our strategy of primarily holding properties, long-term, directly decreases the likelihood of their carrying values not being recoverable, thus requiring the recognition of an impairment. However, if our strategy, or one or more of the above assumptions were to change in the future, an impairment may need to be recognized. If events should occur that require us to reduce the carrying value of our real estate by recording provisions for impairment, they could have a material impact on our consolidated results of operations.

 

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Revenue Recognition and Accounts Receivable

 

Our leases and future tenant leases are generally expected to be triple-net leases, an arrangement under which the tenant is responsible for all aspects of and costs related to the property and its operation during the lease term, including structural repairs, maintenance, taxes and insurance. We anticipate that all leases will be accounted for as operating leases. Under this method, leases that have fixed and determinable rent increases are recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term, unless the collectability of minimum lease payments is not reasonably predictable. Contractually obligated reimbursements from tenants for recoverable real estate taxes and operating expenses will be included in tenant reimbursements in the period when such costs are incurred.

 

We recognize an allowance for doubtful accounts relating to accounts receivable for amounts deemed uncollectible. We consider tenant specific issues, such as financial stability and ability to pay, when determining collectability of accounts receivable and appropriate allowances to record. We record revenue for our properties on a cash basis due to the uncertainty of collectability of lease payments from the tenants due to their lack of operating history.

 

Stock-Based Compensation

 

Stock-based compensation for equity awards is based on the grant date fair value of the equity instrument and is recognized over the requisite service period.

 

Income Taxes

 

We have been organized and we intend to elect, and to operate our business so as to qualify, to be taxed as a REIT, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, commencing with our taxable year ending December 31, 2017. Under the REIT operating structure, we are permitted to deduct dividends paid to our stockholders in determining our taxable income for U.S. federal income tax purposes. As long as our dividends equal or exceed our taxable net income, we generally will not be required to pay U.S. federal income tax on such income.

 

Adoption of New or Revised Accounting Standards

 

As an "emerging growth company" under the JOBS Act, we can take advantage of the extended transition period provided in Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act, for complying with new or revised accounting standards. In other words, an "emerging growth company" can delay the adoption of certain accounting standards until those standards would otherwise apply to private companies. An "emerging growth company" may opt out of the extended transition period for complying with new or revised accounting standards. A decision to opt out, however, is irrevocable. We have elected not to opt out of such extended transition period, which means that when a standard is issued or revised and it has different application dates for public or private companies, we can adopt the standard for the private company. This may make comparison of our financial statements with a public company that either is not an "emerging growth company" or is an "emerging growth company" that has opted out of using the extended transition period difficult or impossible as different or revised accounting standards may be used.

 

Impact of Real Estate and Credit Markets

 

In the commercial real estate market, property prices generally continue to fluctuate. Likewise, during certain periods, the U.S. credit markets have experienced significant price volatility, dislocations, and liquidity disruptions, which may impact our access to and cost of capital. We continually monitor the commercial real estate and U.S. credit markets carefully and, if required, will make decisions to adjust our business strategy accordingly.

 

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

 

We have no unconsolidated investments or any other off-balance sheet arrangements.

 

Interest Rate Risk

 

We have not issued any debt and have no debt outstanding, so we are not exposed to interest rate changes. At this time, we have no plans to issue debt instruments. It is possible that a property we acquire in the future would be subject to a mortgage, which we may assume.

 

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Impact of Inflation

 

We intend to enter into leases that generally provide for limited increases in rent as a result of increases in the CPI (typically subject to ceilings) or fixed increases. We expect these lease provisions to result in rent increases over time. During times when inflation is greater than increases in rent, as provided for in the leases, rent increases may not keep up with the rate of inflation.

 

Seasonality

 

We do not expect our business to be subject to material seasonal fluctuations.

 

ITEM 3.     QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

 

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 4.     CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

 

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

 

Our management, under the supervision and with the participation of our principal executive and financial officers, has evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures in ensuring that the information required to be disclosed in our filings under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC's rules and forms, including ensuring that such information is accumulated and communicated to our company's management, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Based on such evaluation, our principal executive and financial officers have concluded that such disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of September 30, 2017 (the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report).

 

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

 

There have been no changes in our system of internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended September 30, 2017 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

 

PART II

 

ITEM 1.     LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

 

We may, from time to time, be a party to legal proceedings, which arise in the ordinary course of our business. We are not aware of any pending or threatened litigation that, if resolved against us, would have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

 

ITEM 1A.     RISK FACTORS

 

In addition to the other information set forth in this report, you should carefully consider the factors discussed in Part I, "Item 1A. Risk Factors" in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period from June 15, 2016 (date of incorporation) through December 31, 2016, as updated in Part II, “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and June 30, 2017, which could materially affect our business, financial condition and/or results of operations. Except to the extent additional factual information disclosed elsewhere in these Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q relates to such risk factors, there have been no material changes to the risk factors described in the "Risk Factors" section in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period from June 15, 2016 (date of incorporation) through December 31, 2016, as updated in Part II, “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and June 30, 2017. The risks as described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q are not the only risks facing our company. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently deem to be immaterial also may materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and/or results of operations.

 

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

 

Use of Proceeds from Registered Securities

 

On November 30, 2016, our registration statement on Form S-11/A (File No. 333-214148) was declared effective for our initial public offering, pursuant to which we registered and sold 3,350,000 shares of Class A common stock at a public offering price of $20.00 per share, resulting in net proceeds to the Company of approximately $61.1 million after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and our offering expenses.

 

As of November 9, 2017, (1) approximately $30.1 million (including transaction costs) of the net proceeds have been used to acquire our property in New York from PharmaCann LLC; (2) approximately $17.1 million (including transaction costs) of the net proceeds have been used to acquire our property in Maryland and reimburse the seller for certain development costs and tenant improvements; (3) approximately $4.5 million (including estimated transaction costs) of the net proceeds have been used to acquire our property in New York from a subsidiary of Vireo Health, LLC, including $1.0 million made available to the tenant to fund future tenant improvements at the property; and (4) approximately $4.1 million (including estimated transaction costs) of the net proceeds have been used to acquire our property in Minnesota from a subsidiary of Vireo Health, LLC, including $1.0 million made available to the tenant to fund future tenant improvements at the property. We intend to invest the remaining net proceeds in specialized industrial real estate assets that support the regulated medical-use cannabis industry that are consistent with our investment strategy and for general corporate purposes.

 

ITEM 3.     DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

 

None.

 

ITEM 4.     MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

 

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 5.     OTHER INFORMATION

 

None.

 

ITEM 6.     EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit
Number
  Description of Exhibit
3.1*   Second Articles of Amendment and Restatement of Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc. (including Articles Supplementary Classifying Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc.'s 9.00% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock).
10.1   First Amendment dated September 25, 2017 to Lease Agreement, dated as of May 26, 2017, between IIP-MD 1 LLC and Holistic Industries LLC.(1)
31.1*   Certifications of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
31.2*   Certifications of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.1*   Certifications of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
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.

 

* Filed herewith.

 

(1) Incorporated herein by reference to Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on September 25, 2017.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

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

 

INNOVATIVE INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES, INC.

 

By:  /s/ Paul Smithers  
Paul Smithers  
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director  
(Principal Executive Officer)  

 

By:  /s/ Catherine Hastings  
Catherine Hastings  
Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer  
(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)  
   
Dated November 9, 2017  

 

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Exhibit 3.1

 

SECOND ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT

 

OF

 

INNOVATIVE INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES, INC.

 

FIRST: Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc., a Maryland corporation, desires to amend and restate its charter as currently in effect and as hereinafter amended.

 

SECOND: The following provisions are all the provisions of the charter currently in effect and as hereinafter amended:

 

ARTICLE I

NAME

 

The name of the corporation is Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc. (the “ Company ”).

 

ARTICLE II

PURPOSES AND POWERS

 

The purposes for which the Company is formed are to engage in any lawful act or activity (including, without limitation or obligation, qualifying and engaging in business as a real estate investment trust under Sections 856 through 860, or any successor sections, of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “ Code ”)), for which corporations may be organized under the MGCL and the general laws of the State of Maryland as now or hereafter in force.

 

ARTICLE III

RESIDENT AGENT AND PRINCIPAL OFFICE

 

The address of the Company’s registered office in the State of Maryland is 7 St. Paul Street, Suite 820, Baltimore, Maryland 21202, and the name of the Company's registered agent at such address is CSC-Lawyers Incorporating Service Company. The address of the Company’s principal office in the State of Maryland is c/o CSC-Lawyers Incorporating Service Company, 7 St. Paul Street, Suite 820, Baltimore, Maryland 21202. The Company may have such other offices and places of business within or outside the State of Maryland as the Board may from time to time determine.

 

ARTICLE IV

DEFINITIONS

 

As used in the Charter, the following terms shall have the following meanings unless the context otherwise requires:

 

BOARD ” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

BYLAWS ” means the Bylaws of the Company, as amended from time to time.

 

 

 

 

CHARTER ” means the charter of the Company, as amended from time to time.

 

CODE ” shall have the meaning as provided in Article II herein.

 

COMMON STOCK ” shall have the meaning as provided in Section 5.1 herein.

 

COMPANY ” shall have the meaning as provided in Article I herein.

 

DIRECTOR ” means a director of the Company.

 

DISTRIBUTIONS ” means any distributions (as such term is defined in Section 2-301 of the MGCL) pursuant to Section 5.2(iii) hereof, by the Company to owners of Shares, including distributions that may constitute a return of capital for federal income tax purposes.

 

MGCL ” means the Maryland General Corporation Law, as in effect from time to time.

 

PERSON ” means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, estate, trust (including a trust qualified under Sections 401(a) or 501(c)(17) of the Code), a portion of a trust permanently set aside for or to be used exclusively for the purposes described in Section 642(c) of the Code, association, private foundation within the meaning of Section 509(a) of the Code, joint stock company or other legal entity and also includes a “group” as that term is used for purposes of Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and a group to which an Excepted Holder Limit (as defined in Section 5.7(i) hereof) applies.

 

PREFERRED STOCK ” shall have the meaning as provided in Section 5.1 herein.

 

REIT ” means a real estate investment trust under the REIT Provisions of the Code.

 

REIT PROVISIONS OF THE CODE ” means Sections 856 through 860 of the Code and any successor or other provisions of the Code relating to real estate investment trusts (including provisions as to the attribution of ownership of beneficial interests therein) and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

SECURITIES ” means any of the following issued by the Company, as the text requires: Shares, any other stock, shares or other evidences of equity or beneficial or other interests, voting trust certificates, bonds, debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness, secured or unsecured, convertible, subordinated or otherwise, or in general any instruments commonly known as “securities” or any certificates of interest, shares or participations in, temporary or interim certificates for, receipts for, guarantees of, or warrants, options or rights to subscribe to, purchase or acquire, any of the foregoing.

 

SHARES ” means shares of stock of the Company of any class or series, including Common Stock and Preferred Stock.

 

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STOCKHOLDERS ” means the holders of record of the Shares as maintained in the books and records of the Company or its transfer agent.

 

ARTICLE V

STOCK

 

SECTION 5.1 AUTHORIZED SHARES . The total number of Shares that the Company shall have authority to issue, each with a par value of $0.001 per share, is 100,000,000 Shares, consisting of (a) 50,000,000 shares of common stock (the “ Common Stock ”) and (b) 50,000,000 shares of preferred stock (the “ Preferred Stock ”). The aggregate par value of all authorized shares of stock having par value is $100,000. If Shares of one (1) class of stock are classified or reclassified into Shares of another class of stock pursuant to Section 5.2(ii) or Section 5.3 of this Article V, the number of authorized Shares of the former class shall be automatically decreased and the number of Shares of the latter class shall be automatically increased, in each case by the number of Shares so classified or reclassified, as the case may be, so that the aggregate number of Shares of all classes that the Company has authority to issue shall not be more than the total number of Shares set forth in the first sentence of this Section 5.1. The Board, with the approval of a majority of the entire Board and without any action by the Stockholders, may amend the Charter from time to time to increase or decrease the aggregate number of Shares or the number of Shares of any class or series that the Company has authority to issue.

 

SECTION 5.2 COMMON STOCK . The following is a description of the preferences, conversion and other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends, qualifications and terms and conditions of redemption of shares of Common Stock of the Company:

 

(i)           COMMON STOCK SUBJECT TO TERMS OF PREFERRED STOCK . The shares of Common Stock shall be subject to the express terms of any series of Preferred Stock.

 

(ii)          DESCRIPTION . Subject to Section 5.7 hereof and except as may otherwise be specified in the Charter, each share of Common Stock shall entitle the holder thereof to one vote. The Board may classify or reclassify any unissued shares of Common Stock (whether or not such shares have been previously classified or reclassified) from time to time into one or more classes or series of stock by setting or changing in any one or more respects the class and series designations of shares of capital stock or setting or changing in any one or more respects the preferences, conversion or other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends, qualifications, or terms or conditions of redemption of such shares of stock.

 

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(iii)         DISTRIBUTION RIGHTS . The Board from time to time may authorize the Company to declare and pay to Stockholders such dividends or other Distributions in cash or other assets of the Company or in Securities of the Company, including Shares of one class payable to holders of Shares of another class, or from any other source as the Board in its discretion shall determine. The Board shall endeavor to authorize the Company to declare and pay such dividends and other Distributions as shall be necessary for the Company to qualify as a REIT under the REIT Provisions of the Code unless the Board has determined, in its sole discretion, that qualification as a REIT is not in the best interests of the Company; provided, however, Stockholders shall have no right to any dividend or other Distribution unless and until authorized by the Board and declared by the Company. The exercise of the powers and rights of the Board pursuant to this section shall be subject to the provisions of any class or series of Shares at the time outstanding. The receipt by any Person in whose name any Shares are registered on the records of the Company or by his or her duly authorized agent shall be a sufficient discharge for all dividends or other Distributions payable or deliverable in respect of such Shares and from all liability to see to the application thereof.

 

(iv)         RIGHTS UPON LIQUIDATION . In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up, or any distribution of the assets of the Company, the aggregate assets available for distribution to holders of shares of Common Stock shall be determined in accordance with applicable law. Each holder of shares of Common Stock of a particular class shall be entitled to receive, ratably with each other holder of shares of Common Stock of such class, that portion of such aggregate assets available for distribution ratably in proportion to the number of shares of Common Stock held by them.

 

(v)          VOTING RIGHTS . Except as may be provided otherwise in the Charter, and subject to the express terms of any class or series of Preferred Stock hereafter classified or reclassified, the holders of shares of Common Stock shall have the exclusive right to vote on all matters (as to which a common Stockholder shall be entitled to vote pursuant to applicable law) at all meetings of the Stockholders. Shares of Common Stock shall not have cumulative voting rights.

 

SECTION 5.3           PREFERRED STOCK . The Board may classify any unissued shares of Preferred Stock and reclassify any previously classified but unissued shares of Preferred Stock of any series from time to time, into one or more classes or series of Shares.

 

SECTION 5.4           CLASSIFIED OR RECLASSIFIED SHARES . Prior to issuance of classified or reclassified Shares of any class or series, the Board by resolution shall: (a) designate that class or series to distinguish it from all other classes and series of Shares; (b) specify the number of Shares to be included in the class or series; (c) set or change, subject to the provisions of Section 5.7 and subject to the express terms of any class or series of Shares outstanding at the time, the preferences, conversion or other rights, voting powers (including the ability to grant exclusive voting rights on a Charter amendment that would alter contract rights, as expressly set forth in the Charter, only of the specified class or series of stock), restrictions, including without limitation, restrictions as to transferability, limitations as to dividends or other Distributions, qualifications and terms and conditions of redemption for each class or series; and (d) cause the Company to file articles supplementary with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland. Any of the terms of any class or series of Shares set or changed pursuant to clause (c) of this Section 5.4 may be made dependent upon facts or events ascertainable outside the Charter (including determinations by the Board or other facts or events within the control of the Company) and may vary among holders thereof, provided that the manner in which such facts, events or variations shall operate upon the terms of such class or series of Shares is clearly and expressly set forth in the articles supplementary or other Charter document.

 

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SECTION 5.5           STOCKHOLDERS’ CONSENT IN LIEU OF MEETING . Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Stockholders may be taken without a meeting by consent, in writing or by electronic transmission, in any manner and by the vote permitted by the MGCL and set forth in the Bylaws.

 

SECTION 5.6           CHARTER AND BYLAWS . The rights of all Stockholders and the terms of all Shares are subject to the provisions of the Charter and the Bylaws. The Board shall have the exclusive power to adopt, alter or repeal any provision of the Bylaws and to make new Bylaws.

 

SECTION 5.7           RESTRICTIONS ON OWNERSHIP AND TRANSFER .

 

(i)           DEFINITIONS . For purposes of this Section 5.7, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

AGGREGATE SHARE OWNERSHIP LIMIT ” means 9.8% (in value or number of Shares, whichever is more restrictive) of the aggregate of the outstanding Shares. The value and number of the outstanding Shares shall be determined by the Board in good faith, which determination shall be conclusive for all purposes hereof.

 

BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP ” means ownership of Shares by a Person, whether the interest in the Shares is held directly or indirectly (including by a nominee), and shall include interests that would be treated as owned through the application of Section 544 of the Code, as modified by Section 856(h)(1)(B) of the Code. The terms “Beneficial Owner,” “Beneficially Owns” and “Beneficially Owned” shall have the correlative meanings.

 

BUSINESS DAY ” means any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, that is neither a legal holiday nor a day on which banking institutions in New York City are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close.

 

CHARITABLE BENEFICIARY ” means one or more beneficiaries of the Trust as determined pursuant to Section 5.7(iii)(f), provided that each such organization must be described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Code and contributions to each such organization must be eligible for deduction under each of Sections 170(b)(1)(A), 2055 and 2522 of the Code.

 

CONSTRUCTIVE OWNERSHIP ” means ownership of Shares by a Person, whether the interest in the Shares is held directly or indirectly (including by a nominee), and shall include interests that would be treated as owned through the application of Section 318(a) of the Code, as modified by Section 856(d)(5) of the Code. The terms “Constructive Owner,” “Constructively Owns” and “Constructively Owned” shall have the correlative meanings.

 

EXCEPTED HOLDER ” means a Stockholder for whom an Excepted Holder Limit is created by the Board pursuant to Section 5.7(ii)(g).

 

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EXCEPTED HOLDER LIMIT ” means, provided that the affected Excepted Holder agrees to comply with the requirements established by the Board pursuant to Section 5.7(ii)(g), and subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 5.7(ii)(h), the percentage limit established by the Board pursuant to Section 5.7(ii)(g).

 

MARKET PRICE ” on any date means, with respect to any class or series of outstanding Shares, the Closing Price for such Shares on such date. The “ Closing Price ” on any date shall mean the last sale price for such Shares, regular way, or, in case no such sale takes place on such day, the average of the closing bid and asked prices, regular way, for such Shares, in either case as reported on the principal national securities exchange on which such Shares are listed or admitted to trading or, if such Shares are not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, the last quoted price, or, if not so quoted, the average of the high bid and low asked prices in the over-the-counter market, as reported by the principal automated quotation system that may then be in use or, if such Shares are not quoted by any such system, the average of the closing bid and asked prices as furnished by a professional market maker making a market in such Shares selected by the Board or, in the event that no trading price is available for such Shares, the fair market value of the Shares, as determined in good faith by the Board.

 

NYSE ” means the New York Stock Exchange.

 

“OWNERSHIP LIMIT” means (i) with respect to shares of Common Stock, 9.8% (in value or number of Shares, whichever is more restrictive) of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company; and (ii) with respect to any class or series of shares of Preferred Stock, 9.8% (in value or number of Shares, whichever is more restrictive) of the outstanding shares of such class or series of Preferred Stock of the Company. The number and value of the outstanding Shares of the Company shall be determined by the Board in good faith, which determination shall be conclusive for all purposes hereof. For purposes of determining the percentage ownership of Shares by any Person, Shares that may be acquired upon conversion, exchange or exercise of any Securities of the Company directly or constructively held by such Person, but not Shares issuable with respect to the conversion, exchange or exercise of Securities for the Company held by other Persons, shall be deemed to be outstanding prior to conversion, exchange or exercise.

 

PROHIBITED OWNER ” means, with respect to any purported Transfer, any Person who, but for the provisions of Section 5.7, would Beneficially Own or Constructively Own Shares in violation of Section 5.7(ii)(a), and if appropriate in the context, shall also mean any Person who would have been the record owner of the Shares that the Prohibited Owner would have so owned.

 

RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE ” means the first day on which the Board determines pursuant to Section 7.3 hereof that it is no longer in the best interests of the Company to attempt to, or continue to, qualify as a REIT or that compliance with the restrictions and limitations on Beneficial Ownership, Constructive Ownership and Transfers of Shares set forth herein is no longer required in order for the Company to qualify as a REIT.

 

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TRANSFER ” means any issuance, sale, transfer, gift, assignment, devise or other disposition, as well as any other event that causes any Person to acquire Beneficial Ownership or Constructive Ownership of Shares or the right to vote or receive dividends on Shares, or any agreement to take any such actions or cause any such events, including (a) the granting or exercise of any option (or any disposition of any option), (b) any disposition of any Securities or rights convertible into or exchangeable for Shares or any interest in Shares or any exercise of any such conversion or exchange right and (c) Transfers of interests in other entities that result in changes in Beneficial or Constructive Ownership of Shares; in each case, whether voluntary or involuntary, whether owned of record, Constructively Owned or Beneficially Owned and whether by operation of law or otherwise. The terms “Transferring” and “Transferred” shall have the correlative meanings.

 

TRUST ” means any trust provided for in Section 5.7(iii)(a).

 

TRUSTEE ” means the Person unaffiliated with the Company and a Prohibited Owner that is appointed by the Company to serve as trustee of the Trust.

 

(ii)          SHARES .

 

(a)           OWNERSHIP LIMITATIONS . During the period commencing on the date that the Company elects to qualify for federal income tax treatment as a REIT and prior to the Restriction Termination Date, but subject to Section 5.8:

 

(I)          BASIC RESTRICTIONS .

 

(A)         (1) Except as set forth in any articles supplementary creating any class or series of Shares, no Person, other than an Excepted Holder, shall Beneficially Own or Constructively Own Shares in excess of the Aggregate Share Ownership Limit, (2) no Person, other than an Excepted Holder, shall Beneficially Own or Constructively Own Shares in Excess of the Ownership Limit, and (3) no Excepted Holder shall Beneficially Own or Constructively Own Shares in excess of the Excepted Holder Limit for such Excepted Holder.

 

(B)         No Person shall Beneficially or Constructively Own Shares to the extent that such Beneficial or Constructive Ownership of Shares would result in the Company being “closely held” within the meaning of Section 856(h) of the Code (without regard to whether the ownership interest is held during the last half of a taxable year), or otherwise failing to qualify as a REIT (including, but not limited to, Beneficial or Constructive Ownership that would result in the Company owning (actually or Constructively) an interest in a tenant that is described in Section 856(d)(2)(B) of the Code if the income derived by the Company from such tenant would cause the Company to fail to satisfy any of the gross income requirements of Section 856(c) of the Code).

 

(C)          No Person shall Transfer any Shares if, as a result of the Transfer, the Shares would be Beneficially Owned by less than 100 Persons (determined without reference to the rules of attribution under Section 544 of the Code). Notwithstanding any other provisions contained herein (but subject to Section 5.8), any Transfer of Shares that, if effective, would result in Shares being Beneficially Owned by less than 100 Persons (determined under the principles of Section 856(a)(5) of the Code) shall be void  ab initio , and the intended transferee shall acquire no rights in such Shares.

 

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(II)         TRANSFER IN TRUST . If any Transfer of Shares occurs which, if effective, would result in any Person Beneficially Owning or Constructively Owning Shares in violation of Section 5.7(ii)(a)(I)(A) or (B),

 

(A)         then that number of Shares the Beneficial or Constructive Ownership of which otherwise would cause such Person to violate Section 5.7(ii)(a)(I)(A) or (B) (rounded up to the nearest whole share) shall be automatically transferred to a Trust for the benefit of a Charitable Beneficiary, as described in Section 5.7(iii), effective as of the close of business on the Business Day prior to the date of such Transfer, and such Person shall acquire no rights in such Shares; or

 

(B)         if the transfer to the Trust described in clause (A) of this sentence would not be effective for any reason to prevent the violation of Section 5.7(ii)(a)(I)(A) or (B) then the Transfer of that number of Shares that otherwise would cause any Person to violate Section 5.7(ii)(a)(I)(A) or (B) shall be void  ab initio , and the intended transferee shall acquire no rights in such Shares.

 

(III)       To the extent that, upon a transfer of Shares pursuant to Section 5.7(ii)(a)(II), a violation of any provision of this Section 5.7 would nonetheless be continuing (for example, where the ownership of Shares by a single Trust would violate the 100 stockholder requirement applicable to REITs), then Shares shall be transferred to the number of Trusts, each having a distinct Trustee and one or more Charitable Beneficiaries that are distinct from those of each other Trust, such that there is not violation of any provisions of this Section 5.7.

 

(b)           REMEDIES FOR BREACH . If the Board or any duly authorized committee thereof shall at any time determine in good faith that a Transfer or other event has taken place that results in a violation of Section 5.7(ii)(a) or that a Person intends to acquire or has attempted to acquire Beneficial or Constructive Ownership of any Shares in violation of Section 5.7(ii)(a) (whether or not such violation is intended), the Board or a committee thereof shall take such action as it deems advisable to refuse to give effect to or to prevent such Transfer or other event, including, without limitation, causing the Company to redeem Shares, refusing to give effect to such Transfer on the books of the Company or instituting proceedings to enjoin such Transfer or other event; provided, however, that any Transfer or attempted Transfer or other event in violation of Section 5.7(ii)(a) shall automatically result in the transfer to the Trust described above, and, where applicable, such Transfer (or other event) shall be void  ab initio  as provided above irrespective of any action (or non-action) by the Board or a committee thereof.

 

(c)           NOTICE OF RESTRICTED TRANSFER . Any Person who acquires or attempts or intends to acquire Beneficial Ownership or Constructive Ownership of Shares that will or may violate Section 5.7(ii)(a)(I)(A) or (B) or any Person who would have owned Shares that resulted in a transfer to the Trust pursuant to the provisions of Section 5.7(ii)(a)(II) shall immediately give written notice to the Company of such event, or in the case of such a proposed or attempted transaction, give at least 15 days prior written notice, and shall provide to the Company such other information as the Company may request in order to determine the effect, if any, of such Transfer on the Company’s status as a REIT.

 

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(d)           OWNERS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE INFORMATION . Prior to the Restriction Termination Date:

 

(I)         every owner of more than five percent (or such lower percentage as required by the Code or the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder) of the outstanding Shares, within 30 days after the end of each taxable year, shall give written notice to the Company stating the name and address of such owner, the number of Shares Beneficially Owned and a description of the manner in which such Shares are held. Each such owner shall provide to the Company such additional information as the Company may request in order to determine the effect, if any, of such Beneficial Ownership on the Company’s status as a REIT and to ensure compliance with the Aggregate Share Ownership Limit and the Ownership Limit; and

 

(II)        each Person who is a Beneficial or Constructive Owner of Shares and each Person (including the stockholder of record) who is holding Shares for a Beneficial Owner or a Constructive Owner shall provide to the Company such information as the Company may request, in good faith, in order to determine the Company’s status as a REIT and to comply with requirements of any taxing authority or governmental authority or to determine such compliance.

 

(e)           REMEDIES NOT LIMITED . Subject to Section 7.3 hereof, nothing contained in this Section 5.7(ii)(e) shall limit the authority of the Board to take such other action as it deems necessary or advisable to protect the Company and the interests of its stockholders in preserving the Company’s status as a REIT.

 

(f)           AMBIGUITY . In the case of an ambiguity in the application of any of the provisions of this Section 5.7(ii), Section 5.7(iii), or any definition contained in Section 5.7(i), the Board shall have the power to determine the application of the provisions of this Section 5.7(ii) or Section 5.7(iii) or any such definition with respect to any situation based on the facts known to it. In the event Section 5.7(ii) or (iii) requires an action by the Board and the Charter fails to provide specific guidance with respect to such action, the Board shall have the power to determine the action to be taken so long as such action is not contrary to the provisions of Section 5.7. Absent a decision to the contrary by the Board (which the Board may make in its sole and absolute discretion), if a Person would have (but for the remedies set forth in Section 5.7(ii)(b)) acquired Beneficial Ownership or Constructive Ownership of Shares in violation of Section 5.7(ii)(a), such remedies (as applicable) shall apply first to the Shares which, but for such remedies, would have been Beneficially Owned or Constructively Owned (but not actually owned) by such Person, pro rata among the Persons who actually own such Shares based upon the relative number of the Shares held by each such Person.

 

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(g)           EXCEPTIONS .

 

(I)         Subject to Section 5.7(ii)(a)(I)(B), the Board, in its sole discretion, may (prospectively or retroactively) exempt a Person from the Aggregate Share Ownership Limit or the Ownership Limit, as the case may be, and may establish or increase an Excepted Holder Limit for such Person if:

 

(A)         the Board obtains such representations, covenants and undertakings from such Person as are reasonably necessary to ascertain that no individual’s Beneficial Ownership or Constructive Ownership of such Shares will violate Section 5.7(ii)(a)(I)(B);

 

(B)         such Person does not, and represents that it will not, actually own or Constructively Own an interest in a tenant of the Company (or a tenant of any entity owned or controlled by the Company) that would cause the Company to actually own or Constructively Own more than a 9.9% interest (as set forth in Section 856(d)(2)(B) of the Code) in such tenant and the Board obtains such representations and undertakings from such Person as are reasonably necessary to ascertain this fact (for this purpose, a tenant from whom the Company (or an entity owned or controlled by the Company) derives (and is expected to continue to derive) a sufficiently small amount of revenue such that, in the opinion of the Board, rent from such tenant would not adversely affect the Company’s ability to qualify as a REIT, shall not be treated as a tenant of the Company); and

 

(C)         such Person agrees that any violation or attempted violation of such representations or undertakings (or other action which is contrary to the restrictions contained in Section 5.7(ii)(a) through Section 5.7(ii)(f)) will result in such Shares being automatically transferred to a Trust in accordance with Section 5.7(ii)(A)(II) and Section 5.7(iii).

 

(II)        Prior to granting any exception pursuant to Section 5.7(ii)(g)(I), the Board may require a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service, or an opinion of counsel, in either case in form and substance satisfactory to the Board in its sole discretion, as it may deem necessary or advisable in order to determine or ensure the Company’s status as a REIT. Notwithstanding the receipt of any ruling or opinion, the Board may impose such conditions or restrictions as it deems appropriate in connection with granting such exception.

 

(III)       Subject to Section 5.7(ii)(a)(I)(B), an underwriter, placement agent or initial purchaser that participates in a public offering, a private placement or private resale of Shares (or Securities convertible into or exchangeable for Shares) may Beneficially Own or Constructively Own Shares (or Securities convertible into or exchangeable for Shares) in excess of the Aggregate Share Ownership Limit, the Ownership Limit, or both such limits, but only to the extent necessary to facilitate such public offering, private placement or resale of such Shares and provided that the restrictions contained in Section 5.7(ii)(a)(I) will not be violated following the distribution by such underwriter, placement agent or initial purchaser of such Shares .

 

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(h)           CHANGE IN AGGREGATE SHARE OWNERSHIP LIMIT AND OWNERSHIP LIMIT . Subject to Section 5.7(ii)(a)(I)(B), the Board may from time to time increase or decrease the Aggregate Share Ownership Limit and the Ownership Limit; provided, however, that a decreased Aggregate Share Ownership Limit and/or Ownership Limit will not be effective for any Person whose Beneficial Ownership or Constructive Ownership of Shares is in excess of such decreased Aggregate Share Ownership Limit and/or Ownership Limit until such time as such Person’s Beneficial Ownership or Constructive Ownership of Shares equals or falls below the decreased Aggregate Share Ownership Limit and/or Ownership Limit, but until such time as such Person’s Beneficial Ownership or Constructive Ownership of Shares falls below such decreased Aggregate Share Ownership Limit and/or Ownership Limit any further acquisition or increase in Beneficial Ownership or Constructive Ownership of Shares will be in violation of the Aggregate Share Ownership Limit and/or Ownership Limit and, provided further, that the new Aggregate Share Ownership Limit and/or Ownership Limit would not allow five or fewer Persons (taking into account all Excepted Holders) to Beneficially Own or Constructively Own more than 49.9% in value of the outstanding Shares.

 

(i)           NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS UPON ISSUANCE OR TRANSFER . Upon issuance or Transfer of Shares prior to the Restriction Termination Date, the Company shall provide the recipient with a notice containing information about the Shares purchased or otherwise Transferred, in lieu of issuance of a share certificate, in a form substantially similar to the following:

The securities of Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc. (the “Company”) are subject to restrictions on Beneficial and Constructive Ownership and Transfer for the purpose, among others, of the Company’s maintenance of its status as a real estate investment trust under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). Subject to certain further restrictions and except as expressly provided in the Company’s charter, (i) no Person may Beneficially or Constructively Own Shares in excess of 9.8% of the value of the total outstanding Shares or 9.8% (in value or in number of Shares, whichever is more restrictive) of any class or series of Shares unless such Person is an Excepted Holder (in which case the Excepted Holder Limit shall be applicable); (ii) no Person may Beneficially or Constructively Own Shares that would result in the Company being “closely held” under Section 856(h) of the Code or otherwise cause the Company to fail to qualify as a REIT; and (iii) any Transfer of Shares that, if effective, would result in the Shares being beneficially owned by fewer than 100 Persons (as determined under the principles of Section 856(a)(5) of the Code) shall be void  ab initio  and the intended transferee shall acquire no rights in such Shares. Any Person who Beneficially or Constructively Owns or attempts to Beneficially or Constructively Own Shares which causes or will cause a Person to Beneficially or Constructively Own Shares in excess or in violation of the above limitations must immediately notify the Company in writing (or, in the case of an attempted transaction, give at least 15 days prior written notice). If any of the restrictions on Transfer or ownership as set forth in (i) and (ii) above are violated, the Shares in excess or in violation of the above limitations will be automatically transferred to a Trustee of a Trust for the benefit of one or more Charitable Beneficiaries. In addition, the Company may redeem shares upon the terms and conditions specified by the Board in its sole discretion if the Board determines that ownership or a Transfer or other event may violate the restrictions described above. Furthermore, upon the occurrence of certain events, attempted Transfers in violation of the restrictions described above may be void  ab initio . All capitalized terms in this notice have the meanings defined in the Company’s charter, as the same may be amended from time to time, a copy of which, including the restrictions on Transfer and ownership, will be furnished to each holder of Shares on request and without charge. Requests for such a copy may be directed to the Secretary of the Company at its principal office.

 

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(iii)         TRANSFER OF SHARES IN TRUST .

 

(a)           OWNERSHIP IN TRUST . Upon any purported Transfer or other event described in Section 5.7(ii)(a)(III) that would result in a transfer of Shares to a Trust, such Shares shall be transferred to the Trustee as trustee of a Trust for the exclusive benefit of one or more Charitable Beneficiaries. Such transfer to the Trustee shall be effective as of the close of business on the Business Day prior to the purported Transfer or other event that results in the transfer to the Trust pursuant to Section 5.7(ii)(a)(III). The Trustee shall be appointed by the Company and shall be a Person unaffiliated with the Company and any Prohibited Owner. Each Charitable Beneficiary shall be designated by the Company as provided in Section 5.7(iii)(f).

 

(b)           STATUS OF SHARES HELD BY THE TRUSTEE . Shares held by the Trustee shall be issued and outstanding Shares. The Prohibited Owner shall have no rights in the shares held by the Trustee. The Prohibited Owner shall not benefit economically from ownership of any Shares held in trust by the Trustee, shall have no rights to dividends or other Distributions and shall not possess any rights to vote or other rights attributable to the Shares held in the Trust.

 

(c)           DIVIDEND AND VOTING RIGHTS . The Trustee shall have all voting rights and rights to dividends or other Distributions with respect to Shares held in the Trust, which rights shall be exercised for the exclusive benefit of the Charitable Beneficiary. Any dividend or other Distribution paid prior to the discovery by the Company that the Shares have been transferred to the Trustee shall be paid by the recipient of such dividend or other Distribution to the Trustee upon demand and any dividend or other Distribution authorized but unpaid shall be paid when due to the Trustee. Any dividend or other Distribution so paid to the Trustee shall be held in trust for the Charitable Beneficiary. The Prohibited Owner shall have no voting rights with respect to shares held in the Trust and, subject to Maryland law, effective as of the date that the Shares have been transferred to the Trustee, the Trustee shall have the authority (at the Trustee’s sole discretion) (i) to rescind as void any vote cast by a Prohibited Owner prior to the discovery by the Company that the Shares have been transferred to the Trustee and (ii) to recast such vote in accordance with the desires of the Trustee acting for the benefit of the Charitable Beneficiary; provided, however, that if the Company has already taken irreversible corporate action, then the Trustee shall not have the authority to rescind and recast such vote. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 5.7, until the Company has received notification that Shares have been transferred into a Trust, the Company shall be entitled to rely on its stock transfer and other stockholder records for purposes of preparing lists of Stockholders entitled to vote at meetings, determining the validity and authority of proxies and otherwise conducting votes of Stockholders.

 

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(d)           SALE OF SHARES BY TRUSTEE . Within 20 days of receiving notice from the Company that Shares have been transferred to the Trust, the Trustee shall sell the Shares held in the Trust to a person, designated by the Trustee, whose ownership of the Shares will not violate the ownership limitations set forth in Section 5.7(ii)(a)(I) or (II). Upon such sale, the interest of the Charitable Beneficiary in the Shares sold shall terminate and the Trustee shall distribute the net proceeds of the sale to the Prohibited Owner and to the Charitable Beneficiary as provided in this Section 5.7(iii)(d). The Prohibited Owner shall receive the lesser of (1) the price paid by the Prohibited Owner for the Shares or, if the Prohibited Owner did not give value for the Shares in connection with the event causing the Shares to be held in the Trust (e.g., in the case of a gift, devise or other such transaction), the Market Price of the Shares on the day of the event causing the Shares to be held in the Trust and (2) the price per Share received by the Trustee from the sale or other disposition of the Shares held in the Trust. The Trustee may reduce the amount payable to the Prohibited Owner by the amount of dividends and other Distributions which have been paid to the Prohibited Owner and are owed by the Prohibited Owner to the Trustee pursuant to Section 5.7(iii)(c). Any net sales proceeds in excess of the amount payable to the Prohibited Owner shall be immediately paid to the Charitable Beneficiary. If, prior to the discovery by the Company that Shares have been transferred to the Trustee, such Shares are sold by a Prohibited Owner, then (i) such Shares shall be deemed to have been sold on behalf of the Trust and (ii) to the extent that the Prohibited Owner received an amount for such Shares that exceeds the amount that such Prohibited Owner was entitled to receive pursuant to this Section 5.7, such excess shall be paid to the Trustee upon demand.

 

(e)           PURCHASE RIGHT IN STOCK TRANSFERRED TO THE TRUSTEE . Shares transferred to the Trustee shall be deemed to have been offered for sale to the Company, or its designee, at a price per Share equal to the lesser of (i) the price per Share in the transaction that resulted in such transfer to the Trust (or, in the case of a devise or gift, the Market Price at the time of such devise or gift) and (ii) the Market Price on the date the Company, or its designee, accepts such offer. The Company may reduce the amount payable to the Prohibited Owner by the amount of dividends and other Distributions which has been paid to the Prohibited Owner and is owed by the Prohibited Owner to the Trustee pursuant to Section 5.7(iii)(c). The Company may pay the amount of such reduction to the Trustee for the benefit of the Charitable Beneficiary. The Company shall have the right to accept such offer until the Trustee has sold the Shares held in the Trust pursuant to Section 5.7(iii)(d). Upon such a sale to the Company, the interest of the Charitable Beneficiary in the Shares sold shall terminate and the Trustee shall distribute the net proceeds of the sale to the Prohibited Owner.

 

(f)           DESIGNATION OF CHARITABLE BENEFICIARIES . By written notice to the Trustee, the Company shall designate one or more nonprofit organizations to be the Charitable Beneficiary of the interest in the Trust such that (i) the Shares held in the Trust would not violate the restrictions set forth in Section 5.7(ii)(a)(I) or (II) in the hands of such Charitable Beneficiary and (ii) each such organization must be described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Code and contributions to each such organization must be eligible for deduction under each of Sections 170(b)(1)(A), 2055 and 2522 of the Code.

 

SECTION 5.8           SETTLEMENTS . Nothing in Section 5.7 shall preclude the settlement of any transaction entered into through the facilities of the NYSE or any other national securities exchange or automated inter-dealer quotation system. The fact that the settlement of any transaction occurs shall not negate the effect of any provision of Sections 5.7, and any transfer in such a transaction shall be subject to all of the provisions and limitations set forth in Section 5.7.

 

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SECTION 5.9           SEVERABILITY . If any provision of Section 5.7 or any application of any such provision is determined to be void, invalid or unenforceable by any court having jurisdiction over the issue, the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of Section 5.7 shall not be affected and other applications of such provision shall be affected only to the extent necessary to comply with the determination of such court.

 

SECTION 5.10         ENFORCEMENT . The Company is authorized specifically to seek equitable relief, including injunctive relief, to enforce the provisions of Section 5.7.

 

SECTION 5.11         NON-WAIVER . No delay or failure on the part of the Company or the Board in exercising any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver of any right of the Company or the Board, as the case may be, except to the extent specifically waived in writing.

 

SECTION 5.12         PREEMPTIVE AND APPRAISAL RIGHTS . Except as may be provided by the Board in setting the terms of classified or reclassified Shares pursuant to Section 5.4 or as may otherwise be provided by contract approved by the Board, no holder of Shares shall, as such holder, have any preemptive right to purchase or subscribe for any additional Shares or any other security of the Company which it may issue or sell. Holders of Shares shall not be entitled to exercise any rights of an objecting stockholder provided for under Title 3, Subtitle 2 of the MGCL or any successor statute unless the Board, upon the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board, shall determine that such rights apply, with respect to all or any classes or series of Shares, to one or more transactions occurring after the date of such determination in connection with which holders of such Shares would otherwise be entitled to exercise such rights.

   

ARTICLE VI

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

SECTION 6.1           NUMBER OF DIRECTORS . The number of Directors of the Company shall initially be two, which number may be increased or decreased from time to time only by the Board pursuant to the Bylaws; but shall never be less than the minimum required by the MGCL. The names of the initial Directors who shall serve until the first annual meeting of Stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualify are:

 

Alan D. Gold

Gary A. Kreitzer

 

The Board may increase the number of Directors and may fill any vacancy, whether resulting from an increase in the number of Directors or otherwise, on the Board in the manner provided in the Bylaws.

 

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The Company elects, at such time as it becomes eligible under Section 3-802 of the MGCL to make the election provided for under Section 3-804(c) of the MGCL, that, except as may be provided by the Board in setting the terms of any class or series of shares of Preferred Stock, any and all vacancies on the Board may be filled only by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining Directors in office, even if the remaining Directors do not constitute a quorum, and any Director elected to fill a vacancy shall serve for the remainder of the full term of the directorship in which such vacancy occurred. No reduction in the number of Directors shall cause the removal of any Director from office prior to the expiration of his term.

 

SECTION 6.2           RESIGNATION OR REMOVAL . Any Director may resign by delivering notice to the Board, effective upon receipt by the Board of such notice or upon any future date specified in the notice. Subject to the rights of holders of one or more classes or series of shares of Preferred Stock, any Director or the entire Board may be removed from office at any time, but only for cause, and then only by the affirmative vote of stockholders entitled to cast at least two-thirds of the votes entitled to be cast generally in the election of Directors. For the purpose of this paragraph, “cause” shall mean, with respect to any particular Director, conviction of a felony or a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction holding that such director caused demonstrable, material harm to the Company through bad faith or active and deliberate dishonesty.

 

ARTICLE VII

POWERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

SECTION 7.1           GENERAL . The business and affairs of the Company shall be managed under the direction of the Board. The Charter shall be construed with a presumption in favor of the grant of power and authority to the Board. Any construction of the Charter or determination made in good faith by the Board concerning its powers and authority hereunder shall be conclusive. The enumeration and definition of particular powers of the Board included in this Article VII shall in no way be limited or restricted by reference to or inference from the terms of this or any other provision of the Charter or construed or deemed by inference or otherwise in any manner to exclude or limit the powers conferred upon the Board under the general laws of the State of Maryland as now or hereafter in force.

 

SECTION 7.2           AUTHORIZATION BY BOARD OF STOCK ISSUANCE . The Board may authorize the issuance from time to time of Shares of any class or series, whether now or hereafter authorized, or Securities or rights convertible into Shares of any class or series, whether now or hereafter authorized, for such consideration as the Board may deem advisable (or without consideration in the case of a stock split or stock dividend), subject to such restrictions or limitations, if any, as may be set forth in the MGCL, the Charter or the Bylaws.

  

SECTION 7.3           REIT QUALIFICATION . If the Company elects to qualify for federal income tax treatment as a REIT, the Board shall take such actions as are necessary or appropriate to preserve the status of the Company as a REIT;  provided, however , if the Board determines that it is no longer in the best interests of the Company to continue to be qualified as a REIT, the Board may revoke or otherwise terminate the Company’s REIT election pursuant to Section 856(g) of the Code. The Board also may determine that compliance with any restriction or limitation on stock ownership and transfers set forth in Section 5.7 hereof is no longer required for REIT qualification.

 

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SECTION 7.4           DETERMINATIONS BY BOARD . The determination as to any of the following matters, made by or pursuant to the direction of the Board consistent with the Charter, shall be final and conclusive and shall be binding upon the Company and every holder of Shares: the amount of the net income of the Company for any period and the amount of assets at any time legally available for the payment of dividends, redemption of Shares or the payment of other Distributions on Shares; the amount of paid-in surplus, net assets, other surplus, annual or other cash flow, funds from operations (and any variation thereof), net profit, net assets in excess of capital, undivided profits or excess of profits over losses on sales of assets; the amount, purpose, time of creation, increase or decrease, alteration or cancellation of any reserves or charges and the propriety thereof (whether or not any obligation or liability for which such reserves or charges shall have been created shall have been paid or discharged); any interpretation or resolution of any ambiguity with respect to any provision of the Charter (including the terms, preferences, conversion or other rights, voting powers or rights, restrictions, limitations as to dividends or other Distributions, qualifications or terms or conditions of redemption of any class or series of Shares) or the Bylaws; the fair value, or any sale, bid or asked price to be applied in determining the fair value, of any asset owned or held by the Company or any Shares; the number of Shares of any class of the Company; any matter relating to the acquisition, holding and disposition of any assets by the Company; any interpretation of the terms and conditions of one or more of the agreements with any persons; or any other matter relating to the business and affairs of the Company or required or permitted by applicable law, the Charter or Bylaws or otherwise to be determined by the Board;  provided however , that any determination by the Board as to any of the preceding matters shall not render invalid or improper any action taken or omitted prior to such determination and no Director shall be liable for making or failing to make such a determination.

  

ARTICLE VIII

EXTRAORDINARY ACTIONS

 

Except as specifically provided in Section 6.2 hereof (relating to removal of Directors) and in the last sentence of Article X, notwithstanding any provision of law permitting or requiring any action to be taken or approved by the affirmative vote of the holders of Shares entitled to cast a greater number of votes, any such action shall be effective and valid if declared advisable by the Board and taken or approved by the affirmative vote of holders of Shares entitled to cast a majority of all the votes entitled to be cast on the matter.

 

ARTICLE IX

LIABILITY OF STOCKHOLDERS, DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

  

SECTION 9.1           LIMITATION OF DIRECTOR AND OFFICER LIABILITY; INDEMNIFICATION .

 

(a)          To the maximum extent that Maryland law in effect from time to time permits limitation of the liability of directors and officers of a corporation, no present or former Director or officer of the Company shall be liable to the Company or its Stockholders for money damages. Neither the amendment nor repeal of this Section 9.1(a), nor the adoption or amendment of any other provision of the Charter or Bylaws inconsistent with this Section 9.1(a), shall apply to or affect in any respect the applicability of the preceding sentence with respect to any act or failure to act which occurred prior to such amendment, repeal or adoption.

 

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(b)          The Company shall have the power, to the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law in effect from time to time, to obligate itself to indemnify, and to pay or reimburse reasonable expenses in advance of final disposition of a proceeding to (i) any individual who is a present or former Director or officer of the Company or (ii) any individual who, while a Director or officer of the Company and at the request of the Company, serves or has served as a director, officer, partner, member, manager or trustee of another corporation, real estate investment trust, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or any other enterprise from and against any claim or liability to which such person may become subject or which such person may incur by reason of his or her service in that capacity. The Company shall have the power, with the approval of the Board, to provide such indemnification and advancement of expenses to a person who served a predecessor of the Company in any of the capacities described in (i) or (ii) above and to any employee or agent of the Company or a predecessor of the Company.  

   

ARTICLE X

AMENDMENTS

 

The Company reserves the right from time to time to make any amendment to the Charter, now or hereafter authorized by law, including any amendment altering the terms or contract rights, as expressly set forth in the Charter, of any outstanding Shares. All rights and powers conferred by the Charter on Stockholders, Directors and officers are granted subject to this reservation. Except as otherwise provided in the next sentence and except for those amendments permitted to be made without Stockholder approval under Maryland law or by specific provision in the Charter, any amendment to the Charter shall be valid only if declared advisable by the Board and approved by the affirmative vote of stockholders entitled to cast a majority of all the votes entitled to be cast on the matter. However, any amendment to the second sentence of Section 6.2 hereof or to this sentence of the Charter shall be valid only if declared advisable by the Board and approved by the affirmative vote of stockholders entitled to cast at least two-thirds of all votes entitled to be cast on the matter.

 

THIRD:  The amendment and restatement of the Charter as herein set forth has been duly approved by a majority of the Board of Directors, and the amendment of the Charter as herein set forth is limited to a change expressly authorized by Section 2-605 of the MGCL to be made without action by the stockholders of the Company.

 

FOURTH:  The current address of the principal office of the Company is as set forth in Article III of the foregoing amendment and restatement of the Charter.

 

FIFTH:  The name and address of the Company’s current resident agent are as set forth in Article III of the foregoing amendment and restatement of the Charter.

 

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SIXTH:  There are six directors of the Company. The names of the directors currently in office are as follows:

Alan D. Gold

Paul E. Smithers

Gary A. Kreitzer

Gary M. Malino

Scott Shoemaker

David Stecher

 

SEVENTH:  The foregoing amendment and restatement to the Charter of the Company does not increase the authorized capital stock of the Company.

 

EIGHTH:  The undersigned acknowledges these Second Articles of Amendment and Restatement to be the corporate act of the Company and, as to all matters or facts required to be verified under oath, the undersigned acknowledges that, to the best of his knowledge, information and belief, these matters and facts are true in all material respects and that this statement is made under the penalties for perjury.

 

NINTH : These Second Articles of Amendment and Restatement shall become effective as of the later of (i) the time the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland accepts these Articles of Amendment for record, or (ii) 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) on January 26, 2017.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc. has caused these Second Articles of Amendment and Restatement to be signed in its name and on its behalf by its Chief Executive Officer, and attested by its Secretary, on this 24th day January, 2017.

  

  INNOVATIVE INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES, INC.
     
  By: /s/ Paul E. Smithers
  Paul E. Smithers, Chief Executive Officer and President
     
     
  Attest:
     
  By: /s/ Brian J. Wolfe
  Brian J. Wolfe, Secretary

 

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INNOVATIVE INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES, INC.

 

ARTICLES SUPPLEMENTARY

 

690,000 SHARES OF

 

9.00% SERIES A CUMULATIVE REDEEMABLE PREFERRED STOCK

 

October 16, 2017

 

Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “ Company ”), hereby certifies to the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland that:

 

FIRST : Under a power contained in Article V of the charter of the Company (the “ Charter ”) and Section 2-105 of the Maryland General Corporation Law, the Board of Directors of the Company (the “ Board ”) and a duly authorized committee thereof, by duly adopted resolutions, classified 690,000 shares of authorized but unissued preferred stock, $0.001 par value per share, of the Company as shares of 9.00% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, with the following preferences, conversion and other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends and other distributions, qualifications, and terms and conditions of redemption (which, upon any restatement of the Charter, may be made a part of Article V thereof, with any necessary or appropriate changes to the numeration or lettering of the sections or subsections hereof). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Charter.

 

1.                   Designation and Number . A series of Preferred Stock, designated the 9.00% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (the “ Series A Preferred Stock ”), is hereby established. The number of authorized shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be 690,000.

  

2.                   Rank . The Series A Preferred Stock, with respect to dividend rights and rights upon voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Company, will rank (a) senior to all classes or series of Common Stock and to any other class or series of capital stock of the Company expressly designated as ranking junior to the Series A Preferred Stock with respect to priority of payment of dividends and other distributions or rights upon voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Company; (b) on parity with any class or series of capital stock of the Company expressly designated as ranking on parity with the Series A Preferred Stock with respect to priority of payment of dividends and other distributions or rights upon voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Company (the “ Parity Preferred Stock ”); and (c) junior to any class or series of capital stock of the Company expressly designated as ranking senior to the Series A Preferred Stock with respect to priority of payment of dividends and other distributions or rights upon voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Company (the “ Senior Stock ”). The term “capital stock” does not include convertible or exchangeable debt securities, which will rank senior to the Series A Preferred Stock prior to conversion or exchange. The Series A Preferred Stock will also rank junior in right of payment to the Company's other existing and future debt obligations.

  

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3.                   Dividends .

  

(a)                 Subject to the preferential rights of the holders of any class or series of capital stock of the Company ranking senior to the Series A Preferred Stock with respect to dividend rights, holders of shares of the Series A Preferred Stock are entitled to receive, when, as and if authorized by the Board and declared by the Company out of funds legally available for the payment of dividends, cumulative cash dividends at the rate of 9.00% per annum of the $25.00 liquidation preference per share of the Series A Preferred Stock (equivalent to the fixed annual amount of $2.25 per share of the Series A Preferred Stock). Dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock shall accrue and be cumulative from and including the date of original issue (the “ Original Issue Date ”) and shall be payable to holders quarterly in arrears on each Dividend Payment Date (as defined below), commencing January 16, 2018; provided , however , that if any Dividend Payment Date is not a Business Day (as defined below), then the dividend that would otherwise have been payable on such Dividend Payment Date may be paid on the next succeeding Business Day, with the same force and effect as if paid on such Dividend Payment Date, and no interest or additional dividends or other sums shall accrue on the amount so payable from such Dividend Payment Date to such next succeeding Business Day. The amount of any dividend payable on the Series A Preferred Stock for any Dividend Period (as defined below) shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. Dividends will be payable to holders of record as they appear in the stockholder records of the Company at the close of business on the applicable Dividend Record Date (as defined below). Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained herein, each outstanding share of Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive a dividend with respect to any Dividend Record Date equal to the dividend paid with respect to each other share of Series A Preferred Stock that is outstanding on such date. “ Dividend Record Date ” shall mean the date designated by the Board as the record date for the payment of dividends that is not more than 35 and not fewer than 10 days prior to the applicable Dividend Payment Date. " Dividend Payment Date " shall be the 15 th day of January, April, July and October of each year. “ Dividend Period ” shall mean the respective periods commencing on and including the 15 th day of January, April, July and October of each year and ending on and including the day preceding the first day of the next succeeding Dividend Period (other than the initial Dividend Period, which shall commence on the Original Issue Date and end on and include January 14, 2018, and other than the Dividend Period during which any shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be redeemed pursuant to Section 5 or Section 6, which shall end on and include the day preceding the redemption date with respect to the shares of Series A Preferred Stock being redeemed). The term “ Business Day ” shall mean each day, other than a Saturday or a Sunday, which is not a day on which banking institutions in New York, New York are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close.

  

(b)                Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock shall accrue whether or not the Company has earnings, whether or not there are funds legally available for the payment of such dividends, and whether or not such dividends are authorized by the Board or declared by the Company.

  

(c)                 Except as provided in Section 3(d) below, no dividends shall be declared and paid or declared and set apart for payment, and no other distribution of cash or other property may be declared and made, directly or indirectly, on or with respect to, any shares of Common Stock or shares of any other class or series of capital stock of the Company ranking, as to dividends, on parity with or junior to the Series A Preferred Stock (other than a dividend paid in shares of Common Stock or in shares of any other class or series of capital stock ranking junior to the Series A Preferred Stock as to payment of dividends and the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company) for any period, nor shall any shares of Common Stock or any other shares of any other class or series of capital stock of the Company ranking, as to payment of dividends and the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, on parity with or junior to the Series A Preferred Stock be redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired for any consideration, nor shall any funds be paid or made available for a sinking fund for the redemption of such shares, and no other distribution of cash or other property may be made, directly or indirectly, on or with respect thereto by the Company (except by conversion into or exchange for other shares of any class or series of capital stock of the Company ranking junior to the Series A Preferred Stock as to payment of dividends and the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, and except for the acquisition of shares made pursuant to the provisions of Article V of the Charter or Section 9 hereof and the purchase or acquisition of any other class or series of capital stock of the Company ranking on parity with the Series A Preferred Stock as to payment of dividends and the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company pursuant to a purchase or exchange offer made on the same terms to holders of all outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock), unless full cumulative dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock for all past Dividend Periods that have ended shall have been or contemporaneously are (i) declared and paid in cash or (ii) declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof is set apart for such payment.

 

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(d)                When dividends are not paid in full (and a sum sufficient for such full payment is not so set apart) on the Series A Preferred Stock and the shares of any other class or series of capital stock ranking, as to dividends, on parity with the Series A Preferred Stock, all dividends declared upon the Series A Preferred Stock and each such other class or series of capital stock ranking, as to dividends, on parity with the Series A Preferred Stock shall be declared pro rata, so that the amount of dividends declared per share of Series A Preferred Stock and such other class or series of capital stock shall in all cases bear to each other the same ratio that accrued dividends per share on the Series A Preferred Stock and such other class or series of capital stock (which shall not include any accrual in respect of unpaid dividends on such other class or series of capital stock for prior dividend periods if such other class or series of capital stock does not have a cumulative dividend) bear to each other. No interest, or sum of money in lieu of interest, shall be payable in respect of any dividend payment or payments on the Series A Preferred Stock which may be in arrears.

  

(e)                 Holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to any dividend, whether payable in cash, property or shares of capital stock, in excess of full cumulative dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock as provided herein. Any dividend payment made on the Series A Preferred Stock shall first be credited against the earliest accrued but unpaid dividends due with respect to such shares which remain payable. Accrued but unpaid dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock will accrue as of the Dividend Payment Date on which they first become payable.

  

4.                   Liquidation Preference . Upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Company, before any distribution or payment shall be made to holders of shares of Common Stock or any other class or series of capital stock of the Company ranking, as to rights upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, junior to the Series A Preferred Stock, the holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to be paid out of the assets of the Company legally available for distribution to its stockholders, after payment of or provision for the debts and other liabilities of the Company, a liquidation preference of $25.00 per share of Series A Preferred Stock, plus an amount per share equal to all accrued but unpaid dividends (whether or not authorized or declared) to, but not including, the date of payment. In the event that, upon such voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up, the available assets of the Company are insufficient to pay the full amount of the liquidating distributions on all outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock and the corresponding amounts payable on all shares of other classes or series of capital stock of the Company ranking, as to rights upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, on parity with the Series A Preferred Stock in the distribution of assets, then the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock and each such other class or series of shares of capital stock ranking, as to rights upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, on parity with the Series A Preferred Stock shall share ratably in any such distribution of assets in proportion to the full liquidating distributions to which they would otherwise be respectively entitled. Written notice of any distribution in connection with such voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, stating the payment date or dates when, and the place or places where, the amounts distributable in such circumstances shall be payable, shall be given by first class mail, postage pre-paid, not fewer than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the payment date stated therein, to each record holder of shares of Series A Preferred Stock at the respective addresses of such holders as the same shall appear on the stock transfer records of the Company. After payment of the full amount of the liquidating distributions to which they are entitled, the holders of Series A Preferred Stock will have no right or claim to any of the remaining assets of the Company. The consolidation or merger of the Company with or into any other corporation, trust or other entity, or the voluntary sale, lease, transfer or conveyance of all or substantially all of the Company’s property or business, shall not be deemed to constitute a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Company and no such advance notice shall be required. In determining whether a distribution (other than upon voluntary or involuntary liquidation) by dividend, redemption or other acquisition of shares of capital stock of the Company or otherwise is permitted under the MGCL, no effect shall be given to amounts that would be needed, if the Company were to be dissolved at the time of the distribution, to satisfy the preferential rights upon dissolution of holders of the Series A Preferred Stock.

  

5.                   Optional Redemption by the Company .

  

(a)                 Shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall not be redeemable prior to October 19, 2022, except as set forth in Section 6 below or to qualify or to preserve the qualification of the Company as a REIT.

 

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(b)                On and after October 19, 2022, the Company, at its option upon not fewer than 30 and not more than 60 days’ written notice, may redeem the Series A Preferred Stock, in whole or in part, at any time or from time to time, for cash at a redemption price of $25.00 per share, plus an amount equal to all accrued but unpaid dividends (whether or not authorized or declared) thereon to, but not including, the date fixed for redemption, without interest, to the extent the Company has funds legally available therefor (the “ Optional Redemption Right ”). If fewer than all of the outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock are to be redeemed, the shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be redeemed shall be redeemed pro rata (as nearly as may be practicable without creating fractional shares) by lot, or by any other equitable method that the Company determines will not violate the Series A Ownership Limit (as defined in Section 9 below). If redemption is to be by lot and, as a result, any holder of shares of Series A Preferred Stock, other than a holder of shares of Series A Preferred Stock that has received an exemption from the Series A Ownership Limit, would have actual ownership, Beneficial Ownership or Constructive Ownership in excess of the Series A Ownership Limit, because such holder’s shares of Series A Preferred Stock were not redeemed, or were only redeemed in part, then, except as otherwise provided in the Charter, the Company shall redeem the requisite number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock of such holder such that no holder will own Series A Preferred Stock in excess of the Series A Ownership Limit, subsequent to such redemption. Holders of Series A Preferred Stock to be redeemed shall surrender such Series A Preferred Stock at the place, or in accordance with the book-entry procedures, designated in the notice of redemption and shall be entitled to the redemption price of $25.00 per share, plus an amount equal to all accrued but unpaid dividends thereon, payable upon such redemption following such surrender. If (i) notice of redemption of any shares of Series A Preferred Stock has been given (in the case of a redemption of the Series A Preferred Stock other than to qualify or preserve the qualification of the Company as a REIT), (ii) the funds necessary for such redemption have been set apart by the Company in trust for the benefit of the holders of any shares of Series A Preferred Stock so called for redemption and (iii) irrevocable instructions have been given to pay the redemption price of $25.00 per share plus an amount equal to all accrued but unpaid dividends thereon, then from and after the redemption date, dividends shall cease to accrue on such shares of Series A Preferred Stock, such shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall no longer be deemed outstanding, and all rights of the holders of such shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall terminate, except the right to receive the redemption price of $25.00 per share plus an amount equal to all accrued but unpaid dividends thereon payable upon such redemption, without interest. So long as full cumulative dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock for all past Dividend Periods that have ended shall have been or contemporaneously are declared and paid in cash or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof is set apart for payment, nothing herein shall prevent or restrict the Company’s right or ability to purchase, from time to time, either at a public or a private sale, all or any part of the Series A Preferred Stock at such price or prices as the Company may determine, subject to the provisions of applicable law, including the repurchase of shares of Series A Preferred Stock in open-market transactions and individual purchases at such prices as the Company negotiates, in each case as duly authorized by the Board.

  

(c)                 In the event of any redemption of the Series A Preferred Stock in order to qualify or preserve the qualification of the Company as a REIT, such redemption shall be made in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in this Section 5. If the Company calls for redemption any shares of Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to and in accordance with this Section 5(c), then the redemption price for such shares will be an amount in cash equal to $25.00 per share together with all accrued and unpaid dividends to, but not including, the date fixed for redemption.

  

(d)                Unless full cumulative dividends on all shares of Series A Preferred Stock for all past Dividend Periods that have ended shall have been or contemporaneously are (i) authorized, declared and paid in cash or (ii) declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof is set apart for payment, no shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be redeemed pursuant to the Optional Redemption Right or the Special Optional Redemption Right (as defined in Section 6 below) unless all outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock are simultaneously redeemed, and the Company shall not purchase or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, any shares of Series A Preferred Stock or any class or series of capital stock of the Company ranking, as to payment of dividends and the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, on parity with or junior to the Series A Preferred Stock (except by conversion into or exchange for shares of capital stock of the Company ranking, as to payment of dividends and the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, junior to the Series A Preferred Stock); provided , however , that the foregoing shall not prevent the purchase of Series A Preferred Stock, or any other class or series of capital stock of the Company ranking, as to payment of dividends and the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, on parity with or junior to the Series A Preferred Stock, by the Company pursuant to the Charter in order to ensure that the Company qualifies or remains qualified as a REIT, or the purchase or acquisition of Series A Preferred Stock or Parity Preferred Stock pursuant to a purchase or exchange offer made on the same terms to holders of all outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock.

  

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(e)                 Notice of redemption pursuant to the Optional Redemption Right shall be mailed by the Company, postage prepaid, not fewer than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the redemption date, addressed to the respective holders of record of the Series A Preferred Stock to be redeemed at their respective addresses as they appear on the transfer records maintained by the Company’s transfer agent. No failure to give such notice or defect therein or in the mailing thereof shall affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any Series A Preferred Stock except as to the holder to whom such notice was defective or not given;  provided that , notice given to the last address of record shall be deemed to be valid notice. In addition to any information required by law or by the applicable rules of any exchange upon which the Series A Preferred Stock may be listed or admitted to trading, each such notice shall state: (i) the redemption date; (ii) the redemption price; (iii) the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be redeemed; (iv) the procedures of The Depository Trust Company (“ DTC ”) for book entry transfer of shares of Series A Preferred Stock for payment of the redemption price; (v) that dividends on the shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be redeemed will cease to accrue on such redemption date; and (vi) that payment of the redemption price plus an amount equal to all accrued but unpaid dividends thereon will be made upon book entry transfer of such Series A Preferred Stock in compliance with DTC’s procedures. If fewer than all of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock held by any holder are to be redeemed, the notice mailed to such holder shall also specify the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock held by such holder to be redeemed or the method for determining such number. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, the Company shall not be required to provide notice to the holder of Series A Preferred Stock in the event such holder’s Series A Preferred Stock is redeemed in order for the Company to qualify or to maintain its qualification as a REIT.

 

(f)                  Any redemption pursuant to this Section 5 may be made conditional on such factors as may be determined by the Board and set forth in the Company's notice of redemption.

 

(g)                If a redemption date falls after a Dividend Record Date and on or prior to the corresponding Dividend Payment Date, each holder of Series A Preferred Stock at the close of business on such Dividend Record Date shall be entitled to the dividend payable on such shares on the corresponding Dividend Payment Date, notwithstanding the redemption of such shares on or prior to such Dividend Payment Date, and each holder of Series A Preferred Stock that surrenders its shares on such redemption date shall be entitled to an amount equal to the dividends accruing after the end of the Dividend Period to which such Dividend Payment Date relates, up to, but not including, the redemption date. Except as provided herein, the Company shall make no payment or allowance for unpaid dividends, whether or not in arrears, on Series A Preferred Stock for which a notice of redemption pursuant to the Optional Redemption Right has been given.

  

6.                   Special Optional Redemption by the Company .

  

(a)                 Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control/Delisting (as defined below), the Company may, at its option, upon written notice mailed by the Company, postage pre-paid, not fewer than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the redemption date and addressed to the holders of record of the Series A Preferred Stock to be redeemed at their respective addresses as they appear on the stock transfer records of the Company, redeem shares of the Series A Preferred Stock, in whole or in part within 120 days after the first date on which such Change of Control/Delisting occurred, for cash at a redemption price of $25.00 per share plus an amount equal to all accrued but unpaid dividends thereon to, but not including, the redemption date (the “ Special Optional Redemption Right ”). No failure to give such notice or any defect thereto or in the mailing thereof shall affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any shares of Series A Preferred Stock except as to the holder to whom notice was defective or not given. If, prior to the Change of Control Conversion/Delisting Conversion Date (as defined below), the Company has provided or provides notice of redemption with respect to the Series A Preferred Stock (whether pursuant to the Optional Redemption Right or the Special Optional Redemption Right), the holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock will not have the conversion right described below in Section 7 with respect to shares of Series A Preferred Stock subject to such notice.

  

A “ Change of Control/Delisting ” is when, after the original issuance of the Series A Preferred Stock, any of the following has occurred and is continuing:

 

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(i)                  the acquisition by any person, including any syndicate or group deemed to be a “person” under Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act ”), of beneficial ownership, directly or indirectly, through a purchase, merger or other acquisition transaction or series of purchases, mergers or other acquisition transactions of stock of the Company entitling that person to exercise more than 50% of the total voting power of all stock of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of the Board (except that such person will be deemed to have beneficial ownership of all securities that such person has the right to acquire, whether such right is currently exercisable or is exercisable only upon the occurrence of a subsequent condition); and

 

(ii)                following the closing of any transaction referred to in (i) above, neither the Company nor the acquiring or surviving entity has a class of common securities (or American Depositary Receipts representing such securities) listed on the New York Stock Exchange (the “ NYSE ”), the NYSE American LLC (“ NYSE American ”), or the NASDAQ Stock Market (“ NASDAQ ”), or listed or quoted on an exchange or quotation system that is a successor to the NYSE, the NYSE American or NASDAQ.

 

(b)                In addition to any information required by law or by the applicable rules of any exchange upon which the Series A Preferred Stock may be listed or admitted to trading, each notice of redemption of Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to this Section 6 shall state: (i) the redemption date; (ii) the redemption price; (iii) the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be redeemed; (iv) the procedures of DTC for book entry transfer of shares of Series A Preferred Stock for payment of the redemption price; (v) that dividends on the shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be redeemed will cease to accrue on such redemption date; (vi) that payment of the redemption price plus an amount equal to all accrued but unpaid dividends thereon will be made upon book entry transfer of such Series A Preferred Stock in compliance with DTC’s procedures; (vii) that the Series A Preferred Stock is being redeemed pursuant to the Special Optional Redemption Right in connection with the occurrence of a Change of Control/Delisting and a brief description of the transaction or transactions constituting such Change of Control/Delisting; and (viii) that the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock to which the notice relates will not be able to tender such Series A Preferred Stock for conversion in connection with the Change of Control/Delisting and each share of Series A Preferred Stock tendered for conversion that is selected, prior to the Change of Control/Delisting Conversion Date, for redemption will be redeemed on the related date of redemption instead of converted on the Change of Control/Delisting Conversion Date. If fewer than all of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock held by any holder are to be redeemed, the notice mailed to such holder shall also specify the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock held by such holder to be redeemed or the method for determining such number. In this case, the Company shall determine the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be redeemed as described in Section 5(b) above.

 

(c)                 If the Company has given a notice of redemption pursuant to the Special Optional Redemption Right and has set apart sufficient funds for the redemption in trust for the benefit of the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock called for redemption, then from and after the redemption date, such shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be treated as no longer being outstanding, no further dividends shall accrue and all other rights of the holders of such shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall terminate. The holders of such shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall retain their right to receive the redemption price per share plus an amount equal to all accrued but unpaid dividends to, but not including, the redemption date, without interest. So long as full cumulative dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock for all past Dividend Periods that have ended shall have been or contemporaneously are declared and paid in cash or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof is set apart for payment, nothing herein shall prevent or restrict the Company’s right or ability to purchase, from time to time, either at a public or a private sale, all or any part of the Series A Preferred Stock at such price or prices as the Company may determine, subject to the provisions of applicable law, including the repurchase of shares of Series A Preferred Stock in open-market transactions and individual purchases at such prices as the Company negotiates, in each case as duly authorized by the Board.

 

(d)                The holders of Series A Preferred Stock at the close of business on a Dividend Record Date shall be entitled to receive the dividend payable with respect to the Series A Preferred Stock on the corresponding Dividend Payment Date notwithstanding the redemption of the Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to the Special Optional Redemption Right between such Dividend Record Date and the corresponding Dividend Payment Date or the Company’s default in the payment of the dividend due. Except as provided herein, the Company shall make no payment or allowance for unpaid dividends, whether or not in arrears, on Series A Preferred Stock for which a notice of redemption pursuant to the Special Optional Redemption Right has been given.

 

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7.                   Conversion Right Upon a Change of Control/Delisting .

  

(a)                 Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control/Delisting, each holder of Series A Preferred Stock shall have the right, unless, prior to the Change of Control/ Delisting Conversion Date, the Company has provided or provides notice of election to redeem the Series A Preferred Stock in whole or in part pursuant to the Optional Redemption Right or the Special Optional Redemption Right, to convert some or all of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock held by such holder (the “ Change of Control/Delisting Conversion Right ”), on a date specified by the Company that can be no earlier than 20 days and no later than 35 days following the date of delivery of the Change of Control/Delisting Company Notice (as defined below) (the “ Change of Control/Delisting Conversion Date ”), into a number of shares of Common Stock per share of Series A Preferred Stock (the “ Common Stock Conversion Consideration ”) equal to the lesser of (A) the quotient obtained by dividing (i) the sum of (x) the liquidation preference amount of $25.00 per share of Series A Preferred Stock, plus (y) the amount of any accrued but unpaid dividends thereon (whether or not declared) to, but not including, the Change of Control/Delisting Conversion Date (unless the Change of Control/Delisting Conversion Date is after a Dividend Record Date and prior to the corresponding Dividend Payment Date, in which case no additional amount for such accrued but unpaid dividend will be included in this sum) by (ii) the Common Stock Price (as defined herein), and (B) 2.617801 (the “ Share Cap ”), subject to the following:

  

(i)                  The Share Cap shall be subject to pro rata adjustments for any stock splits (including those effected pursuant to a distribution of shares of Common Stock), subdivisions or combinations (in each case, a “ Share Split ”) with respect to the shares of Common Stock as follows: the adjusted Share Cap as the result of a Share Split shall be the number of shares of Common Stock that is equivalent to the product of (i) the Share Cap in effect immediately prior to such Share Split multiplied by (ii) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding after giving effect to such Share Split and the denominator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such Share Split.

 

(ii)                In the case of a Change of Control/Delisting as a result of which holders of shares of Common Stock are entitled to receive consideration other than solely cash, including other securities, other property or assets (including cash or any combination thereof) with respect to or in exchange for shares of Common Stock (the “ Alternative Form Consideration ”), a holder of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled thereafter to convert (subject to the Optional Redemption Right or the Special Optional Redemption Right) such shares of Series A Preferred Stock not into shares of Common Stock but solely into the kind and amount of Alternative Form Consideration which the holder of shares of Series A Preferred Stock would have owned or been entitled to receive upon such Change of Control/Delisting as if such holder of shares of Series A Preferred Stock then held the Common Stock Conversion Consideration immediately prior to the effective time of the Change of Control/Delisting (the “ Alternative Conversion Consideration ”; and the Common Stock Conversion Consideration or the Alternative Conversion Consideration, as may be applicable to a Change of Control/Delisting, shall be referred to herein as the “ Conversion Consideration ”).

 

(iii)              If the holders of shares of Common Stock have the opportunity to elect the form of consideration to be received in such Change of Control/Delisting, the Conversion Consideration shall be deemed to be the kind and amount of consideration actually received by holders of a majority of shares of Common Stock that voted for such an election (if electing between two types of consideration) or holders of a plurality of shares of Common Stock that voted for such an election (if electing between more than two types of consideration), as the case may be, and shall be subject to any limitations to which all holders of shares of Common Stock are subject, including, without limitation, pro rata reductions applicable to any portion of the consideration payable in the Change of Control/Delisting.

 

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(iv)               As used herein, the term “ Common Stock Price ” shall mean (i) if the consideration to be received in the Change of Control/Delisting by holders of shares of Common Stock is solely cash, the amount of cash consideration per share of Common Stock; or (ii) if the consideration to be received in the Change of Control/Delisting by holders of the shares of Common Stock is other than solely cash, (x) the average of the closing sale prices per share of Common Stock (or, if no closing sale price is reported, the average of the closing bid and ask prices or, if more than one in either case, the average of the average closing bid and the average closing ask prices) for the ten consecutive trading days immediately preceding, but not including, the effective date of the Change of Control/Delisting as reported on the principal U.S. securities exchange on which the shares of Common Stock are then traded, or (y) if the shares of Common Stock are not then listed for trading on a U.S. securities exchange, the average of the last quoted bid prices for the shares of Common Stock in the over-the-counter market as reported by OTC Markets Group, Inc. or a similar organization for the ten consecutive trading days immediately preceding, but not including, the effective date of the Change of Control/Delisting.

 

(b)                Within 15 days following the occurrence of a Change of Control/Delisting, the Company shall provide to holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock a notice of occurrence of the Change of Control/Delisting that describes the resulting Change of Control/Delisting Conversion Right (the “ Change of Control/Delisting Company Notice ”). A failure to give such Change of Control/Delisting Company Notice or any defect in the notice or in its mailing shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the conversion of any shares of Series A Preferred Stock except as to the holder to whom the Change of Control/Delisting Company Notice was defective or not given. Each Change of Control/Delisting Company Notice shall state the following: (i) the events constituting the Change of Control/Delisting; (ii) the date of the Change of Control/Delisting; (iii) the last date and time by which the holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock may exercise their Change of Control/Delisting Conversion Right; (iv) the method and period for calculating the Common Stock Price; (v) the Change of Control/Delisting Conversion Date; (vi) that if, prior to the Change of Control/Delisting Conversion Date, the Company has provided or provides notice of its election to redeem all or any portion of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to Section 5 or Section 6 above, holders shall not be able to convert shares of Series A Preferred Stock designated for redemption and such shares shall be redeemed on the related redemption date, even if such shares have already been tendered for conversion pursuant to the Change of Control/Delisting Conversion Right; (vii) if applicable, the type and amount of Alternative Conversion Consideration entitled to be received per share of Series A Preferred Stock; (viii) the name and address of the paying agent and the conversion agent; and (ix) the procedures that the holders of share of Series A Preferred Stock must follow to exercise the Change of Control/Delisting Conversion Right.

  

(c)                 The Company shall issue a press release for publication on the Dow Jones & Company, Inc., Business Wire, PR Newswire or Bloomberg Business News (or, if such organizations are not in existence at the time of issuance of such press release, such other news or press organization as is reasonably calculated to broadly disseminate the relevant information to the public), or post a notice on the Company’s website, in any event prior to the opening of business on the first Business Day following any date on which the Company provides a Change of Control/Delisting Company Notice to the holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock.

 

(d)                In order to exercise the Change of Control/Delisting Conversion Right, a holder of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be required to deliver, on or before the close of business on the Change of Control/Delisting Conversion Date, the certificates (if any) or book entries representing the shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be converted, duly endorsed for transfer (if certificates are delivered), together with a completed written conversion notice, to the transfer agent. Such conversion notice shall state: (i) the relevant Change of Control/Delisting Conversion Date; (ii) the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be converted; and (iii) that the shares of Series A Preferred Stock are to be converted pursuant to the Change of Control/Delisting Conversion Right set forth in this Section 7. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the shares of Series A Preferred Stock are held in global form, such notice shall comply with applicable procedures of DTC.

 

(e)                 Holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock may withdraw any notice of exercise of a Change of Control/Delisting Conversion Right (in whole or in part) by a written notice of withdrawal delivered to the Company’s transfer agent prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Business Day prior to the Change of Control/Delisting Conversion Date. The notice of withdrawal must state: (i) the number of withdrawn shares of Series A Preferred Stock; (ii) if certificated shares of Series A Preferred Stock have been issued, the certificate numbers of the withdrawn shares of Series A Preferred Stock; and (iii) the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock, if any, which remain subject to the conversion notice. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the shares of Series A Preferred Stock are held in global form, the notice of withdrawal shall comply with applicable procedures of DTC.

 

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(f)                  Shares of Series A Preferred Stock as to which the Change of Control/Delisting Conversion Right has been properly exercised and for which the conversion notice has not been properly withdrawn shall be converted into the applicable Conversion Consideration in accordance with the Change of Control/Delisting Conversion Right on the Change of Control/Delisting Conversion Date, unless prior to the Change of Control/Delisting Conversion Date, the Company provided or provides notice of its election to redeem the Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to Section 5 or 6 above. If the Company elects to redeem shares of Series A Preferred Stock that would otherwise be converted into the applicable Conversion Consideration on a Change of Control/Delisting Conversion Date, such shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall not be so converted and the holders of such shares shall be entitled to receive on the applicable redemption date $25.00 per share, plus an amount equal to any accrued and unpaid dividends thereon to, but not including, the redemption date.

 

(g)                In connection with the exercise of any Change of Control/Delisting Conversion Right, the Company shall comply with all U.S. federal and state securities laws and stock exchange rules in connection with any conversion of shares of Series A Preferred Stock into shares of Common Stock. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, no holder of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to convert such shares of Series A Preferred Stock for shares of Common Stock to the extent that receipt of such shares of Common Stock would cause such holder (or any other person) to Beneficially Own shares of Common Stock in excess of the Aggregate Share Ownership Limit or the Ownership Limit.

 

(h)                No fractional shares of Common Stock shall be issued upon the conversion of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock in accordance with the Change of Control/Delisting Conversion Right. In lieu of fractional shares, holders of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive the cash value of such fractional shares based on the Common Stock Price.

 

(i)                  The Company shall deliver all shares of Common Stock, cash (including, without limitation, cash in lieu of fractional shares of Common Stock) and any other property owing upon conversion no later than the third Business Day following the Change of Control/Delisting Conversion Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the persons entitled to receive any shares of Common Stock or other securities delivered upon conversion shall be deemed to have become the holders of record thereof as of the Change of Control/Delisting Conversion Date.

  

8.                   Voting Rights .

 

(a)                 Holders of the Series A Preferred Stock shall not have any voting rights, except as set forth in this Section 8.

  

(b)                Whenever dividends on any shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be in arrears for six or more quarterly periods, whether or not consecutive (a “ Preferred Dividend Default ”), the number of directors then constituting the Board shall be increased by two and the holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock (voting separately as a class together with holders of the Parity Preferred Stock upon which like voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable (the “ Voting Preferred Stock ”)) shall be entitled to vote for the election of two additional directors of the Company (the “ Preferred Directors ”), until all unpaid dividends with respect to the Series A Preferred Stock and the Parity Preferred Stock for the past Dividend Periods that have ended shall have been fully declared and paid in cash.

  

(c)                 The Preferred Directors will be elected by a plurality of the votes cast in the election for a one-year term and each Preferred Director will serve until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified or until such Preferred Director’s right to hold the office terminates, whichever occurs earlier, subject to such Preferred Director’s earlier death, disqualification, resignation or removal. The election will take place at (i) either (A) a special meeting called in accordance with Section 8(d) below if the request is received more than 90 days before the date fixed for the Company’s next annual or special meeting of stockholders or (B) the next annual or special meeting of stockholders if the request is received within 90 days of the date fixed for the Company’s next annual or special meeting of stockholders, and (ii) at each subsequent annual meeting of stockholders, or special meeting held in place thereof, until all such dividends in arrears on the Series A Preferred Stock and Parity Preferred Stock have been paid in full. A dividend in respect of Series A Preferred Stock shall be considered timely made if made within two Business Days after the applicable Dividend Payment Date if at the time of such late payment date there shall not be any prior Dividend Periods in respect of which full dividends were not timely made at the applicable Dividend Payment Date.

 

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(d)                At any time when such voting rights shall have vested, a proper officer of the Company shall call or cause to be called, upon the written request of holders of record of at least 10% of the outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock and Voting Preferred Stock, a special meeting of the holders of Series A Preferred Stock and Voting Preferred Stock by mailing or causing to be mailed to such holders a notice of such special meeting to be held not fewer than ten nor more than 45 days after the date such notice is given. The record date for determining holders of the Series A Preferred Stock and Voting Preferred Stock entitled to notice of and to vote at such special meeting will be the close of business on the third Business Day preceding the day on which such notice is mailed. At any such annual or special meeting, all of the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock and Voting Preferred Stock, by plurality vote, voting together as a single class without regard to class or series will be entitled to elect two directors on the basis of one vote per $25.00 of liquidation preference to which such Series A Preferred Stock and Voting Preferred Stock are entitled by their terms (excluding amounts in respect of accumulated and unpaid dividends) and not cumulatively. The holder or holders of one-third of the Series A Preferred Stock and Voting Preferred Stock voting as a single class then outstanding, present in person or by proxy, will constitute a quorum for the election of the Preferred Directors except as otherwise provided by law. Notice of all meetings at which holders of the Series A Preferred Stock and the Voting Preferred Stock shall be entitled to vote will be given to such holders at their addresses as they appear in the transfer records. At any such meeting or adjournment thereof in the absence of a quorum, subject to the provisions of any applicable law, a majority of the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock and Voting Preferred Stock voting as a single class present in person or by proxy shall have the power to adjourn the meeting for the election of the Preferred Directors, without notice other than an announcement at the meeting, until a quorum is present. If a Preferred Dividend Default shall terminate after the notice of a special meeting has been given but before such special meeting has been held, the Company shall, as soon as practicable after such termination, mail or cause to be mailed notice of such termination to holders of the Series A Preferred Stock and the Voting Preferred Stock that would have been entitled to vote at such special meeting.

  

(e)                 If and when all accrued dividends on such Series A Preferred Stock and all classes or series of Parity Preferred Stock for the past dividend periods that have ended shall have been fully paid, the right of the holders of Series A Preferred Stock and the Voting Preferred Stock to elect such additional two directors shall immediately cease (subject to re-vesting in the event of each and every Preferred Dividend Default), and the term and office of each Preferred Director so elected shall terminate and the entire Board of Directors shall be reduced accordingly. Any Preferred Director may be removed at any time with or without cause by the vote of, and shall not be removed otherwise than by the vote of, the holders of record of a majority of the outstanding Series A Preferred Stock and the Voting Preferred Stock (voting together as a single class). So long as a Preferred Dividend Default shall continue, any vacancy in the office of a Preferred Director may be filled by written consent of the Preferred Director remaining in office, or if none remains in office, by a vote of the holders of record of a majority of the outstanding Series A Preferred Stock and Voting Preferred Stock (voting together as a single class). Each of the Preferred Directors shall be entitled to one vote on any matter.

 

(f)                  So long as any shares of Series A Preferred Stock remain outstanding, in addition to any other vote or consent of holders of shares of the capital stock of the Company required by the Charter, the affirmative vote or consent of the holders of at least two-thirds of the shares outstanding at the time of Series A Preferred Stock and Voting Preferred Stock (voting together as a single class), either in writing or at a meeting, will be required to authorize, create or issue, or increase the number of authorized or issued shares of, any Senior Stock or reclassify any authorized shares of capital stock of the Company into such Senior Stock, or create, authorize or issue any obligation or security convertible into or evidencing the right to purchase any such Senior Stock.  In addition, so long as any shares of Series A Preferred Stock remain outstanding, the affirmative vote or consent of the holders of at least two-thirds of the shares outstanding at the time of Series A Preferred Stock, either in writing or at a meeting, will be required to amend, alter or repeal the provisions of the Charter or the terms of the Series A Preferred Stock, whether by merger, consolidation, transfer or conveyance of all or substantially all of its assets or otherwise (an “ Event ”), so as to materially and adversely affect any right, preference, privilege or voting power of the Series A Preferred Stock; provided , however , with respect to the occurrence of any Event, so long as the Series A Preferred Stock remains outstanding with the terms thereof materially unchanged, taking into account that, upon the occurrence of an Event, the Company may not be the surviving entity, the occurrence of such Event shall not be deemed to materially and adversely affect such rights, preferences, privileges or voting power of Series A Preferred Stock, and in such case such holders of Series A Preferred Stock shall not have any voting rights with respect to an Event; provided , further , that such vote or consent of the holders of Series A Preferred Stock shall not be required with respect to any such amendment, alteration or repeal that equally affects the terms of the Series A Preferred Stock and the Voting Preferred Stock, if such amendment, alteration or repeal is approved by the affirmative vote or consent of the holders of two-thirds of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock and the Voting Preferred Stock (voting together as a single class). Furthermore, if holders of shares of the Series A Preferred Stock shall receive the greater of the full trading price of the Series A Preferred Stock on the date of an Event or the $25.00 per share liquidation preference pursuant to the occurrence of an Event, then such holders shall not have any voting rights with respect to such Event.

 

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(g)                So long as any shares of Series A Preferred Stock remain outstanding, the holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock also shall have the exclusive right to vote on any amendment, alteration or repeal of the provisions of the Charter or the terms of the Series A Preferred Stock on which holders of Series A Preferred Stock are otherwise entitled to vote pursuant to the second sentence of Section 7(f) that would alter only the contract rights, as expressly set forth in the Charter, of the Series A Preferred Stock, and the holders of any other classes or series of the capital stock of the Company will not be entitled to vote on such an amendment, alteration or repeal. With respect to any amendment, alteration or repeal of the provisions of the Charter or the terms of the Series A Preferred Stock that equally affects the terms of the Series A Preferred Stock and the Voting Preferred Stock, so long as any shares of Series A Preferred Stock remain outstanding, the holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock and the Voting Preferred Stock (voting together as a single class), also will have the exclusive right to vote on any amendment, alteration or repeal of the provisions of the Charter or the terms of the Series A Preferred Stock on which holders of Series A Preferred Stock are otherwise entitled to vote pursuant to the second sentence of Section 7(f) that would alter only the contract rights, as expressly set forth in the Charter, of the Series A Preferred Stock and the Voting Preferred Stock, and the holders of any other classes or series of the capital stock of the Company will not be entitled to vote on such an amendment, alteration or repeal.

 

(h)                Holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to vote with respect to (A) any increase in the total number of authorized shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock of the Company, or (B) any issuance or increase in the number of authorized shares of Series A Preferred Stock or the creation or issuance of any other class or series of capital stock, or any issuance or increase in the number of authorized shares of any class or series of capital stock, in each case ranking on parity with or junior to the Series A Preferred Stock with respect to the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company. Except as set forth herein, holders of the Series A Preferred Stock shall not have any voting rights with respect to, and the consent of the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock shall not be required for, the taking of any corporate action, including an Event, regardless of the effect that such corporate action or Event may have upon the powers, preferences, voting power or other rights or privileges of the Series A Preferred Stock.

  

(i)                  The foregoing voting provisions of this Section 8 shall not apply if, at or prior to the time when the act with respect to which such vote would otherwise be required shall be effected, all outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall have been redeemed or called for redemption upon proper procedures pursuant to these Articles Supplementary and sufficient funds, in cash, shall have been deposited in trust to effect such redemption.

 

(j)                  In any matter in which the Series A Preferred Stock may vote (as expressly provided herein), each share of Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to one vote per $25.00 of liquidation preference.

  

9.                   Restrictions on Ownership and Transfer .

  

(a)                 As used herein, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

  

(i)                  “ Prohibited Series A Owner ” shall mean, with respect to any purported Transfer, any Person who, but for the provisions of Section 9(c), would Beneficially Own or Constructively Own shares of Series A Preferred Stock in violation of Section 9(b), and, if appropriate in the context, shall also mean any Person who would have been the record owner of shares of Series A Preferred Stock that the Prohibited Owner would have so owned.

 

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(ii)                “ Series A Beneficiary ” shall mean one or more beneficiaries of the Series A Trust as determined pursuant to Section 9(i), provided that each such organization must be described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Code and contributions to each such organization must be eligible for deduction under each of Sections 170(b)(1)(A), 2055 and 2522 of the Code.

  

(iii)              “ Series A Excepted Holder ” shall mean a holder of Series A Preferred Stock for whom a Series A Excepted Holder Limit is created by the Board pursuant to Section 9(n).

  

(iv)               “ Series A Excepted Holder Limit ” shall mean, provided that the affected Excepted Holder agrees to comply with the requirements established by the Board pursuant to Section 9(n) and subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 9(n), the percentage limit established by the Board pursuant to Section 9(n).

  

(v)                “ Series A Ownership Limit ” shall mean 9.8% (in value or in number of shares, whichever is more restrictive) of the aggregate of the outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock. The number and value of the outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be determined by the Board in good faith, which determination shall be conclusive for all purposes hereof.

  

(vi)               “ Series A Trust ” shall mean any trust provided for in Section 9(d).

  

(vii)             “ Series A Trustee ” shall mean the Person unaffiliated with the Company and any Prohibited Series A Owner that is appointed by the Company to serve as trustee of the Series A Trust.

  

(b)                Prior to the Restriction Termination Date but subject to Section 9(q), (i) no Person, other than a Series A Excepted Holder, shall Beneficially Own or Constructively Own shares of Series A Preferred Stock in excess of the Series A Ownership Limit and (ii) no Series A Excepted Holder shall Beneficially Own or Constructively Own shares of Series A Preferred Stock in excess of the Series A Excepted Holder Limit for such Series A Excepted Holder.

  

(c)                 If any Transfer of shares of Series A Preferred Stock occurs which, if effective or otherwise, would result in any Person Beneficially Owning or Constructively Owning shares of Series A Preferred Stock in violation of Section 9(b),

 

(i)                  then that number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock the Beneficial or Constructive Ownership of which otherwise would cause such Person to violate Section 9(b) (rounded up to the nearest whole share) shall be automatically transferred to a Series A Trust for the benefit of a Series A Beneficiary, as described in Sections 9(d) through (i) below, effective as of the close of business on the Business Day prior to the date of such Transfer, and such Person shall acquire no rights in such shares; or

  

(ii)                if the transfer to the Series A Trust described in clause (i) of this sentence would not be effective for any reason to prevent the violation of Section 9(b), then the Transfer of that number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock that otherwise would cause any Person to violate Section 9(b) shall be void  ab initio , and the intended transferee shall acquire no rights in such shares of Series A Preferred Stock.

  

(d)                Upon any purported transfer described in Section 9(c) that would result in a transfer of shares of Series A Preferred Stock to a Series A Trust, such shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be transferred to the Series A Trustee as trustee of a Series A Trust for the exclusive benefit of one or more Series A Beneficiaries. Such transfer to the Series A Trustee shall be effective as of the close of business on the Business Day prior to the purported transfer that results in the transfer to the Series A Trust pursuant to Section 9(c). The Series A Trustee shall be appointed by the Company and shall be a Person unaffiliated with the Company and any Prohibited Series A Owner. Each Series A Beneficiary shall be designated by the Company as provided in Section 9(i) below.

 

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(e)                 Shares of Series A Preferred Stock held by the Series A Trustee shall continue to be issued and outstanding shares. The Prohibited Series A Owner shall have no rights in the shares of Series A Preferred Stock held by the Series A Trustee. The Prohibited Series A Owner shall not benefit economically from ownership of any shares of Series A Preferred Stock held in trust by the Series A Trustee, shall have no rights to dividends or other Distributions on such shares and shall not possess any rights to vote or other rights attributable to such shares of Series A Preferred Stock held in the Series A Trust.

  

(f)                  The Trustee shall have all voting rights and rights to dividends or other Distributions with respect to shares of Series A Preferred Stock held in the Series A Trust, which rights shall be exercised for the exclusive benefit of the Series A Beneficiary. Any dividend or other Distribution paid prior to the discovery by the Company that shares of Series A Preferred Stock have been transferred to the Series A Trustee shall be paid by the recipient of such dividend or other Distribution to the Series A Trustee upon demand and any dividend or other Distribution authorized but unpaid shall be paid when due to the Series A Trustee. Any dividend or other Distribution so paid over to the Series A Trustee shall be held in trust for the Series A Beneficiary. The Prohibited Series A Owner shall have no voting rights with respect to shares of Series A Preferred Stock held in the Series A Trust and, subject to Maryland law, effective as of the date that Shares have been transferred to the Series A Trustee, the Series A Trustee shall have the authority (at the Series A Trustee's sole discretion) (i) to rescind as void any vote cast by a Prohibited Series A Owner prior to the discovery by the Company that shares of Series A Preferred Stock have been transferred to the Series A Trustee and (ii) to recast such vote in accordance with the desires of the Series A Trustee acting for the benefit of the Series A Beneficiary;  provided however , that if the Company has already taken irreversible corporate action, then the Series A Trustee shall not have the authority to rescind and recast such vote. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 9, until the Company has received notification that shares of Series A Preferred Stock have been transferred into a Series A Trust, the Company shall be entitled to rely on its stock transfer and other stockholder records for purposes of preparing lists of holders of Series A Preferred Stock entitled to vote at meetings, determining the validity and authority of proxies and otherwise conducting votes of holders of Series A Preferred Stock.

  

(g)                Within 20 days of receiving notice from the Company that shares of Series A Preferred Stock have been transferred to the Series A Trust, the Series A Trustee shall sell the shares held in the Series A Trust to a Person, designated by the Series A Trustee, whose ownership of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock will not violate the ownership limitations set forth in Section 9(b). Upon such sale, the interest of the Series A Beneficiary in the shares sold shall terminate and the Series A Trustee shall distribute the net proceeds of the sale to the Prohibited Series A Owner and to the Series A Beneficiary as provided in this Section 9(g). The Prohibited Series A Owner shall receive the lesser of (i) the price paid by the Prohibited Series A Owner for the shares or, if the Prohibited Series A Owner did not give value for the shares in connection with the event causing the shares to be held in the Series A Trust ( e.g, , in the case of a gift, devise or other such transaction), the Market Price of the shares on the day of the event causing the shares to be held in the Series A Trust and (ii) the price per share of Series A Preferred Stock received by the Series A Trustee from the sale or other disposition of the shares held in the Series A Trust. The Series A Trustee may reduce the amount payable to the Prohibited Series A Owner by the amount of dividends and other Distributions which have been paid to the Prohibited Series A Owner and are owed by the Prohibited Series A Owner to the Series A Trustee pursuant to Section 9(f). Any net sales proceeds in excess of the amount payable to the Prohibited Series A Owner shall be immediately paid to the Series A Beneficiary. If, prior to the discovery by the Company that shares of Series A Preferred Stock have been transferred to the Series A Trustee, such shares are sold by a Prohibited Series A Owner, then (x) such shares shall be deemed to have been sold on behalf of the Series A Trust and (y) to the extent that the Prohibited Series A Owner received an amount for such shares that exceeds the amount that such Prohibited Series A Owner was entitled to receive pursuant to this Section 9(g), such excess shall be paid to the Series A Trustee upon demand.

 

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(h)                Shares of Series A Preferred Stock transferred to the Series A Trustee shall be deemed to have been offered for sale to the Company, or its designee, at a price per share equal to the lesser of (i) the price per share in the transaction that resulted in such transfer to the Series A Trust (or, in the case of a devise or gift, the Market Price at the time of such devise or gift) and (ii) the Market Price on the date the Company, or its designee, accepts such offer. The Company may reduce the amount payable to the Prohibited Series A Owner by the amount of dividends and other Distributions which have been paid to the Prohibited Series A Owner and are owed by the Prohibited Series A Owner to the Series A Trustee pursuant to Section 9(f). The Company may pay the amount of such reduction to the Series A Trustee for the benefit of the Series A Beneficiary. The Company shall have the right to accept such offer until the Series A Trustee has sold the shares held in the Series A Trust pursuant to Section 9(g). Upon such a sale to the Company, the interest of the Series A Beneficiary in the shares sold shall terminate and the Series A Trustee shall distribute the net proceeds of the sale to the Prohibited Series A Owner.

  

(i)                  By written notice to the Series A Trustee, the Company may designate one or more nonprofit organizations to be the Series A Beneficiary of the interest in the Series A Trust such that (i) shares of Series A Preferred Stock held in the Series A Trust would not violate the restrictions set forth in Section 9(b) in the hands of such Series A Beneficiary and (ii) each such organization must be described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Code and contributions to each such organization must be eligible for deduction under each of Sections 170(b)(1)(A), 2055 and 2522 of the Code.

  

(j)                  If the Board or any duly authorized committee thereof shall at any time determine in good faith that a Transfer or other event has taken place that results in a violation of Section 9(b) or that a Person intends to acquire or has attempted to acquire Beneficial or Construction Ownership of any shares of Series A Preferred Stock in violation of Section 9(b) (whether or not such violation is intended), the Board or a committee thereof shall take such action as it deems advisable to refuse to give effect to or to prevent such Transfer or other event, including, without limitation, causing the Company to redeem shares of Series A Preferred Stock, refusing to give effect to such Transfer on the books of the Company or instituting proceedings to enjoin such Transfer or other event;  provided however , that any Transfer or attempted Transfer in violation of Section 9(b)) shall automatically result in the transfer to the Series A Trust described above, or, if applicable, shall be void  ab initio  as provided above irrespective of any action (or non-action) by the Board or a committee thereof.

  

(k)                Any Person who acquires or attempts or intends to acquire Beneficial Ownership or Constructive Ownership of shares of Series A Preferred Stock that will or may violate Section 9(b), or any Person who would have owned shares of Series A Preferred Stock that resulted in a transfer to the Series A Trust pursuant to Section 9(c), shall immediately give written notice to the Company of such event, or in the case of such a proposed or attempted transaction, give at least 15 days prior written notice, and shall provide to the Company such other information as the Company may request in order to determine the effect, if any, of such Transfer on the Company's qualification as a REIT.

 

(l)                  Subject to Section 9(q), nothing contained in this Section 9 shall limit the authority of the Board to take such other action as it deems necessary or advisable to protect the Company and the interests of the stockholders in preserving the Company's status as a REIT.

 

(m)               The Board shall have the power to determine the application of any provisions of this Section 9 and any definition in Section 9(a), including in the case of an ambiguity in the application of any provisions of this Section 9 or any such definition, with respect to any situation based on the facts known to it. In the event this Section 9 requires an action by the Board and the Charter fails to provide specific guidance with respect to such action, the Board shall have the power to determine the action to be taken so long as such action is not contrary to the provisions of Article V of the Charter or this Section 9. Absent a decision to the contrary by the Board (which the Board may make in its sole and absolute discretion), if a Person would have (but for the remedies set forth in Section 9(j) acquired Beneficial Ownership or Constructive Ownership of shares of Series A Preferred Stock in violation of Section 9(b), such remedies (as applicable) shall apply first to the shares of Series A Preferred Stock which, but for such remedies, would have been Beneficially Owned or Constructively Owned (but not actually owned) by such Person, pro rata among the Persons who actually own such shares of Series A Preferred Stock based upon the relative number of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock held by each such Person.

 

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(n)                Subject to Section 9(b), the Board, in its sole discretion, may (prospectively or retroactively) exempt a Person from the Series A Ownership Limit and establish or increase a Series A Excepted Holder Limit for such Person if:

  

(i)                  the Board obtains such representations, covenants and undertakings from such Person as are reasonably necessary to ascertain that no individual's Beneficial Ownership or Constructive Ownership of such shares of Series A Preferred Stock will violate Section 9(b);

  

(ii)                such Person does not, and represents that it will not, actually own or Constructively Own an interest in a tenant of the Company (or a tenant of any entity owned or controlled by the Company) that would cause the Company to actually own or Constructively Own more than a 9.9% interest (as set forth in Section 856(d)(2)(B) of the Code) in such tenant and the Board obtains such representations and undertakings from such Person as are reasonably necessary to ascertain this fact (for this purpose, a tenant from whom the Company (or an entity owned or controlled by the Company) derives (and is expected to continue to derive) a sufficiently small amount of revenue such that, in the opinion of the Board, rent from such tenant would not adversely affect the Company’s ability to qualify as a REIT, shall not be treated as a tenant of the Company); and

  

(iii)              such Person agrees that any violation or attempted violation of such representations or undertakings (or other action which is contrary to the restrictions contained in this Section 9) will result in such shares of Series A Preferred Stock being automatically transferred to a Series A Trust in accordance with Sections 9(d) through (i) above.

 

Prior to granting any exception pursuant to this Section 9(n), the Board may require a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service, or an opinion of counsel, in either case in form and substance satisfactory to the Board in its sole discretion, as it may deem necessary or advisable in order to determine or ensure the Company’s status as a REIT. Notwithstanding the receipt of any ruling or opinion, the Board may impose such conditions or restrictions as it deems appropriate in connection with granting such exception.

 

(o)                Subject to Section 5.7(ii)(a)(I)(B) of the Charter, an underwriter, placement agent or initial purchaser that participates in a public offering, a private placement or private resale of shares of Series A Preferred Stock may Beneficially Own or Constructively Own shares of Series A Preferred Stock in excess of the Series A Ownership Limit, but only to the extent necessary to facilitate such public offering, private placement or resale of such shares and provided that the restrictions contained in Section 5.7(ii)(a)(I) will not be violated following the distribution by such underwriter, placement agent or initial purchaser of such Shares.

 

(p)                Each certificate representing shares of Series A Preferred Stock, if certificated, shall bear a legend that substantially describes the foregoing restrictions on transfer and ownership or, instead of such legend, the certificate, if any, may state that the Company will furnish a full statement about certain restrictions on transferability to a stockholder on request and without charge.

 

(q)                Nothing in this Section 9 shall preclude the settlement of any transaction entered into through the facilities of the NYSE or any other national securities exchange or automated inter-dealer quotation system. The fact that the settlement of any transaction occurs shall not negate the effect of any provision of Section 9, and any transfer in such a transaction shall be subject to all of the provisions and limitations set forth in this Section 9.

 

10.                Conversion . The Series A Preferred Stock is not convertible into or exchangeable for any other property or securities of the Company, except as provided in Section 7 above.

  

11.                Term . The Series A Preferred Stock has no stated maturity date and shall not be subject to any sinking fund and is not subject to mandatory redemption. The Company shall not be required to set aside funds to redeem the Series A Preferred Stock.

 

12.                Status of Redeemed or Repurchased Series A Preferred Stock . All shares of Series A Preferred Stock redeemed, repurchased or otherwise acquired in any manner by the Company shall be retired and shall be restored to the status of authorized but unissued Preferred Stock, without designation as to series or class.

 

 

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SECOND : The shares of Series A Preferred Stock have been classified and designated by the Board under the authority contained in the Charter.

 

THIRD : These Articles Supplementary have been approved by the Board in the manner and by the vote required by law.

 

FOURTH : The undersigned acknowledges these Articles Supplementary to be the corporate act of the Company and, as to all matters or facts required to be verified under oath, the undersigned acknowledges that, to the best of his knowledge, information and belief, these matters and facts are true in all material respects and that this statement is made under the penalties for perjury.

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc. has caused these Articles Supplementary to be signed in its name and on its behalf by its Chief Executive Officer, and attested to by its Secretary on this 16th day of October, 2017.

 

 

  INNOVATIVE INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES, INC.
     
  By: /s/ Paul Smithers
  Paul Smithers, Chief Executive Officer and President
     
     
  Attest:
     
  By: /s/ Brian Wolfe
  Brian Wolfe, Secretary

  

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Exhibit 31.1

 

Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc.

Certification of Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

 

I, Paul Smithers, certify that:

 

1) I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc.;

 

2) Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3) Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4) The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have:

 

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

(b) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

(c) Disclosed in this report, any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5) The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting, which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

 

 

Date: November 9, 2017

 

  /s/ Paul Smithers   
  Paul Smithers
  Chief Executive Officer, President and Director

  

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 31.2

 

Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc.

Certification of Chief Financial Officer

Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

 

I, Catherine Hastings, certify that:

 

1) I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc.;

 

2) Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3) Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4) The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have:

 

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

(b) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

(c) Disclosed in this report, any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5) The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting, which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

 

 

Date: November 9, 2017

 

  /s/ Catherine Hastings x
  Catherine Hastings
  Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 32.1

 

Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc.

Certification Pursuant to

18 U.S.C. Section 1350,

as Adopted Pursuant to

Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

 

 

In connection with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc. (the "Company") for the period ended September 30, 2017, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Paul Smithers, Chief Executive Officer, President and Director of the Company, and I, Catherine Hastings, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer of the Company, each certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

 

1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
   
2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

 

November 9, 2017

 

  /s/ Paul Smithers
  Paul Smithers
  Chief Executive Officer, President and Director
   
   
  /s/ Catherine Hastings
  Catherine Hastings
  Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer