UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
(Mark One)
☒ | QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the quarterly period ended March 31, 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: 333-214130
Rodin Global Property Trust, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Maryland | 81-1310268 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
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110 E. 59 th Street, New York, NY | 10022 | |
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
(212) 938-5000
(Registrants telephone number, including area code)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☐ No ☑
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant 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 ☑ No ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of large accelerated filer, accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, and emerging growth company in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
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Non-accelerated filer | ☑ (Do not check if a smaller reporting company) | Smaller reporting company | ☐ | |||
Emerging growth company | ☑ |
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).
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No | ☑ |
Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuers classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.
As of May 12, 2017, the registrant had 8,180 Class A shares, $0.01 par value common stock outstanding.
RODIN GLOBAL PROPERTY TRUST, INC.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. | Financial Statements. |
RODIN GLOBAL PROPERTY TRUST, INC.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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RODIN GLOBAL PROPERTY TRUST, INC.
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RODIN GLOBAL PROPERTY TRUST, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)
Note 1 Organization and Business Purpose
Rodin Global Property Trust, Inc. (the Company) (1) was formed on February 2, 2016 as a Maryland corporation with the expectation to qualify as a real estate investment trust (REIT) for United States (U.S.) federal income tax purposes. The Company is currently 100% owned by Cantor Fitzgerald Investors, LLC (the Sponsor). The Companys consolidated financial statements include Rodin Global Property Trust Operating Partnership, L.P. (the Operating Partnership). Substantially all of the Companys business is expected to be conducted through the Operating Partnership, a Delaware partnership formed on February 11, 2016. The Company is the sole general and limited partner of the Operating Partnership. Unless the context otherwise requires, the Company refers to the Company and the Operating Partnership.
On February 2, 2016, the Company was capitalized with a $200,001 investment by the Sponsor through the purchase of 8,180 Class A shares of common stock. In addition, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Sponsor, Rodin Global Property Trust OP Holdings, LLC (the OP), has invested $1,000 in the Operating Partnership and has been issued a special class of limited partnership units (Special Units), which is recorded as a non-controlling interest on the consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2017.
As of March 31, 2017, the Company had not commenced its principal operations and has neither acquired nor contracted to acquire any properties or other assets.
The Company is a commercial real estate company formed to invest in and manage a diversified portfolio of income-producing commercial properties and other real estate-related assets. The Company intends to invest primarily in the acquisition of single-tenant net leased commercial properties located in the U.S., United Kingdom and other European countries.
The Company is externally managed by Rodin Global Property Advisors, LLC (the Advisor), a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of the Sponsor. The Sponsor is a wholly owned subsidiary of CFIM Holdings, LLC. CFIM Holdings, LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P. (CFLP).
Note 2 Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of Presentation
The consolidated financial statements are presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (U.S. GAAP) and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC. In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements contain all adjustments and eliminations, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments necessary for a fair presentation in conformity with U.S. GAAP.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of the consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities as of the date of the balance sheet. Management believes that the estimates utilized in preparing the consolidated balance sheets are reasonable. As such, actual results could differ from those estimates.
Principles of Consolidation
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company, the Operating Partnership and its consolidated subsidiaries. The Company consolidates variable interest entities, or VIEs, where it is the primary beneficiary and voting interest entities which are generally majority owned or otherwise controlled by the Company. All significant intercompany balances are eliminated in consolidation.
Note (1): | The Company was originally formed and initially filed its registration statement with the SEC on Form S-11 as Rodin Global Access Property Trust, Inc., its former name. |
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RODIN GLOBAL PROPERTY TRUST, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)
Cash and Cash Equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents consist of cash on hand and highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less.
Concentration of Credit Risk
Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist principally of cash and cash equivalents. At times, balances with any one financial institution may exceed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) insurance limits. The Company believes it mitigates this risk by investing its cash with high-credit quality financial institutions.
Organization and Offering Costs
The Advisor has agreed to pay, on behalf of the Company, all organizational and offering costs (including legal, accounting, and other costs attributable to the Companys organization and offering, but excluding upfront selling commissions, dealer manager fees and distribution fees) (Initial O&O Costs) through the first anniversary of the date (the Escrow Break Anniversary) on which the Company satisfies the minimum offering requirement (as defined in Note 3 below). The Company shall not be required to reimburse the Advisor for payment of the Initial O&O Costs prior to the Escrow Break Anniversary. Following the Escrow Break Anniversary, the Company will reimburse the Advisor for payment of the organization and offering costs ratably over a 36-month period; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to pay any amounts that as a result of such payment would cause the aggregate payments for organization and offering costs (less selling commissions, dealer manager fees and distribution fees) paid to the Advisor to exceed 1% of gross offering proceeds of the Offering as of such payment date. Any amounts not reimbursed in any period shall be included in determining any reimbursement liability for a subsequent period.
As of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, the Advisor has incurred Initial O&O Costs on the Companys behalf of $2,347,670 and $1,376,618, respectively. As of March 31, 2017, the Company is not legally obligated to reimburse the Advisor for the Initial O&O Costs. When recorded by the Company, the organizational costs will be expensed as incurred, and offering costs will be charged to stockholders equity and such amounts will be reimbursed to the Advisor by the Company.
Income Taxes
The Company intends to elect to be taxed as a REIT and to comply with the related provisions under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, commencing with the taxable year ended December 31 of the year in which the Company satisfies the minimum offering requirement. Accordingly, the Company generally will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax to the extent of its distributions to stockholders and as long as certain asset, income and share ownership tests are met. The Company expects to have little or no taxable income prior to electing REIT status. To qualify as a REIT, the Company must annually distribute at least 90% of its REIT taxable income to its stockholders and meet certain other requirements. Under certain circumstances, federal income and excise taxes may be due on its undistributed taxable income. The Company may also be subject to certain state, local and franchise taxes. If the Company fails to meet these requirements, it will be subject to U.S. federal income tax, which could have a material adverse impact on its results of operations and amounts available for distributions to its stockholders.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2014-09 Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606). Beginning January 1, 2018, companies will be required to recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services and also includes additional disclosure requirements. The new standard can be adopted either retrospectively to prior reporting periods presented or as a cumulative effect adjustment as of the date of adoption. The Company is currently evaluating the overall impact that ASU 2014-09 will have on the Companys financial statements, as well as the method of adoption. Based on the Companys preliminary assessment, the adoption of the new revenue recognition standard may accelerate the timing of revenue recognition where future contingencies exist. The Company is continuing to assess the impact the adoption of this guidance will have on its financial position, results of operations and cash flows.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases, which will require organizations that lease assets to recognize the assets and liabilities for the rights and obligations created by those leases on their balance sheet. Additional disclosure regarding a companys leasing activities will also be expanded under the new guidance. For public entities, ASU 2016-02 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years and requires a modified retrospective transition. The Company is currently evaluating the overall impact of this pronouncement on its consolidated financial statements from both a lessor and lessee standpoint.
In November 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-18, Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Restricted Cash. ASU 2016-18 is intended to clarify how entities present restricted cash in the statement of cash flows. The guidance requires entities to show the changes in the total of cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash in the statement of cash flows. As a result, entities will no longer present transfers between cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash in the statement of cash flows. When cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash are presented in more than one line item on the balance sheet, the new guidance requires a reconciliation of the totals in the statement of cash flows to the related captions in the balance sheet. The reconciliation can be presented either on the face of the statement of cash flows or in the notes to the financial statements. ASU 2016-18 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, but early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the overall impact of this pronouncement on its consolidated financial statements.
In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-01, Clarifying the Definition of a Business, which addresses the definition of a business and provides a framework to determine if an asset or group of assets to be acquired is not a business. The standard clarifies that when substantially all of the fair value of the gross assets to be acquired is concentrated in a single identifiable asset or group of similar identifiable assets, the asset or set of assets is not a business. ASU 2017-01 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, but early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the overall impact of this pronouncement on its consolidated financial statements.
Note 3 Stockholders Equity
Initial Public Offering
On October 17, 2016, the Company filed a registration statement with the SEC on Form S-11 in connection with the initial public offering of up to $1.25 billion in shares of common stock, consisting of up to $1.0 billion in shares in its primary offering and up to $250 million in shares pursuant to is distribution reinvestment plan (the Offering). The registration statement was subsequently declared effective on March 23, 2017.
The Company will determine its net asset value (NAV) as of the end of each quarter commencing with the first quarter during which the minimum offering requirement is satisfied. Until the Company commences valuations, the per share purchase price for shares of common stock in the Companys primary offering will be $26.32 per Class A Share, $25.51 per Class T Share and $25.00 per Class I Share and the price for each class of shares of common stock in the Companys distribution reinvestment plan will be $25.00. Thereafter, the Companys board of directors will adjust the offering prices of each class of shares such that the purchase price per share for each class will equal the NAV per share as of the most recent valuation date, as determined on a quarterly basis, plus applicable upfront selling commissions and dealer manager fees, less applicable support from our sponsor of a portion of selling commissions and dealer manager fees.
The Company has the right to reallocate the shares of common stock offered between the Companys primary offering and the Companys distribution reinvestment plan. The Class A shares, Class T shares and Class I shares have identical rights and privileges, including identical voting rights, but have different upfront selling commissions and dealer manager fees and the Class T shares have an ongoing distribution fee. The per share amount of distributions on Class T shares will be lower than the per share amount of distributions on Class A shares and Class I shares because of the on-going distribution fee that is payable with respect to Class T shares sold in the primary Offering. The Companys shares of common stock consist of Class A shares, Class T shares and Class I shares, all of which are collectively referred to herein as shares of common stock. As of March 31, 2017, the Companys total number of authorized common shares was 400,000,000 consisting of 160,000,000 of Class A authorized common shares, 200,000,000 of Class T authorized common shares and 40,000,000 of Class I authorized common shares. The Company will not sell any shares unless it has raised gross offering proceeds of $2 million by March 23, 2018, the date that is one year from the date the Offering became effective (the minimum offering requirement).
The Sponsor will pay a portion of selling commissions and all of the dealer manager fees, up to a total of 4.0% of gross offering proceeds from the sale of Class A shares, Class T shares and Class I shares, incurred in connection with the Offering. The Company will reimburse such expenses (i) immediately prior to or upon the occurrence of a liquidity event, including (A) the listing of the Companys common stock on a national securities exchange or (B) a merger, consolidation or a sale of substantially all of the Companys assets or any similar transaction or any transaction pursuant to which a majority of the Companys board of directors then in office are replaced or removed, or (ii) upon the termination of the advisory agreement by the Company or by the Advisor. In each such case, the Company only will reimburse the Sponsor after the Company has fully invested the proceeds from the Offering and the Companys stockholders have received, or are deemed to have received, in the aggregate, cumulative distributions equal to their invested capital plus a 6.0% cumulative, non-compounded annual pre-tax return on such invested capital.
The Company also authorized 50 million shares of preferred stock, $0.01 par value, which is not part of the Offering and no shares are issued or outstanding.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. (the Dealer Manager), a related party, provides dealer manager services in connection with the Offering. The Offering is a best efforts offering, which means that the Dealer Manager is not required to sell any specific number or dollar amount of shares of common stock in the Offering, but will use its best efforts to sell the shares of common stock. The Offering is a continuous offering that will end no later than two years after the effective date of the Offering, or March 23, 2019, unless extended by the Companys board of directors for up to an additional one year or beyond, as permitted by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company may continue to offer shares through the reinvestment plan after the primary offering terminates until the Company has sold $250 million in shares through the reinvestment of distributions.
As of March 31, 2017, the Company had not sold any shares of its common stock in the Offering.
Distributions
The Company has not declared or paid any distributions as of March 31, 2017.
The amount of distribution payable to the Company stockholders will be determined by the board of directors and is dependent on a number of factors, including funds available for distribution, the Companys financial condition, capital expenditure requirements, requirements of Maryland law and annual distribution requirements needed to qualify and maintain its status as a REIT. The Company board of directors may reduce the amount of distributions paid or suspend distribution payments at any time and therefore distribution payments are not assured.
To ensure that the Company has sufficient funds to cover cash distributions authorized and declared during the Offering, the Company and Sponsor entered into a distribution support agreement. The terms of the agreement provide that in the event that cash distributions exceed modified funds from operation MFFO, defined as a supplemental measure to reflect the operating performance of a non-traded REIT, for any calendar quarter through March 23, 2019, the Sponsor shall purchase Class I shares from the Company in an amount equal to the distribution shortfall, limited to $5,000,000 (less the amount of any shares purchased by the Sponsor in order to satisfy the minimum offering requirement).
Redemptions
The Company has not redeemed any shares of its common stock as of March 31, 2017.
After stockholders have held their shares for at least one year, stockholders may be able to have their shares repurchased by the Company pursuant to the share repurchase program. The Company will repurchase shares at a price equal to, or at a discount from, NAV per share of the share class being repurchased subject to certain holding period requirements which effect the repurchase price as a percentage of NAV.
The share repurchase program includes numerous restrictions that limit stockholders ability to have their shares repurchased. Unless the Companys board of directors determines otherwise, the funds available for repurchases in each quarter will be limited to the funds received from the distribution reinvestment plan in the prior quarter. The board of directors has complete discretion to determine whether all of such funds from the prior quarters distribution reinvestment plan will be applied to repurchases in the following quarter, whether such funds are needed for other purposes or whether additional funds from other sources may be used for repurchases. Further, during any calendar year, the Company may repurchase no more than 5% of the weighted-average number of shares outstanding during the prior calendar year. The Company also have no obligation to repurchase shares if the redemption would violate the restrictions on distributions under Maryland law, which prohibits distributions that would cause a corporation to fail to meet statutory tests of solvency. The Company may amend, suspend or terminate the program for any reason upon 10 business days notice.
Non-controlling Interest
The OP has invested $1,000 in the Operating Partnership and has been issued a special class of limited partnership units as part of the overall consideration for the services to be provided by the advisor. This investment has been recorded as non-controlling interest on the consolidated balance sheets as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively.
Note 4 Related Party Transactions
Pursuant to the advisory agreement between the Company and the Advisor, and subject to certain restrictions and limitations, the Advisor will be responsible for managing the Companys affairs on a day-to-day basis and for identifying, originating, acquiring and managing investments on behalf of the Company. For providing such services, the Advisor will receive fees and reimbursements from the Company. The following summarizes these fees and reimbursements:
Organization and Offering Expenses. The Company will reimburse the Advisor and its affiliates for organization and offering costs it incurs on the Companys behalf but only to the extent that the reimbursement does not cause the selling commissions, the dealer manager fee and the other organization and offering expenses borne by the Company to exceed 15.0% of gross
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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offering proceeds as of the date of the reimbursement. If the Company raises the maximum offering amount in the primary offering and under the distribution reinvestment plan, the Company estimates organization and offering expenses (other than selling commissions, dealer manager fees and distribution fees), in the aggregate, to be $12,500,000 or 1% of gross offering proceeds. These organization and offering costs include all costs (other than selling commissions, dealer manager fees and distribution fees) to be paid by the Company in connection with the Offering, including legal, accounting, printing, mailing and filing fees, charges of the transfer agent, charges of the Advisor for administrative services related to the issuance of shares in the Offering, reimbursement of bona fide due diligence expenses of broker-dealers, and reimbursement of the Advisor for costs in connection with preparing supplemental sales materials. The Advisor has agreed to advance all of the organization and offering expenses on the Companys behalf (other than selling commissions, dealer manager fees and distribution fees) through the first anniversary of the date on which the minimum offering requirement is satisfied. The Company will reimburse the Advisor for such costs ratably over the 36 months following the first anniversary of the date on which the Company satisfies the minimum offering requirement; provided that the Company will not be obligated to pay any amounts that as a result of such payment would cause the aggregate payments for organization and offering costs paid by the Advisor to exceed 1% of gross offering proceeds as of such payment date. For purposes of calculating the NAV, the organization and offering costs paid by the Advisor through the first anniversary of the date on which the Company satisfies the minimum offering requirement will not be reflected in the NAV until the Company reimburses the Advisor for these costs.
Acquisition Expenses. The Company does not intend to pay the Advisor any acquisition fees in connection with making investments. The Company will, however, provide reimbursement of customary acquisition expenses (including expenses relating to potential investments that the Company does not close), such as legal fees and expenses (including fees of in-house counsel of affiliates and other affiliated service providers that provide resources to the Company), costs of due diligence (including, as necessary, updated appraisals, surveys and environmental site assessments), travel and communication expenses, accounting fees and expenses and other closing costs and miscellaneous expenses relating to the acquisition or origination of the Companys investments. While most of the acquisition expenses are expected to be paid to third parties, a portion of the out-of-pocket acquisition expenses may be paid or reimbursed to the Advisor or its affiliates.
Distribution Fees. Distribution fees are payable to the Dealer Manager with respect to the Companys Class T shares only, all or a portion of which may be reallowed by the Dealer Manager to participating broker dealers. The distribution fees accrue daily and are calculated on outstanding Class T shares issued in the primary offering in an amount equal to 1.0% per annum of (i) the gross offering price per Class T share in the primary Offering, or (ii) if the Company is no longer offering shares in a public offering, the most recently published per share NAV of Class T shares. The distribution fee will be payable monthly in arrears and will be paid on a continuous basis from year to year.
The Company will cease paying distribution fees with respect to each Class T share on the earliest to occur of the following: (i) a listing of shares of common stock on a national securities exchange; (ii) such Class T share is no longer outstanding; (iii) the Dealer Managers determination that total underwriting compensation from all sources, including dealer manager fees, sales commissions, distribution fees and any other underwriting compensation paid with respect to all Class A shares, Class T shares and Class I shares would be in excess of 10.0% of the gross proceeds of the primary offering; or (iv) the end of the month in which the transfer agent, on the Companys behalf, determines that total underwriting compensation with respect to the Class T primary shares held by a stockholder within his or her particular account, including dealer manager fees, sales commissions and distribution fees, would be in excess of 10.0% of the total gross offering price at the time of the investment in the primary Class T shares held in such account.
The Company will not pay any distribution fees on shares sold pursuant to the Companys distribution reinvestment plan. The amount available for distributions on all Class T shares will be reduced by the amount of distribution fees payable with respect to the Class T shares issued in the primary offering such that all Class T shares will receive the same per share distributions.
Asset Management Fees. Asset management fees consist of monthly fees equal to one-twelfth of 1.25% of the cost of the Companys investments at the end of each month. In the case of investments made through joint ventures, the asset management fee will be determined based on the Companys proportionate share of the underlying investment.
Other Operating Expenses. The Company will reimburse the Advisors costs of providing administrative services, subject to the limitation that the Company generally will not reimburse the Advisor for any amount by which the total operating expenses at the end of the four preceding fiscal quarters exceeds the greater of (i) 2.0% of average invested assets (as defined in the advisory agreement) and (ii) 25.0% of net income other than any additions to reserves for depreciation, bad debts or other similar non-cash reserves and excluding any gain from the sale of investments for that period. After the end of any fiscal quarter
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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for which the total operating expenses exceed this 2%/25% limitation for the four fiscal quarters then ended, if the Companys independent directors exercise their right to conclude that this excess was justified, this fact will be disclosed in writing to the holders of shares of the Companys common stock within 60 days. If the independent directors do not determine such excess expenses are justified, the Advisor is required to reimburse the Company, at the end of the four preceding fiscal quarters, by the amount that the Companys aggregate annual total operating expenses paid or incurred exceed this 2%/25% limitation.
Additionally, the Company will reimburse the Advisor for personnel costs in connection with other services; however, the Company will not reimburse the Advisor for (a) personnel costs in connection with the services for which the Advisor earns disposition fees, or (b) the salaries and benefits of the Companys named executive officers.
Property Management and Oversight Fees. If the Advisor or an affiliate is a property manager with respect to a particular property, the Company will pay property management fees of 1.5% of gross revenues received for management of the Companys properties located in the U.S. and 2.0% of gross revenues received for management of the Companys properties located outside of the U.S. For services in overseeing property management services provided by any person or entity that is not an affiliate of the Advisor, the Company will pay the Advisor or an affiliate an oversight fee equal to 1.0% of the gross revenues of the property managed. Neither the Advisor nor its affiliates will be paid an oversight fee if the Company contracts with a third party to provide property management services for fees greater than (i) 1.5% of gross revenues received for management of the Companys properties located in the U.S. or (ii) 2.0% of gross revenues received for management of the Companys properties located outside of the U.S.
Leasing Commissions. If the Advisor or an affiliate is the Companys primary leasing agent, then the Company will pay customary leasing fees in amount that is usual and customary in that geographic area for that type of property.
Refinancing Coordination Fee. If the Advisor provides services in connection with the refinancing of any debt that the Company obtains and uses to finance properties or other permitted investments, or refinancing of any debt that is assumed, directly or indirectly, in connection with the acquisition of properties or other permitted investments, the Company will pay the Advisor a refinancing coordination fee equal to 0.75% of the amount available or outstanding under such refinancing or assumed debt. Refinancing shall also include restructuring, workouts or other recapitalization of any debt.
Disposition Fees. For substantial assistance in connection with the sale of investments and based on the services provided, as determined by the independent directors, the Company will pay a disposition fee in an amount equal to 2.0% of the contract sales price of each real property or other investment sold; provided, however, in no event may the disposition fee paid to the Advisor or its affiliates, when added to the real estate commissions paid to unaffiliated third parties, exceed the lesser of a competitive real estate commission or an amount equal to 6.0% of the contract sales price. If the Company takes ownership of a property as a result of a workout or foreclosure of a debt investment, the Company will pay a disposition fee upon the sale of such property.
The Company will not pay a disposition fee upon the maturity, prepayment, workout, modification or extension of a debt investment unless there is a corresponding fee paid by the borrower, in which case the disposition fee will be the lesser of: (i) 1.0% of the principal amount of the debt prior to such transaction; or (ii) the amount of the fee paid by the borrower in connection with such transaction.
In addition to the compensation paid to the Advisor outlined in the advisory agreement, the Advisor has agreed to pay, on behalf of the Company, all Initial O&O Costs (less selling commissions, dealer manager and distribution fees) through the Escrow Break Anniversary. The Company shall not be required to reimburse the Advisor for payment of the Initial O&O Costs prior to the Escrow Break Anniversary. Following the Escrow Break Anniversary, the Company will reimburse the Advisor for payment of the organization and offering costs ratably over a 36-month period; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to pay any amounts that as a result of such payment would cause the aggregate payments for organization and offering costs (less selling commissions, dealer manager fees and distribution fees) paid to the Advisor to exceed 1% of gross offering proceeds of the Offering as of such payment date. Any amounts not reimbursed in any period shall be included in determining any reimbursement for a subsequent period.
In addition, Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. (the Dealer Manager), will serve as the Dealer Manager for the Offering. The Dealer Manager is a registered broker-dealer affiliated with the Sponsor. The Company entered into an agreement with the Dealer Manager (the Dealer Manager Agreement) and is obligated to pay various commissions and fees with respect to the Class
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)
A, Class T and Class I shares distributed in the Offering and shall continue until such shares are no longer outstanding. For providing such services, the Dealer Manager will receive fees from the Advisor. The following summarizes these fees:
Selling Commissions . Selling commissions payable to the Dealer Manager consist of (i) up to 1.0% of gross offering proceeds paid by the Sponsor for Class A shares and Class T shares and (ii) up to 5.0% and 2.0% of gross offering proceeds from the sale of Class A shares and Class T shares, respectively, in the primary offering. All or a portion of such selling commissions may be reallowed to participating broker dealers. No selling commissions will be payable with respect to Class I Shares.
Dealer Manager Fees. Dealer manager fees payable to the Dealer Manager consist of up to 3.0% of gross offering proceeds from the sale of Class A shares and Class T shares sold in the primary offering and up to 1.5% of gross offering proceeds from the sale of Class I shares sold in the primary offering, all of which will be paid by the Sponsor. A portion of such dealer manager fees may be reallowed to participating broker dealers as a marketing fee.
To ensure that the Company has sufficient funds to cover cash distributions authorized and declared during the Offering, the Company and Sponsor entered into a distribution support agreement. The terms of the agreement provide that in the event that cash distributions exceed modified funds from operation MFFO, defined as a supplemental measure to reflect the operating performance of a non-traded REIT, for any calendar quarter through March 23, 2019, the Sponsor shall purchase Class I shares from the Company in an amount equal to the distribution shortfall, limited to $5,000,000 (less the amount of any shares purchased by the Sponsor in order to satisfy the minimum offering requirement).
The Sponsor will pay a portion of selling commissions and all of the dealer manager fees, up to a total of 4.0% of gross offering proceeds from the sale of Class A shares, Class T shares and Class I shares, incurred in connection with the Offering. The Company will reimburse such expenses (i) immediately prior to or upon the occurrence of a liquidity event, including (A) the listing of the Companys common stock on a national securities exchange or (B) a merger, consolidation or a sale of substantially all of the Companys assets or any similar transaction or any transaction pursuant to which a majority of the Companys board of directors then in office are replaced or removed, or (ii) upon the termination of the advisory agreement by the Company or by the Advisor. In each such case, the Company only will reimburse the Sponsor after the Company has fully invested the proceeds from the Offering and the Companys stockholders have received, or are deemed to have received, in the aggregate, cumulative distributions equal to their invested capital plus a 6.0% cumulative, non-compounded annual pre-tax return on such invested capital.
As of March 31, 2017, no amounts were incurred or paid under the agreements outlined above.
Note 5 Economic Dependency
The Company is dependent on the Advisor and its affiliates for certain services that are essential to the Company, including the sale of the Companys shares of capital stock, acquisition and disposition decisions and certain other responsibilities. In the event that the Advisor is unable or unwilling to provide such services, the Company would be required to find alternative service providers.
Note 6 Commitments and Contingencies
As of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, the Company was not subject to litigation nor was the Company aware of any material litigation pending against it.
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Item 2. | Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations . |
The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto appearing elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. In addition to historical data, this discussion contains forward-looking statements about Rodin Global Property Trust, Inc.s (the Company) business, operations and financial performance based on current expectations that involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. The Companys actual results may differ materially from those in this discussion as a result of various factors, including but not limited to those discussed under Risk Factors in the Companys Registration Statement on Form S-11 (File No. 333-214130) (the Registration Statement) and elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. The Company does not undertake to revise or update any forward-looking statements.
Forward-Looking Statements
This Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements about the Companys business, including, in particular, statements about the Companys plans, strategies and objectives. You can generally identify forward-looking statements by the Companys use of forward-looking terminology such as may will, expect, intend, anticipate, estimate, believe, continue or other similar words. These statements include the Companys plans and objectives for future operations, including plans and objectives relating to future growth and availability of funds, and are based on current expectations that involve numerous risks and uncertainties. Assumptions relating to these statements involve judgments with respect to, among other things, future economic, competitive and market conditions and future business decisions, all of which are difficult or impossible to accurately predict and many of which are beyond the Companys control. Although the Company believes the assumptions underlying the forward-looking statements, and the forward-looking statements themselves, are reasonable, any of the assumptions could be inaccurate and, therefore, there can be no assurance that these forward-looking statements will prove to be accurate and the Companys actual results, performance and achievements may be materially different from that expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. In light of the significant uncertainties inherent in these forward looking statements, the inclusion of this information should not be regarded as a representation by the Company or any other person that the Companys objectives and plans, which the Company considers to be reasonable, will be achieved.
Factors that could cause the Companys results to be materially different include, but are not limited to the following:
| the Companys ability to successfully raise capital in the Offering; |
| the Companys dependence on the resources and personnel of the Advisor, the Sponsor and their affiliates, including the Advisors ability to source and close on attractive investment opportunities on the Companys behalf; |
| the performance of the Advisor and the Sponsor; |
| the Companys ability to deploy capital quickly and successfully and achieve a diversified portfolio consistent with target asset classes; |
| the Companys ability to access financing for its investments; |
| the Companys liquidity; |
| the Companys ability to make distributions to its stockholders, including from sources other than cash flow from operations; |
| the effect of paying distributions to stockholders from sources other than cash flow provided by operations; |
| the lack of a public trading market for the Companys shares; |
| the impact of economic conditions on the tenants, borrowers and others who the Company depends on to make payments to it; |
| the Advisors ability to attract and retain sufficient personnel to support growth and operations; |
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| the Companys limited operating history; |
| difficulties in economic conditions generally and the real estate, debt, and securities markets specifically; |
| changes in the Companys business or investment strategy; |
| environmental compliance costs and liabilities; |
| any failure in the Advisors due diligence to identify all relevant facts in the Companys underwriting process or otherwise; |
| the impact of market and other conditions influencing the availability of equity versus debt investments and performance of the Companys investments relative to its expectations and the impact on the actual return on invested equity, as well as the cash provided by these investments; |
| defaults on or non-renewal of leases by tenants, lease renewals at lower than expected rent, or failure to lease properties at all or on favorable rents and terms; |
| the degree and nature of the Companys competition; |
| risks associated with using debt to fund the Companys business activities, including re-financing and interest rate risks; |
| illiquidity of investments in the Companys portfolio; |
| the Companys ability to finance its transactions; |
| the effectiveness of the Companys risk management systems; |
| availability of opportunities, including the Advisors ability to source and close on income-producing commercial properties and other real estate-related assets; |
| the Companys ability to realize current and expected returns over the life of its investments; |
| the Companys ability to maintain effective internal controls; |
| regulatory requirements with respect to the Companys business, as well as the related cost of compliance; |
| the Companys ability to qualify and maintain its qualification as a REIT for federal income tax purposes and limitations imposed on the Companys business by its status as a REIT; |
| changes in laws or regulations governing various aspects of the Companys business and non-traded REITs generally, including, but not limited to, changes implemented by the Department of Labor or FINRA and changes to laws governing the taxation of REITs; |
| the Companys ability to maintain its exemption from registration under the Investment Company Act; |
| general volatility in domestic and international capital markets and economies; |
| effect of regulatory actions, litigation and contractual claims against the Company and its affiliates, including the potential settlement and litigation of such claims; |
| the impact of any conflicts arising among the Company and the Sponsor and its affiliates; |
| the adequacy of the Companys cash reserves and working capital; |
| increases in interest rates, operating costs, or greater than expected capital expenditures; |
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| the timing of cash flows, if any, from the Companys investments; and |
| other risks associated with investing in the Companys targeted investments. |
The foregoing list of factors is not exhaustive. Factors that could have a material adverse effect on the Companys operations and future prospects are set forth in Risk Factors section of the Companys Registration Statement on Form S-11 (File No. 333-214130). The factors set forth in the Risk Factors section could cause the Companys actual results to differ significantly from those contained in any forward-looking statement contained in this report.
Overview
Rodin Global Property Trust, Inc. is a newly organized Maryland corporation that intends to qualify as a real estate investment trust (REIT) beginning with the taxable year ending December 31, 2017. The Company is externally managed by Rodin Global Property Advisors, LLC (the Advisor), a Delaware limited liability company and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Companys sponsor, Cantor Fitzgerald Investors, LLC (the Sponsor). The Company is a commercial real estate company formed to invest in and manage a diversified portfolio of income-producing commercial properties and other real estate-related assets. The Company intends to invest primarily in the acquisition of single-tenant net leased commercial properties located in the United States (U.S.), United Kingdom and other European countries.
The Company was incorporated in the State of Maryland on February 2, 2016 under the name Rodin Global Access Property Trust, Inc. On September 12, 2016, the Company changed its name to Rodin Global Property Trust, Inc.
The Company plans to own substantially all of its assets and conduct its operations through Rodin Global Property Trust Operating Partnership, LP (the Operating Partnership). The Company is the sole general partner and limited partner of the Operating Partnership and the Companys sponsors wholly owned subsidiary, Rodin Global Property Trust OP Holdings, LLC (the OP), is the sole special unit holder of the Operating Partnership.
On February 2, 2016, the Company was capitalized with a $201,001 investment by the Sponsor. As of March 31, 2017, the Company had neither engaged in any principal operations nor generated any revenues or incurred any expenses, and its primary activity since inception through March 31, 2017 was to prepare for the proposed fundraising through its proposed stock offering. The Company has registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) an offering of up to $1.25 billion in shares of common stock, consisting of up to $1.0 billion in shares in the Companys primary offering and up to $250 million in shares pursuant to its distribution reinvestment plan (the Offering). The Companys Registration Statement was declared effective by the SEC on March 23, 2017.
The Company will determine its net asset value (NAV) as of the end of each quarter commencing with the first quarter during which the minimum offering requirement is satisfied. Until the Company commences quarterly valuations of its assets and liabilities, the Company will sell its shares on a continuous basis at a price of $26.32 per Class A Share, $25.51 per Class T Share and $25.00 per Class I Share. Thereafter, the board of directors will adjust the offering prices of each class of shares such that the purchase price per share for each class will equal the NAV per share as of the most recent valuation date, as determined on a quarterly basis, plus applicable upfront selling commissions and dealer manager fees, less applicable sponsor support. The Company expects that it will publish any adjustment to the NAV and the corresponding adjustments to the offering prices of its shares ordinarily within 45 days after the end of the applicable fiscal quarter.
The Company intends to invest primarily in the acquisition of single-tenant net leased commercial properties. The Company may also originate and invest in loans related to net leased commercial properties and invest in commercial real estate related securities. All properties will be acquired by the Company and operated by the Advisor. As of March 31, 2017, the Company had not commenced principal operations and had not entered into any arrangements to acquire any properties or real estate-related securities. The number and type of properties or real estate-related securities that the Company acquires will depend upon real estate market conditions, the amount of proceeds the Company raises in its offerings and other circumstances existing at the time the Company is acquiring such assets.
The Company has no direct employees and has retained the Advisor to manage its affairs on a day-to-day basis. The Advisors responsibilities include, but are not limited to, providing real estate-related services, including services related to originating investments, negotiating financing, and providing property-level asset management services, property management services, leasing and construction oversight services and disposition services, as needed. The Advisor is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Sponsor and therefore, the Advisor and Sponsor are related parties. The Advisor will receive, as applicable, compensation,
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fees and expense reimbursements for services related to the investment and management of the Companys assets. Such entities will receive fees, distributions and other compensation during the offering, acquisition, operational and liquidation stages.
The Company is not aware of any material trends or uncertainties, favorable or unfavorable, other than national economic conditions affecting real estate generally, that may be reasonably anticipated to have a material impact on either capital resources or the revenues or income to be derived from acquiring properties or real estate-related securities, other than those referred to in the Registration Statement.
Critical Accounting Policies
Below is a discussion of the accounting policies that management believes will be critical once the Company commences principal operations. The Company considers these policies critical because they involve significant judgments and assumptions, and they require estimates about matters that are inherently uncertain and they are important for understanding and evaluating the Companys reported financial results. The accounting policies have been established to conform with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (U.S. GAAP). The preparation of the financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP requires management to use judgments in the application of such policies. These judgments will affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the dates of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting periods. With different estimates or assumptions, materially different amounts could be reported in the Companys financial statements. Additionally, other companies may utilize different estimates that may impact the comparability of the Companys results of operations to those of companies in similar businesses.
Reimbursement of Organization and Offering Costs
The Advisor has agreed to pay, on behalf of the Company, all organizational and offering costs (including legal, accounting, and other costs attributable to the Companys organization and offering, but excluding upfront selling commissions, dealer manager fees and distribution fees) (Initial O&O Costs) through the first anniversary of the date on which the Company satisfies the minimum Offering requirement (the Escrow Break Anniversary). The Company shall not be required to reimburse the Advisor for payment of the Initial O&O Costs prior to the Escrow Break Anniversary. Following the Escrow Break Anniversary, the Company will reimburse the Advisor for payment of the Initial O&O Costs ratably over a 36-month period; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to pay any amounts that as a result of such payment would cause the aggregate payments for Initial O&O Costs (less selling commissions, dealer manager fees and distribution fees) paid to the Advisor to exceed 1% of gross offering proceeds of the Offering as of such payment date. Any amounts not reimbursed in any period shall be included in determining any reimbursement for a subsequent period.
Variable Interest Entities
A Variable Interest Entity (VIE) is an entity that lacks one or more of the characteristics of a voting interest entity. A VIE is defined as an entity in which equity investors do not have the characteristics of a controlling financial interest or do not have sufficient equity at risk for the entity to finance its activities without additional subordinated financial support from other parties. The determination of whether an entity is a VIE includes both a qualitative and quantitative analysis. The Company bases the qualitative analysis on the Companys review of the design of the entity, its organizational structure including decision-making ability and relevant financial agreements and the quantitative analysis on the forecasted cash flow of the entity. The Company will reassess the initial evaluation of an entity as a VIE upon the occurrence of certain reconsideration events. A VIE must be consolidated only by its primary beneficiary, which is defined as the party who, along with its affiliates and agents has both the: (i) power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the VIEs economic performance and (ii) obligation to absorb the losses of the VIE or the right to receive the benefits from the VIE, which could be significant to the VIE. The Company will determine whether it is the primary beneficiary of a VIE by considering qualitative and quantitative factors, including, but not limited to: which activities most significantly impact the VIEs economic performance and which party controls such activities; the amount and characteristics of its investment; the obligation or likelihood for us or other interests to provide financial support; consideration of the VIEs purpose and design, including the risks the VIE was designed to create and pass through to its variable interest holders and the similarity with and significance to the Companys business activities and other interests. The Company will reassess the determination of whether it is the primary beneficiary of a VIE each reporting period. Significant judgments related to these determinations include estimates about the current and future fair value and performance of investments held by these VIEs and general market conditions.
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Voting Interest Entities
A voting interest entity is an entity in which the total equity investment at risk is sufficient to enable it to finance its activities independently and the equity holders have the power to direct the activities of the entity that most significantly impact its economic performance, the obligation to absorb the losses of the entity and the right to receive the residual returns of the entity. The usual condition for a controlling financial interest in a voting interest entity is ownership of a majority voting interest. If the Company has a majority voting interest in a voting interest entity, the entity will generally be consolidated. The Company will not consolidate a voting interest entity if there are substantive participating rights by other parties and/or kick-out rights by a single party. The Company will perform on-going reassessments of whether entities previously evaluated under the voting interest framework have become VIEs, based on certain events, and therefore subject to the VIE consolidation framework.
Accounting for Investments
Operating Real Estate
Operating real estate will be carried at historical cost less accumulated depreciation. The Company will follow the purchase method for an acquisition of operating real estate, where the purchase price is allocated to tangible assets such as land, building, tenant and land improvements and other identified intangibles. Major replacements and betterments which improve or extend the life of the asset will be capitalized and depreciated over their useful life. Ordinary repairs and maintenance will be expensed as incurred. Operating real estate will be depreciated using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets. Costs directly related to an acquisition deemed to be a business combination will be expensed in earnings.
Real Estate Debt Investments
Real estate debt investments will be generally intended to be held to maturity and, accordingly, will be carried at cost, net of unamortized loan fees, premium, discount and unfunded commitments. Real estate debt investments that are deemed to be impaired will be carried at amortized cost less a loan loss reserve, if deemed appropriate. Real estate debt investments where the Company does not have the intent to hold the loan for the foreseeable future or until its expected payoff will be classified as held for sale and recorded at the lower of cost or estimated value.
Real Estate Securities
The Company will classify its real estate securities investments as available for sale on the acquisition date, which will be carried at fair value. Unrealized gains (losses) will be recorded as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income, or OCI. However, the Company may elect the fair value option for certain of its available for sale securities, and as a result, any unrealized gains (losses) on such securities are recorded in earnings.
Investments in Unconsolidated Ventures
Non-controlling, unconsolidated ownership interests in an entity may be accounted for using the equity method, at fair value or the cost method. Under the equity method, the investment will be adjusted each period for capital contributions and distributions and its share of the entitys net income (loss). Capital contributions, distributions and net income (loss) of such entities will be recorded in accordance with the terms of the governing documents. An allocation of net income (loss) may differ from the stated ownership percentage interest in such entity as a result of preferred returns and allocation formulas, if any, as described in such governing documents. Equity method investments will be recognized using a cost accumulation model in which the investment will be recognized based on the cost to the investor, which includes acquisition expenses. Acquisition expenses incurred directly in connection with the investment in a joint venture will be capitalized and amortized using the straight-line method over the estimated useful life of the underlying joint venture assets. The Company may account for an investment in an unconsolidated entity at fair value by electing the fair value option. The company will record the change in fair value for its share of the projected future cash flow of such investments from one period to another in earnings. Any change in fair value attributed to market related assumptions will be considered unrealized gain (loss). The Company may account for an investment that does not qualify for equity method accounting or for which the fair value option was not elected using the cost method if the Company determines the investment is insignificant to the unconsolidated entity. Under the cost method, equity in earnings is recorded as dividends are received to the extent they are not considered a return of capital, which is recorded as a reduction of cost of the investment.
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Fair Value Option
The fair value option provides an election that allows a company to irrevocably elect fair value for certain financial assets and liabilities on an instrument-by-instrument basis at initial recognition. The Company will generally not elect the fair value option for its assets and liabilities. However, it may elect to apply the fair value option for certain investments. Any change in fair value for assets and liabilities for which the election is made is recognized in earnings.
Fair Value Measurement
The fair value of financial instruments is categorized based on the priority of the inputs to the valuation technique and categorized into a three-level fair value hierarchy. The fair value hierarchy gives the highest priority to quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3). If the inputs used to measure the financial instruments fall within different levels of the hierarchy, the categorization is based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement of the instrument. Financial assets and liabilities recorded at fair value on the Companys consolidated balance sheets are categorized based on the inputs to the valuation techniques as follows:
Level 1. | Quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in an active market. |
Level 2. | Financial assets and liabilities whose values are based on the following: |
a) | Quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets. |
b) | Quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in non-active markets. |
c) | Pricing models whose inputs are observable for substantially the full term of the asset or liability. |
d) | Pricing models whose inputs are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the asset or liability. |
Level 3. | Prices or valuation techniques based on inputs that are both unobservable and significant to the overall fair value measurement. |
Financial assets and liabilities recorded at fair value on a recurring or non-recurring basis will be classified in their entirety based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. Management will determine that prices are representative of fair value and assign the appropriate level in the fair value hierarchy through a review of available data, including observable and unobservable inputs, recent transactions, as well as its knowledge and experience of the market.
Revenue Recognition
Operating Real Estate
Rental and other income from operating real estate will be derived from leasing of space to various types of tenants. The leases will be for fixed terms of varying length and generally provide for annual rentals and expense reimbursements to be paid in monthly installments. Rental income from leases will be recognized on a straight-line basis over the term of the respective leases.
Real Estate Debt Investments
Interest income will be recognized on an accrual basis and any related premium, discount, origination costs and fees will be amortized over the life of the investment using the effective interest method. The amortization will be reflected as an adjustment to interest income in earnings. The amortization of a premium or accretion of a discount will be discontinued if such loan is reclassified to held for sale.
Credit Losses and Impairment on Investments
Operating Real Estate
The Companys real estate portfolio will be reviewed on a periodic basis, to assess whether there are any indicators that the value of its operating real estate may be impaired or that its carrying value may not be recoverable. A propertys value is considered impaired if managements estimate of the aggregate expected future undiscounted cash flow generated by the property is less than the carrying value. In conducting this review, management will consider global macroeconomic factors, real estate sector conditions and asset specific and other factors including the tenants financial well being. To the extent an impairment has occurred, the loss will be measured as the excess of the carrying value of the property over the estimated fair
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value and recorded in impairment on operating real estate in the Companys consolidated statements of operations. An allowance for a doubtful account for a tenant receivable will be established based on a periodic review of aged receivables resulting from estimated losses due to the inability of tenants to make required rent and other payments contractually due. Additionally, the Company will establish, on a current basis, an allowance for future tenant credit losses on unbilled rent receivable based on an evaluation of the collectability of such amounts.
Real Estate Debt Investments
Loans will be considered impaired when, based on current information and events, it is probable that the Company will not be able to collect principal and interest amounts due according to the contractual terms. The Company will assess the credit quality of the portfolio and adequacy of loan loss reserves on a periodic basis. Significant judgment of management will be required in this analysis. The Company will consider the estimated net recoverable value of the loan as well as other factors, including but not limited to the fair value of any collateral, the amount and the status of any senior debt, the quality and financial condition of the borrower and tenants and the competitive situation of the area where the underlying collateral is located. Because this determination will be based on projections of future economic events, which are inherently subjective, the amount ultimately realized may differ materially from the carrying value as of the balance sheet date. If upon completion of the assessment, the estimated fair value of the underlying collateral is less than the net carrying value of the loan, a loan loss reserve will be recorded with a corresponding charge to provision for loan losses. The loan loss reserve for each loan will be maintained at a level that is determined to be adequate by management to absorb probable losses.
Income recognition will be suspended for a loan at the earlier of the date at which payments become 90-days past due or when, in the opinion of management, a full recovery of income and principal becomes doubtful. When the ultimate collectability of the principal of an impaired loan is in doubt, all payments will be applied to principal under the cost recovery method. When the ultimate collectability of the principal of an impaired loan is not in doubt, contractual interest will be recorded as interest income when received, under the cash basis method until an accrual is resumed when the loan becomes contractually current and performance is demonstrated to be resumed. A loan will be written off when it is no longer realizable and/or legally discharged.
Real Estate Securities
Real estate securities for which the fair value option is elected will not be evaluated for other-than-temporary impairment, or OTTI, as any change in fair value will be recorded in earnings.
Real estate securities for which the fair value option is not elected will be evaluated for OTTI periodically. Impairment of a security will be considered to be other-than-temporary when: (i) the holder has the intent to sell the impaired security; (ii) it is more likely than not the holder will be required to sell the security; or (iii) the holder does not expect to recover the entire amortized cost of the security. When a security has been deemed to be other-than-temporarily impaired due to (i) or (ii), the security is written down to its fair value and an OTTI is recognized in earnings. In the case of (iii), the security is written down to its fair value and the amount of OTTI is then bifurcated into: (a) the amount related to expected credit losses and (b) the amount related to fair value adjustments in excess of expected credit losses. The portion of OTTI related to expected credit losses will be recognized in earnings. The remaining OTTI related to the valuation adjustment will be recognized as a component of accumulated OCI. Once the OTTI is recorded, this will become the new amortized cost basis, and the difference between the expected cash flows and the new amortized cost basis will be accreted through interest income.
Real estate securities which are not high-credit quality will be considered to have an OTTI if the security has an unrealized loss and there has been an adverse change in expected cash flow. The amount of OTTI will then be bifurcated as discussed above.
Income Taxes
As a REIT, the Company will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax with respect to the portion of the Companys income that meets certain criteria and is distributed annually to stockholders. The Company intends to operate in a manner that allows it to meet the requirements for taxation as a REIT. Many of these requirements, however, are highly technical and complex. The Company will monitor the business and transactions that may potentially impact the Companys REIT status. If the Company were to fail to meet these requirements, it could be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the Companys taxable income at regular corporate rates. The Company would not be able to deduct distributions paid to stockholders in any year in which it fails to qualify as a REIT. The Company would also be disqualified for the four taxable years following the year during which qualification was lost unless the Company was entitled to relief under specific statutory provisions.
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Emerging Growth Company
The Company is and will remain an Emerging Growth Company, as defined in the JOBS Act, until the earliest to occur of (i) the last day of the fiscal year during which the Companys total annual gross revenues equal or exceed $1 billion (subject to adjustment for inflation); (ii) the last day of the fiscal year following the fifth anniversary of the initial public offering; (iii) the date on which the Company has, during the previous three-year period, issued more than $1 billion in non-convertible debt; or (iv) the date on which the Company is deemed a large accelerated filer under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act). Section 107 of the JOBS Act provides that an emerging growth company can take advantage of the extended transition period provided in Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act for complying with new or revised accounting standards. Additionally, the Company is eligible to take advantage of certain other exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies, including, but not limited to, not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in the Companys periodic reports and proxy statements and exemptions from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and stockholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved. The Company has chosen to opt out of that extended transition period and as a result the Company will comply with new or revised accounting standards on the relevant dates on which adoption of such standards is required for non-emerging growth companies. Section 107 of the JOBS Act provides that the Companys decision to opt out of the extended transition period for complying with new or revised accounting standards is irrevocable. Otherwise, the Company has not yet made a decision whether to take advantage of any or all of the exemptions available to it under the JOBS Act.
Results of Operations
As of March 31, 2017, the Company has not commenced its principal operations. The Company is dependent upon the proceeds from the Offering in order to conduct its investment activities and intends to make investments with the capital received from the Offering. As of March 31, 2017, the Company has not acquired any properties or other assets.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
The Company is dependent upon the net proceeds from the Offering to conduct its principal operations. The Company will obtain the capital required to purchase real estate and real estate-related investments and conduct its operations from the proceeds of the Offering, any future offerings, from secured or unsecured financings from banks and other lenders and from any undistributed funds from its operations.
If the Company is unable to raise substantial funds in the Offering, it will make fewer investments resulting in less diversification in terms of the type, number and size of investments it makes and the value of an investment in the Company will fluctuate with the performance of the limited assets it acquires. Further, the Company will have certain fixed operating expenses, including certain expenses as a REIT, regardless of whether it is able to raise substantial funds in the Offering. The Companys inability to raise substantial funds would increase its fixed operating expenses as a percentage of gross income, reducing its net income and limiting its ability to make distributions.
The Company expects to use debt financing as a source of capital. The Companys charter limits the Company from incurring debt if the Companys borrowings exceed 300% of the cost of the Companys net assets, which is estimated to approximate 75% of the cost of its tangible assets (before deducting depreciation or other non-cash reserves), though the Company may exceed this limit under certain circumstances. Once the Company has fully deployed the proceeds of the Offering, the Company expects its debt financing and other liabilities may likely be approximately 50% of the cost of its tangible assets (before adjusting for depreciation or other non-cash reserves), although it may exceed this level during the offering stage. As of March 31, 2017, the Company does not have any outstanding debt.
In addition to making investments in accordance with its investment objectives, the Company expects to use its capital resources to make certain payments to the Advisor and Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. (the Dealer Manager). During the organization and offering stage, the payments will include payments to the Dealer Manager for selling commissions, dealer manager fees, and distribution fee payments and to the Advisor for reimbursement of certain organization and offering costs. With regards to the total organization and offering costs, including selling commissions, dealer manager fees, distribution fees and reimbursement of other organization and offering costs, will not exceed 15% of the gross proceeds of the Offering, including proceeds from sales of shares under the Companys distribution reinvestment plan. Additionally, the Company expects to make payments to the Advisor in connection with the management of its assets and costs incurred by the Advisor in providing services to the Company.
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The Company anticipates that over time adequate cash will be generated from operations to fund its operating and administrative expenses, continuing debt service obligations and the payment of distributions. However, the Companys ability to finance its operations is subject to some uncertainties. The Companys ability to generate working capital is dependent on its ability to attract and retain tenants, investments that generate cash flow, and the economic and business environments of the various markets in which the Companys properties will be located. The Companys ability to sell its assets is partially dependent upon the state of real estate markets and the ability of purchasers to obtain financing at reasonable commercial rates. In general, the Company policy is to pay distributions from cash flow from operations but should operations not be sufficient to fund cash distributions, the Company has entered into a distribution support agreement with the Sponsor to purchase up to $5 million in Class I shares from the Company (less the amount of any shares purchased by the Sponsor in order to satisfy the minimum offering requirement), through March 23, 2019, to provide additional cash to support distributions (the Distribution Support Agreement). However, if the Company has not generated sufficient cash flow from its operations and other sources, such as from the Distribution Support Agreement advances from the Advisor, or the Advisors deferral, suspension and/or waiver of its fees and expense reimbursements, to fund distributions, the Company may use the proceeds from the Offering for such purposes. Moreover, the Companys board of directors may change its policy to generally pay distributions from cash flow from operations, in its sole discretion, at any time.
Distributions
The Company has not declared or paid any distributions as of March 31, 2017.
The amount of distributions payable to the Companys stockholders will be determined by the board of directors and is dependent on a number of factors, including funds available for distribution, the Companys financial condition, capital expenditure requirements, requirements of Maryland law and annual distribution requirements needed to qualify and maintain its status as a REIT. The Company board of directors may reduce the amount of distributions paid or suspend distribution payments at any time, and therefore distribution payments are not assured.
Under the terms of the Distribution Support Agreement, if the cash distributions the Company pays for any calendar quarter exceed the Companys modified funds from operations (MFFO) for such quarter, the Sponsor will purchase Class I shares following the end of such calendar quarter for a purchase price equal to the amount by which the distributions paid on such shares exceed the MFFO for such quarter. In such instance, the Company may be paying distributions from proceeds of the shares purchased by the Sponsor or its affiliates, not from cash flow from operations. Class I shares purchased by the Sponsor pursuant to the Distribution Support Agreement will be eligible to receive all distributions payable by the Company with respect to Class I shares.
Election as a REIT
The Company intends to elect and qualify to be taxed as a REIT under Sections 856 through 860 of the Code, effective for the Companys taxable year ending December 31, 2017 or the first year of material operations. The Company believes that, commencing with such taxable year, it will be organized and will operate in such a manner as to qualify for taxation as a REIT under the Code. The Company intends to operate in such a manner to qualify for taxation as a REIT, but no assurance can be given that the Company will operate in a manner so as to qualify or remain qualified as a REIT. In order to qualify and continue to qualify for taxation as a REIT, the Company must distribute annually at least 90% of the Companys REIT taxable income. REITs are subject to a number of other organizational and operational requirements. Even if the Company qualifies for taxation as a REIT, it may be subject to certain state and local taxes on its income and property, as well as federal income and excise taxes on its undistributed income.
Inflation
Some of the Companys leases with tenants may contain provisions designed to mitigate the adverse impact of inflation. These provisions generally increase rental rates during the term of the leases either at fixed rates or indexed escalations (based on the Consumer Price Index or other measures). The Company may be adversely impacted by inflation on the leases that do not contain indexed escalation provisions. However, the Companys net leases will generally require the tenant to pay its allocable share of operating expenses, which may include common area maintenance costs, real estate taxes and insurance. This may reduce the Companys exposure to increases in costs and operating expenses resulting from inflation.
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Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
As of March 31, 2017, the Company had no off-balance sheet arrangements that have, or are reasonably likely to have, a material effect on the Companys financial condition, revenue and expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures, or capital resources.
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Item 3. | Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk. |
The Company had no principal operations as of March 31, 2017. When the Company commences its principal operations, management expects that the Companys primary market risk exposure will be interest rate risk with respect to its indebtedness, credit risk and market risk with respect to use of derivative financial instruments for hedging purposes and foreign currency risk relating to investments made outside of the United States. As of March 31, 2017, the Company had made no investments, incurred no indebtedness and has not used any derivative financial instruments.
Item 4. | Controls and Procedures |
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
An evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Companys disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act, as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q was made under the supervision and with the participation of the Companys management, including its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Based upon this evaluation, the CEO and CFO have concluded that the disclosure controls and procedures (a) are effective to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified by SEC rules and forms and (b) include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the Companys management, including its CEO and CFO, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
Changes in Internal Controls over Financial Reporting
There have been no changes in the Companys internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act) that occurred during the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, its internal control over financial reporting.
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Item 1. | Legal Proceedings. |
From time to time, the Company may be involved in various claims and legal actions arising in the ordinary course of business. As of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, the Company is not a party to any material pending legal proceedings.
Item 1A. | Risk Factors. |
The Company has disclosed under the heading Risk Factors in its Registration Statement on Form S-11 (File No. 333-214130), filed with the SEC, risk factors which materially affect its business, financial condition or results of operations. There have been no material changes from the risk factors previously disclosed. You should carefully consider the risk factors set forth in the Registration Statement and the other information set forth elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. You should be aware that these risk factors and other information may not describe every risk facing the Company. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to the Company or that management currently deems to be immaterial also may materially adversely affect the Companys business, financial condition and/or operating results.
Item 2. | Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds of Registered Securities. |
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities
None.
Use of Proceeds
On March 23, 2017, the Companys Registration Statement on Form S-11 (File No. 333-214310), was declared effective by the SEC. As of March 31, 2017, the Company had not received any subscriptions for its common stock sufficient to allow it to break escrow and, therefore, the Company had not received any proceeds from the Offering.
Item 3. | Defaults Upon Senior Securities. |
None.
Item 4. | Mine Safety Disclosures . |
Not applicable.
Item 5. | Other Information . |
Charter and Bylaws
On May 4, 2017, the board of directors of the Company approved the Second Articles of Amendment and Restatement of the Company (the Amended Charter) and the Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (the Amended Bylaws) and submitted the Amended Charter for consideration and approval by the Companys sole stockholder. On May 10, 2017, Cantor Fitzgerald Investors, LLC, the Companys sole stockholder, acted by written consent to approve the Amended Charter. On May 11, 2017, the Company adopted the Amended Bylaws and filed the amended Charter with the Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation on May 12, 2017.
Election of Directors
On May 10, 2017, Cantor Fitzgerald Investors, LLC, the Companys sole stockholder, executed a written consent in lieu of an annual stockholder meeting for 2017 to reelect the Companys directors to serve until the 2018 Annual Meeting and until their successors have been duly elected and qualified.
Long-Term Incentive Plan
On May 10, 2017, Cantor Fitzgerald Investors, LLC, the Companys sole stockholder, acted by written consent to approve the Companys Long Term Incentive Plan.
Item 6. | Exhibits . |
The exhibits listed on the Exhibit Index (following the signatures section of this report) are included, or incorporated by reference, in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
RODIN GLOBAL PROPERTY TRUST, INC. | ||
By: |
/s/ Howard W. Lutnick |
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Howard W. Lutnick | ||
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors (Principal Executive Officer) |
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By: |
/s/ Steve Bisgay |
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Steve Bisgay | ||
Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) |
Dated: May 12, 2017
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EXHIBITS INDEX
The following exhibits are included, or incorporated by reference, in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2017 (and are numbered in accordance with Item 601 of Regulation S-K).
Exhibit No. |
Description |
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1.1 | Dealer Manager Agreement among Rodin Global Property Trust, Inc., Cantor Fitzgerald Investors, LLC and Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. dated March 23, 2017 | |
3.1 | Second Articles of Amendment and Restatement of Rodin Global Property Trust, Inc. | |
3.2 | Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of Rodin Global Property Trust, Inc. | |
4.1 | Form of Subscription Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Companys Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Form S-11 (File No. 333-214130), filed on March 21, 2017) | |
4.2 | Form of Distribution Reinvestment Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Companys Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Form S-11 (File No. 333-214130), filed on March 21, 2017) | |
10.1 | Escrow Agreement among Rodin Global Property Trust, Inc., UMB Bank, N.A., and Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. dated March 23, 2017 | |
10.2 | Advisory Agreement by and among Rodin Global Property Trust, Inc., Rodin Global Property Trust Operating Partnership, L.P. and Rodin Global Property Advisors, LLC | |
10.3 | Agreement of Limited Partnership of Rodin Global Property Trust Operating Partnership, L.P. dated March 23, 2017 | |
10.4 | Distribution Support Agreement between Cantor Fitzgerald Investors, LLC and Rodin Global Property Trust, Inc. dated March 23, 2017 | |
10.5 | Reimbursement Agreement among Rodin Global Property Trust, Inc., Cantor Fitzgerald Investors, LLC and Rodin Global Property Trust OP Holdings, LLC dated March 23, 2017 | |
10.6 | Form of Indemnification Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to the Companys Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Form S-11 (File No. 333-214130), filed on March 21, 2017) | |
10.7 | Rodin Global Property Trust, Inc. Long-Term Incentive Plan | |
31.1 | Certification of the Principal Executive Officer of the Company pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 | |
31.2 | Certification of the Principal Financial Officer of the Company pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 | |
32 | Written statements of the Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer of the Company pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 | |
101 | XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language). As provided in Rule 406T of Regulation S-T, this information is furnished and not filed for purposes of Sections 11 and 12 of the Securities Act and Section 18 of the Exchange Act |
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Exhibit 1.1
RODIN GLOBAL PROPERTY TRUST, INC.
Up to $1,250,000,000 in Shares of Common Stock
DEALER MANAGER AGREEMENT
This Dealer Manager Agreement (the Agreement) is made and entered into as of the 23rd day of March, 2017 between Rodin Global Property Trust, Inc. , a Maryland corporation (the Company), Cantor Fitzgerald Investors, LLC , a Delaware limited liability company (the Sponsor), and Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. , a New York general partnership (the Dealer Manager).
Whereas, on October 17, 2016, the Company filed a registration statement on Form S-11 (such registration statement and any prospectus contained therein, as they may be amended, including any pre-effective amendments, post-effective amendments or other supplements to such registration statement or such prospectus after the effective date of registration, being respectively referred to herein as the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, respectively, as more fully defined below) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) for the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act) of an offering (the Offering) of up to $1,250,000,000 in any combination of Class A shares (the Class A Shares), Class T shares (the Class T Shares) and Class I shares (the Class I Shares) of its common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the Class A Shares, the Class T Shares and Class I Shares collectively, the Shares);
Whereas, the Offering is comprised of $1,000,000,000 of Shares that will be issued and sold to the public (the Primary Offering) and $250,000,000 of Shares that will be offered pursuant to the Companys distribution reinvestment plan (the DRP) (subject to the Companys right to reallocate such Share amounts, as described in the Prospectus);
Whereas, in connection with the Offering, the minimum initial purchase by any one person shall be $2,500 in Shares (except as otherwise indicated in the Prospectus) and at least $2,000,000 in Shares must be sold in the Offering (the Minimum Offering) before one year from the date of the Prospectus; and
Whereas, the Company desires to retain the Dealer Manager to use its best efforts to sell the Shares and to manage the sale by other participating broker dealers (the Dealers) of the Shares and Dealer Manager desires to serve as the Dealer Manager for the Company for the sale of the Shares upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and in the Registration Statement.
Now, therefore, in consideration of the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth and for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, it is agreed between the Company, the Sponsor and the Dealer Manager as follows:
1. | Representations and Warranties of the Company : |
The Company represents and warrants to the Dealer Manager and the Sponsor that:
a. Registration Statement and Prospectus . The Company has filed a Registration Statement on Form S-11 (Registration Statement No. 333-214130) and the related Prospectus with the SEC in accordance with applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations (the Rules and Regulations) of the SEC promulgated thereunder, covering the Shares. Said Registration Statement, which includes a preliminary prospectus, was initially filed with the SEC on October 17, 2016. Copies of such Registration Statement and each amendment thereto have been or will be delivered to the Dealer Manager. The Registration Statement (including financial statements, exhibits and all other documents related thereto that are filed as a part thereof or incorporated therein) and Prospectus contained therein, as finally amended and revised at the effective date of the Registration Statement (including at the effective date of any post-effective amendment thereto), are respectively referred to herein as the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, except that if the Prospectus filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act shall differ from the Prospectus, the term Prospectus shall also include the Prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b). Every contract or document required by the Securities Act or Rules and Regulations to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement has been and will be so filed with the SEC.
b. The Company . The Company is and will be at all times during the Offering duly and validly organized and formed as a corporation under the laws of the state of Maryland, with the power and authority to conduct its business as described in the Prospectus.
c. Compliance with the Securities Act . At the time the Registration Statement becomes effective and at the time that any post-effective amendment thereto becomes effective, the Registration Statement and Prospectus will comply with the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations and at the time the Registration Statement becomes effective and at the time that any post-effective amendment thereto becomes effective and during the Offering the Registration Statement and Prospectus will not contain any untrue statements of material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading; provided , however , that the foregoing provisions of this Section 1(c) will not apply to statements contained in or omitted from the Registration Statement or Prospectus that are made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Company in writing by the Dealer Manager or any of the Dealers specifically for inclusion in the Registration Statement or Prospectus.
d. Use of Proceeds . The Company intends to use the funds received from the sale of the Shares as set forth in the Prospectus.
e. Absence of Further Consents and Approvals . No consent, approval, authorization or other order of any governmental authority is required in connection with the execution or delivery by the Company of this Agreement or the issuance and sale by the Company of the Shares, except such as may be required under the Securities Act or applicable state securities laws.
f. No Order of Suspension . No order preventing or suspending the use of a Prospectus has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose are pending, threatened or, to the knowledge of the Company, contemplated by the SEC; and to the knowledge of the Company, no order suspending the offering of the Shares in any jurisdiction has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened or are contemplated.
g. No Pending Actions . There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company at law or in equity or before or by any Federal or state commission, regulatory body or administrative agency or other governmental body, domestic or foreign, which will have a material adverse effect on the business or property of the Company.
h. Absence of Conflict or Default . The execution and delivery of this Agreement, the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated and compliance with the terms of this Agreement by the Company will not conflict with or constitute a default under (i) any of its organizational documents, (ii) any, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, or lease to which the Company is a party or by which it may be bound, or to which any of the property or assets of the Company is subject, or (iii) any rule, regulation, writ, injunction or decree of any government, governmental instrumentality or court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its assets, properties or operations, except in the case of clause (ii) and (iii) for such conflicts or defaults that would not individually or in the aggregate have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), business, properties or results of operations of the Partnership.
i. Requisite Authority . The Company has all necessary power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to perform the transactions contemplated hereby, except to the extent that the enforceability of the indemnity and/or contribution provisions contained in Section 7 of this Agreement may be limited under applicable securities laws and to the extent that the enforceability of this Agreement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws that affect creditors rights generally or by equitable principles relating to the availability of remedies.
j. Authorization of Agreement . This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company, and assuming due authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Sponsor and the Dealer Manager, will constitute a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that the enforceability of the indemnity and/or contribution provisions contained in Section 7 of this Agreement may be limited under applicable securities laws and to the extent that the
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enforceability of this Agreement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws that affect creditors rights generally or by equitable principles relating to the availability of remedies.
k. Authorization of Shares . At the time of the issuance of the Shares, the Shares will have been duly authorized and validly issued, and upon payment therefor, will be fully paid and nonassessable and will conform to the description thereof contained in the Prospectus; no holder thereof will be subject to personal liability for the obligations of the Company solely by reason of being such a holder; such Shares are not subject to the preemptive rights of any shareholder of the Company; and all action required to be taken for the authorization, issue and sale of such Shares has been validly and sufficiently taken.
l. Taxes . The Company has filed all Federal, state and foreign income tax returns, which have been required to be filed, on or before the due date (taking into account all extensions of time to file) and has paid or provided for the payment of all taxes indicated by said returns and all assessments received by the Company to the extent that such taxes or assessments have become due.
m. Financial Statements . The financial statements of the Company included in the Prospectus present fairly in all material respects the financial position of the Company as of the date indicated and the results of its operations for the periods specified; said financial statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis.
n. Investment Company Act . The Company does not intend to conduct its business so as to be an investment company as that term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, and it will exercise reasonable diligence to ensure that it does not become an investment company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
o. Qualification as a Real Estate Investment Trust . The Company intends to satisfy the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code), for qualification of the Company as a real estate investment trust and, to the knowledge of the Company, there currently exists no circumstance that will prevent the Company from complying with such requirements as contemplated in the Prospectus. The Company intends to operate the business of the Company so as to comply with such requirements to elect status as a real estate investment trust at such time as it so qualifies.
p. Due Diligence Materials . To the knowledge of the Company, all materials provided by the Company or any of its affiliates to the Dealer, including materials provided to the Dealer in connection with its due diligence investigation relating to the Offering, were materially accurate as of the date provided.
q. Authorized Sales Materials . Any and all supplemental sales materials, sales literature, advertising and other material as shall have been previously approved by the Company or an authorized agent of the Company in writing and all appropriate regulatory agencies (the Authorized Sales Materials) prepared by the Company and any of its affiliates (excluding the Dealer Manager) specifically for use in connection with the Offering, when used in conjunction with the Prospectus, did not at the time provided for use, and, as to later provided materials, will not at the time provided for use, include any untrue statement of a material fact nor did they at the time provided for use, or, as to later provided materials, will they, omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made and when read in conjunction with the Prospectus, not misleading. If at any time any event occurs which is known to the Company as a result of which such Authorized Sales Materials when used in conjunction with the Prospectus would include an untrue statement of a material fact or, in view of the circumstances under which they were made, omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, the Company will promptly notify the Dealer Manager thereof.
2. | Covenants of the Company . |
The Company covenants and agrees with the Dealer Manager during the full term of this Agreement that:
a. Furnishing Materials . It will, at no expense to the Dealer Manager, furnish the Dealer Manager with such number of printed copies of the Registration Statement, including all amendments and exhibits thereto, as the Dealer Manager may reasonably request. It will similarly furnish to the Dealer Manager and others designated by the
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Dealer Manager as many copies of the following documents as the Dealer Manager may reasonably request: (i) the Prospectus in final form and every form of supplemental or amended prospectus; (ii) this Agreement; and (iii) any other Authorized Sales Materials.
b. Qualification of Shares . It will furnish such proper information and execute and file such documents as may be necessary for the Company to qualify the Shares for offer and sale under the securities laws of such jurisdictions as the Dealer Manager may reasonably designate and will file and make in each year such statements and reports as may be required. The Company will furnish to the Dealer Manager a copy of such papers filed by the Company in connection with any such qualification.
c. Effectiveness of Registration; Stop Orders . It will: (i) use its best efforts to cause the Registration Statement to become effective; (ii) furnish copies of any proposed amendment or supplement of the Registration Statement or Prospectus to the Dealer Manager; (iii) file every amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus that may be required by the SEC; (iv) use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any order by the SEC, any state regulatory authority or any other regulatory authority which suspends the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, prevents the use of the Prospectus, or otherwise prevents or suspends the Offering; and (v) if at any time the SEC, any state regulatory authority or any other regulatory authority shall issue any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, it will use its best efforts to obtain the lifting of such order at the earliest possible time. The Company has complied and will comply with all applicable state and federal laws, rules and regulations applicable to the Offering and the sale of Shares, as well as the laws of any other applicable jurisdiction.
d. Amendments and Supplements . If at any time when a Prospectus is required to be delivered under the Securities Act any event occurs as a result of which, in the opinion of either the Company or the Dealer Manager, the Prospectus or any other prospectus then in effect would include an untrue statement of a material fact or, in view of the circumstances under which they were made, omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, the Company will promptly notify the Dealer Manager thereof (unless the information shall have been received from the Dealer Manager) and will effect the preparation of an amended or supplemental prospectus which will correct such statement or omission. The Company will then promptly prepare such amended or supplemental prospectus or prospectuses as may be necessary to comply with the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act.
3. | Representations and Warranties of the Sponsor . |
The Sponsor represents and warrants to the Company and the Dealer Manager that:
a. The Company . The Sponsor is a limited liability company duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with all requisite power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to carry out its obligations hereunder.
b. Authorization of Agreement . This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Sponsor, and assuming due authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company and the Dealer Manager, will constitute a valid and legally binding agreement of the Sponsor enforceable against the Sponsor in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that the enforceability of the indemnity and/or contribution provisions contained in Section 7 of this Agreement may be limited under applicable securities laws and to the extent that the enforceability of this Agreement may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws that affect creditors rights generally or by equitable principles relating to the availability of remedies.
c. No Pending Actions . There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Sponsor, threatened against the Sponsor at law or in equity or before or by any Federal or state commission, regulatory body or administrative agency or other governmental body, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business or property of the Sponsor and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
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4. | Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Dealer Manager . |
The Dealer Manager represents and warrants to the Company and the Sponsor that:
a. The Company . The Dealer Manager is a general partnership duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of New York, with all requisite power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to carry out its obligations hereunder.
b. Authorization of Agreement . This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Dealer Manager, and assuming due authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company and the Sponsor, will constitute a valid and legally binding agreement of the Dealer Manager enforceable against the Dealer Manager in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that the enforceability of the indemnity and/or contribution provisions contained in Section 7 of this Agreement may be limited under applicable securities laws and to the extent that the enforceability of this Agreement may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws that affect creditors rights generally or by equitable principles relating to the availability of remedies.
c. Absence of Conflict or Default . The execution and delivery of this Agreement, the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated and compliance with the terms of this Agreement by the Dealer Manager will not conflict with or constitute a default under (i) its organizational documents, (ii) any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or lease to which the Dealer Manager is a party or by which it may be bound, or to which any of the property or assets of the Dealer Manager is subject, or (iii) any rule, regulation, writ, injunction or decree of any government, governmental instrumentality or court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Dealer Manager or its assets, properties or operations, except in the case of clause (ii) or (iii) for such conflicts or defaults that would not individually or in the aggregate have a material adverse effect on the financial condition, business, properties or results of operations of the Dealer Manager.
d. Broker Dealer Registration; FINRA Membership . The Dealer Manager is, and during the term of this Agreement will be, duly registered as a broker-dealer pursuant to the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), a member in good standing of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (FINRA), and a broker or dealer duly registered as such in those states and other jurisdictions where the Dealer Manager is required to be registered in order to participate in the distribution of Shares in the Offering. Moreover, the Dealer Managers employees and representatives that will act under this Agreement have all required licenses and registrations to act under this Agreement.
e. Anti-Money Laundering . The Dealer Manager has, to the extent required, established and implemented anti-money laundering compliance programs in accordance with applicable law, including applicable FINRA rules, SEC rules and the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 and will require that its Dealers establish such programs, reasonably expected to detect and cause the reporting of suspicious transactions in connection with the sale of Shares of the Company.
f. Disclosure . As of the date of this Agreement, the Dealer Manager has not furnished any information to the Company expressly for use in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto. If, during the term of this Agreement, the Dealer Manager delivers any information to the Company in writing expressly for use in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, then any such information shall not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.
5. | Appointment, Obligations and Compensation of Dealer Manager . |
a. Appointment of Dealer Manager; Best Efforts . The Company hereby appoints the Dealer Manager as its agent and principal distributor for the purpose of selling for cash to the public up to the maximum amount of Shares set forth in the Prospectus (subject to the Companys right of reallocation, as described in the Prospectus) through Dealers, all of whom shall be members of FINRA, or registered investment advisers or bank trust departments who are paid no commission or as otherwise described in the Prospectus. The Dealer Manager may not sell Shares for cash directly to its own clients and customers except to institutional investors approved by the Company at the public offering
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price or customers of registered investment advisers or bank trust departments, subject to the terms and conditions stated in the Prospectus. The Dealer Manager hereby accepts such agency and distributorship and agrees to use its best efforts to sell the Shares on said terms and conditions. With respect to the Dealer Managers participation in the distribution of the Shares in the Offering, the Dealer Manager agrees to comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act, the Rules and Regulations, the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and all other state or federal laws, rules and regulations applicable to the Offering and the sale of Shares, all applicable state securities or blue sky laws and regulations, and the rules of FINRA applicable to the Offering, from time to time in effect, including, without limitation, FINRA Rules 2090, 2111, 2310, 5110 and 5141, and Rules 2420 and 2440 of the NASD Conduct Rules (or any such rules successor FINRA Rule).
b. Commencement of Sales; Termination . Promptly after the effective date of the Registration Statement, the Dealer Manager and the Dealers shall commence the offering of the Shares for cash to the public in jurisdictions in which the Shares are registered or qualified for sale or in which such offering is otherwise permitted. The Dealer Manager and the Dealers will suspend or terminate offering the Shares upon request of the Company at any time and will resume offering the Shares upon subsequent request of the Company.
c. Suitability . The Dealer Manager, in its agreements with Dealers, shall require that each Dealer offer Shares only to persons who meet the financial qualifications set forth in the Prospectus or in any suitability letter or memorandum sent to it by the Company and only make offers to persons in the states in which it is advised in writing that the Shares are qualified for sale or that such qualification is not required. In offering Shares, the Dealer Manager, in its agreements with Dealers, will require that each Dealer comply, with the provisions of all applicable rules and regulations relating to suitability of investors, including, without limitation, applicable FINRA rules and the provisions of Article III.C. of the Statement of Policy Regarding Real Estate Investment Trusts of the North American Securities Administrators Association, Inc., effective May 7, 2007, as amended (the NASAA REIT Guidelines).
d. Offering Price . The Dealer Manager and all Dealers will offer and sell the Shares for cash at the offering price set forth in the Prospectus, subject to volume discounts and other discounts for Shares described in the Plan of Distribution section of the Prospectus and except as otherwise provided in the DRP.
e. Commissions, Fees, and Expense Reimbursements . Subject to volume discounts and other discounts for Shares and special circumstances described in the Plan of Distribution section of the Prospectus, as compensation for the services rendered by the Dealer Manager, the Dealer Manager will be paid (i) with respect to the Class A Shares, a selling commission in the amount of six percent (6.0%) of the gross proceeds of the Class A Shares sold in the Primary Offering, plus a dealer manager fee in the amount of three percent (3.0%) of the gross proceeds of the Class A Shares sold in the Primary Offering, (ii) with respect to the Class T Shares, a selling commission in the amount of three percent (3.0%) of the gross proceeds of the Class T Shares sold in the Primary Offering, plus a dealer manager fee equal to three percent (3.0%) of the gross proceeds of the Class T Shares sold in the Primary Offering and (iii) with respect to the Class I Shares, a dealer manager fee equal to one and a half percent (1.5%) of the gross proceeds of the Class I Shares. No selling commission will be paid for sales of any Class I Shares. With respect to the Class A Shares, the Sponsor shall pay a portion of the selling commission payable to the Dealer Manager in an amount equal to one percent (1.0%) of the gross proceeds of the Class A Shares sold in the Primary Offering and the dealer manager fee payable to the Dealer Manager in an amount equal to three percent (3.0%) of the gross proceeds of the Class A Shares sold in the Primary Offering. The Company shall, subject to the volume discounts and other discounts for Class A Shares and special circumstances described in the Plan of Distribution section of the Prospectus, pay the balance of the selling commission in an amount equal to up to five percent (5.0%) of the gross proceeds of the Class A Shares sold in the Primary Offering. If the total selling commission payable to the Dealer Manager with respect to a sale of Class A Shares is equal to or less than one percent (1.0%), due to volume or other discounts described in Section 5(f) of this Agreement, the Sponsor shall pay the entire selling commission payable to the Dealer Manager with respect to such sale. With respect to the Class T Shares, the Sponsor shall pay a portion of the selling commission payable to the Dealer Manager in an amount equal to one percent (1.0%) of the gross proceeds of the Class T Shares sold in the Primary Offering and the dealer manager fee payable to the Dealer Manager in an amount equal to three percent (3.0%) of the gross proceeds of the Class T Shares sold in the Primary Offering. The Company shall, subject to the volume discounts and other discounts for Class T Shares and special circumstances described in the Plan of Distribution section of the Prospectus, pay the
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balance of the selling commission in an amount equal to up to two percent (2.0%) of the gross proceeds of the Class T Shares sold in the Primary Offering. If the total selling commission payable to the Dealer Manager with respect to a sale of Class T Shares is equal to or less than one percent (1.0%), due to volume or other discounts described in Section 5(f) of this Agreement, the Sponsor shall pay the entire selling commission payable to the Dealer Manager with respect to such sale. With respect to the Class I Shares, the Sponsor shall pay the dealer manager fee in an amount equal to one and a half percent (1.5%) of the gross proceeds of the Class I Shares sold in the Primary Offering.
In addition, with respect to each Class T Share, the Company agrees that it will pay to the Dealer Manager a distribution fee (the Distribution Fee), which accrues daily and is calculated on outstanding Class T Shares issued in the Primary Offering in an amount equal to one percent (1.0%) per annum of (i) the current gross offering price per Class T Share in the Primary Offering, or (ii) if the Company is no longer offering primary shares in a public offering, the most recently published per share NAV of Class T Shares, if any has been disclosed. In the event the offering price or the most recently published per share NAV of Class T Shares changes, the Distribution Fee will change immediately with respect to all outstanding Class T Shares, and will be calculated based on the new gross offering price or per share NAV, without regard to the actual price at which a particular Class T Share was issued. The Company will pay the Distribution Fee to the Dealer Manager monthly in arrears on a continuous basis from year to year. The Dealer Manager will cease receiving Distribution Fees with respect to each Class T Share, including any Class T Shares issued pursuant to the DRP, upon the earliest to occur of the following: (i) a listing of the Companys common shares on a national securities exchange, (ii) such Class T Share no longer being outstanding, (iii) the Dealer Managers determination that total underwriting compensation from all sources, including dealer manager fees, selling commissions, Distribution Fees and any other amounts paid to participating Dealers that would be deemed underwriting compensation pursuant to FINRA Rule 2310, with respect to all Class A Shares, Class T Shares and Class I Shares would be in excess of 10% of the gross proceeds of the primary portion of the Offering; or (iv) the end of the month in which total underwriting compensation, including dealer manager fees, sales commissions, and Distribution Fees with respect to the Class T Shares held by a stockholder within his or her particular account would be in excess of 10% of the total gross investment amount at the time of purchase of the primary Class T Shares held in such account.
The Dealer Manager may, in its sole discretion, reallow or advance all or a portion of the selling commissions, the dealer manager fees and the Distribution Fee to the Dealers who sold the Shares giving rise to such commissions and fees to the extent the Selected Dealer Agreement, attached hereto as Exhibit A , with such Dealer provides for such a reallowance; provided , however , that upon the date when the Dealer Manager is notified that the Dealer who sold the Class T Shares giving rise to the Distribution Fees is no longer the broker dealer of record with respect to such Class T Shares, then such Dealers entitlement to the Distribution Fees related to such Class T Shares shall cease, and the Dealer shall not receive the Distribution Fees for any portion of the month in which the Dealer is not the broker dealer of record on the last day of the month; provided , however , if the change in the broker dealer of record with respect to such Class T Shares is made in connection with a change in the registration of record for such Class T Shares on the Companys books and records (including, but not limited to, a re-registration due to a sale or a transfer or a change in the form of ownership of the account), then the Dealer shall be entitled to a pro rata portion of the Distribution Fees related to such Class T Shares for the portion of the month for which the Dealer was the broker dealer of record. Thereafter, such Distribution Fees may be reallowed by the Dealer Manager in its sole discretion to the then-current broker dealer of record of the Class T Shares if any such broker dealer of record has been designated (the Servicing Broker Dealer); provided, that, such reallowance shall only be paid to the extent such Servicing Broker Dealer has entered into a Selected Dealer Agreement or similar agreement with the Dealer Manager (the Servicing Agreement) and such Selected Dealer Agreement or Servicing Agreement with the Servicing Broker Dealer provides for such reallowance. The Dealer Manager may pay to such Dealers and Servicing Broker Dealers up to 100% of the aggregate Distribution Fees payable by the Company to the Dealer Manager. The Company will not pay the Dealer Manager a Distribution Fee with respect to Class A Shares or Class I Shares.
The Company shall directly pay or reimburse the Dealer Manager as provided in the Prospectus for certain reasonable costs and expenses incident to the Offering if, when added to all of the other underwriting compensation being paid in connection with the Offering, such expenses would not cause total underwriting compensation to exceed 10.0% of the gross proceeds of the Primary Offering as of the termination of the Offering, as required by the rules of FINRA. These expenses may include, without limitation, reasonable travel and lodging expenses related to wholesaling activities, legal expenses, salaries and bonuses of certain employees of the Dealer Manager while
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participating in this offering and permissible forms of non-cash compensation pursuant to FINRA Rule 2310(c) paid to the Dealer Managers registered representatives. Any expenses reimbursed pursuant to this Section 5(e) will be reimbursed to the Dealer Manager within thirty (30) days of the Dealer Managers presentation of a detailed and itemized invoice or receipt or such other documentation as the Company may deem acceptable for such expenses to the Company.
The terms of any reallowance of selling commissions, dealer manager fees, and Distribution Fees shall be set forth in the Selected Dealer Agreement or Servicing Agreement entered into with the Dealers or Servicing Broker Dealers, as applicable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no selling commissions, Distribution Fees, or amounts whatsoever will be paid to the Dealer Manager under this Section 5(e) unless or until completion of the Minimum Offering. Until the Minimum Offering is reached, proceeds from the sale of Shares will be held in escrow and, if the Minimum Offering is not reached, will be returned to the investors in accordance with the terms of the Prospectus. Further, no selling commissions, Distribution Fees, dealer manager fees, or other amounts will be paid to the Dealer Manager under this provision unless or until subscriptions for the purchase of Shares have been accepted by the Company. The Company and the Sponsor will not be liable or responsible to any Dealer or Servicing Broker Dealer for direct payment of selling commissions, Distribution Fees or any reallowance of the dealer manager fees to such Dealer or Servicing Broker Dealer, it being the sole and exclusive responsibility of the Dealer Manager for payment of selling commissions, Distribution Fees or any reallowance of the dealer manager fees and to Dealers and Servicing Broker Dealers. The Dealer Manager shall not be obligated to pay selling commissions, Distribution Fees or any reallowance of the dealer manager fees to Dealers and Servicing Broker Dealers until such time as the Dealer Manager is in receipt of such amounts from the Company or the Sponsor, as applicable.
f. Volume and Other Discounts . Notwithstanding the foregoing, Class I Shares may be sold to (i) officers, including executive officers and directors of the Company and their immediate family members, (ii) officers and employees of the Sponsor, the Companys advisor or other affiliates and their immediate family members, and (iii) investors identified by the Company as described in the Prospectus, including investors who have a prior business relationship with the Sponsor, such as real estate brokers, joint venture partners and their employees, company executives, surveyors, attorneys and similar individuals, and others to the extent consistent with applicable laws and regulations, at the then current offering price per Class I Share net of dealer manager fees, as provided in the Plan of Distribution section of the Prospectus. In addition, as provided in the Plan of Distribution section of the Prospectus, Dealers, including their retirement plans, their representatives and their immediate family members, IRAs and qualified plans of their representatives, may purchase Class I Shares at a price net of the selling commissions otherwise payable with respect to such Shares. In addition, volume discounts will be available to investors who purchase in a single transaction more than (i) $500,000 of Class A Shares, or (ii) $1,000,000 of Class T Shares, in the primary offering, which will reduce the selling commission and purchase price per Share, pursuant to the volume discount table and related terms set forth in the Plan of Distribution section of the Prospectus.
g. Permissible Materials . The Dealer Manager shall use and distribute in conjunction with the offer and sale of any Shares only the Prospectus (as it may be supplemented or amended from time-to-time) and Authorized Sales Materials.
h. Offering Jurisdictions . The Dealer Manager and the Dealers shall cause Shares to be offered and sold only in such jurisdictions where the Dealer Manager and the respective Dealer are licensed to do so. In addition, the Dealer Manager shall cause Shares to be offered and sold only in those jurisdictions specified in writing by the Company where the offering and sale of its Shares have been authorized by appropriate regulatory authorities and such list of jurisdictions shall be updated by the Company as additional states are added.
i. Escrow Agreement . The Dealer Manager agrees to be bound by the terms of the Escrow Agreement executed as of March 23, 2017, by UMB Bank, N.A., as Escrow Agent, the Dealer Manager and the Company.
j. Submission of Orders . The Dealer Manager, in its agreements with Dealers, shall require each Dealer to:
(i) except as set forth below, instruct those persons who purchase Shares to make their checks payable to or wire transfer directed to UMB Bank, N.A., as Escrow Agent for Rodin Global Property Trust, Inc.;
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(ii) after the Company meets the Minimum Offering requirement of $2,000,000, instruct subscribers to make their checks payable to or to send wire transfers for the account of Rodin Global Property Trust, Inc.;
(iii) return any check not conforming to the foregoing instructions directly to such subscriber not later than the end of the next business day following its receipt; provided that checks received by the Dealer which conform to the foregoing instructions shall be transmitted for deposit in accordance with the procedures in paragraphs (iv) through (vi) below;
(iv) where, pursuant to a Dealers internal supervisory procedures, internal supervisory review is conducted at the same location at which subscription documents and checks are initially received from subscribers, transmit checks by the end of the next business day following receipt of the subscription documents and the check by the Dealer to the escrow agent or, after the Minimum Offering has been achieved, to the Company or to such other account or agent as directed by the Company;
(v) where, pursuant to a Dealers internal supervisory procedures, final internal supervisory review is conducted at a different location (the Final Review Office), transmit subscription documents and checks to the Final Review Office by the end of the next business day following receipt of the subscription documents and check by the Dealer. The Final Review Office will transmit such subscription documents and checks by the end of the next business day following receipt by the Final Review Office to the escrow agent or, after the Minimum Offering has been achieved, to the Company or to such other account or agent as directed by the Company; and
(vi) deliver checks and completed subscription documents required to be sent to the escrow agent pursuant to this Section 5(j) via overnight courier to UMB Bank, N.A., as Escrow Agent for Rodin Global Property Trust, Inc.
k. Payment . Except as otherwise provided herein, the selling commissions specified in Section 5(e) of this Agreement for the sale of any Shares shall be payable in cash by the Company no later than seven (7) days after the investor subscribing for the Shares is admitted as a stockholder of the Company and the dealer manager fees specified in Section 5(e) of this Agreement for the sale of any Shares shall be payable in cash by or on behalf of the Sponsor on a schedule mutually agreed between the Dealer Manager and the Sponsor. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, in the event that the Company or the Sponsor pays any selling commissions or fees to the Dealer Manager for a sale of one or more Shares and the subscription is subsequently rescinded as to one or more of the Shares covered by such subscription, the Company and Sponsor shall decrease the next payment of commissions or other compensation otherwise payable to the Dealer Manager by the Company under this Agreement by an amount equal to the selling commissions or fees paid to the Dealer Manager for the sale of the Shares as to which the subscription is rescinded. In the event that no payment of selling commissions or other compensation is due to the Dealer Manager after such rescinded subscription occurs, the Dealer Manager shall pay the amount specified in the preceding sentence to the Company or the Sponsor, as applicable, within seven (7) days following receipt of notice by the Dealer Manager from the Company stating the amount owed as a result of rescinded subscriptions. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no selling commissions, dealer manager fees, Distribution Fees or amounts whatsoever will be paid to the Dealer Manager pursuant to this Agreement unless or until the Minimum Offering has been reached and funds held in escrow have been released. If the Minimum Offering is not reached within the time period specified in the Escrow Agreement, investments will be promptly returned to investors in accordance with the Prospectus.
6. | Issuance of Confirmations to Purchasers . |
The Company hereby agrees and assumes the duty to confirm on its behalf and on behalf of Dealers who sell the Shares all orders for purchase of Shares accepted by the Company. Such confirmations will comply with the rules of the SEC and FINRA, and will comply with applicable laws of such other jurisdictions to the extent the Company is advised of such laws in writing by the Dealer Manager.
7. | Indemnification . |
a. The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless the Dealer Manager, its officers, directors, owners, managers, members, partners, employees, agents, attorneys and accountants, and each person, if any, who controls the Dealer Manager within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act (collectively, the Dealer Manager Indemnified Persons) and each Dealer, its officers, directors, owners, managers, members, partners, employees, agents, attorneys and accountants, and each person, if any, who controls such Dealer within the meaning of Section 15 of
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the Securities Act (collectively, the Dealer Indemnified Persons and, together with the Dealer Manager Indemnified Persons, the Broker Dealer Indemnified Persons) from and against any losses, claims, damages, expenses or liabilities, joint or several, to which such Broker Dealer Indemnified Persons may become subject, under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, expenses or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon: (a) a breach or alleged breach by the Company of any of its representations, warranties or covenants in this Agreement; (b) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in (i) the Registration Statement (including the Prospectus as a part thereof) or any post-effective amendment thereto, (ii) the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus, (iii) any Authorized Sales Materials or (iv) any blue sky application or other document executed by the Company or on its behalf specifically for the purpose of qualifying any or all of the Shares for sale under the securities laws of any jurisdiction or based upon written information furnished by the Company under the securities laws thereof (any such application, document or information being hereinafter called a Blue Sky Application); (c) the omission or alleged omission to state in (i) the Registration Statement (including the Prospectus as a part thereof) or any post-effective amendment thereto, (ii) the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus, (iii) any Authorized Sales Materials or (iv) any Blue Sky Application a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (d) any verbal or written representation made by the Company, its representatives or agents in violation of the Securities Act or any other applicable federal or state securities law. The Company shall reimburse each Broker Dealer Indemnified Person for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Broker Dealer Indemnified Person in connection with investigating or defending such loss, claim, damage, liability or action. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be liable: (x) to any Dealer Manager Indemnified Person in any such case (1) to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage, expense or liability arises out of, or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of the Dealer Manager specifically for use with reference to the Dealer Manager in the preparation of the Registration Statement or any such post-effective amendment thereof, the Prospectus or any such amendment thereof or supplement thereto, any Authorized Sales Materials or any such Blue Sky Application or (2) it is determined that the loss, claim, damage, expense, liability or action results directly and primarily from the willful misconduct, fraudulent act or gross negligence of the Dealer Manager; or (y) to any Dealer Indemnified Person in any such case (1) to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage, expense or liability arises out of, or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of any Dealer specifically for use with reference to such Dealer in the preparation of the Registration Statement or any such post-effective amendment thereof, the Prospectus or any such amendment thereof or supplement thereto, any Authorized Sales Materials or any such Blue Sky Application or (2) it is determined that the loss, claim, damage, expense, liability or action results from the willful misconduct, fraudulent act or gross negligence of the Dealer. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may not indemnify or hold harmless the Dealer Manager, any Dealer or any of their affiliates in any manner that would be inconsistent with the provisions to Article II.G of the NASAA REIT Guidelines. In particular, but without limitation, the Company may not indemnify or hold harmless the Dealer Manager, any Dealer or any of their affiliates for liabilities arising from or out of a violation by such party of state or Federal securities laws, unless one or more of the following conditions are met:
(i) There has been a successful adjudication on the merits of each count involving alleged securities law violations;
(ii) Such claims have been dismissed with prejudice on the merits by a court of competent jurisdiction; or
(iii) A court of competent jurisdiction approves a settlement of the claims against the indemnitee and finds that indemnification of the settlement and the related costs should be made, and the court considering the request for indemnification has been advised of the position of the SEC and of the published position of any state securities regulatory authority in which the securities were offered as to indemnification for violations of securities laws.
b. The Dealer Manager shall indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each officer and director of the Company, the Companys employees, agents, attorneys and accountants, and each person or firm which has signed the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act (collectively, the Company Indemnified Persons), from and against any losses, claims, damages, expenses or liabilities to which any of the Company Indemnified Persons may become subject, under the Securities
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Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, expenses or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon: (a) a breach or alleged breach by the Dealer Manager of any of its representations, warranties or covenants in this Agreement; (b) any untrue statement of a material fact contained in (i) the Registration Statement (including the Prospectus as a part thereof) or any post-effective amendment thereto, (ii) the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus, (iii) any Authorized Sales Materials or (iv) any Blue Sky Application, or (c) the omission to state in (i) the Registration Statement (including the Prospectus as a part thereof) or any post-effective amendment thereto, (ii) the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus, (iii) any Authorized Sales Materials or (iv) any Blue Sky Application a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made not misleading, in each such case under clauses (b) or (c) hereof to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of the Dealer Manager specifically for use with reference to the Dealer Manager in the preparation of the Registration Statement or any such post-effective amendment thereof, the Prospectus or any such amendment thereof or supplement thereto, any Authorized Sales Materials or any such Blue Sky Application and shall reimburse each Company Indemnified Person for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Company Indemnified Person in connection with investigating or defending such loss, claim, damage, liability or action. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which the Dealer Manager may otherwise have. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, in no event shall the Dealer Manager be required or obliged to contribute or provide indemnification in excess of the net proceeds from the sale of the Shares in the Offering that have been actually received and retained by the Dealer Manager.
c. Each Dealer severally shall indemnify and hold harmless the Company, the Dealer Manager, the Sponsor and each of their respective directors (including any persons named in the Registration Statement with his consent, as about to become a director), each of their respective officers who has signed the Registration Statement, each of their respective managers, members, partners, employees, agents, attorneys and accountants, and each person, if any, who controls the Company, the Dealer Manager, or the Sponsor within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act (collectively, the Sponsor Indemnified Persons) from and against any losses, claims, damages, expenses or liabilities to which the Sponsor Indemnified Persons may become subject, under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, expenses or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon: (a) a breach or alleged breach by the Dealer of any of its representations, warranties or covenants in the Selected Dealer Agreement, (b) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in (i) the Registration Statement (including the Prospectus as a part thereof) or any post-effective amendment thereto, (ii) the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus, (iii) any Authorized Sales Materials or (iv) any Blue Sky Application, or (c) the omission to state in (i) the Registration Statement (including the Prospectus as a part thereof) or any post-effective amendment thereto, (ii) the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus, (iii) any Authorized Sales Materials or (iv) any Blue Sky Application a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made not misleading, in each such case under clauses (b) or (c) hereof to the extent, but only to the extent that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company or the Dealer Manager by or on behalf of such Dealer specifically for use with reference to such Dealer in the preparation of the Registration Statement or any such post-effective amendment thereof, the Prospectus or any such amendment thereof or supplement thereto, any Authorized Sales Materials or any such Blue Sky Application, or (c) any failure to deliver to any investor the Prospectus and all supplements thereto and any amended prospectus, or (d) any use by the Dealer its employees, representatives or agents of sales materials in connection with the Offering other than Authorized Sales Materials, (e) any verbal or written representation made by the Dealer, its employees, representatives or agents in violation of the Securities Act or any other applicable federal or state securities law, (f) any sale in violation of or failure by Dealer to perform its obligations as set forth in Section IX of the Selected Dealer Agreement, or (g) any failure to comply with applicable rules of FINRA, federal or state securities laws or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, the NASAA REIT Guidelines, or any other state or federal laws and regulations applicable to the Offering or the activities of the Dealer in connection with the Offering, and will reimburse each Sponsor Indemnified Person for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Sponsor Indemnified Person in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which such Dealer may otherwise have.
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d. Promptly after receipt by a person to whom the rights to indemnification provided for in Sections 7(a), (b) and (c) of this Agreement would by their terms be available (collectively, the Indemnified Parties and each, an Indemnified Party) under this Section 7 of notice of the commencement of any action, such Indemnified Party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the Company, the Dealer Manager or the Dealers, to the extent any of them is an indemnifying party with respect to an Indemnified Party (each to such extent, an Indemnifying Party) under this Section 7, notify in writing the Indemnifying Party of the commencement thereof; the omission so to notify the Indemnifying Party will relieve it from liability under this Section 7 only in the event and to the extent the failure to provide such notice actually and materially and adversely affects the ability to defend such action. In case any such action is brought against any Indemnified Party, and it notifies an Indemnifying Party of the commencement thereof, the Indemnifying Party will be entitled, to the extent it may wish, jointly with any other Indemnifying Party similarly notified, to participate in the defense thereof, with separate counsel. Such participation shall not relieve such Indemnifying Party of the obligation to reimburse the Indemnified Party for reasonable legal and other expenses (subject to paragraph (e) of this Section 7) incurred by such Indemnified Party in defending itself, except for such expenses incurred after the Indemnifying Party has deposited funds sufficient to effect the settlement, with prejudice, of the claim in respect of which indemnity is sought. Any such Indemnifying Party shall not be liable to any such Indemnified Party and shall not be required to contribute or provide indemnification on account of any settlement of any claim or action effected without the consent of such Indemnifying Party; provided, that, if an Indemnified Party shall have requested an Indemnifying Party to reimburse the Indemnified Party for fees and expenses of counsel pursuant to Section 7(e), any such Indemnifying Party shall be liable for any settlement of any claim or action effected without its written consent if (1) such settlement is entered into more than forty-five (45) days after receipt by such Indemnifying Party of the aforesaid request, (2) such Indemnifying Party shall have received notice of the terms of such settlement at least thirty (30) days prior to such settlement being entered into and (3) such Indemnifying Party shall not have reimbursed such Indemnified Party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement.
e. The Indemnifying Party shall pay all legal fees and expenses of the Indemnified Party in the defense of such claims or actions; provided, however, that the Indemnifying Party shall not be obliged to pay legal expenses and fees to more than one law firm (as well as local counsel) in connection with the defense of similar claims arising out of the same alleged acts or omissions giving rise to such claims notwithstanding that such actions or claims are alleged or brought by one or more parties against more than one Indemnified Party. If such claims or actions are alleged or brought against more than one Indemnified Party, then the Indemnifying Party shall only be obliged to reimburse the expenses and fees of the one law firm (as well as local counsel) that has been selected by a majority of the indemnified parties against which such action is finally brought; and in the event a majority of such indemnified parties is unable to agree on which law firm for which expenses or fees will be reimbursable by the Indemnifying Party, then payment shall be made to the first law firm of record representing an Indemnified Party against the action or claim. Such law firm shall be paid only to the extent of services performed by such law firm and no reimbursement shall be payable to such law firm on account of legal services performed by another law firm.
f. No Indemnifying Party shall, without the prior written consent of each Indemnified Party, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment in any pending or threatened claim, action or proceeding relating to the matters contemplated by this Section 7 (whether or not any indemnified party is a party thereto), unless such settlement, compromise or consent (1) includes an unconditional release of each Indemnified Party, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party, from all liability arising out of such litigation, investigation, proceeding or claim and (2) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any Indemnified Party.
g. In order to provide for just and equitable contribution in circumstances in which the indemnification provided for in the foregoing paragraphs of this Section 7 is applicable in accordance with its terms but for any reason is held to be unavailable from the Indemnifying Parties, the Indemnifying Parties will contribute to the total losses, claims, liabilities, expenses and damages (including any investigative, legal and other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with, and any amount paid in settlement of, any action, suit or proceeding or any claim asserted, but after deducting any contribution received by any Indemnified Party from persons other than the Indemnifying Parties, such as persons who control the Indemnified Party within the meaning of the Securities Act and officers and directors of the Indemnified Party, who also may be liable for contribution) to which the Indemnifying Parties may be subject in such proportion as shall be appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Indemnifying Parties on the one hand and the Indemnified Parties on the other hand. The relative benefits received by the
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Indemnified Parties on the one hand and the Indemnifying Parties on the other hand shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the sale of the Shares (before deducting expenses) that have been actually received and retained by such parties. If, but only if, the allocation provided by the foregoing sentence is not permitted by applicable law, the allocation of contribution shall be made in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in the foregoing sentence but also the relative fault of the Indemnified Parties, on the one hand, and the Indemnifying Parties, on the other hand, with respect to the statements or omission that resulted in such loss, claim, liability, expense or damage, or action in respect thereof, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations with respect to such offering. Such relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Indemnified Parties or the Indemnifying Parties, the intent of the parties and their relative knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Company, the Dealer Manager and the Dealers agree that it would not be just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this Section 7(g) were to be determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take into account the equitable considerations referred to herein. The amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Party as a result of the loss, claim, liability, expense, or damage, or action in respect thereof, referred to above in this Section 7(g) shall be deemed to include, for the purpose of this Section 7(g), any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Indemnified Party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim to the extent consistent with this Section 7. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 7(g), the Dealer Manager shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the net proceeds from the sale of the Shares in the Offering that have been actually received and retained by the Dealer Manager pursuant to this Agreement and no person found guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) will be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this Section 7(g), any person who controls a party to this Agreement within the meaning of the Securities Act, and any respective officers, directors, owners, managers, members, partners, employees, agents, attorneys and accountants of a party to this Agreement, will have the same rights to contribution as that party, subject in each case to the provisions hereof. Any party entitled to contribution, promptly after receipt of notice of commencement of any action against such party in respect of which a claim for contribution may be made under this Section 7(g), will notify any such party or parties from whom contribution may be sought, but the omission to so notify will not relieve that party or parties from whom contribution may be sought from any other obligation it or they may have under this Section 7(g) except to the extent that the failure to so notify such other party actually and materially prejudiced the substantive rights or defenses of the party from whom contribution is sought. Except for a settlement entered into pursuant to the last sentence of Section 7(d) or Section 7(f) hereof, no party will be liable for contribution with respect to any action or claim settled without its written consent if such consent is required pursuant to Section 7(d) or Section 7(f) hereof.
h. The indemnity agreements contained in this Section 7 shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (1) any investigation made by or on behalf of any Dealer, or any person controlling any Dealer or by or on behalf of the Company, the Dealer Manager or any officer or director thereof, or by or on behalf of any person controlling the Company or the Dealer Manager, (2) delivery of any Shares and payment therefor, and (3) any termination of this Agreement. A successor of any Dealer or of any of the parties to this Agreement, as the case may be, shall be entitled to the benefits of the indemnity agreements contained in this Section 7.
8. | Survival of Provisions . |
The respective agreements, representations and warranties of the Company and the Dealer Manager set forth in this Agreement shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (a) any termination of this Agreement, (b) any investigation made by or on behalf of the Dealer Manager or any Dealer or any person controlling the Dealer Manager or any Dealer or by or on behalf of the Company or any person controlling the Company, and (c) the acceptance of any payment for the Shares.
9. | Applicable Law; Venue . |
This Agreement was executed and delivered in, and its validity, interpretation and construction shall be governed by, the laws of the State of New York; provided , however , that causes of action for violations of Federal or state securities laws shall not be governed by this Section. Venue for any action brought hereunder shall lie exclusively in New York, New York.
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10. | Severability . |
If any portion of this Agreement shall be held invalid or inoperative, then so far as is reasonable and possible the remainder of this Agreement shall be considered valid and operative and effect shall be given to the intent manifested by the portion held invalid or inoperative.
11. | Delay Not a Waiver . |
Neither the failure nor any delay on the part of any party to this Agreement to exercise any right, remedy, power, or privilege under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall a waiver of any right, remedy, power, or privilege with respect to any occurrence be construed as a waiver of such right, remedy, power, or privilege with respect to any subsequent occurrence.
12. | Counterparts . |
This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts. Each counterpart, when executed and delivered, shall be an original contract, but all counterparts, when taken together, shall constitute one and the same Agreement.
13. | Third-Party Beneficiaries; Successors; and Amendment. |
a. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Dealer Manager, the Company and the Sponsor and their respective successors. Nothing in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give to any other person any right, remedy or claim, except as otherwise specifically provided herein. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of the Dealers to the extent set forth in Section 7 hereof.
b. This Agreement may be amended by the written agreement of the Dealer Manager, the Sponsor and the Company.
14. | Term and Termination . |
In any case, if not sooner terminated, this Agreement shall expire at the close of business on the effective date that the Offering is terminated. This Agreement may be terminated by either party (a) immediately upon notice to the other party in the event that the other party shall have materially failed to comply with any material provision of this Agreement or if any of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements of such party contained herein shall not have been materially complied with and such failure to comply is not cured within ten (10) days after the date of such occurrence or (b) on 60 days written notice. In any event, this Agreement shall be deemed suspended during any period for which the Dealer Managers license or registration to act as a broker dealer shall be revoked or suspended by any federal, self-regulatory or state agency.
In addition, the Dealer Manager, upon the expiration or termination of this Agreement, shall (a) promptly deposit any and all funds in its possession which were received from investors for the sale of Shares into the appropriate escrow account or, if the Minimum Offering has been reached, into such other account as the Company may designate; and (b) promptly deliver to the Company all records and documents in its possession which relate to the Offering which are not designated as dealer copies. The Dealer Manager, at its sole expense, may make and retain copies of all such records and documents required to be retained by the Dealer Manager pursuant to (i) Federal and state securities laws and the rules and regulations thereunder, (ii) the applicable rules of FINRA and (iii) the NASAA REIT Guidelines, but shall keep all such information confidential; provided, that, nothing contained in this Agreement shall prevent the Dealer Manager from disclosing any such information to any regulatory authority asserting jurisdiction over the Dealer Manager. The Dealer Manager shall use its reasonable best efforts to cooperate with the Company to accomplish any orderly transfer of management of the Offering to a party designated by the Company. Upon expiration or termination of this Agreement, the Company shall pay to the Dealer Manager all earned but unpaid compensation and reimbursement for all incurred, accountable compensation to which the Dealer Manager is or becomes entitled under Section 5 of this Agreement, including but not limited to any Distribution Fees, pursuant to the requirements of that Section 5 at such times as such amounts become payable pursuant to the terms of such Section 5 without acceleration; provided , however , that if the Minimum Offering is not reached prior to such expiration or termination, the Company shall not pay any such compensation and reimbursements to the Dealer Manager.
15. | Definitions . |
Any terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Prospectus.
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16. | Notices . |
All notices, approvals, requests, and authorizations that are required hereunder to be in writing shall be duly given and deemed to be delivered when delivered in person, by courier, or by over-night delivery service, or deposited in the United States mail, properly addressed and stamped with the required postage, to the intended recipient, as set forth below.
To the Dealer Manager: |
Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. 110 E. 59 th Street New York, NY 10022 Attn: General Counsel |
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To the Company: |
Rodin Global Property Trust, Inc. 110 E. 59 th Street New York, NY 10022 Attn: General Counsel |
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With a copy to: Judith D. Fryer Greenberg Traurig, LLP 200 Park Avenue New York City, New York 10166 |
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To the Sponsor: |
Cantor Fitzgerald Investors, LLC 110 E. 59 th Street New York, NY 10022 Attn: General Counsel
With a copy to: Judith D. Fryer Greenberg Traurig, LLP 200 Park Avenue New York City, New York 10166 |
Any party may change its address specified above by giving the other party notice of such change in accordance with this Section.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the parties hereto have each duly executed this Dealer Manager Agreement as of the day and year set forth above.
COMPANY: | ||
RODIN GLOBAL PROPERTY TRUST, INC. |
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/s/ Kenneth Carpenter |
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Name: |
Kenneth Carpenter |
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Title: |
President |
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DEALER MANAGER: |
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CANTOR FITZGERALD & CO. |
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/s/ Shawn Matthews |
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Name: |
Shawn Matthews |
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Title: |
Chief Executive Officer |
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CANTOR FITZGERALD INVESTORS, LLC |
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By: |
/s/ Shawn Matthews |
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Name: |
Shawn Matthews |
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Title: |
Chief Executive Officer |
Exhibit A
RODIN GLOBAL PROPERTY TRUST, INC.
Up to $1,250,000,000 in Shares of Common Stock
FORM OF SELECTED DEALER AGREEMENT
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., as the dealer manager (the Dealer Manager) for Rodin Global Property Trust, Inc. (the Company), a Maryland corporation that intends to qualify to be taxed as a real estate investment trust, invites you (the Dealer) to participate in the distribution of Class A shares (the Class A Shares), Class T shares (the Class T Shares) and Class I shares (the Class I Shares) of common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the Class A Shares, the Class T Shares and Class I Shares collectively, the Shares) of the Company subject to the following terms:
I. | Dealer Manager Agreement |
The Dealer Manager has entered into the Dealer Manager Agreement (the Dealer Manager Agreement) with the Company and Cantor Fitzgerald Investors, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the Sponsor) dated March 23, 2017, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A. The terms of the Dealer Manager Agreement relating to the Dealer are incorporated herein by reference as if set forth verbatim. By your acceptance of this Agreement, you will become one of the Dealers referred to in such Dealer Manager Agreement, as well as a third-party beneficiary of the Dealer Manager Agreement as set forth in Section 13 thereof, and, in particular, will be entitled and subject to the indemnification provisions contained in Section 7 of such Dealer Manager Agreement wherein the Dealers severally agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, the Dealer Manager, the Sponsor and each officer and director thereof, and each person, if any, who controls the Company, the Dealer Manager, or the Sponsor within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act). Except as otherwise specifically stated herein, capitalized terms used in this Agreement not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given them in the Dealer Manager Agreement. The Shares are to be offered solely through broker dealers who are members of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (FINRA).
The Dealer hereby agrees to use its best efforts to sell the Shares for cash on the terms and conditions stated in the Prospectus. The Dealer shall indicate on Schedule 1 to this Agreement whether the Dealer has elected to use its best efforts to sell Class A Shares, Class T Shares or both classes of Shares. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed or construed to make the Dealer an employee, agent, representative or partner of the Dealer Manager or of the Company, and the Dealer is not authorized to act for the Dealer Manager or the Company or to make any representations on their behalf except as set forth in the Prospectus and such other supplemental sales materials, sales literature, advertising and other material as shall have been previously approved by the Company or an authorized agent of the Company in writing and all appropriate regulatory agencies (the Authorized Sales Materials).
The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) the Registration Statement, including the Prospectus, for the registration of the offering of the Shares under the Securities Act. Such Registration Statement has been declared effective by the Commission, or will be declared effective prior to commencement of the offering. The offering of the Shares has also been qualified in all fifty states of the United States, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia, or will be so qualified prior to commencement of the offering in any such jurisdiction. The Dealer Manager will provide the Dealer as many copies of the Prospectus as the Dealer may from time to time reasonably request.
II. | Submission of Orders |
Except as set forth below, those persons who purchase Shares shall be instructed by the Dealer to make their checks payable to or wire transfer directed to UMB Bank, N.A., as Escrow Agent for Rodin Global Property Trust, Inc. After the Company meets the Minimum Offering requirement of $2,000,000, subscribers will be instructed by the
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Dealer to make their checks payable to or to send wire transfers for the account of Rodin Global Property Trust, Inc. Any Dealer receiving a check not conforming to the foregoing instructions shall return such check directly to such subscriber not later than the end of the next business day following its receipt. Checks received by the Dealer which conform to the foregoing instructions shall be transmitted for deposit in accordance with the following procedures.
Where, pursuant to a Dealers internal supervisory procedures, internal supervisory review is conducted at the same location at which subscription documents and checks are initially received from subscribers, checks will be transmitted by the end of the next business day following receipt of the subscription documents and the check by the Dealer to the escrow agent or, after the Minimum Offering has been achieved, to the Company or to such other account or agent as directed by the Company.
Where, pursuant to a Dealers internal supervisory procedures, final internal supervisory review is conducted at a different location (the Final Review Office), subscription documents and checks will be transmitted to the Final Review Office by the end of the next business day following receipt of the subscription documents and check by the Dealer. The Final Review Office will transmit such subscription documents and checks by the end of the next business day following receipt by the Final Review Office to the escrow agent or, after the Minimum Offering has been achieved, to the Company or to such other account or agent as directed by the Company.
The Dealer agrees to be bound by the terms of the Escrow Agreement executed as of March 23, 2017, by UMB Bank, N.A., as Escrow Agent, the Dealer Manager and the Company. Dealers shall deliver checks and completed subscription documents required to be sent to the escrow agent pursuant to this Section II via overnight courier to UMB Bank, N.A., as Escrow Agent for Rodin Global Property Trust, Inc.
III. | Pricing |
Shares shall be offered to the public at the offering price per Class A Share, per Class T Share and per Class I Share set forth in the Prospectus and the price shall be payable in cash, subject to volume discounts and other discounts for Shares described in the Plan of Distribution section of the Prospectus and the Companys right to adjust the offering price. Shares shall be offered pursuant to the DRP for the purchase price set forth in the Prospectus and the DRP, subject to the terms and pricing information provided in the Prospectus and the DRP, including the Companys right to reallocate Share amounts between the Primary Offering and the DRP Offering and to adjust the offering price. Any adjustments to the offering price shall be disclosed in the Prospectus. Except as otherwise indicated in the Prospectus or in any letter or memorandum sent to the Dealer by the Company or the Dealer Manager, subscribers must initially purchase $2,500 in Shares. After investors have satisfied the minimum purchase requirement, minimum additional purchases must be in increments of $100, except for purchases made pursuant to the DRIP. The Shares are nonassessable. The Dealer hereby agrees to place any order for the full purchase price.
IV. | Dealers Commissions and Expense Reimbursements |
Subject to volume discounts and other discounts described in the Plan of Distribution section of the Prospectus, the Dealers selling commission shall be an amount equal to (i) six percent (6.0%) of the gross offering proceeds from the sale of the Class A Shares and (ii) three percent (3.0%) of the gross offering proceeds from the sale of the Class T Shares, in each case sold in the Primary Offering by the Dealer and accepted and confirmed by the Company, which commission will be paid to the Dealer Manager and, in the Dealer Managers sole discretion, all or a portion of the commission may be reallowed to the Dealer. In addition, the Dealer Manager may, in its sole discretion, reallow a portion of the dealer manager fees paid to it by the Company for the sale of Class A Shares and Class T Shares to Dealer as a marketing fee, based upon the Dealer Managers consideration of projected volume of sales, the amount of marketing assistance and level of marketing support provided by such participating-broker dealer in the past and the level of marketing support to be provided in this offering. The amount of the selling commission and marketing fee to be reallowed to the Dealer is set forth on Schedule 1 to this Agreement. The Dealer Manager also may pay, in its sole discretion, out of a portion of its dealer manager fee or selling commission, reimbursements of distribution and marketing-related costs and expenses of the Dealer, which may include permissible forms of non-cash compensation pursuant to FINRA Rule 2310(c) such as: an occasional meal, a ticket to a sporting event or the theater, or comparable entertainment which is neither so frequent nor so extensive as to raise any question of propriety and is not preconditioned on achievement of a sales target; costs and expenses of
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attending training and education meetings and Dealer-sponsored conferences; and gifts that do not exceed on aggregate of $100 per person and are not conditioned on achievement of a sales target. For these purposes, a sale of Shares shall occur if and only if a transaction has closed with a securities purchaser pursuant to all applicable offering and subscription documents and the Company has thereafter distributed the selling commission to the Dealer Manager in connection with such transaction. The Dealer acknowledges and agrees that no selling commissions or dealer manager fees will be paid in respect of the sale of any Shares pursuant to the DRP and no selling commission will be paid in respect of the sale of any Class I Shares.
In addition, as set forth in the Prospectus, the Dealer Manager may reallow all or a portion of the Distribution Fee (as defined in the Dealer Manager Agreement) to the Dealer in the Dealer Managers sole discretion; provided, however, that the Dealers right, if any, to receive Distribution Fees with respect to each Class T Share shall cease upon the earliest to occur of the following: (i) a listing of the Companys common shares on a national securities exchange, (ii) such Class T Share no longer being outstanding, (iii) the Dealer Managers determination that total underwriting compensation from all sources, including dealer manager fees, selling commissions, Distribution Fees and any other amounts paid to participating broker dealers that would be deemed underwriting compensation pursuant to FINRA Rule 2310, with respect to all Class A Shares, Class T Shares and Class I Shares would be in excess of 10% of the gross proceeds of the Primary Offering; or (iv) the end of the month in which total underwriting compensation, including dealer manager fees, selling commissions, and Distribution Fees with respect to the Class T Shares held by a stockholder within his or her particular account would be in excess of 10% of the stockholders total gross investment amount at the time of purchase of the primary Class T Shares held in such account. The amount of the Distribution Fee to be reallowed to the Dealer is set forth on Schedule 1 to this Agreement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Dealer Manager is notified that the Dealer is no longer the broker dealer of record with respect to Class T Shares sold by the Dealer, then the Dealers entitlement to the Distribution Fees related to such Class T Shares shall cease, and the Dealer shall not receive the Distribution Fees for any portion of the month in which the Dealer is not the broker dealer of record on the last day of the month; provided , however , if the change in the broker dealer of record with respect to such Class T Shares is made in connection with a change in the registration of record for such Class T Shares on the Companys books and records (including, but not limited to, a re-registration due to a sale or a transfer or a change in the form of ownership of the account), then the Dealer shall be entitled to a pro rata portion of the Distribution Fees related to such Class T Shares for the portion of the month for which the Dealer was the broker dealer of record. Thereafter, such Distribution Fees may be reallowed by the Dealer Manager, in its sole discretion, to the then-current broker dealer of record of the Class T Shares if any such broker dealer of record has been designated (the Servicing Broker Dealer); provided, that, such reallowance shall only be paid to the extent such Servicing Broker Dealer has entered into a Selected Dealer Agreement or similar agreement with the Dealer Manager (the Servicing Agreement) and such Selected Dealer Agreement or Servicing Agreement with the Servicing Broker Dealer provides for such reallowance. In this regard, all determinations will be made by the Dealer Manager in its sole discretion. The Dealer agrees to promptly notify the Dealer Manager upon becoming aware that it is no longer the broker dealer of record with respect to any or all of the Class T Shares sold by the Dealer.
The Dealer shall be responsible for implementing the volume discounts for Class A Shares and Class T Shares described in the Plan of Distribution section of the Prospectus. It is the sole responsibility of the Dealer to determine whether a particular purchase by a subscriber qualifies for a volume discount to the Dealers selling commission and to confirm that the appropriate volume discount was accorded to the subscriber based on the Dealers review of the transaction confirmation issued by the Company. Requests to combine purchase orders of Class A Shares and Class T Shares as a part of one combined order for the purpose of qualifying for discounts as described in the Plan of Distribution section of the Prospectus must be made in writing by the Dealer, and any resulting reduction in selling commissions will be prorated among the separate subscribers.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no selling commissions, Distribution Fees, dealer manager fees, or amounts whatsoever will be paid to the Dealer Manager unless or until completion of the Minimum Offering. Until the Minimum Offering is reached, proceeds from the sale of Shares will be held in escrow and, if the Minimum Offering is not reached, will be returned to the investors in accordance with the terms of the Prospectus. Further, no selling commissions, dealer manager fees, Distribution Fees or other amounts will be paid to the Dealer Manager and reallowed to the Dealer under this provision unless subscriptions for the purchase of Shares have been accepted by
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the Company. The Company and the Sponsor will not be liable or responsible to any Dealer or Servicing Broker Dealer for direct payment or any reallowance of selling commissions, Distribution Fees or dealer manager fees to such Dealer or Servicing Broker Dealer, it being the sole and exclusive responsibility of the Dealer Manager for any payment or reallowance of selling commissions, Distribution Fees or dealer manager fees to Dealers and Servicing Broker Dealers. The Dealer hereby waives any and all rights to receive any reallowance of selling commissions, Distribution Fees or dealer manager fees and any other payments due until such time as the Dealer Manager is in receipt of such payments from the Company or the Sponsor, as applicable. The Dealer affirms that the Dealer Managers liability for any reallowance of selling commissions, Distribution Fees, or dealer manager fees payable to the Dealer is limited solely to the selling commissions, Distribution Fees, and dealer manager fees associated with the Dealers sale of Shares and actually received by the Dealer Manager from the Company or the Sponsor, as applicable. The parties hereby agree that the compensation to be paid to Dealer pursuant to this Section IV is not in excess of the usual and customary distributors or sellers commissions received in the sale of securities similar to the Shares and that the Dealers interest in the Offering is limited to such selling commissions and other payments from the Dealer Manager and the Dealers indemnity referred to in Section 7 of the Dealer Manager Agreement.
V. | Payment of Commissions |
Payments of selling commissions and any other fees due to the Dealer pursuant to this Agreement will be made by the Dealer Manager to the Dealer. Selling commissions and such other fees due to the Dealer pursuant to this Agreement will be paid to the Dealer within 30 days after their receipt by the Dealer Manager.
The Dealer, in its sole discretion, may authorize the Dealer Manager to deposit selling commissions and any other payments due to it pursuant to this Agreement directly to its bank account. If the Dealer so elects, the Dealer shall provide such deposit authorization and instructions in Schedule 2 to this Agreement.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, in the event that the Dealer Manager has reallowed any selling commissions or fees to the Dealer for a sale of one or more Shares and the subscription is rescinded as to one or more of the Shares covered by such subscription, the Dealer shall decrease the next reallowance of selling commissions or payment of other compensation otherwise payable to the Dealer by the Dealer Manager under this Agreement by an amount equal to the selling commissions or fees paid to the Dealer for the sale of the Shares as to which the subscription is rescinded. In the event that no reallowance of selling commissions or payment of other compensation is due to the Dealer Manager after such rescinded subscription occurs, the Dealer shall pay the amount specified in the preceding sentence to the Dealer Manager within seven (7) days following receipt of notice by the Dealer from the Dealer Manager stating the amount owed as a result of rescinded subscriptions.
VI. | Right to Reject Orders or Cancel Sales |
All orders, whether initial or additional, are subject to acceptance by and shall only become effective upon confirmation by the Company, which reserves the right to reject any order. Orders not accompanied by an executed Subscription Agreement and the required check or wire transfer in payment for the Shares may be rejected. Issuance and delivery of the Shares will be made only after actual receipt of payment therefor. If any check is not paid upon presentment, or if the Company is not in actual receipt of clearinghouse funds or cash, certified or cashiers check or the equivalent in payment for the Shares within 15 days of sale, the Company reserves the right to cancel the sale without notice. In the event an order is rejected, canceled or rescinded for any reason, the Dealer agrees to return to the Dealer Manager any commission theretofore paid with respect to such order.
VII. | Prospectus and Authorized Sales Materials; Compliance with Laws |
The Dealer is not authorized or permitted to give and will not give any information or make any representation concerning the Shares except as set forth in the Prospectus and any Authorized Sales Materials. The Dealer Manager will supply the Dealer with reasonable quantities of the Prospectus, any supplements thereto and any amended Prospectus, as well as any Authorized Sales Materials, for delivery to investors, and the Dealer will deliver a copy of the Prospectus and all supplements thereto and any amended Prospectus to each investor to whom an offer is made prior to or simultaneously with the first solicitation of an offer to sell the Shares to an investor. The Dealer agrees that it will not send or give any supplement to the Prospectus or any Authorized Sales Materials to an investor unless it has previously sent or given a Prospectus and all previous supplements thereto and any amended Prospectus to
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that investor or has simultaneously sent or given a Prospectus and all previous supplements thereto and any amended Prospectus with such supplement to the Prospectus or Authorized Sales Materials. The Dealer agrees that it will not show or give to any investor or prospective investor or reproduce any material or writing which is supplied to it by the Dealer Manager and marked dealer only or otherwise bearing a legend denoting that it is not to be used in connection with the sale of Shares to members of the public. The Dealer agrees that it will not use in connection with the offer or sale of Shares any material or writing which relates to another company supplied to it by the Company or the Dealer Manager bearing a legend which states that such material may not be used in connection with the offer or sale of any securities other than the company to which it relates. The Dealer agrees that it will itself mail or otherwise deliver all final Prospectuses required for compliance with the provisions of Rule 15c2-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act). Regardless of the termination of this Agreement, the Dealer will deliver a Prospectus in transactions in the Shares for a period of 90 days from the effective date of the Registration Statement or such longer period as may be required by the Exchange Act.
On becoming a Dealer, and in offering and selling Shares, the Dealer agrees to comply with all the applicable requirements imposed upon it under (a) the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated under both such acts, (b) all applicable state securities laws and regulations as from time to time in effect, (c) any other state and Federal laws and regulations applicable to the Offering, the sale of Shares or the activities of the Dealer pursuant to this Agreement, including without limitation the privacy standards and requirements of state and Federal laws, including the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999 (the GLBA), and the laws governing money laundering abatement and anti-terrorist financing efforts, including the applicable rules of the Commission and FINRA, the Bank Secrecy Act, as amended, the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001, and regulations administered by the Office of Foreign Asset Control at the Department of the Treasury; and (d) this Agreement and the Prospectus as amended and supplemented. Notwithstanding the termination of this Agreement or the payment of any amount to the Dealer, the Dealer agrees to pay the Dealers proportionate share of any claim, demand or liability asserted against the Dealer and the other Dealers on the basis that such Dealers or any of them constitute an association, unincorporated business or other separate entity, including in each case such Dealers proportionate share of any expenses incurred in defending against any such claim, demand or liability.
VIII. | License and FINRA Membership; No Pending Actions |
The Dealers acceptance of this Agreement constitutes a representation to the Company and the Dealer Manager that the Dealer is a properly registered or licensed broker dealer, duly authorized to sell Shares under Federal and state securities laws and regulations and in all states where it offers or sells Shares, and that it is a member in good standing of FINRA. This Agreement shall automatically terminate if the Dealer ceases to be a member in good standing of FINRA. The Dealer agrees to notify the Dealer Manager immediately if the Dealer ceases to be a member in good standing of FINRA. In addition, each of the Dealer Manager and the Dealer hereby agrees to abide by the Conduct Rules of FINRA, including FINRA Rules 2090, 2111, 2310, 5110 and 5141, and to comply with Rules 2420 and 2440 of the Conduct Rules of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (or any such rules successor FINRA Rule).
The Dealers acceptance of this Agreement constitutes a representation to the Company and the Dealer Manager that there is no action, suit, proceeding, legal claim or investigation pending, or to the knowledge of the Dealer, threatened or contemplated before or by any Federal or state commission, arbitrator, court, regulatory body or administrative agency or other governmental body or agency, domestic or foreign, at law or in equity, against or affecting the Dealer, which would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a material adverse effect on the Dealers ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or on the Dealers business, prospects, operations, condition (financial or otherwise), industry reputation or results of operations (a Material Adverse Effect). The Dealer covenants and agrees during the term of this Agreement to promptly notify the Dealer Manager of any such actual, threatened or contemplated action, suit, proceeding, legal claim or investigation which would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
The Dealers acceptance of this Agreement constitutes a further representation to the Company and the Dealer Manager that to the knowledge of the Dealer, there are no events or incidents that would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect and the Dealer covenants and agrees during the term of this Agreement to promptly notify the Dealer Manager of any such event or incident which would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
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IX. | Limitation of Offer; Suitability |
The Dealer will offer Shares only to persons who meet the financial qualifications set forth in the Prospectus or in any suitability letter or memorandum sent to it by the Company or the Dealer Manager and will only make offers to persons in the states in which it is advised in writing by the Dealer Manager that the Shares are qualified for sale or that such qualification is not required.
In offering Shares, the Dealer shall determine that the purchase of the Shares is a suitable and appropriate investment for each purchaser of the Shares solicited by the Dealer. The Dealer acknowledges and agrees that the Dealer Manager does not have any customers and that with respect to each purchaser of Shares solicited by the Dealer, it shall be the sole obligation of the Dealer, and not the Dealer Manager, to comply with the suitability and other requirements imposed by the Prospectus, the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, applicable Blue Sky laws, and all applicable FINRA rules, including the NASD Conduct Rules set forth in the FINRA Manual, as well as all other applicable rules and regulations relating to suitability of investors and prospectus delivery requirements, including without limitation, the provisions of Article III.C. and Article III.E.1. of the NASAA REIT Guidelines. Nothing contained in this Selected Dealer Agreement shall be construed to impose upon the Company or the Dealer Manager the responsibility of assuring that prospective investors meet the suitability standards in accordance with the terms and provisions of the Prospectus. The Dealer shall not purchase any Shares for a discretionary account without obtaining the prior written approval of the Dealers customer. The Dealer agrees to comply with the recordkeeping requirements imposed by (a) federal and state securities laws and the rules and regulations thereunder, (b) the applicable rules of FINRA and (c) the NASAA REIT Guidelines, including the requirement to maintain records (the Suitability Records) of the information used to determine that an investment in Shares is suitable and appropriate for each subscriber for a period of six years from the date of the sale of the Shares. The Dealer further agrees to make the Suitability Records available to the Dealer Manager and the Company upon request and to make them available to representatives of the Commission and FINRA and applicable state securities administrators upon the Dealers receipt of a subpoena or other appropriate document request from such agency.
X. | Disclosure Review; Confidentiality of Information |
The Dealer agrees that it shall have reasonable grounds to believe, based on the information made available to it through the Prospectus or other materials, that all material facts are adequately and accurately disclosed in the Prospectus and provide a reasonable basis for evaluating the Shares. In making this determination, the Dealer shall evaluate items of compensation, physical properties, tax aspects, financial stability and experience of the sponsor, conflicts of interest and risk factors; and appraisals and other pertinent reports. If the Dealer relies upon the results of any inquiry conducted by another member or members of FINRA, the Dealer shall have reasonable grounds to believe that such inquiry was conducted with due care, that the member or members conducting or directing the inquiry consented to the disclosure of the results of the inquiry and that the person who participated in or conducted the inquiry is not the Dealer Manager or a sponsor or an affiliate of the sponsor of the Company.
It is anticipated that the Dealer and the Dealers home office diligence personnel and other agents of the Dealer that are conducting a due diligence inquiry on behalf of the Dealer (collectively, the Diligence Personnel) either have previously or will in the future have access to certain Confidential Information (defined below) pertaining to the Company, the Dealer Manager, the Sponsor, or their respective affiliates. For purposes hereof, Confidential Information shall mean and include: (a) trade secrets concerning the business and affairs of Company, the Dealer Manager, the Sponsor, or their respective affiliates; (b) confidential data, know-how, current and planned research and development, current and planned methods and processes, marketing lists or strategies, slide presentations, business plans, however documented, belonging to Company, the Dealer Manager, the Sponsor, or their respective affiliates; (c) information concerning the business and affairs of Company, the Dealer Manager, the Sponsor, or their respective affiliates including, without limitation, historical financial statements, financial projections and budgets, models, budgets, plans, and market studies, however documented; (d) any information marked or designated ConfidentialFor Due Diligence Purposes Only; and (e) any notes, analysis, compilations, studies, summaries and other material containing or based, in whole or in part, on any information included in the foregoing. The Dealer agrees to keep, and to cause its Diligence Personnel to keep, all such Confidential Information strictly confidential and to not use, distribute or copy the same except in connection with the Dealers due diligence inquiry and in no event in connection with the sale of Shares. The Dealer agrees to not disclose, and to cause its Diligence Personnel not to disclose, such Confidential Information to the public, or the Dealers sales staff or financial advisors, or to any
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other third party. The Dealer further agrees to use all reasonable precautions necessary to preserve the confidentiality of such Confidential Information, including, but not limited to (a) limiting access to such information to persons who have a need to know such information only for the purpose of the Dealers due diligence inquiry and (b) informing each recipient of such Confidential Information of the Dealers confidentiality obligation. The Dealer acknowledges that Dealer or its Diligence Personnel may previously have received Confidential Information in connection with preliminary due diligence on the Company, and agrees that the foregoing restrictions shall apply to any such previously received Confidential Information. The Dealer acknowledges that Dealer or its Diligence Personnel may in the future receive Confidential Information either in individual or collective meetings or telephone calls with the Company, or at general Forums sponsored by the Company, and agrees that the foregoing restrictions shall apply to any Confidential Information received in the future through any source or medium. The Dealer acknowledges the restrictions and limitations of Regulation F-D promulgated by the Commission and agrees that the foregoing restrictions are necessary and appropriate in order for the Company to comply therewith. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Confidential Information may be disclosed (a) if approved in writing for disclosure by the Company or the Dealer Manager, as applicable, (b) pursuant to a subpoena or as required by law, or (c) as required by regulation, rule, order or request of any governing or self-regulatory organization (including the Commission or FINRA), provided that the Dealer shall notify the Dealer Manager in advance if practicable under the circumstances of any attempt to obtain Confidential Information pursuant to provisions (b) and (c).
XI. | Dealers Compliance with Anti-Money Laundering Rules and Regulations |
The Dealer acknowledges that investors who purchase Shares through the Dealer are customers of the Dealer and not the Dealer Manager. The Dealer hereby represents that has complied and will comply with Section 326 of the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 and the implementing rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (the PATRIOT Act) in connection with broker/dealers anti-money laundering obligations (the AML Rules). The Dealer hereby represents that it has adopted and implemented, and will maintain a written anti-money laundering compliance program (AML Program) including, without limitation, anti-money laundering policies and procedures relating to customer identification as required by the PATRIOT Act and the implementing rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. In accordance with these applicable laws and regulations and its AML Program, the Dealer agrees to verify the identity of its new customers; to maintain customer records; to check the names of new customers against government watch lists, including the Office of Foreign Asset Controls (OFAC) list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons. Additionally, Dealer will monitor account activity to identify patterns of unusual size or volume, geographic factors and any other red flags described in the PATRIOT Act as potential signals of money laundering or terrorist financing. The Dealer will submit to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network any required suspicious activity reports about such activity and further will disclose such activity to applicable federal and state law enforcement when required by law. The Dealer further understands that, while the Dealer Manager is required to establish and implement an AML Program in accordance with the AML Rules, the Dealer cannot rely on the Dealer Managers AML Program for purposes of the Dealers compliance with the AML Rules. The Dealer agrees to notify the Dealer Manager immediately if the Dealer is subject to a FINRA disclosure event or fine from FINRA related to its AML Program.
XII. | Privacy |
The Dealer agrees to abide by and comply in all respects with (a) the privacy standards and requirements of the GLBA and applicable regulations promulgated thereunder, (b) the privacy standards and requirements of any other applicable federal or state law, including the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) and (c) its own internal privacy policies and procedures, each as may be amended from time to time.
The parties hereto acknowledge that from time to time, the Dealer may share with the Company and the Company may share with the Dealer nonpublic personal information (as defined under the GLBA) of customers of the Dealer. This nonpublic personal information may include, but is not limited to a customers name, address, telephone number, social security number, account information and personal financial information. The Dealer shall only be granted access to such nonpublic personal information of each of its customers that pertains to the period or periods during which the Dealer served as the broker dealer of record for such customers account. The Dealer, the Dealer Manager and the Company shall not disclose nonpublic personal information of any customers who have opted out of such disclosures, except (a) to service providers (when necessary and as permitted under the GLBA), (b) to carry out the purposes for which one party discloses such nonpublic personal information to another party under this
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Agreement (when necessary and as permitted under the GLBA) or (c) as otherwise required by applicable law. Any nonpublic personal information that one party receives from another party shall be subject to the limitations on usage described in this Section XII. Except as expressly permitted under the FCRA, the Dealer agrees that it shall not disclose any information that would be considered a consumer report under the FCRA.
The Dealer shall be responsible for determining which customers have opted out of the disclosure of nonpublic personal information by periodically reviewing and, if necessary, retrieving a list of such customers (the List) to identify customers that have exercised their opt-out rights. In the event the Dealer, the Dealer Manager or the Company expects to use or disclose nonpublic personal information of any customer for purposes other than as set forth in this Section XII, it must first consult the List to determine whether the affected customer has exercised his or her opt-out rights. The use or disclosure of any nonpublic personal information of any customer that is identified on the List as having opted out of such disclosures, except as set forth in this Section XII, shall be prohibited.
The Dealer shall implement reasonable measures designed (a) to assure the security and confidentiality of nonpublic personal information of all customers; (b) to protect such information against any anticipated threats or hazards to the security or integrity of such information; (c) to protect against unauthorized access to, or use of, such information that could result in material harm to any customer; (d) to protect against unauthorized disclosure of such information to unaffiliated third parties; and (e) to otherwise ensure its compliance with all applicable privacy standards and requirements of federal or state law (including, but not limited to, the GLBA), and any other applicable legal or regulatory requirements. The Dealer further agrees to cause all its agents, representatives, affiliates, subcontractors, or any other party to whom the Dealer provides access to or discloses nonpublic personal information of customers to implement appropriate measures designed to meet the objectives set forth in this Section XII.
XIII. | Dealers Undertaking to Not Facilitate a Secondary Market in the Shares |
The Dealer acknowledges that there is no public trading market for the Shares and that there are limits on the ownership, transferability and redemption of the Shares, which significantly limit the liquidity of an investment in the Shares. The Dealer also acknowledges that the Companys Share Repurchase Program (the Program) provides only a limited opportunity for investors to have their Shares redeemed by the Company and that the Companys board of directors may, in its sole discretion, amend, suspend, or terminate the Program at any time in accordance with the terms of the Program. The Dealer further acknowledges that the Company is obligated to immediately terminate the Program if the Shares are listed on a national securities exchange or if a secondary market in the Shares is otherwise established. The Dealer hereby agrees that so long as the Company is offering Shares under a registration statement filed with the Commission (including any follow-on offering of the Shares) and the Company has not listed the Shares on a national securities exchange, the Dealer will not engage in any action or transaction that would facilitate or otherwise create the appearance of a secondary market in the Shares without the prior written approval of the Dealer Manager.
XIV. | Termination |
The Dealer will suspend or terminate its offer and sale of Shares upon the request of the Company or the Dealer Manager at any time and will resume its offer and sale of Shares hereunder upon subsequent request of the Company or the Dealer Manager. Any party may terminate this Agreement by written notice. Such termination shall be effective 48 hours after the mailing of such notice. This Agreement is the entire agreement of the parties and supersedes all prior agreements, if any, between the parties hereto.
This Agreement may be amended at any time by the Dealer Manager by written notice to the Dealer, and any such amendment shall be deemed accepted by the Dealer upon placing an order for sale of Shares after the Dealer has received such notice.
The respective agreements and obligations of the Dealer Manager and the Dealer set forth in Sections IV, VI, VII, X and XII through XVI of this Agreement shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of the termination of this Agreement.
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XV. | Notice |
All notices, approvals, requests, authorizations, directions or other communications under this Agreement shall be given in writing and shall be deemed to be delivered when delivered in person, by courier, or by over-night delivery service, or within three days when deposited in the United States mail, properly addressed and stamped with the required postage, registered or certified mail, return receipt requested as follows:
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XVI. | Attorneys Fees and Applicable Law |
In any action to enforce the provisions of this Agreement or to secure damages for its breach, the prevailing party shall recover its costs and reasonable attorneys fees. This Agreement shall be construed under the laws of the State of New York and shall take effect when signed by the Dealer and countersigned by the Dealer Manager. Venue for any action (including arbitration) brought hereunder shall lie exclusively in New York, New York.
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We have read the foregoing Agreement and we hereby accept and agree to the terms and conditions therein set forth. We hereby represent that the attached list of jurisdictions in which we are registered or licensed as a broker or dealer and are fully authorized to sell securities is true and correct, and we agree to advise you of any change in such list during the term of this Agreement.
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SCHEDULE 1
TO SELECTED DEALER AGREEMENT WITH
CANTOR FITZGERALD & CO.
NAME OF ISSUER : RODIN GLOBAL PROPERTY TRUST, INC.
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☐ | Check this box if the Dealer is electing to sell Class T Shares. |
☐ | Check this box if the Dealer is electing to sell Class I Shares. |
Except as otherwise specifically stated herein, capitalized terms used in this Schedule not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given them in the Selected Dealer Agreement (the Agreement) between Dealer and the Dealer Manager of which this Schedule is a part.
Selling Commission Reallowance (applicable ONLY if the Dealer sells Class A and T Shares)
The following reflects the selling commission reallowance as agreed upon between the Dealer Manager and the Dealer in connection with sales of Class A Shares and Class T Shares by the Dealer, excluding Shares issued under the Companys distribution reinvestment plan.
Subject to the terms of the Agreement, including without limitation Sections IV, V and VI of the Agreement, the Dealer Manager shall reallow to the Dealer from the selling commissions it receives from the Company selling commissions in the following amounts:
% of the gross proceeds from the sale of the Class A Shares by the Dealer
% of the gross proceeds from the sale of the Class T Shares by the Dealer
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Schedule, the Dealer affirms that the Dealer Managers liability for payment of the selling commissions to the Dealer is limited solely to the selling commissions actually received by the Dealer Manager from the Company associated with the Dealers sale of Class A Shares and Class T Shares.
Marketing Fee Reallowance
The following reflects the marketing fee reallowance as agreed upon between the Dealer Manager and the Dealer in connection with sales of Class A Shares, Class T Shares and Class I Shares by the Dealer, excluding Shares issued under the Companys distribution reinvestment plan.
Subject to the terms of the Agreement, including without limitation Sections IV, V and VI of the Agreement, the Dealer Manager shall reallow to the Dealer from the dealer manager fees it receives from the Company marketing fees in the following amounts:
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Schedule, the Dealer affirms that the Dealer Managers liability for payment of the marketing fees to the Dealer is limited solely to the dealer manager fees actually received by the Dealer Manager from the Company associated with the Dealers sale of Class A Shares, Class T Shares and Class I Shares.
Distribution Fee Reallowance (applicable ONLY if the Dealer sells Class T Shares)
The following reflects the Distribution Fee reallowance as agreed upon between the Dealer Manager and the Dealer in connection with sales of Class T Shares by the Dealer, excluding Shares issued under the Companys distribution reinvestment plan.
Subject to the terms of the Agreement, including without limitation Sections IV, V and VI of the Agreement, the Dealer Manager shall reallow to the Dealer % of the Distribution Fees received by the Dealer Manager with respect to Class T Shares sold by the Dealer until such time as the Dealer has received aggregate Distribution Fees with respect to such Class T Shares equal to % of the total gross investment amount at the time of purchase of such Class T shares. The Dealer Manager will pay the Distribution Fee to the Dealer monthly in arrears. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Schedule, the Dealer affirms that the Dealer Managers liability for payment of the Distribution Fee to the Dealer is limited solely to the Distribution Fees actually received by the Dealer Manager from the Company associated with the Dealers sale of Class T Shares.
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NAME OF ISSUER : RODIN GLOBAL PROPERTY TRUST, INC.
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The Dealer hereby authorizes the Dealer Manager or its agent to deposit selling commissions, dealer manager fee reallowances, distribution fees and any other payments due to it pursuant to the Selected Dealer Agreement to its bank account specified below. This authority will remain in force until the Dealer notifies the Dealer Manager in writing to cancel it. In the event that the Dealer Manager deposits funds erroneously into the Dealers account, the Dealer Manager is authorized to debit the account with no prior notice to the Dealer for an amount not to exceed the amount of the erroneous deposit.
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Exhibit 3.1
RODIN GLOBAL PROPERTY TRUST, INC.
SECOND ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT
FIRST : Rodin Global Property Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the 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 (which is hereinafter called the Corporation) is:
Rodin Global Property Trust, Inc.
ARTICLE II
PURPOSES AND POWERS
The purposes for which the Corporation is formed are to engage in any lawful act or activity (including, without limitation or obligation, engaging in business as a real estate investment trust under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or any successor statute (the Code)) for which corporations may be organized under the general laws of the State of Maryland as now or hereafter in force.
ARTICLE III
PRINCIPAL OFFICE IN STATE AND RESIDENT AGENT
The address of the principal office of the Corporation in the State of Maryland is c/o CSC-Lawyers Incorporating Service Company, 7 Saint Paul Street, Suite 820, Baltimore, Maryland 21202. The name and address of the resident agent of the Corporation are CSC-Lawyers Incorporating Service Company, 7 Saint Paul Street, Suite 820, Baltimore, Maryland 21202. The resident agent is a Maryland corporation.
ARTICLE IV
DEFINITIONS
As used in the Charter, the following terms shall have the following meanings unless the context otherwise requires:
Acquisition Expenses . The term Acquisition Expenses shall mean any and all expenses, excluding Acquisition Fees incurred by the Corporation, the Operating Partnership, the Advisor or any of their Affiliates, in connection with the selection, evaluation, acquisition, origination or development of any Investments, whether or not acquired or originated, as applicable, including, without limitation, legal fees and expenses, travel and communications expenses, costs of appraisals, surveys and environmental site assessments, nonrefundable option payments on property or other investments not acquired, accounting fees and expenses, title insurance premiums and the costs of performing due diligence.
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Acquisition Fee . The term Acquisition Fee shall mean any and all fees and commissions, exclusive of Acquisition Expenses, paid by any Person to any other Person (including any fees or commissions paid by or to any Affiliate of the Corporation or the Advisor) in connection with originating, making or investing in Investments or the purchase, development or construction of a Property, including real estate commissions, selection fees, Development Fees, Construction Fees, nonrecurring management fees, loan fees, points or any other fees of a similar nature. Excluded shall be Development Fees and Construction Fees paid to any Person not affiliated with the Sponsor in connection with the actual development and construction of a project.
Advisor or Advisors . The term Advisor or Advisors shall mean the Person or Persons, if any, appointed, employed or contracted with by the Corporation pursuant to Section 8.1 hereof and responsible for directing or performing the day-to-day business affairs of the Corporation, including any Person to whom the Advisor subcontracts all or substantially all of such functions.
Advisory Agreement . The term Advisory Agreement shall mean the agreement between the Corporation and the Advisor pursuant to which the Advisor will direct or perform the day-to-day business affairs of the Corporation.
Affiliate or Affiliated . The term Affiliate or Affiliated shall mean, with respect to any Person, (i) any Person directly or indirectly owning, controlling or holding, with the power to vote, ten percent or more of the outstanding voting securities of such other Person; (ii) any Person ten percent or more of whose outstanding voting securities are directly or indirectly owned, controlled or held, with the power to vote, by such other Person; (iii) any Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with such other Person; (iv) any executive officer, director, trustee or general partner of such other Person; and (v) any legal entity for which such Person acts as an executive officer, director, trustee or general partner.
Aggregate Share Ownership Limit . The term Aggregate Share Ownership Limit shall mean 9.8% in value of the aggregate of the outstanding Shares, or such other percentage determined by the Board of Directors in accordance with Section 6.1.8 of the Charter.
Asset . The term Asset shall mean any Property or Investment owned by the Corporation, directly or indirectly through one or more of its Affiliates, and any other investment made by the Corporation, directly or indirectly through one or more of its Affiliates.
Average Invested Assets . The term Average Invested Assets shall mean, for a specified period, the average of the aggregate book value of the Assets invested, directly or indirectly, in Investments before reserves for depreciation, bad debts or other similar non-cash reserves, computed by taking the average of such values at the end of each month during such period.
Beneficial Ownership . The term Beneficial Ownership shall mean ownership of Shares by a Person, whether the interest in 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.
Board or Board of Directors . The term Board or Board of Directors shall mean the Board of Directors of the Corporation.
Business Day . The term Business Day shall mean 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.
Bylaws . The term Bylaws shall mean the Bylaws of the Corporation, as amended from time to time.
Charitable Beneficiary . The term Charitable Beneficiary shall mean one or more beneficiaries of the Charitable Trust as determined pursuant to Section 6.2.6, provided that each such organization must be described in
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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.
Charitable Trust . The term Charitable Trust shall mean any trust provided for in Section 6.2.1.
Charitable Trustee . The term Charitable Trustee shall mean the Person unaffiliated with the Corporation and a Prohibited Owner, that is appointed by the Corporation to serve as Trustee of the Charitable Trust.
Charter . The term Charter shall mean the charter of the Corporation.
Class A Common Shares . The term Class A Common Shares shall have the meaning as provided in Article V herein.
Class I Common Shares . The term Class I Common Shares shall have the meaning as provided in Article V herein.
Class T Common Shares . The term Class T Common Shares shall have the meaning as provided in Article V herein.
Code . The term Code shall have the meaning as provided in Article II herein.
Commencement of the Initial Public Offering . The term Commencement of the Initial Public Offering shall mean the date that the Securities and Exchange Commission declares effective the registration statement filed under the Securities Act for the Initial Public Offering.
Common Share Ownership Limit . The term Common Share Ownership Limit shall mean 9.8% (in value or in number of Common Shares, whichever is more restrictive) of the aggregate of the outstanding Common Shares, or such other percentage determined by the Board of Directors in accordance with Section 6.1.8 of the Charter.
Common Shares . The term Common Shares shall have the meaning as provided in Section 5.1 herein.
Competitive Real Estate Commission . The term Competitive Real Estate Commission shall mean a real estate or brokerage commission paid for the purchase or sale of a Property that is reasonable, customary and competitive in light of the size, type and location of the Property.
Construction Fee . The term Construction Fee shall mean a fee or other remuneration for acting as general contractor and/or construction manager to construct improvements, supervise and coordinate projects or provide major repairs or rehabilitations on a Property.
Constructive Ownership . The term Constructive Ownership shall mean ownership of Shares by a Person, whether the interest in 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.
Contract Purchase Price . The term Contract Purchase Price shall mean the amount actually paid or allocated in respect of the purchase, development, construction or improvement of a Property or the amount of funds advanced with respect to a Loan, or the amount actually paid or allocated in respect of the purchase of other Assets, in each case exclusive of Acquisition Fees and Acquisition Expenses.
Corporation . The term Corporation shall have the meaning as provided in Article I herein.
Dealer Manager . The term Dealer Manager shall mean Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. or such other Person selected by the Board to act as the dealer manager for an Offering.
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Dealer Manager Fee . The term Dealer Manager Fee shall mean the dealer manager fee payable to the Dealer Manager for serving as the dealer manager for an Offering and reallowable to Soliciting Dealers with respect to Shares sold by them, as described in the Corporations Prospectus.
Development Fee . The term Development Fee shall mean a fee for the packaging of a Property, including the negotiation and approval of plans, and any assistance in obtaining zoning and necessary variances and financing for a specific Property, either initially or at a later date.
Director . The term Director shall have the meaning as provided in Section 7.1 herein.
Distribution Fee . The term Distribution Fee shall mean the distribution fee payable to the Dealer Manager as additional compensation for serving as the dealer manager for an Offering and reallowable to Soliciting Dealers with respect to Class T Common Shares sold by them, as described in the Corporations Prospectus.
Distributions . The term Distributions shall mean any distributions (as such term is defined in Section 2-301 of the MGCL), pursuant to Section 5.5 hereof, by the Corporation to owners of Shares, including distributions that may constitute a return of capital for federal income tax purposes.
Excepted Holder . The term Excepted Holder shall mean a Stockholder for whom an Excepted Holder Limit is created by the Board of Directors pursuant to Section 6.1.7.
Excepted Holder Limit . The term Excepted Holder Limit shall mean, provided that the affected Excepted Holder agrees to comply with the requirements established by the Board of Directors pursuant to Section 6.1.7 and subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 6.1.8, the percentage limit established by the Board of Directors pursuant to Section 6.1.7.
Excess Amount . The term Excess Amount shall have the meaning as provided in Section 8.10 herein.
Exchange Act . The term Exchange Act shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, or any successor statute thereto.
Gross Proceeds . The term Gross Proceeds shall mean the aggregate purchase price of all Shares sold for the account of the Corporation through an Offering, without deduction for Selling Commissions, volume discounts, any marketing support and due diligence expense reimbursement or Organization and Offering Expenses. For the purpose of computing Gross Proceeds, the purchase price of any Share for which reduced Selling Commissions are paid to the Dealer Manager or a Soliciting Dealer (where net proceeds to the Corporation are not reduced) shall be deemed to be the full amount of the offering price per Share pursuant to the Prospectus for such Offering without reduction.
Indemnitee . The term Indemnitee shall have the meaning as provided in Section 12.2(b) herein.
Independent Appraiser . The term Independent Appraiser shall mean a Person with no material current or prior business or personal relationship with the Advisor or the Directors and who is engaged to a substantial extent in the business of rendering opinions regarding the value of Real Property and/or other Assets of the type held by the Corporation. Membership in a nationally recognized appraisal society such as the Appraisal Institute shall be conclusive evidence of being engaged to a substantial extent in the business of rendering opinions regarding the value of Real Property.
Independent Director . The term Independent Director shall mean a Director who is not on the date of determination, and within the last two years from the date of determination has not been, directly or indirectly associated with the Sponsor or the Advisor by virtue of (i) ownership of an interest in the Sponsor, the Advisor or any of their Affiliates, (ii) employment by the Sponsor, the Advisor or any of their Affiliates, (iii) service as an officer or director of the Sponsor, the Advisor or any of their Affiliates, (iv) performance of services, other than as a Director, for the Corporation, (v) service as a director or trustee of more than three REITs organized by the Sponsor or advised by the Advisor or (vi) maintenance of a material business or professional relationship with the Sponsor, the Advisor or any of their Affiliates. A business or professional relationship is considered material if the
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aggregate gross income derived by the Director from the Sponsor, the Advisor and their Affiliates exceeds five percent of either the Directors annual gross income during either of the last two years or the Directors net worth on a fair market value basis. An indirect association with the Sponsor or the Advisor shall include circumstances in which a Directors spouse, parent, child, sibling, mother- or father-in-law, son- or daughter-in-law or brother- or sister-in-law is or has been associated with the Sponsor, the Advisor, any of their Affiliates or the Corporation.
Initial Date . The term Initial Date shall mean the date on which Shares are first issued in the Initial Public Offering; provided, however, that following any Restriction Termination Date, the term Initial Date shall mean the date on which the Corporation files, and the SDAT accepts for record, a Certificate of Notice setting forth the determination of the Board of Directors that it is in the best interests of the Corporation to attempt to qualify or requalify as a REIT.
Initial Investment . The term Initial Investment shall mean that portion of the initial capitalization of the Corporation contributed by the Sponsor or its Affiliates pursuant to Section II.A. of the NASAA REIT Guidelines.
Initial Public Offering . The term Initial Public Offering shall mean the first Offering pursuant to an effective registration statement filed under the Securities Act.
Invested Capital . The term Invested Capital shall mean the amount calculated by multiplying the total number of Shares purchased by Stockholders by the issue price at the time of such purchase, reduced by the portion of any Distribution that is attributable to Net Sales Proceeds and by any amounts paid by the Corporation to repurchase Shares pursuant to the Corporations plan for the repurchase of Shares.
Investments . The term Investments shall mean all investments by the Corporation or the Operating Partnership in Properties, Loans and all other investments (other than short-term investments acquired for purposes of cash management) in which the Corporation or the Operating Partnership may acquire an interest, either directly or indirectly, including through ownership interests in a Joint Venture, pursuant to its Charter, Bylaws and the investment objectives and policies adopted by the Board from time to time.
Joint Ventures . The term Joint Ventures shall mean those joint venture, limited liability company, partnership or other entity arrangements in which the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries is a co-venturer, member or partner established to acquire or hold Investments.
Leverage . The term Leverage shall mean the aggregate amount of indebtedness of the Corporation for money borrowed (including purchase money mortgage loans) outstanding at any time, both secured and unsecured.
Listing . The term Listing shall mean the listing of Common Shares on a national securities exchange. Upon such Listing, the Common Shares shall be deemed Listed.
Loans. The term Loans means mortgage loans and other types of debt financing investments made by the Corporation or the Operating Partnership, either directly or indirectly, including through ownership interests in a Joint Venture, including, without limitation, mezzanine loans, B-Notes, bridge loans, convertible debt, wraparound mortgage loans, construction mortgage loans, loans on leasehold interests, and participations in such loans.
Market Price . The term Market Price on any date shall mean, 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 in the principal consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed or admitted to trading on the NYSE or, if such Shares are not listed or admitted to trading on the NYSE, as reported on the principal consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed 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
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maker making a market in such Shares selected by the Board of Directors or, in the event that no trading price is available for such Shares, the net asset value of such Shares, as most recently disclosed by the Corporation.
MGCL . The term MGCL shall mean the Maryland General Corporation Law, as amended from time to time.
NASAA REIT Guidelines . The term NASAA REIT Guidelines shall mean the Statement of Policy Regarding Real Estate Investment Trusts published by the North American Securities Administrators Association on May 7, 2007.
Net Asset Value Per Class A Common Share . The term Net Asset Value Per Class A Common Share shall mean the net asset value of the Corporation allocable to the Class A Common Shares, determined as described in the Corporations Prospectus, divided by the number of outstanding Class A Common Shares.
Net Asset Value Per Class I Common Share . The term Net Asset Value Per Class I Common Share shall mean the net asset value of the Corporation allocable to the Class I Common Shares, determined as described in the Corporations Prospectus, divided by the number of outstanding Class I Common Shares.
Net Asset Value Per Class T Common Share . The term Net Asset Value Per Class T Common Share shall mean the net asset value of the Corporation allocable to the Class T Common Shares, determined as described in the Corporations Prospectus, divided by the number of outstanding Class T Common Shares.
Net Assets . The term Net Assets shall mean the total Assets (other than intangibles) at cost, before deducting depreciation, reserves for bad debts or other non-cash reserves, less total liabilities, calculated quarterly by the Corporation on a basis consistently applied.
Net Income . The term Net Income shall mean for any period, the Corporations total revenues applicable to such period, less the total expenses applicable to such period other than additions to reserves for depreciation, bad debts or other similar non-cash reserves and excluding any gain from the sale of the Assets.
Net Sales Proceeds . The term Net Sales Proceeds shall mean in the case of a transaction described in clause (i)(A) of the definition of Sale, the proceeds of any such transaction less the amount of selling expenses incurred by or on behalf of the Corporation, including all real estate commissions, closing costs and legal fees and expenses. In the case of a transaction described in clause (i)(B) of the definition of Sale, Net Sales Proceeds means the proceeds of any such transaction less the amount of selling expenses incurred by or on behalf of the Corporation, including any legal fees and expenses and other selling expenses incurred in connection with such transaction. In the case of a transaction described in clause (i)(C) of the definition of Sale, Net Sales Proceeds means the proceeds of any such transaction actually distributed to the Corporation or the Operating Partnership from the Joint Venture less the amount of any selling expenses, including legal fees and expenses incurred by or on behalf of the Corporation (other than those paid by the Joint Venture). In the case of a transaction or series of transactions described in clause (i)(D) of the definition of Sale, Net Sales Proceeds means the proceeds of any such transaction (including the aggregate of all payments under an Investment or in satisfaction thereof other than regularly scheduled interest payments) less the amount of selling expenses incurred by or on behalf of the Corporation, including all commissions, closing costs and legal fees and expenses. In the case of a transaction described in clause (i)(E) of the definition of Sale, Net Sales Proceeds means the proceeds of any such transaction less the amount of selling expenses incurred by or on behalf of the Corporation, including any legal fees and expenses and other selling expenses incurred in connection with such transaction. In the case of a transaction described in clause (ii) of the definition of Sale, Net Sales Proceeds means the proceeds of such transaction or series of transactions less all amounts generated thereby which are reinvested in one or more Assets within 180 days thereafter and less the amount of any real estate commissions, closing costs, legal fees and expenses and other selling expenses incurred by or allocated to the Corporation or the Operating Partnership in connection with such transaction or series of transactions. Net Sales Proceeds shall also include any amounts that the Corporation determines, in its discretion, to be economically equivalent to proceeds of a Sale. Net Sales Proceeds shall not include any reserves established by the Corporation in its sole discretion.
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Non-Compliant Tender Offer . The term Non-Compliant Tender Offer shall have the meaning as provided in Section 11.7 herein.
NYSE . The term NYSE shall mean the New York Stock Exchange.
Offering . The term Offering shall mean any offering and sale of Shares.
Operating Partnership . The term Operating Partnership shall mean Rodin Global Property Trust Operating Partnership, LP, a Delaware limited partnership formed to own and operate Investments on behalf of the Corporation.
Organization and Offering Expenses . The term Organization and Offering Expenses shall mean any and all costs and expenses incurred by the Corporation and to be paid from the Assets in connection with the formation of the Corporation and the qualification and registration of an Offering, and the marketing and distribution of Shares, including, without limitation, total underwriting and brokerage discounts and commissions (including fees of the underwriters attorneys), expenses for printing, preparing and amending registration statements or supplementing prospectuses, mailing and distributing costs, salaries of employees while engaged in sales activity, telephone and other telecommunications costs, all advertising and marketing expenses (including the costs related to investor and broker-dealer sales meetings), charges of transfer agents, registrars, trustees, escrow holders, depositories and experts and fees, expenses and taxes related to the filing, registration and qualification of the sale of the Shares under federal and state laws, including taxes and fees and accountants and attorneys fees, bona-fide due diligence expenses of broker-dealers and expenses incurred by the Advisor for administrative services related to the issuance of the Shares.
Person . The term Person shall mean an individual, corporation, partnership, 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 entity and also includes a group as that term is used for purposes of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act and a group to which an Excepted Holder Limit applies.
Preferred Shares . The term Preferred Shares shall have the meaning as provided in Section 5.1 herein.
Prohibited Owner . The term Prohibited Owner shall mean, with respect to any purported Transfer, any Person who, but for the provisions of Article VI herein, would Beneficially Own or Constructively Own Shares in violation of Section 6.1.1, and, if appropriate in the context, shall also mean any Person who would have been the record owner of Shares that the Prohibited Owner would have so owned.
Property or Properties . The term Property or Properties shall mean, as the context requires, any, or all, respectively, of the Real Property acquired by the Corporation or the Operating Partnership, directly or indirectly through joint venture arrangements or other partnership or investment interests.
Prospectus . The term Prospectus shall mean the same as that term is defined in Section 2(10) of the Securities Act, including a preliminary prospectus, an offering circular as described in Rule 256 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Act or, in the case of an intrastate offering, any document by whatever name known, utilized for the purpose of offering and selling Securities to the public.
Real Property . The term Real Property shall mean land, rights in land (including leasehold interests) and any buildings, structures, improvements, furnishings, fixtures and equipment located on or used in connection with land and rights or interests in land.
Reinvestment Plan . The term Reinvestment Plan shall have the meaning as provided in Section 5.10 herein.
REIT . The term REIT shall mean a corporation, trust, association or other legal entity (other than a real estate syndication) that is engaged primarily in investing in equity interests in real estate (including fee
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ownership and leasehold interests) or in loans secured by real estate or both, which such entity satisfies the requirements set forth in the REIT Provisions of the Code.
REIT Provisions of the Code . The term REIT Provisions of the Code shall mean 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.
Restriction Termination Date . The term Restriction Termination Date shall mean the first day after any Initial Date on which the Corporation files, and the SDAT accepts for record, a Certificate of Notice setting forth the determination of the Board of Directors that it is no longer in the best interests of the Corporation 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 Corporation to qualify as a REIT.
Roll-Up Entity . The term Roll-Up Entity shall mean a partnership, real estate investment trust, corporation, trust or similar entity that would be created or would survive after the successful completion of a proposed Roll-Up Transaction.
Roll-Up Transaction . The term Roll-Up Transaction shall mean a transaction involving the acquisition, merger, conversion or consolidation either directly or indirectly of the Corporation and the issuance of securities of a Roll-Up Entity to the holders of Common Shares. Such term does not include:
(a) a transaction involving securities of the Corporation that have been listed on a national securities exchange for at least twelve months; or
(b) a transaction involving the conversion to corporate, trust or association form of only the Corporation, if, as a consequence of the transaction, there will be no significant adverse change in any of the following:
(i) voting rights of the holders of Common Shares;
(ii) the term of existence of the Corporation;
(iii) Sponsor or Advisor compensation; or
(iv) the Corporations investment objectives.
Sale or Sales . The term Sale or Sales shall mean (i) any transaction or series of transactions whereby: (A) the Corporation or the Operating Partnership, directly or indirectly (except as described in other subsections of this definition), sells, grants, transfers, conveys or relinquishes its ownership of any Investment or portion thereof, including the lease of any Property consisting of a building only, and including any event with respect to any Investment which gives rise to a significant amount of insurance proceeds or condemnation awards, and including the issuance by one of the Corporations subsidiaries of any asset backed securities or collateralized debt obligations as part of a securitization transaction; (B) the Corporation or the Operating Partnership, directly or indirectly (except as described in other subsections of this definition), sells, grants, transfers, conveys or relinquishes its ownership of all or substantially all of the interest of the Corporation or the Operating Partnership in any Joint Venture in which it is a co-venturer or partner; (C) any Joint Venture in which the Corporation or the Operating Partnership is a co-venturer or partner directly or indirectly (except as described in other subsections of this definition) sells, grants, transfers, conveys or relinquishes its ownership of any Investment or portion thereof, including any event with respect to any Investment which gives rise to a significant amount of insurance proceeds or condemnation awards, and including the issuance by such a Joint Venture or one of its subsidiaries of any asset backed securities or collateralized debt obligations as part of a securitization transaction; or (D) the Corporation directly or indirectly (except as described in other subsections of this definition), sells, grants, conveys or relinquishes its interest in any Investment or portion thereof, including any payments thereunder or in satisfaction thereof (other than regularly scheduled interest payments) or any amounts owed pursuant to such Investment, and
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including any event with respect to any Investment which gives rise to a significant amount of insurance proceeds or similar awards; or (E) the Corporation directly or indirectly (except as described in other subsections of this definition) sells, grants, transfers, conveys or relinquishes its ownership of any other Asset not previously described in this definition or any portion thereof, but (ii) not including any transaction or series of transactions specified in clause (i) (A) through (E) above in which the proceeds of such transaction or series of transactions are reinvested by the Corporation in one or more Assets within 180 days thereafter.
SDAT . The term SDAT shall have the meaning as provided in Section 5.4 herein.
Securities . The term Securities shall mean any of the following issued by the Corporation, 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.
Securities Act . The term Securities Act shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time, or any successor statute thereto. Reference to any provision of the Securities Act shall mean such provision as in effect from time to time, as the same may be amended, and any successor provision thereto, as interpreted by any applicable regulations as in effect from time to time.
Selling Commissions . The term Selling Commissions shall mean any and all commissions payable to underwriters, dealer managers or other broker-dealers in connection with the sale of Shares, including, without limitation, commissions payable to the Dealer Manager.
Shares . The term Shares shall mean shares of stock of the Corporation of any class or series, including Common Shares or Preferred Shares.
Soliciting Dealers . The term Soliciting Dealers shall mean those broker-dealers that are members of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc., or that are exempt from broker-dealer registration, and that, in either case, enter into participating broker or other agreements with the Dealer Manager to sell Shares.
Special Units . The term Special Units means a separate series of partnership interests issued by the Operating Partnership pursuant to the partnership agreement of Rodin Global Property Trust Operating Partnership, LP.
Sponsor . The term Sponsor shall mean any Person which (i) is directly or indirectly instrumental in organizing, wholly or in part, the Corporation, (ii) will control, manage or participate in the management of the Corporation, and any Affiliate of any such Person, (iii) takes the initiative, directly or indirectly, in founding or organizing the Corporation, either alone or in conjunction with one or more other Persons, (iv) receives a material participation in the Corporation in connection with the founding or organizing of the business of the Corporation, in consideration of services or property, or both services and property, (v) has a substantial number of relationships and contacts with the Corporation, (vi) possesses significant rights to control Properties, (vii) receives fees for providing services to the Corporation which are paid on a basis that is not customary in the industry or (viii) provides goods or services to the Corporation on a basis which was not negotiated at arms-length with the Corporation. Sponsor does not include any Person whose only relationship with the Corporation is that of an independent property manager and whose only compensation is as such, or wholly independent third parties such as attorneys, accountants and underwriters whose only compensation is for professional services.
Stockholder List . The term Stockholder List shall have the meaning as provided in Section 11.5 herein.
Stockholders . The term Stockholders shall mean the holders of record of the Shares as maintained in the books and records of the Corporation or its transfer agent.
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Termination Date . The term Termination Date shall mean the date of termination of the Advisory Agreement.
Total Operating Expenses . The term Total Operating Expenses shall mean all costs and expenses paid or incurred by the Corporation, as determined under generally accepted accounting principles, that are in any way related to the operation of the Corporation or to corporate business, including advisory fees, but excluding (i) the expenses of raising capital such as Organization and Offering Expenses, legal, audit, accounting, underwriting, brokerage, listing, registration and other fees, printing and other such expenses and taxes incurred in connection with the issuance, distribution, transfer, registration and Listing of the Shares, (ii) interest payments, (iii) taxes, (iv) non-cash expenditures such as depreciation, amortization and bad debt reserves, (v) incentive fees paid in compliance with the NASAA REIT Guidelines, (vi) Acquisition Fees and Acquisition Expenses, (vii) real estate commissions on the Sale of Property and (viii) other fees and expenses connected with the acquisition, disposition, management and ownership of real estate interests, mortgage loans or other property (including the costs of foreclosure, insurance premiums, legal services, maintenance, repair and improvement of property).
Total Stockholder-Level Underwriting Compensation . The term Total Stockholder-Level Underwriting Compensation shall mean all Dealer Manager Fees, Selling Commissions, Distribution Fees and other items deemed underwriting compensation pursuant to Rule 2310 of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. paid to the Dealer Manager or to Soliciting Dealers with respect to the Class T Common Shares held in a particular Stockholders account.
Transfer . The term Transfer shall mean 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 (i) the granting or exercise of any option (or any disposition of any option), (ii) 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 (iii) 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.
Unimproved Real Property . The term Unimproved Real Property shall mean Property in which the Corporation has an equity interest that was not acquired for the purpose of producing rental or other operating income, that has no development or construction in process and for which no development or construction is planned, in good faith, to commence within one year.
2%/25% Guidelines . The term 2%/25% Guidelines shall have the meaning as provided in Section 8.10 herein.
ARTICLE V
STOCK
Section 5.1 Authorized Shares . The Corporation has authority to issue 450,000,000 Shares, consisting of 400,000,000 shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share (Common Shares), of which 160,000,000 are classified as Class A Common Stock (the Class A Common Shares), 200,000,000 are classified as Class T Common Stock (the Class T Common Shares) and 40,000,000 are classified as Class I Common Stock (the Class I Common Shares), and 50,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $0.01 par value per share (Preferred Shares). The aggregate par value of all authorized Shares having par value is $4,500,000. All Shares shall be fully paid and nonassessable when issued. If Shares of one class are classified or reclassified into Shares of another class pursuant to 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, so that the aggregate number of Shares of all classes that the Corporation has authority to issue shall not be more than the total number of Shares set forth in the first sentence of this paragraph. The Board of Directors, with the approval of a majority of the entire Board and without any action by the Stockholders, may
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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 Corporation has authority to issue.
Section 5.2 Common Shares .
Section 5.2.1 Common Shares Subject to Terms of Preferred Shares . The Common Shares shall be subject to the express terms of any series of Preferred Shares.
Section 5.2.2 Description . Subject to the provisions of Article VI and except as may otherwise be specified in the Charter, each Common Share shall entitle the holder thereof to one vote per share on all matters upon which Stockholders are entitled to vote pursuant to Section 11.2 hereof. The Board may classify or reclassify any unissued Common Shares from time to time into one or more classes or series of Shares. Except as otherwise set forth in the Charter, the Class A Common Shares, Class T Common Shares and Class I Common Shares shall have identical preferences, rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends and other Distributions, qualifications, and terms and conditions of redemption.
Section 5.2.3 Rights Upon Liquidation . In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, merger, dissolution or winding up, or any Distribution of the Assets, the aggregate Assets available for Distribution to holders of the Common Shares shall be determined in accordance with applicable law. The holder of each Class A Common Share shall be entitled to be paid, out of the assets of the Corporation that are legally available for distribution to the Stockholders, a liquidation payment equal to the Net Asset Value Per Class A Common Share; the holder of each Class T Common Share shall be entitled to be paid, out of the assets of the Corporation that are legally available for distribution to the Stockholders, a liquidation payment equal to the Net Asset Value Per Class T Common Share; and the holder of each Class I Common Share shall be entitled to be paid, out of the assets of the Corporation that are legally available for distribution to the Stockholders, a liquidation payment equal to the Net Asset Value Per Class I Common Share; provided, however, that if the available assets of the Corporation are insufficient to pay in full the above described liquidation payments, then such assets, or the proceeds thereof, shall be distributed among the holders of the Class A Common Shares, the Class T Common Shares and the Class I Common Shares ratably in the same proportion as the respective amounts that would be payable on such Class A Common Shares, Class T Common Shares and Class I Common Shares if all amounts payable thereon were paid in full.
Section 5.2.4 Voting Rights . Except as may be provided otherwise in the Charter, and subject to the express terms of any series of Preferred Shares, the holders of the Common Shares 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.
Section 5.2.5 Conversion of Class T Common Shares .
(a) Upon Listing of the Class A Common Shares, each Class T Common Share shall automatically and without any action on the part of the holder thereof convert into a number of Class A Common Shares equal to a fraction, the numerator of which is the Net Asset Value Per Class T Common Share and the denominator of which is the Net Asset Value Per Class A Common Share.
(b) As of the last calendar day of the month in which the Corporations transfer agent, on the Corporations behalf, determines that Total Stockholder-Level Underwriting Compensation paid with respect to the Class T Common Shares held by a Stockholder within such Stockholders account would be in excess of ten percent of the total gross investment amount at the time of purchase of such Class T Common Shares (not including Class T Common Shares sold pursuant to a Reinvestment Plan), each Class T Common Share held in the applicable Stockholders account shall automatically and without any action on the part of the holder thereof convert into a number of Class A Common Shares equal to a fraction, the numerator of which is the Net Asset Value Per Class T Common Share and the denominator of which is the Net Asset Value Per Class A Common Share.
Section 5.3 Preferred Shares . The Board may classify any unissued Preferred Shares and reclassify any previously classified but unissued Preferred Shares of any series from time to time, into one or more classes or series of Shares.
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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 Article VI 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, restrictions, limitations as to dividends or other Distributions, qualifications and terms and conditions of redemption for each class or series; and (d) cause the Corporation to file articles supplementary with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland (SDAT). 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 Corporation) 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.
Section 5.5 Distributions . The Board of Directors may from time to time authorize the Corporation to declare and pay to Stockholders such dividends or other Distributions in cash or other assets of the Corporation or in securities of the Corporation, including in Shares of one class payable to holders of Shares of another class, or from any other source as the Board of Directors in its discretion shall determine. The Board of Directors shall endeavor to authorize the Corporation to declare and pay such dividends and other Distributions as shall be necessary for the Corporation to qualify as a REIT under the Code; provided, however, Stockholders shall have no right to any dividend or other Distribution unless and until authorized by the Board and declared by the Corporation. The exercise of the powers and rights of the Board of Directors pursuant to this Section 5.5 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 Corporation 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. Distributions in kind shall not be permitted, except for distributions of readily marketable securities, distributions of beneficial interests in a liquidating trust established for the dissolution of the Corporation and the liquidation of its assets in accordance with the terms of the Charter or distributions in which (a) the Board advises each Stockholder of the risks associated with direct ownership of the property, (b) the Board offers each Stockholder the election of receiving such in-kind distributions and (c) in-kind distributions are made only to those Stockholders that accept such offer.
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.
Section 5.7 No Issuance of Share Certificates . Unless otherwise provided by the Board of Directors, the Corporation shall not issue stock certificates. A Stockholders investment shall be recorded on the books of the Corporation. To transfer his or her Shares, a Stockholder shall submit an executed form to the Corporation, which form shall be provided by the Corporation upon request. Such transfer will also be recorded on the books of the Corporation. Upon issuance or transfer of Shares, the Corporation will provide the Stockholder with information concerning his or her rights with regard to such Shares, as required by the Bylaws and the MGCL or other applicable law.
Section 5.8 Suitability of Stockholders . Upon the Commencement of the Initial Public Offering and until Listing, the following provisions shall apply:
Section 5.8.1 Investor Suitability Standards . Subject to suitability standards established by individual states, to become a Stockholder, if such prospective Stockholder is an individual (including an individual beneficiary of a purchasing individual retirement account), or if the prospective Stockholder is a fiduciary (such as a trustee of a trust or corporate pension or profit sharing plan, or other tax-exempt organization, or a custodian under a Uniform Gifts to Minors Act), such individual or fiduciary, as the case may be, must represent to the Corporation, among other requirements as the Corporation may require from time to time:
(a) that such individual (or, in the case of a fiduciary, that the fiduciary account or the donor who directly or indirectly supplies the funds to purchase the Shares) has a minimum annual gross income of $70,000 and a net worth (excluding home, furnishings and automobiles) of not less than $70,000; or
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(b) that such individual (or, in the case of a fiduciary, that the fiduciary account or the donor who directly or indirectly supplies the funds to purchase the Shares) has a net worth (excluding home, furnishings and automobiles) of not less than $250,000.
Section 5.8.2 Determination of Suitability of Sale . The Sponsor and each Person selling Common Shares on behalf of the Corporation shall make every reasonable effort to determine that the purchase of Common Shares by a Stockholder is a suitable and appropriate investment for such Stockholder. In making this determination, the Sponsor or each Person selling Common Shares on behalf of the Corporation shall ascertain that the prospective Stockholder: (a) meets the minimum income and net worth standards established for the Corporation; (b) can reasonably benefit from the Corporation based on the prospective Stockholders overall investment objectives and portfolio structure; (c) is able to bear the economic risk of the investment based on the prospective Stockholders overall financial situation; and (d) has apparent understanding of (i) the fundamental risks of the investment; (ii) the risk that the Stockholder may lose the entire investment; (iii) the lack of liquidity of the Common Shares; (iv) the restrictions on transferability of the Common Shares; and (v) the tax consequences of the investment.
The Sponsor or each Person selling Common Shares on behalf of the Corporation shall make this determination with respect to each prospective Stockholder on the basis of information it has obtained from such prospective Stockholder. Relevant information for this purpose will include at least the age, investment objectives, investment experiences, income, net worth, financial situation and other investments of the prospective Stockholder, as well as any other pertinent factors.
The Sponsor or each Person selling Common Shares on behalf of the Corporation shall maintain records of the information used to determine that an investment in Common Shares is suitable and appropriate for a Stockholder. The Sponsor or each Person selling Common Shares on behalf of the Corporation shall maintain these records for at least six years.
Section 5.8.3 Minimum Investment and Transfer . Subject to certain individual state requirements and except with respect to the issuance of Common Shares under the Reinvestment Plan, no initial sale or transfer of Common Shares of less than $2,500, or such other amount as determined by the Board, will be permitted.
Section 5.9 Repurchase of Shares . The Board may establish, from time to time, a program or programs by which the Corporation voluntarily repurchases Shares from its Stockholders; provided, however, that such repurchase does not impair the capital or operations of the Corporation. Neither the Sponsor, the Advisor, any member of the Board or any Affiliate thereof may receive any fees arising out of the repurchase of Shares by the Corporation.
Section 5.10 Distribution Reinvestment Plans . The Board may establish, from time to time, a Distribution reinvestment plan or plans (each, a Reinvestment Plan). Under any such Reinvestment Plan, (a) all material information regarding Distributions to the Stockholders and the effect of reinvesting such Distributions, including the tax consequences thereof, shall be provided to the Stockholders not less often than annually, and (b) each Stockholder participating in such Reinvestment Plan shall have a reasonable opportunity to withdraw from the Reinvestment Plan not less often than annually after receipt of the information required in clause (a) above.
ARTICLE VI
RESTRICTION ON TRANSFER AND OWNERSHIP OF SHARES
Section 6.1 Shares .
Section 6.1.1 Ownership Limitations . During the period commencing on the Initial Date and prior to the Restriction Termination Date, but subject to Section 6.3:
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(a) Basic Restrictions .
(i) (1) 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 Common Shares in excess of the Common Share 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.
(ii) No Person shall Beneficially or Constructively Own Shares to the extent that such Beneficial or Constructive Ownership of Shares would result in the Corporation 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 Corporation 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 Corporation from such tenant would cause the Corporation to fail to satisfy any of the gross income requirements of Section 856(c) of the Code).
(iii) Any Transfer of Shares that, if effective, would result in Shares being beneficially owned by fewer 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.
(b) 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 6.1.1(a)(i) or (ii),
(i) then that number of Shares the Beneficial or Constructive Ownership of which otherwise would cause such Person to violate Section 6.1.1(a)(i) or (ii) (rounded up to the nearest whole share) shall be automatically Transferred to a Charitable Trust for the benefit of a Charitable Beneficiary, as described in Section 6.2, 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 Charitable Trust described in clause (i) of this sentence would not be effective for any reason to prevent the violation of Section 6.1.1(a)(i) or (ii), then the Transfer of that number of Shares that otherwise would cause any Person to violate Section 6.1.1(a)(i) or (ii) shall be void ab initio , and the intended transferee shall acquire no rights in such Shares.
To the extent that, upon a transfer of Shares pursuant to this Section 6.1.1(b), a violation of any provision of this Article VI would nonetheless be continuing (for example where the ownership of Shares by a single Charitable Trust would violate the 100 stockholder requirement applicable to REITs), then Shares shall be transferred to that number of Charitable Trusts, each having a distinct Charitable Trustee and a Charitable Beneficiary or Beneficiaries that are distinct from those of each other Charitable Trust, such that there is no violation of any provision of this Article VI.
Section 6.1.2 Remedies for Breach . If the Board of Directors or its designee (including any duly authorized committee of the Board) shall at any time determine that a Transfer or other event has taken place that results in a violation of Section 6.1.1 or that a Person intends to acquire or has attempted to acquire Beneficial or Constructive Ownership of any Shares in violation of Section 6.1.1 (whether or not such violation is intended), the Board of Directors or its designee 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 Corporation to redeem Shares, refusing to give effect to such Transfer on the books of the Corporation or instituting proceedings to enjoin such Transfer or other event; provided, however, that any Transfers or attempted Transfers or other events in violation of Section 6.1.1 shall automatically result in the Transfer to the Charitable 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 of Directors or its designee.
Section 6.1.3 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 6.1.1(a), or any
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Person who would have owned Shares that resulted in a Transfer to the Charitable Trust pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.1.1(b), shall immediately give written notice to the Corporation 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 Corporation such other information as the Corporation may request in order to determine the effect, if any, of such Transfer on the Corporations status as a REIT.
Section 6.1.4 Owners Required To Provide Information . From the Initial Date and prior to the Restriction Termination Date:
(a) 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 Corporation 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 Corporation such additional information as the Corporation may request in order to determine the effect, if any, of such Beneficial Ownership on the Corporations status as a REIT and to ensure compliance with the Aggregate Share Ownership Limit, the Common Share Ownership Limit and the other restrictions set forth herein; and
(b) 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 or Constructive Owner shall provide to the Corporation such information as the Corporation may request, in order to determine the Corporations status as a REIT and to comply with requirements of any taxing authority or governmental authority or to determine such compliance.
Section 6.1.5 Remedies Not Limited . Subject to Section 7.10 of the Charter, nothing contained in this Section 6.1 shall limit the authority of the Board of Directors to take such other action as it deems necessary or advisable to protect the Corporation and the interests of its Stockholders in preserving the Corporations status as a REIT.
Section 6.1.6 Ambiguity . In the case of an ambiguity in the application of any of the provisions of this Section 6.1, Section 6.2 or any definition contained in Article IV, the Board of Directors may determine the application of the provisions of this Section 6.1 or Section 6.2 with respect to any situation based on the facts known to it. In the event Section 6.1 or 6.2 requires an action by the Board of Directors and the Charter fails to provide specific guidance with respect to such action, the Board of Directors may determine the action to be taken so long as such action is not contrary to the provisions of Article IV or Sections 6.1 or 6.2. Absent a decision to the contrary by the Board of Directors (which the Board may make in its sole and absolute discretion), if a Person would have (but for the remedies set forth in Section 6.1.2) acquired Beneficial or Constructive Ownership of Shares in violation of Section 6.1.1, 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.
Section 6.1.7 Exceptions .
(a) Subject to Section 6.1.1(a)(ii), the Board of Directors may exempt (prospectively or retroactively) a Person from the Aggregate Share Ownership Limit and the Common Share Ownership Limit, as the case may be, and may establish or increase an Excepted Holder Limit for such Person if the Board obtains such representations, undertakings and agreements from such Person as the Board of Directors, upon the advice of legal counsel, determines necessary in order to prevent such an exemption or such establishment or increase of an Excepted Holder Limit from jeopardizing the Corporations status as a REIT. Such representations, undertakings and agreements may include:
(i) representations and undertakings from such Person as are reasonably necessary for the Board to ascertain that no individuals Beneficial or Constructive Ownership of such Shares will violate Section 6.1.1(a)(ii);
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(ii) representations and undertakings from such Person as are reasonably necessary for the Board to ascertain that such Person does not and represents that it will not own, actually or Constructively, an interest in a tenant of the Corporation (or a tenant of any entity owned or controlled by the Corporation) that would cause the Corporation to own, actually or Constructively, more than a 9.9% interest (as set forth in Section 856(d)(2)(B) of the Code) in such tenant (for this purpose, a tenant from whom the Corporation (or an entity owned or controlled by the Corporation) derives (and is expected to continue to derive) a sufficiently small amount of revenue such that, in the judgment of the Board of Directors, rent from such tenant would not adversely affect the Corporations ability to qualify as a REIT, shall not be treated as a tenant of the Corporation); and
(iii) the agreement by such Person that any violation or attempted violation of such representations or undertakings (or other action which is contrary to the restrictions contained in Sections 6.1.1 through 6.1.6) will result in such Shares being automatically Transferred to a Charitable Trust in accordance with Sections 6.1.1(b) and 6.2.
(b) Prior to granting any exception pursuant to Section 6.1.7(a), the Board of Directors 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 of Directors in its sole discretion, as it may deem necessary or advisable in order to determine or ensure the Corporations status as a REIT. Notwithstanding the receipt of any ruling or opinion, the Board of Directors may impose such conditions or restrictions as it deems appropriate in connection with granting such exception.
(c) Subject to Section 6.1.1(a)(ii), an underwriter which participates in a public offering or a private placement 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 Common Share Ownership Limit or both such limits, but only to the extent necessary to facilitate such public offering or private placement.
(d) The Board of Directors may only reduce the Excepted Holder Limit for an Excepted Holder: (i) with the written consent of such Excepted Holder at any time, or (ii) pursuant to the terms and conditions of the agreements and undertakings entered into with such Excepted Holder in connection with the establishment of the Excepted Holder Limit for that Excepted Holder. No Excepted Holder Limit shall be reduced to a percentage that is less than the Common Share Ownership Limit.
Section 6.1.8 Increase or Decrease in Aggregate Share Ownership and Common Share Ownership Limits . Subject to Section 6.1.1(a)(ii), the Board of Directors may from time to time increase or decrease the Common Share Ownership Limit and the Aggregate Share Ownership Limit for one or more Persons and increase or decrease the Common Share Ownership Limit and the Aggregate Share Ownership Limit for all other Persons. No decreased Common Share Ownership Limit and/or Aggregate Share Ownership Limit will be effective for any Person whose percentage of ownership in Shares is in excess of such decreased Common Share Ownership Limit and/or Aggregate Share Ownership Limit, as applicable, until such time as such Persons percentage of ownership in Shares equals or falls below the decreased Common Share Ownership Limit and/or Aggregate Share Ownership Limit, but any further acquisition of Shares in excess of such percentage ownership of Shares will be in violation of the Common Share Ownership Limit and/or Aggregate Share Ownership Limit and, provided further, that the new Common Share Ownership Limit and/or Aggregate Share Ownership Limit would not allow five or fewer Persons to Beneficially Own more than 49.9% in value of the outstanding Shares.
Section 6.1.9 Legend . Any certificate representing Shares shall bear substantially the following legend:
The Shares represented by this certificate are subject to restrictions on Beneficial and Constructive Ownership and Transfer for the purpose, among others, of the Corporations maintenance of its status as a real estate investment trust (a REIT) under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code). Subject to certain further restrictions and except as expressly provided in the Corporations charter, (i) no Person may Beneficially or Constructively Own Common Shares in excess of 9.8% (in value or number of Common Shares) of the outstanding Common 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 in excess of 9.8% of the value of the total outstanding
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Shares, unless such Person is an Excepted Holder (in which case the Excepted Holder Limit shall be applicable); (iii) no Person may Beneficially or Constructively Own Shares that would result in the Corporation being closely held under Section 856(h) of the Code or otherwise cause the Corporation to fail to qualify as a REIT; and (iv) any Transfer of Shares that, if effective, would result in 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 cause or will cause a Person to Beneficially or Constructively Own Shares in excess or in violation of the above limitations must immediately notify the Corporation 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), (ii) or (iii) above are violated, the Shares in excess or in violation of the above limitations will be automatically Transferred to a Charitable Trust for the benefit of one or more Charitable Beneficiaries. In addition, the Corporation may redeem Shares upon the terms and conditions specified by the Board of Directors in its sole discretion if the Board of Directors 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 in (i), (ii) or (iii) above may be void ab initio . All capitalized terms in this legend have the meanings defined in the Corporations 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 Corporation at its principal office.
Instead of the foregoing legend, the certificate may state that the Corporation will furnish a full statement about certain restrictions on transferability to a Stockholder on request and without charge. In the case of uncertificated Shares, the Corporation will send the holder of such Shares, on request and without charge, a written statement of the information otherwise required on certificates.
Section 6.2 Transfer of Shares in Trust .
Section 6.2.1 Ownership in Trust . Upon any purported Transfer or other event described in Section 6.1.1(b) that would result in a Transfer of Shares to a Charitable Trust, such Shares shall be deemed to have been Transferred to the Charitable Trustee as trustee of a Charitable Trust for the exclusive benefit of one or more Charitable Beneficiaries. Such Transfer to the Charitable Trustee shall be deemed to 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 Charitable Trust pursuant to Section 6.1.1(b). The Charitable Trustee shall be appointed by the Corporation and shall be a Person unaffiliated with the Corporation and any Prohibited Owner. Each Charitable Beneficiary shall be designated by the Corporation as provided in Section 6.2.6.
Section 6.2.2 Status of Shares Held by the Charitable Trustee . Shares held by the Charitable Trustee shall continue to be issued and outstanding Shares. The Prohibited Owner shall have no rights in the Shares held by the Charitable Trustee. The Prohibited Owner shall not benefit economically from ownership of any Shares held in trust by the Charitable 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 Charitable Trust.
Section 6.2.3 Dividend and Voting Rights . The Charitable Trustee shall have all voting rights and rights to dividends or other Distributions with respect to Shares held in the Charitable 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 Corporation that Shares have been Transferred to the Charitable Trustee shall be paid by the recipient of such dividend or other Distribution to the Charitable Trustee upon demand and any dividend or other Distribution authorized but unpaid shall be paid when due to the Charitable Trustee. Any dividends or other Distributions so paid over to the Charitable 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 Charitable Trust and, subject to Maryland law, effective as of the date that Shares have been Transferred to the Charitable Trustee, the Charitable Trustee shall have the authority (at the Charitable Trustees sole discretion) (a) to rescind as void any vote cast by a Prohibited Owner prior to the discovery by the Corporation that Shares have been Transferred to the Charitable Trustee and (b) to recast such vote in accordance with the desires of the Charitable Trustee acting for the benefit of
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the Charitable Beneficiary; provided, however, that if the Corporation has already taken irreversible corporate action, then the Charitable Trustee shall not have the authority to rescind and recast such vote. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article VI, until the Corporation has received notification that Shares have been Transferred into a Charitable Trust, the Corporation shall be entitled to rely on its share 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 and determining the other rights of Stockholders.
Section 6.2.4 Sale of Shares by Charitable Trustee . Within 20 days of receiving notice from the Corporation that Shares have been Transferred to the Charitable Trust, the Charitable Trustee shall sell the Shares held in the Charitable Trust to a Person, designated by the Charitable Trustee, whose ownership of the Shares will not violate the ownership limitations set forth in Section 6.1.1(a). Upon such sale, the interest of the Charitable Beneficiary in the Shares sold shall terminate and the Charitable Trustee shall distribute the net proceeds of the sale to the Prohibited Owner and to the Charitable Beneficiary as provided in this Section 6.2.4. The Prohibited Owner shall receive the lesser of (a) 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 Charitable 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 Charitable Trust and (b) the price per share received by the Charitable Trustee (net of any commissions and other expenses of sale) from the sale or other disposition of the Shares held in the Charitable Trust. The Charitable 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 Charitable Trustee pursuant to Section 6.2.3 of this Article VI. 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 Corporation that Shares have been Transferred to the Charitable Trustee, such Shares are sold by a Prohibited Owner, then (i) such Shares shall be deemed to have been sold on behalf of the Charitable 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 6.2.4, such excess shall be paid to the Charitable Trustee upon demand.
Section 6.2.5 Purchase Right in Shares Transferred to the Charitable Trustee . Shares Transferred to the Charitable Trustee shall be deemed to have been offered for sale to the Corporation, or its designee, at a price per Share equal to the lesser of (a) the price per Share in the transaction that resulted in such Transfer to the Charitable Trust (or, in the case of a devise or gift, the Market Price at the time of such devise or gift) and (b) the Market Price on the date the Corporation, or its designee, accepts such offer. The Corporation shall have the right to accept such offer until the Charitable Trustee has sold the Shares held in the Charitable Trust pursuant to Section 6.2.4. Upon such a sale to the Corporation, the interest of the Charitable Beneficiary in the Shares sold shall terminate and the Charitable Trustee shall distribute the net proceeds of the sale to the Prohibited Owner. The Corporation 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 Charitable Trustee pursuant to Section 6.2.3 of this Article VI. The Corporation may pay the amount of such reduction to the Charitable Trustee for the benefit of the Charitable Beneficiary.
Section 6.2.6 Designation of Charitable Beneficiaries . By written notice to the Charitable Trustee, the Corporation shall designate one or more nonprofit organizations to be the Charitable Beneficiary of the interest in the Charitable Trust such that (a) Shares held in the Charitable Trust would not violate the restrictions set forth in Section 6.1.1(a) in the hands of such Charitable Beneficiary and (b) 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 6.3 NYSE Transactions . Nothing in this Article VI 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 other provision of this Article VI and any transferee in such a transaction shall be subject to all of the provisions and limitations set forth in this Article VI.
Section 6.4 Enforcement . The Corporation is authorized specifically to seek equitable relief, including injunctive relief, to enforce the provisions of this Article VI.
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Section 6.5 Non-Waiver . No delay or failure on the part of the Corporation or the Board of Directors in exercising any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver of any right of the Corporation or the Board of Directors, as the case may be, except to the extent specifically waived in writing.
ARTICLE VII
PROVISIONS FOR DEFINING, LIMITING
AND REGULATING CERTAIN POWERS OF THE
CORPORATION AND OF THE STOCKHOLDERS AND DIRECTORS
Section 7.1 Number of Directors . The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed under the direction of the Board of Directors. The number of Directors of the Corporation (the Directors) shall be five which number may be increased or decreased from time to time pursuant to the Bylaws; provided, however, that, upon Commencement of the Initial Public Offering, the total number of Directors shall not be fewer than three. Upon Commencement of the Initial Public Offering, a majority of the Board will be Independent Directors except for a period of up to 60 days after the death, removal or resignation of an Independent Director pending the election of such Independent Directors successor. The names of the Directors who shall serve until the first annual meeting of Stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualify are:
Howard W. Lutnick
Steve Bisgay
Arthur F. Backal
John M. Matteson
Dean Palin
These Directors may increase the number of Directors and fill any vacancy, whether resulting from an increase in the number of Directors or otherwise, on the Board of Directors prior to the first annual meeting of Stockholders in the manner provided in the Bylaws.
The Corporation elects, at such time as it becomes eligible to make the election provided for under Section 3-804(c) of the MGCL, that, except as may be provided by the Board of Directors in setting the terms of any class or series of Preferred Shares, any and all vacancies on the Board of Directors 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 and until a successor is elected and qualifies. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, Independent Directors shall nominate replacements for vacancies among the Independent Directors positions.
Section 7.2 Experience . Each Director, other than Independent Directors, shall have at least three years of relevant experience demonstrating the knowledge and experience required to successfully acquire and manage the type of assets being acquired by the Corporation. At least one of the Independent Directors shall have three years of relevant real estate experience.
Section 7.3 Committees . The Board may establish such committees as it deems appropriate, in its discretion, provided that the majority of the members of each committee are Independent Directors.
Section 7.4 Term . Except as may otherwise be provided in the terms of any Preferred Shares issued by the Corporation with respect to the termination after less than one year of the term of office of any Director elected by the holders of such Preferred Shares, each Director shall hold office for one year, until the next annual meeting of Stockholders and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualifies. Directors may be elected to an unlimited number of successive terms.
Section 7.5 Fiduciary Obligations . The Directors serve in a fiduciary capacity to the Corporation and have a fiduciary duty to the Stockholders, including a specific fiduciary duty to supervise the relationship of the Corporation with the Advisor.
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Section 7.6 Extraordinary Actions . 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 of Directors 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.
Section 7.7 Authorization by Board of Stock Issuance . The Board of Directors 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 of Directors may deem advisable (including as compensation for the Independent Directors 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 Charter or the Bylaws. The issuance of Preferred Shares shall also be approved by a majority of Independent Directors not otherwise interested in the transaction, who shall have access at the Corporations expense to the Corporations legal counsel or to independent legal counsel.
Section 7.8 Preemptive Rights and Appraisal Rights . Except as may be provided by the Board of Directors 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 of Directors, no holder of Shares shall, as such holder, have any preemptive right to purchase or subscribe for any additional Shares or any other Security which the Corporation 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 of Directors, upon such terms and conditions as may be specified by the Board of Directors, 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.
Section 7.9 Determinations by Board . The determination as to any of the following matters, made by or pursuant to the direction of the Board of Directors consistent with the Charter, shall be final and conclusive and shall be binding upon the Corporation and every holder of Shares: the amount of the Net Income 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, 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 any of 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 shares of any class or series of Shares) or of 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 Corporation or any Shares; the number of Shares of any class of the Corporation; any matter relating to the acquisition, holding and disposition of any Assets by the Corporation; any interpretation of the terms and conditions of one or more agreements with any Person; the application of any provision of the Charter in the case of any ambiguity, including, without limitation: (i) any provision of the definitions of any of the following: Affiliate, Independent Director and Sponsor, (ii) which amounts paid to the Advisor or its Affiliates are property-level expenses connected with the ownership of real estate interests, loans or other property, (iii) which expenses are excluded from the definition of Total Operating Expenses and (iv) whether expenses qualify as Organization and Offering Expenses; any conflict between the MGCL and the provisions set forth in the NASAA REIT Guidelines; or any other matter relating to the business and affairs of the Corporation or required or permitted by applicable law, the Charter or Bylaws or otherwise to be determined by the Board of Directors; provided, however, that any determination by the Board of Directors 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; and provided, further, that to the extent the Board determines that the MGCL conflicts with the provisions set forth in the NASAA REIT Guidelines, the NASAA REIT Guidelines control to the extent any provisions of the MGCL are not mandatory.
Section 7.10 REIT Qualification . If the Corporation elects to qualify for federal income tax treatment as a REIT, the Board of Directors shall use its reasonable best efforts to take such actions as are necessary or
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appropriate to preserve the status of the Corporation as a REIT; however, if the Board of Directors determines that it is no longer in the best interests of the Corporation to attempt to, or continue to qualify as a REIT, the Board of Directors may revoke or otherwise terminate the Corporations REIT election pursuant to Section 856(g) of the Code. The Board of Directors also may determine that compliance with any restriction or limitation on stock ownership and Transfers set forth in Article VI is no longer required for REIT qualification.
Section 7.11 Removal of Directors . Subject to the rights of holders of one or more classes or series of Preferred Shares to elect or remove one or more Directors, any Director, or the entire Board of Directors, may be removed from office at any time, but only by the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the votes entitled to be cast generally in the election of Directors.
Section 7.12 Board Action with Respect to Certain Matters . A majority of the Independent Directors must approve any Board action to which the following sections of the NASAA REIT Guidelines apply: II.A., II.C., II.F., II.G., IV.A., IV.B., IV.C., IV.D., IV.E., IV.F., IV.G., V.E., V.H., V.J., VI.A., VI.B.4, and VI.G.
ARTICLE VIII
ADVISOR
Section 8.1 Appointment and Initial Investment of Advisor . The Board is responsible for setting the general policies of the Corporation and for the general supervision of its business conducted by officers, agents, employees, advisors or independent contractors of the Corporation. However, the Board is not required personally to conduct the business of the Corporation, and it may (but need not) appoint, employ or contract with any Person (including a Person Affiliated with any Director) as an Advisor and may grant or delegate such authority to the Advisor as the Board may, in its sole discretion, deem necessary or desirable. The term of retention of any Advisor shall not exceed one year, although there is no limit to the number of times that a particular Advisor may be retained. The Advisor or its Affiliates have made an Initial Investment of $200,001 in the Corporation. The Advisor or any such Affiliate may not sell the Initial Investment while the Advisor or its Affiliate remains a Sponsor but may transfer the Initial Investment to other Affiliates.
Section 8.2 Supervision of Advisor . The Board shall review and evaluate the qualifications of the Advisor before entering into, and shall evaluate the performance of the Advisor before renewing, an Advisory Agreement, and the criteria used in such evaluation shall be reflected in the minutes of the meetings of the Board. The Board may exercise broad discretion in allowing the Advisor to administer and regulate the operations of the Corporation, to act as agent for the Corporation, to execute documents on behalf of the Corporation and to make executive decisions that conform to general policies and principles established by the Board. The Board shall monitor the Advisor to assure that the administrative procedures, operations and programs of the Corporation are in the best interests of the Stockholders and are fulfilled. The Independent Directors are responsible for reviewing the fees and expenses of the Corporation at least annually or with sufficient frequency to determine that the expenses incurred are reasonable in light of the investment performance of the Corporation, its Net Assets, its Net Income and the fees and expenses of other comparable unaffiliated REITs. Each such determination shall be reflected in the minutes of the meetings of the Board. The Independent Directors also will be responsible for reviewing, from time to time and at least annually, the performance of the Advisor and determining that compensation to be paid to the Advisor is reasonable in relation to the nature and quality of services performed and that such compensation is within the limits prescribed by the Charter. The Independent Directors shall also supervise the performance of the Advisor and the compensation paid to the Advisor by the Corporation in order to determine that the provisions of the Advisory Agreement are being carried out. Specifically, the Independent Directors will consider factors such as (a) the amount of the fee paid to the Advisor in relation to the size, composition and performance of the Assets, (b) the success of the Advisor in generating opportunities that meet the investment objectives of the Corporation, (c) rates charged to other REITs and to investors other than REITs by advisors performing the same or similar services, (d) additional revenues realized by the Advisor and its Affiliates through their relationship with the Corporation, including loan administration, underwriting or broker commissions, servicing, engineering, inspection and other fees, whether paid by the Corporation or by others with whom the Corporation does business, (e) the quality and extent of service and advice furnished by the Advisor, (f) the performance of the Assets, including income, conservation or appreciation of capital, frequency of problem investments and competence in dealing with
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distress situations, and (g) the quality of the Assets relative to the investments generated by the Advisor for its own account. The Independent Directors may also consider all other factors that they deem relevant, and the findings of the Independent Directors on each of the factors considered shall be recorded in the minutes of the Board. The Board shall determine whether any successor Advisor possesses sufficient qualifications to perform the advisory function for the Corporation and whether the compensation provided for in its contract with the Corporation is justified.
Section 8.3 Fiduciary Obligations . The Advisor shall have a fiduciary responsibility and duty to the Corporation and to the Stockholders.
Section 8.4 Affiliation and Functions . The Board, by resolution or in the Bylaws, may provide guidelines, provisions or requirements concerning the affiliation and functions of the Advisor.
Section 8.5 Termination . A majority of the Independent Directors may terminate the Advisory Agreement on 60 days written notice without cause or penalty, and, in such event, the Advisor will cooperate with the Corporation in making an orderly transition of the advisory function.
Section 8.6 Disposition Fee on Sale of Property . If the Advisor or a Director or Sponsor or any Affiliate thereof provides a substantial amount of services in an effort to sell one or more Properties, that Person may receive an amount up to three percent of the sales price of such Property or Properties; provided, however, that the amount paid when added to all other commissions paid to non-Affiliates in connection with such Sale shall not exceed the lesser of the Competitive Real Estate Commission or an amount equal to six percent of the sales price of such Property or Properties.
Section 8.7 Special Units .
(a) The Advisor or an Affiliate thereof has been issued Special Units constituting a separate series of partnership interests in the Operating Partnership. The holders of the Special Units will be entitled to distributions from the Operating Partnership in an amount equal to 15% of the distributions, including from sales, refinancing and other sources after the Stockholders, in the aggregate, have received or are deemed to have received cumulative distributions equal to 100% of their total Invested Capital, plus a 6% cumulative, non-compounded, annual pre-tax return thereon.
(b) The Special Units may be redeemed upon (i) a Listing, (ii) a merger, consolidation or sale of substantially all of the assets held directly or indirectly by the Company, or any similar transaction, (iii) any transaction pursuant to which a majority of the Directors then in office are replaced or removed which is not otherwise described in (ii) above, or (iv) non-renewal or a termination of the Advisory Agreement by the Company or by the Advisor with good reason and other than in connection with (i), (ii) and (iii) above. If the event triggering the redemption is: (i) above, the redemption price will be calculated based on the average share price of the Corporations Shares for a specified period; (ii) above, the redemption price will be based on the value of consideration received or to be received by the Corporation or its Stockholders on a per share basis; (iii) above, the redemption price will be based on the valuation of the Shares as determined by the Initial Public Offering price in such Offering; or (iv) above, the redemption price will be calculated based on an appraisal or valuation of the Corporations Assets.
Section 8.8 Organization and Offering Expenses Limitation . The Corporation shall reimburse the Advisor and its Affiliates for Organization and Offering Expenses incurred by the Advisor or its Affiliates; provided, however, that the total amount of all Organization and Offering Expenses shall be reasonable and shall in no event exceed 15% of the Gross Proceeds of each Offering.
Section 8.9 Acquisition Fees . The Corporation may pay the Advisor and its Affiliates fees for the review and evaluation of potential investments in Assets; provided, however, that the total of all Acquisition Fees and Acquisition Expenses shall be reasonable, and shall not exceed an amount equal to six percent of the Contract Purchase Price or, in the case of a Loan, six percent of the funds advanced; and provided, further, that a majority of the Directors (including a majority of the Independent Directors) not otherwise interested in the transaction may
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approve fees and expenses in excess of this limit if they determine the transaction to be commercially competitive, fair and reasonable to the Corporation.
Section 8.10 Reimbursement for Total Operating Expenses . The Corporation may reimburse the Advisor, at the end of each fiscal quarter, for Total Operating Expenses incurred by the Advisor; provided, however, that commencing upon the earlier to occur of four fiscal quarters after (i) the Corporations acquisition of its first asset or (ii) six months after the date on which the Corporation breaks escrow for the Initial Public Offering, the Corporation shall not reimburse the Advisor at the end of any fiscal quarter for Total Operating Expenses that, in the four consecutive fiscal quarters then ended, exceed the greater of two percent of Average Invested Assets or 25% of Net Income (the 2%/25% Guidelines) for such year. The Independent Directors shall have the responsibility of limiting Total Operating Expenses to amounts that do not exceed the 2%/25% Guidelines unless they have made a finding that, based on such unusual and non-recurring factors that they deem sufficient, a higher level of expenses (an Excess Amount) is justified. Within 60 days after the end of any fiscal quarter of the Corporation for which there is an Excess Amount which the Independent Directors conclude was justified and reimbursable to the Advisor, there shall be sent to the holders of Common Shares a written disclosure of such fact, together with an explanation of the factors the Independent Directors considered in determining that such Excess Amount was justified. Any such finding and the reasons in support thereof shall be reflected in the minutes of the meetings of the Board. In the event that the Independent Directors do not determine that excess expenses are justified, the Advisor shall reimburse the Corporation the amount by which the expenses exceeded the 2%/25% Guidelines.
Section 8.11 Reimbursement Limitation . The Corporation shall not reimburse the Advisor or its Affiliates for services for which the Advisor or its Affiliates are entitled to compensation in the form of a separate fee.
ARTICLE IX
INVESTMENT POLICIES AND LIMITATIONS
Section 9.1 Review of Investment Policies . The Independent Directors shall review the investment policies of the Corporation with sufficient frequency (and, upon Commencement of the Initial Public Offering, not less often than annually) to determine that the policies being followed by the Corporation are in the best interests of its Stockholders. Each such determination and the basis therefor shall be set forth in the minutes of the meetings of the Board.
Section 9.2 Certain Permitted Investments .
(a) The Corporation may invest in Assets.
(b) The Corporation may invest in Joint Ventures with the Sponsor, the Advisor, one or more Directors or any Affiliate, only if a majority of Directors (including a majority of Independent Directors) not otherwise interested in the transaction approve such investment as being fair and reasonable to the Corporation and on substantially the same terms and conditions as those received by the other joint venturers.
(c) Subject to any limitations in Section 9.3, the Corporation may invest in equity securities, provided that such investment shall be permitted only if a majority of Directors (including a majority of Independent Directors) not otherwise interested in the transaction approve such investment as being fair, competitive and commercially reasonable.
Section 9.3 Investment Limitations . In addition to other investment restrictions imposed by the Board from time to time, consistent with the Corporations objective of qualifying as a REIT, the following shall apply to the Corporations investments:
(a) Not more than ten percent of the Corporations total assets shall be invested in Unimproved Real Property or mortgage loans on Unimproved Real Property.
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(b) The Corporation shall not invest in commodities or commodity future contracts. This limitation is not intended to apply to futures contracts, when used solely for hedging purposes in connection with the Corporations ordinary business of investing in real estate assets and mortgages.
(c) The Corporation shall not invest in or make any mortgage loans unless an appraisal is obtained concerning the underlying property except for those loans insured or guaranteed by a government or government agency. In cases in which a majority of Independent Directors so determine, and in all cases in which the transaction is with the Advisor, the Sponsor, any Director or any Affiliate thereof, such appraisal of the underlying property must be obtained from an Independent Appraiser. Such appraisal shall be maintained in the Corporations records for at least five years and shall be available for inspection and duplication by any holder of Common Shares for a reasonable charge. In addition to the appraisal, a mortgagees or owners title insurance policy or commitment as to the priority of the mortgage or condition of the title must be obtained.
(d) The Corporation shall not make or invest in any mortgage loan, including a construction loan, on any one property if the aggregate amount of all mortgage loans outstanding on the property, including the loans of the Corporation, would exceed an amount equal to 85% of the appraised value of the property as determined by appraisal unless substantial justification exists because of the presence of other underwriting criteria. For purposes of this subsection, the aggregate amount of all mortgage loans outstanding on the property, including the loans of the Corporation shall include all interest (excluding contingent participation in income and/or appreciation in value of the mortgaged property), the current payment of which may be deferred pursuant to the terms of such loans, to the extent that deferred interest on each loan exceeds five percent per annum of the principal balance of the loan.
(e) The Corporation shall not invest in indebtedness or make loans secured by a mortgage on Real Property which is subordinate to the lien or other indebtedness of the Advisor, any Director, the Sponsor or any Affiliate of the Corporation.
(f) The Corporation shall not issue (i) equity Securities redeemable solely at the option of the holder (except that Stockholders may offer their Common Shares to the Corporation pursuant to any repurchase plan adopted by the Board on terms outlined in the Prospectus relating to any Offering, as such plan is thereafter amended in accordance with its terms); (ii) debt Securities unless the historical debt service coverage (in the most recently completed fiscal year) as adjusted for known changes is sufficient to properly service that higher level of debt, as determined by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized officer of the Corporation; (iii) equity Securities on a deferred payment basis or under similar arrangements; or (iv) options or warrants to the Advisor, the Directors, the Sponsor or any Affiliate thereof except on the same terms as such options or warrants, if any, are sold to the general public. Options or warrants may be issued to Persons other than the Advisor, the Directors, the Sponsor or any Affiliate thereof, but not at exercise prices less than the fair market value of the underlying Securities on the date of grant and not for consideration (which may include services) that in the judgment of the Independent Directors has a market value less than the value of such option or warrant on the date of grant. Options or warrants issuable to the Advisor, the Directors, the Sponsor or any Affiliate thereof shall not exceed ten percent of the outstanding Shares on the date of grant. The voting rights per Share (other than any publicly held Share) sold in a private offering shall not exceed the voting rights which bear the same relationship to the voting rights of a publicly held Share as the consideration paid to the Corporation for each privately offered Share bears to the book value of each outstanding publicly held Share.
(g) A majority of the Directors or of the members of a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors (consisting of Independent Directors) shall authorize the consideration to be paid for Real Property, ordinarily based on the fair market value of the Real Property. If a majority of the Independent Directors on the Board of Directors or such duly authorized committee determine, or if the Real Property is acquired from the Advisor, a Director, the Sponsor or their Affiliates, such fair market value shall be determined by a qualified Independent Appraiser selected by such Independent Directors.
(h) The aggregate Leverage shall be reasonable in relation to the Net Assets and shall be reviewed by the Board at least quarterly. The maximum amount of such Leverage in relation to Net Assets shall not exceed 300%. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Leverage may exceed such limit if any excess in borrowing over such
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level is approved by a majority of the Independent Directors. Any such excess borrowing shall be disclosed to Stockholders in the next quarterly report of the Corporation following such borrowing, along with justification for such excess.
(i) The Corporation will continually review its investment activity to attempt to ensure that it is not classified as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(j) The Corporation will not make any investment that the Corporation believes will be inconsistent with its objectives of qualifying and remaining qualified as a REIT unless and until the Board determines, in its sole discretion, that REIT qualification is not in the best interests of the Corporation.
(k) The Corporation shall not invest in real estate contracts of sale unless such contracts of sale are in recordable form and appropriately recorded in the chain of title.
(l) The Corporation shall not invest in the securities of any entity holding investments in and engaging in activities prohibited by this Charter.
ARTICLE X
CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
Section 10.1 Sales and Leases to the Corporation . The Corporation may purchase or lease an Asset or Assets from the Sponsor, the Advisor, a Director or any Affiliate thereof upon a finding by a majority of Directors (including a majority of Independent Directors) not otherwise interested in the transaction that such transaction is fair and reasonable to the Corporation and at a price to the Corporation no greater than the cost of the Asset to such Sponsor, Advisor, Director or Affiliate or, if the price to the Corporation is in excess of such cost, that substantial justification for such excess exists and such excess is reasonable. In no event shall the purchase price paid by the Corporation for any such Asset exceed the Assets current appraised value.
Section 10.2 Sales and Leases to the Sponsor, Advisor, Directors or Affiliates . The Advisor, the Sponsor, a Director or any Affiliate thereof may purchase or lease Assets from the Corporation if a majority of Directors (including a majority of Independent Directors) not otherwise interested in the transaction determine that the transaction is fair and reasonable to the Corporation.
Section 10.3 Other Transactions .
(a) The Corporation shall not make loans to the Sponsor, the Advisor, a Director or any Affiliate thereof except loans pursuant to Section 9.3(c) hereof or loans to wholly owned subsidiaries of the Corporation. The Corporation may not borrow money from the Sponsor, the Advisor, a Director or any Affiliate thereof, unless approved by a majority of the Directors (including a majority of the Independent Directors) not otherwise interested in such transaction as fair, competitive, and commercially reasonable, and no less favorable to the Corporation than comparable loans between unaffiliated parties under the same circumstances.
(b) The Corporation shall not engage in any other transaction with the Sponsor, the Advisor, a Director or any Affiliate thereof unless a majority of the Directors (including a majority of the Independent Directors) not otherwise interested in such transaction approve such transaction as fair and reasonable to the Corporation and on terms and conditions no less favorable to the Corporation than those available from unaffiliated third parties.
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ARTICLE XI
STOCKHOLDERS
Section 11.1 Meetings . The Directors, including the Independent Directors, shall take reasonable steps to insure that there shall be an annual meeting of the Stockholders, to be held on such date and at such time and place as shall be determined by or in the manner prescribed in the Bylaws, at which the Directors shall be elected and any other proper business may be conducted; provided that such annual meeting will be held upon reasonable notice and within a reasonable period (not less than 30 days) following delivery of the annual report. The holders of a majority of Shares entitled to vote who are present in person or by proxy at an annual meeting at which a quorum is present, may, without the necessity for concurrence by the Board, vote to elect the Directors. A quorum shall be the presence in person or by proxy of Stockholders entitled to cast at least 50% of all the votes entitled to be cast at such meeting on any matter. Special meetings of Stockholders may be called in the manner provided in the Bylaws, including by the chief executive officer, the president or the chairman of the board or by a majority of the Directors or a majority of the Independent Directors, and shall be called by the secretary of the Corporation to act on any matter that may properly be considered at a meeting of Stockholders upon the written request of the Stockholders entitled to cast not less than ten percent of all the votes entitled to be cast on such matter at such meeting. Notice of any special meeting of Stockholders shall be given as provided in the Bylaws. If the meeting is called by the secretary upon the written request of Stockholders as described in this Section 11.1, notice of the special meeting shall be sent to all Stockholders within ten days of the receipt of the written request and the special meeting shall be held at the time and place specified in the Stockholder request not less than 15 days nor more than 60 days after the delivery of the notice; provided, however, that if no time or place is so specified in the Stockholder request, at such time and place convenient to the Stockholders. If there are no Directors, the officers of the Corporation shall promptly call a special meeting of the Stockholders entitled to vote for the election of successor Directors. Any meeting may be adjourned and reconvened as the Board may determine or as otherwise provided in the Bylaws.
Section 11.2 Voting Rights of Stockholders . Subject to the provisions of any class or series of Shares then outstanding and the mandatory provisions of any applicable laws or regulations, the Stockholders shall be entitled to vote only on the following matters: (a) election or removal of Directors, without the necessity for concurrence by the Board, as provided in Sections 11.1, 7.4 and 7.11 hereof; (b) amendment of the Charter as provided in Article XIII hereof; (c) dissolution of the Corporation; (d) merger, conversion or consolidation of the Corporation into another entity, or the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Corporations assets; and (e) such other matters with respect to which the Board of Directors has adopted a resolution declaring that a proposed action is advisable and directing that the matter be submitted to the Stockholders for approval or ratification. Without the approval of a majority of the Shares entitled to vote on the matter, the Board may not (i) amend the Charter to adversely affect the rights, preferences and privileges of the Stockholders; (ii) amend provisions of the Charter relating to Director qualifications, fiduciary duties, liability and indemnification, conflicts of interest, investment policies or investment restrictions; (iii) liquidate or dissolve the Corporation other than before the initial investment in Property; (iv) sell all or substantially all of the Corporations assets other than in the ordinary course of business or as otherwise permitted by law; or (v) cause the merger or similar reorganization of the Corporation except as permitted by law.
Section 11.3 Voting Limitations on Shares Held by the Advisor, Directors and Affiliates . With respect to Shares owned by the Advisor, any Director or any of their Affiliates, neither the Advisor, nor such Director, nor any of their Affiliates may vote or consent on matters submitted to the Stockholders regarding the removal of the Advisor, such Director or any of their Affiliates or any transaction between the Corporation and any of them. In determining the requisite percentage in interest of Shares necessary to approve a matter on which the Advisor, such Director and any of their Affiliates may not vote or consent, any Shares owned by any of them shall not be included.
Section 11.4 Right of Inspection . Any Stockholder and any designated representative thereof shall be permitted access to the records of the Corporation to which it is entitled under applicable law at all reasonable times, and may inspect and copy any of them for a reasonable charge. Inspection of the Corporations books and records by the office or agency administering the securities laws of a jurisdiction shall be provided upon reasonable notice and during normal business hours.
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Section 11.5 Access to Stockholder List . An alphabetical list of the names, addresses and telephone numbers of the Stockholders, along with the number of Shares held by each of them (the Stockholder List), shall be maintained as part of the books and records of the Corporation and shall be available for inspection by any Stockholder or the Stockholders designated agent at the home office of the Corporation upon the request of the Stockholder. The Stockholder List shall be updated at least quarterly to reflect changes in the information contained therein. A copy of the Stockholder List shall be mailed to any Stockholder so requesting within ten days of receipt by the Corporation of the request. The copy of the Stockholder List shall be printed in alphabetical order, on white paper, and in a readily readable type size (in no event smaller than ten-point type). The Corporation may impose a reasonable charge for expenses incurred in reproduction pursuant to the Stockholder request. A Stockholder may request a copy of the Stockholder List in connection with matters relating to Stockholders voting rights and the exercise of Stockholder rights under federal proxy laws.
If the Advisor or the Board neglects or refuses to exhibit, produce or mail a copy of the Stockholder List as requested, the Advisor and/or the Board, as the case may be, shall be liable to any Stockholder requesting the Stockholder List for the costs, including reasonable attorneys fees, incurred by that Stockholder for compelling the production of the Stockholder List, and for actual damages suffered by any Stockholder by reason of such refusal or neglect. It shall be a defense that the actual purpose and reason for the requests for inspection or for a copy of the Stockholder List is to secure the Stockholder List or other information for the purpose of selling the Stockholder List or copies thereof, or of using the same for a commercial purpose other than in the interest of the applicant as a Stockholder relative to the affairs of the Corporation. The Corporation may require the Stockholder requesting the Stockholder List to represent that the Stockholder List is not requested for a commercial purpose unrelated to the Stockholders interest in the Corporation. The remedies provided hereunder to Stockholders requesting copies of the Stockholder List are in addition to, and shall not in any way limit, other remedies available to Stockholders under federal law or the laws of any state.
Section 11.6 Reports . For each fiscal year after the Commencement of the Initial Public Offering, the Directors, including the Independent Directors, shall take reasonable steps to insure that the Corporation shall cause to be prepared and mailed or delivered to each Stockholder as of a record date after the end of the fiscal year, within 120 days after the end of the fiscal year to which it relates, an annual report that shall include: (a) financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles which are audited and reported on by independent certified public accountants; (b) the ratio of the costs of raising capital during the period to the capital raised; (c) the aggregate amount of advisory fees and the aggregate amount of other fees paid to the Advisor and any Affiliate of the Advisor by the Corporation and including fees or charges paid to the Advisor and any Affiliate of the Advisor by third parties doing business with the Corporation; (d) the Total Operating Expenses of the Corporation, stated as a percentage of Average Invested Assets and as a percentage of its Net Income; (e) a report from the Independent Directors that the policies being followed by the Corporation are in the best interests of its Stockholders and the basis for such determination; and (f) separately stated, full disclosure of all material terms, factors and circumstances surrounding any and all transactions involving the Corporation, the Directors, the Advisors, the Sponsors and any Affiliate thereof occurring in the year for which the annual report is made, and the Independent Directors shall be specifically charged with a duty to examine and comment in the report on the fairness of such transactions.
Section 11.7 Tender Offers . If any Person makes a tender offer, including, without limitation, a mini-tender offer, such Person must comply with all of the provisions set forth in Regulation 14D of the Exchange Act, including, without limitation, disclosure and notice requirements, that would be applicable if the tender offer was for more than five percent of the outstanding Shares; provided, however, that, unless otherwise required by the Exchange Act, such documents are not required to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In addition, any such Person must provide notice to the Corporation at least ten business days prior to initiating any such tender offer. No Stockholder may Transfer any Shares held by such Stockholder to any Person who initiates a tender offer without complying with the provisions set forth above (a Non-Compliant Tender Offer) unless such Stockholder shall have first offered such Shares to the Corporation at the tender offer price offered in such Non-Compliant Tender Offer. In addition, any Person who makes a Non-Compliant Tender Offer shall be responsible for all expenses incurred by the Corporation in connection with the enforcement of the provisions of this Section 11.7, including, without limitation, expenses incurred in connection with the review of all documents related to such tender offer. In addition to the remedies provided herein, the Corporation may seek injunctive relief, including,
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without limitation, a temporary or permanent restraining order, in connection with any Non-Compliant Tender Offer. This Section 11.7 shall be of no force or effect with respect to any Shares that are then Listed.
ARTICLE XII
LIABILITY LIMITATION AND INDEMNIFICATION
Section 12.1 Limitation of Stockholder Liability . No Stockholder shall be liable for any debt, claim, demand, judgment or obligation of any kind of, against or with respect to the Corporation by reason of his being a Stockholder, nor shall any Stockholder be subject to any personal liability whatsoever, in tort, contract or otherwise, to any Person in connection with the Assets or the affairs of the Corporation by reason of his being a Stockholder.
Section 12.2 Limitation of Director and Officer Liability .
(a) Subject to any limitations set forth under Maryland law or in paragraph (b), no Director or officer of the Corporation shall be liable to the Corporation or its Stockholders for money damages. Neither the amendment nor repeal of this Section 12.2(a), nor the adoption or amendment of any other provision of the Charter or Bylaws inconsistent with this Section 12.2(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.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in paragraph (a) above, the Corporation shall not provide that a Director, the Advisor or any Affiliate (the Indemnitee) be held harmless for any loss or liability suffered by the Corporation, unless all of the following conditions are met:
(i) The Indemnitee has determined, in good faith, that the course of conduct that caused the loss or liability was in the best interests of the Corporation.
(ii) The Indemnitee was acting on behalf of or performing services for the Corporation.
(iii) Such liability or loss was not the result of (A) negligence or misconduct, in the case that the Indemnitee is a Director (other than an Independent Director), the Advisor or an Affiliate or (B) gross negligence or willful misconduct, in the case that the Indemnitee is an Independent Director.
(iv) Such agreement to hold harmless is recoverable only out of Net Assets and not from the Stockholders.
Section 12.3 Indemnification .
(a) Subject to any limitations set forth under Maryland law or in paragraph (b) or (c) below, the Corporation shall indemnify and, without requiring a preliminary determination of the ultimate entitlement to indemnification, 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 Corporation and who is made or threatened to be made a party to the proceeding by reason of his or her service in that capacity, (ii) any individual who, while a Director or officer of the Corporation and at the request of the Corporation, 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 other enterprise and who is made or threatened to be made a party to the proceeding by reason of his or her service in that capacity or (iii) the Advisor or any of its Affiliates acting as an agent of the Corporation. The rights to indemnification and advance of expenses provided to a Director or officer hereby shall vest immediately upon election of such Director or officer. The Corporation may, with the approval of the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee thereof, provide such indemnification and advance for expenses to a Person who served a predecessor of the Corporation in any of the capacities described in (i) or (ii) above and to any employee or agent of the Corporation or a predecessor of the Corporation. The Board
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may take such action as is necessary to carry out this Section 12.3(a). No amendment of the Charter or repeal of any of its provisions shall limit or eliminate the right of indemnification provided hereunder with respect to acts or omissions occurring prior to such amendment or repeal.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in paragraph (a) above, the Corporation shall not provide for indemnification of an Indemnitee for any liability or loss suffered by such Indemnitee, unless all of the following conditions are met:
(i) The Indemnitee has determined, in good faith, that the course of conduct that caused the loss or liability was in the best interests of the Corporation.
(ii) The Indemnitee was acting on behalf of or performing services for the Corporation.
(iii) Such liability or loss was not the result of (A) negligence or misconduct, in the case that the Indemnitee is a Director (other than an Independent Director), the Advisor or an Affiliate of the Advisor or (B) gross negligence or willful misconduct, in the case that the Indemnitee is an Independent Director.
(iv) Such indemnification or agreement to hold harmless is recoverable only out of Net Assets and not from the Stockholders.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in paragraph (a) above, the Corporation shall not provide indemnification to an Indemnitee for any loss, liability or expense arising from or out of an alleged violation of federal or state securities laws by such party unless one or more of the following conditions are met: (i) there has been a successful adjudication on the merits of each count involving alleged securities law violations as to the Indemnitee; (ii) such claims have been dismissed with prejudice on the merits by a court of competent jurisdiction as to the Indemnitee; or (iii) a court of competent jurisdiction approves a settlement of the claims against the Indemnitee and finds that indemnification of the settlement and the related costs should be made, and the court considering the request for indemnification has been advised of the position of the Securities and Exchange Commission and of the published position of any state securities regulatory authority in which Securities were offered or sold as to indemnification for violations of securities laws.
Section 12.4 Payment of Expenses . The Corporation may pay or reimburse reasonable legal expenses and other costs incurred by an Indemnitee in advance of final disposition of a proceeding only if all of the following are satisfied: (a) the proceeding relates to acts or omissions with respect to the performance of duties or services on behalf of the Corporation, (b) the Indemnitee provides the Corporation with written affirmation of the Indemnitees good faith belief that the Indemnitee has met the standard of conduct necessary for indemnification by the Corporation as authorized by Section 12.3 hereof, (c) the legal proceeding was initiated by a third party who is not a Stockholder or, if by a Stockholder of the Corporation acting in his or her capacity as such, a court of competent jurisdiction approves such advancement, and (d) the Indemnitee provides the Corporation with a written agreement to repay the amount paid or reimbursed by the Corporation, together with the applicable legal rate of interest thereon, if it is ultimately determined that the Indemnitee did not comply with the requisite standard of conduct and is not entitled to indemnification.
Section 12.5 Express Exculpatory Clauses in Instruments . Neither the Stockholders nor the Directors, officers, employees or agents of the Corporation shall be liable under any written instrument creating an obligation of the Corporation by reason of their being Stockholders, Directors, officers, employees or agents of the Corporation, and all Persons shall look solely to the Corporations assets for the payment of any claim under or for the performance of that instrument. The omission of the foregoing exculpatory language from any instrument shall not affect the validity or enforceability of such instrument and shall not render any Stockholder, Director, officer, employee or agent liable thereunder to any third party, nor shall the Directors or any officer, employee or agent of the Corporation be liable to anyone as a result of such omission.
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ARTICLE XIII
AMENDMENTS
The Corporation 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 Shares. All rights and powers conferred by the Charter on Stockholders, Directors and officers are granted subject to this reservation. 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 approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of all votes entitled to be cast on the matter, including without limitation, (a) any amendment which would adversely affect the rights, preferences and privileges of the Stockholders and (b) any amendment to Sections 7.2, 7.5 and 7.11 of Article VII, Article IX, Article X, Article XII and Article XIV hereof and this Article XIII (or any other amendment of the Charter that would have the effect of amending such sections).
ARTICLE XIV
ROLL-UP TRANSACTIONS
In connection with any proposed Roll-Up Transaction, an appraisal of all of the Corporations assets shall be obtained from a competent Independent Appraiser. If the appraisal will be included in a prospectus used to offer the securities of a Roll-Up Entity, the appraisal shall be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the states as an exhibit to the registration statement for the offering. The Corporations assets shall be appraised on a consistent basis, and the appraisal shall be based on the evaluation of all relevant information and shall indicate the value of the assets as of a date immediately prior to the announcement of the proposed Roll-Up Transaction. The appraisal shall assume an orderly liquidation of the assets over a twelve-month period. The terms of the engagement of the Independent Appraiser shall clearly state that the engagement is for the benefit of the Corporation and the Stockholders. A summary of the appraisal, indicating all material assumptions underlying the appraisal, shall be included in a report to Stockholders in connection with a proposed Roll-Up Transaction. In connection with a proposed Roll-Up Transaction, the Person sponsoring the Roll-Up Transaction shall offer to holders of Common Shares who vote against the proposed Roll-Up Transaction the choice of:
(a) accepting the securities of a Roll-Up Entity offered in the proposed Roll-Up Transaction; or
(b) one of the following:
(i) remaining as Stockholders and preserving their interests therein on the same terms and conditions as existed previously; or
(ii) receiving cash in an amount equal to the Stockholders pro rata share of the appraised value of the Net Assets.
The Corporation is prohibited from participating in any proposed Roll-Up Transaction:
(a) that would result in the holders of Common Shares having democracy rights in a Roll-Up Entity that are less than the rights provided for in Sections 11.1, 11.2, 11.6 and 12.1 hereof;
(b) that includes provisions that would operate as a material impediment to, or frustration of, the accumulation of Shares by any purchaser of the securities of the Roll-Up Entity (except to the minimum extent necessary to preserve the tax status of the Roll-Up Entity), or which would limit the ability of an investor to exercise the voting rights of its securities of the Roll-Up Entity on the basis of the number of Shares held by that investor;
(c) in which investors rights to access of records of the Roll-Up Entity will be less than those described in Sections 11.4 and 11.5 hereof; or
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(d) in which any of the costs of the Roll-Up Transaction would be borne by the Corporation if the Roll-Up Transaction is rejected by the holders of Common Shares.
THIRD : The amendment and restatement of the charter of the Corporation as hereinabove set forth has been duly advised by the Board of Directors and approved by the stockholders of the Corporation as required by law.
FOURTH : The current address of the principal office of the Corporation is as set forth in Article III of the foregoing amendment and restatement of the charter.
FIFTH : The name and address of the Corporations current resident agent is as set forth in Article III of the foregoing amendment and restatement of the charter.
SIXTH : The number of directors of the Corporation and the names of those currently in office are as set forth in Article VII of the foregoing amendment and restatement of the charter.
SEVENTH: The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation had authority to issue immediately prior to the foregoing amendment and restatement of the charter of the Corporation was 450,000,000 consisting of 400,000,000 shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share, of which 160,000,000 were classified as Class A Common Stock, 200,000,000 were classified as Class T Common Stock and 40,000,000 were classified as Class I Common Stock, and 50,000,000 shares of preferred stock, 0.01 par value per share. The aggregate par value of all shares of stock having par value was $4,5000,000.
EIGHTH : The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation has authority to issue pursuant to the foregoing amendment and restatement of the charter of the Corporation is 450,000,000, consisting of 400,000,000 shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share, of which 160,000,000 are classified as Class A Common Stock, 200,000,000 are classified as Class T Common Stock and 40,000,000 are classified as Class I Common Stock, and 50,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $0.01 par value per share. The aggregate par value of all authorized shares of stock having par value is $4,500,000.
NINTH : The undersigned acknowledges these Second Articles of Amendment and Restatement to be the corporate act of the Corporation 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.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused these Second Articles of Amendment and Restatement to be signed in its name and on its behalf by its President and attested to by its Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer on this 11 th day of May, 2017.
ATTEST: | RODIN GLOBAL PROPERTY TRUST, INC. | |||||||||
/s/ Steve Bisgay |
/s/ Kenneth Carpenter |
(SEAL) | ||||||||
Name: | Steve Bisgay | Name: | Kenneth Carpenter | |||||||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer | Title: | President |
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Exhibit 3.2
RODIN GLOBAL PROPERTY TRUST, INC.
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS
ARTICLE I
OFFICES
Section 1. PRINCIPAL OFFICE . The principal office of the Corporation in the State of Maryland shall be located at such place as the Board of Directors may designate.
Section 2. ADDITIONAL OFFICES . The Corporation may have additional offices, including a principal executive office, at such places as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or the business of the Corporation may require.
ARTICLE II
MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
Section 1. PLACE . All meetings of stockholders shall be held at the principal executive office of the Corporation or at such other place as shall be set in accordance with these Bylaws and stated in the notice of the meeting.
Section 2. ANNUAL MEETING . An annual meeting of stockholders for the election of directors and the transaction of any business within the powers of the Corporation shall be held on the date and at the time and place set by the Board of Directors, beginning in the year 2017.
Section 3. SPECIAL MEETINGS . The president, the chief executive officer, the chairman of the board, a majority of the Board of Directors or a majority of the Independent Directors (as defined in the charter of the Corporation (the Charter)) may call a special meeting of the stockholders. Any such special meeting of stockholders shall be held on the date and at the time and place set by the president, the chief executive officer, the chairman of the board, the Board of Directors or the Independent Directors, whoever has called the meeting. A special meeting of stockholders shall also be called by the secretary of the Corporation to act on any matter that may properly be considered at a meeting of stockholders upon the written request of stockholders entitled to cast not less than ten percent of all the votes entitled to be cast on such matter at such meeting. The written request must state the purpose of such meeting and the matters proposed to be acted on at such meeting. Within ten days after receipt of such written request, either in person or by mail, the secretary of the Corporation shall provide all stockholders with written notice, either in person or by mail, of such meeting and the purpose of such meeting. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, such meeting shall be held not less than 15 days nor more than 60 days after the secretarys delivery of such notice. Subject to the foregoing sentence, such meeting shall be held at the time and place specified in the stockholder request; provided, however, that if none is so specified, such meeting shall be held at a time and place convenient to the stockholders.
Section 4. NOTICE . Except as provided otherwise in Section 3 of this Article II, not less than ten nor more than 90 days before each meeting of stockholders, the secretary shall give to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting and to each stockholder not entitled to vote who is entitled to notice of the meeting notice in writing or by electronic transmission stating the time and place of the meeting and, in the case of a special meeting or as otherwise may be required by any applicable statute, the purpose for which the meeting is called, by mail, electronic mail or other electronic means, by presenting it to such stockholder personally, by leaving it at the stockholders residence or usual place of business or by any other means permitted by Maryland law. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be given when deposited in the United States mail addressed to the stockholder at the stockholders address as it appears on the records of the Corporation, with postage thereon prepaid. If transmitted electronically, such notice shall be deemed to be given when transmitted to the stockholder by an electronic transmission to any
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address or number of the stockholder at which the stockholder receives electronic transmissions. The Corporation may give a single notice to all stockholders who share an address, which single notice shall be effective as to any stockholder at such address, unless such stockholder objects in writing to receiving such single notice or revokes in writing a prior consent to receiving such single notice. Failure to give notice of any meeting to one or more stockholders, or any irregularity in such notice, shall not affect the validity of any meeting fixed in accordance with this Article II or the validity of any proceedings at any such meeting.
Subject to Section 11(a) of this Article II, any business of the Corporation may be transacted at an annual meeting of stockholders without being specifically designated in the notice, except such business as is required by any statute to be stated in such notice. No business shall be transacted at a special meeting of stockholders except as specifically designated in the notice. The Corporation may postpone or cancel a meeting of stockholders by making a public announcement (as defined in Section 11(c)(3) of this Article II) of such postponement or cancellation prior to the meeting. Notice of the date, time and place to which the meeting is postponed shall be given not less than ten days prior to such date and otherwise in the manner set forth in this Section 4.
Section 5. ORGANIZATION AND CONDUCT . Every meeting of stockholders shall be conducted by an individual appointed by the Board of Directors to be chairman of the meeting or, in the absence of such appointment or appointed individual, by the chairman of the board or, in the case of a vacancy in the office or absence of the chairman of the board, by one of the following officers present at the meeting in the following order: the vice chairman of the board, if there is one, the chief executive officer, the president, the vice presidents in their order of rank and within each rank, in their order of seniority, the secretary or, in the absence of such officers, a chairman chosen by the stockholders by the vote of a majority of the votes cast by stockholders present in person or by proxy. The secretary or, in the secretarys absence, an assistant secretary or, in the absence of both the secretary and assistant secretaries, an individual appointed by the Board of Directors or, in the absence of such appointment, an individual appointed by the chairman of the meeting shall act as secretary. In the event that the secretary presides at a meeting of the stockholders, an assistant secretary or, in the absence of all assistant secretaries, an individual appointed by the Board of Directors or the chairman of the meeting shall record the minutes of the meeting. The order of business and all other matters of procedure at any meeting of stockholders shall be determined by the chairman of the meeting. The chairman of the meeting may prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and take such action as, in the discretion of the chairman and without any action by the stockholders, are appropriate for the proper conduct of the meeting, including, without limitation, (a) restricting admission to the time set for the commencement of the meeting; (b) limiting attendance at the meeting to stockholders of record of the Corporation, their duly authorized proxies and such other individuals as the chairman of the meeting may determine; (c) limiting participation at the meeting on any matter to stockholders of record of the Corporation entitled to vote on such matter, their duly authorized proxies and other such individuals as the chairman of the meeting may determine; (d) limiting the time allotted to questions or comments; (e) determining when and for how long the polls should be opened and when the polls should be closed; (f) maintaining order and security at the meeting; (g) removing any stockholder or any other individual who refuses to comply with meeting procedures, rules or guidelines as set forth by the chairman of the meeting; (h) concluding a meeting or recessing or adjourning the meeting to a later date and time and at a place announced at the meeting; and (i) complying with any state and local laws and regulations concerning safety and security. Unless otherwise determined by the chairman of the meeting, meetings of stockholders shall not be required to be held in accordance with the rules of parliamentary procedure.
Section 6. QUORUM . At any meeting of stockholders, the presence in person or by proxy of stockholders entitled to cast at least 50% of all the votes entitled to be cast at such meeting on any matter shall constitute a quorum; but this section shall not affect any requirement under any statute or the Charter for the vote necessary for the approval of any matter. If such quorum is not established at any meeting of the stockholders, the chairman of the meeting may adjourn the meeting sine die or from time to time to a date not more than 120 days after the original record date without notice other than announcement at the meeting. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally convened.
The stockholders present either in person or by proxy, at a meeting which has been duly called and at which a quorum has been established, may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal from the meeting of enough stockholders to leave fewer than would be required to establish a quorum.
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Section 7. VOTING . The holders of a majority of the shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote who are present in person or by proxy at an annual meeting at which a quorum is present may, without the necessity for concurrence by the Board of Directors, vote to elect a director. Each share may be voted for as many individuals as there are directors to be elected and for whose election the share is entitled to be voted. A majority of the votes cast at a meeting of stockholders duly called and at which a quorum is present shall be sufficient to approve any other matter which may properly come before the meeting, unless more than a majority of the votes cast is required by statute or by the Charter. Unless otherwise provided by statute or by the Charter, each outstanding share of stock, regardless of class, shall be entitled to one vote on each matter submitted to a vote at a meeting of stockholders. Voting on any question or in any election may be viva voce unless the chairman of the meeting shall order that voting be by ballot or otherwise.
Section 8. PROXIES . A holder of record of shares of stock of the Corporation may cast votes in person or by proxy executed by the stockholder or by the stockholders duly authorized agent in any manner permitted by law. Such proxy or evidence of authorization of such proxy shall be filed with the secretary of the Corporation before or at the meeting. No proxy shall be valid more than eleven months after its date unless otherwise provided in the proxy.
Section 9. VOTING OF STOCK BY CERTAIN HOLDERS . Stock of the Corporation registered in the name of a corporation, partnership, trust, limited liability company or other entity, if entitled to be voted, may be voted by the president or a vice president, general partner, trustee or managing member thereof, as the case may be, or a proxy appointed by any of the foregoing individuals, unless some other person who has been appointed to vote such stock pursuant to a bylaw or a resolution of the governing body of such corporation or other entity or agreement of the partners of a partnership presents a certified copy of such bylaw, resolution or agreement, in which case such person may vote such stock. Any trustee or other fiduciary may vote stock registered in the name of such person in the capacity of trustee or fiduciary, either in person or by proxy.
Shares of stock of the Corporation directly or indirectly owned by it shall not be voted at any meeting and shall not be counted in determining the total number of outstanding shares entitled to be voted at any given time, unless they are held by it in a fiduciary capacity, in which case they may be voted and shall be counted in determining the total number of outstanding shares at any given time.
The Board of Directors may adopt by resolution a procedure by which a stockholder may certify in writing to the Corporation that any shares of stock registered in the name of the stockholder are held for the account of a specified person other than the stockholder. The resolution shall set forth the class of stockholders who may make the certification, the purpose for which the certification may be made, the form of certification and the information to be contained in it; if the certification is with respect to a record date, the time after the record date within which the certification must be received by the Corporation; and any other provisions with respect to the procedure which the Board of Directors considers necessary or desirable. On receipt by the secretary of the Corporation of such certification, the person specified in the certification shall be regarded as, for the purposes set forth in the certification, the holder of record of the specified stock in place of the stockholder who makes the certification.
Section 10. INSPECTORS . The Board of Directors or the chairman of the meeting may appoint, before or at the meeting, one or more inspectors for the meeting and any successor to the inspector. The inspectors, if any, shall (a) determine the number of shares of stock represented at the meeting, in person or by proxy, and the validity and effect of proxies, (b) receive and tabulate all votes, ballots or consents, (c) report such tabulation to the chairman of the meeting, (d) hear and determine all challenges and questions arising in connection with the right to vote, and (e) do such acts as are proper to fairly conduct the election or vote. Each such report shall be in writing and signed by the inspector or by a majority of them if there is more than one inspector acting at such meeting. If there is more than one inspector, the report of a majority shall be the report of the inspectors. The report of the inspector or inspectors on the number of shares represented at the meeting and the results of the voting shall be prima facie evidence thereof.
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Section 11. ADVANCE NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDER NOMINEES FOR DIRECTOR AND OTHER STOCKHOLDER PROPOSALS .
(a) Annual Meetings of Stockholders .
(1) Nominations of individuals for election to the Board of Directors and the proposal of other business to be considered by the stockholders may be made at an annual meeting of stockholders (i) pursuant to the Corporations notice of meeting, (ii) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (iii) by any stockholder of the Corporation who was a stockholder of record at the record date set by the Board of Directors for the purpose of determining stockholders entitled to vote at the annual meeting, at the time of giving of notice by the stockholder as provided for in this Section 11(a) and at the time of the annual meeting (and any postponement or adjournment thereof), who is entitled to vote at the meeting in the election of each individual so nominated or on any such other business and who has complied with this Section 11(a).
(2) For any nomination or other business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder pursuant to clause (iii) of paragraph (a)(1) of this Section 11, the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the secretary of the Corporation and any such other business must otherwise be a proper matter for action by the stockholders. To be timely, a stockholders notice shall set forth all information required under this Section 11 and shall be delivered to the secretary at the principal executive office of the Corporation not earlier than the 150 th day nor later than 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on the 120 th day prior to the first anniversary of the date of the proxy statement (as defined in Section 11(c)(3) of this Article II) for the preceding years annual meeting; provided, however, that in connection with the Corporations first annual meeting or in the event that the date of the annual meeting is advanced or delayed by more than 30 days from the first anniversary of the date of the preceding years annual meeting, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so delivered not earlier than the 150 th day prior to the date of such annual meeting and not later than 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on the later of the 120 th day prior to the date of such annual meeting, as originally convened, or the tenth day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made. The public announcement of a postponement or adjournment of an annual meeting shall not commence a new time period for the giving of a stockholders notice as described above.
(3) Such stockholders notice shall set forth:
(i) as to each individual whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election or reelection as a director (each, a Proposed Nominee), all information relating to the Proposed Nominee that would be required to be disclosed in connection with the solicitation of proxies for the election of the Proposed Nominee as a director in an election contest (even if an election contest is not involved), or would otherwise be required in connection with such solicitation, in each case pursuant to Regulation 14A (or any successor provision) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), and the rules thereunder;
(ii) as to any other business that the stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting, a description of such business, the stockholders reasons for proposing such business at the meeting and any material interest in such business of such stockholder or any Stockholder Associated Person (as defined below), individually or in the aggregate, including any anticipated benefit to the stockholder or the Stockholder Associated Person therefrom;
(iii) as to the stockholder giving the notice, any Proposed Nominee and any Stockholder Associated Person,
(A) the class, series and number of all shares of stock or other securities of the Corporation (collectively, the Company Securities), if any, which are owned (beneficially or of record) by such stockholder, Proposed Nominee or Stockholder Associated Person and the date on which each such Company Security was acquired and the investment intent of such acquisition and
(B) the nominee holder for, and number of, any Company Securities owned beneficially but not of record by such stockholder, Proposed Nominee or Stockholder Associated Person;
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(iv) as to the stockholder giving the notice, any Stockholder Associated Person with an interest or ownership referred to in clauses (ii) or (iii) of this paragraph (3) of this Section 11(a) and any Proposed Nominee,
(A) the name and address of such stockholder, as they appear on the Corporations stock ledger, and the current name and business address, if different, of each such Stockholder Associated Person and any Proposed Nominee and
(B) the investment strategy or objective, if any, of such stockholder and each such Stockholder Associated Person who is not an individual and a copy of the prospectus, offering memorandum or similar document, if any, provided to investors or potential investors in such stockholder and each such Stockholder Associated Person; and
(v) to the extent known by the stockholder giving the notice, the name and address of any other stockholder supporting the Proposed Nominee or the proposal of other business.
(4) Such stockholders notice shall, with respect to any Proposed Nominee, be accompanied by a written undertaking executed by the Proposed Nominee (i) that such Proposed Nominee (a) is not, and will not become a party to, any agreement, arrangement or understanding with any person or entity other than the Corporation in connection with service or action as a director that has not been disclosed to the Corporation and (b) will serve as a director of the Corporation if elected; and (ii) attaching a completed Proposed Nominee questionnaire (which questionnaire shall be provided by the Corporation, upon request by the stockholder providing the notice, and shall include all information relating to the Proposed Nominee that would be required to be disclosed in connection with the solicitation of proxies for the election of the Proposed Nominee as a director in an election contest (even if an election contest is not involved), or would otherwise be required in connection with such solicitation, in each case pursuant to Regulation 14A (or any successor provision) under the Exchange Act and the rules thereunder, or would be required pursuant to the rules of any national securities exchange on which any securities of the Corporation are listed or over-the-counter market on which any securities of the Corporation are traded).
(5) Notwithstanding anything in this subsection (a) of this Section 11 to the contrary, in the event that the number of directors to be elected to the Board of Directors is increased, and there is no public announcement of such action at least 130 days prior to the first anniversary of the date of the proxy statement (as defined in Section 11(c)(3) of this Article II) for the preceding years annual meeting, a stockholders notice required by this Section 11(a) shall also be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for any new positions created by such increase, if it shall be delivered to the secretary at the principal executive office of the Corporation not later than 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on the tenth day following the day on which such public announcement is first made by the Corporation.
(6) For purposes of this Section 11, Stockholder Associated Person of any stockholder shall mean (i) any person acting in concert with such stockholder, (ii) any beneficial owner of shares of stock of the Corporation owned of record or beneficially by such stockholder (other than a stockholder that is a depositary) and (iii) any person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such stockholder or such Stockholder Associated Person.
(b) Special Meetings of Stockholders . Only such business shall be conducted at a special meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting pursuant to the Corporations notice of meeting. Nominations of individuals for election to the Board of Directors may be made at a special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected only (i) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (ii) provided that the special meeting has been called in accordance with Section 3 of this Article II for the purpose of electing directors, by any stockholder of the Corporation who is a stockholder of record at the record date set by the Board of Directors for the purpose of determining stockholders entitled to vote at the special meeting, at the time of giving of notice provided for in this Section 11 and at the time of the special meeting (and any postponement or adjournment thereof), who is entitled to vote at the meeting in the election of each individual so nominated and who has complied with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 11. In the event the Corporation calls a special meeting of stockholders for the purpose of electing one or more individuals to the Board of Directors, any
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stockholder may nominate an individual or individuals (as the case may be) for election as a director as specified in the Corporations notice of meeting, if the stockholders notice, containing the information required by paragraph (a)(3) of this Section 11, is delivered to the secretary at the principal executive office of the Corporation not earlier than the 120 th day prior to such special meeting and not later than 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time on the later of the 90 th day prior to such special meeting or the tenth day following the day on which public announcement is first made of the date of the special meeting and of the nominees proposed by the Board of Directors to be elected at such meeting. The public announcement of a postponement or adjournment of a special meeting shall not commence a new time period for the giving of a stockholders notice as described above.
(c) General .
(1) If information submitted pursuant to this Section 11 by any stockholder proposing a nominee for election as a director or any proposal for other business at a meeting of stockholders shall be inaccurate in any material respect, such information may be deemed not to have been provided in accordance with this Section 11. Any such stockholder shall notify the Corporation of any inaccuracy or change (within two business days of becoming aware of such inaccuracy or change) in any such information. Upon written request by the secretary or the Board of Directors, any such stockholder shall provide, within five business days of delivery of such request (or such other period as may be specified in such request), (i) written verification, satisfactory, in the discretion of the Board of Directors or any authorized officer of the Corporation, to demonstrate the accuracy of any information submitted by the stockholder pursuant to this Section 11 and (ii) a written update of any information (including, if requested by the Corporation, written confirmation by such stockholder that it continues to intend to bring such nomination or other business proposal before the meeting) submitted by the stockholder pursuant to this Section 11 as of an earlier date. If a stockholder fails to provide such written verification or written update within such period, the information as to which written verification or a written update was requested may be deemed not to have been provided in accordance with this Section 11.
(2) Only such individuals who are nominated in accordance with this Section 11 shall be eligible for election by stockholders as directors, and only such business shall be conducted at a meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting in accordance with this Section 11. The chairman of the meeting shall have the power to determine whether a nomination or any other business proposed to be brought before the meeting was made or proposed, as the case may be, in accordance with this Section 11.
(3) For purposes of this Section 11, the date of the proxy statement shall have the same meaning as the date of the companys proxy statement released to shareholders as used in Rule 14a-8(e) promulgated under the Exchange Act, as interpreted by the Securities and Exchange Commission from time to time. Public announcement shall mean disclosure (i) in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press, Business Wire, PR Newswire or other widely circulated news or wire service or (ii) in a document publicly filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act.
(4) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 11, a stockholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of state law and of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in this Section 11. Nothing in this Section 11 shall be deemed to affect any right of a stockholder to request inclusion of a proposal in, or the right of the Corporation to omit a proposal from, the Corporations proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 (or any successor provision) under the Exchange Act. Nothing in this Section 11 shall require disclosure of revocable proxies received by the stockholder or Stockholder Associated Person pursuant to a solicitation of proxies after the filing of an effective Schedule 14A by such stockholder or Stockholder Associated Person under Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act.
Section 12. CONTROL SHARE ACQUISITION ACT . Notwithstanding any other provision of the Charter or these Bylaws, Title 3, Subtitle 7 of the Maryland General Corporation Law, or any successor statute (the MGCL), shall not apply to any acquisition by any person of shares of stock of the Corporation. This section may be repealed, in whole or in part, at any time, whether before or after an acquisition of control shares and, upon such repeal, may, to the extent provided by any successor bylaw, apply to any prior or subsequent control share acquisition.
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ARTICLE III
DIRECTORS
Section 1. GENERAL POWERS . The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed under the direction of its Board of Directors.
Section 2. NUMBER, TENURE AND RESIGNATION . At any regular meeting or at any special meeting called for that purpose, a majority of the entire Board of Directors may establish, increase or decrease the number of directors, provided that the number thereof shall never be less than the minimum number required by the MGCL (or, upon the Commencement of the Initial Public Offering (as defined in the Charter), three), and further provided that the tenure of office of a director shall not be affected by any decrease in the number of directors. Any director of the Corporation may resign at any time by delivering his or her resignation to the Board of Directors, the chairman of the board or the secretary. Any resignation shall take effect immediately upon its receipt or at such later time specified in the resignation. The acceptance of a resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective unless otherwise stated in the resignation.
Section 3. ANNUAL AND REGULAR MEETINGS . An annual meeting of the Board of Directors shall be held immediately after and at the same place as the annual meeting of stockholders, no notice other than this Bylaw being necessary. In the event such meeting is not so held, the meeting may be held at such time and place as shall be specified in a notice given as hereinafter provided for special meetings of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may provide, by resolution, the time and place for the holding of regular meetings of the Board of Directors without other notice than such resolution.
Section 4. SPECIAL MEETINGS . Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by or at the request of the chairman of the board, the chief executive officer, the president or a majority of the directors then in office. The person or persons authorized to call special meetings of the Board of Directors may fix any place as the place for holding any special meeting of the Board of Directors called by them. The Board of Directors may provide, by resolution, the time and place for the holding of special meetings of the Board of Directors without other notice than such resolution.
Section 5. NOTICE . Notice of any special meeting of the Board of Directors shall be delivered personally or by telephone, electronic mail, facsimile transmission, courier or United States mail to each director at his or her business or residence address. Notice by personal delivery, telephone, electronic mail or facsimile transmission shall be given at least 24 hours prior to the meeting. Notice by courier shall be given at least two days prior to the meeting. Notice by United States mail shall be given at least three business days prior to the meeting. Telephone notice shall be deemed to be given when the director or his or her agent is personally given such notice in a telephone call to which the director or his or her agent is a party. Electronic mail notice shall be deemed to be given upon transmission of the message to the electronic mail address given to the Corporation by the director. Facsimile transmission notice shall be deemed to be given upon completion of the transmission of the message to the number given to the Corporation by the director and receipt of a completed answer-back indicating receipt. Notice by courier shall be deemed to be given when deposited with or delivered to a courier properly addressed. Notice by United States mail shall be deemed to be given when deposited in the United States mail properly addressed, with postage thereon prepaid. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any annual, regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors need be stated in the notice, unless specifically required by statute or these Bylaws.
Section 6. QUORUM . A majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the Board of Directors, provided that, if less than a majority of such directors is present at such meeting, a majority of the directors present may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice, and provided further that if, pursuant to applicable law, the Charter or these Bylaws, the vote of a majority or other percentage of a specified group of directors is required for action, a quorum must also include a majority or such other percentage of such group.
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The directors present at a meeting which has been duly called and at which a quorum has been established may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal from the meeting of enough directors to leave fewer than required to establish a quorum.
Section 7. VOTING . The action of a majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the action of the Board of Directors, unless the concurrence of a greater proportion is required for such action by applicable law, the Charter or these Bylaws. If enough directors have withdrawn from a meeting to leave fewer than required to establish a quorum but the meeting is not adjourned, the action of the majority of that number of directors necessary to constitute a quorum at such meeting shall be the action of the Board of Directors, unless the concurrence of a greater proportion is required for such action by applicable law, the Charter or these Bylaws.
Section 8. ORGANIZATION . At each meeting of the Board of Directors, the chairman of the board or, in the absence of the chairman, the vice chairman of the board, if any, shall act as chairman of the meeting. In the absence of both the chairman and vice chairman of the board, the chief executive officer or, in the absence of the chief executive officer, the president or, in the absence of the president, a director chosen by a majority of the directors present shall act as chairman of the meeting. The secretary or, in his or her absence, an assistant secretary of the Corporation or, in the absence of the secretary and all assistant secretaries, an individual appointed by the chairman of the meeting shall act as secretary of the meeting.
Section 9. TELEPHONE MEETINGS . Directors may participate in a meeting by means of a conference telephone or other communications equipment if all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other at the same time. Participation in a meeting by these means shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.
Section 10. CONSENT BY DIRECTORS WITHOUT A MEETING . Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors may be taken without a meeting, if a consent in writing or by electronic transmission to such action is given by each director and is filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors.
Section 11. VACANCIES . If for any reason any or all of the directors cease to be directors, such event shall not terminate the Corporation or affect these Bylaws or the powers of the remaining directors hereunder. Until such time as the Corporation becomes subject to Section 3-804(c) of the MGCL, any vacancy on the Board of Directors for any cause other than an increase in the number of directors may be filled by a majority of the remaining directors, even if such majority is less than a quorum; any vacancy in the number of directors created by an increase in the number of directors may be filled by a majority vote of the entire Board of Directors, including a majority vote of the Independent Directors; and any individual so elected as director shall serve until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until his or her successor is elected and qualifies. At such time as the Corporation becomes subject to Section 3-804(c) of the MGCL and except as may be provided by the Board of Directors in setting the terms of any class or series of preferred stock, any vacancy on the Board of Directors, other than a vacancy created by an increase in the number of directors, may be filled only by a majority of the remaining directors, even if the remaining directors do not constitute a quorum, and any director elected to fill such a vacancy shall serve for the remainder of the full term of the directorship in which the vacancy occurred and until a successor is elected and qualifies; and any vacancy created by an increase in the number of directors may be filled only by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors, including the affirmative vote of a majority of the Independent Directors, and any director elected to fill such a vacancy shall serve until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until a successor is duly elected and qualifies. Independent Directors shall nominate replacements for vacancies among the Independent Directors positions.
Section 12. COMPENSATION . Directors shall not receive any stated salary for their services as directors but, by resolution of the Board of Directors, may receive compensation per year and/or per meeting and/or per visit to real property or other facilities owned or leased by the Corporation and for any service or activity they performed or engaged in as directors, including under an incentive plan approved by the Board of Directors. Directors may be reimbursed for expenses of attendance, if any, at each annual, regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee thereof and for their expenses, if any, in connection with each property visit and any other service or activity they perform or engage in as directors; but nothing herein contained shall be
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construed to preclude any directors from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor.
Section 13. RELIANCE . Each director and officer of the Corporation shall, in the performance of his or her duties with respect to the Corporation, be entitled to rely on any information, opinion, report or statement, including any financial statement or other financial data, prepared or presented by an officer or employee of the Corporation whom the director or officer reasonably believes to be reliable and competent in the matters presented, by a lawyer, certified public accountant or other person, as to a matter which the director or officer reasonably believes to be within the persons professional or expert competence, or, with respect to a director, by a committee of the Board of Directors on which the director does not serve, as to a matter within its designated authority, if the director reasonably believes the committee to merit confidence.
Section 14. CERTAIN RIGHTS OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS . A director, officer, employee or agent shall have no responsibility to devote his or her full time to the affairs of the Corporation. Any director, officer, employee or agent, in his or her personal capacity or in a capacity as an affiliate, employee, or agent of any other person, or otherwise, may have business interests and engage in business activities similar to, in addition to or in competition with those of or relating to the Corporation.
Section 15. RATIFICATION . The Board of Directors or the stockholders may ratify any action or inaction by the Corporation or its officers to the extent that the Board of Directors or the stockholders could have originally authorized the matter and, if so ratified, such action or inaction shall have the same force and effect as if originally duly authorized, and such ratification shall be binding upon the Corporation and its stockholders. Any action or inaction questioned in any proceeding on the ground of lack of authority, defective or irregular execution, adverse interest of a director, officer or stockholder, non-disclosure, miscomputation, the application of improper principles or practices of accounting, or otherwise, may be ratified, before or after judgment, by the Board of Directors or by the stockholders, and such ratification shall constitute a bar to any claim or execution of any judgment in respect of such questioned action or inaction.
Section 16. EMERGENCY PROVISIONS . Notwithstanding any other provision in the Charter or these Bylaws, this Section 16 shall apply during the existence of any catastrophe, or other similar emergency condition, as a result of which a quorum of the Board of Directors under Article III of these Bylaws cannot readily be obtained (an Emergency). During any Emergency, unless otherwise provided by the Board of Directors, (a) a meeting of the Board of Directors or a committee thereof may be called by any director or officer by any means feasible under the circumstances; (b) notice of any meeting of the Board of Directors during such an Emergency may be given less than 24 hours prior to the meeting to as many directors and by such means as may be feasible at the time, including publication, television or radio; and (c) the number of directors necessary to constitute a quorum shall be one-third of the entire Board of Directors.
ARTICLE IV
COMMITTEES
Section 1. NUMBER, TENURE AND QUALIFICATIONS . The Board of Directors may appoint from among its members committees, composed of one or more directors, to serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. A majority of the members of each committee shall be Independent Directors. In the absence of any member of any such committee, the members thereof present at any meeting, whether or not they constitute a quorum, may appoint another director to act in the place of such absent member.
Section 2. POWERS . The Board of Directors may delegate to committees appointed under Section 1 of this Article any of the powers of the Board of Directors, except as prohibited by law.
Section 3. MEETINGS . Notice of committee meetings shall be given in the same manner as notice for special meetings of the Board of Directors. A majority of the members of the committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the committee. The act of a majority of the committee members present at a meeting shall be the act of such committee. The Board of Directors may designate a chairman of any
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committee, and such chairman or, in the absence of a chairman, any two members of any committee (if there are at least two members of the committee) may fix the time and place of its meeting unless the Board shall otherwise provide.
Section 4. TELEPHONE MEETINGS . Members of a committee of the Board of Directors may participate in a meeting by means of a conference telephone or other communications equipment if all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other at the same time. Participation in a meeting by these means shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.
Section 5. CONSENT BY COMMITTEES WITHOUT A MEETING . Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of a committee of the Board of Directors may be taken without a meeting, if a consent in writing or by electronic transmission to such action is given by each member of the committee and is filed with the minutes of proceedings of such committee.
Section 6. VACANCIES . Subject to the provisions hereof, the Board of Directors shall have the power at any time to change the membership of any committee, to appoint the chair of any committee, to fill any vacancy, to designate an alternate member to replace any absent or disqualified member or to dissolve any such committee.
ARTICLE V
OFFICERS
Section 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS . The officers of the Corporation shall include a president (or two or more co-presidents), a secretary and a treasurer and may include a chairman of the board, a vice chairman of the board, a chief executive officer, one or more vice presidents, a chief operating officer, a chief financial officer, one or more assistant secretaries and one or more assistant treasurers. In addition, the Board of Directors may from time to time elect such other officers with such powers and duties as it shall deem necessary or desirable. The officers of the Corporation shall be elected annually by the Board of Directors, except that the chief executive officer or president may from time to time appoint one or more vice presidents, assistant secretaries and assistant treasurers or other officers. Each officer shall serve until his or her successor is elected and qualifies or until his or her death, or his or her resignation or removal in the manner hereinafter provided. Any two or more offices except president and vice president may be held by the same person. Election of an officer or agent shall not of itself create contract rights between the Corporation and such officer or agent.
Section 2. REMOVAL AND RESIGNATION . Any officer or agent of the Corporation may be removed, with or without cause, by the Board of Directors if in its judgment the best interests of the Corporation would be served thereby, but such removal shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the person so removed. Any officer of the Corporation may resign at any time by delivering his or her resignation to the Board of Directors, the chairman of the board, the chief executive officer, the president or the secretary. Any resignation shall take effect immediately upon its receipt or at such later time specified in the resignation. The acceptance of a resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective unless otherwise stated in the resignation. Such resignation shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the Corporation.
Section 3. VACANCIES . A vacancy in any office may be filled by the Board of Directors for the balance of the term.
Section 4. CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD . The Board of Directors may designate from among its members a chairman of the board, who shall not, solely by reason of these Bylaws, be an officer of the Corporation. The Board of Directors may designate the chairman of the board as an executive or non-executive chairman. The chairman of the board shall preside over the meetings of the Board of Directors. The chairman of the board shall perform such other duties as may be assigned to him or her by these Bylaws or the Board of Directors.
Section 5. CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER . The Board of Directors may designate a chief executive officer. In the absence of such designation, the chairman of the board shall be the chief executive officer of the
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Corporation. The chief executive officer shall have general responsibility for implementation of the policies of the Corporation, as determined by the Board of Directors, and for the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation. He or she may execute any deed, mortgage, bond, contract or other instrument, except in cases where the execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board of Directors or by these Bylaws to some other officer or agent of the Corporation or shall be required by law to be otherwise executed; and in general shall perform all duties incident to the office of chief executive officer and such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors from time to time.
Section 6. CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER . The Board of Directors may designate a chief operating officer. The chief operating officer shall have the responsibilities and duties as determined by the Board of Directors or the chief executive officer.
Section 7. CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER . The Board of Directors may designate a chief financial officer. The chief financial officer shall have the responsibilities and duties as determined by the Board of Directors or the chief executive officer.
Section 8. PRESIDENT . In the absence of a chief executive officer, the president (or in the event there be two or more co-presidents, the co-presidents) shall in general supervise and control all of the business and affairs of the Corporation. In the absence of a designation of a chief operating officer by the Board of Directors, the president shall be the chief operating officer. He or she may execute any deed, mortgage, bond, contract or other instrument, except in cases where the execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board of Directors or by these Bylaws to some other officer or agent of the Corporation or shall be required by law to be otherwise executed; and in general shall perform all duties incident to the office of president and such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors from time to time.
Section 9. VICE PRESIDENTS . In the absence of the president or in the event of a vacancy in such office, the vice president (or in the event there be more than one vice president, the vice presidents in the order designated at the time of their election or, in the absence of any designation, then in the order of their election) shall perform the duties of the president and when so acting shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the president; and shall perform such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to such vice president by the chief executive officer, the president or the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may designate one or more vice presidents as executive vice president, senior vice president, or vice president for particular areas of responsibility.
Section 10. SECRETARY . The secretary shall (a) keep the minutes of the proceedings of the stockholders, the Board of Directors and committees of the Board of Directors in one or more books provided for that purpose; (b) see that all notices are duly given in accordance with the provisions of these Bylaws or as required by law; (c) be custodian of the corporate records and of the seal of the Corporation; (d) keep a register of the post office address of each stockholder which shall be furnished to the secretary by such stockholder; (e) have general charge of the stock transfer books of the Corporation; and (f) in general perform such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by the chief executive officer, the president or the Board of Directors.
Section 11. TREASURER . The treasurer shall have the custody of the funds and securities of the Corporation, shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation, shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in such depositories as may be designated by the Board of Directors and in general shall perform such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by the chief executive officer, the president or the Board of Directors. In the absence of a designation of a chief financial officer by the Board of Directors, the treasurer shall be the chief financial officer of the Corporation.
The treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the president and Board of Directors, at the regular meetings of the Board of Directors or whenever it may so require, an account of all his or her transactions as treasurer and of the financial condition of the Corporation.
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Section 12. ASSISTANT SECRETARIES AND ASSISTANT TREASURERS . The assistant secretaries and assistant treasurers, in general, shall perform such duties as shall be assigned to them by the secretary or treasurer, respectively, or by the chief executive officer, the president or the Board of Directors.
Section 13. COMPENSATION . The compensation of the officers shall be fixed from time to time by or under the authority of the Board of Directors and no officer shall be prevented from receiving such compensation by reason of the fact that he or she is also a director.
ARTICLE VI
CONTRACTS, CHECKS AND DEPOSITS
Section 1. CONTRACTS . The Board of Directors may authorize any officer or agent to enter into any contract or to execute and deliver any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances. Any agreement, deed, mortgage, lease or other document shall be valid and binding upon the Corporation when duly authorized or ratified by action of the Board of Directors and executed by an authorized person.
Section 2. CHECKS AND DRAFTS . All checks, drafts or other orders for the payment of money, notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued in the name of the Corporation shall be signed by such officer or agent of the Corporation in such manner as shall from time to time be determined by the Board of Directors.
Section 3. DEPOSITS . All funds of the Corporation not otherwise employed shall be deposited or invested from time to time to the credit of the Corporation as the Board of Directors, the chief executive officer, the president, the chief financial officer or any other officer designated by the Board of Directors may determine.
ARTICLE VII
STOCK
Section 1. CERTIFICATES . Except as may otherwise be provided by the Board of Directors, stockholders of the Corporation are not entitled to certificates representing the shares of stock held by them. In the event that the Corporation issues shares of stock represented by certificates, such certificates shall be in such form as prescribed by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized officer, shall contain the statements and information required by the MGCL and shall be signed by the officers of the Corporation in the manner permitted by the MGCL. In the event that the Corporation issues shares of stock without certificates, to the extent then required by the MGCL, the Corporation shall provide to the record holders of such shares a written statement of the information required by the MGCL to be included on stock certificates. There shall be no differences in the rights and obligations of stockholders based on whether or not their shares are represented by certificates.
Section 2. TRANSFERS . All transfers of shares of stock shall be made on the books of the Corporation, by the holder of the shares, in person or by his or her attorney, in such manner as the Board of Directors or any officer of the Corporation may prescribe and, if such shares are certificated, upon surrender of certificates duly endorsed. The issuance of a new certificate upon the transfer of certificated shares is subject to the determination of the Board of Directors that such shares shall no longer be represented by certificates. Upon the transfer of any uncertificated shares, to the extent then required by the MGCL, the Corporation shall provide to the record holders of such shares a written statement of the information required by the MGCL to be included on stock certificates.
The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the holder of record of any share of stock as the holder in fact thereof and, accordingly, shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise expressly provided by the laws of the State of Maryland.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, transfers of shares of any class or series of stock will be subject in all respects to the Charter and all of the terms and conditions contained therein.
Section 3. REPLACEMENT CERTIFICATE . Any officer of the Corporation may direct a new certificate or certificates to be issued in place of any certificate or certificates theretofore issued by the Corporation alleged to have been lost, destroyed, stolen or mutilated, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate to be lost, destroyed, stolen or mutilated; provided, however, if such shares have ceased to be certificated, no new certificate shall be issued unless requested in writing by such stockholder and the Board of Directors has determined that such certificates may be issued. Unless otherwise determined by an officer of the Corporation, the owner of such lost, destroyed, stolen or mutilated certificate or certificates, or his or her legal representative, shall be required, as a condition precedent to the issuance of a new certificate or certificates, to give the Corporation a bond in such sums as it may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against the Corporation.
Section 4. FIXING OF RECORD DATE . The Board of Directors may set, in advance, a record date for the purpose of determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or determining stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or the allotment of any other rights, or in order to make a determination of stockholders for any other proper purpose. Such date, in any case, shall not be prior to the close of business on the day the record date is fixed and shall be not more than 90 days and, in the case of a meeting of stockholders, not less than ten days, before the date on which the meeting or particular action requiring such determination of stockholders of record is to be held or taken.
When a record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice of and to vote at any meeting of stockholders has been set as provided in this section, such record date shall continue to apply to the meeting if adjourned or postponed, except if the meeting is adjourned or postponed to a date more than 120 days after the record date originally fixed for the meeting, in which case a new record date for such meeting may be determined as set forth herein.
Section 5. STOCK LEDGER . The Corporation shall maintain at its principal office or at the office of its counsel, accountants or transfer agent, an original or duplicate stock ledger containing the name and address of each stockholder and the number of shares of each class held by such stockholder.
Section 6. FRACTIONAL STOCK; ISSUANCE OF UNITS . The Board of Directors may authorize the Corporation to issue fractional stock or authorize the issuance of scrip, all on such terms and under such conditions as it may determine. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Charter or these Bylaws, the Board of Directors may authorize the issuance of units consisting of different securities of the Corporation. Any security issued in a unit shall have the same characteristics as any identical securities issued by the Corporation, except that the Board of Directors may provide that for a specified period securities of the Corporation issued in such unit may be transferred on the books of the Corporation only in such unit.
ARTICLE VIII
ACCOUNTING YEAR
The Board of Directors shall have the power, from time to time, to fix the fiscal year of the Corporation by a duly adopted resolution.
ARTICLE IX
DISTRIBUTIONS
Section 1. AUTHORIZATION . Dividends and other distributions upon the stock of the Corporation may be authorized by the Board of Directors and declared by the Corporation, subject to the provisions of law and
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the Charter. Dividends and other distributions may be paid in cash, property or stock of the Corporation, subject to the provisions of law and the Charter.
Section 2. CONTINGENCIES . Before payment of any dividends or other distributions, there may be set aside out of any assets of the Corporation available for dividends or other distributions such sum or sums as the Board of Directors may from time to time, in its absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve fund for contingencies, for equalizing dividends, for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation or for such other purpose as the Board of Directors shall determine, and the Board of Directors may modify or abolish any such reserve.
ARTICLE X
INVESTMENT POLICY
Subject to the provisions of the Charter, the Board of Directors may from time to time adopt, amend, revise or terminate any policy or policies with respect to investments by the Corporation as it shall deem appropriate in its sole discretion.
ARTICLE XI
SEAL
Section 1. SEAL . The Board of Directors may authorize the adoption of a seal by the Corporation. The seal shall contain the name of the Corporation and the year of its incorporation and the words Incorporated Maryland. The Board of Directors may authorize one or more duplicate seals and provide for the custody thereof.
Section 2. AFFIXING SEAL . Whenever the Corporation is permitted or required to affix its seal to a document, it shall be sufficient to meet the requirements of any law, rule or regulation relating to a seal to place the word (SEAL) adjacent to the signature of the person authorized to execute the document on behalf of the Corporation.
ARTICLE XII
WAIVER OF NOTICE
Whenever any notice of a meeting is required to be given pursuant to the Charter or these Bylaws or pursuant to applicable law, a waiver thereof in writing or by electronic transmission, given by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice. Neither the business to be transacted at nor the purpose of any meeting need be set forth in the waiver of notice of such meeting, unless specifically required by statute. The attendance of any person at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where such person attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business on the ground that the meeting has not been lawfully called or convened.
ARTICLE XIII
AMENDMENT OF BYLAWS
The Board of Directors shall have the exclusive power to adopt, alter or repeal any provision of these Bylaws and to make new Bylaws.
Adopted as of May 11, 2017
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Exhibit 10.1
RODIN GLOBAL PROPERTY TRUST, INC.
ESCROW AGREEMENT
THIS ESCROW AGREEMENT (this Agreement ), is made and entered into as of March 23, 2017, by and among Rodin Global Property Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the Company ), Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., a New York general partnership, as dealer manager for the Company (the Dealer Manager ), and UMB Bank, N.A., as escrow agent (the Escrow Agent ).
WHEREAS , the Company proposes to offer for sale (the Offering ), on a continuing basis, up to $1,000,000,000 in Class A shares, Class I shares and Class T shares of the Companys common stock, par value $0.01 per share (collectively, the Shares ) (excluding the shares of its common stock to be offered and sold pursuant to the Companys distribution reinvestment plan), pursuant to the terms of the prospectus (the Prospectus ) attached hereto as Exhibit A and contained in the registration statement on Form S-11 (File 333-214130), as amended, originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 17, 2016 under the Securities Act of 1933;
WHEREAS , the Dealer Manager is a registered broker-dealer and member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. ( FINRA ) and has entered into an agreement with the Company and Cantor Fitzgerald Investors, LLC to serve as the dealer manager for the Offering (the DMA ) and will offer the Shares through a network of participating broker-dealers that are registered under applicable federal and state securities laws and that are members of FINRA (the Dealers );
WHEREAS , it is anticipated that investors will subscribe for the Shares and will provide the Dealers with subscription payments for such Shares (the Subscription Payments ), which subscriptions will be contingent upon (i) their respective acceptances by the Company and (ii) the Companys acceptance of Subscription Payments aggregating $2,000,000 (the Minimum Amount ) in Shares sold and deposited into escrow before one year from the date of the Prospectus;
WHEREAS , the Company, the Dealer Manager (with respect to any sales made by the Dealer Manager) or the Dealers desire to deposit funds contributed by the Subscribers (as defined below) with the Escrow Agent, to be held for the benefit of the Subscribers (as defined below) and the Company until such time as subscriptions for the Minimum Amount have been deposited into escrow or otherwise in accordance with the terms of this Agreement;
WHEREAS, funds received from residents of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (the Pennsylvania Subscribers ) will remain in the Escrow Account (as defined below) until the conditions of Section 5 have been satisfied;
WHEREAS, the Escrow Agent has agreed to receive and hold in escrow all Subscription Payments until the earlier of (i) such time as subscriptions for the Minimum Amount have been received and accepted by the Company or (ii) the close of business on the date exactly one year after the original effective date of the Prospectus (the Company shall provide written notice of such date to the Escrow Agent) (the Minimum Subscription Termination Date ), and to hold and distribute such Subscription Payments in accordance with the terms and conditions herein set forth; and
WHEREAS , the Escrow Agent is willing to accept appointment as the escrow agent for only the expressed duties, terms and conditions outlined herein.
NOW, THEREFORE , in consideration of the premises and agreements set forth herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Appointment of Escrow Agent . The Company and the Dealer Manager hereby appoint the Escrow Agent to serve as escrow agent, and the Escrow Agent hereby accepts such appointment, each in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
2. Subscription Payments . An investor subscribing to purchase Shares (the Subscriber ) will be instructed by the Dealer Manager (with respect to any sales made by the Dealer Manager) or the Dealers to remit the purchase price in the form of checks, drafts or money orders (the Payment Instruments ) payable to the order of, or funds wired in favor of, UMB Bank, N.A., as escrow agent for Rodin Global Property Trust, Inc. or UMB Bank, N.A., as escrow agent for Rodin Global Property Trust. Such amounts shall be deposited into and held in a subscription escrow (the Escrow Account ) pending disbursement in accordance with this Agreement. The Escrow Agent agrees to maintain the funds contributed by the Pennsylvania Subscribers and in a manner in which they each may be separately accounted for on the records of Escrow Agent so that the requirements of Section 5 of this Agreement can be met. The Company shall, and shall cause its agents to, cooperate with the Escrow Agent in separately accounting for Pennsylvania subscription proceeds in the Escrow Account, and the Escrow Agent shall be entitled to rely upon information provided by the Company or its agents in this regard. After the Company meets the Minimum Amount, any investors (except Pennsylvania Subscribers) will be instructed by the Dealer Manager or Dealers to make the purchase price payable to the order of, or funds wired in favor of Rodin Global Property Trust, Inc. or Rodin Global Property Trust. Any Payment Instrument not conforming to the foregoing instructions shall be returned to the Subscriber not later than the end of the next business day following receipt by the Dealer Manager (with respect to any sales made by the Dealer Manager) or the Dealers of such Payment Instrument. Payment Instruments received by the Dealer Manager (with respect to any sales made by the Dealer Manager) which conform to the foregoing instructions shall be transmitted not later than the end of the next business day following receipt by the Dealer Manager to the Escrow Agent or, after the Company has received and accepted the Minimum Amount, to the Company as indicated in the foregoing instructions. Payment Instruments received by the Dealers which conform to the foregoing instructions shall be transmitted for deposit pursuant to one of the following methods: (i) where, pursuant to a Dealers internal supervisory procedures, internal supervisory review is conducted at the same location at which Payment Instruments are received from subscribers, then, not later than the end of the next business day following receipt by such Dealer, the Dealer will transmit the Payment Instrument to the Escrow Agent or, after the Company has received and accepted the Minimum Amount, to the Company as indicated in the foregoing instructions; and (ii) where, pursuant to a Dealers internal supervisory procedures, final internal supervisory review is conducted at a different location (the Final Review Office ), then Payment Instruments will be transmitted by such Dealer to the Final Review Office not later than the end of the next business day following receipt by such Dealer. The Final Review Office will in turn, not later than the end of the next business day following receipt by the Final Review Office, transmit such Payment Instrument to the Escrow Agent or, after the Company has received and accepted the Minimum Amount, to the Company as indicated in the foregoing instructions. Such Subscription Payments shall be retained in the Escrow Account by the Escrow Agent and invested as set forth in Section 8 and shall be deposited within one (1) business day of receipt. The Escrow Agent shall have no responsibility with respect to any funds payable to the Company in accordance with the foregoing.
The Company hereby directs the Escrow Agent to provide DST Systems, Inc., the Companys Transfer Agent, with all electronic files and information needed by the Transfer Agent to maintain ownership records for the Companys Shares.
In the event that any Payment Instruments deposited in the Escrow Account prove uncollectible after the funds represented thereby have been released by the Escrow Agent to the Company, then the Company shall promptly reimburse the Escrow Agent for any and all costs incurred for such, upon request, and the Escrow Agent shall deliver evidence of the uncollectible Payment Instrument to the
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Company. The Escrow Agent shall be under no duty or responsibility to enforce collection of any check delivered to it hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Escrow Agent shall, upon written notice from the Company or the Dealer Manager that a Subscriber has rescinded his or her subscription, return to such Subscriber all Subscription Payments pertaining to such Subscriber, together with any earnings thereon during the period that such payments were held by the Escrow Agent under this Agreement.
3. Subscriber Identity . All Subscription Payments deposited shall be considered the property of the Subscribers and shall be held for the benefit of such Subscribers and shall not be: (i) commingled with the monies or become an asset of the Company, (ii) subject to any claim by any affiliate of the Company, any associate of the Company or any underwriter or (iii) subject to any liens or charges by the Company or the Escrow Agent, or judgments or creditors claims against the Company, until released to the Company as hereinafter provided. The Escrow Agent will not use any information received by it for any purpose other than to fulfill its obligations as the Escrow Agent. The Escrow Agent agrees to treat all Subscriber information as confidential and to treat the Subscribers identity and personal information as protected under the Gramm Leach-Bliley Act and the privacy standards and requirements of any other applicable federal or state law, and its own internal privacy policies and procedures, each as may be amended from time to time.
4. Disbursement of Subscription Payments and Escrow Income . On a weekly basis up until the Minimum Subscription Termination Date, and at the end of the third business day following the Minimum Subscription Termination Date (and more frequently, if requested by the Company), the Escrow Agent shall notify the Company of the amount of Subscription Payments received and collected (the Collected Funds ) since the last report. If the Collected Funds are in an amount equal to or greater than the Minimum Amount at any time prior to the Minimum Subscription Termination Date, and the Company has delivered a written notice (the Notice ) to the Escrow Agent stating that the Company has received Collected Funds for the Minimum Amount and the Dealer Manager has delivered written notice to the Escrow Agent stating that all of the conditions precedent to the release of the subscriptions from escrow pursuant to Section 6 of the DMA have been satisfied, then the Escrow Agent shall deliver the Collected Funds and all earnings thereon to the Company when and as directed by the Notice (other than funds received from Pennsylvania Subscribers, which cannot be released until the conditions of Section 5 have been met). After the Minimum Amount has been raised, the Escrow Account shall remain open for ten business days. At the close of business on the tenth business day following the date on which the Minimum Amount is raised, the Escrow Agent will close the Escrow Account. Subscription Payments received by the Escrow Agent after the Notice has been delivered to the Escrow Agent shall be transferred to the Companys transfer agent for deposit into an account designated by the Company.
If the Collected Funds are not greater than or equal to the Minimum Amount on the Minimum Subscription Termination Date or the Company or Dealer Manager has not provided the written notices to the Escrow Agent required by this Section 4 prior to or on the Minimum Subscription Termination Date, the Escrow Agent shall (i) notify the Company and the Dealer Manager immediately following the Minimum Subscription Termination Date and (ii) promptly following the Minimum Subscription Termination Date refund directly to each of the Subscribers (including the Pennsylvania Subscribers pursuant to Section 5) all sums paid by the Subscribers, with a pro rata portion of any interest earned thereon.
In the event the Escrow Agent receives written notice from the Company or the Dealer Manager that the Company or the Dealer Manager has rejected a Subscribers subscription, the Escrow Agent shall pay to the applicable Subscriber, within ten (10) business days after receiving notice of the rejection, by first class United States Mail the Subscription Payment paid by the Subscriber for Shares and collected by the Escrow Agent, without interest and without deduction.
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5. Distribution of the Funds from the Pennsylvania Subscribers. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, funds maintained in the Escrow Account for the Pennsylvania Subscribers may only be disbursed to the Company in compliance with the provisions of this Section 5. The Escrow Agent shall continue to deposit funds received from the Pennsylvania Subscribers into the Escrow Account, until such time as the Company notifies the Escrow Agent in writing that total subscriptions (including amounts in the Escrow Account previously disbursed as directed by the Company and the amounts then held in the Escrow Account) equal or exceed $50,000,000 (the Pennsylvania Minimum ), whereupon the Escrow Agent shall disburse to the Company, at the Companys request, the amount of such escrowed funds as the Company shall direct. However, the Escrow Agent shall not disburse those funds of a subscriber whose subscription has been rejected or rescinded of which the Escrow Agent has been notified by the Company, or otherwise in accordance with the Companys written request.
Regardless of any release of funds from the Escrow Account from Subscribers other than Pennsylvania Subscribers, the Company, the Dealer Manager and the Dealers shall continue to forward Payment Instruments received from Pennsylvania Subscribers for deposit into the Escrow Account to the Escrow Agent until such time as the Company notifies the Escrow Agent in writing that total subscription proceeds (including the amount then in the Escrow Account from Pennsylvania Subscribers) equal or exceed the Pennsylvania Minimum. Promptly after receipt by the Escrow Agent of such notice, the Escrow Agent shall (i) disburse to the Company, by check, ACH or wire transfer, the funds then in the Escrow Account representing the gross purchase price for the Shares from Pennsylvania Subscribers, and (ii) within five business days after the first business day of the succeeding month, disburse to the Company any interest thereon. Following such disbursements, the Escrow Agent shall close the Escrow Account, and thereafter any Payment Instruments received by the Escrow Agent from Pennsylvania Subscribers shall not be subject to this Escrow Agreement.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, if the Escrow Agent is not in receipt of evidence of subscriptions accepted on or before the close of business on such date that is 120 days after the effective date of the Offering (the Initial Escrow Period ), and Payment Instruments dated not later than that date, for the purchase of Shares providing for total purchase proceeds from all sources not affiliated with the Company that equal or exceed the Pennsylvania Minimum, the Escrow Agent shall promptly notify the Company. Thereafter, the Company shall send to each Pennsylvania Subscriber by certified mail within ten (10) calendar days after the end of the Initial Escrow Period a notification in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto. If, pursuant to such notification, a Pennsylvania Subscriber requests the return of his or her subscription funds within ten (10) calendar days after receipt of the notification (the Request Period ), the Company shall direct the Escrow Agent to, within ten (10) calendar days after receipt of such request, refund directly to each Pennsylvania Subscriber the collected funds deposited in the Escrow Account on behalf of such Pennsylvania Subscriber or shall return the Payment Instructions delivered, but not yet processed for collection prior to such time, to the address for the Pennsylvania Suscriber provided by the Dealer Manager or the Company or their respective agents to the Escrow Agent, which the Escrow Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, together with interest income (which interest shall be paid within five business days after the first business day of the succeeding month). Notwithstanding the above, if the Escrow Agent has not received an executed Internal Revenue Service ( IRS ) Form W-9 for such Pennsylvania Subscriber, the Escrow Agent shall thereupon remit an amount to such Pennsylvania Subscriber in accordance with the provisions hereof, withholding the applicable percentage for backup withholding required by the Internal Revenue Code, as amended, and the regulations promulgated thereunder (the Code ), from any interest income earned on subscription proceeds attributable to such Pennsylvania Subscriber. However, the Escrow Agent shall not be required to remit such payments until the Escrow Agent has collected funds represented by such payments.
The subscription funds of Pennsylvania Subscribers who do not request the return of their subscription funds within the Request Period shall remain in the Escrow Account for successive 120-day
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escrow periods (a Successive Escrow Period ), each commencing automatically upon the termination of the prior Successive Escrow Period, and the Company and Escrow Agent shall follow the notification and payment procedure set forth in the immediately preceding paragraph above with respect to the Initial Escrow Period for each Successive Escrow Period until the occurrence of the earliest of (i) the Minimum Subscription Termination Date (if the Company has not received the Minimum Amount on or before the Minimum Subscription Termination Date), (ii) the receipt and acceptance by the Company of subscriptions for the purchase of Shares with total purchase proceeds that equal or exceed the Pennsylvania Minimum and the disbursement of the funds from Pennsylvania Subscribers from the Escrow Account on the terms specified herein, or (iii) all funds held in the Escrow Account from Pennsylvania Subscribers having been returned to the Pennsylvania Subscribers in accordance with the provisions hereof.
6. Duty and Liability of the Escrow Agent . The sole duty of the Escrow Agent, other than as herein specified, shall be to receive the Subscription Payments and hold them subject to release, in accordance herewith, and the Escrow Agent shall be under no duty to determine whether the Company or the Dealer Manager is complying with requirements of this Agreement or the Prospectus in tendering to the Escrow Agent said proceeds of the sale of the Shares. The Escrow Agent shall have the right to perform any of its duties hereunder through its agents, attorneys, custodians or nominees. The Escrow Agent may conclusively rely upon and shall be protected in acting upon any statement, certificate, notice, request, consent, order or other document reasonably believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties. The Escrow Agent shall have no duty or liability to verify any such statement, certificate, notice, request, consent, order or other document, and its sole responsibility shall be to act only as expressly set forth in this Agreement. The Escrow Agent shall be under no obligation to institute or defend any action, suit or proceeding in connection with this Agreement unless first indemnified to its satisfaction. The Escrow Agent may consult and hire counsel in respect of any question arising under this Agreement, and the Escrow Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted in good faith upon advice of such counsel.
The Escrow Agent is acting solely as escrow agent hereunder and owes no duties, covenants or obligations, fiduciary or otherwise, to any other person by reason of this Agreement, except as otherwise stated herein, and no implied duties, covenants or obligations, fiduciary or otherwise, shall be read into this Agreement against the Escrow Agent. In no event shall the Escrow Agent be liable, directly or indirectly, for any (i) damages, losses or expenses arising out of the services provided hereunder, other than damages, losses or expenses which have been finally adjudicated to have directly resulted from the Escrow Agents gross negligence or willful misconduct, or (ii) special, indirect or consequential losses or damages of any kind whatsoever (including without limitation lost profits), even if the Escrow Agent has been advised of the possibility of such losses or damages and regardless of the form of action. The parties agree that the Escrow Agent has no role in the preparation of the Prospectus or other Offering documents, has not reviewed any such documents and makes no representations or warranties with respect to the information contained therein or omitted therefrom. The Escrow Agent agrees that it may be named in the Prospectus and Offering documents, solely to the extent necessary to describe this Agreement and the duties of the Escrow Agent herein. The Escrow Agent shall have no obligation, duty or liability with respect to compliance with any federal or state securities, disclosure or tax laws concerning the Offering documents or the issuance, offering or sale of the Shares. The Escrow Agent shall have no duty or obligation to monitor the application and use of the Subscription Payments once transferred to the Company, that being the sole obligation and responsibility of the Company. No provision of this Agreement shall require the Escrow Agent to risk or advance its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of its duties or the exercise of its rights hereunder.
7. Escrow Agent Fee . The Escrow Agent shall be entitled to compensation for its services, as stated in the fee schedule attached hereto as Exhibit C , which compensation shall be paid by the
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Company. Subject to the provisions of Section 11, the fee agreed upon for the services rendered hereunder in Exhibit C is intended as full compensation for the Escrow Agents services as contemplated by this Agreement; provided however , that if the Escrow Agent renders any material service not contemplated in this Agreement, the Escrow Agent shall be reasonably compensated for such extraordinary services and reimbursed for all reasonable costs and expenses incurred in connection therewith, including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys fees. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, in no event shall any fee, reimbursement for costs and expenses, indemnification for damages incurred by the Escrow Agent or monies whatsoever be paid out of or chargeable to the income of assets of the Escrow Account. The Companys obligations under this Section 7 shall survive the resignation or removal of the Escrow Agent and the assignment or termination of this Agreement.
8. Investment of Subscription Payments . The Escrow Agent shall invest all Subscription Payments in a UMB Bank, N.A. Money Market Deposit Account, titled UMB Money Market Special, unless otherwise instructed in writing by the Company.
Any interest received by the Escrow Agent with respect to the Collected Funds, including reinvested interest, shall become part of the proceeds of the Escrow Account (the Escrow Income ), and shall be disbursed to the Company if Collected Funds, including interest earnings, total the Minimum Amount. If (a) the Offering terminates prior to receipt of the Minimum Amount, the Pennsylvania Minimum, or (b) one or more Pennsylvania Subscribers elects to have his or her subscription returned in accordance with paragraph 5, Escrow Income shall be remitted to the applicable Pennsylvania Subscribers at the addresses provided by the Dealer Manager or the Company or their respective agents to the Escrow Agent, which the Escrow Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, in accordance with paragraph 5 and without any deductions for escrow expenses. Any loss or expense incurred as a result of an investment or sale of investment will be borne by the Escrow Account.
The parties recognize and agree that the Escrow Agent will not provide supervision, recommendations or advice relating to either the investment of moneys held in the Escrow Account or the purchase, sale, retention or other disposition of any permitted investment.
The Escrow Agent is hereby authorized to execute purchases and sales of permitted investments through the facilities of its own trading or capital markets operations or those of any affiliated entity. The Escrow Agent shall send statements to each of the parties hereto on a monthly basis reflecting the account balance in the Escrow Account, the account balance of the funds in the Escrow Account from Pennsylvania Subscribers, activity in the Escrow Account and, separately, the activity involving Pennsylvania Subscribers, for the preceding month. No statement need be rendered for the Escrow Account if no activity occurred for such month.
The Company and the Dealer Manager acknowledge and agree that the delivery of the escrowed property is subject to the sale and final settlement of permitted investments. Proceeds of a sale of permitted investments will be delivered on the business day on which the appropriate instructions are delivered to the Escrow Agent if received prior to the deadline for same day sale of such permitted investments. If such instructions are received after the applicable deadline, proceeds will be delivered on the next succeeding business day.
9. Tax Reporting . As of each calendar year-end, the Escrow Agent shall report to the IRS and to the Company or Subscribers all income earned from the investment of any sum held in the Escrow Account against the Company or each Subscriber, as and to the extent required under the provisions of the Code. For tax reporting purposes, all interest and other income from investment of the Subscriber Funds shall, as of the end of each calendar year and to the extent required by the IRS, be reported as having been
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earned by the party to whom such interest or other income is distributed, in the year in which it is distributed.
On or before the date hereof, the Company shall provide the Escrow Agent with a certified tax identification number by furnishing appropriate IRS form W-9 or W-8 and other forms and documents that the Escrow Agent may reasonably request, including without limitation a form W-9 or W-8 for each Subscriber. The parties hereto understand that if such tax reporting documentation is not so certified to the Escrow Agent, the Escrow Agent may be required by the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, to withhold a portion of any interest or other income earned on the Collected Funds pursuant to this Agreement. The Escrow Agent is not required to prepare and file any income or other tax returns applicable to the Escrow Account with the IRS or required state and local departments of revenue for years income is earned in any particular tax year.
To the extent that the Escrow Agent becomes liable for the payment of any taxes in respect of income derived from the investment of funds held or payments made hereunder, the Escrow Agent shall satisfy such liability to the extent possible from the Collected Funds. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold the Escrow Agent harmless from and against any taxes, additions for late payment, interest, penalties and other expenses that may be assessed against the Escrow Agent on or with respect to any payment or other activities under this Agreement unless any such tax, addition for late payment, interest, penalties and other expenses shall arise out of or be caused by the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Escrow Agent. The terms of this paragraph shall survive the assignment or termination of this Agreement and the resignation or removal of the Escrow Agent.
10. Notices . All notices, requests, demands and other communications under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given (i) on the date of service if served personally on the party to whom notice is to be given, (ii) on the day of transmission if sent by electronic transmission, and confirmation of receipt is obtained promptly after completion of transmission, (iii) on the day of transmission if sent by facsimile transmission to the facsimile number given below, and written confirmation of receipt is obtained promptly after completion of transmission, (iv) on the day after delivery to the United Parcel Service or similar overnight courier or the Express Mail service maintained by the United States Postal Service and sent via overnight delivery or (v) on the fifth day after mailing, if mailed to the party to whom notice is to be given, by first class mail, registered or certified, postage prepaid, and properly addressed, return receipt requested, to the party as follows:
If to the Company: |
Rodin Global Property Trust, Inc. 110 East 59 th Street New York, New York 10022
Attn: General Counsel
With a copy to:
Judith D. Fryer
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If to Dealer Manager: |
Cantor Fitzgerald &Co. 110 East 59 th Street New York, New York 10022 |
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With a copy to:
Judith D. Fryer
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If to Escrow Agent: |
UMB Bank, N.A.
Corporate Trust &
Escrow Services
Mail Stop: 1020409
E-mail: lara.stevens@umb.com |
Any party may change its address for purposes of this paragraph by giving the other party written notice of the new address in the manner set forth above.
11. Indemnification of the Escrow Agent . The Company and the Dealer Manager hereby jointly and severally indemnify, defend and hold the Escrow Agent (and its officers, directors, employees and agents) harmless from and against any and all loss, claim, liability, cost, damage and expense, including, without limitation, reasonable counsel fees and expenses, which the Escrow Agent may suffer or incur by reason of any action, claim or proceeding brought against the Escrow Agent arising out of or relating in any way to this Agreement or any transaction to which this Agreement relates unless such action, claim or proceeding is the result of the willful misconduct or gross negligence of the Escrow Agent. The provisions of this section shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the resignation or removal of the Escrow Agent.
12. Attachment of Escrow Account; Compliance with Legal Orders . In the event that any escrow property shall be attached, garnished or levied upon by any court order, or the delivery thereof shall be stayed or enjoined by an order of a court, or any order, judgment or decree shall be made or entered by any court order affecting the property deposited under this Agreement, the Escrow Agent is hereby expressly authorized, in its sole discretion, to obey and comply with all writs, orders or decrees so entered or issued, which it is advised by legal counsel of its own choosing is binding upon it, whether with or without jurisdiction, and in the event that the Escrow Agent obeys or complies with any such writ order or decree it shall not be liable to any of the parties hereto or to any other person, firm or corporation, by reason of such compliance notwithstanding such writ, order or decree being subsequently reversed, modified, annulled, set aside or vacated.
13. Successors and Assigns .
(i) Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, no party hereto shall assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the other parties hereto and any such attempted assignment without such prior written consent shall be void and of no force and effect. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and shall be binding upon the heirs, executors, administrators, successors and permitted assigns of the parties hereto.
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(ii) Notwithstanding the above, any corporation or association into which the Escrow Agent may be converted or merged, or with which it may be consolidated, or to which it may sell or transfer all or substantially all of its corporate trust business and assets as a whole or substantially as a whole, or any corporation or association resulting from any such conversion, sale, merger, consolidation or transfer to which the Escrow Agent is a party, shall be and become the successor Escrow Agent under this Agreement and shall have and succeed to the rights, powers, duties, immunities and privileges as its predecessor, without the execution or filing of any instrument or paper or the performance of any further act.
14. Term . This Agreement shall terminate within thirty (30) days of receipt of written notice of termination by the Company and the Dealer Manager to the Escrow Agent. In the event of the release of all Subscriber funds and all accrued interest in accordance with Sections 4 and 5 of this Agreement, this Agreement shall terminate and the Escrow Agent shall be relieved of all responsibilities in connection with the Escrow Account, except claims which are occasioned by its gross negligence or willful misconduct.
15. Governing Law; Jurisdiction . This Agreement shall be construed, performed, and enforced in accordance with, and governed by, the internal laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to the principles of conflicts of laws thereof. Each party hereby consents to the personal jurisdiction and venue of any court of competent jurisdiction in the State of New York.
16. Severability . In the event that any part of this Agreement is declared by any court or other judicial or administrative body to be null, void or unenforceable, then such provision shall not impair the operation of or affect any other provision of this Agreement, and all of the other provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
17. Amendments; Waivers . This Agreement may be amended or modified, and any of the terms, covenants, representations, warranties or conditions hereof may be waived, only by a written instrument executed by the parties hereto or, in the case of a waiver, by the party waiving compliance. Any waiver by any party of any condition, or of the breach of any provision, term, covenant, representation or warranty contained in this Agreement, in any one or more instances, shall not be deemed to be nor construed as further or continuing waiver of any such condition, or of the breach of any other provision, term, covenant, representation or warranty of this Agreement.
18. Entire Agreement; Counterparts . This Agreement contains the entire understanding among the parties hereto with respect to the escrow contemplated hereby and supersedes and replaces all prior and contemporaneous agreements and understandings, oral or written, with regard to such escrow. This Agreement, and any amendments hereto, may be executed by the parties hereto in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original.
19. Section Headings . The section headings in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
20. Disputes . In the event of a disagreement among any of the parties to this Agreement, or among them or any other person resulting in adverse claims and demands being made in connection with or from any property in the Escrow Account, the Escrow Agent shall be entitled to refuse to comply with any such claims or demands as long as such disagreement may continue, and in so refusing, shall make no delivery or other disposition of any property then held by it in the Escrow Account under this Agreement, and in so doing, the Escrow Agent shall be entitled to continue to refrain from acting until (i) the right of adverse claimants shall have been finally settled by binding arbitration or finally adjudicated in a court assuming and having jurisdiction of the property involved herein or affected hereby or (ii) all differences
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shall have been adjusted by agreement and the Escrow Agent shall have been notified in writing of such agreement signed by the parties hereto.
In the event of such dispute, the Escrow Agent shall be entitled, in its discretion and judgment, to tender into the registry or custody of any court of competent jurisdiction all money or property in its hands under this Agreement, together with such legal pleadings as the Escrow Agent deems appropriate, and thereupon be discharged from all further duties and liabilities under this Agreement. In the event of any uncertainty as to its duties hereunder, the Escrow Agent may refuse to act under the provisions of this Agreement pending order of a court of competent jurisdiction and the Escrow Agent shall have no liability to the Company, the Dealer Manager or to any other person as a result of such action. Any such legal action may be brought in such court as the Escrow Agent shall determine to have jurisdiction thereof. The filing of any such legal proceedings shall not deprive the Escrow Agent of its compensation earned prior to such filing. All costs, expenses and reasonable attorneys fees the Escrow Agent incurs in connection with such proceeding shall be paid by the Company.
21. Limited Purpose . The Company and the Dealer Manager hereby acknowledge that the Escrow Agent is serving as the escrow agent only for the limited purposes herein set forth, and hereby agree that they will not represent or imply that the Escrow Agent, by serving as the Escrow Agent hereunder or otherwise, has investigated the desirability or advisability of investment in the Company or have approved, endorsed or passed upon the merits of the Shares, nor shall they use its name in any manner whatsoever in connection with the offer or sale of the Shares other than by acknowledgment that the Escrow Agent has agreed to serve as the Escrow Agent for the limited purposes set forth herein.
22. Resignation . The Escrow Agent may resign upon thirty (30) days advance written notice to the Company and the Dealer Manager. Such resignation shall become effective on the date specified in such notice, which shall be not earlier than thirty (30) days after such written notice has been given. In the event of any such resignation, a successor escrow agent, which shall be a bank or trust company organized under the laws of the United States of America, shall be appointed by the mutual agreement of the Company and the Dealer Manager. Any such successor escrow agent shall deliver to the Company and the Dealer Manager a written instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon shall succeed to all the rights and duties of the Escrow Agent hereunder and shall be entitled to receive the Collected Funds from the Escrow Agent. The Escrow Agent shall promptly pay the Subscription Payments in the Escrow Account, including interest thereon, to the successor escrow agent. If a successor escrow agent is not appointed by the Company or the Dealer Manager within the thirty (30) day period following such notice, the Escrow Agent may petition any court of competent jurisdiction to name a successor escrow agent. All costs, expenses and reasonable attorneys fees the Escrow Agent incurs in connection with such proceeding shall be paid by the Company.
23. Removal . The Escrow Agent may be jointly removed by the Company and the Dealer Manager at any time, by written notice executed by both of them (which may be executed in counterparts) provided to the Escrow Agent, which instrument shall become effective on the date specified in such written notice. The removal of the Escrow Agent shall not deprive the Escrow Agent of its compensation earned prior to such removal. In the event of any such removal, a successor escrow agent, which shall be a bank or trust company organized under the laws of the United States of America, shall be appointed by the mutual agreement of the Company and the Dealer Manager. Any such successor escrow agent shall deliver to the Company and the Dealer Manager a written instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon shall succeed to all the rights and duties of the Escrow Agent hereunder and shall be entitled to receive the Collected Funds from the Escrow Agent. The Escrow Agent shall promptly pay the Subscription Payments in the Escrow Account, including interest thereon, to the successor escrow agent. If a successor escrow agent is not appointed by the Company or the Dealer Manager within the thirty (30) day period following such notice, the Escrow Agent may petition any court of competent jurisdiction to
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name a successor escrow agent. All costs, expenses and reasonable attorneys fees the Escrow Agent incurs in connection with such proceeding shall be paid by the Company.
24. Maintenance of Records . The Escrow Agent shall maintain accurate records of all transactions hereunder. Promptly after the termination of this Agreement, and as may from time to time be reasonably requested by the Company before such termination, the Escrow Agent shall provide the Company with a copy of such records, certified by the Escrow Agent to be a complete and accurate account of all transactions hereunder. The authorized representatives of the Company and the Dealer Manager shall also have access to the Escrow Agents books and records to the extent relating to its duties hereunder, during normal business hours upon reasonable notice to the Escrow Agent, and at the requesting partys expense.
25. Force Majeure . No party to this Agreement shall be liable to any other party for losses arising out of, or the inability to perform its obligations under the terms of this Agreement, due to acts of God, which shall include, but shall not be limited to, fire, floods, strikes, mechanical failure, war, riot, nuclear accident, earthquake, terrorist attack, computer piracy, cyber-terrorism or other acts beyond the control of the parties hereto.
26. Representatives . The applicable persons designated on Exhibit D hereto have been duly appointed to act as its representatives hereunder and have full power and authority to execute and deliver any written directions, to amend, modify or waive any provision of this Agreement and to take any and all other actions on behalf of the Company or the Dealer Manager, as applicable, under this Agreement, all without further consent or direction from, or notice to, it or any other party.
27. USA PATRIOT Act . The Company and the Dealer Manager acknowledge that a portion of the identifying information set forth on Exhibit D is being requested by the Escrow Agent in connection with the USA Patriot Act, Pub. L. 107-56 (the Act ), and the Company and the Dealer Manager agree to provide any additional information requested by the Escrow Agent in connection with the Act or any similar legislation or regulation to which Escrow Agent is subject, in a timely manner.
28. Illegal Activities . The Escrow Agent shall have the rights in its sole discretion to not accept appointment as escrow agent and reject funds and collateral from any party in the event that Escrow Agent has reason to believe that such funds or collateral violate applicable banking practices or applicable laws or regulations, including but not limited to the Patriot Act. In the event of suspicious or illegal activity and pursuant to all applicable laws, regulations and practices, the other parties to this Agreement will assist Escrow Agent and comply with any reviews, investigations and examinations directed against the deposited funds.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed the day and year first set forth above.
Rodin Global Property Trust, Inc., the Company |
/s/ Kenneth Carpenter |
Name: Kenneth Carpenter Title: President |
Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., as Dealer Manager |
/s/ Shawn Matthews |
Name: Shawn Matthews Title: Chief Executive Officer |
UMB BANK, N.A., as Escrow Agent |
/s/ Lara L. Stevens |
Name: Lara L. Stevens Title: Vice President |
Exhibit 10.2
ADVISORY AGREEMENT
BY AND AMONG
RODIN GLOBAL PROPERTY TRUST, INC.,
RODIN GLOBAL PROPERTY TRUST OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P.,
RODIN GLOBAL PROPERTY ADVISORS, LLC
AND
CANTOR FITZGERALD INVESTORS, LLC
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE 1 | DEFINITIONS | 4 | ||
ARTICLE 2 | APPOINTMENT | 9 | ||
ARTICLE 3 | DUTIES OF THE ADVISOR | 9 | ||
3.01 |
Offering Services | 9 | ||
3.02 |
Acquisition Services | 10 | ||
3.03 |
Asset Management Services | 10 | ||
3.04 |
Accounting and Other Administrative Services | 11 | ||
3.05 |
Stockholder Services | 11 | ||
3.06 |
Financing Services | 12 | ||
3.07 |
Disposition Services | 12 | ||
ARTICLE 4 | AUTHORITY OF ADVISOR | 12 | ||
4.01 |
Powers of the Advisor | 12 | ||
4.02 |
Approval by the Board | 12 | ||
4.03 |
Modification or Revocation of Authority of Advisor | 12 | ||
ARTICLE 5 | BANK ACCOUNTS | 13 | ||
ARTICLE 6 | RECORDS AND ACCESS | 13 | ||
ARTICLE 7 | LIMITATION ON ACTIVITIES | 13 | ||
ARTICLE 8 | FEES | 13 | ||
8.01 |
Asset Management Fees | 13 | ||
8.02 |
Disposition Fees | 14 | ||
8.03 |
Refinancing Coordination Fee | 14 | ||
8.04 |
Operating Partnership Interests | 14 | ||
8.05 |
Changes to Fee Structure | 14 | ||
8.06 |
Payment in Shares | 15 | ||
ARTICLE 9 | EXPENSES | 15 | ||
9.01 |
General | 15 | ||
9.02 |
Initial Organization and Offering Expenses | 16 | ||
9.03 |
Timing of and Additional Limitations on Reimbursements | 16 | ||
ARTICLE 10 | OTHER SERVICES | 17 | ||
ARTICLE 11 | VOTING AGREEMENT | 17 | ||
ARTICLE 12 | RELATIONSHIP OF ADVISOR AND COMPANY; OTHER ACTIVITIES OF THE ADVISOR | 17 | ||
12.01 |
Relationship | 17 | ||
12.02 |
Time Commitment | 17 | ||
12.03 |
Investment Opportunities and Allocation | 18 | ||
ARTICLE 13 | THE RODIN NAME | 18 | ||
ARTICLE 14 | TERM AND TERMINATION OF THE AGREEMENT | 19 | ||
14.01 |
Term | 19 | ||
14.02 |
Termination by the Parties | 19 | ||
14.03 |
Payments on Termination and Survival of Certain Rights and Obligations | 19 |
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ARTICLE 15 | ASSIGNMENT | 19 | ||
ARTICLE 16 | INDEMNIFICATION AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY | 20 | ||
16.01 |
Indemnification | 20 | ||
16.02 |
Limitation on Indemnification | 20 | ||
16.03 |
Limitation on Payment of Expenses | 20 | ||
16.04 |
Indemnification by Advisor | 21 | ||
ARTICLE 17 | NON-SOLICITATION | 21 | ||
ARTICLE 18 | MISCELLANEOUS | 21 | ||
18.01 |
Notices | 21 | ||
18.02 |
Modification | 21 | ||
18.03 |
Severability | 22 | ||
18.04 |
Construction | 22 | ||
18.05 |
Entire Agreement | 22 | ||
18.06 |
Waiver | 22 | ||
18.07 |
Interpretation | 22 | ||
18.08 |
Headings | 22 | ||
18.09 |
Counterparts | 22 |
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ADVISORY AGREEMENT
THIS ADVISORY AGREEMENT (this Agreement ), dated as of March 23, 2017 (the Effective Date ), is entered into by and among Rodin Global Property Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the Company ), Rodin Global Property Trust Operating Partnership, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the Operating Partnership ), Rodin Global Property Advisors, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the Advisor ) and, solely in connection with the obligations set forth in Article 13 , Cantor Fitzgerald Investors, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the Sponsor ). Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in Article 1 below.
W I T N E S S E T H
WHEREAS, the Company intends to qualify as a REIT and intends to invest its funds in investments permitted by the terms of Sections 856 through 860 of the Code;
WHEREAS, the Company is the general partner of the Operating Partnership and intends to conduct all of its business and make all or substantially all Investments through the Operating Partnership;
WHEREAS, the Company and the Operating Partnership desire to avail themselves of the knowledge, experience, sources of information, advice, assistance and certain facilities available to the Advisor and to have the Advisor undertake the duties and responsibilities set forth herein, on behalf of, and subject to the supervision of, the Board of the Company, all as provided herein; and
WHEREAS, the Advisor is willing to undertake to render such services, subject to the supervision of the Board, on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and of the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS
As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings specified below:
Acquisition Expenses means any and all expenses incurred by the Company, the Operating Partnership, the Advisor or any of their Affiliates in connection with the selection, evaluation, acquisition, origination or development of any Investments, whether or not acquired or originated, as applicable, including, without limitation, legal fees and expenses, travel and communications expenses, costs of appraisals, surveys and environmental site assessments, nonrefundable option payments on properties or other investments not acquired, accounting fees and expenses, title insurance premiums, and the costs of performing due diligence.
Advisor means: (i) Rodin Global Property Advisors, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company; or (ii) any successor advisor to the Company.
Affiliate or Affiliated means with respect to any Person: (i) any Person directly or indirectly owning, controlling or holding, with the power to vote, ten percent or more of the outstanding voting securities of such other Person; (ii) any Person ten percent or more of whose outstanding voting securities are directly or indirectly owned, controlled or held, with the power to vote, by such other Person; (iii) any Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with such other Person; (iv) any executive officer, director, trustee or general partner of such other Person; and (v) any legal entity for which such Person acts as an executive officer, director, trustee or general partner. An entity shall not be deemed to control or be under common control with a program sponsored by the Sponsor unless (A) the entity owns ten percent or more of the voting equity interests of
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such program or (B) a majority of the Board (or equivalent governing body) of such program is composed of Affiliates of the entity.
Asset Management Fee means the fees payable to the Advisor pursuant to Section 8.01 .
Average Invested Assets means, for a specified period, the average of the aggregate book value of the assets of the Company invested, directly or indirectly, in Investments before reserves for depreciation or bad debts or other similar non-cash reserves, computed by taking the average of such values at the end of each month during such period.
Board means the board of directors of the Company, as of any particular time.
Bylaws means the bylaws of the Company, as amended from time to time.
Cause means with respect to the termination of this Agreement, fraud, criminal conduct, willful misconduct, gross negligence or breach of fiduciary duty by the Advisor, or a material breach of this Agreement by the Advisor, which has not been cured within thirty (30) days after written notice thereof.
Charter means the articles of incorporation of the Company, as amended from time to time.
Class A Shares means the Class A shares of the Companys common stock, par value $0.01 per share, offered pursuant to the Offering.
Class I Shares means the Class I shares of the Companys common stock, par value $0.01 per share, offered pursuant to the Offering.
Class T Shares means the Class T shares of the Companys common stock, par value $0.01 per share, offered pursuant to the Offering.
Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, or any successor statute thereto. Reference to any provision of the Code shall mean such provision as in effect from time to time, as the same may be amended, and any successor provision thereto, as interpreted by any applicable regulations as in effect from time to time.
Company means Rodin Global Property Trust, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Maryland.
Contract Sales Price means the total consideration received by the Company for the sale of an Investment.
Cost of Investments means the sum of: (i) with respect to the acquisition or origination of a Property, Loan or other permitted investment to be wholly owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company, the amount actually paid or allocated to fund the acquisition, origination, development, construction or improvement of the Property, Loan or other permitted investment, inclusive of expenses associated with such Property, Loan or other permitted investment and the amount of any debt associated with, or used to fund the investment in, such Property, Loan or other permitted investment; and (ii) with respect to the acquisition or origination of a Property, Loan or other permitted investment through any Joint Venture, the portion of the amount actually paid or allocated to fund the acquisition, origination, development, construction or improvement of the Property, Loan or other permitted investment, inclusive of expenses associated with such Property, Loan or other permitted investment and expenses of the Joint Venture, plus the amount of any debt associated with, or used to fund the investment in, such Property, Loan or other permitted investment that is attributable to the Companys investment in such Joint Venture.
Dealer Manager means Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., a New York general partnership, or such other Person or entity selected by the Board to act as dealer manager for the Offering.
Disposition Fee means the fees payable to the Advisor pursuant to Section 8.02 .
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Distribution means any distributions of money or other property by the Company to Stockholders, including distributions that may constitute a return of capital for federal income tax purposes.
Distribution Fee has the meaning set forth in the Charter.
Excess Amount has the meaning set forth in Section 9.03 .
Expense Year has the meaning set forth in Section 9.03 .
FINRA means the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
GAAP means generally accepted accounting principles as in effect in the United States of America from time to time.
Good Reason means either: (i) any failure by the Company or the Operating Partnership to obtain a satisfactory agreement from any successor to the Company or the Operating Partnership to assume and agree to perform the Companys or the Operating Partnerships obligations under this Agreement; or (ii) any material breach of this Agreement of any nature whatsoever by the Company or the Operating Partnership.
Gross Proceeds means the aggregate purchase price of all Shares sold for the account of the Company through an Offering, without deduction for Organization and Offering Expenses, and not including Shares sold pursuant to the Companys distribution reinvestment plan.
Independent Directors has the meaning set forth in the Charter.
Independent Appraisers has the meaning set forth in the Charter.
Initial Public Offering means the initial public offering of Shares registered on Registration Statement No. 333-214130 on Form S-11.
Investments means any investments by the Company or the Operating Partnership in Properties, Loans and all other permitted investments in which the Company or the Operating Partnership may acquire an interest, either directly or indirectly, including through ownership interests in a Joint Venture, pursuant to its Charter, Bylaws or operating partnership agreement, as applicable, and the investment objectives and policies adopted by the Board from time to time, other than short-term investments acquired for purposes of cash management.
Joint Venture means any joint venture, limited liability company, partnership or other entity arrangements in which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a co-venturer, member or partner established to acquire or hold Investments.
Listing means the listing of the Shares on a national securities exchange. Upon such Listing, the Shares shall be deemed Listed.
Loans means mortgage loans and other types of debt investments made by the Company or the Operating Partnership, either directly or indirectly, including through ownership interests in a Joint Venture, including, without limitation, mezzanine loans, B-Notes, bridge loans, convertible debt, wraparound mortgage loans, construction mortgage loans, loans on leasehold interests, and participations in such loans.
NASAA REIT Guidelines means the Statement of Policy Regarding Real Estate Investment Trusts published by the North American Securities Administrators Association as in effect on the Effective Date.
NAV means the Companys net asset value, calculated on a quarterly basis pursuant to the Companys Valuation Guidelines.
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Net Income means, for any period, the Companys total revenues applicable to such period, less the total expenses applicable to such period excluding additions to reserves for depreciation, bad debts or other similar non-cash reserves; provided , however , Net Income for purposes of calculating total allowable Operating Expenses (as defined herein) shall exclude the gain from the sale of the Companys assets.
Offering means any offering of Shares that is registered with the SEC, excluding Shares offered under any employee benefit plan.
Operating Expenses means all costs and expenses paid or incurred by the Company, as determined under GAAP, that in any way are related to the operation of the Company or its business, including asset management fees paid to the Advisor, but excluding: (i) the expenses of raising capital such as Organization and Offering Expenses, legal, audit, accounting, underwriting, brokerage, listing, registration, and other fees, printing and other such expenses and taxes incurred in connection with the issuance, distribution, transfer, registration and Listing; (ii) interest payments; (iii) taxes; (iv) non-cash expenditures such as depreciation, amortization, and bad debt reserves; (v) incentive fees paid in compliance with the NASAA REIT Guidelines; and (vi) acquisition fees, Acquisition Expenses, Disposition Fees on the sale of real property and other fees and expenses connected with the acquisition, financing, origination, disposition and ownership of real estate interests, loans or other property (other than Disposition Fees on the sale of assets other than real property), including the costs of foreclosure, insurance premiums, legal services, maintenance, repair, and improvement of property. The definition of Operating Expenses set forth above is intended to encompass only those expenses which are required to be treated as Total Operating Expenses under the NASAA REIT Guidelines. As a result, and notwithstanding the definition set forth above, any expense of the Company which is not part of Total Operating Expenses under the NASAA REIT Guidelines shall not be treated as part of Operating Expenses for purposes hereof.
Operating Partnership means Rodin Global Property Trust Operating Partnership, LP, a Delaware limited partnership formed to own and operate Investments on behalf of the Company.
Operating Partnership Agreement means the limited partnership agreement by and among the Company, the Sponsor and Rodin Global Property Trust OP Holdings, LLC, as amended.
OP Units means the units of limited partnership interest in the Operating Partnership.
Organization and Offering Expenses means any and all costs and expenses incurred by or on behalf of the Company and to be paid from the assets of the Company in connection with the formation of the Company and the qualification and registration of an Offering, and the marketing and distribution of Shares, including, without limitation, total underwriting and brokerage discounts and commissions (including fees of the underwriters attorneys), expenses for printing, preparing and amending registration statements or supplementing prospectuses, mailing and distributing costs, salaries of employees while engaged in sales activities, telephone and other telecommunications costs, all advertising and marketing expenses, charges of transfer agents, registrars, trustees, escrow holders, depositories and experts and fees, expenses and taxes related to the filing, registration and qualification of the sale of the Shares under federal and state laws, including taxes and fees and accountants and attorneys fees, bona-fide due diligence expenses of broker-dealers and expenses incurred by the Advisor for administrative services related to the issuance of the Shares.
Person
means an individual, corporation, partnership, estate, trust (including a trust qualified under Section 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 entity, or any government or any agency or political subdivision thereof, 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.
Property means any real property or properties transferred or conveyed to the Company or the Operating Partnership, either directly or indirectly, including through ownership interests in a Joint Venture.
Property Manager means an entity that has been retained to perform and carry out property management services at one or more of the Properties, excluding persons, entities or independent contractors retained or hired to
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perform facility management or other services or tasks at a particular Property, the costs for which are passed through to and ultimately paid by the tenant at such Property.
Prospectus means the Companys final prospectus for any public offering within the meaning of Section 2(10) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Refinancing Coordination Fee has the meaning set forth in Section 8.03 .
Registration Statement means the registration statement filed by the Company with the SEC on Form S-11 (Reg. No. 333-214130), as amended from time to time, in connection with the Initial Public Offering.
REIT means a real estate investment trust under Sections 856 through 860 of the Code.
Sale means (i) any transaction or series of transactions whereby: (A) the Company or the Operating Partnership, directly or indirectly (except as described in other subsections of this definition), sells, grants, transfers, conveys or relinquishes its ownership of any Investment or portion thereof, including the lease of any Property consisting of a building only, and including any event with respect to any Investment which gives rise to a significant amount of insurance proceeds or condemnation awards, and including the issuance by one of the Companys subsidiaries of any asset backed securities or collateralized debt obligations as part of a securitization transaction; (B) the Company or the Operating Partnership, directly or indirectly (except as described in other subsections of this definition), sells, grants, transfers, conveys or relinquishes its ownership of all or substantially all of the interest of the Company or the Operating Partnership in any Joint Venture in which it is a co-venturer or partner; (C) any Joint Venture in which the Company or the Operating Partnership is a co-venturer or partner directly or indirectly (except as described in other subsections of this definition) sells, grants, transfers, conveys or relinquishes its ownership of any Investment or portion thereof, including any event with respect to any Investment which gives rise to a significant amount of insurance proceeds or condemnation awards, and including the issuance by such a Joint Venture or one of its subsidiaries of any asset backed securities or collateralized debt obligations as part of a securitization transaction; or (D) the Company directly or indirectly (except as described in other subsections of this definition), sells, grants, conveys or relinquishes its interest in any Investment or portion thereof, including any payments thereunder or in satisfaction thereof (other than regularly scheduled interest payments) or any amounts owed pursuant to such Investment, and including any event with respect to any Investment which gives rise to a significant amount of insurance proceeds or similar awards; or (E) the Company directly or indirectly (except as described in other subsections of this definition) sells, grants, transfers, conveys or relinquishes its ownership of any other asset not previously described in this definition or any portion thereof, but (ii) not including any transaction or series of transactions specified in clause (i) (A) through (E) above in which the proceeds of such transaction or series of transactions are reinvested by the Company in one or more assets within 180 days thereafter.
SEC means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
Securities means any 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.
Selling Commissions has the meaning set forth in the Charter.
Shares means collectively, the Class A Shares, Class T Shares and Class I Shares.
Special OP Units means the separate series of limited partnership interests issued in accordance with Section 8.04 .
Sponsor means Cantor Fitzgerald Investors, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
Stockholders means the registered holders of the Shares.
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Termination Date means the date of termination of the Agreement determined in accordance with Article 14 hereof.
Valuation Guidelines means the valuation guidelines adopted by the Board, as amended from time to time.
2%/25% Guidelines means the requirement pursuant to the NASAA REIT Guidelines that, in any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters, total Operating Expenses not exceed the greater of 2.0% of the Companys Average Invested Assets during such 12-month period or 25.0% of the Companys Net Income over the same 12-month period.
ARTICLE 2
APPOINTMENT
The Company and the Operating Partnership hereby appoint the Advisor to serve as their advisor and asset manager subject to the terms and upon the conditions set forth in this Agreement, and the Advisor hereby accepts such appointment.
ARTICLE 3
DUTIES OF THE ADVISOR
The Advisor is responsible for managing, operating, directing and supervising the operations and administration of the Company and its assets. The Advisor undertakes to use its commercially reasonable efforts to present to the Company and the Operating Partnership potential investment opportunities, to make investment decisions on behalf of the Company subject to the limitations in the Companys Charter, the direction and oversight of the Board and Section 4.03 hereof, and to provide the Company with a continuing and suitable investment program consistent with the investment objectives and policies of the Company as determined and adopted from time to time by the Board. Subject to the limitations set forth in this Agreement, including Article 4 hereof, and the continuing and exclusive authority of the Board over the management of the Company, the Advisor shall, either directly or by engaging an Affiliate or third party, perform the following duties at the request of the Company:
3.01 Offering Services . The Advisor shall manage and supervise:
(i) Development of the Initial Public Offering and any subsequent or simultaneous Offering approved by the Board, including the determination of the specific terms of the securities to be offered by the Company, preparation of all offering and related documents, and obtaining all required regulatory approvals of such documents;
(ii) Along with the Dealer Manager, approval of the participating broker-dealers and negotiation of the related selling agreements;
(iii) Coordination of the due diligence process relating to participating broker-dealers and their review of the Registration Statement and other Offering and Company documents;
(iv) Preparation and approval of all marketing materials contemplated to be used by the Dealer Manager or others relating to the Offering;
(v) Along with the Dealer Manager, negotiation and coordination with the transfer agent for the receipt, collection, processing and acceptance of subscription agreements, commissions, and other administrative support functions;
(vi) Creation and implementation of various technology and electronic communications related to the Offering; and
(vii) All other services related to the Offering, other than services that (a) are to be performed by the Dealer Manager, (b) the Company elects to perform directly or (c) would require the Advisor to register as a broker-dealer with the SEC, FINRA or any state.
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3.02 Acquisition Services .
The Advisor shall:
(i) Serve as the Companys investment and financial advisor and obtain certain market research and economic and statistical data in connection with the Companys Investments and investment objectives and policies;
(ii) Subject to Article 4 hereof and the investment objectives and policies of the Company: (a) locate, analyze and select potential Investments; (b) structure and negotiate the terms and conditions of transactions pursuant to which the Investments will be made; and (c) acquire Investments on behalf of the Company;
(iii) Oversee the due diligence process related to prospective investments;
(iv) Prepare reports regarding prospective investments which include recommendations and supporting documentation necessary for the Board to evaluate the prospective investments;
(v) Obtain reports (which may be prepared by the Advisor or its Affiliates), where appropriate, concerning the value of prospective investments of the Company; and
(vi) Negotiate and execute approved Investments and other transactions.
3.03 Asset Management Services .
The Advisor shall:
(i) Investigate, select, and, on behalf of the Company, engage and conduct business with such Persons as the Advisor deems necessary to the proper performance of its obligations hereunder, including but not limited to consultants, accountants, lenders, technical advisors, attorneys, brokers, underwriters, corporate fiduciaries, escrow agents, depositaries, custodians, agents for collection, insurers, insurance agents, developers, construction companies, Property Managers and any and all Persons acting in any other capacity deemed by the Advisor necessary or desirable for the performance of any of the foregoing services;
(ii) Monitor applicable markets and obtain reports (which may be prepared by the Advisor or its Affiliates) where appropriate, concerning the value of Investments of the Company;
(iii) Monitor and evaluate the performance of Investments of the Company, provide daily management services to the Company and perform and supervise the various management and operational functions related to the Companys Investments;
(iv) Formulate and oversee the implementation of strategies for the administration, promotion, management, operation, maintenance, improvement, financing and refinancing, marketing, leasing and disposition of Investments on an overall portfolio basis;
(v) Oversee the performance by the Property Managers of their duties, including collection and proper deposits of rental payments and payment of Property expenses and maintenance;
(vi) Conduct periodic on-site property visits to some or all (as the Advisor deems reasonably necessary) of the Properties to inspect the physical condition of the Properties and to evaluate the performance of the Property Managers;
(vii) Review, analyze and comment upon the operating budgets, capital budgets and leasing plans prepared and submitted by each Property Manager and aggregate these property budgets into the Companys overall budget;
(viii) Coordinate and manage relationships between the Company and any Joint Venture partners;
(ix) Provide financial and operational planning services and investment portfolio management functions;
(x) Assist the Board in the development, oversight, implementation and coordination of the Companys NAV procedures;
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(xi) Provide information in connection with the Companys Properties and Investments to the Independent Appraisers and other parties involved in determining the NAV and obtain market quotations or conduct fair valuation determinations concerning the value of Investments; and
(xii) Monitor each Independent Appraisers valuation process to ensure that it complies with the Valuation Guidelines.
3.04 Accounting and Other Administrative Services .
The Advisor shall:
(i) Manage and perform the various administrative functions necessary for the management of the day-to-day operations of the Company;
(ii) From time-to-time, or at any time reasonably requested by the Board, make reports to the Board on the Advisors performance of services to the Company under this Agreement;
(iii) Make reports to the Board, at least annually, of the allocation of Investments that have been allocated by the Sponsor to the Company and any other programs advised, sponsored or organized by the Sponsor or its Affiliates;
(iv) Coordinate with the Companys independent auditors to prepare and deliver to the Companys audit committee an annual report covering the Advisors compliance with certain material aspects of this Agreement;
(v) Provide or arrange for administrative services and items, legal and other services, office space, office furnishings, personnel and other overhead items necessary and incidental to the Companys business and operations;
(vi) Provide financial and operational planning services and portfolio management functions;
(vii) Maintain accounting data and any other information concerning the activities of the Company as shall be needed to prepare and file all periodic financial reports and returns required to be filed with the SEC and any other regulatory agency, including annual financial statements;
(viii) Maintain all appropriate books and records of the Company;
(ix) Oversee tax and compliance services and risk management services and coordinate with appropriate third parties, including independent accountants and other consultants, on related tax matters;
(x) Supervise the performance of such ministerial and administrative functions as may be necessary in connection with the daily operations of the Company;
(xi) Provide the Company with all necessary cash management services;
(xii) Manage and coordinate with the transfer agent the distribution process and payments to Stockholders;
(xiii) Consult with the officers of the Company and the Board, and assist in evaluating and obtaining adequate insurance coverage based upon risk management determinations;
(xiv) Provide the officers of the Company and the Board with timely updates related to the overall regulatory environment affecting the Company, as well as managing compliance with such matters;
(xv) Consult with the officers of the Company and the Board relating to the corporate governance structure and appropriate policies and procedures related thereto; and
(xvi) Oversee all reporting, record keeping, internal controls and similar matters in a manner to allow the Company to comply with applicable law including the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
3.05 Stockholder Services .
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The Advisor shall:
(i) Manage communications with Stockholders, including answering phone calls, preparing and sending written and electronic reports and other communications; and
(ii) Establish technology infrastructure to assist in providing Stockholder support and service.
3.06 Financing Services .
The Advisor shall:
(i) Identify and evaluate potential financing and refinancing sources, engaging a third-party broker if necessary;
(ii) Negotiate terms, arrange and execute financing agreements;
(iii) Manage relationships between the Company and its lenders; and
(iv) Monitor and oversee the service of the Companys debt facilities and other borrowings.
3.07 Disposition Services .
The Advisor shall:
(i) Consult with the Board and provide assistance with the evaluation and approval of potential asset dispositions, sales or other liquidity events; and
(ii) Structure and negotiate the terms and conditions of transactions pursuant to which Investments may be sold.
ARTICLE 4
AUTHORITY OF ADVISOR
4.01 Powers of the Advisor . Subject to the express limitations set forth in this Agreement, any restrictions imposed by law, rule or regulation and the continuing and exclusive authority of the Board over the management of the Company, the power to direct the management, operation and policies of the Company, including making, financing and disposing of Investments, and the performance of those services described in Article 3 hereof, shall be vested in the Advisor, which shall have the power by itself and shall be authorized and empowered on behalf and in the name of the Company to carry out any and all of the objectives and purposes of the Company and to perform all acts and enter into and perform all contracts and other undertakings that it may in its sole discretion deem necessary, advisable or incidental thereto to perform its obligations under this Agreement. The Advisor shall have the power to delegate all or any part of its rights and powers to manage and control the business and affairs of the Company to such officers, employees, Affiliates, agents and representatives of the Advisor or the Company as it may deem appropriate. Any authority delegated by the Advisor to any other Person shall be subject to the limitations on the rights and powers of the Advisor specifically set forth in this Agreement or the Charter.
4.02 Approval by the Board . Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Advisor may not take any action on behalf of the Company without the prior approval of the Board or duly authorized committees thereof if the Charter or Maryland General Corporation Law require the prior approval of the Board. If the Board or a committee of the Board must approve a proposed investment, financing or disposition or chooses to do so, the Advisor will deliver to the Board or committee, as applicable, all documents required by it to evaluate such investment, financing or disposition.
4.03 Modification or Revocation of Authority of Advisor . The Board may, at any time upon the giving of notice to the Advisor, modify or revoke the authority or approvals set forth in Article 3 and this Article 4 ; provided , however , that such modification or revocation shall be effective upon receipt by the Advisor and shall not be
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applicable to investment transactions to which the Advisor has committed the Company prior to the date of receipt by the Advisor of such notification.
ARTICLE 5
BANK ACCOUNTS
The Advisor may establish and maintain one or more bank accounts in the name of the Company and the Operating Partnership and may collect and deposit into any such account or accounts, and disburse from any such account or accounts, any money on behalf of the Company or the Operating Partnership, under such terms and conditions as the Board may approve, provided that no funds shall be commingled with the funds of the Advisor. The Advisor shall from time to time render appropriate accountings of such collections and payments to the Board and the independent auditors of the Company.
ARTICLE 6
RECORDS AND ACCESS
The Advisor, in the conduct of its responsibilities to the Company, shall maintain, or cause to be maintained, adequate and separate books and records for the Companys operations in accordance with GAAP, which shall be supported by sufficient documentation to ascertain that such books and records are properly and accurately recorded. Such books and records shall be the property of the Company and shall be available for inspection by the Board and by counsel, auditors and other authorized agents of the Company, at any time or from time to time during normal business hours. The Advisor shall at all reasonable times have access to the books and records of the Company and the Operating Partnership.
ARTICLE 7
LIMITATION ON ACTIVITIES
Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, the Advisor shall not take any action that, in its sole judgment made in good faith, would: (i) adversely affect the ability of the Company to qualify or continue to qualify as a REIT under the Code unless the Board has determined that the Company will not seek or maintain REIT qualification for the Company; (ii) subject the Company to regulation under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (iii) violate any law, rule, regulation or statement of policy of any governmental body or agency having jurisdiction over the Company, its Shares or its other securities; (iv) require the Advisor to register as a broker-dealer with the SEC, FINRA or any state; or (v) violate the Charter or Bylaws. In the event an action that would violate (i) through (v) of the preceding sentence but such action has been ordered by the Board, the Advisor shall notify the Board of the Advisors judgment of the potential impact of such action and shall refrain from taking such action until it receives further clarification or instructions from the Board. In such event, the Advisor shall have no liability for acting in accordance with the specific instructions of the Board so given.
ARTICLE 8
FEES
8.01 Asset Management Fees . The Company shall pay the Advisor or its Affiliates as compensation for the services described in Section 3.03 hereof a monthly fee (the Asset Management Fee ) in an amount equal to one-twelfth of 1.25% of the sum of the Cost of Investments (or in the case of Loans, the principal amount), less any principal repaid by borrowers on Loans or other debt-related investments (or the Companys proportionate share thereof in the case of an Investment made through a Joint Venture), as of the end of each month. For purposes of
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calculating the Asset Management Fee, the Cost of Investments for each Investment shall be prorated for the number of days during the applicable month that the Company owns such Investment. The Advisor shall submit a monthly invoice to the Company, accompanied by a computation of the Asset Management Fee for the applicable month. The Asset Management Fee shall generally be payable on the last day of the month that immediately follows the month in which such Asset Management Fee was earned, or the first business day following the last day of such month. However, payment of the Asset Management Fee may be deferred or waived, in whole or in part (or received in Shares) as to any transaction in the sole discretion of the Advisor. Any such deferred or waived Asset Management Fees shall be paid to the Advisor or its Affiliates without interest at such subsequent date as the Advisor shall request.
8.02 Disposition Fees.
(i) If the Advisor or any of its Affiliates provide a substantial amount of services, and based on the services, as determined by the Independent Directors, in connection with a Sale (except for the Sale of any Securities that are traded on a national securities exchange), the Advisor or such Affiliate shall receive a Disposition Fee in an amount of 2.0% of the Contract Sales Price of each Investment sold.
(ii) The Advisor shall also receive a Disposition Fee upon the maturity, prepayment, workout, modification or extension of a Loan or other debt-related investment if there is a corresponding fee paid by the borrower to the Company, in which event the Advisor shall receive the lesser of (i) 1.0% of the principal amount of the Loan or debt-related investment prior to such transaction or (ii) the amount of the fee paid by the borrower to the Company in connection with such transaction.
(iii) To the extent the Disposition Fee is paid upon the Sale of any assets other than real property, such amount shall count against the limit of Operating Expenses required to be treated as Total Operating Expenses under the NASAA REIT Guidelines. In addition, the payment of any Disposition Fees by the Company shall be subject to the limitations contained in the Companys Charter and in no event shall the Disposition Fee exceed an amount which, when added to the fees paid by the Company to unaffiliated parties in connection with a Sale, equals the lesser of a competitive real estate commission or 6.0% of the Contract Sales Price. The Advisor shall submit an invoice to the Company following the closing or closings of each disposition, accompanied by a computation of the Disposition Fee. Generally, the Disposition Fee payable to the Advisor shall be paid at the closing of the transaction upon receipt of the invoice by the Company; provided , however , that such Disposition Fee shall be paid to an Affiliate of the Advisor that is registered as a FINRA member broker-dealer if applicable laws or regulations prohibit such payment to be made to a Person that is not a FINRA member broker-dealer. However, payment of the Disposition Fee may be deferred or waived (or accepted in Shares), in whole or in part, as to any transaction in the sole discretion of the Advisor. Any such deferred or waived Disposition Fees shall be paid to the Advisor or its Affiliates without interest at such subsequent date as the Advisor shall request.
8.03 Refinancing Coordination Fee. If the Advisor or an Affiliate provide services in connection with the refinancing of any Loan the Company or the Operating Partnership directly or indirectly obtains, including refinancing of any assumed Loan, the Company shall pay a Refinancing Coordination Fee to the Advisor in an amount equal to 0.75% of the amount available or outstanding under any such Loan, including any assumed Loan. Refinancing shall include restructuring, workouts or other recapitalization of any Loan.
8.04 Operating Partnership Interests. An Affiliate of the Advisor has made a capital contribution of $1,000 to the Operating Partnership in exchange for Special OP Units. The Special OP Units shall be entitled to the distributions provided for, and shall be subject to redemption by the Operating Partnership, in accordance with the terms of the Operating Partnership Agreement. To the extent distributions to the Special OP Units are not paid from net sales proceeds, such amounts will count against the limit on Operating Expenses. In the event of termination of this Agreement by the Company for Cause, the Company shall redeem the Special OP Units in exchange for a one-time cash payment to the Advisors Affiliate of $1.00.
8.05 Changes to Fee Structure. In the event of Listing, the Company and the Advisor shall negotiate in good faith to establish a fee structure appropriate for a perpetual-life entity.
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8.06 Payment in Shares. In the event the Advisor, in its sole discretion, elects to be paid any of the fees set forth in this Article 8 in Class I Shares (in lieu of cash payment), the number of Class I Shares shall be equal to (A) the cash amount of such fee; divided by (B) either (i) the then-current offering price (or the most recent offering price if the Company is not engaged in the offering) of the Class I Shares net of dealer manager fees and selling commissions, or (ii) as of the date the Company publishes a NAV per share, the then-current NAV per share applicable to Class I Shares.
ARTICLE 9
EXPENSES
9.01 General. In addition to the compensation paid to the Advisor pursuant to Article 8 hereof, the Company shall pay directly or reimburse the Advisor or its Affiliates for all of the expenses paid or incurred by the Advisor or its Affiliates on behalf of the Company or in connection with the services provided to the Company pursuant to this Agreement, including, but not limited to:
(i) All Organization and Offering Expenses; provided , however , that the Advisor, or an Affiliate of the Advisor, shall be responsible for the payment of the Companys Organizational and Offering Expenses to the extent the total amount of such expenses exceeds 15.0% of Gross Proceeds from the Companys offering; provided that within 60 days after the end of the month in which an Offering terminates, the Advisor shall reimburse the Company to the extent the Company incurred Organization and Offering Expenses exceeding 15.0% of the Gross Proceeds raised in the completed Offering;
(ii) Acquisition Expenses incurred in connection with the selection and acquisition of Investments, including such expenses incurred related to assets pursued or considered but not ultimately acquired by the Company, provided that , notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the payment of Acquisition Expenses by the Company shall be subject to the limitations contained in the Companys Charter;
(iii) The actual out-of-pocket cost of goods and services used by the Company and obtained from entities not Affiliated with the Advisor;
(iv) Interest and other costs for borrowed money or securitization transactions, including discounts, points and other similar fees;
(v) Taxes and assessments on income or Properties, taxes as an expense of doing business and any other taxes otherwise imposed on the Company and its business, assets or income;
(vi) Out-of-pocket costs associated with insurance required in connection with the business of the Company or by its officers and Board;
(vii) Expenses of managing, improving, developing, operating and selling Investments owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company, as well as expenses of other transactions relating to such Investments, including but not limited to prepayments, maturities, workouts and other settlements of Loans and other Investments;
(viii) All out-of-pocket expenses in connection with payments to the Board and meetings of the Board and Stockholders;
(ix) Personnel and related employment costs incurred by the Advisor or its Affiliates in performing the services described in Article 3 hereof, including but not limited to reasonable salaries and wages, benefits and overhead of all employees directly involved in the performance of such services, provided that no reimbursement shall be made for costs of such employees of the Advisor or its Affiliates to the extent that such employees (A) perform services for which the Advisor receives acquisition fees or Disposition Fees or (B) serve as executive officers of the Company;
(x) Out-of-pocket expenses of providing services for and maintaining communications with Stockholders, including the cost of preparation, printing, and mailing annual reports and other Stockholder reports, proxy statements and other reports required by governmental entities;
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(xi) Audit, accounting and legal fees, and other fees for professional services relating to the operations of the Company and all such fees incurred at the request, or on behalf of, the Board or any other committee of the Board;
(xii) Out-of-pocket costs for the Company to comply with all applicable laws, regulations and ordinances;
(xiii) Expenses connected with payments of Distributions made or caused to be made by the Company to the Stockholders;
(xiv) Expenses of organizing, redomesticating, merging, liquidating or dissolving the Company or of amending the Charter or the Bylaws; and
(xv) All other out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by the Advisor or its Affiliates in performing the Advisors duties hereunder.
9.02 Initial Organization and Offering Expenses.
(i) The Advisor has agreed to pay, on behalf of the Company, all Organization and Offering Expenses (less Selling Commissions and Distribution Fees) (the Initial O&O Costs ) through the first anniversary of the date on which the Company satisfies the minimum offering requirement for the Initial Public Offering (the Escrow Break Anniversary ).
(ii) The Company shall not be required to reimburse the Advisor for payment of the Initial O&O Costs prior to the Escrow Break Anniversary. Following the Escrow Break Anniversary, the Company will reimburse the Advisor for payment of the Initial O&O Costs ratably over a 36-month period; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to pay any amounts that as a result of such payment would cause the aggregate payments for Organization and Offering Expenses (less Selling Commissions and Distribution Fees) paid to the Advisor to exceed 1% of gross offering proceeds of the Initial Public Offering as of such payment date (the 1% Cap ). Any amounts not reimbursed in any period shall be included in determining any reimbursement for a subsequent period. The Company may, in its sole discretion, pay amounts to the Advisor in excess of the ratable amount for the Initial O&O Costs; provided that the payment of such amounts is not in excess of the 1% Cap.
(iii) After the Escrow Break Anniversary, the Advisor, in its sole discretion, may pay some or all of the Organization and Offering Expenses but is not required to do so. To the extent the Advisor pays such additional Organization and Offering Expenses, the Company will be obligated to reimburse the Advisor subject to the 1% Cap.
9.03 Timing of and Additional Limitations on Reimbursements .
(i) Expenses incurred by the Advisor on behalf of the Company and reimbursable pursuant to this Article 9 shall be reimbursed no less than monthly to the Advisor. The Advisor shall prepare a statement documenting the expenses of the Company during each quarter and shall deliver such statement to the Company within 45 days after the end of each quarter.
(ii) Commencing upon the earlier of the fourth fiscal quarter after (i) the Company makes an initial Investment or (ii) six months after commencement of the Initial Public Offering, the following limitation on Operating Expenses shall apply: the Company shall not reimburse the Advisor at the end of any fiscal quarter for Operating Expenses that in the four consecutive fiscal quarters then ended (the Expense Year ) exceed (the Excess Amount ) the greater of 2.0% of Average Invested Assets or 25.0% of Net Income (the 2%/25% Guidelines ) for such year unless the Board determines that such excess was justified, based on unusual and nonrecurring factors that the Board deems sufficient. If the Board does not approve such excess as being so justified, any Excess Amount paid to the Advisor during a fiscal quarter shall be repaid to the Company. If the Board determines such excess was justified, then, within 60 days after the end of any fiscal quarter of the Company for which total reimbursed Operating Expenses for the Expense Year exceed the 2%/25% Guidelines, the Advisor, at the direction of the Board, shall cause such fact to be disclosed to the Stockholders in writing (or the Company shall disclose such fact to the Stockholders in the next quarterly
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report of the Company or by filing a Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC within 60 days of such quarter end), together with an explanation of the factors the Board considered in determining that such excess expenses were justified. The Company will ensure that such determination will be reflected in the minutes of the meetings of the Board. All figures used in the foregoing computation shall be determined in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis.
ARTICLE 10
OTHER SERVICES
Should: (i) the Operating Partnership request that the Advisor or any Affiliate or any manager, officer or employee of the Advisor or Affiliate render services for the Company other than as set forth in this Agreement; or (ii) there be changes to the regulatory environment in which the Advisor or Company operates that would increase significantly the level of services performed such that the costs and expenses borne by the Advisor for which the Advisor is not entitled to separate reimbursement for personnel and related employment direct costs and overhead under Article 9 of this Agreement would increase significantly, such services shall be separately compensated at such rates and in such amounts as are agreed by the Advisor and the Independent Directors, subject to the limitations contained in the Charter, and shall not be deemed to be services pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
ARTICLE 11
VOTING AGREEMENT
The Advisor agrees that, with respect to any Shares now or hereinafter owned by it or its Affiliates, none of them will vote or consent on matters submitted to the Stockholders of the Company regarding: (i) the removal of the Advisor or any of its Affiliates as the Advisor; or (ii) any transaction between the Company and the Advisor or any of its Affiliates. This voting restriction shall survive until such time that the Advisor or any of its Affiliates is no longer serving as the Advisor.
ARTICLE 12
RELATIONSHIP OF ADVISOR AND COMPANY;
OTHER ACTIVITIES OF THE ADVISOR
12.01 Relationship . The Company and the Advisor are not partners or joint venturers with each other, and nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to make them such partners or joint venturers. Nothing herein contained shall prevent the Advisor from engaging in other activities, including, without limitation, the rendering of advice to other Persons (including other REITs) and the management of other programs advised, sponsored or organized by the Advisor or its Affiliates. Nor shall this Agreement limit or restrict the right of any manager, director, officer, employee or equityholder of the Advisor or its Affiliates to engage in any other business or to render services of any kind to any other Person. The Advisor may, with respect to any investment in which the Company is a participant, also render advice and service to each and every other participant therein. The Advisor shall promptly disclose to the Board the existence of any condition or circumstance, existing or anticipated, of which it has knowledge, that creates or could create a conflict of interest between the Advisors obligations to the Company and its obligations to or its interest in any other Person.
12.02 Time Commitment . The Advisor shall, and shall cause its Affiliates and their respective employees, officers and agents to, devote to the Company such time as shall be reasonably necessary to conduct the business and affairs of the Company in an appropriate manner consistent with the terms of this Agreement. The Company acknowledges that the Advisor and its Affiliates and their respective employees, officers and agents may also engage in activities unrelated to the Company and may provide services to Persons other than the Company or any of its Affiliates.
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12.03 Investment Opportunities and Allocation . The Advisor shall be required to use commercially reasonable efforts to present a continuing and suitable investment program to the Company that is consistent with the investment policies and objectives of the Company, but neither the Advisor nor any Affiliate of the Advisor shall be obligated to present any particular Investment opportunity to the Company even if the opportunity is of a character that, if presented to the Company, could be taken by the Company. In the event an Investment opportunity is identified, the allocation procedures set forth under the caption Conflicts of InterestAllocation of Investment Opportunities in any Prospectus (as may be amended from time to time) shall govern the allocation of the opportunity among the Company, any of its Affiliates and any investment vehicles sponsored or managed by the Sponsor or any of their Affiliates.
ARTICLE 13
THE RODIN NAME
The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Sponsor and its Affiliates have a proprietary interest in the name Rodin. Except upon the express prior written consent of Sponsor, on a case by case basis, which if given, may be withdrawn at any time in the sole discretion of Sponsor, the Company shall not (and shall cause its Affiliates and each of its and their partners, officers, directors, employees and agents, whether present or future (collectively, Personnel ) not to): (i) use, apply for or register in any manner, form or jurisdiction whatsoever any of Sponsors or any of Sponsors Affiliates name(s), trade name(s), logo(s), trademark(s), service mark(s), business, trade or corporate name(s), Internet domain name(s), social media/username domain(s), or sub-domain name(s), in each case, whether registered or unregistered, or any variations, translations, or transliterations thereof, or any terms confusingly similar to any of the foregoing, including without limitation, the name Rodin (collectively, the Names and Marks ), or (ii) sublicense the Names and Marks to any third party or grant any third party the right to use the Names and Marks.
The Company acknowledges and agrees (and shall cause its Personnel to acknowledge and agree) that: (i) Sponsor is and shall remain at all times the sole and exclusive owner of all right, title and interest in and to the Names and Marks and any and all proprietary rights therein and thereto, (ii) nothing contained herein creates, shall create, nor shall be construed as a grant of, any right, title or interest in or to any Names and Marks or any proprietary rights therein or thereto, (iii) all right, title and interest in and to the Names and Marks is expressly reserved by Sponsor, and (iv) the Company and its Personnel shall keep the Names and Marks free from all liens, mortgages, or other encumbrances.
The Company recognizes the value of the goodwill associated with the Names and Marks and the proprietary rights therein and thereto. Should Sponsor provide its written consent to use the Names and Marks, the Company agrees that (i) any use of the Names and Marks and any goodwill arising therefrom, shall inure solely to the benefit of Sponsor, (ii) it will use the Names and Marks only in accordance with and subject to Sponsors specification, direction and information, and (iii) it shall fully cooperate (and shall ensure that its Personnel fully cooperate) with Sponsor as reasonably required from time to time by Sponsor to perfect or otherwise secure all rights, title and interest in any and all Names and Marks.
Upon expiration or termination of this Agreement, or upon Sponsors withdrawal of any written consent by Sponsor to use the Names and Marks, or if at any time the Company ceases to retain the Advisor or one of its Affiliates to perform advisory services for the Company: (i) all rights granted to the Company under this Agreement shall immediately terminate and revert to Sponsor, (ii) the Company will immediately and permanently cease all use of the Names and Marks, (iii) the Company shall immediately change its name and the names of any of its subsidiaries to a name that does not contain the name Rodin or any other word or words that might, in the sole discretion of the Sponsor, be susceptible of indication of some form of relationship between the Company and the Sponsor or any of Sponsors Affiliates, and (iv) the Company shall promptly return to Sponsor or, at Sponsors option, destroy, at the Companys expense, all records and copies of technical, marketing, advertising, sales, and promotional material in its possession bearing the Names and Marks. Consistent with the foregoing, it is specifically recognized that the Sponsor or one or more of its Affiliates has in the past and may in the future organize, sponsor or otherwise permit to exist other investment vehicles (including vehicles for investment in real estate loans, real estate-related debt securities and other real estate assets) and financial and service organizations having Rodin as a
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part of their name, all without the need for any consent (and without the right to object thereto) by the Company. The Sponsor shall govern the Companys use of the name Rodin and the Companys use of the Rodin name will be in strict accordance with any quality standards and specifications that may be established by the Advisor and communicated to Company from time to time.
ARTICLE 14
TERM AND TERMINATION OF THE AGREEMENT
14.01 Term . This Agreement shall have an initial term of one year from the Effective Date and may be renewed for an unlimited number of successive one-year terms upon mutual consent of the parties. The Company (acting through the Independent Directors) will evaluate the performance of the Advisor annually before renewing this Agreement, and each such renewal shall be for a term of no more than one year. Any such renewal must be approved by the Independent Directors.
14.02 Termination by the Parties . This Agreement may be terminated:
(i) immediately by the Company or the Operating Partnership for Cause or upon the bankruptcy of the Advisor;
(ii) upon 60 days written notice without Cause and without penalty by a majority of the Independent Directors of the Company or the Advisor; or
(iii) upon 60 days written notice with Good Reason by the Advisor.
The provisions of Article 13 , Section 14.03 and Articles 16 through 18 of this Agreement shall survive termination of this Agreement.
14.03 Payments on Termination and Survival of Certain Rights and Obligations . Payments to the Advisor pursuant to this Section 14.03 shall be subject to the 2%/25% Guidelines to the extent applicable.
(i) After the Termination Date, the Advisor shall not be entitled to compensation for further services hereunder except it shall be entitled to receive from the Company or the Operating Partnership within 30 days after the effective date of such termination all unpaid reimbursements of expenses and all earned but unpaid fees payable to the Advisor prior to termination of this Agreement, subject to the 2%/25% Guidelines to the extent applicable.
(ii) The Advisor shall promptly upon termination:
(a) pay over to the Company and the Operating Partnership all money collected and held for the account of the Company and the Operating Partnership pursuant to this Agreement, if any, after deducting any accrued compensation and reimbursement for its expenses to which it is then entitled;
(b) deliver to the Board a full accounting, including a statement showing all payments collected by it and a statement of all money held by it, covering the period following the date of the last accounting furnished to the Board;
(c) deliver to the Board all assets and documents of the Company then in the custody of the Advisor; and
(d) cooperate with the Company to provide an orderly transition of advisory functions.
ARTICLE 15
ASSIGNMENT
This Agreement may be assigned by the Advisor with the prior approval of a majority of the Board (and with respect to any assignment to an Affiliate, also with the prior approval of a majority of the Independent Directors).
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The Advisor may assign any rights to receive fees or other payments under this Agreement without obtaining the approval of the Board. This Agreement shall not be assigned by the Company or the Operating Partnership without the consent of the Advisor, except in the case of an assignment by the Company or the Operating Partnership to a corporation or other organization that is a successor to all of the assets, rights and obligations of the Company or the Operating Partnership, in which case such successor organization shall be bound hereunder and by the terms of said assignment in the same manner as the Company and the Operating Partnership are bound by this Agreement. Nothing herein shall be deemed to prohibit or otherwise restrict any transfers or additional issuances of equity interests in the Advisor nor shall any such transfer or issuance be deemed an assignment for purposes of this Article 15 .
ARTICLE 16
INDEMNIFICATION AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
16.01 Indemnification . Except as prohibited by the restrictions provided in this Section 16.01 , Section 16.02 and Section 16.03 , the Company and the Operating Partnership shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Advisor and its Affiliates, including their respective officers, directors, equity holders, partners and employees, from all liability, claims, damages or losses arising in the performance of their duties hereunder, and related expenses, including reasonable attorneys fees, to the extent such liability, claims, damages or losses and related expenses are not fully reimbursed by insurance. Any indemnification of the Advisor may be made only out of the net assets of the Company and not from Stockholders.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not indemnify the Advisors or its Affiliates for any loss, liability or expense arising from or out of an alleged violation of federal or state securities laws by such party unless one or more of the following conditions are met: (i) there has been a successful adjudication on the merits of each count involving alleged securities law violations as to the particular indemnitee; (ii) such claims have been dismissed with prejudice on the merits by a court of competent jurisdiction as to the particular indemnitee; or (iii) a court of competent jurisdiction approves a settlement of the claims against a particular indemnitee and finds that indemnification of the settlement and the related costs should be made, and the court considering the request for indemnification has been advised of the position of the SEC and of the published position of any state securities regulatory authority in which securities of the Company were offered or sold as to indemnification for violations of securities laws.
16.02 Limitation on Indemnification . Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company and the Operating Partnership shall not provide for indemnification of the Advisor or its Affiliates for any liability or loss suffered by any of them, nor shall any of them be held harmless for any loss or liability suffered by the Company, unless all of the following conditions are met:
(i) The Advisor or its Affiliates have determined, in good faith, that the course of conduct that caused the loss or liability was in the best interests of the Company and the Operating Partnership.
(ii) The Advisor or its Affiliates were acting on behalf of or performing services for the Company or the Operating Partnership.
(iii) Such liability or loss was not the result of negligence or misconduct by the Advisor or its Affiliates.
(iv) Such indemnification or agreement to hold harmless is recoverable only out of the Companys net assets and not from the Stockholders.
16.03 Limitation on Payment of Expenses . The Company shall pay or reimburse reasonable legal expenses and other costs incurred by the Advisors or its Affiliates in advance of the final disposition of a proceeding only if (in addition to the procedures required by the Maryland General Corporation Law, as amended from time to time) all of the following are satisfied: (a) the proceeding relates to acts or omissions with respect to the performance of duties or services on behalf of the Company or the Operating Partnership, (b) the legal proceeding was initiated by a third party who is not a Stockholder or, if by a Stockholder acting in his or her capacity as such, a court of competent jurisdiction approves such advancement and (c) the Advisor or its Affiliates undertake to repay the
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amount paid or reimbursed by the Company or the Operating Partnership, together with the applicable legal rate of interest thereon, if it is ultimately determined that the particular indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification.
16.04 Indemnification by Advisor . The Advisor shall indemnify and hold harmless the Company and the Operating Partnership from contract or other liability, claims, damages, taxes or losses and related expenses including attorneys fees, to the extent that such liability, claims, damages, taxes or losses and related expenses are not fully reimbursed by insurance and are incurred by reason of the Advisors bad faith, fraud, willful misconduct or gross negligence; provided , however , that the Advisor shall not be held responsible for any action of the Board in following or declining to follow any advice or recommendation given by the Advisor.
ARTICLE 17
NON-SOLICITATION
During the period commencing on the Effective Date and ending two years following the Termination Date, the Company shall not, without the Advisors prior written consent, directly or indirectly; (i) solicit or encourage any person to leave the employment or other service of the Advisor or its Affiliates; or (ii) hire, on behalf of the Company or any other person or entity, any person who has left the employment within the one year period following the termination of that persons employment with the Advisor or its Affiliates. During the period commencing on the date hereof through and ending two years following the Termination Date, the Company will not, whether for its own account or for the account of any other Person, intentionally interfere with the relationship of the Advisor or its Affiliates with, or endeavor to entice away from the Advisor or its Affiliates, any person who during the term of the Agreement is, or during the preceding two-year period, was a tenant, co-investor, co-developer, joint venturer or other customer of the Advisor or its Affiliates.
ARTICLE 18
MISCELLANEOUS
18.01 Notices . Any notice, report or other communication required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be in writing unless some other method of giving such notice, report or other communication is required by the Charter, the Bylaws or is accepted by the party to whom it is given, and shall be given by being delivered by hand or by overnight mail or other overnight delivery service to the addresses set forth herein:
To the Board, the Company or the Operating Partnership: |
Rodin Global Property Trust, Inc. 110 East 59 th Street New York, New York 10022 Attn: General Counsel |
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To the Advisor: |
Rodin Global Property Advisors, LLC 110 East 59 th Street New York, New York 10022 Attn: General Counsel |
Either party may at any time give notice in writing to the other party of a change in its address for the purposes of this Section 18.01 .
18.02 Modification . This Agreement shall not be changed, modified, terminated or discharged, in whole or in part, except by an instrument in writing signed by both parties hereto, or their respective successors or permitted assigns.
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18.03 Severability . The provisions of this Agreement are independent of and severable from each other, and no provision shall be affected or rendered invalid or unenforceable by virtue of the fact that for any reason any other or others of them may be invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part.
18.04 Construction . The provisions of this Agreement shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
18.05 Entire Agreement . This Agreement contains the entire agreement and understanding between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements, understandings, inducements and conditions, express or implied, oral or written, of any nature whatsoever with respect to the subject matter hereof. The express terms hereof control and supersede any course of performance and/or usage of the trade inconsistent with any of the terms hereof. This Agreement may not be modified or amended other than by an agreement in writing.
18.06 Waiver . Neither the failure nor any delay on the part of a party to exercise any right, remedy, power or privilege under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege preclude any other or further exercise of the same or of any other right, remedy, power or privilege, nor shall any waiver of any right, remedy, power or privilege with respect to any occurrence be construed as a waiver of such right, remedy, power or privilege with respect to any other occurrence. No waiver shall be effective unless it is in writing and is signed by the party asserted to have granted such waiver.
18.07 Interpretation . Words used herein regardless of the number and gender specifically used, shall be deemed and construed to include any other number, singular or plural, and any other gender, masculine, feminine or neuter, as the context requires.
18.08 Headings . The titles of Articles and Sections contained in this Agreement are for convenience only, and they neither form a part of this Agreement nor are they to be used in the construction or interpretation hereof.
18.09 Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original as against any party whose signature appears thereon, and all of which shall together constitute one and the same instrument. This Agreement shall become binding when one or more counterparts hereof, individually or taken together, shall bear the signatures of all of the parties reflected hereon as the signatories.
[Signature page follows.]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date and year first above written.
RODIN GLOBAL PROPERTY TRUST, INC. | ||
By: |
/s/ Kenneth Carpenter |
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Name: | Kenneth Carpenter | |
Title: | President | |
RODIN GLOBAL PROPERTY TRUST OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P. | ||
By: |
Rodin Global Property Trust, Inc., its General Partner |
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By: |
/s/ Kenneth Carpenter |
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Name: | Kenneth Carpenter | |
Title: | President | |
RODIN GLOBAL PROPERTY ADVISORS, LLC | ||
By: |
/s/ Kenneth Carpenter |
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Name: | Kenneth Carpenter | |
Title: | President |
Solely in connection with the obligations set forth in Section 13 : |
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CANTOR FITZGERALD INVESTORS, LLC | ||
By: |
/s/ Shawn Matthews |
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Name: | Shawn Matthews | |
Title: | Chief Executive Officer |
[Signature Page to Advisory Agreement]
Exhibit 10.3
LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT
OF
RODIN GLOBAL PROPERTY TRUST OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, LP
A DELAWARE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
March 23, 2017
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ARTICLE 1 DEFINED TERMS |
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ARTICLE 2 PARTNERSHIP FORMATION AND IDENTIFICATION |
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2.1 Formation |
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2.2 Name, Office and Registered Agent |
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2.3 Term and Dissolution |
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2.4 Filing of Certificate and Perfection of Limited Partnership |
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ARTICLE 3 BUSINESS OF THE PARTNERSHIP |
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ARTICLE 4 CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND ACCOUNTS |
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4.1 Capital Contributions |
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4.2 Additional Capital Contributions and Issuances of Additional Partnership Units. |
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4.3 Additional Funding |
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4.4 LTIP Units |
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4.5 Conversion of LTIP Units |
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4.6 Capital Accounts |
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4.7 No Interest on Contributions |
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4.8 Return of Capital Contributions |
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4.9 No Third Party Beneficiary |
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4.10 Redemption and Exchanges of REIT Shares |
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ARTICLE 5 PROFITS AND LOSSES; DISTRIBUTIONS |
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5.1 Allocation of Profit and Loss |
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5.2 Distribution of Cash |
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5.3 REIT Distribution Requirements |
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5.4 No Right to Distributions in Kind |
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5.5 Limitations on Return of Capital Contributions |
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5.6 Distributions Upon Liquidation |
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5.7 Substantial Economic Effect |
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ARTICLE 6 RIGHTS, OBLIGATIONS AND POWERS OF THE GENERAL PARTNER |
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6.1 Management of the Partnership |
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6.2 Delegation of Authority |
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6.3 Indemnification and Exculpation of Indemnitees |
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6.4 Liability of the General Partner |
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6.5 Reimbursement of General Partner |
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6.6 Outside Activities |
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6.7 Employment or Retention of Affiliates |
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6.8 General Partner Participation |
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6.9 Title to Partnership Assets |
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6.10 No Duplication of Fees or Expenses |
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ARTICLE 7 CHANGES IN GENERAL PARTNER |
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7.1 Transfer of the General Partners Units |
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7.2 Admission of a Substitute or Additional General Partner |
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7.3 Effect of Bankruptcy, Withdrawal, Death or Dissolution of a General Partner. |
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7.4 Removal of a General Partner |
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ARTICLE 8 RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE LIMITED PARTNERS |
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8.1 Management of the Partnership |
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8.2 Power of Attorney |
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8.3 Limitation on Liability of Limited Partners |
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8.4 Ownership by Limited Partner of Corporate General Partner or Affiliate |
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8.5 Limited Partner Right of Redemption |
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8.6 Redemption of Special Limited Partnership Units |
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ARTICLE 9 TRANSFERS OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP UNITS |
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9.1 Purchase for Investment |
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9.2 Restrictions on Transfer of Limited Partnership Units |
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9.3 Admission of Substitute Limited Partner |
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9.4 Rights of Assignees of Partnership Units |
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9.5 Effect of Bankruptcy, Death, Incompetence or Termination of a Limited Partner. |
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9.6 Joint Ownership of Units |
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ARTICLE 10 BOOKS AND RECORDS; ACCOUNTING; TAX MATTERS |
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10.1 Books and Records |
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10.2 Custody of Partnership Funds; Bank Accounts |
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10.3 Fiscal and Taxable Year |
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10.4 Annual Tax Information and Report |
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10.5 Tax Matters Partner; Tax Elections; Special Basis Adjustments |
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10.6 Reports to Limited Partners |
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ARTICLE 11 AMENDMENT OF AGREEMENT |
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ARTICLE 12 GENERAL PROVISIONS |
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12.1 Notices |
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12.2 Survival of Rights |
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12.3 Additional Documents |
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12.4 Severability |
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12.5 Entire Agreement |
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12.6 Pronouns and Plurals |
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12.7 Headings |
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12.8 Counterparts |
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12.9 Governing Law |
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EXHIBIT A CONTRIBUTIONS & INTERESTS |
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EXHIBIT B NOTICE OF EXERCISE OF REDEMPTION RIGHT |
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EXHIBIT C NOTICE OF ELECTION BY PARTNER TO CONVERT LTIP UNITS INTO LIMITED PARTNERSHIP UNITS |
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EXHIBIT D NOTICE OF ELECTION BY PARTNERSHIP TO FORCE CONVERSION OF LTIP UNITS INTO LIMITED PARTNERSHIP UNITS |
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LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT
OF
RODIN GLOBAL PROPERTY TRUST OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, LP
This Limited Partnership Agreement (this Agreement ) is entered into this 23rd day of March, 2017 between Rodin Global Property Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the General Partner ), and the Limited Partners set forth on Exhibit A attached hereto, as amended from time to time. Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined shall have the meanings given to such terms in Article 1.
AGREEMENT
WHEREAS, the General Partner intends to qualify as a real estate investment trust under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended;
WHEREAS, Rodin Global Property Trust Operating Partnership, LP (the Partnership ), was formed on February 10, 2016 as a limited partnership under the laws of the State of Delaware, pursuant to a Certificate of Limited Partnership filed with the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on February 11, 2016; and
WHEREAS, the General Partner desires to conduct its current and future business through the Partnership.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, of the mutual covenants between the parties hereto, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree that the Agreement is hereby entered into and adopted in its entirety as follows:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINED TERMS
The following defined terms used in this Agreement shall have the meanings specified below:
Act means the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act, as it may be amended from time to time.
Additional Funds has the meaning provided in Section 4.3 hereof.
Adjusted Capital Account means, with respect to any Partner, the Capital Account of such Partner as of the end of each Partnership Year (i) increased by any amounts which such Partner is obligated to restore pursuant to any provision of this Agreement or is deemed to be obligated to restore pursuant to Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(c) and the penultimate sentences of Regulations Sections 1.704-2(g)(1) and 1.704-2(g)(5) and (ii) decreased by the items described in Regulations Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(5) and 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii) (d)(6). The foregoing definition of Adjusted Capital Account is intended to comply with the provisions of Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d) and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.
Adjusted Capital Account Deficit means, with respect to any Partner, the deficit balance, if any, in such Partners Adjusted Capital Account as of the end of the relevant Partnership Year.
Adjustment Event has the meaning provided in Section 4.4(b) hereof.
Administrative Expenses means (i) all administrative and operating costs and expenses incurred by the Partnership, (ii) those administrative costs and expenses of the General Partner, including any salaries or other payments to directors, officers or employees of the General Partner, and any accounting and legal expenses of the General Partner, which expenses, the Partners have agreed, are expenses of the Partnership and not the General Partner, and (iii) to the extent not included in clause (ii) above, REIT Expenses; provided, however, that Administrative Expenses shall not include any administrative costs and expenses incurred by the General Partner that are attributable to Properties or partnership interests in a Subsidiary Partnership that are owned by the General Partner directly.
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Advisor or Advisors means the Person or Persons, if any, appointed, employed or contracted with by the Partnership and responsible for directing or performing the day-to-day business affairs of the Partnership, including any Person to whom such Advisor subcontracts substantially all of such functions.
Advisory Agreement means the agreement between the General Partner, the Advisor and the other parties named therein pursuant to which the Advisor will direct or perform the day-to-day business affairs of the General Partner.
Affiliate or Affiliated means, with respect to any Person, (i) any Person directly or indirectly owning, controlling or holding, with the power to vote, ten percent or more of the outstanding voting securities of such other Person; (ii) any Person ten percent or more of whose outstanding voting securities are directly or indirectly owned, controlled or held, with the power to vote, by such other Person; (iii) any Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with such other Person; (iv) any executive officer, director, trustee or general partner of such other Person; and (v) any legal entity for which such Person acts as an executive officer, director, trustee or general partner. An entity shall not be deemed to control or be under common control with a program sponsored by the Sponsor unless (A) the entity owns ten percent or more of the voting equity interests of such program or (B) a majority of the board of directors of the General Partner (or equivalent governing body) of such program is composed of Affiliates of the entity.
Aggregate Share Ownership Limit has the meaning provided in the Articles of Incorporation.
Agreed Value means (i) in the case of any Contributed Property, the fair market value of such property as of the time of its contribution to the Partnership, reduced by any liabilities either assumed by the Partnership upon such contribution or to which such property is subject when contributed; and (ii) in the case of any property distributed to a Partner by the Partnership, the Partnerships Carrying Value of such property at the time such property is distributed, reduced by any indebtedness either assumed by such Partner upon such distribution or to which such property is subject at the time of distribution as determined under Section 752 of the Code and the Regulations thereunder.
Agreement means this Limited Partnership Agreement, as amended, modified supplemented or restated from time to time, as the context requires.
Applicable Percentage has the meaning provided in Section 8.5(b) hereof.
Articles of Incorporation means the Articles of Incorporation of the General Partner, as amended or restated from time to time, filed with the Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation.
Capital Account has the meaning provided in Section 4.6 hereof.
Capital Account Limitation has the meaning provided in Section 4.5(b) hereof.
Capital Contribution means, with respect to any Partner, the amount of money and the Agreed Value of Contributed Property which such Partner contributes or is deemed to contribute to the Partnership pursuant to Section 4.1 or 4.2 hereof. Any reference to the Capital Contribution of a Partner shall include the Capital Contribution made by a predecessor holder of the Partnership Unit of such Partner.
Carrying Value means, with respect to any asset, the assets adjusted basis for federal income tax purposes, except as follows:
(i) The initial Carrying Value of any asset contributed to the Partnership shall be the gross fair market value of such asset, as agreed by the Contributing Partner and the General Partner.
(ii) The Carrying Values of all Partnership assets shall be adjusted to equal their respective gross fair market values, as determined by the General Partner using such reasonable method of valuation as it may adopt immediately prior to the following events:
(a) the acquisition of an additional interest in the Partnership by any new or existing Partner in exchange for more than a de minimis Capital Contribution or the provision of services to or for the benefit of the Partnership, if the General Partner reasonably determines that such adjustment is necessary or appropriate to reflect the relative economic interests of the Partners in the Partnership;
(b) the distribution by the Partnership to a Partner of more than a de minimis amount of property as consideration for an interest in the Partnership, if the General Partner reasonably determines that such adjustment is necessary or appropriate to reflect the relative economic interests of the Partners in the Partnership;
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(c) the liquidation of the Partnership within the meaning of Regulations Section 1.704- 1(b)(2)(ii)(g);
(d) the grant of an interest in the Partnership (other than a de minimis interest) as consideration for the provision of services to or for the benefit of the Partnership by an existing Partner acting in a partner capacity, or by a new Partner acting in a partner capacity or in anticipation of becoming a Partner of the Partnership, if the General Partner reasonably determines that such adjustment is necessary or appropriate to reflect the relative economic interests of the Partners in the Partnership; and
(e) at such other times as the General Partner shall reasonably deem necessary or advisable if permitted by, or required to comply with, Regulations Sections 1.704-1(b) and 1.704-2.
(iii) The Carrying Value of a Partnership asset distributed to a Partner shall be the gross fair market value of such asset on the date of distribution, as agreed by the distributee and the General Partner.
(iv) The Carrying Values of Partnership assets shall be adjusted to reflect any adjustments to the adjusted basis of such assets pursuant to Code Section 734(b) or 743(b), but only to the extent that such adjustments are taken into account in determining Capital Accounts pursuant to Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m); provided, however, that Carrying Values shall not be adjusted pursuant to this clause (iv) to the extent that the General Partner reasonably determines that an adjustment pursuant to clause (ii) above is necessary or appropriate in connection with a transaction that would otherwise result in an adjustment pursuant to this clause (iv).
(v) If the Carrying Values of a Partnership asset has been determined or adjusted pursuant to clause (i), (ii), or (iv) above, such Carrying Values shall thereafter be adjusted by Depreciation.
Cash Amount means an amount of cash equal to the lesser of (i) the Value of the REIT Shares Amount on the date of receipt by the General Partner of a Notice of Redemption or (ii) the applicable Redemption Price determined by the General Partner.
Certificate means any instrument or document that is required under the laws of the State of Delaware, or any other jurisdiction in which the Partnership conducts business, to be signed and sworn to by the Partners of the Partnership (either by themselves or pursuant to the power-of-attorney granted to the General Partner in Section 8.2 hereof) and filed for recording in the appropriate public offices within the State of Delaware or such other jurisdiction to perfect or maintain the Partnership as a limited partnership, to effect the admission, withdrawal, or substitution of any Partner of the Partnership, or to protect the limited liability of the Limited Partners as limited partners under the laws of the State of Delaware or such other jurisdiction.
Class means a class of REIT Shares or Partnership Units, as the context may require.
Class A REIT Shares means the REIT Shares classified as Class A shares in the Articles of Incorporation.
Class A Unit means a Common Unit entitling the holder thereof to the rights of a holder of a Class A Unit as provided in this Agreement.
Class I REIT Shares means the REIT Shares classified as Class I shares in the Articles of Incorporation.
Class I Unit means a Common Unit entitling the holder thereof to the rights of a holder of a Class I Unit as provided in this Agreement.
Class T REIT Shares means the REIT Shares classified as Class T shares in the Articles of Incorporation.
Class T Unit means a Common Unit entitling the holder thereof to the rights of a holder of a Class T Unit as provided in this Agreement.
Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, or any successor statute thereto. Reference to any particular provision of the Code shall mean such provision as in effect from time to time, as the same may be amended, and any successor provision thereto, as interpreted by any applicable regulations as in effect from time to time.
Commission means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Common Share Ownership Limit has the meaning provided in the Articles of Incorporation.
Common Unit means a fractional, undivided share of the Partnership Interests of all Partners issued pursuant to Article 4 hereof, including Class A Units, Class I Units and Class T Units, but does not include, unless otherwise provided herein for specific purposes, any Preferred Unit, Special Limited Partnership Unit, or any other Partnership Unit specified in a Partnership Unit
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Designation as being other than a Common Unit; provided, however, that the General Partner Interest and the Limited Partner Interests shall have the differences in rights and privileges as specified in this Agreement.
Constituent Person has the meaning provided in Section 4.5 hereof.
Contributed Property means each property or other asset contributed to the Partnership, in such form as may be permitted by the Act, but excluding cash contributed or deemed contributed to the Partnership.
Conversion Date has the meaning provided in Section 4.5(c) hereof.
Conversion Factor means 1.0, provided that in the event that the General Partner (i) declares or pays a dividend on its outstanding REIT Shares wholly or partly in REIT Shares or makes a distribution to all holders of its outstanding REIT Shares wholly or partly in REIT Shares, (ii) subdivides its outstanding REIT Shares, or (iii) combines its outstanding REIT Shares into a smaller number of REIT Shares, the Conversion Factor shall be adjusted by multiplying the Conversion Factor by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of REIT Shares issued and outstanding on the record date for such dividend, distribution, subdivision or combination (assuming for such purposes that such dividend, distribution, subdivision or combination has occurred as of such time), and the denominator of which shall be the actual number of REIT Shares (determined without the above assumption) issued and outstanding on such date and, provided further, that in the event that an entity other than an Affiliate of the General Partner shall become General Partner pursuant to any merger, consolidation or combination of the General Partner with or into another entity (the Successor Entity ), the Conversion Factor shall be adjusted by multiplying the Conversion Factor by the number of shares of the Successor Entity into which one REIT Share is converted pursuant to such merger, consolidation or combination, determined as of the date of such merger, consolidation or combination. Any adjustment to the Conversion Factor shall become effective immediately after the effective date of such event retroactive to the record date, if any, for such event; provided, however, that if the General Partner receives a Notice of Redemption after the record date, but prior to the effective date of such dividend, distribution, subdivision or combination, the Conversion Factor shall be determined as if the General Partner had received the Notice of Redemption immediately prior to the record date for such dividend, distribution, subdivision or combination.
Conversion Notice means the Notice of Election by Partner to Convert LTIP Units into Limited Partnership Units substantially in the form attached as Exhibit C hereto.
Conversion Right has the meaning provided in Section 4.5(a) hereof.
Defaulting Limited Partner has the meaning provided in Section 5.2(c) hereof.
Depreciation means, for each fiscal year, an amount equal to the federal income tax depreciation, amortization, or other cost recovery deduction allowable with respect to an asset for such year, except that if the Carrying Value of an asset differs from its adjusted basis for federal income tax purposes at the beginning of such year or other period, Depreciation shall be an amount which bears the same ratio to such beginning Carrying Value as the federal income tax depreciation, amortization, or other cost recovery deduction for such year bears to such beginning adjusted tax basis; provided, however, that if the federal income tax depreciation, amortization, or other cost recovery deduction for such year is zero, Depreciation shall be determined with reference to such beginning Carrying Value using any reasonable method selected by the General Partner.
Director means a member of the board of directors of the General Partner.
Distribution Fees shall have the meaning provided in the Companys Prospectus.
Economic Capital Account Balance has the meaning provided in Section 5.1(e) hereof.
Event of Bankruptcy as to any Person, means the filing of a petition for relief as to such Person as debtor or bankrupt under the Bankruptcy Code of 1978 or similar provision of law of any jurisdiction (except if such petition is contested by such Person and has been dismissed within 90 days); insolvency or bankruptcy of such Person as finally determined by a court proceeding; filing by such Person of a petition or application to accomplish the same or for the appointment of a receiver or a trustee for such Person or a substantial part of its assets; commencement of any proceedings relating to such Person as a debtor under any other reorganization, arrangement, insolvency, adjustment of debt or liquidation law of any jurisdiction, whether now in existence or hereinafter in effect, either by such Person or by another, provided that if such proceeding is commenced by another, such Person indicates its approval of such proceeding, consents thereto or acquiesces therein, or such proceeding is contested by such Person and has not been finally dismissed within 90 days.
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Excepted Holder Limit has the meaning provided in the Articles of Incorporation.
Exchanged REIT Shares has the meaning provided in Section 4.10(b) hereof.
Forced Conversion has the meaning provided in Section 4.5(d) hereof.
Forced Conversion Notice means the Notice of Election by Partnership to Force Conversion of LTIP Units Into Limited Partnership Units substantially in the form attached as Exhibit D hereto.
General Partner means Rodin Global Property Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation, and any Person who becomes a substitute or additional General Partner as provided herein, and any of their successors as General Partner.
General Partner Loan has the meaning provided in Section 5.2(c) hereof.
General Partner Interest means the entire Partnership Interest held by a General Partner hereof, which Partnership Interest may be expressed as a number of Common Units, Preferred Units or any other Partnership Units.
Indemnitee means (i) any Person made a party to a proceeding by reason of its status as the General Partner or a director, officer or employee of the General Partner or the Partnership, and (ii) such other Persons (including Affiliates of the General Partner or the Partnership) as the General Partner may designate from time to time, in its sole and absolute discretion.
Independent Directors means a Director who is not on the date of determination, and within the last two years from the date of determination has not been, directly or indirectly associated and has not been associated with the Sponsor of the General Partner or the Advisor by virtue of (i) ownership of an interest in the Sponsor, the Advisor or any of their Affiliates, other than the General Partner, (ii) employment by the Sponsor, the Advisor or any of their Affiliates, (iii) service as an officer or director of the Sponsor, the Advisor or any of their Affiliates, (iv) performance of services, other than as a Director, for the General Partner, (v) service as a director or trustee of more than REITs organized by the Sponsor or advised by the Advisor, or (vi) maintenance of a material business or professional relationship with the Sponsor, the Advisor or any of their Affiliates. A business or professional relationship is considered material if the aggregate gross income derived by the Director from the Sponsor, the Advisor and their Affiliates exceeds five percent of either the Directors annual gross income during either of the last two years or the Directors net worth on a fair market value basis. An indirect association with the Sponsor of the General Partner or the Advisor shall include circumstances in which a Directors spouse, parent, child, sibling, mother- or father-in-law, son- or daughter-in-law or brother- or sister-in-law is or has been associated with the Sponsor, the Advisor, any of their Affiliates or the General Partner.
Investments means all investments by the Partnership in Properties, Loans and all other investments (other than short-term investments acquired for purposes of cash management) in which the Partnership may acquire an interest, either directly or indirectly, including through ownership interests in a Joint Venture, pursuant to the Articles of Incorporation, the bylaws of the General Partner or the investment objectives and policies adopted by the board of directors of the General Partner from time to time.
Joint Venture means those joint venture, limited liability company, partnership or other entity arrangements in which the Partnership is a co-venturer or general partner established to acquire or hold one or more Investments.
Junior Share means a share of capital stock of the General Partner now or hereafter authorized or reclassified that has dividend rights, or rights upon liquidation, winding up and dissolution, that are inferior or junior to the REIT Shares.
Limited Partner means any Person named as a Limited Partner on Exhibit A attached hereto (including, as applicable, the General Partner), as such exhibit may be amended and restated from time to time, and any Person who becomes a Substitute Limited Partner, in such Persons capacity as a Limited Partner in the Partnership.
Limited Partner Interest means a Partnership Interest of a Limited Partner in the Partnership representing a fractional part of the Partnership Interests of all Limited Partners and includes any and all benefits to which the holder of such a Partnership Interest may be entitled as provided in this Agreement, together with all obligations of such Person to comply with the terms and provisions of this Agreement. A Limited Partner Interest may be expressed as a number of Common Units, Preferred Units or other Partnership Units.
Limited Partnership Unit means a Limited Partnership Interest designated as a Common Unit.
Liquidating Capital Gains has the meaning provided in Section 5.1(e) hereof.
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Listing means the listing of the REIT Shares on a national securities exchange. Upon such Listing, the REIT Shares shall be deemed Listed .
Loans means mortgage loans and other types of debt financing investments made by the Partnership, either directly or indirectly, including through ownership interests in a Joint Venture, including, without limitation, mezzanine loans, B-notes, bridge loans, convertible debt, wraparound mortgage loans, construction mortgage loans, loans on leasehold interests, and participations in such loans.
LTIP Unit means a Limited Partnership Interest which is designated as an LTIP Unit and which has the rights, preferences and other privileges designated in Section 4.4 hereof and elsewhere in this Agreement in respect of holders of LTIP Units. The allocation of LTIP Units among the Partners shall be set forth on Exhibit A , as may be amended from time to time.
LTIP Holder means a Partner that holds LTIP Units.
New Securities means (i) any rights, options, warrants, or convertible or exchangeable securities having the right to subscribe for or purchase REIT Shares or Preferred Shares, excluding Preferred Shares and Junior Shares or (ii) any debt issued by the General Partner that provides any of the rights described in (i).
Nonrecourse Deductions has the meaning provided in Regulations Section 1.704-2(b)(1), and the amount of Nonrecourse Deductions for a Partnership Year shall be determined in accordance with the rules of Regulations Section 1.704-2(c).
Nonrecourse Liability has the meaning provided in Regulations Section 1.704-2(b)(3).
Notice has the meaning provided in Section 10.5(d) hereof.
Notice of Redemption means the Notice of Exercise of Redemption Right substantially in the form attached as Exhibit B hereto.
Offering means any offering and sale of REIT Shares registered for sale to the public in accordance with applicable federal and state securities laws.
Partner means any General Partner or Limited Partner.
Partner Minimum Gain means an amount, with respect to each Partner Nonrecourse Debt, equal to the Partnership Minimum Gain that would result if such Partner Nonrecourse Debt were treated as a Nonrecourse Liability, determined in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(3).
Partner Nonrecourse Debt has the meaning provided in Regulations Section 1.704-2(b)(4).
Partner Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain means an amount, with respect to each Partner Nonrecourse Debt, equal to the Partnership Minimum Gain that would result if such Partner Nonrecourse Debt were treated as a Nonrecourse Liability, determined in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(3).
Partner Nonrecourse Deductions has the meaning provided in Regulations Sections 1.704-2(i)(1) and 1.704-2(i)(2), and the amount of Partner Nonrecourse Deductions with respect to a Partner Nonrecourse Debt for a Partnership Year shall be determined in accordance with Regulations Sections 1.704-2(i)(2).
Partnership means Rodin Global Property Trust Operating Partnership, LP, a Delaware limited partnership.
Partnership Interest means an ownership interest in the Partnership held by either a Limited Partner or a General Partner and includes any and all benefits to which the holder of such a Partnership Interest may be entitled as provided in this Agreement, together with all obligations of such Person to comply with the terms and provisions of this Agreement. There may be one or more classes or series of Partnership Interests. A Partnership Interest may be expressed as a number of Common Units, Preferred Units or other Partnership Units.
Partnership Loan has the meaning provided in Section 5.2(c) hereof.
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Partnership Minimum Gain has the meaning provided in Regulations Sections 1.704-2(b)(2) and 1.704-2(d), and the amount of Partnership Minimum Gain, as well as any net increase or decrease in Partnership Minimum Gain, for a Partnership Year shall be determined in accordance with the rules of Regulations Section 1.704-2(d).
Partnership Record Date means the record date established by the General Partner for the distribution of cash pursuant to Section 5.2 hereof, which record date generally shall be the same as the record date established by the General Partner for a distribution to its stockholders of some or all of its portion of the distribution.
Partnership Unit means a Common Unit, a Preferred Unit, a Special Limited Partnership Unit, an LTIP Unit or any other unit of a fractional, undivided share of the Partnership Interests that the General Partner has authorized pursuant to Article 4 hereof, including Class A Units, Class I Units and Class T Units; provided, however, that Partnership Units comprising a General Partner Interest or a Limited Partner Interest shall have the differences in rights and privileges as specified in this Agreement.
Partnership Unit Economic Balance has the meaning provided in Section 5.1(e) hereof.
Partnership Year means the fiscal year of the Partnership, which shall be the calendar year.
Percentage Interest means the percentage determined by dividing the number of Common Units of a Partner by the sum of the Common Units of all Partners.
Person
means any individual, corporation, partnership, 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 entity and also includes a group as that term is used for purposes of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act and a group to which an Excepted Holder Limit applies.
Preferred Shares means a share of capital stock of the General Partner now or hereafter authorized or reclassified that has dividend rights, or rights upon liquidation, winding up and dissolution, that are superior or prior to REIT Shares.
Preferred Unit means a fractional, undivided share of the Partnership Interests that has distribution rights, or rights upon liquidation, winding up and dissolution, that are superior or prior to the Common Units that the General Partner has authorized pursuant to Section 4.2 hereof.
Profit and Loss means, for each Partnership Year or other applicable period, an amount equal to the Partnerships taxable income or loss for such Partnership Year, determined in accordance with Code Section 703(a) (for this purpose, all items of income, gain, loss, or deduction required to be stated separately pursuant to Code Section 703(a)(1) shall be included in taxable income or loss), with the following adjustments:
(i) Any income of the Partnership that is exempt from federal income tax and not otherwise taken into account in computing Profit and Loss pursuant to this definition of Profit and Loss shall be added to such taxable income or loss;
(ii) Any expenditures of the Partnership described in Code Section 705(a)(2)(B) or treated as Code Section 705(a)(2)(B) expenditures pursuant to Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(i) and not otherwise taken into account in computing Profit or Loss pursuant to this definition of Profit and Loss shall be subtracted from such taxable income or loss;
(iii) In the event the Carrying Value of any Partnership asset is adjusted pursuant to subparagraphs (ii) or (iii) of the definition of Carrying Value, the amount of such adjustment shall be taken into account as gain or loss from the disposition of such asset for purposes of computing Profit and Loss;
(iv) Gain or loss resulting from any disposition of Partnership Property with respect to which gain or loss is recognized for federal income tax purposes shall be computed by reference to the Carrying Value of the property disposed of, notwithstanding that the adjusted tax basis of such property differs from its Carrying Value;
(v) In lieu of the depreciation, amortization, and other cost recovery deductions taken into account in computing such taxable income or loss, there shall be taken into account Depreciation for such Partnership Year or other period;
(vi) To the extent an adjustment to the
adjusted tax basis of any Partnership asset pursuant to Code Section 734(b) or
Section 743(b) is required pursuant to Regulations Section
1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)
to be taken into account in determining
Capital Accounts as a result of a distribution other than in liquidation of a Partners interest in the Partnership, the amount of such adjustment shall be treated as an item of gain (if the adjustment increases the basis of the asset) or loss
(if the adjustment decreases the basis of the asset) from the disposition of the asset and shall be taken into account for purposes of computing Profit or Loss; and
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(vii) Notwithstanding any other provision of this definition of Profit and Loss , any items that are specially allocated pursuant to Section 5.1(c), 5.1(d), or 5.1(e) hereof shall not be taken into account in computing Profits or Losses. The amounts of the items of Partnership income, gain, loss, or deduction available to be specially allocated pursuant to Sections 5.1(c) and 5.1(d) hereof shall be determined by applying rules analogous to those set forth in subparagraphs (i) through (vi) above.
Property or Properties means, as the context requires, any or all Real Property or properties acquired by the Partnership, either directly or indirectly, through Joint Venture arrangements or other partnership or investment interests.
Prospectus means the most recent prospectus relating to an Offering as such prospectus may be amended or supplemented from time to time.
Qualifying Party means (a) a Person who is admitted to the Partnership pursuant to Section 4.2 or Section 4.4 and who is shown as such on the books and records of the Partnership, (b) a transferee in a permitted Transfer or (c) a Substitute Limited Partner succeeding to all or part of the Limited Partnership Unit of a Person that meets one of the foregoing criteria in (a) or (b).
Real Property means land, rights in land (including leasehold interests) and any buildings, structures improvements, furnishings fixtures and equipment located on or used in connection with land and rights in interests in land.
Recapture Income means any gain recognized by the Partnership (computed without regard to any adjustment required by Section 743 of the Code) upon the disposition of any property or asset of the Partnership, which gain is characterized as ordinary income because it represents the recapture of deductions previously taken with respect to such property or asset.
Received REIT Shares has the meaning provided in Section 4.10(b) hereof.
Redemption has the meaning provided in Section 8.5(a) hereof.
Redemption Price means the Value of the REIT Shares Amount on the date of receipt by the General Partner of a Notice of Redemption multiplied by any discount determined by the General Partner, including but not limited to, any discount based upon the combined number of years that the applicable Partner has held the Partnership Units offered for redemption.
Redemption Right has the meaning provided in Section 8.5(a) hereof.
Regulations means the Federal income tax regulations promulgated under the Code, as amended and as hereafter amended from time to time. Reference to any particular provision of the Regulations shall mean that provision of the Regulations on the date hereof and any successor provision of the Regulations.
REIT means a real estate investment trust under Sections 856 through 860 of the Code.
REIT Expenses means (i) costs and expenses relating to the formation and continuity of existence and operation of the General Partner and any Subsidiaries thereof (which Subsidiaries shall, for purposes hereof, be included within the definition of General Partner), including taxes, fees and assessments associated therewith, any and all costs, expenses or fees payable to any director, officer, or employee of the General Partner, (ii) costs and expenses relating to any public offering and registration of securities by the General Partner and all statements, reports, fees and expenses incidental thereto, including, without limitation, underwriting discounts and selling commissions applicable to any such offering of securities, and any costs and expenses associated with any claims made by any holders of such securities or any underwriters or placement agents thereof, (iii) costs and expenses associated with any repurchase of any securities by the General Partner, (iv) costs and expenses associated with the preparation and filing of any periodic or other reports and communications by the General Partner under federal, state or local laws or regulations, including filings with the Commission, (v) costs and expenses associated with compliance by the General Partner with laws, rules and regulations promulgated by any regulatory body, including the Commission and any securities exchange, (vi) costs and expenses associated with any 401(k) plan, incentive plan, bonus plan or other plan providing for compensation for the employees of the General Partner, (vii) costs and expenses incurred by the General Partner relating to any issuing or redemption of Partnership Units, and (viii) all other operating or administrative costs of the General Partner incurred in the ordinary course of its business on behalf of or in connection with the Partnership.
REIT Share means a common share of beneficial ownership in the General Partner (or successor entity, as the case may be), including Class A REIT Shares, Class I REIT Shares and Class T REIT Shares.
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REIT Shares Amount means, with respect to Tendered Units of a Class, a number of REIT Shares of the corresponding REIT Share Class equal to the product of the number of Partnership Units of such Class offered for exchange by a Tendering Party, multiplied by the Conversion Factor as adjusted to and including the Specified Redemption Date; provided that in the event the General Partner issues to all holders of REIT Shares rights, options, warrants or convertible or exchangeable securities entitling the stockholders to subscribe for or purchase REIT Shares, or any other securities or property (collectively, the rights), and the rights have not expired at the Specified Redemption Date, then the REIT Shares Amount shall also include the rights issuable to a holder of the REIT Shares.
REIT Transaction has the meaning provided in Section 7.1(b) hereof.
Related Party means, with respect to any Person, any other Person whose ownership of shares of the General Partners capital stock would be attributed to the first such Person under Code Section 544 (as modified by Code Section 856(h)(1)(B)).
Restriction Notice has the meaning provided in Section 8.5(e) hereof.
Sale or Sales means (i) any transaction or series of transactions whereby: (A) the Partnership, directly or indirectly (except as described in other subsections of this definition), sells, grants, transfers, conveys or relinquishes its ownership of any Investment or portion thereof, including the lease of any Property consisting of a building only, and including any event with respect to any Investment that gives rise to a significant amount of insurance proceeds or condemnation awards, and including the issuance by one of the Companys subsidiaries of any asset backed securities or collateralized debt obligations as part of a securitization transaction; (B) the Partnership, directly or indirectly (except as described in other subsections of this definition), sells, grants, transfers, conveys or relinquishes its ownership of all or substantially all of the interest of the Partnership in any Joint Venture in which it is a co-venturer or partner; (C) any Joint Venture in which the Partnership is a co-venturer or partner directly or indirectly (except as described in in other subsections of this definition), sells, grants, transfers, conveys or relinquishes its ownership of any Investment or portion thereof, including any event with respect to any Investment that gives rise to insurance proceeds or condemnation awards, and including the issuance by such a Joint Venture or one of its subsidiaries of any asset backed securities or collateralized debt obligations as part of a securitization transaction; (D) the Partnership directly or indirectly (except as described in other subsections of this definition) sells, grants, conveys or relinquishes its interest in any Investment or portion thereof, including any payments thereunder or in satisfaction thereof (other than regularly scheduled interest payments) or any amounts owed pursuant to such Investment, and including any event with respect to any Investment which gives rise to a significant amount of insurance proceeds or similar awards; or (E) the Partnership directly or indirectly (except as described in other subsections of this definition) sells, grants, transfers, conveys or relinquishes its ownership of any other Investments or Properties not previously described in this definition or any portion thereof, but (ii) not including any transaction or series of transactions specified in clause (i) (A) through (E) above in which the proceeds of such transaction or series of transactions are reinvested by the Partnership in one or more Assets within 180 days thereafter.
Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time, or any successor statute thereto. Reference to any provision of the Securities Act shall mean such provision as in effect from time to time, as the same may be amended, and any successor provision thereto, as interpreted by any applicable regulations as in effect from time to time.
Special Limited Partner means the holder of Special Limited Partnership Units.
Special Limited Partnership Unit means Partnership Units designated as Special Limited Partnership Units issued pursuant to Section 4.2(d) with the rights and obligations provided under this Agreement.
Specified Redemption Date means the first business day of the month that is at least sixty (60) business days after the receipt by the General Partner of a Notice of Redemption.
Sponsor means any Person which (i) is directly or indirectly instrumental in organizing, wholly or in part, the General Partner, (ii) will control, manage or participate in the management of the General Partner, (iii) takes the initiative, directly or indirectly, in founding or organizing the General Partner, either alone or in conjunction with one or more other Persons, (iv) receives a material participation in the General Partner in connection with the founding or organizing of the business of the General Partner, in consideration of services or property, or both services and property, (v) has a substantial number of relationships and contacts with the General Partner, (vi) possesses significant rights to control Properties, (vii) receives fees for providing services to the General Partner which are paid on a basis that is not customary in the industry or (vii) provides goods or services to the General Partner on a basis which was not negotiated at arms-length with the General Partner. Sponsor does not include any Person whose only relationship with the General Partner is that of an independent property manager and whose only compensation is as such, or wholly independent third parties such as attorneys, accountants and underwriters whose only compensation is for professional services.
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Subsequent Liquidity Event has the meaning provided in Section 8.6(b) hereof.
Subsidiary means, with respect to any Person, any corporation or other entity of which a majority of (i) the voting power of the voting equity securities or (ii) the outstanding equity interests is owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person.
Subsidiary Partnership means any partnership of which the partnership interests therein are owned by the General Partner or a direct or indirect subsidiary of the General Partner.
Substitute Limited Partner means any Person admitted to the Partnership as a Limited Partner pursuant to Section 9.3 hereof.
Tax Matters Partner has the meaning provided in Section 10.5(a) hereof.
Tendered Units has the meaning provided in Section 8.5(a) hereof.
Tendering Party has the meaning provided in Section 8.5(a) hereof.
Termination Event means the termination or nonrenewal of the Advisory Agreement (i) in connection with a merger, sale of assets or transaction involving the General Partner pursuant to which a majority of the Directors then in office are replaced or removed, (ii) by the Advisor for good reason (as defined in the Advisory Agreement) or (iii) by the General Partner other than for cause (as defined in the Advisory Agreement).
Transaction has the meaning provided in Section 4.5(g) hereof.
Transfer has the meaning provided in Section 9.2(a) hereof.
Unvested LTIP Units has the meaning provided in Section 4.4(d) hereof.
Value means for each Class of REIT Shares, the fair market value per share of that Class of REIT Shares, as determined by the General Partner in good faith taking into account (i) if REIT Shares of that Class are Listed, the average closing price per share for the previous thirty (30) business days, (ii) if REIT Shares of that Class are not Listed, the most recently published net asset value per share or share equivalent of REIT Shares of that Class, and (iii) if REIT Shares of that Class are not Listed or if no net asset value has been published for REIT Shares of that Class, such price per REIT Share of that Class as the management of the General Partner determines in good faith.
Vested LTIP Units has the meaning provided in Section 4.4(d) hereof.
Vesting Agreement means each or any, as the context implies, Long Term Incentive Plan (LTIP) Vesting Agreement entered into by a LTIP Holder upon acceptance of an award of LTIP Units.
ARTICLE 2
PARTNERSHIP FORMATION AND IDENTIFICATION
2.1 Formation.
The Partnership was formed as a limited partnership pursuant to the Act, and all other pertinent laws of the State of Delaware, for the purposes and upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.
2.2 Name, Office and Registered Agent.
The name of the Partnership is Rodin Global Property Trust Operating Partnership, LP. The specified office and place of business of the Partnership shall be 110 East 59 th Street, New York, NY 10022. The General Partner may at any time change the location of such office, provided the General Partner gives notice to the Partners of any such change. The name and address of the Partnerships registered agent is 2711 Centerville Rd, Suite 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. The sole duty of the registered agent as such is to forward to the Partnership any notice that is served on it as registered agent.
2.3 Term and Dissolution.
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(a) The term of the Partnership shall continue in full force and effect until dissolved upon the first to occur of any of the following events:
(i) the occurrence of an Event of Bankruptcy as to a General Partner or the dissolution, death, removal or withdrawal of a General Partner unless the business of the Partnership is continued pursuant to Section 7.3(b) hereof; provided that if a General Partner is on the date of such occurrence a partnership, the dissolution of such General Partner as a result of the dissolution, death, withdrawal, removal or Event of Bankruptcy of a partner in such partnership shall not be an event of dissolution of the Partnership if the business of such General Partner is continued by the remaining partner or partners, either alone or with additional partners, and such General Partner and such partners comply with any other applicable requirements of this Agreement;
(ii) the passage of ninety (90) days after the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Partnership (provided that if the Partnership receives an installment obligation as consideration for such sale or other disposition, the Partnership shall continue, unless sooner dissolved under the provisions of this Agreement, until such time as such note or notes are paid in full); or
(iii) the election by the General Partner that the Partnership should be dissolved.
(b) Upon dissolution of the Partnership (unless the business of the Partnership is continued pursuant to Section 7.3(b) hereof), the General Partner (or its trustee, receiver, successor or legal representative) shall amend or cancel any Certificate(s) and liquidate the Partnerships assets and apply and distribute the proceeds thereof in accordance with Section 5.6 hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the liquidating General Partner may either (i) defer liquidation of, or withhold from distribution for a reasonable time, any assets of the Partnership (including those necessary to satisfy the Partnerships debts and obligations), or (ii) distribute the assets to the Partners in kind.
2.4 Filing of Certificate and Perfection of Limited Partnership.
The General Partner shall execute, acknowledge, record and file at the expense of the Partnership, any and all amendments to the Certificate(s) and all requisite fictitious name statements and notices in such places and jurisdictions as may be necessary to cause the Partnership to be treated as a limited partnership under, and otherwise to comply with, the laws of each state or other jurisdiction in which the Partnership conducts business.
ARTICLE 3
BUSINESS OF THE PARTNERSHIP
The purpose and nature of the business to be conducted by the Partnership is (i) to conduct any business that may be lawfully conducted by a limited partnership organized pursuant to the Act, provided, however, that such business shall be limited to and conducted in such a manner as to permit the General Partner at all times to qualify as a REIT, unless the General Partner otherwise ceases to qualify as a REIT, and in a manner such that the General Partner will not be subject to any taxes under Section 857 (except with regards to capital gains that the Partnership retains) or 4981 of the Code, or taxation as a corporation as a result of being classified as a publicly traded partnership pursuant to Section 7704 of the Code, (ii) to enter into any partnership, joint venture or other similar arrangement to engage in any of the foregoing or the ownership of interests in any entity engaged in any of the foregoing and (iii) to do anything necessary or incidental to the foregoing. In connection with the foregoing, and without limiting the General Partners right in its sole and absolute discretion to qualify or cease qualifying as a REIT, the Partners acknowledge that the General Partner intends to qualify as a REIT for federal income tax purposes and that such qualification and the avoidance of income and excise taxes on the General Partner inures to the benefit of all the Partners and not solely to the General Partner. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Limited Partners agree that the General Partner may terminate its status as a REIT under the Code at any time to the full extent permitted under the Articles of Incorporation. The General Partner on behalf of the Partnership shall also be empowered to do any and all acts and things necessary or prudent to ensure that the Partnership will not be classified as a publicly traded partnership that is taxable as a corporation under Section 7704 of the Code.
ARTICLE 4
CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND ACCOUNTS
4.1 Capital Contributions.
The Partners have heretofore made Capital Contributions to the Partnership. In addition, the Special Limited Partner made a Capital Contribution to the Partnership in exchange for Special Limited Partnership Units. Each Partner owns Partnership Units in the amount set forth for such Partner on Exhibit A and shall have a Percentage Interest in the Partnership as set forth in Exhibit A , as the same may be amended from time to time by the General Partner to the extent necessary to reflect accurately sales, exchanges or other
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Transfers, redemptions, Capital Contributions, the issuance of additional Partnership Units, or similar events having an effect on a Partners ownership of Partnership Units.
4.2 Additional Capital Contributions and Issuances of Additional Partnership Units.
Except as provided in this Section 4.2 or in Section 4.3 or applicable law, the Partners shall have no right or obligation to make any additional Capital Contributions or loans to the Partnership.
(a) The General Partner is hereby authorized to cause the Partnership to issue additional Partnership Units for any Partnership purpose at any time or from time to time to the Partners (including the General Partner) or to other Persons for such consideration and on such terms and conditions as shall be established by the General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion, all without the approval of any Limited Partner. Any additional Partnership Units issued thereby may be issued in one or more Classes (including the Classes specified in this Agreement), or one or more series of any of such Classes, with such designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, powers and duties, all as shall be determined by the General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion and without the approval of any Limited Partner, subject to Delaware law, including, without limitation, (i) the allocations of items of Partnership income, gain, loss, deduction and credit to each such Class or series of Partnership Units; (ii) the right of each such Class or series of Partnership Units to share in Partnership distributions; and (iii) the rights of each such Class or series of Partnership Units upon dissolution and liquidation of the Partnership. Without limiting the foregoing, the General Partner is expressly authorized to cause the Partnership to issue Partnership Units for less than fair market value, so long as the General Partner concludes in good faith that such issuance is in the best interests of the General Partner and the Partnership. In the event that the Partnership issues additional Partnership Units pursuant to this Section 4.2(a), the General Partner shall make such revisions to this Agreement as it deems necessary to reflect the issuance of such additional Partnership Units.
(b) No additional Partnership Units shall be issued to the General Partner unless (i) the additional Partnership Units are issued to all Partners in proportion to their respective Percentage Interests with respect to the class of Partnership Units so issued; (ii) (a) the additional Partnership Units are (x) Partnership Units so issued in connection with an issuance of REIT Shares, or (y) Partnership Units issued in connection with an issuance of Preferred Shares, New Securities or other interests in the General Partner (other than REIT Shares), which Preferred Shares, New Securities or other interests have designations, preferences and other rights, terms and provisions that are substantially the same as the designations, preferences and other rights, terms and provisions of the additional Partnership Units issued to the General Partner (without limiting the foregoing, for example, the Partnership shall issue Partnership Interests consisting of Class A Units to the General Partner in connection with the issuance of Class A REIT Shares and shall issue Partnership Interests consisting of Class I Units to the General Partner in connection with the issuance of Class I REIT Shares and shall issue Partnership Interests consisting of Class T Units to the General Partner in connection with the issuance of Class T REIT Shares), and (b) the General Partner contributes to the Partnership the cash proceeds or other consideration received in connection with the issuance of such REIT Shares, Preferred Shares, New Securities or other interests in the General Partner, or (iii) the Additional Partnership Units are issued upon the conversion, redemption or exchange of debt, Partnership Units or other securities issued by the Partnership.
(c) The General Partner shall not issue any additional REIT Shares, Preferred Shares, Junior Shares or New Securities unless the General Partner contributes the cash proceeds or other consideration received from the issuance of such additional REIT Shares, Preferred Shares, Junior Shares or New Securities, as the case may be, and from the exercise of the rights contained in any such additional New Securities, to the Partnership in exchange for (x) in the case of an issuance of REIT Shares, Partnership Units (without limiting the foregoing, for example, the Partnership shall issue Partnership Interests consisting of Class A Units to the General Partner in connection with the issuance of Class A REIT Shares and shall issue Partnership Interests consisting of Class T Units to the General Partner in connection with the issuance of Class T REIT Shares), or (y) in the case of an issuance of Preferred Shares, Junior Shares or New Securities, Partnership Units with designations, preferences and other rights, terms and provisions that are substantially the same as the designations, preferences and other rights, terms and provisions of such Preferred Shares, Junior Shares or New Securities; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, the General Partner may issue REIT Shares, Preferred Shares, Junior Shares or New Securities (a) pursuant to Section 8.5(b) hereof, (b) pursuant to a dividend or distribution (including any stock split) of REIT Shares, Preferred Shares, Junior Shares, or New Securities to all of the holders of REIT Shares, Preferred Shares, Junior Shares or New Securities, as the case may be, (c) upon a conversion, redemption or exchange of Preferred Shares, (d) upon a conversion of Junior Shares into REIT Shares, (e) upon a conversion, redemption, exchange or exercise of New Securities, or (f) in connection with an acquisition of a property or other asset to be owned, directly or indirectly, by the General Partner if the General Partner determines that such acquisition is in the best interest of the Partnership. In the event of any issuance of additional REIT Shares, Preferred Shares, Junior Shares, or New Securities by the General Partner, and the contribution to the Partnership, by the General Partner, of the cash proceeds or other consideration received from such issuance, if the cash proceeds actually received by the General Partner are less than the gross proceeds of such issuance as a result of any underwriters discount or other expenses paid or incurred in connection with such issuance, then the General Partner shall be deemed to have made a Capital Contribution to the Partnership in the amount equal to the sum of the cash proceeds of such issuance plus the amount of such underwriters discount and other expenses paid by the General Partner (which discount and expense shall be treated as an expense for
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the benefit of the Partnership), and any such expenses shall be allocable solely to the Class of Partnership Units issued to the General Partner at such time.
(d) The Partnership issued Special Limited Partnership Units to an Affiliate of the Advisor in exchange for the cash contribution reflected on Exhibit A hereto and for services performed or to be performed for the Partnership and its Subsidiaries, and admitted such Person as the Special Limited Partner. The Special Limited Partner shall be entitled to certain distributions as provided in Section 5.2 and certain preferential allocations of items of income and gain under Section 5.1. The Special Limited Partnership Units will be subject to the transfer restrictions set forth in Article 9 and will be subject to redemption pursuant to Section 8.6.
4.3 Additional Funding.
If the General Partner determines that it is in the best interests of the Partnership to provide for additional Partnership funds ( Additional Funds ) for any Partnership purpose, the General Partner may (i) cause the Partnership to obtain such funds from outside borrowings or (ii) elect to have the General Partner or any of its Affiliates provide such Additional Funds to the Partnership through loans or otherwise, provided, however, that the Partnership may not borrow money from its Affiliates, unless a majority of the Directors of the General Partner (including a majority of Independent Directors) not otherwise interested in such transaction approve the transaction as being fair, competitive, and commercially reasonable and no less favorable to the Partnership than loans between unaffiliated parties under the same circumstances.
4.4 LTIP Units.
(a) The General Partner may from time to time issue LTIP Units to Persons who provide services to the Partnership, for such consideration as the General Partner may determine to be appropriate, and admit such Persons as Limited Partners. Subject to the following provisions of this Section and the special provisions of Sections 4.5, 5.1(e), and 8.6, LTIP Units shall be treated as Limited Partnership Units, with all of the rights, privileges and obligations attendant thereto. For purposes of computing the Partners Percentage Interests, LTIP Units shall be treated as Common Units.
(b) The Partnership shall maintain at all times a one-to-one correspondence between LTIP Units and Limited Partnership Units for conversion, distribution and other purposes, including without limitation complying with the following procedures: If an Adjustment Event (as defined below) occurs, then the General Partner shall make a corresponding adjustment to the LTIP Units to maintain a one-for-one conversion and economic equivalence ratio between Limited Partnership Units and LTIP Units. The following shall be Adjustment Events: (A) the Partnership makes a distribution on all outstanding Limited Partnership Units, (B) the Partnership subdivides the outstanding Limited Partnership Units into a greater number of interests or combines the outstanding Limited Partnership Units into a smaller number of interests, or (C) the Partnership issues any Limited Partnership Units or General Partnership Units in exchange for its outstanding Limited Partnership Units by way or reclassification or recapitalization of its Limited Partnership Units. If more than one Adjustment Event occurs, the adjustment to the LTIP Units need be made only once using a single formula that takes into account each and every Adjustment Event as if all Adjustment Events occurred simultaneously. For the avoidance of doubt, the following shall not be Adjustment Events: (x) the issuance of Limited Partnership Units or General Partnership Units in a financing, reorganization, acquisition or other similar business transaction, (y) the issuance of Limited Partnership Units or General Partnership Units to any employee benefit or compensation plan or distribution reinvestment plan, or (z) the issuance of any Limited Partnership Units or General Partnership Units to the General Partner in respect of a capital contribution to the Partnership of proceeds from the sale of securities by the General Partner. If the Partnership takes an action affecting the Limited Partnership Units other than actions specifically described above as Adjustment Events and in the opinion of the General Partner such action would require an adjustment to the LTIP Units to maintain the one-to-one correspondence described above, the General Partner shall have the right to make such adjustment to the LTIP Units, to the extent permitted by law, in such manner and at such time as the General Partner, in its sole discretion, may determine to be appropriate under the circumstances. If an adjustment is made to the LTIP Units as herein provided the Partnership shall promptly file in the books and records of the Partnership an officers certificate setting forth such adjustment and a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment, which certificate shall be conclusive evidence of the correctness of such adjustment absent manifest error. Promptly after filing of such certificate, the Partnership shall mail a notice to each LTIP Holder setting forth the adjustment to its LTIP Units and the effective date of such adjustment.
(c) The LTIP Units shall rank pari passu with the Limited Partnership Units as to (i) the payment of regular and special periodic or other distributions and, (ii) provided that the Capital Accounts of the LTIP Units have been equalized with those of the Limited Partnership Units pursuant to the special allocations contemplated by Section 5.1(e), distributions of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up. As to the payment of distributions and as to distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up, any class or series of Partnership Units which by its terms specifies that it shall rank junior to, on parity with, or senior to the Limited Partnership Units shall also rank junior to, or pari passu with, or senior to, as the case may be, the LTIP Units.
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(d) LTIP Units shall be subject to the following special provisions:
(i) LTIP Units may, in the sole discretion of the General Partner, be issued subject to vesting, forfeiture and additional restrictions on transfer pursuant to the terms of a Vesting Agreement. The terms of any Vesting Agreement may be modified by the General Partner from time to time in its sole discretion, subject to any restrictions on amendment imposed by the relevant Vesting Agreement, if applicable. LTIP Units that have vested under the terms of a Vesting Agreement are referred to as Vested LTIP Units; all other LTIP Units shall be treated as Unvested LTIP Units . Subject to the terms of any Vesting Agreement, a LTIP Holder shall be entitled to Transfer its LTIP Units to the same extent, and subject to the same restrictions as holders of Limited Partnership Units are entitled to Transfer their Limited Partnership Units pursuant to Article 9.
(ii) Unless otherwise specified in the Vesting Agreement, upon the occurrence of any event specified in a Vesting Agreement as resulting in either the right of the Partnership or the General Partner to repurchase LTIP Units at a specified purchase price or some other forfeiture of any LTIP Units, then if the Partnership or the General Partner exercises such right to repurchase or forfeiture in accordance with the applicable Vesting Agreement, then the relevant LTIP Units shall immediately, and without further action, be treated as cancelled and no longer outstanding for any purpose. Unless otherwise specified in the Vesting Agreement, no consideration or other payment shall be due with respect to any LTIP Units that have been forfeited, other than any distributions declared with respect to a Partnership Record Date prior to the effective date of the forfeiture. In connection with any repurchase or forfeiture of LTIP Units, the balance of the portion of the Capital Account of the holder that is attributable to all of its LTIP Units shall be reduced by the amount, if any, by which it exceeds the target balance contemplated by Section 5.1(e), calculated with respect to the holders remaining LTIP Units, if any.
(iii) LTIP Units shall generally be treated as Limited Partnership Units for purposes of Article 5, but shall also be entitled to certain special allocations of gain under Section 5.1(e).
(iv) The Redemption Right provided to Limited Partners under Section 8.5 shall not apply with respect to LTIP Units unless and until they are converted to Limited Partnership Units as provided in Section 4.5.
(v) Any certificate evidencing an LTIP Unit shall bear an appropriate legend indicating that additional terms, conditions and restrictions on Transfer, including without limitation any Vesting Agreement, apply to the LTIP Unit.
(vi) Vested LTIP Units are eligible to be converted into Limited Partnership Units under Section 4.5.
4.5 Conversion of LTIP Units.
(a) An LTIP Holder shall have the right (the Conversion Right ), at its option, at any time to convert all or a portion of its Vested LTIP Units into Limited Partnership Units; provided, however, that an LTIP Holder may not exercise the Conversion Right for fewer than one thousand (1,000) Vested LTIP Units or, if such LTIP Holder holds fewer than one thousand (1,000) Vested LTIP Units, all of the LTIP Holders Vested LTIP Units. LTIP Holders shall not have the right to convert Unvested LTIP Units into Limited Partnership Units until they become Vested LTIP Units; provided, however, that when a LTIP Holder is notified of the expected occurrence of an event that will cause its Unvested LTIP Units to become Vested LTIP Units, such Person may give the Partnership a Conversion Notice conditioned upon and effective as of the time of vesting, and such Conversion Notice, unless subsequently revoked by the LTIP Holder, shall be accepted by the Partnership subject to such condition. The General Partner shall have the right at any time to cause a conversion of Vested LTIP Units into Limited Partnership Units. In all cases, the conversion of any LTIP Units into Limited Partnership Units shall be subject to the conditions and procedures set forth in this Section 4.5.
(b) A holder of Vested LTIP Units may convert such interests into an equal number of fully paid and non-assessable Limited Partnership Units, giving effect to all adjustments (if any) made pursuant to Section 4.4(b). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event may a holder of Vested LTIP Units convert an amount of Vested LTIP Units that exceeds (x) the Economic Capital Account Balance of such holder, to the extent attributable to its ownership of LTIP Units, divided by (y) the Partnership Unit Economic Balance, in each case as determined as of the effective date of conversion (the Capital Account Limitation ).
(c) In order to exercise its Conversion Right, a LTIP Holder shall deliver a notice (a Conversion Notice ) to the Partnership (with a copy to the General Partner) not less than 10 nor more than 60 days prior to a date (the Conversion Date ) specified in such Conversion Notice; provided, however, that if the General Partner has not given to the LTIP Holders notice of a proposed or upcoming Transaction (as defined below) at least thirty (30) days prior to the effective date of such Transaction, then the LTIP Holders shall have the right to deliver a Conversion Notice until the earlier of (x) the tenth (10 th ) day after such notice from the General Partner of a Transaction or (y) the third business day immediately preceding the effective date of such Transaction. A Conversion Notice shall be provided in the manner provided in Section 12.1. Each LTIP Holder covenants and agrees with the Partnership that all Vested LTIP Units to be converted pursuant to this Section 4.5 shall be free and clear of all liens. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, a LTIP Holder may deliver a Redemption Notice pursuant to Section 8.5 relating to those Limited Partnership Units that will be issued to such holder upon conversion of such LTIP Units into Limited Partnership Units in advance of the Conversion Date; provided, however, that the redemption of such Limited Partnership Units by the Partnership shall in no event take place until after the Conversion Date. For clarity, it is noted that the objective of this paragraph is to put an LTIP Holder in a
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position where, if he or she so wishes, the Limited Partnership Units into which its Vested LTIP Units will be converted can be redeemed by the Partnership simultaneously with such conversion, with the further consequence that, if the General Partner elects to assume the Partnerships redemption obligation with respect to such Limited Partnership Units under Section 8.5 by delivering to such holder REIT Shares rather than cash, then such holder can have REIT Shares issued to it simultaneously with the conversion of its Vested LTIP Units into Limited Partnership Units. The General Partner shall cooperate with an LTIP Holder to coordinate the timing of the different events described in the foregoing sentence.
(d) The Partnership, at any time at the election of the General Partner, may cause any number of Vested LTIP Units held by an LTIP Holder to be converted (a Forced Conversion ) into an equal number of Limited Partnership Units, giving effect to all adjustments (if any) made pursuant to Section 4.4(b); provided, that the Partnership may not cause a Forced Conversion of any LTIP Units that would not at the time be eligible for conversion at the option of such LTIP Holder pursuant to paragraph (b) above. In order to exercise its right of Forced Conversion, the Partnership shall deliver a notice (a Forced Conversion Notice ) to the applicable holder not less than 10 nor more than 60 days prior to the Conversion Date specified in such Forced Conversion Notice. A Forced Conversion Notice shall be provided in the manner provided in Section 12.1.
(e) A conversion of Vested LTIP Units for which a holder has given a Conversion Notice or the Partnership has given a Forced Conversion Notice shall occur automatically after the close of business on the applicable Conversion Date without any action on the part of such LTIP Holder, as of which time such LTIP Holder shall be credited on the books and records of the Partnership with the issuance as of the opening of business on the next day of an equal number of Limited Partnership Units issuable upon such conversion. After the conversion of LTIP Units as aforesaid, the Partnership shall deliver to such LTIP Holder, upon its written request, a certificate of the General Partner certifying its Limited Partnership Units and remaining LTIP Units, if any, immediately after such conversion.
(f) For purposes of making future allocations under Section 5.1(e) and applying the Capital Account Limitation, the portion of the Economic Capital Account balance of the applicable holder that is treated as attributable to its LTIP Units shall be reduced, as of the date of conversion, by the product of the number of LTIP Units converted and the Limited Partnership Unit Economic Balance.
(g) If the Partnership or the General Partner shall be a party to any transaction (including without limitation a merger, consolidation, interest exchange, self tender offer for all or substantially all Limited Partnership Units or other business combination or reorganization, or sale of all or substantially all of the Partnerships assets, but excluding any transaction which constitutes an Adjustment Event), in each case as a result of which Limited Partnership Units shall be exchanged for or converted into the right, or the holders of such interests shall otherwise be entitled, to receive cash, securities or other property or any combination thereof (each of the foregoing being referred to herein as a Transaction ), then the General Partner shall, immediately prior to the Transaction, exercise its right to cause a Forced Conversion with respect to the LTIP Units then eligible for conversion, taking into account any allocations that occur in connection with the Transaction or that would occur in connection with the Transaction if the assets of the Partnership were sold at the Transaction price or, if applicable, at a value determined by the General Partner in good faith using the value attributed to the Partnership Units in the context of the Transaction (in which case the Conversion Date shall be the effective date of the Transaction).
In anticipation of such Forced Conversion and the consummation of the Transaction, the Partnership shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause each LTIP Holder to be afforded the right to receive in connection with such Transaction in consideration for the Limited Partnership Units into which its LTIP Units will be converted into the same kind and amount of cash, securities, and other property (or any combination thereof) receivable upon the consummation of such transaction by a holder of the same number of Limited Partnership Units, assuming such holder of Limited Partnership Units is not a Person with which the Partnership consolidated or into with the Partnership merged or which merged into the Partnership or to which such sale or transfer was made, as the case may be (a Constituent Person ), or an affiliate of a Constituent Person. In the event that holders of Limited Partnership Units have the opportunity to elect the form or type of consideration to be received upon consummation of the Transaction, prior to such Transaction the General Partner shall give prompt written notice to each LTIP Holder of such election and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to afford such holders the right to elect, by written notice to the General Partner, the form or type of consideration to be received upon conversion of the LTIP Units held by such holder into Limited Partnership Units in connection with such Transaction. If an LTIP Holder fails to make such an election, such LTIP Holder (and any of its transferees) shall receive upon conversion of the LTIP Units held by it (or by any of its transferees) the same kind and amount of consideration that a holder of Limited Partnership Units would receive if such holder of Limited Partnership Units failed to make such an election.
Subject to the rights of the Partnership and the General Partner under any Vesting Agreement, the Partnership shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the terms of the Transaction to be consistent with the provisions of this Section 4.5 and to enter into an agreement with the successor or purchasing entity, as the case may be, for the benefit of any LTIP Holders whose LTIP Units will not be converted into Limited Partnership Units in connection with the Transaction that will (i) contain provisions enabling the LTIP Holders with outstanding LTIP Units after such Transaction to convert their LTIP Units into securities as comparable as reasonably possible under the circumstances to Limited Partnership Units and (ii) preserve as far as reasonably possible under the
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circumstances the distribution, special allocation, conversion, and other rights set forth in the Agreement for the benefit of LTIP Holders.
4.6 Capital Accounts.
(a) The
Partnership shall maintain for each Partner a separate Capital Account in accordance with the rules of Regulations Section
1.704-1(b)(2)(iv). Each
Partners Capital Account shall be increased by
(i) the amount of such Partners Capital Contributions and (ii) Profit allocated to such Partner and all items of Partnership income and gain allocated to such Partner pursuant to
Sections 5.1(c), 5.1(d) and 5.1(e) and
decreased by (x) the amount of cash or Agreed Value of all actual and deemed distributions of cash or property made to such Partner pursuant to this Agreement and (y) Loss allocated to such Partner and all items of Partnership deduction
and loss allocated to such Partner pursuant to Section 5.1(c).
(b) In the event any interest in the Partnership is Transferred in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the transferee shall succeed to the Capital Account of the transferor to the extent it relates to the transferred interest.
(c) The provisions of the Agreement relating to the maintenance of Capital Accounts are intended to comply with Regulations Section 1.704-1(b), and shall be interpreted and applied in a manner consistent with such Regulations. In the event the General Partner shall determine that it is prudent to modify the manner in which the Capital Accounts, or any debits or credits thereto (including, without limitation, debits or credits relating to liabilities which are secured by contributed or distributed property or which are assumed by the Partnership, the General Partner, or the Limited Partners) are computed in order to comply with such Regulations, the General Partner may make such modification, provided that it is not likely to have a material effect on the amounts distributable to any Person upon the dissolution of the Partnership. The General Partner also shall (i) make any adjustments that are necessary or appropriate to maintain equality between the Capital Accounts of the Partners and the amount of Partnership capital reflected on the Partnerships balance sheet, as computed for book purposes, in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(g) and (ii) make appropriate modifications in the event that unanticipated events might otherwise cause this Agreement not to comply with Regulations Section 1.704-1(b) or 1.704-2.
4.7 No Interest on Contributions.
No Partner shall be entitled to interest on its Capital Contribution.
4.8 Return of Capital Contributions.
No Partner shall be entitled to withdraw any part of its Capital Contribution or its Capital Account or to receive any distribution from the Partnership, except as specifically provided in this Agreement. Except as otherwise provided herein, there shall be no obligation to return to any Partner or withdrawn Partner any part of such Partners Capital Contribution for so long as the Partnership continues in existence.
4.9 No Third Party Beneficiary.
No creditor or other third party having dealings with the Partnership shall have the right to enforce the right or obligation of any Partner to make Capital Contributions or loans or to pursue any other right or remedy hereunder or at law or in equity, it being understood and agreed that the provisions of this Agreement shall be solely for the benefit of, and may be enforced solely by, the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. None of the rights or obligations of the Partners herein set forth to make Capital Contributions or loans to the Partnership shall be deemed an asset of the Partnership for any purpose by any creditor or other third party, nor may such rights or obligations be sold, transferred or assigned by the Partnership or pledged or encumbered by the Partnership to secure any debt or other obligation of the Partnership or of any of the Partners. In addition, it is the intent of the parties hereto that no distribution to any Limited Partner shall be deemed a return of money or other Property in violation of the Act. However, if any court of competent jurisdiction holds that, notwithstanding the provisions of this Agreement, any Limited Partner is obligated to return such money or Property, such obligation shall be the obligation of such Limited Partner and not of the General Partner. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, a deficit Capital Account of a Partner shall not be deemed to be a liability of such Partner nor an asset or Property of the Partnership.
4.10 Redemption and Exchanges of REIT Shares.
(a) Redemptions. If, at any time, any shares of capital stock of the General Partner are redeemed by the General Partner for cash, the Partnership shall, immediately prior to such redemption, redeem an equal number of equivalent Partnership Units (taking into account any relevant Conversion Factor for that Class of Partnership Units) held by the General Partner that have the same Class designation as the redeemed REIT Shares upon the same terms and for the same price per Partnership Unit as such Capital Shares are redeemed.
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(b) Exchanges. If the General Partner exchanges any REIT Shares of any Class ( Exchanged REIT Shares ) for REIT Shares of a different Class ( Received REIT Shares ), then the General Partner shall, and shall cause the Partnership to, exchange a number of Partnership Units having the same Class designation as the Exchanged REIT Shares, as determined based on the application of the Conversion Factor for that Class of Partnership Units, for Partnership Units having the same Class designation as the Received REIT Shares on the same terms that the General Partner exchanged the Exchanged REIT Shares. The exchange of Partnership Units shall occur automatically after the close of business on the applicable date of the exchange of REIT Shares, as of which time the holder of Class of Partnership Units having the same designation as the Exchanged REIT Shares shall be credited on the books and records of the Partnership with the issuance, as of the opening of business on the next day, of the applicable number of Partnership Units having the same designation as the Received REIT Shares.
ARTICLE 5
PROFITS AND LOSSES; DISTRIBUTIONS
5.1 Allocation of Profit and Loss.
Profit and Loss of the Partnership shall be determined and allocated with respect to each Partnership Year as of the end of each such year, provided that the General Partner may in its discretion allocate Profit and Loss for a shorter period as of the end of such period (and, for purposes of this Article 5, references to the term Partnership Year may include such shorter periods).
(a) Profit.
After giving effect to the special allocations in Sections 5.1(c), 5.1(d) and 5.1(e), Profit of the Partnership for each Partnership Year or other applicable period of the Partnership shall be allocated to the Partners in the following order and priority:
(i) Profit shall be allocated to the General Partner, including, as applicable, with respect to Limited Partner Interests held by the General Partner, until the cumulative Profit allocated to the General Partner pursuant to this Section 5.1(a)(i) equals the cumulative Loss allocated to the General Partner pursuant to Section 5.1(b)(ii).
(ii) Profit shall be allocated to the Partners (other than the Special Limited Partner) in accordance with their Percentage Interests.
(b) Loss.
After giving effect to the special allocations in Sections 5.1(c), 5.1(d), 5.1(e) and 5.1(h), Loss of the Partnership for each Partnership Year or other applicable period of the Partnership shall be allocated to the Partners in the following order and priority:
(i) Loss shall be allocated to the Partners (other than the Special Limited Partner) in accordance with their Percentage Interests, provided that Loss shall not be allocated to a Partner pursuant to this Section 5.1(b)(i) to the extent that such allocation would cause or increase an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit at the end of any fiscal year.
(ii) Loss shall be allocated to the General Partner.
(c) Special Allocations. The following regulatory allocations shall be made in the following order and priority:
(i) Minimum Gain Chargeback. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 5.1 of the Agreement, if there is a net decrease in Partnership Minimum Gain during any Partnership Year, each Partner shall be specially allocated items of Partnership income and gain for such year (and, if necessary, subsequent years) in an amount equal to such Partners share of the net decrease in Partnership Minimum Gain, as determined under Regulations Section 1.704-2(g). Allocations pursuant to the previous sentence shall be made in proportion to the respective amounts required to be allocated to each Partner pursuant thereto. The items to be so allocated shall be determined in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-2(f)(6). This Section 5.1(c)(i) is intended to comply with the minimum gain chargeback requirements in Regulations Section 1.704-2(f) and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.
(ii) Partner Minimum Gain Chargeback. Notwithstanding any other provision of Section 5.1 of this Agreement, if there is a net decrease in Partner Minimum Gain attributable to a Partner Nonrecourse Debt during any Partnership Year, each Partner who has a share of the Partner Minimum Gain attributable to such Partner Nonrecourse Debt, determined in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(5), shall be specially allocated items of Partnership income and gain for such year (and, if necessary, subsequent years) in an amount equal to such Partners share of the net decrease in Partner Minimum Gain attributable to such Partner Nonrecourse Debt, determined in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(5). Allocations pursuant to the previous sentence shall be made in proportion to the respective amounts required to be allocated to each Partner pursuant thereto. The items to be so allocated shall be determined in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(4). This Section 5.1(c)(ii) is intended to comply with the minimum gain chargeback requirement in Regulations Section 1.704-2(i) and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.
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(iii) Qualified Income Offset. In the event any Partner unexpectedly receives any adjustments, allocations or distributions described in Regulations Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(5), or 1.704-I(b)(2)(ii)(d)(6) and such Partner has an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit, items of Partnership income and gain (consisting of a pro rata portion of each item of Partnership income, including gross income and gain for the Partnership Year) shall be specially allocated to such Partner in an amount and manner sufficient to eliminate, to the extent required by the Regulations, its Adjusted Capital Account Deficit created by such adjustments, allocations or distributions as quickly as possible. This Section 5.1(c)(iii) is intended to constitute a qualified income offset under Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d) and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.
(iv) No Excess Deficit. To the extent that any Partner has or would have, as a result of an allocation of Net Loss (or item thereof), an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit, such amount of Net Loss (or item thereof) shall be allocated to the other Partners in accordance with Section 5.1(b), but in a manner which will not produce an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit as to such Partners. To the extent such allocation would result in all Partners having Adjusted Capital Account Deficits, such Net Loss (or item thereof) shall be allocated to the General Partner.
(v) Nonrecourse Deductions. Nonrecourse Deductions for any Partnership Year shall be allocated to the Partners (other than the Special Limited Partner) in accordance with their respective Percentage Interests. If the General Partner determines in its good faith discretion that the Partnerships Nonrecourse Deductions must be allocated in a different ratio to satisfy the safe harbor requirements of the Regulations promulgated under Section 704(b) of the Code, the General Partner is authorized, upon notice to the Limited Partners, to revise the prescribed ratio for such Partnership Year to the numerically closest ratio which would satisfy such requirements.
(vi) Partner Nonrecourse Deductions. Any Partner Nonrecourse Deductions for any Partnership Year shall be specially allocated to the Partner who bears the economic risk of loss with respect to the Partner Nonrecourse Debt to which such Partner Nonrecourse Deductions are attributable in accordance with Regulations Sections 1.704-2(b)(4) and 1.704-2(i).
(vii) Code Section 754 Adjustments. To the extent an adjustment to the adjusted tax basis of any Partnership asset pursuant to Section 734(b) or 743(b) of the Code is required, pursuant to Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m), to be taken into account in determining Capital Accounts, the amount of such adjustment to the Capital Accounts shall be treated as an item of gain (if the adjustment increases the basis of the asset) or loss (if the adjustment decreases such basis), and such item of gain or loss shall be specially allocated to the Partners in a manner consistent with the manner in which their Capital Accounts are required to be adjusted pursuant to such section of the Regulations.
(d) Priority Allocations to the Special Limited Partner. Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 5.1(a) and 5.1(b) above, the Special Limited Partner shall be allocated on a priority basis items of income or gain, including, without limitation, items of gain from a Sale (including but not limited to net capital gain realized in connection with the adjustment to the Carrying Value of Partnership assets under Section 704(b) of the Code) on a cumulative basis pursuant to this Section 5.1(d) in an amount equal to the amount of distributions made (or in connection with a Sale or winding up or liquidation of the Partnership, to be made) to such Partner.
(e) Special Allocations Regarding LTIP Units. Subject to the terms of any Partnership Units ranking senior to the LTIP Units with respect to return of capital or any preferential or priority return, any Liquidating Capital Gains shall first be allocated to the LTIP Holders until the Economic Capital Account Balances of such holders, to the extent attributable to their ownership of LTIP Units, are equal to (i) the Partnership Unit Economic Balance, multiplied by (ii) the number of LTIP Units; provided that no such Liquidating Capital Gains will be allocated with respect to any particular LTIP Unit unless and to the extent that the Partnership Unit Economic Balance exceeds the Partnership Unit Economic Balance in existence at the time such LTIP Unit was issued. For this purpose, Liquidating Capital Gains means net capital gains realized in connection with the actual or hypothetical sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Partnership, including but not limited to net capital gain realized in connection with an adjustment to the Carrying Value of the Partnership assets under Section 704(b) of the Code. The Economic Capital Account Balances of the LTIP Holders will be equal to their Capital Account balances, plus the amount of their shares of any Partner Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain or Partnership Minimum Gain, in either case to the extent attributable to their ownership of LTIP Units. Similarly, the Partnership Unit Economic Balance shall mean (i) the Capital Account Balance of the General Partner, plus the amount of the General Partners share of any Partner Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain or Partnership Minimum Gain, in either case to the extent attributable to the General Partners ownership of Partnership Units and computed on a hypothetical basis after taking into account all allocations through the date on which any allocation is made under this Section 5.1(e), divided by (ii) the number of General Partners Partnership Units. Any such allocations shall be made among the LTIP Holders in proportion to the amounts required to be allocated to each under this Section 5.1(e). The parties agree that the intent of this Section 5.1(e) is to make the Capital Account balance associated with each LTIP Unit to be economically equivalent to the Capital Account balance associated with the Partnership Units (on a per-Unit basis), but only if and to the extent the Capital Account balance associated with the General Partners Partnership Units has increased on a per-Unit basis since the issuance of the relevant LTIP Unit.
(f) Recapture Income. Any gain allocated to the Partners upon the sale or other taxable disposition of any Partnership asset shall, to the extent possible after taking into account other required allocations of gain pursuant to Section 5.1(c), be characterized as
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Recapture Income in the same proportions and to the same extent as such Partners have been allocated any deductions directly or indirectly giving rise to the treatment of such gains as Recapture Income.
(g) Allocations Between Transferor and Transferee. If a Partner transfers any part or all of its Partnership Unit or if Percentage Interests vary during a Partnership Year, the General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion, shall determine which method authorized under the Code and the Regulations shall be used to allocate the distributive shares.
(h) Special Allocations of Class-Specific Items. To the extent that any items of income, gain, loss or deduction of the General Partner are allocable to a specific Class or Classes of REIT Shares as provided in the Prospectus, including, without limitation, the Distribution Fees, such items, or an amount equal thereto, shall be specially allocated to the Class or Classes of Partnership Units corresponding to such Class or Classes of REIT Shares.
(i) Allocations for Tax Purposes. All allocations for federal income tax purposes shall be consistent with all allocations in this Section 5.1, except as otherwise required by Section 704(c) of the Code and Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(4). The General Partner shall have the authority to elect the method to be used by the Partnership for allocating items of income, gain, and expense as required by Section 704(c) of the Code including a method that may result in a Partner receiving a disproportionately larger share of the Partnership tax depreciation deductions, and such election shall be binding on all Partners.
(j) Revisions to Allocations to Reflect Issuance of Additional Partnership Units. In the event that the Partnership issues additional Partnership Units to the General Partner or any Additional Limited Partner pursuant to Article 4 hereof, the General Partner shall make such revisions to this Section 5.1 as it deems necessary to reflect the terms of the issuance of such additional Partnership Units, including making preferential allocations to classes of Partnership Units that are entitled thereto. Such revisions shall not require the consent or approval of any other Partner.
5.2 Distribution of Cash.
(a) The Partnership shall distribute cash on a quarterly (or, at the election of the General Partner, more frequent) basis, in an amount determined by the General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion, to the Partners who are Partners on the Partnership Record Date with respect to such quarter (or other distribution period) in accordance with Section 5.2(b).
(b) Except for distributions pursuant to Section 5.6 in connection with the dissolution and liquidation of the Partnership and subject to the provisions of Sections 5.2(c), 5.2(d), 5.3 and 5.5, all distributions of cash shall be made (i) first, 100% to the Partners (other than Special Limited Partner) in accordance with their respective Percentage Interests on the Partnership Record Date until the Partners (other than the Special Limited Partner) have received cumulative distributions under this Section 5.2(b) equal to the aggregate Capital Contributions made by the Partners (other than the Special Limited Partner) to the Partnership plus a cumulative, noncompounded pre-tax rate of return thereon of 6.00% per annum, determined by taking into account the dates on which all such Capital Contributions and distributions were made and (ii) second, (A) 85% to the Partners (other than the Special Limited Partner), in accordance with their respective Percentage Interests on the Partnership Record Date and (B) 15% to the Special Limited Partner. In applying this Section 5.2(b), and notwithstanding anything to the contrary above, the amount distributed per Class T Partnership Unit shall be reduced by the allocable share of the Distribution Fees payable by the General Partner with respect to the Class T REIT Shares with respect to such record date (or prior record dates to the extent the aggregate Distribution Fees payable with respect to the prior record dates exceeds the aggregate reduction in distributions with respect to such periods).
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the General Partner is authorized to take any action that it determines to be necessary or appropriate to cause the Partnership to comply with any withholding requirements established under the Code or any other federal, state or local law including, without limitation, pursuant to Sections 1441, 1442, 1445, 1446, 1471, 1472 and 3406 of the Code. To the extent that the Partnership is required to withhold and pay over to any taxing authority any amount resulting from the allocation or distribution of income to any Partner or assignee (including by reason of Section 1446 of the Code), either (i) if the actual amount to be distributed to the Partner equals or exceeds the amount required to be withheld by the Partnership, the amount withheld shall be treated as a distribution of cash in the amount of such withholding to such Partner, or (ii) if the actual amount to be distributed to the Partner is less than the amount required to be withheld by the Partnership, the actual amount shall be treated as a distribution of cash in the amount of such withholding and the additional amount required to be withheld shall be treated as a loan (a Partnership Loan ) from the Partnership to the Partner on the day the Partnership pays over such amount to a taxing authority. A Partnership Loan shall be repaid through withholding by the Partnership with respect to subsequent distributions to the applicable Partner or assignee. In the event that a Limited Partner (a Defaulting Limited Partner ) fails to pay any amount owed to the Partnership with respect to the Partnership Loan within fifteen (15) days after demand for payment thereof is made by the Partnership on the Limited Partner, the General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion, may elect to make the payment to the Partnership on behalf of such Defaulting Limited Partner. In such event, on the date of payment, the General Partner shall be deemed to have extended a loan (a General Partner Loan ) to the Defaulting Limited Partner in the amount of the payment made by the General Partner and shall succeed to all rights and remedies of the Partnership against the Defaulting Limited Partner as to that amount. Without limitation, the General Partner shall have the right to receive any distributions that otherwise would be made by the Partnership to the Defaulting Limited Partner until such time as the General Partner Loan has been paid in full, and any such
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distributions so received by the General Partner shall be treated as having been received by the Defaulting Limited Partner and immediately paid to the General Partner.
Any amounts treated as a Partnership Loan or a General Partner Loan pursuant to this Section 5.2(c) shall bear interest at the lesser of (i) the base rate on corporate loans at large United States money center commercial banks, as published from time to time in The Wall Street Journal , or (ii) the maximum lawful rate of interest on such obligation, such interest to accrue from the date the Partnership or the General Partner, as applicable, is deemed to extend the loan until such loan is repaid in full.
(d) In the event that the Partnership issues additional Partnership Units to the General Partner or any Additional Limited Partner pursuant to Article 4 hereof, the General Partner shall make such revisions to this Section 5.2 as it deems necessary to reflect the issuance of such additional Partnership Units.
5.3 REIT Distribution Requirements.
The General Partner shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Partnership to distribute amounts sufficient to enable the General Partner to make stockholder distributions that will allow the General Partner to (i) meet its distribution requirement for qualification as a REIT as set forth in Section 857 of the Code and (ii) avoid any federal income or excise tax liability imposed by the Code.
5.4 No Right to Distributions in Kind.
No Partner shall be entitled to demand Property other than cash in connection with any distributions by the Partnership.
5.5 Limitations on Return of Capital Contributions.
Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this Article 5, no Partner shall have the right to receive, and the General Partner shall not have the right to make, a distribution that includes a return of all or part of a Partners Capital Contributions, unless after giving effect to the return of a Capital Contribution, the sum of all Partnership liabilities, other than the liabilities to a Partner for the return of its Capital Contribution, does not exceed the fair market value of the Partnerships assets.
5.6 Distributions Upon Liquidation.
Upon liquidation of the Partnership, after payment of, or adequate provision for, debts and obligations of the Partnership, including any Partner loans, any remaining assets of the Partnership shall be distributed to all Partners in accordance with their Capital Accounts. To the extent deemed advisable by the General Partner, appropriate arrangements (including the use of a liquidating trust) may be made to assure that adequate funds are available to pay any contingent debts or obligations.
5.7 Substantial Economic Effect.
It is the intent of the Partners that the allocations of Profit and Loss under this Agreement have substantial economic effect (or be consistent with the Partners interests in the Partnership in the case of the allocation of losses attributable to nonrecourse debt) within the meaning of Section 704(b) of the Code as interpreted by the Regulations promulgated pursuant thereto. Article 5 and other relevant provisions of this Agreement shall be interpreted in a manner consistent with such intent.
ARTICLE 6
RIGHTS, OBLIGATIONS AND
POWERS OF THE GENERAL PARTNER
6.1 Management of the Partnership.
(a) Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, the General Partner shall have full, complete and exclusive discretion to manage and control the business of the Partnership for the purposes herein stated, and shall make all decisions affecting the business and assets of the Partnership. Subject to the restrictions specifically contained in this Agreement, the powers of the General Partner shall include, without limitation, the authority to take the following actions on behalf of the Partnership:
(i) to acquire, purchase, own, operate, lease and dispose of any Investments that the General Partner determines are necessary or appropriate or in the best interests of the business of the Partnership;
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(ii) to construct buildings and make other improvements on any owned or leased Properties that the General Partner determines necessary or appropriate or in the best interests of the business of the Partnership;
(iii) to authorize, issue, sell, redeem or otherwise purchase any Partnership Units or any securities (including secured and unsecured debt obligations of the Partnership, debt obligations of the Partnership convertible into any Class or series of Partnership Units, or options, rights, warrants or appreciation rights relating to any Partnership Units) of the Partnership;
(iv) to borrow or lend money for the Partnership, issue or receive evidences of indebtedness in connection therewith, refinance, increase the amount of, modify, amend or change the terms of, or extend the time for the payment of, any such indebtedness, and secure such indebtedness by mortgage, deed of trust, pledge or other lien on the Partnerships assets;
(v) to pay, either directly or by reimbursement, for all operating costs and general administrative expenses of the Partnership to third parties or to the General Partner or its Affiliates as set forth in this Agreement;
(vi) to guarantee or become a co-maker of indebtedness of the General Partner or any Subsidiary thereof, refinance, increase the amount of, modify, amend or change the terms of, or extend the time for the payment of, any such guarantee or indebtedness, and secure such guarantee or indebtedness by mortgage, deed of trust, pledge or other lien on the Partnerships assets;
(vii) to use assets of the Partnership (including, without limitation, cash on hand) for any purpose consistent with this Agreement, including, without limitation, payment, either directly or by reimbursement, of all operating costs and general administrative expenses of the General Partner, the Partnership or any Subsidiary of either, to third parties or to the General Partner as set forth in this Agreement;
(viii) to lease all or any portion of any of the Partnerships assets, whether or not the terms of such leases extend beyond the termination date of the Partnership and whether or not any portion of the Partnerships assets so leased are to be occupied by the lessee, or, in turn, subleased in whole or in part to others, for such consideration and on such terms as the General Partner may determine;
(ix) to prosecute, defend, arbitrate, or compromise any and all claims or liabilities in favor of or against the Partnership, on such terms and in such manner as the General Partner may reasonably determine, and similarly to prosecute, settle or defend litigation with respect to the Partners, the Partnership, or the Partnerships assets;
(x) to file applications, communicate, and otherwise deal with any and all governmental agencies having jurisdiction over, or in any way affecting, the Partnerships assets or any other aspect of the Partnership business;
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(xi) to make or revoke any election permitted or required of the Partnership by any taxing authority;
(xii) to maintain such insurance coverage for public liability, fire and casualty, and any and all other insurance for the protection of the Partnership, for the conservation of Partnership assets, or for any other purpose convenient or beneficial to the Partnership, in such amounts and such types, as it shall determine from time to time;
(xiii) to determine whether or not to apply any insurance proceeds for any Property to the restoration of such Property or to distribute the same;
(xiv) to establish one or more divisions of the Partnership, to hire and dismiss employees of the Partnership or any division of the Partnership, and to retain legal counsel, accountants, consultants, real estate brokers, and such other persons, as the General Partner may deem necessary or appropriate in connection with the Partnership business and to pay therefor such remuneration as the General Partner may deem reasonable and proper;
(xv) to retain other services of any kind or nature in connection with the Partnership business, and to pay therefor such remuneration as the General Partner may deem reasonable and proper;
(xvi) to negotiate and conclude agreements on behalf of the Partnership with respect to any of the rights, powers and authority conferred upon the General Partner;
(xvii) to maintain accurate accounting records and to file promptly all federal, state and local income tax returns on behalf of the Partnership;
(xviii) to distribute Partnership cash or other Partnership assets in accordance with this Agreement;
(xix) to form or acquire an interest in, and contribute Property to, any further limited or general partnerships, joint ventures or other relationships that it deems desirable (including, without limitation, the acquisition of interests in, and the contributions of Property to, its Subsidiaries and any other Person in which it has an equity interest from time to time);
(xx) to establish Partnership reserves for working capital, capital expenditures, contingent liabilities, or any other valid Partnership purpose;
(xxi) to merge, consolidate or combine the Partnership with or into another Person;
(xxii) to do any and all acts and things necessary or prudent to ensure that the Partnership will not be classified as a publicly traded partnership that is taxable as a corporation under Section 7704 of the Code; and
(xxiii) to take such other action, execute, acknowledge, swear to or deliver such other documents and instruments, and perform any and all other acts that the General Partner deems necessary or appropriate for the formation, continuation and conduct of the business and affairs of the Partnership (including, without limitation, all actions consistent with allowing the General Partner at all times to qualify as a REIT unless the General Partner voluntarily terminates its REIT status) and to possess and enjoy all of the rights and powers of a general partner as provided by the Act.
(b) Except as otherwise provided herein, to the extent the duties of the General Partner require expenditures of funds to be paid to third parties, the General Partner shall not have any obligations hereunder except to the extent that Partnership funds are reasonably available to it for the performance of such duties, and nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize or require the General Partner, in its capacity as such, to expend its individual funds for payment to third parties or to undertake any individual liability or obligation on behalf of the Partnership.
6.2 Delegation of Authority.
The General Partner may delegate any or all of its powers, rights and obligations hereunder, and may appoint, employ, contract or otherwise deal with any Person for the transaction of the business of the Partnership, which Person may, under supervision of the General Partner, perform any acts or services for the Partnership as the General Partner may approve.
6.3 Indemnification and Exculpation of Indemnitees.
(a) The Partnership shall indemnify an Indemnitee from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, joint or several, expenses (including reasonable legal fees and expenses), judgments, fines, settlements, and other amounts arising from any and all claims, demands, actions, suits or proceedings, civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, that relate to the operations of the Partnership as set forth in this Agreement in which any Indemnitee may be involved, or is threatened to be involved, as a party or otherwise, unless it is established that: (i) the act or omission of the Indemnitee was material to the matter giving rise to the proceeding and either was committed in bad faith or was the result of active and deliberate dishonesty; (ii) the Indemnitee actually received an improper personal benefit in money, Property or services; or (iii) in the case of any criminal proceeding, the Indemnitee had
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reasonable cause to believe that the act or omission was unlawful. Any indemnification pursuant to this Section 6.3 shall be made only out of the assets of the Partnership.
(b) The Partnership shall reimburse an Indemnitee for reasonable expenses incurred by an Indemnitee who is a party to a proceeding in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding upon receipt by the Partnership of (i) a written affirmation by the Indemnitee of the Indemnitees good faith belief that the standard of conduct necessary for indemnification by the Partnership as authorized in this Section 6.3 has been met, and (ii) a written undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay the amount if it shall ultimately be determined that the standard of conduct has not been met.
(c) The indemnification provided by this Section 6.3 shall be in addition to any other rights to which an Indemnitee or any other Person may be entitled under any agreement, pursuant to any vote of the Partners, as a matter of law or otherwise, and shall continue as to an Indemnitee who has ceased to serve in such capacity.
(d) The Partnership may purchase and maintain insurance, on behalf of the Indemnitees and such other Persons as the General Partner shall determine, against any liability that may be asserted against or expenses that may be incurred by such Person in connection with the Partnerships activities, regardless of whether the Partnership would have the power to indemnify such Person against such liability under the provisions of this Agreement.
(e) For purposes of this Section 6.3, the Partnership shall be deemed to have requested an Indemnitee to serve as fiduciary of an employee benefit plan whenever the performance by it of its duties to the Partnership also imposes duties on, or otherwise involves services by, it to the plan or participants or beneficiaries of the plan; excise taxes assessed on an Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan pursuant to applicable law shall constitute fines within the meaning of this Section 6.3; and actions taken or omitted by the Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan in the performance of its duties for a purpose reasonably believed by it to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of the plan shall be deemed to be for a purpose which is not opposed to the best interests of the Partnership.
(f) In no event may an Indemnitee subject the Limited Partners to personal liability by reason of the indemnification provisions set forth in this Agreement.
(g) An Indemnitee shall not be denied indemnification in whole or in part under this Section 6.3 because the Indemnitee had an interest in the transaction with respect to which the indemnification applies if the transaction was otherwise permitted by the terms of this Agreement.
(h) The provisions of this Section 6.3 are for the benefit of the Indemnitees, their heirs, successors, assigns and administrators and shall not be deemed to create any rights for the benefit of any other Persons.
(i) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Partnership may not indemnify or hold harmless an Indemnitee for any liability or loss unless all of the following conditions are met: (i) the Indemnitee has determined, in good faith, that the course of conduct that caused the loss or liability was in the best interests of the Partnership; (ii) the Indemnitee was acting on behalf of or performing services for the Partnership; (iii) the liability or loss was not the result of (A) negligence or misconduct, in the case that the Indemnitee is a director of the General Partner (other than an Independent Director), the Advisor or an Affiliate of the Advisor or (B) gross negligence or willful misconduct, in the case that the Indemnitee is an Independent Director; and (iv) the indemnification or agreement to hold harmless is recoverable only out of net assets of the Partnership. In addition, the Partnership shall not provide indemnification for any loss, liability or expense arising from or out of an alleged violation of federal or state securities laws by such party unless one or more of the following conditions are met: (i) there has been a successful adjudication on the merits of each count involving alleged securities law violations as to the Indemnitee; (ii) such claims have been dismissed with prejudice on the merits by a court of competent jurisdiction as to the Indemnitee; or (iii) a court of competent jurisdiction approves a settlement of the claims against the Indemnitee and finds that indemnification of the settlement and the related costs should be made, and the court considering the request for indemnification has been advised of the position of the Commission and of the published position of any state securities regulatory authority in which securities of the General Partner or the Partnership were offered or sold as to indemnification for violations of securities laws.
6.4 Liability of the General Partner.
(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, the General Partner shall not be liable for monetary damages to the Partnership or any Partners for losses sustained or liabilities incurred as a result of errors in judgment or of any act or omission if the General Partner acted in good faith. The General Partner shall not be in breach of any duty that the General Partner may owe to the Limited Partners or the Partnership or any other Persons under this Agreement or of any duty stated or implied by law or equity provided the General Partner, acting in good faith, abides by the terms of this Agreement.
The Limited Partners expressly acknowledge that the General Partner is acting on behalf of the Partnership, itself and its stockholders collectively, that the General Partner is under no obligation to consider the separate interests of the Limited Partners (including, without limitation, the tax consequences to Limited Partners or the tax consequences of some, but not all, of the Limited Partners) in deciding whether to cause the Partnership to take (or decline to take) any actions. In the event of a conflict between the
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interests of its stockholders on one hand and the Limited Partners on the other, the General Partner shall endeavor in good faith to resolve the conflict in a manner not adverse to either its stockholders or the Limited Partners; provided, however, that for so long as the General Partner directly owns a controlling interest in the Partnership, any such conflict that the General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion, determines cannot be resolved in a manner not adverse to either its stockholders or the Limited Partner shall be resolved in favor of the stockholders. The General Partner shall not be liable for monetary damages for losses sustained, liabilities incurred, or benefits not derived by Limited Partners in connection with such decisions, provided that the General Partner has acted in good faith.
(b) Subject to its obligations and duties as General Partner set forth in Section 6.1 hereof, the General Partner may exercise any of the powers granted to it under this Agreement and perform any of the duties imposed upon it hereunder either directly or by or through its agents. The General Partner shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any such agent appointed by it in good faith.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement or the Act, any action of the General Partner on behalf of the Partnership or any decision of the General Partner to refrain from acting on behalf of the Partnership, undertaken in the good faith belief that such action or omission is necessary or advisable in order (i) to protect the ability of the General Partner to continue to qualify as a REIT or (ii) to prevent the General Partner from incurring any taxes under Section 857, Section 4981, or any other provision of the Code, is expressly authorized under this Agreement and is deemed approved by all of the Limited Partners.
(d) Any amendment, modification or repeal of this Section 6.4 or any provision hereof shall be prospective only and shall not in any way affect the limitations on the General Partners liability to the Partnership and the Limited Partners under this Section 6.4 as in effect immediately prior to such amendment, modification or repeal with respect to matters occurring, in whole or in part, prior to such amendment, modification or repeal, regardless of when claims relating to such matters may arise or be asserted.
6.5 Reimbursement of General Partner.
(a) Except as provided in this Section 6.5 and elsewhere in this Agreement (including the provisions of Articles 5 and 6 regarding distributions, payments, and allocations to which it may be entitled), the General Partner shall not be compensated for its services as general partner of the Partnership.
(b) The General Partner shall be reimbursed on a monthly basis, or such other basis as the General Partner may determine in its sole and absolute discretion, for all Administrative Expenses incurred by the General Partner. Reimbursement of Administrative Expenses shall be treated as an expense of the Partnership and not as distributions of allocable income.
6.6 Outside Activities.
Subject to Section 6.8 hereof, the Articles of Incorporation and any agreements entered into by the General Partner or its Affiliates with the Partnership or a Subsidiary, any officer, director, employee, agent, trustee, Affiliate or stockholder of the General Partner, the General Partner shall be entitled to and may have business interests and engage in business activities in addition to those relating to the Partnership, including business interests and activities substantially similar or identical to those of the Partnership. None of the Partnership, Limited Partners or any other Person shall have any rights by virtue of this Agreement or the partnership relationship established hereby in any such business ventures, interests or activities, and the General Partner shall have no obligation pursuant to this Agreement to offer any interest in any such business ventures, interests and activities to the Partnership or any Limited Partner, even if such opportunity is of a character which, if presented to the Partnership or any Limited Partner, could be taken by such Person.
6.7 Employment or Retention of Affiliates.
(a) Any Affiliate of the General Partner may be employed or retained by the Partnership and may otherwise deal with the Partnership (whether as a buyer, lessor, lessee, manager, furnisher of goods or services, broker, agent, lender or otherwise) and may receive from the Partnership any compensation, price, or other payment therefor which the General Partner determines to be fair and reasonable.
(b) The Partnership may lend or contribute to its Subsidiaries or other Persons in which it has an equity investment, and such Persons may borrow funds from the Partnership, on terms and conditions established in the sole and absolute discretion of the General Partner. The foregoing authority shall not create any right or benefit in favor of any Subsidiary or any other Person.
(c) The Partnership may transfer assets to joint ventures, other partnerships, corporations or other business entities in which it is or thereby becomes a participant upon such terms and subject to such conditions as the General Partner deems are consistent with this Agreement, applicable law and the REIT status of the General Partner.
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(d) Except as expressly permitted by this Agreement, neither the General Partner nor any of its Affiliates shall sell, transfer or convey any Property to, or purchase any Property from, the Partnership, directly or indirectly, except pursuant to transactions that are, in the General Partners sole discretion, on terms that are fair and reasonable to the Partnership.
6.8 General Partner Participation.
The General Partner agrees that all business activities of the General Partner, including activities pertaining to the acquisition, development or ownership of any Investment, shall be conducted through the Partnership, a Subsidiary, a Subsidiary Partnership or a taxable REIT subsidiary (within the meaning of Section 856(l) of the Code); provided, however, that the General Partner is allowed to hold cash and liquid investments to fund its expenses, including redemptions of shares of common stock of the General Partner.
6.9 Title to Partnership Assets.
Title to Partnership assets, whether real, personal or mixed and whether tangible or intangible, shall be deemed to be owned by the Partnership as an entity, and no Partner, individually or collectively, shall have any ownership interest in such Partnership assets or any portion thereof. Title to any or all of the Partnership assets may be held in the name of the Partnership, the General Partner or one or more nominees, as the General Partner may determine, including Affiliates of the General Partner. The General Partner hereby declares and warrants that any Partnership assets for which legal title is held in the name of the General Partner or any nominee or Affiliate of the General Partner shall be held by the General Partner for the use and benefit of the Partnership in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement; provided, however, that the General Partner shall use its best efforts to cause beneficial and record title to such assets to be vested in the Partnership as soon as reasonably practicable. All Partnership assets shall be recorded as the Property of the Partnership in its books and records, irrespective of the name in which legal title to such Partnership assets is held.
6.10 No Duplication of Fees or Expenses.
The Partnership may not incur or be responsible for any fee or expense (in connection with the Offering or otherwise) that would be duplicative of fees and expenses paid by the General Partner.
ARTICLE 7
CHANGES IN GENERAL PARTNER
7.1 Transfer of the General Partners Units.
(a) The General Partner shall not transfer all or any portion of its Units or withdraw as General Partner except as provided in, or in connection with a transaction contemplated by, Section 7.1(b) or Section 7.1(c).
(b) Except as otherwise provided in Section 7.1(c) hereof, the General Partner shall not engage in any merger, consolidation or other combination with or into another Person or the sale of all or substantially all of its assets (other than in connection with a change in the General Partners state of incorporation or organizational form), in each case which results in a change of control of the General Partner (a REIT Transaction ), unless the consent of Limited Partners holding more than 50% of the Percentage Interests of the Limited Partners (including, as applicable, Limited Partner Interests held by the General Partner) is obtained.
(c) Notwithstanding Section 7.1(a) or 7.1(b),
(i) a General Partner may transfer all or any portion of its General Partnership Units to (A) a wholly owned Subsidiary of such General Partner or (B) the owner of all of the ownership interests of such General Partner, and following a transfer of all of its General Partnership Units, may withdraw as General Partner; and
(ii) the General Partner may engage in a transaction not required to be submitted to the vote of the holders of its capital stock by law or by the rules of any national securities exchange on which any of the General Partners capital stock is listed.
7.2 Admission of a Substitute or Additional General Partner.
A Person shall be admitted as a substitute or additional General Partner of the Partnership only if the following terms and conditions are satisfied:
(a) the Person to be admitted as a substitute or additional General Partner shall have accepted and agreed to be bound by all the terms and provisions of this Agreement by executing a counterpart thereof and such other documents or instruments as may be required or appropriate in order to effect the admission of such Person as a General Partner, and a certificate evidencing the admission
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of such Person as a General Partner shall have been filed for recordation and all other actions required by Section 2.4 hereof in connection with such admission shall have been performed;
(b) if the Person to be admitted as a substitute or additional General Partner is a corporation or a partnership it shall have provided the Partnership with evidence satisfactory to counsel for the Partnership of such Persons authority to become a General Partner and to be bound by the terms and provisions of this Agreement; and
(c) counsel for the Partnership shall have rendered an opinion (relying on such opinions from other counsel as may be necessary) that (x) the admission of the Person to be admitted as a substitute or additional General Partner is in conformity with the Act and (y) none of the actions taken in connection with the admission of such Person as a substitute or additional General Partner will cause (i) the Partnership to be classified other than as a partnership for federal tax purposes, or (ii) the loss of any Limited Partners limited liability.
7.3 Effect of Bankruptcy, Withdrawal, Death or Dissolution of a General Partner.
(a) Upon the occurrence of an Event of Bankruptcy as to the sole remaining General Partner (and its removal pursuant to Section 7.4(a) hereof) or the death, withdrawal, removal or dissolution of the sole remaining General Partner (except that, if the sole remaining General Partner is on the date of such occurrence a partnership, the withdrawal, death, dissolution, Event of Bankruptcy as to, or removal of a partner in, such partnership shall be deemed not to be a dissolution of such General Partner if the business of such General Partner is continued by the remaining partner or partners), the Partnership shall be dissolved and terminated unless the Partnership is continued pursuant to Section 7.3(b) hereof. The merger of the General Partner with or into any entity that is admitted as a substitute or successor General Partner pursuant to Section 7.2 hereof shall not be deemed to be the withdrawal, dissolution or removal of the General Partner.
(b) Following the occurrence of an Event of Bankruptcy as to the sole remaining General Partner (and its removal pursuant to Section 7.4(a) hereof) or the death, withdrawal, removal or dissolution of the sole remaining General Partner, the Limited Partners, within ninety (90) days after such occurrence, may elect to continue the business of the Partnership for the balance of the term specified in Section 2.3 hereof by selecting, subject to Section 7.2 hereof and any other provisions of this Agreement, a substitute General Partner by consent of a majority in interest of the Limited Partners. If the Limited Partners elect to continue the business of the Partnership and admit a substitute General Partner, the relationship with the Partners and of any Person who has acquired an interest of a Partner in the Partnership shall be governed by this Agreement.
7.4 Removal of a General Partner.
(a) Upon the occurrence of an Event of Bankruptcy as to, or the dissolution of, a General Partner, such General Partner shall be deemed to be removed automatically. The Limited Partners may not remove the General Partner, with or without cause.
(b) If a General Partner has been removed pursuant to this Section 7.4 and the Partnership is continued pursuant to Section 7.3 hereof, such General Partner shall promptly transfer and assign its General Partnership Units in the Partnership to the substitute General Partner approved by a majority in interest of the Limited Partners in accordance with Section 7.3(b) hereof and otherwise be admitted to the Partnership in accordance with Section 7.2 hereof. At the time of assignment, the removed General Partner shall be entitled to receive from the substitute General Partner the fair market value of the General Partnership Units of such removed General Partner as reduced by any damages caused to the Partnership by such General Partner. Such fair market value shall be determined by an appraiser mutually agreed upon by the General Partner and a majority in interest of the Limited Partners within ten (10) days following the removal of the General Partner. In the event that the parties are unable to agree upon an appraiser, the removed General Partner and a majority in interest of the Limited Partners each shall select an appraiser. Each such appraiser shall complete an appraisal of the fair market value of the removed General Partners General Partnership Units within thirty (30) days of the General Partners removal, and the fair market value of the removed General Partners General Partnership Unit shall be the average of the two appraisals; provided, however, that if the higher appraisal exceeds the lower appraisal by more than 20% of the amount of the lower appraisal, the two appraisers, no later than forty (40) days after the removal of the General Partner, shall select a third appraiser who shall complete an appraisal of the fair market value of the removed General Partners General Partnership Units no later than sixty (60) days after the removal of the General Partner. In such case, the fair market value of the removed General Partners General Partnership Units shall be the average of the two appraisals closest in value.
(c) The General Partnership Units of a removed General Partner, during the time after default until transfer under
Section 7.4(b),
shall be converted to that of a Limited Partner; provided, however, such removed General Partner shall not have any rights to participate in the management and affairs of the Partnership, and shall not be entitled to any portion of the income,
expense, profit, gain or loss allocations or cash distributions allocable or payable, as the case may be, to the Limited Partners. Instead, such removed General Partner shall receive and be entitled only to retain distributions or allocations
of such items that it would have been entitled to receive in its capacity as General Partner, until the transfer is effective pursuant to Section 7.4(b).
(d) All Partners shall have given and hereby do give such consents, shall take such actions and shall execute such documents as shall be legally necessary, desirable and sufficient to effect all the foregoing provisions of this Section.
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ARTICLE 8
RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE LIMITED PARTNERS
8.1 Management of the Partnership.
The Limited Partners shall not participate in the management or control of Partnership business nor shall they transact any business for the Partnership, nor shall they have the power to sign for or bind the Partnership, such powers being vested solely and exclusively in the General Partner.
8.2 Power of Attorney.
Each Limited Partner hereby irrevocably appoints the General Partner its true and lawful attorney-in-fact, who may act for each Limited Partner and in its name, place and stead, and for its use and benefit, to sign, acknowledge, swear to, deliver, file or record, at the appropriate public offices, any and all documents, certificates, and instruments as may be deemed necessary or desirable by the General Partner to carry out fully the provisions of this Agreement and the Act in accordance with their terms, which power of attorney is coupled with an interest and shall survive the death, dissolution or legal incapacity of the Limited Partner, or the transfer by the Limited Partner of any part or all of its Partnership Units.
8.3 Limitation on Liability of Limited Partners.
No Limited Partner shall be liable for any debts, liabilities, contracts or obligations of the Partnership. A Limited Partner shall be liable to the Partnership only to make payments of its Capital Contribution, if any, as and when due hereunder. After its Capital Contribution is fully paid, no Limited Partner shall, except as otherwise required by the Act, be required to make any further Capital Contributions or other payments or lend any funds to the Partnership.
8.4 Ownership by Limited Partner of Corporate General Partner or Affiliate.
No Limited Partner shall at any time, either directly or indirectly, own any stock or other interest in the General Partner or in any Affiliate thereof, if such ownership by itself or in conjunction with other stock or other interests owned by other Limited Partners would, in the opinion of counsel for the Partnership, jeopardize the classification of the Partnership as a partnership for federal tax purposes. The General Partner shall be entitled to make such reasonable inquiry of the Limited Partners as is required to establish compliance by the Limited Partners with the provisions of this Section.
8.5 Limited Partner Right of Redemption.
(a) Subject to Sections 8.5(b), 8.5(c), 8.5(d), 8.5(e) and 8.5(f) and the provisions of any agreements between the Partnership and one or more Limited Partners with respect to the Limited Partnership Units held by them, a Qualifying Party, but no other Limited Partner or Assignee, shall, after holding their Limited Partnership Units for at least one year, have the right (subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein) to require the Partnership to redeem (a Redemption ) all or a portion of such Limited Partnership Units (the Tendered Units ) held by such Limited Partner (a Redemption Right ) in exchange for REIT Shares having the same Class designation as the Partnership Units subject to the Redemption Right, issuable on, or the Cash Amount payable on, or a combination thereof having an equivalent value to the REIT Shares issuable on, or the Cash Amount payable on, the Specified Redemption Date, as determined by the General Partner in its sole discretion. Any Redemption Right shall be exercised pursuant to a Notice of Redemption delivered to the Partnership (with a copy to the General Partner) by the Limited Partner exercising the Redemption Right (the Tendering Party ). No Limited Partner may deliver more than two Notices of Redemption during each calendar year. A Limited Partner may not exercise the Redemption Right for less than 1,000 Limited Partnership Units or, if such Limited Partner holds less than 1,000 Limited Partnership Units, all of the Limited Partnership Units held by such Partner. The Tendering Party shall have no right, with respect to any Limited Partnership Units so redeemed, to receive any distribution paid with respect to Limited Partnership Units if the record date for such distribution is on or after the Specified Redemption Date.
(b) If the General Partner elects to redeem Tendered Units for REIT Shares having the same Class designation as the Tendered Units rather than cash, then the Partnership shall direct the General Partner to issue and deliver such REIT Shares to the Tendering Party pursuant to the terms set forth in this Section 8.5(b), in which case, (i) the General Partner, acting as a distinct legal entity, shall assume directly the obligation with respect thereto and shall satisfy the Tendering Partys exercise of its Redemption Right, and (ii) such transaction shall be treated, for federal income tax purposes, as a transfer by the Tendering Party of such Tendered Units to the General Partner in exchange for REIT Shares. The percentage of the Tendered Units tendered for Redemption by the Tendering Party for which the General Partner elects to issue REIT Shares (rather than cash) is referred to as the Applicable Percentage . In making such election to acquire Tendered Units, the Partnership shall act in a fair, equitable and reasonable manner that neither prefers one group or class of Limited Partners over another nor discriminates against a group or class of Limited Partners. If the Partnership elects to redeem any number of Tendered Units for REIT Shares having the same Class designation as the
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Tendered Units, rather than cash, on the Specified Redemption Date, the Tendering Party shall sell such number of the Tendered Units to the General Partner in exchange for a number of REIT Shares equal to the product of the REIT Shares Amount and the Applicable Percentage. The product of the Applicable Percentage and the REIT Shares Amount, if applicable, shall be delivered by the General Partner as duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and accessible REIT Shares having the same Class designation as the Tendered Units, free of any pledge, lien, encumbrance or restriction, other than the Aggregate Share Ownership Limit and other restrictions provided in the Article of Incorporation, the bylaws of the General Partner, the Securities Act and relevant state securities or blue sky laws. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 8.5(a) and this Section 8.5(b), the Tendering Parties shall have no rights under this Agreement that would otherwise be prohibited under the Articles of Incorporation.
(c) In connection with an exercise of Redemption Rights pursuant to this Section 8.5, the Tendering Party shall submit the following to the General Partner, in addition to the Notice of Redemption:
(i) A written affidavit, dated the same date as the Notice of Redemption, (a) disclosing the actual and constructive ownership, as determined for purposes of Code Sections 856(a)(6) and 856(h), of REIT Shares by (i) such Tendering Party and (ii) any Related Party and (b) representing that, after giving effect to the Redemption and assuming that the General Partner elects to exchange REIT Shares for all Tendered Units, neither the Tendering Party nor any Related Party will own REIT Shares in excess of the Aggregate Share Ownership Limit (or, if applicable the Excepted Holder Limit);
(ii) A written representation that neither the Tendering Party nor any Related Party has any intention to acquire any additional REIT Shares prior to the closing of the Redemption on the Specified Redemption Date;
(iii) An undertaking to certify, at and as a condition to the closing of the Redemption on the Specified Redemption Date, that either (a) the actual and constructive ownership of REIT Shares by the Tendering Party and any Related Party remain unchanged from that disclosed in the affidavit required by Section 8.5(c)(1) or (b) after giving effect to the Redemption, neither the Tendering Party nor any Related Party shall own REIT Shares in violation of the Aggregate Share Ownership Limit (or, if applicable, the Excepted Holder Limit); and
(iv) Any other documents as the General Partner may reasonably require in connection with the issuance of REIT Shares upon the exercise of the Redemption Right.
(d) Any Cash Amount to be paid to a Tendering Party pursuant to this Section 8.5 shall be paid on the Specified Redemption Date; provided, however, that the General Partner may elect to cause the Specified Redemption Date to be delayed for up to an additional 180 days to the extent required for the General Partner to cause additional REIT Shares to be issued to provide financing to be used to make such payment of the Cash Amount. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the General Partner agrees to use its best efforts to cause the closing of the acquisition of Tendered Units hereunder to occur as quickly as reasonably possible.
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the General Partner shall restrict the ability of the Limited Partners to exercise their Redemption Rights to prevent, among other things, (a) any person from owning shares in excess of the Common Share Ownership Limit, the Aggregate Share Ownership Limit and the Excepted Holder Limit, (b) the General Partners common stock from being owned by less than 100 persons, (c) the General Partner from being closely held within the meaning of section 856(h) of the Code, and (c) to ensure that the Partnership does not constitute a publicly traded partnership under section 7704 of the Code. If and when the General Partner determines that imposing such restrictions is necessary, the General Partner shall give prompt written notice thereof (a Restriction Notice ) to each of the Limited Partners holding Partnership Units, which notice shall be accompanied by a copy of an opinion of counsel to the Partnership which states that, in the opinion of such counsel, restrictions are necessary in order to avoid having the Partnership be treated as a publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation under section 7704 of the Code.
(f) A redemption fee may be charged in connection with an exercise of Redemption Rights pursuant to this Section 8.5.
8.6 Redemption of Special Limited Partnership Units.
Upon the earliest to occur of (a) the termination or nonrenewal of the Advisory Agreement for cause (as defined in the Advisory Agreement), (b) a Termination Event, (c) the Listing, or (d) a merger, consolidation or sale of substantially all of the General Partners assets or any similar transaction or any transaction pursuant to which a majority of the board of directors of the General Partner then in office are replaced or removed, the Special Limited Partnership Units will be redeemed.
(a) If the Advisory Agreement is terminated or not renewed by the General Partner for cause (as defined in the Advisory Agreement), all of the Special Limited Partnership Units shall be redeemed by the Partnership for a one-time cash payment of $1.00 within thirty (30) days after the termination or nonrenewal of the Advisory Agreement.
(b) Upon the occurrence of a Termination Event, the Listing or a merger, consolidation or sale of substantially all of the General Partners assets or any similar transaction or any transaction pursuant to which a majority of the board of directors of the General Partner then in office are replaced or removed, the Special Limited Partnership Units shall be redeemed for an aggregate amount equal to the amount that would have been distributed to the Special Limited Partner under Section 5.2(b) if all assets of the
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Partnership had been sold for their fair market value and all liabilities of the Partnership had been satisfied in full according to their terms. Such redemption shall occur no later than thirty (30) days after the date of a Termination Event and no later than 240 days after the Listing. In determining the fair market value of the assets of the Partnership, (i) in connection with a Termination Event, the General Partner shall obtain an appraisal of the assets of the Partnership (excluding any assets which may be readily marked to market) except that if the Termination Event is the result of any of the events described under (iii) below, then the fair market value of the shares shall be determined under (iii) below, (ii) in connection with the Listing, the General Partner shall make such determination (a) taking into account, in the event of a Listing on a national securities exchange only, the market value of the General Partners listed shares based upon the average closing price, or average of bid and asked prices, as the case may be, during a period of thirty (30) days during which such shares are traded beginning one hundred and twenty (120) days after the Listing or (b) taking into account the value of the General Partners shares based upon the initial public offering price in the event of an underwritten public offering and (iii) in connection with a merger, consolidation or sale of substantially all of the General Partners assets or any similar transaction pursuant to which a majority of the members of the board of directors of the General Partner then in office are replaced or removed, the General Partners shall make such determination based on the value of the consideration received by the General Partner or its stockholders on a per share basis. Payment to the Special Limited Partner upon a Termination Event or a Listing shall be paid, at the Special Limited Partners discretion, in the form of (a) shares of the General Partners common stock or (b) a promissory note bearing interest at a rate deemed fair and reasonable by a majority of the Independent Directors. In the event the Special Limited Partner elects to receive shares of the General Partners common stock and the General Partners shares are not listed on a national securities exchange, at the option of the Special Limited Partner, the Special Limited Partner and the General Partner shall enter into an agreement whereby the General Partner shall register such shares of common stock with the Commission. However, any payments under a promissory note may not be made in connection with a Termination Event until either (a) the closing of asset sales that result in aggregate, cumulative distributions to the Partners (other than the Special Limited Partner) of the Partnership from operating income, sales proceeds and other sources in an amount equal to their Capital Contributions to the Partnership plus a 6.00% cumulative non-compounded annual pre-tax return thereon, or (b) a Listing (each a Subsequent Liquidity Event ). In addition, the principal amount of the promissory note issued in connection with a Termination Event will be subject to reduction as of the date of the Subsequent Liquidity Event by an amount that will ensure that, in connection with the Subsequent Liquidity Event, the Special Limited Partner does not receive in excess of 15% of the distributions that are made or are deemed to be made by the Partnership after the Partners (other than the Special Limited Partner) have received or are deemed to have received aggregate, cumulative distributions equal to their Capital Contributions to the Partnership plus a 6.00% cumulative non-compounded annual pre-tax return thereon.
ARTICLE 9
TRANSFERS OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP UNITS
9.1 Purchase for Investment.
(a) Each Limited Partner hereby represents and warrants to the General Partner and to the Partnership that the acquisition of its Partnership Units is made as a principal for its account for investment purposes only and not with a view to the resale or distribution of such Partnership Units.
(b) Each Limited Partner agrees that he will not sell, assign or otherwise transfer its Partnership Units or any fraction thereof, whether voluntarily or by operation of law or at judicial sale or otherwise, to any Person who does not make the representations and warranties to the General Partner set forth in Section 9.1(a) above and similarly agree not to sell, assign or transfer such Partnership Units or fraction thereof to any Person who does not similarly represent, warrant and agree.
9.2 Restrictions on Transfer of Limited Partnership Units.
(a) Subject to the provisions of 9.2(b) and (c), no Limited Partner may offer, sell, assign, hypothecate, pledge or otherwise transfer all or any portion of its Limited Partnership Units, or any of such Limited Partners economic rights as a Limited Partner, whether voluntarily or by operation of law or at judicial sale or otherwise (collectively, a Transfer ) without the consent of the General Partner, which consent may be granted or withheld in its sole and absolute discretion. Any such purported transfer undertaken without such consent shall be considered to be null and void ab initio and shall not be given effect. The General Partner may require, as a condition of any Transfer to which it consents, that the transferor assume all costs incurred by the Partnership in connection therewith.
(b) No Limited Partner may withdraw from the Partnership other than as a result of a permitted transfer (i.e., a Transfer consented to as contemplated by clause (a) above or clause (c) below or a Transfer pursuant to Section 9.5 below) of all of its Partnership Units pursuant to this Article 9 or pursuant to a redemption of all of its Partnership Units pursuant to Section 8.5 or pursuant to the redemption of the Limited Partners Special Partnership Units pursuant to Section 8.6. Upon the permitted transfer or redemption of all of a Limited Partners Partnership Units, such Limited Partner shall cease to be a Limited Partner.
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(c) Notwithstanding Section 9.2(a) and subject to Sections 9.2(d), (e) and (f) below, a Limited Partner may Transfer, without the consent of the General Partner, all or a portion of its Partnership Units to (i) a parent or parents spouse, natural or adopted descendant or descendants, spouse of such descendant, or brother or sister, or a trust created by such Limited Partner for the benefit of such Limited Partner and/or any such person(s), of which trust such Limited Partner or any such person(s) is a trustee, (ii) a corporation controlled by a Person or Persons named in (i) above, or (iii) if the Limited Partner is an entity, its beneficial owners.
(d) No Limited Partner may effect a Transfer of its Limited Partnership Units, in whole or in part, if, in the opinion of legal counsel for the Partnership, such proposed Transfer would require the registration of the Limited Partnership Units under the Securities Act or would otherwise violate any applicable federal or state securities or blue sky law (including investment suitability standards).
(e) No Transfer by a Limited Partner of its Partnership Units, in whole or in part, may be made to any Person if (i) in the opinion of the General Partner based on the advice of legal counsel for the Partnership, if appropriate, the transfer would result in the Partnerships being treated as an association taxable as a corporation (other than a qualified REIT subsidiary within the meaning of Section 856(i) of the Code), (ii) in the opinion of the General Partner based on the advice of legal counsel for the Partnership, if appropriate, it would adversely affect the ability of the General Partner to continue to qualify as a REIT or subject the General Partner to any additional taxes under Section 857 or Section 4981 of the Code, and (iii) such transfer is effectuated through an established securities market or a secondary market (or the substantial equivalent thereof) within the meaning of Section 7704 of the Code.
(f) No transfer by a Limited Partner of any Partnership Units may be made to a lender to the Partnership or any Person who is related (within the meaning of Regulations Section 1.752-4(b)) to any lender to the Partnership whose loan constitutes a Nonrecourse Liability, without the consent of the General Partner, which may be withheld in its sole and absolute discretion, provided that as a condition to such consent the lender will be required to enter into an arrangement with the Partnership and the General Partner to exchange or redeem any Partnership Units in which a security interest is held for cash in an amount equal to such Partners Capital Account allocable (in the reasonable determination of the General Partner) to such exchanged or redeemed Partnership Units, simultaneously with the time at which such lender would be deemed to be a Partner in the Partnership for purposes of allocating liabilities to such lender under Section 752 of the Code.
(g) Any Transfer in contravention of any of the provisions of this Article 9 shall be void and ineffectual and shall not be binding upon, or recognized by, the Partnership.
(h) Prior to the consummation of any Transfer under this Article 9, the transferor and/or the transferee shall deliver to the General Partner such opinions, certificates and other documents as the General Partner shall request in connection with such Transfer.
9.3 Admission of Substitute Limited Partner.
(a) Subject to the other provisions of this Article 9, an assignee of the Limited Partnership Units of a Limited Partner (which shall be understood to include any purchaser, transferee, donee, or other recipient of any disposition of such Limited Partnership Units) shall be deemed admitted as a Limited Partner of the Partnership only with the consent of the General Partner and upon the satisfactory completion of the following:
(i) The assignee shall have accepted and agreed to be bound by the terms and provisions of this Agreement by executing a counterpart or an amendment thereof, including a revised Exhibit A , and such other documents or instruments as the General Partner may require in order to effect the admission of such Person as a Limited Partner.
(ii) To the extent required, an amended Certificate evidencing the admission of such Person as a Limited Partner shall have been signed, acknowledged and filed for record in accordance with the Act.
(iii) The assignee shall have delivered a letter containing the representation set forth in Section 9.1(a) hereof and the agreement set forth in Section 9.1(b) hereof.
(iv) If the assignee is a corporation, partnership or trust, the assignee shall have provided the General Partner with evidence satisfactory to counsel for the Partnership of the assignees authority to become a Limited Partner under the terms and provisions of this Agreement.
(v) The assignee shall have executed a power of attorney containing the terms and provisions set forth in Section 8.2 hereof.
(vi) The assignee shall have paid all legal fees and other expenses of the Partnership and the General Partner and filing and publication costs in connection with its substitution as a Limited Partner.
(vii) The assignee has obtained the prior written consent of the General Partner to its admission as a Substitute Limited Partner, which consent may be given or denied in the exercise of the General Partners sole and absolute discretion.
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(b) For the purpose of allocating Profits and Losses and distributing cash received by the Partnership, a Substitute Limited Partner shall be treated as having become, and appearing in the records of the Partnership as, a Partner upon the filing of the Certificate described in Section 9.3(a)(ii) hereof or, if no such filing is required, the later of the date specified in the transfer documents or the date on which the General Partner has received all necessary instruments of transfer and substitution.
(c) The General Partner shall cooperate with the Person seeking to become a Substitute Limited Partner by preparing the documentation required by this Section and making all official filings and publications. The Partnership shall take all such action as promptly as practicable after the satisfaction of the conditions in this Article 9 to the admission of such Person as a Limited Partner of the Partnership.
9.4 Rights of Assignees of Partnership Units.
(a) Subject to the provisions of Sections 9.1 and 9.2 hereof, except as required by operation of law, the Partnership shall not be obligated for any purposes whatsoever to recognize the assignment by any Limited Partner of its Partnership Units until the Partnership has received notice thereof.
(b) Any Person who is the assignee of all or any portion of a Limited Partners Limited Partnership Units, but does not become a Substitute Limited Partner and desires to make a further assignment of such Limited Partnership Units shall be subject to all the provisions of this Article 9 to the same extent and in the same manner as any Limited Partner desiring to make an assignment of its Limited Partnership Units.
9.5 Effect of Bankruptcy, Death, Incompetence or Termination of a Limited Partner.
The occurrence of an Event of Bankruptcy as to a Limited Partner, the death of a Limited Partner or a final adjudication that a Limited Partner is incompetent (which term shall include, but not be limited to, insanity) shall not cause the termination or dissolution of the Partnership, and the business of the Partnership shall continue if an order for relief in a bankruptcy proceeding is entered against a Limited Partner, the trustee or receiver of his estate or, if he dies, his executor, administrator or trustee, or, if he is finally adjudicated incompetent, his committee, guardian or conservator, shall have the rights of such Limited Partner for the purpose of settling or managing his estate property and such power as the bankrupt, deceased or incompetent Limited Partner possessed to assign all or any part of its Partnership Units and to join with the assignee in satisfying conditions precedent to the admission of the assignee as a Substitute Limited Partner.
9.6 Joint Ownership of Units.
A Partnership Unit may be acquired by two individuals as joint tenants with right of survivorship, provided that such individuals either are married or are related and share the same home as tenants in common. The written consent or vote of both owners of any such jointly held Partnership Unit shall be required to constitute the action of the owners of such Partnership Unit; provided, however, that the written consent of only one joint owner will be required if the Partnership has been provided with evidence satisfactory to the counsel for the Partnership that the actions of a single joint owner can bind both owners under the applicable laws of the state of residence of such joint owners. Upon the death of one owner of a Partnership Unit held in a joint tenancy with a right of survivorship, the Partnership Unit shall become owned solely by the survivor as a Limited Partner and not as an assignee. The Partnership need not recognize the death of one of the owners of a jointly-held Partnership Unit until it shall have received notice of such death. Upon notice to the General Partner from either owner, the General Partner shall cause the Partnership Unit to be divided into two equal Partnership Units, which shall thereafter be owned separately by each of the former owners.
ARTICLE 10
BOOKS AND RECORDS; ACCOUNTING; TAX MATTERS
10.1 Books and Records.
At all times during the continuance of the Partnership, the Partners shall keep or cause to be kept at the Partnerships specified office true and complete books of account in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, including: (a) a current list of the full name and last known business address of each Partner, (b) a copy of the Certificate of Limited Partnership and all Certificates of amendment thereto, (c) copies of the Partnerships federal, state and local income tax returns and reports, (d) copies of this Agreement and amendments thereto and any financial statements of the Partnership for the three most recent years and (e) all documents and information required under the Act. Any Partner or its duly authorized representative, upon paying the costs of collection, duplication and mailing, shall be entitled to inspect or copy such records during ordinary business hours.
10.2 Custody of Partnership Funds; Bank Accounts.
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(a) All funds of the Partnership not otherwise invested shall be deposited in one or more accounts maintained in such banking or brokerage institutions as the General Partner shall determine, and withdrawals shall be made only on such signature or signatures as the General Partner may, from time to time, determine.
(b) All deposits and other funds not needed in the operation of the business of the Partnership may be invested by the General Partner in investment grade instruments (or investment companies whose portfolio consists primarily thereof), government obligations, certificates of deposit, bankers acceptances and municipal notes and bonds. The funds of the Partnership shall not be commingled with the funds of any other Person except for such commingling as may necessarily result from an investment in those investment companies permitted by this Section 10.2(b).
10.3 Fiscal and Taxable Year.
The fiscal and taxable year of the Partnership shall be the calendar year.
10.4 Annual Tax Information and Report.
Within seventy-five (75) days after the end of each fiscal year of the Partnership, the General Partner shall furnish to each person who was a Limited Partner at any time during such year the tax information necessary to file such Limited Partners individual tax returns as shall be reasonably required by law.
10.5 Tax Matters Partner; Tax Elections; Special Basis Adjustments.
(a) The General Partner shall be the Tax Matters Partner of the Partnership within the meaning of Section 6231(a)(7) of the Code. As Tax Matters Partner, the General Partner shall have the right and obligation to take all actions authorized and required, respectively, by the Code for the Tax Matters Partner. The General Partner shall have the right to retain professional assistance in respect of any audit of the Partnership by the Internal Revenue Service and all out-of-pocket expenses and fees incurred by the General Partner on behalf of the Partnership as Tax Matters Partner shall constitute Partnership expenses. In the event the General Partner receives notice of a final Partnership adjustment under Section 6223(a)(2) of the Code, the General Partner shall either (i) file a court petition for judicial review of such final adjustment within the period provided under Section 6226(a) of the Code, a copy of which petition shall be mailed to all Limited Partners on the date such petition is filed, or (ii) mail a written notice to all Limited Partners, within such period, that describes the General Partners reasons for determining not to file such a petition.
(b) All elections required or permitted to be made by the Partnership under the Code or any applicable state or local tax law shall be made by the General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion.
(c) In the event of a transfer of all or any part of the Partnership Units of any Partner, the Partnership, at the option of the General Partner, may elect pursuant to Section 754 of the Code to adjust the basis of the Partnerships assets. Each Partner will furnish the Partnership with all information necessary to give effect to such election.
(d) By executing this Agreement, each Partner authorizes and directs the Partnership to elect to have the Safe Harbor described in the proposed Revenue Procedure set forth in Internal Revenue Service Notice 2005-43 (the Notice ) apply to any interest in the Partnership transferred to a service provider by the Partnership on or after the effective date of such Revenue Procedure in connection with services provided to the Partnership. For purposes of making such Safe harbor election, the General Partner is hereby designated as the partner who has responsibility for federal income tax reporting by the Partnership and, accordingly, execution of such Safe Harbor election by the General Partner constitutes execution of a Safe Harbor Election in accordance with Section 3.03(1) of the Notice. The partnership and each Partner hereby agrees to comply with all requirements of the Safe Harbor described in the Notice, including the requirement that each Partner shall prepare and file all U.S. federal income tax returns reporting the income tax effects of each Safe Harbor Partnership Unit issued by the Partnership in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Notice. A Partners obligations to comply with the requirements of this Section 10.5(d) shall survive such Partners ceasing to be a Partner of the Partnership and/or the termination, dissolution, liquidation and winding up of the Partnership, and, for purposes of this Section 10.5(d), the Partnership shall be treated as continuing in existence. Each partner authorizes the General Partner to amend this Section 10.5(d) to the extent necessary to achieve substantially the same tax treatment with respect to any interest in the Partnership transferred to a service provider by the Partnership in connection with services provided to the Partnership as set forth in Section 4 of the Notice (e.g., to reflect changes from the rules set forth in the Notice in subsequent Internal Revenue Service guidance); provided that such amendment is not materially adverse to such Partner (as compared with the after-tax consequences that would result if the provisions of the Notice applied to all interests in the Partnership transferred to a service provider by the Partnership in connection with services provided to the Partnership). Each Limited Partner further agrees to execute any forms or documents reasonably necessary to effectuate any of the foregoing provisions of this Section 10.5(d).
10.6 Reports to Limited Partners.
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(a) As soon as practicable after the close of each fiscal year, the General Partner shall cause to be mailed to each Limited Partner an annual report containing financial statements of the Partnership, or of the General Partner if such statements are prepared solely on a consolidated basis with the General Partner, for such fiscal year, presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The annual financial statements shall be audited by accountants selected by the General Partner.
(b) Any Partner shall further have the right to a private audit of the books and records of the Partnership at the expense of such Partner, provided such audit is made for Partnership purposes and is made during normal business hours.
ARTICLE 11
AMENDMENT OF AGREEMENT
The General Partners consent shall be required for any amendment to this Agreement. The General Partner, without the consent of the Limited Partners, may amend this Agreement in any respect; provided, however, that the following amendments shall require the consent of Limited Partners holding more than 50% of the Percentage Interests of the Limited Partners:
(a) any amendment affecting the operation of the redemption right or conversion right set forth in Section 8.5 in a manner adverse to the Limited Partners;
(b) any amendment that would adversely affect the rights of the Limited Partners to receive the distributions payable to them hereunder, other than with respect to the issuance of additional Partnership Units pursuant to Section 4.2 hereof;
(c) any amendment that would alter the Partnerships allocations of Profit and Loss to the Limited Partners, other than with respect to the issuance of additional Partnership Units pursuant to Section 4.2 hereof; or
(d) any amendment that would impose on the Limited Partners any obligation to make additional Capital Contributions to the Partnership.
ARTICLE 12
GENERAL PROVISIONS
12.1 Notices.
All communications required or permitted under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given when delivered personally or upon deposit in the United States mail, registered, postage prepaid return receipt requested, to the Partners at the addresses set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto; provided, however, that any Partner may specify a different address by notifying the General Partner in writing of such different address. Notices to the Partnership shall be delivered at or mailed to its specified office.
12.2 Survival of Rights.
Subject to the provisions hereof limiting transfers, this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Partners and the Partnership and their respective legal representatives, successors, transferees and assigns.
12.3 Additional Documents.
Each Partner agrees to perform all further acts and execute, swear to, acknowledge and deliver all further documents which may be reasonable, necessary, appropriate or desirable to carry out the provisions of this Agreement or the Act.
12.4 Severability.
If any provision of this Agreement shall be declared illegal, invalid, or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, then such provision shall be deemed to be severable from this Agreement (to the extent permitted by law) and in any event such illegality, invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the remainder hereof.
12.5 Entire Agreement.
This Agreement and exhibits attached hereto constitute the entire Agreement of the Partners and supersede all prior written agreements and prior and contemporaneous oral agreements, understandings and negotiations with respect to the subject matter hereof.
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12.6 Pronouns and Plurals.
When the context in which words are used in the Agreement indicates that such is the intent, words in the singular number shall include the plural and the masculine gender shall include the neuter or female gender as the context may require.
12.7 Headings.
The Article headings or sections in this Agreement are for convenience only and shall not be used in construing the scope of this Agreement or any particular Article.
12.8 Counterparts.
This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original copy and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument binding on all parties hereto, notwithstanding that all parties shall not have signed the same counterpart.
12.9 Governing Law.
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware; provided, however, that any cause of action for violation of federal or state securities laws shall not be governed by this Section 12.9.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have hereunder affixed their signatures to this Limited Partnership Agreement, all as of March 23, 2017
GENERAL PARTNER: | ||
Rodin Global Property Trust, Inc. | ||
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/s/ Kenneth Carpenter |
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Name: | Kenneth Carpenter | |
Title: | President | |
LIMITED PARTNER: | ||
Rodin Global Property Trust, Inc. | ||
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Title: | President | |
SPECIAL LIMITED PARTNER | ||
Rodin Global Property Trust OP Holdings, LLC | ||
By: Cantor Fitzgerald Investors, LLC | ||
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/s/ Shawn Matthews |
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Name: | Shawn Matthews | |
Title: | Chief Executive Officer |
EXHIBIT A
CONTRIBUTIONS & INTERESTS
As of March 23, 2017
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Rodin Global Property Trust, Inc. |
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Rodin Global Property Trust, Inc. |
110 East 59 th Street, New York, New York 10022 |
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Rodin Global Property Trust OP Holdings, LLC (Special Limited Partner) |
110 East 59 th Street, New York, New York 10022 |
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EXHIBIT B
NOTICE OF EXERCISE OF REDEMPTION RIGHT
In accordance with Section 8.5 of the Limited Partnership Agreement (the Agreement ) of Rodin Global Property Trust Operating Partnership, LP, the undersigned hereby irrevocably (i) presents for redemption Limited Partnership Units in Rodin Global Property Trust Operating Partnership, LP in accordance with the terms of the Agreement and the Redemption Right referred to in Section 8.5 thereof, (ii) surrenders such Limited Partnership Units and all right, title and interest therein, and (iii) directs that the Cash Amount or REIT Shares Amount (as defined in the Agreement) as determined by the General Partner deliverable upon exercise of the Redemption Right be delivered to the address specified below, and if REIT Shares (as defined in the Agreement) are to be delivered, such REIT Shares be registered or placed in the name(s) and at the address(es) specified below.
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EXHIBIT C
NOTICE OF ELECTION BY PARTNER TO CONVERT LTIP UNITS INTO LIMITED PARTNERSHIP UNITS
The undersigned LTIP Holder hereby irrevocably (i) elects to convert the number of LTIP Units in Rodin Global Property Trust Operating Partnership, LP (the Partnership ) set forth below into Limited Partnership Units in accordance with the terms of the Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Partnership, as amended; and (ii) directs that any cash in lieu of Limited Partnership Units that may be deliverable upon such conversion be delivered to the address specified below.
The undersigned hereby represents, warrants, and certifies that the undersigned (a) has title to such LTIP Units, free and clear of the rights or interests of any other person or entity other than the Partnership; (b) has the full right, power, and authority to cause the conversion of such LTIP Units as provided herein; and (c) has obtained the consent or approval of all persons or entities, if any, having the right to consent or approve such conversion.
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EXHIBIT D
NOTICE OF ELECTION BY PARTNERSHIP TO FORCE CONVERSION OF
LTIP UNITS INTO LIMITED PARTNERSHIP UNITS
Rodin Global Property Trust Operating Partnership, LP (the Partnership ) hereby irrevocably elects to cause the number of LTIP Units held by the LTIP Holder set forth below to be converted into Limited Partnership Units in accordance with the terms of the Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Partnership, as amended.
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Exhibit 10.4
RODIN GLOBAL PROPERTY TRUST, INC.
DISTRIBUTION SUPPORT AGREEMENT
DISTRIBUTION SUPPORT AGREEMENT (the Agreement ) dated March 23, 2017, by and between Cantor Fitzgerald Investors, LLC (the Sponsor ) and Rodin Global Property Trust, Inc. (the Company ).
WHEREAS , the Company has registered for public sale (the Offering ) a maximum of $1,250,000,000 in shares of its common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the Shares ), of which amount: (a) up to $1,000,000,000 in Shares are being offered to the public pursuant to the Companys primary offering; and (b) up to $250,000,000 in Shares are being offered to stockholders of the Company (the Stockholders ) pursuant to the Companys distribution reinvestment plan;
WHEREAS , the majority of the net proceeds of the Offering are intended to be invested in a diversified portfolio of income-producing commercial properties and other real estate-related assets, investing primarily in the acquisition of single-tenant net leased commercial properties located in the United States, United Kingdom and other European countries; and
WHEREAS , to ensure that the Company has a sufficient amount of funds to cover cash distributions authorized and declared to Stockholders during the Offering, the Sponsor has agreed to enter into this Agreement in accordance with the terms set forth herein.
NOW THEREFORE , for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:
1. Definitions . The following terms, when used herein, shall have the following meanings:
Advisor means Rodin Global Property Advisors, LLC, the Companys advisor, or any Affiliated successor.
Affiliate means with respect to any Person: (i) any Person directly or indirectly owning, controlling or holding, with the power to vote, ten percent or more of the outstanding voting securities of such other Person; (ii) any Person ten percent or more of whose outstanding voting securities are directly or indirectly owned, controlled or held, with the power to vote, by such other Person; (iii) any Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with such other Person; (iv) any executive officer, director, trustee or general partner of such other Person; and (v) any legal entity for which such Person acts as an executive officer, director, trustee or general partner. An entity shall not be deemed to control or be under common control with a program sponsored by the Sponsor unless (A) the entity owns ten percent or more of the voting equity interests of such program or (B) a majority of the board of directors (or equivalent governing body) of such program is composed of Affiliates of the entity.
Agreement has the meaning set forth in the recitals.
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.
Class I Shares means the Class I shares of the Companys common stock, par value $0.01 per share, offered pursuant to the Offering.
Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, or any successor statute thereto. Reference to any provision of the Code shall mean such provision as in effect from time to time, as the same may be amended, and any successor provision thereto, as interpreted by any applicable regulations as in effect from time to time.
Company has the meaning set forth in the recitals.
Distribution Shortfall means, with respect to any calendar quarter during the Term, the amount by which Quarterly Distributions exceed MFFO for such quarter or, in the event MFFO is negative, the amount of the Quarterly Distributions for such quarter.
Issue Date has the meaning set forth in Section 3(b) hereof.
MFFO means the Companys modified funds from operations as disclosed in the Companys Periodic Report filed with respect to the applicable period.
Offering has the meaning set forth in the recitals.
Periodic Report means the Companys quarterly report on Form 10-Q or annual report on Form 10-K, as applicable.
Person
means an individual, corporation,
partnership, estate, trust (including a trust qualified under Section 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 Internal
Revenue Code, association, private foundation within the meaning of Section 509(a) of the Code, joint stock company or other entity, or any government or any agency or political subdivision thereof, 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.
Prospectus means the prospectus for the Offering contained in the Companys registration statement on Form S-11, filed with the SEC pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder, and declared effective by the SEC, as such prospectus may be supplemented or amended thereafter.
Purchase Price means, as of any given date, the per share price of the Shares in the Offering, net of the maximum per share selling commissions and maximum dealer manager fees specified in the Prospectus.
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Quarterly Distributions means the aggregate amount of cash distributions paid to Stockholders during a calendar quarter.
SEC means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
Shares has the meaning set forth in the recitals.
Sponsor has the meaning set forth in the recitals.
Stockholders has the meaning set forth in the recitals.
Term has the meaning set forth in Section 4 hereof.
2. Share Purchase Commitment . In the event of a Distribution Shortfall for any calendar quarter during the Term, the Sponsor shall purchase Class I Shares from the Company in an aggregate amount equal to the Distribution Shortfall; provided, however , that the Sponsors obligation to purchase Class I Shares pursuant to this Agreement, shall be limited to an aggregate of $5,000,000 (when aggregated with any Shares the Sponsor or its Affiliates purchased in order to satisfy the minimum offering requirements set forth in the Prospectus). Any Class I Shares purchased by the Sponsor pursuant to this Section 2 shall be purchased pursuant to the Offering and at the Purchase Price in effect as of the date of purchase of the Class I Share.
3. Procedure for Purchase of Class I Shares .
(a) | In the event of a Distribution Shortfall, the Company shall deliver to the Sponsor a written notice within ten (10) Business Days following the Companys filing with the SEC of its Periodic Report for such calendar quarter or year, as the case may be, specifying the number of Class I Shares to be purchased by the Sponsor pursuant to Section 2 above and the Companys calculation of the Distribution Shortfall. |
(b) | On the fifth Business Day following the delivery of such notice (the Issue Date ), the Company shall issue to the Sponsor the Class I Shares being sold against the Sponsors delivery of its executed subscription for the Offering and payment of the Purchase Price for such Class I Shares by wire transfer of immediately available funds. |
4. Term . This Agreement shall be in effect until the earlier of (a) March 23, 2019 (unless extended by the parties hereto) or (b) the date upon which neither Rodin Global Property Advisors, LLC nor any of its Affiliates is serving as the Companys Advisor (the Term ).
5. Notices . All notices shall be in writing and shall be given or made, by delivery in person or by guaranteed delivery overnight courier to each party at the addresses set forth below:
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Rodin Global Property Trust, Inc.
110 East 59 th Street
New York, New York 10022
Attention: General Counsel
Cantor Fitzgerald Investors, LLC
110 East 59 th Street
New York, New York 10022
Attention: General Counsel
or to such other addresses as each party may designate at any time by giving notice in writing to the other party. Notices shall be effective upon receipt in the case of personal delivery or one Business Day after being sent in the case of delivery by overnight courier.
6. Voting Agreement . The Sponsor agrees and shall cause any of its Affiliates to whom it may transfer Class I Shares to agree on behalf of the Sponsor and to require any subsequent transferees that are Affiliates to agree that, with respect to any Class I Shares purchased pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise acquired, the Sponsor will not vote or consent on matters submitted to the Stockholders regarding any transaction between the Company and the Advisor or a transaction between the Company and any Affiliate of the Sponsor, including, without limitation, the removal of the Advisor or any of its Affiliates as the Companys Advisor. These voting restrictions shall survive with respect to the Sponsor until such time that the Advisor or its Affiliates are no longer serving as the Companys Advisor.
7. Assignment; Third Party Beneficiaries . This Agreement may not be assigned by any of the parties; provided, however , that the Sponsor may assign its obligations under this Agreement to any one or more of its Affiliates, but no such assignments shall relieve the Sponsor of its obligations hereunder. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and shall be binding upon the heirs, executors, administrators, legal representatives, successors and assigns of the parties hereto.
8. Governing Law . This Agreement shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without reference to conflict of laws provisions.
9. Amendment . No amendment, modification or waiver of this Agreement will be valid unless made in writing and duly executed by each party hereto.
10. Entire Agreement . This agreement constitutes the entire understanding among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof. This agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts.
[The remainder of this page is intentionally left blank. Signature page follows.]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date and year first above written.
RODIN GLOBAL PROPERTY TRUST, INC. | ||
By: |
/s/ Kenneth Carpenter |
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Name: | Kenneth Carpenter | |
Title: | President | |
CANTOR FITZGERALD INVESTORS, LLC | ||
By: |
/s/ Shawn Matthews |
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Name: | Shawn Matthews | |
Title: | Chief Executive Officer |
[Signature Page to Distribution Support Agreement Rodin Global Property Trust, Inc.]
Exhibit 10.5
REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT
THIS REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT (this Agreement ) is entered into as of March 23, 2017, by and among Rodin Global Property Trust, Inc. a Maryland corporation (the Company ), Cantor Fitzgerald Investors, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the Sponsor ), and, only with respect to Section 1.02(c) hereof, Rodin Global Property Trust OP Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the Special Unit Holder ). Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in Section 1.01 below.
W I T N E S S E T H
WHEREAS , the Sponsor is the sponsor of the Company;
WHEREAS , the Company has registered for public sale on Registration Statement No. 333-214130 on Form S-11, as amended, a maximum of $1,250,000,000 in shares of its common stock, $0.01 par value per share, consisting of Class A shares, Class T shares and Class I shares (collectively, the Shares ), of which amount: (i) up to $1,000,000,000 in Shares are being offered to the public pursuant to the Companys primary offering (the Primary Offering ); and (ii) up to $250,000,000 in Shares are being offered to stockholders (the Stockholders ) of the Company pursuant to the Companys distribution reinvestment plan;
WHEREAS , the Company and the Sponsor have entered into a Dealer Manager Agreement, dated as of March 23, 2017 (the Dealer Manager Agreement ), with Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., a New York general partnership (the Dealer Manager ), pursuant to which the Dealer Manager will offer and sell the Shares on a best efforts basis for the account of the Company and manage the sale of the Shares by other participating broker dealers, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Dealer Manager Agreement;
WHEREAS , the Company and the Special Unit Holder, have entered into the limited partnership agreement of Rodin Global Property Trust Operating Partnership, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the Operating Partnership ), dated as of March 23, 2017 (the OP Agreement ), pursuant to which, among other things, the Operating Partnership issued Special Limited Partnership Units (the Special Limited Partnership Units ) to the Special Unit Holder.
WHEREAS , the Sponsor has agreed to pay certain expenses relating to selling commissions and/or dealer-manager fees of the sale of the Shares in the amount of up to four percent (4%) of gross offering proceeds incurred in the Primary Offering (the Sponsor Expenses ); and
WHEREAS , the Company has agreed to reimburse the Sponsor for the payment of Sponsor Expenses in certain circumstances upon the terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth.
NOW, THEREFORE , in consideration of the foregoing and of the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1.01 Certain Definitions . As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings specified below:
Agreement has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
Charter means the Companys Articles of Amendment and Restatement, as amended.
Company has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
Dealer Manager has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
Dealer Manager Agreement has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
OP Agreement has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
Operating Partnership has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
Primary Offering has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
Shares has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
Special Limited Partnership Units has the meaning set forth in the recitals.
Special Unit Holder has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
Sponsor has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
Sponsor Expenses has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
1.02 Reimbursement .
(a) The Company hereby agrees to reimburse the Sponsor or its designee for all Sponsor Expenses actually incurred by, or on behalf of, the Sponsor. The Company shall reimburse the Sponsor Expenses immediately prior to, or upon the occurrence of the redemption of the Special Limited Partnership Units in connection with the events (each, a Reimbursement Event ) set forth or contemplated by the provisions of Section 8.6 of the OP Agreement. The Company only shall be obligated to reimburse the Sponsor in connection with a Reimbursement Event after (x) the Company has fully invested the proceeds from the Primary Offering and (y) the Stockholders have received, or are deemed to have received, in the aggregate, cumulative distributions equal to their invested capital plus a six percent (6%) cumulative, non-compounded annual pre-tax return on such invested capital.
(b) Subject to Section 1.02(a) hereof, the Companys reimbursement obligations hereunder shall be due and payable within fifteen (15) days after the occurrence of a Reimbursement Event; provided , however , the Sponsor may, in its sole discretion, waive or defer all or any portion of the Sponsor Expenses.
(c) The Special Unit Holder hereby agrees to be contractually subordinated to the interests of the Sponsor with respect to any Sponsor Expenses and any such reimbursement
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hereunder shall be reimbursed to the Sponsor prior to the payment of any distributions to the Special Unit Holder pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Operating Partnership.
(d) Subject only to the limitations contained in this Agreement and to any expressly applicable limitations contained in the Charter, the obligations of the Company under this Agreement are absolute, unconditional and irrevocable and shall be paid and observed, as may be applicable, strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under all circumstances whatsoever.
(e) In the event of a default by the Company hereunder, the Sponsor shall have all remedies available at law or in equity. In addition, the rights granted to the Sponsor pursuant to this Agreement are not the exclusive remedies available to the Sponsor in connection with the Companys reimbursement obligations hereunder or actions related thereto, and the Sponsor shall have all other remedies available to it at law or in equity.
1.03 Notices . Any notice, report or other communication required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be in writing unless some other method of giving such notice is accepted by the party to whom it is given, and shall be given by personal delivery or by overnight mail or other overnight delivery service to the following addresses:
To the Company: |
Rodin Global Property Trust, Inc. 110 East 59 th Street New York, New York 10022 Attn: General Counsel |
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To the Sponsor and the Special Unit Holder: |
Cantor Fitzgerald Investors, LLC 110 East 59 th Street New York, New York 10022 Attn: General Counsel |
Either party may at any time give notice in writing to the other party of a change in its address for the purposes of this Section 1.03 .
1.04 Successors and Assigns . This Agreement shall be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective executors, administrators, legal representatives, heirs, successors and assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and, except as otherwise provided herein, their respective executors, administrators, legal representatives, heirs, successors and assigns.
1.05 Modification . This Agreement shall not be changed or modified, in whole or in part, except by an instrument in writing signed by the parties hereto, or their respective successors or permitted assigns.
1.06 Severability . The provisions of this Agreement are independent of and severable from each other, and no provision shall be affected or rendered invalid or unenforceable by
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virtue of the fact that for any reason any other or others of them may be invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part.
1.07 Governing Law . This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements made and to be performed wholly within that State without regard to the principles of conflicts of laws. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of any New York State court sitting in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York or any federal court sitting in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York in respect of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement.
1.08 Entire Agreement . This Agreement contains the entire agreement and understanding between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof.
1.09 Interpretation . Words used herein regardless of the number and gender specifically used, shall be deemed and construed to include any other number, singular or plural, and any other gender, masculine, feminine or neuter, as the context requires.
1.10 Headings . The titles of Sections contained in this Agreement are for convenience only, and they neither form a part of this Agreement nor are they to be used in the construction or interpretation hereof.
1.11 Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original as against any party whose signature appears thereon, and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. This Agreement shall become binding when one or more counterparts hereof, individually or taken together, shall bear the signatures of all of the parties reflected hereon as the signatories.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date and year first above written.
RODIN GLOBAL PROPERTY TRUST, INC. | ||
By: |
/s/ Kenneth Carpenter |
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Name: Kenneth Carpenter | ||
Title: President | ||
CANTOR FITZGERALD INVESTORS, LLC | ||
By: |
/s/ Shawn Matthews |
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Name: Shawn Matthews | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||
With respect to Section 1.02(c) only: | ||
RODIN GLOBAL PROPERTY TRUST OP HOLDINGS, LLC | ||
By: |
/s/ Shawn Matthews |
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Name: Shawn Matthews | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer |
[Signature Page to Reimbursement Agreement dated March 23, 2017]
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Exhibit 10.7
RODIN GLOBAL PROPERTY TRUST, INC.
LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN
RODIN GLOBAL PROPERTY TRUST, INC.
LONG TERM INCENTIVE PLAN
ARTICLE 1 | PURPOSE | 1 | ||||
1.1 |
General | 1 | ||||
ARTICLE 2 | DEFINITIONS | 1 | ||||
2.1 |
Definitions | 1 | ||||
ARTICLE 3 | PLAN EFFECTIVE DATE; TERMINATION OF PLAN | 6 | ||||
3.1 |
Plan Effective Date | 6 | ||||
3.2 |
Termination of Plan | 6 | ||||
ARTICLE 4 | ADMINISTRATION | 6 | ||||
4.1 |
Committee | 6 | ||||
4.2 |
Actions and Interpretations by the Committee | 7 | ||||
4.3 |
Authority of Committee | 7 | ||||
4.4 |
Award Notifications | 8 | ||||
ARTICLE 5 | SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN | 8 | ||||
5.1 |
Number of Shares | 8 | ||||
5.2 |
Share Counting | 8 | ||||
5.3 |
Stock Distributed | 8 | ||||
ARTICLE 6 | ELIGIBILITY | 9 | ||||
6.1 |
General | 9 | ||||
ARTICLE 7 | STOCK OPTIONS | 9 | ||||
7.1 |
General | 9 | ||||
7.2 |
Incentive Stock Options | 9 | ||||
ARTICLE 8 | STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS | 10 | ||||
8.1 |
Grant of Stock Appreciation Rights | 10 | ||||
ARTICLE 9 | RESTRICTED STOCK, RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS AND DEFERRED STOCK UNITS | 10 | ||||
9.1 |
Grant of Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units and Deferred Stock Units | 10 | ||||
9.2 |
Issuance and Restrictions | 11 | ||||
9.3 |
Forfeiture | 11 | ||||
9.4 |
Delivery of Restricted Stock | 11 | ||||
ARTICLE 10 | PERFORMANCE AWARDS | 11 | ||||
10.1 |
Grant of Performance Awards | 11 | ||||
10.2 |
Performance Goals | 11 |
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ARTICLE 11 | DIVIDEND EQUIVALENTS | 12 | ||||
11.1 |
Grant of Dividend Equivalents |
12 | ||||
ARTICLE 12 | OTHER AWARDS | 12 | ||||
12.1 |
Grant of Other Awards |
12 | ||||
ARTICLE 13 | PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO AWARDS | 13 | ||||
13.1 |
Term of Awards |
13 | ||||
13.2 |
Form of Payment for Awards |
13 | ||||
13.3 |
Limits on Transfer |
13 | ||||
13.4 |
Beneficiaries |
13 | ||||
13.5 |
Stock Trading Restrictions |
13 | ||||
13.6 |
Acceleration upon Death or Disability |
13 | ||||
13.7 |
Acceleration upon a Change in Control |
14 | ||||
13.8 |
Acceleration for Any Reason |
14 | ||||
13.9 |
Forfeiture Events |
14 | ||||
13.10 |
Substitute Awards |
15 | ||||
ARTICLE 14 | CHANGES IN CAPITAL STRUCTURE | 15 | ||||
14.1 |
Mandatory Adjustments |
15 | ||||
14.2 |
Discretionary Adjustments |
15 | ||||
14.3 |
General |
16 | ||||
ARTICLE 15 | AMENDMENT, MODIFICATION AND TERMINATION | 16 | ||||
15.1 |
Amendment, Modification and Termination |
16 | ||||
15.2 |
Awards Previously Granted |
16 | ||||
15.3 |
Compliance Amendments |
16 | ||||
ARTICLE 16 | GENERAL PROVISIONS | 17 | ||||
16.1 |
Rights of Participants |
17 | ||||
16.2 |
Withholding |
17 | ||||
16.3 |
Special Provisions Related to Section 409A of the Code |
17 | ||||
16.4 |
Unfunded Status of Awards |
19 | ||||
16.5 |
Relationship to Other Benefits |
19 | ||||
16.6 |
Expenses |
19 | ||||
16.7 |
Titles and Headings |
19 | ||||
16.8 |
Gender and Number |
19 | ||||
16.9 |
Fractional Shares |
19 | ||||
16.10 |
Government and Other Regulations |
19 | ||||
16.11 |
Governing Law |
20 | ||||
16.12 |
Additional Provisions |
20 | ||||
16.13 |
No Limitations on Rights of Company |
20 | ||||
16.14 |
Indemnification | 20 |
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RODIN GLOBAL PROPERTY TRUST, INC.
LONG TERM INCENTIVE PLAN
ARTICLE 1
PURPOSE
1.1. GENERAL . The purpose of the Rodin Global Property Trust, Inc. Long Term Incentive Plan (the Plan ) is to enable Rodin Global Property Trust, Inc. (the Company ) and its Affiliates (as defined below) to (1) provide an incentive to employees, officers, directors and consultants to increase the value of the Companys common stock, (2) give such persons a stake in the Companys future that corresponds to the stake of each of the Companys stockholders, and (3) obtain or retain the services of these persons who are considered essential to the Companys long-term success, by offering such persons an opportunity to participate in the Companys growth through ownership of the Companys common stock or through other equity-related awards. Accordingly, the Plan permits the grant of incentive awards from time to time to selected employees, officers, directors and consultants of the Company and its Affiliates.
ARTICLE 2
DEFINITIONS
2.1. DEFINITIONS . When a word or phrase appears in this Plan with the initial letter capitalized, and the word or phrase does not commence a sentence, the word or phrase shall generally be given the meaning ascribed to it in this Section or in Section 1.1 unless a clearly different meaning is required by the context. The following words and phrases shall have the following meanings:
(a) Affiliate means (i) any Subsidiary or Parent, or (ii) an entity that directly or through one or more intermediaries controls, is controlled by or is under common control with, the Company, as determined by the Committee.
(b) Award means any Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Unit, Deferred Stock Unit, Performance Award, Dividend Equivalent, Other Award, or any other right or interest relating to Stock or cash, granted to a Participant under the Plan.
(c) Award Notification means a written document, in such form as the Committee prescribes from time to time, setting forth the terms and conditions of an Award. Award Notifications may be in the form of individual award agreements or certificates or a program document describing the terms and provisions of an Award or series of Awards under the Plan. The Committee may provide for the use of electronic or internet Award Notifications, and the use of electronic or internet means for the acceptance thereof and actions thereunder by a Participant.
(d) Beneficial Owner shall have the meaning given such term in Rule 13d-3 of the General Rules and Regulations under the 1934 Act.
(e) Board means the Board of Directors of the Company.
(f) Cause as a reason for a Participants termination of employment shall have the meaning assigned such term in the employment, severance or similar agreement, if any, between such Participant and the Company or an Affiliate; provided , however , that if there is no such employment, severance or similar agreement in which such term is defined, and unless otherwise defined in the applicable Award Notification, Cause shall mean any of the following acts by the
Participant, as determined by the Committee: gross neglect of duty, prolonged absence from duty without the consent of the Company, material breach by the Participant of any published Company code of conduct or code of ethics; or willful misconduct, misfeasance or malfeasance of duty which is reasonably determined to be detrimental to the Company. With respect to a Participants termination of directorship, Cause means an act or failure to act that constitutes cause for removal of a director under applicable Maryland law. The determination of the Committee as to the existence of Cause shall be conclusive on the Participant and the Company.
(g) Change in Control means and includes the occurrence of any one of the following events but shall specifically exclude a Public Offering:
(i) individuals who, on the Plan Effective Date, constitute the Board (the Incumbent Directors ) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of such Board, provided that any person becoming a director after the Plan Effective Date and whose election or nomination for election was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the Incumbent Directors then on the Board shall be an Incumbent Director; provided , however , that no individual initially elected or nominated as a director of the Company as a result of an actual or threatened election contest with respect to the election or removal of directors ( Election Contest ) or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of any Person other than the Board ( Proxy Contest ), including by reason of any agreement intended to avoid or settle any Election Contest or Proxy Contest, shall be deemed an Incumbent Director; or
(ii) any Person becomes a Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of either (A) 35% or more of the then-outstanding shares of common stock of the Company ( Company Common Stock ) or (B) securities of the Company representing 35% or more of the combined voting power of the Companys then outstanding securities eligible to vote for the election of directors (the Company Voting Securities ); provided , however , that for purposes of this subsection (ii), the following acquisitions of Company Common Stock or Company Voting Securities shall not constitute a Change in Control: (w) an acquisition directly from the Company, (x) an acquisition by the Company or a Subsidiary, (y) an acquisition by any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or any Subsidiary, or (z) an acquisition pursuant to a Non-Qualifying Transaction (as defined in subsection (iii) below); or
(iii) the consummation of a reorganization, merger, consolidation, statutory share exchange or similar form of corporate transaction involving the Company or a Subsidiary (a Reorganization ), or the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Companys assets (a Sale ) or the acquisition of assets or stock of another corporation or other entity (an Acquisition ), unless immediately following such Reorganization, Sale or Acquisition: (A) all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who were the Beneficial Owners, respectively, of the outstanding Company Common Stock and outstanding Company Voting Securities immediately prior to such Reorganization, Sale or Acquisition beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 35% of, respectively, the then outstanding shares of common stock and the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, as the case may be, of the entity resulting from such Reorganization, Sale or Acquisition (including, without limitation, an entity which as a result of such transaction owns the Company or all or substantially all of the Companys assets or stock either directly or through one or more subsidiaries, the Surviving Entity ) in
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substantially the same proportions as their ownership, immediately prior to such Reorganization, Sale or Acquisition, of the outstanding Company Common Stock and the outstanding Company Voting Securities, as the case may be, and (B) no Person (other than (x) the Company or any Subsidiary, (y) the Surviving Entity or its ultimate parent entity, or (z) any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by any of the foregoing) is the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of 35% or more of the total common stock or 35% or more of the total voting power of the outstanding voting securities eligible to elect directors of the Surviving Entity, and (C) at least a majority of the members of the board of directors of the Surviving Entity were Incumbent Directors at the time of the Boards approval of the execution of the initial agreement providing for such Reorganization, Sale or Acquisition (any Reorganization, Sale or Acquisition which satisfies all of the criteria specified in (A), (B) and (C) above shall be deemed to be a Non-Qualifying Transaction ); or
(iv) approval by the stockholders of the Company of a complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company.
(h) Charter means the articles of incorporation of the Company, as such articles of incorporation may be amended from time to time.
(i) Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time. For purposes of this Plan, references to sections of the Code shall be deemed to include references to any applicable regulations thereunder and any successor or similar provision.
(j) Committee means the committee of the Board described in Article 4.
(k) Company means Rodin Global Property Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation, or any successor corporation.
(l) Continuous Status as a Participant means the absence of any interruption or termination of service as an employee, officer, director, consultant or advisors of the Company or any Affiliate, as applicable; provided , however , that for purposes of an Incentive Stock Option Continuous Status as a Participant means the absence of any interruption or termination of service as an employee of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary, as applicable, pursuant to applicable tax regulations. Continuous Status as a Participant shall not be considered interrupted in the following cases: (i) a Participant transfers employment between the Company and an Affiliate or between Affiliates, or (ii) in the discretion of the Committee as specified at or prior to such occurrence, in the case of a spin-off, sale or disposition of the Participants employer from the Company or any Affiliate, or (iii) any leave of absence authorized in writing by the Company prior to its commencement; provided , however , that for purposes of Incentive Stock Options, no such leave may exceed 90 days, unless reemployment upon expiration of such leave is guaranteed by statute or contract. If reemployment upon expiration of a leave of absence approved by the Company is not so guaranteed, on the 91st day of such leave any Incentive Stock Option held by the Participant shall cease to be treated as an Incentive Stock Option and shall be treated for tax purposes as a Nonstatutory Stock Option. Whether military, government or other service or other leave of absence shall constitute a termination of Continuous Status as a Participant shall be determined in each case by the Committee at its discretion, and any determination by the Committee shall be final and conclusive.
(m) Deferred Stock Unit means a right granted to a Participant under Article 9 to
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receive Shares (or the equivalent value in cash or other property if the Committee so provides) at a future time as determined by the Committee, or as determined by the Participant within guidelines established by the Committee in the case of voluntary deferral elections.
(n) Disability of a Participant means that the Participant (i) is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months, or (ii) is, by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months, receiving income replacement benefits for a period of not less than three months under an accident and health plan covering employees of the Participants employer. If the determination of Disability relates to an Incentive Stock Option, Disability means Permanent and Total Disability as defined in Section 22(e)(3) of the Code. In the event of a dispute, the determination of whether a Participant is Disabled will be made by the Committee and may be supported by the advice of a physician competent in the area to which such Disability relates.
(o) Dividend Equivalent means a right granted to a Participant under Article 11.
(p) Eligible Participant means an employee, officer, consultant or director of the Company or any Affiliate.
(q) Exchange means any national securities exchange on which the Stock may from time to time be listed or traded.
(r) Fair Market Value , on any date, means (i) if the Stock is listed on a securities exchange, the closing sales price on such exchange or over such system on such date or, in the absence of reported sales on such date, the closing sales price on the immediately preceding date on which sales were reported, or (ii) if the Stock is not listed on a securities exchange, the mean between the bid and offered prices as quoted by the applicable interdealer quotation system for such date, provided that if the Stock is not quoted on such interdealer quotation system or it is determined that the fair market value is not properly reflected by such quotations, Fair Market Value will be determined by such other method as the Committee determines in good faith to be reasonable and in compliance with Code Section 409A.
(s) Grant Date of an Award means the first date on which all necessary corporate action has been taken to approve the grant of the Award as provided in the Plan, or such later date as is determined and specified as part of that authorization process. Notice of the grant shall be provided to the grantee within a reasonable time after the Grant Date.
(t) Incentive Stock Option means an Option that is intended to be an incentive stock option and meets the requirements of Section 422 of the Code or any successor provision thereto.
(u) Independent Director means a director of the Company who is not a common law employee of the Company and who meets the additional requirements set forth for an independent director in the Charter.
(v) Nonstatutory Stock Option means an Option that is not an Incentive Stock
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Option.
(w) Rodin Global OP means Rodin Global Property Trust Operating Partnership, LP, a Delaware limited partnership of which the Company is the sole general partner.
(x) Rodin Global OP Interests means limited partnership interests in Rodin Global OP that may be exchanged or redeemed for Shares on a one-for-one basis, or any profits interest in Rodin Global OP that may be exchanged or converted into such limited partnership interests.
(y) Option means a right granted to a Participant under Article 7 of the Plan to purchase Stock at a specified price during specified time periods. An Option may be either an Incentive Stock Option or a Nonstatutory Stock Option.
(z) Other Award means a right granted to a Participant under Article 12.
(aa) Parent means a corporation, limited liability company, partnership or other entity which owns or beneficially owns a majority of the outstanding voting stock or voting power of the Company. Notwithstanding the above, with respect to an Incentive Stock Option, Parent shall have the meaning set forth in Section 424(e) of the Code.
(bb) Participant means a person who, as an employee, officer, director or consultant of the Company or any Affiliate, has been granted an Award under the Plan; provided that in the case of the death of a Participant, the term Participant refers to a beneficiary designated pursuant to Section 13.4 or the legal guardian or other legal representative acting in a fiduciary capacity on behalf of the Participant under applicable state law and court supervision.
(cc) Performance Award means any award granted under the Plan pursuant to Article 10.
(dd) Person means any individual, entity or group, within the meaning of Section 3(a)(9) of the 1934 Act and as used in Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the 1934 Act.
(ee) Plan means the Rodin Global Property Trust, Inc. Long Term Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time.
(ff) Plan Effective Date has the meaning assigned such term in Section 3.1.
(gg) Public Offering shall occur on the closing date of a public offering of any class or series of the Companys equity securities pursuant to a registration statement filed by the Company under the 1933 Act.
(hh) Restricted Stock means Stock granted to a Participant under Article 9 that is subject to certain restrictions and to risk of forfeiture.
(ii) Restricted Stock Unit means a right granted to a Participant under Article 9 to receive shares of Stock (or the equivalent value in cash or other property if the Committee so provides) in the future, which right is subject to certain restrictions and to risk of forfeiture.
(jj) Shares means shares of the Companys Stock. If there has been an adjustment
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or substitution pursuant to Section 14.1, the term Shares shall also include any shares of stock or other securities that are substituted for Shares or into which Shares are adjusted pursuant to Section 14.1.
(kk) Stock means the $0.01 par value common stock of the Company and such other securities of the Company as may be substituted for Stock pursuant to Section 14.1.
(ll) Stock Appreciation Right or SAR means a right granted to a Participant under Article 8 to receive a payment equal to the difference between the Fair Market Value of a Share as of the date of exercise of the SAR over the grant price of the SAR, all as determined pursuant to Article 8.
(mm) Subsidiary means any corporation, limited liability company, partnership or other entity of which a majority of the outstanding voting stock or voting power is beneficially owned directly or indirectly by the Company. Notwithstanding the above, with respect to an Incentive Stock Option, Subsidiary shall have the meaning set forth in Section 424(f) of the Code.
(nn) 1933 Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time.
(oo) 1934 Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.
ARTICLE 3
PLAN EFFECTIVE DATE; TERMINATION OF PLAN
3.1. PLAN EFFECTIVE DATE . The Plan shall be effective as of the date it is approved by both the Board and the stockholders of the Company (the Plan Effective Date ).
3.2. TERMINATION OF PLAN . The Plan shall terminate on the tenth anniversary of the Plan Effective Date unless earlier terminated as provided herein. The termination of the Plan on such date shall not affect the validity of any Award outstanding on the date of termination, which shall continue to be governed by the applicable terms and conditions of this Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Incentive Stock Options may be granted more than ten (10) years after the earlier of (a) adoption of this Plan by the Board, or (b) the Plan Effective Date.
ARTICLE 4
ADMINISTRATION
4.1. COMMITTEE . The Plan shall be administered by a Committee appointed by the Board (which Committee shall consist of at least two directors) or, at the discretion of the Board from time to time, the Plan may be administered by the Board. The members of the Committee shall be appointed by, and may be changed at any time and from time to time in the discretion of, the Board. It is intended that at least two of the directors appointed to serve on the Committee shall be non-employee directors (within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the 1934 Act) and that any such members of the Committee who do not so qualify shall abstain from participating in any decision to make or administer Awards that are made to Eligible Participants who at the time of consideration for such Award are persons subject to the short-swing profit rules of Section 16 of the 1934 Act. However, the mere fact that a Committee member shall fail to qualify as a non-employee director or shall fail to abstain from such action shall not invalidate any Award made by the Committee which Award is otherwise validly made under the Plan. The members of the Committee shall be appointed by, and may be changed at any time and from time to time in the discretion of, the Board. The Board may reserve to itself any or all of the
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authority and responsibility of the Committee under the Plan or may act as administrator of the Plan for any and all purposes. To the extent the Board has reserved any authority and responsibility or during any time that the Board is acting as administrator of the Plan, it shall have all the powers of the Committee hereunder, and any reference herein to the Committee (other than in this Section 4.1) shall include the Board. To the extent any action of the Board under the Plan conflicts with actions taken by the Committee, the actions of the Board shall control.
4.2. ACTION AND INTERPRETATIONS BY THE COMMITTEE . For purposes of administering the Plan, the Committee may from time to time adopt rules, regulations, guidelines and procedures for carrying out the provisions and purposes of the Plan and make such other determinations, not inconsistent with the Plan, as the Committee may deem appropriate. The Committees interpretation of the Plan, any Awards granted under the Plan, any Award Notification and all decisions and determinations by the Committee with respect to the Plan are final, binding, and conclusive on all parties. Each member of the Committee is entitled to, in good faith, rely or act upon any report or other information furnished to that member by any officer or other employee of the Company or any Affiliate, the Companys or an Affiliates independent certified public accountants, Company counsel or any executive compensation consultant or other professional retained by the Company to assist in the administration of the Plan.
4.3. AUTHORITY OF COMMITTEE . The Committee has the exclusive power, authority and discretion to:
(a) grant Awards;
(b) designate Participants;
(c) determine the type or types of Awards to be granted to each Participant;
(d) determine the number of Awards to be granted and the number and type of Shares, Rodin Global OP Interests or dollar amount to which an Award will relate;
(e) determine the terms and conditions of any Award granted under the Plan;
(f) prescribe the form of each Award Notification, which need not be identical for each Participant;
(g) decide all other matters that must be determined in connection with an Award;
(h) establish, adopt or revise any rules, regulations, guidelines or procedures as it may deem necessary or advisable to administer the Plan;
(i) make all other decisions and determinations that may be required under the Plan or as the Committee deems necessary or advisable to administer the Plan;
(j) amend the Plan or any Award Notification as provided herein; and
(k) adopt such modifications, procedures, and subplans as may be necessary or desirable to comply with provisions of the laws of non-U.S. jurisdictions in which the Company or any Affiliate may operate, in order to assure the viability of the benefits of Awards granted to participants located in such other jurisdictions and to meet the objectives of the Plan.
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4.4. AWARD NOTIFICATIONS . Each Award shall be evidenced by an Award Notification. Each Award Notification shall include such provisions, not inconsistent with the Plan, as may be specified by the Committee.
ARTICLE 5
SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN
5.1. NUMBER OF SHARES . Subject to adjustment as provided in Sections 5.2 and Section 14.1, the aggregate number of Shares reserved and available for issuance pursuant to Awards granted under the Plan shall be 2,000,000. The maximum number of Shares that may be issued upon exercise of Incentive Stock Options granted under the Plan shall be 2,000,000. The maximum number of Shares that may be issued upon the exercise or grant of an Award granted under the Plan shall not exceed, in the aggregate, an amount equal to 10% of the outstanding Shares on the Grant Date.
5.2. SHARE COUNTING . Shares covered by an Award shall be subtracted from the Plan share reserve as of the date of grant, but shall be added back to the Plan share reserve in accordance with this Section 5.2.
(a) To the extent that an Award is canceled, terminates, expires, is forfeited or lapses for any reason, any unissued or forfeited Shares subject to the Award will again be available for issuance pursuant to Awards granted under the Plan.
(b) Shares subject to Awards settled in cash will again be available for issuance pursuant to Awards granted under the Plan.
(c) Shares withheld from an Award or delivered by a Participant to satisfy minimum tax withholding requirements will again be available for issuance pursuant to Awards granted under the Plan.
(d) If the exercise price of an Option is satisfied by delivering Shares to the Company (by either actual delivery or attestation), only the number of Shares issued to the Participant in excess of the Shares tendered (by delivery or attestation) shall be considered for purposes of determining the number of Shares remaining available for issuance pursuant to Awards granted under the Plan.
(e) To the extent that the full number of Shares subject to an Option or SAR is not issued upon exercise of the Option or SAR for any reason, including by reason of net-settlement of the Award, only the number of Shares issued and delivered upon exercise of the Option or SAR shall be considered for purposes of determining the number of Shares remaining available for issuance pursuant to Awards granted under the Plan.
(f) To the extent that the full number of Shares subject to an Award other than an Option or SAR is not issued for any reason, including by reason of failure to achieve maximum performance goals, only the number of Shares issued and delivered shall be considered for purposes of determining the number of Shares remaining available for issuance pursuant to Awards granted under the Plan.
(g) Substitute Awards granted pursuant to Section 13.10 of the Plan shall not count against the Shares otherwise available for issuance under the Plan under Section 5.1.
5.3. STOCK DISTRIBUTED . Any Stock distributed pursuant to an Award may consist, in
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whole or in part, of authorized and unissued Stock, treasury Stock or Stock purchased on the open market.
ARTICLE 6
ELIGIBILITY
6.1. GENERAL . Awards may be granted only to Eligible Participants. Incentive Stock Options may be granted only to Eligible Participants who are employees of the Company or a Parent or Subsidiary as defined in Section 424(e) and (f) of the Code. Eligible Participants who are service providers to an Affiliate may be granted Options or SARs under this Plan only if the Affiliate qualifies as an eligible issuer of service recipient stock within the meaning of §1.409A-1(b)(5)(iii)(E) of the final regulations under Code Section 409A.
ARTICLE 7
STOCK OPTIONS
7.1. GENERAL . The Committee is authorized to grant Options to Participants on the following terms and conditions:
(a) EXERCISE PRICE . The exercise price per Share under an Option shall be determined by the Committee, provided that the exercise price for any Option (other than an Option issued as a substitute Award pursuant to Section 13.10) shall not be less than the Fair Market Value as of the Grant Date.
(b) PROHIBITION ON REPRICING . Except as otherwise provided in Section 14.1, the exercise price of an Option may not be reduced, directly or indirectly by cancellation and regrant or otherwise, without the prior approval of the stockholders of the Company.
(c) TIME AND CONDITIONS OF EXERCISE . The Committee shall determine the time or times at which an Option may be exercised in whole or in part, subject to Section 7.1(e). The Committee shall also determine the performance or other conditions, if any, that must be satisfied before all or part of an Option may be exercised or vested.
(d) PAYMENT . The Committee shall determine the methods by which the exercise price of an Option may be paid, the form of payment, including, without limitation, cash, Shares, or other property (including cashless exercise arrangements), and the methods by which Shares shall be delivered or deemed to be delivered to Participants.
(e) EXERCISE TERM . Except for Nonstatutory Options granted to Participants outside the United States, no Option granted under the Plan shall be exercisable for more than ten years from the Grant Date.
(f) NO DEFERRAL FEATURE . No Option shall provide for any feature for the deferral of compensation other than the deferral of recognition of income until the exercise or disposition of the Option.
(g) NO DIVIDEND EQUIVALENTS . No Option shall provide for Dividend Equivalents.
7.2. INCENTIVE STOCK OPTIONS . The terms of any Incentive Stock Options granted under the Plan must comply with the requirements of Section 422 of the Code. If all of the requirements of Section 422 of the Code are not met, the Option shall automatically become a Nonstatutory Stock
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Option.
ARTICLE 8
STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS
8.1. GRANT OF STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS . The Committee is authorized to grant Stock Appreciation Rights to Participants on the following terms and conditions:
(a) RIGHT TO PAYMENT . Upon the exercise of a SAR, the Participant to whom it is granted has the right to receive, for each Share with respect to which the SAR is being exercised, the excess, if any, of:
(1) The Fair Market Value of one Share on the date of exercise; over
(2) The base price of the SAR as determined by the Committee, which shall not be less than the Fair Market Value of one Share on the Grant Date.
(b) PROHIBITION ON REPRICING . Except as otherwise provided in Section 14.1, the base price of a SAR may not be reduced, directly or indirectly by cancellation and regrant or otherwise, without the prior approval of the stockholders of the Company.
(c) EXERCISE TERM . Except for SARs granted to Participants outside the United States, no SAR shall be exercisable for more than ten years from the Grant Date.
(d) NO DEFERRAL FEATURE . No SAR shall provide for any feature for the deferral of compensation other than the deferral of recognition of income until the exercise or disposition of the SAR.
(e) NO DIVIDEND EQUIVALENTS . No SAR shall provide for Dividend Equivalents.
(f) OTHER TERMS .
(1) All SARs shall be evidenced by an Award Notification. Subject to the limitations of this Article 8, the terms, methods of exercise, methods of settlement, form of consideration payable in settlement, and any other terms and conditions of any SAR shall be determined by the Committee at the time of the grant of the Award and shall be reflected in the Award Notification.
(2) Stock Appreciation Rights shall not be granted unless and until Shares are listed on a national securities exchange:
ARTICLE 9
RESTRICTED STOCK, RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS
AND DEFERRED STOCK UNITS
9.1. GRANT OF RESTRICTED STOCK, RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS AND DEFERRED STOCK UNITS . The Committee is authorized to make Awards of Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units or Deferred Stock Units to Participants in such amounts and subject to such terms and conditions as may be selected by the Committee. An Award of Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units or Deferred
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Stock Units shall be evidenced by an Award Notification setting forth the terms, conditions, and restrictions applicable to the Award.
9.2. ISSUANCE AND RESTRICTIONS . Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units or Deferred Stock Units shall be subject to such restrictions on transferability and other restrictions as the Committee may impose (including, without limitation, limitations on the right to vote Restricted Stock or the right to receive dividends on the Restricted Stock). These restrictions may lapse separately or in combination at such times, under such circumstances, in such installments, upon the satisfaction of performance goals or otherwise, as the Committee determines at the time of the grant of the Award or thereafter. Except as otherwise provided in an Award Notification or any special Plan document governing an Award, the Participant shall have all of the rights of a stockholder with respect to the Restricted Stock, and the Participant shall have none of the rights of a stockholder with respect to Restricted Stock Units or Deferred Stock Units until such time as Shares of Stock are paid in settlement of the Restricted Stock Units or Deferred Stock Units. Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Award Notification, awards of Restricted Stock will be entitled to full dividend rights and any dividends paid thereon will be paid or distributed to the holder when the dividends are paid to the Companys stockholders.
9.3. FORFEITURE . Except as otherwise determined by the Committee at the time of the grant of the Award or thereafter, upon termination of Continuous Status as a Participant during the applicable restriction period or upon failure to satisfy a performance goal during the applicable restriction period, Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units that are at that time subject to restrictions shall be forfeited.
9.4. DELIVERY OF RESTRICTED STOCK . Shares of Restricted Stock shall be delivered to the Participant at the time of grant either by book-entry registration or by delivering to the Participant, or a custodian or escrow agent (including, without limitation, the Company or one or more of its employees) designated by the Committee, a stock certificate or certificates registered in the name of the Participant. If physical certificates representing shares of Restricted Stock are registered in the name of the Participant, such certificates must bear an appropriate legend referring to the terms, conditions, and restrictions applicable to such Restricted Stock.
ARTICLE 10
PERFORMANCE AWARDS
10.1. GRANT OF PERFORMANCE AWARDS . The Committee is authorized to grant any Award under this Plan, including cash-based Awards, with performance-based vesting criteria, on such terms and conditions as may be selected by the Committee. The Committee shall have the complete discretion to determine the number of Performance Awards granted to each Participant and to designate the provisions of such Performance Awards as provided in Section 4.3. All Performance Awards shall be evidenced by an Award Notification or a written program established by the Committee, pursuant to which Performance Awards are awarded under the Plan under uniform terms, conditions and restrictions set forth in such written program.
10.2. PERFORMANCE GOALS . The Committee may establish performance goals for Performance Awards which may be based on any criteria selected by the Committee. Such performance goals may be described in terms of Company-wide objectives or in terms of objectives that relate to the performance of the Participant, an Affiliate or a division, region, department or function within the Company or an Affiliate. If the Committee determines that a change in the business, operations, corporate structure or capital structure of the Company or the manner in which the Company or an Affiliate conducts its business, or other events or circumstances render performance goals to be unsuitable, the
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Committee may modify such performance goals in whole or in part, as the Committee deems appropriate. If a Participant is promoted, demoted or transferred to a different business unit or function during a performance period, the Committee may determine that the performance goals or performance period are no longer appropriate and may (i) adjust, change or eliminate the performance goals or the applicable performance period as it deems appropriate to make such goals and period comparable to the initial goals and period, or (ii) make a cash payment to the participant in an amount determined by the Committee.
ARTICLE 11
DIVIDEND EQUIVALENTS
11.1. GRANT OF DIVIDEND EQUIVALENTS . Except as provided in Sections 7.1(g) and 8.1(e), the Committee is authorized to grant Dividend Equivalents with respect to Awards granted hereunder, subject to such terms and conditions as may be selected by the Committee; provided that Dividend Equivalents shall not be granted unless and until Shares are listed on a national securities exchange. Dividend Equivalents shall entitle the Participant to receive payments equal to dividends with respect to all or a portion of the number of Shares subject to an Award, as determined by the Committee. The Committee may provide that Dividend Equivalents be paid or distributed when accrued or be deemed to have been reinvested in additional Shares, or otherwise reinvested. Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Award Notification, Dividend Equivalents will be paid or distributed no later than the 15 th day of the 3 rd month following the later of (i) the calendar year in which the corresponding dividends were paid to stockholders, or (ii) the first calendar year in which the Participants right to such Dividends Equivalents is no longer subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture.
ARTICLE 12
OTHER AWARDS
12.1. GRANT OF OTHER AWARDS . The Committee is authorized, subject to limitations under applicable law, to grant to Participants such other Awards that are payable in, valued in whole or in part by reference to, or otherwise based on or related to Shares, as deemed by the Committee to be consistent with the purposes of the Plan, including without limitation, Rodin Global OP Interests, membership interests in a Subsidiary or operating partnership, Shares awarded purely as a bonus and not subject to any restrictions or conditions, convertible or exchangeable debt securities, other rights convertible or exchangeable into Shares, and Awards valued by reference to book value of Shares or the value of securities of or the performance of specified Parents or Subsidiaries. The Committee shall determine the terms and conditions of such Awards. For purposes of calculating the number of Shares underlying an Other Award relative to the total number of Shares of Stock reserved and available for issuance under Section 5.1 hereof, the Committee shall establish in good faith the maximum number of Shares to which a grantee of such Other Award may be entitled upon fulfillment of all applicable conditions set forth in the relevant Award Notification, including vesting, accretion factors, conversion ratios, exchange ratios and the like. If and when any such conditions are no longer capable of being met, in whole or in part, the number of Shares underlying such Other Award shall be reduced accordingly by the Committee and the related Shares shall be added back to the Shares of Stock available for issuance under the Plan. The Committee may require that Other Awards be held through a limited partnership, or similar look-through entity, and the Committee may require such limited partnership or similar entity to impose restrictions on its partners or other beneficial owners that are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Section 12.1. The provisions of the grant of Other Awards need not be the same with respect to each Participant.
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ARTICLE 13
PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO AWARDS
13.1. TERM OF AWARD . The term of each Award shall be for the period as determined by the Committee, provided that in no event shall the term of any Option or a Stock Appreciation Right exceed a period of ten years from its Grant Date.
13.2. FORM OF PAYMENT FOR AWARDS . At the discretion of the Committee, payment of Awards may be made in cash, Stock, a combination of cash and Stock, or any other form of property as the Committee shall determine. In addition, payment of Awards may include such terms, conditions, restrictions and/or limitations, if any, as the Committee deems appropriate, including, in the case of Awards paid in the form of Stock, restrictions on transfer and forfeiture provisions. Further, payment of Awards may be made in the form of a lump sum, or in installments, as determined by the Committee.
13.3. LIMITS ON TRANSFER . No right or interest of a Participant in any unexercised or restricted Award may be pledged, encumbered, or hypothecated to or in favor of any party other than the Company or an Affiliate, or shall be subject to any lien, obligation, or liability of such Participant to any other party other than the Company or an Affiliate. No unexercised or restricted Award shall be assignable or transferable by a Participant other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution; provided , however , that the Committee may (but need not) permit other transfers (other than transfers for value) where the Committee concludes that such transferability (i) does not result in accelerated taxation, (ii) does not cause any Option intended to be an Incentive Stock Option to fail to be described in Code Section 422(b), and (iii) is otherwise appropriate and desirable, taking into account any factors deemed relevant, including without limitation, state or federal tax or securities laws applicable to transferable Awards.
13.4. BENEFICIARIES . Notwithstanding Section 13.3, a Participant may, in the manner determined by the Committee, designate a beneficiary to exercise the rights of the Participant and to receive any distribution with respect to any Award upon the Participants death. A beneficiary, legal guardian, legal representative, or other person claiming any rights under the Plan is subject to all terms and conditions of the Plan and any Award Notification applicable to the Participant, except to the extent the Plan and Award Notification otherwise provide, and to any additional restrictions deemed necessary or appropriate by the Committee. If no beneficiary has been designated or survives the Participant, payment shall be made to the Participants estate. Subject to the foregoing, a beneficiary designation may be changed or revoked by a Participant at any time provided the change or revocation is filed with the Committee.
13.5. STOCK TRADING RESTRICTIONS . All Stock issuable under the Plan is subject to any stop-transfer orders and other restrictions as the Committee deems necessary or advisable to comply with federal or state securities laws, rules and regulations and the rules of any national securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the Stock is listed, quoted, or traded. The Committee may place legends on any Stock certificate or issue instructions to the transfer agent to reference restrictions applicable to the Stock.
13.6. ACCELERATION UPON DEATH OR DISABILITY . Except as otherwise provided in the Award Notification or any special Plan document governing an Award, upon the termination of a persons Continuous Status as a Participant by reason of death or Disability:
(i) all of that Participants outstanding Options and SARs shall become fully exercisable;
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(ii) all time-based vesting restrictions on that Participants outstanding Awards shall lapse as of the date of termination; and
(iii) the payout opportunities attainable under all of that Participants outstanding performance-based Awards shall be deemed to have been fully earned as of the date of termination as follows:
(A) if the date of termination occurs during the first half of the applicable performance period, all relevant performance goals will be deemed to have been achieved at the target level, and
(B) if the date of termination occurs during the second half of the applicable performance period, the actual level of achievement of all relevant performance goals against target will be measured as of the end of the calendar quarter immediately preceding the date of termination, and
(C) in either such case, there shall be a pro rata payout to the Participant or his or her estate within sixty (60) days following the date of termination (unless a later date is required by Section 16.3 hereof), based upon the length of time within the performance period that has elapsed prior to the date of termination.
To the extent that this provision causes Incentive Stock Options to exceed the dollar limitation set forth in Code Section 422(d), the excess Options shall be deemed to be Nonstatutory Stock Options.
13.7. ACCELERATION UPON A CHANGE IN CONTROL . Except as otherwise provided in the Award Notification or any special Plan document governing an Award, upon the occurrence of a Change in Control, (i) all outstanding Options, SARs, and other Awards in the nature of rights that may be exercised shall become fully exercisable, and (ii) all time-based vesting restrictions on outstanding Awards shall lapse. Except as otherwise provided in the Award Notification or any special Plan document governing an Award, upon the occurrence of a Change in Control, the target payout opportunities attainable under all outstanding performance-based Awards shall be deemed to have been fully earned as of the effective date of the Change in Control based upon an assumed achievement of all relevant performance goals at the target level and there shall be a pro rata payout to Participants within thirty (30) days following the effective date of the Change in Control based upon the length of time within the performance period that has elapsed prior to the Change in Control.
13.8. ACCELERATION FOR ANY REASON . The Committee may in its sole discretion at any time determine that all or a portion of a Participants Options, SARs, and other Awards in the nature of rights that may be exercised shall become fully or partially exercisable, that all or a part of the time-based vesting restrictions on all or a portion of the outstanding Awards shall lapse, and/or that any performance-based criteria with respect to any Awards shall be deemed to be wholly or partially satisfied, in each case, as of such date as the Committee may, in its sole discretion, declare. The Committee may discriminate among Participants and among Awards granted to a Participant in exercising its discretion pursuant to this Section 13.8. Notwithstanding anything in the Plan, including this Section 13.8, the Committee may not accelerate the payment of any Award if such acceleration would violate Section 409A(a)(3) of the Code.
13.9. FORFEITURE EVENTS . The Committee may specify in an Award Notification that the Participants rights, payments and benefits with respect to an Award shall be subject to reduction, cancellation, forfeiture or recoupment upon the occurrence of certain specified events, in addition to any
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otherwise applicable vesting or performance conditions of an Award. Such events shall include, but shall not be limited to, termination of employment for Cause, violation of material Company or Affiliate policies, breach of noncompetition, confidentiality or other restrictive covenants that may apply to the Participant, or other conduct by the Participant that is detrimental to the business or reputation of the Company or any Affiliate.
13.10. SUBSTITUTE AWARDS . The Committee may grant Awards under the Plan in substitution for stock and stock-based awards held by employees of another entity who become employees of the Company or an Affiliate as a result of a merger or consolidation of the former employing entity with the Company or an Affiliate or the acquisition by the Company or an Affiliate of property or stock of the former employing corporation. The Committee may direct that the substitute awards be granted on such terms and conditions as the Committee considers appropriate in the circumstances.
ARTICLE 14
CHANGES IN CAPITAL STRUCTURE
14.1. MANDATORY ADJUSTMENTS . In the event of a nonreciprocal transaction between the Company and its stockholders that causes the per-share value of the Stock to change (including, without limitation, any stock dividend, stock split, spin-off, rights offering, or large nonrecurring cash dividend), the authorization limits under Section 5.1 shall be adjusted proportionately, and the Committee shall make such adjustments to the Plan and Awards as it deems necessary, in its sole discretion, to prevent dilution or enlargement of rights immediately resulting from such transaction. Action by the Committee may include: (i) adjustment of the number and kind of shares that may be delivered under the Plan; (ii) adjustment of the number and kind of shares subject to outstanding Awards; (iii) adjustment of the exercise price of outstanding Awards or the measure to be used to determine the amount of the benefit payable on an Award; and (iv) any other adjustments that the Committee determines to be equitable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee shall not make any adjustments to outstanding Options or SARs that would constitute a modification or substitution of the stock right under Treas. Reg. Sections 1.409A-1(b)(5)(v) that would be treated as the grant of a new stock right or change in the form of payment for purposes of Code Section 409A. Without limiting the foregoing, in the event of a subdivision of the outstanding Stock (stock-split), a declaration of a dividend payable in Shares, or a combination or consolidation of the outstanding Stock into a lesser number of Shares, the authorization limits under Section 5.1 shall automatically be adjusted proportionately, and the Shares then subject to each Award shall automatically, without the necessity for any additional action by the Committee, be adjusted proportionately without any change in the aggregate purchase price therefor.
14.2. DISCRETIONARY ADJUSTMENTS . Upon the occurrence or in anticipation of any corporate event or transaction involving the Company (including, without limitation, any merger, reorganization, recapitalization, combination or exchange of shares, or any transaction described in Section 14.1), the Committee may, in its sole discretion, provide (i) that Awards will be settled in cash rather than Stock, (ii) that Awards will become immediately vested and exercisable and will expire after a designated period of time to the extent not then exercised, (iii) that Awards will be assumed by another party to a transaction or otherwise be equitably converted or substituted in connection with such transaction, (iv) that outstanding Awards may be settled by payment in cash or cash equivalents equal to the excess of the Fair Market Value of the underlying Stock, as of a specified date associated with the transaction, over the exercise price of the Award, (v) that performance targets and performance periods for Performance Awards will be modified, or (vi) any combination of the foregoing. The Committees determination need not be uniform and may be different for different Participants whether or not such Participants are similarly situated.
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14.3. GENERAL . Any discretionary adjustments made pursuant to this Article 14 shall be subject to the provisions of Section 15.2. To the extent that any adjustments made pursuant to this Article 14 cause Incentive Stock Options to cease to qualify as Incentive Stock Options, such Options shall be deemed to be Nonstatutory Stock Options.
ARTICLE 15
AMENDMENT, MODIFICATION AND TERMINATION
15.1. AMENDMENT, MODIFICATION AND TERMINATION . The Board or the Committee may, at any time and from time to time, amend, modify or terminate the Plan without stockholder approval; provided , however , that if an amendment to the Plan would, in the reasonable opinion of the Board or the Committee, either (i) materially increase the number of Shares available under the Plan, (ii) expand the types of awards under the Plan, (iii) materially expand the class of participants eligible to participate in the Plan, (iv) materially extend the term of the Plan, or (v) otherwise constitute a material change requiring stockholder approval under applicable laws, policies or regulations or the applicable listing or other requirements of an Exchange, then such amendment shall be subject to stockholder approval; and provided , further , that the Board or Committee may condition any other amendment or modification on the approval of stockholders of the Company for any reason, including by reason of such approval being necessary or deemed advisable (i) to comply with the listing or other requirements of an Exchange, or (ii) to satisfy any other tax, securities or other applicable laws, policies or regulations.
15.2. AWARDS PREVIOUSLY GRANTED . At any time and from time to time, the Committee may amend, modify or terminate any outstanding Award without approval of the Participant; provided , however :
(a) Subject to the terms of the applicable Award Notification, such amendment, modification or termination shall not, without the Participants consent, reduce or diminish the value of such Award determined as if the Award had been exercised, vested, cashed in or otherwise settled on the date of such amendment or termination (with the per-share value of an Option or SAR for this purpose being calculated as the excess, if any, of the Fair Market Value as of the date of such amendment or termination over the exercise or base price of such Award);
(b) The original term of an Option or SAR may not be extended without the prior approval of the stockholders of the Company;
(c) Except as otherwise provided in Section 14.1, the exercise price of an Option or SAR may not be reduced, directly or indirectly, without the prior approval of the stockholders of the Company; and
(d) No termination, amendment, or modification of the Plan shall adversely affect any Award previously granted under the Plan, without the written consent of the Participant affected thereby. An outstanding Award shall not be deemed to be adversely affected by a Plan amendment if such amendment would not reduce or diminish the value of such Award determined as if the Award had been exercised, vested, cashed in or otherwise settled on the date of such amendment (with the per-share value of an Option or SAR for this purpose being calculated as the excess, if any, of the Fair Market Value as of the date of such amendment over the exercise or base price of such Award).
15.3. COMPLIANCE AMENDMENTS . Notwithstanding anything in the Plan or in any Award Notification to the contrary, the Board may amend the Plan or an Award Notification, to take effect retroactively or otherwise, as deemed necessary or advisable for the purpose of conforming the Plan
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or Award Notification to any present or future law relating to plans of this or similar nature (including, but not limited to, Section 409A of the Code), and to the administrative regulations and rulings promulgated thereunder. By accepting an Award under this Plan, a Participant agrees to any amendment made pursuant to this Section 15.3 to any Award granted under the Plan without further consideration or action.
ARTICLE 16
GENERAL PROVISIONS
16.1. RIGHTS OF PARTICIPANTS .
(a) No Participant or any Eligible Participant shall have any claim to be granted any Award under the Plan. Neither the Company, its Affiliates nor the Committee is obligated to treat Participants or Eligible Participants uniformly, and determinations made under the Plan may be made by the Committee selectively among Eligible Participants who receive, or are eligible to receive, Awards (whether or not such Eligible Participants are similarly situated).
(b) Nothing in the Plan, any Award Notification or any other document or statement made with respect to the Plan, shall interfere with or limit in any way the right of the Company or any Affiliate to terminate any Participants employment or status as an officer, or any Participants service as a director, at any time, nor confer upon any Participant any right to continue as an employee, officer, or director of the Company or any Affiliate, whether for the duration of a Participants Award or otherwise.
(c) Neither an Award nor any benefits arising under this Plan shall constitute an employment contract with the Company or any Affiliate and, accordingly, subject to Article 15, this Plan and the benefits hereunder may be terminated at any time in the sole and exclusive discretion of the Committee without giving rise to any liability on the part of the Company or any of its Affiliates.
(d) No Award gives a Participant any of the rights of a stockholder of the Company unless and until Shares are in fact issued to such person in connection with such Award.
16.2. WITHHOLDING . The Company or any Affiliate shall have the authority and the right to deduct or withhold, or require a Participant to remit to the Company, an amount sufficient to satisfy federal, state, and local taxes (including the Participants FICA obligation) required by law to be withheld with respect to any exercise, lapse of restriction or other taxable event arising as a result of the Plan. With respect to withholding required upon any taxable event under the Plan, the Committee may, at the time the Award is granted or thereafter, require or permit that any such withholding requirement be satisfied, in whole or in part, by withholding from the Award Shares having a Fair Market Value on the date of withholding equal to the minimum amount (and not any greater amount) required to be withheld for tax purposes, all in accordance with such procedures as the Committee establishes. All such elections shall be subject to any restrictions or limitations that the Committee, in its sole discretion, deems appropriate.
16.3. SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATED TO SECTION 409A OF THE CODE .
(a) General . It is intended that the payments and benefits provided under the Plan and any Award shall either be exempt from the application of, or comply with, the requirements of Section 409A of the Code. The Plan and all Award Notifications shall be construed in a manner that effects such intent. Nevertheless, the tax treatment of the benefits provided under the Plan or any Award is not warranted or guaranteed. Neither the Company, its Affiliates nor their respective directors, officers, employees or
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advisers shall be held liable for any taxes, interest, penalties or other monetary amounts owed by any Participant or other taxpayer as a result of the Plan or any Award.
(b) Definitional Restrictions . Notwithstanding anything in the Plan or in any Award Notification to the contrary, to the extent that any amount or benefit that would constitute non-exempt deferred compensation for purposes of Section 409A of the Code would otherwise be payable or distributable, or a different form of payment (e.g., lump sum or installment) would be effected, under the Plan or any Award Notification by reason of the occurrence of a Change in Control, or the Participants Disability or separation from service, such amount or benefit will not be payable or distributable to the Participant, and/or such different form of payment will not be effected, by reason of such circumstance unless the circumstances giving rise to such Change in Control, Disability or separation from service meet any description or definition of change in control event, disability or separation from service, as the case may be, in Section 409A of the Code and applicable regulations (without giving effect to any elective provisions that may be available under such definition). This provision does not prohibit the vesting of any Award upon a Change in Control, Disability or separation from service, however defined. If this provision prevents the payment or distribution of any amount or benefit, such payment or distribution shall be made on the next earliest payment or distribution date or event specified in the Award Notification that is permissible under Section 409A of the Code. If this provision prevents the application of a different form of payment of any amount or benefit, such payment shall be made in the same form as would have applied absent such designated event or circumstance.
(c) Allocation among Possible Exemptions . If any one or more Awards granted under the Plan to a Participant could qualify for any separation pay exemption described in Treas. Reg. Section 1.409A-1(b)(9), but such Awards in the aggregate exceed the dollar limit permitted for the separation pay exemptions, the Company (acting through the Committee) shall determine which Awards or portions thereof will be subject to such exemptions.
(d) Six-Month Delay in Certain Circumstances . Notwithstanding anything in the Plan or in any Award Notification to the contrary, if any amount or benefit that would constitute non-exempt deferred compensation for purposes of Section 409A of the Code would otherwise be payable or distributable under this Plan or any Award Notification by reason of a Participants separation from service during a period in which the Participant is a Specified Employee (as defined below), then, subject to any permissible acceleration of payment by the Committee under Treas. Reg. Section 1.409A-3(j)(4)(ii) (domestic relations order), (j)(4)(iii) (conflicts of interest), or (j)(4)(vi) (payment of employment taxes):
(i) the amount of such non-exempt deferred compensation that would otherwise be payable during the six-month period immediately following the Participants separation from service will be accumulated through and paid or provided on the first day of the seventh month following the Participants separation from service (or, if the Participant dies during such period, within 30 days after the Participants death) (in either case, the Required Delay Period ), and
(ii) the normal payment or distribution schedule for any remaining payments or distributions will resume at the end of the Required Delay Period.
For purposes of this Plan, the term Specified Employee has the meaning given such term in Section 409A of the Code and the final regulations thereunder, provided , however , that, as permitted in such final regulations, the Companys Specified Employees and its application of the six-month delay rule of 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code shall be determined in accordance with rules adopted by the Board or any committee of the Board, which shall be applied consistently
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with respect to all nonqualified deferred compensation arrangements of the Company, including this Plan.
16.4. UNFUNDED STATUS OF AWARDS . The Plan is intended to be an unfunded plan for incentive and deferred compensation. With respect to any payments not yet made to a Participant pursuant to an Award, nothing contained in the Plan or any Award Notification shall give the Participant any rights that are greater than those of a general creditor of the Company or any Affiliate. This Plan is not intended to be subject to ERISA.
16.5. RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER BENEFITS . No payment under the Plan shall be taken into account in determining any benefits under any pension, retirement, savings, profit sharing, group insurance, welfare or benefit plan of the Company or any Affiliate unless provided otherwise in such other plan.
16.6. EXPENSES . The expenses of administering the Plan shall be borne by the Company and its Affiliates.
16.7. TITLES AND HEADINGS . The titles and headings of the Sections in the Plan are for convenience of reference only, and in the event of any conflict, the text of the Plan, rather than such titles or headings, shall control.
16.8. GENDER AND NUMBER . Except where otherwise indicated by the context, any masculine term used herein also shall include the feminine; the plural shall include the singular and the singular shall include the plural.
16.9. FRACTIONAL SHARES . No fractional Shares shall be issued and the Committee shall determine, in its discretion, whether cash shall be given in lieu of fractional Shares or whether such fractional Shares shall be eliminated by rounding up or down.
16.10. GOVERNMENT AND OTHER REGULATIONS .
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, no Participant who acquires Shares pursuant to the Plan may, during any period of time that such Participant is an affiliate of the Company (within the meaning of the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission under the 1933 Act), sell such Shares, unless such offer and sale is made (i) pursuant to an effective registration statement under the 1933 Act, which is current and includes the Shares to be sold, or (ii) pursuant to an appropriate exemption from the registration requirement of the 1933 Act, such as that set forth in Rule 144 promulgated under the 1933 Act.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, if at any time the Committee shall determine that the registration, listing or qualification of the Shares covered by an Award upon any Exchange or under any foreign, federal, state or local law or practice, or the consent or approval of any governmental regulatory body, is necessary or desirable as a condition of, or in connection with, the granting of such Award or the purchase or receipt of Shares thereunder, no Shares may be purchased, delivered or received pursuant to such Award unless and until such registration, listing, qualification, consent or approval shall have been effected or obtained free of any condition not acceptable to the Committee. Any Participant receiving or purchasing Shares pursuant to an Award shall make such representations and agreements and furnish such information as the Committee may request to assure compliance with the foregoing or any other applicable legal requirements. The Company shall not be required to issue or deliver any certificate or certificates for Shares under the Plan prior to the Committees determination that all
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related requirements have been fulfilled. The Company shall in no event be obligated to register any securities pursuant to the 1933 Act or applicable state or foreign law or to take any other action in order to cause the issuance and delivery of such certificates to comply with any such law, regulation or requirement.
16.11. GOVERNING LAW . To the extent not governed by federal law, the Plan and all Award Notifications shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of Maryland.
16.12. ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS . Each Award Notification may contain such other terms and conditions as the Committee may determine; provided that such other terms and conditions are not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan.
16.13. NO LIMITATIONS ON RIGHTS OF COMPANY . The grant of any Award shall not in any way affect the right or power of the Company to make adjustments, reclassification or changes in its capital or business structure or to merge, consolidate, dissolve, liquidate, sell or transfer all or any part of its business or assets. The Plan shall not restrict the authority of the Company, for proper corporate purposes, to draft or assume awards, other than under the Plan, to or with respect to any person. If the Committee so directs, the Company may issue or transfer Shares to an Affiliate, for such lawful consideration as the Committee may specify, upon the condition or understanding that the Affiliate will transfer such Shares to a Participant in accordance with the terms of an Award granted to such Participant and specified by the Committee pursuant to the provisions of the Plan.
16.14. INDEMNIFICATION . Each person who is or shall have been a member of the Committee or of the Board shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Company against and from any loss, cost, liability, or expense that may be imposed upon or reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with or resulting from any claim, action, suit, or proceeding to which he or she may be a party or in which he or she may be involved by reason of any action taken or failure to act under the Plan and against and from any and all amounts paid by him or her in settlement thereof, with the Companys approval, or paid by him or her in satisfaction of any judgment in any such action, suit, or proceeding against him or her, provided he or she shall give the Company an opportunity, at its own expense, to handle and defend the same before he or she undertakes to handle and defend it on his or her own behalf, unless such loss, cost, liability, or expense is a result of his or her own willful misconduct or except as expressly provided by statute. The foregoing right of indemnification shall not be exclusive of any other rights of indemnification to which such persons may be entitled under the Companys charter or bylaws, as a matter of law, or otherwise, or any power that the Company may have to indemnify them or hold them harmless.
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The foregoing Long Term Incentive Plan was adopted by the Board on February 16, 2017 and by the stockholders on May 10, 2017.
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Exhibit 31.1
CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER
PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF
THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
I, Howard W. Lutnick, certify that:
1. | I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Rodin Global Property Trust, Inc. (the registrant); |
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 registrants other certifying officer 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. | Intentionally omitted; |
c. | Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants 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 |
d. | Disclosed in this report any change in the registrants internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrants most recent fiscal quarter (the registrants fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrants internal control over financial reporting; and |
5. | The registrants other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrants auditors and the audit committee of the registrants 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 registrants 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 registrants internal control over financial reporting. |
May 12, 2017 | / S / HOWARD W. LUTNICK | |||||
Howard W. Lutnick Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) |
Exhibit 31.2
CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER
PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF
THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
I, Steve Bisgay, certify that:
1. | I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Rodin Global Property Trust, Inc. (the registrant); |
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 registrants other certifying officer 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. | Intentionally omitted; |
c. | Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants 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 |
d. | Disclosed in this report any change in the registrants internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrants most recent fiscal quarter (the registrants fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrants internal control over financial reporting; and |
5. | The registrants other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrants auditors and the audit committee of the registrants 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 registrants 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 registrants internal control over financial reporting. |
May 12, 2017 | / S / STEVE BISGAY | |||||
Steve Bisgay Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Treasurer) |
Exhibit 32
CERTIFICATIONS PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
Certification of Principal Executive Officer
In connection with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Rodin Global Property Trust, Inc. (the Company) for the period ended March 31, 2017, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the Report), I, Howard W. Lutnick, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to my knowledge:
(1) | The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 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. |
May 12, 2017 |
/s/ HOWARD W. LUTNICK |
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Howard W. Lutnick Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) |
This certification accompanies each Report pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and shall not, except to the extent required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, be deemed filed by the Company for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided by the Company and will be retained by the Company and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.
Certification of Principal Financial Officer
In connection with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Rodin Global Property Trust, Inc. (the Company) for the period ended March 31, 2017, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the Report), I, Steve Bisgay, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to my knowledge:
(1) | The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 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. |
May 12, 2017 |
/s/ STEVE BISGAY |
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Steve Bisgay Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Treasurer) |
This certification accompanies each Report pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and shall not, except to the extent required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, be deemed filed by the Company for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided by the Company and will be retained by the Company and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.