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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 25, 2024

 

 

BROOKFIELD REAL ESTATE INCOME TRUST INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

Maryland   000-56428   82-2365593

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

250 Vesey Street, 15th Floor

New York, New York 10281

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(212) 417-7000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None

 

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on which registered

   

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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. ☐

 

 

 


Item 1.01

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

Brookfield Real Estate Income Trust Inc. ( the “Company”) intends to initiate, through its operating partnership, Brookfield REIT Operating Partnership L.P. (the “Operating Partnership”) a program (the “DST Program”) to issue and sell beneficial interests (the “DST Interests”) to “accredited investors,” as that term is defined under Regulation D promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), in private placements exempt from registration pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act (the “DST Offerings”), in specific Delaware statutory trusts (the “DSTs”) holding one or more real properties (each, a “DST Property” and, collectively, the “DST Properties”). Under the DST Program, each DST Property will be sourced from the Company’s real properties or from third parties, which will be held in a DST and subsequently leased by a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company in accordance with a certain master lease agreement. Each master lease agreement will be guaranteed by the Operating Partnership, which will hold a fair market value option (the “FMV Option”) giving it the right, but not the obligation, to acquire the DST Interests in the applicable DST from the investors in exchange for Operating Partnership units or cash, at the Operating Partnership’s discretion. Such FMV Option shall be exercisable during a one-year option period, beginning two years following the sale of the last DST Interest in any such DST Offering. The Operating Partnership, in its sole and absolute discretion, may assign its rights in the FMV Option to a subsidiary, an affiliate, a successor entity to the Operating Partnership or the acquiror of a majority of the Operating Partnership’s assets. After a one-year holding period, investors who acquire Operating Partnership units pursuant to the FMV Option generally have the right to request the Operating Partnership to redeem all or a portion of their Operating Partnership units for, at the Company’s sole discretion, shares of the Company’s common stock, cash or a combination of both.

Second Amended and Restated Advisory Agreement

In connection with the launch of the DST Program, on October 1, 2024, the Company, Brookfield REIT Adviser LLC (the “Adviser”) and the Operating Partnership entered into that certain Second Amended and Restated Advisory Agreement (the “Advisory Agreement”). The Advisory Agreement amends and restates the prior version of the Advisory Agreement to, among other things, facilitate the initiation and management of the DST Program.

The Advisory Agreement amends the calculation of the management fee in connection with the DST Program. As amended, the Company will pay the Adviser a management fee equal to 1.25% of the Company’s net asset value (“NAV”) for its Class T, Class S, Class D, Class I and Class C shares per annum payable monthly, and the Operating Partnership will pay the Adviser a management fee equal to 1.25% of Operating Partnership’s NAV of its Class T, Class T-1, Class S, Class S-1, Class D, Class D-1, Class I and Class C units held by unitholders other than the Company per annum payable monthly. In addition, the Company and the Operating Partnership will pay the Adviser a management fee equal to 1.25% of the aggregate DST Property consideration per annum payable monthly for all DST Properties subject to the FMV Option held by the Operating Partnership. For avoidance of doubt, the Adviser does not receive a duplicative management fee with respect to any DST Property. In calculating the management fee, the Company and the Operating Partnership use the NAV of the Company and the Operating Partnership before giving effect to any accruals for the management fee, the performance fee, the stockholder servicing fee, the investor servicing fee or distributions payable on the Company’s shares or the Operating Partnership’s units. No management fee will be paid with respect to Class E shares or Class E units.

Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement

In connection with the launch of the DST Program, on September 25, 2024, Brookfield REIT OP GP LLC, as the general partner, the Company, as a limited partner, and the other limited partners party thereto entered into that certain Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement of Brookfield REIT Operating Partnership L.P. (the “Partnership Agreement”). The Partnership Agreement amends the prior limited partnership agreement of the Operating Partnership to, among other things, facilitate the issuance of Operating Partnership units in exchange for DST Interests in the event the Operating Partnership elects to exercise its FMV Option.

The Partnership Agreement authorizes the Operating Partnership to issue Operating Partnership units, in the form of Class I units or one of three new classes of Operating Partnership units, designated as Class T-1 units, Class S-1 units and Class D-1 units, in exchange for DST Interests in connection with the FMV Option, with the class of Operating Partnership units to be received by an investor to be set forth set forth in the applicable agreement


between the Dealer Manager (defined below) and the participating intermediary that sold such DST Interests in a DST Offering. The Partnership Agreement further provides that any such Class T-1 units, Class S-1 units and Class D-1 units received in exchange for DST Interests in connection with the exercise of the FMV Option will automatically convert to Class I units in the event the aggregate selling commissions, dealer manager fees, and investor servicing fees paid with respect to such Class T-1 units, Class S-1 units or Class D-1 units and the DST Interests for which such Operating Partnership units were exchanged, reach a fee limit (if any) set forth in the applicable agreement between the Dealer Manager and the participating intermediary that sold such DST Interests in a DST Offering.

Pursuant to the Partnership Agreement, the investor servicing fee payable with respect to a particular class of Operating Partnership units will be specially allocated to that class of Operating Partnership units. Unless otherwise provided in the applicable agreement between the Dealer Manager and the applicable participating intermediary, the amount of the ongoing investor servicing fee for a Class T-1 unit shall equal 0.85% of the NAV of such outstanding Class T-1 unit, the amount of the ongoing investor servicing fee for a Class S-1 unit shall equal 0.85% of the NAV of such outstanding Class S-1 unit, and the amount of the ongoing investor servicing fee for a Class D-1 unit shall equal 0.25% per annum of the NAV of such outstanding Class D-1 unit.

Pursuant to the Partnership Agreement, limited partners who hold Operating Partnership units may, after a one-year holding period, request that the Operating Partnership redeem all or a portion of their Operating Partnership units for, at the sole discretion of the general partner of the Operating Partnership, shares of the Company’s common stock, cash, or a combination of both. Other than with respect to Operating Partnership units held Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. (“Brookfield”), the Adviser, and their affiliates, the Operating Partnership is not obligated to redeem any Operating Partnership units and may choose to redeem only some, or even none, of such units in the sole discretion of the general partner of the Operating Partnership.

DST Dealer Manager Agreement

In connection with the launch of the DST Program, on October 1, 2024, Brookfield Real Estate Exchange LLC, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the Operating Partnership (the “DST Sponsor”), Brookfield Oaktree Wealth Solutions LLC (the “Dealer Manager”) and, solely with respect to its obligations with respect to the investor servicing fee, the Operating Partnership, entered into that certain DST Dealer Manager Agreement (the “DST Dealer Manager Agreement”), pursuant to which the Dealer Manager will serve as the dealer manager for the DST Offerings on a “best efforts” basis. Under the DST Dealer Manager Agreement, each DST will pay the Dealer Manager upfront selling commissions of up to 5.0% of the total cash purchase price paid per DST Interest sold, upfront dealer manager fees of up to 1.0% of the total cash purchase price paid per DST Interest sold, and placement fees in an amount up to 1.0% of the total cash purchase price paid per DST Interest sold. Additionally, each DST will pay to the Dealer Manager an ongoing investor servicing fee of up to 0.25% per annum of the total cash purchase price paid for the DST Interests sold.

The Operating Partnership will pay the Dealer Manager, solely with respect to Operating Partnership units issued in connection with the FMV Option in exchange for DST Interests and only until the fee limit (if any) set forth in the applicable agreement between the Dealer Manager and the participating intermediary that sold such DST Interests in a DST Offering has been reached, an investor servicing fee equal to 0.85% per annum of the aggregate NAV for the applicable Class T-1 units, an investor servicing fee equal to 0.85% per annum of the aggregate NAV for the applicable Class S-1 units and an investor servicing fee equal to 0.25% per annum of the aggregate NAV for the applicable Class D-1 units. No investor servicing fee will be paid for Class I units.

All or a portion of the selling commissions, dealer manager fee and investor servicing fees may be reallowed to participating intermediaries, as set forth in the applicable agreement between the Dealer Manager and such participating intermediary.

The DST Dealer Manager Agreement contains standard representations, warranties and covenants of the DST Sponsor, the Dealer Manager and the Operating Partnership. The DST Sponsor, the Dealer Manager and each DST have also agreed to provide indemnification as set forth in the DST Dealer Manager Agreement. Each of the DST Sponsor and the Dealer Manager may terminate the DST Dealer Manager Agreement upon 60 days’ written notice. Included as Exhibit A to the DST Dealer Manager Agreement is the joinder to be entered into by each DST and included as Exhibit B to the DST Dealer Manager Agreement is the form of participating dealer agreement to be entered into by the Dealer Manager and participating broker-dealers that participate in a DST Offering.

The foregoing summaries of the Advisory Agreement, Partnership Agreement and DST Dealer Manager Agreement do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the Advisory Agreement, Partnership Agreement and DST Dealer Manager Agreement (including the exhibits thereto), copies of which are filed herewith and incorporated herein by reference.


Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit

Number

  

Description

10.1    Second Amended and Restated Advisory Agreement, dated October 1, 2024, by and among Brookfield Real Estate Income Trust Inc., Brookfield REIT Operating Partnership L.P. and Brookfield REIT Adviser LLC
10.2    Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement of Brookfield REIT Operating Partnership L.P., dated September 25, 2024
10.3    DST Dealer Manager Agreement, dated October 1, 2024, by and among Brookfield Real Estate Exchange LLC, Brookfield Oaktree Wealth Solutions LLC and Brookfield REIT Operating Partnership L.P.
104    Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)


SIGNATURE

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

 

Date: October 1, 2024   BROOKFIELD REAL ESTATE INCOME TRUST INC.
    By:  

/s/ Michelle L. Campbell

      Michelle L. Campbell
      Secretary

Exhibit 10.1

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED ADVISORY AGREEMENT

BY AND AMONG

BROOKFIELD REAL ESTATE INCOME TRUST INC.,

BROOKFIELD REIT OPERATING PARTNERSHIP L.P.

AND

BROOKFIELD REIT ADVISER LLC


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

1.   DEFINITIONS      1  
2.   APPOINTMENT      6  
3.   DUTIES OF THE ADVISER      6  
4.   AUTHORITY OF ADVISER      9  
5.   BANK ACCOUNTS; CUSTODY ACCOUNTS      10  
6.   RECORDS; ACCESS      10  
7.   LIMITATIONS ON ACTIVITIES      11  
8.   OTHER ACTIVITIES OF THE ADVISER      11  
9.   DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS      12  
10.   MANAGEMENT AND PERFORMANCE FEES      12  
11.   EXPENSES      14  
12.   OTHER SERVICES      17  
13.   LIMITATION ON TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES      17  
14.   NO JOINT VENTURE      18  
15.   TERM OF AGREEMENT      18  
16.   TERMINATION BY THE PARTIES      18  
17.   ASSIGNMENT TO AN AFFILIATE      18  
18.   PAYMENTS TO AND DUTIES OF ADVISER UPON TERMINATION      18  
19.   INDEMNIFICATION BY THE COMPANY AND THE OPERATING PARTNERSHIP      19  
20.   INDEMNIFICATION BY THE ADVISER      19  
21.   NON-SOLICITATION      19  
22.   MISCELLANEOUS      19  
23.   INVESTMENT BY ADVISER OR ITS AFFILIATES      20  


AMENDED AND RESTATED ADVISORY AGREEMENT

THIS SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED ADVISORY AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of October 1, 2024, is by and among Brookfield Real Estate Income Trust Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), Brookfield REIT Operating Partnership L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Operating Partnership”), and Brookfield REIT Adviser LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Adviser”). This Agreement shall become effective as of the date hereof (the “Effective Date”). Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in Section 1 below.

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Company, the Adviser and the Operating Partnership entered into that certain Advisory Agreement dated as of November 2, 2021 (as amended and restated as of March 21, 2022, the “Current Advisory Agreement”); and

WHEREAS, the Company, the Adviser and the Operating Partnership now desire to amend and restate the Current Advisory Agreement pursuant to the terms hereof.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and of the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein, the parties agree as follows:

1. DEFINITIONS. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the definitions hereinafter indicated:

Acquisition Expenses” shall have the meaning set forth in the Charter.

Adviser” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble of this Agreement.

Adviser Expenses” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11(b).

Adviser Investment” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 23.

Advisers Act” shall mean the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended.

Affiliate” shall have the meaning set forth in the Charter and the term “Affiliated” shall have a correlative meaning.

Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble of this Agreement.

Average Invested Assets” shall have the meaning set forth in the Charter.

Board” shall mean the board of directors of the Company, as of any particular time.

Brookfield” means, collectively, Brookfield Asset Management Inc., an Ontario, Canada corporation, and any Affiliate thereof.

Business Day” shall have the meaning set forth in the Charter.

Bylaws” shall mean the bylaws of the Company, as amended or restated from time to time.

Cause” shall mean, with respect to the termination of this Agreement, fraud, criminal conduct, willful misconduct or willful or grossly negligent breach of fiduciary duty by the Adviser in connection with performing its duties hereunder.

CEA shall mean the U.S. Commodities Exchange Act, as amended.


Change of Control” shall mean any event (including, without limitation, issue, transfer or other disposition of shares of capital stock of the Company or equity interests in the Operating Partnership, merger, share exchange or consolidation) after which any “person” (as that term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company or the Operating Partnership representing greater than 50% or more of the combined voting power of Company’s or Operating Partnership’s then-outstanding securities; provided, that, a Change of Control shall not be deemed to occur as a result of any widely distributed public offering of the Shares.

Charter” shall mean the Articles of Incorporation of the Company filed with the Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation in accordance with the Maryland General Corporation Law, as amended and supplemented from time to time.

Class C Common Shares” shall have the meaning set forth in the Charter.

Class C NAV Per Share” shall have the meaning set forth in the Charter.

Class D Common Shares” shall have the meaning set forth in the Charter.

Class D NAV Per Share” shall have the meaning set forth in the Charter.

Class E Common Shares” shall have the meaning set forth in the Charter.

Class E NAV Per Share” shall have the meaning set forth in the Charter.

Class I Common Shares” shall have the meaning set forth in the Charter.

Class I NAV Per Share” shall have the meaning set forth in the Charter.

Class S Common Shares” shall have the meaning set forth in the Charter.

Class S NAV Per Share” shall have the meaning set forth in the Charter.

Class T Common Shares” shall have the meaning set forth in the Charter.

Class T NAV Per Share” shall have the meaning set forth in the Charter.

Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

Company” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble of this Agreement.

Company Excess Profits” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10(b).

Company Management Fee” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10(a).

Company Performance Fee” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10(b).

Current Advisory Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble of this Agreement.

Director” shall mean a member of the Board.

Distributions” shall have the meaning set forth in the Charter.

DST Interests” means beneficial interests sold to third-party investors by one or more Delaware statutory trust managed and controlled by the Operating Partnership or by certain Affiliates.

 

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DST Properties” shall mean real properties held directly or indirectly by a Delaware statutory trust (i) managed and controlled by the Operating Partnership or by certain Affiliates and (ii) that sells DST Interests.

DST Property Consideration” shall mean the total consideration received by the Company, the Operating Partnership or any of their respective Subsidiaries for selling DST Interests in a Delaware statutory trust that owns one or more DST Properties to third-party investors, net of (i) any up-front fees and expense reimbursements payable out of gross sale proceeds from the sale of such beneficial interests, including but not limited to sales commissions, dealer manager fees, placement fees, financing fees, organizational and offering expense reimbursement and non-accountable expense allowances and (ii) any proceeds from any loans secured directly or indirectly by the DST Properties.

Effective Date” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble of this Agreement.

Excess Amount” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 13.

Exchange Act” shall have the meaning set forth in the Charter.

Expense Year” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 13.

Former Adviser” shall mean Oaktree Fund Advisors, LLC.

Former Advisory Agreement” shall mean that certain Advisory Agreement between the Company and the Former Adviser dated April 11, 2018, which terminated on November 22, 2021.

GAAP” shall mean generally accepted accounting principles as in effect in the United States of America from time to time.

Gross Proceeds” shall mean the aggregate purchase price of all Shares sold for the account of the Company through a public Offering, without deduction for Selling Commissions. The purchase price of any Share shall be deemed to be the full, non-discounted offering price at the time of purchase of each such Share.

Hurdle Amount” for any period during a calendar year means that amount that results in a 5% annualized internal rate of return on the NAV of the Participating Shares outstanding at the beginning of the then-current calendar year and all Participating Shares issued since the beginning of the then-current calendar year, taking into account the timing and amount of all Distributions accrued or paid (without duplication) on all such Participating Shares and all issuances of Participating Shares over the period and calculated in accordance with recognized industry practices. The ending NAV of the Participating Shares used in calculating the internal rate of return will be calculated before giving effect to any allocation or accrual to the Performance Fee and any applicable Stockholder Servicing Fee expenses, provided that the calculation of the Hurdle Amount for any period will exclude any Participating Shares repurchased during such period, which Participating Shares will be subject to the Performance Fee upon such repurchase as described in Section 10(b).

Independent Appraiser shall have the meaning set forth in the Charter.

Independent Director” shall have the meaning set forth in the Charter.

Investment Company Act” shall mean the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

Investment Guidelines” shall mean the investment guidelines and borrowing policies adopted by the Board, as amended from time to time, pursuant to which the Adviser has discretion to acquire and dispose of Investments for the Company without the prior approval of the Board.

Investments” shall mean any investments by the Company or the Operating Partnership, directly or indirectly, in Real Property, Real Estate-Related Assets or other assets (including derivatives).

 

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Investor Servicing Fee” means a per annum investor servicing fee paid or previously paid to the Company’s dealer manager by a Delaware statutory trust or the Operating Partnership with respect to any DST Interests or Operating Partnership units issued in exchange for DST Interests.

Joint Ventures” shall have the meaning set forth in the Charter.

Loss Carryforward Amount” shall initially equal zero and shall cumulatively increase by the absolute value of any negative annual Total Return and decrease by any positive annual Total Return, provided that the Loss Carryforward Amount shall at no time be less than zero and provided further that the calculation of the Loss Carryforward Amount will exclude the Total Return related to any Participating Shares repurchased during such year, which Participating Shares will be subject to the Performance Fee upon such repurchase as described in Section 10(b).

Management Fee” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10(a).

Mortgages” shall have the meaning set forth in the Charter.

NASAA REIT Guidelines” shall have the meaning set forth in the Charter.

NAV” shall mean the Company’s net asset value, calculated pursuant to the Valuation Guidelines.

Net Income” shall have the meaning set forth in the Charter.

Offering” shall have the meaning set forth in the Charter.

OP Excess Profits” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10(b).

OP Hurdle Amount” for any period during a calendar year means that amount that results in a 5% annualized internal rate of return on the OP NAV of the Participating Units outstanding at the beginning of the then-current calendar year and all Participating Units issued since the beginning of the then-current calendar year, taking into account the timing and amount of all Distributions accrued or paid (without duplication) on all such Participating Units and all issuances of Participating Units over the period and calculated in accordance with recognized industry practices. The ending OP NAV of the Participating Units used in calculating the internal rate of return will be calculated before giving effect to any allocation or accrual to the OP Performance Fee, provided that the calculation of the OP Hurdle Amount for any period will exclude any Participating Units repurchased during such period, which Participating Units will be subject to the OP Performance Fee upon such repurchase as described in Section 10(b).

OP Loss Carryforward Amount” shall initially equal zero and shall cumulatively increase by the absolute value of any negative annual OP Total Return and decrease by any positive annual OP Total Return, provided that the OP Loss Carryforward Amount shall at no time be less than zero and provided further that the calculation of the OP Loss Carryforward Amount will exclude the OP Total Return related to any Participating Units repurchased during such year, which Participating Units will be subject to the OP Performance Fee upon such repurchase as described in Section 10(b).

OP Management Fee” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10(a).

OP NAV” shall mean the Operating Partnership’s net asset value, calculated pursuant to the Valuation Guidelines.

OP Performance Fee” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10(b).

 

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OP Total Return” for any period since the end of the prior calendar year shall equal the sum of: (i) all Distributions accrued or paid (without duplication) on the Participating Units outstanding at the end of such period since the beginning of the then-current calendar year plus (ii) the change in aggregate OP NAV of such Participating Units since the beginning of such year, before giving effect to (x) changes resulting solely from the proceeds of issuances of Participating Units, (y) any allocation or accrual to the OP Performance Fee and (z) any applicable Investor Servicing Fee expenses (including any payments made to the Operating Partnership for payment of such expenses). For the avoidance of doubt, the calculation of OP Total Return will (i) include any appreciation or depreciation in the OP NAV of Participating Units issued during the then-current calendar year but (ii) exclude the proceeds from the initial issuance of such Participating Units.

Operating Partnership” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble of this Agreement.

Operating Partnership Agreement” shall mean the Limited Partnership Agreement of the Operating Partnership, as amended from time to time.

Organization and Offering Expenses” shall have the meaning set forth in the Charter.

Other Brookfield Accounts” shall mean the other funds and accounts, including proprietary accounts, that Brookfield and its Affiliates currently manage and may in the future manage.

Participating Shares” means Class C Common Shares, Class D Common Shares, Class I Common Shares, Class S Common Shares and Class T Common Shares. Class E Common Shares shall not be considered Participating Shares.

Participating Units” means Class C, Class D, Class D-1, Class I, Class S, Class S-1, Class T and Class T-1 units of the Operating Partnership held by unitholders other than the Company. Class E units of the Operating Partnership shall not be considered Participating Units.

Performance Fee” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10(b).

Person” shall mean an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other legal entity.

Private Placement” shall mean an unregistered sale of securities pursuant to an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

Prospectus” shall have the meaning set forth in the Charter.

Real Estate-Related Assets” shall mean any investments (other than investments in Real Property), directly or indirectly, by the Company and the Operating Partnership in interests related to real property of whatever nature, including, but not limited to (i) real estate-related debt, including agency securities, collateralized mortgage backed securities, residential mortgage backed securities, mezzanine loans, commercial first mortgages, residential mortgages, and subordinated secured debt, and (ii) equity securities or interests in corporations (to the extent consistent with the requirements to be a REIT), limited liability companies, partnerships and other joint ventures having an equity interest in real property, REITs, ground leases, tenant-in-common interests, participating mortgages, convertible mortgages or other debt instruments convertible into equity interests in real property by the terms thereof, options to purchase real estate, real property purchase-and-leaseback transactions and other transactions and investments with respect to real estate.

Real Estate-Related Securities” shall have the meaning set forth in the Charter.

Real Property” shall mean real property owned from time to time by the Operating Partnership or a Subsidiary thereof, either directly or through Joint Ventures, which consists of (i) land only, (ii) land, including the buildings located thereon, (iii) buildings only or (iv) such investments the REIT and the Adviser mutually designate as Real Property to the extent such investments could be classified as Real Property.

Registration Statement” shall mean a registration statement on Form S-11, as may be amended from time to time, of the Company filed with the SEC related to the registration of the Shares for a public Offering.

 

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REIT” shall have the meaning set forth in the Charter.

SECshall mean the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Securities Act shall have the meaning set forth in the Charter.

Selling Commissions” shall have the meaning set forth in the Charter.

Shares” shall have the meaning set forth in the Charter.

Stockholder Servicing Fee” shall have the meaning set forth in the Charter.

Stockholders” shall have the meaning set forth in the Charter.

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.

Termination Date” shall mean the date of termination of this Agreement or expiration of this Agreement in the event this Agreement is not renewed for an additional term.

Total Operating Expenses” shall have the meaning set forth in the Charter.

Total Return” for any period since the end of the prior calendar year shall equal the sum of: (i) all Distributions accrued or paid (without duplication) on the Participating Shares outstanding at the end of such period since the beginning of the then-current calendar year plus (ii) the change in aggregate NAV of such Participating Shares since the beginning of such year, before giving effect to (x) changes resulting solely from the proceeds of issuances of Participating Shares, (y) any allocation or accrual to the Performance Fee and (z) any applicable Stockholder Servicing Fee expenses (including any payments made to the Company for payment of such expenses). For the avoidance of doubt, the calculation of Total Return will (i) include any appreciation or depreciation in the NAV of Participating Shares issued during the then-current calendar year but (ii) exclude the proceeds from the initial issuance of such Participating Shares.

Transaction Price” shall have the meaning set forth in the Prospectus.

2%/25% Guidelines” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 13.

Valuation Guidelines” shall mean the valuation guidelines of the Company as have been adopted by the Board, as amended from time to time.

2. APPOINTMENT. The Company and the Operating Partnership hereby appoint the Adviser to serve as their investment adviser on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, and the Adviser hereby accepts such appointment. By accepting such appointment, the Adviser acknowledges that it has a contractual and fiduciary responsibility to the Company and the Stockholders. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the Adviser hereby agrees to use its commercially reasonable efforts to perform the duties set forth herein, provided that the Company reimburses the Adviser for costs and expenses in accordance with Section 13 hereof.

3. DUTIES OF THE ADVISER. Subject to the oversight of the Board and the terms and conditions of this Agreement and consistent with the provisions of the Company’s most recent Prospectus, the Investment Guidelines, the Charter, the Bylaws, and the Operating Partnership Agreement, the Adviser will have plenary authority with respect to the management of the business and affairs of the Company and the Operating Partnership and will be responsible for managing and conducting the operations of the Company and the Operating Partnership, including implementing the investment strategy and providing employees to act as officers of the Company. The Adviser will perform (or cause to be performed through one or more of its Affiliates or third parties) such services and activities relating to the selection of investments and rendering investment advice to the Company and the Operating Partnership as may be appropriate or otherwise mutually agreed from time to time, which may include, without limitation:

(a) serving as an advisor to the Company and the Operating Partnership with respect to the establishment and periodic review of the Investment Guidelines for the Company’s and the Operating Partnership’s investments, financing activities and operations;

 

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(b) purchasing, selling, exchanging, converting, trading, financing, refinancing, mortgaging, encumbering, conveying, assigning, pledging, constructing, lending or otherwise effecting transactions for the Company’s portfolio with respect to investment opportunities and the Company’s Investments;

(c) investigating, analyzing, evaluating, structuring and negotiating, on the Company’s and the Operating Partnership’s behalf, potential acquisitions, purchases, sales, exchanges or other dispositions of Investments with sellers, purchasers, and other counterparties and, if applicable, their respective agents, advisors and representatives;

(d) providing the Company with portfolio management and other related services, including managing, operating, improving, developing, redeveloping, renovating and monitoring the Investments;

(e) negotiating, arranging and executing any borrowings or financings;

(f) evaluating and engaging in hedging activities on the Company’s and the Operating Partnership’s behalf, consistent with the Company’s qualification as a REIT;

(g) engaging and supervising, on the Company’s and the Operating Partnership’s behalf and at the Company’s and the Operating Partnership’s expense, independent contractors, advisors, consultants, attorneys, accountants, administrators, auditors, appraisers, independent valuation agents, escrow agents, transfer agents and other service providers (which may include Affiliates of the Adviser) that provide various services with respect to the Company and the Operating Partnership, including, without limitation, on-site managers, building and maintenance personnel, investment banking, securities brokerage, mortgage brokerage, credit analysis, risk management services, asset management services, loan servicing, other financial, legal or accounting services, due diligence services, underwriting review services, and all other services (including custody and transfer agent and registrar services) as may be required relating to the Company’s and the Operating Partnership’s activities or Investments (or potential Investments);

(h) coordinating and managing operations of any Joint Venture or co-investment interests held by the Company or the Operating Partnership and conducting matters with the Joint Venture or co-investment partners;

(i) communicating on the Company’s and the Operating Partnership’s behalf with the holders of any of the Company’s or the Operating Partnership’s equity or debt securities as required to satisfy the reporting and other requirements of any governmental bodies or agencies or trading markets and to maintain effective relations with such holders;

(j) advising the Company in connection with policy decisions to be made by the Board;

(k) managing the program whereby interests in Delaware statutory trusts are sold to third-party investors and the DST Properties held by such Delaware statutory trusts are leased to the Company or its Subsidiaries;

(l) advising the Company regarding the maintenance of the Company’s status as a REIT and monitoring compliance with the various REIT qualification tests and other rules set out in the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder;

(m) advising the Company regarding the maintenance of the Company’s exemption from the Investment Company Act and monitoring compliance with the requirements for maintaining an exemption from such Act;

 

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(n) engaging one or more sub-advisors with respect to the management of the Company and the Operating Partnership, including, where appropriate, Affiliates of the Adviser;

(o) advising the Company as to the Company’s and the Operating Partnership’s capital structure and capital raising activities;

(p) determining valuations for the Company’s Real Property and Real Estate-Related Assets and calculating or overseeing the calculation, as of the last Business Day of each month (or such other date or dates approved by the Board), of the Class C NAV Per Share, Class T NAV Per Share, Class S NAV Per Share, Class D NAV Per Share, Class I NAV Per Share and Class E NAV Per Share in accordance with the Valuation Guidelines, and in connection therewith, obtaining appraisals performed by an Independent Appraiser and other independent third-party appraisal firms concerning the value of the Real Properties and obtaining market quotations or conduct fair valuation determinations concerning the value of Real Estate-Related Assets;

(q) providing input in connection with the appraisals performed by the Independent Appraisers;

(r) monitoring the Company’s Real Property and Real Estate-Related Assets for events that may be expected to have a material impact on the most recent estimated values;

(s) monitoring each Independent Appraiser’s valuation process to ensure that it complies with the Valuation Guidelines;

(t) maintaining on behalf of the Company copies of appraisals obtained in connection with the investments in any Real Property;

(u) in the event that the Company is a commodity pool under the CEA, acting as the Company’s commodity pool operator for the period and on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, including, for the avoidance of doubt, the authority to make any filings, submissions or registrations (including for exemptive or “no action” relief) to the extent required or desirable under the CEA (and the Company hereby appoints the Advisor to act in such capacity and the Advisor accepts such appointment and agrees to be responsible for such services);

(v) providing the Company with all necessary cash management services (including with respect to short-term investments);

(w) placing, or arranging for the placement of, orders of Real Estate-Related Assets pursuant to the Adviser’s investment determinations for the Company and the Operating Partnership either directly with the issuer or with a broker or dealer (including any Affiliated broker or dealer);

(x) performing such other services from time to time in connection with the management of the Company’s investment activities as the Board shall reasonably request or the Adviser shall deem appropriate under the particular circumstances;

(y) performing (or overseeing, or arranging for, the performance of) the administrative services necessary for the operation of the Company;

(z) providing the Company with clerical, bookkeeping and record-keeping services;

(aa) causing the Company to qualify to do business in all applicable jurisdictions and obtaining and maintaining all appropriate licenses;

(bb) assisting the Company in publishing the Company’s NAV;

(cc) assisting in the administration of the Company’s distribution reinvestment plan, Share transfers, Share repurchases and all exception requests;

 

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(dd) assisting the Company in maintaining (i) registration of the Shares under federal and state securities laws with respect to any public Offering and complying with all with all federal, state and local regulatory requirements applicable to the Company with respect to such Offering and the Company’s business activities (including the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended), including, with respect to any public Offering, preparing or causing to be prepared all supplements to the Prospectus, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement and financial statements required under applicable regulations and contractual undertakings and all reports and documents, if any, required under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, (ii) applicable exemptions from registration under federal and state securities laws with respect to any private Offering of Shares and (iii) compliance with applicable securities regulations associated with any private Offering of Shares outside of the United States;

(ee) assisting in permissible public relations activities relating to the Company, including but not limited to (i) development and administration of press releases, (ii) media relations, (iii) media coverage and by-lined articles and (iv) subject to regulatory approvals, if required, the development and maintenance of a Company website to provide access for investors to general information relating to the Company, such as NAV, filings with the SEC and sales material related to an Offering;

(ff) preparing reports to the Stockholders and reports and other materials filed with the SEC and overseeing the printing and dissemination of reports to the Stockholders;

(gg) overseeing the preparation and filing of the Company’s tax returns, including soliciting Stockholders for required information to the extent provided by the REIT provisions of the Code;

(hh) maintaining the financial and other records that the Company is required to maintain;

(ii) handling and resolving all claims, disputes or controversies (including all litigation, arbitration, settlement or other proceedings or negotiations) in which the Company may be involved or to which the Company may be subject, arising out of the Company’s day-to-day operations, subject to such limitations or parameters as may be imposed from time to time by the Board;

(jj) overseeing the payment of the Company’s expenses; and

(kk) reporting to the Board about the Adviser’s performance of its obligations hereunder and furnishing advice and recommendations with respect to such other aspects of the business and affairs of the Company as the Adviser shall determine to be desirable.

4. AUTHORITY OF ADVISER.

(a) Pursuant to the terms of this Agreement (including the restrictions included in this Section 4 and in Section 7), and subject to the continuing and exclusive authority of the Board over the management of the Company, the Board (by virtue of its approval of this Agreement and authorization of the execution hereof by the officers of the Company) hereby delegates to the Adviser the authority to take, or cause to be taken, any and all actions and to execute and deliver any and all agreements, certificates, assignments, instruments or other documents and to do any and all things that, in the judgment of the Adviser, may be necessary or advisable in connection with the Adviser’s duties described in Section 3, including the making of any Investment or the entry into any financing that is consistent with the Investment Guidelines, policies and limitations and within the discretionary limits and authority as granted to the Adviser from time to time by the Board.

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Investment or financing that does not fit within the Investment Guidelines will require the prior approval of the Board or any duly authorized committee of the Board, as the case may be. If a transaction requires Board approval, the Adviser will deliver to the Directors all documents and other information required by them to properly evaluate the proposed transaction. Except as otherwise set forth herein, in the Investment Guidelines or in the Charter, any Investment or financing that is consistent with the Investment Guidelines may be made by the Adviser on the Company’s or the Operating Partnership’s behalf without the prior approval of the Board or any duly authorized committee of the Board.

 

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(c) The prior approval of a majority of the Directors (including a majority of the Independent Directors) not otherwise interested in the transaction will be required for each transaction to which the Adviser or its Affiliate is a party.

(d) The Board will review the Investment Guidelines with sufficient frequency and at least annually and may, at any time upon the giving of notice to the Adviser, amend the Investment Guidelines; provided, however, that such modification or revocation shall be effective upon receipt by the Adviser or such later date as is specified by the Board and included in the notice provided to the Adviser and such modification or revocation shall not be applicable to investment transactions to which the Adviser has committed the Company or the Operating Partnership prior to the date of receipt by the Adviser of such notification, or if later, the effective date of such modification or revocation specified by the Board.

(e) The Adviser may obtain, for and on behalf, and at the sole cost and expense, of the Company, such services as the Adviser deems necessary or advisable in connection with the management and operations of the Company, which may include Affiliates of the Adviser; provided, that any such services may only be provided by Affiliates to the extent such services are approved by a majority of the Directors (including a majority of the Independent Directors) not otherwise interested in such transactions as being fair and reasonable to the Company and on terms and conditions not less favorable to the Company than those available from non-Affiliated third parties.

(f) The Adviser is not permitted to consummate on the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s behalf any transaction that involves the sale of any Investment to or the acquisition of any investment from Brookfield, any Other Brookfield Account or any of their Affiliates unless such transaction is approved by a majority of the Directors, including a majority of the Independent Directors, not otherwise interested in such transaction as being fair and reasonable to the Company. In addition, for any such acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary, the Company’s or such Subsidiary’s purchase price will be limited to the cost of the property to the Affiliate, including acquisition-related expenses, or if substantial justification exists, the current appraised value of the property as determined by an Independent Appraiser. In addition, the Company and its Subsidiaries may enter into Joint Ventures with Other Brookfield Accounts, or with Brookfield, the Adviser, one or more Directors, or any of their respective Affiliates, only if a majority of the Directors (including a majority of the Independent Directors) not otherwise interested in the transaction approve the transaction as being fair and reasonable to the Company and on substantially the same, or no less favorable, terms and conditions as those received by other Affiliate joint venture partners.

(g) In performing its duties under Section 3, the Adviser shall be entitled to rely reasonably on qualified experts and professionals (including, without limitation, accountants, legal counsel and other professional service providers) hired by the Adviser at the Company’s sole cost and expense.

5. BANK ACCOUNTS; CUSTODY ACCOUNTS.

(a) The Adviser may establish and maintain one or more bank accounts in the name of the Company, the Operating Partnership and any Subsidiary thereof 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, consistent with the Adviser’s authority under this Agreement, provided that no funds shall be commingled with the funds of the Adviser.

(b) The Adviser may establish and maintain one or more custody accounts in the name of the Company, the Operating Partnership and any Subsidiary thereof and may deposit and hold assets into any such account or accounts, consistent with the Adviser’s authority under this Agreement, provided that no assets shall be commingled with the assets of the Adviser.

6. RECORDS; ACCESS.

(a) The Adviser shall maintain and keep all books, accounts and other records of the Company that relate to activities performed by the Adviser hereunder and make such records available for inspection by the Board and by counsel, auditors and authorized agents of the Company, at any time or from time to time during normal business hours.

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7. LIMITATIONS ON ACTIVITIES. The Adviser shall refrain from any action that, in its sole judgment made in good faith, (i) is not in compliance with the Investment Guidelines, (ii) would adversely and materially affect the qualification of the Company as a REIT under the Code or the status of either the Company or the Operating Partnership as an entity excluded from investment company status under the Investment Company Act, or (iii) would materially violate any law, rule or regulation of any governmental body or agency having jurisdiction over the Company and the Operating Partnership or of any exchange on which the securities of the Company may be listed or that would otherwise not be permitted by the Charter, the Bylaws or the Operating Partnership Agreement. If the Adviser is ordered to take any action by the Board, the Adviser shall seek to notify the Board if it is the Adviser’s reasonable judgment that such action would adversely and materially affect such status or violate any such law, rule or regulation or the Charter, the Bylaws, or the Operating Partnership Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the Adviser nor any of its Affiliates shall be liable to the Company, the Operating Partnership, the Board or the Stockholders for any act or omission by the Adviser or any of its Affiliates, except as provided in Section 20 of this Agreement; provided however, that the Adviser has a fiduciary duty to the Company and the Stockholders, and the Adviser is also liable to the Company and the Stockholders for breaches of its fiduciary duty.

8. OTHER ACTIVITIES OF THE ADVISER.

(a) Nothing in this Agreement shall (i) prevent the Adviser or any of its Affiliates, officers, directors or employees from engaging in or earning fees from other businesses or from rendering services of any kind to any other Person (including other REITs), whether or not the investment objectives or policies of any such other Person are similar to those of the Company, including, without limitation, the sponsoring, closing or managing of Other Brookfield Accounts, (ii) in any way bind or restrict the Adviser or any of its Affiliates, officers, directors or employees from buying, selling or trading any securities or commodities for their own accounts or for the account of others for whom the Adviser or any of its Affiliates, officers, directors or employees may be acting, or (iii) prevent the Adviser or any of its Affiliates, officers, directors or employees from receiving fees or other compensation or profits from such activities described in this Section 8(a), which shall be for the sole benefit of the Adviser (or its Affiliates, officers, directors or employees). While information and advice supplied to the Company shall, in the Adviser’s reasonable and good faith judgment, be appropriate under the circumstances and in light of the investment objectives and policies of the Company, such information and advice may differ in certain material respects from the information and advice supplied by the Adviser or any Affiliate of the Adviser to others.

(b) The Adviser 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 Adviser 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 and the Operating Partnership.

(c) The Company and the Operating Partnership acknowledge that the Adviser may face various conflicts of interest, including but not limited to those conflicts disclosed in the Prospectus from time-to-time.

(d) The Adviser shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to conduct the allocation of investment opportunities among the Company and Other Brookfield Accounts in a manner that is consistent with the allocation policy described in the Prospectus, but neither the Adviser nor any Affiliate of the Adviser shall be obligated generally 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. The Company acknowledges that the Adviser and its Affiliates have no obligation to allocate specific investment opportunities to the Company except to the extent described in the Prospectus.

 

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(e) For the avoidance of doubt, it is understood that neither the Company nor the Board has the authority to determine the salary, bonus or any other compensation paid by the Adviser to any director, officer, member, partner, employee, or stockholder of the Adviser or its Affiliates, including any person who is also a Director or officer of the Company.

9. DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS. Subject to Section 7 of this Agreement and to restrictions advisable with respect to the qualification of the Company as a REIT, directors, managers, officers and employees of the Adviser or an Affiliate of the Adviser or any corporate parent of an Affiliate, may serve as a Director or officer of the Company, except that no director, manager, officer or employee of the Adviser or its Affiliates who also is a Director or officer of the Company shall receive any compensation from the Company for serving as a Director or officer other than (a) reasonable reimbursement for travel and related expenses incurred in attending meetings of the Board or (b) as otherwise approved by the Board, including a majority of the Independent Directors, and no such Director shall be deemed an Independent Director for purposes of satisfying the Director independence requirements set forth in the Charter. For so long as this Agreement is in effect, the Adviser shall have the right to nominate, subject to the ultimate approval of such nomination by the Board, up to four Director nominees who are Affiliated with the Adviser to the slate of Directors to be voted on by the Stockholders at the Company’s annual meeting of Stockholders; provided, however, that such number of Director nominees shall be reduced as necessary by a number that will result in a majority of the Directors being Independent Directors. Furthermore, the Board shall consult with the Adviser in connection with (i) its selection of each Independent Director for nomination to the slate of Directors to be voted on at the annual meeting of Stockholders, and (ii) filling any vacancies created by the removal, resignation, retirement or death of any Director.

10. MANAGEMENT AND PERFORMANCE FEES.

(a) The Company will pay or cause its Subsidiaries to pay the Adviser a management fee (the “Company Management Fee”) equal to 1.25% of NAV of the Participating Shares per annum payable monthly, before giving effect to any accruals for the Company Management Fee, the Company Performance Fee, the Stockholder Servicing Fee or any Distributions. The Operating Partnership will pay or cause its Subsidiaries to pay the Adviser a management fee (the “OP Management Fee”) equal to 1.25% of OP NAV of the Participating Units per annum payable monthly, before giving effect to any accruals for the OP Management Fee, the OP Performance Fee, the Investor Servicing Fee or any distributions. The Company and the Operating Partnership will pay the Adviser a management fee equal to 1.25% of the aggregate DST Property Consideration per annum payable monthly for all DST Properties subject to a fair market value purchase option held by the Operating Partnership (together with the Company Management Fee and the OP Management Fee, the “Management Fee”). For the avoidance of doubt, no Management Fee shall be paid on Class E Common Shares or Class E units of the Operating Partnership. The Adviser shall receive the Management Fees as compensation for services rendered hereunder.

(b) (i) The Company will pay or cause its Subsidiaries to pay the Adviser a performance fee (the “Company Performance Fee”) promptly following the end of each calendar year (which shall accrue on a monthly basis) in an amount equal to:

(1) First, if the Total Return for the applicable period exceeds the sum of (A) the Hurdle Amount for that period and (B) the Loss Carryforward Amount (any such excess, “Company Excess Profits”), 100% of such Excess Profits until the total amount allocated to the Adviser equals 12.5% of the sum of (x) the Hurdle Amount for that period and (y) any amount allocated to the Adviser pursuant to this clause; and

(2) Second, to the extent there are remaining Excess Profits, 12.5% of such remaining Excess Profits.

Any amount by which Total Return falls below the Hurdle Amount and that does not constitute Loss Carryforward Amount will not be carried forward to subsequent periods.

With respect to all Participating Shares that are repurchased at the end of any month in connection with repurchases of Shares pursuant to the Company’s share repurchase plan, the Adviser shall be entitled to such Company Performance Fee in an amount calculated as described above calculated in respect of the portion of the year for which such Participating Shares were outstanding, and proceeds for any such Participating Shares repurchase will be reduced by the amount of any such Company Performance Fee.

 

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The measurement of the change in NAV per Participating Share for the purpose of calculating the Total Return is subject to adjustment by the Board to account for any dividend, split, recapitalization or any other similar change in the Company’s capital structure or any Distributions that the Board deems to be a return of capital if such changes are not already reflected in the Company’s net assets.

The Adviser will not be obligated to return any portion of the Company Performance Fee paid due to the subsequent performance of the Company.

(ii) A performance fee (the “OP Performance Fee” and, together with the Company Performance Fee, the “Performance Fee”) promptly following the end of each calendar year (which shall accrue on a monthly basis) in an amount equal to:

(1) First, if the OP Total Return for the applicable period exceeds the sum of (A) the OP Hurdle Amount for that period and (B) the OP Loss Carryforward Amount (any such excess, “OP Excess Profits”), 100% of such OP Excess Profits until the total amount allocated to the Adviser equals 12.5% of the sum of (x) the OP Hurdle Amount for that period and (y) any amount allocated to the Adviser pursuant to this clause; and

(2) Second, to the extent there are remaining OP Excess Profits, 12.5% of such remaining OP Excess Profits.

Any amount by which OP Total Return falls below the OP Hurdle Amount and that does not constitute OP Loss Carryforward Amount will not be carried forward to subsequent periods.

With respect to all Participating Units that are repurchased at the end of any month in connection with repurchases of Shares pursuant to the Company’s share repurchase plan or pursuant to Section 8.5 of the Operating Partnership Agreement, the Adviser shall be entitled to such OP Performance Fee in an amount calculated as described above calculated in respect of the portion of the year for which such Participating Units were outstanding, and proceeds for any such Participating Units repurchase will be reduced by the amount of any such OP Performance Fee.

The measurement of the change in OP NAV per Participating Unit for the purpose of calculating the OP Total Return is subject to adjustment by the Board to account for any dividend, split, recapitalization or any other similar change in the Operating Partnership’s capital structure or any Distributions that the Board deems to be a return of capital if such changes are not already reflected in the Operating Partnership’s net assets.

The Adviser will not be obligated to return any portion of the OP Performance Fee paid due to the subsequent performance of the Operating Partnership.

For the avoidance of doubt, no Performance Fee shall be paid on Class E Common Shares or Class E units of the Operating Partnership.

(c) The Company Management Fee and the Company Performance Fee may be paid, at the Adviser’s election, in cash or in a number of Class I Common Shares or Class E Common Shares with an equal aggregate value, with each share valued at its Transaction Price as of the last day of the period for which such Company Management Fee or Company Performance Fee, as applicable, was earned, or in any combination of cash and shares valued on the same basis. The OP Management Fee and the OP Performance Fee may be paid, at the Adviser’s election, in cash or in a number of Class I or Class E units of the Operating Partnership with an equal aggregate value, with each unit valued at its net asset value per unit as of the last day of the period for which such OP Management Fee or OP Performance Fee was earned, or in any combination of cash and units valued on the same basis. If the Adviser elects to receive any portion of the Company Management Fee or Company Performance Fee in Class I Common Shares or Class E Common Shares, the Adviser may elect at a later date to have the

 

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Company repurchase from the Adviser such Class I Common Shares or Class E Common Shares at a per share price equal to the then-current Transaction Price for a Class I Common Share or Class E Common Share, as the case may be, subject to the terms of any policy adopted by the Board with respect to Shares held by the Adviser. Class I Common Shares and or Class E Common Shares obtained by the Adviser will not be subject to the repurchase limits of the Company’s share repurchase plan or any reduction or penalty for an early repurchase. If the Adviser elects to receive any portion of the OP Management Fee or OP Performance Fee in Class I or Class E units of the Operating Partnership, the Adviser may elect at a later date to have the Operating Partnership repurchase such units for cash unless the Board determines that any such repurchase for cash would be prohibited by applicable law or the Charter, in which case such Operating Partnership units will be repurchased for the Company’s Class I Common Shares or Class E Common Shares, as they relate to the class of Operating Partnership units being repurchased, with an equivalent aggregate NAV.

(d) In the event this Agreement is terminated or its term expires without renewal, the Adviser will be entitled to receive its prorated Management Fee and Performance Fee through the date of termination. Such pro ration shall take into account the number of days of any partial calendar month or calendar year for which this Agreement was in effect. The pro rata Performance Fee will be determined in the same manner as described in Section 10(b) above but only for the portion of the year for which this Agreement was in effect.

(e) In the event the Company or the Operating Partnership commences a liquidation of its Investments during any calendar year, the Company will pay the Adviser the Management Fee and Performance Fee from the proceeds of the liquidation.

11. EXPENSES.

(a) As required by the NASAA REIT Guidelines, the cumulative Selling Commissions, Stockholder Servicing Fees and Organization and Offering Expenses paid by the Company in connection with a public Offering will not exceed 15.0% of Gross Proceeds from the sale of Shares in such public Offering.

(b) Subject to Sections 4(e) and 11(c), the Adviser shall be responsible for the expenses related to any and all personnel of the Adviser and its Affiliates who provide investment advisory services to the Company pursuant to this Agreement or who serve as Directors or executive officers of the Company as designated by the Board, including, without limitation, the costs, expenses, fees and liabilities incurred by the Adviser in providing for its normal operating overhead, salaries, bonus and other wages, payroll taxes and the cost of employee benefit plans of such personnel, and costs of insurance with respect to such personnel (collectively, the “Adviser Expenses”).

(c) In addition to the compensation paid to the Adviser pursuant to Section 10 hereof, the Company shall pay all of its costs and expenses directly or reimburse the Adviser or its Affiliates for costs and expenses of the Adviser and its Affiliates incurred on behalf of the Company, the Operating Partnership or their Subsidiaries, other than Adviser Expenses, and subject to limitations set forth in the Charter and in Section 13 hereof. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, it is specifically agreed that the following costs and expenses of the Company are not Adviser Expenses and shall be the responsibility of and paid by the Company and shall not be paid by the Adviser or Affiliates of the Adviser:

(i) Organization and Offering Expenses; provided that within 60 days after the end of the month in which a public Offering terminates, the Adviser shall reimburse the Company to the extent the Organization and Offering Expenses, Selling Commissions and Stockholder Servicing Fees borne by the Company exceed 15.0% of the Gross Proceeds raised in the completed public Offering;

(ii) Acquisition Expenses, subject to the limitations set forth in the Charter;

(iii) expenses in connection with the disposition of any assets, whether or not disposed, including, without limitation, legal fees and expenses, travel and communications expenses, costs of appraisals, accounting fees and expenses and title insurance premiums and the costs of cooperating with due diligence;

 

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(iv) fees and expenses relating to consummated Investments and proposed but unconsummated Investments, including costs, expenses, fees and liabilities relating to sourcing, developing, evaluating, negotiating, structuring, acquiring, holding, administering, monitoring, financing, refinancing, managing, improving, operating, restructuring, disposing, trading, settling, hedging or enforcing rights in respect thereof, and monitoring the Company’s financial, regulatory and legal affairs (in each case, including reasonable travel and related expenses associated therewith, which may include business or first class airfare consistent with the Adviser’s travel policies as may be in effect from time to time), including agent, appraiser, retainer, finder, placement, adviser, consultant, custodian, subcustodian, depositary, transfer agent, disbursal, brokerage, registration, legal and other similar costs, fees and expenses, in each case, to the extent that such fees and expenses are not reimbursed by other third parties (to the extent an investment opportunity is being considered for the Company and any Other Brookfield Accounts managed by Brookfield, the Adviser’s out-of-pocket expenses related to the due diligence for such investment will be shared with such Other Brookfield Accounts pro rata based on the anticipated allocation of such investments opportunity between the Company and the Other Brookfield Accounts);

(v) costs, fees and expenses for support services (including data processing, trading, settlement, stockholder relations, administration, custody, transfer agency, accounting, audit, appraisal, capital markets, valuation, NAV calculation, escrow, banking, consulting, prime brokerage, technology, legal and tax support and other services) outsourced to third-party service providers or rendered to the Company by the Adviser or its Affiliates in compliance with Section 4(e);

(vi) appraisal and valuation costs, fees and expenses, including costs, fees and expenses of independent appraisal or valuation services or third-party vendor price quotations;

(vii) costs and expenses relating to compliance-related matters and regulatory filings of the Company or the Operating Partnership;

(viii) sales, leasing and brokerage fees or commissions, finder’s fees, placement fees, asset management, property management, development fees, construction fees, loan servicing fees, custodial expenses and other costs, fees and expenses incurred in connection with the Investments, including managing, operating, maintaining and improving the Company’s Real Property;

(ix) administrative service expenses, including but not limited to personnel and related employment costs incurred by the Adviser or its Affiliates in performing the administrative services described in Section 3 hereof (including, without limitation, legal, accounting, investor relations, tax, capital markets, financial operations services and other administrative services), including but not limited to the Adviser’s reasonable estimates of the allocable portion of salaries, bonuses and wages, benefits and overhead of all individuals performing such services, provided that no reimbursement shall be made for Adviser Expenses;

(x) all out-of-pocket expenses, fees, and liabilities that are incurred by the Company, the Operating Partnership or the Adviser on behalf of the Company or the Operating Partnership or that arise out of the operation and activities of the Company or the Operating Partnership, including expenses related to forming, organizing and maintaining Persons, including Joint Ventures and any Subsidiary, through or in which the Investments may be made or held;

(xi) expenses connected with the payments of dividends or distributions in cash or any other form authorized or caused to be made by the Board to or on account of holders of the securities of the Company and the Operating Partnership, including, without limitation, in connection with any distribution reinvestment plan;

(xii) the compensation and expenses of the Independent Directors and the cost of liability insurance to indemnify the Directors and the Company’s officers;

(xiii) the Company’s allocable share of costs associated with technology-related expenses, including without limitation, any computer software or hardware, electronic equipment or purchased information technology services from third-party vendors or Affiliates of the Adviser, technology service providers and related software/hardware utilized in connection with the Company’s investment and operational activities;

 

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(xiv) the Company’s allocable share of expenses incurred by managers, officers, personnel and agents of the Adviser for travel on the Company’s behalf and other out-of-pocket expenses incurred by them in connection with the purchase, financing, refinancing, sale or other disposition of an Investment;

(xv) costs, fees and expenses relating to the structuring, incurrence and repayment of indebtedness (together with any interest and other amounts payable thereon and fees and expenses related thereto, including commitment fees, prepayment or redemption fees or premiums, accounting fees, legal fees, closing and other similar costs);

(xvi) license and registration fees;

(xvii) taxes and other governmental charges, fees, duties and penalties;

(xviii) fees and expenses associated with independent audits and outside legal costs, including compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws;

(xix) costs, expenses, fees and liabilities incurred in connection with any merger or consolidation of the Company or the Operating Partnership with, or conversion of the Company or the Operating Partnership to, a different entity;

(xx) costs, fees and expenses of winding up and liquidation;

(xxi) litigation, indemnification and other extraordinary or non-reoccurring expenses, including judgment or settlement of any proceeding against the Company or its Subsidiaries or Directors or officers of the Company in their capacity as such;

(xxii) dues, fees and charges of any trade association of which the Company is a member;

(xxiii) expenses incurred by Directors or officers of the Company or employees of the Adviser or its Affiliates in attending industry or trade conferences on behalf of the Company;

(xxiv) all insurance costs incurred in connection with the operation of the Company’s business except for the costs attributable to the insurance that the Adviser elects to carry for itself and its personnel (other than the Directors and officers of the Company in their capacities as such);

(xxv) Bloomberg fees, research and software expenses, and other expenses incurred in connection with data services providing price feeds, news feeds, securities and company information and company fundamental data, all attributable to actual or potential Investments and “S&P Index Alerts” attributable to actual or potential Investments;

(xxvi) costs, fees and expenses for other third party research, news, industry information, analytics and expert networks/research resources relating to potential investment opportunities or the Investments;

(xxvii) expenses connected with communications to and meetings of the Directors, including, without limitation, all costs of preparing, printing and hosting on data sites meeting materials, meeting space and costs of food and beverage;

(xxviii) expenses of any lobbying activities on the Company’s behalf; and

(xxix) expenses connected with communications to and meetings of the holders of the securities of the Company or the Operating Partnership or securities of any of their respective Subsidiaries and other bookkeeping and clerical work necessary in maintaining relations with holders of such securities and in complying with the continuous reporting and other requirements of governmental bodies or agencies, including, without limitation, all costs of preparing and filing required reports with the SEC, the costs of any transfer agent and registrar, expenses in connection with the listing or trading of the securities on any exchange, the fees payable to any such exchange in connection with a listing, costs of preparing, printing and mailing the Company’s annual report to the Stockholders and proxy materials with respect to any meeting of the Stockholders and any other reports or related statements.

 

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(d) If any Other Brookfield Accounts also hold an Investment giving rise to the fees and expenses above, then such fees and expenses will be allocated pro rata to the Company and such Other Brookfield Accounts based on amounts invested or to be invested in such Investment; provided that Brookfield may, subject to the approval of the Independent Directors not otherwise interested in such transaction, allocate such fees and expenses among the Company and such Other Brookfield Accounts on any other basis if Brookfield determines in good faith that such other basis is clearly more equitable (however, Brookfield shall not be required to make any such adjustment or determination).

(e) The Adviser may, at its option, elect not to seek reimbursement for certain expenses during a given period, which determination shall not be deemed to construe a waiver of reimbursement for similar expenses in future periods.

(f) Any reimbursement payments owed by the Company to the Adviser may be offset by the Adviser against amounts due to the Company from the Adviser. Cost and expense reimbursement to the Adviser shall be subject to adjustment at the end of each calendar year in connection with the annual audit of the Company.

(g) Notwithstanding the foregoing, and pursuant to the Current Advisory Agreement, the Adviser paid for all Organization and Offering Expenses (other than Selling Commissions and Stockholder Servicing Fees) incurred prior to July 6, 2023, subject to the following conditions:

(i) All Organization and Offering Expenses (other than Selling Commissions and Stockholder Servicing Fees) (a) paid by the Adviser through July 5, 2022 and (b) incurred pursuant to the Former Advisory Agreement and reimbursable to the Adviser pursuant to the Receivables Purchase Agreement between the Adviser and the Former Adviser entered into as of November 2, 2021, shall be reimbursed by the Company to the Adviser in 60 equal monthly installments which commenced on July 6, 2022.

(ii) All Organization and Offering Expenses (other than Selling Commissions and Stockholder Servicing Fees) paid by the Adviser from July 6, 2022 through July 5, 2023 shall be reimbursed by the Company to the Adviser in 60 equal monthly installments which commenced on July 6, 2023.

12. OTHER SERVICES. Should the Board request that the Adviser or any director, officer or employee thereof render services for the Company or the Operating Partnership other than as set forth in Section 3, such services shall be separately compensated at such rates and in such amounts as are agreed by the Adviser 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.

13. LIMITATION ON TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES. The Total Operating Expenses of the Company for any four consecutive fiscal quarters (the “Expense Year”) shall not exceed (any such excess, the “Excess Amount”) the greater of 2.0% of Average Invested Assets or 25.0% of Net Income (the “2%/25% Guidelines”) for such four fiscal quarters unless the Independent Directors determine that such Excess Amount was justified, based on unusual and nonrecurring factors that the Independent Directors deem sufficient. If the Independent Directors do not approve such Excess Amount as being so justified, the Adviser shall reimburse the Company the amount by which the Total Operating Expenses exceeded the 2%/25% Guidelines. If the Independent Directors determine such Excess Amount was justified, then, within 60 days after the end of any fiscal quarter of the Company for which Total Operating Expenses for the Expense Year exceed the 2%/25% Guidelines, the Adviser, at the direction of the Independent Directors, 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 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 Independent Directors considered in determining that such excess was 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.

 

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14. NO JOINT VENTURE. The Company and the Operating Partnership, on the one hand, and the Adviser on the other, 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 or impose any liability as such on either of them.

15. TERM OF AGREEMENT. This Agreement shall continue in force for a period of one year from the Effective Date, subject to an unlimited number of successive one-year renewals upon mutual consent of the parties. It is the duty of the Board to evaluate the performance of the Adviser annually before renewing the Agreement, and each such renewal shall be for a term of no more than one year.

16. TERMINATION BY THE PARTIES. This Agreement may be terminated (i) at the option of the Adviser immediately upon a Change of Control of the Company or the Operating Partnership; (ii) immediately by the Company for Cause or upon the bankruptcy of the Adviser; or (iii) by the Company upon 60 days’ written notice without Cause or penalty by a majority vote of the Independent Directors; or (iv) by the Adviser upon 60 days’ written notice to the Company. The provisions of Sections 19 through 23 survive termination of this Agreement.

17. ASSIGNMENT TO AN AFFILIATE. This Agreement may be assigned by the Adviser to an Affiliate of the Adviser with the approval of a majority of the Directors (including a majority of the Independent Directors). The Adviser may assign any rights to receive fees or other payments under this Agreement to any Person without obtaining the consent of the Board. This Agreement shall not be assigned by the Company or the Operating Partnership without the approval of the Adviser, except in the case of an assignment by the Company or the Operating Partnership to a corporation or other organization which 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 or the Operating Partnership, as applicable, is bound by this Agreement. This Agreement shall be binding on successors to the Company resulting from a Change of Control or sale of all or substantially all the assets of the Company or the Operating Partnership, and shall likewise be binding on any successor to the Adviser.

18. PAYMENTS TO AND DUTIES OF ADVISER UPON TERMINATION.

(a) After the Termination Date, the Adviser shall not be entitled to compensation for further services hereunder except it shall be entitled to receive from the Company and 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 Adviser prior to termination of this Agreement, subject to the 2%/25% Guidelines to the extent applicable.

(b) The Adviser shall promptly upon termination:

(i) 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, after deducting any accrued compensation and reimbursement for its expenses to which it is then entitled;

(ii) 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;

(iii) deliver to the Board all assets, including all Investments, and documents of the Company and the Operating Partnership then in the custody of the Adviser (if any); and

(iv) cooperate with, and take all reasonable actions requested by, the Company and Board in making an orderly transition of the advisory function.

 

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19. INDEMNIFICATION BY THE COMPANY AND THE OPERATING PARTNERSHIP. The Company and the Operating Partnership shall indemnify and hold harmless the Adviser and its Affiliates, including their respective officers, directors, managers, 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, and to the fullest extent possible without such indemnification being inconsistent with the laws of the State of Maryland, the Charter or the provisions of Section II.G of the NASAA REIT Guidelines.

20. INDEMNIFICATION BY THE ADVISER. The Adviser shall indemnify and hold harmless the Company from contract or other liability, claims, damages, taxes or losses and related expenses including reasonable attorneys’ fees, to the extent that (i) such liability, claims, damages, taxes or losses and related expenses are not fully reimbursed by insurance and (ii) are incurred by reason of the Adviser’s bad faith, fraud, willful misconduct, gross negligence or reckless disregard of its duties under this Agreement; provided, however, that the Adviser shall not be held responsible for any action of the Board in following or declining to follow any advice or recommendation given by the Adviser.

21. NON-SOLICITATION. For two years following the Termination Date, the Company shall not, without the consent of the Adviser, employ or otherwise retain any employee of the Adviser or any of its Affiliates or any person who has been employed by the Adviser or any of its Affiliates at any time within the two-year period immediately preceding the date on which such person commences employment with or is otherwise retained by the Company. The Company acknowledges and agrees that, in addition to any damages, the Adviser may be entitled to equitable relief for any violation of this Section 21 by the Company, including, without limitation, injunctive relief.

22. MISCELLANEOUS.

(a) 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 accepted by the party to whom it is given, and shall be given by being delivered by hand, by courier or overnight carrier, by registered or certified mail or by electronic mail using the contact information set forth herein:

 

The Company and the Operating Partnership:   

Brookfield Real Estate Income Trust Inc.

c/o Brookfield Place New York

250 Vesey Street, 15th Floor

New York, NY 10281

Attention: Secretary

Email: realestatenotices@brookfield.com

with required copies (which shall not constitute notice) to:   

Alston & Bird LLP

1201 West Peachtree Street

Atlanta, Georgia 30309

Attention: Jason Goode

Email: jason.goode@alston.com

The Adviser:   

Brookfield REIT Adviser LLC

c/o Brookfield Place New York

250 Vesey Street, 15th Floor

New York, NY 10281

Attention: General Counsel

Email: realestatenotices@brookfield.com

with required copies (which shall not constitute notice) to:   

Brookfield Asset Management Inc.

c/o Brookfield Place New York

250 Vesey Street, 15th Floor

New York, NY 10281

Attention: General Counsel

Email: justin.beber@brookfield.com

Any party may at any time give notice in writing to the other parties of a change in its address for the purposes of this Section 22(a).

 

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(b) Modification. This Agreement shall not be changed, modified, terminated, or discharged, in whole or in part, except by an instrument in writing signed by the parties hereto, or their respective successors or assignees.

(c) 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.

(d) Applicable Law; Exclusive Jurisdiction; Jury Trial. The provisions of this Agreement shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. The parties hereby irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York and the Federal courts of the United States of America located in Borough of Manhattan, New York for purposes of any suit, action or other proceeding arising from this Agreement, and hereby waive, and agree not to assert, as a defense in any action, suit or proceeding for the interpretation or enforcement hereof or thereof, that it is not subject thereto or that such action, suit or proceeding may not be brought or is not maintainable in such courts or that the venue thereof may not be appropriate or that this Agreement or any such document may not be enforced in or by such courts. Each of the parties hereby consent to and grant any such court jurisdiction over the person of such parties and over the subject matter of any such dispute. EACH OF THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT.

(e) Entire Agreement. This Agreement contains the entire agreement and understanding among 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 or usage of the trade inconsistent with any of the terms hereof.

(f) Indulgences, Not Waivers. 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.

(g) Gender; Number. 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.

(h) Headings. The titles and headings of Sections and Subsections 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.

(i) Execution in 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.

23. INVESTMENT BY ADVISER OR ITS AFFILIATES. The Adviser or one of its Affiliates has contributed $200,000 in cash or property (the “Adviser Investment”) to the Company in exchange for Class I Common Shares or Class E Common Shares. The Adviser or its Affiliates may not sell any of the Shares purchased with the Adviser Investment while the Adviser acts in an advisory capacity to the Company; provided that the Shares purchased with the Adviser Investment shall be transferrable to other Affiliates of the Adviser. The restrictions included above shall not apply to any Shares acquired by the Adviser or its Affiliates other than the Shares acquired through the Adviser Investment. Neither the Adviser nor its Affiliates shall vote any Shares they now own, or hereafter acquire, or consent that such Shares be voted, on matters submitted to the Stockholders regarding (i) the removal of Brookfield REIT Adviser LLC as the Adviser; (ii) the removal of any member of the Board; or (iii) any transaction by and between the Company and the Adviser, a member of the Board or any of their Affiliates.

[Signatures on next page]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date and year first above written.

 

Brookfield Real Estate Income Trust Inc.
By:  

/s/ Michelle L. Campbell

  Name: Michelle L. Campbell
  Title: Secretary
Brookfield REIT Operating Partnership L.P.
By:  

Brookfield REIT OP GP LLC,

its general partner

By:  

Brookfield Real Estate Income Trust Inc.,

its sole member

By:  

/s/ Michelle L. Campbell

  Name: Michelle L. Campbell
  Title: Secretary
Brookfield REIT Adviser LLC
By:  

/s/ Melissa Lang

  Name: Melissa Lang
  Title: Senior Vice President and Secretary

[Signature Page to Second Amended and Restated Advisory Agreement]

 

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Exhibit 10.2

FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT

OF

BROOKFIELD REIT OPERATING PARTNERSHIP L.P.

A DELAWARE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

         Page  

ARTICLE 1 DEFINED TERMS

     1  

1.1.

  Definitions      1  

1.2.

  Interpretation      13  

ARTICLE 2 PARTNERSHIP FORMATION AND IDENTIFICATION

     13  

2.1.

  Formation      13  

2.2.

  Name      13  

2.3.

  Principal Office and Registered Agent      14  

2.4.

  Partners      14  

2.5.

  Term and Dissolution      14  

2.6.

  Filing of Certificate and Perfection of Limited Partnership      14  

2.7.

  Certificates Representing Partnership Units      14  

ARTICLE 3 PURPOSE AND BUSINESS OF THE PARTNERSHIP

     15  

3.1.

  Purpose and Business      15  

3.2.

  Representations and Warranties of the Partners      16  

ARTICLE 4 CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND ACCOUNTS

     17  

4.1.

  Capital Contributions      17  

4.2.

  Class C Units, Class D Units, Class D-1 Units, Class E Units, Class I Units, Class S Units, Class S-1 Units, Class T Units and Class T-1 Units      18  

4.3.

  Additional Capital Contributions and Issuances of Additional Partnership Interests      18  

4.4.

  Additional Funding      22  

4.5.

  Capital Accounts      22  

4.6.

  Percentage Interests      23  

4.7.

  No Interest on Contributions      23  

4.8.

  Return of Capital Contributions      23  

4.9.

  No Third-Party Beneficiary      23  

4.10.

  No Preemptive Rights      24  

ARTICLE 5 PROFITS AND LOSSES; DISTRIBUTIONS

     24  

5.1.

  Allocation of Profit and Loss      24  

5.2.

  Distribution of Cash      29  

5.3.

  REIT Distribution Requirements      30  

5.4.

  No Right to Distributions in Kind      30  

5.5.

  Limitations on Return of Capital Contributions      31  

5.6.

  Amendments to Reflect Additional Partnership Units      31  

5.7.

  Restricted Distributions      31  

5.8.

  Distributions Upon Liquidation      31  

5.9.

  Substantial Economic Effect      31  

5.10.

  Reinvestment      32  

 

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ARTICLE 6 RIGHTS, OBLIGATIONS AND POWERS OF THE GENERAL PARTNER

     33  

6.1.

  Management of the Partnership      33  

6.2.

  Delegation of Authority      37  

6.3.

  Indemnification and Exculpation of Indemnitees      37  

6.4.

  Liability and Obligations of the General Partner      39  

6.5.

  Reimbursement of General Partner and REIT Limited Partner      41  

6.6.

  Outside Activities      41  

6.7.

  Transactions With Affiliates      42  

6.8.

  Title to Partnership Assets      42  

6.9.

  Other Matters Concerning the General Partner      43  

6.10.

  No Duplication of Fees or Expenses      43  

6.11.

  Reliance by Third Parties      43  

6.12.

  Repurchases and Exchanges of REIT Shares      44  

ARTICLE 7 CHANGES IN GENERAL PARTNER

     44  

7.1.

  Transfers by General Partner and REIT Limited Partner      44  

7.2.

  Admission of a Substitute or Additional General Partner      45  

7.3.

  Removal of a General Partner      45  

7.4.

  Restriction on Termination Transactions      45  

ARTICLE 8 RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE LIMITED PARTNERS

     47  

8.1.

  Management of the Partnership      47  

8.2.

  Power of Attorney      47  

8.3.

  Limitation on Liability of Limited Partners      48  

8.4.

  Ownership by Limited Partner of General Partner or Affiliate      48  

8.5.

  Redemption Right      49  

8.6.

  Outside Activities of Limited Partners      53  

8.7.

  Expenses Not Attributable to Class E Units      53  

ARTICLE 9 TRANSFERS OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP INTERESTS

     53  

9.1.

  Purchase for Investment      53  

9.2.

  Restrictions on Transfer of Limited Partnership Interests      54  

9.3.

  Admission of Substitute Limited Partner      56  

9.4.

  Rights of Assignees of Partnership Interests      57  

9.5.

  Effect of Bankruptcy, Death, Incompetence or Termination of a Limited Partner      57  

9.6.

  Joint Ownership of Interests      57  

ARTICLE 10 BOOKS AND RECORDS; ACCOUNTING; TAX MATTERS

     58  

10.1.

  Books and Records      58  

10.2.

  Custody of Partnership Funds; Bank Accounts      58  

10.3.

  Fiscal and Taxable Year      58  

10.4.

  Annual Tax Information and Report      58  

10.5.

  Tax Elections; Special Basis Adjustments      58  

10.6.

  Obligations of Limited Partners in respect of Tax Information      60  

10.7.

  Reports to Limited Partners      60  

 

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ARTICLE 11 DISSOLUTION, LIQUIDATION AND TERMINATION

     60  

11.1.

  Dissolution      60  

11.2.

  Winding Up      61  

11.3.

  Rights of Holders      63  

11.4.

  Notice of Dissolution      63  

11.5.

  Cancellation of Certificate of Limited Partnership      63  

11.6.

  Reasonable Time for Winding-Up      63  

ARTICLE 12 PROCEDURES FOR ACTIONS AND CONSENTS OF PARTNERS; AMENDMENT OF AGREEMENT; MEETINGS

     63  

12.1.

  Procedures of Actions and Consents of Partners Notices      63  

12.2.

  Amendment      63  

12.3.

  Actions and Consents of the Partners      66  

ARTICLE 13 GENERAL PROVISIONS

     67  

13.1.

  Notices      67  

13.2.

  Survival of Rights      67  

13.3.

  Additional Documents      67  

13.4.

  Severability      68  

13.5.

  Side Letters      68  

13.6.

  Entire Agreement      68  

13.7.

  Pronouns and Plurals      68  

13.8.

  Headings      68  

13.9.

  Counterparts      68  

13.10.

  Governing Law      68  

13.11.

  No Partition      69  

13.12.

  No Rights as Shareholders      69  

 

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FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT

OF

BROOKFIELD REIT OPERATING PARTNERSHIP L.P.

This Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement of Brookfield REIT Operating Partnership L.P. (this “Agreement”) is entered into as of September 25, 2024, by and among Brookfield REIT OP GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as the General Partner, Brookfield Real Estate Income Trust Inc., a Maryland corporation, as the REIT Limited Partner, and the other Limited Partners party hereto from time to time. This Agreement shall supersede and replace any and all prior limited partnership agreements of the Partnership, including without limitation the Prior Agreement (defined below).

RECITALS:

WHEREAS, the Partnership was formed on August 9, 2018 as a limited partnership under the laws of the State of Delaware when a certificate of limited partnership was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware;

WHEREAS, the Partnership was previously governed by that certain Third Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement of Brookfield REIT Operating Partnership L.P., dated as of March 21, 2022 and effective as of January 1, 2022 (the “Prior Agreement”); and

WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to amend and restate the Prior Agreement as set forth herein.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, of mutual covenants between the parties hereto, and of other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE 1

DEFINED TERMS

1.1. Definitions. The following defined terms used in this Agreement shall have the meanings specified below:

Act” means the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act, as amended from time to time, or any successor statute thereto.

Additional Funds” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.4.

Additional Securities” means any additional REIT Shares (other than REIT Shares issued in connection with a redemption pursuant to Section 8.5) or rights, options, warrants or convertible or exchangeable securities containing the right to subscribe for or purchase REIT Shares, as set forth in Section 4.3(a)(iii).


Administrative Expenses” means (i) all administrative and operating costs and expenses incurred by the Partnership and its Subsidiaries, (ii) those administrative costs and expenses of the General Partner and the REIT Limited Partner, including any salaries or other payments to directors, officers or employees of the General Partner or the REIT Limited Partner, and any accounting and legal expenses of the General Partner or the REIT Limited Partner, which expenses are expenses of the Partnership and not the General Partner or the REIT Limited 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 REIT Limited Partner that are attributable to assets that are not owned directly or indirectly by the Partnership (including, without limitation, any indirect leasehold interests of the REIT Limited Partner in the DST Properties).

Adviser” means the Person appointed, employed or contracted with by the REIT Limited Partner and the Partnership and responsible for directing or performing the day-to-day business affairs of the REIT Limited Partner and the Partnership, including any Person to whom the Adviser subcontracts all or substantially all of such functions.

Advisory Agreement” means the agreement between the REIT Limited Partner, the Partnership and the Adviser pursuant to which the Adviser will direct or perform the day-to-day business affairs of the REIT Limited Partner and the Partnership, as such agreement may be amended or renewed from time to time.

Advisory Fees” means the fees payable to the Adviser pursuant to the Advisory Agreement.

Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, (i) any Person directly or indirectly owning, controlling or holding with the power to vote 10% or more of the outstanding voting securities of such other Person; (ii) any Person 10% 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, including any partnership in which such Person is a general partner; (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” has the meaning set forth in the Charter.

Agreed Value” means the fair market value of a Partner’s non-cash Capital Contribution as of the date of contribution as agreed to by such Partner and the General Partner, reduced by any liabilities either assumed by the Partnership upon such contribution or to which such Property is subject when contributed, as determined under Section 752(c) of the Code and the Regulations thereunder . The Agreed Value of any non-cash Capital Contributions by a Partner as of the date of contribution are set forth on the Partnership’s books and records.

Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

Applicable Percentage” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.5(b).

 

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Assignee” means a Person to whom a Partnership Interest has been Transferred in a manner permitted under this Agreement, but who has not yet become a Substitute Limited Partner, and who has the rights set forth in Section 9.4.

Attorney in Fact” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.2(a).

Board of Directors” has the meaning set forth in the Charter.

Brookfield” means, collectively, Brookfield Asset Management Ltd., Brookfield Corporation and each of their Affiliates.

Brookfield Contribution Agreements” means those certain contribution agreements, by and among, as applicable, the REIT Limited Partner, the Partnership and Brookfield, pursuant to which Brookfield contributes a property or properties to the Partnership or an Affiliate thereof in exchange for REIT Shares, Partnership Units, or a combination thereof, which such REIT Shares and Partnership Units are subject to the Brookfield Repurchase Arrangement.

Brookfield Repurchase Arrangement” means that certain Brookfield Share/OP Unit Repurchase Arrangement adopted by the REIT Limited Partner as of January 1, 2022, as amended from time to time.

Brookfield Units” means the Partnership Units subject to the Brookfield Repurchase Arrangement, including the Partnership Units issued by the Partnership to Brookfield or an Affiliate thereof pursuant to the Brookfield Contribution Agreements.

Capital Account” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.5.

Capital Contribution” means the total amount of cash, cash equivalents, and the Agreed Value of any Property or other asset (other than cash or cash equivalents) contributed or agreed to be contributed, as the context requires, to the Partnership by each Partner pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. Any reference to the Capital Contribution of a Partner shall include the Capital Contribution made by a predecessor holder of the Partnership Interest of such Partner.

Carrying Value” means, with respect to any asset of the Partnership, the asset’s adjusted net basis for federal income tax purposes or, in the case of any asset contributed to the Partnership, the fair market value of such asset at the time of contribution, except that the Carrying Values of all assets may, at the discretion of the General Partner, be adjusted to equal their respective fair market values (as determined by the General Partner), in accordance with the rules set forth in Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f), as provided for in Section 4.5. In the case of any asset of the Partnership that has a Carrying Value that differs from its adjusted tax basis, the Carrying Value shall be adjusted by the amount of depreciation, depletion and amortization calculated for purposes of the definition of Profit and Loss rather than the amount of depreciation, depletion and amortization determined for federal income tax purposes.

Cash Amount” means an amount of cash per Partnership Unit equal to the applicable Redemption Price per Partnership Unit determined by the General Partner.

 

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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 any of the Partners of the Partnership (either by themselves or pursuant to the power-of-attorney granted to the General Partner in Section 8.2) 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.

Charter” means the charter of the REIT Limited Partner.

Class” means a class of REIT Shares or Partnership Units, as the context may require.

Class C REIT Shares” means the REIT Shares referred to as “Class C Common Shares” in the Charter.

Class C Unit” means a Partnership Unit entitling the holder thereof to the rights of a holder of a Class C Unit as provided in this Agreement.

Class D REIT Shares” means the REIT Shares referred to as “Class D Common Shares” in the Charter.

Class D Unit” means a Partnership Unit entitling the holder thereof to the rights of a holder of a Class D Unit as provided in this Agreement.

Class D-1 Unit” means a Partnership Unit entitling the holder thereof to the rights of a holder of a Class D-1 Unit as provided in this Agreement. As used herein, Class D-1 Units shall be deemed to have the same Class designation as Class D REIT Shares unless stated otherwise.

Class E REIT Shares” means the REIT Shares referred to as “Class E Common Shares” in the Charter.

Class E Unit” means a Partnership Unit entitling the holder thereof to the rights of a holder of a Class E Unit as provided in this Agreement.

Class I REIT Shares” means the REIT Shares referred to as “Class I Common Shares” in the Charter.

Class I Unit” means a Partnership Unit entitling the holder thereof to the rights of a holder of a Class I Unit as provided in this Agreement.

Class S REIT Shares” means the REIT Shares referred to as “Class S Common Shares” in the Charter.

Class S Unit” means a Partnership Unit entitling the holder thereof to the rights of a holder of a Class S Unit as provided in this Agreement.

 

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Class S-1 Unit” means a Partnership Unit entitling the holder thereof to the rights of a holder of a Class S-1 Unit as provided in this Agreement. As used herein, Class S-1 Units shall be deemed to have the same Class designation as Class S REIT Shares unless stated otherwise.

Class T REIT Shares” means the REIT Shares referred to as “Class T Common Shares” in the Charter.

Class T Unit” means a Partnership Unit entitling the holder thereof to the rights of a holder of a Class T Unit as provided in this Agreement.

Class T-1 Unit” means a Partnership Unit entitling the holder thereof to the rights of a holder of a Class T-1 Unit as provided in this Agreement. As used herein, Class T-1 Units shall be deemed to have the same Class designation as Class T REIT Shares unless stated otherwise.

Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and as hereafter amended from time to time. Reference to any particular provision of the Code shall mean that provision in the Code at the date hereof and any successor provision of the Code.

Commission” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Common Share Ownership Limit” has the meaning set forth in the Charter.

Consent” means the consent to, approval of or vote in favor or a proposed action by a Partner given in accordance with Article 12.

Conversion Rate” means a fraction, the numerator of which is the Net Asset Value Per Unit for the Class of Partnership Unit being converted and the denominator of which is the Net Asset Value Per Unit for the Class of Partnership Unit being issued in such conversion.

Dealer Manager” means Brookfield Oaktree Wealth Solutions LLC, or such other Person or entity selected by the Board of Directors of the REIT Limited Partner to act as the dealer manager for a Public Offering or a Private Placement.

Debt” means, as to any Person, as of any date of determination: (i) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money or for the deferred purchase price of property or services; (ii) all amounts owed by such Person to banks or other Persons in respect of reimbursement obligations under letters of credit, surety bonds and other similar instruments guaranteeing payment or other performance of obligations by such Person; (iii) all indebtedness for borrowed money or for the deferred purchase price of property or services secured by any lien on any property owned by such Person, to the extent attributable to such Person’s interest in such property, even though such Person has not assumed or become liable for the payment thereof; and (iv) lease obligations of such Person that, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, should be capitalized.

Distribution Fee” means any ongoing distribution fees, dealer manager fees, stockholder servicing fees or similar fees (as distinguished from up-front or one-time selling commissions and dealer manager fees) payable with respect to outstanding REIT Shares or Partnership Units.

 

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DRIP” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.10.

DRIP Participant” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.10.

DST Interests” means beneficial interests sold to third-party investors by the Delaware statutory trust sponsored by Brookfield Real Estate Exchange LLC or its Affiliate, as set forth in the applicable Memorandum.

DST Properties” means real properties held directly or indirectly by a Delaware statutory trust that (i) is sponsored by Brookfield Real Estate Exchange LLC or its Affiliate, as set forth in the applicable Memorandum; and (ii) sells a certain class of beneficial interests to third-party investors.

Electronic Signature” has the meaning set forth in Section 13.9.

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 his 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 his 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.

Excepted Holder Limit” has the meaning set forth in the Charter.

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, or any successor statute thereto.

Exchanged REIT Shares” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.12(b).

Final Adjustment” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.5(c)(ii) hereof.

FMV Option” means a fair market value purchase option giving the Partnership the right, but not the obligation, to acquire DST Interests from holders thereof at a later time as set forth in the applicable Memorandum.

General Partner” means Brookfield REIT OP GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and any Person who becomes a substitute or additional General Partner as provided herein, and any of their successors as General Partner, in such Person’s capacity as a General Partner of the Partnership.

General Partnership Interest” means any Partnership Interest held by the General Partner other than any Partnership Interest it holds as a Limited Partner.

 

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Holder” means either (i) a Partner or (ii) an Assignee owning a Partnership Interest.

Incapacity” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.5.

Indemnitee” means (i) any Person made a party to a proceeding by reason of its status as the General Partner, or a member, director, officer or employee of the General Partner, the REIT Limited Partner or the Partnership (including, without limitation, the Partnership Representative and any “designated individual,” within the meaning of the Regulations promulgated pursuant to Section 6623 of the Code), (ii) the Adviser, (iii) the REIT Limited Partner and (iv) such other Persons (including Affiliates of the General Partner, the REIT Limited Partner or the Partnership) as the General Partner may designate from time to time, in its sole and absolute discretion.

IRS” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Service.

Joint Venture” means any joint venture or partnership arrangement (other than the Partnership) in which the Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries is a co-venturer or partner established to acquire Real Properties or hold other assets of the Partnership.

Limited Partner” means the REIT Limited Partner and any other Person identified as Limited Partner on the books and records of the Partnership, upon the execution and delivery by such Person of an additional limited partner signature page, and any Person who becomes a Substitute Limited Partner, in such Person’s capacity as a Limited Partner in the Partnership.

Limited Partnership Interest” means the ownership interest of a Limited Partner in the Partnership at any particular time, including the right of such Limited Partner to any and all benefits to which such Limited Partner may be entitled as provided in this Agreement and in the Act, together with the obligations of such Limited Partner to comply with all the provisions of this Agreement and of such Act. A Limited Partnership Interest may be expressed as a number of Partnership Units.

Liquidating Event” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.1.

Liquidator” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.2(a).

Listing” means the listing of the REIT Shares on a national securities exchange. Upon such Listing, the REIT Shares shall be deemed “Listed.”

Loss” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1(e).

Losses” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.3(a).

Master Lease Agreement” means a Master Lease Agreement relating to a real property held directly or indirectly by a Delaware statutory trust that is sponsored by Brookfield Real Estate Exchange LLC or its Affiliate, as set forth in the applicable Memorandum.

Memorandum” means a memorandum utilized for the purpose of offering and selling securities, including DST Interests, in a Private Placement.

 

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Net Asset Value” means (i) for any Partnership Units, the net asset value of such Partnership Units, determined as of the last calendar day of each month as described in the Prospectus and (ii) for any REIT Shares, the net asset value of such REIT Shares, determined as of the last calendar day of each month as described in the Prospectus.

Net Asset Value Per REIT Share” means, for each Class of REIT Shares, the net asset value per share of such Class of REIT Shares, determined as of the last calendar day of each month as described in the Prospectus.

Net Asset Value Per Unit” means, for each Class of Partnership Unit, the net asset value per unit of such Class of Partnership Unit, determined as of the last calendar day of each month as described in the Prospectus.

Nonrecourse Deductions” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1(c)(v).

Notice of Redemption” means the Notice of Exercise of Redemption Right, a form of which shall be provided to each Limited Partner, other than the REIT Limited Partner, upon such Limited Partner’s admission to the Partnership, and which form may be revised by the General Partner in its sole discretion.

OFAC” has the meaning set forth Section 8.5(e).

Offer” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.4(a)(ii).

Offering” means the offering and sale of securities, including without limitation, REIT Shares, DST Interests and Units.

Partner” means any General Partner or Limited Partner.

Partner Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain” means an amount with respect to each Partner’s nonrecourse debt (as defined in Regulations Section 1.704-2(b)(4)) equal to the Partnership Minimum Gain that would result if such partner nonrecourse debt were treated as a nonrecourse liability (as defined in Regulations Section 1.752-1(a)(2)) determined in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(3).

Partner Nonrecourse Deductions” has the meaning described in Section 5.1(c)(vi).

Partnership” means Brookfield REIT Operating Partnership L.P., a Delaware limited partnership.

Partnership Interest” means an ownership interest in the Partnership held by a Limited Partner or the 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.

Partnership Minimum Gain” has the meaning specified in Regulations Sections 1.704-2(b)(2) and 1.704-2(d).

 

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Partnership Record Date” means the record date established by the General Partner for the distribution of cash pursuant to Section 5.2, which record date shall be the same as the record date established by the REIT Limited Partner for a distribution to its stockholders of some or all of its portion of such distribution.

Partnership Register” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1 hereof.

Partnership Representative” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.5(a).

Partnership Unit” means a fractional, undivided share of the Partnership Interests (other than the General Partnership Interest) of all Partners issued hereunder, including Class C Units, Class D Units, Class D-1 Units, Class E Units, Class I Units, Class S Units Class S-1 Units, Class T Units and Class T-1 Units. The allocation of Partnership Units of each Class among the Partners shall be maintained on the books and records of the Partnership.

Partnership Year” means the fiscal year of the Partnership.

Percentage Interest” means the percentage ownership interest in the Partnership of each Partner, as determined by dividing the Partnership Units owned by a Partner by the total number of Partnership Units then outstanding. The Percentage Interest of each Partner shall be maintained on the books and records of the Partnership.

Person” means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, estate, trust (including a trust qualified under Sections 401(a) or 501(c)(17) of the Code), a portion of a trust permanently set aside for or to be used exclusively for the purposes described in Section 642(c) of the Code, association, private foundation within the meaning of Section 509(a) of the Code, joint stock company or other legal entity.

Performance Participation Interest” means the distribution to which the Special Limited Partner previously was entitled pursuant to Section 5.2(c) of that certain Second Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement of Brookfield REIT Operating Partnership L.P., dated as of November 2, 2021.

Prior Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the recitals of this Agreement.

Private Placement” means an unregistered sale of DST Interests, REIT Shares or equity of a subsidiary of the General Partner pursuant to an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and state securities laws.

Profit” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1(e).

Property” means any Real Property, Real Estate Related Assets or other investment in which the Partnership holds an ownership interest.

Prospectus” means the prospectus included in the most recent effective registration statement filed by the REIT Limited Partner with the Commission with respect to the applicable Offering, as such prospectus may be amended or supplemented from time to time.

 

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Public Offering” means an offering of REIT Shares to the public.

Real Estate Related Assets” means any investments (other than investments in Real Property), directly or indirectly, by the Partnership in interests related to real property of whatever nature, including, but not limited to (i) mortgage, mezzanine, bridge and other loans on Real Property, (ii) equity securities or interests in corporations (to the extent consistent with the REIT Requirements), limited liability companies, partnerships and other joint ventures having an equity interest in real property, real estate investment trusts, ground leases, tenant-in-common interests, participating mortgages, convertible mortgages or other debt instruments convertible into equity interests in real property by the terms thereof, options to purchase real estate, real property purchase-and-leaseback transactions and other transactions and investments with respect to real estate, and (iii) debt securities such as collateralized mortgage backed securities, commercial mortgages and other debt securities.

Real Property” means real property owned from time to time by the Partnership or a subsidiary thereof, either directly or through Joint Ventures, which consists of (i) land only, (ii) land, including the buildings located thereon, (iii) buildings only or (iv) such investments the REIT Limited Partner and the Adviser mutually designate as Real Property to the extent such investments could be classified as Real Property. DST Properties shall also be deemed Real Property for purposes of this definition.

Received REIT Shares” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.12(b).

Redemption” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.5(a).

Redemption Price” means the Value of the REIT Shares Amount as of the last day of the calendar month immediately preceding the Specified Redemption Date.

Redemption Right” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.5(a).

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.

Regulatory Allocations” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1(g).

REIT” means a real estate investment trust as defined pursuant to 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.

REIT Expenses” means (i) costs and expenses relating to the formation and continuity of existence and operation of the REIT Limited Partner and any Subsidiaries thereof (which Subsidiaries shall, for purposes of this defined term, be included within the definition of REIT Limited Partner), including taxes, fees and assessments associated therewith, any and all costs, expenses or fees payable to any director, officer, or employee of the REIT Limited Partner or service providers to the REIT Limited Partner (including service providers affiliated with the

 

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Adviser), (ii) costs and expenses relating to any Public Offering and registration of securities by the REIT Limited Partner and all filings, statements, reports, fees and expenses incidental thereto, including, without limitation, underwriting discounts and selling commissions applicable to any such offering of securities, any Distribution Fees, 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 relating to any private offering of securities by the REIT Limited 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, any Distribution Fees, and any costs and expenses associated with any claims made by any holders of such securities or any underwriters or placement agents thereof, (iv) costs and expenses associated with any repurchase of any securities by the REIT Limited Partner, (v) costs and expenses associated with the preparation and filing of any periodic or other reports and communications by the REIT Limited Partner under federal, state or local laws or regulations, including filings with the Commission, (vi) costs and expenses associated with compliance by the REIT Limited Partner with laws, rules and regulations promulgated by any regulatory body, including the Commission and any securities exchange, (vii) the Advisory Fee and other fees and expenses payable to other services providers of the REIT Limited Partner, (viii) costs and expenses incurred by the REIT Limited Partner relating to any issuing or redemption of Partnership Interests and/or REIT Shares, (ix) all other operating or administrative costs of the REIT Limited Partner incurred in the ordinary course of its business on behalf of or in connection with the Partnership and (x) without duplication, amounts required to be paid or reimbursed to the Adviser pursuant to Section 11(c) of the Advisory Agreement.

REIT Limited Partner” means Brookfield Real Estate Income Trust Inc., a Maryland corporation.

REIT Requirements” means the requirements for qualifying as a REIT under the Code and Regulations.

REIT Share” means a share of common stock, $0.01 par value per share, of the REIT Limited Partner (or Successor Entity, as the case may be), including Class C REIT Shares, Class D REIT Shares, Class E REIT Shares, Class T REIT Shares, Class I REIT Shares and Class S REIT Shares.

REIT Shares Amount” means a number of REIT Shares having the same Class designation as the Class of Partnership Units, other than as set forth in Section 8.5(b) in connection with Partnership Units issued in exchange for DST Interests in connection with the exercise of the FMV Option, offered for exchange by a Tendering Party equal to such number of Partnership Units; provided that in the event the REIT Limited 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 Amount of REIT Shares on the record date fixed for purposes of determining the holders of REIT Shares entitled to rights.

 

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Related Party” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person whose ownership of shares of the REIT Limited Partner’s capital stock would be attributed to the first such Person under Code Section 544 (as modified by Code Section 856(h)(1)(B)).

Sanctions” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.2(vi).

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.

Side Letters” has the meaning set forth in Section 13.5.

Special Limited Partner” means Brookfield REIT OP Special Limited Partner L.P., a Delaware limited partnership.

Specified Redemption Date” means the opening of business on the last calendar day of the month following the month of the day that is 45 days after the receipt by the General Partner of the Notice of Redemption, or such earlier date after the receipt by the General Partner of the Notice of Redemption as may be determined by the General Partner in its sole discretion.

Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation or other entity in which such Person has made an equity investment.

Substitute Limited Partner” means any Person admitted to the Partnership as a Limited Partner pursuant to Section 9.3.

Successor Entity” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.3(a)(ii).

Survivor” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.4(b).

Tax Advances” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.2(c).

Tax Items” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1(f)(ii).

Tendered Units” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.5(a).

Tendering Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.5(a).

Termination Transaction” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.1(b).

Transfer” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.2(a). “Transfers”, “Transferred”, and “Transferring” have correlative meanings.

Transferred Performance Participation Interest Units” means any Partnership Units initially received by the Special Limited Partner or its assignee in consideration of its Performance Participation Interest.

 

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Unit Equivalent” means, on any given date, a REIT Share, or REIT Shares, or any portion of a REIT Share, of any given Class having the same Value as the Net Asset Value of one Partnership Unit of the same Class on such date.

Value” means, for any Class of REIT Shares: (i) if such Class of REIT Shares are Listed, the average closing price per share for the previous 30 trading days, or (ii) if such Class of REIT Shares are not Listed, the Net Asset Value Per REIT Share for REIT Shares of that Class.

1.2. Interpretation. The definitions in Section 1.1 shall apply equally to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Wherever the context may require, any pronoun used in this Agreement shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. For all purposes of this Agreement, the term “control” and variations thereof shall mean possession of the authority to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of the specified entity, through the direct or indirect ownership of equity interests therein, by contract or otherwise. As used in this Agreement, the words “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.” As used in this Agreement, the terms “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder” shall refer to this Agreement in its entirety. Any references in this Agreement to “Sections” or “Articles” shall, unless otherwise specified, refer to Sections or Articles, respectively, in this Agreement. Any references in this Agreement to an “Exhibit” shall, unless otherwise specified, refer to an Exhibit attached to this Agreement, as such Exhibit may be amended from time to time. Each such Exhibit shall be deemed incorporated in this Agreement in full.

ARTICLE 2

PARTNERSHIP FORMATION AND IDENTIFICATION

2.1. Formation. The Partnership was formed and continues 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. Except as expressly provided herein to the contrary, the rights and obligations of the Partners and the administration and termination of the Partnership shall be governed by the Act. No Partner has any interest in any Partnership property, and the Partnership Interest of each Partner shall be personal property for all purposes.

2.2. Name. The name of the Partnership is Brookfield REIT Operating Partnership L.P. The Partnership’s business may be conducted under any other name or names deemed advisable by the General Partner, including the name of the REIT Limited Partner or any Affiliate thereof. The words “Limited Partnership,” “L.P.,” “Ltd.” or similar words or letters shall be included in the Partnership’s name where necessary for the purposes of complying with the laws of any jurisdiction that so requires. The General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion may change the name of the Partnership at any time and from time to time and shall notify the Partners of such change in the next regular communication to the Partners (or, in the sole discretion of the General Partner, earlier).

 

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2.3. Principal Office and Registered Agent. The specified office and principal place of business of the Partnership shall be c/o Brookfield Place New York, 250 Vesey Street, 15th Floor, New York, NY 10281. 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 Partnership’s registered agent is Corporation Service Company, 251 Little Falls Drive, Wilmington, DE 19808. The sole duty of the registered agent as such is to forward to the Partnership any notice that is served on him as registered agent. The Partnership may maintain offices at such other place or places within or outside the State of Delaware as the General Partner deems advisable.

2.4. Partners.

(a) The General Partner of the Partnership is Brookfield REIT OP GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company. Its principal place of business is the same as that of the Partnership.

(b) The Limited Partners are the REIT Limited Partner and any other Persons identified as Limited Partners on the books and records of the Partnership. A Person shall be admitted as a Limited Partner of the Partnership at the time that (i) this Agreement or a counterpart hereof is executed by or on behalf of such Person and (ii) such Person is listed by the General Partner as a Limited Partner of the Partnership in the Partnership Register.

2.5. Term and Dissolution. The Partnership commenced upon the filing for record of the Certificate in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on August 9, 2018 and shall continue indefinitely, unless the Partnership is dissolved pursuant to the provisions of Article 11 or as otherwise provided by law.

2.6. 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.

2.7. Certificates Representing Partnership Units. At the request of a Limited Partner, the General Partner, at its sole and absolute discretion, may issue (but in no way is obligated to issue) a certificate specifying the number and Class of Partnership Units owned by the Limited Partner as of the date of such certificate. Any such certificate (i) shall be in form and substance as approved by the General Partner, (ii) shall not be negotiable and (iii) shall bear a legend to the following effect:

“This certificate is not negotiable. The Partnership Units represented by this certificate are governed by and transferable only in accordance with the provisions of the Limited Partnership Agreement of Brookfield REIT Operating Partnership L.P., as amended from time to time.”

 

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ARTICLE 3

PURPOSE AND BUSINESS OF THE PARTNERSHIP

3.1. Purpose and Business.

(a) 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 REIT Limited Partner at all times to qualify as a REIT, and in a manner such that the REIT Limited Partner will not be subject to any taxes under Section 857 or 4981 of the Code (to the extent the REIT Limited Partner determines not being subject to such taxes is desirable), unless the REIT Limited Partner otherwise ceases to qualify as a REIT, (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 REIT Limited Partner’s right in its sole and absolute discretion to qualify or cease qualifying as a REIT, the Partners acknowledge that the REIT Limited 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 REIT Limited Partner inures to the benefit of all the Partners and not solely to the REIT Limited Partner. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Partners agree that the REIT Limited Partner may terminate its status as a REIT under the Code at any time to the full extent permitted under the Charter. The REIT Limited 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” for purposes of Section 7704 of the Code.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement, the General Partner shall cause the Partnership not to take, or to refrain from taking, any action that, in the judgment of the General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion, (i) could adversely affect the ability of the REIT Limited Partner to satisfy the REIT Requirements or to qualify as a domestically controlled qualified investment entity (as defined in Section 897(h)(4) of the Code), (ii) could subject the REIT Limited Partner to any taxes under Code Section 857 or Code Section 4981 or any other related or successor provision under the Code, (iii) could violate any law or regulation of any governmental body or agency having jurisdiction over the REIT Limited Partner, its securities or the Partnership or (iv) could cause the REIT Limited Partner not to be in compliance in all material respects with any covenants, conditions or restrictions now or hereafter placed upon the REIT Limited Partner pursuant to an agreement to which it is a party, unless, in any such case, such action (or inaction) under clause (i), clause (ii), clause (iii) or clause (iv) above shall have been specifically Consented to by the REIT Limited Partner. The foregoing requirement, and all other requirements, limitations and/or restrictions set forth in this Agreement that are intended for the REIT Limited Partner to maintain compliance as a REIT (or that otherwise are intended to prevent any taxes to be paid by the REIT Limited Partner while it has elected to be a REIT), shall be void and of no effect if the REIT Limited Partner otherwise shall have ceased to, or the REIT Limited Partner determines that the REIT Limited Partner shall no longer, qualify as a REIT.

 

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(c) The Partnership shall be a partnership only for the purposes specified in Section 3.1 hereof, and this Agreement shall not be deemed to create a company, venture or partnership between or among the Partners or any other Persons with respect to any activities whatsoever other than the activities within the purposes of the Partnership as specified in Section 3.1 hereof. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, no Partner shall have any authority to act for, bind, commit or assume any obligation or responsibility on behalf of the Partnership, its properties or any other Partner. No Partner, in its capacity as a Partner under this Agreement, shall be responsible or liable for any indebtedness or obligation of another Partner, nor shall the Partnership be responsible or liable for any indebtedness or obligation of any Partner, incurred either before or after the execution and delivery of this Agreement by such Partner, except as to those responsibilities, liabilities, indebtedness or obligations incurred pursuant to and as limited by the terms of this Agreement and the Act.

3.2. Representations and Warranties of the Partners.

(a) Each Partner that is an individual (including, without limitation, each additional Limited Partner or Substitute Limited Partner as a condition to becoming an additional Limited Partner or a Substitute Limited Partner) represents and warrants to, and covenants with, each other Partner that (i) the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement to be performed by such Partner will not result in a breach or violation of, or a default under, any material agreement by which such Partner or any of such Partner’s property is bound, or any statute, regulation, order or other law to which such Partner is subject, (ii) such Partner has the legal capacity to enter into this Agreement and perform such Partner’s obligations hereunder, and (iii) this Agreement is binding upon, and enforceable against, such Partner in accordance with its terms.

(b) Each Partner that is not an individual (including, without limitation, each additional Limited Partner or Substitute Limited Partner as a condition to becoming an additional Limited Partner or a Substitute Limited Partner) represents and warrants to, and covenants with, each other Partner that (i) all transactions contemplated by this Agreement to be performed by it have been duly authorized by all necessary action, including, without limitation, that of its general partner(s), manager(s), committee(s), trustee(s), beneficiaries, directors and/or stockholder(s) (as the case may be) as required, (ii) the consummation of such transactions shall not result in a breach or violation of, or a default under, its partnership or operating agreement, trust agreement, charter or bylaws (as the case may be) or any material agreement by which such Partner or any of such Partner’s properties or any of its partners, members, beneficiaries, trustees or stockholders (as the case may be) is or are bound, or any statute, regulation, order or other law to which such Partner or any of its partners, members, trustees, beneficiaries or stockholders (as the case may be) is or are subject, and (iii) this Agreement is binding upon, and enforceable against, such Partner in accordance with its terms

(c) Each Partner (including, without limitation, each additional Limited Partner or Substitute Limited Partner as a condition to becoming an additional Limited Partner or Substitute Limited Partner) represents, warrants and agrees that (i) it has acquired and continues to hold its interest in the Partnership for its own account for investment purposes only and not for the purpose of, or with a view toward, the resale or distribution of all or any part thereof in violation of applicable laws, and not with a view toward selling or otherwise distributing such

 

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interest or any part thereof at any particular time or under any predetermined circumstances in violation of applicable laws and (ii) it is a sophisticated investor, able and accustomed to handling sophisticated financial matters for itself, particularly real estate investments, and that it has a sufficiently high net worth that it does not anticipate a need for the funds that it has invested in the Partnership in what it understands to be a highly speculative and illiquid investment,

(d) The representations and warranties contained in this Section 3.2 shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement by each Partner (and, in the case of an additional Limited Partner or a Substitute Limited Partner, the admission of such additional Limited Partner or Substitute Limited Partner as a Limited Partner in the Partnership) and the dissolution, liquidation and termination of the Partnership.

(e) Each Partner (including, without limitation, each additional Limited Partner or Substitute Limited Partner as a condition to becoming an additional Limited Partner or Substitute Limited Partner) hereby acknowledges that no representations as to potential profit, cash flows, funds from operations or yield, if any, in respect of the Partnership or the REIT Limited Partner have been made by any Partner or any employee or representative or Affiliate of any Partner, and that projections and any other information, including, without limitation, financial and descriptive information and documentation, that may have been in any manner submitted to such Partner shall not constitute any representation or warranty of any kind or nature, express or implied.

(f) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the General Partner may, in its sole and absolute discretion, permit the modification of any of the representations and warranties contained in Sections 3.2(a), 3.2(b) and 3.2(c) above as applicable to any Partner (including, without limitation any additional Limited Partner or Substitute Limited Partner or any transferee of either), provided that such representations and warranties, as modified, shall be set forth in a separate writing addressed to the Partnership and the General Partner.

(g) When a Person (such as a broker, dealer, bank, trust company or clearing corporation or an agent of any of the foregoing) is acting as nominee, agent or in some other representative capacity for another Person in acquiring and/or holding Partnership Interests, the representations made in this Section 3.2 shall be made by the beneficial owner of Partnership Interests held by the nominee.

ARTICLE 4

CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND ACCOUNTS

4.1. Capital Contributions. The General Partner and the Limited Partners have made Capital Contributions to the Partnership in exchange for Partnership Interests as set forth in the books and records of the Partnership. The General Partner shall cause to be maintained in the principal business office of the Partnership, or such other place as may be determined by the General Partner, the books and records of the Partnership which shall include, among other things, a register that contains the name, address, and number and Class of Partnership Units of each Partner (the “Partnership Register”) and that reflects periodic changes to the Capital

 

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Contributions made by the Partners and redemptions and other purchases of Partnership Units by the Partnership, and corresponding changes to the Partnership Interests of the Partners, without preparing a formal amendment to this Agreement. Any reference in this Agreement to the Partnership Register shall be deemed a reference to the Partnership Register as in effect from time to time. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the General Partner may take any action authorized hereunder in respect of the Partnership Register without any need to obtain the consent or approval of any other Partner. No action of any Limited Partner shall be required to amend or update the Partnership Register. Except as required by law, no Limited Partner shall be entitled to receive a copy of the information set forth in the Partnership Register relating to any Partner other than itself.

4.2. Class C Units, Class D Units, Class D-1 Units, Class E Units, Class I Units, Class S Units, Class S-1 Units, Class T Units and Class T-1 Units. The General Partner is hereby authorized to cause the Partnership to issue Partnership Units designated as Class C Units, Class D Units, Class D-1 Units, Class E Units, Class I Units, Class S Units, Class S-1 Units, Class T Units and Class T-1 Units. Each such Class shall have the rights and obligations attributed to that Class under this Agreement.

4.3. Additional Capital Contributions and Issuances of Additional Partnership Interests. Except as provided in this Section 4.3 or in Section 4.4, the Partners shall have no right or obligation to make any additional Capital Contributions or loans to the Partnership. The REIT Limited Partner may contribute additional capital to the Partnership, from time to time, and receive additional Partnership Interests in respect thereof, in the manner contemplated in this Section 4.3. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the REIT Limited Partner’s Capital Account shall be credited with, but the REIT Limited Partner shall not receive any additional Partnership Interests in consideration for, any Capital Contributions made by the REIT Limited Partner to the Partnership that are attributable to cash flow amounts received by the REIT Limited Partner from its indirect leasehold interests in any DST Properties.

(a) Issuances of Additional Partnership Interests.

(i) General. The General Partner is hereby authorized to cause the Partnership to issue such additional Partnership Interests in the form of Partnership Units for any Partnership purpose at any time or from time to time to the Partners (including the General Partner and the REIT Limited 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 Partners, including but not limited to, Partnership Units issued in connection with the issuance of REIT Shares of, or other interests in, the REIT Limited Partner, Partnership Units issued to the Adviser in lieu of cash fees pursuant to the Advisory Agreement, Partnership Units issued in connection with acquisitions of properties and Partnership Units issued in connection with the exercise of any FMV Option. Without limiting the foregoing, the General Partner is expressly authorized to cause the Partnership to issue Partnership Units (i) upon the conversion, redemption or exchange of any Debt, Partnership Units, or other securities issued by the Partnership, (ii) for such consideration as the General Partner may determine, (iii) in connection with any merger of any other Person into the Partnership or (iv) upon the contribution of property or assets to the Partnership or otherwise in

 

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connection with the Partnership’s acquisition of a property or assets, including in connection with the exercise of the FMV Option. Upon the issuance of any additional Partnership Interest, the General Partner shall, without the Consent of any other Partners, amend the Partnership Register as appropriate to reflect such issuance. Any additional Partnership Interests issued thereby may be issued in one or more Classes (including the Classes specified in this Agreement or any other Classes), or one or more series of any of such Classes, with such designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, voting and other powers and duties, including rights, powers and duties senior to Limited Partnership Interests, 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 Interests; (ii) the right of each such Class or series of Partnership Interests to share in Partnership distributions; and (iii) the rights of each such Class or series of Partnership Interests upon dissolution and liquidation of the Partnership; provided, however, that no additional Partnership Interests shall be issued to the REIT Limited Partner unless:

(1) the additional Partnership Interests are issued in connection with an issuance of Additional Securities by the REIT Limited Partner in accordance with Section 4.3(a)(iii);

(2) the additional Partnership Interests are issued in exchange for property owned by the REIT Limited Partner or in exchange for other consideration with a fair market value, as determined by the General Partner, in good faith, equal to the value of the Partnership Interests;

(3) the additional Partnership Interests are issued upon the conversion, redemption or exchange of Debt, Partnership Units or other securities issued by the Partnership; or

(4) the additional Partnership Interests are also offered and/or issued to all Partners holding Partnership Units of the same Class or series in proportion to the Partnership Units of such Class or series held by such Partners.

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 REIT Limited Partner and the Partnership.

(ii) Adjustment Events. In the event the REIT Limited Partner (i) declares or pays a dividend on any Class of its outstanding REIT Shares in REIT Shares or makes a distribution to all holders of any Class of its outstanding REIT Shares in REIT Shares, (ii) subdivides any Class of its outstanding REIT Shares, or (iii) combines any Class of its outstanding REIT Shares into a smaller number of REIT Shares with respect to any Class of REIT Shares, then a corresponding adjustment to the number of outstanding Partnership Units of the applicable Class necessary to maintain the

 

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proportionate relationship between the number of outstanding Partnership Units of such Class to the number of outstanding REIT Shares of such Class shall automatically be made. Additionally, in the event that any other entity shall become REIT Limited Partner pursuant to any merger, consolidation or combination of the REIT Limited Partner with or into another entity (the “Successor Entity”), the number of outstanding Partnership Units of each Class shall be adjusted by multiplying such number by the number of shares of the Successor Entity into which one REIT Share of such Class is converted pursuant to such merger, consolidation or combination, determined as of the date of such merger, consolidation or combination. Any adjustment to the number of outstanding Partnership Units of any Class 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, or such merger, consolidation or combination, the number of outstanding Partnership Units of any Class 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 or such merger, consolidation or combination. If the REIT Limited Partner takes any other action affecting the REIT Shares other than actions specifically described above and, in the opinion of the General Partner such action would require an adjustment to the number of Partnership Units to maintain the proportionate relationship between the number of outstanding Partnership Units to the number of outstanding REIT Shares, the General Partner shall have the right to make such adjustment to the number of Partnership 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.

(iii) Upon Issuance of Additional Securities. Upon the issuance by the REIT Limited Partner of any Additional Securities (including pursuant to the REIT Limited Partner’s distribution reinvestment plan) other than to all holders of REIT Shares, the REIT Limited Partner shall contribute any net proceeds from the issuance of such Additional Securities and from any exercise of rights contained in such Additional Securities, directly and through the REIT Limited Partner, to the Partnership in return for, as the REIT Limited Partner may designate, Partnership Interests or rights, options, warrants or convertible or exchangeable securities of the Partnership having designations, preferences and other rights such that their economic interests are substantially similar to those of the Additional Securities; provided, however, that the REIT Limited Partner is allowed to use net proceeds from the issuance and sale of such Additional Securities to repurchase REIT Shares pursuant to a share repurchase plan; and provided further that the REIT Limited Partner is allowed to issue Additional Securities in connection with an acquisition or operation of assets that would not be owned directly or indirectly by the Partnership, but if and only if, such direct acquisition and issuance of Additional Securities have been approved and determined to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the REIT Limited Partner and the Partnership. For purposes of this Section 4.3(a)(iii), the acquisition and operation by the REIT Limited Partner of an indirect leasehold interest in a DST Property pursuant to a Master Lease Agreement (or a substantially similar agreement), including the contribution of net proceeds from the REIT Limited Partner to a wholly owned subsidiary holding a direct or indirect leasehold

 

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interest in a DST Property to allow such subsidiary to satisfy its operating obligations, shall be deemed to have been approved and in the best interests of the REIT Limited Partner and the Partnership. Without limiting the foregoing, the REIT Limited Partner is expressly authorized to issue Additional Securities for less than fair market value, and to cause the Partnership to issue to the REIT Limited Partner corresponding Partnership Interests, so long as the General Partner concludes in good faith that such issuance is in the best interests of the REIT Limited Partner and the Partnership, including without limitation, the issuance of REIT Shares and corresponding Partnership Units pursuant to an employee share purchase plan providing for employee purchases of REIT Shares at a discount from fair market value or employee stock options that have an exercise price that is less than the fair market value of the REIT Shares, either at the time of issuance or at the time of exercise. Without limiting the foregoing, if the REIT Limited Partner issues REIT Shares of any Class for a cash purchase price and contributes all of the net proceeds of such issuance to the Partnership as required hereunder, the REIT Limited Partner shall be issued a number of additional Partnership Units having the same Class designation as the issued REIT Shares equal to the number of such REIT Shares of that Class issued by the REIT Limited Partner the proceeds of which were so contributed.

(b) Certain Deemed Contributions of Proceeds of Issuance of REIT Shares. In connection with any and all issuances of REIT Shares, to the extent that the REIT Limited Partner shall make Capital Contributions to the Partnership of the proceeds therefrom, if the proceeds actually received and contributed by the REIT Limited Partner in respect of the REIT Shares the proceeds of which were so contributed are less than the gross proceeds of such issuance as a result of any underwriter’s discount or other expenses paid or incurred in connection with such issuance, then the REIT Limited Partner shall be deemed to have made Capital Contributions to the Partnership in the aggregate amount of the gross proceeds of such issuance and the Partnership shall be deemed simultaneously to have paid such offering expenses in accordance with Section 6.5 and in connection with the required issuance of additional Partnership Units to the REIT Limited Partner for such Capital Contributions pursuant to Section 4.3(a), and any such expenses shall be allocable solely to the Class of Partnership Units issued to the REIT Limited Partner at such time. In connection with any and all issuances of REIT Shares pursuant to the REIT Limited Partner’s distribution reinvestment plan, the REIT Limited Partner shall be deemed to have made Capital Contributions to the Partnership in the aggregate amount of the distributions that have been reinvested in respect of the REIT Shares issued by the REIT Limited Partner in return for an equal number of Partnership Units having the same Class designation as the issued REIT Shares.

(c) Fee Limit Conversion to Class I Units.

(i) Each Class D-1 Unit held by a Limited Partner that it received in exchange for DST Interests in connection with the exercise of the FMV Option shall automatically, and without any action on the part of the Limited Partner, convert to Class I Units at the applicable Conversion Rate at the end of the month in which the Dealer Manager in conjunction with the REIT Limited Partner’s transfer agent, determines that aggregate selling commissions, dealer manager fees, placement fees and investor servicing fees with respect to such Partnership Units, including any selling commissions, dealer manager fees, placement fees and investor servicing fees previously paid in connection with the DST Interests exchanged for such Partnership Units in connection with the FMV Option, would exceed, in the aggregate, the percentage cap (if any) of the cash price paid in the Private Placement for the DST Interests which were exchanged for such Class D-1 Units as set forth in the applicable selling agreement between the Dealer Manager and the participating broker-dealer that sold such DST Interests.

 

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(ii) Each Class S-1 Unit held by a Limited Partner that it received in exchange for DST Interests in connection with the exercise of the FMV Option shall automatically, and without any action on the part of the Limited Partner, convert to Class I Units at the applicable Conversion Rate at the end of the month in which the Dealer Manager, in conjunction with the REIT Limited Partner’s transfer agent, determines that aggregate selling commissions, dealer manager fees, placement fees and investor servicing fees paid with respect to such Partnership Units, including any selling commissions, dealer manager fees, placement fees and investor servicing fees previously paid in connection with the DST Interests exchanged for such Partnership Units in connection with the FMV Option, would exceed, in the aggregate, the percentage cap (if any) of the cash price paid in the Private Placement for the DST Interests which were exchanged for such Class S-1 Units as set forth in the applicable selling agreement between the Dealer Manager and the participating broker-dealer that sold such DST Interests.

(iii) Each Class T-1 Unit held by a Limited Partner that it received in exchange for DST Interests in connection with the exercise of the FMV Option shall automatically, and without any action on the part of the Limited Partner, convert to Class I Units at the applicable Conversion Rate at the end of the month in which the Dealer Manager, in conjunction with the REIT Limited Partner’s transfer agent, determines that aggregate selling commissions, dealer manager fees, placement fees and investor servicing fees paid with respect to such Partnership Units, including any selling commissions, dealer manager fees, placement fees and investor servicing fees previously paid in connection with the DST Interests exchanged for such Partnership Units in connection with the FMV Option, would exceed, in the aggregate, the percentage cap (if any) of the cash price paid in the Private Placement for the DST Interests which were exchanged for such Class T-1 Units as set forth in the applicable selling agreement between the Dealer Manager and the participating broker-dealer that sold such DST Interests.

4.4. 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 by incurring Debt to any Person upon such terms as the General Partner determines to be appropriate (including making such Debt convertible, redeemable or exchangeable for Partnership Units), (ii) elect to have the REIT Limited Partner or any of its Affiliates provide such Additional Funds to the Partnership through loans, purchase of additional Partnership Interests or otherwise (which the REIT Limited Partner or such Affiliates will have the option, but not the obligation, of providing) or (iii) cause the Partnership to issue additional Partnership Interests and admit additional Limited Partners to the Partnership in accordance with Section 4.3.

4.5. Capital Accounts. A separate capital account (a “Capital Account”) shall be established and maintained for each Partner in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv), and a Partner shall have a single Capital Account with respect to all Partnership Interests held by such Partner. If (i) a new or existing Partner acquires an additional Partnership Interest in exchange for more than a de minimis Capital Contribution, (ii) the Partnership

 

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distributes to a Partner more than a de minimis amount of Partnership property or money as consideration for a Partnership Interest, (iii) the Partnership is liquidated within the meaning of Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(g), or (iv) the Partnership grants a Partnership Interest (other than a de minimis interest) as consideration for the provision of services to or for the benefit of the Partnership, the General Partner may revalue the property of the Partnership to its fair market value (as determined by the General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion, and taking into account Section 7701(g) of the Code) in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f). When the Partnership’s property is revalued by the General Partner, the Capital Accounts of the Partners shall be adjusted in accordance with Regulations Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f) and (g), which generally require such Capital Accounts to be adjusted to reflect the manner in which the unrealized gain or loss inherent in such property (that has not been reflected in the Capital Accounts previously) would be allocated among the Partners pursuant to Section 5.1 if there were a taxable disposition of such property for its fair market value (as determined by the General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion, and taking into account Section 7701(g) of the Code) on the date of the revaluation.

4.6. Percentage Interests. If the number of outstanding Partnership Units increases or decreases during a taxable year, each Partner’s Percentage Interest shall be adjusted by the General Partner effective as of the effective date of each such increase or decrease to a percentage equal to the number of Partnership Units held by such Partner divided by the aggregate number of Partnership Units outstanding after giving effect to such increase or decrease. If the Partners’ Percentage Interests are adjusted pursuant to this Section 4.6, the Profits and Losses (or items thereof) for the taxable year in which the adjustment occurs shall be allocated between the part of the year ending on the day when the adjustment occurs and the part of the year beginning on the following day either (i) as if the taxable year had ended on the date of the adjustment or (ii) based on the number of days in each part. The General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion, shall determine which method shall be used to allocate Profits and Losses (or items thereof) for the taxable year in which the adjustment occurs. The allocation of Profits and Losses (or items thereof) for the earlier part of the year shall be based on the Percentage Interests before adjustment, and the allocation of Profits and Losses (or items thereof) for the later part shall be based on the adjusted Percentage Interests.

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 Partner’s 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

 

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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. No Preemptive Rights. Except as expressly provided in this Agreement, no Person, including, without limitation, any Partner or assignee, shall have any preemptive, preferential, participation or similar right or rights to subscribe for or acquire any Partnership Interest or to otherwise make an additional Capital Contribution.

ARTICLE 5

PROFITS AND LOSSES; DISTRIBUTIONS

5.1. Allocation of Profit and Loss.

(a) REIT Limited Partner Gross Income Allocation. There shall be specially allocated to the REIT Limited Partner an amount of (i) first, items of Partnership income and (ii) second, items of Partnership gain during each fiscal year or other applicable period, before any other allocations are made hereunder, in an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the cumulative reimbursements made to the REIT Limited Partner under Section 6.5(b) (other than reimbursements which would properly be treated as “guaranteed payments” or which are attributable to the reimbursement of expenses which would properly be either deductible by the Partnership or added to the tax basis of any Partnership asset) over the cumulative allocations of Partnership income and gain to the REIT Limited Partner under this Section 5.1(a).

(b) General Allocations. The items of Profit and Loss of the Partnership for each fiscal year or other applicable period shall be allocated among the Partners in a manner that will, as nearly as possible (after giving effect to the allocations under Sections 5.1(a), 5.1(c) and 5.1(g)) cause the Capital Account balance of each Partner at the end of such fiscal year or other applicable period to equal (i) the amount of the hypothetical distribution that such Partner would receive if the Partnership were liquidated on the last day of such period and all assets of the Partnership, including cash, were sold for cash equal to their Carrying Values, taking into account any adjustments thereto for such period, all liabilities of the Partnership were satisfied in full in cash according to their terms (limited with respect to each nonrecourse liability to the Carrying Value of the assets securing such liability) and the remaining cash proceeds (after satisfaction of such liabilities) were distributed in full pursuant to Section 5.2, minus (ii) the sum of such Partner’s share of Partnership Minimum Gain and Partner Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain and the amount, if any and without duplication, that the Partner would be obligated to contribute to the capital of the Partnership, all computed as of the date of the hypothetical sale of assets. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the General Partner may make such allocations as it deems reasonably necessary to give economic effect to the provisions of this Agreement, taking into account facts and circumstances as the General Partner deems reasonably necessary for this purpose.

 

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(c) Regulatory Allocations. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement:

(i) Minimum Gain Chargeback. If there is a net decrease in Partnership Minimum Gain or Partner Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain (determined in accordance with the principles of Regulations Sections 1.704-2(d) and 1.704-2(i)) during any Partnership taxable year, the Partners shall be specially allocated items of Partnership income and gain for such year (and, if necessary, subsequent years) in an amount equal to their respective shares of such net decrease during such year, determined pursuant to Regulations Sections 1.704-2(g) and 1.704-2(i)(5). The items to be so allocated shall be determined in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-2(f). This Section 5.1(c)(i) is intended to comply with the minimum gain chargeback requirements in such U.S. Regulations Sections and shall be interpreted consistently therewith, including that no chargeback shall be required to the extent of the exceptions provided in Regulations Sections 1.704-2(f) and 1.704-2(i)(4).

(ii) Qualified Income Offset. If any Partner unexpectedly receives any adjustments, allocations, or distributions described in U.S. Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5) or (6), items of Partnership income and gain shall be specially allocated to such Partner in an amount and manner sufficient to eliminate the deficit Capital Account balance created by such adjustments, allocations or distributions as promptly as possible; provided that an allocation pursuant to this Section 5.1(c)(ii) shall be made only to the extent that a Partner would have a deficit Capital Account balance in excess of such sum after all other allocations provided for in this Article 5 have been tentatively made as if this Section 5.1(c)(ii) were not in this Agreement. This Section 5.1(c)(ii) is intended to comply with the “qualified income offset” requirement of the Code and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.

(iii) Gross Income Allocation. If one or more Partners has a deficit Capital Account at the end of any fiscal year that is in excess of the sum of (i) the amount each such Partner is obligated to restore, if any, pursuant to any provision of this Partnership Agreement, and (ii) the amount each such Partner is deemed to be obligated to restore pursuant to the penultimate sentences of Regulations Sections 1.704-2(g)(1) and 1.704-2(i)(5), each such Partner shall be specially allocated items of Partnership income and gain in the amount of such excess as quickly as possible (in proportion to the amount of such deficit); provided that an allocation pursuant to this Section 5.1(c)(iii) shall be made only if and to the extent that a Partner would have a deficit Capital Account in excess of such sum after all other allocations provided for in this Article 5 have been tentatively made as if Section 5.1(c)(ii) and this Section 5.1(c)(iii) were not in this Partnership Agreement.

 

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(iv) Payee Allocation. If any payment to any person that is treated by the Partnership as the payment of an expense is recharacterized by a taxing authority as a Partnership distribution to the payee as a partner, such payee shall be specially allocated, in the manner determined by the General Partner, an amount of Partnership gross income and gain as quickly as possible equal to the amount of the distribution.

(v) Nonrecourse Deductions. Nonrecourse Deductions shall be allocated pro rata based on the number of Partnership Units held by each Partner. “Nonrecourse Deductions” has the meaning specified in Regulations Sections 1.704-2(b)(1) and 1.704-2(c).

(vi) Partner Nonrecourse Deductions. Partner Nonrecourse Deductions for any taxable period shall be allocated to the Partner who bears the economic risk of loss with respect to the liability to which such Partner Nonrecourse Deductions are attributable in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-2(j).Partner Nonrecourse Deductions” has the meaning specified in Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(2).

(vii) Any special allocations of income or gain pursuant to Section 5.1(c)(ii) or Section 5.1(c)(iii) hereof shall be taken into account in computing subsequent allocations pursuant to Section 5.1(b) and this Section 5.1(c), so that the net amount of any items so allocated and all other items allocated to each Partner shall, to the extent possible, be equal to the net amount that would have been allocated to each Partner if such allocations pursuant to Section 5.1(c)(ii) or Section 5.1(c)(iii) had not occurred.

(viii) Section 754 Adjustment. To the extent that an adjustment to the adjusted tax basis of any Partnership asset pursuant to Code Section 734(b) or Code Section 743(b) is required, pursuant to Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m)(2) or Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m)(4), to be taken into account in determining Capital Accounts as the result of a distribution to a Partner in complete liquidation of its interest in the Partnership, 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 gain or loss shall be specially allocated to the Partners in accordance with their respective interests in the Partnership in the event that Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m)(2) applies, or to the Partner(s) to whom such distribution was made in the event that Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m)(4) applies.

(ix) Excess Nonrecourse Liabilities. The Partnership shall allocate “nonrecourse liabilities” (within the meaning of Regulations Section 1.752-1(a)(2)) of the Partnership that are secured by multiple Properties under any reasonable method chosen by the General Partner in accordance with Regulations Section 1.752-3(b). Except as otherwise agreed to between the General Partner and any contributor of Property to the Partnership, the Partnership shall allocate “excess nonrecourse liabilities” of the Partnership within the meaning of Regulations Section 1.752-3(a)(3) first, to the current holders of Transferred Performance Participation Interest Units, in respect of the Transferred Performance Participation Interest Units, up to the amount of the share of built in gain attributable to those Transferred Performance Participation Interest Units that is allocable to Section 704(c) property or property for which reverse Section 704(c) allocations are applicable, and second under any method chosen by the General Partner in its sole discretion that is permitted under Regulations Section 1.752-3(a)(3).

 

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(x) Special Allocations of Class-Specific Items. To the extent that any items of income, gain, loss or deduction of the REIT Limited Partner are allocable to a specific Class or Classes of REIT Shares as provided in the Prospectus, including, without limitation, Distribution Fees, such items, or an amount equal thereto, shall be specially allocated to the Classes or Series of Partnership Units corresponding to such Class or Classes of REIT Shares. Without limiting the foregoing, items of loss or deduction attributable to Distribution Fees, investor servicing fees, upfront selling commissions, upfront dealer manager fees and Advisory Fees shall be allocated to Classes of Partnership Units other than Class E Units.

(d) Allocations Between Transferor and Transferee. If a Partner transfers any part or all of its Partnership Interest, the distributive shares of the various items of Profit and Loss allocable among the Partners during such fiscal year of the Partnership shall be allocated between the transferor and the transferee Partner either (i) as if the Partnership’s fiscal year had ended on the date of the transfer, or (ii) based on the number of days of such fiscal year that each was a Partner without regard to the results of Partnership activities in the respective portions of such fiscal year in which the transferor and the transferee were Partners. The General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion, shall determine which method shall be used to allocate the distributive shares of the various items of Profit and Loss between the transferor and the transferee Partner.

(e) Definition of Profit and Loss. “Profit” and “Loss” and any items of income, gain, expense, or loss referred to in this Agreement shall be determined in accordance with the accounting method used by the Partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes with the following adjustments: (i) all items of income, gain, loss or deduction allocated pursuant to Sections 5.1(a) and 5.1(c)(i) through (viii) and (x) shall not be taken into account in computing such taxable income or loss; (ii) any income of the Partnership that is exempt from U.S. federal income taxation and not otherwise taken into account in computing Profit and Loss shall be added to such taxable income or loss; (iii) if the Carrying Value of any asset differs from its adjusted tax basis for U.S. federal income tax purposes, any depreciation, amortization, gain or loss resulting from a disposition of such asset shall be calculated with reference to such Carrying Value; (iv) upon an adjustment to the Carrying Value of any asset pursuant to the definition of Carrying Value (other than an adjustment in respect of depreciation, amortization or cost recovery deductions), the amount of the adjustment shall be included as gain or loss in computing such taxable income or loss; (v) if the Carrying Value of any asset differs from its adjusted tax basis for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the amount of depreciation, amortization or cost recovery deductions with respect to such asset for purposes of Profit and Loss shall be an amount which bears the same ratio to such Carrying Value as the U.S. federal income tax depreciation, amortization or other cost recovery deductions bears to such adjusted tax basis (provided that if the U.S. federal income tax depreciation, amortization or other cost recovery deduction is zero, the Partners may use any reasonable method for purposes of determining depreciation, amortization or other cost recovery deductions in calculating Profit and Loss; and (vi) except for items in (i) above, any expenditures of the Partnership not deductible in computing taxable income or loss, not properly capitalizable and not otherwise taken into account in computing Profit and Loss pursuant to this definition shall be treated as deductible items.

 

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(f) Tax Allocations.

(i) All items of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit of the Partnership shall be allocated among the Partners for federal, state and local income tax purposes consistent with the manner that the corresponding constituent items of Profit and Loss shall be allocated among the Partners pursuant to this Partnership Agreement in the manner determined by the General Partner, except as may otherwise be provided herein or by the Code. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the General Partner may make such allocations as it deems reasonably necessary to give economic effect to the provisions of this Agreement, taking into account facts and circumstances as the General Partner deems reasonably necessary for this purpose.

(ii) Notwithstanding Section 5.1(f)(i) hereof, for income tax purposes under the Code and the Regulations, each Partnership item of income, gain, loss and deduction (collectively, “Tax Items”) with respect to Property that is contributed to the Partnership with an initial Carrying Value that varies from its basis in the hands of the contributing Partner immediately preceding the date of contribution shall be allocated among the Partners for income tax purposes pursuant to Regulations promulgated under Code Section 704(c) so as to take into account such variation under any method approved under Code Section 704(c) and the applicable Regulations as chosen by the General Partner. In the event that the Carrying Value of any Partnership asset is adjusted to equal its respective fair market value, subsequent allocations of Tax Items with respect to such asset shall take account of the variation, if any, between the adjusted basis of such asset and its Carrying Value in the same manner as under Code Section 704(c) and the applicable Regulations and using the method chosen by the General Partner. Allocations pursuant to this Section 5.1(f)(ii) are solely for purposes of federal, state and local income taxes and shall not affect, or in any way be taken into account in computing, any Partner’s Capital Account or share of Profit, Loss, or any other items or distributions pursuant to any provision of this Agreement. Except as otherwise agreed to between the General Partner and any contributor of Property to the Partnership, the Partnership will elect to use the traditional method with curative allocations of gain on sale pursuant to Regulations Section 1.704-3(c).

(iii) For greater certainty, for Canadian tax purposes all items of income, gain, loss or deduction of the Partnership in respect of any Property referred to in Section 5.1(f)(ii) (whether realized directly or indirectly, including in respect of an interest in any entity that has a direct or indirect interest in that Property), shall be allocated to the Partners in the same manner as income, gain, loss or deduction in respect of such Property is allocated to the Partners for US federal, state and local tax purposes under Section 5.1(f)(ii), taking into account such modifications and adjustments as may be necessary to reflect differences in Canadian and US income computations for tax purposes (including, without limitation, timing and characterization differences), but in keeping with the general intention to allocate income, gain, loss or deduction in respect of any such Property in a consistent manner for Canadian and US tax purposes.

 

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(g) Curative Allocations. The allocations set forth in Section 5.1(c) of this Agreement (the “Regulatory Allocations”) are intended to comply with certain requirements of the Regulations. The General Partner is authorized to offset all Regulatory Allocations either with other Regulatory Allocations or with special allocations of other items of Partnership income, gain, loss or deduction pursuant to this Section 5.1(g). Therefore, notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5.1 (other than the Regulatory Allocations), the General Partner shall make such offsetting special allocations of Partnership income, gain, loss or deduction in whatever manner it deems appropriate so that, after such offsetting allocations are made, each Partner’s Capital Account is, to the extent possible, equal to the Capital Account balance such Partner would have had if the Regulatory Allocations were not part of this Agreement and all Partnership items were allocated pursuant to Sections 5.1(a) and 5.1(b).

5.2. Distribution of Cash.

(a) The Partnership shall distribute cash on a monthly (or, at the election of the General Partner, more or less 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 month (or other distribution period) in accordance with Section 5.2(b). The Partnership shall be deemed to have distributed cash to the REIT Limited Partner in an amount equal to the amount of distributions by the REIT Limited Partner that are reinvested in REIT Shares issued by the REIT Limited Partner pursuant to the REIT Limited Partner’s distribution reinvestment plan, and the REIT Limited Partner shall be deemed to have made Capital Contributions to the Partnership in the aggregate amount of such distributions in return for an equal number of Partnership Units having the same Class designation as the issued REIT Shares. The Partnership shall be deemed to have distributed cash to a Limited Partner in an amount equal to the amount of distributions by the Partnership that are reinvested in Partnership Units issued by the Partnership to such Limited Partner pursuant to Section 5.10, and such Limited Partner shall be deemed to have made Capital Contributions to the Partnership in the aggregate amount of such distributions in return for such Partnership Units issued pursuant to Section 5.10. The number of Partnership Units issued to any such Limited Partner in respect of such reinvested distributions shall equal the amount of such reinvested distributions divided by the most recent Net Asset Value Per Unit of the applicable Class of Partnership Units at the time of such distribution (after accounting for any reduction in Net Asset Value Per Unit as a result of such distribution).

(b) Except for distributions pursuant to Section 5.8 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 5.4, all distributions of cash (including any deemed distributions pursuant to Section 5.2(a)) shall be made to the Partners in amounts proportionate to the aggregate Net Asset Value of the Partnership Units held by the respective Partners on the Partnership Record Date, except that the amount distributed per Partnership Unit of any Class may differ from the amount per Partnership Unit of another Class (i) on account of differences in Class-specific expense allocations with respect to REIT Shares as described in the Prospectus or with respect to Partnership Units (including without limitation Distribution Fees and Advisory Fees, which shall

 

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be a Class-specific expense allocable to Classes of Partnership Units (and corresponding Classes of REIT Shares) other than Class E Units), or (ii) for other reasons as determined by the Board of Directors of the REIT Limited Partner. Any such differences shall correspond to differences in the amount of distributions per REIT Share for REIT Shares of different Classes, with the same adjustments being made to the amount of distributions per Partnership Unit for Partnership Units of a particular Class as are made to the distributions per REIT Share by the REIT Limited Partner with respect to REIT Shares having the same Class designation; provided, however, that such requirement in this sentence shall not apply with respect to Partnership Units of any given Class at any time there are no REIT Shares of the same Class issued and outstanding.

(c) To the extent the Partnership is required by law to withhold or to make tax payments (including interest and penalties thereon) on behalf of or with respect to any Partner (“Tax Advances”), the General Partner may withhold such amounts and make such tax payments as so required. All Tax Advances made on behalf of a Partner shall, at the option of the General Partner, (i) be promptly paid to the Partnership by the Partner on whose behalf such Tax Advances were made or (ii) be repaid by reducing the amount of the current or next succeeding distribution or distributions which would otherwise have been made to such Partner or, if such distributions are not sufficient for that purpose, by so reducing the proceeds of liquidation otherwise payable to such Partner. Whenever the General Partner selects the option set forth in clause (ii) of the immediately preceding sentence for repayment of a Tax Advance by a Partner, for all other purposes of this Partnership Agreement such Partner shall be treated as having received all distributions unreduced by the amount of such Tax Advance. Each Partner hereby agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Partnership, the General Partner, the REIT Limited Partner and any member, officer or director of the General Partner or REIT Limited Partner from and against any liability with respect to Tax Advances required on behalf of or with respect to such Partner. The amount of any taxes paid by or withheld from receipts of the Partnership (or any investment in which the Partnership invests that is treated as a flow-through entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes) allocable to a Partner from an investment shall be deemed to have been distributed to each Partner to the extent that the payment or withholding of such taxes reduced distribution proceeds otherwise distributable to such Partner as provided herein.

(d) In no event may a Partner receive a distribution of cash with respect to a Partnership Unit if such Partner is entitled to receive a cash distribution as the holder of record of a REIT Share for which all or part of such Partnership Unit has been or will be exchanged.

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 REIT Limited Partner to make stockholder distributions that will allow the REIT Limited 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.

 

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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 Partner’s 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 his Capital Contribution, does not exceed the fair market value of the Partnership’s assets.

5.6. Amendments to Reflect Additional Partnership Units. In the event that the Partnership issues additional Partnership Units pursuant to the provisions of Article 4 hereof, the General Partner is hereby authorized, without the Consent of any other Partner, to make such revisions to this Article 5 and other provisions of this Agreement as it determines are necessary or desirable to reflect the issuance of such additional Partnership Units, including, without limitation, making preferential distributions and allocations to Holders of certain Classes of Partnership Units.

5.7. Restricted Distributions. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in this Agreement, neither the Partnership nor the General Partner, on behalf of the Partnership, shall make a distribution to any Holder if such distribution would violate the Act or other applicable law.

5.8. Distributions Upon Liquidation. Immediately before liquidation of the Partnership, all Class C Units, Class D Units, Class D-1 Units, Class E Units, Class S Units, Class S-1 Units, Class T Units and Class T-1 Units will automatically convert to Class I Units at the applicable Conversion Rate. Upon liquidation of the Partnership, after payment of, or adequate provision for, debts and obligations of the Partnership, including any Partner loans, and any preferred return owed to any other Partner, any remaining assets of the Partnership shall be distributed to each holder of Class I Units, ratably with each other holder of Class I Units, which will include all converted Class C Units, Class D Units, Class D-1 Units, Class E Units, Class S Units, Class S-1 Units, Class T Units and Class T-1 Units, in such proportion as the number of outstanding Class I Units held by such holder bears to the total number of outstanding Class I Units then outstanding.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the amount by which the value, as determined in good faith by the General Partner, of any property other than cash to be distributed in kind to the Partners exceeds or is less than the Carrying Value of such property shall, to the extent not otherwise recognized by the Partnership, be taken into account in computing Profit and Loss of the Partnership for purposes of crediting or charging the Capital Accounts of, and distributing proceeds to, the Partners, pursuant to this Agreement.

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.

5.9. Substantial Economic Effect. It is the intent of the Partners that the allocations of Profit and Loss pursuant to 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.

 

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5.10. Reinvestment. Subject to legal, tax, regulatory or other similar considerations, each Limited Partner holding Partnership Units agrees to participate in the reinvestment program of distributions to the holders of Partnership Units (the “DRIP” and any participating Limited Partner, a “DRIP Participant”) unless otherwise agreed with the General Partner in writing; provided, however, that each holder of Brookfield Units shall participate in the DRIP only if such holder delivers a written notice to the General Partner electing to so participate. The following provisions shall apply to the DRIP and any Limited Partner’s participation therein:

(a) Subject to Section 5.10(b)(v), the General Partner shall, on behalf of each DRIP Participant, reinvest all distributions to be made to such DRIP Participant with respect to its Partnership Units in exchange for such DRIP Participant being issued additional Partnership Units of the same Class of Partnership Units held by such DRIP Participant with respect to which such distribution is being made. Partnership Units issued pursuant to the DRIP shall be purchased at the applicable Net Asset Value Per Unit on the date that the distribution is payable (calculated as of the most recent month end).

(b) In connection with this Section 5.10, each Limited Partner agrees and acknowledges as follows:

(i) The Partnership has designated the General Partner to administer the DRIP and act as agent for the DRIP Participants. The General Partner shall credit distributions to DRIP Participants on the basis of whole or fractional Partnership Units and shall reinvest such distributions in additional Partnership Units of the same Class of Partnership Units held by such DRIP Participant with respect to which such distribution is made.

(ii) A DRIP Participant shall remain in the DRIP until such DRIP Participant withdraws from the DRIP in accordance with Section 5.10(b)(v) or the General Partner terminates or suspends the DRIP.

(iii) A DRIP Participant shall, on the date that the distribution is payable, be deemed to have received a cash distribution from the Partnership and then made a Capital Contribution in the same amount for the purchase of additional Partnership Units (at the then-current Net Asset Value Per Unit, calculated as of the most recent month end). No interest shall be paid on cash distributions pending reinvestment under the terms of the DRIP.

(iv) No DRIP Participant shall have any authorization or power to direct the time or price at which Partnership Units shall be purchased. The total amount to be invested shall depend on the amount of any distributions paid on the number of Partnership Units owned by the DRIP Participant, as well as any withholding taxes paid on behalf of such DRIP Participant.

 

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(v) DRIP Participants may elect to withdraw from the DRIP with respect to the Partnership Units held in their account in the DRIP by providing 10 days’ prior written notice of such election to withdraw in a form acceptable to the General Partner and such election to withdraw shall be effective until rescinded by providing written notice of an election to reinstate participation in the DRIP in a form acceptable to the General Partner. Such written notice of such election to withdraw or be reinstated, as the case may be, must be received by the General Partner 10 days’ prior to the last calendar day of the month in order for a Participant’s termination to be effective for such month (i.e., a timely termination notice will be effective as of the last calendar day of the month in which it is timely received and will not affect participation in the DRIP for any prior month). Any transfer of Partnership Units by a DRIP Participant to a non-DRIP Participant will terminate participation in the DRIP with respect to the transferred Partnership Units. If a DRIP Participant requests that the Company repurchase all or any portion of the DRIP Participant’s Partnership Units, the DRIP Participant’s participation in the DRIP with respect to the DRIP Participant’s Partnership Units for which repurchase was requested but that were not repurchased will be terminated. If a DRIP Participant terminates DRIP participation, the REIT Limited Partner may, at its option, ensure that the terminating DRIP Participant’s account will reflect the whole number of Partnership Units in such DRIP Participant’s account and provide a check or other instrument of payment for the cash value of any fractional Partnership Unit in such account. Upon termination of DRIP participation for any reason, future distributions will be distributed to the Investor in cash (except for allowable in-kind distributions).

(c) Each DRIP Participant represents and warrants that he, she, or it is an “accredited investor” as such term is defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D under the Securities Act and agrees to promptly notify the General Partner in writing if such DRIP Participant experiences a change in its status as an “accredited investor” at any time prior to such DRIP Participant’s withdrawal from the DRIP pursuant to Section 5.10(b)(v).

(d) This Section 5.10 shall not apply to any distributions to the REIT Limited Partner made pursuant to Section 5.2(a).

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 and without limiting any powers of the Adviser pursuant to the Advisory Agreement, the powers of the General Partner shall include, without limitation, the authority to take the following actions on behalf of the Partnership:

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(ii) to construct buildings and make other improvements on the properties owned or leased by the Partnership;

(iii) to authorize, issue, sell, redeem or otherwise purchase any Partnership Interests or any securities (including Partnership Interests issued in exchange for DST Interests, secured and unsecured debt obligations of the Partnership, debt obligations of the Partnership convertible into any Class or series of Partnership Interests, or options, rights, warrants or appreciation rights relating to any Partnership Interests) 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 Partnership’s 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 REIT Limited Partner or its Affiliates as set forth in this Agreement;

(vi) to guarantee or become a co-maker of indebtedness of the REIT Limited 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 Partnership’s assets and to guarantee the master tenant obligations of the REIT Limited Partner or any Subsidiary thereof arising in connection with the master lease of any DST Property, including, without limitation, pursuant to a Master Lease Agreement;

(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 REIT Limited Partner, the Partnership or any Subsidiary of either of the foregoing, to third parties or to the REIT Limited Partner as set forth in this Agreement;

(viii) to lease all or any portion of any of the Partnership’s assets, whether or not any portion of the Partnership’s 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, including in all such legal proceedings, administrative proceedings, arbitrations or other forms of dispute resolutions, with respect to the Partners, the Partnership, or the Partnership’s assets;

 

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(x) to file applications, communicate, and otherwise deal with any and all governmental agencies having jurisdiction over, or in any way affecting, the Partnership’s assets or any other aspect of the Partnership business, including the registration of any Class or series of the Partnership Units under the Securities Act or Exchange Act, and the listing of any debt securities of the Partnership on any securities exchange or trading forum;

(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 the General Partner 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 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 the General Partner 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);

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(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” for purposes of Section 7704 of the Code;

(xxiii) the exercise of any of the powers of the General Partner enumerated in this Agreement on behalf of or in connection with any Subsidiary of the Partnership, or any other Person in which the Partnership has a direct or indirect interest pursuant to contractual or other arrangements;

(xxiv) 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 REIT Limited Partner at all times to qualify as a REIT unless the REIT Limited 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; and

(xxv) to enter into transactions in derivative instruments (including without limitation structuring an investment as a credit default swap, total return swap or other over-the-counter derivative contract, instrument or participation or using a similar arrangement to leverage, access or enhance investments) and hedging arrangements (including without limitation to reduce the Partnership’s equity, currency, commodity price, or interest rate exposure or other risks related to an investment).

(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.

(c) Each of the Limited Partners agrees that the General Partner is authorized to execute and deliver any affidavit, agreement, certificate, consent, instrument, notice, power of attorney, waiver or other writing or document in the name and on behalf of the Partnership and to otherwise exercise any power of the General Partner under this Agreement and the Act on behalf of the Partnership without any further act, approval or vote of the Partners or any other Persons, notwithstanding any other provision of the Act or any applicable law, rule or regulation and, in the absence of any specific corporate action on the part of the General Partner to the contrary, the taking of any action or the execution of any such document or writing by an officer of the General Partner, in the name and on behalf of the General Partner, in its capacity as the general partner of the Partnership, shall conclusively evidence (1) the approval thereof by the General Partner, in its capacity as the general partner of the Partnership, (2) the General Partner’s

 

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determination that such action, document or writing is necessary, advisable, appropriate, desirable or prudent to conduct the business and affairs of the Partnership, exercise the powers of the Partnership under this Agreement and the Act or effectuate the purposes of the Partnership, or any other determination by the General Partner required by this Agreement in connection with the taking of such action or execution of such document in writing, and (3) the authority of such officer with respect thereto.

(d) At all times from and after the date hereof, the General Partner may cause the Partnership to establish and maintain working capital and other reserves in such amounts as the General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion, determines from time to time.

(e) In exercising its authority under this Agreement, the General Partner may, but shall be under no obligation to, take into account the tax consequences to any Partner of any action taken (or not taken) by it, including any actions in connection with DST Interests, but shall be obligated to take such action as is necessary to ensure satisfaction of the REIT Requirements with respect to the REIT Limited Partner. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the General Partner and the Partnership shall not have liability to a Limited Partner under any circumstances as a result of any income tax liability incurred by such Limited Partner as a result of an action (or inaction) by the General Partner pursuant to its authority under this Agreement, except as may be contractually agreed upon by the Partnership, in connection with the acquisition of properties from Persons to whom the Partnership issues Partnership Interests as part of the purchase price, in order to preserve such Persons’ tax deferral.

6.2. Delegation of Authority. The General Partner may delegate any or all of its powers, rights and obligations hereunder to any Person, and may appoint, employ, contract or otherwise deal with any Person for the transaction of the business of the Partnership, which Person (which may include the Adviser) may, under supervision of the General Partner, perform any acts or services for the Partnership as the General Partner may approve. The General Partner is expressly authorized on behalf of the Partnership to cause the Partnership to enter into the Advisory Agreement.

6.3. Indemnification and Exculpation of Indemnitees.

(a) To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Partnership shall indemnify and hereby agrees to indemnify and hold harmless an Indemnitee from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, joint or several, costs and expenses (including reasonable legal fees and expenses), judgments, fines, settlements, penalties and other amounts arising from any and all claims, demands, actions, suits or proceedings, civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, of any nature whatsoever, known or unknown, liquidated or unliquidated (collectively, “Losses”), that are incurred by any Indemnitee and 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. The foregoing indemnification shall not apply to an Indemnitee the extent that any such Losses result from any act or omission by such Indemnitee with respect to which a court of competent jurisdiction (or other similar tribunal) has issued a final non-appealable decision, judgment or order that such Indemnitee acted with actual fraud, acted in bad faith, was grossly negligent or engaged in willful misconduct.

 

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(b) Without limitation, the foregoing indemnity shall extend to any liability of any Indemnitee, pursuant to a loan guaranty or otherwise, for any indebtedness of the Partnership or any Subsidiary of the Partnership (including, without limitation, any indebtedness which the Partnership or any Subsidiary of the Partnership has assumed or taken subject to), and the General Partner is hereby authorized and empowered, on behalf of the Partnership, to enter into one or more indemnity agreements consistent with the provisions of this Section 6.3 in favor of any Indemnitee having or potentially having liability for any such indebtedness. It is the intention of this Section 6.3 that the Partnership indemnify each Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by law and this Agreement. The termination of any proceeding by judgment, order or settlement does not create a presumption that the Indemnitee did not meet the requisite standard of conduct set forth in this Section 6.3.

(c) 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 Indemnitee’s 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.

(d) 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 and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, successors, assigns and administrators of the Indemnitee unless otherwise provided in a written agreement with such Indemnitee or in the writing pursuant to which such Indemnitee is indemnified.

(e) The Partnership may, but shall not be obligated to, 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 Partnership’s activities, regardless of whether the Partnership would have the power to indemnify such Person against such liability under the provisions of this Agreement.

(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 and the Charter.

(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. Any amendment, modification or repeal of this Section 6.3 or any provision hereof shall be prospective only and shall not in any way affect the limitations on the Partnership’s liability to any Indemnitee under this Section 6.3 as in effect immediately prior to such amendment, modification or repeal with respect to claims arising from or relating to matters occurring, in whole or in part, prior to such amendment, modification or repeal, regardless of when such claims may arise or be asserted.

 

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(i) It is the intent of the parties that any amounts paid by the Partnership to the General Partner pursuant to this Section 6.3 shall be treated as “guaranteed payments” within the meaning of Code Section 707(c) and shall not be treated as distributions for purposes of computing the Partners’ Capital Accounts.

6.4. Liability and Obligations 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 not amounting to willful misconduct or gross negligence. 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.

(b) The Limited Partners expressly acknowledge that the General Partner is acting on behalf of the Partnership, itself, the REIT Limited Partner and the stockholders of the REIT Limited Partner, and that none of the General Partner, the REIT Limited Partner or the Board of Directors of REIT Limited Partner are under any obligation to consider the separate interests of the Limited Partners other than the REIT Limited Partner (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; provided, however, that the General Partner shall be obligated to take or refrain from taking such actions as necessary to ensure that the REIT Limited Partner is able to maintain its status as a REIT. In the event of a conflict between the interests of the REIT Limited Partner’s stockholders on one hand and the other Limited Partners on the other, the General Partner shall endeavor in good faith to resolve the conflict in a manner not adverse to either the REIT Limited Partner or its stockholders or the other Limited Partners; provided, however, that for so long as the REIT Limited Partner directly owns a majority or 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 the REIT Limited Partner or its stockholders or the other Limited Partners shall be resolved in favor of the REIT Limited Partner and its 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.

(c) 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.

 

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(d) 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 REIT Limited Partner to continue to qualify as a REIT and as a domestically controlled qualified investment entity within the meaning of Section 897(h)(4) of the Code or the Partnership to be taxed as a partnership, (ii) to prevent the REIT Limited Partner from incurring any taxes under Section 857, Section 4981, or any other provision of the Code, (iii) to ensure that the Partnership will not be classified as a “publicly traded partnership” under section 7704 of the Code, (iv) for the REIT Limited Partner to otherwise satisfy the REIT Requirements or the Partnership to satisfy the “qualifying income” requirement of Code Section 7704(c), or (v) for any Affiliate to continue to qualify as a “qualified REIT subsidiary” within the meaning of Code Section 856(i)(2), is expressly authorized under this Agreement and is deemed approved by all of the Limited Partners (including, without limitation, making prepayments on loans and borrowing money to permit the Partnership to make distributions to the Partners in such amounts as will permit the REIT Limited Partner to prevent the imposition of any federal income tax on the REIT Limited Partner (including, for this purpose, any excise tax pursuant to Code Section 4981), to make distributions to its stockholders and payments to any taxing authority sufficient to permit the REIT Limited Partner to maintain REIT status or otherwise to satisfy the REIT Requirements).

(e) 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 Partner’s 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.

(f) To the extent that, at law or in equity, the General Partner has duties (including fiduciary duties) and liabilities relating thereto to the Partnership or the Limited Partners, the General Partner shall not be liable to the Partnership or to any other Partner for its good faith reliance on the provisions of this Agreement. The provisions of this Agreement, to the extent that they restrict or eliminate the duties and liabilities of the General Partner under the Act or otherwise existing at law or in equity to the Partnership or its partners, are agreed by the Partners to replace such other duties and liabilities of such General Partner.

(g) To the fullest extent permitted by law and notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or in any agreement contemplated herein or applicable provisions of law or equity or otherwise, whenever in this Agreement the General Partner or the Liquidator is permitted or required to make a decision (i) in its “sole and absolute discretion,” “sole discretion” or “discretion” or under a grant of similar authority or latitude, the General Partner and the Liquidator, as applicable, shall be entitled to consider only such interests and factors as it desires, including its own interests, and shall have no duty or obligation to give any consideration to any interest or factors affecting the Partnership or the Partners or any of them, or (ii) in its “good faith” or under another expressed standard, the General Partner shall act under such express standard and shall not be subject to any other or different standards. If any question should arise with respect to the operation of the Partnership, which is not otherwise specifically provided for in this Agreement or the Act, or with respect to the interpretation of this Agreement,

 

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the General Partner is hereby authorized to make a final determination with respect to any such question and to interpret this Agreement in such a manner as it shall deem, in its sole discretion, to be fair and equitable, and its determination and interpretations so made shall be final and binding on all parties. The General Partner’s “sole and absolute discretion,” “sole discretion” and “discretion” under this Agreement shall be exercised consistently with the General Partner’s fiduciary duties and obligation under the implied contractual covenant of good faith and fair dealing under the Act.

(h) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this agreement, it is understood and/or agreed that the term “good faith” as used in this agreement shall, in each case, mean “subjective good faith” as understood and interpreted under Delaware law; provided, however, that for the avoidance of doubt, any resolution of a conflict of interest between the REIT Limited Partner or the interests of stockholders of the REIT Limited Partner, on the one hand, and the Partnership or any Limited Partner on the other hand, in a manner favorable to the REIT Limited Partner or the interests of the stockholders of the REIT Limited Partner shall not be deemed a violation of such “subjective good faith” standard.

6.5. Reimbursement of General Partner and REIT Limited 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 REIT Limited Partner and 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 REIT Limited Partner and the General Partner, respectively.

6.6. Outside Activities.

(a) Subject to Section 6.7 hereof, the Charter and any agreements entered into by the General Partner, the REIT Limited Partner or an Affiliate of either with the Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries, any officer, director, employee, agent, trustee, Affiliate or stockholder of the General Partner or the REIT Limited Partner shall be entitled to and may have, directly or indirectly, 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. Neither the Partnership nor any of the Limited Partners shall have any rights by virtue of this Agreement in any such business ventures, interests or activities. None of the Limited Partners nor 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 neither the General Partner nor the REIT Limited Partner shall have any obligation pursuant to this Agreement to communicate or offer any opportunities or 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, even if it may raise a conflict of interest with the Limited Partners or the Partnership. Neither the General Partner nor the REIT Limited Partner will be liable for breach of any fiduciary or other duty by reason of the fact that such party pursues or acquires for, or directs such opportunity or interest to another Person or does not communicate or offer such opportunity or interest to the Partnership.

 

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(b) No Limited Partner shall, by reason of being a Limited Partner in the Partnership, have any right to participate in any manner in any profits or income earned or derived by or accruing to the General Partner, the REIT Limited Partner or their respective Affiliates, or the respective members, partners, officers, directors, employees, stockholders, agents or representatives thereof from the conduct of any business other than the business of the Partnership or from any transaction in instruments effected by the General Partner, the REIT Limited Partner or their Affiliates or the respective members, partners, stockholders, officers, directors, employees or agents thereof for any account other than that of the Partnership.

6.7. Transactions With Affiliates.

(a) Any Affiliate of the General Partner, the REIT Limited Partner or the Adviser 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, and in which any of its Affiliates may or may not be a participant, upon such terms and subject to such conditions as the General Partner deems are consistent with this Agreement, applicable law, the Charter and the REIT status of the REIT Limited Partner.

(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 Partner’s sole discretion, on terms that are fair and reasonable to the Partnership and in compliance with the Charter.

6.8. 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

 

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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.

6.9. Other Matters Concerning the General Partner.

(a) The General Partner may rely in good faith and shall be protected from liability to the Partnership and the Partners in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, bond, debenture or other paper or document believed by it in good faith to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties.

(b) The General Partner may consult with legal counsel, accountants, appraisers, management consultants, investment bankers, architects, engineers, environmental consultants and other consultants and advisers selected by it, and the General Partner shall be protected from liability to the Partnership and the Limited Partners for any act taken or omitted to be taken in good faith reliance upon the opinion of such Persons as to matters that the General Partner reasonably believes to be within such Person’s professional or expert competence.

6.10. No Duplication of Fees or Expenses. The Partnership may not incur or be responsible for any fee or expense (in connection with an Offering or otherwise) that would be duplicative of fees and expenses paid by the General Partner or the REIT Limited Partner.

6.11. Reliance by Third Parties. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, any Person dealing with the Partnership shall be entitled to assume that the General Partner has full power and authority, without the consent or approval of any other Partner, or Person, to encumber, sell or otherwise use in any manner any and all assets of the Partnership and to enter into any contracts on behalf of the Partnership, and take any and all actions on behalf of the Partnership, and such Person shall be entitled to deal with the General Partner as if it were the Partnership’s sole party in interest, both legally and beneficially. Each Limited Partner hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any and all defenses or other remedies that may be available against such Person to contest, negate or disaffirm any action of the General Partner in connection with any such dealing. In no event shall any Person dealing with the General Partner or its representatives be obligated to ascertain that the terms of this Agreement have been complied with or to inquire into the necessity or expediency of any act or action of the General Partner or its representatives. Each and every certificate, document or other instrument executed on behalf of the Partnership by the General Partner or its representatives shall be conclusive evidence in favor of any and every Person relying thereon or claiming thereunder that (i) at the time of the execution and delivery of such certificate, document or instrument, this Agreement was in full force and effect, (ii) the Person executing and delivering such certificate, document or instrument was duly authorized and empowered to do so for and on behalf of the Partnership and (iii) such certificate, document or instrument was duly executed and delivered in accordance with the terms and provisions of this Agreement and is binding upon the Partnership.

 

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6.12. Repurchases and Exchanges of REIT Shares.

(a) Repurchases. If the REIT Limited Partner repurchases any REIT Shares (other than REIT Shares repurchased with proceeds received from the issuance of other REIT Shares), then the General Partner shall cause the Partnership to purchase from the REIT Limited Partner a number of Partnership Units having the same Class designation as the redeemed REIT Shares for that Class of Partnership Units on the same terms that the REIT Limited Partner repurchased such REIT Shares (including any applicable discount to Net Asset Value).

(b) Exchanges. If the REIT Limited Partner exchanges any REIT Shares of any Class (“Exchanged REIT Shares”) for, or converts any REIT Shares of any Class to, REIT Shares of a different Class (“Received REIT Shares”), then the General Partner shall, and shall cause the Partnership to, exchange or convert a number of Partnership Units having the same Class designation as the Exchanged REIT Shares, for Partnership Units having the same Class designation as the Received REIT Shares on the same terms that the REIT Limited Partner exchanged or converted 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 a 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 7

CHANGES IN GENERAL PARTNER

7.1. Transfers by General Partner and REIT Limited Partner.

(a) Except as provided in, or in connection with a transaction contemplated by Sections 7.1(b), 7.1(c) or 7.4, (i) the General Partner shall not transfer all or any portion of its General Partnership Interest or withdraw as General Partner without the consent of Limited Partners holding more than 50% of the Percentage Interests; and (ii) the REIT Limited Partner shall not transfer all or any portion of its Limited Partnership Interest or withdraw as a Partner without the consent of Limited Partners holding more than 50% of the Percentage Interests.

(b) Except as otherwise provided in this Section 7.1 or Section 7.4 hereof, neither the General Partner nor the REIT Limited Partner shall engage in any merger, consolidation or other combination with or into another Person or sale of all or substantially all of its assets (other than in connection with a change in the General Partner’s or REIT Limited Partner’s state of incorporation or organizational form) in each case which results in a change of control of the General Partner or REIT Limited Partner, as the case may be (a “Termination Transaction”), unless the consent of Limited Partners holding more than 50% of the Percentage Interests of the Limited Partners is obtained.

(c) Notwithstanding Section 7.1(a), (i) a General Partner may transfer all or any portion of its General Partnership Interest to the REIT Limited Partner or any Person controlled by the REIT Limited Partner, and following a transfer of all of its General Partnership Interest, may withdraw as General Partner; and (ii) the REIT Limited Partner may transfer all or a portion of its Limited Partnership Interest to any Person controlled by the REIT Limited Partner and, following any such Transfer, may withdraw as a Limited Partner.

 

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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 of such Person as a General Partner shall have been filed for recordation and all other actions required 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, partnership, limited liability company or other legal entity, it shall have provided the Partnership with evidence satisfactory to counsel for the Partnership of such Person’s authority to become a General Partner and to be bound by the terms and provisions of this Agreement; and

(c) the Partnership has reasonably determined, based upon the advice of counsel to the Partnership, 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 Partner’s limited liability.

7.3. Removal of a General Partner. The General Partner may not be removed by the Partners, with or without cause, except with the consent of the General Partner.

7.4. Restriction on Termination Transactions.

(a) Neither the REIT Limited Partner nor the General Partner shall engage in, or cause or permit, a Termination Transaction, unless:

(i) The consent of Limited Partners holding more than 50% of the Percentage Interests of the Limited Partners is obtained;

(ii) as a result of such Termination Transaction all Limited Partners (other than the REIT Limited Partner and the General Partner) will receive for each Partnership Unit of each Class an amount of cash, securities, or other property equal to the greatest amount of cash, securities or other property paid in the Termination Transaction to a holder of one Unit Equivalent having the same Class designation as that Partnership Unit in consideration of such Unit Equivalent; provided that if, in connection with the Termination Transaction, a purchase, tender or exchange offer (“Offer”) shall have been made to and accepted by the holders of more than 50% of the outstanding

 

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REIT Shares, each holder of Partnership Units shall be given the option to exchange its Partnership Units for the greatest amount of cash, securities, or other property which a Limited Partner holding Partnership Units would have received had it (1) exercised its Redemption Right and (2) sold, tendered or exchanged pursuant to the Offer the REIT Shares received upon exercise of the Redemption Right immediately prior to the expiration of the Offer; or

(iii) the REIT Limited Partner or the General Partner, as the case may be, is the surviving entity in the Termination Transaction and either (A) the holders of REIT Shares do not receive cash, securities, or other property in the Termination Transaction or (B) all Limited Partners receive in exchange for their Partnership Units of each Class, an amount of cash, securities, or other property (expressed as an amount per Unit Equivalent) that is no less than the greatest amount of cash, securities, or other property (expressed as an amount per Unit Equivalent) received in the Termination Transaction by any holder of REIT Shares having the same Class designation as the Partnership Units being exchanged.

(b) Notwithstanding 7.4(a), the REIT Limited Partner and/or the General Partner may engage in, or cause or permit, a Termination Transaction, if after such Termination Transaction (i) substantially all of the assets of the successor or surviving entity (the “Survivor”), other than Partnership Units held by the REIT Limited Partner and the General Partner, are contributed, directly or indirectly, to the Partnership as a Capital Contribution in exchange for Partnership Units with a fair market value equal to the value of the assets so contributed as determined by the Survivor in good faith and (ii) the Survivor expressly agrees to assume all obligations of the General Partner and the REIT Limited Partner, as appropriate, hereunder. Upon such contribution and assumption, the Survivor shall have the right and duty to amend this Agreement as set forth in this Section 7.4(b). The Survivor shall in good faith arrive at a new method for the calculation of the Cash Amount and the REIT Shares Amount after any such merger or consolidation so as to approximate the existing method for such calculation as closely as reasonably possible. Such calculation shall take into account, among other things, the kind and amount of securities, cash and other property that was receivable upon such merger or consolidation by a holder of REIT Shares of each Class or options, warrants or other rights relating thereto, and which a holder of Partnership Units of any Class could have acquired had such Partnership Units been exchanged immediately prior to such merger or consolidation. Such amendment to this Agreement shall provide for adjustment to such method of calculation, which shall be as nearly equivalent as may be practicable to the adjustments provided for in Section 4.3(a)(ii). The Survivor also shall in good faith modify the definition of REIT Shares and make such amendments to Section 8.5 so as to approximate the existing rights and obligations set forth in Section 8.5 as closely as reasonably possible. The above provisions of this Section 7.4(b) shall similarly apply to successive mergers or consolidations permitted hereunder.

In respect of any Termination Transaction described in the preceding paragraph, the General Partner and the REIT Limited Partner are required to use commercially reasonable efforts to structure such Termination Transaction to avoid causing the Limited Partners to recognize a gain for federal income tax purposes by virtue of the occurrence of or their participation in such Termination Transaction, provided such efforts are consistent with the exercise of the Board of Directors’ fiduciary duties to the stockholders of the REIT Limited Partner under applicable law.

 

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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(a) .

(a) Each Limited Partner and Assignee hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the General Partner, any Liquidator, and authorized officers and attorneys-in-fact of each (the “Attorney in Fact”), and each of those acting singly, in each case with full power of substitution, as its true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority in its name, place and stead to:

(1) execute, swear to, seal, acknowledge, deliver, file and record in the appropriate public offices: (a) all certificates, documents and other instruments (including, without limitation, this Agreement and the Certificate and all amendments, supplements or restatements thereof) that the Attorney in Fact deems appropriate or necessary to form, qualify or continue the existence or qualification of the Partnership as a limited partnership (or a partnership in which the limited partners have limited liability to the extent provided by applicable law) in the State of Delaware and in all other jurisdictions in which the Partnership may conduct business or own property; (b) all instruments that the Attorney in Fact deems appropriate or necessary to reflect any amendment, change, modification or restatement of this Agreement duly adopted in accordance with its terms; (c) all conveyances and other instruments or documents that the Attorney in Fact deems appropriate or necessary to reflect the dissolution and winding up of the Partnership pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, including, without limitation, a certificate of cancellation; (d) all conveyances and other instruments or documents that the Attorney in Fact deems appropriate or necessary to reflect the distribution or exchange of assets of the Partnership pursuant to the terms of this Agreement; (e) all instruments relating to the admission, acceptance, withdrawal, removal or substitution of any Partner pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or the Capital Contribution of any Partner; and (f) all certificates, documents and other instruments relating to the determination of the rights, preferences and privileges relating to Partnership Interests; and

(2) execute, swear to, acknowledge and file all ballots, consents, approvals, waivers, certificates and other instruments appropriate or necessary, in the sole and absolute discretion of the Attorney in Fact, to make, evidence, give, confirm or ratify any vote, consent, approval, agreement or other action that is made or given by the Partners hereunder or is consistent with the terms of this Agreement.

 

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Nothing contained herein shall be construed as authorizing the Attorney in Fact to amend this Agreement except in accordance with Sections 5.6 and Article 11 hereof or as may be otherwise expressly provided for in this Agreement.

(b) The foregoing power of attorney is hereby declared to be irrevocable and a special power coupled with an interest, in recognition of the fact that each of the Limited Partners and Assignees will be relying upon the power of the Attorney in Fact to act as contemplated by this Agreement in any filing or other action by it on behalf of the Partnership, and it shall survive and not be affected by the subsequent Incapacity of any Limited Partner or Assignee and the Transfer of all or any portion of such Person’s Partnership Interest and shall extend to such Person’s heirs, successors, assigns, transferees and personal representatives. Each such Limited Partner and Assignee hereby agrees to be bound by any representation made by the Attorney in Fact, acting in good faith pursuant to such power of attorney; and each such Limited Partner and Assignee hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any and all defenses that may be available to contest, negate or disaffirm the action of the Attorney in Fact, taken in good faith under such power of attorney. Each Limited Partner and Assignee shall execute and deliver to the Attorney in Fact, within fifteen (15) days after receipt of the Attorney in Fact’s request therefor, such further designation, powers of attorney and other instruments as the Attorney in Fact deems necessary to effectuate this Agreement and the purposes of the Partnership. Notwithstanding anything else set forth in this Section 8.2, to the fullest extent permitted by law, no Limited Partner shall incur any personal liability for any action of the Attorney in Fact taken under such power of attorney.

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 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 8.4.

 

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8.5. Redemption Right.

(a) Subject to this Section 8.5 and the provisions of any agreements between the Partnership and one or more Limited Partners with respect to Partnership Units held by them, each Limited Partner other than the General Partner and the REIT Limited Partner, after holding any Partnership Units for a period of at least twelve full months (or such shorter period as consented to by the General Partner in its sole discretion), shall have the right (subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein) to request that the Partnership redeem (a “Redemption”) all or a portion of such Partnership Units (the “Tendered Units”) in exchange (a “Redemption Right”) for the Cash Amount payable on, or, if determined by the General Partner, in its sole discretion, REIT Shares issuable on, the Specified Redemption Date. Any Redemption Right shall be exercised pursuant to a Notice of Redemption delivered to the Partnership (with a copy to the General Partner and the REIT Limited Partner) by the Limited Partner exercising the Redemption Right (the “Tendering Party”). A Tendering Party shall be deemed to have offered to sell the Tendered Units described in the Notice of Redemption to the General Partner and to the REIT Limited Partner and either the General Partner or the REIT Limited Partner (or both) may, in its sole and absolute discretion, elect to purchase directly and acquire such Tendered Units by paying to the Tendering Party either the Cash Amount or the REIT Shares Amount. Other than with respect to Tendered Units held by Brookfield, the Adviser and their Affiliates, the Partnership is not obligated to redeem any Tendered Units and may choose to redeem only some, or even none, of the Tendered Units in the General Partner’s sole discretion. Within 15 days of receipt of a Notice of Redemption, the Partnership will send to the Limited Partner submitting the Notice of Redemption a response stating whether the General Partner and/or the REIT Limited Partner has made such an election and whether the General Partner, in its capacity as the general partner of the Partnership, has determined that the applicable Partnership Units will be redeemed for REIT Shares or the Cash Amount, or partially for REIT Shares and partially for a Cash Amount. In either case, the Limited Partner shall be entitled to withdraw the Notice of Redemption if (i) it provides notice to the Partnership that it wishes to withdraw the request and (ii) the Partnership receives the notice no less than two business days prior to the Specified Redemption Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing and subject to the terms of any policy adopted by the Board of Directors of the REIT Limited Partner, the Adviser (or in the case of Partnership Units received in consideration for management fees or the Performance Participation Interest, including the Transferred Performance Participation Interest Units, the current holders of such Partnership Units) shall have the right to require the Partnership to redeem all or a portion of their Partnership Units pursuant to this Section 8.5 at any time irrespective of the period the Partnership Units have been held by the Adviser or any assignee of the Adviser or, with respect to the Transferred Performance Participation Interests Units, the Special Limited Partner. The Partnership shall redeem any such Partnership Units for the Cash Amount unless the General Partner or the Board of Directors of the REIT Limited Partner determines that any such redemption for cash would be prohibited by applicable law or this Agreement, in which case such Partnership Units will be redeemed for an amount of Class I REIT Shares or Class E REIT Shares, as they relate to the class of Partnership Units being redeemed, with an aggregate Net Asset Value equivalent to the aggregate Net Asset Value of such Partnership Units (subject to the satisfaction of the restrictions set forth in Section 8.5(c) and Section 8.5(e)).

No Limited Partner, other than Brookfield or the Adviser (or with respect to Partnership Units received in consideration for management fees or the Performance Participation Interest, including the Transferred Performance Participation Interest Units, the current holders of such Partnership Units), may deliver more than two Notices of Redemption during each calendar year, not including any Notices of Redemption with respect to Units which were previously submitted for redemption and rejected pursuant to Section 8.5(d) or Section 8.5(e). A Limited Partner, other

 

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than Brookfield or the Adviser (or with respect to Partnership Units received in consideration for management fees or the Performance Participation Interest, including the Transferred Performance Participation Interest Units, the current holders of such Partnership Units), may not exercise the Redemption Right for less than 1,000 Partnership Units or, if such Limited Partner holds less than 1,000 Partnership Units, all of the Partnership Units held by such Partner. The Tendering Party shall have no right, with respect to any Partnership Units so redeemed, to receive any distribution paid with respect to Partnership Units if the record date for such distribution is on or after the Specified Redemption Date. Each of the foregoing limitations contained in this paragraph with respect to any Notice of Redemption shall be waivable in the sole discretion of the General Partner.

(b) If the General Partner and/or the REIT Limited Partner elects to assume the obligation from the Partnership to redeem Tendered Units and agrees to acquire the Tendered Units for REIT Shares rather than cash, then the Partnership shall direct the General Partner and/or REIT Limited Partner, as applicable, 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 and/or REIT Limited Partner, acting as a distinct legal entity, shall assume directly the obligation with respect thereto and shall satisfy the Tendering Party’s 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 and/or REIT Limited Partner, as applicable, in exchange for REIT Shares. The percentage of the Tendered Units tendered for Redemption by the Tendering Party for which the General Partner and/or REIT Limited 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 General Partner and/or REIT Limited Partner 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, pursuant to the terms of this Section 8.5, the General Partner and/or REIT Limited Partner will acquire any number of Tendered Units for REIT Shares rather than cash, on the Specified Redemption Date, the Tendering Party shall sell such number of the Tendered Units to the General Partner and/or REIT Limited Partner, as applicable, in exchange for a number of REIT Shares equal to the product of the REIT Shares Amount and the Applicable Percentage. In the case of Tendered Units consisting of Class S-1 Units, Class D-1 Units or Class T-1 Units that initially were issued in exchange for DST Interests in connection with the exercise of the FMV Option, “REIT Shares Amount,” as used in the preceding sentence, shall mean a number of Class I REIT Shares equal to the product of the number of such Tendered Units and the applicable Conversion Rate. The product of the Applicable Percentage and the REIT Shares Amount (including the REIT Shares Amount applicable to Tendered Units that were issued in exchange for DST Interests in connection with the exercise of the FMV Option), if applicable, shall be delivered by the General Partner and/or REIT Limited Partner as duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable REIT Shares free of any pledge, lien, encumbrance or restriction, other than the Aggregate Share Ownership Limit (as calculated in accordance with the Charter) and other restrictions provided in the Article of Incorporation, the bylaws of the REIT Limited Partner, the Securities Act and relevant state securities or “blue sky” laws. No Tendering Party whose Tendered Units are acquired by the General Partner and/or the REIT Limited Partner shall have any right to cause or require the General Partner and/or the REIT Limited Partner to register or qualify such REIT Shares with any federal or state securities agency under the Securities Act or to list such REIT Shares on any stock exchange. 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 Charter.

 

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(c) In connection with an exercise of Redemption Rights pursuant to this Section 8.5, the Tendering Party shall submit to the Partnership (with a copy to the General Partner and the REIT Limited Partner), in addition to the Notice of Redemption, any other documents as the General Partner may reasonably require. The General Partner, in its sole discretion, may waive any representation or certification required by the Notice of Redemption or any other document or documents provided by the Tendering Party pursuant to this Section 8.5(c).

(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 settlements of such payments will be made within three business days of the Specified Redemption Date for U.S. accounts and within five business days for non-U.S. accounts. Notwithstanding the foregoing, and other than as set forth below, the Partnership is not obligated to redeem any Tendered Units and may choose to redeem only some, or even none, of the Tendered Units in the General Partner’s sole discretion. To the extent that the General Partner elects not to redeem all or any portion of the Tendered Units, (i) the Redemption with respect to such Tendered Units or applicable portion thereof shall be null and void ab initio and such Tendering Party shall not acquire any rights or economic interest in any Cash Amount otherwise payable upon such Redemption or the REIT Shares otherwise issuable upon such exchange; and (ii) the Tendering Party must submit another Notice of Redemption with respect such Tendered Units or applicable portion thereof in order to request that they be redeemed. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the General Partner shall redeem Tendered Units held by Brookfield, the Adviser, and their Affiliates regardless of its determination with respect to Tendered Units held by any other Tendering Party.

(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the General Partner shall place appropriate restrictions on 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 or the REIT Limited Partner failing to qualify as a “domestically controlled qualified investment entity” within the meaning of Section 897(h), (b) the REIT Shares from being owned by less than 100 persons and the REIT Limited Partner from being “closely held” within the meaning of Section 856(h) of the Code, (c) as and if deemed necessary, the Partnership from constituting a “publicly traded partnership” under Section 7704 of the Code, (d) the Partnership’s assets being considered “plan assets” with the meaning of ERISA or any regulations proposed or promulgated thereunder, (e) the violation of the Securities Act or other comparable state law, (f) the registration of the Partnership as an investment company under the Investment Company Act, (g) the registration of the Partnership, the General Partner or any Affiliate thereof (that is not already registered as an investment adviser under the Advisers Act) as an investment adviser under the Advisers Act, (h) the termination of the Partnership’s status as a partnership for tax purposes, (i) the violation of any law, rule, regulation by such Limited Partner, the Partnership, the General Partner and their respective officers, directors, employers, shareholders, partners, members or any Affiliate thereof, including any law, rule or regulation promulgated by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control of the

 

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U.S. Department of State (“OFAC”), (j) the Partnership from being deemed a “SIFT Partnership” as such term is defined in Section 197 of the Income Tax Act (Canada), and (k) a non-exempt prohibited transaction under ERISA. If and when the General Partner determines that imposing such restrictions is necessary, the General Partner shall give prompt written notice thereof to each of the Limited Partners holding Partnership Units that, in accordance with advice of counsel, restrictions are necessary in order to avoid the foregoing, as applicable. In addition to any other appropriate restrictions placed by the General Partner pursuant to this Section 8.5(e), no Tendering Party (including, without limitation, Brookfield, the Adviser or, with respect to Partnership Units received in consideration for management fees or the Performance Participation Interest, including the Transferred Performance Participation Interest Units, the current holders of such Partnership Units) shall be entitled to consummate a Redemption if the ownership of or delivery of REIT Shares to such Tendering Party on the Specified Redemption Date by the General Partner would (i) cause the occurrence of any of the circumstances described in clauses (a) through (k) of the first sentence of this Section 8.5(e), (ii) cause the REIT Limited Partner to own, actually or constructively, 10% or more of the ownership interests in a tenant (other than a tenant that is a “taxable REIT subsidiary” (as defined in Section 856(l) of the Code)) of the REIT Limited Partner’s, the Partnership’s or a Subsidiary’s real property, within the meaning of Section 856(d)(2)(B) of the Code, or (iii) otherwise cause the REIT Limited Partner to fail to qualify as a REIT under the Code, including, but not limited to, as a result of any “eligible independent contractor” (as defined in Section 856(d)(9)(A) of the Code) that operates a “qualified lodging facility” (as defined in Section 856(d)(9)(D) of the Code) or a “qualified health care property” (as defined in Section 856(e)(6)(D)(i) of the Code) on behalf of a “taxable REIT subsidiary” (as defined in Section 856(l) of the Code) failing to qualify as such. The REIT Limited Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion, may waive any restriction on redemption set forth in this Section 8.5(e), provided that the Tendering Party has submitted such information, certification or statement as the REIT Limited Partner may reasonably require in connection with the application of the restrictions described in this Section 8.5(e). To the extent any attempted Redemption or exchange for REIT Shares would be in violation of any restriction set forth in this Section 8.5(e), the General Partner agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to pay the Cash Amount to the Tendering Party on the Specified Redemption Date unless the payment of such Cash Amount would be in violation of this Agreement or any applicable law, in which case such Redemption shall be null and void ab initio and such Tendering Party shall not acquire any rights or economic interest in any Cash Amount otherwise payable upon such Redemption or the REIT Shares otherwise issuable upon such exchange. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the payment of any Cash Amount shall be subject to the Partnership’s right not to redeem all or a portion of any Tendered Units, in the General Partner’s sole discretion, pursuant to Section 8.5(d).

(f) A redemption fee may be charged (other than to Brookfield or the Adviser (or with respect to Partnership Units received in consideration for management fees or the Performance Participation Interest, including the Transferred Performance Participation Interest Units, the current holders of such Partnership Units) in connection with an exercise of Redemption Rights pursuant to this Section 8.5.

 

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(g) The General Partner, in its sole discretion, may require a Limited Partner to surrender all or any portion of its Partnership Units and withdraw from the Partnership to the extent such redemption is in the best interest of the Partnership, as determined by the General Partner in good faith at any time for any reason or no reason with or without prior notice to such Limited Partner. A notice of mandatory redemption pursuant to this Section 8.6 shall have the same effect as a request for redemption by a Limited Partner given pursuant to Section 8.5; provided that the mandatory redemption of all or any portion of such Limited Partner’s Partnership Units shall be effective on the date determined by the General Partner and indicated in such notice.

(h) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the provisions of this Section 8.5 shall not apply with respect to the Brookfield Units, and instead the provisions of the Brookfield Repurchase Arrangement shall govern with respect to redemptions or repurchases of Brookfield Units by the Partnership.

8.6. Outside Activities of Limited Partners. Subject to any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 6.7 hereof and any other agreements entered into by a Limited Partner or any of its Affiliates with the General Partner, the Partnership or a Subsidiary (including, without limitation, any employment agreement), any Limited Partner (other than the REIT Limited Partner) and any Assignee, officer, director, employee, agent, trustee, Affiliate, member or stockholder of any Limited 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 that are in direct or indirect competition with the Partnership or that are enhanced by the activities of the Partnership. Neither the Partnership nor any Partner shall have any rights by virtue of this Agreement in any business ventures of any Limited Partner or Assignee. Subject to such agreements, none of the Limited Partners nor any other Person shall have any rights by virtue of this Agreement or the partnership relationship established hereby in any business ventures of any other Person, and such Person shall have no obligation pursuant to this Agreement, subject to Section 6.7 hereof and any other agreements entered into by a Limited Partner or its Affiliates with the General Partner, the Partnership or a Subsidiary, to offer any interest in any such business ventures to the Partnership, any Limited Partner, or any such other Person, even if such opportunity is of a character that, if presented to the Partnership, any Limited Partner or such other Person, could be taken by such Person.

8.7. Expenses Not Attributable to Class E Units. Distribution Fees, upfront selling commissions, upfront dealer manager fees and Advisory Fees shall be Class-specific expenses allocable to and borne by Classes of Partnership Units other than Class E Units.

ARTICLE 9

TRANSFERS OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP INTERESTS

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 his Partnership Interest is made as a principal for his account for investment purposes only and not with a view to the resale or distribution of such Partnership Interest.

 

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(b) Each Limited Partner agrees that he will not sell, assign or otherwise transfer his Partnership Interest 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 Interest or fraction thereof to any Person who does not similarly represent, warrant and agree.

9.2. Restrictions on Transfer of Limited Partnership Interests.

(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 9.2(b) and (c), no Limited Partner may offer, sell, assign, hypothecate, pledge or otherwise transfer all or any portion of his Limited Partnership Interest, or any of such Limited Partner’s 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 Interest pursuant to this Article 9 or pursuant to a redemption of all of its Partnership Units pursuant to Section 8.5. Upon the permitted Transfer or redemption of all of a Limited Partner’s Partnership Interest, such Limited Partner shall cease to be a Limited Partner.

(c) Notwithstanding Section 9.2(a) and subject to Section 9.2(d), (i) a Limited Partner may Transfer, without the consent of the General Partner, all or a portion of its Partnership Interest to (A) a parent or parent’s 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, (B) a corporation controlled by a Person or Persons named in clause (A) above, or (C) if the Limited Partner is an entity, its beneficial owners, and (ii) a holder of Brookfield Units may Transfer, without the consent of the General Partner, all or any portion of such Brookfield Units to an Affiliate of such holder.

(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, no Limited Partner may effect a Transfer of its Limited Partnership Interest, in whole of it part, without the consent of the General Partner, which may be withheld in its sole and absolute discretion, if such proposed Transfer would:

(i) require the registration of the Limited Partnership Interest under the Securities Act, the registration of the Partnership as an investment company under, or would be in violation of, the Investment Company Act or any rules or regulations promulgated thereunder, the registration of the General Partner or any Affiliate thereof (that is not currently registered as an investment adviser) as an investment adviser under the Advisers Act, or cause the Partnership to be treated as (1) a “publicly traded partnership” within the meaning of Code Section 7704(b) or (2) a “SIFT Partnership” within the meaning of Section 197 of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or otherwise violate any applicable federal or state securities or blue sky law (including investment suitability standards);

 

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(ii) (A) result in the Partnership’s 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 and the General Partner determines such treatment would be in the best interest of the Partnership), (B) adversely affect the ability of the REIT Limited Partner to continue to qualify as a REIT or as a domestically controlled qualified investment entity or subject the REIT Limited Partner to any additional taxes under Section 857 or Section 4981 of the Code, (C) cause the Partnership not to qualify for the safe harbor described in Regulations Section 1.7704-1(h) (or such other guidance subsequently published by the IRS setting forth safe harbors under which interests will not be treated as “readily tradable on a secondary market (or the substantial equivalent thereof)” within the meaning of Section 7704 of the Code), or (D) 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;

(iii) be a Transfer 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 (within the meaning of Regulations Section 1.752-1(a)(2));provided that as a condition to such consent the lender may be required to enter into an arrangement with the Partnership and the General Partner to exchange or redeem for the Cash Amount any Partnership Units in which a security interest is held 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;

(iv) result in the Partnership’s assets being considered “plan assets” within the meaning of ERISA or any regulations proposed or promulgated thereunder;

(v) result in a violation of any applicable anti-money laundering law, rule or regulation;

(vi) cause the General Partner or the Partnership to be controlled by, or under common control with, owned 50 percent or more, individually or in the aggregate, directly or indirectly, by any Person that (a) is the subject or target of any sanctions administered or enforced by OFAC (collectively “Sanctions”) or (b) is located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is, or whose government is, the subject or target of comprehensive Sanctions, including, without limitation, the Crimea region, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, and Syria.

(e) 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.

(f) 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.

 

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9.3. Admission of Substitute Limited Partner.

(a) Subject to the other provisions of this Article 9, an Assignee of the Limited Partnership Interest of a Limited Partner (which shall be understood to include any purchaser, transferee, donee, or other recipient of any disposition of such Limited Partnership Interest) 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 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 assignee’s 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, the General Partner, and the REIT Limited 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 Partner’s sole and absolute discretion.

(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.

 

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(c) The General Partner shall cooperate with the Person seeking to become a Substitute Limited Partner by preparing the documentation required by this Section 9.3 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 Interests.

(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 Interest until the Partnership has received notice thereof.

(b) Any Person who is the Assignee of all or any portion of a Limited Partner’s Limited Partnership Interest, but does not become a Substitute Limited Partner and desires to make a further assignment of such Limited Partnership Interest, 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 Interest.

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 dissolution of 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) (any of the foregoing, “Incapacity”) 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 his Partnership Interest 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 Interests. A Partnership Interest 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 Interest shall be required to constitute the action of the owners of such Partnership Interest; 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 Interest held in a joint tenancy with a right of survivorship, the Partnership Interest 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 Interest 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 Interest to be divided into two equal Partnership Interests, which shall thereafter be owned separately by each of the former owners.

 

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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 Partnership’s 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 and the Partnership Units held by each such Partner, (b) a copy of the Certificate of Limited Partnership and all Certificates of amendment thereto, (c) copies of the Partnership’s 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.

(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 in any manner determined by the General Partner in its sole discretion. 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 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. The General Partner will endeavor to furnish annually by July 31 (subject to reasonable delays in the event of the late receipt of any necessary financial statements of the Person in which the Partnership holds an interest), to each person who was a Limited Partner at any time during a fiscal year of the Partnership, the tax information necessary to file such Limited Partner’s individual tax returns as required by law.

10.5. Tax Elections; Special Basis Adjustments.

(a) The General Partner shall act as or appoint the “partnership representative” within the meaning of Section 6223(a) of the Code (the “Partnership Representative”) and the equivalent for applicable state and local tax purposes. As Partnership Representative, the General Partner (or its appointee) shall have the right and obligation to take all actions authorized and required, respectively, by the Code for the Partnership Representative. The General Partner (or its appointee) shall have the right to retain professional assistance in respect of any audit of the Partnership by the IRS and all out-of-pocket expenses and fees incurred by the General Partner (or its appointee) on behalf of the Partnership as Partnership Representative shall constitute Partnership expenses.

 

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(b) All elections required or permitted to be made by the Partnership under the Code or any applicable state, local or foreign tax law shall be made by the General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion.

(c) The Partnership Representative is authorized, but not required:

(i) to enter into any settlement with the IRS with respect to any administrative or judicial proceedings for the adjustment of Partnership items required to be taken into account by a Partner for income tax purposes (such administrative proceedings being referred to as a “tax audit” and such judicial proceedings being referred to as “judicial review”). In the settlement agreement with respect to any such proceedings, the Partnership Representative may expressly state that such agreement shall bind all Partners;

(ii) in the event that a notice of final partnership adjustment (a “Final Adjustment”) is mailed to the Partnership Representative, to seek judicial review of such Final Adjustment, including the filing of a petition for readjustment with the United States Tax Court or the United States Claims Court, or the filing of a complaint for refund with the District Court of the United States for the district in which the Partnership’s principal place of business is located;

(iii) to file a request for an administrative adjustment with the IRS at any time and, if any part of such request is not allowed by the IRS, to file an appropriate pleading (petition or complaint) for judicial review with respect to such request;

(iv) to enter into an agreement with the IRS to extend the period for assessing any tax that is attributable to any item required to be taken into account by a Partner for tax purposes, or an item affected by such item; and

(v) to take any other action on behalf of the Partners or any of them in connection with any tax audit or judicial review proceeding to the extent permitted by applicable law or regulations.

The taking of any action and the incurring of any expense by the Partnership Representative in connection with any such proceeding, except to the extent required by law, is a matter in the sole and absolute discretion of the Partnership Representative and the provisions relating to indemnification of the General Partner set forth in Section 6.3 hereof shall be fully applicable to the Partnership Representative in its capacity as such.

In the case of the payment by the Partnership of an assessed imputed underpayment, the Partnership Representative is authorized to allocate the assessed amount among the Partners in a manner it deems equitable in its sole discretion so that each Partner economically bears any taxes paid by the Partnership allocable to such Partners.

 

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(d) In the event of a transfer of all or any part of the Partnership Interest 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 Partnership’s assets. Notwithstanding anything contained in Article 5, any adjustments made pursuant to Section 754 of the Code shall affect only the successor in interest to the transferring Partner and in no event shall be taken into account in establishing, maintaining or computing Capital Accounts for the other Partners for any purpose under this Agreement. Each Partner will furnish the Partnership with all information necessary to give effect to such election.

10.6. Obligations of Limited Partners in respect of Tax Information. Each Partner shall furnish the General Partner with such information, forms and certifications as the General Partner may request in order to comply with any applicable U.S. federal, state or local or non-US tax withholding, reporting or payment requirements, and each Limited Partner represents and warrants that the information and forms furnished by it shall be true and accurate in all respects. Without limiting the foregoing, a Limited Partner that contributes Property to the Partnership shall promptly provide the General Partner with all relevant information and supporting schedules and documentation to establish the Limited Partner’s adjusted tax basis in, and depreciation schedules for, the contributed Property as of the time of the contribution.

10.7. Reports to Limited Partners. As soon as practicable after the close of each fiscal year, but in no event later than the date on which the General Partner mails its annual report to holders of the REIT Shares, the General Partner shall cause to be mailed to each Limited Partner (other than the REIT Limited Partner and any Limited Partner that is an Affiliate of Brookfield) an annual report containing financial statements of the Partnership, or of the REIT Limited Partner if such statements are prepared solely on a consolidated basis with the REIT Limited 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.

ARTICLE 11

DISSOLUTION, LIQUIDATION AND TERMINATION

11.1. Dissolution. The Partnership shall not be dissolved by the admission of Substitute Limited Partners or additional Limited Partners or by the admission of a successor General Partner in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Upon the withdrawal of the General Partner, any successor General Partner is hereby authorized to, and shall, continue the business and affairs of the Partnership without dissolution. However, the Partnership shall dissolve, and its affairs shall be wound up, upon the first to occur of any of the following (each a “Liquidating Event”):

(a) the occurrence of an event of withdrawal (as defined in the Act) with respect to a General Partner; provided, the Partnership shall not be dissolved and required to be wound up in connection with any of the events specified in this clause (A) if (1) at the time of the occurrence of such event there is at least one remaining general partner of the Partnership who is hereby authorized to and shall carry on the business of the Partnership, or (2) if at such time there is no remaining General Partner, if within 90 days after such event of withdrawal, Limited Partners holding more than 50% of the Percentage Interests agree in writing or vote to continue the business of the Partnership and to appoint, effective as of the date of withdrawal, one or more additional General Partners;

 

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(b) an election to dissolve the Partnership made by the General Partner;

(c) entry of a decree of judicial dissolution of the Partnership pursuant to the provisions of the Act; or

(d) at any time there are no limited partners of the Partnership, unless the Partnership is continued without dissolution in accordance with the Act.

11.2. Winding Up.

(a) Upon the occurrence of a Liquidating Event, the Partnership shall continue solely for the purposes of winding up its affairs in an orderly manner, liquidating its assets and satisfying the claims of its creditors and the Holders. After the occurrence of a Liquidating Event, no Holder shall take any action that is inconsistent with, or not necessary to or appropriate for, the winding up of the Partnership’s business and affairs. The General Partner (or, in the event that there is no remaining General Partner or the General Partner has dissolved, become bankrupt within the meaning of the Act or ceased to operate, any Person elected by Limited Partners holding more than 50% of the Percentage Interests (the General Partner or such other Person being referred to herein as the “Liquidator”)) shall be responsible for overseeing the winding up and dissolution of the Partnership and shall take full account of the Partnership’s liabilities and property, and the Partnership property shall be liquidated as promptly as is consistent with obtaining the fair value thereof, and the proceeds therefrom (which may, to the extent determined by the General Partner, include shares of stock in the General Partner) shall be applied and distributed in the following order:

(1) First, to the satisfaction of all of the Partnership’s debts and liabilities to creditors other than the Holders (whether by payment or the making of reasonable provision for payment thereof);

(2) Second, to the satisfaction of all of the Partnership’s debts and liabilities to the General Partner (whether by payment or the making of reasonable provision for payment thereof), including, but not limited to, amounts due as reimbursements under Section 6.5 hereof;

(3) Third, to the satisfaction of all of the Partnership’s debts and liabilities to the other Holders (whether by payment or the making of reasonable provision for payment thereof); and

(4) Fourth, to the Partners in accordance with Section 5.8.

The General Partner shall not receive any additional compensation for any services performed pursuant to this Article 11 other than reimbursement of its expenses as set forth in Section 6.5.

 

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(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 11.2(a) hereof that require liquidation of the assets of the Partnership, but subject to the order of priorities set forth therein, if the Liquidator determines that an immediate sale of part or all of the Partnership’s assets would be impractical or would cause undue loss to the Holders, the Liquidator may, in its sole and absolute discretion, defer for a reasonable time the liquidation of any assets and/or distribute to the Holders, in lieu of cash, as tenants in common and in accordance with the provisions of Section 11.2(a) hereof, undivided interests in such Partnership assets as the Liquidator deems not suitable for liquidation. Any such distributions in kind shall be made only if, in the good faith judgment of the Liquidator, such distributions in kind are in the best interest of the Holders, and shall be subject to such conditions relating to the disposition and management of such properties as the Liquidator deems reasonable and equitable and to any agreements governing the operation of such properties at such time. The Liquidator shall determine the fair market value of any property distributed in kind using such reasonable method of valuation as it may adopt.

(c) To the fullest extent permitted by law, if any Holder has a deficit balance in its Capital Account (after giving effect to all contributions, distributions and allocations for all taxable years, including the year during which such liquidation occurs), except as otherwise agreed to by such Holder or as may otherwise be required with respect to the General Partner in its capacity as the general partner of the Partnership, such Holder shall have no obligation to make any contribution to the capital of the Partnership with respect to such deficit, and such deficit shall not be considered a debt owed to the Partnership or to any other Person for any purpose whatsoever.

(d) In the sole and absolute discretion of the General Partner or the Liquidator, a pro rata portion of the distributions that would otherwise be made pursuant to this Article 11 may be:

(1) distributed to a trust established for the benefit of the General Partner and the Holders for the purpose of liquidating Partnership assets, collecting amounts owed to the Partnership, and paying any contingent, conditional or unmatured liabilities or obligations of the Partnership arising out of or in connection with the Partnership and/or Partnership activities. The assets of any such trust shall be distributed to the Holders, from time to time, in the reasonable discretion of the General Partner or the Liquidator, in the same proportions and amounts as would otherwise have been distributed to the Holders pursuant to this Agreement; or

(2) withheld or escrowed to provide a reasonable reserve for Partnership liabilities (contingent or otherwise) and to reflect the unrealized portion of any installment obligations owed to the Partnership, provided that such withheld or escrowed amounts shall be distributed to the Holders in the manner and order of priority set forth in Section 11.2(a) hereof as soon as practicable.

(e) The provisions of Section 6.4 hereof shall apply to any Liquidator appointed pursuant to this Article 11 as though the Liquidator were the General Partner of the Partnership.

 

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11.3. Rights of Holders. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, (a) each Holder shall look solely to the assets of the Partnership for the return of its Capital Contribution, (b) no Holder shall have the right or power to demand or receive property other than cash from the Partnership and (c) no Holder shall have priority over any other Holder as to the return of its Capital Contributions, distributions or allocations.

11.4. Notice of Dissolution. In the event that a Liquidating Event occurs or an event occurs that would, but for an election or objection by one or more Partners pursuant to Section 11.1 hereof, result in a dissolution of the Partnership, the General Partner or Liquidator shall, within thirty (30) days thereafter, provide written notice thereof to each Holder and, in the General Partner’s or Liquidator’s sole and absolute discretion or as required by the Act, to all other parties with whom the Partnership regularly conducts business (as determined in the sole and absolute discretion of the General Partner or Liquidator), and the General Partner or Liquidator may, or, if required by the Act, shall, publish notice thereof in a newspaper of general circulation in each place in which the Partnership regularly conducts business (as determined in the sole and absolute discretion of the General Partner or Liquidator).

11.5. Cancellation of Certificate of Limited Partnership. Upon the completion of the liquidation of the Partnership cash and property as provided in Section 11.2 hereof, the Partnership shall be terminated, a certificate of cancellation shall be filed with the Secretary of State, at which time the Partnership shall terminate, all qualifications of the Partnership as a foreign limited partnership or association in jurisdictions other than the State of Delaware shall be cancelled, and such other actions as may be necessary to terminate the Partnership shall be taken.

11.6. Reasonable Time for Winding-Up. A reasonable time shall be allowed for the orderly winding-up of the business and affairs of the Partnership and the liquidation of its assets pursuant to Section 11.2 hereof, in order to minimize any losses otherwise attendant upon such winding-up, and the provisions of this Agreement shall remain in effect between and among the Partners during the period of liquidation.

ARTICLE 12

PROCEDURES FOR ACTIONS AND CONSENTS OF PARTNERS; AMENDMENT OF AGREEMENT; MEETINGS

12.1. Procedures of Actions and Consents of Partners Notices. The actions requiring Consent of any Partner or Partners pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise pursuant to applicable law, are subject to the procedures set forth in this Article 12.

12.2. Amendment. This Agreement may be amended with the Consent of the Limited Partners holding more than 50% of the Percentage Interests. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the General Partner, without the consent of any Limited Partner, may amend this Agreement for any of the following purposes:

(1) to add to the obligations of the General Partner or surrender any right or power granted to the General Partner or any Affiliate of the General Partner for the benefit of the Limited Partners;

 

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(2) to reflect issuance of additional Partnership Units in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the admission, substitution, termination or withdrawal of Partners, the Transfer of any Partnership Interest in accordance with this Agreement, and to amend the Partnership Register in connection with such admission, substitution, withdrawal, Transfer or adjustment;

(3) to reflect a change that is of an inconsequential nature or does not adversely affect the Limited Partners in any material economic respect, or to cure any ambiguity, correct or supplement any provision in this Agreement not inconsistent with law or with other provisions, or make other changes with respect to matters arising under this Agreement that will not be inconsistent with law or with the provisions of this Agreement;

(4) to set forth or amend the designations, preferences, conversion or other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to distributions, qualifications or terms or conditions of redemption of the Holders of any additional Partnership Interests issued pursuant to Article 4, including, without limitation, amending Articles 5, 8 and 11 hereof, to appropriately reflect the distributions, allocations, partnership rights and rights upon liquidation (including any preference, priority or subordination thereof) of the additional Partnership Interests so issued in accordance with the terms thereof;

(5) to satisfy any requirements, conditions or guidelines contained in any order, directive, opinion, ruling or regulation of a federal or state agency or contained in federal or state law;

(6) (a) to reflect such changes as are reasonably necessary for the REIT Limited Partner to maintain its status as a REIT or as a domestically controlled qualified investment entity or to satisfy the REIT Requirements, (b) to reflect the Transfer of all or any part of a Partnership Interest between the General Partner, the REIT Limited Partner and any Person controlled by the REIT Limited Partner or (c) to ensure that the Partnership will not be classified as a “publicly traded partnership” under Code Section 7704;

(7) to modify either or both of the manner in which items of Profit or Loss are allocated pursuant to Article 5 or the manner in which Capital Accounts are adjusted, computed, or maintained (but in each case only to the extent otherwise provided in this Agreement and as may be permitted under applicable law);

(8) to reflect the issuance of additional Partnership Interests in accordance with Article 4;

(9) to reflect any modification to this Agreement as is necessary or desirable (as determined by the General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion) in connection with any merger or consolidation of the Partnership with and into the REIT Limited Partner or any wholly owned subsidiary of the REIT Limited Partner, or any Transfer by the REIT Limited Partner of its Limited Partnership Interest in the Partnership to any wholly owned subsidiary of the REIT Limited Partner;

 

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(10) to reflect any other modification to this Agreement as is reasonably necessary for the business or operations of the Partnership or the REIT Limited Partner;

(11) to effect or facilitate a Termination Transaction that, in accordance with Section 7.1(b) and/or 7.1(c), does not require the consent of any Limited Partner and, if the Partnership is the Surviving Partnership in any Termination Transaction, to modify Section 8.5 or any related definitions to provide that the holders of interests in such Surviving Partnership have rights that are consistent with Section 7.1; and

(12) to reflect modifications as is necessary or desirable to (i) cause the number of Partnership Units issued and outstanding of each Class to equal the number of REIT Shares having the same Class designation as such Class of Partnership Units, (ii) include a provision whereby the distributions made on each Partnership Unit of a given Class shall be the same as distributions made on each REIT Share of the same Class, (iii) include a provision to ensure that the Net Asset Value Per Partnership Unit of a given Class will at all times be equal or substantially equal to the Net Asset Value Per REIT Share of the same Class, and (iv) include a provision whereby the REIT Limited Partner will be issued a Partnership Unit of a particular Class each time it issues a REIT Share of the same Class and contributes (or is deemed to have contributed) the gross proceeds from the issuance of such REIT Share to the Partnership.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the following amendments shall require the consent of Limited Partners holding more than 50% of the Percentage Interests:

(a) any amendment affecting the operation of the Redemption Right (except as provided in Section 8.5(d), 7.1(b) or 7.1(c)) 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 4.3;

(c) any amendment that would alter the Partnership’s allocations of Profit and Loss to the Limited Partners, other than with respect to the issuance of additional Partnership Units pursuant to Section 4.3; or

(d) any amendment that would impose on the Limited Partners any obligation to make additional Capital Contributions to the Partnership.

 

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12.3. Actions and Consents of the Partners.

(a) Meetings of the Partners may be called only by the General Partner to transact any business that the General Partner determines. The call shall state the nature of the business to be transacted. Notice of any such meeting shall be given to all Partners entitled to act at the meeting not less than seven (7) days nor more than sixty (60) days prior to the date of such meeting. Partners may vote in person or by proxy at such meeting. Unless approval by a different number or proportion of the Partners is required by this Agreement, the affirmative vote of the General Partner and Limited Partners holding more than 50% of the Percentage Interests shall be sufficient to approve such proposal at a meeting of the Partners. Whenever the vote, consent or approval of Partners is permitted or required under this Agreement, such vote, consent or approval may be given at a meeting of Partners or may be given in accordance with the procedures prescribed in Section 12.3(b) hereof.

(b) Any action requiring the Consent of any Partner or group of Partners pursuant to this Agreement or that is required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the Partners may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing or by electronic transmission setting forth the action so taken or consented to is given by Partners whose affirmative vote would be sufficient to approve such action or provide such Consent at a meeting of the Partners. Such consent may be in one instrument or in several instruments, and shall have the same force and effect as the affirmative vote of such Partners at a meeting of the Partners. Such consent shall be filed with the General Partner. An action so taken shall be deemed to have been taken at a meeting held on the effective date so certified. For purposes of obtaining a Consent in writing or by electronic transmission, the General Partner may require a response within a reasonable specified time, but not less than fifteen (15) days, and failure to respond in such time period shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, constitute a Consent that is consistent with the General Partner’s recommendation with respect to the proposal; provided, however, that an action shall become effective at such time as requisite Consents are received even if prior to such specified time.

(c) Each Partner entitled to act at a meeting of the Partners may authorize any Person or Persons to act for it by proxy on all matters in which a Partner is entitled to participate, including waiving notice of any meeting, or voting or participating at a meeting. Each proxy must be signed by the Partner or its attorney-in-fact. No proxy shall be valid after the expiration of eleven (11) months from the date thereof unless otherwise provided in the proxy (or there is receipt of a proxy authorizing a later date). Every proxy shall be revocable at the pleasure of the Partner executing it, such revocation to be effective upon the Partnership’s receipt of written notice of such revocation from the Partner executing such proxy, unless such proxy states that it is irrevocable and is coupled with an interest.

(d) The General Partner may set, in advance, a record date for the purpose of determining the Partners (i) entitled to Consent to any action, (ii) entitled to receive notice of or vote at any meeting of the Partners or (iii) in order to make a determination of Partners 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 ninety (90) days and, in the case of a meeting of the Partners, not less than five (5) days, before the date on which the meeting is to be held. If no record date is fixed, the record date for the determination of Partners entitled to

 

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notice of or to vote at a meeting of the Partners shall be at the close of business on the day on which the notice of the meeting is sent, and the record date for any other determination of Partners shall be the effective date of such Partner action, distribution or other event. When a determination of the Partners entitled to vote at any meeting of the Partners has been made as provided in this Section, such determination shall apply to any adjournment thereof

(e) Each meeting of Partners shall be conducted by the General Partner or such other Person as the General Partner may appoint pursuant to such rules for the conduct of the meeting as the General Partner or such other Person deems appropriate in its sole and absolute discretion. Without limitation, meetings of Partners may be conducted in the same manner as meetings of the REIT Limited Partner’s stockholders and may be held at the same time as, and as part of, the meetings of the REIT Limited Partner’s stockholders.

ARTICLE 13

GENERAL PROVISIONS

13.1. 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 maintained for each Partner on the books and records of the Partnership; 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 as set forth below:

 

To the General Partner    Brookfield REIT OP GP LLC
   c/o Brookfield Property Group LLC
   Brookfield Place
   250 Vesey Street, 15th Floor
   New York, NY 10281
   Attention: BPG Funds Legal
   Email: BPGFundsLegal@brookfield.com
with a required copy to:    Alston & Bird LLP
   1201 W. Peachtree St. NW
   Atlanta, Georgia 30309
   Attention: Jason Goode
   Email: jason.goode@alston.com

13.2. 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.

13.3. 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.

 

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13.4. 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.

13.5. Side Letters. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, it is hereby acknowledged and agreed that the General Partner, on its own behalf or on behalf of the Partnership, and without the approval of any Limited Partner or any other Person, may enter into a side letter or similar agreement (collectively, “Side Letters”) with one or more Limited Partners which has the effect of establishing rights under, or altering or supplementing the terms hereof. As a result of such Side Letters, certain Limited Partners may receive additional benefits, which may be more favorable than those offered to any other Partners. The parties hereto agree that any terms contained in a Side Letter with one or more such Persons shall govern with respect to such Persons notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein. Except as required by applicable law, the General Partner will not be required to notify all Limited Partners of any such Side Letters or any of the rights or terms or provisions thereof, and will not be required to offer such additional or different rights or terms to all Limited Partners.

13.6. Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the exhibits attached hereto, the Brookfield Contribution Agreements, and any Side Letters 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.

13.7. 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.

13.8. 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.

13.9. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each one of which shall be deemed an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, a Person’s execution and delivery of this Agreement by electronic signature and electronic transmission (jointly, an “Electronic Signature”), including via Docusign or other similar method, shall constitute the execution and delivery of a counterpart of this Agreement by or on behalf of such Person and shall bind such Person to the terms of this Agreement. The Partners hereto agree that this Agreement and any additional information incidental hereto may be maintained as electronic records. Any Person executing and delivering this Agreement by Electronic Signature further agrees to take any and all reasonable additional actions, if any, evidencing its intent to be bound by the terms of this Agreement, as may be reasonably requested by the General Partner.

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13.11. No Partition. No Partner nor any successor-in-interest to a Partner shall have the right while this Agreement remains in effect to have any property of the Partnership partitioned, or to file a complaint or institute any proceeding at law or in equity to have such property of the Partnership partitioned, and each Partner, on behalf of itself and its successors and assigns hereby waives any such right. It is the intention of the Partners that the rights of the parties hereto and their successors-in-interest to Partnership property, as among themselves, shall be governed by the terms of this Agreement and that the rights of the Partners and their respective successors-in-interest shall be subject to the limitations and restrictions as set forth in this Agreement.

13.12. No Rights as Shareholders. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed as conferring upon the Holders of Partnership Units any rights whatsoever as stockholders of the REIT Limited Partner or as members of the General Partner, including without limitation any right to receive dividends or other distributions made to stockholders of the REIT Limited Partner or to vote or to consent or receive notice as stockholders in respect of any meeting of stockholders of the REIT Limited Partner for the election of directors of the REIT Limited Partner or any other matter.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have hereunder affixed their signatures to this Agreement, all as of the date first set forth above.

 

GENERAL PARTNER:
Brookfield REIT OP GP LLC
By: Brookfield Real Estate Income Trust Inc., its sole member
By:  

/s/ Michelle L. Campbell

Name: Michelle L. Campbell
Title: Secretary
REIT LIMITED PARTNER:
Brookfield Real Estate Income Trust Inc.
By:  

/s/ Michelle L. Campbell

Name: Michelle L. Campbell
Title: Secretary
LIMITED PARTNERS:
By: Brookfield REIT OP GP LLC, as attorney-in-fact for the Persons whose names are set forth in the books and records of the Partnership as Limited Partners
By: Brookfield Real Estate Income Trust Inc., its sole member
By:  

/s/ Michelle L. Campbell

Name: Michelle L. Campbell
Title: Secretary

 

Signature page of Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement of

Brookfield REIT Operating Partnership L.P.

Exhibit 10.3

DST DEALER MANAGER AGREEMENT

October 1, 2024

Brookfield Oaktree Wealth Solutions LLC

225 Liberty Street, 35th Floor

New York, NY 10281

This DST Dealer Manager Agreement (this “Agreement”) is entered into by and among Brookfield Real Estate Exchange LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sponsor”), Brookfield Oaktree Wealth Solutions LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Dealer Manager”) and, solely with respect to its obligations regarding the OP Unit Investor Servicing Fee set forth in Section 4(d) hereof, Brookfield REIT Operating Partnership L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Operating Partnership”).

The Sponsor is offering (each, an “Offering” and collectively, the “Offerings”) in one or more private placements exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), pursuant to Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act (“Regulation D”), up to $1.0 billion (or such increased amount as may be determined by Brookfield REIT (defined below)) of Class 1 beneficial interests (“DST Interests”) in one or more Delaware statutory trusts (each, a “Trust” and collectively, the “Trusts”) pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in a Private Placement Memorandum (or Supplement to a Master Private Placement Memorandum, if applicable) for each Offering (as may be amended or supplemented from time to time and with all appendixes thereto, the “Memorandum”). In this Agreement, the term “Memorandum” shall refer to the single Memorandum, or Supplement to a Master Private Placement Memorandum, as applicable, used in connection with each Offering and the term “Memoranda” shall refer to all Memoranda used in connection with all of the collective Offerings contemplated by this Agreement.

The Sponsor is an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of the Operating Partnership, and the Operating Partnership is the entity through which Brookfield Real Estate Income Trust Inc., a Maryland corporation (“Brookfield REIT”), conducts substantially all of its business and owns substantially all of its assets. A DST Interest is a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust that will either (i) beneficially own a series of Trusts, each of which will hold one commercial property (each, a “Property” and collectively, the “Properties”); or (ii) own a Property directly. Information regarding each Property held, directly or indirectly, by a Trust in which DST Interests will be offered will be included in the Memorandum or in a property-specific supplement to the Memorandum. Prior to the commencement of an Offering of DST Interests in any particular Trust, such Trust shall execute a joinder agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, pursuant to which such Trust will join this Agreement and agree to be bound by the terms and conditions hereof.

An Offering of DST Interests in any particular Trust will commence on the date of the Memorandum with respect to such Offering and terminate upon the earliest to occur of: (1) the date upon which the maximum offering amount of DST Interests in such Trust are sold; and (2) twelve months from the commencement of such Offering, subject, however, to a twelve-month extension option exercisable at the sole discretion of the Sponsor. It is understood that no sale of DST Interests will be effective unless and until accepted, directly or indirectly, by the Sponsor. Each subscriber will be required to enter into a subscription agreement substantially in the form of the Subscription Agreement attached as an appendix to the Memorandum (as may be amended by the Sponsor, the “Subscription Agreement”), which may be accepted or rejected by the Sponsor, in whole or in part, in its sole discretion.


Except as otherwise agreed by the Sponsor and the Dealer Manager, the Dealer Manager is responsible for entering into Participating Intermediary Agreements (as defined below) with the Participating Intermediaries (as defined below) through which DST Interests will be sold.

In consideration of the mutual covenants and conditions hereinafter set forth and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged by the parties, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

1. Representations and Warranties of the Sponsor. The Sponsor hereby represents and warrants as follows as of the date hereof; provided, that, to the extent such representations and warranties are given only as of a specified date or dates, the Sponsor only make such representations and warranties as of such date or dates:

(a) From the date hereof and at all times subsequent thereto up to and including the date on which the last Offering is terminated (the “Offerings Termination Date”), the Memoranda will not include 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, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that the Sponsor makes no warranty or representation with respect to any statement contained in or omitted from the Memoranda made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Sponsor by the Dealer Manager or any Participating Intermediary expressly for use in the Memoranda.

(b) The Sponsor is a limited liability company duly and validly formed and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with all requisite power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to conduct its business as described in the Memoranda.

(c) No consent, approval, authorization or other order of any court or other governmental agency, authority or body has been or is required in connection with the execution or delivery of this Agreement or for the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein by the Sponsor or any Trust except as may be required under the Securities Act, and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) promulgated under the Securities Act (the “Rules and Regulations”), or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) or under the applicable “blue sky” or other state securities laws.

(d) Except as disclosed in the Memoranda, there are no actions, suits or proceedings against, or investigations of, the Sponsor or any of its subsidiaries pending or, to the knowledge of the Sponsor, threatened against the Sponsor or any of its subsidiaries before any court, arbitrator, regulatory body, administrative agency or other tribunal, domestic or foreign, that would reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to cause a Sponsor MAE (as defined below). “Sponsor MAE” means any event, circumstance, occurrence, fact, condition, change or effect, individually or in the aggregate, that is, or could reasonably be expected to be, materially adverse to (A) the condition, financial or otherwise, earnings, business, affairs or prospects of the Sponsor and its subsidiaries considered as a whole or (B) the ability of the Sponsor to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or the DST Interests and the issuance thereof.

(e) The execution, delivery, and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated and compliance with the terms of this Agreement by the applicable Trust do not and will not result in a breach of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default under (i) the organizational documents of the Sponsor or the applicable Trust, (ii) any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, voting trust agreement, note, lease or other agreement or instrument to which the Trust or the Sponsor

 

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or any subsidiary of the Sponsor is a party or by which the Sponsor, any subsidiary of the Sponsor or any of their respective properties is bound, or (iii) any rule, regulation or order of any court or other governmental agency or body with jurisdiction over the Trust or the Sponsor, any subsidiary of the Sponsor or any of their respective properties, except (A) to the extent that the enforceability of the indemnity provisions contained in Section 7 of this Agreement may be limited under applicable securities laws, and (B) such breaches or defaults that do not result in and could not reasonably be expected to result in, individually or in the aggregate, a Sponsor MAE.

(f) This Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by or on behalf of the Sponsor and constitutes the valid and binding agreement of the Sponsor, enforceable in accordance with its terms except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium or other similar laws of the United States, any state or any political subdivision thereof that affect creditors’ rights and remedies generally or by equitable principles relating to the availability of remedies or except to the extent that the enforceability of the indemnity and contribution provisions contained in this Agreement may be limited by applicable law or public policy.

(g) The issuance and sale of the DST Interests has been duly authorized by the Sponsor and the applicable Trust, and, when issued and duly delivered against payment therefor as contemplated by the Memoranda and this Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, free and clear of any pledge, lien, encumbrance, security interest or other claim, except (i) the right of the Operating Partnership to acquire such DST Interests in exchange for cash or for units of limited partnership interests in the Operating Partnership (“OP Units”) as described in the Memoranda (the “FMV Option”), with the class of OP Units received by each investor in exchange for its DST Interests to be set forth in the Subscription Agreement and (ii) the right of the Sponsor to purchase all or any portion of DST Interests from an investor upon written notice as described in the Memoranda, and the DST Interests will conform in all material respects to the description of the DST Interests contained in the Memoranda. The issuance and sale of the DST Interests are not subject to preemptive or other similar rights arising by operation of law, under the organizational documents of the Sponsor or the applicable Trust or any agreement to which the Sponsor or the applicable Trust is a party or otherwise.

(h) The Sponsor complies in all material respects with applicable privacy provisions of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999 and applicable provisions of the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act of 2001, as amended (the “USA PATRIOT Act”).

(i) The Sponsor and its subsidiaries possess all certificates, authorities, permits, licenses, approvals, consents and other authorizations (collectively “Government Permits”) issued by the appropriate state, federal, local or foreign regulatory agencies or bodies necessary to conduct the business contemplated or operated by them, other than those Government Permits, which the failure to possess or own, would not cause, individually or in the aggregate, a Sponsor MAE. Neither the Sponsor nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any Government Permit which, individually or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would result in a Sponsor MAE.

(j) None of the Trust, any of its predecessors, any affiliated issuer, any director, executive officer or other officer of the Sponsor participating in an Offering, any beneficial owner (as that term is defined under Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of 20% or more of the Sponsor’s outstanding voting equity securities, calculated on the basis of voting power, nor any promoter (as that term is defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) connected with the Sponsor in any capacity at the time of sale (each, a “Sponsor Covered Person” and, together, “Sponsor Covered Persons”) is subject to any of the “Bad

 

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Actor” disqualifications described in Rule 506(d)(1)(i) to (viii) under the Securities Act (a “Disqualifying Event”) except for a Disqualifying Event contemplated by Rule 506(d)(2) or (d)(3). The Sponsor has exercised, and during the term of an Offering will continue to exercise, reasonable care to determine whether any Sponsor Covered Person, any Dealer Manager Covered Person (as defined below) and any Participating Dealer Covered Person (as defined in the Participating Intermediary Agreement) is subject to a Disqualifying Event. The Sponsor will immediately comply, to the extent applicable, with its disclosure obligations under Rule 506(e), and will immediately effect the preparation of an amended or supplemented Memorandum that will contain any such required disclosure and will, at no expense to the Dealer Manager (unless the Dealer Manager’s Disqualifying Event is the sole reason for the required amended or supplemented Memorandum, in which case the Dealer Manager shall bear the cost of preparation and distribution of such amended or supplemented Memorandum), promptly furnish the Dealer Manager with such number of printed copies of such amended or supplemented Memorandum containing any such required disclosure, including any exhibits thereto, as the Dealer Manager may reasonably request.

2. Representations and Warranties of the Dealer Manager. The Dealer Manager hereby represents and warrants as follows as of the date hereof; provided, that, to the extent such representations and warranties are given only as of a specified date or dates, the Dealer Manager only makes such representations and warranties as of such date or dates:

(a) The Dealer Manager is a limited liability company duly and validly formed and existing 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) 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 Exchange Act, a member in good standing of FINRA, and a broker or dealer duly registered as such in those states or jurisdictions where the Dealer Manager is required to be registered in order to carry out the Offerings as contemplated by this Agreement. Each employee and representative of the Dealer Manager have, and at all times throughout the term of this Agreement, shall maintain, all required licenses and registrations to act under this Agreement. There is no provision in the Dealer Manager’s FINRA membership agreement that would restrict the ability of the Dealer Manager to carry out the Offerings as contemplated by this Agreement.

(c) No consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or other governmental agency, authority or body has been or is required for the performance of this Agreement or for the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein by the Dealer Manager except as have been obtained under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, from FINRA or as may be required under the applicable “blue sky” or other state securities laws.

(d) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby do not and will not result in a breach of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default under (i) the Dealer Manager’s organizational documents, (ii) any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, voting trust agreement, note, lease or other agreement or instrument to which the Dealer Manager is a party or by which the Dealer Manager is bound, or (iii) any rule or regulation or order of any court or other governmental agency or body with jurisdiction over the Dealer Manager, except for such conflicts, breaches or defaults that do not result in and could not reasonably be expected to result in, individually or in the aggregate, a Dealer Manager MAE (as defined below). As used in this Agreement, “Dealer Manager MAE” means any event, circumstance, occurrence, fact, condition, change or effect, individually or in the aggregate, that is, or could reasonably be expected to be, materially adverse to (A) the condition, financial or otherwise, earnings, business, affairs or prospects of the Dealer Manager or (B) the ability of the Dealer Manager to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the validity or enforceability of this Agreement against the Dealer Manager.

 

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(e) This Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed, and delivered by or on behalf of the Dealer Manager and constitutes the valid and binding agreement of the Dealer Manager, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium or other similar laws of the United States, any state or any political subdivision thereof that affects creditors’ rights or remedies generally or by equitable principles relating to the availability of remedies and except to the extent that the enforceability of the indemnity and contribution provisions contained in this Agreement may be limited by applicable law or public policy.

(f) None of (i) the Dealer Manager, (ii) any of the Dealer Manager’s directors, executive officers, other officers participating in an Offering, general partners or managing members, (iii) any of the directors, executive officers or other officers participating in an Offering, or (iv) any other officers or employees of the Dealer Manager or any general partner or managing member of the Dealer Manager that have been or will be paid (directly or indirectly) remuneration for solicitation of purchasers in connection with the Offering (each, a “Dealer Manager Covered Person” and, collectively, the “Dealer Manager Covered Persons”), is subject to a Disqualifying Event, except for a Disqualifying Event (a) contemplated by Rule 506(d)(2) of the Securities Act and (b) a description of which has been furnished in writing to the Sponsor prior to the date hereof or, in the case of a Disqualifying Event occurring after the date hereof, prior to the date of any further offering of DST Interests. The Dealer Manager has exercised and will continue to exercise reasonable care in determining the identity of each person that is a Dealer Covered Person and whether any Dealer Covered Person is subject to a Disqualifying Event. The Dealer Manager will promptly notify the Sponsor in writing of (x) any Disqualifying Event relating to any Dealer Covered Person not previously disclosed to the Sponsor in accordance with this Section 2(f) and (y) any event that would, with the passage of time, become a Disqualifying Event relating to any Dealer Covered Person.

(g) The Dealer Manager shall conduct, or require the Participating Intermediary to conduct, reasonable investigations to ensure that all prospective subscribers are not (i) listed on the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List maintained by the Office of Foreign Asset Control, Department of the Treasury (“OFAC”) pursuant to Executive Order No. 133224, 66 Fed. Reg. 49079 (September 25, 2001) and/or on any other list of terrorists or terrorist organizations maintained pursuant to any of the rules and regulations of OFAC or pursuant to any other applicable enabling legislation or other Executive Orders in respect thereof (such lists are collectively referred to as “Lists”) or (ii) owned or controlled by, nor acting for or on behalf of, any person or entity on the Lists.

(h) All information furnished to the Sponsor by the Dealer Manager in writing expressly for use in the Memoranda or any amendment or supplement thereto does 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, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

 

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3. Offer and Sale of the DST Interests.

(a) Engagement of Dealer Manager. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Sponsor hereby engages and appoints the Dealer Manager as its dealer manager to offer, and to cause Participating Intermediaries to offer, on a “best efforts” basis, the DST Interests in the Offerings on the terms and conditions set forth in the Memoranda. The Dealer Manager hereby accepts such engagement and appointment and agrees to act as dealer manager during the period commencing on the date hereof and ending on the termination of this Agreement. Nothing contained in this Section 3 shall be construed to impose upon the Sponsor the responsibility of assuring that prospective purchasers meet the suitability standards contained in the Memoranda or to relieve the Dealer Manager or any Participating Intermediary of the responsibility of complying with any applicable rules promulgated by FINRA or, if applicable, the laws of any foreign jurisdiction.

(b) Participating Intermediaries. The Dealer Manager is authorized to enter into participating dealer agreements materially in the form attached as Exhibit B to this Agreement or in such other form as shall be agreed to by the Sponsor (each, a “Participating Dealer Agreement”) with broker-dealers who are members of FINRA in good standing to solicit subscriptions for DST Interests in the Offerings at the purchase price to be paid in accordance with, and otherwise upon the other terms and conditions set forth in, the Memoranda (“Participating Dealers”). The Dealer Manager may also enter into participating adviser agreements in such form as shall be agreed to by the Sponsor (each, a “Participating Adviser Agreement” and, together with the Participating Dealer Agreements, each, a “Participating Intermediary Agreement”) with registered investment advisers registered with the SEC (“Participating Advisers” and, together with the Participating Dealers, the “Participating Intermediaries”).

4. Dealer Manager Compensation.

(a) Selling Commissions. Subject to any special circumstances or limitations described in or otherwise provided in a Memorandum, each Trust will pay the Dealer Manager the applicable upfront selling commissions on each DST Interest sold of up to 5.0% of the total cash purchase price paid per DST Interest sold, which includes all upfront fees and expenses described in the Memorandum (the “Total Equity Amount”) per DST Interest sold (the “Selling Commissions”). The applicable Selling Commissions payable to the Dealer Manager will be paid as soon as reasonably possible following the sale of the applicable DST Interests. All or a portion of the Selling Commissions may be reallowed (paid) by the Dealer Manager to Participating Dealers who sold the DST Interests giving rise to such Selling Commissions, as described more fully in the Participating Dealer Agreement entered into with each such Participating Dealer, and which Participating Dealer Agreement will provide the amount of the applicable Selling Commissions, if any, which will be reallowed to the applicable Participating Dealer.

(b) Dealer Manager Fee. Subject to any special circumstances or limitations described in or otherwise provided in a Memorandum, each Trust will pay the Dealer Manager the applicable upfront dealer manager fee on each DST Interest sold of up to 1.0% of the Total Equity Amount per DST Interest sold (the “Dealer Manager Fee”). The applicable Dealer Manager Fee payable to the Dealer Manager will be paid as soon as reasonably possible following the sale of the applicable DST Interests. All or a portion of the Dealer Manager Fee may be reallowed (paid) by the Dealer Manager to Participating Dealers who sold the DST Interests giving rise to such Dealer Manager Fee, as described more fully in the Participating Dealer Agreement entered into with each such Participating Dealer, and which Participating Dealer Agreement will provide the amount of the applicable Dealer Manager Fee, if any, which will be reallowed to the applicable Participating Intermediary. The Dealer Manager will not be paid a Dealer Manager Fee on DST Interests sold by Participating Advisers.

 

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(c) Placement Fee. Subject to any special circumstances or limitations described in or otherwise provided in a Memorandum, each Trust will pay to the Dealer Manager a placement fee on each DST Interest sold of up to 1.0% of the Total Equity Amount per DST Interest sold (the “Placement Fee”). The Placement Fee payable to the Dealer Manager will be paid as soon as reasonably possible following the sale of the applicable DST Interests.

(d) Investor Servicing Fee. Subject to any special circumstances or limitations described in or otherwise provided in a Memorandum or this Section 4:

(i) each Trust will pay to the Dealer Manager a fee (the “DST Investor Servicing Fee”) equal to 0.25% per annum of the Total Equity Amount in the DST Interests sold, determined separately with respect to each Trust, as described in the Memorandum. The DST Investor Servicing Fee will be calculated daily and payable monthly in arrears and may be reallowed (paid) in whole or in part to Participating Intermediaries who sold the DST Interests giving rise to such DST Investor Servicing Fee, as described more fully in the Participating Intermediary Agreement entered into with each such Participating Intermediary, and which Participating Intermediary Agreement will provide the amount of the DST Investor Servicing Fee, if any, which will be reallowed to the applicable Participating Intermediary. Each Trust will cease paying the DST Investor Servicing Fee with respect any DST Interests as of the effective date of any FMV Option is exercised by the Operating Partnership with respect to such DST Interests; and

(ii) the Operating Partnership will pay to the Dealer Manager, solely with respect to OP Units issued in exchange for DST Interests in connection with exercise of the FMV Option and only until the Fee Limit (if any, and as defined below) has been reached, a fee (the “OP Unit Investor Servicing Fee” and, collectively with the DST Investor Servicing Fee, the “Investor Servicing Fee”) comprised of (a) for applicable Class T-1 OP Units, an investor servicing fee equal to 0.85% per annum of the aggregate net asset value (“NAV”) for the Class T-1 OP Units, (b) for applicable Class S-1 OP Units, an investor servicing fee equal to 0.85% per annum of the aggregate NAV for the Class S-1 OP Units and (c) for applicable Class D-1 OP Units, an investor servicing fee equal to 0.25% per annum of the aggregate NAV for the Class D-1 OP Units. The OP Unit Investor Servicing Fee will be payable monthly in arrears and may be reallowed (paid) in whole or in part to Participating Intermediaries who sold the DST Interests for which the OP Units giving rise to such OP Unit Investor Servicing Fee were exchanged in connection with the FMV Option, as described more fully in the Participating Intermediary Agreement entered into with each such Participating Intermediary, and which Participating Intermediary Agreement will provide the amount of the OP Unit Investor Servicing Fee, if any, which will be reallowed to the applicable Participating Intermediary. No OP Unit Investor Servicing Fee will be paid for Class I OP Units.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, subject to the terms of the Memoranda, at such time as the Participating Intermediary who sold the DST Interests giving rise to a portion of the Investor Servicing Fee is no longer the broker-dealer of record/custodian with respect to such DST Interests or OP Units, as applicable, or no longer satisfies any or all of the conditions in the applicable Participating Intermediary Agreement giving rise to a portion of the Investor Servicing Fee, then such Participating Intermediary’s entitlement to the Investor Servicing Fee related to such DST Interests or OP Units, as applicable, shall cease and such Participating Intermediary shall not receive the Investor Servicing Fee for any portion of the month, in which such party is not eligible to receive the Investor Servicing Fee on the last day of the month. Broker-dealer transfers will be made effective as of the start of the first business day of a month.

Thereafter, such Investor Servicing Fee may be reallowed to the then-current broker-dealer of record/custodian of the DST Interests or OP Units, as applicable, if any such broker-dealer of record has been designated (the “Servicing Dealer”), to the extent such Servicing Dealer has entered into a Participating Intermediary Agreement or similar agreement with the Dealer Manager (a “Servicing Agreement”), such Participating Dealer Agreement or Servicing Agreement with the Servicing Dealer provides for such reallowance (in whole or in part) and the Servicing Dealer is in compliance with the terms

 

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of such agreement related to such reallowance. All determinations will be made by the Dealer Manager in good faith in its sole discretion. The Dealer Manager may also reallow some or all of the Investor Servicing Fee to other broker-dealers who provide services with respect to the DST Interests or OP Units giving rise to a portion of the Investor Servicing Fee (who shall be considered additional Servicing Dealers) pursuant to a Servicing Agreement with the Dealer Manager to the extent such Servicing Agreement provides for such reallowance and such additional Servicing Dealer is in compliance with the terms of such agreement related to such reallowance, in accordance with the terms of such Servicing Agreement.

If the FMV Option is exercised, then in no event shall the aggregate Selling Commissions, Dealer Manager Fee, Placement Fee, and Investor Servicing Fee (including the OP Unit Investor Servicing Fee) paid by an investor exceed the percentage cap, if any, of the Total Equity Amount paid by such investor for its DST Interests as set forth in the applicable Participating Intermediary Agreement related to such investor (the “Fee Limit”). For the avoidance of doubt, if the applicable Participating Intermediary Agreement related to an investor does not contain a specific Fee Limit, then no Fee Limit shall exist for such investor. On the date on which the Dealer Manager, in conjunction with Brookfield REIT’s transfer agent, determines that the Fee Limit has been reached with respect to the OP Units of a particular class held by an investor, all OP Units of such class held by such investor shall automatically convert into Class I OP Units, as set forth in the Limited Partnership Agreement of the Operating Partnership, and no further OP Unit Investor Servicing Fee shall be payable with respect to such OP Units.

(e) Reallowance. The terms of any reallowance of the Selling Commissions, Dealer Manager Fee, and Investor Servicing Fee shall be set forth in the Participating Intermediary Agreement, Servicing Agreement or similar agreement entered into with the Participating Intermediaries or Servicing Dealers, as applicable. The Sponsor will not be liable or responsible to any Participating Intermediary or Servicing Dealer for direct payment or reallowance of any Selling Commissions, Dealer Manager Fee or Investor Servicing Fee to such Participating Intermediary or Servicing Dealer, the payment or reallowance, as applicable, of any Selling Commissions, Dealer Manager Fee or Investor Servicing Fee to such Participating Intermediary or Servicing Dealer being the sole and exclusive responsibility of the Dealer Manager. Notwithstanding the foregoing, at the discretion of the Sponsor, the Sponsor may act as agent of the Dealer Manager by making direct payment of the Selling Commissions, Dealer Manager Fee or Investor Servicing Fee to Participating Intermediaries or Servicing Dealers on behalf of the Dealer Manager without incurring any liability.

(f) Right to Reject Subscriptions or Cancel Sales. All subscriptions, whether initial or additional, are subject to acceptance by, and shall only become effective upon confirmation, directly or indirectly, by the applicable Trust, which reserves the right to reject a subscription, in whole or in part, for any or no reason. Orders not accompanied by a Subscription Agreement and the required payment for the DST Interests shall be rejected, unless otherwise corrected. Issuance of the DST Interests will be made only after acceptance of the subscription by the Trust and actual receipt by the Trust of payment therefor. If any check is not paid upon presentment, or if the Sponsor is not in actual receipt of clearinghouse funds or cash, certified or cashier’s check or the equivalent in payment for the DST Interests, the Sponsor reserves the right to cancel the sale without notice.

(g) Commissions after the Rejection of a Subscriber. No Selling Commissions, Dealer Manager Fee, Placement Fee or Investor Servicing Fee shall be payable on any rejected subscription.

(h) Dealer Manager Expenses. The Dealer Manager will pay for all of its own personnel costs and all expenses necessary for the Dealer Manager to remain in compliance with any applicable FINRA rules or federal or state laws, rules or regulations in order to participate in the Offering as a broker-dealer.

 

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5. Covenants of the Sponsor. The Sponsor covenants and agrees with the Dealer Manager that:

(a) If, at any time prior to the Offerings Termination Date, any Memorandum, as then amended or supplemented, would, in the opinion of either the Sponsor or the Dealer Manager, include any untrue statement of a material fact, or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or if it is otherwise necessary, in the Sponsor’s reasonable discretion, at any time to amend or supplement a Memorandum, the Sponsor will promptly notify the Dealer Manager (unless notice of the need to amend or supplement the Memorandum shall have been received from the Dealer Manager) and the Dealer Manager will notify all Participating Intermediaries to suspend the Offering and sale of DST Interests related to such Offering until such time as the Sponsor, in its sole discretion (i) has prepared any required supplement or amendment to such Memorandum and (ii) instructs the Dealer Manager to resume the offer and sale of the DST Interests.

(b) The Sponsor will, at no expense to the Dealer Manager, furnish the Dealer Manager with copies of the Memoranda and all amendments, supplements and exhibits thereto, as the Dealer Manager may reasonably request for the purposes contemplated by federal and state securities laws and any other printed sales literature or other materials, the use of which has been approved in writing by the Sponsor in connection with the Offerings.

(c) The Sponsor will apply the proceeds from the sale of the DST Interests as stated in the Memoranda.

(d) The Sponsor will not conduct the Offerings or offer or sell any of the DST Interests by means of any form of general solicitation or general advertising within the meaning of Rule 502(c) of Regulation D.

(e) The Sponsor will make any filings regarding the Offerings that may be required by the SEC or any state securities administration, including, without limitation, preparing or causing to be prepared, executed and timely filed with the SEC a notice on Form D relating to the Offerings under Regulation D and with applicable state securities regulatory agencies. Subject to the Dealer Manager’s actions and the actions of others in connection with the Offerings, the Sponsor will comply with all requirements imposed upon it by Regulation D and other applicable securities laws, including applicable state “blue sky” registration exemptions.

(f) The Sponsor shall advise the Dealer Manager of any request made by the SEC or any state securities administrator to amend or supplement any Memorandum or for additional information or of the issuance by the SEC of any stop order or of any other order preventing or suspending the use of any Memorandum or the institution of any proceedings for that purpose. The Sponsor shall use its commercially reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such order and, if any such order is issued, to obtain the removal thereof as promptly as possible. The Sponsor will notify the Dealer Manager in writing, promptly upon the occurrence of (i) any Disqualifying Event relating to any Sponsor Covered Person, and (ii) any event that would, with the passage of time, become a Disqualifying Event relating to any Sponsor Covered Person.

6. Covenants of the Dealer Manager. The Dealer Manager covenants and agrees with the Sponsor that the Dealer Manager shall:

(a) With respect to the Dealer Manager’s participation and the participation by each Participating Intermediary in the offer and sale of DST Interests, comply, and in its Participating Intermediary Agreements will require each Participating Intermediary to comply, in all material respects, with all applicable requirements of (i) the Securities Act, the Rules and Regulations, the Exchange Act, the

 

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rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated under the Exchange Act, Regulation Best Interest and all other federal rules and regulations applicable to the Offering, (ii) applicable state securities or “blue sky” laws and regulations, (iii) the rules of FINRA applicable to the Offering, and (iv) with respect to each Participating Intermediary, the applicable Participating Intermediary Agreement.

(b) The Dealer Manager will, and will require that each Participating Intermediary, (i) conduct all offering and solicitation efforts in a transaction or series of transactions intended to be exempt from the registration requirements under the Securities Act pursuant to Rule 506(b) of Regulation D, as set forth in the applicable Memorandum, and applicable state securities laws and regulations, (ii) not offer or sell DST Interest by any means otherwise inconsistent with this Agreement or the Memoranda, and (iii) not engage in any general advertising or general solicitation activities in connection with the sale of DST Interests.

(c) The Dealer Manager shall, and shall cause each Participating Intermediary, to recommend DST Interests only to a prospective investor whom the Dealer Manager or Participating Intermediary, as applicable, has reasonable grounds to believe is an Accredited Investor (as defined in Regulation D) and otherwise meets the financial suitability and other purchaser requirements set forth in the Memoranda. During the course of an Offering, the Dealer Manager will comply, and shall direct each Participating Intermediary who enters into a Participating Intermediary Agreement with the Dealer Manager to comply, with the provisions of all applicable rules and regulations relating to suitability of investors, including, without limitation, Regulation Best Interest, the provisions of Regulation D and, if applicable, FINRA Rule 2111. The Dealer Manager shall direct each Participating Intermediary who enters into a Participating Intermediary Agreement with the Dealer Manager to make, or cause to be made, inquiries as required by this Agreement, each Memorandum or applicable law of all prospective investors to ascertain whether a purchase of a DST Interest is suitable for the prospective investor.

(d) The Dealer Manager will, and will require that each Participating Intermediary, suspend or terminate the offer and sale of DST Interests in an Offering upon request of the Sponsor at any time and to resume the offer and sale of the DST Interests in such Offering upon subsequent request of the Sponsor in its sole discretion.

(e) The Participating Intermediary Agreements will require each Participating Intermediary to maintain, for at least six (6) years, or for the period of time required to comply with all applicable federal, state or other regulatory requirements, whichever is later, records of the information obtained from each investor and used to determine that each investor met the financial qualifications and suitability standards imposed on the offer and sale of the DST Interests in the Offerings (both at the time of the initial subscription and at the time of any additional subscriptions).

(f) The Dealer Manager will require in its agreements with each Participating Intermediary that each Participating Intermediary, respectively, comply with the submission of orders procedures set forth in the applicable Participating Intermediary Agreement. If the Dealer Manager receives a Subscription Agreement or check or wire transfer (“instrument of payment”) not conforming to the instructions set forth in the form of Participating Intermediary Agreement, the Dealer Manager, or its designee, shall return such Subscription Agreement and instrument of payment directly to such subscriber not later than the end of the next business day following its receipt.

(g) During the course of an Offering and with respect thereto or to any matters set forth in or contemplated by the Memorandum for such Offering, the Dealer Manager will not make any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated or necessary to make any statement, in light of the circumstances under which it was made, not misleading.

 

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(h) During the course of an Offering and prior to the sale of DST Interests, the Dealer Manager or its designee will provide, or will cause each Participating Intermediary to provide, each offeree with a copy of the Memorandum relating to such Offering.

(i) Until the Offerings Termination Date, if the Dealer Manager has been provided with a supplement or amendment to a Memorandum, the Dealer Manager will promptly distribute such supplement or amendment to persons who previously received a copy of the Memorandum from it and who it believes continue to be interested in participating in such Offering and will include such supplement or amendment in all deliveries of the Memorandum after receipt of any such supplement or amendment.

(j) The Dealer Manager will not make any oral or written representations on behalf of the Sponsor other than those contained in the Memorandum for such Offering unless the making of such representations has been approved by the Sponsor in writing, nor will the Dealer Manager act as an agent of the Sponsor or for the Sponsor in any other capacity except as expressly set forth herein.

(k) Except for the Participating Intermediary Agreements and any other agreement approved in advance by the Sponsor in writing, no agreement will be made by the Dealer Manager with any person permitting the resale, repurchase or distribution of any DST Interests.

(l) The Dealer Manager will furnish, or cause to be furnished, to the Sponsor upon request a complete list of all persons and entities who have received a Memorandum and such parties’ addresses.

(m) The Dealer Manager will comply with all applicable federal and state laws and regulations relating to the collection, maintenance, and disclosure of non-public information provided by prospective investors in connection with their proposed investment in the DST Interests.

7. Indemnification.

(a) The Sponsor and each Trust shall indemnify and hold harmless the Dealer Manager, each Participating Intermediary, and each of their respective officers and directors, and each person, if any, who controls the Dealer Manager or any Participating Intermediary within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act (individually, an “Dealer Indemnified Party” and collectively, the “Dealer Indemnified Parties”), from and against any and all loss, liability, action, claim, damage and expense whatsoever (“Losses”), joint or several, to which such Dealer Indemnified Parties may become subject, under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such Losses arise out of or are based upon (i) any untrue statement of a material fact contained in (1) the Memoranda, (2) any securities filing or other document executed by the Sponsor or a Trust or, in either case, on its behalf, specifically for the purpose of qualifying the Offering for exemption from the registration requirements of the securities laws of any jurisdiction or based upon written information furnished by the Sponsor or the Trust pursuant to the requirements of the securities laws thereof (any such application, document or information being hereinafter called a “Securities Application”); (ii) the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact required to be stated in the Memoranda or in any Securities Application or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; (iii) any material violation by the Sponsor and each Trust of any covenant, representation, warranty or agreement contained in this Agreement; or (iv) any willful misconduct, fraud, gross negligence or material violation of any applicable law by the Sponsor and each Trust in the performance of, or failure to perform, its obligations under this Agreement; provided, however, that such indemnity shall not apply to, and neither the Sponsor nor any Trust will have any liability for, any such Losses arising out of or based upon any untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Sponsor or Trust by or on behalf of a Dealer Indemnified Party specifically for inclusion in the Memoranda or any Securities Application, and provided, further, that neither the Sponsor nor any Trust will be liable for the

 

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portion of any Losses suffered by any Dealer Indemnified Party in any such case if it is determined that such Dealer Indemnified Party was at fault in connection with such portion of the Losses. The Sponsor and each Trust shall reimburse each Dealer Indemnified Party for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Dealer Indemnified Party in connection with investigating or defending any Losses with respect to which such Dealer Indemnified Party is entitled to indemnification pursuant hereto. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, for the avoidance of doubt, the indemnification obligation of each Trust under this Agreement shall be limited to only those items related to the Offering of DST Interests in that Trust and not for any other Offering or Trust.

The indemnity agreement set forth in this Section 7(a) is subject to the further condition that, insofar as it relates to any untrue statement or omission made in a Memorandum that was eliminated or remedied in any subsequent amendment or supplement thereto, such indemnity agreement shall not inure to the benefit of a Dealer Indemnified Party from whom the person asserting any Losses purchased the DST Interests that are the subject thereof, if a copy of such Memorandum as so amended or supplemented was not sent or given to such person at or prior to the time the subscription of such person was accepted by the Sponsor, but only if a copy of such Memorandum as so amended or supplemented had been supplied to the Dealer Manager or Participating Intermediary prior to such acceptance.

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the extent of a Trust’s obligation to indemnify, defend and hold harmless any party hereunder shall be limited to the extent that the applicable losses, claims, damages or liabilities arise out of or are based upon the Offering of DST Interests of such Trust.

(b) The Dealer Manager shall indemnify and hold harmless the Sponsor, its officers and directors and each person who controls the Sponsor within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act (the “Sponsor Indemnified Parties”) and each Trust from and against any Losses to which any of the Sponsor Indemnified Parties may become subject, under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such Losses arise out of or are based upon (i) any untrue statement of a material fact contained in (1) the Memoranda or (2) any Securities Application; (ii) the omission to state in the Memoranda or any Securities 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; provided, however, that the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) apply, 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 Sponsor or the Trust by or on behalf of the Dealer Manager specifically for inclusion in the Memoranda or Securities Application; (iii) any untrue statement, or omission to state a fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, by the Dealer Manager or its representatives or agents in connection with the offer and sale of the DST Interests; (iv) any breach or violation of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement set forth in this Agreement; (v) any failure to comply with applicable laws governing privacy issues, money laundering abatement, and anti-terrorist financing efforts, including applicable rules of the SEC, FINRA, and the USA PATRIOT Act; or (vi) any other failure to comply with applicable rules of the SEC, FINRA or federal or state securities laws and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. The Dealer Manager will reimburse the Sponsor Indemnified Parties and each Trust for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending such Losses. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability that the Dealer Manager may otherwise have.

(c) By virtue of entering into a Participating Intermediary Agreement, Dealer Manager shall require that each Participating Intermediary will severally agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Sponsor and each Trust, the Dealer Manager and each of their respective officers and directors and each person, if any, who controls the Sponsor, a Trust or the Dealer Manager within the meaning of the Securities Act, from and against any Losses to which any such person may become subject, as more fully described in each Participating Intermediary Agreement.

 

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(d) Promptly after receipt by a party indemnified 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 any indemnifying party under this Section 7, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof. The failure of an indemnified party to so notify the indemnifying party will relieve the indemnifying party from any liability under this Section 7 as to the particular item for which indemnification is then being sought, but not from any other liability that it may have to any indemnified party. 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 Section 7(e)) 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 on account of any settlement of any claim or action effected without the consent of such indemnifying party. Any indemnified party shall not be bound to perform or refrain from performing any act pursuant to the terms of any settlement of any claim or action effected without the consent of such indemnified party.

(e) The indemnifying party shall pay all legal fees and expenses of the indemnified party incurred in the defense of such claims or actions; provided, however, that the indemnifying party shall not be obligated to pay legal expenses and fees to more than one law firm 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 obligated to reimburse the expenses and fees of the one law firm 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 the expenses and fees of which 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) The indemnity agreements contained in this Section 7 shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any investigation made by or on behalf of any Participating Intermediary, or any person controlling any Participating Intermediary or by or on behalf of the Sponsor, the Dealer Manager or any officer or director thereof, or by or on behalf of any person controlling the Sponsor or the Dealer Manager, (ii) delivery of any DST Interests and payment therefor, and (iii) any termination of this Agreement. A successor of any Participating Intermediary 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. Termination of this Agreement.

(a) This Agreement shall automatically terminate on the Offerings Termination Date.

(b) This Agreement may be terminated by the Sponsor or the Dealer Manager (i) upon 60 days’ written notice to the other parties or (ii) immediately upon notice to the other parties in the event that the Dealer Manager or the Sponsor, respectively, shall have failed to comply with any material provision hereof.

(c) Upon the termination of this Agreement for any reason, the Dealer Manager shall:

 

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  (i)

promptly deliver to the Sponsor all records and documents in its possession that relate to the Offerings, other than as required by law to be retained by the Dealer Manager;

 

  (ii)

use its commercially reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Sponsor and each Trust to accomplish an orderly transfer of management of the Offerings to a party designated by the Sponsor; and

 

  (iii)

notify all Participating Intermediaries of the termination.

(d) Upon termination of this Agreement for any reason, the Sponsor 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 pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, at such times as such amounts become payable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

9. Survival. The following provisions of the Agreement shall survive the expiration or earlier termination of this Agreement: Section 4 and Section 7 through Section 14. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the expiration or earlier termination of this Agreement shall not relieve a party of liability for any breach occurring prior to such expiration or earlier termination.

10. Notices. All notices or other communications required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given or delivered (i) when delivered personally or by commercial messenger, (ii) on the business day of transmission if sent by email to the email address given below, with written confirmation of receipt, and (iii) one (1) business day following deposit with a recognized overnight courier service, provided such deposit occurs prior to the deadline imposed by such service for overnight delivery, in each case above, provided such communication is addressed to the intended recipient thereof as set forth below:

 

If to the Sponsor, to:    Brookfield Real Estate Exchange LLC
   250 Vesey Street, 15th Floor
   New York, NY 10281
   Attention: Secretary
   Email: realestatenotices@brookfield.com
with a required copy to:    Alston & Bird LLP
   1201 W. Peachtree St. NW
   Atlanta, Georgia 30309
   Attention: Jason Goode
   Email: jason.goode@alston.com
If to a Trust, to:    Brookfield Real Estate Exchange LLC
   250 Vesey Street, 15th Floor
   New York, NY 10281
   Attention: Secretary
   Email: realestatenotices@brookfield.com
If to the Dealer Manager, to:    Brookfield Oaktree Wealth Solutions LLC
   225 Liberty Street, 35th Floor
   New York, NY 10281
   Attention: General Counsel
   Email: BOWS.LR@brookfieldoaktree.com

 

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11. Parties. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their successors and assigns. Subject to Section 7 hereof, this Agreement and the conditions and provisions hereof are intended to be and shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and controlling persons, and for the benefit of no other persons, and the term “successors and assigns,” as used herein, shall not include any purchaser of DST Interests as such.

12. Applicable Law. The validity, interpretation and construction of this Agreement 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 12. Venue for any action brought hereunder shall lie exclusively in New York, New York.

13. Amendment. This Agreement may be amended only by the written agreement of each of the parties hereto.

14. 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.

15. Third-Party Beneficiary. Each of the Sponsor, the Dealer Manager and the Operating Partnership acknowledge and agree that each Participating Intermediary is an intended and express third-party beneficiary of (i) the representations and warranties contained in Section 1 and Section 2 of this Agreement and (ii) the indemnification obligations owed to the Dealer Indemnified Parties pursuant to Section 7 this Agreement. Each Participating Intermediary, by its execution of a Participating Intermediary Agreement with the Dealer Manager, will be deemed to have agreed to be bound by and to be entitled to the benefits of Section 1, Section 2 and Section 7 of this Agreement.

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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, kindly sign and return it to us, whereupon this instrument will become a binding agreement in accordance with its terms.

 

Very truly yours,
BROOKFIELD REAL ESTATE EXCHANGE LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
By:  

/s/ Michelle L. Campbell

Name:   Michelle L. Campbell
Title:   Secretary
BROOKFIELD REIT OPERATING PARTNERSHIP L.P., a Delaware limited partnership
By: Brookfield REIT OP GP LLC
Its: General Partner
By:  

/s/ Michelle L. Campbell

Name:   Michelle L. Campbell
Title:   Secretary

Accepted as of the date first above written:

BROOKFIELD OAKTREE WEALTH SOLUTIONS LLC,

a Delaware limited liability company

 

By:  

/s/ Brian Hurley

Name:   Brian Hurley
Title:   General Counsel

[Signature Page to DST Dealer Manager Agreement]


EXHIBIT A

BROOKFIELD OAKTREE WEALTH SOLUTIONS LLC

FORM OF JOINDER TO DST DEALER MANAGER AGREEMENT

BROOKFIELD REAL ESTATE EXCHANGE LLC

[Trust name] (“Trust”) hereby joins and agrees to the terms and conditions of that certain DST Dealer Manager Agreement, date as of [ ], 2024 (the “DST Dealer Manager Agreement”), by and among Brookfield Real Estate Exchange LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Brookfield REIT Operating Partnership L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, and Brookfield Oaktree Wealth Solutions LLC, a Delaware limited liability company. Capitalized terms used and not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the DST Dealer Manager Agreement. The Trust is offering DST Interests and holds ownership of the Property or Properties commonly referred to as [ ] and located at [ ].

The Trust hereby specifically acknowledges and agrees to its obligations with respect to (i) the Selling Commissions, Dealer Manager Fee, Placement Fee and Investor Servicing Fee set forth in Section 4 of the DST Dealer Manager Agreement and (ii) indemnification set forth in Section 7 of the DST Dealer Manager Agreement.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this joinder agreement has been executed and delivered by the Trust as of ______________________, 20___.

[Trustee/manager name], as trustee of [Trust name], u/a/d [date]

 

By:  

 

Name:  

 

Title:  

 

 

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EXHIBIT B

BROOKFIELD OAKTREE WEALTH SOLUTIONS LLC

FORM OF PARTICIPATING DEALER AGREEMENT

 

           

           

           

           

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Subject to the terms described in this Participating Dealer Agreement (this “Agreement”), Brookfield Oaktree Wealth Solutions LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, in its capacity as the dealer manager (the “Dealer Manager”) for Brookfield Real Estate Exchange LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sponsor”), invites you (“Participating Dealer”) to participate in the distribution, on a “best efforts” basis, of Class 1 beneficial interests (“DST Interests”) in one or more Delaware statutory trusts (each, a “Trust” and collectively, the “Trusts”).

I. DST Dealer Manager Agreement.

The Dealer Manager has entered into a dealer manager agreement with the Sponsor and Brookfield REIT Operating Partnership L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Operating Partnership”), dated October 1, 2024 (as amended or restated, the “DST Dealer Manager Agreement”), and each Trust shall execute a joinder agreement in the form attached to the DST Dealer Manager Agreement pursuant to which such Trust will join the DST Dealer Manager Agreement and agree to be bound by the terms and conditions thereof. Any capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in the DST Dealer Manager Agreement.

As described in the DST Dealer Manager Agreement, the Sponsor is offering (each, an “Offering” and collectively, the “Offerings”) in one or more private placements exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), pursuant to Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act (“Regulation D”), up to $1.0 billion (or such increased amount as may be determined by Brookfield REIT (defined below)) of DST Interests in one or more Delaware statutory trusts (each, a “Trust” and collectively, the “Trusts”) pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in a Private Placement Memorandum (or Supplement to a Master Private Placement Memorandum, if applicable) for each Offering (as may be amended or supplemented from time to time and with all appendixes thereto, the “Memorandum”). In this Agreement, the term “Memorandum” shall refer to the single Memorandum, or Supplement to a Master Private Placement Memorandum, as applicable, used in connection with each Offering and the term “Memoranda” shall refer to all Memoranda used in connection with all of the collective Offerings contemplated by this Agreement.

The Sponsor is an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of the Operating Partnership, and the Operating Partnership is the entity through which Brookfield Real Estate Income Trust Inc. (“Brookfield REIT”), a Maryland corporation, conducts substantially all of its business and owns substantially all of its assets. A DST Interest is a unit of beneficial ownership interest in a Trust that will either (i) beneficially own a series of Trusts, each of which will hold one commercial property (each, a “Property” and collectively, the “Properties”); or (ii) own a Property directly. Information regarding each Property held, directly or indirectly, by a Trust in which DST Interests will be offered will be included in a property-specific supplement to the Memorandum.

 

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DST Interests will be offered and sold in an Offering during a period commencing on the date of the Memorandum and continuing until the earliest to occur of: (1) the date upon which the maximum offering amount of DST Interests in a given Trust, as set forth in the Memorandum, are sold; and (2) twelve months from the commencement of the Offering, subject, however, to a twelve-month extension option exercisable at the sole discretion of the Sponsor.

In connection with performing the Dealer Manager’s obligations under the DST Dealer Manager Agreement, the Dealer Manager is authorized to enter into (a) participating dealer agreements materially in the form attached as Exhibit B to the DST Dealer Manager Agreement or in such other form as shall be agreed to by the Sponsor with other broker-dealers who are members of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) to solicit subscriptions for DST Interests in an Offering, and participating adviser agreements in the form agreed to by the Sponsor with registered investment advisers. Upon effectiveness of this Agreement, Participating Dealer will become one of the “Participating Dealers” referred to in the DST Dealer Manager Agreement and will be entitled to and subject to the terms and conditions of the DST Dealer Manager Agreement (a copy of which shall be available to a Participating Dealer upon request), including without limitation the provisions of the DST Dealer Manager Agreement wherein (i) the Participating Dealers severally agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Sponsor, the Operating Partnership, the Trusts, the Dealer Manager and each officer and director thereof, and each person, if any, who controls the Sponsor, the Operating Partnership, any Trust or the Dealer Manager within the meaning of the Securities Act; and (ii) the Sponsor and each Trust agree to indemnify and hold harmless each Participating Dealer, and each of their respective officers and directors, and each person, if any, who controls the Participating Dealer within the meaning of the Securities Act.

II. Sale of DST Interests.

The Dealer Manager agrees to provide to Participating Dealer a copy of the Memorandum and any sales literature which has been approved in advance in writing by the Dealer Manager and the Sponsor to supplement the Memorandum in an Offering (collectively, the “Offering Materials”) with respect to which DST Interests may be offered by Participating Dealer. Following its receipt and review of the Offering Materials with respect to an Offering, Participating Dealer may elect to participate in the offering of the DST Interests in the Offering by executing the Acceptance Letter in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Acceptance Letter”). The rights and obligations of Participating Dealer and the Dealer Manager set forth in this Agreement shall become effective on the date that the Acceptance Letter with respect to such Offering is executed by Participating Dealer and the defined terms “Offering,” “Memorandum,” “Property Supplement,” and “Trust” shall only relate to those terms as they relate to an Offering where an Acceptance Letter has been executed. In the event that an executed Acceptance Letter with respect to a particular Offering is not received from Participating Dealer by the Dealer Manager, Participating Dealer and Dealer Manager shall have no further rights or obligations to one another with respect to such Offering. For the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding the execution of this Agreement, Participating Dealer shall have an opportunity to review the Offering Materials with respect to a subsequent Offering and, if the Participating Dealer elects to participate in such Offering can execute an Acceptance Letter.

Participating Dealer hereby agrees to use its best efforts to sell the DST Interests for cash on the terms and conditions set forth in the Memorandum. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed or construed to make Participating Dealer an employee, agent, representative or partner of the Dealer Manager, the Operating Partnership, any Trust or the Sponsor, and Participating Dealer is not authorized to act for the Dealer Manager, the Operating Partnership, any Trust or the Sponsor or to make any representations on their behalf except as set forth in the Memorandum. Participating Dealer acknowledges and agrees that the

 

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Sponsor and the Dealer Manager may engage broker-dealers who are registered under the Exchange Act and members of FINRA or other investment advisers registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended, or comparable state securities laws, to offer and sell the DST Interests, as applicable.

III. Submission of Subscription Agreements.

Each person desiring to purchase DST Interests in the Offering will be required to complete and execute a Subscription Agreement and to deliver to Participating Dealer such completed and executed Subscription Agreement together with a check or wire transfer (hereinafter referred to as an “instrument of payment”) in the amount of such person’s purchase, which must be at least the minimum purchase amount set forth in the Memorandum. Persons who purchase DST Interests will be instructed by Participating Dealer to make their instruments of payment payable to or for the benefit of the applicable Trust.

If Participating Dealer receives a Subscription Agreement or instrument of payment not conforming to the foregoing instructions and any instructions set forth in the Memorandum, Participating Dealer shall return such Subscription Agreement and instrument of payment directly to such purchaser not later than the end of the next business day following receipt by Participating Dealer. Subscription Agreements and instruments of payment received by Participating Dealer which conform to the foregoing instructions shall be transmitted for deposit pursuant to one of the methods described in this Section III. Transmittal of received investor funds will be made in accordance with the following procedures, as applicable:

 

  (a)

where, pursuant to Participating Dealer’s internal supervisory procedures, internal supervisory review is conducted at the same location at which Subscription Agreements and instruments of payment are received from purchasers, then Participating Dealer will transmit the Subscription Agreements in good order and instruments of payment to the Sponsor or to such other account or agent as set forth in the Subscription Agreement or as otherwise directed by the Sponsor by the end of the next business day following receipt thereof by Participating Dealer; and

 

  (b)

where, pursuant to Participating Dealer’s internal supervisory procedures, final internal supervisory review is conducted at a different location (the “Final Review Office”), then Subscription Agreements in good order and instruments of payment will be transmitted by Participating Dealer to the Final Review Office by the end of the next business day following receipt by Participating Dealer. The Final Review Office will, in turn, by the end of the next business day following receipt by the Final Review Office, transmit such Subscription Agreements and instruments of payment to the Sponsor or to such other account or agent as set forth in the Subscription Agreement or as otherwise directed by the Sponsor.

IV. Pricing.

The purchase price for subscriptions of DST Interests will be as described in each Memorandum.

Except as otherwise indicated in the Memoranda or in any letter or memorandum sent to Participating Dealer by the Sponsor or the Dealer Manager, a minimum purchase of $100,000 in DST Interests is required in an Offering.

 

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V. Participating Dealer’s Compensation.

Except as may be provided in the Memorandum, as compensation for completed sales and ongoing services rendered by Participating Dealer hereunder, Participating Dealer is entitled, on the terms and subject to the conditions herein, to the compensation set forth on Schedule I hereto.

VI. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of Participating Dealer.

In addition to the representations and warranties found elsewhere in this Agreement, Participating Dealer represents, warrants, and agrees that, as of the date hereof and at all times during the term of this Agreement:

(a) It is duly organized and existing and in good standing under the laws of the state, commonwealth or other jurisdiction in which Participating Dealer is organized.

(b) It is empowered under applicable laws and by Participating Dealer’s organizational documents to enter into this Agreement and perform all activities and services of Participating Dealer provided for herein and there are no impediments, prior or existing, or regulatory, self-regulatory, administrative, civil or criminal matters affecting Participating Dealer’s ability to perform under this Agreement.

(c) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the incurrence of the obligations set forth herein, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein, including the offer and sale of the DST Interests and participation in any Offering, will not constitute a breach of, or default under, any agreement or instrument by which Participating Dealer is bound, or to which any of its assets are subject, or any rule, regulation or order of any court or other governmental agency or body with jurisdiction over it.

(d) All requisite actions have been taken to authorize Participating Dealer to enter into and perform this Agreement.

(e) It shall notify the Dealer Manager, promptly in writing, of any written claim or complaint or any enforcement action or other proceeding against Participating Dealer or its principals, affiliates, officers, directors, employees or agents, or any person who controls Participating Dealer, within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act with respect to DST Interests offered hereunder.

(f) Participating Dealer will not offer, sell or distribute DST Interests, or otherwise make any such DST Interests available, in any jurisdiction outside of the United States or U.S. territories unless Participating Dealer receives prior written consent from the Dealer Manager.

(g) Participating Dealer acknowledges that the Dealer Manager will enter into similar agreements with other broker-dealers, which does not require the consent of Participating Dealer.

(h) None of (i) Participating Dealer, (ii) any of Participating Dealer’s directors, executive officers, other officers participating in an Offering, general partners or managing members, (iii) any of the directors, executive officers or other officers participating in an Offering of any such general partner or managing member of Participating Dealer, or (iv) any other officers or employees of Participating Dealer or any such general partner or managing member of Participating Dealer that have been or will be paid (directly or indirectly) remuneration for solicitation of purchasers in connection with an Offering (each, a “Participating Dealer Covered Person” and, collectively, the “Participating Dealer Covered Persons”), is subject to a Disqualifying Event, except for a Disqualifying Event (a) contemplated by Rule 506(d)(2) of the Securities Act and (b) a description of which has been furnished in writing to the Sponsor prior to the date hereof or, in the case of a Disqualifying Event occurring after the date hereof, prior to the date of any

 

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further offering of DST Interests. Participating Dealer has exercised and will continue to exercise reasonable care in determining the identity of each person that is a Participating Dealer Covered Person and whether any Participating Dealer Covered Person is subject to a Disqualifying Event. Participating Dealer will promptly notify the Sponsor in writing of (x) any Disqualifying Event relating to any Participating Dealer Covered Person not previously disclosed to the Sponsor in accordance with Sections 2(f)(x) and 2(f)(y) of the DST Dealer Manager Agreement any event that would, with the passage of time, become a Disqualifying Event relating to any Participating Dealer Covered Person

VII. Right to Reject Subscriptions or Cancel Sales.

All subscriptions, whether initial or additional, are subject to acceptance by, and shall only become effective upon confirmation by, the Sponsor, and the Sponsor reserves the right to reject any subscription for any or no reason, including, without limitation, any subscription not accompanied by an executed Subscription Agreement in good order and / or the required instrument of payment in full payment for the DST Interests. If any check is not paid upon presentment, or if the Sponsor is not in actual receipt of clearinghouse funds or cash, certified or cashier’s check or the equivalent in payment for the DST Interests, the Sponsor reserves the right to cancel the sale without notice. Issuance and delivery of the DST Interests will be made only after actual receipt of payment therefor.

In the event that the Dealer Manager has reallowed any Selling Commissions or Dealer Manager Fee to Participating Dealer for the sale of DST Interests and the subscription is rejected, canceled or rescinded for any reason, as to the DST Interests covered by such subscription, Participating Dealer shall pay the amount specified to the Dealer Manager within ten (10) days following mailing of notice to Participating Dealer by the Dealer Manager stating the amount owed as a result of rescinded or rejected subscriptions. Further, if Participating Dealer has retained any Selling Commissions or Dealer Manager Fee in connection with a subscription that is subsequently rejected, canceled or rescinded for any reason, Participating Dealer agrees to return to the subscriber any Selling Commissions or Dealer Manager Fee theretofore retained by Participating Dealer with respect to such subscription within three (3) days following mailing of notice to Participating Dealer by the Dealer Manager stating the amount owed as a result of rescinded or rejected subscriptions. If Participating Dealer fails to pay any such amounts, the Dealer Manager shall have the right to offset such amounts owed against future compensation due and otherwise payable to Participating Dealer (it being understood and agreed that such right to offset shall not be in limitation of any other rights or remedies that the Dealer Manager may have in connection with such failure).

VIII. Memoranda; Offers and Sales.

Participating Dealer shall (i) conduct all offering and solicitation efforts in a transaction or series of transactions intended to be exempt from the registration requirements under the Securities Act pursuant to Rule 506(b) of Regulation D and applicable state securities laws and regulations, as set forth in the applicable Memorandum, (ii) not offer or sell any DST Interests by any means otherwise inconsistent with this Agreement or the applicable Memorandum, and (iii) not engage in any general advertising or general solicitation activities in connection with the sale of DST Interests.

Participating Dealer is not authorized or permitted to give, and will not give, any information or make any representation (written or oral) concerning the DST Interests except as set forth in the Memorandum relevant to any particular Offering or as otherwise specifically authorized by the Sponsor. The Dealer Manager will make available to Participating Dealer the Memorandum for delivery to investors.

 

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Participating Dealer agrees that it shall have delivered (a) to each investor to whom an offer to sell the DST Interests is made, as of the time of such offer, a copy of the Memorandum and all supplements, amendments and exhibits thereto that have then been made available to Participating Dealer by the Dealer Manager and (b) to each investor that subscribes for DST Interests, as of the time the Sponsor accepts such investor’s order to purchase the DST Interests within the timeframes described in the Memorandum, a copy of the Memorandum and all supplements, amendments and exhibits thereto that have then been made available to Participating Dealer by the Dealer Manager. Participating Dealer agrees that it will not send or give any supplement to the Memorandum to an investor unless it has previously sent or given a Memorandum and all supplements, amendments and exhibits thereto available prior to the date of the supplement in question.

Participating Dealer agrees that it will not show or give to any investor or reproduce any material or writing that is supplied to it by the Dealer Manager and marked “broker-dealer use only” or otherwise bearing a legend denoting that it is not to be used in connection with the offer or sale of DST Interests to potential investors. Participating Dealer agrees that it will not (i) show or give to any investor or prospective investor in a particular jurisdiction any material or writing that is supplied to it by the Dealer Manager if such material bears a legend denoting that it is not to be used in connection with the sale of DST Interests to members of the public in such jurisdiction, (ii) use in connection with the offer or sale of DST Interests any material or writing which relates to another Sponsor supplied to it by the Sponsor 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 those of the Sponsor to which it relates, or (iii) use in connection with the offer or sale of DST Interests any materials or writings which have not been previously approved by the Dealer Manager or the Sponsor in writing. Participating Dealer further agrees, if the Dealer Manager so requests, to furnish a copy of any revised Memorandum to each person to whom it has furnished a copy of any Memorandum.

IX. License and Association Membership; Compliance with Applicable Laws.

Participating Dealer’s acceptance of this Agreement constitutes a representation and warranty to the Sponsor, each Trust for which Participating Dealer has executed an Acceptance Letter, and the Dealer Manager, that Participating Dealer is currently, and at all times during the performance of Participating Dealer’s obligations under this Agreement will be (a) duly registered as a broker-dealer under the Exchange Act, (b) a member in good standing of FINRA, and (c) duly licensed or registered as a broker-dealer in each of the states and the other jurisdictions (including under the laws of any jurisdictions listed on Schedule III) where it will offer or sell DST Interests and that its registered representatives have the appropriate licenses(s) to offer and sell the DST Interests in all such states and other jurisdictions. This Agreement shall automatically terminate with no further action by any party hereto if Participating Dealer ceases to be a member in good standing of, or has its registration suspended or terminated by, FINRA or the securities commission of the state in which Participating Dealer’s principal office is located. Participating Dealer agrees to notify the Dealer Manager immediately if Participating Dealer ceases to be a member in good standing of, or has its registration suspended or terminated by, FINRA or the securities commission of any state in which Participating Dealer is currently registered or licensed.

Participating Dealer’s acceptance of this Agreement constitutes a representation and warranty to the Sponsor, the Operating Partnership, each Trust for which Participating Dealer has executed an Acceptance Letter, and the Dealer Manager that Participating Dealer’s performance of its obligations under this Agreement shall comply with all applicable terms and requirements of (i) the DST Dealer Manager Agreement (a copy of which shall be available to Participating Dealer upon request), which such terms are incorporated herein by reference, (ii) this Agreement, (iii) the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated under the Securities Act, (iv) the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated under the Exchange Act, (v) state securities or “blue sky” laws and regulations, (vi) all rules promulgated by FINRA applicable to the Offering (collectively, the “FINRA Rules”), and (vii) all other federal laws, rules, and regulations applicable to the Offering and the offer and sale of the DST Interests, or the activities of Participating Dealer pursuant to this Agreement, including, without limitation,

 

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the privacy standards and requirements of state and federal laws, including the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999 (“GLBA”), and the laws governing money laundering abatement and anti-terrorist financing efforts, including the applicable rules of the SEC and FINRA, the Bank Secrecy Act, as amended, the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act of 2001, as amended (the “USA PATRIOT ACT”), and regulations administered by the Office of Foreign Asset Control at the Department of the Treasury, and (viii) the Memoranda.

Participating Dealer currently has in place and effect and shall maintain in place and full force and effect during the term of this Agreement, insurance coverage in amounts and upon terms as are customary and appropriate for a party engaged in Participating Dealer’s business and performing its obligations under this Agreement, including any and all minimum or mandated insurance coverage required by applicable law.

X. Limitation of Offer; Suitability; Accredited Investors.

Participating Dealer shall recommend DST Interests only to a prospective investor whom Participating Dealer has reasonable grounds to believe is an Accredited Investor (as defined in Regulation D) and otherwise meets the financial suitability and other purchaser requirements set forth in the Memoranda. For any Offering exempt from registration requirements under the Securities Act pursuant to Rule 506(b) of Regulation D, Participating Dealer shall only make offers to investors with whom Participating Dealer has a substantial preexisting relationship as of the date of this Agreement. During the course of an Offering, Participating Dealer shall comply with the provisions of all applicable rules and regulations relating to suitability of investors, including without limitation, the provisions of Regulation D. Participating Dealer shall make, or cause to be made, inquiries as required by this Agreement, the Memoranda or applicable law, of all prospective investors to ascertain whether a purchase of a DST Interest is suitable for the prospective investor.

Participating Dealer will sell DST Interests as set forth on Schedule I to this Agreement, and Participating Dealer will only sell such DST Interests to those persons who are eligible to purchase such DST Interests as described in the Memorandum.

Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed to impose upon the Sponsor, the Operating Partnership, any Trust or the Dealer Manager the responsibility of assuring that prospective investors meet the suitability standards or Accredited Investor status in accordance with the terms and provisions of the Memoranda. Participating Dealer agrees to comply with the record-keeping requirements imposed by federal and state securities laws and the rules and regulations thereunder.

XI. Disclosure Review; Confidentiality of Information.

Participating Dealer agrees that it shall have reasonable grounds to believe, based on the information made available to it through the Memoranda or other materials, that all material facts are adequately and accurately disclosed in the Memoranda and that the Memoranda provides a reasonable basis for evaluating an investment in the DST Interests. In making this determination, Participating Dealer shall evaluate, at a minimum, 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 Participating Dealer relies upon the results of any inquiry conducted by another member or members of FINRA, Participating 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 an affiliate of the Sponsor.

 

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It is anticipated that (a) Participating Dealer and Participating Dealer’s officers, directors, managers, employees, owners, members, partners, home office diligence personnel or other agents of Participating Dealer that are conducting a due diligence inquiry on behalf of Participating Dealer and (b) persons or committees, as the case may be, responsible for determining whether Participating Dealer will participate in the Offering ((a) and (b) are collectively, the “Diligence Representatives”) either have previously or will in the future have access to certain Confidential Information (defined below) pertaining to the Sponsor, the Operating Partnership, the Trusts, the Dealer Manager, Brookfield REIT Adviser LLC (the “Adviser”), or their respective affiliates. For purposes hereof, “Confidential Information” shall mean and include: (i) trade secrets concerning the business and affairs of the Sponsor, the Operating Partnership, the Trusts, the Dealer Manager, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates; (ii) confidential data, know-how, current and planned research and development, current and planned methods and processes, marketing lists or strategies, slide presentations, and business plans, however documented, belonging to the Sponsor, the Operating Partnership, the Trusts, the Dealer Manager, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates; (iii) information concerning the business and affairs of the Sponsor, the Operating Partnership, the Trusts, the Dealer Manager, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates (including, without limitation, historical financial statements, financial projections and budgets, investment-related information, models, plans, and market studies, however documented); (iv) any information marked or designated “Confidential—For Due Diligence Purposes Only”; and (v) any notes, analysis, compilations, studies, summaries and other material containing or based, in whole or in part, on any information included in the foregoing. Participating Dealer agrees to keep, and to cause its Diligence Representatives to keep, all such Confidential Information strictly confidential and to not use, distribute or copy the same except in connection with Participating Dealer’s due diligence inquiry. Participating Dealer agrees not to disclose, and to cause its Diligence Representatives not to disclose, such Confidential Information to the public, or to Participating Dealer’s sales staff, financial advisors, or any person involved in selling efforts related to the Offering or to any other third party and agrees not to use the Confidential Information in any manner in the offer and sale of the DST Interests.

Participating Dealer further agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts 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 Participating Dealer’s due diligence inquiry, and (b) informing each recipient of such Confidential Information of Participating Dealer’s confidentiality obligation. Participating Dealer acknowledges that Participating Dealer or its Diligence Representatives may previously have received Confidential Information in connection with preliminary due diligence on the Sponsor and agrees that the foregoing restrictions shall apply to any such previously received Confidential Information. Participating Dealer acknowledges that Participating Dealer or its Diligence Representatives may in the future receive Confidential Information, either in individual or collective meetings or telephone calls with the Sponsor or Dealer Manager, and agrees that the foregoing restrictions shall apply to any Confidential Information received in the future through any source or medium. Participating Dealer acknowledges the restrictions and limitations of Regulation F-D promulgated by the SEC and agrees that the foregoing restrictions are necessary and appropriate in order for the Sponsor to comply therewith. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Confidential Information may be disclosed (i) if approved in writing for disclosure by the Sponsor or the Dealer Manager, (ii) pursuant to a subpoena or as required by law, or (iii) as required by regulation, rule, order or request of any governing or self-regulatory organization (including, without limitation, the SEC, FINRA or any state securities administrator), provided that Participating Dealer shall notify the Dealer Manager in advance, if practicable under the circumstances, of any attempt to obtain Confidential Information pursuant to the foregoing clauses (ii) and (iii).

 

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XII.

Compliance with Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Programs.

Participating Dealer represents that it has complied and will comply with Section 326 of the USA PATRIOT ACT and the implementing rules and regulations promulgated thereunder in connection with broker/dealers’ anti-money laundering obligations. Participating 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 in compliance with applicable laws and regulations, including federal and state securities laws, the USA PATRIOT ACT and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, Executive Order 13224 – Executive Order on Terrorist Financing Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit, or Support Terrorism, and applicable rules of FINRA. In accordance with these applicable laws and regulations and its AML Program, Participating Dealer agrees to verify the identity of its new customers, to maintain customer records, and to check the names of new customers against government watch lists, including the Office of Foreign Asset Control’s list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons. Additionally, Participating Dealer will monitor account activity to identify patterns of unusual size or volume, geographic factors and any other “red flags” described in the USA PATRIOT ACT as potential signals of money laundering or terrorist financing. Participating 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. Upon request by the Dealer Manager at any time, Participating Dealer hereby agrees to furnish (a) a copy of its AML Program to the Dealer Manager for review, (b) a copy of the findings and any remedial actions taken in connection with Participating Dealer’s most recent independent testing of its AML Program, and (c) a periodic written attestation in a form satisfactory to Dealer Manager confirming Participating Dealer’s implementation of its AML Program. Participating Dealer agrees to notify the Dealer Manager immediately if Participating Dealer is subject to a FINRA disclosure event or fine from FINRA related to its AML Program.

 

XIII.

Privacy.

Participating 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, Participating Dealer may share with the Sponsor, and the Sponsor may share with Participating Dealer, nonpublic personal information (as defined under the GLBA) of customers of Participating Dealer. This nonpublic personal information may include, but is not limited to a customer’s name, address, telephone number, social security number, account information and personal financial information. Participating 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 Participating Dealer served as the broker-dealer of record for such customer’s account. Participating Dealer, the Dealer Manager and the Sponsor 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 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 XIII. Except as expressly permitted under the FCRA, Participating Dealer agrees that it shall not disclose any information that would be considered a “consumer report” under the FCRA.

 

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Participating Dealer shall be responsible for determining which customers have opted out of the disclosure of nonpublic personal information by periodically reviewing and, if necessary, preparing, maintaining and providing a list of such customers (the “List”) to identify customers that have exercised their opt-out rights. In the event Participating Dealer, the Dealer Manager or the Sponsor expects to use or disclose nonpublic personal information of any customer for purposes other than as set forth in this Section XIII, 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 XIII, shall be prohibited.

Participating Dealer shall implement commercially reasonable measures in compliance with industry best practices 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. Participating Dealer further agrees to cause all its agents, representatives, affiliates, subcontractors, or any other party to whom Participating Dealer provides access or discloses nonpublic personal information of customers to implement appropriate measures designed to meet the objectives set forth in this Section XIII.

 

XIV.

Indemnification.

(a) As a Dealer Indemnified Party, the Participating Dealer shall be entitled and subject to the indemnification provided by the Sponsor and each Trust as set forth in Section 7 of the DST Dealer Manager Agreement.

(b) Participating Dealer shall indemnify and hold harmless the Sponsor, the Operating Partnership, each Trust for which Participating Dealer has executed an Acceptance Letter, the Dealer Manager and each of the Sponsor’s and the Dealer Manager’s respective officers and directors who controls the Sponsor or the Dealer Manager within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act (individually, an “Indemnified Party” and collectively, the “Indemnified Parties”), from and against any and all loss, liability, action, claim, damage and expense whatsoever (“Losses”) to which any of the Indemnified Parties may become subject, under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such Losses (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon (i) any untrue statement of a material fact contained in (A) the Memoranda or (B) any Securities Application; or (ii) the omission to state in the Memoranda or any Securities 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; provided, however, that the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) apply, 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 Sponsor, the Operating Partnership or any Trust by or on behalf of Participating Dealer, specifically for inclusion in the Memoranda or Securities Application; (iii) any untrue statement, or omission to state a fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in each case by Participating Dealer or its representatives or agents in connection with the offer and sale of the DST Interests; (iv) any breach or violation of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement set forth in this Agreement; (v) any failure to comply with applicable laws governing privacy issues, money laundering abatement and anti-terrorist financing efforts, including applicable rules of the SEC, FINRA and the USA PATRIOT Act; or (vi) any other failure to comply with applicable rules of the SEC, FINRA or federal or state securities laws and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. Participating Dealer will reimburse the Indemnified Parties and each Trust for which Participating Dealer has executed an Acceptance Letter for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending such Losses. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability that Participating Dealer may otherwise have.

 

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(c) Promptly after receipt of notice of the commencement of any action by an Indemnified Party under this Section XIV, such Indemnified Party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against any indemnifying party under this Section XIV, notify in writing the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof. The failure of the Indemnified Party to so notify the indemnifying party will relieve the indemnifying party from any liability under this Section XIV as to the particular item for which indemnification is then being sought, but not from any other liability that it may have to any Indemnified Party. 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 Section XIV(c) below) 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 on account of any settlement of any claim or action effected without the consent of such indemnifying party. Any Indemnified Party shall not be bound to perform or refrain from performing any act pursuant to the terms of any settlement of any claim or action effected without the consent of such Indemnified Party.

(d) The indemnifying party under this Section XIV 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 obligated to pay legal expenses and fees to more than one law firm 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 obligated to reimburse the expenses and fees of the one law firm 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.

(e) The indemnity agreement contained in this Section XIV shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any investigation made by or on behalf of Participating Dealer, or any person controlling Participating Dealer or by or on behalf of the Sponsor, the Operating Partnership, the Trusts, the Dealer Manager or any officer or director thereof, or by or on behalf of any person controlling the Sponsor, the Operating Partnership, the Trusts or the Dealer Manager, (ii) delivery of any DST Interests and payment therefor, and (iii) any termination of this Agreement. A successor of Participating Dealer or of any party to this Agreement, as the case may be, shall be entitled to the benefits of the indemnity agreement contained in this Section XIV.

XV. Undertaking to Not Facilitate a Secondary Market in the DST Interests.

Participating Dealer acknowledges that there is no public trading market for the DST Interests and that there are limits on the ownership and transferability of the DST Interests, which significantly limit the liquidity of an investment in the DST Interests. Participating Dealer will not engage in any action or transaction that would facilitate or otherwise create the appearance of a secondary market in the DST Interests without the prior written approval of the Dealer Manager.

 

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XVI. Arbitration.

The parties hereto agree that any dispute, controversy or claim arising between the parties relating to this Agreement (whether such dispute arises under any federal, state or local statute or regulation, or at common law) shall be resolved by final and binding arbitration administered in accordance with the then-current commercial arbitration rules of FINRA in accordance with the terms of this Agreement (including the governing law provisions of this Agreement and pursuant to the Federal Arbitration Act (9 U.S.C. §§ 1 – 16)). The parties will request that the arbitrator or arbitration panel (“Arbitrator”) issue written findings of fact and conclusions of law. The Arbitrator shall not be empowered to make any award or render any judgment for punitive damages, and the Arbitrator shall be required to follow applicable law in construing this Agreement, making awards, and rendering judgments. The decision of the Arbitrator shall be final and binding, and judgment upon any arbitration award may be entered by any court having jurisdiction. All arbitration hearings will be held at the New York, New York FINRA District Office or at another mutually agreed upon site. The parties may agree on a single arbitrator, or, if the parties cannot so agree, each party will have the right to choose one arbitrator, and the selected arbitrators will choose a third arbitrator, with such third arbitrator to thereafter serve as the sole Arbitrator in respect to the applicable dispute, controversy or claim. Each arbitrator must have experience and education that qualify him or her to competently address the specific issues to be designated for arbitration. Notwithstanding the preceding, no party will be prevented from immediately seeking provisional remedies in courts of competent jurisdiction, including but not limited to, temporary restraining orders and preliminary injunctions, but such remedies will not be sought as a means to avoid or stay arbitration.

XVII. Termination; Survival; Amendment; Entire Agreement.

Participating Dealer will immediately suspend or terminate its offer and sale of DST Interests in any or all Offerings (as specified by the Sponsor) upon the request of the Sponsor or the Dealer Manager at any time and will resume its offer and sale of DST Interests hereunder upon subsequent request of the Sponsor or the Dealer Manager. Any party may terminate this Agreement at any time for any or no reason by written notice delivered pursuant to Section XX below. This Agreement shall automatically terminate without the requirement for further action by any party to this Agreement upon the termination of the DST Dealer Manager Agreement.

Upon expiration or termination of this Agreement, the Dealer Manager shall pay to Participating Dealer all earned but unpaid compensation or reimbursement to which Participating Dealer is or becomes entitled under Section V hereof at such time as such compensation or reimbursement becomes payable.

The respective agreements and obligations of Participating Dealer and the Dealer Manager set forth in Section V, Section XII through Section XIV and Section XVI through Section XXIII of this Agreement and Section 7 of the DST Dealer Manager Agreement shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of the termination of this Agreement.

Notwithstanding the termination of this Agreement or the payment of any amount to Participating Dealer, Participating Dealer agrees to pay Participating Dealer’s proportionate share of any claim, demand or liability asserted against Participating Dealer and the other Participating Intermediaries on the basis that such Participating Intermediaries or any of them constitute an association, unincorporated business or other separate entity, including in each case such Participating Intermediary’s proportionate share of any expenses incurred in defending against any such claim, demand or liability.

 

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This Agreement may be amended at any time by the Dealer Manager by written notice to Participating Dealer, and any such amendment, including any amendment to the DST Dealer Manager Agreement, shall be deemed accepted by Participating Dealer upon submitting a Subscription Agreement for DST Interests after it has received such notice.

Other than as explicitly stated herein, including through any reference to the DST Dealer Manager Agreement, this Agreement and the schedules hereto are the entire agreement of the parties and supersedes all prior agreements, if any, between the parties hereto relating to the subject matter hereof.

XVIII. Use of Sponsor and Brookfield Names.

Except as expressly provided herein, nothing herein shall be deemed to constitute a waiver by the Dealer Manager of any consent that would otherwise be required under this Agreement or applicable law prior to the use by Participating Dealer of the name or identifying marks of the Sponsor, the Operating Partnership, the Dealer Manager, “Brookfield” or “Brookfield REIT” (or any combination or derivation thereof). The Dealer Manager reserves the right to withdraw its consent to the use of the Sponsor’s or Brookfield Asset Management Ltd.’s name at any time and to request to review any materials generated by Participating Dealer that use the Sponsor’s or Brookfield Asset Management Ltd.’s name or mark. Any such consent is expressly subject to the continuation of this Agreement and shall terminate with the termination of this Agreement as provided herein.

XIX. Assignment; Third-Party Beneficiary.

Participating Dealer shall have no right to assign this Agreement or any of Participating Dealer’s rights hereunder or to delegate any of Participating Dealer’s obligations hereunder. Any purported assignment or delegation by Participating Dealer shall be null and void. The Dealer Manager shall have the right to assign any or all of its rights and obligations under this Agreement by written notice, and Participating Dealer shall be deemed to have consented to such assignment by execution hereof. Dealer Manager shall provide written notice of any such assignment to Participating Dealer. Each of the Sponsor, the Operating Partnership, and each Trust is a third-party beneficiary with respect to this Agreement and may enforce its rights, to the extent set forth herein, against any party to this Agreement.

XX. Notice.

All notices or other communications required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given or delivered (a) when delivered by hand, personally or by commercial messenger, (b) on the business day of transmission if sent by email to the email address given below, with written confirmation of receipt, and (c) one business day following deposit with a recognized overnight courier service, provided such deposit occurs prior to the deadline imposed by such service for overnight delivery, in each case above provided such communication is addressed to the intended recipient thereof as set forth below:

 

    If to the Dealer Manager, to:    Brookfield Oaktree Wealth Solutions LLC
   225 Liberty Street, 35th Floor
   New York, NY 10281
   Attention: General Counsel
   Email: BOWS.LR@brookfieldoaktree.com

 

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    with a required copy to:

  

Alston & Bird LLP

  

1201 W. Peachtree St. NW

  

Atlanta, Georgia 30309

  

Attention: Jason Goode

  

Email: jason.goode@alston.com

    If to Participating Dealer, to:    The address specified by Participating Dealer on the signature page hereto.

XXI. Attorneys’ Fees; Applicable Law and Venue.

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 and any disputes relative to the interpretation or enforcement hereto shall be governed by and construed under the internal laws, as opposed to the conflicts of law provisions, 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 (including arbitration) shall lie exclusively in New York, New York.

XXII. No Partnership.

Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed or interpreted to constitute Participating Dealer as an employee, agent or representative of, or in association with or in partnership with, the Dealer Manager, the Operating Partnership, the Sponsor, any Trust or the other Participating Intermediaries. Instead, this Agreement shall only constitute Participating Dealer as a dealer authorized by the Dealer Manager to sell the DST Interests according to the terms set forth in the Memoranda and this Agreement.

XXIII. ERISA.

The parties agree as follows:

 

  (a)

Participating Dealer is a broker-dealer registered under the Exchange Act.

 

  (b)

To the extent Participating Dealer (or its representatives) uses or relies on any of the information, tools and materials that the Dealer Manager, the Operating Partnership, the Sponsor, the Adviser, Brookfield Asset Management Ltd., or each of their respective affiliates and related parties (collectively, the “Sponsor Parties”) provides directly to Participating Dealer (or its representatives), without direct charge, for use in connection with Participating Dealer’s “Retirement Customers” (which include a plan, plan fiduciary, plan participant or beneficiary, individual retirement account (“IRA”) or IRA owner subject to Title I of The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”) or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”)), Participating Dealer will act as a “fiduciary” under ERISA or the Code (as applicable), and will be responsible for exercising independent judgment in evaluating the retirement account transaction.

 

  (c)

Certain of the Sponsor Parties have financial interests associated with the purchase of DST Interests, including the fees, expense reimbursements and other payments they anticipate receiving in connection with the purchase of DST Interests, as described in the Memorandum.

 

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  (d)

To the extent that Participating Dealer provides investment advice to its Retirement Customers, Participating Dealer will do so in a fiduciary capacity under ERISA or the Code, or both, and Participating Dealer is responsible for exercising independent judgment with respect to any investment advice it provides to its Retirement Customers.

 

  (e)

Participating Dealer is independent of Dealer Manager and Dealer Manager is not undertaking to provide impartial investment advice to Participating Dealer or its Retirement Customers.

XXIV. Electronic Signatures and Electronic Delivery of Documents.

(a) Electronic Signatures. If Participating Dealer has adopted or adopts a process by which persons may authorize certain account-related transactions and/or requests, in whole or in part, by “Electronic Signature” (as such term is defined by Electronic Signature Law (as defined below)), to the extent the Sponsor allows the use of Electronic Signature, in whole or in part, Participating Dealer represents that: (i) each Electronic Signature will be genuine; (ii) each Electronic Signature will represent the signature of the person required to sign the Subscription Agreement or other form to which such Electronic Signature is affixed; (iii) the Sponsor may accept each Electronic Signature without any responsibility to verify or authenticate that it is the signature of Participating Dealer’s client given with such client’s prior authorization and consent; (iv) the Sponsor may act in accordance with the instructions authorized by Electronic Signature without any responsibility to verify that Participating Dealer’s client intended to give the Electronic Signature for the purpose of authorizing the instruction, transaction or request and that Participating Dealer’s client received all disclosures required by applicable Electronic Signature Law; and (v) without limitation of the foregoing, Participating Dealer will comply with all applicable terms of: (1) the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C. 7001 et seq., (2) the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, as promulgated by the Uniform Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Law in July 1999 and as adopted by the relevant jurisdiction(s) where Participating Dealer is licensed, and (3) applicable rules, regulations and/or guidance relating to the use of electronic signatures issued by the SEC and FINRA and any other governmental authority (collectively, “Electronic Signature Law”).

(b) Electronic Delivery. If Participating Dealer intends to use electronic delivery to distribute the Memoranda or other documents related to the Sponsor to any person, Participating Dealer will comply with all applicable rules, regulations and guidance relating to the electronic delivery of documents issued by the SEC, FINRA and any other laws or regulations related to the electronic delivery of Memoranda, including, without limitation, Electronic Signature Law.

[Signatures on following pages.]

 

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If the foregoing is in accordance with Participating Dealer’s understanding and agreement, please sign and return the attached duplicate of this Agreement.

 

Very truly yours,

BROOKFIELD OAKTREE WEALTH SOLUTIONS LLC

 

By:  

 

Title:  

 

Date:  

 

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 list below 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.

1. Identity of Participating Dealer:

Company Name:                                                      

Type of entity:                                                       

Organized in the State of:                                                    

Licensed as broker-dealer in all States: Yes: ________    No: _________

If no, list all States licensed as broker-dealer:                                           

Tax ID #:                                                          

2.    Person to receive notices delivered pursuant to the Agreement.

Name:                                                           

Company:                                                          

Address:                                                           

City, State and Zip:                                                     

Telephone:                                                         

Fax:                                                           

Email:                                                         

AGREED TO AND ACCEPTED BY PARTICIPATING DEALER:

 

   

(Participating Dealer’s Firm Name)

By:  

 

  Signature
Name:  

 

Title:  

 

Date:  

 

 

 

B-16


SCHEDULE I

TO

PARTICIPATING DEALER AGREEMENT WITH

BROOKFIELD OAKTREE WEALTH SOLUTIONS LLC

Name of Participating Dealer:           

The following Schedule I reflects the Selling Commissions, Dealer Manager Fee and Investor Servicing Fees as agreed upon between Brookfield Oaktree Wealth Solutions LLC (the “Dealer Manager”) and Participating Dealer, effective as of the effective date of the Participating Dealer Agreement (the “Agreement”) between the Dealer Manager and Participating Dealer in connection with an Offering of DST Interests in a Trust wholly owned by Brookfield Real Estate Exchange LLC (the “Sponsor”). Any capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings given to such terms in the Agreement.

Upfront Selling Commissions and Dealer Manager Fee

Except as may be provided in the Memorandum, which may be amended or supplemented from time to time, as compensation for completed sales (as defined below) by Participating Dealer of DST Interests in the Offering in which Participating Dealer is authorized to participate and for services rendered by Participating Dealer hereunder, the Dealer Manager shall reallow to Participating Dealer upfront Selling Commissions and Dealer Manager Fee in an amount set forth in the table below. For purposes of this Schedule I, a “completed sale” shall occur, if and only if, a transaction has closed with a subscriber for DST Interests pursuant to all applicable offering and subscription documents, payment for the DST Interests has been received by the Trust in full in the manner provided in Section II of the Agreement, the Trust has accepted the Subscription Agreement of such subscriber, and the Trust has thereafter distributed the Selling Commissions and Dealer Manager Fee, as applicable, to the Dealer Manager in connection with such transaction.

In no event shall Participating Dealer withhold any portion of the purchase price for the DST Interests in an Offering, and the entirety of such purchase price shall be delivered to the Trust or its agent as set forth in the Subscription Agreement.

Except as otherwise provided herein, all expenses incurred by Participating Dealer in the performance of Participating Dealer’s obligations hereunder, including, but not limited to, expenses related to the DST Interests and any attorneys’ fees, shall be at Participating Dealer’s sole cost and expense.

Investor Servicing Fee

The payment of the Investor Servicing Fee to Participating Dealer is subject to terms and conditions set forth herein and the Memorandum as each may be amended or supplemented from time to time.

From and after the sale of the DST Interests hereunder, and until the Fee Limit (if any, and if any, as set forth in the Acceptance Letter attached hereto) has been reached, in the event that the FMV Option is exercised, the Dealer Manager will pay to Participating Dealer during the term of the Participating Dealer Agreement all or a portion of the DST Investor Servicing Fee and the OP Unit Investor Servicing Fee, each of which will be paid monthly. The aggregate Investor Servicing Fee payable to Participating Dealer shall equal the sum of the DST Investor Servicing Fee and the OP Unit Investor Servicing Fee and shall be in the amounts set forth in the table below. The class of OP Units received by an Investor in exchange for DST Interests in connection with the exercise of the FMV Option shall be as provided in the applicable Subscription Agreement.

 

Schedule I-1


To the extent that a Fee Limit is provided in the table below, then in no event shall the aggregate Selling Commissions, Dealer Manager Fee, Placement Fee and Investor Servicing Fee (including the OP Unit Investor Servicing Fee) paid by an Investor exceed such Fee Limit. On the date on which the Dealer Manager, in conjunction with Brookfield REIT’s transfer agent, determines that the Fee Limit, if any, has been reached with respect to the OP Units of a particular class held by an Investor, all OP Units of such class held by such Investor shall automatically convert into Class I OP Units, and no further OP Unit Investor Servicing Fee shall be payable with respect to such OP Units.

In no event shall the Investor Servicing Fee payable to Participating Dealer exceed the Investor Servicing Fee payable to the Dealer Manager pursuant to the DST Dealer Manager Agreement with respect to the DST Interests sold by Participating Dealer. The payment of the Investor Servicing Fee shall be subject to the following requirements:

(i) the existence of an effective Participating Dealer Agreement or ongoing Servicing Agreement between the Dealer Manager and the Participating Dealer; and

(ii) the provision of the following services with respect to the DST Interests or OP Units, as applicable, by Participating Dealer:

 

  1.

assistance with recordkeeping, including maintaining records for and on behalf of Participating Dealer’s customers reflecting transactions and balances of DST Interests or OP Units owned, as applicable;

 

  2.

answering investor inquiries regarding the Trusts or the Operating Partnership, as applicable, including distribution payments and reinvestments; and

 

  3.

helping investors understand their investments upon their request.

Participating Dealer hereby represents, by its acceptance of each payment of the Investor Servicing Fee, that it complies with each of the above requirements and is providing the above-described services.

Subject to the conditions described herein, the Dealer Manager will reallow to Participating Dealer the DST Investor Servicing Fee and the OP Unit Investor Servicing Fee in the amounts described in the table below, respectively, on DST Interests sold by Participating Dealer and on OP Units received in exchange for DST Interests sold by Participating Dealer in connection with the exercise of the FMV Option. To the extent payable, the DST Investor Servicing Fee and the OP Unit Investor Servicing Fee will be payable monthly in arrears, each as provided in the Memorandum. All determinations regarding the total amount and rate of reallowance of the Investor Servicing Fee, Participating Dealer’s compliance with the listed conditions, and/or the portion retained by the Dealer Manager, will be made by the Dealer Manager in its sole discretion.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, subject to the terms of the Memorandum, at such time as Participating Dealer is no longer the broker-dealer of record with respect to the DST Interests or OP Units, as applicable, or Participating Dealer no longer satisfies any or all of the conditions set forth above, then Participating Dealer’s entitlement to the Investor Servicing Fees related to such DST Interests or OP Units shall cease, and Participating Dealer shall not receive the Investor Servicing Fee for that month, or any portion thereof (i.e., DST Investor Servicing Fees and OP Unit Investor Servicing Fees are payable with respect to an entire month without any proration). Broker-dealer transfers will be made effective as of the start of the first business day of a month.

 

Schedule I-2


Thereafter, such Investor Servicing Fees may be reallowed to the then-current broker-dealer of record of the DST Interests or OP Units, as applicable, if any such broker-dealer of record has been designated (the “Servicing Dealer”), to the extent such Servicing Dealer has entered into a Participating Dealer Agreement or similar agreement with the Dealer Manager (“Servicing Agreement”) and such Participating Dealer Agreement or Servicing Agreement with the Servicing Dealer provides for such reallowance and the Servicing Dealer is in compliance with the terms of such agreement related to such reallowance. In this regard, all determinations will be made by the Dealer Manager in its sole discretion. The Dealer Manager may also reallow some or all of the Investor Servicing Fee to other broker-dealers who provide services with respect to the DST Interests giving rise to a portion of the Investor Servicing Fee (who shall be considered additional Servicing Dealers) pursuant to a Servicing Agreement with the Dealer Manager to the extent such Servicing Agreement provides for such reallowance and such additional Servicing Dealer is in compliance with the terms of such agreement related to such reallowance, in accordance with the terms of such Servicing Agreement.

General

The Selling Commissions, Dealer Manager Fee and Investor Servicing Fees due to Participating Dealer pursuant to the Agreement will be paid to Participating Dealer within 30 days after receipt by the Dealer Manager. Participating Dealer, in its sole discretion, may authorize Dealer Manager to deposit the Selling Commissions, Dealer Manager Fee and Investor Servicing Fee or other payments due to it pursuant to the Agreement directly into its bank account. If Participating Dealer so elects, Participating Dealer shall provide such deposit authorization and instructions in Schedule II to the Agreement.

The parties hereby agree that the foregoing reallowed Selling Commissions, Dealer Manager Fee and Investor Servicing Fees are not in excess of the usual and customary distributors’ or sellers’ commission received in the sale of securities similar to the DST Interests, that Participating Dealer’s interest in an Offering is limited to such reallowed Selling Commissions, Dealer Manager Fee and Investor Servicing Fee, as applicable, from the Dealer Manager and Participating Dealer’s indemnity referred to in Section 7 of the DST Dealer Manager Agreement, and that the Sponsor, the Operating Partnership, and the Trusts are not liable or responsible for the direct payment of such reallowed Selling Commissions and Investor Servicing Fees to Participating Dealer.

Except as otherwise described under “Upfront Selling Commissions and Dealer Manager Fee” above, Participating Dealer waives any and all rights to receive compensation, including the Selling Commissions, Dealer Manager Fee and Investor Servicing Fee, until it is paid to and received by the Dealer Manager and except to the extent that the Dealer Manager has agreed to reallow any portion of foregoing pursuant the Agreement and this Schedule 1. Participating Dealer acknowledges and agrees that, if a Trust or the Operating Partnership, pays the Selling Commissions, Dealer Manager Fee or Investor Servicing Fee, as applicable, to the Dealer Manager, the Trust and the Operating Partnership are relieved of any obligation for the Selling Commissions, Dealer Manager Fee or Investor Servicing Fee, as applicable, to Participating Dealer. The Operating Partnership and each Trust may rely on and use the preceding acknowledgement as a defense against any claim by Participating Dealer for the Selling Commissions, Dealer Manager Fee or Investor Servicing Fee, as applicable, the Trust or the Operating Partnership pays to Dealer Manager but that Dealer Manager fails to remit to Participating Dealer. Participating Dealer affirms that the Dealer Manager’s liability for the Selling Commissions, Dealer Manager Fee and Investor Servicing Fee is limited solely to the proceeds of the Selling Commissions, Dealer Manager Fee and Investor Servicing Fee, as applicable, receivable from the Trust or the Operating Partnership and Participating Dealer hereby waives any and all rights to receive any reallowance of the Selling Commissions, Dealer Manager Fee or Investor Servicing Fee, as applicable, due until such time as the Dealer Manager is in receipt of the Selling Commissions, Dealer Manager Fee or Investor Servicing Fee, as applicable, from the Trust or the Operating Partnership and only to the extent that the Dealer Manager has agreed to reallow any portion of foregoing pursuant the Agreement and this Schedule 1.

 

Schedule I-3


DST INTERESTS

(PRIOR TO EXERCISE OF FMV OPTION, IF ANY)

 

     (Initials)    Upfront Selling Commissions of up to 5.0% of Total Equity Amount per DST Interest sold    By initialing here, Participating Dealer hereby agrees to the terms of the Agreement and this Schedule I with respect to the DST Interests.
  

 

Insert Selling Commissions reallowed: ___% of the Total Equity Amount per DST Interest sold (not to exceed 5.0%)

     (Initials)    Upfront Dealer Manager Fee of up to 1.0% of Total Equity Amount per DST Interest sold    By initialing here, Participating Dealer hereby agrees to the terms of the Agreement and this Schedule I with respect to the DST Interests.
  

 

Insert Dealer Manager Fee reallowed: ___% of the Total Equity Amount per DST Interest sold (not to exceed 1.0%)

     (Initials)    DST Investor Servicing Fee of 0.25% per annum of the Total Equity Amount in the DST Interests sold    By initialing here, Participating Dealer agrees to the terms of eligibility for the DST Investor Servicing Fee set forth in this Schedule I. Should Participating Dealer choose to opt out of this provision, it will not be eligible to receive the DST Investor Servicing Fee. Participating Dealer represents by its acceptance of each payment of the DST Investor Servicing Fee that it complies with each of the requirements set forth herein.
  

 

Insert DST Investor Servicing Fee reallowed: ___%

(not to exceed 0.25%)

 

Schedule I-4


OP UNITS

(FOLLOWING EXERCISE OF THE FMV OPTION, IF ANY)

 

CLASS T-1 OP UNITS
     (Initials)    No Fee Limit with respect to the aggregate Selling Commissions, Dealer Manager Fee, Placement Fee and Investor Servicing Fee in connection with Class T-1 OP Units.    By initialing here, Participating Dealer hereby agrees to the terms of the Agreement and this Schedule I with respect to the DST Interests and Class T-1 OP Units. Should Participating Dealer wish to include a total cap for the aggregate Selling Commissions, Dealer Manager Fee, Placement Fee, and Investor Servicing Fee paid with respect to the DST Interests and Class T-1 OP Units held in any account, it should instead complete and initial the relevant row below.
     (Initials)    Customized Fee Limit of up to 8.75% on the aggregate Selling Commissions, Dealer Manager Fee, Placement Fee, and Investor Servicing Fee in connection with Class T-1 OP Units    By initialing here, Participating Dealer hereby agrees to the terms of the Agreement and this Schedule I with respect to the DST Interests and the Class T-1 OP Units
  

 

Insert Fee Limit with respect to the aggregate Selling Commissions, Dealer Manager Fee, Placement Fee, and Investor Servicing Fee in connection with Class T-1 OP Units: __% (not to exceed 8.75%)

     (Initials)    OP Unit Investor Servicing Fee of 0.85% per annum of the aggregate NAV of outstanding Class T-1 OP Units serviced by Participating Dealer    By initialing here, Participating Dealer agrees to the terms of eligibility for the Servicing Fee set forth in this Schedule I. Should Participating Dealer choose to opt out of this provision, it will not be eligible to receive the OP Unit Investor Servicing Fee with respect to the Class T-1 OP Units. Participating Dealer represents by its acceptance of each payment of the OP Unit Investor Servicing Fee that it complies with each of the requirements set forth herein.
  

 

Insert OP Unit Investor Servicing Fee reallowed: ___% (not to exceed 0.85%)

 

Schedule I-5


CLASS S-1 OP UNITS
___________ (Initials)    No Fee Limit with respect to the aggregate Selling Commissions, Dealer Manager Fee, Placement Fee, and Investor Servicing Fee in connection with Class S-1 OP Units.    By initialing here, Participating Dealer hereby agrees to the terms of the Agreement and this Schedule I with respect to the DST Interests and Class S-1 OP Units. Should Participating Dealer wish to include a total cap for the aggregate Selling Commissions, Dealer Manager Fee, Placement Fee, and Investor Servicing Fee paid with respect to the DST Interests and Class S-1 OP Units held in any account, it should instead complete and initial the relevant row below.
___________ (Initials)    Customized Fee Limit of up to 8.75% on the aggregate Selling Commissions, Dealer Manager Fee, Placement Fee, and Investor Servicing Fee in connection with Class S-1 OP Units    By initialing here, Participating Dealer hereby agrees to the terms of the Agreement and this Schedule I with respect to the DST Interests and the Class S-1 OP Units
  

 

Insert Fee Limit with respect to the aggregate Selling Commissions, Dealer Manager Fee, Placement Fee, and Investor Servicing Fee in connection with Class S-1 OP Units: __% (not to exceed 8.75%)

___________ (Initials)    OP Unit Investor Servicing Fee of 0.85% per annum of the aggregate NAV of outstanding Class S-1 OP Units serviced by Participating Dealer    By initialing here, Participating Dealer agrees to the terms of eligibility for the Servicing Fee set forth in this Schedule I. Should Participating Dealer choose to opt out of this provision, it will not be eligible to receive the OP Unit Investor Servicing Fee with respect to the Class S-1 OP Units. Participating Dealer represents by its acceptance of each payment of the OP Unit Investor Servicing Fee that it complies with each of the requirements set forth herein.
  

 

Insert OP Unit Investor Servicing Fee reallowed: ___% (not to exceed 0.85%)

 

Schedule I-6


CLASS D-1 OP UNITS
___________ (Initials)    No Fee Limit with respect to the aggregate Selling Commissions, Dealer Manager Fee, Placement Fee, and Investor Servicing Fee in connection with Class D-1 OP Units.    By initialing here, Participating Dealer hereby agrees to the terms of the Agreement and this Schedule I with respect to the DST Interests and Class D-1 OP Units. Should Participating Dealer wish to include a total cap for the aggregate Selling Commissions, Dealer Manager Fee, Placement Fee, and Investor Servicing Fee paid with respect to the DST Interests and Class D-1 OP Units held in any account, it should instead complete and initial the relevant row below.
___________ (Initials)    Customized Fee Limit of up to 8.75% on the aggregate Selling Commissions, Dealer Manager Fee, Placement Fee, and Investor Servicing Fee in connection with Class D-1 OP Units    By initialing here, Participating Dealer hereby agrees to the terms of the Agreement and this Schedule I with respect to the DST Interests and the Class D-1 OP Units
  

 

Insert Fee Limit with respect to the aggregate Selling Commissions, Dealer Manager Fee, Placement Fee, and Investor Servicing Fee in connection with Class D-1 OP Units: __% (not to exceed 8.75%)

___________ (Initials)    OP Unit Investor Servicing Fee of 0.25% per annum of the aggregate NAV of outstanding Class D-1 OP Units serviced by Participating Dealer    By initialing here, Participating Dealer agrees to the terms of eligibility for the Servicing Fee set forth in this Schedule I. Should Participating Dealer choose to opt out of this provision, it will not be eligible to receive the OP Unit Investor Servicing Fee with respect to the Class D-1 OP Units. Participating Dealer represents by its acceptance of each payment of the OP Unit Investor Servicing Fee that it complies with each of the above requirements.
  

 

Insert OP Unit Investor Servicing Fee reallowed: ___% (not to exceed 0.25%)

 

Schedule I-7


SCHEDULE II

TO

PARTICIPATING DEALER AGREEMENT WITH

BROOKFIELD OAKTREE WEALTH SOLUTIONS LLC

NAME OF PARTICIPATING DEALER:

SCHEDULE TO AGREEMENT DATED:

Participating Dealer hereby authorizes the Dealer Manager or its agent to deposit the Selling Commissions, Dealer Manager Fee, Investor Servicing Fees, and other payments due to it pursuant to the Participating Dealer Agreement into its bank account specified below. This authority will remain in force until Participating Dealer notifies the Dealer Manager in writing to cancel it. In the event that the Dealer Manager deposits funds erroneously into Participating Dealer’s account, the Dealer Manager is authorized to debit the account with no prior notice to Participating Dealer for an amount not to exceed the amount of the erroneous deposit.

Bank Name:                                                       

Bank Address:                                                      

Bank Routing Number:                                                   

Account Number:                                                     

“PARTICIPATING DEALER”

                     

(Print Name of Participating Dealer)

 

By:                   

Title:                   

Date:                   


SCHEDULE III

TO

PARTICIPATING DEALER AGREEMENT

Participating Dealer represents and warrants that it is currently licensed as a broker-dealer in the following jurisdictions:

 

•  Alabama

  

•  Montana

•  Alaska

  

•  Nebraska

•  Arizona

  

•  Nevada

•  Arkansas

  

•  New Hampshire

•  California

  

•  New Jersey

•  Colorado

  

•  New Mexico

•  Connecticut

  

•  New York

•  Delaware

  

•  North Carolina

•  District of Columbia

  

•  North Dakota

•  Florida

  

•  Ohio

•  Georgia

  

•  Oklahoma

•  Guam

  

•  Oregon

•  Hawaii

  

•  Pennsylvania

•  Idaho

  

•  Puerto Rico

•  Illinois

  

•  Rhode Island

•  Indiana

  

•  South Carolina

•  Iowa

  

•  South Dakota

•  Kansas

  

•  Tennessee

•  Kentucky

  

•  Texas

•  Louisiana

  

•  Utah

•  Maine

  

•  Vermont

•  Maryland

  

•  Virgin Islands

•  Massachusetts

  

•  Virginia

•  Michigan

  

•  Washington

•  Minnesota

  

•  West Virginia

•  Mississippi

  

•  Wisconsin

•  Missouri

  

•  Wyoming


EXHIBIT A

TO

PARTICIPATING DEALER AGREEMENT

ACCEPTANCE LETTER

[DATE]

Brookfield Oaktree Wealth Solutions LLC

225 Liberty Street, 35th Floor

New York, NY 10281

Re: Offering of units of beneficial interest (“DST Interests”) with respect to the Delaware Statutory Trust (“DST”) holding the [property/properties] commonly referred to as [_] and located at [_] (the “[Property/Properties]”)

The undersigned, being Participating Dealer pursuant to the terms of that certain Participating Dealer Agreement, dated as of [_], 20[_] (the “Agreement”), makes the following representations with respect to the Agreement. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined have the meanings given to such terms in the Agreement.

The undersigned acknowledges and agrees that it has received a copy of the Offering Materials with respect to the DST holding the [Property/Properties]. The undersigned further acknowledges and agrees that (i) it has had sufficient opportunity to review the Offering Materials, (ii) it has been given sufficient opportunity to ask questions of, and receive answers from, the Sponsor and Dealer Manager with respect to the Offering Materials, the DST Interests, and the [Property/Properties], (iii) the undersigned agrees to act as a Participating Dealer with respect to DST Interests in the DST holding the [Property/Properties] in accordance with the terms of the Agreement and the DST Dealer Manager Agreement, and (iv) the Dealer Manager is hereby authorized to proceed to distribute to the undersigned’s representatives, agents and clients copies of the Offering Materials for such parties’ use in offering the DST Interests in the DST holding the [Property/Properties].

Fee Limit

☐ The aggregate Selling Commissions, Dealer Manager Fee, Placement Fee, and Investor Servicing Fee (including OP Unit Investor Servicing Fees) paid by an Investor shall not exceed _____% of the aggregate total equity investment amount per DST Interest sold, which investment amount shall equal the total cash purchase price paid by an investor for such DST Interest including any portion of the total cash purchase price to be used for the payment of any fees or expenses as described in the Memorandum (the “Fee Limit”).

☐ There shall be no Fee Limit.

[Name of Participating Dealer]

 

By:

Name:

Title: