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): July 1, 2021

 

INPOINT COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE INCOME, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

Maryland

(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)

000-55782

(Commission File
Number)

32-0506267

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

 

 

2901 Butterfield Road Oak Brook, Illinois

 

60523

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

(800) 826-8228

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

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

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8‑K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act

 

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a‑12 under the Exchange Act

 

Pre‑commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d‑2(b) under the Exchange Act

 

Pre‑commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e‑4(c) under the Exchange Act

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class

 

Trading Symbol(s)

 

Name of each exchange on which registered

None

 

None

 

None

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).

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.

 

 

 

 


 

 

CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS:  Certain statements in this Current Report on Form 8-K constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Words such as “may,” “could,” “should,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan,” “goal,” “seek,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “variables,” “potential,” “continue,” “expand,” “maintain,” “create,” “strategies,” “likely,” “will,” “would” and variations of these terms and similar expressions indicate forward-looking statements.  These forward-looking statements reflect the intent, belief or current expectations of our management based on their knowledge and understanding of the business and industry, the economy and other future conditions. These statements are not factual or guarantees of future performance, and we caution stockholders not to place undue reliance on them. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed or forecasted in forward-looking statements due to a variety of risks, uncertainties and other factors, including but not limited to risks related to blind pool offerings, best efforts offerings, use of short-term financing, borrower defaults, changing interest rates, the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, including on our hotel, and on related mortgage loans and securities, and other risks detailed in the Risk Factors section in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and in subsequent filings on Form 10-Q as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and made available on our website.  Forward-looking statements reflect our management’s view only as of the date they are made and may ultimately prove to be incorrect. We undertake no obligation to update or revise forward-looking statements to reflect changed assumptions, the occurrence of unanticipated events or changes to future operating results except as required by applicable law. We intend for these forward-looking statements to be covered by the applicable safe harbor provisions created by Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act.

 

 

Item 1.01    Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

Second Amended and Restated Advisory Agreement

On July 1, 2021, InPoint Commercial Real Estate Income, Inc. (the “Company”) and InPoint REIT Operating Partnership, LP (the “Operating Partnership”), entered into a Second Amended and Restated Advisory Agreement (the “Second A&R Advisory Agreement”) with Inland InPoint Advisor, LLC (the “Advisor”), which supersedes and replaces the First Amended and Restated Advisory Agreement dated as of April 29, 2019, between the Company, the Operating Partnership and the Advisor (the “Previous Advisory Agreement”).

The Second A&R Advisory Agreement modifies the management fee payable to the Advisor. Under the Previous Advisory Agreement, the monthly fixed management fee was equal to 1.25% per annum of the gross value of the Company’s assets, provided that any such monthly payment would not exceed 1/12th of 2.5% of the Company’s net asset value calculated pursuant to the Company’s valuation guidelines (the “NAV”). Pursuant to the Second A&R Advisory Agreement, the monthly management fee has been changed to be equal to 1/12th of 1.25% of the average NAV for each month.

The Second A&R Advisory Agreement also modifies our obligation to reimburse the Advisor and Sub-Advisor for their expenses. Under the Second A&R Advisory Agreement and the Second A&R Sub-Advisory Agreement described below, we will reimburse the Advisor and Sub-Advisor and their respective affiliates for all of their expenses attributable to us or our subsidiaries, including our operating partnership, and paid or incurred by the Advisor, the Sub-Advisor or their respective affiliates in providing services and licenses under the Second A&R Advisory Agreement or the Second A&R Sub-Advisory Agreement, provided that the Company will not reimburse for certain overhead costs such as rent and utilities. Expense reimbursements will be subject to the limits contained in an Expense Limitation Agreement described below and are also still subject to the limitations on total operating expenses in our corporate charter. The expenses that the Company will reimburse will now include personnel and related employment costs incurred by the Advisor, Sub-Advisor, or their affiliates in performing the services described in the Second A&R Advisory Agreement or the Second A&R Sub-Advisory Agreement, which were previously excluded from expenses reimbursed by the Company. These costs will include but not be limited to reasonable salaries and wages, benefits and overhead of all employees directly involved in the performance of such services, provided that no reimbursement will be made for costs of such employees of the Advisor, Sub-Advisor or their affiliates to the extent that such employees serve as our executive officers.

Second Amended and Restated Sub-Advisory Agreement

On July 1, 2021, the Advisor entered into a Second Amended and Restated Sub-Advisory Agreement (the “Second A&R Sub-Advisory Agreement”) with SPCRE InPoint Advisors, LLC (the “Sub-Advisor”), which supersedes and

 


 

replaces the First Amended and Restated Sub-Advisory Agreement dated as of April 29, 2019, between the Advisor and the Sub-Advisor (“Previous Sub-Advisory Agreement”). The Second A&R Sub-Advisory Agreement provides that the compensation and other expenses of all personnel of the Sub-Advisor, when and to the extent engaged in providing services and assistance pursuant to the Second A&R Sub-Advisory Agreement, will now be reimbursable in accordance with the Second A&R Advisory Agreement with the prior approval of the Advisor that such expenses will be submitted for reimbursement. Any expense reimbursements remain subject to the limitations on total operating expenses in the Company’s corporate charter as well as the limitations in the Expense Limitation Agreement described below.

Expense Limitation Agreement

 

The Company has entered into an Expense Limitation Agreement with its Advisor and the Sub-Advisor (the “Expense Limitation Agreement”), effective July 1, 2021, pursuant to which the Advisor and Sub-Advisor have agreed to waive reimbursement of or pay, on a quarterly basis, our annualized ordinary operating expenses for such quarter to the extent such expenses exceed 1.5% of our average monthly net assets attributable to each of our classes of common stock. “Ordinary operating expenses” for each class of our common stock consist of all ordinary expenses attributable to such class, including administration fees, transfer agent fees, fees paid to our independent directors, loan servicing expenses, administrative services expenses, and related costs associated with legal, regulatory compliance and investor relations, but excluding the following: (a) advisory fees payable to our Advisor, (b) interest expense and other financing costs, (c) taxes, (d) distribution or stockholder servicing fees and (e) operating expenses for any real estate owned, including depreciation, and (f) unusual, unexpected and/or nonrecurring expenses. We will repay our Advisor or the Sub-Advisor on a quarterly basis any ordinary operating expenses previously waived or paid, but only if the reimbursement would not cause the then-current expense limitation, if any, to be exceeded. In addition, the reimbursement of expenses will be made only if payable not more than three years from the end of the fiscal quarter in which the expenses were paid or waived.

 

The Expense Limitation Agreement has a one-year term, subject to annual renewals by a majority of our independent directors and by our Advisor and the Sub-Advisor. The Expense Limitation Agreement may not be terminated by our Advisor or the Sub-Advisor, but may be terminated by our independent directors on written notice to our Advisor and the Sub-Advisor.

 

General

 

The descriptions set forth above are only summaries of certain provisions of the agreements and are qualified by the actual provisions of the Second A&R Advisory Agreement, Second A&R Sub-Advisory Agreement and the Expense Limitation Agreement in their entirety, a copy of each of which is attached as Exhibit 10.1, 10.2 and 10.3, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Item 9.01    Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)  Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.

Description

10.1

Second Amended and Restated Advisory Agreement, dated as of July 1, 2021, by and among InPoint Commercial Real Estate Income, Inc., InPoint REIT Operating Partnership, LP, and Inland InPoint Advisor, LLC

10.2*

Second Amended and Restated Sub-Advisory Agreement, dated as of July 1, 2021, between Inland InPoint Advisor, LLC and SPCRE InPoint Advisors, LLC

10.3

Expense Limitation Agreement made as of July 1, 2021 by and among InPoint Commercial Real Estate Income, Inc., Inland InPoint Advisor, LLC, and SPCRE InPoint Advisors, LLC

* Portions of the exhibit that are both (i) not material and (ii) would likely cause competitive harm to the registrant if publicly disclosed have been omitted from the exhibit. Brackets [****] have been used in the exhibit to indicate where information has been omitted.  

 


 

 

 


 

 

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.

 

 

INPOINT COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE INCOME, INC.

 

 

Date:

July 8, 2021

By:

 /s/ Mitchell A. Sabshon

 

 

  Mitchell A. Sabshon

 

 

  Chief Executive Officer

 

 

Exhibit 10.1

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED ADVISORY AGREEMENT

 

THIS SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED ADVISORY AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of July 1, 2021 (the “Effective Date”), is entered into by and among InPoint Commercial Real Estate Income, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), InPoint REIT Operating Partnership, LP, a Delaware limited partnership of which the Company is the sole general partner (the “Operating Partnership”), and Inland InPoint Advisor, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Advisor”). All references to the Company in this Agreement shall include the Company’s wholly owned subsidiaries and, where applicable, the Operating Partnership. This Agreement amends and restates in its entirety the First Amended and Restated Advisory Agreement, dated as of April 29, 2019, by and among the Company, the Operating Partnership and the Advisor, and shall become effective as of the Effective Date.

WITNESSETH:

 

WHEREAS, the Company is a corporation formed under the Maryland General Corporation Law (the “MGCL”);

 

WHEREAS, the Company through its interest in the Operating Partnership originates, acquires and manages a diversified portfolio of commercial real estate investments primarily comprised of floating-rate commercial real estate investments debt, including first mortgage loans, subordinate mortgage and mezzanine loans, and participations in such loans;

 

WHEREAS, the Company elected and intends to continue to elect to be taxed as a REIT (as defined below) for U.S. federal income tax purposes;

 

WHEREAS, the Company and its subsidiaries including the Operating Partnership desire to avail themselves of the experience, sources of information, advice, assistance and facilities available to the Advisor and to have the Advisor undertake the duties and responsibilities hereinafter set forth, on behalf of, and subject to the supervision of, the Board of Directors (as defined below), all as provided herein; and

 

WHEREAS, the Advisor is willing to undertake to render these services, subject to the supervision of the Board of Directors, on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants set forth herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1. Definitions. As used herein, the following capitalized terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

 

Acquisition Expenses” means any and all expenses incurred by the Company, the Advisor, any Person engaged by the Advisor, including the Sub-Advisor, or any of the respective Affiliates of any of the foregoing in connection with selecting, evaluating or acquiring any investments, regardless of whether the investment is acquired, including but not limited to legal fees and expenses, travel and communication, appraisals and surveys, nonrefundable option payments, accounting fees and expenses, computer related expenses, architectural and engineering reports, environmental and asbestos audits and surveys, title insurance and escrow fees, and miscellaneous expenses.

 

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Advisor Nominee” means any individual designated pursuant to Section 3(e) as a nominee to the Board of Directors by the Advisor or the Sub-Advisor, including without limitation, the Independent Director nominees.

 

Advisory Fee” means the fee payable to the Advisor, the Sub-Advisor or their respective designees under Section 8(a) hereof.

 

Affiliate” or “Affiliates” means, with respect to any Person, (i) any Person directly or indirectly owning, controlling or holding, with the power to vote, fifty percent (50.0%) or more of the outstanding voting securities of such other Person; (ii) any Person fifty percent (50.0%) or more of whose outstanding voting securities are directly or indirectly owned, controlled or held, with the power to vote, by such other Person; (iii) any Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with such other Person; (iv) any executive officer, director, trustee, general partner or manager of such other Person; and (v) any legal entity for which such Person acts as an executive officer, director, trustee, general partner or manager.

 

Annual Total Return” means, as further described in Section 8(a), the investment return provided to Stockholders, which shall be calculated independently for each class of Shares, and shall be equal to, for all such Shares outstanding during the calendar year (or such other applicable period), the sum of (i) Declared Distributions per Share over the calendar year (or such other applicable period) plus (ii) change in NAV per Share over the calendar year (or such other applicable period).

 

Annual Total Return Percentage” means, as further described in Section 8(a), the Annual Total Return divided by the NAV per Share of the applicable class of Shares at the beginning of the applicable time period.

 

“Application Fees” has the meaning set forth in Section 8(b).

 

Average Invested Assets” means, for any specified period, the average of the aggregate book value of the assets of the Company, including all intangibles and goodwill, invested, directly or indirectly, in equity interests in Real Property and all Real Estate-Related Assets or other securities and consolidated and unconsolidated Joint Ventures or other partnerships, before non-cash charges such as depreciation, amortization, impairments, bad debt reserves or other non-cash reserves, computed by taking the average of these values at the end of each month during the specified period.

 

Board of Directors” means the persons holding the office of director of the Company as of any particular time under the Charter.

 

Business Day” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or any other day on which national banks are required or are authorized to be closed in Chicago, Illinois or New York, New York.

 

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

 

Change of Control ” means a change of control of the Company of a nature that would be required to be reported in response to the disclosure requirements of Schedule 14A of Regulation 14A promulgated under the Exchange Act, as enacted and in force on the date hereof, whether or not the Company is then subject to such reporting requirements; provided, however, that, without limitation, a Change of Control shall be deemed to have occurred if: (i) any “person” (within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, as enacted and in force on the date hereof) is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as that term is defined in Rule 13d-3, as enacted and in force on the date hereof, under the Exchange Act) of securities of the Company representing 9.8% or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s securities then

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outstanding; (ii) there occurs a merger, consolidation or other reorganization of the Company that is not approved by the Board of Directors; (iii) there occurs a sale, exchange, transfer or other disposition of substantially all the assets of the Company to another Person, which disposition is not approved by the Board of Directors; or (iv) there occurs a contested proxy solicitation of the Stockholders that results in the contesting party electing candidates to a majority of the Board of Directors’ positions next up for election.

 

Charter” means the Articles of Amendment and Restatement of the Company, as amended, restated or supplemented from time to time.

 

Class P Shares” means shares of the Company’s $0.001 par value common stock that have been designated as Class P.

 

CMBS” means commercial mortgage-backed securities.

 

Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations promulgated thereunder or corresponding provisions of subsequent revenue laws.

 

Control Persons” has the meaning set forth in Section 14.

 

CRE CLO” means commercial real estate collateralized loan obligations.

 

Dealer Manager” means Inland Securities Corporation, a Delaware corporation, or any of its successors or assigns.

 

Dealer Manager Agreement” means the dealer manager agreement then in effect between the Company and the Dealer Manager with respect to the distribution of Shares in any Private Placement or any Public Offering.

 

Dealer Manager Fee” means the dealer manager fee payable to the Dealer Manager as described in any Memorandum or Prospectus, as applicable.

 

Declared Distributions” means the aggregate Distributions payable for the applicable period.

 

Distributions” means any distributions (as such term is defined in Section 2-301 of the MGCL) of money or other property, pursuant to the Charter, by the Company to owners of Equity Stock, including distributions that may constitute a return of capital for federal income tax purposes.

 

“Draw Request Fees” has the meaning set forth in Section 8(b).

 

“Elected Deferred Amounts” has the meaning set forth in Section 8(f)(ii).

 

Equity Stock” means all classes or series of capital stock of the Company authorized under the Charter, including, without limit, any class or classes of common stock, $0.001 par value per share, and any class or classes of preferred stock, $0.001 par value per share.

 

Excess Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 11(b).

 

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

Expense Year” has the meaning set forth in Section 11(b).

 

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Fiscal Year” means the calendar year ending December 31.

 

Fixed Component” means the fee payable to the Advisor, the Sub-Advisor or their respective designees under Section 8(a)(i) hereof.

 

GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles as in effect in the United States of America from time to time or any other accounting basis mandated by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Gross Offering Proceeds” means the aggregate purchase price for Shares sold in any Public Offering, without deduction for volume discounts or Organization and Offering Expenses of any Public Offering.

 

Indemnitee has the meaning set forth in Section 21(a).

 

Independent Director” means any director of the Company who is an “Independent Director” for purposes of the Charter.

 

Initial Investment” has the meaning set forth in Section 28.

 

Inland” means Inland Business Manager & Advisor Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation that is the parent company of the Advisor.

 

Investment Company Act” means the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

Investment Guidelines” means the investment guidelines adopted by the Board of Directors, as amended from time to time, pursuant to which the Advisor, or, if delegated to the Sub-Advisor, the Sub-Advisor, has discretion to originate, acquire and dispose of Investments for the Company without the prior approval of the Board of Directors.

 

Investments” means any investments by the Company in Real Property, Real Estate-Related Assets and all other investments in which the Company may acquire an interest, either directly or indirectly, including through ownership interests in a Joint Venture.

 

Issuer Costs” means all expenses, other than underwriting compensation, incurred by or on behalf of the Company, and to be paid from the assets of the Company, in connection with and in preparing the Company for registration (with respect to any Public Offering) or qualification for an exemption from registration (with respect to any Private Placement) and offering its Shares to investors, including, but not limited to, reimbursing the Dealer Manager and participating soliciting dealers for bona fide out-of-pocket, itemized and detailed due diligence expenses incurred by these entities, expenses for printing, engraving and mailing, charges of transfer agents, registrars, trustees, escrow holders, depositaries and experts, reasonable expenses relating to attending educational meetings and conferences (with respect to the Advisor, however, solely the reasonable expenses of attending such meetings and conferences incurred by the Chief Executive Officer of the Advisor), expenses of qualifying the sale of the Shares under federal and state laws, including taxes and fees and accountants’ and attorneys’ fees and expenses.

 

Joint Venture” means a joint venture, limited liability company, corporation or partnership arrangement (excluding the Operating Partnership) in which the Company, or any subsidiary thereof, is a co-venturer, member, stockholder or partner with one or more other Persons or an entity, which acquires, owns or manages Real Property or Real Estate-Related Assets.

 

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Liquidity Event” means a Sale of all or substantially all of the Investments, a listing of the Shares on a national securities exchange or any merger, reorganization, business combination, share exchange or acquisition or other similar transaction by any Person or related group of Persons of beneficial ownership of all or substantially all of the Shares in one or more related transactions, or another similar transaction involving the Company, pursuant to which the Stockholders receive cash or the securities of another issuer that are listed on a national securities exchange, as full or partial consideration for their Shares.

 

“Loan Administrative Fees” has the meaning set forth in Section 8(b).

 

“Loan Origination Fees” has the meaning set forth in Section 8(b).

 

Memorandum” means a confidential private placement memorandum relating to the offer and sale of Shares in a Private Placement.

 

MGCL” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

 

NASAA REIT Guidelines” means the Statement of Policy Regarding Real Estate Investment Trusts published by the North American Securities Administrators Association on May 7, 2007, and in effect on the Effective Date.

 

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

 

Net Income” means, for any period, the aggregate amount of total revenues applicable to the period, less the total expenses applicable to the same period other than additions to, or allowances for, non-cash charges such as depreciation, amortization, impairments and bad debt reserves and excluding any gain from any Sale.

 

Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 22.

 

Offering” means any Private Placement or Public Offering.

 

Organization and Offering Expenses” means the aggregate of all Issuer Costs, plus all underwriting compensation (including without limitation Selling Commissions, Dealer Manager Fees and Stockholder Servicing Fees) incurred in any particular Offering.

 

Performance Component” means the fee payable to the Advisor, the Sub-Advisor or their respective designees under Section 8(a)(ii) hereof.

 

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

 

Priority Return Percentage” has the meaning set forth in Section 8(a)(ii).

 

Private Placement” means any unregistered private Offering of Shares by the Company pursuant to a Memorandum.

 

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Prospectus” has the meaning set forth in Section 2(10) of the Securities Act, including a preliminary prospectus, an offering circular as described in Rule 253 of the general rules and regulations under the Securities Act, or, in the case of an intrastate offering, any document by whatever name known, utilized for the purpose of offering and selling Shares to the public in a Public Offering.

 

Public Offering” means a public offering of Shares pursuant to the applicable Prospectus, as amended and supplemented from time to time.

 

Real Estate Loans” means any indebtedness or obligations in respect of borrowed money backed principally by real estate, such as mortgage, mezzanine, bridge and other loans.

 

Real Estate Manager” means any Person engaged by the Company or the Operating Partnership to manage any Real Property, including Inland Commercial Real Estate Services, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, or any of its successors or assigns, or other entities Affiliated with the Advisor.

 

Real Estate-Related Assets” means any investments by the Company or the Operating Partnership in Real Estate Loans and Real Estate-Related Securities.

 

Real Estate-Related Securities” means commercial real estate securities, such as CMBS, unsecured debt of publicly-traded REITs and CRE CLO notes.

 

Real Property” means land, rights or interests in land (including, but not limited to, leasehold interests), and any buildings, structures, improvements, furnishings, fixtures and equipment located on, or used in connection with, land and rights or interest in land, in each case owned or to be owned by the Company either directly or indirectly through one or more Affiliates, Joint Ventures, partnerships or other legal entities.

 

Registration Statement” means any registration statement on Form S-11 the Company may file with regard to a Public Offering, as amended from time to time, and the Prospectus contained therein.

 

REIT” means a corporation, trust, association or other legal entity (other than a real estate syndication) that is engaged primarily in investing in equity interests in real estate (including fee ownership and leasehold interests) or in loans secured by real estate or both as defined pursuant to the REIT Provisions of the Code.

 

REIT Provisions of the Code” means Sections 856 through 860 of the Code and any successor or other provisions of the Code relating to REITs (including provisions as to the attribution of ownership of beneficial interests therein) and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Sale or Sales” means:

 

(a)Any transaction or series of transactions whereby:

 

(i)The Company or the Operating Partnership directly or indirectly, including through any Affiliate (except as described in other subsections of this definition), sells, grants, transfers, conveys or relinquishes its ownership of any Investment or portion thereof, including the sale-leaseback of any Real Property, and including any event with respect to any Investment which gives rise to a significant amount of insurance proceeds or condemnation awards;

 

(ii)The Company or the Operating Partnership directly or indirectly, including through any Affiliate (except as described in other subsections of this definition) sells, grants, transfers,

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conveys or relinquishes its ownership of all or substantially all of the interest of the Company or the Operating Partnership in any Joint Venture in which it is a co-venturer or partner;

 

(iii)The Company or the Operating Partnership directly or indirectly, including through any Affiliate (except as described in other subsections of this definition) sells, grants, conveys or relinquishes its interest in any Real Estate Loan or portion thereof, including any payments thereunder or in satisfaction thereof (other than regularly scheduled interest payments) or any amounts owed pursuant to such Real Estate Loan, and including any event with respect to any Real Estate Loan which gives rise to a significant amount of insurance proceeds or similar awards; or

 

(iv)The Company or the Operating Partnership directly or indirectly, including through any Affiliate (except as described in other subsections of this definition) sells, grants, transfers, conveys or relinquishes its ownership of any other asset not previously described in this definition or any portion thereof; but

 

(b)Not including any transaction or series of transactions specified in clause (a)(i) through (iv) above in which the proceeds of such transaction or series of transactions are reinvested by the Company in one or more assets within 180 days thereafter.

 

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

Securities Claims” has the meaning set forth in Section 21(b).

 

Selling Commissions” means, in any Offering, any and all selling commissions payable to underwriters, dealer managers or other broker-dealers in connection with the sale of any Shares, including, without limitation, commissions payable to the Dealer Manager.

 

Shares” means any shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company, and “Share” means one of those Shares.

 

Stockholder Servicing Fee” means the stockholder servicing fees payable to the Dealer Manager as described in any Prospectus.

 

Stockholders” means the holders of record of the Equity Stock, including the Shares, as maintained in the books and records of the Company or its transfer agent.

 

Sub-Advisor” means SPCRE InPoint Advisors, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

 

Sub-Advisory Agreement” means that certain Second Amended and Restated Sub-Advisory Agreement between the Advisor and the Sub-Advisor, dated as of the date hereof, as amended or restated from time to time.

 

Termination Date” means the date of termination of this Agreement.

 

Total Operating Expenses” means all costs and expenses paid or incurred by the Company, as determined under GAAP, that are in any way related to the operation of the Company or its business, including the Advisory Fee, but excluding: (i) the expenses of raising capital such as Organization and Offering Expenses, legal, audit, accounting, underwriting, brokerage, listing, registration, and other fees, printing and other such expenses and taxes incurred in connection with the issuance, distribution, transfer and registration and listing of shares of the Equity Stock, (ii) interest payments, (iii) taxes, (iv) non-cash expenditures such as depreciation, amortization and bad debt reserves, (v) incentive fees paid in compliance

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with the NASAA REIT Guidelines; (vi) acquisition fees and Acquisition Expenses, (vii) real estate commissions on the Sale of Real Property, (viii) expenses incurred at each Real Property, including expenses and fees payable under the Company’s agreement with any Real Estate Manager, and (ix) other fees and expenses connected with the acquisition, disposition, management and ownership of Investments or other property (including the costs of foreclosure, insurance premiums, legal services, maintenance, repair, and improvement of property). The definition of “Total Operating Expenses” set forth above is intended to encompass only those expenses which are required to be treated as Total Operating Expenses under the NASAA REIT Guidelines. As a result, and notwithstanding the definition set forth above, any expense of the Company which is not part of Total Operating Expenses under the NASAA REIT Guidelines shall not be treated as part of Total Operating Expenses for purposes hereof.

 

Valuation Guidelines” means the valuation guidelines adopted by the Board of Directors, as may be amended from time to time.

 

2%/25% Guidelines” has the meaning set forth in Section 11(b) hereof.

 

2. Duties of the Advisor. The Advisor shall consult with the Company and its Board of Directors and shall furnish advice and recommendations with respect to all aspects of the business and affairs of the Company and its subsidiaries, including the Operating Partnership. The Advisor shall inform the Board of Directors of factors that come to the Advisor’s attention that may, in its opinion, influence the policies of the Company. Subject to the supervision of the Board of Directors and consistent with the provisions of the Charter, the Advisor, directly or indirectly through an Affiliate, the Sub-Advisor or third parties supervised by the Advisor, shall use commercially reasonable efforts to:

 

(a)Identify potential opportunities for Investments consistent with the Company’s investment objectives and policies, including but not limited to:

 

 

(i)

Locate, analyze and select potential Investments;

 

(ii)Structure and negotiate the terms and conditions of acquisition and disposition transactions;

 

(iii)Arrange financing and refinancing or other changes in the asset or capital structure of the Company as well as the reinvesting of proceeds from the Sale of, or otherwise deal with the Investments in, Real Property and Real Estate-Related Assets; and

 

 

(iv)

Oversee material leases and service contracts related to Real Property.

 

(b)Manage the Company’s day-to-day operations, consistent with the investment objectives and policies established by the Board of Directors from time to time, including hiring and supervising Company employees, if any;

 

(c)Investigate and conduct relations with lenders, consultants, accountants, brokers, third party asset managers, attorneys, underwriters, appraisers, insurers, corporate fiduciaries, banks, builders and developers, sellers and buyers of investments and persons acting in any other capacity specified by the Company from time to time, and enter into contracts in the name of the Company or the Operating Partnership with, and retain and supervise services performed by, such parties in connection with investments that have been or may be acquired or disposed of by the Company or the Operating Partnership;

 

(d)Cooperate with any Real Estate Manager in connection with real estate management services and other activities relating to the Company’s Real Property, subject to any requirement under the

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laws, rules and regulations affecting REITs that the Advisor or any Real Estate Manager, as the case may be, qualifies as an “independent contractor” as that phrase is used in connection with applicable laws, rules and regulations affecting REITs;

 

(e)Make investments in, and dispositions of, Investments approved by the Board of Directors or within the discretionary limits and authority as granted by the Board of Directors pursuant to the Investment Guidelines, and upon request of the Company, act, or obtain the services of others to act, as attorney-in-fact or agent of the Company in making, acquiring and disposing of investments, disbursing and collecting funds in connection with any origination, acquisition or disposition, paying the debts and fulfilling the obligations of the Company and handling, prosecuting and settling any claims of the Company, including foreclosing and otherwise enforcing mortgage and other liens and security interests securing Investments;

 

(f)Provide the Board of Directors with updates on Investments made by the Company that are within the discretionary limits and authority as granted by the Board of Directors pursuant to the Investment Guidelines, and provide the Board of Directors with research and other statistical data and analysis in connection with Investments to be approved by the Board of Directors as a result of such Investments being outside the discretionary limits and authority as granted by the Board of Directors pursuant to the Investment Guidelines;

 

(g)Assist in negotiations on behalf of the Company with investment banking firms and other institutions or investors for public or private sales of Equity Stock or for other financing on behalf of the Company, provided that in no event may the Advisor or the Sub-Advisor act as a broker, dealer or underwriter of, or for, the Company; provided, however, that any fees and costs payable to third parties incurred by the Advisor or the Sub-Advisor in connection with the foregoing shall be the responsibility of the Company;

 

(h)Maintain, with respect to any Real Property and to the extent available, title insurance or other assurance of title and customary fire, casualty and public liability insurance;

 

(i)Coordinate placement of casualty and public liability insurance and directors’ and officers’ insurance;

 

(j)Except as otherwise provided by the Company, provide office space, equipment and personnel as required for the performance of the foregoing services as the Advisor;

 

(k)Advise the Board of Directors, from time to time, of the Company’s operating results;

 

(l)Coordinate preparation, with any Real Estate Manager, of an operating budget and such other reports as may be appropriate for each Real Property owned by the Company;

 

(m)Prepare, on behalf of the Company, and supervise the filing of all reports required by the Securities and Exchange Commission, including without limitation Current Reports on Form 8-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Annual Reports on Form 10-K, and all reports and returns required by the Internal Revenue Service, other state or federal governmental agencies or other Company vendors relating to the Company and its operations, including specifically its compliance with the REIT Provisions of the Code;

 

(n)Prepare, on behalf of the Company, and supervise the distribution of reports to Stockholders, and act on behalf of the Company to communicate with Stockholders, brokers, dealers, financial advisors and custodians, whether by in person, written, electronic or telephonic means;

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(o)Arrange for, and plan, the Company’s annual meetings of Stockholders;

 

(p)Supervise communications with the Company’s transfer agent;

 

(q)Maintain the Company’s books and records including, but not limited to, appraisals and fairness opinions obtained in connection with acquiring or disposing of Investments if such reports are necessary;

 

(r)Assist the Board of Directors in evaluating Sales and Liquidity Events, including without limitation: (i) performing due diligence in connection with investigating potential Sales or Liquidity Events; (ii) selecting and conducting relations with experts, investment banking firms and potential acquirers of Real Property and Real Estate-Related Assets, among others; (iii) preparing investment and other strategic models regarding Sales and Liquidity Events for evaluation by the Board of Directors; and (iv) preparing written reports and making presentations regarding potential Sales and Liquidity Events to the Board of Directors;

 

(s)Administer the Company’s bookkeeping and accounting functions, including without limitation: (i) establishing and implementing accounting and financial reporting procedures, processes and policies; (ii) maintaining the Company’s general ledger and sub ledgers; (iii) recording Investments and any funding of indebtedness; (iv) performing accounting research; (v) budgeting, forecasting and analyzing the Company’s performance; (vi) assisting in selecting and implementing accounting and financial system software; (vii) overseeing platform accounting functions and practices; (viii) reporting to the Board of Directors and the audit committee thereof; (ix) monitoring the Company’s compliance with The Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, and the effectiveness of the Company’s internal controls; (x) monitoring and ensuring compliance with ratios and covenants set forth in the loan documents for any debt financing; (xi) providing required monthly, quarterly and annual financial reporting, as applicable, to the Company’s lenders; and (xii) ensuring proper accounting treatment for derivative instruments;

 

(t)Undertake and perform all services or other activities necessary and proper to carry out the Company’s investment objectives, including providing secretarial, clerical and administrative assistance for the Company and maintaining the Company’s website;

 

(u)From time to time, or at any time reasonably requested by the Board of Directors, make reports to the Board of Directors of its performance of services to the Company under this Agreement, including reports with respect to potential conflicts of interest involving the Advisor, the Sub-Advisor or any of their respective Affiliates;

 

(v)Administer the valuation of Investments and the calculation of the NAV per share for each class of Shares outstanding in accordance with the Valuation Guidelines, including supervising any third parties engaged by the Board of Directors to assist with this process and report on compliance with the Valuation Guidelines to the Board of Directors;

 

(w)Select Joint Venture partners, if and as appropriate for the Company, structure corresponding agreements and oversee and monitor these relationships;

 

(x)Evaluate and recommend to the Board of Directors, if and as appropriate for the Company, hedging strategies and modifications thereto in effect and cause the Company to engage in overall hedging strategies consistent with the Company’s status as a REIT and with the Company’s investment policies approved by the Board of Directors;

 

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(y)Advise the Company regarding the maintenance of the Company’s exception from the Investment Company Act and monitor compliance with the requirements for maintaining an exception from such act;

 

(z)Advise the Company regarding the Company’s ability to elect REIT status, and thereafter maintenance of the Company’s status as a REIT, and monitor compliance with the various REIT qualification tests in the REIT Provisions of the Code;

 

(aa)Take all necessary actions to enable the Company and the Operating Partnership to make required tax filings and reports, including soliciting Stockholders for required information to the extent provided by the REIT Provisions of the Code;

 

(bb)Cause the Company and the Operating Partnership to qualify to do business in all applicable jurisdictions and to obtain and maintain all appropriate licenses;

 

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

 

(dd)Use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Company and the Operating Partnership to comply with all applicable laws; and

 

(ee)Perform such other services as may be required from time to time for the management and other activities relating to the Company’s and the Operating Partnership’s respective business and assets as the Board of Directors shall reasonably request or the Advisor shall deem appropriate under the particular circumstances.

 

3. Authority of Advisor.

 

(a)Pursuant to the terms of this Agreement (including the restrictions included in this Section 3 and in Section 5), and subject to the continuing and exclusive authority of the Board of Directors over the supervision of the Company, the Company, acting on the authority of the Board of Directors, hereby delegates to the Advisor 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 Advisor, may be necessary or advisable in connection with the Advisor’s duties described in Section 2 hereof, including the making of any Investment that fits within the Investment Guidelines.

 

(b)Notwithstanding the foregoing, any investment in an Investment that does not adhere to the Investment Guidelines will require the prior approval of the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors, as the case may be.

 

(c)If a transaction requires approval by the Independent Directors, the Advisor will deliver, or cause the Sub-Advisor to deliver, to the Independent Directors all documents and other information reasonably required by them to evaluate properly the proposed transaction.

 

(d)The Board of Directors may, at any time upon the giving of written notice to the Advisor, amend the Investment Guidelines or modify or revoke the authority set forth in this Section 3; provided, however, that such modification or revocation shall be effective upon receipt by the Advisor or such later

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date as is specified by the Board of Directors and included in the written notice provided to the Advisor and such modification or revocation shall not be applicable to investment transactions to which the Advisor or any third-party engaged by the Advisor, including the Sub-Advisor, has committed the Company or the Operating Partnership prior to the date of receipt by the Advisor of such notification, or if later, the effective date of such modification or revocation specified by the Board of Directors.

 

(e)During the term of this Agreement, the Board of Directors shall at all times be comprised of no fewer than five (5) individuals, subject to the Charter and Bylaws. The Advisor and the Sub-Advisor shall each have the right to designate for nomination, subject to the approval of such nomination by the Board of Directors, one (1) director to the slate to be voted on by the Stockholders; provided, however, that in the event the number of directors constituting the Board of Directors is increased by a vote of the Board of Directors pursuant to the Charter and Bylaws, such number of director nominees to which each of the Advisor and the Sub-Advisor is entitled shall be increased as necessary by a number that will result in such nominees representing not less than 20% of the total number of directors.

 

The Advisor and the Sub-Advisor, after consulting with each other, will have the right to jointly designate for nomination, subject to approval of such nomination by the Board of Directors, three (3) individuals to serve as Independent Directors; provided however, that in the event the number of directors constituting the Board of Directors is increased by a vote of the Board of Directors pursuant to the Charter and Bylaws, such number of Independent Director nominees to which the Advisor and the Sub-Advisor are entitled shall be increased as necessary by a number that will result in such nominees representing not less than the minimum number of Independent Directors required under applicable law and pursuant to the Charter and Bylaws.

 

The Advisor will provide, or, if such Advisor Nominee was designated for nomination by the Sub-Advisor, request that the Sub-Advisor provide, the Board of Directors with such information about each Advisor Nominee as is reasonably requested by the Board of Directors in order to comply with applicable disclosure rules, including without limitation, any information that a stockholder of the Company must provide to the Company in order to nominate a director under the Bylaws.

 

If a vacancy on the Board of Directors arises as a result of the death, disability or retirement, resignation or removal of an Advisor Nominee and such vacancy results in the number of Advisor Nominees then serving on the Board of Directors being less than the number that each of the Advisor and the Sub-Advisor are then entitled to designate for nomination to the Board of Directors, the Advisor or the Sub-Advisor, as applicable, shall be entitled to designate for nomination an Advisor Nominee to fill such a vacancy subject to approval by the Board of Directors.

 

4. No Partnership or Joint Venture. The Company and the Advisor are not, and shall not be deemed to be, partners or Joint Venturers with each other.

 

5. Limitations on Activities. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the Advisor shall refrain from taking any action that, in its reasonable judgment or in any judgment of the Board of Directors of which the Advisor has prior written notice, would adversely affect the qualification of the Company as a REIT under the Code, subject the Company to regulation under the Investment Company Act or that would violate in any material respect any law, rule or regulation of any governmental body or agency having jurisdiction over the Company, its Equity Stock or its Investments, or that would otherwise not be permitted by the Charter. If any such action is ordered by the Board of Directors, the Advisor shall promptly notify the Board of Directors that, in the Advisor’s judgment, the action would adversely affect the Company’s, or the Operating Partnership’s, status as a REIT, exemption from regulation under the Investment Company Act or violate any law, rule or regulation or the Charter, and that the Advisor shall refrain from taking such action pending further clarification or instruction from the Board of Directors.

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6. Bank Accounts. At the direction of the Board of Directors or the officers of the Company, the Advisor shall establish and maintain bank accounts in the name of the Company, and shall collect and deposit into and disburse from such accounts moneys on behalf of the Company, upon such terms and conditions as the Board of Directors may approve, provided that no funds in any such account shall be commingled with funds of the Advisor. The Advisor shall, from time to time, as the Board of Directors or the officers of the Company may require, render appropriate accountings of such collections, deposits and disbursements to the Board of Directors and to the Company’s auditors.

 

7. Fidelity Bond. The Advisor shall not be required to obtain or maintain a fidelity bond in connection with performing its services hereunder.

 

8. Compensation. Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, including Section 11 hereof, and in addition to any compensation for additional services that may be paid pursuant to Section 10 hereof, the Company shall compensate the Advisor or its designees (including the Sub-Advisor) for services rendered hereunder, as follows:

 

(a)Advisory Fee. The Advisory Fee will be comprised of two separate components: (1) a fixed component payable monthly (the “Fixed Component”); and (2) a performance component payable annually (the “Performance Component”), each calculated as follows.

 

(i)The Fixed Component shall be equal to 1/12th of 1.25% of the average NAV for each month, paid monthly in arrears.

 

(ii)The Performance Component shall be calculated on the basis of the Annual Total Return of each class of Shares in any calendar year, such that for any year in which the Annual Total Return Percentage per share for such class exceeds 7.0% per annum (the “Priority Return Percentage”), the Performance Component will equal 20% of the difference between the Annual Total Return Percentage and the Priority Return Percentage allocable to such class, multiplied by NAV at the beginning of the applicable period for such class, multiplied by the outstanding number of Shares of such class at the end of the applicable period; provided that in no event will the Performance Component exceed 15% of the Annual Total Return allocable to such class for such year. In the event the NAV per share decreases below $25.00 for any class of Shares during the measurement period, any subsequent increase in such NAV per share to $25.00 (or such other adjusted number) shall not be included in the calculation of the Performance Component with respect to that class, provided that the Board of Directors may decrease this threshold if (i) extraordinary events arise (such as a significant disruption in relevant markets, a terrorist attack or acts of nature) and (ii) the Board of Directors, including a majority of Independent Directors, has determined that such change is necessary to appropriately incent the Advisor to perform in a manner that maximizes stockholder value and is in the best interests of the Stockholders.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the NAV thresholds for each class of Shares are also subject to adjustment by the Board of Directors to account for any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or any other similar change in the Company’s capital structure or any Distributions that the Board of Directors has deemed to be a return of capital to the applicable class of Stockholders. If the Performance Component is payable with respect to any class of Shares pursuant to this Section 8(a), the Advisor will be entitled to such payment even in the event that the Annual Total Return Percentage to the Stockholders of such class (or any particular Stockholder) over any longer or shorter period has been less than the Priority Return Percentage. The performance of the Company in any future period shall not in any way impact the amount of any Advisory Fee payable to the Advisor for prior periods, and the Advisor shall have no obligation to return any portion of any Advisory Fee paid to it or any other Person as a result of the Company’s performance in

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any such future period. The Performance Component may be earned in a given period for one or more of the Company’s classes of common stock.

 

For these purposes only, the NAV of each class of Shares shall be (i) the NAV per Share of such class; (ii) the actual value accorded to each class of Shares in connection with any merger or sale of the Company or its assets; or (iii) if any class of Shares is listed on a national securities exchange, the volume weighted average closing price of such Shares for the last thirty (30) trading days of the current year, or such shorter period as such Shares have been “listed” during the current year.

 

The Performance Component is payable promptly after the audited financial statements for each calendar year become available, provided that, if this Agreement or its term expires without renewal prior to December 31 of any calendar year, then the Performance Component for such partial year shall be payable promptly after the Company files its unaudited financial statements on Form 10-Q for the quarter that includes the Termination Date. The Performance Component shall be payable for each calendar year in which this Agreement is in effect, even if the Agreement is in effect for less than a full calendar year.

 

(b)Loan Related Fees. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Advisor will receive all (i) loan origination fees (whether paid upfront or upon payoff of all or any portion of a loan) (“Loan Origination Fees”) and (ii) (A) application fees (“Application Fees); and (B) future funding facility draw request fees (“Draw Request Fees”; and together with Application Fees, “Loan Administrative Fees”), in each instance, related to Real Estate Loans made by the Company or the Operating Partnership. Loan Origination Fees and Loan Administrative Fees will only be paid to the Advisor to the extent they are paid by a borrower and generally will be paid directly from such borrower to the Advisor or Sub-Advisor. To the extent any Loan Origination Fees and Loan Administrative Fees are paid to the Company, the Company shall remit such fees to, or as directed by, the Advisor.

 

(c)Termination. In the event this Agreement is terminated or its term expires without renewal, the Advisory Fee will be calculated and due and payable after the calculation of NAV on the Termination Date. If such fees are payable with respect to any partial calendar quarter or calendar year, the Fixed Component will be prorated based on the number of days elapsed during any partial calendar quarter and the Performance Component will be prorated based on the number of days elapsed during, and Annual Total Return achieved for, the period of such partial calendar year.

 

(d)Liquidation. In the event the Company commences a liquidation of its Investments during any calendar year, the Company will pay the Fixed Component from the proceeds of the liquidation and the Performance Component will be calculated and paid at the end of the liquidation period prior to the distribution of the liquidation proceeds to the Stockholders.

 

(e)Form of Payment. The fees payable under this Section 8 shall be paid in cash; provided, however that the Advisor, in its sole discretion, may elect to be paid any of the fees set forth in this Section 8 in Class I Shares (in lieu of cash payment), in which case the number of Class I Shares shall be equal to the cash amount of such fee divided by the most recently determined NAV per Class I Share. Such Class I Shares will not be subject to either the one-year holding requirement or the repurchase limits of the Company’s share repurchase plan.

 

(f)Deferral of Advisory Fees.

 

(i)The Advisor shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to elect to defer any portion of Advisory Fees otherwise payable by the Company.

 

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(ii)Any Advisory Fees otherwise payable that have not been paid pursuant to a deferral election made by the Advisor (collectively referred to as “Elected Deferred Amounts”) shall be paid without interest on any specified later date as the Advisor may determine.

 

(iii)Elected Deferred Amounts shall be reduced on a dollar for dollar basis upon their payment by the Company to the Advisor, and any such payment shall be applied to Elected Deferred Amounts in the order of oldest to newest.

 

9. Expenses.

 

(a)In addition to the compensation paid to the Advisor, the Sub-Advisor or their respective designees pursuant to Section 8 and Section 10 hereof, and subject to the provisions of the Sub-Advisory Agreement and the limitations of Section 9(c) hereof, the Company shall reimburse the Advisor, the Sub-Advisor and their respective Affiliates for all of the expenses attributable to the Company or its subsidiaries including the Operating Partnership and paid or incurred by the Advisor, the Sub-Advisor or their respective Affiliates in providing certain services and licenses hereunder. For purposes of this Section 9(a), expenses of the Dealer Manager will only be reimbursed to the extent provided in the Dealer Manager Agreement.

 

(b)Expenses that the Company shall reimburse pursuant to Section 9(a) hereof include, but are not limited to:

 

(i)Issuer Costs incurred in a Private Placement in an amount not to exceed the aggregate organization and offering expenses (as such term is used in the Memorandum) received by the Company in connection with a Private Placement;

 

(ii)Organization and Offering Expenses; provided that within 60 days after the end of the month in which a Public Offering terminates, the Advisor shall reimburse the Company to the extent Organization and Offering Expenses borne by the Company attributable to such Public Offering exceed 15.0% of the Gross Offering Proceeds raised in the completed Public Offering;

 

(iii)Expenses, including Acquisition Expenses incurred in connection with evaluating, selecting, originating, structuring, financing, developing or acquiring an Investment or prospective investment or any expenses incurred in connection with any Sale or prospective Sale of an Investment or any contribution or prospective contribution of an Investment to a Joint Venture;

 

(iv)The actual cost of goods and services purchased for and used by the Company and obtained from entities not affiliated with the Advisor or the Sub-Advisor;

 

(v)Interest and other costs for money borrowed on behalf of the Company, including points and other similar fees;

 

(vi)Taxes and assessments on income or attributed to Investments owned by the Company or its subsidiaries including the Operating Partnership;

 

(vii)Premiums and other associated fees for insurance policies including director and officer liability insurance;

 

(viii)Expenses of managing and operating Investments owned by the Company or the Operating Partnership, whether payable to an Affiliate of the Company or a non-affiliated Person;

 

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(ix)Fees and expenses paid to members of the Board of Directors and the fees and costs of any meetings of the Board of Directors or Stockholders;

 

(x)Expenses associated with dividends or Distributions paid or caused to be paid by the Company or its subsidiaries including the Operating Partnership;

 

(xi)Expenses of organizing the Company or any of its subsidiaries, including the Operating Partnership, including filing, revising, amending, converting or modifying the Charter, Bylaws or other organizational documents and legal fees associated with preparing this Agreement and the Sub-Advisory Agreement;

 

(xii)Expenses associated with Stockholder communications including the cost of preparing, printing and mailing annual reports, proxy statements and other reports required by governmental entities;

 

(xiii)Administrative service expenses charged to, or for the benefit of, the Company or its subsidiaries, including the Operating Partnership, by non-affiliated third parties;

 

(xiv)Audit, accounting and legal fees charged to, or for the benefit of, the Company or its subsidiaries, including the Operating Partnership, by non-affiliated third parties;

 

(xv)Personnel and related employment costs incurred by the Advisor, Sub-Advisor, or their Affiliates in performing the services described in Section 2 hereof, including but not limited to reasonable salaries and wages, benefits and overhead of all employees directly involved in the performance of such services, provided that no reimbursement shall be made for costs of such employees of the Advisor, Sub-Advisor or their Affiliates to the extent that such employees are executive officers of the Company;

 

(xvi)Legal fees charged to, or for the benefit of, the Company or its subsidiaries, including the Operating Partnership, by Affiliates of Inland;

 

(xvii)Marketing fees charged to, or for the benefit of, the Company or its subsidiaries, including the Operating Partnership, by Affiliates of Inland;

 

(xviii)Transfer agent and registrar’s fees and charges;

 

(xix)Expenses incurred in connection with any Liquidity Event; and

 

(xx)Expenses incurred in connection with any investment in Real Estate-Related Assets and charged to, or for the benefit of, the Company or its subsidiaries, including the Operating Partnership, by non-affiliated third parties.

 

(c)Notwithstanding any other provision of the Agreement to the contrary, the Company shall not reimburse the Advisor or the Sub-Advisor for any of their respective overhead costs, including rent and utilities, except as provided in Section 9(b)(xv).

 

(d)With respect to expenses incurred by Affiliates of Inland or the Sub-Advisor related to services and licenses provided for the benefit of the Company, or payments made for these services and licenses, the Advisor, in its sole discretion, may arrange for payment to be made directly from the Company to the Affiliates of Inland or the Sub-Advisor.

 

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10. Compensation for Additional Services, Certain Limitations. The Company and the Advisor will separately negotiate and agree on the fees for any additional services that the Company asks the Advisor, the Sub-Advisor or any of their respective Affiliates to render in addition to those set forth in Section 2 hereof. Any additional fees or reimbursements to be paid by the Company in connection with the additional services must be fair and reasonable and shall be approved by a majority of the Board of Directors, including a majority of the Independent Directors.

 

11. Timing of and Additional Limitations on Reimbursements.

 

(a)The Advisor shall prepare a statement documenting the expenses paid or incurred by the Advisor, the Sub-Advisor and their respective Affiliates for the Company or its subsidiaries, including the Operating Partnership, on a monthly basis. The Company shall reimburse the Advisor, the Sub-Advisor and their respective Affiliates for any expenses reimbursable in accordance with this Section 11 within twenty (20) days after receipt of such statements.

 

(b)The Company shall not reimburse the Advisor or the Sub-Advisor at the end of any fiscal quarter in which Total Operating Expenses incurred by the Advisor and the Sub-Advisor, in the aggregate, for the four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters then ended (the “Expense Year”) exceed (the “Excess Amount”) the greater of two percent (2%) of Average Invested Assets or twenty-five percent (25%) of Net Income (the “2%/25% Guidelines”) for such Expense Year 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 Advisor 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 sixty (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 Advisor, 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 Securities and Exchange Commission within sixty (60) days of such quarter end), together with an explanation of the factors the Independent Directors considered in determining that such excess were justified. Such determination shall be reflected in the minutes of the meetings of the Board of Directors.

 

12. Other Activities of the Advisor. Nothing contained herein shall prevent the Advisor or any Affiliate of the Advisor from engaging in any other business or activity including, without limitation, rendering services or advising on or earning fees from real estate investment opportunities to any other Person or entity; nor shall this Agreement limit or restrict the right of any director, officer, member, partner, employee or stockholder of the Advisor or any Affiliate of the Advisor to engage in or earn fees from any other business or to render services of any kind to any other Person and earn fees for rendering such services; provided, however, that the Advisor must devote sufficient resources to the Company’s business to discharge its obligations to the Company under this Agreement.

 

13. Term; Termination of Agreement.

 

(a)Term; Renewal. The initial term of this Agreement shall begin on the Effective Date and end on December 31, 2021 and, thereafter, will continue in force for successive one-year periods with the mutual consent of the parties including an affirmative vote of a majority of the Independent Directors; provided, however, that in no event shall the term of this Agreement end until the date that is 60 days after the Board of Directors provides written notice to the Advisor of the Board of Directors’ determination not to renew this Agreement. The Board of Directors will evaluate the performance of the Advisor annually before renewing this Agreement, and each renewal shall be for a term of no more than one year.

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(b)Early Termination. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Agreement to the contrary, this Agreement may be terminated without cause or penalty, by the Company upon a vote of a majority of the Independent Directors or by the Advisor, in each case by providing no less than sixty (60) days’ prior written notice to the other party. In the event of the termination of this Agreement, the Advisor will cooperate with the Company and take all reasonable steps requested to assist the Board of Directors in making an orderly transition of the functions performed hereunder by the Advisor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company will reimburse the Advisor for all costs and expenses (including, without limitation, for any expenses otherwise properly incurred but not yet reimbursed and, in accordance with Section 8(f)(ii), for any Elected Deferred Amounts that have not expired or been repaid) incurred by the Advisor for time spent by the Advisor in connection with the termination and for providing the transition services required. In no event shall the Advisor be required to provide transition services in excess of thirty (30) days after the date of termination of this Agreement.

 

(c)Termination Pursuant to a Change of Control. This Agreement may be terminated by the Advisor upon a Change of Control.

 

14. Assignments. The Advisor may not assign this Agreement except to a successor organization that acquires substantially all of its property and carries on the affairs of the Advisor; provided, however that following the assignment, the persons who controlled the operations of the Advisor immediately prior thereto (the “Control Persons”), control the operations of the successor organization, including the performance of duties under this Agreement; provided, further, that if at any time subsequent to the assignment the Control Persons cease to control the operations of the successor organization, the Company may thereupon terminate this Agreement immediately upon notice to the Advisor. This Agreement shall not be assignable by the Company, by operation of law or otherwise, without the consent of the Advisor. Any permitted assignment of this Agreement shall bind the assignee hereunder in the same manner as the assignor is bound hereunder.

 

15. Obligations Upon Termination; Survival of Certain Provisions. Except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement, upon termination of this Agreement, the parties shall have no further liability or obligation hereunder, provided Sections 13(b), 15, 16, 17 and 25 shall survive termination of this Agreement. Except as set forth in Section 13(b), the Advisor and the Sub-Advisor shall not be entitled to earn compensation under this Agreement after the Termination Date. After the Termination Date, the Advisor or the Sub-Advisor, as applicable, shall be entitled to receive from the Company within thirty (30) days after the Termination Date all amounts then accrued and owing to the Advisor or the Sub-Advisor or which the Advisor or the Sub-Advisor has deferred and then elects to be paid at the time of termination (including without limitation, any expenses otherwise properly incurred but not yet reimbursed and any Elected Deferred Amounts that have not expired or been repaid), subject to the limitations set forth in Section 11 to the extent applicable. With respect to any Advisory Fee payable under Section 8 of this Agreement for the calendar quarter or year in which the termination occurred, the Advisor shall be paid on a pro rata basis through the date of termination, based on the number of days for which the Advisor served as such under this Agreement.

 

16. Actions Upon Termination. In connection with the termination of this Agreement, the Advisor shall:

 

(a)Pay over to the Company all moneys collected and held for the account of the Company pursuant to this Agreement, after deducting any accrued or deferred compensation and reimbursement for expenses to which the Advisor is entitled;

 

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(b)Deliver to the Board of Directors a full accounting, including a statement showing all payments collected by the Advisor and a statement of all money held by the Advisor, covering the period following the date of the last accounting furnished to the Board of Directors to the date of termination; and

 

(c)Deliver to the Board of Directors all property and documents of the Company then in the custody of the Advisor.

 

17. Non-Solicitation. During the period commencing on the date on which this Agreement is entered into and ending one year following the termination of this Agreement, the Company shall not, without the Advisor’s or the Sub-Advisor’s prior written consent, directly or indirectly: (i) solicit, induce, or encourage any person to leave the employment or other service of the Advisor, the Sub-Advisor or any of their Affiliates to become employed by the Company or any of its subsidiaries; or (ii) hire or offer to hire, on behalf of the Company or any other Person, any employee of the Advisor, the Sub-Advisor or any of their Affiliates. Further, with respect to any person who left the employment of the Advisor, the Sub-Advisor or any of their Affiliates (x) during the term of this Agreement or (y) within six (6) months immediately after the termination of this Agreement, the Company shall not, without the Advisor’s or the Sub-Advisor’s prior written consent, directly or indirectly hire or offer to hire on behalf of the Company or any other Person, that person during the six (6) months immediately following his or her cessation of employment. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the restrictions contained in this Section 17 are reasonable and necessary to protect the legitimate interests of the Advisor and the Sub-Advisor and constitute a material inducement of the Advisor to enter into this Agreement and the Sub-Advisor to enter into the Sub-Advisory Agreement with the Advisor. If the Company breaches, or threatens to commit a breach of, this Section 17, the Advisor and the Sub-Advisor shall each have the right, in addition to, and not in lieu of, any other rights and remedies available to the Advisor or Sub-Advisor, as the case may be, to have such provision specifically enforced by any court having competent jurisdiction (without any requirement to post a bond), it being acknowledged and agreed that any such breach or threatened breach will cause irreparable injury.

 

18. Amendments. This Agreement shall not be amended, changed, modified or terminated, or the obligations hereunder discharged, in whole or in part except by an instrument in writing signed by both parties hereto, or their respective successors or assigns; provider, however, that no modification that impacts the right or obligations of the Sub-Advisor may be made without the Sub-Advisor’s consent and signature.

 

19. Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of, and shall bind, any permitted successors or assigns of the parties hereto.

 

20. Governing Law. The provisions of this Agreement shall be governed, construed and interpreted in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York without regard to its conflicts of law principles.

 

21. Liability and Indemnification.

 

(a)The Company shall indemnify the Advisor, the Sub-Advisor and their respective Affiliates, officers, directors, employees and agents (individually an “Indemnitee,” collectively the “Indemnitees”) to the same extent as the Company may indemnify its officers, directors and employees under its Charter and Bylaws so long as:

 

(i)The Indemnitee has determined, in good faith, that the course of conduct that caused the loss, liability or expense was in the best interests of the Company;

 

(ii)The Indemnitee was acting on behalf of, or performing services on the part of, the Company;

 

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(iii)The liability or loss was not the result of negligence or misconduct on the part of the Indemnitee; and

 

(iv)Any amounts payable to the Indemnitee are paid only out of the Company’s net assets and not from any personal assets of any Stockholder.

 

(b)The Company shall not indemnify any Indemnitee seeking indemnification for losses, liabilities or expenses arising from, or out of, an alleged violation of federal or state securities laws (“Securities Claims”) unless one or more of the following conditions are met:

 

(i)There has been a successful adjudication for the Indemnitee on the merits of each count involving alleged Securities Claims as to such Indemnitee;

 

(ii)The Securities Claims have been dismissed with prejudice on the merits by a court of competent jurisdiction as to such Indemnitee; or

 

(iii)A court of competent jurisdiction approves a settlement of the Securities Claims and finds that indemnification for the costs of settlement and related costs should be made and the court considering the request has been advised of the position of the Securities and Exchange Commission and of the published opinions of any state securities regulatory authority in which securities of the Company were offered and sold as to indemnification for Securities Claims.

 

(c)The Company shall advance amounts to Indemnitees entitled to indemnification hereunder for legal and other expenses and costs incurred as a result of any legal action for which indemnification is being sought only if all of the following conditions are satisfied:

 

(i)The legal action relates to acts or omissions with respect to the performance of duties or services by the Indemnitee for or on behalf of the Company;

 

(ii)The legal action is initiated by a third party who is not a Stockholder or the legal action is initiated by a Stockholder acting in his or her capacity as such and a court of competent jurisdiction specifically approves advancement; and

 

(iii)the Indemnitee receiving the advance provides the Company with written affirmation of his, her or its good faith belief that he or she has met the standard of conduct necessary for indemnification and undertakes to repay any monies advanced, together with interest thereon at the applicable rate, if a court finds that the person is not entitled to be indemnified.

 

22. Notices. All notices, requests or demands to be given under this Agreement from one party to the other (collectively, “Notices” and individually a “Notice”) shall be in writing and shall be given by personal delivery, or by overnight courier service for next Business Day delivery at the other party’s address set forth below, or by telecopy transmission at the other party’s facsimile telephone number set forth below. Notices given by personal delivery (i.e., by the sending party or a messenger) shall be deemed given on the date of delivery. Notices given by overnight courier service shall be deemed given upon deposit with the overnight courier service and Notices given by telecopy transmission shall be deemed given on the date of transmission provided such transmission is completed by 5:00 p.m. (sending party’s local time) on a Business Day, otherwise delivery by transmission shall be deemed to occur on the next succeeding Business Day. If any party’s address is a business, receipt, or the refusal to accept delivery, by a receptionist or by any Person in the employ of such party, shall be deemed actual receipt by the party of Notices. Notices may be issued by an attorney for a party and in such case such Notices shall be deemed given by such party. The parties’ addresses are as follows:

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If to the Company or the Operating Partnership:

 

InPoint Commercial Real Estate Income, Inc.

2901 Butterfield Road

Oak Brook, IL 60523

Attention: Chief Executive Officer

Telephone: (630) 218-8000

Facsimile: (630) 368-2218

 

If to the Advisor:

 

Inland InPoint Advisor, LLC

2901 Butterfield Road

Oak Brook, IL 60523

Attention: Robert H. Baum, Esq.

Telephone: (630) 218-8000

Facsimile: (630) 368-2218

 

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

 

23. Conflicts of Interest and Fiduciary Relationship to the Company and to the Stockholders. The Company and the Operating Partnership on the one hand and the Advisor on the other hand recognize that their relationship is subject to various conflicts of interest. The Advisor, on behalf of itself and its Affiliates, acknowledges that the Advisor has a fiduciary relationship to the Company and its Stockholders and the Operating Partnership and its partners. The Advisor, on behalf of itself and its Affiliates, shall endeavor to balance the interests of the Company and the Operating Partnership with the interests of the Advisor and its Affiliates in making any determination where a conflict of interest exists between the Company or the Operating Partnership and the Advisor or its Affiliates.

 

24. Cyber-Security and Business Continuity. The Advisor shall maintain (i) business continuity and disaster recovery and backup capabilities and (ii) policies and procedures reasonably designed to detect, prevent and respond to cyber-attacks. The Advisor shall promptly notify the Board of Directors of any cyber-security breach which could reasonably be expected to affect the Company or the ability of the Advisor to perform its duties and other obligations under this Agreement.

 

25. Confidentiality. The Advisor acknowledges and agrees that it will have access to confidential and proprietary information and materials concerning or pertaining to the Company. The Advisor, on behalf of itself and its Affiliates shall, and shall cause its and its Affiliates’ partners, managers, officers, employees, representatives and agents, to hold such information in the strictest confidence and to not use, copy, or divulge to third parties or otherwise use, except in accordance with the terms of this Agreement in furtherance of its duties and obligations hereunder, any information obtained from or through the Company; provided that this covenant shall not apply to information (i) which is in the public domain now or when it becomes in the public domain in the future, other than by reason of a breach of this Agreement, (ii) which has come to the Advisor from a lawful source not bound to maintain the confidentiality of such information, or (iii) disclosures which are required by law, regulatory authority, regulation or legal process so long as the Advisor provides prompt written notice in advance of such disclosures (to the extent permitted by applicable law and practical under the circumstances) in order to allow the Company the opportunity to seek (at the Company’s expense) a protective order or other appropriate remedy (and if such protective

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order or similar remedy is obtained no such disclosure shall be made to the extent no longer required as a result of such protective order or similar remedy).

 

26. Headings. The section headings hereof have been inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not be construed to affect the meaning, construction or effect of this Agreement.

 

27. Third-Party Beneficiary. The Sub-Advisor is intended to be a third-party beneficiary of the Company’s payment and indemnification obligations hereunder and for the provisions in Section 17 (Non-Solicitation). Except as set forth in the immediately preceding sentence and except for those Persons entitled to indemnification under Section 21, who shall be third-party beneficiaries of this Agreement, no other Person is a third party beneficiary of this Agreement.

 

28. Initial Investment. The Advisor or one of its Affiliates contributed $200,000 (the “Initial Investment”) in exchange for the issuance of Class P Shares. The Advisor or its Affiliates may not sell any of the Shares purchased with the Initial Investment while the Advisor acts in an advisory capacity to the Company. The restrictions included above shall not apply to any Shares acquired by the Advisor or its Affiliates other than the Shares acquired in the amount of the Initial Investment. Neither the Advisor not 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 Inland InPoint Advisor, LLC or any of its Affiliates as the Advisor; (ii) the removal of any member of the Board of Directors; or (iii) any transaction by and between the Company and the Advisor, a member of the Board of Directors or any of their Affiliates.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this First Amended and Restated Advisory Agreement as of the Effective Date.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COMPANY:

 

 

 

ADVISOR:

 

 

 

INPOINT COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE INCOME, INC.

 

 

 

INLAND INPOINT ADVISOR, LLC

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 /s/ Catherine L. Lynch

 

 

 

By:

 

 /s/ Roderick S. Curtis

Name:

 

Catherine L. Lynch

 

 

 

Name:

 

Roderick S. Curtis

Title:

 

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

 

 

Title:

 

President

 

 

 

 

 

OPERATING PARTNERSHIP:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INPOINT REIT OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, LP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

INPOINT COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE INCOME, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Its:

 

General Partner

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 /s/ Catherine L. Lynch

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

Catherine L. Lynch

 

 

 

 

 

 

Title:

 

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Signature Page to the Second Amended and Restated Advisory Agreement]

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Certain identified confidential information has been redacted from this exhibit because it is both (i) not material and (ii) would be competitively harmful if publicly disclosed. Confidential portions of this exhibit are designated by [****].

 

Exhibit 10.2

 

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED

SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT

This Second Amended and Restated Sub-Advisory Agreement (this “Amended Agreement”), dated as of July 1, 2021 (the “Effective Date”), is between Inland InPoint Advisor, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Advisor”), and SPCRE InPoint Advisors, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sub-Advisor”).  This Amended Agreement amends and restates in its entirety the First Amended and Restated Sub-Advisory Agreement, dated as of April 29, 2019, between the Advisor and the Sub-Advisor (the “Existing Sub-Advisory Agreement”), and shall become effective as of the Effective Date.

WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS, InPoint Commercial Real Estate Income, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), has appointed the Advisor as its advisor pursuant to that certain Second Amended and Restated Advisory Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among the Company, InPoint REIT Operating Partnership, LP (the “Operating Partnership”) and the Advisor (as the same may be further amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with its terms, the “Amended Advisory Agreement”);

WHEREAS, the Advisor and the Sub-Advisor previously entered into the Existing Sub-Advisory Agreement, pursuant to which the Sub-Advisor agreed to undertake the duties and responsibilities set forth in the Existing Sub-Advisory Agreement, on behalf of the Advisor, and subject to the supervision of, the Advisor and the Board of Directors;

WHEREAS, the Advisor and Sub-Advisor desire to amend and restate the Existing Sub-Advisory Agreement in its entirety pursuant to this Amended Agreement;

WHEREAS, the Advisor desires to continue to avail itself of the knowledge, experience, sources of information, advice, assistance and certain facilities available to the Sub-Advisor and to have the Sub-Advisor undertake the duties and responsibilities hereinafter set forth, on behalf of the Advisor, and subject to the supervision of, the Advisor and the Board of Directors, all as provided herein; and

WHEREAS, the Sub-Advisor is willing to undertake such duties and responsibilities on the terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth.

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

Article 1

Definitions

Capitalized terms that are defined in the Amended Advisory Agreement but not otherwise defined in this Amended Agreement have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Amended Advisory Agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Appendix A.

The following defined terms used in this Amended Agreement shall have the meanings specified below:

Advisor Cause Event means the occurrence of one or more of the following:  (i) fraud, criminal conduct or willful misconduct by the Advisor in connection with the performance of its obligations under the Amended Advisory Agreement; (ii) the Advisor breaches any material provision of the Amended Advisory Agreement and, after notice of such breach, does not cure such breach within thirty (30) days; (iii) the Advisor is adjudged bankrupt or insolvent by a court of competent jurisdiction, or an order is made by a court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, custodian or trustee of the Advisor, for all or a substantial part of its property by reason of the

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foregoing, or if a court of competent jurisdiction approves any petition filed against the Advisor for reorganization, and such adjudication or order remains in force or unstayed for a period of thirty (30) days; (iv) the Advisor institutes proceedings for voluntary bankruptcy or files a petition seeking reorganization under the federal bankruptcy laws, or for relief under any law for relief of debtors, or consents to the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, custodian or trustee for itself or for all or a substantial part of its property, or makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or admits in writing its inability to pay its debts, generally, as they become due; (v) grounds exist for the Sub-Advisor to terminate this Amended Agreement for Sub-Advisor’s Good Reason; or (vi) the following events have occurred: (A) the Advisor or any Affiliate is the subject of an indictment, or a governmental or regulatory agency commences an investigation or makes a finding that the Advisor or such Affiliate has engaged in fraud, willful misconduct or other illegal act and (B) within 60 days following such indictment, investigation or finding, three or more soliciting dealers cancel or suspend for more than 90 consecutive days their selling agreements with the Dealer Manager related to the Company representing in the aggregate the lesser of (I) 7,500 financial advisors or (II) 25% of the aggregate number of financial advisors selling the Company’s shares.  For purposes of subsection (vi)(B) above, Affiliated soliciting dealers shall be counted collectively as one soliciting dealer.

Cause” means (i) fraud, criminal conduct or willful misconduct by the Sub-Advisor in connection with the performance of its obligations under this Amended Agreement, or (ii) if any of the following events occur: (A) the Sub-Advisor breaches any material provision of this Amended Agreement and, after notice of such breach, does not cure such breach within thirty (30) days; (B) the Sub-Advisor is adjudged bankrupt or insolvent by a court of competent jurisdiction, or an order is made by a court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, custodian or trustee of the Sub-Advisor, for all or a substantial part of its property by reason of the foregoing, or if a court of competent jurisdiction approves any petition filed against the Sub-Advisor for reorganization, and such adjudication or order remains in force or unstayed for a period of thirty (30) days; (C) the Sub-Advisor institutes proceedings for voluntary bankruptcy or files a petition seeking reorganization under the federal bankruptcy laws, or for relief under any law for relief of debtors, or consents to the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, custodian or trustee for itself or for all or a substantial part of its property, or makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or admits in writing its inability to pay its debts, generally, as they become due; or (D) in the sole determination of the Board of Directors, including a majority of the Independent Directors, the Sub-Advisor’s portfolio management is unsatisfactory.

Channels has the meaning set forth in Section 3.4(C).

Investor Proceeds” means the Gross Offering Proceeds less Selling Commissions and up-front Dealer Manager Fees, less any amounts invested in Equity Stock by the Advisor, the Sub-Advisor or any of their respective Affiliates and less any proceeds raised from the sale of Shares outside of the Channels.

Inland Names has the meaning set forth in Section 9.1.

Major Decisions” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.5(A).

Most Recently Completed Quarter has the meaning set forth in Section 3.3(E).

Notice has the meaning set forth in Section 16.1.

Party” or “Parties” refer to the Advisor or the Sub-Advisor or both, as the case may be.

Pipeline Report has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(A).

Primary Target Investment” means (i) floating-rate commercial real estate debt, including first mortgage loans, subordinate mortgage and mezzanine loans, and participations in such loans (ii) floating-rate commercial real estate securities, such as CMBS and senior unsecured debt of publicly traded REITs, and (iii) other than with respect to Section 8.5, equity investments in single-tenant, net leased properties.

Quarterly Co-Investment Transaction Report has the meaning set forth in Section 8.4.

Receiving Party has the meaning set forth in Section 10.5.

“Reimbursable Expenses has the meaning set forth in Section 3.3(E).

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Selected Funds” means REITs, business development companies, funds registered under the Investment Company Act and publicly-offered direct participation programs as defined by FINRA Rule 2310.

Sound Point Names has the meaning set forth in Section 9.2.

Sub-Advisor Nominee” means (i) any person designated as a nominee to the Board of Directors by the Sub-Advisor in accordance with Section 7.1(A), and (ii) any person designated to fill a vacancy on the Board of Directors pursuant to Section 7.1(D).

Sub-Advisor’s Good Reason has the meaning set forth in Section 12.2(C).

Termination Date has the meaning set forth in Section 12.2.

Article 2

Appointment

The Advisor, pursuant to its authority under the Amended Advisory Agreement to delegate its rights and powers to manage and control the business and affairs of the Company to any third-party supervised by the Advisor, including the Sub-Advisor, hereby appoints the Sub-Advisor to serve as the sub-advisor for the Company pursuant to the terms hereof, and the Sub-Advisor hereby accepts such appointment. Pursuant to Section 2 of the Amended Advisory Agreement, the Advisor is responsible for managing, operating, directing and supervising the operations and administration of the Company and its subsidiaries and their respective assets, including without limitation all investment activities of the Company and its subsidiaries. The Advisor delegates, and the Sub-Advisor agrees to perform, the duties set forth in Article 3 hereof, subject to the terms and conditions of this Amended Agreement and the limitations set forth in the Amended Advisory Agreement, and consistent with the provisions of the Charter and Bylaws and the continuing and exclusive authority of the Board of Directors over the supervision of the Company and its subsidiaries.

Article 3

Duties of the Sub-Advisor

Consistent with Article 2 hereof, the Sub-Advisor undertakes to use commercially reasonable efforts to, either directly or indirectly by engaging an Affiliate or, if consented to in writing in advance by the Advisor, a third party, perform the duties set forth in this Article 3; provided, however, that advance written consent shall not be required if a third party is engaged by the Sub-Advisor to perform activities reasonably necessary to facilitate an Investment, which shall include but not be limited to appraisers, surveyors and environmental consultants; provided further that the fees and expenses of any such third party shall only be reimbursable by the Company to the extent that, at the time of engagement of any such third party, it is acting in connection with an Investment on behalf of the Company and, if any such third party is simultaneously acting for any other Person in addition to the Company, only to the extent of the services provided to the Sub-Advisor for purposes of such Investment.

3.1 Investment Origination, Selection, Monitoring and Disposition Services. The Sub-Advisor shall, subject to the oversight of the Advisor, manage the origination, selection and monitoring process for Investments and shall perform the following services:

(A)Subject to the investment objectives and policies of the Company, the express terms of this Amended Agreement and any directions of the Board of Directors, including the Investment Guidelines: (i) locate, analyze and select potential Investments; (ii) prepare a pipeline report summarizing potential investment opportunities (the “Pipeline Report”) and provide the Pipeline Report to the Advisor on or about the same date as the Pipeline Report is provided internally by the Sub-Advisor to its investment committee, but in any event no less frequently than monthly (it being understood and agreed that the Advisor shall not make the Pipeline Report or its contents available to any employee of the Advisor or its Affiliates who is responsible for sourcing or recommending Primary Target Investments for any Person other than the Company; provided that the foregoing shall not prevent officers of the Advisor (other than those primarily responsible for sourcing investments) from reviewing the Pipeline Report); (iii) structure and negotiate the terms and conditions of transactions pursuant to which Investments will be originated

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or acquired or pursuant to which Investments will be sold; and (iv) originate, acquire or sell Investments on behalf of the Company;

(B)Conduct due diligence on potential Investments and prepare reports regarding prospective Investments, which include, for potential Investments that require the approval of the Board of Directors, recommendations and supporting documentation necessary for the Board of Directors to evaluate the prospective investments;

(C)Manage the origination, closing and underwriting processes for Real Estate Loans and other Investments, as applicable;

(D)Identify and evaluate potential financing and refinancing sources for the Investments, engaging a third­party broker if necessary, and negotiate terms and arrange and supervise the execution of financing agreements;

(E)Provide credit analysis services for Investments;

(F)Contract for, monitor and oversee the servicing of and compliance with the terms of Real Estate Loans, other Investments, debt facilities and other borrowings;

(G)Assist the Advisor and the Company with compliance with the various REIT qualification tests in the REIT Provisions of the Code; provided that prior to making any Investment or disposition of any Investment pursuant to its discretionary authority that is not pre-approved by the Advisor, the Sub-Advisor shall confirm that each such Investment or disposition of any Investment, when made, will be in compliance with, and will not cause the REIT to fail to comply with, the various REIT qualification tests in the REIT Provisions of the Code;

(H)Advise the Advisor and the Company regarding the maintenance of the Company’s exception from the Investment Company Act and monitor compliance with the requirements for maintaining an exception from such act;

(I)Oversee material leases and service contracts related to Investments; and

(J)(i) Except as provided in Section 3.1(J)(ii), the Advisor shall have the right to pre-approve each Investment and each sale of any Investment (including any increase or decrease in a position size or any modification in the terms of any Investment).  For each proposed Investment and each sale of any Investment (including any proposed increase or decrease in a position size or any proposed modification), the Sub-Advisor shall provide the Advisor with (x) a reasonably detailed explanation of the investment thesis or rationale for such Investment or sale, including any memoranda or other documents prepared for and provided to the investment committee of the Sub-Advisor and any other relevant supporting documentation or materials reasonably sufficient to allow the Advisor to review and analyze the proposed Investment or sale and (y) reasonable access to the officers and employees of the Sub-Advisor involved in sourcing, selecting, reviewing or approving such Investment or sale as the Advisor may reasonably request to answer reasonable questions regarding such Investment or sale.  The Advisor agrees to promptly consider each such Investment or sale presented to the Advisor for pre-approval as set forth above and inform the Sub-Advisor of its decision.  

(ii) Subject to Section 3.1(G), for potential Investments or any sales of Investments (including any proposed increase or decrease in a position size or any modification in the terms of any Investment) that are within the parameters and below the dollar thresholds set forth in the Investment Guidelines for which the Sub-Advisor has discretionary authority to act, the Sub-Advisor shall have the right to select and make each such Investment or sell each such Investment, as the case may be, without the Advisor’s pre-approval; provided, however, that for each such Investment and each sale of such Investment (including any increase or decrease in a position size or any modification in the terms of any Investment), as the case may be, either before or promptly after making such Investment or sale, as the case may be, the Sub-Advisor shall provide the Advisor with (x) written notice of such Investment or sale, (y) a reasonably detailed explanation of the investment thesis or rationale for such Investment or sale, including any memoranda or other documents prepared for and provided to the investment committee of the Sub-Advisor and any other relevant supporting documentation or materials reasonably sufficient to allow the Advisor to review and analyze the Investment or sale and (z) reasonable access to the officers and employees of the Sub-Advisor involved in sourcing,

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selecting, reviewing or approving such Investment or sale as the Advisor may reasonably request to answer reasonable questions regarding such Investment or sale.

3.2 Portfolio Management Services. The Sub­Advisor shall perform the following portfolio management services:

(A)Serve as the Company’s investment and financial advisor, conduct investment research, monitor applicable markets and obtain reports where appropriate concerning the value and condition of Investments;

(B)Provide management services in respect of Investments and perform and supervise the various management and operational functions related to the Investments;

(C)Formulate and oversee the implementation of strategies for the administration, promotion, management, operation, maintenance, improvement, financing and refinancing, marketing, leasing and disposition of Investments on an individual and overall portfolio basis;

(D)Provide Investment portfolio management functions;

(E)Provide the Company with, or assist the Company in arranging for, all necessary cash management services, including credit facility management;

(F)Oversee the performance of the Real Estate Manager in connection with real estate management services and other activities relating to the Company’s Real Property; provided that the Real Estate Manager for any triple net leased properties shall be an Affiliate of the Advisor unless the Sub-Advisor determines in its commercially reasonable judgment that the Company would benefit from a Real Estate Manager other than an Affiliate of the Advisor; and

(G)Provide liquidity management services for the Company’s share repurchase program as may be requested by the Advisor.

3.3 Joint Duties of Advisor and Sub-Advisor. Subject to the oversight of the Board of Directors, the Advisor and the Sub­Advisor agree to jointly perform, or cause to be performed, the following services for the Company:

(A)Investments and Credit Facility: (i) establishment of asset allocation guidelines; (ii) sourcing and negotiating terms for a revolving credit facility; and (iii) ongoing monitoring of Investments;

(B)Board of Directors Meetings: The Parties shall jointly participate in the preparation of Board of Directors meeting materials and their representatives shall participate in meetings of the Board of Directors upon the request of the Board of Directors, including participating in quarterly meetings of the Board of Directors and preparing written reports and making presentations regarding the Company’s Investment portfolio to the Board of Directors and, in the case of the Sub-Advisor, preparing and presenting to the Board of Directors the Quarterly Co-Investment Transaction Report;

(C)Valuation: The Advisor, with the assistance of the Sub-Advisor, will be primarily responsible for managing the process related to valuing the Investments in accordance with the requirements of the Valuation Guidelines including engaging one or more third-party valuation services to independently validate the inputs and assumptions used in the valuation of the Company’s Investments and to evaluate the reasonableness of the monthly NAV calculation, and the Sub-Advisor shall be responsible for providing the Advisor with pricing for fair valued Investments; and

(D)Sales and Liquidity Events:  Assist the Board of Directors in evaluating Sales and Liquidity Events, including without limitation: (i) performing due diligence in connection with investigating potential Sales or Liquidity Events; (ii) selecting and conducting relations with experts, investment banking firms and potential acquirers of Real Property and Real Estate-Related Assets, among others; (iii) preparing investment and other strategic models regarding Sales and Liquidity Events for evaluation by the Board of Directors; and (iv) preparing written reports and making presentations regarding potential Sales and Liquidity Events to the Board of Directors.

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(E)Expense Budgeting:  Each Party shall provide to the other, not later than 60 days following each calendar quarter (the “Most Recently Completed Quarter”), (i) a budget itemized by mutually agreed expense categories for the four calendar quarters immediately commencing after the Most Recently Completed Quarter projecting the third-party expenses (including for the avoidance of doubt all projected Organization and Offering Expenses) that such party anticipates to expend on behalf of, and to be reimbursed by, the Company (the “Reimbursable Expenses”) and (ii) a reconciliation of the actual Reimbursable Expenses for the Most Recently Completed Quarter to the most recently budgeted Reimbursable Expenses for the Most Recently Completed Quarter.  The forward quarterly budgets exchanged between the Parties under this Section 3.3(E) shall be mutually agreed upon by the Parties with due consideration given to their shared objective of achieving overall cost-savings and with a view to enhancing and maximizing distribution coverage.    

3.4 Sub-Advisor’s Support Services. The Sub-Advisor shall provide advice and support to the Advisor, as necessary and requested, in connection with the Advisor’s performance of its responsibilities set forth below, which shall remain the responsibility of the Advisor.

(A)Offering Process: (i) securities registration process, including liaising with counsel on compliance policies and procedures and codes of ethics; (ii) retention and selection of auditor, any fund administrator, custodian, any valuation advisor and transfer agent; (iii) preparation of and completing offering documents including updates thereto and such other amendments and supplements as the Advisor shall determine to be necessary or desirable; and (iv) preparation of marketing materials and content development.

(B)Periodic Reporting, Repurchase Offers and Proxy Statements: (i) periodic and current reporting under the Exchange Act, including Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K; (ii) preparation of periodic financial statements, periodic stockholder reports and annual and special meeting proxy statements, including Schedules 14A and 14C, as applicable; (iii) filings, reports and press releases associated with Company repurchase offers of any share class as may be approved by the Board of Directors; and (iv) such other notices, filings and submissions pursuant to the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the Commodity Exchange Act of 1936 as may be required from time to time.

(C)Sales Support: (i) oversight of and assistance with, the wholesaling sale activities of the Dealer Manager, including building of a “selling group,” to effectuate the distribution of the Shares in any Private Placement and any Public Offering through the independent broker-dealer, registered investment advisor, and “wire house” channels (collectively, the “Channels”); (ii) third party reporting and due diligence; (iii) participation at industry conferences; (iv) sales compliance; and (v) processing of subscriptions for the Shares.

(D)Administration: (i) financial reporting; (ii) stockholder communications and services; and (iii) financial advisor communications and services.

3.5Major Decisions.

(A)Subject to Section 3.5(C), all major decisions of the Advisor pursuant to the Amended Advisory Agreement as set forth below in clauses (A)(1) through (A)(2) (“Major Decisions”) shall be subject to joint approval by the Advisor and the Sub-Advisor. For the avoidance of doubt, Major Decisions specifically exclude any decisions regarding the day-to­day operations of the Company delegated to the Sub-Advisor pursuant to this Amended Agreement. Major Decisions shall consist of:

 

(1)

Recommendations to the Board of Directors with respect to the following:

 

(a)

retention of investment banks for the Company;

 

(b)

extending, initiating or terminating any Private Placement or Public Offering; and

 

(c)

merging or otherwise engaging in any Change of Control or Liquidity Event; and

 

(2)

Decisions related to:

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(a)

marketing methods for the Company’s sale of Shares;

 

(b)

the deferral of all or any portion of the Advisory Fee; and

 

(c)

issuing press releases involving the foregoing Major Decisions.

(B)Notwithstanding anything in this Amended Agreement to the contrary, if the Parties do not agree to any action constituting a Major Decision and that has been proposed by either Party, the Parties shall meet (in person or by phone) to discuss the issue in dispute in good faith over the five­Business Day period beginning with the delivery of notice of the proposed action to the other Party. If, after the expiration of the above­referenced five­Business Day period, the Parties still do not agree as to the proposed course of action regarding such Major Decision, representatives of both the Advisor and the Sub-Advisor will be obligated to present each of their respective proposed courses of action regarding such Major Decision to the Board of Directors for consideration within an additional five­Business Day period and the Board of Directors, including a majority of the Independent Directors, shall thereafter decide the course of action to be taken regarding such Major Decision.

(C)Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 3.5 or any other provision in this Amended Agreement to the contrary, in all events, including Major Decisions, the Company will be managed under the direction of the Board of Directors.

Article 4

Authority and Certain Activities of Sub-Advisor

The Sub-Advisor shall have the authority set forth in Section 3 of the Amended Advisory Agreement to the extent such authority is delegated to the Sub-Advisor hereunder, shall abide by the limitations of Section 5 of the Amended Advisory Agreement, and shall have the authority to establish and maintain bank accounts as set forth in Section 6 of the Amended Advisory Agreement, all of which (i.e., Sections 3, 5 and 6 of the Amended Advisory Agreement) are incorporated herein by reference as if fully set forth herein.

Article 5

Sub-Advisor Compensation

The Sub­Advisor shall be entitled to the compensation described in Appendix C in connection with the services performed under this Amended Agreement. The Sub­Advisor may assign any of its rights to receive such compensation or other payments under this Amended Agreement to an Affiliate, and the Advisor agrees to direct the Company to pay such amounts directly to the assignee of any such assignment.

Article 6

Expense Reimbursements

6.1Issuer Costs. The Advisor and the Sub-Advisor shall each be responsible for their respective fees and expenses in connection with the preparation of this Amended Agreement, which shall be subject to reimbursement as Issuer Costs pursuant to Section 9 of the Amended Advisory Agreement.  Any Issuer Costs not reimbursed because the Company is unable to pay all Issuer Costs will be deferred and paid by the Company in future periods.  In order to maintain the allocation described above, the Parties agree that payments by the Company for Issuer Costs shall be paid as set forth on Appendix C.  To the extent the Advisor or the Sub-Advisor, as applicable, receives reimbursement from the Company in excess of the Advisor’s or the Sub-Advisor’s allocated share, as applicable, under this Section 6.1, the Advisor or the Sub-Advisor, as applicable, shall promptly pay to the other Party its proportionate share of such reimbursement (taking into account payments already received). Neither of the Parties shall be entitled to receive any reimbursement unless both Parties receive reimbursement from the Company in accordance with the allocated share described above. The Advisor and Sub-Advisor shall have no obligation to pay or advance any Issuer Costs on behalf of the Company and any such Issuer Costs incurred thereafter shall be paid directly by the Company; provided, however, the Parties shall remain liable for reimbursement or payment of their proportionate share of any such Issuer Costs solely to the extent such Issuer Costs exceed any applicable cap or limitation on the amount thereof.  

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6.2 Expenses Other than Issuer Costs. When the Advisor is entitled to reimbursement of expenses other than Issuer Costs pursuant to Sections 9 and 11 of the Amended Advisory Agreement, it shall reimburse the Sub-Advisor, or direct the Company to pay the Sub-Advisor directly for expenses other than Issuer Costs incurred by the Sub-Advisor.

6.3 Fee Waivers.  Any waiver of any fees shall be effected only upon the mutual agreement of the Parties.  All fee waivers and expense payments by the Parties shall be subject to a reimbursement obligation of the Company that meets regulatory requirements and conforms to the limitations of the Charter.

6.4 Periodic Review of Expenses. The Parties shall review together all expenses of the Company on a monthly basis for purposes of maintaining expense controls and shall reasonably agree on expenses in excess of budgeted amounts and any expenses to be incurred in excess of $20,000, individually or in the aggregate.

6.5 Documenting Expenses. The Sub-Advisor shall prepare and deliver to the Advisor a statement documenting the expenses paid or incurred by the Sub-Advisor and its Affiliates for the Company or its subsidiaries, including the Operating Partnership, on a monthly basis. The Advisor shall prepare and deliver to the Sub-Advisor a statement documenting the fees billed for work done on behalf of the Company or its subsidiaries by Affiliates of the Advisor with respect to legal and marketing services, on a monthly basis.  Prior to incurring fees on account of such marketing services rendered by its Affiliates, Advisor shall consult with the Sub-Advisor as to the specific nature and scope of the marketing services to be performed.  The Parties shall work in good faith to resolve any disagreements related to the billing of legal and marketing matters.  

Article 7

Voting Agreements

7.1 Company Directors.

(A)Pursuant to Section 3(e) of the Amended Advisory Agreement and subject to the Charter and Bylaws, the Board of Directors will at all times be comprised of no fewer than five (5) members. The Advisor and the Sub-Advisor shall each have the right to designate for nomination, subject to the approval of such nomination by the Board of Directors, one (1) director to the slate to be voted on by the stockholders; provided, however, that in the event the number of directors constituting the Board of Directors is increased by a vote of the Board of Directors pursuant to the Charter and Bylaws, such number of director nominees which each of the Advisor and the Sub-Advisor is entitled to designate shall be increased as necessary by a number that will result in such nominees representing not less than 20% of the total number of directors.

The Advisor and the Sub-Advisor shall have the right to consult with each other and jointly designate for nomination, subject to approval of such nomination by the Board of Directors, three (3) individuals to serve as Independent Directors; provided, however, that in the event the number of directors constituting the Board of Directors is increased by a vote of the Board of Directors pursuant to the Charter and Bylaws, such number of Independent Director nominees which the Advisor and the Sub-Advisor are entitled to designate shall be increased as necessary by a number that will result in such nominees representing not less than the minimum number of Independent Directors required under applicable law and pursuant to the Charter and Bylaws.

The Advisor agrees, with respect to any Shares now or hereinafter owned by it, to vote such Shares in favor of the Sub-Advisor’s nominees for the Board of Directors. As of the date hereof, the Sub-Advisor’s nominee is Donald MacKinnon. The Sub-Advisor agrees, with respect to any Shares now or hereinafter owned by it, to vote such Shares in favor of the Advisor’s nominees for the Board of Directors. As of the date hereof, the Advisor’s nominee is Mitchell Sabshon.

(B)To facilitate the nomination rights set forth above, the Advisor will use commercially reasonable efforts to notify the Sub-Advisor in writing a reasonable period of time in advance of any action to be taken by the Company or the Board of Directors for the purpose of nominating, electing or designating directors, which notice, in the case of a proxy statement, information statement or registration statement in which nominees for director would be named, shall be delivered by the Advisor to the Sub-Advisor no later than 15 days prior to the anticipated mailing or filing date, as applicable. Such notice shall set forth in reasonable detail the nature of the action to be taken by the

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Company or the Board of Directors, and the anticipated date thereof. Upon receipt of such notice, the Sub-Advisor will consult with the Advisor to designate any Sub-Advisor Nominees as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter; provided, however, that if the Sub-Advisor shall have failed to designate Sub-Advisor Nominees in a timely manner, the Sub-Advisor shall be deemed to have designated any incumbent Sub-Advisor Nominees in a timely manner unless there are no remaining incumbent Sub-Advisor Nominees or the incumbent Sub-Advisor Nominee declines to serve, in which case the Advisor or the Board of Directors may designate for nomination another Person.

(C)The Sub-Advisor will provide the Company or the Advisor with such information about each Sub-Advisor Nominee as is reasonably requested by the Company or the Advisor in order to comply with applicable disclosure rules, including without limitation, any information that a stockholder of the Company must provide to the Company in order to nominate a director under the Bylaws.

(D)If a vacancy on the Board of Directors arises as a result of the death, disability or retirement, resignation or removal of a Sub-Advisor Nominee and such vacancy results in the number of Sub-Advisor Nominees then serving on the Board of Directors being less than the number that the Sub-Advisor is then entitled to designate for nomination to the Board of Directors, the Sub-Advisor shall be entitled to designate for nomination a Sub-Advisor Nominee to fill such a vacancy subject to approval by the Board of Directors. If a vacancy on the Board of Directors arises as a result of the death, disability or retirement, resignation or removal of an Independent Director and such vacancy results in the number of Independent Directors then serving on the Board of Directors being less than the number that the Advisor and the Sub-Advisor are then entitled to jointly designate for nomination to the Board of Directors, the Advisor and the Sub-Advisor shall consult with each other and agree upon an individual to be designated for nomination to serve as an Independent Director to fill such a vacancy, subject to approval by the Board of Directors or the Independent Directors, as required by the Charter.

7.2 Company Officers. Officers of the Company shall be jointly agreed upon by the Advisor and the Sub-Advisor, subject to the approval of the Board of Directors. The Advisor and the Sub-Advisor shall consult with each other and jointly agree upon any officers to be recommended to the Board of Directors, and the Advisor agrees to recommend such officers to the Board of Directors for approval. If an officer jointly recommended by the Advisor and the Sub-Advisor to serve as an officer is not appointed to hold the designated office by the Board of Directors or following appointment by the Board of Directors is no longer retained as such officer of the Company as a result of death, disability, retirement, resignation or removal, the Advisor and the Sub-Advisor shall consult with each other and jointly recommend a replacement for such officer subject to approval by the Board of Directors.  

7.3 Other Voting of Shares. The Advisor and the Sub-Advisor each agrees that, with respect to any Shares now or hereinafter owned by it, neither will vote or consent on matters submitted to the stockholders of the Company regarding (i) the removal of the Advisor or any Affiliate of the Advisor; (ii) the removal of the Sub-Advisor or any Affiliate of the Sub-Advisor; (iii) any transaction between the Company and the Advisor or any of its Affiliates; or (iv) any transaction between the Company and the Sub-Advisor or any of its Affiliates. This voting restriction shall survive until such time that the Advisor is no longer serving as such.

Article 8

Relationship of Sub-Advisor and Advisor and their Affiliates;
Other Activities of the Advisor and the Sub-Advisor

8.1Relationship. The Advisor and the Sub-Advisor are not partners or joint venturers with each other, and nothing in this Amended Agreement shall be construed to make them such partners or joint venturers. Except as set forth in Section 8.5, nothing herein contained shall prevent the Advisor or Sub-Advisor from engaging in or earning fees from other activities, including, without limitation, the rendering of advice to other Persons (including other REITs) and the management of other programs advised, sponsored or organized by the Advisor or the Sub-Advisor, respectively, or any of their Affiliates. This Amended Agreement shall not limit or restrict the right of any manager, director, officer, member, partner, employee or equityholder of the Advisor or the Sub-Advisor, or their Affiliates, to engage in or earn fees from any other business or to render services of any kind to any other Person. The Sub-Advisor may, with respect to any Investment in which the Company is a participant, also render advice and service to each and every other participant therein, and earn fees for rendering such advice and service. Specifically, it is contemplated that the Company may enter into Joint Ventures or other similar co­investment arrangements with certain Persons, and pursuant to the agreements governing such Joint Ventures or other similar co­investment arrangements, the

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Advisor or the Sub-Advisor may be engaged to provide advice and service to such Persons, in which case, the Advisor or the Sub-Advisor, as applicable, will earn fees for rendering such advice and service. Each of the Advisor and the Sub-Advisor shall promptly disclose to the Board of Directors the existence of any condition or circumstance, existing or anticipated, of which it has knowledge, that creates or which would reasonably result in a conflict of interest between its obligations to the Company and its obligations to or its interest in any other Persons.

8.2Time Commitment. The Sub-Advisor shall, and shall cause its Affiliates and their respective employees, officers and agents to, devote such time as shall be reasonably necessary to perform its duties under this Amended Agreement in an appropriate manner consistent with the terms of this Amended Agreement. Each Party acknowledges that the other Party and its Affiliates and their respective employees, officers and agents may also engage in activities unrelated to the Company and may provide services to Persons other than the Company or any of its Affiliates.

8.3Advisor and Sub-Advisor Meetings. Representatives of the Parties shall meet on a quarterly basis, or, if reasonably requested, more frequently (in person or by phone), to discuss and consult with one another regarding the Company and its assets and opportunities. Additionally, the Advisor and the Sub-Advisor shall promptly cause their respective principals to meet (in person or by phone) with representatives of each other upon the reasonable request of either Party. The Parties will provide each other information regarding the operations and acquisitions of the Company as reasonably requested by the other.  The Advisor shall provide or cause the Dealer Manager to meet with the Sub-Advisor in person and telephonically and to provide to the Sub-Advisor the reports and other information set forth on Appendix B within the time periods set forth therein and such other information as is reasonably requested by the Sub-Advisor. Each of the Advisor and the Sub-Advisor shall have direct access to the books and records of the Company and of each attorney, accountant, servicer and other contracting party of the Company.

8.4Investment Opportunities and Allocation.  The Sub-Advisor shall use commercially reasonable efforts to present investment opportunities to the Company that are consistent with the investment policies and objectives of the Company set forth in any Memorandum and any Prospectus and the Investment Guidelines.  In the event the Sub-Advisor or any of its Affiliates is seeking investments within the definition of Primary Target Investments for any other Person, the Sub-Advisor shall present to the Advisor and the Board of Directors an allocation policy that fairly allocates investment opportunities to the Company, on the one hand, and to such other Persons, on the other hand, and the Sub-Advisor shall use its best efforts to apply such allocation method fairly to the Company.  The allocation policy and any amendments thereto shall be presented in advance and approved by the Advisor and the Board of Directors, including a majority of the Independent Directors.  The Sub-Advisor shall report to the Board of Directors, at least quarterly, of the allocation of investments to the Company and other Persons advised or sub-advised by the Sub-Advisor or its Affiliates or for which the Sub-Advisor or any of its Affiliates is seeking investments that are consistent with the Primary Target Investments (the “Quarterly Co-Investment Transaction Report”). The Sub-Advisor shall promptly report to the Advisor and the Board of Directors the existence of any condition or circumstance, existing or anticipated of which it has knowledge, which creates or could create a conflict of interest between the Sub-Advisor’s obligations to the Company and the Operating Partnership and its obligations to or its interest in any other Person.

8.5 Mutual Non-Compete. Neither the Sub-Advisor nor any of its Affiliates may provide, or prepare to provide, or assist any other Person to provide, investment management services, and neither the Advisor nor any of its Affiliates (including the Dealer Manager) may provide, or prepare to provide, or assist any other Person to provide, any services (including distribution and marketing services), substantially similar to those contemplated by the Amended Advisory Agreement or the Dealer Manager Agreement, in each case to any entity that (a) would have an investment strategy primarily focused on Primary Target Investments and (b) was capitalized or intended to be capitalized substantially with capital sourced, directly or indirectly, from individual investors through the Channels. For the avoidance of doubt, this provision does not restrict the Advisor or the Sub-Advisor or any of their respective Affiliates (i) with respect to any entity having an investment strategy not primarily focused on investment in Primary Target Investments, irrespective of whether such entity was capitalized or is intended to be capitalized substantially with capital sourced, directly or indirectly, from individual investors through the Channels, including but not limited to entities sponsored by Inland Private Capital Corporation, or (ii) with respect to any assets managed or to be managed on behalf of investors sourced, directly or indirectly, outside of the Channels.

8.6Offering Documents. The Sub-Advisor will abide by the Memorandum and the Prospectus with respect to the Company’s investment objectives, targeted assets, investment restrictions and borrowing policies set forth in the Memorandum and the Prospectus, except to the extent otherwise expressly directed by the Board of Directors.

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8.7 Exclusivity. The Advisor and the Sub­Advisor acknowledge and agree that the Sub­Advisor shall be the sole and exclusive source of Investments for the Company for so long as the Sub­Advisor shall serve in its capacity as sub­advisor under this Amended Agreement; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Advisor may identify potential opportunities for Investments and present any such Investments to the Sub-Advisor.

Article 9

Use of Names in Marketing Materials

9.1 Sub-Advisor Use of Advisor Names in Marketing Materials. The Advisor and its Affiliates have or may have a proprietary interest in the names “Inland InPoint Advisor, LLC” and “Inland” (together, the “Inland Names”).  The Sub-Advisor shall not use the Inland Names or any tradename, trademark, trade device, service mark, symbol or any abbreviation thereof of the Advisor or any of its Affiliates, except for any such use in its marketing materials that is approved by the Advisor in writing prior to such use.  The Advisor reserves the right to revoke such written approval at any time upon written notice.  In addition, any previously approved use shall be deemed revoked upon the Termination Date, at which time the Sub-Advisor will immediately cease such use in its marketing materials.

9.2 Advisor Use of Sub-Advisor Names in Marketing Materials. The Sub-Advisor and its Affiliates have or may have a proprietary interest in the names “Sound Point Capital Management,” “SPCRE InPoint Advisors, LLC” and “Sound Point” (together, the “Sound Point Names”). The Advisor shall not use the Sound Point Names or any tradename, trademark, trade device, service mark, symbol or any abbreviation thereof of the Sub-Advisor or any of its Affiliates, except for any such use in its marketing materials that is approved by the Sub-Advisor in writing prior to such use.  The Sub-Advisor reserves the right to revoke such written approval at any time upon written notice.  In addition, any previously approved use shall be deemed revoked upon the Termination Date, at which time the Advisor will immediately cease such use in its marketing materials.

Article 10

Other Agreements

10.1 Amendments to Amended Advisory Agreement.  The Advisor agrees to inform and make the Sub-Advisor a participant in all negotiations between the Advisor and the Company regarding any proposed amendment of the Amended Advisory Agreement.

10.2 Initial Capital Contributions. Each of the Advisor and the Sub-Advisor purchased $1.0 million and $3.0 million, respectively, in Class P Shares at a price of $25.00 per share in a Private Placement.  The Advisor and Sub-Advisor agree that, for so long as such Party or its Affiliate serves as the advisor or the sub-advisor to the Company, respectively, its investment in the Class P Shares will be subject to the following: (a) such Class P Shares will not be eligible for repurchase until the fifth anniversary of the purchase date and (b) repurchase requests made for such Class P Shares will only be accepted (i) on the last business day of a calendar quarter, (ii) after all repurchase requests from all other stockholders for such quarter have been accepted and (iii) to the extent that such repurchases do not cause total repurchases to exceed that quarter’s repurchase cap.

10.3  Sub-Advisor Personnel.  The compensation and other expenses of all personnel of the Sub-Advisor, when and to the extent engaged in providing services and assistance hereunder, shall be reimbursable by the Company in accordance with Section 9(b)(xv) of the Amended Advisory Agreement with the prior approval of the Advisor that such expenses shall be submitted for reimbursement.

10.4  Cyber-Security and Business Continuity.  The Sub-Advisor shall maintain (i) business continuity and disaster recovery and backup capabilities and (ii) policies and procedures reasonably designed to detect, prevent and respond to cyber-attacks. The Sub-Advisor shall promptly notify the Advisor of any cyber-security breach which could reasonably be expected to affect the Company or the ability of the Sub-Advisor to perform its duties and other obligations under this Amended Agreement.

10.5  Confidentiality.  Each Party (the “Receiving Party”) acknowledges and agrees that it will have access to confidential and proprietary information and materials concerning or pertaining to the Company and the other Party. The Receiving Party, on behalf of itself and its Affiliates shall, and shall cause its and its Affiliates’ partners, managers,

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officers, employees, representatives and agents, to hold such information in the strictest confidence and to not use, copy, or divulge to third parties or otherwise use, except in accordance with the terms of this Amended Agreement (or in the case of the Advisor, the Amended Advisory Agreement) in furtherance of its duties and obligations hereunder (and thereunder), any information obtained from or through the Company or the disclosing Party; provided that this covenant shall not apply to information (i) which is in the public domain now or when it becomes in the public domain in the future, other than by reason of a breach of this Amended Agreement, (ii) which has come to the Receiving Party from a lawful source not bound to maintain the confidentiality of such information, or (iii) disclosures which are required by law, regulatory authority, regulation or legal process so long as the Receiving Party provides prompt written notice in advance of such disclosures (to the extent permitted by applicable law and practical under the circumstances) in order to allow the Company or the disclosing Party, as the case may be, the opportunity to seek (at the such party’s expense) a protective order or other appropriate remedy (and if such protective order or similar remedy is obtained no such disclosure shall be made to the extent no longer required as a result of such protective order or similar remedy).

Article 11

Representations, Warranties, and Agreements

11.1 Mutual Representations and Warranties. The Advisor and the Sub-Advisor each hereby represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the other as follows:

(A)Such Party is duly formed and validly existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization;

(B)Such Party has full power and authority to enter into this Amended Agreement and to conduct its business to the extent contemplated in this Amended Agreement;

(C)This Amended Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such Party and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the other Party, constitutes the valid and legally binding agreement of such Party, enforceable in accordance with its terms against such Party, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium and other similar laws relating to creditors’ rights generally, and by general equitable principles.

(D)The execution and delivery of this Amended Agreement by such Party and the performance of its duties and obligations hereunder do not result in a breach of any of the terms, conditions or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, credit agreement, note or other evidence of indebtedness, or any lease or other agreement, or any license, permit, franchise or certificate to which such Party is a party or by which it is bound or to which its assets are subject or require any authorization or approval under or pursuant to any of the foregoing, or violate any statute, regulation, law, order, writ, injunction, judgment or decree to which such Party is subject;

(E)Such Party is not aware of any facts pertaining to such Party or its Affiliates that would cause such Party, or any of such Party’s Affiliates, to be unable to discharge timely the obligations of such Party or its Affiliates under this Amended Agreement or the obligations of the Company under any agreement to which any of them is a party;

(F)To the knowledge of such Party, no consent, approval or authorization of, or filing, registration or qualification with, any court or governmental authority on the part of such Party is required for the execution and delivery of this Amended Agreement by such Party and the performance of its obligations and duties hereunder and such execution, delivery and performance shall not violate any other agreement to which such Party is bound;

(G)The Party is not acting as the representative or agent or in any other capacity, fiduciary or otherwise, on behalf of another Person in connection with the Company or the other matters referred to in this Amended Agreement. Such Party is aware that the other Party and/or Affiliates of such other Party now and in the future shall be, and in the past have been, engaged in businesses which are competitive with that of the Company. Each of the Parties hereby acknowledges and agrees that the Parties’ obligations with respect to all future activities which are in competition with the Company are as set forth in Article 8 hereof;

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(H)No Party is required to cause the controlling persons of such Party to devote any specific portion of their time to Company business other than as necessary to fulfill such Parties’ obligations under this Amended Agreement and the Amended Advisory Agreement, as the case may be, and such controlling persons are expected to spend substantial amounts of their time on activities that are unrelated to the Company;

(I)Such Party understands that the other Party is relying on the accuracy of the representations set forth in this Article 11 in entering into this Amended Agreement;

(J)Such Party has not granted to any third party rights that would be inconsistent with the rights granted to the other Party by this Amended Agreement;

(K)Such Party has all requisite licenses to do and perform all acts and receive all fees as contemplated by this Amended Agreement and the Amended Advisory Agreement; and

(L)None of its principals has been convicted of any felony, or convicted of any misdemeanor involving moral turpitude (including fraud), or entered a plea of nolo contendere in connection with any felony or any such misdemeanor.

11.2 Modification and Waiver. The Advisor covenants and agrees with the Sub­Advisor that without the prior written consent of the Sub­Advisor, the Advisor and its Affiliates shall not:

(A)agree to any amendment to, modification of, or waiver of their rights or obligations under the Amended Advisory Agreement which modifies the fees and reimbursements payable pursuant to the Amended Advisory Agreement or this Amended Agreement, reduces the indemnification of the Sub­Advisor and its Affiliates by the Company, modifies the definitions of capitalized terms contained in the Amended Advisory Agreement which are used to define capitalized terms in this Amended Agreement, or otherwise modifies the Amended Advisory Agreement in a manner that is reasonably likely to materially adversely impact the rights or obligations of the Sub­Advisor pursuant to this Amended Agreement; provided that, with respect to this Section 11.2, the Sub­Advisor and its Affiliates shall agree to any amendment to the Amended Advisory Agreement or this Amended Agreement necessary to comply with the comments of any of the Securities and Exchange Commission, state securities commissions or the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority; or

(B)recommend or agree to nonpayment of or a deferral, waiver or other delay in the payment of the fees, reimbursements or any other compensation payable pursuant to the Amended Advisory Agreement or this Amended Agreement; or

(C)elect to receive any fees payable under the Amended Advisory Agreement in Shares.

Article 12

Term and Termination of the Amended Agreement

12.1Term. The initial term of this Amended Agreement shall begin on the Effective Date and end on December 31, 2021 and, thereafter, shall be automatically renewed and continue in force for an unlimited number of successive one-year terms upon renewal of the Amended Advisory Agreement, unless terminated pursuant to Section 12.2.

12.2Termination. The Parties may terminate this Amended Agreement as provided in this Section 12.2. The date upon which this Amended Agreement is terminated is referred to herein as the “Termination Date”).

(A)Termination without Cause or without Sub-Advisor’s Good Reason. This Amended Agreement may be terminated without Cause or without Sub-Advisor’s Good Reason (as defined below), as applicable:

(1) by the Advisor upon ninety (90) days’ prior written notice by the Advisor to the Sub-Advisor with approval of a majority of the Independent Directors; or

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(2) by the Sub-Advisor upon ninety (90) days’ prior written notice by the Sub-Advisor to the Advisor.

(B)Termination by the Advisor for Cause. This Amended Agreement may be terminated upon written notice by the Advisor, with approval of a majority of the Independent Directors, for Cause.

(C)Termination by the Sub-Advisor for Sub-Advisor’s Good Reason. This Amended Agreement may be terminated upon written notice by the Sub-Advisor upon the occurrence of any of the following, which for the purposes of this Section 12.2(C), shall constitute “Sub-Advisor’s Good Reason”:

 

(1)

the material breach of this Amended Agreement by the Advisor; provided, however, that the Advisor shall have thirty (30) calendar days after the receipt of notice of such breach (or at such later time as may be stated in the notice) from the Sub­Advisor to cure such breach;

 

(2)

any fraud, criminal conduct or willful misconduct by the Advisor or any Affiliate thereof in any action or failure to act undertaken by such Person pertaining to or having a materially detrimental effect upon the ability of the Advisor or the Sub­Advisor to perform their respective duties hereunder;

 

(3)

if the Advisor (a) commences a voluntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, (b) consents to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law, (c) consents to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator (or similar official) for the Advisor or for any substantial part of its property, or (d) makes any general assignment for the benefit of creditors under applicable state law;

 

(4)

if: (a) an involuntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect has been commenced against the Advisor, and such case has not been dismissed within sixty (60) days after the commencement thereof; or (b) a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator (or similar official) has been appointed for the Advisor or has taken possession of the Advisor or any substantial part of its property, and such appointment has not been rescinded or such possession has not been relinquished within sixty (60) days after the occurrence thereof;

 

(5)

if during the period starting on the Effective Date and ending on the date when the Board of Directors terminates an Offering and no additional Offerings are on-going or contemplated in the future, the Dealer Manager and its controlled subsidiaries: (a) fail to use their commercially reasonable efforts to market and distribute the Shares, or (b) fail to employ 12 or more external wholesalers on a full-time basis during any period of 90 consecutive calendar days; provided, however, that such 90-day period shall be extended for one additional 30-day period to the extent the Dealer Manager is making good faith efforts to cure such failure by attempting to hire additional external wholesalers;

 

(6)

Intentionally Omitted;

 

(7)

Intentionally Omitted;

 

(8)

if the board of directors of any Inland-sponsored Selected Fund terminates such Selected Fund’s advisory agreement (or agreement with a similar function), or does not renew it, other than in connection with an internalization or liquidity event, and such termination or non-renewal is followed by cancellation, or suspension for more than 90 consecutive days, of the selling agreements between three or more soliciting dealers and the Dealer Manager, representing in the aggregate the lesser of (i) 7,500 financial advisors or (ii) 25% of the aggregate number of financial advisors selling the Company’s shares, so long as such cancellation or suspension is not due substantially to the Sub-Advisor’s acts or performance. For purposes of this subsection 12.2(C)(8), Affiliated soliciting dealers shall be counted collectively as one soliciting dealer; or

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(9)

if a broker-dealer participating in the distribution of the Company’s securities terminates its selling agreement with the Dealer Manager and executes a selling agreement with a different Inland-sponsored program within 90 days of such termination, so long as such termination is not substantially due to the Sub-Advisor’s acts or performance.

(D)Termination of Amended Advisory Agreement. This Amended Agreement shall automatically terminate in the event of the termination or non-renewal of the Amended Advisory Agreement.

12.3 Survival Upon Termination. Notwithstanding anything else that may be to the contrary herein, the expiration or earlier termination of this Amended Agreement shall not relieve a party for liability for any breach occurring prior to such expiration or earlier termination. The provisions of Sections 7.3 and 10.5 and Articles 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 (and to the extent applicable in connection therewith, the definitions in Article 1) shall survive termination of this Amended Agreement.

12.4 Payments on Termination; Survival of Certain Rights and Obligations; Additional Obligations Upon Termination.

(A)After the Termination Date, the Sub-Advisor shall not be entitled to compensation for further services hereunder except it shall be entitled to receive from the Advisor within thirty (30) days after the effective date of such termination all unpaid reimbursements of expenses and all earned but unpaid fees payable to the Sub-Advisor prior to termination of this agreement, subject to the 2%/25% Guidelines to the extent applicable, subject to receiving a demand for payment and an accounting from the Sub-Advisor.

(B)The Sub-Advisor shall promptly upon termination:

 

(1)

pay over to the Advisor or the Company as the case may be, all money collected and held for the account of such party pursuant to the Amended Agreement, if any, after deducting any accrued compensation and reimbursement for its expenses to which it is then entitled;

 

(2)

deliver to the Advisor, or if the Advisor has been terminated, to the Board of Directors, 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 Advisor;

 

(3)

deliver to the Advisor, or if the Advisor has been terminated, to the Board of Directors, all assets (including without limitation all Investments) and documents of the Company then in the custody of the Sub-Advisor; and

 

(4)

cooperate with the Advisor and the Company to provide an orderly transition of advisory functions, including, if requested by the Advisor, identification of potential replacement sub-advisors.

(C)If this Amended Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 12.2(A)(1), the Advisor agrees that it shall terminate the Amended Advisory Agreement and not provide any additional services to the Company, any Affiliate of the Company or any successor thereto for a period of two years; provided the Advisor may provide transition services as required by the Amended Advisory Agreement.

(D)Except in the case of a termination or non-renewal of the Amended Advisory Agreement and there has occurred an Advisor Cause Event, if the Amended Advisory Agreement is terminated by Company upon the determination of a majority of the Independent Directors or not renewed, the Sub-Advisor acknowledges that this Amended Agreement shall terminate and agrees that the Sub-Advisor shall not provide any additional services to the Company, any Affiliate of the Company or any successor thereto for a period of two years; provided the Sub-Advisor may provide transition services as required by this Amended Agreement.

12.5 Non-Competition. Other than in the event that (i) the Advisor terminates the Amended Agreement as provided in Section 12.2(A)(1), (ii) the Advisor terminates the Amended Agreement as provided in Section 12.2(B) on the basis of clause (ii)(D) in the definition of Cause in Article 1, (iii) the Sub-Advisor terminates the Amended

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Agreement with Sub-Advisor’s Good Reason as provided in Section 12.2(C) or (iv) the Amended Agreement is automatically terminated as provided in Section 12.2(D), the Sub-Advisor, for a period of one year from the Termination Date, shall not provide investment management services substantially similar to those contemplated by the Amended Advisory Agreement, in each case to any entity that (i) would have an investment strategy primarily focused on investment in Primary Target Investments and (ii) was capitalized or intended to be capitalized substantially with capital sourced, directly or indirectly, from individual investors through the Channels. For the avoidance of doubt, this provision does not restrict Sub-Advisor (1) with respect to any entity having an investment strategy not primarily focused on investment in Primary Target Investments, irrespective of whether such entity was capitalized or is intended to be capitalized substantially with capital sourced, directly or indirectly, from individual investors through the Channels, or (2) with respect to any assets managed or to be managed on behalf of investors outside of the Channels.  The Sub-Advisor acknowledges and agrees that the restrictions contained in this Section 12.5 are reasonable and necessary to protect the legitimate interests of the Advisor and the Company and constitute a material inducement of the Advisor to enter into this Amended Agreement.  If the Sub-Advisor breaches, or threatens to commit a breach of, this Section 12.5, the Advisor shall have the right, in addition to, and not in lieu of, any other rights and remedies available to it, to have this provision specifically enforced by any court having competent jurisdiction (without any requirement to post a bond), it being acknowledged and agreed that any such breach or threatened breach will cause irreparable injury.

Article 13

Assignment

This Amended Agreement shall not be assigned by the Advisor or the Sub-Advisor without the consent of the other Party.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Amended Agreement may be assigned by the Advisor or the Sub-Advisor, as applicable, to an Affiliate with the consent of the other Party, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed, provided that such Affiliate remains at all times thereafter an Affiliate of the Advisor or the Sub-Advisor, as applicable.

Article 14

Indemnification

The Sub­Advisor and Advisor, as applicable, shall indemnify and hold harmless, in the case of the Sub-Advisor, the Advisor, and in the case of the Advisor, the Sub-Advisor, including each of their respective Affiliates, officers, directors, equity holders, partners, members and employees, from contract or other liability, claims, damages, taxes or losses and related expenses including reasonable attorneys’ fees, to the extent that such liability, claims, damages, taxes or losses and related expenses are not fully reimbursed by insurance and are incurred by reason of the Sub­Advisor’s or the Advisor’s, as applicable, bad faith, fraud, misfeasance, intentional misconduct, gross negligence or reckless disregard of its duties.  Except as expressly provided in this Article 14, the Advisor shall have no other obligation to indemnify the Sub-Advisor, and the Sub-Advisor shall not look to the Advisor to enforce any right to indemnification that the Sub-Advisor may have against the Company pursuant to any other agreement.

Article 15

Non-Solicitation

During the period commencing on the Effective Date and ending one year following the Termination Date, the Advisor and its respective Affiliates shall not, without the Sub­Advisor’s prior written consent, and the Sub­Advisor and its Affiliates shall not, without the Advisor’s prior written consent, directly or indirectly; (i) solicit or encourage any person to leave the employment or other service of the Advisor, the Sub­Advisor, or their respective Affiliates, as the case may be; or (ii) hire, on behalf of the Advisor or the Sub­Advisor, as the case may be, or any other person or entity, any person who has left the employment within the one year period following the termination of that person’s employment with the Advisor, the Sub­Advisor or their respective Affiliates, as the case may be. During the period commencing on the date hereof through and ending one year following the Termination Date, neither the Advisor nor the Sub­Advisor will, whether for its own account or for the account of any other Person, intentionally interfere with the relationship of the Advisor, the Sub­Advisor or their respective Affiliates, as the case may be, with, or endeavor to entice away from any such party or its Affiliates, any person who during the term of the

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Amended Agreement is, or during the preceding one­year period, was a tenant, co­investor, codeveloper, joint venturer or other customer of any such party or its Affiliates.  Each of the Advisor and the Sub-Advisor acknowledges and agrees that the restrictions contained in this Article 15 are reasonable and necessary to protect their respective legitimate interests and constitute a material inducement of each to enter into this Amended Agreement.  If either Party breaches, or threatens to commit a breach of, this Article 15, the other Party shall have the right, in addition to, and not in lieu of, any other rights and remedies available to such other Party, to have such provision specifically enforced by any court having competent jurisdiction (without any requirement to post a bond), it being acknowledged and agreed that any such breach or threatened breach will cause irreparable injury.

Article 16

Miscellaneous

16.1 Notices. All notices, requests or demands to be given under this Amended Agreement from one Party to the other (collectively, “Notices” and individually a “Notice”) shall be in writing and shall be given by personal delivery, or by overnight courier service for next Business Day delivery at the other Party’s address set forth below, or by telecopy transmission at the other party’s facsimile telephone number set forth below. Notices given by personal delivery (i.e., by the sending Party or a messenger) shall be deemed given on the date of delivery. Notices given by overnight courier service shall be deemed given upon deposit with the overnight courier service and Notices given by telecopy transmission shall be deemed given on the date of transmission provided such transmission is completed by 5:00 p.m. (sending Party’s local time) on a Business Day, otherwise delivery by transmission shall be deemed to occur on the next succeeding Business Day. If any Party’s address is a business, receipt, or the refusal to accept delivery, by a receptionist or by any Person in the employ of such Party, shall be deemed actual receipt by the Party of Notices. Notices may be issued by an attorney for a Party and in such case such Notices shall be deemed given by such Party. The Parties’ addresses are as follows:

If to the Advisor:

Inland InPoint Advisor, LLC

2901 Butterfield Road

Oak Brook, IL 60523

Facsimile: (630) 218-4900

Attention: Cathleen Hrtanek

If to the Sub-Advisor:

SPCRE InPoint Advisors, LLC

375 Park Avenue, 33rd Floor

New York, NY 10152

Attention: Marc Tolchin

Either Party may at any time give Notice in writing to the other Party of a change in its address for the purposes of this Section 16.1. Each Notice shall be deemed given and effective upon receipt (or refusal of receipt).

16.2 Modification. This Amended Agreement shall not be amended, supplemented, changed, modified, terminated or discharged, in whole or in part, except by an instrument in writing signed by both Parties hereto, or their respective successors or permitted assigns.

16.3 Severability. The provisions of this Amended 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.

16.4 Construction. The provisions of this Amended Agreement shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of New York as at the time in effect, without regard to the principles of conflicts of laws thereof.

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16.5 Entire Agreement. This Amended Agreement contains the entire agreement and understanding between the Parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements, understandings, inducements and conditions, express or implied, oral or written, of any nature whatsoever with respect to the subject matter hereof. The express terms hereof control and supersede any course of performance and/or usage of the trade inconsistent with any of the terms hereof.

16.6 Waiver. Neither the failure nor any delay on the part of a Party to exercise any right, remedy, power or privilege under this Amended 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.

16.7 Third Party Beneficiary. Except for those Persons entitled to indemnification under Article 14, who shall be third-party beneficiaries of this Amended Agreement, no other Person is a third party beneficiary of this Amended Agreement.

16.8 Gender. 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.

16.9 Titles Not to Affect Interpretation. The titles of Articles and Sections contained in this Amended Agreement are for convenience only, and they neither form a part of this Amended Agreement nor are they to be used in the construction or interpretation hereof.

16.10 Counterparts. This Amended Agreement may be executed with counterpart signature pages or 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 Amended Agreement shall become binding when one or more counterpart signature pages or counterparts hereof, individually or taken together, shall bear the signatures of all of the Parties reflected hereon as the signatories.

16.11 Fiduciary Relationship to the Company and to the Company’s Stockholders.  The Sub-Advisor, on behalf of itself and its Affiliates, acknowledges that the Sub-Advisor has a fiduciary relationship to the Company and its Stockholders and the Operating Partnership and its partners.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this First Amended and Restated Sub-Advisory Agreement as of the Effective Date.

Inland InPoint Advisor, LLC

 

 

By:

/s/ Roderick S. Curtis

 

Name:

Roderick S. Curtis

 

Title:

President

 

SPCRE InPoint Advisors, LLC

 

 

By:

/s/ Donald MacKinnon

 

Name:

Donald MacKinnon

 

Title:

Portfolio Manager

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Appendix A

AMENDED ADVISORY AGREEMENT


 

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Appendix B

ADVISOR ACTIONS

The Advisor shall provide or cause the Dealer Manager to provide to the Sub-Advisor the following:

 

Bi-weekly meeting or call with the Dealer Manager’s head of national accounts (this can be moved to monthly once the Company has raised at least $500 million in Offering proceeds). Topics to be discussed include the following:

 

progress with selling agreements

 

feedback from target broker-dealers

 

momentum with non-traditional non-listed REIT buyers (i.e. wire house, regional firms)

 

travel requests for Sub-Advisor’s portfolio manager and/or senior management

 

Monthly report showing monthly meeting count from the external sales force where the Company is discussed

 

Monthly report showing monthly call count from the internal sale desk where the Company is discussed

 

Monthly conference calls with the broad sales organization (national accounts and internal/external) where the Sub-Advisor’s portfolio managers discuss market conditions and portfolio updates (this can moved to quarterly once the Company has raised at least $500 million in Offering proceeds)

 

Quarterly conference calls with each individual external sales person. Topics to be discussed including the following:

 

travel schedules with the Sub-Advisor’s portfolio manager and new business personnel

 

where the Sub-Advisor can be more helpful/proactive with sales efforts

 

feedback from advisors/brokers regarding the Company, its fee structure, and other features of the Offering

 

Quarterly visits by the Sub-Advisor to the Advisor’s offices to meet with sales management and shadow/present to internal sales

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Appendix C

COMPENSATION

 

ARTICLE 5 – SUB-ADVISOR COMPENSATION:

5.1Advisory Fees and Loan Origination Fees. The Advisor hereby assigns to the Sub-Advisor its right to receive direct payment from the Company of a portion of all Advisory Fees and Loan Origination Fees as and when the same shall become payable to the Advisor for any period pursuant to Sections 8(a) and 8(b) of the Amended Advisory Agreement (and agrees to direct the Company to pay such amounts to the Sub-Advisor pursuant to the applicable terms of the Amended Advisory Agreement) in the following amounts, order and priority:

(a) First, for each payment period, the Advisor shall as a first priority distribution receive from the Advisory Fees and Loan Origination Fees then payable an amount equal [****]% of the Investor Proceeds raised from new sales of Shares (excluding Shares of any class sold pursuant to any distribution reinvestment plan (i.e., “DRIP” Shares)) in any Public Offering during any such period;

(b) Then, for each payment period, the Advisory Fees and Loan Origination Fees remaining after the first priority distribution to Advisor under clause (a) above (the “Advisory Fees and Loan Origination Fees Available for Split” or “AFS”) shall be split between Advisor and Sub-Advisor and paid to the Parties in amounts determined in accordance with the methodology and calculation set forth and otherwise as provided in clauses (i) and (ii) below:

(i)NAV Apportionment to Marginal Buckets. The NAV then in effect on the first day of the applicable period shall be apportioned among each of the “Marginal Buckets” delineated in Table I below (with corresponding NAV ranges and Advisory Fees and Loan Origination Fees split percentages) in order to determine the relative proportion the NAV apportioned to any single Marginal Bucket for such period bears to the NAV apportioned to all of the Marginal Buckets combined (the “Proportionate Percentage”).1

                  

TABLE I

 

ADVISORY FEES, LOAN ORIGINATION FEES, AND EXPENSE LIMITATION

            SPLIT PERCENTAGES

MARGINAL BUCKETS    NAV RANGE                          SUB-ADVISORADVISOR

 

Bucket 1               NAV from $[****] to $[****]          [****]%                   [****]%

Bucket 2               NAV from > $[****] to $[****]             [****]%                   [****]%

Bucket 3               NAV from > $[****] to $[****]             [****]%                   [****]%

Bucket 4               NAV from > $[****] to $[****]             [****]%                   [****]%

Bucket 5               NAV from > $[****] to $[****]             [****]%                   [****]%

Bucket 6               NAV from > $[****] to $[****]             [****]%                   [****]%

 

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By way of example, if the period NAV equals $[****], the Marginal Bucket 1 Proportionate Percentage would be [****]% and the Proportionate Percentage of all other Marginal Buckets 2-7 would be [****]%.  As further illustration, if the period NAV equals $[****], the Marginal Bucket 1 Proportionate Percentage would be [****]%, the Marginal Bucket 2 Proportionate Percentage would be [****]% and the Proportionate Percentage of all other Marginal Buckets 3-7 would be [****]%.

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Bucket 7               NAV > [****]                                     [****]%     [****]%

(ii) AFS Split Calculation and Payment. The AFS for the applicable period shall be (A) divided between the Advisor and Sub-Advisor based upon the allocations to the Parties’ respective individual Marginal Buckets as calculated in accordance with the formula set forth in Table II below and then (B) paid to the Parties in the dollar amounts so determined.  


TABLE II

AFS DISTRIBUTABLE TO ADVISOR:

 

(A)

= (AFS * Bucket 1 Proportionate Percentage * Bucket 1 Advisor Split Percentage) = Bucket 1 AFS to Advisor

 

 

(B)

= (AFS * Bucket 2 Proportionate Percentage * Bucket 2 Advisor Split Percentage) = Bucket 2 AFS to Advisor

 

 

(C)

= (AFS * Bucket 3 Proportionate Percentage * Bucket 3 Advisor Split Percentage) = Bucket 3 AFS to Advisor

 

 

(D)

= (AFS * Bucket 4 Proportionate Percentage * Bucket 4 Advisor Split Percentage) = Bucket 4 AFS to Advisor

 

 

(E)

= (AFS * Bucket 5 Proportionate Percentage * Bucket 5 Advisor Split Percentage) = Bucket 5 AFS to Advisor

 

 

(F)

= (AFS * Bucket 6 Proportionate Percentage * Bucket 6 Advisor Split Percentage) = Bucket 6 AFS to Advisor

 

 

(G)

= (AFS * Bucket 7 Proportionate Percentage * Bucket 7 Advisor Split Percentage) = Bucket 7 AFS to Advisor

TOTAL AMOUNT OF AFS TO ADVISOR = (A) + (B) + (C) + (D) + (E) + (F) + (G)

AFS DISTRIBUTABLE TO SUB-ADVISOR:

(H) = (AFS * Bucket 1 Proportionate Percentage * Bucket 1 Sub-Advisor Split Percentage) = Bucket 1 AFS to Sub-Advisor

 

(I) = (AFS * Bucket 2 Proportionate Percentage * Bucket 2 Sub-Advisor Split Percentage) = Bucket 2 AFS to Sub-Advisor

 

(J) = (AFS * Bucket 3 Proportionate Percentage * Bucket 3 Sub-Advisor Split Percentage) = Bucket 3 AFS to Sub-Advisor

 

(K) = (AFS * Bucket 4 Proportionate Percentage * Bucket 4 Sub-Advisor Split Percentage) = Bucket 4 AFS to Sub-Advisor

 

(L) = (AFS * Bucket 5 Proportionate Percentage * Bucket 5 Sub-Advisor Split Percentage) = Bucket 5 AFS to Sub-Advisor

 

(M) = (AFS * Bucket 6 Proportionate Percentage * Bucket 6 Sub-Advisor Split Percentage) = Bucket 6 AFS to Sub-Advisor

 

(N) = (AFS * Bucket 7 Proportionate Percentage * Bucket 7 Sub-Advisor Split Percentage) = Bucket 7 AFS to Sub-Advisor

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TOTAL AMOUNT OF AFS TO SUB-ADVISOR = (H) + (I) + (J) + (K) + (L) + (M) + (N)


     5.2  Illustrative Example of Methodology of Advisory Fees and Loan Origination Fees Distribution Provisions. For the avoidance of doubt and for the purpose of clarification, attached hereto as Appendix D is an illustrative example and methodology of the intended operation of the distribution provisions and priorities set forth in Section 5.1.

     5.3  Deferral of Advisory Fees.  In the event that any portion of the Advisory Fees otherwise payable are deferred:

(A) any amounts deferred shall be allocated proportionately to the Sub-Advisor and to the Advisor in accordance with the allocated percentages set forth in Section 5.1; and

(B)the Sub-Advisor shall be entitled to receive its proportionate percentage share of any such deferred amounts paid by the Company to the Advisor and the Advisor agrees to direct the Company to pay such amounts to the Sub-Advisor at the same time as the Company pays the Advisor’s proportionate percentage share to the Advisor.

    5.4 Sub-Advisor Loan Administrative Fees.  Notwithstanding any other provision of the Amended Advisory Agreement or this Amended Agreement to the contrary, the Sub-Advisor may retain all Loan Administrative Fees paid by borrowers in connection with Real Estate Loans; provided, however, Sub-Advisor agrees that to the extent the Application Fees per loan and Draw Request Fees (per draw request) exceed [****] ($[****]) and [****] ($[****]), respectively, Advisor and Sub-Advisor shall split such excess in the same manner as AFS in accordance with the tiered split percentages appearing in Table I of Section 5.1(b)(i) hereof.  Such Loan Administrative Fees shall not be deemed or considered to be Advisory Fees nor shall the amount thereof be deducted from or set off against any Advisory Fees payable to Sub-Advisor (or Advisor, as applicable) in accordance with this Amended Agreement.

 

ARTICLE 6 – EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENTS

The rate shall be [****]% by the Advisor and [****]% by the Sub-Advisor.

The payments shall be [****]% to the Sub-Advisor and [****]% to the Advisor.

 

 

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Appendix D

ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLE OF METHODOLOGY OF
ADVISORY AND LOAN ORIGINATION FEES DISTRIBUTION PROVISIONS

 

This Appendix D is provided for illustration purposes only and to demonstrate the intended methodology and operation of the Advisory Fees and Loan Origination Fees distribution provisions set forth in Section 5.1 of the Amended Agreement.  It is not based on actual transactions, but is based on various assumptions of potential future events.  

In the following hypothetical example, the total amount of Advisory Fees and Loan Origination Fees distributable to each of the Advisor and Sub-Advisor has been calculated based on the following period assumptions:  (a) an NAV of $[****], (b) Investor Proceeds of $[****] from new Share sales (exclusive of DRIP share sale proceeds), and (c) total Advisory Fees and Loan Origination Fees of $[****].

 


Step 1 - Section 5.1 (a): Calculation of First Priority Distribution to Advisor

[****]% * Investor Proceeds = First Priority Distribution to Advisor

[****] * $[****] = $[****]

First Priority Distribution to Advisor = $[****]


Step 2 - Section 5.1 (b) – Determination of AFS

Total Advisory Fees and Loan Origination Fees - First Priority Distribution to Advisor = AFS

$[****] - $[****] = $[****]

Advisory Fees and Loan Origination Fees Available for Split (AFS) = $[****]


Step 3 - Section 5.1(b)(i)(Apportionment of NAV to Marginal Buckets)

Assuming an NAV of $[****], based on the Marginal Bucket NAV Ranges in Table I (copied below), the Bucket 1 Proportionate Percentage would be [****]% and the Bucket 2 Proportion Percentage would be [****]% and the Bucket Proportionate Percentages for each of the remaining Buckets would be [****]%.

 

ADVISORY FEES AND LOAN ORIGINATION FEES

            SPLIT PERCENTAGES

MARGINAL BUCKETS    NAV RANGE                          SUB-ADVISORADVISOR

 

Bucket 1               NAV from $[****] to $[****]          [****]%                   [****]%

Bucket 2               NAV from > $[****] to $[****]             [****]%                    [****]%

Bucket 3               NAV from > $[****] to $[****]             [****]%                    [****]%

Bucket 4               NAV from > $[****] to $[****]             [****]%                    [****]%

Bucket 5               NAV from > $[****] to $[****]             [****]%                    [****]%

Bucket 6               NAV from > $[****] to $[****]             [****]%                    [****]%

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Bucket 7               NAV > $[****]                                     [****]%                    [****]%

 

Step 4 - Section 5.1(b)(ii)(Calculation of AFS Splits)

AFS DISTRIBUTABLE TO ADVISOR:

(A) = (AFS * Bucket 1 Proportionate Percentage * Bucket 1 Advisor Split Percentage) = Bucket 1 AFS to Advisor

(B) = (AFS * Bucket 2 Proportionate Percentage * Bucket 2 Advisor Split Percentage) = Bucket 2 AFS to Advisor

(C) = (AFS * Bucket 3 Proportionate Percentage * Bucket 3 Advisor Split Percentage) = Bucket 3 AFS to Advisor

(D) = (AFS * Bucket 4 Proportionate Percentage * Bucket 4 Advisor Split Percentage) = Bucket 4 AFS to Advisor

(E) = (AFS * Bucket 5 Proportionate Percentage * Bucket 5 Advisor Split Percentage) = Bucket 5 AFS to Advisor

(F) = (AFS * Bucket 6 Proportionate Percentage * Bucket 6 Advisor Split Percentage) = Bucket 6 AFS to Advisor

(G) = (AFS * Bucket 7 Proportionate Percentage * Bucket 7 Advisor Split Percentage) = Bucket 7 AFS to Advisor

TOTAL AMOUNT OF AFS TO ADVISOR = (A) + (B) + (C) + (D) + (E) + (F) + (G)


(A) = ([****] * [****]% * [****]%) = Bucket 1 AFS to Advisor = $[****]

(B) = ([****] * [****]% * [****]%) = Bucket 2 AFS to Advisor = $[****]

(C) = ([****] * [****]% * [****]%) = Bucket 3 AFS to Advisor = $[****]

(D) = ([****] * [****]% * [****]%) = Bucket 4 AFS to Advisor = $[****]

(E) = ([****] * [****]% * [****]%) = Bucket 5 AFS to Advisor = $[****]

(F) = ([****] * [****]% * [****]%) = Bucket 6 AFS to Advisor = $[****]

(G) = ([****] * [****]% * [****]%) = Bucket 7 AFS to Advisor = $[****]

Total Amount of AFS to Advisor = $[****]

 

AFS DISTRIBUTABLE TO SUB-ADVISOR:

(H) = (AFS * Bucket 1 Proportionate Percentage * Bucket 1 Sub-Advisor Split Percentage) = Bucket 1 AFS to Sub-Advisor

(I) = (AFS * Bucket 2 Proportionate Percentage * Bucket 2 Sub-Advisor Split Percentage) = Bucket 2 AFS to Sub-Advisor

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(J) = (AFS * Bucket 3 Proportionate Percentage * Bucket 3 Sub-Advisor Split Percentage) = Bucket 3 AFS to Sub-Advisor

(K) = (AFS * Bucket 4 Proportionate Percentage * Bucket 4 Sub-Advisor Split Percentage) = Bucket 4 AFS to Sub-Advisor

(L) = (AFS * Bucket 5 Proportionate Percentage * Bucket 5 Sub-Advisor Split Percentage) = Bucket 5 AFS to Sub-Advisor

(M) = (AFS * Bucket 6 Proportionate Percentage * Bucket 6 Sub-Advisor Split Percentage) = Bucket 6 AFS to Sub-Advisor

(N) = (AFS * Bucket 7 Proportionate Percentage * Bucket 7 Sub-Advisor Split Percentage) = Bucket 7 AFS to Sub-Advisor

TOTAL AMOUNT OF AFS TO SUB-ADVISOR = (H) + (I) + (J) + (K) + (L) + (M) + (N)


(H) = ($[****] * [****]% * [****]%) = Bucket 1 AFS to Sub-Advisor = $[****]

(I) = ($[****] * [****]% * [****]%) = Bucket 2 AFS to Sub-Advisor = $[****]

(J) = ($[****]* [****]% * [****]%) = Bucket 3 AFS to Sub-Advisor = $[****]

(K) = ($[****] * [****]% * [****]%) = Bucket 4 AFS to Sub-Advisor = $[****]

(L) = ($[****] * [****]% * [****]%) = Bucket 5 AFS to Sub-Advisor = $[****]

(M) = ($[****]* [****]% * [****]%) = Bucket 6 AFS to Sub-Advisor = $[****]

(N) = ($[****] * [****]% * [****]%) = Bucket 7 AFS to Sub-Advisor = $[****]

Total Amount of AFS to Sub-Advisor = $[****]


Step 5 – Calculation of Total Advisory Fees and Loan Origination Fees Distributable to Advisor and Sub-Advisor


Total Advisory Fees and Loan Origination Fees to Advisor = First Priority Distribution to Advisor + Total AFS to Advisor

Total Advisory Fees and Loan Origination Fees to Advisor = $[****] +$[****] = $[****]


TOTAL ADVISORY FEES AND LOAN ORIGINATION FEES TO ADVISOR = $[****]


Total Advisory Fees and Loan Origination Fees to Sub-Advisor = Total AFS to Sub-Advisor


TOTAL ADVISORY FEES AND LOAN ORIGINATION FEES TO SUB-ADVISOR = $[****]

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Exhibit 10.3

EXPENSE LIMITATION AGREEMENT

 

THIS EXPENSE LIMITATION AGREEMENT (“Expense Limitation Agreement”) is made as of July 1, 2021 (the “Effective Date”), by and among InPoint Commercial Real Estate Income, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), Inland InPoint Advisor, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Advisor”), and SPCRE InPoint Advisors, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sub-Advisor”).

 

WHEREAS, the Company operates, and intends to continue to operate, as a real estate investment trust and offers one or more classes of common stock (“Shares”) in a continuous public offering;

 

WHEREAS, the Advisor serves as adviser to the Company pursuant to that certain Second Amended and Restated Advisory Agreement, dated July 1, 2021, by and among the Company, InPoint REIT Operating Partnership, LP, a Delaware limited partnership of which the Company is the sole general partner, and the Advisor (the “Advisory Agreement”); and

 

WHEREAS, the Sub-Advisor serves as sub-advisor to the Advisor pursuant to that certain Second Amended and Restated Sub-Advisory Agreement, dated July 1, 2021, between the Advisor and the Sub-Advisor (the “Sub-Advisory Agreement”).

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1.Expense Limitation.  

 

(a)Subject to the conditional repayment in Section 2 hereof, the Advisor and Sub-Advisor each agrees to waive reimbursement of or pay (or to cause its affiliates to waive or pay) certain of the Company’s Ordinary Operating Expenses (as defined below) to the extent necessary to ensure that the Ordinary Operating Expenses for each class of Shares, as applicable, do not exceed the percentage of average monthly net assets set forth on Exhibit A.  

 

(b)The amount waivable or payable by the Advisor, Sub-Advisor or their respective affiliates hereunder shall be determined as of the last day of each fiscal quarter for the Company based on the annualized Ordinary Operating Expenses for that fiscal quarter (prior to recording any reimbursement pursuant to Section 2 hereof for that fiscal quarter) and shall be allocated between the Advisor and Sub-Advisor pursuant to the split percentages set forth in Table I in Article 5 of Appendix C to the Sub-Advisory Agreement with the NAV calculation as of the end of the applicable fiscal quarter. Any waiver or payment due from the Advisor, Sub-Advisor or their respective affiliates under this Section 1 shall be made within 30 days of the end of the Company’s applicable fiscal quarter.

 

(c)Ordinary Operating Expenses” for a class of Shares shall consist of all ordinary expenses of the Company attributable to such class, including administration fees, transfer agent expenses, fees paid to the Company’s independent directors (the “Independent Directors”), loan servicing expenses, administrative services expenses, acquisition-related expenses, and expenses associated with legal, regulatory compliance and investor relations, but excluding the following: (a) fees paid to the Advisor pursuant to the Advisory Agreement, (b) interest expense and other financing costs, (c) taxes, (d) distribution or stockholder servicing fees, (e) operating expenses for any real estate owned, including depreciation, and (f) unusual, unexpected and/or nonrecurring expenses of the Company.

 

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2.Conditional Repayment by the Company. Any waiver or reimbursement by the Advisor or Sub-Advisor pursuant to this Expense Limitation Agreement shall be subject to repayment by the Company on a quarterly basis within three fiscal years following the fiscal quarter in which the expenses were incurred, but only to the extent such repayment by the Company does not cause the Company to exceed its then-current expense limitation, if any, for such quarter.  For the avoidance of doubt, any waiver or reimbursement made by the Advisor or Sub-Advisor that has not be repaid within three fiscal years of the fiscal quarter within which the Ordinary Operating Expense were waived or absorbed shall be permanently waived by the Advisor and Sub-Advisor and shall not be subject to reimbursement under this Expense Limitation Agreement. The amount repayable to the Advisor or Sub-Advisor hereunder shall be determined as of the last day of each fiscal quarter for the Company based on the annualized Ordinary Operating Expenses for that fiscal quarter (prior to recording any recoupment pursuant to this Section 2 for that fiscal quarter). Any repayment due to the Advisor or Sub-Advisor under this Section 2 shall be made within 30 days of the end of the Company’s applicable fiscal quarter.

 

3.Effective Date, Duration and Termination.  This Expense Limitation Agreement shall be effective as of the Effective Date and shall continue in effect for successive twelve-month periods provided that such continuance is specifically approved at least annually by a majority of the Independent Directors and by the mutual consent of the Advisor and Sub-Advisor. Aside from its annual renewal, this Expense Limitation Agreement may not be terminated by the Advisor or Sub-Advisor, but may be terminated by the Independent Directors on written notice to the Advisor and Sub-Advisor. This Expense Limitation Agreement will automatically terminate if the Advisory Agreement is terminated with such termination effective upon the effective date of the Advisory Agreement’s termination. The Advisor’s and Sub-Advisor’s right to repayment pursuant to Section 2 hereof shall survive the termination of this Expense Limitation Agreement for any reason.

 

4.Miscellaneous.

 

(a)The captions of this Expense Limitation Agreement are included for convenience only and in no way define or limit any of the provisions hereof or otherwise affect their construction or effect.

 

(b)This Expense Limitation Agreement contains the entire agreement of the parties and supersedes all prior agreements, understandings and arrangements with respect to the subject matter hereof. Notwithstanding the place where this Expense Limitation Agreement may be executed by any of the parties hereto, this Expense Limitation Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware. Nothing in this Expense Limitation Agreement shall be deemed to require the Company to take any action contrary to the Company’s charter or bylaws, as each may be amended or restated, or to relieve or deprive the board of directors of the Company of its responsibility for and control of the conduct of the affairs of the Company.

 

(c)If any provision of this Expense Limitation Agreement shall be held or made invalid by a court decision, statute, rule or otherwise, the remainder of this Expense Limitation Agreement shall not be affected thereby and, to this extent, the provisions of this Expense Limitation Agreement shall be deemed to be severable, and the remaining provisions of this Expense Limitation Agreement shall be interpreted to give maximum effect to the intent of the parties manifested thereby.

 

(d)No party hereto shall assign this Expense Limitation Agreement or any right, interest or benefit under this Expense Limitation Agreement without the prior written consent of the other parties hereto.

 

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(e)This Expense Limitation Agreement may be amended in writing by mutual consent of the parties. This Expense Limitation Agreement may be executed by the parties on any number of counterparts, delivery of which may occur by facsimile or as an attachment to an electronic communication, each of which shall be deemed an original, and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Expense Limitation Agreement to be executed in duplicate by their respective officers as of the Effective Date.

 

INPOINT COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE INCOME, INC.

By:

 

 /s/ Catherine L. Lynch

Name:

 

Catherine L. Lynch

Title:

 

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

 

INLAND INPOINT ADVISOR, LLC

By:

 

 /s/ Roderick S. Curtis

Name:

 

Roderick S. Curtis

Title:

 

President

 

 

SPCRE INPOINT ADVISORS, LLC

By:

 

 /s/ Donald MacKinnon

Name:

 

Donald MacKinnon

Title:

 

Portfolio Manager

 


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EXHIBIT A

 

 

Class of Shares

Cap on Ordinary Operating Expenses

(as a percentage of average monthly net assets)

Class P Shares

1.50%

Class A Shares

1.50%

Class T Shares

1.50%

Class S Shares

1.50%

Class D Shares

1.50%

Class I Shares

1.50%

 

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