GRIFFIN-AMERICAN HEALTHCARE REIT IV, INC.
UP TO $3,150,000,000 IN SHARES OF COMMON STOCK
DEALER MANAGER AGREEMENT
FEBRUARY 16, 2016
Griffin Capital Securities, LLC
18191 Von Karman Avenue, Suite 300
Irvine, California 92612
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Griffin-American Healthcare REIT IV, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), is registering for public sale a maximum of
up to $3.15 billion in shares (the “Shares”) of its common stock (the “Offering”), consisting of (a) up to $3.00 billion in shares of Class T common stock, $0.01 par value per share, in the primary offering at an initial price of $10.00 per share (subject in certain circumstances to discounts based upon the volume of shares purchased and for certain categories of purchasers), and (b) up to $150 million in Shares pursuant to the Company’s distribution reinvestment plan at a purchase price of 95.0% of the primary offering price per share, or $9.50 per Share assuming a $10.00 per Share primary offering price, all upon the other terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Prospectus (as defined in Section 1.1, below). The Company has reserved the right to reallocate the Shares offered between the primary offering and the distribution reinvestment plan.
The minimum purchase by any one person shall be $2,500 in Shares except as otherwise indicated in the Prospectus or in any letter or memorandum from the Company to Griffin Capital Securities, LLC (the “Dealer Manager”). It is anticipated that the Dealer Manager will enter into Participating Dealer Agreements in the form attached to this Dealer Manager Agreement with other broker-dealers participating in the Offering (each dealer being referred to herein as a “Dealer” and said dealers being collectively referred to herein as the “Dealers”). The Company shall have the right to approve any material modifications or addendums to the form of the Participating Dealer Agreement. Terms not defined herein shall have the same meaning as in the Prospectus. In connection therewith, the Company hereby agrees with the Dealer Manager, as follows:
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY.
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The Company represents and warrants to the Dealer Manager and each Dealer with whom the Dealer Manager enters into a Participating Dealer Agreement that:
1.1 A registration statement with respect to the Company has been prepared by the Company in accordance with applicable requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and the applicable rules and regulations (the “Rules and Regulations”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) promulgated thereunder, covering the Shares. Said registration statement, which includes a preliminary prospectus, was initially filed with the SEC on July 30, 2015 (Registration No. 333-205960). Copies of such registration statement and each amendment thereto have been or will be delivered to the Dealer Manager. The registration statement and prospectus contained therein, as finally amended and revised as of the effective date of the registration statement, and as may be revised, amended or modified from
time to time thereafter by any amendments (as to the registration statement) and/or supplements (as to the prospectus), are respectively hereinafter referred to as the “Registration Statement” and the “Prospectus,” except that if the Prospectus filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act shall differ from the Prospectus, the term “Prospectus” shall also include the Prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b).
1.2 The Company has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation under the laws of the State of Maryland, has the power and authority to conduct its business as described in the Prospectus.
1.3 On the effective date of the Registration Statement (including the effective date of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement), and on the date of the Prospectus (including the SEC filing date of the Prospectus or any supplement to the Prospectus), the Registration Statement and Prospectus comply with the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations, and the Prospectus, as of the date of the Prospectus, and any and all authorized printed sales literature or other sales materials prepared and authorized by the Company for use with potential investors in connection with the Offering (“Authorized Sales Materials”), during such time as such Authorized Sales Materials are authorized by the Company for use in conjunction with the Prospectus, do not contain any untrue statements of material facts or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading;
provided
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however
, that
(i) the Company undertakes to immediately notify the Dealer Manager in writing (electronic or otherwise) at the time any of the Authorized Sales Materials are no longer authorized by the Company for use, which notice shall (notwithstanding the provisions of Section 13 hereof) be effective upon receipt by the Dealer Manager, and (ii)
the foregoing provisions of this Section 1.3 will not extend to such statements contained in or omitted from the Registration Statement or Prospectus or Authorized Sales Materials as are primarily within the knowledge of the Dealer Manager or any of the Dealers and are based upon information either (a) furnished by a Dealer in writing to the Dealer Manager or the Company, or (b) furnished by the Dealer Manager in writing to the Company specifically for inclusion therein.
1.4 The Company intends to use the funds received from the sale of the Shares as set forth in the Prospectus.
1.5 No consent, approval, authorization or other order of any governmental authority is required in connection with the execution or delivery by the Company of this Dealer Manager Agreement or the issuance and sale by the Company of the Shares, except such as may be required under the Securities Act or applicable state securities laws.
1.6 There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company at law or in equity or before or by any federal or state commission, regulatory body or administrative agency or other governmental body, domestic or foreign, which would be reasonably expected to have a material adverse effect on the business or property of the Company.
1.7 The execution and delivery of this Dealer Manager Agreement, the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated and compliance with the terms of this Dealer Manager Agreement by the Company will not conflict with or constitute a default under any charter, bylaw, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, lease, rule, regulation, writ, injunction or decree of any government, governmental instrumentality or court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company, except (i) to the extent that the enforceability of the indemnity and/or contribution provisions contained in Section 4 of this Dealer Manager Agreement may
be limited under applicable securities laws, and (ii) for such conflicts or defaults that would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business or property of the Company.
1.8 The Company has full legal right, power and authority to enter into this Dealer Manager Agreement and to perform the transactions contemplated hereby, except to the extent that the enforceability of the indemnity and/or contribution provisions contained in Section 4 of this Dealer Manager Agreement may be limited under applicable securities laws.
1.9 The Shares, when subscribed for, paid for and issued, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and will conform to the description thereof contained in the Prospectus; no holder thereof will be subject to personal liability for the obligations of the Company solely by reason of being such a holder; such Shares are not subject to the preemptive rights of any stockholder of the Company; and all corporate action required to be taken for the authorization, issuance and sale of such Shares shall have been validly and sufficiently taken.
1.10 The Company is not in violation of its Articles of Incorporation or its Bylaws.
1.11 The financial statements of the Company filed as part of the Registration Statement and those included in the Prospectus present fairly in all material respects the financial position of the Company as of the date indicated and the results of its operations for the periods indicated; said financial statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis.
1.12 The Company does not intend to conduct its business so as to be an “investment company” as that term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, and it will exercise reasonable diligence to ensure that it does not become an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
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COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY.
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The Company covenants and agrees with the Dealer Manager that:
2.1 It will prepare and file with the SEC and each appropriate state securities commission, at no expense to the Dealer Manager, the Registration Statement, including all amendments and exhibits thereto. In addition, it will furnish the Dealer Manager, at no expense to the Dealer Manager, with such number of printed copies of the Registration Statement, including all amendments and exhibits thereto, as the Dealer Manager may reasonably request. It will similarly furnish to the Dealer Manager and others designated by the Dealer Manager as many copies as the Dealer Manager may reasonably request in connection with the offering of the Shares of: (a) the Prospectus in preliminary and final form and every form of supplemental or amended prospectus; and (b) this Dealer Manager Agreement.
2.2 It will prepare and file with the appropriate regulatory authorities, at no expense to the Dealer Manager, the Authorized Sales Materials. In addition, it will furnish the Dealer Manager, at no expense to the Dealer Manager, with such number of printed copies of Authorized Sales Materials as the Dealer Manager may reasonably request.
2.3 It will furnish such proper information and execute and file such documents as may be necessary for the Company to qualify the Shares for offer and sale under the securities laws of such jurisdictions as the Dealer Manager may reasonably designate and will file and make in each year such
statements and reports as may be required. The Company will furnish to the Dealer Manager a copy of such papers filed by the Company in connection with any such qualification upon the Dealer Manager’s request.
2.4 It will use its best efforts to cause the Registration Statement to become effective with the SEC and each state securities commission which it deems appropriate in its sole discretion. If at any time the SEC or any state securities commission shall issue any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, and to the extent the Company determines that such action is in the best interest of its stockholders, it will use its best efforts to obtain the lifting of such order at the earliest possible time.
2.5 If at any time when a Prospectus is required to be delivered under the Securities Act any event occurs as a result of which, in the opinion of either the Company or the Dealer Manager, the Prospectus or any other prospectus then in effect would include an untrue statement of a material fact or, in view of the circumstances under which they were made, omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, the Company will promptly notify the Dealer Manager thereof (unless the information shall have been received from the Dealer Manager) and will affect the preparation of an amended or supplemental prospectus which will correct such statement or omission. The Company will then promptly prepare such amended or supplemental prospectus or prospectuses as may be necessary to comply with the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act.
2.6 Each of the representations and warranties contained in this Dealer Manager Agreement are true and correct as of the date of this Dealer Manager Agreement and the Company will comply with each covenant and agreement contained in this Dealer Manager Agreement.
2.7 It will be duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which it will own or lease property of a nature, or transact business of a type, that will make such qualification necessary.
2.8 It intends to satisfy the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), for qualification of the Company as a real estate investment trust. The Company will elect to be treated as a real estate investment trust under the Code at such time as it so qualifies after it commences material operations and will direct the investment of the proceeds of the offering of the Shares in such a manner, and will exercise reasonable diligence to operate the business of the Company so as to comply with such requirements.
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OBLIGATIONS AND COMPENSATION OF DEALER MANAGER.
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3.1 The Company hereby appoints the Dealer Manager as its agent and principal distributor for the purpose of selling for cash up to a maximum of $3.15 billion in Shares through the Dealers, all of whom shall be members of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”). The Dealer Manager may also sell Shares for cash directly to its own clients and customers at the public offering price and subject to the terms and conditions stated in the Prospectus. The Dealer Manager hereby accepts such agency and distributorship and agrees to use its best efforts to sell the Shares on said terms and conditions. The Dealer Manager represents to the Company that it is a member of FINRA and that it and its employees and representatives have all required licenses and registrations to act under this Dealer Manager Agreement.
The Dealer Manager agrees to be bound to the terms of the Escrow Agreement executed by and among UMB Bank, N.A., as escrow agent, the Dealer Manager and the Company.
3.2 Promptly after the effective date of the Registration Statement, the Dealer Manager and the Dealers shall commence the offering of the Shares for cash to the public in jurisdictions in which the Shares are registered or qualified for sale or in which such offering is otherwise permitted. The Dealer Manager and the Dealers will suspend or terminate offering of the Shares upon request of the Company at any time and will resume offering the Shares upon subsequent request of the Company.
3.3 Except as otherwise provided in the “Plan of Distribution” section of the Prospectus, as compensation for the services rendered by the Dealer Manager, the Company agrees that it will pay to the Dealer Manager, at the time of the sale of Shares pursuant to the primary offering, selling commissions in the amount of 3.0% of the gross proceeds of the Shares sold in the primary offering, and the Company and Griffin-American Healthcare REIT IV Advisor, LLC (the “Advisor”) agree that they will pay to the Dealer Manager, at the time of the sale of Shares pursuant to the primary offering, an aggregate dealer manager fee in the amount of 3.0% of the gross proceeds of Shares sold in the primary offering, of which 1.0% of the gross proceeds of Shares sold in the primary offering will be funded by the Company and 2.0% of the gross proceeds of Shares sold in the primary offering will be funded by the Advisor. In addition, the Company agrees that it will pay to the Dealer Manager a quarterly stockholder servicing fee in the aggregate amount of up to 4.0% of the gross proceeds of the Shares sold in the primary offering, which stockholder servicing fee will accrue daily in an amount equal to 1/365th of 1.0% of the purchase price per share (or, once reported by the Company, the amount of the Company’s estimated net asset value per share) of Shares sold, excluding Shares sold pursuant to the distribution reinvestment plan. The Company will cease paying the stockholder servicing fee with respect to Shares sold in the Offering at the earliest of (i) the date at which the aggregate underwriting compensation from all sources equals 10.0% of the gross proceeds from the sale of Shares in the primary portion of the Offering, (i.e., excluding proceeds from sales pursuant to the distribution reinvestment plan); (ii) the fourth anniversary of the last day of the fiscal quarter in which the Offering (excluding the distribution reinvestment plan offering) terminates; (iii) the date that such Share is redeemed or is no longer outstanding; and (iv) the occurrence of a merger of the Company, listing of the Shares on a national securities exchange, or an extraordinary transaction by the Company. The stockholder servicing fee relates to the share or shares sold. The Dealer Manager may, in its discretion, re-allow to Dealers up to 100% of the stockholder servicing fee for services that such Dealers perform in connection with the Shares; provided, however, that with respect to any individual investment, the Dealer Manager will not re-allow the related stockholder servicing fee to a Dealer if such Dealer ceases to hold the account related to such investment. In addition, the Dealer Manager will not re-allow the stockholder servicing fee to any Dealer if such Dealer has not executed a Participating Dealer Agreement with the Dealer Manager or if the Dealer’s previously executed Participating Dealer Agreement with the Dealer Manager is terminated. In any instance in which the Dealer Manager does not re-allow the stockholder servicing fee to a Dealer,
the Dealer Manager will return such fee to the Company.
No selling commissions or dealer manager fee shall be paid with respect to Shares sold pursuant to the Company’s distribution reinvestment plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no commissions, payments or amount whatsoever will be paid to the Dealer Manager under this Section 3.3 unless or until $2,000,000 in Shares have been sold by the Dealer Manager and its Dealers (the “Minimum Offering”). Until the Minimum Offering is obtained, proceeds from the sale of Shares will be held in escrow and, if the Minimum Offering is not obtained, will be returned to the investors in accordance with the terms of the Prospectus. In no event shall the total aggregate underwriting compensation payable to the Dealer Manager and any Dealers participating in the Offering, including, but not limited to, selling commissions and the dealer manager fee (which includes expense reimbursements and non-cash compensation), exceed 10.0% of gross offering proceeds in the
aggregate. The Company and the Advisor will not be liable or responsible to any Dealer for direct payment of commissions to any Dealer, it being the sole and exclusive responsibility of the Dealer Manager for payment of commissions to Dealers. Notwithstanding the above, at the discretion of the Company, the Company may act as agent of the Dealer Manager by making direct payment of commissions to Dealers on behalf of the Dealer Manager without incurring any liability.
3.4 The Dealer Manager represents and warrants to the Company and each person that signs the Registration Statement that the information under the caption “Plan of Distribution” in the Prospectus and all other information furnished to the Company by the Dealer Manager in writing expressly for use in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.
3.5 The Dealer Manager represents and warrants to the Company that it will not use any sales literature not authorized and approved by the Company, use any “broker-dealer use only” materials with members of the public, or make any unauthorized verbal representations in connection with offers or sales or the Shares.
3.6 The Dealer Manager is a duly organized and validly existing limited liability company under the laws of the State of Delaware. The Dealer Manager is not in violation of its Operating Agreement.
3.7 No consent, approval, authorization or other order of any governmental authority is required in connection with the execution or delivery by the Dealer Manager of this Dealer Manager Agreement, except such as may be required under the Securities Act or applicable state securities laws.
3.8 There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or to the knowledge of the Dealer Manager, threatened against the Dealer Manager at law or in equity or before or by any federal or state commission, regulatory body or administrative agency or other governmental body, domestic or foreign, which could be reasonably expected to have a material adverse effect on the Dealer Manager or the ability of the Dealer Manager to perform its obligations under this Agreement or to participate in the Offering as contemplated by the Prospectus.
3.9 The execution and delivery of this Dealer Manager Agreement, the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated and compliance with the terms of this Dealer Manager Agreement by the Dealer Manager will not conflict with or constitute a default under any operating agreement or other similar agreement, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, lease, rule, regulation, writ, injunction or decree of any government, governmental instrumentality or court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Dealer Manager, except to the extent that the enforceability of the indemnity and/or contribution provisions contained in Section 4 of this Dealer Manager Agreement may be limited under applicable securities laws.
3.10 The Dealer Manager has full legal right, power and authority to enter into this Dealer Manager Agreement and to perform the transactions contemplated hereby, except to the extent that the enforceability of the indemnity and/or contribution provisions contained in Section 4 of this Dealer Manager Agreement may be limited under applicable securities laws.
3.11 Except for Participating Dealer Agreements, no agreement will be made by the Dealer Manager with any person permitting the resale, repurchase or distribution of any Shares purchased by such person.
3.12
The Dealer Manager represents and warrants to the Company that it will not represent or imply that the escrow agent, as
identified
in the Prospectus, has investigated the desirability or advisability of investment in the
Company
, or has approved, endorsed or passed upon the merits of the Shares or the Company, nor will they use the name of said escrow agent in any manner whatsoever in connection with the offer or sale of the Shares other than by acknowledgement that it has agreed to serve as escrow agent.
4.1 The Company will indemnify and hold harmless the Dealer Manager, its officers and directors and each person, if any, who controls such Dealer Manager within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), from and against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which Dealer Manager, its officers and directors, or such controlling person may become subject, under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon (a) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any (i) Registration Statement (including the Prospectus as a part thereof), (ii) Authorized Sales Material, or (iii) blue sky application or other document executed by the Company or on its behalf specifically for the purpose of qualifying any or all of the Shares for sale under the securities laws of any jurisdiction or based upon written information furnished by the Company under the securities laws thereof (“Blue Sky Application”), or (b) the omission or alleged omission to state in the Registration Statement (including the Prospectus as a part thereof), any Authorized Sales Material or any Blue Sky Application a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. The Company will reimburse the Dealer Manager, as appropriate, and its officers and directors and controlling persons, for any reasonable legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Dealer Manager, and their officers and directors and controlling persons, in connection with investigating or defending such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of, or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished (x) to the Company by the Dealer Manager or (y) to the Company or the Dealer Manager by or on behalf of any Dealer specifically for use in the preparation of the Registration Statement or any such post-effective amendment thereof, any such Authorized Sales Materials, any such Blue Sky Application or any such preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus or any such amendment thereof or supplement thereto; and further provided that the Company will not be liable in any such case if it is determined that the Dealer Manager had knowledge of the matter or event giving rise to or resulting in such loss, claim, damage, liability or action.
4.2 The Dealer Manager will indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its officers and directors (including any persons named in any of the Registration Statements with his or her consent, as about to become a director), each person who has signed any of the Registration Statements and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which any of the aforesaid parties may become subject, under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims,
damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon (a) any untrue statement of a material fact contained (i) in the Registration Statement (including the Prospectus as a part thereof) or any post-effective amendment thereof, or (ii) in any Authorized Sales Materials, or (iii) in any Blue Sky Application, or (b) the omission to state in the Registration Statement (including the Prospectus as a part thereof) or any post-effective amendment thereof or in the Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or in any Authorized Sales Materials or in any Blue Sky Application a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case described in clauses (a) and (b) to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of the Dealer Manager specifically for use with reference to the Dealer Manager in the preparation of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereof or any Authorized Sales Materials or any Blue Sky Application or any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or (c) any use of sales literature not authorized or approved by the Company or any use of “broker-dealer use only” materials with members of the public or unauthorized verbal representations
concerning the Shares by the Dealer Manager, or (d) any untrue statement made by the Dealer Manager or its representatives or agents, or omission to state a fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in connection with the offer and sale of the Shares, or (e) any material violation of this Dealer Manager Agreement, or (f) any failure to comply with applicable laws governing money laundering abatement and anti-terrorist financing efforts, including applicable FINRA rules, SEC rules and the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001, or (g) any other failure to comply with applicable FINRA rules or SEC rules. The Dealer Manager will reimburse the aforesaid parties, in connection with investigation or defending such loss, claim, damage, liability or action. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which the Dealer Manager may otherwise have.
4.3 The Company will severally indemnify and hold harmless each Dealer, its officers and directors and each person, if any, who controls such Dealer within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act from and against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such Dealer, its officers and directors, or any such controlling person may become subject, under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon (a) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement (including the Prospectus as a part thereof), Authorized Sales Materials (when read in conjunction with the Prospectus) or any Blue Sky Application, or (b) the omission or alleged omission to state in the Registration Statement (including the Prospectus as a part thereof), Authorized Sales Materials (when read in conjunction with the Prospectus) or in any Blue Sky Application a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. The Company will reimburse Dealers and their officers and directors and controlling persons, for any reasonable legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Dealers and their officers and directors and controlling persons, in connection with investigating or defending such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of, or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of the Dealers specifically for use in the preparation of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, such Authorized Sales Materials or any such Blue Sky Application; and further provided that the Company will not be liable in any such case if it is determined in a legal proceeding that the
Dealers had knowledge of the matter or event giving rise to or resulting in such loss, claim, damage, liability or action.
4.4 The Dealer Manager will severally indemnify and hold harmless each Dealer, its officers and directors and each person, if any, who controls such Dealer within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act from and against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such Dealer, its officers and directors, or any such controlling person may become subject, under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon (a) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement (including the Prospectus as a part thereof), Authorized Sales Materials (when read in conjunction with the Prospectus) or any Blue Sky Application, or (b) the omission or alleged omission to state in the Registration Statement (including the Prospectus as a part thereof), Authorized Sales Materials (when read in conjunction with the Prospectus) or in any Blue Sky Application a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. The Dealer Manager will reimburse Dealers and their officers and directors and controlling persons, for any reasonable legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Dealers and their officers and directors and controlling persons, in connection with investigating or defending such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided that the Dealer Manager will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of, or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Dealer Manager by or on behalf of the Dealers specifically for use in the preparation of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, such Authorized Sales Materials or any such Blue Sky Application; and further provided that the Dealer Manager will not be liable in any such case if it is determined in a legal proceeding that the Dealers had knowledge of the matter or event giving rise to or resulting in such loss, claim, damage, liability or action.
4.5 Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may not indemnify or hold harmless the Dealer Manager, any Dealer or any of their affiliates in any manner that would be inconsistent with the provisions of the Company’s charter or Section II.G. of the Statement of Policy Regarding Real Estate Investment Trusts of the North American Securities Administrators Association (the “NASAA REIT Guidelines”). In particular, but without limitation, the Company may not indemnify or hold harmless the Dealer Manager, any Dealer or any of their affiliates for liabilities arising from or out of an alleged violation of federal or state securities laws, unless one or more of the following conditions are met: (1) there has been a successful adjudication on the merits of each count involving alleged securities law violations; (2) such claims have been dismissed with prejudice on the merits by a court of competent jurisdiction; or (3) a court of competent jurisdiction approves a settlement of the claims against the indemnitee and finds that indemnification of the settlement and the related costs should be made, and the court considering the request for indemnification has been advised of the position of the SEC and of the published position of any state securities regulatory authority in which the securities were offered or sold as to indemnification for violations of securities laws.
4.6 Each Dealer severally will indemnify and hold harmless the Company, the Dealer Manager and each of their officers and directors (including any persons named in any of the Registration Statements with his or her consent, as about to become a director), each person who has signed any of the Registration Statements and each person, if any, who controls the Company and the Dealer Manager within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and against any losses,
claims, damages or liabilities to which the Company, the Dealer Manager, any such director or officer, or controlling person may become subject, under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon (a) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained (i) in the Registration Statement (including the Prospectus as a part thereof) or any post-effective amendment thereof, or (ii) in any Authorized Sales Materials, or (iii) in any Blue Sky Application, or (b) the omission or alleged omission to state in the Registration Statement (including the Prospectus as a part thereof) or any post-effective amendment thereof or in the Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or in any Authorized Sales Materials or in any Blue Sky Application a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case described in clauses (a) and (b) to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company or the Dealer Manager by or on behalf of such Dealer specifically for use with reference to such Dealer in the preparation of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereof or any Authorized Sales Materials or any Blue Sky Application or any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or (c) any use of sales literature not authorized or approved by the Company or use of “broker-dealer use only” materials with members of the public or unauthorized verbal representations concerning the Shares by such Dealer or Dealer’s representatives or agents, or (d) any untrue statement made by such Dealer or its representatives or agents, or omission to state a fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in connection with the offer and sale of the Shares, or (e) any failure to comply with Section IX or Section XII or any other material violation of the Participating Dealer Agreement, or (f) any failure to comply with applicable laws governing money laundry abatement and anti-terrorist financing efforts, including applicable FINRA rules, SEC rules and the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001, or (g) any other failure to comply with applicable FINRA rules or SEC rules. Each such Dealer will reimburse the Company and the Dealer Manager and any such directors or officers, or controlling person, in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which such Dealer may otherwise have.
4.7 Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 4 of notice of the commencement of any action (but in no event in excess of 30 days after receipt of actual notice), such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against any indemnifying party under this Section 4, notify in writing the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof and the omission so to notify the indemnifying party will relieve it from any liability under this Section 4 as to the particular item for which indemnification is then being sought, but not from any other liability which it may have to any indemnified party. In case any such action is brought against any indemnified party, and it notifies an indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled, to the extent it may wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to participate in the defense thereof, with separate counsel. Such participation shall not relieve such indemnifying party of the obligation to reimburse the indemnified party for reasonable legal and other expenses (subject to Section 4.7) incurred by such indemnified party in defending itself, except for such expenses incurred after the indemnifying party has deposited funds sufficient to effect the settlement, with prejudice, of the claim in respect of which indemnity is sought. Any such indemnifying party shall not be liable to any such indemnified party on account of any settlement of any claim or action effected without the consent of such indemnifying party.
4.8 The indemnifying party shall pay all reasonable legal fees and expenses of the indemnified party in the defense of such claims or actions; provided, however, that the indemnifying party shall not be obliged to pay legal expenses and fees to more than one law firm in connection with the defense of similar claims arising out of the same alleged acts or omissions giving rise to such claims notwithstanding that such actions or claims are alleged or brought by one or more parties against more than one indemnified party. If such claims or actions are alleged or brought against more than one indemnified party, then the indemnifying party shall only be obligated to reimburse the expenses and fees of the one law firm that has been selected by a majority of the indemnified parties against which such action is finally brought; and in the event a majority of such indemnified parties is unable to agree on which law firm for which expenses or fees will be reimbursable by the indemnifying party, then payment shall be made to the first law firm of record representing an indemnified party against the action or claim. Such law firm shall be paid only to the extent of services performed by such law firm and no reimbursement shall be payable to such law firm on account of legal services performed by another law firm.
4.9 The indemnity agreements contained in this Section 4 shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (a) any investigation made by or on behalf of any Dealer, or any person controlling any Dealer or by or on behalf of the Company, the Dealer Manager or any officer or director thereof, or by or on behalf of the Company or the Dealer Manager, (b) delivery of any Shares and payment therefor, and (c) any termination of this Dealer Manager Agreement or any Participating Dealer Agreement. A successor of any Dealer or of any of the parties to this Dealer Manager Agreement, as the case may be, shall be entitled to the benefits of the indemnity agreements contained in this Section 4.
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SURVIVAL OF PROVISIONS.
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The respective agreements, representations and warranties of the Company and the Dealer Manager set forth in this Dealer Manager Agreement shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (a) any termination of this Dealer Manager Agreement, (b) any investigation made by or on behalf of the Dealer Manager or any Dealer or any person controlling the Dealer Manager or any Dealer or by or on behalf of the Company or any person controlling the Company, and (c) the acceptance of any payment for the Shares.
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APPLICABLE LAW AND VENUE.
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This Dealer Manager Agreement was executed and delivered in the State of California, and its validity, interpretation and construction shall be governed by the laws thereof; provided however, that causes of action for violations of federal or state securities laws shall not be governed by this Section. The Company, the Dealer Manager and each Dealer hereby agree that venue for any action brought in connection with this Dealer Manager Agreement shall lie exclusively in Los Angeles, California.
This Dealer Manager Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts. Each counterpart, when executed and delivered, shall be an original contract, but all counterparts, when taken together, shall constitute one and the same agreement.
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SUCCESSORS AND AMENDMENT.
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8.1 This Dealer Manager Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Dealer Manager and the Company and their respective successors, and shall inure to the benefit of the Dealers
to the extent set forth in Sections 1 and 4 hereof. Nothing in this Dealer Manager Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give to any other person any right, remedy or claim, except as otherwise specifically provided herein.
8.2 This Dealer Manager Agreement may be amended by the written agreement of the Dealer Manager and the Company.
This Dealer Manager Agreement may be terminated by either party (a) immediately upon notice to the other party in the event that the other party shall have materially failed to comply with any of the material provisions of this Dealer Manager Agreement on its part to be performed during the term of this Dealer Manager Agreement or if any of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements of such party contained herein shall not have been materially complied with or satisfied within the times specified or (b) by either party on 60 days’ written notice.
In any case, this Dealer Manager Agreement shall expire at the close of business on the effective date that the Offering is terminated. The provisions of Sections 4 and 6 hereof shall survive the termination of this Dealer Manger Agreement. The provisions of Section 3.3 hereof as they pertain to the stockholder servicing fee, if applicable, shall survive termination of this Dealer Manager Agreement only if such termination is the result of a termination of the Offering. In addition, the Dealer Manager, upon the expiration or termination of this Dealer Manager Agreement, shall (1) promptly deposit any and all funds in its possession which were received from investors for the sale of Shares into the appropriate escrow account or, if the minimum number of Shares have been sold and accepted by the Company, into such other account as the Company may designate; and (2) promptly deliver to the Company all records and documents in its possession which relate to the Offering which are not designated as dealer copies. The Dealer Manager, at its sole expense, may make and retain copies of all such records and documents, but shall keep all such information confidential. The Dealer Manager shall use its best efforts to cooperate with the Company to accomplish any orderly transfer of management of the Offering to a party designated by the Company. Upon expiration or termination of this Dealer Manager Agreement, the Company shall pay to the Dealer Manager all commissions to which the Dealer Manager is or becomes entitled under Section 3 at such time as such commissions become payable.
The Company hereby agrees to prepare and send confirmations to all purchasers of Shares whose subscriptions for the purchase of Shares are accepted by the Company.
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SUITABILITY OF INVESTORS.
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The Dealer Manager will offer Shares, and in its agreements with Dealers will require that the Dealers offer Shares, only to persons who meet the suitability standards set forth in the Prospectus or in any suitability letter or memorandum sent to it by the Company and will only make offers to persons in the states in which it is advised in writing that the Shares are qualified for sale or that such qualification is not required. In offering Shares, the Dealer Manager will, and in its agreements with Dealers, the Dealer Manager will, require that the Dealer comply with the provisions of all applicable rules and regulations relating to suitability of investors, including without limitation, the provisions of Articles III.C. and III.E.1. of the NASAA REIT Guidelines.
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SUBMISSION OF ORDERS.
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12.1 Subscribers may purchase Shares utilizing checks, drafts, wires, Automatic Clearing House (ACH) or money orders. Those persons who purchase Shares will be instructed by the Dealer Manager or the Dealer to make their instruments of payment payable to an escrow agent for the Company, whenever appropriate, or to the Company after the Minimum Offering has been achieved. The Dealer Manager and any Dealer receiving an instrument of payment not conforming to the foregoing instructions shall return such instrument of payment directly to such subscriber not later than noon the next business day following its receipt. Instruments of payment received by the Dealer Manager or Dealer which conform to the foregoing instructions shall be transmitted for deposit by noon of the next business day pursuant to one of the methods described in this Section 12. Transmittal of received investor funds will be made in accordance with the following procedures.
12.2 Where, pursuant to a Dealer’s internal supervisory procedures, internal supervisory review is conducted at the same location at which subscription documents and instruments of payment are received from subscribers, instruments of payment will be transmitted not later than noon the next business day following receipt by the Dealer to the Company’s transfer agent for deposit with an escrow agent, where appropriate, or for deposit directly with the Company after the Minimum Offering has been achieved.
12.3 Where, pursuant to a Dealer’s internal supervisory procedures, final internal supervisory review is conducted at a different location, instruments of payment will be transmitted not later than noon the next business day following receipt by the Dealer to the office of the Dealer conducting such final internal supervisory review (the “Final Review Office”). The Final Review Office will in turn transmit not later than noon the next business day following receipt at a different location by the Final Review Office such instruments of payment to the Company’s transfer agent for deposit with an escrow agent, where appropriate, or for deposit directly with the Company after the Minimum Offering has been achieved.
Any notice in this Dealer Manager Agreement permitted to be given, made or accepted by either party to the other, must be in writing and may be given or served by (1) overnight courier, (2) depositing the same in the United States mail, postpaid, certified, return receipt requested, or (3) facsimile transfer. Notice deposited in the United States mail shall be deemed given when mailed. Notice given in any other manner shall be effective when received at the address of the addressee. For purposes hereof the addresses of the parties, until changed as hereafter provided, shall be as follows:
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To the Company:
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Griffin-American Healthcare REIT IV, Inc.
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Attention: Jeffrey T. Hanson, Chief Executive Officer
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18191 Von Karman Avenue, Suite 300
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Irvine, California 92612
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Fax: 949-474-0442
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To Dealer Manager:
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Griffin Capital Securities, LLC
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Attention: Jeffrey S. Schwaber
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18191 Von Karman Avenue, Suite 300
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Irvine, California 92612
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Fax: 310-606-5910
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In the event that any court of competent jurisdiction declares any provision of this Dealer Manager Agreement invalid, such invalidity shall have no effect on the other provisions hereof, which shall remain valid and binding and in full force and effect, and to that end the provisions of this Dealer Manager Agreement shall be considered severable.
Failure by either party to promptly insist upon strict compliance with any of the obligations of the other party under this Dealer Manager Agreement shall not be deemed to constitute a waiver of the right to enforce strict compliance with respect to any obligation hereunder.
This Dealer Manager Agreement may not be assigned by either party, except with the prior written consent of the other party. This Dealer Manager Agreement shall be binding upon the parties hereto, their heirs, legal representatives, successors and permitted assigns.
If the foregoing correctly sets forth our understanding, please indicate your acceptance thereof in the space provided below for that purpose, whereupon this letter and your acceptance shall constitute a binding agreement between us as of the date first above written.
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Very truly yours,
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GRIFFIN-AMERICAN HEALTHCARE REIT IV, INC.
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By:
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/s/ Jeffery T. Hanson
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Jeffery T. Hanson, Chief Executive Officer
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Accepted and agreed as of the date first above written.
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GRIFFIN CAPITAL SECURITIES, LLC
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/s/
Jeffrey S. Schwaber
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By:
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Jeffrey S. Schwaber, President of Capital Markets
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SOLELY WITH RESPECT TO SECTION 3.3 OF THE DEALER MANAGER AGREEMENT:
ADVISOR:
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GRIFFIN-AMERICAN HEALTHCARE REIT IV ADVISOR, LLC
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By:
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American Healthcare Investors, LLC
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Its:
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Manager
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/s/ Jeffrey T. Hanson
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By:
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Jeffrey T. Hanson
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Its:
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Managing Director
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Exhibit A to Dealer Manager Agreement
GRIFFIN-AMERICAN HEALTHCARE REIT IV, INC.
UP TO $3,150,000,000 IN SHARES OF COMMON STOCK
PARTICIPATING DEALER AGREEMENT
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Griffin Capital Securities, LLC, as the dealer manager (“Dealer Manager”) for Griffin-American Healthcare REIT IV, Inc. (the “Company”), a Maryland corporation, invites you (the “Dealer”) to participate in the distribution of shares of common stock (“Shares”) of the Company,
consisting of Class T common stock, $0.01 par value per share,
subject to the following terms:
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Dealer Manager Agreement.
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The Dealer Manager and the Company have entered into that certain Dealer Manager Agreement dated February 16, 2016, in the form attached hereto. By your acceptance of this Participating Dealer Agreement, you will become one of the Dealers referred to in such Dealer Manager Agreement between the Company and the Dealer Manager and will be entitled and subject to the indemnification provisions contained in such Dealer Manager Agreement, including specifically the provisions of Section 4.6 of such Dealer Manager Agreement wherein each Dealer severally agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, the Dealer Manager and each officer and director thereof, and each person, if any, who controls the Company and the Dealer Manager within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), for the matters set forth in Section 4.6 of the Dealer Manager Agreement. Such indemnification obligations shall survive the termination of this Participating Dealer Agreement. Except as otherwise specifically stated herein, all terms used in this Participating Dealer Agreement have the meanings provided in the Dealer Manager Agreement. The Shares are offered solely through broker-dealers who are members of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”).
Dealer hereby agrees to use its best efforts to sell the Shares for cash on the terms and conditions stated in the Prospectus. Nothing in this Participating Dealer Agreement shall be deemed or construed to make Dealer an employee, agent, representative or partner of the Dealer Manager or of the Company, and Dealer is not authorized to act for the Dealer Manager or the Company or to make any representations except as set forth in the Prospectus and Authorized Sales Materials.
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II.
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Submission of Orders.
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Subscribers may purchase Shares utilizing checks, drafts, wires, Automatic Clearing House (ACH) or money orders. Those persons who purchase Shares will be instructed by the Dealer to make their instruments of payment payable to “UMB Bank, N.A., Escrow Agent for Griffin-American Healthcare REIT IV, Inc.” where appropriate, or directly to Griffin-American Healthcare REIT IV, Inc. after the Minimum Offering has been achieved. Any Dealer receiving an instrument of payment not conforming to the foregoing instructions shall return such instrument of payment directly to such subscriber not later than
noon Eastern Time of the next business day following its receipt. Instruments of payment received by the Dealer which conform to the foregoing instructions shall be transmitted for deposit pursuant to one of the methods in this Article II. Transmittal of received investor funds will be made in accordance with the following procedures:
Where, pursuant to the Dealer’s internal supervisory procedures, internal supervisory review is conducted at the same location at which subscription documents and instruments of payment are received from subscribers, instruments of payment will be transmitted not later than noon the next business day following receipt by the Dealer to the Company’s transfer agent for deposit with an escrow agent, where appropriate, or for deposit directly with the Company.
Where, pursuant to the Dealer’s internal supervisory procedures, final and internal supervisory review is conducted at a different location, instruments of payment will be transmitted not later than noon the next business day following receipt by the Dealer to the office of the Dealer conducting such final internal supervisory review (the “Final Review Office”). The Final Review Office will in turn transmit not later than noon the next business day following receipt at a different location by the Final Review Office such instruments of payment to the Company’s transfer agent for deposit with an escrow agent, where appropriate, or for deposit directly with the Company.
Except as may be otherwise provided for in the “Plan of Distribution” section of the Prospectus, Shares shall be offered to the public at the offering price of $10.00 per Share, and Shares shall be offered pursuant to the Company’s distribution reinvestment plan at a purchase price of 95.0% of the primary offering price per share, or $9.50 per Share assuming a $10.00 per Share primary offering price. Except as otherwise indicated in the Prospectus or in any letter or memorandum sent to the Dealer by the Company or Dealer Manager, a minimum initial purchase of $2,500 in Shares is required. The Shares are nonassessable.
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IV.
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Representations and Warranties of Dealer.
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Dealer represents and warrants to the Company and the Dealer Manager and agrees that:
A. Dealer will undertake all reasonable investigation, review, and inquiry to ensure, to the best of its reasonable knowledge and belief, that the investment is suitable for such potential investor upon the basis of the information known to Dealer or disclosed by such potential investor as to his other security holdings and as to his financial situation and needs. Dealer shall keep written records supporting this representation and warranty and such records shall be made available to the Company or Dealer Manager promptly upon request.
B. Dealer shall deliver to each prospective investor, prior to any submission by such prospective investor of a written offer to buy any Shares, a copy of the Prospectus.
C. Dealer will not deliver to any offeree any written documents pertaining to the Company or the Shares, other than the Prospectus and any other materials specifically designated for distribution to prospective investors that are supplied to Dealer by the Company or its affiliates. Without
intending to limit the generality of the foregoing, Dealer shall not deliver to any prospective investor any material pertaining to the Company or any of its affiliates that has been furnished as “broker-dealer use only.”
D. Dealer will make reasonable inquiry to determine whether a prospective investor is acquiring Shares for his own account or on behalf of other persons and not for the purpose of resale or other distribution thereof.
E. Dealer will not give any information or make any representation or warranty in connection with the Offering, the Company or the Shares other than those contained in the Prospectus and any Authorized Sales Materials.
F. Dealer will abide by, and will take reasonable precautions to ensure compliance by prospective investors from whom Dealer has solicited an offer to purchase, all provisions contained in the Prospectus regulating the terms and manner of the Offering.
G. In its solicitation of offers for the Shares, Dealer will comply with all applicable requirements of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, as well as the published rules and regulations thereunder, and the rules and regulations of all state securities authorities, as applicable, to the best of its knowledge, after due inquiry and investigation and to the extent within its direct control.
H. Dealer is (and will continue to be) a member in good standing with FINRA, will abide by the rules and regulations of FINRA, is in full compliance with all applicable requirements under the Exchange Act, and is registered as a broker-dealer in all of the jurisdictions in which Dealer solicits offers to purchase the Shares.
I. Dealer will not take any action in conflict with, or omit to take any action the omission of which would cause Dealer to be in conflict with, the conditions and requirements of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, or applicable state securities or blue sky laws.
J. Dealer will use reasonable efforts to ensure that all investors who are acquiring Shares have and will satisfy all conditions described in the Prospectus and the Subscription Agreement.
K. Each of the representations and warranties made by each prospective investor to the Company under the Subscription Agreement, is, to the Dealer’s best knowledge, information, and belief, after due inquiry, true and correct as of the date thereof and as of the date of purchase of the Shares by such investor.
Except for volume discounts described in the “Plan of Distribution” section of the Prospectus, which volume discounts shall be the responsibility of the Dealer to provide to investors who qualify, and except as otherwise provided in the “Plan of Distribution” section of the Prospectus, the Dealer’s selling commission applicable to the Shares sold by Dealer in the primary offering which it is authorized to sell hereunder is 3.0% of the gross proceeds of the Shares sold by it in the primary offering and accepted and confirmed by the Company, which commissions will be payable by the Dealer Manager. In addition, as compensation for continuing to service stockholders in accordance with Dealer’s internal policies and
procedures, the Dealer will be paid a quarterly stockholder servicing fee in the aggregate amount of up to 4.0% of the gross proceeds of the Shares sold by it in the primary offering and accepted and confirmed by the Company, which stockholder servicing fee will accrue daily in an amount equal to 1/365th of 1.0% of the purchase price per Share (or, once reported by the Company, the amount of the Company’s estimated net asset value per share) of Shares sold, excluding Shares sold pursuant to the distribution reinvestment plan. The Company will cease paying the stockholder servicing fee with respect to Shares sold in the Offering at the earliest of (i) the date at which the aggregate underwriting compensation from all sources equals 10.0% of the gross proceeds from the sale of Shares in the primary portion of the Offering (i.e., excluding proceeds from sales pursuant to the distribution reinvestment plan); (ii) the fourth anniversary of the last day of the fiscal quarter in which the Offering (excluding the distribution reinvestment plan offering) terminates; (iii) the date that such Share is redeemed or is no longer outstanding; and (iv) the occurrence of a merger of the Company, listing of the Shares on a national securities exchange, or an extraordinary transaction by the Company. The stockholder servicing fee relates to the share or shares sold. The Dealer Manager may, in its discretion, re-allow to Dealers up to 100% of the stockholder servicing fee for services that such Dealers perform in connection with the Shares; provided, however, that the Dealer Manager will not re-allow the stockholder servicing fee to any Dealer if such Dealer has not executed a Participating Dealer Agreement with the Dealer Manager or if such Dealer’s previously executed Participating Dealer Agreement with the Dealer Manager is terminated pursuant to the provisions of Article XVI of this Participating Dealer Agreement; and provided further, that with respect to any individual investment, the Dealer Manager will not re-allow the related stockholder servicing fee to a Dealer if such Dealer ceases to hold the account related to such investment
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No selling commissions shall be paid with respect to Shares issued and sold pursuant to the Company’s distribution reinvestment plan. For these purposes, Shares shall be deemed to be “sold” if and only if a transaction has closed with a subscriber for Shares pursuant to all applicable offering and subscription documents, the Company has accepted the subscription agreement of such subscriber, and such Shares have been fully paid for. The Dealer affirms that the Dealer Manager’s liability for commissions payable is limited solely to the proceeds of commissions receivable from the Company, and the Dealer hereby waives any and all rights to receive payment of commissions due until such time as the Dealer Manager is in receipt of the commission from the Company. In addition, as set forth in the Prospectus, the Dealer Manager may, in its sole discretion, re-allow all or a portion of its dealer manager fee to Dealers participating in the offering of Shares as marketing fees, reimbursement of costs and expenses of attending educational conferences or to defray other distribution-related expenses.
The parties hereby agree that the foregoing commission is not in excess of the usual and customary distributors’ or sellers’ commission received in the sale of securities similar to the Shares, that Dealer’s interest in the offering is limited to such commission from the Dealer Manager and Dealer’s indemnity referred to in Section 4 of the Dealer Manager Agreement, and that the Company is not liable or responsible for the direct payment of such commission to the Dealer. The Dealer Manager shall have the right to require the Dealer to provide a detailed and itemized invoice as a condition to the reimbursement of any such due diligence expenses.
The provisions of this Article V as they pertain to the stockholder servicing fee, if applicable, shall survive termination of the Dealer Manager Agreement only if such termination of the Dealer Manager Agreement is the result of a termination of the Offering.
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Applicability of Indemnification.
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Each of the Dealer and Dealer Manager hereby acknowledges and agrees that it will be subject to the obligations set forth in, and entitled to the benefits of all the provisions of, the Dealer Manager Agreement, including but not limited to, the representations and warranties and the indemnification obligations contained in such Dealer Manager Agreement, including specifically the provisions of Article IV of the Dealer Manager Agreement. Such indemnification obligations shall survive the termination of this Participating Dealer Agreement and the Dealer Manager Agreement.
Payments of sales commissions will be made by the Dealer Manager (or by the Company as provided in the Dealer Manager Agreement) to Dealer within 30 days of the receipt by the Dealer Manager of the gross commission payments from the Company.
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Right to Reject Orders or Cancel Sales.
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All orders, whether initial or additional, are subject to acceptance by and shall only become effective upon confirmation by the Company, which reserves the right to reject any order. Orders not accompanied by a Subscription Agreement Signature Page and the required instrument of payment in payment for the Shares may be rejected. Issuance of the Shares will be made only after actual receipt of payment. If any check is not paid upon presentment, or if the Company is not in actual receipt of clearinghouse funds or cash, certified or cashier’s check or the equivalent in payment for the Shares within 15 days of sale, the Company reserves the right to cancel the sale without notice. In the event an order is rejected, canceled or rescinded for any reason, Dealer agrees to return to the Dealer Manager any commission theretofore paid with respect to such order within 30 days thereafter and, failing to do so, the Dealer Manager shall have the right to offset amounts owed against future commissions due and otherwise payable to Dealer.
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Prospectus and Authorized Sales Materials.
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Dealer is not authorized or permitted to give, and will not give, any information or make any representation (written or oral) concerning the Shares, except as set forth in the Prospectus and any Authorized Sales Materials. The Dealer Manager will supply Dealer with reasonable quantities of the Prospectus, any supplements thereto and any amended Prospectus, as well as any Authorized Sales Materials, for delivery to investors, and Dealer will deliver a copy of the Prospectus and all supplements thereto and any amended Prospectus to each investor to whom an offer is made prior to or simultaneously with the first solicitation of an offer to sell the Shares to an investor. Dealer agrees that it will not send or give any Authorized Sales Materials to an investor unless it has previously sent or given a Prospectus to that investor or has simultaneously sent or given a Prospectus with such Authorized Sales Materials. Dealer agrees that it will not show or give to any investor or prospective investor or reproduce any material or writing which is supplied to it by the Dealer Manager and marked “broker-dealer use only” or otherwise bearing a legend denoting that it is not to be used in connection with the sale of Shares to members of the public. Dealer agrees that it will not use in connection with the offer or sale of Shares any material or writing supplied to it by the Company or the Dealer Manager bearing a legend which states that such material may not be used in connection with the offer or sale of the Shares or any other securities. Dealer further agrees
that it will not use in connection with the offer or sale of Shares any materials or writings which have not been previously authorized or approved by the Dealer Manager. Dealer agrees to furnish a copy of any revised preliminary Prospectus to each person to whom it has furnished a copy of any previous preliminary Prospectus, and further agrees that it will itself mail or otherwise deliver all preliminary and final Prospectuses required for compliance with the provisions of Rule 15c2-8 under the Exchange Act. Regardless of the termination of this Participating Dealer Agreement, Dealer will deliver a Prospectus in transactions in the Shares for a period of 90 days from the effective date of the Registration Statement or such longer period as may be required by the Exchange Act. On becoming a Dealer, and in offering and selling Shares, Dealer agrees to comply with all the applicable requirements under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act.
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License and Association Membership.
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Dealer’s acceptance of this Participating Dealer Agreement constitutes a representation to the Company and the Dealer Manager that Dealer is a properly registered broker-dealer under the Exchange Act, is duly licensed as a broker-dealer and authorized to sell Shares under Federal and state securities laws and regulations and in all states where it offers or sells Shares, and that it is a member in good standing of FINRA. Dealer agrees to notify the Dealer Manager immediately in writing and this Participating Dealer Agreement shall automatically terminate if Dealer ceases to be a member in good standing of FINRA, is subject to a FINRA suspension, or its registration as a broker-dealer under the Exchange Act is terminated or suspended. Dealer hereby agrees to abide by all applicable NASD Conduct Rules under FINRA and other applicable FINRA Rules, specifically including, but not limited to, FINRA Rule 2310.
Dealer Manager represents and warrants that it is currently, and at all times while performing its functions under this Participating Dealer Agreement will be, a properly registered broker-dealer under the Exchange Act and under state securities laws to the extent necessary to perform the duties described in this Participating Dealer Agreement, and that it is a member in good standing of FINRA. The Dealer Manager agrees to notify Dealer immediately in writing if it ceases to be a member in good standing with FINRA, is subject to a FINRA suspension, or its registration as a broker-dealer under the Exchange Act is terminated or suspended. The Dealer Manager hereby agrees to abide by all applicable NASD Conduct Rules under FINRA and other applicable FINRA Rules, specifically including, but not limited to, FINRA Rule 2310.
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Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Programs.
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Dealer’s acceptance of this Participating Dealer Agreement constitutes a representation to the Company and the Dealer Manager that Dealer has established and implemented an anti-money laundering compliance program (“AML Program”) in accordance with applicable law, including applicable NASD Conduct Rules under FINRA and other applicable FINRA Rules, SEC Rules and Section 352 of the Money Laundering Abatement Act, reasonably expected to detect and cause the reporting of suspicious transactions in connection with the sale of Shares of the Company. Dealer hereby agrees to furnish, upon request, a copy of its AML Program to the Dealer Manager for review and to promptly notify the Dealer Manager of any material changes to its AML Program.
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Limitation of Offer and Suitability.
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Dealer will offer Shares only to persons who meet the suitability standards set forth in the Prospectus or in any suitability letter or memorandum sent to it by the Company or the Dealer Manager and will only make offers to persons in the states in which it is advised in writing that the Shares are qualified for sale or that such qualification is not required.
In offering Shares, Dealer will comply with the provisions of the applicable NASD Conduct Rules under FINRA and other applicable FINRA Rules, as well as all other applicable rules and regulations relating to suitability of investors, including without limitation, the provisions of Article III.C. of the Statement of Policy Regarding Real Estate Investment Trusts of the North American Securities Administrators Association. Nothing contained in this Participating Dealer Agreement shall be construed to impose upon the Company or the Dealer Manager the responsibility of assuring that prospective investors meet the suitability standards set forth in the Prospectus, or to relieve Dealer from the responsibility of assuring that prospective investors meet the suitability standards in accordance with the terms and provisions of the Prospectus.
Dealer further represents, warrants and covenants that no Dealer, or person associated with Dealer, shall offer or sell Shares in any jurisdiction except to investors who satisfy the investor suitability standards and minimum investment requirements under the most restrictive of the following: (1) applicable provisions of the Prospectus; (2) the laws of the jurisdiction of which such investor is a resident; or (3) NASD Conduct Rules under FINRA and other applicable FINRA Rules including FINRA Rule 2310. Dealer agrees to ensure that, in recommending the purchase, sale or exchange of Shares to an investor, each Dealer, or person associated with Dealer, shall have reasonable grounds (as required by FINRA Rule 2310(b)(2)(B)(i)) to believe, on the basis of information obtained from the investor (and thereafter maintained in the manner and for the period provided in such Rules) concerning his or her age, investment objectives, other investments, financial situation and needs, and any other information known to Dealer, or person associated with Dealer, that: (A) the investor is or will be in a financial position appropriate to enable him or her to realize to a significant extent the benefits described in the Prospectus, including the tax benefits to the extent they are a significant aspect of the Company; (B) the investor has a fair market net worth sufficient to sustain the risks inherent in an investment in Shares in the amount proposed, including loss, and lack of liquidity of such investment; (C) that the investor has an apparent understanding of the fundamental risks of an investment in Shares, the lack of liquidity of the Shares, the background and qualifications of the sponsor, the advisor to the Company and their affiliates, and the tax consequences of an investment in the Shares; and (D) an investment in Shares is otherwise suitable for such investor. Dealer further represents, warrants and covenants that Dealer, or a person associated with Dealer, will make every reasonable effort to determine the suitability and appropriateness of an investment in Shares of each proposed investor by reviewing documents and records disclosing the basis upon which the determination as to suitability was reached as to each purchaser of Shares pursuant to a subscription solicited by Dealer, whether such documents and records relate to accounts which have been closed, accounts which are currently maintained, or accounts hereafter established. Dealer agrees to retain such documents and records in Dealer’s records for a period of six years from the date of the applicable sale of Shares and to make such documents and records available to (i) the Dealer Manager and the Company upon request, and (ii) to representatives of the SEC, FINRA and applicable state securities administrators upon your firm’s receipt of an appropriate
document subpoena or other appropriate request for documents from any such agency. Dealer shall not purchase any Shares for a discretionary account without obtaining the prior written approval of Dealer’s customer and his or her signature on a Subscription Agreement.
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Prior to offering the Shares for sale, Dealer shall have conducted an inquiry such that Dealer has reasonable grounds to believe, based on information made available to Dealer by the Company or the Dealer Manager through the Prospectus or other materials, that all material facts are adequately and accurately disclosed and provide a basis for evaluating a purchase of Shares. In determining the adequacy of disclosed facts pursuant to the foregoing, each Dealer may obtain, upon request, information on material facts relating at a minimum to the following: (1) items of compensation; (2) physical properties; (3) tax aspects; (4) financial stability and experience of the Company and its advisor; (5) conflicts and risk factors; and (6) appraisals and other pertinent reports. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Dealer may rely upon the results of an inquiry conducted by an independent third party retained for that purpose or another Dealer, provided that: (1) such Dealer has reasonable grounds to believe that such inquiry was conducted with due care by said independent third party or such other Dealer; (2) the results of the inquiry were provided to Dealer with the consent of the other Dealer conducting or directing the inquiry; and (3) no Dealer that participated in the inquiry is an affiliate of the Company.
Prior to the sale of the Shares, each Dealer shall inform each prospective purchaser of Shares of pertinent facts relating to the Shares including specifically the lack of liquidity and lack of marketability of the Shares during the term of the investment.
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Dealer agrees to comply with the record keeping requirements of the Exchange Act, including but not limited to, Rules 17a-3 and 17a-4 promulgated under the Exchange Act. Dealer further agrees to keep such records with respect to each customer who purchases Shares, his or her suitability and the amount of Shares sold and to retain such records for such period of time as may be required by the SEC, any state securities commission, FINRA or the Company.
Each party hereby agrees to promptly provide to the other party copies of any written or otherwise documented complaints from customers of Dealer received by such party relating in any way to the Offering (including, but not limited to, the manner in which the Shares are offered by the Dealer Manager or Dealer), the Shares or the Company.
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This Participating Dealer Agreement shall become effective upon the execution hereof by Dealer and receipt of such executed Participating Dealer Agreement by the Dealer Manager; provided, however, that in the event of the execution of this Participating Dealer Agreement prior to the time that the Registration Statement, as defined in the Dealer Manager Agreement, becomes effective with the SEC, this Participating Dealer Agreement shall not become effective prior to the Registration Statement becoming effective with
the SEC and shall instead become effective simultaneously with the effectiveness of the Registration Statement.
Dealer will immediately suspend or terminate its offer and sale of Shares upon the request of the Company or the Dealer Manager at any time and will resume its offer and sale of Shares hereunder upon subsequent request of the Company or the Dealer Manager. Any party may terminate this Participating Dealer Agreement by written notice. Such termination shall be effective 48 hours after the mailing of such notice. This Participating Dealer Agreement and the exhibits hereto are the entire agreement of the parties and supersedes all prior agreements, if any, between the parties hereto.
This Participating Dealer Agreement may be amended at any time by the Dealer Manager by written notice to the Dealer, and any such amendment shall be deemed accepted and agreed to by Dealer upon placing an order for sale of Shares after he has received such notice.
The Dealer Manager and Dealer (each referred to individually in this section as “party”) agree as follows:
A. Each party agrees to abide by and comply with (1) the privacy standards and requirements of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999 (“GLB Act”), (2) the privacy standards and requirements of any other applicable Federal or state law, and (3) its own internal privacy policies and procedures, each as may be amended from time to time;
B. Dealer agrees to provide privacy policy notices required under the GLB Act resulting from purchases of Shares made by its customers pursuant to this Participating Dealer Agreement;
C. Each party agrees to refrain from the use or disclosure of nonpublic personal information (as defined under the GLB Act) of all customers who have opted out of such disclosures except as necessary to service the customers or as otherwise necessary or required by applicable law; and
D. Each party shall be responsible for determining which customers have opted out of the disclosure of nonpublic personal information by periodically reviewing and, if necessary, retrieving a list of such customers (the “List”) to identify customers that have exercised their opt-out rights. In the event either party uses or discloses nonpublic personal information of any customer for purposes other than servicing the customer, or as otherwise required by applicable law, that party will consult the List to determine whether the affected customer has exercised his or her opt-out rights. Each party understands that each is prohibited from using or disclosing any nonpublic personal information of any customer that is identified on the List as having opted out of such disclosures.
Any notice in this Participating Dealer Agreement permitted to be given, made or accepted by either party to the other, must be in writing and may be given or served by (1) overnight courier, (2) depositing the same in the United States mail, postpaid, certified, return receipt requested, or (3) facsimile transfer. Notice deposited in the United States mail shall be deemed given when mailed. Notice given in
any other manner shall be effective when received at the address of the addressee. For purposes hereof the addresses of the parties, until changed as hereafter provided, shall be as follows:
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Attorney’s Fees, Applicable Law and Venue.
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In any action to enforce the provisions of this Participating Dealer Agreement or to secure damages for its breach, the prevailing party shall recover its costs and reasonable attorney’s fees. This Participating Dealer Agreement shall be construed under the laws of the State of California and Dealer and Dealer Manager hereby acknowledge and agree that venue for any action brought hereunder shall lie exclusively in Los Angeles, California. The provisions of this Article XIX shall survive the termination of this Participating Dealer Agreement.
In the event that any court of competent jurisdiction declares any provision of this Participating Dealer Agreement
invalid
, such invalidity shall have no effect on the other provisions hereof, which shall remain valid and binding and in full force and effect, and to that end the provisions of this Participating Dealer Agreement shall be considered severable.
Failure by either party to promptly insist upon strict compliance with any of the obligations of the other party under this Participating Dealer Agreement shall not be deemed to constitute a waiver of the right to enforce
strict
compliance with respect to any obligation hereunder.
This Participating Dealer Agreement may not be assigned by either party, except with the prior written consent of the
other
party. This Participating Dealer Agreement shall be binding upon the parties hereto, their heirs, legal representatives, successors and permitted assigns.
Each party represents to the other that all requisite corporate proceedings have been undertaken to authorize it to enter into and perform under this Participating Dealer Agreement as contemplated herein, and that the individual who has signed this Participating Dealer Agreement below on its behalf is a duly elected officer that has been empowered to act for and on behalf of such party with respect to the execution of this Participating Dealer Agreement.
THE DEALER MANAGER:
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GRIFFIN CAPITAL SECURITIES, LLC
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Jeffrey S. Schwaber
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Jeffrey S. Schwaber,
President of Capital Markets
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GRIFFIN-AMERICAN HEALTHCARE REIT IV, INC.
Participating Dealer Agreement
[SIGNATURE PAGE]
We have read the foregoing Participating Dealer Agreement and we hereby accept and agree to the terms and conditions therein set forth. We hereby represent that the list below of jurisdictions in which we are registered or licensed as a broker or dealer and are fully authorized to sell securities is true and correct, and we agree to advise you of any changes to the information listed on this signature page during the term of this Participating Dealer Agreement.
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ADVISORY AGREEMENT
THIS ADVISORY AGREEMENT (this “
Agreement
”), dated as of February 16, 2016 (the “
Effective Date
”) is by and among
GRIFFIN-AMERICAN HEALTHCARE REIT IV, INC.
, a Maryland corporation (the “
Company
”),
GRIFFIN-AMERICAN HEALTHCARE REIT IV HOLDINGS, LP
, a Delaware limited partnership (the “
Partnership
”) and
GRIFFIN-AMERICAN
HEALTHCARE REIT IV
ADVISOR, LLC
, a Delaware limited liability company (the “
Advisor
”).
WITNESSETH
WHEREAS, the Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a Registration Statement on Form S-11 (the “
Registration Statement
”) covering the initial public offering of its common stock, consisting entirely of Class T common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “
Shares
”);
WHEREAS, the Company intends to qualify as a REIT (as defined below), and intends to invest its funds in investments permitted by the terms of the Company’s Articles of Incorporation and Sections 856 through 860 of the Code (as defined below);
WHEREAS, the Company is the general partner of the Partnership and intends to make substantially all of its investments in Properties and Real Estate-Related Investments and conduct its operations through the Partnership;
WHEREAS, the Company and the Partnership desire to avail themselves of the experience, sources of information, advice, assistance and certain facilities available to the Advisor (as defined below) 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, all as provided herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and of the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1.
Definitions
. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the definitions hereinafter indicated:
Acquisition Expenses
. Any and all expenses incurred by the Company, the Partnership, the Advisor, or any Affiliate of any such entity in connection with the selection, evaluation, and acquisition of, and investment in Properties and Real Estate-Related Investments, whether or not acquired (or made), including, but not limited to, legal fees and expenses, travel and communications expenses, cost of appraisals and surveys, nonrefundable option payments on property not acquired, accounting fees and expenses, engineering and other property reports, environmental and asbestos audits, title insurance premiums and escrow fees, transfer taxes, and miscellaneous expenses related to the selection, evaluation and acquisition of Properties and Real Estate-Related Investments.
Acquisition Fee
. Any and all fees and commissions, exclusive of Acquisition Expenses, paid by any Person to any other Person (including any fees or commissions paid by or to any Affiliate of the
Company or the Advisor) in connection with the purchase, origination, development or construction of an Asset, including, without limitation, real estate commissions, selection fees, Development Fees (as such term is defined in the NASAA Guidelines), Construction Fees (as such term is defined in the NASAA Guidelines), nonrecurring management fees, loan fees, points or any other fees of a similar nature, however designated. Excluded shall be Development Fees and Construction Fees paid to any Person not affiliated with the Sponsors in connection with the actual development and construction of any Property.
Advisor
. Griffin-American Healthcare REIT IV Advisor, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and any successor advisor to the Company and the Partnership to which the Advisor or any successor advisor subcontracts substantially all of its functions.
Affiliate or Affiliated
. An Affiliate of another Person includes only the following: (i) any Person directly or indirectly owning, controlling, or holding with the power to vote ten percent (10.0%) or more of the outstanding voting securities of such other Person; (ii) any Person ten percent (10.0%) or more of whose outstanding voting securities are directly or indirectly owned, controlled, or held, with power to vote, by such other Person; (iii) any Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with such other Person; (iv) any executive officer, director, trustee, or general partner of such other Person; and (v) any legal entity for which such Person acts as an executive officer, director, trustee, or general partner. An entity shall not be deemed to control or be under common control with an Advisor-sponsored program unless (i) the entity owns ten percent (10.0%) or more of the voting equity interests of such program or (ii) a majority of the board of directors (or equivalent governing body) of such program is comprised of Affiliates of the entity.
Articles of Incorporation
. The Articles of Incorporation of the Company under Title 2 of the Corporations and Associations Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland dated as of January 23, 2015, as amended from time to time.
Asset Management Fee
. The Asset Management Fee payable to the Advisor as defined in
Section 8(b)
.
Average Invested Assets
. For a specified period, the average of the aggregate Book Value of the assets of the Company invested, directly or indirectly, in Real Estate-Related Investments or Properties, before reserves for depreciation, amortization, bad debt or other similar non-cash reserves, computed by taking the average of such values at the end of each month during such period.
Board of Directors or Board
. The persons holding such office, as of any particular time, under the Articles of Incorporation of the Company, whether they be the Directors named therein or additional or successor Directors.
Book Value
. The value of an asset on the books of the Company, before allowance for depreciation or amortization.
Bylaws
. The bylaws of the Company, as the same are in effect from time to time.
Code
. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, or any successor statute thereto. Reference to any provision of the Code shall mean such provision as in effect from time to time, as the same may be amended, and any successor provision thereto, as interpreted by any applicable regulations as in effect from time to time.
Company
. Griffin-American Healthcare REIT IV, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Maryland.
Competitive Real Estate Commission.
A real estate or brokerage commission for the purchase or sale of a property which is reasonable, customary, and competitive in light of the size, type, and location of the property.
Contingent Advisor Payment.
The portion of the Acquisition Fee that may be payable to the Advisor under certain circumstances pursuant to
Section 8(a).
Contingent Advisor Payment Holdback.
The portion of the Contingent Advisor Payment retained by the Company under certain circumstances pursuant to
Section 8(a).
Contract Purchase Price
. The amount actually paid (including any contingent or earn-out payments that may be paid) or allocated by the Company in respect of the purchase, development, construction or improvement of a Property, or the amount funded or actually paid (including any contingent or earn-out payments that may be paid) to acquire or originate a Real Estate-Related Investment, in each case exclusive of Acquisition Fees and Acquisition Expenses.
Contract Sales Price
. The total consideration received by the Company for the sale of a Property or other Real Estate-Related Investment exclusive of the applicable Disposition Fee.
Director
. A member of the Board of Directors of the Company.
Disposition Fee
. The fee payable to the Advisor under certain circumstances in connection with the Sale of one or more Properties pursuant to
Section 8(c)
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Distributions.
Any distributions of money or other property by the Company to owners of Shares, including distributions that may constitute a return of capital for federal income tax purposes.
Follow-On Contingent Advisor Payment Holdback.
With respect to any subsequent public equity offerings by the Company, the portion of any Contingent Advisor Payment retained by the Company under certain circumstances pursuant to
Section 8(a).
Fiscal Year
. Any period for which any income tax return is submitted by the Company to the Internal Revenue Service and which is treated by the Internal Revenue Service as a reporting period, and during which the Advisor performs services for the Company.
Gross Income
. All cash receipts derived from the rental of any Property, excluding (i) tenant security deposits unless and until such deposits are forfeited upon a tenant default and (ii) proceeds from insurance claims, condemnation proceedings, sales or refinancings.
Gross Offering Proceeds
. The aggregate purchase price of all Shares sold for the account of the Company through an Offering, without deduction for volume discounts, selling commissions, the dealer manager fee, marketing support fees and due diligence expense reimbursement or Organizational and Offering Expenses. For the purpose of computing Gross Offering Proceeds, the purchase price of any Share for which reduced selling commissions are paid to the dealer manager or a soliciting dealer (where net proceeds to the Company are not reduced) shall be deemed to be the full amount of the offering price per Share pursuant to the Prospectus for such Offering without reduction.
Independent Director
. A Director who is not on the date of determination, and within the last two years from the date of determination has not been, directly or indirectly associated with either Sponsor or the Advisor by virtue of (i) ownership of an interest in a Sponsor, the Advisor or any of their Affiliates, (ii) employment by a Sponsor, the Advisor or any of their Affiliates, (iii) service as an officer or director of a Sponsor, the Advisor or any of their Affiliates, (iv) performance of services, other than as a Director, for the Company, (v) service as a director or trustee of more than three real estate investment trusts organized by a Sponsor or advised by the Advisor or (vi) maintenance of a material business or professional relationship with a Sponsor, the Advisor or any of their Affiliates. A business or professional relationship is considered “material” if the aggregate gross income derived by the Director from a Sponsor, the Advisor and their Affiliates exceeds 5.0% of either the Director’s annual gross income during either of the last two years or the Director’s net worth on a fair market value basis. An indirect association with a Sponsor or the Advisor shall include circumstances in which a Director’s spouse, parent, child, sibling, mother- or father-in-law, son- or daughter-in-law, or brother- or sister-in-law is or has been associated with a Sponsor, the Advisor, any of their Affiliates or the Company.
Intellectual Property Rights
. All rights, titles and interests, whether foreign or domestic, in and to any and all trade secrets, confidential information rights, patents, invention rights, copyrights, service marks, trademarks, know-how, or similar intellectual property rights and all applications and rights to apply for such rights, as well as any and all moral rights, rights of privacy, publicity and similar rights and license rights of any type under the laws or regulations of any governmental, regulatory, or judicial authority, foreign or domestic and all renewals and extensions thereof.
Joint Venture
. Any joint venture, partnership, limited liability company or other Affiliate of the Company (other than the Partnership) that owns, in whole or in part on behalf of the Company, any Properties.
Lease Fee
. The Lease Fee payable to the Advisor, an Affiliate of the Advisor or a non-Affiliated third party, as defined in
Section 8(d)
.
Listing
. The term “
Listing
” shall mean that the Shares have been approved for trading on a national securities exchange. Upon such Listing, the Shares shall be deemed Listed.
NASAA Guidelines
. The Statement of Policy Regarding Real Estate Investment Trusts published by the North American Securities Administrators Association, Inc. on May 7, 2007, and as in effect on the date hereof.
Net Income
. For any period, the total revenues applicable to such period, less the total expenses applicable to such period excluding additions to reserves for depreciation, amortization, bad debt or other similar non-cash reserves; provided, however, Net Income for purposes of calculating total allowable Operating Expenses (as defined herein) shall exclude the gain from the sale of the Company’s assets.
Offering
. Any offering of Shares that is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, excluding Shares offered under any employee benefit plan.
Offering Stage
. The period from the commencement of the Company’s initial public equity offering through the termination of the Company’s last public equity offering prior to Listing. For purposes of this definition, “public equity offering” does not include offerings on behalf of selling stockholders or offerings related to a distribution reinvestment plan, employee benefit plan or the redemption of interests in the Partnership.
Operating Expenses
. All costs and expenses incurred by the Company, as determined under generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America, which in any way are related to the operation of the Company or to Company business, including fees paid to the Advisor, but excluding (i) the expenses of raising capital such as Organizational and Offering Expenses, legal, audit, accounting, underwriting, brokerage, listing, registration, and other fees, printing and other such expenses and tax incurred in connection with the issuance, distribution, transfer, registration and Listing of the Shares, (ii) interest payments, (iii) taxes, (iv) non-cash expenditures such as depreciation, amortization and bad loan reserves, (v) incentive fees paid in compliance with Section IV.F of the NASAA Guidelines and (vi) Acquisition Fees and Acquisition Expenses, real estate commissions on resale of property, and other expenses connected with the acquisition, disposition, and ownership of real estate interests, mortgage loans or other property (such as the costs of foreclosure, insurance premiums, legal services, maintenance, repair and improvement of property).
Organizational and Offering Expenses
. Any and all costs and expenses, including selling commissions and the dealer manager fee, incurred by the Advisor or any Affiliate in connection with the formation, qualification and registration of the Company and the Offering of the Shares, including, without limitation, the following: total underwriting and brokerage discounts and commissions (including fees of the underwriter’s attorneys); printing, engraving, mailing and distributing costs; all charges of transfer agents, registrars, trustees, escrow holders, depositories and experts; and fees, expenses and taxes related to the filing, registration and qualification of the sale of the Shares under federal and state laws, including accountants’ and attorneys’ fees.
Partnership
. Griffin-American Healthcare REIT IV Holdings, LP, a Delaware limited partnership formed to own and operate properties on behalf of the Company.
Partnership Agreement
. The Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Partnership, as amended from time to time, between the Company, as General Partner, and the Advisor, as the initial limited partner.
Person
. An individual, corporation, partnership, estate, trust (including a trust qualified under Section 401(a) or 501(c)(17) of the Code), a portion of a trust permanently set aside for or to be used exclusively for the purposes described in Section 642(c) of the Code, association, private foundation within the meaning of Section 509(a) of the Code, joint stock company or other entity and also includes a group as that term is used for purposes of Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Property or Properties
. Any land, rights in land (including leasehold interests), and any buildings, structures, improvements, furnishings, fixtures and equipment located on or used in connection with land and rights or interests in land, or any portion thereof, transferred or conveyed to the Company or the Partnership, either directly or indirectly, or such investments the Board of Directors and the Advisor mutually designate as Properties to the extent such investments could be classified as either Properties or Real Estate-Related Investments.
Property Management Fee
. The Property Management Fee as defined in
Section 8(d)
.
Property Manager
. Any entity that has been retained to perform and carry out property rental, leasing, operation and management services at one or more of the Properties, excluding persons, entities or independent contractors retained or hired to perform facility management or other services or tasks at a particular Property.
Proprietary Property
. All modeling algorithms, tools, computer programs, know-how, methodologies, processes, technologies, ideas, concepts, skills, routines, subroutines, operating instructions and other materials and aides used in performing the duties set forth and all modifications, enhancements and derivative works of the foregoing.
Prospectus
. Prospectus has the meaning set forth in
Section 2(10)
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, including a preliminary prospectus, an offering circular as described in Rule 253 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or, in the case of an intrastate offering, any document by whatever name known, utilized for the purpose of offering and selling securities of the Company to the public.
REIT
. A real estate investment trust under Sections 856 through 860 of the Code.
Real Estate-Related Investments
. Any real estate-related investments transferred or conveyed to the Company or the Partnership, either directly or indirectly, or such investments the Board of Directors and the Advisor mutually designate as Real Estate-Related Investments to the extent such investments could be classified as either Real Estate-Related Investments or Properties.
Sale or Sales
. (i) Any transaction or series of transactions whereby: (A) the Company or the Partnership (except as described in other subsections of this definition) directly or indirectly sells, grants, transfers, conveys, or relinquishes its ownership of any Property or portion thereof, including the lease of any Property consisting of a building only, and including any event with respect to any Property which gives rise to a significant amount of insurance proceeds or condemnation awards; (B) the Company or the Partnership (except as described in other subsections of this definition) directly or indirectly sells, grants,
transfers, conveys, or relinquishes its ownership of all or substantially all of the interest of the Company or the Partnership in any Joint Venture in which it is a co-venturer or partner; (C) any Joint Venture (except as described in other subsections of this definition) in which the Company or the Partnership as a co-venturer or partner directly or indirectly sells, grants, transfers, conveys, or relinquishes its ownership of any Property or portion thereof, including any event with respect to any Property which gives rise to insurance claims or condemnation awards; (D) the Company or the Partnership directly or indirectly (except as described in other subsections of this definition) sells, grants, conveys or relinquishes its interest in any loan or mortgage or any portion thereof (including with respect to any mortgage or loan, all payments thereunder or in satisfaction thereof other than regularly scheduled interest payments) of amounts owed pursuant to such loan or mortgage and any event which gives rise to the payment of a significant amount of insurance proceeds or condemnation or similar award; or (E) the Company or the Partnership directly or indirectly (except as described in other subsections of this definition) sells, grants, transfers, conveys or relinquishes its ownership of any other Property not previously described in this definition or any portion thereof, but (ii) not including any transaction or series of transactions specified in clause (i)(A), (i)(B), (i)(C), (i)(D) or (i)(E) above in which the proceeds of such transaction or series of transactions are reinvested in one or more Properties within one hundred eighty (180) days thereafter.
Sponsors
. American Healthcare Investors, LLC and Griffin Capital Corporation.
Stockholders
. The holders of record of the Shares.
STNL Properties
. Stand-alone, single-tenant net leased Properties.
2.0%/25.0% Guidelines
. The 2.0%/25.0% Guidelines as defined in
Section 9(c)(ii)
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Appointment
. The Company and the Partnership appoint the Advisor to serve as its advisor as of the Effective Date, on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, and the Advisor hereby accepts such appointment as of the Effective Date.
By accepting such appointment, the Advisor acknowledges that it has contractual and fiduciary responsibility to the Company and the Stockholders.
3.
Duties and Authority of the Advisor
. The Advisor undertakes to use its commercially reasonable efforts (1) to present to the Company and the Partnership potential investment opportunities in order to provide a continuing and suitable investment program consistent with the investment objectives and policies of the Company as determined and adopted from time to time by the Board and (2) to manage, administer, promote, maintain, and improve the Properties on an overall portfolio basis in a diligent manner. The services of the Advisor are to be of scope and quality not less than those generally performed by professional asset managers of other similar property portfolios. The Advisor shall make available the full benefit of the judgment, experience and advice of the members of the Advisor’s organization and staff with respect to the duties it will perform under this Agreement. To facilitate the Advisor’s performance of these undertakings, but subject to the restrictions included in
Sections 4
and
7
and the provisions of
Section 11
and to the continuing and exclusive authority of the Board and the general partner of the Partnership, the Company and the Partnership hereby delegate to the Advisor the
authority to, and the Advisor hereby agrees to, either directly or by engaging a duly qualified and licensed Affiliate of the Advisor or other duly qualified and licensed Person:
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(a)
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serve as the Company’s and the Partnership’s investment and financial advisor and, as requested by the Board, provide research and economic and statistical data in connection with the Company’s assets and investment policies;
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(b)
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provide the daily management of the Company and the Partnership and perform and supervise the various administrative functions reasonably necessary for the management of the Company and the Partnership;
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(c)
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maintain and preserve the books and records of the Company, including (i) a stock ledger reflecting a record of the Stockholders and their ownership of the Company’s Shares, (ii) acting as transfer agent for the Company’s Shares or selecting, engaging and overseeing the performance by a third party transfer agent, and (iii) maintaining the accounting and other record-keeping functions at the Property and Company levels;
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(d)
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investigate, select, and, on behalf of the Company and the Partnership, engage and conduct business with such Persons as the Advisor deems necessary to the proper performance of its obligations hereunder, including but not limited to consultants, accountants, correspondents, lenders, technical advisors, attorneys, brokers, underwriters, transfer agents, corporate fiduciaries, escrow agents, depositaries, custodians, agents for collection, insurers, insurance agents, banks, builders, developers, property owners, property management companies, real estate operating companies, securities investment advisors, mortgagors, and any and all agents for any of the foregoing, including Affiliates of the Advisor, and Persons acting in any other capacity deemed by the Advisor necessary or desirable for the performance of any of the foregoing services, including but not limited to entering into contracts in the name of the Company and the Partnership with any of the foregoing;
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(e)
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make investments in and dispositions of Real Estate-Related Investments within the discretionary limits and authority as granted by the Board and in accordance with the Articles of Incorporation;
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(f)
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consult with the officers of the Company and the Board and assist the Board in the formulation and implementation of the Company’s financial policies, and, as necessary, furnish the Board with advice and recommendations with respect to the making of investments consistent with the investment objectives and policies of the Company and in connection with any borrowings proposed to be undertaken by the Company and the Partnership;
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(g)
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select joint venture partners, structure corresponding agreements and oversee and monitor these relationships;
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(h)
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recommend to the Board of Directors appropriate transactions which would provide liquidity to the Stockholders;
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(i)
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oversee the performance by a third party or Affiliated Property Manager of its duties, including collection of payments due from third parties under contracts related to use of any Property and other assets of the Company and payment of Property expenses and maintenance;
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(j)
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conduct periodic on-site visits to some or all (as the Advisor deems reasonably necessary) of the Properties to inspect the physical condition of the Properties and to evaluate the performance of a third party or Affiliated Property Manager of its duties;
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(k)
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review, analyze and comment upon the operating budgets, capital budgets and leasing plans prepared and submitted by a third party or Affiliated Property Manager and aggregate these property budgets into the Company’s overall budget;
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(l)
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review and analyze on-going financial information pertaining to each Property, each Real Estate-Related Investment and the overall portfolio of Properties and Real Estate-Related Investments;
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(m)
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if a transaction requires approval by the Board of Directors, deliver to the Board of Directors all documents requested by them in their evaluation of the proposed investment in the Property or the Real Estate-Related Investment;
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(n)
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formulate and oversee the implementation of strategies for the administration, promotion, management, operation, maintenance, improvement, financing and refinancing, marketing, leasing, and disposition of Properties on an overall portfolio basis;
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subject to the provisions of Sections 3(m) and 4 hereof, (i) locate, analyze and select potential investments in Properties and Real Estate-Related Investments, (ii) structure and negotiate the terms and conditions of transactions pursuant to which investments in Properties and Real Estate-Related Investments will be made; (iii) make investments in Properties and Real Estate-Related Investments on behalf of the Company or the Partnership in compliance with the investment objectives and policies of the Company; (iv) arrange for financing and refinancing and make other changes in the asset or capital structure of, and dispose of, reinvest the proceeds from the sale of, or otherwise deal with the investments in, Properties and Real Estate-Related Investments; (v) enter into leases, supply agreements and other income-producing contracts relating to third party use of any Property and Real Estate-Related Investments of the Company; (vi) enter into service contracts for any Property or Real Estate-Related Investment, including oversight of Affiliated companies that perform property management services for the Company and the Partnership; (vii) if applicable, oversee a non-Affiliated Property Manager and any other non-Affiliated Persons who perform services for the Company; and (viii) to the extent
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necessary, perform all other operational functions for the maintenance and administration of such Property or Real Estate-Related Investments;
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(p)
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obtain the prior approval of the Board, any particular Directors specified by the Board or any committee of the Board, as the case may be, for any and all investments in Properties and Real Estate-Related Investments;
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(q)
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negotiate on behalf of the Company and the Partnership with banks or lenders for loans to be made to the Company, and negotiate on behalf of the Company and the Partnership with investment banking firms and broker-dealers or negotiate private sales of Shares and other securities or obtain loans for the Company and the Partnership, but in no event in such a way so that the Advisor shall be acting as broker-dealer or underwriter; provided, further, that any fees and costs payable to third parties incurred by the Advisor in connection with the foregoing shall be the responsibility of the Company or the Partnership;
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(r)
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on behalf of the Company and the Partnership, maintain, with respect to any Property and to the extent available, title insurance or other assurance of title and customary fire, casualty and public liability insurance;
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(s)
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obtain reports (which may be prepared by the Advisor or its Affiliates), where appropriate, concerning the value of investments or contemplated investments of the Company and the Partnership in Properties or Real Estate-Related Investments;
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(t)
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from time to time, or at any time reasonably requested by the Board, provide information or make reports to the Board related to its performance of services to the Company and the Partnership under this Agreement;
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(u)
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from time to time, or at any time reasonably requested by the Board, make reports to the Board of the investment opportunities it has presented to other Advisor-sponsored programs or that it has pursued directly or through an Affiliate;
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(v)
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provide the Company and the Partnership with all necessary cash management services;
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(w)
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deliver to or maintain on behalf of the Company copies of all appraisals obtained in connection with the investments in Properties and all valuations of Real Estate-Related Investments as may be required to be obtained by the Board;
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(x)
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notify the Board of all proposed material transactions before they are completed;
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(y)
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at the direction of Company management, prepare the Company’s periodic reports and other filings made under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the Company’s Post-Effective Amendments to the Registration Statement as well as all related prospectuses, prospectus supplements and supplemental sales literature and assist in connection with the filing of such documents with the appropriate regulatory authorities;
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(z)
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supervise the preparation and filing and distribution of returns and reports to governmental agencies and to investors and act on behalf of the Company in connection with investor relations;
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(aa)
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effect any private placements of Shares or other interests in Properties as may be approved by the Board;
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(bb)
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establish and maintain bank accounts on behalf of the Company and the Partnership pursuant to Section 5 of this Agreement;
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(cc)
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provide office space, equipment and personnel as required for the performance of the foregoing services as the Advisor; and
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(dd)
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do all things it reasonably deems necessary to assure its ability to render the services described in this Agreement.
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4.
Modification or Revocation of Authority of Advisor
. The Board may, at any time upon the giving of notice to the Advisor, modify or revoke the authority or approvals set forth in
Section 3
;
provided, however
, that such modification or revocation shall be effective upon receipt by the Advisor and shall not be applicable to investment transactions to which the Advisor has committed the Company and the Partnership prior to the date of receipt by the Advisor of such notification.
5.
Bank Accounts
. At the direction of the Board of Directors, the Advisor may establish and maintain one or more bank accounts in its own name for the account of the Company and the Partnership or in the name of the Company and the Partnership and may collect and deposit into any such account or accounts, and disburse from any such account or accounts, any money on behalf of the Company and the Partnership, under such terms and conditions as the Board may approve, provided that no funds shall be commingled with the funds of the Advisor; and the Advisor shall from time to time render appropriate accountings of such collections and payments to the Board and to the auditors of the Company.
6.
Records; Access
. The Advisor shall maintain appropriate records of all its activities hereunder and make such records available for inspection by the Board and by counsel, auditors and authorized agents of the Company, at any time or from time to time during normal business hours. The Advisor shall at all reasonable times have access to the books and records of the Company and the Partnership.
7.
Limitations on Activities
. Anything else in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, the Advisor shall refrain from taking any action which, in its sole judgment made in good faith, would (a) adversely affect the status of the Company as a REIT, (b) subject the Company to regulation under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or (c) violate any law, rule, regulation or statement of policy of any governmental body or agency having jurisdiction over the Company or the Partnership, its Shares or its other securities, or otherwise not be permitted by the Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Company, except if such action shall be ordered by the Board, in which case the Advisor shall notify promptly the Board of the Advisor’s judgment of the potential impact of such action and shall refrain from taking such action until it receives further clarification or instructions from the Board. In such event the Advisor shall have no liability for acting in accordance with the specific instructions of the Board so
given. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Advisor, its directors, officers, employees and stockholders, and stockholders, directors and officers of the Advisor’s Affiliates shall not be liable to the Company, the Partnership, the Board or to the Stockholders for any act or omission by the Advisor, its directors, officers, employees or stockholders, or stockholders, directors or officers of the Advisor’s Affiliates taken or omitted to be taken in the performance of their duties under this Agreement except as provided in
Sections 20
and
21
of this Agreement.
8.
Fees
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(a)
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Acquisition Fee
. The Advisor or its Affiliates shall receive as compensation for services rendered in connection with the investigation, selection and acquisition of Properties or Real Estate-Related Investments (by purchase, investment or exchange) funded by equity raised during the Offering Stage through the Advisor or its Affiliates, including any acquisitions completed after the end of the Offering Stage and/or the termination of this Agreement or funded with net proceeds from a Sale, an acquisition fee payable by the Company (the “
Acquisition Fee
”). The total Acquisition Fee paid to the Advisor or its Affiliates for services provided by the Advisor, its Affiliates or sub-contractors thereof, but excluding real estate commissions paid to real estate broker Affiliates of the Advisor, shall be paid entirely in cash as follows: (i) with respect to each Real Estate-Related Investment, a base fee of two percent (2.0%) of the Contract Purchase Price of each such Real Estate-Related Investment, plus a contingent advisor payment (the “
Contingent Advisor Payment
”) of an additional two and twenty-five hundredths percent (2.25%) of the Contract Purchase Price of each such Real Estate-Related Investment, and (ii) with respect to each Property, a base fee of two and twenty-five hundredths percent (2.25%) of the Contract Purchase Price of each such Property, plus a Contingent Advisor Payment of an additional two and twenty-five hundredths percent (2.25%) of the Contract Purchase Price of each such Property. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the first $7,500,000 of amounts paid by the Advisor for dealer manager fees and Organizational and Offering Expenses (the “
Contingent Advisor Payment Holdback
”) will be retained by the Company and will not be paid to the Advisor or its Affiliates until the later of (A) the termination of the Offering Stage, or (B) the third anniversary of the date the Registration Statement is declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission, at which time such amount shall be paid to the Advisor or its Affiliates. In connection with any subsequent public equity offerings that may be conducted by the Company which provide for a Contingent Advisor Payment to the Advisor or its Affiliates, an additional Contingent Advisor Payment Holdback equal to 0.25% of the amount by which (I) the primary offering portion of each such subsequent public equity offering plus the amount raised by the Company in the primary offering portion of the Company’s initial public offering pursuant to the Registration Statement exceeds (II) $3,000,000,000 (the “
Follow-On Contingent Advisor Payment Holdback
”) will be retained by the Company and will not be paid to the Advisor or its Affiliates until the later of (X) the termination of the Offering Stage, or (Y) the third anniversary of the date the Registration Statement for the
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Company’s initial public equity offering is declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission, at which time such amount shall be paid to the Advisor or its Affiliates. Furthermore, the amount of the Contingent Advisor Payment to be paid to the Advisor or its Affiliates shall not exceed the then-outstanding amounts paid by the Advisor with respect to the dealer manager fee and Organizational and Offering Expenses with respect to the Company’s Offering after taking into account the amount of the Contingent Advisor Payment Holdback and the Follow-On Contingent Advisor Payment Holdback described above. For these purposes, the amounts paid by the Advisor and considered as “outstanding” will be reduced by the amount of the Contingent Advisor Payment previously paid. Following the termination of the Offering Stage, no further Contingent Advisor Payment shall be payable to the Advisor upon full and complete receipt by the Advisor of all outstanding amounts paid by the Advisor with respect to the dealer manager fee and Organizational and Offering Expenses with respect to the Company’s Offering. At the Advisor’s discretion, a portion of the Acquisition Fee may be paid to third-party developers for services rendered. Acquisition Fees shall be payable on the acquisition of a specific Property or Real Estate-Related Investment, on the acquisition of a portfolio of Properties or Real Estate-Related Investments through a purchase of assets, controlling securities or by joint venture, by a merger or similar business combination or other comparable transaction, or on the completion of development of a Property or Properties for the Company, including the acquisition of any Properties or Real Estate-Related Investments funded by equity raised during the Offering Stage by the Advisor or its Affiliates which are completed after the end of the Offering Stage and/or the termination of this Agreement, regardless of the Advisor's or its Affiliates' efforts in connection with the acquisition of any Properties or Real Estate-Related Investment funded by equity raised during the Offering Stage by the Advisor or its Affiliates which are completed after the end of the Offering Stage and/or termination of this Agreement. To the extent that the Company acquires Properties or Real Estate-Related Investments after the end of the Offering Stage and/or the termination of this Agreement, such acquisitions shall be deemed to have been funded first by “equity raised during the Offering Stage by the Advisor or its Affiliates.” For purposes of determining any Acquisition Fees payable to the Advisor after the end of the Offering Stage and/or the termination of this Agreement, the amount of “equity raised during the Offering Stage by the Advisor or its Affiliates” shall be calculated by dividing (i) the Gross Offering Proceeds at the end of the Offering Stage and/or the termination of this Agreement less selling commissions, the portion of the dealer manager fee funded by the Company, Acquisition Fees and Acquisition Expenses, by (ii) 0.50. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the total of all Acquisition Fees and Acquisition Expenses payable with respect to any Property or Real Estate-Related Investment that is acquired shall be reasonable and shall not exceed six percent (6.0%) of the Contract Purchase Price of such Property or Real Estate-Related Investment unless fees in excess of such amount are approved by a majority of the Board of Directors, including a majority of the Independent Directors.
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(b)
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Asset Management Fee
. Subject to the overall limitations contained below in this
Section 8(b)
, the Advisor shall be paid a monthly fee in arrears for the services rendered in connection with the management of the Company’s assets (the “
Asset Management Fee
”) in an amount equal to one-twelfth of eighty one-hundredths of one percent (0.80%) of the Average Invested Assets for such month. The Asset Management Fee shall be payable by the Company in cash or in Shares, in whole or in part, at the election of the Advisor from time to time (without interest); provided, however, that the Company may object to the Advisor’s election and refuse to pay the Advisor in Shares if such payment would result in a conflict with any provision of the Articles of Incorporation; and provided, further, that after the Offering Stage, the Asset Management Fee shall be paid entirely in cash. If the Advisor elects to receive the Asset Management Fee in the form of Shares during the Offering Stage and such election does not conflict with any provision of the Articles of Incorporation, then the price per share for Shares issued pursuant to the Asset Management Fee shall equal the most recent price paid to acquire a Share during the Offering Stage, less any selling commissions or dealer manager fees (excluding any Shares sold pursuant to any distribution reinvestment plan).
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(c)
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Disposition Fee
. If the Advisor or an Affiliate of the Advisor provides a substantial amount of services (as determined by a majority of the Independent Directors) in connection with the Sale of one or more Properties, the Advisor or such Affiliate shall receive at closing a disposition fee equal to the lesser of (i) two percent (2.0%) of the Contract Sales Price of such Property or Properties, or (ii) fifty percent (50.0%) of a Competitive Real Estate Commission given the circumstances surrounding the sale (the “
Disposition Fee
”). In each case in which a Disposition Fee may be payable, the precise amount of the fee within the limits set forth in the preceding sentence shall be determined by the Board, including a majority of the Independent Directors, based upon the extent of the services provided by the Advisor or its Affiliate and market norms for the services provided. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Disposition Fee shall be payable to the Advisor or its Affiliate for Property Sales if such Sales involve the Company selling all or substantially all of its Properties in one or more transactions designed to effectuate a business combination transaction (as opposed to a Company liquidation, in which case the Disposition Fee would be payable if the Advisor or an Affiliate provides a substantial amount of services as provided above). Any Disposition Fee payable under this section may be paid in addition to real estate commissions paid to non-Affiliates, provided that the total real estate commissions (including such Disposition Fee) paid to all Persons by the Company for each Property shall not exceed an amount equal to the lesser of (i) six percent (6.0%) of the Contract Sales Price of the Property or (ii) the Competitive Real Estate Commission for the Property.
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Property Management Fee; Lease Fee
. Either the Advisor or an Affiliate of the Advisor may serve as the Property Manager or may sub-contract these duties to any third party and provide oversight of such third party. For any STNL Property, the Advisor or an Affiliate of
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the Advisor will receive a monthly property management oversight fee of up to one percent (1.0%) of the monthly Gross Income with respect to such Property, except for any such Property operated utilizing the structure permitted by the REIT Investment Diversification and Empowerment Act of 2007, which is commonly referred to as a “RIDEA” structure (the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, authorizing the RIDEA structure were enacted as part of the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008), for which the Advisor or an Affiliate of the Advisor will receive a monthly property management oversight fee of one and five-tenths percent (1.5%) of the monthly Gross Income with respect to such Property. For any property that is not a STNL Property and for which Advisor or an Affiliate of the Advisor provides oversight of a third party that performs the duties of a Property Manager with respect to such Property, the Advisor or an Affiliate of the Advisor shall receive a monthly property management oversight fee of one and five-tenths percent (1.5%) of the monthly Gross Income with respect to such Property. Any property management oversight fee paid to the Advisor or an Affiliate of the Advisor shall be in addition to any fee paid to a third party to perform the duties of a Property Manager with respect to the respective Property. For any property that is not a STNL Property and for which the Advisor or an Affiliate of the Advisor directly serves as the Property Manager without sub-contracting such duties to a third party, the Advisor or an Affiliate of the Advisor shall receive a property management fee that is approved by a majority of the Board of Directors, including a majority of the Independent Directors, not otherwise interested in such transaction as being fair and reasonable to the Company and on terms and conditions not less favorable to the Company than those available from unaffiliated third parties (the “
Property Management Fee
”). The Company or the Partnership shall reimburse the Advisor or the Affiliate of the Advisor for any property-level expenses that such entity paid or incurred on behalf of the Company, including salaries, bonuses and benefits of Persons employed by the Advisor or the Affiliate of the Advisor except for the salaries, bonuses and benefits of Persons who also serve as an executive officer of the Company or as an executive officer of the Advisor or its Affiliate. In addition, the Advisor or an Affiliate of the Advisor as the Property Manager may receive a separate fee for any leasing activities in an amount not to exceed the fee customarily charged in arm’s length transactions by others rendering similar services in the same geographic area for similar properties, as determined by a survey of brokers and agents in such area (the “
Lease Fee
”). The Lease Fee is generally expected to range from three percent (3.0%) to six percent (6.0%) of the gross revenues generated during the initial term of the lease.
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Construction Management Fee; Development Services Fee
. In the event that the Advisor or its Affiliates assist with planning and coordinating the construction of any capital or tenant improvements, the Company may pay the respective party up to five percent (5.0%) of the actual cost of such improvements that are incurred and paid. In addition, the Advisor or its Affiliates may provide development-related services, and the Company may pay the respective party a development fee in an amount that is usual and customary for comparable services rendered for similar projects in the geographic market where the services are provided; however, the Company will not pay a development fee to the Advisor or its Affiliates if the Advisor elects to receive an Acquisition Fee based on the cost of such development.
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9.
Expenses
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(a)
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Reimbursable Expenses
. In addition to the compensation paid to the Advisor pursuant to
Section 8
hereof, the Company or the Partnership shall pay directly or reimburse the Advisor for all of the expenses paid or incurred by the Advisor (to the extent not reimbursable by another party, such as the dealer manager) in connection with the services it provides to the Company and the Partnership pursuant to this Agreement, including, but not limited to:
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Acquisition Expenses incurred in connection with the selection and acquisition of Properties and Real Estate-Related Investments, whether or not acquired, subject to the aggregate six percent (6.0%) cap on Acquisition Fees and Acquisition Expenses set forth in
Section 8(a)
above;
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(ii)
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the actual cost of goods and services used by the Company and obtained from entities not Affiliated with the Advisor, other than Acquisition Expenses, including brokerage fees paid in connection with the purchase and sale of Real Estate-Related Investments;
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(iii)
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interest and other costs for borrowed money, including discounts, points and other similar fees;
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(iv)
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taxes and assessments on income of the Company or any of the Properties;
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(v)
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costs associated with insurance required in connection with the business of the Company or by the Board;
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(vi)
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expenses of managing and operating Properties owned by the Company, whether payable to an Affiliate of the Company or a non-Affiliated Person;
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all compensation and expenses payable to the Independent Directors and all expenses payable to the non-Independent Directors in connection with their services to the Company and the Stockholders and their attendance at meetings of the Directors and the Stockholders;
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expenses associated with Listing or with the issuance and distribution of securities other than the Shares, such as selling commissions and fees, advertising expenses, taxes, legal and accounting fees, listing and registration fees;
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(ix)
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expenses connected with payments of Distributions in cash or otherwise made or caused to be made by the Company to the Stockholders;
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(x)
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expenses of organizing, redomesticating, merging, liquidating or dissolving the Company or of amending the Articles of Incorporation or the Bylaws;
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(xi)
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expenses of maintaining communications with Stockholders or their financial advisors, including the cost of preparation, printing, and mailing annual reports and other Stockholder reports, proxy statements and other reports required by governmental entities;
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administrative service expenses (including personnel costs; provided, however, that no reimbursement shall be made for costs of personnel to the extent that such personnel perform services in transactions, including asset management services, for which the Advisor receives a separate fee);
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transfer agent and registrar’s fees and charges;
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(xiv)
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expenses associated with the disposition of Properties, including, subject to
Section 8(c)
, real estate commissions;
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(xv)
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audit, accounting, legal and other professional fees; and
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(xvi)
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all other administrative service expenses, including all costs and expenses incurred by Advisor in fulfilling its duties hereunder. Such costs and expenses may include, without limitation, employee-related expenses of all employees of the Advisor or its Affiliates (other than the dealer manager and any employees or dual-employees of the dealer manager) who are engaged in the management, administration, operations, or coordination of the marketing of the Company, including taxes, insurance and benefits relating to such employees, and legal, travel and other out-of-pocket expenses that are directly related to their services provided hereunder.
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Other Services
. Should the Board request that the Advisor, any Affiliate of the Advisor or any director, officer or employee thereof render services for the Company and the Partnership other than set forth in
Section 3
, such additional services, if the Advisor elects to perform them, shall be separately compensated at such rates and in such amounts as are agreed by the Advisor and the Board, including a majority of the Independent Directors, subject to the limitations contained in the Articles of Incorporation, shall not exceed an amount that would be paid to non-Affiliated third parties for similar services, and shall not be deemed to be services pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
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(c)
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Timing of and Limitations on Reimbursements
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(i)
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Expenses incurred by the Advisor on behalf of the Company and the Partnership and payable pursuant to this
Section 9
shall be reimbursed at least quarterly to the Advisor. The Advisor shall prepare a statement documenting the expenses of the Company and the Partnership during each quarter, and shall deliver such statement to the Company and the Partnership within forty-five (45) days after the end of each quarter.
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The Company shall not reimburse the Advisor at the end of any fiscal quarter Operating Expenses that, in the four consecutive fiscal quarters then ended (the “
Expense Year
”) exceed (the “
Excess Amount
”) the greater of two percent (2.0%) of Average Invested Assets or twenty-five percent (25.0%) of Net Income (the “
2.0%/25.0% Guidelines
”) for such year unless a majority of the Independent Directors determines that such Excess Amount was justified, based on unusual and nonrecurring factors that a majority of the Independent Directors deems sufficient. If a majority of the Independent Directors does not approve such excess as being so justified, any Excess Amount paid to the Advisor during a fiscal quarter shall be repaid to the Company. If a majority of the Independent Directors determines such excess was justified, then within sixty (60) days after the end of any fiscal quarter of the Company for which total reimbursed Operating Expenses for the Expense Year exceed the 2.0%/25.0% Guidelines, the Advisor, at the direction of a majority of the Independent Directors, shall send to the Stockholders a written disclosure of such fact, together with an explanation of the factors the Independent Directors considered in determining that such excess expenses were justified. The Company will ensure that such determination will be reflected in the minutes of the meetings of the Board of Directors. All figures used in the foregoing computation shall be determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America, applied on a consistent basis. In the event that the Independent Directors do not determine that excess expenses were justified, the Advisor shall reimburse the Corporation the amount by which the expense reimbursement exceeded the 2.0%/25.0% Guidelines.
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(iii)
The foregoing reimbursements of expenses, as limited by this Agreement, will be made regardless of whether any cash distributions are made to the Stockholders.
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Expenses Paid by Advisor
. The Advisor shall pay all Organizational and Offering Expenses, excluding (i) selling commissions, which shall be paid by the Company, and (ii) the portion of the dealer manager fee paid by the Company as set forth below. With respect to the dealer manager fee, the Advisor shall pay to the dealer manager two percent (2.0%) of the gross offering proceeds as of the time of the sale of Shares, excluding sales of Shares pursuant to the Company’s distribution reinvestment plan. The Company shall pay to the dealer manager the remaining portion of the dealer manager fee in an amount equal to one
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percent (1.0%) of the gross offering proceeds as of the time of the sale of Shares, excluding sales of Shares pursuant to the Company’s distribution reinvestment plan.
10.
Statements
. The Advisor shall furnish to the Company not later than the thirtieth (30th) day following the end of each Fiscal Year, a statement showing a computation of the fees or other compensation payable to the Advisor or an Affiliate of the Advisor with respect to such Fiscal Year under
Sections 8
and
9
hereof. The final settlement of compensation payable under
Sections 8
and
9
hereof for each Fiscal Year shall be subject to adjustments in accordance with, and upon completion of, the annual audit of the Company’s financial statements.
11.
Internalization of the Advisor
. In the event that the Board of Directors determines to internalize any management functions provided by the Advisor or any Affiliates of the Advisor, neither the Company nor the Partnership shall pay a separate internalization fee to the Advisor or any Affiliates of the Advisor solely in connection with an internalization by the Company of management functions from the Advisor. The provisions of this Section 11 are not intended to limit any other compensation or distributions the Company or Partnership may pay the Advisor in accordance with this Agreement or any other agreement, including but not limited to the Agreement of Limited Partnership of Griffin-American Healthcare REIT IV Holdings, LP.
12.
Non-Solicitation
. The Company agrees not to solicit any current and/or future employees of the Advisor or its Affiliates for employment or in any consulting or similar capacity during the Offering Stage and for two (2) years following the termination of this Agreement.
13.
Information Furnished to the Advisor
. The Board of Directors will keep the Advisor informed concerning the investment and financing policies of the Company. The Board of Directors shall notify the Advisor promptly of its intention to make any investments or to sell or dispose of any existing investments. The Board of Directors will timely notify the Advisor of any activities or actions that would require a report or other filing be made with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other governmental or regulatory authority. Upon request of the Advisor, the Company shall furnish the Advisor with a certified copy of any Company financial statements, a signed copy of each report prepared by independent certified public accountants, and such other information with regard to its affairs as the Advisor may reasonably request.
14.
Relationship of Advisor and Company
. The Company, the Partnership and the Advisor are not partners or joint venturers with each other, and nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to make them such partners or joint venturers or impose any liability as such on either of them.
15.
Term
. This Agreement shall continue in force until the first anniversary of the Effective Date, subject to an unlimited number of successive one-year renewals upon mutual consent of the parties. The Independent Directors will evaluate the performance of the Advisor annually before renewing the Agreement.
16.
Termination
. This Agreement may be terminated upon sixty (60) days written notice without cause or penalty, by either party (if by the Company, only upon approval of a majority of the Independent Directors).
17.
Survival
. The provisions of
Sections 7, 8(a), 8(d), 8(e)
with respect to construction management fees,
9, 10, 11, 12 and 18 through 32
shall survive expiration or termination of this Agreement.
18.
Assignment
. This Agreement shall not be assigned by the Advisor to a non-Affiliate. This Agreement may be assigned by the Advisor to an Affiliate with the approval of the Board, including a majority of the Independent Directors. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Advisor may assign any rights to receive fees or other payments under this Agreement without obtaining the approval of the Board. This Agreement shall not be assigned by the Company or the Partnership without the consent of the Advisor, except in the case of an assignment by the Company or the Partnership to a corporation or other organization which is a successor to all of the assets, rights and obligations of the Company or the Partnership, as the case may be, in which case such successor organization shall be bound hereunder and by the terms of said assignment in the same manner as the Company and the Partnership is bound by this Agreement.
19.
Payments to and Duties of Advisor Upon Termination
. Payments to the Advisor pursuant to this
Section 19
shall be subject to the 2.0%/25.0% Guidelines to the extent applicable.
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After the expiration or termination of this Agreement, the Advisor shall not be entitled to compensation for further services hereunder except that it shall be entitled to the Acquisition Fee to the extent provided by Section 8(a) and it shall be entitled to receive from the Company 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 Advisor prior to termination of this Agreement; and
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The Advisor shall promptly upon termination:
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pay over to the Company all money collected and held for the account of the Company pursuant to this Agreement, after deducting any accrued compensation and reimbursement for its expenses to which it is then entitled;
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deliver to the Board a full accounting, including a statement showing all payments collected by it and a statement of all money held by it, covering the period following the date of the last accounting furnished to the Board;
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deliver to the Board all assets, including Properties and Real Estate-Related Investments, and documents of the Company then in the custody of the Advisor; and
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cooperate with the Company to provide an orderly management transition.
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20.
Indemnification by the Company
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The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless the Advisor and its Affiliates, including their respective officers, directors, partners and employees, from all liability, claims, damages or losses arising in the performance of their duties hereunder, and related expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, to the extent such liability, claims, damages or losses and related expenses are not fully reimbursed by insurance, subject to any limitations imposed by the laws of the State of Maryland, the Articles of Incorporation and the NASAA Guidelines under the Articles of Incorporation. The Company shall not indemnify or hold harmless the Advisor or its Affiliates, including their respective officers, directors, partners and employees, for any liability or loss suffered by the Advisor or its Affiliates, including their respective officers, directors, partners and employees, nor shall it provide that the Advisor or its Affiliates, including their respective officers, directors, partners and employees, be held harmless for any loss or liability suffered by the Company, unless all of the following conditions are met: (i) the Advisor or its Affiliates, including their respective officers, directors, partners and employees, have determined, in good faith, that the course of conduct which caused the loss or liability was in the best interests of the Company; (ii) the Advisor or its Affiliates, including their respective officers, directors, partners and employees, were acting on behalf of or performing services for the Company; (iii) such liability or loss was not the result of breach of this Agreement or of negligence or misconduct by the Advisor or its Affiliates, including their respective officers, directors, partners and employees; and (iv) such indemnification or agreement to hold harmless is recoverable only out of the Company’s net assets and not from Stockholders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Advisor and its Affiliates, including their respective officers, directors, partners and employees, shall not be indemnified by the Company for any losses, liability or expenses arising from or out of an alleged violation of federal or state securities laws by such party unless one or more of the following conditions are met: (i) there has been a successful adjudication on the merits of each count involving alleged securities law violations as to the particular indemnitee; (ii) such claims have been dismissed with prejudice on the merits by a court of competent jurisdiction as to the particular indemnitee; and (iii) a court of competent jurisdiction approves a settlement of the claims against a particular indemnitee and finds that indemnification of the settlement and the related costs should be made, and the court considering the request for indemnification has been advised of the position of the Securities and Exchange Commission and of the published position of any state securities regulatory authority in which securities of the Company were offered or sold as to indemnification for violations of securities laws.
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The Articles of Incorporation provide that the advancement of Company funds to the Advisor or its Affiliates, including their respective officers, directors, partners and employees, for legal expenses and other costs incurred as a result of any legal action for which indemnification is being sought is permissible only if all of the following conditions
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are satisfied: (i) the legal action relates to acts or omissions with respect to the performance of duties or services 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 such advancement; (iii) the Advisor or its Affiliates, including their respective officers, directors, partners and employees, undertake to repay the advanced funds to the Company together with the applicable legal rate of interest thereon, in cases in which such Advisor or its Affiliates, including their respective officers, directors, partners and employees, are found not to be entitled to indemnification.
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Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 20, the Advisor shall not be entitled to indemnification or be held harmless pursuant to this Section 20 for any activity which the Advisor shall be required to indemnify or hold harmless the Company pursuant to Section 21.
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21.
Indemnification by Advisor
. The Advisor shall indemnify and hold harmless the Company from contract or other liability, claims, damages, taxes or losses and related expenses, including attorneys’ fees, to the extent that such liability, claims, damages, taxes or losses and related expenses are not fully reimbursed by insurance and are incurred by reason of the Advisor’s bad faith, fraud, willful misfeasance, misconduct, or reckless disregard of its duties, but the Advisor shall not be held responsible for any action of the Board in following or declining to follow advice or recommendation given by the Advisor.
22.
Fidelity Bond
. The Advisor shall not be required to obtain or maintain a fidelity bond in connection with the performance of its services hereunder.
23.
Notices
. Any notice, report or other communication required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be in writing unless some other method of giving such notice, report or other communication is required by the Articles of Incorporation, the Bylaws, or accepted by the party to whom it is given, and shall be given by being delivered by hand or by overnight mail or other overnight delivery service to the addresses set forth herein:
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To the Board and to the Company:
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Griffin-American Healthcare REIT IV, Inc.
18191 Von Karman Avenue, Suite 300
Irvine, California 92612
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To the Partnership:
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Griffin-American Healthcare REIT IV Holdings, LP
18191 Von Karman Avenue, Suite 300
Irvine, California 92612
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To the Advisor:
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Griffin-American Healthcare REIT IV Advisor, LLC
18191 Von Karman Avenue, Suite 300
Irvine, California 92612
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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 23
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24.
Amendments
. This Agreement shall not be changed, modified, terminated, or discharged, in whole or in part, except by an instrument in writing signed by each of the parties hereto, or their respective successors or assignees.
25.
Severability
. The provisions of this Agreement are independent of and severable from each other, and no provision shall be affected or rendered invalid or unenforceable by virtue of the fact that for any reason any other or others of them may be invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part.
26.
Construction
. The provisions of this Agreement shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Maryland.
27.
Entire Agreement
. This Agreement contains the entire agreement and understanding among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements, understandings, inducements and conditions, express or implied, oral or written, of any nature whatsoever with respect to the subject matter hereof. The express terms hereof control and supersede any course of performance and/or usage of the trade inconsistent with any of the terms hereof. This Agreement may not be modified or amended other than by an agreement in writing.
28.
Indulgences, Not Waiver
. Neither the failure nor any delay on the part of a party to exercise any right, remedy, power or privilege under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege preclude any other or further exercise of the same or of any other right, remedy, power or privilege, nor shall any waiver of any right, remedy, power or privilege with respect to any occurrence be construed as a waiver of such right, remedy, power or privilege with respect to any other occurrence. No waiver shall be effective unless it is in writing and is signed by the party asserted to have granted such waiver.
29.
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.
30.
Titles Not to Affect Interpretation
. The titles of sections and subsections contained in this Agreement are for convenience only, and they neither form a part of this Agreement nor are they to be used in the construction or interpretation hereof.
31.
Execution in Counterparts
. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original as against any party whose signature appears thereon, and all of which shall together constitute one and the same instrument. This Agreement shall become binding when the counterparts hereof, taken together, bear the signatures of all of the parties reflected hereon as the signatories.
32.
Rights of the Advisor and its Affiliates
. The Sponsors and/or their respective Affiliates have a proprietary interest in the names or marks “Griffin,” “American Healthcare” and “The Healthcare Real
Estate Experts.” Accordingly, and in recognition of this right, if at any time the Advisor or an Affiliate thereof ceases to perform the services of the Advisor under this Agreement, the Company or the Partnership, as the case may be, will, promptly after receipt of written request from the applicable Sponsor or the Advisor, cease to conduct business under or use the names or marks “Griffin,” “American Healthcare” and/or “The Healthcare Real Estate Experts” or any variations or derivatives thereof and the Company and the Partnership shall, within five (5) business days of such cessation, (i) each change its name (and the names of any of their Affiliates) to a name that does not contain the name “Griffin” or “American Healthcare,” (ii) cease to use the mark “The Healthcare Real Estate Experts,” and (iii) shall not use in its name or any marks any other word or words that might, in the sole discretion of the Advisor and/or the applicable Sponsor, be susceptible of indication of some form of relationship between the Company and the Advisor, Sponsor or any Affiliate thereof. Consistent with the foregoing, the parties acknowledge and agree that the Sponsors or one or more of their respective Affiliates may in the future organize, sponsor or otherwise permit to exist other investment vehicles (including vehicles for investment in real estate) and financial and service organizations using “Griffin,” “American Healthcare” and/or “The Healthcare Real Estate Experts” as a part of their name or one of their service marks, all without the need for any consent (and without the right to object thereto) by the Company or its Board. The parties acknowledge and agree that the Sponsors retain ownership of and reserve all Intellectual Property Rights in their respective Proprietary Property. To the extent that the Company has or obtains any claim to any right, title or interest in the Proprietary Property, including without limitation in any suggestions, enhancements or contributions that the Company may provide regarding the Proprietary Property, the Company hereby assigns and transfers exclusively to the applicable Sponsor all right, title and interest, including without limitation all Intellectual Property Rights, free and clear of any liens, encumbrances or licenses in favor of the Company or any other party, in and to the Proprietary Property. In addition, at the Advisor’s expense, the Company will perform any acts that may be deemed desirable by the Advisor to evidence more fully the transfer of ownership of right, title and interest in the Proprietary Property to the applicable Sponsor, including but not limited to the execution of any instruments or documents now or hereafter requested by the Advisor to perfect, defend or confirm the assignment described herein, in a form determined by the Advisor.
[SIGNATURES ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE.]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF
, the parties hereto have executed this Advisory Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
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GRIFFIN-AMERICAN HEALTHCARE REIT IV, INC.
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By:
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/s/ Jeffrey T. Hanson
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Name:
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Jeffrey T. Hanson
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Title:
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Chief Executive Officer
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GRIFFIN-AMERICAN HEALTHCARE REIT IV HOLDINGS, LP
By: Griffin-American Healthcare REIT IV, Inc., its General Partner
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By:
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/s/ Jeffrey T. Hanson
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Name:
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Jeffrey T. Hanson
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Title:
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Chief Executive Officer
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GRIFFIN-AMERICAN HEALTHCARE REIT IV ADVISOR, LLC
By: American Healthcare Investors, LLC, its Managing Member
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By:
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/s/ Danny Prosky
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Name:
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Danny Prosky
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Title:
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Managing Director
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Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership
of
Griffin-American Healthcare REIT IV Holdings, LP
(a Delaware limited partnership)
Dated February 16, 2016
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Griffin-American Healthcare REIT IV Holdings, LP
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Table of Contents
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Page
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1.
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Defined Terms
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1
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2.
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Organizational Matters
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15
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2.1.
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Formation
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15
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2.2.
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Name
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15
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2.3.
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Registered Office and Agent
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16
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2.4.
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Principal Place of Business
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16
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2.5.
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Term and Termination
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16
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2.6.
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Power of Attorney
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16
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2.7.
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Effectiveness of this Agreement
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18
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3.
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Purpose and Powers
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18
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3.1.
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Purpose and Business
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18
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3.2.
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Powers
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19
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4.
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Capital Contributions; Partnership Units; Additional Funds
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20
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4.1.
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Capital Contributions of the Partners
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20
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4.2.
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Issuance of Additional Partnership Interests
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20
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4.3.
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Issuance of Securities by the General Partner
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21
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4.4.
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Additional Funds
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22
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4.5.
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No Third-Party Beneficiary
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23
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4.6.
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No Interest
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23
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4.7.
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No Preemptive Rights
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4.8.
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Capital Accounts
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23
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5.
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Distributions
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24
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5.1.
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Distributions
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24
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5.2.
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Qualification as a REIT
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25
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5.3.
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Withholding
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25
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5.4.
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Additional Partnership Interests
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25
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6.
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Allocations
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26
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6.1.
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Allocation of Profits and Losses
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26
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6.2.
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Special Allocations
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27
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6.3.
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Revisions to Allocations to Reflect Issuance of Partnership Interests
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7.
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Management and Operations of Business
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7.1.
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Management
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7.2.
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Certificate of Limited Partnership
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33
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7.3.
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Reimbursement of the General Partner
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33
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7.4.
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Acquisition of Limited Partner Interests by the General Partner
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7.5.
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Transactions with Affiliates
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34
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7.6.
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Indemnification
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7.7.
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Liability of the General Partner
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7.8.
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Other Matters Concerning the General Partner
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7.9.
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Title to Partnership Assets
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7.10.
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Reliance by Third Parties
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8.
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Rights and Obligations of Limited Partners
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8.1.
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Limitation of Liability
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8.2.
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No Right to Participate in the Management of Business
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8.3.
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Outside Activities of Limited Partners
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8.4.
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Return of Capital
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8.5.
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Rights of Limited Partners Relating to the Partnership
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8.6.
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Redemption Right
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9.
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Books, Records, Accounting and Reports
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9.1.
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Records and Accounting
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9.2.
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Reports
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10.
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Tax Matters
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10.1.
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Preparation of Tax Returns
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10.2.
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Tax Elections
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10.3.
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Tax Matters Partner
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10.4.
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Organizational Expenses
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10.5.
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Withholding
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11.
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Transfers and Withdrawals
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11.1.
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Restrictions on Transfer
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11.2.
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Transfer of the General Partner’s General Partner Interest
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11.3.
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Limited Partners’ Rights to Transfer
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11.4.
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Substituted Limited Partners
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11.5.
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Assignees
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11.6.
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General Provisions
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12.
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Admission of Partners
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12.1.
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Admission of Successor General Partner
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12.2.
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Admission of Additional Limited Partners
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12.3.
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Amendment of Agreement and Certificate of Limited Partnership
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13.
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Dissolution, Liquidation and Termination
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13.1.
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Dissolution
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13.2.
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Winding Up; Liquidation
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13.3.
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No Obligation to Contribute Deficit
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13.4.
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Notice of Dissolution
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13.5.
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Termination of Partnership and Cancellation of Certificate of Limited Partnership
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13.6.
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Reasonable Time for Winding-Up
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13.7.
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Waiver of Partition
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14.
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Amendment of Partnership Agreement; Meetings
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14.1.
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Amendments
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14.2.
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Meetings of the Partners
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15.
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General Provisions
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15.1.
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Addresses and Notice
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15.2.
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Titles and Captions
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15.3.
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Pronouns and Plurals
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15.4.
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Further Action
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15.5.
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Binding Effect
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15.6.
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Creditors
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15.7.
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Waiver
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15.8.
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Counterparts
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15.9.
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Applicable Law
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15.10.
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Invalidity of Provisions
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15.11.
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Merger
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15.12.
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No Rights as Stockholders
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15.13.
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Entire Agreement
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Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership
of
Griffin-American Healthcare REIT IV Holdings, LP
This Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Griffin-American Healthcare REIT IV Holdings, LP (this “
Agreement
”), dated as of February 16, 2016, is entered into by and among Griffin-American Healthcare REIT IV, Inc., a Maryland corporation, as general partner (the “
General Partner
”), and those Persons who have executed this Agreement or a counterpart hereof, or who become parties hereto pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
W I T N E S S E T H
WHEREAS
, the General Partner and the Initial Limited Partner formed Griffin-American Healthcare REIT IV Holdings, LP (the “
Partnership
”) as a limited partnership pursuant to the Act by filing a certificate of limited partnership with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on January 23, 2015, and entering into that certain Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Partnership dated as of January 23, 2015 (the “
Existing Partnership Agreement
”); and
WHEREAS
, the Partners desire to amend and restate the Existing Partnership Agreement in its entirety with this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE
, in consideration of the mutual covenants and obligations set forth in this Agreement, and of other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending legally to be bound, hereby agree as follows:
1.
Defined Terms
. Capitalized terms used in this Agreement (including exhibits, schedules and amendments) shall have the meanings set forth below or in the Section of this Agreement referred to below, except as otherwise expressly indicated or limited by the context in which they appear in this Agreement. All terms defined in this Agreement in the singular have the same meanings when used in the plural and vice versa. Accounting terms used but not otherwise defined shall have the meanings given to them under GAAP.
“
Act
” means the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act, as amended from time to time, and any successor to such statute.
“
Additional Limited Partner
” means a Person that has executed and delivered an additional limited partner signature page in the form required by the General Partner and has been admitted to the Partnership as a Limited Partner pursuant to Section 12.2.
“
Adjusted Capital Account Deficit
” means with respect to any Partner, the negative balance, if any, in such Partner’s Capital Account as of the end of any relevant Fiscal Year, determined after giving effect to the following adjustments:
(a) credit to such Capital Account any portion of such negative balance which such Partner (i) is treated as obligated to restore to the Partnership pursuant to the provisions of Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(c), or (ii) is deemed to be obligated to restore to the Partnership
pursuant to the penultimate sentences of Treasury Regulations Sections 1.704-2(g)(1) and 1.704-2(i)(5); and
(b) debit to such Capital Account the items described in Treasury Regulations Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5) and (6).
This definition of Adjusted Capital Account Deficit is intended to comply with the provisions of Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d) and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.
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Advisor
” means Griffin-American Healthcare REIT IV Advisor, LLC, the advisor to the Partnership and the General Partner pursuant to the Advisory Agreement.
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Advisory Agreement
” means that certain Advisory Agreement by and among the Advisor, the Partnership and the General Partner, as may be in effect from time to time.
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Advisor Participation in Sales Proceeds
” means the amount distributable to the Advisor pursuant to Sections 5.1(b)(iii)(A) and 5.1(c)(iii)(A) hereof.
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Affiliate
” means, with respect to any Person, (i) any Person directly or indirectly owning, controlling or holding, with the power to vote, ten percent or more of the outstanding voting securities of such other Person; (ii) any Person ten percent or more of whose outstanding voting securities are directly or indirectly owned, controlled or held, with the power to vote, by such other Person; (iii) any Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with such other Person; (iv) any executive officer, director, trustee or general partner of such other Person; and (v) any legal entity for which such Person acts as an executive officer, director, trustee or general partner. The term “control” (or any variation thereof) includes, without limitation, the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
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Agreement
” means this Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Griffin-American Healthcare REIT IV Holdings, LP, as originally executed and as it may be amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time, as the context requires.
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Appraised Value
” means the value of the Partnership Assets (including any portfolio premium) as determined by an appraisal made by an Independent Appraiser, unless the Advisor and the General Partner mutually agree on a different methodology.
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Articles of Incorporation
” means the General Partner’s Articles of Incorporation, filed with the Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation, or other organizational document governing the General Partner, as amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time.
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Assignee
” means a Person to whom one or more Partnership Units have been transferred in a manner permitted under this Agreement, but who has not become a Substituted Limited Partner, and who has the rights set forth in Section 11.5.
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Available Operating Cash
” means the cash flows derived by the Partnership from the operation of the Partnership’s business (other than any Net Sales Proceeds or Capital Contributions) before any deduction for depreciation or amortization and after deduction of:
(a) all operating costs and expenses including taxes;
(b) all payments of principal, interest and other charges in respect of any Partnership indebtedness;
(c) all expenditures for capital improvements to the Partnership assets or property; and
(d) all reserves, whether for working capital, debt repayment, new portfolio investments or otherwise (including for the redemption of Partnership Units) that are established by the General Partner in the exercise of its sole and absolute discretion.
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Business Day
” means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in Los Angeles, California are authorized or required by law to close.
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Capital Account
” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.8.
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Capital Contribution
” means, with respect to any Partner, any cash, cash equivalents or the fair market value of Contributed Property that such Partner contributes or is deemed to contribute to the Partnership pursuant to Section 4.
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Carrying Value
” means (a) with respect to a Contributed Property, the fair market value of such Contributed Property at the time such property is contributed, as determined by the General Partner and agreed to by the contributing partner, without reduction for any liabilities either assumed by the Partnership upon such contribution or to which such property was subject when contributed, reduced (but not below zero) by all Depreciation with respect to such property charged to the Partners’ Capital Accounts, and (b) with respect to any other Partnership Asset, the adjusted basis of such Partnership Asset for Federal income tax purposes, all as of the time of determination; except that the Carrying Values of all assets may, at the discretion of the general Partner, be adjusted to equal their respective fair market values (as determined by the General Partner), in accordance with the rules set forth in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f), as provided for in Section 4.8.
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Cash Amount
” means an amount of cash equal to the Value of the REIT Stock Amount on the Valuation Date, provided that in the case of Section 8.6(g), the “Cash Amount” shall equal the amount of cash equal to the General Partner’s payment to be made with respect to any REIT Stock tendered pursuant to a REIT Notice in accordance with the General Partner’s share repurchase plan.
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Certificate
” means the Certificate of Limited Partnership of the Partnership, filed on January 23, 2015, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time as herein provided in accordance with the Act.
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Claims
” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.6(a).
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Code
” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and any subsequent Federal law of similar import, and, to the extent applicable, any Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder.
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Common Stock
” means a share of the common stock of the General Partner, par value $.01 per share. Common Stock may be issued in one or more classes or series in accordance with the terms of the Articles of Incorporation. If there is more than one class or series of Common Stock, the term “Common Stock” shall, as the context requires, be deemed to refer to the class or series of Common Stock that correspond to the class or series of Partnership Units for which the reference to Common Stock is made.
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Consent
” means the consent or approval of a proposed action by a Partner given in accordance with Section 14.2.
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Consent of the Outside Limited Partners
” means the Consent of the Outside Limited Partners holding a number of Partnership Units greater than fifty percent (50%) of the aggregate Partnership Units held by all Outside Limited Partners.
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Contributed Property
” means each property or other asset (but excluding cash and cash equivalents), in such form as may be contributed by a Partner to the Partnership as permitted by the Act.
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Deferred Payment Election
” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.6(n)(i).
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Deferred Termination Amount
” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.6(n)(i).
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Depreciation
” means, for each Fiscal Year, an amount equal to the depreciation, amortization or other cost recovery deduction allowable with respect to an asset for such year or other period for Federal income tax purposes; provided, that if the Carrying Value of an asset differs from its adjusted basis for Federal income tax purposes at the beginning of any such year or other period, Depreciation shall be determined in the manner described in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(g)(3) or 1.704-3(d)(2), whichever is applicable, and if such asset has a zero adjusted tax basis, Depreciation shall be an amount determined under any reasonable method selected by the General Partner.
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Effective Date
” means the date of first closing of the offering of Common Stock pursuant to the Registration Statement.
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6.0% Return
” means, with respect to each of the General Partner and Limited Partners with respect to Partnership Units issued in connection with the acquisition of the Included Assets, an amount calculated like simple interest at the rate of six percent (6.0%) per annum calculated on the varying daily balances of such Partner’s Invested Capital, in each case during the period to which the 6.0% Return relates, and determined on the basis of a 360-day year/30-day month, cumulative for the period for which such 6.0% Return is being determined.
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6.0% Return Account
” means, with respect to each Partner, as of any relevant date, an amount equal to the excess of (i) the 6.0% Return that has accrued with respect to the Invested
Capital of such Partner through such date, over (ii) the sum of (A) the cumulative distributions of Available Operating Cash and Net Sales Proceeds made to such Partner on or prior to such date pursuant to Sections 5.1(b)(ii), 5.1(c)(ii) and 13.2(a)(ii) hereof (to the extent such distributions constitute a distribution of such Partner’s accrued and unpaid 6.0% Return Account), and (B) the cumulative amounts paid to such Partner in redemption of its Partnership Units pursuant to Section 8.6 as of such date (to the extent such payments are attributable to such Partner’s accrued and unpaid 6.0% Return Account), in the case of each of clauses (A) and (B), excluding any distributions and payments that are applied to reduce the Unrecovered Contribution Account of such Partner. All amounts distributed and paid to a Partner pursuant to Sections 5.1, 8.6 and 13.2(a)(ii) shall first be applied to reduce the Unrecovered Contribution Account of such Partner until the balance of its Unrecovered Contribution Account equals zero ($0), and then shall be applied to reduce the 6.0% Return Account of such Partner.
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Entity
” means any general partnership, limited liability company, proprietorship, corporation, joint venture, joint-stock company, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, business trust, firm, trust, estate, governmental entity, cooperative, association or other foreign or domestic enterprise.
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ERISA
” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time (or any corresponding provisions of succeeding laws).
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Fiscal Year
” means the fiscal year of the Partnership and shall be the same as its taxable year, which shall be the calendar year unless otherwise determined by the General Partner in accordance with the Code.
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GAAP
” means accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, as in effect from time to time.
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General Partner
” means Griffin-American Healthcare REIT IV, Inc., a Maryland corporation, and any successor as general partner of the Partnership.
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General Partner Interest
” means a Partnership Interest held by the General Partner, in its capacity as general partner. A General Partner Interest may be expressed as a number of Partnership Units.
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Incapacity
” or “
Incapacitated
” means:
(a) as to any individual Partner, death, total physical disability or entry by a court of competent jurisdiction adjudicating him incompetent to manage his person or his estate;
(b) as to any corporation that is a Partner, the filing of a certificate of dissolution, or its equivalent, for the corporation or the revocation of its charter;
(c) as to any partnership that is a Partner, the dissolution and commencement of winding up of the partnership;
(d) as to any estate that is a Partner, the distribution by the fiduciary of the estate’s entire interest in the Partnership;
(e) as to any trustee of a trust that is a Partner, the termination of the trust (but not the substitution of a new trustee); or
(f) as to any Partner, the bankruptcy of such Partner, which shall be deemed to have occurred when:
(i) the Partner commences a voluntary proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect;
(ii) the Partner is adjudged as bankrupt or insolvent, or a final and nonappealable order for relief under any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law now or hereafter in effect has been entered against the Partner;
(iii) the Partner executes and delivers a general assignment for the benefit of the Partner’s creditors;
(iv) the Partner files an answer or other pleading admitting or failing to contest the material allegations of a petition filed against the Partner in any proceeding of the nature described in clause (ii) above;
(v) the Partner seeks, consents to or acquiesces in the appointment of a trustee, receiver or liquidator for the Partner or for all or any substantial part of the Partner’s assets;
(vi) any proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief of or against such Partner under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect has not been dismissed within one hundred twenty (120) days after the commencement thereof;
(vii) the appointment without the Partner’s consent or acquiescence of a trustee, receiver or liquidator has not been vacated or stayed within ninety (90) days of such appointment; or
(viii) an appointment referred to in clause (vii) which has been stayed is not vacated within ninety (90) days after the expiration of any such stay.
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Included Assets
” means the Partnership Assets owned by the Partnership as of the date of the Termination Event plus any Partnership Assets acquired after the date of the Termination Event for which the Advisor was entitled to receive an Acquisition Fee (as defined in the Advisory Agreement) for services rendered; provided, however, no assets shall be counted twice.
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Indemnitee
” means:
(a) any Person made a party to a proceeding by reason of its status as:
(i) the General Partner,
(ii) a Limited Partner,
(iii) the Advisor,
(iv) an Affiliate of the General Partner or the Advisor and any director, trustee, manager, member, officer or employee of the Partnership, the General Partner or the Advisor, or
(v) a director, trustee, manager, member or officer of any other Entity, serving in such capacity at the request of the Partnership, the General Partner or the Advisor, acting on behalf of the Partnership or the General Partner, or
(b) such other Persons as the General Partner may designate from time to time (whether before or after the event giving rise to potential liability), in its sole and absolute discretion.
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Independent Appraiser
” means an appraiser of real estate with no material current or prior business or personal relationship with the Advisor, the Partnership, the General Partner or the directors of the General Partner, that, in the determination of the General Partner, is qualified to appraise real estate by virtue of being engaged to a substantial extent in the business of rendering opinions regarding the value of assets of the type held by the Partnership. Membership in a nationally recognized appraisal society such as the American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers or the Society of Real Estate Appraisers shall be conclusive evidence of such qualification.
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Initial Limited Partner
” means Griffin-American Healthcare REIT IV Advisor, LLC.
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Internalization
” means any internalization by the Partnership or General Partner of management functions from the Advisor.
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Invested Capital
” means, with respect to each Partner, as of any relevant date, an amount equal to the excess of (i)(a) in the case of the General Partner, the aggregate amount of cash contributed or deemed contributed by the General Partner to the Partnership from the gross proceeds of the issuance by the General Partner of REIT Stock or other equity Securities pursuant to Section 4 hereof or (b) in the case of a Limited Partner, the aggregate amount of cash contributed or deemed contributed by such Limited Partner to the Partnership pursuant to Section 4 hereof in exchange for Partnership Units issued to fund the acquisition of the Included Assets over (ii) the sum of (A) the cumulative distributions of Available Operating Cash and Net Sales Proceeds made to such Partner on or prior to such relevant date pursuant to Sections 5.1(b)(i), 5.1(c)(i) and 13.2(a)(ii) hereof (to the extent distributions under Section 13.2(a)(ii) hereof to such Partner constitute a return of the contributions described in the preceding clause (i)) and (B) the cumulative amounts paid to such Partner in redemption of its Partnership Units pursuant to Section 8.6 as of such date.
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Joint Venture
” means those joint venture or partnership arrangements in which the Partnership or any of its subsidiaries is a co-venturer or general partner established to acquire or hold assets.
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Lien
” means any lien, security interest, mortgage, deed of trust, charge, claim, encumbrance, pledge, option, right of first offer or first refusal and any other right or interest of others of any kind or nature, actual or contingent, or other similar encumbrance of any nature whatsoever.
“
Limited Partner
” means, prior to the admission of the first Additional Limited Partner to the Partnership, the Initial Limited Partner, and thereafter any Person named as a limited partner of the Partnership in
Exhibit A
, as such Exhibit may be amended from time to time, upon the execution and delivery by such Person of an additional limited partner signature page, including any Additional Limited Partner or Substituted Limited Partner in each case, in such Person’s capacity as a limited partner of the Partnership.
“
Limited Partner Interest
” means a Partnership Interest of a Limited Partner in the Partnership. A Limited Partner Interest may be expressed as a number of Partnership Units.
“
Liquidating Event
” has the meaning set forth in Section 13.1.
“
Liquidator
” has the meaning set forth in Section 13.2(a).
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Listed Market Price
” means, with respect to a share of REIT Stock for a specified trading day, the last reported sale price on such day or, if no sale takes place on such day, the average of the closing bid and asked prices on such day, as reported on the national securities exchange on which the REIT Stock is listed for trading.
“
Listing Amount
” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.6(m).
“
Listing Event
” means the listing of the REIT Stock on (i) the New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE MKT LLC., or the Global Market or Global Select Market of the Nasdaq Stock Market (or any successor to such entities) or (ii) a national securities exchange (or tier or segment thereof) that has listing standards that the Securities and Exchange Commission has determined by rule are substantially similar to the listing standards applicable to securities described in Section 18(b)(1)(A) of the Securities Act.
“
Listing Date
” means the date on which a Listing Event occurs.
“
Losses
” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.2(f).
“
Market Value
” means the market value of the REIT Stock as of the date of a Listing Event, which shall be equal to the product of (a) the number of shares of REIT Stock issued and outstanding at the time of the Listing Event, multiplied by (b) the highest average Listed Market Price of a share of REIT Stock over any 20 consecutive trading days during the period beginning on the 30th day after the Listing Date and ending on the 270th day after the Listing Date.
“
Merger
” means (a) the merger of the General Partner or the Partnership with another Entity or any other transaction where the General Partner or the stockholders of the General Partner receive cash and/or shares of such Entity’s (or such Entity’s Affiliate’s) stock and/or other securities, in
exchange for their shares of REIT Stock and/or their Partnership Units or (b) a Liquidating Event that is a Terminating Sale Transaction.
“
Merger Closing Date
” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.6(o).
“
Mortgage
” means in connection with mortgage financing provided, invested in, participated in or purchased by the Partnership, all of the notes, deeds of trust, security interests or other evidences of indebtedness or obligations, which are secured or collateralized by Real Property owned by the borrowers under such notes, deeds of trust, security interests or other evidences of indebtedness or obligations.
“NASAA Guidelines
” means the North American Securities Administrators Association, Inc. Statement of Policy Regarding Real Estate Investment Trusts.
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Net Assets
” means the total assets of the Partnership (other than intangibles) at cost, before deducting depreciation, reserves for bad debts or other non-cash reserves, less total liabilities, calculated quarterly by the Partnership on a basis consistently applied.
“
Net Sales Proceeds
” means (1) in the case of a transaction described in clause (a)(i) of the definition of Sale, the proceeds of any such transaction less the amount of selling expenses incurred by or on behalf of the Partnership, including all real estate commissions, closing costs and legal fees and expenses; (2) in the case of a transaction described in clause (a)(ii) of the definition of Sale, Net Sales Proceeds means the proceeds of any such transaction less the amount of selling expenses incurred by or on behalf of the Partnership, including any legal fees and expenses and other selling expenses incurred in connection with such transaction; (3) in the case of a transaction described in clause (a)(iii) of the definition of Sale, Net Sales Proceeds means the proceeds of any such transaction actually distributed to the Partnership from the Joint Venture less the amount of any selling expenses, including legal fees and expenses incurred by or on behalf of the Partnership (other than those paid by the Joint Venture); (4) in the case of a transaction or series of transactions described in clause (a)(iv) of the definition of Sale, Net Sales Proceeds means the proceeds of any such transaction (including the aggregate of all payments under a Mortgage on or in satisfaction thereof other than regularly scheduled interest payments) less the amount of selling expenses incurred by or on behalf of the Partnership, including all commissions, closing costs and legal fees and expenses; and (5) in the case of a transaction described in clause (a)(v) of the definition of Sale, Net Sales Proceeds means the proceeds of any such transaction less the amount of selling expenses incurred by or on behalf of the Partnership, including any legal fees and expenses and other selling expenses incurred in connection with such transaction. In the case of a transaction described in clause (b) of the definition of Sale, Net Sales Proceeds means the proceeds of such transaction or series of transactions less all amounts generated thereby which are reinvested in one or more Partnership Assets within 180 days thereafter and less the amount of any real estate commissions, closing costs, and legal fees and expenses and other selling expenses incurred by or allocated to the Partnership in connection with such transaction or series of transactions. Net Sales Proceeds shall also include any amounts that the General Partner determines, in its discretion, to be economically equivalent to the proceeds of a Sale. Net Sales Proceeds shall not include (i) any reserves established by the General Partner, in its sole discretion and; (ii) the receipt by the Partnership of Capital Contributions.
“
New Allocations
” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.1(d).
“
Nonrecourse Deductions
” has the meaning set forth in Treasury Regulations Sections 1.704-2(b)(1) and 1.704-2(c).
“
Nonrecourse Liabilities
” has the meaning set forth in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(b)(3).
“
Notice of Redemption Request
” means a notice of redemption request substantially in the form of
Exhibit B
attached hereto.
“
Other Liquidity Event
” means a Liquidating Event (other than a Terminating Sale Transaction), a liquidation of the Partnership or a Merger.
“
Outside Limited Partners
” means the Limited Partners, excluding the Initial Limited Partner and any Limited Partner that is an Affiliate of the General Partner or the Initial Limited Partner.
“
Partner
” means a General Partner or a Limited Partner, and “
Partners
” means the General Partner and the Limited Partners, collectively.
“
Partner Minimum Gain
” means an amount, with respect to each Partner’s Partner Nonrecourse Debt, equal to the Partnership Minimum Gain that would result if such Partner Nonrecourse Debt were treated as a Nonrecourse Liability, determined in accordance with Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(3).
“
Partner Nonrecourse Debt
” has the meaning set forth in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(b)(4).
“
Partner Nonrecourse Deductions
” has the meaning set forth in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(2), and the amount of Partner Nonrecourse Deductions with respect to a Partner Nonrecourse Debt for a Partnership taxable year shall be determined in accordance with the rules of Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(2).
“
Partnership
” means Griffin-American Healthcare REIT IV Holdings, LP, and any successor thereto.
“
Partnership Asset
” means the interest of the Partnership in any Entity or security (whether in corporate securities, equity, debt or hybrid securities, partnership or joint venture interests, other contractual rights or otherwise), or any other Real Estate Assets or other assets owned, directly or indirectly, by the Partnership, as determined by the General Partner.
“
Partnership Interest
” means the entire ownership interest of a Partner in the Partnership at any particular time, which represents a Capital Contribution by such Partner and which includes the right of such Partner to any and all benefits to which such Partner may be entitled as provided in this Agreement, together with the obligations of such Partner to comply with all terms and
provisions of this Agreement. A Partnership Interest may be expressed as a number of Partnership Units.
“
Partnership Minimum Gain
” has the meaning set forth in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(b)(2), and the amount of Partnership Minimum Gain, as well as any net increase or decrease in a Partnership Minimum Gain, for a Partnership taxable year shall be determined in accordance with the rules of Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(d).
“
Partnership Record Date
” means the record date established by the General Partner for the distribution by the Partnership of Available Operating Cash, Net Sales Proceeds or other Partnership Assets pursuant to Section 5.1 hereof, which record date shall be the same as the record date established by the General Partner for a distribution to its stockholders of some or all of its portion of such distribution by the Partnership.
“
Partnership Unit
” means a unit of Partnership Interest with the rights, powers and duties set forth herein, designated as such on
Exhibit A
and expressed in the number set forth on
Exhibit A
, as such exhibit may be amended from time to time.
“
Percentage Interest
” means, as to each Partner, the percentage determined by dividing the total number of Partnership Units owned by such Partner by the aggregate number of Partnership Units then issued and outstanding, as set forth on
Exhibit A
, as such exhibit may be amended from time to time.
“
Permitted Transferee
” means, with respect to a Person, (a) any Affiliate of such Person, (b) the spouse of such Person or any ancestor, descendent or sibling of such Person or of the spouse of such Person, or (c) any trust for the benefit of such Person or any other person described in clause (b) of this definition.
“
Person
” means any individual or Entity, and the heirs, executors, administrators, legal representatives, successors and assigns of such individual or Entity where the context so permits.
“
Profits
” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.2(f).
“
Prohibited Transferee
” means any Person who is acting, directly or indirectly:
(a) in contravention of any U.S. or international laws and regulations, including without limitation any anti-money laundering or anti-terrorist financing sanction, regulation, or law promulgated by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury (“
OFAC
”) or any other U.S. governmental entity (such sanctions, regulations and laws, together with any supplement or amendment thereto, the “
U.S. Sanctions Laws
”) such that the Transfer or the performance of any of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement would contravene such U.S. Sanctions Laws; or
(b) on behalf of terrorists or terrorist organizations, including those persons or entities that are included on the List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons maintained
by OFAC, as such list may be amended from time to time, or any other lists of similar import as to any non-U.S. country, individual, or Entity.
“
Property
” or “
Properties
” means, as the context requires, any, or all, respectively, of the Real Property acquired by the Partnership, directly or indirectly through joint venture arrangements or other partnership or investment interests.
“
Real Estate Assets
” means unimproved and improved real property, real estate-related assets and any direct or indirect interest therein (including, without limitation, fee or leasehold interests, options, leases, partnership and joint venture interests, equity and debt securities of entities that own real estate, first or second mortgages on real property, mezzanine loans secured by junior liens on real property, preferred equity interests secured by a property owner’s interest in real property and other contractual rights in real estate).
“
Real Property
” means land, rights in land (including leasehold interests), and any buildings, structures, improvements, furnishings, fixtures and equipment located on or used in connection with land and rights or interests in land.
“
Redeeming Partner
” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.6(a).
“
Redemption Amount
” means either the Cash Amount or the REIT Stock Amount, as determined by the General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion.
“
Redemption Right
” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.6(a).
“
Registration Statement
” means the Registration Statement on Form S-11 filed by the General Partner with the Securities and Exchange Commission on, or about February 10, 2015, and any amendments and supplement thereto made at any time.
“
Regulatory Allocations
” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.2(g).
“
REIT
” means a “real estate investment trust” as defined under Section 856 of the Code.
“
REIT Notice
” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.6(g).
“
REIT Requirements
” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.2.
“
REIT Stock
” means the Common Stock and all other shares of capital stock of the General Partner.
“
REIT Stock Amount
” means a number of shares of REIT Stock equal to the number of Partnership Units offered for redemption by a Redeeming Partner; provided that in the event that the General Partner issues to all holders of REIT Stock rights, options, warrants, or convertible or exchangeable securities entitling stockholders of the General Partner to acquire REIT Stock, or any other securities or property (collectively, the “rights”), then the REIT Stock Amount shall also include such rights that a holder of that number of shares of REIT Stock would be entitled to receive.
“
Sale
” means:
(a) any transaction or series of transactions other than a Merger whereby:
(i) the Partnership directly or indirectly (except as described in other subsections of this definition) sells, grants, transfers, conveys, or relinquishes its ownership of any Property or portion thereof, including the lease of any Property consisting of a building only, and including any event with respect to any Property which gives rise to a significant amount of insurance proceeds or condemnation awards;
(ii) the Partnership directly or indirectly (except as described in other subsections of this definition) sells, grants, transfers, conveys, or relinquishes its ownership of all or substantially all of the interest of the Partnership in any Joint Venture in which it is a co-venturer or partner;
(iii) any Joint Venture directly or indirectly (except as described in other subsections of this definition) in which the Partnership as a co-venturer or partner sells, grants, transfers, conveys, or relinquishes its ownership of any Property or portion thereof, including any event with respect to any Property which gives rise to insurance claims or condemnation awards;
(iv) the Partnership directly or indirectly (except as described in other subsections of this definition) sells, grants, conveys or relinquishes its interest in any Mortgage or portion thereof (including with respect to any Mortgage, all payments thereunder or in satisfaction thereof other than regularly scheduled interest payments) of amounts owed pursuant to such Mortgage and any event which gives rise to a significant amount of insurance proceeds or similar awards; or
(v) the Partnership directly or indirectly (except as described in other subsections of this definition) sells, grants, transfers, conveys, or relinquishes its ownership of any other Partnership 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 (v) above in which the proceeds of such transaction or series of transactions are reinvested by the Partnership in one or more Partnership Assets within 180 days thereafter, and not including the receipt by the Partnership of Capital Contributions.
“
Securities
” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.3(a).
“
Securities Act
” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“
Separate Asset Value
” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.6(n)(i).
“
Specified Redemption Date
” means the tenth (10th) Business Day after receipt by the General Partner of a Notice of Redemption Request (or, in the case of the General Partner exercising the Redemption Right, after the date of the General Partner’s receipt of a REIT Notice).
“
Stock Incentive Plans
” means, collectively, any and all plans adopted from time to time by the General Partner pursuant to which REIT Stock is issued, or options to acquire REIT Stock are granted, to employees or directors of the General Partner, employees of the Partnership or employees of their respective Affiliates in consideration for services or future services.
“
Subsidiary
” means, with respect to any Person, any Entity of which a majority of the voting power or the voting equity securities, and/or the outstanding equity interests (whether or not voting), is owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person.
“
Substituted Limited Partner
” means a Person who is admitted as a Limited Partner to the Partnership pursuant to Section 11.4 hereof.
“
Terminating Sale Transaction
” means any sale or other disposition (other than a deemed disposition pursuant to Code Section 708(b)(1)(B) and the Treasury Regulations thereunder) of all or substantially all of the assets of the Partnership or a related series of transactions that, taken together, result in the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Partnership.
“
Termination Amount
” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.6(n)(i).
“
Termination Event
” means the expiration of the Advisory Agreement or any termination of the Advisor as advisor to the Partnership and the General Partner under the terms of the Advisory Agreement including, without limitation, as a result of an Internalization, other than any termination of the Advisory Agreement due to (i) the occurrence of a Listing Event, (ii) the occurrence of an Other Liquidity Event.
“
Termination Note
” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.6(n)(iii).
“
Transfer
” means to give, sell, assign, gift, pledge, encumber, hypothecate, mortgage, exchange, devise, bequeath, or otherwise dispose of, transfer, or permit to be transferred, during life or at death. The word “Transfer,” when used as a noun, shall mean any Transfer transaction. When used with respect to a Partnership Interest or a Partnership Unit, “Transfer” shall be deemed to refer to a transaction by which (i) the General Partner purports to assign all or any part of its General Partner Interest to another Person or (ii) a Limited Partner purports to assign all or any part of its Limited Partner Interest to another Person, provided that, in each case, for purposes of the restrictions on Transfers under Section 11, “Transfer” does not include any redemption of Partnership Units or other Partnership Interests for cash or REIT Stock pursuant to Section 8.6.
“
Treasury Regulations
” means the Federal income tax regulations, including any temporary or proposed regulations, promulgated under the Code, as such Treasury Regulations may be amended from time to time (it being understood that all references herein to specific sections of the Treasury Regulations shall be deemed also to refer to any corresponding provisions of succeeding Treasury Regulations).
“
Unrecovered Contribution Account
” means, with respect to each Partner, as of any relevant date, the excess of (i) the aggregate amount of cash contributed or deemed contributed by such Partner to the Partnership pursuant to the provisions of Section 4 as of such date, over (ii) the
sum of (A) the cumulative distributions of Available Operating Cash and Net Sales Proceeds made to such Partner on or prior to such relevant date pursuant to Sections 5.1(b)(i), 5.1(c)(i) and 13.2(a)(ii) hereof (to the extent distributions under Section 13.2(a)(ii) hereof to such Partner constitute a return of the contributions described in the preceding clause (i)), and (B) the cumulative amounts paid to such Partner in redemption of its Partnership Units pursuant to Section 8.6 as of such date. All amounts distributed and paid to a Partner pursuant to Sections 5.1, 8.6 and 13.2(a)(ii) shall first be applied to reduce the Unrecovered Contribution Account of such Partner until the balance of its Unrecovered Contribution Account equals zero ($0), and then shall be applied to reduce the 6.0% Return Account of such Partner.
“
Valuation Date
” means the date of receipt by the General Partner of a Notice of Redemption Request (or, in the case of the General Partner exercising the Redemption Right, the date of the General Partner’s receipt of a REIT Notice) or, if such date is not a Business Day, the first Business Day thereafter.
“
Value
” means, with respect to a share of REIT Stock, (a) if REIT Stock is traded on a national securities exchange or otherwise traded over-the-counter, the average of the daily Market Price (as defined below) for shares of REIT Stock for the ten (10) consecutive trading days immediately preceding the Valuation Date, or (b) if REIT Stock is not traded in a manner described in clause (a), the value of a share of REIT Stock as determined by the General Partner acting in good faith on the basis of such quotations and other information as it considers, in its reasonable judgment, appropriate. The “
Market Price
” for each such trading day shall be (i) the last reported sale price on such day or, if no sale takes place on such day, the average of the closing bid and asked prices on such day, as reported by a reliable quotation source designated by the General Partner; (ii) if no such last reported sale price or closing bid and asked prices are available, the average of the reported high bid and low asked prices on such day, as reported by a reliable quotation source designated by the General Partner, or (iii) if there shall be no bid and asked prices on such day, the average of the high bid and low asked prices, as so reported, on the most recent day (not more than ten (10) days prior to the date in question) for which prices have been so reported. In the event the REIT Stock Amount includes rights that a holder of REIT Stock would be entitled to receive, then the Value of such rights shall be determined by the General Partner acting in good faith on the basis of such quotations and other information as it considers, in its reasonable judgment, appropriate.
2.
Organizational Matters
.
2.1.
Formation
. The Partnership is a limited partnership organized pursuant to the provisions of the Act and upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement. Except as expressly provided herein to the contrary, the rights and obligations of the Partners and the administration and termination of the Partnership shall be governed by the Act.
2.2.
Name
. The name of the Partnership is Griffin-American Healthcare REIT IV Holdings, LP. The Partnership’s business may be conducted under such name or under any other name or names deemed advisable by the General Partner, including the name of the General Partner or any Affiliate thereof. The words “Limited Partnership,” “LP,” “Ltd.” or similar words or letters shall be included in the Partnership’s name where necessary for the purposes of complying with the laws of any jurisdiction that so requires. The General Partner, acting in its sole and absolute
discretion without the Consent of any Limited Partner, may change the name of the Partnership. The General Partner shall notify the Limited Partners of any such name change in the next regular communication to the Limited Partners. Upon termination of the Partnership or the termination, resignation or withdrawal of the Initial Limited Partner as the Advisor, all of the Partnership’s right, title and interest in and to the use of the name “Griffin-American Healthcare REIT IV Holdings, LP” and any variation thereof, shall become the property of the Initial Limited Partner, and if requested to do so by the Initial Limited Partner, the Partnership shall change the name of the Partnership to exclude the term “Griffin-American.” Neither the Partnership nor any Limited Partner other than the Initial Limited Partner shall have any right or interest in and to the use of any such name or mark.
2.3.
Registered Office and Agent
. The address of the registered office of the Partnership in the State of Delaware shall be c/o Corporation Service Company
,
2711 Centerville Road, Suite 400, Wilmington, New Castle County, DE 19808, or such other place as may be designated from time to time by the General Partner. The name of the registered agent for service of process on the Partnership in the State of Delaware at such address shall be Corporation Service Company, or such other Person as may be designated from time to time by the General Partner.
2.4.
Principal Place of Business
. The principal office of the Partnership shall be 18191 Von Karman Avenue, Suite 300, Irvine, California 92612, or such other place as the General Partner may from time to time designate by notice to the Limited Partners. The Partnership may maintain offices at such other place or places within or outside the State of Delaware as the General Partner deems advisable.
2.5.
Term and Termination
. The term of the Partnership shall commence on the date hereof and shall continue until December 31, 2043, unless the Partnership is dissolved sooner pursuant to the provisions of Section 13 or as otherwise provided by law.
2.6.
Power of Attorney
.
(a) Each Limited Partner and each Assignee who accepts Partnership Units (or any other Partnership Interest or any rights, benefits or privileges associated therewith) is deemed to irrevocably constitute and appoint the General Partner, any Liquidator and authorized officers and attorneys-in-fact of each, and each such Person acting singly, in each case with full power of substitution, as its true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority in its name, place and stead to:
(i) execute, swear to, acknowledge, deliver, file and record in the appropriate public offices:
(A) all certificates, documents and other instruments (including, without limitation, this Agreement and the Certificate and all amendments or restatements thereof) that the General Partner or the Liquidator deems appropriate or necessary to form, qualify or continue the existence or qualification of the Partnership as a limited partnership (or a partnership in which the Limited Partners have limited liability) in the State of Delaware
and in all other jurisdictions in which the Partnership may or plans to conduct business or own property, including, without limitation, any documents necessary or advisable to convey any Contributed Property to the Partnership;
(B) all instruments that the General Partner or any Liquidator deems appropriate or necessary to reflect any amendment, change, modification or restatement of this Agreement in accordance with its terms;
(C) all conveyances and other instruments or documents that the General Partner or any Liquidator deems appropriate or necessary to reflect the dissolution and liquidation of the Partnership pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, including, without limitation, a certificate of cancellation;
(D) all instruments relating to the admission, withdrawal, removal or substitution of any Partner pursuant to, or other events described in, Section 11, 12, or 13 hereof or any Capital Contribution of any Partner;
(E) all certificates, documents and other instruments relating to the determination of the rights, preferences and privileges of Partnership Interests;
(F) all amendments to this Agreement as provided in Section 14.1 hereof; and
(G) all other instruments that may be required by law to be filed on behalf of or relating to the Partnership and that are not inconsistent with this Agreement; and
(ii) execute, swear to, seal, acknowledge and file all ballots, consents, approvals, waivers, certificates and other instruments appropriate or necessary, in the sole and absolute discretion of the General Partner or any Liquidator, to make, evidence, give, confirm or ratify any vote, consent, approval, agreement or other action which is made or given by the Partners hereunder.
Nothing contained herein shall be construed as authorizing the General Partner or any Liquidator to amend this Agreement except in accordance with Section 14.1 hereof or as may be otherwise expressly provided for in this Agreement.
(b) The foregoing power of attorney is hereby declared to be irrevocable and a power coupled with an interest, in recognition of the fact that each of the Partners will be relying upon the power of the General Partner and any Liquidator to act as contemplated by this Agreement in any filing or other action by it on behalf of the Partnership, and it shall survive and not be affected by the subsequent Incapacity of any Limited Partner or Assignee and/or the Transfer of all or any portion of such Limited Partner’s or Assignee’s Partnership Units, except where all of a Limited Partner’s or Assignee’s Partnership Units are being Transferred and the Assignee thereof with the consent of the General Partner is admitted as
a Substituted Limited Partner; provided, however, the power of attorney shall survive the delivery of such Transfer for the sole purpose of enabling any such attorney-in-fact to effect such substitution. This power of attorney does not supersede any part of this Agreement, nor is it to be used to deprive any Limited Partner of its rights hereunder. It is intended only to facilitate the execution of documents and the carrying out of other procedural or ministerial functions and shall extend to such Limited Partner’s or Assignee’s heirs, successors, assigns and personal representatives.
(c) Each such Limited Partner or Assignee hereby agrees to be bound by any representation made by the General Partner or any Liquidator, acting in good faith pursuant to such power of attorney, and each such Limited Partner or Assignee hereby waives any and all defenses which may be available to contest, negate or disaffirm the action of the General Partner or any Liquidator, taken in good faith under such power of attorney.
(d) Each Limited Partner or Assignee shall execute and deliver to the General Partner or the Liquidator, within fifteen (15) days after receipt of the General Partner’s or Liquidator’s request therefor, such further designation, powers of attorney and other instruments as the General Partner or the Liquidator, as the case may be, deems necessary to effectuate this Agreement and the purposes of the Partnership.
(e) Any Person dealing with the Partnership may conclusively presume and rely upon the fact that any instrument referred to in this Section 2.6, executed by the General Partner or the Liquidator acting as attorney-in-fact, is authorized by and binding on the Partnership, without further inquiry.
2.7.
Effectiveness of this Agreement
. This Agreement shall govern the operations of the Partnership and the rights and restrictions applicable to the Partners, to the extent permitted by law. Pursuant to Section 17-101(12) of the Act, all Persons who become holders of Partnership Interests shall be bound by the provisions of this Agreement. The execution by a Person of this Agreement and acceptance thereof by the General Partner in accordance with the terms of this Agreement or the receipt of Partnership Interests by a Person as a successor or assign of an existing Partner and the consent of the General Partner to the admission of such Person as a Substituted Limited Partner in accordance with the terms of this Agreement shall be deemed to constitute a request that the records of the Partnership reflect such admission, and shall be deemed to be a sufficient act to comply with the requirements of Section 17-101(12) of the Act and to so cause that Person to become a Partner as of the date of acceptance of its Capital Contribution by the Partnership and to bind that Person to the terms and conditions of this Agreement (and to entitle that Person to the rights of a Partner hereunder).
3.
Purpose and Powers
.
3.1.
Purpose and Business
. The purpose and nature of the business to be conducted by the Partnership is to conduct any business that may be lawfully conducted by a limited partnership organized pursuant to the Act including, without limitation, to engage in the following activities:
(a) to acquire, hold, own, develop, construct, improve, maintain, operate, sell, lease, transfer, encumber, convey, exchange and otherwise dispose of or deal with Real Estate Assets;
(b) to acquire, hold, own, develop, construct, improve, maintain, operate, sell, lease, transfer, encumber, convey, exchange and otherwise dispose of or deal with other real and personal property of all kinds;
(c) acquire own, hold for investment and ultimately dispose of general and limited partner interests, and stock, warrants, options or other equity and debt interests in Entities, and exercise all rights and powers granted to the owner of any such interests;
(d) make any type of investment and engage in any other lawful act or activity for which limited partnerships may be formed under the Act, and by such statement all lawful acts and activities shall be within the purposes of the Partnership;
(e) to undertake such other activities as may be necessary, advisable, desirable or convenient to the business of the Partnership; and
(f) to engage in such other ancillary activities as shall be necessary or desirable to effectuate the foregoing purposes;
provided, however, that such business shall be limited to and conducted in such a manner as to permit the General Partner at all times to be classified as a REIT, unless the General Partner determines not to qualify as a REIT or ceases to qualify as a REIT for reasons other than the conduct of the business of the Partnership.
3.2.
Powers
.
(a) The Partnership is empowered to do any and all acts and things necessary, appropriate, proper, advisable, incidental to or convenient for the furtherance and accomplishment of the purposes and business described in Section 3.1 and for the protection and benefit of the Partnership including, without limitation, full power and authority to enter into, perform, and carry out contracts of any kind, to borrow money and to issue evidences of indebtedness, whether or not secured by mortgage, trust deed, pledge or other Lien, and, directly or indirectly, to acquire, hold, own, develop, construct, improve, maintain and operate Real Estate Assets, and to sell, lease, transfer, encumber, convey, exchange and otherwise dispose of Real Estate Assets.
(b) The General Partner also is empowered to do any and all acts and things necessary, appropriate or advisable to ensure that the Partnership will not be classified as a “publicly traded partnership” within the meaning of Section 7704 of the Code, including, but not limited to, imposing restrictions on Transfers of Partnership Units.
4.
Capital Contributions; Partnership Units; Additional Funds
.
4.1.
Capital Contributions of the Partners
.
(a)
Initial Capital Contributions
. The General Partner and the Initial Limited Partner have made or shall make the Capital Contributions as set forth on
Exhibit A
to this Agreement in exchange for the number of Partnership Units set forth opposite their names on
Exhibit A
. At such time as Additional Limited Partners are admitted to the Partnership, each such Additional Limited Partner shall make Capital Contributions in the amount set forth opposite such Limited Partner’s name on
Exhibit A
, as it shall be amended at the time of such contribution.
(b)
Deemed Capital Contributions
. To the extent the Partnership acquires any property by the merger of any other Person into the Partnership or the contribution of assets by any other Person to the Partnership, Persons who receive Partnership Interests in exchange for their interests in the Person merging into or contributing assets to the Partnership shall become Partners and shall be deemed to have made Capital Contributions as provided in the applicable merger agreement or contribution agreement and as set forth in
Exhibit A
, as it shall be amended to reflect such deemed Capital Contributions.
(c)
Partnership Units
. Each Partner shall own Partnership Units in the amounts set forth for such Partner in
Exhibit A
and shall have a Percentage Interest in the Partnership as set forth in
Exhibit A
, which Percentage Interest shall be adjusted in
Exhibit A
from time to time by the General Partner to the extent necessary to reflect accurately redemptions, additional Capital Contributions, the issuance of additional Partnership Units or similar events having an effect on the number of Partnership Units held by, and the Percentage Interest of, any Partner. Each Partnership Unit shall entitle the holder thereof to one vote on all matters on which the Partners (or any portion of the Partners) are entitled to vote under this Agreement.
(d)
No Additional Capital Contributions
. Except as provided in Sections 4.3(a) and 10.5, the Partners shall have no obligation to make any additional Capital Contributions or provide any additional funding to the Partnership (whether in the form of loans or otherwise) and no Partner shall have any obligation to restore any deficit that may exist in its Capital Account, either upon a liquidation of the Partnership or otherwise.
4.2.
Issuance of Additional Partnership Interests
.
(a) The General Partner is authorized to cause the Partnership to issue additional Partnership Interests (or options or warrants to acquire Partnership Interests) in the form of Partnership Units or other Partnership Interests in one or more series or classes to any Persons at any time or from time to time, on such terms and conditions as the General Partner shall establish in each case in its sole and absolute discretion subject to Delaware law, including, without limitation, (i) the allocations of items of Partnership income, gain, loss, deduction and credit to each class or series of Partnership Interests, (ii) the right of each class or series of Partnership Interests to share in Partnership distributions, and (iii) the rights of each class
or series of Partnership Interest upon dissolution and liquidation of the Partnership; provided, that, no such Partnership Interests shall be issued to the General Partner unless either (A) the Partnership Interests are issued pursuant to Section 4.3, or (B) the additional Partnership Interests are issued to all Partners holding Partnership Interests in the same class in proportion to their respective Percentage Interests in such class.
(b) Subject to the limitations set forth in Sections 4.2(a), 4.3(a) and 14.1, the General Partner may take such steps as it, in its sole and absolute discretion, deems necessary or appropriate to admit any Person as a Limited Partner of the Partnership in accordance with Section 12.2 or to issue any Partnership Interests, including, without limitation, amending the Certificate,
Exhibit A
or any other provision of this Agreement.
(c) Without limiting the foregoing, the General Partner is expressly authorized to cause the Partnership to issue Partnership Interests (or options to acquire Partnership Interests) for less than fair market value, so long as the General Partner concludes in good faith that such issuance is in the interest of the Partnership and the Partners (for example, and not by way of limitation, the issuance of Partnership Units in connection with a Stock Incentive Plan providing for employee purchases of REIT Stock and corresponding Partnership Units at a discount from fair market value or employee options that have an exercise price that is less than the fair market value of the REIT Stock and corresponding Partnership Units covered by the option, either at the time of issuance or at the time of exercise).
4.3.
Issuance of Securities by the General Partner
.
(a)
General
. The General Partner shall not issue any debt securities, preferred stock, Common Stock, any other class of REIT Stock or rights, options, warrants or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for preferred stock, Common Stock or any other class of REIT Stock (collectively, “
Securities
”), other than (1) as payment of the REIT Stock Amount in connection with a redemption of Partnership Units pursuant to Section 8.6, (2) upon the conversion, exchange or exercise of other outstanding securities of the General Partner in accordance with the terms of such securities, or (3) to all holders of REIT Stock on a pro rata basis, unless the General Partner shall:
(i) in the case of REIT Stock or other equity Securities other than Securities described in Section 4.3(a)(ii) below, (A) contribute to the Partnership the proceeds of or consideration (including any property or other non-cash assets) received upon the issuance of such Securities, and (B) receive from the Partnership in consideration for such contributions Partnership Interests with the same terms and conditions, including dividend, dividend priority and liquidation preference, as are applicable to such Securities (including, for purposes of clarification, Partnership Units in the case of any issuance of Common Stock by the General Partner);
(ii) in the case of options, warrants or other rights to purchase REIT Stock, or other equity securities convertible into or exchangeable for REIT Stock, (A) contribute to the Partnership the proceeds of or consideration (including any property
or other non-cash assets) received upon the issuance of such options, warrants or other rights to purchase REIT Stock, or other equity Securities convertible into or exchangeable for REIT Stock, and (B) receive from the Partnership in consideration for such contributions a number of options, warrants or other rights to purchase Partnership Interests equal to the number of such Securities issued by the General Partner, with equivalent rights, preferences and limitations to the terms of such equity Securities; and
(iii) in the case of debt securities, lend to the Partnership the proceeds of or consideration received for such Securities on the same terms and conditions, including interest rate and repayment schedule, as shall be applicable with respect to or incurred in connection with the issuance of such Securities and the proceeds of, or consideration received from, any subsequent exercise, exchange or conversion thereof (if applicable).
(b)
Splits
. The Partnership shall (i) make a distribution in Partnership Units to all Partners on a pro rata basis in accordance with their respective Percentage Interests as of the date of such distribution, (ii) subdivide its outstanding Partnership Units, or (iii) combine its outstanding Partnership Units into a smaller number of Partnership Units, in the event the General Partner takes an analogous action with respect to the Common Stock. The intent of the previous sentence is that one Partnership Unit remains the economic equivalent of one share of Common Stock without dilution. If the General Partner determines that it is necessary or desirable to make any filings under the Act or otherwise in order to reference the existence of such action, the General Partner may cause such filings to be made, which filings might take the form of amendments to the Certificate; provided, however, that, unless specifically required by this Agreement or the Act after giving effect to the terms of this Agreement, no approval or consent of any Partners shall be required in connection with the making of any such filing.
(c)
Treatment of Proceeds
. If the proceeds actually received by the General Partner in connection with an issuance of Securities by the General Partner are less than the gross proceeds of such offering, grant, award or issuance as a result of any underwriter’s discounts, commissions or other fees or expenses paid or incurred in connection with such offering, grant, award or issuance, then the General Partner shall be deemed to have made a Capital Contribution to the Partnership in the amount of the gross proceeds of such offering, grant, award or issuance, and the Partnership shall be deemed simultaneously to have paid pursuant to Section 7.3 for the amount of such expenses.
4.4.
Additional Funds
.
(a) The sums of money required to finance the business and affairs of the Partnership shall be derived from the Capital Contributions made to the Partnership by the Partners as set forth in Sections 4.1 and 4.3(a) and from funds generated from the operation and business of the Partnership.
(b) In the event additional financing is needed from sources other than as set forth in Section 4.4(a) for any reason, the General Partner may, in its sole and absolute discretion, in such amounts and at such times as it solely shall determine to be necessary or appropriate:
(i) cause the Partnership to issue additional Partnership Interests and admit additional Limited Partners to the Partnership in accordance with Section 4.2;
(ii) cause the Partnership to borrow money, enter into loan arrangements, issue debt securities, obtain letters of credit or otherwise borrow money on a secured or unsecured basis;
(iii) make a loan or loans to the Partnership (in accordance with Section 4.3(a)); or
(iv) cause the Partnership to sell any assets or properties directly or indirectly owned by the Partnership.
4.5.
No Third-Party Beneficiary
. No creditor or other third party having dealings with the Partnership shall have the right to enforce the right or obligations of any Partner to make Capital Contributions or loans or to pursue any other right or remedy hereunder or at law or in equity, it being understood and agreed that the provisions of this Agreement shall be solely for the benefit of, and may be enforced solely by, the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.
4.6.
No Interest
. No Partner shall be entitled to interest on any Capital Contribution or on such Partner’s Capital Account.
4.7.
No Preemptive Rights
. Subject to Section 4.2 and any preemptive rights that may be granted in connection with the issuance of Partnership Interests under Section 4.3(a), no Person shall have any preemptive or other similar right with respect to any:
(a) additional Capital Contributions or loans to the Partnership; or
(b) issuance or sale of any Partnership Units or other Partnership Interests.
4.8.
Capital Accounts
. The Partnership shall establish and maintain throughout the life of the Partnership for each Partner a separate “
Capital Account
” in accordance with Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv). If (i) a new or existing Partner acquires an additional Partnership Interest in exchange for more than a
de minimis
Capital Contribution, (ii) the Partnership distributes to a Partner more than a
de minimis
amount of Partnership property as consideration for a Partnership Interest, (iii) the Partnership is liquidated within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(g), or (iv) at such other times as the General Partner may determine so long as such adjustment is made under generally accepted industry accounting practices within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f)(5), the General Partner shall revalue the property of the Partnership to its fair market value (as determined by the General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion, and taking into account Section 7701(g) of the Code) in accordance
with Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f). When the Partnership’s property is revalued by the General Partner, the Capital Accounts of the Partners shall be adjusted in accordance with Treasury Regulations Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f) and (g), which generally require such Capital Accounts to be adjusted to reflect the manner in which the unrealized gain or loss inherent in such property (that has not been reflected in the Capital Accounts previously) would be allocated among the Partners pursuant to Section 6.1 if there were a taxable disposition of such property for its fair market value (as determined by the General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion, and taking into account Section 7701(g) of the Code) on the date of the revaluation.
5.
Distributions
.
5.1.
Distributions
.
(a)
General
. Subject to the provisions of Sections 5.3, 5.4, 8.6(b), 11.6(d), and 13.2, the General Partner shall cause the Partnership to distribute to the Partners as of the applicable Partnership Record Date, at such times as the General Partner shall determine, amounts of Available Operating Cash and Net Sales Proceeds in the manner set forth in this Section 5.1.
(b)
Available Operating Cash
. Available Operating Cash shall be distributed to the Partners as of the applicable Partnership Record Date in the following order of priority: (i) first, 100% to such Partners in accordance with their respective Percentage Interests as of the applicable Partnership Record Date until such Partners’ respective Unrecovered Contribution Accounts are reduced to zero ($0), (ii) second, 100% to such Partners in accordance with their respective Percentage Interests as of the applicable Partnership Record Date until such Partners’ respective 6.0% Return Accounts are reduced to zero ($0) and (iii) thereafter, (A) 15% to the Advisor (in its capacity as Partner), and (B) 85% to such Partners in accordance with their respective Percentage Interests as of the applicable Partnership Record Date.
(c)
Net Sales Proceeds
. Net Sales Proceeds shall be distributed to the Partners as of the applicable Partnership Record Date in the following order of priority: (i) first, 100% to such Partners in accordance with their respective Percentage Interests as of the applicable Partnership Record Date until such Partners’ respective Unrecovered Contribution Accounts are reduced to zero ($0), (ii) second, 100% to such Partners in accordance with their respective Percentage Interests as of the applicable Partnership Record Date until such Partners’ respective 6.0% Return Accounts are reduced to zero ($0) and (iii) thereafter, (A) 15% to the Advisor (in its capacity as Partner), and (B) 85% to such Partners in accordance with their respective Percentage Interests as of the applicable Partnership Record Date.
(d)
Distribution to Advisor Upon Listing or Merger
. Upon a Listing Event or Merger, the Advisor shall no longer be entitled to any distributions of the Advisor Participation in Sales Proceeds.
(e)
Distribution to Advisor Upon Termination
. Upon a Termination Event, the Advisor shall no longer be entitled to any distributions of the Advisor Participation in Sales Proceeds.
(f)
Sale of Partnership Interests by the General Partner
. The Partners acknowledge and agree that, upon the sale of any portion of the Partnership Interests by the General Partner (other than a Merger), the General Partner and the Advisor shall share in the aggregate proceeds generated by such sale, together with all gain associated therewith, in the same manner as would have occurred if all of the proceeds payable to the General Partner in such sale were received by the Partnership as Net Sale Proceeds and distributed solely between the General Partner and the Advisor (as Advisor Participation in Sales Proceeds) pursuant to Section 5.1(c). The General Partner agrees that the terms of any sale of the General Partner’s Partnership Interests (other than a Merger) will conform to this Section 5.1(f).
5.2.
Qualification as a REIT
. The General Partner shall take such action as it deems necessary or advisable to cause the Partnership to distribute sufficient amounts under this Section 5 to enable the General Partner to pay stockholder dividends that will enable the General Partner to (a) satisfy the requirements for qualification as a REIT under the Code and the Treasury Regulations (the “
REIT Requirements
”), and (b) avoid any Federal income or excise tax liability; provided, however, the General Partner shall not be bound to comply with this covenant to the extent such distributions would violate applicable Delaware law.
5.3.
Withholding
. With respect to any withholding tax or other similar tax liability or obligation to which the Partnership may be subject as a result of any act by or status of any Partner or to which the Partnership becomes subject with respect to any Partnership Interest, the Partnership shall have the right to withhold amounts of Available Operating Cash or Net Sales Proceeds or other Partnership Assets distributable to such Partner or with respect to such Partnership Interests, to the extent of the amount of such withholding tax or other similar tax liability or obligation pursuant to the provisions contained in Section 10.5.
5.4.
Additional Partnership Interests
. If the Partnership issues Partnership Interests in accordance with Section 4.2 or 4.3, the distribution priorities set forth in Section 5.1 shall be amended, as necessary, to reflect any distribution priority of such Partnership Interests and corresponding amendments shall be made to the provisions of Section 6; provided, that any such amendment proposed in connection with an issuance of Partnership Interests under Section 4.2 (but not Section 4.3) must comply with Section 14.1(b). If a new or existing Partner acquires an additional Partnership Interest in exchange for a Capital Contribution on any date other than a Partnership Record Date, such Partner shall not be entitled to any distributions with respect to such additional Partnership Interest until the first Partnership Record Date following the date of such issuance.
6.
Allocations
.
6.1.
Allocation of Profits and Losses
.
(a)
General
. Except as otherwise provided in this Section 6.1 (including as a result of the application of Section 6.3) and in Section 11.6(c), and after making any special allocations under Section 6.2, Profits and Losses for each Fiscal Year shall be allocated among the Partners in accordance with their respective Percentage Interests as of the end of such Fiscal Year, subject to any rights of holders of Partnership Interests other than Partnership Units.
(b)
Adjustment
. If the amount of Losses for any Fiscal Year that otherwise would be allocated to a Partner under Section 6.1(a) or this Section 6.1(b) would cause or increase an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit of such Partner as of the last day of such Fiscal Year (after all other allocations have been made pursuant to this Section 6), then such Partner shall be allocated that amount of Losses which does not cause or increase such Adjusted Capital Account Deficit, and the remainder of such Losses that would have been allocated to such Partner shall be allocated to the other Partners in proportion to their Percentage Interests.
(c)
Special Allocation with Respect to Sales
. Profits (and items thereof) and Losses (and items thereof) for each Fiscal Year or other applicable period from Sales shall be allocated among the Partners such that the ending Capital Account of each Partner, immediately after giving effect to the allocations under this Section 6, is, as nearly as possible, equal to the amount of the hypothetical distribution that such Partner would receive if the Partnership were liquidated on the last day of such period and all assets of the Partnership, including cash, were sold for cash equal to their Carrying Value, all liabilities of the Partnership were satisfied with cash according to their terms (limited with respect to each nonrecourse liability to the Carrying Value of the assets securing such liability), and Net Sales Proceeds (after satisfaction of such liabilities) were distributed in full pursuant to Section 5.1(c). For purposes of the preceding allocations only, a Partner holding more than one class or series of Partnership Interests or units shall be deemed to be a separate Partner with respect to each such class, series or units.
(d)
Alternative Allocations
. It is the Partners’ intention that each Partners’ distributive share of income, gain, loss, deduction, credit (or item thereof) be determined and allocated consistently with the provisions of the Code, including Sections 704(b) and 704(c) of the Code. If the General Partner deems it necessary in order to comply with the Code, then the General Partner may, relying upon the advice of the Partnership’s accountants, cause the Partnership to allocate income, gain, loss, deduction or credit (or items thereof) arising in any year differently than as provided for in this Section 6 if, and to the extent, (a) allocating income, gain, loss, deduction or credit (or item thereof) would cause the determinations and allocations of each Partner’s distributive share of income, gain, loss, deduction or credit (or item thereof) not to be permitted by the Code and any applicable Regulations or (b) such allocation would be inconsistent with a Partner’s interest in the Partnership taking into consideration all facts and circumstances. Any allocation made
pursuant to this Section 6.1(d) will be a complete substitute for any allocation otherwise provided for in this Agreement, and no further amendment of this Agreement or approval by any Partner is necessary to effectuate such allocation. In making any such allocations under this Section 6.1(d) (“
New Allocations
”), the Partnership may act in reliance upon advice of counsel to the Partnership or the Partnership’s regular accountants that, in either case, in their respective opinions after examining the relevant provisions of the Code and any current or future proposed or final Regulations, the New Allocations are necessary in order to ensure that, in either the Fiscal Year or in any preceding year, each Partner’s distributive share of income, gain, loss, deduction or credit (or items thereof) is determined and allocated in accordance with the Code and such Partner’s interest in the Partnership. New Allocations made by the General Partner in reliance upon the advice of counsel or accountants, as described in this Section 6.1(d), will be deemed to be in the best interests of the Partnership and all of the Partners consistent with the duties of the General Partner under this Agreement, and any such New Allocations will not give rise to any claim or cause of action by any Partner against the Partnership or the General Partner.
6.2.
Special Allocations
. Notwithstanding any provisions of Section 6.1, the following special allocations shall be made in the following order of priority:
(a)
Minimum Gain Chargeback (Nonrecourse Liabilities)
. Except as otherwise provided in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(f), if there is a net decrease in Partnership Minimum Gain for any Fiscal Year, each Partner shall be specially allocated items of Partnership income and gain for such year (and, if necessary, subsequent years) in an amount equal to such Partner’s share of the net decrease in Partnership Minimum Gain to the extent required by Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(f). The items to be so allocated shall be determined in accordance with Treasury Regulations Sections 1.704-2(f) and (j)(2). This subparagraph is intended to comply with the minimum gain chargeback requirement in said section of the Treasury Regulations and shall be interpreted consistently therewith. Allocations pursuant to this subparagraph shall be made in proportion to the respective amounts required to be allocated to each Partner pursuant hereto.
(b)
Partner Minimum Gain Chargeback
. Except as otherwise provided in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(4), if there is a net decrease in Partner Minimum Gain attributable to a Partner Nonrecourse Debt during any Fiscal Year, each Partner who has a share of the Partner Minimum Gain attributable to such Partner Nonrecourse Debt, determined in accordance with Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(5), shall be specially allocated items of Partnership income and gain for such year (and, if necessary, subsequent years) in an amount equal to that Partner’s share of the net decrease in the Partner Minimum Gain attributable to such Partner Nonrecourse Debt to the extent and in the manner required by Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(i). The items to be so allocated shall be determined in accordance with Treasury Regulations Sections 1.704-2(i)(4) and (j)(2). This subparagraph is intended to comply with the minimum gain chargeback requirement with respect to Partner Nonrecourse Debt contained in said section of the Treasury Regulations and shall be interpreted consistently therewith. Allocations pursuant to this subparagraph
shall be made in proportion to the respective amounts to be allocated to each Partner pursuant hereto.
(c)
Qualified Income Offset
. In the event a Partner unexpectedly receives any adjustment, allocation or distribution described in Treasury Regulation Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5) and (6) that causes or increases an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit, gross items of income and gain shall be specially allocated to such Partner so as to eliminate such Adjusted Capital Account Deficit as quickly as possible. This subparagraph is intended to constitute a “qualified income offset” under Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d) of the Treasury Regulations and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.
(d)
Nonrecourse Deductions
. Nonrecourse Deductions for any Fiscal Year shall be allocated to the Partners in accordance with their respective Percentage Interests.
(e)
Partner Nonrecourse Deductions
. Partner Nonrecourse Deductions for any Fiscal Year with respect to a Partner Nonrecourse Debt shall be specially allocated to the Partners that bear the economic risk of loss for such Partner Nonrecourse Debt (as determined under Treasury Regulations Sections 1.704-2(b)(4) and 1.704-2(i)(1).
(f)
Definition of “Profits” and “Losses”
. “
Profits
” and “
Losses
” and any item of income, gain, expense, or loss referred to in this Agreement shall be determined in accordance with federal income tax accounting principles, as modified by Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv), except that Profit and Loss shall not include items of income, gain and expense that are specially allocated pursuant to Sections 6.1(b), 6.2(a), 6.2(b), 6.2(c), 6.2(d), and 6.2(e). All allocations of Profit and Loss (and all items contained therein) for federal income tax purposes shall be identical to all allocations of such items set forth in Section 6.1 and this Section 6.2, except as otherwise required by Section 704(c) of the Code and Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(4). The General Partner shall have the authority to elect the method to be used by the Partnership for allocating items of income, gain, and expense as required by Section 704(c) of the Code including a method that may result in a Partner receiving a disproportionately larger share of the Partnership tax depreciation deductions, and such election shall be binding on all Partners.
(g)
Curative Allocations
. The allocations set forth in Section 6.1(b) and Sections 6.2(a) through 6.2(e) hereof (the “
Regulatory Allocations
”) are intended to comply with certain requirements of the Treasury Regulations. It is the intent of the Partners that, to the extent possible all Regulatory Allocations that are made be offset either with other Regulatory Allocations or with special allocations pursuant to this Section 6.2(g). Therefore, notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 6 (other than the Regulatory Allocations), the General Partner shall make such offsetting special allocations in whatever manner it determines appropriate so that, after such offsetting allocations are made, each Partner’s Capital Account balance is, to the extent possible, equal to the Capital Account balance such Partner would have had if the Regulatory Allocations were not part of the Agreement and all Partnership items were allocated pursuant to Sections 6.1(a) and 6.1(c). In exercising its discretion under this Section 6.2(g), the General Partner shall take into account future Regulatory Allocations under Sections 6.2(a) and 6.2(b) that, although not yet made, are
likely to offset other Regulatory Allocations previously made under Sections 6.2(d) and 6.2(e).
(h)
Changes in Interest
. If during any Fiscal Year there is a change in any Partner’s Percentage Interest, then for purposes of determining the Profits, Losses, or any other items allocable to such Partner for such Fiscal Year, Profits, Losses, and any such other items shall be determined on a daily, monthly, or other basis, as determined by the General Partner using any permissible method under Code Section 706 and the Treasury Regulations thereunder.
6.3.
Revisions to Allocations to Reflect Issuance of Partnership Interests
. If the Partnership issues Partnership Interests to the General Partner or any additional Limited Partner pursuant to Section 4, the General Partner shall make any such revisions to this Section 6 as it deems necessary to reflect the terms of the issuance of such Partnership Interests, including making preferential allocations to classes of Partnership Interests that are entitled thereto. Such revisions shall not require the consent or approval of any other Partner.
7.
Management and Operations of Business
.
7.1.
Management
.
(a)
Management By the General Partner
. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, full, complete and exclusive discretion to manage and control the business and affairs of the Partnership are and shall be vested in the General Partner, and no Limited Partner other than the Advisor shall have any right to participate in or exercise control or management power over the business and affairs of the Partnership. The General Partner may not be removed by the Limited Partners.
(b)
Power and Authority of the General Partner
. Subject to any limitations set forth in this Agreement, in addition to the powers now or hereafter granted to a general partner of a limited partnership under applicable law or which are granted to the General Partner under any other provision of this Agreement, the General Partner shall have full power and authority to do all things deemed necessary or desirable by it to conduct the business of the Partnership, to exercise all powers set forth in Section 3.2 hereof and to effectuate the purposes set forth in Section 3.1 hereof, including, without limitation:
(i) (A) the making of any expenditures, the lending or borrowing of money (including, without limitation, making prepayments on loans and borrowing money to permit the Partnership to make distributions to its Partners in such amounts as will permit the General Partner (so long as the General Partner qualifies as a REIT) to (1) avoid the payment of any Federal income or excise tax (including any excise tax pursuant to Section 4981 of the Code) and (2) make distributions to its stockholders in amounts sufficient to permit the General Partner to maintain REIT status), (B) the assumption or guarantee of, or other contracting for, indebtedness and other liabilities, (C) the issuance of any evidence of indebtedness (including the securing of the same by deed, mortgage, deed of trust or other lien or encumbrance
on the Partnership’s assets), and (D) the incurring of any obligations it deems necessary for the conduct of the activities of the Partnership, including the payment of all expenses associated with the General Partner;
(ii) the making of tax, regulatory and other filings, or rendering of periodic or other reports to governmental or other agencies having jurisdiction over the business or assets of the Partnership or the General Partner;
(iii) the acquisition, disposition, mortgage, pledge, encumbrance, hypothecation or exchange of any assets, including Real Estate Assets, of the Partnership (including the exercise or grant of any conversion, option, privilege, or subscription right or other right available in connection with any assets at any time held by the Partnership) or the merger or other combination of the Partnership with or into another entity on such terms as the General Partner deems proper;
(iv) the use of the assets of the Partnership (including, without limitation, cash on hand) for any purpose consistent with the terms of this Agreement and on any terms the General Partner sees fit, including, without limitation,
(A) the financing of the conduct of the operations of the General Partner, the Partnership or any of the Partnership’s Subsidiaries;
(B) the lending of funds to other Persons (including, without limitation, the Subsidiaries of the Partnership and/or the General Partner) and the repayment of obligations of the Partnership and its Subsidiaries and any other Person in which it has an equity investment; and
(C) the making of capital contributions to the Partnership’s Subsidiaries;
(v) the development, expansion, construction, management, operation, leasing, repair, alteration, demolition or improvement of any Real Property in which the Partnership or any Subsidiary of the Partnership owns a direct or indirect interest;
(vi) the negotiation, execution, and performance of any contracts, conveyances or other instruments that the General Partner considers useful or necessary to the conduct of the Partnership’s operations or the implementation of the General Partner’s powers under this Agreement, including contracting with contractors, developers, consultants, accountants, legal counsel, other professional advisors and other agents and the payment of their expenses and compensation out of the Partnership’s assets;
(vii) the distribution of Partnership cash or other Partnership assets in accordance with this Agreement;
(viii) the holding, management, investment and reinvestment of cash and other assets of the Partnership;
(ix) the collection and receipt of revenues and income of the Partnership;
(x) the establishment of one or more divisions of the Partnership, the selection and dismissal of employees of the Partnership (including, without limitation, employees having titles such as “president,” “vice president,” “secretary” and “treasurer” of the Partnership), and agents, outside attorneys, accountants, consultants and contractors of the Partnership, and the determination of their compensation and other terms of employment or engagement;
(xi) the formation of, or acquisition of an interest (including non-voting interests in entities controlled by Affiliates of the Partnership or by third parties) in, and the contribution of property to, any other Entities that the General Partner deems desirable (including, without limitation, the acquisition of interests in, and the contributions of funds or property to, or making of loans to, Subsidiaries of the Partnership and any other Person from time to time), or the incurrence of indebtedness on behalf of such Persons or the guarantee of the obligations of such Persons; provided that, as long as the General Partner has determined to elect to qualify as a REIT or to continue to qualify as a REIT, the Partnership may not engage in any such formation, acquisition or contribution that would cause the General Partner to fail to qualify as a REIT;
(xii) the control of any matters affecting the rights and obligations of the Partnership, including:
(A) the settlement, compromise, submission to arbitration or any other form of dispute resolution, or abandonment of, any claim, cause of action, liability, debt or damages, due or owing to or from the Partnership;
(B) the commencement or defense of suits, legal proceedings, administrative proceedings, arbitration or other forms of dispute resolution; and
(C) the representation of the Partnership in all suits or legal proceedings, administrative proceedings, arbitrations or other forms of dispute resolution, the incurring of legal expenses, and the indemnification of any Person against liabilities and contingencies to the extent permitted by law;
(xiii) the undertaking of any action in connection with the Partnership’s direct or indirect investment in its Subsidiaries or any other Person (including, without limitation, the contribution or loan of funds by the Partnership to such Persons);
(xiv) the determination of the fair market value of any Partnership Assets distributed in kind using such reasonable method of valuation as the General Partner, in its sole discretion, may adopt;
(xv) the exercise, directly or indirectly, through any attorney-in-fact acting under a general or limited power of attorney, of any right, including the right to vote, appurtenant to any asset or investment held by the Partnership;
(xvi) the exercise of any of the powers of the General Partner enumerated in this Agreement or the undertaking of any action on behalf of or in connection with any Subsidiary of the Partnership or any other Person in which the Partnership has a direct or indirect interest, or jointly with any such Subsidiary or other Person;
(xvii) the making, execution and delivery of any and all deeds, leases, notes, mortgages, deeds of trust, security agreements, conveyances, contracts, guarantees, warranties, indemnities, waivers, releases or legal instruments or agreements in writing necessary or appropriate, in the judgment of the General Partner, for the accomplishment of any of the foregoing;
(xviii) the issuance of additional Partnership Interests in connection with Capital Contributions by Additional Limited Partners and additional Capital Contributions by Partners pursuant to Section 4 hereof;
(xix) the opening of bank accounts on behalf of, and in the name of, the Partnership and its Subsidiaries; and
(xx) the amendment and restatement of
Exhibit A
to reflect accurately at all times the Capital Contributions of, Partnership Units held by, and Percentage Interests of the Partners as the same are adjusted from time to time, in each case, to the extent necessary to reflect any Capital Contributions, redemptions, issuance of Partnership Units, admission of any Additional Limited Partner or any Substituted Limited Partner or otherwise, which amendment and restatement, notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, shall not be deemed an amendment of this Agreement, as long as the matter or event being reflected in
Exhibit A
otherwise is authorized by this Agreement.
(c)
Advisor
. The General Partner has engaged the Advisor to serve as the advisor to the Partnership and the General Partner pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Advisory Agreement. In consideration for the services to be provided to the Partnership and the General Partner, the Advisor will receive the fees described in the Advisory Agreement. In addition, the Advisor (in its capacity as a Partner) is entitled to receive distributions of the Advisor Participation in Sales Proceeds, and the redemption payments set forth under Sections 8.6(m), (n) and (o). Notwithstanding any other provisions in this Agreement to the contrary, upon a Termination Event, the Advisor shall not have any rights, powers, authorities or interests of any kind relating to the management, control, or operation of the Partnership or the Partnership Assets.
(d)
Insurance
. At all times from and after the date hereof, the General Partner may cause the Partnership to obtain and maintain:
(i) casualty, liability and other insurance on the Real Estate Assets of the Partnership;
(ii) liability insurance for the Indemnitees hereunder; and
(iii) such other insurance as the General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion, determines to be appropriate and reasonable.
(e)
Working Capital and Other Reserves
. At all times from and after the date hereof, the General Partner may cause the Partnership to establish and maintain at any and all times working capital accounts and other cash or similar balances in such amount as the General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion, deems appropriate and reasonable from time to time, provided that so long as the General Partner qualifies as a REIT, he General Partner will not establish reserves to the extent such establishment would prevent the General Partner from making distributions to its stockholders in amounts sufficient to permit the General Partner to maintain its REIT status).
7.2.
Certificate of Limited Partnership
. The General Partner has previously filed the Certificate with the Secretary of State of Delaware as required by the Act. The General Partner shall use all reasonable efforts to cause to be filed such other certificates or documents as may be reasonable and necessary or appropriate for the formation, continuation, qualification and operation of the Partnership as a limited partnership (or a partnership in which the limited partners have limited liability) in the State of Delaware and any other state, or the District of Columbia, in which the Partnership may elect to do business or own property. To the extent that such action is determined by the General Partner to be reasonable and necessary or appropriate and consistent with the terms and conditions of this Agreement (including, without limitation, Section 14.1(b)), the General Partner shall file amendments to and restatements of the Certificate and do all of the things to maintain the Partnership as a limited partnership (or a partnership in which the limited partners have limited liability) under the laws of the State of Delaware and each other state, or the District of Columbia, in which the Partnership may elect to do business or own property. Subject to the terms of Section 8.5(a)(iii) hereof, the General Partner shall not be required, before or after filing, to deliver or mail a copy of the Certificate or any amendment thereto to any Limited Partner other than the Advisor (in its capacity as the Initial Limited Partner).
7.3.
Reimbursement of the General Partner
.
(a)
No Compensation
. Except as provided in this Section 7.3 and elsewhere in this Agreement (including the provisions of Sections 5 and 6 regarding distributions, payments, and allocations to which it may be entitled), the General Partner shall not be compensated for its services as general partner of the Partnership.
(b)
Responsibility for Partnership Expenses
. The Partnership shall be responsible for and shall pay all expenses relating to the Partnership’s organization and the
ownership and operation of the Partnership Assets. The General Partner shall be reimbursed on a monthly basis, or such other basis as it may determine in its sole and absolute discretion, for all expenses that it incurs on behalf of the Partnership relating to the ownership and operation of the Partnership Assets, or for the benefit of the Partnership; provided, that the amount of any such reimbursement shall be reduced by any interest earned by the General Partner with respect to bank accounts or other instruments or accounts held by it on behalf of the Partnership. Such reimbursement shall be in addition to any reimbursement made as a result of indemnification pursuant to Section 7.6 hereof.
(c)
Responsibility for General Partner Expenses
. The General Partner shall also be reimbursed for (i) all expenses related to the operations of the General Partner and to the management and administration of any Subsidiaries of the General Partner or the Partnership or Affiliates of the Partnership, such as auditing expenses and filing fees and any and all salaries, compensation and expenses of officers and employees of the General Partner, and (ii) all expenses the General Partner incurs relating to the organization and/or reorganization of the Partnership and the General Partner, the public offering of REIT Stock and other Securities by the General Partner, and any other offering, grant, award or issuance of REIT Stock or Securities or additional Partnership Interests pursuant to Section 4.2 or 4.3, including all expenses associated with compliance by the General Partner and the Initial Limited Partner with laws, rules and regulations promulgated by any regulatory body.
(d)
Business of the General Partner
. The Limited Partners acknowledge that the sole business of the General Partner is the ownership of direct or indirect interests in, and the direct or indirect operation of, the Partnership, and that all of the expenses of the General Partner are incurred for the benefit of the Partnership.
(e)
Characterization of Reimbursements
. All payments and reimbursements hereunder shall be characterized for Federal income tax purposes as expenses of the Partnership incurred on its behalf, and not as expenses of the General Partner.
7.4.
Acquisition of Limited Partner Interests by the General Partner
. The General Partner and any Affiliates of the General Partner may acquire Limited Partner Interests and shall be entitled to exercise all rights of a Limited Partner relating to such Limited Partner Interests.
7.5.
Transactions with Affiliates
.
(a)
Transactions with Subsidiaries
. The Partnership may lend or contribute funds or other assets to its Subsidiaries or other Persons in which it has an equity investment and such Subsidiaries and Persons may borrow funds from the Partnership, on terms and conditions established in the sole and absolute discretion of the General Partner. The foregoing authority shall not create any right or benefit in favor of any Subsidiary or any other Person.
(b)
Certain Transactions with the Advisor and its Affiliates
. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the General Partner shall not cause the Partnership, directly or indirectly, to Transfer any property to, purchase any property from,
loan any money to, borrow any money from or enter into any other transaction with the Advisor or any of its Affiliates, or any director of the General Partner, except in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Articles of Incorporation for transactions between the General Partner and the Advisor or its Affiliates.
(c)
Benefit Plans Sponsored by the Partnership
. The General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion and without the approval of the Limited Partners, may propose and adopt, on behalf of the Partnership, employee benefit plans, option or other equity incentive plans, and similar plans funded by the Partnership for the benefit of employees of the Partnership, the General Partner, any Subsidiaries of the Partnership or any Affiliate of any of them in respect of services performed, directly or indirectly, for the benefit of the Partnership, the General Partner, any Subsidiaries of the Partnership or any of their respective Affiliates.
7.6.
Indemnification
.
(a)
General
. Subject to the limitations of Section 7.6(b), to the maximum extent permitted under the Act in effect from time to time and subject to the limitations of Section 13.3 of the Articles of Incorporation (solely to the extent such provision limits indemnification hereunder in accordance with NASAA Guidelines), the Partnership shall indemnify each Indemnitee from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, joint or several, expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and other legal fees and expenses), judgments, fines, settlements, and other amounts arising from any and all claims, demands, actions, suits or proceedings, civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (collectively, “
Claims
”), that relate to the operations of the Partnership, the General Partner or any of the Partnership’s Subsidiaries in which such Indemnitee may be involved, or is threatened to be involved, as a party or otherwise; provided, however, that in no event shall this Section 7.6(a) enlarge the indemnification permitted below under Section 7.6(b).
(b)
Limitation
. Notwithstanding any provision hereof to the contrary, the Partnership will not indemnify any Indemnitee unless:
(i) the Indemnitee was acting on behalf of the General Partner, the Partnership, or their Subsidiaries or performing services for the General Partner, the Partnership, or their Subsidiaries; and
(ii) any indemnification or agreement to hold harmless may be paid only out of the Net Assets of the Partnership, and neither the General Partner nor any Limited Partner shall have any obligation to contribute to the capital of the Partnership, or otherwise provide funds, to enable the Partnership to fund its obligations under this Section 7.6.
(c)
Contractual Obligations
. Without limitation, the indemnity set forth in this Section 7.6 shall extend to any liability of any Indemnitee pursuant to a loan guaranty (except a guaranty by a Limited Partner of nonrecourse indebtedness of the Partnership or as
otherwise provided in any such loan guaranty), contractual obligation for any indebtedness or other obligation or otherwise for any indebtedness of the Partnership or any Subsidiary of the Partnership (including, without limitation, any indebtedness which the Partnership or any Subsidiary of the Partnership has assumed or taken subject to), and the General Partner is hereby authorized and empowered, on behalf of the Partnership, to enter into one or more indemnification agreements consistent with the provisions of this Section 7.6 in favor of any Indemnitee having or potentially having liability for any such indebtedness.
(d)
Advancement of Expenses
. Reasonable expenses incurred by an Indemnitee who is a party to a Claim shall be paid or reimbursed by the Partnership in advance of the final disposition of any and all Claims made or threatened against an Indemnitee only if all of the following conditions are satisfied: (i) the Claim relates to acts or omissions with respect to the performance of duties or services on behalf of the Partnership, General Partner, or any of their Subsidiaries, (ii) either (A) the Claim was initiated by a third party who is not a stockholder of the General Partner or (B) if the Claim was initiated by a stockholder of the General Partner, the initiating stockholder was acting in his or her capacity as such and the advancement was approved by a court of competent jurisdiction, and (iii) the Indemnitee provides the Partnership with a written undertaking to repay the amount paid or reimbursed by the Partnership, together with the applicable legal rate of interest thereon, if it is ultimately determined that the Indemnitee did not comply with the requisite standard of conduct and is not entitled to indemnification.
(e)
No Exclusivity
. The indemnification provided by this Section 7.6 shall be in addition to any other rights to which an Indemnitee or any other Person may be entitled under any agreement, pursuant to any vote of the Partners, as a matter of law or otherwise, and shall continue as to an Indemnitee who has ceased to serve in such capacity unless otherwise provided in a written agreement pursuant to which such Indemnitees are indemnified.
(f)
Insurance
. The Partnership may purchase and maintain insurance, on behalf of the Indemnitees and such other Persons as the General Partner shall determine, against any liability that may be asserted against or expenses that may be incurred by such Person in connection with the Partnership’s activities, regardless of whether the Partnership would have the power to indemnify such Person against such liability under the provisions of this Agreement.
(g)
Benefit Plan Fiduciary
. For purposes of this Section 7.6, the Partnership shall be deemed to have requested an Indemnitee to serve as fiduciary of an employee benefit plan whenever the performance by such Indemnitee of its duties to the Partnership also imposes duties on, or otherwise involves services by, such Indemnitee to the plan or participants or beneficiaries of the plan. Excise taxes assessed on an Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan pursuant to applicable law shall constitute fines within the meaning of this Section 7.6 and actions taken or omitted by the Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan in the performance of its duties for a purpose reasonably believed
by such Indemnitee to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of the plan shall be deemed to be for a purpose which is not opposed to the best interests of the Partnership.
(h)
No Personal Liability for Partners
. In no event may an Indemnitee subject any of the Partners to personal liability by reason of the indemnification provisions set forth in this Agreement.
(i)
Interested Transactions
. An Indemnitee shall not be denied indemnification in whole or in part under this Section 7.6 because the Indemnitee had an interest in the transaction with respect to which the indemnification applies if the transaction was otherwise permitted by the terms of this Agreement.
(j)
Benefit
. The provisions of this Section 7.6 are for the benefit of the Indemnitees, their heirs, successors, assigns and administrators and shall not be deemed to create any rights for the benefit of any other Persons.
(k)
Amendment of this Section 7.6
. Any amendment, modification or repeal of this Section 7.6 or any provision hereof shall be prospective only and shall not in any way affect the Partnership’s liability to any Indemnitee under this Section 7.6, as in effect immediately prior to such amendment, modification, or repeal with respect to Claims arising from or relating to matters occurring, in whole or in part, prior to such amendment, modification or repeal, regardless of when such Claims may arise or be asserted.
(l)
Indemnification Payments Not Distributions
. If and to the extent any payments to the General Partner or the Initial Limited Partner in its capacity as the Advisor pursuant to this Section 7.6 constitute gross income to the General Partner or the Initial Limited Partner (as opposed to the repayment of advances made on behalf of the Partnership), such amounts shall constitute guaranteed payments within the meaning of Section 707(c) of the Code, shall be treated consistently therewith by the Partnership and all Partners, and shall not be treated as distributions for purposes of computing the Partners’ Capital Accounts.
(m)
Exception to Indemnification
. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the General Partner shall not be entitled to indemnification hereunder for any Claim for which the General Partner is obligated to indemnify the Partnership under any other agreement between the General Partner and the Partnership.
7.7.
Liability of the General Partner
.
(a)
General
. To the maximum extent permitted under the Act and subject to the limitations of Section 13.2 of the Articles of Incorporation (solely to the extent such provision limits the rights of any Person under this Section 7.7 in accordance with NASAA Guidelines), neither the General Partner nor any director, officer, stockholder, partner, member or employee, trustee, representative or agent of the General Partner (including the Advisor, its Affiliates and their respective members, managers, partners, equity holders, officers, directors and employees) shall be liable to the Partnership or to any Partner for (i) any act or omission performed or failed to be performed by it, or for any losses, claims, costs,
damages, or liabilities arising from any such act or omission, (ii) any tax liability imposed on the Partnership or (iii) any losses due to the misconduct, negligence (gross or ordinary), dishonesty or bad faith of any agents of the Partnership (other than the Advisor, to the extent the Advisor is an Affiliate of the General Partner). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 7.7(a), this limitation on liability applies only to the extent that the particular officer or director has satisfied the requirements of Section 7.6(b)(i).
(b)
No Obligation to Consider Separate Interests of Limited Partners
. The Limited Partners expressly acknowledge that (i) the General Partner (and the Advisor, in advising the General Partner) is acting on behalf of the Partnership and the stockholders of the General Partner, collectively, (ii) the General Partner (and the Advisor, in advising the General Partner) is under no obligation to consider the separate interest of the Limited Partners (including, without limitation, the tax consequences to Limited Partners or Assignees) in deciding whether to cause the Partnership to take (or decline to take) any actions, and (iii) neither the General Partner nor the Advisor shall be liable for monetary damages for losses sustained, liabilities incurred, or benefits not derived by Limited Partners in connection with such decisions, unless the General Partner or the Advisor, as the case may be, acted in bad faith, the act or omission was material to the matter giving rise to the loss, liability or benefit not derived, and the Limited Partner adversely affected reasonably expected to avoid the loss or liability or reasonably expected to accrue the benefit not derived.
(c)
Conflict
. The Limited Partners expressly acknowledge that in the event of any conflict in the fiduciary duties owed by the General Partner or the Advisor to the General Partner’s stockholders and by the General Partner or the Advisor, in their respective capacities as the general partner of or advisor to the Partnership (as the case may be), to the Limited Partners, the General Partner and the Advisor may act in the best interests of the General Partner’s stockholders without violating their fiduciary duties to the Limited Partners, and that neither the General Partner nor the Advisor shall be liable for monetary damages for losses sustained, liabilities incurred, or benefits not derived by the Limited Partners in connection with any such violation.
(d)
Amendment of this Section 7.7
. Any amendment, modification or repeal of this Section 7.7 or any provision hereof shall be prospective only and shall not in any way affect the limitations on the General Partner’s, the Advisor’s and their respective members’, managers’ partners’, equity holders’, officers’, directors’, trustees’, representatives’ or agents’ liability to the Partnership and the Limited Partners under this Section 7.7 as in effect immediately prior to such amendment, modification or repeal with respect to claims arising from or relating to matters occurring, in whole or in part, prior to such amendment, modification or repeal, regardless of when such claims may arise or be asserted.
7.8.
Other Matters Concerning the General Partner
.
(a)
Reliance on Documents
. The General Partner and the Advisor may rely and shall be protected in acting, or refraining from acting, upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, bond, debenture, or
other paper or document believed by it in good faith to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties.
(b)
Reliance on Advisors
. The General Partner and the Advisor may consult with legal counsel, accountants, appraisers, management consultants, investment bankers, architects, engineers, environmental consultants and other consultants and advisers selected by either of them, and any act taken or omitted to be taken in reliance upon the opinion of such Persons as to matters which the General Partner or the Advisor reasonably believes to be within such Person’s professional or expert competence shall be conclusively presumed to have been done or omitted in good faith and in accordance with such opinion.
(c)
Action Through Agents
. The General Partner and the Advisor shall have the right, in respect of any of its powers or obligations hereunder or under the Advisory Agreement, to act through any of its duly authorized officers, agents (including, in the case of the General Partner, the Advisor), and duly appointed attorneys-in-fact. Each such officer, agent, or attorney-in-fact shall, to the extent granted by the General Partner or the Advisor in writing, have full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and duty which is permitted or required to be done by the General Partner or the Advisor hereunder.
(d)
Actions to Maintain REIT Status
. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement or the Act, any action of the General Partner or the Advisor on behalf of the Partnership or any decision of the General Partner or the Advisor to refrain from acting on behalf of the Partnership, undertaken in the good faith belief that such action or omission is necessary or advisable in order to: (i) protect the ability of the General Partner to qualify or continue to qualify as a REIT, or (ii) avoid the General Partner incurring any taxes under Sections 857 or 4981 of the Code, is expressly authorized under this Agreement and is deemed approved by all of the Limited Partners.
(e)
Separate Assets
. Notwithstanding any other provisions in this Agreement to the contrary, the General Partner shall have the ability to form a new partnership for which it serves as General Partner for the purpose of acquiring real estate and other assets after the date of the Termination Event, other than the Included Assets.
7.9.
Title to Partnership Assets
. Title to all Partnership Assets, whether real, personal or mixed and whether tangible or intangible, shall be deemed to be held by the Partnership as an entity, and no Partner, individually or collectively, shall have any ownership interest in the Partnership Assets or any portion thereof. Title to any or all of the Partnership Assets may be held in the name of the Partnership, the General Partner or one or more nominees, as the General Partner may determine, including Affiliates of the General Partner. The General Partner hereby declares and warrants that any Partnership Asset for which legal title is held in the name of the General Partner or any nominee or Affiliate of the General Partner shall be held by the General Partner for the use and benefit of the Partnership in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement; provided, that the General Partner shall use reasonable efforts to cause beneficial and record title to such assets to be vested in the Partnership as soon as reasonably practicable. All Partnership Assets shall be recorded as the property of the Partnership in its books and records, irrespective of the name in which legal title to such Partnership Assets is held.
7.10.
Reliance by Third Parties
.
(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, any Person dealing with the Partnership shall be entitled to assume that the General Partner has full power and authority, without the consent or approval of any other Partner or Person, to encumber, sell or otherwise use in any manner any and all Partnership Assets and to enter into any contracts on behalf of the Partnership, and take any and all actions on behalf of the Partnership, and such Person shall be entitled to deal with the General Partner as if the General Partner were the Partnership’s sole party in interest, both legally and beneficially.
(b) Each Limited Partner hereby waives any and all defenses or other remedies that may be available against such Person to contest, negate or disaffirm any action of the General Partner in connection with any such dealing.
(c) In no event shall any Person dealing with the General Partner or its representatives be obligated to ascertain that the terms of this Agreement have been complied with or to inquire into the necessity or expediency of any act or action of the General Partner or its representatives.
(d) Each and every certificate, document, or other instrument executed on behalf of the Partnership by the General Partner or its representatives shall be conclusive evidence in favor of any and every Person relying thereon or claiming thereunder that:
(i) at the time of the execution and delivery of such certificate, document or instrument, this Agreement was in full force and effect;
(ii) the Person executing and delivering such certificate, document or instrument was duly authorized and empowered to do so for and on behalf of the Partnership; and
(iii) such certificate, document or instrument was duly executed and delivered in accordance with the terms and provisions of this Agreement and is binding upon the Partnership.
8.
Rights and Obligations of Limited Partners
.
8.1.
Limitation of Liability
. The Limited Partners shall have no liability under this Agreement, except as may be expressly provided in this Agreement (including without limitation Section 10.5 hereof) or under the Act.
8.2.
No Right to Participate in the Management of Business
. Except for the Advisor (which, when acting under the Advisory Agreement will not be acting in its capacity as a Limited Partner), no Limited Partner shall take part in the management or control of the Partnership’s investment or other activities, transact any business in the Partnership’s name or have the power to sign documents for or otherwise bind the Partnership. Except as expressly provided herein, no Limited Partner shall have the right to vote for the election, removal or replacement of the General
Partner. The exercise by any Limited Partner of any right conferred herein shall not be construed to constitute participation by such Limited Partner in the control of the business of the Partnership so as to make such Limited Partner liable as a general partner for the debts and obligations of the Partnership for purposes of the Act, laws of non-U.S. jurisdictions or otherwise.
8.3.
Outside Activities of Limited Partners
. Subject to any agreements entered into by a Limited Partner or its Affiliates, or any Assignee, with the Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries, any Limited Partner or Assignee and any officer, director, employee, agent, trustee, Affiliate or stockholder or other equity owner of any Limited Partner or Assignee shall be entitled to and may have business interests and engage in business activities in addition to those relating to the Partnership, including business interests and activities that are in direct competition with the Partnership or that are enhanced by the activities of the Partnership. Neither the Partnership nor any of the Partners shall have any rights by virtue of this Agreement in any business ventures of any other Partner or Assignee. None of the Limited Partners nor any other Person shall have any rights by virtue of this Agreement, or the Partnership relationship established hereby, in any business ventures of any other Person, and such Person shall have no obligation pursuant to this Agreement to offer any interest in any such business ventures to the Partnership, any Limited Partner, or any such other Person, even if such opportunity is of a character which, if presented to the Partnership, any Limited Partner, or such other Person, could be taken by such Person.
8.4.
Return of Capital
. No Limited Partner shall be entitled to the withdrawal or return of its Capital Contribution, except (a) to the extent of such Limited Partner’s right of redemption set forth in Section 8.6, and (b) to the extent that the General Partner (or the Liquidator) determines to make distributions made pursuant to this Agreement or upon termination of the Partnership, as provided herein. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, no Limited Partner or Assignee shall have priority over any other Limited Partner or Assignee, either as to the return of Capital Contributions or as to distributions or allocations of Profits or Losses.
8.5.
Rights of Limited Partners Relating to the Partnership
.
(a)
General
. In addition to the other rights provided by this Agreement and any rights granted to limited partners of a limited partnership under the Act that such limited partners are not permitted to waive under the Act, and except as limited by Section 8.5(b) hereof, each Limited Partner shall have the right, for a purpose reasonably related to such Limited Partner’s interest as a limited partner in the Partnership, upon written demand with a statement of the purpose of such demand and at such Limited Partner’s own expense (including such reasonable copying and administrative charges as the General Partner may establish from time to time):
(i) to obtain a copy of the Partnership’s federal, state and local income tax returns for each Fiscal Year;
(ii) to obtain a current list of the name and last known business, residence or mailing address of each Partner of record; and
(iii) to obtain a copy of this Agreement, the Certificate, and all amendments to either, together with executed copies of all powers of attorney pursuant to which this Agreement, the Certificate, and all amendments to either have been executed.
Each Limited Partner hereby waives any and all rights that such Limited Partner may have under the Act that the Act permits limited partners to waive, except any such right that is granted expressly to such Limited Partner under this Agreement.
(b)
Confidentiality
. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 8.5, the General Partner may keep confidential from the Limited Partners, for such period of time as the General Partner determines in its sole and absolute discretion to be reasonable, any information that:
(i) the General Partner reasonably believes to be in the nature of trade secrets or other information, the disclosure of which the General Partner in good faith believes is not in the best interests of the Partnership or General Partner or could damage the Partnership or General Partner or its or their business; or
(ii) the Partnership is required by law or by agreements with an unaffiliated third party to keep confidential.
8.6.
Redemption Right
.
(a)
Redemption Right
. Subject to the provisions of this Section 8.6, at any time on or after the first anniversary date of the issuance of a Partnership Unit to a Partner, such Partner shall have the right (the “
Redemption Right
”) to require the Partnership to redeem on a Specified Redemption Date all or a portion of the Partnership Units held by such Partner, at a redemption price equal to and in the form of the Redemption Amount. The Redemption Right shall be exercised pursuant to a Notice of Redemption Request delivered to the General Partner by the Partner who is exercising the Redemption Right (the “
Redeeming Partner
”).
(b)
Distributions and Allocations
.
(i) Subject to Section 8.6(c), the Redeeming Partner shall have no right to receive any distributions that are paid after the Specified Redemption Date with respect to any Partnership Units redeemed pursuant to this Section 8.6.
(ii) If any Partnership Interest is redeemed (other than pursuant to Section 8.6(c)) on any day other than the first day of a Fiscal Year, then Profit, Losses, each item thereof and all other items attributable to such Partnership Interest for such Fiscal Year shall be divided and allocated to the Redeeming Partner by taking into account the Redeeming Partner’s ownership of such Partnership Interest during the Fiscal Year in accordance with Section 706(d) of the Code, using the interim closing of the books method (unless the General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion, elects to adopt a daily, weekly or monthly proration period, in which event Profits,
Losses, each item thereof and all other items attributable to such redeemed Partnership Interest for such Fiscal Year shall be prorated based upon the applicable method selected by the General Partner).
(c)
General Partner Assumption of Obligation
. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 8.6(a), the General Partner may, in its sole and absolute discretion (subject to the limitations on ownership and transfer of shares of REIT Stock in the Articles of Incorporation), assume directly the obligation to satisfy a Redemption Right and satisfy such Redemption Right by paying to the Redeeming Partner the Redemption Amount on the Specified Redemption Date, whereupon the General Partner shall acquire the Partnership Units offered for redemption by the Redeeming Partner and shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as the owner of such Partnership Units. In the event that the General Partner shall exercise this right to satisfy the Redemption Right in the manner described in the preceding sentence and shall fully perform its obligation to pay the Redemption Amount on the Specified Redemption Date, the Partnership shall have no obligation to pay any amount to the Redeeming Partner with respect to such Redeeming Partner’s exercise of the Redemption Right, and each of the Redeeming Partner, the Partnership, and the General Partner shall treat the transaction between the General Partner and the Redeeming Partner as a sale of the Redeeming Partner’s Partnership Units to the General Partner for federal income tax purposes. Distributions and allocations with respect to Partnership Units acquired by the General Partner pursuant to this Section 8.6(c) shall be made in accordance with Sections 11.6(c) and 11.6(d).
(d)
Fractional Shares
. If the General Partner elects, either on its own behalf or on behalf of the Partnership, to satisfy the Redemption Right by paying the REIT Stock Amount, and the REIT Stock Amount is not equal to a whole number of shares of REIT Stock, the Redeeming Partner shall be paid (i) that number of shares of REIT Stock which equals the nearest whole number less than the REIT Stock Amount, plus (ii) (A) an amount of cash equal to the Value of one share of REIT Stock on the applicable Valuation Date, multiplied by (B) the REIT Stock Amount minus the whole number of shares of REIT Stock pursuant to clause (i) of this Section 8.6(d).
(e)
Execution of Documents
. Each Redeeming Partner agrees to execute such documents as the General Partner may reasonably require in connection with (i) the exercise and satisfaction of the Redemption Right, (ii) any assumption by the General Partner pursuant to Section 8.6(c), and (iii) any issuance of REIT Stock in connection with the Partnership or the General Partner paying the Redemption Amount to the Redeeming Partner.
(f)
Exceptions to Redemption Right
. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 8.6(a), unless the General Partner elects for payment of the Redemption Amount by the Partnership to be the Cash Amount, a Partner shall not be entitled to exercise the Redemption Right if the delivery of REIT Stock to such Partner on the Specified Redemption Date would (i) be prohibited under the Articles of Incorporation or the bylaws of the General Partner, (ii) adversely affect the ability of the General Partner to continue to qualify as a REIT or subject the General Partner to any additional taxes under Sections 857 or 4981 of the Code,
(iii) constitute or be likely to constitute a violation of any applicable federal or state securities laws or regulations, or (iv) be prohibited under Section 11.6(f) of this Agreement (in each case regardless of whether the General Partner would in fact assume and satisfy the Redemption Right).
(g)
Exercise of the Redemption Right by the General Partner
. The receipt of a notice of redemption with respect to shares of REIT Stock held by stockholders of the General Partner (a “
REIT Notice
”) pursuant to the General Partner’s share repurchase plan as may be in effect from time to time shall be deemed to be a Notice of Redemption Request given by the General Partner to the Partnership. The redemption by the General Partner of REIT Stock pursuant to a REIT Notice shall be deemed an exercise of the Redemption Right with respect to the number of Partnership Units equal to the number of shares of REIT Stock identified in the REIT Notice. With respect to any Redemption Right exercised by the General Partner pursuant to this Section 8.6(g), the General Partner will elect for payment of the Redemption Amount by the Partnership to the General Partner to be the Cash Amount.
(h)
Assignees
. The Assignee of any Limited Partner may exercise the rights of such Limited Partner pursuant to this Section 8.6 with respect to any Partnership Units Transferred by such Limited Partner to such Assignee, and such Limited Partner shall be deemed to have assigned such rights to such Assignee and shall be bound by the exercise of such rights by such Assignee. In connection with any exercise of such rights by such Assignee on behalf of such Limited Partner, the Redemption Amount shall be paid by the Partnership directly to such Assignee and not to such Limited Partner.
(i)
No Liens on Partnership Units Delivered for Redemption
. Each Partner covenants and agrees that all Partnership Units delivered for redemption pursuant to this Section 8.6 shall be delivered to the Partnership or the General Partner, as the case may be, free and clear of all Liens. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, neither the General Partner nor the Partnership shall be under any obligation to acquire Partnership Units which are or may be subject to any Liens. Each Partner further agrees that, if any state or local property transfer tax is payable as a result of the Transfer of its Partnership Units to the Partnership or the General Partner pursuant to this Section 8.6, such Partner shall assume and pay such transfer tax.
(j)
Cancellation of Units; Amendments to Exhibit A
. Upon the redemption of Partnership Units pursuant to this Section 8.6, (i) all such redeemed Partnership Units (other than Partnership Units redeemed pursuant to Section 8.6(c)) shall be cancelled, and (ii) the General Partner shall amend
Exhibit A
to reflect the new Percentage Interests of the Partners and to (A) either adjust the number of Partnership Units and the Percentage Interest of the Redeeming Partner or eliminate the Redeeming Partner from
Exhibit A
, as applicable, and (B) in the event that the General Partner assumes the obligation to satisfy a Redemption Right pursuant to Section 8.6(c), adjust the number of Partnership Units and the Percentage Interest of the General Partner to reflect the Transfer of such Partnership Units to the General Partner.
(k)
Additional Partnership Interests
. If the Partnership issues Partnership Interests to any Additional Limited Partner pursuant to Section 4, the General Partner shall make such revisions to this Section 8.6 as the General Partner determines are necessary to reflect the issuance of such Partnership Interests (including setting forth any restrictions on the exercise of the Redemption Right with respect to such Partnership Interests).
(l)
Redemptions by the Advisor Generally
. For so long as the Advisor remains the advisor to the Partnership and General Partner under the Advisory Agreement, or in the event the Advisor makes a Deferred Payment Election pursuant to Section 8.6(n), until payment of the Deferred Termination Amount, if any and as applicable, except as otherwise provided in Section 8.6(m), (n) and (o), neither the Advisor nor any Affiliate of the Advisor (other than the General Partner) may redeem any portion of the Partnership Units held by such Person.
(m)
Redemptions by the Advisor Upon Listing
. If the Advisor has not been terminated under the Advisory Agreement as of the Listing Date, the Advisor (in its capacity as Partner) shall receive a payment (the “
Listing Amount
”) in redemption of all of the Partnership Units held by the Advisor, which shall be paid within five (5) Business Days of the determination of the Market Value (which in no event shall occur later than the 280th day following the Listing Date), in an amount determined as of the Listing Date equal to the sum of (x) the Redemption Amount applicable to all the Advisor’s Partnership Units, plus (y) 15% of the amount, if any, by which (I) the Market Value plus the cumulative distributions made to the General Partner from the inception of the Partnership through the Listing Date exceeds (II) the sum of (1) the Invested Capital of the General Partner as of the Listing Date, and (2) the 6.0% Return that has accrued with respect to the Invested Capital of the General Partner from the inception of the Partnership through the Listing Date. The Listing Amount shall be paid, as determined by the General Partner’s board of directors, including a majority of the independent directors, either in the form of cash or REIT Stock with a Market Value equal to the Listing Amount; provided, however, to the extent payment of the Listing Amount in the form of REIT Stock would not be permitted for any reason, the Listing Amount shall be paid in cash. The Advisor agrees to execute such documents as the General Partner may reasonably require in connection with the issuance of REIT Stock if the Listing Amount is paid in the form of REIT Stock as provided herein.
(n)
Redemptions by the Advisor Upon Termination
(i) If a Listing Event has not occurred as of the date of a Termination Event, then the Advisor (in its capacity as Partner) shall receive a cash payment (the “
Termination Amount
”) in redemption of all of the Partnership Units held by the Advisor, which shall be paid within five (5) Business Days of the date the Appraised Value as of the Termination Date has been determined, in an amount determined as of the date of such Termination Event equal to the sum of (x) the Redemption Amount applicable to all the Advisor’s Partnership Units, plus (y) 15% of the amount, if any, by which (I) the Appraised Value of all of the Partnership Assets as of the date of
the Termination Event, less any indebtedness of the Partnership for monies borrowed (whether secured or unsecured by such assets) as of the date of such Termination Event, plus the cumulative distributions made to the General Partner and the Limited Partners (other than Advisor Participation in Sales Proceeds) from the inception of the Partnership through the date of the Termination Event, exceeds (II) the sum of (1) the Invested Capital of the General Partner and the Limited Partners as of such date, and (2) the 6.0% Return that has accrued with respect to the Invested Capital of the General Partner and the Limited Partners from the inception of the Partnership through the date of the Termination Event; provided, however, that upon a Termination Event, the Advisor, in its sole discretion, may elect, within five (5) Business Days of the date of such Termination Event, to forego a payment of the Termination Amount upon such Termination Event and instead elect (“
Deferred Payment Election
”) to receive a deferred termination amount (the “
Deferred Termination Amount
”) in redemption of all of the Partnership Units held by the Advisor, which, notwithstanding any other provisions herein to the contrary, shall exclude any new Partnership Assets acquired and/or owned by the General Partner (either directly or through third parties) after such Termination Event, other than the Included Assets (such new Partnership Assets acquired after such Termination Event, other than the Included Assets, the “
Separate Asset Value
”). The Deferred Termination Amount, if any, shall be paid within five (5) Business Days of the first to occur of (x) a Listing Event or (y) an Other Liquidity Event, in an amount determined as of the Listing Date or date of the Other Liquidity Event (as applicable) equal to:
(A) if in connection with a Listing Event that occurs after the one-year anniversary of a Termination Event, (x) the Redemption Amount, plus (y) 15% of the amount, if any, by which (I) the Appraised Value as of the Listing Date of the Included Assets, less any indebtedness of the Partnership for monies borrowed (whether secured or unsecured by such assets) as of the Listing Date, plus the cumulative distributions made to the General Partner and to any Limited Partners (other than Advisor Participation in Sales Proceeds) with respect to Partnership Units issued in connection with the acquisition of the Included Assets from the inception of the Partnership through the Listing Date, exceeds (II) the sum of (1) the Invested Capital of the General Partner and the Limited Partners as of the Listing Date (excluding Invested Capital contributed or deemed contributed after such Termination Event), and (2) the 6.0% Return that has accrued with respect to such Invested Capital of the General Partner and the Limited Partners for the period from the inception of the Partnership through the Listing Date; or
(B) if in connection with a Listing Event that occurs on or prior to the one-year anniversary of a Termination Event, the amount determined pursuant to Section 8.6(m) as though a Termination Event had not occurred;
(C) if in connection with an Other Liquidity Event (except in connection with a Merger, which is addressed in Paragraph (D) below), after the Unrecovered Contribution Account and 6.0% Return Account of the General Partner and similar accounts of each Limited Partner, in each case as of the date of the Other Liquidity Event, have been reduced to zero ($0), (x) the Redemption Amount applicable to all of the Advisor’s Units, plus (y) 15% of any Net Sales Proceeds received from the Sale of Included Assets; or
(D) if in connection with an Other Liquidity Event involving a Merger, the amount determined pursuant to Section 8.6(o) as though a Termination Event had not occurred.
(ii) Notwithstanding any other provisions herein to the contrary, the Advisor acknowledges and agrees that: (1) the Advisor has not received and the General Partner has not provided any assurance or representation of any kind relating to the Deferred Termination Amount; (2) the Advisor does not have any expectation of any minimum level of the Deferred Termination Amount; (3) the Advisor shall not have any rights or interests of any kind with respect to the Separate Asset Value; (4) neither the General Partner nor any director, officer, stockholder, partner, member, employee, trustee, representative or agent of the General Partner shall have any liability or responsibility to the Advisor for any act or omission performed or failed to be performed by it, or for any losses, claims, costs, damages, or liabilities arising from any such act or omission relating to the acquisition, management, operation, or disposition of the Partnership Assets; (5) the General Partner shall have full power, authority, discretion and control with respect to the Partnership Assets; (6) the Deferred Termination Amount, if any, is and shall be deemed to be a contingent interest; (7) nothing herein shall in any way limit or restrict the General Partner’s rights to pursue a follow-on offering; and (8) any rights of the Advisor to the Deferred Termination Amount, if any, are personal to the Advisor and, notwithstanding any other provisions herein to the contrary, may not be assigned by the Advisor except to an Affiliate or successor entity. Nothing herein shall limit the Advisor’s (or its Affiliates’) rights to pursue and engage in other offerings in the same or other asset class(es), subject to the Advisory Agreement. The foregoing provisions are of material importance to the General Partner. The Advisor acknowledges and agrees that the General Partner has agreed to payment of the Deferred Termination Amount (subject to the provisions herein), if any, in reliance of the Advisor’s agreement to the foregoing provisions.
(iii) Any Termination Amount or Deferred Termination Amount, if any and as applicable, shall be paid, as determined by the General Partner’s board of directors, including a majority of the independent directors, either in the form of cash or the issuance to the Advisor of a non-interest-bearing promissory note (the “
Termination Note
”) in an amount equal to the Termination Amount or the Deferred Termination Amount, as applicable; provided, however, in connection with a Merger
following a Termination Event, the General Partner shall have the right, at its sole discretion, to pay the Deferred Termination Amount, if any, in the form of REIT Stock prior to such Merger or in the form of the stock of the surviving company that are immediately tradable on a U.S. national securities exchange without volume or other restrictions, in connection with such Merger. Any Termination Note shall be payable within two (2) years following the occurrence of the applicable Termination Event. In the event the Termination Amount or the Deferred Termination Amount, as applicable, is paid in the form of the Termination Note, the Partnership shall repay the Termination Note using Net Sales Proceeds prior to making any distributions under Section 5.1(c) until the Termination Note is paid in full. If the Termination Note has not been paid in full within two (2) years following the occurrence of the applicable Termination Event, then the General Partner (as determined by the General Partner’s board of directors, including a majority of the independent directors) shall purchase the Termination Note from the Advisor in exchange for either cash or REIT Stock with a Value as of the date of issuance of such REIT Stock equal to the aggregate amount outstanding under the Termination Note. The Advisor agrees to execute such documents as the General Partner may reasonably require in connection with the issuance of REIT Stock if the Termination Note is purchased with REIT Stock as provided herein. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, to the extent payment of any portion of a Termination Note in the form of REIT Stock would not be permitted for any reason, such portion of the Termination Note shall be paid in cash.
(iv) For the sake of clarity, no special distribution, compensation or remuneration shall be payable by the Partnership (or the General Partner) to the Advisor or any of its Affiliates in connection with any internalization by the Partnership (or the General Partner) of management functions from the Advisor.
(o)
Redemptions by the Advisor Upon Merger
. If the Advisor has not been terminated under the Advisory Agreement as of the closing date of a Merger, the Advisor (in its capacity as Partner) shall receive a cash payment in redemption of all of the Partnership Units held by the Advisor, which shall be paid within five (5) Business Days of the closing date set forth in the agreement effecting such Merger (the “
Merger Closing Date
”)
in an amount equal to (x) the Redemption Amount, plus (y) 15% of the amount, if any, by which (I) the gross agreed upon value of the Partnership’s Included Assets pursuant to any agreement effecting such Merger, less any indebtedness for monies borrowed secured by such assets as of the Merger Closing Date, plus the cumulative distributions made to the General Partner and the Limited Partners (other than Advisor Participation in Sales Proceeds) with respect to Partnership Units issued in connection with the acquisition of the Included Assets from the inception of the Partnership through the Merger Closing Date, exceeds (II) the sum of (1) the Invested Capital of the General Partner and the Limited Partners as of Merger Closing Date (excluding Invested Capital relating to the Separate Asset Value, or, if a payment is being calculated hereunder in connection with a Termination Event pursuant to Section 8.6(n)(i)(D), excluding any Invested Capital contributed or deemed contributed after such Termination Event), and (2) the 6.0% Return that has accrued with respect to such
Invested Capital of the General Partner and the Limited Partners for the period from the inception of the Partnership through the Merger Closing Date.
9.
Books, Records, Accounting and Reports
.
9.1.
Records and Accounting
.
(a)
Books and Records
. The General Partner shall keep or cause to be kept at the principal office of the Partnership those records and documents required to be maintained by the Act and other books and records deemed by the General Partner to be appropriate with respect to the Partnership’s business, including, without limitation, all books and records necessary for the General Partner to comply with applicable REIT Requirements and to provide to the Limited Partners any information, lists, and copies of documents required to be provided pursuant to Sections 8.5(a) and 9.2 hereof. Notwithstanding the occurrence of a Listing Event, Termination Event or Other Liquidity Event, the Advisor shall be entitled to the same rights as a Limited Partner under this Section 9 with respect to any Fiscal Year during which any amounts are due and owing to the Advisor under this Agreement either by the Partnership or the General Partner.
(b)
Accounting Method
. The books of the Partnership shall be maintained, for financial and tax reporting purposes, on an accrual basis in accordance with GAAP.
9.2.
Reports
.
(a)
Annual Reports
. As soon as practicable after the end of each Fiscal Year, but in no event later than the date on which the General Partner mails its annual report to its stockholders, the General Partner shall cause to be mailed to each Limited Partner as of the close of the Fiscal Year, an annual report containing financial statements of the Partnership, or of the General Partner, if such statements are prepared on a consolidated basis with the Partnership, for such Fiscal Year, presented in accordance with GAAP, such statements to be audited by a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants selected by the General Partner in its sole discretion.
(b)
Quarterly Reports
. If and to the extent that the General Partner mails quarterly reports to its stockholders, then as soon as practicable after the end of each fiscal quarter of the Partnership, but in no event later than the date such reports are mailed, the General Partner shall cause to be mailed to each Limited Partner a report containing unaudited financial statements as of the last day of the calendar quarter of the Partnership, or of the General Partner, if such statements are prepared on a consolidated basis with the Partnership, and such other information as may be required by applicable law or regulation, or as the General Partner determines to be appropriate.
(c)
Delivery
. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the General Partner may deliver to the Limited Partners each of the reports described above, as well as any other communications that it may provide hereunder, by e-mail or by any other electronic means.
10.
Tax Matters
.
10.1.
Preparation of Tax Returns
. The General Partner shall arrange for the preparation and timely filing of all returns of Partnership income, gains, deductions, losses and other items required of the Partnership for federal and state income tax purposes and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to furnish, within ninety (90) days of the close of each taxable year or as soon as practicable thereafter, the tax information reasonably required by Limited Partners (or former Limited Partners who were limited partners of the Partnership during any portion of such taxable year) for federal and state income tax reporting purposes.
10.2.
Tax Elections
. Except as otherwise provided herein, the General Partner shall, in its sole and absolute discretion, determine whether to make any available election pursuant to the Code; provided, however, that the General Partner shall make the election under Section 754 of the Code in accordance with applicable regulations thereunder. The General Partner shall have the right to seek to revoke any such election it makes, including, without limitation, the election under Section 754 of the Code, upon the General Partner’s determination, in its sole and absolute discretion, that such revocation is in the best interests of the Partners.
10.3.
Tax Matters Partner
.
(a)
General
. The General Partner shall be the “tax matters partner” of the Partnership for federal income tax purposes. Pursuant to Section 6223(c)(3) of the Code, upon receipt of notice from the Internal Revenue Service of the beginning of an administrative proceeding with respect to the Partnership, the tax matters partner shall furnish the Internal Revenue Service with the name, address, taxpayer identification number, and profit interest of each of the Limited Partners and the Assignees; provided, that such information is provided to the Partnership by the Limited Partners and the Assignees.
(b)
Powers
. The tax matters partner is authorized, but not required:
(i) to enter into any settlement with the Internal Revenue Service with respect to any administrative or judicial proceedings for the adjustment of Partnership items required to be taken into account by a Partner for income tax purposes (such administrative proceedings being referred to as a “tax audit” and such judicial proceedings being referred to as “judicial review”), and in the settlement agreement the tax matters partner may expressly state that such agreement shall bind all Partners, except that such settlement agreement shall not bind any Partner:
(A) who (within the time prescribed pursuant to the Code and the Treasury Regulations) files a statement with the Internal Revenue Service providing that the tax matters partner shall not have the authority to enter into a settlement agreement on behalf of such Partner; or
(B) who is a “notice partner” (as defined in Section 6231(a)(8) of the Code) or a member of a “notice group” (as defined in Section 6223(b)(2) of the Code);
(ii) in the event that a notice of a final administrative adjustment at the Partnership level of any item required to be taken into account by a Partner for tax purposes (a “final adjustment”) is mailed to the tax matters partner, to seek judicial review of such final adjustment, including the filing of a petition for readjustment with the Tax Court or the filing of a complaint for refund with the United States Claims Court or the District Court of the United States for the district in which the Partnership’s principal place of business is located;
(iii) to intervene in any action brought by any other Partner for judicial review of a final adjustment;
(iv) to file a request for an administrative adjustment with the Internal Revenue Service and, if any part of such request is not allowed by the Internal Revenue Service, to file an appropriate pleading (petition or complaint) for judicial review with respect to such request;
(v) to enter into an agreement with the Internal Revenue Service to extend the period for assessing any tax which is attributable to any item required to be taken account of by a Partner for tax purposes, or an item affected by such item; and
(vi) to take any other action on behalf of the Partners or the Partnership in connection with any tax audit or judicial review proceeding to the extent permitted by applicable law or regulations.
The taking of any action and the incurring of any expense by the tax matters partner in connection with any such proceeding, except to the extent required by law, is a matter in the sole and absolute discretion of the tax matters partner and the provisions relating to indemnification of the General Partner set forth in Section 7.6 of this Agreement shall be fully applicable to the tax matters partner in its capacity as such.
(c)
Reimbursements
. The tax matters partner shall receive no compensation for its services. All third party costs and expenses incurred by the tax matters partner in performing its duties as such (including legal and accounting fees and expenses) shall be borne by the Partnership. Nothing herein shall be construed to restrict the Partnership from engaging an accounting firm to assist the tax matters partner in discharging its duties hereunder, so long as the compensation paid by the Partnership for such services is reasonable.
10.4.
Organizational Expenses
. The Partnership shall elect to deduct expenses, if any, incurred by it in organizing the Partnership ratably over a one-hundred eighty (180) month period as provided in Section 709 of the Code.
10.5.
Withholding
.
(a)
General
. Each Limited Partner hereby authorizes the Partnership to withhold from, or pay on behalf of or with respect to, such Limited Partner any amount of federal,
state, local, or foreign taxes that the General Partner determines that the Partnership is required to withhold or pay with respect to any amount distributable or allocable to such Limited Partner pursuant to this Agreement, including, without limitation, any taxes required to be withheld or paid by the Partnership pursuant to Sections 1441, 1442, 1445 or 1446 of the Code.
(b)
Treatment of Amounts Withheld
. Any amount paid on behalf of or with respect to a Limited Partner under Section 10.5(a) shall constitute a loan by the Partnership to such Limited Partner, which loan shall be repaid by such Limited Partner within fifteen (15) days after notice from the General Partner that such payment must be made unless:
(i) the Partnership withholds such payment from a distribution which would otherwise be made to the Limited Partner; or
(ii) the General Partner determines, in its sole and absolute discretion, that such payment may be satisfied out of the available funds of the Partnership which would, but for such payment, be distributed to the Limited Partner.
Any amounts withheld from amounts otherwise distributable to a Limited Partner, as described in clause (i) or (ii) of this Section 10.5(b), shall be treated as having been distributed to such Limited Partner.
(c)
Security Interest
. Each Limited Partner hereby unconditionally and irrevocably grants to the Partnership a security interest in such Limited Partner’s Partnership Interest to secure such Limited Partner’s obligation to pay to the Partnership any amounts required to be paid pursuant to this Section 10.5. Each Limited Partner shall take such actions as the Partnership or the General Partner shall request in order to perfect or enforce the security interest created hereunder.
(d)
Default
. In the event that a Limited Partner fails to pay when due any amounts owed to the Partnership pursuant to this Section 10.5, the General Partner may, in its sole and absolute discretion, elect to make the payment to the Partnership on behalf of such defaulting Limited Partner, and in such event shall be deemed to have loaned such amount to such defaulting Limited Partner and shall succeed to all rights and remedies of the Partnership as against such defaulting Limited Partner. Without limitation, in such event, the General Partner shall have the right to receive distributions that would otherwise be distributable to such defaulting Limited Partner until such time as such loan, together with all interest thereon, has been paid in full, and any such distributions so received by the General Partner shall be treated as having been distributed to the defaulting Limited Partner and immediately paid by the defaulting Limited Partner to the General Partner in repayment of such loan.
(e)
Interest
. Any amount payable by a Limited Partner under this Section 10.5 shall bear interest at the lesser of (i) the base rate on corporate loans at large United States money center commercial banks, as published from time to time in The Wall Street Journal, plus four (4) percentage points, and (ii) the maximum lawful rate of interest on such
obligation, such interest to accrue from the date such amount is due (i.e., fifteen (15) days after demand) until such amount is paid in full.
11.
Transfers and Withdrawals
.
11.1.
Restrictions on Transfer
. No Partnership Interest shall be Transferred, in whole or in part, except in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in this Section 11. Any Transfer or purported Transfer of a Partnership Interest not made in accordance with this Section 11 shall be null and void.
11.2.
Transfer of the General Partner’s General Partner Interest
.
(a) The General Partner may not Transfer any of its General Partner Interest or withdraw as General Partner, except:
(i) with the Consent of the Outside Limited Partners; or
(ii) if such Transfer is to an entity which is wholly owned, directly or indirectly, by the General Partner; or
(iii) if such Transfer occurs in connection with a Merger.
(b) In the event the General Partner withdraws as general partner of the Partnership in accordance with Section 11.2(a), the General Partner’s General Partner Interest shall immediately be converted into a Limited Partner Interest.
11.3.
Limited Partners’ Rights to Transfer
.
(a)
General
. Subject to the provisions of Section 11.3(b), no Limited Partner shall have the right to Transfer all or a portion of such Limited Partner’s Partnership Interest, or any of such Limited Partner’s rights as a Limited Partner, without the consent of the General Partner, which may be given or withheld by the General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion.
(b)
Transfers to Permitted Transferees
. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 11.3(a), but subject to the provisions of Sections 11.3(c), 11.3(d), and 11.3(e) and other applicable restrictions on Transfers contained in this Section 11, a Limited Partner may Transfer, with or without the consent of the General Partner, all or a portion of his Partnership Units to a Permitted Transferee; provided that such Permitted Transferee must qualify as an “accredited investor” as such term is defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act; and provided further that no Transfer pursuant to this Section 11.3(b) shall be effective until the General Partner receives notice of such Transfer.
(c)
No Transfers Violating Securities Laws
. The General Partner may prohibit any Transfer by a Limited Partner of its Partnership Units if, in the opinion of legal counsel to the Partnership, such Transfer would require the filing of a registration statement under
the Securities Act, or would otherwise violate any federal or state securities laws or regulations applicable to the Partnership or the Partnership Units.
(d)
No Transfers to Certain Lenders
. No Transfer of any Partnership Units may be made to a lender to the Partnership or any Person who is related (within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.752-4(b)) to any lender to the Partnership whose loan constitutes a nonrecourse liability (within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.752-1(a)(2)), without the consent of the General Partner, which may be withheld in its sole and absolute discretion.
(e)
Additional Prohibited Transfers
. No Transfer by a Limited Partner of its Partnership Units may be made to any Person if:
(i) in the opinion the General Partner based on the advice of legal counsel, if appropriate, it would adversely affect the ability of the General Partner to continue to qualify as a REIT or would subject the General Partner to any additional taxes under Sections 857 or 4981 of the Code;
(ii) in the opinion of the General Partner based on the advice of legal counsel, if appropriate, it would result in the Partnership being treated as an association taxable as a corporation for federal income tax purposes;
(iii) such Transfer would subject the Partnership, the General Partner, or the Advisor to regulation under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended, or ERISA;
(iv) such Transfer is effectuated through an “established securities market” or a “secondary market (or the substantial equivalent thereof)” within the meaning of Section 7704 of the Code; or
(v) such Transfer is to a Prohibited Transferee.
(f)
Incapacitated Limited Partners
. If a Limited Partner is Incapacitated, the executor, administrator, trustee, committee, guardian, conservator or receiver of such Limited Partner’s estate shall have all of the rights of a Limited Partner, but not more rights than those enjoyed by other Limited Partners, for the purpose of settling or managing the estate and such power as the Incapacitated Limited Partner possessed to Transfer all or any part of his or its interest in the Partnership. The Incapacity of a Limited Partner, in and of itself, shall not dissolve or terminate the Partnership.
(g)
Transfers by the Advisor
. For so long as the Advisor remains the advisor to the Partnership and the General Partner under the Advisory Agreement, or in the event the Advisor makes a Deferred Payment Election pursuant to Section 8.6(n), until payment of the Deferred Termination Amount, if any and as applicable, neither the Advisor nor any Affiliate of the Advisor (other than the General Partner) may transfer any portion of the Partnership Units held by the Advisor to any Person, other than (i) Transfers to any Affiliate
or successor of the Advisor, and (ii) deemed Transfers to the General Partner pursuant to Section 8.6(c).
11.4.
Substituted Limited Partners
.
(a)
Consent of the General Partner
. No Limited Partner shall have the right to substitute a Permitted Transferee in such Limited Partner’s place. The General Partner shall, however, have the right to consent to the admission of a Permitted Transferee of the Partnership Interest of a Limited Partner pursuant to this Section 11.4 as a Substitute Limited Partner, which consent may be given or withheld by the General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion. The General Partner’s failure or refusal to permit such transferee to become a Substituted Limited Partner shall not give rise to any cause of action against the Partnership or any Partner.
(b)
Rights of a Substituted Limited Partner
. A transferee who has been admitted as a Substituted Limited Partner in accordance with this Section 11 shall have all the rights and powers and be subject to all the restrictions and liabilities of a Limited Partner under this Agreement. The admission of any transferee as a Substituted Limited Partner shall be conditioned upon the transferee executing and delivering to the Partnership an acceptance of all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including, without limitation, the power of attorney granted in Section 2.6, and such other documents or instruments as may be required in the reasonable discretion of the General Partner in order to effect such Person’s admission as a Substituted Limited Partner.
(c)
Amendments to Exhibit A
. Upon the admission of a Substituted Limited Partner, the General Partner shall amend
Exhibit A
to reflect the name, address, number of Partnership Units, and Percentage Interest of such Substituted Limited Partner and to eliminate or adjust, if necessary, the name, address and interest of the predecessor of such Substituted Limited Partner.
11.5.
Assignees
. If the General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion, does not consent to the admission of any transferee as a Substituted Limited Partner, as described in Section 11.4(a), such transferee shall be considered an Assignee for purposes of this Agreement. An Assignee shall be deemed to have had assigned to it, and shall be entitled to receive distributions and payments from the Partnership and the share of Profit, Losses and any other items of gain, loss, deduction, or credit of the Partnership attributable to the Partnership Units assigned to such transferee, but shall not be deemed to be a Partner for any other purpose under this Agreement, and shall not be entitled to vote such Partnership Units in any matter presented to the Limited Partners for a vote (such Partnership Units being deemed to have been voted on such matter in the same proportion as all other Partnership Units held by Limited Partners are voted). In the event any such transferee desires to make a further assignment of any such Partnership Units, such transferee shall be subject to all of the provisions of this Section 11 to the same extent and in the same manner as any Limited Partner desiring to make an assignment of Partnership Units.
11.6.
General Provisions
.
(a)
Withdrawal of a Limited Partner
. No Limited Partner may withdraw from the Partnership other than as a result of a Transfer of all of such Limited Partner’s Partnership Units pursuant to which the transferee is admitted as a Substituted Limited Partner or a redemption of all of the Partnership Units held by such Limited Partner pursuant to Section 8.6.
(b)
Termination of Status as a Limited Partner
. Any Limited Partner that (i) Transfers all of such Limited Partner’s Partnership Units (or other Partnership Interests) in a Transfer pursuant to which the transferee is admitted as a Substituted Limited Partner, or (ii) redeems all of such the Partnership Units held by such Limited Partner pursuant to Section 8.6 shall cease to be a Limited Partner.
(c)
Allocations
. If any Partnership Interest is Transferred during the Partnership’s Fiscal Year in compliance with the provisions of this Section 11 (including Transfers to the General Partner pursuant to Section 8.6(c)) on any day other than the first day of a Fiscal Year, then Profit, Losses, each item thereof and all other items attributable to such Partnership Interest for such Fiscal Year shall be divided and allocated between the transferor Partner and the transferee Partner by taking into account their varying interests during the Fiscal Year in accordance with Section 706(d) of the Code, using the interim closing of the books method (unless the General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion, elects to adopt a daily, weekly or monthly proration period, in which event Profits, Losses, each item thereof and all other items attributable to such transferred Partnership Interest for such Fiscal Year shall be prorated based upon the applicable method selected by the General Partner).
(d)
Distributions
. All distributions of Available Operating Cash, Net Sales Proceeds or other Partnership Assets attributable to Partnership Units, with respect to which the Partnership Record Date is before the date of a Transfer of such Partnership Units (including any Transfer to the General Partner pursuant to Section 8.6(c)), shall be made to the transferor Partner, and all distributions of Available Operating Cash, Net Sales Proceeds or other Partnership Assets thereafter attributable to such Partnership Units shall be made to the transferee Partner (or Assignee).
(e)
Capital Accounts
. The original Capital Account established for each transferee shall be in the same amount as the Capital Account or portion thereof of the Partner or Assignee to which such transferee succeeds, at the time of such Transfer. The Capital Account of any Partner whose Percentage Interest shall be increased by means of the Transfer to it of all or part of the Partnership Interest of another Partner shall be appropriately adjusted to reflect such Transfer. Any reference in this Agreement to a Capital Contribution of, or distribution to, a then-Partner shall include a Capital Contribution or distribution previously made by or to any prior Partner on account of the Partnership Interest of such then-Partner.
(f)
Additional Restrictions
. In addition to any other restrictions on Transfer contained in this Agreement, in no event may any Transfer of a Partnership Interest by any
Partner or any redemption pursuant to Section 8.6 be made without the express consent of the General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion, (i) to any person or entity who lacks the legal right, power or capacity to own a Partnership Interest; (ii) in violation of applicable law; (iii) of any component portion of a Partnership Interest, such as the Capital Account, or rights to distributions, separate and apart from all other components of a Partnership Interest; (iv) if in the opinion of the General Partner based on the advice of legal counsel, if appropriate, such Transfer would cause a termination of the Partnership for federal or state income tax purposes (except as a result of a redemption of all Partnership Units held by all Limited Partners); (v) if in the opinion of the General Partner based on the advice of legal counsel, if appropriate, such Transfer would cause the Partnership to cease to be classified as a partnership for federal income tax purposes (except as a result of a redemption of all Partnership Units held by all Limited Partners); (vi) if such Transfer requires the registration of such Partnership Interest pursuant to any applicable federal or state securities laws; (vii) if such Transfer would cause the Partnership to become a “publicly traded partnership,” as such term is defined in Section 7704(b) of the Code (provided that this clause (vii) shall not be the basis for limiting or restricting in any manner the exercise of the Redemption Right under Section 8.6 unless, and only to the extent that, outside tax counsel advises the General Partner that, in the absence of such limitation or restriction, there is a significant risk that the Partnership will be treated as a “publicly traded partnership” and, by reason thereof, taxable as a corporation); (viii) if such Transfer would cause the General Partner to own 10% or more of the ownership interests of any tenant of a property held by the Partnership within the meaning of Section 856(d)(2)(B) of the Code; (ix) if such Transfer would result in the General Partner being “closely held” within the meaning of Section 856(h) of the Code; or (x) if in the opinion of the General Partner based on the advice of legal counsel, if appropriate, such Transfer would adversely affect the ability of the General Partner to continue to qualify as a REIT or subject the General Partner to any additional taxes under Sections 857 or 4981 of the Code.
12.
Admission of Partners
.
12.1.
Admission of Successor General Partner
. A successor to all of the General Partner Interest pursuant to Section 11 hereof who is proposed to be admitted as a successor General Partner shall be admitted to the Partnership as the General Partner, effective immediately following the successor General Partner’s execution and delivery to the Partnership of an acceptance of all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement and such other documents or instruments as may be required or appropriate to effect such Person’s admission as General Partner. In the case of such admission on any day other than the first day of a Fiscal Year, all items attributable to the General Partner Interest for such Fiscal Year shall be allocated between the transferring General Partner and such successor as provided in Section 11.6(c) hereof. Any such successor General Partner shall carry on the business of the Partnership without dissolution.
12.2.
Admission of Additional Limited Partners
.
(a)
General
. A Person other than the General Partner and the Initial Limited Partner who makes a Capital Contribution to the Partnership in accordance with this
Agreement shall be admitted to the Partnership as an Additional Limited Partner only upon executing and delivering to the General Partner:
(i) evidence of acceptance in form satisfactory to the General Partner of all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including, without limitation, the power of attorney granted in Section 2.6 hereof; and
(ii) such other documents or instruments as may be required in the discretion of the General Partner in order to effect such Person’s admission as an Additional Limited Partner.
(b)
General Partner’s Consent Required
. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 12.2, no Person shall be admitted as an Additional Limited Partner without the consent of the General Partner, which consent may be given or withheld in the General Partner’s sole and absolute discretion. The admission of any Person as an Additional Limited Partner shall become effective on the date upon which the name of such Person is recorded on the books and records of the Partnership, following the consent of the General Partner to such admission and the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 12.2(a).
(c)
Allocations to Additional Limited Partners
. If any Additional Limited Partner is admitted to the Partnership on any day other than the first day of a Fiscal Year, then Profit, Losses, each item thereof and all other items allocable among Partners and Assignees for such Fiscal Year shall be allocated among such Additional Limited Partner and all other Partners and Assignees by taking into account their varying interests during the Fiscal Year in accordance with Section 706(d) of the Code, using the interim closing of the books method. Solely for purposes of making such allocations, each of such items for the calendar month in which an admission of any Additional Limited Partner occurs shall be allocated among all of the Partners and Assignees, including such Additional Limited Partner.
12.3.
Amendment of Agreement and Certificate of Limited Partnership
. For the admission to the Partnership of any Partner, the General Partner shall take all steps necessary and appropriate under the Act to amend the records of the Partnership and, if necessary, to prepare as soon as practical an amendment of this Agreement (including an amendment of
Exhibit A
) and, if required by law, shall prepare and file an amendment to the Certificate and may for this purpose exercise the power of attorney granted pursuant to Section 2.6 hereof.
13.
Dissolution, Liquidation and Termination
.
13.1.
Dissolution
. The Partnership shall not be dissolved by the admission of Substituted Limited Partners or Additional Limited Partners or by the admission of a successor General Partner in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Subject to Section 13.1(b), upon the withdrawal of the General Partner, any successor General Partner shall continue the business of the Partnership without dissolution. The Partnership shall dissolve, and its affairs shall be wound up, only upon the first to occur of any of the following (each, a “
Liquidating Event
”):
(a) the expiration of its term as provided in Section 2.5 hereof;
(b) an event of withdrawal of the General Partner, as defined in the Act (other than an event of bankruptcy), unless, within ninety (90) days after such event of withdrawal, a “majority in interest” (as defined below) of the remaining Partners Consent in writing to continue the business of the Partnership and to the appointment, effective as of the date of withdrawal, of a successor General Partner;
(c) an election to dissolve the Partnership made by the General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion;
(d) entry of a decree of judicial dissolution of the Partnership pursuant to the provisions of the Act;
(e) the occurrence of a Terminating Sale Transaction; or
(f) a final and non-appealable judgment is entered by a court of competent jurisdiction ruling that the General Partner or the Partnership is bankrupt or insolvent, or a final and non-appealable order for relief is entered by a court with appropriate jurisdiction against the General Partner or the Partnership, in each case under any federal or state bankruptcy or insolvency laws as now or hereafter in effect, unless prior to the entry of such order or judgment a “majority in interest” (as defined below) of the remaining Partners Consent in writing to continue the business of the Partnership and to the appointment, effective as of a date prior to the date of such order or judgment, of a substitute General Partner, if applicable.
As used in this Section 13, a “ majority in interest ” shall refer to Partners (excluding the General Partner) who hold Partnership Units that constitute more than fifty percent (50%) of the aggregate number of outstanding Partnership Units not held by the General Partner.
13.2.
Winding Up; Liquidation
.
(a) Upon dissolution of the Partnership, the business and affairs of the Partnership shall be wound up as provided in this Section 13.2. The General Partner shall act as the “
Liquidator
” (or, in the event there is no remaining General Partner, any Person elected by Limited Partners holding more than 50% of the total number of Partnership Units then issued and outstanding). The Liquidator shall wind up the affairs of the Partnership, shall dispose of such Partnership Assets as it deems necessary or appropriate and shall pay and distribute the assets of the Partnership, including the proceeds of any such disposition, as follows:
(i) first, to creditors, including Partners who are creditors, to the extent otherwise permitted by law, in satisfaction of liabilities of the Partnership (whether by payment or by establishment or reserves as determined by the Liquidator in its sole discretion), other than distributions to Partners pursuant to Section 5, and
(ii) second, to the Partners in accordance with their positive Capital Account balances.
It is intended that such distributions will result in the Partners receiving aggregate distributions in the order of and equal to the amount of distributions that would have been received if the liquidating distributions were made in accordance with Section 5.1. However, if the balances in the Capital Accounts do not result in such intention being satisfied, items of Profits and Losses will be reallocated among the Partners for the Fiscal Year of the liquidation (and, at the election of the General Partner, if necessary and permissible, prior Fiscal Years) so as to cause the balances in the Capital Accounts to be in the amounts necessary to assure that such result is achieved. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in the event the Partnership is liquidated within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(g), liquidation distributions shall be made by the end of the taxable year in which the Partnership liquidates or, if later, within ninety (90) days of the date of such liquidation.
(b) In the discretion of the Liquidator, a pro rata portion of the distributions that would otherwise be made to the Partners pursuant to this Section 13 may be:
(i) distributed to a trust established for the benefit of the General Partner and Limited Partners for the purposes of liquidating Partnership Assets, collecting amounts owed to the Partnership, and paying any contingent or unforeseen liabilities or obligations of the Partnership or the General Partner arising out of or in connection with the Partnership; the assets of any such trust shall be distributed to the General Partner and Limited Partners from time to time, in the reasonable discretion of the Liquidator, in the same proportions as the amount distributed to such trust by the Partnership would otherwise have been distributed to the General Partner and Limited Partners pursuant to this Agreement; or
(ii) withheld or escrowed to provide a reasonable reserve for Partnership liabilities (contingent or otherwise) and to reflect the unrealized portion of any installment obligations owed to the Partnership, provided that such withheld or escrowed amounts shall be distributed to the General Partner and Limited Partners in the manner and order of priority set forth in Section 13.2(a) as soon as practicable.
(c) The Liquidator shall, in its sole discretion, determine whether to sell any Partnership Assets, including, without limitation, Real Estate Assets, and if so, whether at a public or private sale, for what price and on what terms. If the Liquidator determines to sell or otherwise dispose of any Partnership Asset or any interest therein, the Liquidator shall do so expeditiously and for its fair market value under the circumstances, giving due regard to the activity and condition of the relevant market and general financial and economic conditions. If the Liquidator determines not to sell or otherwise dispose of any Partnership Asset or any interest therein, the Liquidator shall not be required to distribute the same to the Partners promptly but shall have full right and discretion to determine the time and manner of such distribution and distributions giving due regard to the interests of the Partners.
13.3.
No Obligation to Contribute Deficit
. If any Partner has a deficit balance in his Capital Account (after giving effect to all contributions, distributions and allocations for all taxable years, including the year during which such liquidation occurs), such Partner shall have no obligation
to make any contribution to the capital of the Partnership with respect to such deficit, and such deficit shall not be considered a debt owed to the Partnership or to any other Person for any purpose whatsoever.
13.4.
Notice of Dissolution
. In the event a Liquidating Event occurs or an event occurs that would, but for the provisions of an election pursuant to Section 13.1, result in a dissolution of the Partnership, the General Partner shall, within thirty (30) days thereafter, provide written notice thereof to each of the Partners.
13.5.
Termination of Partnership and Cancellation of Certificate of Limited Partnership
. Upon the completion of the liquidation of the Partnership’s assets, as provided in Section 13.2 hereof, the Partnership shall be terminated, a certificate of cancellation shall be filed, and all qualifications of the Partnership as a foreign limited partnership in jurisdictions other than the state of Delaware shall be canceled and such other actions as may be necessary to terminate the Partnership shall be taken.
13.6.
Reasonable Time for Winding-Up
. A reasonable time shall be allowed for the orderly winding-up of the business and affairs of the Partnership and the liquidation of its assets pursuant to Section 13.2 hereof in order to minimize any losses otherwise attendant upon such winding-up, and the provisions of this Agreement shall remain in effect among the Partners during the period of liquidation.
13.7.
Waiver of Partition
. Each Partner hereby waives any right to partition of the Partnership property.
14.
Amendment of Partnership Agreement; Meetings
.
14.1.
Amendments
.
(a)
By the General Partner
. The General Partner shall have the power, without the consent of the Limited Partners, to amend this Agreement except as set forth in Section 14.1(b) hereof. The General Partner shall provide notice to the Limited Partners when any action under this Section 14.1(a) is taken in the next regular communication to the Limited Partners. The Limited Partners shall not have the power to amend this Agreement.
(b)
Restrictions on General Partner’s Ability to Amend this Agreement or the Certificate
. Notwithstanding Section 14.1(a) hereof or any other provision of this Agreement, neither this Agreement nor the Certificate shall be amended with respect to any Partner adversely affected without the Consent of such Partner adversely affected if such amendment would:
(i) convert a Limited Partner’s interest in the Partnership into a General Partner Interest;
(ii) impose on the Limited Partners any obligation to make additional Capital Contributions to the Partnership;
(iii) modify the limited liability of a Limited Partner in a manner adverse to such Limited Partner;
(iv) disproportionately modify a Limited Partner’s right, or modify the Advisor’s right, to receive any distributions, redemption payments or corresponding allocations of income, gain, profit, loss or any other item allocable to such Limited Partner under this Agreement; or
(v) amend this Section 14.1(b).
14.2.
Meetings of the Partners
.
(a)
General
. Meetings of the Partners may be called by the General Partner and shall be called upon the receipt by the General Partner of a written request by Limited Partners holding twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the Partnership Interests. The request shall state the nature of the business to be transacted. Notice of any such meeting shall be given to all Partners not less than seven (7) days nor more than thirty (30) days prior to the date of such meeting. Partners may vote in person or by proxy at such meeting.
(b)
Vote Required
. Whenever the vote or Consent of the Partners is permitted or required under this Agreement, such vote or Consent may be given at a meeting of the Partners or may be given in accordance with the procedure prescribed in Section 14.2(c) hereof. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, the Consent of holders of Partnership Units that constitute more than fifty percent (50%) of the aggregate number of outstanding Partnership Units held by the Partners (including the General Partner) shall constitute the consent of the Partners.
(c)
Action Without a Meeting
. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the Partners may be taken without a meeting if a written consent setting forth the action so taken is signed by the minimum number of holders of Partnership Units that would have been necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all holders of Partnership Units entitled to vote thereon were present and voted. Such consent may be in one instrument or in several instruments, and shall have the same force and effect as a vote the holders of Partnership Units that constitute more than fifty percent (50%) (or such other percentage as is expressly required by this Agreement) of the aggregate number of outstanding Partnership Units held by the Partners and entitled to vote on the applicable action (including the General Partner). Such consent shall be filed with the General Partner. An action so taken shall be deemed to have been taken at a meeting held on the effective date of the consent as certified by the General Partner.
(d)
Proxy
. Each Partner may authorize any Person or Persons to act for him by proxy on all matters in which a Partner is entitled to participate, including waiving notice of any meeting, or voting or participating at a meeting. Every proxy must be signed by the Partner or his attorney-in-fact and a copy thereof delivered to the Partnership. No proxy shall be valid after the expiration of eleven (11) months from the date thereof unless otherwise provided in the proxy. Every proxy shall be revocable at the pleasure of the Partner executing
it, such revocation to be effective upon the General Partner’s receipt of written notice of such revocation from the Partner executing such proxy.
(e)
Conduct of Meeting
. Each meeting of the Partners shall be conducted by the General Partner or such other Person as the General Partner may appoint pursuant to such rules for the conduct of the meeting as the General Partner or such other Person appointed by the General Partner deems appropriate. Meetings of Partners may be conducted in the same manner as meetings of the stockholders of the General Partner and may be held at the same time, and as part of, meetings of the stockholders of the General Partner.
15.
General Provisions
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15.1.
Addresses and Notice
. Any notice, demand, request or report required or permitted to be given or made to a Partner or Assignee under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed given or made when delivered if delivered in person, sent by first class United States mail, by overnight delivery, or via facsimile to the Partner or Assignee at the address set forth in
Exhibit A
or such other address of which the Partner shall notify the General Partner in writing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the General Partner may elect to deliver any such notice, demand, request or report by e-mail or by any other electronic means, in which case such communication shall be deemed given or made one day after being sent.
15.2.
Titles and Captions
. All article or section titles or captions in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only, shall not be deemed part of this Agreement and shall in no way define, limit, extend, or describe the scope or intent of any provisions hereof. Except as specifically provided otherwise, references to “Sections” are to Sections of this Agreement.
15.3.
Pronouns and Plurals
. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun used in this Agreement shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine or neuter forms, and the singular form of nouns, pronouns and verbs shall include the plural and vice versa.
15.4.
Further Action
. The parties shall execute and deliver all documents, provide all information, and take or refrain from taking action as may be necessary or appropriate to achieve the purposes of this Agreement.
15.5.
Binding Effect
. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their heirs, executors, administrators, successors, legal representatives, and permitted assigns.
15.6.
Creditors
. Other than as expressly set forth herein with respect to the Indemnitees, none of the provisions of this Agreement shall be for the benefit of, or shall be enforceable by, any creditor of the Partnership.
15.7.
Waiver
. No failure by any party to insist upon the strict performance of any covenant, duty, agreement, or condition of this Agreement or to exercise any right or remedy consequent upon a breach thereof shall constitute waiver of any such breach or any other covenant, duty, agreement, or condition.
15.8.
Counterparts
. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, all of which together shall constitute one agreement binding on all of the parties hereto, notwithstanding that all such parties are not signatories to the original or the same counterpart. Each party shall become bound by this Agreement immediately upon affixing its signature hereto.
15.9.
Applicable Law
. This Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to the principles of conflicts of laws thereof.
15.10.
Invalidity of Provisions
. If any provision of this Agreement is or becomes invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality, and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not be affected thereby.
15.11.
Merger
. Subject to Section 11.2, the Partnership may merge with, or consolidate into, any Person or Entity in accordance with Section 17-211 of the Act.
15.12.
No Rights as Stockholders
. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed as conferring upon the holders of the Partnership Units any rights whatsoever as stockholders of the General Partner, including, without limitation, any right to receive dividends or other distributions made to such stockholders or to vote or to consent or receive notice as stockholders in respect to any meeting or stockholders for the election of directors of the General Partner or any other matter.
15.13.
Entire Agreement
. This Agreement contains the entire understanding and agreement among the Partners with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes any other prior written or oral understandings or agreements among them with respect thereto.
[Signature Page Follows]
In Witness Whereof
, the parties hereto have executed and delivered this Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership effective as of the day and year first-above written.
GENERAL PARTNER
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Griffin-American Healthcare REIT IV, Inc., a Maryland corporation
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/s/ Jeffrey T. Hanson
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By:
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Jeffrey T. Hanson
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Title:
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Chief Executive Officer
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INITIAL LIMITED PARTNER/ADVISOR
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Griffin-American Healthcare REIT IV Advisor, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
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By:
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American healthcare Investors, LLC
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Manager
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/s/ Danny Prosky
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By:
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Danny Prosky
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Managing Director
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[Signature Page to Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of
Griffin-American Healthcare REIT IV Holdings, LP]
Exhibit A
Partners’ Contributions and Partnership Interests
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Name and Address of Partner
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Type of Interest
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Capital Contribution
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Number of Class T Partnership Units
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Percentage Interest
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Griffin-American Healthcare REIT IV, Inc.
18191 Von Karman Avenue, Suite 300
Irvine, California 92612
Fax: (949) 474-0442
Attention: Chief Executive Officer
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General Partnership Interest
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$200,000.00
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20,833.33
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99.01%
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Griffin-American Healthcare REIT IV Advisor, LLC
18191 Von Karman Avenue, Suite 300
Irvine, California 92612
Fax: (949) 474-0442
Attention: Manager
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Limited Partnership Interest
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$2,000.00
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208.33
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0.99%
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Exhibit B
Notice of Redemption Request
The undersigned Limited Partner hereby irrevocably (i) requests that Griffin-American Healthcare REIT IV Holdings, LP (the “
Partnership
”) redeem Partnership Units in the Partnership held by such Limited Partner in accordance with the terms of the Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Partnership, as such agreement may be amended from time to time (the “
Partnership Agreement
”) and the Redemption Right referred to therein; (ii) agrees to surrender such Partnership Units and all right, title, and interest therein promptly upon payment of the Redemption Amount; (iii) directs that the Redemption Amount deliverable upon exercise of the Redemption Right be delivered to such Limited Partner at the address as specified in the Partnership Agreement; and (iv) directs that, if the General Partner determines that the Redemption Amount shall be the REIT Stock Amount, the REIT Stock be registered or placed in the name of such Limited Partner and at such address specified in the Partnership Agreement. The undersigned hereby represents, warrants, and certifies that the undersigned (a) has not transferred or encumbered title to such Partnership Units; (b) has the full right, power and authority to redeem and surrender such Partnership Units as provided herein; and (c) has obtained the consent or approval of all Persons, if any, having the right to consent or approve such redemption and surrender.
Dated:
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[Name of Limited Partner]
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Name:
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