Offering Process In connection with the Offering, each of the Co-Managers will:
a. Familiarize itself to the extent it deems appropriate with the business, operations, financial condition and prospects of the Client, including the artwork to be beneficially owned by the Client and information relating to the acquisition of the artwork by Client and its affiliates;
b. Review to its satisfaction the final offering circular filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) pursuant to Rule 253(g) (the “Offering Circular”) and such other documents to be used by such Co-Manager (the “Offering Materials”) in connection with the offering of the Securities; and
c. Review to its satisfaction the active and planned operational practices and procedures of the Client in the conduct of the Offering and assist the Client to meet certain applicable rules and regulations promulgated by, and guidance issued by, the SEC and Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”). If each of the Co-Managers is satisfied with the results of its due diligence of Client, each Co-Manager Adviser will then be authorized to:
a. Identify and contact possible high net-worth, ultra-high net-worth, and institutional investors, which might have an interest in receiving the Offering Materials and evaluating participation in the Offering;
b. Engage in conversations with potential investors that express an interest in learning more about the Offering (and similar transactions) via the Masterworks Platform and were directed to the Co-Manager by the Masterworks Platform, which is controlled by an affiliate of the Client;
c. Use the Offering Circular (and any other Offering Materials approved by the Client and such Co-Manager) for solicitation purposes, which the Client will distribute via the Masterworks Platform to each potential investor concurrently with or in advance of any oral communication by a registered representative with such potential investor;
d. Attend meetings with Client and potential investors, and assist the Client in responding to due diligence requests from potential investors;
e. Ensure to its satisfaction that Anti-Money Laundering (“AML”) procedures are implemented for all potential investors in the Offering;
f. Ensure to its satisfaction that suitability assessments are conducted for all potential investors with which such Co-Manager has any communications; and
g. Generally assist the Client in its sale of securities to those potential investors accepted by Client in the Offering.
Offering Services The Manager shall manage and supervise:
(i) the development of any offering of Shares that is qualified or registered with the Commission (an “Offering”), including the Company’s initial Offering pursuant to Regulation A, including the determination of the specific terms of the securities to be offered by the Company, preparation of all offering and related documents, and obtaining all required regulatory approvals of such documents;
(ii) the preparation and approval of all marketing materials to be used by the Company or others relating to an Offering;
(iii) the negotiation and coordination of the receipt, collection, processing, and acceptance of subscription agreements, commissions, and other administrative support functions;
(iv) the creation and implementation of various technology and electronic communications related to an Offering; and
(v) all other services related to an Offering.
Offering Materials Neither the Company nor any of its directors and officers has distributed and none of them will distribute, prior to each Closing Date, any offering material in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities other than the Time of Sale Disclosure Package.
Offering Materials Furnished to Underwriters The Company has delivered to the Representatives three complete manually signed copies of the Registration Statement and of each consent and certificate of experts filed as a part thereof, and conformed copies of the Registration Statement (without exhibits) and preliminary prospectuses and the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, in such quantities and at such places as the Representatives have reasonably requested for each of the Underwriters.
Valid Offering Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Purchaser contained in this Agreement, the offer, sale and issuance of the Securities will be exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and will have been registered or qualified (or are exempt from registration and qualification) under the registration, permit or qualification requirements of all applicable state securities laws.
Offering by Underwriters It is understood that the several Underwriters propose to offer the Securities for sale to the public as set forth in the Prospectus.
TIMEFRAME FOR OFFERS The Commissioner reserves the right to make awards within sixty days after the date of the Bid opening or such other period of time as set forth in the Bid Documents, during which period, Bids must remain firm and cannot be withdrawn. Where an award is not made within the sixty day period or other time specified as set forth in the Bid Documents, the Bids shall remain firm until such later time as either a Contract is awarded or the Bidder delivers to the Commissioner written notice of the withdrawal of its Bid.
Offering Communications; Free Writing Prospectuses (a) Unless preceded or accompanied by a prospectus satisfying the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act, no Underwriter shall convey or deliver any written communication (other than the Prospectus) to any person in connection with the initial offering of the Offered Certificates, unless such written communication (i) is made in reliance on Rule 134 under the Securities Act, (ii) is made in reliance on Rule 172 under the Securities Act, (iii) constitutes a prospectus satisfying the requirements of Rule 430B under the Securities Act, (iv) constitutes a “free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act (a “Free Writing Prospectus”) or (v) such other written communication approved by the Company in advance. Without limitation thereby, without the prior written consent of the Company (which consent may be withheld for any reason), no Underwriter shall prepare, convey or deliver in connection with the initial offering of the Offered Certificates any Free Writing Prospectus or “ABS informational and computational material,” as defined in Item 1101(a) of Regulation AB under the Securities Act (“ABS Informational and Computational Material”), in reliance upon Rules 167 and 426 under the Securities Act, other than materials provided to it by the Company, including Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses (which include the Preliminary FWP and any Additional FWP); provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, each Underwriter (other than an Underwriter that is not a Lead Underwriter) may use an Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus that does not include Issuer Information without obtaining the prior written consent of the Company.
(b) Each Underwriter shall deliver to the Company any Free Writing Prospectus that was prepared by or on behalf of such Underwriter or any affiliate thereof (each, an “Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus”) that contains any Issuer Information by no later than one (1) business day prior to the date of first use thereof or such later date as may be agreed to by the Company; except that:
(i) any such Free Writing Prospectus or portion thereof prepared by or on behalf of such Underwriter that contains only a description of the final terms of the Offered Certificates shall be delivered by such Underwriter to the Company by no later than the later of (A) the date such final terms have been established for all classes of the Offered Certificates or (B) the date of first use; and
(ii) any such Free Writing Prospectus that contains only ABS Informational and Computational Materials may be delivered by an Underwriter to the Company not later than the later of (A) one (1) business day prior to the due date for filing of the Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act or (B) the date of first use of such Free Writing Prospectus.
(c) Each Underwriter represents and warrants to the Company that the Free Writing Prospectuses to be furnished to the Company by such Underwriter pursuant to Section 9(b) hereof will constitute all Free Writing Prospectuses of the type described therein that were furnished to prospective investors by such Underwriter in connection with its offer and sale of the Offered Certificates.
(d) Each Underwriter represents and warrants to the Company that each Free Writing Prospectus (other than an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus) required to be provided by it to the Company pursuant to Section 9(b) hereof did not, as of the date such Free Writing Prospectus was conveyed or delivered to any prospective investor, include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements contained therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading and that each such Free Writing Prospectus complied with Rules 164 and 433 under the Securities Act; provided, no Underwriter makes any representation or warranty to the extent such misstatements or omissions are based upon or arise out of an untrue statement or omission in the Issuer Information supplied by the Company to such Underwriter, the Loan Seller Information or the Transaction Party Information, which information was not corrected by information subsequently supplied by the Company, the related Loan Seller or the related Transaction Party to such Underwriter a reasonable period prior to the Time of Sale to the applicable investor of the Offered Certificates (including without limitation, by means of a contract of sale).
(e) The Company agrees to file with the Commission the following:
(i) The Preliminary FWP, each Additional FWP and any other Free Writing Prospectus that constitutes an “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433(h) under the Securities Act (each, an “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus”);
(ii) Any Free Writing Prospectus or portion thereof delivered by an Underwriter to the Company pursuant to Section 9(b) hereof (but not any subsequent Free Writing Prospectus containing only information prepared by or on behalf of an Underwriter on the basis of or derived from Issuer Information previously filed);
(iii) Any Free Writing Prospectus or portion thereof that contains a description of the final terms of the Offered Certificates, after such terms have been established for all classes in the offering; and
(iv) Any Free Writing Prospectus for which the Company or any person acting on its behalf provided, authorized or approved information that is prepared and published or disseminated by a person unaffiliated with the Company or any other offering participant that is in the business of publishing, radio or television broadcasting or otherwise disseminating communications; and
(v) any ABS Informational and Computational Material that is not being treated as a Free Writing Prospectus.
(f) Any Free Writing Prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Section 9(e) hereof by the Company shall be filed with the Commission not later than the date of first use of the Free Writing Prospectus, except that:
(i) any Free Writing Prospectus or portion thereof required to be filed that contains only a description of the final terms of the Offered Certificates may be filed by the Company within two (2) days of the later of the date such final terms have been established for all classes of Offered Certificates and the date of first use;
(ii) any Free Writing Prospectus or portion thereof required to be filed that contains only ABS Informational and Computational Material may be filed by the Company with the Commission not later than the later of the due date for filing of the Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act or two (2) business days after the date of first use of such Free Writing Prospectus; and
(iii) any Free Writing Prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Section 9(e)(iv) hereof may, if no payment has been made or consideration has been given by or on behalf of the Company for the Free Writing Prospectus or its dissemination, be filed by the Company with the Commission not later than four (4) business days after the Company becomes aware of the publication, radio or television broadcast or other dissemination of such Free Writing Prospectus.
(g) Each Underwriter (with the reasonable cooperation of the Company) shall file with the Commission any Free Writing Prospectus (other than a Free Writing Prospectus required to be delivered to the Company pursuant to Section 9(b)) that is neither an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus nor contains Issuer Information and that is used or referred to by such Underwriter or distributed by or on behalf of such Underwriter in a manner reasonably designed to lead to its broad, unrestricted dissemination not later than the date of the first use of such Free Writing Prospectus.
(h) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 9(g) hereof, each Underwriter (with the reasonable cooperation of the Company) shall file with the Commission any Free Writing Prospectus for which such Underwriter or any person acting on its behalf provided, authorized or approved information that is prepared and published or disseminated by a person unaffiliated with the Company or any other offering participant that is in the business of publishing, radio or television broadcasting or otherwise disseminating written communications and for which no payment was made or consideration given by or on behalf of the Company or any other offering participant, not later than four (4) business days after such Underwriter becomes aware of the publication, radio or television broadcast or other dissemination of such Free Writing Prospectus.
(i) Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 9(e) (other than 9(e)(iii)), 9(g) and 9(h) hereof, neither the Company nor any Underwriter shall be required to file (A) Issuer Information contained in any Free Writing Prospectus of an Underwriter or any offering participant other than the Company, if such information is included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus or a Free Writing Prospectus previously filed with the Commission that relates to the offering of the Offered Certificates, (B) any Free Writing Prospectus or portion thereof that contains a description of the Offered Certificates or the offering of the Offered Certificates which does not reflect the final terms thereof or (C) any Free Writing Prospectus that does not contain substantive changes from or additions to a Free Writing Prospectus previously filed with the Commission.
(j) The Company and the Underwriters each agree that any Free Writing Prospectuses prepared by each such party shall contain the following legend: “The depositor filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (File No. 333-193376) for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in the registration statement and other documents the depositor has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for more complete information about the depositor, the issuing entity and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting XXXXX on the Securities and Exchange Commission website at xxx.xxx.xxx. Alternatively, the depositor, Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc., any underwriter or any dealer participating in this offering will arrange to send you the prospectus after filing if you request it by calling toll free 1-800-503-4611 or by emailing xxxxxxxxxx.xxxx@xx.xxx.”
(k) The Company and the Underwriters each agree to retain all Free Writing Prospectuses that they have used and that are not required to be filed pursuant to this Section 9 for a period of three (3) years following the initial bona fide offering of the Offered Certificates.
(l) In the event that the Company becomes aware, at any time between the Time of Sale or any Subsequent Time of Sale and the Closing Date, that any information in an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any Issuer Information contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained therein (when read in conjunction with the other applicable Time of Sale Information), in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (a “Defective Issuer Free Writing Prospectus”), the Company shall notify the Underwriters of such untrue statement or omission within one business day after discovery (except for any Underwriter that informed the Company of such untrue statement or omission) and the Company shall, if requested by the Underwriters, prepare and deliver to the Underwriters a Free Writing Prospectus that corrects the material misstatement or omission in the Defective Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (such corrected Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, a “Corrected Issuer Free Writing Prospectus”). In the event that, at any time between the Time of Sale or any Subsequent Time of Sale and the Closing Date, any Underwriter becomes aware that any Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus delivered thereby to an investor in any Offered Certificates contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained therein (when read in conjunction with the applicable Time of Sale Information), in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (a “Defective Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus” and, together with a Defective Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, a “Defective Free Writing Prospectus”), such Underwriter shall notify the Company of such untrue statement or omission within one business day after discovery (unless the Company was the party that informed such Underwriter of such untrue statement or omission) and the Underwriters shall, if requested by the Company:
(i) if the Defective Free Writing Prospectus was an Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus, prepare a Free Writing Prospectus that corrects the material misstatement in or omission from the Defective Free Writing Prospectus (together with a Corrected Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, a “Corrected Free Writing Prospectus”), provided, that if an Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus and Issuer Free Writing Prospectus are both determined to be a Defective Free Writing Prospectus as a result of the same untrue statement or omission in each such document, then the Company shall prepare a single Corrected Free Writing Prospectus correcting both such Defective Free Writing Prospectuses;
(ii) either (A) deliver the Corrected Free Writing Prospectus to each investor which received the Defective Free Writing Prospectus prior to entering into a contract of sale with such investor, clearly identifying or highlighting the Corrective Information, or (B) deliver the Corrected Free Writing Prospectus to each investor which received the Defective Free Writing Prospectus and has entered into a contract of sale, clearly identifying or highlighting the Corrective Information, and (x) notify in writing each such investor in a prominent fashion that the prior contract of sale with such investor has been terminated, and of such investor’s rights as a result of termination of such agreement and (y) provide such investor with an opportunity to affirmatively agree in writing to purchase the Offered Certificates on the terms described in the Corrected Free Writing Prospectus; and
(iii) comply with any other requirements for reformation of the original contract of sale with such investor, as described in Section IV.A.2.c of the Commission’s Securities Offering Reform Release No. 33-8591.
(m) In the event that a Defective Free Writing Prospectus was an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and the defective information was not Underwriter Supplied Information, Loan Seller Information or Transaction Party Information and the Underwriters shall in good faith incur any costs to an investor in connection with the reformation of the contract of sale with the investor, the Company agrees to reimburse the Underwriters for such costs.
(n) Each Underwriter covenants with the Company that, upon reasonable request, it will make available to the Company such personnel as are familiar with the Underwriter’s compliance procedures for the purpose of answering questions concerning the Underwriter’s practices and procedures for the preparation and dissemination of written materials concerning the Offered Certificates to prospective investors prior to the delivery of the final Prospectus to such investors.
(o) Each Underwriter covenants with the Company that after the Prospectus is available the Underwriter shall not distribute any written information concerning the Offered Certificates to a prospective investor unless such information is preceded or accompanied by the final Prospectus.
Offering If the staff of the SEC (the “Staff”) or the SEC seeks to characterize any offering pursuant to a Registration Statement filed pursuant to this Agreement as constituting an offering of securities that does not permit such Registration Statement to become effective and be used for resales by the Investor under Rule 415 at then-prevailing market prices (and not fixed prices), or if after the filing of the initial Registration Statement with the SEC pursuant to Section 2(a), the Company is otherwise required by the Staff or the SEC to reduce the number of Registrable Securities included in such initial Registration Statement, then the Company shall reduce the number of Registrable Securities to be included in such initial Registration Statement (with the prior consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld, of the Investor and its legal counsel as to the specific Registrable Securities to be removed therefrom) until such time as the Staff and the SEC shall so permit such Registration Statement to become effective and be used as aforesaid. In the event of any reduction in Registrable Securities pursuant to this paragraph, the Company shall file one or more New Registration Statements in accordance with Section 2(c) until such time as all Registrable Securities have been included in Registration Statements that have been declared effective and the prospectus contained therein is available for use by the Investor. Notwithstanding any provision herein or in the Purchase Agreement to the contrary, the Company’s obligations to register Registrable Securities (and any related conditions to the Investor’s obligations) shall be qualified as necessary to comport with any requirement of the SEC or the Staff as addressed in this Section 2(d).
Offering Materials Furnished to the Underwriters The Company has delivered to the Underwriters copies of the Registration Statement and of each consent and certificate of experts filed as a part thereof, and each preliminary prospectus and the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, in such quantities and at such places as the Underwriters have reasonably requested in writing.
