Common use of Responsibility for Company, Managing Member and Managing Member Entity Expenses Clause in Contracts

Responsibility for Company, Managing Member and Managing Member Entity Expenses. The Company shall be responsible for and shall pay all expenses relating to the Company’s organization, the ownership of its assets and its operations. The Managing Member shall be reimbursed on a monthly basis, or such other basis as the Managing Member may determine in its sole and absolute discretion, for all expenses it incurs relating to or resulting from the ownership and operation of, or for the benefit of, the Company (including, without limitation, (i) expenses relating to the ownership of interests in and operation of the Company, (ii) compensation of the officers and employees including, without limitation, payments under any stock option or incentive plan that provides for stock units, or other phantom stock, pursuant to which employees will receive payments based upon dividends on or the value of Shares, (iii) auditing expenses, (iv) director fees and expenses of the Managing Member Entity, (v) all costs and expenses of being a public company, including costs of filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, reports and other distributions to its shareholders, and (vi) all costs and expenses associated with litigation involving the Managing Member and the Managing Member Entity, the Company or any Subsidiary); provided, however, that (i) the amount of any such reimbursement shall be reduced by (x) any interest earned by the Managing Member with respect to bank accounts or other instruments or accounts held by it on behalf of the Company as permitted in Section 7.5.A (which interest is considered to belong to the Company and shall be paid over to the Company to the extent not applied to reimburse the Managing Member for expenses hereunder); and (y) any amount derived by the Managing Member from any investments permitted in Section 7.5.A; (ii) if the Managing Member or Managing Member Entity qualifies as a REIT, the Company shall not be responsible for any taxes that the Managing Member Entity would not have been required to pay if that entity qualified as a REIT for federal income tax purposes or any taxes imposed on the Managing Member or Managing Member Entity by reason of that entity’s failure to distribute to its shareholders an amount equal to its taxable income; (iii) the Company shall not be responsible for expenses or liabilities incurred by the Managing Member in connection with any business or assets of the Managing Member other than its ownership of Membership Interests or operation of the business of the Company or ownership of interests in Qualified Assets to the extent permitted in Section 7.5.A; and (iv) the Company shall not be responsible for any expenses or liabilities of the Managing Member that are excluded from the scope of the indemnification provisions of Section 7.7.A by reason of the provisions of clause (i), (ii) or (iii) thereof. The Managing Member shall determine in good faith the amount of expenses incurred by it or the Managing Member Entity related to the ownership of Membership Interests or operation of, or for the benefit of, the Company. If certain expenses are incurred that are related both to the ownership of Membership Interests or operation of, or for the benefit of, the Company and to the ownership of other assets (other than Qualified Assets as permitted under Section 7.5.A) or the operation of other businesses, such expenses will be allocated to the Company and such other entities (including the Managing Member and Managing Member Entity) owning such other assets or businesses in such a manner as the Managing Member in its sole and absolute discretion deems fair and reasonable. Such reimbursements shall be in addition to any reimbursement to the Managing Member and the Managing Member Entity pursuant to Section 10.3.C and as a result of indemnification pursuant to Section 7.7. All payments and reimbursements hereunder shall be characterized for U.S. federal income tax purposes as expenses of the Company incurred on its behalf, and not as expenses of the Managing Member or Managing Member Entity.

Responsibility for Company, Managing Member and Managing Member Entity Expenses. The Company shall be responsible for and shall pay all expenses relating to the Company’s organization, the ownership of its assets and its operations. The Company shall also be responsible for the administrative and operating costs and expenses incurred by the Managing Member, including, but not limited to, all expenses relating to the Managing Member’s and the Managing Member Entity’s (i) continued existence and subsidiary operations, (ii) offerings and registration of securities, (iii) preparation and filing of any periodic or other reports and communications required under federal, state or local laws and regulations, (iv) compliance with laws, rules and regulations promulgated by any regulatory body, (v) operating or administrative costs incurred in the ordinary course of business on behalf of the Company, (vi) director fees and expenses of the Company, (vii) any expenses (other than the purchase price) incurred by the Managing Member in connection with the redemption or other repurchase of its Shares, and (viii) all costs and expenses of the Managing Member in connection with its operation as a REIT; provided, however, that such costs and expenses shall not include any administrative or operating costs of the Managing Member attributable to assets owned by the Managing Member directly and not through the Company or its subsidiaries; and provided, further, such costs shall not include any costs that are the responsibility of the Manager under the Management Agreement. The Managing Member, at the Managing Member’s sole and absolute discretion, shall be reimbursed on a monthly basis, or such other basis as the Managing Member may determine in its sole and absolute discretion, for all expenses it the Managing Member incurs relating to or resulting from the ownership and operation of, or for the benefit of, the Company (including, without limitation, (i) expenses relating related to the ownership operations of interests in the Managing Member Entity and operation to the management and administration of any Subsidiaries of the Managing Member, the Managing Member Entity or the Company or Affiliates of the Company, (ii) compensation of the officers such as auditing expenses and employees including, without limitation, payments under any stock option or incentive plan that provides for stock units, or other phantom stock, pursuant to which employees will receive payments based upon dividends on or the value of Shares, (iii) auditing expenses, (iv) director fees and expenses of the Managing Member Entity, (v) all costs and expenses of being a public company, including costs of filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, reports and other distributions to its shareholders, and (vi) all costs and expenses associated with litigation involving the Managing Member and the Managing Member Entity, the Company or any Subsidiaryfiling fees); provided, however, that (i) the amount of any such reimbursement shall be reduced by (x) any interest earned by the Managing Member with respect to bank accounts or other instruments or accounts held by it on behalf of the Company as permitted in Section 7.5.A (which interest is considered to belong to the Company and shall be paid over to the Company to the extent not applied to reimburse the Managing Member for expenses hereunder); and (y) any amount derived by the Managing Member from any investments permitted in Section 7.5.A; (ii) if the Managing Member or Managing Member Entity qualifies as a REIT, the Company shall not be responsible for any taxes that the Managing Member Entity would not have been required to pay if that entity the Managing Member Entity qualified as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes or any taxes imposed on the Managing Member or Managing Member Entity by reason of that entitythe Managing Member Entity’s failure to distribute to its shareholders stockholders an amount equal to its taxable income; (iii) the Company shall not be responsible for expenses or liabilities incurred by the Managing Member in connection with any business or assets of the Managing Member other than its ownership of Membership Interests or operation of the business of the Company or ownership of interests in Qualified Assets to the extent permitted in Section 7.5.A; and (iv) the Company shall not be responsible for any expenses or liabilities of the Managing Member that are excluded from the scope of the indemnification provisions of Section 7.7.A by reason of the provisions of clause (i), (ii) or (iii) thereof. The Managing Member shall determine in good faith the amount of expenses incurred by it or the Managing Member Entity related to the ownership of Membership Units or Interests or operation of, or for the benefit of, the Company. If certain expenses are incurred that are related both to the ownership of Membership Interests or operation of, or for the benefit of, the Company and to the ownership of other assets (other than Qualified Assets and such other assets as permitted under Section 7.5.A) or the operation of other businesses, such expenses will be allocated to the Company and such other entities (including the Managing Member and the Managing Member Entity) owning such other assets or businesses in such a manner as the Managing Member in its sole and absolute discretion deems fair and reasonable. Such reimbursements shall be in addition to any reimbursement to the Managing Member and the Managing Member Entity pursuant to Section 10.3.C and as a result of indemnification pursuant to Section 7.7. All payments and reimbursements hereunder shall be characterized for U.S. federal income tax purposes as expenses of the Company incurred on its behalf, and not as expenses of the Managing Member or the Managing Member Entity.