AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL HEALTHCARE TRUST, INC. UP TO 175,000,000 SHARES OF COMMON STOCK EXCLUSIVE DEALER MANAGER AGREEMENT
AMERICAN
REALTY CAPITAL HEALTHCARE TRUST, INC.
UP
TO 175,000,000 SHARES OF COMMON STOCK
,
2010
Realty
Capital Securities, LLC
Three
Xxxxxx Place, Suite 3300
Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxxxxx 00000
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
American
Realty Capital Healthcare Trust, Inc. (the “Company”)
is a Maryland corporation that intends to qualify to be taxed as a real estate
investment trust (a “REIT”)
for federal income tax purposes beginning with the taxable year ending December
31, 2011, or the first year during which the Company begins material
operations. The Company proposes to offer (a) up to 150,000,000
shares of its common stock, $.01 par value per share (the “Shares”),
for a purchase price of $10.00 per Share (subject in certain circumstances to
discounts based upon the volume of shares purchased), in the primary offering
(the “Primary
Offering”), and (b) up to 25,000,000 Shares for a purchase price of $9.50
per Share for issuance through the Company’s distribution reinvestment plan (the
“DRP”
and together with the Primary Offering, the “Offering”)
(subject to the right of the Company to reallocate such Shares between the
Primary Offering and the DRP), all upon the other terms and subject to the
conditions set forth in the Prospectus (as defined in Section
1(a)).
The
Company will be managed by American Realty Capital Healthcare Advisors, LLC (the
“Advisor”)
pursuant to the advisory agreement to be entered into between the Company and
the Advisor (the “Advisory
Agreement”) substantially in the form included as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement (as defined in Section
1(a)).
Upon the
terms and subject to the conditions contained in this Exclusive Dealer Manager
Agreement (this “Agreement”),
the Company hereby appoints Realty Capital Securities, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company (the “Dealer
Manager”), to act as the exclusive dealer manager for the Offering, and
the Dealer Manager desires to accept such engagement.
1. REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY AND THE ADVISOR. The Company and the
Advisor hereby represent, warrant and agree during the term of this Agreement as
follows:
(a) REGISTRATION
STATEMENT AND PROSPECTUS. In connection with the Offering, the
Company has prepared and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“Commission”)
a registration statement (File No. 333- )
on Form S-11 for the registration of the Shares under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the “Securities
Act”), and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated
thereunder (the “Securities
Act Rules and
Regulations”); one or more amendments to such registration statement have
been or may be so prepared and filed. The registration statement on
Form S-11 and the prospectus contained therein, as finally amended at the date
the registration statement is declared effective by the Commission (the “Effective
Date”) are respectively hereinafter referred to as the “Registration
Statement” and the “Prospectus”,
except that (i) if the Company files a post-effective amendment to such
registration statement, then the term “Registration Statement” shall, from and
after the declaration of the effectiveness of such post-effective amendment by
the Commission, refer to such registration statement as amended by such
post-effective amendment, and the term “Prospectus” shall refer to the amended
prospectus then on file with the Commission, and (ii) if the prospectus filed by
the Company pursuant to either Rule 424(b) or 424(c) of the Securities Act Rules
and Regulations shall differ from the prospectus on file at the time the
Registration Statement or the most recent post-effective amendment thereto, if
any, shall have become effective, then the term “Prospectus” shall refer to such
prospectus filed pursuant to either Rule 424(b) or 424(c), as the case may be,
from and after the date on which it shall have been filed. The term
“preliminary Prospectus” as used herein shall mean a preliminary prospectus
related to the Shares as contemplated by Rule 430 or Rule 430A of the Securities
Act Rules and Regulations included at any time as part of the Registration
Statement. As used herein, the terms “Registration Statement”,
“preliminary Prospectus” and “Prospectus” shall include the documents, if any,
incorporated by reference therein. As used herein, the term
“Effective Date” also shall refer to the effective date of each post-effective
amendment to the Registration Statement, unless the context otherwise
requires.
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(b) DOCUMENTS
INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE. The documents incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, at the time they are hereafter are
filed with the Commission, will comply in all material respects with the
requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange
Act”) and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (the “Exchange
Act Rules and Regulations”), and, when read together with the other
information in the Prospectus, at the time the Registration Statement became
effective and as of the applicable Effective Date of each post-effective
amendment to the Registration Statement, did not and will not include an untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading.
(c) COMPLIANCE
WITH THE SECURITIES ACT, ETC. During the term of this
Agreement:
(i) on
(A) each applicable Effective Date, (B) the date of the preliminary Prospectus,
(C) the date of the Prospectus and (D) the date any supplement to the Prospectus
is filed with the Commission, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any
amendments or supplements thereto, as applicable, have complied, and will
comply, in all material respects with the Securities Act, the Securities Act
Rules and Regulations, the Exchange Act and the Exchange Act Rules and
Regulations; and
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(ii) the
Registration Statement does not, and any amendment thereto will not,
in each case as of the applicable Effective Date, include any untrue statement
of material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading and the
Prospectus does not, and any amendment or supplement thereto will not, as of the
applicable filing date, include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit
to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they are made,
not misleading; provided, however, that the foregoing
provisions of this Section 1(c) will not
extend to any statements contained in, incorporated by reference in or omitted
from the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement
thereto that are based upon written information furnished to the Company by the
Dealer Manager expressly for use therein.
(d) SECURITIES
MATTERS. There has not been (i) any request by the Commission for any
further amendment to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or for any
additional information, (ii) any issuance by the Commission of any stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the institution
or, to the Company’s knowledge, threat of any proceeding for that purpose, or
(iii) any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of
the Shares for sale in any jurisdiction or any initiation or, to the Company’s
knowledge, threat of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company is
in compliance in all material respects with all federal and state securities
laws, rules and regulations applicable to it and its activities, including,
without limitation, with respect to the Offering and the sale of the
Shares.
(e) COMPANY
STATUS. The Company is a corporation duly formed and validly existing
under the general laws of the State of Maryland, with all requisite power and
authority to enter into this Agreement and to carry out its obligations
hereunder.
(f) AUTHORIZATION
OF AGREEMENT. This Agreement is duly and validly authorized, executed
and delivered by or on behalf of the Company and constitutes a valid and binding
agreement of the Company enforceable in accordance with its terms (except as
such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or other similar laws of the United States, any state or any
political subdivision thereof which affect creditors’ rights generally or by
equitable principles relating to the availability of remedies or except to the
extent that the enforceability of the indemnity and contribution provisions
contained in this Agreement may be limited under applicable securities
laws).
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The
execution and delivery of this Agreement and the performance of this Agreement,
the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein and the fulfillment of
the terms hereof, do not and will not conflict with, or result in a breach of
any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default
under: (i) the Company’s or any of its subsidiaries’ charter, bylaws,
or other organizational documents, as the case may be; (ii) any indenture,
mortgage, stockholders’ agreement, note, lease or other agreement or instrument
to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the
Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their properties is bound except,
for purposes of this clause (ii) only, for such conflicts, breaches or defaults
that do not result in and could not reasonably be expected to result in,
individually or in the aggregate, a Company MAE (as defined below in this Section 1(f));
or (iii) any statute, rule or regulation or order of any court or other
governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company, any of its
subsidiaries or any of their properties. No consent, approval,
authorization or order of any court or other governmental agency or body has
been obtained or is required for the performance of this Agreement or for the
consummation by the Company of any of the transactions contemplated hereby
(except as have been obtained under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, from
the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (the “FINRA”)
or as may be required under state securities or applicable blue sky laws in
connection with the offer and sale of the Shares or under the laws of states in
which the Company may own real properties in connection with its qualification
to transact business in such states or as may be required by subsequent events
which may occur). Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is
in violation of its charter, bylaws or other organizational documents, as the
case may be.
As used
in this Agreement, “Company
MAE” means any event, circumstance, occurrence, fact, condition, change
or effect, individually or in the aggregate, that is, or could reasonably be
expected to be, materially adverse to (A) the condition, financial or
otherwise, earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Company and
its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, or (B) the ability of the
Company to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the validity or
enforceability of this Agreement or the Shares.
(g) ACTIONS
OR PROCEEDINGS. As of the initial Effective Date, there are no actions, suits or
proceedings against, or investigations of, the Company or its subsidiaries
pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, before any court,
arbitrator, administrative agency or other tribunal (i) asserting the invalidity
of this Agreement, (ii) seeking to prevent the issuance of the Shares or the
consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (iii)
that might materially and adversely affect the performance by the Company of its
obligations under or the validity or enforceability of, this Agreement or the
Shares, (iv) that might result in a Company MAE, or (v) seeking to affect
adversely the federal income tax attributes of the Shares except as described in
the Prospectus. The Company promptly will give notice to the Dealer
Manager of the occurrence of any action, suit, proceeding or investigation of
the type referred to in this Section 1(g) arising
or occurring on or after the initial Effective Date.
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(h) ESCROW
AGREEMENT. The Company will enter into an escrow agreement (the
“Escrow
Agreement”) with the Dealer Manager and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National
Association (the “Escrow
Agent”), substantially in the form included as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement, which will provide for the establishment of an escrow
account (the “Escrow
Account”) for the purpose of holding subscription funds in respect of
Shares of the Company. Once a minimum of $2,000,000 of subscription
funds has been deposited in the Escrow Account, upon determination by the
Company that it intends to break escrow, the Company shall deposit (or cause to
be deposited) all subscription funds to a designated deposit account in the name
of the Company (the “Deposit
Account”) at a depository bank (the “Depository
Bank”) which shall be subject to the reasonable prior approval of the
Dealer Manager, subject to any higher or continuing escrow obligations imposed
by certain states as described in the Prospectus. The Deposit Account
shall be subject to a deposit account control agreement executed by the
Depositary Bank, the Company, and the Dealer Manager, which shall be
substantially in the form included as an exhibit to the Escrow Agreement (the
“Control
Agreement”). As used herein, “Person”
or “Persons”
means any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or
unincorporated association, joint venture, joint stock company, limited
liability company, governmental authority or agency or other entity of any
kind.
(i) SALES
LITERATURE. Any supplemental sales literature or advertisement
(including, without limitation any “broker-dealer use only” material),
regardless of how labeled or described, used in addition to the Prospectus in
connection with the Offering which previously has been, or hereafter is,
furnished or approved by the Company (collectively, “Approved
Sales Literature”), shall, to the extent required, be filed with and
approved by the appropriate securities agencies and bodies, provided that the
Dealer Manager will make all FINRA filings, to the extent
required. Any and all Approved Sales Literature did not or will not
at the time provided for use include any untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements therein not misleading.
(j) AUTHORIZATION
OF SHARES. The Shares have been duly authorized and, when issued and
sold as contemplated by the Prospectus and upon payment therefor as provided in
this Agreement and the Prospectus, will be validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable and will conform to the description thereof contained in the
Prospectus.
(k) TAXES. Any
taxes, fees and other governmental charges in connection with the execution and
delivery of this Agreement or the execution, delivery and sale of the Shares
have been or will be paid when due.
(l) INVESTMENT
COMPANY. The Company is not, and neither the offer or sale of the
Shares nor any of the activities of the Company will cause the Company to be, an
“investment company” or under the control of an “investment company” as such
terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended.
(m) TAX
RETURNS. The Company has filed all material federal, state and
foreign income tax returns required to be filed by or on behalf of the Company
on or before the due dates therefor (taking into account all extensions of time
to file) and has paid or provided for the payment of all such material taxes
indicated by such tax returns and all assessments received by the Company to the
extent that such taxes or assessments have become due.
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(n) REIT
QUALIFICATIONS. The Company will make a timely election to be subject
to tax as a REIT pursuant to Sections 856 through 860 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”)
for its taxable year ended December 31, 2010, or the first year during
which the Company begins material operations. The Company has been
organized and operated in conformity with the requirements for qualification and
taxation as a REIT. The Company’s current and proposed method of
operation as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus will
enable it to continue to meet the requirements for qualification and taxation as
a REIT under the Code.
(o) INDEPENDENT
REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM. The accountants who have certified
certain financial statements appearing in the Prospectus are an independent
registered public accounting firm within the meaning of the Securities Act and
the Securities Act Rules and Regulations. Such accountants have not
been engaged by the Company to perform any “prohibited activities” (as defined
in Section 10A of the Exchange Act).
The
Company and its subsidiaries each maintains a system of internal accounting and
other controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that: (i)
transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific
authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit
preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles as applied in the United States (“GAAP”)
and to maintain accountability for assets; (iii) access to assets is permitted
only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (iv)
the recorded accountability for assets is compared with existing assets at
reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any
differences. Except as described in the Registration Statement, since
the end of the Company’s most recent audited fiscal year, there has been (A) no
material weakness in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting
(whether or not remediated), and (B) no change in the Company’s internal control
over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely
to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial
reporting.
(p) PREPARATION
OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. The financial statements filed with the
Commission as a part of the Registration Statement and included in the
Prospectus present fairly the consolidated financial position of the Company and
its subsidiaries as of and at the dates indicated and the results of their
operations and cash flows for the periods specified. Such financial
statements have been prepared in conformity with GAAP applied on a consistent
basis throughout the periods involved, except as may be expressly stated in the
related notes thereto. No other financial statements or supporting
schedules are required to be included in the Registration Statement or any
applicable Prospectus.
(q) MATERIAL
ADVERSE CHANGE. Since the respective dates as of which information is
given in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, except as may otherwise
be stated therein or contemplated thereby, there has not occurred a Company MAE,
whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business.
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(r) GOVERNMENT
PERMITS. The Company and its subsidiaries possess such certificates,
authorities or permits issued by the appropriate state, federal or foreign
regulatory agencies or bodies necessary to conduct the business now operated by
them, other than those which the failure to possess or own would not have,
individually or in the aggregate, a Company MAE. Neither the Company
nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notice of proceedings relating to
the revocation or modification of any such certificate, authority or permit
which, individually or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable
decision, ruling or finding, would result in a Company MAE.
(s) ADVISOR;
ADVISORY AGREEMENT.
(i) The
Advisor is a limited liability company duly formed and validly existing under
the laws of the State of Delaware, with all requisite power and authority to
enter into this Agreement and to carry out its obligations
hereunder.
(ii)
Each of this Agreement and the Advisory Agreement is duly and validly
authorized, executed and delivered by or on behalf of the Advisor and
constitutes a valid and binding agreement of the Advisor enforceable in
accordance with its terms (except as such enforceability may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws of the
United States, any state or any political subdivision thereof which affect
creditors’ rights generally or by equitable principles relating to the
availability of remedies or except to the extent that the enforceability of the
indemnity and contribution provisions contained in this Agreement may be limited
under applicable securities laws).
(iii) The
execution and delivery of each of this Agreement and the Advisory Agreement and
the performance hereunder and thereunder by the Advisor do not and will not
conflict with, or result in a breach of any of the terms and provisions of, or
constitute a default under: (i) the Advisor’s or any of its
subsidiaries’ charter or bylaws, or other organizational documents; (ii) any
indenture, mortgage, stockholders agreement, note, lease or other agreement or
instrument to which the Advisor or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by
which the Advisor or any of its subsidiaries or any of their properties is bound
except, for purposes of this clause (ii) only, for such conflicts, breaches or
defaults that could not reasonably be expected to have or result in,
individually or in the aggregate, (A) a material adverse effect on the
condition, financial or otherwise, earnings, business affairs or business
prospects of the Advisor, or (B) a Company MAE; or (iii) any statute, rule
or regulation or order of any court or other governmental agency or body having
jurisdiction over the Advisor or any of its properties. No consent,
approval, authorization or order of any court or other governmental agency or
body has been obtained nor is required for the performance of the Advisory
Agreement by the Advisor. The Advisor is not in violation of its limited
liability company agreement or other organizational documents.
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(iv) There
is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or brought by
any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, now pending, or,
to the knowledge of the Advisor, threatened against or affecting the
Advisor.
(v) The
Advisor possesses such certificates, authorities or permits issued by the
appropriate state, federal or foreign regulatory agencies or bodies necessary to
conduct the business now operated by it, other than those which the failure to
possess or own would not have or result in, individually or in the aggregate,
(A) a material adverse effect on the condition, financial or otherwise,
earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Advisor, (B) a Company
MAE, or (C) a material adverse effect on the performance of the services under
the Advisory Agreement by the Advisor, and the Advisor has not received any
notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such
certificate, authority or permit.
(t) PROPERTIES. Except
as otherwise disclosed in the Prospectus and except as would not result in,
individually or in the aggregate, a Company MAE, (i) all properties and assets
described in the Prospectus are owned with good and marketable title by the
Company and its subsidiaries, and (ii) all liens, charges, encumbrances, claims
or restrictions on or affecting any of the properties and assets of the Company
or any of its subsidiaries which are required to be disclosed in the Prospectus
are disclosed therein.
(u) HAZARDOUS
MATERIALS. The Company does not have any knowledge of (i) the
unlawful presence of any hazardous substances, hazardous materials, toxic
substances or waste materials (collectively, “Hazardous
Materials”) on any of the properties owned by it or its subsidiaries or
subject to mortgage loans owned by the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or
(ii) any unlawful spills, releases, discharges or disposal of Hazardous
Materials that have occurred or are presently occurring off such properties as a
result of any construction on or operation and use of such properties, which
presence or occurrence in the case of clauses (i) and (ii) would result in,
individually or in the aggregate, a Company MAE. In connection with
the properties owned by the Company and its subsidiaries or subject to mortgage
loans owned by the Company or any of its subsidiaries, the Company has no
knowledge of any material failure to comply with all applicable local, state and
federal environmental laws, regulations, ordinances and administrative and
judicial orders relating to the generation, recycling, reuse, sale, storage,
handling, transport and disposal of any Hazardous Materials.
2. REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES OF THE DEALER MANAGER. The Dealer Manager
represents and warrants to the Company, during the term of this Agreement,
that:
(a) ORGANIZATION
STATUS. The Dealer Manager is a limited liability company duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of
Delaware, with all requisite power and authority to enter into this Agreement
and to carry out its obligations hereunder.
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(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF AGREEMENT. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Dealer Manager, and assuming due authorization, execution and
delivery of this Agreement by the Company and the Advisor, will constitute a
valid and legally binding agreement of the Dealer Manager enforceable against
the Dealer Manager in accordance with its terms (except as such enforceability
may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other
similar laws of the United States, any state or any political subdivision
thereof which affect creditors’ rights generally or by equitable principles
relating to the availability of remedies or except to the extent that the
enforceability of the indemnity and contribution provisions contained in this
Agreement may be limited under applicable securities laws).
(c) ABSENCE
OF CONFLICT OR DEFAULT. The execution and delivery of this Agreement,
the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated and compliance with the
terms of this Agreement by the Dealer Manager will not conflict with or
constitute a default under (i) its organizational documents, (ii) any indenture,
mortgage, stockholders’ agreement, note, lease or other agreement or instrument
to which the Dealer Manager is a party or by which it may be bound, or to which
any of the property or assets of the Dealer Manager is subject, or (iii) any
rule, regulation, writ, injunction or decree of any government, governmental
instrumentality or court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the
Dealer Manager or its assets, properties or operations, except in the case of
clause (ii) or (iii) for such conflicts or defaults that would not, individually
or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to have a material adverse
effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), business affairs, properties
or results of operations of the Dealer Manager.
(d) BROKER-DEALER
REGISTRATION; FINRA MEMBERSHIP. The Dealer Manager is, and during the
term of this Agreement will be, (i) duly registered as a broker-dealer pursuant
to the provisions of the Exchange Act, (ii) a member in good standing of FINRA,
and (iii) a broker or dealer duly registered as such in those states where the
Dealer Manager is required to be registered in order to carry out the Offering
as contemplated by this Agreement. Each of the Dealer Manager’s
employees and representatives has all required licenses and registrations to act
under this Agreement. There is no provision in the Dealer Manager’s
FINRA membership agreement that would restrict the ability of the Dealer Manager
to carry out the Offering as contemplated by this Agreement.
(e) DISCLOSURE. The
information under the caption “Plan of Distribution” in the Prospectus insofar
as it relates to the Dealer Manager, and all other information furnished to the
Company by the Dealer Manager in writing specifically for use in the
Registration Statement, any preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, does not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading.
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3. OFFERING AND SALE OF THE
SHARES. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth
in this Agreement, the Company hereby appoints the Dealer Manager as its agent
and exclusive distributor to solicit and to retain the Soliciting Dealers (as
defined in Section
3(a)) to solicit subscriptions for the Shares at the subscription price
to be paid in cash. The Dealer Manager hereby accepts such agency and
exclusive distributorship and agrees to use its reasonable best efforts to sell
or cause to be sold the Shares in such quantities and to such Persons in
accordance with such terms as are set forth in this Agreement, the Prospectus
and the Registration Statement. The Dealer Manager shall do so during
the period commencing on the initial Effective Date and ending on the earliest
to occur of the following: (1) the later of (x) two years after the
initial Effective Date of the Registration Statement and (y) at the Company’s
election, the date on which the Company is permitted to extend the Offering in
accordance with the rules of the Commission; (2) the acceptance by the Company
of subscriptions for 175,000,000 Shares; (3) the termination of the Offering by
the Company, which the Company shall have the right to terminate in its sole and
absolute discretion at any time, provided that if such termination shall occur
at any time during the 180-day period following the initial Effective Date, the
Company shall not commence or undertake any preparations to commence another
offering of Shares or any similar securities prior to the 181st date following
the initial Effective Date; (4) the termination of the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement, provided that if such termination shall occur at any
time during the 180-day period following the initial Effective Date, the Company
shall not commence or undertake any preparations to commence another offering of
Shares or any similar securities prior to the 181st day following the initial
Effective Date; and (5) the liquidation or dissolution of the Company (such
period being the “Offering
Period”).
The
number of Shares, if any, to be reserved for sale by each Soliciting Dealer may
be determined, from time to time, by the Dealer Manager upon prior consultation
with the Company. In the absence of such determination, the Company
shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3(b), accept
Subscription Agreements based upon a first-come, first accepted reservation or
other similar method. Under no circumstances will the Dealer Manager
be obligated to underwrite or purchase any Shares for its own account and, in
soliciting purchases of Shares, the Dealer Manager shall act solely as the
Company’s agent and not as an underwriter or principal.
(a) SOLICITING
DEALERS. The Shares offered and sold through the Dealer Manager under this
Agreement shall be offered and sold only by the Dealer Manager and other
securities dealers the Dealer Manager may retain (collectively the “Soliciting
Dealers”); provided,
that (i) the Dealer Manager reasonably believes that all Soliciting
Dealers are registered with the Commission, are members of FINRA and are duly
licensed or registered by the regulatory authorities in the jurisdictions in
which they will offer and sell Shares or are exempt from broker dealer
registration with the Commission and all other applicable regulatory
authorities, (ii) all such engagements are evidenced by written agreements, the
terms and conditions of which substantially conform to the form of Soliciting
Dealers Agreement approved by the Company and the Dealer Manager (the “Soliciting
Dealers Agreement”), and (iii) the Company shall have previously approved
each Soliciting Dealer (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or
delayed).
When a
Soliciting Dealer’s internal supervisory procedures are conducted at the site at
which the Subscription Agreement and check were initially received by the
Soliciting Dealer from the subscriber, the Soliciting Dealer shall transmit the
Subscription Agreement and check to the Escrow Agent by the end of the next
business day following receipt of the check and Subscription Agreement. When,
pursuant to Soliciting Dealer’s internal supervisory procedures, the Soliciting
Dealer’s final internal supervisory procedures are conducted at a different
location (the “Final Review Office”), the Soliciting Dealer shall transmit the
check and Subscription Agreement to the Final Review Office by the end of the
next business day following the Soliciting Dealer’s receipt of the Subscription
Agreement and check. The Final Review Office will, by the end of the next
business day following its receipt of the Subscription Agreement and check,
forward both the Subscription Agreement and check to the Escrow Agent. If any
Subscription Agreement solicited by the Soliciting Dealer is rejected by the
Dealer Manager or the Company, then the Subscription Agreement and check will be
returned to the rejected subscriber within ten (10) business days from the date
of rejection.
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(b) SUBSCRIPTION
DOCUMENTS. Each Person desiring to purchase Shares through the Dealer
Manager, or any other Soliciting Dealer, will be required to complete and
execute the subscription documents described in the Prospectus.
(c) COMPLETED
SALE. A sale of a Share shall be deemed by the Company to be
completed for purposes of Section 3(d) if and
only if (i) the Company has received a properly completed and executed
subscription agreement, together with payment of the full purchase price of each
purchased Share, from an investor who satisfies the applicable suitability
standards and minimum purchase requirements set forth in the Registration
Statement as determined by the Soliciting Dealer, or the Dealer Manager, as
applicable, in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, (ii) the
Company has accepted such subscription, and (iii) such investor has been
admitted as a shareholder of the Company. In addition, no sale of
Shares shall be completed until at least five (5) business days after the date
on which the subscriber receives a copy of the Prospectus. The Dealer
Manager hereby acknowledges and agrees that the Company, in its sole and
absolute discretion, may accept or reject any subscription, in whole or in part,
for any reason whatsoever or no reason, and no commission or dealer manager fee
will be paid to the Dealer Manager with respect to that portion of any
subscription which is rejected.
(d) DEALER-MANAGER
COMPENSATION.
(i) Subject
to the volume discounts and other special circumstances described in or
otherwise provided in the “Plan of Distribution” section of the Prospectus or
this Section
3(d), the Company agrees to pay the Dealer Manager selling commissions in
the amount of seven percent (7.0%) of the selling price of each Share for which
a sale is completed from the Shares offered in the Primary
Offering. Alternatively,
if the Soliciting Dealer elects to receive selling commissions equal to seven
and one-half percent (7.5%) in accordance with the Soliciting Dealers Agreement,
the Company agrees to pay the Dealer Manager selling commissions in the amount
of seven and one-half percent (7.5%) of the selling price of each Share for
which a sale is completed from the Shares offered in the Primary Offering, two
and one-half percent (2.5%) of which selling commissions shall be payable at the
time of such sale and one percent (1%) of which shall be paid on each
anniversary of the closing of such sale up to and including the fifth
anniversary of the closing of such sale. The Company will not pay selling
commissions for sales of Shares pursuant to the DRP, and the Company will pay
reduced selling commissions or may eliminate commissions on certain sales of
Shares, including the reduction or elimination of selling commissions in
accordance with, and on the terms set forth in, the Prospectus. The
Dealer Manager will reallow all the selling commissions, subject to federal and
state securities laws, to the Soliciting Dealer who sold the Shares, as
described more fully in the Soliciting Dealers Agreement. In no
event shall the Dealer Manager be entitled to payment of any compensation in
connection with the Offering that is not completed according to this Agreement;
provided, however, that the reimbursement of out-of-pocket accountable expenses
actually incurred by the Dealer Manager or person associated with the Dealer
Manager shall not be presumed to be unfair or unreasonable and shall be payable
under normal circumstances.
(ii) Subject
to the special circumstances described in or otherwise provided in the “Plan of
Distribution” section of the Prospectus or this Section 3(d), as
compensation for acting as the dealer manager, the Company will pay the Dealer
Manager, a dealer manager fee in the amount of three percent (3.0%) of the
selling price of each Share for which a sale is completed from the Shares
offered in the Primary Offering (the “Dealer
Manager Fee”). No Dealer Manager Fee will be paid in
connection with Shares sold pursuant to the DRP. The Dealer Manager
may retain or re-allow all or a portion of the Dealer Manager Fee, subject to
federal and state securities laws, to the Soliciting Dealer who sold the Shares,
as described more fully in the Soliciting Dealers Agreement.
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(iii) All
sales commissions payable to the Dealer Manager will be paid within thirty (30)
days after the investor subscribing for the Share is admitted as a shareholder
of the Company, in an amount equal to the sales commissions payable with respect
to such Shares.
(iv) In
no event shall the total aggregate compensation payable to the Dealer Manager
and any Soliciting Dealers participating in the Offering, including, but not
limited to, selling commissions and the Dealer Manager Fee exceed ten percent
(10.0%) of gross offering proceeds from the Primary Offering in the
aggregate.
In
connection with the minimum amount offered by the Company pursuant to the
Prospectus and FINRA’s 10% underwriting compensation limitation under FINRA Rule
2310 (“FINRA’s
10% cap”), the Dealer Manager shall advance all of the fixed expenses,
including, but not limited to, wholesaling salaries, salaries of dual employees
allocated to wholesaling activities, and other fixed expenses, (including, but
not limited to, wholesaling expense reimbursements and the Dealer Manager’s
legal expenses associated with filing the Offering with FINRA), that are
required to be included within FINRA’s 10% cap to ensure that the aggregate
underwriting compensation paid in connection with the Offering does not exceed
FINRA’s 10% cap.
The
Dealer Manager shall repay to the Company any excess amounts received over
FINRA’s 10% cap if the Offering is abruptly terminated after receiving the
minimum amount offered by the Company pursuant to the Prospectus and before
reaching the maximum amount of offered by the Company pursuant to the
Prospectus.
(v) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, if the Company pays any selling
commission to the Dealer Manager for sale by a Soliciting Dealer of one or more
Shares and the subscription is rescinded as to one or more of the Shares covered
by such subscription, then the Company shall decrease the next payment of
selling commissions or other compensation otherwise payable to the Dealer
Manager by the Company under this Agreement by an amount equal to the commission
rate established in this Section 3(d),
multiplied by the number of Shares as to which the subscription is
rescinded. If no payment of selling commissions or other compensation
is due to the Dealer Manager after such withdrawal occurs, then the Dealer
Manager shall pay the amount specified in the preceding sentence to the Company
within a reasonable period of time not to exceed thirty (30) days following
receipt of notice by the Dealer Manager from the Company stating the amount owed
as a result of rescinded subscriptions.
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(e) REASONABLE
BONA FIDE DUE DILIGENCE EXPENSES. The Company or the Advisor shall
reimburse the Dealer Manager or any Soliciting Dealer for reasonable bona fide due diligence
expenses incurred by the Dealer Manager or any Soliciting Dealer. The
Company shall only reimburse the Dealer Manager or any Soliciting Dealer for
such approved bona fide
due diligence expenses to the extent such expenses have actually been
incurred and are supported by detailed and itemized invoice(s) provided to the
Company and permitted pursuant to the rules and regulations of
FINRA.
(f) CERTAIN
ADVANCES TO DEALER MANAGER. The parties hereto acknowledge that prior
to the initial Effective Date, the Company may have paid to the Dealer Manager
advances of monies against out-of-pocket accountable expenses actually
anticipated to be incurred by the Dealer Manager in connection with the Offering
(other than reasonable bona
fide due diligence expenses). Such advances, if any, shall be
credited against such portion of the Dealer Manager Fee payable pursuant to
Section 3(d)
that is retained by the Dealer Manager and not re-allowed until the full amount
of such advances is offset. Such advances are not intended to be in
addition to the compensation set forth in Section 3(d) and
any and all monies advanced that are not utilized for out-of-pocket accountable
expenses actually incurred by the Dealer Manager in connection with the Offering
(other than reasonable bona
fide due diligence expenses) shall be reimbursed by the Dealer Manager to
the Company.
4. CONDITIONS TO THE DEALER
MANAGER’S OBLIGATIONS. The Dealer Manager’s obligations
hereunder shall be subject to the following terms and conditions, and if all
such conditions are not satisfied or waived by the Dealer Manager on or before
the initial Effective Date or at any time thereafter until the Termination Date
(as defined in Section
10(a)), then no funds shall be released (1) from the Escrow Account if
the Dealer Manager provides notice to this effect to the Company and the Escrow
Agent, and (2) from the Deposit Account if the Dealer Manager provides notice to
this effect to the Company and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National
Association:
(a) The
representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Advisor
contained in this Agreement hereof shall be true and correct in all material
respects and the Company and the Advisor shall have complied with their
covenants, agreements and obligations contained in this Agreement in all
material respects;
(b) The
Registration Statement shall have become effective and no stop order suspending
the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued by the
Commission and, to the best knowledge of the Company and the Advisor, no
proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted, threatened or
contemplated by the Commission; and any request by the Commission for additional
information (to be included in the Registration Statement or Prospectus or
otherwise) shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of the
Dealer Manager.
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(c) The
Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and any amendment or any supplement
thereto, shall not contain any untrue statement of material fact, or omit to
state a material fact is required to be stated therein or is necessary to make
the statements therein not misleading.
(d) On
the initial Effective Date and at or prior to the fifth business day following
the Effective Date of each post-effective amendment to the Registration
Statement that includes or incorporates by reference the audited financial
statements for the preceding fiscal year, the Dealer Manager shall have received
from Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx LLP or such other independent registered public accountants
for the Company, (i) a letter, dated the applicable date, addressed to the
Dealer Manager, in form and substance satisfactory to the Dealer Manager,
containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in
accountant’s “comfort letters” to placement agents or dealer managers, delivered
according to Statement of Auditing Standards No. 72 (or any successor bulletin),
with respect to the audited financial statements and certain financial
information contained in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and (ii)
confirming that they are (A) independent registered public accountants as
required by the Securities Act, and (B) in compliance with the applicable
requirements relating to the qualification of accountants under Rule 2-01 of
Regulation S-X.
(e) At
or prior to the fifth business day following (i) the request by the Dealer
Manager in connection with any third party due diligence investigation, and
(ii) the Effective Date of each post-effective amendment to the
Registration Statement (other than post-effective amendments filed solely
pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act and other than the
post-effective amendments referred to in Section 4(d)), the
Dealer Manager shall have received from Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx LLP or such other
independent public or certified public accountants for the Company, a letter,
dated such date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Dealer Manager, to
the effect that they reaffirm the statements made in the most recent letter
furnished pursuant to Section 4(d), except
that the specified date referred to therein for the carrying out of procedures
shall be no more than three business days prior to the date of the letter
furnished pursuant to this Section
4(e).
(f) On
the Effective Date the Dealer Manager shall have received the opinion of
Proskauer Rose LLP acting as counsel for the Company, and a supplemental
“negative assurances” letter from such counsel, dated as of the Effective Date,
and in the form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Dealer
Manager.
(g) At
or prior to the Effective Date and at or prior to the fifth business day
following the effective date of each post-effective amendment to the
Registration Statement (other than post-effective amendments filed solely
pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act), the Dealer Manager shall have
received a written certificate executed by the Chief Executive Officer or
President of the Company and the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, dated
as of the applicable date, to the effect that: (i) the
representations and warranties of the Company and the Advisor set forth in this
Agreement are true and correct in all material respects with the same force and
effect as though expressly made on and as of the applicable date; and
(ii) the Company and the Advisor have complied in all material respects with all
the agreements hereunder and satisfied all the conditions on their part to be
performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the applicable
date.
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5. COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY AND
THE ADVISOR. The Company and the Advisor covenant and agree
with the Dealer Manager as follows:
(a) REGISTRATION
STATEMENT. The Company will use commercially reasonable efforts (i)
to cause the Registration Statement and any subsequent amendments thereto to
become effective as promptly as possible and (ii) on an ongoing basis, maintain
effective status with the Commission thereafter. The Company will
furnish a copy of any proposed amendment or supplement of the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus to the Dealer Manager. The Company will
comply in all material respects with all federal and state securities laws,
rules and regulations which are required to be complied with in order to permit
the continuance of offers and sales of the Shares in accordance with the
provisions hereof and of the Prospectus.
(b) COMMISSION
ORDERS. If the Commission shall issue any stop order or any other
order preventing or suspending the use of the Prospectus, or shall institute any
proceedings for that purpose, then the Company will promptly notify the Dealer
Manager and use its commercially reasonable efforts to prevent the issuance of
any such order and, if any such order is issued, to use commercially reasonable
efforts to obtain the removal thereof as promptly as possible.
(c) BLUE
SKY QUALIFICATIONS. The Company will use commercially reasonable
efforts to qualify the Shares for offering and sale under the securities or blue
sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Dealer Manager and the Company shall
mutually agree upon and to make such applications, file such documents and
furnish such information as may be reasonably required for that purpose. The
Company will, at the Dealer Manager’s request, furnish the Dealer Manager with a
copy of such papers filed by the Company in connection with any such
qualification. The Company will promptly advise the Dealer Manager of
the issuance by such securities administrators of any stop order preventing or
suspending the use of the Prospectus or of the institution of any proceedings
for that purpose, and will use its commercially reasonable efforts to prevent
the issuance of any such order and if any such order is issued, to use its
commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the removal thereof as promptly as
possible. The Company will furnish the Dealer Manager with a Blue Sky Survey
dated as of the initial Effective Date, which will be supplemented to reflect
changes or additions to the information disclosed in such survey.
(d) AMENDMENTS
AND SUPPLEMENTS. If, at any time when a Prospectus relating to the
Shares is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, any event shall
have occurred to the knowledge of the Company, or the Company receives notice
from the Dealer Manager that it believes such an event has occurred, as a result
of which the Prospectus or any Approved Sales Literature as then amended or
supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact, or omit to
state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in
light of the circumstances existing at the time it is so required to be
delivered to a subscriber, or if it is necessary at any time to amend the
Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus relating to the Shares to
comply with the Securities Act, then the Company will promptly notify the Dealer
Manager thereof (unless the information shall have been received from the Dealer
Manager) and will prepare and file with the Commission an amendment or
supplement which will correct such statement or effect such compliance to the
extent required, and shall make available to the Dealer Manager thereof
sufficient copies for its own use and/or distribution to the Soliciting
Dealers.
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(e) REQUESTS
FROM COMMISSION. The Company will promptly advise the Dealer Manager
of any request made by the Commission or a state securities administrator for
amending the Registration Statement, supplementing the Prospectus or for
additional information.
(f) COPIES
OF REGISTRATION STATEMENT. The Company will furnish the Dealer Manager with one
signed copy of the Registration Statement, including its exhibits, and such
additional copies of the Registration Statement, without exhibits, and the
Prospectus and all amendments and supplements thereto, which are finally
approved by the Commission, as the Dealer Manager may reasonably request for
sale of the Shares.
(g) QUALIFICATION
TO TRANSACT BUSINESS. The Company will take all steps necessary to
ensure that at all times the Company will validly exist as a Maryland
corporation and will be qualified to do business in all jurisdictions in which
the conduct of its business requires such qualification and where such
qualification is required under local law.
(h) AUTHORITY
TO PERFORM AGREEMENTS. The Company undertakes to obtain all consents, approvals,
authorizations or orders of any court or governmental agency or body which are
required for the Company’s performance of this Agreement and under the Company’s
articles of incorporation (as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time, the “Company’s
Charter”) and bylaws for the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby, respectively, or the conducting by the Company
of the business described in the Prospectus.
(i) SALES
LITERATURE. The Company will furnish to the Dealer Manager as
promptly as shall be practicable upon request any Approved Sales Literature
(provided that the use of said material has been first approved for use by all
appropriate regulatory agencies). Any supplemental sales literature
or advertisement, regardless of how labeled or described, used in addition to
the Prospectus in connection with the Offering which is furnished or approved by
the Company (including, without limitation, Approved Sales Literature) shall, to
the extent required, be filed with and, to the extent required, approved by the
appropriate securities agencies and bodies, provided that the Dealer Manager
will make all FINRA filings, to the extent required. The Company will
be responsible for all Approved Sales Literature. The Company agrees
to prepare sales literature reasonably requested by the Dealer Manager in
connection with the Offering. The Company and the Dealer Manager
agree that all sales literature developed in connection with the Offering shall
be the property of the Company and the Company shall have control of all such
sales literature. Each of the Company and the Advisor will not (and
will cause its affiliates to not): (1) show or give to any investor
or prospective investor or reproduce any material or writing that is 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 and
(2) show or give to any investor or prospective investor in a particular
jurisdiction any material or writing if such material bears a legend denoting
that it is not to be used in connection with the sale of Shares to members of
the public in such jurisdiction.
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(j) CERTIFICATES
OF COMPLIANCE. The Company shall provide, from time to time upon
request of the Dealer Manager, certificates of its chief executive officer and
chief financial officer of compliance by the Company of the requirements of this
Agreement.
(k) USE
OF PROCEEDS. The Company will apply the proceeds from the sale of the
Shares as set forth in the Prospectus.
(l) CUSTOMER
INFORMATION. The Company shall:
(i) abide
by and comply with (A) the privacy standards and requirements of the
Xxxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Act of 1999 (the “GLB
Act”), (B) the privacy standards and requirements of any other applicable
federal or state law, and (C) its own internal privacy policies and procedures,
each as may be amended from time to time;
(ii) 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
(iii) determine
which customers have opted out of the disclosure of nonpublic personal
information by periodically reviewing and, if necessary, retrieving an
aggregated list of such customers from the Soliciting Dealers (the “List”)
to identify customers that have exercised their opt-out rights. If
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 it 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.
(m) DEALER
MANAGER’S REVIEW OF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTS. Prior to
amending or supplementing the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus
or the Prospectus (including any amendment or supplement through incorporation
of any report filed under the Exchange Act), the Company shall furnish to the
Dealer Manager for review, a reasonable amount of time prior to the proposed
time of filing or use thereof, a copy of each such proposed amendment or
supplement, and the Company shall not file or use any such proposed amendment or
supplement without the Dealer Manager’s consent, which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld or delayed.
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(n) CERTAIN
PAYMENTS. Without the prior consent of the Dealer Manager, none of
the Company, the Advisor or any of their respective affiliates will make any
payment (cash or non-cash) to any associated Person or registered representative
of the Dealer Manager.
(o) DEPOSIT
ACCOUNT. Once subscription funds from Persons unaffiliated with the
Company or the Advisor in the Escrow Account aggregate $2,000,000 in respect of
Shares of the Company, subject to any continuing escrow obligations imposed by
certain states as described in the Prospectus, the Company will deposit all
subsequent subscription funds in the Deposit Account. At all times
until the Termination Date, the Deposit Account shall be subject to the Control
Agreement that will provide, among other things, that no funds shall be able to
be withdrawn from the Deposit Account once the Dealer Manager provides notice to
the Company and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association that a condition set
forth in Section
4 has not been satisfied or waived by the Dealer Manager. Such
restriction on withdrawal shall continue until the Dealer Manager notifies the
Company and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association that funds in the Deposit
Account can be released upon order of the Company.
(p) REGULATORY
FILINGS. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company
shall provide the Dealer Manager for its prior approval (not to be unreasonably
withheld) with a copy of any notice, filing, application, registration,
document, correspondence or other information that the Company proposes to
deliver, make or file with any governmental authority or agency (federal, state
or otherwise) or with FINRA in connection with the Offering, this Agreement or
any of the transactions completed hereby.
6. COVENANTS OF THE DEALER
MANAGER. The Dealer Manager covenants and agrees with the Company as
follows:
(a) COMPLIANCE
WITH LAWS. With respect to the Dealer Manager’s participation and the
participation by each Soliciting Dealer in the offer and sale of the Shares
(including, without limitation, any resales and transfers of Shares), the Dealer
Manager agrees, and each Soliciting Dealer in its Soliciting Dealer Agreement
will agree, to comply in all material respects with all applicable requirements
of (i) the Securities Act, the Securities Act Rules and Regulations, the
Exchange Act, the Exchange Act Rules and Regulations and all other federal
regulations applicable to the Offering and the sale of Shares, (ii) all
applicable state securities or blue sky laws and regulations, from time to time
in effect, and (iii) the Rules of the FINRA applicable to the Offering, from
time to time in effect, specifically including, but not in any way limited to,
NASD Conduct Rules 2310, 2340, 2420, 2730, 2740 and 2750 therein. The
Dealer Manager will not offer the Shares for sale in any jurisdiction unless and
until it has been advised that the Shares are either registered in accordance
with, or exempt from, the securities and other laws applicable
thereto.
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In
addition, the Dealer Manager shall, in accordance with applicable law or as
prescribed by any state securities administrator, provide, or require in the
Soliciting Dealer Agreement that the Soliciting Dealer shall provide, to any
prospective investor copies of the Prospectus and any supplements thereto during
the course of the Offering and prior to the sale. The Company may
provide the Dealer Manager with certain Approved Sales Literature to be used by
the Dealer Manager and the Soliciting Dealers in connection with the
solicitation of purchasers of the Shares. The Dealer Manager agrees
not to deliver the Approved Sales Literature to any Person prior to the initial
Effective Date. If the Dealer Manager elects to use such Approved
Sales Literature after the initial Effective Date, then the Dealer Manager
agrees that such material shall not be used by it in connection with the
solicitation of purchasers of the Shares and that it will direct Soliciting
Dealers not to make such use unless accompanied or preceded by the Prospectus,
as then currently in effect, and as it may be amended or supplemented in the
future. The Dealer Manager agrees that it will not use any Approved
Sales Literature other than those provided to the Dealer Manager by the Company
for use in the Offering.
(b) NO
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. In offering the Shares for sale, the Dealer Manager
shall not, and each Soliciting Dealer shall agree not to, give or provide any
information or make any representation other than those contained in the
Prospectus or the Approved Sales Literature. The Dealer Manager shall not
(i) show or give to any investor or prospective investor or reproduce any
material or writing that is supplied to it by the Company 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 and
(ii) show or give to any investor or prospective investor in a particular
jurisdiction any material or writing that is supplied to it by the Company if
such material bears a legend denoting that it is not to be used in connection
with the sale of Shares to members of the public in such
jurisdiction.
(c) SALES
OF SHARES. The Dealer Manager shall, and each Soliciting Dealer shall agree to,
solicit purchases of the Shares only in the jurisdictions in which the Dealer
Manager and such Soliciting Dealer are legally qualified to so act and in which
the Dealer Manager and each Soliciting Dealer have been advised by the Company
in writing that such solicitations can be made.
(d) SUBSCRIPTION
AGREEMENT. The Dealer Manager will comply in all material respects with the
subscription procedures and “Plan of Distribution” set forth in the
Prospectus. Subscriptions will be submitted by the Dealer Manager and
each Soliciting Dealer to the Company only on the form which is included as
Exhibit B to the Prospectus. The Dealer Manager understands and
acknowledges, and each Soliciting Dealer shall acknowledge, that the
Subscription Agreement must be executed and initialed by the subscriber as
provided for by the Subscription Agreement.
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(e) SUITABILITY.
The Dealer Manager will offer Shares, and in its agreement with each Soliciting
Dealer will require that the Soliciting Dealer offer Shares, only to Persons
that it has reasonable grounds to believe meet the financial qualifications 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 by the Company that the Shares are qualified for sale or that
such qualification is not required. In offering Shares, the Dealer
Manager will comply, and in its agreements with the Soliciting Dealers, the
Dealer Manager will require that the Soliciting Dealers comply, with the
provisions of all applicable rules and regulations relating to suitability of
investors, including without limitation the FINRA Conduct Rules and the
provisions of Article III.C. of the Statement of Policy Regarding Real Estate
Investment Trusts of the North American Securities Administrators Association,
Inc. (the “NASAA
Guidelines”). The Dealer Manager agrees that in recommending
the purchase of the Shares in the Primary Offering to an investor, the Dealer
Manager and each Person associated with the Dealer Manager that make such
recommendation shall have, and each Soliciting Dealer in its Soliciting Dealer
Agreement shall agree with respect to investors to which it makes a
recommendation shall agree that it shall have, reasonable grounds to believe, on
the basis of information obtained from the investor concerning the investor’s
investment objectives, other investments, financial situation and needs, and any
other information known by the Dealer Manager, the Person associated with the
Dealer Manager or the Soliciting Dealer that: (i) the investor is or
will be in a financial position appropriate to enable the investor to realize to
a significant extent the benefits described in the Prospectus, including the tax
benefits where they are a significant aspect of the Company; (ii) the investor
has a fair market net worth sufficient to sustain the risks inherent in the
program, including loss of investment and lack of liquidity; and (iii) an
investment in the Shares offered in the Primary Offering is otherwise suitable
for the investor. The Dealer Manager agrees as to investors to whom
it makes a recommendation with respect to the purchase of the Shares in the
Primary Offering (and each Soliciting Dealer in its Soliciting Dealer Agreement
shall agree, with respect to Investors to whom it makes such recommendations) to
maintain in the files of the Dealer Manager (or the Soliciting Dealer, as
applicable) documents disclosing the basis upon which the determination of
suitability was reached as to each investor. In making the
determinations as to financial qualifications and as to suitability required by
the NASAA Guidelines, the Dealer Manager and Soliciting Dealers may rely on
(A) representations from investment advisers who are not affiliated with a
Soliciting Dealer, banks acting as trustees or fiduciaries, and (B) information
it has obtained from a prospective investor, including such information as the
investment objectives, other investments, financial situation and needs of the
Person or any other information known by the Dealer Manager (or Soliciting
Dealer, as applicable), after due inquiry. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
the Dealer Manager shall not, and each Soliciting Dealer shall agree not to,
execute any transaction in the Company in a discretionary account without prior
written approval of the transaction by the customer.
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(f) SUITABILITY
RECORDS. The Dealer Manager shall, and each Soliciting Dealer shall
agree to, maintain, for at least six years or for a period of time not less than
that required in order to comply with all applicable federal, state and other
regulatory requirements, whichever is later, a record of the information
obtained to determine that an investor meets the suitability standards imposed
on the offer and sale of the Shares (both at the time of the initial
subscription and at the time of any additional subscriptions) and a
representation of the investor that the investor is investing for the investor’s
own account or, in lieu of such representation, information indicating that the
investor for whose account the investment was made met the suitability
standards. The Company agrees that the Dealer Manager can satisfy its
obligation by contractually requiring such information to be maintained by the
investment advisers or banks referred to in Section
6(e).
(g) SOLICITING
DEALER AGREEMENTS. All engagements of the Soliciting Dealers will be
evidenced by a Soliciting Dealer Agreement.
(h) ELECTRONIC
DELIVERY. If it intends to use electronic delivery to distribute the
Prospectus to any Person, that it will comply with all applicable requirements
of the Commission, the Blue Sky laws and/or FINRA and any other laws or
regulations related to the electronic delivery of documents.
(i) COORDINATION.
The Company and the Dealer Manager shall have the right, but not the obligation,
to meet with key personnel of the other on an ongoing and regular basis to
discuss the conduct of the officers.
(j) ANTI-MONEY
LAUNDERING COMPLIANCE. Although acting as a wholesale distributor and
not itself selling shares directly to investors, the Dealer Manager represents
to the Company that it has established and implemented anti-money laundering
compliance programs (“AML
Program”) in accordance with applicable law, including applicable FINRA
Conduct Rules, Exchange Act Rules and Regulations and the Uniting and
Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and
Obstruct Terrorism Act (USA PATRIOT Act) of 2001, as amended (the “USA
PATRIOT Act”), specifically including, but not limited to, Section 352 of
the International Money Laundering Abatement and Anti-Terrorist Financing Act of
2001 (the “Money
Laundering Abatement Act”, and together with the USA PATRIOT Act, the
“AML
Rules”), reasonably expected to detect and cause the reporting of
suspicious transactions in connection with the offering and sale of the
Shares. The Dealer Manager further represents that it is currently in
compliance with all AML Rules, specifically including, but not limited to, the
Customer Identification Program requirements under Section 326 of the Money
Laundering Abatement Act, and the Dealer Manager hereby covenants to remain in
compliance with such requirements and shall, upon request by the Company,
provide a certification to the Company that, as of the date of such
certification (i) its AML Program is consistent with the AML Rules, and (ii) it
is currently in compliance with all AML Rules, specifically including, but not
limited to, the Customer Identification Program requirements under Section 326
of the Money Laundering Abatement Act.
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(k) COOPERATION. Upon
the expiration or earlier termination of this Agreement, the Dealer Manager will
use reasonable efforts to cooperate fully with the Company and any other party
that may be necessary to accomplish an orderly transfer and transfer to a
successor dealer manager of the operation and management of the services the
Dealer Manager is providing to the Company under this Agreement. The
Dealer Manager will not be entitled to receive any additional fee in connection
with the foregoing provisions of this Section 6(k), but the
Company will pay or reimburse the Dealer Manager for any out-of-pocket expenses
reasonably incurred by the Dealer Manager in connection therewith.
(l) CUSTOMER
INFORMATION. The Dealer Manager will use commercially reasonable
efforts to provide the Company with any and all subscriber information that the
Company requests in order for the Company to comply with the requirements under
Section 5(l)
above.
7. EXPENSES.
(a) Subject
to Sections 7(b) and 7(c), the Dealer
Manager shall pay all of its own costs and expenses incident to the performance
of its obligations under this Agreement.
(b) The
Company agrees to pay all costs and expenses related to:
(i) the
Commission’s registration of the offer and sale of the Shares with the
Commission;
(ii) expenses
of printing the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and any amendment or
supplement thereto as herein provided;
(iii) fees
and expenses incurred in connection with any required filing with the
FINRA;
(iv) all
the expenses of agents of the Company, excluding the Dealer Manager, incurred in
connection with performing marketing and advertising services for the Company;
and
(v) expenses
of qualifying the Shares for offering and sale under state blue sky and
securities laws, and expenses in connection with the preparation and printing of
the Blue Sky Survey.
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(c) The
Company shall reimburse the Dealer Manager and Soliciting Dealers for approved
or deemed approved reasonable bona fide due diligence
expenses in accordance with Section
3(e).
8. INDEMNIFICATION.
(a) INDEMNIFIED
PARTIES DEFINED. For the purposes of this Agreement, an “Indemnified
Party” shall mean a Person entitled to indemnification under Section 8, as well as
such Person’s officers, directors (including with respect to the Company, any
Person named in the Registration Statement with his or her consent as becoming a
director in the future), employees, members, partners, affiliates, agents and
representatives, and each Person, if any, who controls such Person within the
meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange
Act.
(b) INDEMNIFICATION
OF THE DEALER MANAGER AND SOLICITING DEALERS. The Company will
indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Dealer Manager and the Soliciting
Dealers, and their respective Indemnified Parties, from and against any losses,
claims, expenses (including reasonable legal and other expenses incurred in
investigating and defending such claims or liabilities), damages or liabilities,
joint or several, to which any such Soliciting Dealers or the Dealer Manager, or
their respective Indemnified Parties, may become subject under the Securities
Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, expenses,
damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based
upon: (i) in whole or in part, any material inaccuracy in a
representation or warranty contained herein by the Company or the Advisor, any
material breach of a covenant contained herein by the Company or the Advisor, or
any material failure by the Company or the Advisor to perform, its obligations
hereunder or to comply with state or federal securities laws applicable to the
Offering; (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material
fact contained (A) in any Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment
thereto or in the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus,
(B) in any Approved Sales Literature or (C) in any 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 Offered Shares for sale under the securities
laws of any jurisdiction or based upon written information furnished by the
Company under the securities laws thereof (any such application, document or
information being hereinafter called a “Blue Sky
Application”); or (iii) the omission or alleged omission to state a
material fact required to be stated in the Registration Statement or any
post-effective amendment thereto to make the statements therein not misleading
or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact required to be
stated in the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus to
make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading, and the Company will reimburse each Soliciting Dealer or
the Dealer Manager, and their respective Indemnified Parties, for any reasonable
legal or other expenses incurred by such Soliciting Dealer or the Dealer
Manager, and their respective Indemnified Parties, in connection with
investigating or defending such loss, claim, expense, damage, liability or
action; provided,
however, that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the
extent that any such loss, claim, expense, 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 the Dealer Manager expressly for use in
the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereof or the
Prospectus or any such amendment thereof or supplement thereto. This
indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which the Company may
otherwise have.
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Notwithstanding
the foregoing, as required by the Company’s Charter and Section II.G. of the
NASAA Guidelines, the indemnification and agreement to hold harmless provided in
this Section
8(b) is further limited to the extent that no such indemnification by the
Company of a Soliciting Dealer or the Dealer Manager, or their respective
Indemnified Parties, shall be permitted under this Agreement for, or arising out
of, an alleged violation of federal or state securities laws, unless one or more
of the following conditions are met: (a) there has been a successful
adjudication on the merits of each count involving alleged securities law
violations as to the particular Indemnified Party; (b) such claims have been
dismissed with prejudice on the merits by a court of competent jurisdiction as
to the particular Indemnified Party; or (c) a court of competent jurisdiction
approves a settlement of the claims against the particular Indemnified Party 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 Commission 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.
(c) DEALER
MANAGER INDEMNIFICATION OF THE COMPANY AND ADVISOR. The Dealer
Manager will indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Company, the Advisor, each
of their Indemnified Parties and each Person who has signed the Registration
Statement, from and against any losses, claims, expenses (including the
reasonable legal and other expenses incurred in investigating and
defending any such claims or liabilities), damages or liabilities to which any
of the aforesaid parties may become subject under the Securities Act, the
Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, expenses, damages (or
actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon: (i) in
whole or in part, any material inaccuracy in a representation or warranty
contained herein by the Dealer Manager or any material breach of a covenant
contained herein by the Dealer Manager; (ii) any untrue statement or
any alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained (A) in any
Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or in the
Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus, (B) in any Approved
Sales Literature, or (C) any Blue Sky Application; (iii) the omission or alleged
omission to state a material fact required to be stated in the Registration
Statement or any post-effective amendment thereof to make the statements therein
not misleading, or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact
required to be stated in the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to the
Prospectus to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that in
each case described in clauses (ii) and (iii) 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 the Dealer
Manager expressly for use in the Registration Statement or any such
post-effective amendments thereof or the Prospectus or any such amendment
thereof or supplement thereto; (iv) any use of sales literature, including
“broker-dealer use only” materials, by the Dealer Manager that is not Approved
Sales Literature; or (v) any untrue statement made by the Dealer Manager or
omission by the Dealer Manager 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 Offering, in each case, other than statements
or omissions made in conformity with the Registration Statement, the Prospectus,
any Approved Sales Literature or any other materials or information furnished by
or on behalf on the Company. The Dealer Manager will reimburse the
aforesaid parties for any reasonable legal or other expenses incurred in
connection with investigation or defense of such loss, claim, expense, damage,
liability or action. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to
any liability which the Dealer Manager may otherwise have.
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(d) SOLICITING
DEALER INDEMNIFICATION OF THE COMPANY. By virtue of entering into the
Soliciting Dealer Agreement, each Soliciting Dealer severally will agree to
indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Company, the Dealer Manager, each of
their respective Indemnified Parties, and each Person who signs the Registration
Statement, from and against any losses, claims, expenses, damages or liabilities
to which the Company, the Dealer Manager, or any of their respective Indemnified
Parties, or any Person who signed the Registration Statement, may become
subject, under the Securities Act or otherwise, as more fully described in the
Soliciting Dealer Agreement.
(e) ACTION
AGAINST PARTIES; NOTIFICATION. Promptly after receipt by any
Indemnified Party under this Section 8 of notice
of the commencement of any action, such Indemnified Party will, if a claim in
respect thereof is to be made against any indemnifying party under this Section 8, promptly
notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof; provided, however, that the
failure to give such notice shall not relieve the indemnifying party of its
obligations hereunder except to the extent it shall have been actually
prejudiced by such failure. 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 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, and unconditional release of all liabilities
from, 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, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or
delayed.
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(f) REIMBURSEMENT
OF FEES AND EXPENSES. An indemnifying party under Section 8 of this
Agreement shall be obligated to reimburse an Indemnified Party for reasonable
legal and other expenses as follows:
(i) In
the case of the Company indemnifying the Dealer Manager, the advancement of
Company funds to the Dealer Manager for legal expenses and other costs incurred
as a result of any legal action for which indemnification is being sought shall
be permissible (in accordance with Section II.G. of the NASAA Guidelines) only
if all of the following conditions are satisfied: (A) the legal
action relates to acts or omissions with respect to the performance of duties or
services on behalf of the Company; (B) the legal action is initiated by a third
party who is not a shareholder of the Company or the legal action is initiated
by a shareholder of the Company acting in his or her capacity as such and a
court of competent jurisdiction specifically approves such advancement; and (C)
the Dealer Manager undertakes to repay the advanced funds to the Company,
together with the applicable legal rate of interest thereon, in cases in which
the Dealer Manager is found not to be entitled to indemnification.
(ii) In
any case of indemnification other than that described in Section 8(f)(i)
above, the indemnifying party shall pay all legal fees and expenses reasonably
incurred by the Indemnified Party in the defense of such claims or actions;
provided, however, that the
indemnifying party shall not be obligated to pay legal expenses and fees to more
than one law firm in connection with the defense of similar claims arising out
of the same alleged acts or omissions giving rise to such claims notwithstanding
that such actions or claims are alleged or brought by one or more parties
against more than one Indemnified Party. If such claims or actions
are alleged or brought against more than one Indemnified Party, then the
indemnifying party shall only be obliged to reimburse the expenses and fees of
the one law firm (in addition to local counsel) that has been participating by a
majority of the indemnified parties against which such action is finally
brought; and if 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.
9. CONTRIBUTION.
(a) If
the indemnification provided for in Section 8 is for any
reason unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an Indemnified Party in
respect of any losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses referred to
therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the aggregate amount
of such losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses incurred by such
Indemnified Party, as incurred, (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to
reflect the relative benefits received by the Company, the Dealer Manager and
the Soliciting Dealer, respectively, from the proceeds received in Primary
Offering pursuant to this Agreement and the relevant Soliciting Dealer
Agreement, or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) is not permitted by
applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the
relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of
the Company, the Dealer Manager and the Soliciting Dealer, respectively, in
connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses,
liabilities, claims, damages or expenses, as well as any other relevant
equitable considerations.
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(b) The
relative benefits received by the Company, the Dealer Manager and the Soliciting
Dealer, respectively, in connection with the proceeds received in the Primary
Offering pursuant to this Agreement and the relevant Soliciting Dealer Agreement
shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportion as the total net
proceeds from the Primary Offering pursuant to this Agreement and the relevant
Soliciting Dealer Agreement (before deducting expenses), received by the
Company, and the total selling commissions and dealer manager fees received by
the Dealer Manager and the Soliciting Dealer, respectively, in each case as set
forth on the cover of the Prospectus bear to the aggregate offering price of the
Shares sold in the Primary Offering as set forth on such cover.
(c) The
relative fault of the Company, the Dealer Manager and the Soliciting Dealer,
respectively, shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether
any such untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or
alleged omission to state a material fact related to information supplied by the
Company, by the Dealer Manager or by the Soliciting Dealer, respectively, and
the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity
to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
(d) The
Company, the Dealer Manager and the Soliciting Dealer (by virtue of entering
into the Soliciting Dealer Agreement) agree that it would not be just and
equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 9 were
determined by pro rata allocation or by
any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable
contributions referred to above in this Section
9. The aggregate amount of losses, liabilities, claims,
damages and expenses incurred by an Indemnified Party and referred to above in
this Section 9
shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by
such Indemnified Party in investigating, preparing or defending against any
litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or
body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such
untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.
(e) Notwithstanding
the provisions of this Section 9, the Dealer
Manager and the Soliciting Dealer shall not be required to contribute any amount
by which the total price at which the Shares sold in the Primary Offering to the
public by them exceeds the amount of any damages which the Dealer Manager and
the Soliciting Dealer have otherwise been required to pay by reason of any
untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.
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(f) No
party guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section
11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any party
who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
(g) For
the purposes of this Section 9, the Dealer
Manager’s officers, directors, employees, members, partners, agents and
representatives, and each Person, if any, who controls the Dealer Manager within
the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange
Act shall have the same rights to contribution of the Dealer Manager, and each
officers, directors, employees, members, partners, agents and representatives of
the Company, each officer of the Company who signed the Registration Statement
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 shall have the same
rights to contribution of the Company. The Soliciting Dealers’
respective obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 9 are several
in proportion to the number of Shares sold by each Soliciting Dealer in the
Primary Offering and not joint.
10. TERMINATION OF THIS
AGREEMENT.
(a) TERM;
EXPIRATION. This Agreement shall become effective on the initial
Effective Date and the obligations of the parties hereunder shall not commence
until the initial Effective Date; provided, however, that the
obligations of the parties under Sections 3(e), 3(f), 7, 8, 9 and 11 and this Section 10 shall
commence on , 2010 and
Sections 3(e),
3(f), 7, 8, 9 and 11 and this Section 10 shall be
effective as of ,
2010. Unless sooner terminated pursuant to this Section 10(a), this
Agreement shall expire at the end of the Offering Period; provided, however, that if
the Offering Period does not commence by , 2010,
then this Agreement shall expire automatically at 11:59 p.m. Eastern time,
on , 2010 without further action by the
parties. This Agreement may be earlier terminated (i) by the Company
pursuant to Section
10(b) and (ii) by the Dealer Manager pursuant to Section
10(c). The date upon which this Agreement shall have so
expired or been terminated earlier shall be referred to as the “Termination
Date”.
(b) TERMINATION
BY THE COMPANY. Beginning six months following the initial Effective
Date, this Agreement may be terminated at the sole option of the Company, upon
at least sixty (60) days’ written notice to the Dealer Manager. The
Company also has the option to terminate this Agreement immediately, subject to
the thirty (30)-day cure period for a “for Cause” termination due to a material
breach of this Agreement, upon written notice of termination from the Board of
Directors of the Company to the Dealer Manager if any of the following events
occur:
(i) For
Cause (as defined below);
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(ii) A
court of competent jurisdiction enters a decree or order for relief in respect
of the Dealer Manager in any involuntary case under the applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or appoints a
receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator (or similar
official) of the Dealer Manager or for any substantial part of its property or
orders the winding up or liquidation of the Dealer Manager’s
affairs;
(iii) The
Dealer Manager commences a voluntary case under any applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or consents to the
entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law, or
consents to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator,
assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator (or similar official) of the Dealer
Manager or for any substantial part of its property, or makes any general
assignment for the benefit of creditors, or fails generally to pay its debts as
they become due;
As used
above, “Cause”
shall mean fraud, criminal conduct, willful misconduct or willful or grossly
negligent breach of the Dealer Manager’s obligations under this Agreement which
materially adversely affects the Dealer Manager’s ability to perform its duties;
or a material breach of this Agreement by the Dealer Manager which materially
affects adversely affects the Dealer Manager’s ability to perform its duties,
provided that (A) Dealer Manager does not cure any such material breach within
thirty (30) days of receiving notice of such material breach from the Company,
or (B) if such material breach is not of a nature that can be remedied within
such period, the Dealer Manager does not diligently take all reasonable steps to
cure such breach or does not cure such breach within a reasonable time
period.
(c) TERMINATION
BY DEALER MANAGER. Beginning six months following the initial
Effective Date, this Agreement may be terminated at the sole option of the
Dealer Manager, upon at least six (6) months’ written notice to the Company. The
Dealer Manager also has the option to terminate this Agreement immediately,
subject to the thirty (30)-day cure period for a “for Good Reason” termination
due to a material breach of this Agreement, upon written notice of termination
from the Dealer Manager to the Company if any of the following events
occur:
(i) For
Good Reason (as defined below);
(ii) A
court of competent jurisdiction enters a decree or order for relief in respect
of the Company or any of its subsidiaries in any involuntary case under the
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in
effect, or appoints a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee,
sequestrator (or similar official) of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or
for any substantial part of its property or orders the winding up or liquidation
of the Company’s or any of its subsidiaries’ affairs;
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(iii) The
Company or any of its subsidiaries commences a voluntary case under any
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in
effect, or consents to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case
under any such law, or consents to the appointment of or taking possession by a
receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator (or similar
official) of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or for any substantial part
of their property, or makes any general assignment for the benefit of creditors,
or fails generally to pay its debts as they become due;
(iv) There
shall have been a material change in the nature of the business conducted or
contemplated to be conducted as set forth in the Registration Statement at the
initial Effective Date by the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one
entity;
(v) There
shall have occurred a Company MAE, whether or not arising in the ordinary course
of business;
(vi) A
stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have
been issued by the Commission and is not rescinded within 10 business days after
the issuance thereof; or
(vii) A
material action, suit, proceeding or investigation of the type referred to in
Section 1(g)
shall have occurred or arisen on or after the initial Effective
Date.
As used
above, “Good
Reason” shall mean fraud, criminal conduct, willful misconduct or willful
or grossly negligent breach of the Company’s obligations under this Agreement,
or a material breach of this Agreement by the Company, provided that (i) the
Company does not cure any such material breach within thirty (30) days of
receiving notice of such material breach from the Dealer Manager, or (ii) if
such material breach is not of a nature that can be remedied within such period,
the Company does not diligently take all reasonable steps to cure such breach or
does not cure such breach within a reasonable time period.
(d) DELIVERY
OF RECORDS UPON EXPIRATION OR EARLY TERMINATION. Upon the expiration
or early termination of this Agreement for any reason, the Dealer Manager shall
(i) promptly forward any and all funds, if any, in its possession which were
received from investors for the sale of Shares into the Escrow Account for the
deposit of investor funds, (ii) to the extent not previously provided to the
Company, provide a list of all investors who have subscribed for or purchased
shares and all broker-dealers with whom the Dealer Manager has entered into a
Soliciting Dealer Agreement, (iii) notify Soliciting Dealers
of such termination, and (iv) promptly deliver to the Company copies of any
sales literature designed for use specifically for the Offering that it is then
in the process of preparing. Upon expiration or earlier termination of this
Agreement, the Company shall pay to the Dealer Manager all compensation to which
the Dealer Manager is or becomes entitled under Section 3(d) at such
time as such compensation becomes payable.
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11. MISCELLANEOUS.
(a) SURVIVAL. The
following provisions of the Agreement shall survive the expiration or earlier
termination of this Agreement: Section 3(d); Section 5(l); Section 6(k); Section 7; Section 8; Section 9; Section 10; and Section
11. Notwithstanding anything else that may be to the contrary
herein, the expiration or earlier termination of this Agreement shall not
relieve a party for liability for any breach occurring prior to such expiration
or earlier termination.
(b) NOTICES. All
notices, consents, approvals, waivers or other communications (each, a “Notice”)
required or permitted hereunder, except as herein otherwise specifically
provided, shall be in writing and shall be deemed given or
delivered: (i) when delivered personally or by commercial messenger;
(ii) one business day following deposit with a recognized overnight courier
service, provided such deposit occurs prior to the deadline imposed by such
service for overnight delivery; or (iii) when transmitted, if sent by facsimile
transmission, provided confirmation of receipt is received by sender and such
Notice is sent or delivered contemporaneously by an additional method provided
hereunder; in each case above provided such Notice is addressed to the intended
recipient thereof as set forth below:
If
to the Company:
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to the Dealer Manager:
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Any party
may change its address specified above by giving each party notice of such
change in accordance with this Section
11(b).
(c) SUCCESSORS
AND ASSIGNS. No party shall assign (voluntarily, by operation of law or
otherwise) this Agreement or any right, interest or benefit under this Agreement
without the prior written consent of each other party. Subject to the foregoing,
this Agreement shall be fully binding upon, inure to the benefit of, and be
enforceable by, the parties hereto and their respective successors and
assigns.
(d) INVALID
PROVISION. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of
this Agreement shall not affect the other provisions hereof, and this Agreement
shall be construed in all respects as if such invalid or unenforceable provision
were omitted.
(e) APPLICABLE
LAW. This Agreement and any disputes relative to the interpretation or
enforcement hereto shall be governed by and construed under the internal laws,
as opposed to the conflicts of laws provisions, of the State of New
York.
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(f) WAIVER. EACH
OF THE PARTIES HERETO WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, SUIT,
PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM (WHETHER BASED UPON CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE)
RELATED TO OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT. The parties hereto each
hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the
State of New York and the Federal courts of the United States of America located
in the Borough of Manhattan, New York City, in respect of the interpretation and
enforcement of the terms of this Agreement, and in respect of the transactions
contemplated hereby, and each hereby waives, and agrees not to assert, as a
defense in any action, suit or proceeding for the interpretation or enforcement
hereof, that it is not subject thereto or that such action, suit or proceeding
may not be brought or is not maintainable in said courts or that the venue
thereof may not be appropriate or that this Agreement may not be enforced in or
by such courts, and the parties hereto each hereby irrevocably agrees that all
claims with respect to such action or proceeding shall be heard and determined
in such a New York State or Federal court.
(g) ATTORNEYS’
FEES. If a dispute arises concerning the performance, meaning or
interpretation of any provision of this Agreement or any document executed in
connection with this Agreement, then the prevailing party in such dispute shall
be awarded any and all costs and expenses incurred by the prevailing party in
enforcing, defending or establishing its rights hereunder or thereunder,
including, without limitation, court costs and attorneys and expert witness
fees. In addition to the foregoing award of costs and fees, the
prevailing also shall be entitled to recover its attorneys’ fees incurred in any
post-judgment proceedings to collect or enforce any judgment.
(h) NO
PARTNERSHIP. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed or interpreted to
constitute the Dealer Manager or the Soliciting Brokers as being in association
with or in partnership with the Company or one another, and instead, this
Agreement only shall constitute the Soliciting Dealer as a broker authorized by
the Company to sell and to manage the sale by others of the Shares according to
the terms set forth in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or this
Agreement. Nothing herein contained shall render the Dealer Manager or the
Company liable for the obligations of any of the Soliciting Brokers or one
another.
(i) THIRD
PARTY BENEFICIARIES. Except for the Persons referred to in Section 8 and Section 9, there
shall be no third party beneficiaries of this Agreement, and no provision of
this Agreement is intended to be for the benefit of any Person not a party to
this Agreement, and no third party shall be deemed to be a beneficiary of any
provision of this Agreement. Except for the Persons referred to in
Section 8 and
Section 9, no
third party shall by virtue of any provision of this Agreement have a right of
action or an enforceable remedy against any party to this
Agreement. Each of the Persons referred to in Section 8 and Section 9 shall be a
third party beneficiary of this Agreement.
(j) 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.
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(k) NONWAIVER. The
failure of any party to insist upon or enforce strict performance by any other
party of any provision of this Agreement or to exercise any right under this
Agreement shall not be construed as a waiver or relinquishment to any extent of
such party’s right to assert or rely upon any such provision or right in that or
any other instance; rather, such provision or right shall be and remain in full
force and effect.
(l) ACCESS
TO INFORMATION. The Company may authorize the Company’s transfer agent to
provide information to the Dealer Manager and each Soliciting Dealer regarding
recordholder information about the clients of such Soliciting Dealer who have
invested with the Company on an on-going basis for so long as such Soliciting
Dealer has a relationship with such clients. The Dealer Manager shall require in
the Soliciting Dealer Agreement that Soliciting Dealers not disclose any
password for a restricted website or portion of website provided to such
Soliciting Dealer in connection with the Offering and not disclose to any
Person, other than an officer, director, employee or agent of such Soliciting
Dealers, any material downloaded from such a restricted website or portion of a
restricted website.
(m) COUNTERPARTS.
This Agreement may be executed (including by facsimile transmission) with
counterpart signature pages or in counterpart copies, each of which shall be
deemed an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same
instrument comprising this Agreement.
(n) ABSENCE
OF FIDUCIARY RELATIONSHIPS. The parties acknowledge and agree that
(i) the Dealer Manager’s responsibility to the Company and the Advisor is solely
contractual in nature, and (ii) the Dealer Manager does not owe the Company, the
Advisor, any of their respective affiliates or any other Person any fiduciary
(or other similar) duty as a result of this Agreement or any of the transactions
contemplated hereby.
(o) DEALER
MANAGER INFORMATION. Prior to the initial Effective Date, the parties
will expressly acknowledge and agree as to the information furnished to the
Company by the Dealer Manager expressly for use in the Registration
Statement.
(p) PROMOTION
OF DEALER MANAGER RELATIONSHIP. The Company and the Dealer Manager
will cooperate with each other in good faith in connection with the promotion or
advertisement of their relationship in any release, communication, sales
literature or other such materials and shall not promote or advertise their
relationship without the approval of the other party in advance, which shall not
be unreasonably withheld or delayed.
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(q) TITLES
AND SUBTITLES. The titles and subtitles used in this Agreement are
used for convenience only and are not to be considered in construing or
interpreting this Agreement.
If the
foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, kindly sign
and return it to us, whereupon this instrument will become a binding agreement
between you and the Company in accordance with its terms.
[Signatures
on following page]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto
have each duly executed this Dealer Manager Agreement as of the day and year set
forth above.
AMERICAN
REALTY CAPITAL HEALTHCARE
TRUST,
INC.
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Accepted
as of the date first above written:
REALTY
CAPITAL SECURITIES, LLC
By:
Name:
Title: