GRUBB & ELLIS HEALTHCARE REIT, INC. UP TO $2,200,000,000 IN SHARES OF COMMON STOCK EXCLUSIVE DEALER MANAGER AGREEMENT April 3, 2009
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XXXXX & XXXXX HEALTHCARE REIT, INC.
UP TO $2,200,000,000 IN SHARES OF COMMON STOCK
UP TO $2,200,000,000 IN SHARES OF COMMON STOCK
April 3, 2009
Realty Capital Securities, LLC
Three Xxxxxx Place, Suite 3300
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxxx 00000
Three Xxxxxx Place, Suite 3300
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Xxxxx & Xxxxx Healthcare REIT, Inc. (the “Company”) is a Maryland corporation that has
qualified, and intends to continue 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,
2007. The Company is offering (a) up to $2,000,000,000 shares of common stock, $.0l par value per
share (the “Shares”), for a purchase price of $10.00 per Share with a minimum initial
investment of $1,000, in the primary offering (the “Primary Offering”) and (b) up to
$200,000,000 Shares for a purchase price of $9.50 per Share for issuance through the Company’s
distribution reinvestment program (the “DRP” and together with the Primary Offering, the
“Offering”) (subject to the right of the Company to reallocate the Shares between the
Primary Offering and the DRP), all upon the other terms and conditions set forth in the Prospectus,
as described in Section 1(a) hereof.
Subject to the terms and 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 dealer manager for the
Offering, and the Dealer Manager desires to accept such engagement; provided, however, that except
as provided in Section 12(a), the effective date of this Agreement (the “DMA Effective
Date”) shall be the original Effective Date (as defined below) of the Registration Statement
(as defined below), which shall not occur until on or after the date that the Company’s amended and
restated advisory agreement (the “Advisory Agreement”) with Xxxxx & Xxxxx Healthcare REIT
Advisor, LLC (“G&E Advisor”) and Xxxxx & Xxxxx Realty Investors, LLC and the Company’s
dealer manager agreement (the “G&E Dealer Manager Agreement”) with Xxxxx & Xxxxx
Securities, Inc. (“G&E Securities”) for its initial public offering have expired or been
terminated, except with respect to certain provisions of such agreements which by their terms
survive such termination or expiration. The obligations of the Company and the Dealer Manager
hereunder shall not commence until the DMA Effective Date. The parties acknowledge that prior to
the commencement of the Offering, the Company will change its name to “Healthcare Trust of America,
Inc.”
1. REPRESENTATION AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY. The Company hereby represents, warrants
and agrees as of the date hereof and as of the DMA Effective Date,
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and thereafter with respect to representations and warranties which by their terms apply to periods
subsequent to the DMA Effective Date, 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 effective date of the registration statement
(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, 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, (ii) if the prospectus filed by the Company pursuant to
either Rule 424(b) or (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, the term “Prospectus” shall refer to
such prospectus filed pursuant to either Rule 424(b) or (c), as the case may be, as amended
or supplemented pursuant to Rule 424(b) or (c), from and after the date on which such
prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto shall have been filed, and (iii) prior
to the Effective Date the term “Registration Statement” shall refer to the registration
statement, as amended and the term “Prospectus” shall refer to the most recent preliminary
prospectus included in the registration statement. As used herein, the terms “Registration
Statement”, “preliminary Prospectus” and “Prospectus” shall include the documents, if any,
incorporated by reference therein.
(b) COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT. From the time the Registration Statement becomes
effective and at all times subsequent thereto up to and including the “Termination
Date” (as defined in Section 10(a) hereof):
(i) the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements
thereto will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act and the
Securities Act Rules and Regulations; and
(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
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light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading;
provided, however, that the foregoing provisions of this Section
1(b) will not extend to any statements contained in or omitted from the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus that are based upon information furnished
by the Dealer Manager or any Soliciting Dealer to the Company for use in the
Registration Statement or Prospectus.
(c) DOCUMENT INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE. The documents incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, at the time they were or hereafter are filed
with the Commission, complied and 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.
(d) There has not been (x) any request by the Commission for any further amendment to the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus or for any additional information, (y) 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 (z) 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.
(e) CORPORATION STATUS. The Company is a corporation duly formed and validly existing under
the General Corporation Law of Maryland.
(f) AUTHORIZATION OF AGREEMENT. This Agreement, has been 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). 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 result in a breach of any of the terms and provisions
of, or constitute a default (X)(i) under the Company’s or its subsidiaries’ charter or
bylaws, or other organizational documents (ii) under any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust,
voting trust agreement, note, lease or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or
its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or its subsidiaries or their properties
are bound as of the date of this
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Agreement except, in the event of clauses (ii) and (iii) only, for such conflicts or
defaults that could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a
material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise; or
(iii) under any statute, rule or regulation or order of any court or other governmental
agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company, its subsidiaries or any of their
properties, and (Y) no consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or
governmental agency or body has been or is required for the performance of this Agreement or
for the consummation by the Company 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
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.
(g) ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS. There are no actions 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 and its subsidiaries
considered as one enterprise of its obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of,
this Agreement, or the Shares, (iv) that might have a material adverse effect on the
condition, financial or otherwise, earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the
Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise or (v) seeking to affect adversely
the federal income tax attributes of the Shares except as described in the Prospectus.
(h) ESCROW AGREEMENT. The Company will enter into an escrow agreement (the “Escrow
Agreement”) with the Dealer Manager, and an escrow agent to be agreed upon (the
“Escrow Agent”), in the form to be included as an exhibit to the Registration
Statement, which provides for the establishment of an escrow account (the “Escrow
Account”). During the period commencing with the Effective Date and ending on the
Termination Date, the Company will deposit subscribers’ funds in the Escrow Account as
described in Section 3 below.
(i) SALES LITERATURE. 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 prepared, furnished or approved by or on behalf of the Company, including, without
limitation, the Prospectus and such sales literature and advertising as has been previously
approved in writing by the Company (“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.
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(j) AUTHORIZATION OF SHARES. The Shares have been duly authorized and, upon payment
therefore 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
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.
(n) REIT QUALIFICATIONS. The Company has qualified as a REIT under the requirements of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as amended (the “Code”) and has satisfied and intends
to continue to satisfy the requirements of the Code for qualification and taxation of the
Company as a REIT. Commencing with its taxable year ending December 31, 2007, the Company
has been organized and has operated in the conformity with 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 or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus are an
independent registered public accounting firm within the meaning of the Act and the Rules
and Regulations.
(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 generally
accepted accounting principles as applied in the United States 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 the 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 been no material adverse
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change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business affairs or
business prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether
or not arising in the ordinary course of business.
(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
the failure to possess or own that could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or
in the aggregate, a material adverse effect on the condition, financial or otherwise, or on
the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries
considered as one enterprise, and 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, could reasonably be expected to materially and
adversely affect the condition, financial or otherwise, or the earnings, business affairs or
business prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise.
(s) REAL PROPERTIES. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Prospectus or referred to in the
title policy for such property and except as would not have a material adverse effect on the
condition, financial or otherwise, or on the earnings, business affairs or business
prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, to the knowledge
of the Company: (i) all properties and assets described in the Prospectus are owned or
ground leased with good and marketable title by the Company and its subsidiaries; (ii) all
liens, charges, encumbrances, claims or restrictions on or affecting the properties and
assets of any of the Company or its subsidiaries which are required to be disclosed in the
Prospectus are disclosed therein; (iii) neither the Company, nor any of its subsidiaries
nor any lessee of any portion of any such party’s properties is in default under any of the
leases pursuant to which any of the Company or its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the
Company, leases its properties and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries knows of
any event which, but for the passage of time or the giving of notice, or both, would
constitute a default under any of such leases; (iv) each of the properties of any of the
Company or its subsidiaries complies with all applicable codes and zoning laws and
regulations; and (v) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has knowledge of any
pending or threatened condemnation, zoning change or other proceeding or action that will in
any manner affect the size of, use of, improvements on, construction on, or access to the
properties of any of the Company or its subsidiaries.
(t) TITLE INSURANCE. Title insurance in favor of the Company or its subsidiaries is
maintained with respect to each property owned by any such entity in an amount at least
equal to (a) the cost of acquisition of such property or (b) the cost of construction of
such property (measured at the time of such construction), except, in each case, where the
failure to maintain such title insurance would not have a material adverse effect on the
condition, financial or otherwise, or on the earnings, business affairs or business
prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise.
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(u) HAZARDOUS MATERIALS. The Company does not have any knowledge of (a) 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 (b) 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 (a) and (b). would have a material adverse effect on the
condition, financial or otherwise, or on the earnings, business affairs or business
prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise; and in
connection with the construction on or operation and use of the properties owned by the
Company and its subsidiaries, the Company, represents that it 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.
(v) AGREEMENTS
WITH XXXXX & XXXXX HEALTHCARE REIT ADVISOR, LLC AND G&E
SECURITIES. The
Advisory Agreement expires effective September 20, 2009 unless sooner terminated, except
with respect to certain provisions of such agreements which by their terms survive such
termination or expiration, and, to the knowledge of the Company, it has no further liability
under the Advisory Agreement, except as disclosed in the Prospectus. The execution,
delivery, and performance of this Agreement, the consummation of the transactions
contemplated herein and the fulfillment of the terms hereof, and the performance by the
Company of any agreements or arrangements described in the Prospectus, do not and will not
result in a breach of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default under the
Advisory Agreement or the G&E Dealer Manager Agreement.
2. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE DEALER MANAGER. As an inducement to the Company
to enter into this Agreement, the Dealer Manager represents, warrants and agrees as of the date
hereof and as of the DMA Effective Date, and thereafter with respect to representations and
warranties which by their terms apply to periods subsequent to the DMA Effective Date, as follows:
(a) COMPLIANCE WITH ACT. The Dealer Manager is, and during the term of this Agreement will
be, a member in good standing of FINRA, a broker dealer in good standing and registered as
such under the Exchange Act and under the securities laws of all U.S. states and the
District of Columbia where the Company intends to offer the Shares and is required to be
registered. The Dealer Manager and its employees and representatives involved in offering
Shares under this Agreement possess all required licenses and registrations to act under
this Agreement. The Dealer Manager will comply with all applicable laws, rules, regulations
and requirements of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, other federal securities laws,
state securities laws and the rules of FINRA, specifically including, but not in any way
limited to, Conduct Rules 2340, 2420, 2730, 2740, 2750 and 2810. Each salesperson acting on
behalf of the Dealer Manager will be registered with FINRA and duly licensed by each
regulatory authority in each jurisdiction in which it or he will offer and sell Shares.
Each Soliciting Dealer will be required to
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represent pursuant to a Soliciting Dealer Agreement that it and each salesperson acting on
behalf of the Soliciting Dealer will be registered with FINRA and duly licensed by each
regulatory authority in each jurisdiction in which it or he will offer and sell Shares.
(b) ORGANIZATIONAL STATUS. The Dealer Manager has been duly organized and is validly
existing as a limited liability company in good standing under the laws of the State of
Delaware, and has full limited liability company right, power and authority to enter into
this Agreement and to perform the transactions contemplated hereby, and the Dealer Manager
has duly authorized, executed and delivered this Agreement.
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF AGREEMENT. This Agreement has been duly authorized and constitutes a
valid and binding agreement of the Dealer Manager, enforceable in accordance with its terms,
except to the extent that the enforceability of the indemnity and contribution provisions
contained in this Agreement may be limited under applicable securities laws.
(d) EXISTING AGREEMENTS. The Dealer Manager hereby acknowledges that the Company is
currently (or was recently) a party to various agreements, including, without limitation,
the Dealer Manager Agreement and the Advisory Agreement. Such agreements contain various
rights and obligations, which are not to be affected in any way by this Agreement. Nothing
herein is intended to require or promote any action contrary to such agreements.
(e) VIOLATIONS. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the consummation
of the transactions contemplated herein, and the fulfillment of the terms hereof, do not and
will not result in a breach of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default
(X)(i) under the Dealer Manager’s governing documents; (ii) under any indenture, mortgage,
deed of trust, voting trust agreement, note, lease or other agreement or instrument to which
the Dealer Manager is a party as of the date of this Agreement, except in the case of clause
(ii) and (iii) only, for such conflicts or defaults that could not reasonably be expected to
have, individually or in the aggregate, a material adverse effect on the Dealer Manager or
(iii) under any statute, rule or regulation or order of any court or other governmental
agency or body having jurisdiction over the Dealer Manager; and (Y) no consent, approval,
authorization or order of any court or governmental agency or body has been or is required
for the performance of this Agreement or for the consummation by the Dealer Manager of the
transactions contemplated hereby (except as have been obtained under the Securities Act, the
Exchange Act, from FINRA or as may be required under state securities or blue sky laws in
connection with the offer and sale of the Shares).
(f) APPROVALS. No consent, approval, authorization or other order of any governmental
authority is required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by the
Dealer Manager of this Agreement.
(g) REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND PROSPECTUS. The Dealer Manager represents and warrants to
the Company and each person that signs the Registration
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Statement that the information under the caption “Plan of Distribution” insofar as it
relates to the Dealer Manager or the Offering in the Prospectus and all other information
furnished to the Company by the Dealer Manager in writing expressly for use in the
Registration Statement, any preliminary Prospectus, 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 to make the statements therein not misleading.
(h) INFORMATION. The Dealer Manager has reasonable grounds to believe, based on information
made available to it by the Company, that the Prospectus discloses all material facts
adequately and accurately and provides an adequate basis for evaluating an investment in the
Shares; provided that this representation does not prevent the Dealer Manager from relying
on the representations and warranties made by the Company in this Agreement.
(i) OBLIGATIONS TO SOLICITING DEALERS. The Company will not be liable or responsible to any
Soliciting Dealer for direct payment of commissions or any reallowance of the Dealer Manager
Fee to such Soliciting Dealer, it being the sole and exclusive responsibility of the Dealer
Manager for payment of commissions or any reallowance of the Dealer Manager Fee to
Soliciting Dealers. Notwithstanding the above, the Company, in its sole discretion, with
prior notice to the Dealer Manager may act as agent of the Dealer Manager by making direct
payment of commissions or reallowance of the commission to such Soliciting Dealers without
incurring any liability therefor.
(j) LITIGATION. There is no litigation, arbitration or reference proceeding pending or, to
the Dealer Manager’s knowledge threatened, against the Dealer Manager or against the Dealer
Manager with respect to the Dealer Manager’s executive management team or which could
prevent or materially impair the ability of the Dealer Manager to perform its duties and
obligations under this Agreement.
(k) NO VIOLATIONS OR INVESTIGATIONS. No proceeding is or was pending against the Dealer
Manager, nor to the knowledge of the Dealer Manager has there been any investigations or any
threatened proceeding involving or alleging violations of any federal securities laws, any
FINRA rules, any Blue Sky laws or any other applicable laws or regulations.
3. OFFERING AND SALE OF THE SHARES. Subject to the terms and 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 described in Section 3(a) hereof) 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 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 Effective Date and ending on the
earliest of the following: (i) the later of (x) two years after the initial effective date of the
Registration Statement, or (y) at the Company’s election, the date on
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which the Company is permitted to extend the Offering in accordance with the rules of the
Commission; (ii) the acceptance by the Company of subscriptions for $2,200,000,000 Shares,
including up to $200,000,000 of such Shares available to investors who participate in the DRP;
(iii) 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 the Company commences a
public offering pursuant to the Registration Statement or another registration statement filed
pursuant to the Securities Act within nine months from the date of the termination of the Offering,
the Dealer Manager’s retention pursuant to this Agreement shall be reinstated; (iv) the termination
of the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, provided that if the Company commences a public
offering pursuant to the Registration Statement or another registration statement filed pursuant to
the Securities Act within nine months from the date of the termination of the Offering, the Dealer
Manager’s retention pursuant to this Agreement shall be reinstated; or (v) 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 decided by the mutual
agreement, from time to time, of the Dealer Manager and the Company. In the absence of such mutual
agreement, the Company shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof, accept
Subscription Agreements based upon a first-come, first accepted reservation or other similar
method.
(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) all Soliciting Dealers are registered with the Commission, 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 exempt from broker dealer registration with the Commission and all
other relevant regulatory authorities, and (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 attached hereto as Exhibit
A (the “Soliciting Dealers Agreement”).
(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(e) 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 stockholder 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, and
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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 $2,000,000,000 in Shares offered in the
Primary Offering. 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 of 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.
(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 agrees to 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 $2,000,000,000 in Shares
offered in the Primary Offering. No dealer manager fees will be paid in connection
with Shares sold pursuant to the DRP. The Dealer Manager may retain or reallow 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.
(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 stockholder
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 underwriting compensation payable to the
Dealer Manager and any Soliciting Dealers participating in the Offering, including,
but not limited to, selling commissions and dealer manager fees exceed ten percent
(10.0%) of gross offering proceeds from the Primary Offering in the aggregate. In
no event shall the Company be required to pay for any specific expenses, including
marketing support fees.
(v) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, in the event that 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, the Company shall
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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 Section 3(f) below, multiplied by the
number of Shares as to which the subscription is rescinded. In the event that no
payment of selling commissions or other compensation is due to the Dealer Manager
after such withdrawal occurs, the Dealer Manager shall pay the amount specified in
the preceding sentence to the Company within ten (10) days following receipt of
notice by the Dealer Manager from the Company stating the amount owed as a result of
rescinded subscriptions.
(vi) The Company shall not be obligated to reimburse the Dealer Manager for any
legal fees and expenses, travel, food and lodging for employees of the Dealer
Manager to sponsor educational meetings, attendance fees and expense reimbursements
for broker-dealer sponsored conferences, attendance fees and expenses for industry
sponsored conferences, and informational seminars.
(vii) The Company shall reimburse the Dealer Manager 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 bona
fide due diligence expenses to the extent such expenses are supported by a detailed
and itemized invoice to the Company.
(e) EXCLUSIVITY AND RESTRICTION.
(i) From the date hereof until expiration of the term of this Offering, the Dealer
Manager, and its affiliates hereby agree not to distribute or market any REIT,
tenancy-in-common program, fund or other real estate company primarily engaged in
the acquisition, leasing, operation or management of medical office buildings or
healthcare-related facilities of the type described in the Prospectus in the section
entitled “Investment Objectives, Strategy and Criteria — Real Property Investments -
Medical Office Buildings and Healthcare-Related Facilities”.
(ii) In addition to restrictions included in (e)(i) above, until the earlier of (x)
at least $600 million in gross offering proceeds have been received in the Primary
Offering (including amounts held in the Escrow Account) and (y) the average gross
offering proceeds per month received in the Primary Offering (including amounts held
in the Escrow Account) for three consecutive months is $50 million and the gross
offering proceeds for each such month is at least $35 million (including amounts
held in the Escrow Account), the Dealer Manager is restricted from acting in the
capacity of a dealer manager or in a similar capacity for any REIT (i.e., whether or
not engaged in the healthcare industry), except that the Dealer Manager (A) may
continue to act in the capacity of a dealer manager for all offerings that are
effective as of the date of this Agreement, (B) may continue to act in the capacity
of a dealer manager for all offerings for which it commences acting as dealer
manager more than 90 days after the date of this Agreement and prior to the DMA
Effective Date, (C) may act as in such capacity or in a similar
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capacity for any REIT in which it or an affiliate is a sponsor, and (D) may act as
in such capacity or in a similar capacity for any REIT offering not involving a
public offering. This restriction shall not prevent the Dealer Manager from entering
into agreements or arrangements to serve as dealer manager or in a similar capacity,
so long as the offering does not commence until after the period in this subsection
(ii).
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 such conditions are not satisfied or
waived by the Dealer Manager, no funds shall be released from the Escrow Account if the Dealer
Manager provides notice to this effect to the Company and the Escrow Agent:
(a) The representations and warranties on the part of the Company contained in
Section 1 hereof shall be true and correct in all material respects and the Company
shall have complied with its covenants, agreements and obligations contained in Section
5 of 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 or the Dealer Manager, 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.
(c) The Registration Statement, and any amendment thereto, shall not contain any untrue
statement of material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
is necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and the Prospectus, or any
amendment or any supplement thereto, shall not contain any untrue statement of material fact
or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or is necessary to make the
statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading.
(d) (i) On the DMA 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 Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent registered
public accountants for the Company, (i) a letter dated the date of the DMA Effective 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
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Securities Act and (B) in compliance with the applicable requirements relating to the
qualification of accountants under Rule 2.01 of Regulation S X.
(ii) 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 and other than the
post-effective amendment referred to in subsection (i)), the Dealer Manager shall have
received from Deloitte & Touche LLP, 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 letter furnished by
them pursuant to subsection (i), 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
such letter.
(e) OPINION OF THE COUNSEL FOR THE COMPANY. At or prior to the DMA Effective Date, the
Dealer Manager shall have received the opinion of Xxxxxx & Bird LLP, counsel for the
Company, dated as of the DMA Effective Date to such effect as counsel for the Dealer Manager
shall reasonably request.
(f) OFFICERS’ CERTIFICATE. At or prior to the DMA 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 Accounting Officer of the Company, dated as of such date, to the effect that: the
representations and warranties of the Company 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 such date and the Company has complied in all material respects with
all the agreements hereunder and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or
satisfied hereunder at or prior to such date.
5. COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY. The Company covenants and agrees with the Dealer Manager as follows:
(a) REGISTRATION STATEMENT. The Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to
cause the Registration Statement and any subsequent amendments thereto to become effective
as promptly as possible and will furnish a copy of any proposed amendment or supplement of
the Registration Statement or the Prospectus to the Dealer Manager.
(b) COMMISSION ORDERS. If the Commission shall issue any stop order or of any other order
preventing or suspending the use of the Prospectus or the institution of any proceedings for
that purpose, the Company will promptly notify the Dealer Manager and use its best efforts
to prevent the issuance of any such order and, if any such order is issued, to use its best
efforts to obtain the removal thereof as promptly as possible.
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(c) BLUE SKY QUALIFICATIONS. The Company will use its 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 may reasonably request 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 best efforts to
prevent the issuance of any such order and if any such order is issued, to use its best
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 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, 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.
(e) DEALER MANAGER’S REVIEW OF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTS. Prior to amending or
supplementing the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus, 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 such copy shall clearly indicate in bold that it is for review by the Dealer
Manager and set forth the deadline for responding with comments and/or consent, which shall,
to the extent practicable, not be less than three business days), and the Company shall not
file or use any such proposed amendment or supplement without the Dealer Manager’s consent,
unless (i) the Dealer Manager has not responded with comments or consent to such amendment
or supplement by the deadline set forth in the copy provided or (ii) counsel for the Company
has advised the Company that such amendment or supplement is required.
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(f) 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.
(g) 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.
(h) 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.
(i) 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 Bylaws and the
Articles of Amendment and Restatement in the form included as exhibits to the Registration
Statement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby,
respectively, or the conducting by the Company of the business described in the Prospectus.
(j) SALES LITERATURE. 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 prepared, 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
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 in
writing by the Company and all appropriate regulatory agencies). 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.
(k) USE OF PROCEEDS. The Company will apply the proceeds from the sale of the Shares as set
forth in the Prospectus.
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
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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 with all applicable requirements of the Securities Act, the Securities Act Rules and
Regulations, the Exchange Act, and the Exchange Act Rules and Regulations, and all other
federal regulations applicable to the Offering, the sale of Shares and with all applicable
state securities or blue sky laws, and the Rules of the FINRA applicable to the Offering,
from time to time in effect, specifically including, but not in any way limited to, Conduct
Rules 2340, 2420, 2730, 2740, 2750 and 2810 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.
In addition, the Dealer Manager shall, in accordance with applicable law or as prescribed by
any state securities administrator, provide or direct Soliciting Dealers to provide to any
prospective investor copies of any prescribed document which is part of the Registration
Statement 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 Effective Date. In the event the Dealer Manager
elects to use such Approved Sales Literature after the Effective Date, 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
and approved by the Company for use in the Offering. The use of any other sales material is
expressly prohibited.
With respect to the Dealer Manager’s and each Soliciting Dealer’s participation in any
resales or transfers of the Shares, the Dealer Manager agrees, and each Soliciting Dealer
agrees, to comply and shall comply with any applicable requirements as set forth above. In
addition, the Dealer Manager and each Soliciting Dealer agree that should the Dealer Manager
or the Soliciting Dealer assist with the resale or transfer of the Shares, the Dealer
Manager and each Soliciting Dealer will fulfill the obligations pursuant to FINRA Conduct
Rule 2810.
(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 (provided that the use of said material has been first approved for use in
writing by the Company.
(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
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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 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 A 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.
(e) SUITABILITY; SUITABILITY RECORDS.
(i) 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 age, investment
objectives, other investments, financial situation and needs, and any other
information known by the Dealer Manager, person associated with the Dealer Manager,
or the Soliciting Dealer that: (a) 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; (b) 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 (c) 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
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maintain in the files of the Dealer Manager or the Soliciting Dealer 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 (i) representations from investment advisers who are not
affiliated with a Soliciting Dealer, banks acting as trustees or fiduciaries and
(ii) information it has obtained from a prospective investor, including information
such as the age, 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.
(ii) 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 discussed in the preceding Section.
(f) INFORMATION. Subject to any limitations under the securities laws and FINRA Rules, the
Dealer Manager will provide the Company with such information relating to the offer and sale
of the Shares by it as the Company may from time to time request, including to enable the
Company to prepare such reports of sale as may be required to be filed under applicable
federal or state securities laws, provided that this section shall not require the Dealer
Manager to disclose any of its or any third party’s confidential information.
(g) SOLICITING DEALER AGREEMENTS. All engagements of the Soliciting Dealers will be
evidenced by a Soliciting Dealer Agreement, except when the Dealer Manager obtains the prior
written consent of the Company. When Soliciting Dealers are used in this Offering, the
Dealer Manager will use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Soliciting Dealers to
comply with all their respective obligations pursuant to the 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
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Commission, the Blue Sky laws and/or FINRA and any other laws or regulations related to the
electronic delivery of documents.
(i) ESCROW AGENT. The Dealer Manager agrees to be bound by the terms of the Escrow
Agreement.
(j) COOPERATION. The Dealer Manager shall use reasonable efforts to fully cooperate with
the Company, G&E Securities and any other party that may be necessary to accomplish an
orderly transfer and transition of the operation and management of the services the Dealer
Manager will provide to the Company under this Agreement. The Dealer Manager shall not
receive any additional fee for such services.
(k) 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
provide feedback, input and make recommendations and suggestions regarding the performance
of Dealer Manager’s services hereunder and the Offering. The Dealer Manager shall comply
with any reasonable recommendations or suggestions made by the Company.
(l) AML COMPLIANCE. The Dealer Manager represents to the Company that it has established
and implemented anti-money laundering compliance programs 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 (a) its AML Program is consistent
with the AML Rules and (b) 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.
(m) CUSTOMER INFORMATION. The Dealer Manager shall:
(i) abide by and comply with (i) the privacy standards and requirements of the
Xxxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Act of 1999 (the “GLB Act”); (ii) the privacy standards
and requirements of any other applicable federal or state law; and (iii) its own
internal privacy policies and procedures, each as may be amended from time to time;
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(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. In the event either
party uses or discloses nonpublic personal information of any customer for purposes
other than servicing the customer, or as otherwise required by applicable law, that
party will consult the List to determine whether the affected customer has exercised
his or her opt-out rights. Each party understands that 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.
7. EXPENSES.
(a) Subject to Section 7(b)(iii), 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 as originally filed and any
amendment or supplement thereto as herein provided;
(iii) to reimburse the Dealer Manager and Soliciting Dealers for bona fide due
diligence expenses as provided in Section 3(d)(vi);
(iii) fees and expenses incurred in connection with any required filing with the
FINRA;
(iv) all of 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.
8. INDEMNIFICATION.
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(a) INDEMNIFIED PARTIES DEFINED. For the purposes of this Section 8, an entity’s
“Indemnified Parties” shall include such entity’s officers, directors, employees,
members, partners, affiliates, agents and representatives, and each person, if any, who
controls such entity 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 (subject to Section 8(f)) and hold harmless the Dealer Manager and
the Soliciting Dealers, and their respective Indemnified Parties, from and against any
losses, claims and expenses (including reasonable legal and other expenses incurred in
investigating and defending such claims or liabilities), damages or liabilities, joint or
several, to which such Soliciting Dealers or the Dealer Manager, or their respective
Indemnified Parties, may become subject, under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, or
otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect
thereof) arise out of or are based upon (a) in whole or in part, any material inaccuracy in
the representations or warranties contained in Sections 1(b) and 1(c) or any
material breach of a covenant contained herein by the Company, or (b) any untrue statement
or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained (i) in any Registration Statement
or any post-effective amendment thereto or in the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement
to the Prospectus or (ii) in any Approved Sales Literature or (iii) 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 (c) 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, 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, 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, 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 either (x) to the Company by the Dealer Manager or (y) to the Company
or the Dealer Manager by or on behalf of any Soliciting Dealer, in each case 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.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, as required by Section II.G. of the NASAA REIT
Guidelines, the indemnification and agreement to hold harmless provided in this Section
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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 indemnitee; (b) such claims
have been dismissed with prejudice on the merits by a court of competent jurisdiction as to
the particular indemnitee; or (c) a court of competent jurisdiction approves a settlement of
the claims against the particular indemnitee and finds that indemnification of the
settlement and the related costs should be made, and the court considering the request for
indemnification has been advised of the position of the 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. The Dealer Manager will indemnify,
defend and hold harmless the Company, its Indemnified Parties and each person who has signed
the Registration Statement, from and against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to
which any of the aforesaid parties may become subject, under the Securities Act or the
Exchange Act, or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims and expenses (including the
reasonable legal and other expenses incurred in investigating and defending any such claims
or liabilities), damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are
based upon (a) in whole or in part, any material inaccuracy in the representation or
warranty contained in Section 2(a) or any material breach of a covenant contained
herein by the Dealer Manager, or (b) any untrue statement or any alleged untrue statement of
a material fact contained (i) in any Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment
thereto or in the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or (ii) in any
Approved Sales Literature or (iii) any Blue Sky Application, or (c) 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 (b) and (c) 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 specifically for use with
reference to the Dealer Manager in the preparation of the Registration Statement or any such
post-effective amendments thereof or the Prospectus or any such amendment thereof or
supplement thereto, (d) any use of sales literature, including “broker dealer use only”
materials, by the Dealer Manager that is not Approved Sales Literature, (e) any untrue
statement made by the Dealer Manager or its representatives or agents (other than the
Soliciting Dealers or their representatives or agents) or omission by the Dealer Manager or
its representatives or agents (other than the Soliciting Dealers or their representatives or
agents) to state a fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading in connection with the offer and
sale of the Shares in each case, other than statements or omissions made in
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conformity with the Registration Statement, Prospectus, Approved Sales Literature or any
other materials or information furnished by or on behalf of the Company, or (f) any failure
by the Dealer Manager to comply with applicable laws governing money laundry abatement and
anti-terrorist financing efforts in connection with the Offering, including applicable FINRA
Rules, Exchange Act Rules and Regulations and the USA PATRIOT Act. 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, damage, liability or action.
This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which the Dealer Manager may
otherwise have.
(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, 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, the failure to give such notice shall not relieve the indemnifying party
of its obligations hereunder except to the extent it shall have been 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 (subject to Section 8(f)) 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.
(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
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being sought shall be permissible (in accordance with Section II.G. of the NASAA
REIT Guidelines) only if all of the following conditions are satisfied: (i) the
legal action relates to acts or omissions with respect to the performance of duties
or services on behalf of the Company; (ii) the legal action is initiated by a third
party who is not a stockholder of the Company or the legal action is initiated by a
stockholder of the Company acting in his or her capacity as such and a court of
competent jurisdiction specifically approves such advancement; and (iii) 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 in the event a majority of such indemnified parties is unable to agree on which
law firm for which expenses or fees will be reimbursable by the indemnifying party,
then payment shall be made to the first law firm of record representing an
indemnified party against the action or claim. Such law firm shall be paid only to
the extent of services performed by such law firm and no reimbursement shall be
payable to such law firm on account of legal services performed by another law firm.
9. CONTRIBUTION.
(a) If the indemnification provided for in Section 8 hereof 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
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resulted in such losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses, as well as any other
relevant equitable considerations.
(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.
(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.
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(g) For the purposes of this Section 8, 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; AUTOMATIC TERMINATION. Except as provided in Section 12(a), this
Agreement shall commence as of DMA Effective Date and, unless sooner terminated pursuant to
this Section 10(a) or by operation of law, shall expire at the end of the Offering
Period. This Agreement (i) shall automatically terminate at the first occurrence of any of
the following events: (a) the outside date for the Offering Period, (b) the Company is
dissolved or liquidated, or (c) the Dealer Manager’s license or registration to act as a
broker dealer shall be revoked or suspended by any federal, self-regulatory or state agency
and such revocation or suspension is not cured within ten (10) days from the date of such
occurrence (and this Agreement shall be deemed to be suspended during revocation or
suspension period), (ii) may be terminated by the Company pursuant to Section 10(b)
or (d) below, and (iii) may be terminated by the Dealer Manager pursuant to
Section 10(c) below (the date upon which any of the above occur shall be referred to
as the “Termination Date”). This Agreement shall continue in full force and effect
unless terminated pursuant to this Section 10 as provided herein. Termination of
this Agreement pursuant to this Section 10 shall be without liability of any party
to any other party other than as provided in Section 8 and Section 9 hereof,
which shall survive the expiration or early termination of this Agreement.
(b) TERMINATION BY THE COMPANY. Beginning one (1) year following the DMA Effective Date,
this Agreement may be terminated at the sole option of the Company, upon at least ninety
(90) days written notice from the Company to the Dealer Manager, which notice shall not be
permitted to be given prior to the one (1) year anniversary of the DMA Effective Date. The
Company also has the option to terminate this Agreement “for Cause” immediately, subject to
the applicable cure period for a “for Cause” termination due to a material breach of this
Agreement, upon written notice of termination from the Company to Dealer Manager if any of
the following events occur:
(i) For Cause (as defined below);
(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
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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;
(iv) There shall have occurred any material adverse change, or any development that
could reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse change, in the condition,
financial or otherwise, in the earnings, business, operations or prospects, whether or not
arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, or in the management or
personnel of the Dealer Manager that materially adversely affects its ability to perform its
services under this Agreement.
(v) The Dealer Manager fails to maintain an adequate number of skilled employees to
professionally carry out the services for which the Dealer Manager is being engaged
consistent with the promotion and distribution of an offering of the type and size as the
Offering and such failure is not cured within 45 days after written notice thereof from the
Company to the Dealer Manager.
(vi) Neither Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx nor Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx is available to provide ongoing
non-exclusive services (consistent with this Agreement) for the benefit of the Company.
The Dealer Manager agrees that if any of the events specified in subsections (ii) or (iii)
above occur, it will give written notice thereof to the Company within seven (7) days after
the occurrence of such event.
As used above, “Cause” shall mean (a) fraud, criminal conduct or willful misconduct
by the Dealer Manager; or (b) a material breach of this Agreement by the Dealer Manager ,
provided that (i) the Dealer Manager does not cure any such material breach within thirty
(30) days of receiving notice of such material breach from the Company, or (ii) 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, or (c) the Dealer Manager at the end of any
calendar month commencing with the sixth full calendar month after the DMA Effective Date
has not raised an average of $20 million per month in equity (including amounts held in the
Escrow Account) during the preceding three-month period (excluding any month during which
the Registration Statement was not effective or the Prospectus needed to be updated or
revised to permit sales).
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(c) TERMINATION BY DEALER MANAGER. Beginning one (1) year following the DMA Effective Date,
this Agreement may be terminated at the sole option of the Dealer Manager, upon at least
ninety (90) days written notice from the Dealer Manager to Company, which notice shall not
be permitted to be given prior to the one (1) year anniversary of the DMA Effective Date.
The Dealer Manager also has the option to terminate this Agreement for “Good Reason”
immediately, subject to the applicable cure period for a “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 a Good Reason Event (as defined below);
(ii) A court of competent jurisdiction enters a decree or order for relief in
respect of the Company or Xxxxx & Xxxxx Healthcare REIT Holdings, L.P. (the
“Operating Partnership”) 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 the Operating Partnership or for any substantial part of
its property or orders the winding up or liquidation of the Company’s or the
Operating Partnership’s affairs;
(iii) The Company or the Operating Partnership 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 the Operating Partnership 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;
(v) The Company shall have materially changed its investment objectives from that of
primarily investing in medical office buildings or healthcare-related facilities of
the type described in the Prospectus in the section entitled “Investment Objectives,
Strategy and Criteria — Real Property Investments — Medical Office Buildings and
Healthcare-Related Facilities”.
(iv) There shall have occurred any material adverse change, or any development that
could reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse change, in the
condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business, operations or
prospects, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of
business, of the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one entity;
(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;
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(vii) The DMA Effective Date has not occurred by December 20, 2009. unless the
conditions in subsection (viii) are met; and
(viii) The DMA Effective Date has not occurred by March 20, 2010, if the
effectiveness of the registration statement for the current offering being conducted
by the Company is extended beyond September 20, 2009 pursuant to Rule 415(a)(v) and
the Dealer Manager is substituted as the dealer manager of that offering..
The Company agrees that if any of the events specified in subsections (ii) or (iii) above
occur, it will give written notice thereof to the Dealer Manager within seven (7) days after
the occurrence of such event.
As used above, “Good Reason Event” shall mean fraud, criminal conduct or willful
misconduct, 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) TERMINATION PRIOR TO DMA EFFECTIVE DATE.
(i) The Dealer Manager acknowledges and agrees that the Company has the right, prior to
the DMA Effective Date, to determine, in its sole discretion, not to pursue the Offering,
and upon written notice of such determination to the Dealer Manager, this Agreement shall
automatically terminate. The Company agrees not to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this
Section 10(d)(i) for the purpose of engaging in a similar offering.
(ii) Upon termination of this Agreement for any reason prior to the DMA Effective Date,
other than for Cause (as a result of breach by the Dealer Manager of any provision of this
Agreement effective prior to the DMA Effective Date), the Company shall pay all costs and
expenses incurred by Dealer Manager in connection with this Agreement or the Offering (to
the extent such expenses were not previously reimbursed to the Dealer Manager), including
expenses related to personnel hired by Dealer Manager in connection with or in contemplation
of the Offering; equipment, hardware, software, licenses, pre-marketing materials and
facilities; travel, compliance and registration expenses of Dealer Manager in connection
with or in contemplation of the Offering, provided that any expenses
after the Dealer Manager has incurred $75,000 in the aggregate shall be subject to the prior approval of the Company.
(iii) In the event that this Agreement is terminated pursuant to subsection (i), the
Company, shall, in addition to the costs and expenses reimbursed by the Company pursuant to
subsection (ii), pay to the Dealer Manager an amount equal to $50,000
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multiplied by the number of months (or portions thereof) between the date of this Agreement
and the date of such termination.
(e) COOPERATION; 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) use its commercially reasonable efforts at the Company’s cost and expense to cooperate
with the Company to accomplish an orderly transfer of management of the Offering to a party
designated by the Company (ii) promptly deposit 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, (iii), to the extent not previously provided to the Company 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, (iv) notify
Soliciting Dealers of such termination and (v) 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, if any. Upon expiration or 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) hereof at such time as such compensation becomes
payable.
11. FIDELITY BONDS AND INSURANCE.
(a) If required by the Company’s Board of Directors, Dealer Manager will maintain a fidelity
bond with a responsible surety company in such amounts as may be required by the Board of
Directors, covering all members or partners thereof together with employees and agents of
the advisor handling funds of the Company and investment documents or records pertaining to
investments of the Company. Such bonds shall inure to the benefit of the Company in respect
of losses from acts of such partners, employees and agents through theft, embezzlement,
fraud, negligence, error or omission or otherwise. The premiums on such bonds shall be paid
by Dealer Manager.
(b) The Dealer Manager shall maintain E&O/Professional liability, Employment Practices
Liability and Fiduciary Liability Insurance and such other insurance policies and in such
other amounts as the Company deems necessary in its good faith business judgment. The
Dealer Manager shall also maintain any additional insurance requested by the Company in
connection with any requests or requirements of a Soliciting Dealer. The Dealer Manager
shall deliver to the Company certificates of insurance and true and complete copies of any
and all endorsements required herein for all insurance required to be maintained by the
Dealer Manager hereunder prior to the execution of this Agreement. The Dealer Manager
shall, at least thirty (30) days prior to expiration of each policy, furnish the Company
with certificates of renewal thereof. Each certificate shall expressly provide that such
policies shall not be cancelable or otherwise subject to modification except after thirty
(30) days prior written notice to the Company and the other parties named as additional
insureds as may be required by the Company from time (except for cancellation for nonpayment
of premium, in which event cancellation shall not take effect until at least ten (10) days
notice has been given to the Company).
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12. MISCELLANEOUS
(a) EFFECTIVE PROVISIONS PRIOR TO DMA EFFECTIVE DATE. Notwithstanding any other provision of
this Agreement, the following provisions of this Agreement, to the extent applicable, shall
be immediately effective upon the execution of this Agreement by the parties hereto:
Section 1 (Representations and Warranties of the Company), Section 2
(Representations and Warranties of the Dealer Manager), Section 3(d)(vi) (due
diligence expenses), Section 3(e) (Exclusivity and Restriction), Section
5 (Covenants of the Company), Section 7 (Expenses), Section 10
(Termination of this Agreement) and Section 12 (Miscellaneous).
(b) SURVIVAL. The following provisions of this Agreement shall survive the expiration or
termination of this Agreement: Section 3(d) (Compensation), Section 7
(Expenses), Section 8 (Indemnification), Section 9 (Contribution),
Section 10(e) (Cooperation; Delivery of Records Upon Expiration or Early
Termination) and Section 12 (Miscellaneous), provided that expiration or termination
shall not relieve a party for liability for any breach occurring prior to termination or
expiration.
(c) NOTICES. All notices or other communications 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; (iii) when
transmitted, if sent by facsimile copy, provided confirmation of receipt is received by
sender and such notice is sent by an additional method provided hereunder, in each case
above provided such communication is addressed to the intended recipient thereof as set
forth below:
If to the Company:
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Xxxxx & Xxxxx Healthcare REIT, Inc. | |
The Promenade, Suite 440 | ||
16427 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx | ||
Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000 | ||
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000 | ||
Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx | ||
Chief Executive Officer | ||
with a copy to:
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Xxx Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxxxx LLP | |
0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxx | ||
00xxXxxxx | ||
Xxx Xxxxxxx, XX 00000 | ||
Attention: Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx | ||
If to the Dealer Manager:
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Realty Capital Securities, LLC, | |
Three Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 0000X | ||
Xxxxxx, XX 00000 | ||
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000 |
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Attention: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx | ||
Chief Executive Officer | ||
with a copy to:
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Proskauer Rose LLP | |
0000 Xxxxxxxx | ||
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 | ||
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxx |
Any party may change its address specified above by giving each party notice of such
change in accordance with this Section 12(c).
(d) 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.
(e) 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.
(f) 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 Delaware.
(g) WAIVER. EACH OF THE DEALER MANAGER AND THE COMPANY 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 Dealer Manager and the Company
each hereby irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of the courts of the State of Delaware
and the Federal courts of the United States of America located in Delaware, 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 Dealer Manager and the
Company each hereby irrevocably agrees that all claims with respect to such action or
proceeding shall be heard and determined in such a Delaware State or Federal court.
(h) ATTORNEYS FEES. In the event a dispute arises concerning the performance, meaning or
interpretation of any provision of this Agreement or any document executed in connection
with this Agreement, the prevailing party in such dispute shall be awarded
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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 party shall also be entitled to recover its attorneys’ fees incurred in
any post judgment proceedings to collect or enforce any judgment.
(i) MEDIATION. In the event that any dispute or disagreement arises between the parties in
connection with any provision of this Agreement, the parties shall first submit such
disagreements to mediation. Either party may commence mediation by providing to JAMS and the
other party a written request for mediation, setting forth the subject of the dispute and
the relief requested. The parties will cooperate with JAMS and with one another in selecting
a mediator from JAMS panel of neutrals, and in scheduling the mediation proceedings. The
parties will share equally in the costs of mediation. All offers, promises, conduct and
statements, whether oral or written, made in the course of the mediation by any of the
parties, their agents, employees, experts and attorneys, and by the mediator or any JAMS
employees, are confidential, privileged and inadmissible for any purpose, including
impeachment, in any proceeding involving the parties, provided that evidence that is
otherwise admissible or discoverable shall not be rendered inadmissible or non-discoverable
as a result of its use in the mediation. Either party may commence a legal action with
respect to the matters submitted to mediation at any time following the initial mediation
session or 45 days after the date of filing the written request for mediation, whichever
occurs first.
(j) 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.
(k) THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARIES. 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 or entity not a party to this Agreement, and no third party shall be deemed to be a
beneficiary of any provision of this Agreement. Further, no third party shall by virtue of
any provision of this Agreement have a right of action or an enforceable remedy against
either party to this Agreement.
(l) 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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(m) 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 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.
(n) 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
client. 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.
(o) COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed 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.
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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 the Dealer
Manager and the Company in accordance with its terms.
XXXXX & XXXXX HEALTHCARE REIT, INC., a Maryland corporation |
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By: | ||||
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Chairman of the Board, | ||||
President and Chief Executive Officer | ||||
Accepted as of the date first above written:
REALTY CAPITAL SECURITIES, LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company
a Delaware limited liability company
By: | ||||
Xxxxxx X. Quartor, | ||||
Executive Managing Director | ||||
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