AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER AMONG ZAIS FINANCIAL CORP., ZAIS Financial Partners, L.P., ZAIS MERGER SUB, LLC, SUTHERLAND ASSET MANAGEMENT CORPORATION ANDTermination Agreement • April 7th, 2016 • ZAIS Financial Corp. • Real estate investment trusts • Maryland
THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of April 6, 2016 (this “Agreement”), is among ZAIS FINANCIAL CORP., a Maryland corporation that has elected to be treated as a real estate investment trust for federal income tax purposes (“Company”), ZAIS Financial Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership and the operating partnership of Company (“Company Operating Partnership”), ZAIS MERGER SUB, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly owned subsidiary of Company (“Merger Sub”), SUTHERLAND ASSET MANAGEMENT CORPORATION, a Maryland corporation that has elected to be treated as a real estate investment trust for federal income tax purposes (“Sutherland”), and SUTHERLAND PARTNERS, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Sutherland Operating Partnership”). Each of Company, Company Operating Partnership, Merger Sub, Sutherland and Sutherland Operating Partnership is sometimes referred to herein as a “Party” and collectively as the “Parties.” Capitalized terms used but not other
TERMINATION AGREEMENTTermination Agreement • April 7th, 2016 • ZAIS Financial Corp. • Real estate investment trusts • Maryland
THIS TERMINATION AGREEMENT, dated as of April 6, 2016 (this “Agreement”), among ZAIS FINANCIAL CORP., a Maryland corporation that has elected to be treated as a real estate investment trust for federal income tax purposes (“Company”), ZAIS FINANCIAL PARTNERS, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership and the operating partnership of Company (“Company Operating Partnership”), each of the subsidiaries of Company as set forth on the signature page hereto (“Company Subsidiaries”), ZAIS REIT MANAGEMENT, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and the investment advisor to Company (“Advisor”), and SUTHERLAND ASSET MANAGEMENT CORPORATION, a Maryland corporation that has elected to be treated as a real estate investment trust for federal income tax purposes (“Sutherland”). Each of Company, Company Operating Partnership, Company Subsidiaries, Advisor and Sutherland is sometimes referred to herein as a “Party” and collectively as the “Parties.”
