Dealer Manager Agreement, dated August 2, 2024, by and between Ares Industrial Real Estate Income Trust Inc. and Ares Wealth Management Solutions, LLC
Exhibit 10.1
DEALER MANAGER AGREEMENT
August 2, 2024
Ares Wealth Management Solutions, LLC
1200 17th Street, Suite 2900
Denver, CO 80202
This Dealer Manager Agreement (this “Agreement”) is entered into by and between Ares Industrial Real Estate Income Trust Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), and Ares Wealth Management Solutions, LLC (the “Dealer Manager”).
The Company is offering Class S-PR, Class D-PR and Class I-PR shares of its common stock (the “Shares”) in a private placement offering (the “Offering”) exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), pursuant to Rule 506(b) of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act (“Regulation D”), on the terms and conditions described in the Confidential Private Placement Memorandum of the Company dated August 2, 2024 (with all exhibits and supplements thereto, and as the same may be amended, revised or supplemented from time to time, the “Memorandum”).
Subject to Section 14 of this Agreement or as otherwise agreed by the Company and the Dealer Manager, Shares sold through the Dealer Manager are to be sold through the Dealer Manager, as the dealer manager, and the broker-dealers (the “Dealers”) with whom the Dealer Manager has entered into or will enter into a selected dealer agreement substantially in the form attached to this Agreement as Exhibit “A” or such other form as approved by the Company (each, a “Selected Dealer Agreement”). Except as otherwise provided in the Memorandum, Shares sold pursuant to the primary portion of the Offering will be sold at a purchase price generally equal to the Company’s prior month’s net asset value (“NAV”) per share applicable to the class of Shares being purchased (as calculated in accordance with the procedures described in the Memorandum), or at a different purchase price made available to investors in cases where the Company believes there has been a material change to the NAV per Share since the end of the prior month (the “Transaction Price”), plus in either case any applicable selling commissions and dealer manager fees. For stockholders who participate in the Company’s distribution reinvestment plan (the “DRIP”), the cash distributions attributable to the class of Shares that each stockholder owns will be automatically invested in additional shares of the same class (the shares acquired pursuant to the DRIP, “DRIP Shares”). The DRIP Shares are to be issued and sold to stockholders of the Company at the Transaction Price of the applicable class of Shares on the date that the distribution is payable.
Terms not defined herein shall have the same meaning as in the Memorandum. Now, therefore, the Company hereby agrees with the Dealer Manager as follows:
3. | Representations and Warranties of the Dealer Manager. |
The Dealer Manager represents and warrants to the Company that:
4. | Covenants of the Dealer Manager |
The Dealer Manager and the Dealers will conduct the Offering in compliance with (i) the private placement procedures set forth in the Memorandum; (ii) the requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, including without limitation, Regulation D and, as applicable, Regulation Best Interest; (iii) the requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (iv) all applicable state securities laws; (v) all other state or federal laws, rules and regulations applicable to the Offering and the sale of Shares and (vi) the Rules and guidelines promulgated by FINRA, including published guidance relating to the avoidance of general solicitation. The Dealer Manager covenants and agrees with the Company that:
5. | Obligations and Compensation of Dealer Manager. |
6. | Indemnification. |
(i) There has been a successful adjudication on the merits of each count involving alleged material securities law violations as to the indemnitee;
(ii) Such claims have been dismissed with prejudice on the merits by a court of competent jurisdiction as to the indemnitee; or
(iii) A court of competent jurisdiction approves a settlement of the claims against the 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 SEC 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.
7. | Survival of Provisions. |
10. | Successors and Amendment. |
connection with the Offering. Dealer Manager, in its agreements with Dealers, will include requirements and obligations of the Dealers similar to those imposed upon the Dealer Manager pursuant to this Section 13.
If the foregoing correctly sets forth our understanding, please indicate your acceptance thereof in the space provided below for that purpose, whereupon this letter and your acceptance shall constitute a binding agreement between us as of the date first above written.
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| Very truly yours, | ||
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| ARES INDUSTRIAL REAL ESTATE INCOME TRUST INC. | |
By: | /s/ JEFFREY W. TAYLOR | ||
Name: | Jeffrey W. Taylor | ||
| | Title: | Co-President |
Accepted and agreed to as of the date first above written:
ARES WEALTH MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS, LLC |
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By: | /s/ CASEY GALLIGAN |
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Name: | Casey Galligan | ||
Title: | Co-Chief Executive Officer |
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Schedule 1
Compensation
I. Selling Commissions and Dealer Manager Fees
Subject to certain Dealers’ right to retain selling commissions and dealer manager fees directly from investors, as described in such Dealers’ Selected Dealer Agreements, the Company will pay to the Dealer Manager selling commissions in the amount of up to 2.0%, and dealer manager fees in the amount of up to 2.5%, of the offering price per share of each sale of Class S-PR Primary Shares, provided, however that such amounts may vary for sales through certain Dealers as provided in such Dealers’ Selected Dealer Agreements, provided that the sum of such selling commissions and dealer manager fees will not exceed 4.5% of the offering price per share. Further, subject to certain Dealers’ right to retain selling commissions directly from investors, as described in such Dealers’ Selected Dealer Agreements, the Company will pay to the Dealer Manager selling commissions in the amount of up to 1.5% of the offering price per share of each sale of Class D-PR Primary Shares. The Company will not pay to the Dealer Manager any selling commissions or dealer manager fees in respect of the purchase of any Class I-PR shares or DRIP Shares and will not pay to the Dealer Manager any dealer manager fees in respect of the purchase of any Class D-PR shares.
II. Distribution Fee
The Company will pay to the Dealer Manager a Distribution Fee with respect to outstanding Class S-PR shares sold in the primary offering in an amount equal to 0.85% per annum of the aggregate NAV of such outstanding Class S-PR shares. The Company will pay to the Dealer Manager a Distribution Fee with respect to outstanding Class D-PR shares sold in the primary offering in an amount equal to 0.25% per annum of the aggregate NAV of such outstanding Class D-PR shares. The Company will not pay the Dealer Manager a Distribution Fee with respect to Class I-PR shares or shares sold under the DRIP. The Distribution Fees will be paid monthly in arrears.
EXHIBIT A
FORM OF SELECTED DEALER AGREEMENT