ADVISORY AGREEMENT BY AND AMONG PHILLIPS EDISON GROCERY CENTER REIT II, INC., PHILLIPS EDISON GROCERY CENTER OPERATING PARTNERSHIP II, L.P. and AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL PECO II ADVISORS, LLC Dated as ofJanuary 22, 2015 TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

THIS ADVISORY AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of January 22, 2015, is entered into among Phillips Edison Grocery Center REIT II, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), Phillips Edison Grocery Center Operating Partnership II, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Operating Partnership”), and American Realty Capital PECO II Advisors, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company. 

 

WHEREAS, the Company is a Maryland corporation created in accordance with Maryland General Corporation Law and intends to qualify as a REIT (as defined below);

 

WHEREAS, the Company is the sole member of PE Grocery Center OP GP II LLC, the general partner of the Operating Partnership;

 

WHEREAS, the Company and the Operating Partnership desire to avail themselves of the experience, sources of information, advice, assistance and certain facilities of the Advisor and to have the Advisor undertake the duties and responsibilities hereinafter set forth, on behalf of, and subject to the supervision of the Board of Directors of the Company, all as provided herein; and

 

WHEREAS, the Advisor (as defined below) is willing to render such services, subject to the supervision of the Board of Directors of the Company, on the terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and of the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

 

1.            DEFINITIONS.   As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the definitions set forth below:

 

“ Acquisition Expenses” means any and all expenses, exclusive of Acquisition Fees, incurred by the Company, the Operating Partnership, the Advisor or any of their Affiliates in connection with the selection, evaluation, acquisition, origination, making or development of any Investments, whether or not acquired, including, without limitation, legal fees and expenses, travel and communications expenses, brokerage fees, costs of appraisals, nonrefundable option payments on property not acquired, accounting fees and expenses, title insurance premiums and the costs of performing due diligence.

 

“Acquisition Fee” means the fee payable to the Advisor or its Affiliates pursuant to Section 11(a).

 

“Advisor” means American Realty Capital PECO II Advisors, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, any successor advisor to the Company and the Operating Partnership, or any Person to which American Realty Capital PECO II Advisors, LLC or any successor advisor subcontracts substantially all its functions.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Person hired or retained by American Realty Capital PECO II Advisors, LLC to perform property management and related services for the Company or the Operating Partnership that is not hired or retained to perform substantially all the functions of American Realty Capital PECO II Advisors, LLC with respect to the Company and the Operating Partnership as a whole shall not be deemed to be an Advisor. 

 

“ Affiliate” or “ Affiliated” means with respect to any Person, (i) any other Person directly or indirectly owning, controlling or holding, with the power to vote, ten percent (10%) or more of the outstanding voting securities of such Person; (ii) any other Person ten percent (10%) or more of whose outstanding voting securities are directly or indirectly owned, controlled or held, with the power to vote, by such Person; (iii) any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with such Person; (iv) any executive officer, director, trustee or general partner of such Person; and (v) any legal entity for which such Person acts as an executive officer, director, trustee or general partner.  For purposes of this definition, the terms “controls,” “is

controlled by,” or “is under common control with” shall mean the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of an entity, whether through ownership or voting rights, by contract or otherwise. For the avoidance of doubt, none of the Company, the Operating Partnership, the Sub-advisor, any subsidiary of the Company, any subsidiary of the Sub-advisor and any other Person controlled by, controlling or under common control with Phillips Edison & Company shall be an Affiliate of the Advisor or its Affiliates.

 

“Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the preamble, and such term shall include any amendment or supplement hereto from time to time.

 

“Annual Subordinated Performance Fee” means the fees payable to the Advisor or its assignees pursuant to Section 11(e).

 

“Articles of Incorporation” means the charter of the Company, as the same may be amended from time to time.

  

“Average Invested Assets” has the meaning set forth in the Articles of Incorporation.  For an equity interest owned in a Joint Venture, the calculation of Average Invested Assets shall take into consideration the underlying Joint Venture’s aggregate book value for the equity interest.

 

“Board of Directors” or “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

“Bylaws” means the bylaws of the Company, as amended and as the same are in effect from time to time.

 

“Cause” means (i) fraud, criminal conduct, willful misconduct or illegal or negligent breach of fiduciary duty by the Advisor, or (ii) if any of the following events occur:  (A) the Advisor shall breach any material provision of this Agreement, and after written notice of such breach, shall not cure such default within thirty (30) days or have begun action within thirty (30) days to cure the default which shall be completed with reasonable diligence; (B) the Advisor shall be adjudged bankrupt or insolvent by a court of competent jurisdiction, or an order shall be made by a court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, or trustee of the Advisor, for all or substantially all its property by reason of the foregoing, or if a court of competent jurisdiction approves any petition filed against the Advisor for reorganization, and such adjudication or order shall remain in force or unstayed for a period of thirty (30) days; or (C) the Advisor shall institute proceedings for voluntary bankruptcy or shall file a petition seeking reorganization under the federal bankruptcy laws, or for relief under any law for relief of debtors, or shall consent to the appointment of a receiver for itself or for all or substantially all its property, or shall make a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts, generally, as they become due.

 

“Change of Control ” means a change of control of the Company of a nature that would be required to be reported in response to the disclosure requirements of Schedule 14A of Regulation 14A promulgated under the Exchange Act, as enacted and in force on the date hereof, whether or not the Company is then subject to such reporting requirements; provided, however, that, without limitation, a Change of Control shall be deemed to have occurred if:  (i) any “person” (within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, as enacted and in force on the date hereof) is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as that term is defined in Rule 13d-3, as enacted and in force on the date hereof, under the Exchange Act) of securities of the Company representing 9.8% or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s securities then outstanding; (ii) there occurs a merger, consolidation or other reorganization of the Company which is not approved by the Board of Directors; (iii) there occurs a sale, exchange, transfer or other disposition of substantially all the assets of the Company to another Person, which disposition is not approved by the Board of Directors; or (iv) there occurs a contested proxy solicitation of the Stockholders that results in the contesting party electing candidates to a majority of the Board of Directors’ positions next up for election.

 

“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, or any successor statute thereto.  Reference to any provision of the Code shall mean such provision as in effect from time to time, as the

same may be amended, and any successor provision thereto, as interpreted by any applicable regulations as in effect from time to time. 

 

“Common Stock” means the shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share.

 

“Company” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

 

“Competitive Real Estate Commission” means a real estate or brokerage commission for the purchase or sale of an asset which is reasonable, customary and competitive in light of the size, type and location of the asset.

 

“Construction Fee” means a fee or other remuneration for acting as general contractor and/or construction manager to construct improvements, supervise and coordinate projects or to provide major repairs or rehabilitation on a Property.

“Contract Purchase Price” has the meaning set forth in the Articles of Incorporation.

 

“Contract Sales Price” means the total consideration received by the Company for the sale of an Investment.

 

“Cost of Assets” means, with respect to a Real Estate Asset, the purchase price, Acquisition Expenses, capital expenditures and other customarily capitalized costs, but shall exclude Acquisition Fees associated with such Real Estate Asset.

 

“Dealer Manager” means Realty Capital Securities, LLC, or such other Person selected by the Board of Directors to act as the dealer manager for the Offering.

 

“Dealer Manager Fee” means the fee from the sale of Shares in a Primary Offering, payable to the Dealer Manager for serving as the dealer manager of such Primary Offering.

 

“Director” means a director of the Company.

“Disposition Fees” means the fees payable to the Advisor pursuant to Section 11(c).

 

“Distributions” means any distributions of money or other property by the Company to Stockholders, including distributions that may constitute a return of capital for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

 

“Excess Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 14.

 

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, or any successor statute thereto. Reference to any provision of the Exchange Act shall mean such provision as in effect from time to time, as the same may be amended, and any successor provision thereto, as interpreted by any applicable regulations as in effect from time to time.

 

“Expense Year” has the meaning set forth in Section 14.

  

“Financing Coordination Fee” means the fee payable to the Advisor or its Affiliates pursuant to Section 11(d).

  

“FINRA” means the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.

 

“GAAP” means United States generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied.

 

“Good Reason ” means:  (i) any failure to obtain a satisfactory agreement from any successor to the Company or the Operating Partnership to assume and agree to perform obligations under this Agreement; or (ii) any material breach of this Agreement of any nature whatsoever by the Company or the Operating Partnership.

 

“Gross Proceeds” means the aggregate purchase price of all Shares sold for the account of the Company through an Offering, without deduction for Selling Commissions, any marketing support and due diligence expense reimbursement or Organization and Offering Expenses.  

  

“Indemnitee” has the meaning set forth in Section 24.

 

“Independent Director” has the meaning set forth in the Articles of Incorporation.

  

“Independent Valuation Advisor” means a firm that is (i) engaged in the business of conducting appraisals on real estate properties, (ii) not an affiliate of the Advisor or the Sub-advisor and (iii) engaged by the Company with the Board’s approval to appraise the Real Properties and other Investments pursuant to the Valuation Guidelines.

 

“Investments” means any investments by the Company or the Operating Partnership, directly or indirectly, in Real Estate Assets, Real Estate Related Loans or any other asset.

 

“Joint Ventures” means the joint venture or partnership or other similar arrangements (other than between the Company and the Operating Partnership) in which the Company or the Operating Partnership or any of their subsidiaries is a co-venturer, limited liability company member, limited partner or general partner, which are established to acquire or hold Investments.

 

“Listing” means the listing of the Common Stock on a national securities exchange, or the inclusion of the Common Stock for trading in the over-the-counter-market.

 

“Loans” means any indebtedness or obligations in respect of borrowed money or evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures, deeds of trust, letters of credit or similar instruments, including mortgages and mezzanine loans.

 

“Master Property Management Agreement” means the Master Property Management and Leasing Agreement, dated as of November 25, 2013, among the Company, the Operating Partnership and Phillips Edison & Company Ltd., as the same may be amended from time to time.

  

“NASAA REIT Guidelines” means the Statement of Policy Regarding Real Estate Investment Trusts as revised and adopted by the North American Securities Administrators Association on May 7, 2007, as the same may be amended from time to time.

  

“NAV” means the Company’s net asset value, calculated pursuant to the Valuation Guidelines.

 

“NAV Pricing Start Date” means the first date on which the Company calculates NAV.

 

“Net Income” means, for any period, the Company’s total revenues applicable to such period, less the total expenses applicable to such period other than additions to reserves for depreciation, bad debts or other similar non-cash reserves and excluding any gain from the sale of the Company’s assets. 

“Net Sales Proceeds” has the meaning set forth in the Articles of Incorporation.

“Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 25.

 

“Offering” means any public offering and sale of Shares pursuant to an effective registration statement filed under the Securities Act.

 

“Operating Partnership” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

  

“Operating Partnership Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Operating Partnership, dated as of January 22, 2015, among the Company, PE Grocery Center OP GP II LLC and PE – ARC Special Limited Partner II LLC,, as the same may be amended from time to time.

 

“OP Units” means units of limited partnership interest in the Operating Partnership.

 

“Organization and Offering Expenses” means all expenses (other than the Selling Commissions and the Dealer Manager Fee) to be paid by the Company in connection with an Offering, including, but not limited to, legal, accounting, printing, mailing and filing fees, charges of the escrow holder and transfer agent, charges of the Advisor or other Person for administrative services related to the issuance of Shares in an Offering, reimbursement of the Advisor or other Person for costs in connection with preparing supplemental sales materials, the cost of bona fide training and education meetings held by the Company (primarily the travel, meal and lodging costs of the registered representatives of broker-dealers), attendance and sponsorship fees and cost reimbursement for employees of the Company’s Affiliates to attend retail seminars conducted by broker-dealers and, in special cases, reimbursement to soliciting broker-dealers for technology costs associated with an Offering, costs and expenses related to such technology costs, and costs and expenses associated with facilitation of the marketing of the Shares and the ownership of Shares by such broker-dealer’s customers.

“Person” has the meaning set forth in the Articles of Incorporation.

  

“Primary Offering” means the portion of an Offering other than the Shares offered pursuant to the Company’s distribution reinvestment plan.

“Primary Target Investments” means well-occupied, grocery-anchored neighborhood and community shopping centers each containing a maximum of 250,000 rentable square feet with a tenant-mix of retailers selling necessity-based goods and services in strong demographic markets throughout the United States. For purposes of the foregoing, “well-occupied” means 80% or more of the rentable square feet at a property is occupied at the time of purchase. For purposes of the foregoing, “occupied” means that a tenant is operating and open for business in its respective leased premises.

 

“Prospectus” means a final prospectus of the Company filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act, as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time. 

 

“Real Estate Assets” means any investment by the Company or the Operating Partnership in unimproved and improved Real Property (including fee or leasehold interests, options and leases), directly, through one or more subsidiaries or through a Joint Venture.

  

“Real Estate Related Loans” means any investments in mortgage loans and other types of real estate related debt financing, including, mezzanine loans, bridge loans, convertible mortgages, wraparound mortgage loans, construction mortgage loans, loans on leasehold interests and participations in such loans, by the Company or the Operating Partnership, directly, through one or more subsidiaries or through a Joint Venture.

 

“Real Property” means (i) land, (ii) rights in land (including leasehold interests), and (iii) any buildings, structures, improvements, furnishings, fixtures and equipment located on or used in connection with land and rights or interests in land.

  

“Registration Statement” means the Company’s registration statement on Form S-11 (File No. 333-190588), as amended from time to time, and the prospectus contained therein.

 

“REIT” means a corporation, trust, association or other legal entity (other than a real estate syndication) that is engaged primarily in investing in equity interests in real estate (including fee ownership and leasehold interests) or in loans secured by real estate or both, as defined pursuant to Sections 856 through 860 of the Code and

any successor or other provisions of the Code relating to real estate investment trusts (including provisions as to the attribution of ownership of beneficial interests therein) and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

 “Sale” or “Sales” means any transaction or series of transactions whereby:  (i) the Company or the Operating Partnership directly or indirectly (except as described in other subsections of this definition) sells, grants, transfers, conveys, or relinquishes its direct or indirect ownership of any Real Estate Assets, Loan or other Investment or portion thereof, including the lease of any Real Estate Assets consisting of a building only, and including any event with respect to any Real Estate Assets that gives rise to a significant amount of insurance proceeds or condemnation awards; (ii) the Company or the Operating Partnership directly or indirectly (except as described in other subsections of this definition) sells, grants, transfers, conveys, or relinquishes its ownership of all or substantially all the direct or indirect interest of the Company or the Operating Partnership in any Joint Venture in which it is a co-venturer, member or partner; (iii) any Joint Venture directly or indirectly (except as described in other subsections of this definition) in which the Company or the Operating Partnership as a co-venturer, member or partner sells, grants, transfers, conveys, or relinquishes its direct or indirect ownership of any Real Estate Assets or portion thereof, including any event with respect to any Real Estate Assets, Loans or other Investments which gives rise to insurance claims or condemnation awards; or (iv) the Company or the Operating Partnership directly or indirectly (except as described in other subsections of this definition) sells, grants, conveys or relinquishes its direct or indirect interest in any Real Estate Related Loans or portion thereof (including with respect to any Real Estate Related Loan, all payments thereunder or in satisfaction thereof other than regularly scheduled interest payments) and any event which gives rise to a significant amount of insurance proceeds or similar awards; or (v) the Company or the Operating Partnership directly or indirectly (except as described in other subsections of this definition) sells, grants, transfers, conveys, or relinquishes its direct or indirect ownership of any other asset not previously described in this definition or any portion thereof, but not including any transaction or series of transactions specified in clauses (i) through (v) above in which the proceeds of such transaction or series of transactions are reinvested by the Company in one or more assets within 180 days thereafter.

 

 “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time, or any successor statute thereto. Reference to any provision of the Securities Act shall mean such provision as in effect from time to time, as the same may be amended, and any successor provision thereto, as interpreted by any applicable regulations as in effect from time to time. 

 

“Selling Commission” means the fee payable to the Dealer Manager and reallowable to Soliciting Dealers with respect to Shares sold by them in a Primary Offering.

 

“Shares” means the shares of beneficial interest or of common stock of the Company of any class or series, including Common Stock, that has the right to elect the Directors of the Company.

 

“Soliciting Dealers” means broker-dealers that are members of FINRA, or that are exempt from broker-dealer registration, and that, in either case, have executed soliciting dealer or other agreements with the Dealer Manager to sell Shares.

 

“Sponsors” means AR Capital, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and Phillips Edison Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership, with each such entity acting as a Sponsor of the Company.

 

“Stockholders” means the holders of record of the Shares as maintained on the books and records of the Company or its transfer agent.

“Sub-advisor” means Phillips Edison NTR II LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

“Sub-advisory Agreement” means that certain Amended and Restated Sub-advisory agreement between the Advisor and Sub-advisor, dated as of January 22, 2015, as amended from time to time.

 

“Subordinated Participation Interest” means a profits interest in the Operating Partnership designated as a Class B Unit in accordance with the terms of the Operating Partnership Agreement. 

  

“Termination Date” means the date of termination of this Agreement.

 

“Total Operating Expenses” has the meaning set forth in the Articles of Incorporation.  The definition of “Total Operating Expenses” set forth above is intended to encompass only those expenses which are required to be treated as Total Operating Expenses under the NASAA REIT Guidelines.  As a result, and notwithstanding the definition set forth above, any expense of the Company which is not part of Total Operating Expenses under the NASAA REIT Guidelines shall not be treated as part of Total Operating Expenses for purposes hereof.

 

“Valuation Guidelines” means the valuation guidelines adopted by the Board, as may be amended from time to time. 

 

“2%/25% Guidelines” has the meaning set forth in Section 14.

 

2.            APPOINTMENT.   The Company and the Operating Partnership hereby appoint the Advisor to serve as their advisor to perform the services set forth herein on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement and subject to the supervision of the Board, and the Advisor hereby accepts such appointment.

 

3.            DUTIES OF THE ADVISOR.   The Advisor will use its reasonable best efforts to present to the Company and the Operating Partnership potential investment opportunities and to provide a continuing and suitable investment program consistent with the investment objectives and policies of the Company as determined and adopted from time to time by the Board.  In performance of this undertaking, subject to the supervision of the Board and consistent with the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws and the Operating Partnership Agreement, the Advisor will either directly or by engaging an Affiliate, the Sub-advisor or a third-party, perform the following duties:  

 

(a)           serve as the Company’s and the Operating Partnership’s investment and financial advisor;

 

(b)           provide the daily management for the Company and the Operating Partnership and perform and supervise the various administrative functions necessary for the day-to-day management of the operations of the Company and the Operating Partnership;

 

(c)           investigate, select and, on behalf of the Company and the Operating Partnership, engage and conduct business with and supervise the performance of such Persons as the Advisor deems necessary to the proper performance of its obligations hereunder (including consultants, accountants, correspondents, lenders, technical advisors, attorneys, brokers, underwriters, corporate fiduciaries, escrow agents, depositaries, custodians, agents for collection, insurers, insurance agents, banks, builders, developers, property owners, property managers, real estate management companies, real estate operating companies, securities investment advisors, mortgagors, the registrar and the transfer agent and any and all agents for any of the foregoing), including Affiliates of the Advisor, Sub-Advisor and Persons acting in any other capacity deemed by the Advisor necessary or desirable for the performance of any of the foregoing services (including entering into contracts in the name of the Company and the Operating Partnership with any of the foregoing);

 

(d)           consult with the officers and Directors of the Company and assist the Directors in the formulation and implementation of the Company’s financial policies, and, as necessary, furnish the Board with advice and recommendations with respect to the making of investments consistent with the investment objectives and policies of the Company and in connection with any borrowings proposed to be undertaken by the Company or the Operating Partnership;

 

(e)           subject to the provisions of Section 4 , (i) participate in formulating an investment strategy and asset allocation framework; (ii) locate, analyze and select potential Investments; (iii) structure and negotiate the terms and conditions of transactions pursuant to which acquisitions and dispositions of Investments will be made; (iv) research, identify, review and recommend acquisitions and dispositions of Investments to the Board and make Investments on behalf of the Company and the Operating Partnership in compliance with the investment objectives

and policies of the Company; (v) arrange for financing and refinancing and make other changes in the asset or capital structure of, and dispose of, reinvest the proceeds from the sale of, or otherwise deal with, Investments; (vi) enter into leases and service contracts for Real Estate Assets and, to the extent necessary, perform all other operational functions for the maintenance and administration of such Real Estate Assets; (vii) actively oversee and manage Investments for purposes of meeting the Company’s investment objectives and reviewing and analyzing financial information for each of the Investments and the overall portfolio; (viii) select Joint Venture partners, structure corresponding agreements and oversee and monitor these relationships; (ix) oversee, supervise and evaluate Affiliated and non-Affiliated property managers who perform services for the Company or the Operating Partnership; (x) oversee Affiliated and non-Affiliated Persons with whom the Advisor contracts to perform certain of the services required to be performed under this Agreement; (xi) manage accounting and other record-keeping functions for the Company and the Operating Partnership, including reviewing and analyzing the capital and operating budgets for the Real Estate Assets and generating an annual budget for the Company; (xii) recommend various liquidity events to the Board when appropriate; and (xiii) source and structure Real Estate Related Loans; 

  

(f)           upon request, provide the Board with periodic reports regarding prospective investments;

 

(g)           make investments in, and dispositions of, Investments within the discretionary limits and authority as granted by the Board;

 

(h)           negotiate on behalf of the Company and the Operating Partnership with banks or other lenders for Loans to be made to the Company, the Operating Partnership or any of their subsidiaries, and negotiate with investment banking firms and broker-dealers on behalf of the Company, the Operating Partnership or any of their subsidiaries, or negotiate private sales of Shares or obtain Loans for the Company, the Operating Partnership or any of their subsidiaries, but in no event in such a manner so that the Advisor or Sub-advisor shall be acting as broker-dealer or underwriter; provided, however, that any fees and costs payable to third parties incurred by the Advisor or Sub-advisor in connection with the foregoing shall be the responsibility of the Company, the Operating Partnership or any of their subsidiaries;

 

(i)           obtain reports (which may, but are not required to, be prepared by the Advisor, the Sub-advisor or their Affiliates), where appropriate, concerning the value of Investments or contemplated investments of the Company and the Operating Partnership;

 

(j)           from time to time, or at any time reasonably requested by the Board, make reports to the Board of its performance of services to the Company and the Operating Partnership under this Agreement, including reports with respect to potential conflicts of interest involving the Advisor, Sub-Advisor or any of their Affiliates;

 

(k)           provide the Company and the Operating Partnership with all necessary cash management services;

 

(l)           deliver to, or maintain on behalf of, the Company copies of all appraisals obtained in connection with the investments in any Real Estate Assets as may be required to be obtained by the Board;

 

(m)           notify the Board of all proposed material transactions before they are completed;

 

 (n)           effect any private placement of OP Units, tenancy-in-common (“TIC”) or other interests in Investments as may be approved by the Board;

 

(o)           perform investor-relations and Stockholder communications functions for the Company;

  

(p)           render such services as may be reasonably determined by the Board of Directors consistent with the terms and conditions herein;

 

(q)           maintain the Company’s accounting and other records and assist the Company in filing all reports required to be filed by it with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Internal Revenue Service and other regulatory agencies;

 

(r)           do all things reasonably necessary to assure its ability to render the services described in this Agreement;

 

(s)           at the end of each quarter, calculate the NAV as provided in the Registration Statement, and in connection therewith, obtain appraisals performed by the Independent Valuation Advisor;

 

(t)           supervise one or more Independent Valuation Advisors and, if and when necessary, recommend to the Board the replacement of such Independent Valuation Advisors.

(u)    From time to time, or at any time reasonably requested by the Board, make reports to the Board on the Advisor’s performance of services to the Company and the Operating Partnership under this Agreement;

(v)    Make reports to the Independent Directors each quarter of the investments that have been made by other programs sponsored by the Advisor, the Sub-advisor or any of their respective Affiliates, as well as any investments that have been made by the Advisor, Sub-advisor or any of their Affiliates directly, in each case to the extent such investments constitute a conflict of interest or a potential conflict of interest with the investment policies and objectives of the Company;

(w)    Manage and coordinate with the transfer agent the monthly distribution process and payments to Stockholders;

(x)    Provide the Company’s officers and the Board with timely updates related to the overall regulatory environment affecting the Company, as well as managing compliance with such matters, including compliance with the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002;

(y)    Consult with the Company’s officers and the Board relating to the corporate governance structure and appropriate policies and procedures related thereto; and

 

(z)    Perform all reporting, record keeping, internal controls and similar matters in a manner that allows the Company to comply with applicable law, including federal and state securities laws and the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002.

  

Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything else that may be to the contrary in this Agreement, the Advisor may delegate any of the foregoing duties to any Person so long as the Advisor or its Affiliates remain responsible for the performance of the duties set forth in this Section 3.

 

 

(a)           Pursuant to the terms of this Agreement (including the restrictions included in this Section 4 and in Section 9), and subject to the continuing and exclusive authority of the Board over the supervision of the Company, the Company, acting on the authority of the Board of Directors, hereby delegates to the Advisor the authority to perform the services described in Section 3.

 

(b)           Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, all Investments will require the prior approval of the Board, any particular Directors specified by the Board or any committee of the Board specified by the Board, as the case may be.

 

(c)           If a transaction requires approval by the Independent Directors, the Advisor or its Affiliates or assignees, as applicable, will deliver to the Independent Directors all documents and other information reasonably required by them to evaluate properly the proposed transaction.

 

(d)           The Board may, at any time upon the giving of Notice to the Advisor, modify or revoke the authority set forth in this Section 4; provided, however, that such modification or revocation shall be effective upon receipt by the Advisor and shall not be applicable to investment transactions to which the Advisor has committed the Company or the Operating Partnership prior to the date of receipt by the Advisor of such notification.

 

5.            FIDUCIARY RELATIONSHIP.   The Advisor, as a result of its relationship with the Company and the Operating Partnership pursuant to this Agreement, has a fiduciary responsibility and duty to the Company, the Stockholders, the Operating Partnership and the partners of the Operating Partnership. 

 

6.            NO PARTNERSHIP OR JOINT VENTURE.   Except as provided in Section 11(g), the parties to this Agreement are not partners or joint venturers with each other and nothing herein shall be construed to make them partners or joint venturers or impose any liability as such on either of them.

 

7.            BANK ACCOUNTS.   The Advisor may establish and maintain one or more bank accounts in the name of the Company or the Operating Partnership and may collect and deposit into any such account or accounts, and disburse from any such account or accounts, any money on behalf of the Company or the Operating Partnership, under such terms and conditions as the Board may approve; provided, that no funds shall be commingled with the funds of the Advisor; and, upon request, the Advisor shall render appropriate accountings of such collections and payments to the Board and to the auditors of the Company. 

 

8.            RECORDS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.   The Advisor, in the conduct of its responsibilities to the Company and the Operating Partnership, shall maintain adequate and separate books and records for the Company’s and the Operating Partnership’s operations in accordance with GAAP, which shall be supported by sufficient documentation to ascertain that such books and records are properly and accurately recorded. Such books and records shall be the property of the Company and the Operating Partnership and shall be available for inspection by the Board and by counsel, auditors and other authorized agents of the Company and the Operating Partnership, at any time or from time to time during normal business hours. Such books and records shall include all information necessary to calculate and audit the fees or reimbursements paid under this Agreement. The Advisor shall utilize procedures to attempt to ensure such control over accounting and financial transactions as is reasonably required to protect the Company’s and the Operating Partnership’s assets from theft, error or fraudulent activity. All financial statements that the Advisor delivers to the Company and the Operating Partnership shall be prepared on an accrual basis in accordance with GAAP, except for special financial reports that by their nature require a deviation from GAAP. The Advisor shall liaise with the Company’s officers and independent auditors and shall provide such officers and auditors with the reports and other information that the Company so requests.

 

9.            LIMITATIONS ON ACTIVITIES   Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Advisor shall refrain from taking any action which, in its sole judgment, or in the sole judgment of the Company, made in good faith, would (a) adversely affect the status of the Company as a REIT, unless the Board has determined that REIT qualification is not in the best interests of the Company and its Stockholders, (b) subject the Company to regulation under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, (c) require the Advisor to register as a broker-dealer with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any state, (d) violate the Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Company, or (e) violate any law, rule, regulation or statement of policy of any governmental body or agency having jurisdiction over the Company, the Operating Partnership or the Shares, or otherwise not be permitted by the Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws, except if such action shall be ordered by the Board, in which case the Advisor shall notify promptly the Board of the Advisor’s judgment of the potential impact of such action and shall refrain from taking such action until it receives further clarification or instructions from the Board.  In such event, the Advisor shall have no liability for acting in accordance with the specific instructions of the Board so given.

(a)    The Advisor shall use commercially reasonable efforts to present investment opportunities to the Company that are consistent with the investment policies and objectives of the Company set forth in the “Investment Objectives and Criteria” section of the Prospectus.

(b)    So long as the Advisor is acting in its capacity as advisor under this Agreement, the Advisor will not (and will cause its Affiliates to not) (i) pursue any opportunity to acquire a Primary Target Investment from any third-party, or (ii) act as a finder’s agent or otherwise source the opportunity to acquire a Primary Target Investment for a third party (each such opportunity in clause (i) or (ii) being a “First Offer Opportunity”) without first offering such First Offer Opportunity to the Company in writing (the “Offer Notice”). The Offer Notice shall set forth the terms on which the seller is willing to sell such First Offer Opportunity together with any other material details customarily set forth in the acquisition materials for an asset similar to the asset that is the subject of the First Offer Opportunity. The Company shall have 30 days from the date of its receipt of the Offer Notice to notify the Advisor of the Company's decision as to whether or not to pursue such First Offer Opportunity. If the Company fails so to notify the Advisor of its election within such 30-day period, then the Company shall be deemed to have rejected such First Offer Opportunity. If the Company rejects (or is deemed to have rejected) such First Offer Opportunity, then the Advisor and/or any of its Affiliates shall be free to pursue such First Offer Opportunity (on its own or with other third-party investors), or offer such First Offer Opportunity to a third-party, in each case, for a period of 180 days on terms and conditions (including price) that are not materially different from the terms and conditions set forth in the Offer Notice to the Company. If, at the expiration of such 180-day period, such First Offer Opportunity is not the subject of a binding contract or letter of intent, then the provisions of this Section 10(b) shall once again apply to such First Offer Opportunity. For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 10(b) shall not be interpreted or construed as applying to the sale or disposition of any Primary Target Investment by the Company to any third party.

(c)    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Advisor or any of its Affiliates shall be permitted to pursue any opportunity or to offer any opportunity to a third party in respect of:

 

 

(d)    This Section 10 shall terminate and cease to be effective upon (i) any termination of this Agreement or (ii) the later of (y) termination of the Offering and (z) the date on which all equity raised in the Offering has been substantially invested or committed to investment, whether contemplated in the “Investment Objectives and Criteria” section of the Prospectus or otherwise.

(e)    Except as provided in this Section 10, none of the Advisor nor any of its Affiliates shall be obligated generally to present any particular investment opportunity to the Company.

11.         FEES.

 

(a)            Acquisition Fee.  Subject to Section 11(b), the Company shall pay an Acquisition Fee to the Advisor, its Affiliates or assignees as compensation for services rendered in connection with the investigation, selection, development, construction and acquisition (by purchase, investment or exchange) of Investments. If the Advisor is terminated without Cause pursuant to Section 20(a), the Advisor or its Affiliates shall be entitled to an Acquisition Fee for any Investments acquired after the Termination Date for which a contract to acquire any such Investment had been entered into at or prior to the Termination Date. The total Acquisition Fee payable to the Advisor or its Affiliates shall equal one percent (1.0%) of the Contract Purchase Price of each Investment.  The purchase price allocable for an Investment held through a Joint Venture shall equal the product of (i) the Contract Purchase Price of the Investment and (ii) the direct or indirect ownership percentage in the Joint Venture held

directly or indirectly by the Company or the Operating Partnership.  For purposes of this Section 11(a), “ownership percentage” shall be the percentage of capital stock, membership interests, partnership interests or other equity interests held by the Company or the Operating Partnership, without regard to classification of such equity interests.  The Company shall pay to the Advisor or its Affiliates the Acquisition Fee promptly upon the closing of the Investment.  In addition, if during the period ending two years after the close of the initial Offering, the Company sells an Investment and then reinvests in other Investments, the Company will pay to the Advisor or its Affiliates one percent (1.0%) of the Contract Purchase Price of the Investments. 

 

(b)            Limitation on Total Acquisition Fees, Financing Coordination Fees and Acquisition Expenses.  

(i) The total of all Acquisition Fees (as defined in the Articles of Incorporation), Financing Coordination Fees and Acquisition Expenses payable in connection with the Company’s total portfolio of Investments and reinvestments, if any, shall be reasonable and shall not exceed an amount equal to four and one-half percent (4.5%) of the Contract Purchase Price of the Company’s total portfolio of Investments or four and one-half percent (4.5%) of the amount advanced for the Company’s total portfolio of Investments; provided, however, that once all the proceeds from the initial Offering have been fully invested, the total of all Acquisition Fees and Financing Coordination Fees shall not exceed one and one-half percent (1.5%) of the Contract Purchase Price of all the Investments acquired.

(ii) In accordance with the Articles of Incorporation, the total of all Acquisition Fees, Financing Coordination Fees and Acquisition Expenses payable in connection with any Investment or any reinvestment shall be reasonable and shall not exceed an amount equal to four and one-half percent (4.5%) of the Contract Purchase Price of the Investment or four and one-half percent (4.5%) of the amount advanced for any Investment; provided, however, that a majority of the Directors (including a majority of the Independent Directors) not otherwise interested in the transaction may approve fees and expenses in excess of these limits if they determine the transaction to be commercially competitive, fair and reasonable to the Company.

 

(c)            Disposition Fees.  In connection with a Sale in which the Advisor, Sub-advisor or any of their Affiliates provides a substantial amount of services, as determined by the Independent Directors, the Company shall pay to the Advisor or its assignees a Disposition Fees up to the lesser of (i) two percent (2.0%) of the Contract Sales Price and (ii) one-half of the Competitive Real Estate Commission paid if a non-Affiliate broker is also involved; provided, however, that in no event may the Disposition Fees paid to the Advisor, its Affiliates and non-Affiliates, exceed the lesser of six percent (6.0%) of the Contract Sales Price and a Competitive Real Estate Commission.

 

(d)            Financing Coordination Fee.   The Company shall pay a Financing Coordination Fee to the Advisor or its assignees in connection with the financing of any Investment, assumption of any Loans with respect to any Investment or refinancing of any Loan in an amount equal to (i) 0.75% of the amount made available and/or outstanding under any such Loan, including any assumed Loan and (ii) 0.75% of the portion that is attributable to the Company’s or the Partnership’s direct or indirect investment in a Joint Venture or partnership in which the Company or the Partnership is, directly or indirectly, a co-venturer or partner. The Advisor may reallow some or all of this Financing Coordination Fee to reimburse third parties with whom it may subcontract to procure any such Loan.

  

(e)            Annual Subordinated Performance Fee. The Company may pay the Advisor, its Affiliates or its assignees an Annual Subordinated Performance Fee calculated on the basis of the total return to Stockholders, payable annually in arrears in any year in which the Company’s total return on Stockholders’ capital contributions exceeds six percent (6%) per annum, in an amount equal to fifteen percent (15%) of the excess total return, provided, that the Annual Subordinated Performance Fee shall not exceed ten percent (10%) of the aggregate total return for such year. The Annual Subordinated Performance Fee may only be paid from Net Sales Proceeds.

(f)           Payment of Fees.   In connection with the Acquisition Fee, Disposition Fees, Annual Subordinated Performance Fee and Financing Coordination Fee, the Company shall pay such fees to the Advisor or its Affiliates in cash, in Shares, or a combination of both, the form of payment to be determined in the sole discretion

of the Advisor. For the purposes of the payment of any fees in Shares, (i) if at the applicable time an Offering is underway, (a) prior to the NAV Pricing Start Date, each Share shall be valued at the per-share offering price of the Shares in such Offering minus the maximum Disposition Fees and Dealer Manager Fee allowed in such Offering, and (b) after the NAV Pricing Start Date, each Share shall be valued at the then-current NAV per Share; and (ii) at all other times, each Share shall be valued by the Board in good faith (A) at the estimated value thereof, calculated in accordance with the provisions of NASD Rule 2340(c)(1) (or any successor or similar FINRA rule), or (B) if no such rule shall then exist, at the fair market value thereof.

(g)            Exclusion of Certain Transactions. 

(i)            If the Company or the Operating Partnership shall propose to enter into any transaction in which the Advisor or Sub-advisor, any Affiliate of the Advisor or Sub-advisor or any of the Advisor’s or Sub-advisor’s directors or officers has a direct or indirect interest, then such transaction shall be approved by a majority of the Board not otherwise interested in such transaction, including a majority of the Independent Directors.

(ii)          Neither the Company nor the Operating Partnership shall make Loans to the Advisor, Sub-advisor or any Affiliate thereof or certain of the Stockholders except Mortgages (as defined in the Articles of Incorporation) pursuant to Section 9.3(iii) of the Articles of Incorporation (or any successor provision) or loans to wholly owned subsidiaries of the Company. None of the Advisor nor any Affiliate thereof, or certain of the Stockholders shall make loans to the Company or the Operating Partnership, or to Joint Ventures, unless approved by a majority of the Directors (including a majority of the Independent Directors) not otherwise interested in such transaction as fair, competitive, and commercially reasonable, and no less favorable to the Company or Operating Partnership, as applicable, than comparable loans between unaffiliated parties.

 

(iii)           The Company and the Operating Partnership may enter into Joint Ventures with the Advisor, Sub-advisor or its Affiliates provided that (a) a majority of Directors (including a majority of Independent Directors) not otherwise interested in the transaction approves the transaction as being fair and reasonable to the Company or Operating Partnership, as applicable, and (b) the investment by the Company or Operating Partnership, as applicable, is on substantially the same terms as those received by other joint venturers.

 

(iv)           If the Board elects to internalize any management services provided by the Advisor or Sub-advisor, neither the Company nor the Operating Partnership shall pay any compensation or other remuneration to the Advisor, the Sub-advisor or their Affiliates in connection with such internalization of management services.

 

(h)            Subordinated Participation Interests.   The Company shall cause the Operating Partnership to periodically issue Subordinated Participation Interests in the Operating Partnership to the Advisor or its assignees, pursuant to the terms and conditions contained in the Operating Partnership Agreement, in connection with the Advisor’s (its Affiliates’ or its assignees’) management of the Operating Partnership’s assets.

(i)    Internalization.    For the avoidance of doubt, any compensation paid or payable by the Company to employees of the Company in connection with their employment by the Company (which employees were formerly employed by the Advisor or the Sub-advisor or any of their Affiliates) shall not be deemed to be compensation or other remuneration in connection with any internalization transaction for purposes of Section 11(g)(iv) hereof. This provision shall not limit any other consideration or distributions that the Company or the Operating Partnership may pay the Advisor or the Sub-advisor in accordance with this Agreement or the Sub-advisory Agreement (in each case, as such agreement may be amended, restated or modified from time to time) or any other agreement. This provision shall in no way obligate the Advisor or the Sub-advisor to facilitate an internalization transaction with the Advisor, the Sub-advisor or any of their Affiliates.

 

(a)           In addition to the compensation paid to the Advisor pursuant to Section 11, the Company or the Operating Partnership shall pay directly or reimburse the Advisor and the Sub-advisor for the expenses paid or

incurred by the Advisor, Sub-advisor or their Affiliates in connection with the services they provide to the Company and the Operating Partnership pursuant to this Agreement, as set forth below:

(i)             Organization and Offering Expenses, including third-party due diligence fees related to the Primary Offering, as set forth in detailed and itemized invoices; provided, however, that the Company shall not reimburse the Advisor, the Sub-advisor or their assignees to the extent such reimbursement would cause the total amount of Organization and Offering Expenses paid by the Company and the Operating Partnership to exceed two percent (2.0%) in the aggregate, as incurred by such parties, of the Gross Proceeds raised in all Primary Offerings measured at the completion of such Primary Offering;

(ii)           Acquisition Expenses, subject to the limitation set forth in Section 11(b) ;

(iii)          the actual out-of-pocket cost of goods and services used by the Company and obtained from entities not Affiliated with the Advisor;

 

(iv)          interest and other costs for Loans, including discounts, points and other similar fees; 

 

(v)           taxes and assessments on income of the Company or Investments;

 

(vi)          costs associated with insurance required in connection with the business of the Company or by the Board;

 

(vii)         expenses of managing and operating Investments owned by the Company, whether payable to an Affiliate of the Company or a non-affiliated Person;

 

(viii)        all expenses in connection with payments to the Directors for attending meetings of the Board and Stockholders;

 

(ix)          expenses associated with a Listing, if applicable, or with the issuance and distribution of Shares, such as selling commissions and fees, advertising expenses, taxes, legal and accounting fees, listing and registration fees;

 

(x)           expenses connected with payments of Distributions;

 

(xi)          expenses of organizing, revising, amending, converting, modifying or terminating the Company, the Operating Partnership or any subsidiary thereof or the Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws or governing documents of the Operating Partnership or any subsidiary of the Company or the Operating Partnership;

 

(xii)         expenses of maintaining communications with Stockholders, including the cost of preparation, printing, and mailing annual reports and other Stockholder reports, proxy statements and other reports required by governmental entities;

 

(xiii)        administrative service expenses, including costs and expenses incurred by the Advisor, the Sub-advisor or their Affiliates in fulfilling their duties hereunder, including reasonable salaries and wages, benefits and overhead of all employees of the Sub-advisor or its Affiliates directly involved in the performance of such services; provided , however , that no reimbursement shall be made for costs of such employees of the Sub-advisor or its Affiliates to the extent that such employees perform services for which the Sub-advisor receives a separate fee; and

 

(xiv)        audit, accounting and legal fees.

 

(b)           Commencing upon the earlier to occur of the fifth fiscal quarter after (i) the Company makes its first Investment and (ii) six (6) months after the commencement of the initial Offering, expenses incurred by the Advisor and the Sub-advisor on behalf of the Company and the Operating Partnership or in connection with the

services provided by the Advisor and the Sub-advisor hereunder and payable pursuant to this Section 12 shall be reimbursed, no less than monthly, to the Advisor and the Sub-advisor in the manner and proportion directed by the Advisor and the Sub-advisor.

  

13.          OTHER SERVICES.    Should the Board request that the Advisor or any director, officer, employee or assignee thereof render services for the Company and the Operating Partnership other than set forth in Section 3 , such services shall be separately compensated at such customary rates and in such customary amounts as are agreed upon by the Advisor and the Board, as applicable, including a majority of the Independent Directors, subject to the limitations contained in the Articles of Incorporation, and shall not be deemed to be services pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

 

14.          REIMBURSEMENT TO THE ADVISOR OR SUB-ADVISOR.    Commencing upon the earlier to occur of the fifth fiscal quarter after (i) the Company makes its first Investment and (ii) six (6) months after the commencement of the initial Offering, the Company shall not reimburse the Advisor or Sub-advisor at the end of any fiscal quarter in which Total Operating Expenses incurred by the Advisor and Sub-advisor, in the aggregate, for the four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters then ended (the “Expense Year”) exceed (the “Excess Amount”) the greater of two percent (2%) of Average Invested Assets or twenty-five percent (25%) of Net Income (the “2%/25% Guidelines”) for such year.  Any Excess Amount paid to the Advisor and Sub-advisor, in the aggregate, during a fiscal quarter shall be repaid to the Company or, at the option of the Company, subtracted from the Total Operating Expenses reimbursed during the subsequent fiscal quarter.  If there is an Excess Amount in any Expense Year and the Independent Directors determine that such excess was justified based on unusual and nonrecurring factors which they deem sufficient, then the Excess Amount may be carried over and included in Total Operating Expenses in subsequent Expense Years and reimbursed to the Advisor in one or more of such years, provided that there shall be sent to the Stockholders a written disclosure of such fact (or the Company shall disclose such fact to the Stockholders in the next quarterly report of the Company or by filing a Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC within 60 days of such quarter end), together with an explanation of the factors the Independent Directors considered in determining that such excess expenses were justified.  Such determination shall be reflected in the minutes of the meetings of the Board.  All figures used in the foregoing computation shall be determined in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis.

 

15.          OTHER ACTIVITIES OF THE ADVISOR.   Except as set forth in this Section 15 , nothing herein contained shall prevent the Advisor or any of its Affiliates from engaging in or earning fees from other activities, including the rendering of advice to other Persons (including other REITs) and the management of other programs advised, sponsored or organized by the Sponsor or its Affiliates; nor shall this Agreement limit or restrict the right of any director, officer, member, partner, employee or stockholder of the Advisor or any of its Affiliates to engage in or earn fees from any other business or to render services of any kind to any other Person and earn fees for rendering such services; provided, however, that the Advisor must devote sufficient resources to the Company’s business to discharge its obligations to the Company under this Agreement.  The Advisor may, with respect to any investment in which the Company is a participant, also render advice and service to each and every other participant therein, and earn fees for rendering such advice and service.  Specifically, it is contemplated that the Company may enter into Joint Ventures or other similar co-investment arrangements with certain Persons, and pursuant to the agreements governing such Joint Ventures or arrangements, the Advisor may be engaged to provide advice and service to such Persons, in which case the Advisor will earn fees for rendering such advice and service.

 

The Advisor shall report to the Board the existence of any condition or circumstance, existing or anticipated, of which it has knowledge, which creates or could create a conflict of interest between the Advisor’s obligations to the Company and its obligations to or its interest in any other Person.  If the Advisor, Director or Affiliates thereof have sponsored other investment programs with similar investment objectives which have investment funds available at the same time as the Company, the Advisor shall inform the Board of the method to be applied by the Advisor in allocating investment opportunities among the Company and competing investment entities and shall provide regular updates to the Board of the investment opportunities provided by the Advisor to competing programs in order for the Board (including the Independent Directors) to fulfill its duty to ensure that the Advisor and its Affiliates use their reasonable best efforts to apply such method fairly to the Company.  

16.    VOTING AGREEMENT.

(a)     The Company shall have no obligation to take any action necessary to cause a representative of the Advisor to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Company.

(b)     The Advisor agrees that, with respect to any Shares now or hereinafter owned by it, the Advisor will not vote or consent on matters submitted to the stockholders of the Company regarding (i) the removal of the Advisor or any Affiliate of the Advisor or (ii) any transaction between the Company and the Advisor or any of its Affiliates. This voting restriction shall survive until such time that the Advisor is no longer serving as such.

 

17.          THE AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL NAME.   The Advisor and its Affiliates have or may have a proprietary interest in the names “American Realty Capital,” “ARC” and “AR Capital.”  The Advisor hereby grants to the Company, to the extent of any proprietary interest the Advisor may have in any of the names “American Realty Capital,” “ARC” and “AR Capital,” a non-transferable, non-assignable, non-exclusive, royalty-free right and license to use the names “American Realty Capital,” “ARC” and “AR Capital” during the term of this Agreement. The Company agrees that the Advisor and its Affiliates will have the right to approve of any use by the Company of the names “American Realty Capital,” “ARC” and “AR Capital,” such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Accordingly, and in recognition of this right, if at any time the Company ceases to retain the Advisor or one of its Affiliates to perform advisory services for the Company, the Company will, promptly after receipt of written request from the Advisor, cease to conduct business under or use the names “American Realty Capital,” “ARC” and “AR Capital” or any derivative thereof and the Company shall change its name and the names of any of its subsidiaries to a name that does not contain the names “American Realty Capital,” “ARC” and “AR Capital” or any other word or words that might, in the reasonable discretion of the Advisor, be susceptible of indication of some form of relationship between the Company and the Advisor or any its Affiliates. At such time, the Company will also make any changes to any trademarks, servicemarks or other marks necessary to remove any references to the words “American Realty Capital,” “ARC” and “AR Capital.” Consistent with the foregoing, it is specifically recognized that the Advisor or one or more of its Affiliates has in the past and may in the future organize, sponsor or otherwise permit to exist other investment vehicles (including vehicles for investment in real estate) and financial and service organizations having any of the names “American Realty Capital,” “ARC” and “AR Capital” as a part of their name, all without the need for any consent (and without the right to object thereto) by the Company.  Neither the Advisor nor any of its Affiliates makes any representation or warranty, express or implied, with respect to the names “American Realty Capital,” “ARC” and “AR Capital” licensed hereunder or the use thereof (including without limitation as to whether the use of the names “American Realty Capital,” “ARC” and “AR Capital” will be free from infringement of the intellectual property rights of third parties.  Notwithstanding the preceding, the Advisor represents and warrants that it is not aware of any pending claims or litigation or of any claims threatened in writing regarding the use or ownership of the names “American Realty Capital,” “ARC” and “AR Capital.”

18.    THE PHILLIPS EDISON AND PECO NAMES. The Sub‑advisor and its Affiliates have or may have a proprietary interest in the names “Phillips Edison” and “PECO.” The Sub‑advisor hereby grants to the Company, to the extent of any proprietary interest the Sub‑advisor may have in the names “Phillips Edison” and “PECO,” a non‑transferable, non‑assignable, non‑exclusive royalty‑free right and license to use the names “Phillips Edison” and “PECO” during the term of this Agreement. The Company and the Advisor agree that the Sub‑advisor and its Affiliates will have the right to approve of any use by the Company of the names “Phillips Edison” or “PECO,” such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Accordingly, and in recognition of this right, if at any time the Advisor ceases to retain the Sub‑advisor or one of its Affiliates to perform advisory services for the Company, the Company will, promptly after receipt of written request from the Sub‑advisor, cease to conduct business under or use the names “Phillips Edison” and “PECO” or any derivative thereof and the Company shall change its name and the names of any of its subsidiaries to a name that does not contain any of the names “Phillips Edison” and “PECO” or any other word or words that might, in the reasonable discretion of the Sub‑advisor, be susceptible of indication of some form of relationship between the Company and the Sub‑advisor or any its Affiliates. At such time, the Company will also make any changes to any trademarks, servicemarks or other marks necessary to remove any references to any of the names “Phillips Edison” or “PECO.” Consistent with

the foregoing, it is specifically recognized that the Sub‑advisor or one or more of its Affiliates has in the past and may in the future organize, sponsor or otherwise permit to exist other investment vehicles (including vehicles for investment in real estate) and financial and service organizations having the names “Phillips Edison” or “PECO” as a part of their name, all without the need for any consent (and without the right to object thereto) by the Company. Neither the Sub‑advisor nor any of its Affiliates makes any representation or warranty, express or implied, with respect to the names “Phillips Edison” or “PECO” licensed hereunder or the use thereof (including without limitation as to whether the use of the name “Phillips Edison” or “PECO” will be free from infringement of the intellectual property rights of third parties). Notwithstanding the preceding, the Sub‑advisor represents and warrants that it is not aware of any pending claims or litigation or of any claims threatened in writing regarding the use or ownership of the names “Phillips Edison” or “PECO.”  

19.          TERM OF AGREEMENT.   This Agreement shall continue in force for a period of one year from the date hereof.  Thereafter, the term may be renewed for an unlimited number of successive terms not to exceed one year upon mutual consent of the parties. The Board (including a majority of the Independent Directors) will evaluate the performance of the Advisor annually.

 

20.          TERMINATION BY THE PARTIES.   This Agreement may be terminated immediately by the Independent Directors of the Company, without Cause and without penalty, upon thirty (30) days’ written notice to the Advisor; provided, however, that the Company may accelerate the termination of this Agreement if an earlier termination is necessary to allow the Company to draw funds from any Company-level debt facility and the Company provides notice to the Advisor of the need for such earlier termination. This Agreement may be terminated upon sixty (60) days’ prior written notice (a) by the Advisor, without Cause and without penalty, (b) by the Advisor for Good Reason, or (c) by the Advisor upon a Change of Control; provided, that termination of this Agreement with Cause shall be upon forty-five (45) days’ prior written notice.  The provisions of Sections 17, 18 and 22 through 35 (inclusive) of this Agreement shall survive any expiration or earlier termination of this Agreement. 

 

21.          ASSIGNMENT TO AN AFFILIATE.   This Agreement may be assigned by the Advisor to an Affiliate with the approval of a majority of the Directors (including a majority of the Independent Directors).  The Advisor may assign any rights to receive fees or other payments under this Agreement to any Person without obtaining the approval of the Directors.  This Agreement shall not be assigned by the Company or the Operating Partnership without the consent of the Advisor, except in the case of an assignment by the Company or the Operating Partnership to a Person which is a successor to all the assets, rights and obligations of the Company or the Operating Partnership, in which case such successor Person shall be bound hereunder and by the terms of said assignment in the same manner as the Company or the Operating Partnership, as applicable, is bound by this Agreement.

 

(a)             Amounts Owed.  After the Termination Date, the Advisor or Sub-advisor, as applicable, shall be entitled to receive from the Company or the Operating Partnership within thirty (30) days after the Termination Date all amounts then accrued and owing to the Advisor or Sub-advisor, including all their interest in the Company’s income, losses, distributions and capital by payment of an amount equal to the then-present fair market value of the Advisor’s or Sub-Advisor’s interest, subject to the 2%/25% Guidelines to the extent applicable. In the event that the termination of this Agreement is accelerated by the Company as permitted under Section 20, the Company shall continue to pay to the Advisor the fees contemplated under this Agreement during the 30-day period that follows the Company’s delivery to the Advisor of its initial written notice of termination.

  

(b)            Advisor’s Duties.  The Advisor shall promptly upon termination of this Agreement: 

 

 (i)           pay over to the Company and the Operating Partnership all money collected and held for the account of the Company and the Operating Partnership pursuant to this Agreement, after deducting any accrued compensation and reimbursement for its expenses to which it is then entitled;

 

(ii)          deliver to the Board a full accounting, including a statement showing all payments collected by it and a statement of all money held by it, covering the period following the date of the last accounting furnished to the Board;

 

(iii)         deliver to the Board all assets, including all Investments, and documents of the Company and the Operating Partnership then in the custody of the Advisor; and

 

(iv)         cooperate with the Company and the Operating Partnership to provide an orderly management transition.

 

(c)    Sub-advisor’s Duties.

(i)    After the termination of the Sub‑advisory Agreement, to the extent payments are not provided for by this Section 22 (i.e., if the Sub‑advisory Agreement is terminated independently of the Advisory Agreement), the Sub‑advisor shall be entitled to receive from the Company, within 30 days after the effective date of such termination, all unpaid reimbursements of expenses and all earned but unpaid fees payable to the Sub‑advisor prior to the termination of the Sub‑advisory Agreement.

(ii)    Promptly upon the termination of the Sub‑advisory Agreement, the Sub‑advisor shall promptly upon such termination:

(A)    pay over to the Company all money, if any, collected and held on behalf of the Company     pursuant to the Sub‑advisory Agreement after deducting any accrued compensation and     reimbursement for its expenses to which it is then entitled;

(B)    deliver to the Board a full accounting, including a statement showing all payments     collected by it and a statement of all money held by it, covering the period following the     date of the last accounting furnished to the Board;

(C)    deliver to the Board all assets and documents of the Company then in the custody of the     Sub‑advisor; and

(D)    cooperate with the Company to provide an orderly transition of advisory or sub‑advisory     functions.

23.         INCORPORATION OF THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION AND THE OPERATING PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT.  To the extent that the Articles of Incorporation or the Operating Partnership Agreement as in effect on the date hereof impose obligations or restrictions on the Advisor or grant the Advisor certain rights which are not set forth in this Agreement, the Advisor shall abide by such obligations or restrictions and such rights shall inure to the benefit of the Advisor with the same force and effect as if they were set forth herein.

 

24.          INDEMNIFICATION BY THE COMPANY AND THE OPERATING PARTNERSHIP. 

 

(a)           The Company and the Operating Partnership, jointly and severally, shall indemnify and hold harmless the Advisor, the Sub-advisor and their Affiliates, as well as their respective officers, directors, equity holders, members, partners, stockholders, other equity holders and employees (collectively, the “Indemnitees,” and each, an “Indemnitee”), from and against all losses, claims, damages, losses, joint or several, expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and other legal fees and expenses), judgments, fines, settlements, and other amounts (collectively, “Losses,” and each, a “Loss”) arising in the performance of their duties hereunder, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, to the extent such Losses are not fully reimbursed by insurance, and to the extent that such indemnification would not be inconsistent with the laws of the State of New York, the Articles of Incorporation or the provisions of Section II.G of the NASAA REIT Guidelines. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company and the Operating Partnership shall not provide for indemnification of an Indemnitee for any Loss suffered by such Indemnitee, nor shall they provide that an Indemnitee be held harmless for any Loss suffered by the Company and the Operating Partnership, unless all the following conditions are met:

 

(i)           the Indemnitee has determined, in good faith, that the course of conduct that caused the loss or liability was in the best interest of the Company and the Operating Partnership;

 

(ii)          the Indemnitee was acting on behalf of, or performing services for, the Company or the Operating Partnership;

 

(iii)         such Loss was not the result of negligence or willful misconduct by the Indemnitee; and

 

(iv)        such indemnification or agreement to hold harmless is recoverable only out of the Company’s net assets and not from the Stockholders.

 

(b)           Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Indemnitee shall not be indemnified by the Company and the Operating Partnership for any Losses arising from or out of an alleged violation of federal or state securities laws by such Indemnitee unless one or more of the following conditions are met:

 

(i)           there has been a successful adjudication on the merits of each count involving alleged 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 Securities and Exchange Commission and of the published position of any state securities regulatory authority in which securities of the Company or the Operating Partnership were offered or sold as to indemnification for violation of securities laws.

 

(c)           In addition, the advancement of the Company’s or the Operating Partnership’s funds to an Indemnitee for legal expenses and other costs incurred as a result of any legal action for which indemnification is being sought is permissible only if all 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 or the Operating Partnership;

 

(ii)          the legal action is initiated by a third party who is not a Stockholder or the legal action is initiated by a Stockholder acting in such Stockholder’s capacity as such and a court of competent jurisdiction specifically approves such advancement; and

 

(iii)         the Indemnitee undertakes to repay the advanced funds to the Company or the Operating Partnership, together with the applicable legal rate of interest thereon, in cases in which such Indemnitee is found not to be entitled to indemnification.

 

25.          INDEMNIFICATION BY ADVISOR AND SUB-ADVISOR.   The Advisor or Sub-Advisor, as applicable, shall indemnify and hold harmless the Company and the Operating Partnership from Losses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees to the extent that such Losses are not fully reimbursed by insurance and are incurred by reason of the Advisor’s or Sub-Advisor’s bad faith, fraud, willful misfeasance, intentional misconduct, gross negligence or reckless disregard of its duties; provided, however, that the Advisor or Sub-Advisor shall not be held responsible for any action of the Board in following or declining to follow any advice or recommendation given by the Advisor or Sub-Advisor.

 

26.          NOTICES.   Any notice, report or other communication (each a “ Notice”) required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be in writing unless some other method of giving such Notice is required by the Articles of Incorporation, the Bylaws, and shall be given by being delivered by hand, by courier or overnight carrier or by registered or certified mail to the addresses set forth below: 

 

 

 

 

Any party may at any time give Notice in writing to the other parties of a change in its address for the purposes of this Section 26.

 

27.          MODIFICATION.   This Agreement shall not be amended, supplemented, terminated, or discharged, in whole or in part, except by an instrument in writing signed by the parties hereto, or their respective successors or assignees; provider, however, that no modification that impacts the right or obligations of the Sub-advisor may be made without the Sub-advisor’s consent and signature.

 

28.          SEVERABILITY.   The provisions of this Agreement are independent of and severable from each other, and no provision shall be affected or rendered invalid or unenforceable by virtue of the fact that for any reason any other or others of them may be invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part.

 

29.         GOVERNING LAW.   The provisions of this Agreement shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of New York as at the time in effect, without regard to the principles of conflicts of laws thereof.

 

30.          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 or usage of the trade inconsistent with any of the terms hereof.  

 

31.          NO WAIVER.   Neither the failure nor any delay on the part of a party to exercise any right, remedy, power or privilege under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege preclude any other or further exercise of the same or of any other right, remedy, power or privilege, nor shall any waiver of any right, remedy, power or privilege with respect to any occurrence be construed as a waiver of such right, remedy, power or privilege with respect to any other occurrence.  No waiver shall be effective unless it is in writing and is signed by the party asserted to have granted such waiver.

 

32.         PRONOUNS AND PLURALS.   Whenever the context may require, any pronoun used in this Agreement shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine or neuter forms, and the singular form of nouns, pronouns and verbs shall include the plural and vice versa.

 

33.          HEADINGS.   The titles of sections and subsections contained in this Agreement are for convenience only, and they neither form a part of this Agreement nor are they to be used in the construction or interpretation hereof. 

 

34.          EXECUTION IN COUNTERPARTS.   This Agreement may be executed (including by facsimile transmission) with counterpart signature pages or in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original as against any party whose signature appears thereon, and all of which shall together constitute one and the same instrument.

35.    THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARY. The Sub-advisor is intended to be a third party beneficiary of the Company’s and the Operating Partnership’s payment and indemnification obligations hereunder. Except as set forth in the immediately preceding sentence and except for those Persons entitled to indemnification under Section 24 who shall be third party beneficiaries of this Agreement, no other Person is a third party beneficiary of this Agreement.

 

     

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date and year first above written.