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Global Net Lease, Inc. — Regulatory Filings 2012
Apr 20, 2012
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Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) Registration No. 333-177563
PROSPECTUS
AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL GLOBAL DAILY NET ASSET VALUE TRUST, INC.
$2,000,000 in the aggregate of retail and institutional shares of common stock minimum offering $1,499,999,995 in the aggregate of retail and institutional shares of common stock maximum offering
American Realty Capital Global Daily Net Asset Value Trust, Inc. is a Maryland corporation formed on July 13, 2011 to acquire a diversified portfolio of commercial properties, with an emphasis on sale-leaseback transactions involving single tenant net leased commercial properties. Our primary geographic target will be the United States, although up to 40% of our portfolio may consist of properties purchased in Europe and up to an additional 10% may consist of properties purchased elsewhere internationally. We intend to elect to be taxed as a real estate investment trust for U.S. federal income tax purposes, or REIT, commencing with our tax year ending December 31, 2012. We are offering up to 156,565,656 shares of our common stock, consisting of two classes of shares, up to 101,010,101 retail shares sold to the public through broker dealers and up to 55,555,555 institutional shares sold through registered investment advisors and broker dealers that are managing wrap or fee-based accounts (the primary offering). The common stock will be offered on a reasonable best efforts basis through Realty Capital Securities, LLC, our dealer manager. Until the later of the release of investors funds upon the raising of the minimum offering amount and the acquisition of our first property, the per share purchase price for the retail shares in the primary offering will be $9.00, plus applicable selling commissions and dealer manager fee up to 10% in the aggregate of the purchase price to be paid by purchasers (resulting in aggregate consideration of $9.90 per retail share), and the per share purchase price for the institutional shares will be $9.00. Following such date, the per share purchase price will vary daily and be based on net asset value, or NAV.
Investing in our common stock involves a high degree of risk. You should purchase these securities only if you can afford a complete loss of your investment. See the section entitled Risk Factors beginning on page 34 of this prospectus for a discussion of the risks in connection with your investment in our common stock, including:
The amount of the distributions paid may decrease at any time. Due to the risks involved in the ownership of real estate, there is no guarantee of any return on your investment, and you may lose all or a portion of your investment. Our organizational documents permit us to pay distributions from unlimited amounts of any source. Any of these distributions may reduce the amount of capital we ultimately invest in properties and other permitted investments and negatively impact the value of your investment.
We are a blind pool offering because we currently do not own any investment properties and we have not identified any properties to acquire. Therefore, you will not have the opportunity to evaluate our investments before we make them, which makes an investment in us more speculative.
Adverse changes in the financial condition of our advisor or any service provider or our relationship with our advisor or any service provider could adversely affect us.
There are substantial conflicts among the interests of our investors, our interests and the interests of our advisor, sponsor, dealer manager and our and their respective affiliates.
Our failure to qualify, or remain qualified, as a REIT may adversely affect our operations, and would reduce our NAV and cash available for distributions.
Since our sponsor manages nine other real estate programs, it faces competing demands related to its time, which may cause our operating results to suffer.
The purchase price and redemption price for our shares, including shares sold pursuant to our distribution reinvestment plan, will be based on NAV, which may not accurately reflect the value of our assets. No public market exists for our shares of common stock, nor may a public market ever exist.
There are limitations on ownership and transferability of our shares. Please see Description of Securities Restrictions on Ownership and Transfer.
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Attorney General of the State of New York nor any other state securities regulator has approved or disapproved of our common stock, determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete or passed on or endorsed the merits of this offering. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense. The use of projections or forecasts in this offering is prohibited. Any representation to the contrary and any predictions, written or oral, as to the amount or certainty of any future benefit or tax consequence that may flow from an investment in our common stock is not permitted.
This offering will end no later than April 20, 2014, which is two years from the effective date of this offering. If we decide to continue our primary offering beyond such date, we will provide that information in a prospectus supplement. This offering must be registered in every state in which we offer or sell shares. Generally, such registrations are for a period of one year. Thus, we may have to stop selling shares in any state in which our registration is not renewed or otherwise extended annually. We will deposit subscription payments in an escrow account held by the escrow agent, UMB Bank, N.A., or UMB Bank, in trust for the subscribers benefit, pending release to us. A minimum of $2,000,000 of shares of common stock must be sold within one year following this offering or we will terminate this offering and promptly return your subscription payments with your pro rata share of the interest earned on such funds in accordance with the provisions of the escrow agreement. Any purchase of shares by our sponsor, directors, officers, other affiliates and certain other persons will be included for purposes of determining whether the minimum of $2,000,000 of shares of common stock required to release funds from the escrow account has been sold. AR Capital Global Holdings, LLC, our sponsor, intends to purchase all or a portion of the $2,000,000 of shares of common stock required to release funds from escrow at a purchase price of $9.00 per share.
PENNSYLVANIA INVESTORS: The minimum closing amount is $2,000,000. Because the minimum closing amount is less than $150,000,000, you are cautioned to carefully evaluate the programs ability to fully accomplish its stated objectives and inquire as to the current dollar volume of the program subscriptions. We will not release any Pennsylvania investors proceeds for subscriptions from escrow until we have received an aggregate of $75,000,000 in subscriptions.
TENNESSEE INVESTORS: The minimum closing amount for Tennessee investors is $20,000,000 in aggregate gross offering proceeds. We will not release any Tennessee investor proceeds for subscriptions from escrow until we have received an aggregate of $20,000,000 in subscriptions.
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| Per Share (1) | Minimum Offering | Maximum Offering | |
| Primary Offering | |||
| Gross Offering Proceeds (2) | $ 2,000,000 | $ 1,499,999,995 | |
| Public offering price, primary retail shares | $ 9.00 | $ 909,090,909 | |
| Public offering price, primary institutional shares | $ 9.00 | $ 499,999,995 | |
| Selling commissions and dealer manager fee, retail shares (3) | $ 0.90 | $ 181,818 | $ 90,909,090 |
| Selling commissions and dealer manager fee, institutional shares (4) | $ 0 | $ 0 | $ 0 |
| Proceeds, before expenses, to us | $ 9.00 | $ 1,818,180 | $ 1,409,090,995 |
| Distribution Reinvestment Plan | |||
| Proceeds | $ 9.50 | (4) (5) | $ 237,500,000 |
(1) The price per share shown will apply until funds are released from escrow and we have acquired our first property. Thereafter, the price per share will vary from day-to-day and will be based on our NAV per share. We reserve the right to reallocate the shares of common stock we are offering between the retail shares and the institutional shares and the primary offering and our distribution reinvestment plan.
(2) For the minimum offering, we have assumed sales of approximately 202,020 shares of retail shares and no institutional shares, and for the maximum offering, we have assumed sales of approximately 101,010,101 shares of retail shares and 55,555,555 institutional shares. The gross offering proceeds in the table consist of the proceeds from the public offering price plus sales commissions and dealer manager fees which will be paid by purchasers of retail shares.
(3) Selling commissions and the dealer manager fee of up to 10% in the aggregate of the price per share are paid, in addition to the public offering price per share only for retail shares by purchasers of retail shares, resulting in aggregate consideration of $9.90 per retail share.
(4) No up front selling commissions or dealer manager fees will be paid on institutional shares or any shares under the distribution reinvestment plan sold in this offering. We will pay our dealer manager platform fee that is based on NAV, which will not exceed $49,999,999 which is equivalent to 10% of the gross proceeds from the sale of institutional shares (excluding shares sold under the distribution reinvestment plan).
(5) The offering price, for purposes of calculating the maximum proceeds from shares sold pursuant to the distribution reinvestment plan, has been estimated at $9.50 per share.
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Investor Suitability Standards
An investment in our common stock involves significant risk and is suitable only for persons who have adequate financial means, desire a relatively long-term investment and who will not need immediate liquidity from their investment. Persons who meet this standard and seek to diversify their personal portfolios with a real estate-based investment, which among its benefits hedges against inflation and the volatility of the stock market, seek to receive current income, seek to preserve capital, wish to obtain the benefits of potential long-term capital appreciation and who are able to hold their investment for a time period consistent with our liquidity plans are most likely to benefit from an investment in our company. On the other hand, we caution persons who require immediate liquidity or guaranteed income, or who seek a short-term investment not to consider an investment in our common stock as meeting these needs. Notwithstanding these investor suitability standards, potential investors should note that investing in shares of our common stock involves a high degree of risk and should consider all the information contained in this prospectus, including the Risk Factors section contained herein, in determining whether an investment in our common stock is appropriate.
In order to purchase shares in this offering, you must:
meet the applicable financial suitability standards as described below; and
purchase at least the minimum number of shares as described below.
We have established suitability standards for initial stockholders and subsequent purchasers of shares from our stockholders. These suitability standards require that a purchaser of shares have, excluding the value of a purchasers home, home furnishings and automobiles, either:
minimum net worth of at least $250,000; or
minimum annual gross income of at least $70,000 and a minimum net worth of at least $70,000.
The minimum purchase is $2,500. You may not transfer fewer shares than the minimum purchase requirement. In addition, you may not transfer, fractionalize or subdivide your shares so as to retain less than the number of shares required for the minimum purchase. In order to satisfy the minimum purchase requirements for individual retirement accounts, or IRAs, unless otherwise prohibited by state law, a husband and wife may jointly contribute funds from their separate IRAs if each such contribution is made in increments of $100. You should note that an investment in shares of our common stock will not, in itself, create a retirement plan and that, in order to create a retirement plan, you must comply with all applicable provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, of 1986, as amended, or the Code.
Several states have established suitability requirements that are more stringent than the standards that we have established and described above. Shares will be sold to investors in these states only if they meet the special suitability standards set forth below. In each case, these special suitability standards exclude from the calculation of net worth the value of the investors home, home furnishings and automobiles.
General Standards for all Investors
Investors must have either (a) a net worth of at least $250,000 or (b) an annual gross income of $70,000 and a minimum net worth of $70,000.
Kentucky
Investors must have either (a) a net worth of at least $250,000 or (b) a gross annual income of at least $70,000 and a net worth of at least $70,000, with the amount invested in this offering not to exceed 10% of the Kentucky investors liquid net worth.
Massachusetts, Michigan, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Washington, New Jersey and New Mexico
Investors must have either (a) a minimum net worth of at least $250,000 or (b) an annual gross income of at least $70,000 and a net worth of at least $70,000. The investors maximum investment in the issuer and its affiliates cannot exceed 10% of the Massachusetts, Michigan, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Washington, New Jersey or New Mexico residents net worth. An Ohio investors aggregate investment in our shares, shares of our affiliates, and in other non-traded real estate investment programs may not exceed ten percent (10%) of his or her liquid net worth. Liquid net
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worth is defined as that portion of net worth (total assets exclusive of home, home furnishings, and automobiles minus total liabilities) that is comprised of cash, cash equivalents, and readily marketable securities. Note that Ohio investors cannot participate in the distribution reinvestment plan.
Iowa
Investors must have either (a) a minimum net worth of at least $250,000 or (b) an annual gross income of at least $70,000 and a net worth of at least $70,000. The investors maximum investment in the issuer and its affiliates cannot exceed 10% of the Iowa residents liquid net worth.
Tennessee
Investors must have either (a) an annual gross income of at least $100,000 and a net worth of at least $100,000, or (b) a minimum net worth of at least $500,000, exclusive of home, home furnishings and automobiles. The investors maximum investment in our shares and our affiliates shall not exceed 10% of the Tennessee residents net worth.
Kansas
In addition to the general suitability requirements described above, it is recommended that investors should invest, in the aggregate, no more than 10% of their liquid net worth in our shares and securities of other real estate investment trusts. Liquid net worth is defined as that portion of net worth (total assets minus total liabilities) that is comprised of cash, cash equivalents and readily marketable securities.
Missouri
In addition to the general suitability requirements described above, no more than ten percent (10%) of any one Missouri investors liquid net worth shall be invested in the securities registered by us for this offering with the Securities Division.
California
In addition to the general suitability standards described above, the investor must have either (a) a minimum net worth of at least $250,000 or (b) an annual gross income of at least $85,000 and a net worth of at least $150,000. Further, the investors maximum investment in our shares will be limited to 10% of the investors net worth (exclusive of home, home furnishings and automobile and limited to cash and cash equivalents).
Alabama
In addition to the general suitability requirements described above, shares will only be sold to Alabama residents that represent that they have a liquid net worth of at least 10 times the amount of their investment in this real estate investment program and other similar programs. Note that Alabama investors cannot participate in the distribution reinvestment plan feature that reinvests distributions into subsequent affiliated programs.
North Dakota
In addition to the general suitability requirements described above, shares will only be sold to residents of North Dakota representing that they have a net worth of at least ten times their investment in us and our affiliates and that they meet one of the established suitability standards.
Maine
The Maine Office of Securities recommends that an investors aggregate investment in this offering and similar direct participation investments not exceed 10% of the investors liquid net worth. For this purpose, liquid net worth is defined as that portion of net worth that consists of cash, cash equivalents and readily marketable securities.
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Nebraska
Investors must have either (a) a net worth of at least $350,000 or (b) a net worth of at least $100,000 and an annual income of at least $70,000. The investors maximum investment in the issuer should not exceed 10% of the investors net worth.
Texas
An investor must have had, during the last tax year, or estimate that the investor will have during the current tax year, (a) a minimum net worth of $250,000 and a minimum annual gross income of $65,000, or (b) a minimum net worth of $500,000. The investors maximum investment in this offering shall not exceed 10% of the investors liquid net worth.
Because the minimum offering of our common stock is less than $150,000,000, Pennsylvania investors are cautioned to carefully evaluate our ability to fully accomplish our stated objectives and to inquire as to the current dollar volume of our subscription proceeds. Further, the minimum aggregate closing amount for Pennsylvania investors is $75,000,000.
Because the minimum offering of our common stock is less than $20,000,000, Tennessee investors are cautioned to carefully evaluate our ability to fully accomplish our stated objectives and to inquire as to the current dollar volume of our subscription proceeds. Further, the minimum aggregate closing amount for Tennessee investors is $20,000,000.
In the case of sales to fiduciary accounts, these minimum suitability standards must be satisfied by the beneficiary, the fiduciary account, or by the donor or grantor who directly or indirectly supplies the funds to purchase our common stock if the donor or the grantor is the fiduciary. Prospective investors with investment discretion over the assets of an individual retirement account, employee benefit plan or other retirement plan or arrangement that is covered by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, or ERISA, or Code Section 4975 should carefully review the information in the section of this prospectus entitled Investment by Tax-Exempt Entities and ERISA Considerations. Any such prospective investors are required to consult their own legal and tax advisors on these matters.
In the case of gifts to minors, the minimum suitability standards must be met by the custodian of the account or by the donor.
In order to ensure adherence to the suitability standards described above, requisite criteria must be met, as set forth in the subscription agreement in the form attached hereto as Appendix C. In addition, our sponsor, our dealer manager and the soliciting dealers, as our agents, must make every reasonable effort to determine that the purchase of our shares is a suitable and appropriate investment for an investor. In making this determination, the soliciting dealers will rely on relevant information provided by the investor in the investors subscription agreement, including information regarding the investors age, investment objectives, investment experience, income, net worth, financial situation, other investments, and any other pertinent information, including whether (i) the participant is or will be in a financial position appropriate to enable him to realize the benefits described in the prospectus, (ii) the participant has a fair market net worth sufficient to sustain the risks inherent in the investment program and (iii) the investment program is otherwise suitable for the participant. Executed subscription agreements will be maintained in our records for 6 years.
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RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED BY THE USA PATRIOT ACT AND RELATED ACTS
In accordance with the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, as amended, or the USA PATRIOT Act, the shares of common stock offered hereby may not be offered, sold, transferred or delivered, directly or indirectly, to any unacceptable investor, which means anyone who is:
a designated national, specially designated national, specially designated terrorist, specially designated global terrorist, foreign terrorist organization, or blocked person within the definitions set forth in the Foreign Assets Control Regulations of the U.S. Treasury Department;
acting on behalf of, or an entity owned or controlled by, any government against whom the U.S. maintains economic sanctions or embargoes under the Regulations of the U.S. Treasury Department;
within the scope of Executive Order 13224 Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions with Persons who Commit, Threaten to Commit, or Support Terrorism, effective September 24, 2001;
subject to additional restrictions imposed by the following statutes or regulations, and executive orders issued thereunder: the Trading with the Enemy Act, the Iraq Sanctions Act, the National Emergencies Act, the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, the United Nations Participation Act, the International Security and Development Cooperation Act, the Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Act of 1994, the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act, the Iran and Libya Sanctions Act of 1996, the Cuban Democracy Act, the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act and the Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs Appropriation Act or any other law of similar import as to any non-U.S. country, as each such act or law has been or may be amended, adjusted, modified or reviewed from time to time; or
designated or blocked, associated or involved in terrorism, or subject to restrictions under laws, regulations, or executive orders as may apply in the future similar to those set forth above.
CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This prospectus includes forward-looking statements that reflect our expectations and projections about our future results, performance, prospects and opportunities. We have attempted to identify these forward- looking statements by using words such as may, will, expects, anticipates, believes, intends, should, estimates, could or similar expressions. These forward-looking statements are based on information currently available to us and are subject to a number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. These factors include, among other things, those discussed under the heading Risk Factors below. We do not undertake publicly to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required to satisfy our obligations under federal securities law.
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| Investor Suitability Standards | i |
| Restrictions Imposed by the USA Patriot Act and Related Acts | iv |
| Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements | iv |
| Prospectus Summary | 1 |
| Risk Factors | 34 |
| Estimated Use of Proceeds | 71 |
| Management | 74 |
| Management Compensation | 93 |
| Principal Stockholders | 108 |
| Conflicts of Interest | 109 |
| Investment Strategy, Objectives and Policies | 120 |
| Valuation Policies | 132 |
| Competition | 137 |
| Selected Financial Data | 138 |
| Managements Discussion And Analysis Of Financial Condition And Results Of Operations | 139 |
| Prior Performance Summary | 147 |
| Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations | 158 |
| Investment by Tax-Exempt Entities and ERISA Considerations | 177 |
| Description of Securities | 183 |
| Distribution Reinvestment Plan | 192 |
| Share Repurchase Program | 195 |
| Summary of our Organizational Documents | 198 |
| Summary of our Operating Partnership Agreement | 206 |
| Plan of Distribution | 213 |
| How to Subscribe | 221 |
| Sales Literature | 222 |
| Reports to Stockholders | 223 |
| Litigation | 225 |
| Privacy Policy Notice | 225 |
| Legal Matters | 225 |
| Experts | 225 |
| Electronic Delivery of Documents | 225 |
| Where You Can Find Additional Information | 226 |
| APPENDIX A Prior Performance Tables | A-1 |
| APPENDIX A-1 Prior Performance of American Financial Realty Trust | A-1-1 |
| APPENDIX A-2 Results of Nicholas S. Schorschs Completed Programs (unaudited) | A-2-1 |
| APPENDIX B Distribution Reinvestment Plan | B-1 |
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| APPENDIX C American Realty Capital Global Daily Net Asset Value Trust, Inc. Subscription Agreement | C-1 |
| APPENDIX D Transfer on Death Designation | D-1 |
| APPENDIX E Letter of Direction | E-1 |
| APPENDIX F Notice of Revocation | F-1 |
| APPENDIX G Privacy Policy Notice | G-1 |
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Prospectus Summary
As used herein and unless otherwise required by context, the term prospectus refers to this prospectus as amended and supplemented. This prospectus summary highlights material information contained elsewhere in this prospectus. Because it is a summary, it may not contain all of the information that is important to you. To understand this offering fully, you should read the entire prospectus carefully, including the Risk Factors section and the financial statements, before making a decision to invest in our common stock
What is American Realty Capital Global Daily Net Asset Value Trust, Inc.?
American Realty Capital Global Daily Net Asset Value Trust, Inc. is a newly organized Maryland corporation, incorporated on July 13, 2011 that intends to qualify as a REIT beginning in the taxable year ending December 31, 2012. We expect to use substantially all the net proceeds of this offering to acquire single tenant commercial properties and lease them back to the sellers pursuant to leases generally having terms of at least ten years. Our leases with these tenants will typically require the tenants to pay substantially all the costs of operating and maintaining these properties, including insurance, property taxes, structural repairs and maintenance and operating expenses. Such leases are referred to as triple net leases.
To a lesser extent, where opportunities arise we may make or acquire loans and real estate-related investments other than long-term single tenant net leased commercial property including:
partially leased properties, multi-tenanted properties, vacant or undeveloped properties and properties subject to short-term net leases;
mortgage loans secured by commercial properties;
subordinated interests in first mortgage real estate loans, or B Notes;
mezzanine loans related to commercial real estate; and
equity and debt securities (including commercial mortgage-backed securities, or CMBS, preferred equity and other higher-yielding structured debt and equity investments) and other interests issued by entities that are engaged in real estate-related businesses, including real estate funds and other REITs.
We do not plan to acquire undeveloped land, develop new commercial properties or substantially re-develop existing commercial properties. However, we may pursue build-to-suit development projects for single tenants who enter into long-term leases with us prior to our commencing the development project. We intend to invest primarily in assets located in the United States, although up to 40% of our portfolio may consist of properties purchased in Europe and up to an additional 10% of our portfolio may consist of properties purchased elsewhere internationally.
We believe that a number of factors differentiate us from other non-traded REITS, including our property type focus, our lack of legacy issues, meaning that we have not acquired assets prior to the current economic downturn which have market values below our purchase price, and the American Realty Capital management team, the members of which have previous experience working for large real estate and financial institutions.
We are one of ten publicly offered REITs currently sponsored by the American Realty Capital group of companies, including American Realty Capital Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation incorporated on August 16, 2007, or ARCT; American Realty Capital New York Recovery REIT, Inc., a Maryland corporation incorporated on October 6, 2009, or NYRR; Phillips Edison ARC Shopping Center REIT, Inc., a Maryland corporation incorporated on October 13, 2009, or PE-ARC; American Realty Capital Healthcare Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation incorporated on August 23, 2010, or ARC HT; American Realty Capital Retail Centers of America, Inc., a Maryland corporation incorporated on July 29, 2010, or ARC RCA; American Realty Capital Daily Net Asset Value Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation incorporated on September 10, 2010, or ARC Daily NAV; American Realty Capital Trust III, Inc., a Maryland corporation incorporated on October 15, 2010, or ARCT III; American Realty Capital Properties, Inc., a Maryland corporation incorporated on December 2, 2010, or ARCP; and American Realty Capital Trust IV, Inc., a Maryland corporation incorporated on February 14, 2012, or ARCT IV. The American Realty Capital group of companies also has sponsored Business Development Corporation of America, or Business Development Corporation. For
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additional information concerning these other American Realty Capital-sponsored real estate investment programs, please see the section in this prospectus entitled Conflicts of Interest.
Our executive offices are located at 405 Park Avenue, 15 th Floor, New York, New York 10022. Our telephone number is 212-415-6500, our fax number is 212-421-5799 and the e-mail address of our investor relations department is [email protected] . Additional information about us and our affiliates may be obtained at www.americanrealtycap.com , but the contents of that site are not incorporated by reference in or otherwise a part of this prospectus.
What are your investment objectives?
Our primary investment objectives are:
to acquire a portfolio of commercial properties that is diversified with respect to the credit risk associated with any one tenant or any one tenant industry;
to acquire primarily single tenant commercial properties and lease the properties back to the seller-occupants pursuant to long-term (at least 10 years) triple net leases;
to preserve, protect and return investors capital contributions;
to generate cash flow that will support a stable distribution to investors with potential for growth through leases that link the rent to the change in the Consumer Price Index, or CPI, or other forms of lease increases;
to diversify our assets by investing in different geographic areas both in the United States and Europe; and
to seek investments of up to 40% of our capital in Europe, and up to 10% elsewhere internationally, so that we have an opportunity for greater asset diversity, a broader range of investments, and, in the case of European investments, an opportunity to make real estate investments through leases that may be indexed to an inflation index.
What is the experience of your investment team?
Our real estate team is led by seasoned professionals who have institutional experience investing through various real estate cycles. Our chief executive officer has more than 23 years of real estate experience and our president, chief operating officer, treasurer and secretary has more than nine years of real estate experience. In addition, our chief investment officer has more than 26 years of real estate experience and our chief financial officer has 11 years of real estate experience.
What is a REIT?
In general, a real estate investment trust, or REIT, is a company that:
combines the capital of many investors to acquire a large-scale diversified real estate portfolio under professional management;
makes an election to be treated as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes;
pays annual distributions to investors each year of at least 90% of its taxable income (which does not equal net income, as calculated in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, or GAAP), determined without regard to the deduction for dividends paid and excluding net capital gain; and
generally avoids the double taxation treatment of income that results from investments in a corporation because a REIT generally is not subject to U.S. federal corporate income and excise taxes on the portion of its net income distributed to its stockholders, provided certain U.S. federal income tax requirements are satisfied.
How is an investment in shares of your common stock different from listed REITs?
Shares of REITs listed on a national securities exchange generally fluctuate in value with the stock market as a whole. We do not intend to list our shares for trading on a national securities exchange, and an
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investment in our common stock generally differs from listed REITs because: (1) the price of shares of listed REITs are determined by the public market, which may cause a companys stock price to fluctuate based on factors such as supply and demand, economic preferences and other market forces, while the daily per share NAV of our common stock is based directly on the fair value of our investments; (2) industry benchmarks that track the value of direct, unlisted investments in real estate properties as an asset class have demonstrated a low correlation with the benchmarks for traditional asset classes, such as stocks and bonds; and (3) shares of a listed REIT are highly liquid and easily transferable. Shares of our common stock cannot be readily sold and there are significant restrictions on the ownership, transferability and repurchase of shares of our common stock. Utilizing lower correlated assets in a long-term investment portfolio can increase portfolio efficiency and generate higher total returns while decreasing overall risk, according to various academic and empirical studies.
What is the difference between the retail shares and institutional shares of common stock being offered?
We are offering two classes of shares of our common stock, retail shares and institutional shares in this offering. The difference between the shares relates to selling commissions and fees and expenses. Specifically, purchasers of retail shares will pay selling commissions and dealer manager fees in addition to the purchase price at the time of purchase, but no selling commissions or dealer manager fees will be payable for institutional shares. In addition, we will pay a platform fee, which is a deferred distribution fee, for institutional shares. As a result, each class will have a different NAV. All other income and expenses will be allocated to each class in accordance with its NAV. See Description of Securities and Plan of Distribution for additional discussion of the differences between retail shares and institutional shares.
Retail shares are sold to the general public through broker dealers. Institutional shares are available only through registered investment advisors and broker dealers who are managing wrap or fee-based accounts. You should consult with your financial advisor to determine your account type and eligibility to purchase each class of shares. If you are eligible to purchase both classes of shares, you should consider the amount of your investment, the length of time you intend to hold the shares, the selling commission and fees payable for each class of shares and whether you qualify for any selling commission discounts if you elect to purchase retail shares.
Who are your advisor and service providers and what will they do?
American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, is our external advisor and is responsible for managing our affairs on a day-to-day basis. Our advisors responsibilities include, but are not limited to, identifying potential investments, evaluating potential investments, making investments, asset management, asset dispositions, financial reporting, regulatory compliance, calculating our daily NAV at the end of each day, investor relations and other administrative functions on our behalf. Our advisor is an affiliate of the American Realty Capital group of companies and may contract with third parties or affiliates of the American Realty Capital group of companies to perform or assist with these functions.
Subject to the terms of the advisory agreement between our advisor and us and solely with respect to investments in Europe, our advisor has delegated substantial duties, including seeking and procuring financing for our properties, selecting and negotiating investments, including property purchases and leasebacks, and providing asset management services, to Moor Park Global Advisors Limited, which we refer to herein as our exclusive European service provider. Our advisor entered into an exclusive service provider agreement with the European service provider. With respect to such investments in Europe, we and our advisor or property manager, as applicable, or our European service provider may engage a European entity that is either owned or controlled by the European service provider and its affiliates (or a third party solely with respect to property management and related services), in each case pursuant to a management services agreement that will be terminable at will by us or our advisor or property manager, as applicable, or our European service provider. Notwithstanding such delegation to the European service provider, our advisor will retain ultimate responsibility for the performance of all the matters entrusted to it under the advisory agreement.
Subject to the terms of the advisory agreement between our advisor and us and solely with respect to our foreign investment strategy outside of Europe, our advisor may also delegate certain of its advisory duties to one or more additional service providers. If our advisor elects to delegate duties to such additional service provider(s), the advisor shall enter into a service provider agreement on substantially similar terms as the
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service agreement with our European service provider. Any such additional service provider(s) shall agree to perform certain duties of the advisor as set forth in the advisory agreement, and the advisor shall assign a percentage of the fees payable by us under the advisory agreement to such additional service provider(s), in each case solely with respect to our foreign investment strategy outside of Europe. Notwithstanding any such delegation to the additional service provider(s), our advisor shall retain ultimate responsibility for the performance of all the matters entrusted to it under the advisory agreement.
Because our advisor is owned by affiliates of AR Capital Global Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, we consider ourselves to be sponsored by AR Capital Global Holdings, LLC. Unless the context dictates otherwise, throughout this prospectus we generally refer collectively to AR Capital Global Holdings, LLC and the entity and individuals who own and control it, as our AR Capital sponsor.
Our service provider(s), acting on behalf of our advisor, will have primary responsibility for selecting and negotiating the terms of our real estate investments solely with respect to foreign investments. Our advisor and our service provider(s) will jointly make recommendations on all investments and dispositions to our board of directors. Other major decisions will be approved by our advisor, subject to the oversight of our board of directors, including decisions with respect to the retention of investment banks, marketing methods with respect to this offering, the termination or extension of this offering, the initiation of a follow-on offering, mergers and other change-of-control transactions, and certain significant press releases.
What is the experience of your advisor and the European service provider?
Our advisor is a recently organized limited liability company that was formed in Delaware in July 2011. The European service provider is a recently organized limited liability company that was formed in Jersey. Neither our advisor nor the European service provider have any operating history or experience managing a public company or calculating our daily NAV. The European service provider is not affiliated with us, our advisor or our sponsors.
Who is your sponsor?
AR Capital Global Holdings, LLC, which is directly or indirectly controlled by Nicholas S. Schorsch and William M. Kahane, controls our advisor and is our sponsor. Our promoters are Nicholas S. Schorsch, William M. Kahane, Peter N. Budko, Edward M. Weil, Jr., and Brian S. Block. All of these individuals other than Mr. Kahane are officers and/or members of the board of directors of the other non-traded public REITs sponsored by our sponsor. Our sponsor indirectly owns 100% of the interests of our advisor. AR Capital Global Holdings, LLC owns 100% of the interests in American Realty Capital Global Special Limited Partnership, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, which wholly owns our advisor and also is a special limited partner of our operating partnership. See Management, Prior Performance Summary and Appendix A Prior Performance Tables.
What is the experience of the affiliates of the European service provider?
The European service provider was incorporated in March 2012 and is a company founded by the principals of Moor Park Capital Partners LLP, or Moor Park, who are the majority ultimate beneficial owners of, and provide all investment recommendations to, the European service provider. Substantially all the services to be provided by the European service provider are expected to be sub-contracted to Moor Park. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in London, United Kingdom, Moor Park is a private real estate firm which concentrates on commercial property investment in Europe and has approximately $2.2 billion of real estate assets currently under management. Moor Park provides a wide range of services to its clients, including, among others, acquisition, development, asset, property and facility management, leasing services, centralized corporate support services and financing services. Moor Parks principal officers have a combined 55 years of experience and have structured and executed €22 billion of real estate transactions to date.
What is the role of the board of directors?
We operate under the direction of our board of directors, the members of which are accountable to us and our stockholders as fiduciaries. Currently, we have three directors: Mr. Schorsch, Mr. Rendell and Ms. Wenzel. Each of the latter two directors is independent of our advisor and any service provider. Our charter, which requires that a majority of our directors be independent of us, our sponsor, our advisor, any service provider
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or any of our or their affiliates, provides that our independent directors will be responsible for reviewing the performance of our advisor and must approve certain other matters set forth in our charter. See the section entitled Conflicts of Interest Certain Conflict Resolution Procedures in this prospectus. Our directors will be elected annually by the stockholders. Although we have executive officers who manage our operations, we do not have any paid employees.
What is the experience of your principal executive officers?
Our investments will be identified, evaluated, negotiated, consummated and managed by our investment team employed by our advisor and service provider(s), including the four principal officers of our advisor, including Nicholas S. Schorsch, Peter M. Budko, Brian S. Block and Edward M. Weil, Jr. Nicholas S. Schorsch is the chairman of the board and chief executive officer of our company and Edward M. Weil, Jr. is the president, chief operating officer, treasurer and secretary of our company since our formation in July 2011. Mr. Schorsch also has been the chief executive officer of our advisor since its formation in July 2011. Messrs. Schorsch and Weil have been active in the structuring and financial management of commercial real estate investments for over 23 years and nine years, respectively. Messrs. Budko and Block have 26 and 11 years, respectively, of institutional real estate experience. Please also see the section entitled Management in this prospectus.
Do you currently have any shares outstanding?
Yes. We have sold 22,222 shares of retail common stock to American Realty Capital Global Special Limited Partnership, LLC for an aggregate purchase price of $200,000. The sponsor or any affiliate may not sell this initial investment while the sponsor remains a sponsor but may transfer the shares to other affiliates.
What kind of offering is this?
We are offering an aggregate of up to 156,565,656 shares of common stock in our primary offering, consisting of two classes of shares, up to 101,010,101 retail shares sold through broker dealers and 55,555,555 institutional shares sold through registered investment advisors and broker dealers that are managing wrap or fee-based accounts in our primary offering on a reasonable best efforts basis. We also are offering up to 25,000,000 shares of common stock under our distribution reinvestment plan. We reserve the right to reallocate the shares of common stock we are offering between the retail shares and the institutional shares and between the primary offering and our distribution reinvestment plan. We will offer shares of common stock in our primary offering until the earlier of April 20, 2014, which is two years from the effective date of this offering, and the date we sell 156,565,656 of shares of common stock. If we have not sold all of the shares of common stock within two years, we may continue the primary offering for an additional year until April 20, 2015, unless we elect to extend it to a date no later than April 20, 2016, which is four years from the date of this prospectus. If we decide to continue our primary offering beyond two years from the date of this prospectus, we will provide that information in a prospectus supplement. This offering must be registered in every state in which we offer or sell shares. Generally, these registrations are for a period of one year. Thus, we may have to stop selling shares in any state in which our registration is not renewed or otherwise extended annually.
All subscription payments (other than those from Pennsylvania or Tennessee residents) will be placed in an account held by the escrow agent, UMB Bank, in trust for subscribers benefit and will be released to us only if we have sold a minimum of $2,000,000 of shares of common stock to the public by April 20, 2013, which is one year from the effective date of this offering. Any purchase of shares by our sponsor, directors, officers, other affiliates and Friends will be included for purposes of determining whether the minimum of $2,000,000 of shares of common stock required to release funds from the escrow account has been sold. Friends means those individuals or entities who have prior business and/or personal relationships with our executive officers, directors or sponsor, including, without limitation, any service provider. AR Capital Global Holdings, LLC intends to purchase all or a portion of the $2,000,000 of shares required to release funds from escrow at a purchase price of $9.00 per share. If AR Capital Global Holdings, LLC purchases $2,000,000 of shares, we anticipate that our board of directors will authorize release of the escrowed funds promptly thereafter, which will permit us to commence our operations. If subscriptions for at least the minimum offering have not been received and accepted by April 20, 2014, which is two years from the effective date of
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this offering, this offering will be terminated and your funds and subscription agreement will be returned to you. See Plan of Distribution Minimum Offering. We will not sell any shares to Pennsylvania residents unless we raise a minimum of $75,000,000 in aggregate gross offering proceeds from all investors pursuant to this offering by April 20, 2014, which is two years from the effective date of this offering. Pending a satisfaction of this condition, all subscription payments from Pennsylvania residents will be placed in an account held by the escrow agent, UMB Bank, in trust for subscribers benefit, pending release to us. In addition, we will not sell any shares to Tennessee residents unless we raise a minimum of $20,000,000, in aggregate gross offering proceeds from all investors pursuant to this prospectus by April 20, 2013, which is one year from the effective date of this offering. Pending a satisfaction of this condition, all subscription payments from Tennessee residents will be placed in an account held by the escrow agent, UMB Bank, N.A., in trust for subscribers benefit, pending release to us. Funds in escrow will be invested in short-term investments that mature on or before April 20, 2014, which is two years from the effective date of this offering, or that can be readily sold or otherwise disposed of for cash by this date without any dissipation of the offering proceeds invested.
How does a reasonable best efforts offering work?
When shares are offered to the public on a reasonable best efforts basis, the brokers participating in the offering are only required to use their good faith efforts and reasonable diligence to sell the shares in the primary offering and have no firm commitment or obligation to purchase any of the shares. Therefore, we may not sell all the shares that we are offering.
What is the purchase price for shares of our common stock?
Until the later of the end of the escrow period or the acquisition of our first property, the initial offering price for retail shares will be fixed at $9.00, plus applicable selling commissions and dealer manager fee up to 10% in the aggregate of the per share purchase price to be paid by purchasers of retail shares (which results in aggregate consideration of $9.90 per retail share), and the initial offering price for institutional shares will be fixed at $9.00. Thereafter, the per share purchase price will vary and will be equal to our NAV on each day that the New York Stock Exchange is open (a business day) divided by the number of shares outstanding as of the end of business on such day after giving effect to any share purchases or repurchases effected on such day, plus, for retail shares only, applicable selling commissions and dealer manager fee up to 10% in the aggregate of the purchase price per share, which will initially be $9.00. After the close of business on the last business day of each month, we will file a pricing supplement with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, which will set forth the calculation of NAV for each of the institutional shares and retail shares for such month, and we will also post that pricing supplement on our website at www.arcglobalnav.com. After the close of business on each business day, we will also post the NAV per share for that day on our website at www.arcglobalnav.com. You may also obtain the daily determination of our NAV per share for each class of shares by calling our toll-free, automated telephone line at 1-866-532-4743. In addition to the monthly pricing supplements, we will file a pricing supplement quarterly which will set forth the calculation of NAV for each of the institutional and retail shares for such quarter, and we will provide more frequent pricing supplements if there is a change in the NAV by more than 5% from the NAV disclosed in the last filed prospectus or pricing supplement. In such event, we will, after the close of business on the day on which there is such a change in the NAV, file a pricing supplement which would show the calculation of the daily NAV and will provide an explanation as to the reason for the change. All investors whose repurchase requests have not been processed will have the right to rescind the repurchase transaction within ten days of such notice. Any purchase orders that we receive prior to 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on any business day will be executed at a price equal to our NAV per share for that day, and purchase orders that we receive after 4:00 p.m. Eastern time or on a non-business day will be executed at a price equal to our NAV per share as calculated by our advisor after the close of business on the next business day. An investors subscription agreement and funds will be submitted to the transfer agent by our dealer manager and/or the broker dealers participating in the offering for settlement of the transaction within three business days of placing an order, but the investors share price will always be the NAV per share on the day that we received the order, as described above. Investors will not know the NAV per share at which they will purchase shares at the time that they submit a purchase order.
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How will your advisor calculate NAV per share?
Our advisor will be responsible for calculating our daily NAV at the end of each business day. The board of directors will review the NAV calculation quarterly. Our daily NAV per share is not calculated in accordance with GAAP. Our independent valuer will appraise our properties regularly, and the advisor will review each appraisal. The advisor will also determine the valuation of our properties and will compare each appraisal to its own determinations. If in the advisors opinion the appraisals are materially higher or lower than the advisors determinations of value, the advisor will discuss the appraisals with the independent valuer. If the advisor determines that the appraisals are still materially higher or lower than its valuations, a valuation committee, comprised of our independent directors, will review the appraisals and valuations, and make a final determination of value. To calculate our daily NAV per share, our advisor will first subtract liabilities of the operating partnership, such as estimated accrued fees and expenses, and will multiply the resulting amount by our percentage ownership interest in the operating partnership. Our advisor will then add any assets held by the REIT, including cash and cash equivalents, and subtract any estimated accrued REIT liabilities, including accrued distributions and certain legal and administrative costs. Solely for purposes of calculating our NAV, organization and offering costs and acquisition fees and expenses will be amortized over a five year period and a proportionate amount will be deducted on a daily basis. The result of this calculation will be our NAV as of the end of any business day. The amortization of certain costs over a five year period results in a higher NAV than if such costs were not amortized. Because certain fees paid to our advisor and its affiliates are based on NAV, such fees will also be higher. Additionally, the amortization of certain costs results in a higher per share purchase price for investors than if such costs were not amortized. At the end of each trading day after the escrow period, any change in our NAV will be allocated among the retail shares and the institutional shares based on each classs percentage of the previous aggregate NAV. Following this allocation between the classes, NAV for each class is adjusted for contributions, redemptions, reinvestment of distributions and accrual of class specific expenses.
In connection with the determination of the net value of the real estate and real estate-related assets, the independent valuer will provide an estimate of the market value of our real estate assets, which will primarily be held in our operating partnership. In order to determine a quarterly estimate of our portfolios market value, the independent valuer will analyze the cash flow from and other characteristics of each property in the portfolio and compile a projection of cash flows for the portfolio, as a whole. The independent valuer will analyze the portfolios projected cash flows utilizing a discounted cash flow approach to valuation and may also consider additional valuation methodologies; provided, that all methodologies, opinions and judgments used by the independent valuer will be consistent with our valuation guidelines, as established by the board of directors, and industry practices. Each of our properties will be appraised at least annually by the independent valuer, with such appraisals spread out over the course of a year so that approximately 25% of all properties are appraised each quarter. Our advisor will review the valuation by the independent valuer for consistency with our valuation guidelines and the reasonableness of the independent valuers conclusions, and may, in its discretion, consider other factors in calculating our NAV.
We aim to provide a reasonable estimate of the market value of our shares. However, the methodologies will be based on a number of judgments, assumptions and opinions about future events that may or may not prove to be correct, and if different judgments, assumptions or opinions were used, different estimates would likely result. Therefore, the daily NAV per share calculation is an estimate and may not reflect the precise amount that you could receive for your shares in a market transaction. It is not known whether repurchasing or non-repurchasing stockholders or purchasers of our common stock will benefit from such disparity.
In addition, our published NAV per share may not fully reflect the economic impact of certain extraordinary events, including, without limitation, the unexpected renewal or termination of a material lease or unanticipated structural or environmental events affecting the value of a property, on our portfolio that may have occurred since the prior valuation because we may not be able to immediately quantify the economic impact of such events. If our advisor determines there has been an extraordinary event that may have materially changed the estimated value of our portfolio, we will make an announcement regarding such extraordinary event. Our advisor will analyze the impact of such extraordinary event and determine, considering the views of the independent valuer, the appropriate adjustment to be made to our NAV. We will not however retroactively adjust NAV. To the extent the extraordinary events may result in a material change
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in value of a specific property, the independent valuer will be asked to review such events and if it believes that such extraordinary events are reasonably likely to have affected the appraised value, will prepare an additional appraisal of the property.
Are there any risks involved in buying our shares?
Investing in shares of our common stock involves a high degree of risk. If we are unable to effectively manage the impact of these risks, we may not meet our investment objectives, and therefore, you should purchase these securities only if you can afford a complete loss of your investment. Some of the more significant risks relating to this offering and an investment in our shares include:
We have no operating history or established financing sources;
This is initially a blind pool offering and you may not have the opportunity to evaluate our investments before you make your purchase of shares of our common stock, thus making your investment more speculative;
We currently do not own any properties or other investments and have not identified any properties or other investments to acquire with the offering proceeds;
No public market currently exists, or may ever exist, for shares of our common stock and our shares are, and may continue to be, illiquid;
If we, through our advisor and any service provider, are unable to find suitable investments, then we may not be able to achieve our investment objectives or pay distributions;
Our properties may be adversely affected by the current economic downturn;
If we are unable to raise substantial funds, we will be limited in the number and type of investments we may make and the value of your investment in us will fluctuate with the performance of the specific properties we acquire;
If only the minimum number of shares is sold in this offering, our ability to diversify our investments will be limited;
We may be unable to pay or maintain cash distributions or increase distributions over time;
We may fund distributions from unlimited amounts of any source, which may include borrowing funds, using proceeds from this offering, issuing additional securities or selling assets in order to fund distributions if we are unable to make distributions with our cash flows from our operations. Distributions to our stockholders could reduce the cash available to us and could constitute a return of capital to stockholders;
Our share repurchase program is subject to numerous restrictions, may be cancelled at any time and should not be relied upon as a means of liquidity. For example, our share repurchase program limits the amount of repurchases each quarter to 5% of NAV as of the last day of the previous quarter (or approximately 20% of our NAV in any 12 month period). In addition, most of our assets will consist of properties that cannot be liquidated without compromising our ability to realize full value upon their disposition, and therefore, we may not have enough funds to satisfy all repurchase requests;
There are numerous conflicts of interest between the interests of investors and our interests or the interests of our advisor, any service provider, our sponsor, and their respective affiliates, including the fact that our advisors and any service providers asset management fee is based on our NAV, which the advisor is responsible for calculating;
The incentive advisor fee structure may result in our advisor or any service provider recommending riskier or more speculative investments;
Our investment objectives and strategies may be changed without stockholder consent;
We are obligated to pay substantial fees to our advisor, any service provider and their respective affiliates, including fees payable upon the sale of properties. Our advisor, any service provider and their respective affiliates will receive fees in connection with transactions involving the purchase, financing, management and sale of our investments, and, because our advisor or any service provider
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does not maintain a significant equity interest in us and is entitled to receive substantial minimum compensation regardless of performance, our advisors or any service providers interests are not wholly aligned with those of our stockholders;
There are significant risks associated with maintaining as high level of leverage as permitted under our charter, which permits leverage of up to 300% of our total net assets (as defined by the NASAA REIT Guidelines) as of the date of any borrowing, which is generally expected to be approximately 75% of the cost of our investments;
We depend on tenants for our revenue and, accordingly, our revenue is dependent upon the success and economic viability of our tenants;
There are limitations on ownership and transferability of our shares;
We are subject to risks associated with the significant dislocations and liquidity disruptions currently occurring in the United States and European credit markets;
We may fail to qualify or continue to qualify to be treated as a REIT;
Our dealer manager is an affiliate of our advisor and has not conducted an independent review of this prospectus;
Since our sponsor manages nine other real estate programs, it faces competing demands related to its time, which may cause our operating results to suffer;
Recharacterization of sale-leaseback transactions for U.S. federal income tax purposes may prevent us from qualifying or remaining qualified as a REIT;
The inability of a tenant in a single tenant property to pay rent will reduce our revenues;
Our leases may permit tenants to purchase a property at a predetermined price, which could limit our realization of any appreciation;
Any real estate debt security that we originate or purchase is subject to the risks of delinquency and foreclosure;
We will incur debt to finance our operations, which may subject us to an increased risk of loss;
Continued disruptions in the financial markets and challenging economic conditions could adversely impact the commercial mortgage market, as well as the market for real estate-related debt investments generally, which could hinder our ability to implement our business strategy and generate returns to our stockholders;
A potential change in United States accounting standards regarding operating leases may make the leasing of facilities less attractive to our potential domestic tenants, which could reduce overall demand for our leasing services;
We may be deemed to be an investment company under the Investment Company Act and thus subject to regulation under the Investment Company Act;
After the escrow period and the acquisition of our first property, the purchase and repurchase price for shares of our common stock will be determined at the end of each business day based upon our NAV, and will not be based on any established trading price. You will not know the purchase or repurchase price at the time you submit your purchase order or repurchase request. The purchase price for our shares may decrease after you purchase your shares, and the repurchase price for our shares may increase after you submit your repurchase request;
Because valuation of our properties is inherently subjective, our daily NAV may not accurately reflect the actual price at which these assets could be liquidated on any given day. Further, rapidly changing market conditions or material events may not be fully reflected in our daily NAV. The resulting potential disparity in our NAV may benefit repurchasing or non-repurchasing stockholders;
Our investments in properties may be affected by an unfavorable real estate market and general economic conditions, which could decrease the value of those assets and reduce our NAV; and
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If we fail to qualify as a REIT and no relief provisions apply, our NAV and cash available for distribution to our stockholders could materially decrease. Even if relief provisions allow us to maintain our REIT status, we may incur a material U.S. federal income or excise tax liability if we otherwise fail to qualify as a REIT.
For whom may an investment in our shares be appropriate?
An investment in our shares may be appropriate for you if you meet the minimum suitability standards mentioned above, seek to diversify your personal portfolio with a real estate-based investment, which among its benefits hedges against inflation and the volatility of the stock market, seek to receive current income, seek to preserve capital, wish to obtain the benefits of potential long-term capital appreciation, and are able to hold your investment for a time period consistent with our liquidity plans. Persons who require immediate liquidity or guaranteed income, or who seek a short-term investment, are not appropriate investors for us, as our shares will not meet those needs.
Is there a minimum number of shares that must be purchased and must investors meet specific suitability criteria?
Generally, you must invest at least $2,500. Investors who already own our shares can make additional purchases for less than the minimum investment. You should carefully read the more detailed description of the minimum investment requirements appearing under the section entitled Investor Suitability Standards immediately following the cover page of this prospectus.
Generally, you may buy shares pursuant to this prospectus if you have either (a) a net worth of at least $70,000 and a gross annual income of at least $70,000, or (b) a net worth of at least $250,000. For this purpose, net worth does not include your home, home furnishings and automobiles. Residents of certain states may have a different standard. You should carefully read the more detailed description under the section entitled Investor Suitability Standards immediately following the cover page of this prospectus.
How will you use the proceeds raised in this offering?
Depending primarily on the number of shares we sell in this offering, the amounts listed in the table below represent our current estimates concerning the use of the offering proceeds. Since these are estimates, they may not accurately reflect the actual receipt or application of the offering proceeds. The first scenario assumes we sell the minimum of $2,000,000 of shares of common stock and the second scenario assumes that we sell the maximum of 101,010,101 retail shares and 55,555,555 institutional shares of common stock in this offering, with both scenarios contemplating a purchase price of $9.00 per retail share (plus applicable selling commissions and dealer manager fee up to 10% to be paid by purchasers of retail shares resulting in aggregate consideration of $9.90 per share) and $9.00 per institutional share. Our organizational documents permit us to pay distributions from unlimited amounts of any source, including proceeds of the offering.
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| Minimum Offering (Not Including Distribution Reinvestment Plan) (1) | Maximum Offering (Not Including Distribution Reinvestment Plan) | ||||
| Amount | Percent | Amount | Percent | ||
| Gross offering proceeds, retail shares (2) | $ 2,000,000 | 100.0 % | $ 1,000,000,000 | 100.0 % | |
| Gross offering proceeds, institutional shares | $ 0 | 0 % | $ 499,999,995 | 100.0 % | |
| Total | $ 2,000,000 | 100.0 % | $ 1,499,999,995 | 100.0 % | |
| Less offering expenses: | |||||
| Selling commissions and dealer manager fee, retail shares | $ 181,818 | 9.0 % | $ 90,909,090 | 6.1 % | |
| Platform fee, institutional shares | $ | | $ 49,999,999 | (3) | 3.3 % |
| Organization and offering expenses (4) | $ 30,000 | 1.5 % | $ 22,500,000 | 1.5 % | |
| Amount available for investment | $ 1,788,182 | 89.5 % | $ 1,336,590,906 | 89.1 % | |
| Acquisition: | |||||
| Acquisition and advisory fees | $ 17,700 | 0.9 % | $ 13,775,000 | 0.9 % | |
| Acquisition expenses | $ 10,620 | 0.5 % | $ 8,265,000 | 0.6 % | |
| Amount invested in properties | $ 1,759,862 | 88.1 % | $ 1,314,550,904 | 87.6 % |
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(1) Calculations assume sales of approximately 202,020 shares of retail shares and no institutional shares, resulting in gross offering proceeds of $2,000,000 (which, for purposes of this table includes the gross proceeds from the purchase price of the retail shares plus selling commissions and dealer manager fees to be paid by purchasers of retail shares), resulting in aggregate consideration of $9.90 per retail share.
(2) The gross offering proceeds in this table includes gross proceeds from sale of retail shares at purchase price of $9.00 per retail share, plus applicable selling commissions and dealer manager fees up to 10% in the aggregate, which will be paid by purchasers of retail shares.
(3) Assumes all institutional shares are sold at $9.00 per share. Amount of platform fee paid to the dealer manager with respect to the institutional shares is based on NAV and is paid out from the NAV on the institutional shares. In no event will the platform fee be paid with respect to the retail shares. We will pay substantial fees to our advisor and its affiliates, including fees based on NAV, which the advisor will be responsible for calculating. Because these fees are based on NAV, the advisor and its affiliates will benefit from our shares having higher NAV and therefore they have an incentive to cause the NAV to be higher.
(4) Organization and offering expenses are amortized over five years.
The above table assumes a purchase price of $9.00 per share (plus, for retail shares, selling commissions and dealer manager fees up to 10% to be paid by purchasers of retail shares), resulting in aggregate consideration of $9.90 per retail share.
How many real estate investments do you currently own?
We currently do not own any properties, loans or other investments. Because we have not yet identified any specific assets to acquire, we are considered a blind pool. As specific investments become probable, we will supplement this prospectus to provide information regarding the probable investment to the extent it is material to an investment decision with respect to our common stock. We also will describe material changes to our portfolio, including the closing of property acquisitions, by means of a supplement to this prospectus.
If I buy shares, will I receive distributions and how often?
To maintain our qualification as a REIT, we generally are required to make aggregate annual distributions to our stockholders of at least 90% of our annual REIT taxable income (which does not equal net income, as calculated in accordance with GAAP), determined without regard to the deduction for dividends paid and excluding net capital gain. Our board of directors may authorize distributions in excess of those required for us to maintain REIT status depending on our financial condition and other factors as our board of directors deems relevant.
Once we commence paying distributions we expect to pay distributions monthly and continue paying distributions monthly unless our results of operations, our general financial conditions, general economic conditions, applicable provisions of Maryland law or other factors make it imprudent to do so. The timing and amount of distributions will be determined by our board of directors, in its discretion, and may vary from time to time. The boards discretion will be influenced in substantial part by its obligation to cause us to comply with REIT requirements of the Code.
We may fund distributions from unlimited amounts of any source, which may include borrowing funds, using proceeds from this offering, issuing additional securities or selling assets in order to fund distributions if we are unable to make distributions with our cash flows from our operations. Until we are generating operating cash flow sufficient to make distributions to our stockholders, we intend to pay all or a substantial portion of our distributions from the proceeds of this offering or from borrowings, including possible borrowings from our advisor or its affiliates, in anticipation of future cash flow, which may reduce the amount of capital we ultimately invest in properties or other permitted investments, and negatively impact the value of your investment.
Each class of shares will have different NAV and net income as a result of the differences in the fees and expenses paid by each class of shares, and net income will be allocated to each class in accordance with NAV. As a result, the distributions paid with respect to each class of shares is not expected to be of equal dollar amounts.
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Will you use debt borrowing to finance your investments?
While we are permitted under our charter to leverage an amount expected to equal up to approximately 75% of the cost of our investments, it is currently our intention to limit our aggregate borrowings to not more than 45% of the aggregate fair market value of our assets (calculated after the close of this offering and once we have invested substantially all the proceeds of this offering), unless borrowing a greater amount is approved by a majority of our independent directors and disclosed to stockholders in our next quarterly report following such borrowing along with justification for borrowing such a greater amount. This limitation, however, will apply to our aggregate assets and not to individual real estate assets or investments.
What are your exit strategies?
It is our intention to begin the process of achieving a liquidity event not later than three to six years after the termination of the primary offering covered by this registration statement and not as it may be extended by any follow-on offering. A liquidity event could include a sale of our assets, a sale or merger of our company, a listing of our common stock on a national securities exchange, or other similar transaction. Any liquidity event is subject to the determination of our board of directors that such liquidity event is appropriate to commence.
If we do not begin the process of achieving a liquidity event by the sixth anniversary of the termination of the offering period, our charter requires, unless extended by a majority of the board of directors and a majority of the independent directors for up to two years following the sixth anniversary of the termination of the offering, that we seek stockholder approval of a vote on a proposal for our orderly liquidation of our portfolio or seek stockholder approval of an extension or amendment of the liquidity event deadline. If we have sought and failed to receive stockholder approval of a plan of liquidation, our company will continue operating, and upon the written request of stockholders owning in the aggregate not less than 10% of the then outstanding common shares, the plan of liquidation will be submitted for consideration by proxy statement to the stockholders up to once every two years.
Market conditions and other factors could cause us to delay our liquidity event beyond the sixth anniversary of the termination of this primary offering. Even after we decide to pursue a liquidity event, we are under no obligation to conclude our liquidity event within a set time frame.
Can I be certain that I will be able to liquidate my investment immediately at the time of my choosing?
No. Our common stock is not listed on a national securities exchange and we will not seek to list our stock until the time our independent directors believe that the listing of our stock would be in the best interest of our stockholders. Stockholders may make daily requests that we repurchase all or a portion (but generally at least 25% of a stockholders shares) of their shares pursuant to our share repurchase plan, but we may not be able to fulfill all repurchase requests. Our share repurchase plan will begin on the first day of the first calendar quarter after the purchase price of our shares is calculated based on NAV. We will limit shares repurchased during any calendar quarter to 5% of our NAV as of the last day of the previous calendar quarter, or approximately 20% of our NAV in any 12 month period. In addition, you will only be able to have your shares repurchased to the extent that we have sufficient liquid assets. Most of our assets will consist of properties which cannot generally be readily liquidated without impacting our ability to realize full value upon their disposition. Therefore, we may not always have sufficient liquid resources to satisfy all repurchase requests. In order to provide liquidity for repurchases, we intend to maintain the following percentage of the overall value of our portfolio in cash, cash equivalents and other short-term investments and certain types of real estate related assets that can be liquidated more readily than properties (collectively, liquid assets): (1) 15% of NAV up to $500 million, (2) 10% of NAV between $500 million and $1 billion and (3) 5% of NAV in excess of $1 billion. In addition, our board of directors may decide, but is not obligated, to maintain borrowing capacity under a line of credit. Our board of directors in its discretion may modify, suspend or terminate our share repurchase plan for any reason. See Share Repurchase Plan.
What conflicts of interest will your advisor, any service provider and their affiliates face?
Our advisor, any service provider and their affiliates will experience conflicts of interest in connection with the management of our business affairs, including the following:
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Our AR Capital sponsor and its affiliates, including our advisor, each of whom may in the future make investment decisions for other American Realty Capital-sponsored programs and direct investments, must determine which investment opportunities to recommend to us or another American Realty Capital-sponsored program or joint venture, and must determine how to allocate resources among us and any other future American Realty Capital-sponsored programs;
Our advisor may structure the terms of joint ventures between us and other American Realty Capital-sponsored programs;
We have retained American Realty Capital Global Properties, LLC, an affiliate of American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC to manage and lease some or all of our properties. The advisor and its affiliates may have conflicts of interests in determining which investment opportunities to recommend to us and to other programs for which they may provide these services;
Our sponsor and its affiliates will have to allocate their time between us and other real estate programs and activities in which they may be involved in the future; and
The asset management fee, platform fee and subordinated performance fee that we pay to our advisor, any service provider and their affiliates are based on NAV, and our advisor will be involved in estimating certain accrued fees and expenses that are part of our NAV and performing the calculation of our daily NAV. Because these fees are based on NAV, the advisor, any service provider and their affiliates will benefit from our shares having higher NAV and therefore they have an incentive to cause the NAV to be higher. Furthermore, our advisor, any service provider and their affiliates will receive fees in connection with transactions involving the purchase, financing, management and sale of our investments, and, because our advisor and any service provider do not maintain a significant equity interest in us and are entitled to receive substantial minimum compensation regardless of performance, our advisors and any service providers interests are not wholly aligned with those of our stockholders.
Our officers and certain of our directors also will face these conflicts because of their affiliation with our advisor. These conflicts of interest could result in decisions that are not in our best interests. See the section entitled Conflicts of Interest in this prospectus for a detailed discussion of the various conflicts of interest relating to your investment, as well as the procedures that we have established to mitigate a number of these potential conflicts.
The following chart shows the ownership structure of the various American Realty Capital entities that are affiliated with American Realty Capital Global Daily Net Asset Value Trust, Inc. and American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC.
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(1) The investors in this offering will own registered shares of common stock in American Realty Capital Global Daily Net Asset Value Trust, Inc.
(2) AR Capital Global Holdings, LLC is wholly owned by AR Capital, LLC and is directly or indirectly controlled by Nicholas S. Schorsch and William M. Kahane. Mr. Schorsch and Mr. Kahane directly or indirectly control approximately 63.6% and 13.5% of AR Capital, LLC, respectively.
(3) Each property to be held in a special purpose entity.
(4) Through its controlling interest in the advisor, American Realty Capital Global Special Limited Partnership, LLC, an affiliate of the advisor, is entitled to receive the subordinated participation in net sales proceeds, the subordinated incentive listing distribution and the subordinated distribution upon termination of the advisory agreement pursuant to its special limited partnership interest in the operating partnership.
(5) American Realty Capital Global Special Limited Partnership, LLC, an affiliate of the advisor, is 100% owned by AR Capital Global Holdings, LLC.
(6) Realty Capital Securities, LLC is 100% owned by AR Capital, LLC, which is directly or indirectly controlled by Nicholas S. Schorsch and William M. Kahane.
How will you distribute institutional shares and will you pay up front selling commissions on such sales?
We intend to distribute our institutional shares through registered investment advisors and broker/dealers that charge their clients a fee for their services, typically referred to as wrap or fee based accounts. As a result, we expect that our total expenses, including our costs of distribution, for the institutional shares will be less than the total expenses of a traditional defined life non-exchange traded REIT. Investors who purchase institutional shares will not pay up front selling commissions as part of the price per share in our primary offering. We will pay our dealer manager a platform fee with respect to the institutional shares that is payable monthly in arrears and accrues daily in an amount equal to (a) the number of institutional shares of common stock outstanding each day during such month that were purchased in our primary offering, multiplied by (b) 1/365 th of 0.70% of our NAV per institutional share during such day. Our dealer manager may re-allow a portion of this fee to participating broker dealers, with respect to shares originally sold with the assistance of the participating broker dealer or with respect to which the participating broker dealer provides ongoing stockholder services and is the broker dealer of record on the date of payment. The platform fee will not be paid for any shares issued under our distribution reinvestment plan. See Plan of Distribution.
We will present our financial statements in accordance with GAAP, on a consolidated basis with American Realty Capital Global Operating Partnership, L.P.
What are the fees that you will pay to the advisor, any service provider, their respective affiliates, the dealer manager and your directors?
Our advisor and its affiliates will receive compensation and reimbursement for services relating to this offering and the investment and management of our assets. The most significant items of compensation and reimbursement are included in the table below. Our advisor will pay a portion of its compensation to any service provider or its affiliates. In the sole discretion of our board of directors, certain fees and commissions may be paid, in whole or in part, in cash or shares of our common stock. In the sole discretion of our board of directors, the asset management fee may be paid in cash, common stock or restricted stock grants, or any combination thereof. As of December 31, 2011, we have incurred $0.6 million of offering expenses related to this offering. For a more detailed discussion of compensation, see the table included in the Management Compensation section of this prospectus, including the footnotes thereto. The selling commissions and dealer manager fee may vary for different categories of purchasers. The table below assumes the shares are sold through distribution channels associated with the highest possible selling commissions and dealer manager fees. No effect is given to any shares sold through our distribution reinvestment plan.
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| Type of Compensation | Determination of Amount | Estimated Amount for Minimum Offering ($2,000,000 of common shares)/Maximum Offering (101,010,101 retail shares and 55,555,555 institutional shares)* |
| Organizational and Offering Stage | ||
| Selling Commission, retail shares | Realty Capital Securities, LLC will be paid 7% of the per share purchase price of retail shares in our primary offering of retail shares, which will initially be $9.00, out of amounts paid by purchasers of retail shares in addition to the purchase price. No selling commissions will be paid on sales of shares under our distribution reinvestment plan or institutional shares. Realty Capital Securities, LLC will reallow all selling commissions to participating broker dealers. Alternatively, a participating broker dealer may elect to receive a fee equal to 7.5% of the gross proceeds from the sale of shares (not including selling commissions and dealer manager fees) by such participating broker dealer, with 2.5% thereof paid at the time of such sale and 1% thereof paid on each anniversary of the closing of such sale up to and including the fifth anniversary of the closing of such sale, in which event, a portion of the dealer manager | |
| fee will be reallowed such that the combined selling commission and dealer manager fee do not exceed 10% of the proceeds after selling commissions and dealer manager fees of our primary offering. | $127,273/$63,636,364 The actual amount will depend on the number of retail shares sold and the NAV per share. These amounts assume our NAV per retail share remains $9.00. | |
| Dealer Manager Fee, retail shares | Realty Capital Securities, LLC will be paid 3% of the per share purchase price of retail shares in our primary offering, which will initially be $9.00, out of amounts paid by purchasers of retail shares in addition to the purchase price. No dealer manager fee will be paid with respect to sales under our distribution reinvestment plan or with respect to the institutional shares. Realty Capital Securities, LLC may reallow all or a portion of its dealer manager fees to participating broker dealers. The dealer manager fee will be reduced to 2.5% of the gross proceeds (not including selling commissions and dealer manager fees) | $54,545/$27,272,727 (assumes a 3% dealer manager fee) The actual amount will depend on the number of retail shares sold and the NAV per share. These amounts assume our NAV per retail share remains $9.00. |
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| Type of Compensation | Determination of Amount | Estimated Amount for Minimum Offering ($2,000,000 of common shares)/Maximum Offering (101,010,101 retail shares and 55,555,555 institutional shares)* |
| on sales by a participating broker dealer in our primary offering in the event a participating broker dealer elects to receive the 7.5% fee described in Selling Commission above. | ||
| Selling Commission, institutional shares | Realty Capital Securities, LLC will not be paid any up front selling commissions on institutional shares. | None. |
| Platform Fee, institutional shares only (retail shares not subject to Platform Fee) | For the institutional shares, we will pay our dealer manager an asset-based platform fee, which is a deferred distribution fee that compensates our dealer manager and participating broker-dealers for services in connection with the distribution of the institutional shares, that is payable monthly in arrears and accrues and is deducted from the NAV on the institutional shares daily in an amount equal to (a) the number of shares of our institutional common stock outstanding each day during such month, excluding shares issued under our distribution reinvestment plan, multiplied by (b) 1/365 th of 0.70% of our NAV on the institutional share during such day. Our dealer manager may re-allow a portion of this fee to participating broker dealers, with respect to institutional shares originally sold with the participating broker dealers assistance or with respect to which the participating broker dealer provides ongoing | |
| stockholder services and is the broker dealer of record on the payment date. Although no platform fee is charged on institutional shares sold under the distribution reinvestment plan, because the platform fee reduces the NAV for all institutional shares it also reduces the NAV for those institutional shares issued under our distribution reinvestment plan. | $49,999,999. This figure assumes all institutional shares are sold at $9.00 per share. The actual amount will depend on the number of institutional shares sold, the NAV per share and the period of time that the investor continues to hold the shares. The platform fee will not exceed 10% of the gross proceeds from sale of the institutional shares (excluding shares sold under the distribution investment plan). |
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| Type of Compensation | Determination of Amount | Estimated Amount for Minimum Offering ($2,000,000 of common shares)/Maximum Offering (101,010,101 retail shares and 55,555,555 institutional shares)* |
| Organization and Offering Expenses | We will reimburse American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC up to 1.5% of gross offering proceeds (which includes gross proceeds from sale of shares, plus applicable selling commissions and dealer manager which will be paid by purchasers of retail shares) for organization and offering expenses, which may include reimbursements to be paid to the dealer manager and participating broker-dealers for due diligence fees included in detailed and itemized invoices. Solely with respect to our European investment activities and subject to certain conditions and in accordance with the service provider agreement, the European service provider will be allocated up to 20% of reimbursements for organization and offering expenses. We will allocate these expenses between the retail shares and the institutional shares based on the relative NAV of each class. As of December 31, 2011, the advisor or its affiliates have paid approximately $0.2 | |
| million of organization and offering expenses on our behalf. | $30,000/$22,500,000 |
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| Type of Compensation | Determination of Amount | Estimated Amount for Minimum Offering ($2,000,000 of common shares)/Maximum Offering (101,010,101 retail shares and 55,555,555 institutional shares)* |
| Operational Stage | ||
| Acquisition Fees | We will pay to American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC or its assignees 1.0% of the contract purchase price of each property acquired (including our pro rata share of debt attributable to such property) and 1.0% of the amount advanced for a loan or other investment (including our pro rata share of debt attributable to such investment). Solely with respect to our European investment activities, our European service provider will be paid 50% of the acquisition fees in respect of such properties, and our advisor will receive the remaining 50%, as set forth in the service provider agreement. We will allocate these fees between the retail shares and the institutional shares based on the relative NAV of each class. For purposes of this prospectus, contract purchase price or the amount advanced for a loan or other investment means the amount actually paid or allocated in respect of the purchase, | |
| development, construction or improvement of a property or the amount actually paid or allocated in respect of the purchase of loans or other real-estate related assets, in each case inclusive of expenses related thereto and any indebtedness assumed or incurred in respect of such investment but exclusive of acquisition fees and financing fees. | $17,882/$13,365,909 (or $32,512/$24,301,653 assuming we incur our expected leverage of 45% set forth in our investment guidelines or $71,527/$53,463,636 assuming the maximum leverage of approximately 75% permitted by our charter) | |
| Once the proceeds from this offering have been fully invested, the aggregate amount of acquisition fees shall not exceed 1.5% of the contract purchase price for all of the assets acquired. |
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| Type of Compensation | Determination of Amount | Estimated Amount for Minimum Offering ($2,000,000 of common shares)/Maximum Offering (101,010,101 retail shares and 55,555,555 institutional shares)* |
| Acquisition Expenses | We will reimburse American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC or our European service provider or their assignees for expenses actually incurred related to selecting, evaluating and acquiring assets on our behalf, regardless of whether we actually acquire the related assets. In addition, we also will pay third parties, or reimburse the advisor; our European service provider or their affiliates or affiliates, for any investment-related expenses due to third parties, including, but not limited to, legal fees and expenses, travel and communications expenses, costs of appraisals, accounting fees and expenses, third-party brokerage or finders fees, title insurance expenses, survey expenses, foreign stamp duties on real estate transfer taxes or duty taxes incurred in connection with a foreign investment, property inspection expenses and other closing costs regardless of whether we acquire the related assets. We expect total | |
| acquisition expenses (including those paid to third parties, described below) to be approximately 0.6% of the purchase price of each property (including our pro rata share of debt attributable to such property) and 0.6% of the amount advanced for a loan or other investment (including our pro rata share of debt attributable to such investment). In no event will the total of all acquisition fees and acquisition expenses (including those paid to third parties, as described below) payable with respect to a particular investment exceed 4.5% of the contract purchase price of each property (including our pro rata share of debt attributable to such property) or 4.5% of the amount advanced for a loan or other investment (including our pro rata share of debt attributable to such investment). We will allocate these expenses between the retail shares and the institutional shares based on the relative NAV of each class. | $10,729/$8,019,545 (or $19,507/$14,580,992 assuming we incur our expected leverage of 45% set forth in our investment guidelines or $42,910/$32,078,182 assuming we incur the maximum leverage of approximately 75% permitted by our charter) |
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| Type of Compensation | Determination of Amount | Estimated Amount for Minimum Offering ($2,000,000 of common shares)/Maximum Offering (101,010,101 retail shares and 55,555,555 institutional shares)* |
| Asset Management Fees | We will pay American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC or its assignees a monthly fee equal to one-twelfth of 1.0% of the monthly average of our daily NAV. Such fee to the advisor will be payable, at the discretion of our board of directors, in cash, common stock, restricted stock grants or any combination thereof. Solely with respect to our investment activities in Europe, our European service provider will be paid 50% of the asset management fees in respect of such properties, and our advisor will receive the remaining 50%, as set forth in the service provider agreement. We will allocate these fees between the retail shares and the institutional shares based on the relative NAV of each class. All or a portion of the asset management fee may be waived or deferred at the sole discretion of our board of directors (a) to the extent that FFO, as adjusted, during the six months ending on the last day of the calendar quarter | |
| immediately preceding the date that such asset management fee is payable, is less than the distributions declared with respect to such six month period or (b) for any other reason. For purposes of this determination, FFO means funds from operations, consistent with NAREITs definition of FFO, and FFO, as adjusted, is FFO adjusted to (i) include acquisition fees and related expenses which is deducted in computing FFO; and (ii) include non-cash restricted stock grant amortization, if any, which is deducted in computing FFO. | Not determinable at this time. Because the fee is based on a fixed percentage of NAV, there is no maximum dollar amount of this fee. |
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| Type of Compensation | Determination of Amount | Estimated Amount for Minimum Offering ($2,000,000 of common shares)/Maximum Offering (101,010,101 retail shares and 55,555,555 institutional shares)* |
| Property Management and Leasing Fees | If our property manager or an affiliate provides property management and leasing services for our properties, we will pay fees equal to: (i) with respect to stand-alone, single-tenant net leased properties which are not part of a shopping center, 2.0% of gross revenues from the properties managed and (ii) with respect to all other types of properties, 4.0% of gross revenues from the properties managed. Solely with respect to our investment activities in Europe, our European service provider or other entity providing property management services with respect to such investments will be paid 50% of the property management fees in respect of such properties, and our property manager will receive the remaining 50%, as set forth in the service provider agreement. All or a portion of the property management and leasing fees may be waived or deferred at the sole discretion of our board of directors. We also will reimburse our property | |
| manager or European service provider or other entity, as applicable, for property-level expenses that it pays or incurs on our behalf, including salaries, bonuses and benefits of persons employed by our property manager. We also will pay our property manager customary market leasing commissions. | Not determinable at this time. Because the fee is based on a fixed percentage of gross revenue, there is no maximum dollar amount of this fee. The amount of the transition fee is not determinable at this time because the fee is based on the number of properties we acquire and the number of tenants occupying the properties. |
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| Type of Compensation | Determination of Amount | Estimated Amount for Minimum Offering ($2,000,000 of common shares)/Maximum Offering (101,010,101 retail shares and 55,555,555 institutional shares)* |
| Oversight Fee | For services in overseeing property management and leasing services provided by any person or entity that is not an affiliate of our property manager, we will pay our property manager an oversight fee equal to 1.0% of the gross revenues of the property managed. Solely with respect to our investment activities in Europe, our European service provider will be paid 50% of the oversight fees and our property manager will receive the remaining 50%, as set forth in the service provider agreement. All or a portion of the oversight fee may be waived or deferred at the sole discretion of our board of directors. Our property manager or European service provider will not be paid an oversight fee if we contract with a third party to provide property management and leasing services for fees greater than those set forth under Property Management and Leasing Fees. | Not determinable at this time. Because the fee is based on a fixed percentage of gross revenue, there is no maximum dollar amount of this fee. |
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| Type of Compensation | Determination of Amount | Estimated Amount for Minimum Offering ($2,000,000 of common shares)/Maximum Offering (101,010,101 retail shares and 55,555,555 institutional shares)* |
| Operating Expenses | We will reimburse our advisors costs of providing administrative services, subject to the limitation that we will not reimburse our advisor for any amount by which our operating expenses (including the asset management fee and the amount of the annual subordinated performance fee that is based on operations (and not on gains from the sale of assets)) at the end of the four preceding fiscal quarters exceeds the greater of (a) 2% of average invested assets and (b) 25% of net income other than any additions to reserves for depreciation, bad debt or other similar non-cash reserves and excluding any gain from the sale of assets for that period. Additionally, we will reimburse our advisor for personnel costs in connection with other services during the operational stage, in addition to paying an asset management fee; however, we will not reimburse our advisor for personnel costs in connection with services for which the advisor | |
| receives acquisition fees or real estate commissions. For these purposes, average invested assets means, for any period, the average of the aggregate book value of our assets (including lease intangibles, investment, directly or indirectly, in financial instruments, debt and equity securities and equity interests in and loans secured by real estate assets (including amounts invested in REITs and other real estate operating companies)) before deducting reserves for depreciation or bad debts or other similar non-cash reserves, computed by taking the average of these values at the end of each month during the period. We will allocate the reimbursement of expenses between the retail shares and the institutional shares based on the relative NAV of each class. | Not determinable at this time. |
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| Type of Compensation | Determination of Amount | Estimated Amount for Minimum Offering ($2,000,000 of common shares)/Maximum Offering (101,010,101 retail shares and 55,555,555 institutional shares)* |
| Annual Subordinated Performance Fee | We will pay our advisor an annual subordinated performance fee calculated on the basis of our total return to stockholders, payable annually in arrears, such that for any year in which our total return on stockholders capital exceeds 6% per annum, our advisor will be entitled to 15% of the excess total return but not to exceed 10% of the aggregate total return for such year. This fee will be payable only upon the sale of assets, distributions or other event which results in our return on stockholders capital exceeding 6% per annum. Solely with respect to our investment activities in Europe, our European service provider will be paid 50% of the annual subordinated performance fee payable in respect of such investments, and our advisor will receive the remaining 50%, as set forth in the service provider agreement. We will allocate these fees between the retail shares and the institutional shares based on the relative | |
| NAV of each class. | The actual amount will depend on our performance, as well as on the number of shares sold, the NAV per share and the period of time that the investor continues to hold the shares. | |
| Restricted Stock Awards | We have established an employee and director incentive restricted share plan pursuant to which our directors, officers and employees (if we ever have employees), employees of our advisor and its affiliates, employees of entities that provide services to us, directors of our advisor or of entities that provide services to us, certain of our consultants and certain consultants to our advisor and its affiliates or entities that provide services to us may be granted incentive awards in the form of restricted stock. | Restricted stock awards under our employee and director incentive restricted share plan may not exceed 5.0% of our outstanding shares on a fully diluted basis at any time, and in any event will not exceed 7,500,000 shares (as such number may be adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, combinations and similar events). |
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| Type of Compensation | Determination of Amount | Estimated Amount for Minimum Offering ($2,000,000 of common shares)/Maximum Offering (101,010,101 retail shares and 55,555,555 institutional shares)* |
| Compensation and Restricted Stock Awards to Independent Directors | We pay to each of our independent directors a retainer of $30,000 per year, plus $2,000 for each board or board committee meeting the director attends in person ($2,500 for attendance by the chairperson of the audit committee at each meeting of the audit committee), $750 for each meeting the director attends virtually and $1,500 for each meeting the director attends by telephone. If there is a meeting of the board and one or more committees in a single day, the fees will be limited to $2,500 per day ($3,000 for the chairperson of the audit committee if there is a meeting of such committee). Each independent director also is entitled to receive $750 per transaction reviewed and voted upon via electronic board meeting up to a maximum of $2,250 for three or more transactions reviewed and voted upon per meeting and an award of 3,000 restricted shares of common stock under our employee and director incentive restricted share plan | |
| when he or she joins the board and on the date of each annual stockholders meeting thereafter. Restricted stock issued to independent directors will vest over a five-year period following the first anniversary of the date of grant in increments of 20% per annum. | The independent directors, as a group, will receive for a full fiscal year: (i) estimated aggregate compensation of approximately $100,000 and (ii) 6,000 restricted shares of common stock. |
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| Type of Compensation | Determination of Amount | Estimated Amount for Minimum Offering ($2,000,000 of common shares)/Maximum Offering (101,010,101 retail shares and 55,555,555 institutional shares)* |
| Liquidation/Listing Stage | ||
| Real Estate Commissions | For substantial assistance in connection with the sale of properties, we will pay American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC a real estate commission paid on the sales price of property, up to the lesser of 2% and one-half of the total brokerage commission paid if a third-party broker is also involved solely with respect to our investment activities in Europe, our European service provider will be paid 50% of the real estate commissions payable in respect of such properties, and our advisor will receive the remaining 50%, as set forth in the service provider agreement; provided, however, that in no event may the real estate commissions paid to our advisor, its affiliates or European service provider and unaffiliated third parties exceed the lesser of 6% of the contract sales price and a reasonable, customary and competitive real estate commission in light of the size, type and location of the property. Our independent | |
| directors will determine whether the advisor or its affiliates has provided substantial assistance to us in connection with the sale of an asset. Substantial assistance in connection with the sale of an asset includes the advisors preparation of an investment package for an asset (including an investment analysis, an asset description and other due diligence information) or such other substantial services performed by the advisor in connection with a sale. We will allocate these expenses between the retail shares and the institutional shares based on the relative NAV of each class. | Not determinable at this time. Because the commission is based on a fixed percentage of the contract price for a sold property, there is no maximum dollar amount of these commissions. |
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| Type of Compensation | Determination of Amount | Estimated Amount for Minimum Offering ($2,000,000 of common shares)/Maximum Offering (101,010,101 retail shares and 55,555,555 institutional shares)* |
| Subordinated Participation in Net Sales Proceeds (payable only if we are not listed on an exchange) | Our advisor or its affiliates will receive a subordinated distribution pursuant to its special limited partnership interest in the operating partnership interest, when available, equal to 15% of remaining Net Sales Proceeds after return of capital contributions plus payment to investors of an annual 6% cumulative, pre-tax, non-compounded return on the capital contributed by investors. Solely with respect to our investment activities in Europe, our European service provider will be paid 50% of the subordinated participation in net sales proceeds payable in respect of such investments, and our advisor or its affiliates will receive the remaining 50%, as set forth in the service provider agreement. As further detailed by our charter we define Net Sales Proceeds to mean proceeds from the assets less expenses including legal, marketing and other expenses. We cannot assure you that we will provide this 6% return, which we have | |
| disclosed solely as a measure for our advisors and its affiliates incentive compensation. We will allocate the effect of these fees between the retail shares and the institutional shares based on the relative NAV of each class. | Not determinable at this time. There is no maximum amount of these payments. |
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| Type of Compensation | Determination of Amount | Estimated Amount for Minimum Offering ($2,000,000 of common shares)/Maximum Offering (101,010,101 retail shares and 55,555,555 institutional shares)* |
| Subordinated Incentive Listing Distribution (payable only if we are listed on an exchange, which we have no intention to do at this time) | Our advisor or its affiliates will receive distributions from our operating partnership, pursuant to a special limited partnership interest, equal to 15% of the amount by which the sum of our adjusted market value plus distributions exceeds the sum of the aggregate capital contributed by investors plus an amount equal to an annual 6% cumulative, pre-tax, non-compounded return to investors. Solely with respect to our investment activities in Europe, our European service provider will be paid 50% of the subordinated incentive listing distribution payable in respect of such investments, and our advisor or its affiliates will receive the remaining 50%, as set forth in the service provider agreement. We cannot assure you that we will provide this 6% return, which we have disclosed solely as a measure for our advisors and its affiliates incentive compensation. We will allocate the effect of these fees between the retail | |
| shares and the institutional shares based on the relative NAV of each class. | Not determinable at this time. There is no maximum amount of this distribution. |
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| Type of Compensation | Determination of Amount | Estimated Amount for Minimum Offering ($2,000,000 of common shares)/Maximum Offering (101,010,101 retail shares and 55,555,555 institutional shares)* |
| Subordinated Distribution upon Termination of the Advisory Agreement | Upon termination or non-renewal of the advisory agreement, our advisor or its affiliates shall be entitled to receive distributions from our operating partnership, pursuant to a special limited partnership interest, payable in the form of a non-interest-bearing promissory note equal to (A) 15.0% of the amount, if any, by which (1) the sum of (v) the fair market value of our investments on the termination date, less (w) any loans secured by such investments, plus (x) total distributions paid through the termination date, less (y) the liquidation preference of all shares of preferred stock issued on or prior to the termination date (reduced by any amounts paid on or prior to the termination date to purchase or repurchase any shares of preferred stock or any shares of our common stock issued on conversion of any shares of preferred stock) less (z) any amounts distributable as of the termination date to limited partners who | |
| received operating partnership units in connection with the acquisition of any investments upon the liquidation or sale of such investments, exceeds (2) the sum of the gross proceeds raised in all offerings through the termination date (less amounts paid on or prior to the termination date to purchase or repurchase any shares of our common stock) and the total amount of cash that, if distributed to those stockholders who purchased shares of our common stock in an offering on or prior to the termination date, would have provided such stockholders an annual six percent (6%) cumulative, non-compounded return on the gross proceeds raised in all offerings through the termination date, measured for the period from inception through the termination date, less (B) any prior payments to the advisor or its affiliate of the subordinated participation in net sales proceeds or the subordinated incentive listing distribution. In addition, | Not determinable at this time. There is no maximum amount of this distribution. |
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| Type of Compensation | Determination of Amount | Estimated Amount for Minimum Offering ($2,000,000 of common shares)/Maximum Offering (101,010,101 retail shares and 55,555,555 institutional shares)* |
| our advisor or its affiliate may elect to defer its right to receive a subordinated distribution upon termination until either a listing on a national securities exchange or other liquidity event occurs. Solely with respect to our investment activities in Europe, our European service provider will be paid 50% of the subordinated distribution upon termination of the advisory agreement payable in respect of such investments, and our advisor or its affiliates will receive the remaining 50%, as set forth in the service provider agreement. We will allocate the effect of these fees between the retail shares and institutional shares based on the relative NAV of each class. |
- For purposes of calculating the minimum amounts, we have assumed sales of approximately 202,020 shares of retail shares and no institutional shares, resulting in gross offering proceeds of $2,000,000 (including sales commissions and dealer manager fees).
** For purposes of calculating the estimated fee amounts set forth in the table, we have not taken into consideration the effect that repurchases of shares under our share repurchase program at NAV would have upon such fee amounts.
Our charter and advisory agreement provide that no compensation or remuneration will be payable by us or our operating partnership to our advisor or any of its affiliates in connection with any internalization (an acquisition of management functions by us from our advisor) in the future.
May I reinvest my distributions in shares of American Realty Capital Global Daily Net Asset Value Trust, Inc.?
Yes. Pursuant to our distribution reinvestment plan, you may elect to have the distributions you receive from us reinvested, in whole or in part, in additional shares of our common stock. The purchase price per share under our distribution reinvestment plan will be equal to our NAV per share on the date that the distribution is payable, after giving effect to the distribution. No selling commission, dealer manager fee or platform fee will be payable with respect to shares purchased under our distribution reinvestment plan. See Distribution Reinvestment Plan for more information regarding reinvestment of distributions you may receive from us.
How do I subscribe for shares?
If you choose to purchase shares in this offering and you are not already a stockholder, you will need to complete and sign a subscription agreement, like the one contained in this prospectus as Appendix C, for a specific number of shares and pay for the shares at the time you subscribe.
Are there any special restrictions on the ownership or transfer of shares?
Our charter contains restrictions on ownership and transfer of the shares that, among other restrictions, prevent any one person from owning more than 9.8% in value of the aggregate of the outstanding shares of our stock or more than 9.8% (in value or in number of shares, whichever is more restrictive) of any class or series of shares of our stock, unless exempted by our board of directors. For a more complete description of the shares, including this and other restrictions on the ownership and transfer of our shares, please see the
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section entitled Description of Securities in this prospectus. Our charter also limits your ability to transfer your shares to prospective stockholders unless (a) they meet the minimum suitability standards regarding income or net worth, which are described in the Investor Suitability Standards section immediately following the cover page of this prospectus, and (b) the transfer complies with minimum purchase requirements, which are described in the sections entitled Investor Suitability Standards and How to Subscribe.
Are there any special considerations that apply to employee benefit plans subject to ERISA or other retirement plans that are investing in shares?
Prospective investors with investment discretion over the assets of an individual retirement account, employee benefit plan or other retirement plan or arrangement that is covered by ERISA or Code Section 4975 should carefully review the information in the section of this prospectus entitled Investment by Tax-Exempt Entities and ERISA Considerations and are required to consult their own legal and tax advisors on these matters.
May I make an investment through my IRA, SEP or other tax-deferred account?
Yes. You may make an investment through your IRA, a simplified employee pension plan, or an SEP, or other tax-deferred account. In making these investment decisions, you should consider, at a minimum, (a) whether the investment is in accordance with the documents and instruments governing your IRA, plan or other account, (b) whether the investment satisfies the fiduciary requirements associated with your IRA, plan or other account, (c) whether the investment will generate unrelated business taxable income, or a UBTI, to your IRA, plan or other account, (d) whether there is sufficient liquidity for that investment under your IRA, plan or other account, (e) the need to value the assets of your IRA, plan or other account annually or more frequently, and (f) whether the investment would constitute a non-exempt prohibited transaction under applicable law.
Are there any Investment Company Act of 1940 considerations?
We intend to conduct our operations so that the company and each of its subsidiaries is not an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, or the Investment Company Act. Under Section 3(a)(1)(A) of the Investment Company Act, a company is an investment company if it is, or holds itself out as being, engaged primarily, or proposes to engage primarily, in the business of investing, reinvesting or trading in securities. Under Section 3(a)(1)(C) of the Investment Company Act, a company is deemed to be an investment company if it is engaged, or proposes to engage, in the business of investing, reinvesting, owning, holding or trading in securities and owns or proposes to acquire investment securities having a value exceeding 40% of the value of its total assets (exclusive of government securities and cash items) on an unconsolidated basis (the 40% test). Investment securities exclude U.S. Government securities and securities of majority-owned subsidiaries that are not themselves investment companies and are not relying on the exception from the definition of investment company set forth in Section 3(c)(1) or Section 3(c)(7) of the Investment Company Act.
We intend to conduct our operations so that our company and most, if not all, of its wholly owned and majority-owned subsidiaries owns or proposes to acquire investment securities having a value of not more than 40% of the value of its total assets (exclusive of government securities and cash items) on an unconsolidated basis. Rule 3a-1 under the Investment Company Act, however, generally provides that, notwithstanding Section 3(a)(1)(C) of the Investment Company Act, an issuer will not be deemed to be an investment company under the Investment Company Act provided that (1) it does not hold itself out as being engaged primarily, or propose to engage primarily, in the business of investing, reinvesting or trading in securities, and (2) on an unconsolidated basis except as otherwise provided no more than 45% of the value of its total assets, consolidated with the assets of any wholly owned subsidiary (exclusive of U.S. government securities and cash items), consists of, and no more than 45% of its net income after taxes, consolidated with the net income of any wholly owned subsidiary (for the last four fiscal quarters combined), is derived from, securities other than U.S. government securities, securities issued by employees' securities companies, securities issued by certain majority owned subsidiaries of such company and securities issued by certain companies that are controlled primarily by such company. We believe that we, our operating partnership and the subsidiaries of our operating partnership will satisfy this exclusion.
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We will continuously monitor our holdings on an ongoing basis to determine the compliance of our company with Section 3(a)(1)(C) or the exemption provided in Rule 3a-1.
In addition, we believe that neither our company nor any of its wholly-owned or majority-owned subsidiaries will be considered investment companies under Section 3(a)(1)(A) of the Investment Company Act because they will not engage primarily or propose to engage primarily, or hold themselves out as being engaged primarily in the business of investing, reinvesting or trading in securities. Rather, our company and its subsidiaries will be primarily engaged in non-investment company businesses related to real estate. Consequently, the company and its subsidiaries expect to be able to conduct their respective operations such that none of them will be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act.
The determination of whether an entity is a majority-owned subsidiary of our company is made by us. The Investment Company Act defines a majority-owned subsidiary of a person as a company 50% or more of the outstanding voting securities of which are owned by that person, or by another company which is a majority-owned subsidiary of that person. The Investment Company Act further defines voting securities as any security presently entitling the owner or holder thereof to vote for the election of directors of a company. We treat companies in which we own at least a majority of the outstanding voting securities as majority- owned subsidiaries for purposes of the 40% test. We have not requested that the SEC staff approve our treatment of any entity as a majority-owned subsidiary and the SEC staff has not done so. If the SEC staff were to disagree with our treatment of one or more companies as majority-owned subsidiaries, we would need to adjust our strategy and our assets in order to comply with the 40% test. Any adjustment in our strategy could have a material adverse effect on us.
We intend to conduct our operations so that neither we nor any of our wholly-owned or majority-owned subsidiaries is an investment company under the Investment Company Act.
Qualification for exemption from the definition of investment company under the Investment Company Act will limit our ability to make certain investments. Although we intend to monitor our portfolio, there can be no assurance that we will be able to maintain this exemption from registration for our company and each of our subsidiaries.
To the extent that the SEC staff provides more specific guidance regarding any of the matters bearing upon the definition of investment company and the exceptions to that definition, we may be required to adjust our investment strategy accordingly. Additional guidance from the SEC staff could provide additional flexibility to us, or it could further inhibit our ability to pursue the investment strategy we have chosen.
Who is the transfer agent?
The name and address of our transfer agent is as follows:
DST Systems, Inc. 430 W 7 th St Kansas City, MO 64105-1407 Phone (866) 771-2088 Fax (877) 694-1113
To ensure that any account changes are made promptly and accurately, all changes (including your address, ownership type and distribution mailing address) should be directed to the transfer agent.
What types of reports on my investment and tax information will I receive?
We will provide you with periodic updates on the performance of your investment with us, including:
following our commencement of distributions to stockholders, four quarterly or 12 monthly distribution reports;
three quarterly financial reports;
an annual report;
an annual U.S. Internal Revenue Service, or IRS, Form 1099, if applicable;
supplements to the prospectus during the offering period, via mailings or website access; and
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our current NAV per share for each class via our toll-free, automated information line, 1-866-532-4743.
Who can help answer my questions about the offering?
If you have more questions about the offering or if you would like additional copies of this prospectus, you should contact your registered representative or contact:
Realty Capital Securities, LLC Three Copley Place Suite 3300 Boston, MA 02116 1-877-373-2522 www.rcsecurities.com
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RISK FACTORS
An investment in our common stock involves various risks and uncertainties. You should carefully consider the following risk factors in conjunction with the other information contained in this prospectus before purchasing our common stock. The risks discussed in this prospectus can adversely affect our business, operating results, prospects and financial condition. These risks could cause the value of our common stock to decline and could cause you to lose all or part of your investment. The risks and uncertainties described below represent those risks and uncertainties that we believe are material to our business, operating results, prospects and financial condition as of the date of this prospectus.
Risks Related to an Investment in American Realty Capital Global Daily Net Asset Value Trust, Inc.
We have no prior operating history or established financing sources, and the prior performance of other real estate investment programs sponsored by affiliates of our advisor may not be an indication of our future results.
We have no operating history and you should not rely upon the past performance of other real estate investment programs sponsored by affiliates of our advisor to predict our future results. We were incorporated in July 2011. As of the date of this prospectus, we have not acquired any properties or other investments nor do we have any operations or independent financing.
Moreover, neither our advisor nor we have any established financing sources. Presently, both we and our advisor are funded by capital contributions from AR Capital Global Holdings, LLC, a company which is directly or indirectly controlled by Mr. Schorsch and Mr. Kahane. If our capital resources, or those of our advisor or any service provider, are insufficient to support our operations, we will not be successful.
You should consider our prospects in light of the risks, uncertainties and difficulties frequently encountered by companies that are, like us, in their early stage of development. To be successful in this market, we must, among other things:
identify and acquire investments that further our investment strategies;
increase awareness of the American Realty Capital Global Daily Net Asset Value Trust, Inc. name within the investment products market;
expand and maintain our network of licensed securities brokers and other agents;
attract, integrate, motivate and retain qualified personnel to manage our day-to-day operations, including the calculation of our daily NAV;
respond to competition for our targeted real estate properties and other investments as well as for potential investors; and
continue to build and expand our operations structure to support our business.
We cannot guarantee that we will succeed in achieving these goals, and our failure to do so could cause you to lose all or a portion of your investment. In addition, the prior public and non-public programs sponsored by the American Capital Group of companies did not produce net income during the years 2008 through 2011. There can be no assurance that we will outperform such programs. See Table III, included in Appendix A attached hereto, for more information on prior performance of these programs.
Purchases of common stock by our directors, officers and other affiliates in this offering should not influence investment decisions of independent, unaffiliated investors.
Our directors, officers, other affiliates and Friends may purchase shares of our common stock, and any such purchases will be included for purposes of determining whether the minimum of $2,000,000 of shares of common stock required to release funds from the escrow account has been sold. Friends means those individuals who have prior business and/or personal relationships with our executive officers, directors or sponsor, including, without limitation, any service provider. There are no written or other binding commitments with respect to the acquisition of shares by these parties, and there can be no assurance as to the amount, if any, of shares of common stock these parties may acquire in the offering. Any shares purchased by
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directors, officers, other affiliates or Friends of ours will be purchased for investment purposes only. However, the investment decisions made by any such directors, officers or affiliates should not influence your decision to invest in shares of our common stock, and you should make your own independent investment decision concerning the risks and benefits of an investment in our common stock.
Because this is a blind pool offering, you will not have the opportunity to evaluate our investments before we make them, which makes an investment in us more speculative.
We have not acquired any properties or other investments and have not yet identified any investments that we may make. Additionally, we will not provide you with information to evaluate our investments prior to our acquisition of the investments and you must instead rely on our board of directors and our advisor to implement our investment strategy. We will seek to invest substantially all the offering proceeds available for investment, after the payment of fees and expenses, in the acquisition of real estate properties that are triple net-leased to investment grade tenants and real-estate related assets. We also may, in the discretion of our advisor, invest in other types of real estate or in entities that invest in real estate. In addition, we may make or invest in mortgage, bridge or mezzanine loans or participations therein on our behalf if our board of directors determines, due to the state of the real estate market or in order to diversify our investment portfolio or otherwise, that those investments are advantageous to us.
You may be more likely to sustain a loss on your investment because our sponsor does not have as strong an economic incentive to avoid losses as does a sponsor who has made significant equity investments in its company.
Our sponsor has only invested $200,000 in us through the purchase of 22,222 retail shares of our common stock at $9.00 per share. The sponsor or any affiliate may not sell this initial investment while the sponsor remains a sponsor but may transfer the shares to other affiliates. If we are successful in raising enough proceeds to be able to reimburse our sponsor for our significant organization and offering expenses, our sponsor will have little exposure to loss in the value of our shares. Without this exposure, our investors may be at a greater risk of loss because our sponsor may have less to lose from a decrease in the value of our shares as does a sponsor that makes more significant equity investments in its company.
There is no public trading market for our shares and there may never be one; therefore, it will be difficult for you to sell your shares except pursuant to the share repurchase plan. If you sell your shares to us under the share repurchase program, you may receive less than the price you paid for the shares.
There currently is no public market for our shares and there may never be one. If you are able to find a buyer for your shares, you may not sell your shares unless the buyer meets applicable suitability and minimum purchase standards and the sale does not violate state securities laws. Our charter also prohibits the ownership of more than 9.8% in value of the aggregate of the outstanding shares of our stock or more than 9.8% (in value or in number of shares, whichever is more restrictive) of any class or series of shares of our stock by a single investor, unless exempted by our board of directors, which may inhibit large investors from desiring to purchase your shares.
Repurchases of shares through the share repurchase program may be the only way to dispose of your shares, but there are a number of limitations placed on such repurchases. Following the end of the escrow period and the acquisition of our first property, the shares will be repurchased at a price equal to the NAV per share as of the repurchase date, not your original purchase price. Moreover, our share repurchase program includes numerous restrictions that would limit your ability to sell your shares to us, including a short-term trading fee on shares repurchased within four months of the date of purchase. Therefore, you may be required to sell your shares at a substantial discount on the price you originally paid. Furthermore, our board of directors reserves the right, in its sole discretion, at any time and from time to time, to amend the terms of, suspend or terminate our share repurchase program. Additionally, our board of directors reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to reject an individual stockholders request for repurchase for any reason at any time. Therefore, it will be difficult for you to sell your shares promptly or at all.
It also is likely that your shares would not be accepted as the primary collateral for a loan. You should purchase the shares only as a long-term investment because of the illiquid nature of the shares. See the
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sections entitled Investor Suitability Standards, Description of Securities Restrictions on Ownership and Transfer and Share Repurchase Program elsewhere in this prospectus for a more complete discussion on the restrictions on your ability to transfer your shares.
If we, through our advisor or any service provider, are unable to find suitable investments, then we may not be able to achieve our investment objectives or pay distributions, which would adversely affect the value of your investment.
Our ability to achieve our investment objectives and to pay distributions is dependent upon the performance of our advisor, and any service provider, in acquiring our investments, selecting tenants for our properties and securing independent financing arrangements. We currently own no properties and have not identified any properties to acquire. Except for those investors who purchase shares in this offering after such time as this prospectus is supplemented to describe one or more investments which have been identified, you will have no opportunity to evaluate the terms of transactions or other economic or financial data concerning our investments. You must rely entirely on the management ability of American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC or any service provider and the oversight of our board of directors. We cannot be sure that American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC or any service provider will be successful in obtaining suitable investments on financially attractive terms or that, if it makes investments on our behalf, our objectives will be achieved. If we, through American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC, are unable to find suitable investments, we will hold the proceeds of this offering in an interest-bearing account, invest the proceeds in short-term, investment-grade investments or, if we cannot find at least one suitable investment within one year after we reach our minimum offering, or if our board of directors determines it is in the best interests of our stockholders, liquidate. In such an event, our ability to pay distributions to our stockholders would be adversely affected.
We may suffer from delays in locating suitable investments, which could adversely affect our ability to make distributions and the value of your investment.
We could suffer from delays in locating suitable investments, particularly as a result of our reliance on our advisor or any service provider at times when management of our advisor or any service provider is simultaneously seeking to locate suitable investments for other programs. Delays we encounter in the selection, acquisition and, if we develop properties, development of income-producing properties, likely would adversely affect our ability to make distributions and the value of your overall returns. Generally, we may fund distributions from unlimited amounts of any source, which may include borrowing funds, using proceeds from this offering, issuing additional securities or selling assets in order to fund distributions if we are unable to make distributions with our cash flows from our operations. If we encounter any such delays, we may pay all or a substantial portion of our distributions from the proceeds of this offering or from borrowings in anticipation of future cash flow, which may constitute a return of your capital.
If we are unable to raise substantial funds, we will be limited in the number and type of investments we may make and the value of your investment in us will fluctuate with the performance of the specific properties we acquire.
This offering is being made on a reasonable best efforts basis, whereby the brokers participating in the offering are only required to use their reasonable best efforts to sell our shares in the primary offering and have no firm commitment or obligation to purchase any of our shares. As a result, the amount of proceeds we raise in this offering may be substantially less than the amount we would need to achieve a broadly diversified property portfolio. We may be unable to raise even the minimum offering amount. If we are unable to raise substantially more than the minimum offering amount, we will make fewer investments resulting in less diversification in terms of the number of investments owned, the geographic regions in which our investments are located and the types of investments that we make. In such event, the likelihood of our profitability being affected by the performance of any one of our investments will increase. For example, if we only sell the minimum number of shares, we may be able to make only one investment. If we only are able to make one investment, we would not achieve any asset diversification. Additionally, we are not limited in the number or size of our investments or the percentage of net proceeds we may dedicate to a single investment. Your investment in our shares will be subject to greater risk to the extent that we lack a diversified portfolio of
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investments. In addition, our inability to raise substantial funds would increase our fixed operating expenses as a percentage of gross income, and our financial condition and ability to pay distributions could be adversely affected.
If we internalize our management functions, we may be unable to obtain key personnel, and our ability to achieve our investment objectives could be delayed or hindered, which could adversely affect our ability to pay distributions to you and the value of your investment.
We may engage in an internalization transaction and become self-managed in the future. If we internalize our management functions, certain key employees may not become our employees but may instead remain employees of our advisor or its affiliates. An inability to manage an internalization transaction effectively could thus result in our incurring excess costs and suffering deficiencies in our disclosure controls and procedures or our internal control over financial reporting. Such deficiencies could cause us to incur additional costs, and our managements attention could be diverted from most effectively managing our investments, which could result in us being sued and incurring litigation-associated costs in connection with the internalization transaction.
If our advisor or any service provider loses or is unable to obtain key personnel, our ability to implement our investment strategies could be delayed or hindered, which could adversely affect our ability to make distributions and the value of your investment.
Our success depends to a significant degree upon the contributions of certain of our executive officers, including Nicholas S. Schorsch and Edward M. Weil, Jr., and other key personnel of our advisor and any service provider, each of whom would be difficult to replace. Neither we nor our advisor any service provider has an employment agreement with any of these key personnel and we cannot guarantee that all, or any particular one, will remain affiliated with us and/or advisor. If any of our key personnel were to cease their affiliation with our advisor or any service provider, our operating results could suffer. Further, we do not intend to separately maintain key person life insurance on Messrs. Schorsch or Weil or any other person. We believe that our future success depends, in large part, upon the ability of our advisor or any service provider to hire and retain highly skilled managerial, operational and marketing personnel. Competition for such personnel is intense, and we cannot assure you that our advisor or any service provider will be successful in attracting and retaining such skilled personnel. If our advisor or any service provider loses or is unable to obtain the services of key personnel, our ability to implement our investment strategies could be delayed or hindered, and the value of your investment may decline.
In the event we are able to quickly raise a substantial amount of capital, we may have difficulty investing it in properties.
If we are able to quickly raise a substantial amount of capital during this offering, we may have difficulty identifying and purchasing suitable properties on attractive terms, and there could be a delay between the time we receive net proceeds from the sale of shares of our common stock in this offering and the time we invest the net proceeds. This could cause a substantial delay in the time it takes for your investment to realize its full potential return and could adversely affect our ability to pay distributions to you. If we fail to timely invest the net proceeds of this offering or to invest in quality assets, our ability to achieve our investment objectives, including, without limitation, diversification of our portfolio by geographic area and type of tenant, could be materially adversely affected.
We may be unable to pay or maintain cash distributions to you or increase distributions to you over time, which could adversely affect the return on your investment.
There are many factors that can affect the availability and timing of cash distributions to stockholders. Distributions will be based principally on cash available from our operations. The amount of cash available for distributions is affected by many factors, such as our ability to buy properties as offering proceeds become available, rental income from such properties and our operating expense levels, as well as many other variables. Actual cash available for distributions may vary substantially from estimates. With no prior operating history, we cannot assure you that we will be able to pay or maintain our current level of distributions or that distributions will increase over time. We cannot give any assurance that rents from the
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properties will increase, that the securities we buy will increase in value or provide constant or increased distributions over time, or that future acquisitions of real properties, mortgage, bridge or mezzanine loans or any investments in securities will increase our cash available for distributions to stockholders. Our actual results may differ significantly from the assumptions used by our board of directors in establishing the distribution rate to stockholders. We may not have sufficient cash from operations to make a distribution required to qualify for or maintain our REIT status. For a description of the factors that can affect the availability and timing of cash distributions to stockholders, see the section of this prospectus captioned Description of Securities Distribution Policy and Distributions.
We may pay distributions from unlimited amounts of any source, including proceeds of this offering, which may reduce the amount of capital we are able to invest and reduce the value of your investment.
We may pay distributions from unlimited amounts of any source, which may include borrowing funds, using proceeds from this offering, issuing additional securities or selling assets. We have not established any limit on the amount of proceeds from this offering that may be used to fund distributions, except in accordance with our organizational documents and Maryland law. Distributions from the proceeds of this offering or from borrowings also could reduce the amount of capital we ultimately invest in properties and other permitted investments. This, in turn, would reduce the value of your investment.
Our rights and the rights of our stockholders to recover claims against our officers, directors and our advisor are limited, which could reduce your and our recovery against them if they cause us to incur losses.
Maryland law provides that a director has no liability in that capacity if he or she performs his or her duties in good faith, in a manner he or she reasonably believes to be in the corporations best interests and with the care that an ordinarily prudent person in a like position would use under similar circumstances. In addition, subject to certain limitations set forth therein or under Maryland law, our charter provides that no director or officer will be liable to us or our stockholders for monetary damages and requires us to indemnify our directors, officers and advisor and our advisors affiliates and permits us to indemnify our employees and agents. However, as required by the NASAA REIT Guidelines, our charter provides that we may not indemnify a director, our advisor or an affiliate of our advisor for any loss or liability suffered by any of them or hold harmless such indemnitee for any loss or liability suffered by us unless: (1) the indemnitee determined, in good faith, that the course of conduct that caused the loss or liability was in our best interests, (2) the indemnitee was acting on behalf of or performing services for us, (3) the liability or loss was not the result of (A) negligence or misconduct, in the case of a director (other than an independent director), the advisor or an affiliate of the advisor, or (B) gross negligence or willful misconduct, in the case of an independent director, and (4) the indemnification or agreement to hold harmless is recoverable only out of our net assets and not from our stockholders. Although our charter does not allow us to indemnify or hold harmless an indemnitee to a greater extent than permitted under Maryland law and the NASAA REIT Guidelines, we and our stockholders may have more limited rights against our directors, officers, employees and agents, and our advisor and its affiliates, than might otherwise exist under common law, which could reduce your and our recovery against them. In addition, we may be obligated to fund the defense costs incurred by our directors, officers, employees and agents or our advisor and its affiliates in some cases which would decrease the cash otherwise available for distribution to you. See the section captioned Management Limited Liability and Indemnification of Directors, Officers, Employees and Other Agents elsewhere herein.
Following the escrow period and the acquisition of our first property, your purchase and the repurchase under our share repurchase plan of our shares will be based on our NAV per share, which will be based upon subjective judgments, assumptions and opinions about future events, and may not be accurate. As a result, our daily NAV per share may not reflect the amount that you might receive for your shares in a market transaction and you will not know the NAV per share at the time of purchase .
Following the escrow period and the acquisition of our first property, we will base the daily purchase price and repurchase price for shares of our common stock on our NAV per share. NAV will be calculated by estimating the market value of our assets and liabilities, many of which may be illiquid. In calculating NAV,
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our advisor will consider an estimate provided by an independent valuer of the market value of our real estate assets. Our advisor will review such valuation for consistency with its determinations of value and our valuation guidelines and the reasonableness of the independent valuers conclusions. If in the advisors opinion the appraisals are materially higher or lower than the advisors determinations of value, the advisor will discuss the appraisals with the independent valuer, and may submit the appraisals and valuations to a valuation committee comprised of our independent directors, which will review the appraisals and valuations, and make a final determination of value. Although the valuations by our advisor will be approved by the board of directors, the valuations may not be precise because the valuation methodologies used to value a real estate portfolio involve subjective judgments, assumptions and opinions about future events. Any resulting disparity may benefit the repurchasing or non-repurchasing stockholders or purchasers. Investors will not know the NAV per share at which they will purchase shares at the time that they submit a purchase order. Furthermore, there are no rules or regulations specifically governing what components may be included in the NAV calculation to ensure there is consistency. Therefore, investors should pay close attention to the components used to calculate NAV. See Valuation Policies for more details about how our NAV will be calculated.
It may be difficult to accurately reflect material events that may impact our daily NAV between valuations and accordingly we may be selling and repurchasing shares at too high or too low a price.
Our independent valuer will calculate estimates of the market value of our principal real estate and real estate-related assets, and our advisor will determine the net value of our real estate and real estate-related assets and liabilities, taking into consideration such estimate provided by the independent valuer. The final determination of value may be made by a valuation committee comprised of our independent directors if our advisor determines that the appraisals of the independent valuer are materially higher or lower than its valuations. Our advisor is ultimately responsible for determining the daily NAV per share. Each property will be appraised at least annually and appraisals will be spread out over the course of a year so that approximately 25% of all properties are appraised each quarter. Since each property will only be appraised annually, there may be changes in the course of the year that are not fully reflected in the daily NAV. As a result, the published NAV per share may not fully reflect changes in value that may have occurred since the prior quarterly valuation. Furthermore, our independent valuer and advisor will monitor our portfolio, but it may be difficult to reflect changing market conditions or material events that may impact the value of our portfolio between quarters, or to obtain timely complete information regarding any such events. Therefore, the NAV per share published after the announcement of an extraordinary event may differ significantly from our actual NAV until such time as sufficient information is available and analyzed, the financial impact is fully evaluated, and the appropriate adjustment to be made to NAV, on a going forward basis, is determined by our advisor and our independent valuer. Any resulting disparity may benefit the repurchasing or non-repurchasing stockholders or purchasers.
Joint venture investments could be adversely affected by our lack of sole decision-making authority, our reliance on the financial condition of co-venturers and disputes between us and our co-venturers.
We may enter into joint ventures, partnerships and other co-ownership arrangements (including preferred equity investments) for the purpose of making investments. In such event, we would not be in a position to exercise sole decision-making authority regarding the joint venture. Investments in joint ventures may, under certain circumstances, involve risks not present were a third party not involved, including the possibility that partners or co-venturers might become bankrupt or fail to fund their required capital contributions. Co-venturers may have economic or other business interests or goals which are inconsistent with our business interests or goals, and may be in a position to take actions contrary to our policies or objectives. Such investments may also have the potential risk of impasses on decisions, such as a sale, because neither we nor the co-venturer would have full control over the joint venture. Disputes between us and co-venturers may result in litigation or arbitration that would increase our expenses and prevent our officers and/or directors from focusing their time and effort on our business. Consequently, actions by or disputes with co-venturers might result in subjecting properties owned by the joint venture to additional risk. In addition, we may in certain circumstances be liable for the actions of our co-venturers.
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Risks Related to Conflicts of Interest
We will be subject to conflicts of interest arising out of our relationships with our advisor and its affiliates, including the material conflicts discussed below. The Conflicts of Interest section of this prospectus provides a more detailed discussion of the conflicts of interest between us and our advisor and its affiliates, and our policies to reduce or eliminate certain potential conflicts.
American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC and any service provider will face conflicts of interest relating to the purchase and leasing of properties, and such conflicts may not be resolved in our favor, which could adversely affect our investment opportunities.
Affiliates of our advisor currently sponsor and may sponsor one or more other real estate investment programs in the future, including American Realty Capital Trust, Inc., or ARCT, American Realty Capital New York Recovery REIT, Inc., or NYRR, Phillips Edison ARC Shopping Center REIT, Inc., or PE-ARC, American Realty Capital Retail Centers of America, Inc., or ARC RCA, American Realty Capital Healthcare Trust, Inc., or ARC HT, American Reality Capital Trust III, Inc. or ARCT III, American Realty Capital Daily Net Asset Value Trust, Inc., or ARC Daily NAV, American Realty Capital Trust IV, Inc., or ARCT IV, and American Realty Capital Properties, Inc., or ARCP. We may buy properties at the same time as one or more of the other American Realty Capital-sponsored programs managed by officers and key personnel of American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC. The American Realty Capital group of companies also has sponsored Business Development Corporation of America, which has elected to be treated as a business development company under the Investment Company Act of 1940. There is a risk that American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC or any service provider will choose a property that provides lower returns to us than a property purchased by another American Realty Capital-sponsored program or other programs sponsored by any service provider. We cannot be sure that officers and key personnel acting on behalf of American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC or any service provider and on behalf of managers of other American Realty Capital-sponsored programs will act in our best interests when deciding whether to allocate any particular property to us. In addition, we may acquire properties in geographic areas where other American Realty Capital-sponsored or any service provider-sponsored programs own properties. Also, we may acquire properties from, or sell properties to, other American Realty Capital-sponsored programs. If one of the other American Realty Capital-sponsored programs attracts a tenant that we are competing for, we could suffer a loss of revenue due to delays in locating another suitable tenant. You will not have the opportunity to evaluate the manner in which these conflicts of interest are resolved before or after making your investment. Similar conflicts of interest may apply if our advisor determines to make or purchase mortgage, bridge or mezzanine loans or participations therein on our behalf, since other American Realty Capital-sponsored programs may be competing with us for these investments.
American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC faces conflicts of interest relating to joint ventures, which could result in a disproportionate benefit to the other venture partners at our expense and adversely affect the return on your investment.
We may enter into joint ventures with other American Realty Capital-sponsored programs for the acquisition, development or improvement of properties. American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC may have conflicts of interest in determining which American Realty Capital-sponsored program should enter into any particular joint venture agreement. The co-venturer may have economic or business interests or goals that are or may become inconsistent with our business interests or goals. In addition, American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC may face a conflict in structuring the terms of the relationship between our interests and the interest of the affiliated co-venturer and in managing the joint venture. Since American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC and its affiliates will control both the affiliated co-venturer and, to a certain extent, us, agreements and transactions between the co-venturers with respect to any such joint venture will not have the benefit of arms-length negotiation of the type normally conducted between unrelated co-venturers, which may result in the co-venturer receiving benefits greater than the benefits that we receive. In addition, we may assume liabilities related to the joint venture that exceeds the percentage of our investment in the joint venture.
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American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC, our sponsor, any service provider, and dealer manager and their officers and employees and certain of our executive officers and other key personnel face competing demands relating to their time, and this may cause our operating results to suffer.
American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC, our sponsor, any service provider, and dealer manager and their officers and employees and certain of our executive officers and other key personnel and their respective affiliates are key personnel, general partners and sponsors of other real estate programs, including American Realty Capital-sponsored REITS, having investment objectives and legal and financial obligations similar to ours and may have other business interests as well. Because these persons have competing demands on their time and resources, they may have conflicts of interest in allocating their time between our business and these other activities. If this occurs, the returns on our investments may suffer.
The management of multiple REITs, especially REITs in the development stage, by our executive officers and officers of our advisor and any service provider may significantly reduce the amount of time our executive officers and officers of our advisor and any service provider are able to spend on activities related to us and may cause other conflicts of interest, which may cause our operating results to suffer.
Our executive officers and officers of our advisor are part of the senior management or are key personnel of the nine other American Realty Capital-sponsored REITs and their advisors. Six of the American Realty Capital-sponsored REITs, including NYRR, PE-ARC, ARC HT, ARC RCA, ARC Daily NAV and ARCT III, have registration statements that became effective in the past 18 months and currently are offering securities in the aggregate of approximately $9.0 billion. In addition, ARCT completed its public offering of common stock in December 2011 for gross proceeds of approximately $1.7 billion, and as of March 1, 2012, ARCTs shares of common stock were approved for listing and began trading on The NASDAQ Global Select Market. In connection with such listing, ARCT internalized the management services previously provided by American Realty Capital Advisors, LLC. ARCP, which currently trades on NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol ARCP, completed its initial public offering of common stock and has received aggregate proceeds to date of approximately $83.9 million. As a result, such REITs will have concurrent and/or overlapping fundraising, acquisition, operational and disposition and liquidation phases as us, which may cause conflicts of interest to arise throughout the life of our company with respect to, among other things, finding investors, locating and acquiring properties, entering into leases and disposing of properties. Additionally, based on our sponsors experience, a significantly greater time commitment is required of senior management during the development stage when the REIT is being organized, funds are initially being raised and funds are initially being invested, and less time is required as additional funds are raised and the offering matures. The conflicts of interest each of our executive officers and each officer of our advisor will face may delay our fund raising and investment of our proceeds due to the competing time demands and generally cause our operating results to suffer. Officers of any service provider may face similar conflicts of interest should they be involved with the management of multiple REITs, and especially REITs in the developmental stage.
Our officers and directors face conflicts of interest related to the positions they hold with affiliated entities, which could hinder our ability to successfully implement our business strategy and to generate returns to you.
Certain of our executive officers, including Nicholas S. Schorsch, who also serves as the chairman of our board of directors, and Edward M. Weil, Jr., our president, chief operating officer, treasurer and secretary, also are officers of our advisor, our property manager, our dealer manager and other affiliated entities, including the other real estate programs sponsored by ARC. As a result, these individuals owe fiduciary duties to these other entities and their stockholders and limited partners, which fiduciary duties may conflict with the duties that they owe to us and our stockholders. Their loyalties to these other entities could result in actions or inactions that are detrimental to our business, which could harm the implementation of our business strategy and our investment and leasing opportunities. Conflicts with our business and interests are most likely to arise from involvement in activities related to (a) allocation of new investments and management time and services between us and the other entities, (b) our purchase of properties from, or sale of properties, to affiliated entities, (c) the timing and terms of the investment in or sale of an asset, (d) development of our properties by affiliates, (e) investments with affiliates of our advisor, (f) compensation to our advisor, and (g) our relationship with our dealer manager and property manager. If we do not successfully implement our business
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strategy, we may be unable to generate cash needed to make distributions to you and to maintain or increase the value of our assets. If these individuals act in a manner that is detrimental to our business or favor one entity over another, they may be subject to liability for breach of fiduciary duty.
American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC and any service providers face conflicts of interest relating to the incentive fee structure under our advisory agreement and any service provider agreement, which could result in actions that are not necessarily in the long-term best interests of our stockholders.
Under our advisory agreement and any service provider agreement, American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC or its affiliates and any service provider will be entitled to fees that are structured in a manner intended to provide incentives to our advisor and any service provider to perform in our best interests and in the best interests of our stockholders. For example, the asset management fee is based on NAV, and not on the costs or book value of our investments. Because these fees are based on NAV, the advisor and any service provider will benefit from our shares having higher NAV and therefore the advisor has an incentive to cause the NAV to be higher. Fees payable to American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC or any service provider are based on the purchase price of the properties acquired and may create an incentive for American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC to accept a higher purchase price or purchase assets that may not be in the best interest of our stockholders. Furthermore, because our advisor or any service provider does not maintain a significant equity interest in us and is entitled to receive substantial minimum compensation regardless of performance, our advisors interests are not wholly aligned with those of our stockholders. In that regard, our advisor or any service provider could be motivated to recommend riskier or more speculative investments in order for us to generate the specified levels of performance or sales proceeds that would entitle our advisor or any service provider to fees. In addition, our advisors or its affiliates and any service providers entitlement to fees upon the sale of our assets and to participate in sale proceeds could result in our advisor recommending sales of our investments at the earliest possible time at which sales of investments would produce the level of return that would entitle the advisor or any service provider to compensation relating to such sales, even if continued ownership of those investments might be in our best long-term interest. Our advisory agreement will require us to pay a termination fee to our advisor or its affiliates if we terminate the advisory agreement prior to the listing of our shares for trading on an exchange or, absent such listing, in respect of its participation in net sales proceeds (a substantial portion of which may be paid to a service provider). To avoid paying this fee, our independent directors may decide against terminating the advisory agreement prior to our listing of our shares or disposition of our investments even if, but for the termination fee, termination of the advisory agreement would be in our best interest. In addition, the requirement to pay the fee to the advisor or its affiliates at termination could cause us to make different investment or disposition decisions than we would otherwise make, in order to satisfy our obligation to pay the fee to the terminated advisor. Moreover, our advisor will have the right to terminate the advisory agreement upon a change of control of our company and thereby trigger the payment of the termination fee, which could have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing the change of control. For a more detailed discussion of the fees payable to our advisor and its affiliates in respect of this offering, see the section entitled Management Compensation in this prospectus.
There is no separate counsel for us and certain of our affiliates, which could result in conflicts of interest, and such conflicts may not be resolved in our favor, which could adversely affect the value of your investment.
Proskauer Rose LLP acts as legal counsel to us and also represents our advisor and some of its affiliates. There is a possibility in the future that the interests of the various parties may become adverse and, under the Code of Professional Responsibility of the legal profession, Proskauer Rose LLP may be precluded from representing any one or all such parties. If any situation arises in which our interests appear to be in conflict with those of our advisor or its affiliates, additional counsel may be retained by one or more of the parties to assure that their interests are adequately protected. Moreover, should a conflict of interest not be readily apparent, Proskauer Rose LLP may inadvertently act in derogation of the interest of the parties which could affect our ability to meet our investment objectives.
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Responsibility of the legal profession, Proskauer Rose LLP may be precluded from representing any one or all such parties. If any situation arises in which our interests appear to be in conflict with those of our advisor or its affiliates, additional counsel may be retained by one or more of the parties to assure that their interests are adequately protected. Moreover, should a conflict of interest not be readily apparent, Proskauer Rose LLP may inadvertently act in derogation of the interest of the parties which could affect our ability to meet our investment objectives.
We will compete for investors with other programs of our sponsor, which could adversely affect the amount of capital we have to invest.
The American Realty Capital group of companies is currently the sponsor of seven other public offerings of non-traded REIT shares and a public offering of shares for a REIT that has been approved for listing on The NASDAQ Capital Market, the majority of which offerings will be ongoing during a significant portion of our offering period. These programs all have filed registration statements for the offering of common stock and either are or intend to elect to be taxed as REITs. Except for ARCT, whose offering was fully subscribed as of July 5, 2011, the offerings are taking place concurrently with our offering, and our sponsor is likely to sponsor other offerings during our offering period. Our dealer manager is the dealer manager for these other offerings. We will compete for investors with these other programs, and the overlap of these offerings with our offering could adversely affect our ability to raise all the capital we seek in this offering, the timing of sales of our shares and the amount of proceeds we have to spend on real estate investments.
Risks Related to This Offering and Our Corporate Structure
The limit on the number of shares a person may own may discourage a takeover that could otherwise result in a premium price to our stockholders.
Our charter, with certain exceptions, authorizes our directors to take such actions as are necessary and desirable to preserve our qualification as a REIT. Unless exempted by our board of directors, no person may own more than 9.8% in value of the aggregate of the outstanding shares of our stock or more than 9.8% (in value or in number of shares, whichever is more restrictive) of any class or series of shares of our stock. This restriction may have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a change in control of us, including an extraordinary transaction (such as a merger, tender offer or sale of all or substantially all our assets) that might provide a premium price for holders of our common stock. See the section entitled Description of Securities Restrictions on Ownership and Transfer in this prospectus.
Our charter permits our board of directors to issue stock with terms that may subordinate the rights of common stockholders or discourage a third party from acquiring us in a manner that might result in a premium price to our stockholders.
Our charter permits our board of directors to issue up to 350,000,000 shares of stock. In addition, our board of directors, without any action by our stockholders, may amend our charter from time to time to increase or decrease the aggregate number of shares or the number of shares of any class or series of stock that we have authority to issue. Our board of directors may classify or reclassify any unissued common stock or preferred stock and establish the preferences, conversion or other rights, voting powers, restrictions and limitations as to dividends or other distributions, qualifications and terms or conditions of redemption of any such stock. Thus, our board of directors could authorize the issuance of preferred stock with terms and conditions that could have a priority as to distributions and amounts payable upon liquidation over the rights of the holders of our common stock. Preferred stock could also have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a change in control of us, including an extraordinary transaction (such as a merger, tender offer or sale of all or substantially all our assets) that might provide a premium price for holders of our common stock. See the section entitled Description of Securities Preferred Stock in this prospectus.
Maryland law prohibits certain business combinations, which may make it more difficult for us to be acquired and may limit your ability to exit the investment.
Under Maryland law, business combinations between a Maryland corporation and an interested stockholder or an affiliate of an interested stockholder are prohibited for five years after the most recent date on which the interested stockholder becomes an interested stockholder. These business combinations include a
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merger, consolidation, share exchange or, in circumstances specified in the statute, an asset transfer or issuance or reclassification of equity securities. An interested stockholder is defined as:
any person who beneficially owns 10% or more of the voting power of the corporations outstanding voting stock; or
an affiliate or associate of the corporation who, at any time within the two-year period prior to the date in question, was the beneficial owner of 10% or more of the voting power of the then outstanding stock of the corporation.
A person is not an interested stockholder under the statute if the board of directors approved in advance the transaction by which he or she otherwise would have become an interested stockholder. However, in approving a transaction, the board of directors may provide that its approval is subject to compliance, at or after the time of approval, with any terms and conditions determined by the board.
After the five-year prohibition, any business combination between the Maryland corporation and an interested stockholder generally must be recommended by the board of directors of the corporation and approved by the affirmative vote of at least:
80% of the votes entitled to be cast by holders of outstanding shares of voting stock of the corporation; and
two-thirds of the votes entitled to be cast by holders of voting stock of the corporation other than shares held by the interested stockholder with whom or with whose affiliate the business combination is to be effected or held by an affiliate or associate of the interested stockholder.
These super-majority vote requirements do not apply if the corporations common stockholders receive a minimum price, as defined under Maryland law, for their shares in the form of cash or other consideration in the same form as previously paid by the interested stockholder for its shares. The business combination statute permits various exemptions from its provisions, including business combinations that are exempted by the board of directors prior to the time that the interested stockholder becomes an interested stockholder. Pursuant to the statute, our board of directors has exempted any business combination involving American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC or any affiliate of American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC. Consequently, the five-year prohibition and the super-majority vote requirements will not apply to business combinations between us and American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC or any affiliate of American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC. As a result, American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC and any affiliate of American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC may be able to enter into business combinations with us that may not be in the best interest of our stockholders, without compliance with the super-majority vote requirements and the other provisions of the statute. The business combination statute may discourage others from trying to acquire control of us and increase the difficulty of consummating any offer. For a discussion of the Maryland laws governing us and the ownership of our shares of common stock, see the section of this prospectus captioned Description of Securities Business Combinations.
Maryland law limits the ability of a third-party to buy a large stake in us and exercise voting power in electing directors, which may discourage a takeover that could otherwise result in a premium price to our stockholders.
The Maryland Control Share Acquisition Act provides that control shares of a Maryland corporation acquired in a control share acquisition have no voting rights except to the extent approved by the affirmative vote of stockholders entitled to cast two-thirds of the votes entitled to be cast on the matter. Shares of stock owned by the acquirer, by officers or by employees who are directors of the corporation, are excluded from shares entitled to vote on the matter. Control shares are voting shares of stock which, if aggregated with all other shares of stock owned by the acquirer or in respect of which the acquirer can exercise or direct the exercise of voting power (except solely by virtue of a revocable proxy), would entitle the acquirer to exercise voting power in electing directors within specified ranges of voting power. Control shares do not include shares the acquiring person is then entitled to vote as a result of having previously obtained stockholder approval. A control share acquisition means the acquisition of issued and outstanding control shares. The control share acquisition statute does not apply (a) to shares acquired in a merger, consolidation or share exchange if the corporation is a party to the transaction, or (b) to acquisitions approved or exempted by
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the charter or bylaws of the corporation. Our bylaws contain a provision exempting from the Control Share Acquisition Act any and all acquisitions of our stock by any person. There can be no assurance that this provision will not be amended or eliminated at any time in the future. For a more detailed discussion on the Maryland laws governing control share acquisitions, see the section of this prospectus captioned Description of Securities Control Share Acquisitions.
Your investment return may be reduced if we are required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act.
The company is not registered, and does not intend to register itself or any of its subsidiaries, as an investment company under the Investment Company Act. If we become obligated to register the company or any of its subsidiaries as an investment company, the registered entity would have to comply with a variety of substantive requirements under the Investment Company Act imposing, among other things:
limitations on capital structure;
restrictions on specified investments;
prohibitions on transactions with affiliates; and
compliance with reporting, record keeping, voting, proxy disclosure and other rules and regulations that would significantly change our operations.
The company intends to conduct its operations, directly and through wholly-owned or majority-owned subsidiaries, so that the company and each of its subsidiaries is not an investment company under the Investment Company Act. Under Section 3(a)(1)(A) of the Investment Company Act, a company is deemed to be an investment company if it is, or holds itself out as being, engaged primarily, or proposes to engage primarily, in the business of investing, reinvesting or trading in securities. Under Section 3(a)(1)(C) of the Investment Company Act, a company is deemed to be an investment company if it is engaged, or proposes to engage, in the business of investing, reinvesting, owning, holding or trading in securities and owns or propose to acquire investment securities having a value exceeding 40% of the value of its total assets (exclusive of government securities and cash items) on an unconsolidated basis, which we refer to as the 40% test. Rule 3a-1 under the Investment Company Act, however, generally provides that, notwithstanding Section 3(a)(1)(C) of the Investment Company Act, an issuer will not be deemed to be aninvestment company under the Investment Company Act provided that (1) it does not hold itself out as being engaged primarily, or propose to engage primarily, in the business of investing, reinvesting or trading in securities, and (2) on an unconsolidated basis except as otherwise provided no more than 45% of the value of its total assets, consolidated with the assets of any wholly owned subsidiary (exclusive of U.S. government securities and cash items), consists of, and no more than 45% of its net income after taxes, consolidated with the net income of any wholly owned subsidiary (for the last four fiscal quarters combined), is derived from, securities other than U.S. government securities, securities issued by employees' securities companies, securities issued by certain majority owned subsidiaries of such company and securities issued by certain companies that are controlled primarily by such company. We believe that we, our operating partnership and the subsidiaries of our operating partnership will satisfy this exclusion.
A change in the value of any of our assets could cause us or one or more of our wholly or majority- owned subsidiaries to fall within the definition of investment company and negatively affect our ability to maintain our exemption from regulation under the Investment Company Act. To avoid being required to register the company or any of its subsidiaries as an investment company under the Investment Company Act, we may be unable to sell assets we would otherwise want to sell and may need to sell assets we would otherwise wish to retain. In addition, we may have to acquire additional income- or loss-generating assets that we might not otherwise have acquired or may have to forgo opportunities to acquire interests in companies that we would otherwise want to acquire and would be important to our investment strategy.
If we were required to register the company as an investment company but failed to do so, we would be prohibited from engaging in our business, and criminal and civil actions could be brought against us. In addition, our contracts would be unenforceable unless a court required enforcement, and a court could appoint a receiver to take control of us and liquidate our business.
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You are bound by the majority vote on matters on which you are entitled to vote, and therefore, your vote on a particular matter may be superseded by the vote of others.
You may vote on certain matters at any annual or special meeting of stockholders, including the election of directors. However, you will be bound by the majority vote on matters requiring approval of stockholders entitled to cast a majority of all the votes entitled to be cast even if you do not vote with the majority on any such matter.
Our board of directors may change our investment policies without stockholder approval, which could alter the nature of your investments.
Our charter requires that our independent directors review our investment policies at least annually to determine that the policies we are following are in the best interest of the stockholders. These policies may change over time. The methods of implementing our investment policies also may vary, as new real estate development trends emerge and new investment techniques are developed. Our investment policies, the methods for their implementation, and our other objectives, policies and procedures may be altered by our board of directors without the approval of our stockholders. As a result, the nature of your investment could change without your consent.
You are limited in your ability to sell your shares pursuant to our share repurchase program and may have to hold your shares for an indefinite period of time.
Our board of directors may amend the terms of our share repurchase program without stockholder approval. Our board of directors also is free to suspend or terminate the program or to reject any request for repurchase. In addition, the share repurchase program includes numerous restrictions that would limit your ability to sell your shares. Our share repurchase program is designed to allow stockholders to request repurchases on a daily basis but our ability to fulfill repurchase requests is subject to a number of limitations. Most importantly, most of our assets consist of real estate properties which cannot generally be readily liquidated without impacting our ability to realize full value upon their disposition. In addition, we will limit shares repurchased during a calendar quarter to 5% of our NAV as of the last day of the previous calendar quarter, or approximately 20% of our NAV in any 12 month period. Furthermore, our board of directors may limit, modify or suspend our share repurchase program. Additionally, subject to limited exceptions, shares of our common stock that are repurchased within four months of the date of purchase may be subject to a short-term trading fee of 2% of the aggregate NAV per share. See Share Repurchase Program.
We established the offering price on an arbitrary basis; as a result, the actual value of your investment may be substantially less than what you pay.
Our board of directors has arbitrarily determined the selling price of the shares, and such price bears no relationship to our book or asset values, or to any other established criteria for valuing issued or outstanding shares. Because the offering price is not based upon any independent valuation, the offering price is not indicative of the proceeds that you would receive upon liquidation.
Because the dealer manager is one of our affiliates, you will not have the benefit of an independent review of the prospectus or us customarily performed in underwritten offerings.
The dealer manager, Realty Capital Securities, LLC, is one of our affiliates and will not make an independent review of us or the offering. Accordingly, you will have to rely on your own broker dealer to make an independent review of the terms of this offering. If your broker dealer does not conduct such a review, you will not have the benefit of an independent review of the terms of this offering. Further, the due diligence investigation of us by the dealer manager cannot be considered to be an independent review and, therefore, may not be as meaningful as a review conducted by an unaffiliated broker dealer or investment banker. In addition, we do not, and do not expect to, have research analysts reviewing our performance or our securities on an ongoing basis. Therefore, you will not have an independent review of our performance and the value of our common stock relative to publicly traded companies.
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Because our advisor is wholly owned by our sponsor through the special limited partner, the interests of the advisor and the sponsor are not separate and as a result the advisor may act in a way that is not necessarily in the investors interest.
American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC is indirectly wholly owned by our sponsor through the special limited partner. Therefore, the interests of our advisor and our sponsor are not separate and the advisors decisions may not be independent from the sponsor and may result in the advisor making decisions to act in ways that are not in the investors interests.
Your interest in us will be diluted if we issue additional shares, which could adversely affect the value of your investment.
Existing stockholders and potential investors in this offering do not have preemptive rights to any shares issued by us in the future. Our charter currently authorizes us to issue 350,000,000 shares of stock, of which 300,000,000 shares are classified as common stock and 50,000,000 are classified as preferred stock. Subject to any limitations set forth under Maryland law, our board of directors may amend our charter from time to time to increase or decrease the aggregate number of authorized shares of stock or the number of authorized shares of any class or series of stock designated, or may classify or reclassify any unissued shares without the necessity of obtaining stockholder approval. All such shares may be issued in the discretion of our board of directors, except that the issuance of preferred stock must be approved by a majority of our independent directors not otherwise interested in the transaction, who will have access, at our expense, to our legal counsel or to independent legal counsel. Existing stockholders and investors purchasing shares in this offering likely will suffer dilution of their equity investment in us, if we: (a) sell shares in this offering or sell additional shares in the future, including those issued pursuant to our distribution reinvestment plan; (b) sell securities that are convertible into shares of our common stock; (c) issue shares of our common stock in a private offering of securities to institutional investors; (d) issue restricted share awards to our directors; (e) issue shares to our advisor or its successors or assigns, in payment of an outstanding fee obligation as set forth under our advisory agreement; or (f) issue shares of our common stock to sellers of properties acquired by us in connection with an exchange of limited partnership interests of American Realty Capital Global Operating Partnership, L.P., existing stockholders and investors purchasing shares in this offering will likely experience dilution of their equity investment in us. In addition, the partnership agreement for American Realty Capital Global Operating Partnership, L.P. contains provisions that would allow, under certain circumstances, other entities, including other American Realty Capital-sponsored programs, to merge into or cause the exchange or conversion of their interest for interests of American Realty Capital Global Operating Partnership, L.P. Because the limited partnership interests of American Realty Capital Global Operating Partnership, L.P. may, in the discretion of our board of directors, be exchanged for shares of our common stock, any merger, exchange or conversion between American Realty Capital Global Operating Partnership, L.P. and another entity ultimately could result in the issuance of a substantial number of shares of our common stock, thereby diluting the percentage ownership interest of other stockholders. Because of these and other reasons described in this Risk Factors section, you should not expect to be able to own a significant percentage of our shares.
Future offerings of equity securities which are senior to our common stock for purposes of dividend distributions or upon liquidation, may adversely affect the per share trading price of our common stock.
In the future, we may attempt to increase our capital resources by making additional offerings of equity securities. Under our charter, we may issue, without stockholder approval, preferred stock or other classes of common stock with rights that could dilute the value of your shares of common stock. Any issuance of preferred stock must be approved by a majority of our independent directors not otherwise interested in the transaction, who will have access, at our expense, to our legal counsel or to independent legal counsel. Upon liquidation, holders of our shares of preferred stock will be entitled to receive our available assets prior to distribution to the holders of our common stock. Additionally, any convertible, exercisable or exchangeable securities that we issue in the future may have rights, preferences and privileges more favorable than those of our common stock and may result in dilution to owners of our common stock. Holders of our common stock are not entitled to preemptive rights or other protections against dilution. Our preferred stock, if issued, could have a preference on liquidating distributions or a preference on dividend payments that could limit our ability pay dividends to the holders of our common stock. Because our decision to issue securities in any future
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offering will depend on market conditions and other factors beyond our control, we cannot predict or estimate the amount, timing or nature of our future offerings. Thus, our stockholders bear the risk of our future offerings reducing the per share trading price of our common stock and diluting their interest in us.
Payment of fees to American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC and its affiliates reduces cash available for investment and distributions to you.
American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC and its affiliates will perform services for us in connection with the offer and sale of the shares, the selection and acquisition of our investments, the management of our properties, the servicing of our mortgage, bridge or mezzanine loans, if any, and the administration of our other investments (a substantial portion of these fees may be paid to a service provider). They are paid substantial fees for these services, which reduces the amount of cash available for investment in properties or distribution to stockholders. For a more detailed discussion of the fees payable to such entities in respect of this offering, see the section entitled Management Compensation in this prospectus.
Because of our holding company structure, we depend on our operating subsidiary and its subsidiaries for cash flow and we will be structurally subordinated in right of payment to the obligations of such operating subsidiary and its subsidiaries, which could adversely affect our ability to make distributions to you.
We are a holding company with no business operations of our own. Our only significant asset is and will be the general partnership interests of our operating partnership. We conduct, and intend to conduct, all of our business operations through our operating partnership. Accordingly, our only source of cash to pay our obligations is distributions from our operating partnership and its subsidiaries of their net earnings and cash flows. We cannot assure you that our operating partnership or its subsidiaries will be able to, or be permitted to, make distributions to us that will enable us to make distributions to our stockholders from cash flows from operations. Each of our operating partnerships subsidiaries is a distinct legal entity and, under certain circumstances, legal and contractual restrictions may limit our ability to obtain cash from such entities. In addition, because we are a holding company, your claims as stockholders will be structurally subordinated to all existing and future liabilities and obligations of our operating partnership and its subsidiaries. Therefore, in the event of our bankruptcy, liquidation or reorganization, our assets and those of our operating partnership and its subsidiaries will be able to satisfy your claims as stockholders only after all of our and our operating partnerships and its subsidiaries liabilities and obligations have been paid in full.
Valuations and appraisals of our properties and valuations of our investments in real estate related assets are estimates of fair value and may not necessarily correspond to realizable value, which could adversely affect the value of your investment.
In order to calculate our daily NAV, our properties will initially be valued at cost, which we expect to represent fair value. After this initial valuation, valuations of properties will be conducted in accordance with our valuation guidelines and will take into consideration appraisals performed by our independent valuer at least annually after the respective calendar quarter in which such property was acquired. Similarly, our real estate related asset investments will initially be valued at cost, and thereafter will be valued at least annually (with approximately 25% of all properties being appraised each quarter), or in the case of liquid securities, daily, as applicable, at fair value as determined by our advisor. See Valuation Policies. The valuation methodologies used to value our properties will involve subjective judgments concerning factors such as comparable sales, rental and operating expense data, capitalization or discount rate, and projections of future rent and expenses. Although our valuation guidelines are designed to accurately determine the fair value of our assets, appraisals and valuations will be only estimates, and ultimate realization depends on conditions beyond our advisors control. Further, valuations do not necessarily represent the price at which we would be able to sell an asset, because such prices would be negotiated. We will not retroactively adjust the valuation of such assets, the price of our common stock, the price we paid to repurchase shares of our common stock or NAV-based fees we paid to our advisor and dealer manager. Because the price you will pay for shares of our common stock in this offering, and the price at which your shares may be repurchased by us pursuant to our share repurchase plan, are based on our estimated NAV per share, you may pay more than realizable value or receive less than realizable value for your investment.
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Although our advisor is responsible for calculating our daily NAV, our advisor will consider independent appraisals of our properties, the accuracy of which our advisor will not independently verify.
In calculating our daily NAV, our advisor will include the net value of our real estate and real estate-related assets, taking into consideration valuations of individual properties that were obtained from our independent valuer. Our advisor will review each appraisal by the independent valuer, and will compare each appraisal to its own determination of value. If in the advisors opinion the appraisals are materially higher or lower than the advisors determinations of value, the advisor will discuss the appraisals with the independent valuer. If the advisor determines that the appraisals are still materially higher or lower than its valuations, a valuation committee, comprised of our independent directors, will review the appraisals and valuations, and make a final determination of value. Although our advisor is responsible for the accuracy of the daily NAV calculation and will provide our independent valuer with our valuation guidelines, which have been approved by our board of directors, we will not independently verify the appraised value of our properties. As a result, the appraised value of a particular property may be greater or less than its potential realizable value, which would cause our estimated NAV to be greater or less than the potential realizable NAV.
Our NAV per share may suddenly change if the appraised values of our properties materially change or the actual operating results differ from what we originally budgeted for that month.
Appraisals of our properties upon which our advisors estimate of the value of our real estate and real estate-related assets will partly be based will probably not be spread evenly throughout the calendar year. We anticipate that such appraisals will be conducted near the end of each calendar quarter or each calendar month. Therefore, when these appraisals are reflected in our NAV calculation, for which our advisor is ultimately responsible, there may be a sudden change in our NAV per share. In addition, actual operating results for a given month may differ from our original estimate, which may affect our NAV per share. We will base our calculation of estimated income and expenses on a monthly budget. As soon as practicable after the end of each month, we will adjust the estimated income and expenses to reflect the income and expenses actually earned and incurred. We will not retroactively adjust the daily NAV per share for the previous month. Therefore, because the actual results from operations may be better or worse than what we previously budgeted for a particular month, the adjustment to reflect actual operating results may cause our NAV per share to change, and such change will occur on the day the adjustment is made.
The NAV per share that we publish may not necessarily reflect changes in our NAV and in the value of your shares that we cannot immediately quantify.
We may experience events affecting our investments that may have a material impact on our NAV. For example, if a material lease is unexpectedly terminated or renewed, or a property experiences an unanticipated structural or environmental event, the value of a property may materially change. Furthermore, if we cannot immediately quantify the financial impact of any extraordinary events, our NAV per share as published on any given day will not reflect such events. As a result, the NAV per share published after the announcement of a material event may differ significantly from our actual NAV per share until we are able to quantify the financial impact of such events and our NAV is appropriately adjusted on a going forward basis. The resulting potential disparity may benefit repurchasing or non-repurchasing stockholders, depending on whether NAV is overstated or understated.
Risks Related to Net Lease Sale-Leaseback Investments
Recharacterization of sale-leaseback transactions may cause us to lose our REIT status.
We anticipate that many of our commercial property investments will be acquired through sale-leaseback transactions with single owner-occupants. If we enter into sale-leaseback transactions, we will use commercially reasonable efforts to structure any such sale-leaseback transaction such that the lease will be characterized as a true lease for U.S. federal income tax purposes, thereby allowing us to be treated as the owner of the property for U.S. federal income tax purposes. However, we cannot assure you that the IRS will not challenge such characterization. In the event that any such sale-leaseback transaction is challenged and recharacterized as a financing transaction or loan for U.S. federal income tax purposes, deductions for depreciation and cost recovery relating to such property would be disallowed. If a sale-leaseback transaction
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were so recharacterized, we might fail to satisfy the REIT qualification asset tests or income tests and, consequently, lose our REIT status effective with the year of recharacterization. Alternatively, the amount of our REIT taxable income could be recalculated which might also cause us to fail to meet the distribution requirement for a taxable year.
The inability of a tenant in a single tenant property to pay rent will reduce our revenues.
We expect that most of our commercial properties will each be occupied by a single tenant and, therefore, the success of our investments is materially dependent on the financial stability of such tenants. Lease payment defaults by tenants could cause us to reduce the amount of distributions to our stockholders. A default of a tenant on its lease payments to us would cause us to lose the revenue from the property and cause us to have to find an alternative source of revenue to meet any mortgage payment and prevent a foreclosure if the property is subject to a mortgage. In the event of a default, we may experience delays in enforcing our rights as landlord and may incur substantial costs in protecting our investment and re-letting our property. If a lease is terminated, there is no assurance that we will be able to lease the property for the rent previously received or sell the property without incurring a loss.
A high concentration of our properties in a particular geographic area, or with tenants in a similar industry, would magnify the effects of downturns in that geographic area or industry and have a disproportionate adverse effect on the value of our investments.
If we have a concentration of properties in any particular geographic area, any adverse situation that disproportionately affects that geographic area would have a magnified adverse effect on our portfolio. Similarly, if tenants of our properties are concentrated in a certain industry or retail category, any adverse effect to that industry or category generally would have a disproportionately adverse effect on our portfolio.
Our leases may permit tenants to purchase a property at a predetermined price, which could limit our realization of any appreciation.
We expect that some of our future leases may include provisions under which the tenant will have a right to purchase the property it leases. The purchase price may be a fixed price, may be based on a formula or may be based on market value at the time of exercise. If a tenant exercises its right to purchase the property and the propertys market value has increased beyond that price, we would be limited in fully realizing the appreciation on that property. Additionally, if the price at which the tenant can purchase the property is less than our purchase price or carrying value (for example, where the purchase price is based on an appraised value), we may incur a loss.
If a sale-leaseback transaction is re-characterized in a tenants bankruptcy proceeding, our financial condition could be adversely affected.
We may enter into sale-leaseback transactions, whereby we would purchase a property and then lease the same property back to the person from whom we purchased it. In the event of the bankruptcy of a tenant from whom we acquired a commercial property in a sale-leaseback transaction, the transaction may be re-characterized as either a financing or a joint venture, either of which outcomes could adversely affect our business. If the sale-leaseback were re-characterized as a financing, we might not be considered the owner of the property, and as a result would have the status of a creditor in relation to the tenant. In that event, we would no longer have the right to sell or encumber our ownership interest in the property. Instead, we would have a claim against the tenant for the amounts owed under the lease, with the claim arguably secured by the property. The tenant/debtor might have the ability to propose a plan restructuring the term, interest rate and amortization schedule of its outstanding balance. If confirmed by the bankruptcy court, we could be bound by the new terms, and prevented from foreclosing our lien on the property. If the sale-leaseback were re-characterized as a joint venture, our lessee and we could be treated as co-venturers with regard to the property. As a result, we could be held liable, under some circumstances, for debts incurred by the lessee relating to the property. Either of these outcomes could adversely affect our cash flow and the amount available for distributions to you.
Highly leveraged tenants may have a higher possibility of filing for bankruptcy or insolvency.
Highly leveraged tenants that experience downturns in their operating results due to adverse changes to their business or economic conditions may have a higher possibility of filing for bankruptcy or insolvency. In
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bankruptcy or insolvency, a tenant may have the option of vacating a property instead of paying rent. Until such a property is released from bankruptcy, our revenues may be reduced and could cause us to reduce distributions to stockholders.
If a tenant declares bankruptcy or becomes insolvent, we may be unable to collect balances due under relevant leases, which could adversely affect our financial condition and ability to make distributions to you.
Any of our tenants, or any guarantor of a tenants lease obligations, could become insolvent or be subject to a bankruptcy proceeding pursuant to Title 11 of the bankruptcy laws of the United States. A bankruptcy filing of our tenants or any guarantor of a tenants lease obligations would bar all efforts by us to collect pre-bankruptcy debts from these entities or their properties, unless we receive an enabling order from the bankruptcy court. Post-bankruptcy debts would be paid currently. If a lease is assumed, all pre-bankruptcy balances owing under it must be paid in full. If a lease is rejected by a tenant in bankruptcy, we would have a general unsecured claim for damages. If a lease is rejected, it is unlikely we would receive any payments from the tenant because our claim is capped at the rent reserved under the lease, without acceleration, for the greater of one year or 15% of the remaining term of the lease, but not greater than three years, plus rent already due but unpaid. This claim could be paid only if funds were available, and then only in the same percentage as that realized on other unsecured claims.
Insolvency laws outside of the United States may not be as favorable to reorganization or to the protection of a debtors rights as tenants under a lease as are the laws in the United States. Our rights to terminate a lease for default may be more likely to be enforceable in countries other than the United States, in which a debtor/ tenant or its insolvency representative may be less likely to have rights to force continuation of a lease without our consent. Nonetheless, such laws may permit a tenant or an appointed insolvency representative to terminate a lease if it so chooses.
A tenant or lease guarantor bankruptcy could delay efforts to collect past due balances under the relevant leases, and could ultimately preclude full collection of these sums. A tenant or lease guarantor bankruptcy could cause a decrease or cessation of rental payments that would mean a reduction in our cash flow and the amount available for distributions to you. In the event of a bankruptcy, we cannot assure you that the tenant or its trustee will assume our lease. If a given lease, or guaranty of a lease, is not assumed, our cash flow and the amounts available for distributions to you may be adversely affected.
The credit profile of our tenants may create a higher risk of lease defaults and therefore lower revenues.
Generally, no credit rating agencies evaluate or rank the debt or the credit risk of many of our tenants, as we seek tenants that we believe will have stable or improving credit profiles that have not been recognized by the traditional credit market. Our long-term leases with certain of these tenants may therefore pose a higher risk of default than would long-term leases with tenants whose credit potential has already been recognized by the market.
Long term leases may result in income lower than short term leases.
We intend to enter into long term leases with many of our property tenants. Leases of long duration, or with renewal options that specify a maximum rate increase, may not result in fair market lease rates over time if we do not accurately judge the potential for increases in market rental rates. In that case, our income may be lower than if we had not entered into such leases.
General Risks Related to Investments in Real Estate
Our operating results will be affected by economic and regulatory changes that have an adverse impact on the real estate market in general, and we cannot assure you that we will be profitable or that we will realize growth in the value of our real estate properties.
Our operating results are subject to risks generally incident to the ownership of real estate, including:
changes in general economic or local conditions;
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changes in supply of or demand for similar or competing properties in an area;
changes in interest rates and availability of permanent mortgage funds that may render the sale of a property difficult or unattractive;
changes in tax, real estate, environmental and zoning laws; and
periods of high interest rates and tight money supply.
These and other reasons may prevent us from being profitable or from realizing growth or maintaining the value of our real estate properties.
Many of our properties will depend upon a single tenant for all or a majority of their rental income, and our financial condition and ability to make distributions may be adversely affected by the bankruptcy or insolvency, a downturn in the business, or a lease termination of a single tenant.
We expect that most of our properties will be occupied by only one tenant or will derive a majority of their rental income from one tenant and, therefore, the success of those properties will be materially dependent on the financial stability of such tenants. Lease payment defaults by tenants could cause us to reduce the amount of distributions we pay. A default of a tenant on its lease payments to us would cause us to lose the revenue from the property and force us to find an alternative source of revenue to meet any mortgage payment and prevent a foreclosure if the property is subject to a mortgage. In the event of a default, we may experience delays in enforcing our rights as landlord and may incur substantial costs in protecting our investment and re-letting the property. If a lease is terminated, there is no assurance that we will be able to lease the property for the rent previously received or sell the property without incurring a loss. A default by a tenant, the failure of a guarantor to fulfill its obligations or other premature termination of a lease, or a tenants election not to extend a lease upon its expiration, could have an adverse effect on our financial condition and our ability to pay distributions.
Properties that have vacancies for a significant period of time could be difficult to sell, which could diminish the return on your investment.
A property may incur vacancies either by the continued default of tenants under their leases or the expiration of tenant leases. If vacancies continue for a long period of time, we may suffer reduced revenues resulting in less cash to be distributed to stockholders. In addition, because properties market values depend principally upon the value of the properties leases, the resale value of properties with prolonged vacancies could suffer, which could further reduce your return.
We may obtain only limited warranties when we purchase a property and would have only limited recourse if our due diligence did not identify any issues that lower the value of our property, which could adversely affect our financial condition and ability to make distributions to you.
The seller of a property often sells such property in its as is condition on a where is basis and with all faults, without any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular use or purpose. In addition, purchase agreements may contain only limited warranties, representations and indemnifications that will only survive for a limited period after the closing. The purchase of properties with limited warranties increases the risk that we may lose some or all our invested capital in the property as well as the loss of rental income from that property.
We may be unable to secure funds for future tenant improvements or capital needs, which could adversely impact our ability to pay cash distributions to our stockholders.
When tenants do not renew their leases or otherwise vacate their space, it is usual that, in order to attract replacement tenants, we will be required to expend substantial funds for tenant improvements and tenant refurbishments to the vacated space. In addition, although we expect that our leases with tenants will require tenants to pay routine property maintenance costs, we will likely be responsible for any major structural repairs, such as repairs to the foundation, exterior walls and rooftops. We will use substantially all of this offerings gross proceeds to buy real estate and pay various fees and expenses. We intend to reserve only 0.1% of the gross proceeds from this offering for future capital needs. Accordingly, if we need additional capital in
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the future to improve or maintain our properties or for any other reason, we will have to obtain financing from other sources, such as cash flow from operations, borrowings, property sales or future equity offerings. These sources of funding may not be available on attractive terms or at all. If we cannot procure additional funding for capital improvements, our investments may generate lower cash flows or decline in value, or both.
Our inability to sell a property when we desire to do so could adversely impact our ability to pay cash distributions to you.
The real estate market is affected by many factors, such as general economic conditions, availability of financing, interest rates and other factors, including supply and demand, that are beyond our control. We cannot predict whether we will be able to sell any property for the price or on the terms set by us, or whether any price or other terms offered by a prospective purchaser would be acceptable to us. We cannot predict the length of time needed to find a willing purchaser and to close the sale of a property.
We may be required to expend funds to correct defects or to make improvements before a property can be sold. We cannot assure you that we will have funds available to correct such defects or to make such improvements. Moreover, in acquiring a property, we may agree to restrictions that prohibit the sale of that property for a period of time or impose other restrictions, such as a limitation on the amount of debt that can be placed or repaid on that property. These provisions would restrict our ability to sell a property.
We may not be able to sell our properties at a price equal to, or greater than, the price for which we purchased such property, which may lead to a decrease in the value of our assets.
Some of our leases may not contain rental increases over time. Therefore, the value of the property to a potential purchaser may not increase over time, which may restrict our ability to sell a property, or if we are able to sell such property, may lead to a sale price less than the price that we paid to purchase the property.
We may acquire or finance properties with lock-out provisions, which may prohibit us from selling a property, or may require us to maintain specified debt levels for a period of years on some properties, which could have an adverse effect on your investment.
Lock-out provisions could materially restrict us from selling or otherwise disposing of or refinancing properties. These provisions would affect our ability to turn our investments into cash and thus affect cash available for distributions to you. Lock out provisions may prohibit us from reducing the outstanding indebtedness with respect to any properties, refinancing such indebtedness on a non-recourse basis at maturity, or increasing the amount of indebtedness with respect to such properties. Lock-out provisions could impair our ability to take other actions during the lock-out period that could be in the best interests of our stockholders and, therefore, may have an adverse impact on the value of the shares, relative to the value that would result if the lock-out provisions did not exist. In particular, lock-out provisions could preclude us from participating in major transactions that could result in a disposition of our assets or a change in control even though that disposition or change in control might be in the best interests of our stockholders.
Rising expenses could reduce cash flow and could adversely affect our ability to make future acquisitions and to pay cash distributions to you.
Any properties that we buy in the future will be subject to operating risks common to real estate in general, any or all of which may negatively affect us. If any property is not fully occupied or if rents are being paid in an amount that is insufficient to cover operating expenses, we could be required to expend funds with respect to that property for operating expenses. The properties will be subject to increases in tax rates, utility costs, operating expenses, insurance costs, repairs and maintenance and administrative expenses. While we expect that many of our properties will be leased on a triple-net-lease basis or will require the tenants to pay all or a portion of such expenses, renewals of leases or future leases may not be negotiated on that basis, in which event we may have to pay those costs. If we are unable to lease properties on a triple-net-lease basis or on a basis requiring the tenants to pay all or some of such expenses, or if tenants fail to pay required tax, utility and other impositions, we could be required to pay those costs which could adversely affect funds available for future acquisitions or cash available for distributions.
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If we suffer losses that are not covered by insurance or that are in excess of insurance coverage, we could lose invested capital and anticipated profits.
We will carry comprehensive general liability coverage and umbrella liability coverage on all our properties with limits of liability which we deem adequate to insure against liability claims and provide for the costs of defense. Similarly, we are insured against the risk of direct physical damage in amounts we estimate to be adequate to reimburse us on a replacement cost basis for costs incurred to repair or rebuild each property, including loss of rental income during the rehabilitation period. Material losses may occur in excess of insurance proceeds with respect to any property, as insurance may not be sufficient to fund the losses. However, there are types of losses, generally of a catastrophic nature, such as losses due to wars, acts of terrorism, earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, pollution or environmental matters, which are either uninsurable or not economically insurable, or may be insured subject to limitations, such as large deductibles or co-payments. Insurance risks associated with potential terrorism acts could sharply increase the premiums we pay for coverage against property and casualty claims. Additionally, mortgage lenders in some cases have begun to insist that commercial property owners purchase specific coverage against terrorism as a condition for providing mortgage loans. It is uncertain whether such insurance policies will be available, or available at reasonable cost, which could inhibit our ability to finance or refinance our potential properties. In these instances, we may be required to provide other financial support, either through financial assurances or self-insurance, to cover potential losses. We may not have adequate, or any, coverage for such losses. The Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 is designed for a sharing of terrorism losses between insurance companies and the federal government, and extends the federal terrorism insurance backstop through 2014. We cannot be certain how this act will impact us or what additional cost to us, if any, could result. If such an event damaged or destroyed one or more of our properties, we could lose both our invested capital and anticipated profits from such property.
Real estate related taxes may increase and if these increases are not passed on to tenants, our income will be reduced, which could adversely affect our ability to make distributions to you.
Some local real property tax assessors may seek to reassess some of our properties as a result of our acquisition of the property. Generally, from time to time our property taxes increase as property values or assessment rates change or for other reasons deemed relevant by the assessors. An increase in the assessed valuation of a property for real estate tax purposes will result in an increase in the related real estate taxes on that property. Although some tenant leases may permit us to pass through such tax increases to the tenants for payment, there is no assurance that renewal leases or future leases will be negotiated on the same basis. Increases not passed through to tenants will adversely affect our income, cash available for distributions, and the amount of distributions to you.
CC&Rs may restrict our ability to operate a property, which may adversely affect our operating costs and reduce the amount of funds available to pay distributions to you.
Some of our properties may be contiguous to other parcels of real property, comprising part of the same commercial center. In connection with such properties, there are significant covenants, conditions and restrictions, known as CC&Rs, restricting the operation of such properties and any improvements on such properties, and related to granting easements on such properties. Moreover, the operation and management of the contiguous properties may impact such properties. Compliance with CC&Rs may adversely affect our operating costs and reduce the amount of funds that we have available to pay distributions.
Our operating results may be negatively affected by potential development and construction delays and resultant increased costs and risks.
We may use proceeds from this offering to acquire and develop properties upon which we will construct improvements. We will be subject to uncertainties associated with re-zoning for development, environmental concerns of governmental entities and/or community groups, and our builders ability to build in conformity with plans, specifications, budgeted costs, and timetables. If a builder fails to perform, we may resort to legal action to rescind the purchase or the construction contract or to compel performance. A builders performance also may be affected or delayed by conditions beyond the builders control. Delays in completion of construction could also give tenants the right to terminate preconstruction leases. We may incur additional
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risks when we make periodic progress payments or other advances to builders before they complete construction. These and other such factors can result in increased costs of a project or loss of our investment. In addition, we will be subject to normal lease-up risks relating to newly constructed projects. We also must rely on rental income and expense projections and estimates of the fair market value of property upon completion of construction when agreeing upon a price at the time we acquire the property. If our projections are inaccurate, we may pay too much for a property, and our return on our investment could suffer.
We may invest in unimproved real property. For purposes of this paragraph, unimproved real property does not include properties acquired for the purpose of producing rental or other operating income, properties under development or construction, and properties under contract for development or in planning for development within one year. Returns from development of unimproved properties are also subject to risks associated with re-zoning the land for development and environmental concerns of governmental entities and/or community groups. If we invest in unimproved property other than property we intend to develop, your investment will be subject to the risks associated with investments in unimproved real property.
Competition with third parties in acquiring properties and other investments may reduce our profitability and the return on your investment.
We compete with many other entities engaged in real estate investment activities, including individuals, corporations, bank and insurance company investment accounts, other REITs, real estate limited partnerships, and other entities engaged in real estate investment activities, many of which have greater resources than we do. Larger REITs may enjoy significant competitive advantages that result from, among other things, a lower cost of capital and enhanced operating efficiencies. In addition, the number of entities and the amount of funds competing for suitable investments may increase. Any such increase would result in increased demand for these assets and therefore increased prices paid for them. If we pay higher prices for properties and other investments, our profitability will be reduced and you may experience a lower return on your investment.
Our properties and our tenants may face competition that may affect tenants ability to pay rent and the amount of rent paid to us may affect the cash available for distributions and the amount of distributions.
Our properties typically are, and we expect will be, located in developed areas. Therefore, there are and will be numerous other properties within the market area of each of our properties that will compete with us for tenants. The number of competitive properties could have a material effect on our ability to rent space at our properties and the amount of rents charged. We could be adversely affected if additional competitive properties are built in locations competitive with our properties, causing increased competition for customer traffic and creditworthy tenants. Tenants may also face competition from such properties if they are leased to tenants in a similar industry. For example, retail tenants face competition from numerous retail channels such as discount or value retailers, factory outlet centers and wholesale clubs. Retail tenants may additional face competition from alternative retail channels as mail order catalogues and operators, television shopping networks and shopping via the Internet. Competition that we face from other properties within our market areas, and competition our tenants face from tenants in such properties could result in decreased cash flow from tenants and may require us to make capital improvements to properties that we would not have otherwise made, thus affecting cash available for distributions, and the amount available for distributions to you.
Delays in acquisitions of properties may have an adverse effect on your investment.
There may be a substantial period of time before the proceeds of this offering are invested. Delays we encounter in the selection, acquisition and/or development of properties could adversely affect your returns. Where properties are acquired prior to the start of construction or during the early stages of construction, it will typically take several months to complete construction and rent available space. Therefore, you could suffer delays in the payment of cash distributions attributable to those particular properties.
Costs of complying with governmental laws and regulations, including those relating to environmental matters, may adversely affect our income and the cash available for any distributions.
All real property and the operations conducted on real property are subject to federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to environmental protection and human health and safety. These laws and regulations
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generally govern wastewater discharges, air emissions, the operation and removal of underground and above-ground storage tanks, the use, storage, treatment, transportation and disposal of solid and hazardous materials, and the remediation of contamination associated with disposals. Environmental laws and regulations may impose joint and several liability on tenants, owners or operators for the costs to investigate or remediate contaminated properties, regardless of fault or whether the acts causing the contamination were legal. This liability could be substantial. In addition, the presence of hazardous substances, or the failure to properly remediate these substances, may adversely affect our ability to sell, rent or pledge such property as collateral for future borrowings.
Some of these laws and regulations have been amended so as to require compliance with new or more stringent standards as of future dates. Compliance with new or more stringent laws or regulations or stricter interpretation of existing laws may require material expenditures by us. State and federal laws in this area are constantly evolving. Future laws, ordinances or regulations may impose material environmental liability. Additionally, our tenants operations, the existing condition of land when we buy it, operations in the vicinity of our properties, such as the presence of underground storage tanks, or activities of unrelated third parties may affect our properties. In addition, there are various local, state and federal fire, health, life-safety and similar regulations with which we may be required to comply, and that may subject us to liability in the form of fines or damages for noncompliance. Any material expenditures, fines, or damages we must pay will reduce our ability to make distributions and may reduce the value of your investment.
We may not obtain an independent third-party environmental assessment for every property we acquire. In addition, any assessment that we do obtain may not reveal all environmental liabilities or that a prior owner of a property did not create a material environmental condition not known to us. The cost of defending against claims of liability, of compliance with environmental regulatory requirements, of remediating any contaminated property, or of paying personal injury claims would materially adversely affect our business, assets or results of operations and, consequently, amounts available for distribution to you.
If we sell properties by providing financing to purchasers, defaults by the purchasers would adversely affect our cash flows, and our ability to make distributions to you.
If we decide to sell any of our properties, we intend to sell them for cash, if possible. However, in some instances we may sell our properties by providing financing to purchasers. When we provide financing to purchasers, we will bear the risk that the purchaser may default, which could negatively impact our cash distributions to stockholders. Even in the absence of a purchaser default, the distribution of the proceeds of sales to our stockholders, or their reinvestment in other assets, will be delayed until the promissory notes or other property we may accept upon the sale are actually paid, sold, refinanced or otherwise disposed of. In some cases, we may receive initial down payments in cash and other property in the year of sale in an amount less than the selling price and subsequent payments will be spread over a number of years. If any purchaser defaults under a financing arrangement with us, it could negatively impact our ability to pay cash distributions to our stockholders.
Our recovery of an investment in a mortgage, bridge or mezzanine loan that has defaulted may be limited, resulting in losses to us and reducing the amount of funds available to pay distributions to you.
There is no guarantee that the mortgage, loan or deed of trust securing an investment will, following a default, permit us to recover the original investment and interest that would have been received absent a default. The security provided by a mortgage, deed of trust or loan is directly related to the difference between the amount owed and the appraised market value of the property. Although we intend to rely on a current real estate appraisal when we make the investment, the value of the property is affected by factors outside our control, including general fluctuations in the real estate market, rezoning, neighborhood changes, highway relocations and failure by the borrower to maintain the property. In addition, we may incur the costs of litigation in our efforts to enforce our rights under defaulted loans.
Our costs associated with complying with the Americans with Disabilities Act may affect cash available for distributions.
Our properties will be subject to the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, or the Disabilities Act. Under the Disabilities Act, all places of public accommodation are required to comply with federal
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requirements related to access and use by disabled persons. The Disabilities Act has separate compliance requirements for public accommodations and commercial facilities that generally require that buildings and services, including restaurants and retail stores, be made accessible and available to people with disabilities. The Disabilities Acts requirements could require removal of access barriers and could result in the imposition of injunctive relief, monetary penalties, or, in some cases, an award of damages. We will attempt to acquire properties that comply with the Disabilities Act or place the burden on the seller or other third party, such as a tenant, to ensure compliance with the Disabilities Act. However, we cannot assure you that we will be able to acquire properties or allocate responsibilities in this manner. If we cannot, our funds used for Disabilities Act compliance may affect cash available for distributions and the amount of distributions to you.
Economic conditions may adversely affect our income and we could be subject to risks associated with acquiring discounted real estate assets.
U.S. and international markets are currently experiencing increased levels of volatility due to a combination of many factors, including decreasing values of home prices, limited access to credit markets, higher fuel prices, less consumer spending and fears of a national and global recession. The effects of the current market dislocation may persist as financial institutions continue to take the necessary steps to restructure their business and capital structures. As a result, this economic downturn has reduced demand for space and removed support for rents and property values. Since we cannot predict when the real estate markets will recover, the value of our properties may decline if current market conditions persist or worsen.
In addition, we will be subject to the risks generally incident to the ownership of discounted real estate assets. Such assets may be purchased at a discount from historical cost due to, among other things, substantial deferred maintenance, abandonment, undesirable locations or markets, or poorly structured financing of the real estate or debt instruments underlying the assets, which has since lowered their value. Further, the continuing instability in the financial markets has limited the availability of lines of credit and the degree to which people and entities have access to cash to pay rents or debt service on the underlying the assets. Such illiquidity has the effect of increasing vacancies, increasing bankruptcies and weakening interest rates commercial entities can charge consumers, which can all decrease the value of already discounted real estate assets. Should conditions persist or worsen, the continued inability of the underlying real estate assets to produce income may weaken our return on our investments, which, in turn, may weaken your return on investment.
Further, irrespective of the instability the financial markets may have on the return produced by discounted real estate assets, the evolving efforts to correct the instability make the valuation of such assets highly unpredictable. The fluctuation in market conditions make judging the future performance of these assets difficult. There is a risk that we may not purchase real estate assets at absolute discounted rates and that these assets may continue to decline in value.
Recent market disruptions may adversely impact aspects of our operating results and operating condition.
The U.S. government recently increased its borrowing capacity under the federal debt ceiling. Despite the increase to the federal debt ceiling, on August 5, 2011, Standard & Poors Rating Services, Inc. downgraded the U.S. governments AAA sovereign credit rating to AA+ with a negative outlook. On August 8, 2011, Standard & Poors downgraded the credit ratings of certain long-term debt instruments issued by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and U.S. government agencies linked to long-term U.S. debt. On August 2, 2011 Fitch Inc. affirmed its existing sovereign rating of the U.S. government, but stated that the rating is under review. In July 2011, Moodys Investors Services, Inc. placed the U.S. government under review for a possible credit rating downgrade and on August 2, 2011 it confirmed the U.S. governments existing sovereign rating, but stated that the U.S. governments rating outlook is negative. There continues to be a perceived risk of future sovereign credit ratings downgrade of the U.S. government, including the ratings of U.S. Treasury securities. A downgrade of U.S. sovereign credit ratings could correspondingly impact the credit ratings of instruments issued, insured or guaranteed by institutions, agencies or instrumentalities directly linked to the U.S. government, such as debt issued by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. In addition, certain European nations continue to experience varying degrees of financial stress, and yields on government-issued bonds in Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal and Spain have risen and remain volatile. Despite assistance packages to Greece,
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Ireland and Portugal, the creation of a joint EU-IMF European Financial Stability Facility in May 2010, and a recently announced plan to expand financial assistance to Greece, uncertainty over the outcome of the European Union, or EU, governments financial support programs and worries about sovereign finances persist. Market concerns over the direct and indirect exposure of European banks and insurers to these EU peripheral nations has resulted in a widening of credit spreads and increased costs of funding for some European financial institutions. These recent events may reduce investor confidence and lead to further weakening of the U.S. and global economies. In particular, this could cause disruption in the capital markets and impact the stability of future U.S. Treasury auctions and the trading market for U.S. government securities, resulting in increased interest rates and borrowing costs.
Our business may be affected by market and economic challenges experienced by the U.S. and global economies. These conditions may materially affect the value and performance of our properties, and may affect our ability to pay distributions, the availability or the terms of financing that we have or may anticipate utilizing, and our ability to make principal and interest payments on, or refinance, any outstanding debt when due. These challenging economic conditions may also impact the ability of certain of our tenants to enter into new leasing transactions or satisfy rental payments under existing leases. Specifically, recent global market disruptions may have adverse consequences, including:
decreased demand for our properties due to significant job losses that have occurred and may occur in the future, resulting in lower occupancy levels, which decreased demand will result in decreased revenues and which could diminish the value of our portfolio, which depends, in part, upon the cash flow generated by our properties;
an increase in the number of bankruptcies or insolvency proceedings of our tenants and lease guarantors, which could delay or preclude our efforts to collect rent and any past due balances under the relevant leases;
widening credit spreads for major sources of capital as investors demand higher risk premiums, resulting in lenders increasing the cost for debt financing;
further reduction in the amount of capital that is available to finance real estate, which, in turn, could lead to a decline in real estate values generally, slow real estate transaction activity, a reduction the loan-to-value ratio upon which lenders are willing to lend, and difficulty refinancing our debt;
a decrease in the value of certain of our properties below the amounts we pay for them, which may limit our ability to dispose of assets at attractive prices or to obtain debt financing secured by our properties and may reduce the availability of unsecured loans; and
reduction in the value and liquidity of our short-term investments as a result of the dislocation of the markets for our short-term investments and increased volatility in market rates for such investments or other factors.
Further, in light of the current economic conditions, we cannot provide assurance that we will be able to pay or increase the level of our distributions. If the conditions continue, our board may reduce our distributions in order to conserve cash.
Recent events in Europe have called into question the viability of a common European currency. The failure of the Euro and/or disruptions in the economies of European countries could negatively impact our business, results of operations and financial condition.
In early 2010, Greece and certain other European Union countries with high levels of sovereign debt had difficulty refinancing their debt and central bank intervention was required, causing significant devaluation of the euro relative to other currencies, such as the U.S. dollar, and concerns that sovereign defaults could lead to devaluation or abandonment of the common currency. Sovereign debt issues could lead to further significant, and potentially longer-term, devaluation of the euro against the U.S. dollar, which could adversely impact our European investments and revenues, operating expenses, and net income related to such European investments as expressed in U.S. dollars. In addition, many governments around the world, including the U.S. government, are operating at very large financial deficits. Disruptions in the economies of such governments
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could cause, contribute to or be indicative of, deteriorating macro-economic conditions. Furthermore, governmental austerity measures aimed at reducing deficits could impair the economic recovery.
We may be exposed to foreign currency gains and losses resulting from the current volatility and uncertainty concerning the euro. If we are unsuccessful in hedging these potential losses, our operating results could be negatively impacted and our cash flows could be significantly reduced. In some cases, as part of our risk management strategies, we may choose not to hedge such risks. If we misjudge these risks, there could be a material adverse effect on our operating results and financial position.
Foreign exchange rates may also be influenced by: changing supply and demand for a particular currency; monetary policies of governments (including exchange control programs, restrictions on local exchanges or markets and limitations on foreign investment in a country or on investment by residents of a country in other countries); changes in balances of payments and trade; trade restrictions; and currency devaluations and revaluations. Also, governments from time to time intervene in the currency markets, directly and by regulation, in order to influence prices directly. These events and actions are unpredictable. The resulting volatility in the U.S. dollar/euro exchange rate could materially and adversely affect our performance.
Net leases may not result in fair market lease rates over time, which could negatively impact our income and reduce the amount of funds available to make distributions to you.
We expect a large portion of our rental income to come from net leases, which generally provide the tenant greater discretion in using the leased property than ordinary property leases, such as the right to freely sublease the property, to make alterations in the leased premises and to terminate the lease prior to its expiration under specified circumstances. Furthermore, net leases typically have longer lease terms and, thus, there is an increased risk that contractual rental increases in future years will fail to result in fair market rental rates during those years. As a result, our income and distributions to our stockholders could be lower than they would otherwise be if we did not engage in net leases.
Our real estate investments may include special use single tenant properties that may be difficult to sell or re-lease upon tenant defaults or early lease terminations, which could adversely affect the value of your investment.
We focus our investments on commercial and industrial properties, including special use single tenant properties. These types of properties are relatively illiquid compared to other types of real estate and financial assets. This illiquidity will limit our ability to quickly change our portfolio in response to changes in economic or other conditions. With these properties, if the current lease is terminated or not renewed or, in the case of a mortgage loan, if we take such property in foreclosure, we may be required to renovate the property or to make rent concessions in order to lease the property to another tenant or sell the property. In addition, in the event we are forced to sell the property, we may have difficulty selling it to a party other than the tenant or borrower due to the special purpose for which the property may have been designed. These and other limitations may affect our ability to sell or re-lease properties and adversely affect returns to you.
Potential changes in U.S. accounting standards regarding operating leases may make the leasing of our properties less attractive to our potential tenants, which could reduce overall demand for our leasing services.
Under current authoritative accounting guidance for leases, a lease is classified by a tenant as a capital lease if the significant risks and rewards of ownership are considered to reside with the tenant. Under capital lease accounting for a tenant, both the leased asset and liability are reflected on their balance sheet. If the lease does not meet any of the criteria for a capital lease, the lease is considered an operating lease by the tenant, and the obligation does not appear on the tenants balance sheet; rather, the contractual future minimum payment obligations are only disclosed in the footnotes thereto. Thus, entering into an operating lease can appear to enhance a tenants balance sheet in comparison to direct ownership. The Financial Accounting Standards Board, or the FASB, and the International Accounting Standards Board, or the IASB, conducted a joint project to re-evaluate lease accounting. In August 2010, the FASB and the IASB jointly released exposure drafts of a proposed accounting model that would significantly change lease accounting.
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The final standards are expected to be issued in 2011. Changes to the accounting guidance could affect both our accounting for leases as well as that of our current and potential tenants. These changes may affect how the real estate leasing business is conducted. For example, if the accounting standards regarding the financial statement classification of operating leases are revised, then companies may be less willing to enter into leases in general or desire to enter into leases with shorter terms because the apparent benefits to their balance sheets could be reduced or eliminated. This in turn could cause a delay in investing our offering proceeds and make it more difficult for us to enter into leases on terms we find favorable.
Risks Associated with Debt Financing and Investments
We may incur mortgage indebtedness and other borrowings, which may increase our business risks.
We expect that in most instances, we will acquire real properties by using either existing financing or borrowing new funds. In addition, we may incur mortgage debt and pledge all or some of our real properties as security for that debt to obtain funds to acquire additional real properties. We may borrow if we need funds to satisfy the REIT tax qualification requirement that we generally distribute annually at least 90% of our REIT taxable income (which does not equal net income as calculated in accordance with GAAP) to our stockholders, determined without regard to the deduction for dividends paid and excluding net capital gain. We also may borrow if we otherwise deem it necessary or advisable to assure that we maintain our qualification as a REIT.
Our advisor believes that utilizing borrowing is consistent with our investment objective of maximizing the return to investors. There is no limitation on the amount we may borrow against any single improved property. Under our charter, our borrowings may not exceed 300% of our total net assets (as defined by the NASAA REIT Guidelines) as of the date of any borrowing, which is generally expected to be approximately 75% of the cost of our investments; however, we may exceed that limit if approved by a majority of our independent directors and disclosed to stockholders in our next quarterly report following such borrowing along with justification for exceeding such limit. This charter limitation, however, does not apply to individual real estate assets or investments. In addition, it is our intention to limit our borrowings to not more than 45% of the aggregate fair market value of our assets (calculated after the close of this offering and once we have invested substantially all the proceeds of this offering), unless excess borrowing is approved by a majority of the independent directors and disclosed to stockholders in our next quarterly report following such borrowing along with justification for such excess borrowing. This limitation, however, will not apply to individual real estate assets or investments. At the date of acquisition of each asset, we anticipate that that the cost of investment for such asset will be substantially similar to its fair market value, which will enable us to satisfy our requirements under the NASAA REIT Guidelines. However, subsequent events, including changes in the fair market value of our assets, could result in our exceeding these limits. We expect that during the period of this offering we seek independent director approval of borrowings in excess of these limitations since we will then be in the process of raising our equity capital to acquire our portfolio. As a result, we expect that our debt levels will be higher until we have invested most of our capital.
If there is a shortfall between the cash flow from a property and the cash flow needed to service mortgage debt on a property, then the amount available for distributions to stockholders may be reduced. In addition, incurring mortgage debt increases the risk of loss since defaults on indebtedness secured by a property may result in lenders initiating foreclosure actions. In that case, we could lose the property securing the loan that is in default, thus reducing the value of your investment. For U.S. federal income tax purposes, a foreclosure of any of our properties would be treated as a sale of the property for a purchase price equal to the outstanding balance of the debt secured by the mortgage. If the outstanding balance of the debt secured by the mortgage exceeds our tax basis in the property, we would recognize taxable income on foreclosure, but would not receive any cash proceeds. In such event, we may be unable to pay the amount of distributions required in order to maintain our REIT status. We may give full or partial guarantees to lenders of mortgage debt to the entities that own our properties. When we provide a guaranty on behalf of an entity that owns one of our properties, we will be responsible to the lender for satisfaction of the debt if it is not paid by such entity. If any mortgages contain cross-collateralization or cross-default provisions, a default on a single property could affect multiple properties. If any of our properties are foreclosed upon due to a default, our ability to pay cash distributions to our stockholders will be adversely affected which could result in our losing our REIT status and would result in a decrease in the value of your investment.
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The current state of debt markets could have a material adverse impact on our earnings and financial condition.
The domestic and international commercial real estate debt markets are currently experiencing volatility as a result of certain factors including the tightening of underwriting standards by lenders and credit rating agencies. This is resulting in lenders increasing the cost for debt financing. Should the overall cost of borrowings increase, either by increases in the index rates or by increases in lender spreads, we will need to factor such increases into the economics of future acquisitions. This may result in future acquisitions generating lower overall economic returns and potentially reducing future cash flow available for distribution. If these disruptions in the debt markets persist, our ability to borrow monies to finance the purchase of, or other activities related to, real estate assets will be negatively impacted. If we are unable to borrow monies on terms and conditions that we find acceptable, we likely will have to reduce the number of properties we can purchase, and the return on the properties we do purchase may be lower. In addition, we may find it difficult, costly or impossible to refinance indebtedness which is maturing.
In addition, the state of the debt markets could have an impact on the overall amount of capital investing in real estate which may result in price or value decreases of real estate assets. Although this may benefit us for future acquisitions, it could negatively impact the current value of our existing assets.
High mortgage rates may make it difficult for us to finance or refinance properties, which could reduce the number of properties we can acquire and the amount of cash distributions we can make.
If we place mortgage debt on properties, we run the risk of being unable to refinance the properties when the loans come due, or of being unable to refinance on favorable terms. If interest rates are higher when the properties are refinanced, we may not be able to finance the properties and our income could be reduced. If any of these events occur, our cash flow would be reduced. This, in turn, would reduce cash available for distribution to you and may hinder our ability to raise more capital by issuing more stock or by borrowing more money.
Lenders may require us to enter into restrictive covenants relating to our operations, which could limit our ability to make distributions to our stockholders.
In connection with providing us financing, a lender could impose restrictions on us that affect our distribution and operating policies and our ability to incur additional debt. Loan documents we enter into may contain covenants that limit our ability to further mortgage the property, discontinue insurance coverage or replace American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC as our advisor. These or other limitations may adversely affect our flexibility and our ability to achieve our investment and operating objectives.
Increases in interest rates could increase the amount of our debt payments and adversely affect our ability to pay distributions to our stockholders.
We expect that we will incur indebtedness in the future. To the extent that we incur variable rate debt, increases in interest rates would increase our interest costs, which could reduce our cash flows and our ability to pay distributions to you. In addition, if we need to repay existing debt during periods of rising interest rates, we could be required to liquidate one or more of our investments in properties at times that may not permit realization of the maximum return on such investments.
We have broad authority to incur debt, and high debt levels could hinder our ability to make distributions and could decrease the value of your investment.
Under our charter, our borrowings may not exceed 300% of our total net assets (as defined by the NASAA REIT Guidelines) as of the date of any borrowing, which is generally expected to be approximately 75% of the cost of our investments; however, we may exceed that limit if approved by a majority of our independent directors and disclosed to stockholders in our next quarterly report following such borrowing along with justification for exceeding such limit. This charter limitation, however, does not apply to individual real estate assets or investments. In addition, it is our intention to limit our aggregate borrowings to not more than 45% of the fair market value of all of our assets (calculated after the close of this offering and once we have invested substantially all the proceeds of this offering), unless any excess borrowing is approved by a
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majority of our independent directors and disclosed to our stockholders in our next quarterly report, along with a justification for such excess borrowing. This limitation, however, will not apply to individual real estate assets or investments. At the date of acquisition of each asset, we anticipate that that the cost of investment for such asset will be substantially similar to its fair market value, which will enable us to satisfy our requirements under the NASAA REIT Guidelines. However, subsequent events, including changes in the fair market value of our assets, could result in our exceeding these limits. We expect that during the period of this offering we will seek independent director approval of borrowings in excess of these limitations since we will then be in the process of raising our equity capital to acquire our portfolio. As a result, we expect that our debt levels will be higher until we have invested most of our capital. High debt levels would cause us to incur higher interest charges, would result in higher debt service payments and could be accompanied by restrictive covenants. These factors could limit the amount of cash we have available to distribute and could result in a decline in the value of your investment.
We may invest in collateralized mortgage-backed securities, which may increase our exposure to credit and interest rate risk.
We may invest in collateralized mortgage-backed securities, or CMBS, which may increase our exposure to credit and interest rate risk. We have not adopted, and do not expect to adopt, any formal policies or procedures designed to manage risks associated with our investments in CMBS. In this context, credit risk is the risk that borrowers will default on the mortgages underlying the CMBS. Interest rate risk occurs as prevailing market interest rates change relative to the current yield on the CMBS. For example, when interest rates fall, borrowers are more likely to prepay their existing mortgages to take advantage of the lower cost of financing. As prepayments occur, principal is returned to the holders of the CMBS sooner than expected, thereby lowering the effective yield on the investment. On the other hand, when interest rates rise, borrowers are more likely to maintain their existing mortgages. As a result, prepayments decrease, thereby extending the average maturity of the mortgages underlying the CMBS. If we are unable to manage these risks effectively, our results of operations, financial condition and ability to pay distributions to you will be adversely affected.
Any real estate debt security that we originate or purchase is subject to the risks of delinquency and foreclosure.
We may originate and purchase real estate debt securities, which are subject to risks of delinquency and foreclosure and risks of loss. Typically, we will not have recourse to the personal assets of our borrowers. The ability of a borrower to repay a real estate debt security secured by an income-producing property depends primarily upon the successful operation of the property, rather than upon the existence of independent income or assets of the borrower. If the net operating income of the property is reduced, the borrowers ability to repay the real estate debt security may be impaired. A propertys net operating income can be affected by, among other things:
increased costs, added costs imposed by franchisors for improvements or operating changes required, from time to time, under the franchise agreements;
property management decisions;
property location and condition;
competition from comparable types of properties;
changes in specific industry segments;
declines in regional or local real estate values, or occupancy rates; and
increases in interest rates, real estate tax rates and other operating expenses.
We bear the risks of loss of principal to the extent of any deficiency between the value of the collateral and the principal and accrued interest of the real estate debt security, which could have a material adverse effect on our cash flow from operations and limit amounts available for distribution to you. In the event of the bankruptcy of a real estate debt security borrower, the real estate debt security to that borrower will be deemed to be collateralized only to the extent of the value of the underlying collateral at the time of bankruptcy (as determined by the bankruptcy court), and the lien securing the real estate debt security will be
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subject to the avoidance powers of the bankruptcy trustee or debtor-in-possession to the extent the lien is unenforceable under state law. Foreclosure of a real estate debt security can be an expensive and lengthy process that could have a substantial negative effect on our anticipated return on the foreclosed real estate debt security. We also may be forced to foreclose on certain properties, be unable to sell these properties and be forced to incur substantial expenses to improve operations at the property.
U.S. Federal Income Tax Risks
Our failure to qualify or remain qualified as a REIT would subject us to U.S. federal income tax and potentially state and local tax, and would adversely affect our operations and the market price of our common stock.
We intend to elect and qualify to be taxed as a REIT commencing with our taxable year ending December 31, 2012 and intend to operate in a manner that would allow us to continue to qualify as a REIT. However, we may terminate our REIT qualification, if our board of directors determines that not qualifying as a REIT is in our best interests, or inadvertently. Our qualification as a REIT depends upon our satisfaction of certain asset, income, organizational, distribution, stockholder ownership and other requirements on a continuing basis. We currently intend to structure our activities in a manner designed to satisfy all requirements for qualification as a REIT. However, the REIT qualification requirements are extremely complex and interpretation of the U.S. federal income tax laws governing qualification as a REIT is limited. Furthermore, any opinion of our counsel, including tax counsel, as to our eligibility to qualify or remain qualified as a REIT is not binding on the IRS and is not a guarantee that we will qualify, or continue to qualify as a REIT. Accordingly, we cannot be certain that we will be successful in operating so we can qualify or remain qualified as a REIT. Our ability to satisfy the asset tests depends on our analysis of the characterization and fair market values of our assets, some of which are not susceptible to a precise determination, and for which we will not obtain independent appraisals. Our compliance with the REIT income or quarterly asset requirements also depends on our ability to successfully manage the composition of our income and assets on an ongoing basis. Accordingly, if certain of our operations were to be recharacterized by the IRS, such recharacterization would jeopardize our ability to satisfy all requirements for qualification as a REIT. Furthermore, future legislative, judicial or administrative changes to the U.S. federal income tax laws could be applied retroactively, which could result in our disqualification as a REIT.
If we fail to qualify as a REIT for any taxable year, and we do not qualify for certain statutory relief provisions, we will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on our taxable income at corporate rates. In addition, we would generally be disqualified from treatment as a REIT for the four taxable years following the year of losing our REIT qualification. Losing our REIT qualification would reduce our net earnings available for investment or distribution to stockholders because of the additional tax liability. In addition, distributions to stockholders would no longer qualify for the dividends paid deduction, and we would no longer be required to make distributions. If this occurs, we might be required to borrow funds or liquidate some investments in order to pay the applicable tax.
Even if we qualify as a REIT, in certain circumstances, we may incur tax liabilities that would reduce our cash available for distribution to you.
Even if we qualify and maintain our status as a REIT, we may be subject to U.S. federal, state and local income taxes. For example, net income from the sale of properties that are dealer properties sold by a REIT (a prohibited transaction under the Code) will be subject to a 100% tax. We may not make sufficient distributions to avoid excise taxes applicable to REITs. We also may decide to retain net capital gain we earn from the sale or other disposition of our property and pay U.S. federal income tax directly on such income. In that event, our stockholders would be treated as if they earned that income and paid the tax on it directly. However, stockholders that are tax-exempt, such as charities or qualified pension plans, would have no benefit from their deemed payment of such tax liability unless they file U.S. federal income tax returns and thereon seek a refund of such tax. We also will be subject to corporate tax on any undistributed REIT taxable income. We also may be subject to state and local taxes on our income or property, including franchise, payroll and transfer taxes, either directly or at the level of our operating partnership or at the level of the other companies through which we indirectly own our assets, such as our taxable REIT subsidiaries, which are subject to full
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U.S. federal, state, local and foreign corporate-level income taxes. Any taxes we pay directly or indirectly will reduce our cash available for distribution to you.
To qualify as a REIT we must meet annual distribution requirements, which may force us to forgo otherwise attractive opportunities or borrow funds during unfavorable market conditions. This could delay or hinder our ability to meet our investment objectives and reduce your overall return.
In order to qualify as a REIT, we must distribute annually to our stockholders at least 90% of our REIT taxable income (which does not equal net income as calculated in accordance with GAAP), determined without regard to the deduction for dividends paid and excluding net capital gain. We will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on our undistributed taxable income and net capital gain and to a 4% nondeductible excise tax on any amount by which distributions we pay with respect to any calendar year are less than the sum of (a) 85% of our ordinary income, (b) 95% of our capital gain net income and (c) 100% of our undistributed income from prior years. These requirements could cause us to distribute amounts that otherwise would be spent on investments in real estate assets and it is possible that we might be required to borrow funds, possibly at unfavorable rates, or sell assets to fund these distributions. It is possible that we might not always be able to make distributions sufficient to meet the annual distribution requirements and to avoid U.S. federal income and excise taxes on our earnings while we qualify as a REIT.
Certain of our business activities are potentially subject to the prohibited transaction tax, which could reduce the return on your investment.
For so long as we qualify as a REIT, our ability to dispose of property during the first few years following acquisition may be restricted to a substantial extent as a result of our REIT qualification. Under applicable provisions of the Code regarding prohibited transactions by REITs, while we qualify as a REIT, we will be subject to a 100% penalty tax on any gain recognized on the sale or other disposition of any property (other than foreclosure property) that we own, directly or indirectly through any subsidiary entity, including our operating partnership, but generally excluding taxable REIT subsidiaries, that is deemed to be inventory or property held primarily for sale to customers in the ordinary course of a trade or business. Whether property is inventory or otherwise held primarily for sale to customers in the ordinary course of a trade or business depends on the particular facts and circumstances surrounding each property. While we qualify as a REIT, we intend to avoid the 100% prohibited transaction tax by (1) conducting activities that may otherwise be considered prohibited transactions through a taxable REIT subsidiary (but such taxable REIT subsidiary would incur corporate rate income taxes with respect to any income or gain recognized by it), (2) conducting our operations in such a manner so that no sale or other disposition of an asset we own, directly or indirectly through any subsidiary, will be treated as a prohibited transaction or (3) structuring certain dispositions of our properties to comply with the requirements of the prohibited transaction safe harbor available under the Code for properties that, among other requirements, have been held for at least two years. Despite our present intention, no assurance can be given that any particular property we own, directly or through any subsidiary entity, including our operating partnership, but generally excluding taxable REIT subsidiaries, will not be treated as inventory or property held primarily for sale to customers in the ordinary course of a trade or business.
Our taxable REIT subsidiaries are subject to corporate-level taxes and our dealings with our taxable REIT subsidiaries may be subject to 100% excise tax.
A REIT may own up to 100% of the stock of one or more taxable REIT subsidiaries. Both the subsidiary and the REIT must jointly elect to treat the subsidiary as a taxable REIT subsidiary. A corporation of which a taxable REIT subsidiary directly or indirectly owns more than 35% of the voting power or value of the stock will automatically be treated as a taxable REIT subsidiary. Overall, no more than 25% of the gross value of a REITs assets may consist of stock or securities of one or more taxable REIT subsidiaries.
A taxable REIT subsidiary may hold assets and earn income that would not be qualifying assets or income if held or earned directly by a REIT, including gross income from operations pursuant to management contracts. Accordingly, we may use taxable REIT subsidiaries generally to hold properties for sale in the ordinary course of a trade or business or to hold assets or conduct activities that we cannot conduct directly as a REIT. A taxable REIT subsidiary will be subject to applicable U.S. federal, state, local and foreign income
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tax on its taxable income. In addition, the rules, which are applicable to us as a REIT, also impose a 100% excise tax on certain transactions between a taxable REIT subsidiary and its parent REIT that are not conducted on an arms-length basis.
If our operating partnership failed to qualify as a partnership or is not otherwise disregarded for U.S. federal income tax purposes, we would cease to qualify as a REIT.
We intend to maintain the status of the operating partnership as a partnership or a disregarded entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes. However, if the IRS were to successfully challenge the status of the operating partnership as a partnership or disregarded entity for such purposes, it would be taxable as a corporation. In such event, this would reduce the amount of distributions that the operating partnership could make to us. This also would result in our failing to qualify as a REIT, and becoming subject to a corporate level tax on our income. This substantially would reduce our cash available to pay distributions and the yield on your investment. In addition, if any of the partnerships or limited liability companies through which the operating partnership owns its properties, in whole or in part, loses its characterization as a partnership and is otherwise not disregarded for U.S. federal income tax purposes, it would be subject to taxation as a corporation, thereby reducing distributions to the operating partnership. Such a recharacterization of an underlying property owner could also threaten our ability to maintain our REIT qualification.
Our investments in certain debt instruments may cause us to recognize phantom income for U.S. federal income tax purposes even though no cash payments have been received on the debt instruments, and certain modifications of such debt by us could cause the modified debt to not qualify as a good REIT asset, thereby jeopardizing our REIT qualification.
Our taxable income may substantially exceed our net income as determined based on GAAP, or differences in timing between the recognition of taxable income and the actual receipt of cash may occur. For example, we may acquire assets, including debt securities requiring us to accrue original issue discount, or OID, or recognize market discount income, that generate taxable income in excess of economic income or in advance of the corresponding cash flow from the assets referred to as phantom income. In addition, if a borrower with respect to a particular debt instrument encounters financial difficulty rendering it unable to pay stated interest as due, we may nonetheless be required to continue to recognize the unpaid interest as taxable income with the effect that we will recognize income but will not have a corresponding amount of cash available for distribution to our stockholders.
As a result of the foregoing, we may generate less cash flow than taxable income in a particular year and find it difficult or impossible to meet the REIT distribution requirements in certain circumstances. In such circumstances, we may be required to (a) sell assets in adverse market conditions, (b) borrow on unfavorable terms, (c) distribute amounts that would otherwise be used for future acquisitions or used to repay debt, or (d) make a taxable distribution of our shares of common stock as part of a distribution in which stockholders may elect to receive shares of common stock or (subject to a limit measured as a percentage of the total distribution) cash, in order to comply with the REIT distribution requirements.
Moreover, we may acquire distressed debt investments that require subsequent modification by agreement with the borrower. If the amendments to the outstanding debt are significant modifications under the applicable Treasury Regulations, the modified debt may be considered to have been reissued to us in a debt-for-debt taxable exchange with the borrower. This deemed reissuance may prevent the modified debt from qualifying as a good REIT asset if the underlying security has declined in value and would cause us to recognize income to the extent the principal amount of the modified debt exceeds our adjusted tax basis in the unmodified debt.
The failure of a mezzanine loan to qualify as a real estate asset would adversely affect our ability to qualify as a REIT.
In general, in order for a loan to be treated as a qualifying real estate asset producing qualifying income for purposes of the REIT asset and income tests, the loan must be secured by real property. We may acquire mezzanine loans that are not directly secured by real property but instead secured by equity interests in a partnership or limited liability company that directly or indirectly owns real property. In Revenue Procedure
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2003-65, the IRS provided a safe harbor pursuant to which a mezzanine loan that is not secured by real estate would, if it meets each of the requirements contained in the Revenue Procedure, be treated by the IRS as a qualifying real estate asset. Although the Revenue Procedure provides a safe harbor on which taxpayers may rely, it does not prescribe rules of substantive tax law and in many cases it may not be possible for us to meet all the requirements of the safe harbor. We cannot provide assurance that any mezzanine loan in which we invest would be treated as a qualifying asset producing qualifying income for REIT qualification purposes. If any such loan fails either the REIT income or asset tests, we may be disqualified as a REIT.
We may choose to make distributions in our own stock, in which case you may be required to pay U.S. federal income taxes in excess of the cash dividends you receive.
In connection with our qualification as a REIT, we are required to distribute annually to our stockholders at least 90% of our REIT taxable income (which does not equal net income as calculated in accordance with GAAP), determined without regard to the deduction for dividends paid and excluding net capital gain. In order to satisfy this requirement, we may make distributions that are payable in cash and/or shares of our common stock (which could account for up to 80% of the aggregate amount of such distributions) at the election of each stockholder. Taxable stockholders receiving such distributions will be required to include the full amount of such distributions as ordinary dividend income to the extent of our current or accumulated earnings and profits, as determined for U.S. federal income tax purposes. As a result, U.S. stockholders may be required to pay U.S. federal income taxes with respect to such distributions in excess of the cash portion of the distribution received. Accordingly, U.S. stockholders receiving a distribution of our shares may be required to sell shares received in such distribution or may be required to sell other stock or assets owned by them, at a time that may be disadvantageous, in order to satisfy any tax imposed on such distribution. If a U.S. stockholder sells the stock that it receives as part of the distribution in order to pay this tax, the sales proceeds may be less than the amount included in income with respect to the distribution, depending on the market price of our stock at the time of the sale. Furthermore, with respect to certain non-U.S. stockholders, we may be required to withhold U.S. tax with respect to such distribution, including in respect of all or a portion of such distribution that is payable in stock, by withholding or disposing of part of the shares included in such distribution and using the proceeds of such disposition to satisfy the withholding tax imposed. In addition, if a significant number of our stockholders determine to sell shares of our common stock in order to pay taxes owed on dividend income, such sale may put downward pressure on the market price of our common stock.
Various tax aspects of such a taxable cash/stock distribution are uncertain and have not yet been addressed by the IRS. No assurance can be given that the IRS will not impose requirements in the future with respect to taxable cash/stock distributions, including on a retroactive basis, or assert that the requirements for such taxable cash/stock distributions have not been met.
The taxation of distributions to our stockholders can be complex; however, distributions that we make to our stockholders generally will be taxable as ordinary income, which may reduce your anticipated return from an investment in us.
Distributions that we make to our taxable stockholders out of current and accumulated earnings and profits (and not designated as capital gain dividends, or, for tax years beginning before January 1, 2013, qualified dividend income) generally will be taxable as ordinary income. However, a portion of our distributions may (1) be designated by us as capital gain dividends generally taxable as long-term capital gain to the extent that they are attributable to net capital gain recognized by us, (2) be designated by us, for taxable years beginning before January 1, 2013, as qualified dividend income generally to the extent they are attributable to dividends we receive from our taxable REIT subsidiaries, or (3) constitute a return of capital generally to the extent that they exceed our accumulated earnings and profits as determined for U.S. federal income tax purposes. A return of capital is not taxable, but has the effect of reducing the basis of a stockholders investment in our common stock.
Our stockholders may have tax liability on distributions that they elect to reinvest in common stock, but they would not receive the cash from such distributions to pay such tax liability.
If our stockholders participate in our distribution reinvestment plan, they will be deemed to have received, and for U.S. federal income tax purposes will be taxed on, the amount reinvested in shares of our common stock to the extent the amount reinvested was not a tax-free return of capital. In addition, our
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stockholders will be treated for tax purposes as having received an additional distribution to the extent the shares are purchased at a discount to fair market value. As a result, unless a stockholder is a tax-exempt entity, it may have to use funds from other sources to pay its tax liability on the value of the shares of common stock received.
Dividends payable by REITs generally do not qualify for the reduced tax rates available for some dividends.
The maximum tax rate applicable to qualified dividend income payable to U.S. stockholders that are individuals, trusts and estates has been reduced to 15% for tax years beginning before January 1, 2013. Dividends payable by REITs, however, generally are not eligible for the reduced rates. Although this legislation does not adversely affect the taxation of REITs or dividends payable by REITs, the more favorable rates applicable to regular corporate qualified dividends could cause investors who are individuals, trusts and estates to perceive investments in REITs to be relatively less attractive than investments in the stocks of non-REIT corporations that pay dividends, which could adversely affect the value of the shares of REITs, including our common stock. Tax rates could be changed in future legislation.
If we were considered to actually or constructively pay a preferential dividend to certain of our stockholders, our status as a REIT could be adversely affected.
In order to qualify as a REIT, we must distribute annually to our stockholders at least 90% of our REIT taxable income (which does not equal net income as calculated in accordance with GAAP), determined without regard to the deduction for dividends paid and excluding net capital gain. In order for distributions to be counted as satisfying the annual distribution requirements for REITs, and to provide us with a REIT-level tax deduction, the distributions must not be preferential dividends. A dividend is not a preferential dividend if the distribution is pro rata among all outstanding shares of stock within a particular class, and in accordance with the preferences among different classes of stock as set forth in our organizational documents. Currently, there is uncertainty as to the IRSs position regarding whether certain arrangements that REITs have with their stockholders could give rise to the inadvertent payment of a preferential dividend (e.g., the pricing methodology for stock purchased under a distribution reinvestment plan inadvertently causing a greater than 5% discount on the price of such stock purchased). While we believe our operations have been structured in such manner that we will not be treated as inadvertently paying preferential dividends, there is no de minimis exception with respect to preferential dividends. Therefore, if the IRS were to take the position that we inadvertently paid a preferential dividend, we may be deemed either to (a) have distributed less than 100% of our REIT taxable income and be subject to tax on the undistributed portion, or (b) have distributed less than 90% of our REIT taxable income and our status as a REIT could be terminated for the year in which such determination is made if we were unable to cure such failure.
Complying with REIT requirements may limit our ability to hedge our liabilities effectively and may cause us to incur tax liabilities.
The REIT provisions of the Code may limit our ability to hedge our liabilities. Any income from a hedging transaction we enter into to manage risk of interest rate changes, price changes or currency fluctuations with respect to borrowings made or to be made to acquire or carry real estate assets, if properly identified under applicable Treasury Regulations, does not constitute gross income for purposes of the 75% or 95% gross income tests. To the extent that we enter into other types of hedging transactions, the income from those transactions will likely be treated as non-qualifying income for purposes of both of the gross income tests. As a result of these rules, we may need to limit our use of advantageous hedging techniques or implement those hedges through a taxable REIT subsidiary. This could increase the cost of our hedging activities because our taxable REIT subsidiaries would be subject to tax on gains or expose us to greater risks associated with changes in interest rates than we would otherwise want to bear. In addition, losses in a taxable REIT subsidiary generally will not provide any tax benefit, except for being carried forward against future taxable income of such taxable REIT subsidiary.
Complying with REIT requirements may force us to forgo and/or liquidate otherwise attractive investment opportunities.
To qualify as a REIT, we must ensure that we meet the REIT gross income tests annually and that at the end of each calendar quarter, at least 75% of the value of our assets consists of cash, cash items, government
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securities and qualified REIT real estate assets, including certain mortgage loans and certain kinds of mortgage-related securities. The remainder of our investment in securities (other than government securities and qualified real estate assets) generally cannot include more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of any one issuer or more than 10% of the total value of the outstanding securities of any one issuer. In addition, in general, no more than 5% of the value of our assets can consist of the securities of any one issuer (other than government securities and qualified real estate assets), and no more than 25% of the value of our total assets can be represented by securities of one or more taxable REIT subsidiaries. If we fail to comply with these requirements at the end of any calendar quarter, we must correct the failure within 30 days after the end of the calendar quarter or qualify for certain statutory relief provisions to avoid losing our REIT qualification and suffering adverse tax consequences. As a result, we may be required to liquidate assets from our portfolio or not make otherwise attractive investments in order to maintain our qualification as a REIT. These actions could have the effect of reducing our income and amounts available for distribution to our stockholders.
The ability of our board of directors to revoke our REIT qualification without stockholder approval may subject us to U.S. federal income tax and reduce distributions to our stockholders.
Our charter provides that our board of directors may revoke or otherwise terminate our REIT election, without the approval of our stockholders, if it determines that it is no longer in our best interest to continue to qualify as a REIT. While we intend to elect and qualify to be taxed as a REIT, we may not elect to be treated as a REIT or may terminate our REIT election if we determine that qualifying as a REIT is no longer in our best interests. If we cease to be a REIT, we would become subject to U.S. federal income tax on our taxable income and would no longer be required to distribute most of our taxable income to our stockholders, which may have adverse consequences on our total return to our stockholders and on the market price of our common stock.
We may be subject to adverse legislative or regulatory tax changes that could increase our tax liability, reduce our operating flexibility and reduce the market price of our common stock.
In recent years, numerous legislative, judicial and administrative changes have been made in the provisions of U.S. federal income tax laws applicable to investments similar to an investment in shares of our common stock. Additional changes to the tax laws are likely to continue to occur, and we cannot assure you that any such changes will not adversely affect the taxation of a stockholder. Any such changes could have an adverse effect on an investment in our shares or on the market value or the resale potential of our assets. You are urged to consult with your tax advisor with respect to the impact of recent legislation on your investment in our shares and the status of legislative, regulatory or administrative developments and proposals and their potential effect on an investment in our shares. You also should note that our counsels tax opinion is based upon existing law, applicable as of the date of its opinion, all of which will be subject to change, either prospectively or retroactively.
Although REITs generally receive better tax treatment than entities taxed as regular corporations, it is possible that future legislation would result in a REIT having fewer tax advantages, and it could become more advantageous for a company that invests in real estate to elect to be treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a corporation. As a result, our charter provides our board of directors with the power, under certain circumstances, to revoke or otherwise terminate our REIT election and cause us to be taxed as a regular corporation, without the vote of our stockholders. Our board of directors has fiduciary duties to us and our stockholders and could only cause such changes in our tax treatment if it determines in good faith that such changes are in the best interest of our stockholders.
The share ownership restrictions of the Code for REITs and the 9.8% share ownership limitations in our charter may inhibit market activity in our shares of stock and restrict our business combination opportunities.
In order to qualify as a REIT, five or fewer individuals, as defined in the Code, may not own, actually or constructively, more than 50% in value of our issued and outstanding shares of stock at any time during the last half of each taxable year, other than the first year for which a REIT election is made. Attribution rules in the Code determine if any individual or entity actually or constructively owns our shares of stock under this requirement. Additionally, at least 100 persons must beneficially own our shares of stock during at least 335
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days of a taxable year for each taxable year, other than the first year for which a REIT election is made. To help insure that we meet these tests, among other purposes, our charter restricts the acquisition and ownership of our shares of stock.
Our charter, with certain exceptions, authorizes our directors to take such actions as are necessary and desirable to preserve our qualification as a REIT while we so qualify. Unless exempted by our board of directors (prospectively or retroactively), for so long as we qualify as a REIT, our charter prohibits, among other limitations on ownership and transfer of shares of our stock, any person from beneficially or constructively owning (applying certain attribution rules under the Code) more than 9.8% in value of the aggregate of the outstanding shares of our stock or more than 9.8% (in value or in number of shares, whichever is more restrictive) of any class or series of shares of our stock. Our board of directors may not grant an exemption from these restrictions to any proposed transferee whose ownership in excess of the 9.8% ownership limit would result in the termination of our qualification as a REIT. These restrictions on transferability and ownership will not apply, however, if our board of directors determines that it is no longer in our best interest to continue to qualify as a REIT or that compliance is no longer required for REIT qualification.
These ownership limits could delay or prevent a transaction or a change in control that might involve a premium price for our common stock or otherwise be in the best interest of the stockholders.
Non-U.S. stockholders will be subject to U.S. federal withholding tax and may be subject to U.S. federal income tax on distributions received from us and upon the disposition of our shares.
Subject to certain exceptions, distributions received from us will be treated as dividends of ordinary income to the extent of our current or accumulated earnings and profits. Such dividends ordinarily will be subject to U.S. withholding tax at a 30% rate, or such lower rate as may be specified by an applicable income tax treaty, unless the distributions are treated as effectively connected with the conduct by the non-U.S. stockholder of a U.S. trade or business. Pursuant to the Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act of 1980, or FIRPTA, capital gain distributions attributable to sales or exchanges of U.S. real property interests or USRPIs, generally will be taxed to a non-U.S. stockholder as if such gain were effectively connected with a U.S. trade or business. However, a capital gain dividend will not be treated as effectively connected income if (a) the distribution is received with respect to a class of stock that is regularly traded on an established securities market located in the United States and (b) the non-U.S. stockholder does not own more than 5% of the class of our stock at any time during the one-year period ending on the date the distribution is received. We do not anticipate that our shares will be regularly traded on an established securities market for the foreseeable future, and therefore, this exception is not expected to apply.
Gain recognized by a non-U.S. stockholder upon the sale or exchange of our common stock generally will not be subject to U.S. federal income taxation unless such stock constitutes a USRPI under FIRPTA. Our common stock will not constitute a USRPI so long as we are a domestically-controlled qualified investment entity. A domestically-controlled qualified investment entity includes a REIT if at all times during a specified testing period, less than 50% in value of such REITs stock is held directly or indirectly by non-U.S. stockholders. We believe, but cannot assure you, that we will be a domestically-controlled qualified investment entity.
Even if we do not qualify as a domestically-controlled qualified investment entity at the time a non-U.S. stockholder sells or exchanges our common stock, gain arising from such a sale or exchange would not be subject to U.S. taxation under FIRPTA as a sale of a USRPI if (a) our common stock is regularly traded, as defined by applicable Treasury regulations, on an established securities market, and (b) such non-U.S. stockholder owned, actually and constructively, 5% or less of our common stock at any time during the five-year period ending on the date of the sale. However, it is not anticipated that our common stock will be regularly traded on an established market. We encourage you to consult your tax advisor to determine the tax consequences applicable to you if you are a non-U.S. stockholder.
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Potential characterization of distributions or gain on sale may be treated as unrelated business taxable income to tax-exempt investors.
If (a) we are a pension-held REIT, (b) a tax-exempt stockholder has incurred (or deemed to have incurred) debt to purchase or hold our common stock, or (c) a holder of common stock is a certain type of tax-exempt stockholder, dividends on, and gains recognized on the sale of, common stock by such tax-exempt stockholder may be subject to U.S. federal income tax as unrelated business taxable income under the Code.
Qualifying as a REIT involves highly technical and complex provisions of the Code.
Qualification as a REIT involves the application of highly technical and complex Code provisions for which only limited judicial and administrative authorities exist. Even a technical or inadvertent violation could jeopardize our REIT qualification. Our qualification as a REIT will depend on our satisfaction of certain asset, income, organizational, distribution, stockholder ownership and other requirements on a continuing basis. In addition, our ability to satisfy the requirements to qualify as a REIT depends in part on the actions of third parties over which we have no control or only limited influence, including in cases where we own an equity interest in an entity that is classified as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
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ESTIMATED USE OF PROCEEDS
Depending primarily on the number and types of shares we sell in this offering, the amounts listed in the table below represent our current estimates concerning the use of the offering proceeds. Since these are estimates, they may not accurately reflect the actual receipt or application of the offering proceeds. The first scenario assumes we sell the minimum of $2,000,000 of common stock in this offering and the second scenario assumes that we sell the maximum of $1,499,999,995 of common stock, with both scenarios contemplating a purchase price of $9.00 per retail share (plus applicable selling commissions and dealer manager fee up to 10% to be paid by purchasers of retail shares resulting in aggregate consideration of $9.90 per share) and $9.00 per institutional share. We estimate that for each share sold in this offering, approximately 88.1% of the proceeds will be available for the purchase of real estate in the first scenario and 91.0% of the purchase price will be available for the purchase of real estate in the second scenario. Subject to the discretion of our board of directors, we intend to acquire a diversified portfolio of commercial properties, with an emphasis on sale-leaseback transactions involving single tenant net leased commercial properties. Our primary geographic target will be the United States, although up to 40% of our portfolio may consist of properties purchased in Europe and up to an additional 10% of our portfolio may consist of properties purchased elsewhere internationally. This will be the case no matter how much we raise in connection with the offering. We will use the remainder of the offering proceeds to pay the costs of the offering, including payment of selling commissions and the dealer manager fee out of payments received from purchasers of retail shares, and to pay a fee to our advisor for its services in connection with the selection and acquisition of properties. No selling commissions or dealer manager fees will be paid on shares sold under our distribution reinvestment plan or on sales of institutional shares. We will pay a platform fee on institutional shares.
If we encounter delays in the selection, acquisition or development of income-producing properties, we may pay all or a substantial portion of our distributions from the proceeds of this offering or from borrowings in anticipation of future cash flow. We have not established any limit on the amount of proceeds from this offering that may be used to fund distributions, except that, in accordance with our organizational documents and Maryland law, we may not make distributions that would: (1) cause us to be unable to pay our debts as they become due in the usual course of business; (2) cause our total assets to be less than the sum of our total liabilities plus senior liquidation preferences, if any; or (3) jeopardize our ability to qualify as a REIT.
The table does not give effect to special sales or volume discounts which could reduce selling commissions and many of the figures represent managements best estimate because they cannot be precisely calculated at this time.
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| Minimum Offering (Not Including Distribution Reinvestment Plan) (1) | Maximum Offering (Not Including Distribution Reinvestment Plan) (1) | |||
| Amount | Percent | Amount | Percent | |
| Gross offering proceeds, retail shares (2) | $ 2,000,000 | 100.0 % | $ 1,000,000,000 | 100.0 % |
| Gross offering proceeds, institutional shares | $ 0 | 0 % | $ 499,999,995 | 100.0 % |
| Total | $ 2,000,000 | 100.0 % | $ 1,499,999,995 | 100.0 % |
| Less offering expenses: | ||||
| Selling commissions and dealer manager fee, retail shares (3) | $ 181,818 | 9.0 % | $ 90,909,090 | 6.1 % |
| Platform fee, institutional shares (4) | $ | | $ 49,999,999 | 3.3 % |
| Organization and offering expenses (5) | $ 30,000 | 1.5 % | $ 22,500,000 | 1.5 % |
| Amount available for investment (6) | $ 1,788,182 | 89.5 % | $ 1,336,590,906 | 89.1 % |
| Acquisition: (7) | ||||
| Acquisition and advisory fees (8) | $ 17,700 | 0.9 % | $ 13,775,000 | 0.9 % |
| Acquisition expenses (9) | $ 10,620 | 0.5 % | $ 8,265,000 | 0.6 % |
| Amount invested in properties (10) | $ 1,759,862 | 88.1 % | $ 1,314,550,904 | 87.6 % |
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The above table assumes purchase price of $9.00 per share (plus, for retail shares, selling commissions and dealer manager fees up to 10% in the aggregate to be paid by purchasers of retail shares, resulting in aggregate consideration of $9.90 per retail share).
(1) Calculations assume sales of approximately 202,020 shares of retail shares and no institutional shares, resulting in gross offering proceeds of $2,000,000 (which, for purposes of this table includes the gross proceeds from the purchase price of the retail shares plus selling commissions and dealer manager fees to be paid by purchasers of retail shares).
(2) The gross offering proceeds in this table include gross proceeds from sale of retail shares at purchase price of $9.00 per retail shares, plus applicable selling commissions and dealer manager fees up to 10% in the aggregate, which will be paid by purchasers of retail shares, resulting in aggregate consideration of $9.90 per retail share.
(3) Includes selling commissions equal to 7% of the purchase price of $9.00 per share of the retail shares and a dealer manager fee equal to 3% of the purchase price of $9.00 per share of the retail shares, both of which are payable to the dealer manager, our affiliate, by purchasers of retail shares. No selling commissions or dealer manager fees are payable on sales of shares under our distribution reinvestment plan or institutional shares. Realty Capital Securities, LLC, our broker dealer, in its sole discretion, intends to reallow selling commissions of up to 7% of the purchase price of the retail shares to unaffiliated broker dealers participating in this offering attributable to the amount of retail shares sold by them. In addition, our dealer manager may reallow all or a portion of its dealer manager fee to participating dealers in the aggregate amount of up to 3% of the gross proceeds after selling commissions and dealer manager fees to be paid to such participating dealers as marketing fees, based upon such factors as the volume of sales of such participating dealers, the level of marketing support provided by such participating dealers and the assistance of such participating dealers in marketing the offering, or to reimburse representatives of such participating dealers for the costs and expenses of attending our educational conferences and seminars. Alternatively, a participating broker dealer may elect to receive a fee equal to 7.5% of the per share purchase price, which will initially be $9.00, of the retail shares sold by such participating broker dealer, with 2.5% thereof paid at the time of such sale and 1% thereof paid on each anniversary of the closing of such sale up to and including the fifth anniversary of the closing of such sale, in which event, a portion of the dealer manager fee will be reallowed such that the combined selling commission and dealer manager fee do not exceed 10% of the proceeds of such sale after selling commissions and dealer manager fees. The amount of selling commissions may often be reduced under certain circumstances for volume discounts. Realty Capital Securities, LLC anticipates, based on its past experience, that, on average, it will reallow 1% of the dealer manager fee to participating broker dealers. The maximum amount of the reallowances of the dealer manager fee will be 1.5% of the gross proceeds from shares sold in the offering. See the section entitled Plan of Distribution in this prospectus for a description of such provisions.
(4) Assumes all institutional shares are sold at $9.00 per share. Amount of platform fee paid to the dealer manager is based on NAV, but not to exceed 10% of gross proceeds from the sale of institutional shares. We will pay substantial fees to our advisor and its affiliates, including fees based on NAV, which the advisor will be responsible for calculating. Because these fees are based on NAV, the advisor and its affiliates will benefit from our shares having higher NAV and therefore they have an incentive to cause the NAV to be higher.
(5) Organization and offering expenses are amortized over five years and include all expenses (other than selling commissions and the dealer manager fee) to be paid by us in connection with the offering, including our legal, accounting, printing, mailing and filing fees, charges of our escrow agent, due diligence expense reimbursements to participating broker dealers and amounts to reimburse American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC for its portion of the salaries of the employees of its affiliates who provide services to our advisor and other costs in connection with the administrative oversight of the offering and marketing process, preparing supplemental sales materials, holding educational conferences and attending retail seminars conducted by broker dealers. Our advisor will not be reimbursed for the direct payment of such organization and offering expenses that exceed 1.5% of the aggregate gross offering proceeds (which includes gross proceeds from sale of shares, plus applicable selling commissions and dealer manager fees which will be paid by purchasers of retail shares) over the life of the offering, which may include reimbursements to be paid to the dealer-manager and participating broker-dealers for due diligence fees included in a detailed and itemized invoice.
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(6) Until required in connection with the acquisition and/or development of properties, substantially all of the net proceeds of the offering and, thereafter, any working capital reserves we may have, may be invested in short-term, highly-liquid investments, including government obligations, bank certificates of deposit, short-term debt obligations and interest-bearing accounts.
(7) Working capital reserves will be maintained at the property level and are typically are utilized for extraordinary expenses that are not covered by revenue generation of the property, such as tenant improvements, leasing commissions and major capital expenditures. Alternatively, a lender party may require its own formula for escrow of working capital reserves.
(8) Acquisition and advisory fees are defined generally as fees and commissions paid by any party to any person in connection with identifying, reviewing, evaluating, investing in and the purchase of properties. We will pay to American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC, our advisor, acquisition and advisory fees up to a maximum amount of 1.0% of the contract purchase price of each property acquired (including our pro rata share of debt attributable to such property) and up to 1.0% of the amount advanced for a loan or other investment (including our pro rata share of debt attributable to such investment). Once the proceeds from this offering have been fully invested, the aggregate amount of acquisition fees shall not exceed 1.5% of the contract purchase price for all of the assets acquired. Assuming that we incur leverage up to 50% of the aggregate fair market value of our assets, as set forth in our investment guidelines, the minimum and maximum acquisition fees would be $35,400 and $27,550,000, respectively. Assuming we incur leverage up to 300% of our total net assets (as defined by the NASAA REIT Guidelines) as of the date of any borrowing, which is generally expected to be approximately 75% of the cost of our investments, the minimum and maximum acquisition fees would be $70,800 and $55,100,000, respectively.
(9) Acquisition expenses include legal fees and expenses, travel and communications expenses, costs of appraisals, accounting fees and expenses, title insurance premiums and other closing costs and miscellaneous expenses relating to the selection, evaluation and acquisition of real estate properties, whether or not acquired. For purposes of this table, we have assumed expenses of 0.6% of the purchase price of each property (including our pro rata share of debt attributable to such property) and 0.6% of the amount advanced for a loan or other investment (including our pro rate share of debt attributable to such investment); however, expenses on a particular acquisition may be higher. Acquisition fees and expenses for any particular property will not exceed 4.5% of the contract purchase price of each property (including our pro rata share of debt attributable to such property) or 4.5% of the amount advanced for a loan or other investment (including our pro rata share of debt attributable to such investment). Assuming that we incur leverage up to 45% of the aggregate fair market value of our assets, as set forth in our investment guidelines, the minimum and maximum acquisition expenses would be $10,620 and $8,265,000, respectively. Assuming we incur leverage up to 300% of our total net assets (as defined by the NASAA REIT Guidelines) as of the date of any borrowing, which is generally expected to be approximately 75% of the cost of our investments, the minimum and maximum acquisition expenses would be $42,480 and $33,060,000, respectively.
(10) Includes amounts anticipated to be invested in properties net of fees, expenses and initial working capital reserves.
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MANAGEMENT
General
We operate under the direction of our board of directors, the members of which are accountable to us and our stockholders as fiduciaries. The board and, subject to the direction and control of the board, our executive officers are responsible for the overall management and control of our affairs. The board has retained American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC to manage our day-to-day affairs and the acquisition and disposition of our investments, subject to the boards supervision. Solely with respect to our foreign investment strategy, our advisor may delegate certain responsibility for our day-to-day operations, including any such financing, investment and asset management responsibilities, to our service provider(s). However, our advisor is responsible for the performance of any service provider and maintains ultimate responsibility to our board of directors for our performance. As described in greater detail under section entitled The Advisor and The Service Providers below, our advisor and any service provider will be responsible for making investment decisions subject to the approval of our board of directors.
Our charter has been reviewed and ratified by at least a majority of our board of directors, including the independent directors. This ratification by our board of directors is required by the NASAA REIT Guidelines.
Our charter and bylaws provide that the number of our directors may be established by a majority of the entire board of directors but may not be fewer than three nor more than ten, provided , however , that there may be fewer than three directors at any time that we have only one stockholder of record. We have a total of three directors, including two independent directors. Our charter provides that, after we commence this offering, a majority of the directors must be independent directors except for a period of up to 60 days after the death, resignation or removal of an independent director, pending the election of such independent directors successor. An independent director is defined in article IV of our charter in accordance with Section I.B. 14 of the NASAA REIT Guidelines. There are no family relationships among any of our directors or officers, or officers of our advisor. Each director must have at least three years of relevant experience demonstrating the knowledge and experience required to successfully acquire and manage the type of assets being acquired by us. Currently, each of our directors has substantially in excess of three years of relevant real estate experience. At least one of the independent directors must have at least three years of relevant real estate experience and at least one of our independent directors must be a financial expert with at least three years of financial experience.
During the discussion of a proposed transaction, independent directors may offer ideas for ways in which transactions may be structured to offer the greatest value to us, and our management will take these suggestions into consideration when structuring transactions. Each director will serve until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualifies. Although the number of directors may be increased or decreased, a decrease will not have the effect of shortening the term of any incumbent director.
Any director may resign at any time and may be removed with or without cause by the stockholders upon the affirmative vote of at least a majority of all the votes entitled to be cast generally in the election of directors. The notice of any special meeting called to remove a director will indicate that the purpose, or one of the purposes, of the meeting is to determine if the director shall be removed. Neither our advisor, any member of our board of directors nor any of their affiliates may vote or consent on matters submitted to the stockholders regarding the removal of our advisor or any director or any of their affiliates or any transaction between us and any of them after we accept any subscriptions for the purchase of shares in this offering. In determining the requisite percentage in interest required to approve such a matter after we accept any subscriptions for the purchase of shares in this offering, any shares owned by such persons will not be included.
Any vacancy created by an increase in the number of directors or the death, resignation, removal, adjudicated incompetence or other incapacity of a director may be filled only by a vote of a majority of the remaining directors. Independent directors shall nominate replacements for vacancies in the independent director positions. Each director will be bound by the charter and the bylaws.
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The directors are not required to devote all of their time to our business and are only required to devote the time to our affairs as their duties require. The directors meet quarterly or more frequently if necessary. Our directors are not required to devote a substantial portion of their time to discharge their duties as our directors. Consequently, in the exercise of their responsibilities, the directors heavily rely on our advisor. Our directors must maintain their fiduciary duties to us and our stockholders and supervise the relationship between us and our advisor. The board is empowered to fix the compensation of all officers that it selects and approve the payment of compensation to directors for services rendered to us in any other capacity.
Our board of directors has established policies on investments and borrowing, the general terms of which are set forth in this prospectus. The directors may establish further policies on investments and borrowings and monitor our administrative procedures, investment operations and performance to ensure that the policies are fulfilled and are in the best interest of our stockholders.
The independent directors are responsible for reviewing our fees and expenses on at least an annual basis and with sufficient frequency to determine that the expenses incurred are reasonable in light of our investment performance, our net assets, our net income and the fees and expenses of other comparable unaffiliated REITs. Each such determination will be reflected in the minutes of the meeting of the board. In addition, a majority of the directors, including a majority of the independent directors, who are not otherwise interested in the transaction must determine that any transaction with American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC or its affiliates is fair and reasonable to us. The independent directors also are responsible for reviewing the performance of American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC and determining that the compensation to be paid to American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC is reasonable in relation to the nature and quality of services to be performed and that the provisions of the advisory agreement are being carried out. It is the duty of our board of directors to evaluate the performance of our advisor annually before deciding whether to review the advisory agreement with our advisor. The criteria used in such evaluation will be reflected in the minutes of the meeting of the board. Specifically, the independent directors consider factors such as:
the amount of the fees paid to American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC or its affiliates in relation to the size, composition and performance of our investments;
the success of American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC in generating appropriate investment opportunities;
rates charged to other REITs, especially REITs of similar structure, and other investors by advisors performing similar services;
additional revenues realized by American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC and its affiliates through their relationship with us, including loan, administration, underwriting or broker commissions, servicing, engineering, inspection and other fees, whether we pay them or they are paid by others with whom we do business;
the quality and extent of service and advice furnished by American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC and the performance of our investment portfolio; and
the quality of our portfolio relative to the investments generated by American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC or its affiliates for its other clients.
If the independent directors determine that the compensation to be paid to American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC is not reasonable, our board of directors may request that American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC reduce its fees, or may terminate the advisory agreement, renegotiate the advisory agreement or retain a new advisor. Neither our advisor nor any of its affiliates nor any director may vote or consent to the voting of shares of our common stock they now own or hereafter acquire on matters submitted to the stockholders regarding either (1) the removal of such director or American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC as our advisor, or (2) any transaction between us and American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC, such director or any of their respective affiliates. In determining the requisite percentage in interest of shares necessary to approve a matter on which a director, our advisor or any of their respective affiliates may not vote or consent, any shares owned by such director, our advisor or any of their respective affiliates will not be included.
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Committees of the Board of Directors
Our entire board of directors considers all major decisions concerning our business, including property acquisitions. However, our charter and bylaws provide that our board may establish such committees as the board believes appropriate. The board will appoint the members of the committee in the boards discretion. Our charter and bylaws require that a majority of the members of each committee of our board is to be comprised of independent directors.
Audit Committee
Our board of directors has established an audit committee, which consists of our two independent directors. The audit committee, by approval of at least a majority of the members, selects the independent registered public accounting firm to audit our annual financial statements, reviews with the independent registered public accounting firm the plans and results of the audit engagement, approves the audit and non-audit services provided by the independent registered public accounting firm, reviews the independence of the independent registered public accounting firm, considers the range of audit and non-audit fees and reviews the adequacy of our internal accounting controls. One of our initial independent directors, Abby M. Wenzel, will qualify as an audit committee financial expert. Our board of directors has adopted a charter for the audit committee that sets forth its specific functions and responsibilities.
Executive Officers and Directors
We have provided below certain information about our executive officers and directors. The primary function of our executive officers is to oversee the advisor, who will provide the day-to-day services for, and operations of, the company.
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| Name* | Age | Position(s) |
| Nicholas S. Schorsch | 51 | Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer |
| Edward M. Weil, Jr. | 45 | President, Chief Operating Officer, Treasurer and Secretary |
| Peter M. Budko | 52 | Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer |
| Brian S. Block | 40 | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
| Edward G. Rendell | 68 | Independent Director |
| Abby M. Wenzel | 51 | Independent Director |
Nicholas S. Schorsch has served as the chairman of the board and chief executive officer of our company since our formation in July 2011. Mr. Schorsch also has been the chief executive officer of our advisor since its formation in July 2011. He has more than 23 years of real estate experience. Mr. Schorsch also has been the chairman of the board of ARCT since its formation in August 2007 and, until ARCTs internalization in March 2012, served as and chief executive officer of ARCT, the ARCT property manager and the ARCT advisor since their formation in August 2007. Mr. Schorsch also has been chairman and chief executive officer of NYRR since its formation in October 2009, chief executive officer of the NYRR property manager and the NYRR advisor since their formation in November 2009 and chairman of the board and chief executive officer of ARC RCA since its formation in July 2010 and chief executive officer of the ARC RCA advisor since its formation in May 2010. Mr. Schorsch also has been the chairman of the board and chief executive officer of ARC HT and chief executive officer of the ARC HT advisor since their formation in August 2010. Mr. Schorsch has been the chairman and chief executive officer of ARCT III and the chief executive officer of the advisor and property manager of ARCT III since their formation in October 2010. Mr. Schorsch has also served as the chairman of the board and chief executive officer of ARC Daily NAV since its formation in September 2010 and chief executive officer of its advisor since its formation in September 2010. Mr. Schorsch has also been the chairman and chief executive officer of American Realty Capital Properties, Inc., or ARCP, since its formation in December 2010, and chairman and chief executive officer of its advisor since its formation in November 2010. Mr. Schorsch has also been director and the chief executive officer of Business Development Corporation, which was formed in May 2010. From September 2006 to July 2007, Mr. Schorsch was chief executive officer of an affiliate, American Realty Capital, a real estate investment firm. Mr. Schorsch founded and formerly served as president, chief executive officer and vice-chairman of American Financial Realty Trust (AFRT) from its inception as a REIT in September 2002 until August 2006. AFRT was a publicly traded REIT (which was listed on the NYSE within one year of its inception) that invested
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exclusively in offices, operation centers, bank branches, and other operating real estate assets that are net leased to tenants in the financial services industry, such as banks and insurance companies. Through American Financial Resource Group (AFRG) and its successor corporation, AFRT, Mr. Schorsch executed in excess of 1,000 acquisitions, both in acquiring businesses and real estate property with transactional value of approximately $5 billion, while also operating offices in Europe that focused on sale and leaseback and other property transactions in Spain, France, Germany, Finland, Norway and the United Kingdom. In 2003, Mr. Schorsch received an Entrepreneur of the Year award from Ernst & Young. From 1995 to September 2002, Mr. Schorsch served as chief executive officer and president of AFRG, AFRTs predecessor, a private equity firm founded for the purpose of acquiring operating companies and other assets in a number of industries. Prior to AFRG, Mr. Schorsch served as president of a non-ferrous metal product manufacturing business, Thermal Reduction. He successfully built the business through mergers and acquisitions and ultimately sold his interests to Corrpro (NYSE) in 1994. Mr. Schorsch attended Drexel University. We believe that Mr. Schorschs current experience as chairman of ARCT and chairman and chief executive officer of NYRR, ARC RCA, ARCT III, ARC HT, ARC Daily NAV and ARCP, his previous experience as president, chief executive officer and vice chairman of AFRT, and his significant international real estate acquisition experience make him well qualified to serve as our chairman of the board.
Edward M. Weil, Jr. has served as president, chief operating officer, treasurer and secretary of our company since our formation in July 2011. Mr. Weil has nine years of real estate experience. Mr. Weil has also been an executive officer of the Companys advisor and property manager since their formation in July 2011 and January 2012, respectively. Mr. Weil served as an executive officer of ARCT, the ARCT advisor and the ARCT property manager from their formation in August 2007 through March 2012. Mr. Weil has served as an executive officer of ARC RCA and the ARC RCA advisor since their formation in July 2010 and May 2010, respectively. Mr. Weil has served as an executive officer of ARC HT, the ARC HT advisor and the ARC HT property manager since their formation in August 2010. Mr. Weil has served as an executive officer, and, beginning in March 2012, a director, of ARC DNAV, and has served as an executive officer of the ARC DNAV advisor and the ARC DNAV property manager since their formation in September 2010. Mr. Weil has served as an executive officer, and, beginning in March 2012, a director, of ARCP since its formation in December 2010 and has served as an executive officer of the ARCP advisor since its formation in November 2010. Mr. Weil has been a director and an executive officer of NYRR the NYRR advisor and the NYRR property manager since their formation in October 2009, November 2009 and November 2009, respectively. Mr. Weil has been a director and an executive officer of ARCT IV, the ARCT IV advisor and the ARCT IV property manager since their formation in February 2012. Mr. Weil has been the chief executive officer of Realty Capital Securities, LLC, our dealer manager, since December 2010. Mr. Weil was formerly the Senior Vice President of Sales and Leasing for American Financial Realty Trust (AFRT, from April 2004 to October 2006), where he was responsible for the disposition and leasing activity for a 33 million square foot portfolio of properties. Under the direction of Mr. Weil, his department was the sole contributor in the increase of occupancy and portfolio revenue through the sales of over 200 properties and the leasing of over 2.2 million square feet, averaging 325,000 square feet of newly executed leases per quarter. After working at AFRT, from October 2006 to May 2007, Mr. Weil was managing director of Milestone Partners Limited and prior to joining AFRT, from 1987 to April 2004, Mr. Weil was president of Plymouth Pump & Systems Co. Mr. Weil attended George Washington University. Mr. Weil holds FINRA Series 7, 24 and 63 licenses.
Peter M. Budko has served as executive vice president and chief investment officer of our company since our formation in July 2011. He also has been executive vice president of our advisor since its formation in July 2011. He has more than 26 years of real estate experience. Mr. Budko also has been executive vice president and chief investment officer of NYRR since its formation in October 2009 and the NYRR property manager and the NYRR advisor since their formation in November 2009. He has also been executive vice president and chief operating officer of ARC RCA since its formation in July 2010 and executive vice president of the advisor of ARC RCA since its formation in May 2010. Mr. Budko also has been executive vice president of ARC HT and the ARC HT advisor since their formation in August 2010. Mr. Budko has been the executive vice president and chief investment officer of Business Development Corporation since its formation in May 2010. Mr. Budko has served as executive vice president and chief investment officer of ARCT III since its formation in October 2010. Mr. Budko has served as executive vice president and chief investment officer of the advisor and property manager for ARCT III since their formation
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in October 2010. Mr. Budko has also served as executive vice president and chief investment officer of ARC Daily NAV since its formation in September 2010 and executive vice president of its advisor since its formation in September 2010. Mr. Budko also has been executive vice president and chief investment officer of ARCP since its formation in December 2010 and executive vice president and chief investment officer of its advisor since its formation in November 2010. Mr. Budko also served as executive vice president and chief investment officer of ARCT from its formation in August 2007 until ARCTs internalization in March 2012. From January 2007 to July 2007, Mr. Budko was chief operating officer of an affiliated American Realty Capital real estate investment firm. Mr. Budko founded and formerly served as managing director and group head of the Structured Asset Finance Group, a division of Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC from February 1997 January 2006. The Wachovia Structured Asset Finance Group structured and invested in real estate that is net leased to corporate tenants. While at Wachovia, Mr. Budko acquired over $5 billion of net leased real estate assets. From 1987 1997, Mr. Budko worked in the Corporate Real Estate Finance Group at NationsBank Capital Markets (predecessor to Bank of America Securities), becoming head of the group in 1990. Mr. Budko received a B.A. in Physics from the University of North Carolina.
Brian S. Block has served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of our company since our formation in July 2011. He also has been executive vice president and chief financial officer of our advisor since its formation in July 2011. Mr. Block has 11 years of real estate experience. Mr. Block also has been executive vice president and chief financial officer of NYRR since its formation in October 2009 and the NYRR property manager and the NYRR advisor since their formation in November 2009. He has also served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of ARC RCA since its formation in July 2010 and executive vice president and chief financial officer of the ARC RCA advisor since its formation in May 2010. Mr. Block has also been executive vice president and chief financial officer of ARC HT and the ARC HT advisor since their formation in August 2010. Mr. Block has been the executive vice president and chief financial officer of Business Development Corporation since its formation in May 2010. Mr. Block has served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of ARCT III since its formation in October 2010. Mr. Block has served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of the advisor and property manager for ARCT III since their formation in October 2010. Mr. Block has also served as the chief financial officer of ARC Daily NAV since its formation in September 2010 and chief financial officer of its advisor since its formation in September 2010. Mr. Block also has been executive vice president and chief financial officer of ARCP since its formation in December 2010 and executive vice president and chief financial officer of its advisor since its formation in November 2010. Mr. Block also was executive vice president and chief financial officer of ARCT from its formation in August 2007 until ARCTs internalization in March 2012. Mr. Block is responsible for the accounting, finance and reporting functions at American Realty Capital. He has extensive experience in SEC reporting requirements, as well as REIT tax compliance matters. Mr. Block has been instrumental in developing American Realty Capitals infrastructure and positioning the organization for growth. Mr. Block began his career in public accounting at Ernst & Young and Arthur Andersen from 1994 to 2000. Subsequently, Mr. Block was the chief financial officer of a venture capital-backed technology company for several years prior to joining AFRT in 2002. While at AFRT, Mr. Block served as senior vice president and chief accounting officer and oversaw the financial, administrative and reporting functions of the organization. He is a certified public accountant and is a member of the AICPA and PICPA. Mr. Block serves on the REIT Committee of the Investment Program Association. Mr. Block received a B.S. from Albright College and an M.B.A. from La Salle University.
Edward G. Rendell was appointed as an independent director of our company in March 2012. Governor Rendell also has served as an independent director of ARCP since July 2011 and Business Development Corporation since January 2011 and ARCT III since March 2012. Governor Rendell also was an independent director of ARC RCA from July 2010 until March 2012 and an independent director of ARC HT from January 2011 until March 2012. Governor Rendell served as the 45th Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania from January 2003 through January 2011. As the Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, he served as the chief executive of the nations 6th most populous state and oversaw a budget of $28.3 billion. He also served as the Mayor of Philadelphia from January 1992 through January 2000. As the Mayor of Philadelphia, he eliminated a $250 million deficit, balanced the city's budget and generated five consecutive budget surpluses. He was also the General Chairperson of the National Democratic Committee from November 1999 through February 2001. Governor Rendell served as the District Attorney of Philadelphia from January 1978
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through January 1986. In 1986 he was a candidate for governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. In 1987, he was a candidate for the mayor of Philadelphia. From 1988 through 1991, Governor Rendell was an attorney at the law firm of Mesirov, Gelman and Jaffe. From 2000 through 2002, Governor Rendell was an attorney at the law firm of Ballard Sphar. Governor Rendell worked on several real estate transactions as an attorney in private practice. An Army veteran, Governor Rendell holds a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and a J.D. from Villanova Law School. We believe that Governor Rendells over thirty years of legal, political and management experience gained from serving in his capacities as the Governor of Pennsylvania and as the Mayor and District Attorney of Philadelphia, including his experience in overseeing the acquisition and management of Pennsylvanias real estate development transactions, including various state hospitals, make him well qualified to serve as a member of our Board of Directors.
Abby M. Wenzel was appointed as an independent director of our company in March 2012. Ms. Wenzel has been a member of the law firm of Cozen OConnor, resident in the New York office since April 2009, as a member in the Business Law Department. Ms. Wenzel practices in the Real Estate Group and the capital markets practice area, focusing on capital markets, finance and sale leaseback transactions. She has represented commercial banks, investment banks, insurance companies, and other financial institutions, as well as the equity, in connection with permanent, bridge, and construction loans, as well as senior preferred equity investments, interim financings and mezzanine financings. She has also represented lenders in connection with complex multiproperty/multistate corporate sale. Prior to joining Cozen OConnor, Ms. Wenzel was a partner with Wolf Block LLP, managing partner of its New York office and chair of its structured finance practice from October 1999 until April 2009. Ms. Wenzel currently serves as a trustee on the board of Community Service Society, a 160-year-old institution with a primary focus on identifying and supporting public policy innovations to support the working poor in New York City to realize social, economic, and political opportunities. Ms. Wenzel received her law degree from New York University School of Law and her undergraduate degree from Emory University.
Compensation of Directors
We pay to each of our independent directors a retainer of $30,000 per year, plus $2,000 for each board or board committee meeting the director attends in person ($2,500 for attendance by the chairperson of the audit committee at each meeting of the audit committee), $750 for each meeting the director attends virtually and $1,500 for each meeting the director attends by telephone. If there is a meeting of the board and one or more committees in a single day, the fees will be limited to $2,500 per day ($3,000 for the chairperson of the audit committee if there is a meeting of such committee). Our board of directors may also approve the acquisition of real property and other related investments valued at $20,000,000 or less, and in which any portfolio of properties is valued in the aggregate at $75,000,000 or less, via electronic board meetings whereby the directors cast their votes in favor or against a proposed acquisition via email. The independent directors are entitled to receive $750 for each transaction reviewed and voted upon with a maximum of $2,250 for three or more transactions reviewed and voted upon per meeting. All directors receive reimbursement of reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with attendance at meetings of our board of directors. If a director also is an employee of American Realty Capital Global Daily Net Asset Value Trust, Inc. or American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC or their affiliates, we do not pay compensation for services rendered as a director.
In addition, we intend to authorize and reserve 500,000 shares of common stock for future issuance upon the exercise of stock options that may be granted to our independent directors pursuant to our stock option plan (described below). Such stock options will have an exercise price equal to (i) until the later of the end of the escrow period or the acquisition of our first property, $9.00, (ii) thereafter through the end of the offering period, NAV on such date of exercise, and (iii) thereafter at 100% of the then-current fair market value per share. The total number of options granted will not exceed 10% of the total outstanding shares of common stock at the time of grant. To date, no shares have been issued under our stock option plan and we currently do not expect to grant any stock options.
Additionally, we intend to adopt an employee and director incentive restricted share plan, which will provide for the automatic grant of 3,000 restricted shares of common stock to each of our independent directors, without any further action by our board of directors or the stockholders on the date of initial election to the board and on the date of each annual stockholders meeting. All directors receive
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reimbursement of reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with attendance at meetings of our board of directors. If a director also is an employee of American Realty Capital Global Daily Net Asset Value Trust, Inc. or American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC or their affiliates, we do not pay compensation for services rendered as a director.
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| Name | Fees Earned or Paid in Cash ($) | Option Awards ($) | Restricted Shares |
| Independent Directors (2) | $30,000 yearly retainer; $2,000 for all meetings personally attended by the directors and $1,500 for each meeting attended via telephone; $750 per transaction reviewed and voted upon via electronic board meeting up to a maximum of $2,250 for three or more transactions reviewed and voted upon per meeting. (1) | 500,000 shares of common stock will be reserved for future issuance upon the exercise of stock options that may be granted to independent directors pursuant to stock option plan. Such stock options will have an exercise price equal to (i) the later of the end of the escrow period or the acquisition of our first property, $9.00, (ii) thereafter through the end of the offering period, NAV on such date of exercise, and (iii) thereafter at 100% of the then-current fair market value per share. The total number of options granted will not exceed 10% of the total outstanding shares of common stock at the time of grant. To date, we have not granted any stock option awards to our independent directors. | We intend to adopt our restricted share plan, pursuant to which each independent director will receive an automatic grant of 3,000 restricted shares on the initial date of election to the board and on the date of each annual stockholders meeting. The restricted shares will vest over a five year period following the first anniversary of the grant date in increments of 20% per annum. |
(1) If there is a board meeting and one or more committee meetings in one day, the directors fees shall not exceed $2,500 ($3,000 for the chairperson of the audit committee if there is a meeting of such committee).
(2) An independent director who is also an audit committee chairperson will receive an additional $500 for personal attendance of all audit committee meetings.
Restricted Share Plan
We intend to adopt prior to our effective date our employee and director incentive restricted share plan to:
furnish incentives to individuals chosen to receive restricted shares because they are considered capable of improving our operations and increasing profits;
encourage selected persons to accept or continue employment with our advisor and its affiliates; and
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increase the interest of our employees, officers and directors in our welfare through their participation in the growth in the value of our shares of common stock.
The total number of shares of common stock that may be issued under the employee and director incentive restricted share plan will not exceed 5.0% of the maximum amount of this offering and in any event will not exceed 7,500,000 shares (as such number may be adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, combinations and similar events). Our employee and director incentive restricted share plan will be administered by the board of directors. The board of directors will have the full authority: (1) to administer and interpret the employee and director incentive restricted share plan; (2) to determine the eligibility of directors, officers and employees (if we ever have employees), employees of our advisor and its affiliates, employees of entities that provide services to us, directors of the advisor or of entities that provide services to us, certain of our consultants and certain consultants to the advisor and its affiliates or to entities that provide services to us, to receive an award; (3) to determine the number of shares of common stock to be covered by each award; (4) to determine the terms, provisions and conditions of each award (which may not be inconsistent with the terms of the employee and director incentive restricted share plan); (5) to make determinations of the fair market value of shares; (6) to waive any provision, condition or limitation set forth in an award agreement; (7) to delegate its duties under the employee and director incentive restricted share plan to such agents as it may appoint from time to time; and (8) to make all other determinations, perform all other acts and exercise all other powers and authority necessary or advisable for administering the employee and director incentive restricted share plan, including the delegation of those ministerial acts and responsibilities as the board of directors deems appropriate.
Our restricted share plan provides for the automatic grant of 3,000 restricted shares of common stock to each of our independent directors, without any further action by our board of directors or the stockholders when he or she joins the board, and on the date of each annual stockholders meeting thereafter. Restricted stock issued to independent directors will vest over a five-year period following the first anniversary of the date of grant in increments of 20% per annum.
Restricted share awards entitle the recipient to shares of common stock from us under terms that provide for vesting over a specified period of time or upon attainment of pre-established performance objectives. Such awards would typically be forfeited with respect to the unvested shares upon the termination of the recipients employment or other relationship with us. Restricted shares may not, in general, be sold or otherwise transferred until restrictions are removed and the shares have vested. Holders of restricted shares may receive cash dividends prior to the time that the restrictions on the restricted shares have lapsed. Any dividends payable in shares of common stock shall be subject to the same restrictions as the underlying restricted shares.
Stock Option Plan
Prior to the effective date of this offering, we intend to adopt a stock option plan to provide incentive compensation to attract and retain qualified directors, officers, advisors, consultants and other personnel, including our advisor, property manager and affiliates, as well as personnel of our advisor, property manager and affiliates, and any joint venture affiliates of ours. Our stock option plan will be administered by the board of directors. The board of directors will have the full authority: (1) to administer and interpret the stock option plan, (2) to authorize the granting of awards, (3) to determine the eligibility of directors, officers, advisors, consultants and other personnel, including our advisor, property manager and affiliates, as well as personnel of our advisor, property manager and affiliates, and any joint venture affiliates of ours, to receive an award, (4) to determine the number of shares of common stock to be covered by each award, (5) to determine the terms, provisions and conditions of each award (which may not be inconsistent with the terms of the stock option plan), (6) to prescribe the form of instruments evidencing such awards, and (7) to take any other actions and make all other determinations that it deems necessary or appropriate in connection with the stock option plan or the administration or interpretation thereof; however, the board of directors may not take any action under our stock option plan that would result in a repricing of any stock option without having first obtained the affirmative vote of our stockholders. In connection with this authority, the board of directors may, among other things, establish performance goals that must be met in order for awards to be granted or to vest, or for the restrictions on any such awards to lapse. The total number of shares that may be made subject to awards under our stock option plan initially will be 500,000 (as such number may be adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, combinations and similar events). We may not issue options or warrants to purchase shares to our
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advisor, our directors, our sponsor or any of their affiliates except on the same terms as such options or warrants, if any, are sold to the general public. Further, the amount of the options or warrants issued to our advisor, our directors or any of their affiliates cannot exceed an amount equal to 10% of outstanding shares on the date of grant of the warrants and options. See the section entitled Investment Strategy, Objectives and Policies Investment Limitations in this prospectus for a description of limitations imposed by our charter on our ability to issue stock options and warrants under our stock option plan.
If any vested awards under the stock option plan are paid or otherwise settled without the issuance of common stock, or any shares of common stock are surrendered to or withheld by us as payment of all or part of the exercise price of an award and/or withholding taxes in respect of an award, the shares that were subject to such award will not be available for re-issuance under the stock option plan. If any awards under the stock option plan are cancelled, forfeited or otherwise terminated without the issuance of shares of common stock (except as described in the immediately preceding sentence), the shares that were subject to such award will be available for re-issuance under the stock option plan. If the board of directors determines that any dividend or other distribution (whether in the form of cash, common stock or other property), recapitalization, stock split, reverse split, reorganization, merger, consolidation, spin-off, combination, repurchase, share exchange or other similar corporate transaction or event affects the common stock such that an adjustment is appropriate in order to prevent dilution or enlargement of the rights of participants under the stock option plan, then the board of directors will make equitable changes or adjustments to any or all of: (i) the number and kind of shares of stock or other property (including cash) that may thereafter be issued in connection with awards; (ii) the number and kind of shares of stock or other property (including cash) issued or issuable in respect of outstanding awards; (iii) the exercise price, base price or purchase price relating to any award; and (iv) the performance goals, if any, applicable to outstanding awards. In addition, the board of directors may determine that any such equitable adjustment may be accomplished by making a payment to the award holder, in the form of cash or other property (including but not limited to shares of stock). Awards under the stock option plan are intended to either be exempt from, or comply with, Code Section 409A.
Unless otherwise determined by the board of directors and set forth in an individual award agreement, upon termination of an award recipients services to us, any then unvested awards will be cancelled and forfeited without consideration. Upon a change in control of us (as defined under the stock option plan), any award that was not previously vested will become fully vested and/or payable, and any performance conditions imposed with respect to the award will be deemed to be fully achieved, provided, that with respect to an award that is subject to Code Section 409A and requires payment on a change in control, a change in control of us must constitute a change of control within the meaning of Code Section 409A.
Compliance with the American Jobs Creation Act
As part of our strategy for compensating our independent directors, we intend to issue stock options under our stock option plan on the same terms as shares of our common stock are sold to the general public and we have issued, and we intend to issue, restricted share awards under our employee and director incentive restricted share plan, each of which is described above. Stock options issued will not exceed an amount equal to 10% of the outstanding shares of our company on the date of a grant of an option. This method of compensating individuals may possibly be considered to be a nonqualified deferred compensation plan under Code Section 409A.
Under Code Section 409A, nonqualified deferred compensation plans must meet certain requirements regarding the timing of distributions or payments and the timing of agreements or elections to defer payments, and must also prohibit any possibility of acceleration of distributions or payments, as well as certain other requirements. The guidance under Code Section 409A provides that there is no deferral of compensation merely because the value of property (received in connection with the performance of services) is not includible in income by reason of the property being substantially nonvested (as defined in Code Section 83). Accordingly, it is intended that the restricted share awards will not be considered nonqualified deferred compensation.
If Code Section 409A applies to any of the awards issued under either plan described above, or if Code Section 409A applies to any other arrangement or agreement that we may make, and if such award, arrangement or agreement does not meet the timing and other requirements of Code Section 409A, then (i) all
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amounts deferred for all taxable years under the award, arrangement or agreement would be currently includible in the gross income of the recipient of such award or of such deferred amount to the extent not subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture and not previously included in the gross income of the recipient, (ii) interest at the underpayment rate plus 1% would be imposed on the underpayments that would have occurred had the compensation been includible in income when first deferred (or, if later, when not subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture) would be imposed upon the recipient and (iii) a 20% additional tax would be imposed on the recipient with respect to the amounts required to be included in the recipients income. Furthermore, if the affected individual is our employee, we would be required to withhold U.S. federal income taxes on the amount deferred but includible in income due to Code Section 409A, although there may be no funds currently being paid to the individual from which we could withhold such taxes. We would also be required to report on an appropriate form (W-2 or 1099) amounts which are deferred, whether or not they meet the requirements of Code Section 409A, and if we fail to do so, penalties could apply.
We do not intend to issue any award, or enter into any agreement or arrangement that would be considered a nonqualified deferred compensation plan under Code Section 409A, unless such award, agreement or arrangement complies with the timing and other requirements of Code Section 409A. It is our current belief, based upon the statute, the regulations issued under Code Section 409A and legislative history, that the stock options we currently intend to grant and the restricted share awards we have granted and that we currently intend to grant will not be subject to taxation under Code Section 409A because neither such stock options nor such restricted share awards will be considered a nonqualified deferred compensation plan. Nonetheless, there can be no assurances that any stock options or restricted share awards which we have granted or which hereafter may be granted will not be affected by Code Section 409A, or that any such stock options or restricted share awards will not be subject to income taxation under Code Section 409A.
Limited Liability and Indemnification of Directors, Officers, Employees and Other Agents
We are permitted to limit the liability of our directors and officers to us and our stockholders for monetary damages and to indemnify and advance expenses to our directors, officers and other agents, to the extent permitted by Maryland law and the NASAA REIT Guidelines.
Maryland law permits us to include in our charter a provision limiting the liability of our directors and officers to our stockholders and us for money damages, except for liability resulting from (i) actual receipt of an improper benefit or profit in money, property or services or (ii) active and deliberate dishonesty established by a final judgment and that is material to the cause of action.
The Maryland General Corporation Law requires us (unless our charter provides otherwise, which our charter does not) to indemnify a director or officer who has been successful in the defense of any proceeding to which he or she is made or threatened to be made a party by reason of his or her service in that capacity. The Maryland General Corporation Law allows directors and officers to be indemnified against judgments, penalties, fines, settlements and reasonable expenses actually incurred in a proceeding unless the following can be established:
an act or omission of the director or officer was material to the cause of action adjudicated in the proceeding and was committed in bad faith or was the result of active and deliberate dishonesty;
the director or officer actually received an improper personal benefit in money, property or services; or
with respect to any criminal proceeding, the director or officer had reasonable cause to believe his or her act or omission was unlawful.
A court may order indemnification if it determines that the director or officer is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification, even though the director or officer did not meet the prescribed standard of conduct or was adjudged liable on the basis that personal benefit was improperly received. However, indemnification for an adverse judgment in a suit by the corporation or in its right, or for a judgment of liability on the basis that personal benefit was improperly received, is limited to expenses. The Maryland General Corporation Law permits a Maryland corporation to advance reasonable expenses to a director or officer upon receipt of a written affirmation by the director or officer of his or her good faith belief that he or she has met the standard
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of conduct necessary for indemnification and a written undertaking by him or her or on his or her behalf to repay the amount paid or reimbursed if it is ultimately determined that the standard of conduct was not met.
Subject to the limitations of Maryland law and to any additional limitations contained therein, our charter limits directors and officers liability to us and our stockholders for monetary damages, requires us to indemnify and pay or reimburse reasonable expenses in advance of final disposition of a proceeding to our directors, our officers, American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC or any of its affiliates and permits us to provide such indemnification and advance of expenses to our employees and agents. This provision does not reduce the exposure of directors and officers to liability under federal or state securities laws, nor does it limit the stockholders ability to obtain injunctive relief or other equitable remedies for a violation of a directors or an officers duties to us, although the equitable remedies may not be an effective remedy in some circumstances.
However, as set forth in the NASAA REIT Guidelines, our charter further limits our ability to indemnify our directors, American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC and its affiliates for losses or liability suffered by them and to hold them harmless for losses or liability suffered by us by requiring that the following additional conditions are met:
the person seeking indemnification has determined, in good faith, that the course of conduct which caused the loss or liability was in our best interests;
the person seeking indemnification was acting on our behalf or performing services for us;
the liability or loss was not the result of negligence or misconduct on the part of the person seeking indemnification, except that if the person seeking indemnification is or was an independent director, the liability or loss was not the result of gross negligence or willful misconduct; and
the indemnification or agreement to indemnify is recoverable only out of our net assets and not from the assets of our stockholders.
In addition, we will not indemnify any director, our advisor or any of its affiliates for losses, liabilities or expenses arising from or out of an alleged violation of federal or state securities laws unless one or more of the following conditions are met:
there has been a successful adjudication on the merits of each count involving alleged material securities law violations;
the claims have been dismissed with prejudice on the merits by a court of competent jurisdiction; or
a court of competent jurisdiction approves a settlement of the claims against the indemnitee and finds that indemnification of the settlement and related costs should be made, and the court considering the request for indemnification has been advised of the position of the SEC and the published position of any state securities regulatory authority of a jurisdiction in which our securities were offered and sold as to indemnification for securities law violations.
We have agreed to indemnify and hold harmless American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC and its affiliates performing services for us from specific claims and liabilities arising out of the performance of their obligations under the advisory agreement. As a result, our stockholders and we may be entitled to a more limited right of action than they and we would otherwise have if these indemnification rights were not included in the advisory agreement.
The general effect to investors of any arrangement under which we agree to insure or indemnify any persons against liability is a potential reduction in distributions resulting from our payment of premiums associated with insurance or indemnification payments in excess of amounts covered by insurance. In addition, indemnification could reduce the legal remedies available to our stockholders and us against the officers and directors.
Finally, our charter provides that we may pay or reimburse reasonable legal expenses and other costs incurred by a director, our advisor or any of its affiliates in advance of final disposition of a proceeding only if all of the following conditions are satisfied:
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the legal action relates to acts or omissions relating to the performance of duties or services for us or on our behalf by the person seeking indemnification;
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 his or her capacity as such and a court of competent jurisdiction specifically approves advancement;
the person seeking indemnification provides us with a written affirmation of his or her good faith belief that he or she has met the standard of conduct necessary for indemnification; and
the person seeking indemnification undertakes in writing to repay us the advanced funds, together with interest at the applicable legal rate of interest, if the person seeking indemnification is found not to have complied with the requisite standard of conduct.
The Advisor
Our advisor is American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC. Our officers and two of our directors also are officers, key personnel and/or members of American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC. American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC will have contractual responsibility to us and our stockholders pursuant to the advisory agreement, executed on April 20, 2012. American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC is indirectly majority-owned and controlled by Messrs. Schorsch and Kahane.
The officers and key personnel of our advisor are as follows:
| ● | ● | ● |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Age | Position(s) |
| Nicholas S. Schorsch | 51 | Chief Executive Officer |
| Edward M. Weil, Jr. | 45 | President, Chief Operating Officer, Treasurer and Secretary |
| Peter M. Budko | 52 | Executive Vice President |
| Brian S. Block | 40 | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
The backgrounds of Messrs. Schorsch, Weil, Budko and Block are described in the Management Executive Officers and Directors section of this prospectus.
Affiliates of our advisor have sponsored and may sponsor one or more other real estate investment programs in the future, including ARCT, NYRR, PE-ARC, ARC RCA, ARC HT, ARCT III, ARC Daily NAV ARCT IV and ARCP. See the section entitled Conflicts of Interest for a discussion of other American Realty Capital-sponsored programs. We may buy properties at the same time as one or more of the other American Realty Capital-sponsored programs managed by officers and key personnel of our advisor. As a result, they owe duties to each of these entities, their members, limited partners and investors, which duties may from time to time conflict with the fiduciary duties that they owe to us and our stockholders. However, to the extent that our advisor or its affiliates take actions that are more favorable to other entities than to us, these actions could have a negative impact on our financial performance and, consequently, on distributions to you and the value of our stock. In addition, our directors, officers and certain of our stockholders may engage for their own account in business activities of the types conducted or to be conducted by our subsidiaries and us. For a description of some of the risks related to these conflicts of interest, see the section of this prospectus captioned Risk Factors Risks Related to Conflicts of Interest.
The officers and key personnel of American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC may spend a portion of their time on activities unrelated to us. Each of the officers and key personnel, including Messrs. Schorsch and Weil, is currently expected to spend a significant portion of their time on our behalf but may not always spend a majority of their time on our behalf. In addition to the key personnel listed above, American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC employs personnel who have extensive experience in selecting and managing commercial properties similar to the properties sought to be acquired by us. As of the date of this prospectus our advisor is the sole limited partner of American Realty Capital Global Operating Partnership, L.P.
The anticipated amount of reimbursement to American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC for personnel costs will be evaluated on an ongoing basis. Such reimbursement will be subject to limitation based on a number of factors, including profitability, funds available and our ability to pay distributions from cash
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flow generated from operations. The anticipated amount of reimbursement on an annual basis for our executive officers is $500,000 for all executives, including base salary, bonuses and related benefits.
Many of the services to be performed by American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC in managing our day-to-day activities are summarized below. This summary is provided to illustrate the material functions that we expect American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC will perform for us as our advisor, and it is not intended to include all of the services that may be provided to us by third parties. Under the terms of the advisory agreement, American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC has undertaken to use its reasonable best efforts to present to us investment opportunities consistent with our investment policies and objectives as adopted by our board of directors. In its performance of this undertaking, American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC, either directly or indirectly by engaging an affiliate, shall, among other duties and subject to the authority of our board of directors:
find, evaluate, present and recommend to us investment opportunities consistent with our investment policies and objectives;
serve as our investment and financial advisor and provide research and economic and statistical data in connection with our assets and our investment policies;
provide the daily management and perform and supervise the various administrative functions reasonably necessary for our management and operations;
investigate, select, and, on our behalf, engage and conduct business with such third parties as the advisor deems necessary to the proper performance of its obligations under the advisory agreement;
consult with our officers and board of directors and assist the board of directors in the formulating and implementing of our financial policies;
structure and negotiate the terms and conditions of our real estate acquisitions, sales or joint ventures;
review and analyze each propertys operating and capital budget;
acquire properties and make investments on our behalf in compliance with our investment objectives and policies;
arrange, structure and negotiate financing and refinancing of properties;
enter into leases of property and service contracts for assets and, to the extent necessary, perform all other operational functions for the maintenance and administration of such assets, including the servicing of mortgages; and
prepare and review on our behalf, with the participation of one designated principal executive officer and principal financial officer, all reports and returns required by the SEC, IRS and other state or federal governmental agencies.
The advisor may not acquire any property or finance any such acquisition, on our behalf, without the prior approval of a majority of our board of directors.
The advisory agreement has a one-year term ending April 20, 2013, and may be renewed for an unlimited number of successive one-year periods. Additionally, either party may terminate the advisory agreement without cause or penalty upon 60 days written notice. If the advisory agreement is so terminated, the advisor is not entitled to any fees other than the termination fee in the form of a non-interest-bearing promissory note which is described under the Management Compensation section.
A majority of our independent directors may elect to terminate the advisory agreement. In the event of the termination of our advisory agreement, our advisor is required to cooperate with us and take all reasonable steps requested by us to assist our board of directors in making an orderly transition of the advisory function. In addition, upon termination of the agreement, our advisor will be entitled to a subordinated distribution upon termination, as described below.
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We will pay our advisor fees and distributions and reimburse it for certain expenses incurred on our behalf; provided, however , that our advisor has agreed that (i) it will not be entitled to acquisition fees or reimbursement of acquisition expenses if there are insufficient offering proceeds or capital proceeds to pay such expenses and (ii) such expenses not paid to our advisor will not be accrued and paid in subsequent periods to the extent that there are not sufficient offering or capital proceeds to pay them. For a detailed description of the fees and expense reimbursements payable to our advisor, see the section in this prospectus entitled Management Compensation.
American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC and its officers, employees and affiliates engage in other business ventures and, as a result, their resources are not dedicated exclusively to our business. However, pursuant to the advisory agreement, American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC is required to devote sufficient resources to our administration to discharge its obligations. American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC currently has no paid employees; however, as of March 15, 2012 its affiliates had approximately 95 full-time employees, each of whom may dedicate a portion of his or her time providing services to our advisor. Our advisor is responsible for a pro rata portion of each employees compensation based upon the approximate percentage of time the employee dedicates to our advisor. American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC may assign the advisory agreement to an affiliate upon approval of a majority of our independent directors. We may assign or transfer the advisory agreement to a successor entity if at least a majority of our independent directors determines that any such successor advisor possesses sufficient qualifications to perform the advisory function and to justify the compensation payable to the advisor. Our independent directors will base their determination on the general facts and circumstances that they deem applicable, including the overall experience and specific industry experience of the successor advisor and its management. Other factors that will be considered are the compensation to be paid to the successor advisor and any potential conflicts of interest that may occur.
The Service Providers
European Service Provider
Subject to the terms of the advisory agreement between our advisor and us and solely with respect to our foreign investment strategy in Europe, our advisor has delegated certain of its advisory duties to Moor Park Global Advisors Limited, our European service provider.
The European service provider, Moor Park Global Advisors Limited, is a limited liability company that was incorporated in Jersey in March 2012. The European service provider is a company founded by the principals of Moor Park, who are the ultimate majority beneficial owners of, and provide all investment recommendations to, the European service provider. Substantially all the services to be provided by the European service provider are expected to be sub-contracted to Moor Park. The European service provider was organized specifically to provide real estate services to our advisor and is not affiliated with our advisor or our sponsor.
Founded in 2006 and headquartered in London, United Kingdom, Moor Park is a private real estate firm which concentrates on commercial property investment in Europe and has approximately $2.2 billion of real estate assets currently under management. Moor Park provides a wide range of services to its clients, including, among others, acquisition, development, asset, property and facility management, leasing services, centralized corporate support services and financing services. Moor Parks principal officers have a combined 55 years of experience and have structured and executed €22 billion of real estate transactions.
Moor Park primarily invests in projects with institutional private equity funds through property-specific joint ventures. As of December 31, 2011, Moor Park manages 492 commercial properties containing approximately 10.7 million square feet of retail space, consisting of retail bank branches, DIY stores and hotels. Moor Park manages the investment process from acquisition to disposition its services include sourcing and structuring of investment opportunities, performance of due diligence, and arranging debt financing and equity investment syndicates. Post-acquisition, Moor Park provides asset management, property management, leasing and disposition services through its wholly owned subsidiary in Hamburg, Germany, Moor Park Property Management GmbH, or, as needed, unaffiliated third parties.
On April 20, 2012, our advisor entered into a service provider agreement with the European service provider, pursuant to which the European service provider agreed to perform certain duties of the advisor as
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set forth in the advisory agreement, and the advisor assigned 50% of the fees payable by us under the advisory agreement to the European service provider, in each case solely with respect to our foreign investment strategy in Europe. Certain of the duties that the European service provider agreed to perform, solely with respect to our European investment activities, include, but are not limited to, the following:
find, present and recommend to us real estate property and real estate-related investment opportunities consistent with our investment policies and objectives;
structure and negotiate the terms and conditions of our investments, sales and joint ventures;
acquire, originate and dispose of properties and other investments on our behalf in compliance with our investment objectives and policies;
arrange for financing and refinancing of properties and our other investments;
enter into leases and service contracts with respect to our properties;
supervise and evaluate each property managers performance;
review and analyze the properties operating and capital budgets;
assist us in obtaining insurance;
review, analyze and comment upon the operating budgets, capital budgets and leasing plans prepared by each property manager and aggregate these property budgets into our overall budget;
review and analyze financial information for each of our assets and the overall portfolio; and
formulate and oversee the implementation of strategies for the administration, promotion, management, operation, maintenance, improvement, financing and refinancing, marketing, leasing and disposition of our properties and other investments.
Notwithstanding such delegation to the European service provider, our advisor will retain ultimate responsibility for the performance of all the matters entrusted to it under the advisory agreement. In addition, we and our advisor, or property manager, as applicable, or our European service provider may engage a European entity that is either owned or controlled by the European service provider and its affiliates (or a third party solely with respect to property management and related services), in each case pursuant to a management services agreement that will be terminable at will by us and the advisor, or property manager, as applicable, or our European service provider.
We have made the business judgment that it is in our best interests to enter into the advisory agreement with the advisor and have the advisor elect to retain the European service provider pursuant to a service provider agreement. The American Realty Capital group of companies is nationally-recognized, and we believe it is beneficial to us that our advisor is affiliated with AR Capital. Moreover, our advisor will have ultimate responsibility for our investment activities pursuant to the advisory agreement, and we believe it is important for our advisor to have the authority provided by it contracting directly with the European service provider to effectively supervise and monitor the European service providers actions.
The service provider agreement may be terminated by either party (1) after determination by the independent directors of our board of directors or the European service provider, as applicable, that the other party has materially breached the service agreement, which breach is not cured within 30 days after notification of such breach; (2) in certain events where a party has committed any fraud, criminal conduct, gross negligence or willful misconduct pertaining to or having a detrimental effect on the ability of either party to perform their respective duties; or (3) in the event of the bankruptcy or insolvency of either party. If the service provider agreement is terminated for any of the reasons above as they relate to our European service provider, the advisory agreement may remain in effect. The service provider agreement may also be terminated by either party upon giving the other party 60 days prior written notice. The service provider agreement may also be terminated in the first five years after the effective date of the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part (1) by our advisor, if certain management is no longer actively involved in the management of our European service provider, or (2) by our European service provider if certain principals of the advisor are no longer actively involved in the management of our advisor. If the advisory agreement is terminated by our board of directors, then the service provider agreement will also terminate at the same time.
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Additional Service Providers
Subject to the terms of the advisory agreement between our advisor and us and solely with respect to our foreign investment strategy outside of Europe, our advisor may delegate certain of its advisory duties to one or more additional service providers. If our advisor elects to delegate such additional service provider(s), the advisor shall enter into a service provider agreement on substantially similar terms as the service provider agreement with our European service provider. Any such additional service provider(s) shall agree to perform certain duties of the advisor as set forth in the advisory agreement, and the advisor shall assign a percentage of the fees payable by us under the advisory agreement to such additional service provider(s), in each case solely with respect to our foreign investment strategy outside of Europe. Notwithstanding any such delegation to the additional service provider(s), our advisor shall retain ultimate responsibility for the performance of all the matters entrusted to it under the advisory agreement.
Affiliated Companies
Property Manager
Our properties will be managed and leased initially by American Realty Capital Global Properties, LLC, our property manager. American Realty Capital Global Properties, LLC is indirectly wholly-owned and controlled by Messrs. Schorsch and Kahane. Nicholas S. Schorsch serves as chief executive officer of American Realty Capital Global Properties, LLC. Edward M. Weil, Jr. serves as president, chief operating officer, treasurer and secretary of American Realty Capital Global Properties, LLC. Brian S. Block serves as executive vice president and chief financial officer of American Realty Capital Global Properties, LLC. Peter M. Budko serves as executive vice president of American Realty Capital Global Properties, LLC. See the section entitled Conflicts of Interest in this prospectus.
American Realty Capital Global Properties, LLC was organized in 2011 to lease and manage properties that we or our affiliated entities acquire. We will pay our property manager fees and distributions and reimburse it for certain expenses incurred on our behalf. For a detailed description of the fees and expense reimbursements payable to our property manager or its affiliates, see the section in this prospectus entitled Management Compensation.
American Realty Capital Global Operating Partnership, L.P., American Realty Capital Global Daily Net Asset Value Trust, Inc. and American Realty Capital Global Properties, LLC entered into a property management and leasing agreement on April 20, 2012. The property management and leasing agreement has a one-year term ending April 20, 2013, and is subject to successive one-year renewals unless any party gives sixty (60) days written notice to the other parties of its intention to terminate the agreement. We or American Realty Capital Global Operating Partnership, L.P. may terminate the agreement immediately in the event that American Realty Capital Global Properties, LLC commits an act of gross negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of its duties under the agreement.
The property manager also directs the purchase of equipment and supplies, and supervises all maintenance activity, for our properties. The management fees paid to the property manager cover, without additional expense to us, all of the property managers general overhead costs. The principal office of the property manager is located at 405 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10022.
Dealer Manager
Realty Capital Securities, LLC (CRD #145454), our dealer manager, is a member firm of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, or FINRA. Realty Capital Securities, LLC was organized on August 29, 2007 for the purpose of participating in and facilitating the distribution of securities of real estate programs sponsored by American Realty Capital, its affiliates and its predecessors.
Realty Capital Securities, LLC provides certain wholesaling, sales, promotional and marketing assistance services to us in connection with the distribution of the shares offered pursuant to this prospectus. It also may sell a limited number of shares at the retail level. The compensation we will pay to Realty Capital Securities, LLC in connection with this offering is described in the section of this prospectus captioned Management Compensation. See also Plan of Distribution Dealer Manager and Compensation We Will Pay for the
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Sale of Our Shares. Realty Capital Securities, LLC also serves as dealer manager for PE-ARC, NYRR, ARC HT, ARC RCA, ARCT III, ARC Daily NAV, ARCT IV United Development Funding IV and Business Development Corporation.
Realty Capital Securities, LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of AR Capital, LLC. Accordingly, Messrs Schorsch and Kahane are indirect owners of Realty Capital Securities, LLC. Realty Capital Securities, LLC is an affiliate of both our advisor and the property manager. See the section entitled Conflicts of Interest in this prospectus.
The current officers of Realty Capital Securities, LLC are:
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| Edward M. Weil, Jr. | 45 | Chief Executive Officer |
| Louisa Quarto | 44 | President |
| Kamal Jafarnia | 45 | Executive Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer |
| Alex MacGillivray | 50 | Executive Vice President and National Sales Manager |
The background of Mr. Weil is described under the heading Management Executive Officers and Directors on page 77 .
The backgrounds of Messrs. Jafarnia and MacGillivray and Ms. Quarto are described below:
Louisa Quarto has been the President of Realty Capital Securities LLC, our dealer manager, since September 2009. Ms. Quarto served as Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer for our dealer manager from May 2008 until February 2009, as Executive Managing Director from November 2008 through July 2009 and Co-President from July 2009 through August 2009. Ms. Quarto also has been Senior Vice President for American Realty Capital Advisors, LLC since April 2008. Ms. Quartos responsibilities for Realty Capital Securities include overseeing sales, national accounts, operations and compliance activities. From February 1996 through April 2008, Ms. Quarto was with W. P. Carey & Co. LLC and its broker dealer subsidiary, Carey Financial LLC, beginning as a Associate Marketing Director in 1996, becoming Second Vice president in 1999, Vice President in 2000 and Senior Vice President in 2004. From July 2005 through April 2008 Ms. Quarto served as Executive Director and Chief Management Officer of Carey Financial where she managed relationships with the broker-dealers that were part of the CPA® REIT selling groups. Ms. Quarto earned a B.A. from Bucknell University and an M.B.A. in Finance and Marketing from The Stern School of Business at New York University. She holds FINRA Series 7, 24 and 63 licenses and is a member of the Investment Program Associations, or IPA, Executive Committee, its Board of Trustees and serves as the IPAs Treasurer and chair of its Finance Committee.
Kamal Jafarnia has been the executive vice president and chief compliance officer of our dealer manager since February 2009. Mr. Jafarnia has served as a senior vice president of American Realty Capital since November 2008. Mr. Jafarnia has more than 15 years of experience both as an attorney and as a compliance professional, including 10 years of related industry experience in financial services. From March 2008 to October 2008, Mr. Jafarnia served as executive vice president of Franklin Square Capital Partners and as chief compliance officer of FB Income Advisor, LLC, the registered investment adviser to Franklin Squares proprietary offering, where he was responsible for overseeing the regulatory compliance programs for the firm. From May 2006 to March 2008, Mr. Jafarnia was assistant general counsel and chief compliance officer for Behringer Harvard and Behringer Securities, LP, respectively, where he coordinated the selling group due diligence and oversaw the regulatory compliance efforts. From September 2004 to May 2006, Mr. Jafarnia worked as vice president of CNL Capital Markets, Inc. and chief compliance officer of CNL Fund Advisors, Inc. Mr. Jafarnia earned a B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin and a J.D. from Temple University School of Law in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He also obtained a Masters of Laws (LLM) in Securities and Financial Regulation at the Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, DC. Mr. Jafarnia holds FINRA Series 6, 7, 24, 63 and 65 licenses.
Alex MacGillivray has been the senior vice president and national sales manager of our dealer manager since June 2009. Mr. MacGillivary was recently promoted to Executive Vice President. Mr. MacGillivray has over 20 years of sales experience and his current responsibilities include sales, marketing, and managing the
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distribution of all products offered by our dealer manager. From January 2006 to December 2008, he was a director of sales at Prudential Financial with responsibility for managing a team focused on variable annuity sales through numerous channels. From December 2003 to January 2006, he was a national sales manager at Lincoln Financial, overseeing a team focused on variable annuity sales. From June 1996 to October 2002, he was a senior sales executive at AXA Equitable, initially as division sales manager, promoted to national sales manager, and promoted again to chief executive officer and president of AXA Distributors, with responsibility for variable annuity and life insurance distribution. From February 1992 to May 1996, Mr. MacGillivray was a regional vice president at Fidelity Investments with responsibility for managing the sales and marketing of mutual funds to broker-dealers. While at Fidelity Investments, he was promoted to senior vice president and district sales manager in 1994. From October 1987 to 1990, Mr. MacGillivray was a regional vice president at Van Kampen Merritt where he represented mutual funds, unit investment trusts, and closed end funds. Mr. MacGillivray holds FINRA Series 7, 24 and 63 licenses.
Investment Decisions
The primary responsibility for the investment decisions of American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC and its affiliates, the negotiation for these investments, and the property management and leasing of these investment properties resides with Nicholas S. Schorsch, Edward M. Weil, Jr., Peter M. Budko and Brian Block. American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC seeks to invest in commercial properties on our behalf that satisfy our investment objectives. To the extent we invest in properties, a majority of the directors will approve the consideration paid for such properties based on the fair market value of the properties. If a majority of independent directors so determines, or if an asset is acquired from our advisor, one or more of our directors, our sponsor or any of its affiliates, the fair market value will be determined by a qualified independent real estate appraiser selected by the independent directors.
Subject to the terms of the advisory agreement between our advisor and us and solely with respect to foreign investments in Europe, our advisor may delegate substantial duties, including seeking and procuring financing for our properties, selecting and negotiating investments, including property purchases and leasebacks, and providing asset management services, to a European service provider. If our advisor elects to delegate to the European service provider, the advisor shall enter into a service provider agreement with the European service provider. With respect to such foreign investments in Europe, our European service provider may delegate acquisition and asset management responsibilities to a European entity that is either owned or controlled by our sponsor and its affiliates or over which our European service provider has effective managerial control with respect to investments by the company, in each case pursuant to a management services agreement that is terminable at will by our European service provider. Notwithstanding such delegation to the European service provider, our advisor retains ultimate responsibility for the performance of all the matters entrusted to it under the advisory agreement.
Subject to the terms of the advisory agreement between our advisor and us and solely with respect to our foreign investment strategy outside of Europe, our advisor may also delegate certain of its advisory duties to one or more additional service providers. If our advisor elects to delegate such additional service provider(s), the advisor shall enter into a service provider agreement on substantially similar terms as the service provider agreement with our European service provider. Any such additional service provider(s) shall agree to perform certain duties of the advisor as set forth in the advisory agreement, and the advisor shall assign a percentage of the fees payable by us under the advisory agreement to such additional service provider(s), in each case solely with respect to our foreign investment strategy outside of Europe. Notwithstanding any such delegation to the additional service provider(s), our advisor shall retain ultimate responsibility for the performance of all the matters entrusted to it under the advisory agreement.
Appraisals are estimates of value and should not be relied on as measures of true worth or realizable value. We will maintain the appraisal in our records for at least five years, and copies of each appraisal will be available for review by stockholders upon their request.
Certain Relationships and Related Transactions
Advisory Agreement . We entered into an advisory agreement with American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC, on April 20, 2012, whereby American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC will manage our day-to-day operations. We will pay our advisor certain fees, distributions and expense reimbursements
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pursuant to the advisory agreement. See the section entitled Management Compensation for a description of such fees and expense reimbursements.
Nicholas S. Schorsch, our chief executive officer and chairman of our board of directors, also is the chief executive officer of American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC. Mr. Schorsch and William M. Kahane are indirect owners of American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC. Edward M. Weil, Jr., our president, chief operating officer, treasurer and secretary, also is the president, chief operating officer, treasurer and secretary of American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC. Peter M. Budko, our executive vice president and chief operating officer, also is executive vice president of American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC. Brian S. Block, our executive vice president and chief financial officer, also is the executive vice president and chief financial officer of American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC. For a further description of this agreement, see the sections entitled The Advisor, Management Compensation and Conflicts of Interest in this prospectus.
Service Provider Agreement(s). Solely with respect to our foreign investment strategy in Europe, on April 20, 2012, our advisor entered into a service provider agreement with our European service provider whereby our advisor has delegated certain of the day-to-day operational responsibilities. The European service provider and its affiliates will be paid a portion of the fees, distributions and expense reimbursements that the advisor receives pursuant to the advisory agreement. Solely with respect to our foreign investment strategy outside of Europe, our advisor may also enter in a service provider agreement with any service provider whereby our advisor will delegate certain of the day-to-day operational responsibilities. Our advisor will pay such additional service provider(s) and its affiliates a portion of the fees, distributions and expense reimbursements that it receives pursuant to the advisory agreement. See the sections entitled The Advisor, The Service Providers and Management Compensation for a description of the responsibilities of any service provider and the fees, distributions and expense reimbursements to be paid to such service provider. For a further description of the service provider agreement, see the sections entitled The Service Providers, Management Compensation and Conflicts of Interest in this prospectus.
Property Management Agreement . On April 20, 2012, we entered into a property management and leasing agreement with American Realty Capital Global Properties, LLC, our property manager. We will pay American Realty Capital Global Properties, LLC certain fees, distributions and expense reimbursements pursuant to the property management and leasing agreement. Nicholas S. Schorsch, our chief executive officer and chairman of our board of directors, also is the chief executive officer of American Realty Capital Global Properties, LLC. Mr. Schorsch and William M. Kahane are indirect owners of American Realty Capital Global Properties, LLC. Edward M. Weil, Jr., our president, chief operating officer, treasurer and secretary, also is the president, chief operating officer and secretary of American Realty Capital Global Properties, LLC. Peter M. Budko, our executive vice president and chief operating officer, also is the executive vice president of American Realty Capital Global Properties, LLC. Brian S. Block, our executive vice president and chief financial officer, also is the executive vice president and chief financial officer of American Realty Capital Global Properties, LLC. For a further description of this agreement, see the sections entitled Affiliated Companies Property Manager, Management Compensation and Conflicts of Interest in this prospectus.
Dealer Manager Agreement . On April 20, 2012, we entered into a dealer manager agreement with Realty Capital Securities, LLC, our dealer manager. We will pay to Realty Capital Securities, LLC a selling commission and certain expense reimbursements. Nicholas S. Schorsch, our chief executive officer and chairman of our board of directors, and William M. Kahane, together indirectly own a majority of the ownership and voting interests of Realty Capital Securities, LLC. Louisa Quarto is president of Realty Capital Securities, LLC. Kamal Jafarnia is executive vice present and chief compliance officer of Realty Capital Securities, LLC. For a further description of this agreement, see the sections entitled Affiliated Companies Dealer Manager, Management Compensation, Plan of Distribution and Conflicts of Interest in this prospectus.
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MANAGEMENT COMPENSATION
We have no paid employees. American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC, our advisor, any service provider and their affiliates manage our day-to-day affairs. The following table summarizes all of the compensation and fees we pay to American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC, any service provider and their affiliates, including amounts to reimburse their costs in providing services. In the sole discretion of our board of directors, certain fees and commissions may be paid, in whole or in part, in cash or shares of our common stock. In the sole discretion of our board of directors, the asset management fee may be paid in cash, common stock or restricted stock grants, or any combination thereof. The selling commissions may vary for different categories of purchasers. See the section entitled Plan of Distribution in this prospectus. This table assumes the shares are sold through distribution channels associated with the highest possible selling commissions and dealer manager fee. No effect is given to any shares sold through our distribution reinvestment plan.
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| Type of Compensation | Determination of Amount | Estimated Amount for Minimum Offering ($2,000,000 of common shares)*/Maximum Offering (101,010,101 retail shares and 55,555,555 institutional shares) |
| Selling Commission, retail shares (1) | Realty Capital Securities, LLC will be paid 7% of the per share purchase price of retail shares in our primary offering of retail shares, which will initially be $9.00, out of amounts paid by purchasers of retail shares in addition to the purchase price. No selling commissions will be paid on sales of shares under our distribution reinvestment plan or institutional shares. Realty Capital Securities, LLC will reallow all selling commissions to participating broker dealers. Alternatively, a participating broker dealer may elect to receive a fee equal to 7.5% of the gross proceeds from the sale of shares (not including selling commissions and dealer manager fees) by such participating broker dealer, with 2.5% thereof paid at the time of such sale and 1% thereof paid on each anniversary of the closing of such sale up to and including the fifth anniversary of the closing of such sale, in which event, a portion of the dealer manager | |
| fee will be reallowed such that the combined selling commission and dealer manager fee do not exceed 10% of the proceeds after selling commissions and dealer manager fees of our primary offering. | $127,273/$63,636,364 The actual amount will depend on the number of retail shares sold and the NAV per share. These amounts assume our NAV per retail share remains $9.00. | |
| Dealer Manager Fee, retail shares (1) | Realty Capital Securities, LLC will be paid 3% of the per share purchase price of retail shares in our primary offering, which will initially be $9.00, out of amounts paid by purchasers of retail shares in addition to the purchase price. No dealer manager fee will be paid with respect to sales under our distribution reinvestment plan or sales of institutional shares. Realty Capital Securities, LLC may reallow all or a portion of its dealer | $54,545/$27,272,727 (assumes a 3% dealer manager fee) The actual amount will depend on the number of retail shares sold and the NAV per share. These amounts assume our NAV per retail share remains $9.00. |
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| Type of Compensation | Determination of Amount | Estimated Amount for Minimum Offering ($2,000,000 of common shares)*/Maximum Offering (101,010,101 retail shares and 55,555,555 institutional shares) |
| manager fees to participating broker dealers. The dealer manager fee will be reduced to 2.5% of the gross proceeds (not including selling commissions and dealer manager fees) on sales by a participating broker dealer in our primary offering in the event a participating broker dealer elects to receive the 7.5% fee described in Selling Commission above. | ||
| Selling Commission, institutional shares | Realty Capital Securities, LLC will not be paid any up front selling commissions on institutional shares. | None. |
| Platform Fee, institutional shares only (retail shares not subject to Platform Fee) | For the institutional shares, we will pay our dealer manager an asset-based platform fee, which is a deferred distribution fee that compensates our dealer manager and participating broker-dealers for services in connection with the distribution of the institutional shares, that is payable monthly in arrears and accrues and is deducted from the NAV on the institutional shares daily in an amount equal to (a) the number of shares of our institutional common stock outstanding each day during such month, excluding shares issued under our distribution reinvestment plan, multiplied by (b) 1/365 th of 0.70% of our NAV on the institutional shares during such day. Our dealer manager may re-allow a portion of this fee to participating broker dealers, with respect to institutional shares originally sold with the participating broker dealers assistance or with respect to which the participating broker dealer provides ongoing | |
| stockholder services and is the broker dealer of record on the payment date. Although no platform fee is charged on institutional shares sold under the distribution reinvestment plan, because the platform fee reduces the NAV for all institutional shares, it also reduces the NAV for those institutional shares issued under our distribution reinvestment plan. | $49,999,999. This figure assumes all institutional shares are sold at $9.00 per share. The actual amount will depend on the number of institutional shares sold, the NAV per share and the period of time that the investor continues to hold the shares. The platform fee will not exceed 10% of the gross proceeds from sale of the institutional shares (excluding shares sold under the distribution reinvestment plan). |
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| Type of Compensation | Determination of Amount | Estimated Amount for Minimum Offering ($2,000,000 of common shares)*/Maximum Offering (101,010,101 retail shares and 55,555,555 institutional shares) |
| Organization and Offering Expenses | We will reimburse American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC up to 1.5% of gross offering proceeds (which includes gross proceeds from the purchase price of shares, plus applicable selling commissions and dealer manager fees which will be paid by purchasers of retail shares) for organization and offering expenses, which may include reimbursements to be paid to the dealer manager and participating broker-dealers for due diligence fees included in detailed and itemized invoices. (2) Solely with respect to our European investment activities and subject to certain conditions and in accordance with the service provider agreement, the European service provider will be allocated up to 20% of reimbursements for organization and offering expenses. We will allocate these expenses between the retail shares and the institutional shares based on the relative NAV of each class. As of December 31, 2011, the advisor or | |
| its affiliates have paid approximately $0.2 million of organization and offering expenses on our behalf. | $30,000/$22,500,000 | |
| Operational Stage | ||
| Acquisition Fees | We will pay to American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC or its assignees 1.0% of the contract purchase price of each property acquired (including our pro rata share of debt attributable to such property) and 1.0% of the amount advanced for a loan or other investment (including our pro rata share of debt attributable to such investment). Solely with respect to our investment activities in Europe, our European service provider will be paid 50% of the acquisition fees in respect of such investments, and our advisor will receive the remaining 50%, as set forth in the service provider agreement. We will allocate these fees between the retail shares and the institutional shares based on the relative NAV of each class. For purposes of this prospectus, contract purchase price or the amount advanced for a loan or other investment means the amount actually paid or allocated in respect of the purchase, | |
| development, construction or improvement of a property or the amount actually paid or allocated in respect of the purchase of loans or other real-estate related assets, in each case inclusive of expenses related thereto and any indebtedness assumed or incurred in respect | $17,882/$13,365,909 (or $32,512/$24,301,653 assuming we incur our expected leverage of 45% set forth in our investment guidelines or $71,527/$53,463,636 assuming the maximum leverage of approximately 75% permitted by our charter) |
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| Type of Compensation | Determination of Amount | Estimated Amount for Minimum Offering ($2,000,000 of common shares)*/Maximum Offering (101,010,101 retail shares and 55,555,555 institutional shares) |
| of such investment but exclusive of acquisition fees and financing fees. Once the | ||
| proceeds from this offering have been fully invested, the aggregate amount of acquisition fees shall not exceed 1.5% of the contract purchase price for all of the assets acquired. (3) (4) | ||
| Acquisition Expenses | We will reimburse American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC or our European service provider for expenses actually incurred related to selecting, evaluating and acquiring assets on our behalf, regardless of whether we actually acquire the related assets. In addition, we also will pay third parties, or reimburse the advisor, the European service provider or their affiliates, for any investment related expenses due to third parties, including, but not limited to, legal fees and expenses, travel and communications expenses, costs of appraisals, accounting fees and expenses, third-party brokerage or finders fees, title insurance expenses, survey expenses, foreign stamp duties on real estate transfer taxes or duty taxes incurred in connection with a foreign investment, property inspection expenses and other closing costs regardless of whether we acquire the related assets. We expect total acquisition expenses (including those | |
| paid to third parties, described below) to be approximately 0.6% of the purchase price of each property (including our pro rata share of debt attributable to such property) and 0.6% of the amount advanced for a loan or other investment (including our pro rata share of debt attributable to such investment). In no event will the total of all acquisition fees and acquisition expenses (including those paid to third parties, as described below) payable with respect to a particular investment exceed 4.5% of the contract purchase price of each property (including our pro rata share of debt attributable to such property) or 4.5% of the amount advanced for a loan or other investment (including our pro rata share of debt attributable to such investment). We will allocate these expenses between the retail shares and the institutional shares based on the relative NAV of each class. | $10,729/$8,019,545 (or $19,507/$14,580,992 assuming we incur our expected leverage of 45% set forth in our investment guidelines or $42,910/$32,078,182 assuming we incur the maximum leverage of approximately 75% permitted by our charter) |
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| Type of Compensation | Determination of Amount | Estimated Amount for Minimum Offering ($2,000,000 of common shares)*/Maximum Offering (101,010,101 retail shares and 55,555,555 institutional shares) |
| Asset Management Fees | We will pay American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC or its assignees a monthly fee equal to one twelfth of 1.0% of the monthly average of our daily NAV. Such fee to the advisor will be payable, at the discretion of our board of directors, in cash, common stock or restricted stock grants or any combination thereof. (5) Solely with respect to our investment activities in Europe, our European service provider will be paid 50% of the asset management fees in respect of such properties, and our advisor will receive the remaining 50%, as set forth in the service provider agreement. We will allocate these fees between the retail shares and institutional shares based on the relative NAV of each class. All or a portion of the asset management fee may be waived or deferred at the sole discretion of our board of directors (a) to the extent that FFO, as adjusted, during the six months ending on the last day of the | |
| calendar quarter immediately preceding the date that such asset management fee is payable, is less than the distributions declared with respect to such six month period or (b) for any other reason. For purposes of this determination, FFO means funds from operations, consistent with NAREITs definition of FFO, and FFO, as adjusted, is FFO adjusted to (i) include acquisition fees and related expenses which is deducted in computing FFO; and (ii) include non-cash restricted stock grant amortization, if any, which is deducted in computing FFO. | Not determinable at this time. Because the fee is based on a fixed percentage of aggregate asset value, there is no maximum dollar amount of this fee. |
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| Type of Compensation | Determination of Amount | Estimated Amount for Minimum Offering ($2,000,000 of common shares)*/Maximum Offering (101,010,101 retail shares and 55,555,555 institutional shares) |
| Property Management and Leasing Fees | If our property manager or an affiliate provides property management and leasing services for our properties, we will pay fees equal to: (i) with respect to stand-alone, single-tenant net leased properties which are not part of a shopping center, 2.0% of gross revenues from the properties managed and (ii) with respect to all other types of properties, 4.0% of gross revenues from the properties managed. Solely with respect to our investment activities in Europe, our European service provider or other entity providing property management services with respect to such investments will be paid 50% of the property management fees in respect of such properties, and our property manager will receive the remaining 50%, as set forth in the service provider agreement. All or a portion of the property management and leasing fees may be waived or deferred at the sole discretion of our board of directors. We also will reimburse our property | |
| manager or European service provider or other entity, as applicable, for property-level expenses that it pays or incurs on our behalf, including salaries, bonuses and benefits of persons employed by our property manager. We also will pay our property manager customary market leasing commissions. | Not determinable at this time. Because the fee is based on a fixed percentage of gross revenue, there is no maximum dollar amount of this fee. The amount of the transition fee is not determinable at this time because the fee is based on the number of properties we acquire and the number of tenants occupying the properties. | |
| Oversight Fee | For services in overseeing property management and leasing services provided by any person or entity that is not an affiliate of our property manager, we will pay our property manager an oversight fee equal to 1.0% of the gross revenues of the property managed. Solely with respect to our investment activities in Europe, our European service provider will be paid 50% of the oversight fees and our property manager will receive the remaining 50%, as set forth in the service provider agreement. All or a portion of the oversight fee may be waived or deferred at the sole discretion of our board of directors. Our property manager or European service provider will not be paid an oversight fee if we contract with a third party to provide property management and leasing services for fees greater than those set forth under Property Management and Leasing Fees. | Not determinable at this time. Because the fee is based on a fixed percentage of gross revenue, there is no maximum dollar amount of this fee. |
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| Type of Compensation | Determination of Amount | Estimated Amount for Minimum Offering ($2,000,000 of common shares)*/Maximum Offering (101,010,101 retail shares and 55,555,555 institutional shares) |
| Operating Expenses | Commencing upon the earlier to occur of (1) the four fiscal quarters after we make our first investment or (2) six months after the commencement of this offering, we will reimburse our advisors costs of providing administrative services, subject to the limitation that we will not reimburse our advisor for any amount by which our operating expenses (including the asset management fee and the amount of the annual subordinated performance fee that is based on operations (and not on gains from the sale of assets)) at the end of the four preceding fiscal quarters exceeds the greater of (a) 2% of average invested assets and (b) 25% of net income other than any additions to reserves for depreciation, bad debt or other similar non-cash reserves and excluding any gain from the sale of assets for that period. (6) Additionally, we will reimburse our advisor for personnel costs in connection with other services | |
| during the operational stage, in addition to paying an asset management fee; however, we will not reimburse our advisor for personnel costs in connection with services for which the advisor receives acquisition fees or real estate commissions. (7) For these purposes, average invested assets means, for any period, the average of the aggregate book value of our assets (including lease intangibles, investment, directly or indirectly, in financial instruments, debt and equity securities and equity interests in and loans secured by real estate assets (including amounts invested in REITs and other real estate operating companies)) before deducting reserves for depreciation or bad debts or other similar non-cash reserves, computed by taking the average of these values at the end of each month during the period. Additionally, we will not reimburse our advisor for personnel costs in connection with services for which the advisor receives acquisition fees or real | ||
| estate commissions. We will allocate the reimbursement of expenses between the retail shares and the institutional shares based on the relative NAV of each class. (8) | Not determinable at this time. |
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| Annual Subordinated Performance Fee | We will pay our advisor an annual subordinated performance fee calculated on the basis of our total return to stockholders, payable annually in arrears, such that for any year in which our total return on stockholders capital exceeds 6% per annum, our advisor will be entitled to 15% of the excess total return but not to exceed 10% of the aggregate total return for such year (which will take into account distributions and realized appreciation). This fee will be payable only upon the sale of assets, distributions or other event which results in our return on stockholders capital exceeding 6% per annum. Solely with respect to our investment activities in Europe, our European service provider will be paid 50% of the annual subordinated performance fee payable in respect of such investments, and our advisor will receive the remaining 50%, as set forth in the service provider agreement. We will allocate these fees | |
| between the retail shares and the institutional shares based on the relative NAV of each class. (9) | The actual amount will depend on our performance, as well as on the number of shares sold, the NAV per share and the period of time that the investor continues to hold the shares. | |
| Restricted Stock Awards | We have established an employee and director incentive restricted share plan pursuant to which our directors, officers and employees (if we ever have employees), employees of our advisor and its affiliates, employees of entities that provide services to us, directors of our advisor or of entities that provide services to us, certain of our consultants and certain consultants to our advisor and its affiliates or entities that provide services to us may be granted incentive awards in the form of restricted stock. | Restricted stock awards under our employee and director incentive restricted share plan may not exceed 5.0% of our outstanding shares on a fully diluted basis at any time, and in any event will not exceed 7,500,000 shares (as such number may be adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, combinations and similar events). |
| Compensation and Restricted Stock Awards to Independent Directors | We pay to each of our independent directors a retainer of $30,000 per year, plus $2,000 for each board or board committee meeting the director attends in person ($2,500 for attendance by the chairperson of the audit committee at each meeting of the audit committee), $750 for each meeting the director attends virtually and $1,500 for each meeting the director attends by telephone. If there is a meeting of the board and one or more committees in a single day, the fees will be limited to $2,500 per day ($3,000 for the | The independent directors, as a group, will receive for a full fiscal year: (i) estimated aggregate compensation of approximately $100,000 and (ii) 6,000 restricted shares of common stock. |
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| chairperson of the audit committee if there is a meeting of such committee). Each independent director also is entitled to receive $750 per transaction reviewed and voted upon via electronic board meeting up to a maximum of $2,250 for three or more transactions reviewed and voted upon per meeting and an award of 3,000 restricted shares of common stock under our employee and director incentive restricted share plan when he or she joins the board and on the date of each annual stockholders meeting thereafter. Restricted stock issued to independent directors will vest over a five-year period following the first anniversary of the date of grant in increments of 20% per annum. | ||
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| Real Estate Commissions | For substantial assistance in connection with the sale of properties, we will pay American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC a real estate commission paid on the sales price of property up to the lesser of 2% and one-half of the total brokerage commission paid if a third-party broker is involved. Solely with respect to our investment activities in Europe, our European service provider will be paid 50% of the real estate commissions payable in respect of such properties, and our advisor will receive the remaining 50%, as set forth in the service provider agreement; provided, however, that in no event may the real estate commissions paid to our advisor, its affiliates or European service provider and unaffiliated third parties exceed the lesser of 6% of the contract sales price and a reasonable, customary and competitive real estate commission in light of the size, type and location of the property. Our independent | |
| directors will determine whether the advisor or its affiliates has provided substantial assistance to us in connection with the sale of an asset. Substantial assistance in connection with the sale of an asset includes the advisors preparation of an investment package for an asset (including an investment analysis, an asset description and other due diligence information) or such other substantial services performed by the advisor in connection with a sale. We will allocate these expenses between the retail shares and the institutional shares based on the relative NAV of each class. | Not determinable at this time. Because the commission is based on a fixed percentage of the contract price for a sold property, there is no maximum dollar amount of these commissions. |
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| Subordinated Participation in Net Sales Proceeds (payable only if we are not listed on an exchange) (9) (10) | Our advisor or its affiliates will receive a subordinated distribution pursuant to its special limited partnership interest in the operating partnership interest, when available, equal to 15% of remaining Net Sales Proceeds after return of capital contributions plus payment to investors of an annual 6% cumulative, pre-tax, non-compounded return on the capital contributed by investors. Solely with respect to our investment activities in Europe, our European service provider will be paid 50% of the subordinated participation in net sales proceeds payable in respect of such investments, and our advisor or its affiliates will receive the remaining 50%, as set forth in the service provider agreement. As further detailed by our charter, we define Net Sales Proceeds to mean proceeds from the assets less expenses including legal, marketing and other expenses. We cannot assure you that we will provide this 6% return, which we have | |
| disclosed solely as a measure for our advisors and its affiliates incentive compensation. We will allocate the effect of these fees between the retail shares and the institutional shares based on the relative NAV of each class. | Not determinable at this time. There is no maximum amount of these payments. | |
| Subordinated Incentive Listing Distribution (payable only if we are listed on an exchange, which we have no intention to do at this time) (9) (10) (11) | Our advisor or its affiliates will receive distributions from our operating partnership, pursuant to a special limited partnership interest, equal to 15% of the amount by which the sum of our adjusted market value plus distributions exceeds the sum of the aggregate capital contributed by investors plus an amount equal to an annual 6% cumulative, pre-tax, non-compounded return to investors. Solely with respect to our investment activities in Europe, our European service provider will be paid 50% of the subordinated incentive listing distribution payable in respect of such investments, and our advisor or its affiliates will receive the remaining 50%, as set forth in the service provider agreement. We cannot assure you that we will provide this 6% return, which we have disclosed solely as a measure for our advisors and its affiliates incentive compensation. We will allocate the effect of these fees between the retail | |
| shares and the institutional shares based on the relative NAV of each class. | Not determinable at this time. There is no maximum amount of this fee. |
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| Subordinated Distribution upon Termination of the Advisory Agreement (9) (10) | Upon termination or non-renewal of the advisory agreement, our advisor or its affiliates shall be entitled to receive distributions from our operating partnership, pursuant to a special limited partnership interest, payable in the form of a non-interest bearing promissory note equal to (A) 15.0% of the amount, if any, by which (1) the sum of (v) the fair market value of our investments on the termination date, less (w) any loans secured by such investments, plus (x) total distributions paid through the termination date, less (y) the liquidation preference of all shares of preferred stock issued on or prior to the termination date (reduced by any amounts paid on or prior to the termination date to purchase or redeem any shares of preferred stock or any shares of our common stock issued on conversion of any shares of preferred stock) less (z) any amounts distributable as of the termination date to limited partners who received | |
| operating partnership units in connection with the acquisition of any investments upon the liquidation or sale of such investments, exceeds (2) the sum of the gross proceeds raised in all offerings through the termination date (less amounts paid on or prior to the termination date to purchase or redeem any shares of our common stock) and the total amount of cash that, if distributed to those stockholders who purchased shares of our common stock in an offering on or prior to the termination date, would have provided such stockholders an annual six percent (6%) cumulative, non-compounded return on the gross proceeds raised in all offerings through the termination date, measured for the period from inception through the termination date, less (B) any prior payments to the advisor or its affiliate of the subordinated participation in net sales proceeds or the subordinated incentive listing distribution. In addition, our advisor or its affiliates may elect to defer its right to receive a | ||
| subordinated distributions upon termination until either a listing on a national securities exchange or other liquidity event occurs. (12) Solely with respect to our | Not determinable at this time. There is no maximum amount of this fee. |
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| Type of Compensation | Determination of Amount | Estimated Amount for Minimum Offering ($2,000,000 of common shares)*/Maximum Offering (101,010,101 retail shares and 55,555,555 institutional shares) |
| investment activities in Europe, our European service provider will be paid 50% of the subordinated distribution upon termination of the advisory agreement payable in respect of such investments, and our advisor or its affiliates will receive the remaining 50%, as set forth in the service provider agreement. We will allocate the effect of these fees between the retail shares and the institutional shares based on the relative NAV of each class. |
If our advisor receives the subordinated distribution upon termination, neither it nor any of its affiliates would be entitled to receive the subordinated participation in net sale proceeds or the subordinated incentive listing distribution. There are many additional conditions and restrictions on the amount of compensation our advisor and its affiliates may receive.
Historically, due to the apparent preference of the public markets for self-managed companies, real estate investment trusts have engaged in internalization transactions (an acquisition of management functions by us from our advisor) pursuant to which they became self-managed prior to listing their securities on national securities exchanges. Such internalization transactions can result in significant payments to affiliates of the advisor irrespective of the returns stockholders have received. Our advisory agreement provides that no compensation or remuneration will be payable by us or our operating partnership to our advisor or any of its affiliates in connection with any internalization (an acquisition of management functions by us from our advisor) in the future.
- The minimum fees have been calculated assuming sales of approximately 202,020 shares of retail shares and no institutional shares, resulting in gross offering proceeds of $2,000,000 (including sales commissions and dealer manager fees payable by purchasers of retail shares).
(1) Our dealer manager will repay to the company any excess over FINRAs 10% cap if the offering is abruptly terminated after reaching the minimum amount, but before reaching the maximum amount, of offering proceeds.
(2) These organization and offering expenses include all expenses (other than selling commissions and the dealer manager fee) to be paid by us in connection with the offering, including our legal, accounting, printing, mailing and filing fees, charges of our escrow agent, due diligence expense reimbursements to participating broker dealers and amounts to reimburse American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC for its portion of the salaries of the employees of its affiliates who provide services to our advisor and other costs in connection with the administrative oversight of the offering and marketing process, preparing supplemental sales materials, holding educational conferences and attending retail seminars conducted by broker dealers. Our advisor will not be reimbursed for the direct payment of such organization and offering expenses that exceed 1.5% of the aggregate gross offering proceeds (which includes gross proceeds from the purchase price of shares, plus applicable selling commissions and dealer manager which will be paid by purchasers of retail shares), which may include reimbursements to be paid to the dealer-manager and participating broker-dealers for due diligence fees included in a detailed and itemized invoice. In the sole discretion of our advisor, our advisor may elect to have these fees paid, in whole or in part, in cash or shares of our common stock. For the purposes of the payment of any fees in common stock, prior to the end of the escrow period and the acquisition of our first property, each share of common stock shall be valued at the per share offering price of shares in this offering minus the maximum selling commissions, platform fees and dealer manager fee allowed in the offering. Following the escrow period and the acquisition of our first property, each share of common stock shall be valued using NAV.
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(3) In the sole discretion of our board of directors, these fees may be paid, in whole or in part, in cash or shares of our common stock. For the purposes of the payment of any fees in common stock For the purposes of the payment of any fees in common stock, prior to the end of the escrow period and the acquisition of our first property, each share of common stock shall be valued at the per share offering price of shares in this offering minus the maximum selling commissions, platform fees and dealer manager fee allowed in the offering. Following the escrow period and the acquisition of our first property, each share of common stock shall be valued using NAV.
(4) In addition, if during the period ending two years after the close of the offering, we sell an asset and then reinvest in assets, we will pay our advisor 1.0% of the contract purchase price of each property (including our pro rata share of debt attributable to such property) and 1.0% of the amount advanced for a loan or other investment (including our pro rata share of debt attributable to such investment); provided, however, that in no event shall the total of all acquisition fees and acquisition expenses payable in respect of such reinvestment exceed 4.5% of the contract purchase price of each property (including our pro rata share of debt attributable to such property) or 4.5% of the amount advanced for a loan or other investment (including our pro rata share of debt attributable to such investment).
(5) The asset management fee may be paid, at the discretion of our board of directors, in cash, common stock or restricted stock grants, or any combination thereof. For the purposes of the payment of any fees in common stock, prior to the end of the escrow period and the acquisition of our first property, each share of common stock shall be valued at the per share offering price of shares in this offering minus the maximum selling commissions, platform fees and dealer manager fee allowed in the offering. Following the escrow period and the acquisition of our first property, each share of common stock shall be valued using NAV. Restricted shares granted as asset management fees will be valued in accordance with the provisions of the equity incentive plan under which the grants are made. For additional information regarding FFs, please see the detailed discussion under the section entitled Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations Funds from Operations and Modified Funds from Operations.
(6) While we intend to build a portfolio comprised almost entirely of triple-net leased real estate, where tenant improvements will almost always be the responsibility of the tenant, there may be limited circumstances where tenant improvements become the landlords responsibility, at which point the property manager will have to seek approval from our advisor prior to providing tenant improvement services. Under these limited circumstances where our property manager assists a tenant with tenant improvements, a separate fee may be charged to, and payable by, us. This fee will not exceed 5% of the cost of the tenant improvements. The property manager will only provide these services if it does not cause any of our income from the applicable property to be treated as other than rents from real property for purposes of the applicable REIT requirements described under the section entitled Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations in this prospectus. Any fees paid to the property manager will cover, without additional expense to us, all of the property managers general overhead costs.
(7) Operating expenses will include reimbursement of our advisor for personnel costs, including certain salaries and benefits payable to our officers who are also executive officers, key personnel and/or members of our advisor. See the section entitled Management in this prospectus. The anticipated amount of reimbursement for compensation, including base salary, bonuses and related benefits, on an annual basis for our executive officers is approximately $500,000.
(8) In the sole discretion of our advisor, our advisor may elect to have these fees paid, in whole or in part, in cash or shares of our common stock. See footnote 3 above.
(9) The amount of the Subordinated Participation in Net Sale Proceeds, Subordinated Incentive Listing Fee and Termination Fee will be reduced by the amounts payable pursuant to the Annual Subordinated Performance Fee on realized appreciation in the Companys assets during the time American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC acts as the advisor for the Company. The Annual Subordinated Performance Fee is based in part on distributions from operations and in part on gains from sales. The amount of the Annual Subordinated Performance Fee that is based only on operations is part of advisor compensation, which would be included in operating expenses and thus subject to the prohibition on reimbursements to the advisor for any amount by which our operating expenses (including the asset management fee) at the end of the four preceding fiscal quarters exceeds the greater of (a) 2% of average invested assets and (b) 25% of net income other than any additions to reserves for depreciation, bad debt or other similar non-cash reserves and excluding any gain from the sale of assets.
(10) If our advisor or any of its affiliates receives the subordinated incentive listing distribution, it would no longer be entitled to receive the subordinated participation in net sale proceeds or the subordinated
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distribution upon termination. If our advisor or any of its affiliates receives the subordinated distribution upon termination, it would no longer be entitled to receive the subordinated participation in net sale proceeds or the subordinated incentive listing distribution. The subordinated incentive listing distribution will be paid in the form of a promissory note that will be repaid from the net sale proceeds of each sale of a property, loan or other investment after the date of the listing. At the time of such sale, our advisor or its affiliate may, however, at its discretion, receive payment of all or a portion of such promissory note with shares of our common stock or cash, or any combination thereof. If shares are used for payment, we do not anticipate that they will be registered under the Securities Act and, therefore, will be subject to restrictions on transferability. Any portion of the subordinated participation in net sale proceeds that our advisor or its affiliate receives prior to our listing will offset the amount otherwise due pursuant to the subordinated incentive listing distribution. In no event will the amount paid to the advisor or its affiliate under the promissory note, if any, exceed the amount considered presumptively reasonable by the NASAA REIT Guidelines.
(11) The market value of our outstanding shares of common stock will be calculated based on the average market value of the shares of common stock issued and outstanding at listing over the 30 trading days beginning 180 days after the shares are first listed or included for quotation. Our advisor or its affiliate has the option to receive payment of the subordinated incentive listing distribution in the form of stock, cash, a promissory note or any combination thereof. If any previous payments of the subordinated participation in net sale proceeds will offset the amounts due pursuant to the subordinated incentive listing distribution, then we will not be required to pay the advisor any further subordinated participation in net sale proceeds.
(12) The subordinated distribution upon termination, if any, will be payable in the form of a non-interest- bearing promissory note equal to (A) 15.0% of the amount, if any, by which (1) the sum of (v) the fair market value (determined by appraisal as of the termination date) of our investments on the termination date, less (w) any loans secured by such investments, plus (x) total distributions paid through the termination date on shares issued in offerings through the termination date, less (y) the liquidation preference of all shares of preferred stock issued on or prior to the termination date (whether or not converted into shares of our common stock), which liquidation preference shall be reduced by any amounts paid on or prior to the termination date to purchase or repurchase any shares of preferred stock or any shares of our common stock issued on conversion of any shares of preferred stock, less (z) any amounts distributable as of the termination date to limited partners who received operating partnership units in connection with the acquisition of any investments upon the liquidation or sale of such investments (assuming the liquidation or sale of such investments on the termination date), exceeds (2) the sum of the gross proceeds raised in all offerings through the termination date (less amounts paid on or prior to the termination date to purchase or redeem any shares of our common stock purchased in an offering, pursuant to our share repurchase plan or otherwise) and the total amount of cash that, if distributed to those stockholders who purchased shares of our common stock in an offering on or prior to the termination date, would have provided such stockholders an annual six percent (6%) cumulative, non-compounded return on the gross proceeds raised in all offerings through the termination date, measured for the period from inception through the termination date, less (B) any prior payments to the advisor or its affiliate of the subordinated participation in net sales proceeds or the subordinated incentive listing distribution. In addition, at the time of termination, our advisor or its affiliate may elect to defer its right to receive a subordinated distribution upon termination until either a listing or an other liquidity event occurs, including a liquidation or the sale of all or substantially all our investments (regardless of the form in which such sale shall occur).
If our advisor or its affiliate elects to defer its right to receive a subordinated distribution upon termination and there is a listing of the shares of our common stock on a national securities exchange or the receipt of our stockholders of securities that are listed on a national securities exchange in exchange for our shares of common stock in a merger or any other type of transaction, then our advisor or its affiliate will be entitled to receive a subordinated distribution upon termination fee in an amount equal to (A) 15.0% of the amount, if any, by which (1) the sum of (t) the fair market value (determined by appraisal as of the date of listing) of the investments owned as of the termination date, less (u) any loans secured by such investments owned as of the termination date, plus (v) the fair market value (determined by appraisal as of the date of listing) of the investments acquired after the termination date for which the advisor would have been entitled to receive an acquisition fee (collectively, the included assets), less (w) any loans secured by the included assets, plus (x) total distributions paid through the date of listing on shares of our common stock issued in offerings through the termination date, less (y) the liquidation
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preference of all preferred stock issued on or prior to the termination date (whether or not converted into shares), which liquidation preference shall be reduced by any amounts paid on or prior to the date of listing to purchase or redeem any shares of preferred stock or any shares of our common stock issued on conversion of any preferred stock, less (z) any amounts distributable as of the date of listing to limited partners who received operating partnership units in connection with the acquisition of any included assets upon the liquidation or sale of such included assets (assuming the liquidation or sale of such included assets on the date of listing), exceeds (2) the sum of (y) the gross proceeds raised in all offerings through the termination date (less amounts paid on or prior to the date of listing to purchase or repurchase any shares of our common stock purchased in an offering on or prior to the termination date pursuant to our share repurchase plan or otherwise), plus (z) the total amount of cash that, if distributed to those stockholders who purchased shares of our common stock in an offering on or prior to the termination date, would have provided such stockholders an annual six percent (6%) cumulative, non-compounded return on the gross proceeds raised in all offerings through the termination date, measured for the period from inception through the date of listing, less (B) any prior payments to the advisor or any of its affiliates of the subordinated participation in net sales proceeds or the subordinated incentive listing distribution.
If our advisor or its affiliate elects to defer its right to receive a subordinated distribution upon termination and there is another liquidity event, then our advisor or its affiliate will be entitled to receive a subordinated distribution upon termination in an amount equal to (A) 15.0% of the amount, if any, by which (1) the sum of (t) the fair market value (determined by appraisal as of the date of such other liquidity event) of the investments owned as of the termination date, less (u) any loans secured by such investments owned as of the termination date, plus (v) the fair market value (determined by appraisal as of the date of such other liquidity event) of the included assets, less (w) any loans secured by the included assets, plus (x) total distributions paid through the date of the other liquidity event on shares of our common stock issued in offerings through the termination date, less (y) the liquidation preference of all preferred shares issued on or prior to the termination date (whether or not converted into shares of our common stock), which liquidation preference shall be reduced by any amounts paid on or prior to the date of the other liquidity event to purchase or redeem any preferred shares or any shares of our common stock issued on conversion of any preferred shares, less (z) any amounts distributable as of the date of the other liquidity event to limited partners who received operating partnership units in connection with the acquisition of any included assets upon the liquidation or sale of such included assets (assuming the liquidation or sale of such included assets on the date of the other liquidity event), exceeds (2) the sum of (y) the gross proceeds raised in all offerings through the termination date (less amounts paid on or prior to the date of the other liquidity event to purchase or redeem any shares of our common stock purchased in an offering on or prior to the termination date pursuant to our share repurchase plan or otherwise), plus (z) the total amount of cash that, if distributed to those stockholders who purchased shares of our common stock in an offering on or prior to the termination date, would have provided such stockholders an annual six percent (6%) cumulative, non-compounded return on the gross proceeds raised in all offerings through the termination date, measured for the period from inception through the date of the other liquidity event, less (B) any prior payments to the advisor or its affiliate of the subordinated participation in net sales proceeds or the subordinated incentive listing distribution. If our advisor receives the subordinated incentive listing distribution, neither it nor any of its affiliates would be entitled to receive subordinated distributions of net sales proceeds or the subordinated distribution upon termination.
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PRINCIPAL STOCKHOLDERS
The following table provides, as of the date of this prospectus, information regarding the number and percentage of shares of our common stock beneficially owned by each director, each executive officer, all directors and executive officers as a group and any person known to us to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of our outstanding shares. As of the date of this prospectus, we had one stockholder of record and 22,222 retail shares of common stock outstanding. Beneficial ownership includes outstanding shares and shares which are not outstanding, but that any person has the right to acquire within 60 days after the date of this prospectus. However, any such shares which are not outstanding are not deemed to be outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage of outstanding shares beneficially owned by any other person. Except as otherwise provided, the person named in the table has sole voting and investing power with respect to all shares beneficially owned by him.
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| American Realty Capital Global Special Limited Partnership, LLC | 22,222 retail shares | 100 % |
(1) The business address of the entity listed in the table is 405 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10022.
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CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
We are subject to various conflicts of interest arising out of our relationship with American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC, our advisor, and its affiliates, including conflicts related to the arrangements pursuant to which American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC and its affiliates will be compensated by us. Our agreements and compensation arrangements with our advisor and its affiliates were not determined by arms-length negotiations. See the section entitled Management Compensation in this prospectus. Some of the conflicts of interest in our transactions with our advisor and its affiliates, and the limitations on our advisor and its affiliates adopted to address these conflicts, are described below.
Affiliates of our advisor currently sponsor and may sponsor one or more other real estate investment programs in the future, including American Realty Capital Trust, Inc. or ARCT, a Maryland corporation organized on August 17, 2007, which qualified as a REIT beginning with the taxable year ended December 31, 2008, American Realty Capital New York Recovery REIT, Inc., or NYRR, a Maryland corporation organized on October 6, 2009, Phillips Edison ARC Shopping Center REIT, Inc., or PE-ARC, a Maryland corporation organized on October 13, 2009, American Realty Capital Retail Centers of America, Inc., or ARC RCA, a Maryland corporation organized on July 29, 2010, American Realty Capital Healthcare Trust, Inc. or ARC HT, a Maryland corporation organized on August 23, 2010, America Realty Capital Trust III, Inc., or ARCT III, a Maryland corporation organized on October 15, 2010, American Realty Capital Daily Net Asset Value Trust, Inc. or ARC Daily NAV, a Maryland corporation, organized on September 10, 2010, and American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. or ARCP, a Maryland corporation organized on December 2, 2010. Business Development Corporation of America, or Business Development Corporation, a Maryland corporation organized on May 5, 2010, is a publicly offered specialty finance company which has elected to be treated as a business development company under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
ARCT filed its initial registration statement with the SEC on September 9, 2007 which became effective on January 25, 2008. As of December 31, 2011, ARCT had received aggregate gross offering proceeds of approximately $1.7 billion from the sale of approximately 171.9 million shares in its initial public offering. On March 1, 2012, ARCT internalized the management services previously provided by its advisor and ARCTs common stock was listed on The NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol ARCT. As of March 15, 2012, ARCT had acquired 485 properties, primarily comprised of free standing, single-tenant retail and commercial properties that are net leased to investment grade and other creditworthy tenants. As of March 15, 2012, ARCT had total real estate investments, at cost, of approximately $2.1 billion. NYRR filed its initial registration statement with the SEC on November 12, 2009, which became effective on September 2, 2010. To date, NYRR had received aggregate gross offering proceeds of approximately $17.0 million from the sale of 2.0 million shares from a private offering to accredited investors (as defined in Regulation D as promulgated under the Securities Act). As of March 15, 2012, NYRR had received aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $60.7 million from the sale of 6.2 million shares in its public offering. As of March 15, 2012, there were approximately 8.2 million shares of NYRR common stock outstanding, including restricted stock, converted preferred shares, and shares issued under its distribution reinvestment plan. As of March 15, 2012, NYRR had total real estate investments, at cost, of approximately $124.2 million. PEARC filed its initial registration statement with the SEC on January 13, 2010 and commenced its initial offering of 180,000,000 shares of stock on August 12, 2010. As of March 15, 2012, PEARC had received aggregate gross offering proceeds of $32.8 million from the sale of 3.4 million shares of common stock in its public offering. As of March 15, 2012, PEARC had acquired eight properties and had total real estate investments at cost of $74.5 million and purchased into a joint venture for $14.0 million. ARC RCA filed its initial registration statement with the SEC on September 13, 2010, ARC RCA filed its registration statement with the SEC on September 14, 2010 and became effective on March 17, 2011. As of March 15, 2012, ARC RCA had received aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $2.2 million from the sale of 0.2 million shares in its public offering, but had not acquired any properties. ARC HT filed its registration statement with the SEC on August 27, 2010 and became effective on February 18, 2011. As of March 15, 2012, ARC HT had received aggregate gross offering proceeds of approximately $117.3 million from the sale of approximately 11.8 million shares in its public offering. As of March 15, 2012, ARC HT had acquired 17 commercial properties, for a purchase price of approximately $195.3 million. ARC Daily NAV filed its registration statement with the SEC on October 8, 2010 and became effective on August 15, 2011. ARCT IV filed its registration with the SEC on March 22, 2012 and has yet to become effective.
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The officers and key personnel of our advisor are expected to spend a portion of their time on activities unrelated to us, which may significantly reduce the amount of time to be spent by such officers and key personnel on activities related to us. Each of the officers and key personnel, including Messrs. Schorsch and Weil, is currently expected to spend a portion of their time on our behalf. In addition to the key personnel listed above, our advisor employs personnel who have extensive experience in managing REITs similar to us and selecting and managing commercial properties similar to the properties sought to be acquired by us. Based on our sponsors experience in sponsoring ARCT, NYRR, PE-ARC, ARC HT and ARCT III, all of which are non-traded REITs that are in their operational stage, a significantly greater time commitment is required of senior management during the development stage when the REIT is being organized, funds are initially being raised and funds are initially being invested, and less time is required as additional funds are raised and the offering matures. We refer to the development stage of a REIT as the time period from the inception of the REIT until it raises a sufficient amount of funds to break escrow under its registration statement.
In addition, certain of our executive officers, Messrs. Schorsch and Weil, also are officers of our advisor, our property manager, our dealer manager and other affiliated entities, including the advisor and property manager of other REITs sponsored by the American Realty Capital group of companies, many of which are in the development stage.
The management of multiple REITs, especially REITs in the development stage, may significantly reduce the amount of time our executive officers are able to spend on activities related to us. Additionally, as described below, given that six of the American Realty Capital-sponsored REITs, including us, have registration statements that became effective recently, in which our executive officers are involved, and will have concurrent and/or overlapping fundraising, acquisition, operational and disposition and liquidation phases, conflicts of interest related to these REITs will arise throughout the life of our company with respect to, among other things, finding investors, locating and acquiring properties, entering into leases and disposing of properties. The conflicts of interest each of our executive officers and each officer of our advisor will face may delay our fund raising and investment of our proceeds due to the competing time demands.
These individuals also owe fiduciary duties to these other entities and their stockholders and limited partners, which fiduciary duties may conflict with the duties that they owe to us and our stockholders. Their loyalties to these other entities could result in actions or inactions that are detrimental to our business, which could harm the implementation of our business strategy and our investment and leasing opportunities. Conflicts with our business and interests are most likely to arise from involvement in activities related to (a) allocation of new investments and management time and services between us and the other entities, (b) our purchase of properties from, or sale of properties to, affiliated entities, (c) the timing and terms of the investment in or sale of an asset, (d) development of our properties by affiliates, (e) investments with affiliates of our advisor, (f) compensation to our advisor, and (g) our relationship with our dealer manager and property manager. If we do not successfully implement our business strategy, we may be unable to generate cash needed to make distributions to you and to maintain or increase the value of our assets. If these individuals act or fail to act in a manner that is detrimental to our business or favor one entity over another, they may be subject to liability for breach of fiduciary duty.
Although certain of our executive officers face conflicts of interest as a result of the foregoing, the following factors tend to ameliorate the effect of the resulting potential conflicts of interest. Our fundraising, including finding investors, will be handled principally by our dealer manager, with our executive officers participation limited to participation in sales seminars. As described below, our dealer manager has a sales team that includes 90 professionals, as well as a wholesaling team for each offering dedicated to that offering, which it believes is adequate and structured in a manner to handle sales for all of the offerings for which it is the dealer manager. Some of the American Realty Capital-sponsored REITs have sub-advisors or dedicated management teams who have primary responsibility for investment activities of the REIT, which may mitigate some of these conflicts of interest. Five senior members, all of whom are our executive officers, collectively indirectly own interests in the dealer manager and the sponsors or co-sponsors of American Realty Capital-sponsored investment programs. Controlling interests in the dealer manager and the sponsors or co-sponsors of the American Realty Capital-sponsored investment programs are owned by Nicholas S. Schorsch and William M. Kahane. See the organizational chart in this section below. These members share responsibility for
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overseeing key management functions, including general management, investing, asset management, financial reporting, legal and accounting activities, marketing strategy and investor relations. This bench of senior members provides depth of management and is designed with succession planning in mind. Nonetheless, the competing time commitments resulting from managing multiple development stage REITs may impact our investment activities and our executive officers ability to oversee these activities.
We will compete for investors with other American Realty Capital-sponsored programs, which offerings will be ongoing during a significant portion of our offering period. The overlap of these offerings with our offering could adversely affect our ability to raise all the capital we seek in this offering, the timing of sales of our shares and the amount of proceeds we have to spend on real estate investments.
We may buy properties at the same time as one or more of the other American Realty Capital-sponsored programs managed by officers and key personnel of our advisor. As a result, they owe duties to each of these entities, their members and limited partners and these investors and others to whom they provide services, which duties may from time to time conflict with the fiduciary duties that they owe to us and our stockholders. However, to the extent that our advisor or its affiliates take actions that are more favorable to other entities than to us, these actions could have a negative impact on our financial performance and, consequently, on distributions to you and the value of our stock. In addition, our directors, officers and certain of our stockholders may engage for their own account in business activities of the types conducted or to be conducted by our subsidiaries and us. For a discussion of the restrictions included in our charter relating to limits placed upon our directors, officers and certain of our stockholders, see the section of this prospectus captioned Certain Conflict Resolution Procedures. In addition, for a description of some of the risks related to these conflicts of interest, see the section of this prospectus captioned Risk Factors Risks Related to Conflicts of Interest.
Our independent directors have an obligation to function on our behalf in all situations in which a conflict of interest may arise, and all of our directors have a fiduciary obligation to act on behalf of our stockholders.
Interests in Other Real Estate Programs
Affiliates of our officers and entities owned or managed by such affiliates may acquire or develop real estate for their own accounts, and have done so in the past. Furthermore, affiliates of our officers and entities owned or managed by such affiliates may form additional real estate investment entities in the future, whether public or private, which can be expected to have the same investment objectives and policies as we do and which may be involved in the same geographic area, and such persons may be engaged in sponsoring one or more of such entities at approximately the same time as our shares of common stock are being offered. Our advisor, its affiliates and affiliates of our officers are not obligated to present to us any particular investment opportunity that comes to their attention, unless such opportunity is of a character that might be suitable for investment by us. Our advisor and its affiliates likely will experience conflicts of interest as they simultaneously perform services for us and other affiliated real estate programs.
Any affiliated entity, whether or not currently existing, could compete with us in the sale or operation of the properties. We will seek to achieve any operating efficiency or similar savings that may result from affiliated management of competitive properties. However, to the extent that affiliates own or acquire property that is adjacent, or in close proximity, to a property we own, our property may compete with the affiliates property for tenants or purchasers.
Every transaction that we enter into with our advisor or its affiliates is subject to an inherent conflict of interest. Our board of directors may encounter conflicts of interest in enforcing our rights against any affiliate in the event of a default by or disagreement with an affiliate or in invoking powers, rights or options pursuant to any agreement between us and our advisor or any of its affiliates.
Except as disclosed in this prospectus, we do not believe that any of our other affiliated programs are in direct competition with this program.
Other Activities of American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC and Its Affiliates
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Capital-sponsored programs and the fact that they also are engaged, and will continue to engage, in other business activities, American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC and its affiliates have conflicts of interest in allocating their time between us and other American Realty Capital-sponsored programs and other activities in which they are involved. However, American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC believes that it and its affiliates have sufficient personnel to discharge fully their responsibilities to all of the American Realty Capital-sponsored programs and other ventures in which they are involved.
In addition, each of our executive officers also serves as an officer of our advisor, our property manager, our dealer manager and/or other affiliated entities. As a result, these individuals owe fiduciary duties to these other entities, which may conflict with the fiduciary duties that they owe to us and our stockholders.
We may purchase properties or interests in properties from affiliates of American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC. The prices we pay to affiliates of our advisor for these properties will not be the subject of arms-length negotiations, which could mean that the acquisitions may be on terms less favorable to us than those negotiated with unaffiliated parties. However, our charter provides that the purchase price of any property acquired from an affiliate of our advisor may not exceed its fair market value as determined by a competent independent appraiser, that is, a person with no current or prior business or personal relationship with our advisor or directors and who is a qualified appraiser of real estate of the type held by us or of other assets determined by our board of directors. In addition, the price must be approved by a majority of our directors, including a majority of our independent directors, who have no interest in the transaction. If the price paid by us exceeds the cost paid by the affiliate of our advisor, our board of directors must determine that there is substantial justification for the excess cost. For example, substantial justification for paying a higher price to acquire a property from an affiliate than the price paid by the affiliate for such property could result from improvements to a property or increases in market value of the property during the period of time the property is owned by the affiliate as evidenced by an appraisal of the property by a competent independent appraiser, as described above.
Affiliated Transactions Best Practices Policy
In March 2011, Realty Capital Securities, LLC, the affiliated entity retained by us to act as dealer manager in connection with our initial public offering, adopted best practices guidelines related to affiliated transactions applicable to all the issuers whose securities are traded on its platform (which includes us) that requires that each such issuer adopt guidelines that, except under limited circumstances, (i) restrict such issuer from entering into co-investment or other business transactions with another investment program sponsored by the American Realty Capital group of companies, and (ii) restrict sponsors of investment programs from entering into co-investment or other business transactions with their sponsored issuers.
On April 20, 2012, all of the members of the board of directors voted affirmatively to approve our affiliated transactions best practices policy, which provides that we may not enter into any co-investments or any other business transaction with, or make loans or provide other funding to, directly or indirectly, any investment program or other entity sponsored by the American Realty Capital group of companies or otherwise controlled or sponsored, or in which ownership (other than certain minority interests) is held, directly or indirectly, by Nicholas Schorsch and/or William Kahane, that is a non-traded REIT or private investment vehicle in which ownership interests are offered through securities broker-dealers in a public or private offering. We may, however, enter into a joint investment with a Delaware statutory trust, or a DST, or a group of unaffiliated tenant in common owners, or TICs, in connection with a private retail securities offering by a DST or to TICs, provided that such investments are in the form of pari passu equity investments, are fully and promptly disclosed to our stockholders and are fully documented among the parties with all the rights, duties and obligations assumed by the parties as are normally attendant to such an equity investment. We must also retain a controlling interest in the underlying investment and the transaction must be approved by the independent directors of the board of directors after due and documented deliberation, including deliberation of any conflicts of interest. The board of directors must determine that the co-investment is fair, both financially and otherwise. In the case of such co-investment, our advisor will be permitted to charge fees at no more than the rate corresponding to our percentage co-investment and in line with the fees ordinarily attendant to such transaction. At any one time, our investment in such co-investments will not exceed 10% of the value of our portfolio.
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Competition in Acquiring, Leasing and Operating of Properties
Conflicts of interest will exist to the extent that we may acquire, or seek to acquire, properties in the same geographic areas where properties owned by other American Realty Capital-sponsored programs are located. In such a case, a conflict could arise in the acquisition or leasing of properties if we and another American Realty Capital-sponsored program were to compete for the same properties or tenants in negotiating leases, or a conflict could arise in connection with the resale of properties if we and another American Realty Capital-sponsored program were to attempt to sell similar properties at the same time. Conflicts of interest also may exist at such time as we or our affiliates managing property on our behalf seek to employ developers, contractors or building managers, as well as under other circumstances. American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC will seek to reduce conflicts relating to the employment of developers, contractors or building managers by making prospective employees aware of all such properties seeking to employ such persons. In addition, American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC will seek to reduce conflicts that may arise with respect to properties available for sale or rent by making prospective purchasers or tenants aware of all such properties. However, these conflicts cannot be fully avoided in that there may be established differing compensation arrangements for employees at different properties or differing terms for resales or leasing of the various properties.
Affiliated Dealer Manager
Since Realty Capital Securities, LLC, our dealer manager, is an affiliate of American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC, we will not have the benefit of an independent due diligence review and investigation of the type normally performed by an unaffiliated, independent underwriter in connection with the offering of securities. See the section entitled Plan of Distribution in this prospectus.
Our dealer manager also is the deal manager in other offerings, including offerings sponsored by the American Realty Capital group of companies, that are either effective or in registration. In addition, our dealer manager may in the future be retained to raise capital through public offerings sponsored by our sponsor and other third-party sponsors that will be conducted concurrently with our offering. As a result, our dealer manager will have competing demands on its time and resources. Our dealer manager may face conflicts of interest arising from potential competition with these other programs for investors and investment capital. We will compete for investors with these other programs, and the overlap of these offerings with our offering could adversely affect our ability to raise all the capital we seek in this offering, the times of sales of our shares and the amount of proceeds we have to spend on real estate investments. Our dealer manager was designed as a wholesale broker dealer capable of simultaneously distributing multiple direct investment programs. Our dealer manager has a sales team that includes 98 professionals, as well as a wholesaling team for each offering dedicated to that offering. Our dealer manager believes its sales team is adequate and structured in a manner to handle sales for all of the offerings for which it is the dealer manager, including those offerings that are currently in registration or that were recently declared effective, without adversely affecting its ability to act as dealer manager in this offering.
Our dealer manager has adopted a best practices policy related to affiliated transactions applicable to all the issuers whose securities are traded on the dealer managers platform. This guideline requires that each such issuer adopt guidelines that, except under limited circumstances, (i) restrict the issuer from entering into co-investment or other business transactions with another investment program sponsored by the American Realty Capital group of companies and (ii) restrict sponsors of investment programs from entering into co-investment or other business transactions with their sponsored issuers. We have adopted guidelines to comply with the foregoing requirement. See Certain Conflict Resolution Procedures below. We have adopted guidelines to comply with the foregoing requirement. Our dealer manager will monitor each such issuer for its compliance with these guidelines. Our dealer manager also will monitor the adoption of similar guidelines in the direct investment industry and will review the guidelines on a no less frequent than annual basis.
Affiliated Property Manager
We expect that all of our properties will be managed and leased by our affiliated property manager, American Realty Capital Global Properties, LLC, pursuant to a property management and leasing agreement. Our agreement with American Realty Capital Global Properties, LLC has a one-year term and is subject to successive one-year renewals unless any party gives sixty (60) days written notice to the other parties of its
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intention to terminate the agreement. It is the duty of our board of directors to evaluate the performance of the property manager annually before renewing the agreement. We or American Realty Capital Global Operating Partnership, L.P. may terminate the agreement immediately in the event that American Realty Capital Global Properties, LLC commits an act of gross negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of its duties under the agreement. We expect American Realty Capital Global Properties, LLC to also serve as property manager for properties owned by affiliated real estate programs, some of which may be in competition with our properties. Fees to be paid to our property manager are based on a percentage of the rental income received by the managed properties. For a more detailed discussion of the anticipated fees to be paid to the property manager, see the section entitled Management Compensation in this prospectus.
Valuation Conflicts
The asset management fee paid to our advisor will be based on NAV, which the advisor is responsible for calculating. Appraisals and valuations of our properties and investments in real estate related assets, which are used to calculate NAV, are estimates and may not correspond to the amount that may be realized by the company upon a sale of such. Our advisor may be motivated to establish NAV at higher amounts that amounts that could actually be realized upon a sale because higher NAV will result in higher compensation to the advisor.
We will also compensate our independent valuer for providing appraisals of our properties as described in Valuation Policies Valuation of Our Properties. The compensation we will pay to our independent valuer has been approved by our board of directors, including a majority of our independent directors and is based on standard market terms. Such compensation is a fixed fee based upon the complexity of the appraisal and time scale for completion, plus any out-of-pocket expenses. The compensation is not based on the value of the real property contained in the appraisal.
Lack of Separate Representation
Proskauer Rose LLP acts, and may in the future act, as counsel to us, American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC, Realty Capital Securities, LLC and their affiliates in connection with this offering or otherwise. There is a possibility that in the future the interests of the various parties may become adverse, and under the Code of Professional Responsibility of the legal profession, Proskauer Rose LLP may be precluded from representing any one or all of such parties. If a dispute were to arise between us, American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC, Realty Capital Securities, LLC or any of their affiliates, separate counsel for such matters will be retained as and when appropriate.
Joint Ventures with Affiliates of American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC
We may enter into joint ventures with other American Realty Capital-sponsored programs (as well as other parties) for the acquisition, development or improvement of properties. See the section entitled Investment Strategy, Objectives and Policies Joint Venture Investments in this prospectus. American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC and its affiliates may have conflicts of interest in determining that American Realty Capital-sponsored program should enter into any particular joint venture agreement. The co-venturer may have economic or business interests or goals which are or which may become inconsistent with our business interests or goals. In addition, should any such joint venture be consummated, American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC may face a conflict in structuring the terms of the relationship between our interests and the interest of the co-venturer and in managing the joint venture. Since American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC and its affiliates will control both us and any affiliated co-venturer, agreements and transactions between the co-venturers with respect to any such joint venture will not have the benefit of arms-length negotiation of the type normally conducted between unrelated co-venturers.
Receipt of Fees and Other Compensation by American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC, Any Service Provider and Their Affiliates
The agreements with our advisor, any service provider and their affiliates are not the result of arms-length negotiations. As a result, the fees we agree to pay pursuant to these agreements may exceed what we would pay to an independent third party. A majority of our directors, including a majority of the independent directors, not otherwise interested in such transactions must approve these agreements as being fair and reasonable to us and on terms and conditions no less favorable than those which could be obtained from unaffiliated entities.
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A transaction involving the purchase and sale of properties may result in the receipt of commissions, fees and other compensation by American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC, any service provider and their affiliates, including acquisition and advisory fees, the dealer manager fee, real estate brokerage commissions and participation in non-liquidating net sale proceeds. However, the fees and compensation payable to American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC, any service provider and their affiliates relating to the sale of properties will only be payable after the return to the stockholders of their capital contributions plus cumulative returns on such capital (other than any sales commissions, which are based on and deducted from the contract sales price of the property sold). Subject to oversight by our board of directors, American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC and any service provider will have considerable discretion with respect to all decisions relating to the terms and timing of all transactions. Therefore, American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC and any service provider may have conflicts of interest concerning certain actions taken on our behalf, particularly due to the fact that such fees generally will be payable to American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC, any service provider and their affiliates regardless of the quality of the properties acquired or the services provided to us. Fees payable to American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC and any service provider are based on the purchase price of the properties acquired and may create an incentive for American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC and any service provider to accept a higher purchase price or purchase assets that may not be in the best interest of our stockholders. See the section entitled Management Compensation in this prospectus.
We may also pay significant fees during our listing/liquidation stage. Although most of the fees payable during our listing/liquidation stage are contingent on our investors first receiving agreed-upon investment returns, affiliates of our advisor could also receive significant payments even without our reaching the investment return thresholds should we seek to become self-managed. Due to the apparent preference of the public markets for self-managed companies, a decision to list our shares on a national securities exchange might well be preceded by a decision to become self-managed. Given our advisors and any service providers familiarity with our assets and operations, we might prefer to become self-managed by acquiring entities affiliated with our advisor or any service provider. However, American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC and any service provider may have conflicts of interest concerning our listing/liquidation stage, particularly due to the fact the advisor and any service provider may receive more value from a listing rather than a liquidation. For example, the advisor will receive its incentive fee in the form of shares of common stock upon a listing, which may be worth more than such fees paid in cash upon liquidation. Furthermore, the advisor will defer its tax liability in a listing situation, which may be beneficial. Our advisory agreement provides that no compensation or remuneration will be payable by us or our operating partnership to our advisor, any service provider or any of their affiliates in connection with any internalization (an acquisition of management functions by us from our advisor) in the future.
Certain Conflict Resolution Procedures
Every transaction that we enter into with American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC or its affiliates will be subject to an inherent conflict of interest. Further, transactions with any service provider that has an interest also will be subject to an inherent conflict of interest. Our board of directors may encounter conflicts of interest in enforcing our rights against any affiliate in the event of a default by or disagreement with such affiliate or in invoking powers, rights or options pursuant to any agreement between us and American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC, any service provider or any of their affiliates.
In order to reduce or eliminate certain potential conflicts of interest, our charter contains a number of restrictions or we have adopted policies relating to: (1) transactions we enter into with our sponsor, our directors, our officers, American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC and its affiliates and any service provider and its affiliates, (2) certain future offerings, and (3) allocation of investment opportunities among affiliated entities.
These restrictions include, among others, the following:
We will not purchase or lease properties in which American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC, any service provider, any of our directors, any of our officers or any of their respective affiliates has an interest without a determination by a majority of the directors, including a majority of the independent directors, not otherwise interested in such transaction that such transaction is fair and
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reasonable to us and at a price to us no greater than the cost of the property to the seller or lessor unless there is substantial justification for any amount that exceeds such cost and such excess amount is determined to be reasonable. In no event will we acquire any such property at an amount in excess of its appraised value as determined by an appraiser which has no material current or prior business or personal relationship with our directors or our advisor. We will not sell or lease properties to American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC, any service provider, any of our directors, any of our officers, any of their respective affiliates unless a majority of the directors, including a majority of the independent directors, not otherwise interested in the transaction determines that the transaction is fair and reasonable to us. If a related party transaction is approved by our board, our advisor, any service provider and their affiliates will be entitled to receive fees and expense reimbursements in connection with the transaction on the same basis as if the transaction were with a third party.
We will not make any loans to our sponsor, American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC, any service provider, any of our directors, any of our officers or any of their respective affiliates, other than loans to wholly owned subsidiaries and except that we may make or invest in mortgage, bridge or mezzanine loans involving our sponsor, American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC, any service provider, our directors, our officers or their respective affiliates if an appraisal of the underlying property is obtained from an independent appraiser and the transaction is approved as fair and reasonable to us and on terms no less favorable to us than those available from third parties. In addition, American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC, any service provider, any of our directors, any of our officers and any of their respective affiliates will not make loans to us or to joint ventures in which we are a joint venture partner unless approved by a majority of the directors, including a majority of the independent directors, not otherwise interested in the transaction as fair, competitive and commercially reasonable, and no less favorable to us than comparable loans between unaffiliated parties.
American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC, any service provider and their affiliates will be entitled to reimbursement, at cost, for actual expenses incurred by them on behalf of us or joint ventures in which we are a joint venture partner; provided , however , American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC or any service provider, as the case may be, must reimburse us for the amount, if any, by which our total operating expenses, including the advisor asset management fee and the amount of the annual subordinated performance fee that is based on operations (and not on gains from the sale of assets), paid during the previous fiscal year exceeded the greater of: (i) 2% of our average invested assets for that fiscal year, or (ii) 25% of our net income, before any additions to reserves for depreciation, bad debts or other similar non-cash reserves and before any gain from the sale of our assets, for that fiscal year.
If an investment opportunity becomes available that is suitable, under all of the factors considered by American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC, for both us and one or more other entities affiliated with American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC, and for which more than one of such entities has sufficient uninvested funds, then the entity that has had the longest period of time elapse since it was offered an investment opportunity will first be offered such investment opportunity. It will be the duty of our board of directors, including the independent directors, to insure that this method is applied fairly to us. In determining whether or not an investment opportunity is suitable for more than one program, American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC, subject to approval by our board of directors, shall examine, among others, the following factors:
the anticipated cash flow of the property to be acquired and the cash requirements of each program;
the effect of the acquisition on diversification of each programs investments by type of property, geographic area and tenant concentration;
the policy of each program relating to leverage of properties;
the income tax effects of the purchase to each program;
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the size of the investment; and
the amount of funds available to each program and the length of time such funds have been available for investment.
If a subsequent development, such as a delay in the closing of a property or a delay in the construction of a property, causes any such investment, in the opinion of American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC, to be more appropriate for a program other than the program that committed to make the investment, American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC may determine that another program affiliated with American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC or its affiliates will make the investment. Our board of directors has a duty to ensure that the method used by American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC or any service provider for the allocation of the acquisition of properties by two or more affiliated programs seeking to acquire similar types of properties is applied fairly to us.
We will not accept goods or services from American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC, any service provider or their affiliates or enter into any other transaction with American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC, any service provider or their affiliates unless a majority of our directors, including a majority of the independent directors, not otherwise interested in the transaction approve such transaction as fair and reasonable to us and on terms and conditions not less favorable to us than those available from unaffiliated third parties.
We will not enter into co-investments or any other business transaction with, or provide funding or make loans to directly or indirectly, any other ARC Program (as defined below), except as provided below. We may, from time to time, enter into a joint investment with a Delaware Statutory Trust, or a DST, or a group of unaffiliated tenant in common owners, or TICs, in connection with a private retail securities offering by a DST or to TICs, provided such investments are fully and promptly disclosed to our stockholders and we retain a controlling interest in the underlying investment, the transaction is approved by our independent directors after due and documented deliberation, including deliberation of any conflicts of interest, and such co-investment is deemed fair, both financially and otherwise. These investments must take the form of pari passu equity investments, and will be fully documented among the parties with all the rights, duties and obligations assumed by the parties as are normally attendant to such an equity investment. In the case of such co-investment, our advisor will be permitted to charge fees at no more than the rate corresponding to our percentage co-investment and in line with the fees ordinarily attendant to such transaction. At any one time, our investment in such co-investments will not exceed 10% of the value of our portfolio. Our board of directors will review this policy on an annual basis.
Our sponsor will not enter into co-investments or other business transactions with any ARC Program (as defined below) except for (i) transactions specifically contemplated by the prospectus of such ARC Program and exhibits thereto, as filed with the SEC upon initial effectiveness of such programs current offering of securities, and (ii) funding, including loans, from the ARC Programs advisor to the ARC Program in compliance with applicable law and in accordance with the terms of any operative agreements and other documents. Notwithstanding the foregoing, our sponsor will not, directly or indirectly, (i) purchase any asset from, or sell any asset to, any ARC Program or (ii) otherwise co-invest in any asset with any ARC Program, provided that the formation transactions in connection with the organization of ARCP are excluded from the foregoing restrictions and are permissible transactions under this policy. Our board of directors will review this policy on an annual basis.
As used above, (i) an ARC Entity, which includes us, is an investment program or other entity sponsored by the American Realty Capital group of companies or otherwise controlled or sponsored, or in which ownership (other than certain minority interests describe below) is held directly or indirectly, by Nicholas Schorsch and/or William Kahane, (ii) an ARC Program, which includes us, is any ARC Entity that is a non-traded REIT or private investment vehicle in which ownership interests are offered through securities broker-dealers in a public or private offering and (iii) a publicly-traded REIT will not be deemed an ARC Entity or ARC Program solely as a result of
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ownership of shares by Nicholas Schorsch and/or William Kahane provided that (A) the total ownership by such individuals is less than 10% of the outstanding equity of the publicly-traded REIT, (B) neither Nicholas Schorsch nor William Kahane, nor any other officer or director of any other ARC Program, is an officer or director of such publicly-traded REIT or its external advisor (if any), and (C) such publicly-traded REIT is not controlled directly by Nicholas Schorsch and/or William Kahane.
Independent Directors
In order to reduce the risks created by conflicts of interest, our charter requires our board to be comprised of a majority of persons who are independent directors. Our charter also empowers the independent directors to retain their own legal and financial advisors. A majority of the independent directors must approve matters relating to or act upon:
the requirement that a majority of directors and of independent directors review and ratify the charter at or before the first meeting of the board;
the duty of the board to establish written policies on investments and borrowing and to monitor the administrative procedures, our and our advisors investment operations and performance to assure that such policies are carried out;
our minimum capitalization;
the advisory agreement;
liability and indemnification;
the reasonableness of our fees and expenses;
limitations on organization and offering expenses;
limitations on acquisition fees and acquisition expenses;
limitations on total operating expenses;
limitations on real estate commissions on resale of property;
limitations on incentive fees;
advisor compensation;
the independent directors periodic duty to review our investment policies;
the authority to select an independent appraiser to determine the fair market value that we pay for real estate that we acquires both (x) when a majority of the independent directors determine to appoint an independent appraiser to determine fair market value in connection with any acquisition by us and (y) whenever we acquire property from the advisor, the directors, the sponsor or their affiliates;
the restrictions and procedures relating to meetings of stockholders;
the authority of holders of a majority of shares of common stock present in person or by proxy at an annual meeting at which a quorum is present, without the necessity for concurrence by the board, to vote to elect the directors;
those requirements of any reinvestment plan that the board establishes, relating to periodic distribution of certain material information to stockholders and opportunity for participating stockholders to withdraw;
the adoption of an extension amendment or a plan of liquidation; and
the requirement that a majority of independent directors approve matters relating to modifications to their duties and restrictions.
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The following chart shows the ownership structure of the various American Realty Capital entities that are affiliated with American Realty Capital Global Daily Net Asset Value Trust, Inc. and American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC.
(1) The investors in this offering will own registered shares of common stock in American Realty Capital Global Daily Net Asset Value Trust, Inc.
(2) AR Capital Global Holdings, LLC is wholly owned by AR Capital, LLC and is directly or indirectly controlled by Nicholas S. Schorsch and William M. Kahane. Mr. Schorsch and Mr. Kahane directly or indirectly control approximately 63.6% and 13.5% of AR Capital, LLC, respectively.
(3) Each property to be held in a special purpose entity.
(4) Through its interest in the advisor, American Realty Capital Global Special Limited Partnership, LLC, is entitled to receive the subordinated participation in net sales proceeds, the subordinated incentive listing distribution and the subordinated distribution upon termination of the advisory agreement pursuant to its special limited partnership interest in the operating partnership as described in Management Compensation.
(5) American Realty Capital Global Special Limited Partnership, LLC is 100% owned by AR Capital Global Holdings, LLC.
(6) Realty Capital Securities, LLC is 100% owned by AR Capital, LLC, which is directly or indirectly owned by Nicholas S. Schorsch, William M. Kahane, Peter M. Budko, Brian S. Block, and Edward M. Weil, Jr., and controlled by Nicholas S. Schorsch and William M. Kahane.
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INVESTMENT STRATEGY, OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES
Overview
Our primary investment objectives are:
to acquire a portfolio of commercial properties that is diversified with respect to the credit risk associated with any one tenant or any one tenant industry;
to acquire primarily single tenant commercial properties and lease the properties back to the seller-occupants pursuant to long-term (at least 10 years) triple net leases;
to preserve, protect and return investors capital contributions;
to generate cash flow that will support a stable distribution to investors with potential for growth through leases that link the rent to the change in the consumer price index, or CPI, or other forms of lease increases;
to diversify our assets by investing in different geographic areas both in the United States, Europe and elsewhere internationally;
to seek investments through a European service provider of up to 40% of our capital in Europe and 10% elsewhere internationally that have an opportunity for greater asset diversity, a broader range of investments, and, in the case of European investments, an opportunity to make real estate investments through leases that may be indexed to an inflation index; and
to seek investments through one or more service providers of up to 10% of our capital elsewhere internationally that have an opportunity for greater asset diversity, a broader range of investments, and, in the case of non-European investments, an opportunity to make real estate investments through leases that may be indexed to an inflation index.
Our real estate team is led by seasoned professionals who have institutional experience investing through various real estate cycles. Each of our chief executive officer, president, chief investment officer and chief operating officer has more than 20 years of real estate experience. In addition, our chief financial officer has nine years of real estate experience and our secretary has six years of experience.
Real Estate Properties
We intend to invest primarily in single occupant commercial properties that are generally acquired from and subsequently leased back to the occupants.
Long Term Net Leased Commercial Properties
We currently expect that most of our most of our investments will be in commercial properties purchased from and leased back to single tenants pursuant to long-term (at least 10 year) triple net leases. These sale-leaseback transactions provide the lessee company with a source of capital that is an alternative to other financing sources such as corporate borrowing, mortgaging real property, or selling shares of common stock.
We anticipate that some of our sale-leaseback transactions will be in conjunction with acquisitions, recapitalizations or other corporate transactions. We may act as one of several sources of financing for these transactions by purchasing real property from the seller and net leasing it to the seller or its successor in interest (the lessee). Through our advisor and any service provider, we actively seek such opportunities.
In analyzing potential net lease investment opportunities, we (or any service provider with respect to our foreign investment strategy) will review all aspects of a transaction, including the credit worthiness of the tenant or borrower and the underlying real estate fundamentals to determine whether a potential acquisition satisfies our acquisition criteria. We are not specifically limited in the number or size of properties we may acquire or the percentage of our assets that we may invest in a single property or investment. We (or any service provider with respect to our foreign investment strategy) may consider the following aspects of each transaction:
Tenant/Borrower Evaluation . We or any service provider will evaluate each potential tenant or borrower for its creditworthiness, typically considering factors such as management experience; industry
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position and fundamentals; operating history; and capital structure, as well as other factors that may be relevant to a particular investment. We or any service provider will seek opportunities in which we or any service provider believe the tenant may have a stable or improving credit profile or credit potential that has not been recognized by the market. In evaluating a possible investment, the creditworthiness of a tenant or borrower often will be a more significant factor than the value of the underlying real estate, particularly if the underlying property is specifically suited to the needs of the tenant; however, in certain circumstances where the real estate is attractively valued, the creditworthiness of the tenant may be a secondary consideration. Whether a prospective tenant or borrower is creditworthy will be determined by us or any service provider. Creditworthy does not mean investment grade.
Properties Important to Tenant/Borrower Operations . We or any service provider will focus on commercial properties that we or any service provider believe are essential or important to the ongoing operations of the tenant. Property types may include specialty industrial properties, such as manufacturing facilities, and agricultural properties. Our sponsor believes that these properties provide better protection in the event of a bankruptcy, since a tenant/borrower is less likely to risk the loss of a mission critical lease or property in a bankruptcy proceeding.
Diversification . We or any service provider will attempt to diversify our portfolio to avoid dependence on any one particular tenant, borrower, collateral type, geographic location or tenant/borrower industry. By diversifying our portfolio, we or any service provider may reduce the adverse effect of a single under-performing investment or a downturn in any particular industry or geographic region.
Lease Terms . Generally, the net leased commercial properties in which we invest will be leased to our tenants or their affiliates. In addition, we or any service provider will seek to include a clause in each lease that provides for increases in rent over the term of the lease. These increases are fixed or tied generally to increases in indices such as the CPI or other forms of lease increases. In the case of retail stores and hotels, the lease may provide for participation in gross revenues above a stated level. Alternatively, a lease may provide for mandated rental increases on specific dates or other methods that may not have been in existence or contemplated by us as of the date of this prospectus.
Collateral Evaluation . We or any service provider review the physical condition of the property, and conduct a market evaluation to determine the likelihood of replacing the rental stream if the tenant defaults, or of a sale of the property in such circumstances. We or any service provider also generally will conduct, or require the seller to conduct, Phase I or similar environmental site assessments in an attempt to identify potential environmental liabilities associated with a property prior to its acquisition. If potential environmental liabilities are identified, we may require that identified environmental issues be resolved by the seller prior to property acquisition or, where such issues cannot be resolved prior to acquisition, we may require tenants contractually to assume responsibility for resolving identified environmental issues post-closing and indemnify us against any potential claims, losses or expenses arising from such matters. Although any service provider generally will rely on their own analysis in determining whether to make an investment, each real property purchased by us will be appraised by an independent appraiser that is independent of the advisor such service provider, prior to acquisition. All independent appraisers must be approved by our independent directors. The contractual purchase price (plus acquisition fees, but excluding acquisition expenses, payable to our advisor and a service provider) for a real property we acquire will not exceed its appraised value. The appraisals may take into consideration, among other things, the terms and conditions of the particular lease transaction, the quality of the lessees credit and the conditions of the credit markets at the time the lease transaction is negotiated. The appraised value may be greater than the construction cost or the replacement cost of a property, and the actual sale price of a property if sold by us may be greater or less than the appraised value. In cases of special purpose real estate, a property is examined in light of the prospects for the tenant/borrowers enterprise and the financial strength and the role of that asset in the context of the tenant/borrowers overall viability. Operating results of properties and other collateral may be examined to determine whether or not projected income levels are likely to be met.
Transaction Provisions that Enhance and Protect Value . We or any service provider will attempt to include provisions in our leases that require our consent to specified activities, require the tenant to
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provide indemnification protections, or require the tenant to satisfy specific operating tests. These provisions may help protect our investment from changes in the operating and financial characteristics of a tenant that may affect its ability to satisfy its obligations to us or reduce the value of our investment. We or any service provider may also seek to enhance the likelihood of a tenants lease obligations being satisfied through a guaranty of obligations from the tenants corporate parent or a letter of credit. This credit enhancement, if obtained, provides us with additional financial security. However, in markets where competition for net lease transactions is strong, some or all of these provisions may be difficult to negotiate. In addition, in some circumstances, tenants may require a right to purchase the property leased by the tenant. The option purchase price is generally the greater of the contract purchase price and the fair market value of the property at the time the option is exercised.
Other Equity Enhancements . We or any service provider may attempt to obtain equity enhancements in connection with transactions. These equity enhancements may involve warrants exercisable at a future time to purchase stock of the tenant or borrower or their parent. If warrants are obtained, and become exercisable, and if the value of the stock subsequently exceeds the exercise price of the warrant, equity enhancements can help us to achieve our goal of increasing investor returns.
Acquisition Structure . We anticipate acquiring fee interests in properties (a fee interest is the absolute, legal possession and ownership of land, property, or rights), although other methods of acquiring a property, including acquiring leasehold interests (a leasehold interest a right to enjoy the exclusive possession and use of an asset or property for a stated definite period as created by a written lease), may be utilized if we deem it to be advantageous. For example, we may acquire properties through a joint venture or the acquisition of substantially all of the interests of an entity which in turn owns the real property. We also may make preferred equity investments in an entity that owns real property.
Our advisor and any service provider and their affiliates may purchase properties in their own name, assume loans in connection with the purchase or loan and temporarily hold title to the properties for the purpose of facilitating acquisition or financing by us or any other purpose related to our business.
Description of Leases . The terms and conditions of any lease we enter into with our tenants may vary substantially from those we describe in this prospectus and will be on terms customary for the type of property and geographical area.
Tenant Improvements . We anticipate that tenant improvements required at the time we acquire a property will be funded from our offering proceeds. However, at such time as a tenant of one of our properties does not renew its lease or otherwise vacates its space in one of our buildings, it is likely that, in order to attract new tenants, we may be required to expend substantial funds for tenant improvements and tenant refurbishments to the vacated space. We would expect to fund those improvements with offering proceeds, through third-party financings or working capital.
Terms of Leases . We expect that the vast majority of the leases we enter or acquire will provide for tenant reimbursement of operating expenses. Operating expenses typically include real estate taxes, special assessments, insurance, utilities, building structural and other repairs and maintenance. We also intend to include provisions in our leases that increase the amount of base rent payable at various points during the lease term. We expect that most of the leases will be for a minimum term of 10 years. However, the terms and conditions of any leases we enter into may vary substantially from those described. To the extent material to our operations, we will describe the terms of the leases on properties we acquire by means of a supplement to this prospectus.
Tenant Creditworthiness . We will execute new tenant leases and tenant lease renewals, expansions and extensions with terms dictated by the type and use of the properties, current submarket conditions and the creditworthiness of each particular tenant. We may use a number of industry credit rating services to determine the creditworthiness of potential tenants and personal guarantors or corporate guarantors of potential tenants. We will compare the reports produced by these services to the relevant financial data collected from these parties before consummating a lease transaction. Relevant financial data from
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potential tenants and guarantors include income statements and balance sheets for the current year and for prior periods, net worth or cash flow statements of guarantors and other information we deem relevant.
Real Estate Related Assets
In addition to investing in long-term net leases, we may invest in other real estate related assets, where our advisor and any service provider(s) believe that such investments may help achieve diversification and provide attractive risk-adjusted returns. Certain of these investments may provide greater opportunities for capital appreciation, but may also involve greater risk and may provide little or no current income.
Opportunistic Investments
We believe there may be opportunities to purchase non-long-term net leased real estate assets from corporations and other owners due to our market presence in the corporate real estate marketplace. These assets may differ significantly in character from our traditional net leased real estate assets: partially leased properties, multi-tenanted properties, vacant or undeveloped properties, properties subject to short-term net leases, mortgage loans secured by commercial real properties subordinated interests in first mortgage real estate loans, mezzanine loans related to commercial real estate; and equity and debt securities (including CMBS, preferred equity and other higher-yielding structured debt and equity investments) and other interests issued by entities that are engaged in real estate-related businesses, including real estate funds and other REITs. However, we believe we may find attractive opportunities to make investments in these assets as they may either be part of a larger sale-leaseback transaction, an existing relationship with the owner or from some other source where our market presence and reputation may give us an advantage over certain other investors.
Mortgage Loans Secured by Commercial Real Properties
We may invest in commercial mortgages and other commercial real estate interests consistent with the requirements for qualification as a REIT. We may originate or acquire interests in mortgage loans, which may pay fixed or variable interest rates or have participating features. Our loans may include first mortgage loans, second mortgage loans and leasehold mortgage loans. Loans will usually not be insured or guaranteed by the U.S. government, its agencies or anyone else. They usually will be non-recourse, which means they will not be the borrowers personal obligations.
In general, loans will be underwritten based on a process substantially similar to that described above with respect to long-term net leases. We will generally require a security interest in the underlying properties or leases. We will obtain independent appraisals for underlying real property. However, our advisor and service provider(s) generally will rely on their own analysis and not exclusively on appraisals in determining whether to make a particular loan. We will not make a loan when the amount we advance plus the amount of any existing loans that are equal or senior to our loan exceeds 100% of the appraised value of the underlying real property.
We may also invest in secured corporate loans, which are loans collateralized by real property, personal property connected to real property (i.e., fixtures) and/or personal property, on which another lender may hold a first priority lien. The value of the collateral against which we lend may or may not be valued by an appraisal.
Loans with participating features may allow us to participate in the economic benefits of any increase in the value of the property securing repayment of the loan as though we were an equity owner of a portion of the property. The forms and extent of the participations may vary depending on factors such as the equity investment, if any, of the borrower, credit support provided by the borrower, the interest rate on our loans and the anticipated and actual cash flow from the underlying real property.
Subordinated Interests in First Mortgage Real Estate Loans, or B Notes
We may purchase from third parties, and may retain from mortgage loans we originate and securitize or sell, subordinate interests referred to as B Notes. B Notes are loans secured by a first mortgage and subordinated to a senior interest, referred to as an A Note. The subordination of a B Note is generally evidenced by a co-lender or participation agreement between the holders of the related A Note and the B Note. In some instances, the B Note lender may require a security interest in the stock or partnership
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interests of the borrower as part of the transaction. B Note lenders have the same obligations, collateral and borrower as the A Note lender, but typically are subordinated in recovery upon a default. B Notes share certain credit characteristics with second mortgages, in that both are subject to the greater credit risk with respect to the underlying mortgage collateral than the corresponding first mortgage or A Note, and inconsequence generally carry a higher rate of interest. When we acquire and/or originate B Notes, we may earn income on the investment, in addition to interest payable on the B Note, in the form of fees charged to the borrower under that note. If we originate first mortgage loans, we may divide them, securitizing or selling the A Note and keeping the B Note for investment. We believe that the B Note market will continue to grow with the expansion of the commercial mortgage securitization market.
Our ownership of a B Note with controlling class rights may, in the event the financing fails to perform according to its terms, cause us to elect to pursue our remedies as owner of the B Note, which may include foreclosure on, or modification of, the note. In some cases, the owner of the A Note may be able to foreclose or modify the note against our wishes as holder of the B Note. As a result, our economic and business interests may diverge from the interests of the holders of the A Note. These divergent interests among the holders of each investment may result in conflicts of interest. We may also retain or acquire interests in A Notes and notes sometimes referred to as C Notes, which are junior to the B Notes.
Mezzanine Loans Related to Commercial Real Estate
We may invest in mezzanine loans that are senior to the borrowers common and preferred equity in, and subordinate to a first mortgage loan on, a commercial property. These loans are secured by pledges of ownership interests, in whole or in part, in entities that directly or indirectly own the real property. Mezzanine loans may have elements of both debt and equity instruments, offering the fixed returns in the form of interest payments and principal payments associated with senior debt, while providing lenders an opportunity to participate in the capital appreciation of a borrower, if any, through an equity interest. Due to their higher risk profile, and often less restrictive covenants, as compared to senior loans, mezzanine loans generally earn a higher return than senior secured loans. Mezzanine loans also may include a put feature, which permits the holder to sell its equity interest back to the borrower at a price determined through an agreed upon formula.
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities
We may invest in mortgage-backed securities and other mortgage related or asset-backed instruments, including CMBS, mortgage-backed securities issued or guaranteed by agencies or instrumentalities of the U.S. Government, non-agency mortgage instruments, and collateralized mortgage obligations that are fully collateralized by a portfolio of mortgages or mortgage-related securities to the extent consistent with the requirements for qualification as a REIT. Mortgage-backed securities are instruments that directly or indirectly represent a participation in, or are secured by and payable from, one or more mortgage loans secured by real estate. In most cases, mortgage-backed securities distribute principal and interest payments on the mortgages to investors. Interest rates on these instruments can be fixed or variable. Some classes of mortgage-backed securities may be entitled to receive mortgage prepayments before other classes do. Therefore, the prepayment risk for a particular instrument may be different than for other mortgage-related securities.
Equity and Debt Securities of Companies Engaged in Real Estate Activities, including other REITs
We may invest in equity and debt securities (including common and preferred stock, as well as limited partnership or other interests) of companies engaged in real estate activities, including for the purpose of exercising control over such entities. Such investments may be an attractive alternative to direct investments in property. Companies engaged in real estate activities and real estate related investments may include, for example, companies engaged in the net lease business, REITs that either own properties or make construction or mortgage loans, real estate developers, companies with substantial real estate holdings and other companies whose products and services are related to the real estate industry, such as building supply manufacturers, mortgage lenders or mortgage servicing companies. Such securities may or may not be readily marketable and may or may not pay current dividends or other distributions. We may acquire all or substantially all of the securities or assets of companies engaged in real estate related activities where such investment would be consistent with our investment policies and our status as a REIT. In any event, we do not intend that our
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investments in securities will require us to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act, and we intend to generally divest appropriate securities before any such registration would be required.
Development and Construction of Properties
We do not plan to acquire undeveloped land, develop new real estate, or substantially re-develop existing real estate. However, we may pursue build-to-suit development projects for single tenants who enter into long-term leases with us prior to our commencing the development project.
Joint Ventures
We may enter into joint ventures, partnerships and other co-ownership arrangements (including preferred equity investments) for the purpose of making investments. Some of the potential reasons to enter into a joint venture would be to acquire assets we could not otherwise acquire, to reduce our capital commitment to a particular asset, or to benefit from certain expertise that a partner might have. In determining whether to invest in a particular joint venture we will evaluate the assets of the joint venture under the same criteria described elsewhere in this prospectus for the selection of our investments. In the case of a joint venture, we also will evaluate the terms of the joint venture as well as the financial condition, operating capabilities and integrity of our partner or partners. We may enter into joint ventures with our directors, our advisor and service provider(s) or their affiliates only if a majority of our board of directors, including a majority of our independent directors, not otherwise interested in the transaction approves the transaction as being fair and reasonable to us and on substantially the same terms and conditions as those received by the other joint venturers.
Our general policy is to invest in joint ventures only when we will have a right of first refusal to purchase the co-venturers interest in the joint venture if the co-venturer elects to sell such interest. If the co-venturer elects to sell property held in any such joint venture, however, we may not have sufficient funds to exercise our right of first refusal to buy the other co-venturers interest in the property held by the joint venture. If any joint venture with an affiliated entity holds interests in more than one property, the interest in each such property may be specially allocated based upon the respective proportion of funds invested by each co-venturer in each such property.
Our advisor and service provider(s) may have conflicts of interest in determining which AR Capital- sponsored program, or a program sponsored by affiliates of AR Capital, should enter into any particular joint venture agreement. The co-venturer may have economic or business interests or goals that are or may become inconsistent with our business interests or goals. In addition, our advisor and service provider(s) may face a conflict in structuring the terms of the relationship between our interests and the interest of the affiliated co-venturer and in managing the joint venture. Since our advisor and service provider(s) and their affiliates will control both the affiliated co-venturer and, to a certain extent, us, agreements and transactions between the co-venturers with respect to any such joint venture will not have the benefit of arms-length negotiation of the type normally conducted between unrelated co-venturers, which may result in the co-venturer receiving benefits greater than the benefits that we receive. In addition, we may have liabilities that exceed the percentage of our investment in the joint venture.
Exit Strategy Liquidity Event
It is our intention to commence the process of achieving a Liquidity Event not later than three to six years after the termination of the offering covered by this registration statement (not as it may be extended by any follow-on offering). A Liquidity Event could include a sale of our assets, a sale or merger of our company, a listing of our common stock on a national securities exchange (provided we meet the then applicable listing requirements), or other similar transaction.
If we do not begin the process of achieving a Liquidity Event by the sixth anniversary of the termination of the offering period, our charter requires, unless extended by a majority of the board of directors and a majority of the independent directors for up to two years following the sixth anniversary of the termination of the offering, that we seek stockholder approval of a vote on a proposal for the orderly liquidation of our portfolio or seek stockholder approval of an extension or amendment of the Liquidity Event deadline. If our
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stockholders do not approve the proposal to extend or amend the Liquidity Event deadline, we intend to adopt a plan of liquidation and commence an orderly liquidation of our properties. If the board of directors adopts a plan of liquidation and the stockholders do not approve the plan of liquidation, our company shall continue operating and upon the written request of stockholders owning in the aggregate not less than 10% of the then outstanding shares of common stock, the board of directors shall resubmit the plan of liquidation for consideration by proxy statement to the stockholders up to once every two years. If the board of directors adopts a plan of liquidation and the stockholders approve the plan of liquidation, the board of directors shall commence an orderly liquidation of our assets pursuant to such plan of liquidation. If listing of our common stock on a national securities exchange occurs on or before the sixth anniversary of the termination of this offering, our company shall continue perpetually unless dissolved pursuant to any applicable provision of the Maryland General Corporation Law.
Even after we decide to pursue a Liquidity Event, we are under no obligation to conclude our Liquidity Event within a set time frame because the timing of our Liquidity Event will depend on real estate market conditions, financial market conditions, U.S. federal income tax effects on stockholders, and other conditions that may prevail in the future. We also cannot assure you that we will be able to achieve a Liquidity Event.
Many REITs that are listed on a national stock exchange are considered self-managed, since the employees of such a REIT perform all significant management functions. In contrast, REITs that are not self- managed, like us, typically engage a third party, such as our advisor and property managers, to perform management functions on its behalf. If for any reason our independent directors determine that we should become self-managed, the advisory agreement permits us to acquire the business conducted by the advisor (including all of its assets). Our charter and advisory agreement provide that no compensation or other remuneration will be payable by us or our operating partnership to our advisor or any of its affiliates in connection with any internalization (an acquisition of management functions by us from our advisor) in the future. See the section entitled Conflicts of Interest in this prospectus.
Investment Limitations
Our charter and investment policies place numerous limitations on us with respect to the manner in which we may invest our funds or issue securities. Until such time as our shares of common stock are listed, we will not:
borrow in excess of 300% of our total net assets (as defined by the NASAA REIT Guidelines) as of the date of any borrowing, which is generally expected to be approximately 75% of the cost of our investments; however, we may exceed that limit if approved by a majority of our independent directors and disclosed to stockholders in our next quarterly report following such borrowing along with justification for exceeding such limit. This charter limitation, however, does not apply to individual real estate assets or investments;
borrow in excess of 45% of the aggregate fair market value of our assets (calculated after the close of this offering and once we have invested substantially all the proceeds of this offering), unless borrowing a greater amount is approved by a majority of our independent directors and disclosed to stockholders in our next quarterly report along with justification for the excess. Justification for such excess would be in a case where we purchase a property that is consistent with our investment strategy but which has existing debt. This policy limitation, however, does not apply to individual real estate assets or investments and will only apply once we have ceased raising capital under this offering and have invested substantially all of our capital;
acquire undeveloped land, develop new real estate, or substantially re-develop existing real estate with an aggregate value in excess of 10% of the value of our total assets;
invest in or make mortgage loans in transactions with our sponsor, our advisor, our directors or their respective affiliates unless an appraisal is obtained concerning the underlying property, except for those mortgage loans insured or guaranteed by a government or government agency;
make or invest in mortgage loans, including construction loans, on any one property if the aggregate amount of all mortgage loans on such property would exceed an amount equal to 85% of the
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appraised value of such property as determined by our board of directors, including a majority of the independent directors, unless substantial justification exists for exceeding such limit because of the presence of other underwriting criteria;
Make an investment in a property or mortgage loan if the related acquisition fees and acquisition expenses are unreasonable or exceed 4.5% of the purchase price of the property or, in the case of a mortgage loan, 4.5% of the funds advanced; provided that the investment may be made if a majority of our independent directors determines that the transaction is commercially competitive, fair and reasonable to us;
invest in equity securities (including any preferred equity securities) not traded on a national securities exchange or included for quotation on an inter-dealer quotation system unless a majority of directors, including a majority of our independent directors, not otherwise interested in the transaction approves such investment as being fair, competitive and commercially reasonable, other than equity securities of a REIT or other real estate operating company;
invest in publicly traded real estate equity or debt securities, including, but not limited to, CMBS, in excess of 20% of the aggregate value of our assets as of the close of our offering period and thereafter;
invest in or originate real estate loans (excluding publicly traded real estate debt) in excess of 20% of the aggregate value of our assets as of the close of our offering period and thereafter;
invest in real estate contracts of sale, otherwise known as land sale contracts, unless the contract is in recordable form and is appropriately recorded in the chain of title;
invest in commodities or commodity futures contracts, except for futures contracts when used solely for the purpose of hedging in connection with our ordinary business of investing in real estate assets and mortgages;
issue equity securities on a deferred payment basis or other similar arrangement;
issue debt securities in the absence of adequate cash flow to cover debt service;
issue equity securities that are assessable after we have received the consideration for which our board of directors authorized their issuance;
issue equity securities redeemable solely at the option of the holder, which restriction has no effect on our share repurchase program or the ability of our operating partnership to issue redeemable partnership interests;
invest in indebtedness secured by a mortgage on real property which is subordinate to liens or other indebtedness of our advisor, our sponsor, any director or any of our affiliates;
issue options or warrants to purchase shares to our advisor, our directors, our sponsor or any of their affiliates except on the same terms as such options or warrants, if any, are sold to the general public. Further, the amount of the options or warrants issued to our advisor, our directors or any of their affiliates cannot exceed an amount equal to 10% of outstanding shares on the date of grant of the warrants and options;
make any investment that we believe will be inconsistent with our objectives of qualifying and remaining qualified as a REIT unless and until our board of directors determines, in its sole discretion, that REIT qualification is not in our best interests;
engage in any short sale;
invest in debt secured by a mortgage on real property that is subordinate to the lien of other debt in excess of 25% of our tangible assets;
engage in trading, as opposed to investment activities;
engage in underwriting activities or distribute, as agent, securities issued by others;
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invest in foreign currency or bullion; or
acquire securities in any entity holding investments or engaging in activities prohibited by the foregoing restrictions on investments.
Our charter also includes restrictions on roll-up transactions, which are described under Description of Securities Restrictions on Roll-up Transactions below.
Financing Strategies and Policies
Financing for acquisitions and investments may be obtained at the time an asset is acquired or an investment is made or at a later time. In addition, debt financing may be used from time to time for property improvements, tenant improvements, leasing commissions and other working capital needs. The form of our indebtedness will vary and could be long-term or short-term, secured or unsecured, or fixed-rate or floating rate. We will not enter into interest rate swaps or caps, or similar hedging transactions or derivative arrangements for speculative purposes but may do so in order to manage or mitigate our interest rate risks on variable rate debt.
Under our charter, the maximum amount of our total indebtedness shall not exceed 300% of our total net assets (as defined by the NASAA REIT Guidelines) as of the date of any borrowing, which is generally expected to be approximately 75% of the cost of our investments; however, we may exceed that limit if approved by a majority of our independent directors and disclosed to stockholders in our next quarterly report following such borrowing along with justification for exceeding such limit. This charter limitation, however, does not apply to individual real estate assets or investments.
In addition, it is currently our intention to limit our aggregate borrowings to not more than 45% of the aggregate fair market value of our assets (calculated after the close of this offering and once we have invested substantially all the proceeds of this offering), unless borrowing a greater amount is approved by a majority of our independent directors and disclosed to stockholders in our next quarterly report following such borrowing along with justification for borrowing such a greater amount. This limitation, however, will not apply to individual real estate assets or investments. At the date of acquisition of each asset, we anticipate that that the cost of investment for such asset will be substantially similar to its fair market value, which will enable us to satisfy our requirements under the NASAA REIT Guidelines. However, subsequent events, including changes in the fair market value of our assets, could result in our exceeding these limits.
We will not borrow from our advisor or its affiliates unless a majority of our directors, including a majority of our independent directors, not otherwise interested in the transaction approves the transaction as being fair, competitive and commercially reasonable and no less favorable to us than comparable loans between unaffiliated parties, based on the terms of such loans between affiliated parties in comparison to the terms of loans in comparable amounts and for equivalent acquisitions that we have borrowed from, or that are available from, third-parties.
Except with respect to the borrowing limits contained in our charter, we may reevaluate and change our financing policies without a stockholder vote. Factors that we would consider when reevaluating or changing our debt policy include: then-current economic conditions, the relative cost and availability of debt and equity capital, our expected investment opportunities, the ability of our investments to generate sufficient cash flow to cover debt service requirements and other similar factors.
Insurance Policies
We typically purchase comprehensive liability, rental loss and all-risk property casualty insurance covering our real property investments provided by reputable companies, with commercially reasonable deductibles, limits and policy specifications customarily carried for similar properties. There are, however, certain types of losses that may be either uninsurable or not economically insurable, such as losses due to floods, riots, terrorism or acts of war. If an uninsured loss occurs, we could lose our invested capital in, and anticipated profits from, the property. For these purposes, invested capital means the original issue price paid for the shares of our common stock reduced by prior distributions from the sale or financing of our properties. See the section entitled Risk Factors General Risks Related to Investments in Real Estate in this prospectus for additional discussion regarding insurance.
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Disposition Policies
We intend to hold each asset we acquire for an extended period of time, generally three to five years. However, circumstances may arise that could result in the earlier sale of some assets. The determination of whether an asset will be sold or otherwise disposed of will be made after consideration of relevant factors, including prevailing economic conditions, specific real estate market conditions, tax implications for our stockholders, and other factors. The requirements for qualification as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes also will put some limits on our ability to sell assets after short holding periods. See the section entitled Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations in this prospectus.
The determination of whether a particular property should be sold or otherwise disposed of will be made after consideration of relevant factors, including prevailing economic conditions, specific real estate market circumstances, and current tenant creditworthiness, with a view to achieving maximum capital appreciation. We cannot assure you that this objective will be realized. The selling price of a property that is net leased will be determined in large part by the amount of rent payable under the lease and the sales multiple applied to that rent. If a tenant has a repurchase option at a formula price, we may be limited in realizing any appreciation. In connection with our sales of properties we may lend the purchaser all or a portion of the purchase price. In these instances, our taxable income may exceed the cash received in the sale. The terms of payment will be affected by custom in the area in which the property being sold is located and the then- prevailing economic conditions.
In addition, if during the period ending two years after the close of this offering, we sell assets and then reinvest in assets, we will pay our advisor 1.0% of the contract purchase price of each property acquired (including our pro rata share of debt attributable to such property) and 1.0% of the amount advanced for a loan or other investment (including our pro rata share of debt attributable to such investment); provided , however , that in no event shall the total of all acquisition fees and acquisition expenses payable in respect of such reinvestment exceed 4.5% of the contract purchase price of each property (including our pro rata share of debt attributable to such property) or 4.5% of the amount advanced for a loan or other investment (including our pro rata share of debt attributable to such investment).
Other Policies
Subject to applicable law, our board of directors has the authority, without further stockholder approval, to issue additional authorized common stock and preferred stock or otherwise raise capital in any manner and on terms and for the consideration it deems appropriate, including in exchange for property and/or as consideration for acquisitions. Existing stockholders will have no preemptive right to additional shares issued in any future offering or other issuance of our capital stock, and any offering or issuance may cause dilution of your investment. In addition, preferred stock could have distribution, voting, liquidation and other rights and preferences that are senior to those of our common stock. See the sections entitled Description of Securities and Summary of our Organizational Documents elsewhere in this prospectus. We may in the future issue common stock or preferred stock in connection with acquisitions, including issuing common stock or preferred stock in exchange for property, other assets, or entities. We also may issue units of partnership interests in our operating partnership in connection with acquisitions of property or other assets or entities.
Money Market Investments
Pending the purchase of other permitted investments, or to provide the reserve described below, we will temporarily invest in one or more unaffiliated money market mutual funds or directly in certificates of deposit, commercial paper, interest-bearing government securities and other short-term instruments. We intend to hold substantially all funds, pending our investment in real estate or real estate-related assets, in assets which will allow us to continue to qualify as a REIT. These investments will be highly liquid and provide for appropriate safety of principal, such as cash, cash items and government securities. Cash items include cash on hand, cash deposited in time and demand accounts with financial institutions, receivables which arise in our ordinary course of operation, commercial paper and certificates of deposit. Generally, government securities are any securities issued or guaranteed as to principal or interest by the United States federal government. See the section entitled Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations REIT Qualification Tests in this prospectus.
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Appraisals
To the extent we make mortgage, bridge or mezzanine loans or invest in mortgage, bridge or mezzanine loans in transactions with our sponsor, advisor, directors or their respective affiliates, a majority of the directors will approve the consideration paid for such properties based on the fair market value of the properties. If a majority of independent directors so determines, the fair market value will be determined by a qualified independent real estate appraiser selected by the independent directors.
Appraisals are estimates of value and should not be relied on as measures of true worth or realizable value. We will maintain the appraisal in our records for at least five years, and copies of each appraisal will be available for review by stockholders upon their request.
Investment Company Act Considerations
We intend to conduct our operations so that the company and its subsidiaries are each exempt from registration as an investment company under the Investment Company Act. Under the Investment Company Act, in relevant part, a company is an investment company if:
pursuant to Section 3(a)(1)(A), it is, or holds itself out as being, engaged primarily, or proposes to engage primarily, in the business of investing, reinvesting or trading in securities; and
pursuant to Section 3(a)(1)(C), it is engaged, or proposes to engage, in the business of investing, reinvesting, owning, holding or trading in securities and owns or proposes to acquire investment securities having a value exceeding 40% of the value of its total assets (exclusive of government securities and cash items) on an unconsolidated basis. Investment securities do not include U.S. Government securities and securities of majority-owned subsidiaries that are not themselves investment companies and are not relying on the exception from the definition of investment company under Section 3(c)(1) or Section 3(c)(7) of the Investment Company Act.
We intend to conduct our operations so that the company and most, if not all, of its wholly and majority-owned subsidiaries owns or proposes to acquire investment securities having a value of not more than 40% of the value of its total assets (exclusive of government securities and cash items) on an unconsolidated basis. Rule 3a-1 under the Investment Company Act, however, generally provides that, notwithstanding Section 3(a)(1)(C) of the Investment Company Act, an issuer will not be deemed to be an investment company under the Investment Company Act provided that (1) it does not hold itself out as being engaged primarily, or propose to engage primarily, in the business of investing, reinvesting or trading in securities, and (2) on an unconsolidated basis except as otherwise provided no more than 45% of the value of its total assets, consolidated with the assets of any wholly owned subsidiary (exclusive of U.S. government securities and cash items), consists of, and no more than 45% of its net income after taxes, consolidated with the net income of any wholly owned subsidiary (for the last four fiscal quarters combined), is derived from, securities other than U.S. government securities, securities issued by employees' securities companies, securities issued by certain majority owned subsidiaries of such company and securities issued by certain companies that are controlled primarily by such company. We believe that we, our operating partnership and the subsidiaries of our operating partnership will satisfy this exclusion.
We will continuously monitor our holdings on an ongoing basis to determine the compliance of the company with Section 3(a)(1)(C) and the exemption provided in Rule 3a-1.
In addition, we believe that neither our company nor any of its wholly or majority-owned subsidiaries will be considered investment companies under Section 3(a)(1)(A) of the Investment Company Act because they will not engage primarily or propose to engage primarily, or hold themselves out as being engaged primarily in the business of investing, reinvesting or trading in securities. Rather, the company and its subsidiaries will be primarily engaged in non-investment company businesses related to real estate. Consequently, the company and its subsidiaries expect to be able to conduct their respective operations such that none of them will be an investment company under the Investment Company Act.
The determination of whether an entity is a majority-owned subsidiary of our company is made by us. The Investment Company Act defines a majority-owned subsidiary of a person as a company 50% or more of the outstanding voting securities of which are owned by such person, or by another company which is a
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majority-owned subsidiary of such person. The Investment Company Act further defines voting securities as any security presently entitling the owner or holder thereof to vote for the election of directors of a company. We treat entities in which we own at least a majority of the outstanding voting securities as majority-owned subsidiaries for purposes of the 40% test. We have not requested that the SEC staff approve our treatment of any entity as a majority-owned subsidiary and the SEC staff has not done so. If the SEC staff were to disagree with our treatment of one or more subsidiary entities as majority-owned subsidiaries, we would need to adjust our strategy and our assets in order to continue to comply with the 40% test. Any such adjustment in our strategy could have a material adverse effect on us.
We intend to conduct our operations so that neither we nor any of our wholly-owned or majority-owned subsidiaries fall within the definition of investment company under the Investment Company Act.
Qualification for exemption from registration under the Investment Company Act will limit our ability to make certain investments. For example, these restrictions may limit the ability of the company and its subsidiaries to invest directly in mortgage-related securities that represent less than the entire ownership in a pool of mortgage loans, debt and equity tranches of securitizations and certain asset-backed securities and real estate companies or in assets not related to real estate. Although we intend to monitor our portfolio, there can be no assurance that we will be able to maintain this exemption from registration for our company or each of our subsidiaries.
If we are required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act, we would become subject to substantial regulation with respect to our capital structure (including our ability to use borrowings), management, operations, transactions with affiliated persons (as defined in the Investment Company Act), and portfolio composition, including restrictions with respect to diversification and industry concentration and other matters. Compliance with the Investment Company Act would, accordingly, limit our ability to make certain investments and require us to significantly restructure our business plan.
Change in Investment Objectives, Policies and Limitations
Our charter requires that our independent directors review our investment policies at least annually to determine that the policies we are following are in the best interests of our stockholders. Each determination and the basis therefor shall be set forth in the minutes of the meetings of our board of directors. Our investment policies and objectives and the methods of implementing our investment objectives and policies, except to the extent set forth in our charter, may be altered by a majority of our independent directors, including a majority of the independent directors, without approval of our stockholders. Our charter provides that the board may not amend provisions of the charter relating to investment policies or investment restrictions without the approval of the majority of the shares entitled to vote on such matter.
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VALUATION POLICIES
Valuation Guidelines; Calculation of NAV
Our board of directors has adopted valuation guidelines to be used in connection with valuing our properties and other real estate related assets and liabilities and calculating NAV. Our advisor will administer our valuation guidelines. Our advisor will calculate the NAV taking into consideration the appraisals of our properties performed by the independent valuer and in accordance with the valuation guidelines established by our board of directors. Our advisor will review each valuation established by the independent valuer for consistency with our valuation guidelines and the reasonableness of the independent valuers conclusions. Along with any information available to the independent valuer based on its own contacts and experience, the independent valuer will have access to all information about our investment portfolio that the independent valuer deems relevant. The advisor will also determine the valuation of our properties and will compare each appraisal by the independent valuer to its own determinations. If in the advisors opinion the appraisals are materially higher or lower than the advisors determinations of value, the advisor will discuss the appraisals with the independent valuer. If the advisor determines that the appraisals are still materially higher or lower than its valuations, a valuation committee, comprised of our independent directors, will review the appraisals and valuations, and make a final determination of value. As a public company, we will be required to issue financial statements based on historical cost in accordance with GAAP. The calculation of our NAV per share involves an adjustment of the value of our assets from historical cost to an attempt to value our assets to fair value in accordance with the GAAP principles set forth in FASB Accounting Standards Codification Topic 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures. The fair value of our assets will be estimated in accordance with our valuation guidelines. However, because such fair value calculations involve significant subjective judgments concerning factors such as comparable sales, rental and operating expense data, capitalization or discount rate, and projections of future rent and expenses, valuations will be only estimates, and ultimate realization depends on conditions beyond our, the advisors, or the valuers control. Additionally, valuations do not necessarily represent the price at which we would be able to sell an asset. As there is no rule or regulation that requires us to use a particular methodology in calculating our NAV and there is no standardized practice established among public REITs for NAV calculations, other public REITs may use different methodologies to calculate NAV.
The board of directors will oversee our advisors NAV calculation and will review and approve the valuations. While the board of directors will rely on the advisors valuation and the independent valuers determination of the value of the real property assets, the board of directors will, in its discretion and as appropriate, consider other factors. At least one time per calendar year, our independent valuer will review our valuation guidelines and methodologies with the advisor and our board of directors and the board of directors will make a determination as to whether or not it will make modifications to such guidelines and methodologies. The board of directors will also have the right to replace the independent valuer at any time by majority vote, and the board of directors will also be required to approve any changes to our valuation guidelines.
At least quarterly, the board of directors will meet with representatives of the advisor and the independent valuer to receive their recommendations and to evaluate whether the valuation complies with our valuation guidelines. In the exercise of its business judgment, our board of directors will have sole discretion to accept or revise the valuation, and the board of directors will be ultimately and solely responsible for the determination of value. The board of directors may elect to engage additional valuation firms to review the valuation.
Indepenent Valuer
The appraisals of our properties will be performed by our independent valuer, Duff & Phelps, LLC, a valuation firm selected by our advisor and approved by our board of directors, including a majority of our independent directors. Duff & Phelps, LLC is engaged in the business of providing valuation services and has offices in the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia. Duff & Phelps, LLC is not affiliated with us or with our advisor or any of its or our affiliates. The valuation services agreement with Duff & Phelps, LLC is for an initial term of one year, and such agreement will be automatically renewed unless either party provides 90 days notice prior to the end of the initial one-year term or any of the subsequent automatic one-year
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renewal terms. Each of our properties will be appraised at least annually and appraisals will be scheduled over the course of a year so that approximately 25% of all properties are appraised each quarter.
Valuation of Our Properties
In determining the value of our property portfolio, our advisor will consider an estimate of the market value of our property portfolio which will be provided by the independent valuer on a regular basis. In calculating its estimate, the independent valuer will use all reasonably available material information that it deems relevant, including information from our advisor, the independent valuers own sources or data, or market information. The independent valuer may also review information such as trends in capitalization rates, discount rates, interest rates, leasing rates and other economic factors.
The independent valuer will analyze the cash flow from and characteristics of each property in our portfolio and will use this information to estimate projected cash flows for the portfolio as a whole. In order to calculate an estimate of the portfolios market value, the independent valuer will analyze the portfolios projected cash flows using a discounted cash flow approach. Alternatively, the independent valuer will consider other valuation methodologies in addition to the discounted cash flow approach, as necessary; provided, that all additional valuation methodologies, opinions and judgments used by the independent valuer will be consistent with our valuation guidelines and the recommendations set forth in the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice and the requirements of the Code of Professional Ethics and Standards of Professional Ethics and Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice of the Appraisal Institute.
All properties will initially be valued at cost (purchase price plus all related acquisition costs and expenses). Acquisition costs and expenses incurred in connection with the acquisition of a portfolio containing multiple properties that cannot be attributed to any single property will be allocated among the applicable properties pro rata based on the independent valuer determinations of each propertys relative value. Beginning with the first valuation after we have owned a property for a full quarter, the property will be valued as part of our overall real estate portfolio.
To the extent that our board of directors or our advisor becomes aware of facts or circumstances at a specific property that may result in a material change in value, our advisor or board of directors will order a new appraisal of the property. The independent valuer also can require additional appraisals if the independent valuer believes that a propertys value may have changed materially since the last valuation.
Valuation of Our Real Estate Liabilities
Our advisor will also estimate the market value of our real estate related liabilities by using industry accepted methodologies. For example, mortgage loans collateralized by our real estate will usually be valued by comparing the differences between the contractual loan terms and current market loan terms, which usually involves the present value of any outstanding payments and maturity amount at a market based interest rate. The interest rate will reflect associated risks, including loan-to-value ratio, remaining term, the quality of the collateral and credit risk. Our advisor may consider input from the independent valuer or other independent valuers in making this determination.
Operating Income
We will receive operating income from our investments intermittently, not daily. Therefore, we will estimate our net operating income rather than applying it when we actually receive it, and assume that we have earned (accrued) a proportionate amount on a daily basis. We will adjust the estimates based on our receipt of items of income and incurrence of expenses, but stockholders bear the risk that, until such adjustment, our net assets could be under- or over-valued.
Calculation of NAV Per Share by Our Advisor
We are offering two classes of shares of our common stock in the primary offering, institutional shares and retail shares. Immediately following the escrow period, NAV for each class will equal the aggregate dollar amount paid to us by stockholders for the retail shares or institutional shares, as applicable, less selling commissions for retail shares and less platform fee, which will be deducted by NAV of institutional shares on a daily basis. To calculate our daily NAV per share, the advisor will start with the net value of our operating
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partnerships real estate and real estate-related assets, which will be determined taking into consideration the estimate of market value by the independent valuer, and our real estate-related liabilities, and subtract any other operating partnership liabilities, including accrued fees and expenses and accrued distributions. The advisor will estimate these amounts based on factors such as (1) quarterly operating budgets for the assets; (2) estimated management fees payable to our advisor and platform fees payable to our dealer manager and participating broker dealers; (3) quarterly budgets for all other expenses; and (4) year-to-date actual performance data. Our advisor will update our budgets and adjust our accruals to reflect actual operating results and to reflect outstanding receivable, payable and other account balances at least one time per month. Under GAAP, we would be required to recognize organization and offering costs and acquisition fees and expenses as an expense when incurred. Because recognizing such costs, fees and expenses when incurred would inequitably place the burden of organization and offering costs incurred prior to the end of the escrow period on investors who purchase shares during the escrow period, solely for purposes of calculating our NAV, such organization and offering costs and acquisition fees and expenses will be amortized over a five year period and a proportionate amount will be deducted on a daily basis. The capitalization and amortization of such expenses will temporarily inflate our NAV throughout the amortization period, as compared to NAV calculated in accordance with GAAP with respect to these expenses, but such inflation will be gradually eliminated over the applicable five-year amortization period. This adjustment may increase the price at which investors will be able to purchase, repurchase or redeem shares, as compared to NAV calculated in accordance with GAAP with respect to these expenses. The application of this amortization method may also increase the companys NAV that is used to calculate fees paid during the amortization period, which may cause such fees to be higher than if organization and offering costs and acquisition fees and expenses were not included in NAV and amortized. Furthermore, these expenses are paid in cash, and therefore such funds will not be available to distribute to investors. All paid and accrued organization and offering costs and acquisition fees and expenses will have negative effects on total returns to investors. After subtracting such liabilities from the value of the operating partnerships assets, our advisor will multiply that amount by our percentage ownership interest in the operating partnership. Initially, the only limited partner in the operating partnership will be our advisor. At the end of each trading day after the escrow period, any change in our NAV will be allocated among the retail shares and the institutional shares based on each classs percentage of the previous aggregate NAV. Following this allocation between the classes, NAV for each class is adjusted for contributions, redemptions, reinvestment of distributions and accrual of class specific expenses.
Our advisor will then add any assets held directly by the REIT, including cash and cash equivalents, and subtract any estimated accrued liabilities that the operating partnership will not reimburse. The result of this calculation will be our NAV as of the end of such business day. Our daily NAV per share will be determined by dividing our NAV by the number of outstanding shares of our common stock, prior to giving effect to any share purchases or redemptions on such day.
Our advisor is responsible for the ultimate calculation of the daily NAV, but its determinations are subject to the review of the board, which will oversee the advisors NAV calculation and review the process used by the advisor to estimate accrued liabilities and calculate NAV at least once per quarter. The independent directors are responsible for reviewing the compensation to the advisor and determining that such compensation is reasonable in relation to the nature and quality of the services performed by the advisor, including the calculations of NAV, and the board will evaluate the advisors performance annually. If the independent directors or the board determines that the advisors fees are not appropriate in light of its performance and the services to be performed by the advisor, including the calculations of NAV, the board may request that the advisor reduce its fees, terminate the advisory agreement or retain a new advisor.
The below tables are a hypothetical calculation illustrating the factors that are likely to impact our NAV calculation for institutional shares and retail shares. This illustration assumes that the calculation occurs on a day which is not a distribution adjustment date and on which there are no reinvestments of distributions. If such hypothetical day were a distribution adjustment date, the adjustment to reflect the accrued distributions would reduce our NAV. As described above, retail shares and institutional shares will have a different NAV because of the different fees and expenses paid by each class of shares. The below tables assume that we have 66,666,666 shares issued and outstanding, comprised of 22,222,222 institutional shares and 44,444,444 retail
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shares, with assets of $600.0 million. The amounts shown in the table below are for illustrative purposes only and are not indicative of our current or projected financial condition or performance:
Institutional Shares
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| NAV | |
| Beginning NAV for institutional shares on Hypothetical Trading Day (per institutional share) | $200,000,000 ($9.00) |
| Daily Activity: | |
| Accrual of Portfolio Revenue (1) | 35,616 |
| Accrual of Asset Management Fee and Platform Fee (2) | (9,315) |
| Accrual of Other Expenses (3) | (2,466) |
| Accrual of Organization and Offering Expenses (4) | (21,918) |
| Unrealized/Realized Gains (Losses) on Assets and Liabilities (5) | 180,000 |
| NAV Before Share Purchases and Repurchases (per institutional share) | 200,181,917 ($9.01) |
| Share Purchases | 9,999,999 |
| Share Repurchases | (5,000,004) |
| Ending NAV on Hypothetical Trading Day (per institutional share) | 205,181,912 ($9.01) |
Retail Shares
| ● | |
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| NAV | |
| Beginning NAV on Hypothetical Trading Day (per retail share) | $400,000,000 ($9.00) |
| Daily Activity: | |
| Accrual of Portfolio Revenue (1) | 71,233 |
| Accrual of Asset Management Fee (6) | (10,959) |
| Accrual of Other Expenses (3) | (4,932) |
| Accrual of Organization and Offering Expenses (4) | (43,836) |
| Unrealized/Realized Gains (Losses) on Assets and Liabilities (5) | 360,000 |
| NAV Before Share Purchases and Repurchases (per retail share) | 400,371,506 ($9.01) |
| Share Purchases | 19,999,998 |
| Share Repurchases | (10,000,008) |
| Ending NAV on Hypothetical Trading Day (per retail share) | 410,371,496 ($9.01) |
(1) Assumes accrual of portfolio revenue of $106,849 (with $35,616 allocated to institutional shares and $71,233 allocated to retail shares).
(2) Asset Management Fee per year of $6,000,000 calculated based on 1% of $600,000,000; $5,479 allocated on a daily basis to institutional shares. Platform fee of $3,836 calculated based on 1/365 th of 0.70% of beginning NAV for institutional shares.
(3) Assumes accrual of other expenses of $7,398 (with $2,466 allocated to institutional shares and $4,932 allocated to retail shares).
(4) Assumes accrual of organization and offering expenses of $65,754 (with $21,918 allocated to institutional shares and $43,836 allocated to retail shares).
(5) Assumes unrealized/realized gains of $540,000 (with $180,000 allocated to institutional shares and $360,000 allocated to retail shares)
(6) Accrued Asset Management Fee of $10,959 allocated on a daily basis to retail shares. Selling commissions and dealer manager fees do not accrue because they are paid for by the purchaser at the time of sale.
Limits on the Calculation of Our NAV Per Share
Although our primary goal in establishing our valuation guidelines is to produce a valuation that represents a reasonable estimate of the market value of our investments, or the price that would be received upon the sale of our investments in market transactions, our independent valuer will use methodologies based
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on judgments, assumptions and opinions about future events that may or may not prove to be correct, and if different judgments, assumptions or opinions were used, a different estimate would likely result. Furthermore, our published NAV per share may not fully reflect certain extraordinary events, including, without limitation, the unexpected renewal or termination of a material lease, or unanticipated structural or environmental events affecting the value of a property, because we may not be able to quantify the financial impact of such events on our portfolio right away. Our advisor will monitor our portfolio between valuations to determine whether there have been any extraordinary events that may have materially changed the estimated market value of the portfolio. We will announce any such extraordinary events and our advisor will analyze the impact of such extraordinary event on our portfolio and determine, in coordination with the independent valuer, the appropriate adjustment to be made to our NAV. We will not, however, retroactively adjust NAV. To the extent that the extraordinary events may result in a material change in value of a specific property, our advisor or board of directors will order a new appraisal of such property, which will be prepared by the independent valuer. It is not known whether any resulting disparity will benefit repurchasing or non-repurchasing stockholders or purchasers of our common stock.
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COMPETITION
The commercial property real estate market is highly competitive. We compete in all of our markets with other owners and operators of such real estate. We compete based on a number of factors that include location, rental rates, security, suitability of the propertys design to prospective tenants needs and the manner in which the property is operated and marketed. The number of competing properties in a particular market could have a material effect on our occupancy levels, rental rates and on the operating expenses of certain of our properties.
In addition, we will compete with other entities engaged in real estate investment activities to locate suitable properties to acquire and to locate tenants and purchasers for our properties. These competitors will include other REITs, specialty finance companies, savings and loan associations, banks, mortgage bankers, insurance companies, mutual funds, institutional investors, investment banking firms, lenders, governmental bodies and other entities. There are also other REITs with asset acquisition objectives similar to ours and others may be organized in the future. Some of these competitors, including larger REITs, have substantially greater marketing and financial resources than we will have and generally may be able to accept more risk than we can prudently manage, including risks with respect to the creditworthiness of tenants. In addition, these same entities seek financing through similar channels to our company. Therefore, we will compete for institutional investors in a market where funds for real estate investment may decrease.
Competition from these and other third party real estate investors may limit the number of suitable investment opportunities available to us. It also may result in higher prices, lower yields and a narrower spread of yields over our borrowing costs, making it more difficult for us to acquire new investments on attractive terms. In addition, competition for desirable investments could delay the investment of proceeds from this offering in desirable assets, which may in turn reduce our earnings per share and negatively affect our ability to commence or maintain distributions to stockholders.
We believe that our senior managements experience, coupled with our financing, professionalism, diversity of properties and reputation in the industry will enable us to compete with the other real estate investment companies.
Because we are organized as an UPREIT, we are well-positioned within the industries in which we intend to operate to offer existing owners the opportunity to contribute those properties to our company in tax- deferred transactions using our operating partnership units as transactional currency.
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SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
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|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2011 And For The Period Then Ended | ||
| Balance sheet data: | ||
| Cash | $ 182 | |
| Deferred offering costs | 550,161 | |
| Total assets | 550,343 | |
| Accounts payable and accrued expenses | 196,097 | |
| Due to affiliates | 170,415 | |
| Total stockholders equity | 183,831 | |
| Other data: | ||
| Net loss | (16,169 | ) |
| Cash flow provided by financing activities | 182 |
As of the date of this prospectus, we have not yet had any operations. Therefore, we have not had any income, cash flow from operations or funds available for distributions, nor have we declared any distributions or issued any shares to public investors. We have sold 22,222 retail shares to American Realty Capital Global Special Limited Partnership, LLC for an aggregate purchase price of $200,000. These proceeds were used to directly fund organization costs. See the section entitled Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, and our financial statements and related notes thereto, appearing elsewhere in this prospectus.
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MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
General
As of the date of this prospectus, we have not yet commenced active operations. Subscription proceeds will be released to us after the minimum offering is achieved and will be applied to investment in properties and the payment or reimbursement of selling commissions and the dealer manager fee (out of payments from purchasers of retail shares) and other fees, expenses and uses as described throughout this prospectus. We will experience a relative increase in liquidity as we receive additional subscriptions for shares and a relative decrease in liquidity as we spend net offering proceeds in connection with the acquisition and operation of our properties or the payment of distributions. As of December 31, 2011, we have incurred $0.6 million of offering expenses related to this offering. As of March 31, 2012 we expect to have incurred $0.9 million of offering expenses related to this offering.
Further, we have not entered into any arrangements creating a reasonable probability that we will acquire a specific property or other asset. The number of properties and other assets that we will acquire will depend upon the number of shares sold and the resulting amount of the net proceeds available for investment in properties and other assets. Until required for the acquisition or operation of assets or used for distributions, we will keep the net proceeds of this offering in short-term, low risk, highly liquid, interest-bearing investments.
We intend to make reserve allocations as necessary to aid our objective of preserving capital for our investors by supporting the maintenance and viability of properties we acquire in the future. If reserves and any other available income become insufficient to cover our operating expenses and liabilities, it may be necessary to obtain additional funds by borrowing, refinancing properties or liquidating our investment in one or more properties. There is no assurance that such funds will be available, or if available, that the terms will be acceptable to us.
We intend to make an election to be taxed as a REIT under Code Section 856(c). In order to qualify as a REIT, we must distribute annually to our stockholders at least 90% of our REIT taxable income (which does not equal net income as calculated in accordance with GAAP), determined without regard to the deduction for dividends paid and excluding any net capital gain. If we qualify as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes, we generally will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax on income that we distribute to our stockholders. If we fail to qualify as a REIT in any taxable year, we will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on our taxable income at regular corporate rates and will not be permitted to qualify as a REIT for four years following the year in which our qualification is denied. Such an event could materially adversely affect our net income and results of operations.
Results of Operations
Currently, we have not commenced business operations. Because we have not acquired any properties or other assets, our management is not aware of any material trends or uncertainties, favorable or unfavorable, other than national economic conditions affecting our targeted portfolio, the multifamily housing industry and real estate generally, which may be reasonably anticipated to have a material impact on the capital resources and the revenue or income to be derived from the operation of our assets.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
We are offering and selling two classes of shares of our common stock in the primary offering. We are offering and selling to the public in our primary offering up to 101,010,101 retail shares of our common stock, $0.01 par value per share through broker dealers and up to 55,555,555 institutional shares of our common stock through registered investment advisors and broker dealers that are managing wrap or fee based accounts. We reserve the right to reallocate the shares between the retail shares and the institutional shares. We are also offering up to 25,000,000 shares of our common stock to be issued pursuant to our distribution reinvestment plan pursuant to which our stockholders may elect to have distributions reinvested in additional shares. Until the escrow agent has released investors funds to us upon the raising of the minimum offering amount and we have acquired our first property, the per share purchase price for the retail shares in the primary offering will be $9.00, plus applicable selling commissions and dealer manager fee up to 10% in the aggregate of the per
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share purchase price to be paid by purchasers of retail shares (which results in aggregate consideration of $9.90 per retail share) and the per share purchase price for the institutional shares in the primary offering will be $9.00. Following such date, the per share purchase price will vary daily, and the per share purchase price will be equal to the sum of our net asset value, or NAV, divided by the number of outstanding shares of our common stock as of the end of each business day prior to giving effect to any share purchases or repurchases to be effected on such day, plus applicable selling commissions and dealer manager fee up to 10% in the aggregate of the price per share. Throughout the offering period the per share purchase price for shares purchased under the distribution reinvestment plan will be equal to NAV per share for each class of shares. We reserve the right to reallocate the shares of common stock we are offering between the primary offering and our distribution reinvestment plan.
Our principal demands for cash will be for acquisition costs, including the purchase price of any properties, loans and securities we acquire, improvement costs, the payment of our operating and administrative expenses, continuing debt service obligations and distributions to our stockholders. Generally, we will fund our acquisitions from the net proceeds of this offering. We intend to acquire our assets with cash and mortgage or other debt, but we also may acquire assets free and clear of permanent mortgage or other indebtedness by paying the entire purchase price for the asset in cash or in units of limited partnership interest in our operating partnership.
Additional demands for cash will be for organization, offering and related costs incurred in connection with this offering. We will continue to incur organization, offering and related costs throughout this offering. Organization and offering costs (other than selling commissions and the dealer manager fees) include costs that may be paid by our advisor, dealer manager or their affiliates on our behalf. These costs include but are not limited to (i) legal, accounting, printing, mailing, and filing fees; (ii) escrow service related fees; (iii) reimbursement of the dealer manager for amounts it may pay to reimburse the bona fide diligence expenses of broker-dealers; and (iv) reimbursement to the advisor for a portion of the costs of its employees and other costs in connection with preparing supplemental sales materials and related offering activities. We are obligated to reimburse the advisor or its affiliates, as applicable, for organization and offering costs paid by them on our behalf, provided that the advisor is obligated to reimburse us to the extent organization and offering costs (excluding selling commissions and the dealer manager fee) incurred by us in our offering exceed 1.5% of gross offering proceeds. As a result, these costs are only our liability to the extent aggregate selling commissions, the dealer manager fee and other organization and offering costs do not exceed 11.5% of the gross proceeds determined at the end of this offering.
We expect to use debt financing as a source of capital. Under our charter, the maximum amount of our total indebtedness shall not exceed 300% of our total net assets (as defined by the NASAA REIT Guidelines) as of the date of any borrowing, which is generally expected to be approximately 75% of the cost of our investments; however, we may exceed that limit if approved by a majority of our independent directors and disclosed to stockholders in our next quarterly report following such borrowing along with justification for exceeding such limit. This charter limitation, however, does not apply to individual real estate assets or investments. In addition, it is currently our intention to limit our aggregate borrowings to 45% of the aggregate fair market value of our assets (calculated after the close of this offering and once we have invested substantially all the proceeds of this offering), unless borrowing a greater amount is approved by a majority of our independent directors and disclosed to stockholders in our next quarterly report following such borrowing along with justification for borrowing such a greater amount. This limitation, however, will not apply to individual real estate assets or investments. At the date of acquisition of each asset, we anticipate that the cost of investment for such asset will be substantially similar to its fair market value, which will enable us to satisfy our requirements under the NASAA REIT Guidelines. However, subsequent events, including changes in the fair market value of our assets, could result in our exceeding these limits. See the section entitled Investment strategy, Objectives and Policies Financing Strategies and Policies in this prospectus for a more detailed discussion of our borrowing policies.
We anticipate that adequate cash will be generated from operations to fund our operating and administrative expenses, continuing debt service obligations and the payment of distributions. However, our ability to finance our operations is subject to some uncertainties. Our ability to generate working capital is dependent on our ability to attract and retain tenants and the economic and business environments of the
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various markets in which our properties are located. Our ability to sell our assets is partially dependent upon the state of real estate markets and the ability of purchasers to obtain financing at reasonable commercial rates. In general, our policy will be to pay distributions from cash flow from operations. We do not intend to fund such distributions from offering proceeds, however, if we have not generated sufficient cash flow from our operations and other sources, such as from borrowings, advances from our advisor, the deferral, suspension and/or waiver of fees and expense reimbursements, to fund distributions, we may use the offering proceeds. Moreover, our board of directors may change this policy, in its sole discretion, at any time.
Potential future sources of capital include secured or unsecured financings from banks or other lenders, establishing additional lines of credit, proceeds from the sale of properties and undistributed cash flow. Note that, currently, we have not identified any additional sources of financing and there is no assurance that such sources of financings will be available on favorable terms or at all.
Distributions
We have not paid any distributions as of the date of this prospectus. We intend to accrue and pay distributions on a regular basis beginning no later than the first calendar month after the calendar month in which we make our first real estate investment. We intend to fund such distributions from cash flow from operations, however, if we are unable to do so, we will look to other sources as described above in Liquidity and Capital Resources. Because we anticipate that institutional shares and retail shares will have different amounts of net income allocated to them because of the different fees and expenses paid by each class of shares, the distributions paid on institutional shares and retail shares is not expected to be of equal dollar amounts. At the close of business on the date that is one business day after each record date for any declared distribution, which we refer to as the distribution adjustment date, our NAV will be reduced to reflect the accrual of our liability to pay the distribution to our stockholders of record as of the record date. Our board of directors will determine the amount of the distributions to our stockholders. The boards determination will be based on a number of factors, including funds available from operations, our capital expenditure requirements, requirements of Maryland law and the annual distribution requirements necessary to maintain our REIT status under the Code. As a result, our distribution rate and payment frequency may vary from time to time. However, to qualify as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes, we must distribute annually to our stockholders at least 90% of our REIT taxable income (which does not equal net income as calculated in accordance with GAAP), determined without regard to the deduction for dividends paid and excluding net capital gain. Each distribution will be accompanied by a notice which sets forth: (a) the record date; (b) the amount per share that will be distributed; (c) the equivalent annualized yield; (d) the amount and percentage of the distributions paid from operations, offering proceeds and other sources; and (e) for those investors participating in the distribution reinvestment plan, a statement that a distribution statement will be provided in lieu of a check. During the early stages of our operations, we may declare distributions in excess of FFO (as defined below).
Distributions in kind will not be permitted, except for:
distributions of readily marketable securities or our own securities;
distributions of beneficial interests in a liquidating trust established for our dissolution and the liquidation of our assets in accordance with the terms of the charter; or
distributions of in-kind property, so long as, with respect to such in-kind property, the board of directors advises each stockholder of the risks associated with direct ownership of the property, offers each stockholder the election of receiving in-kind property distributions, and distributes in-kind property only to those stockholders who accept the directors offer.
Out of any distribution received by holders of institutional shares, a platform fee will be paid to the dealer manager, which amount shall be deducted from each distribution paid to such stockholders. The amount of the daily platform fee shall equal 1/365 th of 0.70% of our NAV per institutional share during such day, payable monthly in arrears. No platform fee will be paid with respect to retail shares.
Funds from Operations and Modified Funds from Operations
Due to certain unique operating characteristics of real estate companies, as discussed below, the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, or NAREIT, an industry trade group, has promulgated a
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measure known as funds from operations, or FFO, which the company believes to be an appropriate supplemental measure to reflect the operating performance of a real estate investment trust, or REIT. The use of FFO is recommended by the REIT industry as a supplemental performance measure. FFO is not equivalent to the companys net income or loss as determined under GAAP.
The company defines FFO, a non-GAAP measure, consistent with the standards established by the White Paper on FFO approved by the Board of Governors of NAREIT, as revised in February 2004, or the White Paper. The White Paper defines FFO as net income or loss computed in accordance with GAAP, excluding gains or losses from sales of property and asset impairment writedowns, plus depreciation and amortization, and after adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures. Adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures are calculated to reflect FFO. The companys FFO calculation complies with NAREITs policy described above.
The historical accounting convention used for real estate assets requires straight-line depreciation of buildings and improvements, which implies that the value of real estate assets diminishes predictably over time, especially if such assets are not adequately maintained or repaired and renovated as required by relevant circumstances and/or is requested or required by lessees for operational purposes in order to maintain the value disclosed. The company believes that, since real estate values historically rise and fall with market conditions, including inflation, interest rates, the business cycle, unemployment and consumer spending, presentations of operating results for a REIT using historical accounting for depreciation may be less informative. Additionally, the company believes it is appropriate to disregard impairment charges, as this is a fair value adjustment that is largely based on market fluctuations and assessments regarding general market conditions which can change over time. An asset will only be evaluated for impairment if certain impairment indications exist and if the carrying, or book value, exceeds the total estimated undiscounted future cash flows (including net rental and lease revenues, net proceeds on the sale of the property, and any other ancillary cash flows at a property or group level under GAAP) from such asset. Investors should note, however, that determinations of whether impairment charges have been incurred are based partly on anticipated operating performance, because estimated undiscounted future cash flows from a property, including estimated future net rental and lease revenues, net proceeds on the sale of the property, and certain other ancillary cash flows, are taken into account in determining whether an impairment charge has been incurred. While impairment charges are excluded from the calculation of FFO as described above, investors are cautioned that due to the fact that impairments are based on estimated future undiscounted cash flows and the relatively limited term of the companys operations, it could be difficult to recover any impairment charges.
Historical accounting for real estate involves the use of GAAP. Any other method of accounting for real estate such as the fair value method cannot be construed to be any more accurate or relevant than the comparable methodologies of real estate valuation found in GAAP. Nevertheless, the company believes that the use of FFO, which excludes the impact of real estate related depreciation and amortization and impairments, provides a more complete understanding of the companys performance to investors and to management, and when compared year over year, reflects the impact on the companys operations from trends in occupancy rates, rental rates, operating costs, general and administrative expenses, and interest costs, which may not be immediately apparent from net income. However, FFO and MFFO, as described below, should not be construed to be more relevant or accurate than the current GAAP methodology in calculating net income or in its applicability in evaluating the operating performance of the company. The method utilized to evaluate the value and performance of real estate under GAAP should be construed as a more relevant measure of operational performance and considered more prominently than the non-GAAP FFO and MFFO measures and the adjustments to GAAP in calculating FFO and MFFO.
Changes in the accounting and reporting promulgations under GAAP (for acquisition fees and expenses from a capitalization/depreciation model to an expensed-as-incurred model) that were put into effect in 2009 and other changes to GAAP accounting for real estate subsequent to the establishment of NAREITs definition of FFO have prompted an increase in cash-settled expenses, specifically acquisition fees and expenses for all industries as items that are expensed under GAAP, that are typically accounted for as operating expenses. Management believes these fees and expenses do not affect the companys overall long-term operating performance. Publicly registered, non-listed REITs typically have a significant amount of acquisition activity and are substantially more dynamic during their initial years of investment and operation. While other start up
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entities may also experience significant acquisition activity during their initial years, the company believes that non-listed REITs are unique in that they have a limited life with targeted exit strategies within a relatively limited time frame after the acquisition activity ceases. As disclosed in the prospectus for the companys offering (the Prospectus), the company will use the proceeds raised in the offering to acquire properties, and intends to begin the process of achieving a liquidity event (i.e., listing of its common stock on a national exchange, a merger or sale of the company or another similar transaction) within three to six years of the termination of the offering. Thus, the company will not continuously purchase assets and will have a limited life. Due to the above factors and other unique features of publicly registered, non-listed REITs, the Investment Program Association (IPA), an industry trade group, has standardized a measure known as MFFO, which the IPA has recommended as a supplemental measure for publicly registered non-listed REITs and which the company believes to be another appropriate supplemental measure to reflect the operating performance of a non-listed REIT having the characteristics described above. MFFO is not equivalent to the companys net income or loss as determined under GAAP, and MFFO may not be a useful measure of the impact of long-term operating performance on value if the company does not continue to operate with a limited life and targeted exit strategy, as currently intended. The company believes that, because MFFO excludes costs that the company considers more reflective of investing activities and other non-operating items included in FFO and also excludes acquisition fees and expenses that affect the companys operations only in periods in which properties are acquired, MFFO can provide, on a going forward basis, an indication of the sustainability (that is, the capacity to continue to be maintained) of the companys operating performance after the period in which the company is acquiring its properties and once the companys portfolio is in place. By providing MFFO, the company believes it is presenting useful information that assists investors and analysts to better assess the sustainability of the companys operating performance after the companys offering has been completed and the companys properties have been acquired. The company also believes that MFFO is a recognized measure of sustainable operating performance by the non-listed REIT industry. Further, the company believes MFFO is useful in comparing the sustainability of the companys operating performance after the companys offering and acquisitions are completed with the sustainability of the operating performance of other real estate companies that are not as involved in acquisition activities. Investors are cautioned that MFFO should only be used to assess the sustainability of the companys operating performance after the companys offering has been completed and properties have been acquired, as it excludes acquisition costs that have a negative effect on the companys operating performance during the periods in which properties are acquired.
The company defines MFFO, a non-GAAP measure, consistent with the IPAs Guideline 2010-01, Supplemental Performance Measure for Publicly Registered, Non-Listed REITs: Modified Funds from Operations, or the Practice Guideline, issued by the IPA in November 2010. The Practice Guideline defines MFFO as FFO further adjusted for the following items, as applicable, included in the determination of GAAP net income: acquisition fees and expenses; amounts relating to deferred rent receivables and amortization of above and below market leases and liabilities (which are adjusted in order to reflect such payments from a GAAP accrual basis to a cash basis of disclosing the rent and lease payments); accretion of discounts and amortization of premiums on debt investments; mark-to-market adjustments included in net income; nonrecurring gains or losses included in net income from the extinguishment or sale of debt, hedges, foreign exchange, derivatives or securities holdings where trading of such holdings is not a fundamental attribute of the business plan, unrealized gains or losses resulting from consolidation from, or deconsolidation to, equity accounting, and after adjustments for consolidated and unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures, with such adjustments calculated to reflect MFFO on the same basis. The accretion of discounts and amortization of premiums on debt investments, nonrecurring unrealized gains and losses on hedges, foreign exchange, derivatives or securities holdings, unrealized gains and losses resulting from consolidations, as well as other listed cash flow adjustments are adjustments made to net income in calculating the cash flows provided by operating activities and, in some cases, reflect gains or losses which are unrealized and may not ultimately be realized. While the company is responsible for managing interest rate, hedge and foreign exchange risk, it does retain an outside consultant to review all its hedging agreements. Inasmuch as interest rate hedges are not a fundamental part of the companys operations, the company believes it is appropriate to exclude such non-recurring gains and losses in calculating MFFO, as such gains and losses are not reflective of on-going operations.
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The companys MFFO calculation complies with the IPAs Practice Guideline described above. In calculating MFFO, the company excludes acquisition related expenses, amortization of above and below market leases, fair value adjustments of derivative financial instruments, deferred rent receivables and the adjustments of such items related to noncontrolling interests. Under GAAP, acquisition fees and expenses are characterized as operating expenses in determining operating net income. These expenses are paid in cash by the company, and therefore such funds will not be available to distribute to investors. All paid and accrued acquisition fees and expenses negatively impact the companys operating performance during the period in which properties are acquired and will have negative effects on returns to investors, the potential for future distributions, and cash flows generated by the company, unless earnings from operations or net sales proceeds from the disposition of other properties are generated to cover the purchase price of the property, these fees and expenses and other costs related to such property. Therefore, MFFO may not be an accurate indicator of the companys operating performance, especially during periods in which properties are being acquired. MFFO that excludes such costs and expenses would only be comparable to non-listed REITs that have completed their acquisition activities and have similar operating characteristics as the company. Further, under GAAP, certain contemplated non-cash fair value and other non-cash adjustments are considered operating non-cash adjustments to net income in determining cash flow from operating activities. In addition, the company views fair value adjustments of derivatives and gains and losses from dispositions of assets as non-recurring items or items which are unrealized and may not ultimately be realized, and which are not reflective of on-going operations and are therefore typically adjusted for when assessing operating performance. As disclosed elsewhere in the Prospectus, the purchase of properties, and the corresponding expenses associated with that process, is a key operational feature of the companys business plan to generate operational income and cash flows in order to make distributions to investors. Acquisition fees and expenses will not be reimbursed by the advisor if there are no further proceeds from the sale of shares in this offering, and therefore such fees and expenses will need to be paid from either additional debt, operational earnings or cash flows, net proceeds from the sale of properties or from ancillary cash flows.
The companys management uses MFFO and the adjustments used to calculate it in order to evaluate the companys performance against other non-listed REITs which have limited lives with short and defined acquisition periods and targeted exit strategies shortly thereafter. As noted above, MFFO may not be a useful measure of the impact of long-term operating performance on value if the company does not continue to operate in this manner. The company believes that its use of MFFO and the adjustments used to calculate it allow the company to present its performance in a manner that reflects certain characteristics that are unique to non-listed REITs, such as their limited life, limited and defined acquisition period and targeted exit strategy, and hence that the use of such measures is useful to investors. For example, acquisitions costs are funded from the proceeds of the companys offering and other financing sources and not from operations. By excluding expensed acquisition costs, the use of MFFO provides information consistent with managements analysis of the operating performance of the properties. Additionally, fair value adjustments, which are based on the impact of current market fluctuations and underlying assessments of general market conditions, but can also result from operational factors such as rental and occupancy rates, may not be directly related or attributable to the companys current operating performance. By excluding such changes that may reflect anticipated and unrealized gains or losses, the company believes MFFO provides useful supplemental information.
Presentation of this information is intended to provide useful information to investors as they compare the operating performance of different REITs, although it should be noted that not all REITs calculate FFO and MFFO the same way, so comparisons with other REITs may not be meaningful. Furthermore, FFO and MFFO are not necessarily indicative of cash flow available to fund cash needs and should not be considered as an alternative to net income (loss) or income (loss) from continuing operations as an indication of the companys performance, as an alternative to cash flows from operations as an indication of its liquidity, or indicative of funds available to fund its cash needs including its ability to make distributions to its stockholders. FFO and MFFO should be reviewed in conjunction with other GAAP measurements as an indication of the companys performance. MFFO has limitations as a performance measure in an offering such as the companys where the price of a share of common stock is a stated value and there is no net asset value determination during the offering stage and for a period thereafter. MFFO is useful in assisting management and investors in assessing the sustainability of operating performance in future operating periods, and in
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particular, after the offering and acquisition stages are complete and net asset value is disclosed. FFO and MFFO are not useful measures in evaluating net asset value because impairments are taken into account in determining net asset value but not in determining FFO or MFFO.
Neither the SEC, NAREIT nor any other regulatory body has passed judgment on the acceptability of the adjustments that the company uses to calculate FFO or MFFO. In the future, the SEC, NAREIT or another regulatory body may decide to standardize the allowable adjustments across the non-listed REIT industry and the company would have to adjust its calculation and characterization of FFO or MFFO.
The below table illustrates the items deducted in the calculation of FFO and MFFO.
NET LOSS TO FFO/MFFO RECONCILIATION*
| ● |
|---|
| Net Income (Loss) |
| Depreciation and amortization |
| FFO |
| Acquisition fees and expenses (1) |
| Amortization of above or below market leases and liabilities (2) |
| Straight-line rent (3) |
| Accretion of discounts and amortization of premiums on debt investments |
| Mark-to-market adjustments (4) |
| Non-recurring gains (losses) from extinguishment/sale of debt, derivatives or securities holdings (5) |
| MFFO |
- Impairments and related footnote relating to impairments to be added, if applicable.
(1) The purchase of properties, and the corresponding expenses associated with that process, is a key operational feature of the companys business plan to generate operational income and cash flows in order to make distributions to investors. In evaluating investments in real estate, management differentiates the costs to acquire the investment from the operations derived from the investment. Such information would be comparable only for non-listed REITs that have completed their acquisition activity and have other similar operating characteristics. By excluding expensed acquisition costs, management believes MFFO provides useful supplemental information that is comparable for each type of real estate investment and is consistent with managements analysis of the investing and operating performance of the companys properties. Acquisition fees and expenses include payments to the companys advisor or third parties. Acquisition fees and expenses under GAAP are considered operating expenses and as expenses included in the determination of net income and income from continuing operations, both of which are performance measures under GAAP. Such fees and expenses are paid in cash, and therefore such funds will not be available to distribute to investors. Such fees and expenses negatively impact the companys operating performance during the period in which properties are being acquired. Therefore, MFFO may not be an accurate indicator of the companys operating performance, especially during periods in which properties are being acquired. All paid and accrued acquisition fees and expenses will have negative effects on returns to investors, the potential for future distributions, and cash flows generated by the company, unless earnings from operations or net sales proceeds from the disposition of properties are generated to cover the purchase price of the property, these fees and expenses and other costs related to the property. Acquisition fees and expenses will not be reimbursed by the advisor if there are no further proceeds from the sale of shares in this offering, and therefore such fees will need to be paid from either additional debt, operational earnings or cash flows, net proceeds from the sale of properties or from ancillary cash flows.
(2) Under GAAP, certain intangibles are accounted for at cost and reviewed at least annually for impairment, and certain intangibles are assumed to diminish predictably in value over time and amortized, similar to depreciation and amortization of other real estate related assets that are excluded from FFO. However, because real estate values and market lease rates historically rise or fall with market conditions, management believes that by excluding charges relating to amortization of these intangibles, MFFO provides useful supplemental information on the performance of the real estate.
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(3) Under GAAP, rental receipts are allocated to periods using various methodologies. This may result in income recognition that is significantly different than underlying contract terms. By adjusting for these items (to reflect such payments from a GAAP accrual basis to a cash basis of disclosing the rent and lease payments), MFFO provides useful supplemental information on the realized economic impact of lease terms and debt investments, providing insight on the contractual cash flows of such lease terms and debt investments, and aligns results with managements analysis of operating performance.
(4) Management believes that adjusting for mark-to-market adjustments is appropriate because they are non-recurring items that may not be reflective of on-going operations and reflects unrealized impacts on value based only on then current market conditions, although they may be based upon current operational issues related to an individual property or industry or general market conditions. The need to reflect mark-to-market adjustments is a continuous process and is analyzed on a quarterly and/or annual basis in accordance with GAAP.
(5) Management believes that adjusting for fair value adjustments for derivatives provides useful information because such fair value adjustments are based on market fluctuations and may not be directly related or attributable to the companys operations
Market Risk
The commercial real estate debt markets are currently experience volatility as a result of certain factors, including the tightening of underwriting standards by lenders and credit rating agencies, the deteriorating market values of CMBS, the increasing levels of default by owners of mortgaged commercial properties backing the CMBS, increasing levels of commercial tenant default under mortgaged commercial properties due to current economic conditions and valuation weakness in the underlying properties generally. The volatility in the credit markets has resulted in a decrease in the availability of debt financing. When debt financing is available, lenders are demanding larger premiums. The continued decrease in the availability of debt financing and/or the continued increase in the cost of borrowing may reduce future cash flows available for distribution.
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
The market risk associated with financial instruments and derivative financial instruments is the risk of loss from adverse changes in market prices or rates. We currently do not have any long-term debt, but anticipate incurring long-term debt in the future. Our interest rate risk management objectives with respect to our long-term debt will be to limit the impact of interest rate changes in earnings and cash flows and to lower our overall borrowing costs. To achieve these objectives, from time to time, we may enter into interest rate hedge contracts such as swaps and collars in order to mitigate our interest rate risk with respect to various debt instruments. We would not hold or issue these derivative contracts for trading or speculative purposes. We may also be exposed to foreign currency fluctuations as a result of any investments in foreign operations in Europe and elsewhere internationally. From time to time we may enter into foreign currency hedge contracts to limit exposure in a net investment in a foreign operation.
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PRIOR PERFORMANCE SUMMARY
Prior Investment Programs
The information presented in this section represents the historical experience of the real estate programs managed or sponsored over the last ten years by Messrs. Schorsch and Kahane. Investors should not assume that they will experience returns, if any, comparable to those experienced by investors in such prior real estate programs. The prior performance of real estate investment programs sponsored by affiliates of Messrs. Schorsch and Kahane and our advisor may not be indicative of our future results. For an additional description of this risk, see Risk Factors Risks Related to an Investment in American Realty Capital Global Daily Net Asset Value Trust, Inc. We have no prior operating history or established financing sources, and the prior performance of real estate investment programs sponsored by affiliates of our advisor may not be an indication of our future results. The information summarized below is current as of December 31, 2011 (unless specifically stated otherwise) and is set forth in greater detail in the Prior Performance Tables included in this prospectus. In addition, we will provide upon request to us and without charge, a copy of the most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC by any public program within the last 24 months, and for a reasonable fee, a copy of the exhibits filed with such report.
We intend to conduct this offering in conjunction with future offerings by one or more public and private real estate entities sponsored by American Realty Capital and its affiliates. To the extent that such entities have the same or similar objectives as ours or involve similar or nearby properties, such entities may be in competition with the properties acquired by us. See the section entitled Conflicts of Interest in this prospectus for additional information.
Summary Information
During the period from August 2007 (inception of the first program) to December 31, 2011, affiliates of our advisor have sponsored nine public programs, of which there were five public programs that had raised funds as of December 31, 2011 and five non-public programs which had similar investment objectives to our program. From August 2007 (inception of the first public program) to December 31, 2011, our public programs, which include ARCT, NYRR, PE-ARC, ARC HT, ARC RCA, ARC Daily NAV, ARCT III, ARCP and ARCT IV and the programs consolidated into ARCT which were ARC Income Properties II and all of the Section 1031 Exchange Programs described below, had raised $2.0 billion from 47,342 investors in public offerings and an additional $37.5 million from 205 investors in a private offering by ARC Income Properties II and 45 investors in private offerings by the Section 1031 Exchange Programs. The public programs purchased 639 properties with an aggregate purchase price of $2.7 billion, including acquisition fees, in 47 states and U.S. territories.
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The following table details the percentage of properties by state based on purchase price:
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|---|---|
| State/Possession | Purchase Price |
| Alabama | 1.2 % |
| Arizona | 2.8 % |
| Arkansas | 1.4 % |
| California | 3.9 % |
| Colorado | 0.5 % |
| Connecticut | 0.1 % |
| Delaware | 0.0 % |
| Florida | 2.6 % |
| Georgia | 3.8 % |
| Idaho | 0.2 % |
| Illinois | 6.9 % |
| Indiana | 0.7 % |
| Iowa | 1.2 % |
| Kansas | 1.7 % |
| Kentucky | 2.6 % |
| Louisiana | 1.3 % |
| Maine | 0.3 % |
| Maryland | 2.5 % |
| Massachusetts | 1.3 % |
| Michigan | 3.6 % |
| Minnesota | 0.7 % |
| Mississippi | 0.6 % |
| Missouri | 4.6 % |
| Montana | 0.3 % |
| Nebraska | 1.2 % |
| Nevada | 2.2 % |
| New Hampshire | 0.5 % |
| New Jersey | 1.8 % |
| New Mexico | 0.1 % |
| New York | 15.6 % |
| North Carolina | 1.9 % |
| North Dakota | 0.1 % |
| Ohio | 7.1 % |
| Oklahoma | 0.6 % |
| Oregon | 0.2 % |
| Pennsylvania | 4.6 % |
| Puerto Rico | 0.4 % |
| South Carolina | 3.0 % |
| South Dakota | 0.1 % |
| Tennessee | 1.1 % |
| Texas | 9.9 % |
| Utah | 1.2 % |
| Vermont | 0.1 % |
| Virginia | 1.2 % |
| Washington | 0.3 % |
| West Virginia | 0.8 % |
| Wisconsin | 1.1 % |
| 100 % |
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The properties are all commercial properties in the following industries based on purchase price.
| ● | ● |
|---|---|
| Industry | Purchase Price |
| Aerospace | 0.5 % |
| Auto Retail | 1.5 % |
| Auto Services | 3.0 % |
| Consumer Goods | 0.9 % |
| Consumer Products | 2.7 % |
| Discount Retail | 6.2 % |
| Financial Services | 1.0 % |
| Freight | 13.9 % |
| Gas/Convenience | 1.9 % |
| Government Services | 3.8 % |
| Healthcare | 11.6 % |
| Home Maintenance | 3.0 % |
| Manufacturing | 4.4 % |
| Parking | 0.2 % |
| Pharmacy | 16.3 % |
| Restaurant | 3.1 % |
| Retail | 6.8 % |
| Retail Banking | 9.1 % |
| Specialty Retail | 6.5 % |
| Supermarket | 1.9 % |
| Technology | 1.2 % |
| Telecommunications | 0.5 % |
| 100.0 % |
The purchased properties were 37.2% new and 62.8% used, based on purchase price. None of the purchased properties were construction properties. As of December 31, 2011, two properties had been sold. The acquired properties were purchased with a combination of proceeds from the issuance of common stock, the issuance of convertible preferred stock, mortgage notes payable, short-term notes payable, revolving lines of credit, long-term notes payable issued in private placements and joint venture arrangements.
During the period from June 2008 (inception of the first non-public program) to December 31, 2011, our non-public programs, which were ARC Income Properties, ARC Income Properties II, ARC Income Properties III, ARC Income Properties IV and ARC Growth Fund, LLC, had raised $54.4 million from 694 investors. The non-public programs purchased 171 properties with an aggregate purchase price of $247.9 million including acquisition fees, in 18 states.
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The following table details the percentage of properties by state based on purchase price:
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|---|---|
| State location | Purchase Price % |
| Alabama | 0.1 % |
| Connecticut | 0.6 % |
| Delaware | 4.8 % |
| Florida | 11.0 % |
| Georgia | 3.5 % |
| Illinois | 6.6 % |
| Louisiana | 2.3 % |
| Michigan | 11.5 % |
| North Carolina | 0.1 % |
| New Hampshire | 0.5 % |
| New Jersey | 13.0 % |
| New York | 9.7 % |
| Ohio | 10.3 % |
| Pennsylvania | 9.5 % |
| South Carolina | 8.4 % |
| Texas | 5.0 % |
| Virginia | 1.2 % |
| Vermont | 2.2 % |
| 100 % |
The properties are all commercial single tenant facilities with 81.0% retail banking and 10.5% retail distribution facilities and 8.6% specialty retail. The purchased properties were 11.0% new and 89.0% used, based on purchase price. None of the purchased properties were construction properties. As of December 31, 2011, 53 properties had been sold. The acquired properties were purchased with a combination of equity investments, mortgage notes payable and long-term notes payable issued in private placements.
The investment objectives of these programs are similar to our investment objectives, which aim to acquire primarily net leased single tenant facilities.
For a more detailed description, please see Table VI in Part II of the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part. In addition, we will provide upon request to us and without charge, the more detailed information in Part II.
Programs of Our Sponsor
American Realty Capital Trust, Inc.
American Realty Capital Trust, Inc., or ARCT, a Maryland corporation, is the first publicly offered REIT sponsored by American Realty Capital. ARCT was incorporated on August 17, 2007, and qualified as a REIT beginning with the taxable year ended December 31, 2008. ARCT commenced its initial public offering of 150.0 million shares of common stock on January 25, 2008. As of December 31, 2011, ARCT had received aggregate gross offering proceeds of approximately $1.7 billion from the sale of approximately 171.9 million shares in its initial public offering. On August 5, 2010, ARCT filed a registration statement on Form S-11 to register 32.5 million shares of common stock in connection with a follow-on offering. ARCTs initial public offering was originally set to expire on January 25, 2011, three years after its effective date. However, as permitted by Rule 415 of the Securities Act, ARCT was permitted to continue its initial public offering until July 25, 2011. On July 7, 2011 ARCT had sold all of the 150.0 million shares that were registered in connection with the initial public offering and as permitted, began to sell the remaining 25.0 million shares that were initially registered for ARCTs distribution reinvestment plan. On July 11, 2011, ARCT filed a request to withdraw the registration of the additional 32.5 million shares, and on July 15, 2011, ARCT filed a registration statement on Form S-3 to register an additional 24.0 million shares to be used in connection with its distribution reinvestment plan. On March 1, 2012, ARCT internalized the management services previously provided by its advisor and ARCTs common stock was listed on The NASDAQ Global Select Market under
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the symbol ARCT. On March 28, 2012, ARCT concluded its modified Dutch Auction tender offer, accepting for purchase approximately 21.0 million shares of common stock at a purchase price of $10.50 per common share, for an aggregate cost of approximately $220.0 million. On March 29, 2012, ARCT voluntarily withdrew its registration statement on Form S-11 that had been filed on February 15, 2012 with the SEC to register additional shares of common stock in a follow-on offering. As of March 31, 2012, ARCT had acquired 485 properties, primarily comprised of free standing, single-tenant retail and commercial properties that are net leased to investment grade and other creditworthy tenants. As of March 31, 2012, ARCT had total real estate investments, at cost, of approximately $2.1 billion. As of December 31, 2011, ARCT had incurred, cumulatively to that date, $198.0 million in offering costs, commissions and dealer manager fees for the sale of its common stock and $43.0 million for acquisition costs related to its portfolio of properties. As of April 20, 2012, the closing price per share of common stock of ARCT was $11.06.
American Realty Capital New York Recovery REIT, Inc.
American Realty Capital New York Recovery REIT, Inc., or NYRR, a Maryland corporation, is the second publicly offered REIT sponsored by American Realty Capital. NYRR was incorporated on October 6, 2009 and qualified as a REIT beginning with the taxable year ending December 31, 2010. NYRR filed its initial registration statement with the SEC on November 12, 2009 and became effective on September 2, 2010. To date, NYRR had received aggregate gross offering proceeds of approximately $17.0 million from the sale of 2.0 million shares from a private offering to accredited investors (as defined in Regulation D as promulgated under the Securities Act). On December 15, 2011, NYRR exercised its option to convert all its outstanding preferred shares into approximately 2.0 million shares of common stock on a one-to-one basis. As of March 31, 2012, NYRR had received aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $66.9 million from the sale of 6.7 million shares in its public offering. As of March 31, 2012, there were approximately 8.8 million shares of NYRR common stock outstanding, including restricted stock, converted preferred shares, and shares issued under its distribution reinvestment plan. As of March 31, 2012, NYRR had total real estate investments, at cost, of approximately $144.9 million. As of December 31, 2011, NYRR had incurred, cumulatively to that date, approximately $12.6 million in selling commissions, dealer manager fees and other offering costs for the sale of its common stock.
Phillips Edison ARC Shopping Center REIT Inc.
Phillips Edison ARC Shopping Center REIT Inc., or PE-ARC, a Maryland corporation, is the third publicly offered REIT sponsored by American Realty Capital. PE-ARC was incorporated on October 13, 2009 and qualified as a REIT beginning with the taxable year ending December 31, 2010. PE-ARC filed its registration statement with the SEC on January 13, 2010 and became effective on August 12, 2010. PE-ARC invests primarily in necessity-based neighborhood and community shopping centers throughout the United States with a focus on well-located grocery-anchored shopping centers that are well occupied at the time of purchase and typically cost less than $20.0 million per property. As of March 31, 2012, PE-ARC had received aggregate gross offering proceeds of $36.6 million from the sale of 3.8 million shares of common stock in its public offering. As of March 31, 2012, PE-ARC had acquired nine properties and had total real estate investments at cost of $88.5 million, all held through a 54% owned joint venture. As of December 31, 2011, PE-ARC had incurred, cumulatively to that date, approximately $8.5 million in offering costs for the sale of its common stock and $2.1 million for acquisition costs related to its portfolio of properties.
American Realty Capital Healthcare Trust, Inc.
American Realty Capital Healthcare Trust, Inc. or ARC HT, a Maryland corporation, is the fourth publicly offered REIT sponsored by American Realty Capital. ARC HT was organized on August 23, 2010 and qualified as a REIT beginning with the taxable year ending December 31, 2011. ARC HT filed its registration statement with the SEC on August 27, 2010 and became effective on February 18, 2011. As of March 31, 2012, ARC HT had received aggregate gross offering proceeds of approximately $132.3 million from the sale of approximately 13.3 million shares in its public offering. As of March 31, 2012, ARC HT had acquired 17 commercial properties, for a purchase price of approximately $195.3 million. As of December 31, 2011, ARC HT had incurred, cumulatively to that date, approximately $12.3 million in offering costs for the sale of its common stock and $3.4 million for acquisition costs related to its portfolio of properties.
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American Realty Capital Retail Centers of America, Inc.
American Realty Capital Retail Centers of America, Inc., or ARC RCA, a Maryland corporation, is the fifth publicly offered REIT sponsored by American Realty Capital. ARC RCA was organized on July 29, 2010 and intends to qualify as a REIT beginning with the taxable year ending December 31, 2012. ARC RCA filed its registration statement with the SEC on September 14, 2010 and became effective on March 17, 2011. As of March 31, 2012, ARC RCA had received aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $2.4 million from the sale of 0.3 million shares in its public offering, but had not acquired any properties.
American Realty Capital Daily Net Asset Value Trust, Inc.
American Realty Capital Daily Net Asset Value Trust, Inc. (formerly known as American Realty Capital Trust II, Inc.), or ARC Daily NAV, a Maryland corporation, is the sixth publicly offered REIT sponsored by American Realty Capital. ARC Daily NAV was incorporated on September 10, 2010 and intends to qualify as a REIT beginning with the taxable year ending December 31, 2012. ARC Daily NAV filed its registration statement with the SEC on October 8, 2010 and became effective on August 15, 2011. As of March 31, 2012, ARC Daily NAV had received aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $2.4 million from the sale of 0.3 million shares in its public offering. As of March 31, 2012 ARC Daily NAV had acquired five properties with total real estate investments, at cost, of approximately $23.2 million.
American Realty Capital Trust III, Inc.
American Realty Capital Trust III, Inc., or ARCT III, a Maryland corporation, is the seventh publicly offered REIT sponsored by American Realty Capital. ARCT III was incorporated on October 15, 2010 and qualified as a REIT beginning with the taxable year ending December 31, 2011. ARCT III filed its registration statement with the SEC on November 2, 2010 and became effective on March 31, 2011. As of March 31, 2012, ARCT III had received aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $318.2 million from the sale of 32.0 million shares in its public offering. As of March 31, 2012, ARCT III owned 93 single tenant, free standing properties and had total real estate investments, at cost, of $268.2 million. As of December 31, 2011, ARCT III had incurred, cumulatively to that date, approximately $15.9 million in offering costs for the sale of its common stock and approximately $2.0 million for acquisition costs related to its portfolio of properties.
American Realty Capital Properties, Inc.
American Realty Capital Properties, Inc., or ARCP, a Maryland corporation, is the eighth publicly offered REIT sponsored by American Realty Capital. ARCP was incorporated on December 2, 2010 and qualified as a REIT beginning with the taxable year ending December 31, 2011. ARCP filed its registration statement with the SEC on February 11, 2011 and became effective by the SEC on July 7, 2011. On September 6, 2011, ARCP completed its initial public offering of approximately 5.6 million shares of common stock. ARCPs common stock is traded on The NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol ARCP. On September 22, 2011, ARCP filed its registration statement with the SEC in connection with an underwritten follow-on offering of 1.5 million shares of its common stock. On November 2, 2011, ARCP completed its secondary offering of 1.5 million shares of common stock. In addition, on November 7, 2011, ARCP closed on the underwriters overallotment option of an additional 0.1 million shares of common stock. In aggregate, ARCP has received $83.9 million of proceeds from the sale of common stock. As of March 31, 2012, ARCP owned 92 single tenant, free standing properties and real estate investments, at a purchase price of approximately $157.3 million. On April 20, 2012, the closing price per share of common stock of ARCP was $11.00.
American Realty Capital Trust IV, Inc.
American Realty Capital Trust IV, Inc., or ARCT IV, a Maryland corporation, is the tenth publicly offered REIT sponsored by American Realty Capital. ARCT IV was incorporated on February 14, 2012 and intends to qualify as a REIT beginning with the taxable year ending December 31, 2012. ARCT IV filed its registration statement with the SEC on March 21, 2012, which has not yet been declared effective. As of March 31, 2012, ARCT IV had not raised any money in connection with the sale of its common stock nor had it acquired any properties.
Business Development Corporation of America
The American Realty Capital group of companies also has sponsored Business Development Corporation of America. or Business Development Corporation, a Maryland corporation. Business Development
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Corporation was organized on May 5, 2010 and is a publicly offered specialty finance company which has elected to be treated as a business development company under the Investment Company Act of 1940. As of March 31, 2012, Business Development Corporation had raised gross proceeds of $26.9 million from the sale of 2.7 million shares in its public offering. As of March 31, 2012, Business Development Corporations investments, at cost, were $32.8 million.
Liquidity of Public Programs
FINRA Rule 2310(b)(3)(D) requires that we disclose the liquidity of prior public programs sponsored by American Realty Capital, our sponsor. American Realty Capital has sponsored the following other public programs: ARCT, NYRR, PE-ARC, ARC HT, ARC RCA, ARC Daily NAV, ARCT III, ARCP, ARCT IV and Business Development Corporation. Although the prospectus for each of these public programs states a date or time period by which it may be liquidated, NYRR, PE-ARC, ARC HT, ARC RCA, ARC Daily NAV, ARCT III and Business Development Corporation are in their offering and acquisition stages. On March 1, 2012, ARCT internalized the management services previously provided by its advisor and ARCTs common stock was listed on The NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol ARCT. ARCP closed its initial offering and secondary offering and is in its acquisition stage. Neither ARC Global Daily NAV nor ARCT IV has yet been declared effective. Other than ARCT, of these public programs have reached the stated date or time period by which they may be liquidated.
Private Note Programs
ARC Income Properties, LLC implemented a note program that raised aggregate gross proceeds of $19.5 million. The net proceeds were used to acquire, and pay related expenses in connection with, a portfolio of 65 bank branch properties triple-net leased to RBS Citizens, N.A. and Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania. The purchase price for those bank branch properties also was funded with proceeds received from mortgage loans, as well as equity capital invested by AR Capital, LLC. Such properties contain approximately 323,000 square feet with a purchase price of approximately $98.8 million. The properties are triple-net leased for a primary term of five years and include extension provisions. The notes issued under this note program by ARC Income Properties, LLC were sold by our dealer manager through participating broker-dealers. On September 7, 2011, the note holders were repaid, the properties were contributed to ARCP as part of its formation transaction, and the mortgage loans were repaid.
ARC Income Properties II, LLC implemented a note program that raised aggregate gross proceeds of $13.0 million. The net proceeds were used to acquire, and pay related expenses in connection with, a portfolio of 50 bank branch properties triple-net leased to PNC Bank. The purchase price for those bank branch properties also was funded with proceeds received from a mortgage loan, as well as equity capital raised by ARCT in connection with its public offering of equity securities. The properties are triple-net leased with a primary term of ten years with a 10% rent increase after five years. The notes issued under this note program by ARC Income Properties II, LLC were sold by our dealer manager through participating broker-dealers. In May 2011, the notes were repaid in full including accrued interest and the program was closed.
ARC Income Properties III, LLC implemented a note program that raised aggregate gross proceeds of $11.2 million. The net proceeds were used to acquire, and pay related expenses in connection with the acquisition of a distribution facility triple-net leased to Home Depot. The purchase price for the property was also funded with proceeds received from a mortgage loan. The property has a primary lease term of twenty years which commenced on January 30, 2010 with a 2% escalation each year. The notes issued under this note program by ARC Income Properties III, LLC were sold by our dealer manager through participating broker-dealers. On September 7, 2011, the note holders were repaid and the property was contributed to ARCP as part of its formation transaction.
ARC Income Properties IV, LLC implemented a note program that raised proceeds of $5.4 million. The proceeds were used to acquire and pay related expenses in connection with the acquisition of six Tractor Supply stores. An existing mortgage loan of $16.5 million was assumed in connection with the acquisition. The properties had a remaining average lease term of 11.8 years with a 6.25% rental escalation every 5 years. The notes issued under this program by ARC Income Properties IV, LLC were sold by our dealer manager through participating broker-dealers.
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ARC Growth Fund, LLC
ARC Growth Fund, LLC is a non-public real estate program formed to acquire vacant bank branch properties and opportunistically sell such properties, either vacant or subsequent to leasing the bank branch to a financial institution or other third-party tenant. Total gross proceeds of approximately $7.9 million were used to acquire, and pay related expenses in connection with, a portfolio of vacant bank branches. The purchase price of the properties also was funded with proceeds received from a one-year revolving warehouse facility. The purchase price for each bank branch is derived from a formulated price contract entered into with a financial institution. During the period from July 2008 to January 2009, ARC Growth Fund, LLC acquired 54 vacant bank branches from Wachovia Bank, N.A., under nine separate transactions. Such properties contain approximately 230,000 square feet with a gross purchase price of approximately $63.6 million. As of December 31, 2010, all properties were sold, 28 of which were acquired and simultaneously sold, resulting in an aggregate gain of approximately $4.8 million.
Section 1031 Exchange Programs
American Realty Capital Exchange, LLC, or ARCX, an affiliate of American Realty Capital, developed a program pursuant to which persons selling real estate held for investment can reinvest the proceeds of that sale in another real estate investment in an effort to obtain favorable tax treatment under Section 1031 of the Code, or a Section 1031 Exchange Program. ARCX acquires real estate to be owned in co-tenancy arrangements with persons desiring to engage in such like-kind exchanges. ARCX acquires the subject property or portfolio of properties and, either concurrently with or following such acquisition, prepares and markets a private placement memorandum for the sale of co-tenancy interests in that property. ARCX has engaged in four Section 1031 Exchange Programs raising aggregate gross proceeds of $10.1 million.
American Realty Capital Operating Partnership, L.P. purchased a Walgreens property in Sealy, TX under a tenant in common structure with an unaffiliated third party, a Section 1031 Exchange Program. The third partys investment of $1.1 million represented a 44.0% ownership interest in the property. The remaining interest of 56% will be retained by American Realty Capital Operating Partnership, L.P. To date, $1.1 million has been accepted by American Realty Capital Operating Partnership, L.P. pursuant to this program.
American Realty Capital Operating Partnership, L.P., an affiliate of American Realty Capital, previously had transferred 49% of its ownership interest in a Federal Express distribution facility, located in Snowshoe, Pennsylvania, and a PNC Bank branch, located in Palm Coast, Florida, to American Realty Capital DST I, or ARC DST I, a Section 1031 Exchange Program. Realty Capital Securities, LLC, our dealer manager, has offered membership interests of up to 49%, or $2.6 million, in ARC DST I to investors in a private offering. The remaining interests of no less than 51% will be retained by American Realty Capital Operating Partnership, L.P. To date, cash payments of $2.6 million have been accepted by American Realty Capital Operating Partnership, L.P. pursuant to this program.
American Realty Capital Operating Partnership, L.P. also has transferred 35.2% of its ownership interest in a PNC Bank branch location, located in Pompano Beach, Florida, to American Realty Capital DST II, or ARC DST II, a Section 1031 Exchange Program. Realty Capital Securities, our dealer manager, has offered membership interests of 35.2%, or $0.5 million, in ARC DST II to investors in a private offering. The remaining interests of no less than 64.8% will be retained by American Realty Capital Operating Partnership, L.P. To date, cash payments of $0.5 million have been accepted by American Realty Capital Operating Partnership, L.P pursuant to this program.
American Realty Capital Operating Partnership, L.P. also has transferred 49% of its ownership interest in three CVS properties, located in Smyrna, Georgia, Chicago, Illinois and Visalia, California, to American Realty Capital DST III, or ARC DST III, a Section 1031 Exchange Program. Realty Capital Securities, our dealer manager, has offered membership interests of up to 49%, or $3.1 million, in ARC DST III to investors in a private offering. The remaining interests of no less than 51% will be retained by American Realty Capital Operating Partnership, L.P. To date, cash payments of $3.1 million have been accepted by American Realty Capital Operating Partnership, L.P. pursuant to this program.
American Realty Capital Operating Partnership, L.P. has transferred 49% of its ownership interest in six Bridgestone Firestone properties, located in Texas and New Mexico, to American Realty Capital DST IV,
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or ARC DST IV, a Section 1031 Exchange Program. Realty Capital Securities, our dealer manager, has offered membership interests of up to 49%, or $7.3 million, in ARC DST IV to investors in a private offering. The remaining interests of no less than 51% will be retained by American Realty Capital Operating Partnership, L.P. To date, cash payments of $7.3 million had been accepted by American Realty Capital Operating Partnership, L.P. pursuant to this program. American Realty Capital Operating Partnership, L.P. also has sold 24.9% of its ownership interest in a Jared Jewelry property located in Lake Grove, NY, under a tenant-in-common structure with an affiliated third party. The remaining interest of 75.1% will be retained by American Realty Capital Operating Partnership, L.P. To date cash payments of $0.6 million has been accepted by American Realty Capital Operating Partnership, L.P. pursuant to this program.
Other Investment Programs of Mr. Schorsch and Mr. Kahane
American Realty Capital, LLC
American Realty Capital, LLC began acquiring properties in December 2006. During the period of January 1, 2007 to December 31, 2007 American Realty Capital, LLC acquired 73 property portfolios, totaling just over 1,767,000 gross leasable square feet for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $407.5 million. These properties included a mixture of tenants, including Hy Vee supermarkets, CVS, Rite Aid, Walgreens, Harleysville bank branches, Logans Roadhouse Restaurants, Tractor Supply Company, Shop N Save, FedEx, Dollar General and Bridgestone Firestone. The underlying leases within these acquisitions ranged from 10 to 25 years before any tenant termination rights, with a dollar-weighted-average lease term of approximately 21 years based on rental revenue. During the period of April 1, 2007 through October 20, 2009, American Realty Capital, LLC sold nine properties: four Walgreens drug stores, four Logans Roadhouse Restaurants and one CVS pharmacy for total sales proceeds of $50.2 million.
American Realty Capital, LLC has operated in three capacities: as a joint-venture partner, as a sole investor and as an advisor. No money was raised from investors in connection with the properties acquired by American Realty Capital, LLC. All American Realty Capital, LLC transactions were done with the equity of the principals or joint-venture partners of American Realty Capital, LLC.
In instances where American Realty Capital, LLC was not an investor in the transaction, but rather solely an advisor, American Realty Capital, LLC typically performed the following advisory services:
identified potential properties for acquisition;
negotiated letters of intent and purchase and sale contracts;
obtained financing;
performed due diligence;
closed properties;
managed properties; and
sold properties.
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Nicholas S. Schorsch
During the period from 1998 to 2002, one of the principals of our sponsor, Nicholas S. Schorsch, sponsored seven private programs, consisting of First States Properties, L.P., First States Partners, L.P., First States Partners II, First States Partners III, First States Holdings, Chester Court Realty and Dresher Court Realty, which raised approximately $38.3 million from 93 investors and acquired properties with an aggregate purchase price of approximately $272.3 million. These private programs, or Predecessor Entities, financed their investments with investor equity and institutional first mortgages. These properties are located throughout the United States as indicated in the table below. Ninety-four percent of the properties acquired were bank branches and 6% of the properties acquired were office buildings. None of the properties included in the aforesaid figures were newly constructed. Each of these Predecessor Entities is similar to our program because they invested in long-term net lease commercial properties. The Predecessor Entities properties are located as follows:
| ● | ● | ● |
|---|---|---|
| State | No. of Properties | Square Feet |
| Pennsylvania | 34 | 1,193,741 |
| New Jersey | 38 | 149,351 |
| South Carolina | 3 | 65,992 |
| Kansas | 1 | 17,434 |
| Florida | 4 | 16,202 |
| Oklahoma | 2 | 13,837 |
| Missouri | 1 | 9,660 |
| Arkansas | 4 | 8,139 |
| North Carolina | 2 | 7,612 |
| Texas | 1 | 6,700 |
Attached hereto as Appendix A-1 is further prior performance information on Nicholas S. Schorsch.
American Financial Realty Trust
In 2002, American Financial Realty Trust, or AFRT, was founded by Nicholas S. Schorsch. In September and October 2002, AFRT sold approximately 40.8 million shares of common stock in a Rule 144A private placement. These sales resulted in aggregate net proceeds of approximately $378.6 million. Simultaneous with the sale of such shares, AFRT acquired certain real estate assets from a predecessor entity for an aggregate purchase price of $230.5 million, including the assumption of indebtedness, consisting of a portfolio of 87 bank branches and six office buildings containing approximately 1.5 million rentable square feet. Mr. Schorsch was the president, chief executive officer and vice-chairman of AFRT from its inception as a REIT in September 2002 until August 2006. Mr. Kahane was the chairman of the Finance Committee of AFRTs Board of Trustees from its inception as a REIT in September 2002 until August 2006. AFRT went public on the New York Stock Exchange in June 2003 in what was at the time the second largest REIT initial public offering in U.S. history, raising over $800 million. Three years following its initial public offering, AFRT was an industry leader, acquiring over $4.3 billion in assets, over 1,110 properties (net of dispositions) in more than 37 states and over 35.0 million square feet with 175 employees and a well diversified portfolio of bank tenants. On April 1, 2008 AFRT was acquired by Gramercy Capital Corp. Neither Mr. Schorsch nor Mr. Kahane owned any equity interest in AFRT at the time of the acquisition, and neither Mr. Schorsch nor Mr. Kahane currently owns an equity interest in AFRT.
Adverse Business Developments and Conditions
The net losses incurred by ARCT, NYRR, ARC Income Properties, LLC, ARC Income Properties II, LLC, ARC Income Properties III, LLC and ARC Income Properties IV, LLC are primarily attributable to non-cash items and acquisition expenses incurred for the purchases of properties which are not ongoing expenses for the operation of the properties and not the impairment of the programs real estate assets. With respect to ARCT, our largest program to date, for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009, the entire net loss was attributable to depreciation and amortization expenses incurred on the properties during the ownership period; and for the year ended December 31, 2008, 71% of the net losses were attributable to depreciation and amortization, and the remaining 29% of the net losses was attributable to the fair market valuation of certain derivative investments held.
Additionally, each of ARC Income Properties, LLC, ARC Income Properties II, LLC, ARC Income Properties III, LLC and ARC Income Properties IV, LLC is an offering of debt securities. Despite incurring
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net losses during certain periods, all anticipated distributions to investors have been paid on these programs through interest payments on the debt securities. The equity interests in each of these entities are owned by Nicholas Schorsch and William Kahane and their respective families. Any losses pursuant to a reduction in value of the equity in any of these entities (which has not occurred and which is not anticipated), will be borne by Messrs. Schorsch and Kahane and their respective families. On September 7, 2011, the note holders in ARC Income Properties, LLC and ARC Income Properties III, LLC were repaid and the properties were contributed to ARCP as part of its formation transaction. Additionally, the mortgage loans in ARC Income Properties, LLC were repaid.
Since its inception, ARCT has paid distributions through a combination of cash flows from operations, proceeds from the sale of common stock and the issuance of shares in accordance with the distribution reinvestment plan. Distributions paid from cash flows from operations, excluding distributions paid in shares, for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 were 100.0%, 79.1%, 84.8% and 94.1%, respectively. Cumulative to date as of December 31, 2011, 89.5% of distributions paid in cash were paid from cash flows from operations with the remaining 10.5% paid from the issuance of new shares.
ARC Growth Fund, LLC was different from our other programs in that all of the properties were vacant when the portfolio was purchased and the properties were purchased with the intention of reselling them. Losses from operations represent carrying costs on the properties as well as acquisition and disposition costs in addition to non-cash depreciation and amortization costs. Upon final distribution in 2010, all investors received their entire investment plus an incremental return based on a percentage of their initial investment and the Sponsor retained the remaining available funds and four properties which were unsold at the end of the program.
None of the referenced programs have been subject to any tenant turnover and have experienced a non-renewal of only two leases. Further, none of the referenced programs have been subject to mortgage foreclosure or significant losses on the sales of properties.
Attached hereto as Appendices A-1 and A-2 are further prior performance information on AFRT and Nicholas S. Schorsch, respectively.
Other than as disclosed above, there have been no major adverse business developments or conditions experienced by any program or non-program property that would be material to investors, including as a result of recent general economic conditions.
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MATERIAL U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS
The following summary discusses the material U.S. federal income tax considerations associated with our qualification and taxation as a REIT and the acquisition, ownership and disposition of our shares of common stock. This summary is based upon the laws, regulations, and reported judicial and administrative rulings and decisions in effect as of the date of this prospectus, all of which are subject to change, retroactively or prospectively, and to possibly differing interpretations. This summary does not purport to deal with the U.S. federal income and other tax consequences applicable to all investors in light of their particular investment or other circumstances, or to all categories of investors, some of whom may be subject to special rules (for example, insurance companies, entities treated as partnerships for U.S. federal income tax purposes and investors therein, trusts, financial institutions and broker dealers and, except to the extent discussed below, tax-exempt organizations and Non-U.S. Stockholders, as defined below). No ruling on the U.S. federal, state, or local tax considerations relevant to our operation or to the purchase, ownership or disposition of our shares, has been requested from the IRS or other tax authority. No assurance can be given that the IRS would not assert, or that a court would not sustain, a position contrary to any of the tax consequences described below.
This summary is also based upon the assumption that the operation of the company, and of its subsidiaries and other lower-tier and affiliated entities, will in each case be in accordance with its applicable organizational documents or partnership agreements. This summary does not discuss the impact that U.S. state and local taxes and taxes imposed by non U.S. jurisdictions could have on the matters discussed in this summary. In addition, this summary assumes that security holders hold our common stock as a capital asset, which generally means as property held for investment.
Prospective investors are urged to consult their tax advisors in order to determine the U.S. federal, state, local, foreign and other tax consequences to them of the purchase, ownership and disposition of our shares, the tax treatment of a REIT and the effect of potential changes in the applicable tax laws.
We intend to elect and qualify to be taxed as a REIT under the applicable provisions of the Code and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder commencing with our taxable year ending December 31, 2012. Furthermore, we intend to continue operating as a REIT so long as our board determines that REIT qualification remains in our best interest. However, we cannot assure you that we will meet the applicable requirements under U.S. federal income tax laws, which are highly technical and complex.
In brief, a corporation that complies with the provisions in Code Sections 856 through 860, and qualifies as a REIT generally is not taxed on its net taxable income to the extent such income is currently distributed to stockholders, thereby completely or substantially eliminating the double taxation that a corporation and its stockholders generally bear together. However, as discussed in greater detail below, a corporation could be subject to U.S. federal income tax in some circumstances even if it qualifies as a REIT and would likely suffer adverse consequences, including reduced cash available for distribution to its stockholders, if it failed to qualify as a REIT.
Proskauer Rose LLP has acted as our tax counsel in connection with this registration statement. Proskauer Rose LLP is of the opinion that (i) commencing with our taxable year ending December 31, 2012, we will be organized in conformity with the requirements for qualification as a REIT under the Code and our proposed method of operation will enable us to meet the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT under the Code, and (ii) our operating partnership will be taxed as a partnership or a disregarded entity and not an association or publicly traded partnership (within the meaning of Code Section 7704) subject to tax as a corporation, for U.S. federal income tax purposes beginning with its first taxable year. This opinion is filed as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part, and is based and conditioned, in part, on various assumptions and representations as to factual matters and covenants made to Proskauer Rose LLP by us and based upon certain terms and conditions set forth in the opinion. Our qualification as a REIT depends upon our ability to meet, through operation of the properties we acquire and our investment in other assets, the applicable requirements under U.S. federal income tax laws. Proskauer Rose LLP has not reviewed these operating results for compliance with the applicable requirements under U.S. federal income tax laws. Therefore, we cannot assure you that our actual operating results allow us to satisfy the applicable requirements to qualify as a REIT under U.S. federal income tax laws in any taxable year.
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General
The term REIT taxable income means the taxable income as computed for a corporation which is not a REIT:
without the deductions allowed by Code Sections 241 through 247, and 249 (relating generally to the deduction for dividends received);
excluding amounts equal to: the net income from foreclosure property and the net income derived from prohibited transactions;
deducting amounts equal to: the net loss from foreclosure property, the net loss derived from prohibited transactions, the tax imposed by Code Section 857(b)(5) upon a failure to meet the 95% or the 75% gross income tests, the tax imposed by Code Section 856(c)(7)(C) upon a failure to meet the quarterly asset tests, the tax imposed by Code Section 856(g)(5) for otherwise avoiding REIT disqualification, and the tax imposed by Code Section 857(b)(7) on redetermined rents, redetermined deductions and excess interest;
deducting the amount of dividends paid under Code Section 561, computed without regard to the amount of the net income from foreclosure property (which is excluded from REIT taxable income); and
without regard to any change of annual accounting period pursuant to Code Section 443(b).
In any year in which we qualify as a REIT and have a valid election in place, we will claim deductions for the dividends we pay to the stockholders, and therefore will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax on that portion of our taxable income or capital gain which is distributed to our stockholders.
Although we can eliminate or substantially reduce our U.S. federal income tax liability by maintaining our REIT qualification and paying sufficient dividends, we will be subject to U.S. federal tax in the following circumstances:
We will be taxed at normal corporate rates on any undistributed REIT taxable income or net capital gain.
If we fail to satisfy either the 95% Gross Income Test or the 75% Gross Income Test (each of which is described below), but our failure is due to reasonable cause and not willful neglect, and we therefore maintain our REIT qualification, we will be subject to a tax equal to the product of (a) the amount by which we failed the 75% or 95% Gross Income Test (whichever amount is greater) multiplied by (b) a fraction intended to reflect our profitability.
We will be subject to an excise tax if we fail to currently distribute sufficient income. In order to make the required distribution with respect to a calendar year, we must distribute the sum of (1) 85% of our REIT ordinary income for the calendar year, (2) 95% of our REIT capital gain net income for the calendar year, and (3) the excess, if any, of the grossed up required distribution (as defined in the Code) for the preceding calendar year over the distributed amount for that preceding calendar year. Any excise tax liability would be equal to 4% of the difference between the amount required to be distributed under this formula and the amount actually distributed and would not be deductible by us.
We may be subject to the corporate alternative minimum tax on our items of tax preference, including any deductions of net operating losses.
If we have net income from prohibited transactions such income would be subject to a 100% tax. See REIT Qualification Tests Prohibited Transactions.
We will be subject to U.S. federal income tax at the highest corporate rate on any non-qualifying income from foreclosure property, although we will not own any foreclosure property unless we make loans or accept purchase money notes secured by interests in real property and foreclose on the property following a default on the loan, or foreclose on property pursuant to a default on a lease.
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If we fail to satisfy any of the REIT asset tests, as described below, other than a failure of the 5% or 10% REIT assets tests that does not exceed a statutory de minimis amount as described more fully below, but our failure is due to reasonable cause and not due to willful neglect and we nonetheless maintain our REIT qualification because of specified cure provisions, we will be required to pay a tax equal to the greater of $50,000 or the amount determined by multiplying the highest corporate tax rate (currently 35%) by the net income generated by the non qualifying assets during the period in which we failed to satisfy the asset tests.
If we fail to satisfy any other provision of the Code that would result in our failure to qualify as a REIT (other than a gross income or asset test requirement) and that violation is due to reasonable cause, we may retain our REIT qualification, but we will be required to pay a penalty of $50,000 for each such failure.
We may be required to pay monetary penalties to the IRS in certain circumstances, including if we fail to meet record-keeping requirements intended to monitor our compliance with rules relating to the composition of our stockholders. Such penalties generally would not be deductible by us.
If we acquire any asset from a corporation that is subject to full corporate-level U.S. federal income tax in a transaction in which our basis in the asset is determined by reference to the transferor corporations basis in the asset, and we recognize gain on the disposition of such an asset for up to a 10-year period beginning on the date we acquired such asset, then the excess of the fair market value as of the beginning of the applicable recognition period over our adjusted basis in such asset at the beginning of such recognition period will be subject to U.S. federal income tax at the highest regular corporate U.S. federal income tax rate. The results described in this paragraph assume that the non REIT corporation will not elect, in lieu of this treatment, to be subject to an immediate tax when the asset is acquired by us.
A 100% tax may be imposed on transactions between us and a taxable REIT subsidiary that do not reflect arms-length terms.
The earnings of our subsidiaries that are C corporations, including any subsidiary we may elect to treat as a taxable REIT subsidiary will generally be subject to U.S. federal corporate income tax.
We may elect to retain and pay income tax on our net capital gain. In that case, a stockholder would include his, her or its proportionate share of our undistributed net capital gain (to the extent we make a timely designation of such gain to the stockholder) in his, her or its income as long-term capital gain, would be deemed to have paid the tax that we paid on such gain, and would be allowed a credit for his, her or its proportionate share of the tax deemed to have been paid, and an adjustment would be made to increase the stockholders basis in our common stock. Stockholders that are U.S. corporations will also appropriately adjust their earnings and profits for the retained capital gain in accordance with Treasury Regulations to be promulgated.
In addition, notwithstanding our qualification as a REIT, we and our subsidiaries may be subject to a variety of taxes, including state and local and foreign income, property, payroll and other taxes on our assets and operations. We could also be subject to tax in situations and on transactions not presently contemplated.
REIT Qualification Tests
Organizational Requirements . The Code defines a REIT as a corporation, trust or association:
that is managed by one or more trustees or directors;
the beneficial ownership of which is evidenced by transferable shares or by transferable certificates of beneficial interest;
that would be taxable as a domestic corporation but for its qualification as a REIT;
that is neither a financial institution nor an insurance company;
that meets the gross income, asset and annual distribution requirements;
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the beneficial ownership of which is held by 100 or more persons on at least 335 days in each full taxable year, proportionately adjusted for a short taxable year;
generally in which, at any time during the last half of each taxable year, no more than 50% in value of the outstanding stock is owned, directly or indirectly, by five or fewer individuals (as defined in the Code to include specified entities);
that makes an election to be taxable as a REIT for the current taxable year, or has made this election for a previous taxable year, which election has not been revoked or terminated, and satisfies all relevant filing and other administrative requirements established by the IRS that must be met to maintain qualification as a REIT; and
that uses a calendar year for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
The first five organizational requirements must be met during each taxable year for which REIT qualification is sought, while the sixth and seventh conditions do not have to be met until after the first taxable year for which a REIT election is made. We intend to adopt December 31 as our year end, thereby satisfying the last condition.
Ownership of Interests in Partnerships, Limited Liability Companies and Qualified REIT Subsidiaries . A REIT that is a partner in a partnership or a member in a limited liability company treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes, will be deemed to own its proportionate share of the assets of the partnership or limited liability company, as the case may be, based on its interest in partnership capital, and will be deemed to be entitled to its proportionate share of the income of that entity. The assets and gross income of the partnership or limited liability company retain the same character in the hands of the REIT. Thus, our pro rata share of the assets and items of income of any partnership or limited liability company treated as a partnership or disregarded entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes in which we own an interest is treated as our assets and items of income for purposes of Asset Tests and Gross Income Tests (each as defined below).
We expect to control our subsidiary partnerships and limited liability companies and intend to operate them in a manner consistent with the requirements for our qualification as a REIT. If we become a limited partner or non-managing member in any partnership or limited liability company and such entity takes or expects to take actions that could jeopardize our qualification as a REIT or require us to pay tax, we may be forced to dispose of our interest in such entity. In addition, it is possible that a partnership or limited liability company could take an action which could cause us to fail a Gross Income Test or Asset Test (each as defined below), and that we would not become aware of such action in time to dispose of our interest in the partnership or limited liability company or take other corrective action on a timely basis. In that case, we could fail to qualify as a REIT unless we were entitled to relief, as described below.
We may from time to time own certain assets through subsidiaries that we intend to be treated as qualified REIT subsidiaries. A corporation will qualify as our qualified REIT subsidiary if we own 100% of the corporations outstanding stock and do not elect with the subsidiary to treat it as a taxable REIT subsidiary, as described below. A qualified REIT subsidiary is not treated as a separate corporation, and all assets, liabilities and items of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit of a qualified REIT subsidiary are treated as assets, liabilities and items of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit of the parent REIT for purposes of the Asset Tests and Gross Income Tests (each as defined below). A qualified REIT subsidiary is not subject to U.S. federal income tax, but may be subject to state or local tax, and our ownership of the stock of a qualified REIT subsidiary will not violate the restrictions on ownership of securities, as described below under Asset Tests. Although we expect to hold all of our investments through the operating partnership, we also may hold investments separately, through qualified REIT subsidiaries. Because a qualified REIT subsidiary must be wholly owned by a REIT, any such subsidiary utilized by us would have to be owned by us, or another qualified REIT subsidiary, and could not be owned by the operating partnership unless we own 100% of the equality interest in the operating partnership.
If a disregarded subsidiary ceases to be wholly owned by us (for example, if any equity interest in the subsidiary is acquired by a person other than us or another one of our disregarded subsidiaries), the subsidiarys separate existence would no longer be disregarded for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Instead,
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it would have multiple owners and would be treated as either a partnership or a taxable corporation. Such an event could, depending on the circumstances, adversely affect our ability to satisfy the Asset and Gross Income Tests, including the requirement that REITs generally may not own, directly or indirectly, more than 10% of the value or voting power of the outstanding securities of another corporation. See Asset Tests and Income Tests.
Ownership of Interests in taxable REIT subsidiaries . We may own an interest in one or more taxable REIT subsidiary and may acquire securities in additional taxable REIT subsidiaries in the future. A taxable REIT subsidiary is a corporation other than a REIT in which a REIT directly or indirectly holds stock, and that has made a joint election with such REIT to be treated as a taxable REIT subsidiary. If a taxable REIT subsidiary owns more than 35% of the total voting power or value of the outstanding securities of another corporation, such other corporation will also be treated as a taxable REIT subsidiary. Other than some activities relating to lodging and health care facilities, a taxable REIT subsidiary generally may engage in any business, including investing in assets and engaging in activities that could not be held or conducted directly by us without jeopardizing our qualification as a REIT.
A taxable REIT subsidiary is subject to U.S. federal income tax as a regular C corporation. In addition, if certain tests regarding the taxable REIT subsidiarys debt-to-equity ratio are not satisfied, a taxable REIT subsidiary generally may not deduct interest payments made in any year to an affiliated REIT to the extent that such payments exceed 50% of the taxable REIT subsidiarys adjusted taxable income for that year (although the taxable REIT subsidiary may carry forward to, and deduct in, a succeeding year the disallowed interest amount if the 50% test is satisfied in that year). A REITs ownership of securities of a taxable REIT subsidiary is not subject to the 5% or 10% asset tests described below. However, no more than 25% of the gross value of a REITs assets may be comprised of securities of one or more taxable REIT subsidiaries. See Asset Tests.
Share Ownership Requirements.
The common stock and any other stock we issue must be held by a minimum of 100 persons (determined without attribution to the owners of any entity owning our stock) for at least 335 days in each full taxable year, proportionately adjusted for partial taxable years. In addition, we cannot be closely held, which means that at all times during the second half of each taxable year, no more than 50% in value of our stock may be owned, directly or indirectly, by five or fewer individuals (determined by applying certain attribution rules under the Code to the owners of any entity owning our stock) as specifically defined for this purpose. However, these two requirements do not apply until after the first taxable year an entity elects REIT status.
Our charter contains certain provisions intended, among other purposes, to enable us to meet the sixth and seventh requirement above. First, subject to certain exceptions, our charter provides that no person may beneficially or constructively own (applying certain attribution rules under the Code) more than 9.8% in value of the aggregate of the outstanding shares of our stock or more than 9.8% (in value or in number of shares, whichever is more restrictive) of any class or series of shares of our stock, as well as in certain other circumstances. See the section entitled Description of Securities Restrictions on Ownership and Transfer in this prospectus. Additionally, our charter contains provisions requiring each holder of our shares to disclose, upon demand, constructive or beneficial ownership of shares as deemed necessary to comply with the requirements of the Code. Furthermore, stockholders failing or refusing to comply with our disclosure request will be required, under Treasury Regulations promulgated under the Code, to submit a statement of such information to the IRS at the time of filing their annual income tax returns for the year in which the request was made.
Asset Tests
At the close of each calendar quarter of the taxable year, we must satisfy four tests based on the composition of our assets, or the Asset Tests. After initially meeting the Asset Tests at the close of any quarter, we will not lose our qualification as a REIT for failure to satisfy the Asset Tests at the end of a later quarter solely due to changes in value of our assets. In addition, if the failure to satisfy the Asset Tests results from an acquisition during a quarter, the failure generally can be cured by disposing of non-qualifying assets within 30 days after the close of that quarter. We intend to maintain adequate records of the value of our
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assets to ensure compliance with these tests and will act within 30 days after the close of any quarter as may be required to cure any noncompliance.
75% Asset Test. At least 75% of the value of our assets must be represented by real estate assets, cash, cash items (including receivables) and government securities, which we refer to as the 75% Asset Test. Real estate assets include (1) real property (including interests in real property and interests in mortgages on real property), (2) shares in other qualifying REITs and (3) any property (not otherwise a real estate asset) attributable to the temporary investment of new capital in stock or a debt instrument, but only for the one-year period beginning on the date we received the new capital. A real estate mortgage loan that we own generally will be treated as a real estate asset for purposes of the 75% Asset Test if, on the date that we acquire or originate the mortgage loan, the value of the real property securing the loan is equal to or greater than the principal amount of the loan. Property will qualify as being attributable to the temporary investment of new capital if the money used to purchase the stock or debt instrument is received by us in exchange for our stock (other than amounts received pursuant to our distribution reinvestment plan) or in a public offering of debt obligations that have a maturity of at least five years. Assets that do not qualify for purposes of the 75% test are subject to the additional asset tests described below under 25% Asset Test.
We do not currently own interests in real properties but we intend to own such interests in the future. In addition, we intend to invest funds not used to acquire properties in cash sources, new capital investments or other liquid investments which allow us to continue to qualify under the 75% Asset Test. Therefore, our investment in real properties should constitute real estate assets and should allow us to meet the 75% Asset Test.
25% Asset Test . Except as described below, the remaining 25% of our assets generally may be invested without restriction, which we refer to as the 25% Asset Test. However, if we invest in any securities that do not qualify under the 75% Asset Test, such securities may not exceed either (1) 5% of the value of our assets as to any one issuer; or (2) 10% of the outstanding securities by vote or value of any one issuer. The 10% value test does not apply to certain straight debt and other excluded securities, as described in the Code, including but not limited to any loan to an individual or estate, any obligation to pay rents from real property and any security issued by a REIT. In addition, a partnership interest held by a REIT is not considered a security for purposes of the 10% value test; instead, the REIT is treated as owning directly its proportionate share of the partnerships assets, which is based on the REITs proportionate interest in any securities issued by the partnership (disregarding for this purpose the general rule that a partnership interest is not a security), but excluding certain securities described in the Code.
For purposes of the 10% value test, straight debt means a written unconditional promise to pay on demand or on a specified date a sum certain in money if (i) the debt is not convertible, directly or indirectly, into stock, (ii) the interest rate and interest payment dates are not contingent on profits, the borrowers discretion, or similar factors other than certain contingencies relating to the timing and amount of principal and interest payments, as described in the Code and (iii) in the case of an issuer which is a corporation or a partnership, securities that otherwise would be considered straight debt will not be so considered if we, and any of our controlled taxable REIT subsidiaries as defined in the Code, hold any securities of the corporate or partnership issuer which (a) are not straight debt or other excluded securities (prior to the application of this rule), and (b) have an aggregate value greater than 1% of the issuers outstanding securities (including, for the purposes of a partnership issuer, our interest as a partner in the partnership).
We believe that our holdings of real estate assets and other securities will comply with the foregoing REIT asset requirements, and we intend to monitor compliance on an ongoing basis. We may make real estate related debt investments, provided, that the underlying real estate meets our criteria for direct investment. A real estate mortgage loan that we own generally will be treated as a real estate asset for purposes of the 75% Asset Test if, on the date that we acquire or originate the mortgage loan, the value of the real property securing the loan is equal to or greater than the principal amount of the loan. Certain mezzanine loans we make or acquire may qualify for the safe harbor in Revenue Procedure 2003-65, 2003-2 C.B. 336, pursuant to which certain loans secured by a first priority security interest in ownership interests in a partnership or limited liability company will be treated as qualifying assets for purposes of the 75% Asset Test and the 10% vote or value test. We may hold some mezzanine loans that do not qualify for that safe harbor. Furthermore,
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we may acquire distressed debt investments that require subsequent modification by agreement with the borrower. If the outstanding principal balance of a mortgage loan exceeds the fair market value of the real property securing the loan at the time we commit to acquire the loan, or agree to modify the loan in a manner that is treated as an acquisition of a new loan for U.S. federal income tax purposes, then a portion of such loan may not be a qualifying real estate asset. Under current law it is not clear how to determine what portion of such a loan will be treated as a qualifying real estate asset. Under recently issued guidance, the IRS has stated that it will not challenge a REIT's treatment of a loan as being in part a real estate asset if the REIT treats the loan as being a real estate asset in an amount that is equal to the lesser of the fair market value of the real property securing the loan, as of the date we committed to acquire or modify the loan, and the fair market value of the loan. However, uncertainties exist regarding the application of this guidance, particularly with respect to the proper treatment under the Asset Tests of mortgage loans acquired at a discount that increase in value following their acquisition, and no assurance can be given that the IRS would not challenge our treatment of such assets. While we intend to make such investments in such a manner as not to fail the asset tests described above, no assurance can be given that any such investments would not disqualify us as a REIT.
A REIT is able to cure certain asset test violations. As noted above, a REIT cannot own securities of any one issuer representing more than 5% of the total value of the REITs assets or more than 10% of the outstanding securities, by vote or value, of any one issuer. However, a REIT would not lose its REIT qualification for failing to satisfy these 5% or 10% asset tests in a quarter if the failure is due to the ownership of assets the total value of which does not exceed the lesser of (1) 1% of the total value of the REITs assets at the end of the quarter for which the measurement is done, or (2) $10 million; provided, that in either case the REIT either disposes of the assets within six months after the last day of the quarter in which the REIT identifies the failure (or such other time period prescribed by the Treasury), or otherwise meets the requirements of those rules by the end of that period.
If a REIT fails to meet any of the asset test requirements for a quarter and the failure exceeds the de minimis threshold described above, then the REIT still would be deemed to have satisfied the requirements if (1) following the REITs identification of the failure, the REIT files a schedule with a description of each asset that caused the failure, in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Treasury; (2) the failure was due to reasonable cause and not to willful neglect; (3) the REIT disposes of the assets within six months after the last day of the quarter in which the identification occurred or such other time period as is prescribed by the Treasury (or the requirements of the rules are otherwise met within that period); and (4) the REIT pays a tax on the failure equal to the greater of (1) $50,000, or (2) an amount determined (under regulations) by multiplying (x) the highest rate of tax for corporations under Code Section 11, by (y) the net income generated by the assets that caused the failure for the period beginning on the first date of the failure and ending on the date the REIT has disposed of the assets (or otherwise satisfies the requirements).
Income Tests
For each calendar year, we must satisfy two separate tests based on the composition of our gross income, as defined under our method of accounting, or the Gross Income Tests.
75% Gross Income Test . At least 75% of our gross income for the taxable year (excluding gross income from prohibited transactions) must result from (1) rents from real property, (2) interest on obligations secured by mortgages on real property or on interests in real property, (3) gains from the sale or other disposition of real property (including interests in real property and interests in mortgages on real property) other than property held primarily for sale to customers in the ordinary course of our trade or business, (4) dividends from other qualifying REITs and gain (other than gain from prohibited transactions) from the sale of shares of other qualifying REITs, (5) other specified investments relating to real property or mortgages thereon, and (6) for a limited time, temporary investment income (as described under the 75% Asset Test above). We refer to this requirement as the 75% Gross Income Test. We intend to invest funds not otherwise invested in real properties in cash sources or other liquid investments which will allow us to qualify under the 75% Gross Income Test.
95% Gross Income Test . At least 95% of our gross income (excluding gross income from prohibited transactions) for the taxable year must be derived from (1) sources which satisfy the 75% Gross Income Test,
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(2) dividends, (3) interest, or (4) gain from the sale or disposition of stock or other securities that are not assets held primarily for sale to customers in the ordinary course of our trade or business. We refer to this requirement as the 95% Gross Income Test. It is important to note that dividends and interest on obligations not collateralized by an interest in real property qualify under the 95% Gross Income Test, but not under the 75% Gross Income Test. We intend to invest funds not otherwise invested in properties in cash sources or other liquid investments which will allow us to qualify under the 95% Gross Income Test.
Rents from Real Property . Income attributable to a lease of real property generally will qualify as rents from real property under the 75% Gross Income Test and the 95% Gross Income Test if such lease is respected as a true lease for U.S. federal income tax purposes (see Characterization of Property Leases) and subject to the rules discussed below. Rent from a particular tenant will not qualify if we, or an owner of 10% or more of our stock, directly or indirectly, owns 10% or more of the voting stock or the total number of shares of all classes of stock in, or 10% or more of the assets or net profits of, the tenant (subject to certain exceptions). The portion of rent attributable to personal property rented in connection with real property will not qualify, unless the portion attributable to personal property is 15% or less of the total rent received under, or in connection with, the lease.
Generally, rent will not qualify if it is based in whole, or in part, on the income or profits of any person from the underlying property. However, rent will not fail to qualify if it is based on a fixed percentage (or designated varying percentages) of receipts or sales, including amounts above a base amount so long as the base amount is fixed at the time the lease is entered into, the provisions are in accordance with normal business practice and the arrangement is not an indirect method for basing rent on income or profits.
If a REIT operates or manages a property or furnishes or renders certain impermissible services to the tenants at the property, and the income derived from the services exceeds 1% of the total amount received by that REIT with respect to the property, then no amount received by the REIT with respect to the property will qualify as rents from real property. Impermissible services are services other than services usually or customarily rendered in connection with the rental of real property and not otherwise considered rendered to the occupant. For these purposes, the income that a REIT is considered to receive from the provision of impermissible services will not be less than 150% of the cost of providing the service. If the amount so received is 1% or less of the total amount received by us with respect to the property, then only the income from the impermissible services will not qualify as rents from real property. However, this rule generally will not apply if such services are provided to tenants through an independent contractor from whom we derive no revenue, or though a taxable REIT subsidiary. With respect to this rule, tenants will receive some services in connection with their leases of the real properties. Our intention is that the services to be provided are those usually or customarily rendered in connection with the rental of space, and therefore, providing these services will not cause the rents received with respect to the properties to fail to qualify as rents from real property for purposes of the 75% Gross Income Test (and the 95% Gross Income Test described below). The board of directors intends to hire qualifying independent contractors or to utilize our taxable REIT subsidiaries to render services which it believes, after consultation with our tax advisors, are not usually or customarily rendered in connection with the rental of space.
In addition, we have represented that, with respect to our leasing activities, we will not (1) charge rent for any property that is based in whole or in part on the income or profits of any person (excluding rent based on a percentage of receipts or sales, as described above), (2) charge rent that will be attributable to personal property in an amount greater than 15% of the total rent received under the applicable lease, or (3) enter into any lease with a related party tenant.
Amounts received as rent from a taxable REIT subsidiary are not excluded from rents from real property by reason of the related party rules described above, if the activities of the taxable REIT subsidiary and the nature of the properties it leases meet certain requirements. The taxable REIT subsidiaries will pay regular corporate tax rates on any income they earn. In addition, the taxable REIT subsidiary rules limit the deductibility of interest paid or accrued by a taxable REIT subsidiary to its parent REIT to assure that the taxable REIT subsidiary is subject to an appropriate level of corporate taxation. Further, the rules impose a 100% excise tax on transactions between a taxable REIT subsidiary and its parent REIT or the REITs tenants whose terms are not on an arms-length basis.
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Interest Income . It is possible that we will be paid interest on loans secured by real property. All interest income qualifies under the 95% Gross Income Test, and interest on loans secured by real property qualifies under the 75% Gross Income Test, provided, that in both cases, the interest does not depend, in whole or in part, on the income or profits of any person (excluding amounts based on a fixed percentage of receipts or sales). If a loan is secured by both real property and other property, the interest on it may nevertheless qualify under the 75% Gross Income Test. Interest income constitutes qualifying mortgage interest for purposes of the 75% Gross Income Test to the extent that the obligation upon which such interest is paid is secured by a mortgage on real property. If we receive interest income with respect to a mortgage loan that is secured by both real property and other property, and the highest principal amount of the loan outstanding during a taxable year exceeds the fair market value of the real property on the date that we committed to acquire the loan, or agreed to modify the loan in a manner that is treated as an acquisition of a new loan for U.S. federal income tax purposes, then the interest income will be apportioned between the real property and the other collateral, and our income from the loan will qualify for purposes of the 75% Gross Income Test only to the extent that the interest is allocable to the real property. For purposes of the preceding sentence, however, under recently issued IRS guidance we do not need to re-determine the fair market value of real property in connection with a loan modification that is occasioned by a default or made at a time when we reasonably believe the modification to the loan will substantially reduce a significant risk of default on the original loan, and any such modification will not be treated as a prohibited transaction. All of our loans secured by real property will be structured so that the amount of the loan does not exceed the fair market value of the real property at the time of the loan commitment. Therefore, income generated through any investments in loans secured by real property should be treated as qualifying income under the 75% Gross Income Test.
Dividend Income . We may receive distributions from taxable REIT subsidiaries or other corporations that are not REITs or qualified REIT subsidiaries. These distributions are generally classified as dividends to the extent of the earnings and profits of the distributing corporation. Such distributions generally constitute qualifying income for purposes of the 95% Gross Income Test, but not the 75% Gross Income Test. Any dividends received by us from a REIT will be qualifying income for purposes of both the 95% and 75% Gross Income Tests.
We will monitor the amount of the dividend and other income from our taxable REIT subsidiaries and will take actions intended to keep this income, and any other nonqualifying income, within the limitations of the Gross Income Tests. Although we intend to take these actions to prevent a violation of the Gross Income Tests, we cannot guarantee that such actions will in all cases prevent such a violation.
Foreclosure Property . Foreclosure property is real property and any personal property incident to such real property (1) that is acquired by a REIT as a result of the REIT having bid on the property at foreclosure or having otherwise reduced the property to ownership or possession by agreement or process of law after there was a default (or default was imminent) on a lease of the property or a mortgage loan held by the REIT and secured by the property, (2) for which the related loan or lease was acquired by the REIT at a time when default was not imminent or anticipated and (3) for which such REIT makes a proper election to treat the property as foreclosure property. REITs generally are subject to tax at the maximum U.S. federal corporate tax rate (currently 35%) on any net income from foreclosure property, including any gain from the disposition of the foreclosure property, other than income that would otherwise be qualifying income for purposes of the 75% Gross Income Test. Any gain from the sale of property for which a foreclosure property election has been made will not be subject to the 100% tax on gains from prohibited transactions described below, even if the property would otherwise constitute inventory or dealer property in the hands of the selling REIT. If we believe we will receive any income from foreclosure property that is not qualifying income for purposes of the 75% Gross Income Test, we intend to elect to treat the related property as foreclosure property.
Satisfaction of Gross Income Tests . Our share of income from the properties primarily will give rise to rental income and gains on sales of the properties, substantially all of which generally will qualify under the 75% Gross Income and 95% Gross Income Tests. Our anticipated operations indicate that it is likely that we will have little or no non-qualifying income to cause adverse U.S. federal income tax consequences. However, we may establish a taxable REIT subsidiary in order to engage on a limited basis in acquiring and promptly reselling short and medium term net lease assets for immediate gain. The gross income generated by our
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taxable REIT subsidiary would not be included in our gross income. However, any dividends from our taxable REIT subsidiary to us would be included in our gross income and qualify for the 95% Gross Income Test, but not the 75% Gross Income Test.
If we fail to satisfy either the 75% Gross Income or 95% Gross Income Tests for any taxable year, we may retain our qualification as a REIT for such year if we satisfy the IRS that (1) the failure was due to reasonable cause and not due to willful neglect, (2) we attach to our return a schedule describing the nature and amount of each item of our gross income, and (3) any incorrect information on such schedule was not due to fraud with intent to evade U.S. federal income tax. If this relief provision is available, we would remain subject to tax equal to the greater of the amount by which we failed the 75% Gross Income Test or the 95% Gross Income Test, as applicable, multiplied by a fraction meant to reflect our profitability.
Annual Distribution Requirements
In addition to the other tests described above, we are required to distribute dividends (other than capital gain dividends) to our stockholders each year in an amount at least equal to the excess of: (1) the sum of: (a) 90% of our REIT taxable income (determined without regard to the deduction for dividends paid and by excluding any net capital gain); and (b) 90% of the net income (after tax) from foreclosure property; less (2) the sum of some types of items of non-cash income. Whether sufficient amounts have been distributed is based on amounts paid in the taxable year to which they relate, or in the following taxable year if we: (1) declared a dividend before the due date of our tax return (including extensions); (2) distribute the dividend within the 12-month period following the close of the taxable year (and not later than the date of the first regular dividend payment made after such declaration); and (3) file an election with our tax return. Additionally, dividends that we declare in October, November or December in a given year payable to stockholders of record in any such month will be treated as having been paid on December 31st of that year so long as the dividends are actually paid during January of the following year. In order for distributions to be counted as satisfying the annual distribution requirements for REITs, and to provide us with a REIT-level tax deduction, the distributions must not be preferential dividends. A dividend is not a preferential dividend if the distribution is (1) pro rata among all outstanding shares of stock within a particular class, and (2) in accordance with the preferences among different classes of stock as set forth in our organizational documents. If we fail to meet the annual distribution requirements as a result of an adjustment to our U.S. federal income tax return by the IRS, or under certain other circumstances, we may cure the failure by paying a deficiency dividend (plus penalties and interest to the IRS) within a specified period.
If we do not distribute 100% of our REIT taxable income, we will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the undistributed portion. We also will be subject to an excise tax if we fail to currently distribute sufficient income. In order to make the required distribution with respect to a calendar year and avoid the excise tax, we must distribute the sum of (1) 85% of our REIT ordinary income for the calendar year, (2) 95% of our REIT capital gain net income for the calendar year, and (3) the excess, if any, of the grossed up required distribution (as defined in the Code) for the preceding calendar year over the distributed amount for that preceding calendar year. Any excise tax liability would be equal to 4% of the difference between the amount required to be distributed and the amount actually distributed and would not be deductible by us.
We intend to pay sufficient dividends each year to satisfy the annual distribution requirements and avoid U.S. federal income and excise taxes on our earnings; however, it may not always be possible to do so. It is possible that we may not have sufficient cash or other liquid assets to meet the annual distribution requirements due to tax accounting rules and other timing differences. Other potential sources of non-cash taxable income include:
residual interests in REMICs or taxable mortgage pools;
loans or mortgage-backed securities held as assets that are issued at a discount and require the accrual of taxable economic interest in advance of receipt in cash; and
loans on which the borrower is permitted to defer cash payments of interest, distressed loans on which we may be required to accrue taxable interest income even though the borrower is unable to make current servicing payments in cash, and debt securities purchased at a discount.
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We will closely monitor the relationship between our REIT taxable income and cash flow, and if necessary to comply with the annual distribution requirements, will attempt to borrow funds to fully provide the necessary cash flow or to pay dividends in the form of taxable in-kind distributions of property, including taxable stock dividends.
Failure to Qualify
If we fail to qualify, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, as a REIT in any taxable year, we may be eligible for relief provisions if the failures are due to reasonable cause and not willful neglect and if a penalty tax is paid with respect to each failure to satisfy the applicable requirements. If the applicable relief provisions are not available or cannot be met, or to the extent we fail to distribute 100% of our REIT taxable income, we will not be able to deduct our dividends and will be subject to U.S. federal income tax (including any applicable alternative minimum tax) on our taxable income at regular corporate rates, thereby reducing cash available for distributions. In such event, all distributions to stockholders (to the extent of our current and accumulated earnings and profits) will be taxable as ordinary dividend income. This double taxation results from our failure to qualify as a REIT. Unless entitled to relief under specific statutory provisions, we will not be eligible to elect REIT qualification for the four taxable years following the year during which qualification was lost.
Recordkeeping Requirements
We are required to maintain records and request on an annual basis information from specified stockholders. These requirements are designed to assist us in determining the actual ownership of our outstanding stock and maintaining our qualification as a REIT.
Prohibited Transactions
As discussed above, we will be subject to a 100% U.S. federal income tax on any net income derived from prohibited transactions. Net income derived from prohibited transactions arises from the sale or exchange of property held for sale to customers in the ordinary course of our business which is not foreclosure property. There is an exception to this rule for the sale of property that:
is a real estate asset under the 75% Asset Test;
generally has been held for at least two years;
has aggregate expenditures which are includable in the basis of the property not in excess of 30% of the net selling price;
in some cases, was held for production of rental income for at least two years;
in some cases, substantially all of the marketing and development expenditures were made through an independent contractor; and
when combined with other sales in the year, either does not cause the REIT to have made more than seven sales of property during the taxable year (excluding sales of foreclosure property or in connection with an involuntary conversion) or occurs in a year when the REIT disposes of less than 10% of its assets (measured by U.S. federal income tax basis or fair market value, and ignoring involuntary dispositions and sales of foreclosure property).
Although we may eventually sell each of the properties, our primary intention in acquiring and operating the properties is the production of rental income and we do not expect to hold any property for sale to customers in the ordinary course of our business. The 100% tax will not apply to gains from the sale of property that is held through a taxable REIT subsidiary or other taxable corporation, although such income will be subject to tax in the hands of the corporation at regular corporate income tax rates. As a general matter, any condominium conversions we might undertake must satisfy these restrictions to avoid being prohibited transactions, which will limit the annual number of transactions.
Characterization of Property Leases
We may purchase either new or existing properties and lease them to tenants. Our ability to claim certain tax benefits associated with ownership of these properties, such as depreciation, would depend on a
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determination that the lease transactions are true leases, under which we would be the owner of the leased property for U.S. federal income tax purposes. If, however, the IRS were to recharacterize our leases as service contracts or partnership agreements, rather than true leases, or disregarded altogether for tax purposes, all or part of the payments that we receive from the lessees would not be considered rent and might not otherwise satisfy the various requirements for qualification as rents from real property. In that case, we would not be able to satisfy either the 75% or 95% Gross Income Tests and, as a result, could lose our REIT qualification.
Tax Aspects of Investments in Partnerships
General. We anticipate holding direct or indirect interests in one or more partnerships, including the operating partnership. We intend to operate as an Umbrella Partnership REIT, or UPREIT, which is a structure whereby we would own a direct interest in the operating partnership, and the operating partnership would, in turn, own the properties and may possibly own interests in other non-corporate entities that own properties. Such non-corporate entities would generally be organized as limited liability companies, partnerships or trusts and would either be disregarded for U.S. federal income tax purposes (if the operating partnership were the sole owner) or treated as partnerships for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
The following is a summary of the U.S. federal income tax consequences of our investment in the operating partnership if the operating partnership is treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes. This discussion should also generally apply to any investment by us in other entities taxable as partnerships for such purposes.
A partnership (that is not a publicly traded partnership taxed as a corporation) is not subject to tax as an entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Rather, partners are allocated their allocable share of the items of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit of the partnership, and are potentially subject to tax thereon, without regard to whether the partners receive any distributions from the partnership. We will be required to take into account our allocable share of the foregoing items for purposes of the various REIT gross income and asset tests, and in the computation of our REIT taxable income and U.S. federal income tax liability. Further, there can be no assurance that distributions from the operating partnership will be sufficient to pay the tax liabilities resulting from an investment in the operating partnership.
Generally, an entity with two or more members formed as a partnership or limited liability company under state law will be taxed as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes unless it specifically elects otherwise. Because the operating partnership was formed as a partnership under state law, for U.S. federal income tax purposes the operating partnership will be treated as a partnership, if it has two or more partners, or a disregarded entity, if it is treated as having one partner. We intend that interests in the operating partnership (and any partnership invested in by the operating partnership) will fall within one of the safe harbors for the partnership to avoid being classified as a publicly traded partnership. However, our ability to satisfy the requirements of some of these safe harbors depends on the results of actual operations and accordingly no assurance can be given that any such partnership will at all times satisfy one of such safe harbors. We reserve the right to not satisfy any safe harbor. Even if a partnership is a publicly traded partnership, it generally will not be treated as a corporation if at least 90% of its gross income each taxable year is from certain sources, which generally include rents from real property and other types of passive income. We believe that our operating partnership will have sufficient qualifying income so that it would be taxed as a partnership, even if it were treated as a publicly traded partnership.
If for any reason the operating partnership (or any partnership invested in by the operating partnership) is taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the character of our assets and items of gross income would change, and as a result, we would most likely be unable to satisfy the applicable REIT requirements under U.S. federal income tax laws discussed above. In addition, any change in the status of any partnership may be treated as a taxable event, in which case we could incur a tax liability without a related cash distribution. Further, if any partnership was treated as a corporation, items of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit of such partnership would be subject to corporate income tax, and the partners of any such partnership would be treated as stockholders, with distributions to such partners being treated as dividends.
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Anti-abuse Treasury Regulations have been issued under the partnership provisions of the Code that authorize the IRS, in some abusive transactions involving partnerships, to disregard the form of a transaction and recast it as it deems appropriate. The anti-abuse regulations apply where a partnership is utilized in connection with a transaction (or series of related transactions) with a principal purpose of substantially reducing the present value of the partners aggregate U.S. federal tax liability in a manner inconsistent with the intent of the partnership provisions. The anti-abuse regulations contain an example in which a REIT contributes the proceeds of a public offering to a partnership in exchange for a general partnership interest. The limited partners contribute real property assets to the partnership, subject to liabilities that exceed their respective aggregate bases in such property. The example concludes that the use of the partnership is not inconsistent with the intent of the partnership provisions, and thus, cannot be recast by the IRS. However, the anti-abuse regulations are extraordinarily broad in scope and are applied based on an analysis of all the facts and circumstances. As a result, we cannot assure you that the IRS will not attempt to apply the anti-abuse regulations to us. Any such action could potentially jeopardize our qualification as a REIT and materially affect the tax consequences and economic return resulting from an investment in us.
Income Taxation of Partnerships and their Partners . Although a partnership agreement generally will determine the allocation of a partnerships income and losses among the partners, such allocations may be disregarded for U.S. federal income tax purposes under Code Section 704(b) and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder. If any allocation is not recognized for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the item subject to the allocation will be reallocated in accordance with the partners economic interests in the partnership. We believe that the allocations of taxable income and loss in the operating partnership agreement comply with the requirements of Code Section 704(b) and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder. For a description of allocations by the operating partnership to the partners, see the section entitled Summary of Our Operating Partnership Agreement in this prospectus.
In some cases, special allocations of net profits or net losses will be required to comply with the U.S. federal income tax principles governing partnership tax allocations. Additionally, pursuant to Code Section 704(c), income, gain, loss and deduction attributable to property contributed to the operating partnership in exchange for units must be allocated in a manner so that the contributing partner is charged with, or benefits from, the unrealized gain or loss attributable to the property at the time of contribution. The amount of such unrealized gain or loss is generally equal to the difference between the fair market value and the adjusted basis of the property at the time of contribution. These allocations are designed to eliminate book-tax differences by allocating to contributing partners lower amounts of depreciation deductions and increased taxable income and gain attributable to the contributed property than would ordinarily be the case for economic or book purposes. With respect to any property purchased by the operating partnership, such property generally will have an initial tax basis equal to its fair market value, and accordingly, Code Section 704(c) will not apply, except as described further below in this paragraph. The application of the principles of Code Section 704(c) in tiered partnership arrangements is not entirely clear. Accordingly, the IRS may assert a different allocation method than the one selected by the operating partnership to cure any book-tax differences. In certain circumstances, we create book-tax differences by adjusting the values of properties for economic or book purposes and generally the rules of Code Section 704(c) would apply to such differences as well.
For U.S. federal income tax purposes, our depreciation deductions generally will be computed using the straight-line method. Commercial buildings, structural components and improvements are generally depreciated over 40 years. Shorter depreciation periods apply to other properties. Some improvements to land are depreciated over 15 years. With respect to such improvements, however, taxpayers may elect to depreciate these improvements over 20 years using the straight-line method. For properties contributed to the operating partnership, depreciation deductions are calculated based on the transferors basis and depreciation method. Because depreciation deductions are based on the transferors basis in the contributed property, the operating partnership generally would be entitled to less depreciation than if the properties were purchased in a taxable transaction. The burden of lower depreciation generally will fall first on the contributing partner, but also may reduce the depreciation allocated to other partners.
Gain on the sale or other disposition of depreciable property is characterized as ordinary income (rather than capital gain) to the extent of any depreciation recapture. Buildings and improvements depreciated under
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the straight-line method of depreciation are generally not subject to depreciation recapture unless the property was held for less than one year. However, individuals, trusts and estates that hold shares either directly or through a pass-through entity may be subject to tax on the disposition on such assets at a rate of 25% rather than at the normal capital gains rate, to the extent that such assets have been depreciated.
Some expenses incurred in the conduct of the operating partnerships activities may not be deducted in the year they were paid. To the extent this occurs, the taxable income of the operating partnership may exceed its cash receipts for the year in which the expense is paid. As discussed above, the costs of acquiring properties must generally be recovered through depreciation deductions over a number of years. Prepaid interest and loan fees, and prepaid management fees are other examples of expenses that may not be deducted in the year they were paid.
Taxation of U.S. Stockholders
Taxation of Taxable U.S. Stockholders. As long as we qualify as a REIT, distributions paid to our U.S. stockholders out of current or accumulated earnings and profits (and not designated as capital gain dividends, or for taxable years beginning before January 1, 2013, qualified dividend income) will be ordinary income. Generally, for purposes of this discussion, a U.S. Stockholder is a person (other than a partnership or entity treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes) that is, for U.S. federal income tax purposes:
an individual citizen or resident of the United States for U.S. federal income tax purposes;
a corporation, or other entity taxable as a corporation, created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia;
an estate the income of which is subject to U.S. federal income taxation regardless of its source; or
a trust if (1) a court within the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over its administration and one or more U.S. persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust or (2) the trust has a valid election in effect under current Treasury Regulations to be treated as a U.S. person.
If a partnership or entity treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes holds our common stock, the U.S. federal income tax treatment of a partner generally will depend upon the status of the partner and the activities of the partnership. A partner of a partnership holding our common stock should consult its own tax advisor regarding the U.S. federal income tax consequences to the partner of the acquisition, ownership and disposition of our stock by the partnership.
Distributions in excess of current and accumulated earnings and profits are treated first as a tax-deferred return of capital to the U.S. Stockholder, reducing the U.S. Stockholders tax basis in his, her or its common stock by the amount of such distribution, and then as capital gain. Because our earnings and profits are reduced for depreciation and other non-cash items, it is possible that a portion of each distribution will constitute a tax-deferred return of capital. Additionally, because distributions in excess of earnings and profits reduce the U.S. Stockholders basis in our stock, this will increase the U.S. Stockholders gain, or reduce the U.S. Stockholders loss, on any subsequent sale of the stock.
Distributions that are designated as capital gain dividends will be taxed as long-term capital gain to the extent they do not exceed our actual net capital gain for the taxable year, without regard to the period for which the U.S. Stockholder that receives such distribution has held its stock. However, corporate stockholders may be required to treat up to 20% of some types of capital gain dividends as ordinary income. We also may decide to retain, rather than distribute, our net capital gain and pay any tax thereon. In such instances, U.S. Stockholders would include their proportionate shares of such gain in income as long-term capital gain, receive a credit on their returns for their proportionate share of our tax payments, and increase the tax basis of their shares of stock by the after-tax amount of such gain.
With respect to U.S. Stockholders who are taxed at the rates applicable to individuals, for taxable years beginning before January 1, 2013, we may elect to designate a portion of our distributions paid to such U.S. Stockholders as qualified dividend income. A portion of a distribution that is properly designated as qualified dividend income is taxable to non-corporate U.S. Stockholders as capital gain, provided that the U.S. Stockholder has held the common stock with respect to which the distribution is made for more than 60 days
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during the 121 day period beginning on the date that is 60 days before the date on which such common stock became ex-dividend with respect to the relevant distribution. The maximum amount of our distributions eligible to be designated as qualified dividend income for a taxable year is equal to the sum of:
(1) the qualified dividend income received by us during such taxable year from C corporations (including any taxable REIT subsidiaries);
(2) the excess of any undistributed REIT taxable income recognized during the immediately preceding year over the U.S. federal income tax paid by us with respect to such undistributed REIT taxable income; and
(3) the excess of any income recognized during the immediately preceding year attributable to the sale of a built-in-gain asset that was acquired in a carry-over basis transaction from a non-REIT corporation or had appreciated at the time our REIT election became effective over the U.S. federal income tax paid by us with respect to such built in gain.
Generally, dividends that we receive will be treated as qualified dividend income for purposes of (1) above if the dividends are received from a regular, domestic C corporation, such as any taxable REIT subsidiaries, and specified holding period and other requirements are met.
Dividend income is characterized as portfolio income under the passive loss rules and cannot be offset by a stockholders current or suspended passive losses. Corporate stockholders cannot claim the dividends-received deduction for such dividends unless we lose our REIT qualification. Although U.S. Stockholders generally will recognize taxable income in the year that a distribution is received, any distribution we declare in October, November or December of any year and is payable to a U.S. Stockholder of record on a specific date in any such month will be treated as both paid by us and received by the U.S. Stockholder on December 31 st of the year it was declared even if paid by us during January of the following calendar year. Because we are not a pass-through entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes, U.S. Stockholders may not use any of our operating or capital losses to reduce their tax liabilities.
We have the ability to declare a large portion of a dividend in shares of our stock. As long as a portion of such dividend is paid in cash (which portion can be as low as 20%) and certain requirements are met, the entire distribution will be treated as a dividend for U.S. federal income tax purposes. As a result, U.S. Stockholders will be taxed on 100% of the dividend in the same manner as a cash dividend, even though most of the dividend was paid in shares of our stock. In general, any dividend on shares of our preferred stock will be taxable as a dividend, regardless of whether any portion is paid in stock.
In general, the sale of our common stock held for more than 12 months will produce long-term capital gain or loss. All other sales will produce short-term gain or loss. In each case, the gain or loss is equal to the difference between the amount of cash and fair market value of any property received from the sale and the U.S. Stockholders basis in the common stock sold. However, any loss from a sale or exchange of common stock by a U.S. Stockholder who has held such stock for six months or less generally will be treated as a long-term capital loss, to the extent that the U.S. Stockholder treated our distributions as long-term capital gain. The use of capital losses is subject to limitations.
For taxable years beginning before January 1, 2013, the maximum tax rate applicable to individuals and certain other noncorporate taxpayers on net capital gain recognized on the sale or other disposition of shares has been reduced from 20% to 15%, and the maximum marginal tax rate payable by them on dividends received from corporations that are subject to a corporate level of tax has been reduced. Except in limited circumstances, as discussed above, this reduced tax rate will not apply to dividends paid by us.
Cost Basis Reporting . New U.S. federal income tax information reporting rules may apply to certain transactions in our shares. Where such rules apply, the cost basis calculated for the shares involved will be reported to the IRS and to you. Generally these rules apply to all shares purchased including those purchased through our distribution reinvestment plan. For cost basis reporting purposes, you may identify by lot the shares that you transfer or that are redeemed, but if you do not timely notify us of your election, we will identify the shares that are transferred or redeemed on a first in/first out basis. The shares in the distribution reinvestment plan are also eligible for the average cost basis method, should you so elect.
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Information reporting (transfer statements) on other transactions may also be required under these new rules. Generally, these reports are made for certain transactions. Transfer statements are issued between brokers and are not issued to the IRS or to you.
Stockholders should consult their tax advisors regarding the consequences to of these new rules.
Medicare Tax . U.S. Stockholders who are individuals, estates or trusts are required to pay a 3.8% tax on, among other things, dividends on and capital gains from the sale or other disposition of shares of stock for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2012. U.S. Stockholders should consult their tax advisors regarding the effect, if any, of this legislation on their ownership and disposition of shares of our common stock.
Taxation of Tax-Exempt Stockholders. U.S. tax-exempt entities, including qualified employee pension and profit sharing trusts and individual retirement accounts, generally are exempt from U.S. federal income taxation. However, they are subject to taxation on their unrelated business taxable income, or UBTI. While many investments in real estate may generate UBTI, the IRS has ruled that dividend distributions from a REIT to a tax-exempt entity do not constitute UBTI. Based on that ruling, our distributions to a U.S. Stockholder that is a domestic tax-exempt entity should not constitute UBTI unless such U.S. Stockholder borrows funds (or otherwise incurs acquisition indebtedness within the meaning of the Code) to acquire its common shares, or the common shares are otherwise used in an unrelated trade or business of the tax-exempt entity. Furthermore, part or all of the income or gain recognized with respect to our stock held by certain domestic tax-exempt entities including social clubs, voluntary employee benefit associations, supplemental unemployment benefit trusts and qualified group legal service plans (all of which are exempt from U.S. federal income taxation under Code Sections 501(c)(7), (9), (17) or (20)), may be treated as UBTI.
Special rules apply to the ownership of REIT shares by some tax-exempt pension trusts. If we would be closely-held (discussed above with respect to the share ownership tests) because the stock held by tax-exempt pension trusts was viewed as being held by the trusts rather than by their respective beneficiaries, tax-exempt pension trusts owning more than 10% by value of our stock may be required to treat a percentage of our dividends as UBTI. This rule applies if: (1) at least one tax-exempt pension trust owns more than 25% by value of our shares, or (2) one or more tax-exempt pension trusts (each owning more than 10% by value of our shares) hold in the aggregate more than 50% by value of our shares. The percentage treated as UBTI is our gross income (less direct expenses) derived from an unrelated trade or business (determined as if we were a tax-exempt pension trust) divided by our gross income from all sources (less direct expenses). If this percentage is less than 5%, however, none of the dividends will be treated as UBTI. Because of the restrictions in our charter regarding the ownership concentration of our common stock, we believe that a tax-exempt pension trust should not become subject to these rules. However, because our common shares may become publicly traded, we can give no assurance of this.
Prospective tax-exempt purchasers should consult their own tax advisors and financial planners as to the applicability of these rules and consequences to their particular circumstances.
Backup Withholding and Information Reporting. We will report to our U.S. Stockholders and the IRS the amount of dividends paid during each calendar year and the amount of any tax withheld. Under the backup withholding rules, a U.S. Stockholder may be subject to backup withholding at the current rate of 28% with respect to dividends paid, unless the U.S. Stockholder (1) is a corporation or comes within other exempt categories and, when required, demonstrates this fact or (2) provides a taxpayer identification number or social security number, certifies under penalties of perjury that such number is correct and that such U.S. Stockholder is not subject to backup withholding and otherwise complies with applicable requirements of the backup withholding rules. A U.S. Stockholder that does not provide his, her or its correct taxpayer identification number or social security number may also be subject to penalties imposed by the IRS. In addition, we may be required to withhold a portion of capital gain distribution to any U.S. Stockholder who fails to certify its non-foreign status.
Backup withholding is not an additional tax. Any amounts withheld under the backup withholding rules may be allowed as a refund or a credit against such U.S. Stockholders U.S. federal income tax liability, provided the required information is furnished to the IRS.
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For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2013, a U.S. withholding tax at a 30% rate will be imposed on dividends and, after December 31, 2014, proceeds of sale in respect of our common stock, received by U.S. Stockholders who own their stock through foreign accounts or foreign intermediaries if certain disclosure requirements related to U.S. accounts or ownership are not satisfied. We will not pay any additional amounts in respect to any amounts withheld.
Taxation of Non-U.S. Stockholders
General. The rules governing the U.S. federal income taxation of Non-U.S. Stockholders are complex, and as such, only a summary of such rules is provided in this prospectus. Non-U.S. investors should consult with their own tax advisors and financial planners to determine the impact that U.S. federal, state and local income tax or similar laws will have on such investors as a result of an investment in our REIT. A Non-U.S. Stockholder means a person (other than a partnership or entity treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes) that is not a U.S. Stockholder.
Distributions In General. Distributions paid by us that are not attributable to gain from our sales or exchanges of USRPIs and not designated by us as capital gain dividends will be treated as dividends of ordinary income to the extent that they are made out of our current or accumulated earnings and profits. Such dividends to Non-U.S. Stockholders ordinarily will be subject to a withholding tax equal to 30% of the gross amount of the dividend unless an applicable tax treaty reduces or eliminates that tax. Under some treaties, however, lower rates generally applicable to dividends do not apply to dividends from REITs. If income from the investment in the common shares is treated as effectively connected with the Non-U.S. Stockholders conduct of a U.S. trade or business, the Non-U.S. Stockholder generally will be subject to a tax at the graduated rates applicable to ordinary income, in the same manner as U.S. stockholders are taxed with respect to such dividends (and also may be subject to the 30% branch profits tax in the case of a stockholder that is a foreign corporation that is not entitled to any treaty exemption). In general, Non-U.S. Stockholders will not be considered to be engaged in a U.S. trade or business solely as a result of their ownership of our stock. Dividends in excess of our current and accumulated earnings and profits will not be taxable to a stockholder to the extent they do not exceed the adjusted basis of the stockholders shares. Instead, they will reduce the adjusted basis of such shares. To the extent that such dividends exceed the adjusted basis of a Non-U.S. Stockholders shares, they will give rise to tax liability if the Non-U.S. Stockholder would otherwise be subject to tax on any gain from the sale or disposition of his shares, as described in the Sales of Shares portion of this Section below.
Distributions Attributable to Sale or Exchange of Real Property. Pursuant to FIRPTA, distributions that are attributable to gain from our sales or exchanges of USRPIs will be taxed to a Non-U.S. Stockholder as if such gain were effectively connected with a U.S. trade or business. Non-U.S. Stockholders would thus be taxed at the normal capital gain rates applicable to U.S. Stockholders, and would be subject to applicable alternative minimum tax and a special alternative minimum tax in the case of nonresident alien individuals. Also, such dividends may be subject to a 30% branch profits tax in the hands of a corporate Non-U.S. Stockholder not entitled to any treaty exemption. However, generally a capital gain dividend from a REIT is not treated as effectively connected income for a Non-U.S. Stockholder if (1) the distribution is received with respect to a class of stock that is regularly traded on an established securities market located in the U.S.; and (2) the Non-U.S. Stockholder does not own more than 5% of the class of stock at any time during the one year period ending on the date of such distribution. However, it is not anticipated that our shares will be regularly traded on an established securities market for the foreseeable future, and therefore, this exception is not expected to apply.
U.S. Federal Income Tax Withholding on Distributions. For U.S. federal income tax withholding purposes, we generally will withhold tax at the rate of 30% on the amount of any distribution (other than distributions designated as capital gain dividends) made to a Non-U.S. Stockholder, unless the Non-U.S. Stockholder provides us with appropriate documentation (1) evidencing that such Non-U.S. Stockholder is eligible for an exemption or reduced rate under an applicable income tax treaty, generally an IRS Form W-8BEN (in which case we will withhold at the lower treaty rate) or (2) claiming that the dividend is effectively connected with the Non-U.S. Stockholders conduct of a trade or business within the U.S., generally an IRS Form W-8ECI (in which case we will not withhold tax). We are also generally required to withhold tax at the rate of 35% on the portion of any dividend to a Non-U.S. Stockholder that is or could be
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designated by us as a capital gain dividend, to the extent attributable to gain on a sale or exchange of an interest in U.S. real property. Such withheld amounts of tax do not represent actual tax liabilities, but rather, represent payments in respect of those tax liabilities described in the preceding two paragraphs. Therefore, such withheld amounts are creditable by the Non-U.S. Stockholder against its actual U.S. federal income tax liabilities, including those described in the preceding two paragraphs. The Non-U.S. Stockholder would be entitled to a refund of any amounts withheld in excess of such Non-U.S. Stockholders actual U.S. federal income tax liabilities, provided that the Non-U.S. Stockholder files applicable returns or refund claims with the IRS.
Sales of Shares. Gain recognized by a Non-U.S. Stockholder upon a sale of shares generally will not be subject to U.S. federal income taxation, provided that: (1) such gain is not effectively connected with the conduct by such Non-U.S. Stockholder of a trade or business within the U.S.; (2) the Non-U.S. Stockholder is an individual and is not present in the U.S. for 183 days or more during the taxable year and certain other conditions apply; and (3) (A) our REIT is domestically controlled, which generally means that less than 50% in value of our shares continues to be held directly or indirectly by foreign persons during a continuous five year period ending on the date of disposition or, if shorter, during the entire period of our existence, or (B) our common shares are regularly traded on an established securities market and the selling Non-U.S. Stockholder has not held more than 5% of our outstanding common shares at any time during the five-year period ending on the date of the sale.
We believe, but cannot assure you that we will qualify as domestically controlled. If we were not domestically controlled, a Non-U.S. Stockholders sale of common shares would be subject to tax, unless the common shares were regularly traded on an established securities market and the selling Non-U.S. Stockholder has not directly, or indirectly, owned during the five-year period ending on the date of sale more than 5% in value of our common shares. However, it is not anticipated that our common shares will be regularly traded on an established market. If the gain on the sale of shares were to be subject to taxation, the Non-U.S. Stockholder would be subject to the same treatment as U.S. Stockholders with respect to such gain, and the purchaser of such common shares may be required to withhold 10% of the gross purchase price.
If the proceeds of a disposition of common stock are paid by or through a U.S. office of a broker dealer, the payment is generally subject to information reporting and to backup withholding unless the disposing Non-U.S. Stockholder certifies as to its name, address and non-U.S. status or otherwise establishes an exemption. Generally, U.S. information reporting and backup withholding will not apply to a payment of disposition proceeds if the payment is made outside the U.S. through a foreign office of a foreign broker dealer. Under Treasury Regulations, if the proceeds from a disposition of common stock paid to or through a foreign office of a U.S. broker dealer or a non-U.S. office of a foreign broker dealer that is (1) a controlled foreign corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, (2) a person 50% or more of whose gross income from all sources for a three-year period was effectively connected with a U.S. trade or business, (3) a foreign partnership with one or more partners who are U.S. persons and who, in the aggregate, hold more than 50% of the income or capital interest in the partnership, or (4) a foreign partnership engaged in the conduct of a trade or business in the U.S., then (A) backup withholding will not apply unless the broker dealer has actual knowledge that the owner is not a Non-U.S. Stockholder, and (B) information reporting will not apply if the Non-U.S. Stockholder certifies its non-U.S. status and further certifies that it has not been, and at the time the certificate is furnished reasonably expects not to be, present in the U.S. for a period aggregating 183 days or more during each calendar year to which the certification pertains. Prospective foreign purchasers should consult their tax advisors and financial planners concerning these rules.
With respect to payments made after December 31, 2013, a withholding tax of 30% will be imposed on dividends from, and, after December 31, 2014, the gross proceeds of a disposition of, our common stock paid to certain foreign entities unless various information reporting requirements are satisfied. Such withholding tax will generally apply to non-U.S. financial institutions, which is generally defined for this purpose as any non-U.S. entity that (i) accepts deposits in the ordinary course of a banking or similar business, (ii) is engaged in the business of holding financial assets for the account of others, or (iii) is engaged or holds itself out as being engaged primarily in the business of investing, reinvesting, or trading in securities, partnership interests, commodities, or any interest in such assets. We will not pay any additional amounts in respect of any amounts
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withheld. Non-U.S. Stockholders are encouraged to consult their tax advisors regarding the implications of this legislation on their investment in our common stock.
Other Tax Considerations
Distribution Reinvestment Plan . Stockholders who participate in the distribution reinvestment plan will recognize taxable dividend income in the amount they would have received had they elected not to participate, even though they receive no cash. These deemed dividends will be treated as actual dividends from us to the participating stockholders and will retain the character and U.S. federal income tax effects applicable to all dividends. See the section entitled Taxation of U.S. Stockholders above. Stock received under the plan will have a holding period beginning with the day after purchase, and a U.S. federal income tax basis equal to its cost, which is the gross amount of the deemed distribution.
Share Repurchase Program . A redemption of our shares will be treated under Code Section 302 as a taxable dividend (to the extent of our current or accumulated earnings and profits), unless the redemption satisfies certain tests set forth in Code Section 302(b) enabling the redemption to be treated as a sale or exchange of our shares. The redemption will satisfy such test if it (i) is substantially disproportionate with respect to the stockholder, (ii) results in a complete termination of the stockholders stock interest in us, or (iii) is not essentially equivalent to a dividend with respect to the stockholder, all within the meaning of Code Section 302(b). In determining whether any of these tests have been met, shares considered to be owned by the stockholder by reason of certain constructive ownership rules set forth in the Code, as well as shares actually owned, must generally be taken into account. Because the determination as to whether any of the alternative tests of Code Section 302(b) are satisfied with respect to any particular stockholder of our shares will depend upon the facts and circumstances existing at the time the determination is made, prospective investors are advised to consult their own tax advisors to determine such tax treatment. If a redemption of our shares is treated as a distribution that is taxable as dividend, the amount of the distribution would be measured by the amount of cash and the fair market value of any property received by the stockholders. The stockholders adjusted tax basis in such redeemed shares would be transferred to the stockholders remaining stockholdings in us. If, however, the stockholder has no remaining stockholdings in us, such basis may, under certain circumstances, be transferred to a related person or it may be lost entirely.
State, Local and Foreign Taxes. We and you may be subject to state, local or foreign taxation in various jurisdictions, including those in which we transact business or reside. Our and your state, local and foreign tax treatment may not conform to the U.S. federal income tax consequences discussed above. Any foreign taxes incurred by us would not pass through to stockholders as a credit against their U.S. federal income tax liability. You should consult your own tax advisors and financial planners regarding the effect of state, local and foreign tax laws on an investment in the common shares.
Legislative Proposals. You should recognize that our and your present U.S. federal income tax treatment may be modified by legislative, judicial or administrative actions at any time, which may be retroactive in effect. The rules dealing with U.S. federal income taxation are constantly under review by Congress, the IRS and the Treasury Department, and statutory changes as well as promulgation of new regulations, revisions to existing statutes, and revised interpretations of established concepts occur frequently. We are not aware of any pending legislation that would materially affect our or your taxation as described in this prospectus. You should, however, consult your advisors concerning the status of legislative proposals that may pertain to a purchase of our common shares.
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INVESTMENT BY TAX-EXEMPT ENTITIES AND ERISA CONSIDERATIONS
General
The following is a summary of certain additional considerations associated with an investment in our shares by tax-qualified pension, stock bonus or profit-sharing plans, employee benefit plans described in Section 3(3) and subject to Title I of ERISA, annuities described in Code Section 403(a) or (b), an individual retirement account or annuity described in Code Sections 408 or 408A, an Archer MSA described in Code Section 220(d), a health savings account described in Code Section 223(d), or a Coverdell education savings account described in Code Section 530, which are referred to in this section as Plans and IRAs, as applicable. This summary is based on provisions of ERISA and the Code, including amendments thereto through the date of this prospectus, and relevant regulations and opinions issued by the Department of Labor and the IRS through the date of this prospectus and is designed only to provide a general conceptual understanding of certain basic issues relevant to a Plan or IRA investor. We cannot assure you that adverse tax decisions or legislative, regulatory or administrative changes that would significantly modify the statements expressed herein will not occur. Any such changes may or may not apply to transactions entered into prior to the date of their enactment.
Our management has attempted to structure us in such a manner that we will be an attractive investment vehicle for Plans and IRAs. However, in considering an investment in our shares, those involved with making such an investment decision should consider applicable provisions of the Code and ERISA. While each of the ERISA and Code issues discussed below may not apply to all Plans and IRAs, individuals involved with making investment decisions with respect to Plans and IRAs should carefully review the rules and exceptions described below, and determine their applicability to their situation. This discussion should not be considered legal advice and prospective investors are required to consult their own legal advisors on these matters.
In general, individuals making investment decisions with respect to Plans and IRAs should, at a minimum, consider:
whether the investment is in accordance with the documents and instruments governing such Plan or IRA;
whether the investment satisfies the prudence and diversification and other fiduciary requirements of ERISA, if applicable;
whether the investment will result in UBTI to the Plan or IRA (see the section entitled Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations Taxation of U.S. Stockholders Taxation of Tax-Exempt Stockholders in this prospectus);
whether there is sufficient liquidity for the Plan or IRA, considering the minimum and other distribution requirements under the Code and the liquidity needs of such Plan or IRA, after taking this investment into account;
the need to value the assets of the Plan or IRA annually or more frequently; and
whether the investment would constitute or give rise to a non-exempt prohibited transaction under ERISA or the Code, if applicable.
Additionally, individuals making investment decisions with respect to Plans and IRAs must remember that ERISA requires that the assets of an employee benefit plan must generally be held in trust.
Minimum and Other Distribution Requirements Plan Liquidity
Potential Plan or IRA investors who intend to purchase our shares should consider the limited liquidity of an investment in our shares as it relates to the minimum distribution requirements under the Code, if applicable, and as it relates to other distributions (such as, for example, cash out distributions) that may be required under the terms of the Plan or IRA from time to time. If the shares are held in an IRA or Plan and, before we sell our properties, mandatory or other distributions are required to be made to the participant or beneficiary of such IRA or Plan, pursuant to the Code, then this could require that a distribution of the shares be made in kind to such participant or beneficiary or that a rollover of such shares be made to an IRA or other plan, which may not be permissible under the terms and provisions of the IRA or Plan. Even if
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permissible, a distribution of shares in kind to a participant or beneficiary of an IRA or Plan must be included in the taxable income of the recipient for the year in which the shares are received at the then current fair market value of the shares, even though there would be no corresponding cash distribution with which to pay the income tax liability arising because of the distribution of shares. See the section entitled Risk Factors U.S. Federal Income Tax Risks in this prospectus. The fair market value of any such distribution-in-kind can be only an estimated value per share because no public market for our shares exists or is likely to develop. See the section entitled Annual or More Frequent Valuation Requirement below. Further, there can be no assurance that such estimated value could actually be realized by a stockholder because estimates do not necessarily indicate the price at which our shares could be sold. Also, for distributions subject to mandatory income tax withholding under Section 3405 or other tax withholding provisions of the Code, the trustee of a Plan may have an obligation, even in situations involving in-kind distributions of shares, to liquidate a portion of the in-kind shares distributed in order to satisfy such withholding obligations, although there might be no market for such shares. There also may be similar state and/or local tax withholding or other tax obligations that should be considered.
Annual or More Frequent Valuation Requirement
Fiduciaries of Plans may be required to determine the fair market value of the assets of such Plans on at least an annual basis and, sometimes, as frequently as quarterly. If the fair market value of any particular asset is not readily available, the fiduciary is required to make a good faith determination of that assets value. Also, a trustee or custodian of an IRA must provide an IRA participant and the IRS with a statement of the value of the IRA each year. However, currently, neither the IRS nor the Department of Labor has promulgated regulations specifying how fair market value should be determined.
Following the escrow period and the acquisition of our first property, we will calculate a daily NAV per share.
Our NAV will be determined on a daily basis. See Valuation Policies for more details about how our NAV will be calculated.
There can be no assurance, however, with respect to any estimate of value that we prepare, including, without limitation, any daily NAV, that:
the estimated value per share would actually be realized by our stockholders upon liquidation, because these estimates do not necessarily indicate the price at which properties can be sold;
our stockholders would be able to realize estimated net asset values if they were to attempt to sell their shares, because no public market for our shares exists or is likely to develop; or
That the value, or method used to establish value, would comply with ERISA or Code requirements described above.
Fiduciary Obligations Prohibited Transactions
Any person identified as a fiduciary with respect to a Plan has duties and obligations under ERISA as discussed herein. For purposes of ERISA, any person who exercises any authority or control with respect to the management or disposition of the assets of a Plan is considered to be a fiduciary of such Plan. Further, many transactions between a Plan or an IRA and a party-in-interest or a disqualified person with respect to such Plan or IRA are prohibited by ERISA and/or the Code. ERISA also requires generally that the assets of Plans be held in trust.
If our properties and other assets were deemed to be assets of a Plan or IRA, referred to herein as plan assets, our directors would, and employees of our affiliates might be deemed fiduciaries of any Plans or IRAs investing as stockholders. If this were to occur, certain contemplated transactions between us and our directors and employees of our affiliates could be deemed to be prohibited transactions. Additionally, ERISAs fiduciary standards applicable to investments by Plans would extend to our directors and possibly employees of our affiliates as Plan fiduciaries with respect to investments made by us.
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Plan Assets Definition
Prior to the passage of the Pension Protection Act of 2006, or the PPA, neither ERISA nor the Code contained a definition of plan assets. After the passage of the PPA, new Section 3(42) of ERISA now defines plan assets in accordance with Department of Labor regulations with certain express exceptions. A Department of Labor regulation, referred to in this discussion as the Plan Asset Regulation, as modified or deemed to be modified by the express provisions included in the PPA, provides guidelines as to whether, and under what circumstances, the underlying assets of an entity will be deemed to constitute plan assets. Under the Plan Asset Regulation, the assets of an entity in which a Plan or IRA makes an equity investment generally will be deemed to be assets of such Plan or IRA unless the entity satisfies one of the exceptions to this general rule. Generally, the exceptions require that the investment in the entity be one of the following:
in securities issued by an investment company registered under the Investment Company Act;
in publicly offered securities, defined generally as interests that are freely transferable, widely held and registered with the SEC;
in an operating company, which includes venture capital operating companies and real estate operating companies; or
in which equity participation by benefit plan investors is not significant.
Plan Assets Registered Investment Company Exception
The shares we are offering will not be issued by a registered investment company. Therefore we do not anticipate that we will qualify for the exception for investments issued by a registered investment company.
Publicly Offered Securities Exemption
As noted above, if a Plan acquires publicly offered securities, the assets of the issuer of the securities will not be deemed to be plan assets under the Plan Asset Regulation. The definition of publicly offered securities requires that such securities be widely held, freely transferable and satisfy registration requirements under federal securities laws.
Under the Plan Asset Regulation, a class of securities will meet the registration requirements under federal securities laws if they are (i) part of a class of securities registered under section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act, or (ii) part of an offering of securities to the public pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and the class of securities of which such security is a part is registered under the Exchange Act within 120 days (or such later time as may be allowed by the SEC) after the end of the fiscal year of the issuer during which the offering of such securities to the public occurred. We anticipate that we will meet the registration requirements under the Plan Asset Regulation with respect to each class of securities that we offer. Also under the Plan Asset Regulation, a class of securities will be widely held if it is held by 100 or more persons independent of the issuer. We anticipate that this requirement will be easily met with respect to each class of securities that we offer.
Although our shares are intended to satisfy the registration requirements under this definition, and we expect that our securities will be widely-held, the freely transferable requirement must also be satisfied in order for us to qualify for the publicly offered securities exception.
The Plan Asset Regulation provides that whether a security is freely transferable is a factual question to be determined on the basis of all relevant facts and circumstances. Our shares are subject to certain restrictions on transferability typically found in REITs, and are intended to ensure that we continue to qualify for U.S. federal income tax treatment as a REIT. The Plan Asset Regulation provides, however, that where the minimum investment in a public offering of securities is $10,000 or less, the presence of a restriction on transferability intended to prohibit transfers that would result in a termination or reclassification of the entity for U.S. federal or state tax purposes will not ordinarily affect a determination that such securities are freely transferable. The minimum investment in our shares is less than $10,000. Thus, the restrictions imposed in order to maintain our status as a REIT should not prevent the shares from being deemed freely transferable. Therefore, we anticipate that we will meet the publicly offered securities exception with respect to each class of securities that we offer, although there are no assurances that we will qualify for this exception.
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Plan Assets Operating Company Exception
If we are deemed not to qualify for the publicly offered securities exemption, the Plan Asset Regulation also provides an exception with respect to securities issued by an operating company, which includes venture capital operating companies and real estate operating companies. To constitute a venture capital operating company, 50% of more of the assets of the entity must be invested in venture capital investments. A venture capital investment is an investment in an operating company (other than a venture capital operating company but including a real estate operating company) as to which the entity has or obtains direct management rights. To constitute a real estate operating company, 50% or more of the assets of an entity must be invested in real estate which is managed or developed and with respect to which such entity has the right to substantially participate directly in the management or development activities.
While the Plan Asset Regulation and relevant opinions issued by the Department of Labor regarding real estate operating companies are not entirely clear as to whether an investment in real estate must be direct, it is common practice to insure that an investment is made either (i) directly into real estate, (ii) through wholly-owned subsidiaries, or (iii) through entities in which all but a de minimis interest is separately held by an affiliate solely to comply with the minimum safe harbor requirements established by the IRS for classification as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes. We have structured ourselves in a manner in that may enable us to meet the venture capital operating company exception and our operating partnership to meet the real estate operating company exception.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, 50% of our operating partnerships investments must be in real estate over which it maintains the right to substantially participate in the management and development activities. An example in the Plan Asset Regulation indicates that if 50% or more of an entitys properties are subject to long-term leases under which substantially all management and maintenance activities with respect to the properties are the responsibility of the lessee, such that the entity merely assumes the risk of ownership of income-producing real property, then the entity may not be eligible for the real estate operating company exception. By contrast, a second example in the Plan Asset Regulation indicates that if 50% or more of an entitys investments are in shopping centers in which individual stores are leased for relatively short periods to various merchants, as opposed to long-term leases where substantially all management and maintenance activities are the responsibility of the lessee, then the entity will likely qualify as a real estate operating company. The second example further provides that the entity may retain contractors, including affiliates, to conduct the management of the properties so long as the entity has the responsibility to supervise and the authority to terminate the contractors. We intend to use contractors over which we have the right to supervise and the authority to terminate. Due to the uncertainty of the application of the standards set forth in the Plan Asset Regulation and the fact that we expect to focus on investing in a diversified portfolio of commercial properties, with an emphasis on sale-leaseback transactions involving single tenant net leased commercial properties that are triple-net leased to investment grade and other creditworthy tenants, there can be no assurance as to our ability to structure our operations, or the operations of our operating partnership, as the case may be, to qualify for the venture capital operating company and real estate operating company exceptions.
Plan Assets Not Significant Investment Exception
The Plan Asset Regulation provides that equity participation in an entity by benefit plan investors is significant if at any time 25% or more of the value of any class of equity interests is held by benefit plan investors. As modified by the PPA, a benefit plan investor is now defined to mean an employee benefit plan subject to Part 4 of Subtitle B of Title I of ERISA, any plan to which Code Section 4975 applies and any entity whose underlying assets include plan assets by reason of a plans investment in such entity. If we determine that we fail to meet the publicly offered securities exception, as a result of a failure to sell an adequate number of shares or otherwise, and we cannot ultimately establish that we are an operating company, we intend to restrict ownership of each class of equity interests held by benefit plan investors to an aggregate value of less than 25% and thus qualify for the exception for investments in which equity participation by benefit plan investors is not significant.
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Consequences of Holding Plan Assets
If our underlying assets were treated by the Department of Labor as plan assets, our management would be treated as fiduciaries with respect to each Plan or IRA stockholder, and an investment in our shares might expose the fiduciaries of the Plan or IRA to co-fiduciary liability under ERISA for any breach by our management of the fiduciary duties mandated under ERISA. Further, if our assets are deemed to be plan assets, an investment by a Plan or IRA in our shares might be deemed to result in an impermissible commingling of plan assets with other property.
If our management or affiliates were treated as fiduciaries with respect to Plan or IRA stockholders, the prohibited transaction restrictions of ERISA and/or the Code would apply to any transaction involving our assets. These restrictions could, for example, require that we avoid transactions with entities that are affiliated with our affiliates or us or restructure our activities in order to obtain an administrative exemption from the prohibited transaction restrictions. Alternatively, we might have to provide Plan or IRA stockholders with the opportunity to sell their shares to us or we might dissolve or terminate.
Prohibited Transactions
Generally, both ERISA and the Code prohibit Plans and IRAs from engaging in certain transactions involving plan assets with specified parties, such as sales or exchanges or leasing of property, loans or other extensions of credit, furnishing goods or services, or transfers to, or use of, plan assets. The specified parties are referred to as parties-in-interest under ERISA and as disqualified persons under the Code. These definitions generally include persons providing services to the Plan or IRA, as well as employer sponsors of the Plan or IRA, fiduciaries and certain other individuals or entities affiliated with the foregoing.
A person generally is a fiduciary with respect to a Plan or IRA for these purposes if, among other things, the person has discretionary authority or control with respect to plan assets or provides investment advice for a fee with respect to plan assets. Under Department of Labor regulations, a person will be deemed to be providing investment advice if that person renders advice as to the advisability of investing in our shares, and that person regularly provides investment advice to the Plan or IRA pursuant to a mutual agreement or understanding that such advice will serve as the primary basis for investment decisions, and that the advice will be individualized for the Plan or IRA based on its particular needs. Thus, if we are deemed to hold plan assets, our management could be characterized as fiduciaries with respect to such assets, and each would be deemed to be a party-in-interest under ERISA and a disqualified person under the Code with respect to investing Plans and IRAs. Whether or not we are deemed to hold plan assets, if we or our affiliates are affiliated with a Plan or IRA investor, we might be a disqualified person or party-in-interest with respect to such Plan or IRA investor, potentially resulting in a prohibited transaction merely upon investment by such Plan or IRA in our shares.
Prohibited Transactions Consequences
ERISA forbids Plans from engaging in non-exempt prohibited transactions. Fiduciaries of a Plan that allow a non-exempt prohibited transaction to occur will breach their fiduciary responsibilities under ERISA, and may be liable for any damage sustained by the Plan, as well as civil (and criminal, if the violation was willful) penalties. If it is determined by the Department of Labor or the IRS that a non-exempt prohibited transaction has occurred, any disqualified person or party-in-interest involved with the prohibited transaction would be required to reverse or unwind the transaction and, for a Plan, compensate the Plan for any loss resulting therefrom. Additionally, the Code requires that a disqualified person involved with a non-exempt prohibited transaction must pay an excise tax equal to a percentage of the amount involved in the transaction for each year in which the transaction remains uncorrected. The percentage is generally 15%, but is increased to 100% if the non-exempt prohibited transaction is not corrected promptly. For IRAs, if an IRA engages in a non-exempt prohibited transaction, the tax-exempt status of the IRA may be lost.
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Reporting
Based on certain revisions to the Form 5500 Annual Return, or Form 5500, that generally became effective on January 1, 2009, benefit plan investors may be required to report certain compensation paid by us (or by third parties) to our service providers as reportable indirect compensation on Schedule C to Form 5500. To the extent any compensation arrangements described herein constitute reportable indirect compensation, any such descriptions (other than compensation for which there is no formula used to calculate or determine compensation or an actual amount stated) are intended to satisfy the disclosure requirements for the alternative reporting option for eligible indirect compensation, as defined for purposes of Schedule C to the Form 5500.
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DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES
We were formed under the laws of the state of Maryland. The rights of our stockholders are governed by Maryland law as well as our charter and bylaws. The following summary of the terms of our stock is only a summary, and you should refer to the Maryland General Corporation Law and our charter and bylaws for a full description. The following is a summary of the material terms of our charter and bylaws. Copies of our charter and by-laws are available upon request.
Our charter authorizes us to issue up to 350,000,000 shares of stock, of which 300,000,000 shares are classified as common stock at $0.01 par value per share, of which 200,000,000 shares of common stock are classified as retail shares and 100,000,000 shares of common stock are classified as institutional shares, and 50,000,000 shares are classified as preferred stock at $0.01 par value per share. As of the date of this prospectus, 22,222 retail shares of our common stock were issued and outstanding, held by one stockholder, and no shares of preferred stock were issued and outstanding. Our board of directors, with the approval of a majority of the entire board and without any action taken by our stockholders, may amend our charter from time to time to increase or decrease the aggregate number of our authorized shares or the number of shares of any class or series that we have authority to issue.
Our charter also contains a provision permitting our board of directors, by resolution, to classify or reclassify any unissued shares of common stock or preferred stock into one or more classes or series by setting or changing the preferences, conversion or other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends or other distributions, qualifications, and terms and conditions of redemption of any new class or series of stock, subject to certain restrictions, including the express terms of any class or series of stock outstanding at the time. Our charter requires that the voting rights per share (other than any publicly held share) sold in any private offering will not exceed the voting rights which bear the same relationship to the voting rights of a publicly held share as the consideration paid to us for each privately offered share bears to the book value of each outstanding publicly held share. We believe that the power to classify or reclassify unissued shares of stock and thereafter issue the classified or reclassified shares provides us with increased flexibility in structuring possible future financings and acquisitions and in meeting other needs that might arise.
Our charter and bylaws contain certain provisions that could make it more difficult to acquire control of our company by means of a tender offer, a proxy contest or otherwise. These provisions are expected to discourage certain types of coercive takeover practices and inadequate takeover bids and to encourage persons seeking to acquire control of our company to negotiate first with our board of directors. We believe that these provisions increase the likelihood that proposals initially will be on more attractive terms than would be the case in their absence and facilitate negotiations that may result in improvement of the terms of an initial offer that might involve a premium price for our common stock or otherwise be in the best interest of our stockholders. See the section entitled Risk Factors Risks Related to an Investment in American Realty Capital Global Daily Net Asset Value Trust, Inc. in this prospectus.
Common Stock
The institutional shares and the retail shares shall be common stock. Subject to any preferential rights of any other class or series of stock and to the provisions of our charter regarding the restriction on the transfer of stock, the holders of shares of common stock are entitled to such distributions as may be authorized from time to time by our board of directors out of legally available funds and declared by us and, upon our liquidation, are entitled to receive all assets available for distribution to our stockholders. Upon issuance for full payment in accordance with the terms of this offering, all common stock issued in the offering will be fully paid and non-assessable. Holders of shares of common stock will not have preemptive rights, which means that they will not have an automatic option to purchase any new shares that we issue, or preference, conversion, exchange, sinking fund or redemption rights. Holders of shares of common stock will not have appraisal rights unless our board of directors determines that appraisal rights apply, with respect to all or any classes or series of stock, to one or more transactions occurring after the date of such determination in connection with which holders would otherwise be entitled to exercise appraisal rights. Shares of our common stock have equal distribution, liquidation and other rights.
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Preferred Stock
Our charter authorizes our board of directors, without stockholder approval, to designate and issue one or more classes or series of preferred stock and to set or change the preferences, conversion or other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends or other distributions, qualifications and terms and conditions of redemption of each class of shares so issued. Because our board of directors has the power to establish the preferences and rights of each class or series of preferred stock, it may afford the holders of any series or class of preferred stock preferences, powers, and rights senior to the rights of holders of common stock. If we ever create and issue preferred stock with a distribution preference over common stock, payment of any distribution preferences of outstanding preferred stock would reduce the amount of funds available for the payment of distributions on the common stock. Further, holders of preferred stock are normally entitled to receive a preference payment if we liquidate, dissolve, or wind up before any payment is made to the common stockholders, likely reducing the amount common stockholders would otherwise receive upon such an occurrence. In addition, under certain circumstances, the issuance of preferred stock may delay, prevent, render more difficult or tend to discourage the following:
a merger, tender offer, or proxy contest;
the assumption of control by a holder of a large block of our securities; or
the removal of incumbent management.
Also, our board of directors, without stockholder approval, may issue preferred stock with voting and conversion rights that could adversely affect the holders of common stock. However, the issuance of preferred stock must be approved by a majority of independent directors not otherwise interested in the transaction, who will have access at our expense to our legal counsel or to independent legal counsel.
Meetings and Special Voting Requirements
Subject to our charter restrictions on ownership and transfer of our stock and the terms of each class or series of stock except as may otherwise be specified in our charter, each holder of common stock is entitled at each meeting of stockholders to one vote per share owned by such stockholder on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders, including the election of directors. There is no cumulative voting in the election of our board of directors, which means that the holders of a majority of shares of our outstanding stock entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, which are present in person or by proxy at a meeting at which a quorum is present, can elect all of the directors then standing for election and the holders of the remaining shares of common stock will not be able to elect any directors.
Under Maryland law, a Maryland corporation generally cannot dissolve, amend its charter, merge, sell all or substantially all of its assets, engage in a share exchange or engage in similar transactions outside the ordinary course of business, unless declared advisable by the board of directors and approved by the affirmative vote of stockholders entitled to cast at least two-thirds of the votes entitled to be cast on the matter. However, a Maryland corporation may provide in its charter for approval of these matters by a lesser percentage, but not less than a majority of all of the votes entitled to be cast on the matter. Our charter provides for approval of these matters by the affirmative vote of stockholders entitled to call a majority of all the votes entitled to be cast.
An annual meeting of our stockholders will be held each year, upon reasonable notice on a date that is within a reasonable period of time following the distribution of our annual report to stockholders, at least 30 days after delivery of our annual report to our stockholders. The directors, including the independent directors, shall take reasonable steps to ensure that such notice is provided. Special meetings of stockholders may be called upon the request of a majority of our directors, a majority of the independent directors, the chairman of the board, the president or the chief executive officer and must be called by our secretary to act on any matter that may properly be considered at a meeting of stockholders upon the written request of stockholders entitled to cast not less than 10% of the votes entitled to be cast on such matter at the meeting. Upon receipt of a written request from such stockholders stating the purpose of the special meeting, our secretary will provide all of our stockholders written notice of the meeting and the purpose of such meeting. The meeting must be held not less than 15 nor more than 60 days after the distribution of the notice of
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meeting. The presence of stockholders entitled to cast at least 50% of all the votes entitled to be cast at such meeting on any matter, either in person or by proxy, will constitute a quorum.
Our stockholders are entitled to receive a copy of our stockholder list upon request. The list provided by us will include each stockholders name, address and telephone number, and the number of shares owned by each stockholder and will be sent within ten days of the receipt by us of the request. A stockholder requesting a list will be required to pay reasonable costs of postage and duplication. The purposes for which a stockholder may request a copy of the stockholder list include matters relating to stockholders voting rights and the exercise of stockholders rights under the federal proxy laws. Stockholders and their representatives shall also be given access to our corporate records at reasonable times. We have the right to request that a requesting stockholder represent to us that the list and records will not be used to pursue commercial interests.
In the event a stockholder is denied access to our books and records and such stockholder was not requesting the information to sell the list or use the same for commercial purposes other than in the interest of the applicant as a stockholder, our advisor and directors will be liable to the requesting stockholder for the costs, including attorneys fees, incurred by that stockholder for compelling the production of the stockholder list, and for actual damages suffered by such stockholder by reason of being denied access, which remedy will be in addition to and will not in any way limit, other remedies available to the stockholder under federal or state law.
If we do not begin the process of achieving a Liquidity Event by the sixth anniversary of the termination of this offering (not as extended through any follow-on offering), our charter requires, unless extended by a majority of the board of directors and a majority of the independent directors for up to two years following the sixth anniversary of the termination of our offering, that we hold a stockholders meeting to vote on a proposal for the orderly liquidation of our portfolio or seek stockholder approval of an extension or amendment of the Liquidity Event deadline. If the board of directors seeks an extension or amendment as described above and the stockholders do not approve such extension or amendment, then the board of directors shall adopt a plan of liquidation and commence an orderly liquidation of our assets pursuant to such plan of liquidation. If the board of directors adopts a plan of liquidation and the stockholders do not approve the plan of liquidation, our company shall continue operating and upon the written request of stockholders owning in the aggregate not less than 10% of the then outstanding shares of common stock, the board of directors shall resubmit the plan of liquidation for consideration by proxy statement to the stockholders up to once every two years. If the board of directors adopts a plan of liquidation and the stockholders approve the plan of liquidation, the board of directors shall commence an orderly liquidation of our assets pursuant to such plan of liquidation. If listing of our common stock on a national securities exchange occurs on or before the sixth anniversary of the termination of this offering, our company shall continue perpetually unless dissolved pursuant to any applicable provision of the Maryland General Corporation Law.
Restrictions on Ownership and Transfer
In order for us to qualify as a REIT under the Code, we must meet the following criteria regarding our stockholders ownership of our shares:
five or fewer individuals (as defined in the Code to include specified private foundations, employee benefit plans and trusts and charitable trusts) may not own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% in value of our outstanding shares during the last half of a taxable year, other than our first REIT taxable year; and
100 or more persons must beneficially own our shares during at least 335 days of a taxable year of twelve months or during a proportionate part of a shorter taxable year, other than our first REIT taxable year.
See the section entitled Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations in this prospectus for further discussion of this topic. We may prohibit certain acquisitions and transfers of shares so as to ensure our initial and continued qualification as a REIT under the Code. However, there can be no assurance that this prohibition will be effective. Because we believe it is essential for us to qualify as a REIT, and, once qualified, to continue to qualify, among other purposes, our charter provides (subject to certain exceptions) that no person may own, or be deemed to own by virtue of the attribution provisions of the Code, more than
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9.8% in value of the aggregate of our outstanding shares of stock or more than 9.8% (in value or in number of shares, whichever is more restrictive) of any class or series of shares of our stock.
Our board of directors, in its sole discretion, may (prospectively or retroactively) waive this ownership limit if evidence satisfactory to our directors, including certain representations and undertakings required by our charter, is presented that such ownership will not then or in the future jeopardize our status as a REIT. Also, these restrictions on ownership and transfer will not apply if our directors determine that it is no longer in our best interests to continue to qualify as a REIT or that compliance is no longer requiredfor REIT qualification.
Additionally, our charter prohibits the ownership or transfer of our stock if such ownership or transfer would:
with respect to transfers only, result in our stock being beneficially owned by fewer than 100 persons, determined without reference to any rules of attribution;
result in our being closely held within the meaning of Code Section 856(h) (regardless of whether the ownership interest is held during the last half of a taxable year);
result in our owning, directly or indirectly, more than 9.8% of the ownership interests in any tenant or subtenant; or
otherwise result in our disqualification as a REIT.
Any attempted transfer of our stock which, if effective, would result in our stock being beneficially owned by fewer than 100 persons will be null and void and the proposed transferee will not acquire any rights in such stock. In the event of any attempted transfer of our stock which, if effective, would result in (i) violation of the ownership limit discussed above, (ii) in our being closely held under Code Section 856(h), (iii) our owning (directly or indirectly) more than 9.8% of the ownership interests in any tenant or subtenant or (iv) our otherwise failing to qualify as a REIT, then the number of shares causing the violation (rounded to the nearest whole share) will be automatically transferred to a trust for the exclusive benefit of one or more charitable beneficiaries, and the proposed transferee will not acquire any rights in the shares. To avoid confusion, these shares so transferred to a beneficial trust will be referred to in this prospectus as Excess Securities. If the transfer of Excess Securities to a beneficial trust would not be effective for any reason to prevent any of the above violations, then the transfer of that number of shares that would otherwise cause the violation will be null and void and the proposed transferee will not acquire any rights in the shares. Excess Securities will remain issued and outstanding shares and will be entitled to the same rights and privileges as all other shares of the same class or series. The trustee of the beneficial trust, as holder of the Excess Securities, will be entitled to receive all dividends and distributions authorized by the board of directors and declared by us on such securities for the benefit of the charitable beneficiary. Our charter further entitles the trustee of the beneficial trust to exercise voting rights of the Excess Securities.
The trustee of the beneficial trust will select a transferee to whom the Excess Securities may be sold as long as such sale does not violate the ownership limit or the other restrictions on ownership and transfer. Upon sale of the Excess Securities, the intended transferee (the transferee of the Excess Securities whose ownership would have violated the ownership limit or the other restrictions on ownership and transfer) will receive from the trustee of the beneficial trust the lesser of such sale proceeds, or the price per share the intended transferee paid for the Excess Securities (or, in the case of a gift or devise to the intended transferee, the price per share equal to the market value per share on the date of the transfer to the intended transferee). The trustee may reduce the amount payable to the intended transferee by the amount of dividends and other distributions which have been paid to the intended transferee and are owed by the intended transferee to the trustee. The trustee of the beneficial trust will distribute to the charitable beneficiary any amount the trustee receives in excess of the amount to be paid to the intended transferee.
In addition, we have the right to purchase any Excess Securities at the lesser of (i) the price per share paid in the transfer that created the Excess Securities (or, in the case of a devise or gift, the market price at the time of such devise or gift) and (ii) the market price on the date we, or our designee, exercise such right. We may reduce the amount payable to the intended transferee by the amount of dividends and other distributions which have been paid to the intended transferee and are owed by the intended transferee to the
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trustee. We will have the right to purchase the Excess Securities until the trustee has sold the shares. Upon a sale to us, the interest of the charitable beneficiary in the shares sold will terminate and the trustee will distribute the net proceeds of the sale to the intended transferee.
Any person who (i) acquires or attempts or intends to acquire shares in violation of the foregoing ownership limitations, or (ii) would have owned shares that resulted in a transfer to a charitable trust, is required to give us immediate written notice or, in the case of a proposed or intended transaction, 15 days written notice. In both cases, such persons must provide to us such other information as we may request in order to determine the effect, if any, of such transfer on our status as a REIT. The foregoing limitations will continue to apply until our board of directors determines it is no longer in our best interest to continue to qualify as a REIT or that compliance is no longer required for REIT qualification.
The ownership limitation does not apply to the underwriter in a public offering of shares or to a person or persons so exempted (prospectively or retroactively) by our board of directors based upon appropriate assurances, including certain representations and undertakings required by our charter, that our qualification as a REIT is not jeopardized. Any person who owns more than 5% of the outstanding shares during any taxable year will be asked to deliver a written notice stating the name and address of such owner, the number of shares beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, and a description of the manner in which such shares are held.
Distribution Policy and Distributions
When we have sufficient cash flow available to pay distributions, we intend to pay regular distributions to our stockholders. As of the date of this prospectus, we have no real estate investments. We currently own no properties and have not identified any properties to acquire. We will not make any real estate investments until we identify investment opportunities and raise sufficient capital pursuant to this offering to do so. We cannot predict when we will begin to generate sufficient cash flow from these investments to pay distributions as a result of such investments; however, we expect that these will begin no later than the first calendar month after the calendar month in which we make our first real estate investment. Because all of our operations will be performed indirectly through American Realty Capital Global Operating Partnership, L.P., our operating partnership, our ability to pay distributions depends on American Realty Capital Global Operating Partnership, L.P.s ability to pay distributions to its partners, including to us. If we do not have enough cash from operations to fund the distribution, we may borrow, issue additional securities or sell assets in order to fund the distributions or make the distributions out of net proceeds from this offering. We have not established any limit on the amount of proceeds from this offering that may be used to fund distributions, except that, in accordance with our organizational documents and Maryland law, we may not make distributions that would: (1) cause us to be unable to pay our debts as they become due in the usual course of business; (2) cause our total assets to be less than the sum of our total liabilities plus senior liquidation preferences, if any; or (3) jeopardize our ability to qualify as a REIT.
In addition, the fees, distributions and reimbursements payable to our advisor depend on various factors, including the assets we acquire, indebtedness incurred, and sales prices of investments sold, and therefore cannot be quantified or reserved for until such fees have been earned. See Management Compensation in this prospectus. We are required to pay these amounts to our advisor regardless of the amount of cash we distribute to our stockholders and therefore our ability to make distributions from cash flow, as well as cash flow available for investment, to our stockholders may be negatively impacted.
Distributions will be paid to our stockholders when and if authorized by our board of directors and declared by us out of legally available funds as of the record dates. We expect to declare and pay distributions on a regular basis beginning no later than the first calendar month after the calendar month in which we make our initial real estate investment unless our results of operations, our general financial condition, general economic conditions or other factors make it imprudent to do so. Distributions will be authorized at the discretion of our board of directors, which will be influenced in part by its intention to comply with the REIT requirements of the Code. We intend to make distributions sufficient to meet the annual distribution requirement and to avoid U.S. federal income and excise taxes on our earnings; however, it may not always be possible to do so. Each distribution will be accompanied by a notice which sets forth: (a) the record date; (b) the amount per share that will be distributed; (c) the equivalent annualized yield; (d) the amount and
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percentage of the distributions paid from operations, offering proceeds and other sources; and (e) for those investors participating in the distribution reinvestment plan, a statement that a distribution statement will be provided in lieu of a check. The funds we receive from operations that are available for distribution may be affected by a number of factors, including the following:
the amount of time required for us to invest the funds received in the offering;
our operating and interest expenses;
the ability of tenants to meet their obligations under the leases associated with our properties;
the amount of distributions or dividends received by us from our indirect real estate investments;
our ability to keep our properties occupied;
our ability to maintain or increase rental rates when renewing or replacing current leases;
capital expenditures and reserves for such expenditures;
the issuance of additional shares; and
financings and refinancings.
We must distribute annually to our stockholders at least 90% of our REIT taxable income (which does not equal net income as calculated in accordance with GAAP), determined without regard to the deduction for dividends paid and excluding net capital gain, in order to meet the requirements for being treated as a REIT under the Code. This requirement is described in greater detail in the Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations REIT Qualification Tests Annual Distribution Requirements section of this prospectus. Our board of directors may authorize distributions in excess of this percentage as they deem appropriate. Because we may receive income from interest or rents at various times during our fiscal year, distributions may not reflect our income earned in that particular distribution period, but may be made in anticipation of cash flow that we expect to receive during a later period and may be made in advance of actual receipt of funds in an attempt to make distributions relatively uniform. To allow for such differences in timing between the receipt of income and the payment of expenses, and the effect of required debt payments, among other things, we could be required to borrow funds from third parties on a short-term basis, issue new securities, or sell assets to meet the distribution requirements that are necessary to achieve the tax benefits associated with qualifying as a REIT. These methods of obtaining funding could affect future distributions by increasing operating costs and decreasing available cash. In addition, such distributions may constitute a return of capital. See the section entitled Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations REIT Qualification Tests in this prospectus.
Out of any distribution received by holders of institutional shares, a platform fee will be paid to the dealer manager, which amount shall be deducted from each distribution paid to such stockholders. The amount of the daily platform fee shall equal 1/365 th of 0.70% of our NAV per institutional share during such day, payable monthly in arrears. No platform fee will be paid with respect to the retail shares.
Stockholder Liability
The Maryland General Corporation Law provides that our stockholders:
are not liable personally for our debts or obligations solely as a result of their status as a stockholder; and
are under no obligation to us or our creditors with respect to their shares other than the obligation to pay to us the full amount of the consideration for which their shares were issued.
Business Combinations
Under Maryland law, business combinations between a Maryland corporation and an interested stockholder or an affiliate of an interested stockholder are prohibited for five years after the most recent date on which the interested stockholder becomes an interested stockholder. These business combinations include a merger, consolidation, share exchange, or, in circumstances specified in the statute, an asset transfer or issuance or reclassification of equity securities. An interested stockholder is defined as:
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any person who beneficially owns 10% or more of the voting power of the corporations outstanding voting stock; or
an affiliate or associate of the corporation who, at any time within the two-year period prior to the date in question, was the beneficial owner of 10% or more of the voting power of the then outstanding stock of the corporation.
A person is not an interested stockholder under the statute if the board of directors approved in advance the transaction by which he otherwise would have become an interested stockholder. However, in approving a transaction, the board of directors may provide that its approval is subject to compliance, at or after the time of approval, with any terms and conditions determined by the board.
After the five-year prohibition, any business combination between the Maryland corporation and an interested stockholder generally must be recommended by the board of directors of the corporation and approved by the affirmative vote of at least:
80% of the votes entitled to be cast by holders of outstanding shares of voting stock of the corporation; and
two-thirds of the votes entitled to be cast by holders of voting stock of the corporation other than shares held by the interested stockholder with whom or with whose affiliate the business combination is to be effected or held by an affiliate or associate of the interested stockholder.
These super-majority vote requirements do not apply if the corporations common stockholders receive a minimum price, as defined under Maryland law, for their shares in the form of cash or other consideration in the same form as previously paid by the interested stockholder for its shares.
The statute permits various exemptions from its provisions, including business combinations that are exempted by the board of directors before the time that the interested stockholder becomes an interested stockholder. Pursuant to the statute, our board of directors has adopted a resolution exempting any business combination with American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC or any affiliate of American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC. Consequently, the five-year prohibition and the super-majority vote requirements will not apply to business combinations between us and American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC or any affiliate of American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC. As a result, American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC or any affiliate of American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC may be able to enter into business combinations with us that may not be in the best interest of our stockholders, without compliance with the super-majority vote requirements and the other provisions of the statute.
The business combination statute may discourage others from trying to acquire control of us and increase the difficulty of consummating any offer.
Control Share Acquisitions
Maryland law provides that control shares of a Maryland corporation acquired in a control share acquisition have no voting rights except to the extent approved by the affirmative vote of stockholders entitled to cast two-thirds of the votes entitled to be cast on the matter, excluding control shares:
owned by the acquiring person;
owned by our officers; and
owned by our employees who are also directors.
Control shares mean voting shares of stock which, if aggregated with all other shares of stock owned by the acquirer in respect of which the acquirer can exercise or direct the exercise of voting power, would entitle the acquiring person to exercise voting power in electing directors within one of the following ranges of voting power:
one-tenth or more, but less than one-third of all voting power;
one-third or more, but less than a majority of all voting power; or
a majority or more of all voting power.
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Control shares do not include shares the acquiring person is then entitled to vote as a result of having previously obtained stockholder approval. A control share acquisition occurs when, subject to some exceptions, a person directly or indirectly acquires ownership or the power to direct the exercise of voting power (except solely by virtue of a revocable proxy) of issued and outstanding control shares. A person who has made or proposes to make a control share acquisition, upon satisfaction of some specific conditions, including an undertaking to pay expenses, may compel our board of directors to call a special meeting of our stockholders to be held within 50 days of a request to consider the voting rights of the control shares. If no request for a meeting is made, we may present the question at any stockholders meeting.
If voting rights are not approved at the meeting or if the acquiring person does not deliver an acquiring person statement on or before the 10 th day after the control share acquisition as required by the statute, then, subject to some conditions and limitations, we may acquire any or all of the control shares (except those for which voting rights have been previously approved) for fair value determined, without regard to the absence of voting rights for the control shares, as of the date of the last control share acquisition by the acquiror or of any meeting of stockholders at which the voting rights of such shares are considered and not approved. If voting rights for control shares are approved at a stockholders meeting and the acquiror becomes entitled to vote a majority of the shares entitled to vote, all other stockholders may exercise appraisal rights. The fair value of the shares as determined for purposes of such appraisal rights may not be less than the highest price per share paid by the acquiror in the control share acquisition. The control share acquisition statute does not apply to shares acquired in a merger, consolidation, or share exchange if we are a party to the transaction or to acquisitions approved or exempted by our charter or bylaws.
As permitted by Maryland General Corporation Law, our by-laws contain a provision exempting from the control share acquisition statute any and all acquisitions of our stock by any person. There can be no assurance that this provision will not be amended or eliminated at any time in the future.
Subtitle 8
Subtitle 8 of Title 3 of the Maryland General Corporation Law permits a Maryland corporation with a class of equity securities registered under the Exchange Act and at least three independent directors to elect to be subject, by provision in its charter or bylaws or a resolution of its board of directors and notwithstanding any contrary provision in the charter or bylaws, to any or all of five provisions:
a classified board,
a two-thirds vote requirement for removing a director,
a requirement that the number of directors be fixed only by vote of the directors,
a requirement that a vacancy on the board be filled only by affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors in office and for the remainder of the full term of the class of directors in which the vacancy occurred, and
a majority requirement for the calling of a special meeting of stockholders.
We have elected that, except as may be provided by our board of directors in setting terms of any class or series of preferred stock, any and all vacancies on the board may be filled only by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors in office, even if the remaining directors do not constitute a quorum, and any director elected to fill a vacancy will serve for the remainder of the directorship in which the vacancy occurred. Through provisions in our charter and bylaws unrelated to Subtitle 8, we already vest in the board the exclusive power to fix the number of directorships.
Restrictions on Roll-up Transactions
A Roll-up Transaction is a transaction involving the acquisition, merger, conversion or consolidation, directly or indirectly, of us and the issuance of securities of an entity (Roll-up Entity) that is created or would survive after the successful completion of a Roll-up Transaction. This term does not include:
a transaction involving securities of a company that have been listed on a national securities exchange for at least 12 months; or
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a transaction involving our conversion to corporate, trust or association form if, as a consequence of the transaction, there will be no significant adverse change in stockholder voting rights, the term of our existence, compensation to our sponsor or advisor or our investment objectives.
In connection with any Roll-up Transaction involving the issuance of securities of a Roll-up Entity, an appraisal of all of our assets shall be obtained from a competent independent appraiser. The assets shall be appraised on a consistent basis, and the appraisal will be based on the evaluation of all relevant information and will indicate the value of the assets as of a date immediately prior to the announcement of the proposed Roll-up Transaction. The appraisal shall assume an orderly liquidation of assets over a 12-month period. If the appraisal will be included in a prospectus used to offer the securities of a Roll-Up Entity, the appraisal shall be filed with the SEC and the states as an exhibit to the registration statement for the offering. Accordingly, an issuer using the appraisal shall be subject to liability for violation of Section 11 of the Securities Act, and comparable provisions under state laws for any material misrepresentations or omissions in the appraisal. The terms of the engagement of the independent appraiser shall clearly state that the engagement is for the benefit of us and our stockholders. A summary of the appraisal, indicating all material assumptions underlying the appraisal, shall be included in a report to stockholders in connection with any proposed Roll-up Transaction.
In connection with a proposed Roll-up Transaction, the sponsor of the Roll-up Transaction must offer to common stockholders who vote no on the proposal the choice of:
(1) accepting the securities of the Roll-up Entity offered in the proposed Roll-up Transaction; or
(2) one of the following:
(a) remaining as holders of our stock and preserving their interests therein on the same terms and conditions as existed previously, or
(b) receiving cash in an amount equal to the stockholders pro rata share of the appraised value of our net assets.
We are prohibited from participating in any Roll-up Transaction:
that would result in the common stockholders having voting rights in a Roll-up Entity that are less than those provided in our charter and described elsewhere in this prospectus, including rights with respect to the election and removal of directors, annual and special meetings, amendment of our charter and our dissolution;
that includes provisions that would operate to materially impede or frustrate the accumulation of shares by any purchaser of the securities of the Roll-up Entity, except to the minimum extent necessary to preserve the tax status of the Roll-up Entity, or which would limit the ability of an investor to exercise the voting rights of its securities of the Roll-up Entity on the basis of the number of shares held by that investor;
in which investors rights to access of records of the Roll-up Entity will be less than those provided in the section of this prospectus entitled Meetings and Special Voting Requirements above; or
in which any of the costs of the Roll-up Transaction would be borne by us if the Roll-up Transaction is rejected by the common stockholders.
Tender Offers
Our charter provides that any tender offer made by any person, including any mini-tender offer, must comply with most of the provisions of Regulation 14D of the Exchange Act, including, without limitation, the notice and disclosure requirements. Among other things, the offeror must provide us notice of such tender offer at least ten business days before initiating the tender offer. If the offeror does not comply with the provisions set forth above, we will have the right to redeem that offerors shares, if any, and any shares acquired in such tender offer. In addition, the non-complying offeror will be responsible for all of our expenses in connection with that offerors noncompliance.
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DISTRIBUTION REINVESTMENT PLAN
We have adopted a distribution reinvestment plan. The following is a summary of our distribution reinvestment plan. A complete copy of our form of distribution reinvestment plan is included in this prospectus as Appendix B.
Investment of Distributions
We have adopted a distribution reinvestment plan pursuant to which our stockholders, and, subject to certain conditions set forth in the plan, any stockholder or partner of any other publicly offered limited partnership, real estate investment trust or other real estate program sponsored by our advisor or its affiliates, may elect to purchase shares of our common stock with our distributions or distributions from such other programs. The per share purchase price for shares purchased pursuant to the distribution reinvestment plan will be equal to NAV per share for each class. We have the discretion to extend the offering period for the shares being offered pursuant to this prospectus under our distribution reinvestment plan beyond the termination of this offering until we have sold all the shares allocated to the plan through the reinvestment of distributions. We also may offer shares pursuant to a new registration statement. We reserve the right to reallocate the shares of common stock we are offering between the primary offering and our distribution reinvestment plan. Any shares issued pursuant to our distribution reinvestment plan are subject to registration and renewal in any state in which such shares are offered.
No dealer manager fees or selling commissions will be paid with respect to shares purchased pursuant to the distribution reinvestment plan; therefore, we will retain all of the proceeds from the reinvestment of distributions. Accordingly, substantially all the economic benefits resulting from distribution reinvestment purchases by stockholders from the elimination of the dealer manager fee and selling commissions will benefit the participant through the reduced purchase price.
Pursuant to the terms of our distribution reinvestment plan the reinvestment agent, which currently is us, will act on behalf of participants to reinvest the cash distributions they receive from us. Stockholders participating in the distribution reinvestment plan may purchase fractional shares. If sufficient shares are not available for issuance under our distribution reinvestment plan, the reinvestment agent will remit excess cash distributions to the participants. Participants purchasing shares pursuant to our distribution reinvestment plan will have the same rights as stockholders with respect to shares purchased under the plan and will be treated in the same manner as if such shares were issued pursuant to our offering.
After the termination of the offering of our shares registered for sale pursuant to the distribution reinvestment plan under the this prospectus, we may determine to allow participants to reinvest cash distributions from us in shares issued by another American Realty Capital-sponsored program only if all of the following conditions are satisfied:
prior to the time of such reinvestment, the participant has received the final prospectus and any supplements thereto offering interests in the subsequent American Realty Capital-sponsored program and such prospectus allows investments pursuant to a distribution reinvestment plan;
a registration statement covering the interests in the subsequent American Realty Capital-sponsored program has been declared effective under the Securities Act;
the offer and sale of such interests are qualified for sale under applicable state securities laws;
the participant executes the subscription agreement included with the prospectus for the subsequent American Realty Capital-sponsored program; and
the participant qualifies under applicable investor suitability standards as contained in the prospectus for the subsequent American Realty Capital-sponsored program.
Stockholders who invest in subsequent American Realty Capital-sponsored programs pursuant to our distribution reinvestment plan will become investors in such subsequent American Realty Capital-sponsored program and, as such, will receive the same reports as other investors in the subsequent American Realty Capital-sponsored program.
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Election to Participate or Terminate Participation
A stockholder may become a participant in our distribution reinvestment plan by making a written election to participate on his or her subscription agreement at the time he or she subscribes for shares. Any stockholder who has not previously elected to participate in the distribution reinvestment plan may so elect at any time by delivering to the reinvestment agent a completed enrollment form or other written authorization required by the reinvestment agent. Participation in our distribution reinvestment plan will commence with the next distribution payable after receipt of the participants notice, provided it is received at least ten days prior to the last day of the fiscal quarter, month or other period to which the distribution relates.
Some brokers may determine not to offer their clients the opportunity to participate in our distribution reinvestment plan. Any prospective investor who wishes to participate in our distribution reinvestment plan should consult with his or her broker as to the brokers position regarding participation in the distribution reinvestment plan.
We reserve the right to prohibit qualified retirement plans and other benefit plan investors (as defined in ERISA) from participating in our distribution reinvestment plan if such participation would cause our underlying assets to constitute plan assets of qualified retirement plans. See the section entitled Investment by Tax-Exempt Entities and ERISA Considerations in this prospectus.
Each stockholder electing to participate in our distribution reinvestment plan shall notify the reinvestment agent if any time during his or her participation in the distribution reinvestment plan, there is any material change in the stockholders financial condition or inaccuracy of any representation under the subscription agreement for such stockholders initial purchase of our shares.
Subscribers should note that affirmative action in the form of written notice to the reinvestment agent must be taken to withdraw from participation in our distribution reinvestment plan. A withdrawal from participation in our distribution reinvestment plan will be effective with respect to distributions for a monthly distribution period only if written notice of termination is received at least ten days prior to the end of such distribution period. In addition, a transfer of shares prior to the date our shares are listed for trading on a national securities exchange, which we have no intent to do at this time and which may never occur, will terminate participation in the distribution reinvestment plan with respect to such transferred shares as of the first day of the distribution period in which the transfer is effective, unless the transferee demonstrates to the reinvestment agent that the transferee meets the requirements for participation in the plan and affirmatively elects to participate in the plan by providing to the reinvestment agent an executed enrollment form or other written authorization required by the reinvestment agent.
Offers and sales of shares pursuant to the distribution reinvestment plan must be registered in every state in which such offers and sales are made. Generally, such registrations are for a period of one year. Thus, we may have to stop selling shares pursuant to the distribution reinvestment plan in any states in which our registration is not renewed or extended.
Reports to Participants
Within 90 days after the end of each calendar year, the reinvestment agent will mail to each participant a statement of account describing, as to such participant, the distributions received, the number of shares purchased, the purchase price for such shares and the total shares purchased on behalf of the participant during the prior year pursuant to our distribution reinvestment plan.
Excluded Distributions
Our board of directors may designate that certain cash or other distributions attributable to net sales proceeds will be excluded from distributions that may be reinvested in shares under our distribution reinvestment plan (Excluded Distributions). Accordingly, if proceeds attributable to the potential sale transaction described above are distributed to stockholders as an Excluded Distribution, such amounts may not be reinvested in our shares pursuant to our distribution reinvestment plan. The determination of whether all or part of a distribution will be deemed to be an Excluded Distribution is separate and unrelated to our requirement to distribute 90% of our taxable REIT income. In its initial determination of whether to make a distribution and the amount of the distribution, our board of directors will consider, among other factors, our
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cash position and our distribution requirements as a REIT. Once our board of directors determines to make the distribution, it will then consider whether all or part of the distribution will be deemed to be an Excluded Distribution. In most instances, we expect that our board of directors would not deem any of the distribution to be an Excluded Distribution. In that event, the amount distributed to participants in our distribution reinvestment plan will be reinvested in additional shares of our common stock. If all or a portion of the distribution is deemed to be an Excluded Distribution, the distribution will be made to all stockholders, however, the excluded portion will not be reinvested. As a result, we would not be able to use any of the Excluded Distribution to assist in meeting future distributions and the stockholders would not be able to use the distribution to purchase additional shares of our common stock through our distribution reinvestment plan. We currently do not have any planned Excluded Distributions, which will only be made, if at all, in addition to, not in lieu of, regular distributions.
Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations
Taxable participants will incur tax liability even though they have elected not to receive their distributions in cash but rather to have their distributions reinvested under our distributions reinvestment plan. See the section entitled Risk Factors U.S. Federal Income Tax Risks in this prospectus. In addition, to the extent you purchase shares through our distribution reinvestment plan at a discount to their fair market value, you will be treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes as receiving an additional distribution equal to the amount of the discount. For our retail shares at least until our offering stage is complete, we expect that (i) we will sell shares under the distribution reinvestment plan at NAV per share, (ii) no secondary trading market for our shares will develop and (iii) our advisor will estimate the fair market value of a share to be NAV. Therefore, at least until our offering stage is complete, participants in our distribution reinvestment plan will be treated as having received a distribution of NAV for each shares worth reinvested by them under our distribution reinvestment plan. You will be taxed on the amount of such distribution as a dividend to the extent such distribution is from current or accumulated earnings and profits, unless we have designated all or a portion of the dividend as a capital gain dividend. Tax information regarding each participants participation in the plan will be provided to each participant at least annually.
Amendment, Suspension and Termination
We reserve the right to amend or suspend any aspect of our distribution reinvestment plan with ten days notice to participants. The reinvestment agent also reserves the right to terminate a participants individual participation in the plan, and we reserve the right to terminate our distribution reinvestment plan itself in our sole discretion at any time, by sending ten days prior written notice of termination to the terminated participant or, upon termination of the plan, to all participants.
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SHARE REPURCHASE PROGRAM
Our share repurchase plan will begin on the first day of the first calendar quarter after the purchase price of our shares is calculated based on NAV. Under our share repurchase plan, stockholders may request that we repurchase all or any portion, subject to certain minimum amounts described below, of their shares on any business day, if such repurchase does not impair our capital or our operations.
Generally, we will pay repurchase proceeds, less any applicable short-term trading fees and any applicable tax or other withholding required by law, by the third business day following the repurchase request day. The repurchase price per share on any business day will be our NAV per share for the respective class of common stock for that day, calculated after the close of business on the repurchase request day, without giving effect to any share purchases or repurchases to be effected on such day. Subject to limited exceptions, stockholders who have their shares of our common stock repurchased within the first four months from the date of purchase will be subject to a short-term trading fee of 2% of the aggregate NAV per share of the shares of common stock received. If a stockholders repurchase request is received before 4:00 p.m. Eastern time such shares will be repurchased at a price equal to our NAV per share calculated after the close of business on that day. If a stockholders request is received after 4:00 p.m. on any business day, or received on a day other than a business day, such shares will be repurchased at our NAV per share calculated after the close of business on the next business day. We refer to the day on which a repurchase request is received pursuant to our redemption plan as the repurchase request day. Although a stockholder will not know at the time he or she requests the repurchase of shares the exact price at which such repurchase request will be processed, the stockholder may cancel the repurchase request before it has been processed by notifying a customer service representative available on our toll-free, automated telephone line, 1-866-532-4743. The line is open on each business day between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. (Eastern time). Repurchase requests submitted before 4:00 p.m. on a business day must be cancelled before 4:00 p.m. on the same day. Redemption requests received after 4:00 p.m. on a business day, or at any time on a day that is not a business day, must be cancelled before 4:00 p.m. on the next business day. If the repurchase request is not cancelled before the applicable time described above, the stockholder will be contractually bound to the repurchase of the shares and will not be permitted to cancel the request prior to the payment of repurchase proceeds. Because our NAV per share will be calculated at the close of each business day, the repurchase price may fluctuate between the repurchase request day and the date on which the company pays repurchase proceeds. If the repurchase request day is after the record date for a distribution payment but prior to the payment date for such distribution, the stockholder will be entitled to receive such distribution with respect to the repurchased shares of our common stock because the stockholder held them on the record date.
We will limit shares repurchased during any calendar quarter to 5% of our NAV as of the last day of the previous calendar quarter, or approximately 20% of our NAV in any 12 month period. Furthermore, we may not have sufficient liquidity to honor all repurchase requests. We intend to maintain the following percentage of the overall value of our portfolio in liquid assets that can be liquidated more readily than properties: (1) 15% of our NAV up to $500 million, (2) 10% of our NAV between $500 million and $1 billion and (3) 5% of our NAV in excess of $1 billion. However, our stockholders should not expect that we will maintain liquid assets at or above these levels. To the extent that we maintain borrowing capacity under a line of credit, such available amount will be included in calculating our liquid assets. Our advisor will consider various factors in determining the amount of liquid assets we should maintain, including but not limited to our receipt of proceeds from sales of additional shares, our cash flow from operations, available borrowing capacity under a line of credit, if any, our receipt of proceeds from any asset sale, and the use of cash to fund repurchases. The board will review the amount and sources of liquid assets on a quarterly basis.
On the day on which the share repurchase limit of 5% is reached, we will fulfill repurchase requests as follows: (i) first, pro rata as to repurchases upon the death of a stockholder; (ii) next, pro rata as to repurchases to stockholders who demonstrate, in the discretion of our board of directors, another involuntary exigent circumstance, such as bankruptcy; (iii) next, pro rata as to repurchases to stockholders subject to a mandatory distribution requirement under such stockholders IRA; and (iv) finally, pro rata as to all other repurchase requests. If we reach the 5% limit on repurchases during any quarter, we will publicly disclose such fact through a filing with the SEC and a posting on our website on the first business day on which such quarterly limit is reached, and will not accept any additional repurchase requests for the remainder of such
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quarter. Our share repurchase plan will automatically resume on the first day of the next calendar quarter, unless our board of directors determines to suspend the share repurchase plan.
Our advisor will continuously monitor our capital needs and the amount of available liquid assets relative to our current business, as well as the volume of repurchase requests relative to the sales of new shares. If our board of directors believes, in its business judgment, that repurchases may unnecessarily burden our short-term or long-term liquidity, adversely affect our operations or have a material adverse impact on non-repurchasing stockholders, then prior to the beginning of any quarter, our board of directors may set a limit on the number of shares that may be repurchased in such quarter; provided that we will limit our shares repurchased during such quarter to 5% of our NAV as of the last day of the previous calendar quarter, or approximately 20% of our NAV in any 12 month period. Stockholders may make multiple requests for repurchase during the quarter but may not exceed the maximum limit of repurchases established by our advisor.
There is no minimum holding period for shares of our common stock and stockholders can have their shares repurchased at any time; however, because most of our assets will consist of real estate properties that cannot generally be readily liquidated without impacting our ability to realize full value upon their disposition, investment in the company should be considered a long-term investment. In order to offset any incremental costs in holding liquid investments, keeping borrowing capacity available, drawing funds under a line of credit and selling assets we would not otherwise have sold and to protect the interests of long-term stockholders and to reduce the possible impact of short-term trading on our performance, stockholders who have their shares repurchased within four months of purchasing them will be subject to a short-term trading fee of 2% of the aggregate NAV of the shares of common stock repurchased. For purposes of determining whether the short-term trading fee applies, we will repurchase the shares that were held the longest first. The short-term trading fee will not apply in circumstances involving a stockholders death, post-purchase disability or divorce decree, repurchases made as part of a systematic withdrawal plan, repurchases in connection with periodic portfolio rebalancings of certain wrap or fee-based accounts, repurchases of shares acquired through our distribution reinvestment plan and the cancellation on a case by case basis of a purchase of shares after the investor executes a subscription agreement but prior to acceptance and in other circumstances at our discretion.
In general, a stockholder or his or her estate, heir or beneficiary may present to us fewer than all of the shares then-owned for repurchase, except that the minimum number of shares that must be presented for repurchase shall be at least 25% of the holders shares. However, if the repurchase request is made within 180 days of the event giving rise to the special circumstances described in this sentence, where repurchase is being requested (i) on behalf of the estate, heirs or beneficiaries, as applicable, of a deceased stockholder; (ii) by a stockholder due to another involuntary exigent circumstance, such as bankruptcy; or (iv) by a stockholder due to a mandatory distribution under such stockholders IRA, a minimum of 10% of the stockholders shares may be presented for repurchase; provided, however , that any future repurchase request by such stockholder must present for repurchase at least 25% of such stockholders remaining shares.
Repurchase requests may be made by mail. A stockholder who wishes to have shares repurchased must mail or deliver to us a written request on a form provided by us and executed by the stockholder, its trustee or authorized agent. An estate, heir or beneficiary that wishes to have shares repurchased following the death of a stockholder must mail or deliver to us a written request on a form provided by us, including evidence acceptable to our board of directors of the death of the stockholder, and executed by the executor or executrix of the estate, the heir or beneficiary, or their trustee or authorized agent. Unrepurchased shares may be passed to an estate, heir or beneficiary following the death of a stockholder. If the shares are to be repurchased under any conditions outlined herein, we will forward the documents necessary to effect the repurchase, including any signature guaranty we may require.
Our board of directors reserves the right, in its sole discretion, at any time and from time to time, to:
change the purchase price for repurchases; or
otherwise amend the terms of, suspend or terminate our share repurchase program.
Our sponsor, advisor, directors and affiliates are prohibited from receiving a fee on any share repurchases, including selling commissions and dealer manager fees.
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The share repurchase program immediately will terminate if our shares are listed on any national securities exchange. Any material modifications, suspension or termination of our repurchase plan by our board of directors or our advisor will be disclosed to stockholders promptly in reports we file with the SEC, a press release and/or via our website. In the event of a suspension or material modification of our repurchase plan, our board may also modify or suspend our offering of shares for sale.
Stockholders are not required to sell their shares to us. The share repurchase program is only intended to provide interim liquidity for stockholders until a liquidity event occurs, such as the listing of the shares on a national stock exchange or our merger with a listed company. We cannot guarantee that a liquidity event will occur.
Shares we purchase under our share repurchase program will have the status of authorized but unissued shares. Shares we acquire through the share repurchase program will not be reissued unless they are first registered with the SEC under the Securities Act and under appropriate state securities laws or otherwise issued in compliance with such laws.
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SUMMARY OF OUR ORGANIZATIONAL DOCUMENTS
Each stockholder is bound by and deemed to have agreed to the terms of our organizational documents by virtue of becoming a stockholder. Our organizational documents consist of our charter and bylaws. The following is a summary of material provisions of our organizational documents and does not purport to be complete. Our organizational documents are filed as exhibits to our registration statement of which this prospectus is part. See the section entitled Where You Can Find Additional Information in this prospectus.
Charter and Bylaw Provisions
The rights of stockholders and related matters are governed by our organizational documents and Maryland law. Certain provisions of these documents or of Maryland law, summarized below, may make it more difficult to change the composition of our board and could have the effect of delaying, deferring, or preventing a change in control of us, including an extraordinary transaction (such as a merger, tender offer or sale of all or substantially all of our assets) that might provide a premium price for holders of our common stock. See generally Risk Factors Risks Related to This Offering and Our Corporate Structure.
Stockholders Meetings and Voting Rights
Our charter requires us to hold an annual meeting of stockholders not less than thirty days after delivering our annual report to stockholders. The purpose of each annual meeting will be to elect directors and to transact any other business. The chairman of the board, the chief executive officer, the president, a majority of the directors or a majority of the independent directors also may call a special meeting of the stockholders. The secretary must call a special meeting to act on any matter that may properly be considered at a meeting of stockholders when stockholders entitled to cast not less than 10% of all votes entitled to be cast on such matter at the meeting make a written request. The written request must state the purpose(s) of the meeting and the matters to be acted upon. The meeting will be held on a date not less than 15 nor more than 60 days after the notice is sent, at the time and place specified in the notice.
The notice must state the purpose of a special meeting. At any meeting of the stockholders, subject to the restrictions in our charter on ownership and transfer of our stock and except as otherwise provided in our charter, each common stockholder is entitled to one vote for each share owned of record on the applicable record date. In general, the presence in person or by proxy of stockholders entitled to cast at least 50% of all the votes entitled to be cast at the meeting on any matter will constitute a quorum. The affirmative vote of holders of a majority of the shares of our stock entitled to vote, who are present in person or by proxy at a meeting of stockholders at which a quorum is present, will be sufficient to elect directors and the affirmative vote of a majority of votes cast will be sufficient to approve any other matter that may properly come before the meeting, unless more than a majority of the votes cast is required by law or our charter.
Board of Directors
Under our organizational documents, we must have at least three but not more than ten directors. A majority of these directors must be independent except for a period of up to 60 days after the death, resignation or removal of an independent director pending the election of such independent directors successor. An independent director is defined in article IV of our charter and complies with Section I.B.14 of the NASAA REIT Guidelines. A director may resign at any time and may be removed with or without cause by the affirmative vote of stockholders entitled to cast not less than a majority of the votes entitled to be cast generally in the election of directors. A vacancy on the board caused by the death, resignation or incapacity of a director or by an increase in the number of directors, within the limits described above, may be filled only by the vote of a majority of the remaining directors whether or not the voting directors constitute a quorum. Our charter and bylaws require our committees to be comprised of a majority of independent directors (except our audit committee, which must be comprised entirely of independent directors).
Persons who serve as directors must have at least three years of relevant experience and demonstrate the knowledge required to successfully acquire and manage the type of assets that we intend to acquire to serve as a director. Our charter provides that at least one of our independent directors must have three years of relevant real estate experience and at least one independent director must be a financial expert with relevant financial experience.
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Maryland law provides that any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the board also may be taken without a meeting by the written or electronic consent of each director.
The approval by our board and by stockholders entitled to cast at least a majority of our outstanding voting shares of stock is generally necessary for us to do any of the following:
amend our charter;
transfer all or substantially all of our assets other than in the ordinary course of business;
engage in mergers, consolidations or share exchanges; or
liquidate and dissolve.
Under our charter, our directors, our advisor and any affiliates thereof are generally prohibited from voting any shares they own on any proposal brought to stockholders seeking to remove our advisor, the directors or any affiliates thereof or to vote on any transaction between us and any of them. For these purposes, shares owned by our advisor, the directors or any affiliates thereof will not be included in the denominator to determine the number of votes needed to approve the matter.
Rights of Objecting Stockholders
Under Maryland law, dissenting holders may have, subject to satisfying certain procedures, the right to receive a cash payment representing the fair value of their shares of stock under certain circumstances. As permitted by the Maryland General Corporation Law, however, our charter includes a provision opting out of the appraisal rights statute, thereby precluding stockholders from exercising the rights of an objecting stockholder unless our board of directors determines that appraisal rights apply, with respect to all or any classes or series of stock, to one or more transactions occurring after the date of such determination in connection with which holders would otherwise be entitled to exercise appraisal rights. As a result of this provision, our stockholders will not have the right to dissent from extraordinary transactions, such as the merger of our company into another company or the sale of all or substantially all of our assets for securities.
Inspection of Books and Records; Stockholder Lists
Any stockholder or his or her designated representative will be permitted, at all reasonable times, to inspect and obtain copies of our corporate records to which he or she is entitled under applicable law, subject to the limits contained in our charter. Specifically, the request cannot be made to secure a copy of our stockholder list or other information for the purpose of selling the list or using the list or other information for a commercial purpose other than in the interest of the applicant as a stockholder relative to the affairs of our company. We may require the stockholder requesting the stockholder list to represent that the stockholder list is not requested for a commercial purpose unrelated to the stockholders interest in us.
For example, a stockholder may, subject to the limits described above, in person or by agent during normal business hours, inspect and obtain copies of our books of account and our stock ledger. Any stockholder also may present to any officer or its resident agent a written request for a statement of our affairs or our stockholder list, an alphabetical list of names and addresses and telephone numbers of our stockholders along with the number of shares of stock held by each of them. Our stockholder list will be maintained and updated at least quarterly as part of our corporate documents and records and will be printed on white paper in a readily readable type size in no event smaller than 10-point type. A copy of the stockholder list will be mailed to the stockholder within ten days of the request.
We may impose, and require the stockholder to pay, a reasonable charge for expenses incurred in reproducing any of our corporate documents and records. If our advisor or our directors neglect or refuse to produce or mail a copy of the stockholder list requested by a stockholder, then in accordance with applicable law and our charter, our advisor and our directors will be liable to the stockholder for the costs, including reasonable attorneys fees, incurred by the stockholder in compelling production of the list and actual damages suffered by the stockholder because of the refusal or neglect. The remedies provided hereunder to stockholders requesting copies of the stockholder list are in addition to, and will not in any way limit, other remedies available to stockholders under federal law, or the laws of any state. As noted above, if the stockholders actual purpose is to sell the list or use it for a commercial purpose, we may refuse to supply the list.
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Our books and records are open for inspection by state securities administrators upon reasonable notice and during normal business hours.
Amendment of the Organizational Documents
Except for those amendments permitted to be made without stockholder approval, our charter may be amended, after approval by our board, by the affirmative vote of a majority of stockholders entitled to cast the votes entitled to be cast on the matter. Our bylaws may be amended in any manner not inconsistent with the charter by a majority vote of our directors present at the board meeting.
Dissolution or Termination of the Company
As a Maryland corporation, we may be dissolved at any time after a determination by a majority of the entire board that dissolution is advisable and the approval of stockholders entitled to cast a majority of the votes entitled to be cast on the matter. Our board will determine when, and if, to:
have our shares of common stock listed for trading on a national securities exchange, subject to satisfying existing listing requirements; and
commence subsequent offerings of common stock after completing this offering.
Our board does not anticipate evaluating a listing until at least three to six years after the termination of the offering. If listing our shares of common stock is not feasible, our board may decide to:
sell our assets individually including seeking stockholder approval if the action would constitute the sale of all or substantially all of our assets;
continue our business and evaluate a listing of our shares of common stock at a future date; or
adopt a plan of liquidation.
Advance Notice of Director Nominations and New Business
Proposals to elect directors or conduct other business at an annual or special meeting must be brought in accordance with our bylaws. The bylaws provide that any business may be transacted at the annual meeting without being specifically designated in the notice of meeting. However, with respect to special meetings of stockholders, only the business specified in the notice of the special meeting may be brought at that meeting.
Our bylaws also provide that nominations of individuals for election to the board and the proposal of other business may be made at an annual meeting, but only:
in accordance with the notice of the meeting;
by or at the direction of our board; or
by a stockholder who was a stockholder of record at the time of the giving of notice and at the time of the meeting, who is entitled to vote at the meeting in the election of each individual so nominated or on any such other business and who has complied with the advance notice procedures set forth in our bylaws.
A notice of a director nomination or stockholder proposal to be considered at an annual meeting must be delivered to our secretary at our principal executive offices:
not later than 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on the 120 th day nor earlier than 150 days prior to the first anniversary of the date of release of the proxy statement for the previous years annual meeting; or
if the date of the meeting is advanced or delayed by more than 30 days from the anniversary date or if an annual meeting has not yet been held, not earlier than 150 days prior to the annual meeting or not later than 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on the later of the 120 th day prior to the annual meeting or the tenth day following our first public announcement of the date of such meeting.
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Nominations of individuals for election to the board may be made at a special meeting, but only:
by or at the direction of our board; or
if the meeting has been called for the purpose of electing directors, by a stockholder who was a stockholder of record at the time of the giving of notice and at the time of the meeting, who is entitled to vote at the meeting and who has complied with the advance notice procedures set forth in our bylaws.
A notice of a director nomination to be considered at a special meeting must be delivered to our secretary at our principal executive offices:
not earlier than 120 days prior to the special meeting; and
not later than 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on the later of either:
ninety days prior to the special meeting; or
ten days following the day of our first public announcement of the date of the special meeting and the nominees proposed by our board to be elected at the meeting.
Restrictions on Certain Conversion Transactions and Roll-Ups
Our charter requires that some transactions involving an acquisition, merger, conversion or consolidation in which our stockholders receive securities in a surviving entity (known in the charter as a roll-up entity), must be approved by the holders of a majority of our then-outstanding shares of common stock. Approval of a transaction with, or resulting in, a roll-up entity is required if as part of the transaction our board determines that it is no longer in our best interest to attempt or continue to qualify as a REIT. Transactions effected because of changes in applicable law or to preserve tax advantages for a majority in interest of our stockholders do not require stockholder approval.
A roll-up entity is a partnership, REIT, corporation, trust or other similar entity created or surviving a roll-up transaction. A roll-up transaction does not include: (1) a transaction involving our securities that have been listed on a national securities exchange for at least twelve months; or (2) a transaction involving our conversion to corporate, trust or association form if, as a consequence of the transaction, there will be no significant adverse change in any of the following:
stockholders voting rights;
our term and existence;
sponsor or advisor compensation; or
our investment objectives.
In the event of a proposed roll-up, an appraisal of all our assets must be obtained from a person with no material current or prior business or personal relationship with our advisor or our directors. Further, that person must be substantially engaged in the business of rendering valuation opinions of assets of the kind we hold or own. The appraisal must be included in a prospectus used to offer the securities of the roll-up entity and must be filed with the SEC and the state regulatory commissions as an exhibit to the registration statement for the offering of the roll-up entitys shares. As a result, an issuer using the appraisal will be subject to liability for violation of Section 11 of the Securities Act and comparable provisions under state laws for any material misrepresentations or material omissions in the appraisal. The assets must be appraised in a consistent manner and the appraisal must:
be based on an evaluation of all relevant information;
indicate the value of the assets as of a date immediately prior to the announcement of the proposed roll-up transaction; and
assume an orderly liquidation of the assets over a twelve-month period.
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The engagement agreement with the appraiser must clearly state that the engagement is for our benefit and the benefit of our stockholders. A summary of the independent appraisal, indicating all material assumptions underlying it, must be included in a report to the stockholders in the event of a proposed roll-up.
We may not participate in any proposed roll-up that would:
result in the common stockholders of the roll-up entity having rights that are more restrictive to stockholders than those provided in our charter, including any restriction on the frequency of meetings;
result in the common stockholders having less comprehensive voting rights than are provided in our charter;
result in the common stockholders having access to records that are more limited than those provided for in our charter;
include provisions that would operate to materially impede or frustrate the accumulation of shares by any purchaser of the securities of the roll-up entity, except to the minimum extent necessary to preserve the tax status of the roll-up entity;
limit the ability of an investor to exercise its voting rights in the roll-up entity on the basis of the number of the shares held by that investor; or
place any of the costs of the transaction on us if the roll-up is rejected by our common stockholders.
However, with the prior approval of stockholders entitled to cast a majority of all votes entitled to be cast on the matter, we may participate in a proposed roll-up if the stockholders would have rights and be subject to restrictions comparable to those contained in our charter.
Stockholders who vote no on the proposed roll-up must have the choice of:
accepting the securities of the roll-up entity offered; or
one of either:
º remaining as our stockholder and preserving their interests on the same terms and conditions as previously existed; or
º receiving cash in an amount equal to their pro rata share of the appraised value of our net assets.
These provisions, as well as others contained in our charter, by-laws and Maryland law could have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a change in control of us, including an extraordinary transaction (such as a merger, tender offer or sale of all or substantially all of our assets) that might provide a premium price for holders of our common stock. See generally Risk Factors Risks Related to This Offering and Our Corporate Structure.
Limitation on Total Operating Expenses
In any fiscal year, our annual total operating expenses may not exceed the greater of 2% of our average invested assets or 25% of our net income for that year. For these purposes, items such as organization and offering expenses, property expenses, interest payments, taxes, non-cash expenditures, any incentive fees payable to our advisor and acquisition fees and expenses are excluded from the definition of total operating expenses. Our independent directors will have a fiduciary responsibility to ensure that we do not exceed these limits. Our independent directors may, however, permit us to exceed these limits if they determine that doing so is justified because of unusual and non-recurring expenses, including, but not limited to, the occurrence of natural disasters, hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, special tax assessments or acts of terrorism. Any finding by our independent directors and the reasons supporting it must be recorded in the minutes of meetings of our directors. If at the end of any fiscal quarter, our total operating expenses for the twelve months then ended exceed these limits, we will disclose this in writing to the stockholders within sixty days of the end of the
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fiscal quarter and explain the justification for exceeding the limit. If our independent directors do not believe that exceeding the limit was justified, our advisor must reimburse us the amount by which the aggregate expenses exceed the limit.
Transactions With Affiliates
Our charter also restricts certain transactions between us and American Realty Capital, and its affiliates including our advisor, our dealer manager and our directors as follows:
Sales and Leases . We may not purchase real estate assets from any of these parties unless a majority of our disinterested directors, including a majority of our disinterested independent directors, approves the transaction as being fair and reasonable to us and the price for the real estate assets is no greater to us than the cost paid by these parties for the real estate assets, unless substantial justification for the excess exists and the excess is reasonable. In no event may the cost of any real estate asset exceed its appraised value at the time we acquire the real estate asset. We also may not sell assets to, or lease assets to or from, any of these parties unless the sale or lease is approved by a majority of our disinterested directors, including a majority of our disinterested independent directors, as being fair and reasonable to us.
Loans . We may not make loans to any of these parties except as provided in Restrictions on Investments below in this section, or to our wholly owned subsidiaries. Also, we may not borrow money from any of these parties, unless a majority of our disinterested directors, including a majority of our disinterested independent directors, approves the transaction as fair, competitive and commercially reasonable and no less favorable to us than loans between unaffiliated parties under the same circumstances. For these purposes, amounts owed but not yet paid by us under any property management agreements, shall not constitute amounts advanced pursuant to a loan.
Investments . We may not invest in joint ventures with any of these parties as a partner, unless a majority of our board of directors, including a majority of our independent directors, not otherwise interested in the transaction approves the transaction as being fair and reasonable to us and on substantially the same terms and conditions as those received by the other joint venturers. We also may not invest in equity securities not traded on a national securities exchange or included for quotation on an inter-dealer quotation system unless a majority of our board of directors, including a majority of our independent directors, not otherwise interested in the transaction approves the transaction as being fair, competitive and commercially reasonable, other than equity securities of a REIT or other real estate operating company.
Other Transactions . All other transactions between us and any of these parties require approval by a majority of our disinterested directors, including a majority of our disinterested independent directors, as being fair and reasonable and on terms and conditions not less favorable to us than those available from unaffiliated third parties.
For purposes of this prospectus, an affiliate of any natural person, partnership, corporation, association, trust, limited liability company or other legal entity (a person) includes any of the following:
any person directly or indirectly owning, controlling or holding, with power to vote 10% or more of the outstanding voting securities of such other person;
any person 10% or more of whose outstanding voting securities are directly or indirectly owned, controlled, or held, with power to vote, by such other person;
any person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with, such other person;
any executive officer, director, trustee or general partner of such other person; and
any legal entity for which such person acts as an executive officer, director, trustee or general partner.
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Restrictions on Borrowing
We may not borrow money to pay distributions except as necessary to satisfy the requirement to distribute at least 90% of our REIT taxable income. Our board will review, at least quarterly, the aggregate amount of our borrowings, both secured and unsecured, to ensure that the borrowings are reasonable in relation to our net assets. In general, the aggregate borrowings secured by all our assets will not exceed 300% of our total net assets (as defined by the NASAA REIT Guidelines) as of the date of any borrowing, which is generally expected to be approximately 75% of the cost of our investments; however, we may exceed that limit if approved by a majority of our independent directors and disclosed to stockholders in our next quarterly report following such borrowing, along with justification for exceeding such limit. This charter limitation, however, does not apply to individual real estate assets or investments. See the section entitled Risk Factors Risks Related to This Offering and Our Corporate Structure in this prospectus for additional discussion regarding our borrowings.
Restrictions on Investments
The investment policies set forth below have been approved by a majority of our independent directors. Until such time as our shares of common stock are listed, we will not:
invest in any foreign currency or bullion;
engage in any short sales;
invest in any security in any entity holding investments or engaging in activities prohibited by our charter;
borrow in excess of 300% of our total net assets (as defined by the NASAA REIT Guidelines) as of the date of any borrowing, which is generally expected to be approximately 75% of the cost of our investments; however, we may exceed the limit if approved by a majority of our independent directors and disclosed to stockholders in our next quarterly report following such borrowing along with justification for exceeding such limit. This charter limitation, however, does not apply to individual real estate assets or investments;
borrow in excess of 45% of the aggregate fair market value of our assets (calculated after the close of this offering and once we have invested substantially all the proceeds of this offering), unless borrowing a greater amount is approved by a majority of our independent directors and disclosed to stockholders in our next quarterly report along with justification for the excess. This policy limitation, however, does not apply to individual real estate assets or investments and will only apply once we have ceased raising capital under this offering and have invested substantially all of our capital;
make investments in assets located outside of the United States, other than with respect to our foreign investment strategy;
acquire undeveloped land, develop new real estate, or substantially re-develop existing real estate with an aggregate value in excess of 10% of the value of our total assets;
invest in or make mortgage loans in transactions with our sponsor, advisor, directors or their respective affiliates unless an appraisal is obtained concerning the underlying property, except for those mortgage loans insured or guaranteed by a government or government agency;
make or invest in mortgage loans, including construction loans, on any one property if the aggregate amount of all mortgage loans on such property would exceed an amount equal to 85% of the appraised value of such property, as determined by our board of directors, including a majority of our independent directors, unless substantial justification exists for exceeding such limit because of the presence of other underwriting criteria;
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make an investment in a property or mortgage loan if the related acquisition fees and acquisition expenses are unreasonable or exceed 4.5% of the purchase price of the property or, in the case of a mortgage loan, 4.5% of the funds advanced; provided that the investment may be made if a majority of our independent directors determines that the transaction is commercially competitive, fair and reasonable to us;
invest in equity securities (including any preferred securities) not traded on a national securities exchange or included for quotation on an inter-dealer quotation system unless a majority of our directors, including a majority of our independent directors, not otherwise interested in the transaction, approves such investment as being fair, competitive and commercially, other than equity securities of a REIT or other real estate operating company;
invest in publicly traded real estate equity or debt securities, including, but not limited to, CMBS, in excess of 20% of the aggregate value of our assets as of the close of our offering period and thereafter;
invest in or originate real estate loans (excluding publicly traded real estate debt) in excess of 20% of the aggregate value of our assets as of the close of our offering period and thereafter;
invest in real estate contracts of sale, otherwise known as land sale contracts, unless the contract is in recordable form and is appropriately recorded in the chain of title;
invest in commodities or commodity futures contracts, except for futures contracts when used solely for the purpose of hedging in connection with our ordinary business of investing in real estate assets and mortgages;
issue equity securities on a deferred payment basis or other similar arrangement;
issue debt securities in the absence of adequate cash flow to cover debt service;
issue equity securities that are assessable after we have received the consideration for which our board of directors authorized their issuance;
issue equity securities redeemable solely at the option of the holder, which restriction has no effect on our share repurchase program or the ability of our operating partnership to issue redeemable partnership interests;
invest in indebtedness secured by a mortgage on real property which is subordinate to liens or other indebtedness of our advisor, our sponsor any director or any of our affiliates;
issue options or warrants to purchase shares to our advisor, our directors, our sponsor or any of their affiliates except on the same terms as such options or warrants, if any, are sold to the general public. Further, the amount of the options or warrants cannot exceed an amount equal to 10% of outstanding shares on the date of grant of the warrants and options;
make any investment that we believe will be inconsistent with our objectives of qualifying and remaining qualified as a REIT unless and until our board of directors determines, in its sole discretion, that REIT qualification is not in our best interests;
invest in debt secured by a mortgage on real property that is subordinate to the lien of other debt in excess of 25% of our tangible assets;
engage in trading, as opposed to investment activities; or
engage in underwriting activities or distribute, as agent, securities issued by others.
Our independent directors will review our investment policies at least annually to determine whether these policies are in the best interests of our stockholders. The board may make changes to the investment policies in our charter only by amending our charter. Any such amendment to our charter requires the affirmative vote of stockholders entitled to cast a majority of the votes entitled to be cast on the matter.
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SUMMARY OF OUR OPERATING PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT
The following is a summary of the material terms of the agreement of limited partnership of American Realty Capital Global Operating Partnership, L.P., our operating partnership. The operating partnership agreement is filed as an exhibit to our registration statement. See the section entitled Where You Can Find Additional Information in this prospectus.
Conducting our operations through the operating partnership allows the sellers of properties to contribute their property interests to the operating partnership in exchange for limited partnership common units rather than for cash or our common stock. This enables the seller to defer some or all of the potential taxable gain on the transfer. From the sellers perspective, there are also differences between the ownership of common stock and partnership units, some of which may be material because they impact the business organization form, distribution rights, voting rights, transferability of equity interests received and U.S. federal income taxation.
Description of Partnership Units
Partnership interests in the operating partnership are divided into units. Initially, the operating partnership will have two classes of units: general partnership units and limited partnership common units. General partnership units represent an interest as a general partner in the operating partnership and we, as general partner, will hold all such units. In return for the initial capital contribution of $200,000 we made, the operating partnership issued to us 22,222 general partnership units. American Realty Capital Global Special Limited Partnership, LLC, the parent of our advisor, is a special limited partner of our operating partnership, but does not hold any general partnership units or limited partnership common units. See the section Special Limited Partner below.
Limited partnership common units represent an interest as a limited partner in the operating partnership. The operating partnership may issue additional units and classes of units with rights different from, and superior to, those of general partnership units and/or limited partnership common units, without the consent of the limited partners. Holders of limited partnership units do not have any preemptive rights with respect to the issuance of additional units.
For each limited partnership common unit received, investors generally will be required to contribute money or property, with a net equity value determined by the general partner. Holders of limited partnership units will not be obligated to make additional capital contributions to the operating partnership. Further, such holders will not have the right to make additional capital contributions to the operating partnership or to purchase additional limited partnership units without our consent as general partner. For further information on capital contributions, see the section entitled Capital Contributions below.
Limited partners do not have the right to participate in the management of the operating partnership. Limited partners who do not participate in the management of the operating partnership, by virtue of their status as limited partners, generally are not liable for the debts and liabilities of the operating partnership beyond the amount of their capital contributions. We, however, as the general partner of the operating partnership, are liable for any unpaid debts and liabilities. The voting rights of the limited partners are generally limited to approval of specific types of amendments to the operating partnership agreement. With respect to such amendments, each limited partnership common unit has one vote. See the section entitled Management of the Operating Partnership below for a more detailed discussion of this subject.
In general, each limited partnership common unit will share equally in distributions from the operating partnership when such distributions are declared by us, the general partner, which decision will be made in our sole discretion. Upon the operating partnerships liquidation, limited partnership common units also will share equally in the assets of the operating partnership that are available for distribution, after payment of all liabilities, establishment of reserves and after payment of any preferred return owed to holders of any limited partnership preferred units. In addition, a portion of the items of income, gain, loss and deduction of the operating partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes will be allocated to each limited partnership common unit, regardless of whether any distributions are made by the operating partnership. See the section entitled Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations Tax Aspects of Investments in Partnerships in this prospectus for a description of the manner in which income, gain, loss and deductions are allocated under
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the operating partnership agreement. As general partner, we may amend the allocation and distribution sections of the operating partnership agreement to reflect the issuance of additional units and classes of units without the consent of the limited partners.
Under certain circumstances, holders of limited partnership units may be restricted from transferring their interests without the consent of the general partner. See the section entitled Transferability of Interests below for a discussion of certain restrictions imposed by the operating partnership agreement on such transfers. After owning a limited partnership common unit for one year, limited partnership common unit holders generally may, subject to certain restrictions, exchange limited partnership units for the cash value of a corresponding number of shares of our common stock or, at the option of the operating partnership, a corresponding number of shares of our common stock. See the section entitled Limited Partner Exchange Rights below for a description of these rights and the amount and types of consideration a limited partner is entitled to receive upon exercise of such rights. These exchange rights are accelerated in the case of some extraordinary transactions. See the section entitled Extraordinary Transactions below for an explanation of the exchange rights under such circumstances.
Management of the Operating Partnership
The operating partnership is organized as a Delaware limited partnership pursuant to the terms of the operating partnership agreement. We are the general partner of the operating partnership and expect to conduct substantially all of our business through it. Pursuant to the operating partnership agreement, we, as the general partner, will have full, exclusive and complete responsibility and discretion in the management and control of the partnership, including the ability to enter into major transactions, such as acquisitions, dispositions and refinancings, and to cause changes in the operating partnerships business and distribution policies. Further, we may, without the consent of the limited partners:
file a voluntary petition seeking liquidation, reorganization, arrangement or readjustment, in any form, of the partnerships debts under Title 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code, or any other federal or state insolvency law, or corresponding provisions of future laws, or file an answer consenting to or acquiescing in any such petition; or
cause the operating partnership to make an assignment for the benefit of its creditors or admit in writing its inability to pay its debts as they mature.
The limited partners, in their capacities as such, will have no authority to transact business for, or participate in the management or decisions of, the operating partnership, except as provided in the operating partnership agreement and as required by applicable law. Further, the limited partners have no right to remove us as the general partner.
As general partner, we also may amend the operating partnership agreement without the consent of the limited partners. However, the following amendments will require the unanimous written consent of the affected limited partners or the consent of limited partners holding more than 50% of the voting power in the operating partnership:
any amendment that alters or changes the distribution rights of limited partners, subject to the exceptions discussed below under the Distributions portion of this section;
any amendment that alters or changes the limited partners exchange rights;
any amendment that imposes on limited partners any obligation to make additional capital contributions; or
any amendment that alters the terms of the operating partnership agreement regarding the rights of the limited partners with respect to extraordinary transactions.
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Indemnification
To the extent permitted by law, the operating partnership agreement provides for indemnification of us when acting in our capacity as general partner. It also provides for indemnification of directors, officers and other persons that we may designate under the same conditions, and subject to the same restrictions, applicable to the indemnification of officers, directors, employees and stockholders under our charter. See the section entitled Management Limited Liability and Indemnification of Directors, Officers, Employees and Other Agents in this prospectus.
Transferability of Interests
Under the operating partnership agreement, we may not withdraw from the partnership or transfer or assign all of our general partnership interest without the consent of holders of two-thirds of the limited partnership units, except in connection with the sale of all or substantially all of our assets. Under certain circumstances and with the prior written consent of the general partner and satisfaction of other conditions set forth in the operating partnership agreement, holders of limited partnership units may withdraw from the partnership and transfer and/or encumber all or any part of their units.
In addition, limited partnership units are not registered under the federal or state securities laws. As a result, the ability of a holder to transfer its units may be restricted under such laws.
Extraordinary Transactions
The operating partnership agreement generally permits us and/or the operating partnership to engage in any authorized business combination without the consent of the limited partners. A business combination is any merger, consolidation or other combination with or into another entity, or the sale of all or substantially all the assets of any entity, or any liquidation, reclassification, recapitalization or change in the terms of the equity stock into which a unit may be converted. We are required to send to each limited partnership common unit holder notice of a proposed business combination at least 15 days prior to the record date for the stockholder vote on the combination. Generally, a limited partner may not exercise its exchange rights until it has held the units for at least one year. However, in the case of a proposed combination, each holder of a limited partnership common unit in the operating partnership shall have the right to exercise its exchange right prior to the stockholder vote on the transaction, even if it has held its units for less than one year. See the section entitled Limited Partner Exchange Rights below for a description of such rights. Upon the limited partners exercise of the exchange right in the case of a business combination, the partnership units will be exchanged for the cash value of a corresponding number of shares of our common stock or, at the option of the operating partnership, a corresponding number of shares of our common stock. However, a limited partnership common unit holder cannot be paid in shares of our common stock if the issuance of shares to such holder would:
be prohibited under our charter; for example, if the issuance would (i) violate the 9.8% ownership limit or (ii) result in our being closely held within the meaning of Code Section 856(h). See the section entitled Description of Securities Restrictions on Ownership and Transfer in this prospectus;
cause us to no longer qualify, or create a material risk that we may no longer qualify, as a REIT in the opinion of our counsel; or
cause the acquisition of shares by the limited partner to be integrated with any other distribution of shares for purposes of complying with the registration provisions of the Securities Act.
Any limited partnership unit holders who timely exchange their units prior to the record date for the stockholder vote on a business combination shall be entitled to vote their shares in any stockholder vote on the business combination. Holders of limited partnership units who exchange their units after the record date may not vote their shares in any stockholder vote on the proposed business combination. The right of the limited partnership common unit holders to exercise their right to exchange without regard to whether they have held the units for more than a year shall terminate upon the earlier of (i) the disapproval of the business combination by our board of directors, (ii) the disapproval of the business combination by stockholders, (iii) the abandonment of the business combination by any of the parties to it, or (iv) the business combinations effective date.
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Issuance of Additional Units
As general partner of the operating partnership, we can, without the consent of the limited partners, cause the operating partnership to issue additional units representing general and/or limited partnership interests. A new issuance may include preferred units, which may have rights which are different than, and/or superior to, those of general partnership units and limited partnership units. Furthermore, the operating partnership agreement requires the issuance of additional common units corresponding with any issuance of stock by us pursuant to the distribution reinvestment program or as a result of distributing stock in order to meet our annual distribution requirement to maintain our status as a REIT.
Capital Contributions
The operating partnership agreement provides that, if the operating partnership requires additional funds at any time, or from time to time, in excess of funds available to it from prior borrowings or capital contributions, we, as general partner, have the right to raise additional funds required by the operating partnership by causing it to borrow the necessary funds from third parties on such terms and conditions as we deem appropriate. As an alternative to borrowing funds required by the operating partnership, we may contribute the amount of such required funds as an additional capital contribution. The operating partnership agreement also provides that we must contribute cash or other property received in exchange for the issuance of equity stock to the operating partnership in exchange for units. Upon the contribution of cash or other property received in exchange for the issuance of common shares, we will receive one general partnership common unit for each share issued by us. Upon the contribution of the cash or other property received in exchange for the issuance of each share of equity stock other than shares of common stock, we will receive one unit with rights and preferences respecting distributions corresponding to the rights and preferences of the equity stock that we issued. If we contribute additional capital to the operating partnership, our partnership interest will be increased on a proportionate basis. Conversely, the partnership interests of the limited partners will be decreased on a proportionate basis if we contribute any additional capital.
Distributions
The operating partnership agreement sets forth the manner in which distributions from the partnership will be made to unit holders. Distributions from the partnership are made at the times and in the amounts determined by us, as the general partner. Under the operating partnership agreement, preferred units, if any, may entitle their holders to distributions prior to the payment of distributions for the other units.
The operating partnership agreement provides that cash available for distribution, excluding net proceeds from any sale or other disposition of properties of the operating partnership, or net sale proceeds, will be distributed to the partners based on their percentage interests. Net sale proceeds will be distributed to partners as follows:
first , 100% to us (which we will distribute to the holders of our common stock) and the limited partners entitled to such distributions in accordance with each such partners percentage interests, until our stockholders and such limited partners net investment balance is zero;
second , 100% to us (which we will distribute to the holders of our common stock) and the limited partners entitled to such distributions in accordance with each such partners percentage interests, until our stockholders and such limited partners have received a cumulative, pre-tax, non-compounded return of 6% per year on their average net investment balance; and
thereafter , 15% to the special limited partner, and 85% to us (which we will distribute to the holders of our common stock) and the limited partners entitled to such distributions in accordance with each such partners percentage interests.
The return calculation described above applies to all distributions received and not just distributions of net sale proceeds. Achievement of a particular threshold, therefore, is determined with reference to all prior distributions made by our operating partnership to American Realty Capital Global Special Limited Partnership, LLC, the special limited partner, and to us, which we will then distribute to our stockholders. As it relates to our stockholders, net investment means the excess of gross proceeds raised in all offerings over all prior distributions of net sale proceeds and any amounts paid by us to repurchase shares of our stock
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pursuant to our share repurchase plan or otherwise. As it relates to the limited partners, net investment means the excess of capital contributions made by limited partners over all prior distributions to the limited partners of net sale proceeds (other than distributions on limited partner interests held directly or indirectly by us as the general partner) and any proceeds or property used to redeem limited partner interests (except those held directly or indirectly by us as the general partner).
American Realty Capital Global Special Limited Partnership, LLC also will be entitled to defer distributions under some circumstances and to receive subordinated distributions from the operating partnership upon a listing of our common stock on a national securities exchange, other liquidity events and the termination of the advisory agreement. For a more detailed discussion of such distributions, see the section entitled Management Compensation in this prospectus.
The operating partnership agreement also provides that, as general partner, we have the right to amend the distribution provisions of the operating partnership agreement to reflect the issuance of additional classes of units. The operating partnership agreement further provides that, as general partner, we shall use our best efforts to ensure sufficient distributions are made to meet the annual distribution requirements and to avoid U.S. federal income and excise taxes on our earnings.
Liquidation
Upon the liquidation of the operating partnership, after payment of debts and obligations, any remaining assets of the partnership will be distributed to partners pro rata in accordance with their positive capital accounts.
Allocations
The operating partnership agreement provides that net income, net loss and any other individual items of income, gain, loss or deduction of the operating partnership will be allocated among the partners in accordance with their percentage interests. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, the operating partnership agreement provides that net income shall be allocated to the special limited partner until the special limited partner has received aggregate allocations of income for all fiscal years equal to the aggregate amount of distributions the special limited partner is entitled to receive or has received for such fiscal year and all prior fiscal years, provided that if the special limited partners entitlement to income allocations would be satisfied pursuant to the next sentence, such allocations shall be made pursuant to the next sentence in lieu of this sentence. Items of income, gain, loss or deduction of the operating partnership from the sale of property of the operating partnership shall be allocated among the partners in such a manner that (after giving effect to the allocation pursuant to the first sentence of this paragraph) the capital accounts of each partner, immediately after making such allocation, is, as nearly as possible, equal proportionately to the distributions of net sale proceeds that would be made to such partner if the operating partnership were dissolved, its affairs wound up and its assets were sold for cash, all operating partnership liabilities were satisfied, and the net sale proceeds of the operating partnership were distributed to the partners immediately after making such allocation.
Operations
The operating partnership agreement requires that the partnership be operated in a manner that will:
satisfy the requirements for our classification as a REIT;
avoid any U.S. federal income or excise tax liability, unless we otherwise cease to qualify as a REIT; and
ensure that the operating partnership will not be classified as a publicly traded partnership under the Code.
Pursuant to the operating partnership agreement, the operating partnership will assume and pay when due, or reimburse us for, payment of all administrative and operating costs and expenses incurred by the operating partnership and the administrative costs and expenses that we incur on behalf, or for the benefit, of the operating partnership.
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Limited Partner Exchange Rights
Pursuant to the terms of, and subject to the conditions in, the operating partnership agreement, each holder of a limited partnership common unit (but not the holder of the special limited partner interests) will have the right, commencing one year from the issuance of the limited partner common units (except in connection with a business combination), to cause the operating partnership to redeem their limited partner common units for cash in an amount equal to the per share offering price of our common stock without adding selling commissions and dealer manager fee allowed in the offering, to account for the fact that no selling commission or dealer manager fees will be paid in connection with any such issuances (at the offering price, each such limited partner common unit would be issued at $9.00 per share), or, at the option of the operating partnership, for one share of our common stock for each limited partner common unit redeemed. The decision whether to exercise its right to exchange shares of common stock in lieu of cash shall be made on a case by case basis at the operating partnerships sole and absolute discretion. The limited partnership units exchanged for cash or shares of our common stock will augment our ownership percentage in the operating partnership. See the section entitled Extraordinary Transactions below for a description of exchange rights in connection with mergers and other major transactions. However, a limited partnership common unit holder cannot be paid in shares of our common stock if the issuance of shares to such holder would:
be prohibited under our charter; for example, if the issuance would (i) violate the 9.8% ownership limit or (ii) result in our being closely held within the meaning of Code Section 856(h). See the section entitled Description of Securities Restrictions on Ownership and Transfer in this prospectus;
cause us to no longer qualify, or create a material risk that we may no longer qualify, as a REIT in the opinion of our counsel; or
cause the acquisition of shares by the limited partner to be integrated with any other distribution of shares for purposes of complying with the registration provisions of the Securities Act.
Any common stock issued to the limited partners upon exchange of their respective limited partnership units may be sold only pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or an exemption from, or exception to, registration. The cash necessary to exchange limited partnership units will come from any funds legally available to us or the operating partnership. However, specific funds will not be specially set aside for such purposes, nor will an accounting reserve be established for it. The necessary cash to satisfy the exchange right could come from cash flow not required to be distributed to stockholders to maintain our REIT status, fund operations or acquire new properties, or from borrowings. However, as explained above, the operating partnership always has the option to satisfy the exchange right with common stock, and we intend to reserve common stock for that purpose. The operating partnership will make the decision whether to exercise its right to satisfy the exchange right by paying to the holder the exchange price or issuing common stock having an aggregate market price on the date the holder exercises the exchange right equal to the exchange price for all units being exchanged, on a case by case basis in its sole and absolute discretion.
As general partner, we will have the right to grant similar exchange rights to holders of other classes of units, if any, in the operating partnership, and to holders of equity interests in the entities that own our properties.
Exercise of exchange rights will be a taxable transaction in which gain or loss will be recognized by the limited partner exercising its right to exchange its units for the cash value of a corresponding number of shares of our common stock or, at the option of the operating partnership, a corresponding number of shares of our common stock, to the extent that the amount realized exceeds the limited partners adjusted basis in the units exchanged.
Special Limited Partner
American Realty Capital Global Special Limited Partnership, LLC, the parent of our advisor, is a Delaware limited liability company formed in July 2011 and is a special limited partner of our operating partnership. American Realty Capital Global Special Limited Partnership, LLC does not hold any general partnership interests or limited partnership interests, as such terms are defined in the partnership agreement.
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American Realty Capital Global Special Limited Partnership, LLC does not have any voting rights, approval rights, rights to distributions or any other rights under the partnership agreement other than the right to receive distributions in connection with the sale of all or substantially all the assets of our operating partnership. Any such distribution to American Realty Capital Global Special Limited Partnership, LLC is related to our successful performance. Such distribution is calculated as 15% of the remaining net sale proceeds after the investors have received a return of their net capital contributions plus payment to investors of an annual 6% cumulative, pre-tax, non-compounded return on the capital contributed by investors.
Tax Matters
Pursuant to the operating partnership agreement, we will be the tax matters partner of the operating partnership, and as such, will have authority to make tax decisions under the Code on behalf of the operating partnership. Tax income and loss generally will be allocated in a manner that reflects the entitlement of the general partner, limited partners and the special limited partner to receive distributions from the operating partnership. We will file a federal income tax return annually on behalf of the operating partnership on IRS Form 1065 (or such other successor form) or on any other IRS form as may be required. As we have not yet begun operations, it is not clear what form any special purpose entities would take for U.S. federal income tax purposes. To the extent that any special purpose entity is not wholly owned by the operating partnership or is a taxable REIT subsidiary, we will arrange for the preparation and filing of the appropriate tax returns for such special purpose entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes. For a description of other tax consequences stemming from our investment in the operating partnership, see the section entitled Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations Tax Aspects of Investments in Partnerships in this prospectus.
Duties and Conflicts
Except as otherwise set forth under the sections entitled Conflicts of Interest and Management in this prospectus, any limited partner may engage in other business activities outside the operating partnership, including business activities that directly compete with the operating partnership.
Term
The operating partnership will continue in full force and effect until December 31, 2099 or until sooner dissolved and terminated (i) upon our dissolution, bankruptcy, insolvency or termination, (ii) upon the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all the assets of the operating partnership unless we, as general partner, elect to continue the business of the operating partnership to collect the indebtedness or other consideration to be received in exchange for the assets of the operating partnership, or (iii) by operation of law.
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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
The Offering
We are offering a maximum of 156,565,656 of shares of our common stock, consisting of two classes of shares, up to 101,010,101 retail shares sold to the public through broker dealers and up to 55,555,555 institutional shares of common stock sold through registered investment advisors and broker dealers that are managing wrap or fee-based accounts, through Realty Capital Securities, LLC, our dealer manager, a registered broker dealer affiliated with our advisor. We reserve the right to reallocate the shares between the retail shares and the institutional shares.
Our board of directors approved our initial offering price of $9.00, plus applicable selling commissions and dealer manager fee up to 10% in the aggregate of the per share purchase price to be paid by purchasers of retail shares (which results in aggregate consideration of $9.90 per retail share) for the retail shares and $9.00 for the institutional shares, which will be the purchase prices of our shares until the later of the end of the escrow period and the acquisition of our first property. Our board of directors has arbitrarily determined the selling price of the shares, consistent with comparable real estate investment programs in the market, and such price bears no relationship to our book or asset values, or to any other established criteria for valuing issued or outstanding shares. Because the offering price is not based upon any independent valuation, the offering price is not indicative of the proceeds that you would receive upon liquidation. After we break escrow and acquire our first property, the per share purchase price will vary from day-to-day and, on each business day, will be equal to our NAV divided by the number of shares outstanding as of the end of business on such day. After the close of business on the last day of each month on which the New York Stock Exchange is open (a business day), we will file with the SEC, a pricing supplement, which will set forth the NAV for each of the institutional shares and retail shares for each month. After the close of business on each business day, we will also post the NAV per share for that day on our website at www.arcglobalnav.com . You may also obtain the daily determination of our NAV per share for each class of shares by calling our toll-free, automated telephone line at 1-866-532-4743. In addition to the monthly pricing supplements, we will file a pricing supplement quarterly, which will set forth the calculation of NAV for each of the institutional and retail shares for such quarter and we will provide more frequent pricing supplements if there is a change in the NAV by more than 5% from the NAV disclosed in the last filed prospectus or pricing supplement. In such event, we will, after the close of business on the day on which there is such a change in the NAV, file a pricing supplement which would show the calculation of the daily NAV and will provide an explanation as to the reason for the change. All investors whose repurchase requests have not been processed will have the right to rescind the repurchase transaction within ten days of such notice. Any purchase orders that we receive prior to 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on any business day will be executed at a price equal to our NAV per share for that day, as calculated after the close of business on that day. Purchase orders that we receive after 4:00 p.m. Eastern time will be executed at a price equal to our NAV per share as calculated after the close of business on the next business day. Purchase orders placed on a day that is not a business day will be executed as if they were received prior to the close of business on the immediately following business day. In determining the net value of the real estate and real estate-related assets, our advisor will take into consideration an estimate provided by an independent valuer of the market value of our real estate assets. Our advisor will review the valuation by the independent valuer for consistency with our valuation guidelines and its own determinations of value and the reasonableness of the independent valuers conclusions. If in the advisors opinion the appraisals are materially higher or lower than the advisors determinations of value, the advisor will discuss the appraisals with the independent valuer. If the advisor determines that the appraisals are still materially higher or lower than its valuations, a valuation committee, comprised of our independent directors, will review the appraisals and valuations, and make a final determination of value.
The shares are being offered on a reasonable best efforts basis, which means generally that the dealer manager is required to use only its reasonable best efforts to sell shares of common stock in the primary offering and it has no firm commitment or obligation to purchase any of the shares. We also are offering up to 25,000,000 shares for sale pursuant to our distribution reinvestment plan. We reserve the right to reallocate the shares of common stock we are offering between the primary offering and our distribution reinvestment plan. The purchase price for shares sold under our distribution reinvestment plan will be equal to NAV per share for each class of shares. There will be no fees, commissions or expenses paid with respect to these shares. We
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reserve the right to reallocate the shares of our common stock we are offering between the primary offering and the distribution reinvestment plan. The offering of shares of our common stock will terminate on or before , 2014, which is two years after the effective date of this offering. If we have not sold all the shares within two years, we may continue the primary offering for an additional year until , 2015. If we decide to continue our primary offering beyond two years from the date of this prospectus, we will provide that information in a prospectus supplement. This offering must be registered in every state in which we offer or sell shares. Generally, such registrations are for a period of one year. Thus, we may have to stop selling shares in any state in which our registration is not renewed or otherwise extended annually. At the discretion of our board of directors, we may elect to extend the termination date of our offering of shares reserved for issuance pursuant to our distribution reinvestment plan until we have sold all shares allocated to such plan through the reinvestment of distributions, in which case participants in the plan will be notified. We reserve the right to terminate this offering at any time prior to the stated termination date.
No FINRA members shall execute any transaction in a discretionary account without prior approval of the transaction by the customer pursuant to FINRA Rule 2310(b)(2)(C).
Dealer Manager and Compensation We Will Pay for the Sale of Our Shares
Realty Capital Securities, LLC, our dealer manager, was organized in August 2007 for the purpose of participating in and facilitating the distribution of securities in programs sponsored by American Realty Capital, its affiliates and its predecessors. For additional information about Realty Capital Securities, LLC, including information relating to Realty Capital Securities, LLCs affiliation with us, please refer to the section of this prospectus captioned Management Affiliated Companies Dealer Manager.
For sales of retail shares, our dealer manager will receive selling commissions of 7% of the share purchase price out of amounts paid by purchasers of retail shares in addition to the purchase price. The dealer manager also will receive a dealer manager fee in the amount of 3% of the share purchase price for sales of retail shares as compensation for acting as the dealer manager, out of amounts paid by purchasers of retail shares in addition to the purchase price. We will not pay selling commissions or a dealer manager fee for shares sold pursuant to the distribution reinvestment plan. We will not pay referral or similar fees to any accountants, attorneys or other persons in connection with the distribution of the shares. All or a portion of the 3% dealer manager fee may be reallowed to participating broker dealers for non-accountable marketing support. Realty Capital Securities, LLC anticipates, based on its past experience, that, on average, it will reallow 1% of the dealer manager fee to participating broker dealers. The maximum aggregate amount of the reallowances of the dealer manager fee will be 1.5% of the gross proceeds from shares sold in the offering. Realty Capital Securities, LLC will reallow all selling commissions to participating broker dealers. Alternatively, a participating broker dealer may elect to receive a fee equal to 7.5% of share purchase price from the sale of retail shares by such participating broker dealer, with 2.5% thereof paid at the time of such sale and 1% thereof paid on each anniversary of the closing of such sale up to and including the fifth anniversary of the closing of such sale, in which event, a portion of the dealer manager fee will be reallowed such that the combined selling commission and dealer manager fee do not exceed 10% of gross proceeds of our primary offering. If the selected broker-dealer receives a 7.5% commission, then the dealer-manager will receive a 2.5% dealer manager fee. See the section entitled Distribution Reinvestment Plan Investment of Distributions in this prospectus.
Neither our dealer manager nor any participating broker dealer will be paid selling commissions on shares that we sell to friends and family at a discount or on sales of institutional shares. However, with respect to institutional shares, our dealer manager will receive a platform fee that is payable in arrears on a monthly basis and accrues daily in an amount equal to (a) the number of shares of our institutional common stock outstanding each day during such month, excluding shares issued under our distribution reinvestment plan, multiplied by (b) 1/365 th of 0.70% of our NAV per institutional share during such day. Our dealer manager may, in its discretion, re-allow a portion of this fee, to participating broker dealers, for institutional shares originally sold with a broker dealers assistance or with respect to which the participating broker dealer provides ongoing stockholder services and is the broker dealer of record on the date of payment. The dealer manager will evaluate such factors as the level of services that each such broker dealer performs in connection with the distribution of shares, including ministerial or record-keeping services, amount of marketing support or underwriting review, and other administrative services, and the number of shares the broker dealer has sold
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or is reasonably expected to sell. The amount of such fees that are re-allowed to a broker dealer may change over time based on the broker dealers performance and contribution to the success of our primary offering. The platform fee will not be paid with respect to any shares issued under our distribution reinvestment plan and will not exceed $49,999,999 which is equivalent to 10% of the gross proceeds from the sale of the institutional shares (excluding shares sold under the distribution reinvestment plan). We will cease paying the platform fees when underwriting compensation from all sources, including the platform fee, any organization and offering fee paid for underwriting and underwriting compensation paid by our sponsor and its affiliates, in the aggregate, equals 10% of the gross proceeds from our primary offering (i.e. excluding proceeds from sales pursuant to our distribution reinvestment plan), calculated as of the same date that we calculate the aggregate platform fee. The maximum platform fees are $49,999,999.50, assuming the sale of 55,555,555 at $9.00 per share.
We will reimburse the dealer manager and any selected broker-dealers for reasonable bona fide due diligence expenses incurred by the dealer manager or any selected broker-dealer which are supported by a detailed itemized invoice. These due diligence reimbursements are not considered a part of the 10% underwriting compensation under FINRA Rule 2310(b)(4)(B)(vii) so long as they are included in a detailed and itemized invoice, although they are considered an organization and offering expense and organization and offering expenses cannot exceed 15% of the offering proceeds.
The dealer manager does not intend to be a market maker and so will not execute trades for selling stockholders. Set forth below is a table indicating the estimated dealer manager compensation and expenses that will be paid in connection with the offering of retail shares.
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| Per Share | Total Maximum | ||
| Primary offering (1) : | |||
| Aggregate consideration per retail share | $ 9.90 | (2) | $ 1,000,000,000 |
| Price to public | $ 9.00 | $ 909,090,909 | |
| Selling commissions | 0.63 | 63,636,364 | |
| Dealer manager fees | 0.27 | 27,272,727 | |
| Proceeds to American Realty Capital Global Daily Net Asset Value Trust, Inc. | $ 9.00 | 909,090,909 | |
| Distribution reinvestment plan: | |||
| Price to public | $ | (3) | $ 237,500,000 |
| Distribution selling commissions | | ||
| Dealer manager fees | | ||
| Proceeds to American Realty Capital Global Daily Net Asset Value Trust, Inc. | $ | (3) | $ 237,500,000 |
(1) Reflects sale of 101,010,101 retail shares.
(2) Consists of purchase price per share plus selling commissions and dealer manager fee to be paid by purchasers of retail shares in addition to the purchase price.
(3) Based on NAV.
No selling commissions or dealer manager fees are payable in connection with the distribution reinvestment plan.
We or our affiliates also may provide permissible forms of non-cash compensation to registered representatives of our dealer manager and the participating broker dealers, such as golf shirts, fruit baskets, cakes, chocolates, a bottle of wine, or tickets to a sporting event. In no event shall such items exceed an aggregate value of $100 per annum per participating salesperson, or be pre-conditioned on achievement of a sales target. The value of such items will be considered underwriting compensation in connection with this offering.
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We have agreed to indemnify the participating broker dealers, including our dealer manager and selected registered investment advisors, against certain liabilities arising under the Securities Act. However, the SEC takes the position that indemnification against liabilities arising under the Securities Act is against public policy and is unenforceable.
The compensation described above includes certain costs associated with the sale and distribution of our shares that our sponsor may pay. We will not reimburse our sponsor for such payments. Nonetheless, such payments will be deemed to be underwriting compensation'' by FINRA. In accordance with the rules of FINRA, the table above sets forth the nature and estimated amount of all items that will be viewed as underwriting compensation by FINRA that are anticipated to be paid by us and our sponsor in connection with the offering. The amounts shown assume we sell all of the shares offered hereby and that all shares are sold in our primary offering through participating broker dealers, which is the distribution channel with the highest possible selling commissions and dealer manager fees.
No selling commissions will be payable in connection with the following special sales:
the sale of common stock in connection with the performance of services to our employees, directors and associates and our affiliates, our advisor, affiliates of our advisor, the dealer manager or their respective officers and employees and some of their affiliates;
the purchase of common stock under the distribution reinvestment plan;
the sale of our common stock to one or more soliciting dealers and to their respective officers and employees and some of their respective affiliates who request and are entitled to purchase common stock net of selling commissions; and
the common stock credited to an investor as a result of a volume discount.
It is illegal for us to pay or award any commissions or other compensation to any person engaged by you for investment advice as an inducement to such advisor to advise you to purchase our common stock; however, nothing herein will prohibit a registered broker dealer or other properly licensed person from earning a sales commission in connection with a sale of the common stock.
To the extent necessary to comply with FINRA rules, we will provide, on an annual basis, a per-share estimated value of our common stock, the method by which we developed such value and the date of the data we used to estimate such value.
In no event will the amount we pay to FINRA members exceed FINRAs 10% cap pursuant to Rule 2310 in connection with both the retail shares and the institutional shares. All amounts deemed to be underwriting compensation by FINRA in connection with both the retail shares and the institutional shares, including the platform fees; will be subject to FINRAs 10% cap.
In connection with the minimum offering and FINRAs 10% cap, our dealer manager will advance all the fixed expenses, including, but not limited to, wholesaling salaries, salaries of dual employees allocated to wholesaling activities, and other fixed expenses (including, but not limited to wholesaling expense reimbursements and the dealer managers legal costs associated with filing the offering with FINRA), that are required to be included within FINRAs 10% cap to ensure that the aggregate underwriting compensation paid in connection with the offering does not exceed FINRAs 10% cap.
Also, our dealer manager will repay to the company any excess amounts received over FINRAs 10% cap if the offering is abruptly terminated after reaching the minimum amount, but before reaching the maximum amount, of offering proceeds.
Shares Purchased by Affiliates and Institutional Investors
Our executive officers and directors, as well as officers and employees of Realty Capital Securities, LLC and their family members (including spouses, parents, grandparents, children and siblings) or other affiliates and Friends, may purchase retail shares, and any such retail shares will be included for purposes of determing whether the remainder of $2,000,000 of shares of common stock required to release funds from the escrow account has been sold. The initial purchase price for such shares shall be $9.00 per share and NAV per share following the end of the escrow period and the acquisition of our first property, reflecting the fact that selling
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commissions in the amount of $0.63 per share and a dealer manager fee in the amount of $0.27 per share will not be payable in connection with such sales. Friends means those individuals who have prior business and/or personal relationships with our executive officers, directors or sponsor, including, without limitation, any service provider. The net offering proceeds we receive will not be affected by such sales of shares at a discount. Our executive officers, directors and other affiliates and any institutional investors who receive the discount will be expected to hold their shares purchased as stockholders for investment and not with a view towards resale. In addition, shares purchased by affiliates of Realty Capital Securities, LLC will not be entitled to vote on any matter presented to the stockholders for a vote relating to the removal of our directors or American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC as our advisor or any transaction between us and any of our directors, American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC or any of their respective affiliates and such shares will be subject to a lock up agreement among the purchaser, Realty Capital Securities, LLC and us. Such shares purchased by the affiliate shall not be sold during the offering, or sold, transferred, assigned, pledged, or hypothecated, or be the subject of any hedging, short sale, derivative, put, or call transaction that would result in the effective economic disposition of the Shares by such affiliate for a period of 180 days immediately following the date of effectiveness or commencement of sales of the public offering, except as provided in FINRA Rule 5110(g)(2). With the exception of the 222,222 retail shares initially sold to American Realty Capital Global Special Limited Partnership, LLC in connection with our organization, or the retail shares that our sponsor intends to purchase, no director, officer or advisor or any affiliate may own more than 9.8% in value of the aggregate of the outstanding shares of capital stock and not more than 9.8% (in value or number of shares, whichever is more restrictive, of any class or series of shares of capital stock.
Purchases by participating broker dealers, including their registered representatives and their immediate family, will be less the selling commission.
Volume Discounts
We will offer shares with reduced selling commissions to single purchasers of retail shares on orders of more than $500,000 and paid to Realty Capital Securities, LLC and participating broker dealers will be reduced by the amount of the share purchase price discount. Our per share purchase price will be calculated daily. The per share purchase price will apply to the specific range of each retail share purchased. For purchases of retail shares of (i) $500,001 to $1,000,000, the applicable selling commission will equal 6% of the daily NAV price for retail shares and the aggregate selling commission and dealer manager fee per share will equal 9% of the daily NAV price for retail shares; and (ii) $1,000,001 to $5,000,000+, the applicable selling commission will equal 2.5% of the daily NAV price for retail shares and the aggregate selling commission and dealer manager fee per share will equal 5.5% of the daily NAV price for retail shares. For illustrative purposes only, the following chart describes the applicable volume discounts based on a $9.00 share purchase price. The reduced purchase price will not affect the amount we receive for investment.
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| For a Single Purchaser | Purchase to Public per Share in Volume Discount Range | Selling Commission per Share in Volume Discount Range | Aggregate Consideration per Share (consisting of purchase price, selling commissions and dealer manager fees) in Volume Discount Range |
| $1,000 $500,000 | $ 9.00 | $ 0.63 | $ 9.90 |
| 500,001 1,000,000 | 9.00 | 0.53 | 9.80 |
| 1,000,001 4,999,999 | 9.00 | 0.23 | 9.50 |
| 5,000,000 or more | 9.00 | 0.23 | 9.50 |
| (subject to reduction as described below) | (subject to reduction as described below) |
Any reduction in the amount of the selling commissions in respect of volume discounts received will be credited to the investor in the form of additional retail shares. Fractional shares may be issued.
As an example, a single purchaser would receive 101,525.46 retail shares rather than 101,010.10 retail shares for an investment of $1,000,000 and the selling commission would be $58,859.00. The discount would be calculated as follows: the purchaser would acquire 50,505.05 retail shares at a purchase price of $9.00 per share, plus selling commissions of $0.63 per share and dealer manager fee of $0.27 resulting in an aggregate cost of $9.90 and as a result of the volume discount receive 51,020.41 at a purchase price of $9.00 per share,
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plus selling commissions of $0.53 per share and dealer manager fee of $0.27 per share for an aggregate cost of $9.80 per share. In no event will the proceeds to us be less than $9.00 per share.
For purchases of $5,000,000 or more by a single purchaser in one or more transactions over the course of our offering, in our sole discretion, selling commissions may be reduced to $0.20 per share or less and the dealer manager fee may be reduced from $0.27 per share, but in no event will the proceeds to us be less than $9.00 per retail share. In the event of an agreement to purchase $5,000,000 or more with a single purchaser in one or more transactions during the course of our offering with reduced selling commissions or a reduced dealer manager fee, we will supplement this prospectus to include: (a) the aggregate amount of the agreement to purchase, (b) the price per share paid or to be paid by the purchaser and (c) a statement that other investors wishing to purchase at least the amount described in clause (a) above will pay no more per share than the purchaser described in clause (b) above.
Orders may be combined for the purpose of determining the total commissions payable with respect to applications made by a single purchaser, so long as all the combined purchases are made through the same soliciting dealer. The amount of total commissions thus computed will be apportioned pro rata among the individual orders on the basis of the respective amounts of the orders being combined. As used herein, the term single purchaser will include:
any person or entity, or persons or entities, acquiring shares as joint purchasers;
all profit-sharing, pension and other retirement trusts maintained by a given corporation, partnership or other entity;
all funds and foundations maintained by a given corporation, partnership or other entity;
all profit-sharing, pension and other retirement trusts and all funds or foundations over which a designated bank or other trustee, person or entity exercises discretionary authority with respect to an investment in our company; and
any person or entity, or persons or entities, acquiring shares that are clients of and are advised by a single investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.
In the event a single purchaser described in the last five categories above wishes to have its orders so combined, that purchaser will be required to request the treatment in writing, which request must set forth the basis for the discount and identify the orders to be combined. Any request will be subject to our verification that all of the orders were made by a single purchaser.
Orders also may be combined for the purpose of determining the commissions payable in the case of orders by any purchaser described in any category above who, within 90 days of its initial purchase of shares, orders additional shares. In this event, the commission payable with respect to the subsequent purchase of shares will equal the commission per share which would have been payable in accordance with the commission schedule set forth above if all purchases had been made simultaneously. Purchases subsequent to this 90 day period will not qualify to be combined for a volume discount as described herein.
Unless investors indicate that orders are to be combined and provide all other requested information, we cannot be held responsible for failing to combine orders properly.
Purchases by entities not required to pay federal income tax may only be combined with purchases by other entities not required to pay federal income tax for purposes of computing amounts invested if investment decisions are made by the same person. If the investment decisions are made by an independent investment advisor, that investment advisor may not have any direct or indirect beneficial interest in any of the entities not required to pay federal income tax whose purchases are sought to be combined. You must mark the Additional Investment space on the subscription agreement signature page in order for purchases to be combined. We are not responsible for failing to combine purchases if you fail to mark the Additional Investment space.
If the subscription agreements for the purchases to be combined are submitted at the same time, then the additional common stock to be credited to you as a result of such combined purchases will be credited on a pro rata basis. If the subscription agreements for the purchases to be combined are not submitted at the same time,
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then any additional common stock to be credited as a result of the combined purchases will be credited to the last component purchase, unless we are otherwise directed in writing at the time of the submission. However, the additional common stock to be credited to any entities not required to pay federal income tax whose purchases are combined for purposes of the volume discount will be credited only on a pro rata basis on the amount of the investment of each entity not required to pay federal income tax on their combined purchases.
California residents should be aware that volume discounts will not be available in connection with the sale of retail shares made to California residents to the extent such discounts do not comply with the provisions of Rule 260.140.51 adopted pursuant to the California Corporate Securities Law of 1968. Pursuant to this rule, volume discounts can be made available to California residents only in accordance with the following conditions:
there can be no variance in the net proceeds to us from the sale of the retail shares to different purchasers of the same offering;
all purchasers of the retail shares must be informed of the availability of quantity discounts;
the same volume discounts must be allowed to all purchasers of retail shares which are part of the offering;
the minimum amount of shares as to which volume discounts are allowed cannot be less than $10,000;
the variance in the price of the retail shares must result solely from a different range of commissions, and all discounts must be based on a uniform scale of commissions; and
no discounts are allowed to any group of purchasers.
Accordingly, volume discounts for California residents will be available in accordance with the foregoing table of uniform discount levels based on dollar volume of retail shares purchased, but no discounts are allowed to any group of purchasers, and no subscriptions may be aggregated as part of a combined order for purposes of determining the number of retail shares purchased.
Subscription Process
To purchase shares in this offering, you must complete and sign a subscription agreement, like the one contained in this prospectus as Appendix C. You should exercise care to ensure that the applicable subscription agreement is filled out correctly and completely.
By executing the subscription agreement, you will attest, among other things, that you:
have received the final prospectus;
accept the terms of our charter;
meet the minimum income and net worth requirements described in this prospectus;
are purchasing the shares for your own account;
acknowledge that there is no public market for our shares; and
are in compliance with the USA PATRIOT Act and are not on any governmental authority watch list.
We include these representations in our subscription agreement in order to prevent persons who do not meet our suitability standards or other investment qualifications from subscribing to purchase our shares.
The purchase price of our shares will be executed at a price equal to our NAV per share on the day of receipt of a subscription agreement. However, subscriptions will be effective only upon our acceptance, and we reserve the right to reject any subscription in whole or in part. We reserve the right to approve a cancellation request by an investor on a case by case basis and only in situations where the purchase order has not been previously accepted. We may not accept a subscription for shares until at least five business days after the date you receive the final prospectus. Subject to compliance with Rule 15c2-4 of the Exchange Act, our dealer manager and/or the broker dealers participating in the offering will promptly submit a subscribers check on the business day following receipt of the subscribers subscription documents and check. In certain
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circumstances where the suitability review procedures are more lengthy than customary, a subscribers check will be promptly deposited in compliance with Exchange Act Rule 15c2-4. The proceeds from your subscription will be deposited in a segregated escrow account and will be held in trust for your benefit, pending our acceptance of your subscription.
A sale of the shares may not be completed until at least five business days after the subscriber receives our final prospectus as filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act. Within ten business days of our receipt of each completed subscription agreement, we will accept or reject the subscription. If we accept the subscription, we will mail a confirmation within three days. If for any reason we reject the subscription, we will promptly return the check and the subscription agreement, without interest (unless we reject your subscription because we fail to achieve the minimum offering) or deduction, within ten business days after rejecting it.
Investments by IRAs and Certain Qualified Plans
We will appoint one or more IRA custodians for investors of our common stock who desire to establish an IRA, SEP or certain other tax-deferred accounts or transfer or rollover existing accounts. We will provide the name(s) of such IRA custodian(s) in a prospectus supplement. Our advisor may determine to pay the fees related to the establishment of investor accounts with such IRA custodians, and it also may pay the fees related to the maintenance of any such account for the first year following its establishment. Thereafter, we expect the IRA custodian(s) to provide this service to our stockholders with annual maintenance fees charged at a discounted rate. In the future, we may make similar arrangements for our investors with other custodians. Further information as to custodial services is available through your broker or may be requested from us.
Minimum Offering
Subscription proceeds will be placed in escrow until such time as subscriptions aggregating at least the minimum offering of $2,000,000 of shares of our common stock have been received and accepted by us. Purchase of shares by our directors, officers, other affiliates and Friends will be included for purposes of determining whether the minimum of $2,000,000 of shares of common stock required to release funds from the escrow account has been sold. Funds in escrow will be invested in short-term investments, which may include obligations of, or obligations guaranteed by, the U.S. government or bank money-market accounts or certificates of deposit of national or state banks that have deposits insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (including certificates of deposit of any bank acting as a depository or custodian for any such funds) that can be readily sold, with appropriate safety of principal. Subscribers may not withdraw funds from the escrow account. Purchase of shares by our directors, officers, other affiliates and Friends will be included for purposes of determining whether the minimum of $2,000,000 of shares of common stock required to release funds from the escrow account has been sold. AR Capital Global Holdings, LLC intends to purchase all or a portion of the $2,000,000 of shares required to release funds from escrow at a purchase price of $9.00 per share. If AR Capital Global Holdings, LLC purchases $2,000,000 of shares, we anticipate that our board of directors will authorize release of the escrowed funds promptly thereafter, which will permit us to commence our operations. Redemption requests made by AR Capital Global Holdings, LLC will be subject to the redemption limitations as described under Share Repurchase Program. In addition, AR Capital Global Holdings, LLC may not redeem such shares until we have raised $20,000,000 in offering proceeds in our primary offering. Furthermore, AR Capital Global Holdings, LLCs redemption requests will only be accepted (1) on the last business day of a calendar quarter, (2) after all other stockholders redemption requests for such quarter have been accepted and (3) if such redemptions do not cause total redemptions to exceed 5% of our total NAV as of the end of the immediately preceding quarter.
If subscriptions for at least the minimum offering have not been received and accepted by , 2013, which is one year after the effective date of this offering, our escrow agent will promptly so notify us, this offering will be terminated and your funds and subscription agreement will be returned to you within thirty days after the date of such termination. Interest will accrue on funds in the escrow account as applicable to the short-term investments in which such funds are invested. During any period in which subscription proceeds are held in escrow, interest earned thereon will be allocated among subscribers on a pro rata basis. Such interest will be paid to subscribers upon the termination of the escrow period, subject to withholding for taxes pursuant to applicable Treasury Regulations. We will bear all expenses of the escrow and, as such, any interest to be paid to any subscriber will not be reduced for such expense.
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HOW TO SUBSCRIBE
Investors who meet the suitability standards described herein may purchase shares of common stock. See the page following the cover page for the suitability standards. Investors who want to purchase shares should proceed as follows:
Read the entire final prospectus and the current supplement(s), if any, accompanying the final prospectus.
Complete the execution copy of the subscription agreement. A specimen copy of the subscription agreement, including instructions for completing it, is included as Appendix C.
Deliver a check to Realty Capital Securities, LLC, or its designated agent, for the full purchase price of the shares being subscribed for, payable to UMB Bank, N.A., Escrow Agent for American Realty Capital Global Daily Net Asset Value Trust, Inc. along with the completed subscription agreement. The name of the soliciting dealer appears on the subscription agreement. Certain dealers who have net capital as defined in the applicable federal securities regulations, of $250,000 or more may instruct their customers to make their checks payable directly to the dealer. In such case, the dealer will issue a check payable to us of the purchase prices of your subscription. The name of the dealer appears on the subscription agreement.
By executing the subscription agreement and paying the full purchase price for the shares subscribed for, each investor attests that he or she meets the minimum income and net worth standards as stated in the subscription agreement and accepts the terms of our charter.
A sale of the shares may not be completed until at least five business days after the subscriber receives our final prospectus as filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act. Within ten business days of our receipt of each completed subscription agreement, we will accept or reject the subscription. If we accept the subscription, we will mail a confirmation within three days. If for any reason we reject the subscription, we will promptly return the check and the subscription agreement, without interest (unless we reject your subscription because we fail to achieve the minimum offering) or deduction, within ten business days after rejecting it.
An approved trustee must process through, and forward to, us subscriptions made through individual retirement accounts, Keogh plans and 401(k) plans. In the case of individual retirement accounts, Keogh plans and 401(k) plan stockholders, we will send the confirmation or, upon rejection, refund check to the trustee. If you want to purchase shares through an individual retirement account, Keogh plan or 401(k) plan, we intend to appoint one or more IRA custodians for such purpose, who we expect will provide this service to our stockholders with annual maintenance fees charged at a discounted rate.
You have the option of placing a transfer on death, or TOD, designation on your shares purchased in this offering. A TOD designation transfers the ownership of the shares to your designated beneficiary upon your death. This designation may only be made by individuals, not entities, who are the sole or joint owners with right to survivorship of the shares. This option, however, is not available to residents of the States of Louisiana and North Carolina. If you would like to place a TOD designation on your shares, you must check the TOD box on the subscription agreement and you must complete and return the TOD form included as Appendix D to this prospectus in order to effect the designation.
You may elect to have any registered investment advisory fees deducted from your account with us and paid directly to your registered investment advisor by completing and signing a letter of direction in the form attached as Appendix E to this prospectus. The letter of direction will authorize us to deduct a specified dollar amount or percentage of distributions paid by us as business management and advisory fees payable to your registered investment advisor on a periodic basis. The letter of direction will be irrevocable and we will continue to pay business management fees payable from your account until such time as you provide us with a notice of revocation in the form of Appendix F to this prospectus of your election to terminate deductions from your account for the purposes of such business management fees.
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SALES LITERATURE
In addition to and apart from this prospectus, we may use supplemental sales material in connection with the offering. This material may consist of a brochure describing our advisor and its affiliates and our investment objectives. The material also may contain pictures and summary descriptions of properties similar to those that we intend to acquire which our affiliates have previously acquired. This material also may include audiovisual materials and taped presentations highlighting and explaining various features of the offering, properties of prior real estate programs and real estate investments in general, and articles and publications concerning real estate. Further, business reply cards, introductory letters and seminar invitation forms may be sent to the dealer members of FINRA designated by us and prospective investors. No person has been authorized to prepare for, or furnish to, a prospective investor any sales literature other than that described herein and tombstone newspaper advertisements or solicitations of interest that are limited to identifying the offering and the location of sources of further information. Statements made in sales material communicated directly or indirectly to the public may not conflict with, or modify, risk factors or other statements made in this prospectus.
The use of any sales materials is conditioned upon filing with, and if required, clearance by appropriate regulatory agencies. Such clearance (if provided), however, does not indicate that the regulatory agency allowing the use of such materials has passed on the merits of the offering or the adequacy or accuracy of such materials.
This offering is made only by means of this prospectus. Except as described herein, we have not authorized the use of other supplemental literature or sales material in connection with this offering.
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REPORTS TO STOCKHOLDERS
Our advisor will keep, or cause to be kept, full and true books of account on an accrual basis of accounting, in accordance with GAAP. All of these books of account, together with a copy of our charter, will at all times be maintained at our principal office, and will be open to inspection, examination and duplication at reasonable times by the stockholders or their agents.
The advisor will submit to each stockholder our audited annual reports within 120 days following the close of each fiscal year. The annual reports will contain the following:
audited financial statements prepared in accordance with SEC rules and regulations governing the preparation of financial statements;
the ratio of the costs of raising capital during the period to the capital raised;
the aggregate amount of advisory fees and the aggregate amount of fees paid to the advisor and any affiliate of the advisor, including fees or charges paid to our advisor and to any affiliate of our advisor by third parties doing business with us;
our total operating expenses, stated as a percentage of the average invested assets and as a percentage of net income for the most recently completed fiscal year;
a report from the independent directors that the policies, objectives and strategies we follow are in the best interests of our stockholders and the basis for such determination; and
separately stated, full disclosure of all material terms, factors and circumstances surrounding any and all transactions involving us, our directors, our advisor, our sponsor and any of their affiliates occurring in the year for which the annual report is made. Independent directors are specifically charged with the duty to examine and comment in the report on the fairness of such transactions.
At the same time as any distribution, we will file a Form 8-K or other appropriate form or report with the SEC or otherwise provide stockholders with a statement disclosing the source of the funds distributed. If the information is not available when the distribution is made, we will provide a statement setting forth the reasons for why the information is not available. In no event will the information be provided to stockholders more than 60 days after we make the distribution. We will include in our stockholders account statements an estimated value of our shares that will comply with the requirements of NASD Rule 2340.
Within 60 days following the end of any calendar quarter during the period of the offering in which we have closed an acquisition of a property, we will submit a report to each stockholder containing:
the location and a description of the general character of the property acquired during the quarter;
the present or proposed use of the property and its suitability and adequacy for that use;
the terms of any material leases affecting the property;
the proposed method of financing, if any, including estimated down payment, leverage ratio, prepaid interest, balloon payment(s), prepayment penalties, due-on-sale or encumbrance clauses and possible adverse effects thereof and similar details of the proposed financing plan; and
a statement that title insurance has been or will be obtained on the property acquired.
In addition, while this offering is pending, if we believe that a reasonable probability exists that we will acquire a property or group of properties, this prospectus will be supplemented to disclose the probability of acquiring such property or group of properties. A supplement to this prospectus will describe any improvements proposed to be constructed thereon and other information that we consider appropriate for an understanding of the transaction. Further data will be made available after any pending acquisition is consummated, also by means of a supplement to this prospectus, if appropriate. Note that the disclosure of any proposed acquisition cannot be relied upon as an assurance that we will ultimately consummate such acquisition or that the information provided concerning the proposed acquisition will not change between the date of the supplement and any actual purchase.
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After the completion of the last acquisition, our advisor will, upon request, send a schedule of acquisition to the Commissioner of Corporations of the State of California. The schedule, verified under the penalty of perjury will reflects each acquisition made, the purchase price paid, the aggregate of all acquisition expenses paid on each transaction, and a computation showing compliance with our charter. We will, upon request, submit to the Commissioner of Corporations of the State of California or to any of the various state securities administrators, any report or statement required to be distributed to stockholders pursuant to our charter or any applicable law or regulation.
We anticipate that we will provide annual reports of our determination of value (1) to IRA trustees and custodians not later than January 15 of each year, and (2) to other Plan fiduciaries within 75 days after the end of each calendar year. Each determination may be based upon valuation information available as of October 31 of the preceding year, updated, however, for any material changes occurring between October 31 and December 31. For any period during which we are making a public offering of shares, the statement will report an estimated value of each share at the then public offering price per share. If no public offering is ongoing, and until we list the shares of our common stock on a national securities exchange, no later than 18 months after the closing of the offering, we will provide a statement that will report an estimated value of each share, based on (i) appraisal updates performed by us based on a review of the existing appraisal and lease of each property, focusing on a re-examination of the capitalization rate applied to the rental stream to be derived from that property, and (ii) a review of the outstanding loans and other investments, focusing on a determination of present value by a re-examination of the capitalization rate applied to the stream of payments due under the terms of each loan. We may elect to deliver such reports to all stockholders. Stockholders will not be forwarded copies of appraisals or updates. In providing such reports to stockholders, neither we nor our affiliates thereby make any warranty, guarantee or representation that (i) we or our stockholders, upon liquidation, will actually realize the estimated value per share or (ii) our stockholders will realize the estimated net asset value if they attempt to sell their shares.
The accountants we regularly retain will prepare our U.S. federal tax return and any applicable state income tax returns. We will submit appropriate tax information to the stockholders within 30 days following the end of each of our fiscal years. We will not provide a specific reconciliation between GAAP and our income tax information to the stockholders. However, the reconciling information will be available in our office for inspection and review by any interested stockholder. Annually, at the same time as the dissemination of appropriate tax information (including a Form 1099) to stockholders, we will provide each stockholder with an individualized report on his or her investment, including the purchase date(s), purchase price(s), and number of shares owned, as well as the dates and amounts of distributions received during the prior fiscal year. The individualized statement to stockholders will include any purchases of shares under the distribution reinvestment plan. Stockholders requiring individualized reports on a more frequent basis may request these reports. We will make every reasonable effort to supply more frequent reports, as requested, but we may, at our sole discretion, require payment of an administrative charge either directly by the stockholder, or through pre-authorized deductions from distributions payable to the stockholder making the request.
We may deliver to the stockholders each of the reports discussed in this section, as well as any other communications that we may provide them with, by e-mail or by any other means.
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LITIGATION
We are not subject to any material pending legal proceedings.
PRIVACY POLICY NOTICE
To help you understand how we protect your personal information, we have included our Privacy Policy Notice as Appendix G to this prospectus. This notice describes our current privacy policy and practices. Should you decide to establish or continue a stockholder relationship with us, we will advise you of our policy and practices at least once annually, as required by law.
LEGAL MATTERS
Venable LLP, Baltimore, Maryland, will pass upon the legality of the common stock and Proskauer Rose LLP, New York, New York, will pass upon the legal matters in connection with our status as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Proskauer Rose LLP will rely on the opinion of Venable LLP as to all matters of Maryland law. Proskauer Rose LLP also provides legal services to American Realty Capital Advisors, LLC, our advisor and its affiliates. Neither Venable LLP nor Proskauer Rose LLP purports to represent our stockholders or potential investors, who should consult their own counsel.
EXPERTS
The audited financial statements of American Realty Capital Global Daily Net Asset Value Trust, Inc. included in this prospectus and elsewhere in the registration statement have been so included in reliance upon the report of Grant Thornton LLP, independent registered public accountants, upon authority of said firm as experts in accounting and auditing in giving said report.
ELECTRONIC DELIVERY OF DOCUMENTS
Subject to availability, you may authorize us to provide prospectuses, prospectus supplements, annual reports and other information (referred to herein as documents) electronically by so indicating on the subscription agreement, or by sending us instructions in writing in a form acceptable to us to receive such documents electronically. Unless you elect in writing to receive documents electronically, all documents will be provided in paper form by mail. You must have internet access to use electronic delivery. While we impose no additional charge for this service, there may be potential costs associated with electronic delivery, such as on-line charges. Documents will be available on our Internet web site. You may access and print all documents provided through this service. As documents become available, we will notify you of this by sending you an e-mail message that will include instructions on how to retrieve the document. If our e-mail notification is returned to us as undeliverable, we will contact you to obtain your updated e-mail address. If we are unable to obtain a valid e-mail address for you, we will resume sending a paper copy by regular U.S. mail to your address of record. You may revoke your consent for electronic delivery at any time and we will resume sending you a paper copy of all required documents. However, in order for us to be properly notified, your revocation must be given to us a reasonable time before electronic delivery has commenced. We will provide you with paper copies at any time upon request. Such request will not constitute revocation of your consent to receive required documents electronically.
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WHERE YOU CAN FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
We have filed a registration statement on Form S-11 with the SEC in connection with this offering. We are required to file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC.
You may request and obtain a copy of these filings, at no cost to you, by writing or telephoning us at the following address:
American Realty Capital Global Daily Net Asset Value Trust, Inc. 405 Park Avenue New York, New York 10022 (212) 415-6500 Attn: Investor Services
One of our affiliates maintains an Internet site at www.americancapitalrealty.com , at which there is additional information about us. The contents of the site are not incorporated by reference in, or otherwise a part of, this prospectus.
This prospectus is part of the registration statement and does not contain all of the information included in the registration statement and all of its exhibits, certificates and schedules. Whenever a reference is made in this prospectus to any contract or other document of ours, the reference may not be complete and you should refer to the exhibits that are a part of the registration statement for a copy of the contract or document.
You may read and copy our registration statement and all of its exhibits and schedules which we have filed with the SEC, any of which may be inspected and copied at the Public Reference Room at 100 F. Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. This material, as well as copies of all other documents filed with the SEC, may be obtained from the Public Reference Section of the SEC, 100 F. Street, N.E., Washington D.C. 20549 upon payment of the fee prescribed by the SEC. The public may obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 or e-mail at [email protected]. The SEC maintains a web site that contains reports, proxies, information statements and other information regarding registrants that file electronically with the SEC, including us. The address of this website is http://www.sec.gov .
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| Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm | F-2 |
| Audited Financial Statements: | |
| Balance Sheet | F-3 |
| Statement of Operations | F-4 |
| Statement of Stockholders Equity | F-5 |
| Statement of Cash Flows | F-6 |
| Notes to Financial Statements | F-7 |
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
Stockholders and Board of Directors American Realty Capital Global Daily Net Asset Value Trust, Inc.
We have audited the accompanying balance sheet of American Realty Capital Global Daily Net Asset Value Trust, Inc. (a Maryland Corporation in the Development Stage) (the Company) as of December 31, 2011, and the related statements of operations, stockholders equity, and cash flows for the period from July 13, 2011 (date of inception) to December 31, 2011. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Companys management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audit included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Companys internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of American Realty Capital Global Daily Net Asset Value Trust, Inc. (a Maryland Corporation in the Development Stage) as of December 31, 2011, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the period from July 13, 2011 (date of inception) to December 31, 2011, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
/s/ GRANT THORNTON LLP Philadelphia, Pennsylvania March 28, 2012
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AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL GLOBAL DAILY NET ASSET VALUE TRUST, INC. (A Maryland Corporation in the Development Stage) BALANCE SHEET December 31, 2011
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| ASSETS | ||
| Cash | $ 182 | |
| Deferred offering costs | 559,007 | |
| Total assets | $ 559,189 | |
| LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY | ||
| Accounts payable and accrued expenses | $ 204,943 | |
| Due to affiliates | 170,415 | |
| Total liabilities | 375,358 | |
| Stockholders equity | ||
| Preferred stock, $0.01, 50,000,000 shares authorized, none outstanding | | |
| Common stock, $0.01 par value, 300,000,000 shares authorized, 22,222 shares issued and outstanding | 222 | |
| Additional paid-in capital | 199,778 | |
| Accumulated deficit during the development phase | (16,169 | ) |
| Total stockholders equity | 183,831 | |
| Total liabilities and stockholders equity | $ 559,189 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of this statement.
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AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL GLOBAL DAILY NET ASSET VALUE TRUST, INC. (A Maryland Corporation in the Development Stage) STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS For the Period from July 13, 2011 (date of inception) to December 31, 2011
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| Revenues | $ | |
| Expenses: | ||
| General and administrative | 16,169 | |
| Total expenses | 16,169 | |
| Net loss | $ (16,169 | ) |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of this statement.
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AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL GLOBAL DAILY NET ASSET VALUE TRUST, INC. (A Maryland Corporation in the Development Stage) STATEMENT OF STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY For the Period from July 13, 2011 (date of inception) to December 31, 2011
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| Common Stock | Additional Paid-in Capital | Accumulated Deficit During the Development Stage | Total | ||||
| Shares | Amount | ||||||
| Balance, July 13, 2011 | | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||
| Issuance of common stock | 22,222 | 222 | 199,778 | | 200,000 | ||
| Net loss | | | | (16,169 | ) | (16,169 | ) |
| Balance, December 31, 2011 | 22,222 | $ 222 | $ 199,778 | $ (16,169 | ) | $ 183,831 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of this statement.
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AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL GLOBAL DAILY NET ASSET VALUE TRUST, INC. (A Maryland Corporation in the Development Stage) STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS For the Period from July 13, 2011 (date of inception) to December 31, 2011
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| Cash flows from operating activities: | ||
| Net loss | $ (16,169 | ) |
| Adjustment to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by operating activities: | ||
| Increase in accounts payable and accrued expenses | 16,169 | |
| Net cash provided by operating activities | | |
| Cash flows from financing activities: | ||
| Proceeds from issuance of common stock | 200,000 | |
| Proceeds from affiliates | 80,040 | |
| Payments of deferred offering costs | (279,858 | ) |
| Net cash provided by financing activities | 182 | |
| Net change in cash | 182 | |
| Cash, beginning of period | | |
| Cash, end of period | $ 182 | |
| Non-Cash Financing Activities: | ||
| Deferred offering costs paid directly by affiliates | $ 90,375 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of this statement.
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AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL GLOBAL DAILY NET ASSET VALUE TRUST, INC. (A Maryland Corporation in the Development Stage) NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Note 1 Organization and Proposed Business Operations
American Realty Capital Global Daily Net Asset Value Trust, Inc. (the Company), incorporated on July 13, 2011, is a newly formed Maryland corporation that intends to qualify as a real estate investment trust (REIT) for U.S. federal income tax purposes for the taxable year ending December 31, 2012. The Company intends to offer for sale on a reasonable best efforts basis a maximum of $1.5 billion shares of common stock, consisting of up to 101.0 million retail shares to be sold to the public through broker dealers and up to 55.6 million institutional shares to be sold through registered investment advisors and broker dealers that are managing wrap or fees-based accounts, pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-11 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Offering). The Offering also covers up to 25.0 million shares of common stock pursuant to a distribution reinvestment plan (the DRIP). The Company sold 22,222 retail shares of common stock to American Realty Capital Global Special Limited Partner, LLC (the Special Limited Partner) an entity wholly owned by AR Capital Global Holdings, LLC (the Sponsor) on October 24, 2011, at $9.00 per share.
Until the escrow agent has released investors funds to the Company upon the raising of the minimum offering amount and the Company has acquired its first property, the per share purchase price for the retail shares in the Offering will be $9.00 (plus selling commissions and dealer manager fees of up to 10% in the aggregate of the $9.00 per share purchase price, which results in aggregate consideration of $9.90 per retail share) and the per share purchase price for the institutional shares in the Offering will be $9.00. Following the escrow break, the per share purchase price will vary daily. The per share purchase price in the Offering following the escrow break will be equal to the sum of the net asset value (the NAV) for each class of common stock, divided by the number of shares of that class outstanding as of the end of each business day prior to giving effect to any share purchases or repurchases to be effected on such day, plus applicable selling commissions. Throughout the Offering, the per share purchase price for shares purchased under the DRIP will be equal to NAV per share for investors who have purchased institutional shares and $9.50 for investors who have invested in retail shares.
The Company was formed to primarily acquire a diversified portfolio of commercial properties, with an emphasis on sale-leaseback transactions involving single tenant net-leased commercial properties. The Companys primary geographic target will be the United States, although up to 25% of its portfolio may consist of properties purchased internationally. All such properties may be acquired and operated by the Company alone or jointly with another party. The Company may also originate or acquire first mortgage loans secured by real estate. As of the date of these financial statements, the Company has neither purchased nor contracted to purchase any real estate investments.
Substantially all of the Companys business will be conducted through American Realty Capital Global Operating Partnership, L.P. (the OP), a Delaware limited partnership. The Company will be the sole general partner and holder of 99.9% of the units of the OP. Additionally, the Special Limited Partner expects to contribute $200 to the OP in exchange for 0.1% limited partner interest in the OP. After one year, the limited partner interests have the right to convert OP units for the cash value of a corresponding number of shares of common stock or, at the option of the OP, a corresponding number of shares of common stock, as allowed by the limited partnership agreement of the OP. The remaining rights of the limited partner interests are limited, however, and do not include the ability to replace the general partner or to approve the sale, purchase or refinancing of the OPs assets.
American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC (the Advisor) is the Companys affiliated advisor, which has been retained to manage the Companys affairs on a day-to-day basis. The properties will be managed and leased initially by American Realty Capital Global Properties, LLC (the Property Manager). Realty Capital Securities, LLC (the Dealer Manager) will serve as the dealer manager of the Offering. The Advisor, Property Manager and Dealer Manager are affiliates of the Sponsor and Special Limited Partner. These related parties will receive compensation and fees for services related to the Offering and for the
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Note 1 Organization and Proposed Business Operations (continued)
investment and management of the Companys assets. These entities will receive fees during the offering, acquisition, operational and liquidation stages.
Note 2 Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Development Stage Company
The Company complies with the reporting requirements of development stage enterprises. The Company expects to incur organizational, accounting and offering costs in pursuit of its financing. The offering and other organization costs, which will primarily be advanced by the Advisor, are not expected to be paid before the commencement of the Offering and will be paid or reimbursed by the Company from proceeds of the Offering that are set aside for such purposes. It is the Companys plan to complete the Offering; however, there can be no assurance that the Companys plans to raise capital will be successful.
Organizational Costs
Organizational costs include accounting, legal and regulatory fees incurred related to the formation of the Company. Organizational costs are expensed as incurred.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Management makes significant estimates regarding revenue recognition, investments in real estate, purchase price allocations, as applicable.
Real Estate Investments
Upon the acquisition of properties, the Company will record acquired real estate at fair value, primarily purchase price, and make assessments as to the useful lives of depreciable assets. The Company will consider the period of future benefit of the asset to determine the appropriate useful lives. Depreciation will be computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of fifteen years for land improvements, forty years for buildings, five to ten years for building fixtures and improvements and the lesser of the useful life or remaining lease term for acquired intangible lease assets.
Impairment of Long Lived Assets
Operations related to properties that have been sold or properties that are intended to be sold will be presented as discontinued operations in the statement of operations for all periods presented, and properties intended to be sold will be designated as held for sale on the balance sheet.
When circumstances indicate the carrying value of a property may not be recoverable, the Company will review the asset for impairment. This review will be based on an estimate of the future undiscounted cash flows, excluding interest charges, expected to result from the propertys use and eventual disposition. These estimates will consider factors such as expected future operating income, market and other applicable trends and residual value, as well as the effects of leasing demand, competition and other factors. If impairment exists, due to the inability to recover the carrying value of a property, an impairment loss will be recorded to the extent that the carrying value exceeds the estimated fair value of the property or properties to be held and used. For properties held for sale, the impairment loss will be the adjustment to fair value less estimated cost to dispose of the asset. These assessments will have a direct impact on net income because recording an impairment loss results in an immediate negative adjustment to net income.
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Note 2 Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)
Allocation of Purchase Price of Acquired Assets
Upon the acquisition of real properties, it will be the Companys policy to allocate the purchase price of properties to acquired tangible assets, consisting of land, land improvements, building, fixtures and improvements, and identified intangible lease assets and liabilities, consisting of the value of above-market and below-market leases, as applicable, other value of in-place leases and value of tenant relationships, based in each case on their fair values. The Company will utilize independent appraisals and information management obtained on each property as a result of pre-acquisition due diligence, as well as subsequent marketing and leasing activities, as applicable, to determine the fair values of the tangible assets of an acquired property (which includes land and building), amongst other market data.
The fair values of above-market and below-market in-place lease values will be recorded based on the present value (using an interest rate which reflects the risks associated with the leases acquired) of the difference between (a) the contractual amounts to be paid pursuant to the in-place leases and (b) an estimate of fair market lease rates for the corresponding in-place leases, which will generally be obtained from independent appraisals, measured over a period equal to the remaining non-cancelable term of the lease. The capitalized above-market lease intangibles are amortized as a decrease to rental income over the remaining term of the lease. The capitalized below-market lease values will be amortized as an increase to rental income over the remaining term and any fixed rate renewal periods in the respective leases. In determining the amortization period for below-market lease intangibles, the Company initially will consider, and periodically evaluate on a quarterly basis, the likelihood that a lessee will execute the renewal option.
The fair values of in-place leases will include direct costs associated with obtaining a new tenant, opportunity costs associated with lost rentals which are avoided by acquiring an in-place lease, and tenant relationships. Direct costs associated with obtaining a new tenant will include commissions, tenant improvements, and other direct costs and are estimated based on independent appraisals and managements consideration of current market costs to execute a similar lease. The value of opportunity costs will be calculated using the contractual amounts to be paid pursuant to the in-place leases over a market absorption period for a similar lease. Customer relationships will be valued based on expected renewal of a lease or the likelihood of obtaining a particular tenant for other locations. These intangibles will be included in intangible lease assets in the balance sheet and amortized to depreciation and amortization, a component of operating expense, over the remaining term of the lease.
The determination of the fair values of the assets and liabilities acquired will require the use of significant assumptions with regard to the current market rental rates, rental growth rates, discount rates and other variables. The use of inappropriate estimates would result in an incorrect assessment of the purchase price allocations, which could impact the amount of the Companys reported net income. Initial purchase price allocations will be subject to change until all information is finalized, which is generally within one year of the acquisition date.
Deferred Offering Costs
The Company has incurred certain expenses in connection with registering to sell common shares as discussed in Note 1 Organization and Proposed Business Operations. These costs principally relate to professional fees and filing fees. As of December 31, 2011, such costs totaled $559,007, and are included in deferred offering costs in the accompanying balance sheet. Simultaneous with selling common shares, the deferred offering costs will be charged to stockholders equity upon the completion of the offerings or to expense if the offerings are not completed.
The Company will continue to incur offering and related costs throughout the Offering. Offering and related costs include all expenses incurred in connection with the Companys Offering. Offering costs (other than selling commissions and the dealer manager fee) of the Company may be paid by the Advisor, the Dealer
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Note 2 Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)
Manager or their affiliates on behalf of the Company. These costs include but are not limited to (i) legal, accounting, printing, mailing, and filing fees; (ii) escrow service related fees; (iii) reimbursement of the Dealer Manager for amounts it may pay to reimburse the bona fide diligence expenses of broker-dealers; and (iv) reimbursement to the Advisor for a portion of the costs of its employees and other costs in connection with preparing supplemental sales materials and related offering activities. The Company is obligated to reimburse the Advisor or its affiliates, as applicable, for organization and offering costs paid by them on behalf of the Company, provided that the Advisor is obligated to reimburse the Company to the extent organization and offering costs (excluding selling commissions and the dealer manager fee) incurred by the Company in its offering exceed 1.5% of gross offering proceeds. As a result, these costs are only a liability of the Company to the extent aggregate selling commissions, the dealer manager fees and other organization and offering costs do not exceed 11.5% of the gross proceeds determined at the end of offering.
Derivative Instruments
The Company may use derivative financial instruments to hedge all or a portion of the interest rate risk associated with its borrowings. Certain of the techniques used to hedge exposure to interest rate fluctuations may also be used to protect against declines in the market value of assets that result from general trends in debt markets. The principal objective of such agreements is to minimize the risks and/or costs associated with the Companys operating and financial structure as well as to hedge specific anticipated transactions.
The Company will record all derivatives on the balance sheet at fair value. The accounting for changes in the fair value of derivatives depends on the intended use of the derivative, whether the Company has elected to designate a derivative in a hedging relationship and apply hedge accounting and whether the hedging relationship has satisfied the criteria necessary to apply hedge accounting. Derivatives designated and qualifying as a hedge of the exposure to changes in the fair value of an asset, liability, or firm commitments attributable to a particular risk, such as interest rate risk, are considered fair value hedges. Derivatives designated and qualifying as a hedge of the exposure to variability in expected future cash flows, or other types of forecasted transactions, are considered cash flow hedges. Derivatives may also be designated as hedges of the foreign currency exposure of a net investment in a foreign operation. Hedge accounting generally provides for the matching of the timing of gain or loss recognition on the hedging instrument with the recognition of the changes in the fair value of the hedged asset or liability that are attributable to the hedged risk in a fair value hedge or the earnings effect of the hedged forecasted transactions in a cash flow hedge. The Company may enter into derivative contracts that are intended to economically hedge certain of its risk, even though hedge accounting does not apply or the Company elects not to apply hedge accounting.
Revenue Recognition
Upon the acquisition of real estate, certain properties will have leases where minimum rent payments increase during the term of the lease. The Company will record rental revenue for the full term of each lease on a straight-line basis. When the Company acquires a property, the term of existing leases is considered to commence as of the acquisition date for the purposes of this calculation. Cost recoveries from tenants are included in tenant reimbursement income in the period the related costs are incurred, as applicable.
The Companys revenues, which will be derived primarily from rental income, include rents that each tenant pays in accordance with the terms of each lease reported on a straight-line basis over the initial term of the lease. Since many leases provide for rental increases at specified intervals, straight-line basis accounting requires the Company to record a receivable, and include in revenues, unbilled rent receivables that the Company will only receive if the tenant makes all rent payments required through the expiration of the initial term of the lease. The Company will defer the revenue related to lease payments received from tenants in advance of their due dates.
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Note 2 Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)
The Company will review receivables related to rent and unbilled rent receivables and determines collectability by taking into consideration the tenants payment history, the financial condition of the tenant, business conditions in the industry in which the tenant operates and economic conditions in the area in which the property is located, as applicable. In the event that the collectability of a receivable is in doubt, the Company will record an increase in the allowance for uncollectible accounts or record a direct write-off of the receivable in the consolidated statement of operations.
Loan Loss Provisions
The Company may purchase or originate commercial mortgages and mezzanine loans to be held as long-term investments. The loans will be evaluated for possible impairment on at least a quarterly basis.
The asset specific reserve component of the loan loss provision relates to reserves for losses on loans considered to be impaired and measured in accordance with the accounting guidance for impaired loans. A loan is considered to be impaired when, based upon current information and events, management believes that it is probable that the Company will be unable to collect all amounts due under the contractual terms of the loan agreement. A reserve is established when the present value of payments expected to be received or observable market prices for the estimated fair value of the collateral, if applicable, of an impaired loan is lower than the carrying value of that loan.
The portfolio-based reserve component covers the pool of loans that do not have asset specific reserves. A portfolio-based reserve will be recorded when available information indicates that it is probable that the pool of loans will recognize losses and the amount of such losses can be reasonably estimated. Reserve balances for this pool of loans is derived using estimated default rates and estimated loss severities assuming a default occurs.
Upon determination of impairment, management will establish a reserve for loan losses and a corresponding charge to earnings through the provision for loan losses. Significant judgments are required in determining impairment, which include making assumptions regarding the value of the loan, the value of the real estate or partnership interests that secure the loan, and any other applicable provisions, including guarantees and cross-collateralization features, if any.
Net Income Per Share
The Company will calculate basic income per share by dividing net income for the period by weighted-average shares of its common stock outstanding for a respective period. Diluted income per share takes into account the effect of dilutive instruments, such as stock options and unvested restricted stock, but uses the average share price for the period in determining the number of incremental shares that are to be added to the weighted-average number of shares outstanding. For the period from July 13, 2011 (date of inception) to December 31, 2011, the calculation of net income per share is not presented because it is not a meaningful measure of the Companys performance.
Income Taxes
The Company intends to elect and qualify to be taxed as a REIT, commencing with its taxable year ending December 31, 2012. Accordingly, the Company will generally not be subject to corporate U.S. federal or state income tax to the extent that qualifying distributions are paid to our stockholders, and provided the Company satisfies on a continuing basis, through actual investment and operating results, the REIT requirements including certain asset, income, distribution and stock ownership tests. If the Company fails to qualify as a REIT, and does not qualify for certain statutory relief provisions, the Company will be subject to U.S. federal, state and local income taxes and may be precluded from qualifying as a REIT for the subsequent four taxable years following the year in which the REIT qualification was lost. Accordingly, the failure to qualify as a REIT could have a material adverse impact on the Companys results of operations and amounts available for distribution to its stockholders.
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Note 2 Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)
The dividends paid deduction of a REIT for qualifying dividends to its stockholders is computed using taxable income as opposed to net income reported on the financial statements. Taxable income, generally, will differ from net income reported on the financial statements because the determination of taxable income is based on tax provisions and not financial accounting principles.
The Company may establish and elect to treat certain of its subsidiaries as taxable REIT subsidiaries (TRSs). In general, a TRS may hold assets and engage in activities that the Company cannot hold or engage in directly and generally may engage in any real estate or non-real estate-related business. A TRS is subject to U.S. federal, state and local corporate income taxes.
Note 3 Related Party Transactions and Arrangements
The Advisor and its affiliates may pay costs and fees on behalf of the Company.
Fees Paid in Connection with Common Stock Offering
For the sale of retail shares, it is expected that the Companys affiliated Dealer Manager will receive selling commissions of 7% of the share purchase price of the Companys common stock. The Dealer Manager will re-allow 100% of commissions earned to participating broker-dealers. Alternatively, it is expected that participating broker dealers may elect to receive 7.5% of the share purchase price of the Companys common stock, with 2.5% paid at the time of the sale and 1% paid on each anniversary date of the sale to the fifth anniversary date. In addition, it is expected that the Dealer Manager will receive dealer manager fees of 3% of the share purchase price of the Companys common stock before reallowance to participating broker-dealers. The Dealer Managers fee will be reduced to 2.5% on shares for which the commission is 7.5%. The Dealer Manager may re-allow all or a portion of its dealer manager fee to participating broker-dealers. No selling commissions or dealer-manager fees will be paid to the Dealer Manager with respect to shares sold under the DRIP or for the sale of institutional shares.
For the sale of institutional shares, it is expected that the Dealer Manager will receive an asset-based platform fee, which is a deferred distribution fee that compensates our Dealer Manager and participating broker-dealers for services in connection with the distribution of the institutional shares equal to an annualized rate of 0.70% of the daily NAV of the institutional shares. The Dealer Manager may re-allow all or a portion of its dealer manager fee to participating broker-dealers.
It is expected that the Dealer Manager will be responsible for commission payments due to its employees as well as its general overhead and various selling related expenses.
The Company expects that it will reimburse the Advisor up to 1.5% of its gross offering proceeds for organizational and offering expense paid on behalf of the Company. As of December 31, 2011, $170,415 has been paid by the Advisor for such expenses and is payable by the Company to the Advisor as of December 31, 2011.
Fees Paid in Connection With the Operations of the Company
It is expected that the Advisor will receive an acquisition fee of 1.0% of the contract purchase price of each acquired property and will be reimbursed for acquisition costs incurred in the process of acquiring properties, and 1.0% of the amount advanced for a loan or other investment. These amounts are not expected to exceed 1.5% of the contract purchase price for all of the assets acquired. The Company expects that it will reimburse the Adviser for expenses incurred in selecting, evaluating and acquiring assets on behalf of the company, which are expected to be approximately 0.6% of the purchase price of the property. In no event will the total of all acquisition and advisory fees and acquisition expenses payable with respect to a particular investment exceed 4.5% of the contract purchase price.
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AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL GLOBAL DAILY NET ASSET VALUE TRUST, INC. (A Maryland Corporation in the Development Stage) NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Note 3 Related Party Transactions and Arrangements (continued)
The Company expects that it will pay the Advisor a yearly fee of up to 0.75% of the monthly daily average of the daily NAV. Such fee will be payable, at the discretion of the Companys board of directors, in cash, common stock, restricted stock grants or any combination thereof. The amount of any asset management fee will be reduced to the extent that modified funds from operations (MFFO) during the previous month is less than the amount of asset management fees paid during such month.
For services in the oversight, management and leasing of its properties, the Company expects that it will pay to an affiliate of its Advisor an oversight fee of 1% of gross revenues of the property managed.
It is expected that the Company may reimburse its Advisors costs of providing administrative services, subject to the limitation that it will not reimburse its Advisor for any amount by which its operating expenses (including the asset management fee) at the end of the four preceding fiscal quarters exceeds the greater of (a) 2% of average invested assets, or (b) 25% of net income other than any additions to reserves for depreciation, bad debt or other similar non-cash reserves and excluding any gain from the sale of assets for that period. Additionally, it is expected that the Company will not reimburse the Advisor for personnel costs in connection with services for which the Advisor receives acquisition fees or real estate commissions.
The Company expects that it will pay the Advisor an annual subordinated performance fee calculated on the basis of the Companys total return to stockholders, payable annually in arrears, such that for any year in which the Companys total return on stockholders capital exceeds 6% per annum, our advisor will be entitled to 25% of the excess total return but not to exceed 10% of the aggregate total return for such year. This fee is expected to be payable only upon the sale of assets, distributions or other event which results in our return on stockholders capital exceeding 6% per annum.
Fees Paid in Connection with the Liquidation or Listing of the Companys Real Estate Assets
The Company expects that it will pay a brokerage commission on the sale of property, not to exceed the lesser of 2% and one-half of reasonable, customary and competitive real estate commission in no event may the commission exceed 6% of the contract sales price and a reasonable customary and competitive sales commission.
The Company expects that it will pay a subordinated participation in the net proceeds of the sale of real estate assets of 15% of remaining net proceeds after return of capital contributions plus payment to investors of a 6% cumulative, non-compounded return on the capital contributed by investors. The Company cannot assure that it will provide this 6% return but expects that the Advisor will not be entitled to the subordinated participation in net sale proceeds unless its investors have received a 6% cumulative non-compounded return on their capital contributions.
The Company expects that it will pay a subordinated incentive listing fee of 25% of the amount by which the adjusted market value of real estate assets plus distributions exceeds the aggregate capital contributed by investors plus an amount equal to a 6% cumulative, non-compounded annual return to investors. The Company cannot assure that it will provide this 6% return but expects that the Advisor will not be entitled to the subordinated incentive listing fee unless its investors have received a 6% cumulative non-compounded return on their capital contributions.
Upon termination or non-renewal of the advisory agreement with the Companys Advisor, it is expected that the Advisor will be entitled to receive distributions from our OP pursuant to a special limited partnership interest, payable in the form of a non-interest bearing promissory note unless the Advisor elects to defer such distribution in accordance with the terms of the agreement.
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AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL GLOBAL DAILY NET ASSET VALUE TRUST, INC. (A Maryland Corporation in the Development Stage) NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Note 3 Related Party Transactions and Arrangements (continued)
As of December 31, 2011, the Company had accrued expenses payable to affiliates of $170,415. All of the Companys outstanding common stock is owned by the Sponsor through its wholly owned affiliate, the Special Limited Partner. The Companys Advisor and its affiliates will receive compensation and reimbursement for services relating to this offering and the investment and management of its assets.
Note 4 Subsequent Events
The Company has evaluated subsequent events through March 28, 2012, the date which these financial statements have been issued and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and have determined that there have not been any events that have occurred that would require adjustments to our disclosures in the audited financial statements.
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APPENDIX A Prior Performance Tables
The tables below provide summarized information concerning other programs sponsored or co-sponsored by the American Realty Capital group of companies, including American Realty Capital Trust, Inc., American Realty Capital New York Recovery REIT, Inc. and Phillips Edison ARC Shopping Center REIT Inc., each an American Realty Capital-sponsored or co-sponsored publicly registered REIT, and the private note programs implemented by ARC Income Properties, LLC, ARC Income Properties II, LLC, ARC Income Properties III, LLC, ARC Income Properties IV, LLC and ARC Growth Fund, LLC. The information contained herein is included solely to provide prospective investors with background to be used to evaluate the real estate experience of our sponsor and its affiliates. American Realty Capital Trust, Inc. and the private note programs implemented by ARC Income Properties, LLC, ARC Income Properties II, LLC, ARC Income Properties III, LLC and ARC Income Properties IV, LLC, which are net lease programs focused on providing current income through the payment of cash distributions, and ARC Growth Fund, LLC, which was formed to acquire vacant bank branch properties and opportunistically sell such properties, therefore the investment objectives of these programs are similar to our investment objectives. We do not believe that American Realty Capital New York Recovery REIT, Inc., which was formed to acquire high-quality commercial real estate in the New York Metropolitan Statistical Area, and, in particular, in New York City and maximize total returns through a combination of realized appreciation and current income, and Phillips Edison ARC Shopping Center REIT Inc., which was formed to acquire necessity-based neighborhood and community shopping centers throughout the United States, are in direct competition with our investment objectives, which are to acquire a diversified portfolio of commercial properties, with an emphasis on sale-leaseback transactions involving single tenant net leased commercial properties. For additional information see the section entitled Prior Performance Summary.
THE INFORMATION IN THIS SECTION AND THE TABLES REFERENCED HEREIN SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED AS INDICATIVE OF HOW WE WILL PERFORM. THIS DISCUSSION REFERS TO THE PERFORMANCE OF PRIOR PROGRAMS AND PROPERTIES SPONSORED BY OUR SPONSOR OR ITS AFFILIATES OVER THE PERIODS LISTED THEREIN. IN ADDITION, THE TABLES INCLUDED WITH THIS PROSPECTUS (WHICH REFLECT RESULTS OVER THE PERIODS SPECIFIED IN EACH TABLE) DO NOT MEAN THAT WE WILL MAKE INVESTMENTS COMPARABLE TO THOSE REFLECTED IN SUCH TABLES. IF YOU PURCHASE SHARES IN AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL GLOBAL DAILY NET ASSET VALUE TRUST, INC., YOU WILL NOT HAVE ANY OWNERSHIP INTEREST IN ANY OF THE REAL ESTATE PROGRAMS DESCRIBED IN THE TABLES (UNLESS YOU ARE ALSO AN INVESTOR IN THOSE REAL ESTATE PROGRAMS).
YOU SHOULD NOT CONSTRUE INCLUSION OF THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION AS IMPLYING IN ANY MANNER THAT WE WILL HAVE RESULTS COMPARABLE TO THOSE REFLECTED IN THE INFORMATION BELOW BECAUSE THE YIELD AND CASH AVAILABLE AND OTHER FACTORS COULD BE SUBSTANTIALLY DIFFERENT IN OUR PROPERTIES.
The following tables are included herein:
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TABLE I EXPERIENCE IN RAISING AND INVESTING FUNDS FOR PUBLIC PROGRAM PROPERTIES
Table I provides a summary of the experience of the sponsor and its affiliates in raising and investing funds for American Realty Capital Trust, Inc. from its inception on August 17, 2007 to December 31, 2011, American Realty Capital New York Recovery REIT, Inc. from its inception on October 6, 2010 to December 31, 2011, Phillips Edison ARC Shopping Center REIT, Inc. from its inception on October 13, 2009 to December 31, 2011, American Realty Capital Healthcare Trust, Inc. from its inception on August 23, 2010 to December 31, 2011 and American Realty Capital Trust III, Inc. from its inception on October 15, 2010 to December 31, 2011. Information is provided as to the manner in which the proceeds of the offering have been applied, the timing and length of this offering and the time period over which the proceeds have been reinvested.
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| American Realty Capital Trust, Inc. | American Realty Capital New York Recovery REIT, Inc. | Phillips Edison ARC Shopping Center REIT, Inc. | American Realty Capital Healthcare Trust, Inc. | American Realty Capital Trust III, Inc. | |||||||||||
| Percentage of total Dollar Amount Raised | Percentage of total Dollar Amount Raised | Percentage of total Dollar Amount Raised | Percentage of total Dollar Amount Raised | Percentage of total Dollar Amount Raised | |||||||||||
| (dollars in thousands) | (dollars in thousands) | (dollars in thousands) | (dollars in thousands) | (dollars in thousands) | |||||||||||
| Dollar amount offered | $ 1,500,000 | $ 1,500,000 | $ 1,500,000 | $ 1,500,000 | $ 1,500,000 | ||||||||||
| Dollar amount raised | 1,695,813 | 45,629 | 25,200 | 68,881 | 102,196 | ||||||||||
| Dollar amount raised from non-public program and private investments | 37,460 | (1) | 27,797 | (2) | 14,534 | 2,144 | (3) | | |||||||
| Dollar amount raised from sponsor and affiliates from sale of special partnership units, and 20,000 of common stock | 200 | (4) | 200 | (4) | 200 | (4) | 200 | (4) | 200 | (4) | |||||
| Total dollar amount raised | $ 1,733,473 | 100.00 % | $ 73,626 | (5) | 100.00 % | $ 39,934 | (5) | 100.00 % | $ 71,225 | (5) | 100.00 % | $ 102,396 | (5) | 100.00 % | |
| Less offering expenses: | |||||||||||||||
| Selling commissions and discounts retained by affiliates | $ 168,269 | 9.71 % | $ 6,232 | 8.46 % | | 0.00 % | 6,733 | 9.45 % | 9,833 | 9.60 % | |||||
| Organizational expenses | 29,692 | (6) | 1.71 % | 6,393 | 8.68 % | 1,364 | 3.42 % | 5,575 | 7.83 % | 6,107 | 5.96 % | ||||
| Other | | 0.00 % | | 0.00 % | | 0.00 % | | 0.00 % | | 0.00 % | |||||
| Reserves | | 0.00 % | | 0.00 % | | 0.00 % | | 0.00 % | | 0.00 % | |||||
| Available for investment | $ 1,535,512 | 88.58 % | $ 61,001 | 82.85 % | $ 38,570 | 96.58 % | $ 58,917 | 82.72 % | $ 86,456 | 84.43 % | |||||
| Acquisition costs: | |||||||||||||||
| Prepaid items related to purchase of property | $ | 0.00 % | $ | 0.00 % | | 0.00 % | | 0.00 % | | 0.00 % | |||||
| Cash down payment | 1,420,117 | (7) | 81.92 % | 47,105 | 63.98 % | 24,766 | 62.02 % | 51,243 | 71.95 % | 67,393 | 65.82 % | ||||
| Acquisition fees | 44,809 | 2.58 % | 2,727 | 3.70 % | 571 | 1.43 % | 5,568 | 7.82 % | 7,082 | 6.92 % | |||||
| Other | | 0.00 % | | 0.00 % | | 0.00 % | | 0.00 % | | 0.00 % | |||||
| Total acquisition costs | $ 1,464,926 | 84.51 % | $ 49,832 | 67.68 % | $ 25,337 | 63.45 % | $ 56,811 | 79.76 % | $ 74,475 | 72.73 % | |||||
| Percentage leverage (mortgage financing divided by total acquisition costs) | 49.3 | % (8) | 136.8 | % (9) | 51.8 | % | 216.1 | % (10) | 7.5 | % (11) | |||||
| Date offering began | 3/18/2008 | 10/2/2009 | 8/12/2010 | 2/18/2011 | 3/31/2011 | ||||||||||
| Number of offerings in the year | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Length of offerings (in months) | 39 | 33 | 36 | 33 | 33 | ||||||||||
| Months to invest 90% of amount available for investment (from beginning of the offering) | 39 | NA | (12) | NA | (12) | NA | (12) | NA | (12) |
(1) American Realty Capital Trust, Inc. sold non-controlling interests in certain properties in nine separate arrangements. The total amount contributed in these arrangements was $24.5 million. In addition, $13.0 million was raised in a private offering of debt securities through ARC Income Properties II, Inc. The structure of these arrangements and program is such that they are required to be consolidated with the results of American Realty Capital Trust, Inc. and therefore are included with this program. ARC Income Properties II, Inc is also included as a stand-alone program and is included separately in information about private programs.
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(2) American Realty Capital New York Recovery REIT, Inc. sold a non-controlling interest in a property. The total amount contributed in this arrangement was $13.0 million, In addition, $15.0 million was raised in a private offering of convertible preferred securities.
(3) American Realty Capital Healthcare Trust, Inc. sold non-controlling interests in three properties. The total amount contributed in these arrangements was $2.1 million.
(4) Represents initial capitalization of the company by the sponsor and was prior to the effectiveness of the common stock offering.
(5) Offerings are not yet completed, funds are still being raised.
(6) Excludes offering costs from proceeds assumed from the distribution reinvestment plan.
(7) Includes $12.0 million investment made in joint venture with American Realty Capital New York Recovery REIT, Inc. for the purchase of real estate and $17.3 million of other investments in common stock.
(8) Total acquisition costs of the properties exclude $721.6 million purchased with mortgage financing. Including mortgage financing, the total acquisition purchase price was $2,112.1 million. The leverage ratio was 34.2% at December 31, 2011.
(9) Total acquisition costs of the properties exclude $68.2 million purchased with mortgage financing. Including mortgage financing, the total acquisition purchase price was $124.2 million. The leverage ratio was 54.9% at December 31, 2011.
(10) Total acquisition costs of the properties exclude $110.7 million purchased with mortgage financing. Including mortgage financing, the total acquisition purchase price was $164.5 million. The leverage ratio was 67.3% at December 31, 2011.
(11) Total acquisition costs of the properties exclude $5.1 million purchased with mortgage financing. Including mortgage financing, the total acquisition purchase price was $72.5 million. The leverage ratio was 7.0% at December 31, 2011.
(12) As of December 31, 2011 these offerings are still in the investment period and have not invested 90% of the amount offered. Assets are acquired as equity becomes available.
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TABLE I EXPERIENCE IN RAISING AND INVESTING FUNDS FOR NON-PUBLIC PROGRAM PROPERTIES
Table I provides a summary of the experience of the sponsor, AR Capital Global Holdings, LLC and its affiliates as a sponsor in raising and investing funds in ARC Income Properties, LLC from its inception on June 5, 2008 to its termination on September 6, 2011, ARC Income Properties II, LLC from its inception on August 12, 2008 to its termination on May 16, 2011, ARC Income Properties III, LLC from its inception on September 29, 2009 to its termination on September 6, 2011, ARC Income Properties IV, LLC from its inception on June 23, 2010 to December 31, 2011 and ARC Growth Fund, LLC from its inception on July 24, 2008 to its termination on December 31, 2010. Information is provided as to the manner in which the proceeds of the offerings have been applied, the timing and length of this offering and the time period over which the proceeds have been invested.
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| ARC Income Properties, LLC | ARC Income Properties II, LLC | ARC Income Properties, III, LLC | ARC Income Properties, IV, LLC | ARC Growth Fund, LLC | ||||||
| (dollars in thousands) | Percentage of Total Dollar Amount Raised | Percentage of Total Dollar Amount Raised | Percentage of Total Dollar Amount Raised | Percentage of Total Dollar Amount Raised | Percentage of Total Dollar Amount Raised | |||||
| Dollar amount offered | $ 19,537 | $ 13,000 | $ 11,243 | $ 5,350 | $ 7,850 | |||||
| Dollar amount raised | 19,537 | 13,000 | 11,243 | 5,215 | 5,275 | |||||
| Dollar amount contributed from sponsor and affiliates (1) | 1,975 | | | | 2,575 | |||||
| Total dollar amount raised | $ 21,512 | 100.00 % | $ 13,000 | 100.00 % | $ 11,243 | 100.00 % | $ 5,215 | 100.00 % | $ 7,850 | 100.00 % |
| Less offering expenses: | ||||||||||
| Selling commissions and discounts retained by affiliates | $ 1,196 | 5.56 % | $ 323 | 2.48 % | $ 666 | 5.92 % | $ 397 | 7.61 % | $ | 0.00 % |
| Organizational expenses | | 0.00 % | | 0.00 % | | 0.00 % | | 0.00 % | | 0.00 % |
| Other | | 0.00 % | | 0.00 % | | 0.00 % | | 0.00 % | | 0.00 % |
| Reserves | | 0.00 % | | 0.00 % | | 0.00 % | | 0.00 % | | 0.00 % |
| Available for investment | $ 20,316 | 94.44 % | $ 12,677 | 97.52 % | $ 10,577 | 94.08 % | $ 4,818 | 92.39 % | $ 7,850 | 100.00 % |
| Acquisition costs: | ||||||||||
| Prepaid items and fees related to purchased property | $ | 0.00 % | $ | 0.00 % | $ | 0.00 % | $ | 0.00 % | $ | 0.00 % |
| Cash down payment | 11,302 | 52.54 % | 9,086 | 69.89 % | 9,895 | 88.01 % | 4,780 | 91.66 % | 5,440 | 69.30 % |
| Acquisition fees | 7,693 | 35.76 % | 2,328 | 17.91 % | 682 | 6.07 % | | 0.00 % | 2,410 | 30.70 % |
| Other | | 0.00 % | | 0.00 % | | 0.00 % | | 0.00 % | | 0.00 % |
| Total acquisition costs | $ 18,995 (2) | 88.30 % | $ 11,414 (3) | 87.80 % | $ 10,577 (4) | 94.08 % | $ 4,780 (5) | 91.66 % | $ 7,850 (6) | 100.00 % |
| Percentage leverage (mortgage financing divided by total acquisition costs) | 434.97 % | 292.61 % | 141.19 % | 344.35 % | 253.20 % | |||||
| Date offering began | 6/09/2008 | 9/17/2008 | 9/29/2009 | 6/23/2011 | 7/24/2008 | |||||
| Number of offerings in the year | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Length of offerings (in months) | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | |||||
| Months to invest 90% of amount available for investment (from the beginning of the offering) | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
(1) Includes separate investment contributed by sponsor and affiliates for purchase of portfolio properties and related expenses.
(2) Total acquisition costs of properties exclude $82.6 million purchased with mortgage financing. Including borrowings, the total acquisition purchase price was $101.6 million. The leverage ratio was 83.6% at December 31, 2010. This program ended when it contributed its real estate assets and certain liabilities to American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. on September 6, 2011.
(3) Total acquisition costs of properties exclude $33.4 million purchased with mortgage financing. Including borrowings, the total acquisition purchase price was $101.6 million. The leverage ratio was 60.1% at December 31, 2010. This program ended when the notes were repaid on May 16, 2011. The related properties are still owned by American Realty Capital Trust, Inc.
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(4) Total acquisition costs of properties exclude $14.9 million purchased with mortgage financing and $3.5 million related to a final purchase price adjustment which was initially held in escrow until conditions for its release were satisfied in 2010. Including borrowings, the total acquisition purchase price was $25.9 million. The leverage ratio was 59.2% at December 31, 2010. This program ended when it contributed its real estate assets and certain liabilities to American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. on September 6, 2011.
(5) Total acquisition costs of properties exclude a $16.5 million purchased with assumed mortgage financing. Including borrowings, the total acquisition purchase price was $21.2 million. The leverage ratio was 77.5% at December 31, 2011.
(6) Total acquisition costs of properties exclude a $20.0 million purchased with assumed mortgage financing. Including borrowings and $36.3 million purchased with proceeds from the sale of properties, the total acquisition purchase price was $63.6 million. The program was concluded at December 31, 2010.
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TABLE II COMPENSATION TO SPONSOR FROM PUBLIC PROGRAM PROPERTIES
Table II summarizes the amount and type of compensation paid to AR Capital Global Holdings, LLC and its affiliates for American Realty Capital Trust, Inc. from its inception on August 17, 2007 to December 31, 2011, American Realty Capital New York Recovery REIT, Inc. from its inception on October 6, 2009 to December 31, 2011, Phillips Edison ARC Shopping Center REIT, Inc. from its inception on October 13, 2009 to December 31, 2011, American Realty Capital Healthcare Trust, Inc. from its inception on August 23, 2010 to December 31, 2011 and American Realty Capital Trust III, Inc. from its inception on October 15, 2010 to December 31, 2011.
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| (dollars in thousands) | American Realty Capital Trust, Inc. | American Realty Capital New York Recovery REIT, Inc. | Phillips Edison ARC Shopping Center REIT Inc. | American Realty Capital Healthcare Trust, Inc. | American Realty Capital Trust III, Inc. | |||
| Date offering commenced | 3/18/2008 | 10/2/2009 | 8/12/2010 | 2/18/2011 | 3/31/2011 | |||
| Dollar amount raised | $ 1,733,473 | $ 73,626 | $ 39,934 | $ 71,225 | $ 102,396 | |||
| Amount paid to sponsor from proceeds of offering | ||||||||
| Underwriting fees | $ 168,269 | $ 6,232 | $ 1,364 | $ 6,733 | $ 9,833 | |||
| Acquisition fees: | ||||||||
| Real estate commissions | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||
| Advisory fees acquisition fees | $ 21,121 | $ 1,242 | $ 571 | $ 1,645 | $ 725 | |||
| Other organizational and offering costs | $ 15,944 | $ 3,997 | $ | $ 3,179 | $ 4,383 | |||
| Other financing coordination fees | $ 9,257 | $ 671 | $ 290 | $ 1,279 | $ 51 | |||
| Other acquisition expense reimbursements | $ 12,081 | $ 890 | $ 82 | $ 1,054 | $ 567 | |||
| Dollar amount of cash generated from operations before deducting payments to sponsor | $ 60,876 | $ (972 | ) | $ 1,409 | $ (2,161 | ) | $ (1,177 | ) |
| Actual amount paid to sponsor from operations: | ||||||||
| Property management fees | $ | $ | $ 157 | $ | $ | |||
| Partnership management fees | | | | | | |||
| Reimbursements | | | 398 | | | |||
| Leasing commissions | | | 34 | | | |||
| Other (asset management fees) | $ 7,071 | | 64 | | | |||
| Total amount paid to sponser from operations | $ 7,071 | $ | $ 653 | $ | $ | |||
| Dollar amount of property sales and refinancing before deducting payment to sponsor | ||||||||
| Cash | $ 1,485 | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||
| Notes | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||
| Amount paid to sponsor from property sale and refinancing: | ||||||||
| Real estate commissions | $ 45 | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||
| Incentive fees | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||
| Other Financing coordination fees | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ |
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TABLE II COMPENSATION TO SPONSOR FROM NON-PUBLIC PROGRAM PROPERTIES
Table II summarizes the amount and type of compensation paid to AR Capital, LLC and its affiliates for ARC Income Properties, LLC from its inception on June 5, 2008 to its termination on September 6, 2011, ARC Income Properties II, LLC from its inception on August 12, 2008 to its termination on May 16, 2011, ARC Income Properties III, LLC from its inception on September 29, 2009 to its termination on September 6, 2011. ARC Income Properties IV, LLC from its inception on June 23, 2010 to December 31, 2010 and ARC Growth Fund, L.P. from its inception on July 24, 2008 to its termination on December 31, 2010.
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| (dollars in thousands) | ARC Income Properties, LLC | ARC Income Properties II, LLC | ARC Income Properties III, LLC | ARC Income Properties IV, LLC | ARC Growth Fund, LLC | ||||
| Date offering commenced | 6/05/2008 | 8/12/2008 | 9/29/2009 | 6/23/2011 | 7/24/2008 | ||||
| Dollar amount raised | $ 21,512 (1) | $ 13,000 (2) | $ 11,243 (2) | $ 5,215 (2) | $ 7,850 (3) | ||||
| Amount paid to sponsor from proceeds of offering | |||||||||
| Underwriting fees | $ 785 | $ 323 | $ 666 | $ 397 | $ | ||||
| Acquisition fees | |||||||||
| Real estate commissions | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||
| Advisory fees acquisition fees | $ 2,959 | $ 423 | $ 662 | $ | $ 1,316 | ||||
| Other organizational and offering costs | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||
| Other financing coordination fees | $ 939 | $ 333 | $ 149 | $ | $ 45 | ||||
| Dollar amount of cash generated from operations before deducting payments to sponsor | $ (3,091 | ) | $ 2,291 | $ (724 | ) | $ (691 | ) | $ (5,325 | ) |
| Actual amount paid to sponsor from operations: | |||||||||
| Property management fees | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||
| Partnership management fees | | | | | | ||||
| Reimbursements | | | | | | ||||
| Leasing commissions | | | | | | ||||
| Other (explain) | | | | | | ||||
| Total amount paid to sponsor from operations | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||
| Dollar amount of property sales and refinancing before deducting payment to sponsor | |||||||||
| Cash | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ 13,560 | ||||
| Notes | | | | | $ 18,281 | ||||
| Amount paid to sponsor from property sale and refinancing: | |||||||||
| Real estate commissions | | | | | | ||||
| Incentive fees | | | | | | ||||
| Other (disposition fees) | | | | | $ 1,169 | ||||
| Other (refinancing fees) | | | | | $ 39 |
(1) Includes $19.5 million raised from investors and $2.0 million raised from sponsor and affiliates.
(2) Amounts raised from investors.
(3) Includes $5.2 million raised from investors and $2.6 million raised from the sponsor and affiliates.
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TABLE III OPERATING RESULTS OF PUBLIC PROGRAM PROPERTIES
Table III summarizes the operating results of American Realty Capital Trust, Inc., American Realty Capital New York Recovery REIT, Inc., Phillips Edison ARC Shopping Center REIT, Inc., American Realty Capital Healthcare Trust, Inc. from its inception on August 23, 2010 to December 31, 2011 and American Realty Capital Trust III, Inc. from its inception on October 15, 2010 to December 31, 2011 as of the dates indicated.
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| American Realty Capital Trust, Inc. | American Realty Capital New York Recovery REIT, Inc. | Phillips Edison ARC Shopping Center REIT Inc. | American Realty Capital Healthcare Trust, Inc. | American Realty Capital Trust III, Inc. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| (dollars in thousands) | Year Ended December 31, 2011 | Year Ended December 31, 2010 | Year Ended December 31, 2009 | Year Ended December 31, 2008 | Year Ended December 31, 2011 | Year Ended December 31, 2010 | Period From October 6, 2009 (Date of Inception) to December 31, 2009 | Year Ended December 31, 2011 | Year Ended December 31, 2010 | Year Ended December 31, 2011 | Period From August 23, 2010 (Date of Inception) to December 31, 2010 | Year Ended December 31, 2011 | Period From October 15, 2010 (Date of Inception) to December 31, 2010 | ||||||||||||
| Gross revenues | $ 129,982 | $ 45,233 | $ 15,511 | $ 5,549 | $ 7,535 | $ 2,378 | $ | $ 3,529 | $ 99 | $ 3,314 | $ | $ 795 | $ | ||||||||||||
| Profit (loss) on sales of properties | (44 | ) | 143 | | | | | | | | | | | ||||||||||||
| Less: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operating expenses | 45,041 | 15,265 | 1,158 | 2,002 | 5,848 | 2,139 | 1 | 3,734 | 727 | 4,707 | 1 | 2,385 | | ||||||||||||
| Interest expense | 39,912 | 18,109 | 10,352 | 4,774 | 3,912 | 1,070 | | 811 | 38 | 1,189 | | 35 | | ||||||||||||
| Depreciation | 54,764 | 17,280 | 6,581 | 2,534 | 500 | 500 | | 1,195 | 65 | 1,174 | | 414 | | ||||||||||||
| Amortization | 14,176 | 4,374 | 1,735 | 522 | 540 | 540 | | 305 | 16 | 361 | | 85 | | ||||||||||||
| Net income (loss) before noncontrolling interests GAAP Basis | (23,955 | ) | (9,652 | ) | (4,315 | ) | (4,283 | ) | (3,265 | ) | (1,871 | ) | (1 | ) | (2,516 | ) | (747 | ) | (4,117 | ) | (1 | ) | (2,124 | ) | |
| Loss from discontinued operations | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ||||||||||||
| Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interestsGAAP Basis | (1,121 | ) | (181 | ) | 49 | | (154 | ) | 109 | | 152 | | 32 | | | | |||||||||
| Net income (loss) GAAP basis | $ (25,076 | ) | $ (9,833 | ) | $ (4,266 | ) | $ (4,283 | ) | $ (3,419 | ) | $ (1,762 | ) | $ (1 | ) | $ (2,364 | ) | $ (747 | ) | $ (4,085 | ) | $ (1 | ) | $ (2,124 | ) | $ |
| Taxable income (loss) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| From operations | $ (25,032 | ) | $ (9,976 | ) | $ (4,266 | ) | $ (4,283 | ) | $ (3,419 | ) | $ (1,762 | ) | $ (1 | ) | $ 152 | $ (352 | ) | $ (4,085 | ) | $ (1 | ) | $ (2,124 | ) | $ | |
| From gain (loss) on sale | (44 | ) | 143 | | | | | | | | | | | ||||||||||||
| Cash generated from (used by) operations (1) | 49,525 | 9,864 | $ (2,526 | ) | $ 4,013 | 263 | (1,234 | ) | (1 | ) | 593 | 201 | (2,161 | ) | (1 | ) | (1,177 | ) | | ||||||
| Cash generated from sales | 581 | 900 | | | | | | | | | | | | ||||||||||||
| Cash generated from refinancing | | | | | 21,300 | | | | | | | | | ||||||||||||
| Cash generated from operations, sales and refinancing | $ 50,106 | $ 10,764 | $ (2,526 | ) | $ 4,013 | $ 21,563 | $ (1,234 | ) | $ (1 | ) | $ 593 | $ 201 | $ (2,161 | ) | $ (1 | ) | $ (1,177 | ) | $ | ||||||
| Less: Cash distribution to investors (3) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| From operating cash flow | 47,524 | 9,864 | $ 1,818 | $ 296 | 263 | | | 593 | | | | | | ||||||||||||
| From sales and refinancing | | 900 | | | 1,331 | | | | | | | 294 | | ||||||||||||
| From other (2) | | 647 | 70 | | 431 | | | 122 | | 376 | | | | ||||||||||||
| Cash generated after cash distributions | $ 2,582 | $ (647 | ) | $ (4,414 | ) | $ 3,717 | $ 19,538 | $ (1,234 | ) | $ (1 | ) | $ (122 | ) | $ 201 | $ (2,537 | ) | $ (1 | ) | $ (1,471 | ) | $ | ||||
| Less: Special items | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cash generated after cash distributions and special items | $ 2,582 | $ (647 | ) | $ (4,414 | ) | $ 3,717 | $ 19,538 | $ (1,234 | ) | $ (1 | ) | $ (122 | ) | $ 201 | $ (2,537 | ) | $ (1 | ) | $ (1,471 | ) | $ | ||||
| Tax and distribution data per $1,000 invested | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Federal income tax results: (4) (5) (6) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ordinary income (loss) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| from operations | $ (19.00 | ) | $ (23.55 | ) | $ (22.75 | ) | $ (0.33 | ) | $ (17.22 | ) | $ (15.42 | ) | $ | $ 0.01 | $ (0.05 | ) | $ (8.05 | ) | $ | $ (4.04 | ) | $ | |||
| from recapture | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ||||||||||||
| Capital gain (loss) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ||||||||||||
| Cash distributions to investors | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source (on GAAP Basis) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Investment income | $ | $ 1.44 | $ | $ | $ 31.13 | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ 2.87 | $ | ||||||||||||
| Return of capital | 43.50 | 16.78 | (13.06 | ) | 1.22 | 16.23 | | | 0.03 | | 5.28 | | | | |||||||||||
| Source (on GAAP basis) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sales | $ | $ 1.44 | $ | $ | $ 31.13 | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ 2.87 | $ | ||||||||||||
| Refinancing | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ||||||||||||
| Operations | 43.50 | 15.75 | 12.57 | 1.22 | 6.15 | | | 0.02 | | | | | | ||||||||||||
| Other | | | | | 10.08 | | | 0.01 | | 5.28 | | | |
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(1) Includes cash paid for interest and acquisition costs
(2) Distributions paid from proceeds from the sale of common stock.
(3) There were no distributions made for public programs as of December 31, 2010 for all public programs except American Realty Capital Trust, Inc.
(4) Based on amounts raised as of the end of each period.
(5) Federal tax results for the year ended December 31, 2011 is not available as of the date of this filing. Extensions of time to file tax returns for the year ended December 31, 2011 have been filed for each program, and estimated information is provided for all programs based on preliminary tax returns by outside accountants.
(6) There were no public investors for this program as of December 31, 2009 for all public programs except American Realty Capital Trust, Inc.
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TABLE III OPERATING RESULTS OF NON-PUBLIC PROGRAM PROPERTIES
Table III summarizes the consolidated operating results of ARC Income Properties, LLC and ARC Income Properties II, LLC, ARC Income Properties III, LLC, ARC Income Properties IV, LLC, and ARC Growth Fund, LLC as of the dates indicated.
| (dollars in thousands) | ARC Income Properties, LLC — Period from January 1, 2011 to September 6, 2011 (1) | Year Ended December 31, 2010 | Year Ended December 31, 2009 | Period from June 5, 2008 (Date of Inception) to December 31, 2008 | ARC Income Properties II, LLC — Five Months ended May 16, 2011 (2) | Year Ended December 31, 2010 | Year Ended December 31, 2009 | Period from August 12, 2008 (Date of Inception) to December 31, 2008 | ARC Income Properties III, LLC — Period from January 1, 2011 to September 6, 2011 (1) | Year Ended December 31, 2010 | Period from September 29, 2009 (Date of Inception) to December 31, 2009 | ARC Income Properties IV, LLC — Year Ended December 31, 2011 | June 24, 2010 (Date of Inception) to December 31, 2010 | ARC Growth Fund, LLC — Year Ended December 31, 2011 | Year Ended December 31, 2010 | Year Ended December 31, 2009 | Period from July 25, 2008 (Date of Inception) to December 31, 2008 | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross revenues | $ 4,652 | $ 7,008 | $ 5,347 | $ 1,341 | $ 1,383 | $ 3,507 | $ 3,423 | $ 337 | $ 1,548 | $ 2,237 | $ 341 | $ 1,549 | $ 94 | $ | $ 95 | $ 185 | $ 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Profit (loss) on sales of properties | | (44 | ) | 143 | | | | (251 | ) | (4,682 | ) | 9,746 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Less: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operating expenses | 122 | 320 | 2,847 | 5 | 45 | 113 | 7 | | 51 | 36 | 918 | 86 | 489 | | 234 | 528 | 2,004 | |||||||||||||||||
| Interest expense | 4,504 | 6,525 | 4,993 | 688 | 1,690 | 2,151 | 2,161 | 162 | 1,434 | 1,359 | 186 | 1,134 | 100 | | | 1,494 | 597 | |||||||||||||||||
| Interest expense investors notes | 1,323 | 1,935 | 1,583 | 381 | 430 | 1,167 | 1,024 | 11 | 671 | 986 | 201 | 446 | 90 | | | | | |||||||||||||||||
| Depreciation | 2,346 | 3,519 | 2,676 | 909 | 710 | 1,748 | 1,758 | 200 | 495 | 642 | 127 | 642 | 54 | | 195 | 592 | 344 | |||||||||||||||||
| Amortization | 527 | 976 | 886 | | 268 | 663 | 670 | | 187 | 249 | 42 | 218 | 18 | | | | | |||||||||||||||||
| Net income GAAP Basis | $ (4,170 | ) | $ (6,267 | ) | $ (7,638 | ) | $ (642 | ) | $ (1,804 | ) | $ (2,192 | ) | $ (2,197 | ) | $ (36 | ) | $ (1,290 | ) | $ (1,035 | ) | $ (1,133 | ) | $ (977 | ) | $ (657 | ) | $ | $ (585 | ) | $ (7,111 | ) | $ 6,809 | ||
| Taxable income (loss) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| From operations | $ (4,170 | ) | $ (6,267 | ) | $ (7,638 | ) | $ (642 | ) | $ (1,760 | ) | $ (2,335 | ) | $ (2,197 | ) | $ (36 | ) | $ (1,290 | ) | $ (1,035 | ) | $ (1,133 | ) | $ (977 | ) | $ (443 | ) | $ | $ (334 | ) | $ (2,429 | ) | $ (2,937 | ) | |
| From gain (loss) on sale | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ (44 | ) | $ 143 | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ (251 | ) | $ (4,682 | ) | $ 9,746 | ||||||||||||||
| Cash generated from (used by) operations (3) | $ (1,297 | ) | $ (1,896 | ) | $ (2,349 | ) | $ 1,154 | $ (782 | ) | $ 560 | $ (2,282 | ) | $ 4,013 | $ (608 | ) | $ (33 | ) | $ (691 | ) | $ (117 | ) | $ (691 | ) | $ | $ (330 | ) | $ (1,769 | ) | $ (3,226 | ) | ||||
| Cash generated from sales | | | | | | 246 | | | | | | | | | | (447 | ) | 11,158 | ||||||||||||||||
| Cash generated from refinancing | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |||||||||||||||||
| Cash generated from operations, sales and refinancing | $ (1,297 | ) | $ (1,896 | ) | $ (2,349 | ) | $ 1,154 | $ (782 | ) | $ 806 | $ (2,282 | ) | $ 4,013 | $ (608 | ) | $ (33 | ) | $ (691 | ) | $ (117 | ) | $ (691 | ) | $ | $ (330 | ) | $ (2,216 | ) | $ 7,932 | |||||
| Less: Cash interest payments made to investors | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| From operating cash flow | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||
| From sales and refinancing | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||
| From other | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||
| Cash generated after cash distributions | $ (1,297 | ) | $ (1,896 | ) | $ (2,349 | ) | $ 1,154 | $ (782 | ) | $ 806 | $ (2,282 | ) | $ 4,013 | $ (608 | ) | $ (33 | ) | $ (691 | ) | $ (117 | ) | $ | $ (691 | ) | $ (330 | ) | $ (2,216 | ) | $ 7,932 | |||||
| Less: Special items | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cash generated after cash distributions and special items | $ (1,297 | ) | $ (1,896 | ) | $ (2,349 | ) | $ 1,154 | $ (782 | ) | $ 806 | $ (2,282 | ) | $ 4,013 | $ (608 | ) | $ (33 | ) | $ (691 | ) | $ (117 | ) | $ | $ (691 | ) | $ (330 | ) | $ (2,216 | ) | $ 7,932 |
(1) On September 6, 2011, the real estate assets and certain liabilities of ARC Income Properties, LLC and ARC Income Properties III, LLC were contributed in the formation transaction of ARC Properties, Inc.
(2) The program ended on May 16, 2011, when the notes were repaid. These properties are still owned by American Realty Capital Trust, Inc
(3) Includes cash paid for interest including interest payments to investors
Non-public programs are combined with other entities for U.S. federal income tax reporting purposes, therefore, U.S. Federal income tax results for these programs are not presented.
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TABLE IV RESULTS OF COMPLETED PUBLIC PROGRAMS OF THE SPONSOR AND ITS AFFILIATES NOT APPLICABLE.
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TABLE IV RESULTS OF COMPLETED NON-PUBLIC PROGRAMS OF THE SPONSOR AND ITS AFFILIATES
Table IV summarizes the results ARC Income Properties, LLC, ARC Income Properties II, LLC, ARC Income Properties III, LLC, and ARC Growth Fund, LLC, each a completed program of an affiliate of our sponsor as of December 31, 2011.
| ● — (dollars in thousands) Program name | ● — ARC Income Properties, LLC | ARC Income Properties II, LLC | ARC Income Properties III, LLC | ARC Growth Fund, LLC | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dollar amount raised | $ 21,512 | $ | 13,000 | $ | 11,243 | $ | 7,850 |
| Number of properties purchased | 62 | 50 | 1 | 52 | |||
| Date of closing of offering | June 2008 | September 2008 | September 2009 | July 2008 | |||
| Date of first sale of property | September 2011 | (2) | May 2011 | (3) | September 2011 | (2) | July 2008 |
| Date of final sale of property | September 2011 | (2) | May 2011 | (3) | September 2011 | (2) | December 2010 |
| Tax and distribution data per $1,000 investment through 12/31/2010 (1) | |||||||
| Federal income tax results: | |||||||
| Ordinary income (loss) | |||||||
| - From operations | $ | $ | | $ | | $ | |
| - From recapture | $ | $ | | $ | | $ | |
| Capital gain (loss) | $ | $ | | $ | | $ | |
| Deferred gain | $ | $ | | $ | | $ | |
| Capital | $ | $ | | $ | | $ | |
| Ordinary | $ | $ | | $ | | $ | |
| Cash distributions to investors | |||||||
| Source (on GAAP basis) | |||||||
| - Investment income | | | | | |||
| - Return of capital | $ 19,537 | $ | 13,000 | $ | 11,243 | $ | 7,226 |
| Source (on cash basis) | |||||||
| - Sales | $ 19,537 | $ | 13,000 | $ | 11,243 | $ | 7,226 |
| - Refinancing | $ | $ | | $ | | $ | |
| - Operations | $ | $ | | $ | | $ | |
| - Other | |||||||
| Receivable on net purchase money financing | $ | $ | | $ | | $ | |
(1) Programs is combined with other entities for U.S. federal income tax reporting purposes, therefore, U.S. Federal income tax results for this program is not presented.
(2) The real estate assets and certain liabilities of these programs were contributed to ARC Properties, Inc. as part of its formation transaction.
(3) The notes used to purchase these properties were paid off in May 2011, these properties are still owned by American Realty Capital Trust, Inc.
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TABLE V SALES OR DISPOSALS OF PUBLIC PROGRAM PROPERTIES
The following table summarizes the sales of disposals fo properties by American Realty Capital Trust, Inc., American Realty Capital New York Recovery REIT, Inc., Phillips Edison ARC Shopping Center REIT, Inc., American Realty Capital Healthcare Trust, Inc. from its inception on August 23, 2010 to December 31, 2011 and American Realty Capital Trust III, Inc. from its inception on October 15, 2010 to December 31, 2011 as of December 31, 2011.
(dollars in thousands)
| ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Selling Price, Net of Closing costs and GAAP Adjustments | Cost of Properties Including Closing and Soft Costs | ||||||||||
| Property | Date Acquired | Date of Sale | Cash received net of closing costs | Mortgage balance at time of sale | Purchase money mortgage taken back by program (1) | Adjustments resulting from application of GAAP (2) | Total (3) | Original Mortgage Financing | Total acquisition cost, capital improvement, closing and soft costs (4) | Total | Excess (deficiency) of Property Opearting Cash Receipts Over Cash Expenditures (5) |
| American Realty Capital Trust, Inc.: | |||||||||||
| PNC Bank Branch - | |||||||||||
| New Jersey | November 08 | September 2010 | $ 388 | $ 512 | $ | $ | $ 900 | $ 512 | $ 187 | $ 699 | $ 1,035 |
| PNC Bank Branch - | |||||||||||
| New Jersey | November 08 | January 2011 | $ 79 | $ 502 | $ | $ | $ 581 | $ 502 | $ 178 | $ 680 | $ 1,305 |
American Realty Capital New York Recovery REIT, Inc.: Not applicable
Phillips Edison ARC Shopping Center REIT, Inc.: Not applicable
American Realty Capital Healthcare Trust, Inc.: Not applicable
American Realty Capital Trust III, Inc.: Not applicable
1) No purchase money mortgages were taken back by program.
2) Financial information for programs was prepared in accordance with GAAP, therefore GAAP adjustments are not applicable.
3) All taxable gains were categorized as capital gains. None of these sales were reported on the installment basis.
4) Amounts shown do not include a prorata share of the offering costs. There were no carried interests received in Lieu of commissions on connection with the acquisition of property.
5) Amounts exclude the amounts included under Selling Price Net of Closing Costs and GAAP Adjustments or Costs of Properties Including Closing Costs and Soft Costs and exclude costs incurred in administration of the program not related to the operations of the property.
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TABLE V SALES OR DISPOSALS OF NON-PUBLIC PROGRAM PROPERTIES
Table V provides summary information on the results of sales or disposals of properties by non-public prior programs. All figures below are through December 31, 2011.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (dollars in thousands) | Selling Price Net of Closing Costs and GAAP Adjustments | Costs of properties Including Closing Costs and Soft Costs | |||||||||||
| Property | Date Acquired | Date of Sale | Cash Received (cash deficit) Net of Closing Costs | Mortgage Balance at Time of Sale | Purchase Money Mortgage Taken Back by Program (2) | Adjustments Resulting From Application of GAAP (3) | Total (4) | Original Mortgage Financing | Total Acquisition Costs, Capital Improvement Costs, Closing and Soft Costs (5) | Total | Excess (Deficit) of Property Operating Cash Receipts Over Cash Expenditures (6) | ||
| ARC Income Properties II, LLC: | |||||||||||||
| PNC Bank Branch New Jersey | November-08 | September-10 | $ 388 | $ | 512 | $ | $ | $ 900 | $ 512 | $ 187 | $ 699 | $ 1,035 | |
| PNC Bank Branch New Jersey | November-08 | January 2011 | 79 | 502 | | | 581 | 502 | 178 | 680 | 1,305 | ||
| $ 467 | $ | 1,014 | $ | $ | $ 1,481 | $ 1,014 | $ 365 | $ 1,379 | $ 2,340 | ||||
| ARC Growth Fund, LLC: | |||||||||||||
| Bayonet Point, FL | July-08 | July-08 | $ 628 | $ | | $ | $ | $ 628 | $ | $ 642 | $ 642 | $ | |
| Boca Raton, FL | July-08 | July-08 | 2,434 | | | | 2,434 | | 2,000 | 2,000 | | ||
| Bonita Springs, FL | July-08 | May-09 | (459 | ) | 1,207 | | | 748 | 1,207 | 543 | 1,750 | (29 | ) |
| Clearwater, FL | July-08 | September-08 | 253 | 539 | | | 792 | 539 | 371 | 910 | (3 | ) | |
| Clearwater, FL | July-08 | October-08 | (223 | ) | 582 | | | 359 | 582 | 400 | 982 | (3 | ) |
| Destin, FL | July-08 | July-08 | 1,358 | | | | 1,358 | | 1,183 | 1,183 | | ||
| Englewood, FL | July-08 | November-08 | 138 | 929 | | | 1,067 | 929 | 632 | 1,561 | (13 | ) | |
| Fort Myers, FL | July-08 | July-08 | 2,434 | | | | 2,434 | | 1,566 | 1,566 | | ||
| Naples, FL | July-08 | July-08 | 2,727 | | | | 2,727 | | 1,566 | 1,566 | | ||
| Palm Coast, FL | July-08 | September-08 | 891 | 1,770 | | | 2,661 | 1,770 | -530 | 1,240 | (8 | ) | |
| Pompano Beach, FL | July-08 | October-08 | 1,206 | 2,162 | | | 3,368 | 2,162 | -411 | 1,751 | (8 | ) | |
| Port St. Lucie, FL | July-08 | August-09 | (60 | ) | 654 | | | 594 | 654 | 648 | 1,302 | (40 | ) |
| Punta Gorda, FL | July-08 | July-08 | 2,337 | | | | 2,337 | | 2,143 | 2,143 | | ||
| Vero Beach, FL | July-08 | February-09 | 87 | 830 | | | 917 | 830 | 565 | 1,395 | (13 | ) | |
| Cherry Hill, NJ | July-08 | July-08 | 1,946 | | | | 1,946 | | 2,225 | 2,225 | | ||
| Cranford, NJ | July-08 | July-08 | 1,453 | | | | 1,453 | | 725 | 725 | | ||
| Warren, NJ | July-08 | July-08 | 1,375 | | | | 1,375 | | 1,556 | 1,556 | | ||
| Westfield, NJ | July-08 | July-08 | 2,539 | | | | 2,539 | | 2,230 | 2,230 | | ||
| Lehigh Acres, FL | July-08 | August-09 | (207 | ) | 758 | | | 551 | 758 | 752 | 1,510 | (28 | ) |
| Alpharetta, GA | July-08 | December-08 | 98 | 914 | | | 1,012 | 914 | 617 | 1,531 | (9 | ) | |
| Atlanta, GA | July-08 | September-08 | 825 | 1,282 | | | 2,107 | 1,282 | 862 | 2,144 | (27 | ) | |
| Columbus, GA | July-08 | December-08 | (43 | ) | 111 | | | 68 | 111 | 85 | 196 | (3 | ) |
| Duluth, GA | July-08 | July-08 | 1,851 | | | | 1,851 | | 1,457 | 1,457 | | ||
| Oakwood, GA | July-08 | September-08 | 49 | 898 | | | 947 | 898 | 607 | 1,505 | (1 | ) | |
| Riverdale, GA | July-08 | August-09 | (104 | ) | 471 | | | 367 | 471 | 286 | 757 | (12 | ) |
| Laurinburg, NC | July-08 | July-08 | 188 | | | | 188 | | 197 | 197 | |
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| (dollars in thousands) | Selling Price Net of Closing Costs and GAAP Adjustments | Costs of properties Including Closing Costs and Soft Costs | |||||||||||
| Property | Date Acquired | Date of Sale | Cash Received (cash deficit) Net of Closing Costs | Mortgage Balance at Time of Sale | Purchase Money Mortgage Taken Back by Program (2) | Adjustments Resulting From Application of GAAP (3) | Total (4) | Original Mortgage Financing | Total Acquisition Costs, Capital Improvement Costs, Closing and Soft Costs (5) | Total | Excess (Deficit) of Property Operating Cash Receipts Over Cash Expenditures (6) | ||
| Haworth, NJ | July-08 | July-08 | 1,781 | | | | 1,781 | | 1,834 | 1,834 | | ||
| Fredericksburg, VA | August-08 | August-08 | 2,432 | | | | 2,432 | | 2,568 | 2,568 | | ||
| Dallas, PA | August-08 | August-08 | 1,539 | | | | 1,539 | | 366 | 366 | | ||
| Virginia Beach, VA | August-08 | August-08 | 1,210 | | | | 1,210 | | 930 | 930 | | ||
| Baytown, TX | August-08 | August-08 | 3,205 | | | | 3,205 | | 1,355 | 1,355 | | ||
| Bradenton, FL | November-08 | November-08 | 778 | | | | 778 | | 748 | 748 | | ||
| Sarasota, FL | November-08 | November-08 | 1,688 | | | | 1,688 | | 867 | 867 | | ||
| Tuscaloosa, AL | November-08 | November-08 | 580 | | | | 580 | | 242 | 242 | | ||
| Palm Harbor, FL | November-08 | November-08 | 1,064 | | | | 1,064 | | 790 | 790 | | ||
| Reading, PA | November-08 | November-08 | 137 | | | | 137 | | 248 | 248 | | ||
| St. Augustine, FL | November-08 | November-08 | 1,936 | | | | 1,936 | | 1,428 | 1,428 | | ||
| Cumming, GA | December-08 | December-08 | 1,227 | | | | 1,227 | | 810 | 810 | | ||
| Suffolk, VA | December-08 | February-09 | 115 | 172 | | | 287 | 172 | 129 | 301 | (1 | ) | |
| Titusville, FL | December-08 | December-08 | 321 | | | | 321 | | 260 | 260 | | ||
| West Caldwell, NJ (1) | December-08 | September-09 | 333 | 898 | | | 1,231 | 357 | 358 | 715 | 15 | ||
| Palm Coast, FL | December-08 | December-08 | 507 | | | | 507 | | 599 | 599 | | ||
| Mableton, GA | December-08 | December-08 | 676 | | | | 676 | | 696 | 696 | | ||
| Warner Robins, GA | January-09 | January-09 | 149 | | | | 149 | | 257 | 257 | | ||
| Philadelphia (1) | January-09 | October-09 | 291 | 1,474 | | | 1,765 | 552 | 1,105 | 1,657 | 3 | ||
| Stockholm, NJ | December-08 | November-09 | (29 | ) | 240 | | | 211 | 240 | 438 | 678 | (46 | ) |
| Sebastian, FL | July-08 | December-09 | (104 | ) | 654 | | | 550 | 654 | 1,302 | 1,956 | (102 | ) |
| Fort Myers, FL | July-08 | December-09 | (314 | ) | 795 | | | 481 | 795 | 1,582 | 2,377 | (113 | ) |
| Seminole, FL | July-08 | March-10 | | 1,098 | 1,098 | 1,098 | 1,061 | 2,159 | (48 | ) | |||
| Port Richey, FL (1) | July-08 | December-10 | | 544 | | | 544 | 544 | 1,086 | 1,630 | (71 | ) | |
| Punta Gorda, FL (1) | July-08 | December-10 | | 690 | | | 690 | 690 | 1,550 | 2,240 | (72 | ) | |
| Lawrenceville, GA (1) | July-08 | December-10 | | 695 | | | 695 | 695 | 1,381 | 2,076 | (73 | ) | |
| Norristown, PA (1) | July-08 | December-10 | | 471 | | | 471 | 471 | 943 | 1,414 | (83 | ) | |
| $ 43,243 | $ | 20,838 | $ | $ | $ 64,081 | $ 19,375 | $ 47,850 | $ 67,225 | $ (788 | ) |
(1) Sale of Property was to related party.
(2) No purchase money mortgages were taken back by program.
(3) Financial information for programs was prepared in accordance with GAAP, therefore GAAP adjustments are not applicable.
(4) All taxable gains were categorized as capital gains. None of these sales were reported on the installment basis.
(5) Amounts shown do not include a pro rata share of the offering costs. There were no carried interests received in Lieu of commissions on connection with the acquisition of property.
(6) Amounts exclude the amounts included under Selling Price Net of Closing Costs and GAAP Adjustments or Costs of Properties Including Closing Costs and Soft Costs and exclude costs incurred in administration of the program not related to the operations of the property.
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APPENDIX A-1: PRIOR PERFORMANCE OF AMERICAN FINANCIAL REALTY TRUST AMERICAN FINANCIAL REALTY TRUST CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS Years Ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004 (In thousands, except per share data)
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| Year Ended December 31, | ||||||
| 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | ||||
| Revenues: | ||||||
| Rental income | $ 253,485 | $ 219,689 | $ 148,695 | |||
| Operating expense reimbursements | 166,712 | 155,181 | 81,101 | |||
| Interest and other income | 6,425 | 5,202 | 3,143 | |||
| Total revenues | 426,622 | 380,072 | 232,939 | |||
| Expenses: | ||||||
| Property operating expenses: | ||||||
| Ground rents and leasehold obligations | 14,336 | 13,427 | 8,726 | |||
| Real estate taxes | 42,868 | 35,232 | 21,659 | |||
| Property and leasehold impairments | 5,500 | 144 | 446 | |||
| Other property operating expenses | 166,310 | 142,148 | 73,730 | |||
| Total property operating expenses | 229,014 | 190,951 | 104,561 | |||
| Marketing, general and administrative | 24,934 | 24,144 | 23,888 | |||
| Broken deal costs | 176 | 1,220 | 227 | |||
| Repositioning | 9,065 | | | |||
| Amortization of deferred equity compensation | 8,687 | 10,411 | 9,078 | |||
| Outperformance plan contingent restricted share component | | | (5,238 | ) | ||
| Severance and related accelerated amortization of deferred compensation | 21,917 | 4,503 | 1,857 | |||
| Interest expense on mortgages and other debt | 142,432 | 120,514 | 72,121 | |||
| Depreciation and amortization | 126,307 | 115,439 | 74,427 | |||
| Total expenses | 562,532 | 467,182 | 280,921 | |||
| Loss before net gain on sale of land, equity in loss from joint venture, net loss on investments, minority interest and discontinued operations | (135,910 | ) | (87,110 | ) | (47,982 | ) |
| Gain on sale of land | 2,043 | 1,596 | 80 | |||
| Equity in loss from joint venture | (1,397 | ) | | | ||
| Net loss on investments | | (530 | ) | (409 | ) | |
| Loss from continuing operations before minority interest | (135,264 | ) | (86,044 | ) | (48,311 | ) |
| Minority interest | 2,686 | 1,984 | 1,835 | |||
| Loss from continuing operations | (132,578 | ) | (84,060 | ) | (46,476 | ) |
| Discontinued operations: | ||||||
| Loss from operations before yield maintenance fees, net of minority interest of $1,850, $3,062 and $114 for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively | (79,174 | ) | (29,182 | ) | (1,252 | ) |
| Yield maintenance fees, net of minority interest of $15,564, $16 and $103 for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively | (46,402 | ) | (567 | ) | (3,060 | ) |
| Net gains on disposals, net of minority interest of $74,046, $562 and $934 for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004 respectively | 237,556 | 20,194 | 28,543 | |||
| Income (loss) from discontinued operations | 111,980 | (9,555 | ) | 24,231 | ||
| Net loss | $ (20,598 | ) | $ (93,615 | ) | $ (22,245 | ) |
| Basic and diluted income (loss) per share: | ||||||
| From continuing operations | $ (1.04 | ) | $ (0.71 | ) | $ (0.45 | ) |
| From discontinued operations | $ 0.87 | $ (0.07 | ) | $ 0.23 | ||
| Total basic and diluted loss per share | $ (0.17 | ) | $ (0.78 | ) | $ (0.22 | ) |
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AMERICAN FINANCIAL REALTY TRUST CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS Years Ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004 (In thousands)
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| Year Ended December 31, | ||||||
| 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | ||||
| Cash flows from operating activities: | ||||||
| Net loss | $ (20,598 | ) | $ (93,615 | ) | $ (22,245 | ) |
| Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities: | ||||||
| Depreciation | 137,420 | 138,990 | 93,241 | |||
| Minority interest | 53,946 | (4,500 | ) | (1,118 | ) | |
| Amortization of leasehold interests and intangible assets | 36,351 | 38,887 | 18,145 | |||
| Amortization of above- and below-market leases | 1,160 | (120 | ) | 1,539 | ||
| Amortization of deferred financing costs | 13,708 | 12,656 | 5,006 | |||
| Amortization of deferred compensation | 13,031 | 13,440 | 10,273 | |||
| Amortization of discount on pledged treasury securities | (359 | ) | | | ||
| Non-cash component of Outperformance Plan | | | (5,238 | ) | ||
| Non-cash compensation charge | 273 | 262 | 244 | |||
| Impairment charges | 65,116 | 3,581 | 4,060 | |||
| Net equity in loss from joint venture | 1,397 | | | |||
| Net gain on sales of properties and lease terminations | (315,077 | ) | (23,006 | ) | (30,076 | ) |
| Net loss on sales of investments | | 530 | 409 | |||
| Increase in restricted cash | (3,792 | ) | (17,646 | ) | (21,246 | ) |
| Leasing costs | (18,154 | ) | (8,404 | ) | (17,349 | ) |
| Payments received from tenants for lease terminations | 1,947 | 440 | 2,061 | |||
| Decrease (increase) in operating assets: | ||||||
| Tenant and other receivables, net | (23,405 | ) | (19,601 | ) | (22,055 | ) |
| Prepaid expenses and other assets | (2,777 | ) | (81 | ) | (16,466 | ) |
| Increase (decrease) in operating liabilities: | ||||||
| Accounts payable | 4,447 | (709 | ) | 3,138 | ||
| Accrued expenses and other liabilities | (3,034 | ) | (10,469 | ) | 44,972 | |
| Deferred revenue and tenant security deposits | 31,711 | 50,002 | 71,325 | |||
| Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities | (26,689 | ) | 80,637 | 118,620 | ||
| Cash flows from investing activities: | ||||||
| Payments for acquisitions of real estate investments, net of cash acquired | (192,669 | ) | (806,951 | ) | (2,006,703 | ) |
| Capital expenditures | (50,043 | ) | (41,559 | ) | (15,786 | ) |
| Proceeds from sales of real estate and non-real estate assets | 1,421,613 | 125,583 | 245,990 | |||
| (Increase) decrease in restricted cash | 590 | 1,601 | (10,461 | ) | ||
| Investment in joint venture | (23,300 | ) | | | ||
| Sales of investments | 1,116 | 21,240 | 52,880 | |||
| Purchases of investments | (33,082 | ) | (659 | ) | (10,032 | ) |
| Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities | 1,124,225 | (700,745 | ) | (1,744,112 | ) | |
| Cash flows from financing activities: | ||||||
| Repayments of mortgages, bridge notes payable and credit facilities | (1,207,580 | ) | (594,063 | ) | (274,398 | ) |
| Proceeds from mortgages, bridge notes payable and credit facilities | 327,878 | 1,108,652 | 1,531,425 | |||
| Proceeds from issuance of convertible senior notes, net | | | 434,030 | |||
| Payments for deferred financing costs, net | (2,118 | ) | (838 | ) | (25,758 | ) |
| Proceeds from common share issuances, net | 1,185 | 244,442 | 7,552 | |||
| Redemption of Operating Partnership units | | (4,405 | ) | (31,112 | ) | |
| Contributions by limited partners | | 353 | | |||
| Dividends and distributions | (221,140 | ) | (134,395 | ) | (116,799 | ) |
| Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities | (1,101,775 | ) | 619,746 | 1,524,940 | ||
| Decrease in cash and cash equivalents | (4,239 | ) | (362 | ) | (100,552 | ) |
| Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year | 110,245 | 110,607 | 211,159 | |||
| Cash and cash equivalents, end of year | $ 106,006 | $ 110,245 | $ 110,607 | |||
| Supplemental cash flow and non-cash information: | ||||||
| Cash paid for interest | $ 248,170 | $ 166,533 | $ 76,582 | |||
| Cash paid for income taxes | $ 687 | $ 24 | $ 1,693 | |||
| Debt assumed in real estate acquisitions | $ | $ 78,645 | $ 48,072 | |||
| Operating Partnership units issued to acquire real estate | $ | $ | $ 35,867 | |||
| Non-cash acquisition costs | $ | $ 2,367 | $ |
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APPENDIX A-2: RESULTS OF NICHOLAS S. SCHORSCHS COMPLETED PROGRAMS (unaudited)
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| Year | Number of Properties Acquired | Aggregate Purchase Price of Properties Acquired | Number of Properties Sold | Aggregate Gross Proceeds from Sale of Properties | Aggregate Net Gain on Sales | Number of Properties Sold to AFRT | Aggregate Gross Proceeds from Sale of Properties to AFRT | Aggregate Net Gain on Sales to AFRT | |
| 1998 | 105 | $ 22,373,000 | 15 | $ 8,054,000 | $ 4,227,000 | | $ | $ | |
| 1999 | 33 | 18,825,000 | 16 | 8,418,000 | 4,468,000 | | | | |
| 2000 | 8 | 142,931,000 | 33 | 21,871,000 | 8,934,000 | | | | |
| 2001 | 71 | 24,126,000 | 45 | 22,921,000 | 4,107,000 | | | | |
| 2002 | 59 | 64,030,000 | 63 | 32,130,000 | 11,377,000 | 93 | 230,500,000 | N/A | (1) |
| 2003 | | | 11 | 54,347,000 | 2,567,000 | | | | |
| Total | 276 | $ 272,285,000 | 183 | $ 147,741,000 | $ 35,680,000 | 93 | $ 230,500,000 | $ |
(1) The consideration received was principally limited partnership units in AFRTs operating partnership and some cash. The net aggregate gain on the sale to AFRT can not be determined since the registrant has no information as to what each investor did with his or her limited partnership units after the initial transfer to AFRT in 2002.
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APPENDIX B Distribution Reinvestment Plan AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL GLOBAL DAILY NET ASSET VALUE TRUST, INC. EFFECTIVE AS OF APRIL 20, 2012
American Realty Capital Global Daily Net Asset Value Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the Company ), has adopted this Distribution Reinvestment Plan (the Plan ), to be administered by the Company, Realty Capital Securities, LLC (the Dealer Manager ) or an unaffiliated third party (the Administrator ) as agent for participants in the Plan ( Participants ), on the terms and conditions set forth below.
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Election to Participate. Any purchaser of shares of common stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share (the Shares ), may become a Participant by making a written election to participate on such purchasers subscription agreement at the time of subscription for Shares. Any stockholder who has not previously elected to participate in the Plan, and subject to Section 8(b) herein, any participant in any previous or subsequent publicly offered limited partnership, real estate investment trust or other real estate program sponsored by the Company or its affiliates (an Affiliated Program ), may so elect at any time by completing and executing an authorization form obtained from the Administrator or any other appropriate documentation as may be acceptable to the Administrator. Participants in the Plan generally are required to have the full amount of their cash distributions (other than Excluded Distributions as defined below) with respect to all Shares or shares of stock or units of limited partnership interest of an Affiliated Program (collectively Securities ) owned by them reinvested pursuant to the Plan. However, the Administrator shall have the sole discretion, upon the request of a Participant, to accommodate a Participants request for less than all of the Participants Securities to be subject to participation in the Plan.
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Distribution Reinvestment. The Administrator will receive all cash distributions (other than Excluded Distributions) paid by the Company or an Affiliated Participant with respect to Securities of Participants (collectively, the Distributions ). Participation will commence with the next Distribution payable after receipt of the Participants election pursuant to Paragraph 1 hereof, provided it is received at least ten (10) days prior to the last day of the period to which such Distribution relates. Subject to the preceding sentence, regardless of the date of such election, a holder of Securities will become a Participant in the Plan effective on the first day of the period following such election, and the election will apply to all Distributions attributable to such period and to all periods thereafter. As used in this Plan, the term Excluded Distributions shall mean those cash or other distributions designated as Excluded Distributions by the Board of the Company or the board or general partner of an Affiliated Program, as applicable.
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General Terms of Plan Investments.
(a) The Company intends to offer Shares pursuant to the Plan at NAV per share for both classes of shares regardless of the price per Security paid by the Participant for the Securities in respect of which the Distributions are paid.
(b) Selling commissions will not be paid for the Shares purchased pursuant to the Plan.
(c) Dealer Manager fees will not be paid for the Shares purchased pursuant to the Plan.
(d) For each Participant, the Administrator will maintain an account which shall reflect for each period in which Distributions are paid (a Distribution Period ) the Distributions received by the Administrator on behalf of such Participant. A Participants account shall be reduced as purchases of Shares are made on behalf of such Participant.
(e) Distributions shall be invested in Shares by the Administrator promptly following the payment date with respect to such Distributions to the extent Shares are available for purchase under the Plan. If sufficient Shares are not available, any such funds that have not been invested in Shares within 30 days after receipt by the Administrator and, in any event, by the end of the fiscal quarter in which they are received, will be distributed to Participants. Any interest earned on such accounts will be paid to the Company and will become property of the Company.
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(f) Participants may acquire fractional Shares, computed to four decimal places, so that 100% of the Distributions will be used to acquire Shares. The ownership of the Shares shall be reflected on the books of Company or its transfer agent.
(g) A Participant will not be able to acquire Shares under the Plan to the extent such purchase would cause it to exceed the Ownership Limit or other Share ownership restrictions imposed by the Companys Charter. For purposes of this Plan, Ownership Limit shall mean the prohibition on beneficial ownership of more than 9.8% in value of the aggregate of the outstanding shares of stock of the Company and not more than 9.8% (in value or in number of shares, whichever is more restrictive) of any class or series of shares of stock of the Company.
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Absence of Liability. The Company, the Dealer Manager and the Administrator shall not have any responsibility or liability as to the value of the Shares or any change in the value of the Shares acquired for the Participants account. The Company, the Dealer Manager and the Administrator shall not be liable for any act done in good faith, or for any good faith omission to act hereunder.
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Suitability. Each Participant shall notify the Administrator if, at any time during his participation in the Plan, there is any material change in the Participants financial condition or inaccuracy of any representation under the subscription agreement for the Participants initial purchase of Shares. A material change shall include any anticipated or actual decrease in net worth or annual gross income or any other change in circumstances that would cause the Participant to fail to meet the suitability standards set forth in the Companys prospectus for the Participants initial purchase of Shares.
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Reports to Participants. Within ninety (90) days after the end of each calendar year, the Administrator will mail to each Participant a statement of account describing, as to such Participant, the Distributions received, the number of Shares purchased and the per Share purchase price for such Shares pursuant to the Plan during the prior year. Each statement also shall advise the Participant that, in accordance with Paragraph 5 hereof, the Participant is required to notify the Administrator if there is any material change in the Participants financial condition or if any representation made by the Participant under the subscription agreement for the Participants initial purchase of Shares becomes inaccurate. Tax information regarding a Participants participation in the Plan will be sent to each Participant by the company or the Administrator at least annually.
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Taxes. Taxable Participants may incur a tax liability for Distributions even though they have elected not to receive their Distributions in cash but rather to have their Distributions reinvested in Shares under the Plan.
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(a) After the termination of the Companys initial public offering of Shares pursuant to the Companys prospectus dated April 20, 2012 (the Initial Offering ), the Company may determine, in its sole discretion, to cause the Administrator to provide to each Participant notice of the opportunity to have some or all of such Participants Distributions (at the discretion of the Administrator and, if applicable, the Participant) invested through the Plan in any publicly offered limited partnership, real estate investment trust or other real estate program sponsored by the Company or an Affiliated Program (a Subsequent Program ). If the Company makes such an election, Participants may invest Distributions in equity securities issued by such Subsequent Program through the Plan only if the following conditions are satisfied:
(i) prior to the time of such reinvestment, the Participant has received the final prospectus and any supplements thereto offering interests in the Subsequent Program and such prospectus allows investment pursuant to a distribution reinvestment plan;
(ii) a registration statement covering the interests in the Subsequent Program has been declared effective under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act );
(iii) the offering and sale of such interests are qualified for sale under the applicable state securities laws;
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(iv) the Participant executes the subscription agreement included with the prospectus for the Subsequent Program;
(v) the Participant qualifies under applicable investor suitability standards as contained in the prospectus for the Subsequent Program; and
(vi) the Subsequent Program has accepted an aggregate amount of subscriptions in excess of its minimum offering amount.
(b) The Company may determine, in its sole discretion, to cause the Administrator to allow one or more participants of an Affiliated Program to become a Participant. If the Company makes such an election, such Participants may invest distributions received from the Affiliated Program in Shares through this Plan, if the following conditions are satisfied:
(i) prior to the time of such reinvestment, the Participant has received the final prospectus and any supplements thereto offering interests in the Subsequent Program and such prospectus allows investment pursuant to a distribution reinvestment plan;
(ii) a registration statement covering the interests in the Subsequent Program has been declared effective under the Securities Act;
(iii) the offering and sale of such interests are qualified for sale under the applicable state securities laws;
(iv) the Participant executes the subscription agreement included with the prospectus for the Subsequent Program; and
(v) the Participant qualifies under applicable investor suitability standards as contained in the prospectus for the Subsequent Program.
- Termination.
(a) A Participant may terminate or modify his participation in the Plan at any time by written notice to the Administrator. To be effective for any Distribution, such notice must be received by the Administrator at least ten (10) days prior to the last day of the Distribution Period to which it relates.
(b) Prior to the listing of the Shares on a national securities exchange, a Participants transfer of Shares will terminate participation in the Plan with respect to such transferred Shares as of the first day of the Distribution Period in which such transfer is effective, unless the transferee of such Shares in connection with such transfer demonstrates to the Administrator that such transferee meets the requirements for participation hereunder and affirmatively elects participation by delivering an executed authorization form or other instrument required by the Administrator.
10 . State Regulatory Restrictions. The Administrator is authorized to deny participation in the Plan to residents of any state or foreign jurisdiction that imposes restrictions on participation in the Plan that conflict with the general terms and provisions of this Plan, including, without limitation, any general prohibition on the payment of broker dealer commissions for purchases under the Plan.
- Amendment to; Suspension or Termination of the Plan.
(a) Except for Section 9(a) of this Plan which shall not be amended prior to a listing of the Shares on a national securities exchange, the terms and conditions of this Plan may be amended by the Company at any time, including but not limited to an amendment to the Plan to substitute a new Administrator to act as agent for the Participants, by mailing an appropriate notice at least ten (10) days prior to the effective date thereof to each Participant.
(b) The Administrator may terminate a Participants individual participation in the Plan and the Company may terminate or suspend the Plan itself, at any time by providing ten (10) days prior written notice to a Participant, or to all Participants, as the case may be.
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(c) After termination of the Plan or termination of a Participants participation in the Plan, the Administrator will send to each Participant a check for the amount of any Distributions in the Participants account that have not been invested in Shares. Any future Distributions with respect to such former Participants Shares made after the effective date of the termination of the Participants participation will be sent directly to the former Participant.
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Participation by Limited Partners of American Realty Capital Global Operating Partnership, L.P. For purposes of this Plan, stockholders shall be deemed to include limited partners of American Realty Capital Global Operating Partnership, L.P. (the Partnership ), Participants shall be deemed to include limited partners of the Partnership that elect to participate in the Plan, and Distribution, when used with respect to a limited partner of the Partnership, shall mean cash distributions on limited partnership interests held by such limited partner.
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Governing Law. This Plan and the Participants election to participate in the Plan shall be governed by the laws of the State of Maryland.
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Notice . Any notice or other communication required or permitted to be given by any provision of this Plan shall be in writing and, if to the Administrator, addressed to DST Systems, Inc., 430 W 7 th St., Kansas City, MO 64105-1407, or such other address as may be specified by the Administrator by written notice to all Participants. Notices to a Participant may be given by letter addressed to the Participant at the Participants last address of record with the Administrator. Each Participant shall notify the Administrator promptly in writing of any changes of address.
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Certificates. The ownership of the Shares will be in book-entry form prior to the issuance of certificates. The Company will not issue share certificates except to stockholders who make a written request to the Administrator.
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APPENDIX C AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL GLOBAL DAILY NET ASSET VALUE TRUST, INC. SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT
AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL GLOBAL DAILY NET ASSET VALUE TRUST, INC.
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AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL GLOBAL DAILY NET ASSET VALUE TRUST, INC. INSTRUCTION PAGE
In no event may a subscription of shares be accepted until at least five business days after the date the subscriber receives the final prospectus. You will receive a confirmation of your purchase.
PROCEDURES PRIOR TO ESCROW BREAK:
Until we have raised the minimum offering amount, your broker dealer or registered investment advisor should MAIL properly completed and executed ORIGINAL documents, along with your check payable to UMB Bank, N.A., Escrow Agent for American Realty Capital Global Daily Net Asset Value Trust, Inc. to Realty Capital Securities at the following address:
American Realty Capital Global Daily Net Asset Value Trust, Inc. c/o Realty Capital Securities, LLC 3 Copley Place Suite 3300 Boston, MA 02116 Phone (888) 518-8073 Fax (877) 894-1127
- For IRA Accounts, mail investor signed documents to the IRA Custodian for signatures.
Realty Capital Securities will then forward your check to our escrow agent, UMB Bank, N.A.
If you have any questions, please call your registered representative or Realty Capital Securities, LLC at 1-877-373-2522
PROCEDURES POST-ESCROW BREAK:
Once we have raised $2,000,000, from persons who are not affiliated with us or our sponsor, your broker dealer or registered investment advisor should MAIL properly completed and executed ORIGINAL documents, along with your check payable to American Realty Capital Global Daily Net Asset Value Trust, Inc. to the following address (except that Pennsylvania investors should continue to follow the instructions above until $75,000,000 has been raised and Tennessee investors should continue to follow the instructions above until $20,000,000 has been raised. See Prospectus Summary What kind of offering is this? in the prospectus):
American Realty Capital Global Daily Net Asset Value Trust, Inc. c/o DST Systems, Inc. 430 W. 7 th Street Kansas City, Missouri 64105-1407 Phone: (866) 771-2088 Fax: (877) 694-1113
- For IRA Accounts, mail investor signed documents to the IRA Custodian for signatures.
If you have any questions, please call your registered representative or Realty Capital Securities, LLC at 1-877-373-2522
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INSTRUCTIONS TO SUBSCRIBERS
Section 1: Indicate investment amount and class of common stock ( Make all checks payable as described above. )
Section 2: Choose type of ownership
NON-CUSTODIAL OWNERSHIP
Accounts with more than one owner must have ALL PARTIES SIGN where indicated on page C- 4 .
Be sure to attach copies of all plan documents for Pension Plans, Trust or Corporate Partnerships required in section 2.
CUSTODIAL OWNERSHIP
For New IRA/Qualified Plan Accounts, please complete the form/application provided by your custodian of choice in addition to this subscription document and forward to the custodian for processing.
For existing IRA Accounts and other Custodial Accounts, information must be completed BY THE CUSTODIAN. Have all documents signed by the appropriate officers as indicated in the Corporate Resolution (which are also to be included).
Section 3: All names, addresses, Dates of Birth, Social Security or Tax I.D. numbers of all investors or Trustees
Section 4: Choose Distribution Allocation option
Section 5: To be signed and completed by your Financial Advisor (be sure to include CRD number for FA and BD Firm and the Branch Managers signature)
Section 6: Have ALL owners initial and sign where indicated on Page C- 4
Section 7: All investors must complete and sign the substitute W9
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AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL GLOBAL DAILY NET ASSET VALUE TRUST, INC. SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT
1. YOUR INITIAL INVESTMENT All subscription payments (other than those from Pennsylvania or Tennessee residents) will be placed in an account held by the escrow agent, UMB Bank, N.A., in trust for subscribers benefit, and will be released to us only if we have sold a minimum of $2,000,000 of shares to the public by April 20, 2013, which is one year from the effective date of this offering. We will not sell any shares to Pennsylvania residents unless we raise a minimum of $75,000,000 in aggregate gross offering proceeds from all investors pursuant to this offering by April 20, 2014, which is two years from the effective date of this offering. In addition, we will not sell any shares to Tennessee residents unless we raise a minimum of $20,000,000 in aggregate gross offering proceeds from all investors pursuant to this offering by April 20, 2013, which is one year from the effective date of this offering. Pending a satisfaction of this condition, all subscription payments from Tennessee residents will be placed in an account held by the escrow agent, UMB Bank, N.A., in trust for subscribers benefit, pending release to us. Pending a satisfaction of this condition, all subscription payments from Pennsylvania residents will be placed in an account held by the escrow agent, UMB Bank, N.A., in trust for subscribers benefit, pending release to us. Funds in escrow will be invested in short-term investments that mature on or before April 20, 2014, which is two years from the effective date of this offering, or that can be readily sold or otherwise disposed of for cash by such date without any dissipation of the offering proceeds invested. If subscriptions for at least the minimum offering have not been received and accepted by April 20, 2013, which is one year from the effective date of this offering, this offering will be terminated and your funds will be returned to you within thirty days.
Make all checks payable as described in the foregoing instructions.
Investment Amount $: The minimum initial investment is $2,500 Brokerage Account Number: (If applicable)
Class of common stock o Retail o Institutional
Cash, cashiers checks/official bank checks in bearer form, foreign checks, money orders, third party checks, or travelers checks will not be accepted.
o I/WE AM/ARE EMPLOYEE(S) OF REALTY CAPITAL SECURITIES, LLC, AN AFFILIATE, BROKER AND/OR AN IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER OF ONE OF THE ABOVE. I/WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT NO COMMISSION WILL BE PAID FOR THIS PURCHASE, BUT I/WE WILL RECEIVE ADDITIONAL SHARES OR FRACTIONS THEREOF.
o CHECK HERE IF ADDITIONAL PURCHASE AND COMPLETE NUMBER 3 BELOW.
2. FORM OF OWNERSHIP ( Select only one)
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| Non-Custodial Ownership | Custodial Ownership |
| Individual | Third Party Administered Custodial Plan (new IRA accounts will require an additional application) o IRA o ROTH/IRA o SEP/IRA o SIMPLE o OTHER Name of Custodian: Mailing Address: City, State Zip: Custodian Information (To be completed by Custodian above) Custodian Tax ID #: Custodian |
| Account #: Custodian Phone #: | |
| Joint Tenant (Joint accounts will be registered as joint tenants with rights of survivorship unless otherwise indicated) | |
| Tenants in Common | |
| TOD Optional designation of beneficiaries for individual or joint owners with rights of survivorship or tenants by the entireties. (Please complete Transfer on Death Registration Form. You may download the form at www.americanrealtycap.com/materials/ ) | |
| Uniform Gift/Transfer to Minors (UGMA/UTMA) | |
| Under the UGMA/UTMA of the State of | |
| Pension or other Retirement Plan (Include Plan Documents) | |
| Trust (Include title and signature pages of Trust Documents) | |
| Corporation or Partnership (Include Corporate Resolution or Partnership Agreement, as applicable) | |
| Other (Include title and signature pages) |
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- INVESTOR INFORMATION (Please print name(s) in which Shares are to be registered.)
A. Individual/Trust/Beneficial Owner
First Name: Middle Name:
Last Name: Tax ID or SS# :
Street Address: City: State: Zip:
Date of Birth: (mm/dd/yyyy) / / If Non-U.S. Citizen, specify Country of Citizenship:
Daytime Phone #: U.S. Drivers License Number (if available): State of Issue:
CALIFORNIA INVESTORS: ALL CERTIFICATES REPRESENTING SHARES WHICH ARE SOLD IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA WILL BEAR THE FOLLOWING LEGEND CONDITIONS: IT IS UNLAWFUL TO CONSUMMATE A SALE OR TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN, OR TO RECEIVE ANY CONSIDERATION THEREFOR, WITHOUT THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF CORPORATIONS FOR THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, EXCEPT AS PERMITTED IN THE COMMISSIONERS RULES.
Any subscriber seeking to purchase shares pursuant to a discount offered by us must submit such request in writing and set forth the basis for the request. Any such request will be subject to our verification.
B. Joint Owner/Co-Trustee/Minor
First Name: Middle Name:
Last Name: Tax ID or SS# :
Street Address: City: State: Zip:
Date of Birth: (mm/dd/yyyy) / / If Non-U.S. Citizen, specify Country of Citizenship:
Daytime Phone #:
C. Residential Street Address (This section must be completed for verification purposes if mailing address in section 3A is a P.O. Box)
Street Address:
City: State: Zip:
D. Trust/Corporation/Partnership/Other (Trustees information must be provided in sections 3A and 3B)
Date of Trust: __/_/____
Entity Name/Title of Trust: _____ Tax ID Number: ______
E. Government ID (Foreign Citizens only) Identification documents must have a reference number and photo. Please attach a photocopy.
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| Place of Birth: _______ | ______ | ____ |
| City | State/Providence | Country |
Immigration Status: Permanent resident o Non-permanent resident o Non-resident o
Check which type of document you are providing:
o US Drivers License o INS Permanent resident alien card o Passport with U.S. Visa o Employment Authorization Document
o Passport without U.S. Visa Bank Name (required): Account No. (required):
o Foreign national identity documents Bank address (required): Phone No. required:
Number for the document checked above and country of issuance:
F. Employer: Retired: o
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4. DISTRIBUTIONS (Select only one)
Complete this section to enroll in the Distribution Reinvestment Plan or to elect how you wish to receive your dividend distributions.
By electing to participate in the Distribution Reinvestment Plan you agree that, if at any time there is any material change in your financial condition or inaccuracy of any representation under this Subscription Agreement, you will promptly notify the reinvestment agent, which is currently us, in writing of that fact, at the below address.
American Realty Capital Global Daily Net Asset Value Trust, Inc. 405 Park Avenue New York, New York 10022
IRA accounts may not direct distributions without the custodians approval.
Distributions may be funded from borrowings, offering proceeds, or proceeds from the sale of assets, which may constitute a return of capital and significantly reduce the amount of capital available for investment by us. Any amount of capital returned to you through distributions will be returned after payment of certain fees and reimbursement of expenses to our sponsor or its affiliates.
Stockholders ability to sell shares pursuant to our share repurchase plan is restricted. Our share repurchase plan may be suspended or terminated at any time, and repurchase requests may be rejected for any reason. Stockholders may not be able to sell their shares.
I hereby subscribe for Shares of American Realty Capital Global Daily Net Asset Value Trust, Inc. and elect the distribution option indicated below:
A. ___ Reinvest/Distribution Reinvestment Plan (see the final prospectus for details)
B. ___ Mail Check to the address of record
C. ___ Credit Distribution to my IRA or Other Custodian Account
D. ___ Cash/Direct Deposit (Please attach a pre-printed voided check (Non-Custodian Investors only) . I authorize American Realty Capital Global Daily Net Asset Value Trust, Inc. or its agent to deposit my distribution/dividend to my checking or savings account. This authority will remain in force until I notify American Realty Capital Global Daily Net Asset Value Trust, Inc. in writing to cancel it. If American Realty Capital Global Daily Net Asset Value Trust, Inc. deposits funds erroneously into my account, they are authorized to debit my account for an amount not to exceed the amount of the erroneous deposit.)
Name/Entity Name/Financial Institution:_________
Mailing Address:_____ City:__ State:___ Zip:____
Account Number:___ Your Banks ABA/Routing Nbr:____
Your Banks Account Number:__ Checking Acct:___ Savings Acct:_____
PLEASE ATTACH COPY OF VOIDED CHECK TO THIS FORM IF FUNDS ARE TO BE SENT TO A BANK
- The above services cannot be established without a pre-printed voided check. For electronic funds transfers, signatures of bank account owners are required exactly as they appear on the bank records. If the registration at the bank differs from that on this Subscription Agreement, all parties must sign below.
Signature Signature
- ELECTRONIC DELIVERY (OPTIONAL)
o Check the box if you consent to the electronic delivery of documents including the prospectus, prospectus supplements, annual and quarterly reports, and other stockholder communication and reports. E-mail address in Section 3 is required. Please carefully read the following representations before consenting to receive documents electronically. By checking this box and consenting to receive documents electronically, you represent the following:
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(a) I acknowledge that access to both Internet e-mail and the World Wide Web is required in order to access documents electronically. I may receive by e-mail notification the availability of a document in electronic format. The notification e-mail will contain a web address (or hyperlink) where the document can be found. By entering this address into my web browser, I can view, download and print the document from my computer. I acknowledge that there may be costs associated with the electronic access, such as usage charges from my Internet provider and telephone provider, and that these costs are my responsibility.
(b) I acknowledge that documents distributed electronically may be provided in Adobes Portable Document Format (PDF). The Adobe Reader® software is required to view documents in PDF format. The Reader software is available free of charge from Adobes web site at www.adobe.com. The Reader software must be correctly installed on my system before I will be able to view documents in PDF format. Electronic delivery also involves risks related to system or network outage that could impair my timely receipt of or access to stockholder communications.
(c) I acknowledge that I may receive at no cost from American Realty Capital Global Daily Net Asset Value Trust, Inc. a paper copy of any documents delivered electronically by calling Realty Capital Securities, LLC at 877-373-2522 from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm EST Monday Friday.
(d) I acknowledge that if the e-mail notification is returned to American Realty Global Net Asset Value Trust, Inc. as undeliverable, a letter will be mailed to me with instructions on how to update my e-mail address to begin receiving communication via electronic delivery. I further understand that if American Realty Capital Global Daily Net Asset Value Trust, Inc. is unable to obtain a valid e-mail address for me, American Realty Capital Global Daily Net Asset Value Trust, Inc. will resume sending a paper copy of its filings by U.S. mail to my address of record.
(e) I acknowledge that my consent may be updated or cancelled, including any updates in e-mail address to which documents are delivered, at any time by calling Realty Capital Securities, LLC at 877-373-2522 from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm EST Monday Friday.
6. BROKER DEALER/FINANCIAL ADVISOR INFORMATION (All fields must be completed)
The financial advisor must sign below to complete order. The financial advisor hereby warrants that he/she is duly licensed and may lawfully sell shares in the state designated at the investors legal residence.
BROKER DEALER ___ Financial Advisor Name/RIA ___
Advisor Mailing Address
City ________ Zip ________
Advisor No. _____ Telephone No. _______
Email Address ______ Fax No. _________
Broker Dealer CRD Number ___ Financial Advisor CRD Number ___
o AFFILIATED REGISTERED INVESTMENT ADVISOR (RIA): All sales of securities must be made through a Broker dealer. If an RIA introduces a sale, the sale must be conducted through the RIA in his or her capacity as a Registered Representative of Broker dealer (Section 5 must be filled in).
I acknowledge that by checking the above box, I WILL NOT RECEIVE A COMMISSION.
The undersigned FINANCIAL ADVISOR further represents and certifies that in connection with this subscription for Shares, he/she has complied with and has followed all applicable policies and procedures under his firms existing Anti-Money Laundering Program and Customer Identification Program.
Financial Advisor and/or RIA Signature: _______ Date: __
Branch Manager Signature: ________ Date: ______
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7. SUBSCRIBER SIGNATURES
The undersigned further acknowledges and/or represents (or in the case of fiduciary accounts, the person authorized to sign on such subscribers behalf) the following: ( you must initial each of the representations below )
| ● | ● | ● |
|---|---|---|
| Owner _ | Co-Owner _ | a) I/We have a minimum net worth (not including home, home furnishings and personal automobiles) of at least $70,000 and estimate that (without regard to American Realty Capital Global Daily Net Asset Value Trust, Inc.) I/we have a gross income due in the current year of at least $70,000; or I/we have a net worth (excluding home, home furnishings and automobiles) of at least $250,000, or such higher suitability as may be required by certain states and set forth on the reverse side hereof; in the case of sales to fiduciary accounts, the suitability standards must be met by the beneficiary, the fiduciary account or by the donor or grantor who directly or indirectly supplies the funds for the purchase of the shares. |
| Owner _ | Co-Owner _ | b) KANSAS INVESTORS: I/We understand and acknowledge that the Office of the Securities Commissioner of the State of Kansas recommends that I/we do not invest, in the aggregate, more than 10% of my/our liquid net worth in shares of American Realty Capital Global Daily Net Asset Value Trust, Inc. stock and securities of other real estate investment trusts. Liquid net worth is defined as that portion of net worth (total assets minus total liabilities) that is comprised of cash, cash equivalents and readily marketable securities. |
| Owner _ | Co-Owner _ | c) I/We have received the final prospectus of American Realty Capital Global Daily Net Asset Value Trust, Inc. at least five (5) business days prior to the date of this subscription agreement. |
| Owner _ | Co-Owner _ | d) I/We am/are purchasing shares for my/our own account. |
| Owner _ | Co-Owner _ | e) I/We acknowledge that shares are not liquid. |
| Owner _ | Co-Owner _ | f) If an affiliate of American Realty Capital Global Daily Net Asset Value Trust, Inc., I/we represent that the shares are being purchased for investment purposes only and not for immediate resale. |
| Owner _ | Co-Owner _ | g) ALABAMA INVESTORS, I/We represent that I/we have a liquid net worth of at least 10 times the amount of my/our investment in this real estate investment program and other similar programs. |
Owner Signature:_______ Date:___
Co-Owner Signature:_______ Date:______
Except in the case of a fiduciary account, the subscriber may not grant any person a power of attorney to make the above representations on his, hers or its benefit.
Signature of Custodian(s) or Trustee(s) (if applicable). Current Custodian must sign if investment is for an IRA Account
Authorized Signature (Custodian or Trustee):___ Date:___
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CERTAIN STATES HAVE IMPOSED SPECIAL FINANCIAL SUITABILITY STANDARDS FOR SUBSCRIBERS WHO PURCHASE SHARES
Several states have established suitability requirements that are more stringent than the general standards for all investors described below. Shares will be sold to investors in these states only if they meet the special suitability standards set forth below. In each case, these special suitability standards exclude from the calculation of net worth the value of the investors home, home furnishings and automobiles.
General Standards for all Investors
Investors must have either (a) a net worth of at least $250,000 or (b) an annual gross income of $70,000 and a minimum net worth of $70,000.
Kentucky
Investors must have either (a) a net worth of $250,000 or (b) a gross annual income of at least $70,000 and a net worth of at least $70,000, with the amount invested in this offering not to exceed 10% of the Kentucky investors liquid net worth.
Massachusetts, Michigan, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Washington, New Jersey and New Mexico
Investors must have either (a) a minimum net worth of at least $250,000 or (b) an annual gross income of at least $70,000 and a net worth of at least $70,000. The investors maximum investment in the issuer and its affiliates cannot exceed 10% of the Massachusetts, Michigan, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Washington, New Jersey or New Mexico residents net worth. An Ohio investors aggregate investment in our shares, shares of our affiliates, and in other non-traded real estate investment programs may not exceed ten percent (10%) of his or her liquid net worth. Liquid net worth is defined as that portion of net worth (total assets exclusive of home, home furnishings, and automobiles minus total liabilities) that is comprised of cash, cash equivalents, and readily marketable securities. Note that Ohio investors cannot participate in the distribution reinvestment plan.
Iowa
Investors must have either (a) a minimum net worth of at least $250,000 or (b) an annual gross income of at least $70,000 and a net worth of at least $70,000. The investors maximum investment in the issuer and its affiliates cannot exceed 10% of the Iowa residents liquid net worth.
Tennessee
Investors must have either (a) an annual gross income of at least $100,000 and a net worth of at least $100,000, or (b) a minimum net worth of at least $500,000, exclusive of home, home furnishings and automobiles. The investors maximum investment in our shares and our affiliates shall not exceed 10% of the residents net worth.
Kansas
In addition to the suitability requirements described above, it is recommended that investors should invest, in the aggregate, no more than 10% of their liquid net worth in our shares and securities of other real estate investment trusts. Liquid net worth is defined as that portion of net worth (total assets minus total liabilities) that is comprised of cash, cash equivalents and readily marketable securities.
Missouri
In addition to the suitability requirements described above, no more than ten percent (10%) of any one (1) Missouri investors liquid net worth shall be invested in the securities registered by us for this offering with the Securities Division.
California
In addition to the suitability requirements described above, investors maximum investment in our shares will be limited to 10% of the investors net worth (exclusive of home, home furnishings and automobile).
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Alabama
In addition to the suitability standards above, shares will only be sold to Alabama residents that represent that they have a liquid net worth of at least 10 times the amount of their investment in this real estate investment program and other similar programs.
North Dakota
Shares will only be sold to North Dakota residents that represent that they have a net worth of at least ten times their investment in us and our affiliates and that they meet one of the established suitability standards.
Nebraska
Investors must have either (a) a net worth of $350,000 or (b) a net worth of $100,000 and an annual income of $70,000. The investors maximum investment in the issuer should not exceed 10% of the investors net worth.
Maine
The Maine Office of Securities recommends that an investors aggregate investment in this offering and similar direct participation investments not exceed 10% of the investors liquid net worth. For this purpose, liquid net worth is defined as that portion of net worth that consists of cash, cash equivalents and readily marketable securities.
Texas
An investor must have had, during the last tax year, or estimate that the investor will have during the current tax year, (a) a minimum net worth of $250,000 and a minimum annual gross income of $65,000, or (b) a minimum net worth of $500,000. The investors maximum investment in this offering shall not exceed 10% of the investors liquid net worth.
WE INTEND TO ASSERT THE FOREGOING REPRESENTATIONS AS A DEFENSE IN ANY SUBSEQUENT LITIGATION WHERE SUCH ASSERTION WOULD BE RELEVANT. WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO ACCEPT OR REJECT THIS SUBSCRIPTION IN WHOLE OR IN PART, SO LONG AS SUCH PARTIAL ACCEPTANCE OR REJECTION DOES NOT RESULT IN AN INVESTMENT OF LESS THAN THE MINIMUM AMOUNT SPECIFIED IN THE PROSPECTUS. AS USED ABOVE, THE SINGULAR INCLUDES THE PLURAL IN ALL RESPECTS IF SHARES ARE BEING ACQUIRED BY MORE THAN ONE PERSON. AS USED IN THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT, ARC REFERS TO AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL GLOBAL DAILY NET ASSET VALUE TRUST, INC. AND ITS AFFILIATES. THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT AND ALL RIGHTS HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO THE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICT OF LAWS.
By executing this Subscription Agreement, the subscriber is not waiving any rights under federal or state law.
8. IRS FORM W-9
To prevent backup withholding on any payment made to a stockholder with respect to subscription proceeds held in escrow, the stockholder is generally required to provide a current taxpayer identification number, or TIN (or the TIN of any other payee), and certain other information by completing the form below, certifying that the TIN provided on Form W-9 is correct (or that such investor is awaiting a TIN), that the investor is a U.S. person, and that the investor is not subject to backup withholding because (i) the investor is exempt from backup withholding, (ii) the investor has not been notified by the IRS that the investor is subject to backup withholding as a result of failure to report all interest or dividends or (iii) the IRS has notified the investor that the investor is no longer subject to backup withholding. If the box in Part 3 is checked and a TIN is not provided by the time any payment is made in connection with the proceeds held in escrow, 28% of all such payments will be withheld until a TIN is provided and if a TIN is not provided within 60 days, such withheld amounts will be paid over to the IRS. See the instructions included with the Form W-9 below on how to fill out the Form W-9.
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APPENDIX D Transfer On Death Designation
American Realty Capital Global Daily Net Asset Value Trust, Inc. TRANSFER ON DEATH FORM (TOD) This form is NOT VALID for Trust or IRA accounts. Both pages of this form must accompany the subscription agreement.
As our transfer agent, DST Systems, Inc., is located in Missouri, a Transfer on Death (TOD) designation pursuant to this form and all rights related thereto shall be governed by the laws of the State of Missouri. Any beneficiary wanting to purchase additional shares of common stock of American Realty Capital Global Daily Net Asset Value Trust, Inc., must meet applicable suitability standards.
PLEASE REVIEW THE FOLLOWING IN ITS ENTIRETY BEFORE COMPLETING THE TRANSFER ON DEATH FORM:
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Eligible accounts: Individual accounts and joint accounts with rights of survivorship are eligible. A TOD designation will not be accepted from residents of Louisiana or North Carolina.
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Designation of beneficiaries: the account owner may designate one or more beneficiaries of the TOD account. Beneficiaries are not account owners as the term is used herein.
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Primary and contingent beneficiaries: The account owner may designate primary and contingent beneficiaries of the TOD account. Primary beneficiaries are the first in line to receive the account upon the death of the account owner. Contingent beneficiaries, if any are designated , receive the account upon the death of the account owner if, and only if, there are no surviving primary beneficiaries.
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Minors as beneficiaries: Minors may be beneficiaries of a TOD account only if a custodian, trustee, or guardian is set forth for the minor on the transfer on death form. By not providing a custodian, trustee, or guardian, the account owner is representing that all of the named beneficiaries are not minors.
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Status of beneficiaries: Beneficiaries have no rights to the account until the death of the account owner or last surviving joint owner.
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Joint owners: If more than one person is the owner of an account registered or to be registered TOD, the joint owners of the account must own the account as joint tenants with rights of survivorship.
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Transfer to designated beneficiaries upon the owners death:
a. Percentage designation: Unless the account owner designates otherwise by providing a percentage for each beneficiary on the Transfer on Death Form, all surviving beneficiaries will receive equal portions of the account upon the death of the account owner.
b. Form of ownership: Multiple beneficiaries will be treated as tenants in common unless the account owner expressly indicates otherwise.
c. Predeceasing beneficiaries: If the account owner wishes to have the account pass to the children of the designated beneficiaries if the designated beneficiaries predecease the account owner, the account owner must check the box labeled Lineal Descendants per Stirpes (LDPS) in Section B of this form. If the box is not checked, the children of beneficiaries who die before you will not receive a portion of your account. If the account is registered LDPS and has contingent beneficiaries, LDPS takes precedence. If a TOD account with multiple beneficiaries is registered LDPS, the LDPS registration must apply to all beneficiaries. If the account is not registered LDPS, a beneficiary must survive the account owner to take the account or his or her part of the account. In the case of multiple beneficiaries, if one of the beneficiaries does not survive the account owner, the deceased beneficiarys share of the account will be divided equally among the remaining beneficiaries upon the death of the account owner. If no beneficiary survives the account owner, the account will be treated as part of the estate of the account owner.
d. Notice of dispute: Should the transfer agent receive written notice of a dispute over the disposition of a TOD account, re-registration of the account to the beneficiaries may be delayed.
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Revocation or changes: An account owner or all joint owners may revoke or change a beneficiary designation. The Change of Transfer on Death (TOD) Form is available for this purpose on our website www.americanrealtycap.com/materials/ or from your registered representative.
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Controlling terms: The language as set forth in the TOD account registration shall control at all times. Unless the transfer agent is expressly instructed by the account owner to change the status of the account or the beneficiary designation prior to the account owners death, the person or persons set forth as the beneficiaries of the account shall remain the beneficiaries of the account, and events subsequent to the registration of the account as a TOD account shall not change either the rights of the persons designated as beneficiaries or the status of the account as a TOD account.
a. Divorce : If the account owner designated his or her spouse as a TOD beneficiary of the account, and subsequently the account owner and the beneficiary are divorced, the fact of the divorce will not automatically revoke the beneficiary designation. If the account owner wishes to revoke the beneficiary designation, the account owner must notify American Realty Capital Global Daily Net Asset Value Trust, Inc. of the desired change in writing as specified in paragraph 8 above.
b. Will or other testamentary document : The beneficiary designation may not be revoked by the account owner by the provisions of a will or a codicil to a will.
c. Dividends, interest, capital gains, and other distributions after the account owners death :
i. Accruals to the account which occur after the death of the account owner or last surviving joint owner, and are still in the account when it is re-registered to the beneficiaries, stay with the account and pass to the beneficiaries.
ii. Where the account has been coded for cash distributions, and such distributions have actually been paid out prior to notice to the transfer agent of the death of the account owner, such distributions are deemed to be the property of the estate of the original account owner and do not pass with the account to the designated beneficiaries.
- TOD registrations may not be made irrevocable.
A STOCKHOLDER INFORMATION
Name of stockholder(s) exactly as indicated on subscription agreement:
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| Stockholder Name | Mr. o | Mrs. o | Ms. o | |
| First Middle Last | ||||
| Co-Stockholder Name (if applicable) | Mr. o | Mrs. o | Ms. o | |
| First Middle Last | ||||
| Social Security Number(s) of Stockholder(s) | Stockholder | Co-Stockholder | ||
| Daytime Telephone ________ | ______ State of Residence (Not accepted from residents of Louisiana or North Carolina) |
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B TRANSFER ON DEATH (Not permitted in Louisiana or North Carolina)
I (we) authorize American Realty Capital Global Daily Net Asset Value Trust, Inc. to register the percentage of shares of common stock set forth below in beneficiary form, assigning investorship on my (our) death to the TOD beneficiary(ies) named below. Use an additional sheet of paper if space is needed to designate more TOD beneficiaries. Complete information must be provided for all TOD beneficiaries.
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| PRIMARY Beneficiary Name | ||
| TOD Share Percentage % | ||
| Social Security or Tax ID # | Birth Date / / | Relationship |
| PRIMARY Beneficiary Name | ||
| TOD Share Percentage % | ||
| Social Security or Tax ID # | Birth Date / / | Relationship |
| PRIMARY Beneficiary Name | ||
| TOD Share Percentage % | ||
| Social Security or Tax ID # | Birth Date / / | Relationship |
| Contingent Beneficiary Name (Optional) | ||
| TOD Share Percentage % | ||
| Social Security or Tax ID # | Birth Date / / | Relationship |
| Contingent Beneficiary Name (Optional) | ||
| TOD Share Percentage % | ||
| Social Security or Tax ID # | Birth Date / / | Relationship |
o Lineal Descendents per Stirpes (LDPS): Check if you wish to have the account pass to children of the above-designated beneficiary(ies) if the designated beneficiary(ies) predeceases the stockholder. The LDPS designation will apply to all designated beneficiaries.
C SIGNATURE
By signing below, I (we) authorize American Realty Capital Global Daily Net Asset Value Trust, Inc. to register the shares in beneficiary form as designated above. I (we) agree on behalf of myself (ourselves) and my (our) heirs, assigns, executors, administrators and beneficiaries to indemnify and hold harmless American Realty Capital Global Daily Net Asset Value Trust, Inc. and any and all of its affiliates, agents, successors and assigns, and their respective directors, officers and employees, from and against any and all claims, liabilities, damages, actions and expenses arising directly or indirectly relating to this TOD designation or the transfer of my (our) shares in accordance with this TOD designation. If any claims are made or disputes are raised in connection with this TOD designation or account, American Realty Capital Global Daily Net Asset Value Trust, Inc. reserves the right to require the claimants or parties in interest to arrive at a final resolution by adjudication, arbitration, or other acceptable method, prior to transferring any TOD account assets. I (we) have reviewed all the information set forth on pages 1 and 2 of this form.
I (we) further understand that American Realty Capital Global Daily Net Asset Value Trust, Inc. cannot provide any legal advice and I (we) agree to consult with my (our) attorney, if necessary, to make certain that any TOD designation is consistent with my (our) estate and tax planning and is valid. Sign exactly as the name(s) appear(s) on the statement of account. All investors must sign. This TOD is effective subject to the acceptance of American Realty Capital Global Daily Net Asset Value Trust, Inc.
Signature Investor (Required) Date Signature Co-Investor (If Applicable) Date
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APPENDIX E Letter of Direction
, 20 American Realty Capital Global Daily Net Asset Value Trust, Inc. c/o DST Systems, Inc. 430 W 7 th Street Kansas City, Missouri 64105-1407
Re: Registered Investment Advisory Fees Account No. ( Account )
Ladies and Gentlemen:
You are hereby instructed and authorized by me to deduct advisory fees payable to , my registered investment advisor, in the following amount from my Account, and to pay such amount by check to my registered investment advisor, upon each distribution by American Realty Capital Global Daily Net Asset Value Trust, Inc. (the Company ) on my Account, as payment for my registered investment advisors advisory fees (select only one):
$ ; or
% of Asset Value (calculated on a 365-day calendar year basis) to be paid by the Company on my Account.
I acknowledge that any and all advisory fees payable to my registered investment advisor are my sole responsibility and you are paying the amounts directed by me as an accommodation.
This letter shall serve as an irrevocable instruction to you to pay such advisory fees from my Account until such time as I provide you with written notice of my election to revoke this instruction.
Sincerely,
** This election is not available for custodial ownership accounts, such as individual retirement accounts, Keogh plans and 401(k) plans, or Alabama or Ohio investors.*
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APPENDIX F Notice of Revocation
, 20 American Realty Capital Global Daily Net Asset Value Trust, Inc. c/o DST Systems, Inc. 430 W 7 th Street Kansas City, Missouri 64105-1407
Re: Revocation of Instruction Account No. ( Account )
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This letter shall serve as notice to you of my revocation of my instruction to you to deduct advisory fees from my Account and pay such fees directly to , my registered investment advisor, pursuant to my letter to you dated .
I hereby instruct you to cease any and all future deductions from my Account for the purpose of such advisory fee payments. I understand and acknowledge that this revocation will be effective within one business day of receipt by you.
Sincerely,
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APPENDIX G Privacy Policy Notice
AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL GLOBAL DAILY NET ASSET VALUE TRUST, INC. PRIVACY POLICY NOTICE
OUR COMMITMENT TO PROTECTING YOUR PRIVACY. We consider customer privacy to be fundamental to our relationship with our stockholders. In the course of servicing your account, we collect personal information about you ( Non-Public Personal Information ). We collect this information to know who you are so that we can provide you with products and services that meet your particular financial and investing needs, and to meet our obligations under the laws and regulations that govern us.
We are committed to maintaining the confidentiality, integrity and security of our stockholders personal information. It is our policy to respect the privacy of our current and former stockholders and to protect the personal information entrusted to us. This Privacy Policy Notice (the Policy ) describes the standards we follow for handling your personal information and how we use the information we collect about you.
Information We May Collect . We may collect Non-Public Personal Information about you from the following sources:
Information on applications, subscription agreements or other forms. This category may include your name, address, e-mail address, telephone number, tax identification number, date of birth, marital status, drivers license, citizenship, number of dependents, assets, income, employment history, beneficiary information and personal bank account information.
Information about your transactions with us, our affiliates and others, such as the types of products you purchase, your account balances, transactional history and payment history.
Information obtained from others, such as from consumer credit reporting agencies. This may include information about your creditworthiness, debts, financial circumstances and credit history, including any bankruptcies and foreclosures.
Why We Collect Non-Public Personal Information . We collect information from and about you:
in order to identify you as a customer;
in order to establish and maintain your customer accounts;
in order to complete your customer transactions;
in order to market investment products or services that may meet your particular financial and investing circumstances;
in order to communicate and share information with your broker/dealer, financial advisor, IRA custodian, joint owners and other similar parties acting at your request and on your behalf; and
in order to meet our obligations under the laws and regulations that govern us.
Persons to Whom We May Disclose Information . We may disclose all types of Non-Public Personal Information about you to the following third parties and in the circumstances described below, as permitted by applicable laws and regulations.
Our Affiliated Companies. We may offer investment products and services through certain of our affiliated companies, and we may share all of the Non-Public Personal Information we collect on you with such affiliates. We believe that by sharing information about you and your accounts among our companies, we are better able to serve your investment needs and to suggest services or educational materials that may be of interest to you. You may limit the information we share with our affiliate companies as described at the end of this notice below.
Nonaffiliated Financial Service Providers and Joint Marketing Partners. From time to time, we use outside companies to perform services for us or functions on our behalf, including marketing of our own investment products and services or marketing products or services that we may offer jointly
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with other financial institutions. We may disclose all of the Non-Public Personal Information we collect as described above to such companies. However, before we disclose Non-Public Personal Information to any of our service providers or joint marketing partners, we require them to agree to keep your Non-Public Personal Information confidential and secure and to use it only as authorized by us.
Other Nonaffiliated Third Parties. We do not sell or share your Non-Public Personal Information with nonaffiliated outside marketers, for example, retail department stores, grocery stores or discount merchandise chains, who may want to offer you their own products and services. However, we also may use and disclose all of the Non-Public Personal Information we collect about you to the extent permitted by law. For example, to:
correct technical problems and malfunctions in how we provide our products and services to you and to technically process your information;
protect the security and integrity of our records, website and customer service center;
protect our rights and property and the rights and property of others;
take precautions against liability;
respond to claims that your information violates the rights and interests of third parties;
take actions required by law or to respond to judicial process;
assist with detection, investigation or reporting of actual or potential fraud, misrepresentation or criminal activity; and
provide personal information to law enforcement agencies or for an investigation on a matter related to public safety to the extent permitted under other provisions of law.
Protecting Your Information . Our employees are required to follow the procedures we have developed to protect the integrity of your information. These procedures include:
Restricting physical and other access to your Non-Public Personal Information to persons with a legitimate business need to know the information in order to service your account.
Contractually obligating third parties doing business with us to comply with all applicable privacy and security laws.
Providing information to you only after we have used reasonable efforts to assure ourselves of your identity by asking for and receiving from you information only you should know.
Maintaining reasonably adequate physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to protect your information.
Former Customers . We treat information concerning our former customers the same way we treat information about our current customers.
Keeping You Informed . We will send you a copy of this Policy annually. We also will send you all changes to this Policy as they occur. You have the right to opt out of this Policy by notifying us in writing.
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QUESTIONS? If you have any questions about this Policy, please do not hesitate to call Brian Block at (212) 415-6500.
Your Right to Limit our Information Sharing with Affiliates
This Privacy Policy applies to American Realty Capital Global Daily Net Asset Value Trust, Inc. Federal law gives you the right to limit some but not all marketing from our affiliates. Federal law also requires us to give you this notice to tell you about your choice to limit marketing from our affiliates. You may tell us not to share information about your creditworthiness with our affiliated companies, except where such affiliate is performing services for us. We may still share with them other information about your experiences with us. You may limit our affiliates in the American Realty Capital III group of companies, such as our securities affiliates, from marketing their products or services to you based on your personal information that we collect and share with them. This information includes your account and investment history with us and your credit score.
If you want to limit our sharing of your information with our affiliates, you may contact us:
By telephone at: By mail: Mark your choices below, fill in and send to: AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL GLOBAL DAILY NET ASSET VALUE TRUST, INC. 405 Park Avenue New York, New York 10022
o Do not share information about my creditworthiness with your affiliates for their everyday business purposes.
o Do not allow your affiliates to use my personal information to market to me.
Name: ______________
Signature: _________________
Your choice to limit marketing offers from our affiliates will apply for at least 5 years from when you tell us your choice. Once that period expires, you will receive a renewal notice that will allow you to continue to limit marketing offers from our affiliates for at least another 5 years. If you have already made a choice to limit marketing offers from our affiliates, you do not need to act again until you receive a renewal notice. If you have not already made a choice, unless we hear from you, we can begin sharing your information 30 days from the date we sent you this notice. However, you can contact us at any time to limit our sharing as set forth above.
Residents of some states may have additional privacy rights. We adhere to all applicable state laws.
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AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL GLOBAL DAILY NET ASSET VALUE TRUST, INC.
Common Stock $2,000,000 SHARES OF COMMON STOCK MINIMUM OFFERING $1,499,999,995 SHARES OF COMMON STOCK MAXIMUM OFFERING
PROSPECTUS
April 20, 2012
You should rely only on the information contained in this prospectus. No dealer, salesperson or other person is authorized to make any representations other than those contained in the prospectus and supplemental literature authorized by American Realty Capital Global Daily Net Asset Value Trust, Inc. and referred to in this prospectus, and, if given or made, such information and representations must not be relied upon. This prospectus is not an offer to sell nor is it seeking an offer to buy these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted. The information contained in this prospectus is accurate only as of the date of this prospectus, regardless of the time of delivery of this prospectus or any sale of these securities. You should not assume that the delivery of this prospectus or that any sale made pursuant to this prospectus implies that the information contained in this prospectus will remain fully accurate and correct as of any time subsequent to the date of this prospectus.
Until July 19, 2012 (90 days after the date of this prospectus), all dealers that effect transactions in these securities, whether or not participating in this offering, may be required to deliver a prospectus. This is in addition to the dealers obligation to deliver a prospectus when acting as soliciting dealers with respect to their unsold allotments or subscriptions.