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As filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on May 2, 2014

Registration No. 333-            

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

 

FORM S-3

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

CNL LIFESTYLE PROPERTIES, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Maryland   20-0183627

(State or Other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation or Organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

 

CNL Center at City Commons

450 South Orange Avenue

Orlando, Florida 32801

(407) 650-1000

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

 

 

Stephen H. Mauldin

Chief Executive Officer and President

CNL Center at City Commons

450 South Orange Avenue

Orlando, Florida 32801

(407) 650-1000

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

 

Copies to:

Richard E. Baltz

Neil M. Goodman

Arnold & Porter LLP

555 Twelfth Street, NW

Washington, DC 20004-1206

(202) 942-5124

 

 

Approximate date of commencement of the proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable after this Registration Statement becomes effective.

If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box.  x

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box.  ¨

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  ¨

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  ¨

If this Form is a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction I.D. or a post-effective amendment thereto that shall become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the following box.  ¨

If this Form is a post-effective amendment to a registration statement filed pursuant to General Instruction I.D. filed to register additional securities or additional classes of securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box.  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. Check one):

 

Large accelerated filer   ¨    Accelerated filer   ¨
Non-accelerated filer   x  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)    Smaller reporting company   ¨

 

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

 

Title of Each Class of
Securities to be Registered
  Amount to be
Registered
 

Proposed

Maximum
Offering Price
Per Share

 

Proposed

Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price(1)

  Amount of
Registration
Fee

Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share

  20,000,000   $6.85   $137,000,000   $17,645.60

 

 

(1) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

 

 


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Prospectus

CNL LIFESTYLE PROPERTIES, INC.

Reinvestment Plan—20,000,000 Shares of Common Stock

Par Value $.01 per Share

 

 

We are a Maryland corporation sponsored by CNL Financial Group, Inc. (our “Sponsor”). We were formed primarily to acquire lifestyle properties and have elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) for U.S. federal income tax purposes. We own a diversified portfolio of lifestyle properties across the United States that we believe have the strong potential for long-term growth and income generation. We define lifestyle properties as those properties that reflect or are impacted by the social, consumption and entertainment values and choices of our society.

We have established a Distribution Reinvestment Plan (referred to herein as the “DRP”) designed to provide existing holders of shares of our common stock with a convenient method to designate the cash distributions on their shares for reinvestment in more shares. Some of the significant features of the DRP are as follows:

 

    Our current stockholders may purchase additional shares, if desired, by automatically reinvesting their cash distributions in shares under the DRP.

 

    The initial purchase price for shares under the DRP is $6.85 per share, which is equal to our revised estimated net asset value (“NAV”) per share of $6.85 as of December 31, 2013, and which is subject to revision by the Board of Directors.

 

    Stockholders may participate in the DRP by completing and executing an enrollment form. Participation will be effective with the first distribution made following enrollment so long as your enrollment form is received at least 30 days prior to the last day of the fiscal quarter to which such distribution relates. If you are already enrolled in the DRP, no action is required.

 

    Stockholders may terminate participation in the DRP at any time without penalty by delivering written notice to us. For your termination to be effective for a particular distribution, such notice must be received by us at least 30 days prior to the last day of the fiscal quarter to which such distribution relates. In addition, we may amend or terminate the DRP at any time, by 15 days’ prior written notice to you, without the prior consent of, our stockholders.

 

    We will offer shares pursuant to the DRP until the earlier of May 2, 2017 or the date we sell all 20,000,000 shares in this offering; provided, however, that we may extend this offering to the extent permitted by applicable law; and provided further that our board of directors may amend or terminate the DRP for any reason by providing 15 days’ written notice to participants in the DRP.

 

    If you elect to participate in the DRP and are subject to federal income taxation, you will incur a tax liability for distributions allocated to you even though you have elected not to receive the distribution in cash.

You should carefully consider the specific risks set forth under the caption “Risk Factors” under Item 1A of Part I of our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, as may be updated from time to time by future filings under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), which are incorporated by reference into this prospectus, before making an investment decision. This investment involves a high degree of risk. You should purchase shares only if you can afford a complete loss of your investment.

There is no market for our shares and we do not expect to list our shares in the near future. If you are able to sell your shares prior to listing, you would likely have to sell them at a substantial discount.

 

     Price
to public
     Maximum proceeds
to us, before expenses
 

Reinvestment Plan Offering Per Share

   $ 6.85       $ 6.85   

Total Offering Amount (1)

   $ 137,000,000       $ 137,000,000   

 

(1) Assumes we sell 20,000,000 shares at $6.85 per share pursuant to our distribution reinvestment plan.

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 these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

No one is authorized to make any statement about this offering different from those that appear in this prospectus. 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 present or future cash benefit or tax consequence that may flow from an investment in this offering is not permitted.

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SUITABILITY STANDARDS

We have established financial suitability standards for investors interested in purchasing shares of our common stock. In determining your net worth, do not include the value of your home, home furnishings or personal automobiles.

You must have:

 

    a net worth of at least $250,000, or

 

    a gross annual income of at least $70,000 and a net worth of at least $70,000.

Our suitability standards also require that you:

 

    can reasonably benefit from an investment in our common stock based on your overall investment objectives and portfolio structure;

 

    are able to bear the economic risk of the investment based on your overall financial situation and have an apparent understanding of:

 

    the fundamental risks of your investment,

 

    the risk that you may lose your entire investment,

 

    the lack of liquidity of your shares,

 

    the restrictions on transferability of your shares,

 

    the background and qualifications of our advisor, and

 

    the tax consequences of your investment.

Several states have established suitability standards that are more stringent than the standards that we have established and outlined above. Shares of our common stock offered pursuant to the DRP will be sold only to investors in these states if investors represent that 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 investor’s home, home furnishings and personal automobiles.

Alabama, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio and Pennsylvania – In addition to our suitability requirements, you may invest no more than 10% of your net worth (not including home, furnishings and personal automobiles) in our shares.

The following states have established recommendations for investors in their states. Shares will be sold to investors in these states only if the investors represent that they meet the special recommendations set forth below.

Kansas and Massachusetts – In addition to our suitability requirements, the offices of the Kansas Securities Commissioner and the Massachusetts Securities Division recommend that an investor’s aggregate investment in our shares and similar direct participation investments should not exceed 10% of the investor’s liquid net worth. For this purpose, “liquid net worth” is that portion of net worth that consists of cash, cash equivalents and readily marketable securities.

 

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     Page  

Prospectus Summary

     1   

Risk Factors

     2   

Caution Concerning Forward-Looking Statements

     3   

Summary of Our Distribution Reinvestment Plan

     4   

Use of Proceeds

     7   

Certain Material Federal Income Tax Considerations

     7   

Plan of Distribution

     17   

Legal Matters

     17   

Experts

     18   

Incorporation of Certain Information by Reference

     18   

Where You May Find More Information

     19   

Appendix A – Enrollment Form

     A-1   

Appendix B – Amended and Restated Reinvestment Plan

     B-1   

 

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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY

Our Business

CNL Lifestyle Properties, Inc.

We are a Maryland corporation organized on August 11, 2003. Our principal investment objectives include investing in a diversified portfolio of real estate with a goal to preserve, protect and enhance the long-term value of those assets. We primarily invest in lifestyle properties in the United States that we believe have the potential for long-term growth and income generation. We define lifestyle properties as those properties that reflect or are impacted by the social, consumption and entertainment values and choices of our society. We operate as a real estate investment trust, or REIT. In general, a REIT is a company that combines the capital of many investors to acquire or provide financing for real estate.

As of March 14, 2014, we held ownership interests in 145 lifestyle properties of which twelve properties, five consolidated properties and seven unconsolidated properties held through one joint venture, are classified as held for sale by us and the joint venture, respectively. As of March 14, 2014, these assets consist of 24 ski and mountain lifestyle properties, 48 golf facilities, 30 senior housing properties, 23 attractions, 17 marinas and three additional lifestyle properties. In addition, we made seven loans to borrowers engaged in the operation of lifestyle assets. For the year ended December 31, 2013, we generated total revenue of $512.8 million and had total assets of $2.7 billion. We generally lease our properties on a long-term, triple-net or gross basis (generally five to 20 years, plus multiple renewal options) to tenants or operators whom we consider to be significant industry leaders. To a lesser extent, we also make and acquire loans (including mortgage, mezzanine and other loans) and enter into joint ventures related to interests in real estate.

Our principal executive offices are located at 450 South Orange Avenue within the CNL Center at City Commons in Orlando, Florida 32801. Our telephone number is (407) 650-1000 and our internet address is www.cnllifestylereit.com. Unless specifically incorporated herein as described in the section entitled “Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference,” the contents of our web site are not incorporated by reference in, or otherwise a part of, this prospectus.

Our Advisor

Our advisor is CNL Lifestyle Advisor Corporation, a Florida corporation (referred to herein as the “Advisor”), which is responsible for managing our affairs on a day-to-day basis and for identifying and making acquisitions and investments on our behalf.

Our Management

We operate under the direction of our board of directors, the members of which are accountable to us and our stockholders as fiduciaries. Our board of directors, including a majority of our independent directors, must approve each investment proposed by our Advisor, as well as certain other matters set forth in our charter. We currently have five members on our board of directors. Three of the directors are independent of our Advisor and have responsibility for reviewing its performance. Our directors are elected annually by our stockholders. Although we have executive officers who manage our operations, we do not have any paid employees.

Our REIT Status

As a REIT, we generally will not be subject to federal income tax on income that we distribute to our stockholders. Under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, REITs are subject to numerous organizational and operational requirements, including a requirement that they distribute at least 90% of their taxable income, excluding income from operations or sales through taxable REIT subsidiaries. If we fail to qualify for taxation as a REIT in any year, our income will be taxed at regular corporate rates, and we may be precluded from qualifying for taxation as a REIT for the four-year period following our failure to qualify. Even if we qualify as a REIT for federal income tax purposes, we may still be subject to state and local taxes on our income and property and to federal income and excise taxes on our undistributed income and to the extent our taxable REIT subsidiaries generate taxable income.

 

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Terms of the Offering

We are offering up to 20,000,000 shares of our common stock to our existing stockholders pursuant to the DRP. Shares will be sold initially at a price of $6.85 per share. In the event that our board of directors determines that the fair market value of our common stock has changed, shares of our common stock will thereafter be sold pursuant to the DRP at a price determined by our board of directors, which price shall not be less than 95% of the fair market value of a share of our common stock as so determined.

We will offer shares pursuant to the DRP until the earlier of May 2, 2017 or the date we sell all 20,000,000 shares in this offering; provided, however, that we may extend this offering to the extent permitted by applicable law; and provided further that our board of directors may amend or terminate the DRP for any reason by providing 15 days’ written notice to participants in the DRP. This offering must be registered or exempt from registration in every state in which we offer or sell shares. If this offering is not exempt from registration, the required registration generally is effective for a period of one year. Therefore, we may have to stop selling shares in any state in which the registration is not renewed annually and the offering is not otherwise exempt from registration.

Distribution Reinvestment Plan

The prospectus describes our DRP pursuant to which you may have the distributions you receive reinvested in shares of our common stock. Regardless of your participation in our DRP, you will be taxed on your distributions to the extent they constitute taxable income, and participation in our DRP would mean that you will have to rely solely on sources other than distributions from which to pay such taxes. As a result, you may have a tax liability without receiving cash distributions to pay such liability. See “Certain Material Federal Income Tax Considerations — U.S. Federal Income Taxation of our Stockholders — Reinvestment of Distributions” for a more detailed discussion.

Use of Proceeds

The proceeds raised pursuant to the DRP will be used for general corporate purposes, including, but not limited to, investing in real estate, loans and other permitted investments, paying fees and other costs, repaying debt, and funding our share redemption program.

DRP Offering Price

On March 4, 2014, our board of directors approved a revised estimated net asset value (“NAV”) per share of $6.85 as of December 31, 2013, and amended the DRP so that shares under our DRP would be sold at the new estimated NAV per share of $6.85 rather than a discount to the NAV.

Incorporation by Reference

The registration statement, of which this prospectus is a part, incorporates by reference several documents previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), including, but not limited to, our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013 filed on March 31, 2014, our Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the year ended December 31, 2013 filed on April 23, 2014, as well as all future documents we file pursuant to certain sections of the Exchange Act. These documents contain information about us which supplements the information in this prospectus. See “Incorporation of Certain Information by Reference.”

RISK FACTORS

An investment in our common stock involves various risks and uncertainties. You should carefully consider the specific risks set forth under the caption “Risk Factors” under Item 1A of Part I of our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, as may be updated from time to time by future filings under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which are incorporated by reference into this prospectus, before purchasing our common stock. The risks discussed in our reports can adversely affect our business, operating results, prospects and financial condition. This could cause the value of our common stock to decline and could cause you to lose all or part of your investment.

 

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CAUTION CONCERNING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Statements above that are not statements of historical or current fact may constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Federal Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The Company intends that such forward-looking statements, be subject to the safe harbor created by Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-looking statements are statements that do not relate strictly to historical or current facts, but reflect management’s current understandings, intentions, beliefs, plans, expectations, assumptions and/or predictions regarding the future of the Company’s business and its performance, the economy, and other future conditions and forecasts of future events, and circumstances. Forward-looking statements are typically identified by words such as “believes,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “estimates,” “plans,” “continues,” “pro forma,” “may,” “will,” “seeks,” “should” and “could,” and words and terms of similar substance in connection with discussions of future operating or financial performance, business strategy and portfolios, projected growth prospects, cash flows, costs and financing needs, legal proceedings, amount and timing of anticipated future distributions, estimated per share net asset value of the Company’s common stock, and/or other matters. The Company’s forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance. While the Company’s management believes its forward-looking statements are reasonable, such statements are inherently susceptible to uncertainty and changes in circumstances. As with any projection or forecast, forward-looking statements are necessarily dependent on assumptions, data and/or methods that may be incorrect or imprecise, and may not be realized. The Company’s forward-looking statements are based on management’s current expectations and a variety of risks, uncertainties and other factors, many of which are beyond the Company’s inability to control or accurately predict. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, the Company’s actual results could differ materially from those set forth in the forward-looking statements due to a variety of risks, uncertainties and other factors. Given these uncertainties, the Company cautions you not to place undue reliance on such statements.

Important factors that could cause the Company’s actual results to vary materially from those expressed or implied in its forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, government regulation, economic, strategic, political and social conditions, and the following: risks associated with the Company’s investment strategy; a worsening economic environment in the U.S. or globally, including financial market fluctuations; risks associated with real estate markets, including declining real estate values; risks of doing business internationally, including currency risks; the Company’s failure to obtain, renew or extend necessary financing or to access the debt or equity markets; the use of debt to finance the Company’s business activities, including refinancing and interest rate risk and the Company’s failure to comply with debt covenants; failure to successfully manage growth or integrate acquired properties and operations; the Company’s inability to make necessary improvements to properties on a timely or cost-efficient basis; risks related to property expansions and renovations; competition for properties and/or tenants; defaults on or non-renewal of leases by tenants; failure to lease properties on favorable terms or at all; the impact of current and future environmental, zoning and other governmental regulations affecting the Company’s properties; the impact of changes in accounting rules; the impact of regulations requiring periodic valuation of the Company on a per share basis; inaccuracies of the Company’s accounting estimates; unknown liabilities of acquired properties or liabilities caused by property managers or operators; material adverse actions or omissions by any joint venture partners; increases in operating costs and other expenses; uninsured losses or losses in excess of the Company’s insurance coverage; the impact of outstanding and/or potential litigation; risks associated with the Company’s tax structuring; failure to maintain the Company’s REIT qualification; and the Company’s inability to protect its intellectual property and the value of its brand. Given these uncertainties, the Company cautions you not to place undue reliance on such statements.

For further information regarding risks and uncertainties associated with the Company’s business, and important factors that could cause the Company’s actual results to vary materially from those expressed or implied in its forward-looking statements, please refer to the factors listed and described under “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and the “Risk Factors” sections of the Company’s documents filed from time to time with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including, but not limited to, the Company’s quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, and the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K, copies of which may be obtained from the Company’s website at http://www.cnllifestylereit.com.

 

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All written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to the Company or persons acting on its behalf are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary note. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they are made, and the Company undertakes no obligation to, and expressly disclaims any obligation to, publicly release the results of any revisions to its forward-looking statements to reflect new information, changed assumptions, the occurrence of unanticipated subsequent events or circumstances, or changes to future operating results over time, except as otherwise required by law.

SUMMARY OF OUR DISTRIBUTION REINVESTMENT PLAN

Purpose of the DRP

The Distribution Reinvestment Plan (“DRP”) is designed to offer to our existing stockholders a convenient method of purchasing additional shares by reinvesting cash distributions. We will use the proceeds received from sales of the shares for general corporate purposes, including investing in real estate, loans and other permitted investments, paying fees and other costs, repaying debt and funding our share redemption program.

How to Enroll in the DRP

You can participate in the DRP if you currently own shares of our common stock and the shares are registered in your name. You may join the DRP at any time by completing and executing an enrollment form and returning it to DST Systems, Inc., our reinvestment agent, 430 West 7th Street, Ste. 219005, Kansas City, MO 64105-1407. Enrollment forms may be obtained at any time by calling (866) 650-0650 or by writing to the address specified above. If you are already enrolled in the DRP, no action is required.

You will remain a participant of the DRP until you deliver to us written notice of your desire to terminate your participation (described more fully below under the heading “Amendment and Termination of the DRP”).

Eligible stockholders may join the DRP at any time. Participation in the DRP will commence with the next distribution payable after receipt of your election to participate, provided such notice is received at least 30 days prior to the last day of the fiscal quarter to which such distribution relates.

Reinvestment of Your Distributions

If you choose to participate in the DRP, the reinvestment agent will apply cash distributions on the shares of stock registered in your name to purchase additional shares for you directly from us.

The distributions paid on shares acquired through the DRP will continue to be reinvested unless you elect to have them paid in cash by terminating your participation in the DRP.

Purchase Price of the Shares

There is no public trading market for our shares. Shares will be sold initially at a price of $6.85 per share. In the event that our board of directors determines that the estimated net asset value per share of our common stock has changed, shares of our common stock will thereafter be sold pursuant to the DRP at a price determined by our board of directors to constitute the then estimated net asset value per share as so determined.

When Shares Will be Purchased

Shares will be purchased for you under the DRP on the distribution date applicable to the cash distributions being reinvested in respect of your shares pursuant to the DRP. We currently pay distributions quarterly and intend to continue to pay distributions quarterly.

Cost of Participating in the Program

You will not incur any brokerage commissions or service charges when purchasing shares under the DRP.

 

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Tracking Your Investment

Within 30 days after the end of each fiscal quarter, we will provide you with a statement of account describing your distributions received during the quarter, the number of shares purchased during the quarter pursuant to the DRP, and the per share purchase price for such shares. Each statement will also advise you that you are expected to promptly notify your broker, financial advisor or investor representative in writing and to terminate your participation in the DRP in the event that there is any material change in your financial condition and you fail to meet the net worth or annual income suitability standards set forth in this prospectus or if any representation made by you under the subscription agreement for your initial purchase of shares or your enrollment form becomes inaccurate. Tax information regarding your participation in the DRP will be sent to you at least annually.

Book-Entry Evidence for Shares Acquired Under the DRP

No certificates will be issued to a stockholder participating in the DRP for shares purchased on behalf of the stockholder pursuant to the DRP. All shares of our common stock that you purchase through the reinvestment of distributions are recorded in your name on our books. The number of shares you hold in the DRP will be shown on your regular statement of account.

Selling Shares Acquired Under the DRP

You may sell the shares held in the DRP, and your other shares, at any time, subject to any restrictions set forth in our charter or that we may impose on the sale of shares to protect our status as a real estate investment trust. However, there is currently no liquid market for our shares and we do not expect one to develop.

Prior to the listing of the shares on a national stock exchange, your transfer of shares will terminate participation in the DRP with respect to those transferred shares as of the first day of the month in which such transfer is effective, unless the transferee of the shares in connection with the transfer demonstrates to us that he, she or it meets the requirements for participation hereunder and affirmatively elects participation by delivering an executed authorization form or other instrument required by us.

Amendment and Termination of the DRP

You may terminate or modify your participation in the DRP at any time upon written notice to us at CNL Client Services c/o DST Systems, Inc., 430 W. 7th Street, Ste. 219005, Kansas City, MO 64105-1407. To be effective for any distribution, such notice must be received by us at least 30 days prior to the last day of the fiscal quarter to which such distribution relates.

We may terminate your individual participation in the DRP at any time by 15 days’ prior written notice and may terminate the DRP itself at any time by 15 days’ prior written notice to all participants in the DRP. In addition, our board of directors may amend the DRP for any reason by providing 15 days’ written notice to participants in the DRP.

After termination of your participation in the DRP, we will send you a statement of account and return the amount of any distributions in your account that have not been invested in shares. Any future distributions with respect to your shares made after the effective date of the termination of your participation in the DRP will be sent directly to you or to such other party as you have designated pursuant to an authorization form or other documentation satisfactory to us.

Voting Rights of Shares Acquired Under the DRP

Shares in your DRP account will be voted as you direct. As a stockholder, you will receive a proxy card in connection with any annual or special meeting of stockholders. This proxy will apply to all shares registered in your name, including all shares credited to your DRP account. You may also vote your shares, including those in your DRP account, in person at any annual or special meeting of stockholders.

Our Liability Under the DRP

Neither we nor any of our officers, directors, agents or employees will have any responsibility or liability as to the value of our shares, any change in the value of the shares acquired for each participant’s account, or the rate of return earned on, or the value of, the interest-bearing accounts, if any, in which distributions are invested.

 

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In addition, neither we nor any of our officers, directors, agents or employees will be liable under the DRP for any act done in good faith, or for any good faith omission to act, including, without limitation, for any claims of liability (1) arising out of failure to terminate the participant’s participation in the DRP upon such participant’s death prior to the date of receipt of notice; or (2) with respect to the time and prices at which shares are purchased for a participant.

Pursuant to Maryland law and our charter, we are required to indemnify and hold harmless a present or former director, officer, our Advisor, or affiliate and may indemnify and hold harmless a present or former employee or agent (an “Indemnitee”) against any or all losses or liabilities reasonably incurred by the Indemnitee in connection with or by reason of any act or omission performed or omitted to be performed on our behalf while a director, officer, the Advisor, affiliate, employee, or agent and in such capacity, provided, that the Indemnitee has determined, in good faith, that the act or omission which caused the loss or liability was in our interests. The Commission and some state securities commissions take the position that indemnification against liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), is against public policy and unenforceable. We will not indemnify or hold harmless the Indemnitee if:

 

    the loss or liability was the result of negligence or misconduct, or if the Indemnitee is an independent director, the loss or liability was the result of gross negligence or willful misconduct;

 

    the act or omission was material to the loss or liability and was committed in bad faith or was the result of active or deliberate dishonesty;

 

    the Indemnitee actually received an improper personal benefit in money, property, or services,

 

    in the case of any criminal proceeding, the Indemnitee had reasonable cause to believe that the act or omission was unlawful; or

 

    in a proceeding by or in the right of our Company, the Indemnitee shall have been adjudged to be liable to us.

In addition, we will not provide indemnification for any loss or liability arising from 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 securities law violations as to the particular Indemnitee;

 

    such claims have been dismissed with prejudice on the merits by a court of competent jurisdiction as to the particular Indemnitee; or

 

    a court of competent jurisdiction approves a settlement of the claims against a particular Indemnitee and finds that indemnification of the settlement and the related costs should be made, and the court considering the request for indemnification has been advised of the position of the Commission and of the published position of any state securities regulatory authority in which securities of the company were offered or sold as to indemnification for violations of securities laws.

Pursuant to our charter, we are required to pay or reimburse reasonable expenses incurred by a present or former director, officer, the Advisor or affiliate and may pay or reimburse reasonable expenses incurred by any other Indemnitee in advance of final disposition of a proceeding if the following are satisfied: (1) the Indemnitee was made a party to the proceeding by reason of his or her service as a director, officer, the Advisor, affiliate, employee or agent; (2) the Indemnitee provides us with written affirmation of his or her good faith belief that he or she has met the standard of conduct necessary for indemnification by us as authorized by our articles of incorporation; (3) the Indemnitee provides us with a written agreement to repay the amount paid or reimbursed by us, together with the applicable legal rate of interest thereon, if it is ultimately determined that the Indemnitee did not comply with the requisite standard of conduct; and (4) the legal proceeding was initiated by a third party who is not a stockholder or, if by a stockholder acting in his or her capacity as such, a court of competent jurisdiction approves such advancement. Our articles of incorporation further provide that any indemnification, payment, or reimbursement of the expenses permitted by our articles of incorporation will be furnished in accordance with the procedures in Section 2-418 of the Maryland General Corporation Law.

 

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Any indemnification may be paid only out of our net assets, and no portion may be recoverable from the stockholders.

We have entered into indemnification agreements with each of our officers and directors. The indemnification agreements require, among other things, that we indemnify our officers and directors to the fullest extent permitted by our charter, and advance to the officers and directors all related expenses, subject to reimbursement if it is subsequently determined that indemnification is not permitted. In accordance with these agreements, we must indemnify and advance all expenses reasonably incurred by officers and directors seeking to enforce their rights under the indemnification agreements. We also must cover officers and directors under our directors’ and officers’ liability insurance.

YOU SHOULD RECOGNIZE THAT WE CANNOT ASSURE A PROFIT OR PROTECT

AGAINST A LOSS ON THE SHARES PURCHASED FOR YOU PURSUANT TO THE DRP.

Governing Law

The terms and conditions of the DRP and its operation are governed by the laws of the State of Florida.

Contact for Answers to Questions Regarding the DRP

All inquiries regarding the DRP should be directed to:

CNL Lifestyle Properties, Inc.

c/o DST Systems, Inc.

430 W. 7th Street, Ste. 219005

Kansas City, MO 64105-1407

(866) 650-0650

USE OF PROCEEDS

The proceeds raised pursuant to the DRP will be used for general corporate purposes, including, but not limited to, investing in real estate and real estate related securities, paying fees and other costs, repaying debt, and funding our share redemption program. We cannot predict with any certainty how much of the DRP proceeds will be used for any of the above purposes, and we have no basis for estimating the number of shares that will be sold.

We will pay actual expenses incurred in connection with registering and offering the DRP shares, including but not limited to legal fees, printing expenses, mailing costs and the Commission and blue sky registration fees.

CERTAIN MATERIAL FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS

The following is a brief summary of certain material United States federal income tax considerations that may be relevant to participants in the DRP. This summary does not discuss all aspects of United States federal income taxation that may be relevant to a participant in light of his or her particular circumstances, nor does it discuss any state, local, foreign or other tax laws or considerations. This summary is for general information only and does not purport to discuss all aspects of the United States federal income tax consequences that may be relevant to certain types of stockholders who are subject to special treatment under the United States federal income tax laws, such as insurance companies, tax-exempt entities, financial institutions, regulated investment companies, broker-dealers, foreign corporations, and persons who are not citizens or residents of the United States.

The statements in this discussion are based on:

 

    current provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”);

 

    current, temporary and proposed regulations promulgated by the U.S. Treasury Department;

 

    legislative history;

 

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    judicial decisions; and

 

    current administrative interpretations of the Internal Revenue Service, including its practices and policies as endorsed in private letter rulings, which are not binding on the Internal Revenue Service except with respect to the taxpayer that receives the private letter ruling.

Future legislation, regulations, administrative interpretations or court decisions could change current law adversely or could affect existing interpretations adversely and cause any statement in this prospectus to be inaccurate, possibly with retroactive effect.

This discussion is not tax advice and is not intended as a substitute for careful tax planning. Each participant is advised to consult with his or her own tax advisor regarding the specific federal, state, local, foreign and other tax consequences to him or her of participation in the DRP, including any potential changes in applicable tax laws.

Taxation of CNL Lifestyle Properties

General

We elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust commencing with our taxable year ended December 31, 2004. We believe that, commencing with such taxable year, we have been organized and have operated in a manner so as to qualify as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Qualification and taxation as a REIT depends on our ability to meet on a continuing basis, through actual operating results, distribution levels, diversity of share ownership and various qualification requirements imposed upon REITs by the Code. Our ability to qualify as a REIT also requires that we satisfy certain asset tests (discussed below), some of which depend upon the fair market values of assets directly or indirectly owned by us. Such values may not be susceptible to a precise determination. While we intend to continue to operate in a manner that will allow us to qualify as a REIT, no assurance can be given that the actual results of our operations for any taxable year will satisfy such requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT.

As a REIT, we generally will not be subject to federal income tax on that portion of our REIT taxable income or capital gain that is distributed to stockholders. We may, however, be subject to tax at normal corporate rates on any taxable income or capital gain not distributed. If we elect to retain and pay income tax on our net long-term capital gain, stockholders are required to include their proportionate share of our undistributed long-term capital gain in income, but they will receive a refundable credit for their share of any taxes paid by us on such gain.

Despite the REIT election, we may be subject to federal income and excise tax as follows:

 

    We will be taxed at regular corporate rates to the extent that we do not distribute all of our net capital gain or distribute at least 90%, but less than 100%, of our taxable income.

 

    We may be subject to the “alternative minimum tax” (the “AMT”) on certain tax preference items to the extent that the AMT exceeds our regular tax.

 

    If we have net gain for tax purposes from prohibited transactions (which are, in general, sales or other dispositions of property held primarily for sale in the ordinary course of business, other than dispositions of “foreclosure property” and dispositions of property due to an involuntary conversion), such gain will be subject to a 100% tax.

 

    If we elect to treat property that we acquire in connection with a foreclosure of a mortgage loan or certain lease terminations as “foreclosure property,” the income from the operations or the gain from the sale of such property may be subject to corporate income tax at the highest applicable rate.

 

    If we fail to satisfy either the 75% or 95% gross income tests (as discussed below), but nonetheless maintain our qualification as a REIT because certain other requirements are met, we will be subject to a 100% tax on an amount based on the magnitude of the failure, as adjusted to reflect the profit margin associated with our gross income.

 

    If we fail to distribute during each year at least the sum of (1) 85% of our taxable income for the year, (2) 95% of our capital gain net income for such year (other than capital gain that we elect to retain and pay tax on) and (3) any undistributed taxable income from preceding periods, we will be subject to a 4% excise tax on the excess of such required distribution over amounts actually distributed.

 

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    If we acquire appreciated assets from a C corporation in a transaction in which the C corporation would not normally be required to recognize any gain or loss on disposition of the asset and we subsequently recognize gain on the disposition of the asset during the ten-year period beginning on the date on which we acquired the asset, then a portion of the gain may be subject to tax at the highest regular corporate rate; and

 

    The earnings of our taxable REIT subsidiaries are subject to federal corporate income tax. In addition, a 100% excise tax will be imposed on the REIT and a corporate level tax on the taxable REIT subsidiary for transactions between a taxable REIT subsidiary and the REIT that are deemed not to be conducted on an arm’s length basis.

In addition, we and our subsidiaries may be subject to a variety of taxes, including state, local, foreign, property and other taxes, on our assets and operations.

Qualification as a REIT

A REIT is defined as a corporation, trust or association:

 

  (1) which is managed by one or more trustees or directors;

 

  (2) the beneficial ownership of which is evidenced by transferable shares or by transferable certificates of beneficial interest;

 

  (3) which would be taxable as a domestic corporation but for the federal income tax law relating to REITs and uses a calendar year for federal income tax purposes;

 

  (4) which is neither a financial institution nor an insurance company;

 

  (5) the beneficial ownership of which is held by 100 or more persons in each taxable year of the REIT except for its first taxable year;

 

  (6) not more than 50% in value of the outstanding stock of which is owned during the last half of each taxable year, excluding its first taxable year, directly or indirectly, by or for five or fewer individuals (which includes certain entities) (the “Five or Fewer Requirement”); and

 

  (7) which meets certain income and asset tests described below.

Conditions (1) to (4), inclusive, must be met during the entire taxable year and condition (5) must be met during at least 335 days of a taxable year of 12 months or during a proportionate part of a taxable year of less than 12 months. For purposes of conditions (5) and (6), pension funds and certain other tax-exempt entities are treated as individuals, subject to a “look-through” exception in the case of condition (6).

Based on publicly available information, we believe we have satisfied the share ownership requirements set forth in (5) and (6) above. In addition, Article 7, Section 7.6 of our amended and restated articles of incorporation, provides for restrictions regarding ownership and transfer of shares. These restrictions are intended to assist us in continuing to satisfy the share ownership requirements described in (5) and (6) above. These restrictions, however, may not ensure that we will, in all cases, be able to satisfy the share ownership requirements described in (5) and (6) above.

We have complied with, and will continue to comply with, regulatory rules to send annual letters to certain of our stockholders requesting information regarding the actual ownership of our stock. If, despite sending the annual letters, we do not know, or after exercising reasonable diligence would not have known, whether we failed to meet the Five or Fewer Requirement, we will be treated as having met the Five or Fewer Requirement. If we fail to comply with these regulatory rules, we will be subject to a monetary penalty. If our failure to comply was due to intentional disregard of the requirement, the penalty would be increased. However, if our failure to comply were due to reasonable cause and not willful neglect, no penalty would be imposed.

 

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Ownership of Qualified REIT Subsidiaries. We may own a number of properties through wholly owned subsidiaries. A corporation will qualify as a “qualified REIT subsidiary” if 100% of its stock is owned by a REIT, and the REIT does not elect to treat the subsidiary as a taxable REIT subsidiary. A “qualified REIT subsidiary” will not be treated as a separate corporation, and all assets, liabilities and items of income, deductions and credits of a “qualified REIT subsidiary” will be treated as assets, liabilities and items (as the case may be) of the REIT. A “qualified REIT subsidiary” is not subject to federal income tax, although they may be subject to state and local taxation in certain jurisdictions, and our ownership of the voting stock of a qualified REIT subsidiary will not violate the restrictions against ownership of securities of any one issuer which constitute more than 10% of the value or total voting power of such issuer or more than 5% of the value of our total assets, as described below under “— Asset Tests.”

Ownership of Partnership Interests. If we invest in a partnership, a limited liability company or a trust taxed as a partnership or as a disregarded entity, we will be deemed to own a proportionate share of the partnership’s, limited liability company’s or trust’s assets. Likewise, we will be treated as receiving our share of the income and loss of the partnership, limited liability company or trust, and the gross income will retain the same character in our hands as it has in the hands of the partnership, limited liability company or trust. These “look-through” rules apply for purposes of the income tests and assets tests described below. Thus, our proportionate share of the assets and items of gross income of our operating partnership, including its share of such items of any subsidiaries that are partnerships or limited liability companies that have not elected to be treated as corporations for U.S. federal income tax purposes, are treated as assets and items of gross income of the Company for purposes of applying the requirements described herein.

Investments in Taxable REIT Subsidiaries. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2000, REITs may own more than 10% of the voting power and value of securities in taxable REIT subsidiaries without violating the 10% test described below under “- Asset Tests.” We and any taxable corporate entity in which we own an interest are allowed to jointly elect to treat such entity as a “taxable REIT subsidiary.”

Certain of our subsidiaries have elected to be treated as a taxable REIT subsidiary. Taxable REIT subsidiaries are subject to full corporate level federal taxation on their earnings but are permitted to engage in certain types of activities that cannot be performed directly by REITs without jeopardizing their REIT status. Our taxable REIT subsidiaries will attempt to minimize the amount of these taxes, but there can be no assurance whether or the extent to which measures taken to minimize taxes will be successful. To the extent our taxable REIT subsidiaries are required to pay federal, state or local taxes, the cash available for distribution as dividends to us from our taxable REIT subsidiaries will be reduced.

The amount of interest on related-party debt that a taxable REIT subsidiary may deduct is limited. Further, a 100% tax applies to any interest payments by a taxable REIT subsidiary to its affiliated REIT to the extent the interest rate is not commercially reasonable. A taxable REIT subsidiary is permitted to deduct interest payments to unrelated parties without any of these restrictions.

The Internal Revenue Service may reallocate costs between a REIT and its taxable REIT subsidiary where there is a lack of arm’s-length dealing between the parties. Any deductible expenses allocated away from a taxable REIT subsidiary would increase its tax liability. Further, any amount by which a REIT understates its deductions and overstates those of its taxable REIT subsidiary will, subject to certain exceptions, be subject to a 100% tax. Additional taxable REIT subsidiary elections may be made in the future for additional entities in which we own an interest.

Income Tests. There are two separate percentage tests relating to our sources of gross income that we must satisfy for each taxable year.

 

    At least 75% of our gross income (excluding gross income from prohibited transactions) must be directly or indirectly derived each taxable year from “rents from real property,” other income from investments relating to real property or mortgages on real property or certain income from qualified temporary investments.

 

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    At least 95% of our gross income (excluding gross income from prohibited transaction) must be directly or indirectly derived each taxable year from any of the sources qualifying for the 75% gross income test and from dividends (including dividends from taxable REIT subsidiaries) and interest.

The rents we receive or are deemed to receive will qualify as “rents from real property” for purposes of satisfying the gross income requirements only if the following conditions are met:

 

    The amount of rent received from a tenant must not be based in whole or in part on the income or profits of any person; however, an amount received or accrued generally will not be excluded from the term “rent from real property” solely by reason of being based on a fixed percentage or percentages of gross receipts or sales;

 

    The rents received from a tenant will not qualify as “rents from real property” if the REIT, or an owner of 10% or more of the REIT, also directly or constructively owns 10% or more of the tenant, unless the tenant is our taxable REIT subsidiary and certain other requirements are met;

 

    If the rent attributable to personal property leased in connection with a lease of real property is greater than 15% of the total rent received under the lease, then the portion of rent attributable to such personal property will not qualify as “rents from real property”;

 

    In order for rents to qualify as “rents from real property”, we generally must not furnish or render services to tenants, other than through a taxable REIT subsidiary or an “independent contractor” from whom we derive no income. We may, however, provide services that are “usually and customarily rendered” in the geographic region in which the property is located in connection with the rental of the real property if the services are not otherwise considered “rendered to the occupant for his convenience.” A REIT is permitted to render a de minimus amount of impermissible services to tenants and still treat amounts received with respect to that property as “rent from real property”. For purposes of the de minimus rule, the amount received or accrued by the REIT during the taxable year for the impermissible services with respect to a property may not exceed 1% of all amounts received or accrued from the property and the amount received for any service shall be deemed to be not less than 150% of the direct cost of the REIT in furnishing or rendering the service.

 

    A REIT may lease “qualified lodging facilities” and, for taxable years beginning after July 30, 2008, “qualified health care facilities” on an arm’s length basis to a taxable REIT subsidiary if the property is operated on behalf of such subsidiary by an “eligible independent contractor”. Generally, the rent received by the REIT from the taxable REIT subsidiary will qualify as “rents from real property”. A “qualified lodging facility” is a hotel, motel or other establishment where more than one-half of the dwelling units are used on a transient basis, unless wagering activities are conducted at or in connection with the facility. A “qualified healthcare facility” includes real property and personal property that is, or is necessary or incidental to the use of, a hospital, nursing facility, assisted living facility, congregate care facility, qualified continuing care facility, or other licensed facility which extends medical or nursing or ancillary services to patients and which is operated by a provider of such services which is eligible for participation in the Medicare program with respect to such facility. An “eligible independent contractor” is an “independent contractor” who is, or is related to a person who is, actively engaged in the trade or business of operating qualified lodging facilities or qualified healthcare facilities, as applicable, for any person unrelated to us or our taxable REIT subsidiary.

For taxable years beginning on or before October 22, 2004, (1) payments to us under an interest rate swap or cap agreement, option, futures contract, forward rate agreement or any similar financial instrument entered into by us to reduce interest rate risk on indebtedness incurred or to be incurred and (2) gain from the sale or other disposition of any such investment are treated as income qualifying under the 95% gross income test. As to transactions entered into in taxable years beginning after October 22, 2004, any of our income from a “clearly identified” hedging transaction that is entered into by us in the normal course of business, directly or indirectly, to manage the risk of interest rate movements, price changes or currency fluctuations with respect to borrowings or obligations incurred or to be incurred by us, or such other risks that are prescribed by the Internal Revenue Service, is excluded from the 95% gross income test.

 

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For transactions entered into after July 30, 2008, any of our income from a “clearly identified” hedging transaction that is entered into by us in the normal course of business, directly or indirectly, to manage the risk of interest rate movements, price changes or currency fluctuations with respect to borrowings or obligations incurred or to be incurred by us is excluded from the 95% and 75% gross income tests.

For transactions entered into after July 30, 2008, any of our income from a “clearly identified” hedging transaction entered into by us primarily to manage risk of currency fluctuations with respect to any item of income or gain that is included in gross income in the 95% and 75% gross income tests is excluded from the 95% and 75% gross income tests.

In general, a hedging transaction is “clearly identified” if (1) the transaction is identified as a hedging transaction before the end of the day on which it is entered into and (2) the items or risks being hedged are identified “substantially contemporaneously” with the hedging transaction. An identification is not substantially contemporaneous if it is made more than 35 days after entering into the hedging transaction.

As to gains and items of income recognized after July 30, 2008, “passive foreign exchange gain” for any taxable year will not constitute gross income for purposes of the 95% gross income test and “real estate foreign exchange gain” for any taxable year will not constitute gross income for purposes of the 75% gross income test. Real estate foreign exchange gain is foreign currency gain (as defined in Code section 988(b)(1)) which is attributable to: (i) any qualifying item of income or gain for purposes of the 75% gross income test; (ii) the acquisition or ownership of obligations secured by mortgages on real property or interests in real property; or (iii) becoming or being the obligor under obligations secured by mortgages on real property or on interests in real property. Real estate foreign exchange gain also includes Code section 987 gain attributable to a qualified business unit (a “QBU”) of a REIT if the QBU itself meets the 75% income test for the taxable year and the 75% asset test at the close of each quarter that the REIT has directly or indirectly held the QBU. Real estate foreign exchange gain also includes any other foreign currency gain as determined by the Secretary of the Treasury. Passive foreign exchange gain includes all real estate foreign exchange gain and foreign currency gain which is attributable to: (i) any qualifying item of income or gain for purposes of the 95% gross income test; (ii) the acquisition or ownership of obligations; (iii) becoming or being the obligor under obligations; and (iv) any other foreign currency gain as determined by the Secretary of the Treasury.

Generally, other than income from “clearly identified” hedging transactions entered into by us in the normal course of business, any foreign currency gain derived by us from dealing, or engaging in substantial and regular trading, in securities will constitute gross income which does not qualify under the 95% or 75% gross income tests.

The term “interest” generally does not include any amount if the determination of the amount depends in whole or in part on the income or profits of any person, although an amount generally will not be excluded from the term “interest” solely by reason of being based on a fixed percentage of receipts or sales. If a mortgage loan is collateralized by both real property and other property, all the interest on it will nevertheless qualify under the 75% gross income test if the amount of the loan did not exceed the fair market value of the real property at the time of the loan commitment.

License income and other income from the right to use property which is not properly characterized as a lease for federal income tax purposes will not qualify under either the 75% or 95% gross income tests. Rents from leases of our marina properties may not qualify under the 75% or 95% gross income tests to the extent of the portion of the rental income properly allocable to the value of the water rights associated with the marina.

Income from sales of property by a REIT which are held for sale to customers may be subject to a 100% prohibited transactions tax and do not constitute gross income for purposes of the 75% and 95% gross income tests. Properties we acquire for the purpose of developing and selling to third parties, such as certain interests in vacation ownership properties, are generally held by us through a taxable REIT subsidiary and subject to corporate level taxes. Net after-tax income of a taxable REIT subsidiary may be distributed to us and will be qualifying income for purposes of the 95% but not the 75% gross income test.

 

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If a REIT acquires real property and personal property incident to such real property through a foreclosure or similar process following a default on a lease of such property or a default on indebtedness owed to the REIT that is secured by the property, and if the REIT makes a timely election to treat such property as “foreclosure property” under applicable provisions of the Code, net income (including any foreign currency gain) the REIT realizes from such property generally will be subject to tax at the maximum U.S. federal corporate income tax rate, regardless of whether the REIT distributes such income to its stockholders currently. However, such income will nonetheless qualify for purposes of the 75% and 95% gross income tests even if it would not otherwise be qualifying income for such purposes in the absence of the foreclosure property election.

If we fail to satisfy one or both of the 75% or 95% gross income tests for any taxable year, we may nevertheless qualify as a REIT for such year if we are eligible for relief. For taxable years beginning on or before October 22, 2004, these relief provisions generally will be available if: (1) our failure to meet such tests was due to reasonable cause and not due to willful neglect; (2) we attach a schedule of the sources of our income to our return; and (3) any incorrect information on the schedule was not due to fraud with intent to evade tax. For taxable years beginning after October 22, 2004, these relief provisions generally will be available if (1) following our identification of the failure, we file a schedule for such taxable year describing each item of our gross income, and (2) the failure to meet such tests was due to reasonable cause and not due to willful neglect.

It is not now possible to determine the circumstances under which we may be entitled to the benefit of these relief provisions. If these relief provisions apply, a 100% tax is imposed on an amount equal to (a) the gross income attributable to (1) 75% of our gross income over the amount of qualifying gross income for purposes of the 75% income test and (2) 95% of our gross income (90% of our gross income for taxable years beginning on or before October 22, 2004) over the amount of qualifying gross income for purposes of the 95% income test, multiplied by (b) a fraction intended to reflect our profitability.

The Secretary of the Treasury is given broad authority to determine whether particular items of income or gain qualify or not under the 75% and 95% gross income tests, or are to be excluded from the measure of gross income for such purposes.

Asset Tests. Within 30 days after the close of each quarter of our taxable year, we must also satisfy several tests relating to the nature and diversification of our assets determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. At least 75% of the value of our total assets must be represented by real estate assets, cash, cash items (including receivables arising in the ordinary course of our operation), government securities and qualified temporary investments. The term “real estate assets” includes real property, interests in real property, leaseholds of land or improvements thereon, and mortgages on the foregoing and any property attributable to the temporary investment of new capital (but only if such property is stock or a debt instrument and only for the one-year period beginning on the date the REIT receives such capital). When a mortgage is secured by both real property and other property, it is considered to constitute a mortgage on real property to the extent of the fair market value of the real property when the REIT is committed to make the loan or, in the case of a construction loan, the reasonably estimated cost of construction.

Although 25% of our assets generally may be invested without regard to the above restrictions, we are prohibited from owning securities representing more than 10% of either the vote (the “10% vote test”) or value (the “10% value test”) of the outstanding securities of any issuer other than a qualified REIT subsidiary, another REIT or a taxable REIT subsidiary. Further, no more than 25% of the total assets may be represented by securities of one or more taxable REIT subsidiaries (the “25% asset test”) and no more than 5% of the value of our total assets may be represented by securities of any non-governmental issuer other than a qualified REIT subsidiary (the “5% asset test”), another REIT or a taxable REIT subsidiary. Each of the 10% vote test, the 10% value test and the 25% and 5% asset tests must be satisfied at the end of each quarter. There are special rules which provide relief if the value related tests are not satisfied due to changes in the value of the assets of a REIT.

Certain items are excluded from the 10% value test, including: (1) straight debt securities of an issuer (including straight debt that provides certain contingent payments); (2) any loan to an individual or an estate; (3) any rental agreement described in Section 467 of the Code, other than with a “related person”; (4) any obligation to pay rents from real property; (5) certain securities issued by a state or any subdivision thereof, the District of Columbia, a foreign government, or any political subdivision thereof, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; (6) any security issued by a REIT; and (7) any other arrangement that, as determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, is excepted from the

 

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definition of security (“excluded securities”). Special rules apply to straight debt securities issued by corporations and entities taxable as partnerships for federal income tax purposes. If a REIT, or its taxable REIT subsidiary, holds (1) straight debt securities of a corporate or partnership issuer and (2) securities of such issuer that are not excluded securities and have an aggregate value greater than 1% of such issuer’s outstanding securities, the straight debt securities will be included in the 10% value test.

A REIT’s interest as a partner in a partnership is not treated as a security for purposes of applying the 10% value test to securities issued by the partnership. Further, any debt instrument issued by a partnership will not be a security for purposes of applying the 10% value test (1) to the extent of the REIT’s interest as a partner in the partnership and (2) if at least 75% of the partnership’s gross income (excluding gross income from prohibited transactions) would qualify for the 75% gross income test. For taxable years beginning after October 22, 2004, for purposes of the 10% value test, a REIT’s interest in a partnership’s assets is determined by the REIT’s proportionate interest in any securities issued by the partnership (other than the excluded securities described in the preceding paragraph).

For taxable years beginning after July 30, 2008, if the REIT or its QBU uses a foreign currency as its functional currency, the term “cash” includes such foreign currency, but only to the extent such foreign currency is (i) held for use in the normal course of the activities of the REIT or QBU which give rise to items of income or gain that are included in the 95% and 75% gross income tests or are directly related to acquiring or holding assets qualifying under the 75% asset test, and (ii) not held in connection with dealing or engaging in substantial and regular trading in securities.

With respect to corrections of failures for which the requirements for corrections are satisfied after October 22, 2004, regardless of whether such failures occurred in taxable years beginning on, before or after such date, as to violations of the 10% vote test, the 10% value test or the 5% asset test, a REIT may avoid disqualification as a REIT by disposing of sufficient assets to cure a violation that does not exceed the lesser of 1% of the REIT’s assets at the end of the relevant quarter or $10,000,000, provided that the disposition occurs within six months following the last day of the quarter in which the REIT first identified the violation. For violations of any of the REIT asset tests due to reasonable cause and not willful neglect that exceed the thresholds described in the preceding sentence, a REIT can avoid disqualification as a REIT after the close of a taxable quarter by taking certain steps, including disposition of sufficient assets within the six month period described above to meet the applicable asset test, paying a tax equal to the greater of $50,000 or the highest corporate tax rate multiplied by the net income generated by the non-qualifying assets during the period of time that the assets were held as non-qualifying assets and filing a schedule with the Internal Revenue Service that describes the non-qualifying assets.

Annual Distribution Requirements. In order to avoid being taxed as a regular corporation, we are required to make distributions (other than capital gain distributions) to our stockholders which qualify for the dividends paid deduction in an amount at least equal to (1) the sum of (i) 90% of our taxable income (computed without regard to the dividends paid deduction and our net capital gain) and (ii) 90% of the after-tax net income, if any, from foreclosure property, minus (2) a portion of certain items of non-cash income. These distributions must be paid in the taxable year to which they relate, or in the following taxable year if declared before we timely file our tax return for that year and if paid on or before the first regular distribution payment after such declaration. Distributions we declare in October, November, or December of any year and which are payable to a stockholder of record on a specified date in any of these months will be treated as both paid by us and received by the stockholder on December 31 of that year, provided we actually pay the dividend on or before January 31 of the following year. The amount distributed must not be preferential. This means that every stockholder of the class of stock to which a distribution is made must be treated the same as every other stockholder of that class, and no class of stock may be treated otherwise than in accordance with its dividend rights as a class. To the extent that we do not distribute all of our net capital gain or distribute at least 90%, but less than 100%, of our taxable income, we will be subject to tax on the undistributed amount at regular corporate tax rates. Finally, as discussed above, we may be subject to an excise tax if we fail to meet certain other distribution requirements. We intend to make timely distributions sufficient to satisfy these annual distribution requirements.

It is possible that, from time to time, we may not have sufficient cash or other liquid assets to meet the 90% distribution requirement, or to distribute such greater amount as may be necessary to avoid income and excise taxation, due to, among other things, (1) timing differences between (i) the actual receipt of income and actual payment of deductible expenses and (ii) the inclusion of income and deduction of expenses in arriving at our taxable income, or (2) the payment of severance benefits that may not be deductible to us. For example, in the event of the

 

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default or financial failure of one or more tenants, we might be required to continue to accrue rent for some period of time under federal income tax principles even though we would not currently be receiving the corresponding amounts of cash. Similarly, under federal income tax principles, we might not be entitled to deduct certain expenses at the time those expenses are incurred. In either case, our cash available for making distributions might not be sufficient to satisfy the 90% distribution requirement. If the cash available to us is insufficient, we might raise cash in order to make the distributions by borrowing funds, issuing new securities or selling assets. In the event that timing differences occur, we may find it necessary to arrange for borrowings or, if possible, pay dividends in the form of taxable stock dividends in order to meet the distribution requirement.

Under certain circumstances, in the event of a deficiency determined by the Internal Revenue Service, we may be able to rectify a resulting failure to meet the distribution requirement for a year by paying “deficiency dividends” to stockholders in a later year, which may be included in our deduction for distributions paid for the earlier year. Thus, we may be able to avoid being taxed on amounts distributed as deficiency dividends; however, we will be required to pay applicable penalties and interest based upon the amount of any deduction taken for deficiency dividend distributions.

Failure to Qualify as a REIT

If we fail to qualify for taxation as a REIT in any taxable year, we will be subject to federal income tax, including any applicable alternative minimum tax, on our taxable income at regular corporate rates. Distributions to stockholders in any year in which we fail to qualify as a REIT will not be deductible nor will any particular amount of distributions be required to be made in any year. All distributions to stockholders will be taxable as ordinary income to the extent of current and accumulated earnings and profits allocable to these distributions and, subject to certain limitations, will be eligible for the dividends received deduction for corporate stockholders. Unless entitled to relief under specific statutory provisions, we also will be disqualified from taxation as a REIT for the four taxable years following the year during which qualification was lost. It is not possible to state whether in all circumstances we would be entitled to statutory relief. Failure to qualify for even one year could result in our need to incur indebtedness or liquidate investments in order to pay potentially significant resulting tax liabilities. In addition, a failure by us to qualify as a REIT could significantly reduce the cash available to pay dividends on our common stock and could materially reduce the value of our common shares.

In addition to the relief described above under “— Income Tests” and “— Asset Tests,” relief is available in the event that we violate a provision of the Code that would result in our failure to qualify as a REIT if: (1) the violation is due to reasonable cause and not due to willful neglect; (2) we pay a penalty of $50,000 for each failure to satisfy the provision; and (3) the violation does not include a violation described under “— Income Tests” or “— Asset Tests” above. It is not now possible to determine the circumstances under which we may be entitled to the benefit of these relief provisions.

U.S. Federal Income Taxation of our Stockholders

Reinvestment of Distributions 

If you participate in the DRP, you will be treated for federal income tax purposes as having received, on the investment date, a dividend equal to the sum of (a) the fair market value of any common stock purchased under the DRP (including common stock purchased through reinvestment of dividends on shares held in your account), and (b) any cash distributions actually received by you with respect to your shares of common stock not included in the DRP. The tax basis of shares of common stock purchased under the DRP will be equal to the fair market value of the shares on the investment date. Your holding period for common stock purchased under the DRP generally will begin on the date following the date on which the shares of common stock are credited to your account.

Distributions in excess of our current and accumulated earnings and profits will not be taxable to you to the extent that the distributions do not exceed the adjusted tax basis of your shares. You will be required, however, to reduce the adjusted tax basis of your shares by the amount in excess of our current and accumulated earnings and profits. To the extent that the distributions exceed the adjusted tax basis of your shares, this excess amount will be taxable as capital gain.

 

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Income Tax Withholding

In general, any distribution reinvested under the DRP is not subject to federal income tax withholding. We or the reinvestment agent may be required, however, to deduct backup withholding on all dividends paid to you, regardless of whether the dividends are reinvested pursuant to the DRP. Similarly, the reinvestment agent may be required to deduct backup withholding from all proceeds from sales of common stock held in your account. You are subject to backup withholding if: (a) you failed properly to furnish us and the reinvestment agent with your correct taxpayer identification number (“TIN”); (b) when required to do so, you failed to certify, under penalties of perjury, your TIN; (c) the Internal Revenue Service or a broker notifies us or the reinvestment agent that the TIN furnished by you is incorrect; (d) the Internal Revenue Service or a broker notifies us or the reinvestment agent that backup withholding should be commenced because you failed to report properly dividends or interest paid to you; or (e) when required to do so, you failed to certify, under penalties of perjury, that you are not subject to backup withholding. Backup withholding amounts will be withheld from dividends before such dividends are reinvested under the DRP. Therefore, if you are subject to backup withholding, dividends to be reinvested under the DRP will be reduced by the backup withholding amount. In the case of a sale, the withheld amount will be deducted from the sale proceeds and the remaining amount will be sent to you.

If you are a non-U.S. stockholder you need to provide the required federal income tax certifications to establish your status as a non-U.S. stockholder so that the foregoing backup withholding does not apply to you. You also need to provide the required certifications if you wish to claim the benefit of exemptions from federal income tax withholding or reduced withholding rates under a treaty or convention entered into between the United States and your country of residence. If you are a non-U.S. stockholder participating in the DRP whose dividends are subject to federal income tax withholding, the appropriate amount will be withheld and the balance in shares of common stock will be credited to your account.

Disposition

You may recognize a gain or loss upon receipt of a cash payment for a fractional share of common stock credited to your account or when the common stock held in that account is sold at your request. A gain or loss may also be recognized upon your disposition of common stock received from the DRP. The amount of gain or loss will be the difference between the amount received for the whole or fractional shares of common stock and the tax basis of the whole or fractional shares of common stock. Generally, any gain or loss recognized on the disposition of common stock acquired under the DRP will be treated for federal income tax purposes as a capital gain or loss.

Cost Basis Reporting

The Internal Revenue Services has issued final regulations that require us to report the cost basis and gain or loss to a stockholder upon the sale or liquidation of “covered shares.” For purposes of the final regulations, all shares acquired by non-tax exempt stockholders through the DRP on or after January 1, 2012 will be considered “covered shares” and will be subject to the new reporting requirement.

Upon the sale or liquidation of “covered shares,” a company must report both the cost basis of the shares and the gain or loss recognized on the sale of those shares to the stockholder and to the IRS on Form 1099-B. In addition, effective January 1, 2011, S-corporations will no longer be exempt from Form 1099-B reporting and shares purchased by an S-corporation on or after January 1, 2012 will be “covered shares” under the final regulations. If we take an organizational action such as a stock split, merger, or acquisition that affects the cost basis of “covered shares,” we will report to each stockholder and to the IRS a description of any such action and the quantitative effect of that action on the cost basis on an information return.

We have elected the first in, first out (FIFO) method as the default for calculating the cost basis and gain or loss upon the sale or liquidation of “covered shares”. A non-tax exempt stockholder may elect a different method of computation until the settlement date of the sold or liquidated shares. The election must be made in writing on the Investor Change Form that will be available at http://www.cnllifestylereit.com. We suggest that you consult with your tax advisor to determine the appropriate method of accounting for your investment.

 

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Additional Medicare Contribution Tax

An additional tax of 3.8% generally will be imposed on the “net investment income” of U.S. stockholders who meet certain requirements and are individuals, estates, or certain trust for tax year beginning after December 31, 2012. Among other items, “net investment income” generally includes gross income from dividends and net gain attributable to the disposition of certain property, such as shares of our common stock. In the case of individuals, this tax will only apply to the extent such individual’s modified adjusted gross income exceeds $200,000 ($250,000 for married couples filing a joint return and surviving spouses, and $125,000 for married individuals filing a separate return). We encourage stockholders to consult their tax advisors regarding the possible applicability of this additional tax in their particular circumstances.

Other Tax Considerations

Payments to Certain Foreign Financial Entities and Other Foreign Entities

Withholding tax at a rate of 30% will be imposed on certain payments to you or certain foreign financial institutions (including investment funds) and other non-U.S. entities receiving payments on your behalf, including distributions in respect of shares of our stock and gross proceeds from the sale of shares of our stock, if you or such institutions fail to comply with certain due diligence and other reporting rules as set forth in the recently issues Treasury regulations. Accordingly, the entity through which shares of our stock are held will affect the determination of whether such withholding is required. Withholding will apply to payments of dividends made after June 30, 2014, and to payments of gross proceeds from a sale of shares of our stock made after December 31, 2016. Stockholders that are otherwise eligible for an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. withholding taxes with respect to such dividends and proceeds will be required to seek a refund from the Internal Revenue Service to obtain the benefit of such exemption or reduction. Additional requirements and conditions may be imposed pursuant to an intergovernmental agreement, if and when entered into, between the United States and such institution’s home jurisdiction. We will not pay any additional amounts to any stockholders in respect of any amounts withheld. You are encouraged to consult with your tax advisor regarding U.S. withholding taxes and the application of the recently issued Treasury regulations in light of your particular circumstances.

Legislative or Other Actions Affecting REITs

Current and prospective holders of our stock should recognize the present federal income tax treatment of an investment in our stock may be modified by legislative, judicial or administrative action at any time and that any such action may affect investments and commitments previously made. The rules dealing with federal income taxation are constantly under review by persons involved in the legislative process and by the Internal Revenue Service and the U.S. Treasury Department. Changes to the federal tax laws and interpretations thereof could adversely affect an investment in our stock.

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

We are offering a maximum of 20,000,000 shares to our current stockholders through the DRP. The shares are being offered initially at a price of $6.85 per share, and we have no basis for estimating the number of shares that will be sold. We will not pay any selling commissions or dealer manager fees in connection with the sale of shares pursuant to the DRP.

LEGAL MATTERS

The legality of our shares of our common stock being offered hereby has been passed upon for us by Arnold & Porter LLP. Arnold & Porter LLP also has given its opinion regarding certain federal income tax considerations. Arnold & Porter LLP serves as securities and tax counsel to us, our Advisor and certain affiliates. Members of the firm of Arnold & Porter LLP may invest in our common stock but are not expected to hold any substantial interest in us.

 

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EXPERTS

The financial statements of CNL Lifestyle Properties, Inc. are incorporated in this prospectus by reference to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of CNL Lifestyle Properties, Inc. for the year ended December 31, 2013 have been so incorporated in reliance on the report of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered certified public accounting firm, given on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.

CBRE Cap provided the valuation report (the “Valuation Report”) in respect of the estimated NAV per share of our common stock as of December 31, 2013, in accordance with valuation guidelines approved by our board of directors. While our Audit Committee and board of directors used CBRE Cap’s valuation in connection with the board’s determination of our estimated NAV per share as of December 31, 2013 as described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013 incorporated by reference in this prospectus. CBRE Cap’s Valuation Report does not constitute a recommendation by CBRE Cap with respect to any purchase or any sale of shares of our common stock under our DRP or otherwise.

INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION BY REFERENCE

We file annual, quarterly and special reports, proxy statements and other information with the Commission. We furnish our stockholders by mail (or, where permitted, by electronic delivery and notification) with annual reports containing consolidated financial statements certified by an independent registered public accounting firm. The registration statement is, and all of these filings with the Commission are, available to the public over the Internet at the Commission’s web site at http://www.sec.gov. You may also read and copy any filed document at the Commission’s public reference room in Washington, D.C. at 100 F Street, N.E., Room 1580, Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call the Commission at (800) SEC-0330 for further information about the public reference room.

The Commission allows us to “incorporate by reference” certain information that we file with it, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to various documents we have filed separately with the Commission. The information incorporated by reference is deemed to be part of this prospectus, except for information incorporated by reference that is superseded by information contained in this prospectus. Any reports filed by us with the Commission after the date of this prospectus and before the date that this offering is terminated will automatically update and, where applicable, supersede any information contained in this prospectus or incorporated by reference in this prospectus.

We incorporate by reference the following documents that we have previously filed with the Commission, except for any document or portion thereof deemed to be “furnished” and not filed in accordance with Commission rules:

 

    Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013 filed with the Commission on March 31, 2014, including the information specifically incorporated by reference into our Form 10-K from our Annual Report.

 

    Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013 filed with the Commission on April 23, 2014.

 

    Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 28, 2014 and filed with the Commission on February 28, 2014.

 

    Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 4, 2014 and filed with the Commission on March 6, 2014.

 

    Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 17, 2014 and filed with the Commission on March 18, 2014.

 

    Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 3, 2014 and filed with the Commission on April 7, 2014.

 

    Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 30, 2014 and filed with the Commission on April 30, 2014.

The description of our common stock contained in Post-Effective Amendment No. 9 to our Registration Statement on Form S-11 (Registration No. 333-146457) filed with the Commission on April 12, 2010.

 

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All documents filed by us pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 subsequent to the date of this prospectus and prior to the termination of this offering shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this prospectus. Upon request we will provide to each person, including any beneficial owner, to whom this prospectus is delivered, a copy of any or all of the information that we have incorporated by reference into this prospectus but have not delivered to investors. To receive a free copy of those documents, other than exhibits, unless they are specifically incorporated by reference in those documents, call or write to:

CNL Client Services

DST Systems, Inc.

430 W. 7th Street, Ste. 219005

Kansas City, MO 64105-1407

866-650-0650, option 3

www.cnl.com

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

We are subject to the information requirement of the Exchange Act and, in accordance therewith, file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the Commission. Such reports, proxy statements and other information can be inspected and copied at the Public Reference Room of the Commission located at 100 F Street, NE, Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call the Commission at 1-800-SEC-0330 for more information on the operation of the Public Reference Room. Copies of such materials can be obtained from the Public Reference Section of the Commission at prescribed rates. Such materials, except for the annual report, may also be accessed electronically by the public on the Commission’s website accessible via the internet at http://www.sec.gov and through our website at http://www.cnllifestylereit.com. Unless specifically listed above in “Incorporation of Certain Information by Reference,” the information contained on the Commission website is not intended to be incorporated by reference into this prospectus.

We have filed a registration statement on Form S-3, of which the prospectus forms a part, and related exhibits with the Commission under the Securities Act. The registration statement contains additional information about us and this offering. You can inspect or access electronically the registration statement and exhibits by the means described in the paragraph above.

 

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APPENDIX A

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Return via Standard Mail

CNL Lifestyle Properties, Inc.

PO Box 219001

Kansas City, MO 64121-9001

  

Return via Overnight Delivery

CNL Lifestyle Properties, Inc.

430 W. 7th Street, Ste. 219001

Kansas City, MO 64105-1407

  

CNL Client Services

Toll-Free (866) 650-0650

Fax (877) 694-1116

Distribution Reinvestment Plan

 

one     Investor Information
    Thank you for your interest in the CNL Lifestyle Properties, Inc. Distribution Reinvestment Plan (“Rein- vestment Plan”). We are pleased to offer this distribution option to our stockholders for their investment portfolios. In order to become a participant in the Reinvestment Plan, please complete this form and return it to the address indicated above. This form will not be accepted by CNL Lifestyle Properties, Inc. and DST Systems, Inc. (the “Reinvestment Agent”) unless it is completed in its entirety.
   

By signing below, the registered stockholder submitting this form appoint(s) the Reinvestment Agent as its agent under the terms of the Reinvestment Plan and certifies that the information contained herein is true and correct as of the date of this form. In addition, by signing below, the undersigned hereby certifies to CNL Lifestyle Properties, Inc. and the Reinvestment Agent that the undersigned (i) has received the current Prospectus for CNL Lifestyle Properties, Inc. and agrees to abide by the provisions of the Reinvestment Plan; (ii) meets the net worth or annual income suitability standards as stated in the current Prospectus for CNL Lifestyle Properties, Inc.; and (iii) has provided true and correct information as of the date of signature. The stockholder further agrees to notify CNL Lifestyle Properties, Inc. if there is a material change in his/her financial condition such that the stockholder no longer meets the current suitability requirements or if any representation under this Authorization Form becomes inaccurate.

 

Print registration name(s) exactly as it appears on

your account.

   

Name of Investor/Trustee

 

  Social Security or Tax ID
       
   

Number Name of Co-Investor/Trustee (if applicable)

 

  Social Security or Tax ID
       
   

Number Mailing Address

 

       
   

City

 

  State   Zip Code
two    

Financial Advisor or Investor Representative

 

   

Name of Participating Broker-Dealer of Financial Institution

 

       
   

Name of Financial Advisor/Investor Representative

 

three     Ownership Type    
Select one.    

¨  Individual    ¨ Joint (all parties must sign)        ¨IRA    ¨ Trust    ¨ Other*

 

   

* Ownership Type

 

       
four    

Authorized Signatures

 

   

Sign exactly as your

account is registered.

   

Signature of Investor/Trustee

 

      Date
   

Signature of Co-Investor/Trustee

 

     

Date

THIS FORM MUST BE RECEIVED 30 DAYS PRIOR TO THE END OF THE QUARTER

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THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED

DISTRIBUTION REINVESTMENT PLAN

CNL LIFESTYLE PROPERTIES, INC., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), pursuant to its amended and restated Articles of Incorporation, adopted a Third Amended and Restated Distribution Reinvestment Plan (the “Distribution Reinvestment Plan”) on the terms and conditions set forth below.

1. Reinvestment of Distributions. DST Systems, Inc., the reinvestment agent (the “Reinvestment Agent”) for participants (the “Participants”) in the Distribution Reinvestment Plan (the “Distribution Reinvestment Plan”), will receive the cash distributions made by the Company with respect to shares of common stock of the Company (the “Shares”) owned by each Participant and enrolled in the Distribution Reinvestment Plan (collectively, the “Distributions”). The Reinvestment Agent will apply such Distributions on behalf of the Participants as follows:

(a) During any period when the Company is making a “best-efforts” public offering of Shares, the Reinvestment Agent will invest Distributions in Shares acquired from the Company at the then-current offering price of common shares.

(b) After the termination of the Company’s “best-efforts” public offering of Shares and until the Shares become listed for trading on a national securities exchange, an over-the-counter market or a national market system (collectively, a “Listing”), the Reinvestment Agent will invest Distributions in Shares acquired from the Company at the estimated net asset value per Share as determined by the Company’s board of directors from time to time.

(c) Upon Listing of the Shares, the Reinvestment Agent may purchase Shares either through the exchange, over-the-counter market or market system on which the Shares are Listed, or directly from the Company pursuant to a registration statement relating to the Distribution Reinvestment Plan. In the event that, after Listing occurs:

(i) the Reinvestment Agent purchases Shares on an exchange, over-the-counter market or market system through a registered broker-dealer, the Shares shall be purchased at a per Share price equal to the then-prevailing market price for the Shares at the date of purchase by the Reinvestment Agent and the amount to be reinvested shall be reduced by any brokerage commissions charged by such registered broker-dealer; or

(ii) the Reinvestment Agent purchased Shares directly from the Company pursuant to a registration statement relating to the Distribution Reinvestment Plan, the price will be disclosed in the registration statement.

(d) In the event of a subsequent determination that the purchase price for Shares under the Distribution Reinvestment Plan represented or will represent a discount in excess of 5% of the value per Share at the time of the reinvestment on behalf of any particular Participant, the distribution of the portion of the Shares issued or to be issued under the Distribution Reinvestment Plan representing the excess amount may be voided, ab initio, to the extent it could adversely affect the Company’s ability to qualify as a real estate investment trust and/or, at the Company’s option, the participation of such Participant in the Distribution Reinvestment Plan may be terminated, in which event any current and future distributions earned would be paid to the then former Participant in lieu of reinvestment into Shares.

(e) For each Participant, the Reinvestment Agent will maintain a record which shall reflect for each calendar quarter the Distributions received by the Reinvestment Agent on behalf of such Participant. The Reinvestment Agent will use the aggregate amount of Distributions to all Participants for each calendar quarter to purchase Shares for the Participants. Distributions shall be invested by the Reinvestment Agent in Shares, to the extent available, promptly following the payment date with respect to such Distributions to the extent Shares are available. If sufficient Shares are not available, the excess Distributions shall be invested on behalf of the Participants in one or more interest-bearing accounts in a commercial bank approved by the Company which is located in the continental United States and has assets of at least $100,000,000, until Shares are available for purchase, provided that any Distributions that have not been invested in Shares within 30 days after such Distributions are made by the Company shall be returned to Participants. The purchased Shares will be allocated among the Participants based on the portion of the aggregate Distributions received by the Reinvestment Agent on behalf of each Participant, as reflected in the records maintained by the Reinvestment Agent. The ownership of the Shares purchased pursuant to the Reinvestment Plan shall be reflected on the books of the Company.

 

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(f) The allocation of Shares among Participants may result in the ownership of fractional Shares.

(g) Distributions attributable to Shares purchased on behalf of the Participants pursuant to the Distribution Reinvestment Plan will be reinvested in additional Shares in accordance with the terms hereof.

(h) No certificates will be issued to a Participant for Shares purchased on behalf of the Participant pursuant to the Distribution Reinvestment Plan. Participants in the Distribution Reinvestment Plan will receive statements of account in accordance with Section 7 below.

(i) The Company can determine in its sole discretion how to allocate available Shares between any public offering of Shares by the Company or the Distribution Reinvestment Plan.

2. Election to Participate. Any stockholder who has received a then-current prospectus, either for the then current offering or solely for the Distribution Reinvestment Plan, if any, may elect to participate in and purchase Shares through the Distribution Reinvestment Plan at any time by completing and executing a Subscription Agreement or Enrollment Form, as applicable. Participation in the Distribution Reinvestment Plan will commence with the next Distribution paid after receipt of the Participant’s notice, and to all calendar quarters thereafter, provided such notice is received at least 30 days prior to the last day of the calendar quarter. Subject to the preceding sentence, a stockholder will become a Participant in the Distribution Reinvestment Plan effective on the first day of the calendar quarter of the election. The election will apply to Distributions attributable to the calendar quarter in which the stockholder makes such written election to participate in the Distribution Reinvestment Plan and to all calendar quarters thereafter. A Participant who has terminated his or her participation in the Distribution Reinvestment Plan pursuant to Section 11 will be allowed to participate in the Distribution Reinvestment Plan again upon receipt of a then-current prospectus relating to participation in the Distribution Reinvestment Plan which contains, at a minimum, the following: (i) the minimum investment amount; (ii) the type or source of proceeds which may be invested; and (iii) the tax consequences of the reinvestment to the Participant; by notifying the Reinvestment Agent and completing any required forms.

3. Distribution of Funds. In making purchases for Participants’ accounts, the Reinvestment Agent may commingle Distributions attributable to Shares owned by Participants in the Distribution Reinvestment Plan.

4. Proxy Solicitation. The Company or its duly authorized agent will distribute to Participants proxy solicitation materials which are attributable to Shares held in the Distribution Reinvestment Plan. The person(s) representing the Company will vote any Shares that are held for the account of a Participant under the Distribution Reinvestment Plan in accordance with the Participant’s written instructions. If a Participant does not provide direction as to how the Shares should be voted and does not give a proxy to person(s) representing the Company covering these Shares, the person(s) representing the Company will not vote said Shares.

5. Absence of Liability. Neither the Company nor the Reinvestment Agent shall have any responsibility or liability as to the value of the Company’s Shares, any change in the value of the Shares acquired for the Participant’s account, or the rate of return earned on, or the value of, the interest-bearing accounts in which Distributions are invested. Neither the Company nor the Reinvestment Agent shall be liable for any act done in good faith, or for any good faith omission to act, including, without limitation, any claims of liability (a) arising out of the failure to terminate a Participant’s participation in the Distribution Reinvestment Plan upon such Participant’s death prior to receipt of notice in writing of such death and the expiration of 30 days from the date of receipt of such notice and (b) with respect to the time and the prices at which Shares are purchased for a Participant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, liability under the federal securities laws cannot be waived. Similarly, the Company and the Reinvestment Agent have been advised that in the opinion of certain state securities commissioners, indemnification is also considered contrary to public policy and therefore unenforceable.

6. Suitability.

(a) Each Participant shall notify the Reinvestment Agent in the event that, at any time during his or her participation in the Distribution Reinvestment Plan, there is any material change in the Participant’s financial condition or inaccuracy of any representation under the Subscription Agreement for the Participant’s initial purchase of Shares.

(b) For purposes of this Section 6, 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 Company’s then-current prospectus, as supplemented, for the offering of Shares under this Distribution Reinvestment Plan.

 

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7. Reports to Participants. At the end of each quarter, but in no event later than 30 days after the end of each calendar quarter, the Reinvestment Agent will mail and/or make electronically available to each Participant a statement of account describing, as to such Participant, the Distributions received during the quarter, the number of Shares purchased on behalf of Participant pursuant to the Distribution Reinvestment Plan during the quarter, the per Share purchase price for such Shares, and the total administrative charge, if any, to such Participant. Tax information for income earned on Shares under the Distribution Reinvestment Plan will be provided to each Participant by the Company or the Reinvestment Agent at least annually.

8. Administrative Charges and Distribution Reinvestment Plan Expenses. The Company shall be responsible for all administrative charges and expenses charged by the Reinvestment Agent. Any interest earned on Distributions will be paid to the Company to defray costs relating to the Distribution Reinvestment Plan. In the event that proceeds from the sale of Shares pursuant to the Distribution Reinvestment Plan are used to acquire properties or to invest in loans or other permitted investments, the Company will pay its advisor and other affiliates certain fees and expense reimbursements in accordance with applicable agreements between the parties, as approved by the Company’s board of directors, including a majority of the Company’s independent directors. In addition, the Company will pay all costs in connection with offering Shares pursuant to the Distribution Reinvestment Plan. However, no selling commissions or marketing support fees will be paid by the Company in connection with Shares issued pursuant to this Distribution Reinvestment Plan.

9. No Drawing. No Participant shall have any right to draw checks or drafts against his or her account or to give instructions to the Company or the Reinvestment Agent except as expressly provided herein.

10. Taxes. Taxable Participants may incur a tax liability for Distributions made with respect to such Participant’s Shares, even though they have elected not to receive their Distributions in cash but rather to have their Distributions held in their account under the Distribution Reinvestment Plan. Such Participants will be treated as if they have received the Distributions from the Company and then applied such Distributions to the purchase of Shares in the Distribution Reinvestment Plan. In addition, with respect to any Shares purchased through the Distribution Reinvestment Plan at a discount to their fair market value, such Participants will be treated as receiving an additional Distribution equal to, and may incur a tax liability with respect to, the amount of such discount.

11. Termination.

(a) A Participant may terminate his or her participation in the Distribution Reinvestment Plan at any time by written notice to the Company. To be effective for any Distribution, such notice must be received by the Company at least 30 days’ prior to the last day of the calendar quarter to which such Distribution relates.

(b) The Company or the Reinvestment Agent may terminate a Participant’s individual participation in the Distribution Reinvestment Plan immediately in accordance with Section 1(d) hereof, and the Company may terminate or suspend the Distribution Reinvestment Plan itself at any time (i) by at least 15 days’ prior written notice mailed to all Participants, or (ii) by means of disclosure in the Company’s appropriate current, annual or quarterly reports filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 at least 15 days’ prior to the effective date of such change.

(c) After termination of the Distribution Reinvestment Plan or termination of a Participant’s participation in the Distribution Reinvestment Plan, the Reinvestment Agent will send to each Participant (i) a statement of account in accordance with Section 7 hereof, and (ii) a remittance for the amount of any Distributions in the Participant’s account that have not been reinvested in Shares. The record books of the Company will be revised to reflect the ownership of record of the Participant’s whole and fractional Shares. Any future Distributions made after the effective date of the termination will be sent directly to the former Participant or to such other party as the Participant has designated pursuant to an authorization form or other documentation satisfactory to the Company.

12. Notice. Any notice or other communication required or permitted to be given by any provision of this Distribution Reinvestment Plan shall be in writing and addressed to CNL Lifestyle Properties, Inc. c/o DST Systems, Inc., 430 W. 7th Street, Ste. 219001, Kansas City, Missouri 64105 if to the Reinvestment Agent, or such other addresses as may be specified by written notice to all Participants. Notices to a Participant may be given by letter addressed to the Participant at the Participant’s last address of record with the Company. Each Participant shall notify the Company promptly in writing of any change of address.

13. Amendment. The terms and conditions of this Distribution Reinvestment Plan may be amended, renewed, extended or supplemented by an agreement between the Reinvestment Agent and the Company at any time, including but not limited to, an amendment to the Distribution Reinvestment Plan to add a voluntary cash contribution feature, to

 

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substitute a new Reinvestment Agent to act as agent for the Participants or to increase the administrative charge payable to the Reinvestment Agent, (i) by mailing an appropriate notice at least 15 days’ prior to the effective date thereof to each Participant at his or her last address of record, or (ii) by means of disclosure in the Company’s current, annual or quarterly reports filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 at least 15 days’ prior to the effective date of such change; provided, that any such amendment must be approved by a majority of the Independent Directors of the Company and by any necessary regulatory authority. Such amendment shall be deemed conclusively accepted by each Participant, except those Participants from whom the Company receives written notice of termination prior to the effective date thereof.

14. Governing Law. THIS DISTRIBUTION REINVESTMENT PLAN AND A PARTICIPANT’S ELECTION TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DISTRIBUTION REINVESTMENT PLAN SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS TO BE MADE AND PERFORMED ENTIRELY IN SAID STATE; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT CAUSES OF ACTION FOR VIOLATIONS OF FEDERAL OR STATE SECURITIES LAWS SHALL NOT BE GOVERNED BY THIS SECTION 14.

Effective Date: March 6, 2014

 

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PART II

Information Not Required in This Prospectus

 

ITEM 14. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.

The following table sets forth the costs and expenses in connection with the issuance and distribution of the common stock being registered by CNL Lifestyle Properties, Inc. (the “Registrant”), all of which will be paid by the Registrant. All amounts are estimated except the SEC registration fee.

 

SEC registration fee

   $ 17,645.60   

Accounting fees and expenses

   $ 10,000.00   

Legal fees and expenses

   $ 10,000.00   

Blue Sky fees and expenses

   $ 10,000.00   

Printing and mailing expenses

   $ 41,000.00   

Miscellaneous

   $ 3,000.00   
  

 

 

 

Total

   $ 91,645.60   
  

 

 

 

 

ITEM 15. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

Pursuant to Maryland corporate law and the Company’s Articles of Incorporation, the Company is required to indemnify and hold harmless a present or former director, officer, Advisor, or Affiliate and may indemnify and hold harmless a present or former employee or agent of the Company (the “Indemnitee”) against any or all losses or liabilities reasonably incurred by the Indemnitee in connection with or by reason of any act or omission performed or omitted to be performed on behalf of the Company while a director, officer, Advisor, Affiliate, employee, or agent and in such capacity, provided, that the Indemnitee has determined, in good faith, that the act or omission which caused the loss or liability was in the best interests of the Company. The Company will not indemnify or hold harmless the Indemnitee if: (i) the loss or liability was the result of negligence or misconduct, or if the Indemnitee is an Independent Director, the loss or liability was the result of gross negligence or willful misconduct, (ii) the act or omission was material to the loss or liability and was committed in bad faith or was the result of active or deliberate dishonesty, (iii) the Indemnitee actually received an improper personal benefit in money, property, or services, (iv) in the case of any criminal proceeding, the Indemnitee had reasonable cause to believe that the act or omission was unlawful, or (v) in a proceeding by or in the right of the Company, the Indemnitee shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Company. In addition, the Company will not provide indemnification for any loss or liability arising from an alleged violation of federal or state securities laws unless one or more of the following conditions are met: (i) there has been a successful adjudication on the merits of each count involving alleged securities law violations as to the particular Indemnitee; (ii) such claims have been dismissed with prejudice on the merits by a court of competent jurisdiction as to the particular Indemnitee; or (iii) a court of competent jurisdiction approves a settlement of the claims against a particular Indemnitee and finds that indemnification of the settlement and the related costs should be made, and the court considering the request for indemnification has been advised of the position of the Securities and Exchange Commission and of the published position of any state securities regulatory authority in which securities of the Company were offered or sold as to indemnification for violations of securities laws. Pursuant to its Articles of Incorporation, the Company is required to pay or reimburse reasonable expenses incurred by a present or former director, officer, Advisor or Affiliate and may pay or reimburse reasonable expenses incurred by any other Indemnitee in advance of final disposition of a proceeding if the following are satisfied: (i) the Indemnitee was made a party to the proceeding by reasons of his or her service as a director, officer, Advisor, Affiliate, employee or agent of the Company; (ii) the Indemnitee provides the Company with written affirmation of his or her good faith belief that he or she has met the standard of conduct necessary for indemnification by the Company as authorized by the Articles of Incorporation; (iii) the Indemnitee provides the Company with a written agreement to repay the amount paid or reimbursed by the Company, together with the applicable legal rate of interest thereon, if it is ultimately determined that the Indemnitee did not comply with the requisite standard of conduct; and (iv) the legal proceeding was initiated by a third party who is not a stockholder or, if by a stockholder of the Company acting in his or her capacity as such, a court of competent jurisdiction approves such advancement. The Company’s Articles of Incorporation further provide that any indemnification, payment, or reimbursement of the expenses permitted by the Articles of Incorporation will be furnished in accordance with the procedures in Section 2-418 of the Maryland General Corporation Law.

Any indemnification may be paid only out of net assets of the Company, and no portion may be recoverable from the stockholders.

The Company has entered into indemnification agreements with each of the Company’s officers and directors. The indemnification agreements require, among other things, that the Company indemnify its officers and directors to the fullest extent permitted by law, and advance to the officers and directors all related expenses, subject to reimbursement if it is

 

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subsequently determined that indemnification is not permitted. In accordance with these agreements, the Company must indemnify and advance all expenses reasonably incurred by officers and directors seeking to enforce their rights under the indemnification agreements. The Company also must cover officers and directors under the Company’s directors’ and officers’ liability insurance.

 

ITEM 16. Exhibits.

The exhibits listed on the Index to Exhibits of this Registration Statement are filed herewith or are incorporated herein by reference to other filings.

 

ITEM 17. Undertakings.

(a) The Registrant undertakes to file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement (1) to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act; (2) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement; notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and (3) to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement; provided, however, that clauses (1), (2) and (3) above do not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-3 and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those clauses is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the SEC by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of the registration statement.

(b) The Registrant undertakes (1) that, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof and (2) to remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

(c) The Registrant undertakes that, for the purposes of determining liability under the Securities Act to any purchaser, each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act as part of a registration statement relating to an offering, other than registration statements relying on Rule 430B under the Securities Act or other than prospectuses filed in reliance on Rule 430A under the Securities Act, shall be deemed to be part of and included in the Registration Statement as of the date it is first used after effectiveness; provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the Registration Statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement or prospectus that is part of the Registration Statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such first use, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the Registration Statement or prospectus that was part of the Registration Statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such date of first use.

(d) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of any employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(e) The Registrant hereby undertakes to deliver or cause to be delivered with the prospectus, to each person to whom the prospectus is sent or given, the latest annual report to security holders that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement of which the prospectus is a part, and furnished pursuant to and meeting the requirements of Rule 14a-3 or Rule 14c-3 under the Exchange Act; and, where interim financial information required to be presented by Article 3 of Regulation S-X are not set forth in the prospectus, to deliver, or cause to be delivered to each person to whom the prospectus is sent or given, the latest quarterly report that is specifically incorporated by reference in the registration statement of which the prospectus is a part, to provide such interim financial information.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Orlando, State of Florida, on May 2, 2014.

 

CNL LIFESTYLE PROPERTIES, INC.
By:   /s/ Stephen H. Mauldin
 

Stephen H. Mauldin, Chief Executive Officer and President

(Duly Authorized Representative)

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Thomas K. Sittema and James M. Seneff, Jr. and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, with full power to act alone, to sign any and all documents (including post-effective amendments) in connection with the Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agent, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or either of them or their or his substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signatures

  

Title

 

Date

     

James M. Seneff, Jr.

  

Chairman of the Board and Director

 

/s/ Thomas K. Sittema

Thomas K. Sittema

  

Vice Chairman of the Board and Director

  May 2, 2014

/s/ Adam J. Ford

Adam J. Ford

  

Independent Director

  May 2, 2014

     

Bruce Douglas

  

Independent Director

 

/s/ Robert J. Woody

Robert J. Woody

  

Independent Director

  May 2, 2014

/s/ Stephen H. Mauldin

Stephen H. Mauldin

  

Chief Executive Officer and President

(Principal Executive Officer)

  May 2, 2014

/s/ Joseph T. Johnson

Joseph T. Johnson

  

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

(Principal Financial Officer)

  May 2, 2014

/s/ Ixchell C. Duarte

Ixchell C. Duarte

  

Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting

Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)

  May 2, 2014

 

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit No.

  

Exhibit Title

3.1    Second Articles of Amendment and Restatement of CNL Lifestyle Properties, Inc. (Filed herewith).
3.2.1    Amended and Restated Bylaws of CNL Lifestyle Properties, Inc. (Filed herewith).
4.2    Third Amended and Restated Reinvestment Plan of CNL Lifestyle Properties, Inc. (Filed herewith).
5.1    Opinion of Arnold & Porter LLP as to the legality of the securities being registered by CNL Lifestyle Properties, Inc., dated May 2, 2014 (Filed herewith).
23.1    Consent of Arnold & Porter LLP (Contained in its opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 herewith and incorporated herein by reference).
23.2    Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Registered Certified Public Accounting Firm, dated May 2, 2014 (Filed herewith).
23.3    Consent of CBRE Capital Advisors Inc., dated May 2, 2014 (Filed herewith).
EX-3.1 2 d717904dex31.htm SECOND ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT Second Articles of Amendment and Restatement

Exhibit 3.1

SECOND ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT

OF

CNL LIFESTYLE PROPERTIES, INC.

CNL Lifestyle Properties, Inc., a Maryland corporation having its principal office at 351 West Camden Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21201 (hereinafter, the “Company”), hereby certifies to the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland, that:

FIRST: The Company desires to amend and restate its charter as currently in effect.

SECOND: The provisions of the charter as now in effect and as amended hereby, in accordance with the Maryland General Corporation Law, are as follows.

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ARTICLE 1

THE COMPANY; DEFINITIONS

SECTION 1.1 Name. The name of the corporation (the “Company”) is:

CNL Lifestyle Properties, Inc.

So far as may be practicable, the business of the Company shall be conducted and transacted under that name, which name (and the word “Company” wherever used in the charter of CNL Lifestyle Properties, Inc. (the “Articles of Incorporation”), except where the context otherwise requires) shall refer to the Company.

Under circumstances in which the Directors determine that the use of the name “CNL Lifestyle Properties, Inc.” is not practicable, they may use any other designation or name for the Company.

SECTION 1.2 Resident Agent; Principal Office. The name and address of the resident agent of the Company in the State of Maryland are National Registered Agents, Inc. of MD, 351 West Camden Street, Baltimore, MD 21201. The address of the principal office of the Company in the State of Maryland is c/o National Registered Agents, Inc. of MD, 351 West Camden Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21201.

The Company may also have such other offices or places of business within or without the State of Maryland as the Directors may from time to time determine.

SECTION 1.3 Nature of Company. The Company is a Maryland corporation within the meaning of the MGCL.

SECTION 1.4 Purposes. The purposes for which the Company is formed are to conduct any business for which corporations may be organized under the laws of the State of Maryland including, but not limited to, the following: (i) to acquire, hold, own, develop, construct, improve, maintain, sell, lease, transfer, encumber, convey, exchange and otherwise dispose of, deal with or invest in real and personal property; (ii) to engage in the business of offering financing including mortgage financing secured by Real Property; and (iii) to enter into any partnership, joint venture or other similar arrangement to engage in any of the foregoing.

SECTION 1.5 Definitions. As used in the Articles of Incorporation, the following terms shall have the following meanings unless the context otherwise requires (certain other terms used in Article VII hereof are defined in Section 7.6(i) hereof):

Acquisition Expenses” means any and all expenses incurred by the Company, the Advisor, or any Affiliate of either in connection with the selection, acquisition or making of any investment, including any Property, Loan or other


Permitted Investment, whether or not acquired or made, including, without limitation, legal fees and expenses, travel and communication expenses, costs of appraisals, nonrefundable option payments on property not acquired, accounting fees and expenses, and title insurance.

Acquisition Fees” means any and all fees and commissions, exclusive of Acquisition Expenses, paid by any Person or entity to any other Person or entity (including any fees or commissions paid by or to any Affiliate of the Company or the Advisor) in connection with making an investment, including making or investing in Loans or other Permitted Investments or the purchase, development or construction of a Property, including, without limitation, real estate commissions, acquisition fees, finder’s fees, selection fees, Development Fees, Construction Fees, nonrecurring management fees, consulting fees, loan fees, points, or any other fees or commissions of a similar nature. Excluded shall be development fees and construction fees paid to any Person or entity not Affiliated with the Advisor in connection with the actual development and construction of any Property. Further, Acquisition Fees will not be paid in connection with temporary short-term investments acquired for purposes of cash management.

Advisor” or “Advisors” means the Person or Persons, if any, appointed, employed or contracted with by the Company pursuant to Section 4.1 hereof and responsible for directing or performing the day-to-day business affairs of the Company, including any Person to whom the Advisor subcontracts substantially all of such functions.

Advisory Agreement” means the agreement between the Company and the Advisor pursuant to which the Advisor will act as the advisor to the Company and provide specified services to the Company.

Affiliate” or “Affiliated” or any derivation thereof means an affiliate of another Person, which is defined as: (i) 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; (ii) 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; (iii) any Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with such other Person; (iv) any executive officer, director, trustee or general partner of such other Person; and (v) any legal entity for which such Person acts as an executive officer, director, trustee or general partner.

Asset Management Fee” means the fee payable to the Advisor for day-to-day professional management services in connection with the Company and its investments in Properties, Loans and other Permitted Investments pursuant to the Advisory Agreement.

Average Invested Assets” means, for a specified period, the average of the aggregate book value of the assets of the Company invested, directly or indirectly, in equity interests in, and Loans secured by, Real Estate, or in other Permitted Investments, before reserves for depreciation or bad debts or other similar non-cash reserves, computed by taking the average of such values at the end of each month during such period.

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

Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

Common Shares” means the common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company that may be issued from time to time in accordance with the terms of the Articles of Incorporation and applicable law, as described in Section 7.2(ii) hereof.

Company Property” or “Assets” means any and all Properties, Loans and other Permitted Investments of the Company, real, personal or otherwise, tangible or intangible, which is transferred or conveyed to the Company (including all rents, income, profits and gains therefrom), which is owned or held by, or for the account of, the Company.

Competitive Real Estate Commission” means a real estate or brokerage commission for the purchase or sale of property which is reasonable, customary, and competitive in light of the size, type, and location of the property. The total of all real estate commissions paid by the Company to all Persons (including the subordinated disposition fee payable to the Advisor) in connection with any Sale of one or more of the Company’s Properties shall not exceed the lesser of (i) a Competitive Real Estate Commission or (ii) 6% of the gross sales price of the Property or Properties.

 

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

Development Fee” means a fee for such activities as negotiating and approving plans and undertaking to assist in obtaining zoning and necessary variances and necessary financing for a specific Property, either initially or at a later date.

Directors,” “Board of Directors” or “Board” means, collectively, the individuals named in Section 2.4 of the Articles of Incorporation so long as they continue in office and all other individuals who have been duly elected and qualify as Directors of the Company hereunder.

Distributions” means any distribution (as such term is defined in Section 2-301 of the MGCL) of money or other property, pursuant to Section 7.2(iv) hereof, by the Company to owners of Equity Shares, including distributions that may constitute a return of capital for federal income tax purposes.

Equity Shares” means shares of capital stock of the Company of any class or series (other than Excess Shares). The use of the term “Equity Shares” or any term defined by reference to the term “Equity Shares” shall refer to the particular class or series of capital stock of the Company which is appropriate under the context.

Excess Shares” means the excess shares, par value $0.01 per share, exchanged for shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock, as the case may be, transferred or proposed to be transferred in excess of the Ownership Limit or which would otherwise jeopardize the Company’s status as a REIT under the Code.

Gross Proceeds” means the aggregate purchase price of all Equity Shares sold for the account of the Company, without deduction for Selling Commissions, volume discounts, the marketing support fee, due diligence expense reimbursements or Organizational and Offering Expenses. For the purpose of computing Gross Proceeds, the purchase price of any Equity Share for which reduced or no Selling Commissions or marketing support fees are paid to the Managing Dealer or a Soliciting Dealer (where net proceeds to the Company are not reduced) shall be deemed to be the full offering price of the Equity Shares, with the exception of Equity Shares purchased pursuant to the reinvestment plan, which will be factored into the calculation using their actual purchase price.

Independent Director” means a Director who is not, and within the last two years has not been, directly or indirectly associated with the Advisor by virtue of (i) ownership of an interest in the Advisor or its Affiliates, (ii) employment by the Advisor or its Affiliates, (iii) service as an officer or director of the Advisor or its Affiliates, (iv) performance of services, other than as a Director, for the Company, (v) service as a director or trustee of more than three real estate investment trusts advised by the Advisor, or (vi) maintenance of a material business or professional relationship with the Advisor or any of its Affiliates. An indirect relationship shall include circumstances in which a Director’s spouse, parents, children, siblings, mothers- or fathers-in-law, sons- or daughters-in-law or brothers- or sisters-in-law is or has been associated with the Advisor, any of its Affiliates or the Company. A business or professional relationship is considered material if the gross revenue derived by the Director from the Advisor and Affiliates exceeds five percent of either the Director’s annual gross revenue during either of the last two years or the Director’s net worth on a fair market value basis. Notwithstanding the foregoing, after Listing, “Independent Director” shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 303A.02 of the New York Stock Exchange Listed Company Manual.

Independent Expert” means a Person or entity with no material current or prior business or personal relationship with the Advisor or the Directors and who is engaged to a substantial extent in the business of rendering opinions regarding the value of assets of the type held by the Company.

 

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Initial Public Offering” means the offering and sale of Common Shares of the Company pursuant to the Company’s first effective registration statement covering such Common Shares filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Invested Capital” means the amount calculated by multiplying the total number of Equity Shares issued and outstanding by the offering price per share, without deduction for Selling Commissions, volume discounts, the marketing support fee, due diligence expense reimbursements or Organizational and Offering Expenses (which price per Equity Share, in the case of Equity Shares purchased pursuant to the reinvestment plan, shall be deemed to be the actual purchase price), reduced by the portion of any Distribution that is attributable to Net Sales Proceeds.

Joint Ventures” means those joint venture or general partnership arrangements in which the Company is a co-venturer or general partner which are established to acquire Properties and/or make Loans or other Permitted Investments.

Leverage” means the aggregate amount of indebtedness of the Company for money borrowed (including purchase money mortgage loans) outstanding at any time, both secured and unsecured.

Line of Credit” means one or more lines of credit initially in an aggregate amount up to $100 million (or such greater amount as shall be approved by the Board of Directors), the proceeds of which will be used to acquire Properties and make Loans and other Permitted Investments and for any other authorized purpose. The Line of Credit may be in addition to any Permanent Financing.

Listing” or “Listed” means the listing of the Common Shares of the Company on a national securities exchange.

Loans” means Mortgage Loans and other types of debt financing provided by the Company.

Managing Dealer” means CNL Securities Corp., an Affiliate of the Advisor, or such other Person or entity selected by the Board of Directors to act as the managing dealer for the offering. CNL Securities Corp. is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.

MGCL” means the Maryland General Corporation Law as contained in the Corporations and Associations Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland.

Mortgage Loans” means, in connection with mortgage financing provided by the Company, notes or other evidences of indebtedness or obligations which are secured or collateralized by Real Estate owned by the borrowers.

Mortgages” means mortgages, deeds of trust or other security interests on or applicable to Real Property.

NASAA REIT Guidelines” means the Statement of Policy Regarding Real Estate Investment Trusts published by the North American Securities Administrators Association.

Net Assets” means the total assets of the Company (other than intangibles), at cost, before deducting depreciation or other non-cash reserves, less total liabilities, calculated quarterly by the Company on a basis consistently applied.

Net Income” means for any period, the total revenues applicable to such period, less the total expenses applicable to such period excluding additions to reserves for depreciation, bad debts or other similar non-cash reserves; provided, however, Net Income for purposes of calculating total allowable Operating Expenses shall exclude the gain from the sale of the Company’s assets.

Net Offering Proceeds” means Gross Proceeds less (i) Selling Commissions, (ii) Organizational and Offering Expenses, (iii) the marketing support fee and (iv) due diligence expense reimbursements.

 

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Net Sales Proceeds” means in the case of a transaction described in clause (i)(a) of the definition of Sale, the proceeds of any such transaction less the amount of all real estate commissions and closing costs paid by the Company. In the case of a transaction described in clause (i)(b) of such definition, Net Sales Proceeds means the proceeds of any such transaction less the amount of any legal and other selling expenses incurred in connection with such transaction. In the case of a transaction described in clause (i)(c) of such definition, Net Sales Proceeds means the proceeds of any such transaction actually distributed to the Company from the Joint Venture. In the case of a transaction or series of transactions described in clause (i)(d) of the definition of Sale, Net Sales Proceeds means the proceeds of any such transaction less the amount of all commissions and closing costs paid by the Company. In the case of a transaction described in clause (ii) of the definition of Sale, Net Sales Proceeds means the proceeds of such transaction or series of transactions less all amounts generated thereby and reinvested in one or more Properties within 180 days thereafter and less the amount of any real estate commissions, closing costs, and legal and other selling expenses incurred by or allocated to the Company in connection with such transaction or series of transactions. Net Sales Proceeds shall also include, in the case of any lease of a Property consisting of a building only or any Loan or other Permitted Investments, any amounts from tenants, borrowers or lessees that the Company determines, in its discretion, to be economically equivalent to the proceeds of a Sale. Net Sales Proceeds shall not include, as determined by the Company in its sole discretion, any amounts reinvested in one or more Properties, Loans or other Permitted Investments, to repay outstanding indebtedness, or to establish reserves.

Operating Expenses” means all costs and expenses incurred by the Company, as determined under generally accepted accounting principles, which in any way are related to the operation of the Company or to Company business, including (i) advisory fees, (ii) the Asset Management Fee, (iii) the Performance Fee, and (iv) the Subordinated Incentive Fee, but excluding (a) the expenses of raising capital such as Organizational and Offering Expenses, legal, audit, accounting, underwriting, brokerage, listing, registration, and other fees, printing and other such expenses and tax incurred in connection with the issuance, distribution, transfer, registration and Listing; (b) interest payments; (c) taxes; (d) non-cash expenditures such as depreciation, amortization and bad debt reserves; (e) the Advisor’s subordinated ten percent share of Net Sales Proceeds; and (f) Acquisition Fees and Acquisition Expenses, real estate or other commissions on the Sale of Assets, and other expenses connected with the acquisition and ownership of Real Estate interests, Loans, or other Permitted Investments (such as the costs of foreclosure, insurance premiums, legal services, maintenance, repair, and improvement of Property).

Organizational and Offering Expenses” means any and all costs and expenses, other than Selling Commissions, the marketing support fee and due diligence expense reimbursements incurred by the Company, the Advisor or any Affiliate of either in connection with the formation, qualification and registration of the Company and the marketing and distribution of Equity Shares, including, without limitation, the following: legal, accounting and escrow fees; printing, amending, supplementing, mailing and distributing costs; filing, registration and qualification fees and taxes; telegraph and telephone costs; and all advertising and marketing expenses, including the costs related to investor and broker-dealer sales meetings. The Organizational and Offering Expenses paid by the Company in connection with each public offering of Equity Shares of the Company, together with all Selling Commissions, the marketing support fee and due diligence reimbursements incurred by the Company, will not exceed 13% of the proceeds raised in connection with such offering.

Performance Fee” means the fee payable to the Advisor under certain circumstances if certain performance standards have been met and the Subordinated Incentive Fee has not been paid.

Permanent Financing” means financing to: (i) acquire Properties and make Loans or other Permitted Investments; (ii) pay any Acquisition Fees arising from any Permanent Financing; and (iii) refinance outstanding amounts on the Line of Credit. Permanent Financing may be in addition to any borrowing under the Line of Credit.

Permitted Investments” means all investments that the Company may acquire pursuant to the Articles of Incorporation and the Bylaws, other than short-term investments acquired for purposes of cash management.

Person” means an individual, corporation, partnership, estate, trust (including a trust qualified under Section 401(a) or 501(c)(17) of the Code), a portion of a trust permanently set aside for or to be used exclusively for the purposes described in Section 642(c) of the Code, association, private foundation within the meaning of Section 509(a) of the Code, joint stock company or other entity, or any government or any agency or political subdivision thereof, and also

 

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includes a group as that term is used for purposes of Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”), but does not include an underwriter that participates in a public offering of Equity Shares for a period of 60 days following the initial purchase by such underwriter of such Equity Shares in such public offering, provided that the foregoing exclusion shall apply only if the ownership of such Equity Shares by an underwriter would not cause the Company to fail to qualify as a REIT by reason of being “closely-held” within the meaning of Section 856(a) of the Code or otherwise cause the Company to fail to qualify as a REIT.

Preferred Shares” means any class or series of preferred stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Company that may be issued from time to time in accordance with the terms of the Articles of Incorporation and applicable law, as described in Section 7.3 hereof.

Property” or “Properties” means interests in (i) the Real Properties, including the buildings and equipment located thereon, (ii) the Real Properties only, or (iii) the buildings only, including equipment located therein; where, in each such enumerated instance, such interest is acquired by the Company, either directly or indirectly through joint ventures, partnerships, or other legal entities.

Prospectus” means the same as that term is defined in Section 2(10) of the Securities Act of 1933, including a preliminary prospectus, an offering circular as described in Rule 253 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Act of 1933 or, in the case of an intrastate offering, any document by whatever name known, utilized for the purpose of offering and selling securities to the public.

Real Estate Asset Value” or “Contract Purchase Price” means the amount actually paid or allocated to the purchase, development, construction or improvement of a Property, exclusive of Acquisition Fees and Acquisition Expenses.

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

REIT” means real estate investment trust as defined pursuant to Sections 856 through 860 of the Code.

REIT Provisions of the Code” means Sections 856 through 860 of the Code and any successor or other provisions of the Code relating to real estate investment trusts (including provisions as to the attribution of ownership of beneficial interests therein) and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

Sale” or “Sales” (i) means any transaction or series of transactions whereby: (a) the Company sells, grants, transfers, conveys or relinquishes its ownership of any Property, Loan or other Permitted Investment or portion thereof, including the lease of any Property consisting of the building only, and including any event with respect to any Property which gives rise to a significant amount of insurance proceeds or condemnation awards; (b) the Company sells, grants, transfers, conveys or relinquishes its ownership of all or substantially all of the interest of the Company in any Joint Venture in which it is a co-venturer or partner; (c) any Joint Venture in which the Company as a co-venturer or partner sells, grants, transfers, conveys or relinquishes its ownership of any Property, Loan or other Permitted Investment or portion thereof, including any event with respect to any Property, Loan or other Permitted Investment which gives rise to insurance claims or condemnation awards; or (d) the Company sells, grants, conveys, or relinquishes its interest in any Loan or other Permitted Investment, or portion thereof, including any event with respect to any Loan or other Permitted Investment which gives rise to a significant amount of insurance proceeds or similar awards, but (ii) shall not include any transaction or series of transactions specified in clause (i)(a), (i)(b), or (i)(c) above in which the proceeds of such transaction or series of transactions are reinvested in one or more Properties, Loans or other Permitted Investments within 180 days thereafter.

Securities” means Equity Shares, Excess Shares, any other stock, shares or other evidences of equity or beneficial or other interests, voting trust certificates, bonds, debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness, secured or unsecured, convertible, subordinated or otherwise, or in general any instruments commonly known as “securities” or any certificates of interest, shares or participations in, temporary or interim certificates for, receipts for, guarantees of, or warrants, options or rights to subscribe to, purchase or acquire, any of the foregoing.

 

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Selling Commissions” means any and all commissions payable to underwriters, managing dealers, or other broker-dealers in connection with the sale of Equity Shares, including, without limitation, commissions payable to CNL Securities Corp.

Soliciting Dealers” means those broker-dealers that are members of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., or that are exempt from broker-dealer registration, and that, in either case, enter into participating broker or other agreements with the Managing Dealer to sell Equity Shares.

Sponsor” means any Person directly or indirectly instrumental in organizing, wholly or in part, the Company or any Person who will control, manage or participate in the management of the Company, and any Affiliate of such Person. Not included is any Person whose only relationship with the Company is that of an independent property manager of the Company’s Properties, Loans or other Permitted Investments, and whose only compensation is as such. Sponsor does not include wholly independent third parties such as attorneys, accountants, and underwriters whose only compensation is for professional services. A Person may also be deemed a Sponsor of the Company by:

 

  (i) taking the initiative, directly or indirectly, in founding or organizing the business or enterprise of the Company, either alone or in conjunction with one or more other Persons;

 

  (ii) receiving a material participation in the Company in connection with the founding or organizing of the business of the Company, in consideration of services or property, or both services and property;

 

  (iii) having a substantial number of relationships and contacts with the Company;

 

  (iv) possessing significant rights to control the Company’s Properties;

 

  (v) receiving fees for providing services to the Company which are paid on a basis that is not customary in the industry; or

 

  (vi) providing goods or services to the Company on a basis which was not negotiated at arms length with the Company.

Stock Option Plan” means a plan that provides for the matters set forth in Rule 260.140.41 of Section 25140 of the Corporations Code of California, as in effect as of the date of the Articles of Incorporation.

Stockholders’ 8% Return” means as of each date, an aggregate amount equal to an 8% cumulative, noncompounded, annual return on Invested Capital.

Stockholders” means the registered holders of the Company’s Equity Shares.

Subordinated Incentive Fee” means the fee payable to the Advisor under certain circumstances if the Common Shares are Listed.

Termination Date” means the date of termination of the Advisory Agreement.

Total Proceeds” means Gross Proceeds plus Loan proceeds from Permanent Financings and the Line of Credit that are used to make or acquire Properties, Loans or other Permitted Investments.

Unimproved Real Property” means Property in which the Company has a direct or indirect equity interest that is not acquired for the purpose of producing rental or other operating income, that has no development or construction in process and for which no development or construction is planned, in good faith, to commence within one year.

 

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ARTICLE 2

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

SECTION 2.1 Number. The total number of Directors shall be five (5), which number may be increased or decreased from time to time by resolution of the Directors then in office or by an affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the Equity Shares outstanding and entitled to vote, subject to any express rights of any holders of any series of Preferred Shares to elect additional Directors under specified circumstances; provided, however, that the total number of Directors shall not be fewer than three (3). Until Listing, a majority of the Board of Directors will be Independent Directors except for a period of 90 days after the death, removal or resignation of an Independent Director and Independent Directors shall nominate replacements for vacancies in the Independent Director positions. No reduction in the number of Directors shall cause the removal of any Director from office prior to the expiration of his term. Any vacancy created by an increase in the number of Directors will be filled, at any regular meeting or at any special meeting of the Directors called for that purpose, by a majority of the entire Board of Directors. Any other vacancy will be filled at any regular meeting or at any special meeting of the Directors called for that purpose, by a majority of the remaining Directors, whether or not sufficient to constitute a quorum. For the purposes of voting for Directors, at any annual meeting or at any special meeting of the Stockholders called for that purpose, each Equity Share of stock entitled to vote generally in the election of Directors may be voted for as many individuals as there are Directors to be elected and for whose election such Equity Share is entitled to be voted, or as may otherwise be required by the MGCL or other applicable law as in effect from time to time.

SECTION 2.2 Experience. Until Listing, a Director shall have had at least three (3) years of relevant experience demonstrating the knowledge and experience required to successfully acquire and manage the type of assets being acquired by the Company and at least one of the Independent Directors shall have three (3) years of relevant real estate experience.

SECTION 2.3 Committees. Subject to the MGCL, the Directors may establish such committees as they deem appropriate, in their discretion, provided that, until Listing, the majority of the members of each committee are Independent Directors.

SECTION 2.4 Initial Board; Term. The current Directors are James M. Seneff, Jr., Thomas K. Sittema, Bruce Douglas, Adam J. Ford and Robert J. Woody. Each Director shall hold office until the next annual meeting of Stockholders and until his successor shall have been duly elected and shall have qualified. Directors may be elected to an unlimited number of successive terms.

SECTION 2.5 Approval by Independent Directors. Until Listing, a majority of the Independent Directors must approve all matters to which Sections 4.1, 4.2, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 4.8, 4.10, 4.12, 5.1, 5.2, 5.4(xi) and (xiv), 8.1, 9.2 and 9.3 herein apply.

SECTION 2.6 Resignation, Removal or Death. Any Director may resign by written notice to the Board of Directors, effective upon execution and delivery to the Company of such written notice or upon any future date specified in the notice. A Director may be removed from office with or without cause only at a meeting of the Stockholders called for that purpose, by the affirmative vote of the holders of not less than a majority of the Equity Shares then outstanding and entitled to vote, without the necessity for concurrence by the Directors, subject to the rights of any Preferred Shares to vote for such Directors. The notice of such meeting shall indicate that the purpose, or one of the purposes, of such meeting is to determine if a Director should be removed.

ARTICLE 3

POWERS OF DIRECTORS

SECTION 3.1 General. Subject to the express limitations herein or in the Bylaws and to the general standard of care required of directors under the MGCL and other applicable law, (i) the business and affairs of the Company shall be managed under the direction of the Board of Directors and (ii) the Directors shall have full, exclusive and absolute power, control and authority over the Company Property and over the business of the Company as if they, in their own

 

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right, were the sole owners thereof, except as otherwise limited by the Articles of Incorporation. The Directors have established the written policies on investments and borrowing set forth in this Article III and Article V hereof and shall monitor the administrative procedures, investment operations and performance of the Company and the Advisor to assure that such policies are carried out. The Directors may take any actions that, in their sole judgment and discretion, are necessary or desirable to conduct the business of the Company. Any construction of the Articles of Incorporation or determination made in good faith by the Directors concerning their powers and authority hereunder shall be conclusive. The enumeration and definition of particular powers of the Directors included in this Article III shall in no way be limited or restricted by reference to or inference from the terms of this or any other provision of the Articles of Incorporation or construed or deemed by inference or otherwise in any manner to exclude or limit the powers conferred upon the Directors under the general laws of the State of Maryland as now or hereafter in force.

SECTION 3.2 Specific Powers and Authority. Subject only to the express limitations herein, and in addition to all other powers and authority conferred by the Articles of Incorporation or by law, the Directors, without any vote, action or consent by the Stockholders, shall have and may exercise, at any time or times, in the name of the Company or on its behalf the following powers and authorities:

(i) Investments. Subject to Article V and Section 9.4 hereof, to invest in, purchase or otherwise acquire and to hold Company Property of any kind wherever located, or rights or interests therein or in connection therewith, all without regard to whether such Company Property, interests or rights are authorized by law for the investment of funds held by trustees or other fiduciaries, or whether obligations the Company acquires have a term greater or lesser than the term of office of the Directors or the possible termination of the Company, for such consideration as the Directors may deem proper (including cash, property of any kind or Securities of the Company); provided, however, that the Directors shall take such actions as they deem necessary and desirable to comply with any requirements of the MGCL relating to the types of Assets held by the Company.

(ii) REIT Qualification. The Board of Directors shall use its best efforts to cause the Company and its Stockholders to qualify for U.S. federal income tax treatment in accordance with the provisions of the Code applicable to REITs (as those terms are defined in Section 1.5 hereof). In furtherance of the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall use its best efforts to take such actions as are necessary, and may take such actions as it deems desirable (in its sole discretion) to preserve the status of the Company as a REIT until such time as the Board of Directors determines, by vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the Directors, that it no longer is in the best interests of the Company to qualify as a REIT; provided, however, that in the event that the Board of Directors determines, by vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the Directors, that it no longer is in the best interests of the Company to qualify as a REIT, the Board of Directors shall take such actions as are required by the Code, the MGCL and other applicable law, to cause the matter of termination of qualification as a REIT to be submitted to a vote of the Stockholders of the Company pursuant to Section 8.2.

(iii) Sale, Disposition and Use of Company Property. Subject to Article V and Sections 9.4 and 10.2 hereof, the Board of Directors shall have the authority to sell, rent, lease, hire, exchange, release, partition, assign, mortgage, grant security interests in, encumber, negotiate, dedicate, grant easements in and options with respect to, convey, transfer (including transfers to entities wholly or partially owned by the Company or the Directors) or otherwise dispose of any or all of the Company Property by deeds (including deeds in lieu of foreclosure with or without consideration), trust deeds, assignments, bills of sale, transfers, leases, mortgages, financing statements, security agreements and other instruments for any of such purposes executed and delivered for and on behalf of the Company or the Directors by one or more of the Directors or by a duly authorized officer, employee, agent or nominee of the Company, on such terms as they deem appropriate; to give consents and make contracts relating to the Company Property and its use or other property or matters; to develop, improve, manage, use, alter or otherwise deal with the Company Property; and to rent, lease or hire from others property of any kind; provided, however, that the Company may not use or apply land for any purposes not permitted by applicable law.

(iv) Financings. To borrow or, in any other manner, raise money for the purposes and on the terms they determine, which terms may (a) include evidencing the same by issuance of Securities of the Company and (b) may have such provisions as the Directors determine; to guarantee, indemnify or act as surety with respect to payment or performance of obligations of any Person; to mortgage, pledge, assign, grant security interests in or otherwise encumber the Company Property to secure any such Securities of the Company, contracts or obligations (including guarantees,

 

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indemnifications and suretyships); and to renew, modify, release, compromise, extend, consolidate or cancel, in whole or in part, any obligation to or of the Company or participate in any reorganization of obligors to the Company; provided, however, that, until Listing, the Company’s Leverage, may not exceed 300% of Net Assets. Any excess in borrowing over such 300% level shall be approved by a majority of the Independent Directors and disclosed to Stockholders in the next quarterly report of the REIT, along with justification for such excess.

(v) Lending. Subject to the provisions of Sections 6.3(ii) and 9.4 hereof, to lend money or other Company Property on such terms, for such purposes and to such Persons as they may determine.

(vi) Issuance of Securities. Subject to the provisions of Article VII hereof, to create and authorize and direct the issuance (on either a pro rata or a non-pro rata basis) by the Company, in shares, units or amounts of one or more types, series or classes, of Securities of the Company, which may have such voting rights, dividend or interest rates, preferences, subordinations, conversion or redemption prices or rights; maturity dates, distribution, exchange, or liquidation rights or other rights as the Directors may determine, without vote of or other action by the Stockholders, to such Persons for such consideration, at such time or times and in such manner and on such terms as the Directors determine, to list any of the Securities of the Company on any securities exchange; to purchase or otherwise acquire, hold, cancel, reissue, sell and transfer any Securities of the Company; and to acquire Excess Shares from the Excess Shares Trust pursuant to Section 7.7(x).

(vii) Expenses and Taxes. To pay any charges, expenses or liabilities necessary or desirable, in the sole discretion of the Directors, for carrying out the purposes of the Articles of Incorporation and conducting business of the Company, including compensation or fees to Directors, officers, employees and agents of the Company, and to Persons contracting with the Company, and any taxes, levies, charges and assessments of any kind imposed upon or chargeable against the Company, the Company Property or the Directors in connection therewith; and to prepare and file any tax returns, reports or other documents and take any other appropriate action relating to the payment of any such charges, expenses or liabilities.

(viii) Collection and Enforcement. To collect, sue for and receive money or other property due to the Company; to consent to extensions of the time for payment, or to the renewal, of any Securities or obligations; to engage or to intervene in, prosecute, defend, compound, enforce, compromise, release, abandon or adjust any actions, suits, proceedings, disputes, claims, demands, security interests or things relating to the Company, the Company Property or the Company’s affairs; to exercise any rights and enter into any agreements and take any other action necessary or desirable in connection with the foregoing.

(ix) Deposits. To deposit funds or Securities constituting part of the Company Property in banks, trust companies, savings and loan associations, financial institutions and other depositories, whether or not such deposits will draw interest, subject to withdrawal on such terms and in such manner as the Directors determine.

(x) Allocation; Accounts. To determine whether moneys, profits or other Assets of the Company shall be charged or credited to, or allocated between, income and capital, including whether or not to amortize any premium or discount and to determine in what manner any expenses or disbursements are to be borne as between income and capital (regardless of how such items would normally or otherwise be charged to or allocated between income and capital without such determination); to treat any dividend or other distribution on any investment as, or apportion it between, income and capital; in their discretion to provide reserves for depreciation, amortization, obsolescence or other purposes in respect of any Company Property in such amounts and by such methods as they determine; to determine what constitutes net earnings, profits or surplus; to determine the method or form in which the accounts and records of the Company shall be maintained; and to allocate to the Stockholders’ equity account less than all of the consideration paid for Securities and to allocate the balance to paid-in capital or capital surplus.

(xi) Valuation of Property. To determine the value of all or any part of the Company Property and of any services, Securities, or other consideration to be furnished to or acquired by the Company, and to revalue all or any part of the Company Property, all in accordance with such appraisals or other information as are reasonable, in their sole judgment.

 

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(xii) Ownership and Voting Powers. To exercise all of the rights, powers, options and privileges pertaining to the ownership of any Mortgages, Securities, Real Estate, Loans and other Permitted Investments and other Company Property to the same extent that an individual owner might, including without limitation to vote or give any consent, request or notice or waive any notice, either in person or by proxy or power of attorney, which proxies and powers of attorney may be for any general or special meetings or action, and may include the exercise of discretionary powers.

(xiii) Officers, Etc.; Delegation of Powers. To elect, appoint or employ such officers for the Company and such committees of the Board of Directors with such powers and duties as the Directors may determine, the Company’s Bylaws provide or the MGCL requires; to engage, employ or contract with and pay compensation to any Person (including subject to Section 9.4 hereof, any Director and Person who is an Affiliate of any Director) as agent, representative, Advisor, member of an advisory board, employee or independent contractor (including advisors, consultants, transfer agents, registrars, underwriters, accountants, attorneys-at-law, real estate agents, property and other managers, appraisers, brokers, architects, engineers, construction managers, general contractors or otherwise) in one or more capacities, to perform such services on such terms as the Directors may determine; to delegate to one or more Directors, officers or other Persons engaged or employed as aforesaid or to committees of Directors or to the Advisor, the performance of acts or other things (including granting of consents), the making of decisions and the execution of such deeds, contracts, leases or other instruments, either in the names of the Company, the Directors or as their attorneys or otherwise, as the Directors may determine; and to establish such committees as they deem appropriate.

(xiv) Associations. Subject to Section 9.4 hereof, to cause the Company to enter into joint ventures, general or limited partnerships, participation or agency arrangements or any other lawful combinations, relationships or associations of any kind.

(xv) Reorganizations, Etc. Subject to Section 10.2 hereof, to cause to be organized or assist in organizing any Person under the laws of any jurisdiction to acquire all or any part of the Company Property, carry on any business in which the Company shall have an interest or otherwise exercise the powers the Directors deem necessary, useful or desirable to carry on the business of the Company or to carry out the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation, to merge or consolidate the Company with any Person; to sell, rent, lease, hire, convey, negotiate, assign, exchange or transfer all or any part of the Company Property to or with any Person in exchange for Securities of such Person or otherwise; and to lend money to, subscribe for and purchase the Securities of, and enter into any contracts with, any Person in which the Company holds, or is about to acquire, Securities or any other interests.

(xvi) Insurance. To purchase and pay for out of Company Property insurance policies insuring the Stockholders, Company and the Company Property against any and all risks, and insuring the Directors, Advisors and Affiliates of the Company individually (each an “Insured”) against all claims and liabilities of every nature arising by reason of holding or having held any such status, office or position or by reason of any action alleged to have been taken or omitted by the Insured in such capacity, whether or not the Company would have the power to indemnify against such claim or liability, provided that such insurance be limited to the indemnification permitted by Section 9.2 hereof in regard to any liability or loss resulting from negligence, gross negligence, misconduct, willful misconduct or an alleged violation of federal or state securities laws. Nothing contained herein shall preclude the Company from purchasing and paying for such types of insurance, including extended coverage liability and casualty and workers’ compensation, as would be customary for any Person owning comparable assets and engaged in a similar business, or from naming the Insured as an additional insured party thereunder, provided that such addition does not add to the premiums payable by the Company.

(xvii) Distributions. To declare and pay dividends or other Distributions to Stockholders, subject to the provisions of Section 7.2 hereof.

(xviii) Discontinue Operations; Bankruptcy. To discontinue the operations of the Company (subject to Section 10.2 hereof); to petition or apply for relief under any provision of federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization laws or similar laws for the relief of debtors; to permit any Company Property to be foreclosed upon without raising any legal or equitable defenses that may be available to the Company or the Directors or otherwise defending or responding to such foreclosure; or to take such other action with respect to indebtedness or other obligations of the Directors, the Company Property or the Company as the Directors, in such capacity, and in their discretion may determine.

 

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(xix) Termination of Status. To terminate the status of the Company as a real estate investment trust under the REIT Provisions of the Code.

(xx) Fiscal Year. Subject to the Code, to adopt, and from time to time change, a fiscal year for the Company.

(xxi) Seal. To adopt and use a seal, but the use of a seal shall not be required for the execution of instruments or obligations of the Company.

(xxii) Bylaws. To adopt, implement and from time to time alter, amend or repeal the Bylaws of the Company relating to the business and organization of the Company, provided that such amendments are not inconsistent with the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation, and further provided that the Directors may not amend the Bylaws, without the affirmative vote of a majority of the Equity Shares, to the extent that such amendments adversely affect the rights, preferences and privileges of Stockholders.

(xxiii) Listing of Common Shares. To cause the Listing at any time after completion of the Initial Public Offering.

(xxiv) Further Powers. To do all other acts and things and execute and deliver all instruments incident to the foregoing powers, and to exercise all powers which they deem necessary, useful or desirable to carry on the business of the Company or to carry out the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation, even if such powers are not specifically provided hereby.

SECTION 3.3 Determination of Best Interest of Company. In determining what is in the best interest of the Company, a Director shall consider the interests of the Stockholders of the Company and, in his or her sole and absolute discretion, may consider (i) the interests of the Company’s employees, suppliers, creditors and customers, (ii) the economy of the nation, (iii) community and societal interests, and (iv) the long-term as well as short-term interests of the Company and its Stockholders, including the possibility that these interests may be best served by the continued independence of the Company.

ARTICLE 4

ADVISOR

SECTION 4.1 Appointment and Initial Investment of Advisor. The Directors are responsible for setting the general policies of the Company and for the general supervision of its business conducted by officers, agents, employees, advisors or independent contractors of the Company. However, the Directors are not required personally to conduct the business of the Company, and they may (but need not) appoint, employ or contract with any Person (including a Person Affiliated with any Director) as an Advisor and may grant or delegate such authority to the Advisor as the Directors may, in their sole discretion, deem necessary or desirable. The term of retention of any Advisor shall not exceed one (1) year, although there is no limit to the number of times and terms that a particular Advisor may be retained. The Advisor is the holder of 20,000 Common Shares, representing an initial investment of $200,000. The Advisor or any Affiliate may not sell this initial investment while the Advisor remains a Sponsor but may transfer the 20,000 Common Shares to other Affiliates.

SECTION 4.2 Supervision of Advisor. The Directors shall evaluate the performance of the Advisor before entering into or renewing an advisory contract and the criteria used in such evaluation shall be reflected in the minutes of meetings of the Board. The Directors may exercise broad discretion in allowing the Advisor to administer and regulate the operations of the Company, to act as agent for the Company, to execute documents on behalf of the Company and to make executive decisions which conform to general policies and principles established by the Directors.

 

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The Directors shall establish written policies on investments and borrowing and shall monitor the administrative procedures, investment operations and performance of the Company and the Advisor to assure that such procedures, operations and programs are in the best interests of the Stockholders and are fulfilled.

The Board of Directors is also responsible for reviewing the fees and expenses of the Company at least annually or with sufficient frequency to determine that the expenses incurred are in the best interests of the Stockholders and each such determination shall be reflected in the minutes of the meeting of the Board of Directors. In addition, a majority of the Independent Directors and a majority of Directors not otherwise interested in the transaction must approve each transaction with the Advisor or its Affiliates. A majority of the Independent Directors also will be responsible for reviewing the performance of the Advisor and determining that compensation to be paid to the Advisor is reasonable in relation to the nature and quality of services to be performed and the investment performance of the Company and that the provisions of the Advisory Agreement are being carried out and each such determination shall be reflected in the minutes of the meeting of the Board of Directors. Specifically, the Independent Directors will consider factors such as the Net Assets and Net Income of the Company, the amount of the fee paid to the Advisor in relation to the size, composition and performance of the Company’s portfolio, the success of the Advisor in generating opportunities that meet the investment objectives of the Company, rates charged to other REITs and to investors other than REITs by advisors performing the same or similar services, additional revenues realized by the Advisor and its Affiliates through their relationship with the Company, whether paid by the Company or by others with whom the Company does business, the quality and extent of service and advice furnished by the Advisor, the performance of the investment portfolio of the Company, including income, conservation or appreciation of capital, frequency of problem investments and competence in dealing with distress situations, and the quality of the portfolio of the Company relative to the investments generated by the Advisor for its own account. The Independent Directors also shall determine whether any successor Advisor possesses sufficient qualifications to perform the advisory function for the Company and whether the compensation provided for in its contract with the Company is justified.

SECTION 4.3 Fiduciary Obligations. The Advisor has a fiduciary responsibility to the Company and to the Stockholders.

SECTION 4.4 Affiliation and Functions. The Directors, by resolution or in the Bylaws, may provide guidelines, provisions, or requirements concerning the affiliation and functions of the Advisor.

SECTION 4.5 Termination. Either a majority of the Independent Directors or the Advisor may terminate the advisory contract on 60 days’ written notice without cause or penalty, and, in such event, the Advisor will cooperate with the Company and the Directors in making an orderly transition of the advisory function.

SECTION 4.6 Subordinated Disposition Fee. The Company shall pay the Advisor a deferred, subordinated disposition fee upon Sale of one or more Properties, Loans or other Permitted Investments, in an amount equal to the lesser of (i) one-half of a Competitive Real Estate Commission, or (ii) 3% of the sales price of such Property or Properties (or comparable competitive fee in the case of a Loan or other Permitted Investment). Payment of such fee shall be made only if the Advisor provides a substantial amount of services in connection with the Sale of a Property, Loan or other Permitted Investment and shall be subordinated to receipt by the Stockholders of Distributions equal to or greater than the sum of (a) their aggregate Stockholders’ 8% Return and (b) 100% of their Invested Capital. If, at the time of a Sale, payment of such disposition fee is deferred because the subordination conditions have not been satisfied, then the disposition fee shall be paid at such later time as the subordination conditions are satisfied. Upon Listing, if the Advisor has accrued but not been paid such disposition fee, then for purposes of determining whether the subordination conditions have been satisfied, Stockholders will be deemed to have received a Distribution in the amount equal to the product of the total number of Common Shares outstanding and the average closing price of the Common Shares over a period, beginning 180 days after Listing, of 30 days during which the Common Shares are traded.

SECTION 4.7 Subordinated Share of Net Sales Proceeds. The Company shall pay the Advisor a deferred, subordinated share of Net Sales Proceeds equal to 10% of Net Sales Proceeds from the Sale of one or more Properties, Loans or other Permitted Investments of the Company, payable after receipt by the Stockholders of Distributions equal to or greater than the sum of (i) the Stockholders’ 8% Return and (ii) 100% of Invested Capital. Following Listing, no share of Net Sales Proceeds will be paid to the Advisor.

 

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SECTION 4.8 Subordinated Incentive Fee.

(i) At such time, if any, as Listing occurs, the Advisor shall be paid the Subordinated Incentive Fee in an amount equal to 10% of the amount by which (a) the market value of the Company (as defined below) plus the total Distributions made to Stockholders from the Company’s inception until the date of Listing exceeds (b) the sum of (1) Invested Capital and (2) the total Distributions required to be made to the Stockholders in order to pay the Stockholders’ 8% Return from inception through the date the market value is determined. For purposes of calculating the Subordinated Incentive Fee, the market value of the Company shall be the average closing price or average of bid and asked price, as the case may be, over a period of 30 days during which the Common Shares are traded with such period beginning 180 days after Listing. In the case of multiple Advisors, Advisors and any Affiliate shall be allowed incentive fees provided such fees are distributed by a proportional method reasonably designed to reflect the value added to Company assets by each respective Advisor or any Affiliate. The Subordinated Incentive Fee will be reduced by the amount of any prior payment to the Advisor of a deferred, subordinated share of Net Sales Proceeds from Sales of Properties, Loans and other Permitted Investments of the Company.

(ii) In no event shall the Company pay a single Advisor both the Subordinated Incentive Fee and the Performance Fee.

(iii) In the event that the Company becomes a perpetual life entity, which will occur if the Common Shares become Listed, the Company and the Advisor will negotiate in good faith a fee structure appropriate for an entity with a perpetual life, subject to approval by a majority of the Independent Directors. In negotiating a new fee structure, the Independent Directors shall consider all of the factors they deem relevant. These are expected to include, but will not necessarily be limited to: (a) the amount of the advisory fee in relation to the asset value, composition, and profitability of the Company’s portfolio; (b) the success of the Advisor in generating opportunities that meet the investment objectives of the Company; (c) the rates charged to other REITs and to investors other than REITs by Advisors that perform the same or similar services; (d) additional revenues realized by the Advisor and its Affiliates through their relationship with the Company, including loan administration, underwriting or broker commissions, servicing, engineering, inspection and other fees, whether paid by the Company or by others with whom the Company does business; (e) the quality and extent of service and advice furnished by the Advisor; (f) the performance of the investment portfolio of the Company, including income, conservation or appreciation of capital, and number and frequency of problem investments; and (g) the quality of the Property, Loan and other Permitted Investments portfolio of the Company in relationship to the investments generated by the Advisor for its own account. The Board of Directors, including a majority of the Independent Directors, may not approve a new fee structure that, in its judgment, is more favorable to the Advisor than the current fee structure.

SECTION 4.9 Performance Fee. Upon termination of the Advisory Agreement, the Advisor shall be entitled to receive a Performance Fee if performance standards satisfactory to a majority of the Board of Directors, including a majority of the Independent Directors, when compared to (i) the performance of the Advisor in comparison with its performance for other entities; and (ii) the performance of other advisors for similar entities, have been met. If Listing has not occurred, the Advisor shall be paid the Performance Fee in an amount equal to 10% of the amount by which (a) the appraised value of the assets of the Company on the Termination Date, less any indebtedness secured by such assets, plus the total Distributions paid to Stockholders from the Company’s inception through the Termination Date, exceeds (b) the sum of 100% of Invested Capital plus an amount equal to the Stockholders’ 8% Return from inception through the Termination Date. The Advisor shall be entitled to receive all accrued but unpaid compensation and expense reimbursements in cash within 30 days of the Termination Date. All other amounts payable to the Advisor in the event of a termination shall be evidenced by a promissory note and shall be payable from time to time. The Performance Fee will be paid in 12 equal quarterly installments without interest on the unpaid balance, provided, however, that no payment will be made in any quarter in which such payment would jeopardize the Company’s REIT status, in which case any such payment or payments will be delayed until the next quarter in which payment would not jeopardize REIT status. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, any amounts which may be deemed payable at the date the obligation to pay the Performance Fee is incurred which relate to the appreciation of the Company’s assets shall be an amount which provides compensation to the terminated Advisor only for that portion of the holding period for the respective assets during which such terminated Advisor provided services to the Company. If Listing occurs, the Performance Fee, if any, payable thereafter will be as negotiated between the Company and the Advisor. The Advisor shall not be entitled to payment of the Performance Fee in the event the Advisory Agreement is terminated because of failure of the Company and the

 

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Advisor to establish a fee structure appropriate for a perpetual-life entity at such time, if any, as the Common Shares become Listed. The Performance Fee, to the extent payable at the time of Listing, will not be paid in the event that the Subordinated Incentive Fee is paid.

SECTION 4.10 Acquisition Fee and Acquisition Expenses. The Company shall pay the Advisor a fee in the amount of up to 3.0% of Total Proceeds as an Acquisition Fee. No Acquisition Fees will be paid on loan proceeds from any Line of Credit until such time as all Net Offering Proceeds have been invested by the Company. Acquisition Fees shall be reduced to the extent that, and if necessary to limit, the total compensation paid to all persons involved in the acquisition of any Property or the making or acquisition of any Loan or other Permitted Investment to the amount customarily charged in arms-length transactions by other persons or entities rendering similar services as an ongoing public activity in the same geographical location and for comparable types of Assets, and to the extent that other acquisition fees, finder’s fees, real estate commissions, or other similar fees or commissions are paid by any person in connection with the transaction. The Company shall reimburse the Advisor for Acquisition Expenses incurred in connection with the selection and acquisition of any Property or the making or acquisition of any Loan or other Permitted Investment, provided that reimbursement shall be limited to the actual cost of goods and services used by the Company and obtained from entities not affiliated with the Advisor, or the lesser of the actual cost or 90% of the competitive rate charged by unaffiliated persons providing similar goods and services in the same geographic location for goods or services provided by the Advisor or its Affiliates. The total of all Acquisition Fees and any Acquisition Expenses shall be reasonable and shall not exceed an amount equal to 6% of the Real Estate Asset Value or the Contract Purchase Price of a Property, or in the case of a Loan or other Permitted Investment, 6% of the funds advanced, unless a majority of the Board of Directors, including a majority of the Independent Directors not otherwise interested in the transaction, approves fees in excess of these limits subject to a determination that the transaction is commercially competitive, fair and reasonable to the Company.

SECTION 4.11 Asset Management Fee. The Company shall pay the Advisor a monthly Asset Management Fee in an amount equal to 0.08334% of the Company’s Real Estate Asset Value, the outstanding principal amount of any Loans and the amount invested in other Permitted Investments, as of the end of the preceding month. Specifically, Real Estate Asset Value equals the amount invested in the Properties wholly owned by the Company, determined on the basis of cost, plus, in the case of Properties owned by any Joint Venture or partnership in which the Company is a co-venturer or partner, the portion of the cost of such Properties paid by the Company, exclusive of Acquisition Fees and Acquisition Expenses. The Asset Management Fee, which will not exceed fees which are competitive for similar services in the same geographic area, may or may not be taken, in whole or in part as to any year, in the sole discretion of the Advisor. All or any portion of the Asset Management Fee not taken as to any fiscal year shall be deferred without interest and may be taken in such other fiscal year as the Advisor shall determine.

SECTION 4.12 Reimbursement for Operating Expenses. The Company incurs operating expenses which, in general, are those expenses relating to administration of the Company on an ongoing basis. The Company will not reimburse the Advisor at the end of any fiscal quarter for Operating Expenses that, in the four consecutive fiscal quarters then ended (the “Expense Year”) exceed the greater of 2% of Average Invested Assets or 25% of Net Income (the “2%/25% Guidelines”) for such year. Within 60 days after the end of any fiscal quarter of the Company for which total Operating Expenses for the Expense Year exceed the 2%/25% Guidelines, the Advisor shall reimburse the Company the amount by which the total Operating Expenses paid or incurred by the Company exceed the 2%/25% Guidelines.

ARTICLE 5

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES AND LIMITATIONS

SECTION 5.1 Investment Objectives. The Company’s primary investment objectives are to preserve, protect, and enhance the Company’s Assets; while (i) paying Distributions at an increasing rate; (ii) obtaining fixed income primarily through the receipt of minimum annual base rent or the receipt of payments on loans, and increasing the Company’s income (and Distributions) and providing protection against inflation primarily through periodic increases in rent over the lease term or increases in rent based on increases in consumer price indices, and the payment of percentage rent generally based on a percentage of gross revenues at the Properties over certain thresholds; (iii) owning a diversified portfolio of primarily triple-net leased Real Estate that will increase in value; (iv) qualifying and continuing to qualify as a REIT for federal income tax purposes; and (v) providing stockholders of the Company with liquidity of their

 

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investment, either in whole or in part, as provided in Section 11.1 hereof. The sheltering from tax of income from other sources is not an objective of the Company. Subject to Section 3.2(ii) hereof and to the restrictions set forth herein, the Directors will use their best efforts to conduct the affairs of the Company in such a manner as to qualify and continue to qualify the Company for the tax treatment provided in the REIT Provisions of the Code; provided, however, no Director, officer, employee or agent of the Company shall be liable for any act or omission resulting in the loss of tax benefits under the Code, except to the extent provided in Section 9.2 hereof.

SECTION 5.2 Review of Policies. Until Listing, the Independent Directors shall review the investment policies of the Company with sufficient frequency and at least annually to determine that the policies being followed by the Company at any time are in the best interests of its Stockholders. Each such determination and the basis therefor shall be set forth in the minutes of the meetings of the Board of Directors.

SECTION 5.3 Certain Investments Which the Company is Permitted to Make. Consistent with the Company’s objective of qualifying as a REIT, other than those investments prohibited by Section 5.4 of the Articles of Incorporation, the Company may make investments which it may lawfully make under applicable law and which shall include, without limitation:

(i) The Company may acquire interests in Properties including, but not limited to, any Real Estate that may be leased on a triple-net basis or otherwise.

(ii) The Company may invest in Joint Ventures with the Advisor, one or more Directors or any Affiliate; provided, however, that, prior to Listing, a majority of Directors (including a majority of Independent Directors) not otherwise interested in the transaction must approve such investment as being fair and reasonable to the Company and on substantially the same terms and conditions as those received by the other joint venturers.

(iii) The Company may invest in equity securities; provided, however, that, prior to Listing, a majority of Directors (including a majority of Independent Directors) not otherwise interested in the transaction must approve such investment as being fair, competitive and commercially reasonable.

(iv) The Company may invest in Loans and other Permitted Investments.

SECTION 5.4 Investment Limitations. Until Listing, in addition to other investment restrictions imposed by the Directors from time to time, consistent with the Company’s objective of qualifying as a REIT, the following shall apply to the Company’s investments:

(i) Not more than 10% of the Company’s total Assets shall be invested in Unimproved Real Property or Mortgage Loans on Unimproved Real Property. For purposes of this paragraph, “Unimproved Real Property” does not include any Property or Real Estate under construction, under contract for development or planned for development within one year.

(ii) The Company shall not invest in commodities or commodity future contracts. This limitation is not intended to apply to interest rate futures, when used solely for hedging purposes.

(iii) The Company shall not invest in or make Mortgage Loans unless an appraisal is obtained concerning the underlying Property. Mortgage indebtedness on any Property shall not exceed such Property’s appraised value. In cases in which a majority of Independent Directors so determine, and in all cases in which the Mortgage Loan involves the Advisor, Directors, or Affiliates, such appraisal of the underlying Property must be obtained from an Independent Expert. Such appraisal shall be maintained in the Company’s records for at least five years and shall be available for inspection and duplication by any Stockholder. In addition to the appraisal, a mortgagee’s or owner’s title insurance policy or commitment as to the priority of the mortgage or condition of the title must be obtained.

(iv) The Company may not make or invest in Mortgage Loans, including construction loans, on any one Property if the aggregate amount of all Mortgage Loans outstanding on the Property, including the other Loans of the Company would exceed an amount equal to 85% of the appraised value of the Property as determined by appraisal

 

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unless substantial justification exists because of the presence of other underwriting criteria. For purposes of this subsection, the “aggregate amount of all Mortgage Loans outstanding on the Property, including the other Loans of the Company” shall include all interest (excluding contingent participation in income and/or appreciation in value of the mortgaged Property), the current payment of which may be deferred pursuant to the terms of such Loans, to the extent that deferred interest on each loan exceeds 5% per annum of the principal balance of the Loan.

(v) The Company shall not invest in indebtedness (“Junior Debt’’) secured by a mortgage on Real Property which is subordinate to the lien or other indebtedness (“Senior Debt’’), except where such amount of such Junior Debt, plus the outstanding amount of Senior Debt, does not exceed 90% of the appraised value of such Real Property, if after giving effect thereto, the value of all such Mortgage Loans of the Company (as shown on the books of the Company in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, after all reasonable reserves but before provision for depreciation) would not then exceed 25% of the Company’s tangible assets. The value of all investments in Junior Debt of the Company which does not meet the aforementioned requirements shall be limited to 10% of the Company’s tangible assets (which would be included within the 25% limitation).

(vi) The Company shall not engage in any short sale, or borrow, on an unsecured basis, if such borrowing will result in an Asset Coverage of less than 300%, except that such borrowing limitation shall not apply to a first mortgage trust. “Asset Coverage,’’ for the purpose of this Section 5.4(vi) means the ratio which the value of the total assets of an issuer, less all liabilities and indebtedness except indebtedness for unsecured borrowings, bears to the aggregate amount of all unsecured borrowings of such issuer.

(vii) The Company may not make or invest in any Mortgage Loans that are subordinate to any mortgage, other indebtedness or equity interest of the Advisor, the Directors or any Affiliate of the Company.

(viii) The Company will not invest in equity securities unless a majority of the Directors (including a majority of Independent Directors) not otherwise interested in such transaction approve the transaction as being fair, competitive and commercially reasonable and determine that the transaction will not jeopardize the Company’s ability to qualify and remain qualified as a REIT. In addition, the Company shall not invest in any security of any entity holding investments or engaging in activities prohibited by the Articles of Incorporation.

(ix) The Company shall not issue (a) equity securities redeemable solely at the option of the holder (except that Stockholders may offer their Common Shares to the Company pursuant to that certain redemption plan adopted or to be adopted by the Board of Directors from time to time, which, if the Company is then publicly offering Common Shares shall be on the terms outlined in a section in the Company’s Prospectus relating to the redemption of the Common Shares); (b) debt securities unless the historical debt service coverage (in the most recently completed fiscal year) as adjusted for known charges is sufficient to properly service that higher level of debt; (c) Equity Shares on a deferred payment basis or under similar arrangements; (d) non-voting or assessable securities; (e) options, warrants, or similar evidences of a right to buy its securities (collectively, “Options”) unless (1) issued to all of its Stockholders ratably, (2) as part of a financing arrangement, or (3) as part of a Stock Option Plan available to Directors, executive officers or employees of the Company or the Advisor or its Affiliates. Options issuable to the Advisor, Director or any Affiliate thereof shall not exceed 10% of the outstanding Equity Shares on the date of grant. Options may not be issued at exercise prices less than the fair market value of the underlying securities on the date of grant and unless a majority of the Independent Directors approve such issuance as being in the best interests of the Company, and not for consideration (which may include services) that has a market value less than the value of such Option on the date of grant.

(x) The Company shall not invest in real estate contracts of sale unless such contracts of sale are in recordable form and appropriately recorded in the chain of title.

(xi) A majority of the Directors shall authorize the consideration to be paid for each Property, based on the fair market value of the Property. If a majority of the Independent Directors determine, or if the Property is acquired from the Advisor, a Director, or an Affiliate thereof, such fair market value shall be determined by an Independent Expert selected by the Independent Directors.

 

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(xii) The Company will not engage in underwriting or the agency distribution of securities issued by others or in trading, as compared to investment activities.

(xiii) The Company will not invest in any foreign currency or bullion or engage in short sales.

(xiv) The maximum amount of the Company’s borrowings in relation to its Net Assets may not exceed an amount equal to 300% of its Net Assets, in the absence of a satisfactory showing that a higher level of borrowing is appropriate. In order to borrow an amount in excess of 300% of the Company’s Net Assets, a majority of the Company’s Independent Directors must approve the borrowing, and the borrowing must be disclosed and explained to stockholders in the Company’s first quarterly report after such approval occurs.

(xv) The Company may borrow money from the Advisor, Director or any Affiliate thereof, upon a finding by a majority of Directors (including a majority of Independent Directors) not otherwise interested in the transaction that such transaction is fair, competitive and commercially reasonable and no less favorable to the Company than loans between unaffiliated parties under the same circumstances. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Advisor and its Affiliates shall be entitled to reimbursement, at cost, for actual expenses incurred by the Advisor or its Affiliates on behalf of the Company or Joint Ventures in which the Company is a co-venturer.

(xvi) The Company shall not make loans to the Sponsor, Advisor, Directors or any Affiliates thereof, except as provided under Section 6.4(ii).

(xvii) The Company will not operate so as to be classified as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

(xviii) The Company will not make any investment that the Company believes will be inconsistent with its objectives of qualifying and remaining qualified as a REIT.

(xix) In connection with that certain redemption plan adopted or to be adopted by the Board of Directors from time to time, the Company is prohibited from paying a fee to the Sponsor, Advisor, Directors or Affiliates on the repurchase of Equity Shares by the Company.

The foregoing investment limitations may not be modified or eliminated without the approval of Stockholders owning a majority of the outstanding Equity Shares.

ARTICLE 6

CONFLICTS OF INTEREST

SECTION 6.1 Sales and Leases to Company. Prior to Listing, the Company may purchase or lease a Property or Properties from the Advisor, Director, or any Affiliate only upon a finding by a majority of Directors (including a majority of Independent Directors) not otherwise interested in the transaction that such transaction is fair and reasonable to the Company and at a price to the Company no greater than the cost of the asset to such Advisor, Director or Affiliate, or, if the price to the Company is in excess of such cost, that substantial justification for such excess exists and such excess is reasonable. In no event shall the cost of such asset to the Company exceed its current appraised value.

SECTION 6.2 Sales and Leases to the Advisor, Directors or Affiliates. Prior to Listing, an Advisor, Director or Affiliate may acquire or lease assets from the Company only if a majority of Directors (including a majority of Independent Directors) not otherwise interested in the transaction determine that the transaction is fair and reasonable to the Company.

SECTION 6.3 Other Transactions.

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accordance with the Articles of Incorporation or if a majority of the Directors (including a majority of the Independent Directors) not otherwise interested in such transactions approve such transactions as fair and reasonable to the Company and on terms and conditions not less favorable to the Company than those available from unaffiliated third parties.

(ii) Prior to Listing, the Company shall not make loans to the Sponsor, Advisor, Directors or any Affiliates thereof, except (a) as provided under Section 5.4(iii), or (b) to subsidiaries of the Company or to ventures or to partnerships in which the Company holds a controlling interest. Prior to Listing, any loans to the Company by the Advisor or its Affiliates must be approved by a majority of the Directors (including a majority of Independent Directors) not otherwise interested in such transaction as fair, competitive, and commercially reasonable, and no less favorable to the Company than comparable loans between unaffiliated parties.

ARTICLE 7

SHARES

SECTION 7.1 Authorized Shares. The total number of shares of capital stock which the Company is authorized to issue is one billion three hundred twenty million (1,320,000,000) shares, consisting of one billion (1,000,000,000) Common Shares (as described in Section 7.2(ii) hereof), two hundred million (200,000,000) Preferred Shares (as described in Section 7.3 hereof) and one hundred twenty million (120,000,000) Excess Shares (as described in Section 7.7 hereof). Of the 120 million Excess Shares, 100 million are issuable in exchange for Common Shares and 20 million are issuable in exchange for Preferred Shares. The aggregate par value of all authorized shares of stock having par value is $13,200,000. All such shares shall be fully paid and nonassessable when issued. Shares of capital stock of the Company may be issued for such consideration as the Directors determine, or if issued as a result of a stock dividend or stock split, without any consideration.

SECTION 7.2 Common Shares.

(i) Common Shares Subject to Terms of Preferred Shares. The Common Shares shall be subject to the express terms of any series of Preferred Shares.

(ii) Description. Common Shares shall have a par value of $0.01 per share and shall entitle the holders to one (1) vote per share on all matters upon which Stockholders are entitled to vote pursuant to Section 8.2 hereof, and shares of a particular class of issued Common Shares shall have equal dividend, distribution, liquidation and other rights, and shall have no preference, cumulative, preemptive, appraisal, conversion or exchange rights. The Directors are hereby expressly authorized, from time to time, to classify or reclassify and issue any unissued Common Shares by setting or changing the number, designation, preferences, conversion or other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends, qualifications or terms or conditions of redemption of any such Common Shares and, in such event, the Company shall file for record with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland articles supplementary in substance and form as prescribed by Title 2 of the MGCL.

(iii) Distribution Rights. The holders of Common Shares shall be entitled to receive such Distributions as may be authorized by the Board of Directors and declared by the Company out of funds legally available therefor. The Directors from time to time may authorize, and the Company may declare and pay to Stockholders, such dividends or other Distributions in cash or other property, including in Equity Shares of one class payable to holders of Equity Shares of another class, as the Directors in their discretion shall determine. The Directors shall endeavor to authorize, and the Company shall endeavor to declare and pay, such dividends and other Distributions as shall be necessary for the Company to qualify as a real estate investment trust under the REIT Provisions of the Code; provided, however, Stockholders shall have no right to any dividend or other Distribution unless and until authorized by the Directors and declared by the Company. The exercise of the powers and rights of the Directors pursuant to this section shall be subject to the provisions of any class or series of Equity Shares at the time outstanding. The receipt of cash or other property by any registered holder of Equity Shares (based on the Company’s records) or by such holder’s duly authorized agent shall be sufficient to discharge the Company’s obligations with respect to the dividend or Distribution of such cash or other property, and the Company shall have no liability to inquire further with respect to the application thereof. Prior to Listing, distributions in kind shall not be permitted, except for distributions of readily marketable

 

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securities; distributions of beneficial interests in a liquidating trust established for the dissolution of the Company and the liquidation of its assets in accordance with the terms of the Articles of Incorporation; or distributions of in-kind property as long as the Directors (a) advise each Stockholder of the risks associated with direct ownership of the property; (b) offer each Stockholder the election of receiving in-kind property distributions; and (c) distribute in-kind property only to those Stockholders who accept the Directors’ offer.

(iv) Rights Upon Liquidation. In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up, or any distribution of the assets of the Company, the aggregate assets available for distribution to holders of the Common Shares (including holders of Excess Shares resulting from the conversion of Common Shares pursuant to Section 7.7(i) hereof) shall be determined in accordance with applicable law. Subject to Section 7.7(vi) hereof, each holder of Common Shares shall be entitled to receive, ratably with (a) each other holder of Common Shares and (b) each holder of Excess Shares resulting from the conversion of Common Shares, that portion of such aggregate assets available for distribution to the Common Shares as the number of the outstanding Common Shares held by such holder bears to the total number of outstanding Common Shares and Excess Shares resulting from the conversion of Common Shares then outstanding.

(v) Voting Rights. Except as may be provided in the Articles of Incorporation, and subject to the express terms of any series of Preferred Shares, the holders of the Common Shares shall have the exclusive right to vote on all matters (as to which a common Stockholder shall be entitled to vote pursuant to applicable law) at all meetings of the Stockholders of the Company, and shall be entitled to one (1) vote for each Common Share entitled to vote at such meeting.

SECTION 7.3 Preferred Shares. The Directors are hereby expressly authorized, from time to time, to authorize and issue one or more series of Preferred Shares. To the extent preferred stock is issued in connection with an affiliated transaction, the issuance of Preferred Shares shall be approved by a majority of the Independent Directors who do not have an interest in the transaction and who have access, at the expense of the Company, to the Company’s or independent legal counsel. Prior to the issuance of each such series, the Board of Directors, by resolution, shall fix the number of shares to be included in each series, and the terms, rights, restrictions and qualifications of the shares of each series. The authority of the Board of Directors with respect to each series shall include, but not be limited to, determination of the following:

(i) The designation of the series, which may be by distinguishing number, letter or title.

(ii) The dividend rate on the shares of the series, if any, whether any dividends shall be cumulative and, if so, from which date or dates, and the relative rights of priority, if any, of payment of dividends on shares of the series.

(iii) The redemption rights, including conditions and the price or prices, if any, for shares of the series.

(iv) The terms and amounts of any sinking fund for the purchase or redemption of shares of the series.

(v) The rights of the shares of the series in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Company, and the relative rights of priority, if any, of payment of shares of the series.

(vi) Whether the shares of the series shall be convertible into shares of any other class or series, or any other security, of the Company or any other corporation or other entity, and, if so, the specification of such other class or series of such other security, the conversion price or prices or rate or rates, any adjustments thereof, the date or dates on which such shares shall be convertible and all other terms and conditions upon which such conversion may be made.

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(viii) The voting rights of the holders of shares of the series subject to the limitations contained in this Section 7.3.

(ix)   Any other relative rights, preferences and limitations on that series.

Subject to the express provisions of any other series of Preferred Shares then outstanding, and notwithstanding any other provision of the Articles of Incorporation, the Board of Directors may increase or decrease (but not below the number of shares of such series then outstanding) the number of shares, or alter the designation or classify or reclassify any unissued shares of a particular series of Preferred Shares, by fixing or altering, in one or more respects, from time to time before issuing the shares, the terms, rights, restrictions and qualifications of the shares of any such series of Preferred Shares.

SECTION 7.4 General Nature of Equity Shares. All Equity Shares shall be personal property entitling the Stockholders only to those rights provided in the Articles of Incorporation, the MGCL or in the resolution creating any class or series of such shares. The legal ownership of the Company Property and the right to conduct the business of the Company are vested exclusively in the Directors; the Stockholders shall have no interest therein other than the interest in the Company conferred by their Equity Shares and shall have no right to compel any partition, division, dividend or Distribution of the Company or any of the Company Property. The death of a Stockholder shall not terminate the Company or give his legal representative any rights against other Stockholders, the Directors or the Company Property, except the right, exercised in accordance with applicable provisions of the Bylaws, to require the Company to reflect on its books the change in ownership of the Equity Shares. Holders of Equity Shares shall not have any preemptive or other right to purchase or subscribe for any class of securities of the Company which the Company may at any time issue or sell.

SECTION 7.5 No Issuance of Share Certificates. The Company shall not issue share certificates except to Stockholders who make a written request to the Company. A Stockholder’s investment shall be recorded on the books of the Company. To transfer his or her Equity Shares a Stockholder shall submit an executed form to the Company, which form shall be provided by the Company upon request. Such transfer will also be recorded on the books of the Company. Upon issuance or transfer of shares, the Company will provide the Stockholder with information concerning his or her rights with regard to such stock, in a form substantially similar to Section 7.6(viii), and required by the Bylaws and the MGCL or other applicable law.

SECTION 7.6 Restrictions on Ownership and Transfer.

(i) Definitions. For purposes of Sections 7.6 and 7.7 and any other provision of the Articles of Incorporation, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

Acquire” shall mean the acquisition of Beneficial or Constructive Ownership of Equity Shares by any means, including, without limitation, the exercise of any rights under any option, warrant, convertible security, pledge or other security interest or similar right to acquire Equity Shares, but shall not include the acquisition of any such rights unless, as a result, the acquiror would be considered a Beneficial Owner or a Constructive Owner. The terms “Acquires” and “Acquisition” shall have correlative meanings.

Beneficial Ownership,” when used with respect to ownership of Equity Shares by any Person, shall mean ownership of Equity Shares which are (a) directly owned by such Person, (b) indirectly owned by such Person for purposes of Section 542(a)(2) of the Code, taking into account the constructive ownership rules of Section 544 of the Code, as modified by Section 856(h)(1)(B) of the Code or (c) beneficially owned by such Person pursuant to Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act. Whenever a Person Beneficially Owns Equity Shares that are not actually outstanding (e.g., shares issuable upon the exercise of an option or convertible security) (“Option Shares”), then, whenever the Articles of Incorporation require a determination of the percentage of outstanding shares of a class of Equity Shares Beneficially Owned by that Person, the Option Shares Beneficially Owned by that Person shall also be deemed to be outstanding. The terms “Beneficial Owner,” “Beneficially Owns” and “Beneficially Owned” shall have correlative meanings.

 

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Beneficiary” shall mean, with respect to any Excess Shares Trust, one or more organizations described in each of Section 170(b)(1)(A) (other than clauses (vii) and (viii) thereof) and Section 170(c)(2) of the Code that are named by the Company as the beneficiary or beneficiaries of such Excess Shares Trust, in accordance with the provisions of Section 7.7(iv).

Business Day” shall mean any weekday that is not an official holiday in the State of Florida.

Constructive Ownership” shall mean ownership of Equity Shares by a Person who is or would be treated as a direct or indirect owner of such Equity Shares through the application of Section 318 of the Code, as modified by Section 856(d)(5) of the Code. The terms “Constructive Owner,” “Constructively Own,” “Constructively Owns” and “Constructively Owned” shall have correlative meanings.

Excepted Holder” shall mean a Stockholder of the Company for whom an Excepted Holder Limit is created by the Board of Directors of the Company pursuant to Section 7.6(iv)(b) hereof.

Excepted Holder Limit” shall mean, provided that the affected Excepted Holder agrees to comply with the requirements established by the Board of Directors of the Company pursuant to Section 7.6(iv)(b), the ownership limit with respect to the Equity Shares of the Company established by the Board of Directors of the Company pursuant to Section 7.6(iv)(b) for or in respect of such holder.

Excess Shares Trust” shall mean any separate trust created and administered in accordance with the terms of Section 7.7 for the exclusive benefit of any Beneficiary.

Individual” shall mean (a) an “individual” within the meaning of Section 542(a)(2) of the Code, as modified by Section 544 of the Code and/or (b) any beneficiary of a “qualified trust” (as defined in Section 856(h)(3)(E) of the Code) which qualified trust is eligible for look-through treatment under Section 856(h)(3)(A) of the Code for purposes of determining whether a REIT is closely held under Section 856(a)(6) of the Code.

Market Price” means, until the Common Shares are Listed, the price per Common Share if Equity Shares have been sold during the prior quarter pursuant to a registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and otherwise a price per Common Share determined on the basis of a quarterly valuation of the Company’s assets. Upon Listing, market price shall mean the average of the Closing Prices for the ten (10) consecutive Trading Days immediately preceding such day (or those days during such ten (10)-day period for which Closing Prices are available). The “Closing Price” on any date shall mean (a) where there exists a public market for the Company’s Common Shares, the last sale price, regular way, or, in case no such sale takes place on such day, the average of the closing bid and asked prices, regular way, in either case as reported in the principal consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed or admitted to trading on the New York Stock Exchange or, if the Common Shares are not listed or admitted to trading on the New York Stock Exchange, as reported in the principal consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed on the principal national securities exchange on which the Common Shares are listed or admitted to trading or, if the Common Shares are not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, the last quoted price, or if not so quoted, the average of the high bid and low asked prices in the over-the-counter market, as reported by the Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. or, if such system is no longer in use, the principal other automated quotation system that may then be in use or (b) if no public market for the Common Shares exists, the Closing Price will be determined by a single, independent appraiser selected by the Board of Directors of the Company which appraiser shall appraise the Market Price for such Common Shares within such guidelines as shall be determined by the Board of Directors of the Company.

Non-Transfer Event” shall mean an event other than a purported Transfer that would cause any Person to Beneficially Own or Constructively Own a greater number of Equity Shares than such Person Beneficially Owned or Constructively Owned immediately prior to such event. Non-Transfer Events include, but are not limited to, (a) the granting of any option or entering into any agreement for the sale, transfer or other disposition of shares (or of Beneficial Ownership of shares) of Equity Shares or (b) the sale, transfer, assignment or other disposition of interests in any Person or of any securities or rights convertible into or exchangeable for Equity Shares or for interests in any Person that directly or indirectly results in changes in Beneficial Ownership or Constructive Ownership of Equity Shares.

 

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Ownership Limit” shall mean, with respect to each class or series of Equity Shares, 9.8% (by value) of the outstanding shares of such class or series of Equity Shares.

Permitted Transferee” shall mean any Person designated as a Permitted Transferee in accordance with the provisions of Section 7.7(viii).

Prohibited Owner” shall mean, with respect to any purported Transfer or Non-Transfer Event, any Person who is prevented from becoming or remaining the owner of record title to Equity Shares by the provisions of Section 7.7(i).

Restriction Termination Date” shall mean the first day on which the Board of Directors of the Company determines that it is no longer in the best interests of the Company to attempt to, or continue to, qualify under the Code as a REIT.

Subsidiary” shall mean any direct or indirect subsidiary, whether a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity, of the Company.

Trading Day” shall mean a day on which the principal national securities exchange on which any of the Common Shares are listed or admitted to trading is open for the transaction of business or, if none of the Common Shares are listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in the State of New York are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.

Transfer” (as a noun) shall mean any sale, transfer, gift, assignment, devise or other disposition of shares (or of Beneficial Ownership of shares) of Equity Shares (including but not limited to the initial issuance of Common Shares by the Company), whether voluntary or involuntary, whether of record, constructively or beneficially and whether by operation of law or otherwise. “Transfer” (as a verb) shall have the correlative meaning.

Trustee” shall mean any Person or entity, unaffiliated with both the Company and any Prohibited Owner (and, if different than the Prohibited Owner, the Person who would have had Beneficial Ownership of the Equity Shares that would have been owned of record by the Prohibited Owner), designated by the Company to act as trustee of any Excess Shares Trust, or any successor trustee thereof.

(ii) Restriction on Ownership and Transfer.

(a) Except as provided in Section 7.6(iv)(a), until the Restriction Termination Date, any Transfer of Equity Shares that, if effective, would cause the Company to Constructively Own a 10% or greater ownership interest in a tenant of the Company or any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Company within the meaning of Section 856(d)(2)(B) of the Code (other than a tenant that is a “taxable REIT subsidiary” (within the meaning of Section 856(l) of the Code) of the Company that satisfies one or more of the exceptions set forth in Section 856(d)(8) of the Code), shall be void ab initio as to the Transfer of that number of Equity Shares that would cause the Company to Constructively Own a 10% or greater ownership interest in a tenant of the Company or a Subsidiary within the meaning of Section 856(d)(2)(B) of the Code (other than a tenant that is a “taxable REIT subsidiary” (within the meaning of Section 856(l) of the Code) of the Company that satisfies one or more of the exceptions set forth in Section 856(d)(8) of the Code), and the intended transferee shall acquire no rights in such Equity Shares.

(b) (1) Except as provided in Section 7.6(iv)(b), until the Restriction Termination Date, no Person (other than an Excepted Holder) shall Beneficially Own shares of any class or series of Equity Shares in excess of the Ownership Limit and no Excepted Holder shall Beneficially Own shares of any class or series of Equity Shares in excess of the Excepted Holder Limit for such Excepted Holder.

      (2) Except as provided in Section 7.6(iv)(b), until the Restriction Termination Date, any purported Transfer that, if effective, would result in any Person (other than an Excepted Holder) Beneficially Owning shares of any class or series of Equity Shares in excess of the Ownership Limit shall be void ab initio as to the Transfer of that number of Equity Shares which would be otherwise Beneficially Owned by such Person in excess of the Ownership Limit, and the intended transferee shall acquire no rights in such Equity Shares.

 

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(3) Except as provided in Section 7.6(iv)(b), until the Restriction Termination Date, any purported Transfer that, if effective, would result in any Excepted Holder Beneficially Owning shares of any class or series of Equity Shares in excess of the applicable Excepted Holder Limit shall be void ab initio as to the Transfer of that number of Equity Shares which would be otherwise Beneficially Owned by such Excepted Holder in excess of the applicable Excepted Holder Limit established for such Excepted Holder by the Board of Directors of the Company pursuant to Section 7.6(iv)(b), and the intended transferee shall acquire no rights in such Equity Shares.

(4) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, the provisions of this Section 7.6(ii)(b) shall be applied only insofar as may be necessary to accomplish the intents and purposes of the foregoing.

(c) Until the Restriction Termination Date, any purported Transfer of Equity Shares that, if effective, would result in the Company being “closely held” within the meaning of Section 856(h) of the Code shall be void ab initio as to the Transfer of that number of Equity Shares that would cause the Company to be “closely held” within the meaning of Section 856(h) of the Code, and the intended transferee shall acquire no rights in such Equity Shares.

(d) Until the Restriction Termination Date, any purported Transfer that, if effective, would result in Equity Shares being beneficially owned by fewer than 100 persons for purposes of Section 856(a)(5) of the Code shall be void ab initio and the intended transferee shall acquire no rights in such Equity Shares.

(e) Except as provided in Section 7.6(iv)(a), until the Restriction Termination Date, any purported Transfer that, if effective, would (1) cause any Person (other than a “taxable REIT subsidiary” (within the meaning of Section 856(l) of the Code) of the Company) who renders or furnishes services to one or more tenants of the Company or a Subsidiary which are not “related” to the Company within the meaning of Section 856(d)(2)(B)(i) of the Code (determined without regard to the provisions of Section 856(d)(8) of the Code), to be other than an “independent contractor” for purposes of Section 856(d)(3) of the Code, or (2) cause any Person who renders or furnishes services to a “taxable REIT subsidiary” of the Company which leases directly or indirectly from the Company a “qualified lodging facility” (within the meaning of Section 856(d)(8)(B) of the Code) to be other than an “eligible independent contractor” within the meaning of Section 856(d)(9) of the Code, shall be void ab initio as to the Transfer of that number of Equity Shares that would cause such Person to be other than an “independent contractor” for purposes of Section 856(d)(3) of the Code or an “eligible independent contractor” within the meaning of Section 856(d)(9) of the Code, as applicable, and the intended transferee shall acquire no rights in such Equity Shares.

(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Articles of Incorporation, any person selling securities on behalf of the Company in its public offerings may not complete a sale of securities to a Stockholder until at least five (5) business days after the date the Stockholder receives a final Prospectus and shall send each Stockholder a confirmation of his or her purchase.

(iii) Owners Required to Provide Information.

Until the Restriction Termination Date:

(a) Every record owner of more than 5%, or such lower percentages as is then required pursuant to regulations under the Code, of the outstanding shares of any class or series of Equity Shares of the Company shall, no later than January 30 of each year, provide to the Company a written statement or affidavit stating the name and address of such record owner, the number of Equity Shares owned by such record owner, and a description of how such shares are held. Each such record owner shall provide to the Company such additional information as the Company may request in order to determine the effect, if any, of such ownership on the Company’s status as a REIT and to ensure compliance with the Ownership Limit.

(b) Each Person who is a Beneficial Owner of Equity Shares and each Person (including the stockholder of record) who is holding Equity Shares for a Beneficial Owner shall, within thirty (30) days of receiving written request from the Company therefor, provide to the Company a written statement or affidavit stating the name and

 

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address of such Beneficial Owner, the number of Equity Shares Beneficially Owned by such Beneficial Owner, a description of how such shares are held, and such other information as the Company may request in order to determine the Company’s status as a REIT and to ensure compliance with the Ownership Limit.

(iv) Exceptions.

(a) The Board of Directors of the Company, upon receipt of a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service or an opinion of counsel or other evidence or undertakings acceptable to the Board of Directors of the Company, may, in its sole discretion, waive the application of Section 7.6(ii)(a) or Section 7.6(ii)(e) to a Person subject, as the case may be, to any such limitations on Transfer, provided that (1) the Board of Directors of the Company obtains such representations and undertakings from such Person as are reasonably necessary (as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company), if any, to ascertain that such Person’s Beneficial Ownership or Constructive Ownership of Equity Shares will not now or in the future result in the Company failing to satisfy the gross income limitations provided for in Sections 856(c)(2) and (3) of the Code and (2) insofar as required by the Board of Directors of the Company, such Person agrees in writing that any violation or attempted violation of (A) such other limitation as the Board of Directors of the Company may establish at the time of such waiver with respect to such Person or (B) such other restrictions and conditions as the Board of Directors of the Company may in its sole discretion impose at the time of such waiver with respect to such Person, will result, as of the time of such violation even if discovered after such violation, in the conversion of such shares in excess of the original limit applicable to such Person into Excess Shares pursuant to Section 7.7(i).

(b) The Board of Directors of the Company, upon receipt of a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service or an opinion of counsel or other evidence or undertakings acceptable to the Board of Directors of the Company, may, in its sole discretion, waive the application of the Ownership Limit to a Person otherwise subject to any such limit, provided that (1) the Board of Directors of the Company obtains such representations and undertakings from such Person as are reasonably necessary (as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company), if any, to ascertain that such Person’s Beneficial Ownership or Constructive Ownership of Equity Shares will not now or in the future (A) result in the Company being “closely held” within the meaning of Section 856(h) of the Code, (B) cause the Company to Constructively Own a 10% or greater ownership interest in a tenant of the Company or a Subsidiary within the meaning of Section 856(d)(2)(B) of the Code (other than a “taxable REIT subsidiary” (within the meaning of Section 856(l) of the Code) of the Company that satisfies one or more of the exceptions set forth in Section 856(d)(8) of the Code) and to fail either the 75% gross income test of Section 856(c)(3) of the Code or the 95% gross income test of Section 856(c)(2) of the Code, (C) result in the Equity Shares of the Company being beneficially owned by fewer than 100 persons within the meaning of Section 856(a)(5) of the Code, or (D) cause the Company to receive “impermissible tenant service income” within the meaning of Section 856(d)(7) of the Code, and (2) such Person provides to the Board of Directors of the Company such representations and undertakings, if any, as the Board of Directors of the Company, may in its sole and absolute discretion, require (including, without limitation, an agreement as to a reduced Ownership Limit or Excepted Holder Limit for such Person with respect to the Beneficial Ownership of one or more other classes of Equity Shares not subject to the exception), and, insofar as required by the Board of Directors of the Company, such Person agrees in writing that any violation or attempted violation of (A) such other limitation as the Board of Directors of the Company may establish at the time of such waiver with respect to such Person or (B) such other restrictions and conditions as the Board of Directors of the Company may in its sole discretion impose at the time of such waiver with respect to such Person, will result, as of the time of such violation even if discovered after such violation, in the conversion of such shares in excess of the original limit applicable to such Person into Excess Shares pursuant to Section 7.7(i).

(c) The Board of Directors of the Company may only reduce the Excepted Holder Limit for an Excepted Holder (1) with the written consent of such Excepted Holder at any time or (2) pursuant to the terms and conditions of the agreements and undertakings entered into with such Excepted Holder in connection with the establishment of the Excepted Holder Limit for that Excepted Holder. No Excepted Holder Limit shall be reduced to a percentage that is less than the Ownership Limit. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 7.6(iv)(c) is intended to limit or modify the restrictions on ownership contained in Section 7.6(ii)(b) and the authority of the Board of Directors of the Company under Section 7.6(iv)(a).

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national securities exchange or any automated quotation system. In no event, however, shall the existence or application of the preceding sentence have the effect of deterring or preventing the conversion of Equity Shares into Excess Shares as contemplated herein.

(vi) Ambiguity. In the case of an ambiguity in the application of any of the provisions of this Section 7.6, including any definition contained in Section 7.6(i) above, the Board of Directors of the Company shall have the power and authority, in its sole discretion, to determine the application of the provisions of this Section 7.6 with respect to any situation based on the facts known to it.

(vii) Remedies Not Limited. Except as set forth in Section 7.6(v) above, nothing contained in this Section 7.6 or Section 7.7 shall limit the authority of the Company to take such other action as it deems necessary or advisable to protect the Company and the interests of its stockholders by preservation of the Company’s status as a REIT and to ensure compliance with the Ownership Limit or the Excepted Holder Limit.

(viii) Notice to Stockholders Upon Issuance or Transfer. Upon issuance or transfer of Equity Shares, the Company shall provide the recipient with a notice containing information about the shares purchased or otherwise transferred, in lieu of issuance of a share certificate, in a form substantially similar to the following:

“The securities issued or transferred are subject to restrictions on transfer and ownership for the purpose of maintenance of the Company’s status as a real estate investment trust (a “REIT”) under Sections 856 through 860 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). Except as otherwise provided pursuant to the Articles of Incorporation of the Company, no Person may (a) Beneficially or Constructively Own Common Shares of the Company in excess of 9.8% (or such greater percent as may be determined by the Board of Directors of the Company) of the outstanding Common Shares; (b) Beneficially or Constructively Own shares of any series of Preferred Shares of the Company in excess of 9.8% (or such greater percent as may be determined by the Board of Directors of the Company) of the outstanding shares of such series of Preferred Shares; or (c) Beneficially or Constructively Own Common Shares or Preferred Shares (of any class or series) which would result in the Company being “closely held” under Section 856(h) of the Code or which otherwise would cause the Company to fail to qualify as a REIT. Any Person who has Beneficial or Constructive Ownership, or who Acquires or attempts to Acquire Beneficial or Constructive Ownership, of Common Shares and/or Preferred Shares in excess of the above limitations must immediately notify the Company in writing or, in the event of a proposed or attempted Transfer or Acquisition or purported change in Beneficial or Constructive Ownership, must give written notice to the Company at least 15 days prior to the proposed or attempted Transfer, transaction or other event. Any purported Transfer of Common Shares and/or Preferred Shares which results in violation of the ownership or transfer limitations set forth in the Company’s Articles of Incorporation shall be void ab initio and the intended transferee shall not have or acquire any rights in such Common Shares and/or Preferred Shares. If the transfer and ownership limitations referred to herein are violated, the Common Shares or Preferred Shares represented hereby will be automatically converted into Excess Shares to the extent of violation of such limitations, and such Excess Shares will be automatically transferred to an Excess Shares Trust, all as provided by the Articles of Incorporation of the Company. All defined terms used in this legend have the meanings identified in the Company’s Articles of Incorporation, as the same may be amended from time to time, a copy of which, including the restrictions on transfer, will be sent without charge to each Stockholder who so requests.”

 

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SECTION 7.7 Excess Shares.

(i) Excess Shares.

(a) If, notwithstanding the other provisions contained in the Articles of Incorporation, prior to the Restriction Termination Date, there is a purported Transfer or Non-Transfer Event such that any Person (other than an Excepted Holder) would Beneficially Own shares of any class or series of Equity Shares in excess of the Ownership Limit, or such that any Person that is an Excepted Holder would Beneficially Own shares of any class or series of Equity Shares in excess of the applicable Excepted Holder Limit, then, except as otherwise provided in Section 7.6(iv), (1) the purported transferee shall be deemed to be a Prohibited Owner and shall acquire no right or interest (or, in the case of a Non-Transfer Event, the Person holding record title to the Equity Shares Beneficially Owned by such Beneficial Owner shall cease to own any right or interest) in such number of Equity Shares the ownership of which by a Beneficial Owner would cause (A) a Person to Beneficially Own shares of any class or series of Equity Shares in excess of the Ownership Limit or (B) an Excepted Holder to Beneficially Own shares of any class or series of Equity Shares in excess of the applicable Excepted Holder Limit, as the case may be, (2) such number of Equity Shares in excess of the Ownership Limit or the applicable Excepted Holder Limit, as the case may be (rounded up to the nearest whole share), shall be automatically converted into an equal number of Excess Shares and transferred to an Excess Shares Trust in accordance with Section 7.7(iv) and (3) the Prohibited Owner shall submit the certificates, if any, representing such number of Equity Shares to the Company, accompanied by all requisite and duly executed assignments of transfer thereof, for registration in the name of the Trustee of the Excess Shares Trust. If the Equity Shares that are converted into Excess Shares are not shares of Common Shares, then the Excess Shares into which they are converted shall be deemed to be a separate series of Excess Shares with a designation and title corresponding to the designation and title of the shares that have been converted into the Excess Shares, followed by the words “Excess Shares” in the designation thereof. Such conversion into Excess Shares and transfer to an Excess Shares Trust shall be effective as of the close of trading on the Business Day prior to the date of the purported Transfer or Non-Transfer Event, as the case may be, even though the certificates, if any, representing the Equity Shares so converted may be submitted to the Company at a later date.

(b) If, notwithstanding the other provisions contained in the Articles of Incorporation, (1) prior to the Restriction Termination Date there is a purported Transfer or Non-Transfer Event that, if effective, would result in the Company being “closely held” within the meaning of Section 856(h) of the Code, (2) prior to the Restriction Termination Date, there is a purported Transfer or Non-Transfer Event that, if effective, would cause the Company to Constructively Own a 10% or greater ownership interest in a tenant of the Company or a Subsidiary for purposes of Section 856(d)(2)(B) of the Code (other than a tenant that is a “taxable REIT Subsidiary” (within the meaning of Section 856(l) of the Code) of the Company that satisfies one or more of the exceptions set forth in Section 856(d)(8) of the Code), (3) prior to the Restriction Termination Date, there is a purported Transfer or Non-Transfer Event, that, if effective, would result in the Equity Shares being beneficially owned by fewer than 100 persons for purposes of Section 856(a)(5) of the Code, or (4) prior to the Restriction Termination Date, there is a purported Transfer or Non-Transfer Event that, if effective, would (A) cause any Person (other than a “taxable REIT subsidiary” (within the meaning of Section 856(l) of the Code) of the Company) who renders or furnishes services to one or more tenants of the Company or a Subsidiary which are not “related” to the Company within the meaning of Section 856(d)(2)(B)(i) of the Code (determined without regard to the provisions of Section 856(d)(8) of the Code), to be other than an “independent contractor” for purposes of Section 856(d)(3) of the Code, or (B) cause any Person who renders or furnishes services to a “taxable REIT subsidiary” of the Company which leases, directly or indirectly from the Company, a “qualified lodging facility” within the meaning of Section 856(d)(8)(B) of the Code, to be other than an “eligible independent contractor” within the meaning of Section 856(d)(9) of the Code, then, except to the extent a waiver was obtained with respect to such restriction pursuant to Section 7.6(iv), (X) the purported transferee shall be deemed to be a Prohibited Owner and shall acquire no right or interest (or, in the case of a Non-Transfer Event, the Person holding record title of the Equity Shares with respect to which such Non-Transfer Event occurred shall cease to own any right or interest) in such number of Equity Shares, the ownership of which by such purported transferee or record holder would (AA) result in the Company being “closely held” within the meaning of Section 856(h) of the Code, (BB) cause the Company to Constructively Own a 10% or greater ownership interest in a tenant of the Company or a Subsidiary for purposes of Section 856(d)(2)(B) of the Code (other than a “taxable REIT Subsidiary” (within the meaning of Section 856(l) of the Code) of the Company that satisfies one or more of the exceptions set forth in Section 856(d)(8) of the Code), (CC) result in the Equity Shares being beneficially owned by fewer than 100 persons for purposes of Section 856(a)(5) of the Code,

 

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or (DD)(i) cause any Person (other than a “taxable REIT subsidiary” (within the meaning of Section 856(l) of the Code) of the Company) who renders or furnishes services to one or more tenants of the Company or a Subsidiary which are not “related” to the Company within the meaning of Section 856(d)(2)(B)(i) of the Code (determined without regard to the provisions of Section 856(d)(8) of the Code), to be other than an “independent contractor” for purposes of Section 856(d)(3) of the Code, or (ii) cause any Person who renders or furnishes services to a “taxable REIT subsidiary” of the Company which leases from the Company, directly or indirectly, a “qualified lodging facility” within the meaning of Section 856(d)(8)(B) of the Code, to be other than an “eligible independent contractor” within the meaning of Section 856(d)(9) of the Code, (Y) such number of Equity Shares (rounded up to the nearest whole share) shall be automatically converted into an equal number of Excess Shares and transferred to an Excess Shares Trust in accordance with Section 7.7(iv) and (Z) the Prohibited Owner shall submit certificates, if any, representing such number of Equity Shares to the Company, accompanied by all requisite and duly executed assignments of transfer thereof, for registration in the name of the Trustee of the Excess Shares Trust. If the Equity Shares that are converted into Excess Shares are not Common Shares, then the Excess Shares into which they are converted shall be deemed to be a separate series of Excess Shares with a designation and title corresponding to the designation and title of the shares that have been converted into the Excess Shares, followed by the words “Excess Shares” in the designation thereof. Such conversion into Excess Shares and transfer to an Excess Shares Trust shall be effective as of the close business on the Business Day prior to the date of the purported Transfer or Non-Transfer Event, as the case may be, even though the certificates, if any, representing the Equity Shares so converted may be submitted to the Company at a later date.

(c) Upon the occurrence of a conversion of Equity Shares into an equal number of Excess Shares, without any action required by any Person, including the Board of Directors of the Company, such Equity Shares shall be restored to the status of authorized but unissued shares of the particular class or series of Equity Shares that was converted into Excess Shares and may be reissued by the Company as that particular class or series of Equity Shares.

(ii) Remedies for Breach. If the Company, or its designees, shall at any time determine in good faith that a Transfer has taken place in violation of Section 7.6(ii) or that a Person intends to Acquire or has attempted to Acquire Beneficial Ownership or Constructive Ownership of any Equity Shares in violation of Section 7.6(ii), the Company shall take such action as it deems advisable to refuse to give effect to or to prevent such Transfer or Acquisition, including, but not limited to, refusing to give effect to such Transfer on the stock transfer books of the Company or instituting proceedings to enjoin such Transfer or Acquisition, but the failure to take any such action shall not affect the automatic conversion of Equity Shares into Excess Shares and their transfer to an Excess Shares Trust in accordance with Section 7.7(i) and Section 7.7(iv).

(iii) Notice of Restricted Transfer. Any Person who Acquires or attempts to Acquire Equity Shares in violation of Section 7.6(ii), or any Person who owned Equity Shares that were converted into Excess Shares and transferred to an Excess Shares Trust pursuant to Sections 7.7(i) and 7.7(iv), shall immediately give written notice to the Company, or, in the event of a proposed or attempted Transfer, Acquisition or purported change in Beneficial Ownership or Constructive Ownership, shall give at least fifteen (15) days prior written notice to the Company, of such event and shall provide to the Company such other information as the Company, in its sole discretion, may request in order to determine the effect, if any, of such Transfer, Acquisition, or Non-Transfer Event, as the case may be, on the Company’s status as a REIT.

(iv) Ownership in Excess Shares Trust. Upon any purported Transfer, Acquisition, or Non-Transfer Event that results in Excess Shares pursuant to Section 7.7(i), such Excess Shares shall be automatically and by operation of law transferred to one or more Trustees as trustee of one or more Excess Shares Trusts to be held for the exclusive benefit of one or more Beneficiaries. Any conversion of Equity Shares into Excess Shares and transfer to an Excess Shares Trust shall be effective as of the close of business on the Business Day prior to the date of the purported Transfer, Acquisition or Non-Transfer Event that results in the conversion. Excess Shares so held in trust shall remain issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company.

(v) Dividend Rights. Each Excess Share shall be entitled to the same dividends and other distributions (as to both timing and amount) as may be authorized by the Board of Directors and declared by the Company with respect to shares of the same class and series as the Equity Shares that were converted into such Excess Shares. The Trustee, as record holder of the Excess Shares, shall be entitled to receive all dividends and other

 

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distributions and shall hold all such dividends and other distributions in trust for the benefit of the Beneficiary. The Prohibited Owner with respect to such Excess Shares shall repay to the Excess Shares Trust the amount of any dividends or other distributions received by it (a) that are attributable to any Equity Shares that have been converted into Excess Shares and (b) which were distributed by the Company to stockholders of record on a record date which was on or after the date that such shares were converted into Excess Shares. The Company shall have the right to take all measures that it determines reasonably necessary to recover the amount of any such dividend or distribution paid to a Prohibited Owner, including, if necessary, withholding any portion of future dividends or distributions payable on Equity Shares Beneficially Owned by the Person who, but for the provisions of Sections 7.6 and 7.7, would Constructively Own or Beneficially Own the Equity Shares that were converted into Excess Shares; and, as soon as reasonably practicable following the Company’s receipt or withholding thereof, shall pay over to the Excess Shares Trust for the benefit of the Beneficiary the dividends so received or withheld, as the case may be.

(vi) Rights upon Liquidation. In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation of, or winding up of, or any distribution of the assets of, the Company, each holder of Excess Shares shall be entitled to receive, ratably with each holder of Equity Shares of the same class and series as the shares which were converted into such Excess Shares and other holders of such Excess Shares, that portion of the assets of the Company that is available for distribution to the holders of such Equity Shares. The Excess Shares Trust shall distribute to the Prohibited Owner the amounts received upon such liquidation, dissolution, winding up or distribution; provided, however, that the Prohibited Owner shall not be entitled to receive amounts in excess of, in the case of a purported Transfer or Acquisition in which the Prohibited Owner gave value for Equity Shares and which Transfer or Acquisition resulted in the conversion of the shares into Excess Shares, the product of (a) the price per share, if any, such Prohibited Owner paid for the Equity Shares and (b) the number of Equity Shares which were so converted into Excess Shares and held by the Excess Shares Trust, and, in the case of a Non-Transfer Event or purported Transfer or Acquisition in which the Prohibited Owner did not give value for such shares (e.g., if the shares were received through a gift or devise) and which Non-Transfer Event or purported Transfer or Acquisition, as the case may be, resulted in the conversion of the shares into Excess Shares, the product of (1) the price per share equal to the Market Price for the shares that were converted into such Excess Shares on the date of such Non-Transfer Event or purported Transfer or Acquisition and (2) the number of Equity Shares which were so converted into Excess Shares. Any remaining amount in such Excess Shares Trust shall be distributed to the Beneficiary; provided, however, that in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation of, or winding up of, or any distribution of the Assets of, the Company that occurs during the period in which the Company has the right to accept the offer to purchase Excess Shares under Section 7.7(x) hereof (but with respect to which the Company has not yet accepted such offer), then (A) the Company shall be deemed to have accepted such offer immediately prior to the time at which the liquidating distribution is to be determined for the holders of Equity Shares of the same class and series as the shares which were converted into such Excess Shares (or such earlier time as is necessary to permit such offer to be accepted) and to have simultaneously purchased such shares at the price per share set forth in Section 7.7(x), (B) the Prohibited Owner with respect to such Excess Shares shall receive in connection with such deemed purchase the compensation amount set forth Section 7.7(ix) (as if such shares were purchased by the Company directly from the Excess Shares Trust), (C) the amount, if any, by which the deemed purchase price exceeds such compensation amount shall be distributed to the Beneficiary and (D) accordingly, any amounts that would have been distributed with respect to such Excess Shares in such liquidation, winding-up or distribution (if such deemed purchase had not occurred) in excess of the deemed purchase price shall be distributed to the holders of the Equity Shares and holders of Excess Shares resulting from the conversion of such Equity Shares entitled to such distribution.

(vii) Voting Rights. The holders of Excess Shares shall not be entitled to voting rights with respect to such shares. Any vote by a Prohibited Owner as a purported holder of Equity Shares prior to the discovery by the Company that such Equity Shares have been converted into Excess Shares shall, subject to applicable law, be rescinded and shall be void ab initio with respect to such Excess Shares; provided, however, that if the Company has already taken irreversible corporate action, then the Trustee shall not have the authority to rescind such vote.

(viii) Designation of Permitted Transferee.

(a) As soon as practicable after the Trustee acquires Excess Shares, but in an orderly fashion so as not to materially adversely affect the price of Equity Shares, the Trustee shall designate one or more Persons as Permitted Transferees and sell to such Permitted Transferees any Excess Shares held by the Trustee; provided, however, that (1) any Permitted Transferee so designated purchases for valuable consideration (whether in a public or

 

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private sale) the Excess Shares and (2) any Permitted Transferee so designated may acquire such Excess Shares without violating any of the restrictions set forth in Section 7.6(ii) (assuming for this purpose the automatic conversion of such Excess Shares into Equity Shares pursuant to clause (b) below) and without such acquisition resulting in the re-conversion of the Equity Shares underlying the Excess Shares so acquired into Excess Shares and the transfer of such shares to an Excess Shares Trust pursuant to Sections 7.7(i) and 7.7(iv). The Trustee shall have the exclusive and absolute right to designate Permitted Transferees of any and all Excess Shares. Prior to any transfer by the Trustee of Excess Shares to a Permitted Transferee, the Trustee shall give not less than five (5) Business Days’ prior written notice to the Company of such intended transfer to enable the Company to determine whether to exercise or waive its purchase rights under Section 7.7(x). No such transfer by the Trustee of Excess Shares to a Permitted Transferee shall be consummated unless the Trustee has received a written waiver of the Company’s purchase rights under Section 7.7(x).

(b) Upon the designation by the Trustee of a Permitted Transferee and compliance with the provisions of this Section 7.7(viii), the Trustee shall cause to be transferred to the Permitted Transferee the Excess Shares acquired by the Trustee pursuant to Section 7.7(iv). Upon such transfer of Excess Shares to the Permitted Transferee, such Excess Shares shall be automatically converted into an equal number of Equity Shares of the same class and series as the Equity Shares which were converted into such Excess Shares. Upon the occurrence of such a conversion of Excess Shares into an equal number of Equity Shares, such Excess Shares, without any action required by the Board of Directors of the Company, shall thereupon be restored to the status of authorized but unissued Excess Shares and may be reissued by the Company as Excess Shares. The Trustee shall (1) cause to be recorded on the stock transfer books of the Company that the Permitted Transferee is the holder of record of such number of Equity Shares, and (2) distribute to the Beneficiary any and all amounts held with respect to such Excess Shares after making payment to the Prohibited Owner pursuant to Section 7.7(ix).

(c) If the Transfer of Excess Shares to a purported Permitted Transferee would or does violate any of the transfer restrictions set forth in Section 7.6(ii) (assuming for this purpose the automatic conversion of such Excess Shares into Equity Shares pursuant to clause (b) above), such Transfer shall be void ab initio as to that number of Excess Shares that cause the violation of any such restriction when such shares are converted into Equity Shares (as described in clause (b) above) and the purported Permitted Transferee shall be deemed to be a Prohibited Owner and shall acquire no rights in such Excess Shares or Equity Shares. Such Equity Shares shall be automatically re-converted into Excess Shares and transferred to the Excess Shares Trust from which they were originally Transferred. Such conversion and transfer to the Excess Shares Trust shall be effective as of the close of trading on the Business Day prior to the date of the Transfer to the purported Permitted Transferee and the provisions of this Section 7.7 shall apply to such shares, including, without limitation, the provisions of Sections 7.7(viii) through 7.7(x) with respect to any future Transfer of such shares by the Excess Shares Trust.

(ix) Compensation to Record Holder of Equity Shares That Are Converted into Excess Shares. Any Prohibited Owner shall be entitled (following acquisition of the Excess Shares and subsequent designation of and sale of Excess Shares to a Permitted Transferee in accordance with Section 7.7(viii) or following the acceptance of the offer to purchase such shares in accordance with Section 7.7(x)) to receive from the Trustee following the sale or other disposition of such Excess Shares the lesser of (a)(1) in the case of a purported Transfer or Acquisition in which the Prohibited Owner gave value for Equity Shares and which Transfer or Acquisition resulted in the conversion of such shares into Excess Shares, the product of (A) the price per share, if any, such Prohibited Owner paid for the Equity Shares and (B) the number of Equity Shares which were so converted into Excess Shares and (2) in the case of a Non-Transfer Event or purported Transfer or Acquisition in which the Prohibited Owner did not give value for such shares (e.g., if the shares were received through a gift or devise) and which Non-Transfer Event or purported Transfer or Acquisition, as the case may be, resulted in the conversion of such shares into Excess Shares, the product of (A) the price per share equal to the Market Price for the shares that were converted into such Excess Shares on the date of such Non-Transfer Event or purported Transfer or Acquisition and (B) the number of Equity Shares which were so converted into Excess Shares, (b) the proceeds received by the Trustee from the sale or other disposition of such Excess Shares in accordance with Section 7.7(viii) or Section 7.7(x) or (c) the pro-rata amount of such Prohibited Owner’s initial capital investment in the Company properly allocated to such Excess Shares (determined by multiplying the Prohibited Owner’s total initial capital investment in the Company by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of shares of the Prohibited Owner’s Equity Shares converted into such Excess Shares and the denominator of which is the total number of Equity Shares held (or purported to be held) by the Prohibited Owner immediately prior to such conversion (including the shares so converted)). Any amounts received by the Trustee in respect of such Excess Shares that is in excess of such

 

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amounts to be paid to the Prohibited Owner pursuant to this Section 7.7(ix) shall be distributed to the Beneficiary. Each Beneficiary and Prohibited Owner shall be deemed to have waived and, if requested, shall execute a written confirmation of the waiver of, any and all claims that it may have against the Trustee and the Excess Shares Trust arising out of the disposition of Excess Shares, except for claims arising out of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Trustee or any failure to make payments in accordance with this Section 7.7 by such Trustee.

(x) Purchase Right in Excess Shares. Excess Shares shall be deemed to have been offered for sale to the Company or its designee, at a price per share equal to the lesser of (a) the price per share of Equity Shares in the transaction that created such Excess Shares (or, in the case of a Non-Transfer Event, Transfer or Acquisition in which the Prohibited Owner did not give value for the shares (e.g., if the shares were received through a gift or devise), the Market Price for the shares that were converted into such Excess Shares on the date of such Non-Transfer Event, Transfer or Acquisition or (b) the Market Price for the shares that were converted into such Excess Shares on the date the Company, or its designee, accepts such offer. The Company shall have the right to accept such offer for a period of ninety (90) days following the later of (1) the date of the Acquisition, Non-Transfer Event or purported Transfer which results in such Excess Shares or (2) the first to occur of (A) the date the Board of Directors of the Company first determined that an Acquisition, Transfer or Non-Transfer Event resulting in Excess Shares has occurred and (B) the date that the Company received a notice of such Acquisition, Transfer or Non-Transfer Event pursuant to Section 7.7(iii).

(xi) Nothing in this Section 7.7 shall limit the authority of the Board of Directors of the Company to take such other action as it deems necessary or advisable to protect the Company and the interests of its Stockholders in preserving the Company’s status as a REIT.

SECTION 7.8 Severability. If any provision of this Article VII or any application of any such provision is determined to be void, invalid or unenforceable by any court having jurisdiction over the issue, the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Article VII shall not be affected and other applications of such provision shall be affected only to the extent necessary to comply with the determination of such court.

SECTION 7.9 Waiver. The Company shall have authority at any time to waive the requirements that Excess Shares be issued or be deemed outstanding in accordance with the provisions of this Article VII if the Company determines, based on an opinion of nationally recognized tax counsel, that the issuance of such Excess Shares or the fact that such Excess Shares are deemed to be outstanding, would jeopardize the status of the Company as a REIT (as that term is defined in Section 1.5).

ARTICLE 8

STOCKHOLDERS

SECTION 8.1 Meetings of Stockholders. There shall be an annual meeting of the Stockholders, to be held at such time and place as shall be determined by or in the manner prescribed in the Bylaws, at which the Directors shall be elected and any other proper business may be conducted. Prior to Listing, the annual meeting will be held at a location convenient to the Stockholders, on a date which is a reasonable period of time following the distribution of the Company’s annual report to Stockholders but not less than thirty (30) days after delivery of such report. The Directors, including the Independent Directors, shall be required to take reasonable steps to insure that this is accomplished. A majority of the votes cast by the holders of Equity Shares present in person or by proxy at an annual meeting at which a quorum is present, shall, without the necessity for concurrence by the Directors, be sufficient to elect the Directors. A quorum shall be fifty percent (50%) of the then outstanding Equity Shares entitled to vote. Special meetings of Stockholders may be called in the manner provided in the Bylaws, including at any time prior to Listing by the secretary of the Company upon the request of Stockholders holding, in the aggregate, not less than ten percent (10%) of the outstanding Equity Shares entitled to vote on any issue proposed to be considered at any such special meeting. If there are no Directors, the officers of the Company shall promptly call a special meeting of the Stockholders entitled to vote for the election of successor Directors. Any meeting may be adjourned and reconvened as the Directors determine or as provided by the Bylaws.

 

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SECTION 8.2 Voting Rights of Stockholders. Subject to the provisions of any class or series of Equity Shares then outstanding and the mandatory provisions of any applicable laws or regulations, the Stockholders shall be entitled to vote only on the following matters: (i) election or removal of Directors as provided in Sections 2.4, 2.6 and 8.1 hereof; (ii) amendment of the Articles of Incorporation as provided in Section 10.1 hereof; (iii) dissolution of the Company as provided in Section 11.2 hereof; (iv) reorganization of the Company as provided in Section 10.2 hereof; (v) merger, consolidation or sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Company Property, as provided in Section 10.3 hereof; (vi) termination of the Company’s status as a real estate investment trust under the REIT Provisions of the Code, as provided in Section 3.2(xix) hereof; (vii) modification or elimination of the Company’s investment limitations, as provided in Section 5.4 hereof; and (viii) such other matters with respect to which the Board of Directors has adopted a resolution declaring that a proposed action is advisable and directing that the matter be submitted to the Stockholders for approval or ratification. The Stockholders may terminate the status of the Company as a REIT under the Code by a vote of holders of a majority of the Equity Shares outstanding and entitled to vote. Except with respect to the foregoing matters, no action taken by the Stockholders at any meeting shall in any way bind the Directors.

SECTION 8.3 Voting Limitations on Equity Shares held by the Advisor, Directors and Affiliates. With respect to Equity Shares owned by the Advisor, the Directors, or any of their Affiliates, neither the Advisor, nor the Directors, nor any of their Affiliates may, prior to Listing, vote or consent on matters submitted to the Stockholders regarding the removal of the Advisor, Directors or any of their Affiliates or any transaction between the Company and any of them. In determining the requisite percentage in interest of Equity Shares necessary to approve a matter on which the Advisor, Directors and any of their Affiliates may not vote or consent, any Equity Shares owned by any of them shall not be included.

SECTION 8.4 Stockholder Action to be Taken by Meeting; Extraordinary Actions. Any action required or permitted to be taken by the Stockholders of the Company must be effected at a duly called annual or special meeting of Stockholders of the Company at which a quorum is present and may not be effected by any consent in writing of such Stockholders. Except as otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation, notwithstanding any provision of law permitting or requiring any action to be taken or approved by the affirmative vote of the holders of Equity Shares entitled to cast a greater number of votes, any such action shall be effective and valid if taken or approved by the affirmative vote of holders of Equity Shares entitled to cast a majority of all the votes entitled to be cast on the matter.

SECTION 8.5 Right of Inspection. Any Stockholder and any designated representative thereof shall be permitted access to all records of the Company to which it is entitled under applicable law at all reasonable times, and may inspect and copy any of them for a reasonable charge. Inspection of the Company books and records by the office or agency administering the securities laws of a jurisdiction shall be provided upon reasonable notice and during normal business hours.

SECTION 8.6 Access to Stockholder List. An alphabetical list of the names, addresses and telephone numbers of the Stockholders of the Company, along with the number of Equity Shares held by each of them (the “Stockholder List”), shall be maintained as part of the books and records of the Company and prior to Listing shall be available for inspection by any Stockholder or the Stockholder’s designated agent at the home office of the Company upon the request of the Stockholder. The Stockholder List shall be updated at least quarterly to reflect changes in the information contained therein. A copy of such list shall be mailed to any Stockholder so requesting within ten (10) days of the request. The copy of the Stockholder List shall be printed in alphabetical order, on white paper, and in a readily readable type size (in no event smaller than 10-point type). The Company may impose a reasonable charge for expenses incurred in reproduction pursuant to the Stockholder request. A Stockholder may request a copy of the Stockholder List in connection with, without limitation, matters relating to Stockholders’ voting rights, and the exercise of Stockholder rights under federal proxy laws.

If the Advisor or Directors neglect or refuse to exhibit, produce or mail a copy of the Stockholder List as requested, the Advisor and the Directors shall be liable to any Stockholder requesting the list for the costs, including attorneys’ fees, incurred by that Stockholder for compelling the production of the Stockholder List, and for actual damages suffered by any Stockholder by reason of such refusal or neglect. It shall be a defense that the actual purpose and reason for the requests for inspection or for a copy of the Stockholder List is to secure such list of Stockholders or other information for the purpose of selling such list or copies thereof, or of using the same for a commercial purpose other than in the interest of the applicant as a Stockholder relative to the affairs of the Company. The Company may

 

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require the Stockholder requesting the Stockholder List to represent that the list is not requested for a commercial purpose unrelated to the Stockholder’s interest in the Company. The remedies provided hereunder to Stockholders requesting copies of the Stockholder List are in addition, to and shall not in any way limit, other remedies available to Stockholders under federal law, or the laws of any state.

SECTION 8.7 Reports. The Directors, including the Independent Directors, shall take reasonable steps to insure that the Company shall cause to be prepared and mailed or delivered to each Stockholder as of a record date after the end of the fiscal year and each holder of other publicly held securities of the Company within one hundred twenty (120) days after the end of the fiscal year to which it relates an annual report for each fiscal year ending after the initial public offering of its securities which shall include: (i) financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles which are audited and reported on by independent certified public accountants; (ii) the ratio of the costs of raising capital during the period to the capital raised; (iii) the aggregate amount of advisory fees and the aggregate amount of other fees paid to the Advisor and any Affiliate of the Advisor by the Company and including fees or changes paid to the Advisor and any Affiliate of the Advisor by third parties doing business with the Company; (iv) the Operating Expenses of the Company, stated as a percentage of Average Invested Assets and as a percentage of its Net Income; (v) a report from the Independent Directors that the policies being followed by the Company are in the best interests of its Stockholders and the basis for such determination; (vi) separately stated, full disclosure of all material terms, factors, and circumstances surrounding any and all transactions involving the Company, Directors, Advisors and any Affiliate thereof occurring in the year for which the annual report is made, and the Independent Directors shall be specifically charged with a duty to examine and comment in the report on the fairness of such transactions; and (vii) Distributions to the Stockholders for the period, identifying the source of such Distributions, and if such information is not available at the time of the distribution, a written explanation of the relevant circumstances will accompany the Distributions (with the statement as to the source of Distributions to be sent to Stockholders not later than sixty (60) days after the end of the fiscal year in which the distribution was made).

SECTION 8.8 Suitability of Stockholders.

(i) Income and Net Worth Standards. Prior to Listing, Stockholders shall have (A) a minimum annual gross income of $45,000 and a minimum net worth (not including home, home furnishings and automobiles) of $45,000, or (B) a minimum net worth (not including home, home furnishings and automobiles) of $150,000. Suitability standards may vary from state to state.

(ii) Determination that Sale to Stockholder is Suitable and Appropriate. Prior to Listing, each Soliciting Dealer who sells Equity Shares on behalf of the Company has the responsibility to make every reasonable effort to determine that the purchase of Equity Shares is appropriate for a Stockholder and that the requisite suitability standards are met.

(iii) Minimum Investment. State securities regulators may require minimum initial and subsequent cash investment amounts in any securities offering in which the Company is engaging which is subject to such state regulators’ jurisdiction.

SECTION 8.9 Reinvestment Plan. The Company may adopt a reinvestment plan, on the terms and conditions approved by the Directors, pursuant to which Stockholders may elect to have the full amount of their cash Distributions from the Company reinvested in additional Equity Shares of the Company (“Reinvestment Plan”).

(i) All material information regarding the Distributions reinvested and the effect of reinvesting such Distributions, including the tax consequences thereof, shall be provided to each Stockholder participating in any Reinvestment Plan at least annually.

(ii) Each Stockholder participating in any Reinvestment Plan shall have a reasonable opportunity to withdraw from the Reinvestment Plan at least annually after receipt of the information required in subparagraph (i) above.

 

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ARTICLE 9

LIABILITY OF STOCKHOLDERS, DIRECTORS, ADVISORS AND AFFILIATES;

TRANSACTIONS BETWEEN AFFILIATES AND THE COMPANY

SECTION 9.1 Limitation of Stockholder Liability. No Stockholder shall be liable for any debt, claim, demand, judgment or obligation of any kind of, against or with respect to the Company by reason of his being a Stockholder, nor shall any Stockholder be subject to any personal liability whatsoever, in tort, contract or otherwise, to any Person in connection with the Company Property or the affairs of the Company by reason of his being a Stockholder. The Company shall include a clause in its contracts which provides that Stockholders shall not be personally liable for obligations entered into on behalf of the Company.

SECTION 9.2 Limitation of Liability and Indemnification.

(i) To the maximum extent that Maryland law in effect from time to time permits limitation of the liability of Directors and officers of a corporation, no present or former Director or officer of the Company shall be liable to the Company or the Stockholders for money damages.

(ii) To the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law in effect from time to time, the Company shall indemnify and, without requiring a preliminary determination of the ultimate entitlement to indemnification, shall pay or reimburse reasonable expenses in advance of final disposition of a proceeding to (a) any individual who is a present or former Director or officer of the Company and who is made or threatened to be made a party to the proceeding by reason of his or her service in that capacity or (b) any individual who, while a Director or officer of the Company and at the request of the Company, serves or has served as a Director, officer, partner, trustee, member or manager of another corporation, real estate investment trust, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise and who is made or threatened to be made a party to the proceeding by reason of his or her service in that capacity. The rights to indemnification and advance of expenses provided by the Articles of Incorporation and the Bylaws shall vest immediately upon election of a Director or officer. The Company may, with the approval of the Board of Directors, provide such indemnification and advance for expenses to an individual who served a predecessor of the Company in any of the capacities described in (a) or (b) above and to any employee or agent of the Company or a predecessor of the Company. The indemnification and payment or reimbursement of expenses provided in the Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws shall not be deemed exclusive of or limit in any way other rights to which any person seeking indemnification or payment or reimbursement of expenses may be or may become entitled under any bylaw, resolution, insurance, agreement or otherwise.

(iii) Neither the amendment nor repeal of Sections 9.2(i) and/or 9.2(ii) hereof, nor the adoption or amendment of any other provision of the Articles of Incorporation or the Bylaws inconsistent with Sections 9.2(i) and/or 9.2(ii) hereof, shall apply to or affect in any respect the applicability of said sections with respect to any act or failure to act which occurred prior to such amendment, repeal or adoption.

SECTION 9.3 Express Exculpatory Clauses In Instruments. Neither the Stockholders nor the Directors, officers, employees or agents of the Company shall be liable under any written instrument creating an obligation of the Company by reason of their being Stockholders, Directors, officers, employees or agents of the Company, and all Persons shall look solely to the Company Property for the payment of any claim under or for the performance of that instrument. The omission of the foregoing exculpatory language from any instrument shall not affect the validity or enforceability of such instrument and shall not render any Stockholder, Director, officer, employee or agent liable thereunder to any third party, nor shall the Directors or any officer, employee or agent of the Company be liable to anyone as a result of such omission.

SECTION 9.4 Transactions with Affiliates. Prior to Listing, the Company shall not engage in transactions with any Affiliates, except to the extent that each such transaction has, after disclosure of such affiliation, been approved or ratified by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Directors (including a majority of the Independent Directors) not Affiliated with the person who is party to the transaction and:

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(ii) The terms of such transaction are at least as favorable as the terms of any comparable transactions made on an arms-length basis and known to the Directors.

(iii) The total consideration is not in excess of the appraised value of the property being acquired, if an acquisition is involved.

(iv) Payments to the Advisor, its Affiliates and the Directors for services rendered in a capacity other than that as Advisor or Director may only be made upon a determination that:

(a) The compensation is not in excess of their compensation paid for any comparable services; and

(b) The compensation is not greater than the charges for comparable services available from others who are competent and not Affiliated with any of the parties involved.

Transactions between the Company and its Affiliates are further subject to any express restrictions in the Articles of Incorporation (including Article IV and Section 7.7) or adopted by the Directors in the Bylaws or by resolution, and further subject to the disclosure and ratification requirements of MGCL Section 2-419 and other applicable law.

ARTICLE 10

AMENDMENT; REORGANIZATION; MERGER, ETC.

SECTION 10.1 Amendment.

(i) These Articles of Incorporation may be amended, without the necessity for concurrence by the Directors, by the affirmative vote of the holders of not less than a majority of the Equity Shares then outstanding and entitled to vote thereon, except that (a) no amendment may be made which would change any rights with respect to any outstanding class of securities, by reducing the amount payable thereon upon liquidation, or by diminishing or eliminating any voting rights pertaining thereto; and (b) Section 10.2 hereof and this Section 10.1 shall not be amended (or any other provision of these Articles of Incorporation be amended or any provision of these Articles of Incorporation be added that would have the effect of amending such sections), without the affirmative vote of the holders of two-thirds (2/3) of the Equity Shares then outstanding and entitled to vote thereon.

(ii) The Directors, by a two-thirds (2/3) vote, may amend provisions of these Articles of Incorporation from time to time as necessary to enable the Company to qualify as a real estate investment trust under the REIT Provisions of the Code. The Directors, by a majority vote, may amend these Articles of Incorporation to increase the number of authorized Equity Shares. In addition, the Directors may amend these Articles of Incorporation without the consent of the Stockholders to the fullest extent so provided by the MGCL. With the exception of the foregoing, the Directors may not amend these Articles of Incorporation.

(iii) An amendment to these Articles of Incorporation shall become effective as provided in Section 12.5.

(iv) These Articles of Incorporation may not be amended except as provided in this Section 10.1.

SECTION 10.2 Reorganization. Subject to the provisions of any class or series of Equity Shares at the time outstanding, the Directors shall have the power (i) to cause the organization of a corporation, association, trust or other organization to take over the Company Property and to carry on the affairs of the Company, or (ii) merge the Company into, or sell, convey and transfer the Company Property to any such corporation, association, trust or organization in exchange for Securities thereof or beneficial interests therein, and the assumption by the transferee of the liabilities of the

 

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Company, and upon the occurrence of (i) or (ii) above terminate the Company and deliver such Securities or beneficial interests ratably among the Stockholders according to the respective rights of the class or series of Equity Shares held by them; provided, however, that any such action shall have been approved, at a meeting of the Stockholders called for that purpose, by the affirmative vote of the holders of not less than a majority of the Equity Shares then outstanding and entitled to vote thereon.

SECTION 10.3 Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Company Property. Subject to the provisions of any class or series of Equity Shares at the time outstanding, the Directors shall have the power to (i) merge the Company with or into another entity, (ii) consolidate the Company with one (1) or more other entities into a new entity; (iii) sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the Company Property; or (iv) dissolve or liquidate the Company; provided, however, that such action shall have been approved, at a meeting of the Stockholders called for that purpose, by the affirmative vote of the holders of not less than a majority of the Equity Shares then outstanding and entitled to vote thereon. Any such transaction involving an Affiliate of the Company or the Advisor also must be approved by a majority of the Directors (including a majority of the Independent Directors) not otherwise interested in such transaction as fair and reasonable to the Company and on terms and conditions not less favorable to the Company than those available from unaffiliated third parties.

ARTICLE 11

DURATION OF COMPANY

SECTION 11.1 The Company, on or before December 31, 2015, will undertake to provide Stockholders with liquidity of their investment, either in whole or in part, including, without limitation, through (i) Listing, (ii) the commencement of an orderly Sale of the Company’s Assets, outside of the ordinary course of business and consistent with the Company’s objectives of qualifying as a REIT, and the distribution of the Net Sales Proceeds thereof to the Stockholders or (iii) the merger of the Company with or into another entity in a transaction which provides the Stockholders with cash or securities of a publicly traded company. If Listing occurs, the Company shall continue perpetually unless dissolved pursuant to the provisions contained herein or pursuant to any applicable provision of the MGCL.

SECTION 11.2 Dissolution of the Company by Stockholder Vote. The Company may be terminated at any time, without the necessity for concurrence by the Board of Directors, by the vote or written consent of a majority of the outstanding Equity Shares.

THIRD: There are five directors of the Company. The names of the directors are:

James M. Seneff, Jr.

Thomas K. Sittema

Bruce Douglas

Adam J. Ford

Robert J. Woody

FOURTH: The current address of the principal office of the Company is as set forth in Article I of the foregoing amendment and restatement of the charter of the Company.

FIFTH: The name and address of the Company’s current resident agent is as set forth in Article I of the foregoing amendment and restatement of the charter of the Company.

SIXTH: The amendment and restatement of the charter of the Company as hereinabove set forth has been duly advised by the Board of Directors and approved by the stockholders of the Company as required by law.

SEVENTH: The undersigned acknowledges these Articles of Amendment and Restatement to be the corporate act of the Company and as to all matters or facts required to be verified under oath, the undersigned acknowledges that to the best of his knowledge, information and belief, these matters and facts are true in all material respects and that this statement is made under the penalties for perjury.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused these Second Articles of Amendment and Restatement to be signed in its name and on its behalf by its Senior Vice President and attested to by its Assistant Secretary on this 30th day of July, 2013.

 

CNL LIFESTYLE PROPERTIES, INC.
By:  

/S/ HOLLY J. GREER

Name:   Holly J. Greer
Title:   Senior Vice President
Attest:
By:  

/S/ ERIN M. GRAY

Name:   Erin M. Gray
Title:   Assistant Secretary

 

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EX-3.2.1 3 d717904dex321.htm AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS Amended and Restated Bylaws

Exhibit 3.2.1

AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS OF

CNL LIFESTYLE PROPERTIES, INC.

ARTICLE I

OFFICES

SECTION 1. PRINCIPAL OFFICE. The principal office of CNL Lifestyle Properties, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), shall be located at such place or places as the Board of Directors may designate in the State of Maryland.

SECTION 2. ADDITIONAL OFFICES. The Company may have additional offices at such places as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or the business of the Company may require.

ARTICLE II

MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS

SECTION 1. PLACE. All meetings of stockholders shall be held at the principal office of the Company or at such other place within the United States as shall be stated in the notice of the meeting.

SECTION 2. ANNUAL MEETING. An annual meeting of the stockholders for the election of Directors, as such term is defined below, and the transaction of any business within the powers of the Company shall be held upon reasonable notice and not less than thirty (30) days after delivery of the annual report.

SECTION 3. SPECIAL MEETINGS. Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Shares (as such term is defined in the Company’s charter (the “Articles of Incorporation”)) to elect additional Directors under specified circumstances, special meetings of the stockholders may be called by (i) the chairman of the Board of Directors; (ii) a majority of the Board of Directors; (iii) a majority of the Independent Directors (as such term is defined herein); or (iv) the secretary at the request in writing of stockholders holding outstanding Equity Shares (as such term is defined in the Articles of Incorporation) representing at least 10% of all votes entitled to be cast on any issue proposed to be considered at any such special meeting, not less than 15 nor more than 60 days after such request is received. Written or printed notice of any special meeting called pursuant to subsection (iv) will be provided to all stockholders within ten (10) days after any such request is received, stating the purpose of the meeting and time and place of the meeting specified in the request, or if none is specified, a time and place convenient to the stockholders.

SECTION 4. NOTICE. Not less than fifteen (15) nor more than sixty (60) days before each meeting of stockholders, the secretary shall give to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting, and to each stockholder not entitled to vote who is entitled to notice of the meeting, written or printed notice stating the time and place of the meeting and, in the case of a special meeting or as otherwise may be required by statute or these Amended and Restated Bylaws (the “Bylaws”), the purpose for which the meeting is called, either by mail to the address of such stockholder as it appears on the records of the Company, or by presenting it to such stockholder personally or by leaving it at his residence or usual place of business. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be given when deposited in the United States mail addressed to the stockholder at his post office address as it appears on the records of the Company, with postage thereon prepaid.

SECTION 5. SCOPE OF NOTICE. Any business of the Company may be transacted at an annual meeting of stockholders without being specifically designated in the notice, except such business as is required by statute to be stated in such notice. No business shall be transacted at a special meeting of stockholders except as specifically designated in the notice.

SECTION 6. QUORUM. At any meeting of stockholders, the presence in person or by proxy of stockholders holding 50% of the then outstanding shares shall constitute a quorum; but this section shall not affect any requirement under any statute, any other provision of these Bylaws, or the Articles of Incorporation for the vote necessary for the adoption of any measure. If, however, such quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the stockholders, the stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting, present in person or by proxy, shall have power to


adjourn the meeting from time to time to a date not more than 120 days after the original record date without notice other than announcement at the meeting. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally notified.

SECTION 7. VOTING. A majority of all the votes cast at a meeting of stockholders duly called and at which a quorum is present shall be sufficient to elect a Director, notwithstanding the concurrence of the Board of Directors to such action. With respect to the election of Directors, “a majority of all the votes cast” shall mean that a nominee for Director receives the affirmative vote of a majority of the total votes cast for and against or affirmatively withheld as to such nominee. Each share may be voted for as many individuals as there are Directors to be elected and for whose election the share is entitled to be voted. A majority of the votes cast at a meeting of stockholders duly called and at which a quorum is present shall be sufficient to approve any other matter which may properly come before the meeting, unless more than a majority of the votes cast is required by statute or by the Articles of Incorporation. Unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation, each Equity Share owned of record on the applicable record date shall be entitled to one vote on each matter submitted to a vote at a meeting of stockholders. The Company’s Advisor (as such term is defined in the Articles of Incorporation), the Directors and any affiliates are prohibited from voting on or consenting to matters submitted to the stockholders regarding the removal of the Advisor, Directors or any affiliate or any transaction between the Company and any of them, nor will such shares be counted in determining a quorum or a majority in such circumstances.

SECTION 8. PROXIES. A stockholder may vote the Equity Shares owned of record by him, either in person or by proxy executed in writing by the stockholder or by his duly authorized attorney in fact. Such proxy shall be filed with the secretary of the Company before or at the time of the meeting. No proxy shall be valid after eleven months from the date of its execution, unless otherwise provided in the proxy.

SECTION 9. VOTING OF SHARES BY CERTAIN HOLDERS. Equity Shares registered in the name of a corporation, partnership, trust or other entity, if entitled to be voted, may be voted by the chief executive officer or a vice president, a general partner, trustee or other fiduciary thereof, as the case may be, or a proxy appointed by any of the foregoing individuals, unless some other person who has been appointed to vote such shares pursuant to a bylaw or a resolution of the board of directors of such corporation or other entity presents a certified copy of such bylaw or resolution, in which case such person may vote such shares. Any trustee or other fiduciary may vote shares registered in his name as such fiduciary, either in person or by proxy.

Equity Shares of the Company directly or indirectly owned by it shall not be voted at any meeting and shall not be counted in determining the total number of outstanding shares entitled to be voted at any given time, unless they are held by it in a fiduciary capacity, in which case they may be voted and shall be counted in determining the total number of outstanding shares at any given time.

The Directors may adopt by resolution a procedure by which a stockholder may certify in writing to the Company that any Equity Shares registered in the name of the stockholder are held for the account of a specific person other than the stockholder. The resolution shall set forth: the class of stockholders who may make the certification, the purpose for which the certification may be made, the form of certification and the information to be contained in it; if the certification is with respect to a record date or closing of the share transfer books, the time after the record date or closing of the share transfer books within which the certification must be received by the Company; and any other provisions with respect to the procedure which the Directors consider necessary or desirable. On receipt of such certification, the person specified in the certification shall be regarded as, for the purposes set forth in the certification, the stockholder of record of the specified shares in place of the stockholder who makes the certification.

SECTION 10. INSPECTORS. At any meeting of stockholders, the chairman of the meeting may, or upon the request of any stockholder shall, appoint one or more persons as inspectors for such meeting. Such inspectors shall ascertain and report the number of Equity Shares represented at the meeting based upon their determination of the validity and effect of proxies, count all votes, report the results and perform such other acts as are proper to conduct the election and voting with impartiality and fairness to all the stockholders.

Each report of an inspector shall be in writing and signed by him or by a majority of them if there is more than one inspector acting at such meeting. If there is more than one inspector, the report of a majority shall be the report of the inspectors. The report of the inspector or inspectors on the number of shares represented at the meeting and the results of the voting shall be prima facie evidence thereof.

 

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SECTION 11. REPORTS TO STOCKHOLDERS.

(a) Not later than 120 days after the close of each fiscal year of the Company, the Directors shall deliver or cause to be delivered a report of the business and operations of the Company during such fiscal year to the stockholders, containing (i) financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles which are audited and reported on by independent certified public accountants; (ii) the ratio of the costs of raising capital during the period to the capital raised; (iii) the aggregate amount of advisory fees and the aggregate amount of other fees paid to the Company’s Advisor and any affiliate of the Advisor by the Company and including fees or charges paid to the Advisor and any affiliate of the Advisor by third parties doing business with the Company; (iv) the Operating Expenses (as such term is defined in the Articles of Incorporation) of the Company, stated as a percentage of, for a specified period, the average of the aggregate book value of the assets of the Company invested, directly or indirectly, in Properties and loans secured by real estate before reserves for depreciation or bad debts or other similar non-cash reserves are subtracted, computed by taking the average of such values at the end of each month during such period as a percentage of the total revenues applicable to such period, less the total expenses applicable to such period excluding additions to reserves for depreciation, bad debts or other similar non-cash reserves, and excluding the gain from the sale of the Company’s assets; (v) a report from the Independent Directors that the policies being followed by the Company are in the best interests of its stockholders and the basis for such determination; (vi) separately stated, full disclosure of all material terms, factors, and circumstances surrounding any and all transactions involving the Company, Directors, Advisors and any Affiliate thereof occurring in the year for which the annual report is made; and (vii) Distributions, as such term is defined in the Company’s Articles of Incorporation, to the stockholders for the period, identifying the source of such Distributions, and if such information is not available at the time of the distribution, a written explanation of the relevant circumstances will accompany the Distributions (with the statement as to the source of Distributions to be sent to stockholders not later than 60 days after the end of the fiscal year in which the distribution was made) and such further information as the Board of Directors may determine is required pursuant to any law or regulation to which the Company is subject. A signed copy of the annual report and the accountant’s certificate shall be filed by the Directors with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland, and with such other governmental agencies as may be required by law and as the Directors may deem appropriate. Such report shall be submitted at the annual meeting of stockholders and, within 20 days after such meeting, placed on file at the Company’s principal office.

SECTION 12. NOMINATIONS AND STOCKHOLDER BUSINESS.

(a) Annual Meetings of Stockholders.

(1) With respect to an annual meeting of stockholders, nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors and the proposal of business to be considered by the stockholders may be made only (i) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (ii) by any stockholder of the Company who was a stockholder of record at the time of giving of notice, who is entitled to vote at the meeting and who complied with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 12(a).

(2) For nominations or other business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder pursuant to clause (ii) of paragraph (a)(1) of this Section 12, the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the secretary of the Company. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice shall be delivered to the secretary at the principal executive offices of the Company not less than 60 days nor more than 90 days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting; provided, however, that in the event that the date of the annual meeting is advanced by more than thirty (30) days or delayed by more than sixty (60) days from such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so delivered not earlier than the 90th day prior to such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of 60th day prior to such annual meeting or the tenth day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made. Such stockholder’s notice shall set forth: (i) as to each person whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election or re-election as a Director all information relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election of Directors, or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (including such person’s written consent to being named in the proxy

 

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statement as a nominee and to serving as a Director if elected); (ii) as to any other business that the stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting, a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the meeting, the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting and any material interest in such business of such stockholder and of the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made; and (iii) as to the stockholder giving the notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made, the name and address of such stockholder, as they appear on the Company’s books, and of such beneficial owner and the class and number of shares of the Company which are owned beneficially and of record by such stockholder and such beneficial owner.

(3) Notwithstanding anything in the second sentence of Section 12(a)(2) to the contrary, in the event that the number of Directors to be elected to the Board of Directors is increased and there is no public announcement naming all of the nominees for Director or specifying the size of the increased Board of Directors made by the Company at least 70 days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting, a stockholder’s notice required by this Section 12(a) shall also be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for any new positions created by such increase, if it shall be delivered to the secretary at the principal executive offices of the Company not later than the close of business on the tenth day following the day on which such public announcement is first made by the Company.

(b) Special Meetings of Stockholders. Only such business shall be conducted at a special meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting pursuant to the Company’s notice of meeting. Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors may be made at a special meeting of stockholders at which Directors are to be elected pursuant to the Company’s notice of meeting (i) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (ii) provided that the Board of Directors has determined that Directors shall be elected at such special meeting, by any stockholder of the Company who is a stockholder of record at the time of giving of notice provided for in this Section 12(b), who is entitled to vote at the meeting and who complied with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 12(b). In the event the Company calls a special meeting of stockholders for the purpose of electing one or more Directors to the Board of Directors, any such stockholder may nominate a person or persons (as the case may be) for election to such position as specified in the Company’s notice of meeting, if the stockholder’s notice complies with the requirements of Section 12(a)(2) and is delivered to the secretary at the principal executive offices of the Company not earlier than the 90th day prior to such special meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the 60th day prior to such special meeting or the tenth day following the day on which public announcement is first made of the date of the special meeting and of the nominees proposed by the Directors to be elected at such meeting.

(c) General.

(1) Only such persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 12 shall be eligible to serve as Directors and only such business shall be conducted at a meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 12. The presiding officer of the meeting shall have the power and duty to determine whether a nomination or any business proposed to be brought before the meeting was made in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 12 and, if any proposed nomination or business is not in compliance with this Section 12, to declare that such defective nomination or proposal be disregarded.

(2) For purposes of this Section 12, “public announcement” shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or comparable news service or in a document publicly filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Sections 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).

(3) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 12, a stockholder also shall comply with all applicable requirements of state law and of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in this Section 12. Nothing in this Section 12 shall be deemed to affect any rights of stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the Company’s proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act.

SECTION 13. VOTING BY BALLOT. Voting on any question or in any election may be viva voce unless the presiding officer shall order or any stockholder shall demand that voting be by ballot.

 

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SECTION 14. CONTROL SHARE ACQUISITION ACT. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws, Title 3, Subtitle 7 of the Maryland General Corporation Law, or any successor statute (the “MGCL”), shall not apply to any acquisition by any person of shares of stock of the Company. This section may be repealed, in whole or in part, at any time, whether before or after an acquisition of control shares and, upon such repeal, may, to the extent provided by any successor bylaw, apply to any prior or subsequent control share acquisition.

ARTICLE III

DIRECTORS

SECTION 1. GENERAL POWERS; NUMBER; QUALIFICATIONS. The business and affairs of the Company shall be managed under the direction of its Board of Directors (also referred to herein as “Director” or “Directors”). Notwithstanding the other requirements set forth herein and in the Articles of Incorporation, a Director shall be an individual at least 21 years of age who is not under legal disability. The number of Directors which shall constitute the whole board shall not be less than three nor more than fifteen. Within such limits, the actual number of directors which shall constitute the whole board shall be as fixed from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors.

SECTION 2. INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS; QUALIFICATIONS. A majority of Directors of the Company shall be Independent Directors. To qualify as an independent director, an individual must not be and within the last two years has not been directly or indirectly associated with the Advisor by virtue of (i) ownership of an interest in the Advisor or its Affiliates, (ii) employment by the Advisor or its Affiliates, (iii) service as an officer or director of the Advisor or its Affiliates, (iv) performance of services, other than as a Director, for the Company, (v) service as a director or trustee of more than three real estate investment trusts advised by the Advisor, or (vi) maintenance of a material business or professional relationship with the Advisor or any of its Affiliates. A business or professional relationship is considered material if the gross revenue derived by the Director from the Advisor and Affiliates exceeds five percent (5%) of either the Director’s annual gross revenue during either of the last two years or the Director’s net worth on a fair market value basis. An indirect relationship shall include circumstances in which a Director’s spouse, parents, children, siblings, mothers- or fathers-in-law, sons- or daughters-in-law, or brothers- or sisters-in-law is or has been associated with the Advisor, any of its Affiliates, or the Company.

SECTION 3. REGULAR MEETINGS. A meeting of the Directors shall be held quarterly in person or by telephone. The Directors may provide, by resolution, the time and place, either within or without the State of Maryland, for the holding of regular meetings of the Directors without other notice than such resolution.

SECTION 4. SPECIAL MEETINGS. Special meetings of Directors may be called by or at the request of the chief executive officer or by a majority of the Directors then in office. The person or persons authorized to call special meetings of the Directors may fix any place, either within or without the State of Maryland, as the place for holding any special meeting of the Directors called by them.

SECTION 5. NOTICE. Notice of any annual, regular or special meeting shall be given by written notice delivered personally, transmitted by facsimile, telegraphed or mailed to each Director at his business or residence address. Personally delivered, facsimile transmitted or telegraphed notices shall be given at least two days prior to the meeting. Notice by facsimile or telegraph shall be promptly followed by mailed notice. Notice by mail shall be given at least five days prior to the meeting. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be given when deposited in the United States mail properly addressed, with postage thereon prepaid. If given by telegram, such notice shall be deemed to be given when the telegram is delivered to the telegraph company. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any annual, regular or special meeting of the Directors need be stated in the notice, unless specifically required by statute or these Bylaws.

SECTION 6. QUORUM. A whole number of Directors equal to at least a majority of the whole Board of Directors, including a majority of Independent Directors, shall constitute a quorum for transaction of business at any meeting of the Directors; provided, that if less than a quorum are present at said meeting, a majority of the Directors present may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice; and provided further, that if, pursuant to the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the vote of a majority of a particular group of Directors is required for action, a quorum must also include a majority of such group.

 

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The Directors present at a meeting which has been duly called and convened may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough Directors to leave less than a quorum.

SECTION 7. VOTING. The action of the majority of the Directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the action of the Directors, unless the concurrence of a particular group of Directors or of a greater proportion is required for such action by applicable statute, the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws.

SECTION 8. TELEPHONE MEETINGS. Directors may participate in a meeting by means of a conference telephone or similar communications equipment if all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other at the same time. Participation in a meeting by these means shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.

SECTION 9. INFORMAL ACTION BY DIRECTORS. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Directors may be taken without a meeting, if a consent in writing to such action is signed by each Director and such written consent is filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Directors.

SECTION 10. VACANCIES. If for any reason any or all the Directors cease to be Directors, such event shall not terminate the Company or affect these Bylaws or the powers of the remaining Directors hereunder (even if fewer than three Directors remain). Any vacancy created by an increase in the number of Directors shall be filled, at any regular meeting or at any special meeting of the Directors called for that purpose, by a majority of the entire Board of Directors. Any other vacancy shall be filled at any regular meeting or at any special meeting of the Directors called for that purpose, by a majority of the remaining Directors, whether or not sufficient to constitute a quorum. Any individual so elected as Director shall hold office for the unexpired term of the Director he is replacing. In the event of a vacancy among the Independent Directors, the remaining Independent Directors shall nominate replacements for such position.

SECTION 11. COMPENSATION. Each Director is entitled to receive $45,000 annually for serving on the Board of Directors, as well as fees of $2,000 per meeting of the Board of Directors attended ($2,000 for each telephonic meeting of the Board of Directors in which the Director participates). Each Director is entitled to receive $2,000 per Audit Committee meeting attended or participated in telephonically. In addition to the fee for each Audit Committee meeting, the chairman of the Audit Committee shall receive an annual retainer of $10,000 and shall be entitled to receive a fee of $2,000 per meeting attended or telephonic meeting in which such Chairman participates with the Company’s independent accountants as a representative of the Audit Committee. In addition, each Director is entitled to receive $2,000 (or 2,000, in the case of the chairman of any committee) per meeting of any other committee of the Board of Directors attended or telephonic meeting of any such committee in which the Director participates. Directors that are members of a special committee are entitled to receive fees of $2,000 per day for service as representatives of such special committee in lieu of the above compensation (to the extent that such Directors devote in excess of three hours on such day to matters relating to such special committee). The Company will not pay any compensation to the officers and Directors of the Company who also serve as officers and directors of the Advisor (as such term is defined in the Articles of Incorporation). No additional compensation shall be paid for attending the annual stockholders meeting.

SECTION 12. ELECTION AND REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS; TERM. The stockholders may, at any time, remove any Director in the manner provided in the Articles of Incorporation. The term of service for a Director is one (1) year, without limit on successive terms.

SECTION 13. LOSS OF DEPOSITS. No Director shall be liable for any loss which may occur by reason of the failure of the bank, trust company, savings and loan association, or other institution with which moneys or shares have been deposited.

SECTION 14. SURETY BONDS. Unless required by law, no Director shall be obligated to give any bond or surety or other security for the performance of any of his duties.

SECTION 15. RELIANCE. Each Director, officer, employee and agent of the Company shall, in the performance of his duties with respect to the Company, be fully justified and protected with regard to any act or failure to act in reliance in good faith upon the books of account or other records of the Company, upon an opinion of counsel or upon reports made to the Company by any of its officers or employees or by the advisers, accountants, appraisers or other experts or consultants selected by the Directors or officers of the Company, regardless of whether such counsel or expert may also be a Director.

 

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SECTION 16. CERTAIN RIGHTS OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS. The Directors shall have no responsibility to devote their full time to the affairs of the Company. Any Director, officer, employee or agent of the Company, in his personal capacity or in a capacity as an affiliate, employee, or agent of any other person, or otherwise, may have business interests and engage in business activities similar to or in addition to those of or relating to the Company, subject to the adoption of any policies relating to such interests and activities adopted by the Directors and applicable law.

ARTICLE IV

COMMITTEES

SECTION 1. NUMBER, TENURE AND QUALIFICATIONS. The Directors may, by resolution or resolutions passed by a majority of the whole Board, appoint from among its members an Audit Committee and other committees, composed of two or more Directors to serve at the pleasure of the Directors. At such time, if any, as the Shares become listed on a national securities exchange or quoted on the National Market System of the Nasdaq Stock Market, the Company will form a Compensation Committee. At least a majority of the members of each committee of the Company’s Board of Directors, or if a committee numbers two or less, both directors, must be Independent Directors.

SECTION 2. POWERS. The Directors may delegate to committees appointed under Section 1 of this Article IV any of the powers of the Board of Directors; provided, however, that the Directors may not delegate to any committee the power to declare dividends or other Distributions, elect Directors, issue Equity Shares in the Company other than as provided in the next sentence, recommend to the stockholders any action which requires stockholder approval, amend the Bylaws or approve any merger or share exchange which does not require stockholder approval. If the Board of Directors has given general authorization for the issuance of Equity Shares in the Company to a committee of the Board, in accordance with a general formula or method specified by the Board by resolution or by adoption of an option or other plan, such committee may fix the terms of the Equity Shares subject to classification or reclassification and the terms on which the shares may be issued, including all terms and conditions required or permitted to be established or authorized by the Board of Directors.

SECTION 3. COMMITTEE PROCEDURES. Each committee may fix rules of procedure for its business. A majority of the members of a committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the action of a majority of those present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be action of the committee. In the absence of any member of any committee, the members thereof present at any meeting, whether or not they constitute a quorum, may appoint another Director to act in the place of such absent member, subject to the requirements of Section 1 of this Article IV. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of a committee may be taken without a meeting, if a unanimous written consent which sets forth the action to be taken is signed by each member of the committee and filed with the minutes of the proceedings of such committee. The members of a committee may conduct any meeting thereof by means of a conference telephone or similar communications equipment if all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other at the same time. Participation in a meeting by such means shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.

ARTICLE V

OFFICERS

SECTION 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS. The officers of the Company may consist of a chairman of the board, a chief executive officer, a president, a chief operating officer, one or more vice presidents, a chief financial officer and treasurer, a secretary, and one or more assistant secretaries, as determined by the Directors. In addition, the Directors may from time to time appoint such other officers with such powers and duties as they shall deem necessary or desirable. The officers of the Company shall be elected annually by the Directors at the first meeting of the Directors held after each annual meeting of stockholders. If the election of officers shall not be held at such meeting, such election shall be held as soon thereafter as may be convenient. Each officer shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualifies or until his or her death, resignation or removal in the manner hereinafter provided. Any two or more offices except (i) chief executive officer and vice president, or (ii) president

 

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and vice president, may be held by the same person, although any person holding more than one office in the Company may not act in more than one capacity to execute, acknowledge or verify an instrument required by law to be executed, acknowledged or verified by more than one officer. In their discretion, the Directors may leave unfilled any office except that of the chief executive officer, the president, the treasurer and the secretary. Election of an officer or agent shall not of itself create contract rights between the Company and such officer or agent.

SECTION 2. REMOVAL AND RESIGNATION. Any officer or agent of the Company may be removed by a majority of the members of the whole Board of Directors, with or without cause, if in their judgment the best interests of the Company would be served thereby, but such removal shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the person so removed. Any officer of the Company may resign at any time by giving written notice of his resignation to the Directors, the chairman of the board, the chief executive officer or the secretary. Any resignation shall take effect at any time subsequent to the time specified therein or, if the time when it shall become effective is not specified therein, immediately upon its receipt. The acceptance of a resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective unless otherwise stated in the resignation.

SECTION 3. VACANCIES. A vacancy in any office may be filled by the Directors for the balance of the term.

SECTION 4. CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD. The chairman of the board shall preside over the meetings of the Directors and of the stockholders at which he or she shall be present. The chairman of the board shall perform such other duties as may be assigned to him or her by the Directors. Except where by law the signature of the chief executive officer or the president is required, the chairman of the board shall possess the same power as the chief executive officer or the president to sign deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts or other instruments.

SECTION 5. CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER. The Directors may designate a chief executive officer from among the elected officers. In the absence of such designation, the president shall be the chief executive officer of the Company. The chief executive officer shall in general supervise the management of the business affairs of the Company and the implementation of the policies of the Company, as determined by the Directors. He or she may execute any deed, mortgage, bond, contract or other instrument, except in cases where the execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Directors or by these Bylaws to some other officer or agent of the Company or shall be required by law to be otherwise executed; and in general shall perform all duties incident to the office of chief executive officer and such other duties as may be prescribed by the Directors from time to time.

SECTION 6. PRESIDENT. The president, subject to the control of the Board of Directors and with the chief executive officer, shall in general supervise and control all of the business and affairs of the Company. He or she shall, when present and in the absence of the chairman of the board and the chief executive officer, preside at all meetings of the stockholders and the Board of Directors. He or she may sign (i) with the secretary or the chief financial officer and treasurer, certificates for shares of the Company, and (ii) with the secretary or any other proper officer of the Company authorized by the Board of Directors, deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts, or other instruments which the Board of Directors has authorized to be executed, except in cases where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board of Directors or by these Bylaws to some other officer of agent of the Company, or shall be required by law to be otherwise signed or executed; and in general shall perform all duties incident to the office of president and such other duties as may be prescribed by the chief executive officer or the Directors from time to time.

SECTION 7. CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER. The chief operating officer, under the direction of the chief executive officer, shall have general management authority and responsibility for the day-to-day implementation of the policies of the Company. He or she may execute any deed, mortgage, bond, contract or other instrument, except in cases where the execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Directors or by these Bylaws to some other officer or agent of the Company or shall be required by law to be otherwise executed, and in general shall perform all duties incident to the office of chief operating officer and such other duties as may be prescribed by the Directors from time to time.

SECTION 8. VICE PRESIDENTS. In the absence of the chief executive officer, the president, the chief operating officer or in the event of a vacancy in all such offices, the vice president (or in the event there be more than one vice president, the vice presidents in the order designated at the time of their election or, in the absence of any designation, then in the order of their election) shall perform the duties of the chief executive officer

 

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or the president and when so acting shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the chief executive officer and the president; and shall perform such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by the chief executive officer, by the president, by the chief operating officer or by the Directors. The Directors may designate one or more vice presidents as executive vice president or as vice president for particular areas of responsibility.

SECTION 9. SECRETARY. The secretary shall: (i) keep the minutes of the proceedings of the stockholders, the Directors and committees of the Directors in one or more books provided for that purpose; (ii) see that all notices are duly given in accordance with the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation, these Bylaws or as required by law; (iii) be custodian of the trust records and of the seal (if any) of the Company; (iv) keep a register of the post office address of each stockholder which shall be furnished to the secretary by such stockholder; (v) have general charge of the share transfer books of the Company; and (vi) in general perform such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by the chief executive officer, by the president, by the chief operating officer or by the Directors.

SECTION 10. CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AND TREASURER. The chief financial officer and treasurer shall have the custody of the funds and securities of the Company and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Company and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Company in such depositories as may be designated by the Directors. The chief financial officer shall disburse the funds of the Company as may be ordered by the Directors, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the chief executive officer and Directors, at their regular meetings of the Directors or whenever they may require it, an account of all his or her transactions as chief financial officer and of the financial condition of the Company.

If required by the Directors, he or she shall give the Company a bond in such sum and with such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the Directors for the faithful performance of the duties of his or her office and for the restoration to the Company, in case of his or her death, resignation, retirement or removal from office, all books, papers, vouchers, moneys and other property of whatever kind in his or her possession or under his or her control belonging to the Company.

SECTION 11. ASSISTANT SECRETARIES. The assistant secretaries, in general, shall perform such duties as shall be assigned to them by the secretary, or by the chief executive officer, the president, or the Directors.

SECTION 12. SALARIES. The salaries of the officers shall be fixed from time to time by the Directors, and no officer shall be prevented from receiving such salary by reason of the fact that he or she is also a Director.

ARTICLE VI

CONTRACTS, LOANS, CHECKS AND DEPOSITS

SECTION 1. CONTRACTS. The Directors may authorize any officer or agent to enter into any contract or to execute and deliver any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the Company and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances. Any agreement, deed, mortgage, lease or other document executed by one or more of the Directors or by an authorized person shall be deemed valid and binding upon the Directors and upon the Company when so authorized or ratified by action of the Directors.

SECTION 2. CHECKS AND DRAFTS. All checks, drafts or other orders for the payment of money, notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued in the name of the Company shall be signed by such officer or officers, agent or agents of the Company and in such manner as shall from time to time be determined by the Directors.

SECTION 3. DEPOSITS. All funds of the Company not otherwise employed shall be deposited from time to time to the credit of the Company in such banks, trust companies or other depositories as the Directors may designate.

 

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ARTICLE VII

EQUITY SHARES

SECTION 1. CERTIFICATES. The Company will not issue share certificates. A stockholder’s investment will be recorded on the books of the Company. A stockholder wishing to transfer his or her Shares will be required to send only an executed form to the Company, and the Company will provide the required form upon a stockholder’s request. The executed form and any other required documentation must be received by the Company on or before the 15th of the month for a transfer to be effective the following month.

SECTION 2. TRANSFERS. Transfers of Equity Shares shall be effective, and the transferee of the Equity Shares will be recognized as a holder of such Shares as of the first day of the following month on which the Company receives properly executed documentation. Stockholders who are residents of New York may not transfer fewer than 250 shares at any time.

The Company shall be entitled to treat the holder of record of any Equity Shares as the holder in fact thereof and, accordingly, shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of the State of Maryland.

SECTION 3. NOTICE OF ISSUANCE OR TRANSFER. Upon issuance or transfer of Equity Shares, the Company shall send the stockholder a written statement that complies with the requirements of Section 7.6(xii) of Articles of Incorporation and reflects such investment or transfer. In addition such written statement shall set forth (i) the name of the Company; (ii) the name of the stockholder or other person to whom it is issued or transferred; (iii) the class of shares and number of shares purchased; (iv) the designations and any preferences, conversions and other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to distributions, qualifications and terms and conditions of redemption of the shares of each class which the Company is authorized to issue; (v) the differences in the relative rights and preferences between the shares of each series of shares to the extent they have been set; (vi) the authority of the Board of Directors to set the relative rights and preferences; (vii) the restrictions on transferability of the shares sold or transferred (without affecting Section 8-204 of the Commercial Law Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland); and (viii) any other information required by law. The Company, alternatively, may furnish notice that a full statement of the information contained in the foregoing subsections (i) through (viii) and otherwise complying with Section 7.6(xii) of the Articles of Incorporation will be provided to any stockholder upon request and without charge.

SECTION 4. CLOSING OF TRANSFER BOOKS OR FIXING OF RECORD DATE. The Directors may set, in advance, a record date for the purpose of determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders, or stockholders entitled to receive payment of any Distribution or the allotment of any other rights, or in order to make a determination of stockholders for any other proper purpose. Such date, in any case, shall not be prior to the close of business on the day the record date is fixed and shall not be more than 90 days and, in the case of a meeting of stockholders, not less than ten days, before the date on which the meeting or particular action requiring such determination of stockholders is to be held or taken.

In the context of fixing a record date, the Directors may provide that the share transfer books shall be closed for a stated period but not longer than 20 days. If the share transfer books are closed for the purpose of determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders, such books shall be closed at least ten days before the date of such meeting.

If no record date is fixed and the share transfer books are not closed for the determination of stockholders, (i) the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the date on which notice of meeting is mailed or the 30th day before the meeting, whichever is the closer date to the meeting, and (ii) the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive payment of a Distribution or an allotment of any other rights shall be the close of business on the day on which the resolution of the Directors declaring the Distribution or allotment of rights is adopted, but the payment or allotment of rights may not be made more than 60 days after the date on which the resolution is adopted.

 

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When a determination of stockholders entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders has been made as provided in this Section 4, such determination shall apply to any adjournment thereof, except where the determination has been made through the closing of the transfer books and the stated period of closing has expired.

SECTION 5. SHARE LEDGER. The Company shall maintain at its principal office or at the office of its counsel, accountants or transfer agent, an original or duplicate share ledger, in written form or in any other form which can be converted within a reasonable time into written form for visual inspection, containing the name and address of each stockholder and the number of shares of each class held by such stockholder.

SECTION 6. FRACTIONAL SHARES; ISSUANCE OF UNITS. Directors may issue fractional shares or provide for the issuance of scrip, all on such terms and under such conditions as they may determine. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the Directors may issue units consisting of different securities of the Company. Any security issued in a unit shall have the same characteristics as any identical securities issued by the Company, except that the Directors may provide that for a specified period securities of the Company issued in such unit may be transferred on the books of the Company only in such unit.

Before issuance of any shares classified or reclassified or otherwise issued in a unit, the Board of Directors will file articles supplementary with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland that describe such shares, including (a) the preferences, conversion and other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to distributions, qualifications, and terms and conditions of redemption, as set or changed by the Board of Directors; and (b) a statement that the shares have been classified or reclassified by the Board of Directors pursuant to its authority under the Articles of Incorporation. The articles supplementary will be executed in the manner provided by the MGCL.

ARTICLE VIII

ACCOUNTING YEAR

The Directors shall have the power, from time to time, to fix the fiscal year of the Company by a duly adopted resolution.

ARTICLE IX

DISTRIBUTIONS

SECTION 1. DECLARATION. Distributions upon the Equity Shares of the Company may be declared by the Directors, subject to the provisions of law and the Articles of Incorporation. Distributions may be paid in cash or other property of the Company, subject to the provisions of law and the Articles of Incorporation.

SECTION 2. CONTINGENCIES. Before payment of any Distributions, there may be set aside out of any funds of the Company available for Distributions such sum or sums as the Directors may from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve fund for the contingencies, for equalizing Distributions, for repairing or maintaining any property of the Company or for such other purpose as the Directors shall determine to be in the best interest of the Company, and the Directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created.

ARTICLE X

INVESTMENT POLICY

Subject to the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation, the Directors may from time to time adopt, amend, revise or terminate any policy or policies with respect to investments by the Company as they shall deem appropriate in their sole discretion. In addition, the Independent Directors shall review the Company’s investment policies at least annually to determine that the policies are in the best interests of the stockholders. The determination will be set forth in the minutes of the Board of Directors along with the basis for such determination.

 

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ARTICLE XI

SEAL

SECTION 1. SEAL. The Directors may authorize the adoption of a seal by the Company. The seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Company and the year of its organization. The Directors may authorize one or more duplicate seals and provide for the custody thereof.

SECTION 2. AFFIXING SEAL. Whenever the Company is required to place its seal to a document, it shall be sufficient to meet the requirements of any law, rule or regulation relating to a seal to place the word “(SEAL)” adjacent to the signature of the person authorized to execute the document on behalf of the Company.

ARTICLE XII

WAIVER OF NOTICE

Whenever any notice is required to be given pursuant to the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws or pursuant to applicable law, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice. Neither the business to be transacted at nor the purpose of any meeting need be set forth in the waiver of notice, unless specifically required by statute. The attendance of any person at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where such person attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business on the ground that the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.

ARTICLE XIII

AMENDMENT OF BYLAWS

SECTION 1. AMENDMENTS. Until Listing (as defined in the Articles of Incorporation), these Bylaws may be amended or repealed by either the affirmative vote of a majority of all Equity Shares outstanding and entitled to vote generally in the election of Directors, voting as a single group, or by an affirmative vote of a majority of the Directors, provided that such amendments are not inconsistent with the Articles of Incorporation, and further provided that the Directors may not amend these Bylaws, without the affirmative vote of a majority of the Equity Shares, to the extent that such amendments adversely affect the rights, preferences and privileges of Stockholders. After Listing, unless otherwise provided by the Articles of Incorporation, the Board of Directors shall have the exclusive power to adopt, alter or repeal any provision of these Bylaws and to make new Bylaws.

SECTION 2. LOCATION OF BYLAWS. The original or a certified copy of these Bylaws, including any amendments thereto, shall be kept at the Company’s principal office, as determined pursuant to Article I, Section 1 of these Bylaws.

The foregoing are certified as the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company as of July 26, 2013.

 

/S/ HOLLY J. GREER

Holly J. Greer, Secretary

 

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EX-4.2 4 d717904dex42.htm THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED REINVESTMENT PLAN Third Amended and Restated Reinvestment Plan

Exhibit 4.2

THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED

DISTRIBUTION REINVESTMENT PLAN

CNL LIFESTYLE PROPERTIES, INC., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), pursuant to its amended and restated Articles of Incorporation, adopted a Third Amended and Restated Distribution Reinvestment Plan (the “Distribution Reinvestment Plan”) on the terms and conditions set forth below.

1. Reinvestment of Distributions. DST Systems, Inc., the reinvestment agent (the “Reinvestment Agent”) for participants (the “Participants”) in the Distribution Reinvestment Plan (the “Distribution Reinvestment Plan”), will receive the cash distributions made by the Company with respect to shares of common stock of the Company (the “Shares”) owned by each Participant and enrolled in the Distribution Reinvestment Plan (collectively, the “Distributions”). The Reinvestment Agent will apply such Distributions on behalf of the Participants as follows:

(a) During any period when the Company is making a “best-efforts” public offering of Shares, the Reinvestment Agent will invest Distributions in Shares acquired from the Company at the then-current offering price of common shares.

(b) After the termination of the Company’s “best-efforts” public offering of Shares and until the Shares become listed for trading on a national securities exchange, an over-the-counter market or a national market system (collectively, a “Listing”), the Reinvestment Agent will invest Distributions in Shares acquired from the Company at the estimated net asset value per Share as determined by the Company’s board of directors from time to time.

(c) Upon Listing of the Shares, the Reinvestment Agent may purchase Shares either through the exchange, over-the-counter market or market system on which the Shares are Listed, or directly from the Company pursuant to a registration statement relating to the Distribution Reinvestment Plan. In the event that, after Listing occurs:

(i) the Reinvestment Agent purchases Shares on an exchange, over-the-counter market or market system through a registered broker-dealer, the Shares shall be purchased at a per Share price equal to the then-prevailing market price for the Shares at the date of purchase by the Reinvestment Agent and the amount to be reinvested shall be reduced by any brokerage commissions charged by such registered broker-dealer; or

(ii) the Reinvestment Agent purchased Shares directly from the Company pursuant to a registration statement relating to the Distribution Reinvestment Plan, the price will be disclosed in the registration statement.

(d) In the event of a subsequent determination that the purchase price for Shares under the Distribution Reinvestment Plan represented or will represent a discount in excess of 5% of the value per Share at the time of the reinvestment on behalf of any particular Participant, the distribution of the portion of the Shares issued or to be issued under the Distribution Reinvestment Plan representing the excess amount may be voided, ab initio, to the extent it could adversely affect the Company’s ability to qualify as a real estate investment trust and/or, at the Company’s option, the participation of such Participant in the Distribution Reinvestment Plan may be terminated, in which event any current and future distributions earned would be paid to the then former Participant in lieu of reinvestment into Shares.

(e) For each Participant, the Reinvestment Agent will maintain a record which shall reflect for each calendar quarter the Distributions received by the Reinvestment Agent on behalf of such Participant. The Reinvestment Agent will use the aggregate amount of Distributions to all Participants for each calendar quarter to purchase Shares for the Participants. Distributions shall be invested by the Reinvestment Agent in Shares, to the extent available, promptly following the payment date with respect to such Distributions to the extent Shares are available. If sufficient Shares are not available, the excess Distributions shall be invested on behalf of the Participants in one or more interest-bearing accounts in a commercial bank approved by the Company which is located in the continental United States and has assets of at least $100,000,000, until Shares are available for purchase, provided that any Distributions that have not been invested in Shares within 30 days after such Distributions are made by the Company shall be returned to


Participants. The purchased Shares will be allocated among the Participants based on the portion of the aggregate Distributions received by the Reinvestment Agent on behalf of each Participant, as reflected in the records maintained by the Reinvestment Agent. The ownership of the Shares purchased pursuant to the Reinvestment Plan shall be reflected on the books of the Company.

(f) The allocation of Shares among Participants may result in the ownership of fractional Shares.

(g) Distributions attributable to Shares purchased on behalf of the Participants pursuant to the Distribution Reinvestment Plan will be reinvested in additional Shares in accordance with the terms hereof.

(h) No certificates will be issued to a Participant for Shares purchased on behalf of the Participant pursuant to the Distribution Reinvestment Plan. Participants in the Distribution Reinvestment Plan will receive statements of account in accordance with Section 7 below.

(i) The Company can determine in its sole discretion how to allocate available Shares between any public offering of Shares by the Company or the Distribution Reinvestment Plan.

2. Election to Participate. Any stockholder who has received a then-current prospectus, either for the then current offering or solely for the Reinvestment Plan, if any, may elect to participate in and purchase Shares through the Distribution Reinvestment Plan at any time by completing and executing a Subscription Agreement or Enrollment Form, as applicable. Participation in the Distribution Reinvestment Plan will commence with the next Distribution paid after receipt of the Participant’s notice, and to all calendar quarters thereafter, provided such notice is received at least 30 days prior to the last day of the calendar quarter. Subject to the preceding sentence, a stockholder will become a Participant in the Distribution Reinvestment Plan effective on the first day of the calendar quarter of the election. The election will apply to Distributions attributable to the calendar quarter in which the stockholder makes such written election to participate in the Distribution Reinvestment Plan and to all calendar quarters thereafter. A Participant who has terminated his or her participation in the Distribution Reinvestment Plan pursuant to Section 11 will be allowed to participate in the Distribution Reinvestment Plan again upon receipt of a then-current prospectus relating to participation in the Distribution Reinvestment Plan which contains, at a minimum, the following: (i) the minimum investment amount; (ii) the type or source of proceeds which may be invested; and (iii) the tax consequences of the reinvestment to the Participant; by notifying the Reinvestment Agent and completing any required forms.

3. Distribution of Funds. In making purchases for Participants’ accounts, the Reinvestment Agent may commingle Distributions attributable to Shares owned by Participants in the Distribution Reinvestment Plan.

4. Proxy Solicitation. The Company or its duly authorized agent will distribute to Participants proxy solicitation materials which are attributable to Shares held in the Distribution Reinvestment Plan. The person(s) representing the Company will vote any Shares that are held for the account of a Participant under the Distribution Reinvestment Plan in accordance with the Participant’s written instructions. If a Participant does not provide direction as to how the Shares should be voted and does not give a proxy to person(s) representing the Company covering these Shares, the person(s) representing the Company will not vote said Shares.

5. Absence of Liability. Neither the Company nor the Reinvestment Agent shall have any responsibility or liability as to the value of the Company’s Shares, any change in the value of the Shares acquired for the Participant’s account, or the rate of return earned on, or the value of, the interest-bearing accounts in which Distributions are invested. Neither the Company nor the Reinvestment Agent shall be liable for any act done in good faith, or for any good faith omission to act, including, without limitation, any claims of liability (a) arising out of the failure to terminate a Participant’s participation in the Distribution Reinvestment Plan upon such Participant’s death prior to receipt of notice in writing of such death and the expiration of 30 days from the date of receipt of such notice and (b) with respect to the time and the prices at which Shares are purchased for a Participant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, liability under the federal securities laws cannot be waived. Similarly, the Company and the Reinvestment Agent have been advised that in the opinion of certain state securities commissioners, indemnification is also considered contrary to public policy and therefore unenforceable.

 

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6. Suitability.

(a) Each Participant shall notify the Reinvestment Agent in the event that, at any time during his or her participation in the Distribution Reinvestment Plan, there is any material change in the Participant’s financial condition or inaccuracy of any representation under the Subscription Agreement for the Participant’s initial purchase of Shares.

(b) For purposes of this Section 6, 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 Company’s then-current prospectus, as supplemented, for the offering of Shares under this Distribution Reinvestment Plan.

7. Reports to Participants. At the end of each quarter, but in no event later than 30 days after the end of each calendar quarter, the Reinvestment Agent will mail and/or make electronically available to each Participant a statement of account describing, as to such Participant, the Distributions received during the quarter, the number of Shares purchased on behalf of Participant pursuant to the Distribution Reinvestment Plan during the quarter, the per Share purchase price for such Shares, and the total administrative charge, if any, to such Participant. Tax information for income earned on Shares under the Distribution Reinvestment Plan will be provided to each Participant by the Company or the Reinvestment Agent at least annually.

8. Administrative Charges and Distribution Reinvestment Plan Expenses. The Company shall be responsible for all administrative charges and expenses charged by the Reinvestment Agent. Any interest earned on Distributions will be paid to the Company to defray costs relating to the Distribution Reinvestment Plan. In the event that proceeds from the sale of Shares pursuant to the Distribution Reinvestment Plan are used to acquire properties or to invest in loans or other permitted investments, the Company will pay its advisor and other affiliates certain fees and expense reimbursements in accordance with applicable agreements between the parties, as approved by the Company’s board of directors, including a majority of the Company’s independent directors. In addition, the Company will pay all costs in connection with offering Shares pursuant to the Distribution Reinvestment Plan. However, no selling commissions or marketing support fees will be paid by the Company in connection with Shares issued pursuant to this Distribution Reinvestment Plan.

9. No Drawing. No Participant shall have any right to draw checks or drafts against his or her account or to give instructions to the Company or the Reinvestment Agent except as expressly provided herein.

10. Taxes. Taxable Participants may incur a tax liability for Distributions made with respect to such Participant’s Shares, even though they have elected not to receive their Distributions in cash but rather to have their Distributions held in their account under the Distribution Reinvestment Plan. Such Participants will be treated as if they have received the Distributions from the Company and then applied such Distributions to the purchase of Shares in the Distribution Reinvestment Plan. In addition, with respect to any Shares purchased through the Distribution Reinvestment Plan at a discount to their fair market value, such Participants will be treated as receiving an additional Distribution equal to, and may incur a tax liability with respect to, the amount of such discount.

11. Termination.

(a) A Participant may terminate his or her participation in the Distribution Reinvestment Plan at any time by written notice to the Company. To be effective for any Distribution, such notice must be received by the Company at least 30 days’ prior to the last day of the calendar quarter to which such Distribution relates.

(b) The Company or the Reinvestment Agent may terminate a Participant’s individual participation in the Distribution Reinvestment Plan immediately in accordance with Section 1(d) hereof, and the Company may terminate or suspend the Distribution Reinvestment Plan itself at any time (i) by at least 15 days’ prior written notice mailed to all Participants, or (ii) by means of disclosure in the Company’s appropriate current, annual or quarterly reports filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 at least 15 days’ prior to the effective date of such change.

 

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(c) After termination of the Distribution Reinvestment Plan or termination of a Participant’s participation in the Distribution Reinvestment Plan, the Reinvestment Agent will send to each Participant (i) a statement of account in accordance with Section 7 hereof, and (ii) a remittance for the amount of any Distributions in the Participant’s account that have not been reinvested in Shares. The record books of the Company will be revised to reflect the ownership of record of the Participant’s whole and fractional Shares. Any future Distributions made after the effective date of the termination will be sent directly to the former Participant or to such other party as the Participant has designated pursuant to an authorization form or other documentation satisfactory to the Company.

12. Notice. Any notice or other communication required or permitted to be given by any provision of this Distribution Reinvestment Plan shall be in writing and addressed to CNL Lifestyle Properties, Inc. c/o DST Systems, Inc., 430 W. 7th Street, Ste. 219001, Kansas City, Missouri 64105 if to the Reinvestment Agent, or such other addresses as may be specified by written notice to all Participants. Notices to a Participant may be given by letter addressed to the Participant at the Participant’s last address of record with the Company. Each Participant shall notify the Company promptly in writing of any change of address.

13. Amendment. The terms and conditions of this Distribution Reinvestment Plan may be amended, renewed, extended or supplemented by an agreement between the Reinvestment Agent and the Company at any time, including but not limited to, an amendment to the Distribution Reinvestment Plan to add a voluntary cash contribution feature, to substitute a new Reinvestment Agent to act as agent for the Participants or to increase the administrative charge payable to the Reinvestment Agent, (i) by mailing an appropriate notice at least 15 days’ prior to the effective date thereof to each Participant at his or her last address of record, or (ii) by means of disclosure in the Company’s current, annual or quarterly reports filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 at least 15 days’ prior to the effective date of such change; provided, that any such amendment must be approved by a majority of the Independent Directors of the Company and by any necessary regulatory authority. Such amendment shall be deemed conclusively accepted by each Participant, except those Participants from whom the Company receives written notice of termination prior to the effective date thereof.

14. Governing Law. THIS DISTRIBUTION REINVESTMENT PLAN AND A PARTICIPANT’S ELECTION TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DISTRIBUTION REINVESTMENT PLAN SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS TO BE MADE AND PERFORMED ENTIRELY IN SAID STATE; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT CAUSES OF ACTION FOR VIOLATIONS OF FEDERAL OR STATE SECURITIES LAWS SHALL NOT BE GOVERNED BY THIS SECTION 14.

Effective Date: March 6, 2014

 

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EX-5.1 5 d717904dex51.htm OPINION Opinion

Exhibit 5.1

 

 

LOGO

May 2, 2014

CNL Lifestyle Properties, Inc.

450 South Orange Avenue

Orlando, FL 32801

 

  Re: CNL Lifestyle Properties, Inc.

Registration Statement on Form S-3

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as counsel to CNL Lifestyle Properties, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), in connection with a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the “Registration Statement”) being filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”). The Registration Statement relates to the proposed offer and sale by the Company of up to 20,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, $.01 par value (“Common Stock”), pursuant to the Company’s Third Amended & Restated Dividend Reinvestment Plan (the “Reinvestment Plan”).

In connection with rendering the opinion set forth in this letter, we have examined and relied upon the Registration Statement, the Company’s Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended, the Bylaws of the Company as in effect on the date of this opinion, resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company and the originals or copies of such other records, documents, certificates, memoranda and other instruments as in our judgment are necessary or appropriate to enable us to render the opinion expressed below.

The opinion set forth herein is subject to the following qualifications, which are in addition to any other qualifications contained herein:

(i) We have assumed without verification the genuineness of all signatures on all documents, the authority of the parties executing such documents, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, and the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies.

(ii) The opinion set forth herein is based on existing laws, ordinances, rules, regulations, and judicial and administrative decisions as they presently have been interpreted, and we can give no assurance that our opinion would not be different after any change in any of the foregoing occurring after the date hereof.


CNL Lifestyle Properties, Inc.

May 2, 2014

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(iii) We have assumed without verification that, with respect to the minutes of any meetings of the Board of Directors or any committees thereof that we have examined, due notice of the meetings was given or duly waived, the minutes accurately and completely reflect all actions taken at the meetings and a quorum was present and acting throughout the meetings.

(iv) We have assumed without verification the accuracy and completeness of all corporate records made available to us by the Company.

(v) We express no opinion as to the laws of any state or jurisdiction other than the General Corporation Law of the State of Maryland. The opinion expressed herein concerns only the internal laws of the State of Maryland as currently in effect. We note that we express no opinion as to compliance with the securities or “blue sky” laws or principles of conflicts of laws of the State of Maryland or any other jurisdiction.

Based on the foregoing and upon the assumptions that there will be no material changes in the documents we have examined and the matters investigated referred to above, we are of the opinion that the 20,000,000 shares of Common Stock, when issued and sold in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Reinvestment Plan and as contemplated in the Registration Statement, will be legally issued, fully paid and non-assessable under the Maryland General Corporation Law as in effect on this date.

This letter is given for the sole benefit and use of the Company and does not address any matters other than those expressly addressed herein. No one else is entitled to rely hereupon. This letter speaks only as of the date hereof. We undertake no responsibility to update or supplement it after such date.

We hereby consent to your filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to your reference to our firm under the caption “Legal Matters” contained in the Prospectus included therein. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act or the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder.

 

Very truly yours,
/s/ Arnold & Porter LLP
ARNOLD & PORTER LLP
EX-23.2 6 d717904dex232.htm CONSENT Consent

Exhibit 23.2

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We hereby consent to the use in this Registration Statement on Form S-3 of CNL Lifestyle Properties, Inc. of our report dated March 31, 2014, relating to the financial statements and financial statement schedules of CNL Lifestyle Properties, Inc., which appears in such Registration Statement. We also consent to the reference to us under the heading “Experts” in such Registration Statement.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Orlando, Florida

May 2, 2014

EX-23.3 7 d717904dex233.htm CONSENT Consent

EXHIBIT 23.3

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT VALUATION EXPERT

We hereby consent to the disclosure in the Form S-3 dated May 2, 2014, to be filed on the date hereof, of CNL Lifestyle Properties, Inc. (the “Company”), with respect to the valuation materials that were prepared by CBRE Capital Advisors, Inc. and its role in the determination by the board of directors of the Company of the net asset value per share of the Company’s common stock as of December 31, 2013.

 

May 2, 2014    

/s/ CBRE Capital Advisors, Inc.

    CBRE Capital Advisors, Inc.
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